Nashville Scene

Beavers Denounces Judges, City Paper and Washington

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Media

Tonight at Salon@615: Actor Anthony Zerbe Reads From Joe Henry's New Novel Lime Creek

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Books, Salon@615, Joe Henry, Anthony Zerbe, Nashville Public Library, books

Police Padlock Troubled Tiki Tavern Luau Louie's

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Law and Order, Luau Louie's, Nashville clubs, Nashville club violence, Adam Dread

Pick of the Day: Piotr Chizinski's The Third Culture at Belmont's Leu Gallery

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Piotr Chizinski, The Third Culture, The Living Room Project, Leu Gallery, Belmont

Pith Answers All Lamar's Questions about Obamacare

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Congress

Back in My Day, We Sat in Traffic — and We Liked It

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, traffic, I-40, I-65, dangerous interchanges

Vanderbilt Lecture: 'No Sweat — How Sweatshops Improve Lives and Economic Growth'

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Around Town, sweatshop labor, economic growth, oppositional defiance

Dems Defend HOPE Scholarships

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Pick of the Day: nD Festival Opening Night Party at Elan Hair and Skin in Green Hills

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, nD Festival. The Belcourt, Elan Hair and Skin

Quote of the Day: Applauding Action on Gang Violence in North Nashville

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Law and Order, Nashville gang violence, Rev. Enoch Fuzz, Brick Church Pike homicide

Quote of the Day: The Fabulous Baker Boys Give Metro the Bird

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: By the Way, Metro Codes, the finger, doggy daycare, The Dog Spot, East Nashville

A Ball Park on the North End of the East Bank? Play Ball!

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, East Side, East Nashville riverfront, Cumberland River bank, Nashville riverfront development, Nashville ballpark

Gaile Owens, Once Scheduled for Execution, Gets Parole

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Breaking News, Gaile Owens, Stephen Owens, Gaile Owens parole

Justin Townes Earle leads the charge at the festival formerly known as Next Big Nashville

Welcome to SoundLand

Boos for Gay Soldier at Republican Debate

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Presidential Politics, Rick Santorum, GOP presidential debate, Stephen Hill, gays in military, boos for gay soldier, Video

ArtScene: Polaroid Art Show by Garland Gallaspy and Rebecca Gillespie

• by Veronica Kavass
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Josh Anderson, Ryan McGinley, Polaroid, Garland Gallaspy, Rebecca Gillespie, Charles Willeford

Ketron Lashes Out at Photo ID Critics

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Hicks From the Sticks

Peckinpah's Savage Straw Dogs Tonight at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Straw Dogs, Sam Peckinpah, Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Pauline Kael, Belcourt, Video

Haslam Sees Urban Hipness in Nashville's Future

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Around Town

Memorial Park: A Review

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Memorial Park, Metro Parks, Nashville park reviews, the park that wasn't there

Alexander Wants States to Control Schools

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Education

Pick of the Day: How to Be a Gentleman Viewing Party w/John Bridges

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, How to Be a Gentleman, John Bridges, Kevin Dillon, Dave Foley, David Hornsby, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Flight of the Conchords, Rhys Darby, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Video

Pick of the Day: TACA Fall Craft Fair

• by Deborah Walden
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, TACA Fall Craft Fair, Olen Bryant, Centennial Park

Toby Keith, True American Patriot

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Toby Keith, call Betsy

Impeaching Obama Tops Senate Candidate's Wish List

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Racism

Pick of the Day: Moneyball with Actor/Former Lipscomb Player Casey Bond Attending Tonight

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Film, Moneyball, Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, baseball, sabermetrics, Video

As Davidson County's family court works to ease out Judge Carol Soloman, the system feels the strain

Family Ties

• by Jonathan Meador

Did somebody replace Vanderbilt with a winning team? Yes, and his name is James Franklin.

All About the Franklin

• by J.R. Lind

With everyone sampling everyone, there's plenty of reason to fret

Take Too

• by Walter Jowers

SoundLand: Shows

This year's SoundLand trades conventional conferences for "field trip" sessions

Daytripper

• by Sean L. Maloney

This year's SoundLand shuttle service sees a significant upgrade

Blasting Off

• by Steve Haruch

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Nick Lowe, Ten out of Tenn, The Lemonheads, SoundLand and More: Inside This Week’s Music Section

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Liner Notes, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Nick Lowe, Ten out of Tenn, The Lemonheads, SoundLand, liner notes

SoundLand, They Might Be Giants, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Van Hunt, Elvis Costello, Will Hoge and More: Inside This Week’s Music Section (and on the Cover)

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Liner Notes, SoundLand, They Might Be Giants, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Van Hunt, Elvis Costello, Will Hoge, liner notes

SoundLand Kickoff Feat. M. Ward, Dawes and Jonny Corndawg at War Memorial Auditorium, 9/21/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, SoundLand, SoundLand, War Memorial Auditorium, Jonny Corndawg, M. Ward, Dawes, John McCauley, Middle Brother, Lambchop, Kurt Wagner, Tony Crow, schmoozin'

