Nashville Scene

Support the Laurie Cardoza-Moore Islamic Center Fund: Giving Well Is the Best Revenge

• by Charles Maldonado
• Tags: Media, Murfreesboro mosque, The Daily Show, Laurie Cardoza-Moore

Esteemed Commentator Defends Pith in the Wind

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Media

The Message the Mosque Arson Sends the Rest of Us

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Murfreesboro mosque, Islam, Islamophobes, Laurie Cardoza-Moore, Murfreesboro mosque arson

Palin and Gingrich Should Lead Charge for Building Murfreesboro Mosque

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Dooley Treats Sportswriters Like Peons

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Media

School Bus or Sidewalks: Which is Cheaper?

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Metro school buses, Nashville sidewalks

Nasty Stuff in the Groundwater Around TVA Plants, Report Says

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Tennessee Valley Authority, coal ash, poison, Johnson Fossil Plant, Gallatin Fossil Plant, Cumberland Steam Plant, clean coal

Climate change isn’t coming to Nashville — it’s already here. And the future might be hotter than we can handle

Hot Problems

• by Steve Haruch

Haslam and McWherter Make Weird Comments on Muslim Fire

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Labor Day Speed Traps To Avoid: Nashville, Smyrna Hit National List

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: By the Way, speed traps, Labor Day, National Motorists Association, vowel averseness, Ronal McDonal

Did They Rig John Morgan's Selection as Board of Regents' Chancellor?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Education

Become a Producer of a Memphis Wrasslin' Doc, With Just a Mouse Click

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Video

A Report From Monday Night's Candlelight Vigil at the Murfreesboro Mosque Site

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Politics, Racism

Jon Stewart Takes Aim At Murfreesboro Mosque Kerfuffle, Local Hatemongers

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hicks From the Sticks, Laurie Cardoza-Moore, The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Murfreesboro Mosque, Aasif Mandvi, hayseeds, Video

Gill and Tuke on the Voting Snafus

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Media, Video

Flipping Channels: 'Rizzoli & Isles' Busts Its Competition, While The Emmys Take Stock of TV

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, Rizzoli & Isles, Emmy Awards, Covert Affairs, Burn Notice, Glee, Neil Patrick Harris, Betty White, White Collar, Royal Pains, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Friday Night Lights, Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Julianna Margulies

It's Past Time for Mike McWherter to Work a Girly Job

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Mike McWherter, No Sissies For Governor 2010

In His New Book, Harold Ford Claims Racist Plot Caused his '06 Defeat

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Books

Mildred Shute Park: A Review

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Nashville park reviews, Mildred Shute Park, Metro Parks

My Ignorance About Muslims Beats Your Facts: Once Again, The Onion Imitates Life Imitating The Onion

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hicks From the Sticks, Murfreesboro mosque, Murfreesboro community center, arson, The Onion, rape camps

Gill and Maynard on Republican Disunity

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Media, Video

Stacey Campfield, Voice of Reason?!

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Stacey Campfield, I can't believe it's Stacey Campfield, credit where credit is due, Murfreesboro mosque

Why Aren't Political Leaders Speaking Out About Terrorism at Murfreesboro Mosque Site?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Law and Order

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? Zach Pack Still Hates Haslam

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

McWherter and Haslam on the Mosque Again

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Video

Today's Lead Tennessean Story: Our Kids Aren't Christian Enough!

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Media, Tennessean, Almost Christian, Tennessee religion

After Mosque Site Arson, Bredesen Calls for Religious Tolerance

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Law and Order

We Probably Need to Send Troops to Our Southern Border

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Alabama, Obama is (not) a secret Muslim, yes I'm kidding

What climate models can tell us about the future (and what they can't)

Hot Problems

• by Jonathan Gilligan

Fisk plays the Caucasian card to save its $30 million Stieglitz Collection sale

The Art of the Deal

• by Christine Kreyling

The Curious Curse of the Microburst

Hammer of the Gods

• by Walter Jowers

In his new book, Harold Ford Jr. throws his former allies under the bus

Fear of a Ford Planet

• by Jeff Woods

Love/Hate Mail

Infield chatter doesn't work on legally deaf pitcher Lee Thompson

No Sound in the Bleachers

• by David Boclair

Weekend Round-Up: French Maid Style Part 1

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Cortney Tidwell, French maids, Pansy Dance, The Nobility, The Wrong Kids, Timbre, weekend round-up, yay for America

Bell Biv DeVoe at Limelight, 8/28/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Bell Biv DeVoe, Limelight, 92Q, Kenny Smoov, cool it now

