Nashville Scene

Yarbro Tosses Mudball at Henry

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Obamacare Eats Devaney's Brain

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature

No More 'Liberadio?' Say It Ain't So!

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, Liberadio(!), Freddie O'Connell, Mary Mancini, the terrorists have won

On BP, in 1999

• by Liz Garrigan
• Tags: Garrigan, By the Way, Diane Black, BP, 1999, Prince has nothing on me

City Erupts into Celebration as Annual Hillbilly Invasion Finally Nears End

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature

Blue Hydrangeas

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Nashville Flood, Nashville flood aftermath, Richland Creek

Cruel Summer: An Informal Poll

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: By the Way, vacation all I ever wanted, BP oil spill

Saving and Preserving Your Valuable Stuff

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Nashville Flood, Tennessee State Library and Archives, A little blogger humor

Day Three: J.R. Lind — The 'Jeopardy!' Domination Continues ... Can It Last?

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, J.R. Lind, Nashville Jeopardy contestants, Jeopardy!, Alex Trebek, studs with bow ties

'Nashville: The 20th Century in Photographs': Volume Two Premieres 7 p.m. Tonight on NPT

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, NPT, Nashville Public Television, Nashville documentaries, NPT Nashville documentaries, Nashville: The 20th Century in Photographs, Video

Shipley Threatens to Crack Kelsey's Head

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature

Quiz Kid: Will J.R. Lind Make Headlines Tonight on 'Jeopardy!'?

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, J.R. Lind, Jeopardy, Alex Trebek, Nashville Jeopardy contestants

Zach Wamp Insists He's Not a Wild Man

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Knox Man's Girlfriend Killed by Lightning Minutes Before Planned Proposal

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Girlfriend killed by lightning, Knoxville, Bethany Lott, lightning

House Adopts Health Freedom Act

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature

Senators Grovel Before King Coal

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature

McWherter Assails Ramsey and Republicans for Leadership Failure

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Women account for less than 5 percent of producers and engineers — but maybe not for long

• by Steve Haruch

Henry Defends Hispanics, Insults Middle Easterners

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Smirnoff Icing: See, It's Funny Because Being a Woman Would Suck

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Smirnoff Ice, bros icing bros, icing, goodbye blowjobs

Channel 2's Shoddy Reporting on Church-State Issue

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Media

Day Two: 'Jeopardy!' Held Hostage — By J.R. Lind!

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, J.R. Lind, Jeopardy!, Nashville Jeopardy contestants, Alex Trebek, no really -- what is Bloodsport?

Blogger Accuses Wamp of Shaking Down Contractors

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Wamp's New Slogan: Aim for the Bottom!

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

One Night Only! Legendary French Film 'The Mother and the Whore' 7 p.m. Sunday at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, The Mother and the Whore, Jean Eustache, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Harmony Korine, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Belcourt, Bernadette Lafont, Video

Lawmaker Admits 'We're All Brain Dead'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Video

Scene Retracts Nice Things We Said About Black in '99

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Video

Haslam Claims He's Leading by Double Digits

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Abortion Foes Hail Tennessee's New 'Friendly Climate'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Rowland Shamelessly Trying to Pass Law for Boyfriend

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature

'Everyone Else' and 'Exit Through the Gift Shop': The Two Best Movies in Nashville This Week May Be Playing Side by Side

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Everyone Else, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Banksy, Belcourt, Video

H. G. Hill Park: A Review

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, James Robertson, H.G. Hill Park, Nashville park reviews, Nashville parks, Metro Parks

Former Sen. Fred Thompson talks about his new memoir, Teaching the Pig to Dance

• by Liz Garrigan and Chapter16.org

Mom's found a cure for the summertime blues

Holy Rollers

• by Lindsay Ferrier

Love/Hate Mail

The Worsties to Open For Bon Jovi at Chicago's Soldier Field

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Next Big Nashville, Bon Jovi, Kid Rock, Soldier Field, The Omega Threat, The Worsties

Kill All Redneck Pricks: KARP LIVES! [Rockumentary Open Thread]

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Rockumentary, Karp/Yanni double bill, open thread, Video

Andy Shernoff, The Twilight Sad, Two-Sentence Record Reviews and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, Andy Shernoff, The Dictators, The Twilight Sad, Scotland, Two Short

