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Take Home Gourmet: Mama's Cooking Without the Drama

What's better than a home cooked meal? A home cooked meal that you don't have to prepare yourself. That's what makes Take Home Gourmet so brilliant - they're like family dinner enablers.

I Like Barbecue, Too, Wendy.

"I smell something in the air / you know, it smells like barbecue. / If I had some, I wouldn't care / because I like barbecue." - Wendy Rene I (like many Memphians) love barbecue, but Memphis soul singer Wendy Rene loves it so much that she sang a song about it.

365 Things to Do in Memphis #205: Eat Sushi from a Gas Station

Updated July 2017 After years of eating in Memphis, I've learned that sometimes, the best food comes from the most questionable places. For example, you can (and should) buy sushi from the BP at the corner of Ridgeway and Poplar. Assignment #205 in the 365 Things To Do In Memphis is to eat sushi from a gas station.

Monday News Update: Show Us Your Moves Edition

Today in Memphis, a sports rivalry returns, tribute artists get a last chance and there's going to be a brand new holiday. Also, the National Weather Service validates all of our whining about how hot it is.

365 Things to Do in Memphis #204: Commune with Nature at Lichterman

There's a 65-acre arboretum hidden in the middle of East Memphis. It's called Lichterman Nature Center, and assignment #204 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to take a break from the city and take a walk on its trails.

365 Things to Do in Memphis #202: Visit the World's Best Drum Shop

Updated July 2017 This sounds a like hyperbolic braggery, but Memphis is home to one of the best drum shops in the world. Assignment #202 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to go to Memphis Drum Shop and bang a gong (get it on).

Tonight's Plans: Free Outdoor Concert at Shelby Farms

I know, I know - it's hot out. But there's free music at Shelby Farms tonight, and you should go.

365 Things to Do in Memphis #201: Take a Ride in Tad Pierson's Cadillac

Updated July 2017 Tad Pierson can show you things that don't make it into any of the standard Memphis guidebooks.

Memphis Mystery Train Set List: July 19, 2012

Here's what I played on this week's Mystery Train. As always, the local tracks are marked with an asterisk and my notes are in italics.

Cory Branan Comes Home with a Brand New Record

"Weren't no experiment / These seven years they went / Like a light out of me." - Cory Branan, "The Corner"

It's been a long time since we heard anyting new from Memphis-bred songwriter Cory Branan. After releasing two records ("The Hell You Say" in 2003 and "12 Songs" in 2006), he took a very long hiatus from releasing records.

That's not to say that Branan hasn't been busy. In the past seven years, he's managed to move to Nashville, tour just about everywhere, get signed to Bloodshot records and write and record his third record, "Mutt".