Memphasis > Give Me My Money
January 9th, 2014
IT’S MINE, AND I WANT IT BACK. I thought I heard the captain say Pay me my money down Tomorrow is our sailing day Pay me my money down That’s from the old work song, “Pay Me My Money Down,” later sung by Pete Seeger and more lately by Bruce Springsteen. I’d like for Bill, Ron, Mark, Brian, all the boys and Beth in Nashville to gather round and ...
Memphasis > Horseback Rides with Weddings
January 2nd, 2014
BRIDAL PATHS As I did last year, I begin this year revisiting markers on the journey. When I was little, I was sure you went to cool weddings by horseback. After all, Roy and Dale were married, and they sang “Happy Trails To You” from the back of a horse every week. Mom and Dad were married, and they spent the first year of their marriage in Arizona riding ...
Memphasis > New Years and Old Ones
December 26th, 2013
NEW YEAR REMINDER OF OLD FRIENDS The cutest girl on Tennessee’s campus sent me a message, and that sent me back to Houston for her wedding a lifetime ago, and just about the wildest weekend I’ve ever spent. Extant. Calvin picked me after work at my summer job. We drove to his parents’ house, parked his p.o.s. Volkswagen in the driveway, stole his ...
Memphasis > Christmas Coming Home
December 19th, 2013
CHRISTMAS TIME It was my first time to England, first time overseas, and prime time for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Soho and the rocking HQ for the whole British invasion. It was time to discover pubs, and Scotch eggs, bubble & squeak and spotted dick. Time to discover that bitter, served warm, is twice as strong as our brew, that a British pint holds 20 oz.
Memphasis > Here’s To Memphis Made
December 12th, 2013
THIS SEASON, RAISE A GLASS TO US. “Have a beer. When you can find something we can all agree on, something we can all be proud of, something unifying, you should drink to it. Seriously. Drink to it.” I wrote those words in a column three years ago. I thought I was writing about America’s oldest brewery, Yuengling, coming to town to put new hops in the ...
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