Nashville Scene

Separate. Equal?

Nashville school resegregation threatens a new generation

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Features, Features, Jerry Maynard, Nashville, David Fox, Pedro Garcia

Dorm Room by Numbers

A user-friendly guide to decorating cliches, from Marxist poster boys to pop-top paraphernalia

• by Cody De Vos
• Tags: Features, Features, Che Guevara, Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru, Apple iPod

A weekly roundup of embarrassing behavior

• Tags: Features, A.J. McCall, Dave Cooley, Phil Bredesen, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

"I return to Tennessee even more convinced that we need to drill here and drill now..."

• Tags: Words of the Week, Marsha Blackburn, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Tennessee

Zuit Soot Roots

Fear not, they’re just average American kids

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican, Montebello (California), Cab Calloway, Chamuco Dear Demon, El Paso

Love/Hate Mail

• Tags: Letters, Love/Hate Mail, Stephen Mansfield, The Tennessean Newspaper, Mark Tucker Nashville, Stan Boston

The Life of the Party

A year-by-year guide to your college social life

• by Cody De Vos
• Tags: Features, Features, Halo 3, Mapco, MySpace Inc., Student Health Center

Better Dead Than Red (in Bed)

If you want to be fox-worthy, ditch the Foxworthy

• by Damian Winthrop
• Tags: Features, Features, Barack Obama, John McCain, Murfreesboro, Ron Paul

Rebel Yell

What to do when old-school rebellion won't cut it anymore

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Features, Features, O'Charley's Inc., Wikimedia Foundation Inc., Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson

Bubble Trouble

Hey Vandy kids: Venture out into the big bad world of Nashville—you never know what you'll f ind

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Starbucks Corporation, West End, Vanderbilt University

Bender Ender

How being a moron can get you (nearly) kicked out of school

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Features, Features, James Madison University, Home Box Office Inc., Abby Sullivan

Because It’s Funny: Guy Pees on Courthouse

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Law and Order, When you gotta go...

Just a Heartbeat Away From a PILF

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Sarah Palin, VPILF, what about Joe Biden?

Nashville Sounds: Sky Still Not in Danger of Falling

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Sports, Joe Hart, layoffs, Nashville Sounds

First Impressions of Sarah Palin

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Romney: Palin in Comparison

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, Presidential Politics, brush-offs, Mitt Romney, preparedness, Sarah Palin

Hispanic Kids In The Pope's Batmobile: A Nashville Author's Outlandish Immigration Tale

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: George's Flag, HisPANIC, Tobia

Resegregating Nashville: What the School Board is Afraid to Talk About

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Education, Kotz, Politics

Was a Crack Pipe Sting on Lafayette Street a Waste of Time?

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: clever junkies, Law and order

Predators' Greenbacks No Match for Russian Rubles

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Sports, Fearless Leader, hockey, Predators, Radulov

Eighth Grader Tries to Frame Classmate with Handgun in Locker

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Law and Order

Up From The Slime

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Woods, bigots, crackpots, idiots, loons

There He Goes Again

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Utterly Destructive

Guess what, All We Seabees? I was sober.

• by Wesley Lewis
• Tags: Features, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Kelly Kerr, Seth Timbs

Bruce Springsteen, Nashville Cream two-year anniversary and more

• Tags: The Spin, Bruce Springsteen, Nashville, Dave Marsh, Jon Landau

Kid Rock

Mondo Primo don't wanna act their age—and neither should you

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Features, Mondo Primo, Murfreesboro, Brian Wilson, Eddie Van Halen

So Addictive

Aimee Mann on obsession, empathy and a broken world

• by Rob Trucks
• Tags: Features, Anne Sexton, Aimee Mann, Paul Thomas Anderson, MTV Networks Company

Good in Theory

Theory 8 celebrates eight years of getting the word out

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Features, Aaron Hartley, Nashville, Beth Cameron, De Novo Dahl

Cream Exclusive: Name That Drug!

