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HBO’s Watchmen Series is Chillingly Relevant
Alan Moore named his 1986 comic Watchmen after a quote from the Roman poet Juvenal: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?“Who watches the watchmen?” When Moore and artist David Gibbons reworked some moribund...
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The Ghosting of Memphis Sports (Part 1)
It felt almost perfect, in that “too-good-to-be-true” territory the most passionate fans have grown to fear. On November 5th, 2019 at FedExForum, the Memphis Tigers opened the most anticipated...
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Music Video Monday: Jeff Hulett
Hop on the Zoom call with Music Video Monday. For many people, online videoconferencing has become the dominant form of human interaction during the pandemic. Jeff Hulett's new video for "Pints &...
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New Virus Cases Rise by 210
Test results reported Sunday showed 210 new cases of COVID-19 in Shelby County. The county's overall average positive rate for COVID-19 is 7.4 percent on all test results. The Shelby County Health...
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Alex Grisanti Now in the Kitchen at Ronnie Grisanti's Restaurant
Ronnie Grisanti’s Restaurant at one time was known as Ronnie Grisanti & Son Restaurant. It’s a “sons” thing again. Alex Grisanti recently joined his brother, Judd Grisanti, in the kitchen at...
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COVID-19: Harris Prepared to Move Back to Phase I, But It Can Be Avoided
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said he is prepared to tighten virus restrictions on the economy and gatherings but it can be avoided "if everyone will do their part." Harris said in a Monday tweet...
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New Virus Case Count Drops
Test results reported Monday showed 109 new cases of COVID-19 in Shelby County, a significant drop from the 210 new cases repotted Sunday. The county's overall average positive rate for COVID-19...
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Report: Tennesseans Showing More Signs of Anxiety, Depression
Tennesseans are showing more signs of anxiety and depression as the coronavirus pandemic continues, according to a recent report by a sociologist at East Tennessee State University. The results are...
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Health Official: Virus Spikes Caused by Testing Surge, Delayed Lab Reports
Recent high rates of the coronavirus in Shelby County were “alarming“ to many, health officials said here Tuesday, but the jumps were likely caused by high testing days and lags in reporting from...
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Robert Fairchild on Being an Artist During a Pandemic
Some visual artists might have slowed down and not been productive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not Robert Fairchild. Fairchild, 22, graduated with his second degree from the University of Memphis,...
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MRPP and DMC Host a Series of Socially Distanced Independence Day...
The Quintessential Summer Celebration takes place July 1st through 5th. Although friends and families can't celebrate Independence Day exactly the same way they may have in the past, that doesn't mean...
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Four for Summer: A Nice Flight of Brews for a Hot Day
I just couldn't write another column from my patio. And tales of drunkenness and derring-do across Hell's half-acre are hard to come by when you haven't been anywhere lately. So, there I was, in the...
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Heart of Gold: S. A. Chakraborty’s Daevabad Conclusion
S. A. Chakraborty’s Daevabad Trilogy conclusion. Traditionally, fantasy sequels take an excruciatingly long time to hit the shelves. Fans of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series have...
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Brother Robert: New Memoir Sheds Fresh Light on a Legend:
"I still think of how it felt to hug him," Annye Anderson says of her stepbrother. "Walking with him to Third Street, Highway 61, where he'd hitch a ride across the Harahan Bridge, going over the...
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Independence Day: Charting Your Path to Financial Freedom
Financial planning tends to focus on retirement planning — that holy grail where we ride off into the sunset (literally, to some beach chairs) and never work again while living comfortably off of...
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COVID Blues: Al Kapone is Back With a New Album and a New Name
Al Kapone wrote "COVID Blues" and "Hustle Up" shortly after the quarantine began a few months ago. But as time progressed, Kapone, 48, wasn't sure the songs would fit his new album, Hip Hop Blues,...
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Abortion Ban Rebuke
One pro-choice leader called the Tennessee vote a ‘truly stunning display of hypocrisy.’ In the early hours of Friday morning, the Tennessee General Assembly passed what pro-choice groups are calling...
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MEMernet: NCRM at NASCAR, Mask Up Memphis
NCRM Shines at NASCAR (Yes, NaSCAR) Denny Hamlin's #11 FedEx Camry had a new look when he took to the Talladega track last weekend. The all-black paint scheme carried but one logo on the hood: the...
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Nashville Shenanigans Cause Shelby County Budget Grief
Don't imagine that what goes on in the back rooms of the state Capitol in Nashville doesn't directly impact the fate of local governments and livelihoods hundreds of miles away. In some ways, this is...
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Evil or Stupid?
"We handled it really well for many weeks, even through Phase 1. Then it's almost like a light switch went off and we stopped taking it seriously." That was Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland earlier this...
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