Beale Street Music Festival music project 365

Day 126 — Angel Army

[for May 6] These ladies were working it for Project Pat, who drew a ginormous crowd that I very nearly did not make it out of. The suburban kids love them some Project Pat. I had never felt more square than when I realized that I wasn’t sure which dude on the stage was Project Pat, so I didn’t really know where to point my camera. Ha. But for those of you playing along at…

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Beale Street Music Festival music project 365

Day 125 — Wolfmother

[for May 5] Their set rocked. Being down in the photo pit for the first three songs was fantastic. Then getting spit back out into the crowd was devastating. To go from the view above to the one below in ten short minutes is pretty humbling. But it gave me an excellent opportunity to observe some audience drama about punches and shoes and cops. Here’s a little taste of Wolfmother for you: Today I’m off…

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Beale Street Music Festival bloggerrhea

BSMF blogging

(Not to be continued with BAMF blogging, which is what I do here on a regular basis.) This weekend I’ll be tickling the polystyrene buttons for The Commercial Appeal here at the official Memphis in May blog. Everyone’s favorite Brandonian will be there too, thank god, since he’s not updated his own blog since September — September! — and has left us pining for his biting insights since then. I won’t actually be at the…

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Memphis Zombie Massacre they're coming

They’re coming … like, really soon

“The artists were attempting to make art more than just something to look at, they wanted it to be something to be involved in, something too big to ignore.”— Le Tigre* You know you’ve always wanted to lurch around downtown in undead drag and make the tourists scratch their heads. Don’t miss your chance; it’s coming quickly. An extra bonus: We’ll be crawling through the May art trolley tour, so not only will Beale Street…

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