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Endanger Danger
Ghosts of Nashville
City Limits
Books
Meet the endangered bats threatening a controversial gas compressor project
John Prine talks about songwriting, Nashville, Paradise and Beyond Words
By Stephen elliott
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On the Rise .............................................. 57
HeadLine Homes
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An Indian movie star buys a house in Brentwood, and the governor’s niece picks up a $3.2 million home
Why Steve Moakler turned his back on the Nashville songwriting machine
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Daddy Issues’ Deep Dream is a rock record for heart, mind and pumping fists
Summer Guide
The Mountain Goats get dark and adult on Goths
Cover story The Scene’s annual guide to making the most out of your summer — from music, films and family events to food, beer and beyond
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Patriarch of the Covenant Ridley Scott drops into the pain and lets the entrails rain in Alien: Covenant
Wine in Common: Back in Blanc ........... 51
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Sometimes difficult and often overlooked, chenin blanc can provide some unexpected pleasures
Somebody to Love The songs come first in Bang!, a documentary about hitmaker Bert Berns
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The Second Time Around ....................... 60
The Scene’s live-review column checks out Redd Kross at Third Man Records
Cheap Eats .............................................. 52
Bargain Hunt: My New Favorite Grocery Shopping Destination
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The Protomen “Light Up the Night,” Golden Dawn Arkestra, The Old 97’s, John Legend, Margarita Festival, Dylan Fest, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Tears for Fears, and more
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EndangEr dangEr Meet the endangered bats threatening a controversial gas compressor project By Stephen elliott
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y now, the pregnant bats of the Indiana and northern longeared species have arrived at their summer roosts beneath the peeling bark of dead or dying trees. The soon-to-be-mother Indiana bats — a species deemed endangered by the federal government even before the Endangered Species Act was signed into law in 1973 — have traveled from their winter hibernation grounds: in caves, perhaps a short distance away in the shadows of the Cumberland Plateau, or farther beyond, as much as 300 miles away in Kentucky, Indiana or Illinois. They return to the same summer roosts every year around early April, after a straight-line flight that takes them as long as a week or more, carrying what is usually a single pup that will be born around the first of June, explains Brian Carver, a biology professor at Tennessee Tech and chair of the Tennessee Bat Working Group. Because the endangered Indiana bat and its cousin the northern long-eared bat (listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act since 2015) can or do find summer habitat in some parts of Davidson County, development projects requiring federal approval must avoid disturbing the endangered bats’ favored trees — unless the people behind the project pay. One such project is the much-maligned gas compressor planned by Houston energy giant Kinder Morgan in Joelton, a rural area in northwestern Davidson County. Kinder Morgan plans to destroy 43 acres of forest there, woods that serve as roosting habitat for the bats. For the right to do so, the company in 2015 paid $154,800 to the Kentucky Natural Lands Trust’s Imperiled Bat Conservation Fund — money that can be used to acquire and preserve bat habitat elsewhere. But that payment gave them the right to tear down the forest only when the bats would be safely hibernating in caves elsewhere. When it became clear that certain approvals wouldn’t come through in time for Kinder Morgan to begin tree removal before March 31 — the previously agreed upon date — the company asked for and was granted the opportunity to pay an additional $79,550 into the fund this spring in order to complete the forest removal through the end of May, when the mother bats are already roosting there and preparing to give birth to the new pups. That work “is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the Indiana bat or northern long-eared bat or result in the destruction or adverse modification of designated critical habitat for either species,” a local U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official wrote to a Kinder Morgan representative last month. But those opposed to the 60,000-horse-
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power compressor and its ancillary facilities — a broad coalition, from retired farmers living nearby, to the Republican state senator who represents the area, to more traditional environmental activists like the Sierra Club — are hoping hang-ups over these two rare bats could give them breathing room as they pursue legal remedies to block the facility’s construction altogether. “We’d like it to go as long as possible to give all of our legal options as much time as possible before they begin construction,” says Bill Robertson, a member of Concerned Citizens for a Safe Environment, one of the community groups challenging Kinder Morgan. Robertson lives a couple miles from the proposed compressor — he says the pipeline that carries natural gas to the compressor runs just 75 yards from his bedroom window — and is a physics professor at Middle Tennessee State University. As the clock ticks toward the end of May, Kinder Morgan has a couple of hurdles to clear or else construction could be delayed until the fall, when the bats return to the safety of their winter caves. If construction is delayed, Kinder Morgan might miss its scheduled 2018 delivery to Antero Resources, the oil and gas firm that has agreed to purchase 100 percent of the expanded capacity in the natural gas pipeline, much of which will be shipped outside the United States. Late last month, the Metro Public Health Department submitted a draft air permit for the project to the Environmental Protection Agency, which has 45 days to review and accept the permit. After that approval, Kinder Morgan still must secure approval to proceed with construction from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, though Carolyn Elefant, a Washington lawyer for several Concerned Citizens for a Safe Environment members, says that FERC notice could come quickly. If the EPA takes the full 45 days to review Metro’s air permit, Kinder Morgan could be stuck twiddling its thumbs as the endangered bats rear their young in the trees, blocking construction of the large industrial facility and giving local activists a full summer to prepare legal challenges, possibly endangering Kinder Morgan’s deal with Antero. But to get started with their main legal effort, the local opponents must rely on the
Trump administration’s ability to get presidential appointments confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The five-member FERC is down to two members — soon to be one — and the body cannot hear the Joelton activists’ appeal (a necessary step before moving onto a federal appeals court, where the Joelton group anticipates a more friendly hearing) until they reach a quorum of three members. Just this week, Trump announced two nominations to the board, but FERC watchers aren’t holding their breath. “I think our chances at FERC are zero,” Robertson says. “We didn’t have a shot in the first place, but you can’t go to court until you go through a rehearing process.” Email Editor@nashvillEscEnE.com
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An Indian movie star buys a house in Brentwood, and the governor’s niece picks up a $3.2 million home By AmAndA HAggArd
1. 617 WestvieW Ave., NAshville, 37205 Buyers: David F. Arnholt and Cynthia Haslam Arnholt
sale price: $3.2 million sellers: Thomas F. Cox and Nan Burrus Cox sellers and buyers’ agent: Steve G. Fridrich, Fridrich & Clark Realty Purchased by David F. and Cynthia Arnholt, this Belle Meade abode boasts more than 11,000 square feet of living space sitting on just more than two acres. Cynthia Haslam Arnholt is the niece of Gov. Bill Haslam and daughter of Jimmy Haslam III, CEO of Knoxville-based Pilot Corp. The home has six bedrooms in the main house and two in a guesthouse. It sold before hitting the market. Seller Nan Burrus Cox is a former Swan Ball chair, and her husband Thomas Cox is the CEO of MyHealthDirect Inc., a Nashville health care company.
2. 1751 ChArity Drive, BreNtWooD, 37027 Buyer: Nepoleon Duraisamy
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sale price: $2,020,000 seller: Clint W. Watkins seller’s agent: Don Martin, Martin Properties Buyer’s agent: Unknown This nearly 12,000-square-foot home was purchased by Nepoleon Duraisamy, a South Indian movie star who has played a king, a cop, a pilot and various other roles. Duraisamy is also a former Indian legislator and the current CEO of Middle Tennessee tech company Jeevan Technologies Inc. The Brentwood home, which includes a full indoor basketball court, theater and pool, also features seven bedrooms and six bathrooms. It was sold by Clint W. Watkins, a Brentwood lawyer.
3. 600 Belle PArk CirCle, NAshville, 37205 Buyer: Frances Ratcliffe Smith sale price: $1,885,000 sellers: Derek W. and Stephanie P. Edwards sellers and buyer’s agent: Jenny Perkins, Fridrich & Clark Realty This Charleston-style home borders 3,000 acres of the Warner Parks and has golfcourse views from a rooftop deck. The home includes five porches and more than 8,000 square feet, sitting on less than a quarter of an acre. It was sold by Stephanie P. Edwards, the founder of Edwards Adoption & Family Law Office, and her husband Derek, a partner at Nashville law firm Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis.
4. 23 BANCroft PlACe, NAshville, 37215 Buyer: Jacqueline Marker sale price: $1,845,000 sellers: David Alan and Deborah C. Ward sellers’ agent: Laura Baugh, Worth Properties LLC
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Lipman Group Sotheby’s International Realty On more than two acres, this brick-andstone home on a private wooded lot in the Bancroft community includes a screened porch overlooking a pool. It features close to 9,500 square feet with five bedrooms and seven bathrooms.
5. 1616 ChiCkering road, nashville, 37215 Buyer: R. Gregory Brophy sale price: $1,823,600 seller: Glen Allen Civitts seller and buyer’s agent: Betty Finucane, Fridrich & Clark Realty This 1959 home overlooks Percy Warner Park and features something unusual on this list — all the living space is on a single level. With just more than 5,000 square feet of indoor living space, it also features an outdoor kitchen in a “fantastic location surrounded by nature” on more than six acres. It was sold by Glen Allen Civitts, a corporate attorney for law firm Bone McAllester Norton.
6. 4533 alCott drive, nashville, 37215 Buyer: John H. Roe Jr. sale price: $1.75 million sellers: Thomas W. Cook III and Caroline B. Cook
sellers’ agent: Caroline Cook, Worth Properties LLC
Buyer’s agent: Unknown Purchased by John H. Roe Jr., founding member of the law firm Sherrard Roe Voight Harbison, this Forest Hills home features “high-quality details” that “prevail throughout this beautiful home on quiet street.” The two-story home sits on a little less than an acre and has almost 6,000 square feet of living space.
7. 3630 West end ave., nashville, 37205 Buyer: Jack May sale price: $1.75 million seller: Welch College seller’s agent: Ellen Christianson, Christianson, Patterson, Courtney & Associates
Buyer’s agent: Katie Wayne, Clearbrook Realty, LLC Sold by Welch College, this former Baptist college library was bought to be turned into a single-family home. As of now, the to-be home is listed as having no bedrooms, but it features more than 8,000 square feet of space. It was purchased by Jack May, a Nashville investor and developer most known for owning the Market Street Apartments on Second Avenue South. The rest of the college’s West End campus was sold
earlier this year to Vanderbilt University Medical Center CEO Jeff Balser.
8. 130 alton road, nashville, 37205 Buyers: Theodore L. Merhoff II and Karen Sotsky Merhoff sale price: $1.68 million seller: Michelle Charlot Desloge, trustee seller’s agent: Lawrence M. Lipman, The Lipman Group Sotheby’s International Realty Buyers’ agent: Beth Molteni, Fridrich & Clark Realty This home in the Highlands of Belle Meade includes “superb details with all the finest upgrades,” including plantation shutters, a six-burner gas range and hardwood floors throughout. It was purchased by Theodore L. Merhoff II, the chief strategy officer at Nashville-based health care company Shearwater Health, and his wife Karen.
9. 1815 Cedar lane, nashville, 37212 Buyer: John D. York sale price: $1.65 million seller: John P. and Lisa H. Seckman sellers’ agent: Cathy Johnson, Crye-Leike Inc. Realtors
Buyer’s agent: Vivian Brandon, Pilkerton Realtors This home, purchased by John D. York, a professor and the chair of the department of biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, was custom-designed by architect William C. Johnson. It includes a covered veranda with a wood-burning fireplace, five bedrooms and six bathrooms. It was sold by John P. Seckman, the president of Shoebox Private Trust Company, and his wife Lisa.
