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Kids Are Back in School, and Some Parents Are Hesitant to Get Them Vaccinated ..................................................7

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Parents are especially unlikely to get students vaccinated against COVID-19 and HPV

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Harpeth Hall Confronts Gender Diversity.........................................7

Keeping the Flame.................................. 38

BY RON WYNN

The city’s long-standing bastion of all-girls education no longer has an all-girls student body

Metal Church ........................................... 39

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Winners and Losers in the Aug. 4 Election ...........................................8

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Anthrax brings long-delayed 40th anniversary tour to the Ryman

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U.S. SENS. BLACKBURN AND HAGERTY WERE ON RUDY GIULIANI’S CALL LIST ON JAN. 6 On Jan. 6, 2022, a mob converged at the U.S. Capitol. According to CNN’s minute-byminute timeline, around 1 p.m, “Top White House staffers [were] quickly alerted by the U.S. Secret Service that the police lines [were] collapsing at the Capitol.” Earlier in the day, around 11:20 a.m., President Trump spoke with Vice President Mike Pence on the phone — and not hearing what he wanted to hear, Trump called Pence a “wimp.” Had it been left at name-calling, there would have been no need for the televised hearings that have now overtaken our news feeds.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

OurQuadCities.com reports that everything fell apart once Pence informed Trump he couldn’t change the outcome of the election. Trump rallied the troops, and “a mob of violent supporters incensed by Trump’s rhetoric stormed the Capitol Building and tried to halt the peaceful transfer of power.”

As several reports have noted, Trump needed a scapegoat for his loss — because it certainly couldn’t be his fault, and couldn’t be the fact that the American voters were sick and tired of his tirades and fallacies.

So Mike Pence became the fall guy, and lives were lost over the fact that President Trump refused to move on. As noted by Tennessee Lookout: “Donald Trump spoke approvingly of chants by his followers to ‘Hang Mike Pence!’ even as mob members erected gallows on the National Mall near the Capitol.” The Lookout also reports that “members of then-Vice President Mike Pence’s security detail made personal calls to family members at the height of the attack to tell them goodbye, so worried were they for their lives.”

As disturbing as it is to read about the former president inciting these acts, it is just as hard to hear about Tennessee’s U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty potentially supporting such acts. On Jan. 6, while a mob formed outside the Capitol and threats were being made, Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani placed calls to these two senators, not to discuss the dangers but “to ask them to slow walk the Senate vote to certify the 2020 presidential election,” the Tennessee Lookout reports.

As U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) noted during the hearings, “Despite the violence of the day, the effort to delay the certification continued.” “Both of our U.S. senators may have been on board with a scheme to overturn a free and fair election and the peaceful transfer of power,” writes the Lookout’s Holly McCall. “In short, Blackburn and Hagerty may have been part

SEN. BILL HAGERTY of a plot to overthrow the U.S. government.”

Tennessee’s two senators should be gravely concerned. I have serious doubts surrounding their judgment. It is profoundly concerning that it took an attempted insurrection for them to see the need for a smooth transition of power. Initially both Hagerty and Blackburn refused to certify the election results. On Jan. 2, 2021, The Tennessean reported that Republican lawmakers — including Blackburn and Hagerty — “have not cited any specific evidence, but use unfounded statements including ‘allegations of voter fraud’ and ‘voting irregularities’ to explain [themselves].” The report continues: “For months, President Donald Trump has unsuccessfully tried to overturn election results in six battleground states, falsely claiming the election was stolen despite no evidence of widespread fraud. …

Federal and state courts have also dismissed his claims of voter fraud nearly 60 times.”

Despite this, it was not until that fateful day in January 2021 that Sens. Blackburn and Hagerty changed direction and decided to vote for certification of the Electoral College results. Perhaps it was because they were, as NewsChannel 5 puts it, “forced out of their respective chambers by pro-Trump protesters.” Or perhaps Giuliani wasn’t able to get either of them on the phone, as the Lookout’s McCall surmised. I wonder what kind of brow-beating they took from the former president for that move. But perhaps he decided to forgive them, since the mob he incited could have cost them their lives.

What I find unconscionable is the fact that, even though these two senators were at the Capitol when it was under siege, both appeared and spoke at the recent Faith & Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” event in Nashville, which was headlined by Trump.

Presumably both still support him. I don’t know about you, but I cannot imagine a situation in which a “friend” deliberately puts me, my family and my associates in danger yet I go running back to them to show my loyalty — and certainly not if they’ve jeopardized the country in which I live.

I don’t believe Blackburn or Hagerty would overturn the government — but their continued support for Trump is beyond puzzling. I know I’m not the only Tennessean scratching my head over this one.

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KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL, AND SOME PARENTS ARE HESITANT TO GET THEM VACCINATED Parents are especially unlikely to get students vaccinated against COVID-19 and HPV

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hysicians are noticing a new wave of vaccine hesitancy since COVID-19 became prevalent — particularly when it comes to optional vaccines for school students, such as protections against COVID-19 and HPV. A slate of vaccines is required by the state before a student enters kindergarten, and a couple more for seventh grade. But parents can also sign a religious exemption form to negate all of the above. According to Metro Nashville Public Schools guidelines, students and staff who are symptomatic or have been exposed to COVID-19 are asked to stay home from school for 10 days following their first positive test.

Recent numbers show that 0.2 percent of students under 5 years old are vaccinated against COVID, with that rate increasing by age: 2.8 percent of 5- to 11-year-olds; 3.7 percent of 12- to 15-year-olds; and 5.4 percent of 16- to 20-year-olds.

With masks and vaccination optional at MNPS this year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center vaccination expert Dr. C. Buddy Creech says there will undoubtedly be children who develop symptoms of COVID-19, which can spread like wildfire through a

classroom.

Monkeypox could also spread, though it’s not as easily spread as hand-foot-and-mouth disease or COVID, for example. It can be spread skin to skin — or by snot. While the monkeypox vaccine hasn’t been distributed beyond those close to someone with a known case, it is something that could affect the school year if it spreads further to the student population, Creech says. Last week, the Biden administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency with more than 6,000 reported cases nationally, though just five of those cases have been in children.

“I think parents are going to have to be on the lookout if there is a known monkeypox exposure somewhere in the family,” Creech says.

Creech has also been fielding lots of questions from parents about the safety of any vaccine for children, including that of COVID-19. A common question: Why do we need a measles vaccine when you rarely see people get it? The truth is, outbreaks of measles still occur in unvaccinated populations.

A common rumor that leads to hesitancy is that the COVID vaccine affects fertility in the long run — something that is simply untrue, Creech says.

“Pediatricians spend time reminding parents that the amount of stimulation that we’re giving to the immune system [in vaccines] is far less than we get from our diet or exposures out on a walk or from the infection itself,” he says.

Another common concern from hesitant parents is that kids usually don’t have many adverse effects when it comes to COVID-19.

While that is true, there’s no way to predict an adverse side effect, Creech says. COVID can cause severe pneumonia, blood clots and even myocarditis in rare cases.

Before COVID-19, vaccination wasn’t such a political issue, Creech adds.

“I think what’s different about COVID is that there’s a political element to it now,” he says. “In some circles, it becomes an almost social liability to become vaccinated, because it feels as if they are betraying a political persuasion, or they’re buying into something they otherwise don’t want to buy into. That’s a different aspect of vaccine hesitancy that we haven’t seen before.”

The biggest challenge will be for those with underlying medical problems this school year, Creech says. Vaccination not only benefits the individual, but the surrounding population.

“I want to make sure parents understand that when they don’t vaccinate their children, they’re providing an entry point for this virus into a school, into a community, [where] those among us who have other medical conditions are immunocompromised,” Creech says. “We really rely on others to be vaccinated for our good as well. It’s not just a personal decision. It’s a personal decision that has community impact.”

Dr. Jennifer Erves is an associate professor in Meharry Medical College’s department of internal medicine. She also notices a lot of hesitancy around the HPV vaccine, Gardasil. With Tennessee at 53 percent vaccinated against HPV, and 58 percent nationally, we’re still far behind

the national goal of 80 percent, she says.

Since Gardasil was released in 2006 with the goal of preventing cervical cancer, the sexually transmitted disease HPV has been linked to more types of cancer, including penile cancer, vaginal and vulva cancer, and oral and anal cancer. It is also linked to genital warts.

“This is our first vaccine that actually prevents cancer, and because we know the impact of cancer that it can have on an individual, our children can potentially be protected from these six different types of cancers from the HPV vaccine,” Erves says.

The vaccine has also been updated to protect against more strains of HPV since it was released. In recent years, the recommended age of 11 has been lowered to 9, allowing hesitant parents to start asking questions about vaccination a couple of years sooner.

“It seems like the information is coming so quickly,” Erves says. “It’s like a constant catch-up game for us in terms of addressing the myths and disinformation.”

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femininity and falls short of properly accommodating non-female students. Alums recall a school environment in which breaking the gender mold could invite bullying. Nonbinary and trans youth are at risk for much higher rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation than their cisgender peers. Harpeth Hall has long provided students with an educational haven from patriarchy. Gender is front and center. So, stu-

dents say, why not talk about it?

“There was never really any conversation, and it wasn’t even a choice really to have that conversation,” a recent alum, who spoke on a condition of anonymity, tells the Scene about gender identity at Harpeth Hall. This alum does not identify as female and came out after graduation. “I feel like I would have been ostracized. But I do see that Harpeth Hall can serve as that space. They already have the infrastructure to talk about these kinds of things. The faculty has been really supportive, and the teachers are absolutely amazing. Yet the fact that the school hasn’t said anything is frustrating — they prefer to stay out of it, like they’re afraid of pissing off donors or wading into territory that’s uncomfortable for them.”

Small tweaks indicate that the school is reconsidering traditions that no longer serve students.

The school’s yearly George Washington Day, nixed in 2020, included historical reenactments of scenes of colonial America staged by Harpeth Hall middle schoolers. The 2022-2023 dress code will include pants, which the school explains as a “common wardrobe staple for professional women.” Some students see the change as a roundabout concession to students’ pushback against the school’s structural femininity, a stopgap while the school crafts something more explicit. At the same time, the administration used names on students’ birth certificates at this year’s graduation — a practice known as deadnaming

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HARPETH HALL CONFRONTS GENDER DIVERSITY

The city’s long-standing bastion of all-girls education no longer has an all-girls student body

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arpeth Hall’s student body is no longer entirely female, forcing the administration to define its 157-year-old commitment to all-girls education.

The elite college prep school enrolls students from fifth to 12th grades and traces its history to 1865. In the past few years, nonbinary students (who do not identify exclusively as male or female) and trans students (who were assigned female at birth but identify as male) have publicly acknowledged their gender identities, prompting calls for a clear policy on gender inclusion from the school. Harpeth Hall has yet to formalize any public policy or statement about gender

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diversity. According to the school, gender diversity has been an internal focus for more than six years.

In 2021, Harpeth Hall’s student-run paper called for “a specific statement pertaining to transphobia that clearly outlines unacceptable behavior towards trans students,” and “transparent curriculum changes and public statements” from administrators. Students cite a school atmosphere that centers certain types of

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Students’ calls set up Harpeth Hall for its second major pedagogical realignment in a century. In the decades that followed its midcentury spinoff from Ward-Belmont — the prestigious women’s seminary that preceded Belmont University — Harpeth Hall shifted from finishing school to elite college prep.

Students traded in first-wave feminism of the early 1900s, a movement primarily focused on political rights, for second-wave feminism of the 1960s, a broader assertion of gender equality that targeted patriarchy in the workplace and at home — female breadwinners, access to reproductive rights, legal protections for marital rape and domestic violence.

Students now hope to bring Harpeth Hall into the third wave, famous for decoupling sex (the result of a biological process based on chromosomes and hormones) and gender (an outward performance of constituent practices, expected choices, favorite colors). The benefit of being a decade behind other institutions is that Harpeth Hall has its pick of precedent.

