Nashville Scene

Flipping Channels: The Word for This Week is 'Treme'

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Video

Ophelia Ford Demands Relief from Her Cadillac Payments

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Legislature, Video

Lawmakers Dispose of Campfield's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Again

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Legislature

Perez Hilton v. Greenbrier High School

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Crazy Crap, Fashion

AG States the Obvious: Tea Party's Health Freedom Act Is Unconstitutional

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature

Zach Wamp's Disconnect with Reality on Health Care

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Video

James Cameron, Suzy Amis Cameron Coming to Nashville for Jeff Garner Fashion Show

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Around Town, James Cameron, Suzy Amis Cameron, Jeff Garner, Prophetik, Nashville fashion

To Media's Delight, Palin-Bachmann Team Up But Where's Blackburn?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Video

Morning Roundup: Health Freedom Act Dogged by Pesky U.S. Constitution

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Morning Roundup

Ramsey Tweets While Tea Party Waits for Action Against Health Care Reform

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Legislature

Wampster Attacks McWherter, Ethics Watchdogs

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

By Playing Fast and Loose with Facts, Haslam May Lose Trust of Reporters

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Should Haslam Begin Strong TV Ad Campaign Now?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Ramsey Tweets Again

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Legislature

Right-Wing Threats of Violence Intensify: Does Cohen Share the Blame?

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

Ramsey & Co. Might Hire Special Counsel to Stop Obamacare

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Legislature

Morning Roundup: City Mourns Nashville's Biscuit Lady

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Morning Roundup

Online Poll: They're Behind Health Care Reform in Ramsey's Backyard

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Cockrill Bend Park: A Review

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Around Town, Cockrill Bend Park, May Town, Metro Parks, park review

Tales from the Trenches: From Pranks to Calamities, Nashville's Working Musicians Share their Sordid Stories

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cover Story, Features, Nashville, David Bowie, Brian Eno, R. Kelly

Morning Roundup: Coop Raps Health-Care Ninnies

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Morning Roundup

An afternoon with Yemeni storekeeper whose haven for beer and smokes pays honor to its unlikely namesake

Yes He Can

• by Tim Ghianni
• Tags: Features, Features, Barack Obama, Nashville, Stephan Westmoreland, Customer Sonny Claybrooks

We Fought the Law

• by Jessi Zazu Darlin and Linwood "The Sheriff" Regensburg
• Tags: Features, Features, Brooklyn (New York City), Toronto, Nashville, Memphis

Is constant Internet access a threat to our quality of life?

• by Lindsay Ferrier
• Tags: Suburban Turmoil, Apple iPhone, BlackBerry Mobile Devices, Apple MacBook

Love/Hate Mail

• Tags: Letters, Love/Hate Mail, Nashville, Bill Bernstein, Lacy Upchurch, Vanderbilt Commodores (Basketball)

Sampson Keeble Statue is Dedicated

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Around Town, Legislature, Phillips, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Sampson Keeble, Tennessee State Library and Archives

New Mixed-Use Development Coming to East Nashville

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Breaking News, Big Dig, East Nashville, Eastside Complex

Blog Maintenance Today [Updated]

• by Pithmaster
• Tags: By the Way, blog maintenance

An Ethics Cloud for Zach Wamp?

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, Breaking News, Congress, Politics, C Street house, ethics, sweetheart deals, Zach Wamp

Teabonics: The Latest Linguistic Craze

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Politics, Silverman, The Economy, health care, socialism, tea party, Teabonics

Morning Roundup: Budget Cuts, Gang Violence and More

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup: Mayor Into Bondage

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Morning Roundup

Frog Jump, Tenn.: The National Media's New Favorite Dateline

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

Did Politics Help Tennessee Win the Race to the Top?

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

Devious Thriller 'Mother' Highlights Weekend's Movies

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Video

McWherter Slaps Haslam on Jobs, Accuses Pilot Oil Scion of Stretching Truth

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Sondre Lerche's Lake Fever Session

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Norwegian Wood, Norwegian would, Sondre Lerche, Lake Fever Sessions, Video

Outtake From the Trenches: What’s a Gobstopper?

