AltWeeklies Wire
Tennessee Arts Commission Silences Sexualitynew
They decline to show artist Cindy Rehm's "suggestive" videos.
Nashville Scene |
John Pitcher |
05-25-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Tennessee's Cable Warsnew
While King Kong and Godzilla fight, public access stations try not to get flattened.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
05-25-2007 |
Media
Civic Development Group Takes Till It Hurtsnew
The Tennessee Fraternal Order of Police uses this suspect telemarketing firm to separate Hispanics from their money.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
05-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Even Lunatics Can Get Firearms in Tennesseenew
The dangerously mentally ill can buy guns in Tennessee in violation of federal law -- no questions asked -- because the state doesn't send their names to the FBI national instant background check system.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
05-18-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Witness to Philip Workman's Executionnew
Evidence suggesting he didn't fire the shot that killed a cop was not enough to stop his lethal injection.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
05-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Taxi Drivernew
Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard talks Postal Service, songwriting and Seattle.
Nashville Scene |
Lee Stabert |
05-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Gibbard
Philip Workman Asserted His Innocence 'Til the Endnew
But he was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m. Wednesday, making him the third inmate put to death in Tennessee in 47 years despite evidence casting new doubt on his guilt and growing concerns that supposedly benign lethal injections may actually cause excruciating pain.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
05-09-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'Marijuana Martyr' in Lockdownnew
Bernie Ellis, Nashville's cause celebre of the medical marijuana movement, has been placed in virtual lockdown at a halfway house in an apparent attempt to quell publicity surrounding his plight.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
05-04-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Running Out of Timenew
The governor refuses to extend the moratorium on the death penalty, despite evidence suggesting the system is flawed -- meanwhile, the execution of Philip Workman approaches.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
04-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Marijuana Martyrnew
Bernie Ellis gave comfort to the sick and dying -- for that crime, the government means to take everything he's got.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
04-27-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Age-Bias Case Moves Closer to Trialnew
Judge finds actions of former U.S. Attorney Jim Vines and his management team "suspect," refuses to dismiss age-discrimination lawsuit filed by former prosecutor.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
04-20-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Fisk University's Folliesnew
How the university tried to unload a Georgia O'Keeffe painting and almost lost a bundle in the process.
Nashville Scene |
Elizabeth Ulrich |
04-13-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Weird Sciencenew
A guide to Andrew Bird's Armchair Apocrypha.
Nashville Scene |
Lee Stabert |
04-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Andrew Bird
Can Anyone Compete With Bob Clement in TV Ad Wars?new
The former congressman's rivals in Nashville's mayoral campaign are quickly running out of time to raise enough money to wage an effective TV ad campaign.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
04-13-2007 |
Politics
Liberadio(!) Brings Liberal Talk to Nashville Radionew
After months of planning, co-hosts Mary Mancini and Freddie O'Connell have decided to challenge the old yap that commercial talk radio and progressive politics go together like peanut butter and failure.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
04-06-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
