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Local Web Series Headshop Premieres

Chris Herrington — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:55:00 -0500

Craig Brewer's $5 Cover was the canary in the coal mine, and another MTV production, Savage County, followed. This weekend, a new Memphis-shot web-based film series premieres in the form of Headshop, a series that follows nine characters whose lives intersect around a local headshop where a new designer drug is being sold.…

Saying Goodbye to Live From Memphis

Chris McCoy — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:39:00 -0600

In an announcement posted on the front page of their popular web site, the pioneering arts community organization Live From Memphis announced last week that it will be ceasing operation. “The bottom line is that our site has far outgrown our resources to run it,” the announcement reads in part.…

Rolling Head Orchestra Election-Night Stream

Joe Boone — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:58:00 -0600

Alex Greene is biased. The former NYU electronic music student/organic farmer/multi-instrumental songsmith/Tav Falco sideman/inveterate lefty is taking to the bitwaves in an election-night live-from-the-studio stream of his Rolling Head Orchestra on DittyTV.…

Nothing To See Here Podcast Re-Launches

J.D. Reager — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:11:59 -0500

After an unexpected 8-month hiatus, the Nothing To See Here podcast returns to the interwebs this week with a brand new home - the Shut Up And Listen network - and a dynamite first guest, actor/comedian (and Memphis native) Chris Parnell.

NTSH creator/host Kirk Rawlings spoke to the Flyer this week about re-launching the podcast and more.…

Fast Planet Needs Your Vote

Chris Herrington — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:48:12 -0500

Memphis electronic-rock band Fast Planet made their live debut only a couple of months ago, but the video for the band's single “Lost” is already in the mix for a potential rotation spot on MTVu.

The video is among five “freshmen” spots competing in an online vote that's open now and closes on August 17th.…

Local Filmmakers Kentucker Audley and Brian Pera Take to the Web Tonight

Chris Herrington — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:00:07 -0500

Memphis filmmakers Brian Pera and Kentucker Audley will both do live web events tonight as a means of kicking new projects or products.

Pera landed a notable cult actress, Ann Magnuson, for his last film, the under-recognized Woman's Picture.…

Testing Out a New Campaign Theme Song?: Obama Croons "Let's Stay Together."

Chris Herrington — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:55:23 -0600

At a campaign event last night, with the right Rev. Al Green apparently in attendance, President Obama croons a little "Let's Stay Together."

Ladies and gentleman, the radical socialist Manchurian candidate bent on the destruction of all that is American, in action:

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Live From Memphis Turns 11

J.D. Reager — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:42:36 -0600

Venerable local arts/film/music organization Live From Memphis will celebrate its 11th birthday this Friday night (01/13) at 7 p.m. with an open-house party at company headquarters (1 S. Main).

Founder Christopher Reyes spoke to the Flyer this afternoon via telephone about the past, present, and future of LFM.…

Live From Memphis Launches "Nothing To See Here" Podcast

J.D. Reager — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:12:47 -0500

This week the website Live From Memphis unveiled the latest addition to its already robust arsenal of freely distributed online components promoting Memphis music, film and creative work, a weekly podcast titled "Nothing To See Here." Live From Memphis will celebrate the launch of the new podcast with a party this Thursday, August 25, 7 p.m. at the Lamplighter Lounge.…

The Onion's AV Club Visits Memphis Landmarks

Chris Herrington — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:39:18 -0500

The Onion's AV Club is doing an online travel series called Pop Pilgrims, in which a three-man crew is road-tripping to visit 36 pop culture landmarks around the country and shooting five-minute videos at each destination — one city a week for 12 weeks, three landmark locations in each city. Among the initial stops have been California locations that are featured in films such as Vertigo, The Graduate, and Reservoir Dogs.…

Live From Memphis Launches "Get Down" Series

Chris Herrington — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:01:28 -0500

In a partnership with the Center City Commission, Live From Memphis today launched "Get Down," a series of short web-based films promoting downtown life and culture. The series, which will debut a new episode each Thursday for the next 10 weeks, is co-directed by Live From Memphis' Christopher Reyes and Sarah Fleming and co-hosted by local actors John Pickle and Brett Magdovitz in fictional guise.…

Alex Harrison on ArtsMemphisTV

Chris Herrington — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:43:33 -0500

