{"id":15982,"date":"2015-02-25T13:10:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=15982"},"modified":"2015-02-25T13:10:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:10:11","slug":"music-fest-lineup-and-more-wednesday-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/25\/music-fest-lineup-and-more-wednesday-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Fest lineup and more Wednesday news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis in May has announced the 2015 lineup<\/a> for the Beale Street Music Festival. I’m not a Music Fest person – around that time of year my team is busy gearing up for BBQ Fest – but most of the reaction to the lineup I have seen so far has been positive.<\/p>\n

The FedExForum will be accepting food and money donations for the Mid-South Food Bank at tomorrow’s Tigers vs. SMU game. Every dollar donated buys three meals, thanks to the food bank’s purchasing power.<\/p>\n

The Memphis Flyer’s Hungry Memphis blog discovered a restaurant just on the other side of Downtown, Sir Latimore Love’s River Bluff Diner<\/a>, at 855 Kentucky which I believe would be near Crump. Here’s a link to the diner’s home page<\/a> and if you scroll down the page a bit, you will see the menu. Po’ boys, burgers, meat and 2-3-or-4 plates, veggie plates, wings, tenders, breakfast.<\/p>\n

Graceland is having a job fair tomorrow<\/a> with dozens of open positions.<\/p>\n

From Huffington Post: Most wildly popular type of store for each state.<\/a> For Tennessee it’s brewing supplies.<\/p>\n

A cruise line is adding new riverboat cruises with stops in Memphis<\/a> beginning in 2017.<\/p>\n

Here’s a reminder that there are people in this world who really suck, courtesy of the @memphisscanner Twitter account that tweets highlights of the Memphis Police and Fire Department scanner channels: “Person has dumped a bag of puppies on Bill Morris Parkway at Riverdale. Animal Services dispatched to scene.”<\/p>\n

$20,000 was raised to re-open Cozy Corner Monday at a Swine & Wine fundraiser. The Flyer has photos.<\/a><\/p>\n

Working from home today, and I am about to enjoy a perk of doing so: A walk a few doors down Main Street Mall for loaded chili from Court House Deli. Since I have no evening commute, I will be out at the usual spots as early as 4:50, and hopefully I will have some snow to look at. Time to eat, back tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"