I’ll swear on a stack of 45s that “All The Kids Are Right,” by Illinois hard-rock duo Local H, is one of the greatest anthems in rock-and-roll history — sardonic, poignant, hilarious, and driven heavenward by the crunchiest power riffs since Kurt Cobain left this world. Singer-songwriter/guitarist Scott Lucas gazes out at the increasingly bored, […]
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City Sports
Does Stromile Swift have a future with the Grizzlies? The case for Wagner to stay.
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Of Two Minds
John F. Nash and Andrea P. Yates: one a doctor of mathematics and a Nobel Prize winner; the other a registered nurse and housewife. One considered to have “a beautiful mind”; the other as having a mind tormented enough to kill her own children. Both have been diagnosed as schizophrenic. But while John Nash lives […]
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A Local Matter
As if state lawmakers need any more reasons to get Tennessee’s fiscal house in order, this week the Memphis City Schools Board of Education approved a $743 million operating budget for 2002-2003. Some of those costs are to fulfill requirements placed on Memphis by the state, such as smaller classroom size. The school board is […]
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Short Cuts
Don’t Worry About Me Joey Ramone (Sanctuary) Released a few months after he died of cancer (at age 49) and just a few weeks before his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this solo debut and final farewell from punk’s most beloved icon can’t help but bring to mind some of rock-and-roll’s […]
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Sound Advice
Filmed last fall at Newby’s as an extension of the Memphis Troubadours Acoustic Showcase and as a pilot for a proposed syndicated television show, The Acoustic Highway will have its local premiere at the Lounge on Wednesday, March 27th. The event will kick off with a live remote broadcast by 107.5 FM the Pig from […]
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Blowing It
Two years ago, the NAACP galvanized a horde of politicians, college and professional athletes, and hip-hop, rock, and movie stars to rally and boycott South Carolina for flying the Confederate battle flag over the state capitol dome. State officials capitulated and agreed to move the flag to a Confederate monument on statehouse grounds. This should […]
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PURITAN VALUES II
Look! Up in the sky! It s a stick er, it s a poster, it s a bill board, it s all of the above, it s … it s … it s the $25,000* anti-prostitution media cam paign. That s right. Memphis is working hard to eliminate prostitution by inform ing hook ers and […]
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Short Cuts
Caught In the Webb: A Tribute to the Legendary Webb Pierce Various Artists (Audium Records) Webb Pierce dominated country music in the ’50s, all but inventing the lonesome twang and weepy pedal-steel-laden sound of modern honky-tonk music. But Pierce’s voice could be grating taken in large doses. The Louisiana Hayride‘s commanding cowboy Horace Logan, who […]
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Sound Advice
Fresh off a Premier Player Award nomination for “Best Band” (along with three nominations in individual instrumental categories), The Gamble Brothers Band will celebrate the release of their debut album, 10 Lbs. of Hum, on Friday, March 15th, at Newby’s. Recorded at local songwriting fixture Keith Sykes’ Woodshed studio, with Sykes co-producing, this impressive debut […]
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Sound Advice
Emerging over the last year as perhaps the most promising new band in the city, Snowglobe takes the next step this week with the release of their debut album, Our Land Brains. Released by the Athens, Georgia, label Bardot Records, Our Land Brains actually improves on the band’s live show, capturing their gently psychedelic sound. […]