Nashville Scene

Kristi Pruitt Stanley Appointed to the Tennessee Economic Council on Women

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Kristi Pruitt Stanley, Ron Ramsey, Paul Stanley

Uhh ... A Lesson From David Fowler

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, David Fowler, Family Action Counsel of Tennessee, food stamps

Study: Fraud Prompting Voter-ID Laws is 'Virtually Non-Existent'

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Voter fraud, Voter ID, photo ID, election fraud, Tennessee voter id, News21

Paul Ryan's Woman Problem

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Paul Ryan, Ultraviolet, Paul Ryan Gosling, Susan G. Komen

Larry Crim Files Suit Against the TNDP in Continuing Wake of Claytongate

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Larry Crim, Mark Clayton, TNDP, Tennessee Democratic Party, Chip Forrester

Oh, Beautiful, Let's Just All Shoot Each Other

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Law and Order, jackassery, Family Research Council, shootings

Gibson Acknowledges Lacey Act Violations in Federal Settlement

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Law and Order, Gibson Guitar Corporation, Henry Juszkiewicz, U.S. Attorney Jerry Martin, Department of Justice, Lacey Act, settlement

If Tennessee opts out of the Affordable Care Act, voters may have good reason to feel sick

Pandemonium

• by Jeff Woods

The Hippodrome: You're Going To Puck Around And Get Hurt

• by J.R. Lind
• Tags: Sports, The Hippodrome, Intern Adam, Nashville Predators, Kenny Britt, Tennessee Titans, Little League Baseball, Vanderbilt Commodores, Shea Weber, The Olympics

Why Hasn't More Attention Been Paid to the Oak Creek Attack?

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, Oak Creek, Aurora, Naunihal Singh, Sikh, domestic terrorism

Tennessee's White Democrats Lose Power

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Politics, Jim Kyle, Mike Cody, Otis Sanford, white Democrats, Democrats, Republicans, Commercial Appeal

What Happens if Tennessee Opts Out of ObamaCare?

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Hicks From the Sticks, Affordable Care Act, health care, TNGOP, ObamaCare, hey they just upheld you and this is crazy

Proposed Charter Amendment Has More To Do With 287(g) Than Meets the Eye

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Politics, 287(g), Davidson County Cheriff's Office, Sheriff Daron Hall, Metro Department of Law, Saul Solomon, charter amendment, lies, damned lies

Thomas Jefferson Causes Thomas Nelson Huge Headaches

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, The Jefferson Lies, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Nelson, Evangelical Christians, David Barton

A Debate Debate in the 4th Congressional District

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Congress, Scott DesJarlais, Eric Stewart, 4th Congressional District, artful dodges

Rutherford Reader Publisher Accused of Harassment

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Red State Update, Rutherford Reader, Pete Doughtie, xenophobia, harassment

Memphis to Challenge Voter ID on Constitutional Grounds

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Memphis, Voter ID, Tennessee Voter ID, photo ID, The Daily Show, video, Video

Metro School Board Defies State on Great Hearts Charter Application

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Education, Metro Nashville Public Schools, charter schools, Great Hearts

Political Tweet of the Week: Chattanooga Edition

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Politics, Andy Berke, Pam Ladd, Chattanooga

Together At Last: Clayton and Campfield Unite (Sort Of)

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Mark Clayton, Stacey Campfield, If loving you is wrong I don't want to be right, Tennessee Democratic Party, Video

Uneasy Is the Hand That Holds the Gavel

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Judd Matheny, Beth Harwell, House GOP, Speaker of the House, Glen Casada

Wine in Grocery Stores a Constitutional Issue?

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Politics, wine in liquor stores, Equal Protection Clause

Tennessee Named 11th Worst State for Coal-Based Air Pollution

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Red State Update, air pollution, National Resources Defense Council, NRDC, Tennessee air quality, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. Bob Corker.

