Nashville Scene

Friday Fiction: Lucy White

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Betsy Phillips, A City of Ghosts, Nashville ghosts, Nashville fiction

City Paper on McWherter: "Serious Ideas"?

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Media, Barry, Mike McWherter, Stephen George, socialist Venezuela, City Paper, Bill Haslam

McWherter Talks to the Nashville Jewish Community

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Mike McWherter, immigration issues, Tennessee governor's race

Nashville Scene Photo Contest — Oct. 14 Deadline Approaching!

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, photo contest, photography, squirrels, seismic activity

A Different Kind of Cult Movie: Up with People Doc Director and Cast Member Tonight at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Up with People, Smile Til It Hurts, Lee Storey, Doctober, Belcourt, Video

Professors Protest Budget Cuts, Crowded Classes at 'National Day of Action'

• by Garett Franklyn
• Tags: Education, MTSU, Students for a Democratic Society, Michael Principe, Ron Bombardi, Sidney McPhee

Let Them Eat...Aw, Hell, I Don't Care What They Eat

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Video

Red State Update: TV Attack Ads Can Be Yours for $120!

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Red State Update, Red State Update, Video

Fire Torpedoes! McWherter's Finally Ready to Rumble

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Bruce Pearl Sucks Up to Haslam Again

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Sports

Inspect Her, Clouzot! Inferno Opens Tonight at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Belcourt, Doctober, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno, Romy Schneider, Serge Reggiani, Olivier Assayas, Guy Maddin, Video

Nashville Scene's 2010 Best of Nashville

The Wal-Mart Effect: The Big Box Moves Next to Berry Hill

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Around Town, Wal-Mart, Berry Hill, sometimes you just need a spatula

Stonewall Uprising: Open Revolt Tonight at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Stonewall Uprising, Up with People, Belcourt, Doctober, Stonewall riots, gay rights, Video

Under Attack in Debate, Haslam Suddenly Cares About Issues

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Up Periscope! McWherter Fires Duds

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Video

Oakwood Park: A Review

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Oakwood Park, Nashville park reviews, Metro parks

Fresh Video: Figurative Artists Show

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, LeQuire Gallery, Greg Decker, Andrew Woolbright, Marti Jones Dixon, Figurative Artists, Nashville artists, Nashville exhibitions, Video

Tonight Only! Alloy Orchestra Performs Metropolis Live at Belcourt!

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Alloy Orchestra, Belcourt, Metropolis, Fritz Lang, Video

2010 BEST OF NASHVILLE READER'S POLL

Best of Nashville 2010

Food & Drink 2010: Writer's Picks

Best of Nashville 2010

• Tags: Cover Story, Izzie's Ice

Music 2010: Writer's Picks

Best of Nashville 2010

Politics & Media 2010: Writer's Picks

Best of Nashville 2010

People, Places, & Events 2010: Writer's Picks

Best of Nashville 2010

Arts & Entertainment 2010: Writer's Picks

Best of Nashville 2010

Goods & Services 2010: Writer's Picks

Best of Nashville 2010

Kids 2010: Writer's Picks

Best of Nashville 2010

If Mike McWherter would drop his unfortunate submarine strategy — run silent, run deep — he could torpedo Bill Haslam

Das Boob

• by Jeff Woods

U.S. Department of Justice visitors tell Muslims they have their back in the Murfreesboro mosque dispute

Danger Zoning

• by Stephen George

Helpful hints from my new Chinese pedometer

Lost in Translation

• by Walter Jowers

Love/Hate Mail

Thursday Round-Up: Band of Horses and Ghostfinger at Live on the Green, Willy T. House Party, Chris Crofton at The End, Bruce Springsteen on HBO

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Band of Horses, Bryan Cates, Chris Crofton, Ghostfinger, Live on the Green, Paper Hats, Steve Gunn, Villages, Video

First Aid Kit Tonight at The End [Sisters]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, First Aid Kit, sisters, Sweden, health care

Photo of the Week: The Dancing Skeleton of Musicians Corner

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Musicians Corner, Centennial Park, Big Surr, Natalie Prass, The Carter Administration, The Dozen Dimes, Evan P. Donohue, dread alert, skeletons, Video, Slideshow

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 35 + Taping Sunday at Springwater

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, They'll turn your ass into a monster, Bruce at The End now has a gold wheelchair, The Chris Crofton Show, His piece must look like a piece of jerky

Fresh Tracks: Kings of Leon Currently Streaming Come Around Sundown on Official Site

