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DOWNTOWN SEES SHARP UPTICK IN PUBLIC CAMPING ARRESTS
State troopers take in 10 unhoused people around Riverfront Park
BY ELI MOTYCKA
STATE TROOPERS HAVE arrested at least 10 unhoused people in the past month under a 2022 law prohibiting outdoor camping on public property, according to court records.
The arrests have been concentrated near Riverfront Park, a terraced green space where Lower Broadway meets the Cumberland River. Police made just two arrests this year under the law prior to Oct. 29. News of state troopers’ sudden enforcement of the public camping ban quickly spread through the unhoused community, many of whom see the ban as a powerful legal weapon wielded by officers.
“They are targeting us homeless,” says Dennis, an unhoused man who uses a wheelchair and did not share his last name. “I can’t even move anywhere without help. They picked me up when I was passed-out, down at the cabin.”
Dennis says troopers arrested him and others at Fort Nashborough, the reconstructed log cabin that stands downtown on First Avenue as a historical monument to Nashville’s founding.
“It’s not anything that I’m aware of, but that’s not to say that hasn’t happened,” says Lt. Bill Miller, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Highway Patrol. “It might have been the Capitol protection unit, or troopers from the Nashville district. State troopers have jurisdiction anywhere in Tennessee, as we are a statewide law enforcement agency.”
Over the past four years, state lawmakers
CONCERT RIGGERS PUSH TO UNIONIZE
upgraded penalties for public camping in two strokes. In the midst of ongoing racial justice protests at the state Capitol (co-led by current state Rep. Justin Jones, elected in 2022), legislators upgraded unauthorized public camping from a misdemeanor to a class-E felony. That charge carries up to six years in prison and a fine up to $3,000. The GOPcontrolled legislature went further in 2022, passing additional legislation pushed by state Sen. Paul Bailey (R-Sparta) that more directly makes camping while homeless a felony. At the time, Gov. Bill Lee declined to sign the legislation — a symbolic gesture — stating that he feared the bill’s effects on homeless people. But Lee didn’t veto the law, allowing it to take effect on July 1, 2022.
Residents living on the street share the sense that they live at the mercy of troopers and police.
“To be arrested for camping on public land, you have to meet certain criteria — you have a source of food, water, a place to sleep on, a means of shelter, everything like that,” says Daniel, a 40-year-old man who lives outside in downtown Nashville, as he pushes a shopping cart full of clothes and personal belongings. “I can lie down in the grass and go to sleep, but [if] I have my stuff with me, they tell me to get the hell out. They say I’m camping, or impeding a walkway, or trespassing.”
At McKendree United Methodist Church, a
Nashville stagehands seek standard safety measures, hope to establish training program
BY ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ
IT’S A LITTLE DIZZYING to hear Nicolás Potere describe the high-flying work he does. A concert rigging professional of 12 years, he knows a lot about cables, anchors and safety lines, and their safest configurations. He knows the quirks of Bridgestone Arena, with its unlevel beams, as well as the tricks to set up stages at older venues around town. The cables and beams hold up speakers, lights and even stages, and should any of them give way — falling dozens or even hundreds of feet from the ceiling — there could be injuries or even death.
Potere says safety was one of the driving issues behind a recent push to unionize Nashville’s riggers, centering on stagehands who work primarily with Rhino Staging, one of the biggest names in the concert scene at the moment. Potere says there has been good momentum collecting signatures for union authorization cards. If 30 percent of workers sign cards showing interest in forming a union, the National Labor Relations Board will call for a vote. If workers vote in favor of the union, the NLRB will recognize it. Potere estimates that about 56 percent of Nashville concert riggers have signed
congregation on Church Street with substantial homelessness outreach, John Graham explains that living outside means navigating power dynamics and constantly shifting territory.
“They won’t let you sleep anywhere, even for a couple hours,” Graham, who juggles three jobs, tells the Scene while he waits to use the bathroom outside McKendree’s alleyway entrance. “They wake [you] up and tell you to keep moving. The hotels, the diners and the bars don’t want homeless people in there. They close their public restrooms to us. That’s why the streets smell like piss. Meanwhile these hotels have a hundred empty rooms.”
Different people have different theories about the sudden push against homeless people sleeping outside. Some peg it to the CMA Awards, a star-studded ceremony that took place Nov. 20 at Bridgestone Arena. On Nov. 21, Mayor Freddie O’Connell denied local involvement in the crackdown on WPLN’s This Is Nashville
“Everyone’s cracking down on homeless people because they’re tired of giving out warnings,” says one “Downtown Ambassador” who declined to give her name. The Nashville Downtown Partnership employs a corps of these Segway-mounted guides to patrol downtown.
In the immediate term, the spate of public camping felonies has driven more people into Davidson County jails and courts.
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cards — about 30 people in the close-knit community. (Potere also showed photos of signed cards to the Scene.)
Potere had hoped Rhino would voluntarily recognize the union — a simpler and quicker process when the majority signs authorization cards — especially since the company had already lost a battle against unionizing workers in Oregon. Potere says Rhino instead has been spreading misinformation about whether salaried workers can unionize. (Some riggers have W-2s, even though stagehand work can be a freelance endeavor.) He also says some early supporters of the union have been peeled away by the efforts.
However, two competing cases are now sitting in front of the NLRB: one from Rhino and one from the Appalachian Concert Riggers Union Local No. 615. Rhino is accusing the ACRU of coercion, and the budding union responded by accusing the staging company of unfair labor practices, including coercive actions of its own.
Potere says he is listed in the charge filed by Rhino and plans to represent himself. The charge from Rhino seems to stem from a heated confrontation between Potere and another worker. Potere has not been scheduled for work with Rhino and believes his dismissal was an attempt to disrupt organizing. While legal proceedings can result in a judge requiring employers to bargain with the union, Potere says he would rather avoid a delay in recognition. The sense of urgency, again, is all about safety. In Orlando, Fla., around Halloween, a stagehand died setting up a concert. Potere also described a
individuals involved in the expansive homeless services landscape now include Davidson County prosecutors weighing whether to punish poverty or look the other way.
“Each offense is evaluated on a case-by-case basis,” DA spokesperson Ken Whitehouse tells the Scene on Friday morning, an hour before three camping cases are set to come up in front of Judge Allegra Walker. “Since they are pending, we can’t speak on the specifics.”
In court, Assistant District Attorney Jenny Charles isn’t pursuing felony charges. The DA’s office brought in the Office of Homeless Services to coordinate with defendants, who were released from custody Friday with court dates the following week.
“I think we can all agree that a class-E felony is an overreach, but I don’t think the answer is returning her to live under a bridge,” Charles wrote to one individual’s public defender the day before three camping cases came up in court.
During a recess, a court employee made a passing comment about how Riverfront Park seemed like a preferable place to sleep for someone without any alternatives. She wondered aloud if the troopers in the room would arrest her.
“I turned my own brother in,” a trooper responded. ▼
concert at Bridgestone Arena earlier this year that showed signs of faulty rigging. Potere declined to name the show, but shared footage with the Scene showing an elevated stage, held aloft by cables, dropping one corner by a foot or two. Fortunately it held together, and the performers didn’t seem to notice.
Crowe Selena, an ACRU officer, says part of the slipping safety standards is due to an influx of new workers with little training or experience following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Selena, who has worked in the industry for 10 years, says she had a brush with serious injury herself fixing inexperienced stagehands’ mistakes — errors that could have resulted in a stage collapsing.
Potere says one goal would be for the union to establish its own training facility as well as the common-practice ranks of apprentice and journeyman. Potere says that while Rhino offers safety training, some of the methods taught are incorrect or not up to the standard he and experienced stagehands would expect. While the union is targeting Rhino employees, the hope is that these standards apply citywide, no matter what company is in town — noting that Rhino is just the most recent big player in town.
“The joke is that the T-shirt changes but the riggers that are going up on the roof stays the same,” says Potere. “The grid stays the same.”
The Scene reached out to Rhino Staging Tennessee and its lawyer for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication. Potere says the next meeting for the ACRU will be Dec. 7. ▼
MURAL HONORING CHARLES STROBEL UNVEILED
Eighth Avenue South art piece honors Room In The Inn founder, longtime participants
BY HANNAH HERNER
RECENTLY, AN ANONYMOUS benefactor contacted local muralist Rachyl LaGrone offering to pay for a mural, which could go to a recipient of her choosing. LaGrone ultimately picked local homeless services nonprofit Room In The Inn. When LaGrone started planning the mural on Eighth Avenue South near Cannery Row, founder Father Charles Strobel was still alive. Strobel founded RITI in 1985, and it has since grown to offer daily meals and classes, 48 permanent supportive apartments, 74 transitional beds and a winter sheltering program, which is spread across more than 100 area congregations. Strobel died in August 2023. Earlier this year, Metro Nashville named its first permanent supportive housing units after Strobel.
The mural also pays tribute to longtime residents and beneficiaries of the Room In The Inn programming Melvin Scates and Carl Lillard, as well as the artist’s brother, Jordan LaGrone, who died during the planning process and was incorporated into the design. LaGrone says she was touched by the reactions of Scates’ and Lillard’s families, as well as the people walking by during
the three weeks she spent painting.
“Once I started painting their faces it was crazy,” LaGrone tells the Scene. “People were coming out of the woodwork so excited to see them. I knew it would be important because of my brother, but everyone coming out, and seeing the big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. … It seems like it’s been really powerful and important to [the unhoused community] to feel seen.”
Hershel Lillard, Carl’s brother, gave his blessing for the mural. Hershel has used Room In The Inn services alongside his brother since 1996, and got sober and housed in 2016. He will begin working in maintenance at the organization in January.
“It gives me hope that Carl will never be forgotten,” Hershel says. “When [people] see that mural, I want them to think this place is not here just so you take a shower and stuff — they’re here because they love you and they want you to do better. That’s how I feel about this place.”
The unveiling comes in the midst of cold-weather-shelter season, which starts Nov.
out
1 and ends March 31. Now in its 39th season, the organization houses an average of 100 people experiencing homelessness per night, spread
to congregations across town. According to executive director Rachel Hester, RITI is looking for additional participants. ▼
ARTIST RACHYL LAGRONE POSES WITH HER DEPICTION OF HER BROTHER JORDAN LAGRONE
A NEW MURAL ON EIGHTH AVENUE SOUTH FEATURING ROOM IN THE INN FOUNDER CHARLES STROBEL (FAR RIGHT)
O’CONNELL COMMITS $527 MILLION IN NEW SPENDING PLAN
Roadway improvements, juvenile center and general maintenance top latest capital spending plan
BY ELI MOTYCKA
MAYOR FREDDIE O’CONNELL filed the city’s latest capital spending plan last week, pledging $527 million for citywide projects. Nashville’s new juvenile justice center is the plan’s single biggest line item at $88 million, followed by substantial commitments to roadways and building maintenance. The Metro Council will now review the plan, along with accompanying legislation that precedes a municipal bond issuance.
Nearly a quarter of O’Connell’s plan continues funding major projects started under previous administrations. The East Bank — a vast section of the urban core eyed for total redevelopment by the city, private developers and the Tennessee Titans — gets $33 million in infrastructure dollars to rejigger the street grid and lay down basic utilities. Another $6.5 million pays for project management related to East Bank development within Metro’s Planning Department. Part of the East Bank vision includes moving Nashville’s juvenile justice center from its current site next to Nissan Stadium to the former Al Menah Shrine Temple site on Brick Church Pike.