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Wow, Gobstopper, show stopper, that's gross

Those Darlins Talk Public Nudity, Hands Off Cuba Get Internet [Newsy Bits]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Moving Pictures, Those Darlins, Daniel Pujol, shows, Record Store Day, Rock the Block, Video

Caption Contest: The Whigs Ticket Giveaway! [Updated]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Whigs, Exit/In, be funny or die tryin'

Sign of the Wolf: Pentagram to Play The End May 28

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Cream Calendar, I hate music -- it's got too many notes, Pentagram, Space Meat is the best band name ever, Video

Vampire Weekend at The Ryman, 4/5/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Vampire Weekend, photo essay, collar-poppin', chandeliers, Slideshow

Nathan Rabin Actually Listens to Toby Keith, and Other Bits

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs, Toby Keith, handies

It's the New Style [Updated]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, blogging, the Cream, new style style

Seth Graves Does Surfer Blood, Vimby-Wise

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Reppin' Creed and Skynyrd, Surfer Blood, Vimby, Admiral Graves, The End, Video

Al-Qaeda Sues Bonnaroo? Restraining Order Requested Against Kings of Leon, Dave Matthews [Updated]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Bonnaroo, Wow, Bonnaroo 2010, al-Qaeda, law and order, Kings of Leon, Dave Matthews, alcohal, Stevie Wonder never hurt anyone

Brandon Jazz of The Armed Forces Performs 'Radical Luv' at The Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Wow, Moving Pictures, Brandon Balls Jazz thinks he's the centre of the universe, Dude that was rad., Who needs shame when you've got a Flying V?, Video

Mosh Silently, Flash Mob [Kids These Days]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, moshing, kids these days, Belmont, teh Internet, Video

Harlem (From Tucson, via Austin) Come to Nashville (The End), May 13

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Harlem, Hippies, The End, garage rock + stoned indifference = blog love, Video

San Francisco's The Fresh & Onlys bring their pop fetish to Nashville

They're not a Garage Band, but They Come From Garageland

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Features, Shayde Sartin, Tim Cohen, San Francisco, Sebadoh

Are the Afropop-cribbing Vampire Weekend really such a menace?

Everything But the Burden

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Features, Sunny Ade, Vampire Weekend, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Africa

Midlake nearly trip themselves up trying to uncover The Courage of Others

Lake Placid

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Features, Eric Pulido, Tim Smith, Dallas, University of North Texas

Tin Pan South continues with round after round of hit paraders

Song Craft Advisory

• by Jewly Hight
• Tags: Features, Nashville, Rutledge April, Trisha Yearwood, Alan Jackson (Musician)

Critics' Picks

• Tags: Features, Billy Contreras, Bret Michaels, Nashville, Vanderbilt University

Joanna Newsom at Mercy Lounge, Shellshag at Little Hamilton and more

• Tags: The Spin, Joanna Newsom, Muse (Band), Across Tundras, Boston

Point/Counterpoint: Seven Mary Three, Marcy Playground & Sponge, Tonight at Wildhorse

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Bret Michaels, Marcy Playground, panty-tossing cougars, post-grunge 9-to-5ers, Seven Mary Three, Sponge, Wildhorse Saloon

Tegan and Sara at The Ryman, 3/31/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, heart, Holly Miranda, Steel Train, Tegan and Sara, Video

The Fresh & Onlys, Vampire Weekend and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, Midlake, The Fresh & Onlys, Tin Pan South, Vampire Weekend

Weekend Round-Up: Cadbury Gold Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Fever Queen, Isn't Easter a pagan thing? Ah fuck it. I'll take some fudge., Tin Pan South, Wax Fang, weekend round-up

These Are the Breaks: Kurtis Blow Playing Big T's on Dickerson Pike

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Hot Goss, Dickerson Pike, Kurtis Blow, no school, not an April Fool, old school, Rob Dee

GZA at MTSU, 3/31/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Biscuits and Gravy, GZA, Kidsmeal, spoken word, The Genius

