Memphasis > Stages
August 25th, 2011
LIVE APPLAUSE. All are in the cast, all responsible for the experience, and all of us have a lot to show for it. The lines may be drawn on a two-by-four to guide a saw instead of spoken on stage to guide an audience. The song might be whistled to accompany a hammer instead of sung to accompany a chorus. Equal parts sewing needles and director needling. Equal props for ...
Memphasis > Coal. Ice. And Coca-Cola.
August 18th, 2011
THE POWER OF VISION. Many families have a story about opportunities missed, fortunes lost. My great uncle was in the retail coal and ice business in Memphis. Around 1907, our story goes, a woman owed him about $7,500 – a piece of change then. She couldn’t repay him according to the terms set, so she offered something she owned instead to cover the debt. He turned her down but gave ...
Memphasis > Show Some Pride
August 11th, 2011
THE MEMPHIS STRIP SHOW.Our profile, our expression. Our individuality, our creativity. Why we look like us and not like everybody else. Take it off. Take it all off. Irresponsible developers, shortsighted politicians and insensitive chains have taken a seat right down front – right next to cynical indifference – and they’re making it rain. Desperate property owners are up ...
Memphasis > Feed The Spirit
August 4th, 2011
IT’S GOOD FOR YOU.My cheeseburger was a religious experience. Melting provolone flows over and through a mound of caramelized onions and sautéed mushrooms, a luscious kind of lava covering a mountain of ground beef, all between two pieces of a toasted artisan bun fighting, and losing, a battle to contain the whole eruption. What happens when flavors this diverse come together ...
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