Election night 2004: I was 15 years old. My parents were out and I was home by myself not studying for an AP European history test, standing in front of the TV yelling like it was a football game. Four years later, I’m still plenty invested, but a little less [...]
Belmont pharmacy students, trustees, donors and administration gathered to break ground at the site of the new health sciences building on Oct. 28. The $30-million building, which will house the schools of pharmacy, physical and occupational therapy, social work and psychology, is slated for completion in June 2010. “This is [...]
When Gregg “Girl Talk” Gillis mixes a song out of manipulated pop samples, he means business. Girl Talk’s latest album, “Feed the Animals” manages to squeeze 300 samples into 53 minutes, producing unlikely pairings like Radiohead and Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes and Rick Derringer and even MC Hammer with Nine Inch [...]
The culmination of months of preparation came to a head Tuesday night at Belmont’s Curb Event Center as Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain met for a town hall-style presidential debate. Belmont was on a big stage, with early Nielsen ratings showing that about 7 percent more viewers watched [...]
Before the Presidential candidates ever set foot in the debate hall, Belmont volunteers and the technical crew staged a rehearsal debate in preparation for Tuesday. Students were asked to play the roles of Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. John McCain, NBC’s Tom Brokaw and even the audience members. “I got called [...]
Less than a week after Next Big Nashville’s grand finale, Nashville played host to another music festival sprawled across a handful of local venues. The Americana Music Festival and Conference kicked off on Wednesday Sept. 17 and ran until Sept. 20 in five venues—Mercy Lounge, Cannery Ballroom, The Basement, 3rd [...]
Brooke Waggoner (9:30 p.m., Cannery Ballroom) In last month’s issues of Paste Magazine, an article declared that, along with fellow Nashville singer/songwriter Katie Herzig, Brooke Waggoner was one of 25 artists to watch. Waggoner, a classically trained pianist, has the incredible ability to pull apart the most seemingly simple melody [...]
The Kindergarten Circus (8:45 p.m., The End) It’s been a year since I first saw the youthful dynamo that is Kindergarten Circus at last year’s Next Big Nashville and, if anything, the band has only gotten louder and more impressive. Kindergarten Circus funnels a clear influence from blues rock bands [...]
It wasn’t too long ago that The Non-Commissioned Officers were opening for The Protomen at The End and explaining the concept behind their band to a bewildered audience—every song they played would eventually comprise the soundtrack for an ambitious film about a zombie and the boy who loves her. But [...]
It’s been an intense election cycle, one in which all aspects from media coverage to personal expectations have been amplified. So, it makes sense that voter registration drives would see a proportionate boost in importance. In the effort to get college students, in particular, to not just vote, but actually [...]
In 1950, David Cobb first used the phrase “Music City USA” to describe Nashville during a broadcast on WSM-AM. The radio station was established in 1925 and quickly made a name for itself—and for Nashville—when it laid the foundations for Grand Ole Opry in the very same year. Since then, [...]
Some old faces will return to Belmont Sept. 20 for the first annual Coming Home for a Cause Showcase. The event will take place at the Curb Event Center and feature alumni including Abby Burke and the Manly Band, King Billy, Sam & Ruby and Andy Davis. The concert is [...]
Whether it is The Decemberists opening for a Barack Obama speech in Portland or Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee endorsing John McCain, musicians have become more present in presidential politics than they have been in recent memory. Over the coming weeks, until Election Day, the Vision will present interviews will [...]
Nashville’s music scene is often unfairly pigeonholed as simply a haven for aspiring country musicians, all hoping to get discovered playing in a bright neon honkytonk on Broadway or at the Bluebird’s open mic night. The city’s reputation as being a music town isn’t because of the country music industry’s [...]
When Belmont made the decision to build a new residence hall behind Hail Hall, the new era called for an updated element of construction to take under consideration: going green. The dorm, set to open in the fall of 2008, will house freshmen. According to the university Provost Dan McAlexander, [...]
04/19/2012
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