Nashville Scene

A proposed medical marijuana bill considers both suffering patients and a sick economy

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Cover Story, Features, Carolyn Oakley, Santa Fe, Bernie Ellis, Tennessee

Five post-Music City Center decisions that will affect how South of Broadway shapes up

• by Christine Kreyling
• Tags: Features, Features, Rick Bernhardt, Music City Center, Nashville, Gary Gaston

DJ Pauly D from MTV's Jersey Shore finds a little slice of Newark on Second Avenue

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Features, Features, Jersey Shore (TV Show), Nashville, VH1 Television Network, Paul DelVecchio

The legislature — where one lawmaker calls arsenic 'not that bad' — is the place environmentalism goes to die

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Woods, Joe McCord, Tennessee, Frank Niceley, Mike Turner

A year after the popular Predator's return from near oblivion, just look who has gone the distance so far this season

• by David Boclair
• Tags: Sports, Steve Sullivan, Nashville Predators, National Hockey League, NHL Central Division

After a tragic loss and an ugly crime, a grieving father finds bittersweet consolation in a screenplay

Love and Theft

• by Lindsay Ferrier
• Tags: Suburban Turmoil, Julie Buchanan, Tennessee, David Nixon, Granbery Elementary School

Remembering a floppy-eared Basset hound who left holes in lots of things, including his owner's life

• by Walter Jowers
• Tags: Helter Shelter, Ruthless Rufus, Bob Cowperthwaite, Broderick Crawford, Rufus Dogfriend

Love/Hate Mail

• Tags: Letters, Love/Hate Mail, Nashville, Danny Tate, The Tennessean Newspaper, Brentwood

Sen. Marrero on Medical Marijuana Bill: "The Courage to Do the Right Thing"

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Politics, medical marijuana, Sen. Beverly Marrero, Tennessee medical marijuana

Chris Matthews Slaps Blackburn as Hypocrite

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

The Red State Update Response to the State of the Union

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Red State Update, Woods, Video

Because Nothing Says 'Follower of the Prince of Peace' Like Punching a Dude in the Face

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Phillips, Bashing skulls for Jesus, New York Times, Xtreme Ministries

Tea Party Convention Brews Uproar in Media

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

Morning Roundup: Bredesen's Budget Arrives and the Gnashing of Teeth Begins

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Red State Update: Jackie and Dunlap Discuss the Robot Groundhog

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Red State Update, Video

Memory of Michael Jackson Disrespected in Tennessee House

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

Morning Roundup: Going Birther in Tennessee and Putting the Screws to Charity Hospitals

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

'Araya' Stands Up to Snowpocalypse

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Araya, Belcourt, Milestone Films, Video

Revolt of the Moonbeams! Chapter Two

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Ramsey Calls for Legalizing Corporate Campaign Contributions

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Tennessee Regulatory Authority Director Defends Pat Robertson on Haiti

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Will the 'Chonghog' See His Shadow? An Anxious Nation Awaits

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Daily Diversion, Chonghog, Columbia State, Groundhog's Day

'Police, adjective': The Wrong Arm of the Law

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Video

Morning Roundup: Governor Outlines Budget Cuts Tonight; Mumpower Decries Hand-Wringing Colleagues

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Reporters Pummel Bredesen on TennCare Cuts

• by Jeff Woods

By Narrow Majority, Tennessee House Honors Michael Jackson

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Woods

Williams Calls for Spending 'Rainy Day' Cash to Save Social Services

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Woods

Corker and Alexander Vote with Wall Street Fat Cats

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Congress, Woods

Ramsey Ignores Handgun Violence Facts

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Dems Slam Rowland for Insulting Bart Gordon

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

New Yorker's Hertzberg: Ford is "Delusional"

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, Politics, Harold Ford Jr., Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker

Lamar Says Obama Should Take a Page from LBJ's Playbook

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

Morning Roundup: Reaction to the President's Speech and More

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Ben Nelson Hits Back at Merry Pranksters in Tennessee Legislature

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Is Nashville Sarah Palin's Waterloo? 'They Are Starting to Eat Their Own'

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

Colbert Thrashes Harold Ford in Face-to-Face Encounter: 'This Is Not Flip-Flopping?'