10. 113 West tyne drive, nashville, 37205 Buyers: Cal O’Reilly and Terra E. Findlay sale price: $1.65 million sellers: Jason and Erica Bockman sellers’ agent: Beth Hooker, Village Real Estate Services and Jason Bockman, Twin Team Properties Buyers’ agent: Jameson Roper, Caden Roper Real Estate LLC, and Jason Bockman, Twin Team Properties This newly built home in the Highlands of Belle Meade was purchased by former Predators player Cal O’Reilly and his wife Terra Findlay, a Canadian ice dancer and sportscaster. O’Reilly is currently on loan from the Buffalo Sabres to American Hockey League team the Toronto Marlies. Could this mean O’Reilly is on his way back to the Predators? Or maybe he just loves it here. The home was sold by real estate agent Jason Bockman and his wife Erica. email editor@nashvillesCene.Com
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Things We’ve Thought Before Art + Wallpaper by New Hat May 1-June 30 at The Belcourt
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The Mountain Goats at Cannery Ballroom (see music section on p. 57)* Perfume Genius at Exit/In* Brandy Clark & Charlie Worsham (see music section on p. 57) at City Winery (also May 19)
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Franz Ferdinand at Exit/In
Beautiful — The Carole King Musical opens at TPAC
Vinyl Night at L.A. Jackson (recurring every Monday night)
Nashville United Concert for Voter Registration feat. Amanda Shires & Friends
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Rashad Tha Poet releases And Then What? The Protomen “Light Up the Night” at the Belcourt
Daddy Issues release Deep Dream
Light and Sound Machine: Bad Black at Third Man Records
Alan Jackson at Ascend Amphitheater
Yoga on the Field at Nissan Stadium
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Daryl Hall & John Oates and Tears for Fears at Bridgestone Arena
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Ty Segall at Mercy Lounge Sheer Mag at Third Man Records Robyn Hitchcock at The Basement East
Harry Potter in Concert at the Schermerhorn (May 19-21)*
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Fort Houston’s Fifth Birthday Bonanza Nashville Wine and Food Festival at Bicentennial Mall Margarita Fest in the Gulch
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Vadis Turner: Tempest opens at the Frist*
Tchaikovsky Spectacular feat. the Nashville Symphony at Ascend Amphitheater
State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now opens at the Frist
Musicians Corner feat. Rayland Baxter, Skyway Man & more at Centennial Park
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John Witherspoon at Zanies
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Outsider Artists: Bridging Communities opens at David Lusk Gallery
Freddie Jackson at City Winery
Kikagaku Moyo w/Al Lover at The High Watt
Lake Street Dive at the Ryman Macy Gray at City Winery
* See p. 30 for details
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And then What? (thoughts from the other day) out May 19
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Brew at the Zoo at Nashville Zoo* Movies in the Park: Sing! at Elmington Park* Yum! East at Pavilion East Diet Cig at The High Watt
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Brothers Osborne at Cannery Ballroom Robben Ford at City Winery
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Jake Shears (of Scissor Sisters) at High Watt
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The Walking Dead Trivia Night at The Soda Parlor
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2017 Pride Pageant at Play National Pride Rally at Legislative Plaza Sigur Rôs at TPAC
Free Nashville Symphony concert at Crockett Park
Banks at Marathon Music Works
Iron Maiden at Bridgestone Arena
Neil DeGrasse Tyson: An Astrophysicist Goes to The Movies at TPAC Joe Jackson at TPAC
Musicians Corner feat. The Cactus Blossoms, Gabe Dixon & more at Centennial Park Colin Jost at Zanies (also June 3)
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Bonnaroo kicks off in Manchester, Tenn.*
Musicians Corner feat. Jim Lauderdale at Centennial Park
CMA Fest kicks off in Nashville*
David Sedaris at Parnassus Books
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Miss Martha’s Ice Cream Crankin’ & Summer Social
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16 Night Market at the Nashville Farmers’ Market DreamWorks Animation in Concert at the Schermerhorn Far Out Nashville psych fest at The Cobra and The East Room (also June 17)
3 Musician’s Corner feat. Carl Broemel at Centennial Park First Saturday Art Crawl Four Voices feat. Joan Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Indigo Girls at the Ryman (also June 2)
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Musicians Corner feat. Charles Walker Band at Centennial Park Kevin Nealon at Zanies
17 Porter Flea Summer Market at Skyway Studios Merchandise w/B Boys & Soft Option at Third Man Records Bluebird on the Mountain at Dyer Observatory
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Dixie’s Tupperware Party at TPAC (June 13-18) Photo: Eric England, LOCATION: MORGAN PARK
Micky Dolenz at City Winery
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Day Wave at Exit/In Bruce Hornsby at the Schermerhorn
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Songs Against Slavery feat. Matthew Perryman Jones at City Winery
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Los Colognes at 3rd & Lindsley
Food trucks every Wednesday at Centennial Park
John Grisham: Humanities Tennessee Benefit at Parnassus Books
Comedy Out the Yazoo at Yazoo Brewery
Movies in the Park: Back to the Future at Elmington Park
Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art From the Kaplan & Levi Collection opens at the Frist.
The Office Trivia Night - The Soda Parlor
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ZZ Ward at 3rd & Lindsley
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Vans Warped Tour at the Fairgrounds Nashville Robert Randolph and the Family Band at 3rd & Lindsley
Nashville Sounds vs. Round Rock at First Tennessee Park*
Chicago & The Doobie Brothers at Ascend Amphitheater Something Rotten! at TPAC
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Music City Brewer’s Festival at Walk of Fame Park* Rooney at The High Watt
Steelism at Mercy Lounge
Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie at Ascend Amphitheater
24 Nashville Pride Festival at Public Square Park* Punch Brothers at the Ryman Monster Jam at Nissan Stadium The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening With Cary Elwes at TPAC
30 Con of Thrones Game of Thrones Convention at Opryland Hotel The Long Players Perform Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Frist
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Hot Chicken Festival at East Park*
Something Rotten! at TPAC (June 27-July 2)
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Let Freedom Sing! feat. Chris Young, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Nashville Symphony and more in downtown Nashville
Tommy Womack at The 5 Spot
Vintage Baseball DoubleHeader at Bicentennial Mall
Game of Thrones Trivia Night at The Soda Parlor
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La La Land in Concert at Schermerhorn Symphony Center Nameless Fest III kicks off at Blackbird Tattoo (also July 7-8)
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My Morning Jacket w/ Margo Price at Ascend Amphitheater* Yonder Mountain String Band at the Ryman
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Music City Burlesque at Marathon Music Works
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David Blaine at the Ryman Swimming Hole Tour at Tennessee state parks
Dancing With the Stars Live at the Grand Ole Opry Jill Scott at the Ryman
One Republic w/Fitz and the Tantrums & James Arthur at Ascend Amphitheater
The O’Jays at the Schermerhorn Doyle & Debbie at The Station Inn (every Tuesday)
James Taylor and His AllStar Band w/Bonnie Raitt at Bridgestone Arena
Chicano Batman at Exit/In Roxane Gay at Parnassus
SIREN 2: An Evening of Film and Music Benefiting MTSU’s Jim Ridley Memorial Scholarship Fund at White Avenue Studio
Stardust Drive-In Theatre shows new releases every Friday-Sunday
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The New Pornographers at Exit/In
The Cave Singers at The East Room
Hans Zimmer at Ascend Amphitheater
WWE Raw at Bridgestone Arena
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Whores., Lo Pan & Sheep Shifter at Exit/In
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AFI and Circa Survive at War Memorial Auditorium
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New Found Glory at The Basement East Mt. Joy at The Basement
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Steve Earle and the Dukes at the Ryman Vinyl Club at Wilburn Street Tavern
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Styx w/REO Speedwagon and Don Felder at Ascend Amphitheater
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Foreigner w/Cheap Trick at Ascend Amphitheater Tig Notaro at TPAC
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Slayer at Municipal Auditorium
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The Stolen Faces at Acme Feed & Seed
Yo Gotti & Meek Mill at Municipal Auditorium
Raekwon at Marathon Music Works
Darrell Hammond at Zanies
Red, White & Zoo wine tasting at the Nashville Zoo
Little Big Town at the Ryman (July 28-30)
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Idina Menzel at the Ryman Disney’s The Little Mermaid opens at TPAC (through Aug. 6)
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Gillian Welch at the Ryman
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John Mayer at Bridgestone Arena
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Queen w/Adam Lambert at Bridgestone Arena Breaking Bad Trivia Night at The Soda Parlor
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Tim McGraw & Faith Hill at Bridgestone Arena
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Shakespeare in the Park: The Winter’s Tale kicks off at Centennial Park (Aug. 10-13 & 24-25; Sept. 2-4, 7-8, 16-17)*
Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds at the Schermerhorn
Dashboard Confessional at Ascend Amphitheater
Live on the Green at Public Square Park*
Drivin N’ Cryin w/ Birdcloud at Exit/In
Harvest Party at Arrington Vineyards
Tomato Art Fest in East Nashville (also Aug. 12)*
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Shakespeare in the Park: Antony and Cleopatra at Centennial Park (Aug. 17-20, 26-27 & 31, Sept. 1, 9-10 & 14-15)
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Buddy Guy at the Schermerhorn*
Waxahatchee at Third Man Records
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Play hooky and head to Nashville Shores. Waterslides!
Leslie Odom Jr. at TPAC
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Before heading to the Sounds game, grab a beer at Yazoo Brewing Company — they’ve got one of the best patios in town.
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Nashville Sounds vs. Omaha at First Tennessee Park
Jurassic Park Trivia Night at The Soda Parlor
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Brandon Donahue and Marlos Evan art show at McGruder Social Practice Residency
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Your last chance to take advantage of Cheekwood long summer hours — open until 10 p.m. Featuring food trucks, entertainment and more.
