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Memphis Mystery Train Set List: May 23, 2013
Here's what I played on this week's Mystery Train, with all of the local tracks marked with an asterisk: Little Johnny and the Silvertones – Rock Till the End of Time The Egyptians – Party Stomp *Magic Kids – Cry with Me Baby *Clay Otis – Cruel Sense France Gall –...
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Do, Events and Festivals, Shop
Farmers Market Finds: Three Pickles and a Jam
The Memphis Botanic Gardens Farmers Market is pretty great. It's small without sacrificing selection, and it convieniently timed for the middle of the week, when you've probably already eaten everything you bought at the weekend markets. I got a tip last week that it's also a great place...
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Love, Sports
Tweets from Last Night: Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals
If you turned off the TV in frustration sometime in the third quarter, you missed the Grizzlies staging a comback, Tony Allen selling a technical so hard that he should have a spot on QVC, overtime, then a not-so-bad loss. It was like the fourth quarter was trying to make up for the first three being...
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Love, Only in Memphis, See, Sports
The Crazy but Completely Accurate Reason Why the Grizzlies Lost Game 1 of the WCF
You can chalk the Grizzlies' abysmal performance in game one of the Western Conference Finals up to a lot of things: nerves, tougher competition, awful shooting, a lack of contribution from our major players. And you would be right to do so. But I've got a sneaking suspicion that it had at least...
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Do, Events and Festivals, Family Friendly, Free Things to Do, This Weekend
Save the Date: Bikesploitation 3 is This Weekend
This weekend, park your bicycle under the giant bike wheel disco ball in Crosstown for the third annual Bikesploitation film, music and art festival. There's so much happening at this year's event that the festival has been extended to three days. It startsFriday night at 5 p.m. with the opening...
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Love, Memphis News
Monday News Update: Barbecue Fest Recovery Edition
Happy post-Barbecue Fest Monday, y'all. Have you recovered yet? Today in Memphis, we've got two remembrances, new restaurants, new retail in Overton Square, plenty of required reading about the Grizz and a video of Tony Allen grocery shopping. Photo by @jmwarnerphoto. If you'd...
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Love, Sports
Tweets from Last Night: The Best Tweets from Game 1 of the WCF
I know, I know: you don't want to talk about it. It was awful, and you'd rather just forget about the Grizzlies' terrible, horrible, no good, very bad game. Me too. It kind of feels like this: But – while the Grizzlies weren't doing very well at basketball, you guys were doing...
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Do, Events and Festivals, This Weekend, Uncategorized
5 Things to Do in Memphis This Weekend: 5/17 – 5/19
Happy Friday! Here are five events you won't want to miss in Memphis this weekend: 1. Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, Tom Lee Park, Friday and Saturday, all day, $5 – $9 (cash only) Teams from all over the world have set up camp in Tom Lee Park to compete in this...
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Dessert, Do, Downtown, Eat, Nightlife
Cupcakes + Wine = A Sweet New Concept for South Main St.
Memphis now has a place that serves both cupcakes and wine. It's called the Corked Carrot, and it's about time someone had an idea like this. The space is lovely. It's sleek and modern, and it looks way more like a lounge than a bakery. The kitchen is glass-walled, so you can see the bakers...
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See, Sports
Tweets from Last Night: the Best Tweets from Game 5
My face hurts from grinning. I grinned through most of the game (other than those very tense first and last minutes), I grinned when I got home, I've been grinning every time I think about how the Grizzlies, the Memphis Grizzlies, are going to the Western Conference Finals. Here are a handful of...
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