Nashville Scene

Puck A Duck: Why Anaheim Sucks

• by J.R. Lind
• Tags: Sports, Nashville Predators, hockey, Anaheim Ducks, The OC was a good show but Orange County sucked, chirp

Thong Girl 4: Tonight at Belcourt, It's Splendor in the Ass

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Thong Girl, Glen Weiss, Alex Del Monacco, Thong Girl 4, Thong Girl 4: The Body Electric, Nashville film, Nashville movie premieres, Belcourt, Video

Mayor Dean Signs CANDO into Law as GOP Pushes to Ban Cities' Anti-Discrimination Laws

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Politics, Karl Dean, CANDO, Mike Curb, Belmont, GOP anti-gay legislation

Pick of the Day: Untitled's Subject to Change

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Untitled Nashville, Subject to Change

Sanders to Speaker Harwell: Be a Leader, Not Follower, on State Anti-Gay Bill

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Politics, Beth Harwell, Chris Sanders, Tennessee Equality Project, CANDO, Nashville anti-discrimination bill, GOP anti-gay legislation

In search of a more sustainable future, we ditch our cars for a week — and find more than a way around

The Alternative Transportation Issue

Pick of the Day: John Doe and Jill Sobule at Exit/In

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, John Doe, Jill Sobule, Exit/In, Katy Perry, X

Kickstarter Alert: John Guider Seeks Funding for His Journey Around the Great Loop

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Silverman, John Guider, Great Loop, Kickstarter, Video

Special Screening: Close Up This Weekend at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Abbas Kiarostami, Close Up, Certified Copy, Belcourt

What If It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This?

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips

Let's Play Armchair Lawyer about SJR127

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Legislature, Senate Joint Resolution 127, SJR 127, abortion, privacy, women's rights

Centennial Park: A Review

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Centennial Park, Metro Parks, Nashville park reviews, Cedar Hill Park, Charlotte Park

The Alternative Transportation Issue: Scene Staffers Go Carless for a Week, Live to Write About It

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Around Town, alternative transportation, mass transit, green living, MTA, bus, Music City Star, Nissan LEAF, NOGAS scooters, bikes, pedestrians

Kris Kristofferson, Monte Hellman, Shannyn Sossamon Confirmed at NaFF as Public Tix Go on Sale

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Kris Kristofferson, Nashville Film Festival, Monte Hellman, Chely Wright, Shannyn Sossamon, Steven Gaydos, Road to Nowhere, Bloodworth, Val Kilmer, Hilary Duff, Gustavo Santaolalla, Uncle Boonmee, The Arbor, 13 Assassins, Bellflower, Jay Reatard, Video

Pick of the Day: Hands by Kell Black

• by Deborah Walden
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Kell Black, Sarratt Gallery, Austin Peay, Paper New York

Pick of the Day: Gail Davies Book Release Show at Station Inn

• by Jewly Hight
• Tags: Books, Arts and Entertainment, Gail Davies, The Last of the Outlaws, Chris Scruggs, Rob Price, Patty Mitchell, Buddy Spicher, Station Inn

Nashville Film Festival 2011: A Baker's Dozen Movies You Must See

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Nashville Film Festival, 13 Assassins, The Arbor, Bellflower, Better Than Something: Jay Reatard, Buck, The Interrupters, It's About You, Jess + Moss, Kinyarwanda, The Sons of Tennessee Williams, Sound of Noise, Terri, Tuesday After Christmas, John Mellencamp, Azazel Jacobs, John C. Reilly, Kris Kristofferson, Chris Thile, Takashi Miike, Evan Glodell, Buck Brannaman, Steve James, Clay Jeter, Video

Rep. McCormick, Why Not Back Anti-Discrimination Statewide — Unless You're Lying?