Gender reckonings of the mid-2010s hit historically women’s educational institutions across the country, leading to admissions changes and formalized gender diversity policies. Every school did it differently. After students precipitated an existential examination at Mount Holyoke, a historically allwomen liberal arts college in Massachusetts, the administration organized open houses, town halls, panels and committees, updating policies in 2014.

Now it excludes only cisgender men. Barnard, a historically women’s college in New York City, updated its admission policy in 2015 to welcome anyone

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METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD Metro Nashville Public Schools Districts 2, 4, 6 and 8 were up for election on the Aug. 4 ballot. Despite a long and acrimonious partisan battle — the first partisan school board elections in Nashville history — all four seats were won by Democrats: Rachael Anne Elrod in 2, Berthena Nabaa-McKinney in 4, Cheryl Mayes (who defeated incumbent independent Fran Bush) in 6 and Erin O’Hara Block in 8.

DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY Nashville physician Jason Martin eked out a narrow win over JB Smiley Jr., an attorney and rising political figure who serves on the Memphis City Council.

Martin held a victory rally downtown after Thursday’s votes were in. He will face incumbent Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who is very heavily favored to win in the November general election.

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who identifies as a woman, explicitly including trans women and excluding trans men.

When asked by the Scene about admissions criteria, Harpeth Hall reiterated, “Any student who identifies as female may apply.” The phrasing doesn’t close the door to trans or nonbinary applicants. It doesn’t invite them, either.

Students and alums see the school’s lack of clarity as a missed opportunity. Many take the view that school leadership prefers to leave classmates in limbo rather than take a stance on gender that might provoke a donor base that skews more conservative than the student body. Board chair Crissy Wieck — a 1996 alumna whose husband, Matt Wiltshire, is running for mayor — directed questions from the Scene to director of marketing and communications (and former Tennessean reporter) Jessica Bliss.

“We — like most girls schools in the country — are discussing our philosophy to provide greater clarity and transparency around gender identity,” Bliss tells the Scene. “We hold true to the fact that an inclusive educational environment for girls is a hallmark of Harpeth Hall’s educational excellence.”

The Scene reached out to Nashville’s other allgirls school for comment about whether they had any nonbinary or trans students. “We are not going to participate in this particular article,” administrator Sharon Huber tells the Scene on behalf of St. Cecilia.

Montgomery Bell Academy, Harpeth Hall’s historically male counterpart, has not “dealt with that” according to head of school Brad Gioia. “We know that could happen at any time, but it has not happened,” Gioia tells the Scene.

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The district covers North Nashville and downtown as well as big chunks of East Nashville and Antioch.

DEMOCRATIC STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 52 PRIMARY Following the political retirement of Rep. Mike Stewart, organizer Justin Jones took a 6-point win over current Metro Councilmember Delishia Porterfield.

Jones came to Nashville to attend Fisk University, an HBCU steeped in civil rights history, and recently graduated from Vanderbilt Divinity School. In his decade-plus tenure in Nashville, Jones has spoken at the legislature about issues like voting rights and protections for protesting. Following a win in the uncontested general election in the left-leaning district, Jones will return as a legislator to the state Capitol from which he was once temporarily banned.

REPUBLICAN U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 5 PRIMARY After millions of dollars spent and a flurry of attack ads, it wasn’t even that close. Maury County Mayor Andy Ogles leapfrogged former state House Speaker Beth Harwell and retired National Guardsman Kurt Winstead by a comfortable 11 points to win in the newly redistricted Congressional 5th. Ogles won with a far-right platform. Democratic nominee Heidi Campbell, who was unopposed in the primary, hopes to capture enough political middle ground in Williamson, Davidson and Maury counties to pick up a crucial seat for Democrats. Activist Odessa Kelly was unopposed in the 7th Congressional District Democratic primary, and Randal Cooper handily beat fellow Democrat Clay Faircloth in the 6th. Kelly and Cooper will take on incumbent Republican Reps. Mark Green and John Rose, respectively, in the November general.

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Indulgent Bites From mac-and-cheese hot dogs to wildly adorned bloody marys and deep-fried Oreos, here are 34 of Music City’s most decadent dishes

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Caviar is practically the universal synonym for indulgent. Want to make something fancy? Add a dollop of salt-cured roe. Such is the singular appetizer of mozzarella sticks and caviar on the menu at Andrew Carmellini’s Carne Mare (on the lower level of the W Hotel in the Gulch). The basic mozzarella sticks (yes, they look like the ones that come out of the freezer case) offer the same soft accompaniment as crème fraîche usually does, allowing the brininess of the caviar to come through. The combo feels a little bit absurd, but extravagances often do. MARGARET LITTMAN

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CARNE MARE: Mozzarella Sticks and Caviar

On its own, Pepperfire Hot Chicken’s Peppercheese (a deep-fried pepper-jack grilled cheese sandwich) is downright decadent. When the West Nashville hot chicken joint adds three tenders to it (that’s called a Tender Royale), it’s doubly so. But when they top the whole thing with sweet baked apples for the house specialty known as the Apple Jack? Good Lord, that’s where these maniacs earn “indulgent” status.

Yes, it’s as delicious and food-comainducing as it sounds — truth be told, it’s the dish that in part inspired this very issue. D. PATRICK RODGERS

XIAO BAO: Fried Mochi

Mochi in these parts are typically served as dessert, balls of glutinous rice-flour dough with ice cream inside. But the mochi at Xiao Bao, a food trailer currently operating at the Dive Motel, are filled with a divine caramelized pork, fried, then served with nuoc cham (a tart Vietnamese dipping sauce) and lettuce leaves for wrapping. It is an insanely satisfying contrast of savory, sweet, sour, salty, fried and awesome.

Keep an eye out for Xiao Bao’s full-service McFerrin Park restaurant, due to open in the coming months. JACK SILVERMAN

BUTTER MILK RANCH: Croissants

Butter Milk Ranch’s classic croissant, with 140 buttery and flaky layers, is itself a treat worth battling 12South traffic. But if

you want true indulgence, splurge on one of the bakery’s many flavored options — croissants that are stuffed, slathered and twice-baked with dulce de leche cream, almond frangipane, guava jam and more.

The Babka Croissant is filled with babka filling, 70 percent dark chocolate and hazelnuts; the Churro Croissant is rolled in cinnamon and sugar and comes with a side of Mexican hot chocolate sauce for dipping.

Craving savory? Try one of their breakfast sandwiches on a pretzel croissant for salty, crispy and tender perfection. MEGAN SELING

PEG LEG PORKER: BBQ Nachos

Sometimes the proper solution isn’t the most elegant one. Hell, the solution in question might be as lowbrow as pouring bright-yellow nacho cheese from a can over a platter of tortilla chips piled high with smoky barbecue pulled pork and sauce.

That’s the choice that Peg Leg Porker owner Carey Bringle made when he came up with this popular plate for his barbecue joint. Add a smattering of jalapeños for some extra heat or upgrade your nachos to “machos” with the addition of beans and slaw. CHRIS CHAMBERLAIN

SAN ANTONIO TACO COMPANY: Queso At SATCO, line cooks have stopped making queso to order. Instead, they keep a short parade of shallow containers on the counter, steadily replenishing the supply line as orders disappear with fish tacos and Buffalo wings. The pale-orange side

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PEPPERFIRE HOT CHICKEN: APPLE JACK

PEPPERFIRE HOT CHICKEN: Apple Jack

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BUTTER MILK RANCH: CROISSANTS

PEG LEG PORKER: BBQ NACHOS

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THE MOCKINGBIRD: SEOUL PURPOSE chipotle cream, hot pepper jam and Clyde’s version of Cheez Whiz. Enjoy that afternoon food coma/nap. CHRIS CHAMBERLAIN

order starts a meal as a dip for thin, crispy tortilla chips. But it always ends up as a condiment, pushing diners to find more creative ways to use it until an otherwise well-mannered patron is scraping the bottom of a Styrofoam container with a softshell fish taco. Eat at your own risk and pay some respect to San Antonio Taco Company, which is nearing 40 years of neighborhood Tex-Mex near Vanderbilt University. ELI

REDHEADED STRANGER: Green Chile Cheeseburger Chef Bryan Lee Weaver originated this ooey-gooey cheeseburger as a brunch special at his flagship restaurant Butcher & Bee. Now it’s a centerpiece of the Tex-Mex menu at his East Side outpost Redheaded Stranger. Weaver’s obsession with Hatch chiles from New Mexico shows up as a salsa of chopped peppers on top of the burger.

The kitchen wraps the burger tightly in foil to melt the American cheese, which

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THE WAFFLE TACO: Morning Waffle Taco I can make a cogent argument that the namesake dish at charming Antioch eatery The Waffle Taco is a perfectly wellrounded breakfast. After all, the bubble waffle provides grains, and it’s topped with proteins (scrambled egg, cheese, bacon, turkey sausage) and vegetables (hash browns, avocado, tomato, onions). And I still stand by it, even though my points become a tad less airtight when I get two-thirds of the way through the meal and have to ask for a to-go box — or the second I pick the thing up with both hands and try to eat it like an actual taco. STEPHEN TRAGESER

REDHEADED STRANGER: GREEN CHILE CHEESEBURGER

HI-FI CLYDE’S: Sloppy Seconds Burger

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becomes one with the beef patties and Gifford’s bacon. The potato bun provides the backbone to keep the mess somewhat manageable. CHRIS CHAMBERLAIN

JOYLAND: CrustBurger

There’s nothing better to indulge in than joy. The idea behind Sean Brock’s East Nashville outpost Joyland is to capture that uncomplicated childhood pleasure of getting a burger and shake … albeit one with premium ingredients. Order a CrustBurger, which comes loaded with Bear Creek Farms beef, gooey cheese and tangy sauce — perfectly grilled, bun and all.

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BABO: Loaded Pancake East Nashville’s Babo Korean Bar — owned and operated in part by the team behind Duke’s, the crown jewel of Five Points — has a really lovely lineup of traditional Korean eats, from glass noodles to bibimbap.

But they’ve also got less traditional fare, including their addictive kimchi hot dog and this indulgent pick, the loaded pancake — a scallion pancake topped with kimchi and drowned in a glorious sauce trinity of Kewpie Mayo, furikake and Bull-Dog sauce. It’s an intoxicating blend of sweet and savory, and the chewy texture of the pancake, crisp around its edges, simply cannot be beat. D. PATRICK RODGERS

THE MOCKINGBIRD: Seoul Purpose

The menu at The Mockingbird is filled with items that have fun names like Don’t Worry, Brie Happy and When Kale Cheeses Over, but no dish is more over-the-top than the Seoul Purpose. The Korean-inspired main features bulgogi-style hanger steak (the cut that butchers set aside for themselves when cutting beef) topped with a fried egg and a potato latke waffle. Basically steak and eggs with a side of potato waffles, it’s an exemplary breakfast-for-dinner treat. CHRIS

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SUBCULTURE: Churrasco Sandwich PHOTO: DANIEL MEIGS

The Sloppy Seconds burger was inspired by the Hot Mess at Hi-Fi Clyde’s sister restaurant Milk & Honey, and it’s only available for brunch. That’s probably a good thing, because you’ll need the extra time to recover from that double-stacked burger topped with an over-easy egg, avocado, chorizo, pickled red onions, cilantro,

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THE WAFFLE TACO: MORNING WAFFLE TACO

I’m not sure exactly what the “stately pleasure domes” of the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem “Kubla Khan” look like, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they resemble these signature mounds of decadence at South Nashville’s Subculture. Expertly

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crafted with marinated skirt steak, fragrant chimichurri, creamy avocado and a runny egg, the Churrasco Sandwich comes on a toothsome bun of Chilean country bread that’s perfect for dipping in the glorious river of runoff that’s sure to spread across your plate. STEPHEN TRAGESER

GABBY’S BURGERS & FRIES: The Mattadelphia It’s not a big secret that Gabby’s Burgers & Fries has a special menu made up of dishes created by or in honor of favorite customers and local sports figures. (Heck, it says “secret menu” right on the restaurant’s home page.) Among the clandestine items is the Mattadelphia, an employee’s cheesesteak variation that features diced chicken, green peppers, onions, mushrooms and jalapeños grilled and smothered in pepper jack on a butter-toasted hoagie bun. Pat’s and Geno’s are in trouble! CHRIS CHAMBERLAIN

I DREAM OF WEENIE: Mac-and-Cheese Weenie Longtime Five Points lunch outpost I Dream of Weenie is an East Nashville institution — a spot that’s always been there for hungover revelers and picnicking families alike. In addition to fairly straightforward dogs like the Frank and to the Point and the Slaw Weenie, the cute little non-mobile VW bus also offers rotating specials that can get pretty far-out. But the one that keeps on calling out to us after all these years is the Mac-and-Cheese Weenie — homemade cheddar mac on top of a hot dog that makes for one of the heartiest and most satisfying bites on this whole list. Never change, I Dream of Weenie. You are perfect as you are. D. PATRICK RODGERS

TAILGATE BREWERY: Mac-and-Cheese Pizza There are boring people who insist macaroni-and-cheese is merely a side dish, but Canada’s favorite comfort food is surprisingly versatile, as anyone with a

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decent frontal cortex and a reasonably wellstocked pantry knows. Add breadcrumbs and ham or bacon (and hot sauce if you know what’s good for you), and it’s a mealcentering casserole. Top your hot dog with it (read above). Or put it on a pizza.

