Nashville Scene

The Nashville Scene 2009 Fall Guide

• Tags: Features, Features, Ella Fitzgerald, Sharpie Permanent Markers, George Reed, Leonard Cohen

What a change in the Scene's ownership means for the paper's future - and the city's

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Stories, Village Voice Media Inc., Nashville, Townes Duncan, Liz Garrigan

Fall Guide: Dinner on the Farm

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Features, Features, Franklin, Nashville, Tennessee, Green Restaurant Association

Fall Guide: Concerts: From Springsteen and Leonard Cohen to Sharon Jones, a peek at fall’s best shows

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Features, Features, B.B. King, Nashville, Sommet Center, The Walkmen

Fall Guide: Events

• by Jim Ridley and Ron Wynn
• Tags: Features, Features, Germantown, Nashville, Centennial Park, Belle Meade Plantation

Fall Guide: Art: TSU’s Space for New Media ventures onto the frontiers of digital media

• by David C. Maddox
• Tags: Features, Features, Oliver Herring, Catherine Forster, TSU Art Department, Aisha Cousins

Fall Guide: Theater: The sky’s the limit (and the backdrop) as Great Performances at Vanderbilt kicks off its 2009-10 season

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Features, Features, Vanderbilt University, Ingram Hall, Nashville, Bridgette Kohnhorst

Fall Guide: Fashion

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Shannon Lea, Shea Steele, Commodore Ballroom

Fall Guide: Books: The Southern Festival of Books, new work by Alice Randall, Madison Smartt Bell and others jumpstarts the literary fall

• by Maria Browning
• Tags: Features, Features, Alice Randall, Natasha Trethewey, Jill McCorkle, Roy Blount Jr.

Fall Guide: Music Festivals: In its fourth year, Next Big Nashville raises the bar and goes for it

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Brooklyn, be your own PET, Austin

Fall Guide: Movies: An autumn of film festivals, faux Fellini, fantastic foxes—and a silent Hitchcock classic with live accompaniment

• by Ron Wynn and Jim Ridley
• Tags: Features, Features, ALLOY ORCHESTRA, Nashville, Lincoln Center, Opry Mills

Fall Guide: Classical: This fall, new NSO music director Giancarlo Guerrero’s conducting electricity through the city’s classical scene

• by Russell Johnston
• Tags: Features, Features, Giancarlo Guerrero, Blair School of Music, Nashville Symphony, Ludwig van Beethoven

Fall Guide: Kids: Ghouls, clowns and Argonauts rule a season of fall family fun

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Nashville Zoo, Vanderbilt University, Scotland

Fall Guide: Country: Miranda Lambert serves another full tank of kerosene atop the fall's standout releases

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Features, Features, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Texas, Carrie Underwood

Fall Guide: Local releases: Live recordings and new CDs from Turbo Fruits, How I Became the Bomb and Cheer Up, Charlie Daniels, plus more

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Features, Features, Jeremy Ferguson, Loney Hutchins, Nashville, Asheville

What's behind Nashville's priciest house sales, August 2009

• by E. Thomas Wood
• Tags: Headline Homes, Nashville Predators, National Hockey League, NHL Central Division, NHL Western Conference

With the GOP stoking anti-Obama resentment, old times here are not forgotten

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Woods, Barack Obama, Zach Wamp, Ron Ramsey, Tennessee

A former TV reporter finds herself on a new beat

• by Lindsay Ferrier
• Tags: Suburban Turmoil, Bellevue, Lindsay Ferrier, Christopher Walken, LEGO Group

Why tequila and texting don't mix, unless you're the proud papa of a designated driver

• by Walter Jowers
• Tags: Helter Shelter, Facebook Inc., Billy Mumy

Serena Williams’ tirade last week put men and women athletes on equal footing—and the foot’s in her mouth

• by David Boclair
• Tags: Sports, Serena Williams, Caster Semenya, Wimbledon, U.S. Open (Tennis)

Love-Hate Mail

• Tags: Letters, Love/Hate Mail, Nashville, Martin East Nashville, Frances Spurlock, NAACP

Is Zach Wamp Called by God to be Governor?

