You get immunized before visiting Memphis. —Mike O’Brien You think selling Shelby County to Mississippi would solve the state’s budget problems. —Zack Bennett Ouch! There’s more here. Incidentally, I love that cover graphic! +++ I am so tired of hearing about Hustle&Flow. Not only have we given it major play in the paper just about every day for three weeks, but I’ve seen ads for it around the clock on TV, billboards, bus stops, etc.,…
>I’ve got the blog bug today. Not sure why. Guess I’m just fidgety. At Spin Street Music Sunday, I bought Pinback’s “Blue Screen Life” and, I swear, this band makes the most mellow, grooving music of any band around. I listen to it on a loop at work and I actually think it helps me do better work. Today we had a little office party for a copy editor who has not called in sick…
We spent the better part of my weekend out of the apartment: On Beale Street briefly (it was dead thanks to the rain and, I guess, the fact that it was Sunday night at midnight) and on Summer Avenue for several hours, combing our way through thrift store racks and antique store dust. Bo-Jo’s Antique Mall is a massive mess of objects big and small — some treasure, some trash — in which we could…
Here’s a little tidbit: Don’t take the yellow sinus pills when you’re at work. Especially on an empty stomach. Because when they kick in, you’re going to feel like you’re tripping balls. And when you stand up, you might stumble. And the people who work with you might wonder if you’re drunk. And for the rest of the night everything you touch will feel soft and everything you see will look like you’re viewing it…
I was so looking forward to usual Saturday outing to El Mezcal, but Phil’s working late and here I am killing time until he gets here. But the clock’s ticking and I have to leave for work at 3. I need chips and salsa. STAT. So let’s kill some time, shall we? Here’s an excellent column in the Scene that pretty much sums up the inner turmoil I’m feeling over Islam right now. I want…
How could I have guessed that my inaugural Audioblog post would rally the Satanists? It’s too funny to take down, even though I do sound, like Tamara said, bored and miserable. That’s a fun little tool, there. Bravo to the tech wizards who came up with that and made it free. Just imagine all the neat Audioblogs I could post if I actually went anywhere and did anything! Speaking of going and doing, Phil and…
Jamie came over and we all ate grilled lemon pepper chicken. I chopped mine up and put it in a salad and felf halfway self-sufficient. Halfway, since I didn’t cook the chicken; all I did was open the bag of pre-made salad. But I’ve been helping out with the cooking more than usual lately. I figure it’s high time I learned how to feed myself. I mean, I’ve been out of a high chair for…
Tonight I was told that’s what ‘Memphis’ stands for. Never heard it in my life. But Phil, it seems, is up on the Orange Mound/Dirty South/rap subculture to a greater degree than I am and he was kind enough to impart this morsel to me. So what does ‘Nashville’ stand for? Turns out that PitW beat me to the ‘Menace’ headline. Andy Dick is a funny bastard. The new “Surreal Life” is buzzing in the…
Hurricane’s a’comin’. It’s dark here and we’re under flood and tropical storm watches. Has any news organization made the aforementioned obvious reference? I sure hope not. It’s tempting, I know. I was up ’til 5 this morning playing the “Space Colony” demo. Now that I’ve finished it, I’ll probably have to buy the game. I have a real weakness for things that involve sitting on my ass. If I can help it, I’ll stay in…
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