Nashville Scene

Page Turners!

From mysteries to memoirs, the strong survive at the Southern Festival of Books

• Tags: Features, Features, David Wroblewski, Nashville, Douglas Bragg, Sherman Alexie

Hometown Heroes

Where to find Middle Tennessee authors at this year's festival

• Tags: Features, Features, Houston Baker, William Akers, Darnell Arnoult, Grand Ole Opry House

Versed in the Blood

Three new poetry volumes fix memories both personal and regional

• by Pablo Tanguay
• Tags: Features, Features, David Rigsbee, Natasha Trethewey, Linda Parsons Marion, Hamlet (North Carolina)

Down to the Crossroads

New volumes plumb the depth and desire of the devil's music

• by Diann Blakely
• Tags: Features, Features, Adam Gussow, Mississippi, Amanda Petrusich, Robert Johnson

Tuke Soldiers On

An ex-Marine is given zero chance to unseat Lamar Alexander

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Woods, Bob Tuke, Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, Gary Davis

Jewel: Bogus Nashvillian

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Stories, Nashville, Jewel (Musician), The Tennessean Newspaper, Nashville Star

Love-Hate Mail

• Tags: Letters, Love/Hate Mail, Nashville, Jodi Ferris, Alice Springs, Jesus Rx

Rich Man's Justice

A son of Belle Meade takes a light plea on accusation of child rape

• by P.J. Tobia
• Tags: Stories, Edward Duncan, Townes Duncan, Nashville, Joe Baugh

The Bat Poet Needs Your Help

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, Channel 19, Joey Bowker, Nashville public access TV, The Bat Poet, Video

Obama Has Faith (and Tim)

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Presidential Politics, Silverman, Al Gore, Faith Hill, Obama, Silverman, Tim McGraw

Memories of Debate '08: Playboy's Correspondent Bares All

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Presidential Politics, Chris Matthews, Debate '08, Melissa Wozniak, Playboy debate coverage

Harry Smith Records Country Tune, Changes Name to Bocephus

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Daily Diversion, 2008 election novelty songs, country music dies screaming, Harry Smith, Video

Kurita de Ville

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, Video

Mercy Ministries Update: The PR Battle Moves to YouTube

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, copyright squabble, Mercy Ministries, YouTube, Video

Nashville Predators: It Stays With You

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Silverman, Sports, Predators, Silverman, tagline, Tootoo

Scene Exposé: Obama's Nashville Link to Acorn

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Presidential Politics, Silverman, Acorn, McCain, Obama, pure prevarication, Silverman

Race to the White House

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, Presidential Politics, Bradley-Wilder effect, Harold Ford Jr., killing time until Nov. 4, undecided voters

Kurita Pleads Case Before Federal Judge

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky Pulls Back the Curtain on Press-Whore Mercury Morris

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Sports, attention-seeking behavior, ESPN, if 17 trees fell in the forest 35 years ago did they make a sound?, Mercury Morris, Paul Kuharsky, Video

White Supremacists Throw a Party in Rural Tennessee

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Crazy Crap, rural Tennessee, Tobia, white power

Billboard: Obama is a Muslim Extremist with a Scary Middle Name

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Presidential Politics

Lawsuit: A Manually Stimulating Peacock

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Law and Order, handjobs, legal eagles, Tobia

Did God Send Trig to Help Pro-Life Cause?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: abortion, Sarah Palin

East TN Man Names His Kid Sarah McCain Palin, Doesn’t Tell Wife

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Politics, babys, East Tennessee, Pallin, William Howard Taft

Yahoo Pays Gushing Tribute to Cortland Finnegan

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Sports, Cortland Finnegan, Keith Bulluck, Titans

Change Congress. Or Not.