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

Tony Randall: Nashville Novelist Gets a Front-Page Section Write-Up in the NYTimes

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Alice Randall, Nashville authors, Rebel Yell, Southern Festival of Books

Jim Cooper: 'We're Doing Double Back Flips to Help the Uninsured'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Congress, Woods

Alexander Sides with Red Chinese Commie Rats on Nuclear Power

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Today's Jesussean

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, Media

New Questions About Convention Center

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, The Economy, Woods

Straw Poll Casts New Doubt on Mike McWherter's Strength as Candidate

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Assholes in America: An Inquiry into WTF Is Wrong With Us

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Politics, Bush, Kanye West, Obama, Teabaggers

Pith's Guide to Commenting

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: By the Way, caps are ok to make a POINT if you're bad with html, Spurgeon

Christian Conservatives Bemoan Our Liberal Treatment of Gays

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Politics, Woods

Mise en Scène

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, Media

Straw Poll News Mashup

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

WSMV Names Bob Sellers New Co-Anchor for Dan Miller's Former Slot

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Breaking News, Bob Sellers, CNBC, Dan Miller, Demetria Kalodimos, FOX News, Fox News Live, WSMV

Why the Pro-Life Groups Have to Piss Off the Republicans

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, David Oatney, Kleinheider, Tennessee Right to Life

Why Marsha Blackburn Talks to the Liberal Media

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

2009 Emmy Round-Up: Not As Gag-Inducing As It Could Have Been!

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Media

USA Today: Lazier than Bloggers?

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Breaking News, it's not really breaking news, Spurgeon, USA Today

Doctors Discuss Need For Health Care Reform

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Video

Susan Lynn Breaks New Ground with Rumor-Killing Campaign Website

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Robin Smith: 'I Was Attacked by Barack Obama'

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

Is Another Republican Tsunami Rolling Toward Tennessee?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

On its tenth anniversary, the Americana Music Association has reason to look both backward and forward

• by Jewly Hight
• Tags: Features, Americana Music Association, Grammy Awards, Jed Hilly, Sarah Jarosz

New faces, veteran talent fuel the 2009 AMA showcases

• by Jewly Hight
• Tags: Features, Kara Grainger, Sarah Siskind, Amy Cook, Elizabeth Cook

On his latest, Guy Clark invokes his muse, and she’s not talking

• by Edd Hurt
• Tags: Features, Guy Clark, Nashville, Verlon Thompson, Bryn Davies

After four years, Chris and Greg Crofton's WRVU show "Best of Bread" is toast

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Features, Chris Crofton, Media Chris Carroll, Greg Crofton, Vanderbilt University

Taylor Swift, Metallica, Rabbit Press party and more

• Tags: The Spin, Metallica, Taylor Swift, James Hetfield, Sommet Center

While You Were Sleeping: Rick Ross Got Robbed, Bun B Was at Phat Kaps and Big Fella's Back on TV

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Creamtastic, how you gonna make an Italian dish without zesty Italian dressing?, more like Rick ROBBED, Video

Happy Birthday, Bruce Springsteen: The Boss Turns 60!

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: National Skyline, Bruce Springsteen, the '60s

Oct. 5 Dan Deacon Show Moved From Exit/In to The End

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Dan Deacon, Daniel Pujol, Exit/In, Nuclear Power Pants, The End, Video

Def Leppard Show at Sommet Center Rescheduled for Nov. 24

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, Video

Greg Ginn, Out the Other Birthday Bash Tonight

• by The Cream
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Greg Ginn, Out the Other

Audio Recording Is About to Get Way More Awesome [Laser Microphone]

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Creamtastic, lasers, microphones, radness, Video

Imma Let You Finish, but Jack White Is One of the Palest Dudes of All Time

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Creamtastic, Video

Listen to [Potentially] the Final Episode of 'The Best of Bread'

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream, Best of Bread, Chris and Greg Crofton, Audio

Kanyegate, KOL, Keegan DeWitt, WOTT Radio, [Newsy Bits]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Kanyegate, Keegan DeWitt, KOL, Taylor Swift, WOTT

Weekend Round-Up: Who Will Stop the Rain Style Part 2

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, AMA Festival, stuff, weekend round-up

Next Big Nashville Gets Pitchfork Shout-Out

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Creamtastic, National Skyline, Next Big Nashville, Next Big Nashville, Pitchfork

Operation Mindcrime: Queensrÿche w/Lita Ford, Nov. 11 at Cannery Ballroom

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Baby, I get so scared inside and I don't really understand, Lita Ford, Queensrÿche, unnecessary umlauts, Video

Good News/Bad News: Bun B at Phat Kaps Tomorrow, Roc Raida Passes Away

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Creamtastic, Video

Weekend Round-Up: Who Will Stop the Rain Style Part 1

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, AMA Festival, Floodbringer, Janet Timmons, weekend round-up

Vote for the Nashville Music Awards

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Creamtastic, Nashville Music Awards, vote

Paramore's Brand New Eyes Leaks, but Poorly

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, leaks, Paramore, versioning, windowing

Shudder to Think: John Edwards Allegedly Promised Mistress Marriage, Dave Matthews Band

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Hot Goss

The 5 Spot: Enter at Your Own Risk!

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Wow, cesspools, going out in public FAIL, I'm terrified of everything!

Help Kids in the 'Boro Do the Rock Right: Donate Items to New All-Ages Space

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream, Creamtastic, all-ages, kick-ass lady people, rock, Southern Girls Rock and Roll Camp, Y.E.A.H.

