- Issue Archive for
- Aug 30 - Sep 5, 2007
- Vol. 1, No. 966
News
MLGW Unveils "My Bill Dashboard"
Considering August's unbearable heat, everyone's utility bills will probably be higher than average. But what if it's really high? What's driving those bank-breaking numbers?
Now Memphis Light, Gas, & Water customers can see for themselves ...
Death Row Dogs
Dog fighters in Memphis face fines and jail time, but their dogs are often sentenced to death.
Roaring Back?
The Memphis Tigers kick off under the same head coach they've had since 2001. The team's assistants are a different story.
Memphis Music and Heritage Fest is Downtown This Weekend
In Memphis during the early 1980s, the concept of celebrating regional music as cultural heritage was largely dead.
Over a four-year span, musical iconoclasts Gus Cannon, Furry Lewis, and Elvis Presley had passed away. On Beale Street, a dubious urban renewal project ...
Convicted Fisher Killer Eligible for Parole Hearing
He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in February 2007, with the first chance of parole expected after four-and-half years. But Alfred Turner, the man convicted in the high-profile murder trial of Emily Fisher earlier this year, is already eligible for a parole hearing on September 13th. ...
Train-Spotting at the University of Memphis
With school officially back in session, University of Memphis students are once again racing speeding locomotives and climbing stopped ones.
According to the university paper ...
Northwest's Influence on Travel
Every week, in honor of its 25th anniversary, USA Today runs a top-25 list. This week, the national newspaper looks at the "Top 25 Changes in the way we travel," and Memphis-hubbed Northwest Airlines made the list...
Baptist Ministers Propose Boycott of Commercial Appeal
Blogger Thaddeus Mathews is reporting that an alliance of Baptist ministers, led by A.R. Williams of the World Overcomers church (the man who brought us the Statue of Liberty holding a cross) has begun a movement called "Operation Wake-Up Call."
The purpose of the movement is to boycott The Commercial Appeal because it "opposes Christianity ..."
Timberlake/Timbaland Free Concert
No, not in Memphis. Sorry for the tease, but we couldn't help ourselves. JT and Timbaland surprised Vegas partygoers at the Jet nightclub, showing up at about 1 a.m. and rocking the DJ booth until roughly 4:30.
Not only that, JT's parents were there ...
Photographic Memory
The Brooks Museum and Rhodes College lead Memphis World project.
Gibbons? Gibbons?
Sometimes the old-fashioned way is better.
As part of a truancy initiative, Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons is supplying faculty at five area schools with "attendance-keeping books ..."
Two Tiger Players Plead Not Guilty in Beale Street Incident
(AP) -Two University of Memphis basketball players pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of disorderly conduct and inciting a riot related to a nightclub scuffle over the weekend.
Shawn Taggart and Jeff Robinson appeared briefly in Shelby County General Sessions Criminal Court ...
Former MPD Officer Pleads Guilty
When an officer flashes his blue lights, most motorists trust they're not about to be robbed. But that wasn't the case for drivers pulled over by former Memphis Police officer Antoine Owens.
Owens pled guilty today in federal court for violating the civil rights of motorists...
Guy Sebastian's Memphis Diary: Week Five
It's Wednesday morning and I'm a little tired.
I finished tracking the album last night and afterwards my manager, Titus, and I did the "car listening test": we drove all over Memphis singing along to all these great Memphis songs in disbelief that this had all come together ...
Stellaaaaaa!!!! (Stevens, That Is)
List all the true celebrities from Memphis -- living ones, we mean -- and these days only a few names come to mind: Justin Timberlake, Cybill Shepherd, Kathy Bates, and ... uh, did we mention Justin Timberlake?
But it's a shame that a pinup girl from Memphis by the name of Estelle Eggleston has sort of dropped beneath the radar ...
Real Estate
Place Making
Community building and attention to detail shape developer Terry Lynch's Art House.
We Recommend
Music
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Blue Mountain Returns to Memphis
It seems like almost yesterday when Oxford, Mississippi's Blue Mountain arrived on the alt-country scene.
With songs such as "In a Station," "Soul Sister," and "Let's Ride," the band carved a niche for itself nearly a decade before groups such as Lucero and the Drive-By Truckers made their mark. Led by the husband-and-wife team Cary Hudson and Laurie Stirratt and anchored by drummer Frank Coutch, Blue Mountain effortlessly straddled the chasm ...
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A World of Our Own
Twenty-five years of local culture at the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival.
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Isaac Does Europe
Isaac Hayes is back in town after a successful European summer tour that covered France, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom...
Politics
Mayoral Shuffling
Plus: Cohen gets some ministerial defense; Richard Fields rides again.