Live on the Green at Public Square Park
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18 Italian Lights Festival kicks off at Bicentennial Mall (through Aug. 21) Night Market at Nashville Farmers’ Market (third Friday of every month)
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NFL Preseason: Tennessee Titans vs. Carolina Panthers at Nissan Stadium OZ Nashville’s Family Day
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Nashville Flea Market at Fairgrounds
Loretta Lynn at the Ryman (also Aug. 25) Live on the Green at Public Square Park
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Betty Who at Exit/In
Gov’t Mule w/Blackberry Smoke at Ascend Amphitheater
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Summer*** Guide By Steve Cavendish, Nancy Floyd, Dana Kopp Franklin, Cari Wade Gervin, Zach Gilchriest, Amanda Haggard, Steven Hale, Laura Hutson, D. Patrick Rodgers, Megan Seling May 19-21
HARRY POTTER IN CONCERT AT THE SCHERMERHORN
If your perfect summer involves sitting in the dark watching fantasy films and practicing the occult, the Schermerhorn has an event that might actually force you out into the real world: screening Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets while the Nashville Symphony performs the score. The music was of course written by John Williams, who has scored countless iconic films, including several movies in the Star Wars franchise and the first two Home Alone films. The second movie in the J.K Rowling series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is darker and sees its three main characters — Harry, Hermione and Ron — coming into their own. Ahead of the concert, the Schermerhorn will also have a costume contest, butterscotch beer, a house pride competition and a witchy photo booth. It’ll be fun even for the indoorus kiddus. —AH
May 21
PERFUME GENIUS AT EXIT/IN
Perfume Genius — aka Mike Hadreas and his partner Alan Wyffels, with other musicians along for the ride — is a very gay band. This is by intent and design, and thank God for it. Operatic and melodramatic, Perfume Genius escapes anything resembling camp with sheer musical virtuosity and utter sincerity in songs about addiction, rehab, sex and love. Seeing Hadreas wail and emote live is an all-encompassing and haunting experience — cathartic, almost. You might cry, and it will be worth it. —CWG
May 23
RAISING OUR VOICES FEAT. AMANDA SHIRES & FRIENDS AT 3RD & LINDSLEY
Getting registered to vote is a crucial part of the democratic process, but it can be easy to overlook when you’re searching for ways to take direct action in resisting the Trump administration. HeadCount is a national organization that uses music events to spread awareness and register eligible voters, and they’re working with the local group Nashville United to put on this show. The main event is a set from superb singer-songwriter Amanda Shires and some outstanding friends, including her husband Jason Isbell, Cory Branan, Ruston Kelly and more to be announced, but the featured guest speakers are a draw on their own: Ernest “Rip” Patton will discuss his participation in the Freedom Rides during the civil rights movement, and songwriter Buddy Mondlock will speak about how he benefited from the Affordable Care Act. —ST
May 26-Sept. 10
VADIS TURNER: TEMPEST AT THE FRIST
In her first solo museum exhibition, Nashville artist Vadis Turner is challenging conventional gender roles, revealing “the underbelly of the female archetype.” The works in Tempest correspond to the three potential chapters of a woman’s life — the young “Wild Woman,” the “Mother” and the “Elder” — each of which is met with a corresponding destructive agent that the curator, Katie Delmez, describes (respectively) as “a powerful storm, scorched emptiness and the gradual silencing of voice.” Turner’s large-scale textile paintings incorporate col-
May 23
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS AT CANNERY BALLROOM
With May flowers in full bloom, it may not feel like the most appropriate time to embrace the dark side, but Goths, the new album from The Mountain Goats, will inspire you to do just that. Singer John Darnielle set out to make a record that explores the impression that bands like Sisters of Mercy and The Birthday Party left on him when he was growing up in the ’80s, and the results are morbid and mesmerizing. (Related: Pick up Darnielle’s new horror novel Universal Harvester for even more creepy summer fun.) Goths boasts a little local love, too — the record was made at Nashville’s Blackbird Studio, and the first single, “Rain in Soho,” features the Nashville Symphony Chorus crying out like spirits of the damned rising amid the steam of a witches’ cauldron. Oh how amazing it would be if the choir joined the band onstage for their Nashville stop. See our feature on The Mountain Goats on p. 58. —MS
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orful ribbons wrapped around the canvas, and smaller works incorporate bodily fluids like breast milk and the tears of ovulating women — a combination that calls to mind both Claude Monet and Kiki Smith. —LH
June 1, 8, 15, 22
MOVIES IN THE PARK
The Scene’s Movies in the Park returns for its 23rd year, with food, fun and flicks on the lawn at Elmington Park. Films begin screening at sundown, but ahead of each show there will be food trucks and games for several thousand of your closest movielover pals. This year’s lineup includes three recent hits and one throwback movie chosen by Scene readers: June 1, Sing!, the animated story of a Voice-like talent competition for animals; June 8, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which details how the Rebels got the plans for the Death Star; June 15, The Secret Life of Pets, an animated look at what your pets do when you leave the house; and June 22, Back to the Future. Folks, where we’re going, we don’t need roads. —SC
June 2
BREW AT THE ZOO
This adults-only after-hours party at the zoo brings together all of the best things in life: unlimited craft beer, cute animals ... and that’s it. What more do you need? Stop being greedy! Sample more than 100 craft beers — and a handful of wines — while exploring the zoo’s exotic exhibits (say “hey” to those brand-new spider monkeys) and enjoying live music and entertainment. A fleet of food trucks is always on hand to provide muchneeded sustenance, or opt for a VIP ticket to enjoy food pairings and your very own animal encounter in a private lounge. —NF
THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS AT FIRST TENNESSEE PARK
The boys of summer are back in town, and you’ll have dozens of opportunities to spend nine innings with them at First Tennessee Park in the months ahead. Entering their third year playing in Germantown, and their 40th season as a franchise, the Sounds come into 2017 looking to improve on the success of last year, when they put up a Pacific Coast League-best record of 83-59 and made it to the American Conference finals. They return with a new manager in Ryan Christenson, but a largely familiar roster including all-star second baseman Chad Pinder. If you’re a more casual fan just looking for a good way to spend a summer evening, you might want to check out the daily specials, so to speak. On Music City Mondays, the first 2,000 fans will receive a free 40th anniversary item. On Throwback Thursday, the Sounds will wear retro uniforms and offer drink specials at concessions. The, uh, even more casual fan might do well to check out the band box past right field, where there’s ping pong, cornhole, foosball and shuffleboard along with an outdoor bar — oh, and also a baseball game in the background. But it’s hard to beat the view from behind the plate — the guitar-shaped scoreboard with the Nashville skyline serving as a backdrop. Who cares if you never get back? —SH
SUMMER FILMS AT THE BELCOURT AND THE CINEPLEXES
Several promising openings will land at Nashville’s beloved Belcourt Theatre throughout May and June, among them: Azazel Jacobs’ comedy-romance The Lovers (May 26); a limited run of the chamber drama The Death of Louis XIV (May 31June 4); Terence Davies’ Emily Dickinson biopic A Quiet Passion (June 2); the mysterious, Rachel Weisz-starring My Cousin Rachel (June 9); a limited run of Del Shores’ sequel to Sordid Lives, A Very Sordid Wedding (June 10-14); and Miguel Arteta’s timely Beatriz at Dinner (June 23), which pits a thoughtful immigrant (Salma Hayek) against a prickish billionaire (John Lithgow). Beyond that, upcoming first-run Belcourt films without set release dates include: A Ghost Story, in which Casey Affleck plays a literal white-sheeted ghost; the Sundance crowd-pleaser Patti Cake$; Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Endless Poetry; Columbus from Nashville-based director Kogonada; and Landline, from director Gillian Robespierre and actor Jenny Slate, who last teamed for the acclaimed Obvious Child. In honor of Sofia Coppola’s highly anticipated and star-studded Civil War drama The Beguiled opening at the arthouse June 30, the Belcourt also plans to shine its Director Spotlight on Coppola throughout June and into July with screenings of her films The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, Somewhere and The Bling Ring. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford will square off in the Belcourt’s Weekend Classics series, with screenings set for Mildred Pierce (June 3-4), Now, Voyager (June 10-11), Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte and Strait-Jacket (June 17-18), and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (June 24-25). In addition to the theater’s Music City Mondays series (which will present Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same, Monterey Pop and Rock ’n’ Roll High School, among others), the Belcourt will also screen Midnight Movies and Saturday Family Films all summer long. Of course, if big-budget popcorn flicks are more your speed, you’ll have plenty of options at your friendly (read: corporate) neighborhood megaplexes — from superhero fare (Wonder Woman on June 2 and Spider-Man: Homecoming on July 7) to robot reduxes (Transformers: The Last Knight on June 23), car chases (Baby Driver on June 28) and Tom Cruise-featuring semi-spooky reboots (The Mummy on June 9). There’s also plenty of stuff for the kids (including Cars 3 and a Captain Underpants movie, both out in June), but you won’t need our help to find out about that stuff — just check that tasteful ad placement on your fast-food cup. —DPR
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SUMMER BEERS
This year, Bonnaroo needed to bring out the big guns to help overcome 2016’s markedly lower-than-average attendance, so the top of this bill boasts some heavy artillery: U2, one of the best-known rock bands in the world, brings the 30th anniversary tour for The Joshua Tree (in which they perform said landmark album in full) to Manchester, Tenn. Their co-headliners include freakystyley stalwarts Red Hot Chili Peppers, crooner of hardcore raps The Weeknd and industry-defying, Grammy-winning MC Chance the Rapper. The roster is light on jam bands (Umphrey’s McGee is your main option), but features a plethora of pop artists like Lorde and Tegan and Sara, hip-hop acts including D.R.A.M. and Travis Scott, rockers such as White Reaper and The Lemon Twigs, and a range of EDM producers from Major Lazer to Ookay. On the local tip, country ace and Scene fave Margo Price and wry songsmith Aaron Lee Tasjan make their ’Roo debuts, while Cage the Elephant arrives for a return visit. There’s an array of can’t-miss notables in the tents and smaller stages too, including Michael Kiwanuka, Car Seat Headrest, Jay Som, and Beninese legend Angélique Kidjo performing Talking Heads’ Remain in Light. —ST
It’s summer in Music City, and that means some of Nashville’s craft breweries and taprooms will soon be rolling out their finest selection of summer beers. Below is a list of all the brews that are sure to complement a perfect summer. Bearded Iris Brewing has two summer beers available: Double Homestyle, a double version of their current Homestyle IPA, and Again & Again, an APA. Yazoo — the Scene’s Best of Nashville 2016 Best Local Brewery winner in both the readers’ poll and writers’ choices — will have their Summer Seasonal, a lightbodied sour gose. Starting in July, Jackalope will be releasing the cleverly named Casper the Gose, and from April to June will they’ll also offer Lovebird, their popular strawberry/raspberry hefeweizen. Blackstone will have their spring and summer strawberry-infused pale ale, Strawberry Picnic, as well as their watermeloninfused summer gose, Watermelon Picnic. Fat Bottom will have their Two Piece summer wheat ale, while Black Abbey will offer Crossroads, a cream ale adapted from German Köln-style ales. Tennessee Brew Works will have Nashweizen, their hoppy hefeweizen ale, with intonations of mango, grape, pineapple, grapefruit, mandarin orange and banana. Granite City will have a few summer offerings available on tap, including their light kölsch, Lazy Lake, and their summer white ale, Peel Off. Little Harpeth has a few unique offerings as well, like their India pale kölsch, Mosaic, and their “Bavarian hefe maisen,” Davy B.H.M. —ZG
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June 8-11
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL
