Cover Stories
Venus in Exile
My assistant called me,” the haute hillbilly diva/songwriter says. “She said, ‘What is going on? I heard two women in line at the Belcourt talking … more
Month: May 2016
Editor's Letter
Dazzle ’em with Bullshit
To the utter horror of the party establishment, it appears a narcissistic billionaire whose entire message has been equal parts misogyny, bigotry, racism, xenophobia, and … more
Features
How Does Your Garden Grow?
THE Tomato Queen In a gilded age mansion on what was once a 150-acre farm, the Tomato Queen of East Nashville lives with her 800 … more
Features
Faith in Music
In 1980, Keith Coes was a student at Tennessee State University in Nashville. A diehard rock & roll fan, Coes kept his radio tuned to … more
Features
Raising the Bar
In the spring of 2006, Dan Heller was working at the corner of Riverside Drive and McGavock Pike in Inglewood. The property had once been … more
Features
Wild Feathers in the Wind
"We’re in a confined space, of course,” Taylor Burns, The Wild Feathers’ guitarist/vocalist, marvels, calling from somewhere between Kansas City and Minneapolis. “There’s a guy … more
Matters of Development
MoD May|June ’16
NEW AND NOTEWORTHY HAVE YOU GOTTEN BORED WITH national publications praising our neighborhood’s offerings on the restaurant front? Gird yourself — East Nashville’s only … more
Astute Observations
Feelin’ Fine on the East Side
Over the last few months, my observations have been more political than personal. It occurs to me that I did not write a New Year’s … more
Commentary
simple PLEASURES
Thursday at 5 p.m., 30 minutes before I had to be back home for my sitter. I was heading in the back door to bury … more
East of Normal
Getting Right with God
I’m a preacher’s son; I grew up so deep in the Bible Belt, I didn’t know there was one. I thought everyone everywhere went to … more