Rock 'n' Roll Caravan of Show Posters Hits Nashville Tonight en Route to Bonnaroo

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, rock posters, Boss Construction, Brite Revolution, printmaking

A lesson in the history of rock 'n' roll according to Andy Shernoff

• by Edd Hurt

Gee-tar Learnin': Only Two Weeks Left to Register for TSU's Guitar Summit

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, TSU Guitar Summit, Webb Wilder

Doctorin' the TARDIS [Nerdy Bits]

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Creamtastic, Doctor Who, Charlie Watts, ZZ Top, wrong gig, Ozzy Osbourne, U.S.S. Pinafore, Tesla coils not covers, nerds, video, #donald4spiderman, Video

Next Big Nashville and Others to Aid Flood-Affected Musicians

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Next Big Nashville, charity, Next BIG Nashville, The fuckin' flood

David Vandervelde's New Song Is Called 'Checkin' Out My Baby'

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, David Vandervelde, The Transplants, tinged as hell!, Secretly Kenny Loggins-tinged

Eyehategod Tonight at The Muse

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Eyehategod, EyehateBPevenmore, Video

Pixies to Play the Ryman, Sept. 10

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Wow, the pixies, loud quiet loud, doolittle, even legends gotta eat

CACTUS'S Psyching Us Out?

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Whatevs, CACTUS'S have won?, "going viral", They have a really good drummer, fair enough

Bringing Guitar Back: Tyler Bryant Tomorrow Night at 2nd Ave. Live

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Tyler Bryant, 2nd Avenue Live, guitar hero

Summer Jams: What's Your Flavor?

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Whatevs, Moving Pictures, Mean Jeans, Fly Golden Eagle, Pavement, VV Brown, Nneka, Stone Roses, Yelle, Malajube, Janelle Monae, Bryan Adams, Summer of Janelle Monae, Summer Jams, Introducting Adam Gold and the Sincere Contributions, Video

Taming the 'Roo, Functionally: Answering Some Bonnaroo FAQs

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo survival, flip-flops, showers, mud freaks, baby wipes, hanky code, Raw Duck Fiasco, Trippin' like Scottie Pippen, Rollin' like Marc Bolan

Internal Affairs: The Twilight Sad Sunday at Exit/In + 'Unbalanced Mix' Cover Story

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream, Come back Steve.

Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Tonight at Exit/In [Not Mercy Lounge]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Department of Corrections, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Exit/In, NOT Mercy Lounge, our bad

Jesco White at Mercy Lounge, 6/5/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Jesco White, West Virginia, Mercy Lounge, The Spin, Slideshow

Conan at Third Man Records Tomorrow Night

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Wow, Conan O'Brien, Third Man Records, comedy, Video

Neil Young at The Ryman, 6/2/2010

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, harvester of sorrow, Neil Young, Ryman Auditorium, Slideshow

Thank You, Lower Broadway Danny Rose

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Rock N Roll Confidential, Soldier of the numberfourTune, there's five of these doors, Band Photo Day: dress code strictly enforced, they're all looking for the new Sting, let's rock, Video

Free Energy Tonight at Exit/In

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Free Energy, not a free show, they're alive!, Video

In Case You Missed It: Hole Show Moved to Cannery, June 29

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Hole, Ryman, Cannery, memories

Weekend Round-Up: J.R.-pardy Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Trebek smells like "poutine and High Karate", J.R.-pardy, weekend round-up, Jesco White, ShellShag, JEFF the Brotherhood, The Long Players, Heypenny, Music City Guitar Show

Internet Sensation 'Wrong Gig' Drummer to Play Nashville's Moose Lodge July 2; None of Us Is Invited

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Wow, Time to join either Ben Steine's Money or Moose International, two million views, Rick K. and the Allnighters, Ben Steine's Money, Drummer at the Wrong Gig, Steve Moore, Video

Nash Country's Bellamy Baylor Knows How to Get Our Attention

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Whatevs, Moving Pictures, Bellamy Baylor, box set, foot fetish, overachieving, Rammstein, Thanks for all the shoe!, Video

Next Big Nashville Deadline Extended, Tennessee Teens Rock Camp Cocktails [Newsy Bits]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Cream Calendar, Next Big Nashville, Tennessee Teens Rock 'n' Roll Camp

