Nashville Scene

Pick of the Day: Killer Nashville at Hutton Hotel

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Books, Killer Nashville, Donald Bain, Robert Dugoni, Bill Bass, Steven Womack, Hutton Hotel, Body Farm, Video

Pick of the Day: Duel and The Sugarland Express at The Belcourt

• by Craig D. Lindsey
• Tags: Film, Steven Spielberg, Duel, The Sugarland Express, Belcourt, Video

Adam Dread's Mystery Client Wants Kim Kardashian Sex Tape

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: By the Way, Arts and Entertainment, Adam Dread, Kim Kardashian, John Rich, the wise and wily Martha Rivers Ingram

Kurt Wagner's Upcoming Gallery Show, and Eight Other Musicians Who Make Art

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Kurt Wagner, Wayne White, Kurt Cobain, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, John Mellencamp, Marilyn Manson, Kim Gordon

Steve Cavendish Named New City Paper Editor

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, Steve Cavendish, The City Paper, Stephen George

ArtScene: Interview with Vesna Pavlovic, Lecture and Gallery Talk at The Frist 2 p.m. Today

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, ArtScene, Vesna Pavlovic, Watching, Hotels, Show Homes, silent spectacle, Andy Warhol, Robert Frank, Frist Center

A Public Service Announcement About Snoring

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Snoring, sleep apnea, snore room, Tennessean

Pick of the Day: Figure 1: Scientists and Artists Picture the Intangible and Panel Discussion Tomorrow at gallery F.

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Figure 1, gallery F., James Perrin, Jeffrey Williams, Adrienne Outlaw, Ryan Hogan, Kelly Bonadies, Jaime Raybin, Rhendi Greenwell, Laura Stevens, Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Emily Reinke, Piotr Kaszynski

Pick of the Day: Wayne White & Kurt Wagner at Zeitgeist

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Wayne White, Kurt Wagner, Zeitgeist, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Smashing Pumpkins, Peter Gabriel, Lambchop

The music industry is dead. Long live the Music Industry 2.0.

Play to Pay

• by Adam Gold

Hermitage Park: A Review

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Hermitage Park, Nashville's top five parks, Metro Parks, Nashville park reviews

Pick of the Day: Call It Anything w/Quiet Entertainer, Get Got and Remsteele at Exit/In

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Call It Anything, Get Got, Quiet Entertainer, Remsteele, Video

Spoiler Alert: Nashville on 30 Rock?

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, 30 Rock, Tracy Morgan, Tracy Morgan Nashville incident, Tina Fey, Robert Carlock

Oh, Anti-Muslim Activists, Must You Be So Stupid?

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Joe Brandon Jr., Murfreesboro mosque, Robert Corlew III

Gibson's Juszkiewicz: "I Might Be in Jail in a Few Hours, We'll See"

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Around Town, Henry Juszkiewicz, Gibson, Lacey Act, Video

Catfish Hunter: The Mayor Was Just Joking About MLB's Rays Coming to Nashville [Updated]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Sports, Karl Dean, Major League Baseball, Buster Olney, Nashville Catfish, sports, Tampa Bay Rays

Correcting Gail Kerr's Distortion of Legal History

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Media, Gail Kerr, Tennessean, Baker v. Carr, Gray v. Sanders, voting rights, redistricting

RIP Wade Belak

• by J.R. Lind
• Tags: Obituary, Wade Belak, gone too soon, Nashville Predators

Tennessee's Gays Best in the Nation ... at Destroying Straight Marriages?

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips

Tennessean: Should Women Ever Leave the Kitchen?

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Media, The Tennessean, Media Criticism, Faith & Values Nonsense

Mark Silverman Leaving Tennessean

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Media, Mark Silverman, Tennessean, Gannett

The Juana Villegas case looks bad for Metro — but will it look worse if the city appeals the damages?

