Nashville Scene

The female discount for sexual predators

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Features, Features, Sandy Binkley, Pamela Rogers, Angela Rudy, Mary Kay Letourneau

Marsha Marsha Marsha! (Blackburn, that is)

• Tags: Stories, Alan Jackson (Musician), Perez Hilton, Barack Obama, Marsha Blackburn

Games from blame to name

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican, California, Fountain Valley, Jesus Christ, Arby's Restaurant Group Inc.

KY Coal Co. to Tennessee: Let us blow up your mountains, or else!

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Hargrove, Kentucky, mountaintop removal mining, TECO Coal

McWherter and Wamp Lead Early (Meaningless) Governor's Poll

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Red State Update: Palin's Resignation Explained

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Red State Update, Red State Update, Sarah Palin, Video

Tennessee Probably Won't Be Legalizing Guns on Campus Anytime Soon

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

What a Deal! 'Steve Cohen's an Asshole' Ringtones! Free!

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Woods

News You Can Use: Gun Nuts Turn to Pith for Advice

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

CNN Examines Life in Toxic Harriman, Tennessee

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: The Economy

(Water)Gun Fight at Johnson City Bar

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Hargrove, guns in bars, Johnson City, libertarian-style, Numan's Cafe and Sports Bar

The McNair Legacy Hubbub: Does It Have to Be Black-and-White?

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Media, Silverman, Sports, adultery, Bill Clinton, Jim Brown, legacy, Michael Jackson, NFL, Sahel Kazemi, Steve McNair

Yesterday's Davidson A.M.: "McNair opens Gridiron9, hopes to add others"

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Media, Silverman, Davidson A.M., Silverman, Steve McNair, Tennessean

Sacha Baron Cohen: Genius, Asshole, or Both? Read How 'Brüno' Was Made and Decide for Yourself

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Brüno, hate Brüno, how Brüno was made, invest now in umlaut futures, love Brüno, Sacha Baron Cohen

Even Jonny's Sports Bar Bans Handguns

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

Time Mag Explores: Why Are We (Southerners) So Fat?

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Hargrove, fat-ass South, it's hot, Time Magazine

Zach Wamp vs. Rachel Maddow: Round II

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

Puzzled by New Gun Laws, British Look Curiously at Tennessee

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

Please, Memphis Grizzlies, Do Not Sign Allen Iverson

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Sports, (no one cares about the) Memphis Grizzlies, Allen Iverson, Memphis Grizzlies, Zach Randolph

"Hole" In Southwest Flight From Nashville Forces Landing

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Breaking News, Hargrove, 737s, Southwest Airlines, terrifying

If You Were Sarah Palin, You'd Be Doing the Same Thing

• by Pete Kotz

LA Times: Tennessee a Gun-Rights Bellwether

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Hicks From the Sticks, LA Times, Murfreesboro, random, Target employee and Constitutional watchdog

If They Move...Kill 'Em: 'The Wild Bunch' at The Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Belcourt, Sam Peckinpah, The Wild Bunch, Westerns, Video

Stacey Campfield's Cops in Bars Double Standard

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Legislature, Politics, Action Slumlord, Stacey Campfield

More Girlfriends Rising Out of Steve McNair's Past

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Media, Sports

Red State Update: What the Hell Is a Green Job?

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

Guns-In-Bars Law Clears First Court Test

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

Herron and McWherter Each Report Raising $650,000

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

News Flash: Dying Newspapers Still Make Money

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Media, Tennessean

Gay Rights Are Coming to Nashville, Whether We Like It Or Not

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Around Town, Kotz, Law and Order, Politics

Tennessean's Publisher to Serve as Chairman of Nashville's Convention & Visitor's Bureau

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Media, convention center, Ellen Leifeld, Music City Center, this seems wrong somehow

Going Nuclear: Lamar's Flimflam Energy Plan

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

Governor Calls for Rolling Back Gun Laws, Denounces Guns-In-Bars as Legislature's 'Monster'

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

West Virginia Coal Folk Boycott Tennessee; Few Notice or Care

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Hargrove, Coal-Mac, give a shit, mountaintop removal mining, Smoky Mountains, tourism

Joke of the Day: Hargett Honors Ketron for Standing Up for Fair Elections

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

What Do the Black Mamba and the Bard Have in Common? Barry Scott.

