Nashville Scene

Forrester and Devaney Duke It Out on Channel 2

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Nashville Scene Photo Contest! Deadline Midnight Sunday, Nov. 6

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Photography, photo contest, eyesores

Set Your DVRs Now! Ghost Hunters at Buffalo Trace Next Week!

• by Betsy Phillips

Young Republicans March on Occupy Nashville; 'We Love You,' the Occupiers Reply

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Woods

Governor Sends 'Warmest Regards' to Occupy Nashville

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Law and Order

Pick of the Day: Standing on Ceremony at First Church Unity

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Actors Bridge Ensemble, Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Tennessee Women's Theatre Project, Rhubarb Theater, Mike Eldred, Standing on Ceremony, gay marriage, civil unions

Artist Peggy Snow Featured in a Terrific NewsChannel 5 Report

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Jeff Tang, Nathan Thompson, NewsChannel 5, Peggy Snow, WTVF

Has Gov. Bill Haslam lost the Occupy Nashville standoff on Legislative Plaza?

Safety Last

• by Jeff Woods

Document Dump Shows Christian Right Scripted Sen. Mae Beavers on Anti-Gay Law

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

Homeowner Devastated by Flood: 'Waiting for FEMA is Like Waiting for Godot'

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Around Town, FEMA, Nashville flood, Nashville flood relief, Franklin flood relief, We Are the 99 Percent, I Am the 99%, Occupy Wall Street

Seven Mile Creek, Wentworth Caldwell, and Willliam Whitfield Parks: A Review

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Seven Mile Creek Park, Wentworth Caldwell Park, Willliam Whitfield Park, Nashville park reviews, Metro Parks

History's Mysteries Dept.: Ellen DeGeneres Show Taping Segment at Belle Meade Plantation Today

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, Jeannie, Jeannie Klisiewicz, Ellen, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Belle Meade Plantation

Pick of the Day: Alias Chamber Ensemble Fall Concert at Blair School of Music's Turner Hall

• by Alan Sherrod
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Alias Chamber Ensemble, Kenji Bunch, Zeneba Bowers, Jeremy Williams, Chris Farrell, Matt Walker, Joel Reist, Todd London

Occupy Nashville Sends Letter to the Governor: 'Can We Start Anew?'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Law and Order, Occupy Nashville, Bill Haslam, Legislative Plaza

Pick of the Day: The Green Bird at Vanderbilt

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, The Green Bird, Nashville theater, Vanderbilt, Leah Lowe, Carlo Gozzi, Julie Taymor

The 2011 Nashville City Cemetery Living History Tour

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville City Cemetery Living History tour, Jack Macon, Timothy Demonbreun, Sue Allen, Sarah Elizabeth Porter, Mrs. John Ewin, Laura Stevenson Archer Turpin, Mary Middleton Rutledge Fogg

Ron Ramsey Inadvertently Tells Us Something Important About Unemployment in Tennessee

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Ron Ramsey, Stacey Campfield, unemployment

Margin Call Director J.C. Chandor Live Via Skype Tonight at Belcourt

• by Scott Wilson
• Tags: Film, Margin Call, Belcourt, J.C. Chandor, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci, Penn Badgley, Gossip Girl, Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Video

Take Your Shot! Scene Photo Contest Extended Until Noon Tuesday, Nov. 8

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, Nashville Scene Photo Contest

A Scene reporter arrested by the state sees Nashville under occupation — but whose?

Can I Go Home Now?

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Cover Story, Video

Reporter Arrested While Covering Occupy Nashville Tells Story in This Week's Scene

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Law and Order, Occupy Nashville, Jonathan Meador, Legislative Plaza, Nashville reporter arrest, Occupy Nashville reporter arrest, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street reporter arrest, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Bill Haslam

In Stinging Rebuke, Newspaper Likens Haslam to 'Petty Balkan Dictator'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Media, Occupy Nashville, Occupy Nashville arrests, Bill Haslam, Bill Gibbons, Steven Cates, Tennessee Highway Patrol

Occupy Nashville Flexes Muscles, Pesters NES

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Media

James Franco and Maybe Selena Gomez to Star in New Harmony Korine Flick, Spring Breakers

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Film, Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine, James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Emma Roberts, spring breaking bad