Fred Thompson Announces That He Will Announce For President Next Week
Former Tennessee senator and Law & Order star Fred Thompson announced yesterday that he will announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination next week.
Thompson said he will announce his candidacy via video ...
MAD AS HELL: I'm Back!
About a year ago, I decided it was time to chill, time to simply throw in the proverbial towel, and stop being mad as hell about politics. Then I saw the Iraq War documentary, No End in Sight/ I'm livid! I'm MAD AS --HELL!!! And for the next 505 days, there's no end in sight! Watch
this space!
POLITICS: Finally!
There are several good reasons why the label factory -- which turns out appellations like "conservative" or "moderate" or "liberal" -- won't serve to describe the about-to-be declared presidential hopeful Fred Thompson. What the camera picks up in him is something much more ineffable.
She's Baaaack! Cheri DelBrocco is Mad as Hell Again!
Sez Cheri: "About a year ago, I decided it was time to chill, time to simply throw in the proverbial towel, and stop being mad as hell about politics. Then I saw the Iraq War documentary, No End in Sight. I'm livid! I'm MAD AS --HELL!!! And for the next 505 days, there's no end in sight! Watch this space!"
Will the Real Fred Thompson Please Stand Up?
There are several good reasons why the label factory -- which turns out appellations like "conservative" or "moderate" or "liberal" -- won't serve to describe the about-to-be declared presidential hopeful Fred Thompson. What the camera picks up in him is something much more ineffable.
The Appeal of John Ford
The John Ford saga isn't over.
Ford plans to appeal his conviction on a federal bribery charge in the Tennessee Waltz investigation, and it could give Ford some leverage with federal prosecutors in Nashville, where he faces a November 6th trial date on charges related to his consulting work for Tenn-Care contractors between 2001-2005...
Tinker Blames Cohen for Hate Crimes Controversy
Breaking her silence on the ongoing Hate Crimes Bill controversy, congressional candidate Nikki Tinker has mounted her own attack against U.S. Representative Steve Cohen, who voted for the bill. Tinker puts the blame for the Hate Crimes furor not on Cohen's ministerial adversaries but on Cohen himself.
Sports
Tips for Fans Attending the Tigers/Rebs Opener at the Liberty Bowl
With the U of M Tigers and Ole Miss Rebels squaring off Saturday at the Liberty Bowl, the good folks at the University of Memphis have a few tips for fans who plan on attending ...
Garcia Commits to Basketball Tigers
Another highly regarded prep star has committed to John Calipari's U of M Tigers. The news comes on the heels of an embarrassing brush with the law by several Tigers at the downtown Plush Club.
From the Chicago Sun-Times: In recent weeks, coaches from Kentucky, Arizona and Ohio State had called Angel Garcia, trying to get involved with the East Chicago Central star. Garcia, tired of the phone calls and the recruiting process, decided he had had enough over the weekend ...
Tigers Face Dangerous Foe in Arkansas State
The Memphis Tigers have won 10 of the last 11 meetings with Arkansas State on the gridiron (though the Indians took last year's game at the Liberty Bowl).
This annual contest has traditionally served as an early-season stepping stone for the U of M, as conference play awaits later in the month.
But that trend may be over ...
A Memphis Wolverine's Lament
Taking defeat like a man ...
What do you do when your alma mater goes from national championship contender to national joke the first week of the football season by losing 34-32 to Appalachian State?
Withhold your $100 annual contribution to the University of Michigan alumni fund? Yeah, that'll hurt a lot.
Take the maize-and-blue sticker off your car? That will show them ...
FROM MY SEAT: Early Lessons
"Thou shalt not turn the ball over inside the opponent's 10-yard-line." When the Memphis Tigers committed this sin not once, but twice in their 2007 season opener Saturday against Ole Miss, their penalty was a 20-0 halftime deficit that proved too much to overcome, even with a spirited second-half comeback.
UM-Ole Miss: Early Blunders and a Late Comeback Were the Story
"Thou shalt not turn the ball over inside the opponent's 10-yard-line." When the Memphis Tigers flouted this commandment twice in their Saturday opener against Ole Miss, their penalty was a 20-0 halftime deficit that proved too much to overcome, even with a spirited second-half comeback.
Film
Friends with Money
Solid French drama My Best Friend examines how class differences can complicate friendship.
Opinion
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Letter from the Editor
There's a guy I see three or four times a week. We don't speak ...
Politics and Justice
How does Tennessee Waltz fit in?
John Ford: 66 Months
The biggest fish in Tennessee Waltz gets the biggest sentence.
Food & Wine
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