Buy Cheap Art and Get Crunk This Weekend

Last week, we recommended the "Price Is Right" show at David Lusk Gallery, where art is priced below $1,000. But if that still seems a little high for your pocketbook, head to the P&H Cafe Friday night for "The Price Is Even More Right ..."

Don't Be Square. Dig Some Elvis Movies!

So you don't like crazy music, and you don't like rockin' bands. You just wanna go to a movie show and sit there holding hands? You're so square. But, baby, this is Elvis Week ...

Memphis Heritage Working to Save C&I Bank Building

Fresh off its Cumberland Presbyterian/Chick-fil-A victory, Memphis Heritage is setting its sights on the C&I Bank building at 200 Madison ...

Rosie Flores Plays Rock and Roll Camp -- and the Hi-Tone

"We don't have to play so loud today. We don't have to be Z.Z. Top," said Rosie Flores, Austin's honky-tonk heroine, as she stalked across the stage of the Hutchison School's Weiner Theatre ...

Writer Implicates Scientology in Isaac Hayes' Death

My friend, Isaac Hayes, died on Sunday, and his passing leaves many unanswered questions.

The great R&B star, actor, DJ, performer and family man, the composer of "Soul Man," "Hold On I'm Coming" and other hits by Sam Moore and Dave Prater like "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby," also was a member of the Church of Scientology ...

Memphis: A City of Losers That Produced Elvis?

We're losers. That's what one Brit writer decided anyway ...

"By the time we got to the Zippin' Pippin it was midnight. My guide, Mike McCarthy, had led a ghost tour of Beale Street -- a thoroughfare routinely described as the birthplace of the blues -- which ended at the statue of the young Elvis Presley. Then, the real tour began ..."

Council Hears Overton Park Plea

The Citizens to Preserve Overton Park went before the City Council parks committee Tuesday to ask the council to do four things.

Ask Vance: the 1921 Ford Motor Company Robbery

A battered tombstone in Forest Hill Cemetery is the only visible reminder of one of Memphis' most notorious robberies.

Keep It Simple

Shelby Farms' master plan enhances the park's natural spaces.

Breaking Ground

Work begins on the controversial Beale Street Landing.

What They Said

Comments from memphisflyer.com

Fly on the Wall

Back to School?

As the new school year begins, the district seeks to change public perceptions.

Save More Buildings

Chick-fil-A to preserve the tower and facade of Cumberland Presbyterian.

Gutting It Out

So L7?

Obama Denounces Tinker Ads

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has denounced the recent ads run by 9th District congressional candidate Nikki Tinker. The ads, which link Cohen to the KKK and claim he is keeping children from praying in school, have drawn national attention in recent days ...

Tinker Time Out

Nikki Tinker's visit to her unhappy "victory" party was brief and uneventful. She never addressed the crowd and as soon as she walked out the door, an event that had never begun was definitively over. What's the failed candidate going to do now that she's a two-time congressional-race loser with a new reputation for low-road politics?

Cohen's Close Encounters: An Election-Eve Battle on Two Fronts

Even as one 5 o'clock local newscast was summing up a bizarre development in the 9th District congressional race as a matter of incumbent congressman Steve Cohen "losing his cool," a veteran observer, looking at the same scenario from an ideological and disinterested distance, saw the case in point in another light altogether.

Herenton After Hours

In which the mayor dishes it out; plus: weighing the Shelby County vote.

Former Rep. Ford Jr. Says Tinker Ads Show She's "Run Out of Legitimate Arguments"

With only hours to go before the polls close, former 9th District congressman Harold Ford Jr., now head of the Democratic Leadership Council, has joined in on the mounting chorus of criticism of recent TV ads by Nikki Tinker, who is challenging incumbent Steve Cohen in today's Democratic primary.

To Avoid "World of Hurt," Commission to Meet on Charter Change Again Wednesday Morning

The Shelby County Commission, having snatched discord from the jaws of concord on Monday, when a late vote change scuttled what had appeared to be agreement on a referendum to re-create five countywide offices, was scheduled to try again Wednesday morning. "We're at the last moment of the last moment," warned chairman David Lillard

So Who'll Be Running for Scott McCormick's Council Seat?

