Nashville Scene

The People Issue 2009

• Tags: Features, Features, Eric England

Taylor Swift - The Music City Star

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Features, Features, Taylor Swift, Liz Rose, Tim McGraw, MySpace Inc.

Jack Spencer - The Artist

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Features, Features, Jack Spencer, Nashville, Flannery O'Connor, Eric England

Yuri Cunza - The Connector

• by P.J. Tobia
• Tags: Features, Reviews, Nashville, Yuri Cunza, Antioch, Eric England

Reggie Whittemore - The Most Valuable Player

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Features, Features, Reggie Whittemore, Nashville, Eric England, Sinclair Kelly

Gerry House - The Morning Man

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Features, Features, Mike Bohan, Richard Falklen, Nashville, Reba McEntire

Tiffany Minton and Lauren Gilbert - The Honky-tonk Angels

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Features, Features, Tiffany Minton, Lauren Gilbert, Nashville, Eric England

Shawn Whitsell - The Triple Threat

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Features, Features, Shawn Whitsell, Nashville, Michael Walker, Eric England

Eric Powell and Rambo Sambo - The Power Couple

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Features, Features, Eric Powell, Nashville, Tennessee State Fairgrounds, Austin

Mignon and A.E. François - The Sweet Spot

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Features, Features, New Orleans, Alexius Francois, Eric England, Germantown

Morgan Levy and Christy Frink - The Webspinners

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Christy Frink, Morgan Levy, DCist.com

Jen-Jen Lin - The Teacher

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Features, Features, Jen-Jen Lin, Nashville, China, Nashville Chinese School

Shea Weber - The Contender

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville Predators, National Hockey League, NHL Central Division, NHL Western Conference

Hide Watanabe - The Wasabi Cowboy

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Features, Features, Hide Watanabe, Nashville, Kobe (Japan), Earl Scruggs

Greg Hinote - The Right Hand of the City

• by P.J. Tobia
• Tags: Features, Features, Greg Hinote, Nashville, Rahm Emanuel, Eric England

Shiva Karimy - The Burger Queen

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Features, Features, Iran, Istanbul, Nashville, Franklin

Matt Riddlehoover - The Provocateur

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Features, Features, Matt Riddlehoover, Nashville, MySpace Inc., Kevin Smith

Dean Shortland - The Corner Man

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Ethan Opelt, Kyle Andrews, Eric England

Corrado Savarino, Mike Figlio, Al Bunetta, Nick Pellegrino, Felix Cavaliere and Doug Shaugnesso - The Savarino's Sandwich Gang

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Features, Features, Corrado Savarino, Doug Shaugnesso, Nashville, Al Bunetta

Warren Pash - The Dude Who Wrote That Song

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Warren Pash, Hall & Oates, Eric England

Gay lobbyists expose democracy, Tennessee-style

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Woods, Mary Mancini, Chris Sanders, Tennessee, Diane Black

Romance, obsession and a weird suit over an alleged beat-down

• by P.J. Tobia
• Tags: Stories, Chris Garland, Debi Dowdy, Kennetha Sawyers, Hulk Hogan

Questioning Cesar Chavez Ave.

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican, Cesar Chavez, Dallas, Betsy Ross, Martin Luther King Jr.

Grandpa drug dealer, Killing the literate and more

• Tags: Stories, Eric Crafton, Marsha Blackburn, Meg Nugent, Nashville

Love-Hate Mail

• Tags: Letters, Love/Hate Mail, Steve Henley, Nashville, Eric Holder, Edna Stafford

Dept. of Rumormongering: Titans Ditching Vince Young?