The kitchen minds at TailGate Brewery are always willing to put, well, pretty much anything on their pizza. Regulars impatiently anticipate the calendar flipping to November for the newest version of the Thanksgiving Feast pizza. (Yes, there’s turkey and dressing and potatoes and sometimes cranberries, and it’s delicious.)

October means the sausage-and-mustardadorned Oktoberfest pie. A year-round staple of the specialty menu is the Mac and Cheese Pizza: melted nacho cheese just on this side of queso blanco, macaroni (with just a dash of crispiness from the pizza oven), seasoned bread crumbs and Canadian bacon. The rib-sticking pie is ideal for soaking up that extra pint of Orange Wheat beer. It’s a hearty, homey combination best eaten leisurely out back at TailGate’s headquarters with the sun setting stunningly over the hilltops. J.R. LIND

NICOLETTO’S ITALIAN KITCHEN: Buffalo Chicken Mac ’n’ Cheese

LA CUCHARITA: BANDEJA PAISA partial to a side dish: waffle fries dusted with Old Bay seasoning. Served with spicy ketchup and house-made caramelized onion dip, they’re the perfect late-night bar snack.

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LA CUCHARITA: Bandeja Paisa

Don’t ask me how or why, but I stumbled across a Nashville subreddit dedicated to the city’s best hangover-recovery food. That’s where I discovered bandeja paisa, a traditional Colombian dish that has just about everything you’d need to soak up last night’s sins. At La Cucharita in South Nashville, their version comes with beans and rice, grilled steak, sausage and chicharrones, plantains, avocado and cornbread, all topped with a fried egg. It’ll either cure you or kill you. Either way, no more hangover! CHRIS CHAMBERLAIN

HONEYFIRE BARBEQUE CO.: Brisket Queso Smoked brisket is a notoriously tricky meat that most people don’t try to tackle at home.

When you find someone else who does it

well, take advantage of it. They smoke a mean brisket at HoneyFire, and when it’s presented as an add-in to their creamy white queso dip, it’s even better. However, when that queso is poured over HoneyFire’s Honey Flat Fries as part of an occasional brisket poutine special, you should just jump in your car immediately and head to Bellevue. CHRIS CHAMBERLAIN

THE BE-HIVE: Fried Chxn Sandwiches and Crunch Wraps

Being vegetarian or vegan in Nashville’s meat-filled landscape of chicken, barbecue and meat-and-threes can be frustrating.

Thankfully, The BE-Hive Deli and Market in East Nashville knows herbivores want to — and deserve to! — pig out too. Their menu is full of vegified comfort food — Italian hoagies, Philly cheesesteaks and chili-cheese tots. But the best and most regionally appropriate offering is the Fried Chxn Sandwich. A fat, surprisingly juicy seitan “chicken” cutlet is fried and, if you’d like, dunked in Buffalo or Nashville Hot sauce and stacked high with lettuce, tomato, onion and enough ranch to drip down your

Imagine two of the tenderest tenders you’ve ever eaten tossed in a classic Buffalo sauce just hot enough to make you sniffle.

Imagine they’re gently laid across a bed of Nicoletto’s creste di gallo noodles and swimming in a bowl of creamy Buffalo cheddar sauce. Now, drizzle all of that with a subtle ranch dressing and sprinkle on a handful of green onions, if you’re so inclined. Now wake up and order, because this dream is real, thanks to Nicoletto’s Italian Kitchen. JONATHAN SIMS

MOTHER’S RUIN: Old Bay Waffle Fries

There’s not much healthy on the menu at this popular Germantown watering hole — it’s got “Ruin” in the name, after all. While the Cholula/honey-glazed wings and double cheeseburger often get the spotlight, we’re

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SUNDA NEW ASIAN: Sumo Bloody Mary Bloody marys are divisive, I get it. Not everyone likes tomato juice. Not everyone who likes tomato juice thinks it should be boozified. Not everyone wants to mix salad fixins with vodka. As for me, I think the world’s most famous hangover analgesic should be an all-the-time drink instead of being confined to post-bender brunches.

There are plenty of joints offering extravagant interpretations of Fernand Petiot’s most famous creation (at Party Fowl, they stick, among other things, two Cornish game hens on skewers as garnish), but

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Sunda’s interpretation, served in a 32-ounce Mason jar, hits the right mix of delectable and absurd. It starts with Sunda’s standard Asian-inspired bloody mary mix, then adds a fusion-tastic dim sum platter: grilled cheese with tocino (Filipino sweet marinated pork belly), longanisa (a Filipino sausage), a pork belly bao bun, a snow crab handroll, Japanese-style fried chicken, lumpia egg rolls, the restaurant’s signature potatoes and, because I guess they needed a vegetable, cucumber. If, like me, solving the hangover isn’t worth the shellfish-caused anaphylaxis, the crustacean parts of the cocktail can be omitted or served on the side for your dining partner. Sure, it’s $38, but it’s a meal (and a complete restorative) in a glass. J.R. LIND

CHOPPER TIKI: Robo Zombie

Friends, I ask you — what is more indulgent than a $16 cocktail delivered to your table ablaze? East Nashville’s Chopper Tiki is a

fun spot, committed to authentic, traditional tiki drinks like mai tais, hurricanes and Singapore slings. But nothing beats the Robo Zombie, an over-the-top concoction of Jamaican rum, fassionola, citrus and flaming — literally, flaming — cinnamon. Your bartender or server is likely to make a big show of sprinkling on the cinnamon to make the flames dance, which is great. What would be the point otherwise! The Zombie is a sweet, satisfying, photogenic tipple that goes down smooth — and for an extra $29, you can take home the festive mug it comes in. Plus, these things are strong as hell — hence the one-per-customer limit. D. PATRICK RODGERS

THE VESPER CLUB: The Martini and Caviar Experience

The one-hour caviar-and-cocktail tasting at The Vesper Club at The Continental may

just be the best 60 minutes of your week.

Beverage director Jonathan Howard and chef Sean Brock have selected a quintet of delicious caviars from around the globe and thoughtfully paired each with some version of a cocktail — mostly vodka-based, natch. Each cocktail showcases different techniques, including some that are shaken, stirred and dramatically thrown from tin to tin. The elegant presentation is dinner and a show. CHRIS CHAMBERLAIN

LOCKELAND TABLE: Chicken Liver Pâté

On the Lockeland Table menu since day one, chef Hal Holden-Bache’s chicken liver pâté starter has been an expression of his culinary history in one dish. His training in upscale cuisine at hotel restaurants like The Greenbrier and the Capitol Grille shows in the precious jar of pâté that is

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BOURBON STEAK: Tomahawk Ribeye Indulgent doesn’t necessarily mean bigger and pricier, but the 36-ounce tomahawk ribeye at Bourbon Steak atop the JW Marriott also fits in those categories. One of Bourbon Steak’s signatures is its incredibly attentive service (it’s at the core of Michael Mina’s restaurants), and that extends to the $182 prime beef, which is carved at your table. Bourbon Steak offers a trio of sauces, including béarnaise and chimichurri, but a steak like this doesn’t need any other accompaniment. MARGARET LITTMAN

JACK BROWN’S BEER & BURGER JOINT: To-Die-For Deep-Fried Oreos Yeah, dipping Oreos in milk is great — but have you ever tried deep-fried Oreos? The heat of the fryer softens the chocolate cookies and makes the cream all gooey and melty. That, encased in a shell of fried dough topped with powdered sugar, provides a transcendent and deeply unhealthy dessert experience. Jack Brown’s does it right.

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SLIM & HUSKY’S: CINNAMON ROLLS

SLIM & HUSKY’S: Cinnamon Rolls Never content to stick with what’s been done before, Slim & Husky’s reinvents cinnamon rolls in the same way they’ve remade pizza — by mastering the basics, then elevating them to another dimension entirely. Take the Cookie Monsta, for example. It’s a top-notch, freshly baked roll, but instead of standard cream cheese icing, S&H goes for broke with a white chocolate sauce, then sprinkles chocolate cookie crumbles on top. The Too Short Cakes has chunks of real strawberries mixed into a sugary glaze, plus cream cheese, plus graham cracker crumbles. It’s like your dessert is having dessert. LAURA

a good food mash-up. Newer to that list is the B-Roll, Biscuit Love’s cinnamon roll made with tender, flaky buttermilk biscuit dough. What happens in the oven is nothing short of magic — as the bun bakes, the buttery cinnamon-sugar mixture melts into every delectable layer of dough. The result is an ooey-gooey beast unlike any

other, a cinnamon roll deeply fortified with cinnamon-sugar flavor, every scrumptious bite is as sticky-sweet as the last. It’s finished off with a pecan stickybun sauce, because sure, and a little cloud of tangy cream cheese icing. Neither topping is necessary, both are appreciated.

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DESSERT DESIGNS: Firefly Cake

Dessert Designs’ Firefly Cake will make you question everything you thought a classic two-layer cake could be. A layer of rich chocolate truffle cake is topped with a round of moist, decadent sour cream pound cake that somehow tastes more like butter than an actual stick of butter. Is it finished off with traditional buttercream? Maybe some kind of basic ganache? No. It is drenched in cascading caramel icing that is so thick, so decadent, that the finished product looks like a cake castle — an impenetrable fortress of caramelized sugar. But do not be fooled! The moment that icing hits your tongue it begins to melt into a soft, smooth sauce, escaping the cloying, overwhelming mouth-feel of lesser-quality caramel. Who cares how, just cut me off another slice.

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ANNE’S CAKES: Coconut Crème Cake Anne’s Coconut Crème Cake is ultra moist — I once wrote that it “looks like the stippling of fresh oil paint on a seascape.” I stand by that claim, though a wintery landscape may be more appropriate — Bob Ross would be inspired. The icing is soft, whipped and not too sweet as to be overwhelming. But that doesn’t make a slice any less indulgent.

Blanketed in grated coconut, the cake is rich and pillowy — perfect for celebrating occasions both great and small. Find it by the slice at Midtown Cafe, Sperry’s Mercantile, Cole’s Kitchen, The Picnic Cafe and The Café at Thistle Farms. Whole cakes are available by special order at these locations. ERICA CICCARONE EMAIL EDITOR@NASHVILLESCENE.COM

NASHVILLE JAM CO.: Bronut Well off the beaten path of indulgent brunch options, Berry Hill’s Nashville Jam Co. offers breakfast and brunch standards peppered with Cajun influence. Omelets and shrimp-and-grits reign supreme, but try the Bronut, which stands alone as a monument to pure brunch decadence. Homemade biscuits, salty and slightly sweet, are deep-fried and topped with cheesecake topping and blueberry compote de la casa.