The festival once known as Fan Fair takes over Lower Broadway, Riverfront Park and Nissan Stadium for the same four-day span as Bonnaroo, meaning if Eric Church and U2 are both on your bucket list, you will have to make a painful choice. This year’s CMA Fest lineup isn’t drastically different from other recent years’, and notably misses out on some top rising talent like Margo Price and Grammy winner Sturgill Simpson. But if you’ve missed seeing any regulars like Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton or Keith Urban (and either already have a ticket or have $200 for one of the remaining four-night passes), the stadium shows are your chance to catch them all. A boatload of respected performers with broader appeal, like Chris Stapleton, Maren Morris, Brandy Clark and Little Big Town, will be in the stadium as well, alongside legacy sets from John Anderson and Kenny Rogers. Going further afield will reward you with performances from up-and-comers like Lauren Alaina, Natalie Stovall, CJ Solar, Eric Paslay, Maggie Rose and longtime Jack White band member Lillie Mae, who just released her solo debut record in April. —ST
June 24-25
NASHVILLE PRIDE FESTIVAL AT PUBLIC SQUARE PARK
Nashville’s Pride weekend always delivers summer fun — a huge gathering of happy people take over Public Square Park to celebrate diversity and equality, while food trucks line the streets, drag queens perform on the main stage and the Nashville Humane
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Association’s Teddy Wagon brings puppies and kitties for attendees to play with and/or adopt (with some of the floofers beating the heat by clumsily splashing around in a kiddie pool — it’s so adorable). But this year? Well, this year Nashville Pride has skyrocketed to new levels of fantastic with the best lineup the festival has ever seen. Bounce queen Big Freedia! R&B party anthem queen Lizzo! Plus old-school dance favorites like La Bouche and CeCe Peniston and talented Tennesseans Julien Baker and Alanna Royale. Pair that with all the good vibes that come from hanging out and eating ice cream while supporting and reveling in Nashville’s vital LGBT community and there’s no way you’ll have a bad time. Visit nashvillepride. org for the full schedule of events, including other Pride Month festivities including Pride Pageant (June 11) and Pride Night with the Nashville Sounds (June 13). —MS
July 4
MUSIC CITY HOT CHICKEN FESTIVAL IN EAST PARK
Founded 10 years ago, the free Music City Hot Chicken Festival celebrates Nashville’s famous culinary specialty, hot chicken, with a big July 4 party outdoors in East Park. The event starts with a fire truck parade at 10:30 a.m., and the fest fully kicks off at 11 a.m. with samples from the city’s top purveyors of fiery fowl, along with music, beer and other foodstuffs from local vendors. Then the action heats up as teams vie in the Amateur Hot Chicken Cooking Contest; the party winds down by 3 p.m. so patrons can cool off and make their way to the July 4 fireworks display downtown. —DKF
July 7
MY MORNING JACKET w/MARGO PRICE AT ASCEND AMPHITHEATER
Seeing as how they’re about to become the only outfit to play the two-year-old Cumberland River-adjacent Ascend Amphitheater three times, Louisville’s My Morning Jacket must love the Nashville skyline. (It’s probably safe to assume the ever-jamming monsters of psychedelic Southern rock also dig Nashville Skyline, seeing as how they opened
to leave the kids at home. The air will be hot, the beers will be cold. —SH
for Bob Dylan in the very same location in 2013, but I digress.) But really, with charismatic dynamo frontman Jim James & Co. once again set to play the big outdoor stage downtown, there’s only one thing that could make this summer’s appearance even more special: an opening set from a beloved local. That’s what we’ll have, thanks to longtime Nashvillian and Third Man Records recording artist Margo Price — whose 2016 solo debut Midwest Farmer’s Daughter landed at No. 1 in the Scene’s Local Albums Critics’ Poll and No. 2 in our Country Music Critics’ Poll. Show up early and find your seats; this ain’t the kind of opening set you skip. —DPR
July 8
U.S. VS. PANAMA at Nissan Stadium
If the stakes for this weren’t high enough — this is the most meaningful game in the group stage of the Gold Cup for the U.S. (they should wallop their other two opponents) — the local group attempting to bring an MLS franchise here has promised to pack the stadium as a show of support for soccer in Nashville. For U.S. fans, the competition promises to be an interesting showcase: It will be the last chance for some new players to make their case for World Cup qualifiers and a trip to Russia for next year’s World Cup. —SC
July 29
MUSIC CITY BREWER’S FESTIVAL AT WALK OF FAME PARK
What if I told you that you could drink beer, including some from Nashville breweries like Yazoo and Jackalope, and help out a good cause at the same time? Bottoms up, you’d say. The Music City Brewer’s Festival — a one-day beer-apalooza, a portion of the proceeds of which go to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee — is that opportunity. This year’s 16th annual event, sponsored by Mafiaoza’s, offers the chance to sample offerings from more than 50 breweries — local, regional, national and beyond. Buy an afternoon or evening pass, or go for the all-access package that lets you wander around Music City Walk of Fame Park for eight hours if you like. You must be 21 or older, of course, and sorry, you’ll need
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LIVE ON THE GREEN
If tradition holds, we won’t know until late June who’s playing Lightning 100’s ninth annual free all-ages concert series in Public Square Park. But we can tell you right now that Live on the Green is one of the city’s top crowd-pleasers, and the green space at the top of hill on Second Avenue will be jampacked on every Thursday in August and for a three-night run leading into Labor Day. Bills tend to include popular national touring bands — both locals and out-of-towners — as well as a selection of up-and-comers, and they generally lean toward the poppier side of rock and Americana. There are always a few special standouts, too, like Dr. John (who played in 2012), All Them Witches (2014 and 2015) or Bully (2016). —ST
Aug. 10-Sept. 17
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK
Established in 1988, Nashville’s Shakespeare in the Park is a professional nonprofit theater company delivering education and entertainment while continuing to find fresh nuances in the works of the Bard. The free plays in the Centennial Park Band Shell are a Nashville summer tradition — smart theatergoers arrive at 6 p.m. to grab a spot and patronize the vendors, with preshow entertainment starting at 6:30 and the big show at 7:30. This year’s productions are The Winter’s Tale and Antony and Cleopatra. —DKF
Aug. 11-12
TOMATO ART FEST IN EAST NASHVILLE’S FIVE POINTS
The Tomato Art Fest is Nashville’s hottest outdoor art event for a reason — it’s in the middle of August, when tomato season is in high gear and temperatures often approach unbearable for everyone who doesn’t have a cold bloody mary in hand. But that’s also what makes it the most fun. Now in its 14th year, the weekend-long East Nashville institution features costume contests for kids and pets, a parade of tomato-themed floats and decorated bikes, live music and, of course, all the vegetable-centric art you could ever want. Visit tomatoartfest.com for a full schedule. —LH
Aug. 19
OZ FAMILY DAY AT OZ ARTS NASHVILLE
This year’s OZ Arts’ Family Day, the annual festival of indoor and outdoor arts activities for young people and families, will focus on the theme of sports and art. Artist Brandon Donahue will mount an “art in sports” interactive installation, and on OZ’s scenic grounds, a dozen local artists and community organizations will set up activity stations to let kids tap into their imaginations. There will also be a pop-up skate park and a BMX stunt show. —LH Email edtior@nashvillescene.com
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In late 2012, the first Tequila Cowboy and Wanna B’s Karaoke Bar was opened on the world famous Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee. Luigi’s City Pizza would join the fray in May 2013 when it opened its first location on 3rd Ave, directly beside its sister locations on Broadway. Stemming from the success of the original Tequila Cowboy, other locations would open in Columbus, OH; East Lansing, MI; and Pittsburgh, PA in 2014, 20 2015 and 2016 respectively. Crazy Town was built and opened in early 2016, again on historic Broadway. The 3 story venue features 6 Bars, 3 stages, 2 outdoor patios and a panoramic view of the Nashville skyline. Nashville's first 24-hour diner, Sun Diner, features the history of Sun Records and also opened in 2016. The group's latest creation is Florida Georgia Line's *FGL House, their first restaurant and entertainment destination. This four-story venue is located in Nashville’s trendy SoBro district.
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you at the right time, and seem to reset whatever weird trajectory you were on and point you in a new, better direction? That’s what Stargazer — the latest from Austin, Texas, Afro-astro-logical funk outfit Golden Dawn Arkestra — was to me. When music-streaming-and-downloading site Bandcamp ran an impromptu ACLU benefit in the wake of the Trump administration’s earliest dick moves, lots of people hurled excellent suggestions for what to download every which way. Somebody contributed, “Hey, if you dig Sun Ra and Fela Kuti and funky cosmic party jams, you should buy this,” which is probably the most awesome interaction I’ve ever had with a stranger on the internet. Stargazer is my happy place, my shield from the asteroid field of political bullshit we’re currently drifting through. I listen to it a lot, obviously. Like, all the time. Maybe you should too. 6 p.m. at Fond Object
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Opens Saturday, May 20 Cumberland Gallery
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THE PROTOMEN ‘LIGHT UP THE NIGHT’
Epic-by-design Middle Tennessee rock ensemble The Protomen is nothing if not ambitious. Over the past decade-plus, the Mega Man-inspired, face-painted rock ’n’ rollers have released long-player editions of an ongoing rock opera and a killer allQueen-covers live album, all while bringing their synth-fueled power metal to a devoted fan base on tour after tour. Just months ago, the band made yet another contribution to their impressive catalog — a phantasmagorical short film by the name of “Light Up the Night.” Directed by Matt Sundin and Caspar Newbolt and featuring performances from James Ransone (The Wire, Tangerine), Joel Nagle (Do the Right Thing) and more, the 16-minute film is loaded with Blade Runneresque imagery and footage of the band delivering a characteristically bombastic performance. On Thursday night, the Protomen will screen “Light Up the Night” at the Belcourt, with a Q&A and live performance to follow. It’s a can’t-miss event for megafans of Mega Man and ambitious rock ’n’ roll alike. 7 p.m. at the Belcourt D. PATRICK RODGERS
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NASHVILLE BOOGIE: Vintage Weekender and Car Show
Approximately 7,000 hepcats and kittens will descend on Music City this weekend for the third annual celebration of all things bop. This year’s lineup includes more than 90 acts across the hillbilly/rock ’n’ roll spectrum — original rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson, Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats, Pacific Northwest garage-rock legends The Sonics, Western swing superstars Asleep at the Wheel and many more will be flat-out gittin’ it on five indoor stages. Add in a Western fashion show, pinup contest, vintage vendor market, record convention and a classic car show, and cap off the weekend with an Opry House performance by Texas country music legend Jerry Jeff Walker and Country Music Hall of Famer Bobby Bare Sr., and you have a bop that can’t be stopped. More info is at nashvilleboogie.com. May 1821 at the Opryland Hotel RANDY FOX
of sociopolitical dread and unease about the bonds of matrimony and motherhood, you’re probably keen to hear about her new one. So let’s cut to the chase and quote what Lepucki said when Salon asked her to summarize what Woman No. 17 is about. Her reply: “Women, mothering and being mothered, female friendships, art, drinking, sex, Los Angeles, silence, the internet, trauma, damage, jokes, a white bunny, two Scrabble tiles and dick pics.” Wowza — let me put that one in my shopping cart. 6:30 p.m. at Parnassus Books DANA KOPP FRANKLIN MUSIC
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The Light and Sound Machine: BAD BLACK
Of the many amazing experiences the Light and Sound Machine screening series has brought to Nashville, who could deny the momentousness of its 2015 screening of Nabwana IGG’s Who Killed Captain Alex? It was the perfect storm of a raucous and appreciative audience colliding with a unique and heartfelt vision. We laughed. We cried. We simulated an Ebola-fueled, chair-slinging apocalypse right there in the Blue Room at Third Man. Since then, Wakaliwood (the collective term for films made in the Wakaliga slum of Kampala, Uganda) has made international headlines for its tenacity, ingenuity and commitment to making exciting and entertaining films in all sorts of genres for tiny budgets. That’s the thing about Wakaliwood — the money is infinitesimal, but the imagination and drive is immense. And now, Nabwana’s newest film, Bad Black, is making its Eastern U.S.