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Sports, Don Banks, Tennessee Titans, Vince Young

Public Opinion of Legislature Worst Since Tennessee Waltz Scandal

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

Tennessee Republican Party Bucking the Bailout With Bumper Sticker

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, bailout bumper sticker, Honk if you're paying my mortgage, Tennessee Republican Party

Bredesen Desperately Trying to 'Clarify' Position on Jobless Benefits

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

The Search for a Better Metaphor: Senator Corker and the Tar Baby

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Politics, Bob Corker, Mitt Romney, Politico, tar baby

Capitol Cowards: Guns OK on Playgrounds But Not at Legislature

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

Kelsey Taunts Governor on Stimulus

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

'Dear President Obama,' Or: Remind Me Never to Do Business with First Franklin Loan Services

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: The Economy, Bank of America sucks, First Franklin Loan Services, Molly Secours, Nashville home foreclosure stories, open letter to Obama, reasons to hate banks

Red State Update: Little Ol' Bobby Jindal

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

Jay Cutler Could Use Some Help With That Whole Manning Up Thing

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Kotz, Sports

Odom Apologizes for Naifeh Bashing But Insists He Didn't Really Bash Naifeh. Got That?

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

Albert Haynesworth bolts to Washington

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Sports

Morning Roundup: Your Lawmakers at Work to Keep Your Wages Low

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Let's Be Thankful for Phil Bredesen's Sweet Comb-Over

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

Obama Bypasses Phil Bredesen for Cabinet Post

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

TVA Buys X-Box's Instead of Stable Coal Ash Retaining Walls

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, fly ash spill, on blowin' money, Tennessee Valley authority

Packing Heat on Playgrounds: Let's Think This Through

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Law and Order, Legislature, Politics, Woods

Red State Update: Obamas Outsource the White House Dog

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

'Dare Not Walk Alone': Acclaimed Civil Rights Doc Screens Tonight and Tomorrow

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Dare Not Walk Alone, International Black Film Festival of Nashville, Palace Theatre Gallatin, Watkins College, Video

Morning Roundup: Fat Cats and Moon Walks

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Forrester Tries Again to Calm Storm Over Freeman

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

Delightful, Harmless Outlaw Bound For Tennessee Slips His Captors

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Christopher Gay, escape, The Ballad of Christopher Gay

Metro Report Alleges Mishandling of MEAC Funds, Recommends Fraud Charges

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: iQ TV10, MCA TV 9, MEAC, Michael Catalano

Photo IDs for Voters: A Great Way to Disenfranchise Democrats

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

Ramsey Says He Announced His Candidacy to Slow Haslam's Momentum

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Morning Roundup: Bredesen Behaves Like a Crazy Republican and More News Flashes

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Woods

Morning Roundup: A Little Good Economic News for a Change

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Lawyers Try to Censor Anonymous Website Comments

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Law and Order, Media, Woods

Governor Won't Take Stand Against Guns in Saloons, City Parks, Playgrounds, State Parks, Wildlife Refuges, Anywhere Else

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

Governor Rides Town Car to Fitness Event

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

The Secret Ballot Protection Act: It's All About Mooching Campaign Contributions

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Kotz, Legislature, Politics, The Economy

Outrage of the Day: Committee Votes to Name Highway After Jerry Cooper

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

Memphis Is So Depraved Even The Birds Get Wasted!

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Crazy Crap, cedar waxwings party to the death, drunk birds, Memphis

Visit Tennessee: See Our Mountains, Hear a Racist Joke About Obama

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

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal: The Next Contestant on Are You An American Citizen?

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Politics, Presidential Politics, Bobby Jindal, David Brooks, GOP, nutbags, Sarah Palin, Video

Governor Won't Take Stand Against Blowing the Tops Off Mountains

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

Chris Garland Kills Defenseless Bird With Bare Hand

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Chris Garland, Karate Kidder, killing defensless birds, lawsuits

Harpeth River Flows With Jason Holleman's Stormwater Amendment

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Hannan, Politics, harpeth river watershed association, Jason Holleman, stormwater

Single Ladies Own Many Homes in Nashville; Cause: Deadbeat Musician Boyfriends

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Hargrove, very scientific studies on the struggling musician/girlfriend dynamic

Morning Roundup: Update

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Fear Not, Predators Fans: The Phoenix Coyotes Are in Much Worse Shape

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Kotz, Sports

Odom Escapes Media Frenzy, Goes into Hiding in the House

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

Update: Lincoln County's Football Coach is Still an Idiot

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, Education, Hicks From the Sticks

