Nashville Scene

Cockfighter Tonight at Belcourt: "Women Flock to See His Cock!"

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Cockfighter, Visions of the South, Belcourt, Monte Hellman, Trailers from Hell

Music, Starbucks, Jesus

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Silverman, music, Starbucks, Jesus

Pick of the Day: Crimes of the Heart at Boiler Room Theatre

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Crimes of the Heart, Middle Tennessee theater, Boiler Room Theatre, Beth Henley, Melodie Madden Adams, Laura Thomas Sonn, Evelyn Brush

Gentlemen, Start Your Engines: First Step in Fairgrounds Racing Agreement Reached, At Least Through Fall

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Politics, Nashville Motor Speedway, Fairgrounds, Nashville racing

Pick of the Day: Cowboy Jack Clement at Belcourt's Two Bright Nights for Human Rights

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Cowboy Jack Clement, Chuck Mead, Riders in the Sky, National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Belcourt, Million Dollar Quartet, Sunset Grill, J.J. Johnson, Video

Hypocrisy Now!

• by Stephen George
• Tags: By the Way, CANDO ordinance, LGBT, fairness, John Bouchard & Sons, William Morgan, nondiscrimination

Natural-Health Guru, Author and Radio/TV Personality Asa Andrew Surrenders Chiropractic License

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Asa Andrew, Center for Natural Health, Tennessee Department of Health, Empowering Your Health

Pick of the Day: The Art of Beer at War Memorial

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Art of Beer, Nashville beer

Column: Relaxing Standards Dumbs Down Students and Schools Both

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Education, Tennessee education standards, Tennessee education

Movie Find of the Week: Book of Numbers at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Book of Numbers, Raymond St. Jacques, Monte Hellman, Cockfighter, Two Thousand Maniacs!, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Belcourt, Visions of the South

Sterling Designs, Skyscraping Views Bring Nashville Fashion Week to a Climax

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Fashion, Nashville Fashion Week, Amanda Valentine, Valentine Valentine, Aman Stovall, Brent Johnson, Mary Catherine Moody, Julianna Bass, Robert Graham, Leona, Lauren Leonard, Steven Oo, Anna Redmon, Norma Clare, Coquette, Katharine Kidd, Gustavo Cadile

State Rep. Mike Stewart to MNPS Administrators: Reinstate Mary Catherine Bradshaw

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Education, Mary Catherine Bradshaw, Hillsboro High, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Jay Steele, Rep. Mike Stewart, career academies

From the Notebook: Darden Copeland and the Fairgrounds Fury

• by Stephen George
• Tags: By the Way

Kelly Cutrone to Nashville Designers: "You've Got the Rest of Your Life to Spend $5,000 a Month on Rent"

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Fashion, Kelly Cutrone, Nashville Fashion Week, The Belcourt, Nashville fashion, Video

Brookemeade Park: A Review

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Brookemeade Park, Nashville Civil War attractions, Metro Parks, Nashville park reviews, Nashville Civil War sites

Kelly Cutrone: "I Had an Asymmetrical Dorothy Hamill Haircut"

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Fashion, Kelly Cutrone, Nashville Fashion Week, Nashville fashion, The Belcourt, Video

The Black Keys have moved to Nashville. What does that say about them — and what does that say about us?

Keys to the City

• by D. Patrick Rodgers

Ned Ray McWherter, 1930-2011

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Obituary, Ned Ray McWherter, Harlan Mathews

Pick of the Day: Body and Soul with Live Accompaniment at Belcourt

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Film, Belcourt, "Visions of the South, " Oscar Micheaux, Paul Robeson, Body and Soul, Roy "Futureman" Wooten, Gil Fray, Futureman, Video

Book Lovers Unite! Hampton Sides Saturday at Nashville Public Library

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Books, Hampton Sides, Hellhound on His Trail, Chapter16.org, Salon at 615, Clay Risen, Erik Larson, Roy Blount Jr., Ann Patchett, Adam Ross, Humanities Tennessee

Pick of the Day: Get Your Purse — Photos by Sheila B. in the Belcourt Lobby

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Sheila B., iPhone, Belcourt

Found Footage Festival Sunday Night: Not Safe for Work (or Anywhere Else)

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Found Footage Film Festival, Joe Pickett, Nick Prueher, "It Only Takes a Second", Video

Kickstarter Alert: The Rev. Keith A. Gordon's The Other Side of Nashville

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Silverman, Rev. Keith A. Gordon, Other Side of Nashville, underground, Kickstarter, Video

Can't the Family Action Council of Tennessee Get Its Own Fear-Mongering Material?

