Posts Tagged ‘Memphis the Musical’

Those bottles on the bar are full of Justin Timberlake’s newest venture, 901 Tequila. Seriously, is there anything that man doesn’t do? He sings, he dances, he acts, he owns a golf course, and now he’s distilling tequila – decently tasty tequila.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 10:06 | 2 comments

Here’s the basic plot: In 1950’s Memphis, a young white part-time radio DJ named Huey wanders into a basement club on Beale Street and hears “black” music for the first time. He falls for the sound (as well as Felicia, the beautiful woman singing) and begins to play the music on “white” radio stations, where it’s instantly a hit. As Huey and Felicia’s stars rise, their interracial relationship faces trouble in pre-civil rights-era Memphis.

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 17:31 | 1 comment
Categories: Memphis, Memphis Music

Check it out, everybody – the marquee for Memphis the Musical is up at the Shubert Theatre in New York City.
The show officially opens next Monday, and I’m completely stoked about getting to be there for opening night. The story is about a sultry singer and a young radio DJ and the birth of rock’n’roll [...]

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 13:17 | 4 comments
Categories: Memphis, Memphis Music
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