Nashville Scene

Paul Stanley — No, Our Paul Stanley — Gets an Agent

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Paul Stanley, not that Paul Stanley, Paul Stanley memoir

TSA Confiscates iPhone Filming Security Pat-Down at Nashville Airport

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Around Town, TSA, pat-down, law and order, confiscation, airport security, BNA, Video

Must-See Movies: Carlos Three Days Only at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Carlos, Olivier Assayas, Steve Erickson, Sam Smith, Belcourt, Video

From the freshest feasts to the greenest trees, making the season of giving count

Holiday Guide 2010

Woods: The Fight Is Just Beginning for Harwell

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Politics, Beth Harwell, Tennessee General Assembly, Steve Gill

Garden and Gun: Right Back At Ya on Emil Erwin

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Fashion, Garden & Gun, leather goods, Emil Erwin, Imogene + Willie

Church Street Park: A Review

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Nashville park reviews, Church Street Park, Metro Parks

Cleeces Ferry: A Nerdy, Grammatical Aside

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips

Nashville, Rock City: We're the 10th Best Place to See Live Rock Music

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, rock shows, Nashville, live tonight sold out!, ticket prices

The DREAM Act is Pushing Forward

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, DREAM Act

Nashville Author Tony Earley Elected to Fellowship of Southern Writers

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Books, Tony Earley, Vanderbilt, Fellowship of Southern Writers, Nashville authors

Adam Ross on Davis-Kidd's Closing in This Week's Scene

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Books, Davis-Kidd, Nashville bookstores, Adam Ross, Mr. Peanut, Ann Patchett, Tony Earley, John Seigenthaler, A Word on Words, Roger Bishop

Sen. Alexander Presses For Protection of Northern Cumberland Ridgelines From Mining

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, mountaintop removal mining, Cumberland Plateau Ridgelines, Gov. Phil Bredesen

Williamson County Gets Out Front on Palin 2012

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Politics, Palin, field dressing, moose, Dodge Ram

Three New Charter Schools Possible in Nashville by Fall 2011

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Education, Nashville charter schools, Nashville Prep, North Nashville

Antioch Protest Chicken: Fairgrounds Protesters Give Mayor Dean the Bird

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Politics, Antioch Protest Chicken, Fairgrounds protest, Mayor Karl Dean, Tennessee State Fairgrounds, Hickory Hollow, flea market, Video

The Antioch Protest Chicken Speaks: A Pith Exclusive

• by J.R. Lind
• Tags: Politics, Antioch Protest Chicken

Speaking of Guns: NRA to Host 2015 Mega-Convention in Nashville

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Breaking News, National Rifle Association, NRA convention, Music City Center, Omni, Nashville NRA convention, Video

Bully Pulpit: Some Thoughts on NPT's Children's Health Crisis Obesity Doc

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, NPT, NPT Reports, NPT Children's Health Crisis, Tennessee childhood obesity

Is County the New City Where Taxes Are Concerned?

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Politics, Morning Roundup, Nashville taxes, Urban Services district, Metro Nashville

Harwell Set to Make History as First Woman House Speaker

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Breaking News, Beth Harwell, Glen Casada, Tennessee House Speaker, Jeff Woods

Welcome to Shelbyville Tonight at Scarritt-Bennett [Immigrant Song]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Immigration, Film, Welcome to Shelbyville, immigration, Tennessee, Video

Locally Filmed Shocker Junkyard Dog Premieres Sunday at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Junkyard Dog, Vivica A. Fox, Brad Dourif, Nashville films, Nashville locations, Video

Stick It to Obama with Red State Update Christmas Album

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Red State Update, Red State Update Christmas Album, Santa Is Real, Louvin Brothers, Video

Holiday Guide 2010: Get Socially Responsible

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Around Town, Holiday Guide, Mike Wolfe, American Pickers, holiday recipes, eco-friendly trees

All Charters, All the Time

• by Nashville Jefferson
• Tags: Education, Nashville Jefferson, charter schools, Nashville Jefferson, MNPS

Free Screening: Over the Edge 2 p.m. Saturday at Nashville Public Library

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Over the Edge, Matt Dillon, Charlie Haas, Joe Dante, Nashville Public Library, Video

At stake in Davis-Kidd's closing is much more than where to buy books

The End

• by Adam Ross

Disgruntled Tennessee Democrats mull over a change in leadership

Goodbye, Mr. Chip?

