Nashville Scene

Hurray! A New Park Near Donelson!

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Metro Parks, Stones River Park, Hip Donelson

HCA Tax Breaks Breeze Through Metro Council

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, HCA, tax incentives, tax breaks, tax abatement, Metro Council, Josh Stites

Sen. Bob Corker Meets the Press

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Bob Corker, fiscal cliff, Susan Rice, Obamacare, Medicare, entitlements, Video, Video

Death of a Pipe Dream? Ashley Judd Reportedly 'Exploring' Senate Run ... in Kentucky

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Ashley Judd, Tennessee Democratic Party, Kentucky, Senate, Mitch McConnell

TEP to Lead Statewide Equality Rally

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Politics, Tennessee Equality Project, LGBT, non-discrimination ordinance, Tennessee legislature, Chris Sanders, rally

Cliff ’Em All: Merle Hazard Goes Over the Fiscal Cliff in Song

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Politics, Arts and Entertainment, Merle Hazard, fiscal cliff, PBS NewsHour, country music, Video

Glenn Beck: Bullshit Artist Switches Medium to Urine

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Barack Obama, Glenn Beck, urine, Pee Pee Obama, Andres Serrano, Piss Christ

The Tennessean Catches DCS in Another Lie. Haslam Still 'Comfortable With DCS’s Position'

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, DCS, Department of Children's Services, Tennessean, Gov. Haslam, Molly Sudderth, Brian Holmgren, Child Protective Investigative Team

Tennessee State Museum hosts an exhibit of rare, fascinating & storied guitars like Nashville’s never seen

Good Vibrations

• by Jack Silverman

Jim Kyle Finds Some Folks Hold a Grudge

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Jim Kyle, Beverly Marrero, Reginald Tate, TNDP, Tennessee Democrats, minority leader, Tennessee legislature

Mother Jones Names Tennessee Worst State Legislature

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, America's 50 Worst State Legislatures, Tennessee Legislature, crazy, worst, Video

Metro Pulse on Stacey Campfield's 2014 Challenger

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Stacey Campfield, Brian Stevens, 2014, Democrat, GOP primary

The Hippodrome: Turn And Face The Strange

• by J.R. Lind
• Tags: Sports, The Hippodrome, Jon Gruden, INTERNETZ, Tennessee Volunteers, Tennessee Titans, Chris Palmer, Dowell Loggains, MTSU Blue Raiders, Vanderbilt Commodores, James Franklin

Nashville: Reverse Stinging Since 1964

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Law and Order, prostitution, john school, reverse stings, Esperanto, The Atlantic, DEMANDforum

Haslam Mulling Options on Obamacare Implementation

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Bill Haslam, Obamacare, insurance exchanges, secede, civil war, deciding, mulling, considering

Ron Ramsey Will Introduce Guns-in-Campus-Lots Legislation

• by Steven Hale
• Tags: Politics, Ron Ramsey, Guns in Lots, Guns in Campus Lots, higher education officials, second amendment

Silly Rabbit, Tax Chicanery is for Kids!

• by Jonathan Meador
• Tags: Politics, Fiscal cliff, Bill Moyers, Grover Norquist, 12-year-olds dude, Video, Video

Scott DesJarlais' Life Is Literally a Country Song

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Scott DesJarlais, Danielle Peck, Video

Tennessee's victorious GOP legislators prepare to test-drive their new supermajority

Keys to the Kingdom

• by Steven Hale

A captivating new doc explores the mystery of the knuckleball with its reigning Jedi master, Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey

Outside Baseball

• by J.R. Lind

CCA's long legal feud with a persistent critic reaches a semantic impasse in appeals court

Bread and Circus

• by Jonathan Meador

The Farm Report: DIY Venue The Owl Farm Going Hard in the Paint

• by Stephen Trageser
• Tags: Interviews, Interviews, Rose Marie Pink, Jazzi Bennet, The Owl Farm, ven-news, DIY

Ke$ha Performs 'Die Young' on Conan, Tells Host About Ghost Sex in the Haunted 'Bone Zone' [Fresh Vids]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, body parts, Conan O'Brien, Ghost With a Boner, Iggy Pop, Ke$ha, post-apocalyptic post-modernism, Prince, The Bone Zone, fresh vids, Video

See D. Watusi Performing at the Old Zombie Shop; More Copies of Their Dark Party Coming Soon

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream, Moving Pictures, fresh vid, performance vid, D. Watusi, Dark Party, The Zombie Shop, The NEW Zombie Shop, Nashville's Dead, D. Wat-ewsy Bits, Video

The King Khan and BBQ Show w/Ranch Ghost and D. Watusi Tonight at Exit/In

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, King Khan, Mark Sultan, The King Khan and BBQ Show, Exit/In, Ranch Ghost, D. Watusi, Critics' Picks, Video

