Nashville Scene

So Much for Your Plans to Move to Sumner County for the Schools

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Education, schools, taxes, Sumner County, education

TNDP Executive Committee Pledges to Fix Vetting Process, Says Goins Is 'Playing Politics'

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Mark Clayton, Jim Bilbo, Tennessee Democratic Party

Nuggets of Wisdom: One Take on the Chick-fil-A Controversy

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Politics, Chick-fil-A, Wayne Self

The Kid Stays in the Picture: Forrester Says Clayton Will Remain on the Ballot

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Chip Forrester, Tennessee Democratic Party, Mark Clayton, Rosalind Kurita

Wisconsin Shooting: Emphasis on 'Lone Gunmen' Lets Rhetorical Firepower Off the Hook

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Wisconsin shooting, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, Sikh, Muslim

The Tennessee Democratic Party Continues to Burn Down Its Own House

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Politics, Mark Clayton, Tennessee Democratic Party, TNDP, middle-class values

Your Election Night Open Thread: No Photo ID, No Problem

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics

CP: Five Things to Watch for in Today's Metro School Board Elections

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Education, Metro school board elections, election day, MNPS, Margaret Dolan, Elissa Kim, Will Pinkston

Quick Rundown of Strange Voting Issues

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Politics, Tennessee voting problems, Tennessee ballot issues, 2012 Tennessee elections, Joe Haynes, Barbara Haynes, Mary Mancini

'Human Hockey Puck' Intern Adam Misses Pins, Hits Wall, Sues Preds

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Sports, Intern Adam, 107.5 The River, Preds, Human Hockey Puck, Video

CP: Council Names Cooper Aide as Interim County Clerk

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Brenda Wynn, Davidson County Clerk, Metro Council, Charlie Tygard, John Arriola

Rogers, Harris React to Upset Victory

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Debra Maggart, Courtney Rogers, John Harris, National Rifle Association, Tea Party, French, Tennessee House District 45, Video

Rep. Julia Hurley's Election Night in Tweets

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Julia Hurley, Kent Calfee, election night, positivity, the ecstasy of defeat

How the Southern Girls Rock and Roll Camp changed Middle Tennessee and helped jump-start an international movement

Rebel Girls

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cover Story, Slideshow

State Election Coordinator: No Time for a Dem Do-Over, Take it up With the Executive Committee

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Mark Goins, Mark Clayton, Larry Crim, Chip Forrester, David Briley, Will T. Cheek, Tennessee Democratic Party, Tennessee Democratic Executive Committee, sunken ships

The Ethics (and Pronunciation) of Badminton

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Sports, Olympics, badminton, ethics, screwed pooches

Columbia Man to Cops: Beer Me

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Columbia police, Allen Brooks, beer run, Video

Larry Crim Wants a New Democratic U.S. Senate Primary

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Larry Crim, Mark Clayton, ABCs, U.S. Senate primary, Video

John Rocker's Crazed Screed Picked Up By Racist Political Party

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Politics, Racism, John Rocker, American Third Position Party, Kenny Powers

The TNDP Should Consider General Hood

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Politics, TNDP, Democrats, rock bottom, rock bottomer, Chip Forrester, Mark Clayton, laws of physics

The New York Times on HCA: Putting Profits Before Patients

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: By the Way, Hospital Corporation of America, HCA, New York Times, Florida, medical ma

The Hippodrome: Five Rings, We Rule Them All

• by J.R. Lind
• Tags: Sports, The Hippodrome, The Olympics, Tennessee Titans, Lipscomb Bisons, Jimmy Haslam, Bud Adams, Cleveland Browns, Vanderbilt Commodores, MTSU Blue Raiders, great Americans, best country

Trouble at the Polls for Sen. Joe Haynes and Wife, Former Nashville Judge Barbara Haynes

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Joe Haynes, Barbara Haynes, election day, voter ID, photo ID, trouble at the polls

Tennessee Democrats Are Very Sorry About Mark Clayton

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Politics, Mark Clayton, Tennessee Democratic Party, Bob Corker, Andrew Jackson, Estes Kefauver, Cordell Hul, Al Gore Jr., incompetence, Video

Complaints about NBC's Olympics coverage are a broken (world) record

Rings of Ire

• by J.R. Lind

Lightning 100 thinks global, acts local — and bucks the trends of modern radio programming

The Sound Salvation?