Money talked in last week's elections, but what it said — or bought — isn't clear

Off to the Races

• by Steven Hale

Off the field, Kenny Britt loses something he's mastered on it: control

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Britt

• by J.R. Lind

Contradictions abound in fallout from Courtney Rogers' upset victory

Enter the 45 Chambers

• by Jonathan Meador

At a Lower Broadway honky-tonk, trust an older gentleman to show you what dancing's all about

Dancing King

• by Abby White

Dan Auerbach and JEFF the Brotherhood Get Day Drunk and Talk Hypnotic Nights

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Dan Auerbach, JEFF the Brotherhood, The Black Keys, Hypnotic Nights, interviews, Noisey, Vice, day drinking, Video

Alanis Morissette To Play the Ryman Oct. 26

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, the Ryman, Alanis Morissette, show announcements, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Weeds, Dave Coulier, Video

Relive Bonnaroo 2012 as Time-Lapsed to the Sounds of Radiohead in Through the Woods

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Bonnaroo, Moving Pictures, Bonnaroo 2012, carcass feeding, Noisey, Radiohead, Through the Woods, time lapse, VICE Magazine, video, Video

Sebadoh at Mercy Lounge, 8/14/12

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, The Spin, Sebadoh, Circle of Buzzards, Lou Barlow, Jason Loewenstein, Bob D'Amico, Mercy Lounge

Weekend Round-Up: Elvis Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, The Black Angels, Night Beats, The Paperhead, Glossary, Jasmin Kaset, Quiet Entertainer, Home Blitz, Fox Fun, Dirty Dreams, Mom and Dad, The Ratz, The Carter Administration, Ole Mossy Face, Percy Sledge, Denney and the Jets, Oh Dan Lo Mein

Party & Bullsh*t: This Week in Nashville Hip-Hop [Quiet Entertainer, Dee Goodz, Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics]

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Party & Bullsh*t, Nashville Hip-Hop, Quiet Entertainer, Dee Goodz, Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics, Video

Sebadoh, Dirty Projectors, Wild Cub, Colton Dixon and More: Inside This Week’s Music Section

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Liner Notes, liner notes, Sebadoh, Dirty Projectors, Wild Cub, Colton Dixon

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 100

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The High Watt, The Chris Crofton Show, peanut-brittle Dynagroove, pepperoni Edison cylinder, Eric Estrada, Rip Torn, strip air hockey, gluten-free newsletter, get GOOP in the rumpus room, hydroponic beet farmers, loins, Syria, Burt Reynolds, the borders of my country are around the edges of my overcoat, Stroker Ace, NASA-designed space smock

Dirty Projectors w/POP ETC at Cannery Ballroom, 8/13/12

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, The Spin, Cannery Ballroom, Dirty Projectors, POP ETC, Slideshow

The Murder Junkies Tonight at FooBar, See This Interview With Merle Allin at The Muse

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Moving Pictures, The Murder Junkies, Golden Nugget, FooBar, GG Allin, Critics' Picks, Video

Spurgeon's General Warning: MARS!

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Whatevs, Moving Pictures, Queen, David Bowie, T. Rex, The Misfits, Lil' Wayne, Bruno Mars, Curiosity, Mars, Space, Science, NASA, nerds, Spurgeon's General Warning, Video, Video

Tomato Art Fest Lineup, JEFF the Brotherhood Stuff, Birdcloud Video, Circuit Benders Ball Call for Entries, Diarrhea Planet Stuff [Bits and Pieces]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Tomato Art Fest, Todd Snider, JEFF the Brotherhood, fresh vid, performance vid, tour vid, free track, Birdcloud, church parking lot, Circuit Benders Ball, Tony Youngblood, Diarrhea Planet, noise violation, Video

American Idol Live at Bridgestone Arena, 8/12/12

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, The Spin, American Idol, American Idol Live, Bridgestone Arena, Colton Dixon, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips, DeAndre Brackensick, Heejun Han, Hollie Cavanagh, Elise Testone, Skyler Laine, Jessica Sanchez, Slideshow

Cherub's 'Doses and Mimosas' [Fresh Vid]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, fresh vid, champagne, Cherub, cocaine, doses, mimosas, New York City, Mom & Dad, Video

Gilberto Gil Plays The Schermerhorn Nov. 5

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Gilberto Gil, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, the Ryman, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Snow Patrol, Tropicalia, Video

