The Counter-Counter Culture
🖼️ Nashville as the home of a new cultural movement · Crowded housing · Kash-Kountry Koalition · Much more!
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Clipping Some Wings
🛸 Traffic, taxes, & drones · Breakin’ In Ain’t Hard to Do · State Leaders Want Nashville Sheriff to Comply With ICE · Much more!
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👋🏻 Good morning! Here are some highlights from this week's happenings in Nashville: David Ian Trio will be performing at Rudy'z Jazz Room on Monday with jazz pianist David Ian joined by Blake Branch on upright bass and Sean McDonald on drums. Nashville's hottest monthly
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No Further West
🏇 The reinvigoration of the Western · Eat dirt and kick rocks · Early voting coming to an end · Much more!
The Western’s Grand Reversion
Horizon: An American Saga and Twisters shift the western beyond its well-trodden apologist territory.
Is the transit plan even about transit?
🚦 Where transport starts and transit ends · The Law · Meta · Kinds of Kindness · Weekly film rundown · Much more!
Review: Kinds of Kindness (2024)
Gen Z hates the salacious. It’s become a truism with Hollywood sex scenes declining 40% since the pre-9/11 days. Blame #MeToo or the psychol
Teed Up for an American Week
📆 What's going on this week · Back to school · Dazed and Confused · West from the Fallen Wall · Much more!
Review: West from the Fallen Wall
West from the Fallen Wall, Short Stories from the Pax Americana in Europe, is an impressive debut. Author Ryan Henderson’s unembellished yet
Q&A with Rep. Andy Ogles
🗳️ Andy Ogles talks about his policy priorities · Hate for me, but not for thee · This week in streaming · Much more!
One-on-one with Rep. Andy Ogles
The state's 5th District Congressman Fifth District Congressional candidate talks reelection plans
Nashvillians in the Olympics
🏊♂️ The Walsh sisters take to Paris · Ch-ch-changes · If You Like Pina Kamalas · Much more!
Lessons from an Old Marvel Movie
💥 What Punisher tells us about the country · Best Fish Sandwich in America · Country Clubbers · Much more!
The Populist Warning of Punisher: War Zone
How a 16-year-old Marvel flop predicted our current political moment.
Q&A with Courtney Johnston
🗳️ Johnston's top priorities · Affordable Housing · New Authority · Crumb Catcher review · Much more!
Review: Crumb Catcher (2023)
Dissecting the American class system is just fine when Bernie rails against the banks or Trump assaults the D.C. swamp, but always-online ar
The Circus Must Go On
📅 The Metro Council fails again · Civil Rights issue of our time · Deepfakes are coming · Much more!