The $88 million for the juvenile justice center included in this plan brings the city’s total project allocation to $240 million over three phases in three previous CSPs. Other spending goes toward new solar projects, Hadley Park Library construction, turf athletic fields, sidewalks and
updates to Metro technology, including $18.5 million in enterprise software from Oracle.
The mayor’s capital spending plan allocates money to specific projects outlined in the Capital Improvements Budget, an annual document that functions like a running wish list of city projects. Each capital spending plan comes at the discretion of the mayor. O’Connell’s last CSP came in at $514 million in January.
Major bond rating agencies Kroll, Moody’s and Standard & Poor have all upgraded Metro bond ratings in the past two months, giving the city strong standing on the municipal bond market.
“The ‘AA+’ long-term rating reflects our view of Nashville’s growing economy, strong financial position and proactive management team,” says Bobby Otter, an S&P credit analyst, in a recent ratings release. “The rating further reflects our view of the city’s gradually improving financial position and reserves.”
Moody’s deems Nashville’s outlook “favorable” despite an “elevated debt profile,” pointing out a liabilities-to-revenue ratio of 227 percent. Moody’s goes on to praise prudent financial management over the past five years. If approved by the Metro Council, the new plan and associated bond issuance will be the first CSP under new Metro finance director Jenneen Kaufman Reed. ▼
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WITNESS HISTORY
These soup spoons were played as percussion instruments by singer and songwriter Bobby Hebb. In the 1950s, Hebb played spoons and other instruments with Roy Acuff’s band, the Smoky Mountain Boys, on the Grand Ole Opry—making Hebb one of the first Black musicians to perform on the show.
From the exhibit Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues Revisited RESERVE TODAY
artifact: Courtesy of Bobby Hebb artifact photo: Bob Delevante
Our thank-you notes to the workers, organizers and other Nashvillians who make our city special
We won’t sugarcoat it: Things have felt a little bleak lately. Fewer hours of sunlight; the anxiety of a looming Christmas season; a discouraging political landscape … to put it mildly. But there’s also an awful lot to be grateful for here in Nashville, and that’s why we at the Scene have turned the “Hey, Thanks” issue into an annual tradition — a bright spot at the outset of the holiday season, alongside screenings of The Last Waltz and leftover-turkey sandwiches.
In this year’s installment, Scene staff and contributors say thanks to many of the local people, organizations and institutions that make our city a special place to live. In our cover package this week you’ll find our notes of appreciation to animal rescue workers, booksellers, homeless service providers, arborists, dentists and a whole lot more. Read along with us as we at the Scene look at Nashville and say, “Hey, thanks.”
—D. PATRICK RODGERS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Hey Thanks, New Mexico State Aggies
Hey Thanks, Animal Rescue Workers
To the rescue organizations, pet foster families and all the others who take care of at-risk animals
Without animals, life would be a lot harder. They provide unquantifiable amounts of comfort, love and levity when those things can be hard to find elsewhere. Unfortunately, humans aren’t always as good to animals as animals are to us, or they sometimes find themselves unable to take care of their beloved pets. Thankfully, there are people willing to step in to give these animals a chance.
The oftentimes heartbreaking work of animal rescue isn’t always easy or glamorous. It entails tasks like cleaning cages, dealing with sickness, injuries or behavioral issues among animals, interacting with people who don’t deserve pets and occasionally making difficult decisions for the animals they can’t save. These jobs require endless amounts of hard work and patience with little reward — but it’s important, and the animals deserve it. There are so many people who facilitate this work, from those working at animal rescue organizations to those who foster pets, the vets who offer free or discounted services to care for rescues, the people who care for community cats and even those who have simply taken time out of their day to reunite a lost pet with its owner. We at the Scene are very grateful for all this work. If animals could speak, we’re sure they would say the same.
—Kelsey Beyeler Reporter, Nashville Scene
Vanderbilt’s football program appreciates your quarterback and coaching staff
The college football world rejoiced — and marveled — when the long-suffering Vanderbilt Commodores defeated the nation’s top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide on Oct. 5. It barely made sense: What had changed since last season, when the ’Dores failed to win a single Southeastern Conference game? The answer lay at least in part in Las Cruces, N.M.
While Vandy spent the 2023 season as the punching bag of the SEC, head coach Clark Lea took great interest in the New Mexico State Aggies, a team that pulled off their own improbable upset over the Auburn Tigers that season thanks to clever coaching and undersized, under-the-radar quarterback Diego Pavia. Lea spent the offseason recruiting Pavia and five Aggies coaches: offensive coordinator Tim Beck, head coach Jerry Kill (now a “chief consultant” to Lea) and position coaches Ghaali Muhammad-Lankford, Melvin Rice and Garrett Altman. This infusion of talent seems to have helped inspire a real turnaround — not just a one-off upset — as the ’Dores are bowl eligible for the first time since current Vandy freshmen were in middle school. Regardless of how the rest of the season goes, they’ve made history thanks to a bunch of Aggies.
—Cole Villena Associate Editor, Nashville Scene
Hey Thanks, Homeless Outreach Workers
To groups like Colby’s Army doing the important work of serving unhoused Nashvillians
It’s incredibly stressful to be an unhoused person in Nashville. With housing, food and hygiene needs hanging in the balance, a fleet of homeless service providers seeks to stand in the gap. This year, nonprofit Colby’s Army and their peers faced flak from Metro Parks, who at one point kicked them out of Richland Park for serving food and handing out hygiene supplies to people experiencing homelessness there, saying the group would need a permit in the future. Similar action at other parks and with other groups followed.
It can also be quite stressful to take care of the people experiencing homelessness in our city. It takes a lot of time and patience to begin to chip away at the long list of steps it takes to get a person living on the streets into affordable housing. Providers don’t need any additional barriers to the difficult work they do. A common saying in the nonprofit world: “Meet people where they are.” These folks do just that.
While the outreach groups eventually obtained the permits after jumping through some hoops, it took weeks — time and resources that could have been devoted to helping those same people have a place to live. Thank you to these groups for advocating for the unhoused people of Nashville, and reminding us that parks are for everyone.
— Hannah Herner Reporter, Nashville Scene and Nashville Post
Hey, Thanks TheraPaint Studio
Jackie Laurian Long and Jake Long offer a very therapeutic experience
Remember those 8 p.m. howls we had during the pandemic to thank health care workers and also to let out our guttural angst? They were cathartic for some, but they disappeared as things got back to “normal.” Now it’s generally frowned upon to howl in public, much as we might want to.
But thanks to TheraPaint Studio we do have another opportunity to let it all out. Jackie Laurian Long and her husband, former NFL player Jake Long, have been through a lot of personal ups and downs. (The list includes 14 cross-country moves, 24 orthopedic surgeries and not one but two near-death experiences due to surgical staph infections, the birth of two children and one miscarriage.) In the privacy of their garage, the Longs started throwing paint at a canvas (first Jackie, then Jake) and found it offered a safe, primal release and a way to process emotions about all those events.
Earlier this year the Longs opened TheraPaint Studio in a 1920s Music Row bungalow to share the experience. They offer clean rooms, PPE and compostable paint and paper. Think of it as a kinder, gentler rage room. You spend 45 minutes throwing paint in a private room with sound buffers — that way no one else hears you cursing elected officials, your ex or whatever else has you seeing red. But because the space is pristine, you don’t see the detritus of other people’s rage. It’s just a blank canvas for you and your emotions. There’s a speaker if you want to play music (or other audio) to make it a multisensory experience. When you’re done, everything you created is collected and composted into TheraPaint’s garden, which you are encouraged to visit and meditate in.
TheraPaint Studio was the 2024 answer to my question, “What am I supposed to do about all this?” It doesn’t replace therapy, but sometimes you don’t want to talk about it. You just want to act. Or howl.
—Margaret Littman Contributor, Nashville Scene
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Hey Thanks, Restoration Roundup
To the Belcourt folks programming one of the best film series of the year
As film studios continue to figure out exactly what the post-pandemic theatrical landscape looks like, a new avenue has emerged as a consistent way to bring audiences out to the theaters: repertory screenings of old movies. Although they have been around for ages, rep screenings have seen an uptick in recent years as independent theaters and megaplexes alike have struggled to find new movies to screen as the traditionally robust output of studio fare has seen a sharp decline.
The Belcourt Theatre’s excellent repertory programming has long been a local favorite, but the Restoration Roundup series has taken it to the next level. The series features a wide cross section of genres and eras, running the gamut from all-time classics to underseen gems, all rendered in pristine 4K restorations or newly uncovered 35 mm prints. It’s a feast for the eyes and an important resource for fans of the theatrical experience. Check out the list — if you’re a fan of movies, you’re bound to find something intriguing in there. Personally, I’m looking forward to the film-bro classic double feature of The Third Man and Pulp Fiction on Dec. 1. Or as a tribute to a titan of local film criticism, go see The Umbrellas of Cherbourg on Dec. 14 or 16 — that one was a favorite of the late, great Scene editor-in-chief Jim Ridley.
—Logan Butts
Reporter, Nashville Scene
Hey Thanks, ‘The Laydown Diaries’
A special shout-out to Ann Patchett, the Patron Saint of Book Recs
If you’re anything like me, you walk into a bookstore and your mind goes blank. What do I like to read? Where do I start? Have I heard about any of these books? Parnassus Books has found a way to help people like me, and that’s through a video series called “The Laydown Diaries,” hosted by award-winning author and Parnassus owner Ann Patchett — along with her dog Nemo VanDevender.
When Nashville went into lockdown for COVID-19, bookstore traffic came to a halt. The Parnassus team decided to film Patchett talking about new releases every Tuesday and post the videos on social media. Customers could order the books Patchett recommended, and the store would ship them out. The first video aired in June 2020, and since then Parnassus has posted 229 videos, each garnering north of 100,000 views across all of the bookstore’s platforms. The videos were an instant hit, and not just for selling books. When the Covenant School shooting happened last year, Patchett — a well-known non-crying stoic person — cried on camera. Recently, Patchett’s dog — original Parnassus shop dog Sparky — passed away. Patchett filmed that week’s video in advance, knowing she wouldn’t be able to tell people after Sparky was gone.
The video series, filmed and edited by Parnassus marketing and communications director Sarah Arnold, has expanded to a Friday video series called “New to You,” in which Patchett recommends an older paperback book.
Parnassus Books just celebrated its 13th anniversary. If you’ve been around long enough, you may remember the shop’s early author events, when Patchett would recommend books she had just read, or books that you might like based on the author you were there to see. I learned early on that Patchett’s book recs are elite, and I’m grateful to receive them from the comfort of my phone every Tuesday and Friday.
Hey Thanks, Local Tree Advocates
To the groups and individuals working to keep the city’s tree canopy strong and verdant
In last week’s Scene cover story, staff reporter Eli Motycka described the existential struggle of Nashville’s tree-canopy advocates — the arborists who are protecting our city’s trees not just from invasive species and other natural threats, but also humans. While rampant development of course poses a threat to our city’s green canopy, sometimes the culprit is simple ignorance. Often decades-old nativespecies trees are “topped” (a debilitating form of heavy trimming) or altogether removed because homeowners see them as an inconvenience.