Photo of the Week: John Rich Meets Spike Lee

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, Whatevs, John Rich, LA Story, Spike Lee, Twit's pics, Photo of the Week, Image of the Week

Your Opinion Is Wrong: Why Women Should Go See Sebadoh Tonight

• by Seth Graves
• Tags: Creamtastic, Whatevs, Your Opinion Is Wrong, Sebadoh, gender differences, gender equality, gendie rock, indie rock, My So-Called Life, the '90s, Archers of Loaf, Dudecentrities

Archers of Loaf, The Lumineers, Derek Hoke, Jason and the Scorchers and More: Inside This Week’s Music Section

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Liner Notes, liner notes, Archers of Loaf, The Lumineers, Derek Hoke, Jason and the Scorchers

By Lightning!'s 'Future History' in a Subaru Commercial, Wild Cub's 'Jonti' Vid, Rayland Baxter's 'The Mtn. Song' Vid [Vidsy Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, By Lightning!, Subaru, commercials, Wild Cub, fresh vids, Rayland Baxter, Video

Evan P. Donohue Goes Americana for American Songwriter With 'One Glance' [Fresh Vid]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Evan P. Donohue, American Songwriter, product placement, fresh vid, Video

From the Department of Name Changes: Jonny Corndawg Wants To Be Called Jonny Fritz

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Whatevs, Jonny Corndawg, Jonny Fritz, Department of Name Changes, American

EGGS: 'Crew Neck'

• by Daniel Pujol
• Tags: Creamtastic, Daniel Pujol, Alexa Zoe Sullivant, EGGS, "Crew Neck"

The Week in Fresh Tracks [Caitlin Rose, Scale Model, Black Static Line, Joshua Black Wilkins, Megajoos]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Music, The Week in Fresh Tracks, Week in Fresh Tracks, fresh tracks, free tracks, Caitlin Rose, Scale Model, Joshua Black Wilkins, Black Static Line, Megajoos, Video

Duff McKagan Interviews Jack White for Seattle Weekly

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Interviews, Duff McKagan, Jack White, Seattle Weekly, interviews, Chris Kornelis

Back with a new EP, Lou Barlow and his Sebadoh continue to smash their heads against the punk rock

Clinical Harmacists

• by Edd Hurt

With Swing Lo Magellan, Dirty Projectors clear up their approach, but still add a few exotic crayons to the coloring set

A Pop Band in a Cubist Painting

• by Chris Parker

Local boy Colton Dixon rolls into town with the American Idol Live tour

Hair and Now

• by Lee Stabert

For better or worse — and it's mostly better — Wild Cub coats songwriter Keegan DeWitt's tunes in a gleaming electro-pop veneer

Cubs Win

• by D. Patrick Rodgers

Ponychase and more at The Basement, After Crawl at Brick Factory, Poly release at The Zombie Shop

The Spin

Nashville singer-songwriter Paul Sikes still riding his bump from Today

• by Ron Wynn

Library To Screen Weight of the Nation Documentary Episodes Featuring Nashville

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: News, Weight of the Nation, Mayor Karl Dean, Tennessee Obesity Task Force, Video

Reminder: Eden Eats Nashville Episode Premieres Friday

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: TV Dinner, Cooking Channel, Eden Eats, Eden Grinshpan, International Market, Patti Myint, Cafe Bosna, McNamara's, food shows in Nashville

Silo Restaurant, a Much-Anticipated Germantown Spot, Set to Open Next Week

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Silo, Clay Greenberg, Paul Cercone, Vista Germantown, elevated Southern cuisine, restaurants in Germantown

The Catbird Seat Lands on Bon Appétit's Top 10 New Restaurants List

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: News, The Catbird Seat, Bon Appetit, Andrew Knowlton, Erik Anderson, Josh Habiger

Eyes on the Pies — Do You Have a Winning Recipe?