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Family Action Council, Tennessee transgender issues, Video

Pick of the Day: Nothing But a Man at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Nothing But a Man, Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, "Visions of the South, " Belcourt, Video

The Scientific Controversy in My Yard Over Intelligent Design

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, intelligent design, unintelligent design, who designed the dodo?

Do It For Your University: Playboy Hits on Vanderbilt for "Sexy Girls of the SEC" Issue

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Playboy, new porn order, dirty old man blues, Vander"built", Girls of the SEC, Video

Does Curtis Halford Have Access to Bizarro World Tennessee Democrats?

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Curtis Halford, Stacey Campfield, those ingenious Tennessee Democrats

The many lives of Darden Copeland, the man behind the fairgrounds fixation

Ringmaster

• by Stephen George

Did sweeping change at Metro schools sweep out beloved Hillsboro teacher Mary Catherine Bradshaw?

Coarse Correction

• by Brantley Hargrove

A benefit for veteran publicist Jayne Rogovin's fight with cancer shows how small Music City really is

Six Degrees of Jayne

• by Kay West

Just sing the damn song, will ya?

Tuned Out

• by Walter Jowers

UT goes gonzo for Cuonzo — and prepares to test the adage that middling players make great coaches

• by J.R. Lind

Jerry Lee Lewis to Play Third Man on Record Store Day, Cut Jack White-Produced Live Album

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, Jerry Lee Lewis, Third Man Records, Jack White, Record Store Day, holy shit

The Black Keys, Mountain Goats, Sebadoh, Those Darlins and More: Inside This Week's Music Section (And on the Cover)

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, The Black Keys, Mountain Goats, Sebadoh, Those Darlins

Third Man's Record Store Day Vid, My Day With's Grimey's Vid, Taylor's Mumfords Cover & Caitlin Rose on the Cheap [Media Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Sandwiches are now collectors' items, Third Man Records, Record Store Day, My Day With, Mike Grimes, Taylor Swift, Mumford and Sons, Caitlin Rose, Amazon, fresh vids, Video

Kickstarter Alert: The Rev. Keith A. Gordon's The Other Side of Nashville

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Creamtastic, Rev. Keith A. Gordon, Other Side of Nashville, underground, Kickstarter, Video

White Denim Show at Third Man Canceled

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, White Denim, Third Man Records, that sucks

D Charles Speer at Betty's Sunday, April 3

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Cream Calendar, David Shuford, D Charles Speer, Betty's, Pigeons, Nashville experimental music, No Neck Blues Band, Video

Dee Goodz SXSW Reel

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Dee Goodz, SXSW, Digital Robert, Video

Third Man Hosts White Denim on April 1 and Black Milk on April 8, Releases Live Vinyl From Reggie Watts, Cold War Kids & The 5.6.7.8’s [TMR Round-Up]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Third Man Records, White Denim, Hans Condor, Black Milk, monochrome bands, The 5.6.7.8's, Reggie Watts, Cold War Kids, fresh releases

Make-Out With Violence Film and OST Now Available on iTunes + Preview Eureka Gold's The Land of Imaginary Suffering

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Music, The Non-Commissioned Officers, Make-Out With Violence, Eureka Gold, Land of Imaginary Suffering, fresh tunes, 8-bit

Godspeed You! Black Emperor at Cannery on Archive.org

• by Lance Conzett
• Tags: Music, Godspeed You Black Emperor, bootlegs, Corleone, My Morning Jacket, Justin Townes Earle, Andrew Bird Archive.org

The Mattoid to Play Five Local Farewell Shows [Updated]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Betty's, big Finnish, Finland, FooBar, Grimey's, hard goodbyes, Record Store Day, Springwater, The Mattoid, Video

Bomba Estéreo to Play Mai, May 2

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Bomba Estereo, Mai, Bonnaroo, fuego, Video

Natalie Prass Is a Fashionable Closet Case, Plays 8 off 8th Tonight at Mercy Lounge

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Moving Pictures, Natalie Prass, Closet Case Vintage, Mercy Lounge, 8 off 8th, Video

The Critic Went Down to Nashville

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, Nathan Rabin, Nashville, Bust, The A.V. Club, The Ryman, Grand Ole Opry

PUJOL's Live Lineup to Change in the Coming Weeks

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Hot Goss, PUJOL, Daniel Pujol, Joey Scala, Sean "To the Wall" Thompson, Adam Tanaka, lineup changes, Endless Mike, Pete and Pete, Video