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Author Event With Edan Lepucki
Edan Lepucki became a literary celebrity in 2014 when her dystopian novel California became a breakout success, both critically and commercially. The book even figured in a literary cause célèbre when Stephen Colbert, in the midst of a dispute with Amazon, urged readers to snap up copies of California from independent bookstores (including Nashville’s own Parnassus). That year, Lepucki visited Parnassus on her tour for California, and now she’s coming back to read from and sign her new book, Woman No. 17. If you enjoyed California and its unique union
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YOGA ON THE FIELD
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What could be better than a little meditation with a thousand of your closest friends? The largest yoga class in Tennessee returns to Nissan Stadium when instructors from Hot Yoga Plus and Steadfast and True Yoga lead a giant group on the field. That’s right — you can do downward-facing dog in the same spot where DeMarco Murray will run over defensive backs come fall. It’s all to benefit Soles4Souls and their efforts to make sure everyone in the world has a good pair of shoes. Tickets are $25. 6-8:30 p.m. at Nissan Stadium STEVE CAVENDISH [SINFUL COUNTRY]
THE OLD 97’S
Although I’m an Old 97’s fan, I don’t think their latest full-length, Graveyard Whistling, matches the standard the Texas alt-country rockers set with their superb 2014 collection Most Messed Up. The band’s songwriting on Graveyard Whistling makes it clear that singer Rhett Miller relishes his persona as a seductive guy who may be his own worst enemy, so I get off on “Bad
Luck Charm,” the group’s collaboration with Nashville singer-songwriter Caitlin Rose. Still, Graveyard peaks with a pair of songs about Christianity. In the first, “Jesus Loves You,” Miller and co-writers Salim Nourallah and Gaines Greer preach truth to a love object — as Miller sings, “Jesus loves you more than I do / Just because he doesn’t know you.” In the second, “Good With God,” he revels in his own sinfulness. Cut partly in Nashville with Rose, pianist Daniel Ellsworth and Music City multi-instrumentalist Fats Kaplin lending their talents, Graveyard is a fine minor work from a major band. 8 p.m. at Marathon Music Works EDD HURT
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premiere. Detailing the transformation of a kindhearted doctor into an ass-kicking instrument of vengeance — as well as featuring the inimitable Vj Emmie — this is as close to unmissable as it gets. Star/producer/ apotheosis-of-following-your-dreams-wherever-they-lead Alan Ssali Hofmanis will be in attendance. 7 p.m. at Third Man Records
[HOOCHIE COOCHIE]
ALAN JACKSON
When Alan Jackson was rumored to have stormed out during Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks’ 2016 CMA performance of “Daddy Lessons” because he was offended, I couldn’t help but think about the fact that Jackson is the man who sang the lyrics: “Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee, it gets hotter than a hoochie coochie.” Not that I’m particularly offended by those lyrics — I mean, vaginas are not offensive to me at all, and that song, among many of Jackson’s honky-tonk tunes, is just pure fun. I just would’ve thought Jackson (who has a truly grand mustache) would also dig a song about a woman’s dad liking whiskey, shoot-
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John Legend’s early impact on the urban and pop scenes came as an instrumentalist and songwriter. He was still in his teens when he had his first breakout performance, playing piano on the hit “Everything Is Everything” on Lauryn Hill’s classic Miseducation LP. From there came songwriting stints for a host of artists, among them Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys and Kanye West. But it’s as a vocalist that Legend has enjoyed his greatest success. Among his numerous hits are “Everyday People,” “All of Me” and the Oscar-winning collaboration “Glory” with Common that was featured in the film Selma. He’s also made memorable versions of anthems previously done by Donny Hathaway (“Little Ghetto Boy”) and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (“Wake Up Everybody”), and he’s toured with Sade and collaborated with The Roots. (If all that weren’t enough, Legend is arguably the best thing about the Oscar-nominated but somewhat-controversial-in-jazz-circles La La Land.) He’s now also an executive producer for the WGN series Underground, and he recently did a guest stint portraying famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass. On Thursday, Legend will present songs from his array of releases, including 2016’s Darkness and Light, produced by Alabama Shakes producer Blake Mills. 7:30 p.m. at Ascend Amphitheater RON WYNN
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[YOU GOT TO MOVE]
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS
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AuTHOR EvENT WITH EMILy HENRy
Parnassus continues its strong attention to young adult literature (a genre beloved by teens and plenty of adults, too) by welcoming Cincinnati writer Emily Henry, who just released her sophomore novel, A Million Junes. Her highly regarded debut, The Love That Split the World, combined young romance and speculative elements like time travel and alternate worlds. A Million Junes features a Romeo and Julietstyle story of love between the children of two feuding families, set in a world that is
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Having marveled at the outsized chops and blues-jazz sensibility of drummer Cody Dickinson and guitarist Luther Dickinson when I first saw them 25 years ago in Memphis as part of the post-Allman Brothers trio DDT, I’m not sure the brothers are actualizing their talents in their long-running band North Mississippi Allstars. But that’s the blues — the sons of avant-garde Memphis-Mississippi producer, singer and pianist Jim Dickinson don’t need innovative songs or production effects to put their message across. Playing with Memphis bassist Paul Taylor in DDT, the Dickinsons took tunes such as the Allmans’ “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” and launched them into the stratosphere. Luther is an astounding blues guitarist, as the Allstars’ new full-length Prayer for Peace demonstrates. Meanwhile, Cody brings out the polyrhythms that lurk in the heart of the blues. They cover Fred McDowell, Gus Cannon and R. L. Burnside on Prayer, and yeah, that’s the blues too. 8 p.m. at Third Man Records EDD HURT BOOKS
something like Michigan, but with both mundane and magical elements. Nashville YA writer Jeff Zentner calls the book “intricate, strange, ecstatic, and spellbinding,” and Henry comes to Parnassus for a conversation with Zentner and author David Arnold. 6:30 p.m. at Parnassus Books
[GUITARIST IN FLUX]
ADRIAN BELEW POWER TRIO
Kentucky native and longtime Middle Tennessean Adrian Belew is an amazing guitarist, but I have to admit I’ve never enjoyed his sub-David Byrne singing style on his solo work and on his acclaimed recordings with noted vocal group King Crimson. That said, Belew’s approach to the power-trio format provides plenty of thrills — drummer Eric Slick and bassist Julie Slick ground Belew’s flights of fancy and back him efficiently on such old Crimson numbers as “Frame by Frame,” which Belew sings well enough. I do enjoy his contributions to records by Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Talking Heads and other art rockers, and he makes great noises on Bowie’s 1979 full-length Lodger, one of the Thin White Duke’s best records. Any musician who has survived both the Frank Zappa and Robert Fripp Schools of Rock must be made of strong and flexible metal — Belew is never exactly pretentious. Also, he’s created a pair of interesting mobile sound apps, FLUX:FX and FLUX by Belew. 9 p.m. at 12th & Porter EDD HURT
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ing guns and swearing on the Bible. It’s almost like it wasn’t about the lyrics at all. Anyhow, also playing alongside Jackson at Ascend on Friday are Lee Ann Womack and Adam Wright. 7:30 p.m. at Ascend Amphitheater AMANDA HAGGARD
[THE LONG AND WINDING ROADS]
PIKES PROJECT
When was the last time you heard someone complain about how quickly Nashville is changing? Chances are pretty good you’ve heard someone reminisce about The Nashville That Was at least once today already. But instead of complaining, ever-insightful
“Dickerson,” BraDy Haston
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critics’ picks cruel, and genuinely haunting in unexpected frequent Scene contributor Joe Nolan is ways. Ugetsu Monogatari is one of the semioffering a bricolage of aesthetic details nal works of Japanese cinema for domestic that you might not be able to overlook for audiences, and its new 4K digital restoration much longer. Pikes Project is the exhibition component of Nolan’s series of photo essays on Nashville’s pikes — Gallatin, Nolensville, Dickerson, et al. — that also included on-air segments for Nashville Public Radio. The exhibition is the culmination of a six-month campaign that invited Nashvillians to become a part of the project by sharing their own images using #pikesproject on Instagram. The show includes Nolan’s photographs, as well UGETSU as paintings by Brady Haston MONOGATARI — whose work is currently on exhibition at Zeitgeist Gallery as well — and a pike-centric video installation is breathtaking — a testament to the texby Brian Siskind, plus a digital display of tures and tales hidden within shadows. It’s the hundreds of #pikesproject Instagram mordantly funny that a film so dedicated to images. The project was funded by Metro excavating the act of temptation now comes Arts, and the exhibition will remain on view before us shining like a scintillating jewel, through June. Opening reception 6 p.m. at beckoning the viewer with its beauty into The Red Arrow Gallery LAURA HUTSON the scorched plains of history. 12:30 and 9:40 p.m. at the Belcourt JASON SHAWHAN
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Perhaps even more compelling than the lineup at this “alternative-arts fest” slated to go down Saturday at outdoor center and YMCA Camp Widjiwagan is where the proceeds are going. According to festival organizers, profits will benefit a scholarship fund organized by GAWD Inc., a group focusing on “uplifting women and children through mentorship and resourcing,” and will reward high-school-senior females in state custody or foster care. Performing at Bull-a-Palooza will be: remarkably talented Nashville MC and onetime Scene cover dude Dee Goodz; ultra-smooth soul-pop vocalist Saaneah; purveyor of super-sexy R&B VANN; swaggering local “James Bond of rap” Nate Rose; party DJ URL GRL; and several more. Organizers also promise “unlimited food and drink,” bounce houses (!), local vendors and more. The event is 18-andup, with booze available for the over-21 set. 7 p.m. at Camp Widjiwagan, 3088 Smith Springs Road in Antioch D. PATRICK RODGERS [SPIRITED AWAY]
UGETSU MONOGATARI
Kenji Mizoguchi took a quite a few chances in making this 1953 film, a classy ghost story centering on families besieged by civil war and knocked around by forces they cannot control. Drawn from works by Ueda Akinari (as well as Guy de Maupassant), this film is as funny as it is
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The Scene’s sixth annual celebration of tequila returns with some of the city’s best margarita makers slinging samples. A ticket to this Gulch street festival gets you a taste of 15 different drinks, food from Bajo Sexto and Jeni’s Ice Cream, and tunes from DJs. Festivalgoers will get to vote for their favorite margarita, with one bar being crowned champion. Shaken, frozen, salt or bare, it promises to be a good time. This is a 21-and-over event. 3-6 p.m. at the corner of 11th Avenue South and Laurel Street STEVE CAVENDISH
[FORTIFY MY LOVE]
FOrt HOUstON FiFtH BirtHDaY BONaNZa
Just in time for its fifth anniversary, Fort Houston — the enormous makerspace that is home to freelance metal fabricators, woodcrafters, screenprinters and more — has completed its move to roomier digs on Lindell Avenue, right next to the Simply Mac store. In keeping with tradition, their birthday party will be a free, all-ages affair with food trucks, a live mural painting by Matthew Sharer (plus a pop-up gallery of other visual artists’ work) and a bumper crop of great local rock bands. Stoney shredders JEFF the Brotherhood top a bill that also includes raucous riff merchants Music Band, dreamy psych group Western Medication, alt-rock-leaning outfit Reality Something and primo fuzzy pop ensemble Big Surr (on the heels of their long-awaited debut full-length In Business). Between sets, the Third Man Records Soundsystem will keep the wheels of steel a-rollin’. 5-11 p.m. at Fort Houston, 2020 Lindell Ave. STEPHEN TRAGESER
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[WASTING AWAY AGAIN]
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[WORLD ON FIRE]
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In his fifth show at Cumberland Gallery, Oregon-based Native American painter James Lavadour will fill every room in the Green Hills gallery with new works on paper and panels, including a 90-by-102inch nine-panel painting. The paintings are largely abstract expressionist mountainscapes that recall fiery-hued Gerhard Richter works. One of Lavadour’s paintings will also be on view at the Frist as part of the Crystal Bridges’ State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now exhibit, which opens May 26. Because of that overlap, the artist, whom the gallery’s press release calls “one of the most sought-after and respected contemporary artists in the Northwest,” will be present at Saturday’s Cumberland opening. Opening reception 6-8 p.m. at Cumberland Gallery. Through July 1 LAURA HUTSON
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Not feeling like a summer camp trip (see above pick on Bull-a-Palooza) but still looking for some hip-hop? Nashville has you covered. At the end of April, Memphis transplant Virghost dropped a beast of a record called No Sleep Under the Circumstances, and he’s using the latest installment of his Villematic hip-hop showcase to celebrate. Not that his mission of spotlighting top regional talent is going unattended: A tidal wave of nimble, bass-heavy Bluff City rap comes our way courtesy of Tom Skeemask, a veteran of Memphis’ underground for more than 20 years, as well as no-holds-barred duo Hippy Soul, rhythmic assassin Squikee and ultra-clever wordsmith J.D.S. Meanwhile, A.Levy brings his purposeful verses to represent New Orleans. Representing Music City, BeHoward brings a gift for storytelling, and Rain offers a double threat of laidback raps over futuristic beats he produces himself under the moniker mge. 8 p.m. at Cafe Coco STEPHEN TRAGESER
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Here’s how I know Perfume Genius’ new album No Shape, released May 7 on Matador, is fantastic: While listening to it, I’m delightfully reminded of remarkable, boundary-pushing artists like Prince, Sade and Portishead. It’s sexy, it’s moody, it’s poignant, it’s cool. But even with familiar inspiration, Perfume Genius, the solo project of Seattle’s Mike Hadreas, feels special and refreshing. Lush orchestration breathes life into songs that embrace simplistic pop elements, with theatrical delivery that verges on avant-garde without wandering too far into experimental terrain. (He even won over famously cranky Pitchfork, which gave the record an 8.8 rating, if that means anything to you in 2017.) Adding to Perfume Genius’ careful balance of beauty and eccentricity is star producer Blake Mills,
