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Tag Archives: Memphis

OTM, 10/09: Full disclosure

Hey, it looks like we’ve some new rules to play by, but we’ve been pretty good about abiding by them anyway – basically, you can’t be shilling something as a blogger without being up front about it. You all know that we’re not paid to do this, right? That we don’t make a damn thing from [...]

Greetings from Memphis

Brooke was in town last weekend to speak at the University of Memphis Law School for Journalists. She was on a panel discussing the handgun carry permits database that the Commercial Appeal published earlier this year. She let us show her around Memphis a bit, and it was awesome. She was even kind enough to [...]

Oh My Goodness.

Yesterday was a sad day for Memphis strippers. Local clubs have been, er, stripped of their right to serve beer and feature bare breasts. Here’s the full story from the Commercial Appeal.  And in honor of this occasion, I’d like to share with you a classic story from alt.npr.org’s “Love and Radio” called “Strip”.

Don’t tweet promises to NPR employees.

So, over on my personal Twitter, I said something stupid. And “The Bryant Park Project,” the NPR program it was directed to, responded. I promised them a photo of where Jeff Buckley died, as a response to a recent story they did. In somewhat small glory, here’s the picture: Click for full size. This is [...]