Live music will return to the Cavern, the underground music space inside The Brass Door, this Saturday. Local Irish band Big Betsy will take the stage around 9. This band has played the blessing of the kegs at Murphy’s for the past 15 years, playing mostly Irish songs with some drinking songs thrown in. Check out the Brass Door’s blog for more info. Do I spy a couple of Neighborhood Texture Jam alumni among the band members?
Also, the Green Beetle will have live music both Friday and Saturday nights.
There will be a poker run at South Main Trolley Night tomorrow night from 6 to 9. Visit the booth next to Earnestine & Hazel’s to sign up ($5). Then visit South Main businesses and pick up a card at each. Visit as many shops as you want, to get as many cards as you want, then hand in your best 5-card poker hand. Best hand submitted wins prizes. It will also be a Blue Hawaii-themed trolley night, extending the Elvis celebration. Chef cook-off, hula and fire dancers, live music and more.
There will be a big party at the Peabody next Thursday, September 1, for their afternoon duck march. Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley will be inducted into the hotel’s Duck Walk of Fame. Grizz will be the honorary duckmaster, and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra will perform. The action starts around 4:45 PM.
There’s a PlayDate Memphis tomorrow at the Doubletree Hotel. All kinds of games, from poker to chess, Twister to Uno, Monopoly to Taboo, and more, along with food and cocktails. 9 PM to 2 AM, must be 21 to attend.
Douchebag/scumbag Bruce Pearl, having just received a 3-year show-cause penalty from the NCAA, made this comment today: “I believe I should have gotten more credit for coming forward and telling the truth.” You mean, coming forward and telling the truth only after it was OBVIOUS that you’d been caught? I would say that the man has finally overtaken Calipari as the biggest douche in college basketball, but that would be incorrect since Pearl is no longer part of the game. And I hope he never is again.
Time to head south to Max’s Sports Bar for poker. Most likely Saucer afterward.