September 8, 2008

This Week

Current Issue #1019
Sep 4 - Sep 10, 2008







Blogs We Like
Ask Vance
artbutcher
At Home She Feels Like a Tourist
Back Roads of American Music
BBQthePandas.com
Beyond The Arc
The Chubby Vegetarian
The Daily Docket
The Flypaper Theory
Dining with Monkeys
Fertile Ground
Gates of Memphis
In the Bluff (the blog)
Jen-sized.net
Joe Larkins
Left Wing Cracker
Mediaverse: Memphis
memphis.cool.movies
Midtown Stomp
My Midtown Memphis
Paul Ryburn's Journal
Semi-Charmed Kat
Smart City Memphis
Stax Museum News
Theology & Geometry
Vegan Crunk

The Daily Buzz

Police vs. Demonstrators at the RNC, Part II

09/06/2008 - 01:18 am

--video by Chris Davis


Police vs. Demonstrators at the RNC, Part I

09/06/2008 - 01:16 am

--by Chris Davis


A "No-Tell Motel" From Memphis' Past

09/05/2008 - 02:09 pm
A By all accounts, Bob Berryman was a shady character. A rather notorious gambler and bootlegger, he served eight years in prison for murdering a bouncer at a downtown nightclub. Even so, his name brings back fond memories with many Memphians, for he was the owner and operator of the Silver Slipper, one of our city’s most popular nightspots before it burned in 1958 ...

Read more about one of Memphis' first "no-tell motels" at Vance Lauderdale's blog.



Q&A: Foxy Jacky

09/05/2008 - 11:22 am
Q&A: Foxy Jacky

Recently, 25-year-old Jacqueline McKee made local news after playing on a swing set in Bartlett Park.

It wasn't because she's an adult, but because she's an adult "star."


Art on Tap at the Dixon Tonight

09/05/2008 - 10:44 am
Art on Tap at the Dixon Tonight The Dixon Gallery & Gardens' annual Art on Tap event is tonight. You can sample more than 150 beers and groove to music by Dr. Zarr's Amazing Funk Monsters.

The action starts at 6:00. It's $40 for members and $50 for nonmembers. For info check the Dixon website.


The Morning After: McCain's Still Alive

09/05/2008 - 09:01 am
The Morning After: McCain's Still Alive Republicans had gathered in Minneapolis-St. Paul under something of a cloud. Feeling in the immediate aftermath of the convention was different. Republicans leaving Minnesota seem optimistic that they're at the very least competitive. Many feel that the weekend polls will give the ticket at least a slight lead.

MAD AS HELL: Palin -- It Rhymes With 'Rich'

09/05/2008 - 09:06 am
MAD AS HELL: Palin -- It Rhymes With 'Rich' Sez Cheri DelBrocco: Wednesday was quite a night at the Republican National Convention, as the vice-presidential nominee finally made her appearance. After three days of sequestered practice, Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska and goddess of the right wing, pounced up to the podium and started throwing punches at Barack Obama. That's their Sarah -- she can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never let Todd forget he's a man -'cause she's a woman, W-O-M-A-N!

Flyer Beats
Sports Beat

Fresh updates on the Grizzlies, Redbirds, and the University of Memphis from our sports columnists... Frank Murtaugh and Chris Herrington.  Go directly to Herrington's Grizzlies Blog, Beyond The Arc.



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Q&A: Foxy Jacky
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MAD AS HELL: Palin -- It Rhymes With 'Rich'
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Bianca Knows Best ... And Helps Save the Earth
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MAD AS HELL: Palin -- It Rhymes With 'Rich'
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MAD AS HELL: Palin -- It Rhymes With 'Rich'
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MAD AS HELL: Palin -- It Rhymes With 'Rich'
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War and Jesus
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War and Jesus
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Rehab with DJs Stevan and Piper Dandy - Beauty Shop
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"Monday Night Sirens" with JoJo Jeffries, Rebecca Almond, Holly Cole, and Susan Marshall with special guest Reba Russell in the music room - Neil's