Weekend Round-Up: The Sound Has Landed Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, SoundLand, Innocent Flannel, Lions for Real, Lonely H, Dave Cloud, Fist City, Lazer Slut, Hans Condor, Elvis Costello, The Ascent of Everest

SoundLand Friday [The Alabama Shakes, Justin Townes Earle, PUJOL, Human Eye, Neil Hamburger, Yelawolf, Big K.R.I.T., The Ettes, Richie and More], 9/23/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, SoundLand, SoundLand, Third Man Records, 12th Avenue Block Party Stage, Cannery Ballroom, The Basement, The Alabama Shakes, Justin Townes Earle, PUJOL, Human Eye, Neil Hamburger, Yelawolf, Big K.R.I.T., The Ettes, Richie, Robert Ellis, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, The Non-Commissioned Officers, Hans Condor

EGGS: 'Memory'

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

Neutral Baltimore: Contributor Lee Stabert's Thoughts on Seeing Jeff Mangum in Charm City

• by Lee Stabert
• Tags: Reviews, Jeff Mangum, Neutral Milk Hotel, Baltimore, Lee Stabert, Something kind of sad about it

The Nobility, 'Best Day of My Life' [Fresh Vid]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, The Nobility, fresh vid, cigarette-smoking Abe Lincoln, mirth, Nobe Bros, Video

Sarah Siskind, Novel [Review]

• by Edd Hurt
• Tags: Reviews, Sarah Siskind, reviews, Novel, Edd Hurt, Red Request Records

Spurgeon's General Warning: School Songs

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Whatevs, Moving Pictures, The Ramones, Van Halen, The Police, White Stripes, Beach Boys, skool, Spurgeon's General Warning, Video

Elvis Costello and the Imposters at The Ryman, 9/25/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, The Ryman, The Spin, Slideshow

Upcoming Grimey's In-Stores, The Worsties Jam With Yo Gabba Gabba's Muno, Those Darlins on Tonight's Episode of Revenge, JEFF on Fallon [Newsy Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Grimey's, Stephen Malkmus, Lanie Lane, Kenny Vaughan, Wanda Jackson, PUJOL, in-stores, The Worsties, Yo Gabba Gabba, anthropomorphized studded cylindrical objects, Those Darlins, TV, JEFF the Brotherhood, Video

Ty Segall w/Mikal Cronin, Heavy Cream and More at Exit/In, 9/21/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Exit/In, Ty Segall, Heavy Cream, Mikal Cronin, crowd surfing, no crowd surfing, pulling the plug, Nashville's Dead

Party & Bullsh*t: This Week in Nashville Hip-Hop Part 2 [SoundLand Edition]

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Newsy Bits, SoundLand, Party & Bullsh*t, Nashville Hip-Hop, SoundLand, my brain hurts, Video

Ousted WRVU DJ Pete Wilson Speaks Out Against 'Micromanaging and Censoring' by VSC

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Hot Goss, WRVU, WTF, Pete Wilson, Nashville Jumps, VSC, Chris Carroll, WRFN

SoundLand Thursday, Part 1 [Reptar, Fine Peduncle, Cults, Jasmin Kaset, Sleepy Sun, HIBtB, Foster the People, Uncle Skeleton and More], 9/22/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, SoundLand, The Spin, SoundLand, Jasmin Kaset, Sleepy Sun, Mai, 12th & Porter, The Basement, Block Party Stage, Foster the People, Cults, Reptar, How I Became the Bomb, Uncle Skeleton

Paul Kirby, Formerly of Walk the West and Cactus Brothers, Dies at 48

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: National Skyline, Paul Kirby, Walk the West, Cactus Brothers, Will Golemon, John Golemon, Tramp, David Schnaufer, Nashville 1980s rock, Rock Block, 1980s Nashville, RIP, Bummerino Metropolis, Video

Spurgeon's General Warning: 10 Things I Learned From Pearl Jam Twenty

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Whatevs, Moving Pictures, Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Cameron Crowe, fucking fanboy, Mookie Blaylock, pure stoke, video, Spurgeon's General Warning, Video

SoundLand Thursday, Part 2 [Rich Robinson, Anais Mitchell, Ghostland Observatory, Carl Broemel, Ben Sollee and More], 9/22/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, SoundLand, The Spin, SoundLand, Cannery Ballroom, The Station Inn, Rich Robinson, Anais Mitchell, Ghostland Observatory, Carl Broemel, Ben Sollee

SoundLand 2011 MVP Award: Larissa Maestro

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Hot Goss, SoundLand, MVP, SoundLand, Larissa Maestro, Jasmin Kaset, Uncle Skeleton, Caitlin Rose, My So-Called Band, We get it! Your name is Maestro! Jeez.

