Mike Essex, the author of Free Stuff Everyday (and apparently a man after my own heart) created a neat little infographic that shows you a few different ways to get free furniture. It’s kind of big, so you can find it behind the cut.

Just make sure that you check for fleas and bed bugs in that furniture…

Created by Mike Essex – Free Stuff Guides

Puscifer is primarily Maynard James Keenan, probably most well-known for his work in Tool and A Perfect Circle. According to Wikipedia (because it’s always a lot of fun to see what the masses think of things) they fall into the ambient, comedy rock, experimental, post-industrial, trip hop genre of music. I honestly cannot imagine that in my head.

To enter the contest leave a comment on this blog post telling me your favorite color. I’ll randomly pick a winner Thursday evening. Please leave your full name as your username so I know who to put on the list. Or I guess just promise to check your damn email and get back to me on that if you win.

As usual, if you REALLY want to win the tickets you can increase your chances significantly by posting a picture to our Facebook wall. A picture of what, you ask? A picture of you holding up the Puscifer demon logo or the Puscifer demo logo thing photoshopped in a picture where it’s attacking your head. Get creative. Everyone who submits a picture gets entered into the hat five more times, but if you make me laugh it might end up being 6 or 7 extra times.

Good luck!

-Emily

Photos from 8 Off 8th at Mercy Lounge (February 13th, 2012) by Kate Cauthen, featuring Night Beds, Sol Cat, Henry Wagons, Buffalo Clover, The Electric Crushes, Delta Saints, The Greater Good, and Little Bandits.

Missed last week’s performances? Check out 8 Off 8th tonight to see Andrea Davidson, Skyler, Ashley Lee, Ryan Kinder, Holly Winter, The Co, Schools, and Tesla Rossa.

View the gallery after the jump!

8 off 8th at the Mercy Lounge, -8pm, 21+
Tonight’s 8 off 8th will feature performances by Andrea Davidson, Skyler, Ashley Lee, Ryan Kinder, Holly Winter, The Co, Schools, and Tesla Rossa.

Kenny Vaughan and Friends at 12 South Taproom – 9:30pm
Kenny has played with such artists as Lucinda Williams, Rodney Crowell and others and is currently a full-time member of Marty Stuart’s band. He was also named instrumentalist of the year by the Americana Music Association in 2006.

Elio and the Hank Sinatras at Two Old Hippies – 5pm
Kind of a jazzy Texas swing sound.

Tuesday

Tommy Womack In-Store at Grimey’s – 6pm
Tommy Womack is one of Grimey’s favorite artists in Nashville. His songs are described as witty and literate, which are two of my personal favorite things in lyrics. His songs have been recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Todd Snider, Jason Ringenberg, Dan Baird, Scott Kempner and others. He’s celebrating the release of his new album Now What! with an in-store performance at Grimey’s.

Film Screening: Where Are You Going Moshe? at Vanderbilt’s Sarratt Cinema – 7:30pm
Set in the hamlet of Bejjad, the town’s only bar has a problem. Faced with a law prohibiting Muslims from drinking al- cohol and the imminent departure of Jewish residents (who are secretly leaving for Israel in the wake of Mo- rocco’s independence from France), he’ll soon be out of business. But if he can keep just one Jew in town, he will be able to keep his bar. Arabic and French with English subtitles. Not rated. 90 mins.

Rock’n’Roll Trivia at the Mercy Lounge back bar– 6:30pm
What, you think you know more rock minutia than I do? Well, you’re probably right, but if you really want a challenge then you should hit up this event. The prizes are $50, $25 or $10 to be spent at Mercy Lounge. Plus, everyone gets free parking and beer specials all night.

New Faces Nite at the Basement – 8pm, 21+
This week the Basement’s New Faces Nite features Tower Defense, Michaela Anne, Alllison Vetz, Adam Hill, David Steele, Henry Wagons, Larissa Murphy and Ashley Lee.

