Theatre Review:
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Directed by: René D. Copeland • Written by: Edward Albee
In a nutshell: Wickedly funny and definitely disturbing (but in the best possible way!) Four and a half out of five stars. (more…)
May 6, 2009 at 11:23 pm | writings | No comment
Theatre Review: It’s a Wonderful Life
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play • Directed by David Alford • Adapted by Joe Landry from the film directed by Frank Capra • Original music and musical arrangements by Kevin Connors
IN A NUTSHELL: Damn good, highly entertaining; but might not be everyone’s cup of tea. (more…)
May 6, 2009 at 11:22 pm | writings | No comment
Time-Warping over at
the Frankenstein Place
We were fortunate that we had ordered our tickets ahead of time. The line for the sold-out show wrapped around the corner, littering 21st Avenue with Transylvanians clad in fishnets, vinyl, and eyeliner galore. Capes, wigs, platform boots… it was a flamboyant crowd, to say the least. (more…)
May 6, 2009 at 11:22 pm | writings | No comment
Rocking the Shocker
Thu Vole drops his coat on the well-broken-in leather couch, tosses his cigarettes onto the coffee table, and orders a beer. We’re at the Flying Saucer on a Thursday night and have set up shop in the quietest corner there. I decide, on consideration, that this seclusion is a good thing. I’ve already received my quota of dirty looks for the day, and when you’re chatting with Thu Vole—and a social lubricant like alcohol is involved—the conversation is sure to veer into territory that will cause the prudish, uptight, or ignorant to look on with definite disapproval. (more…)
May 6, 2009 at 11:22 pm | writings | No comment
Tits and Tats
It’s 1:30 am and Maxx Kelly is sitting at a booth drawing busily in her sketchbook, while still tending to the needs of the few customers scattered throughout the Steak n Shake. Her uniform is concealed by her favorite Marvel comics hoodie and, when she hops up to refill someone’s iced tea, she glides away deftly on her Heelys™.
Maxx, you see, is every 12-year-old-boy’s dream girl come to life: the body of a stripper and an abiding love of comic books, anime, tattoos, graffiti, and motorcycles. (more…)
May 6, 2009 at 11:22 pm | writings | No comment
One small step for porn,
One giant leap for Nashville
Buying “adult” products in Nashville sure ain’t what it used to be. And believe me, my little chickadees, that’s a very good thing. (more…)
May 6, 2009 at 11:21 pm | writings | No comment
Sex, Breasts, and Motherhood
I’m leaning against the counter in Christine Hall’s kitchen, sipping wine and watching her prepare the ingredients for peach cornmeal griddle cakes. (more…)
May 6, 2009 at 11:21 pm | writings | No comment
The Quintessential Music City Moment
“It’s a Music Row dive bar,” Jami Anderson explained to me over the phone, and as I step into Bobby’s Idle Hour Bar I see that she was not kidding about the inherent divey-ness of the place she chose for our meeting. From the scuffy carved piano against the wall to the yellow curtains on the window that turn the bright sunlight outside into the murky color of a nicotine stain, the place looks lived-in, to say the least. (more…)
May 6, 2009 at 11:21 pm | writings | No comment