- Issue Archive for
- Nov 29 - Dec 5, 2007
- Vol. 1, No. 979
Art
Plant, Animal, Mineral
Current exhibits at Clough-Hanson, Montyshane, and L Ross.
News
Shelby County Hazardous Waste Center Opens
Rick Messere unloaded three year's worth of mostly empty paint cans and some old batteries on opening day at the Shelby County Hazardous Waste Facility Tuesday morning. He was one of about 60 county residents who took advantage of the center's first day in business...
Think Locally
When it comes to Pakistan, we should mind our own business.
Radar Names Craig Brewer "New Radical"
Local director Craig Brewer is among the nine named a "New Radical" in the December/January issue of Radar. The feature is the first in what is planned to be an annual salute to "exciting rogues, renegades, and rule-breakers of the year."
Winners will be feted at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday and will receive a golden replica of Marcel Duchamp's urinal...
Memphis is America's Fattest City!
Here we go again. Yet another magazine with yet another city-ranking survey in which Memphis looks embarrassingly bad. This time, it's Forbes Magazine, and it's fat. Yep, according to Forbes, Memphis is "America's Fattest City."
According to Forbes: "Researchers have found that [Memphis] residents ...
Shane Battier Sings Neil Diamond!
This is disturbing, but it must be shared. Beloved former Griz star Shane Battier has been videoed performing a karaoke version of "Forever in Blue Jeans" by Neil Diamond.
The Griz take on Battier's Rockets tonight at FedExForum. Watch this video and get prepared. What's next? Yao Ming crooning Celine Dion?
Watch it here, but don't say we didn't warn you.
Q & A: Bill Gibbons
Shelby County District Attorney
Male Prostitution in Overton Park?
The Memphis Police Department announced today that they have arrested several men on prostitution and indecent exposure charges during a sting operation in Overton Park on Thursday...
Endpapers
What's new in books? Coward in letters and Borat in the U.S. and A.; plus a latke on the run, Cleopatra's nose, and the conscience of a liberal. The Flyer has a look.
AIDS Memorial Quilt To Be Displayed
A portion of the massive AIDS Memorial Quilt will make a one-day appearance in Memphis on Saturday, December 1st in honor of World AIDS Day.
Twenty 12-foot-by-12-foot blocks from the colorful quilt will be shown at Rhodes College. Established in 1987, the NAMES project Foundation designed the 50-ton quilt. Over 40,000 blocks memorialize someone who has died from AIDS....
Holiday Stuff to Do in Memphis
There's plenty going on around town to bring out the holiday cheer in even the most Scroogely Memphians this holiday season.
Stop by the Pink Palace Museum for the Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees ...
Endpapers
Gift Books
AutoZone Stock Rises on Good Earnings News
Shares of Memphis-based AutoZone (AZO) motored higher Tuesday after the auto-supply retailer handily beat Wall Street's first-quarter profit targets.
From TheStreet.com: For the first quarter ended Nov. 17, the Memphis company earned $132.5 million, up 7 percent from $123.9 million a year earlier ...
Ho Ho Ho
A holiday buyers' guide to local politicians.
Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines Issues Call to Protest Convictions of West Memphis Three
Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks is the latest celeb to take up the cause of the West Memphis Three -- Damien Echols, Jesse Miskelley, and Jason Baldwin -- who were convicted for allegedly murdering three eight-year-old boys in 1993.
Maines writes on the Dixie Chicks website ...
Memphis Selling For Less
From South Memphis to Southwind, Memphis is losing value. Two people who ought to know say so. Both are professionals, and neither is an alarmist or a naysayer.
One of them is Shelby County asssessor Rita Clark. The other is auctioneer John Roebuck. They calculate value differently, but they’ve come to the same conclusion ...
Roller Derby Girls Calendar for Sale
The ladies of Memphis Roller Derby can clean your clock, and now they'll stuff your stocking, too!
The local roller derby is selling its very own 2008 pin-up calendars, featuring your favorite roller girls...
We Recommend
Music
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Master Blaster
Surveying Stevie Wonder, the now-underrated owner of one of modern pop's greatest discographies.
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Cauley To Return to the Scene of Plane Crash that Killed Bandmates, Redding
On Monday, Bar-Kays trumpeter Ben Cauley will return to the site of the 1967 plane crash that killed Otis Redding as well as several of his bandmates. Cauley will be attending a ceremony honoring Redding in Madison, Wisconsin....
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"Tune In" Thursday at the HiTone
Finally, those of us with 9-to-5 gigs can see some live music before midnight.
This Thursday night, Beale Street Caravan presents its "Tune Into Memphis" Showcase, the first in a series of lineups featuring local bands who'll be recorded for future radio play on the program...
Politics
Looking Ahead
The Democrats' state Senate leader sees reason for optimism in 2008.