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Gerald McCormick, GOP anti-gay legislation, Tennessee Republican discrimination, CANDO

Tennessee Career Coach: Because Nothing Says "Job Creation" Like a Party Bus

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, The Economy, Bill Haslam, Career Coaches, Tennessee Career Coaches

TCAP This: Letter to Students from a Torn Teacher

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Education, TCAP testing, Amanda Sheaffer, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Education Week

Nashville Sounds Open the 2011 Season Tonight at Greer Stadium

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Sports, Nashville Sounds, Greer Stadium, baseball, Video

Last year's gamble with city debt made this year's budget a fait accompli — but it's likely to mean a longer period of belt-tightening

Budget Bore

• by Stephen George

The late Neuhoff philanthropist Stephen McRedmond saw life where others saw only a killing floor

• by Christine Kreyling

With Ned Ray McWherter's death, the chapter closes on the age of the rural Southern Democrat

The Last Common Man

• by Bruce Dobie

If you're not riding the bus, you're probably just stuck in traffic

Just Another Guy on the MTA

• by Jim Ridley

Telecommuting is awesome, except for the working from home part

Depeche Modem

• by Steve Haruch

Warning: The all-electric Nissan LEAF may be habit-forming

Sweet Leaf

• by Jack Silverman

Nashvillian James Arledge leads the charge with his NOGAS line of electric scooters

Green Machine

• by Jack Silverman

Riding the Music City Star isn’t for everyone, but it’s hard to beat the train for a relaxing commute

The Rail World

• by Brent Rolen

Biking to work in Nashville is 99 percent perspiration, 1 percent inspiration. The other half is planning and technique

Crank Case

• by Stephen George

Walking to work has its ups and downs, but it’ll help you see Nashville in a whole new light

Sole on a Roll

• by Dana Kopp Franklin

Raekwon to Play Exit/In April 24 June 2 as Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang Tour Hits Nashville [Updated]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Raekwon, Exit/In, Shaolin, Wu-Tang, Yelawolf, Lyrics Born, hip-hop, Video

Tristen's Off the Record, Lucero's Ben Nichols and His Motorcycle Gang, Wiz Khalifa Playing Municipal July 8, Journey Playing Bridgestone Sept. 13 & More [Newsy Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Tristen, Journey, Carl's Country Club, Wiz Khalifa, The Grayces, Useless Eaters, Ben Nichols, Lucero, 420, lady-fronted new wave, Video

Oupa w/Porcelain Raft + 'Dick Move' (Justin Townes Earle) Secret Show at The Basement, 4/11/2011

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Oupa, Porcelain Raft, Justin Townes Earle, The Basement, tornadoes, Yuck, Dick Move

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 55

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Chris Crofton Show, Make it nice and loud so it makes me feel something, A bunch of celebrities and a bunch of poor people scratching off lotto tickets, Powerball tickets cannot be refunded, Don't call me Stefano. I'm The Monster!, Come out of the cage and come home to Daddy, Jeff Tweedy's cousin is an awesome marketer, Stereotypes: You can take that to the bank, "I'm gonna go get a waffle cone full of some decadent stuff!", All my romance novels rhyme, Throw those planties into the river

Tour de Fun in Murfreesboro Tomorrow

• by Lance Conzett
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Tour de Fun, Murfreesboro, bicycles, house parties

The Chris Crofton Show Live: Promo No. 2

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Chris Crofton Show, promos, Aw yes indeed!, I pay my taxes

Steve Aoki Tonight at Limelight

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Steve Aoki, Limelight, DJ set, Pacific Rimshot, Video

Weekend Round-Up: Styles Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, TNTRC, The Protomen, Joe Pug, Black Milk, The Long Players, Amos Lee, Sickboy Milkplus, Paper Machete, Rachmaninoff, Destroyer, The War on Drugs, Chris Crofton, The Alcohol Stuntband, Tour de Fun, Mashville

Black Milk at Third Man Records, 4/8/2011

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Black Milk, Third Man Records, hip-hop, The Spin, Slideshow

The Chris Crofton Show Live: Promo No. 1

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Chris Crofton Show, promos, endless lap pool, special guest?!?!, Episode 50 Live Fools!, You got to find this shit out

Lyrics Born: 'Turn This Whole Industry Into Netflix'; Tonight at Exit/In

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Interviews, Lyrics Born, interviews, Netflix, the internet, music business, downloading, ISPs, Skins and Needles, Exit/In, Video