A supremely indulgent play on biscuits and jelly. ALIJAH POINDEXTER

Cotton & Snow’s array of cotton candy, ice cream, shaved ice and more is a great way to satisfy a sweet tooth in the heat of the summer. The Assembly Food Hall sweets outpost’s Spiked Cotton & Snow option offers cotton-candy-flavored shaved ice, a swirl of vanilla ice cream, a cloud of cotton candy — and vodka. It’s really just a cotton candy flavor bomb with enough alcohol and sugar to give you a considerable buzz.

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YOU SAY TOMATO, I SAY TOMORROW The 19th annual Tomato Art Fest’s 2-day celebration welcomes everyone to East Nashville August 12th and 13th, 2022 for fun and wacky days of art, music, food, costumes, contests, shopping, kids activities, & more!

The festival kicks off on Friday, August 12th featuring Them Vibes, Fingernails Are Pretty: A tribute to Foo Fighters, Lillie Mae and KillaKeyz on the 37206 main stage. Friday also includes a selection of unique vendors along with the Tomato Art Show.

On Saturday, August 13th the festival kicks off with the annual Tomato Art Fest Parade at 9 am. Along with more than 225 vendors, the festival’s three stages will feature Tayls, Brian Brown, The Weird Sisters, Love Montage, Ben Chapman, Amanda Stone, Future Crib, Alicia Gail, Kashena Sampson, Hew G., Hans Condor, Melissa Erin, Blood Root, and The Ukedelics.

Other activities include The Bloody Mary Garden Party, Bloody Mary Contest, Haiku Contest Winners, Beautiful Tomato Contest and Costume Contest.

Located in Historic East Nashville’s Five Points, this free, costume-encouraged event provides a wildly entertaining, fun-filled day for all types and all-ages.

A community builder, Tomato Art Fest has steadily drawn larger crowds with each passing year. Last year an estimated 55,000 came to celebrate this beloved fruit / vegetable and enjoyed the day’s memorable festivities.

The essence of Tomato Art Fest can really be found in the array of wacky & hilarious contests, and the Push, Pull & Wear Parade kicking off tomato weekend, full of floats and costumes. True to our namesake, the ART gets a big part of the tomato spotlight, where The Tomato ART Show and Tomato Art Pre-view Party showcases over 300 tomato-inspired pieces throughout the weekend.

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TOMATO ART FEST SCHEDULE OF EVENTS HOME DECORATING CONTEST Turn your yard, porch, garage, or front door into a tomato masterpiece the week of Tomato Art Fest!

Decorations include tomatoes, arts and crafts, humans, pets, vehicles; we have seen it all. A crew of local judges will come to judge your decorations on Wednesday, August 10th. Winners will be announced on Thursday, August 11th and cash prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

WHEN: Decorate the week of August 8-13, Judging will be on Wednesday, August 10th WHERE: All over East Nashville REGISTER/MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/ homedecorating

TOMATO STORY TIME AT TOMATO ART FEST Join Mr. Andrew in the kids area for a special story time about our beloved tomato and all of its fruits and vegetable friends! Mr. Andrew brings the tomato love with stories and songs that can’t be missed. Children of all ages are encouraged to attend.

WHEN: Saturday, August 13th, 10:00 am WHERE: Kids Area Stage MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/ tomatostorytime

TOMATO ART SHOW PRE-VIEW PARTY Be the first to see the 2022 Tomato Art Show at the Pre-View Party! Guests can enjoy local snacks, drinks, and entertainment and have the ability to purchase your favorite pieces. This party is for the tomato art enthusiast and community supporters.

WHEN: Thursday, August 11th, 6pm-9pm WHERE: 1106 Woodland St., Suite 4 MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/ artpreview

EAST NASHVILLE TOMATO 5K Start your tomato day by walking, jogging, skipping or sprinting a 5K through East Nashville. This race is for the whole family, with a Kids Fun Run before the 5K kicks off. Wear your tomato red and stop by the festival to celebrate finishing the race!

WHEN: Saturday, August 13, 5K Starts at 7:30 am, Kids Fun Run Starts at 7:00am WHERE: The Race starts and ends at East Park Community Center (600 Woodland St) REGISTER/MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/ tomato5k

TOMATO ART FEST “PUSH, PULL, AND WEAR” PARADE Tomato lovers line the streets of 5 Points to see the quirky and original parade entries every year. We want to see your group marching proudly through East Nashville in your best tomato themes! Push it, pull it, or wear it, it’s all the same to us, just bring that tomato spirit. The parade is free for community groups to participate, but registration is required.

WHEN: Saturday, August 13th, Line Up at 8:30am, Parade begins at 9am WHERE: Parade line up at the corner of S 12th and Russell, Ends in 5 Points.

REGISTER/MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/parade

TOMATO ART SHOW Have you ever seen a gallery full of art inspired by the tomato and its fruit and vegetable friends? We have, and we think it’s awesome, quirky, and different than anything you have ever seen. Stop by the gallery to browse and purchase some great local art!

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WHEN: Friday, August 12th: Noon-9pm Saturday, August 13th: 9am-7pm Sunday, August 14th: 11am-5pm WHERE: 1106 Woodland St., Suite 4 MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/ tomatoartshow

KIDS ART SHOW Hey Kids! What do you think of when you hear “Tomato”? Draw it and submit it to the Kids Art Show!

Festival goers can be sure to stop by the show on 11th Ave to see all of the great creations.

WHEN: Saturday, August 13th: 9am-7pm WHERE: 11th Street REGISTER/MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/ kidsartshow

TOMATO ART FEST VENDOR MARKETPLACE Some of the most unique and creative local and regional vendors take over the streets of East Nashville for Tomato Art Fest on Saturday, August 13 from 9 AM - 7 PM. You’ll be sure to find a have-to-have, one-of-akind tomato treasure while you’re exploring the marketplace. The beloved tomato takes on many forms, including jewelry, pottery, blown glass, figurines, art, clothing, toys, and so many more. Vendors also offer original, non-tomato items for sale that are guaranteed to be just as impressive as the tomato art.

WHEN: Saturday, August 13th: 9am-7pm WHERE: 5 Points MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/ events/vendormarketplace

EAST END UMC’S KIDFEST Join us for family fun at the corner of 12th and Holly Street! East End United Methodist Church will once again host the KidFest from 9 am till 3 pm. There will be crafts, inflatables, sensory play and more. We are thrilled to be able to welcome our community back to this day of summer fun!

WHEN: Saturday, August 13, 9am-3pm WHERE: Corner of 12th and Holly MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/kidfest

ENTERTAINMENT Every year you can expect to see some of East Nashville’s finest musicians take the stage at Tomato Art Fest. With 3 stages around the festival and pop up performances throughout the day, everywhere you go, you are sure to hear great music. Music is played from open to close so be sure to check out the lineups and schedule time to see your favorite bands.

MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/entertainment

TOMATO ART FEST CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT Does your team have what it takes to go all the way to the top of the bracket in the Tomato Art Fest Cornhole Tournament? Truly a fan favorite of the festival, teams compete in a bracket-style tournament to crown the top team and win prizes from local restaurants and a Cornhole set from Music City Boards!

WHEN: Saturday, August 13th, 11:00am WHERE: 1015 Clearview Ave (Parking Lot next to TreeHouse) REGISTER/MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/ cornholetournament

TOMATO ART FEST HAIKU CONTEST HAIKU: an unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin

having three lines containing usually five, seven, and five syllables respectively. Submit a tomato-related haiku in classic 5-7-5 style. Snag some pretty sweet prizes. Winners announced at Tomato Art Fest in person on Saturday August 13th. Contest is free to enter and judges accept up to 5 entries per person.

This year’s categories are: Heirlooms (adults, ages 17 & up), Greenhouse (youth, ages 16 & under), Funnies (humor), and Oddities (limerick, sonnet, freeform, anything under 200 words) WHEN: Submit Entries by August 10th, Winners poems will be read on the 37206 Main Stage on Saturday, August 13th at 10:40am ENTER: email tomatohaikucontest@gmail.com with your name and submission MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/tomatohaiku

BEAUTIFUL TOMATO CONTEST Picture a beauty pageant with beautiful contestants, perfect outfits, and exciting judges. Now just picture those contestants as your favorite garden tomatoes!

Dress up your home grown or store bought contestants and enter them into East Nashville’s favorite pageant.

This year’s pageant is hosted by the East End Neighborhood Association and will take place on the Garden Stage in front of a panel of judges. Set the scene and be ready to present your masterpiece in front of an audience.

WHEN: Saturday, August 13th at 10:30 WHERE: 37206 Main Stage HOSTED BY: East End Neighborhood association

BIGGEST/LITTLEST/UGLIEST TOMATO CONTEST We love UGLY tomatoes! That’s right, the uglier the better. We also love those big tomatoes and the teeny weenie ones, too! Enter your Ugliest, Biggest, and Littlest Tomato to the information booth at the corner of 11th and Woodland for a chance to win PRIZES! WHERE: INFO booth at 11th and Woodland WHEN: Saturday, August 13th TIME: drop off entries from 9:00am – 12:00pm.

Winners announced at 1pm MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/biggestlittlest CONTACT: Hello@goodneighborfestivals.com

BLOODY MARY GARDEN PARTY Bloody Mary fans unite at the Tomato Art Fest Bloody Mary Garden Party. This tasting event features full size Bloody Marys, a robust Garnish bar, mimosas, a tomato-tastic photo area, plus a commemorative cup to contain your Bloody Mary refreshments.

Decorate your Derby Style hat and compete in our Hat Decorating Contest to win fun prizes from sponsors and local restaurants! Tickets are limited.

WHERE: Center of Five Points (1015 Clearview) WHEN: Saturday August 13, 11AM - 1PM

BLOODY MARY CONTEST Who has the best Bloody Mary recipe in all the land?

Maybe you do? Get your recipe together and enter the annual Bloody Mary Contest. Check out the contest on the 37026 Main Stage starting at 11 am on Saturday August 13th as the 10 finalists vie for the title of BEST Bloody Mary. Emceed and judged by a panel of experts!

WHEN: Saturday, August 13th: 11am WHERE: 37026 Main Stage MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/ events/bloodymarycontest

TOMATO COSTUME CONTEST We see them every year: your outstanding tomato costumes, hats, and outfits. This

year, we want to make it official and highlight all of the tomato wears. Join us right after the Push, Pull & Wear Parade in the center of Five Points to show us your creations! A host of local Judges will determine the winners and give out sweet prizes! Categories Include: Red Hair Don’t Care, Best Dressed, Best Hat, Other Uniters, Tomato Talents, and Heirloom Tomatoes (kids under 12) WHEN: Saturday, August 13th at 10am WHERE: Center of Five Points REGISTER/MORE INFO: tomatoartfest.com/events/ costumecontest

ICE CREAM COMMUNITY ART Art can be found all across the Tomato Art Fest, even near the Ice Cream! Stop by the Pied Piper Ice Cream Booth on 11th Ave to add your mark to the community art piece highlighting your favorite summer treat.

Participants will also receive giveaways to celebrate!

WHEN: Saturday, August 13th 9-7pm WHERE: 5 points, Pied Piper Ice Cream Booth

RECIPE CONTEST This year’s recipe contest will have one category: “An artistic tomato dish recipe”. Your dish should be delicious and artistic and feature the tomato prominently in its flavor profile. It can be sweet or savory and points will be weighted for how the dish incorporates art or its artistic flair-- whether beautifully plated and presented, or the dish made to appear like a piece of art itself, AND, of course, how delicious it is.

Must be presented on one regular size plate or platter.

Any and all materials are not returnable, but usable items will be donated to a local charity that will put them to good use. Judges panel will be made up of local food writers and gallerist or artists. Create your best artistic tomato and bring your dish to Lockeland Table on Saturday, August 13th for official judging. Local judges will taste the creations and name a winner on Saturday afternoon. Pre-registration is required.

WHEN: Saturday, August 13th, drop off between 10am and 11:30 am WHERE: Lockeland Table COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR: Mike Smith LEARN MORE: www.tomatoartfest.com/events/ recipecontest

EASTIE BEASTIE PHOTO CONTEST Our friends at East C.A.N love your pets, and in an effort to discourage bringing them out on what is usually the hottest day of the year we’ve decided to discontinue the in person Pet Fashion Show.