• by Lesley Lassiter
• Tags: Events

Penn Station Subs Opens Tomorrow in Hermitage

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Restaurant openings, Penn Station Subs, Sandwiches, Hermitage

August Supper Club with Alan LeQuire at Miel

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Alan LeQuire, Miel, supper clubs in Nashville

The BE Hive Is Back

• by Lesley Lassiter
• Tags: Vegetarian

Bella Nashville: This Week's Dining Review

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Dining, Bella Nashville, Nashville Farmers' Market, Emma Berkey, Dave Cuomo, pizza in Nashville, hummus pie

Nashville Whiskey Festival Tickets Go on Sale This Friday

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Nashville Whiskey Festival, whiskey in Nashville, bourbon tastings, whiskey tastings, Midtown Wine and Spirits, Hollis Bulleit

Hattie B's Fires Up Hot Chicken in Midtown

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Hattie B's Hot Chicken, Nashville-style hot chicken, Nick Bishop Jr., Nick Bishop Sr.

Etch Sets Aug. 27 Opening Date, Lures Diners With Promises of Wagyu Hot Dogs and Duck Bahn Mi

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Deb Paquette, Etch, Doug Hogrefe, Paul Schramkowski

Rumba Will Shut Down on Sept. 30 After a 10-Year Run

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: News, Rumba Rum Bar & Satay Grill, Jackson's, Tom Sheffer, restaurant closings

BBQ and Hot Wings: Is This Heaven?

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Music City Festival & BBQ Championship, Southern Hot Wing Festival, Barbecue, Hot Wings, BBQ

Wandering Wino: Gettin' Bubbly With It Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Palm Restaurant, wine dinners, sparkling wine, Champagne, Midtown Wine and Spirits

The Road, No. 9: Twin Kegs [Eating Our Way Down Nolensville Pike]

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Restaurants, The Road, Nolensville Pike, Twin Kegs

On the Lamb: My Latest, Cuddliest Protein Obsession

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Conversation Bites, lamb, adorable animals, delicious animals, Peter Gabriel is way better than Phil Collins

The Weekly Open Thread Wants to Know: What's Your Favorite Frozen Dinner?

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Open Thread, Indian food, naan, paneer tikka masala, channa masala, Little India

At Bella Nashville, the Farmers' Market fires up a festive pizzeria

Bella the Ball

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Bella Nashville

A talk with music supervisor Randall Poster, the secret power behind Moonrise Kingdom's throne

Poster's Gallery

Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones strike sparks in Hope Springs

The Shock of the Old

• by Craig D. Lindsey

Ruby Sparks: Little Miss Sunshine directors' schizo romantic follow-up not a gem

Pixie Shtick

• by Simon Abrams

The Bourne Legacy puts Jeremy Renner in the driver's seat of a moodier, more sober offshoot

Bourne Reborn

• by Bilge Ebiri

Total Recall 2.0 an unmemorable retread

Verfauxven

• by Jason Shawhan

The Campaign: Ferrell-Galifianakis ticket broad but funny

• by Simon Abrams

Oxford American Takes Time Out From Sexual Harassment Scandal to Profile Brent Stewart

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Visual Art, Brent Stewart, Quintet, Zeitgeist, Oxford American, Reggie Michael Rodrigue

Surf City: Our New Series of Internet Voyeurism

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Culture, Surf City, top five, Other People's Internet

It's Tomato Time! Our Picks for What Not to Miss

• by Abby White
• Tags: Country Life, Tomato Art Fest, East Nashville, 3 Crow Bar, Margot, Nuvo Burrito, Pied Piper Creamery, BON, fashion, dogs

Studio Visit: Adrienne Outlaw, Part Two [Artist of the Month]

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Visual Art, studio visit, Adrienne Outlaw, artist of the month

Ashley Spurgeon's Top Five Websites [Surf City]

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Culture, Surf City, Jezebel, Gawker, The Awl, YouTube, Salon, The AV Club, Bronte, Knifecrime Island, Cary Tennis, hate-reading, non-Newtonian fluids, Tracy Moore, Ashley Spurgeon, the voice of her generation

Brady Haston's Notebook [Studio Visit]

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Visual Art, Brady Haston, studio visit, sketchbooks, Ghetto Tree

