June 2011
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R. Stevie Moore / X
On the D.I.Y. legend R. Stevie Moore for the Scene and Yacht’s cover of X’s “Nausea” for MAGNET.
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On Junior Boys
Unfortunately, I won’t be in attendance for Junior Boys’ Nashville appearance tomorrow evening, but I love the band so much that I Picked them in this week’s Scene anyway. These guys are seriously so good live — don’t miss this if you’re in town. Here’s my Pick:
“When most people ascribe the phrase “thinking man’s music” to a genre, they’re likely...
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The Scene on the Sale of WRVU
The Nashville Scene’s coverage of the sale of student- and community-run 91.1 to WPLN is all must-read material. Part hard news, part editorial, part memory-sharing, it’s all extremely informative, heartwarming and, perhaps as a surprise to some, even-handed. Very proud of my colleagues over there today.
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“There’s a system and rigor to what we do, and you can laugh at it as archaic and...”
– David Carr, being interviewed for Interview by the screenwriter and all-around eccentric Aaron Sorkin.
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On Dustin O'Halloran and Rachel Grimes
A piece I wrote jointly with LEO Weekly’s Music Editor Peter Berkowitz ran today just ahead of Dustin O’Halloran’s and Rachel Grimes’ performance at St. Francis of Assisi in Louisville this coming Friday. I’m driving up from Nashville with my wife, Marta, and Patrick Copeland, a longtime friend and co-conspirator in the band Southern, which we’ll be unveiling...