Haslam Clicks Heels, Pretends Crackdown Never Happened

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Woods

The New York Times Looks at Tennessee Under Race to the Top

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Education, education, schools, Race to the Top, Tennessee, Bill Haslam, Arne Duncan, teacher evaluation

Pick of the Day: Indeterminacies Feat. John Latartara at Zeitgeist

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Indeterminacies, John Latartara, Zeitgeist, Ward Shumaker, Jack Silverman

Welcome to the High Church of Same Old Vandy

Instant Karma

• by J.R. Lind

The EPA's Secret List Is Surprisingly Boring

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, EPA, pollution, environment, NPR, watch list

Haslam Denies Behaving Like Petty Balkan Dictator: 'I Don't Think I'm So Petty,' He Says

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Law and Order

Metro Pulse Challenges Ramsey to Live on Unemployment Benefits

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Media

Hope for the Riverfront! MDHA Selects Local Development Team for Bridge Building

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: City Lights, riverfront development, Cumberland River, MDHA, Baron+Dowdle Construction

Occupy Nashville to Governor: 'We Are Not Looking for Trouble'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Law and Order

Pick of the Day: Nick Flynn at Vanderbilt

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Books, Nick Flynn, Vanderbilt, Books, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

Art Crawl Round-Up

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Art Crawl, Crawl Space, Andy Harding, Sabine Schlunk, Twist, COOP, Solomon Behnke, Paul Fly, Omid, Brent Stewart, Mary Addison Hackett

Cooper Vs. Harwell?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics

"Occupy" Arrests Claim a Dozen Journalists Nationwide

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Law and Order, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Nashville, arrests, journalists, Video

Governor Strikes New, Conciliatory Tone with Occupy Nashville

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Law and Order

Flipping Channels: Mark Harmon Chases Certain Prey Tonight on USA

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Media, NCIS, John Sandford's Certain Prey, Mark Harmon, Hell on Wheels, Common, Anson Mount, CMA Awards, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban

An Open Letter to Gov. Bill Haslam

• by Chris Ferrell

A Belcourt staffer's shocking death triggers a push for bike safety

Live To Ride

• by Elise Tyler

Wilco's Stop-Motion 'Art of Almost' Vid at The Ryman, Theatre Intangible Episode Feat. Dave Cloud, Preview/Pre-Order Umbrella Tree's Latest [Media Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Wilco, The Ryman, fresh vid, Richie Wireman, Theatre Intangible, Tony Youngblood, Dave Cloud, The Man From Another Place, Umbrella Tree, Kickstarter, newsy bits, media bits, Video

From The Spin's Notebook: Beirut at Cannery Ballroom, 11/7/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, The Spin, From The Spin's notebook, Beirut, Cannery Ballroom, The Grateful Dead, well-known local-rock-championing Aussie goofballs, blazers, beards, grandparents' house

Contest: Finish Editing The Ettes' Video for 'Excuse'

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, The Ettes, "submission info", contests, Tom Scharpling, Patton Oswalt, Video

Bird Names, Renee Louise Carafice, Hands off Cuba, Hepatitties and Coupler at Noa Noa Saturday

• by Leslie Keffer
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Bird Names, Renee Louise Carafice, Hands off Cuba, Hepatitties, Peaches Geldof, Coupler, Noa Noa House, noise, experimental, Theatre Intangible, Tony Youngblood, Leslie Keffer, Noisebloid, Video

EGGS: 'Know Thyself'

• by Daniel Pujol
• Tags: Creamtastic, EGGS, Daniel Pujol, Alexa Zoe Sullivant, "Know Thyself"

Despite making European-influenced music with Old World instruments, Zach Condon's Beirut is pop-minded and accessible

Balkan Tall

• by Lance Conzett

Spurgeon’s General Warning: Over It

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Whatevs, Spurgeon's General Warning, so over it, Elvis Presley, Rolling Stones, Wilson Pickett, Mustang Sally, Satisfaction, Devo's version is OK, Video

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 75

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Chris Crofton Show, I'll turn your knobs, radio controlled airplane clubs, inchoate, capital-H-alloween, talkin' about birds wasn't going to get him a girlfriend, ... Do what now?, Do you have some mayonnaise for this salad?!, Somebody better scrape the monocles off the bottom of this boat! Manacles?, Weaponized Keynesians, the werewolf at his day job, Audio