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, Politics, change, Congress, Cooper, corruption, words that begin with C

Obama Campaign Taping Biden's Mouth Shut

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

Term Limit Clarification on Next Month's Ballot

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Politics, charter amendments, Metro council, term limits

Black and White in Color: Director Margaret Brown at the Belcourt Sunday

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, Mobile Mardi Gras, Nashville film events, The Order of Myths, Video

Barack Obama Is Here to Kick Ass and Chew Bubblegum...And He's All Out of Bubblegum

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Obama viral videos, Rowdy Roddy Piper for President, They Live video parody, Video

Bloodsuckers in the Stacks: Library Screens Cult Horror Classics

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, free movie screenings, Lemora, Mario Bava, Nashville Public Library

The Battle Over Nashville's Water Fees

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Politics, flat fee, Karl Dean, Metro water, Tobia

Tennessee Democrats Must Feel Stupid Now

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Kenyans Get Lesson in American Stupidity at Nashville Debates

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Presidential Politics, Silverman, morons, NObama, Silverman, Video

Brainy Academic Says Nashville is Home to Lots of Musicians

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Media, duh, Richard Florida, Who's Your City

Grim Realities Or Good Tidings: What Do Readers Want?

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Media, Hargrove, journalists are heralds of woe

Bill Frist's Pre-Halloween Tour

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Politics, Silverman, Bill Frist, Gray Sasser, Halloween, Tennessee Democratic Party, Video

Now We're Talking

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, Video

TSU Grad to McCain: I've Heard of Fannie and Freddie

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Presidential Politics, Silverman, Debate, Fannie, Freddie, McCain, Oliver Clark, Silverman

Lamar Makes Pitch for Black Votes

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, Bob Tuke, Lamar Alexander, Video

McCain Doesn't Do Dishes; Roommates Pissed

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Daily Diversion, Dishes and the POW Preclusion, McCain, Video

Do Not Miss This Movie: The Order of Myths

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, Belcourt, Margaret Brown, Mobile Mardi Gras, The Order of Myths, Video

Still Undecided? Make 'The Choice' Tonight on NPT

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Presidential Politics, Frontline, NPT. The Shield, The Choice 2008, Video

Phil the Ostrich

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Joe The Plumber May Vote McCain But The Union Endorses Obama

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Politics, Hargrove, Joe the Plumber, Obama, Video

Lamar's Weird TV Ad

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, Lamar Alexander, Video

John McCain: Is He Really Just Another George Bush?

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

Man, We're Screwed: National Debt Clock Runs Out of Digits

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Politics

Local Songwriter Asks, "Will It Get Me on the Cover of the Nashville Scene?"

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Silverman, Ken Hart, Nashville Scene, Silverman, Video

Fox Outraged (Again)! Newsweek Doesn't Retouch Palin Cover!

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Media, Video

The 401-Keg Investment Plan

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Daily Diversion, alcoholism, beer, Hargrove, plunging stocks

Proof of Obama's Link to the Weather Underground

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Presidential Politics, Silverman, Obama, Silverman, Weather Underground

Fletcher: 'I Know Nothing' About Sex Scandal

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Imminent Razing of Tent City Incites Supporters to Raise Hell

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Law and Order, Hargrove, homelessness, Metro Courthouse protest, Tent City

In Defense of Old Hickory

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Presidential Politics, Woods

Our MIA Mayor

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Fat, Pathetic Dude Grabs Boobs, Runs

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Crazy Crap, boobs, Moore

Palin Supporters Also Need Cash for Clothes

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Politics, air brushing, Palin, poorly dressed people, Tobia

If TV Title Cards Actually Told the Truth

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Mad Men, truthful TV title cards

Boob Burglar Update: Be on the Lookout

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Boob Burglar

Please Don’t Loosen the Charter Schools Rules

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Education, Kotz

Tennessee Boy David Price Saves the Day for the Rays

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Sports, David Price, Tampa Bay Rays, World Series

Belmont Steaks: Red State Update Takes on Nashville Presidential Debate

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Presidential Politics, Red State Update, Silverman, Belmont, debate, Drew Johnson, Red State Update, Video

Writing Rosalind Kurita's Political Obit

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, John Wilder, Rosalind Kurita, write-in campaign

Pat Boone, Everyone's Favorite Gay-Bashing, Darwin-Denying Crooner, Today at Ernest Tubb Record Shop!

