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🍔 McDonald's does the robot · Property tax protest · D-16 zoning battle · Unified housing strategy · Andy Kaufman in Memphis · Week in streaming · Much more!
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The Ventilation Chamber
💨 Metro Council Recap: Hang up, study up, & take the pittance· Cheekwood added to neighborhood lawsuit · The Capitol is going pink again for Dolly · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
Good morning everyone! AMERICANAFEST will be taking over Nashville from Tuesday through Saturday this week. I've listed some recommendations for each day of the festival below, including several FREE events! Also, I listened to every band playing and collected some of the best acts onto one handy AMERICANAFEST
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Memphis, Andy Kaufman, & Inter-gender Sports
Step back fifty years in time with me if you will. A simpler time. You wake up in the house you could afford on a single income. Instead of
This Week in Streaming (April 29th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Densification On the Ropes in Woodbine
🏘️ District 16 shouts down upzoning proposal · New Youth Safety Director · Fusus on the fritz · Voucher voyage · Repeat offender of the day · Much more!
The Rise and Fall of Pants
👖 Civilizational decline and the rise of men's pants · Metro Sues RFK · Casada/Cothren Trial Update · Weekly film rundown · Much more!
Cut 'Em Loose, Round 'Em Up, Then Do It All Over Again
👑 Old Tent City requests audience with king · Upzone ya · Bills that died · Future deported of the day award · Conclave review · Much more!
Review: Conclave (2024)
Back in early March, we thought this Oscar also-ran would be going the way of many of its prestige predecessors after Anora and The Brutalis
Gavel, Out
🏛️ General Assembly concludes · Casad/Cothren Trial · Refugee funding tap runs dry · Canadian tourists · Bar to avoid like the plague of the day · Much more!
The future is now
🔮 Who will make it out of the 21st-century · Mayor O'Connell ready to take on LPRs · Pitfalls of Potholes · This week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (April 22nd)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Slash and Burn
💸 Grover Norquist stays on message · Reappraisals · O'Connell unphased · Biden's Gone · Repeat tourist offender of day · Much more!
Do we need more parties?
🌊 Tourism on the rocks around nation · Importing employees and property tax rates · New state budget · Cui bono Super Bowl · Criminals at large · Film Rundown · Much more!
Missing Megaphone
🎼 What ails the symphony · Blackburn hits VUMC · No tariff impact · Repeat illegal of the day · New Soderbergh movie · Much more!
Review: Black Bag (2025)
At some point between the frenzy over Killing Eve, Apple’s relentless PR push for Slow Horses, and Netflix’s binge-ready Treason, the Britis
Patchwork Politics
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · CHYM · Good tariff news · Reappraisals · Stupid judge of the week · Much more!