When it Rains it Pours: How Dean's Stormwater Bill Hoses Nashville

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Hannan, Politics, getting hosed, Greg Hinote, Jason Holleman, Metro water, Rich Riebeling, stormwater

Red State Update: The 3 1/2 Year Anniversary Highlight Reel

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

Forrester Declares Victory in Fight Over Freeman

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Morning Roundup: Ramsey's Running; McMillan Makes It Official Too

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Move to Oust Democratic Party Treasurer Freeman Loses Steam

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

STOP THE PRESSES! TN MEDICAL REGULATORY AGENCY ACTUALLY DOES ITS JOB!

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Richard Simmons, Southern Hills Medical Center, state regulators, StoneCrest, TN Medical Board, Tobia

Cooper Votes Against Fixing Leaky Dam to Save Nashville from Flooding

• by Jeff Woods

Oops! Handgun Permit Holder Shoots His Wife While Watching Cher on TV

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

Now's the Time for Democrats to Push a State Income Tax

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

A Leadership Quiz Essay Question

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

The Coen Brothers Version of Clean Coal: A TV Commercial

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

Trip to Memphis Changes House Speaker

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

Metro Council Flushes Logic (And Some Cash) Down the Drain

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Hannan, Politics, at least they tried, Jason Holleman, Metro council, Rich Riebeling

Tennessee's Unemployment Rate Takes a Great Leap Forward

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Breaking News, Kotz, Legislature, Politics

Legalized Marijuana: Our Economy's Leafy Savior?

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: By the Way, Hannan, Law and Order, Politics, bud, California, kind, Nate Silver, pot, stick-icky, weed

No Booze Across State Lines? Tennessee, You Are Obnoxious!

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, no interstate booze for you, obnoxious Tennessee law, U.S. Supreme Court

Kim McMillan: The Great Conciliator

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Humane Society's Monkey Ban: Bad for You, Me and Tennessee

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Hargrove, Humane Society, The Monkey Prohibition

Republican Chairman Attacks Rush Limbaugh; Sky Falls

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

Washington's Already Expressing Buyer's Remorse Over Haynesworth

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Media, Sports, Video

Budget Cuts Endanger WMOT Jazz 89: Will Sax Get the Ax?

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Middle Tennessee jazz stations, MTSU budget cuts, Nashville jazz stations, WMOT

Too Bad His Car Wasn't in the Capitol's No-Gun Zone

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Kotz, Legislature, The Economy

Keeping Secrets: Legislative Email May Become Confidential

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

Gun Nuts Triumph Again in House Committee

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

On Midnight at the Movies, Justin Townes Earle widens, and sharpens, his focus

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Features, Steve Earle, Nashville, Times Square, Texas

Van Morrison revisits Astral Weeks, perhaps his finest hour, 40 years later

• by Scott Foundas
• Tags: Features, Van Morrison, Hollywood Bowl, John Lee Hooker, Charles Mingus

The Watson Twins burn slow and bright on Fire Songs

• by Werner Trieschmann
• Tags: Features, The Watson Twins, Jenny Lewis, Los Angeles, Kentucky

Wanda Jackson, Jensen Sportag, Pavement Reunion and more

• Tags: The Spin, Wanda Jackson, Nashville, Bob Nastanovich, Stephen Malkmus

SGRRC Is Blowin' Up

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Cream, fat girls dancing, SGRRC

Van Morrison, Justin Townes Earle, Pavement Almost Reunion and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, Justin Townes Earle, Pavement, Van Morrison, Wanda Jackson, Watson Twins

Riverdance: a Dreamworld of Magic

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Cream, Whatevs, If the Irish come along and make fun of black people tap-dancing is it racist?, like 1996 up in that place, Riverdance, the theatre is not a goddamn circus show some respect

People Are People: Taylor Swift Meets Hide, Dean, Gerry and the Gang

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Dean Shortland, Gerry House, Hide Watanabe, Lauren Gilbert, Taylor Swift, The People Issue, Tiffany Minton