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Silverman, Barry Scott, Kobe Bryant, NBA, Shakespeare, Silverman, Tennessee State University, Video

Guns-in-Everywhere is Not the End of the World

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, feminism, guns in bars, small dicks

East Meets West (Nile): Watch out for Mosquitoes

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Around Town, East Nashville, hipsters, mosquitoes, there's also a band called Mosquitos who are pretty cool so this is totally relevant

They're Here! South American Jewel Thieves in Tennessee

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, jewel thieves, Memphis jewel courier, South American Theft Groups

Visitation, 9:00 a.m.

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Around Town, Phillips, Steve McNair

Alas, Blue Dogs Are Rightly Holding Up Health Care Bill

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Congress, Kotz, Politics, The Economy, health-care reform, John Tanner

Lamar Alexander: 'It's Not Time'

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

How To Save Newspapers

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: By the Way, save newspapers, Slate, Video

Now's Our Chance to Make a Deal

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Around Town, Phillips, May Town, Native American Burial Grounds

Beale Street Says 'No' to Guns in Bars

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Hargrove, Beale Street Merchant's Association, concealed carry, guns in bars, Performa Entertainment

Corker Blasts Proposed Consumer Agency: Who Needs Regulations Anyway?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Video

Zach Wamp Lives in a Secret Bible House

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

The Media Spotlight on Keith Norfleet

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Keith Norfleet, Sahel Kazemi, Steve McNair shooting

Morning Roundup: Yeehaw! It's Wild West Shoot 'Em Up Time in Tennessee!

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Morning Roundup: Metro Thinks About Joining the 21st Century, Plus All Today's Gun News

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Metro Water: Knows About, Cares About Water

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: By the Way, Spurgeon, thanks!

The Tennessean Layoffs

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Media, Phillips, layoffs, The Tennessean

Sights & Sounds From the Home Run Derby

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Sports, Home Run Derby, Nashville Sounds, nostalgia, Prince Fielder, Video

Lane Kiffin on the Carpet Yet Again in A.D. Mike Hamilton's Office

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Sports, Video

Morning Roundup: Wamp and Ramsey Kiss Their Sisters and Dems Rally at Rocky Mount

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

With Sarah Palin, We Should Never Underestimate How Stupid We Are

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Politics

Jury May Not Hear Alternate Theory of Marcia Trimble Murder

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Law and Order, E. Thomas Wood, Marcia Trimble, NashvillePost

Forrester on Hargett: 'He's Gotta Go'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Gun Lobby Lawyer 'Looks Forward' to Grisly Dog Mauling of Toddler in Park

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Woods

Why Did Steve McNair's Death Resonate So Much With Nashvillians?

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Media, Silverman, Sports, Les Carpenter, Silverman, Steve McNair, Washington Post

Steve McNair and One Yard Short

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Media, Silverman, Sports, Football Outsiders, Silverman, Steve McNair, Super Bowl XXXIV, Video

Bredesen Admits Ignorance About Voting Controversy

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Sahel Kazemi's DUI Video

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Law and Order, Sahel Kazemi, Steve McNair, Steve McNair shooting, Video

Mayor Dean, May Town and Political Backbone

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Politics, backbone, May Town, Mayor Karl Dean, politics, waddyagottolose?

Wamp Defends C Street House as Christian 'Good Thing'

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

Tony Giarratana Wants New May Town Vote

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Politics, May Town, planning commission, sleepy people don't vote so good, Tony G

Will Health Care Reform Spur HCA To Go Public?

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, The Economy, Dow Jones, health care reform, Hospital Corporation of America, IPOs

The Brooklynization of Nashville?

