Jukin’ in North Memphis: The Anti-Beale Street
Once Beale Street had been cleared of nearby residents and had its traditional ambience removed so that it could become a tourist mecca, those who …
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The Future of Memphis Music (@downtownbleu)
Memphis music is a RENEWABLE resource. The way we renew it is by mentoring and encouraging young people who want to play an instrument. Seeing …
Grizzlies Drumline on Beale Street before the Orlando game
When I walked on Beale Street Friday night, I noticed a drumline setting up at the Rum Boogie Cafe end of the first block. It …
M-Town Live Dance Crew @ Purple Hearts Majorette Jamboree
The M-Town Live dance crew jooks at the Purple Hearts Majorette jamboree at New Life Missionary Baptist Church in South Memphis, 2/16/13
Rock’N Dough Pizza (@RocknDoughPizza): A Truck Becomes A Restaurant
Fans of the superb Rock’N Dough Pizza food truck in Memphis will be glad to hear that it has become a permanent restaurant in the …
Wanting Their Cake and Eating It Too
It’s absolutely amazing to watch a lot of suburban and out-of-town residents object to the renaming of Confederate-themed parks in a overwhelmingly Black city that …
Come Downtown, Pay to Park and Get Robbed-Or Why Memphis Needs New Leaders
Recently the Commercial-Appeal printed an editorial about soon-to-be-implemented changes that are coming to downtown parking. The newspaper gleefully reported as progress that Memphis will replace …
Paul Taylor & Blooz Emergency “Please Read My Mind”
The Blooz Emergency plays a Memphis-soul-tinged original at the Memphis Blues Showcase at the Rum Boogie Cafe, 2/2/13
John Saint Holiday and Friends at the Memphis Blues Showcase, Rum Boogie Cafe
John Saint Holiday was a new name for me, but his band of all-stars, thrown together for the occasion, provided some of the best blues …