Wednesday

Townes Van Zandt Book Release & Signing w/ author Brian T. Atkinson feat. performances by Steve Young, Will Kimbrough & David Olney – 6pm
Here’s the Grimey’s event description, “Townes Van Zandt is probably the most respected songwriter in these parts and writer Brian T. Atkinson has put together a tightly-woven, intelligent tome exploring the depths of Van Zandt’s gifts, called I’ll Be Here In The Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt.” And if that’s not cool enough Steve Young, Will Kimbrough, and David Olney will be performing some of his songs.

Old Time Jam at the 5 Spot – 7:30pm
East Nashville’s Wednesday Night Old Time Jam provides enthusiasts of traditional, acoustic-based roots music the opportunity to regularly meet, share tunes, dance, swap stories, and bond together in general camaraderie.

Studio VU: Trenton Doyal Hancock at Vanderbilt’s Student Life Center – 7pm
Wildly imaginative multi-faceted artist Trenton Doyle Hancock will lecture on his past and future work at in Stephenson Center, Room 4327. Perhaps best known for his cast of fantastical characters who play out an epic saga of good versus evil in a mythical underworld, Hancock gives voice to his imagination and ideas through his prints, paintings, collages, installations and performances.

Religion & Politics: Strange and Ugly Bedfellows at the Islamic Center of Tennessee – 7pm
Lecture and discussion with Rev. Barry Lynn, national president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Thursday

Film Screening: The Mighty Uke at Vanderbilt’s Sarratt Cinema – 7:30pm
A documentary about the global resurgence of the ukulele in the 21st century. Discover why so many people of different nations, cultures, ages and musical tastes are turning to the ukulele to express themselves. English. Not rated. 76 mins. DVD. The Ukedelics, Nashville’s own ukulele band, will perform a thirty-minute set following the documentary.

Poet’s Corner at Scarritt-Bennett Center – 7pm
Jarrett is a writer and software developer in Nashville, Tenn. Her recent work has been published or is forthcoming in African American Review, Boston Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Callaloo, DIAGRAM, Ninth Letter, Linebreak, Rattle, Third Coast and others. Her work has been nominated for Best New Poets 2011, and her collection “The Moon Looks Down and Laughs,” was selected as a finalist for the 2010 Tampa Review Prize for poetry.

Jazz Concert Series at Lipscomb’s Shamblin Theatre – 6:30pm
Lipscomb University’s Jazz Band, directed by Stephen Rhodes, brings “America’s classical music” to audiences on the Lipscomb campus. Styles range from big band to funk and beyond, with an emphasis on variety in styles and eras. Lipscomb’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. Gary Wilson, is a small ensemble that specializes in vocal jazz originals, jazz standards and jazz-influenced arrangements of popular music.

Friday

Artist’s Lecture: Empathetic Plant Alchemy at the Frist – 12:30pm
Saya Woolfalk’s recent work explores cultural transformation and hybridity by imagining the effects of crossing species. The artist uses a hybridized group of fictional Empathics to investigate systems of human classification and the reasons why we might choose to embody monstrous forms outside of known categorization. In her performance Artist’s Lecture: “Empathetic Plant Alchemy,” Woolfalk will present a pseudo-scientific lecture about these Empathics who are slowly mutating to become like plants.

Pig and Dusty’s Annual Party with The ConSoulers at 3rd and Lindsley – 8pm
The Consoulers are a sweet soul and R&B band. But I don’t know who Pig and Dusty are.

DJ Ghosttown Video Dance Party – 10pm
Music videos AND a dance party.

Saturday

Regions Free Days at the Frist Center
Yay, free art!!!!

Film Screening: Salo at Vanderbilt’s Commons Center – 10pm
Pasolini’s final and perhaps most controversial masterpiece. His transposition of the Marquis de Sade’s 18th-century opus of torture and degra- dation to 1944 Fascist Italy remains one of the most passion- ately debated films of all time. Italian, French, and German with English subtitles. Not rated. 116 mins.

