CLIP JOINT

CLIP JOINT

• by Chris Davis

TRANSLATION: MEMPHIS

GOING ONCE In a room the color green of a dated 70's classroom, a group of men and women sit on worn church pews every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday night. They pay rapt attention to a man who shoots out words like fire through a Kustom PA amp, beckoning them with calculated persistence.

• by Jenn Hall

Hot-air Bubble

The media's spin on the "New Economy" backfires.

• by Norman Solomon

City Reporter

Downtown carriage drivers file lawsuit against restaurant ordinance, plus other news.

• by Flyer Staff

GIVE ME DEATH

GIVE ME DEATH

• by Chris Davis

Flinn vs. Wharton

The 2002 county mayor's RACE may have the middle playing itself against both ends of the spectrum.

• by Jackson Baker

TOWNE'S TOWN

'CRYSTAL' CLEAR I know it's a little strange to spend your day strolling around a cemetery, but I assure you, it is a fantastic way to take advantage of the natural terrain and history of Memphis. Who knew such marvelous sights were literally right in the middle of town?

• by Jean Towne

HIGH SOCIETY REDUX

HIGH SOCIETY REDUX

• by Chris Davis

That's Sprawl, Folks!

Who pays for those $500,000 homes out in suburbia? We all do.

• by Lester Graham

FROM MY SEAT

THE CASE FOR SO From the St. Louis Arch to the gates of Graceland, a lot of Cardinal baseball fans must be scratching their heads these days over Memphis Redbird outfielder So Taguchi, the Japanese outfielder who was signed to a much-hyped three year contract last January that pays him $1 million a year.

• by Frank Murtaugh

Back To Front

A loft in the historic Hays Hardware building.

• by Marsha Oates

Short Cuts

Chili Peppers' career best; the roots of Soweto's Indestructible Beat

HILLEARY, HENRY AT CROSSROADS

Both Van Hilleary and Jim Henry, the major Republican candidates for governor on Friday's statewide primary ballot, were dissembling just a little. Hilleary, in proposing a debate invitation to putative Democratic nominee Phil Bredesen, was trying to convince people he was not in a primary contest. Jim Henry, in vowing to overcome against Hilleary, was trying to convince people he was in one.

• by Jackson Baker

POLITICS: Candidates in Wonderland

Early on in this campaign, Taylor, Norris, and Kustoff each separately took pen to paper and set down mathematical projections designed to convince a skeptic that their Shelby County rivalry would not, could not split up that vital 40-percent component of the Republican vote so as to make Blackburn the winner by default. Mason-Dixon has since proved the numbers were skewed; the self-destructive antics of these Shelby County runners-up in the wake of the poll are enough to convince an observer that, in some fundamental way, they must be, also.

• by Jackson Baker

POLITICS: More Adversity for Flinn

Reeling from adverse public reaction to its recent TV commercials and forced to deal with new setbacks, like the disavowal of GOP nominee George Flinn's candidacy for county mayor by Young Republican chairman Rick Rout, the Flinn campaign indicated Friday it was pulling the controversial ads directly attacking Democrat A C Wharton.

• by Jackson Baker

City Sports

Elliot Perry's return brings a journey full circle; Jerry West is determined to build a winner for Memphis.

THE SCOOP ON SPORTS

THE LEGACY OF NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL Memphian Joe B. Scott, outfielder with the Memphis Red Sox for nine seasons, articulates some of his memories of playing baseball in the Negro Leagues.

• by James P. Hill

Big Trouble

A nuclear submarine gone amok and gargantuan spiders.

Postscript

Flyer readers respond.

• by Flyer Readers

local beat

local beat

• by Andria Lisle

Back To the Plow

Even as some try to get into office, others leave on their own.

• by Larry Daughtrey

Unanswered Questions

Unanswered Questions

• by Editorial

Family Act

An engrossing and entertaining portrait of the first family of country music.

• by Chris Davis