- Issue Archive for
- May 2-8, 2002
- Vol. 1, No. 689
News
ALUMNI REPORT
ALUMNI REPORT
City Reporter
the state's boxing and racing board will oversee the Tyson/Lewis match.
Beating the Odds
Six area youngsters are honored for overcoming adversity.
IN MEMORIAL: C.H. BUTCHER JR.
It pained C.H. Butcher that so many people who had grown up like him lost their savings in the collapse of his banks and savings-and-loans, but, of course, it pained the investors even more. Nashville attorney James Neal, who represented Jake Butcher and, briefly, C.H. Butcher, had a simple explanation for Jake's guilty plea. "The facts," he told me, "were so much worse than the indictment."
TRANSLATION: MEMPHIS
YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN, BUT WHERE'S HOME?
Caught in the belly of the paradox of the chicken versus the egg, my gut reaction to the word home has suddenly grown muddier than my feet were at last weekends Beale Street Musicfest. As a transplanted Memphian vacationing in the land of my roots (and no, that's not JOY-ZEE, it's JER-ZEE) I find myself wondering where, exactly, my home really is.
GRAND OPENING
GRAND OPENING
CITY BEAT
CHAIN SAWS 1, TREES 0
The 21.5-acre site on Mud Island between the Auction Street Bridge and the entrance to Mud Island River Park is directly across from The Pyramid. Until last month, it had survived as a forest through 15 years of development on the island.
Live...From Memphis
An extraordinary new Web site promotes Memphis' most famous resource -- its music.
OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS
FAMILY MATTERS
Even if your husband wasn't one of the reunion's organizers, I think it would be difficult to convince him to go to your friend's wedding after you had already confirmed your presence at his family's reunion. I mean,you don't just RSVP and then back out at the last minute. And since he's put his sweat, blood, and tears into planning, I can't see him even considering ditching it for a wedding.
Music Issue
Best Local Album Of the Past Year
Lost On the Links
The first challenge at Saint Andrews is where to hit the ball and how to stay out of trouble.
FROM MY SEAT
HOOP DREAMING
Huh? This is actually happening? Jerry West a Memphian? Well, let's keep the fantasy-ball spinning. Owner Michael Heisley is so elated over getting his guy that he flies to Memphis, calls a meeting with the City Council, County Commission, both mayors, four TV networks-- even invites the daily paper-- and announces he is footing the bill for the Grizzlies' new arena.
Real Estate
Sweet Salvation
Circa-1910 Queen Anne in Higbee Heights.
We Recommend
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wednesday, 8
wednesday, 8
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tuesday, 7
tuesday, 7
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sunday, 5
sunday, 5
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MY FRIEND, SPIDEY
Meet Spider-Man, superhero/regular guy.
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saturday, 4
saturday, 4
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friday, 3
friday, 3
Music
Picked-To-Click
Snowglobe's opulent collection of "miniature dreamworlds" is a Land worth getting lost in.
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Sound Off
Voters speak their peace on some of the up-and-comers, forgotten treasures, and near-misses on the local music scene.
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TOP 10 Profiles
TOP 10 Profiles
Politics
ELECTION 2002: WHO'S ON FIRST?
Note: This is an expanded version of the Election Preview in the current print issue of the Flyer. It will be updated, both grapically and textually, up until Election Day..
The sheriff's race is unique in that somebody gives every candidate in both major parties a chance to win. Republican Bobby Simmons is counting on allies like city councilmen Jack Sammons and Tom Marshall.
WHARTON, FLINN HEAD TICKETS AFTER TUESDAY'S VOTE
If the two remaining election days in Shelby County in August and November measure up to the year's first one,-- Tuesday's party primaries for countywide offices, which saw Democrat A C Wharton and Republican George Flinn nominated for county mayor -- the record books may have to be rewritten.
LAMAR'S TEAM CLAIMS SHELBY LEAD
Say the candidate's pollsters: "Lamar Alexander shows remarkable strength in Ed Bryant's political base, and he is well positioned to defeat Bryant in Shelby County. Should he do so, it will be very difficult for Bryant to win statewide."
ELECTION 2002: WHO'S ON FIRST?
Note: This is an expanded version of the Election Preview in the current print issue of the Flyer. It will be updated, both grapically and textually, up until Election Day..
ELECTION 2002: WHO'S ON FIRST?
Note: This is an expanded version of the Election Preview in the current print issue of the Flyer. It will be updated, both grapically and textually, up until Election Day..
Sports
MEMPHIS SPORTS SCENE
IT'S GOOD TO BE A KING
For lack of better reference, think of the Central Hockey League like a Double-A baseball club. The guys on the team might have played in college, come from all over the known world, and- realistically-- only a fraction have a chance to move up to one of the larger hockey leagues, including the NHL.
Jerry West Meets Memphis
The Grizzlies pull off a big one.
Film
Lost & Found
Living through it in The Son's Room and Crush.
Opinion
New Blood
Richard Johnston and Cory Branan storm the charts in the second annual Memphis Flyer Local Music Poll.
Tired Of Labels
The Palestinian crisis won't be resolved by more name-calling.
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Editorial
Grizzly Nation; A New Day At Galloway.
Postscript
Flyer readers respond.
Chain Saws 1, Trees 0
Hyneman clears last Mud Island site.
Food & Wine
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Easy As One, Two, Three
Counting the ways at Zanzibar.
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