Chain of Fools

• by Jonathan Meador

With CJ still a no-show, the Titans' rookie backs get some turf in their cleats

Draft in the House

• by J.R. Lind

Love/Hate Mail

Love thy workers, enjoy thy fancy house and beware the fish

Hook, Line and Stinker

• by Walter Jowers

An at-a-glance key to the city for Nashville's incoming college students

Cheat Sheet

• by Steve Haruch and Jim Ridley

Weekend Round-Up: Back to School Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, Liquor Store, Natural Child, Alison Krauss, Angel Snow, Jerry Douglas, Leagues, Super Bowl Rocket Ship, Mashville, The Features, PUJOL, The Seth Timbs Thing, Diamond D, Canon Blue, Action!, Tyler James

Two Shows We Haven't Told You About Yet: Figure 1 Saturday at Gallery F, The Wailers Sunday at Limelight

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Two Shows We Haven't Told You About Yet, Gallery F, Theatre Intangible, Scarritt-Bennett, Tony Youngblood, Ken Soper, Dylan Simon, Mindflexes = next-level shit, Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, Limelight, The Wailers, DJ Sean L. Maloney, The Running, Video

48 Hour Film 'Analysis of an Anomaly' Features Evan P. Donohue, Natalie Prass and Majestico, Is Pretty Good [Fresh Vid]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, 48 Hour Film Festival, Evan P. Donohue, Natalie Prass, Majestico, Graham Fitzpenn, Matt Campbell, Capella Productions, fresh vid, celeb-birdy, pretty funny stuff, Video

Jonny Corndawg's Bikini Line out Today, Lanie Lane's 'Ain't Hungry' Video, Diarrhea Planet ... Stuff [Newsy Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Jonny Corndawg, fresh tracks, Lanie Lane, fresh vid, Diarrhea Planet, Spanish lols, slow news week, newsy bits, Video

Fresh Tracks and Vids: Diarrhea Planet, Look What I Did, The Features, Jonny Corndawg [Media Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Music, Newsy Bits, Diarrhea Planet, Spin, Words Spin doesn't like, Look What I Did, rock operas, ambitious, You Tell Concerts, The Features, #ShutUpSteve, We love you Steve, Jonny Corndawg, American Songwriter, fresh tracks, fresh vids, media bits, Video

The National Folk Festival, DJ Kidsmeal, Local Hip-Hop, Of Montreal, Muddy Roots Festival and More: Inside This Week’s Music Section (and on the Cover)

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Liner Notes, liner notes, The National Folk Festival, DJ Kidsmeal, Of Montreal, Muddy Roots Festival

Missed Connections: Three Quick Hits

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Whatevs, Moving Pictures, Train, Maroon 5, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Missed Connections, mychildren mybride, tall dudes at shows, Video

Caitlin Rose Signed to ATO Records, Birdcloud Video, Yelawolf Video, Jared Followill Tweets About JEFF [Newsy Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Caitlin Rose, ATO Records, Birdcloud, Jasmin Kaset, Yelawolf, JEFF the Brotherhood, Jared Followill, Tweets From High Places, fresh vids, newsy bits, Video

Leslie 'Noisebloid' Keffer Covers Voice of the Valley Noise Fest for Vice

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: National Skyline, Vice, Leslie Keffer, Voice of the Valley, noise weirdos, good read, WTF is Shrek?

Gibson's Juszkiewicz: 'I Might Be in Jail in a Few Hours, We'll See'

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Henry Juszkiewicz, Gibson, Gibson Guitars, Lacey Act, Video

EGGS: 'Manumission'

• by Daniel Pujol
• Tags: Creamtastic, EGGS, Daniel Pujol, Alexa Zoe Sullivant, Manumission

The Balkans Tonight at Exit/In Show at Exit/In Canceled

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Balkans, Hotlanta, pigeon holes, Critics' Picks, Video

Spotify: The Cream Interview

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Interviews, ABBA, cloud, on the spotify, Spotify, Sweden, interviews, Video

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 67

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Chris Crofton Show, Tiffany and Charlese, 98-pound sex ... uh ... sex assistant, The Bottomfeeders, "Daddies Don't Let Your Daughters Grow up to Be Interns", A lot of the bands on my Solarflex were snapped, Stand up for not having gum put on my mink rug, DMX, The Red Rocker, My CD player has been empty for years -- just waiting for a new batch of shit funk [RHCP], Audio

