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TBI Blasts Channel 4 Report on Disappearance of Holly Bobo

Steve Cavendish — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:00 -0500

Ahh, sweeps season, the time when breathless promos let you know what every TV station's investigative team has been working on for the past month.…

Kane for Senate? Kane for Senate

Steven Hale — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:42:00 -0500

Kane's 1997 debut

Watch that.

Now chew on this. The rumor mill is turning…

The Hippodrome: It's Designed To Break Your Heart

J.R. Lind — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:28:17 -0500

For the 74th consecutive week, The 'Drome is catfight-video-free ...

Opening Face-Off

NCAA vs AAA : Romanticizing sports is the sportswriter's great temptation —…

Cooper Doubts The Amp Will Get Federal Funding

Steven Hale — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:00 -0500

As Mayor Karl Dean prepares to throw open the doors to the Music City Center, some bad news for his proposed bus rapid transit…

Justice or Vandalism? You Make the Call

Bruce Barry — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:00 -0500

Knowing Pith readers to be cultured types who enjoy the cinematic and fine arts, we can't help but wonder how those who lurk and peruse…

Turns Out the Music City Center Will Not Create Jobs for Goats

Steven Hale — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:26:00 -0500

Over at WPLN, Blake Farmer has the disappointing news that the Music City Center's green roof — composed of 14 different types of…

Ron Ramsey, I Am Begging You — Please Debate Pro Wrestler Kane!

Betsy Phillips — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:45:00 -0500

Over at Post Politics, J.R. Lind has the press release that Glenn Jacobs — aka Kane, aka the man who helped The Rock and…

With the legendary Sen. Douglas Henry out of the picture in 2014, District 21 is up for grabs — perhaps even to the GOP

Steven Hale — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

Duck Dynasty by Steven Hale When Democratic state Sen. Douglas Henry, an icon in Nashville politics, announced last week that he will not seek re-election next year, the news set…

Tony Diamond — Elvis impersonator, host at Uncle Bud's

Joel Rice — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

Face in the Crowd by Joel Rice "Did anyone ever tell you, you look like Elvis?" Tony Diamond fields some variation of this question umpteen times a day, and for good reason:…

30-something reporter goes to indoor trampoline park, lives to tell about it

Abby White — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

The Big Bounce by Abby White When: April 26, 2013, 8:09 p.m. Where: Sky High Sports "It's a really serious injury, Abby. You can die from it." My friend Tom is…

Undulating form meets staggering scale in the Music City Center, Nashville's bold coming-out invitation to the world

Christine Kreyling — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

Making Waves by Christine Kreyling "The shock of the new" is the title critic Robert Hughes gave to the TV series and book he did about the provocative impact of…

If you sense getting married is a bad idea, don't forever hold your peace — speak now

Abby White — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

Something Blue by Abby White I'm driving in circles around Sevier Park just past dusk. It's dark outside, but I can make out the familiar figure in the distance. He…

Art may be the least conventional thing about our new convention center

Veronica Kavass — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

Cool and Collected by Veronica Kavass People rarely visit a convention center specifically to experience art. And yet conventioneers expect it. Without an art collection, a convention center can be as…

From Beyoncé to Bob Dylan, puppets to poetry, a Nashville summer sampler

Adam Gold — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

Summer Guide 2013 by Adam Gold, Steve Haruch, Laura Hutson, Jim Ridley and D. Patrick Rodgers Click HERE to download a PDF of our Summer Calendar It's cruel. It's sweet. It's wet-hot. It's like a merry-go-round. It seems to last forever.…

Two Years After the Fairgrounds Fight, Things Are Still ... Awkward

Steven Hale — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:39:00 -0500

In the cover story of this week's The City Paper, I tortured several metaphors attempting to illustrate the decidedly unsettled state of all things…

Kermit Gosnell Doesn't Prove Your Abortion Point. Yours Either.

Betsy Phillips — Wed, 15 May 2013 05:07:00 -0500

The trial and conviction of Kermit Gosnell does not prove that abortions should be illegal. After all, what Gosnell did was illegal and, [ Read more ]

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We Might Be Rednecks, Natalie Grigson Might Be a Dumbass

Betsy Phillips — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:57:00 -0500

Here's really all you need to know about Natalie Grigson's list of the 10 Most Redneck Cities in America over at the Movoto Blog…

Haslam Vetoes Ag Gag Bill

Steve Haruch — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:09:00 -0500

Update: Andrea Zelinski has more over at The City Paper, including Haslam's suggestion that many in the agricultural community feel "besieged" by urban thinking.

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Is Andy Holt Trying to Pass a Law to Protect Himself?

Betsy Phillips — Mon, 13 May 2013 05:15:01 -0500

No wonder State Rep. Andy "The Ag Gagger" Holt wants to make it harder for people to gather evidence of rule-breaking at Tennessee farms. In…

The Hippodrome: They Still Race Horses, Don't They?

J.R. Lind — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:10:00 -0500

This Week In The Drome: Hits, Hats and Sex Houses

Opening Face-Off

Ins vs Outs : In today's City Paper, the Weekly Obsession…

Who Needs Honesty? Not Middle Tennessee Boy Scouts

Betsy Phillips — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500

The Middle Tennessee Council of the Boy Scouts of America announced on Tuesday that it won't support a proposed policy change that would let gay…

Holleman, Yarbro Confirm Plans to Run for Henry's Senate Seat

Steven Hale — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:56:00 -0500

With Sen. Douglas Henry announcing that this state Senate term will be his last, the Democratic primary race to succeed him is already taking shape.…

We're Getting Recovery Courts!

Betsy Phillips — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:21:00 -0500

The Jackson Sun is reporting that Tennessee is getting nine recovery courts:

Recovery courts are specialized courts or court calendars that incorporate intensive judicial…
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Four stories of immigrant mothers who braved hard work, perilous journeys, even separation to raise their children as U.S. citizens

Kim Green — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

American Dreamers by Kim Green On a sunny Saturday at Hillcrest United Methodist Church, smiling volunteers greet a teenage boy. His dad says something almost inaudible as he glances down…

Demolishing the Ben West Building was a bad idea — but moving Nashville School of the Arts there is a good one

Christine Kreyling — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500

Go West, Young Nashvillians by Christine Kreyling In what's becoming a rare occurrence in Tennessee politics, a pig-in-a-poke looming on Metro's docket may have stopped just shy of the legislative sausage maker.…