• by Jeff Woods

In search of the most ecologically friendly way to display your Christmas tree

Screaming Trees

• by Tracy Moore

American Pickers star (and part-time local) Mike Wolfe talks junk pickin' and his favorite Nashville antique haunts

The Pickup Artist

• by Libby Callaway

Using all local ingredients and just a dash of counter space, we conjure a holiday meal fit for a feast

Bird Up

• by Sean L. Maloney

Homemade gifts are great, until it's time to give them

Crappy or Crafty?

• by D. Patrick Rodgers

This holiday, give the mixtape that proves musicians totally care about stuff, too

Righteous Riffs

• by Adam Gold

Anybody know how this thing works?

Battling the Bidet

• by Walter Jowers

This year, stop wasting your time and give gifts that matter

Fair Trade

• by Jack Silverman

New captain Shea Weber pulls the Predators closer together

Young Blood

• by Alexa Jenner

Among Nashville's many charities, Room in the Inn's Campus for Human Development stands tall

Room for Improvement

• by Steve Haruch

A short list of local do-gooders who need your help during the holidays

Hands Out

• by Steve Haruch

Happy Birthday Grunge 8 off 8th to Steve Cross [Free Cake!]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Steve Cross, music, science, grunge, free, cake, Eliza the Arrow, Kelly Kerr, Sweet Tempers, Anchor Thieves, Powerbrrrd, Foxcore, Mercy Lounge, tags, lots of tags

Big Boi Shouts Out Wick-It

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, Wick-It, Big Boi, Video

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 39

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, The Chris Crofton Show, We've gotta start body-scanning the people who make these wells, Steve breakin' it DOWN, the jigger debate, "Shoes (Oh Baby)", The bobcat knows the time is right ... and he's not going to ... have any ... trouble, Gordon Lightfoot collab, I wanna see smooth young bodies. I don't want to see no Tutankhamun

Grinderman at The Cannery Ballroom, 11/19/10

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Awesome, Bad Seeds, Cannery Ballroom, Grinderman, Nick Cave, Slideshow

American Masters: LENNONNYC and Nashville's Steve Marcantonio

• by William Hooker
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Steve Marcantonio, John Lennon, NPT, Yoko Ono, Clap Track

Fresh Vid: Mona on Later ... With Jools Holland

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Blur, Kings of Leon, Later..., Mona, Miley Cyrus, with Jools Holland, Video

Laura Marling's 'Needle and the Damage Done' Stop-Motion Video

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Laura Marling, Redman, Sasufi, method men, Neil Young, Video

Keegan DeWitt's Got a New Single, Jack White's a Mad Man, Those Darlins Are Havin' a Sale [Newsy Bits]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Keegan DeWitt, Theory 8, Those Darlins, United Record Pressing, Triple Decker Records, mad men, Video

NKOTBSB at Bridgestone Arena June 21, 2011

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Cream Calendar, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, Bridgestone Arena, nostalgia, *sulk*, Video

Weekend Round-Up: Holiday Gold Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, Brendan Benson, The Posies, Action!, We Were the States, Heartbeater, Grinderman, Evan P. Donohue, Bobby Bare Jr., The Long Players, Royal Thunder, Horse Feathers, holiday guide

Locals The Polychronic Conservatory Need Your Help Financing the Last Kodachrome Film EVER

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Mama don't take my Kodachrome away, The Polychronic Conservatory, Fly Golden Eagle, Majestico, film, Video

Bread People: Nashville Edition!

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Bread People, Friday Photoshop, fun with captions, Kings of Leon, How I Became the Bomb, The Non-Commissioned Officers, Chris Crofton

Dead Air, Dell Air: Nashville's Swanky Dead Podcast and Kyle Andrews' PC Commercial [Newsy Bits]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Nashville's Dead, Dead Air, Ben Swank, Dillon Watson, Kyle Andrews, Dell, commercial appeal, girls can tell, Video

Grinderman, The Posies, Action!, The Autumn Defense & More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, Grinderman, The Posies, Action!, The Autumn Defense, Wilco side projects

Golden Nugget: The 'Nashville' Teens

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, British Invasion, Fridaze, Nashville in name only, The Nashville Teens, videos, Video