The Ettes Like to Play Darts at the Villager

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, alcohol, darts, The Ettes, Video

The Hump Day Dance Is Your Chance

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, free shows, Kindercastle, record labels, teh internet, Uncle Skeleton, yewknee, Video

Grimey Gets Iggy With It at The Basement

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Creamtastic, Hot Goss, Grimey's, Romance, The Stooges, Video

Put Another Dime In The Jukebox, Baby: An Informal Poll

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Creamtastic, how many times can I write jukebox, jukebox, shits me to tears, yeah this is a post about something cool in L.A. so go ahead and mock me

8 off 8th Rock 'n' Roll Science Fair Tonight

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, 8 off 8th, Dewey Decibel, Gold's face, home keys, Pineapple Explode!

It Must Be Admitted That Nashville Knows how to Be Attractive

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Creamtastic, hotness, Nashville, sick of all the haters, this is one of the most blunt you ever opportunity visit

Spring Hill Spider Party at Mercy Lounge 2/26/09

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, dancing, dudes, fudge, ladies, Mercy Lounge, Spring Hill Spider Party, Video

'Quote' on WPLN

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, art, meta, Quote, quotes, radio, WPLN

Weekend Round-Up: Mixed Precipitation Style! Part 2

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, All We Seabees, Caitlin Rose, KinderCastle, The Privates, weekend round-up

Ham1 Release The Underground Stream on Infinity Cat, Play Show Friday

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Athens, Ham1, Infinity Cat, Little Hamilton

Flaming Lips, N.E.R.D. to Headline Rites of Spring

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, N.E.R.D., Q-Tip, Rites of Spring, The Flaming Lips, there's a party over here so you might as well be here, Vanderbilt

Nashville Rocks, etc.: Tuesday Bric-a-Brac

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Baby Teeth Thieves, Meltface Records, Nashville Nightlife Awards, Out the Other, tumblr, U2

The Features, Cortney Tidwell & Lambchop at a Secret House Show

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, awards, hot chicken, The Features, The Spin

Weekend Round-Up: Mixed Precipitation Style! Part 1

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, house show, Joan Baez, Nightlife Awards, no room service just snacks and shit, weekend round-up

'A lot More Rock 'n' Roll': Nashville in the Guardian

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs, Grimey's, I thought it was the U.K., Kings of Leon, Next Big Nashville, once Britain twice shy

SXSW '09: Nashville Representin'

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, SXSW, Nashville bands, SXSW

The Spin: Tristen & The Privates at The 5 Spot/KinderCastle at Mercy Lounge

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, collective ass-busting, is there such a thing as a non-sexy string section?, Kindercastle, The Privates, The Spin, Tristen

Spinal Tap at the Ryman May 10

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Spinal Tap, The Ryman

Annuals Give Away Tickets, Like Art

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Annuals are up to something, contests, do it!, emo before emo was emo, The Frist

Todd Rundgren to Play The Belcourt Apr. 12; Also, I Want my Nickelback

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Nickelback, Todd Rundgren

F*** That Band Dot Com: And You Guys Thought We Were Mean

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Creamtastic, FuckThatBand.com, I wish I had thought of this, mean old hipsters

Hurts to Laugh Tonight at The Basement

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, beer, Hurts to Laugh, stunt doubles, Video

Butterfly Boucher on Perez Hilton

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Butterfly Boucher, Mashable, Perez Hilton

Lone Official & Ladyland in Flames at Springwater March 7

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, 500, I am the Meta-Critic, Lone Official, play a train song!, Video

Tennessee State Rock Song!

