annie parnell 👽
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man, I hate playing vampire towns. nashville via va. audience editor and resident goth at @nashvillescene.com 💌 words: Paste, FLOOD, etc. formerly: @vpm.org. send pitches to avparnell dot com (she/they)
He’s being celebrated by GQ today, so here’s a reup of my September cover interview with noted man MJ Lenderman for @nashvillescene.com. Among other things we talked multitool masculinity, David Berman’s AMA thread and the hilarious (and sympathetic) appeal of the sad sack
AmericanaFest Preview 2025: Talking With M.J. Lenderman
The lauded songsmith and multiple Americana Awards nominee discusses his influences, including the late, great David Berman
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November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
He’s being celebrated by GQ today, so here’s a reup of my September cover interview with noted man MJ Lenderman for @nashvillescene.com. Among other things we talked multitool masculinity, David Berman’s AMA thread and the hilarious (and sympathetic) appeal of the sad sack
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This week's cover story: The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s new exhibit — ‘Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising’ — puts a spotlight on Muscle Shoals’ rise as a hitmaking recording center.
‘Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising’ Spotlights a Hitmaking Center
Talking to musicians and co-curators about the new exhibit, whose two-plus-year run at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum begins Nov. 14
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November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This week's cover story: The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s new exhibit — ‘Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising’ — puts a spotlight on Muscle Shoals’ rise as a hitmaking recording center.
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In an exclusive interview with the Scene, Margot McCormack explains her decision to close her acclaimed Margot Café & Bar after 25 years.
Margot Café & Bar Prepares to Say Au Revoir in 2026
Margot McCormack explains her decision to close her acclaimed East Nashville restaurant after 25 years
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November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In an exclusive interview with the Scene, Margot McCormack explains her decision to close her acclaimed Margot Café & Bar after 25 years.
yall keep giving me new reasons to hate on IT: Welcome to Derry. becoming too powerful
There’s a scene in Welcome to Derby of a Jewish family saying blessings before dinner captioned “Praying in Yiddish” and no the fuck they’re not
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
yall keep giving me new reasons to hate on IT: Welcome to Derry. becoming too powerful
It seems like a lot of men love this song in a “fantasize about dying in battle” way which makes it even funnier that no, these guys identify with the lake
A fine day to remember Jim Harbaugh's unique relationship with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and the remarkable interpretive work that his and other football brains have done on this important text. (This is a gift link; I believe this news must be shared widely.) defector.com/the-edmund-f...
The Edmund Fitzgerald Is Inspiring Jim Harbaugh And Michigan Football To Achieve "Lake Mindset" | Defector
The popular culture of the 1970s is almost impossible to parse in retrospect. The people making the movies and music and television of the era were horny and ambitious and earnest, they were ingesting...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It seems like a lot of men love this song in a “fantasize about dying in battle” way which makes it even funnier that no, these guys identify with the lake
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Tennessee public libraries are launching an “immediate age-appropriateness review” of children’s and teens’ books following a state government directive.
Tennessee Secretary of State Orders ‘Age-Appropriateness Review’ of Library Books
Tennessee public libraries are launching an “immediate age-appropriateness review” of children’s and teens’ books following a state government directive, with some calling the plan “anti-public-librar...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Tennessee public libraries are launching an “immediate age-appropriateness review” of children’s and teens’ books following a state government directive.
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happy circulatory system walking through the kitchen day
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
happy circulatory system walking through the kitchen day
god I miss Saturn Return
Incredible things are happening in Richmond, Virginia y’all.
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
god I miss Saturn Return
New from me is a quick overview of Nashville (and adjacent) Grammy noms, including how some have pointed out that seemingly no queer people were nominated for country/Americana categories in year of S.G. Goodman 2025
Music City musicians — and honorary Nashvillians — from Tyler Childers to Hayley Williams to Shaboozey and beyond were recognized on the 2026 Grammy nominations list.