Action, 'Remember This One' [Fresh Video]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Action!, Craigslist rooster, feathers, guns, cameras, intimate apparel, Video

Little Royal, '(I Want to Be Free) Don't Want No One Standing Over Me' [Mine's on the 45]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, Little Royal, Nashville 45s, Tri-Us, Starday-King, oldies, Video

Wolf Parade & Ogre You Asshole Tonight at Exit/In

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Wolf Parade, Ogre You Asshole, Exit/In, planet space, Video

Grinderman really, really wants to sleep with you

Evil Rising

• by Matt Sullivan

Woodsy shoegazers Action! celebrate their debut album with a performance and crowd-sourced video show

Opportunity Rocks

• by Lance Conzett

The Posies, power-pop's bridge band, return with a new album of sugar and fuzz

Just Like Candy

• by Seth Graves

On Once Around, The Autumn Defense find new shimmer in time-tested pop and country-rock idioms

Windfall

• by Edd Hurt

Deerhunter, Deakin & Casino vs. Japan at Exit/In, Black Mountain & The Black Angels at Mercy Lounge

Fire in the Hole! Pepperfire Spiced Chicken Opens on Gallatin Pike

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Restaurant Openings, Hot Chicken, East Nashville, Gallatin Pike, Pepperfire Spiced Chicken

Behold, The Ultimate Combination of Breakfast and Booze

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Party Mix, Jello, doughnuts, Jelloughnut, gelatin puns make me jiggle

Epic Meal Time — Because Taste and Dignity Are Overrated

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Party Mix, Epic Meal Time, it's not a race -- you're both gonna die at the end of this sandwich, next time we're eating a library, Video

It's Not Too Late to Get Organized For Thanksgiving — With Viking's Help

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Good advice, Thanksgiving, Turkey DInner, Viking Cooking School

Bask in the Irony: I Need Your Thanksgiving Suggestions

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Good advice, Thanksgiving, cooking with thermite, the long term-effects of Bieber Fever, video, Video

Your Questions Answered: Grilled Cheeserie's Debut of Comfort Food on Wheels

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: First Bite, Grilled Cheeserie, mobile food trucks, grilled cheese

That Looks Great! Open Thread Wants a Bite of What You're Making

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Open Thread

An Elusive Steak Turns Up at Walnut Hills

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Farmers' Markets

Bruegger's Open on White Bridge Road

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Bruegger's, bagels, panini, bottomless mug

Friday! Friday! Friday! News and Views at Open Thread

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Open Thread, Nashville Farmers' Market. Pepperfire, 1808 Grille

Wine Wednesday — Thanksgiving Advice

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Wine, Advice, Thanksgiving

Enjoy a Meal and a Deal at Sunset Grill

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Cheap Eats, Sunset Grill, Midtown Cafe, Randy Rayburn, Gift Cards

Things That Exist: Heavy Metal Cupcakes, Lardcore, Pimento Cheese The Movie

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Party Mix, Metalcakes, Lardcore, Pimento Cheese, video, Video

Behind the Scenes of This Week's Turkey Shoot, Night Market Returns

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Farmers' Markets, Holiday Guide 2010, Night Market, shaved ice, Video

East Nashville's Bagel Face Bakery sets off a positive reaction

Good Chemistry

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Bagel Face Bakery

A new mobile food truck, the Grilled Cheeserie, classes up comfort food

Who Moved My Cheese?

• by Tracy Moore

The Farmers' Market dims the lights for a Friday-night mixer of food and fun

Night Moves

• by Sean L. Maloney

In the home stretch, the Harry Potter movies gain what they've lacked: urgency, real feeling and terror

Spellbinder

• by Bilge Ebiri

Notes on Over the Edge, Monsieur Verdoux, and a Kodachrome documentary that needs your help

• by Jim Ridley

Carlos director Olivier Assayas takes aim at global terror’s infamous superstar

Day of the Jackal

• by Steve Erickson

Dolly Parton on why she gives free books to hundreds of thousands of children

The Book Lady of Sevier County

• by Susannah Felts and Chapter16.org

Nashville native Josh Elrod discusses his experiences with Blue Man Group, on the silver screen and more

Working Blue

• by Jack Silverman

Nashville playwright Jim Reyland stages his strongest script yet

A Terrific Lie

• by Martin Brady