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

Zero Tolerance Strikes Again

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Education, MLK Magnet, Taylor Cummings, zero tolerance

Ramsey Comes Back at Williams: 'I Do Have the Answer'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Woods

State Lawmakers Call for Saving Money by Starving Prison Inmates

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Woods

Ron Ramsey: 'I Don't Know' Whether Obama Is Kenyan

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Governor Cowers in Corner as Senate Yawns, Overrides Another Veto

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Woods

TennCare Plays the Piñata Again: Bonnyman Calls Bredesen 'Tragically Misguided'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Woods

Morning Roundup: Lawmakers Hiring Secretaries During Budget Crisis

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Pop Quiz, Hotshot

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Spurgeon, #TheSituation2010, snow day, Spurgeon, Twitter=journalism

Bredesen Will Spend Some State Savings on Social Services: 'It's Raining a Little Bit'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Woods

Red State Update: YouTube Charging To Watch Videos?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Red State Update, Video

Blackburn Asks the President a Question

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

Times New Viking make noise, avoid backlash

Lo-Fi on the Totem Pole

• by Andrew Clayman
• Tags: Features, Jared Phillips, Times New Viking, Los Angeles, Columbus (Ohio)

Nomadic Nick Oliveri continues to reinvent himself post-Queens of the Stone Age

Have Spirit, Will Travel

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Features, Josh Homme, Kyuss (Band), Nick Oliveri, Mondo Generator

With Metamorphosen, Branford Marsalis continues to cement his legacy

How Good He Is

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Features, Branford Marsalis, New Orleans, Joey Calderazzo, Sonny Rollins

How Split Lip Rayfield's aggressive accoustic music survived their guitarist's passing

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Features, Wayne Gottstine, Kirk Rundstrom, Cartoon Network, Jeff Eaton

MEEMAW, Glossary, Vulture Whale and more

• Tags: The Spin, Birmingham (Alabama), Bingham Barnes, James Robbins, Alvin Lee

Critics' Picks

• Tags: Features, Bingbing Li, Joe Nolan, Vanderbilt University, Tom Green

Lake Fever Sessions: The Black Hollies

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Lake Fever, The Black Hollies, The Rye Coalition, Video

Road to Bonnaroo 2010 Lineups and Schedule

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Bonnaroo, Cream Calendar, Creamtastic, bands, BMI, contests, Dean Shortland is live-blogging from the future, Mercy Lounge, Road to Bonnaroo

Blake Shelton to Show Off His 'Six-Pak' With 'New' CD 'Format'

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Wow, getting Boned by the music industry, Hillbilly Bone, Six Pak, the business, uh

Ludacris to Open for Black Eyed Peas at Sommet Center, Possibly Find Hoes

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, area codes, horticulture, Ludacris, maps

Let's Hear It for 2010: J.D. Salinger Is Dead and Will.I.Am Is Coming to Mai

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Black Eyed Peas, confusing posts, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Mai, unrelated topics, Will.I.Am

Where's My W-2? Local Rock Dudes in Awesome TurboTax Commercial; Awesome Show at Betty's Feb. 3

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Is there smoke coming out of that saxophone?, Matt Button, No seriously ... where's my W-2?, So many questions!, Steve Poulton, What's with the lightning bolt guy?, Video

Neil Hamburger Tonight at The End

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, America's funny man, comedy, jokes, Neil Hamburger, The End

Feb. 3's Silent League and Paper Hats Show at The Basement Moved up to 7 p.m.

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Paper Hats, The Silent League, The words of Donald Rumsfeld are timely and appropriate for the first time ever, William Tyler

Louisvillians: My Morning Jacket at Municipal Auditorium April 20; Wax Fang Reschedule Exit/In Show for April 2

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Louisville, My Morning Jacket, Peanut butter puddin' surprise, Wax Fang

Nifty CD Case Bleeds (Ink)

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, CDs, get it physically, neat, Video

Weekend Round-Up: Ice Storm Style [Updated]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Alcohol Stuntband, Christina Ricci, How I Became the Bomb, Millionaire Magicians, Nick Oliveri, The Clipse, Tom Green, Wax Fang, weekend round-up

Infinity Cat Rock the Block Tonight at Exit/In Feat. Natural Child, Heavy Cream, Daniel Pujol and More

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Ben Steine's Money, Cy Barkley, Daniel Pujol, Exit/In, Heavy Cream, Infinity Cat and beyond, Natural Child, Rock the Block, So Jazzy, The Kindergarten Circus

Times New Viking, Heavy Cream and Ocelots at The Basement, 2/1/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Heavy Cream, Ocelots, The Basement, Times New Viking

Neil Hamburger, Tom Green, Chris Crofton and Daiquiri at The End, 2/1/2010

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Chris Crofton, Daiquiri, Neil Hamburger, The End, Tom Green

Free Concert Alert: See Gwyneth Paltrow's Country Debut at Municipal Auditorium Feb. 2 at 4 p.m.

