Nashville Scene

A handful of designers are igniting Nashville's underground fashion scene

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Shea Steele, Amanda Valentine, Hana Hattori

Nashville's school board defies mayor in hapless search for new superintendent

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Woods, Michelle Rhee, Karl Dean, Nashville, Santiago Wood

Special Guadalupe edition

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican, Tony Montana, Mexico, Virgencita de Guadalupe, Al Pacino

Love-Hate Mail

• Tags: Letters, Love/Hate Mail, Nashville, Ronal Serpas, Matt Ivester, Eric Crafton

Will The Tennessean Cut Its Home Delivery?

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Kotz, Media

Will Racing Soon Be Over at the Nashville Speedway?

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

Requiem for a Pulp Goddess: Nashville Native Bettie Page Dead at 85

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Breaking News

Update: Jack Daniels Collector Avoids Jail Time, Still Might Lose Booze to Draconian ABC

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Law and Order, ABC, attack of the fun police, Jack Daniels

Murder or Accident, 19-year-old Northeast Nashville Kid is Dead

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Law and Order, another needless death, Hargrove, playing with guns

Sign of the Times: More Tennesseans ripping off TennCare

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: insurance fraud, Signs of the Times, TennCare

Fulmer Under Fire Again

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Education, Sports, Woods

The 'Real Reasons' Republicans Won in Tennessee

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

The Quiet Campaign To Beat English Only

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

New Lawsuits Threaten Big Tobacco, Common Sense

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Legislature, cancer sticks, cigarettes, let's here from some smokers, Supreme Court, Video

We're No. 1! Tennessee Leads U.S. in Bankruptcy Filings!

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Kotz, Law and Order

Odom Sheds Tears for Fat Cats

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Grandma of missing Fla. girl says Caylee spotted in Tenn. on Larry King Live; TBI says 'no way'

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Media, Caylee Anthony, Larry King Live, spotted in Tennessee?

Bredesen on His Fellow Republican Wamp's Coke History

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, Congress, Politics

Phillip Fulmer Backs Out of Fundraising Job

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Education, Kotz

UFO house Auctioned off in Signal Mountain, Tennessee

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Crazy Crap, coolest house ever...when I was 12, Hargrove, Signal Mountain, UFO house

Sundance Kids Ride Again: Nashville Filmmakers Headed to Park City

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film

If Auto Industry Fails, Tennessee Could Lose 106,000 Jobs

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: By the Way, Kotz

Hard Times for Michelle Branch; Belle Meade Home For Sale

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Kotz

Red State Update: Quit Making Excuses, Obama

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Red State Update, Video

National Media Auto Bailout Coverage: Put a Corker in It

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Politics, Silverman, automakers, bailout, Corker, New York Times, Silverman, Video

Gunsmoke in the Smokies

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Obama Disrespects Bredesen

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Tennessee Democrats Will Get No Help from Tim McGraw

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Kotz, Politics

Don't Trust a Politician Who Hasn't Tried Drugs

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Politics, Silverman, bong, drugs, marijuana, politics, Silverman, Zach Wamp

Confessions of a Smoker: We Shouldn't Be Able to Sue

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Kotz, Law and Order

Karl Dean's Transformation

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Sounds' New Owners Want to Know: How do we Improve Greer?

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Sports, baseball, fix'er upper, Greer Stadium, Nashville Sounds, new boss possibly different than the old boss

Recently Demoted Principal Don Hassler's Reading List

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Education, Hannan, Hicks From the Sticks, Don Hassler, lawsuits that haven't been filed yet, maybe he should have been fired?, Montgomery County

How Purcell Won His Harvard Job

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Blowin' Dirty, Drivin' Anyway: Despite MNPD's ardent campaign against drunk driving, some Breathalyzers just can't keep 'em down

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Law and Order, drunk driving, faulty Breathalyzers, Hargrove, Serpas' plan

A Firsthand Report From Afghanistan by the Scene's P.J. Tobia

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Silverman, Afghanistan, Silverman, Tobia