Concept Video: 'Wilderness Downtown' Puts Your Street View in Arcade Fire Land

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: National Skyline, Arcade Fire, We Used to Wait, The Suburbs, Google, Chris Milk, video

The Greenhornes Tonight at The Basement

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, The Greenhornes

Weekend Round-Up: Pee Wee Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, round-up, Notice how I didn't make any off-color Pee Wee jokes?, So funny I forgot to laugh, Bell Biv DeVoe, Jeff Daniels, Ttotals, The Dynamites, Lord T & Eloise, Free Sol, 9 Deep

She & Him, Chromeo, Magic Kids, Bell Biv DeVoe and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, She & Him, Chromeo, Magic Kids, Bell Biv DeVoe

Album Tacos, Nashville Edition, Starring The Dead Weather and Heavy Cream

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs, album tacos, Heavy Cream, The Dead Weather

No-Cashville: Young Buck Files for Bankruptcy

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Hot Goss, Young Buck, Bummerino Metropolis, bankruptcy

Don’t Forget: Armed Forces ‘Radical Luv’ 7-Inch Release and 8 off 8th Tonight

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, 8 off 8th, Armed Forces, Brandon Jazz, electronic press kittens, Radical Luv, nationalist dickheads, Video

Kyle Andrews' Kangaroo EP out Today; Fresh Vid for 'You Always Make Me Smile' and Release Show Sept. 3

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Kyle Andrews, Kangaroo, fresh vid, Stay You, Video

Downloading, Ben Folds, Pomplamoose, Crabs, Buckets and September [Newsy Bits]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs, Locke and load, downloading, piracy, ArrrrrrrrIAA, Ben Folds, Pomplamoose, Rob Dee

Road Trip to Asheville: Moogfest, Oct. 29-31

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, It's MOE-g; not MOO-g, Moogfest, Asheville, Road Trip, DEVO, Panda Bear, MGMT, Big Boi, Dan Deacon, Hot Chip, RJD2, Pretty Lights, Van Dyke Parks, The Octopus Project, Caribou, Girl Talk, Thanks Dave!

Memphis' House of Blues Recording Studio Is Moving to Nashville ... Literally. Seriously, Literally

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Hot Goss, House of Blues Memphis, House of Blues Nashville, literal moving day, Semi-Bummerino Metropolis, The Bar-Kays, Video

Laser Make Laser-Cut Plexi Disc: Vision Is Sound Is the Future, Etc.

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs, Laser, lasers, the future, Grimey's, Anna3000, like 3-D printing, Video

Cover Me: Album Art Belongs to the Internet Now

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs

Buzzfest 2010: Papa Roach, Drowning Pool & More, Sept. 10 at LP Field [Oh the Humility]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Buzzfest 2010, Drowning Papa Roach, let the bodies hit the ..., Veronic-assault songs, Video

United Record Pressing Offers Free Test Pressings to Kickstarter Donators

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Kickstarter, United Record Pressing, tag team, cool beans, Heartbeater, The Zut Alors, Thornton, The Armed Forces

Grand Ole Opry 2, Nashville Flood 1: Opry House Slated to Re-Open Ahead of Schedule

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, and western, Brad Paisley, country, Grand Ole Opry, Joe Esposito, Little Jimmy Dickens, the fuckin' flood, Video

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 31

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Guns n Roses Facts Vault, "Chewbacca get off me! I'm tryin' to get this!", A chicken with no beak probably looks like a bowling pin, NEXT TIME I WEAR A SHORT, Congratulations to Joe Baine Colvert

Nashville Cream Fourth Anniversary Party Update: My So-Called Band! Next Big Nashville Passes! More Prizes!

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Creamiversary, party, My So-Called Band, Tristen, Shaky Voices, Grimey's, Exit/In, Metallica dorks will note the cross-referencing

Memphis Here: Magic Kids Today at Grimey's

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Magic Kids, Memphis, Grimey's, in-store, twee but surprisingly not twee at the same time, Audio

Magic Kids at Grimey's, 8/30/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Magic Kids, Grimey's, Slideshow

R.I.P. Paste Magazine

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, Paste, Bummerino Metropolis, print media

Chromeo at The Cannery Ballroom, 8/26/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Chromeo, Holy Ghost!, Telephoned, Cannery Ballroom, Slideshow

