In light of a tentative agreement with the Chinese government, it appears that the giant pandas Le Le and Ya Ya will be coming to the Memhis Zoo’s China exhibit after all, perhaps even as early as January. Noting that Chinese resident Jiang Zemin will be visiting President George W. Bush’s ranch in October, former […]
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SHAKY CITY
Dateline Memphis: This month, a team of scientists studying the New Madrid Fault intend to set off a series of explosions buried deep within the sediments of the Mississippi River to determine how seismic waves would move through deep sand and clay should a major earthquake actually occur in our region. In a related story, […]
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MULTITALENTED
An appliance-repair center on Park Avenue seems to offer quite a range of services. We just hope that the people who use these devices can tell them apart, or they’re going to feel mighty sore in the mornimng. A little nick from shaving is one thing, but a trolling motor can really mess up a […]
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Short Cuts
Songs for the Deaf Queens Of The Stone Age (Interscope) Spiced throughout with satirical DJ chatter and radio announcements à la The Who Sell Out, Queens Of The Stone Age’s Songs for the Deaf is an attack on rigid radio formats that also serves as a quasi-ironic survey course on all permutations of hard, fast, […]
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Sound Advice
A young Chicago-based post-punk band with some Tennessee roots (including Memphis), The Detachment Kit released what is probably one of the year’s best indie-rock debuts earlier this year with They Raging. Quiet Army. With their ear-candy guitar noise, herky-jerky riffs, unhinged vocals, and cryptic, cerebral lyrics and song titles, the band’s formula should appeal to […]
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MULTITALENTED
An appliance-repair center on Park Avenue seems to offer quite a range of services. We just hope that the people who use these devices can tell them apart, or they’re going to feel mighty sore in the mornimng. A little nick from shaving is one thing, but a trolling motor can really mess up a […]
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THE LAST WORD (REVISITED)
From time to time — as witness the set-to with neo-Confederates that we experienced a couple of years back after we editorially doubted the saintliness of Nathan Bedford Forrest — the Flyer finds itself immersed in controversies about the Civil War. Herewith the last word on the question from author James Dawes in The Language […]
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monday, 7
Two for one burgers at Old Zinnie s for Monday Night Football.
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STARTIN’ ‘EM OFF YOUNG
A recent e-mail from the Raelian Movement, whatever that is, loudly announced, “RELIGIOUS LEADER THINKS THAT PARENTS SHOLD GIVE THEIR TEENS CONDOMS.” More specifically, Rick Roehr,the president of said movement, urged parents to leave condoms lying about in their children’s bedrooms with a message on them — on the condom, we mean, and taped on, […]
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STARTIN’ ‘EM OFF YOUNG
A recent e-mail from the Raelian Movement, whatever that is, loudly announced, “RELIGIOUS LEADER THINKS THAT PARENTS SHOLD GIVE THEIR TEENS CONDOMS.” More specifically, Rick Roehr,the president of said movement, urged parents to leave condoms lying about in their children’s bedrooms with a message on them — on the condom, we mean, and taped on, […]
Posted inFilm Features, Film/TV
Making It Past
Okay, Memphis. I’m going to make a deal with you. I’m going to save you about $7.50 and roughly two hours of your time by steering you away from The Banger Sisters if you promise to put that money and time toward a ticket or to a rental of a better Chick Flick (see suggested […]
Posted inSports, Sports Feature
City Sports
Bad things about being a U of M football fan; good things about being a sports fan in general.