The Who at Bridgestone Arena, 12/2/2012

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Bridgestone Arena, The Who, Quadrophenia, Zak Starkey, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Vintage Trouble, Slideshow

Nerd Alert: Jonathan Coulton w/John Roderick Tonight at 3rd & Lindsley

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, NERDS!!!, Nerd Alert, Jonathan Coulton, John Roderick, 3rd & Lindsley, Critics' Picks, Lance "The Nerd" Conzett, Video

Emmylou and Rodney on Rolling Stone; Wick-It on Vibe; Mikky Ekko on Spin; Ke$ha on Rolling Stone [Media Bits + Fresh Tracks]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: National Skyline, Newsy Bits, newsy bits, media bits, fresh tracks, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Nonesuch, Rolling Stone, DJ Wick-It, Vibe, Spin, Mikky Ekko, Ke$ha, Warrior

Weekend Round-Up: Who Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, The Who, The Ettes, Blackfoot Gypsies, The Faint, Icky Blossoms, The Exotic Ones, Stephaniesid, Hanzelle, Honey Locust, Jasmin Kaset, Little Bandit, Richie, The Mountain Goats, Wild Cub, Foreign Fields, Casa Castile, Natalie Prass, Jo'shua Odine, 24/7, Bobby Bare, The Sex Bombs, The Long Players

Caption Contest: The Who Ticket Giveaway! [Updated]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Who, Quadrophenia, caption contests, ticket giveaways, Bridgestone Arena, Doo It, Daltrey, Townshend

New Venue Alert: Anthem

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream, Anthem, Mai, New Venue Alert, The Gulch, Vegas-style dress code, D. Patrick Rodgers' Mawmaw

Party & Bullsh*t: This Week in Nashville Hip-Hop [Two Fresh x Ziggurat, Rude Awakening, Ducko McFli x Dee Goodz]

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Newsy Bits, Party & Bullsh*t, Nashville hip-hop, Two Fresh, Ziggurat, Rude Awakening, Ducko McFli, Dee Goodz, wtf, no seriously wtf?, Video

Spurgeon's General Warning: Nostalgia

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Whatevs, Moving Pictures, CBS, HBO, Walt Disney, Nick at Nite, Spurgeon’s General Warning, Nostalgia, Don Draper, Video

Tenn. State Museum’s The Guitar, The Who, Lee Fields and the Expressions, The Mountain Goats, The Prisonaires and More: Inside This Week’s Music Section (and on the Cover)

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Liner Notes, liner notes, Tennessee State Museum, The Who, Lee Fields and the Expressions, The Mountain Goats, The Prisonaires

The Stone Fox's Holiday Market and Music Night To Feature Bands, Grub, Gifts, Art and More on Dec. 15

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, The Stone Fox, It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, Birdcloud, Promised Land, Tyler Family Band, JP5, Rolling Record Store, Elise Tyler

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds To Play the Ryman w/Sharon Van Etten March 16; Hear 'We No Who U R'

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Music, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the Ryman, Sharon Van Etten, show announcements, fresh track, concert announcements, Video

The Awl's Choire Sicha Calls Diarrhea Planet 'Frightening Frat Jam Rock'

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Whatevs, What's in a name?, Diarrhea Planet, The Awl, Choire Sicha, Die Planet, D.P., pop-punk, whatever, immature cousins

The Week in Fresh Tracks [Jota Ese, Lylas, Hobbledeions, Patrick Baker, Skoolgirl]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Music, The Week in Fresh Tracks, fresh tracks, Jota Ese, Lylas, Hobbledeions, Patrick Baker, Skoolgirl, Hot Hot Hawk, Video

The Mountain Goats w/Matthew E. White at Mercy Lounge, 12/1/12

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, The Spin, The Mountain Goats, Mercy Lounge, Matthew E. White, John Darnielle, Jon Wurster, Slideshow

Lee Fields and the Expressions Tonight at Mercy Lounge

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Lee Fields and the Expressions, Mercy Lounge, Critics' Picks, features, Magnolia Sons, The Right Now, so good, Video

Dolly Dominates Digital Domain in Support of Dream More [Dolly Parton Round-Up]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: National Skyline, Newsy Bits, Dolly Parton, Dolly Round-Up, Imagination Library, NPR, On Point, Nightline, Forbes, Reuters, Video

The Year in Music, The Nashville Scene Critics’ Poll, the Rock 'n' Roll Poll, Wanda Jackson, Stuck Lucky and More: Inside This Week’s Music Section (and on the Cover)

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Liner Notes, Year in Music, Critics’ Poll, Rock 'n' Roll Poll, Wanda Jackson, Stuck Lucky, liner notes

The Who, or what's left of them, dust off Quadrophenia for their Nashville debut

Who's First

• by Adam Gold

The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle doesn't need suffering to make good music, but it doesn't hurt