Groups like the city-funded Root Nashville and nonprofits the Nashville Tree Foundation and the Nashville Tree Conservation Corps are on the front lines of the battle for Nashville’s trees. While Root does the direct and important work of planting trees (roughly 50,000 since its founding in 2019), the NTCC and the NTF focus on legal protections and education efforts. Meanwhile, city officials like Metro Councilmember Burkley Allen and Vice Mayor Angie Henderson push legislation to minimize preventable tree removal on construction sites and elsewhere, while for-profit tree-care experts like the folks at TreeSavvy preach the gospel of responsible tree care.
In addition to their obvious aesthetic appeal, native trees in urban spaces reduce soil erosion and runoff, improve air quality and reduce surface temperatures during the summer months. And so we have to recognize these modern-day urban Loraxes for their essential but often thankless work.
—D. Patrick Rodgers Editor-in-Chief, Nashville Scene
Hey Thanks, Poll Workers
To those who help their community perform this important civic duty
Being a poll worker is not always an easy task, and the stakes (i.e., the well-being of our democracy) are high. Amid the political tension of this month’s presidential election — which saw infrequent but nevertheless serious reports of voter intimidation from across the country, including an assault in Texas, bomb threats made toward polling locations in swing states and arson of some ballot boxes — the job might have felt particularly daunting.
By and large, however, the expansive network of local and national polling locations facilitated a smooth election that wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for those dedicated to helping maintain one of our country’s core tenets — free and fair elections. Many poll workers did so with friendly faces as they helped new and longtime voters alike cast their ballots or understand election procedure. I even saw one poll worker leaning into the patriotic theme in a starry red-white-and-blue outfit. We are grateful to everyone who worked to help their community perform this important civic duty, from poll workers to local election officials. They do all this regardless of their fellow citizens’ personal political beliefs, and they don’t receive enough gratitude for doing so. We thanked them for their work last year, but considering this year’s difficulties, we think it bears repeating.
—Kim Baldwin Digital Editor, Nashville Scene
—Kelsey Beyeler Reporter, Nashville Scene
Hey Thanks, Oasis Center
The queer-centered youth crisis intervention organization does important work in Nashville and beyond
As Tennessee’s queer-centered youth crisis intervention organization, the Oasis Center works with more than 3,500 young people and their families every year, providing traumainformed care for those in need. More than 20 programs run through the Oasis Center, giving queer youth the resources, leadership training and community of care they might not receive elsewhere. Tennessee’s LGBTQ community has been heavily targeted in recent years, with the introduction of legislation designed to limit drag performances, the removal of books from public school libraries (many of them featuring LGBTQ themes) and the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti, which will center on Tennessee’s ban of gender-affirming care for minors.
This controversy can make Tennessee feel like an unsafe space for the LGBTQ community. In that struggle, the Oasis Center steps in as a safe space, acting as a bridge to diverse opportunities and a community where people can find a home. Their work is incredibly important not just in Nashville, but also for those in rural Tennessee. Not everyone has the opportunity to grow up in a home where they can be comfortable in their skin and have access to the resources they need. The Oasis Center is that place for so many young Tennesseans, and a cornerstone of the LGBTQ community here. Thank you, Oasis Center. Your work does not go unnoticed, and the sense of belonging you provide is immeasurable.
Hey Thanks, First-Time Candidates
A slate of women blazed a trail for future candidates this election year
First-time political candidate Ailina Carona said something that has stuck with me ever since I wrote about the “New Girls Club” of first-time female candidates in Tennessee several months ago. She said running a campaign has been one of the hardest things she’d ever done, save for childbirth. Though Carona lost her bid for Tennessee’s House District 57, she has three children, so she knows she could do it again — even after the pain of her first campaign.
“Women are made for a capacity for pain that is so much more than men, and I think that can transfer into all areas of our life,” Carona told me.
These new candidates were united in their frustration with a lack of gun violence prevention at the state level and with seeing their reproductive rights slashed. It was personal — Shaundelle Brooks’ son and Claire Jones’ co-worker were victims of gun violence, and Laura Andreson is an OB/GYN facing the fallout of Tennessee’s abortion ban firsthand.
While confident, they didn’t have delusions of grandeur. Though some ran in overwhelmingly conservative districts, they thought, “I’ll run to at least see if there’s an appetite for a Democratic candidate in my area.” They thought, “Why not me?” Come election night, all but Brooks — who was elected to state House District 60 — were defeated.
I’m grateful to Brooks, Carona, Jones, Andreson, Ali Beale and Teri Mai for pushing. They led with their hearts and backed it up with knowledge and determination. In doing so, they’ve blazed the trail for the next mom, woman, Democrat who throws their hat into the ring.
—Hannah Herner Reporter, Nashville Scene and Nashville Post
Hey Thanks, Independent Music Stores
Hats off to the places that make a decidedly not-pro musician feel at home
Being drawn to used music gear has plenty to do with my budget, but it comes with benefits. Every item has its own story: Take my bass guitar, which revealed the indecipherable remnants of an autograph under a black light. While a big-box store needs to cater to what’s current, independent shops can give you all of that plus a greatest hits sampler of gear from years past, along with the most personal service possible. It all serves the goal of getting you to spend more time playing and less time fantasizing about acquiring stuff.
Whether it’s used or new, each guitar on the wall — and each keyboard or drum in the rack, effects pedal in the case and so on — is a new chapter of someone’s story waiting to be written. That’s a heady thing to be around, even if I’m just kicking tires on my lunch break.
I’m so glad we have so many of these stores, and all so different from one another, around Nashville. Fanny’s House of Music founders Pamela Cole and Leigh Maples have spent years cultivating an inclusive atmosphere, and they’re working to secure the store’s future as they get ready to retire. Gruhn Guitars and the recently expanded Carter Vintage Guitars cultivate a fascinating array of elite equipment. Eastside Music Supply, whose offerings include the largest selection of pedals I’ve ever seen, moved to a bigger space and celebrated its 10th anniversary this summer.
These are the tip of the iceberg, and there’s always more to explore: Todd Austin and Jamie Jackson just opened Tone Central Station next to Grimey’s. Though I’m merely a curious hobbyist in a town brimming with pros, I always feel welcome in a mom-and-pop music shop, and I’ll always be thankful for that.
—Stephen Trageser Music Editor, Nashville Scene
—Katie Beth Cannon Editorial Intern, Nashville Scene
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Hey Thanks, Cub Scouts of America
To the organization making camping more pleasant, one kid at a time
Being a parent can be hard. That’s kind of the main thing about it, really. Sure, caring for another human being has its perks, but it’s also deeply draining. Did you know there’s a term for the time between when young children get home and when they eat dinner? They call it the “arsenic hour.” I bring that up not because I think poisoning yourself or your child is a good idea, but just to illustrate how insane it feels to come home from work and be expected to stay on for a few more hours. I love my kid, and spending time with her is honestly my favorite thing to do. It’s just that sometimes I have no ideas for how to pass the time.
That’s where the Cub Scouts of America come in. My daughter doesn’t like the theater, she can’t drive, she knows nothing about international politics. But she does love camping, building things and learning about plants. You know what I know about camping? (Cub Scouts, have you even met me?) I’m just about as indoor-kid as one can get. But I’ll do anything for my girl, and the Cub Scouts make that easy. I don’t have to plan, and I don’t have to source any strange survival gear. Clueless parents like myself need only show up and pay a small annual membership fee to have a seemingly endless amount of resources at our fingertips. I can just follow along, bring the bug spray, and watch my daughter proudly recite the Scout oath, promising to be trustworthy, loyal and helpful. She’s even started talking about wanting to plant a vegetable garden, just to be thrifty. But come on, kid. This isn’t Little House on the Prairie.
—Laura Hutson Hunter Arts Editor, Nashville Scene
Hey
Thanks, Morgan Mizell of Curtsy Ballroom
A competitive dancer choreographed a last-minute first dance for a couple of procrastinators
So it turns out planning a wedding is complicated. The abundance of tasks is headspinning, and my wife and I struggled to stay on top of the ever-growing list. When we finally got serious about learning a routine for our first dance, the wedding date was five or six weeks away — and we learned that most instructors recommend six months of practice.
Fortunately we found an Instagram post by Curtsy Ballroom featuring a couple who also needed some last-minute instruction. I reached out to Curtsy’s founder, Morgan Mizell, and she was confident she could teach us a dance in three to five sessions. She taught us a simple foxy with some flashy spins and twirls, choreographed to Billie Holiday’s “Crazy He Calls Me.” It was fun, kinetic and not as stuffy as a waltz. And Mizell — a recent country-Western dance champion — brought the level of professionalism, patience and encouragement we needed.
We still stumbled a bit on the big day, but it was much better than swaying around like two awkward kids at a high school dance. And we looked cute together, and our friends and families seemed to enjoy it. The memory will always be a special one — so a big thank-you to Morgan.
— Alejandro Ramirez Managing Editor, Nashville Scene
Hey Thanks, Affordable Dental Care Providers Because visiting the dentist is scary enough
Dental health is an essential part of overall well-being, but it’s not always accessible to Tennesseans. Medicare, for example, doesn’t include dental coverage, and TennCare didn’t expand to cover certain dental procedures until 2023. That’s why we’re grateful for organizations like the Lentz Dental Clinic, which provides both comprehensive care for kids (ages 20 and younger) and emergency care for adults. Patients are billed on an income-based sliding scale, and clinic director Kimberly Smith says they’re making a concerted effort to reach kids who may never have been to the dentist before, both in the clinic and at in-school events.
“When these kids have dental pain, they cannot pay attention at school nor participate in activities they normally would — things all children should be able to do,” Smith says via email. “[We] provide the services that they would receive at any pediatric specialty dental office for a reasonable price, and get them out of pain as fast, safely, and (most importantly) as atraumatically as possible.”
They’re not the only option either. Meharry Medical College’s School of Dentistry offers free regular Oral Health Day, and the Tennessee Alliance of Oral Health Advocates and the Tennessee Department of Health both keep lists of affordable clinics throughout Middle Tennessee. Visiting the dentist can be scary, but having so many options for care is something to smile about.
