Found this story from a Texas newspaper about a Kerrville high school student who was barred from graduation because of a tube top. Scheduled to graduate on a Friday, she went on a trip with classmates to an amusement park the afternoon before. While on the roller coaster, the tube top she was wearing inadvertently came down and someone snapped a photo. The photo was brought to her high school prinicpal’s attention the next morning, and he decided to refuse to let her walk at graduation.
More tube top-related news stories to come all through the month of June. For those of you who only read the blog from work and therefore missed Sunday’s posts, Tube Top Month has begun.
The crawfish boil at Calhoun’s yesterday was pretty good. The place got packed, and the bad weather that threatened all afternoon went to the south of Downtown Memphis. They’re still taking name suggestions and I contributed “J.J.’s,” suggesting they name it after the guy who hangs around outside and asks for money. How many bums have a bar named after them? Not many, I would guess.
The high point of my evening, though, came at Huey’s, where the Dempseys took the stage at 8:30. It was so much fun not simply because they were playing, but because people from out of town came in, just looking for a bite to eat, and discovered that they had stumbled upon one of the most fun bands ever. Met a software salesman from Portland and gave him advice on where to go for live music on Monday night (pickins are slim; I told him to check out maybe Blues City and BB’s). He ended up talking to the band for a long time on breaks – they had a lot in common, since the band is from nearby Tacoma, WA. On the other side of me was a flight attendant from Atlanta. She said she planned to come back with friends on a weekend off and do some blues dancing. I recommended Ground Zero and Mr. Handy’s Blues Hall downtown, the Blue Worm on Airways, and most of all getting in touch with the NewVoBlues group for lessons, club recommendations, and people to go dancing with.
That was fun. Hanging out, talking to tourists. I haven’t done much of that lately. Think I may start hanging at bars that attract somewhat of a touristy crowd but are still fun (Huey’s bar, maybe Silky’s when Barbara Blue is playing) and just talking to people. Need a change of pace from the same old places.
Other notes about the Dempseys show: They announced “the most boring song ever” and then played a song which consisted of the word “straitjacket” over and over and over and over and over again; they played Led Zep’s “Rock and Roll,” something of a departure from rockabilly, all the way through including a guitar solo by Brad; when they played the “cities, states, counties, and towns” medley, my hand gesture to “Rocky Top” made them laugh so hard that they almost didn’t make it through the song; there was a French line dancing group in town that danced to “All Shook Up” and a couple of other Elvis numbers.
BFF of the Month to be announced later today.