• by Abby White

Diane Black and Lou Ann Zelenik argue over who's more anti-Islam as election nears

Shariah and Share Alike

• by Steven Hale

The Week in Fresh Tracks [Mystery Twins, Natural Child, Ttotals, All Them Witches, Penicillin Baby, Kyle Andrews]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Music, The Week in Fresh Tracks, Week in Fresh Tracks, fresh tracks, free tracks, Mystery Twins, Natural Child, Ttotals, All Them Witches, Penicillin Baby, Kyle Andrews, Video

Photo of the Week: Local Chick-fil-A Billboard Graffiti'd With Frogs Reference

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Photo of the Week, Image of the Week, Chick-fil-A, The Frogs, graffito, controversy, Video

Five Knives, 'Speakerboxx' [Fresh Vid]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Five Knives, fresh vid, The Worsties, Gucci pumps, Video

Caption Contest: Eric Benét and Ledisi Ticket Giveaway! [Updated]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, caption contests, ticket giveaways, Sounds Like Summer, Marathon Music Works, Eric Benet, Ledisi

The Chris Crofton Show's 100th Episode, Live Tonight at The High Watt

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, The Chris Crofton Show, The High Watt

Randall Poster: The Cream Interview

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Interviews, Randall Poster, interviews, film, Harmony Korine, Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom, The Belcourt, Country Strong, Martin Scorsese

Weekend Round-Up: Bela Karolyi Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, Quichenight, Fancytramp, New Pleasure, Ponychase, Deloreans, Diarrhea Planet, The Weeks, Hank 3, Majestico, Poly, Cortney Tidwell, Natalie Prass, Readymade Films, Howling Brothers

Guided by Voices' 'Game of Pricks' and 'I Am a Scientist' at Marathon Music Works

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Guided by Voices, Sounds Like Summer, Marathon Music Works, fresh vids, performance vids, "Game of Pricks", "I Am a Scientist", Alien Lanes, Bee Thousand, Video

Gibson Settles With Government, Is Slapped With $350,000 in Fines for Importing Exotic Wood

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: National Skyline, Ebony, Gibson Guitars, Rosewood, The Justice Department, The law won, The Lacey Act

Some Old Bullsh*t: Mr. Fancy's Corporate Rock Still Rocks

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Creamtastic, Music, stale tracks, Mr. Fancy, Snakeskin Machinegun, High Strung, Fecal Matter, Pelican, Southern Shame, Some Old Bullsh*t

Tristen Does Live and Reel; Fancytramp, Thelma and the Sleaze, Scale Model and More Do Music City Shake Down; Another Poly Performance [Vidsy Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, fresh vids, vidsy bits, performance vids, Tristen, Live and Reel, Music City Shake Down, Thelma and the Sleaze, Fancytramp, Thunder Brother, Calicocat, Scale Model, Poly, Video

Poster Notes: Karen Elson and Pokey LaFarge Recorded Music for Boardwalk Empire, Stream Fleetwood Mac Tribute at NPR

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Hot Goss, Karen Elson, Pokey LaFarge, interviews, Randall Poster, Boardwalk Empire, Fleetwood Mac, NPR

Florida on Nashville: Music City Has America's Highest Music-Biz Concentration (Now With Fancier Chart)

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: National Skyline, Nashville, pub love, The Atlantic, Richard Florida, The Nashville Effect, charts, graphs, infographics, charticles, data, analysis

What You Missed: Abby White Does Lollapalooza at Chicago's Grant Park, Aug. 3-5

• by Abby White
• Tags: Reviews, Lollapalooza, Florence + the Machine, newno22, Metric, Sigur Ros, Jack White, JEFF the Brotherhood, What You Missed

Party & Bullsh*t: This Week in Nashville Hip-Hop [Pretty Ambition, Papa Jay, Island Hustle Society, Ducko McFli, Wick-It]

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Party & Bullsh*t, Nashville hip-hop, Pretty Ambition, Papa Jay, Island Hustle Society, Ducko McFli, Wick-It, Video

Ponychase and More at The Basement, After Crawl at The Brick Factory, Poly Release at The Zombie Shop; 8/3/12 and 8/4/12

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, The Spin, The Basement, The Brick Factory, The Zombie Shop, Echo Group, The Deloreans, Ponychase, Phantom Farmer, Joel McAnulty, No Regrets Coyote, Big Surr, Poly, Natalie Prass, The Sways, Slideshow

Nikki Lane Added to the Cream's Sixth Anniversary Party Aug. 25 at Mercy Lounge and The High Watt

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Nikki Lane, Natural Child, PUJOL, Wild Cub, Future Unlimited, Y2K, Sparkle City DJs, Mercy Lounge, The High Watt, Cream Anniversary Party, show announcements, Video

See JEFF the Brotherhood, Jack White, The Black Keys and More Play Lollapalooza [Vidsy Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Lollapalooza, vidsy bits, performance vids, JEFF the Brotherhood, Jack White, The Black Keys, YouTube channels, Video