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Silverman, homosexuality, Palin, Pat Boone, Silverman

Gannett CEO has Seen the Future and it Sux

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Media, crystal ballz, Gannett, Tennessean, Tobia

Kurita Hits the Airwaves

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, Video

The Way We Are Now

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: By the Way, 9/11, airports, election, SoHo, Tobia

NY Times Says South is Full of Racist Ignoramuses, Again

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Media, NYT, racists, the Deep South

New Tennessee State Motto: "Just for the hack of it!"

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Law and Order, Silverman, hacking, Josh Holly, Miley Cyrus, Silverman, state motto, Video

English First: It'll Cost Us Just $500,000 to Look Stupid!

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Kotz, Law and Order, Politics

Electorate To Obama: We Want Pie!

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Politics, Get Some Pie, Hargrove, Metaphors, Obama, Video

Why Some Political Attack Videos Don't Work

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Presidential Politics, give 'em enough rope, how not to prove a point, Obama, Palin, Video

The Raconteurs, The Kills, Ocelots and more

• Tags: The Spin, The Kills (Band), The Raconteurs, Jack White, The Apples in Stereo

The Evolution of the Silver Jews

David Berman grows up (a little) and mellows out (sort of)

• by Mike Powell
• Tags: Features, David Berman, Michael Bowers, Nashville, Silver Jews

A Good Racket

The Walkmen roll, if not in money

• by Jason Harper
• Tags: Features, The Walkmen, Hamilton Leithauser, Amazon.com Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

As the Crow Flies

Old Crow Medicine Show's new album is a little bit of old-time warmth, some new-time tweaking and a lot of making it up as they go

• by Jewly Hight
• Tags: Features, Ketch Secor, Jim Keltner, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch

Like It's Hot

The Carolina Chocolate Drops and the roots of roots music

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Features, Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons, Justin Robinson, Joe Thompson

What We Do Is Awesome: Nashville Finally Gets the Hollywood Treatment

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Cream, Be Your Own Pet, JEFF: The Brotherhood, movies, The Pink Spiders

Plastic Fantastic: Bitchin' Video Promotes Warren Pash Album and Nov. 1 Show

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: K-tel, Plastic Rulers, video, Warren Pash, Video

Wax Fang: World War II (Part 2): Leprechaun in Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fang

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Don't tell my supervisor that I'm goofing around on teh intertubes, tell the music industry that we need fewer vowels, Wax Fang, Video

The Spin: Cold War Kids and Delta Spirit at Mercy Lounge

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Cold War Kids, Delta Spirit, douchebumps

Dear Danger Bear: Your Fucking CD Is Stuck in My Fucking Computer and Won't Come Out

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, technology

Tapes 'n Tapes at Mercy Lounge Mar. 5

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, distant future, Tapes 'n Tapes

Tim McGraw Apologizes to Fans; Not to the Rest of Us

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Hot Goss, greatest hits, the country music machine, Tim McGraw, uplifting fans

Lambchop In-Store Tonight at Grimey's, 6 p.m.

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Oh shit I think I'm swallowing my tongue

Attention Local Rock Bands: Get First-Rate Reviews On the Cheap

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Creamtastic, David Thorpe, you

Blow Pop: Framing Hanley Cover Lil' Wayne's 'Lollipop,' Some Dude Plays Metal to Young Buck

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, metal, never mixing, rap, she watch channel zero, stuff white people like

What's the Answer? Who's Opening for AC/DC

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, AC/DC, lemon, long hair is so punk rock right now except when it isn't

The Spin: Silver Jews and Monotonix at Exit/In

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Monotonix, not not playing here, Silver Jews

Pickin' Your Brain: Eddie Adcock Plays Banjo Through Brain Surgery

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Wow, Bluegrass, Brainjo, Eddie Adcock

Crazy: Hank Garland Biopic Opens Tonight

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, crazy, guitar, Hank Garland, Video

