I was surfing around DowntownMemphis.com’s events page and discovered a cool event happening Downtown this weekend. The Memphis Punk Rock Fest will happen Friday and Saturday night at the Memphis Rehearsal Complex, 296 Monroe. There will be plenty of local and touring bands. Admission is $10 with a canned goods donation for the Mid-South Food Bank, $15 at the door.
Want to taste BBQ cooked by Memphis in May BBQ Fest teams, but you don’t know anyone on a team? Sign up here to be a judge of the Kingsford Tour of Champions. For a $10 judging fee, you can sign up for any of four shifts: Thursday 2-4 PM or 4-6 PM, Friday 2-4 PM or 4-6 PM. You can sign up for multiple shifts if you want.
Last night I kicked off happy hour at the Silly Goose, and about 7 the owner, Daniel, came in. “We’re getting a foosball table,” he told me. “It should be here in the next hour.” Sure enough, about 30 minutes later, a foosball table was delivered.
It’s near the left wall, between the bar and the DJ booth. They said on weekends, they’d put it behind the DJ booth to make room for a dance floor.
My next stop was the Flying Saucer. As I was sipping my Dos Equis Lager, one of the managers came up and asked, “Have you noticed that the TV looks a lot better?” The TV at the bar nearer to the front door, normally the one I watch as I stand/sit, had been a source of frustration for months. The picture had been pixelating so bad that Grizzlies and Tigers games were nearly unwatchable. They said it had only been happening on a few channels, but they were sports channels, which is kind of a problem when the TV is in a bar. The managers worked on it yesterday afternoon. I watched the third and fourth quarters of the Grizzlies game there, and the TV picture was very good and did not pixelate even once. Thanks to the managers for a significant improvement to customers’ sports viewing experience.
My final stop was the Blind Bear, where trivia was ongoing. I helped one of the teams with a few answers. While playing, I learned that the giraffe is the only animal that can clean its ears with its tongue. Well, that would be convenient!
Don’t forget that there’s poker going on tonight at 8 at Dancin’ Jimmy’s, on Beale in the old Pat O’s building. Free to play, and some of the best drink specials of any of the bar poker games. I hear that the poker host, Muruako, is my new BBQ teammate on the Moody Ques! Very happy to hear that. Definitely a top-quality addition to the team.
Back to work. I’ll be out about 5:30, probably starting at the Goose again.