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Around Town, Brooklynization is just another word for gentrification, NYT, The Gulch, we're so close to being just like other cities let's just go ahead and say we are anyway

Tennessee's Teen Unemployment 2nd in the Nation

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: The Economy

On The Eternal, Sonic Youth prove that ugly beautiful is the best beautiful

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Features, Sonic Youth, New York City, The Ramones, The Rolling Stones

Twenty years after forming, The Jesus Lizard are back on the road

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Features, The Jesus Lizard, Duane Denison, Bangkok, Nashville

Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey add Southern charm to British pop

• by Edd Hurt
• Tags: Features, Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple, Memphis, New Orleans

Jay Reatard gets 'wimpy,' rocks out with The Adverts' TV Smith

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Features, Jay Reatard, Memphis, Nashville, Billy Hayes

Japandroids, Nilsson Night, Cream, 8 off 8th and more

• Tags: The Spin, Brian King, Japandroids, Harry Nilsson, David Prowse

New Tristen Video, 'Baby Drugs'

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, first name, German, last name, Maestro, Root to the Toot, Tristen, Video

Roadtrip to Newport, Ky: Sunn O))) at the Southgate House

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Dead's death, Mayhem, not playing here, Sunn O)))

Miley Cyrus Is Really, Really, Really Rich, You Guys

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, Miley Cyrus, more than the GDP of some countries, Taylor Swift

Correction, Twist, Fringe, Drifters (Not Necessarily in That Order)

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Ashley Paul, Eli Keszler, Fringe, The High Plane Drifters

Weekend Round-Up: Oh Say Did You See Style Part 2

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Sonic Youth, Stamey & Holsapple, Temple of Dog, weekend round-up

Matt Mahaffey, DJ Burgers, DJ Busta Window at Vox Benefit

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, dance dance dance, DJ Burgers, DJ Busta Window, Matt Mahaffey, pro-prophylactics

'Pixies From Dixie': Those Darlins in the New York Times

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, as Grizzly Bear is to Pitchfork, made in New York City, Pixie McSpectacles, Those Darlins

The Jesus Lizard at Exit/In 7/14/09

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Pine Hill Haints, pure evil, The Jesus Lizard

White Rabbits and Fiery Furnaces at Mercy Lounge Aug. 19

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, awesomeness, Fiery Furnaces, glockenspiel, White Rabbits, Video

Sonic Youth, The Jesus Lizard, Jay Reatard and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, Chris Stamey, Jay Reatard, Peter Holsapple, Sonic Youth, The Jesus Lizard

Embeds Are Burning: ASCAP Going After Bloggers for Embedding YouTube Vids?

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Hot Goss, National Skyline, ASCAP, law and order, teh internet, YouTube, Video

Movie's on the Radio: The Non-Commissioned Officers Do Lightning 100

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, just not a Gore fan?, Lightning (website) Crashes (my browser), Make-Out With Violence, The Non-Commissioned Officers, Video

The Jesus Lizard's Duane Denison: The Cream Interview

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Interviews, Duane Denison

Road Trip to Lower Broad: Bruce Springsteen Returns to Sommet Center Sept. 10

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Sommet Center

Sonic Youth at War Memorial Auditorium 7/11/09

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Sonic Youth, The Entrance Band, War Memorial

Fresh Track and More: The Comfies Celebrate New EP at Grimey's July 16, The End July 17

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Reviews, bottombar, fresh track, The Comfies, This Ship Is Going Down, Audio

Road Trip to Memphis, Again: Gonerfest Tickets on Sale

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Jay Reatard, Memphis, Nobunny, rock 'n' roll, Video

Nashville Cream 8 off 8th: '70s Night 7/13/09

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, 1970s, 8 off 8th, covers, Slideshow

Weekend Round-Up: Oh Say Did You See Style Part 1

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Independence, weekend round-up

Thurston Moore Presents Bach and Schweitzer Multimedia Clash at Schermerhorn

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Albert Schweitzer, Johann Sebastian Bach, not Sonic Youth, Schermerhorn, Thurston Moore

Stream, Download or Buy Codaphonic's Edison's Rival Right Now

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Codaphonic, Tesla vs. Edison, YK Records

Did Jay Reatard Crash at Your Place Last Night? You Log!

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs, guitards, Jay Reatard, spending the night

Kings of Leon: You Have Bad Taste in Music, Americans

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, Flo Rida went to No.1 in the U.K., Kings of Leon, why do you hate America?