Showbiz Pizza: Kayo Dot w/Most Amazing Century of Science at Tomăto Tomäto

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Cream Calendar, insert special characters, Kayo Dot, Most Amazing Century of Science, pizza

Justin Townes Earle, Caitlin Rose and Chris Scruggs Tonight at Exit/In

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Caitlin Rose, Chris Scruggs, Justin Townes Earle, legendary parents, talented pie

The Spin: The Black Keys at The Ryman

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, The Black Keys

Marquee Moon: 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, books, Tom Moon

Pitchfork Feels Good About the Privates, Walkmen

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, dreams, The Privates, The Walkmen

From a Reader: 'You Guys are DICKS!'

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, banjo, dicks, freelancers

Rock Over London, Rock Over Nashville, Taco Bell, Run for the Border

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Wow

New Heypenny Video: 'Parade'

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, dancing, has anyone ever actually clicked on one of these tags?, Heypenny, new videos, sousaphones, striped trousers, Video

The Spin: Girls Rock & Girls Rule Tour at 3rd & Lindsley

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin

Kick His Ass Seabass: John Rich Scuffles in Hotel Lobby, Doesn't Die (Unfortunately)

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Hot Goss, in this corner weighing in at 200 pounds of hat-wearing douche, Video

CMJaded: Sharon Van Etten vs. Blogging

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, blogging, CMJ

Nashville Does CMJ 2008: the Short List Includes Charlie Louvin, Justin Townes Earle, The Ettes, Your Mom

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, CMJ, Dances With White Girls is the best band name this year

The Spin: Boston Spaceships at Mercy Lounge

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Bob Pollard, Boston Spaceships, Guided by Voices, The Spin

Loggins and Messina: Reunited and It Feels So Good

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Hot Goss, arena folk, hair, Loggins, Messina, Video

The Spin: The Walkmen, The Privates and Little Ones at The Basement

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Little Ones, The Privates, The Spin, The Walkmen, Video

New From Acony Records: The Whispertown 2000's Swim

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Whatevs, Gillian Welch, Swim, The Whispertown 2000

A Moment of Silence for Dolemite, Mutha F*ckas!

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Wow, Put your weight on it, put your weight on it, put your weight on it!, Video

The Billy Goats: 'This Is a Song Called Sing Along'

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Video

Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, best place to be an asshole: you're lookin' at it

Tradition Ain't What It Used to Be: Hank Williams Jr., John McCain and Sarah Palin

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, Wow, McCain't, sad, Video

Attention Everyone: Ringo Starr Has Had Enough

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Hot Goss, fan mail, no autographs, Ringo Starr

Wisdom of the Metal Gods

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Wow, Dio's crystal ball, Metal Gods, was Dee Snider ever cool?

Radio On

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Cream, How I Became the Bomb, the best post-song coverage in the blogosphere

Video: The Ettes, 'Crown of Age'

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, The Ettes, video, Wild West, Video

The Spin: MSTRKRFT, L.A. Riots, Felix Cartal & Justin Kase at Mercy Lounge

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Felix Cartal, Justin Kase, L.A. Riots, MSTRKRFT, The Spin

Give It Away Now

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, the industry, Video

Freedom Rock, or What I Thought About While Reading This Review of the Band Religious Knives

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs, freedom isn't free, great rock

Computer vs. Banjo vs. Selling Records vs. Touring

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, Blue Merle, Computer vs. Banjo, for sale, give me some money so I can get high, Gran Torino

Hail to the Keith: Keith Richards to Appear at Musicians Hall of Fame Induction

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Keith Richards, Musicians Hall of Fame

Darius Rucker: Making Hootstory

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: National Skyline, Hootie, I have a dream, McCain't, off the artistic roll call, Video

New Single by The Protomen

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar

Tonight: The Faint, Protomen and "Faint off 8th" on Cannery Row

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Cream Calendar, DJ Burgers, Justin Kase, Nite Nite, Protomen, The Faint

Tim McGraw Owes Fans Another Apology

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Wow, capitalism, Metro-sexual, Patchouli, putrid, shameless, Tim McGraw