Former Governor Dunn Meets His Fans at Bookstar Signing
The lines were respectably long and composed for the most part of vintage campaign colleagues, who smiled and reminisced with the author as copies of From a Standing Start, Winfield Dunn’s political memoir, got signed Wednesday night at Bookstar on Poplar by the onetime Memphis dentist and ex-Tennessee governor.
Mayoral Warning of Jurisdictional "Gray Line" Only Discordant Note in First Get-Together with New Council
Though the grins were plentiful as Mayor Willie Herenton and members of his council-to-be in 2008 got together for lunch at The Rendezvous on Wednesday, the smiles may have tightened up a little when His Honor climaxed the get-acquainted event with a speech that warned of a “grey line” and of “certain areas where either branch decided to get into the other branch’s domain.”
Five Things Mike Huckabee Doesn't Want You to Know About Him
The latest Iowa presidential polls have former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee leading the Republican pack. So can the Huckster really earn the nomination? AlterNet's John Gorenfeld says not so fast:
"Look who's the dark horse now: Not Fred Thompson ...
Who Is This Huckabee Mug Anyhow, and Why Is He Stealing Fred Thompson's Thunder?
Unlike the (so far) unlucky Thompson, the folksy but articulate Mike Huckabee has his role down pat: He's an unabashed pro-life social conservative but an economic populist who raised taxes for social programs as Arkansas governor and who regularly denounces "Wall Street" in the manner of a latter-day FDR.
Sports
More Than the Name 'Taylor' Unites Two Fallen Warriors
Until November 26th, their only link was a shared name and sport of choice. Sadly, though, Taylor Bradford of the Memphis Tigers and Sean Taylor of the Washington Redskins will now forever be linked for having been shot and killed during the 2007 football season.
Memphis Tops USC in OT, 62-58
The Memphis Tigers overcame horrendous free-throw shooting (7-17) and a tenacious Southern Cal triangle-and-two defense to defeat the Trojans in the Jimmy V Classic in Madison Square Garden, 62-58 ...
Nutt Hotty-Toddied Wednesday
According to a report in Jackson, Mississippi's Clarion-Ledger, Ole Miss' new football coach Houston Nutt received a standing ovation from fans Wednesday in Oxford.
“I feel like this place can be successful. I feel like this place can win.," he said. "I can’t wait to tell (the players) that the way you spell fun is w-i-n.”...
Grizzlies Lose Heartbreaker at Buzzer to Portland, 106-105
(AP) - Travis Outlaw scored 21 points, including the winning 6-foot runner as the buzzer sounded, to give the Portland Trail Blazers their first road victory of the season, 106-105 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night.
Officials reviewed the basket after the game not only to see if Outlaw got the shot off in time, but also whether the clock started properly when Portland inbounded the ball with 2.8 seconds left ...
Memphis is Eight-Point Favorite Over USC at MSG
We know that readers of this website would ever place a bet on a basketball game, but if you're looking to see what the professional odds-makers think about tonight's game between 2nd-ranked Memphis and 25th-ranked USC, we suggest you check out TheSpread.com.
Here's a sample: Oddsmakers from Bodog have made Memphis -8 point spread favorites for today's game ...
Grizzlies Blister T-Wolves, 109-80
The Memphis Grizzlies took an early lead and kept pulling away throughout the game to cruise to an easy victory over Minnesota at the FedExForum Saturday night ...
Bama Booster Awarded $5 Million Judgment Against NCAA
A jury awarded University of Alabama football booster Ray Keller a $5 million judgment today against the NCAA. Keller claims he was caught up the NCAA's attempts to "set a trap" for Alabama and another booster, the late Memphian Logan Young...
FROM MY SEAT: America's Fatal Flaw
Until November 26th, their only link was a shared name and sport of choice. Sadly, though, Taylor Bradford of the Memphis Tigers and Sean Taylor of the Washington Redskins will now forever be linked for having been shot and killed during the 2007 football season.
Film
Enchanting
Amy Adams' charming daffiness wins out in Disney princess flick.
Stephen King's "The Mist" Just Misses
The Mist opens on a dark and stormy night in Castle Rock, Maine, in the home of a book-cover artist (Thomas Jane) whose horror, fantasy, and sci-fi images cover his living room. If you've read much Stephen King, you sense the author's presence even if you haven't seen the Stephen King's appendage on the film's title.
For a while, The Mist, adapted from a novella at the end of his '80s-era story collection Skeleton Crew, seems like it's going to be a pretty good King adaptation ...
Opinion
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Letter from the Editor
They broke the service window, then went inside, kicked off their stilettos, removed their accessories, and proceeded to kick McAss ...
Idol Fancies
The presidential candidates are contestants in the ultimate reality show.
Auctioning Memphis
Memphis is selling for a lot less than it was a year ago.
Food & Wine
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A Zagat Guide for Memphis?
Memphis boasts a variety of fine-dining and specialty restaurants. Apparently that word has spread to noted dining-guide publisher Zagat, which is considering including Memphis in 2008...
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The Here and Now
"Locavore" isn't just a trendy word — it's a way of life.
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