Interesting Thing to Do With the Air: Beck Interviews Tom Waits

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream, Interviews, Beck, interviews, planned obsolescence, Tom Waits

Jay Reatard, TV Smith & JEFF the Brotherhood at The End 7/9/09

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Jay Reatard, The Adverts, TV Smith, Slideshow

Trey Deuce Club at The 5 Spot Aug. 7

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Duraluxe, East Side, Ole Mossy Face, Trey Deuce Club

East Meets West (Nile): Watch out for Mosquitoes

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream, East Nashville, hipsters, mosquitoes, there's also a band called Mosquitos who are pretty cool so this is totally relevant

The Dead Weather to Debut New Video...on Cinemax

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, National Skyline, Internet killed the video star, mediahorehound, The Dead Weather

WFD and the Drumometer: Impressing Your Girlfriend One Buzz-Stroke at a Time

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Wow, at least they're having fun, drumtards, ratatatatatatatatatat, World's Fastest Drummer, Video

Kings of Leon Almost Get in Fight, Caleb Followill Smashes Sweet Guitar

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Hot Goss, National Skyline, guitars, Kings of Leon, senseless violence

Best. Music Joke. Ever.

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Creamtastic, feedback, roflcopter

Heartless Bastards Play Exit/In Aug. 18

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Heartless Bastards, Audio

Cream 8 off 8th: 1970s Tonight! [Updated]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, '70s, 8 off 8th, Caitlin Rose, Cheer Up Charlie Daniels, Covers, Cream, Heavy Cream, Home Keys, Paper Navy, The Tits, Tristen, Turbo Fruits

Next Big Nashville '09: Last Chance for Submissions [Updated]

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

Nashville: More Than You-Know-What

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, bluegrass, Nashville!

Video Round-Up: The Non-Commissioned Officers, Thurston Moore at Betty's and Dead Weather Get Violent

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Dead Weather, The Non-Commissioned Officers, Thurst-y, wailing on each other with machine guns, whaling on each other with machine guns?, Video

In flavors ranging from Tiger's Blood to Batman, shaved ice is the cool new thing

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Reviews, Nashville, Philip Becker, Kelly McGonigal, Liz Stuhlreyer

Cool New Thing: The Snowball Stand

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods, Hillsboro Village restaurants, mobile carts in Nashville, snowballs in Nashville

'The Real Dirt on Farmer John' Screens July 14

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, food films in Nashville, The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Warner Parks Nature Center, Video

The Beet Beat, Vol. 4: Roasted Beet & Prosciutto Crostini

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Beet Beat, Beet It, beet recipes, beets, Crema

Dead Soldiers-The MechWarrior Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, twitter, wine, wine tastings in Nashville

I Don't Have a Calendar on Me: Is it Ruly or Raugust?

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Good advice, advice, oysters, seafood in Nashville, seafood sex lives, summer

Drama at the Theatre Teeter

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: First Bite, Belle Meade, grocery shopping, Harris Teeter

Sleepover and Pancake Breakfast in Green Hills!

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: People, Weekend Bites, breakfast in Nashville, kid-friendly activities, Noshville

Free Cone Friday at Elliston Place Krispy Kreme

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Retail, dough, doughnuts, ice cream in Nashville, Krispy Kreme

Shoot the 'Moon': Reception Kicks Off Opening Night of Belcourt's Sundance Series

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Events, Best of Sundance 2009, Duncan Jones, Fido, Midtown Cafe, Moon, Sam Rockwell, Sunset Grill, The Belcourt, Video

Hawkish on Chickens? Metro Reconsidering Livestock Laws

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News, Urban Farming, chickens, food security, urban farming

Last-Ditch Guns Hearing Set for July 13 at 1:30 p.m.