She & Him's Zooey Deschanel prefers music to movies, humans to robots

Summer Side Up

• by Andrew Clayman

Magic Kids proudly claim Memphis on their skillful, nostalgic debut

Past Perfect

• by Ryan Burleson

Montreal electro-funk merchants Chromeo know there's nothing like the real thing

That Smell

• by Steve Haruch

Little did the '90s know it, but Bell Biv DeVoe's brand of New Jack Swing was the template for a century

Poison Idea

• by Sean L. Maloney

Warpaint, Royal Bangs and The Non-Commissioned Officers at Exit/In, Colour Revolt and Turbo Fruits at Mercy Lounge

Savor Dinner and a Show Tomorrow Night in Sevier Park

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Green Light Market & Deli, 12South Taproom and Grill, The Blind Pig, Burger Up, Frothy Monkey, Rumours

Next Food Network Star Casting Call in Nashville

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: TV Dinner, The Next Food Network Star, Next Food Network Star casting call, Nashville TV auditions

New Italian Lights Festival Will Brighten September

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, St. Pius X School, Monell's, Italian Lights Festival, Italian food, Michael King

From Annatto to Zedoary: Take the Obscure Spices Quiz

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Fun and Games, obscure spices, food quizzes

Brave Church's Rolls Out Spicy Chicken in the Home of Hot Chicken

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurants, hot chicken, fried chicken, Church's, Church's Spicier Spicy Chicken

Meet the Man Behind Benton's World-Famous Bacon

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: People, Allan Benton, Benton's Bacon, Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams, bacon

Summer Lovin' — Cocktail Style

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, cocktails, summer drinks, cucumber drinks, pear drinks, Crop Organic Vodka, Grey Goose

Visiting Granny and Revisiting Long-Ago Flavors

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, ice cream, old-fashioned flavors, old-fashioned cookies, black walnuts

A Full-Flavor, No Burn, All-Purpose Hot Sauce

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Barbecue, Gunshot Sauce, hot sauce, barbecue sauce

Weekly Open Thread Can't Get Enough of Summer

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Open Thread, Open Thread, Macke's, summer food

Six Degrees of 7 Up: The Illusion of Diversity in U.S. Soft Drinks

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Drinks, soft drinks, beverage industry, Dr Pepper, food industry research

Think Pink at Miel With Rose Wine Tasting to Benefit Susan G. Komen

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Wine, Events, Miel, rose wines, Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Buenos Aires Grill at Woodbine Farmers Market: A New Contender for City's Best Street Food

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Farmers' Markets, Buenos Aires Grill, Gitano Herrera, Nashville street food, Woodbine Farmers Market, panqueque, choripan, ghost pepper, Banjamin's, Izzie's

10 Bizarre Celebrity Products

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Fun and Games

Take a Bite of the Big Apple: Alimentum Schedules "Eat These Words" Workshop in NYC

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Travel Advisory, Alimentum, New York City, food tours, food travel, Manhattan, Queens, Asian food

That's Good Pig!

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Barbecue, Music City BBQ Festival, Pat Martin, Martin's BBQ, BBQ

Get Baked with Liz: A Chocolate-Chip Cookie Recipe That's Easier Than Pie

• by Elizabeth Jones
• Tags: Recipe File, Feel Like Baking Love, chocolate chip cookie recipes, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter for Cooking and Baking, Jacques Torres, Private Selection

Thank Heavens for Chicken Teriyaki

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Dining, chicken teriyaki, picky-eater approved, Asian food in Nashville

Wandering Wino: Burgundy and Bourbon

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, wine, bourbon, wine tastings, bourbon tastings, Amerigo, Miel, Uptown Smoke Shop, Monteagle Inn & Retreat Center, Midtown Wine and Spirits, The Beer Sellar, New Belgium Brewery, 12 South Taproom, Las Paletas, Grace's Plaza Wine and Spirits, Village Wines

Fat Mo's Getting Mo' Veggie-Friendly

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Vegetarian, Fat Mo's, Mohammad Karimy, Shiva Karimy, veggie burgers, falafel

Family-owned taco shop calls to fans of breakfast tacos (and cheap eats)

Oscar Worthy Performance

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Oscar’s Taco Shop

Piranha 3D stocks a celluloid Captain D’s with B-movie bait

Fish-Eyed Foolishness

• by Jim Ridley

Twelve years after the noxious Happiness, Todd Solondz revisits the scene of the slime

Welcome (Back) to the Hellhouse

• by Michael Sicinski

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD and LA LOI (THE LAW)

• by Emily Bartlett Hines and Jim Ridley

Despite good performances, a challenging Bard script hinders Shakespeare in the Park production

Tough Love

• by Martin Brady