SoundLand Announces Details of 'Field Trips' and VIP Parties

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Next Big Nashville, SoundLand, SoundLand, Next Big Nashville, "field trips", VIP parties, Justin Townes Earle, The Civil Wars

Third Man Releases Lanie Lane Single, Gibson Guitars Raided (Again), 'Americana' Added to M-W Dictionary, You Tell Concerts Does Katy Perry [Newsy Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Lanie Lane, Blue Series, Third Man Records, Poni Silver, Jack White, fresh track, Gibson Guitars, raids, RAid On, Americana, definitions, dictionaries, tweet bromance, You Tell Concerts, Katy Perry, Video

Kurt Wagner's Upcoming Gallery Show, and Eight Other Musicians Who Make Art

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Kurt Wagner, Wayne White, Kurt Cobain, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, John Mellencamp, Marilyn Manson, Kim Gordon

Ponychase w/By Lightning! and Hands Down Eugene at Exit/In, 8/25/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, The Spin, Ponychase, By Lightning!, Hands Down Eugene, Hands Down Your Jeans, Exit/In, Slideshow

Natural Child w/Liquor Store, Thelma and the Sleaze and Denney and the Jets at Springwater, 8/26/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Springwater, Liquor Store, Natural Child, Thelma and the Sleaze, Denney and the Jets, The Spin, sonic sewage, Slideshow

Taylor Swift Taps Hot Chelle Rae in L.A. [Oh, the Humility]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Genesis, Hot Chelle Rae, Hot Chelle Tay, Taylor Swift, Warren Jeffs, Oh the Humility, Video

Twenty Other Great Albums That Aren't Nevermind, 20 years later [Part I]

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Cream, Fugazi, Pearl Jam, Hole, Nirvana, Ween, Metallica, Guns n Roses, 2Pac, Cypress Hill, Boyz II Men

Gavin DeGraw to Bring 'Best' Original Roots Rock, Country and Burgers to Nashville With New Downtown Restaurant [Oh, the Humility]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Whatevs, burger time, Gavin DeGraw, Jimmy Buffett, Nashville, Oh the humility, on Broadway, The National Underground, absurdist joshin', Oh the Humility

The Ettes' Tom Scharpling-Directed Video for 'Excuse' Features Patton Oswalt, Is Hilarious [Fresh Vid] [Updated]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, The Ettes, Tom Scharpling, Patton Oswalt, Spin, fresh vid, a bad guy with a lot of deep vices, video, Video

Third Man Records to Release Jack White/Insane Clown Posse/JEFF the Brotherhood/Mozart Collab; Yes, Seriously [Fresh Track]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Wow, Third Man Records, Insane Clown Posse, JEFF the Brotherhood, Jack White, fresh track, WTF, Fucking collaborations. How do they work?, Video

Spurgeon's General Warning: Daddy Issues

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Whatevs, Moving Pictures, Motorhead, Anthrax, Gwar, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Reba McEntire, I know what I like, I like Fritos, Spurgeon's General Warning, Video

The Raconteurs to Play Third Man Sept. 14; Online Tickets Sold out, More on Sale Tuesday

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, The Raconteurs, Third Man Records, sell-outs, I knew it!, show announcements, O WAIT, Video

In Alison Krauss, Angel Snow found the break she didn't know she needed

No Rules, Just Write

• by Jewly Hight

How Diamond D helped define an era for hip-hop

Diamond in the Rough

• by Sean L. Maloney

Former Nashvillian Jonny Corndawg explores the white-trash fringe with Down on the Bikini Line

Close Shave

• by Edd Hurt

Ronnie Milsap and John Hiatt had more in common than they ever guessed a quarter-century ago

The Ballad of Ronnie and John

• by Geoffrey Himes

Katy Perry w/Skeet Skeet and Janelle Monae at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville Cream Fifth Anniversary Party at Third Man Records

The Spin

Looking and Cooking With Saveur's Recipe Comix

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Cooking the Books, Saveur, Recipe Comix