Two-sentence record reviews on the Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, Fol Chen, Karen Elson and more

Two Short

• by Adam Gold, Steve Haruch and D. Patrick Rodgers

Aye, it's The Twilight Sad, another wee Scottish band to get chuffed about

New Moon Rising

• by Andrew Clayman

Pentagram at The End, Candice Burnside cancer benefit with The Features, Cortney Tidwell and more

Wine Wednesday: The Show Malbec-With a Local Twist

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Wine, Wine Wednesday, Hatch Show Print, 3 Thieves, The Show Malbec, contests, flood relief

Cornbread: Sweet and Fluffy or Hot and Salty?

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Barbecue

Fall in Love With a Crustacean

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Bites

It's My Blogaversary: The Bites Index

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Fun and Games, Bites index

Weekly Open Thread Has Answers and More Answers

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Open Thread

Good Food Film Series Gets 'Fresh' Tonight at Warner Park

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Events, Fresh, Good Food for Good People, Nashville free events, Nashville free movies, Warner Parks, Will Allen, Michael Pollan, David Ball, Joel Salatin, Video

Cracker Barrel's on a Big, Big Roll Despite Recession

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: News, Cracker Barrel, recession, biscuits, bean counting

Swett it Out: Venerable Meat-and Three Opts to Leave Farmers' Market and Open New Restaurant in Green Hills

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Farmers' Markets, Restaurant openings, Swett's, Farmers' Market, Green Hills

Viking Cooking School's Farm to Table Class, Plus News About Discounted Classes

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, cooking classes, Viking Cooking School, Viking, farm to table, locavores, Geddy Lee is a GOD!, Farmers' Market

High Green Hills Rent Spells End of Chinese Kitchen

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Tombstones, Chinese Kitchen, tombstones, restaurant closings, Green Hills restaurants

Even a Blind Pig Finds a Nut Every Now and Then ... But Apparently not on Google Maps

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Conversation Bites, Mirror, Hospitality Development Group, Watermark, Miro District, The Blind Pig

Wandering Wino: Summer of Wine Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Wine, wine tastings, wandering wino, l’Eté du Vin, wine dinners, J Barleycorn, Village Wines, Midtown Wine and Spirits, September's, 360 Bistro, The Wine Loft, A Loft, Watermark, F. Scott's, Sunset Grill, Red Pony

Hey, Honey: Sunday Supper at Miel

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurants, Miel, takeout, prix-fixe menus, farmers' markets, Chris Crofton, Harmony Korine

Celebrate Flag Day By Getting Your Fingers Messy at Cool Springs Brewery

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Cool Springs Brewery, chicken wings, eating contests

Burger Up, 12South's new burger joint, piles the best elements of local flavor onto a (baked-fresh-daily) bun

Adding It All Up

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Burger Up

What the Hell at Taco Bell

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, fast food, Taco Bell, lunch, office lunch

Help a Transplanted Veggie Lover Find Decent Eats in Nashville

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Vegetarian, Nashville vegetarian, Nashville vegetarian restaurants, Atlanta vegetarian restaurants, Flying Biscuit, World Peace Cafe, J. Alexander's, Fiddlecakes, Savarino's, Green Hills Whole Foods

Eating locally grown just got easier

To Market, To Market

• by Tracy Moore

Treme/Wire/Homicide scribe/producer Eric Overmyer tells this weekend's Nashville Screenwriters Conference how he carved one of the best careers in television

The Accidental TV Genius

• by Ron Wynn

Even if you see yourself in the unnerving relationship drama Everyone Else, you won't look away

Love Lies Bleeding

• by Mike D'Angelo

Elaborate con or real-life art-world frame job? Either way, Exit Through the Gift Shop spins a glorious yarn

Trompe Le Monde

• by Mike D'Angelo

Get Him to the Greek: that Russell Brand-Jonah Hill pairing works great, but backstory provides Spartan laughs

• by Bilge Ebiri

Splice makes something scary and new out of familiar horror-movie DNA

• by Noel Murray

Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director John Patrick Shanley talks about Doubt, faith and theater

Eccentric Faith

• by Paul V. Griffith and Chapter16.org