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Moving Pictures, National Skyline, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester, Love Don't Let Me Down, Municipal Auditorium, Tim McGraw

Church of the Good Hustle's Video for 'Hi Fi'; Show Feb. 11 at The 5 Spot With The Ettes, The Jane Shermans & Hans Condor

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Moving Pictures, Church of the Good Hustle, Derek Hoke, Hans Condor, The 5 Spot, The Ettes, The Jane Shermans, Those guys make me bandwiches!, Video

Clipse at Phatkaps, 1/29/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Clipse, I stream uStream we all stream, Phatkaps, teh Internet

Jay Reatard Cause of Death 'Cocaine Toxicity,' According to Report

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Jay Reatard

Cheer Up Charlie Daniels' Neil O'Neill Featured in BalconyTV's Nashville Debut

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, balconies, Cheer Up Charlie Daniels, Neil O'Neill, Seriously Charlie Daniels; why the long face?, TVs, Video

Taylor Swift and Nashville Cream Greeting Cards!

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Creamtastic, Hot Goss, National Skyline, don't hate the players, greeting cards, hate the game, local bands, Taylor Swift

Times New Viking, Branford Marsalis and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, Branford Marsalis, Nick Oliveri, Satan, Split Lip Rayfield, The Spin, Times New Viking

It's Snowing!

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, ah sleet sleet sleet sleet, snow, time to make French toast, wintry mixtape

Bonnaroo Lineup News: The Flaming Lips to Cover Dark Side of the Moon, Paul Simon a Go and Paul McCartney Rumored [Updated]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo, Fall Out Boy, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, The Dark Side, The Flaming Lips, Video

Is Indie Dead? Yawn!

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs, dead, death, indie rock, punk rock + your head, the death of death

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 10

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Chris Crofton Show, If you don't shut those kids up ... I don't even want to finish that sentence because I'm not that type of person. But you better shut 'em up 'cause he's gonna do it!, Jack White = fashion blues, Neil Hamburger, white guilt

Hipbilly Jamboree Not Returning to WRVU

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Hot Goss, Bummerino Metropolis, community DJs, that sucks, WRVU

I Watched the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards and All I've Got Is This Lousy Round-Up

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: National Skyline, Grammys, Hide under your desk, the world is coming to an end, Video

Jemina Pearl Interview for Dirty Laundry

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Ecstatic Peace, Jemina Pearl, quotation marks, Thurston Moore, Video

Smiling Elephant's Handcrafted food and decor bring warmth—and heat!—to Eighth Avenue

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Reviews, Sam Kopsombut, Arnold Myint, Bangkok, Patti Myint, Smiling Elephant

Lionfish: Ask for It By Name!

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: News, fish, invasive species, lionfish, seafood, sustainable

First Bite: La Fiesta

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: First Bite, Restaurant openings, Belmont Boulevaard, First Bite, former Tabouli's. La Fiesta, Mexican restaurants in Nashville, restaurant openings

Bacon and Caviar BBQ Comes to Melrose

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurant openings, B & C BBQ, Bacon and Caviar, barbecue, Melrose

Wine Wednesday: Clendenen Family Vineyards

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, 360 Bistro, Boonedocks Distribution, Clendenen Family Vineyards, F. Scott's, Hoyt Hill, Wine Wednesday, Video

Wandering Wino: Snowpocalypse Now Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Amerigo, Esporão, Hermitage Hotel, Jim Myers, September's Restaurant, Wandering Wino, WIne Tasting

Today We Put Wii Remotes and Dolls into a Blender!

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Kitchen Gear, blenders, Fine Cooking, kitchen gear, magazines

Big Night at the Belcourt

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, Events, Belcourt Theatre, Big Night, Diane Bishop, timpano, Wine Food and FIlm, Video

First Bite: 55 South

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: First Bite, Restaurant openings, 55 South, first bite, Franklin restaurants, Jason McConnell, oysters, po boys, Sol

Yazoo Keeps Busy Until New Brewery's Uncorked

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Drinks, News, Artisan beer, beer, brewery, craft beer, Gulch, Linus Hall, Yazoo Brewing Co.