who’s worked with Sky Ferreira, Conor Oberst, Alabama Shakes and Fiona Apple. See him now at the Exit/In, because after this tour, if there’s any justice in the world at all, Perfume Genius will be selling out bigger rooms like the Cannery or even the Ryman the next time he comes through town. 9 p.m. at Exit/In MEGAN SELING
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ToBIn sProuT w/ELf PoWEr
Obviously, there would be no Guided by Voices without Bob Pollard — but there would be no peak 1990s GBV without Tobin Sprout. If you are a GBV fan, you already know this. If you aren’t a fan, you should be. Sprout is a lo-fi pop hero, and I never get sick of his songs. Also great? Elf Power, one of the most underrated of the Elephant 6 bands to come out of late-1990s Athens, Ga. (where, full disclosure, this writer once lived and regularly hung out with several members of the band). Elf Power and Sprout are touring in support of their new albums, respectively titled Twitching in Time and The Universe and Me. And the music on both albums is fun! No one makes fun records anymore! That’s why you should dust off your Converse low-tops, find that old Pavement T-shirt and head out on a Monday night even though you’re over 40, because so are the band members. See you there. 8 p.m. at The High Watt CARI WADE GERVIN
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A NEW WAY TO VALET
I hesitate to mention “Muck-Arty-Park,” comedian Soupy Sales’ 1969 parody of Jimmy Webb’s great song “MacArthur Park,” which had been a hit for actor Richard Harris the previous year. Sales’ recording isn’t funny, but it illustrates how “MacArthur Park” grabbed listeners through its sheer musicality — Webb was as much a master of unconventional song structure as his ’60s peers Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson. The Oklahoma-born songwriter gained fame penning hits for The Fifth Dimension and Glen Campbell, and I’ve always loved The Fifth Dimension’s 1968 recording of Webb’s “Carpet Man,” a neglected masterpiece. Campbell’s versions of Webb’s “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston” and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” are unparalleled examples of American wistfulness, while Webb’s 1970 tune “P.F. Sloan” stands as one of pop’s most heartfelt tributes to a fallen hero. On his own, Webb is a fine singer and pianist, and he’s written about his career in his new book, The Cake and the Rain: A Memoir. 8 p.m. at City Winery EDD HURT MUSIC
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DYLAn fEsT fEAT. DuAnE EDDY, KArEn ELson, BoZ sCAGGs, sHooTEr JEnnInGs & MorE
The well-known American songwriter and recent Nobel Prize for Literature laureate whose hits include “Like a Rolling Stone,” “Lay Lady Lay” and “Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)” gets a Nashville-style two-night tribute to mark his 76th birthday, and maybe the assembled Bob Dylan interpreters will dig deeply into the man’s songbag. Or maybe not: It would be fun to see Americana singer Langhorne Slim apply his scratchy voice to, I dunno, Dylan’s crazed “Lenny Bruce,” or hear cooled-out Music City chanteuse Karen Elson ease into the legendary tunesmith’s mystical “Golden Loom,” but I wouldn’t count on it. Still, it’s appropriate that Dylan’s work receives a star-studded, Americana-leaning tribute at country music’s most holy site, since his songwriting changed country in profound ways — you may recall his 1967 full-length John Wesley Harding, one of the records he cut in Music City. Also appearing will be quasi-country singer Paul Cauthen, white-soul avatar Boz Scaggs, rocker Duane Eddy, and on Tuesday night, soul-Americana auteur John Paul White. The show benefits Refuge Foundation for the Arts, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing assistance to artists. 7:30 p.m. May 23-24 at the Ryman EDD HURT BOOKS
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thinks the most interesting things about the least interesting topics. While I usually don’t give a shit about Mountain Dew or KISS — seriously, fuck you, Gene Simmons — thanks to Klosterman’s somersaulting brain and hilarious footnotes, I’m suddenly captivated by piss-colored soda and rock stars who wear kitty-cat face paint. For his 10th book X, which follows 2006’s anthology IV, Klosterman has again wrangled some of his best essays into a blacker-than-black tomb of a collection that serves as a kind of time capsule for the early 21st century. Perhaps Klosterman’s most endearing trait is his ability to remain a fan while working as a critic — while these days, try-hard think pieces propagate faster than fruit flies on a rotten pile of midsummer compost, Klosterman’s writing often lacks the snobbish snark that has come to be the internet’s top competitive sport. He questions, he explores, but he still likes things, too. And that feels rare and special these days. 6:30 p.m. at Parnassus Books MEGAN SELING
biz by storm, penning monster hits and forging relationships with fellow writers such as husband-and-wife team Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann. The song lineup is a veritable soundtrack of a generation — “One Fine Day,” “Will You Love Me
Tomorrow,” “Chains,” “Up On the Roof,” “Take Good Care of My Baby,” “Natural Woman,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “I Feel the Earth Move,” “It’s Too Late” — plus a selection of non-King songs written by a few contemporaries. For those who simply
adore King’s catalog, the nostalgic score may be enough. But one media wag dubbed the show “boomer bait,” and the advance look-see hints at a jukebox musical with paper-thin emotional content — what used to be called “schmaltz.” Let’s hope
BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
[NATURAL WOMAN]
BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
In a songwriters’ town, a Broadway musical about the life and career of the legendary Carole King should be right at home. King — who’s been cashing royalty checks since she was 17 — is one of the most important pop music talents of the past 60 years, author of so many great tunes that they can’t all fit into her own show. Here, young Carole Klein meets and marries co-writer Gerry Goffin, and together they take New York’s music publishing
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On addiction, co-dependence and closure By AmAndA Bloomer
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el had borderline personality disorder, and for a short time one fall, she lived across the hall from me. Had a few things been different, this might have been my sophomore year at college, and Mel and I might have been living in a dorm. Instead, we lived together in a halfway house for women recovering from drug and alcohol addictions. I had just turned 19, so I was too old for the teenage halfway house next door, where there were teachers and dancing and boys. I, along with Mel and a couple others, was an immature teenager in a sea of middle-aged heroin addicts and alcoholics. We had teachers and dancing, too, but instead of cathartic and normalizing, it felt sad and lonely. We’d been told that to help ourselves change, we needed to help each other. So Mel became my project. I knew nothing about her mental health diagnosis other than what she told me — she had abandonment issues, she said, so I must never abandon her. Not only did she accept my help, she put me on a pedestal. That fall, I became the person responsible for Mel’s every mood and emotion. It was quite a burden, but I was up for it, thanks to my complete lack of boundaries. I managed to feel sorry for Mel, gain an inflated sense of self-importance by befriending her, and in no way help her. She came into my room once, and I could see white bandages peeking out from beneath the unbuttoned sleeves of her flannel shirt. I had never known anyone who cut themselves. I started screaming at her about how selfish she was being by cutting herself. How did she think that made the rest of us (me) feel (scared and in way over my head)? She ran out of the house, and I ran after her. I chased her across the yard for a few minutes, but when she ran outside of our allowed zone of movement, I stopped. She disappeared for hours, and I told no one. I ate my community dinner with the other 32 women who lived in the house, discussed with them whether NA or AA meetings were better, and began my daily chore of sweeping the back stairwells. When Mel came back, she had a fresh, half-finished tattoo across her back. It said, “I’m sorry, Amanda” in a large, metallic-looking font. Oh, shit, I thought.
i felt guilty And embArrAssed thAt my nAme wAs on her body, And i wAs pissed thAt she hAd betrAyed my veiled And self-centered friendship by humiliAting me. I’d made a huge mistake, but I wasn’t exactly sure what that mistake was. I felt guilty and embarrassed that my name was on her body, and I was pissed that she had betrayed my veiled and self-centered friendship by humiliating me. I was supposed to be saving her, and she was ruining it. I said nothing to the counselors, the professionals who were in the building for occasions such as this, about the tattoo, or the bandages. I tried to keep Mel away from everyone I knew, lest they find out that she had tattooed my name on her back. What would they think? What have you done to this girl to make her do that? they would most likely ask. And I had no answer, so I said nothing. The tattoo was mocking me. It seemed to say, “I’m sorry, Amanda, that you can’t run away from your bad feelings forever.” Or, “I’m sorry, Amanda, that you can’t hang your self-esteem on someone else’s unhealthy idealization of you.” And also, “I’m sorry, Amanda, but no, you do not really know how to care about other people, or yourself.” It made me think that I was possibly not in tip-top mental shape myself, but I simply wasn’t ready to know that. I recently learned that Mel killed herself. I am in the suburbs with my daughters, and she is buried somewhere, with my name on her back — the name of someone she knew for a few months while we were trying to put our young, broken lives back together. My father has my name tattooed on his right arm, just below a bright orange sunset. It only says “Amanda,” though. There is no apology. Sometimes the apology never comes — you don’t get one, or you never give one. Closure doesn’t necessarily mean that you fully recover from the experience. Sometimes the only closure is that there is an ending. I’m sorry, Mel. Email arts@nashvillEscEnE.com
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Ghosts of Nashville John Prine talks about songwriting, Nashville, Paradise and Beyond Words By Michael Ray TayloR
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ohn Prine “did a better job of holding up the mirror of art to the ’60s and ’70s than any of our official literary poets,” writes Ted Kooser, the former U.S. poet laureate. And that’s just one of the reasons to celebrate Prine’s new book, Beyond Words. Beyond Words By John Prine The book collects oh Boy records 60 of Prine’s favorite 179 Pages, $34.98 compositions, listing Prine will discuss his preferred chords Beyond Words at the and lyrics for each. country Music hall of (Pickers should faMe and MuseuM on saturday, May 20, at 2 P.M. avoid lending this book to their musical friends if they ever hope to see it again.) But Beyond Words is more than a songbook. It’s also part coffee-table book — containing previously unpublished photographs of Prine’s family and backstage moments, as well as facsimiles of manuscripts and early reviews — and part musical commentary, with Prine’s witty asides scattered throughout the text. A word about the exchange that follows: With most Chapter 16 interviews, authors answer questions by email, sending their answers in writing. Sometimes the Q&A is a transcript of a live conversation between author and interviewer, either in person or by phone, instead. What follows is none of the above. Rather than sending answers to our emailed questions in writing, Prine sent a recording made by his wife, Fiona Whelan, who read our questions aloud to him at their kitchen table in Nashville, often rephrasing them in her own words and responding personally to his answers.
OK, so today is May 1, 2017. This is Fiona, and we’re sitting here at the kitchen table at our home, and we’re going to talk about John’s new book. Reading Beyond Words is like going in the attic and opening a box of memories. How did the idea for it come about? I always wanted to put out a book of my selected lyrics and just put the chords above them, because most people that play my songs kind of know them from the record, and they don’t read music, like I don’t, so they just need the chord change. And that pretty much was the seed that led to the book in the first place.
You talk a couple of times in the book about your hair. Kind of being a little bit critical about your hair. My hair and I have always been at odds with each other.
Who do you see now in the photos of that long-haired young man onstage?
A guy that wanted to have hair like Elvis. Instead he had hair that just fought against him. It’s like me and gravity and my hair are in three different worlds.
Beyond Words is dedicated to the late Al Bunetta, legendary manager, co-founder of Oh Boy and a major fixture in Nashville. What’s your very favorite memory of him? Me and Al, when we first met, he took me to a little soda fountain in New York City. The whole record business was centered in New York at the time — 1970, 1971 — and Al was me and Steve Goodman’s designated agent. It was an agency that booked, like, Vegas acts, circus acts. The same day Steve and I went up there, there was a monkey, a chimpanzee who was famous for being on The Today Show. He had a three-piece suit on and was smoking a cigar. That’s the monkey, not Al? That’s the monkey. Al became our agent, and when I went there and stayed at Al’s apartment, Al took me to a soda fountain and bought me one of them egg creams, which is an East Coast thing.
It’s like a milkshake, but they call them an egg cream. It’s halfway between a soda and a milkshake. And you loved it? It was pretty good, but I never got one again. I went back to milkshakes right away. But we hit it off.
The book has, obviously, a lot of family pictures and photos that were taken “down by the Green River.” What was it like the last time you visited Mulhlenberg County? You go every year, but what does that river look like now? Or what does that place look like compared to your childhood memories of it? The few times I’ve had access to a boat in the latter years and been able to go down the river, it surprisingly looks a lot like it did when I was a kid. Because when you’re on the river, everything’s grown up, the grass and the bushes, and you can’t see all the damage that’s been done. Except when you go right by where the town sat. You know, of course, the coal chutes and everything are on the river where they loaded the barges up. You’re talking about Paradise [Ky.]? Yeah, where Paradise sat. But going down the river brings back a lot of memories because it pretty much looks like when my Granddaddy Ham used to take me down the river, and Bubby Short. Our dad would put his bib overalls on and get in the boat, and we’d act like we were going fishing for catfish.
You describe writing “Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian” on the patio of Nashville’s Rock and Roll Hotel in the ’80s. For you, what’s a typical setting for songwriting these days? Anywhere. Anywhere I can get it. I just try to leave my antenna out. Driving is a good place to work out ideas.
