Got an e-mail from the treasurer of the Memphis Blues Society a few days ago. One of the goals they’re working toward is the establishment of a true blues festival here in Memphis. The closest we come now is the International Blues Challenge on Beale and the Blues Tent at Music Fest, but the city does not have a true blues festival.
One of the first steps the Memphis Blues Society is taking toward that goal, along with the Sonny Boy Blues Society, is to hold a fundraiser concert at Neil’s Friday, May 18. It will run from 7 to 2 and will feature Jim Dickinson, Jim Crosthwait, Sid Selvidge, William Lee Ellis, Jason Freeman, Phil Durham, Eric Hughes, Jimbo and Olga Mathus, Don McGregor and Live Wire Blues Band. $10 cover gets you in and there will also be a silent auction. For more info check out the Memphis Blues Society’s website.
Other news:
– Another location to show the UFC PPV: Quetzal on Union Avenue, just west of Marshall. So there is a Downtown option for watching the fights.
– Regarding last night’s “name Clay’s trivia team” post: Clay responded via e-mail, saying “good idea” and offering to buy a beer for the person who submits the winning name. So far one reader has submitted
Odds and Ends for 200, Alex
Baghdad Homeowner’s Association
Suicidal Tupperware
Sanjaya 2008
2 Dumb 2 Win, 2 Drunk 2 Care
Indigestible Pigeons
MLGW and the Resignations
Pregnant Pandas
Free Paris Now
Egghead Blondes
Vegetarians for Lawn Ornaments
George and the Pet Goats
Doogie Howser and the Prostate Exams
I’ll throw in a few of my own:
Phone Sex for the Hearing Impaired
Cliff and the Clavins
The Pete Fan Club
More to come, I just started thinking about names.
– One other request for my readers – a vegetarian friend of mine is looking for an invite to a BBQ Fest booth that will be cooking tofu or other veggie products. He’s a guy who gives a lot back to the community, a poet who volunteers a lot of his time working with the kids at the City Schools. If anyone has an invite to offer, e-mail me (paul.ryburn@gmail.com) and I’ll pass it on.
– The new Memphis Flyer is out. There’s an article about the Commercial Appeal’s circulation being way down… again. Maybe I should add “The five people who still subscribe to the CA” to the list of possible trivia team names.
– I have a project to do after work, so no happy hour for me today. If it gets done early it’s possible I may make a McGuinness or Saucer appearance around 10.
Back to the cubicle, where an afternoon of configuring ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) to work with an ASP.NET asset tracking application awaits me. It’s entirely possible that I may die from too much excitement, so this may be my last post.