Feist at Third Man Records, 11/5/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, The Spin, elephantiasis, Feist, Jamie Lidell, Matt Rowland, precious Metals, Third Man Records

Hurts to Laugh, 'Na Na Na' [Fresh Vid]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Hurts to Laugh, Na power, Occupy Nowhere, political jam sesh, Superdrag, video, Video

Weekly Manic Monday Bottomless Beer Bash Begins Tonight at The End

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, The End, Manic Monday, Bottomless Beer Bash, Pimpdaddysupreme, dance parties, suspenders, Jesse Baker

The always adventurous Alias turns up the heat for their Fall Concert

Boiling Point

• by Alan Sherrod

Hear Tunes from Ri¢hie, Cherub and Ranch Ghost [Fresh Tracks]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Music, Richie, Ranch Ghost, Cherub, fresh tracks, Bandcamp

Tristen Seeks Kickstarter Funds for a Holiday Record

• by Lance Conzett
• Tags: Cream, Christmas, Tristen, Kickstarter, Elle, Jesus it's not even Thanksgiving yet, Video

Open Call: Country Boy Band Search Nov. 18 [O-The Humility]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Wow, broken dreams to be, Country Boy Band Search, Clear Channel, contests, Lou Pearlman, O-Town, Rodeo Entertainment, Video

Party & Bullsh*t: This Week in Nashville Hip-Hop [Struggle, Kaby, Brian Cameron, Mac L, Dee Goodz]

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Party & Bullsh*t, Nashville hip-hop, Struggle, Kaby, Brian Cameron, Mac L, Dee Goodz, Video

The Beets Tonight at Grimey's and Little Hamilton, Plus Other Stuff

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, The Beets, Critics' Picks, Grimey's, Little Hamilton, Killer Tofu, Video

The Avett Brothers with Social Distortion at Bridgestone Arena, Werewolf Bar Mitzvah 8 off 8th at Mercy Lounge

The Spin

Matt Moody's 'Name Your Heart' Featured in Spanish Mercedes Commercial, Spaniards Seem to Dig It [Fresh Vid]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Matt Moody, commercials, fresh vids, rusty Spanish, Oasis, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The lucky is unknown, Doin' the nasty in a Benz, Video

The Civil Wars, A.A. Bondy, Guy Clark, The Foreign Exchange, Har Mar Superstar and More: Inside This Week’s Music Section (and on the Cover)

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Liner Notes, liner notes, The Civil Wars, A.A. Bondy, Guy Clark, The Foreign Exchange, Har Mar Superstar

Images of the Week: This Is What Marathon Music Works Looks Like, Inside and Out

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Image of the Week, Photo of the Week, Marathon Music Works, The Pink Elephant, dollhouse-with-the-roof-pulled-off, Chris Cobb

The Nobility Album Release Tomorrow Night at The Rutledge; Make Their BGVs Your Ringtone

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, The Nobility, album release, Critics' Picks, ringtones, fresh tones, conviviality, Video

Feist to Play Third Man Records Tomorrow, Nov. 5

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Feist, Third Man Records, last-minute announcements, tusk pull-ups

Take Your Shot! Scene Photo Contest Extended Until Noon Tuesday, Nov. 8

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Creamtastic, Nashville Scene Photo Contest

Weekend Round-Up: Daylight Saving Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, SKYROC, Colorfeels, The Grayces, The Nobility, JEFF the Brotherhood, YEAH, The Black Angels, Dead Meadow, Bird Names, Renee Louise Carafice, Big Surr, Triptides, Bobby Keys, Kyle Andrews, Madi Diaz, Biz Markie, Cortney Tidwell, Ponychase

The Meatmen at Springwater [Fresh Vid]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, ass-sucking Fatwas, GWAR, Meatmen, Nashville, NOFX, pentagram, Springwater, Bummerino Metropolis, Video

The Black Angels w/Dead Meadow and Spindrift at Exit/In, 11/5/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, The Spin, The Black Angels, Dead Meadow, Exit/In, Spindrift, Slideshow

Nashville Scene Photo Contest! Deadline Midnight Sunday, Nov. 6

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Cream, Photography, photo contest, eyesores

Youth Lagoon, Lylas and More Tonight at The Basement

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Critics' Picks, Youth Lagoon, Lylas, The Basement, Tim Burton. Ugh, Video