That Darnielle

• by Marissa R. Moss

Lee Fields loves the world, and it's starting to love him back

Soul Brother Renewed

• by Chris Parker

A new book on legendary band of convicts The Prisonaires sheds light on the details and the myth

Jailhouse Rock

• by Sean L. Maloney

Pianists Amy Dorfman, Craig Nies and Mark Wait perform the world premiere of Richard Danielpour's Twelve Etudes for Piano

Keys to Success

• by John Pitcher

Japandroids w/Swearin' at Exit/In, The Sword w/Eagle Claw and Gypsyhawk at Exit/In

The Spin

Wandering Wino: Mmmmmm ... M. Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, M. Restaurant and Bar, Cummins Station restaurants, Toby Willis, Kevin Powell, BNA Wine Group

Ready to Go Casseroles (and More) at West End UMC's Gourmet Market

• by Lesley Lassiter
• Tags: Events, gourmet market, casseroles, margot mccormack, martha stamps

Insert Perky Catchphrase Here! Rachael Ray Is Coming to Belmont!

• by Hannah Hyde
• Tags: People, Rachael Ray, Parnassus Books, Belmont University, My Year in Meals

The Weekly Open Thread Is a Stone Fox

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Open Thread, Stone Fox, holiday market, Third Man Records Rolling Record Store, Cumberland Valley Kombucha, Buttermilk Road Sunday Suppers, Acorn + Archer handmade jewelry, Emily Leonard fine art, Green Bee Designs, Baby Bear Shop, DCXV Clothing, Be Simple Massage, Bang Candy Company, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Rolf and Daughters

First Nibbles: Bibap Fusion Rice, plus Peace, Love & Little Donuts

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: First Bite, Downtown dining, New restaurants, Bibap Fusion Rice, Peace Love & Little Donuts, Buddy Jewell

Show Off Your Baking Chops on CBS, and a Special Opportunity for Bites Readers

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: TV Dinner, Baking, Competitive cooking, CBS, CBS Baking Show, The Great British Bake Off, Cash for cookies, Baking for bucks

Jennifer Justus Releases Food Lovers' Guide to Nashville

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: News, Dining guides, Jennifer Justus, Local info, Food Lovers' Guide to Nashville

Help Build The Carrot Academy

• by Lesley Lassiter
• Tags: Events, Good Food for Good People, The Carrot Academy, Jilah Kalil, locavore, farmers markets, food education, food fundraisers

Tayst Marks Final Month With Special 'Staff Dinner' Events

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Events, tayst, Jeremy Barlow

Burger Up Celebrates Benton's? Count Me In!

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Burger Up, 12South, Allan Benton, Benton's Country Ham, Philip Shyatt

USN Evening Classes Offer More Culinary Options

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: News, Cooking classes, University School of Nashville, Wine, Spirits, Evening classes

Capitol Grille Buys 225-Acre Farm To Raise Its Own Beef for Menu

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: News, Capitol Grille, Hermitage Hotel, Tyler Brown, Double H Farms, Greg Sligh, locavore, local beef in Nashville

Mason and Mason's News

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: News, Charity events, Derrick Mason, Mafiaoza's, Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel, Mason's Restaurant, New restaurants

Sunflower Cafe: This Week's Dining Review

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Dining, Sunflower Cafe, Laura Yazdian, Gabrielle Mittelstaedt, Tennessee Local Food Summit, Dining, restaurant reviews in Nashville

The Road, No.18: Grassmere Grill & Kabob [Eating Our Way Down Nolensville Pike]

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Restaurants, The Road, Nolensville Pike, Grassmere Grill & Kabob

Whiskey Wednesday: New Finds and Old Favorites

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Drinks, Spirits, Whiskeys, Reviews, Canadian whiskey, Firefly Sweet Tea, Angel's Envy, Geroge Dickel, Rye, Blended whiskeys, Flavored whiskeys

At Sunflower Cafe, Laura Yazdian and Gabrielle Mittelstaedt showcase a surprising bounty of vegetarian delights

Flower Power

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Sunflower Café

To Sergio with love: The Belcourt salutes the spaghetti Western's (other) master

Django Unhinged

• by Jim Ridley

Killing Them Softly slays hard

Men Without Women

• by Scott Wilson

Visually resplendent Anna Karenina has everything but a beating heart

Passion Victim

• by Jim Ridley

Nashville Recap: ‘Where He Leads Me’

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Television, Nashville, Recaps, Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Clare Bowen, Eric Close, Charles Esten, Chip Esten, Jonathan Jackson, Sam Palladio, Robert Wisdom, Powers Boothe, Laurence Stern, Philip Larkin, Leo Tolstoy, Tennessee Williams, literacy, IKEA, Wyclef Jean, Black Sabbath, victory champagne, Johnny Depp's theoretical house, Video

