- Issue Archive for
- Nov 30 - Dec 6, 2006
- Vol. 1, No. 927
Art
Eyes Wide Open
Jan Hankins' wake-up call at Clough-Hanson.
News
St. Jude Marathon Draws 8600
Marathoner Justin Baker of Atlanta, Georgia, here finishing up at AutoZone Park, was one of the thousands who ran in nippy weather Saturday in one of three charity events for the benefit of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: a full marathon, a half marathon, and a 5 K. The marathon also served as a qualifying event for the Boston Marathon, to be held early next year.
Jerry Lee Lewis on the Today Show
Jerry Lee Lewis rocked NBC's Today Show this morning, looking a bit worse for wear but sounding like a million bucks. Unfortunately ...
Rickey Peete, Edmund Ford, and Joe Cooper Charged
City Council members Rickey Peete and Edmund Ford were charged with bribery in a federal criminal complaint Thursday. ...
Free Emergency Contraception
Don't end up with a million babies like Britney Spears (okay, two ... same thing). Get free emergency contraception and stop that little fertilization process ...
Endpapers
New novels by Cormac McCarthy, William Gay, and Carl Hiaasen. New bios of Dick Cheney, Charles Addams, and Paris Hilton. Memphian Michael Oher plays "the blind side," and pop music still plays at 33 1/3. And there's more. The Flyer looks at what's fresh in fall books.
David Gest: Now and Forever
"I had a nose job after my aunt told me you could hook 5 coats on it. ... I want to meet Charles and Camilla to get an autograph for my maid, Vaginica. ... I'd love to be a train driver with a wife and 3 kids waiting at home for me ..."
Memphian David Gest gave a wide-ranging "exit interview" to the London Sunday Mirror ...
Memphis Animal Shelter Gets New Mural
A Memphis artist has added a big splash of color to one of the dreariest places in town. Carol Buchman recently completed a huge mural for the Memphis Animal Shelter ...
Sexual Repression
A restructured organized-crime unit will devote more time to combating prostitution.
Dana Buchman Comes Home
Former Memphian Dana Buchman is one of four fashion designers — the others are Anne Klein, Ellen Tracey, LaFayette — anchoring the re-launched petite section at Saks. ...
David Gest to Leave Memphis, Move to London
Dear God, say it's not true. Just when David Gest, one of Memphis' few breathing celebs, hits the bigtime with the British megahit show, "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here," he says he's leaving us. ...
David Gest Booted Off "I'm A Celebrity..."
David Gest is leaving the the Australian jungle a happy man. Or so says the London Daily Mail.
Gest became the ninth celebrity to be evicted from I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! ...
West Tennessee Terrorist Gets 30 Years
Terrorist threats and a dalliance with an undercover FBI agent can cost you big time.
Demetrius Van Crocker (subject of this Flyer cover story earlier this year), a McKenzie, Tennessee laborer and farm hand, was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison ...
Memphis Attorney Wanted Billboards at Center of Scandal
The real estate at the center of the City Council corruption scandal is located north of Interstate 240 near Perkins in the Quince planning district. The applicant who was rebuffed by the Land Use Control Board was attorney William H. Thomas, according to public records.
Council Will Take Up Issue of Resignations
The Memphis City Council will decide Tuesday whether to call for the resignation of members Rickey Peete and Edmund Ford.
Ford and Peete were named in criminal complaints last week alleging that they took bribes to support a billboard proposal ...
David Gest's Snore To Be a Ringtone
What is it with the Brits and David Gest??? It's inexplicable, like France's menage a deux with Jerry Lewis or Germany's strange David Hasselhoff fetish.
Now, Gest's snores, which apparently were a sensation on the British "reality" show I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, are to be made into a cellphone ringtone. ...
Herenton vs. Frazier
On the eve of Mayor Herenton's benefit bout with Joe Frazier, our "B & B" columnists size up the combatants -- and the combat to come in 2007.
Three 6 Mafia Settles Three-Year Dispute
Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia has finally reached a settlement — the details of which have not been disclosed to the public — in the case of a fan who was supposedly beaten during a particularly rowdy rendition of "Let’s Start a Riot" ...
National Meth Awareness Day is Here!
Don't you just love the holiday season? Turkey with all the trimmings, stockings hung by the chimney with care, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, and of course, crystal meth. ...
Council Deadlocks on Asking Ford and Peete to Quit
The Memphis City Council voted 6-6 Tuesday on a resolution urging Rickey Peete and Edmund Ford to resign.
