DANCING IN A CAGE

Here is a sneak preview from this week's issue of The Memphis Flyer which is available Wednesday and has our annual ENDPAPERS Summer literary supplement. Pick your copy up early! Project: Motion makes pretty (right), Sideman closes at Playhouse, and AUTOMUSIC happens.

• by Chris Davis

moment of truth

CRASH AND THE SYNDICATORS

• by Chris Herrington

REASON TO DISMANTLE THE WORLD WIDE WEB

REASON TO DISMANTLE THE WORLD WIDE WEB

• by Chris Davis

The Sights of "Sound"

Paul Gerald in the footsteps of the VON TRAPPS

• by Paul Gerald

VANITY PRESS

VANITY PRESS

ASK VANCE

Memphis magazine's trivia expert solves local mysteries of who, what, when, where, why, and why not.

• by Chris Davis

WE RECOMMEND (THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST PART)

Never drive in an area of town called Bartlett. You'll need a tranquilizer afterward if you do.

• by Tim Sampson

MORE REASONS TO BE PARANOID

MORE REASONS TO BE PARANOID

• by Chris Davis

City Reporter

License laws may be rethought, and other news.

• by Flyer Staff

the Big Empty

Memphis-area venues have more than 137,299 seats. What are we going to do with them all?

• by Mary Cashiola

FALLING INTO DISGRACELAND

YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CANNOT HIDE While actually at Northwestern, I made a pledge that I would not give them any more money until I had paid off every cent of my student loans, knowing that this feat would take me the better part of this century.

• by Chris Davis

SUNDQUIST GOES HAWAIIAN

SUNDQUIST GOES HAWAIIAN

MILLER APPARENTLY IN AT PBA; HARGETT WITHDRAWS

The question of which House member will serve on the reconstituted Shelby County Public Building Authority, which will oversee construction of a new NBA arena, has apparently been resolved in favor of Democratic state representative Larry Miller , who represents a predominantly African-American district in North Memphis.

• by Jackson Baker

The Global Village

A 1920s bangala in Evergreen.

• by Marsha Oates

Short Cuts

Rufus Wainwright's lovely Poses.

Getting In Front

Jim Kyle and the risks he s taking to be county mayor.

• by Jackson Baker

SPORTS HERESY FOR THE AGES

A famous writer and a forgotten founding father who shunned the sports craze.

• by Chris Davis

GO WITH THE FLOW

Learning to live with the joy and pain of a big-league sports team.

• by Chris Davis

GRIZZLIES IMPRESS WITH 2001 DRAFT, TRADES

New Memphis NBA team wheels and deals before choosing SpainÕs Pau Gasol, and NCAA player-of the-year Shane Battier (right). They also trade Mike Bibby for Sacramento's Jason Williams.

• by Chris Davis

No Predictions Here

Chris Przybyszewski finds the NBA draft unpredictable.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

BREAKING DOWN THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES

Here is a highly speculative advance look at the team that will represent Memphis in the NBA next season. One thing's for sure -- this is not your father's Grizzlies.

• by Chris Davis

ALL ABOUT MANNERS

The Golden Bowl, starring Uma Thurman, is the perfect antidote to the summer blockbuster.

• by Susan Ellis

Postscript

Flyer Readers Respond

• by Flyer Readers

Yes to Income Tax

Patrick D. Reagan argues in favor of a state income tax.

• by Patrick D. Reagan

A New Season

A New Season

• by Editorial

Coming Clean

Word from a famous Southern son you've never heard of.

• by Leonard Gill