Euros Childs Recorded His New Album, Cheer Gone, in Nashville

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Cheer Gone, country, Euros Childs, not country

Post Lightning 100 Interview Analysis

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Cream, How I Became the Bomb, Lighting 100, the best post-song coverage in the blogosphere

Note to Self: Thanks for the New Songs

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, downloads, rough, Self

Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes

De Novo Dahl Go Gray

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, ha ha, Shrag

Around the World in 18 Plates

Sambuca launches an eclectic menu of appetizers

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Reviews, Nashville, James Reesor, Shires & Co., Belmont (New York)

Fright Flight

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods, Halloween, pumpkin seeds, spices

Cheatin' Butt

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Cooking the Books, barbecue, books, cookbooks, Southern Festival of Books

Locavores Galore: Local Table Magazine Celebrates First Year in Print

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Bites, Local Table, Middle Tennessee wines, Nashville food publications

Pumpkin Patch Confidential: Howell's Sells Cinderella's Sister's Carriage, Thighs

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Foods, Halloween, Nashville pumpkin patches, produce stands, vegetables

Me and My Gal Bi House: Koreana Changes Names, Look

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Gal Bi House, Koreana, Nashville Korean restaurants

Take This Poll and Suck It: Blogger Doesn't Like Your Best-of Choices, Nashville

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: People, It was the Best of Nashville; it was the worst of Nashville

Give the Newest Book from the Original Blogger

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Cooking the Books, books, cookbooks, gift giving

OMG of the Week: Roast with the Most

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Good advice, Groceries, meat, Nashville markets, Robert Regg, where to buy roast

Scene Exposé: Obama's Nashville Link to Acorn

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Bite Your Tongue, Acorn, McCain, Obama, pure prevarication, Silverman

The Story of Naturally More

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, David Wroblewski, flaxseed products, Naturally More, Southern Festival of Books

The Staff of Life: A Bread Commercial About History

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: TV Dinner, food commercials

CPK: The Anniversary Assessment

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, California Pizza Kitchen, chain restaurants, great salads, Green Hills restaurants, Hill Center, restaurants I forget about

Cornbread City

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, arcane rivalry, cornbread, essay questions, food arguments, Nashville restaurants

Gettin' Lit With Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods, cocktails, Firefly Sweet Tea vodka, mixology

Krystal Square-Off Tonight on ESPN

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: TV Dinner, competitive eating, ESPN, Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi

Knives Out for Cooking Contest and Punkin Carving

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Events, contests, grocery stores, Halloween activities, Sylvan Park

One Potato, Two Potato-related Items

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: News, economic indicators, foods, grocery stores, shopping

Following the Pipers: New Pied Piper Diner Coming Soon

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News, East Nashville, family-friendly dining, Nashville restaurants, Pied Piper

Cable at the Table: CNN Comes to tayst

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, green restaurants, Jeremey Barlow, Nashville restaurants, tayst, the next Rachel Ray

Best of Nashville Barbecue: The Pig Hits the Fans

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Bites, best barbecue, Dee's Q, Martin's, Whitts

Boop-Oop-A-Doop!

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, F. Scott's, happy hour

The Fixe is In

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, meal deal, Ombi, prix fixe

Happy Birthday, Jack! (Gimme Some Puddin'!)

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, Arnold's, free puddin'

R.I.P. ZIMA

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Tombstones, choke, gag, retch, sputter, Zima, Video

L'Ete du Vin: Feast Like It's 2003, Tip Like a Magnate

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Events, L'Ete du Vin, Nashville food charity, salad dressing, Sperry's, steak

Shazbot! Mork Likes Hot Chicken

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, Bolton's, Robin Williams, Southern Festival of Books

More Changes in the Mirror: 12 South Eatery Goes Smoke-Free

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, 12South, kid-friendly, Mirror, non-smoking

Arnold's Puffs Out Its Chess: New Twist on Chess Pie

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Weekend Bites, Arnold's, desserts, meat-and-three, Nashville chess pie

Our American Restaurant

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, restaurant names

Friday Night Bites: Las Maracas

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Las Maracas, margaritas, stinky

Blues Name Starter Kit

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Party Mix, fruit, games, Monday

Name This Sandwich: Mystery Meal at Mitchell Deli

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Foods, Mitchell Deli, Nashville veggie options, tofu

Best of Nashville 2008: Let the Forks, Fists and Bullets Fly

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Bites, best barbecue, best cupcakes, best food, best fried chicken, Nashville best restaurants

Pssst, the Password Is...