Save WRVU Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's, Infinity Cat Intern's Milkshake Dreams, Crofton Show Live Tickets, R. Stevie Moore's Latest Kickstarter & Ttotals on What Duvet Said [Newsy Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Ben & Jerry's, free ice cream, Save WRVU, dairy, milkshake truck, Infinity Cat, Kickstarter, The Chris Crofton Show, R. Stevie Moore, What Duvet Said, Ttotals, Goddamn computer crash bullshit

Congresswoman Donna Edwards, D-Md., Invokes Words of The White Stripes While Addressing Republican Colleagues [Because It's Friday]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, ... And with that I yield, cause, congressional gridlock, Democrats, effect, Government Shutdown 2011, Rep. Donna Edwards, Republicans, The White Stripes, Video

Lady Gaga, Ween, The Apache Relay, Tracy Nelson, Black Milk and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Liner Notes, Lady Gaga, The Apache Relay, Ween, Tracy Nelson

Raekwon's Exit/In Show Moved to June 2, The Mighty Diamonds Move to The End May 5

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Raekwon, Exit/In, The Mighty Diamonds, The End, rescheduled

Kurt Vile and the Violators w/Casa Castile & Daniel Pujol at The End, 4/6/2011

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Kurt Vile, The Violators, Casa Castile, PUJOL, Daniel Pujol, googly-eyed staring contest, Smoke Ring for My Halo, The End

American Idol Recap: Paul's Cash Advance, Jacob's Message for America & One Extra-Special Jacket

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: National Skyline, American Idol, Paul McDonald, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, crazy jackets, Video

We Own This Town Volume 43: D. Watusi [Fresh Vid]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, D. Watusi, WOTT, Battle Tapes, fresh vid, Video

Quiet Entertainer Sounds off About How to Land Local Coverage

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Quiet Entertainer, local coverage, how to get a write-up

Save WRVU Now Officially a Nonprofit & Free Cone Day Is Today

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Save WRVU, You Cream, I Cream, we all ... you get the picture, dairy

The Chris Crofton Show Live: Promo No. 3

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Chris Crofton Show, promos, girls with bullet belts full of test-tube shots

Bonnaroo Announces Comedy Tent Lineup & Adds Musical Artists [Lewis Black, John Waters, Henry Rollins, NOFX, Daniel Lanois & More]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo 2011, Get in the van ... The VW van, laughter, Video

Record Store Day 2008, Starring the Late Charlie Louvin

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Record Store Day, 2011, 2008, Charlie Louvin, Grimey's, The Groove, Third Man Records, Video

Yelawolf w/DJ Wick-It & Chancellor Warhol, Tonight at Mercy Lounge

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Yelawolf, Mercy Lounge, Critics' Picks, Video

Destroyer w/The War on Drugs at Mercy Lounge, 4/9/2011

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Destroyer, The War on Drugs, Mercy Lounge, smoooooth, sailin', The Spin, Slideshow

Superdrag’s John Davis Unveils Epic Ditch, The Privates’ Dave Paulson Unveils Norm, Cheap Time Unveil 'Another Time' Single [Tennessee Tracks]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, Ace of Spades, Ben Blackwell, Cass Records, Cheap Time, Dave Paulson, Epic Ditch, Nick Raskulinecz, Nick Slack, Norm, Stewart Pack, Superdrag, Three out of Tenn, tracks, video, Video

JEFF the Brotherhood Set Official We Are the Champions Release Date, Land Gig in Moscow, Are Loved by Their Dad [Brotherly Bits]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, Cream Calendar, JEFF the Brotherhood, Mission to Moscow, Nashville rock to Russia, Photo of the week?, Robert Ellis Orrall, Rocky vs. Drago, Shannon and the Clams, Vice Magazine, Vice Russia, video, We Are the Champions, Video, Audio

Night of the Living Cover Bands: A Benefit for TNTRC Feat. The Protomen & More, Tonight at The 5 Spot