Nutrition Action Stirring in Public Schools

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, CSA, News, school gardens, school lunch, school nutrition in Nashville

Wine Wednesday: Sweets for the Sweet

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Amerigo, B.R. Cohn, chocolate, chocolate cabernet sauce, Cuore di Cioccolata, Lazzaroli's, Schakolad, wine, Wine Wednesday

From Acorn Great Dinner Deals Grow

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Good advice, News, Restaurants, Acorn, dinner deal, tasting menu

Popular Farmers' Market Produce Merchant Dies at 46

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Farmers' Markets, News, Barnes Produce, Nashville Farmers' Market, obituary, Ponytail, produce, Randy Boone, Randy Wayne Boone

Roly-Poly Shape Presages Dementia in Study

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: News, fitness, weight

Our Weekly Open Thread Has Lovely Grill Marks

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, Open Thread, open, prix-fixe meals in Nashville, Smiling Elephant, Tiny Kitchen, Valentine's Day, Zola

Smiling Elephant Makes Eyes Water With Joy

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Eighth Avenue restaurants, Patti Myint, Sam Kopsombut, spicy food, Thai food in Nashville

Anything but Bored to Death, author Jonathan Ames visits Nashville for his new film The Extra Man

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Bored to Death (TV Show), Jonathan Ames, Nashville, Kevin Kline

Wax Fang at Exit/In

It's Your Fang, Do Wax You Wanna Do

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Band of Horses, My Morning Jacket, Wax Fang, Kevin Ratterman

Upgrade! Sound Art Event at TSU

Sound Off

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Austin Peay State University, Barry Jones, Jodi Hays, Paris

Getting Used to Living in the in-Between at the Renaissance Center

Stuck in the Middle With You

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jodi Hays, Renaissance Center, Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Gregg Schlanger

Halo Stereo at Exit/In

Halo be Thy Name

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Budweiser

Middle of Nowhere at Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadour Theater

Gone Country

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Dan Sadler, Bill Bauer, Dari Anne Amato, New York

Tom Green at Zanies

Another Green World

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Tom Green, Jackass (TV Show), Drew Barrymore, Sacha Baron Cohen

Winds of Plague at the Muse

Sticks and Stones

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Dethklok, Metalocalypse

Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece at the Frist

Old School

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Frist Center, Baltimore, Europe, Greece

Dale Watson at Douglas Corner

You Bet Your Ass That's Country

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Bakersfield, Buck Owens, Dale Watson

Three Monkeys at Vanderbilt's Sarratt Cinema

International Lens

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Cannes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Peter Bradshaw, Yavuz Bingol

Megan Light CD Release Party at The Rutledge

Afternoon De-Light

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, Chip Greene, Fiona Apple

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

International Lens

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Crispus Attucks, Alan Rickman, Bill Cosby, Danny Glover

Silent League at The Basement

Say What?

• by Dustin Allen
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Silent League, Interpol (Band), Sufjan Stevens, Bloc Party

Five Finger Death Punch at Cannery Ballroom

Heavy-Handed

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Slayer (Band), Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth

Should We Have Stayed Home and Thought of Here? at Marnie Sheridan Gallery

Go Here and Think of Home

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Kelly Williams, Brooklyn (New York City), Harpeth Hall, Nashville

The Clipse at Phatkaps

We Got It For Cheap

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Virginia Beach, Antioch, Twitter Inc.

Lost Season Premiere on ABC

Whatever Happened to the Tattooed Shark?

• by Sean Maloney

The Life and Work of Ernest A. Pickup at the LeQuire Gallery

Pickup Sticks

• by Russell Johnston
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Ernest Pickup, Beverly St. John, Brentwood

Zoogma at Exit/In

Zoobily-Zoobily-Zoo!!!

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Bowling Green, Murfreesboro, Oxford (Mississippi)

Neil Hamburger at The End

Burger Time

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Neil Hamburger, Madison Square Garden, David Cross, Don Rickles

The American Experience at Belmont's Leu Art Gallery

Living in America

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Mark Brown, Belmont Mansion, Belmont University

Dick Waterman's career as a music promoter and manager provided access most photographers could only dream of

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Art, Dick Waterman, Newport Folk Festival, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters

Essayist, scholar, and novelist Randall Kenan responds with passion to the legacy of James Baldwin

Fanning the Fire

• by Susannah Felts and Chapter16.org
• Tags: Books, James Baldwin, Randall Kenan, Barack Obama, North Carolina

NCT's judiciously trimmed version of a classic Holocaust tale provides a tough but inspiring lesson for children

Frankly Speaking

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Theater, Miep Gies, Anne Frank, Otto Frank, Scot Copeland

Chaffin's Barn squeezes a few laughs out of one of Neil Simon's less satisfying works

Simple Simon

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Theater, Doc Simon, Neil Simon, Anne Frank, Nashville