Weekend Round-Up: April Showers Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, Golden Showers, Bang Bang Bang, Falls City Angels, Slack, Magic Wands, Character, Fluid Ounces, Jetpack, My Hotel Year, The Followill Brothers, Hayley Williams, Feable Weiner, Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Self, The Privates, Save Macaulay the Band, Imaginary Baseball League, Death Comes to Matteson, German Castro, Be Your Own Pet, BR549, Luna Halo, Tommy and the Whale, Oliver's Army, De Novo Dahl, And the Relatives, All We Seabees, Eureka Gold, Hotpipes, Nashville Zine, April, fools

Those Darlins' Screws Get Loose Hits No. 1 at AIMS Record Retailers, Beats Radiohead

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: National Skyline, Those Darlins, AIMS, Grimey's, Radiohead, Screws Get Loose, Darls in Charge, Video

Warpaint This Evening at Grimey's, Tonight at Mercy Lounge

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Warpaing, Grimey's, Mercy Lounge, Video

Kurt Vile w/PUJOL & Casa Castile, Tonight at The End

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Yeah, Kurt Vile, Yeah, PUJOL, Yeah, Casa Castile, Yeah, William Hooker, Video

Nashville's Three Pop Queens Are Just Like You Think They Are: Swift Hits 20 Million, Cyrus Thinks Rebecca Black Isn't Talented, & Ke$ha Has Weird Lady Gaga Make-Out Dream

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: National Skyline, Nashville's Pop Queens, Taylor Swift, Babygirl Tay-Tay, Miley Cyrus, Rebecca Black, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Garbage Pail Kids

Baton Rouge Rapper Lil' Webbie Arrested by Tennessee Highway Patrol, Charged With Drug Possession and Tampering With Evidence

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Hot Goss, Lil Webbie, Wipe Me Down, busted, weed, famous like the Ninja Turtles!

Weekend Round-Up: April Showers Style [For Real This Time!]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, Golden Showers, White Denim, Hans Condor, The Whigs, Exene Cervenka, Kevin Seconds, D. Watusi, Fox Fun, Diarrhea Planet, Electric Six, Quiet Entertainer, Billy Goats, Spoken Nerd, Get Got, The Paul Thorn Band

Talihina Nights: The Story of Kings of Leon to Debut at Tribeca Film Festival, April 20

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Behind the Music, Kings of Leon, Stephen C. Mitchell, Talihina Sky, Tribeca Film Festival, video, Video

Destroyer, The War on Drugs, Thirty Tigers, RIP Harley Allen, Kirill Gerstein & More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Liner Notes, Destroyer, The War on Drugs, Thirty Tigers, Harley Allen

R. Stevie Moore Interview, IRL for WRVU Sunday at The Muse

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Moving Pictures, R. Stevie Moore, WRVU, documentaries, interviews, the Nashville years, Video

Sebadoh at Mercy Lounge, 4/1/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Sebadoh, Richard Buckner, Mercy Lounge

Glossary to Make Seventh Record, Long Live All of Us: Meet Kickstarter Goal in Under Eight Hours, Looking for More Love

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream, Moving Pictures, Glossary, Kickstarter, Long Live All of Us, Bingham Barnes, hirsute alliterative fodder, Hot damn, Video

Rocketown 'Censoring' Bands, 'Bans' Asking Alexandria

• by Lance Conzett
• Tags: Hot Goss, Rocketown, censorship, Asking Alexandria, petitions

Hustler of Culture

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, hot publishing industry jobs

Elton John to Kings of Leon Regarding Glee: 'Lighten up, You Assholes' [Presented (Mostly) Without Comment]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Hot Goss, National Skyline, Kings of Leon, Elton John, Glee, lighten up, whatevs forevs

American Idol Recap: Paul McDonald Can't Quit the Nudie, Thia and Naima Go Home

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: National Skyline, American Idol, Elton John

Walk Together, Rock Together: Kevin Seconds at Little Hamilton Tonight

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Kevin Seconds, fail wall, Little Hamilton, Video

Rush at Bridgestone Arena, 4/3/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Bridgestone Arena, Rush, The Spin

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 54

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Chris Crofton Show, sap wine, Do you think poor people care if there's water on Mars?!, Life extension technology up in that beard, All hail Carnivorous Space Ant, Lake Fever spaceship built out of a dryer and some traffic cones, "I watched it!", "How do you feel, blimp driver?", That's a beautiful bark hat, You there: Strain that sap for me!, Fudge Tunnel, Getting high with the bark people by accident