Municipal Auditorium May Be Renamed the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Hot Goss, Municipal Auditorium, the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Musicians Hall of Fame, MHOFAMATNMA, venues, things change; things stay the same

JEFF the Brotherhood on 120 Minutes With Matt Pinfield [Fresh Vid]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Matt Pinfield, 120 Minutes, JEFF the Brotherhood, Bob Orrall, stinky, fresh vid, Video

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 70

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Chris Crofton Show, Underwater shows where ladies dressed as mermaids: Sounds like nap time to me, Holding hands with your long-suffering wife at the mermaid show, I love a good sawdust monkey, Do you remember when you wore that tulip?, 'Member that time we clubbed him? Huh-huh-huh, Happy as birds, Jimmy Dan Jenkins, Clean Dean and Hasslin' Haslam

Gang Gang Dance Tonight at Mercy Lounge

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Mercy Lounge, Gang Gang Dance, Critics' Picks, patience please, Video

Perhaps there's more to novelty artists They Might Be Giants, "Weird Al" Yankovic and Jonathan Coulton than just LOLs

Giants of Weird

• by Lance Conzett

Progressive R&B artist Van Hunt's musical concoction is unlike anything you've heard before

Van Hailin'

• by Sean L. Maloney

Elvis Costello and the Imposters return to The Ryman, bring their Spinning Songbook with them

This Wheel's on Fire

• by Adam Gold

Will Hoge's latest sees him evoking classic rock influence and the white-soul shouters of yore

Number Seven With a Bullet

• by Edd Hurt

TV on the Radio and Broken Social Scene at The Ryman, The Raconteurs and JEFF the Brotherhood at The Ryman, Taylor Swift at Bridgestone Arena

The Spin

Weekly Open Thread Welcomes Girl & Goat to Nashville

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Open Thread, Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, Tandy Wilson, City House, Top Chef, Share Our Strength

Wild Hare's Goat Cheese Quesadilla

• by Alexis
• Tags: Recipe File, goat cheese recipes, quesadilla recipes, The Wild Hare, goat cheese quesadillas, Noble Springs Dairy

Chef Deb Paquette Teaming With Amerigo Vets To Open Echo in the Encore Condominium

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Echo restaurant, restaurant openings, Deb Paquette, Doug Hogrefe, Paul Schramkowski, Zola, Encore, Mambu, Local Taco, Miel

Dollywood Confidential: Aside From Sausage Works, Where Would You Eat?

• by Alexis
• Tags: Travel Advisory, Dollywood, Sausage Works, restaurants in Pigeon Forge, Knoxville-area restaurants

Chuy's Sets Opening Date for Midtown Outpost

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Restaurant openings, Chuy's, Midtown, Elvis

Dino's and No. 308: Same Sidewalk, Different Worlds

• by Alexis
• Tags: Drinks, Dino's, No. 308, East Nashville bars

Wandering Wino: Eighteen Liters of French Wine Under One Cork? It's a Melchior!

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Hoyt Hill, Village Wines, Big ass wine

Testing the Recipe for Jeni's Salty Caramel Ice Cream

• by Alexis
• Tags: Recipe File, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, Jeni's Salty Caramel ice cream recipe, Jeni's, Hot & Cold, homemade ice cre

Food Trucks Are Absolutely Killing It at Live on the Green

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Food trucks, Live on the Green, RIff's Truck, Hoss' Loaded Burgers, The Grilled Cheeserie, Nashville Weiner Co.

Wandering Wino: Meet the Vintners Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings, Franklin Wine Festival, Sperry's, Trefethen Vineyards, Stoney River, Fleming's. aloft hotel

Toffee Talk: Walker Creek vs. The Greatest of All Time

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Food Fight, toffee, Walker Creek Toffee

Grab Some Butts at Woodbine Farmers Market Tomorrow Morning

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Farmers' Markets, Barbecue, Woodbine Farmers Market, Jonbalaya Catering, Banjamin's Ghost Pepper Elixer, Juice Nashville, Bathtub Gin, Kenny's Farmhouse

Once again, Williamson County baker Areeda Schneider-Stampley tops the pie chart at the State Fair

Eyes on the Pies

• by Carrington Fox

Moneyball is not the geeky baseball stats movie you've been dreaming about — it's much better than that

Play Deep

• by Steve Haruch

In the bold erotic melodrama Circumstance, teenage lesbians in Tehran fall prey to cliché

Victims of Circumstance

• by Bilge Ebiri

Tarkovsky's Stalker: a religious experience on film

No Man's Land

• by Jason Shawhan

Lower your expectations for Vera Farmiga's religious drama Higher Ground

Ground to a Halt

• by Bilge Ebiri

National Book Award winner Jaimy Gordon is an overnight sensation — after decades of writing

A Dark Horse No More

• by Susannah Felts and Chapter16.org

Sylvia Hyman's new exhibit at Gallery One shows Nashville the money

Clay Dough

• by Joe Nolan

Billy Collins takes his appeal for accessible poetry to the Fugitives' citadel

• by J.P. Grasser