The Late Shift: Red Dawn

• by Lance Conzett
• Tags: Film, The Late Shift, Red Dawn, cold war propaganda, midnight movies, The Belcourt, Patrick Swayze, Video

Awesome Shopping Opportunities in Nashville This Weekend

• by Abby White
• Tags: Fashion, Art & Invention Gallery, Bryant Gallery, Fairytales Bookstore/Pied Piper Creamery, Fanny's House of Music, 1907 Apparel, Pretty Pretty Pop Pop, Wonders on Woodland, State, Idea Hatchery, Alegria, Goodbuy Girls, Moss, East Side Story, Porter Flea, Marathon Music Works, Tuft, Blooming Leopold, Chase Ash, Sabrosa Vintage, Honeybean Boutique, Modern Arks, Holler Design, Acorn + Archer, RINjuel

The Great Silence vs. The Who: Sunday Night Showdown

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, The Great Silence, The Who, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Quadrophenia, Klaus Kinski, Sergio Corbucci, Belcourt, Bridgestone Arena, Alex Cox, Video

Burt Reynolds Blasts The Belcourt as Navajo Joe Tonight!

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Navajo Joe, Burt Reynolds, Quentin Tarantino, Belcourt, Sergio Corbucci, Django, Django Unchained, spaghetti Westerns, poliziotteschi, Fernando Di Leo, Cannibal Holocaust, Ruggero Deodato, Sergio Leone, "The Other Sergio", Video

Corporate Juggernaut Presents Pictures of Fireworks, Tonight at Fido

• by Lance Conzett
• Tags: Culture, Corporate Juggernaut, Pictures of Fireworks, storytelling, Fido, The Moth

I, Glenn Beck, Heart You, Sarah Palin: Performance Artist Liz Magic Laser Today at Watkins

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Art-On, Liz Magic Laser, Watkins College, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, "I Feel Your Pain", Video

Django, Sing — If You Can't Sing, Shoot!

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Django, Sergio Corbucci, Belcourt, Franco Nero, spaghetti Westerns, Rialto Pictures, Video

The Pink Party: Elaine Turner Grand Opening at the Mall at Green Hills

• by Abby White
• Tags: Fashion, Elaine Turner, Mall at Green Hills, Make-A-Wish, Christmas shopping

On the Inadvertent Brilliance of Glenn Beck's Pee Pee Obama

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Culture, Barack Obama, Glenn Beck, urine, Pee Pee Obama, Andres Serrano, Piss Christ

Felicidades! Casa Azafrán Grand Opening Tomorrow

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Culture, Casa Azafran, Conexion Americas, mosaic, Nashville mosaic, Nashville immigrant services, Nashville immigrant communities, Renata Soto, Video

12 Gift-Worthy Art Books Available at Parnassus

• by Laura Hutson & Joe Nolan
• Tags: Books, Parnassus, Parnassus Books, gift guide, Chris Ware, Long Story Bit By Bit, Flannery O'Connor, Veronica Kavass, Artists in Love, Building Stories, Drawings from the City, Red Grooms, William Eggleston, The Dust Bowl, Mati & The Music, The Shock of the New, Drawn Together, R. Crumb

This Don't Suck: Disney's The Black Hole in Rare 35mm Screening Saturday at Belcourt

• by Jason Shawhan
• Tags: Film, The Black Hole, Disney, 35mm screenings, Belcourt, Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Perkins, Maximilian Schell, Video

A Primer on Grace Coddington & Karen Elson

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Fashion, Grace Coddington, Karen Elson, Vogue, The Frist

From The Sartorialist to Andre Leon Talley: It's All Happening in Nashville

• by Abby White
• Tags: Fashion, The Sartorialist, Grace Coddington, Karen Elson, Vogue, Andre Leon Talley, Mall at Green Hills, Nordstrom, Warby Parker

The Sartorialist in Nashville: Highlights from Scott Schuman's Recent Street Shots

• by Laura Hutson
• Tags: Fashion, The Sartorialist, Scott Schuman

Clean Up on Aisle Three, and Four, and Five, and … The Uncut Intruder at the Cult Fiction Underground This Weekend!

• by Randy Fox
• Tags: Film, Intruder, Logue's Black Raven Emporium, uncut, Cult Fiction Underground, Synapse Films, Dan Hicks, Sam Raimi, Ted Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Video

December's First Saturday event is the buy-local, gift-giving opportunity of the month

Crawl Space

• by Joe Nolan

You're a moderately entertaining show, Charlie Brown

Good, Grief

• by Martin Brady

Grace Coddington and Karen Elson, two of the biggest names in fashion, tell all at The Frist

Amazing Grace

• by Laura Hutson

Chase Twichell talks about Zen and writing poetry in the world as it actually is

No Imaginary Fences

• by Charlotte Pence and Chapter16.org