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: National Skyline, ...and even reggae, Come Around Sundown, free jams, Kings of Leon, Video

Metric Tonight at The Cannery Ballroom

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Metric, Canada, Twilight, sparkly vampires, The Cannery Ballroom, Video

Jason & the Scorchers at Mercy Lounge, 10/8/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Jason and the Scorchers, Jason Ringenberg, Warner Hodges, Stacie Collins, Al Collins, Pontus Snibb, Slideshow

Greg Dulli and Craig Wedren Tonight at Mercy Lounge [120 Minutes]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, '90s, 120 Minutes, Afghan Whigs, Craig Wedren, I'm gonna dip my balls in it, My So-Called Critic's Pick, Shudder to Think, Twilight Singers, Wet Hot American Summer, Video

Jason & the Scorchers, First Aid Kit, Metric & More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, Jason & the Scorchers, First Aid Kit, Metric, Next Big Nashville, J-A-T-S JATS JATS JATS JATS

Snap to It: Nashville Scene Photo Contest Deadline Is Oct. 14, aka Next Thursday

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, photo, contest, prizes, release form

Gayngs Coming to Nashville — to Pick up Their Gear, at Least [Busted]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Gayngs, CJ, fairness, Video

Next Big Nashville Re-Cap Round-Up: American Songwriter, YTC & Consequence of Sound

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Next Big Nashville, Moving Pictures, Put on your Thinking (Re)Caps, Next Big Nashville, American Songwriter, Consequence of Sound, You Tell Concerts, Cream cameos, Video

Best of Nashville 2010: Music BONs for Caitlin Rose, Miranda Lambert, Caleb Followill, Kenny Smoov & Many More

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Best of Nashville, 2010

Weekend Round-Up: NBN Hangover Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, Oktoberfest, Germantown Street Festival, Electric Six, Menomena, How I Became the Bomb, Natalie Prass, Dozen Dimes, The Carter Administration, Shooter Jennings, Jason and the Scorchers

Happy Birthday, Grand Palace!

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Grand Palace, Murfreesboro, hip shit, underpants

PUJOL 7-Inch Release Show Tonight at Douglas Corner?!

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Bad Cop, Diarrhea Planet, Douglas Corner, PUJOL, Sons of Stones, Turbogeist, Turbo Fruits, Turbo Lovin', Turbo Time, It Might Get Loud ... ERRRRR

Third Man Headphones: Put Them on Your Ears

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Third Man Records, headphones, Nixon, nice cans

Big Sean Tonight at Limelight

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Big Sean, hot Sean-on-Sean action, Limelight

Weezer Taps Diarrhea Planet to Open? Also, Offered $10 Million to Disband [Oh the Humility]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, seven stages of grief, Blinkerton, Cliff Burton, Diarrhea Planet, James Burns, prank Tweets, Weezer

Dr. Dog to Play The Cannery Ballroom, Feb. 5 [Updated]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Link Overload, we obviously approve of the Dog, Dr. Dog, Cannery Ballroom, The Head and the Heart, fresh track

Big Apple-Bound: Heypenny & Other Locals Headed to CMJ

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, National Skyline, CMJ, Heypenny, Tristen, The Protomen, The Kopecky Family Band, Royal Bangs, Bad Cop, PUJOL, Heavy Cream, The Non-Commissioned Officers, Video

Alloy Orchestra Accompanies Fritz Lang's Metropolis Tonight at The Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Alloy Orchestra, Belcourt, Fritz Lang, Metropolis, Video

Die Antwoord to Play Cannery Ballroom, Nov. 3; Also, Who Are These People?

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Die Antwoord, Zef, signs of the times, Cannery Ballroom, next-level beats, PC computers, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Video

Music City Roots, Bob Dylan, Dan Penn, Richard Thompson, KORT & More: Inside This Week's Music Section (And on the Cover)

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, Music City Roots, Bob Dylan, Richard Thompson, Dan Penn, Edmond Turner, KORT

Open Thread: What Was Right With Next Big Nashville? What Was Wrong With Next Big Nashville?