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, F. Scott's, Old Sport, Speakeasy Phrase

Samurai Sushi: Better Than Bling...Almost

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Mr. Choo, push present, sushi, Yellowtail Baby

Southern Festival of (Cook) Books

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, Southern Festival of Books

Wasabinut, Coco?

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods, coconut, Sambuca, Wasabi

Taking My ’Cues from the Experts

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods, arcane rivalries, Dale and John Reed, Holy Smoke, Jim 'N Nick's, Southern Festival of Books

Save Gas and $$$: It's Walk to Lunch Day

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events

True Lies

Ridley Scott's ripping thriller makes push-button war scarily credible

• by Scott Foundas
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Ridley Scott, Leonardo DiCaprio, Roger Ferris, Hollywood

Billy, Don't Be a Hero

Nashville-shot Graham biopic drowns in its own great-man worship

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Billy Graham, Charles Templeton, Robby Benson, Armie Hammer

This week in local theaters

• Tags: Short Takes, Column, Frank Sinatra, Jim Ridley, Saoirse Ronan, Keira Knightley

Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile at Schermerhorn

• by Russell Johnston
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Joshua Bell

The Faint at Cannery Ballroom

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Gary Numan, The Faint (Band)

Sin and Skin

Boo-lesque at The Belcourt

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Gomorrah, Kicky La Rue, Lolly Pop, Monique Honeybush

Mambo Jumbo

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Lalo Davila, Nashville Jazz Orchestra, Bobby Allende

Time Lapse/Mythos at Vanderbilt's Ingram Studio Art Center

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Artur Augustynowicz, Carlin Wing, Dietmar Krumery, Joseph Winchester

Creature Feature

Frankenstein at the Nashville Children's Theatre

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Scot Copeland, Mary Shelley, Eric Pasto-Crosby

Blue Eyed Blacks CD Release

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jason Moon Wilkins, Austin, Garrison Starr

Randy Newman at TPAC

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Randy Newman, Academy Awards

Under Our Skin at The Belcourt

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Andy Abrahams Wilson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Halloween Harbinger

The Bell Witch Story

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Charles Bailey Bell, Ric White, Murfreesboro, Nashville

The Man with the Huge Organ

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Vincent Dubois

Justin Kase at Mercy Lounge

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Justin Kase, Treasure Fingers

Randall Balmer Deliver's This Year's Cole Lectures at Vanderbilt

• by Paul V. Griffith
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Cole Lectures, George Buttrick, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter

Heroic at TSU

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jodi Hays, Tennessee State University, Mark Belton, Nathaniel Creekmore

Innerspace, Permaculture and UFOs and Reverse Angle: Emerging Video Artists at Cheekwood

• by Amanda Dillingham
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Michael Oliveri, Greg Pond, University of Georgia, University of the South

Sonor et Visio at TSU

• by Amanda Dillingham
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Flavor Flav, Barry Jones, Austin Peay State University, Abbot Suger

Zoroaster w/Sourvein at The End

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Atlanta, New Orleans, North Carolina

Figure It Out

New Approaches to Figurative Art

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Juliette Aristides

Deneuve of That Guy

Repulsion at The Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Roman Polanski, Catherine Deneuve

Halloween Harbinger

The Bell Witch Story

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Charles Bailey Bell, Ric White, Murfreesboro, Nashville

Ray LaMontagne at The Ryman

• by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Ray LaMontagne, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman

Man Man at Mercy Lounge

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Philadelphia, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Stewart Copeland

