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Just because you work in the kitchen at the Calvary Waffle Shop, it doesn't mean you get to make the waffles. If it's your first year, it doesn't even guarantee you a place in the salad shop, and you can forget about making dessert. When Doug…
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Friday: I ran into local music blogger EJ at the Strange Fruit Vintage pop-up shop at Odessa on Friday. I'm totally smitten with his t-shirt. Saturday: I was asked to judge the Last Chance Elvis Tribute Artist Contest at the Hard Rock Cafe over…
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The streets of Memphis are littered with lonely soles. I'm not sure where they come from, but they're everywhere: single shoes, all styles, laying pathetically on sidewalks or in the middle of the street. They're not confined to one neighborhood…
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I love how she's got her trowel raised like she's about to do some damage. Dixon Gallery and Gardens Memphis, Tenn. In other news: - The World Cup semi-final game between Germany and Spain starts at 1:30 this afternoon. If you're looking for a…
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It's only fitting to celebrate Mother's day by featuring my mom as today's Memphian. So, everybody, meet my mom, Kim Crawford. In addition to being the best mom ever, she's an accountant, glass artist and a huge University of Memphis fan (she has…
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Today's Free Stuff is extra special, because there are going to be two winners. Yay! Two of you will win four passes to the Orpheum Summer Movie Series. Even though summer is winding down, there are still some movies left: Top Gun (tonight), Rocky…
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Today will go down as the day that I found both the Dolly Parton and the Loretta Lynn box sets in the WEVL CD library. Oh, happy day. Here's what I played on this week's Memphis Mystery Train, with all of the local tracks marked with an asterisk:…
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The Orpheum's annual Summer Movie series is one of my favorite annual events. The theatre, which is primarily used for Broadway shows returns to its movie house roots on weekends in June, July and August. The air conditioner is cranked up, there…
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(Sorry about the blur-tastic picture - I took it from the window of my car while I was stopped at the light). If you drive down Union on a regular basis, chances are you've noticed this sign at the fire station just west of McLean. It's a count-up…
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A few weeks ago, while I was browsing the singles at Shangri-La, the shop boys were playing a record that sounded like a long lost Silver Jews LP. As awesome as that would have been, it wasn't. What it was "Rhinestone River", the third record from…