If the average person had a thousand cartoon characters running around inside their head it would probably make them insane. But insanity and genius are closely related, and in the case of Christina Cudworth, having a thousand or more cartoon characters screaming for attention equates to artistic genius. I first met Christina when she came [...]
A girl’s first visit to a farmers market should be held on the same level as her first school dance or learning how to drive. It’s a coming-of-age necessity that not everybody gets to experience. The Murfreesboro Saturday Market is everything I hoped it would be. I got the opportunity to sample a few, unique, [...]
With Shaun of the Dead, director/writer Edgar Wright became an instant cult figure in the states, exposing a new audience to his deft appropriation of horror film trademarks melded with a comedic take on the middle-class everyman. Now with Scott Pilgrim, Wright leaves his comfort zone of England, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and original [...]
There are some stories that just need to be told. These stories have a universal ability to inspire us all. The story of Harold Lee Murphey and his mother Nita Guinn is one of those stories. Lee was born Christmas Day, 1977, premature, with an underdeveloped lung. Over the next couple of years, that condition [...]
To the Editor: Wow, what a racist, spiteful tirade by Mr. Jason Johnson. His column title is a bit misleading. Not only did I “Gag,” but I think I threw up in my mouth a little. Jason has put his ignorance on display for all of us to marvel at and for devout Muslims to [...]
There are places that we all just sort of migrate too. When you got no particular place to go, when you just want to kick back a few cold ones or get that comfortable meal in a familiar place. Well, Mark & Pat’s Handlebar sure fits that description. Since Mark and Pat Carter opened the [...]
If Circa Survive’s ghostly melodies and vocals came down to earth and paired with Coheed and Cambria, then took on some traces of emo and post-hardcore, the result would be Scarlett Classic’s No Such Thing as Help. After recording and mixing the six-song EP at Moose Lodge Studios then The Sound Kitchen (both Nashville-based studios), [...]
The Pink Floyd tribute band Us and Them will perform Pink Floyd’s best-selling album Dark Side of the Moon on Saturday, Sept. 4, at The Blue Rooster on Murfreesboro’s Public Square to benefit Autism Speaks. There will be no cover charge for the benefit event, which begins at 6 p.m., but donations for the nonprofit [...]
