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Gov. Bredesen's Bunkernew
Neighbors of governor's mansion battling to stop first lady's underground project.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
10-19-2007 |
Politics
Amy Grant, Off the Recordnew
The recording artist talks about her new book, her divorce and subsequent marriage to Vince Gill, "easy" hair, teenage crushes and more.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
10-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amy Grant
'Gone Baby Gone': Kenzie's Choicenew
Ben Affleck's directorial debut leaves nothing but grave moral doubts -- to its credit.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
10-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Nada Surf Continues Perfecting Melancholy Popnew
2005's The Weight Is a Gift solidified the band's reputation as proprietors of crisp, complex pop.
Nashville Scene |
Lee Stabert |
10-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nada Surf
Death Penalty Study in Tenn. is Set to Beginnew
Despite the findings of many previous studies, critics say the state has failed to make any meaningful changes to its capital justice system -- but advocates of the latest effort to study Tennessee's death penalty assure this time will be different.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
10-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Dems Say Sen. Lamar Alexander Can Be Beat in 2008 Racenew
And they think they've got just the man to do it in Mike McWherter, the 51-year-old son of former Tennessee Gov. Ned McWherter.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
10-09-2007 |
Politics
To Have, But Not To Holdnew
How the grisly murder and dismemberment of a young man led a well-off pilot to wed a woman serving life for the crime.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Examining the Machinery of Deathnew
Tennessee's governor is defiant, but executions could stop for months while courts decide constitutionality of lethal injection.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Afflict the Afflictednew
When a columnist returns from a cancer fight, what does The Tennessean do?
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
10-01-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
High Fashion Follynew
A Nashville fashion magazine goes belly up, leaving employees and advertisers holding the bag.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
10-01-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Visually Stunning Documentary Captures the Big Picture of Chinese Industrynew
Nothing illustrates the monstrosity of globalized commerce more vividly than the lateral tracking shot that opens Jennifer Baichwal’s mesmerizing documentary Manufactured Landscapes.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
09-24-2007 |
Reviews
'Red State Update': From Obscurity to National Famenew
For less than two years, two fictitious Middle Tennesseans have hosted Red State Update, an internet show that uploads several times a week, usually in three-minute increments -- after an appearance on the CNN/YouTube Democratic Debate, they're all over the place.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
09-24-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Tennessee's 'Certain Hubris' Toward Execution Protocolsnew
During four days of testimony, lawyers successfully painted Gov. Phil Bredesen's much-vaunted review of lethal injection procedures this year as a sham whose basic purpose was, not to ensure that executions are humane, but to help the state survive court challenges.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
09-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Nashville Mayoral Race 2007: Nice Guy Finishes Firstnew
Karl Dean beats Bob Clement in electoral showdown between old and new Nashville.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan and Jeff Woods |
09-17-2007 |
Politics
Can a Hard-Hitting Dafur Doc Inspire Intervention?new
Tonal modulation is everything in a political doc; the more dire the matter at hand, the more delicate the issue of how to address it. The crisis in Darfur compels The Devil Came on Horseback to commence in full-on grab-and-shake mode.
Nashville Scene |
Rob Nelson |
09-07-2007 |
Reviews