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream, drugs, teens

Saturday Night: Hans Condor, Saigon Baby, Spanish Candles & Kindergarten Circus @ Local Honey

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, bands, growlers, Local Honey

The Protomen Take a Leak

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic

Dead Air: Nashville Radio Sucks

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Americana, radio

This and That: BYOP, Silver Jews, Carters & Khan

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream

R.I.P. Jerry Reed

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, Video

The Spin: The Ettes at The Basement

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, The Spin

The Spin: Hans Condor, Saigon Baby, The Spanish Candles and Kindergarten Circus at Local Honey

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, it's not the heat—it's the humidity

Jessica Simpson Goes Country. Country Says, "No Thanks."

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar

Swiz Kids Lollies Tonight at Springwater

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, dance parties

Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes

Balls of Fire: New Kings of Leon Video

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Video

All We Seabees In-Store Today at Grimey's

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar

Five-Man Trio Deals Grass at 12th & Porter

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Cream Calendar, bluegrass Spinal Tap, Cleverly Trio

Will Hoge Speaks

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Wow, Will Hoge

Schedule Check

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Next Big Nashville

Next Big Nashville Schedule Now Available

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Next Big Nashville

Oh Wow Dang, We Totally Scooped SF-J!!!

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: National Skyline, Video

The Faint Play The Cannery Oct. 20

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, The Faint, tickets, upcoming

Who's up for a Road Trip?

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Wow, Clarksville owns

Life After Some Kind of Monster

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: National Skyline, Metallica, secret shows, the Basement, the reason you bought an Explorer in high school, Video

Table of Contents

Cheery meat-and-three brings home-cooked bounty to the neighborhood soon to be known as 'North 12 South'

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Reviews, Richard Hudson, Mary Frances Crenshaw, Mama Turney, Velveeta Cheese

James Beard Foundation Comes to Martha's

• Tags: Dining, Reviews, Nashville, The James Beard Foundation, Garrett Wallace, Joe Shaw

Sip Cafe & Mike's Ice Cream: This Butter Be Good

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Foods, calorie bomb, espresso, Mike's Ice Cream, Milk shakes, Sip Cafe

Sum Good News, Sum Bad News

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, dim sum, Ouyang house

Bites To The Rescue: Hit Us With Your Best Shot In "Best Of Nashville" '08

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Bites, Best of Nashville, shameless stumping

Urine Good Company...

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, best restroom, Capitol Grille, Hermitage Hotel

Slug On The Menu At Martin's BBQ

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Foods, Martin's BBQ, Mississippi hot tamale, Nashville slugburger

Show 'Em What You Got

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Party Mix, blogs, Cake, captions, Fluffernutter

Lien Beef: Sour Grapes in Wine Bar Dispute

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: News, East Nashville restaurants, law and order, Nashville Originals, Rumours East, wine bar

Oh, Sculpted Pineapple

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Foods, food bargains, Fruit, Nashville restaurants

Snack Tray: French Fries And Hummus Had A Baby, and The World's Best Award-Winning (Fake) Restaurant

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Party Mix, British food, Frist Center Cafe, Jim Myers, Lidia's Italy

Impulse Buy: Pringles Baked Wheat Stix

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Foods, Baked Wheat Stix, new products, Pringles

Haus Party

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, coffee klatch, Drink Haus, gelato, Germantown

Zola: Brisket Ascendant With Virgo Rising

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, Deb Paquette, menu items, Nashville Originals, Nashville restaurants, Zola

It's the Sign for 'Medium Rare'

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Good advice, expert advice

T.G.I. Kalamata's

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Kalamata's, Maher Fawaz, Nashville restaurants

The Heart Is Deceitful

Provocateurs Catherine Breillat and Asia Argento put their (tramp) stamp on 19th century France

• by J. Hoberman
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Catherine Breillat, Asia Argento, Jules-Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly, Fu'ad Ait Aattou

Filling in the Director's Chair

Nashville Film Festival names new artistic director

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Nashville, Brian Owens, Indianapolis, Brian Gordon