Artist’s Panel: Fables for our Times at the Frist – 10am
This event is a conversation among four artists who are represented in the current exhibition Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination. The artists will offer their insights and perspectives on this exciting exhibition as Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, moderates what is sure to be a lively discourse of views and opinions. Come, be part of the story by listening and participating in the conversation; a question-and-answer session will form part of the overall discussion.

Black History Month at the Hermitage – noon
Today’s Black History Month presentation will feature the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati!). It’ll tie-in with the NURFC as The Hermitage is named as Freedom Station, and a discussion of the Underground Railroad in Nashville.

Star Party at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center – 7:30pm
You don’t need a telescope to enjoy the beauty and wonder that is the night sky.

Nashville Jazz Workshop at Parnassus Books – 4pm
This is part of a new monthly concert series. It’ll feature NJW’s own Harry Warren vocal repertoire class, featuring vocalists Byron Hill, Margaret Smith, Scott Crowe, Lisa Taylor, Debra Agnoletti, and Joe Freel. They will be joined by Directors Lori Mechem on piano and Roger Spencer on bass, with Ralph Henry on drums.

Sunday

6th Annual Vanderbilt Student Film Festival
This competitive festival, sponsored by the Film Studies Program and the Office of the Dean of Students, showcas- es the best student media works in all genres (experimen- tal, nonfiction, fiction) by Vanderbilt students. For information on submission deadlines and the schedule of film screenings, visit Film Studies at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/filmstudies.

Details are slim, but expect to be doing some digging at The Great Escape’s Charlotte location this weekend. According to their email they’ll have thousands and thousands of CDs for sale, including brand new stuff that just never made it onto the racks, warehouse stuff, and CDs that are normally priced up to $8.99. I’d suggest getting there early, because you know what they say – the early bird gets all of those advanced copies of Merge and Beggars releases that he or she has always been meaning to buy but just hasn’t. Also, come back during the day, because they’ll keep restocking throughout the day.

The store opens at 10am and the sale lasts all day.

Happy digging!

-Emily

Surprisingly, and for the first time in awhile, the winner didn’t do the bonus step and submit a picture, but a few fine ladies did, and I love them for it. If you didn’t win ticket’s it’s okay, because you’re not completely shut out of the OAR show. You can still get tickets here.

Here are some amazing pics from some true OAR fans:

And wouldn’t you know it? Our good friends at AEG Live/The Messina Group are giving us a pair of tickets to give away at the show!

We haven’t done a legit contest in awhile, so let me remind you of the rules.

To enter leave a comment on this blog post telling me your favorite OAR song. You HAVE to leave your full name or use an email address that has your full name it in (I need to know whose name to put on the list). I recommend logging in via Facebook or Twitter because it makes it easy for me. I’ll pick a winner randomly tomorrow afternoon.

One comment on this blog post means one entry of your name into the hat. However, I always like to give people who REALLY want to win a fair shot, so if you want to be entered an additional five times post a picture to our Facebook wall of you wearing a crown in honor of their new album title. It can be a tiara, a Burger King Crown, photoshop, it doesn’t matter. Oh, and if you make me laugh I might give you a few more entries.

Again, I’m picking a winner tomorrow afternoon/early evening. So get on it!

-Emily

Tomorrow all you have to do is stop into a Qdoba with a boyfriend, girlfriend, close friend who also wants cheap food, or an understanding stranger and you’ll get buy-one-get-one-free entrees!

I recommend the tortilla soup, but you can get more information and read the whole menu here.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

-Emily & N4F

There will be fantastic music from Bobby Exodus and friends, Telecommunicators, and, as previously mentioned, The Dance Rock Sellouts. There will be a photobooth. There will be people dressed in black & white. There will also be prizes, live karaoke, and cookies (from me).

Here’s the thing, the show isn’t free. It’s $8, but since I have connections (duh) I’ve managed to snag TWO pairs of tickets to give away for the show tonight. I’ll randomly pick a winner sometime on Valentine’s Day. Don’t worry, I’ll let you know in advance.

