By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — Joshua Lipscomb, known by most by his stage name Sir Joshua Black, has recently been opening up regarding the details of his $450,000 settlement following his lawsuit against the Nashville Fire Department. He filed the suit after what he claims were attempts to suppress his first amendment right to freedom of speech, in the form of a 16-day suspension as punishment for a tweet he made criticizing Nashville City Council. The suspension came even though none of his social media accounts identified him as a member of the Nashville Fire Department and all tweets…
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By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — President Joe Biden has released his economic plan for Tennessee, as well as a recap of accomplishments made by his administration since taking office in 2020. These accomplishments include a shrinking unemployment rate, 206,000 new jobs, and 179,004 new business filings in Tennessee since December 2020, with bigger plans for the state scheduled further this year. When President Biden was sworn into office two years ago, the unemployment rate was 6.3 percent, 9 million people were out of work, and hundreds of thousands of small businesses were closing their doors. Today, the Biden administration…
By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville experienced a dramatic arctic front this past December with temperatures falling below zero, wind chills in the negative double digits, and the state of Tennessee receiving a surprising amount of snowfall. These upcoming months are looking to be no different, with temperatures predicted to continue to stay within 30°F and 44°F in January and 33°F and 48°F in February, including incoming rainy and snow days. Under these predictions, several community outreach groups centered around homelessness have been gearing up to provide for those who are most affected by extreme temperature drops. Cathay Jennings,…
By Logan Langlois MURFREESBORO, TN — Local music scenes taking place in the surrounding areas of the internationally famous ‘Music City’ often get overlooked in local reporting. In these spaces around Nashville, more alternative expression is allowed and even becomes treasured by fiercely loyal communities in the counterculture. One such community which has also seen an explosion in popularity recently is the Murfreesboro punk scene. This new exposure has brought about a new wave of rabid audience members and bands fueling the audience’s mosh pits, but the boom has surprisingly not led to an increase in venues hosting concerts. In…
By Logan Langlois GALLATIN, TN — Resting on the quiet little corner of East Main Street and South Water Avenue sits Stone Harmony, an independently Black-owned crystal and holistic shop founded and operated by Jacqueline Shannon. Since launching their products and services to be sold exclusively online in 2017, Stone Harmony has been met with steady success as well as a growing community around the store. This momentum, as well as the desire to be Gallatin’s first crystal shop, is what motivated Shannon to open Stone Harmony’s first brick-and-mortar location in 2019. Since then, the store has changed locations this…
By Logan Langlois MEMPHIS, TN — Looking for an entertaining show built to be enjoyed by adults looking for thrills, chills, and a re-definition of what you should expect when you hear the word, “circus?” If so, Paranormal Cirque may be perfect for you. Paranormal Cirque is an R rated, 18+ show, though anyone between the ages of 13-17 may attend if they are accompanied by a guardian that is age 21 or older. The troupe performed in Memphis the weekend of Dec. 9. Paranormal Cirque is the brainchild of creator and founder Manuel Rebecchi, who ran his first Cirque…
By Logan Langlois Meet Sauda, also known as The Fair Shepard, the owner, and operator of a Nashville-based independent and black-owned vegan baking company dedicated to providing cruelty-free sweets. Her favorite baked good, which she referred to as her “little baby” in a recent zoom interview, was her highly sought-after banana pudding. A dessert on which she loves to put all kinds of different spins. Such recipes include peach cobbler, Oreo brownie, apple or pineapple upside-down cake, and now that fall season is approaching, pumpkin spice. The idea of baking vegan options while using as many wholly organic and non-GMO…