TRANSLATION: MEMPHIS

In which the author, a native of New Joisey, begins an attempt to render the peculiarities of her adopted city to those of her fellow outlanders who have a mind to understand. "...I was almost immediately sucked into the ambience of the city. My best friend was living in downtownÕs Paperworks building at the time, and from the roof all I could see was mist and history and something more indescribable that I guess you call vibe...."

• by Jenn Hall

TRANSLATION: MEMPHIS

The estate sale culture of Memphis is pretty serious. Most weekends there are at least four or five sales, all spanning various socio-economic brackets and corners of town. This, to me, is where the intrigue lies. How do people in Memphis live? Where do they live? What kinds of things do they fill their lives with? We can all pretty easily find out what Elvis had. What about the rest of the city?

• by Jenn Hall

THE SMOKING LOVE GUN II

THE SMOKING LOVE GUN II

• by Chris Davis

GO CAT GO

GO CAT GO

City Reporter

Student sues U of M for racial discrimination; plus other news.

• by Flyer Staff

OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS

'HE' SAID (SHE SAID) Now I understand you're strictly dickly....You meet this person who you really like who just happens to be a girl. That's the breaks. She's a girl. But she's also still the person you really connected with as well. Now I do think that Toby should have mentioned that he didn't have a penis (I assume it came up during virtual sex, no pun intended), but I think you have to deal.

• by Mary Cashiola

UM WOMEN 5TH, MEN 6TH AT ASU TRACK MEET

Amaya Sets Weight Throw Record.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

Legacy

The UrbanArt Commission emerges from the shadows.

• by Chris Davis

FLY ON THE WALL

FLY ON THE WALL

• by Chris Davis

GO CAT GO

GO CAT GO

• by Chris Davis

I YAIN'T COMING

I YAIN'T COMING

• by Chris Davis

In Praise Of Real Fire

Spare me the soul-sucking fake fireplaces.

• by Walter Jowers

LIBRARY NEWS

LIBRARY NEWS

• by Chris Davis

OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS

'HE' SAID (SHE SAID) Now I understand you're strictly dickly....You meet this person who you really like who just happens to be a girl. That's the breaks. She's a girl. But she's also still the person you really connected with as well. Now I do think that Toby should have mentioned that he didn't have a penis (I assume it came up during virtual sex, no pun intended), but I think you have to deal.

• by Mary Cashiola

GO CAT GO

GO CAT GO

• by Chris Davis

I YAIN'T COMING

I YAIN'T COMING

• by Chris Davis

Short Cuts

Mixing it up with the Chemical Brothers and DJ /rupture.

• by Chris Herrington

RYDER TO MAKE COMMISSION RUN

A GOP primary contest in the Shelby County Commission's 5th District could echo an old war. GOP national committeeman John Ryder, a kingmaker turned candidate, owns more IOU's than almost any other Memphis Republican. It remains to be seen whether the Memphis lawyer, who now seeks election in a contested Republican primary, has rubbed a few party members' hard edges, as well.

• by Jackson Baker

Ryder's Run?

A GOP primary contest in the commission's 5th District could echo an old war.

• by Jackson Baker

ROUT BACK ON THE STUMP, FOR CANDIDATE HENRY

Rout Jr. (l) and Rout Sr. (r) with Henry and Mayor Bradshaw

How're you gonna keep 'em down on the farm? In the case of Shelby County Mayor Jim Rout, who was allegedly retiring from politics after the current term to devote time to family and private pursuits (including, yes, a farm), you may not be able to.

Rout, who considered running for governor this year before opting out of both a gubernatorial race and a race for reelection as mayor, went barnstorming Thursday in a statewide fly-around on behalf of former State Representative Jim Henry of Kingston, who seeks the Republican nomination for governor.

• by Jackson Baker

ROUT BACK ON THE STUMP, FOR CANDIDATE HENRY

Rout Jr. (l) and Rout Sr. (r) with Henry and Mayor Bradshaw

How're you gonna keep 'em down on the farm? In the case of Shelby County Mayor Jim Rout, who was allegedly retiring from politics after the current term to devote time to family and private pursuits (including, yes, a farm), you may not be able to.

