Subject: Worklife

• Yahoo Pays Gushing Tribute to Cortland Finnegan

  October 13, 2008

• Post mentions Cooper for OMB

  November 6, 2008

• Send P.J. Tobia to Afghanistan in Style: Where Do You Get Decent Veal in This Town?

  November 12, 2008

• Kiffin Scores First TD With Fans

  Questions abound within Vol Nation about Lane Kiffin. My initial reaction was that AD Mike Hamilton made a short-sighted choice to save money and this year's recruiting class. But I have now changed my mind. Anybody who can piss off Steve Spurrier on his first day on the job is OK in my book. The South Carolina coach already is accusing Kiffin of cheating. It's a ludicrous charge, which is no surprise. Guess Stevie's upset because Kiffin stole away the Gamecocks' recruiting coordinator.

  December 2, 2008

• Tennessean Employees Will Get an Unpaid Week Off

  More bad news from Gannett, the country's largest newspaper company and owner of The Tennessean: Its 40,000 U.S. workers will have to take an unpaid week off this quarter.While it may come as good news to those who can afford it, not so for the long-term picture. Gannett has already been hit with thousands of layoffs, and the bad news keeps coming every week. Though unpaid vacations are better than further layoffs, this doesn't speak well for future job security at The Tennessean--or for readers

  January 14, 2009

• Porn is the New Black (Gold)

  This week, intrepid reporter Tracy Moore took it upon herself to answer the age-old question How can I still afford to drink, smoke and screw to my heart's delight when I'm broke? What came of that query was Cheap Thrills: Your Recession-Friendly Guide to Vice in Nashville. In it you'll find a handy sinnin'-on-the-cheap how-to. You'll also find a perhaps unsurprising conclusion: even as paychecks suffer, the demand for vice does not.As Moore discovered, the Nashville skin trade seems hardly to h

  January 23, 2009

• Nashville Makes National News Again--For Pervert School Administrators

  Nashville dodged a bullet last week when voters rejected English-Only, which would have made us the only major city to have such a rule, and would have undoubtedly made us look like backwater mopes. But we're in the national spotlight again this week. Both The New York Times and the Washington Post cover the Supreme Court case of Vicky Crawford, the former Nashville schools payroll chief who alleges she was fired after complaining about sexual harassment. As you may recall, Crawford was fired af

  January 28, 2009

• It Doesn't Get Sweller Than Kweller

  February 26, 2009

• Songwriters Known and Unknown

  January 22, 2009

• Yazoo Brewery Christmas Tours

  Happy Brew Year!

  December 25, 2008

• Kip Gayden at Martha's at the Plantation

  November 20, 2008

• The Sword Sharply Outshines Clutch

  September 25, 2008

• Speak-in of Languages

  When employers inhibit free speech

  August 7, 2008

• Words of the Week

  June 26, 2008

• She Works Hard for the Money

  June 19, 2008

• Hurricane Mark

  Tennessean editor infamous for his temper

  February 14, 2008

• Resolve to Create a Financial Revolution

  Local life coach tells how

  January 17, 2008

• Gag Rule

  There’s no time for free speech when you’re on the clock

  August 23, 2007

• Finding Poetry in Motion

  Taking the measure of the wind

  September 30, 2004

• Editor’s Note

  February 1, 2007

• Entry Interviews

  The dust begins to settle at the Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission

  January 25, 2007

• Trouble to the South

  Black firefighters in Franklin wage a federal court fight claiming racism is widespread in the mostly white department

  August 31, 2006

• A New Paper Chain

  The Scene has been bought out, and the new boss doesn’t take crap off anybody

  October 27, 2005

• The Verdict on Serpas

  As polarizing as he is prominent, Nashville’s top cop provokes strong reactions. But is he getting anything done?

  October 13, 2005

• The Fristies

  Frankly, Senator Bill, we're ashamed of you

  July 21, 2005

• Kings of the Hill

  Two Nashville twentysomethings can't help but answer the call of politics

  April 14, 2005

• Resignation via E-mail

  Inappropriate (but entertaining) e-mails cost a Metro magnet school principal his job

  February 3, 2005

• Web Site of the Week

  January 29, 2004

• Survey Says...

