Friday, May 28, 2010
Morning Roundup Morning Roundup: What's in This Week's Scene?
Posted by Jim Ridley on Fri, May 28, 2010 at 9:10 AM
A repulsive movie about four hideous affronts to civilization arrives in local theaters this week. ... We've heard the cover of this week's Scene described as everything from "creepy" to "the most horrible thing I've ever seen." Its subject, Nashville filmmaker Harmony Korine, would no doubt take those as compliments. ... Meanwhile, Scene critics Mike D'Angelo and Michael Sicinski debate whether there's more trash than humping. ... After a well-publicized court battle, ’80s Nashville rocker Danny Tate is out from under a controversial conservatorship — but what has he really won? Brantley Hargrove reports, while argument rages in the comments sections. ... Jeff Woods surveys the budget battle brewing in the General Assembly. ... Vanderbilt grad student Stephanie Pruitt's growing success gives hope to aspiring poets. Check out Chapter 16 for more. ... The fantastic Ms. Fox checks out the new lunch options at ChaChah, Dose and Mambu. ...
Metro Councilman Darren Jernigan issues a challenge to the city with a new bill: no more building on Nashville's floodplain. ... Mayor Karl Dean to world: Come back downtown! ... Lee Beaman donates two acres of land off Bell Road to serve as Tent City's new home. ... Vanderbilt announces a $30 million addition to its children's hospital. ... West Nashville neighbors protest Greyhound moving its bus terminal from downtown to Charlotte. ... The trigger man gets life for the murder of Vanderbilt professor Pierre Colas and his sister Marie. ... Wow, nobody saw this coming: The Senate overrides Gov. Phil Bredesen's guns-in-bars veto. ... Police think they've nabbed the three teenagers responsible for a South Nashville stick-up spree and a pistol-whipping. ...
Two children are in critical condition after a car struck them as they ran from a neighbor's dogs. ... The Undersea World of Speaker Kent Williams holds up the budget. ... The Rumble in the Jungle, the Thrilla in Manilla, and now this. ... A culvert cave-in shuts down part of Granny White Pike. ...
