Dispatch from the Heart of the Beast Premiere
Paramount may stay in California for the time being, but Hollywood is already moving to Nashville
Today's Newsletter
Last Night at Metro Council
🏛 Last night at Metro Council: cha-ching, buzz, bang · Source says Hegseth won't replace Blackburn in Senate · Metro opens applications for small business incentives · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
Good morning everyone! I hope you all are recovering nicely from the coalescing forces of Halloween festivities and government mandated time changes. My weekly playlist is particularly chill this week, you can listen to it here. Tonight, there is a lovely indie-folk bill over at The East Room with
Data & Tools
Pamphleteer trackers built from public records.
Results · Unofficial
Tennessee Election Results
Governor, Senate, U.S. House, the legislature and the amendments, county by county.
See the results → Campaign moneyCouncil Watch
Follow the money. See who's funding your councilmember.
Look up your member → ToolProperty Tax Tool
See how your Nashville property tax changed.
Check your address → DataICE in Nashville
Arrests, detentions and deportations in Davidson County since 2023.
See the data →Upcoming Event
Loading...
All Posts
Missing the Missing Middle
🏚️ Council whiffing on housing · Kimbrough employs mafia tactics · Mayor buries Boring · Cracker Barrel changes course · Week in culture · Much more!
The Week in Culture (August 28th)
### Watch Hot Ticket: Caught Stealing Darren Aronofsky returns after the Oscar-winning The Whale with an adaptation of the acerbic Charlie
An Authority with Authority
💸 Bob Mendes' pricey "seat at the table" · Election update · General Robertson's founding of Nashville · Illegal offender of the day · Much more!
The Advanced Guard of Civilization
General Robertson and the founding of Nashville
Next Level Nashville
⚡️ The world's first energy cafe · WeGo vs. Walk Bike Nashville · Repeat offender all-star · Missionary Zeal · Much more!
Missionary Zeal
An Interview with Shaman director Antonio Negret
Nashville's violent crime rate is still too high
🚨 Music City near the top in terms of crime · Is NASCAR coming to town · ICE picks up Garcia Dispatch from the statesmen's dinner · Much more!
Nashville's Premier Cooling Shelter
📚 The downtown library is still closed · National Guard Assisting ICE · Abrego Garcia Update · Travel Baseball Index · The Frist goes Mediterranean · Much more!
The Travel Baseball Index
Porter concocts a new way to measure which American states are the most affluent
The Frist Goes Mediterranean
The last days of Venice and The Ottoman Empire in the heart of Music City
A Crack in the Barrel
🥞 Cracker Barrel's big rebrand · Courtroom activism backfires · Optics of Privilege · Voucher update · Week in culture · Much more!
The Week in Culture (August 21st)
### Watch Hot Ticket: Eden Ron Howard delves into thriller territory with this pre-WWII parable about a group of expats who find their jung
Tuesday Night Smackdown
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · Has Woke peaked · Cracking down on panhandling · McKay's Knoxville has union vibes · Much more!
Weird Metro Money
👍 Blackburn lands another endorsement · Housing supply misses the mark · Repeat offender of the day · Americana interview · Much more!
Sydney Sweeney and The King of the Summer Movie Season
Actor Paul Walter Hauser and writer/director Tony Tost pay homage to the rest of the country in their neo-western Americana