• Issue Archive for
  • Nov 15-21, 2001
  • Vol. 1, No. 665

News

  • CHOKE THAT WHISTLE, REF!

    Memphis has been "big time" for a whole month now, plenty long enough for any scribe who has witnessed a couple of NBA games to qualify as an expert. Here, then, a few observations on The Pyramid, the Grizzlies, and the NBA.
  • PUTTING THE FOOTE TO IT

    Memphis literary icon Shelby Foote gave his blessing to the new library Friday night, then added a few tart words about another building project.
  • AMERICA'S NEW LINE OF DEFENSE

    Since the attack, we have heard much about the "Twin Towers" that evil doers brought down in New York City. A new set of "Twin Towers" has been erected that no enemy will ever destroy - those are the "Twin Towers" of American police and fire departments.
  • 'SATAN'S HELPER'

    Apparently certain moral leaders in our community have taken it upon themselves to clean up our schools and our spiritual deficiencies by targeting the Harry Potter books.

  • CITY BEAT

    THE NEW FACES OF PUBLIC HOUSING

    The key players in LeMoyne Redevelopment LLC are Molly Jones and Kimberly Franks, a pair of young working mothers who first joined forces three years ago.
    "This is the new face of public housing," says Robert Lipscomb, executive director of the Memphis Housing Authority (MHA). "If you closed your eyes and someone dropped you here you would think you were in the middle of Harbor Town."
  • PUTTING THE FOOTE TO IT

    Memphis literary icon Shelby Foote gave his blessing to the new library Friday night, then added a few tart words about another building project.
  • AMERICA'S NEW LINE OF DEFENSE

    Since the attack, we have heard much about the "Twin Towers" that evil doers brought down in New York City. A new set of "Twin Towers" has been erected that no enemy will ever destroy - those are the "Twin Towers" of American police and fire departments.
  • FALLING INTO DISGRACELAND

    WHAT'S YOUR SIGN...ER, HANDLE, ER, EMAIL ADDRESS? There I was, in the women's restroom at Huey's downtown (quite possibly the Memphis mecca for graffiti artists), when I saw it: someone's email address scrawled on the wall.
  • 'THE FOGYMAN PLAN'

    Avon Fogyman's plan for Memphis scool isn't bad it good. Mini peoples have ben making complaining about Fogeymanss perposal to lower standids for mEmphise Cidy scools sysyims so the kids can pass the testes and gradulate. But it is rong and they is rong to do it to him, a good man, thusly.
  • Cult Classic

    Al Qaeda s handbook reveals the trappings of a religious cult.
  • FALLING INTO DISGRACELAND

    WHAT'S YOUR SIGN...ER, HANDLE, ER, EMAIL ADDRESS? There I was, in the women's restroom at Huey's downtown (quite possibly the Memphis mecca for graffiti artists), when I saw it: someone's email address scrawled on the wall.
  • Frist In Line

    Some think the junior senator from Tennessee could be the next vice president. Or even the next president.
  • 'THE FOGYMAN PLAN'

    Avon Fogymans plan for mEmphis scool isn't bad it good. Mini peoples have ben making complaining about Fogeyman's perposal to lower standids for mEmphise Cidy scools sysyims so the kids can pass the testes and gradulate. But it is rong and they is rong to do it to him, a good man, thusly.
  • City Reporter

    Public Building Authority selects preconstruction manager, and other news.
  • Behind the Vegas Scenes

    Considering "America's party town" as so much giant-scale theater.
  • PUTTING THE FOOTE TO IT

    Memphis literary icon Shelby Foote gave his blessing to the new library Friday night, then added a few tart words about another building project.
  • 'SATAN'S HELPER'

    Apparently certain moral leaders in our community have taken it upon themselves to clean up our schools and our spiritual deficiencies by targeting the Harry Potter books.

Real Estate

We Recommend

  • In Step

    Starry Road to Freedomwriter and star Darius Wallace talks about Frederick Douglass and following your passion.

Music

  • Short Cuts

    The Coup's controversy; Jimbo Mathus' local return.
  • Sound Advice

    The Flyer's music writers tell you where you can go.

Politics

  • PRESCOTT TO DECIDE ON MAYOR'S RACE BY WEEKEND

    By the end of the current week, the Republicans of Shelby County may have a mayoral candidate to call their own, after all. Former Memphis Redbirds president and general manager Allie Prescott acknowledges that he met last week with a high-level group of local GOP dignitaries, who offered him their support for Shelby County Mayor.
  • The Larsha Gambit

    Wharton s foes move to keep his name off the Democratic ballot.
  • HART TO RUN FOR MAYOR? PATTERSON? FLINN? PRESCOTT?