Rout, who considered running for governor this year before opting out of both a gubernatorial race and a race for reelection as mayor, went barnstorming Thursday in a statewide fly-around on behalf of former State Representative Jim Henry of Kingston, who seeks the Republican nomination for governor.

• by Jackson Baker

HANGING IN THERE

Harold Byrd's chances now are not those of a comfortable front-runner but those of a Rocky, an underdog with determination and spunk. In private, Byrd's campaign people employ the rhetoric of "the people versus the powerful" to describe their view of the race, in testament to what they see as Wharton's considerable numbers of supporters who are visibly well-off, politically established, and comfortable, but they have not yet ventured to make such rhetoric a strong and vivid part of their public appeal.

• by Jackson Baker

KYLE GOES FOR WHARTON

County mayoral candidate A C Wharton picked up a key endorsement Friday morning, from State Senator Jim Kyle, who got on the bandwagon with his three Democratic colleagues in the Senate -- Steve Cohen, Roscoe Dixon, and John Ford -- at a press conference choreographed to suggest a united front and irresistible momentum for the Shelby County Public Defender, last Democrat to enter the mayor's race.

• by Jackson Baker

HANGING IN THERE

Harold Byrd's chances now are not those of a comfortable front-runner but those of a Rocky, an underdog with determination and spunk. In private, Byrd's campaign people employ the rhetoric of "the people versus the powerful" to describe their view of the race, in testament to what they see as Wharton's considerable numbers of supporters who are visibly well-off, politically established, and comfortable, but they have not yet ventured to make such rhetoric a strong and vivid part of their public appeal.

• by Jackson Baker

BULLS EDGE OUT GRIZZLIES, 95-92

CHICAGO -- Brad Miller had a season-high 32 points and 12 rebounds and A.J. Guyton added a season-high 16 points as the Chicago Bulls rallied for a 95-92 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in a meeting of the NBA's losingest teams.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

BULLS EDGE OUT GRIZZLIES, 95-92

BULLS EDGE OUT GRIZZLIES, 95-92

• by Chris Przybyszewski

MEMPHIS SPORTS SCENE

AREA SPORTS ROUNDUP So Memphis head coach John Calipari wants a national ranking, huh? With a 15-4, 5-0 record, it's hard to argue. But coach still needs to beat some of those ranked teams to get ranked. The Tigers have gone 0-forever against ranked opponents as they enter league play.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

GRIZZLIES OUTLAST CLIPPERS, 119-115

Six Memphis players scored in double digits in the overtime win at The Pyramid against that other Los Angeles team.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

GRIZZLIES OUTLAST CLIPPERS, 119-115

Six Grizzlies scored in double digits in the overtime win.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

City Sports

Martina and friends will join the men in the Kroger St. Jude Tennis tournament; The Grizzlies' coach is building for the future.

CATS AND BIRDS

It's not as though a Memphis-Louisville college basketball game needs an angle for intrigue. But not since the halcyon days of the Metro Conference in the 1980s-- when Louisville reached the Final Four four times and the Tigers once themselves-- has this contest held the kind of magnetism it will Wednesday night at The Pyramid.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

MEMPHIS SPORTS SCENE

AREA SPORTS ROUNDUP So Memphis head coach John Calipari wants a national ranking, huh? With a 15-4, 5-0 record, it's hard to argue. But coach still needs to beat some of those ranked teams to get ranked. The Tigers have gone 0-forever against ranked opponents as they enter league play.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

Being There

All guts in Black Hawk Down; no glory in The Shipping News.

• by Susan Ellis

Who Do You Know?

Well-connected Memphians lobby for a piece of the new arena business.

• by John Branston

There They Go Again!

There They Go Again!

• by Editorial

Postscript

Flyer readers respond.

• by Flyer Readers

A Cuddlier King

Too many people see MLK Day as just a chance to sleep late.

• by Rebekah Gleaves