Flamethrowers, Meat Grinders and Firearms Galore: The Exterminator This Weekend at Logue's

• by Randy Fox
• Tags: Film, The Exterminator, Logue's Black Raven Emporium, Cult Fiction Underground, James Glickenhaus, East Nashville, Video

Birdemic to Receive Rifftrax Live Treatment at Belcourt on Oct. 25

• by Lance Conzett
• Tags: Film, Rifftrax, Belcourt, Birdemic, bad movies, Manos: The Hands of Fate, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Video

Tonight: The Comedy Stylings of Jim Gaffigan at TPAC

• by Amanda Haggard
• Tags: Comedy, Jim Gaffigan, Super Troopers, Meow, TPAC

The Furor over Marc Smirnoff's Ouster from The Oxford American

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Books, The Oxford American, Marc Smirnoff

Lisztomania's Roger Daltrey to NBC: Tape-Delay This!

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Lisztomania, Roger Daltrey, Ken Russell, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, The Who, Quadrophenia, Bridgestone Arena, Warner Archives, Video

Three Studios, One Girl: Snapshots from Yesterday's Studio Tour

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Visual Art, Robbie Hunsinger, Adrienne Outlaw, Brady Haston

Better Music Through Circuitry: Sign Up for Nashville's Circuit Benders' Ball

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Culture, Circuit Benders' Ball, Nashville circuit bending, Nashville circuit benders, circuit bending, circuit benders, Theatre Intangible, Tony Youngblood, Brick Factory, DaveX, Kelli Shay Hix, Video

For Marvin Hamlisch: Radiohead's 'Nobody Does It Better'

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Culture, Marvin Hamlisch, James Bond, Radiohead, "Nobody Does It Better, " Carly Simon, Carole Bayer Sager, Video

Tales From the Third Annual Tennessee Antiquarian Book Fair

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Books, Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn, Mark Twain, vintage books, antique books, Cowan, Chapter 16

The Late Shift: The People Under the Stairs

• by Lance Conzett
• Tags: Film, The Late Shift, Belcourt, The People Under the Stairs, horror movies, midnight movies, Wes Craven, American Horror Story, idle film criticism, Video

Iconic Painters: An Art History Nerd's Dream

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Visual Art, re:blog, Iconic Artists, Eurydyka Kata, Rafał Szczawiński

Is Anyone Else Loving These WSMV Station Promos?

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Television, WSMV, Channel 4, station promos, Doreen Wade, Brian Hallet, Matthew Hilk, Tom Randles, Anchorman, Video

Flipping Channels: The Closer Is Dead, Long Live Major Crimes

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Television, The Closer, Kyra Sedgwick, Jon Tenney, TNT, Major Crimes, James Duff, Grimm, David Giuntoli, David Greenwalt, Video

Olympic Hangover

• by Abby White
• Tags: Fashion, Television, Spice Girls, Queen, Jessie J, Annie Lennox, One Direction, Russell Brand, George Michael, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Georgia May Jagger, Karen Elson, 2012 Olympics

Opens Tonight: Mysterious Skin at Darkhorse Theater

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Theater, Mysterious Skin, Darkhorse Theater, Prince Gomolvilas, Jonathan Burgess, Will Butler, Francine Berk, Samantha Rogers, Chuck Long, Angela Gimlin, Matt Smith, Amanda Smith, Josh Stutts, Kory James Holden, Kelsey Wilsher

Video Made the Gallery Star: ZieherSmith's Film Night

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Visual Art, ZieherSmith, Tom Thayer, Old Smelly Haircut, Harmony Korine, Allison Schulnik, Christian Jankowski, The Holy Artwork, Avery Lawrence, Moving a Tree, Jason Brinkerhoff, Sasha Sokolov, Tucker Nichols, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Scott Walker, Video

An installation by Brent Stewart is disturbing for all the right reasons

No Myth

• by Laura Hutson

Stage musical version of Jerry Lewis' masterwork The Nutty Professor is wholesomely charming, though not without its shortcomings

Cracking the Nut

• by Martin Brady

At Tomato Fest, anything goes!

To-may-toe, To-mah-to

• by Abby White