—Cole Villena Associate Editor, Nashville Scene
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SATURDAY, NOV. 30
MUSIC
[WHEN THE CLASSICS DIG YOU] CLAUDIO SIMONETTI’S
GOBLIN
The trail of various incarnations of legendary Italian prog group Goblin is as labyrinthine as one of their compositions. What a Nashville Goblin fan will want to know ahead of their performance: The offshoot that played a phenomenal show as Goblin at Exit/In in 2017 sadly is no more (R.I.P. to guitarist Massimo Morante, who died in 2022), and while this branch features an entirely different lineup, it is led by founding keyboardist and bandleader Claudio Simonetti, who was involved in all of the profoundly evocative, exceptionally menacing and highly influential film scoring work the band did in the 1970s and ’80s. Saturday’s show is an “anthology” performance, meaning you can expect tastes of Goblin’s collaborations with revered horror director Dario Argento like Deep Red, Suspiria and Tenebrae, Lamberto Bava’s Demons, the European release of Dawn of the Dead and more, all with relevant film accompaniment. The group’s shows frequently include compositions from Goblin’s albums that weren’t tied to a film, as well as newer pieces written with this ensemble — and just for kicks, a medley of their takes on John Carpenter’s theme from Halloween and Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells” (which you know from The Exorcist). STEPHEN TRAGESER
8 P.M. AT 3RD AND LINDSLEY
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[DISCO PANTS] INDIE SLEAZE PARTY
While I’m sad to see the monthly ’80s night go at The 5 Spot, I am relieved to have another dance party to depend on. At my first go-around of the Indie Sleaze Party, DJs Amy Darling and John Stamps played “Murder on the Dance Floor” (thank Saltburn for its recent resurgence), and I count it as one of the best bar moments of my life. Indie Sleaze honors the late-Aughts era of fashion and music — think The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes and MGMT. When I go to The 5 Spot on the last Friday of the month, I’m bringing out my Alexa Chung best: smudgy eye makeup, Doc Martens, knee-high socks and my last surviving circle skirt. If you still own anything from American Apparel, bonus points. For me, this era was all about things I saw on Tumblr when I was in college, but I welcome people of all ages to hit the dance floor and move to some of the best alternative pop music ever created. (Ever heard “Electric Feel?”) Time to chase your messy-girl bliss at the Indie Sleaze Party. HANNAH HERNER
9 P.M. AT THE 5 SPOT
MUSIC [ROOF-RAISING ROOTS ROCK] PAT McLAUGHLIN
As a songwriter, Pat McLaughlin is a Nashville institution. His songs have been recorded by some of popular music’s biggest stars, including Jimmy Buffett, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Trisha Yearwood, Don Williams and Dan Auerbach. The fact that he was one of John Prine’s regular co-writers for a quarter-century — he co-wrote the double-Grammy-winning Prine single “I Remember Everything” — only underscores his stature as a songwriter. McLaughlin is also a Nashville institution when it comes to live performance, and it was on the stages of clubs across the city in the late ’70s and early ’80s that he first made his mark with a fiery brand of roots rock. Four decades later, he’s still raising the roof during his live shows with the Pat McLaughlin Band, which includes lead guitarist Kenny Greenberg, drummer Greg Morrow and bassist Steve Mackey, who replaced the late, great Michael Rhodes. The group headlines a post-Thanksgiving show Friday night at 3rd & Lindsley, and although he never really has a set list, McLaughlin says they will perform material from across his entire career. They might even play a brand-new song or one that’s never been recorded. “We call ’em at the GREYSON ANDERSON W/HEAVEN HONEY, UNDERSTAR & CAROLINE CRONIN PAGE 22
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line of scrimmage,” he jokes. “I play a lot of old songs, but we try to mix it up a bit.” DARYL SANDERS
8 P.M. AT 3RD & LINDSLEY
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HIKING
[WALK A MILE] DAY-AFTER-THANKSGIVING HIKES AT TENNESSEE STATE PARKS
Whether you’re looking to burn off a few extra calories or just avoid all the Black Friday madness, Tennessee State Parks have you covered with a wide range of free guided hikes to celebrate the day after Thanksgiving. Radnor Lake is offering a “native grasslands hike” through the Hall Farm area, highlighting a number of bird species, as well as the park’s bald eagle management efforts. If you’ve got a little more time to spend, you might check out Montgomery Bell State Park, which is offering a two-mile beginner hike up to the Lake Woodhaven Spillway. Or perhaps head east to Burgess Falls State Park or even Fall Creek Falls, as both are offering guided treks that feature plenty of natural beauty and scenic cascades and waterfalls. Need to stick a little closer to home? The 75-minute tour of Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park is totally worthwhile, enabling visitors to explore everything from the 95-bell carillon to the Tennessee World War II Memorial. To learn more, visit tnstateparks.com.
AMY STUMPFL
[POODLE SKIRTS AND POMPADOURS]
MUSIC
DEKE DICKERSON W/DR. ‘CRAZY JOE’ TRITSCHLER AND KYLE ELDRIDGE POWER TRIO
Deke Dickerson stands as an anomaly against the backdrop of modern music. As America’s self-proclaimed “roots music superhero,” Dickerson has carved out a niche all his own over the past 30 years while reinventing classic country, rock ’n’ roll and rockabilly sounds in his own tongue-in-cheek fashion. The Missouri native turned Southern California rocker works tirelessly as an entertainer, writer, archivist and advocate for a bygone era in the music industry, but he does so with a vigor that keeps his work fresh and fun for contemporary listeners. Attendees of the yearly Nashville Boogie know Dickerson’s high-energy live shows well, as the guitar maestro is a regular performer at the yearly all-things-retro festival held at Eastside Bowl. Joining the bill is fellow trad rocker Dr. “Crazy Joe” Tritschler along with the Kyle Eldridge Power Trio featuring special guest Brandon Birkedahl. Get out those blue suede shoes, folks — it’s sure to be a real hootenanny.
JASON VERSTEGEN
8 P.M. AT THE ’58 AT EASTSIDE BOWL 1508 GALLATIN PIKE S.
[WHERE HISTORY COMES TO LIFE]
160TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLES OF SPRING HILL AND FRANKLIN
In a region so defined by its Civil War history, it’s almost impossible to overstate the significance of the battles of Spring Hill and Franklin. This weekend, you can join the Battle of Franklin
Trust as it commemorates the 160th anniversary of these historic conflicts with a variety of programs and activities. On Friday, you can experience a 90-minute battlefield tour, along with a free evening tour of Rippa Villa in Spring Hill. And on Saturday, there will be Franklin battlefield tours — including an option to walk the battlefield at dawn with BOFT historian Joseph Ricci. That evening, there will be a few public remarks honoring the occasion at Carnton, with free guided tours running from 5 to 8 p.m. at both Carnton and the Carter House. It’s rare to see these sites open in the evening, and it’s a unique way to experience the somber stories behind the battles. Check boft.org/commemoration for a full schedule, and be sure to watch for upcoming events, including several living history programs and military demonstrations set for Dec. 7 at Carnton. AMY STUMPFL NOV. 29-30 IN FRANKLIN AND SPRING HILL
FILM
[I DON’T SMILE FOR PICTURES] RESTORATION ROUNDUP: PULP FICTION
It’s difficult to explain to people who weren’t there how much of a pop-cultural atomic blast Pulp Fiction was when it dropped 30 years ago. Everybody’s favorite cool nerd Quentin Tarantino followed up his 1992 heist-flick debut Reservoir Dogs with a crazier, kitschier, more cold-blooded crime saga, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes before taking the world by storm. Just like Dogs, Pulp has murderers, criminals and other L.A. lowlifes making trivial small talk before getting in sticky situations where — to borrow a movie title from another Angeleno filmmaker — there will be blood. Inspired by everything from Westerns to French New Wave films to ’70s grindhouse rotgut, Pulp is a flickering, foul-mouthed funhouse of a movie (featuring a soundtrack filled with surf-rock jams and retro pop hits) that brought mainstream attention to indie cinema, made film geeks feel seen and set off a maelstrom of neo-noir ripoffs. Since Tarantino owns two theaters in L.A. that exclusively screen movies on film, he’s signed off on having new 35 mm prints play in theaters around the country,
including at the Belcourt. Visit belcourt.org for showtimes.CRAIG D. LINDSEY
NOV. 29 TO DEC. 1 & DEC. 4 AT THE BELCOURT 2102 BELCOURT AVE.
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[LOUD AND PROUD] GUILTY PLEASURES
Guilty Pleasures, the ’80s tribute band featuring professional musicians, are hosting their ninth annual Post-Thanksgiving Holiday Bash Saturday night at The Basement East. “We want people to bring their family — or escape their family — and come have a blast at our three-hour, nonstop dance party,” drummer and band leader Steve Ebe says. The group got its start 23 years ago at The Slow Bar. “Having a variety of singers kicking ’80s songs in 2001 was a new thing,” says vocalist and founding member Mike Grimes. “Nobody with professional music careers were doing cover stuff.” It’s a large group of 16 people, including four founding members: Grimes, vocalist Trisha Brantley, keyboardist John Deaderick and vocalist/saxophonist/percussionist Tommy Keenum. In addition to Ebe, lead guitarist/ vocalist Randy Flowers, rhythm guitarist/
vocalist David Mead, acoustic guitarist/ vocalist Jeff Boswell, bassist Steve Arnold and percussionist Chris Finen round out the band. They are joined by vocalists Kat Martin, Scotty Douglas, Sara Beck, Andra Moran, Cissy Crutcher and Yvonne Smith. Describing the band’s repertoire, Ebe says: “Most of the time, it’s just all ’80s of every genre. We’ll go from bubblegum pop to hard rock to New Wave, and we might go from Devo into Prince into Madonna.”
DARYL SANDERS
8 P.M. AT THE BASEMENT EAST 917 WOODLAND ST.
MUSIC [BACK IN THE SADDLE] GREYSON ANDERSON W/HEAVEN HONEY, UNDERSTAR & CAROLINE CRONIN
Musicians need breaks from making music for the sake of mental and physical health, among many other reasons. But stepping away can also recharge your creative battery, and that’s a common thread for folks playing Saturday at The Blue Room. It’s an unofficial release party for “Shooting Star” backed with “Turn Me Up,” Greyson Anderson’s first new single since 2018. It’s been a while, but the time has added the benefit of experience to the influences of Paul Westerberg and Lucinda Williams that shaped his 2010s work with Dogs of Oz. Heaven Honey is also back with two very different singles about very different relationships. “Moan” is an electronically enhanced look at a toxic affair, while “Everybody Knows” is an acoustic-centric reflection on being hesitant to accept a good partnership. Understar is a twinguitar, twin-vocal collaboration from Reality Something’s Elena Franklin and Daddy Issues’ Jenna Moynihan, two top-notch rock singersongwriters who’ve been out of the spotlight for a good while. Caroline Cronin, a pop experimentalist who reminds me of Kate Bush and Tierra Whack, hasn’t dropped new music since her 2021 self-titled LP but has been onstage much more frequently this year. Here’s your chance to hear what these players have up their sleeves as a new year looms. STEPHEN TRAGESER
8 P.M. AT THE BLUE ROOM AT THIRD MAN RECORDS 623 SEVENTH AVE. S.
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Stress is the enemy of a joy-filled holiday season, yet it’s often unavoidable as we try to make it through all the parties, friendsgivings and holiday shopping trips that fill November and December. Not only can it feel like you’ve got a huge amount of shopping to do, but it can be easy to fall into the mass consumerism of Black Friday shopping, getting gifts that you may not even want. (Here’s a secret: Sometimes the people you’re buying gifts for don’t want them either.) If you’re looking to be a mindful consumer or trying to shop sustainably and locally this holiday season, The East Nashville Small Business Saturday Holiday Crawl is the perfect place to find all the gifts you need. The crawl features 40-plus businesses across East Nashville, including pop-up vendors at the Align Holiday Market, and you can be entered into a $50 raffle prize if you visit enough participating stores. Gift giving is a hallmark of this holiday season, and it can be done ethically when you support the Nashville community and the amazing small businesses here. Visit @crawl_eastnashville on Instagram for participating locations. KATIE BETH CANNON
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FILM [RECORD SETTING] RESTORATION ROUNDUP: THE THIRD MAN
For folks in Nashville, the phrase “third man” conjures images of Jack White, album pressings and indie outfits. But for cinephiles, the phrase brings about a different set of images: the shadowy streets of Vienna, a Ferris wheel, cuckoo clocks, Orson Welles’ movie star visage. Carol Reed’s indelible noir The Third Man (yes, the record label is indeed named after the film) features pulp novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) and his childhood friend Harry Lime (Welles in one of the all-time movie star performances) at the center of a — you guessed it — labyrinthine conspiracy. The cinematography, music and direction all ratchet up the tension throughout, with Welles’ arrival an oft-imitated highlight. The film is showing as part of the Belcourt’s excellent Restoration Roundup. LOGAN BUTTS
DEC. 1 & 3 AT THE BELCOURT 2102 BELCOURT AVE.
