Takegreatpictures.com recently ranked the Memphis In May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest 7th in its top 10 event and destination picks for taking pictures this spring. It’s number 1 pick for pix? The World Grits Festival in St. George, South Carolina.
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West Memphis Three Movie
Variety reported last week that Dimension films has purchased the rights to Mara Leveritt’s book Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three, which covered the murder of three young boys and the controversial conviction of three teens in West Memphis in the early 90s. The film will be directed by Scott Derrickson and and written by Paul Harris Boardman, who worked together on The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Read the story here.
On Sunday, former Misfit member Michale Graves will stop by the Complex for the Almost Home Tour concert in support of Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley Jr., and Jason Baldwin, the men convicted of the murders who are also known as the West Memphis Three. Read the story.
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Letters to the Editor
Stomped The Ponderosa Stomp (Music, May 11th issue) was the most memorable music event of my life. The festival honors the unsung heroes of the blues, soul, rockabilly, swamp pop, and New Orleans rhythm and blues while they are still alive. More than 80 acts were densely packed into three nights on three stages at the Gibson Guitar Factory. William Bell, […]
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We Recommend
thursday May 18 An Evening with Maya Angelou Cook Convention Center, 7 p.m., $50-$100 Circuit Court judge D’Army Bailey has lots of well-connected friends, including best-selling author and poet Maya Angelou, who comes to Memphis tonight to raise money for Bailey’s reelection campaign. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster or pay $500 for the VIP reception. […]
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Record Reviews
Taking the Long Way Dixie Chicks (Columbia) The Dixie Chicks come back dark and defiant. Attacking the president of the United States from a London stage three years ago was not a heroic act. Natalie Maines’ comments were too glib and pandering for that. The Dixie Chicks emerged heroic in the aftermath, but not as […]
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‘Cue Up
B&Q, a Home Depot-like chain in the UK and Europe, is offering the Memphis Retro Style 2 Burner Gas Barbecue. Looks like it’s currently out of stock. But that may be a good thing: Someone dragging one of these precious little grills (comes in pink, blue, red, and cream) down to the Barbecue Cooking Contest is likely to get pelted with ribs. For more information, go to the B&Q site here.
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This Is So Fly
We happened upon this cool little graphic showing radar of FedEx aircraft arriving in Memphis during a storm. We especially dig the groovy soundtrack. Check it out here.
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Say Anything
You think Memphis In May is the only thing happening in Memphis in May? As rhetoricians might say, “Bitch, please.”
Really, they might, and you can ask them during the Rhetoric Society of America 2006 conference being held in Memphis May 26th-May 29th. Topics include: “Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word to Say: Official Apology and Rhetorical Agency in Contemporary Danish Politics,” “Reintroducing the Body into Ethos Formation and Expression,” “Late 19th Century Southern Suffrage Rhetoric and the Tangled Intersections of Racial and Gendered Politics,” and much, much more. For more information, go to the RSA Web site here.
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Letters to the Editor
Leaning Left? It’s no secret that the Flyer is a left-leaning publication, which is fine and dandy with me. I am a conservative and I still pick up a copy every week — not to see what’s happening on the other side of the political opinion spectrum, but because I love Memphis and care about […]
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We Recommend
thursday May 11 Women’s Foundation Lunch & Learn Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, noon-1:30 p.m., $25 The topic of today’s lunch is “Work/Life Balance” and will include a panel of corporate and nonprofit leaders discussing the importance of the family-friendly workplace. Artist Studio Visit Material, 2553 Broad, 6-7 p.m. Delta Axis program that offers a […]
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Record Reviews
A Blessing and a Curse The Drive-By Truckers (New West) Three-guitar attack strips boogie and blues from the Skynyrd blueprint. The title of the Drive-By Truckers’ sixth studio album might refer to the band’s bulging lineup. A longtime partnership of Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, the Drive-By Truckers are probably still best known for 2001’s […]
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Stomping at the Gibson
A New Orleans roots-music festival takes refuge in Memphis.
