• 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

  • 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.

  • 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....

  • 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 ...

We Recommend

Music

  • Master Blaster

    Surveying Stevie Wonder, the now-underrated owner of one of modern pop's greatest discographies.

Politics

  • 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 ...

Sports

  • 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 ...

Film

  • 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

  • Letter from the Editor

    They broke the service window, then went inside, kicked off their stilettos, removed their accessories, and proceeded to kick McAss ...

Food & Wine

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