Memphasis > Thank you, thank you very much.
August 13th, 2015
A THANK YOU NOTE FROM A COPYWRITER TO ELVIS. Elvis was once asked what kind of music he played. “I play all kinds,” was his response. That pretty much sums up Memphis, and Elvis was pretty much the sum up of its parts. Part gospel and part blues, part country and part soul. And all original. Part dirt poor and part flashy rich, part ...
Memphasis > Hey, I’m back here.
August 6th, 2015
HOT? GET IN LINE. I have three absolute favorite expressions for hot – everyone who lives in the grits belt needs at least one. My third favorite is Halle Berry hot – substitute your mercury raiser. My second favorite comes from Neil Simon and the play Biloxi Blues when the character Jerome steps off the train from New York in Biloxi and declares it to ...
Memphasis > Haunted History, A Story Retold
July 30th, 2015
WORRY ABOUT THE DOGS Depending on who’s talking and when, history around Fort Pillow changes. At the time of this story – one I shared first in a 2013 column – it was called the Cold Creek Correctional Facility, a minimum-security operation farming about 6,000 acres in Lauderdale County. Next it was called the Fort Pillow Prison and Farm, next door to ...
Memphasis > Granddad, Hambone and the KKK. A family feud.
July 23rd, 2015
IF THE KLAN DOESN’T LIKE YOU, PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK. Before their last sheety little show here a couple of years ago, an Exalted Cyclops of the KKK – must be just one hole in his hood – was quoted on Channel 5 and in The Huffington Post, “Y’all are going to see the largest rally Memphis, Tennessee, has ever seen. It’s ...
Memphasis > A General Invitation, Revisited
July 16th, 2015
COME ON BACK TO ELMWOOD, GENERAL FORREST. I first issued that invitation in 2013 and while we haven’t yet heard from the General, we’ve heard from just about everybody else. The invitation stands because – as it has been for some time – it’s past time. Come on home, General, and bring the missus. The family’s waiting. Whatever anybody ...
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