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Flaming Lips, politics, state rock songs, Tennessee

El Rick Haun Unleashes the First of Three Webisodes on YouTube

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Chris Crofton, El Rick Haun, Mas Tacos Por Favor, Springwater, Video

EMI Debuts iTunes Pass With Depeche Mode

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: National Skyline, Depeche Mode, FUTURE!, iTunes Pass, sad grampas

Ocelots Make Catalog Available for Free, Play With Edie Sedgwick

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Cream Calendar, downloads, Edie Sedgwick, free, Medications, MP3, Ocelots

Hey You Vague, Faceless, Hot People at 12th & Porter

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Creamtastic, 12th & Porter, Craigslist, hands thrown up in defeat, missed connections

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy to Play The Belcourt June 10

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, The Belcourt, tickets

Road Trip to Atlanta: Scion Rock Fest Is Way Better Than Bonnaroo

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Creamtastic, best festival ever, Boris, Mastodon, not playing here, Video

Food People: Meet Hide Watanabe

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, Earl Scruggs, East Nashville restaurants, Hide Watanabe, Nashville sushi, People Issue

Watanabe brings fresh fish and refreshing details to Riverside Village

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Reviews, Hide Watanabe, Matt Charette, Massachusetts, New England States

Slow Wine at City House

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Drinks, Events, City House, Slow Food Nashville, wine, wine stores, Woodland Wine Merchants

Food People: Meet Jen-Jen Lin

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville, Chinese food in Nashville, Chinese New Year, Eakin Elementary School

With a Twist, Ombi's Bartender Buys the Place

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News, Elliston Place restaurants, Nashville restaurant sales, Ombi

Food People: Meet Shiva Karimy, a.k.a "Mrs. Fat Mo"

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, Fat Mo's, Iranian food in Nashville, People Issue, Persian food in Nashville, Shiva Karimy

The Two Tenners: Is a $10.50 Lunch Music to Your Ears?

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, downtown restaurants, Gulch restaurants, lunch, Nashville restaurants, recession cuisine

Rise and Shine! Morning Meal's on at Miel

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Nashville brunch, Nashville restaurants, Sylvan Park restaurants

Food People: Meet Cupcake Collection's François Family

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, cupcakes, Germantown, Nashville bakeries, Nashville cupcakes, Nashville family business

Elliston Place Soda Shop Buys Green Hills Cafeteria

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News, Restaurants, Elliston Place restaurants, Green Hills restaurants, meat-and-three

Patterson House Restaurant and Bar Coming to Division

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News, cocktails, Music Row restaurants, Nashville restaurants

Taylor Swift Likes Pizza, but not Sushi

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Bites, Bricktop's, Earl Scruggs, Flyte, Old Spaghetti Factory, pizza, sushi, Taylor Swift, Watanabe

K&S World Market: Land of Magic

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Bites, Foods, K&S World Market, Pad Thai, Thai eggplants, Thai food

Fix Up A (License) Plate

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Fun and Games, almost not funny, license plate

Peanut Gang Persists at Five Guys, Despite Lawsuit at Logan's

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News, Restaurants, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Logan's Roadhouse, peanut lawsuit

The Beet Goes On: Anyone Got Any Recipes?

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: beet recipes, beets

What Food Defines Nashville?

• by PJ Tobia
• Tags: Bites, Good advice, advice, Bites Nation, hot chicken, Philadelphia, Tobia

Americano Dream: Ugly Mugs Joins the Race

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Restaurants, americano, Crema, Drew's Brews, Marché, Nashville coffee shops, twitter, Ugly Mugs

Accounting for tayst

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, Restaurants, dinner and a show, Food Security Partners, Jeremy Barlow, Nashville green restaurants, Nashville Opera

Bring Me the Head of Tiramisu-Flavor Coffeemate's Developer

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Coffee Filter, Foods, Retail, buyer's remorse, coffee, food drives, yuck

Cravings: Looking for the Best Fish and Chips in Town

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Bites, Dan McGuiness, Fish and Chips, Throwdown with Bobby Flay

On and Off the Menu: A Recap of Recent Openings and Closings

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News, Tombstones, Nashville restaurant closings, Nashville restaurant openings, tombstones

An Affront to God or Culinary Magic? Marché's Pork and Kugel Blasphemy

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Restaurants, kugel, Marché, pork

Start Wining: Red White And Food Declares Blog Day March 2

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Drinks, Events, News, Red White and Food, Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association, Tennessee wine laws, wine

