Thinking about the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival today and thinking that maybe I should bring along my PBR koozie that looks like a brown paper bag. I will probably spend half my time inside the Blind Bear and the other half outdoors listening to music. When I’m in the Bear, the koozie will keep my PBR cold. When I’m outside, if the Miller Lite or Coors Lite I buy from vendors comes in cans, the koozie will cover up the fact that I’m drinking shitty beer.
Feel free to ask me about the koozie if you see me out at the festival… I just might have a story to tell about it.
Every college football season I have to listen to idiot Tennessee fans go on and on about how this year is going to be special, how all the right pieces are in place and this is finally going to be their year. The year when they sit atop the SEC as teams like Bama and Florida look on in envy. As Bleacher Report put it, the hype train got derailed Thursday night. At least they didn’t lose, but seriously, they had to go to overtime with Appalachian State? Typical UT performance. Time for UT fans to STFU until they get a convincing win. Hey, they’ve got Tennessee Tech on November 5, maybe then…
Damn, two in one post, that rarely happens outside BBQ season.
The MBJ has a list of college football’s biggest spenders. The U of M, although not considered a huge spender at $13 million, has equivalent revenue for a balanced budget. My Arkansas Razorbacks are 11th in spending overall, but turn a $36 million profit.
The Memphis Flyer posted a first look at Zaka Bowl’s menu. Zaka Bowl is the vegan restaurant that is going to open in East Memphis by Ed Cabigao, co-owner of South of Beale. You can build your own healthy bowl for $10.
To all my readers who were fans of the Chris Vernon Show, if you’re on Twitter I would like to encourage you to tag @929espn and let them know that you’re unhappy with the decision not to keep him on board. Ideally, start the tweet with a period rather than 92.9’s handle – that way all your followers will see it, not just mutual followers you have with the radio station.
Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em: The Beale Street Cigar Festival happens today in Handy Park from 1 to 5. If you go VIP, you have a bonus party from 6 to midnight.
Bookmark-worthy: Open a beer bottle with 17 random things around the house
You just can’t make this stuff up: Donald Trump had an idea for a dating show where men would compete for Omarosa’s heart. Half the men would be rich, and half poor, but Omarosa would not know who was who. This is what goes on in the mind of our possible future president, ladies and gentlemen.
YOGA! Downtown Yoga has announced a new Beginner’s Series. It starts Tuesday, September 13 and runs for six weeks, with classes at 6:45 in the evening. If you’ve never done yoga before, or if you did iet years ago and want to renew your practice, this series ($60) is for you. The series focuses on foundational Asanas (poses) such as the Warrior pose seen here. It also focuses on flowing sequences and meditational practices. You should take this series to learn how to better unite your mind and body. Downtown Yoga is in the South Main arts district between Butler and G.E. Patterson.
Choose901 has a post about the Cooper-Young Beerfest. If you go to only one beer festival a year, make it that one. There’s the opportunity to really learn about beer, with an education tent and chances to speak directly to the brewers in their booths. I also like it because it is not an event on the fall social schedule; it isn’t an event where you have to carefully plan your outfit because you might end up in the pages of RSVP Magazine. In fact, one year I wore my PBR hoodie, causing the co-owner of Memphis Made to go, “Really, Paul? To a craft beer festival?” The date is October 22 from 1 to 5 PM. Want to keep going after 5? There are two excellent places right by the festival space – Aldo’s Pizza Pies Midtown and the Memphis Made taproom.
I’ll be at Memphis Music & Heritage Festival most of the day, but to start of the day it’s time for some FOOTBALL! I’m rooting for Arkansas and Memphis of course, but also for Oklahoma and Missouri in the early games. It’s kickoff time for a glorious Labor Day weekend!