All you have to do to enter is comment on this post. You don’t even have to say something interesting. Bonus points if you tell me the story of the worst date you’ve ever been on!

Go!

-Emily

Apocalyptic Love 8 off 8th at the Mercy Lounge – 9pm, 21+
This special 8 off 8th features not only a stellar lineup of The Electric Hearts, Night Beds, Sol Cat, Buffalo Clover, Henry Wagons (from Australia!), The Greater Good, Little Bandit, and The Delta Saints, it will also feature a photobooth and all other kinds of rockish goodness.

Tin Roof 10th Anniversary Bash – 7pm, 21+
The Tin Roof is turning 10 and they want to celebrate with you. In their own words, they’ll be “bringing back some old friends, looking into the future, and partying like rock stars.”

Umbrella: a Love Story with Songs at the Looby Theatre at the Looby Library – 7:30pm
Umbrella is a new musical written by Nashville songwriters Steve Leslie and Len Cohen. Umbrella has been selected for a staged reading by the Nashville Metro Parks New Play Reading Series.

Igor Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale at Austin Peay State University’s Concert Hall – 7:30pm
Join APSU Music, Theatre and Dance faculty for a fully staged production of Igor Stravinsky’s milestone “L’Histoire du Soldat.” Adapted, directed and choreographed by Marcus Hayes, with music performed by members of the Gateway Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gregory Wolynec. Free and open to the public.

Art: Up Close & Personal with Alf Sharp at the Williamson County Public Library – 6pm
Alf Sharp’s impressive commissions include dining chairs, mantle pieces, carved Venetian blinds, faux-grained exterior doors, “Jackson” presses, and a replica of President George Washington’s swiveling mahogany office chair at the Hermitage. He has captured numerous awards including the 2008 Cartouche Award of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers, Williamsburg, Va. and being named a Fellow of the Emma Collaborative 2010, Saskatoon & Ness Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Tuesday

Rock’n’Roll Trivia at the Mercy Lounge back bar– 6:30pm
What, you think you know more rock minutia than I do? Well, you’re probably right, but if you really want a challenge then you should hit up this event. The prizes are $50, $25 or $10 to be spent at Mercy Lounge. Plus, everyone gets free parking and beer specials all night. Stick around afterwards for a sweet Anti-Valentine’s Day Black + White Party EXTRAVAGANZA (not free but so awesome)!

Love is Deaf 4 at Douglass Corner Cafe – 8pm
Celebrate Valentine’s Day Nashville style! Love Is Deaf returns to Douglas Corner Cafe for a fourth year. Professional musicians and songwriters take the stage with their “better” half on this special night to perform one love song of their choice as a duet and with no backing band. Who plays what and who sings what is all up to them.

Mark Ethridge’s Grievances Booksigning – BookManBookWoman – 5pm
Journalist and author Mark Ethridge will sign his novel Grievances that inspired the soon-to-be-released feature film Deadline starting at 5:00pm. Grievances is a Grisham-esque thriller based on true events from Ethridge’s renowned career as a reporter and editor at the Charlotte Observer in Charlotte, N.C. Deadline (deadlinefilm.com) was filmed in the Nashville area and will begin a 40+ city premiere tour starting February 15 with the Nashville World Premiere at the Regal Green Hills 16, hosted by The Tennessean.

Wednesday

Film Screening: Racing Dreams at Lipscomb’s Ward Hall – 8:30pm
Racing Dreams follows the lives of two boys and one girl and their battle for the championship in World Karting Association’s National Series. The film captures their dreams for a win in the go-kart circuit — their training ground for NASCAR — and gives a glimpse into the dynamics of family life and the culture of professional racing. It’s being shown as part of Lipscomb’s spring 2012 HumanDocs Film Series.

Old Time Jam at the 5 Spot – 7:30pm
East Nashville’s Wednesday Night Old Time Jam provides enthusiasts of traditional, acoustic-based roots music the opportunity to regularly meet, share tunes, dance, swap stories, and bond together in general camaraderie.

