2003 BRIDGES KICKOFF FOOTBALL CLASSIC. The high school triple-header will include three games, marching bands, and a halftime show featuring the STAX gospel choir. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Games at 2, 4:30 and 7 p.m.
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friday, 22
ART WORKSHOP,hosted by local artist Wes Loudenslager. Peabody Elementary School, 2086 Young Ave.
Posted inFilm Features, Film/TV
Frightening
The Asian import The Eye is a ghost story that relies more on true cinema –in this case, a carefully constructed sound design and effective shock cinematography and editing –than high-tech gimmickry. This aptitude and affinity for low-tech scares is apparent from moment one: spooky opening-credit images that seem to be nothing more than hands […]
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Sound Advice
I think Billy Bob Thornton‘s great. As a screenwriter, he’s helped illuminate the world I came from (small-town Arkansas) with more insight than any filmmaker ever has or that I ever thought imaginable in a Hollywood film, first with the great modern noir One False Move (which tracked a band of killers from L.A. to […]
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thursday, 21
PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW: Work by Susan O’Connor will be on display with proceeds from the show benefiting the Memphis Charitable Foundation. Jay Eskin Gallery, 409 S. Main St.
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Pop 101
Boogaloo: The Quintessence of American Popular Music By Arthur Kempton Pantheon, 468 pp., $27.50 An “educational consultant” and frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, Arthur Kempton offers an ambitious if not quite successful addition to the scores of tomes on American music history with Boogaloo: The Quintessence of American Popular Music, a […]
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Our Town
Regional cinema is something that “indie” filmmaking can and should be about but too often isn’t: Think of Kevin Smith’s New Jersey, Victor Nunez’s Florida, or Abel Ferrara’s New York. The Polish brothers, director Michael and writer/actor Mark — their debut, Twin Falls, set in Idaho; the follow-up, Jackpot, taking place in Nevada; their latest, […]
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Sound Advice
You’ve heard of “new Dylans,” right? Well, back in post-Born in the USA 1986, John Eddie was a “new Springsteen.” A New Jersey-based bar rocker who was frequently joined onstage by the Boss himself, Eddie was a well-hyped signee to Columbia Records, his only quasi-successful eponymous debut apparently consigning him to the state of next […]
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wednesday, 13
Redbirds vs. Las Vegas at AutoZone Park, 7:05 p.m.
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Sound Advice
It’s been a long time since I popped in a CD that made me get up and dance like someone had poured battery acid down my pants. But the eponymous EP from Knoxville’s Pink Sexies (which arrived courtesy of the good folks at Memphis’ tastefully named Wrecked ‘Em Records) did just that and then some. […]
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WATCH THIS SPACE!
The online version of The Flyer is taking a brief siesta from new postings while worker ants below the surface of the screen are busily installing some renovations that, one morning presumably early next week, will delight your eye, your brain, and the rest of your sensorium. Meanwhile, our regular rotation has reached two regular columnists, Ed Weathers and Cheri DelBrocco, who customarily draw beaucoup reader response. So respond away to them, to a nifty (and provocative) essay hy new find Dan Johnson, or to anything else while we do our thing. It won’t take long, and we can sure use your advice.
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LA CAGE AU FOLLY
…The real question is not whether we ought to allow gays to enter into this state of reduced vitality, but whether we can afford it! America is much more than an international bully. Sure, it’s how we have the most fun, but we are also the worldwide arbiters of style and culture. It is our major export. And who do you think makes these creative decisions? George Will? If gays are allowed to marry, our only drama export will be screenplays of Tom Clancy books and our entries in the fall fashion shows will be done in tweed– probably earth tones with big leather belts and sensible shoes….