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MUSIC
KIM RICHEY
Nashville singer and songwriter Kim Richey is an accomplished country tunesmith whose credits include hits for the likes of Brooks & Dunn and Radney Foster. The 10 studio albums she’s made under her own name since 1995 contain a lot of power pop and indie rock, with a heartland-of-America vibe that seems natural for an Ohio native whose work might epitomize the concept of country-adjacent
Nashville music. When I recently revisited Richey’s ’90s albums, I heard songwriting that recalls the efforts of indie-rock icons like Amy Rigby, Marshall Crenshaw and Robert Forster. Richey’s 1995 self-titled debut and 1997’s Bitter Sweet register as indie rock that has as much in common with Crenshaw or The dB’s as it does anything you would call country music. Richey’s new album Every New Beginning is as beguiling as, say, Forster’s 2023 The Candle and the Flame or Lori McKenna’s 1988, also from 2023. Richey has always been a savvy collaborator, and “Chapel Avenue,” written with Don Henry, expertly conjures up a mood of nostalgia that’s both hard-headed and exquisitely turned. Every New Beginning is high-level pop created by a master of the genre’s many forms. Garrison Starr, whose latest album is 2024’s Live From Los Angeles at The Hotel Cafe, opens. EDD HURT
7 P.M. AT 3RD & LINDSLEY
818 THIRD AVE. S.
MUSIC
[LOM, LOM ON THE RANGE] LA LOM
Los Angeles League of Musicians is a pretty big and bold moniker to assign your own band. But even if the trio (LA LOM for short) isn’t a large and powerful confederation of allies — à la, say, the Justice League or the League of
Nations — they’re certainly Los Angeles through and through. L.A. natives Zac Sokolow, Jake Faulkner and Nicholas Baker first came together a half-decade ago to play as the house band in the lobby of Hollywood’s famed Roosevelt Hotel. The group eventually evolved from a soul- and pop-centric covers outfit to a three-piece that writes and plays an amalgam of Latin and West Coast instrumental styles like surf rock, cumbia and bolero. August’s The Los Angeles League of Musicians — the group’s first full-length release — is full of lush tunes that center on reverbdrenched guitar licks and hypnotic rhythms. The intoxicating “Lucia” sounds like the soundtrack to a summer night spent dancing at a Cuban rum bar, while “Ghosts of Gardena” would be right at home playing over the credits of a spy thriller. On Sunday, LA LOM will kick off a two-week run of tour dates with a stop at The Basement East, where Brooklyn’s The National Reserve will appear in support. D. PATRICK RODGERS
8 P.M. AT THE BASEMENT EAST
917 WOODLAND ST.
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[IT’S GOIN’ DOWN] SLAY & NEUTER FEAT. KESHA
Lovers of animals, Kesha and drag queens unite Sunday as Play Dance Bar hosts Slay & Neuter: A Benefit for The Magic Mission. The
event will feature exclusive performances, a silent auction and a special appearance from Kesha herself, with proceeds benefiting The Magic Mission. The Nashville-based nonprofit is dedicated to stopping the overpopulation of dogs and cats in Latin America, and they also educate families and younger pet owners on the importance of spaying and neutering pets via sterilization blitzes, animal health services and community education. The silent auction, starting at 6 p.m., will include Kesha merchandise and memorabilia, with the show following shortly after and featuring queens like The Play Mates, Tasha Tektite, Pebe Sebert (otherwise known as Kesha’s mother) and many more. Don’t miss it — just because you look sick and sexy-fied at the club doesn’t mean you can’t support healthy pets.
KELSEY YOUNG
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[KEEP THE SEASON BRIGHT] BEN FOLDS
His 2023 album What Matters Most is nice, but it could be that pianist, singer and songwriter Ben Folds has made one of his most consistent records with his new Sleigher. As you might guess from its title, Sleigher is a Christmas album, complete with the joy, laughter and the potential boredom all Christmas collections deliver. Folds has always maintained a nice corner on what you have to call piano-driven power pop, a genre that shouldn’t exist. Still, Folds creates music that sits in the general tradition of popsters like Todd Rundgren, Emitt Rhodes and Van Duren, with the 1999 track “Don’t Change Your Plans” standing as a distinguished example of piano-driven power pop. I like Sleigher when Folds sticks to piano, as in “Little Drummer Bolero.” Meanwhile, Folds sounds fine on another original tune, “Sleepwalking Through Christmas.” He covers Burt Bacharach and Larry Kusik’s “The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle,” which Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass included on their 1968 Christmas Album. Singer Lindsey Kraft, who guests on Sleigher, opens. EDD HURT
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[SPREADING CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR ALL TO HEAR]
ELF LIVE SCORE
There’s nothing quite like seeing your favorite Christmas movie on the big screen. You’re surrounded by people who love it just as much as you do, ready to ring in the holiday season with a cozy Christmas drink in hand. The only thing that could make this better would be bringing yourself into the movie to experience it live. That’s what the Nashville Symphony aims to do Tuesday, as they perform a live score of the movie Elf at the Schermerhorn.
KIM RICHEY
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It’s been quite a year for the Nashville ensemble Piper and the Hard Times. Their core trio — Al “Piper” Green, Steve Eagon and Dave Colella
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HOW DO I HANDLE CONSERVATIVE IN-LAWS AT
THANKSGIVING?
Face it, America: We all did this together, and racism won’t fix it BY
CHRIS CROFTON
In 2014, comedian, musician, podcaster and Nashvillian Chris Crofton asked the Scene for an advice column, so we gave him one. Crowning himself the “Advice King,” Crofton shares his hardwon wisdom with whoever seeks it. Follow Crofton on Twitter and Instagram (@thecroftonshow), and check out his The Advice King Anthology and Cold Brew Got Me Like podcast. To submit a question for the Advice King, email bestofbread@gmail.com.
Hello, Advice King readers! It’s Chris. This fall marks 10 years of the Advice King appearing in the Nashville Scene. Over those years, I’ve written columns about the Thanksgiving holiday many times. Usually the question has something to do with how one should go about trying to keep the peace while seated at a table full of people with differing political views. And this year is no different — except many people’s “political views” have suddenly become considerably less … appetizing. In conclusion, here goes nothing!
Dear Advice King,
It’s almost Thanksgiving. How should I handle dealing with in-laws on the opposite end of the political spectrum?
—Paul in Portland, Ore.
HI PAUL! WOW. Wow wow wow. Dear God. Et cetera.
Well, I’m not going to lie, Paul — this year is going to be a doozy. This year is already a doozy, obviously. But it’s one thing to peacefully coexist with deranged strangers, and a whole other thing to sit down to dinner with an actual Republican.
For example, when a giant black Dodge pickup truck with a “Don’t Tread on Me” license plate tailgates my Honda Fit in an attempt to “own the libs,” I can pull to the side of the road and let it pass (i.e., “own”) me (i.e., “lib”). However, when the driver of a truck like that — your MMAfighter brother-in-law Dustin, perhaps — asks the “lib” in the chair next to him (your grandmother) for the “fucking mashed potatoes,” we may have an actual situation on our hands.
Fun fact: In the context of driving, “Don’t Tread on Me” mostly means “I don’t use turn signals.”
But seriously, this year is different. It’s quite sad. Nearly half the country voted in favor of “mass deportations.” And it’s supposed to have something to do with … inflation?
I mean, you obviously lost me at “mass deportations,” but it makes me even madder that the reason given to justify this absolutely un-American, un-Christian brutality is supposed to have something to do with the price of eggs?!
A LOT OF US DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO VOTE — AND MANY STILL DON’T BOTHER — BECAUSE THEY THINK, BECAUSE IT’S AMERICA , THINGS WILL JUST MAGICALLY WORK THEMSELVES OUT. WELL, IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T NOTICED, THEY AREN’T MAGICALLY WORKING THEMSELVES OUT.
And before you say it, I know what comes next: My alcoholic, Republican uncle slurring, “It’s not just the eggs, it’s the TV-14” — he means MS-13, he’s drunk — “gangs who took over those apartment buildings. They’re eating the pets!” It makes me wonder if these folks have ever left the house.
Black Lives Matter didn’t burn down Minnesota, Uncle Steve — cable news burned down your brain. Oh there is a crisis here in America — one that actually DOES have to do with the price of eggs: monopolies. But “monopolies” isn’t what Americans want to hear, because that would involve accepting that it’s you (and me) who made the price of eggs so high. By falling for trickle-down economics, voting again and again for candidates who loosened regulations on big business, voting again and again for lower taxes for the rich, standing by as the Supreme Court gutted campaign finance laws and as the Federal Reserve bailed out the banks, watching as the giant corporate PPP loans were forgiven, standing by as hedge funds bought up housing, and …
But that’s not the worst part! A lot of us didn’t even bother to vote — and many still don’t bother — because they think, because it’s America, things will just magically work themselves out. Well, in case you haven’t noticed, they aren’t magically working themselves out. And no matter who you deport, monopolies will still set the price of eggs (and rent, and medical care, and everything else) as high as they want, and there won’t be a damn thing you can do about it. Face it, America: We all did this together. And racism won’t fix it. Say all that, Paul. Say that, scream, “Viva la Mexico!” and flip the dinner table.
Also, everyone on the Mayflower was an “illegal migrant.”
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Cesar Pita adds to the legacy of Mexican ceramics — but first, you have to get past his guardians
BY CAT ACREE
IF YOU’VE EVER had a child stare you down, you know the unnerving feeling that somewhere in their mind, somehow, they know more than they should. Now imagine you’re in a room surrounded by them, and try not to feel the need to explain yourself.
Cesar Pita’s ceramic sculptures feel like Mesoamerican artifacts. And when you get close, you discover that his child subjects are sometimes giving you an absolutely devastating look. Setting those moments aside, you could imagine many of Pita’s pieces in a museum. Instead, they’re currently at Elephant Gallery in Pita’s first solo gallery show, Raíces en Arcilla (Roots in Clay)
The child of Mexican immigrants, Pita is a former art assistant for Elephant Gallery who currently works as an art handler and Buchanan Arts teacher. The show’s title is a nod to the artist’s familial connection with his chosen medium: His paternal grandfather, whom Pita never met, was an adobe brickmaker in the small town of Zapotiltic, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
But Pita’s work, made in a mix of wheelthrown and pre-Columbian techniques, goes back much further than a few generations. His baby figures recall the squishy-looking “ba-
by-face” sculptures of the Olmec period, around 1,000 to 500 BCE — a civilization best known for its sophisticated ceramics and colossal stone heads. He incorporates early-16th-century Aztec motifs like the sun stone — arguably the most famous Mexican artifact — and uses Mexican blanket patterns liberally, with all the brilliant colors of the striped serape. There’s even an entire wall of Olmec-style tecomate bowls, enveloped in muted earth-tone serape stripes, with interiors exploding with color. Each one is completely different — filled with green or pink speckles, or even all the colors of a dark universe. (My biggest wish for this show is for Pita to take these bowls down off the walls so I could see more of those interiors.)
