Archive for 2008

2008: tales of a first-time voter

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 cranky. The difference, I think, is getting...
November 6th, 2008 | Blogs/Opinion | Read More

Who’ll gimme $5? For a Pembroke guy, there’s a price

“I’ll take what I can get. As long as I get bought, I’m good.” Freshman marketing major Lucas Wynne voiced his expectations for the Eighth Annual Pembroke Date Auction, the one night a year when freshman guys, or “man meat” as emcee Sean Giddings put it, “strut their stuff” and try to...
November 6th, 2008 | News | Read More

Pharmacy building under way

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...
November 6th, 2008 | News | Read More

Nashville gets a dose of ‘Girl Talk’

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...
November 6th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Debate 08: 90 minutes in history on Belmont’s stage

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...
October 8th, 2008 | News | Read More

Students take roles of candidates in debate rehearsal

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...
October 7th, 2008 | News | Read More

Americana Music Festival firmly roots itself in tradition

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...
September 21st, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Next Big Nashville Day 4: Nashville’s Heavy Hitters

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...
September 15th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Next Big Nashville Day 2: Grand Palace and others rule Thursday

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...
September 12th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

‘Make-Out with Violence’ opens Next Big Nashville

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....
September 11th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla talks voter registration contest

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...
September 9th, 2008 | News | Read More

Next Big Nashville has Belmont roots

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, the...
September 9th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Alumni ‘Coming Home’ for Sept. 20 showcase

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 free and open to the public....
September 3rd, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Henry Rollins talks politics

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...
September 2nd, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Next Big Nashville takes local music to the mainstream

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...
August 22nd, 2008 | A&E | Read More
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