This year we are providing a photo back-drop and will have costumes available for use at Wags and Whiskers starting July 17th! Our theme this year is “Which Tomato Are You? Posh or Party?” Once submissions close, we will have voting set up at our booth at the festival. All submitted photos will be on display in the booth. Voting is done by giving a donation in the bank of the corresponding pet (in person or via Venmo). The pet with the most “votes” wins! This lets your pet be a local celebrity for a day but also raises vital funds for us to continue to provide care for animals in our community. Winners will be announced via Instagram on Sunday, Aug 14th.

REGISTER: email photo submissions to info@eastcan.org with your pet’s name WHEN: send submissions from July 10th -August 7th WHERE: WHERE visit the East C.A.N. Booth at the Tomato Art Fest to see the entries and vote on a winner MORE INFO: www.tomatoartfest.com/ events/petphotocontest

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IN-GALLERY PERFORMANCE: NASHVILLE AMBIENT ENSEMBLE

One of the coolest elements of the Frist’s already cool Light, Space, Surface exhibit is that the museum partnered with Nashville Ambient Ensemble — organized and led by electronic composer Michael Hix — to create new compositions meant to be listened to while perusing the art on display.

On Thursday, the partnership goes a step further when the gallery will serve as a stage for the ensemble, who will perform those works live in front of the artwork that inspired them. You’ll be able to walk around the gallery while the performers soundtrack your experience — listening to their vibey, sea-invoking “Waveguide” while walking around Gisela Colon’s “Untitled (Monolith Silver),” or the vaguely spooky and romantic “Refraction” while walking through James Turrell’s futuristic “Afrum (White).”

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LOS COLOGNES ALBUM RELEASE

Around a decade ago, Music City’s Los Colognes began making a name for themselves with thoughtful tunes about human relationships, drawing on a distinctive if not exactly typical collection of influences. Their first LP, 2014’s Working Together, blended stylistic cues from peak Dire Straits and the Grateful Dead in the 1980s, with frontman Jay Rutherford channeling effortlessly cool troubadour J.J. Cale. Over time, they’ve added more ingredients to the basic recipe, but never so much that it feels like you’re listening to a different band. On their latest LP The New World, released in May, Rutherford & Co. lean even harder into the glimmering

[MEMPHIS IS DEAD]

SWEET KNIVES W/SAD BAXTER & THE SHITDELS

Pan-Tennessee punk collective Sweet Knives sprouted from the remaining members of Memphis synth rockers The Lost

Sounds, but — kind of like a crockpot chili — the leftovers just got better. The five-piece features members of other Volunteer State bands, like MouseRocket, The Reatards, The Mighty Jabronis and River City Tanlines, who all Voltron’d together to create an even more dynamic sound on the new album Spritzerita. Rounding out the bill will be local favorites Sad Baxter and the reverbsoaked, Back From the Grave sound of The Shitdels. 9 p.m. at The Basement, 1604 Eighth Ave. S. P.J. KINZER MUSIC

[WHO’S GONNA DRIVE YOU HOME]

bell-toned synths, heavily processed drums and other sonic trappings of Reagan-era mainstream pop; it’s a shame the Stranger Things crew didn’t book the band to play the Hawkins High prom. Where such an overt sonic timestamp would feel like a gimmick for some groups, Los Colognes doesn’t put it on like a costume; every production choice, no matter how dramatic, is an organic fit for the song. Thursday, they’ll play an official release celebration with help from honeyvoiced country songsmith Lauren Morrow and rockers Certainly So. 8 p.m. at The 5 Spot, 1006 Forrest Ave. STEPHEN TRAGESER MUSIC

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CRYWANK

More than just a pretty name, Manchester, U.K., duo Crywank scatters intricate acoustic confessionals with primal punk screams and strategic noise freakouts. Last year’s gloriously gnarly Just Popping in to Say Hi conjures Scottish indie-folk fatalists

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...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD

During …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead’s late-’90s emergence and early-Aughts coming of age, you’d be likely to hear about how the band received a coveted Pitchfork 10.0, or that they regularly smashed their guitars and had one of rock’s longest-ever band names. But today, the Austin ensemble is down to two original members, singer-songwriter-guitarist Conrad Keely and drummer Jason Reece.

(Former players include Nashville posthardcore fixture Jay Leo Phillips, who manned the bass from 2007 to 2010.) Still, Trail of Dead never let go of its grand ambitions — which its recent 11th LP Bleed Here Now makes loud and clear. On one hand, its go-to sound — something along the lines of The Beatles tangling with Sonic Youth — remains intact. The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it “Kill Everyone” taps right back into the frenetic energy of Trail’s major-label debut Source Tags & Codes, which turned 20 in February. But the 84-minute double album also adds new wrinkles. Political upheaval and pandemic-era depression color material like the cinematic “Protest Streets” and riff-tastic “No Confidence,” while on “Growing Divide” — a quietly intense collab with fellow Austinite Britt Daniel of Spoon — Keely, Reece & Co. get by with a little help from their friends. The East Room might be a ways from the mega-stages the

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POD SAVE AMERICA

Six weeks after a Ryman show from Nashville-based conservative media

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS giant The Daily Wire, Pod Save America — Crooked Media’s flagship liberal chatcast — comes to the Mother Church. PSA is a twice-weekly survey of domestic politics from Obama White House alums Tommy Vietor, Dan Pfeiffer, Jon Lovett and Jon Favreau, whose humor-inflected roundups have earned the crew more than a million regular listeners. Since their debut in 2017, the charming quartet’s ability to reduce the world into friends (loyal Democrats) and enemies (Republicans, mostly Mitch McConnell) has offered cathartic simplicity for liberals trying to make sense of the Trump years. Crooked Media also runs a voter engagement platform, Vote Save America — it’s a kind of moral hedge against their wildly successful venture into politics-asentertainment. Looking for a place to publicly complain about Joe Manchin without the SimpliSafe ad reads? Join these coastal elites at the Ryman. If you listen closely, it sometimes feels like Obama’s still the presi-

dent. 8 p.m. at the Ryman, 116 Rep. John Lewis Way N. ELI MOTYCKA [COME ON AND GET YOU SOME]

DEHD W/SNOOPER

If it weren’t for Dehd’s new album Blue Skies, the summertime sadness would have overtaken me and left me for … dehd.

But thanks to these rockers from Chicago, we’ve got ourselves a record we can groove to and delight in all summer long. The marvelous evolution of Dehd’s sound is on full display on the new LP, which arrived in May. In 2017, the trio released Fire of Love as a one-off EP from Infinity Cat. It was crunchy lo-fi fare, and a far cry from the lucidity and chutzpah of Blue Skies. Over the bright, anthemic chords on the new album’s standout track “Bad Love,” singer Emily Kempf bellows, “I was a bad love / Now I can get some / I got a heart full of redemption.” To scream those fearless words with her IRL would be a balm. Try it yourself at The Basement East on Friday. Show up early to catch a set from the local punks of Snooper. 8 p.m. at The Basement East, 917 Woodland St.

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TOMATO ART FEST

Imagine a form of time travel that could take you only to the annual Tomato Art Fest. It would transport you back to East Nashville’s nascent years as a ramshackle community of creative weirdos, through seasons of cicada infestation and increasingly over-the-top tomato-themed costumes, and into the outrageous bloody mary-fueled behemoth it is today. The 2022 incarnation of the fest is primed to match its reputation as the city’s most fun festival — there’s a chalk mural being drawn at the corner of 11th Avenue and Holly Street, a veritable smorgasbord of local food offerings (23 food vendors and counting, as of press time), a Saturday morning parade, and, of course, lots and lots of art.

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Say what you will about Red Hot Chili Peppers’ sometimes-lackluster lyricism and the cringey rap-scatting that characterizes some of their best-known songs: The venerable funk-punk road dogs put on one hell of a show. The long-running Los Angeles quartet has had a Music City stop on most of its tours since the mid-1980s — including a show at Exit/In circa Thanksgiving 1987, when legend has it they had a full turkey dinner backstage — and Friday night they’ll play their biggest yet when they pull into Nissan Stadium. It’s their first tour in more than a decade with John Frusciante back in the fold. The innovative guitarist, who joined RHCP following the death of founding member Hillel Slovak and left for an extended period two different times, has been part of the group when they have made some of the landmark albums in their extensive catalog, like 1991’s Blood Sugar Sex Magik and 1999’s Californication. When Frusciante came back this time, the group had something of a creative explosion. The jam-packed 17-track Unlimited Love — on which which the Peps work some more explicit New Orleans influences and even the tiniest hint of country into their funky melange — was released in April, and during a show in July, they announced a second double album, Return of the Dream Canteen, due in October. For this leg of their tour, dyed-in-the-wool New York indie rockers The Strokes share the bill (reviews of recent shows are mixed, though critics note that when they’re on the same page, they’re thrilling), along with bass wizard and jazzfusion bandleader supreme Thundercat.

6:30 p.m. at Nissan Stadium, 1 Titans Way

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group graced at the peak of its popularity, but the venue promises unusually intimate environs for sounds so sweeping. Show up early for the Music City debut of openers New Candys from Venice — that’s Italy, not L.A. 7 p.m. at The East Room, 2412 Gallatin Ave. CHARLIE ZAILLIAN

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THAT ROSS COLLIER SOUND FEST

It’s difficult to have a music scene without folks who embody the do-it-together spirit that makes music communities such an important part of a place’s cultural fabric. In Nashville, one such individual is Ross Collier, a musician, producer, audio engineer, Omnichord repair specialist and general scene booster. He’s hosted a moreor-less annual get-together called That Ross Collier Sound Fest for several years.

Because of a proliferation of responsibilities he’s decided to put the fest to rest, in its current form at least. But not without one last big blowout: Throughout the afternoon and evening on Saturday, he’ll host an array of standout local musicians and a few from elsewhere at Hillsboro Village’s Fannie Mae Dees Park, aka Dragon Park. Poet and songwriter Anne Malin and her band will be there, as well as master of reeds JayVe Montgomery, aka Abstract Black, plus outstanding singer-songwriters Jasmin Kaset and Nick Woods, wistful indie rockers Bats, inventive electronic music composer Brainweight and The West Nashville Jazz Ensemble. New York’s Glenn Echo and St. Louis’ Ace of Spit round out the bill. There’s no admission, but donations will be gratefully accepted for the Brighter Days after-school program, which will also be the beneficiary of a raffle. Community nonprofit NOAH will be on site to register voters, and the Tennessee Environmental Council will have a booth too. If that’s not enough, Collier also says Saturday night’s show at West Side watering hole Betty’s — though its own separate event — is a sort of unofficial after-party for

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9pm Morbid Orchid, Of Limbo, Alyssa Joseph & The Absurd

If you like your soul music served up with a dash of murder, Oh He Dead is the band for you. The humorously named D.C.based outfit pairs dynamic vocals from C.J. Johnson with a tight, playful rhythm section to make the kind of funky, groove-heavy music that draws fans to artists like Khruangbin, Leon Bridges and Devon Gilfillian.

They’ve released a string of new singles over the past year and change, so look for new music when they hit The Basement on Saturday. And though, in reality, Oh He Dead leans way more into the music than the murder, they still slay onstage. The band has been touring in support of Lyle Lovett, so take advantage of this opportunity to catch a headlining set from this one-of-a-kind act.

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AUTHOR EVENT: LEAROTHA WILLIAMS AND AMIE THURBER

Continuing Tennessee State Museum’s TN Writers | TN Stories series, the museum will host Learotha Williams and Amie Thurber, editors of I’ll Take You There: Exploring Nashville’s Social Justice Sites.

Co-authored by more than 100 writers, including academics, community members and students, I’ll Take You There foregrounds the struggles and achievements of people’s movements toward social justice.

The Scene’s Lena Mazel wrote about the book last year: “This is not just ‘alternative history.’ Instead, it is an unflinching, full story — one that transcends niceties and commits to complex truth.” These complex truths reflect the experiences of Indigenous people whose lives were sacrificed by colonial settlers; the so-called “revitalization” of the neighborhood then called Black Bottom (which we now call SoBro) that was a cultural and commercial center of Black life in the late 19th and early 20th century; and, of course, the way that same phenomenon played out in North Nashville in the 1970s.

