Ah, who knows? Go back to the Blue Monkey to hear Harry and David and be sure to pick up a copy of The Memphis Flyer.
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WILLIE FOR BOGGS?
A small handful of baseball-style trading cards featuring such Memphis luminaries as Mayor Willie Herenton, restaurateur Thomas Boggs, and Beale Street magnate John Elkington mysteriously appeared at Fly headquarters last week. We will happily trade our complete, mint-condition set for one 1979 Pete Rose (with ball cap); otherwise we ll be forced to unload our […]
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monday, july 9th
For some music and one of the best views in town, check out the River City Jazz Society tonight at River Terrace on Mud Island.
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saturday, july 7th
One more art opening this week: this afternoon at David Lusk Gallery, for A Vessel, A Path, an exhibition of paintings, and lovely ones they are, by Maysey Craddock. Today s big, big party is the 127th Annual St. Peter Home Picnic, a Memphis tradition that helps a lot of people and features carnival rides, […]
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FED-EXISTENTIAL DREAD
FedEx, Memphis colossus of distribution, was charged with a discrimination suit after firing seven employees who refused to cut off their dreadlocks. The workers, who are members of the Rastafarian religion and believe that their dreadlocks are a symbol of unity with their creator, have invoked the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which states that […]
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GOOD GIRLS GO BAD
You know every word by heart. You could hear the courage and the heartache in every note she sang. Everything she touched turned to pure country gold. She is Tammy Wynette, the greatest female country vocalist of all time, and a traveling exhibit displaying a number of the performer?s personal effects is coming to a […]
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Short Cuts
No Nose Job: The Legend of Digital Underground Digital Underground (Tommy Boy) They were the Next Big Thing of 1990 — an eccentric West Coast hip-hop crew upping the ante on De La Soul’s “D.A.I.S.Y Age” revolution of a year before. Led by the long, lean doppelganger duo (at the time, I thought they were […]
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SUNDQUIST GOES HAWAIIAN
A.P. political writer Tom Sharp noted that a number of Tennessee legislators, including the governor, wore Hawaiian shirts to Legislative Plaza as a not-so-subtle suggestion to lawmakers that it s time to go. According to Sharp the governor s attire was festive but conservative. Many pundits believe he would have sent a stronger message to […]
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VANITY PRESS
The white silk gauntlet has been thrown down. It looks like R.S.V.P. — Memphis monthly society magazine whose daring photojournalists regularly risk life and limb to bring back rare, nearly impossible-to-get shots of expensively clad party animals clutching their drink in one hand and their date in the other — is facing stiff competition. Elite, […]
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Poses Rufus Wainwright (Dreamworks) When I went to see Rufus Wainwright in Boston, not only did I finally manage to separate him from Elliot Smith but I also came to a pleasant conclusion: Rufus Wainwright is adorable. He’s also gifted with one of those rare, rich voices that can cover up all kinds of blind […]
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B.S. 101
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 […]
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wednesday, june 13th
Oh, I don t know. How about hanging out on the balcony at the Full Moon Club upstairs from Zinnie s East or on the patio at Side Street Grill. It s up to you.