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 18

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Gave who some damn money? I ain't gave nobody no damn money. Girl is you tweakin'? REAL TALK!, It's noon. Do you know where your girlfriend is? She's probably playing Farmville and crank calling the Chris Crofton Show., Standing in a smoke cloud with a beer can in my hand going What's up?, Tanned dentists going Have a blessed day., Two pink Champales please

The Rolling Stones at The End, 3/31/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, April, The End, The Rolling Stones

Tennessee Teen Rock Camp Tomorrow at The End, Feat. Fever Queen (Cortney Tidwell), How Cozy & More

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Creamtastic, Cortney Tidwell, doo it, Hanzelle, How Cozy, Tennessee Teens Rock and Roll Camp, The End, The Grayces, YEAH

Tales from the Trenches: Pranks, Calamities and More From Nashville's Working Musicians [On This Week's Cover]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, musicians, regaled by rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Tales From the Trenches

Blog Maintenance Today [Updated]

• by CreamMaster
• Tags: Cream, blogging, in the garage, maintenance

Deep Fried Pickle Excursions to Rotier's, Crow's Nest

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, Happy Hour

Now Open for Lun-ChaChah

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurants, Belmont restaurants, Cha Chah, lunch spots

Nashville CARES Dining Out for Life Coming April 27

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Restaurants, charitable giving, charities, Dining Out for Life, Nashville CARES, Suzy Wong's House of Yum

Good Manners All Around at Patterson House

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, Restaurants, Good advice, Patterson House, cocktails, good service

We Have a Winner! Hardee's Slanket Giveaway

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Free Bites, Fun and Games, contests, Hardee's, Slanket

Green Hills Tex-Mex staple La Paz finds a handsome new home on the Rock Block

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Reviews, La Paz, Atlanta, Nashville

Tell Open Thread What's In Your Easter Brunch Basket

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, Open Thread, Cafe Margot, Chappy's, Easter brunch, Germantown Cafe, Jackson's, Le Peep, Provence Breads & Café, Chappys,"Easter brunch","Germantown Cafe",Jacksons

Wandering Wino: The Acorn Doesn't Fall Far From the Silver Oak Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, 1808 Grille, Amerigo, Boxwood Bistro, Downtown Sheraton, Wandering Wino, wine, wine tastings in Nashville

House-Made Meats at Coco's Italian Market

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: News, Retail, Coco's Italian Market, Italian food in Nashville, salami, sausages

Time to Get Jubilant About Jubilee Beer!

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, beer, beer in Nashville, beverages, charitable giving, charities, Jubilee Craft Beer

Iron Fork Competitors Named -- Barlow Fights To Keep Title

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Events, People, Andy Hunter, Chris Cunningham, Hal M. Holden-Bache, Iron Fork, Jason McConnell, Jeremy Barlow

Blog Maintenance Today [Updated]

• by Bitesmaster
• Tags: Bites, blog maintenance

La Paz Gets a Sweet New Home

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Elliston Place restaurants, Mexican food in Nashville

The surprises in the devious Mother start in the very first shot, and they don't stop coming

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook

Beth Cavener Stichter Lecture at Vanderbilt

Beasts of Burden

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Beth Cavener, Department of Art Lecture

Oyster Easter at Travellers Rest Plantation and Museum

Pearls Before Wine

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Oyster King, Anne Martin, Brent Young, David Smith

Greg Decker Reception at Simon Ripley's Music and Art

Of Paint and Frets

• by Ted Drozdowski
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Ashville, Nashville, Ray Stephenson, NYC Museum of Modern Art

David Olney at Manuel's

Train Time

• by Edd Hurt
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Olney, Nashville, David Olney, Jan Vermeer

Ostrov at Sarratt

International Lens

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Europe, France, Hot Tub Time Machine, Western Europe

The Long Players Perform The Police's Outlandos d'Amour

All This Guilt Will Be on Their Heads

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Andy Summers, David Bowie, Steve Ebe