But it also foregrounds the resilience of Nashvillians, citing the civil rights movement, the first gay bars in town and community leaders like activist Kwame Lillard. It’s a book for all of Nashville, and an inspiring manual for how we can carry on. 10:30 a.m. at the Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L. Parks Blvd. ERICA CICCARONE MUSIC

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CAMERON ESPOSITO

If you were introduced to Cameron Esposito through a podcast, you’re not alone. I found Esposito through the stand-up comedy podcast she hosted with River Butcher called Put Your Hands Together, and when that podcast ended, I followed Esposito to her new podcast, Queery.

You may also know Esposito from her work in the ABC TV show A Million Little Things, or her recent memoir Save Yourself. I was lucky enough to see Esposito perform at Exit/In when she was in town in 2018. If you love Cameron and need a push to go see her show, consider this your push. If you love comics who talk about things like gender, divorce and the intricacies of queer haircuts, this is the show for you. Listen, just buy a ticket already. Don’t make me yell. 7 p.m. at Zanies, 2025 Eighth Ave. S. KIM BALDWIN

MONDAY / 8.15 [I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING]

MUSIC CITY MONDAYS: THE ANONYMOUS CLUB

When the Scene spoke with Courtney Barnett back in 2017, the unassuming Aussie indie rocker described herself as “not majorly ego-heavy.” That, you could say, is a bit of an understatement, seeing as how — despite the wealth of praise she’s received for her clever and entirely singular style of songwriting and performance — she remains self-effacing and deeply shy. “Notoriously shy,” in fact, to quote the press materials for a new documentary from director Danny Cohen. Shot over the course of three years, Cohen’s The Anonymous Club follows Barnett on her world tour behind the acclaimed 2018 record Tell Me How You Really Feel, narrated by excerpts from the songwriter’s audio tour diary. It promises to be an intimate, revealing look at how a world-class performer deals with the enormous pressure of being an introvert who’s also, well, a world-class performer. See it as part of the Belcourt’s ongoing Music City Mondays series. 8 p.m. at the Belcourt, 2102 Belcourt Ave. D. PATRICK RODGERS

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BLK ODYSSY W/EIMARAL SOL

Austin, Texas-based Blk Odyssy uses the whole palette when painting their funky, dark landscapes. Juwan Elcock, the project’s auteur, harvested musical ideas from seeds planted by Curtis Mayfield, D’Angelo, Funkadelic, Miles Davis and Knxwledge to create Blk Odyssy’s debut album BLK VINTAGE. The album even features the legendary George Clinton on the track “Benny’s Got a Gun,” a cinematic hip-hop tragedy narrated by Buffalo, N.Y., rapper Benny the Butcher. On tour with Blk Odyssy is neo-soul singer and fellow Texan Eimaral Sol, whose strong vibes of a more cosmic Erykah Badu landed her on two tracks on BLK VINTAGE. 8 p.m. at The End, 2219 Elliston Place P.J. KINZER

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Caverns’ walls. Asheville, N.C., rock band Wednesday will open. 8 p.m. at The Caverns, 555 Charlie Roberts Road in Pelham, Tenn.

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SLEIGH BELLS

Until its ominous final booking in November, any show at Exit/In comes with a hefty dose of flashbacks to simpler times — humid summer days at Centennial Park in the early 2010s bumping “Rill Rill,” or “Crown on the Ground.” But before there was CHVRCHES, MS MR or MisterWives, Sleigh Bells was shaping a generation of synth-pop alongside late-Aughts mainstays like Matt and Kim, Justice and Passion Pit. The Brooklyn duo’s Nashville show comes on the heels of Texis, a new release that trades in the rhythmic waves of Sleigh Bells’ past for frantic staccato. It’s been 10 years since their rock-star debut, and bandmates Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller have adapted and evolved — isn’t that what we all want to see in our old favorites? Even so, take a critic’s warning that attendance may lead to nostalgic overload. Playing with Boston-based Neptune and Nashville’s own Olivia Jean. 8 p.m. at Exit/In, 2208 Elliston Place ELI MOTYCKA

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DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS W/WEDNESDAY

You’ll never regret catching the DriveBy Truckers live, but seeing the beloved Southern rock band at The Caverns, where they’ll perform on Wednesday, is a must-attend event. The Truckers are touring in support of their excellent new album Welcome 2 Club XIII, which takes stock of the outfit’s decades-long roller-coaster of a career, and is named after a venue that helped launch the band in Muscle Shoals, Ala. That reflective state of mind should lend to some unorthodox and deep-cut-heavy set lists, which should sound all the rowdier echoing off The

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THE SHINS’ OH INVERTED WORLD 21ST BIRTHDAY TOUR

About two decades back, Albuquerque, N.M., songwriter James Mercer and his indie-rock outfit The Shins — riding the buzz of their widely well-received lead single “New Slang” — released their debut record Oh, Inverted World. Full of straightforward but wildly catchy melodies and rich, jangling instrumentation, the record was met with roundly positive press, ending up on some best-of-2001 lists. Just a few years later, the record got a megaboost when The Shins not only made it onto the soundtrack of writer-director-star Zach Braff’s precious 2004 indie rom-com Garden State, but also into the film’s dialogue — when Natalie Portman’s character tells Braff’s that The Shins will “change your life.” Now, Oh, Inverted World is old enough to drink, and Mercer — The Shins’ only remaining founding member — is leading what the band is calling a “21st Birthday Tour” in celebration. Fans will get to hear all 11 Inverted tracks in album order, followed by a selection of tunes from The Shins’ subsequent five records.

Mercer is a true talent, and Oh, Inverted World helped shape the course of rock music in the 21st century. Wednesday’s show ought to be a special one. Portland, Ore., sister act Joseph will open. 7:30 p.m. at the Ryman, 116 Rep. John Lewis Way N.

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Nashville-based writer Adria Bernardi has been doing just that — in addition to writing her own works, she’s translated several works of poetry and prose, and is known for her skill at bringing a message across linguistic and cultural barriers. In her new novel Benefit Street, Bernardi writes about a group of friends of various classes and social statuses as they weave their way through a turbulent time. The book is set in a fictional provincial capital in an unknown time in history, and its themes of the erosion of constitutional rights and the rise of authoritarian regimes (all while everyday life continues to happen) are universally recognizable and relevant to most readers.

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WEIRD SCIENCE

YA novel The Memory Index tells a heady sci-fi tale with heart

BY ERICA CICCARONE

THE MEMORY INDEX

BY JULIAN R. VACA THOMAS NELSON 383 PAGES, $18.99

I really loved all of those ’80s touchstones in the novel. What drew you to that decade? The first thing that really interested me about setting the book in the ’80s was the fact that if there was this sort of plague-like phenomenon like Memory Killer, how would an analog world confront something like that.

In a lot of ways, the story almost doesn’t really work in 2022, where smartphones are everywhere, and there’s advancements with micro technology … and certainly on the medical front, too. There was this excitement and intrigue of taking that kind of idea, but putting it in an analog world. [With] my background in going to film school, I just really love those sort of old-school VHS camcorders and all that analog technology.

And so immediately, that was one of the first things that drew me to that decade. Then the other thing is atmosphere. I love a novel that has a rich atmosphere, where you feel like the setting and all the different elements of locations and the culture kind of become a

secondary, tertiary character to the story.

And there’s just something very familiar about that decade. And so I thought, “Man, if I could do this right, it could give the readers a sense of groundedness.”

Obviously there’s that risk of the ’80s having been in vogue for a while — you don’t want it to feel gimmicky. … If I do this, I need to make sure it’s intentional.

I would definitely say that the other big component to that atmosphere is that the music, the soundtrack needs to be authentic. And then also, lastly, I was born in ’87, so I was a child of the ’90s. However, I grew up in a household where … my dad was a huge cinephile. And so we were consuming and devouring lots of ’80s movies and music.

What are some of your favorites? Oh, gosh.

Well, I think there is only one flawless, perfect movie, and it is the first Back to the Future. … In film school, we talked about [how] that script really executed an interesting concept. … Edward Scissorhands was one of my all-time favorite movies. … And then of course, who doesn’t love all the John Hughes movies? ... 16 Candles, Breakfast Club. With my story, I sought to make it a kind of cocktail of all those different elements.

There’s a whole philosophy of memory in the book — the characters even take a class about it.

How did you conceive of this philosophy, and what kind of research did you use to develop it? So I definitely went down many rabbit holes and researched through medical blogs and did actually pass ... the fourth draft of the manuscript to a medical professional friend of mine. I definitely wanted to make sure that the research was there. But honestly, the seed of the idea came from my fascination with childhood amnesia and this idea that we don’t really remember anything before, like, 3-and-a-half [years old]. That fascination is where it all kind of started. I started confronting philosophical questions about memory. One of the characters in the

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n Nashville author Julian R. Vaca’s young adult sci-fi novel The Memory Index, a plague-like illness known as Memory Killer is devouring the memories of people the world over.

A device called a MeReader scans everyone at 16, discerning each person’s degree of memory loss. It separates people into a caste system of “recollectors” and “degenerates.” Lose too many memories, and you’ll need a handler to accompany you in public.

Lose even more, and you’ll be institutionalized in the mysterious and malevolent Fold.

A large corporation provides the means for artificial recall — a process in which people use devices to routinely experience old memories that they have lost or are in danger of losing. It’s an exciting sci-fi premise with loads of opportunity for world-bending consequences that speak to the loss of privacy and proliferation of data mining that dog us today.

Here’s what’s most surprising about this premise: The year is 1987.

By setting the novel in the pre-internet days, Vaca capitalizes on opportunities to surprise us. He also creates a rich atmosphere that’s dotted with cultural touchstones. He even created a playlist of all the songs the characters listen to, and the book has an original song, “Remember Me,” by Nashville duo Jessie Villa and Stephen Keech.

Vaca’s heroes are four high school students who have been enrolled in a study as the test subjects for a new device that will supposedly advance artificial recall. But they’re not going to participate without a fight. I enjoyed Vaca’s take on the ’80s’ cinematic teen character tropes. The central teenager is Freya, a 17-year-old Mexican American who is mourning the recent death of her father. Vaca, who is a first-generation Mexican American himself, says exploring Freya’s character spoke to his own heritage and history, and the result is a degree of authenticity that brings heady themes down to the ground.

The sequel to The Memory Index, The Recall Paradox, is due out in April 2023. I talked with Vaca about his books, the ’80s and the theme of grief.

book poses a question — she says, “Are we more than the sum of our memories?” as an identity question. And then in the second book, one of the questions that I confront is, “What’s a more terrifying thought — losing your memories, or confronting the really difficult ones?” And so I just realized as I was thinking through the story and as I was crafting the manuscript, memories play an integral role in our day to day. … All those kinds of different questions and interests led me to concepting the story. There’s just a lot of cool things out there about how our brains store memories, and all of the different research that went into how many memories we actually do retain on a given day, and how many we actually lose.

All of the friends have experienced some kind of a loss that they’re still grieving. Why is it important that young adult readers meet characters who are experiencing this? In a lot of ways with The Memory Index, there was this opportunity for me to speak into my childhood and my heritage. … Then there was this other element of my interest with memory and how

it interplays with our day-to-day and our identities. The third [element] is definitely grief. Grief, and specifically with infant loss, plays a huge part in my story. Writing this became an exercise in a lot of ways of processing that grief. I think about some of my favorite young adult novels: Looking for Alaska by John Green. Most recently, I’ve read Jeff Zentner’s The Serpent King. And then he also wrote In the Wild Light recently, which is a stellar book, but there’s a whole host of different young adult books out there that tackle grief and loss very well. It was just really important for me to be able to speak to that, because I’ve experienced it.

And I’ve found that when I was younger, talking about vulnerable things like loss and grief were kind of taboo. And it’s really now our generation, I feel like the pendulum is kind of swinging. And we’re seeking to empower young people to embrace confronting grief and loss, and mental illness is at the forefront of the conversation. So that was super important for me.