What We're Listening To: Check out the Records the Cream Is Currently Checking Out, 11/4/11

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, What We're Listening To, Check out the Records the Cream Is Currently Checking Out, Real Estate, The Nerves, Nick Lowe, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Angelo Badalamenti, Rufus Wainwright, Empire of the Sun, Joe Jackson, Circle Takes the Square, The Fat Boys, The Mountain Goats, Miranda Lambert, Kevin Gordon, Merle Haggard, The Mamas & the Papas, Jimmy Rushing, Flaming Lips, Deer Tick, Call It Anything, Justice, Boris

Two-sentence album reviews on Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Real Estate, Phantogram, Tim Hecker and more

Two Short

• by Laura Hutson, M.T. Richards and D. Patrick Rodgers

While The Black Angels continue to crib psych-rock greats of yesteryear, they've also developed some pretty good songs

Back in Black

• by Seth Graves

Seven Ways To Relax on Thanksgiving

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Good advice, Thanksgiving food, Thanksgiving takeout

Taste of Nashville is Like a Glittering Treasure Chest for Foodists

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Events, Taste of Nashville, Miel, 1808 Grille, The Standard, Chappy's, Corner Pub, The Melrose, Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee

Share an Idea, Win a Cookbook

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Fun and Games

Celebrity Chef Ted Allen Tells It Like It Is (NSFW)

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: TV Dinner, Ted Allen, The Onion, pretense, cobnuts, Video

Ice Cream of the Future? Dippin' Dots Files for Bankruptcy

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: News, Dippin' Dots, Opryland, amusement park food

Fido Special Discount for Bites Readers This Friday

• by Alexis
• Tags: Cheap Eats, Fido, John Stephenson, Nashville lunch deals, Nashville lunch specials

Nashville Scene Photo Contest! Deadline Midnight Sunday, Nov. 6

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Bites, Photography, photo contest, eyesores

Wild Hare Hops To Speed Up Service

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurants, Wild Hare, breakfast in Nashville

An Ode to Open Thread

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

Buffalo Trace Whiskey is Scary Good

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, Ghost Hunters, SyFy, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Ghost Tours

Looking Through a Glass Onion (Cookbook)

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Cooking the Books, cookbooks, Glass Onion, Lowcountry, Creole, Cajun, Charleston

New Food Truck Tracker: MobileEats

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Bites, food trucks, Nashville, Michael Eades, Michael Eats, Yewknee, MobileEats, Roaming Hunger, Twitter, technology, sexy romps

Chucklet & Honey, Nothing Bundt Cakes and Colt's Chocolates have pretty gifts all wrapped up

Tasteful Displays

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Nothing Bundt Cakes

Wandering Wino: Turning Back the Clock Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Wine, Wine tastings, Beer, Big River Brewhouse, Best Brands, Divine Wine and Spirits, Toys for Tots, Meals on Wheels, Village Wines, F Scott's, Woodland Wine Merchant, d'Vine Selection

Fresh Seafood Watch: Missing Florida, Searching Nashville

• by Alexis
• Tags: Conversation Bites, seafood, oysters, Florida, Fish & Co.

Take Your Shot! Scene Photo Contest Extended Until Noon Tuesday, Nov. 8

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Events, Nashville Scene Photo Contest

Cupcake Collection Turns 3 and Gives Presents to Second Harvest

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Cupcake Collection, free stuff, charity, Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee

Only at the Nashville Jewish Film Festival will sexy provocateurs meet The Simpsons

Lusty and Krusty

• by Steven Hale

Margin Call: Sharp script, great performances make financial disaster pay

Murder by Numbers

• by Scott Wilson

Michael Shannon in Take Shelter: Everything's heavy underground

What Lies Beneath

• by Scott Wilson

White Bluff native Anson Mount takes a hard ride on AMC's Hell on Wheels

• by Betsy Pickle

Author Steven J. Tepper links controversy about art to social uncertainty

The Art of Censorship

• by Paul Griffith and Chapter16.org

Vanderbilt University Theatre succeeds with The Green Bird, an 18th century fairy tale

Flight of Fancy

• by Martin Brady

Two friends make art out of existential angst, and it rules

Masters of Reality

• by Laura Hutson

November's First Saturday gallery lineup offers plenty to be thankful for

Crawl Space

• by Joe Nolan