Standing before Pita’s young subjects, you might almost feel like you’ve invaded their space — and that would be the point, as his work is exploring the outsized responsibility borne by first-generation Latinx kids. These kids are navigating the world while sometimes assisting their parents in their own survival, as well as doing the immense labor of preserving and carrying forward a cultural identity — and at the same time being told that they don’t have the right to be here, or that they’re part of some massive crime issue. For these kids to reclaim
their own space with a show of bristling pride is tremendously powerful. They are entitled not just to exist but to be upset, and they have claimed their rights to both.
But even with this edge, Pita’s show feels decidedly cozy, thanks to all the blankets but also due to the presence of two guardians: a boy and a dog. They’re both pretty big — several feet tall — and they both jut their chins toward the sky. The boy has a serape blanket in greens, reds, golds and black draped over his shoulders like a cape. He’s holding his arms akimbo, his hands framing a bronze-looking Aztec belt buckle.
Next to him is a black Xoloitzcuintle, the iconic hairless Mexican dog, covered with nearly 1,000 clay feathers and wearing Aztec symbols of protection in collars around its neck and ankles. Perhaps the fantastical dog is the boy’s familiar; perhaps they’re defenders of the universe. On the wall directly behind them are three sleeping babies on beds of flowers, eyes closed, faces peaceful.
The individual feathers that adorn the body of Pita’s Xolo are the most stunning technique used in the show. This sprigging style was introduced to Pita by his mentor, Mexican American sculptor George Rodriguez, who led a workshop at Buchanan Arts this summer. Along with the
Xolo’s feathers, the textured sprigs are included on two vessels — one covered in more feathers, the other in serpent scales — that are intended to represent the Aztec gods Xolotl and Quetzalcoatl, respectively. The interior of the vessels are slick rainbows, as if Pita constructed the deities’ whole bodies and then removed their heads to reveal their insides.
Pita’s exhibition has major mythic energy. He’s not going so far as to imagine a future, but his present certainly recalls a vast legacy that is deeply entwined with — but never weighed down by — the history of ceramics. It’s light and joyful, a notable counterbalance to the immense responsibility carried by his ceramic kids. While some of Pita’s pieces have attitude, they just as often feel completely innocent. His young superheroes are defenders of their own peace — belt buckles flashing, brows furrowed, blankets tucked tight under their chins, cozy and protected by their own power. ▼
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Joe Nolan’s Nowville chronicles Nashville’s contemporary art renaissance BY
BILLY KILGORE
INTERMEDIA ARTIST JOE NOLAN has covered a wide range of art and film for the Nashville Scene. In his new book Nowville, he tells the story of Nashville’s contemporary art renaissance with a lively oral history featuring numerous artists, gallerists and curators.
Nolan, a veteran of the city’s 1990s art scene, displays the depth of his knowledge, sharing origin stories of pivotal organizations like the Untitled Artists group and The Fugitive Art Center. He takes readers into a world of abandoned factories and mills where artists endured dust-filled rooms, collapsing floors and sweltering heat to make art in a creative community. Nowville reveals an infectious do-it-yourself spirit at the heart of the movement.
When you began this project, how did you discern that a compilation of interviews was the best approach? One reason I didn’t want to write about institutions and commercial galleries is because those stories are readily available. But Nashville’s independent artists, spaces and organizations are harder to track, and an untold story is obviously more appealing to a writer. When I realized I was going to have to rely on interviews, it occurred to me that delivering these voices directly to the reader via oral history was the most potent form.
Is the renegade spirit of the 1990s still alive in Nashville’s current contemporary art scene? In the book I write about how the key figures of Nashville’s modern art legacy — Aaron Douglas, William Edmondson and Georgia O’Keeffe — brought values of vision, devotion and generosity to the city’s visual art scene. Those values are still in play today. Untitled was as much a concept as it was a group, and their uncensored, uncurated pop-up displays brought do-it-yourself, punk rock values to the table. Those are still here too, but the context is totally different. Nowadays there are lots of legitimate opportunities for emerging and unschooled artists to show in galleries and other art-focused spaces. But the artists have a much harder time finding affordable spaces to work or curate in. We’re seeing the rise of independent, itinerant curators who are guest programming in commercial galleries and popping up in collaboration with other art-centric or art-adjacent spaces. We’re also seeing a return to domestic studios and gallery spaces — they’ve been a Nashville thing since William Edmondson turned his front lawn into an art gallery for his sculptures back in the 1930s.
For young artists or newbies, Nowville offers a way into the Nashville art community by learning its history. And for artists seeking a creative community, the book offers a model for those with a DIY mindset. Did you intend for the book to both preserve
history and show a way forward? The book is definitely an archive of these places and people, collected and made accessible for the first time. It’s not really a handbook of DIY art strategies, but there are lots of ideas and examples that I hope young artists in another small art scene might take inspiration from. We talked about adding some kind of conclusion that would tie the book up in a bow, but I never wanted to do that. I love predicting art trends in my columns and reviews, but here I just wanted to celebrate these people and their unlikely accomplishments by letting them speak for themselves.
You explain in Nowville that the impetus for the 1990s movement grew out of frustration with Nashville’s traditional art institutions. Decades later, has the gap between institutions and do-it-yourself movements become narrower or wider? The biggest problem was a lack of places to show work. That was exacerbated by the fact that, at that time, local galleries weren’t looking to nurture the careers of local emerging artists.
But it’s very different today. Now there are many more commercial galleries and artist-led spaces that regularly feature local emerging artists. Part of this is just postmodernism flattening the hierarchy of high and low art and erasing boundaries between art and craft and design. But the other reason is that the DIY projects in
Nowville served as a proof of concept, demonstrating that there was real talent, creative organizing and productive practices happening right here in the city limits.
The final chapter in Nowville focuses on North Nashville’s rich history of contemporary art. I was unfamiliar with Carlton Wilkinson and his gallery. Who is another artist, curator or gallerist from Norf’s art scene that deserves attention? I just gave a Best Independent Curator notice to Evan Roosevelt Brown in the Nashville Scene’s 2024 Best of Nashville issue. As I mentioned, independent curators are playing bigger roles in the art scene since gallery spaces are harder to come by, and Evan is at the front of that pack.
To read an uncut version of this interview — and more local book coverage — please visit Chapter16.org, an online publication of Humanities Tennessee. ▼
Nowville: The Untold History of Nashville’s Contemporary Art Scene By Joe Nolan Vanderbilt University Press 222 pages, $24.95
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ryan kinder w/ taylor hogan (7PM) john condit ft. julia haile & eve maret (9PM)
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BETWEEN THE FIRST dark days of daylight saving time and the Technicolor lights of the holiday season lies capitalism’s biggest day, Black Friday. Audiophiles across the country prepare by filling their wish lists with vinyl releases specially organized to draw you into independent record shops for the second-biggest record-buying holiday of the year, Record Store Day Black Friday. RSDBF has something for everyone on your list, from exclusive titles to physical media debuts that’ll go into wider circulation later.
RSD FIRSTS AND EXCLUSIVES
If you want to be the first to get your hands on some of this year’s most sought-after releases from chart-topping artists, be sure to add these to your list: Noah Kahan’s collaborative Town Hall LP, Kacey Musgraves’ Deeper Into the Well LP, Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts (Spilled) double LP or the Boyz Noize remix LP of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ Challengers soundtrack.
Moving on to exclusive titles: If you love the idea of winding down with a classic live record but cannot be bothered to get up to flip sides more than once, check out Jimi Hendrix’s Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts. This quintessential release has been abbreviated; the original LP set released in 2019 included eight records! The five tracks on this blue-and-purple swirl vinyl release span all four of Hendrix’s New Year’s 1970 celebration sets. Hip-hop fans will want to check out MF Doom’s Operation: Doomsday 25th Anniversary, and they have their choice of formats. In a rare occurrence for RSDBF, the record will be released on two LPs, CD and cassette; choose your favorite listening experience or get all three. Listeners with a sense of humor should be sure to look out for Steve Martin’s famous ode to the boy king who “gave his life for tourism” with “King Tut” on a special 12-inch maxi-single picture disc. If your sense of humor more closely aligns with pranks and fart jokes, consider presenting your favorite goofy goober with their
INTO THE BLACK
Your quick-reference guide to Record Store Day Black Friday 2024
BY HANNAH CRON
very own copy of The Spongebob Squarepants Movie – Music From the Movie and More … to celebrate the 20th anniversary of a cinematic classic. If female folk-rock heroes are your thing, consider Joni Mitchell’s Hejira Demos LP or Stevie Nicks’ new feminist protest single “The Lighthouse” on a 7-inch. Alt-pop fans will love Tegan and Sara’s So Jealous (20th Anniversary) double LP — hearing “Walking With a Ghost” on vinyl will be a treat.
Fans of punk legends the Ramones will want to check out their Greatest Hits LP, while more modern rebels ought to seek out Rage Against the Machine’s Democratic National Convention 2000 EP. If you think music peaked in the ’90s, you’ll love Record Store Day’s Song of the Year 12-inch single: This time, the honor has been bestowed on Pearl Jam’s “Waiting for Stevie,” recorded at a recent show in Seattle.
RECORD STORE HAPPENINGS
Along with the rest of the retail world, plenty of local record stores will honor RSD Black Friday with special hours and incentives for savvy shoppers.
The Great Escape (whose flagship store is at 5400 Charlotte Ave. but also has stores in Madison and Murfreesboro) will have exclusives as well as a 20 percent discount on regular stock. They’ll open four hours early at 8 a.m. for early birds to get their shop on. McKay’s (636 Old Hickory Blvd.) will not have any exclusives, and will be open normal hours, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Third Man Records (623 Seventh Ave. S.) doesn’t participate in RSD’s exclusives program, but you never know what kind of special surprises could be in store! Recent releases include a reissue of Albert Ayler’s New Grass, a 40th anniversary reissue of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s debut single “Upside Down” and a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers live set from 1982 called The Gennaro Tapes — not to mention Jack White’s Grammy-nominated No Name LP.
The Groove (1103 Calvin Ave.) will open to shoppers at 10 a.m. to sling RSD exclusives, special
buys, sale records and mystery grab bags perfect for every listener on your list. Their East Side neighbors at Grimey’s (1060 E. Trinity Lane) will have the exclusives as well, and will also open at 10 a.m.
Vinyl Tap (2038 Greenwood Ave.) will celebrate Black Friday as well as the store, bar and venue’s birthday with sales, an early opening at 11 a.m., DJs spinning and, of course, RSD exclusives.
Analog Your Life (2546 Lebanon Pike) is the perfect spot for Black Friday shoppers looking for an early-morning boost. They’ll have exclusives and 10 percent off their regular stock starting early at 10 a.m., along with complimentary doughnuts and coffee and a shopping experience soundtracked by local DJs.
Elevator Vinyl doesn’t carry RSD exclusives, but they’ll be celebrating their first anniversary inside Lykke Haus Vintage (500 Trinity Lane) with some sweet new stock, a DJ and “sexy Santa.” I’m not sure I want to know what that means, but if you do, the party starts at 11 a.m.
Alison’s (994A Davidson Drive) won’t have exclusives either, but shoppers will be treated to 15 percent off everything in the store all weekend.
