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Speaking of Punk Rock and River Cities…

Memphis and music are synonymous, yes. But for many people, Memphis means motown and Stax or Elvis and Sun. About three decades ago, another sound—rawer and ruder—began to fester in the noxious, sun-blanched fumes of the Mississippi. And a dive … Continue reading

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Party Dots, Ghosthand, Useless Eaters: a play by play

So Saturday I rode down to Jackson with Ghosthand, some garage-rockabilly guys out of Columbus, Mississippi…although really, they should be called Black Black Evil Eye (maybe Ming Donkey is working on this?) We were riding in Bryan’s van–no seatbelts, no … Continue reading

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“Tell him what we said about Paint it Black”

Thanks for the tapes, and for the tapes of all the bands you influenced. You did well, Alex Chilton… From Citypages.com: “Without Chilton no Jayhawks/REM/Mats/Huskers/db’s/Rain Parade/Game Theory/Posies/Teenage Fanclub,” wrote Twin Cities musician and producer Ed Ackerson. “The mind reels… Not … Continue reading

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Greely Myatt Takes On Memphis

In mid-September, Greely Myatt was the focus of a citywide, 8-venue exhibit celebrating his twenty years of service teaching sculpture at the University of Memphis. More recently Myatt exhibited at Mississippi State University, a school he briefly attended on athletic … Continue reading

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So I updated the Picasa site…

Which is to say, really, I backdated it, posting a lot of stuff from 2005. I’ll try to get around to the rest of the backlog eventually. All of these photos were taken with my first ever digital camera, a … Continue reading

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