- Issue Archive for
- May 3-9, 2001
- Vol. 1, No. 637
Art
A BEAST OF A BOOK
Julian Rios' new book Monstuary is a strange but satisfying ride.
Imagine for a moment that through some strange rift in reality you have been physically transported to the absurd, unnatural, and harrowing world of a Hieronymous Bosch painting, but youÕre blindfolded. What you hear is disquieting. What you smell is nauseating. Since you canÕt see, providing narration for every terrible and nonsensical sight encountered is your disturbingly alliterative and alarmingly articulate guide Julian Rios.
DUTCH TREAT
Director Mike van Diem's severe but emotional Karakter won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It will be shown this week at Malco's Bartlett Cinema Ten as part of Memphis in May.
News
WE RECOMMEND (THE GORY PART)
Bush probably intends to clear all the lumber from Yellowstone National Park so workers can see more easily while traveling through on their way to turn Washington State into an oil refinery. But back to the toothless stripper . . .
FALLING INTO DISGRACELAND
It's a Mad, Mad World
Maybe this is just the era we live in, where everyone is half-off their rocker and completely unapologetic about it.
KICKING BACK
The Second Coming Of Napster
In forcing the upstart file-trading system to filter out mainstream music, the music establishment has created a real conspiracy, one it can't suppress. Here's how to beat the filter and join the conspiracy.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN DOWNTOWN STABBING
An ongoing police investigation has yet to reveal why Robin Elizabeth Yevick was stabbed to death in downtown Memphis on Sunday, April 29th.
KICKING BACK
STUCK INSIDE OF NASHVILLE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN
During the same three days that Memphis was engaging in its annual three-day riverfront music festival, Nashville was engaging in its three-day riverfront music festival.
JAMBALAYA
Herb Kosten, Playing Road Sage, and Cal's Smack.
BOX CAR EDDIE
You can't write him a letter, and you certainly can't call him on the phone. But you can almost always find him puttering around the homestead that has become something of a Memphis landmark, an indelible piece of the city's furniture, like an anthill of things that won't go away.
Music
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BEALE STREET FRIDAY
A daily report on the music fest from the Flyer's music editor.
Sports
XPLORERS DROP 5th STRAIGHT
Memphis loss gives Arkansas first win of season.
Books
A BEAST OF A BOOK
Julian Rios' new book Monstuary is a strange but satisfying ride.
Imagine for a moment that through some strange rift in reality you have been physically transported to the absurd, unnatural, and harrowing world of a Hieronymous Bosch painting, but youÕre blindfolded. What you hear is disquieting. What you smell is nauseating. Since you canÕt see, providing narration for every terrible and nonsensical sight encountered is your disturbingly alliterative and alarmingly articulate guide Julian Rios.
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