Tomorrow is the Third Thursday block party on the block of Main at Peabody Place. Many of the businesses in the area will offer retail and food specials. There will be live music by Brandon Santini & Vic Wainwright, Mike Darby and Hope Clayburn. It starts at 5:30 and is absolutely free to attend, so come on down.
Now here’s something funny: Abercrombie & Fitch is willing to pay Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino to stop wearing their clothes. Their corporate management feels that it hurts their brand’s image to have such a giant douchebag wear their clothes on Jersey Shore every week, and they’re willing to write him a check to get him to stop. The same offer has been made to other members of the cast. This is probably a good move. They don’t want their brand becoming the next Affliction.
Congratulations to The Rapscallions, who won the 12-week $300 cumulative trivia prize last night at the Silly Goose. We also picked up a $25 second-place weekly prize. A new 12-week contest begins next Wednesday.
Before going to the Goose, I pre-gamed with a few beers at the Saucer. Their trivia starts an hour earlier, and I got to hear the first few questions. One was notable: “What street gang uses the six-pointed star as its symbol?” Only in Memphis would you see that as a trivia question. I knew the answer too: The Gangster Disciples use a 6-pointed star, while the Vice Lords use a five-pointed star. So the next time you drive down Chelsea and see “6 poppin 5 droppin” spray-painted on an abandoned building, now you know what it means.
Plans for tonight: If the Saucer follows through with their promise of an excellent Fire Sale, I’ll be tempted to spend the entire evening there. I really should head south for a little while, though, to catch Dynaflow when they take the stage at Earnestine & Hazel’s at 9. One thing’s for sure: It will be a late night, because I don’t have to work tomorrow! Vacation starts at 5 PM and I don’t have to go back until Tuesday.
Oh NO… just remembered we’re having a party at work this afternoon to celebrate our second-quarter accomplishments, and I’m supposed to speak. That totally slipped my mind. Well, as pro wrestler Dutch Mantel likes to say, “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.” Time to grab a quick burger and think about what to say.