Commentary – The East Nashvillian

From the Publisher

July 13, 2017 Lisa McCauley

Greetings. I’m Lisa McCauley, and the magazine you’re reading is my brainchild. Although I’ve been publishing The East Nashvillian for seven years, this is only … more

Guest Commentary

March 9, 2017 Emma Alford

Just before 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, we stuffed our signs — plastered with varying degrees of sarcasm, wit, and political directness — under … more

Air Americana

September 12, 2016 Craig Havighurst

When I moved to Nashville in late 1996, the buzz was about Americana music, even if nobody was calling it that yet. The New York … more

simple PLEASURES

July 11, 2016 Sarah Hays Coomer

I've done a shit-ton of work on my body over the last few years, not muscle-building, weight-loss kind of work, but strengthening, supporting, and giving-myselfa- … more

w.t.f.?

July 11, 2016 Stacie Huckeba

Hey, did you guys hear that Steve Poltz moved here? That’s so kick-ass and crazy. Lots of good people have moved here, and I’m happy … more

simple PLEASURES

May 10, 2016 Sarah Hays Coomer

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

WTF?

May 10, 2016 Stacie Huckeba

There is an undercurrent in East Nashville lately. It is sort of becoming an “us vs. them” situation. It’s the old-timers versus the newcomers. The … more

Simple Pleasures

March 8, 2016 Sarah Hays Coomer

I’ve always been a moderately political person. I was psyched to vote in my first election at age 18 and have voted at every opportunity … more

wtf

March 8, 2016 Stacie Huckeba

Play a fucking train song!” That was the anthem of the “new” East Nashville back in my day. That was back when Skip “Play a … more

Simple Pleasures

January 8, 2016 Sarah Hays Coomer

I spend a lot of time in January coaching my clients on New Year’s resolutions, mostly trying to talk people out of pursuing them. There … more