Pavement to Play Reunion Tour, Coming to Nashville? Maybe?

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Creamtastic, Hot Goss, dreamz, not not playing here, not playing here, Pavement reunion

Hump This Trash: Who's in the Market for a 'Patently Abrasive, Deliberatey Cruddy-Looking Mock-Documentary' From Harmony Korine?

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Creamtastic, Moving Pictures, Chris Crofton, Harmony Korine, Trash Humpers, Video

The Low Anthem at Lake Fever, Lambchop, Crabcore [Newsy Bits]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, JEFF the Brotherhood, Lake Fever Sessions, Lambchop, Video

Joan Osborne's "What if God was One of Us" [Oh the Humility]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, Moving Pictures, Joan Osborne, YouTube, Video

Caption Contest: KISS Ticket Giveaway! [Updated]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, doo it!, KISS tickets!

Joel J. Dahl and Others to Play at Humankind Grand Opening

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Cream Calendar, De Novo Dahl, rock 'n' roll fashion

John Fogerty at the Mercy Lounge, 9/16/09

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Band of Heathens, Dexateens, John Fogerty, Mercy Lounge, The Rustlanders, Those Darlins, Slideshow

This Sunday: Final House Show at Willy T's feat. Lambchop, JEFF, Caitlin Rose & More

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, awesome, Lambchop, William Tyler is in 294 bands and half of them are playing

Final House Show at Willy T's, 9/20/09

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin

Caption Contest: Decemberists Ticket Giveaway! [Updated]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, Doo it!, Ryman, The Decemberists

Upcoming Local Releases

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar

Lenny Kravitz to 'Let Love Rule' at The Ryman, Oct. 26

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Lenny Kravitz, Ryman

East Nashville eatery Nuvo Burrito puts a fresh face on a tortilla tradition

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Feature, Andy Knight, Shane Yocom, Tom Justice, Plymouth

Chicks in the Mail! More Poultry News

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: food by mail, Tennessee State Fair, urban chickens, urban poultry

Great American Dine Out

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: News, Amerigo, charities, hot chicken, Share Our Strength

The Cider House Rules

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Travel Advisory

Chef Helton Joins Provence Team

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, foie gras in Nashville, French cuisine in Nashville, Hillsboro Village restaurants

Charpier's is Great, Gives us Chocolate Cake

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods

It's Prime Time!

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Cheap Eats, Happy Hour, Happy Hour, The Palm

Robertson Co. Fair Goes Nutty for Acorn Chef's Bread

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods

I'm Here to Tell Ya, Not Tortilla

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods, fish tacos, tortillas, Whole Foods

Apparently VY has a Lot of Time on His Hands

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Retail, rampant usage of double entendre, sausage, sports, Titans, Vince Young

Rock Circus to Benefit Food Security Partners Sept. 24

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, food security in Nashville, nonprofits in Nashville, Re-Store Nashville

Wine Wednesday: Global Warming Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, 2009 vintage, Bordeaux, grape harvest, Wine

Veggie Trader: I Will Gladly Trade You Kale For Some Rhubarb Today

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: CSA, Farmers' Markets, Good advice, News, Veggie Trade

Going Once...Rosario's Equipment up for Auction

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, Tombstones

And the Duck Said, "That's OK, Just Take it off my Bill!"

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Adelicia, duck in Nashville

The Mystery Popcorn Cart

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Fun and Games

Taco Mamacita Coming to Edgehill Village

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurant openings

Feed Bag for September 17

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Events, Deen Bros., Delvin Farm, Edgehill Village, events, free stuff, Mas Tacos, water

I See Neon Signs

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurant openings

Filter Takes Water to the Cleaners

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Kitchen Gear, jumping the shark, kitchens, refrigerator, risk management, specialization, this really pops my toast, water

Food in Context

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Conversation Bites, memories, Sewanee restaurants, Shenanigans

Wolverines!

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Ace of Cakes, Duff Goldman, Food Network, Guy Fieri, Jack Daniel's, Southern Food and Wine Festival

A Person by Any Other Name...

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Fun and Games, culinary navel gazing, fun food, names

Wandering Wino: Dead Cat Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, Wine, Aloft, F. Scott's, Palm Restaurant, tequila, Tin Angel, Wandering Wino, wine, wine in Nashville, wine tastings in Nashville

Yo-Girdle Ain't Gonna Get Any Smaller Eatin' Activia*

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Bite Your Tongue

That Was Me 10 Years Ago

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Cooking the Books, innovation, Interewebez, online tools, recipes

Forks in the Road: Nuvo Burrito Takes the Green Turn

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Kitchen Gear, Restaurants, East Nashville restaurants, going green in Nashville, green restaurants in Nashville

Coffee, Tea, or Our Weekly Open Thread?