Dick50 at 3rd & Lindsley

Something on the Side

• by Jewly Hight
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Delbert McClinton, Franklin, Kevin McKendree, Lynn Williams

Admiral Browning at Springwater

Band Not Seeking Vocalist

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Maryland

Sankofa African Drumming and Dance Ensemble at Blair School of Music

Rhythm Nation

• by Russell Johnston
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Vanderbilt University, Africa, Yugoslavia, Nashville

Vanessa Oppenhoff: New Works at Estel Gallery

In Stitches

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Vanessa Oppenhoff

Kentucky Thunder at Third & Lindsley

Soul Summit

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Etta Britt, Jonell Mosser, Sheila Lawrence, Vickie Carrico

Billy Contreras and Buddy Spicher at The Frist

Billy Contreras to Popular Belief

• by Jon Weisberger
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Billy Contreras, Darrell Johnson, Jeff Henderson

Belcourt Weekend Classics: Harvey

Rabbit Season

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, James Stewart, The Passion of the Christ, Elwood Dowd, Jesse White

Nashville's Jewish Community Signing

Shalom, Y'all!

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Lee Dorman, Omaha, Arcadia

Carnifex at The Muse

Bang Your Head

• by Matt Sullivan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Carnifex (Band)

Robert Earl Keen at The Ryman

On the Road Forever

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Austin (Texas), Corpus Christi, Volkswagen Beetle

Joyce Melander-Dayton: A Mid-Career Retrospective at the Rymer Gallery

The Joyce of Art

• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Santa Fe, Wassily Kandinsky

Nashville on the Move at the Farmers' Market

From the Dept. of No Shit

• by Tracy Moore

Rock the Block hosted by The Rabbit Press at Exit/In

Kickstart Me Up

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

Butch Walker Opens for Train at The Ryman

Never the Bride

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Butch Walker, Avril Lavigne, Chicago, Katy Perry

Eggstravaganzoo Easter Egg Huntand More at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere

Bunny Business

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

Midnight Movie at The Belcourt: The Crazies

Crazies for You

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, George A. Romero

Two Fresh at 12th & Porter

Fresh Prints

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, The Disco Biscuits

Bret Michaels at The Wildhorse

Talk Dirty to Tennessee

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Bret Michaels, Flavor Flav, Martin Sheen, Phil Valentine

Photovoice at Blend Studio

Dig If You Will a Picture

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Vanderbilt University

Artificial Flowers at Watkins

In Bloom

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Caitlan Fleurette, Brownlee Currey, John Henley, Watkins College

Southern Charms at Tinney Contemporary

Charmed, I'm Sure

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Lil' Wayne, Billy Graham, Louis Armstrong

Seven Mary Three w/Marcy Playground & Sponge at Limelight

Did You Hear the One About the Blowjob and the Blue Dress

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Dr. Martens AirWair, Google Inc.

Nashville Film Festival Preview at The Arts Company

Coming Attractions

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Adrian Grenier, John Lennon, Nashville, Sam Taylor-Wood

The Non-Commissioned Officers w/Wax Fang & How I Became the Bomb at Exit/In

Taking Another Wax at It

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Wax Fang, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Band of Horses, My Morning Jacket

Jean-Yves Thibaudet at The Schermerhorn

Jean-Yves Thibaudet We Can

• by Russell Johnston
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Giancarlo Guerrero, Hamburg Steinway, Nashville Symphony

Relocated Vandy gallery shows off its permanent collection in grand style

• by Eric Lehning
• Tags: Art, Cohen Hall, Vanderbilt University, George Etta Brinkley Cohen, Childe Hassam

Martin Wilson's debut novel What They Always Tell Us brings gay coming-of-age tales out of the YA closet

• by Susannah Felts and Chapter16.org
• Tags: Books, Martin Wilson, Alabama, Harry Potter, Vanderbilt University

The Fantasticks is anything but, but Boiler Room Theatre gives it a good try

The Light Fantastick

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Theater, Tom Jones, Jerry Orbach, Lauri Gregoire, To Kill a Mockingbird