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If you were going to combine two unlikely art forms, such as, say, opera and hip hop, you could do worse than to hire the guy responsible for the rap tribute to the BBC's period costume drama "Downton Abbey". This is why I like Opera Memphis…
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Dear Midtown Schnucks, I love you. I love you for all of the things you are, and for all of the things that you're not. Because, honestly, Midtown Schnucks, you're not a very good grocery store. Sure, like all grocery stores, you sell food. It's…
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The northeast corner of Cooper and Young doesn't seem to be very sticky. The last couple of restaurants didn't impress and didn't last. Since this intersection is the namesake for the Cooper-Young Historic District, it seems like something decent…
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I've got two pairs of Tom's shoes from Lansky 126 to give away to two lucky readers. There's just one small catch. Because I featured the Tom's in my annual holiday gift guide (and because for every pair of Tom's sold, a pair is donated to someone…
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If you're unfamiliar with Cooper-Young's restaurant scene, Dishcrawl great way to become more acquainted with one of Memphis' best foodie neighborhoods. Dishcrawl's website describes the event as a pub crawl, but with food instead of drinks. For $…
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Sam Pankey, photographed at Otherlands. Sam graduated from White Station High two years ago and is now a jazz performance major at the University of Texas at Austin. He was kind enough to let me take his picture five minutes after I met him.…
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And there's a Freaker party on South Main this afternoon. The Freakers are a three-person team from North Carolina, makes and sells sock-like beer coozies. They were nice enough to send me home with this skull-and-bones number that's currently…
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This is a part of a giant Memphis Redbirds themed mural on the windows of the downtown Huey's. Let's hope the Redbirds win tonight in their game against the Portland Beavers at Autozone Park. In other news: - There's a party celebrating Memphis…
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Today was the special Cinco de Mother's Day edition of the Memphis Mystery Train. Here's what I played, with the local tracks marked with an asterisk: Architecture in Helsinki - Like it or Not The Pipettes - Your Kisses are Wasted on Me Velvet…
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Meet Memphian #103, Daniel John Russo. He was kind enough to share his thoughts about his favorite watering hole, his hopes for the future, and what it's like to work at a legendary Memphis recording studio. Name: Daniel John Russo Occupation:…