Fly on the Wall understands that the DeSoto County Civic Center is looking for some willing corporation to put its name on the place. Well, The Memphis Flyer would like to humbly submit its name to the arena. For this rare privilege, we would only charge the DCCC a mere $2 billion, payable over the […]
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UMM, SORRY?
One (presumed) Flyer reader sent us an angry e-mail to defend Johnny Seaton, a Las Vegas-based Elvis impersonator who, as far as we know, has never been written about in the Flyer. The reader referred to an article published, well, somewhere that described Seaton as a hack who s awful even by the standards of […]
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UMM, SORRY?
One (presumed) Flyer reader sent us an angry e-mail to defend Johnny Seaton, a Las Vegas-based Elvis impersonator who, as far as we know, has never been written about in the Flyer. The reader referred to an article published, well, somewhere that described Seaton as a hack who s awful even by the standards of […]
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SAY IT AND SPRAY IT
God bless those wacky folks in South Memphis. They re not content to just display an opinion with a yard sign like all those NBA NOW, No Taxes NBA, and even Eternal Egypt NOW signs popping up everywhere. Some Memphian decided that, in this case, if you want to really voice your opinion, you better […]
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JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY
A letter in this month s Ebony magazine penned by Memphian J.L. Greenhow praises Lil Bow Wow for shunning the vulgarity, profanity, and very outdated last-decade use of demoralizing women. We must agree with Greenhow. Lil Bow Wow s lines, such as I ought snatch up your daughter, but I was brought up with respect. […]
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Short Cuts
Lucy Ford Atmosphere (Rhyme Sayers) The perpetual miracle of pop music is the way undeniable cultural eruptions emanate from unlikely or marginalized sources. Whine all you want about plastic teen-pop (which produces its own miracles occasionally) and corporate consolidation, but our most democratic art form constantly renews itself, giving voice to lives that might otherwise […]
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wednesday, june 6th
Memphis Mercury soccer team hosts Kentucky at Mike Rose Stadium at 7:30.
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SAY “UNCLE”
At Monday s city and county commission meetings, those for and against the proposed NBA arena showed up in force. Even good ol Uncle Sam, standing 10 feet tall (including stilts) and wearing a clown s costume complete with big red nose and funny hair. Uncle Sam didn t like paying for a new arena […]
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tuesday, june 5th
Create your own cartoons with Danny Tennial at the Raleigh Branch Library. Also, “All Pears,” paintings by Barbara Lieberman, are showing at Playhouse on the Square.
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B.S. I01
We re always amazed at the continuing education classes that teach the fine art of writing, because they always make it look so fun, so easy. Case in point: the latest catalog from the University of Memphis, offering a six-session class called The Craft of Magazine Writing. For just $89, participants can turn yourdreams into […]