Fan of Thai? Yes Siam

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, Nashville cheap food, Nashville restaurant reviews, Nashville takeout, Nicki Wood, Siam Cafe, Thai food

Iced Coffee Season Cometh

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Coffee Filter, caffeinated gentrification, iced coffee, Nashville coffee shops, Panera

Worshipping at the Feet of Trivius, God of Trivia, at The Melrose

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Restaurants, The Melrose, waffle fries

Everything Must Go at Tangredi Operations

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: News, Italian food, legal trouble, Nashville restaurant closings, Tangredi, tombstones

Let Me Guess: You Gave Up Radishes and Fermented Mare's Milk

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, Foods, Good advice, diets, fasting, hunger, lemon detox, Lent, vices

Food People: Meet the Savarino's Sandwich Gang

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, Belcourt, Hillsboro Village, Nashville Italian restaurants, Nashville restaurants, Savarino's

Empty Plate: Our Weekly Open Thread Is Piping Hot

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Open Thread, Bites open thread, Boscos, Cheesecake Factory, Iron Skillet, Lemongrass, Los Rosales, McNuggetini, Nashville pad thai, Nashville restaurant news, Nashville restaurant reviews, Nicole Kidman sightings, Taste of Russia, Whole Foods, Wild Bill's Beignets

Bobbie's Reopening Says Winter May Really Be Over

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, Bobbie's Dairy Dip, burger joints, ice cream, sweet potato fries

Broccoli In the Mix

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, Nashville restaurants, vegetables

Cherry Coke Jubilee

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Drinks, cherry Coke, pellet ice, Ted's Montana Grill

What, me twitchy? Joaquin Phoenix makes the worst of Two Lovers

• by Ella Taylor
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, James Gray, Joaquin Phoenix, Brighton Beach (Brooklyn), Brooklyn

Music for Aardvarks and Other Mammals

Kid Rock

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, David Weinstone, Nashville, Make Me a Supermodel, Bravo Channel

Alan LeQuire's Cultural Heroes at the Downtown Library

Local Heroes

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bessie Smith, Leadbelly, Paul Robeson, Woody Guthrie

Barry'd Alive

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Tim Barry, Opener Ausin Lucas, Chloe Manor, Manchester

The Face of Emmett Till at Darkhorse

Black History Month Docudrama

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Emmett Till, Mamie Till-Mobley, Chicago, Jacqueline Springfield

Medieval Treasures From the Cleveland Museum of Art

Get Medeival on This Art

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Frist Center for the Visual Arts

You've Got to Be K'nidding Me

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville

It Doesn't Get Sweller Than Kweller

• by Dustin Allen
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Ben Kweller, Ryan Adams, Texas

It Doesn’t Get Sweller Than Kweller

• by Dustin Allen
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Ben Kweller, Ryan Adams, Texas

Predators vs. Red Wings at Sommet Center

Hockey Knockin'

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Detroit Red Wings, National Hockey League, NHL Central Division, NHL Western Conference

Temple Grandin Signing and Discussion at Davis-Kidd

• by Maria Browning
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Future Horizons Conference on Autism and Asperger, Hilton Hotels Corporation

Rachmaninoff the Wall

• by Russell Johnston
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Leonard Slatkin, Hila Plitmann, Lukas Foss, Giancarlo Guerrero

Epic Failures

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Andy Friedman, Brooklyn

Who?

• by Timothy C. Davis
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Billy Bob Thornton, Charlotte (North Carolina), Hank Williams III, Matt Groening

More, More, Paramore

• by Audrey Watts
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Cara Pollock, Kaleb Jones, Paramore (Band)

Tony, Tony, Tony

• by Timothy C. Davis
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jon Weisberger, Tony Trischka

Temple Grandin Appearance at Future Horizons Conference on Aspergers and Autism

• by Maria Browning
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Future Horizons Conference on Autism and Asperger, Hilton Hotels Corporation

Awesome Aussie

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Australian-born Hughes, Nashville, Terry McBride, Keith Urban

Diamonds, No Rust

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Diana Jones, Nashville

Hooliganry

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