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I SURVIVED, IT’S OVER OUT FRIDAY, AUG. 12, VIA THIRD MAN RECORDS; PLAYING AUG. 13 AT THIRD MAN RECORDS’ BLUE ROOM

Rich Ruth adds to the growing canon of Nashville ambient music

BY CHARLIE ZAILLIAN

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hen I catch up with Buckeye State-raised and Music City-residing musician Michael Ruth, he’s just finished a gig playing guitar alongside pedal-steel ace Whit Wright at East Side record emporium, bar and venue Vinyl Tap. A recent Third Man Records signee and a member of singer-songwriter S.G. Goodman’s band, Ruth began recording and performing forward-leaning, jazz-inflected, electronically enhanced instrumentals as Rich Ruth in 2019.

The change in his professional name to his middle name — which is also his mother’s maiden name — reflected the evolution of his musical perspective, which he spent his pandemic lockdown time exploring further. He offers a top five list of states of being and activities that defined his quarantine experience: “Space. Routines. Lack of obligations. Getting in better shape. Riding my bike all the time.”

These pursuits influenced Ruth’s TMR debut I Survived, It’s Over, a seven-song study in synth and guitar wizardry with key contributions on wind instruments. The record

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is out Friday, and he’ll play a release show in TMR’s Blue Room on Saturday. The material was conceived as a means of making the best of early COVID times, but soon took on a life of its own. Ruth, now 34, began crafting I Survived in decidedly uncozy environs: the home office of the Shelby Park-adjacent house that he and his wife Katie — childhood sweethearts from tiny Archbold, Ohio — share with their two dogs.

“Katie was working from home, and I’d been laid off from my restaurant job,” says Ruth. “I moved my synths to the living room, but recorded most of the album under our loft bed in our shared office when she wasn’t home. It was not a space with naturally good sound. A shitty, tiny room — a literal closet. You’d laugh if you saw where this record was made.”

A veteran of Tennessee-via-Indiana rock ’n’ soul collective Kansas Bible Company, Ruth is no stranger to working in small spaces. In 2011, he, then-fiancée Katie and the rest of KBC left the Hoosier State college town of Goshen, where they’d made their first passes at being adults as well as professional musicians, and moved to Nashville en masse.

“We got ourselves a 10-bedroom band house near Five Points for $1,800 a month,” Ruth remembers, guffawing at the ridiculousness of such a steal — even then. Acting in a leadership role with an ensemble that was sometimes 13 players deep wasn’t always easy. But looking back, Ruth considers KBC’s relative chaos more a feature than a bug: “It actually wasn’t that far off from what Diarrhea Planet was doing — energetic live show, quirky dudes, punk rock spirit.”

Though its members have scattered across the country, KBC hasn’t disbanded. In September, they released Saturn’s Return, their first new album since 2016. Says Ruth, “We’re all still alive, still like each other and just played a wedding a month ago.”

Still, without the band playing regularly, Ruth was relying on the odd one-off gig for creative satisfaction — and that wasn’t enough. In 2019, he christened the Rich Ruth moniker, recasting himself as a tireless sonic adventurer with Calming Signals, a set of brass-laden instrumental soundscapes that are precisely the type of thing high-end headphones were designed for. It got out in

KEEPING THE FLAME Soul and blues maestro Robert Cray keeps his fire bright

BY RON WYNN

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uitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader Robert Cray is a hero to any blues and soul fan who grew up too late to witness the blues revolutions in the Delta or PLAYING TUESDAY, Chicago, or to experiAUG. 16, AT THE ence the greatness of SCHERMERHORN independent labels like Duke, Stax and Hi unfold in real time. Cray, who just turned 69 and whose band will be appearing Tuesday at the Schermerhorn, was fortunate enough to see heroes like Muddy Waters, Freddie King and Albert Collins in concert in his youth.

Buddy Guy admonished those who came after him to keep the blues flame burning, and Cray has responded faithfully.

He possesses a rich voice whose versatility and sophistication compare favorably to late greats like Bobby “Blue” Bland and Sam Cooke. He uses it to interpret a wide array of songs by others and to deliver his originals, which measure up to classics throughout the blues and soul canons.

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RICH BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS

the world with help from an old friend: Third Man co-owner Ben Swank.

“Swank, my friend and manager Jay Steele and I teamed up to put it out,” Ruth says of Signals. “It was sort of a passion project for them. We put a third each in on the vinyl and utilized the lines of connections we had to get it out there.”

When Third Man proper came calling about issuing Signals’ follow-up with the offer of a bigger budget to work with, Ruth, naturally, accepted. His first move was to send a cold email to John McEntire, the musical Swiss Army knife and studio mensch known for his work with Tortoise and The Sea and Cake, to see if he’d mix the record.

The Chicago post-rock icon said yes.

“Tortoise’s TNT was one of the first outthere records I ever heard and got super into — my gateway to avant-garde music, pretty much — so the fact McEntire was down was really exciting,” Ruth says. “Admittedly, I’m kind of a control freak about mixing, and he’s one of the only people I’d trust to do it.”

The end product swells, glides and grooves with an athletic grace, reflecting Ruth’s explorations of aging and coping with the chaos of the world around him. Discussing I Survived standout “Thou Mayest,” he refers to Terry Riley, the KLF and the uneasiness of John Coltrane’s 1966 avant-jazz landmark Ascension.

From early-Aughts acts like Fognode, Character and Hands Off Cuba to currently active ones including Hammock, Abstract Black and the Nashville Ambient Ensemble, Nashvillians with a flair for pushing boundaries have made their presence known. Ruth’s work is an outstanding addition to this canon, offering more evidence that you don’t always need words to tell you what you need to know.

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Georgia-born Cray may be even better known for the superb, inventive yet disciplined electric guitar chops that he began to unleash in the mid-1970s, when he formed the first incarnation of The Robert Cray Band in the Pacific Northwest. Their early studio albums, starting with 1980’s Who’s Been Talkin’, were well-crafted and served as a fine showcase for Cray & Co.’s ability to navigate different idioms. Among the standouts on Who’s Been Talkin’ are equally excellent versions of blues legend Willie Dixon’s “Too Many Cooks” and soul maestro O.V. Wright’s “I’m Gonna Forget About You,” alongside original songs that blend the two traditions like “That’s What I’ll Do.”

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MUSIC The records weren’t big hits, but Cray was developing a reputation as a formidable, charismatic live performer, carving out space for himself in both blues and soul — something you can hear for yourself on Standing My Own Ground, a live set recorded in 1980 that was just released in June. The aforementioned Albert Collins and his fellow Texas blues ace Johnny Copeland tapped Cray to join them on the 1985 collaborative LP Showdown! He more than held his own with his elders on cuts like their amped-up version of “She’s Into Something,” made famous by Muddy Waters.

The album won the Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Recording. Then signed to Mercury Records, Cray became a mainstream star with his 1986 LP Strong Persuader, which was highly rated by critics, hit No. 24 on the all-genre Billboard 200 sales chart and won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Recording. The single “Smoking Gun,” one of the rare blues tunes to crack the top 30 on the pop charts, became his signature song.

Cray developed personal and professional relationships with players who were his contemporaries, like Stevie Ray Vaughan — whose final concert before his death in a 1990 helicopter crash included a jam with Cray — and established stars like Eric Clapton, who sought Cray out well before his crossover success. He got an invitation from Keith Richards to join the band for the 1987 Chuck Berry documentary and concert film Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll, and to perform with Tina Turner in the concert filmed and broadcast as a TV special to promote her album Break Every Rule.

Through the 1990s and beyond, Cray made magnificent contributions to LPs by John Lee Hooker and B.B. King, all while touring often and making his own records that skillfully maintain an ideal balance between staying contemporary and honoring the past.

In addition to his five Grammys, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2011 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association in 2017. As Waters, Guy and Collins helped keep the traditions alive and laid a path for Cray to follow, he has returned the favor for younger generations of artists like Shemekia Copeland, Eric Gales, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Gary Clark Jr. Cray has remained devoted to his craft and kept a high standard for his recordings. Three recent and excellent releases are exemplary of Cray’s partnership with producer Steve Jordan, which dates back more than two decades. There’s 2014’s In My Soul, 2017’s Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm — which paired him with the current incarnation of the legendary Memphis label’s house band — and 2020’s That’s What I Heard, which includes guest appearances from Ray Parker Jr. and Journey’s Steve Perry. Cray is in absolute peak form on That’s What I Heard, which calls for his voice at its most soulful on The Sensational Nightingales’ gospel anthem “Burying Ground” and features one of his finest recorded guitar solos on “Hot.” Whether he’s taking on a Curtis Mayfield song or a vintage Bobby “Blue” Bland number, Cray’s voice hasn’t lost any edge, range or authority.

The man doesn’t suffer fools, either. In 2021, Clapton released an infamous collaboration with Van Morrison, in which the two compared the pandemic lockdown to slavery. Clapton also made a big show of refusing to play venues with vaccination requirements and posed for a photo with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who had recently signed legislation restricting access to abortion and limiting voting rights in his state. Cray had been slated to open on the tour Clapton was soon to undertake, but he cut ties and booked his own tour instead.

As performers age, some become less interesting to watch. The creative fire that burns in most artists at the start of their career dies down, and it can be challenging to find the fuel of inspiration to keep it going. Cray has kept his blaze bright for more than four decades, and it shows no signs of dimming.

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Anthrax brings long-delayed 40th anniversary tour to the Ryman

BY SEAN L. MALONEY

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udos to the talent buyer who said, “Hey, let’s bring Anthrax to the Ryman.”

The idea of thrash metal classics in such a hallowed and holy room makes me giddy. It would also have made my youth pastor’s head explode.

For four decades, Anthrax has been the thinking person’s thrash band, bringing sick riffs, goofy humor and sonic PLAYING TUESDAY, AUG. 16, AT THE RYMAN adventures by the bucketful. Anthrax is unafraid to shake up genre norms — they introduced Public Enemy and Joe Jackson to the heavy-music canon, after all — and their road to the Ryman stage has been a wild one. I caught up with guitarist and songwriter Scott Ian to talk about the band’s current tour, playing metal dating from the height of the Satanic Panic era in a church, and a little bit of Music City rock-show history.

How have the first few days of tour been for you guys? It’s been great. The shows have been awesome. … We sold out the Palladium the other night, and it was insane. It was just such a great show. Feeling really good to be out here on our 40th, doing so well. … I was really surprised when I saw the Ryman on the itinerary, because — maybe in my ignorance, I just didn’t know that they did metal shows at the Ryman. It just seemed — is “incongruous” the right

word? I just never expected that Anthrax would play the Ryman. So yeah, I’m really stoked about that. It’s just one of those historic venues. It’s just a really cool thing for us to get to do.

When was the last time you played in a room that has pews for seats? How about “never.” …

Obviously we did have plans for tour in ’21, or at the time when the actual anniversary was happening or would’ve happened — that was certainly the plan. And then of course that couldn’t happen. At some point in ’20, we already knew that odds are, “We’re not going to be able to tour around our actual 40th.” And that’s when we had this idea to do that documentary series that we were running on our YouTube channel, talking to all different people about the band, and what the band meant to them, and us all being interviewed about the history of the band.

Is there a challenge to revisiting your early material — to keeping up the energy and the excitement for those old songs? No, no, not at all. For me, just getting to play is always fun. So no, it’s never a challenge to have energy to play Anthrax songs. That’s never been an issue.

If anything, playing songs that we haven’t played in a long time, it’s like revisiting an old friend. Not to sound super cliché, but it’s very exciting when you play a song maybe you haven’t played in 10 years or longer.

The other day I was online and I saw a flyer for a show you played at a rock club in Nashville called Sal’s. It was in 1986. Was that one of the first times you had come through town? Oh, for sure. Sal’s?

Sal’s. I had never heard of it. That’s funny. …

I’m pretty sure we didn’t play Nashville in ’84 when we were out with Raven. So yeah, ’86 would make sense that that was the first time, on the Spreading the Disease Tour. But I have no memory of that show.