  Schools spend almost a million bucks to learn from students that bathrooms are dirty and homework stinks

  July 31, 2003

• Here to Stay

  Schools director Pedro Garcia is a hot commodity, but he’s not going anywhere

  May 8, 2003

• The Week That Was

  Guv awakens

  July 26, 2001

• The Next David Halberstams?

  These Tennessean journalists get high marks

  May 17, 2001

• The Fabricator

  October 12, 2000

• State of Fat

  September 30, 1999

• Pushed or Promoted?

  July 30, 1998

• Getting Away

  May 16, 1996

• Keeping Busy

  April 25, 1996

• Full Moon Film Festival

  The Truffauts of Tomorrow

  April 30, 2009

• John Oliver at Zanies

  May 21, 2009

• Because It's Monday: Metal Dudes Making Cookies

  Here's a little something for you to kick off your work week, something to brighten your day and put a spring in your step. Incidentally, this is exactly what it's like hanging out at Sullivan's house, only he's always wearing that spiked cod-piece and talking about Andrew Jackson--no less hilarious, just, um, different. Ya, different--that's the word... (Via Buzzfeed.)

  June 22, 2009

• 'The Nashville Effect' Part 3: New York Is Cooler Than Nashville (Industry vs. Scene)

  You may remember Daniel Silver: He posted a follow-up to Richard Florida's post over at the Atlantic's Daily Dish blog about the "Nashville effect," of which Jack White's move to our music-saturated city is a shining example. If you missed it the first time, here's a quick recap: Florida: Nashville attracts musicians disproportionately, sucking up musical talent from around the U.S.A. So, Nashville has become the Silicon Valley of music--for many genres. Silver: The first part might be true, b

  June 29, 2009

• Je T'aime Pommes d'Amour

  Does it seem like there are suddenly tomatoes everywhere? After the wet rot of spring that wiped out so many urban farmlets, apparently the second crop is coming in like gangbusters. Well, you know what they say, "When God gives you lemons, bitch about it on Facebook." No, that's not right. I think it's, "When you're up to your ass in Better Boys, make salsa." So that's what we did in our office last week. My boss is a no-nonsense kinda guy. I've heard him begin performance reviews with the

  July 27, 2009

• Gibbons Lobbies to Become Haslam's Safety Commissioner

  A press release from GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Gibbons: "There has been a political culture within the Highway Patrol for far too long, and the result is a loss of public confidence and trust," said Gibbons. "As the chief law enforcement officer in the state's largest jurisdiction, I know firsthand the importance of professionalism among law enforcement agencies. As governor, I will be committed to restoring the Tennessee Highway Patrol to the level of professionalism that both the publ

  July 28, 2009

• Whole Foods: Nice Work if You Can Get It

  With new Whole Foods Markets debuting in Portland and Seattle, members of the Nashville and Franklin staffs are getting promoted to the West. The defection means a slew of jobs opening in the Nashville area, including positions in seafood, prepared foods and Whole Body. The bakery and gelato departments are hiring, and the Green Hills store is in search of a store artist. For a list of job openings, visit Whole Foods' website. Listed by Fortune magazine for the last 12 years as one of the "100

  August 24, 2009

• Heart at The Ryman

  September 3, 2009

• Carter's Cry of Racism Is No Lie in Tennessee

  ​ Zach Wamp is right, and it's important to recognize that not every opposition--not even most opposition--to President Obama is racially motivated. But does Wamp disagree with Jimmy Carter that's Barack Obama's presidency is exposing a bit of a problem in this country with racism? If so, Wamp hasn't been paying attention to his own state. Just yesterday, legislative staffers attended mandatory diversity training classes because of concerns that Sherri Goforth's "Historical Keepsake Phot

  September 16, 2009

• Ha Himself at The Muse

  October 8, 2009

• Slow Train Coming: Our New Secret Double Lives

  ​No, I'm not talking about all those cuddle parties all you A-types are hitting on the weekend: I'm talking about technology. Instead of corporations clamoring to stay on the cutting edge by testing out faster and better technology in the office, turns out it's now consumers who have the edge. You wake up on an alarm set on your iPhone and check your email in the a.m. on some badass new laptop, where you have unlimited email storage. Then you come to work--and suddenly you're slogging through

  November 17, 2009

• Silent League at The Basement

  January 28, 2010

• With March Madness here, don't make a big production out of loss of workplace productivity

  March 18, 2010