Overheard: Bill Frist Muses on the Merits of Nuclear Power vs. Wind Power

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Silverman, cats, Frist, nuclear, Silverman, wind

If Gus Johnson Ever Announces a Pay-Per-View Briss We'll be the First to Shell out $59.95

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Gus Johnson, semi-coherent screaming, Tim McCarver, Video

On Chip Forrester and Female Circumcision

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

The Dexateens may be a part-time love, but they're more faithful than a lot of other bands

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Features, Elliott McPherson, The Hold Steady, Nashville, Tim Kerr

Are fresh-faced indie rockers Ra Ra Riot suspended in art-rock?

• by Aaron Jentzen
• Tags: Features, Ra Ra Riot, John Pike, Milo Bonacci, Kate Bush

Glossary, Wes Floyd and the Daisycutters, Oliver Dodd, Korean Is Asian, Chris Crofton, Ballhog and more

• Tags: The Spin, Caitlin Rose, Tom Waits, Chris Crofton, Berlin

Dear Matt: Why Do Metalheads Sound Silly When Talking about Metal?

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Cream, downloading minds, indie versus metal, the scary essence of metal

Umbrella Tree: New Video for 'Child Bride'

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, typewriters, Umbrella Tree, video, Video

From the Pile: Ribbonpigeon's Young Lungs

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Reviews, From the Pile, local album, reviews, Ribbonpigeon, Young Lungs

It Came From 1980s Nashville, Again: Vandy Girls, New Wave, Channel 4 Documentary

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, 1980s, Never in Nashville, new wave, parents just don't understand, Video

Too Many Guitars: Craigslister Wants to Form World's Largest (Musical) Circle Jerk

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Wow, circle jerks, Craigslist, noodle fests, too many guitars

What You Should Buy With Your Groove Gift Certificates That We're Giving Away at the Winter of Dreamz Cream Party on Friday: My Wish List of 2008 Reissues

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Creamtastic, Liner Notes, Reviews, becoming my new BFF, burning me CD's, Buzzcocks, Cheap Trick, Cream Party, Factory Records, Love, Merge Records, Mission of Burma, Otis Redding, Pavement, The Kinks, The Nerves, U2, Winter of Dreamz

Hey, You Talking Girl Named Katie at The Features' Show

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Hot Goss, Katie, missed connections, The Features, The Rutledge

Be Your Own Pet Make Pitchfork's Top 100

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: National Skyline, Be Your Own Pet, Jay Reatarded, lists, Pitchfork, top 100 tracks of the year

Manic Panic Monday: Dancing and Non-Dancing

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, dancing, drinking, Monday, non-dancing, standing

Dexateens, Ra Ra Riot and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes

Bob Dylan's 'Lay Lady Lay' Master Tape for Sale on eBay

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Bob Dylan, boner grower, eBay, gifts, master tape, Nashville Skyline

Bonnarooined: Bonnaroo '08 DVD Goes on Sale

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Bonnaroo, DVD, Gogol Bordello weird me the hell out, Kanye's a punk, yeah I said it, Video

Dr. Dog to Play Mercy Lounge Feb. 14

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Dr. Dog, Drug Rug, Mercy Lounge, spend your Valentine's Day with some sweethearts

Safety Dance: Anything and Everything About SafetySuit Can Be Summed Up In the Band's Name

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Wow, beige rock, Hinder, SafetySuit

Your Cream Weekend Planner: Young Jeezy, Ra Ra Riot, Weiners and More

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, blogworthy, weekending, Video

The Features, Hotpipes, MusiCares: Thursday in Nashville

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar

105.9 The Rock: Classic Rock Ass

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Whatevs, 105.9, classic rock, titty bomb

Knoxville Envy

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Cream, football, orange-colored everything, World's Fair

D.U.I. Alert: Watch the Fuck Out for Cops This Weekend

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Hot Goss, dick-cock, DUI

Nashville Comprises 6% of Rolling Stone's Top 50

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Creamtastic, National Skyline, Reviews

