Memphasis > 23 Groans
May 23rd, 2013
ONCE A PUN A TIME. If it’s held up by this column, I’m about to be robbed of my reputation. Forgive the pun. Every one of us is occasionally confronted, even assaulted, by puns. Every one of us has at least one friend who lives by them. My golf buddy, Scoop, has one a hole. My late father-in-law, Doc, was a master of the pun – none too painful to be ...
Memphasis > Two Bo’s, One Town
May 16th, 2013
THANK YOU, Z’BO AND C’BO. AND THANK YOU, MICHAEL. Last week, my son reminded me to write a column about the Grizzlies. So I did. This week, a good friend commenting on that column reminded me of why I write them in the first place, and then wrote one for me. A little about basketball. A little about Memphis. All about heart. “Danny, “Your column ...
Memphasis > Grizz Buzz
May 9th, 2013
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. “You need to do next week’s column on the Grizz,” the email from a regular reader opened. “There is no better or more appropriate time than now when the whole city is watching. You can contest the Simers article in the LA paper about Memphis being a ‘rathole’ where they should be ‘handing out bullet-proof ...
Memphasis > One End To The Other
May 2nd, 2013
GET IT TOGETHER. Cooper is on fire. From the cougars in the zoo to the cougars in Alchemy, the viewing is best at feeding time. From the lions at the zoo to the lyonnaise salad at 1912, this is a stretch to strut in. Whether it’s locally brewed Flaming Stone at Bosco’s or an Irish and English Black and Tan at Celtic Crossing, there’s a whole lot of ...
Memphasis > I Know A Place
April 25th, 2013
I’LL TAKE YOU THERE. “Oh, mmm, I know a place… When Mavis Staples sang those words, everybody in the audience was moved to move. The kind of primal itch you got to scratch, the kind of muscle over mind that makes toes tap, fingers snap, and hands clap. “Ain’t nobody cryin’, ain’t nobody worried… The kind of beat that ...
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