Nashville Nods Abound in 2026 Grammy Nominations
Music City musicians — and honorary Nashvillians — from Tyler Childers to Hayley Williams to Shaboozey and beyond were recognized on the list.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New from me is a quick overview of Nashville (and adjacent) Grammy noms, including how some have pointed out that seemingly no queer people were nominated for country/Americana categories in year of S.G. Goodman 2025
I love what Emmylou talks about when she talks about God
![Screenshot of paragraph: Harris has a fondness for religious metaphors. In Ken Burns’ Country Music documentary series, she described herself as a “country music convert” from the Greenwich Village folk scene, roots that show in her anti-authority streak and her penchant for Bob Dylan covers. Speaking of Bonaparte’s Retreat, which finds homes for dogs with special support needs after their allotted shelter time has passed, she declares herself “a member of the Church of Dog.” “I just hope people realize that [dogs are] part of our community,” she says, “and we need to take care of them too.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gc5lji4ancw5abcdwgliljyn/bafkreigubvri5armf4ncv456vz2uogc5qzyfsf4ngfou76jrhbshse6pwi@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I love what Emmylou talks about when she talks about God
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Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
Me every time my friends’ bands tour through my city: wow this is so You In Weird Cities by Jeff Rosenstock
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Me every time my friends’ bands tour through my city: wow this is so You In Weird Cities by Jeff Rosenstock
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Fifteen government officials shared one podium on Thursday afternoon to announce a new Nashville-based joint Homeland Security Task Force at the Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse.
City Joins Feds, State in New Homeland Security Task Force
Fifteen government officials shared one podium on Thursday afternoon to announce a new Nashville-based joint Homeland Security Task Force at the Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Fifteen government officials shared one podium on Thursday afternoon to announce a new Nashville-based joint Homeland Security Task Force at the Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse.
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Predator: Badlands
Predator: Adam Raised a Cain
Predator: Something in the Night
Predator: Candy’s Room
Predator: Racing in the Street
Predator: The Promised Land
Predator: Factory
Predator: Streets of Fire
Predator: Prove It All Night
Predator: Darkness on the Edge of Town
Predator: Adam Raised a Cain
Predator: Something in the Night
Predator: Candy’s Room
Predator: Racing in the Street
Predator: The Promised Land
Predator: Factory
Predator: Streets of Fire
Predator: Prove It All Night
Predator: Darkness on the Edge of Town
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Predator: Badlands
Predator: Adam Raised a Cain
Predator: Something in the Night
Predator: Candy’s Room
Predator: Racing in the Street
Predator: The Promised Land
Predator: Factory
Predator: Streets of Fire
Predator: Prove It All Night
Predator: Darkness on the Edge of Town
Predator: Adam Raised a Cain
Predator: Something in the Night
Predator: Candy’s Room
Predator: Racing in the Street
Predator: The Promised Land
Predator: Factory
Predator: Streets of Fire
Predator: Prove It All Night
Predator: Darkness on the Edge of Town
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As they look to grow their line dancing class to larger events, queer line dancing group Lavender Roots Dance Co. sees dancing as a vehicle to community.
Lavender Roots Dance Co. Embraces Queer Southern Identity
As they look to grow their line dancing class to larger events, organizers see dancing as a vehicle to community
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November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As they look to grow their line dancing class to larger events, queer line dancing group Lavender Roots Dance Co. sees dancing as a vehicle to community.
Did you know Tennessee is the birthplace of the for-profit prison industry? Great, important work here from @julianneakers.bsky.social
This week’s cover story: Examining Tennessee’s relationship with CoreCivic, one of the country’s largest for-profit private prison companies.
Core Issues: Examining Tennessee’s Relationship With CoreCivic
A look at one of the country’s largest for-profit private prison companies — and the politics, money and institutions that have contributed to its power
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November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Did you know Tennessee is the birthplace of the for-profit prison industry? Great, important work here from @julianneakers.bsky.social
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This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???
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Reupping for the Wednesday crowd: here’s my @nashvillescene.com interview with Emmylou Harris and Buddy Miller about ‘Spyboy,’ which gets a reissue Friday, and the concert doc ‘Spyboy Live at the Exit/In,’ screening tonight at @belcourttheatre.bsky.social. Plus: the divine, Bob Dylan, and dogs
Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, ‘Spyboy’ and the Church of Dog
Annie Parnell talks with the eminent musicians about the reissue of 1998’s ‘Spyboy’ and a benefit screening at the Belcourt of ‘Spyboy: Live at the Exit/In.’
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November 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Reupping for the Wednesday crowd: here’s my @nashvillescene.com interview with Emmylou Harris and Buddy Miller about ‘Spyboy,’ which gets a reissue Friday, and the concert doc ‘Spyboy Live at the Exit/In,’ screening tonight at @belcourttheatre.bsky.social. Plus: the divine, Bob Dylan, and dogs
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Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
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Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
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just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters
Virginia is for lovers baby
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Virginia is for lovers baby