    The decision of Shelby County Commission member Tommy Hart not to seek reelection, announced to colleagues at a meeting of the commission's Budget Committee Wednesday, led to immediate speculation that Hart intends running instead for Shelby County mayor. Meanwhile, Country Trustee Bob Patterson is still thinking about it. And radiologist/media baron George Flinn is a real possibility. And then there's Allie Prescott...
  • 3 VIEWS OF BREDESEN'S MNF AFFAIR

    Phil Bredesen may be crying all the way to the bank. His two-tiered fundraising reception at Adelphia Coliseum last Monday night--a $2,500-a-head affair attended by about 200 people, and another for $500 that drew draw another 150 donors -- drew fire from both Democratic and Republican sources, who focused on the host for the affair, Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams
  • BREDESEN HARVEST INCLUDES SOME FROM GOP

    Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Bredesen made his umpteenth recent appearance before a Memphis audience Monday night at the Folks Folly restaurant on Mendenhall. There were two main differences this time: The former Nashville mayor, who for some months was cultivating local soil with a series of meet-and-greets, was well into the fund-raising stage of his campaign this time ($1,000 and up was the amount "suggested" for attendees) and, perhaps more importantly, Republicans were every bit as prominent as Democrats at the Folks Folly affair.
  • PRESCOTT TO DECIDE ON MAYOR'S RACE BY WEEKEND.

    By the end of the current week, the Republicans of Shelby County may have a mayoral candidate to call their own, after all. Former Memphis Redbirds president and general manager Allie Prescott acknowledges that he met last week with a high-level group of local GOP dignitaries, who offered him their support for Shelby County Mayor.

Sports

  • BLAZERS SEND GRIZZLIES TO FRANCHISE-WORST START.

    Rasheed Wallace scored 27 points on 10-of-18 shooting as the Portland Trail Blazers handed the Grizzlies their eighth straight defeat to start the season, 101-85.
  • MEMPHIS SPORTS SCENE

    HILTON U.S.OPEN INVADES MEMPHIS Memphis, Tennessee. Basketball hotbed. Home of the Blues. Racquetball capital of the world?
  • City Sports

    Will taking away two teams help pro baseball?, plus another loss for the Grizzlies.
  • 'COMING BACK'

    Just so you don t think my life is full of drudgery, last month I went to a University of Memphis football game and even got mentioned the next day in the Commercial Appeal sports section....I have missed the camaraderie of the press box all these days. It was great to be back. One reporter suggested my wife must have dressed me because my colors matched and I even had socks on! He was right.
  • CAVALIERS 101, GRIZZLIES 94

    CLEVELAND -- Wesley Person scored 24 points, Lamond Murray added 21 and both were hot from the arc as the Cleveland Cavaliers won their first home game of the season, 101-94 over the Memphis Grizzlies.
  • 'COMING BACK'

    Just so you don t think my life is full of drudgery, last month I went to a University of Memphis football game and even got mentioned the next day in the Commercial Appeal sports section....I have missed the camaraderie of the press box all these days. It was great to be back. One reporter suggested my wife must have dressed me because my colors matched and I even had socks on! He was right.
  • TIGERS ROCK BLACK KNIGHTS

    If the Tigers had any hope at a winning season and a bowl bid, the squad needed a win today at the Liberty Bowl. So they went out and got one.
  • TIGERS LOSE AT KC TO # 22 ALABAMA

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Rod Gizzard scored 16 points and No. 22 Alabama defeated No. 12 Memphis 81-70 Wednesday night in the consolation game at the Guardians Classic.
  • MEMPHIS SPORTS SCENE

    HILTON U.S.OPEN INVADES MEMPHIS Memphis, Tennessee. Basketball hotbed. Home of the Blues. Racquetball capital of the world?
  • TIGERS CONQUER ARMY

    If the Tigers had any hope at a winning season and a bowl bid, the squad needed a win today. So they went out at the Liberty Bowl against the Black Knights of Army and got one.
  • BLAZERS SEND GRIZZLIES TO FRANCHISE-WORST START

    Rasgeed Wallace scored 27 points on 10-of-18 shooting as the Portland Trail Blazers handed the Grizzlies their eighth straight defeat at The Pyramid, 101-85.

Theater

  • Topographic Oceans

    ETC's Lonely Planet takes an absurdist look at AIDS.

Film

  • Up and At 'Em

    Richard Linklater's odd and animated feature Waking Life.

Opinion

  • Editorial

    A New New World Order, Let's Listen Up
  • Postscript

    Flyer readers respond.
  • Placing a Bet

    It may be time for the legislature to try legalizing casinos.
  • Placing a Bet

    It may be time for the Tennessee legislature to legalize casinos.

Books

  • The Facts Of Life

    The writer in question: V.S. Naipaul.

Food & Wine

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