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, News, guns in bars, guns in restaurants, Randy Rayburn

Become a Part of the Collective Unconscious(ness)

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, twitter, wine

Dispatch from New Orleans: Breakfast at Li'l Dizzy's

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Travel Advisory, Creole cooking, Li'l Dizzy's, New Orleans restaurant tips, New Orleans restaurants

Lunch and Learn with Martha, No. 3

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, Events, Farmers' Markets, Good advice, Food Security Partners, locavore cuisine in Nashville, Martha Stamps, organic, sustainable

Twice Bitten: The Weekly Rehash

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Twice Bitten, Weekly Wrap-Up, weekly wrap-up

The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship? Casablanca Coffee Now Open in The Gulch

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Coffee Filter, Casablanca Coffee, Nashville coffee, Nashville coffeehouses, The Gulch restaurants

Summer Drinks Take Flyte

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, cocktails in Nashville, Flyte, summer drinks

Dispatch from New Orleans: Dinner at Rambla

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Travel Advisory, Creole to Soul, guest blogger, Kami Rice, New Orleans

Whole Foods Hosts 'Style Your Soles' (a.k.a. Pimp My TOMS) Today

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, TOMS, Whole Foods Green Hills, Video

Pied Piper Creamery Makes Food & Wine's List of Faves

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, East Nashville restaurants, ice cream in Nashville, Jenny Piper

Porcupine Pan: Smart Design for Idiots Like Me

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Bites, Kitchen Gear, design, hotness, Porcupine pan, Video

Music City Brewers Festival July 25

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, beer in Nashville, Big River, Blackstone, Music City Brewers, Yazoo

Declaring Independence from Nigella, or Limey Go Home

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Food Fight, cookbooks, food writing, foodies, radio, rants

Food Security Partners Host Tutorial on School Lunch July 16

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, food security partners

Cool New Thing: The Jolly Rogue Sneaux Balls

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods, East Nashville restaurants, shaved ice

Chipotle to Open Green Hills Store

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Chipotle, Facebook, Mexican food in Nashville, nashvillest, restaurant petitions

Incroyable Menu at Provence for Bastille Day

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Foods, Restaurants, Retail, baked goods, Bastille Day, bread in Nashville, Provence Breads & Café, special occasion food

Cream Cheese & Milk: Helping You Find True Love and Tame Those Period Tears

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Bite Your Tongue, cream cheese, milk, Sarah Haskins, sparkles, Video

'M Street' to Enliven Gulch with Kayne Prime, Whiskey Kitchen and Virago

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News, Restaurant openings, Gulch restaurants

Slow Food's Professional Bake Sale on Saturday

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Events, Farmers' Markets, Retail, Weekend Bites, baked goods, baked goods in Nashville, Nashville bakery

Long John Silver's Got a Special for You Young Buccaneers

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Free Bites, fish taco, Prince's Hot Chicken, ring of fire

The Painted Cupcake Opens Downtown

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurant openings, baked goods in Nashville, cupcakes in Nashville, downtown restaurants, Erin's Food Files

Zoo Hosts Family Romp & Chomp July 12

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, Nashville Zoo, picnics in Nashville

Empty Plate: Loosen Your Belt for Our Weekly Open Thread

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Open Thread, At the Table, best fried chicken in Nashville, Bites open thread, cobbler recipes, Cupcake Collection, cuppa-cuppa-cup recipe, Gigi's Cupcakes, Nashville best fried chicken, Nashville restaurant news, Nashville restaurant tips, sonker, zonker

Food Fight: Fish Sandwich Smackdown

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Food Fight, fish sandwiches in Nashville, food fight, Hutton Hotel restaurant

Beet Beat Meets CZOJ: A Contest!

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Beet Beat, CZOJ, beets, Fresh Blends, recipe contest

Cool New Thing: Fleur de Lis Flavors

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Nashville Farmers' Market, snowballs

Pay More Attention to the Midwest, Is the Lesson

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bite Your Tongue, Good advice, News, farms, healthy food, magazines, Nicki P. Wood, old stuff

Brüno is vulgar vaudeville of the highest order

• by J. Hoberman
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Sacha Baron Cohen, Adolf Hitler, LaToya Jackson, Mel Brooks

Former Vanderbilt student stirs up lunar dust with accomplished thriller Moon

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Duncan Jones, Sam Rockwell, David Bowie, Sam Bell

