Confused by the screens
📺 The medium is the message · Traffic calming · Fruitless pushback · Illegal of the week · The Monkey · Much more!
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War of Words
📰 A novel PR campaign · O'Connell claps back at Ogles · New D5 candidate · Traffic stops increase · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
📅 Visit our On The Radar list to find upcoming events around Nashville. 🎧 On Spotify: Pamphleteer's Picks, a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week. 👨🏻🌾 Check out our Nashville farmer's market guide. Monday, 9/1 🪕 Kyle Tuttle's Bluegrass Mondays @ Dee's Lounge, 6p, $10, Info 🪕 Val Storey, Carl Jackson, Larry
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Review: The Monkey (2025)
“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” So goes the Imposition of Ashes that marked the less-evangelical devout yesterday. Bu
What's past is prologue
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · Right to have rights · Deportations · Much more!
The Stage is Set
🗺️ TN gears up for immigration challenges · Council meeting · Oscars · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (March 4th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Headline Hijinx
🗞️ Funny papers make news · NEST meetings · DOGE victims · Disaster relief · Much more!
Best Movies from Last Year
🎥 Our own private Oscars · Butterfield · Transit security · Rose for guv · Much more!
The Pamphleteer’s Top Ten Films of 2024
Our picks for the best movies of the year on the eve of the Oscars
Watching the Watchmen
🏛️ Historic zoning bills collide · Wired up · Charter school revival · Book of Elsewhere · Much more!
Book Review: Keanu Reeves and China Miéville’s The Book of Elsewhere
Though John Wick may have returned Keanu Reeves to the A-list, he has always done what he wants on his own terms, stretching his acting abil
Building Resilient Food Systems
🥬 Local food for locals · Nashville Exec heads up DOGE · Faux-zempic · Much more!
What Tennessee Gets Wrong About Food and Farms
Elizabeth Murphy of Nashville Grown talks about the need for a robust regional food system in the Volunteer State
The Nine Lives of Cars
🚗 Don't we love our cars · State budget deep dive · Blackburn wants the black book · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (February 25th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
In favor of things that actually work
🛜 Fast internet is a requirement · Water mains · Tale of two memos · Much more!