One art opening tonight: it s at the Memphis Arts Council offices for Passion for Nature, works by Jeanne Reynolds. Tonight s Orpheum Summer Movie Series feature is One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest. James Taylor is in concert tonight at The Pyramid. Back at Horseshoe Casino, there s a show by Daryl Hall […]
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MORE ELVIS
Lansky Brothers, the men s clothing store that provided Elvis with his hip duds, has announced that it will produce a line of Elvis-inspired clothing. As of now, the line is limited to 1950s-style rockabilly shirts and suits. Elvis fans who wish to emulate the rocker s bedazzling white-jumpsuit look remain S.O.L.
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PIECES OF THE CROSS
Once upon a time there was only Graceland. Nowadays rock-and-roll pilgrims may choose to visit any number of Elvis-related shrines throughout the Mid-South, each with its own assortment of increasingly bizarre relics. If you thought that Elvis’ Dilaudid bottles, part of Dr. Nick’s “Memories of Elvis” exhibit at Hollywood Casino, was the creme de la […]
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thursday, august 16
Tonight, the Playwrights’ Forum production of Dancing at the Revolution opens at TheatreWorks. There are lots of Elvis Week events, not the least of which is Elvis: The Concert, a massive multimedia show that reunites Elvis’ band members live on stage with a video-projected King performing with them. One non-sanctioned event is tonight’s Millennium Death […]
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Short Cuts
St. Louis Blues Archie Shepp (Jazz Magnet) Archie Shepp, besides being a playwright and professor, is one of the more notable musicians to come out of the avant-garde (or free) movement that revolutionized jazz in the 1960s. He was considered a fearsome intellectual who articulated his rage at social injustice through his vitriolic and very […]
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wednesday, august 15
Tonight, of course, is the night of the Elvis Week Candlelight Vigil and Vigilcast, during which guests line up and pay their respects as they make their way up the long driveway to the gravesite. And just down the street, it might be very interesting to see what’s happening at karaoke night at Hernando’s Hide-A-Way. […]
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VERBATIM
“On the morning of August 16, 1993, I was driving along Highway 95 between Needles and Laughlin, Nevada, going from one construction site to another where my landscaping crews were working. The first verse of `Mama, I Miss Memphis’ was literally implanted into my consciousness — and I could feel another presence around me. I […]
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tuesday, august 14
Beats me….I guess it’s probably because I’m just hot and bored, but I keep flipping through the papers and the only things that pique my interest are the obituaries, the Target ads, and the little blurbs about how much celebrities are paying for their homes. As much as I try, I can’t keep up with […]
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SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
Now for some non-Elvis-related news. Last Thursday John Willingham’s barbecue restaurant, famed for its charred succulent ribs and complex sauces, was destroyed by a two-alarm fire. More alarming than the actual fire was the number of news stations that broke into regular network programing to report the blaze. Only in Memphis does a burning rib-shack […]
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BILL LOVES ELVIS
Or at least his cooking. Writing for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Elisa Crouch reported that during his eight years in office former President William Jefferson Clinton “amassed 625 tons of papers, photographs, and gifts … including an Elvis Presley Cookbook.” As of yet no special prosecutor has been appointed to determine whether the cookbook was […]
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SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
Now for some non-Elvis-related news. Last Thursday John Willingham’s barbecue restaurant, famed for its charred succulent ribs and complex sauces, was destroyed by a two-alarm fire. More alarming than the actual fire was the number of news stations that broke into regular network programing to report the blaze. Only in Memphis does a burning rib-shack […]