When Love Is Lost at the Jim Dandy

Southern Gothic meets metafiction in a new novel by Minton Sparks

• by Pablo Tanguay
• Tags: Books, Books, Minton Sparks, Penny Sue Pritchett, Darrell Sykes, Betsy Burnett

New on DVD: Sept. 2

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Pierce Brosnan, Jacques Nolot, Chris Cooper, Ira Sachs

Contributor Benefit

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Tonya Watts

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Stephen Sondheim, Franklin, Nashville, Larry Gelbart

Administrative Trial & Error

• by Amanda Dillingham
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Michael Aurbach, Vanderbilt University

Nashville Broncs Season Ticket Sale

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, National Basketball Association

Black Diamond Heavies w/Chris Crofton at Springwater

• by Jewly Hight
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Dan Auerbach, John Wesley Myers, Van Campbell, The Black Keys

Professional Bull Riders Build Tough Series

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Cord McCoy, Luke Perry, Nashville, Lowe's Companies Inc.

Israeli Dance Workshop

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Vanderbilt University

The Spy Who Loved Me

• Tags: Our Critics Picks, James Bond, Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Sean Connery

The Ettes w/Brian Ritchey

Hot Rock Import

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Los Angeles, Nashville, The Black Keys, The White Stripes

Third Annual Andrew Jackson Dove Hunt

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Symbol Technologies Inc., Patrick Rodgers

Squeeze w/Aimee Mann

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook, London, Aimee Mann

Wet Hot American Summer

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Amy Poehler, Christopher Meloni, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Rudd

Scissormen at Grimey's

• by Edd Hurt
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Ted Drozdowski, Nashville, Mississippi

70% More

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Mary McCallum, Nashville, New York International Fringe Festival

How I Became the Bomb w/The Howlies & Eureka Gold

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Atlanta, Nashville, Berklee College of Music

Heathern Haints Album Release

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Brendan Perry, Brian Miles, Dead Can Dance, Taiwan

All We Seabees Debut MK Ultra

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Detroit, Jeff Mangum, The Decemberists, MySpace Inc.

Line Up, Strip Down, Fade Out: Polaroid Photographs and Videos by Andy Warhol, Grant Worth and David Horvitz

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Andy Warhol, Vanderbilt University, David Horvitz, Polaroid Corporation

Jimmy Fallon

• by Julie Seabaugh
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Conan O'Brien, Saturday Night Live, Montreal, New York City

Franklin Jazz Festival

Otay!

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Buckwheat Zydeco, Aretha Franklin, Atlanta, Christina Watson

Three 6 Mafia at Wildhorse

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, 790

The Ordeal of Dr. Trifulgas

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Brian Hull, Jules Verne, Wishing Chair Productions, Pete Carden

8 off 8th at the Mercy Lounge

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville

The Chapmans

• by Jon Weisberger

Konkrete Jungle

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Evansville (Indiana)

Charles Martin

• by Paul V. Griffith
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Abbie Coleman, Charleston, Doss Michaels, St. Marys River

Mattthew Ryan w/David Mead at 3rd & Lindsley

• by Dustin Allen
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Matthew Ryan, Nashville, David Mead, One Tree Hill

A Bad Year for Tomatoes

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, John Patrick, Adam Burnett, Hollywood, Joy Tilley Perryman

Bi-Annual Nashville Print & Poster Parade

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jerry Dale McFadden, Allison Glancey, Bryce McCloud, Dan Black

Patient, Help Thy Physician

Noted local doctor advises patients to get involved in diagnoses

• by Chris Scott
• Tags: Books, Books, Clifton Meador, Vanderbilt University, Oliver Townwell

Resurrecting Addict Lit

An ace reporter investigates his own depraved history

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Books, Books, James Frey, David Carr, Minneapolis, Oprah Winfrey

De Niro State of Mind

Exploring Beirut's mean streets

• by Joel Rice
• Tags: Books, Books, Robert De Niro, Beirut, Rawi Hage, Italy