Phonoluxe (2609 Nolensville Pike) doesn’t carry RSD specials but will have new stock for perusal on Black Friday. Jimbo’s (inside Vinterest at 2416 Music Valley Drive) won’t have them either, but will have 10 percent off their usual stock. It’ll be business as usual on Black Friday at two of Nashville’s newer vinyl outposts, Dead End Records (100 Taylor St., Suite A22A) and Daydream Records (Suite 203 inside the Shoppes on Fatherland, 1006 Fatherland St.), but you’d be remiss not to pay them a visit and support the newest seedlings in Nashville’s growing indie record-store ecosystem.
As always, make sure to check with stores or watch their social media for last-minute changes. And while you’re out and about on Black Friday, be sure to also check out Hi-Fi Frontier (inside Dashwood Vintage at 2416 Music Valley Drive), Swaggie Records (211 Union St.) and Soulfolks (115 E. Old Hickory Blvd. in Madison).
The Scene wasn’t able to get any info about their plans before press time, but it’s always a good day to support a mom-and-pop shop. Good luck, and happy shopping! ▼
Record Store Day Black Friday at indie record stores across Nashville on Nov. 29 See the full list of special releases at recordstoreday.com
ANOTHER LOOK
The Scene’s music writers recommend recent releases from Joy Oladokun, Soccer Mommy, Starlito and more
“HOLIDAY,” THAT BRIEF season wedged between “fall” and “winter” in our social calendar, is nigh, and the list of recent records from Nashville musicians you’ll want to hear — and perhaps give as a gift — keeps growing. The Scene’s music writers have seven new recommendations for you, so add ’em to your streaming queue or pick them up from your favorite record store. (Record Store Day Black Friday, happening Nov. 29 and discussed at length in our feature, is a great opportunity to do that.) Some of our picks are also available to buy directly from the artists on Bandcamp. The Bandcamp Friday promotion, in which the platform waives its cut of sales for a 24-hour period, will return Dec. 6.
JOY OLADOKUN, OBSERVATIONS FROM A CROWDED ROOM (AMIGO/VERVE FORECAST/REPUBLIC)
Joy Oladokun’s previous two LPs, In Defense of My Own Happiness and Proof of Life, helped her grow the fan base her thoughtful folk-pop-rooted songs deserve. Observations is honest about the toll that being so vulnerable about so much personal trauma for so long has taken, and it’s a reminder that she doesn’t owe us any of this. “Hollywood,” which features a verse from Nashville rap hero Brian Brown, considers how pop culture seems
to only want certain things from Black people, while “I’d Miss the Birds” looks at the ways Nashville has made her feel unwelcome and unsafe, including our willingness to let Proud Boys be comfortable here. STEPHEN TRAGESER
STARLITO, IMPOSTER SYNDROME (GRIND HARD)
Speaking with rappers in town, I’ve learned that Starlito has earned the absolute respect of his peers and the newer generation of Music City MCs. Starlito’s way (why yes, that is the title of a mixtape series) has always been to keep the grind at the highest setting, but Imposter Syndrome is more about working smarter than working harder. While a lot of rappers brag about their luxe lives, Starlito now takes pride in meditations on his growth as a man. While any artist’s albums that fans think of as “serious” or “mature” always bring a hint of anxiety, Imposter Syndrome is fully equipped with tracks that pair the thinking man’s Southern rapper with some of the best beats of Starlito’s long career. P.J. KINZER
SOCCER MOMMY, EVERGREEN (LOMA VISTA)
“I wanted Evergreen to feel like you’re laying outside, eyes closed, the sun is on you, and you can feel the warmth & flowers & trees,” Sophie Allison wrote of Soccer Mommy’s latest release. What does that feeling sound like? Soothing vocals nestled within guitars soaked in time, a production that shimmers in mud. There’s the greasy glam-grunge guitar that opens “Salt in Wound,” and a fascinating preponderance of descending melodies that seems like more than coincidence. Standout tracks include the soaring Britpop of “Changes” and perhaps the
world’s first plush pop — that’s soft power pop, get it? — song in “Abigail,” Allison’s paean to the Stardew Valley character.
ANDY PEAKE, POCKET CHANGE (BIGLITTLE)
For years, Andy Peake has been an outstanding drummer across multiple idioms. His second solo LP Pocket Change showcases that versatility while also spotlighting other attributes. His acumen for composition and arrangement is evident on “The Scuffle” and “The Blues Is Here to Stay.” He penned seven of the 10 tunes, with other strong originals including “As Good as It Gets,” “I Don’t Believe Nothin’” and “So Many Drummers.” Peake expertly handles session production chores, and he’s enlisted a magnificent corps of area musicians and vocalists, from background vocalists like John Cowan, Shaun Murphy and Mindy Miller to master instrumentalists like Kenny Vaughan. Peake also picked a great finale: his dynamic rendition of the great Dan Penn’s “You Left the Water Running.” RON WYNN
ASHE, WILLSON (ASHE/STEM)
Only time will tell if Ashe’s third studio album Willson will be remembered as some kind of poprock masterpiece, but it is that good. Working with producers and co-writers Jake Finch and Collin Pastore, the California transplant explores young love with a sophistication that belies her age on the record’s 12 autobiographical tracks. She sets the tone on the opener “Please Don’t Fall in Love With Me,” whose arrangement artfully spans the album’s range. The arrangements throughout are delightful and full of smile-inducing echoes of past pop-rock masterworks.
They provide a proper stage for Ashe’s inspired vocal performances, which skillfully express the album’s spectrum of emotions. DARYL SANDERS
COIN, I’M NOT AFRAID OF MUSIC ANYMORE (10K PROJECTS)
Electrifying indie pop-rock trio COIN has never been so self-assured as on I’m Not Afraid of Music Anymore, their first LP since 2022. Co-produced with Gabe Simon and released in September, the 14-song LP expands on the catchy guitar licks and poppy hooks COIN is known for, with heightened levels of self-awareness, vocal grit and introspective lyricism. “Take It or Leave It,” “Slack” and “Problem” pair angular guitars and driving beats with candid self-reflection, while “222,” “Bloodtype” and “Olivia” present a softer edge. It’s a declaration of bravery against the fear of imperfection.
MADELEINE BRADFORD
$AVVY, AIR GUITAR (SELF-RELEASED)
MC and singer-songwriter $avvy’s 2023 project Bunny! showcased his excitement about exploring and embracing a huge range of different styles as he figures out how to blend them into his own thing. Air Guitar is simultaneously more cohesive than its predecessor and even stranger in the best ways possible. It’s sophisticated futuristic R&B that has $avvy’s own stamp on it, including layers of groovy lo-fi synths. But it isn’t hard to imagine someone like Prince being proud of a song like “Jesus BBQ,” a tune about $avvy meeting the Lord at the function and, more broadly, feeling like he’s in the right place at the right time.
STEPHEN TRAGESER ▼
CLAIRE STEELE
THE THIRD ANNUAL SIDE
PLAYER SIDEBAR SURVEY
Talking with superb instrumentalists Jerry Pentecost, Eleonore Denig, Ryan Madora, Fats Kaplin, Parker James and Jeff Ehlinger BY
JUST IN TIME for the year’s tastiest holiday, it’s the Scene’s third annual survey of local instrumentalists to ask what they see from their spots at the side of the stage. Feast your eyes as they, er, dish on local music — and, of course, food.
WHO HAVE YOU PLAYED ALONGSIDE THIS YEAR?
Jerry Pentecost: I toured with Bob Dylan and Soul Asylum.
Eleonore Denig: Ashley Monroe and her band of heavy hitters (Billy Justineau, Sarah and Justin of Striking Matches and Eli Beard, with Brendan Benson and Shelby Lynne sitting in); got to be a part of a 50-plus-piece orchestra for Sigur Rós at the Ryman.
Ryan Madora: Jenny Lewis, Zayn.
Fats Kaplin: Though I got to play with a number of different artists this year, I spent most of 2024 on tour with Mitski, which was fantastic.
Parker James: Volunteer Department, Rich Ruth, Hannah Dorfman and sundry jazz combos.
Jeff Ehlinger: I play drums alongside my wife Brianne O’Neill in our band Black Moon Mother [and] Richie Kirkpatrick [and] Gary Russell Wertz aka GRW.
WHAT LOCAL RECORD HAS THE BEST SIDE 1, SONG 1?
JP: Does “Don’t Take It Out on Me” by The Privates count? Author’s note: Sure does!
ED: “American Dreaming” by Sierra Ferrell off Trail of Flowers. I haven’t been able to stop listening to this record. [It’s the] quintessential Nashville Sound, stellar writing and man, can she sing.
RM: The Wood Brothers, “River Takes the Town” on One
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Drop of Truth.
FK: “Bug Like an Angel” off of Mitski’s The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We. Since it borders on a cappella, I didn’t play on the track. … It begins so spare, so minimal. Then suddenly this huge choral ensemble hits you. Like a deep, profound Greek chorus.
PJ: Eric Slick’s “The Moment” off of New Age Rage
JE: “Space and Time” by S.G. Goodman off of their 2020 album Old Time Feeling
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE SIDE DISH IN NASHVILLE?
JP: Dino’s french fries.
ED: Hands down, the Cuban black beans with plantains from Mas Tacos. I will fight you on this.
RM: Fried sweet potatoes at East Side Banh Mi. It’s my number one “Where should we get lunch from?” on rehearsal days and session breaks.
FK: Dolma from House of Kabob. We always get an extra order “on the side.”
PJ: Y’all already know this, but Redheaded Stranger’s got a gnarly-ass Frito pie.
JE: Tennfold Brewing’s mac-and-cheese and collard greens.
WHICH LOCAL SIDE PLAYER HAS HAD THE BEST YEAR?
JP: Joe Andrews.
ED: I feel like anyone who’s out there hustling and doing the best they can on and off stage deserves a gold star. Based on off-day restaurant finds across the globe though, I would have to say saxophonist Jake Botts scores very high. This is a food column now.
RM: Seth Taylor, guitars and
anything with strings, on sessions and live with Sarah Jarosz and Post Malone.
FK: My pal, Dominic Davis, Jack White’s bass player. … Jack has embarked on a worldwide, guerrilla-style, “We’re going in a van, guys” pop-up show tour that is off the chart!
PJ: Gustie Escalante always has good years but I think he’s getting the recognition (and big gigs) that he deserves.
JE: My buds Mr. Jimmy Matt Rowland, keys player for Tyler Childers, and Jon Shoemaker, bass player for S.G. Goodman.
WHICH LOCAL INSTRUMENTALIST HAS THE COOLEST SIDE HUSTLE?
JP: Timmy Findlen used to make toys on the side.
ED: My husband Noah Denney is a drummer and works at Nelson Drum Shop as their resident drum restorer, and he also has his own restoration and vintage drum sourcing business, Nashville Drum Rescue. He gets to nerd out with other drum lovers and helps friends find cool kits. The dream!
RM: Tom Britt — slide guitar master and painter extraordinaire.
FK: Hmm, let me think. Is Hags still baking bread? Wes Langlois — has he gone pro with his bowling?
PJ: Curtis Godino, his lamp-making and various visual artistic endeavors.