Zac Brown Band's Southern Ground Music and Food Festival To Feature Gregg Allman, Amos Lee, Edward Sharpe & More at Riverfront Park, Sept. 21 & 22

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Amos Lee, David Gray, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Greg Allman, Jerry Douglas, Los Lonely Boys, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Riverfront Park, Southern Ground Music and Food Festival, The Lumineers, Zac Brown Band, Zac Brown, food

EGGS: 'Cryptic Text'

• by Daniel Pujol
• Tags: Creamtastic, Daniel Pujol, Alexa Zoe Sullivant, EGGS, "Cryptic Text"

SoundLand Announces Initial Lineup, Feat. My Morning Jacket, Divine Fits, Young the Giant, The Weeks, JD McPherson, PUJOL and More

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, SoundLand, SoundLand, My Morning Jacket, Divine Fits, Young the Giant, Riverfront Park, PUJOL, Nikki Lane, Wild Cub, Mystery Twins, The Weeks, Jonny Corndawg, Kansas Bible Company, Kopecky Family Band, Night Beds

Quichenight Record Release Feat. Fancytramp and New Pleasure Tonight at The End; See 'Infinity Bends' Vid [Fresh Vid]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Moving Pictures, Quichenight, Brett Rosenberg, Critics' Picks, fresh vid, Fancytramp, New Pleasure, You can't be punk, staring at the drummer's junk, Video

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 101

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Chris Crofton Show, Encyclopedia Brown, I rap from A to Z, Little Wayne Meets John Wayne, Peanut Butter Pizza Chain, Paul Anka killed by a lawn dart

Sixpence None the Richer blazed trails in the late '90s, but their new album proves they have no problem living in the now

Everybody's Doing It

• by Jewly Hight

Snakehips makes politically tinged power pop for Tennessee and beyond

Memphis Trained

• by Edd Hurt

The timeless R&B of Ledisi: the soundtrack for your August nights

Summer in the City

• by Sean L. Maloney

Milwaukee college rockers Jaill make their Nashville debut

Good Band From the Good Land

• by Adam Gold

Sounds Like Summer feat. Guided by Voices and Turbo Fruits at Marathon Music Works, Old Crow Medicine Show w/BR549 at the Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel

The Spin

Nomzilla Sushi et Cetera: This Week's Dining Column

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Dining, Nomzilla Sushi et Cetera, Thet H. Tint, Edgehill Village, sushi in Nashville

Open Thread Salutes Roast Inc. Cold Filtered Coffee

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Open Thread, ice coffee, iced coffee, cold brewed, cold filtered, coffee, Starbucks, Frappuccino, Roast Inc.

First Bite: Alegria Mexican Restaurant and Tequila Bar

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: First Bite, First Bite, Mexican restaurants, Green Hills, Alegria

Wandering Wino: Ready for the Next Happy Hour Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Wine, Wine tastings, Happy hour, West Meade Wine and Liquor Mart, Village Wines, 360 Bistro, Amerigo, Midtown Wine and Spirits

Savannah's Candy Kitchen Opens Today on Broadway

• by Brent Rolen
• Tags: Retail, Savannah Candy Kitchen, candy in Nashville

The Knork and Chork

• by Lesley Lassiter
• Tags: Kitchen Gear, spork, knork, chork, cutlery, Richard Blais, Flip Burger Boutique, Top Chef

Fat Bottom Brewing to Open Next Week — With Accomplished Chef and Intriguing Menu

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Fat Bottom Brewing, Ben Bredesen, Christopher Haston, craft beer in Nashville

(Hip) Donelson Farmers' Market Opens Today

• by Elizabeth Jones
• Tags: Farmers' Markets, Donelson, farmers markets in Nashville, food trucks, local food, Hip Donelson, locavore

Midtown Cafe Toasts Julia Child's 100th Birthday With a Week of French Classics

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Events, Julia Child, Midtown Cafe, JC100

Bartender Bash Will Showcase Local Mixologists

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Bartenders Bash, Mixology, Bartenders, Cocktails

Late Night Grub: Please Tell Me I'm Missing Something

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Conversation Bites, Late Night Grub, Allen Touisant, one day I'll have the same sleep-schedule as all the other adults!, Video

Ketchup on the Tastiest Events of This Year's Tomato Art Festival

• by Lesley Lassiter
• Tags: Events, Tomato Art Festival, recipe contests, food festivals in Nashville, Marché, Rumours East, The Turnip Truck, Margot, 3 Crow Bar, Pied Piper Creamery, Nuvo Burrito, Nashville Farmers' Market, East Nashville, Five Points

Wanna Be Gordon Ramsay's Next Victim, Er, Project on Kitchen Nightmares? Apply Here!

