Punk artist Henry Rollins (@fanatichenry) moved to Nashville and is mounting a free punk exhibit here in Wedgewood-Houston in November, 2026.

Justin Barney (@justinbarney) reports that Rollins has assembled 1970`s and 1980`s ephemera to show at the exhibit. From the press release, here is Henry Rollins in his own words.

“Hello, Henry Rollins here. I wrote the following in an effort to somehow entice you to come to this event. An incredible amount of time, effort and expenditure has gone into this. I’ve either gotten it extremely right, or catastrophically wrong!

For many years, I’ve been fascinated with historical markers. Physical objects that still remain years after they were created, become irrefutable evidence of time and place. Memories fade and retelling of facts often leads to distortion.

Everything in the Cool Evidence exhibit denotes a time and place, be it an event, or just the fraction of a second it takes for a camera to extract an image—forcing a testimony from Time that humans can be exceptional. There’s always an alternative to misery.

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Portrait and venue photos: Justin Barney / WPLN
Exhibit photos: courtesy Henry Rollins
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LiveNation opened a new 4,500 person capacity venue in the Wedgewood Houston neighborhood today. It’s called The Truth.

The name takes inspiration from Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard. Who once said that the essence of a good country song is three chords and The Truth.

As Justin Barney (@justinbarney) reports, it’s a big room. Made to feel intimate by building up rather than out. Three stories up and only 150 feet from the front of the stage to the last seat in the house.

The ground floor is general admission and will offer a meat and three inspired sandwich.

The second floor is VIP and has a bar that has 138 different Tennessee Whiskeys. And the top floor has a Japanese listening room inspired rooftop bar. Access is granted at a higher price.

It opens tonight with a show from Maranda Lambert.

Parking will be difficult. The Truth has a capacity of over 4,000 people. There are only 3,000 parking spots in all of Wedgewood Houston.

Photos: Justin Barney / WPLN
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Tennessee failed to carry out the execution of Christa Pike yesterday. Media witnesses say that although prison officials gave Pike what was intended to be a lethal injection, she did not stop breathing and was at times still moving and snoring when they were eventually told to leave.

As of late Wednesday, it was unclear whether Pike was still alive.

WPLN reporter Catherine Sweeney was among those watching as an official media witness. She says under the state`s protocol, a second dose can be given if the first one isn’t fatal, but that’s very rare.

“This is an enormous dose of a sedative that should not ever need to happen twice. But it did, and then she stayed alive. I think one of the issues that we have here is the protocol doesn’t talk about what happens if you did this twice and then they’re still alive. I don’t think that is something that was planned for.”

Reporters outside later saw an ambulance leave. A spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Corrections was unable to provide more information.

It marks the second time this year that a planned execution has gone awry in Tennessee. In May, the execution of Tony Carruthers failed after officials struggled with IV access.

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