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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
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Footman Phil Strikes Again
NewsChannel 5's Phil Williams finds his latest bogeyman almost two hours from town via a podcast
First Look: Mario Cuomo’s “Leftovers” Music Video
Jay Curtis Miller has spent the last 14 months reliving Halloween. The Nashville-based filmmaker and music video director is currently finis
Tennessee's Biggest Carpetbagger Strikes Again
💸 Justin Kanew's latest grift · Crime on WeGo · Capital spending · Anora review · Much more!
A Kanew Political Low
With The Tennessee Holler, California transplant Justin Kanew has fashioned himself as the state’s uncontrollable opposition. But his dubious history and assaults on journalistic ethics could further embolden the legislature’s supermajority.
Review: Anora (2024)
As legacy pundits struggle to understand the cultural shift that led to Trumpworld’s return on November 5th, isolating its first rumblings h
Growing Pains And A Paradigm Shift
🚨 Council tussles with MNPD · Trimming the fat · DDs wanted · Much more!
If Santa Claus Knew Karate
🎅 Here's to the misfits · Tonight at Metro Council · This week in streaming · Much more!
Ho Ho Hi-ya
10th-degree black belt and Santa Claus Steve Cooper talks health, martial arts, and side work
This Week in Streaming (November 19)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Driving in Medieval Times
🛣️ Where the laws have no names · Bill Freeman passes · Belmont shooting update · Much more!
Bonhoeffer Gets the Big Screen Treatment
✝️ Interview with filmmaker Todd Komarnicki · McNally returns to his post · Film rundown · Much more!
The Priest Who Fought the Nazis
Filmmaker Todd Komarnicki on the role of blind faith in making a movie about Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
MNPD's Looming Staffing Challenges
🚨 Community organizaiton embraces police · Gangland · Christmas movie · Much more!
Review: Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
As popular as they are, the problem with Hallmark Christmas movies and their imitators is that they can never quite capture the emotional we
Filling Up the Kitchen Cabinet
🗄️ Tennesseans in the Trump admin · Deer rut · Nashville blushes · Much more!