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: TV Dinner, Gordon Ramsay, Kitchen Nightmares, Nashville casting calls

A searing Fire-Breathing Roll makes sushi the hot new thing at Nomzilla in Edgehill

A Nom Issue

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Nomzilla Sushi et Cetera

Gene Kelly retro arrives, indie smash Beasts of the Southern Wild held over

Splices

• by Jim Ridley

Tonight: Corporate Juggernaut — Open House at High Watt

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Comedy, Corporate Juggernaut, Open Mic, Open House

Too Cool Not to Share: Synchronized Swimming Meets Suspiria at 2012 Olympics

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, synchronized swimming, Suspiria, Natalia Ischenko, Svetlana Romashina, 2012 Olympics, Dario Argento, Goblin, Video

David Chattam in Columbia State's 'Abraham Lincoln: Guilty Conscience'

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Abraham Lincoln: Guilty Conscience, Columbia State Community College, 48 Hour Film Project, David Chattam, Video

Photographs by Doug Lehmann at The Belcourt

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Visual Art, Doug Lehmann, Belcourt

East Side Story: Nashville's Newest Bookstore Isn't Even Open Yet, and It's Already Attracting Attention

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Books, East Side Story, Chuck Beard, bookstores, Borders, Barnes & Noble, Southern Living

Trailer Insanity: The Paperboy, aka 'The Nicole Kidman Jellyfish Movie'

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, The Paperboy, Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Pete Dexter, Lee Daniels, Precious, Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack, Cannes 2012, Video

Put a Head on My Shoulder: The Manster This Weekend at the Cult Fiction Underground

• by Randy Fox
• Tags: Film, Cult Fiction Underground, Logue's Black Raven Emporium, The Manster, Video

Imogene + Willie Announce Fall 2012 Collection and Collaborate with Anthropologie

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Fashion, Imogene + Willie, Carrie Eddmenson, Made In Kind, Anthropologie, Video

Fisk Art Sale Goes Through — But What's This About 'Future Owner?'

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Visual Art, Fisk University, Fisk, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Alice Walton, Crystal Springs Museum

Brent Stewart on Quintet

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Visual Art, Brent Stewart, Zeitgeist, Quintet, artist interview, Video

Lunatic Fringe: Sideshow Fringe Fest Hits Manic Pace This Weekend

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Visual Art, Theater, Culture, Sideshow Fringe Festival, Actors Bridge, Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Amanda Card-McCoy, Jeffrey Ellis, Shawn Knight, Rachel Agee, Blue Lotus, Music City Improv, B.T.Y. Revue

Art by Emily Clayton & Nina Mayer at Brick Factory

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Visual Art, Emily Clayton, Nina Mayer, Brick Factory

Urban Art Crawl: Who or What Is Curbie Crew?

• by Lance Conzett
• Tags: Found Art, graffiti, Curbie Crew, The Gulch, Springwater, 12th & Porter, illegal art

Fashionpalooza? Nakedpalooza? Stormapalooza? Lolla 2012

• by Abby White
• Tags: Fashion, Lollapalooza, Metric, Florence + the Machine, thenewno2, Dry The River, Red Hot Chili Peppers, First Aid Kit, Dev, Dum Dum Girls, zombie apocalypse, Heidi Jewell, Under the Guise, Vogue, Tres Awesome

Amazing Sequence: Dueling Gene Kellys in Cover Girl, This Weekend at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Gene Kelly, Belcourt, Cover Girl, The Pirate, Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Donen, An American in Paris, Xanadu, Video

The Best of ZieherSmith + Pics from the Opening

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Visual Art, Ziehersmith, Allison Schulnik, Lain York, Shannon Clark, Shie Clark, Shepherd Alligood, Ann Catherine Carter, Patrick DeGuira, Richard Feaster, Tom Thayer, Maya Angelou, Caroline Allison, Eric Yahnker, Paul Housley, Harmony Korine, Daniel Gordon

From Olympian Blue to S&M Belts: Fall Fashion

• by Abby White
• Tags: Fashion, fall fashion, fur, Olympics, Pantone, Fifty Shades of Grey

Define 'Showstopper': Klea Blackhurst in TPAC's The Nutty Professor

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Theater, The Nutty Professor, Klea Blackhurst, Mark Jacoby, Jerry Lewis, Michael Andrew, Marvin Hamlisch, Rupert Holmes

The August crawl welcomes local faves and hosts an international art invasion

Crawl Space

• by Joe Nolan

Why Nathan Bedford Forrest and Ulysses Grant stand out in Jack Hurst's survey of Civil War leaders

The Generals and the Wars Between Them

• by Ralph Bowden and Chapter16.org

Edward Burtynsky's exhibition at the Frist Center asks big questions about big things

Size Matters

• by Joe Nolan