Kristin O'Donnell Tubb at Davis-Kidd

• by Faye Jones
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Knoxville, Great Smoky Mountains

This Movie Will Self-Destruct in Five Seconds

Secrecy at The Belcourt

• by Jean Oppenheimer
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Winston Churchill, The White House, Peter Galison, Robb Moss

Bloody Bard

Act 1's Titus Andronicus

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Dave Thoreson, David Chattam, Kay Ayers Sowell, Lauren Atkins

Lorraine Lopez at Davis-Kidd

• by Faye Jones
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Lorraine Lopez, Los Angeles

The Griefs w/We Were the States & The Tits at Exit/In

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, London, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Hanoi

International Lens

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Alfredo Vergara, F. Clark Williams, Melody Emmett, Otar Left

South by Southwest

Southern Exposure at Ruby Green

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Mery Lynn McCorkle, Ruby Green, Alison Foshee, Andre Yi

Honey, Get the Camera

International Home Movie Day

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, The Wonder Years (TV Show)

Ruthie Foster at Third and Lindsley

• by Jewly Hight
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Ruthie Foster, Tracy Chapman, Texas

Robert K. Oermann at Davis-Kidd

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Grand Ole Opry House, Minnie Pearl, Jimmy Dickens, Porter Wagoner

The Best Metal Around

• by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, New York City, Bad Brains, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple

Vanderbilt Holocaust Lecture Series

"[over] Sites of Memory"

• by Maria Browning
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Maureen Tobin Stanley, Spain, David Andelman, Frieder Schnock

Matthew Paul Turner at Davis-Kidd

• by Ralph Bowden
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, 36

Lupe Fiasco at Vandy

• by Dustin Allen
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Lil' Wayne, Chicago, Lupe Fiasco, Nashville

Highway in ’61 Revisited

• by Michelle Jones
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Eric Etheridge, John Seigenthaler, Jackson (Mississippi), Nashville

Hymns at Mercy Lounge

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Brian Harding, Brooklyn, Jason Roberts, New York City

Cooking the Books

Cooking Stages as part of the Southern Festival of Books

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Alan Jackson, Catherine Mayhew, Julia Reed, Kay West

Ghoulings-On at the Zoo

Ghouls at Grassmere

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, 1080

Medieval Mirth

The Magic Sword at The Belcourt

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Olde Worlde Theatre Company, St. George (New York), Staten Island

Barack ‘n’ Roll

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Tommy Womack, Rodney Crowell

Dead Men Walking

Nashville Zombie Walk Downtown

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Hollywood, Nashville, America's Second Harvest

DJ Eticut

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Cashville, DJ Shadow, J Dilla, Nashville

Can't Get Enough Organ?

The Mark of Zorro at the Schermerhorn

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Douglas Fairbanks, Fred Niblo, Tom Trenney

Open House and Art Show at Platetone

• by Amanda Dillingham
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Patricia Jordan, Jaime Raybin, Kaaren Hirshowitz Engel, Lee Ann Hawkins

What's Your Function?

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Thomas Function, Huntsville, Vancouver, Vancougar

Toadies at Exit/In

• by Dustin Allen
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Texas, Interscope Records Inc.

The Features CD Release at Mercy Lounge

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Cameron Crowe, The Beatles

Gaylord Brewer and Kate Daniels at Austin Peay

• by Pablo Tanguay
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Gaylord Brewer, Kate Daniels, Philip Levine

Picking a Pocket or Two

Oliver! at Looby Theatre

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Lionel Bart, Oliver Twist, Clay Hillwig, Evan Williams

YO-YO MA & JOSEPH GRAMLEY W/THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• by Russell Johnston
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, The Silk Road Project, Yo-Yo Ma, Chen Yi, Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky

Just Scratchin' the Surface

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jack Johnson, Union University, Jason Hamlin, Trick Daddy

Artclectic at USN

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Mark Scala, University School of Nashville, Chattanooga, Patricia De Leon

Jim Lauderdale

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Gary Allan, George Strait, Patty Loveless, The Dixie Chicks

It's a Dead Man's Party

Plowhaus Artist Co-op's 7th Annual Day of the Dead Celebration

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bethany Taylor, Jennifer Bronstein, Jessica Maloan, Joe Silva

To Read or Not to Read

Shakespeare Allowed! at the Nashville Public Library

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Riverside Shakespeare, Ann Cook Calhoun, Denice Hicks, Nashville

Dwarf-Core

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, 1403

Take That, Lou Dobbs!