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, TNTRC, Night of the Living Cover Bands, Hanzelle, A Secret Policeman's Ball, The Protomen, Queen, Hall & Oates, Outkast, Blondie, The 5 Spot

Your Guide to Record Store Day 2011: Special Releases, Great Escape, Grimey's, The Groove, Third Man & More [Updated]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Cream Calendar, Record Store Day, Don't eff this up, Grimey's, The Groove, Great Escape, Third Man Records, special releases, get it physically, audiophiles, audio files

Thirty Tigers — advocates for bands ranging from The Avett Brothers to Those Darlins — celebrates a decade in Nashville

Les Tigres

• by Abby White

Top Rachmaninoff interpreter Kirill Gerstein takes on the intensely personal Second Piano Concerto

• by John Pitcher

In the music of Destroyer and The War on Drugs, a reconstituted past becomes unpredictably new

Marginal Intersection

• by Grayson Currin

Sebadoh at Mercy Lounge

The Spin

Harley Allen, 1956-2011

A Simple Life

• by Jon Weisberger

Eat a Burger, Help a Child

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Good advice, fast food, food fundraisers, Hardee's, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation

A Burger Bargain at The Melrose

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, The Melrose, patty melts, burgers

Bar Food Dinner Party — What's on the Menu?

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Dining, Jim 'N Nick's, party food, bar food

Local Food Blogger Is Finalist in Another National Recipe Contest

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: News, April Slayden McKinney, recipe contest, Perdue Chicken

Twice is Nice at Smiling Elephant

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Twice Bitten, The Smiling Elephant, pad Thai

Enjoy "A Taste of Nashville" to Benefit Pearl-Cohn Scholarship Program

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, A Taste of Nashville

Wineless Wednesday: Vodkas You Should be Drinking

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, Wine Wednesday, Vodka, Nemiroff Honey-Pepper Vodka, Bakon Vodka, Tilted Palm

Tax Time Means Happy Memories of Meals Past

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Conversation Bites, restaurant receipts, restaurant memories

Latest Mobile Food News: Liege-Style Belgian Waffles on Wheels

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Taste of Belgium, Tom Perkins, Belgian waffles in Nashville, Liege-style waffles, mobile food in Nashville, food trucks in Nashville, Jean-Francois Flechet

Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day at Vanderbilt Location Today, Plus a Chance to Help Save WRVU

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Free Bites, Ben & Jerry's, WRVU, free cone day, Vanderbilt, ice cream

Foodie Tourism: Hit the Road to Memphis and Atlanta for Food Fun

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, foodie events, Memphis Food & Wine Series, Atlanta Food and Wine Festival, BlogHer Food '11, Heck I didn't even mention the Memphis in May BBQ cookoff

Wandering Wino: A Tradition Unlike Any Other Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, wine, wine tastings, Grace's Plaza Wine & Spirits, Rumours Art & Wine Bar, Amerigo Cool Springs

Former Zola Space Becomes Mediterranean Chain Taziki's

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Zola, Taziki's, Mediterranean food, West End restaurants

Restaurant Hiring Index at Weekly Open Thread

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Open Thread, Weekly Open Thread

When it comes to family travel, Bonnie Blue's agritourism is anything but cheesy

Road Trip With Kids

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Bonnie Blue Farm

In the superb war drama Of Gods and Men, silence is louder than bombs

The Valley of Shadows

• by Steven Hale

Thong Girl may have a new look and more money, but she still shoots lasers out her butt

The Thong Remains the Same

• by Steven Hale

In the Korean drama Poetry, a woman confronted with evil turns from bad to verse

• by Michael Sicinski

Killer-kid thriller Hanna more than an exercise in lethal cool

• by Jim Ridley

Street Theatre Company scores a hit with musicalized John Waters classic

Good Hair Day

• by Martin Brady

Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Frist Center has dramatically altered Nashville's art landscape

A Decade Under the Influence

• by John Pitcher

Jean Auel talks about the long-awaited conclusion to her celebrated Earth's Children series

The End

• by Tina LoTufo and Chapter16.org