Nobody else did, either. When I asked people — and I know some pretty hardcore metal nerds — if they knew if it was your first show in Nashville, everybody was like, “I don’t know, man.” Right. Well, I do remember a lot of shows from back then in the ’80s. Just not Sal’s.

What’s the biggest change for you, when it comes to touring, between now and, say, a gig you definitely don’t remember 40 years ago? With nothing but love and respect for the Nashville metal scene, there wasn’t much of one back in 1986, if I’m being honest. I have friends who live in Nashville, and they would always complain every time we’d be touring. Some of our biggest tours in the ’80s and ’90s, and then skip again into the early 2000s, Nashville would never be on the itinerary, and [my friends] would always be bitching at me. And I’m like, “Hey, you know, it’s not us.

You gotta complain to the local promoters in your area to book a show.” And then slowly but surely, it started to build and build. And now there’s venues and there’s a real scene, and Nashville is always on, basically, the first run through when you’re just playing all the major markets. Nashville, for metal, has actually become a major market.

Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Thanks to reader Kelly Kerr for pointing out that there is a Facebook group devoted to Sal’s. The venue’s first incarnation was off I-24 at Haywood Lane; in the late 1980s, it moved to Division Street near Vanderbilt University.

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To be fair to the tardy bunch, I missed much of the first set of the show by getting to The Basement — the original — at about 6:15 p.m. The four-band bill was part of a free weekly concert series called Get Happier Fridays, held outdoors and curated by the good folks at the venerable venue. Thanks to drinks, local barbecue and booths full of wares from area merchants, the vibe split the difference between a miniature music fest and a happy hour. Squeezing four bands into a three-hour block meant they needed to run a tight ship, and showing up at rock o’clock was not the best call.

I tucked myself into a nook between the merch tables and the food truck to the sounds of keys-and-drums pop ’n’ rock duo BCKHND. After a mellow jam, singer-keyboardist Conner Hastings belted out “I’VE GOT BLISTERS ON ME FINGERS!” in his best Ringo Starr voice. I was a little confused by the “Helter Skelter” reference until I saw sanguine fluid gushing all over his equipment. As it turns out, a blister on his thumb indeed burst midsong. He finished up their last two numbers in stride, but as he packed up, I could see the keys were coated in bloody fingerprints, looking like a prop from an ’80s slasher flick about synthesizers.

I got so wrapped up in the unexpected gore of BCKHND — and wondering if any of my buddies who planned to come were going to make it — that I wasn’t paying much attention to who was setting up next. I noted that a fresh-faced guitar player, who I eventually clocked as Andrew Cashen, was warming up with riffs from The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be

Your Dog” and “Search and Destroy.” The master of ceremonies, Basement and Basement East co-proprietor Mike Grimes, grabbed the mic, visibly excited to bring A Giant Dog back to Nashville. So it was that a bunch of my pals who expected this shindig to run on punk time, or for the Texan outfit to play last, missed out.

Living up to its name, the band virtually chewed through its set, peeling off rollicking, ear-catching songs at a furious pace.

The members carried on the long-standing tradition of pop-schooled punks starting their shows by mashing the accelerator to the floor and navigating all the twists and turns without so much as a tap of the brakes. For reference, I could direct you to the Ramones’ It’s Alive or the Descendents’ Liveage! I can only hope A Giant Dog will one day issue a live LP — which, if I had to guess, would be called Show.

The set list on Friday was made up mostly of early songs, which was fitting since A Giant Dog’s summer tour celebrates Merge Records’ reissues of the band’s first two albums; 2012’s Fight and 2013’s Bone were released originally by Chicago DIY imprint Tic Tac Totally. Singer Sabrina Ellis has a unique balance of charm and fury that I’ve never experienced from any other frontperson.

They’re a hyper-animated rock ’n’ roll cabaret performer who takes having fun very seriously, backed by one of the best rock bands you could ask for. Grizzled old punk that I am, it was heartwarming to see the band play the best show I’ve seen from them yet.

Someone had to follow that, and the task fell to long-running Nashville outfit Ornament, the brainchild of singer-keyboardist Will Mann and drummer Ryan Donoho, who just released their second album Rock Solid. The LP is an olio of solid gold album-oriented rock from a bygone era that you can imagine Johnny Fever slipping onto the airwaves via WKRP. Most of Ornament’s set came from the new release. It was brought to life by a full band that included Linda Parrott holding down the low end with a teardrop bass and a winds player whose name I didn’t catch, who was absolutely committed to his role of doubling on sax and flute. They had the period-correct look down pat, not to mention clever lyrics, jangly guitars, big organ sounds, Randy Newman melodies, Bay City Rollers hooks — and a sax solo, naturally. This was all perfectly suited to “Rock Solid,” a stompy jam that Grand Funk Railroad or U.K. glammers Mud might be proud to claim.

As the sky went purple, Future Crib took over the parking lot stage. Their gently grooving and atmospheric pop-rock was a sweetly melancholy soundtrack as folks milled about and shopped for vintage clothes, band merch or a last-minute pulled-pork sandwich. Walking back to the car, I realized I’d be home by 9:30 p.m., having already seen sets I might not expect to catch on a regular show night before, say, 1 a.m. Bravo, Basement crew — you commanded me to get happier, and that certainly did the trick.

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et’s cut the bullshit and call Emily the Criminal what it truly is: an hour and 36 minutes of April Ludgate breaking bad.

Yes, Aubrey Plaza, that awkward yet bewitching Parks and EMILY THE CRIMINAL NR, 97 MINUTES Recreation alumna, OPENING FRIDAY, AUG. 12, serves as star and AT THE BELCOURT producer of this crime dramedy. She’s the title character, a struggling Angeleno working in catering and food delivery — that is, when she’s not being rejected for jobs due to her minor criminal record.

Saddled with student debt and living with two roommates, ol’ girl will do anything to get some bread. When she helps out a coworker, he returns the favor by giving her the number to an operation where she can get quick money as a “dummy shopper,” using fraudulent credit cards to buy flat-screens and other items that can be sold on the black market. After a touch-and-go situation with an expensive car, Emily wins the respect and support of operation middleman Youcef (Theo Rossi), who hooks her up with a creditcard machine so she can scam on her own.

Emily is familiar working-class indie pulp, another urban tale of a desperate person doing illegal deeds to scrounge up some dough and survive in this godforsaken country. First-time writer-director John Patton

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hough its full potential is not explored often enough, animation has the ability to bring worlds to life like few other creative mediums. Even with advanced special effects and fine editing, live-action filmmaking is INU-OH NR, 98 MINUTES; usually bound to some IN JAPANESE WITH kind of reality, with huENGLISH SUBTITLES OPENING FRIDAY, AUG. 12, man bodies always ruled by physics. But animated AT THE BELCOURT filmmaking allows artists and audiences alike to truly explode any rules or expectations — the only limits are what you can dream up, and what you can put down on paper, the image governed not by gravity but by an internal artistic inertia.

Japanese filmmaker and animator Masaaki Yuasa is responsible for some of the most psychedelic and mind-boggling images of the 21st century, and his latest creation Inu-oh is no different. Though Yuasa’s palette is colorful and his canvas is broad, what makes his work so distinct is how he renders intimate and internal emotions as endless galaxies of shape-shifting color.

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Ford stays on his antiheroine every step of the way, as she quickly picks up the hustle, successfully making on-the-low transactions and refusing to be shaken down or threatened by two-bit, skeevy-ass thugs. He shoots Plaza in an up-close, intimate manner — I kept feeling like I was breathing down her neck.

As much as Plaza is adored for being a hot, mildly cranky oddball — a manic pixie dream girl in real life, basically — I’ve always found her far more seductive whenever she displays an assertive, almost lethal confidence. And people who enjoy watching Plaza when she’s more dangerous than weird will certainly get a kick out of her in this. She plays Emily as a fed-up failure, a

Jersey girl who once had dreams of being an artist — before real life began kicking her ass. While the criminal world forces her to come into contact with scary, weaponwielding scumbags, she handles them the same way she handles full-of-shit employers who waste her time during job interviews: very aggressively. (Plaza, who’s half-Puerto Rican, also speaks Spanish here, making sure Emily isn’t seen as just another entitled white chick in a good-woman-breaking-bad genre film.)

Emily finds a kindred spirit in Rossi’s Lebanese middleman. Just like Emily, he’s a guy who’d rather not go crooked were he not so financially strapped. As a flirty attraction between the two grows into a complicated

romance, the movie’s tense tone occasionally eases up. We end up getting dryly comical moments like Youcef bringing Emily to his boozy mother’s house for lunch.

Emily will most likely have audiences sympathizing with Plaza and Rossi’s partners-in-crime-and-coitus. As we continue to live in a culture where finding steady work is more of a painful, frustrating grind than doing steady work (and don’t even think about making a nice living doing something you actually love!), this inclusive hard-luck yarn will speak to many viewers who want to live their best lives — but know damn well they’re not financially capable of doing such a thing.

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Films like Mind Game and The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl are about primal and universal experiences of infatuation and unrequited desire, but their visual style is truly out of this world, breathing animated life into emotions that are so often difficult to express literally.

Though the look of Inu-oh will be unmistakable to fans of Yuasa’s previous work, its sense of scale and setting is remarkably different from his most beloved work. While past films were often set in a contemporary milieu, Inu-oh sojurns deep into the past, immersing itself in legendary mythos and historic pageantry.

Adapted from a recent historical-fiction novel, Inu-oh is set at the height of feudal Japan, a land ravaged by endless conflict between warring clans. The film begins with this history, as we see and hear of the ruthless destruction of the Heike clan, whose ghosts now haunt the countryside.

Despite the political turmoil of the era, it was also a cradle for new forms of art, particularly the distinctive Noh style of drama, a theatrical hybrid of dance and storytelling. The film’s two central characters are outsiders who eventually become verified superstars in the competitive world of Noh performance. Title character Inu-oh has an unusual form that he hides under a mask, but is blessed with an incredible knack for captivating choreography. His partner, Tomona, is a gifted musician trained in the biwa, a traditional stringed instrument — he’s blind, and though the movie never exactly names it, is something approaching genderqueer.

The world of Noh performance is recognized as a vital means for controlling the populace, which means how

it is performed is ruthlessly governed by the shogunate.

Needless to say, Tomona and Inu-Oh’s new style transgresses all kinds of boundaries.

Whereas the old-school biwa players keep to a fairly traditional folk-music style, Inu-oh truly becomes a musical with the breakout duo’s captivating performances, which are given a sound somewhere between psychedelic blues and prog rock. Not only is Inu-oh deeply in touch with fallen spirits who inspire his songs — to the degree that it threatens the establishment — but Tomona’s stage presence becomes something like a medieval prince as he begins wearing bold makeup, grows his hair out, and adopts a scandalous sense of fashion.

It’s in these stretches of musical performance that Inu-oh truly begins to sing (pun intended). While the dense history and larger narrative can at times become

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Though the film is mostly in a 2D hand-drawn style, Yuasa at times incorporates CGI landscapes to offer an ever-shifting vantage point, with a perspective that’s constantly evolving. A film like Inu-oh is at its best when it leaves words and stories behind and treats the animated image as something almost like music, a fully flowing medium for expression that changes like the air.

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PERRY THOMPSON In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is a nonresident of the State of Tennessee, therefore the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon PERRY THOMPSON. It is ordered that said Defendant enter HIS appearance herein with thirty (30) days after August 11, 2022 same being the date of the last publication of this notice to be held at the Metropolitan Circuit Court located at 1 Public Square, Room 302, Nashville, Tennessee, and defend or default will be taken on September 12, 2022.

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In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is a nonresident of the State of Tennessee, therefore the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon PERRY THOMPSON. It is ordered that said Defendant enter HIS appearance herein with thirty (30) days after August 11, 2022 same being the date of the last publication of this notice to be held at the Metropolitan Circuit Court located at 1 Public Square, Room 302, Nashville, Tennessee, and defend or default will be taken on September 12, 2022.

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