The Flyer's annual "Best of Memphis" issue hit the streets today. It's packed with goodness, but one of the cooler elements is the series of illustrations from local artist Alex Harrison.…

T-Minus Awesome

Greg Akers — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:52:05 -0500

This place right here is the best website on the Internet right now and for the next week-plus. In celebration of the impending 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon (you remember the one: Neil Armstrong, American flag, footprints, sound stage in California), the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is recreating the event as if it were happening in realtime in our techno-geek age.…

"$5 Cover: Seattle" Launches (and Other Craig Brewer News)

Chris Herrington — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:50:00 -0500

Some Memphians may have been disappointed in the national impact Craig Brewer's made-for-MTV series $5 Cover: Memphis had, but apparently MTV was satisfied.

The network's new media division is going ahead with plans to turn Brewer's $5 Cover concept — semi-fictional short films set in real places and starring real musicians — into a new franchise, with $5 Cover: Seattle set to begin shooting sometime this summer.…

Craig Brewer's Burlesque Footage

Chris Herrington — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:44:00 -0500

Memphis filmmaker Craig Brewer has found some 10-year-old rehearsal footage he shot for the Memphis Confidential Burlesque Show at the Hi-Tone Cafe, and has posted on his BrewTube channel:

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Update: Memphis Jobs

Greg Akers — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:18:00 -0500

SING ALL KINDS noted back in April the rumor traveling around the web that Steve Jobs, CEO/co-founder, Apple, had moved to Memphis for health reasons.

That rumor has gotten some substantiation today with the Wall Street Journal's report that Jobs had a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago.…

Film News: Li'l Film Fest Saturday, New Web Series Launches

Chris Herrington — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:28:00 -0500

After making an extremely successful return from a rather length hiatus in March, Live From Memphis' Li'l Film Fest is back this Saturday at the Brooks Museum for its 10th installment. Each Li'l Film Fest charges local filmmakers with making short films on a theme, with this weekend's installment on the subject of family.…

DVD Review: Lake of Fire

Chris Herrington — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:11:00 -0500

In a world of media and news overload, some stories grab you and plenty of others that should get your attention slip away instead. The pained re-ignition of the seemingly insolvable abortion debate following the heinous murder of Kansas late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller grabbed me, though I've been disappointed by the tenor of so much I've read and heard.…

BK Broiler: Ripples in a Lake of Fire

Greg Akers — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:09:00 -0500

Regular readers of SING ALL KINDS know that the Flyer's Chris Davis has reported on the Burger King imbroglio (imbroilglio?) — with the Mid-South franchisee, Mirabile Investment Corporation, of the BK fast-food brand putting up signs reading "Global Warming is Baloney" — on May 27, May 29, and June 2.…

UPDATE: Becky Quick and "Becky Quick"

Greg Akers — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:02:04 -0500

A week ago, SING ALL KINDS reported on local pop band 40 Watt Moon, who lyricized their ardor for CNBC anchor Becky Quick in the song, named, appropriately enough, "Becky Quick." (Band member Chip Googe is an Account Executive for the Memphis Flyer.)

Since then, the story has traveled the information superhighway between Memphis and not-Memphis, having been picked up in notes from TVNewser and a North Carolina Biz Blog.…

Cody Dickinson and Clare Grant: Too Hot for MTV

Chris Herrington — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:48:24 -0500

Craig Brewer has posted the infamous "director's cut" footage from "Track 10" of $5 Cover on his YouTube channel. The footage, deemed "too hot" for both MTV and FiveDollarCover.com, features Hill Country Revue's Dickinson, actress Grant, Dickinson's electric washboard (dubbed the "Psychedelic Sex Machine"), and a "silver bullet" vibrator.…

$5 Cover, Craig Brewer on Boing Boing

Chris Herrington — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:52:00 -0500

$5 Cover was featured on the popular blog Boing Boing yesterday, including a Boing Boing-created video with fresh interview content from Craig Brewer:

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$5 Cover Roundup

Chris Herrington — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:41:32 -0500

The $5 Cover rollout picks up steam tonight as the 15-"track" series has its world premiere at Malco's Paradiso. There are screenings at 7, 7:15, 9:30, and 9:45.…

Memphis Jobs

Greg Akers — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:34:47 -0500

Okay, here's a story that sounds like the most untrue thing ever. Naturally, I'm going to link to it.…