A week ago today Jason Holleman and Emily Evans made a admirable effort to amend inequities in Metro Water billing out of the Mayor's rate increases to no avail.  24 council members voted with Mayor Dean to insist that big businesses, which generate more stormwater run-off, actually pay less for th...

At one point or another we’ve all been on the wrong side of a break-up. So why not celebrate it? Every Tuesday for the next few weeks I’ll be highlighting some of my favorite break-up songs in a special Twangville playlist. And its all dedicated to you, ___________ (INSERT NAME HERE). See You Ar...

After all hell broke loose in East Nashville over Riverfront development, Dean administration mouthpiece, Janel Lacy issued the following statement to the mainstream media via email: The riverfront redevelopment plan was completed over two years ago. [The Mayor's MDHA appointee] is now going through...

Nashville's blogging council member, Emily Evans, attended the Riverfront community meeting in East Nashville last week and she was not pleased with idea of recreating the wheel. She builds a head of steam and gets on a roll herself: I was a bit surprised when I attended a community meeting on redev...

Topics: A track by track review of ‘Red Light Fever’ from Darkness frontman Hot Leg. Listener emails, requests and a toast to Nick in Australia for the beer fund donation. Another toast to all of the donations for my SXSW fund. A Nashville Pussy show review. Music by: Ginger Hot Leg Nash...

Just a short note to thank the organizers and volunteers for pulling off the second PodCamp Nashville. I’m writing this now because I am that confident that tomorrow will be awesome! We’ve reached just shy of 500 people registered to attend our Nashville’s kick ass free unconferenc...

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit , by Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit There’s something satisfying about watching a performer mature before your eyes. Though Jason Isbell has long been a Twangville favorite, his latest showcases his tremendous growth as a songwriter and perfo...

I am one of very few that thinks U2 really isn’t that great, other than The Joshua Tree and a few other random songs. The fact that Rolling Stone gave the new release five stars pretty much guarantees I won’t like it. But Neko Case… ohhh Neko Case. If only you were ten years younge...

After-hours clubs are looking to loopholes to continue to bring their gangs, hookers, and disgarded used condoms to residential neighborhoods. While this story comes from the Tennessean, the local paper hasn't exactly been balanced when dealing with the subject of after-hours clubs in the past....

With the trade deadline looming, no team wants to get burned the way the Oilers did when they overpaid for 19 games of Sergei Samsonov’s service in 2006. The trade deadline (it’s Wednesday, so mark your calendar) can be great for fantasy teams, since sometimes a player just needs a chang...