Allison Krauss at The Opry

Unplugged and Un-ledded

• by Jewly Hight
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Alison Krauss, Grammy Awards, Robert Plant

Slow Bake Sale

Eat Local

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Duncan Hines Desserts

We Are Going to Spend the Night at Meemaw and Pop-Pop's at Twist

Sleepover With Stolle

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nick Stolle, Nashville

Handsome Furs at Exit/In

• by Dustin Allen
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Handsome Furs, Dan Boeckner, Alexei Perry, Wolf Parade

Nashville Rollergirls at the Fairgrounds

Let the Good Times Roll

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Brawl Stars, Chick Liddell, Evansville (Indiana)

T.V. Dinner Theater at East Side Performing Arts Co-Op

Plenty of Ham, but No Buffet

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Amy Delvin, Christy Eidson, Mark Greenbaum, Michelle Campbell

Alan LeQuire's Dream Forest at Customs House

LeQuired Reading

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Athena Parthenos, Centennial Park, The Parthenon, Nashville

Nashville Fringe Night at The Basement

Fringe Benefits

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Chris Davis, James Jackson Toth, Cherry Corporation, MySpace Inc.

House of Harts at Darkhorse

Heart to Heart

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Shawn Whitsell, Nashville, Alicia Ridley, Dianne Dixon

Bill Peach at Davis-Kidd

Peach Pulpit

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bill Peach, Franklin, The Parthenon, Maggi Britton Vaughn

Deer Tick at The Basement

Deer Friends

• by Dustin Allen
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Deer Tick, Brian Williams, MSNBC Interactive News LLC, John McCauley

Gotta Be Broadway at Looby Theater

Musical Comedy Kids

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Hans Nelson, Jamie London, Jason Robert Brown, Jerry Herman

Gin Phillips at Davis-Kidd

Gin, Hold the Tonic

• by Melinda Baker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Gin Phillips

Works by Stacy Irvin at Belmont's Leu Center, Gallery 121

Mo' Mobile

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Stacy Irvin, Ecuador, Belmont University, Leu Center for the Visual Arts

Korean is Asian at The Basement

Tennessean is American

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Alex Caress, Bob Dylan, Brian Richey, Van Morrison

Save the Mean at The Rutledge

Meac the Knife

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Metropolitan Educational Access Corporation, Irene Kelley, Jeff Skorik

The Slow Poisoner at Springwater

Good for What Ails You

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Andrew Goldfarb, San Francisco, Food and Drug Administration

Good Food Film Festival at Warner Parks Nature Center

Food Films

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Warner Parks, John Peterson

Suzi Ragsdale EP Release Party at The Basement

Alternative Routes

• by Jewly Hight
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Suzi Ragsdale, Darrell Scott, Guy Clark, London

Music That'll Make You Cream: The '70s

That '70s Show

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Caitlin Rose, Charlie Daniels, Chris Crofton

Experimental Music Jam at Twist

Twist and Jam

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Ben Marcantel, Ashley Paul, Forrest Bride, Eli Keszler

Uncle Dave Macon Days at Cannonsburgh Village

Say Uncle

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Dave Macon, Murfreesboro, Grand Ole Opry House

The Wild Bunch at The Belcourt

Weekend Western Classics

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Sam Peckinpah, Mexico, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan

Non-commissioned Officers at Exit/In

Making Out

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

Master at The Muse

Masters of Underappreciation

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Paul Speckmann

Zoo-rific Family Romp and Chomp

Eating With Animals

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Frisbee, Nashville Zoo

The Incredible Shrinking Man at the Public Library

To God There Is No Zero

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Drillbit Taylor, Nicholas Ray, Grant Williams, Jack Arnold

The Occidental Tourist: East Meets West at Snow Gallery

Staycasian

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Catherine Snow, Tokyo

Dead Set at the Mercy Lounge

Night of the Living Dead

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, The Grateful Dead, Chris Brown (Singer), Jeff Marino, John Kearns

The Frist's Chuck Close exhibit lays bare his technique, but the results are somehow even more mysterious

• by Eric Lehning
• Tags: Art, Chuck Close, Philip Glass, New York