Saturday night the public is invited to party at the oldest business on Beale. A. Schwab, the dry goods store that has been on the street since 1876, is throwing a 77th birthday party for Elvis from 6 to 10. Party will be in the newly cleaned-up second story, and will feature Amy LaVere, the Jason Freeman Band, the Memphis Dawls, Dan the Man, and Hanna Star. $5 cover. Beer and light refreshments will be sold.
The Memphis Union Mission is expanding. They go before the Land Use Board next week in an attempt to purchase the 3.1 acres behind their building at 383 Poplar. Best of luck to the fine folks at the Mission in expanding their capabilities to serve those in need. If you want to support the Mission you can do so in a variety of ways here.
Bloggers: If you want to learn how to better promote your blog using social media, you might want to attend the WordPress Meetup at EmergeMemphis tonight at 6. Details here. Even if you’re using a blogging platform other than WordPress, there should be plenty of useful info for you.
Not a local story but too funny not to link: A Colorado woman, believed to be drunk, visited an art gallery. There she proceeded to pull down her pants, punch a hole in a $30,000,000 artwork, then slide down the artwork and urinate on herself. The work was by Clyfford Still, one of the leading figures of Abstract Expressionism in the 20th century. She did $10,000 worth of damage. Full story here.
Those who hang out in the same joints I do: Anyone else read that and think that woman’s behavior is much like that of someone we know?
Rick Santorum finished a close second in the Iowa caucus this week. According to this article, Santorum wants to eliminate all birth control and believes that sex should be avoided except to procreate, even among married couples. Does anyone else read stories like this and think the GOP is playing mind games with us? They parade all these nut cases – Palin, Bachmann, Perry, Cain, Santorum – around the media. I think they’re hoping that the general populace will decide that the eventual candidate – Romney – seems downright sane and reasonable and centrist by comparison, convincing independents and conservative Democrats to vote for him.
Last night I was at Blind Bear when their weekly trivia started. The two people next to me at the bar asked me to play on their team. “I’m retired from trivia,” I told them. “I don’t do it anymore.”
“Come on, play,” they said. “We just want to have fun. If we win you can have the gift certificate.” So I relented and played with them. The result?
$50 will buy a lot of PBR at the Bear. Thanks to my teammates from last night for inviting me to play. Enjoyed it.
Plans for tonight: Just a quiet evening at home. And by that, I mean I’m going to go to the Saucer and drink a Moscow Mule. Haven’t had one since Sunday.