JE: I have the coolest side hustle, if that’s what you want to call it! I drum tech for Jared Champion of Cage the Elephant. … I also play baseball on a mission-driven baseball team called the Nashville Dollys Baseball Club. We just had our second-annual Dollys World Series. ▼
FATS KAPLIN
PARKER JAMES JEFF EHLINGER
JERRY PENTECOST ELEONORE DENIG RYAN MADORA
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1 Workplace for a young Abraham Lincoln
4 Marine animal with distinctive eye patches
8 Promote oneself
13 Had beef, perhaps
14 Sport
15 Writes with a point?
17 Selecting for a jury
19 Nickname alternative to Teddy
20 Bash
21 “If it’s brown, lay down. If it’s black, fight back. If it’s ___, say goodnight!” (bear advice)
23 Vinyl records, slangily
24 Stinging jellyfish
26 North Dakota’s most populous city
28 Epsilon follower
29 They end in diciembre
31 “Darn it!”
32 Emphasis-providing suffix
33 Thick Japanese noodle
34 Words of protest
35 “Who’s interested?” ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them
38 Get ready to fly
40 Ancient Peruvian
41 “Also also ...,” for short
44 Hefty read
45 “Dude!”
46 Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway’s “Waitress”
47 Frank Sinatra’s reads “The best is yet to come”
50 Arrogantly confident
52 City that’s home to the World of Coca-Cola museum: Abbr.
53 Actress Salma
55 Radiator sound
56 Proponents of crystal healing
58 On the same side
61 Totally forgets to do something, informally
62 Sports team’s assignment
63 DiFranco who played Persephone in “Hadestown”
64 Tip-off that you’ve forgotten something in the toaster
65 Move gradually
66 GPS option: Abbr. DOWN
1 Antioxidant-infused water brand
2 Costs of withdrawing
3 Emphasizes, in a way
4 Baby that’s up all night?
5 Big name in outdoor gear
6 “Must this conversation happen again?”
7 Cry of frustration
8 Fighting fish
9 Last choice, often 10 Crush
11 Take to the door 12 Security deposit payers
16 Makes more alluring, with “up” 18 Flour in Indian cuisine 22 Theoreticals
24 Singer with the 2023 #1 hit “Kill Bill”
25 Word after leading or lunch
27 Serengeti herd
30 Live
33 Prefix with directional
34 Cone ___ (iconic costume piece for Madonna)
35 Got rid of
36 Really got to work, with “down”
37 Second
38 Abdominal floor exercises
39 Mishmash
41 Cook until a crust forms
42 Roll call response
43 Voice
44 Becomes less tense
45 “I tell ya ...”
46 Personal stake, in a metaphor
48 Animated film character with a Scottish accent
49 French cup
51 Reproach
54 Deftness
57
WHEREAS, David M. Anthony (“Trustee”) has been appointed Substitute Trustee by Lender by that Appointment of Substitute Trustee of record at Instrument No. 20241113-0088510, Register of Deeds Office for Davidson County, Tennessee, with authority to act alone or by a designated agent with the powers given the Trustee in the Deed of Trust and by applicable law; and WHEREAS, Lender, the owner and holder of said Indebtedness, has demanded that the real property be advertised and sold in satisfaction of said Indebtedness and the costs of the foreclosure, in accordance with the terms and provisions of the loan documents and Deed of Trust.
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the Trustee, pursuant to the power, duty and authority vested in and imposed upon the Trustee under the Deed of Trust and applicable law, will on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., prevailing time, on the steps of the historic Davidson County Courthouse, 1 Public Square, Nashville, Tennessee 37201, offer for sale to the highest and best bidder for cash and free from all rights and equity of redemption, statutory right of redemption or otherwise, homestead, dower, elective share and all other rights and exemptions of every kind as waived in said Deed of Trust, certain real property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, described as follows:
Legal Description: The real property is described in the Deed of Trust at Instrument No. 20191204-0125123, Register of Deeds Office for Davidson County, Tennessee.
FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE WHEREAS, Integrity Group Solutions, LLC executed a Deed of Trust dated December 2, 2019, of record at Instrument No. 201912040125123, Register of Deeds Office for Davidson County, Tennessee (the “Deed of Trust”) and conveyed to Rudy Title and Escrow, LLC, Trustee, the hereinafter described real property to secure the payment of certain indebtedness (“Indebtedness”) owed to Blue Mountain Investment Group LLC (referred to as “Lender” and sometimes as “Beneficiary”); and WHEREAS, default in payment of the Indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust has occurred; and
Land in Davidson County, Tennessee, being Lot No. 209 on the Plan of Part of The W.C. Miller Home Place, Sterling Heights, Section Five, of record in Plat Book 1835, Page 37, Register’s Office for said County, to which reference is hereby made for a more complete description. Being the same property conveyed to Integrity Group Solutions, LLC by Warranty Deed recorded simultaneously herewith in Instrument No. 20191204-0125122, Register’s Office for Davidson County, Tennessee.
Street Address: The street address of the property is believed to be 77 Valeria Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37210, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property. In the event of any discrepancy, the legal description
herein shall control.
Other interested parties: None. THIS PROPERTY IS SOLD AS IS, WHERE IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AND SUBJECT TO ANY PRIOR LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE PROPERTY IS SOLD WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO TITLE, MARKETABILITY OF TITLE, POSSESSION, QUIET ENJOINMENT OR THE LIKE AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, CONDITION, QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A GENERAL OR PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE.
As to all or any part of the Property, the right is reserved to (i) delay, continue or adjourn the sale to another time certain or to another day and time certain, without further publication and in accordance with law, upon announcement of said delay, continuance or adjournment on the day and time and place of sale set forth above or any subsequent delayed, continued or adjourned day and time and place of sale; (ii) sell at the time fixed by this Notice or the date and time of the last delay, continuance or adjournment or to give new notice of sale; (iii) sell in such lots, parcels, segments, or separate estates as Trustee may choose; (iv) sell any part and delay, continue, adjourn, cancel, or postpone the sale of any part of the Property; (v) sell in whole and then sell in parts and consummate the sale in whichever manner produces the highest sale price; (vi) and/ or to sell to the next highest bidder in the event any high bidder does not comply with the terms of the sale. Substitute Trustee will make no covenant of seisin, marketability of title or warranty of title, express or implied, and will sell and convey the subject real property by Trustee’s Quitclaim Deed as Substitute Trustee only.
This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded Plat or Plan; any unpaid taxes and assessments (plus penalties, interest, and costs) which exist as a lien against said property; any restrictive covenants, easements or setback lines that may be applicable; any rights of redemption, equity, statutory or otherwise, not otherwise waived in the Deed of Trust, including rights of
redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; and any and all prior deeds of trust, liens, dues, assessments, encumbrances, defects, adverse claims and other matters that may take priority over the Deed of Trust upon which this foreclosure sale is conducted or are not extinguished by this Foreclosure Sale. This sale is also subject to any matter that an in spection and accurate survey of the property might disclose.
THIS 19th day of November, 2024. David M. Anthony, Substitute Trustee
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Case No. CV-23-02470-PHX-DLR NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF: Men’s Wearhouse 1921 Gallatin Pike North, Madison, TN 37115 United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Plaintiff, v. Jonathan Larmore, et al. Defendants, and Michelle Larmore; Marcia Larmore; CSL Investments, LLC; MML Investments, LLC; Spike Holdings, LLC; and JMMAL Investments, LLC, Relief Defendants.
TO ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST: Notice is hereby given that Allen D. Applbaum, as Receiver for ArciTerra Companies, LLC and related entities, intends to sell, through his broker, Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services (“Marcus & Millichap”), a multi-use retail center located in [1921 Gallatin Pike North, Madison, TN 37115], and owned by [1921 Gallatin Pike Nashville TN, LLC] (the “Property”), free and clear of all liens, claims, interests and encumbrances (the “Sale”).
Pursuant to the Motion for Entry of an Orders: (A) approving (i) the Receiver’s engagement and compensation of Marcus & Millichap as broker for the sale of the Property, and (ii) the proposed sale and auction procedures for the sale of the Property (the “Sale Procedures”),
including the scheduling of an Auction and Sale Hearing to consider the sale of the Property; (B) approving the sale of the Property to the bidders who submit the highest and best offers at a public auction to be conducted on RealINSIGHT Marketplace Auction Platform at https:// rimarketplace.com (the “Marketplace Auction Platform”), free and clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances and interests; and (C) granting related relief (the “Sale Motion”), the Receiver is soliciting higher and better offers for the Property. The Receiver is soliciting higher and better offers by means of an Auction to be conducted on the Marketplace Auction Platform, which shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the order establishing sale and auction procedures (the “Sale Procedures Order”) approved by the Court on October 17, 2024 [ECF No. 246].
The Sale Motion and the Sale Procedures Order are on file with the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse, 401 W. Washington St., Suite 130, SPC 1, Phoenix, Arizona 85003-2118 (the “Court”), and are available for review during regular business hours. Copies of the Sale Motion, the Sale Procedures Order, and the proposed Purchase Agreement to be executed by the Successful Bidders are also available upon request from the undersigned or by visiting the Receiver’s website at www. arciterrareceivership.com.
OBJECTIONS, if any, to the relief requested in the Sale Motion or to final approval of the proposed Sale of the Property must be filed in writing with the Clerk of the Court on or before November 6, 2024 at 5:00 p.m., Phoenix Time (the “Objection Deadline”). A copy of the objection must also be served on all of the following so as to be received by the Objection Deadline: counsel to the Receiver, Archer & Greiner, P.C., Attn: Allen G. Kadish and Harrison H.D. Breakstone, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036. Through this Notice, HIGHER AND BETTER OFFERS to purchase the Property are hereby solicited. The Auction will be held on the Marketplace Auction Platform beginning on October 29, 2024 at 12:00 Noon (Eastern Standard Time) and ending on October 31, 2024 at Noon (Eastern Standard Time). Instructions for attending the Auction are available at: at https://
NEIGHBORHOOD
ENJOY
rimarketplace.com.
A FINAL HEARING on the Sale Motion will take place on November 13, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., Phoenix Time, at the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse, 401 W. Washington St., Suite 130, SPC 1, Phoenix, Arizona 85003-2118, before the Honorable Douglas L. Rayes. Please be advised that any of the foregoing dates may be changed by the Court without further notice.
If you have any questions regarding or would like copies of materials relating to the information in this Notice, please make such request in writing to Counsel for the Receiver, Archer & Greiner, P.C., 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036 Attn: Allen G. Kadish and Harrison H.D. Breakstone. NSC: 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/5/24
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF SUMNER COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AT GALLATIN RULE NO: 23AD-30
IN RE: THE ADOPTION OF TYLER TURNER (dob: 01/09/2014) TYLIN PATTERSON 01/23/2013) BY: TYLA CHAMPACO and JESSE CHAMPACO
PLAINTIFF vs. TELVIN TURNER
DEFENDANT
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
In this action, it appearing to the satisfaction of the Clerk and Master, from the Plaintiffs’ complaint which is sworn to that the whereabouts of Telvin Turner are unknown and cannot be ascertained after diligent search and inquiry so that the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon him.
It is therefore, ordered that publication be made in the NASHVILLE SCENE, a newspaper published in Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee, for four consecutive weeks commanding said defendant to file an answer to the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption with the Clerk and Master whose address is 155 East Main Street, Suite 3600, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee 37066 and a copy to Plaintiff’s attorney, according to law within thirty days from December 12, 2024. If the Defendant fails to do so, judgment by default will be taken against him for the
