The South Main Association meeting is Tuesday at Safari Tapas, on South Main just south of Huling. Lynn Sitler, Memphis Film and Television Commissioner, will speak about Memphis’ role in the movie industry. Leslie Gower from the CCC and Fran Carpenter, Chair of the Memphis Holiday Parade, will talk about holiday plans for Downtown. Marcy Siebert will talk about the SMA Food Drive to fill the Memphis Food Bank for Thanksgiving, culminating in a packing party on November 15. Complimentary food and beverages. Free for members, $5 for non-members. ATTN TRIVIA TEAM: I’m going to attend this one, because I’ve never been in Safari and want to see the place. So I won’t make it to trivia until about 8:00.
The third presidential debate is Wednesday night at 8:00. I know a lot of people plan on attending the mini-Goner Fest in Barboro Alley that evening, with Jack Oblivian, The Limes, and a couple of other bands; if you want a place nearby to watch the presidential debate afterward, the Flying Saucer has had the last two on their big screen, with sound, and I believe they’ll have the third debate on too. It’s Woodchuck Cider “Buy the Beer, Keep the Glass” night, so if you’ve always dreamed of owning a glass with a large brown rodent on it, you can get one while you watch the debate.
Also – two good bands at the Saucer this week: The Dempseys (Thursday, October 16) and Funk de Ville (Saturday, October 18). Both start at 9:30.
A member of my trivia team visited Denver recently and e-mailed me this picture. These meters are all over the streets of Downtown Denver:
Why can’t we get something like this all over Downtown Memphis? Actually, we do have meters that take donations to help the homeless, but there are only like 3 of them, and they’re in obscure locations – I believe there’s one at Main and Jefferson, and one at the convention center, and one by Westy’s. Plus, the ones we have look terrible – they’re not eye-catching and just look like ordinary parking meters. Denver’s meters stand out and grab attention. If we had these all over Downtown – I’m thinking especially on Peabody Place, Second, Main, and the part of Beale that is open to traffic – it would be a LOT harder for professional panhandlers to operate, and we’d get a lot more money to distribute to legitimate organizations that help the homeless.
Attn Mid-South Peace and Justice Center: If you want to do something constructive to help the homeless, why don’t you campaign for these meters to be installed?
Plans for today: I’ve finally got past a blocking point for a major new website I’m about to roll out. So I’m going to work on it all day. Most likely I’ll take the laptop to Bardog (they open at noon). As far as I know they don’t provide Wi-Fi, but in that area I’m guessing someone has an open wireless network I can MoochNet from. If I can get a few more things done on the site, I’ll announce its launch today. In any case, I’ll probably find something else to post about later this afternoon.