Round One, the August part of this year's election cycle, is over, and Round Two, the November portion, just got a little lengthier - what with city council chairman Scott McCormick's surprise announcement that he's giving up his seat to head the Plough Foundation. Here are some of the prospects to succeed him.

Cohen Wins Big Over Tinker; Democrats Victorious Countywide

This is what Steve Cohen wanted to happen the first time he ran for Congress in the 9th District, in 1996 - a 4-1 victory over his nearest opponent, a win so overwhelming and so uniform in his favor throughout the demographic corners of his district that he could truthfully claim to represent the entirety of his people.

Politics and Prosecutors

David Kustoff talks about his 26 months as United States attorney.

Letters to the Editor

Disgraceful Politics

Bianca Knows Best ... And Combats Burnout

Dear Bianca,

For the past couple years, I've been heading up a nonprofit health organization in addition to my day job and other social obligations. We don't make any money, so all our events are funded out of my own pocket. I don't mind the expense as I have money to spare, but I'm starting to feel a huge strain on my time ...

Voting in a Haze

Confusion reigned over ballot initiatives 360 and 361.

Thank You, Mr. Hayes

I was watching the Olympic swimming trials, when the news flashed that Isaac Hayes had died. Getting to see him as his career skyrocketed has always been a cherished childhood memory for many kids like me, who grew up in south Memphis. He was our attainable icon, a living, breathing example of life's possibilities ...

The Rant

Letter from the Editor

I recently undertook a writing assignment for Memphis magazine which involved a trip to Helena, Arkansas ...

Isaac Hayes' Homecoming Interview With the Flyer

For the last seven years of his life, Isaac Hayes lived among his fellow Memphians as a revered musical and cultural figure. In late 2001, Flyer music editor Chris Herrington interviewed Hayes upon his return here after a six-year professional sojourn in New York.

Sundance Channel Presents MGMT at Abbey Road Studios

The Sundance Channel's "Live from Abbey Road" program will feature MGMT Thursday night. The band, which features former Memphian Andrew VanWyngarden, will be interviewed and perform two songs in the legendary Beatles' recording studio in London ...

Resurrection

Oracle and the Mountain rises from the depths of Depression.

For such a noted "critic's band," Brooklyn's the Hold Steady tend to be underestimated.

Clearing the Road to Excess

Gonzo grapples with the work — and legend — of Hunter Thompson.

Pants, take two: This one's for the girls.

What a Trip

Long day's journey into art.

Nominees for 25th Annual Memphis Theater Awards Announced

The Ostranders, Memphis' annual Theater awards sponsored by ArtsMemphis and Contemporary Media, turn 25 this year. Salud! Let's celebrate with cake, champagne and some controversial nominations. I mean, C'mon. What in the world is going on with the Best Original Script category ...

AutoZone Park Cited as "Veggie Friendly"

Peanuts and Popcorn and Tofujacks?

The Beer Flows

Northwest Glory

Contempo Condo

Circa 1987 residence on the river.

Hot Properties: A Recession Special

All right, you renters who assume you will never own a home, here's your chance, so don't blow it. This is a solid brick and stucco bungalow in a well-maintained Midtown neighborhood. And it's priced right! ...

Red August

Can the Chinese Olympics induce the traditional "international hug"?

Grizzlies in Free Agent Pursuit

The Memphis Grizzlies are extending a contract offer to Josh Smith, a high-flying free agent forward with the Atlanta Hawks, according to reports today in both The Commercial Appeal and The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

FROM MY SEAT: Putting Elvis' Stamp on the Sports Scene

Frank Murtaugh: "With Elvis Week upon us, I found myself considering suitable theme songs for certain sports figures (and a local event). All made famous by the King, of course. Next time you see these jocks, may their tune be ringing in your ears...."

Jus' Blues