The Best Free Show You’ll See This week, A New Scientific Element (Really? No, not really). PLUS: A Cheney Cabal?, Leon Picks Up a Defender (and a Few More Attackers), and (Believe It Or Not) “Scooter” Libby the Novelist: These and other topics on “Let It Fly,” the new Flyer newsblog (see above). Feel free to comment.
Posted inLetters To The Editor, Opinion
Letters to the editor
Leon Gray I’m glad Chris Davis (Fly on the Wall, October 20th issue) pointed out what I have also observed: Air America’s WWTQ Progressive Talk 680-AM took a sharp turn to the right by adding Leon Gray as its local talk-show personality. For many years, we have had a right-wing anti-gay Christian talk-radio show: Mike […]
Posted inWe Recommend, We Recommend
We Recommend 10/27-11/3
Thursday October 27 Talk presented by the Memphis Herb Society Memphis Botanic Garden, 7 p.m. One of the perks of being a member of the Memphis Herb Society, now in its 15th year, is having your pick from the group’s patch at the Memphis Botanic Garden — rosemary, sage, thyme, lavender, at least three types […]
Posted inMusic, Record Reviews
Listening Log: 10-19-05
Jacksonville City Nights Ryan Adams and the Cardinals (UMG) It’d be oh so easy to ignore the shenanigans of Ryan Adams, the petulant, prolific clown prince of indie rockers. Then one or two gems will appear in the avalanche to keep the hopeful hoping. However, albums like Jacksonville City Nights prove that Adams is a […]
Posted inNews, The Fly-By
The Cheat Sheet
1. The West Memphis City Council rejects a proposal to raise the pay of its members. Yes, you read that correctly. One member even said, “I don’t believe we should vote on a pay raise while we’re in office.” What is wrong with the politicians in West Memphis? That’s the only time to vote on […]
Posted inMusic, Record Reviews
Listening Log : 10-12-05
All Jacked Up Gretchen Wilson (Epic) A red-state anthem that name-checked evil empire Wal-Mart and still provoked plenty of lefty love, “Redneck Woman” didn’t just have it both ways, it had it every which way. It was undeniable. But now Wilson’s calculation and pop ambition is getting the best of her. The litany of product-placement […]
Posted inTheater, Theater Feature
Ears to You
Van Gogh’s paintings have so much depth. You can see the passion in them. And you don’t so much look at them as you look into them,” says Rob Satterlee, Playhouse on the Square’s guest director for Inventing Van Gogh, a joint production with the Brooks Museum of Art where the play is being performed. […]
Posted inLetters To The Editor, Opinion
Letters to the editor
The Redesign I’m a faithful reader of the Flyer and have been picking it up every week since its beginning. In fact, it’s the only paper I read. As an artist I have always loved the Flyer aesthetically — the design on the front cover, the paper it was printed on, the different inks and […]
Posted inPolitics, Politics Beat Blog
POLITICS
CROSSROADS POLITICS Republicans could be forgiven for indulging in some bittersweet rejoicing last week. It had been back-and-forth for most of the evening, but when the final vote was totaled last Thursday night in the District 29 state Senate special election, Democrat Ophelia Ford was ahead by only 13 votes – count ‘em, 13. Final […]
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Letters to the Editor
Ford and Sheehan Ordinarily, I don’t respond to misquotes attributed to me in the Memphis Flyer. But because I was moved by the courage, resolve, and seriousness of Cindy Sheehan, I must correct the record. In his August 25th column, Jackson Baker wrote: “Ford declined to second-guess Bush’s decision not to meet with Sheehan concerning […]