Patience is rewarded on Mountain Goats' latest, All Eternals Deck

End Game

• by Lee Stabert

As Sebadoh tour behind a reiusse of 1994's Bakesale, Lou Barlow says he wouldn't rule out a new album

Rebound

• by Seth Graves

Those Darlins sharpen their chops without losing their scrappy style on their latest

On the Loose

• by Steve Haruch

For the Afro-Cuban All Stars, there's a lot of life after the Buena Vista Social Club

• by Ron Wynn

Today's Deal: Half Off Fractal Cookies and Other Conversation Starters

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Open Thread

Bites' Own Chamberlain Joins Stellar Chefs Judging Iron Fork

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Events, Iron Fork, Chris Chamberlain, Deb Paquette, Jeremy Barlow, Meg Giuffrida, Jeremy Foy.

Mary Steenburgen Shares Her 'Newbie's Guide to Nashville'

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: News, Mary Steenburgen, Outlaw Country, Margot Cafe, Zach Galifianakis

Celebs Will Flex Their Skills as Waiters to Benefit Make-a-Wish

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Make-a-Wish Foundation, Kevin Carter, Kevin Carter Foundation, Joe Don Rooney, Jay DeMarcus, Rascal Flatts, charity dinners, The Palm

Porta Via Now Offers Gluten-Free Neapolitan-Style Pizza

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Pizza, Porta Via, pizza, pasta, gluten-free food

Top Chef Tour Same Night as Iron Fork: There Can Be Only One!

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: News, Top Chef, Top Chef: The Tour, Iron Fork, Top Chef Tour Nashville, Top Chef Nashville

Time to Pack the Old Stunt Liver: Tales of the Cocktail This Summer in New Orleans

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, Tales of the Cocktail, cocktails, drinks, spirits, New Orleans, pack your kneepads

Radius10's Jason Brumm Returns to Nashville as Chef at Merchants

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: News, Jason Brumm, Merchants, Strategic Hospitality

Embrace Your Inner Cowboy at Tap Root Farm's Ranch Rodeo

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Tap Root Farm, cattle farms, local beef, freezer beef, rodeos

'Moovers' on the Move: Milkshake Truck Looking for Moolah

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bites, Moovers and Shakers, mobile food, milkshakes, Kickstarter, Hayden Coleman, Ale Delgado

Sheryl Crow, Chef Chuck White Sign Their Cookbook

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Cooking the Books, Sheryl Crow, Chuck White, cookbooks, cookbook signings

'Top Chef' Alums Arnold Myint, Tiffany Derry Team for Tsunami Relief Dinner

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, charity dinners, tsunami relief, Top Chef, Tiffany Derry, Arnold Myint, Cha Chah

Citizens of Nashville, Vote for Athens!

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, Athens Family Restaurant

Last Chance for Discount Tickets to Iron Fork — And New Watermark Chef Enters the Ring

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Events, Iron Fork, Matt Bolus, Louis Osteen, Watermark, chef changes

Tupelo Honey Cookbook

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Cooking the Books, Tupelo Honey Cafe, restaurant cookbooks

Wandering Wino: 'Please Call Ms. Fox at 833-1534' Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, wine, wine tastings, A Vintage Event, 1808 Grille, Hutton Hotel, Jayne Rogovin, Kick the Crap Outta Cancer, Cabana, Melrose Pub, Vinea, Mafiozas

Bongo YoYo Reels Us In

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Fun and Games, April Fool's, hoaxes, Bob Bernstein, Bongo YoYo

Dining Out for Life: How You Can Help

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Nashville CARES, Dining Out for Life, charity dinners

Judge Bean's brother gets the balls rolling with beef barbecue in the Gulch

Horns Aplenty

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Rooster's Texas Style BBQ

The inimitable Juliette Binoche talks about her new film Certified Copy

The One and Only

• by Steve Erickson

Belcourt's "Visions" finale celebrates one of cinema's unsung heroes, Oscar Micheaux, and his silent Body and Soul

Pioneer Spirit

• by Ron Wynn

From Book of Numbers to Body and Soul, four stunning movies this week show the South through African American eyes

• by Craig D. Lindsey

A packed I Will Follow screening bodes well for the International Black Film Festival of Nashville

• by Ron Wynn

Boo! Haunted-house shock show Insidious packs solid scares

• by Steve Erickson

Are you taking the Cockfighter/Book of Numbers/Two Thousand Maniacs! challenge?

Splices

We pity the fool who misses April's First Saturday art openings

Crawl Space

• by Joe Nolan

Hampton Sides talks about Memphis, civil rights and why some people think he's a CIA agent

Telling Stories

• by Clay Risen and Chapter16.org