Where was the last place you wrote a song? The last place I wrote a song was over on a train going from Glasgow to Manchester [U.K.]. Most of the time, the ideas I have, they’re marinating in my brain. So I’ve had this chorus that I was knocking around, and I didn’t know how to get to the chorus. Most songs are puzzles. You get the end of a song, you get the middle of a song. It’s very rare that you get the beginning and don’t know where to go.
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Is there anything about Nashville that’s the same draw as it was for you back in the ’70s when you moved here? I would come to Nashville, and if I heard a plane go overhead at night, a small plane, to me that was Jim Reeves’ plane, or Patsy Cline’s plane, trying to get home to Nashville. If I heard a train go by in the middle of the night in Nashville, that’s that lonesome whistle blowing in Hank Williams’ songs. You’d hear at night, too — you’d hear the speedway over at the fairgrounds. I’d hear the engines roaring, going around the track, and I’d listen to WSM. You’d hear so much good stuff on there.
So we still have WSM, and we still have trains. I know, but what I’m saying is all the stuff I related to going on before I got here. It was past stuff. To me there was ghosts on every corner in Nashville. To read an uncut version of this interview — and more local book coverage — please visit Chapter16.org, an online publication of Humanities Tennessee. EMAIL ARTS@NASHvILLESCENE.COM
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Why Steve Moakler turned his back on the Nashville songwriting machine By Jon Gugala
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n February 2014, country star Dierks Bentley released his seventh studio album, RISER. Named after its eighth track, it went on to be certified gold. The song itself, the album’s fifth single, peaked at No. 24 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. Playing Thursday, But Bentley May 18, at Cannery wasn’t the only artBallroom ist in 2014 to cut “Riser,” which portrays one person’s resolute and unromanticized support of another. In March of that year, it appeared on Steve Moakler’s Wide Open — because Moakler had written it, and he had decided, at the biggest moment in his songwriting career, that he was done writing for others. “When you’re a songwriter, you don’t get to choose which songs are heard and what breaks through,” says Moakler, who plays Cannery Ballroom on Thursday. “When you have something that’s really important to you, and something you feel like is on your heart to say and deliver to the world, it’s liberating to be an artist. You can get out there and deliver it. It may not be on the radio, it may not be on a major label, but you have the opportunity to get that song to people.” Over a 20-minute call with the Scene, Moakler says things like this from time to time, statements delivered with a holy fervor normally associated with the clergy. He is sincere, but he must be crazy. Who turns down the opportunity to sleep in your own
In the Balance
Daddy Issues’ Deep Dream is a rock record for heart, mind and pumping fists By Stephen Trageser
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runge-pop trio Daddy Issues’ debut LP Deep Dream is everything you could want from a rock record, full of athletic, fuzz-blasted riffs, candy-sweet hooks that
home with your own wife and — with your all-access pass to the most exclusive writers’ rooms in Nashville — show up for 10 a.m. sessions with your own ideas? But Moakler is not alone in his mania. There is a precedent for writers who get a hit, and instead of retiring from the road, double down and head out even longer. Jason White had been in Nashville for 15 years and was hanging drywall for a living when Tim McGraw cut his song “Red Ragtop.” It became the lead single for McGraw’s 2002 record Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors, and it stirred up a kerfuffle as country fans were confronted with one of the genre’s biggest stars singing about an ex’s abortion. “Financially, it absolutely changed my life,” White says of the song, which he says took him 40 minutes to write. “I was able to buy a house for the first time, take my friends out to dinner, buy everything at the grocery store I wanted. I think I also bought a really nice guitar.”
beg to be sung along with, and sharp, satisfying kiss-offs: “Fuck you forever,” spits singer-guitarist Jenna Moynihan to open the lead single “In Your Head.” At the same time, the album treats complex and painful subject matter with an uncommon degree of nuance. Using the detritus of friendships and romantic relationships gone sour — an offhand remark here, a discarded shirt there — Deep Dream illustrates the sometimesheartbreaking tasks of exerting power on your own behalf and making peace with yourself as youth becomes adulthood. It’s a powerful way to use a rock record. “I think it’s a little bit easier than coming out and saying something straight up,” says drummer Emily Maxwell. “It’s an easier platform — it’s more expressive, it’s more creative, you can kind of say things without saying them point blank — and at least for us, that’s the biggest platform we have to say anything. If I go on my Facebook or something and make a speech, only 50 people are going to read it. But if we put a song out about it, 1,500 people are going to listen to it, or however many actually hear it. It’s a more open and accessible way to talk about problems.” None of the issues examined on the album are Playing Friday, May 19, lightweight, from feelings at The East Room; Deep of alienation and diminDream out May 19 via Infinity Cat ished self-worth to strong
But instead of transitioning to Music Row to continue writing — the option was there, he says — White took the same path that Moakler would choose more than a decade later: He made a new record, rehired his band and hit the road. “I don’t think it was that conscious a train of thought,” White says. “I just always felt like an artist. I always felt like I want to sing, I want to play, I want to do all the things that artists do. Sometimes I feel like I passed up some opportunities, but I sure don’t regret it.” “[Bentley cutting ‘Riser’] was really exciting, but at the same time, that fire was just coming back in me stronger than ever,” Moakler says. “There were some songs I just felt like I wanted to sing. In a way, it felt like the horses came back out in front of the cart.” Moakler’s latest album, this year’s Steel Town, epitomizes the reasons why his
attachments that persist even in the face of breaches of trust. The most urgent discussion is in the track “I’m Not.” Written by Maxwell, partly as a way to work through the trauma of sexual abuse, the song is about feeling small and isolated, exploring the gut-wrenching confusion and self-doubt experienced by a survivor of sexual assault. Considering a slew of reasons why the attack is her fault, she eventually concludes, “You’re so fuckin’ great / And I’m not.” The piece is an incisive,
return as an artist might be the right decision. Set around his Western Pennsylvania hometown, the record has all the sounds of country — even though it came from a place without “farms, tractors or fields,” he says. “I was slow upon arrival to embrace country music as my own genre, because I felt like I couldn’t,” he says. “I didn’t grow up in the rural South, and I didn’t grow up on a farm. But really, man, that was such BS. What I realize was, where I grew up, and the people that raised me, that’s the reason I love country music.” There’s another reason Moakler belongs on the stage. Once you’ve heard him sing his own songs, anyone else’s version pales in comparison. “[‘Riser’] felt like such a personal, deep song, that it’s not the type of song that usually gets put on the radio and embraced like that,” Moakler says. “It’s really a songwriter’s song.” “Wheels,” the current single off Steel Town, comes from the same place as “Riser.” It’s got a good melody, but its leitmotif — the variety of wheels throughout our lives that make it easy for us to rush ahead — is not just a good idea. It’s a philosophical take that leaves you a little sad by its end, with no romance involved. It’s an equal-opportunity bummer, but in a good way. “It’s a tough life being an artist,” Moakler says. “There are the roads and airports, killing time in places you’ve never been while your friends and family are hundreds of miles away. But when you get up onstage, and you get to sing your own original music, and perform it with your band and watch people let go and sing along with it, it’s hard to — it’s hard to beat that. “That’s an experience you don’t get to have when you’re just a songwriter.” Email music@nashvillescene.com
implicit indictment of the ways people who’ve been sexually assaulted are stigmatized and silenced. “I think if people keep letting it go as it is, it’s never going to improve for anyone,” says Maxwell. “So it’s time to start talking about it and shake off some of the taboo cloak that it’s been shrouded in.” To give the songs the heft and drive they deserve, the group followed up on a standing offer from JEFF the Brotherhood frontman Jake Orrall (who’d worked with them before, playing a guitar solo on their 2015 cassette EP Can We Still Hang) and enlisted him to produce Deep Dream. “Basically, we showed him all of our songs, and he was like, ‘Well, maybe you should do this here or this here, or put this noise here,’ ” explains bassist Jenna Mitchell. “It was helping to arrange and shape our sound in a way that we wanted to go for but didn’t really know that we wanted to go for. In the way that he was like, ‘I know what you want yourself to sound like, let’s make that happen.’ ” The end result is a sonically and emotionally rich album that strikes a difficult balance. The band is serious in its confrontation of cultural issues and feelings, but isn’t self-serious, presenting frustration and disappointment as things you don’t have to bottle up, but can instead feel confident in yelling, screaming and even dancing about. Email music@nashvillescene.com
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debate — hell, the importance of pop songs in the modern world is up for debate — The Mountain Goats have without a doubt made a textually rich intellectual study in one of music’s most misunderstood subcultures. For anyone with even the littlest bit of moping in their background, or devotees who understand the impact that Siouxisie and the Banshees’ sorcery had on the minds of millions of mall rats, it’s easy to get wrapped up in Darnielle’s lyrical character studies. And for those more into freaky sounds than fishnet shirts, Goths is rife with sonic references that will make even the most dour among us crack a smile. “Yeah, it has elements of [goth], but it’s unmistakably The Mountain Goats, I think,” says Wurster. “I was never keyed into that scene at all. Around ’80, early ’80s, mid-’80s, I was really into Hüsker Dü and The Minutemen, those first three R.E.M. records I loved. A lot of that Southern pop. So I was really coming from that, which was kind of cool because I was a blank slate in terms of goth. I was aware of The Sisters of Mercy and The March Violets and all that stuff when I was a kid, but it just never really spoke to me. So that was kind of fun, to go through that stuff and listen to it and try to pick up little things that maybe I could throw in there, drumming-wise. … The drumming on those records is kind of minimal, and there’s not a lot of flash to it. It almost sounds, like, machiney. So I tried to keep that in mind.” The results, set against Darnielle’s warm and enveloping Rhodes and the post-punk precision of Peter Hughes — “There’s a lot of Peter Hook in Peter Hughes’ bass playing, there’s always some Joy Division floating around anything we do,” Wurster says — are smooth, soft and swinging. It is adult music informed by the indiscretions and insecurities of youth. The contradictions are obvious, but they work, supporting the narrative >> p. 60
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never losing the magic and mysticism that comes with discovering music and your place in it. On Goths, Darnielle, Wurster and the rest have created a personable, intimate record that tilts between maturity and romance, materialism and idealism. “It’s the perfect balance of this new kind of stuff we’re doing,” says Wurster. “[It is] a weird topic, but it still sounds like The Mountain Goats.” Email music@nashvillEscEnE.com
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hen Charlie Worsham released his debut album Rubberband in 2013, it should have been a hit. the Mississippi-born, Berklee-trained musician had the backing of a major label, fans in Vince Gill and Marty Stuart (both of whom sang on Worsham’s “tools of the trade”), and a previous stint opening for none other than taylor Swift on her massive Speak now World tour in 2011. But Rubberband peaked at no. 12 on Billboard’s top Country albums Chart. Only one single, “Could it Be,” managed to crack the top 20 for country radio airplay. While Rubberband was a sophisticated, critically hailed debut from a virtuosic guitar player and a cerebral, often funny songwriter, it wasn’t a hit. Worsham was devastated. “i was burnt out,” Worsham tells the Scene. “i was on the road. My single had died. i was finding out there wasn’t going to be another single. that whole thing about ‘it takes your whole life to make [your first album]’ was certainly true. Here i am stuck on the road with another tour coming up, and i’m at least six months away from sitting still long enough to think about making the next record. i kind of lost it. i was very confused and very angry.” in a move considered especially unorthodox in country music — where two-year album cycles are the norm, and one-year cycles aren’t unheard of for lucky artists raking in no. 1 hits — Worsham waited four years to release his second record. “i came to austin, texas, in between tours to just try to unplug for a couple days, and i got these Moleskine
notebooks at Waterloo records,” he says. “i don’t know what guided me to do it. it was certainly some sort of divine intervention. i wrote ‘tell the truth’ on the cover. i know there’s a lot i can’t control right now, but i can wake up every morning and fill up one page, and the rule is it will have to be with all my heart, whatever’s in my heart that day.” in light of this renewed sense of purpose, it’s fitting that Worsham’s sophomore album bears a title more suited for a debut. While Rubberband remains close to his heart, Beginning of Things is indeed a new beginning for Worsham. Prior to making the album with producers Frank Liddell and eric Masse, he revisited his familial and musical roots in Mississippi, spent hours in therapy, took a social media hiatus, and worked through his post-Rubberband disappointment by reading books like Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score. Beginning of Things is the sum of those efforts, from the horn-laden Mississippi-meets-Stax soul of “Call you Up” to the blistering ode to self-care “Please People Please” — the latter of which may be the first country song that could double as a cognitive behavioral therapy anthem. Lead single “Cut your Groove,” which likens life to a blank record, is something of a thesis statement: “When you fall off the charts, don’t let it stop you.” now just a few weeks past Beginning of Things’ april 21 release, it’s unclear how the album will fare on the charts, but Worsham doesn’t seem too concerned. He still has the support of his label, he’s still a critical darling, and he’s hitting the road with Brandy Clark — the pair play two long-sold-out shows at City Winery this weekend. Worsham refers to Clark, an outstanding writer and singer, as a “bird of a feather,” and he’s not wrong. Most importantly, Worsham is comfortable being himself, perhaps more now than he ever has been. “i’ve either gotta wallow in it, or i’ve gotta learn to have happiness without expectations,” he says. “i believe that i’ll be OK and taken care of no matter what happens.”