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Open Thread, City House, Corsair, doughnuts, Manna, New York Times

The Informant! skews funny-peculiar to intriguing effect; The Baader Meinhof Complex blows stuff up real good

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Steven Soderbergh, Mark Whitacre, Matt Damon, Federal Bureau of Investigation

I Can Do Bad shows the Tyler Perry empire can do good

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Tyler Perry, Taraji Henson, Hollywood, National Public Radio Inc.

A country-music pilot with an impressive creative team may shoot before year's end in Nashville

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: T.V., Reviews, Nashville, Gary Goodman, Chris Offutt, Showtime Networks Inc.

The Doorpost Film Festival, a free screening of Fassbinder's The Marriage of Maria Braun, and more

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Short Takes, Column, Nashville, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jeff Dowd, Metallica

Nashville Rollergirls Statewide Exhibition

Everybody Get Your Roll On

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Knoxville, Memphis, Atlanta, Nashville

Indigo Girls at The Ryman

Girl Power

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Amy Ray, Emily Saliers, Nashville, Indigo Girls

Greg Ginn and the Taylor Texas Corrugators & Jambang at The End

Be-Ginn Again

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Black Flag (Band), Greg Ginn, Dez Cadena, Los Angeles

Galileo at Belmont's Troutt Theater

Telescopic Sighting

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bertolt Brecht, Brian Russell, Adrienne Hite, Belmont (New York)

Gram Parsons Tribue at The 5 Spot

Gram Parsons Project

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Gram Parsons, Brian Molnar, Chris James, Emmylou Harris

My Fair Lady at Lamplighters

Loverly

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Lane Davies, Henry Higgins, Eliza Doolittle, Greg S. Wilson

Deen Brothers Signing at Davis-Kidd

Deen Foods

• by Caroline Hallemann
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bobby Deen, Melissa Clark, Bisquick, Deen Bros.

Out the Other Birthday Bast at The 5 Spot

In Through the Out Door

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Dave Paulson, Ben Folds, Josh Watson, Keith Lowen

The High Window and A Cluttered Landscape at Zeitgeist

Cultural Defenestration

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler

Merle Haggard at The Ryman

Shwag Hag

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Merle Haggard, Bob Wills, Jimmie Rodgers, Lefty Frizzell

Rusko at Limelight

Cockney Thug

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, United Kingdom

Posterna at Rymer Gallery

Julia's Child

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Julia Martin, Nashville

Black and White at Plowhaus

Speed the Plow

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bethany Taylor, James Worsham, Kay Ramming, Lisa Preston

Talking Graphics: The Visual Designs of Jane Davis Doggett at the TN State Museum

Finding Her Way

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jane Davis Doggett, Cleveland, George Bush-Houston, Miami

The Bridges at Exit/In

Nash Bridges

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Movement Nashville, The Bridges (Band), Aaron Spelling

Figurative Artists Exhibit at LeQuire

Figuratively Speaking

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, David Maysles, Drew Barrymore, East Hampton, Edith Beales

Local actress shines in one-woman show Warriors Don't Cry

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Theater, Melba Pattillo Beals, Vilia Steele, Nate Eppler, Barack Obama

Laurie McClain CD Release at The Fiddle & Pick

God's Candid Camera

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Joni Mitchell, Laurie McClain, Neil Young, Allen Funt

Toubab Krewe

Wake Up and Let it go

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Asheville, Sunny Ade, Mali

Differences in Common Closing at Gallery One

It Makes No Difference

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, David Douglas

Something of a Blue Variety at Mercy Lounge

Dancy Party

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bruce McCulloch, Jenna Longmire, Julie Shavers, Mona Barz

Cook County Screening at Watkins

Meth of a Salesman

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Anson Mount, David Pomes, Clarksville, Rod Lurie

Sugar Sammy at Zanies

Sweettooth

• by Julie Seabaugh
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Russell Peters, Dave Chappelle, Comedy Central, Home Box Office Inc.

2 x Tarkovsky: Andrei Rublev at The Belcourt

Andrei the Giant...of Russian Art

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Andrei Tarkovsky, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Andrei Rublev

In Art We Trust at Buffalo Billiards

8 Ball

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, 1624

Kylesa at The End

Geographic Metal

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Savannah (Georgia)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at NCT

The Twain Shall Meet

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Mark Twain, Gary Hoff, Henry Haggard

Adrienne Outlaw Lecture at the Frist

Smarter, Stronger, Sexier

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Adrienne Outlaw, Nashville

Fountains of Wayne Acoustic at Exit/In

Fountains of Pain

• by Edd Hurt
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Fountains of Wayne, Adam Schlesinger, Chris Collingwood, George Harrison

The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records at Sarratt Cinema

International Lens

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jeff Alulis, Los Angeles, Youth Brigade, Fat Mike