Some Type of Meditation at Hermitage Library – 6:15pm
Every week this event has a different name but the event description doesn’t tell me what the difference is between Smiling Meditation and Space Meditation and Contentment Meditation. Despite the name the event description is ALWAYS the same.

Thursday

Film Screening: Hiding at Vanderbilt’s Sarratt Cinema – 7:30pm
This short adventure documentary highlights the work of LiNK, a grass-roots organization that helps North Korean refugees escape and pursue new and free lives. The film follows a group of North Korean refugees living in hiding in China today, shining a light on their struggle to survive. Chinese, English, and Korean with English subtitles. Not rated. 39 mins. This screening is presented by Vanderbilt Chapter of Liberty in North Korea.

InsideOut of the Lunch Box: Music Business 101 at TPAC’s James K. Polk Theater – 11:30am
TPAC Education joins Vanderbilt University for this lunchtime series that includes enlightening panel discussions, performance excerpts, and a free lunch. A free box lunch will be provided to the first 300 people to RSVP here.

Science Cafe: Severe Weather at Adventure Science Center – 7pm
This month’s science cafe is an in-depth discussion on severe weather – questions about how weather patterns are observed, interpreted and predicted are sure to come up, as well as how technology for tracking weather has improved and more.

Friday

Jammin’ At Hippie Jack’s: Guy Clark with Eric Brace and Peter Cooper at the Tennessee State Museum – 7pm
A live TV taping featuring original singer songwriters of Americana, bluegrass, blues and folk music. The live concerts are aired as taped broadcasts from the museum’s own Buffalo Bill Stage, providing visitors with an opportunity to explore and understand the cultural connections between Americana music and its historical roots.

A Reading of “It Falls Between” at the Scarritt-Bennett Center – 7pm
This will be a reading of a selection from the book Rendered Invisible: Stories of Black and Whites, Love and Death by Dr. Frank Dobson. The reading will be followed by a dialogue between the author and audience.

Saturday

Screaming Females In-Store at Grimey’s – 5pm
Grimey’s describes Screaming Females as a “New Jersey-based power rock juggernaut.” They’re working on a new album, but they’re touring some of the songs now to see what the reaction is to them. They’re even selling an incredibly limited-edition 7″ featuring some of the songs that you can only get at their live shows. Ah yes, and the Girl Scouts will be selling cookies at this event.

Beyond the Truth: Brown Tales of Innocence and Experience at the Main Public Library – 2pm
Beyond the Truth: Brown Tales of Innocence and Experience directed by Tia Mitchell returns for its second year. The show packed East Branch Library’s basement last year so the show has been moved to Nashville Public Library’s main auditorium. Beyond the Truth features an intergenerational cast of writers performing coming-of-age pieces focused on issues that challenge youth today. Participating youth and adult writers have been astounding audiences around Nashville for the past three years.

Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree featuring Stonewall Jackson at the Texas Troubador Theatre – midnight
Founded by the legendary Ernest Tubb, The Ernest Tubb Record Shops have been fulfilling country music fans’ needs for over 64 years. As part of that tradition, the second longest-running radio show in history, the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree, is held on Saturday nights at 12 A.M. (Midnight), and is broadcast live on AM-650 WSM from the Texas Troubadour Theatre.

Family Program: Sid the Serpent Wanted to Sing at the Goodlettsville Library – 2pm
Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing blends classical favorites such as Beethoven’s Moonlight Serenade with popular opera melodies to help introduce this timeless art form to school-age children. The delightful 45-minute production follows Sid, a performing snake in a circus, who wants to learn to sing. Accompanied by his circus friends, he travels the world, trying a different style of singing wherever he goes—grand opera in Rome, music-hall in London, rock in New York. He fails every time, until he realizes that if he sings in his own style, he sings very well. He then rejoins the circus as Sid the Singing Serpent.