d. patrick rodgers

Editor-in-chief, @NashvilleScene. Critic, journalist, freelancer, drummer, DJ and progressive ranter elsewhere. Tips: [email protected]

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Sometimes I wrestle with something I'm writing, conquer it & am proud of the outcome.

Then I see someone use it to wipe off a wet barstool.

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This week’s cover story, from contributor Bill Carey: Nashville taxpayers owned at least 33 people in the 19th century. Our city has done nothing to acknowledge them. https://t.co/gJQZ4tikJe

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"Get the most out of every day, every second of every minute, because there aren’t any guarantees." In the light of local philanthropist, cinephile and Belcourt board member H.G. Webb's recent passing, look back at this 2017 profile from @dpatrickrodgers. https://t.co/MW2oqNjovF

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On Thursday afternoon — for the first time since Sunday — the mayor’s office and Nashville Electric Service held separate press conferences.https://t.co/3p6uVGZcqF

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Reporting more than 215,000 power outages, city officials provided updates Sunday afternoon on temporary warming centers and primary snow routes.
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Independent music and arts spaces continue to play a massive role in the health of our creative ecosystem. Read @dpatrickrodgers’ appreciation for them from the Scene’s 2019 “Hey, Thanks” issue.
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With next week's business largely canceled due to expected bad weather, the early days of the legislative session featured talks on rural health care, ICE restrictions, affordability, transportation and safety.https://t.co/DPOA7j3exL

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Coverage here.
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Day one of the Tennessee General Assembly's 2026 session. Photos by @formvscontent for the @nashvillescene.

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One week after she filed a lawsuit against her former employer NewsChannel 5, local meteorologist Bree Smith has announced that she will join WSMV’s First Alert Weather team.
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This week's cover story: The 2025 Nashvillians of the Year are the people behind Music City MigraWatch. These everyday citizens document ICE in their own communities. https://t.co/iYiDuhTHa8

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This week’s cover story: In our annual Year in Music issue, we talk with rock star Hayley Williams, count down our favorite local albums of 2025 and more. https://t.co/LGtXqvmN8G

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Protests over the state’s “age-appropriateness review” directive flared up at a recent Rutherford County Library System meeting. https://t.co/hMa8aW45Bj

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Some of my favorite entries from this year's Boner Awards. Read 'em all here: https://t.co/xGZLdZ5YmO

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The 2025 Boner Awards have landed! From country star meltdowns to political ineptitude, here’s our 36th annual lineup of blunders and bloopers. https://t.co/h1O6B7H7Y7

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@_JiggityJohnson Chuck a rump roast in there with a bunch of root vegetables, garlic, seasoning and beef broth. Kind of impossible to do wrong and always whips.

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Aftyn Behn concedes at her 7th Congressional District election night watch party. Photo: @formvscontent.

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Conceding the election at her watch party at Marathon Music Works in Nashville, Behn called the race "the beginning of something so powerful across Tennessee and across the South."

"The South is not silent, because the South has something to say."

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@joeygarrison But also I’m so ready to stop thinking about this race finally lol. Just my two cents. Appreciate you, man.

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Love ya Joey but this seat went to Republicans by 22-point margins in the past two elections. I don’t think the barrage of attacks is what did it — the district being heavily, heavily red, with a little sliver of gerrymandered Nashville in there, is why a Republican won. Again.

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What's clear is the final barrage of Republican attacks against Behn - and Trump injecting himself into the race - worked in Tennessee's District 7

It woke up Republicans, fired them up and Van Epps won with massive Election Day turnout to overcome Behn's early vote lead.

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@joeygarrison They’re motivated enough to vote time after time in midterm elections and squash every Dem by huge margins. She closed the gap by 13 points. I just don’t think the takeaway is “Republican attacks worked.”