KinderCastle and More: Wednesday Night Is Here

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, hump day, KinderCastle

Songs of You and Meiko: Toys for Tots Tonight at Third and Lindsley

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, boys, Bret Dennen, Meiko, Toys for Tots, Video

Berman's Thoughts on Silver Jews' Jan. 31 Bluegrass Underground Show

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, caves, David Berman is funny, Silver Jews, spelunkers' delight

Killing Me Softly: When Music Is a Boner-Shrinker

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs

Xcessive Records Going Out of Business

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Hot Goss, discount music, going out of business, their loss = your gain, tough times, Xcessive Records

Ooh That Smell: New Year's Eve Lynyrd Skynyrd Show Canceled

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, new year's, not playing here, skynyrd

The Spin: Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs at The End

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, The Spin

The Spin: The Cool Kids and Matt & Kim at Exit/In [Updated]

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Matt & Kim, MEEMAW, Mountain Dew, The Cool Kids

Pitchfork Names 20 Worst Album Covers of 2008: Nashville Gets Mentioned Again

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Cream, National Skyline, Whatevs, bad album art, Jensen Sportag, Kings of Leon, Pitchfork

Summer of '69: Ryan, Bryan Adamses and the Cardinals

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs, Bryan Adams, Cardinals, Ryan Adams, Summer of '69

Don't Forget: Ghostfinger, JEFF the Brotherhood, Chris Crofton and More Friday at Mercy Lounge

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Creamtastic, beer, Chris Crofton, Ghostfinger, JEFF the Brotherhood, Mercy Lounge, Winter of Dreamz

Rumor: Springsteen (Greatest Living American!) & Phish (Who Gives a Phuck?) to Headline Bonnaroo

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Bonnaroo, Creamtastic, Hot Goss, National Skyline, Bonnaroo, Bruce Springsteen, Phish, Rolling Stone, rumors (not Fleetwood Mac)

Stitch 'n' Bitch: Local Honey Party Friday Night

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Creamtastic, boner grower, cool threads, Local Honey, slow clothes, waifish indie chicks

New Magic Wands Video, 'Warrior (Demo)'

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, flame-circle leotard flying, Magic Wands, video, Video

Midtown buffet Jerusalem promises a fresh bounty of Middle Eastern flavors

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Reviews, Jerusalem, Jeff Abuhmoud, Israel, New Jersey

Spatula Wars

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, food arguments, kitchen gear

Allium is Open

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News

Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods, Athens Family Restaurant, Jerusalem restaurant, lamb

A Note About Plumgood Totes

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Good advice, Plumgood, tombstones

Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner: Restaurant Seating Etiquette

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Party Mix, etiquette, restaurant manners, Video

What Morsels Are You Missing?

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, dining newsletter, Morsel Code

1808 Grille to Open Jan. 20 in Hutton Hotel

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, 1808 Grille, chef Charles Phillips, hotel restaurants, new American cuisine

Taki Points

• by Brent Rolen
• Tags: Bites, Hermitage, Japanese, Taki

Taste of Russia Opens in Cool Springs

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Cool Springs restaurants, Nashville beef stroganoff, Nashville borsch, Nashville cabbage rolls, Nashville Russian restaurants, Russian foods in Nashville, Taste of Russia

Precious Gifts from Afar for the Holidays

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Foods

Cajun Steamer Opening Soon & Looking for Staff

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News, Cajun Steamer, Cools Springs restaurants, help wanted

Miel Offers Cooking Class

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, cooking class, Miel

An Insult So Subtle

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Cooking the Books, Fun and Games

P.J. Tobia Reporting Live From Dinner in Afghanistan

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, gobble in Kabul, P.J. Tobia

M&Ms Me!