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drummer Dale Crover (signed on for their current tour) — proved more than capable of keeping up and injecting their personalities into the proceedings. After a short break to discuss the surreal wonders of Paul Stanley’s stage patter from classic KISS live albums, Redd Kross moved on to the raison d’être for their latest reunion: celebrating the release of an expanded edition of their 1984 bubble-glampunk manifesto Teen Babes From Monsanto. With Redd Kross’ superb genre-fusing abilities, they tore through the six covers and one original from the EP: KISS’ earth-moving machismo shaker “Deuce”; The Rolling Stones’ Their Satanic Majesty’s Request-era psych nugget “Citadel”; The Shangri-Las’ operatic teen drama “Heaven Only Knows”; The Stooges’ proto-punk apocalyptic cry of anguish “Ann”; the early David Bowie sci-fi epic “Savior Machine”; and the aforementioned “Blow You a Kiss in the Wind.” The album’s lone Redd Kross composition, “Linda Blair,” capped off the set and brought the show to a close — almost. Returning for an encore, the McDonalds thanked the audience and expressed their amazement at how many people still
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remembered them. With their cultureshredding influence on some of our favorite rock bands of the past three decades (not to mention Steve McDonald’s production of beloved Aughts Nashville punks Be Your Own Pet), how could we forget? They also dropped a reminder that the current lineup is slated to record an album (tentatively titled Octavia), and a note that they hope to return to Nashville before two more decades go by. With that, they launched into an encore consisting of the Neurotica-era nugget “Peach Kelli Pop,” a double-shot of their early punk ditties (“Annette’s Got the Hits” and “Cover Band”) and a properly amped-up version of The Beatles’ “It Won’t Be Long.” It better not be too long before they’re back — our brains tingling from exposure to the pure rock power, left-field humor and infectious joy brought by the group that rock critic Ira A. Robbins once referred to as “KTel for wackos,” we left hungry for more. In The Spin — the Scene’s live-review column — staffers and freelance contributors review concerts under a collective byline. EMail ThEspin@nashvillEscEnE.coM
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By Jason shawhan stensibly, Alien: Covenant is about what happens to the Weyland-Yutani colony ship Covenant after a horrifying accident. But it’s also about David, an android with a skewed definition of helpful, who is one alien: CovenanT r, 123 miNutes of the two survivors OpeNiNg everywhere of the Prometheus, Friday, may 19 the science research vessel that met with unspeakable chthonic horror on a distant planetoid in the 2012 progenitor to this film. We know David is a part of this story because it is he who dominates the prologue — an echo of scenes between creators and subjects that have recurred in Ridley Scott’s films for almost as long as he has been making them. And while we’re on the subject of Michael Fassbender’s David, this time Fassbender also plays a newer model synthetic named Walter. Given an American accent and stripped of the capacity to create, Walter is a fascinating character who allows viewers to have more Fassbender in one film than ever before. The scenes between these brother robots are great theater and great science fiction, with at least two triumphant surprises that should delight even the most jaded fan of the series. Alien: Covenant is simultaneously Fassbender’s Frankenstein and his Island of Doctor Moreau, and this film is batshit crazy — but more like an absinthe bender mixed with that accursed Sight that Nix the Puritan doles out in Clive Barker’s film Lord of Illusions, where you can see living things only as rotting meat. Alien: Covenant is shockingly gory, in a way that unnerves. This is the best reasoning I can come up with as to why
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there’s no 3-D release for it: Some of what it depicts would be too much for ratings boards to withstand stereoscopically. The Alien films have done a great job, historically, of making viewers doubt the safety and impermeability of their own bodies, and Covenant expands that uncertainty in ways that stick in the back of the neck. There is a devotion in Covenant to mining some kind of beauty from the most horrifying of tragedies — whether it’s a severed head slowly turning in a pool of water, the organic way in which a neomorph’s interior jaw slices through a body like a state-of-theart knife, or a collision between Picasso’s “Guernica” and that “what happened to the old crew” transmission from Event Horizon, which illustrates exactly how much the dynamic of the story has changed. This description may make the film sound overaestheticized — it is not. But even as it reels back the art history and literature elements that hobbled Prometheus for some viewers (not me), becoming in turn a swift, sleek instrument of death, Covenant is a profound statement of grief. There are evocations of The Tempest, the Pentateuch and both Shelleys (her Frankenstein, his “Ozymandias”), but only as buttressing for how these characters communicate. The great spark of humanity in this film is the capacity for abstraction. And it is hindered in expressing this by the ragged clip at which stuff happens, the pruning away of anything that could lead a hater to cry “pretentious!” But pretension is not a bad thing; it’s a word invented by people who
don’t want to make the effort to engage with material on its own terms. The issues with the film all reduce to a unifying regret — there’s just not enough room for what’s intriguing and haunting and provocative and revolting. In order to be just a hair over two hours, this beast careens. This is one of the year’s best casts (seriously, Danny McBride deserves some sort of state award for Best Portrayal of a Tennessean, though his Lynchburg-born character does not, sadly, make any reference to Motlow anything), and it feels like we’re barely getting to spend any time with them because so much is happening. The marketing for the film even released two prologue shorts to help bolster the filmspace, and they are absolutely essential. Without the “Last Supper” short, we don’t even realize that we actually have gays in space in this movie, which is frustrating but par for the film industry course (thanks for nothing, Russia, China and India — markets known for banning films with depictions of gay characters). Covenant wants to be all things to all viewers, and even when it gets into jumbly action foolishness in the last reel, it still keeps the juggling act going masterfully. When my screening was over, I was psyched, but cognizant of a lot of the issues that hobble the film. A day later, all I want to do is see it again. If you want to haggle and have it out over its flaws, there will be time for that. But for now, there’s a new Alien film in theaters, and it’s unhinged in a way none of the others ever were. Email arts@nashvillEscEnE.com
have heard of Berns, but you know his songs. let’s see, there was “Twist and shout,” “Piece of My heart,” “Tell him,” “hang on sloopy,” “everybody needs somebody to love,” “i want candy,” “Down in the Valley” and “here comes the night,” among many others. see? you know Bert Berns. But Bang! The Bert Berns Story is indeed counting on the fact that you don’t know very much about the life and adventures of this 2016 Rock and Roll hall of Fame inductee. a true follower of the live-fast-dieyoung mentality, Berns contracted rheumatic fever as a child, which resulted in a deadly heart defect that would hound him for the rest of his short life. Many of the interviewees in the documentary suggest not only that Berns’ frenetic working pace was an attempt to outrun death, but that several of his songs obliquely refer to his illness, particularly “Piece of My heart” (first recorded by erma Franklin in 1967, then launched into the stratosphere by Janis Joplin the following year). in addition to testifying to his prodigious talent, almost all the contributors to Bang! — a blue-ribbon collection that includes cissy houston, Ronald isley,
Paul Mccartney, solomon Burke, keith Richards, wilson Pickett, Ben e. king and Van Morrison, among others — testify to Berns’ big, gregarious personality. The film is mostly about the work, and full of colorful stories — all positive, unsurprisingly, seeing as how the film is directed by Berns’ son. as his fellow songwriters and artists tell it, Berns was a rare white guy with genuine soul, someone with a deep emotional connection to black music. Bang! could have gone into more depth on that topic, given that Berns must have had a relationship with blues and gospel, neither of which is addressed. There’s a bit too much focus on the music business itself, and Berns’ connections to the mob, though those do make for great anecdotes. But one wonders, would Berns himself have placed any of those things on equal footing with the music? even when he became filthy rich, he named his yacht after his first hit record. Money may come, but the songs come first. There will be a post-screening discussion with director Brett Berns and producer Cassandra Berns after the showing at 7:30 p.m. May 19. Email arts@nashvillEscEnE.com
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARIE LAWRENCE, Deceased Docket No. 17P746 Notice is hereby given on the 11th day of May, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of MARIE LAWRENCE who died on 01/09/2017, were issued to the undersigned by the Circuit Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, Probate Division. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2). Otherwise, their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of the Notice it the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty (60) days before3 the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) day prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or (2) Twlve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death. this 12th, day of May, 2017. LYNNE B. CYPRESS 408 Brook Hollow Rd. Nashville, TN 37205 Personal Representative(s) CYPRESS, DAVID EDREW P.O Box 58007 Nashville, TN 37205 Attorney for Personal Representative(s) RICHARD R. ROOKER, Probatre Court Clerk 1 Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN 37201 NSC 5/18/17, 5/25/17
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VANDY/FAIRFAX AVE. Condo for Rent! Furnished 1BR. $1100/ Month to Month, will consider long-term. King size bed. Pool opens this month! $1200/month + deposit. No pets. 615-665-1371
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Open Wed andThurs 10-4
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Legendary Vocal Coach Renee Grant-Williams Personal Evaluation $75! *Limited Time Offer Clients: Miley Cyrus, Tim McGraw (pictured above with Renee), Faith Hill, Keith Urban and many more. 615-244-3280 www.myvoicecoach.com
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SINGLE?
We have fun every day bringing singles together in groups! LotsOfEvents.com (615) 242-3030
PAID RESEARCH STUDY You may be eligible if you are between 18 and 30 years old and have experienced interpersonal violence in the past 3 months. Interpersonal violence might include: Being pushed, slapped or hit Being mugged or robbed Being held up with a weapon Being inappropriately touched Sexual assault or rape As part of this study you will receive: Compensation for time and travel Protection for your privacy Free assessments from a licensed mental health professional (Dr. Matthew Morris, PhD, HSP) Information about treatment options and providers This study will help design better treatments for women struggling to cope with recent violence. For more information, please contact Dr. Morris: TEL: 615-327-6962 E-mail: mmorris@mmc.edu
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Moody’s Tire & Auto Service proudly serves the local Franklin and Brentwood, TN area. We understand that getting your car fixed or buying new tires can be overwhelming. Let us help you choose from our large selection of tires. We feature tires that fit your needs and budget from top quality brands, such as Michelin®, BFGoodrich®, Uniroyal®, and more. We pride ourselves on being your number one choice for any auto repair. Let us earn your business. Franklin: 1600 Columbia Ave 615-794-1504 Brentwood/Cool Springs: 7101 Crossroads Blvd 615-835-2184 www.moodystires.com
Alison's Record Shop Featuring the Vintage Vinyl Gallery *Vintage and New Records & CDs *Rock, Jazz, Blues, Classical & Soundtracks *Custom Built Record Bins *Record Cleaning Services & Supplies *Listen Before You Buy *Hi-Fi Store Right Next Door 994 Davidson Drive Nashville, TN 37205
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