The Catbird Seat Sets Opening Date of Oct. 12, Starts Taking Reservations

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurant openings, The Catbird Seat, Ben Goldberg, Max Goldberg, Erik Anderson, Josh Habiger, Strategic Hospitality

Tickets Now on Sale for Battle of the Food Trucks Oct. 2

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Events, Battle of the Food Trucks, Arnold Myint, The Tomorrow Fund, Deg Thai, Hoss' Loaded Burgers, JonBalaya, Love Shack, Maggie's Mobile Slab, Moovers & Shakers, Riff's, Taste of Belgium, Terradelicious, The Cupcake Collection, Izzies Ice, Fleur de Lis, Tin Can Treats, Mere Bulles, The Latin Wagon, Smoke et al, Mean Green Ice Cream Machine, Sugar Wagon

Wandering Wino: Daytripper Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Nashville Wine Tours, Sip n' Stomp, wine, wine tastings, wine tours

College Food Survival? It's Cold Pizza Omelet for the Win!

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Cooking the Books

Mumbo Jumbo is Magic Enough

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Foods, Mumbo Jumbo Seasonings, Perri Suggett, herbs and spices, spice blends

The National Underground, Gavin DeGraw's Upcoming Bar and Restaurant on Lower Broad — Another Cheeseburger Paradise?

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurant openings, The National Underground, Gavin DeGraw, Lower Broadway restaurants

New 'Que Review — Coming Right at You

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Barbecue, BBQ, Music City Festival and BBQ Championships, Peg Leg Porkers, Pat Martin, Riverfront Park

Boozing For a Good Cause at Bar AIDS and for Fun at Bartender Bash

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, Nashville Cares, Bar AIDS, cocktails, charity events, Bartender Bash, Union Station

Pump up the Jam with Bathtub Gin Fruit Spreads (and Booze)

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, Bathtub Gin fruit spreads, Amy Lorber, Erin Ackley, artisan jams, Monkey Shoulder Whisky, scotch, cocktails, Dewar's, Patterson House, morning drinking

Follow Your Titans to New Orleans and Enjoy This Mid-City Neighborhood Tour

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Travel Advisory, Travel Advisory, New Orleans, Tales of the Cocktail, Mid-City New Orleans, Blue Dot Donuts, Mandina's, Ye Olde College Inn, Finn McCool's, Rock n Bowl, Twelve Mile Limit, Cocktails, Restaurants

Weekly Open Thread Wants Its Own Candy Bar

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Open Thread, Open Thread, Olive and Sinclair, The Features, The Catbird Seat, Manuel, Sean Brock, MAD Foodcamp

Willie Nelson Covers Coldplay in Short Film That Plugs Chipotle as Pro-Environment

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Conversation Bites, Chipotle, Willie Nelson, Coldplay, sustainable farming, restaurant advertising at its oddest, Video

Answering Your ’Que-ries About the Music City BBQ Festival

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Barbecue, Music City BBQ Festival, Music City Festival and BBQ Championship, Tennessee Titans, Pig n' Pie, Martin's Bar-Be-Cuie Joint, Jim n' Nick's

Act Fast — Like Yesterday — to Eat Sean Brock's Food at City House

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Sean Brock, City House, Sunday Supper, Husk Restaurant, Bon Appetit magazine, Labor Day will be a sad holiday for a certain food writer this year

It's uneven, but The Pig & Pie on White Bridge Road shows promise as a headliner of hog

Ifs and Butts

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, The Pig & Pie

Director Mario Van Peebles rejoices that his Nashville-shot drama Redemption Road is finally in theaters

By Any Other Name

• by Ron Wynn

Meet Steven Spielberg, the scrappy, scruffy avatar of 1970s New Hollywood who might have been

The Truck Stops Here

• by Craig D. Lindsey

Spanish filmmaker Mariano Barroso at Watkins Friday; Ghost in the Shell at International Lens

A pair of artist-educators take on the English language at Blend Studio

Call Me

• by Joe Nolan

Nashville Shakespeare Festival sets Romeo & Juliet in late-19th century Chicago, with fabulous results

The Bard's Kind of Town

• by Martin Brady