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Brett Rosenberg, Bob Dylan, Boston, Nashville

Kate Campbell CD Release

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Frederick Buechner, John Prine, Mac McAnally, Muscle Shoals

Gays, Faith and God

Our Family Matters Conference

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jesus Christ, Nashville, Peterson Toscano, Ray Boltz

Engulfed in Fame

David Sedaris at TPAC's Jackson Hall

• by Margaret Renkl
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, David Sedaris, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain

Rock-O-Ween

• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Sarah Palin

Jessie Baylin at Exit/In

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jessie Baylin, Norah Jones, Matt Nathanson, Nashville

Terrier Terror

See Spot Eat Howl-O-Ween Party

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Kat Martin, Nashville, Cesar Millan, Raquel Wynn

Mike Farris at Station Inn

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Austin, San Francisco, The Rolling Stones

Jules de Balincourt at Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery

• by Amanda Dillingham
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jules de Balincourt, Joseph Whitt, London, Los Angeles

Say It Loud! I'm Out and I'm Proud!

Come Out on Church!

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Ted Jensen, Jim Hawk, Kevin Medley, Tennessee

The Features CD Release at Grimey's

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Cameron Crowe, The Beatles

EVANGELICALS W/DRESSY BESSY

• by Dustin Allen
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Brooklyn, Norman (Oklahoma), The Flaming Lips, The Apples in Stereo

Alejandro Escovedo at Exit/In

• by Dustin Allen
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Alejandro Escovedo, Chuck Prophet, Tony Visconti

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia

Maureen McCormick at Davis-Kidd

• by Christopher Clancy
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Marcia Brady, Maureen McCormick, Sandro Botticelli, William Shakespeare

Thursday Nights of Terror

Feat. Black Sunday

• by Brian Miles
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Mario Bava, Barbara Steele, Tim Lucas

Double Fantasy Camp

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Memphis, Murfreesboro, Nashville

Junior Brown at Station Inn

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bakersfield, Ernest Tubb

If the Spirit Moves You…

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Delta Spirit, Cold War Kids, San Diego, Dr. Dog

Multidimensional Dance

The Bell Witch and The Four Temperaments at TPAC's Polk Theater

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville Symphony, Nashville Ballet, Ann Marie DeAngelo, Conni Ellisor

Going for Baroque

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, The Raconteurs, Andre Previn, Jennifer Coleman

David Alan Grier at Zanies

• by Julie Seabaugh
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Comedy Central, Life with Bonnie, The Daily Show, Yale University

The Filming Lips

Christmas on Mars at The Belcourt

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, The Flaming Lips, Bradley Beesley, Wayne Coyne, Adam Goldberg

Exploratory Committee

• by Dustin Allen
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson (Musician), Charleston (South Carolina)

Lover Man

Don Giovanni at TPAC's Jackson Hall

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni, John Hoomes, Donna Elvira

What's Opera, Doc?

Opera Dinner at tayst

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jeremy Barlow, Heidelberg, Nashville

Halloween Harbinger

The Bell Witch Story

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Charles Bailey Bell, Ric White, Murfreesboro, Nashville

Irony Man

Phlegm king Neil Hamburger reflects on life as America's funnyman

• by Julie Seabaugh
• Tags: Comedy, Neil Hamburger, Gregg Turkington, Madison Square Garden, Chicago

Razor Sharp

The Rep gives the Demon Barber a bold new 'do

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Theater, Brooke Bryant Todd, Martha Wilkinson, Therm Pooley, Jack Chambers