The resolution, which was non-binding, failed on the tie vote, in which Ford participated. ...
Real Estate
Like Money in the Bank
Steady as she goes for home investment in downtown Memphis.
We Recommend
Music
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Riding High
With his duo's next album delayed, 8Ball fills the gap with an indie solo album.
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Former Memphian's Band Signs With Sony/Columbia
Andrew VanWyngarden's band, the duo MGMT, has signed a multi-album deal with Sony/Columbia Records. ...
Pop Manifesto-The Scruffs
(Scruffsville)
Rock Lotto-Matt Isbell
(Self-released)
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Justin's Ring(tones)
Justin Timberlake not only brought "SexyBack" to the pop charts, but to cell phones worldwide. When Nielsen RingScan unveiled its new mastertone sales data this week, Timberlake's "SexyBack" was ...
Politics
Herenton vs. Frazier (and Whoever in 2007)
Let's face it: The faux fight is a warmup for the real one -- next year.
Congressman-Elect Steve Cohen to Hold Open House
Congressman-Elect Steve Cohen has invited the citizens of the 9th district to an open house to share their ideas and concerns as he begins his upcoming term as congressman. ...
POLITICS: Peete's Last Take
The accused councilman was feeling heady just before the boom was lowered.
Time To Pull The Plug In Iraq
"Imagine this scenario: A wacko takes hostages, and instead of negotiating with the police to release them (and surrender himself), starts killing them instead. How long do you think it will take for the authorities to take control ..."
Sports
NBA Wants More Information from Davis and Laettner
Joel Litvin, NBA President, League and Basketball Operations, issued the following statement today regarding the proposed purchase of the Memphis Grizzlies:
“The NBA has not yet received from Messrs. Davis and Laettner sufficient information to conduct our review of their proposed purchase of the team, in accordance with NBA rules.
Read more at Beyond the Arc, the Flyer's GrizBlog.
Posey Burns Griz With Last-Second Game-Winner
AP — James Posey hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer Saturday night to give the Miami Heat a 98-97 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
Trailing 97-95, Miami controlled a jump ball with 1.8 seconds left ...
Herenton Vs. Frazier: It's Over, Thank God
It was blessedly brief. It was bizarre. It was for a good cause. Joe Frazier, former heavyweight champion of the world, a boxer of unbelievable courage, staggered across a ring on crippled knees, crippled back, and with a mind that was thinking who knows what to trade three minutes of pulled love taps with the mayor of Memphis. ...
Minor-League Improvements
Four recent Memphis Redbirds — Yadier Molina, Adam Wainwright, Anthony Reyes, and Chris Duncan — played significant roles for the 2006 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. ...
Knicks Beat Grizzlies, 98-90
(AP) - Eddy Curry scored 26 points and the Knicks beat the Memphis Grizzlies 98-90 on Monday night for just their second home victory of the season ...
Tigers Beat Marshall, 78-59
(AP) - Robert Dozier scored 16 points, and Chris Douglas-Roberts added 14 to lead No. 16 Memphis to a 78-59 victory over Marshall on Monday night ...
Beale Street Gala Honors Frazier, Herenton
One night before the big event, a gala pre-party at the Hard Rock club on Beale honored the two contenders in Thursday night's scheduled duke-out at The Peabody — former heavyweight champ Smokin' Joe Frazier and Memphis mayor Willie Herenton ...
U of Memphis Takes Manhattan
AP — Robert Dozier had 19 points and nine rebounds Saturday as No. 14 Memphis used defensive pressure and inside dominance for a 77-59 victory over Manhattan. ...
Rodney Carney the Magnificent?
Stephen A. Smith can be a little grating on the ears when it comes to his NBA commentary, but in his latest column in the Philadelphia Inquirer ...
Film
If You Prefer the Christmas Jesus
The Nativity Story blends biblical fidelity with stage-production iconography.
Craig Brewer's "Black Snake Moan" to Debut at Sundance
Memphian Craig Brewer's film Black Snake Moan will debut at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in January.
Black Snake Moan stars Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, and Justin Timberlake in a Southern gothic tale of nymphomania, blues, bondage, and other core values.
Opinion
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Letter from the Editor
There's a bumper sticker I see around town now and then. It reads: "Quagmire Accomplished!"
No Conservative Party
"Who else are conservatives going to vote for?"
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