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Next Big Nashville, Next Big Nashville, open thread, What's wrong?, What's right?, This is not rhetorical

Musicians Corner Saturday at Centennial Park Feat. Natalie Prass, Dozen Dimes, The Carter Administration, Evan P. Donohue & Big Surr

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Musicians Corner, Centennial Park, free, The Carter Administration, Dozen Dimes, Big Surr, Evan P. Donohue, Natalie Prass, Video

A revamped Jason & the Scorchers look back on Halcyon Times, their first album in more than a decade

Lost and Found (Again)

• by Jewly Hight

From the Stockholm suburbs, First Aid Kit write songs that sound like hymns from the American hills

Kit Sisters

• by Steve Haruch

America again considers Metric and the Canadian system of indie rock

The Math Behind Metric

• by Andrew Clayman

The Alias Chamber Ensemble and composer Gabriela Lena Frank kicked off the season with the magnificent debut of "Hilos"

Golden Threads

• by John Pitcher

A new disc from the Nashville Symphony revisits Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla’s nuevo tango style

Good Vibrations

• by John Pitcher

Next Big Nashville 2010: Yeasayer at The Cannery Ballroom, Wavves at Exit/In, JEFF the Brotherhood at Third Man Records and more

Oh No: Jimmy Carl's BBQ to Shut Down Station Inn Operations Nov. 4

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Tombstones, Barbecue, Jimmy Carl's Lunch Box, The Station Inn, barbecue

Time to Find My Eatin' Pants Again — Flavors of Nashville Event Returns on Oct. 17

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Charity Dinners, Competitive Cooking, American Liver Foundation, Flavors of Nashville, Hillwood Country Club, The Crow's Nest, Macke's, Mack and Kate's, The Mad Platter, Fairvue Plantation, Daily Dish, Saffire, Sambuca, Germantown Cafe, Bound'ry

Wandering Wino: "Work is the Curse of the Drinking Class"

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Jack Daniel, TPAC, Franklin Wine Festival, Boxwood Bistro, Vinea, Flyte, Saucy Sisters, Happy Tales, fido, Miel, Cha Chah, J Barleycorn, Euro Grill, Grace Plaza Wine & Spirits, Macke's Restaurant, Whole Foods, 100% Italiano

It's an Irish Oktoberfest at Jimmy Kelly's

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Jimmy Kelly's, Oktoberfest

Nashville Scene Photo Contest — Oct. 14 Deadline Approaching!

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Fun and Games, photo contest, photography, squirrels, seismic activity

Blackstone Wins Silver!

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery, Great American Beer Festival, St. Charles Porter, Inbox Zero Project

Breaking News: Provence Leaving Green Hills — and Sweet Cece's Arriving

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: News, Hill Center, Provence, Sweet CeCe's, frozen yogurt, Terry Carr-Hall

Wine Wednesday: A Second on the Lips, a Lifetime on the Hips

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Good advice, Wine Wednesday, wine, calories, diet tips

Happy Birthday, Hermitage Hotel!

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Hermitage Hotel, Capitol Grille, Chef Tyler Brown, Birthday parties

Hard-Fried at Batter'd and Fried

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, Batter'd and Fried, oysters, onion rings, Oktoberfest, East Nashville, Five Points

Olivia Olive Oil Opening in Cool Springs

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Retail, Olivia Olive Oil, Cool Springs culinary stores, olive oil, retail

Celebrate Flyte's Fourth With Soaring Specials

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Flyte World Dining and Wine, restaurant deals

Open Thread: Best of Nashville Edition

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Open Thread, Best of Nashville, Nashville's best food, Nashville's best restaurants, Carrington Fox

Vandy's Looking for a Chef

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Good advice, Vanderbilt, chef jobs, campus food

Goldberg Brothers revamp Merchants to grow their downtown domain

Extended Family

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Merchants

French New Wave, meet The French Connection in Vincent Cassel’s dynamite Gallic gangster epic Mesrine

Smooth Criminal

• by Sean L. Maloney

A great director loses it before our eyes — and his — in the tantalizing wreckage of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s aborted Inferno

Infernal Affair

• by Michael Sicinski

Some scattered notes on The Social Network

A Frenemy of the People

• by Jim Ridley

Updates on Save Blue Like Jazz, The Belcourt's Doctober and the weekend's new releases

• by Jim Ridley

Scoping out the literary heavyweights at this year’s Southern Festival of Books

Nashville Undercover

• by Jim Ridley

In his new novel, Rick Bass’ trademark lyricism brings the Nashville Sound to life in language

The Bondage of Fame

• by Ed Tarkington and Chapter16.org

A chronological round-up of Southern Festival of Books highlights

Author! Author!

Andrea Chénier, Umberto Giordano’s greatest opera, is like Puccini on steroids

Heads Will Roll

• by Martin Brady

Tennessee Rep’s Mockingbird soars early, then loses altitude

Clipped Wings

• by Martin Brady

The complex Nat “King” Cole comes alive in Amun Ra’s original musical drama

Unforgettable

• by Ron Wynn