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Fun and Games

Making a List (of Bad Holiday Foods)

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Fun and Games, green bean casserole, yuck

Another Lawsuit for the Tangredis

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: News

Our Gigi Wants Her Domain Name Back

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: News

Snack Tray: Doings from The Wild World of Food

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites

Earth doesn't move for Day The Earth Stood Still remake

• by Luke Y. Thompson
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Keanu Reeves, United Nations, Ed Wood, Frisbee

Harry Connick Jr. at the Ryman

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, New Orleans, Frank Sinatra, Grammy Awards, Will & Grace

Popping Bloomsbury

• by Edd Hurt
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bloomsbury Publishing plc, John Maynard Keynes, John Cale, Leonard Woolf

Please, Hammer, Don’t Torch ’Em

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Murfreesboro, Sweden, Tennessee

Wood, Canvas and Clay at the Arts Company

Medium Rare

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Krista Grecco, Randy Shull, Sarah Emerson, Nashville

Johnny Cash Christmas Show Screening at the Country Music Hall of Fame

Classier Than Hee Haw

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Johnny Cash, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Minnie Pearl, Roy Orbison

GroundWorks' Road to Bethlehem at Darkhorse Theatre

Heavenly Piece

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Robert J. O'Connell, Chris Basso, Lane Wright, Martha Manning

Contrary Tales at the Tennesee Arts Commission

Contrary to Popular Belief

• by Amanda Dillingham
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Erin Anfinson, John Donovan

Jeezy Listening

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Atlanta, Nas (Rapper)

FuseBox Theatre's CRASH Feat. Tin Cup Gypsy

• by Martin Brady

Daley Dose

• by Jon Weisberger
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Pam Daley, Robert Gateley, Chris Stuart, David Grier

The Best Private Art Collection in Nashville at Ruby Green

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Pablo Picasso, Albert Haynesworth, Annie Leibovitz, Bart Durham

Kinder Bender

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jeff Lynne, Nashville, Cody Uhier, Ross Wariner

Halcyon Bike Shop Grand Opening

On a Roll

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, America's Second Harvest, Centennial Park

Winter Is Soluble at Magpie Etc

Salute Your Solution

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Wisconsin

Michael "Supe" Granda at Davis-Kidd

Supe for the Soul

• by Lacey Galbraith
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Ozark Mountains, Jackie Blue, Cheech Marin, Glyn Johns

Branch Out: Artists Interpret the Holidays at Estel Gallery

Celebrate in Style

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Sean O'Meallie, Vanessa Oppenhoff, Aimee Golant, Asia Mathis

You Lookin’ at Meiko?

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Los Angeles, Meiko (Musician), Apple iTunes, Georgia

Clifford Bailey's The American at Ovvio Arte

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Clifford Bailey, Mad Magazine, Walt Disney, Pixar Animation Studios

Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats Along the Way at the TN State Museum

You've Got to Admit It's Getting Baeder

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, John Baeder

Michael Sims Signing and Discussion at Davis-Kidd

It's Human Nature

• by Maria Browning
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Tennessee, The New York Times Company

All the Girls Love Elton

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Elton John, Benton Blount, Brad Cotter, Dave Harrison

Brass Christmas Ball

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Canadian Brass, Sussex, Nashville Symphony

In Tycoon's War, Stephen Dando-Collins chronicles a brutal American conflict

• by Maria Browning
• Tags: Books, Books, Cornelius Vanderbilt, William Walker, Stephen Dando-Collins, Nashville

Lavish new Nutcracker re-creates the Nashville of a bygone century

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Theater, Paul Vasterling, Nashville, Campbell Baird, Barry Scott

In The Future's So Bright I Can't Bear to Look, Tom Tomorrow takes on the most religious nation west of Iran

• by Michael Sims
• Tags: Books, Books, Tom Tomorrow, Iran, George Washington, Robert F. Kennedy

It's not his book, but Harry Bosch reappears in Michael Connelly's The Brass Verdict

• by Wayne Christeson
• Tags: Books, Books, Harry Bosch, Walter Elliott, Jerry Vincent, Michael Connelly