{"id":17599,"date":"2016-02-20T09:41:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T15:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=17599"},"modified":"2016-02-20T09:41:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T15:41:21","slug":"were-gonna-stomp-all-night-plus-saturday-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/20\/were-gonna-stomp-all-night-plus-saturday-news\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re gonna STOMP… all night… plus Saturday news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Percussion extravaganza STOMP<\/a> returns to the Orpheum today only for two shows at 2 PM and 8 PM. A cast of many uses every object imaginable to create sound and beat out rhythm. I have personally seen this show at the Orpheum and recommend it strongly. It’s a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

Memphis is happy to have Chris “Birdman” Andersen on the team, but the original Bird Man from Memphis, Koko B. Ware, will make a local radio appearance today. He’ll be on Cerrito Live on AM 560\/FM 8.7. at approximately 12:15 PM.<\/p>\n

The Redbirds seasonal job fair is happening right now at AutoZone Park. It will be going on until 2 this afternoon. Come prepared to interview.<\/p>\n

The Memphis Symphony Orchestra performs Bolero!<\/em> tonight at 7:30 at the Cannon Center.<\/p>\n

The City of Memphis is accepting applications for 10 part-time video analyst<\/a> positions. Pay is not bad: $20.45 an hour. These “video paralegal” positions will assist local law enforcement.<\/p>\n

Tin Roof is now offering a loyalty card to its regulars, giving them a $10 credit for every $50 spent on food. The card credits can be spent on anything at Tin Roof. Cardholders also get in free to non-ticketed events.<\/p>\n

Chef Shuttle talked Downtown expansion<\/a> with the Memphis Business Journal recently. The shuttle service vastly expands Downtowners’ food delivery options.<\/p>\n

Holly from I Love Memphis recently ate lunch at the Flying Fish<\/a>, having the grilled rainbow trout with rice and beans and grilled veggies, tilapia tacos (catfish tacos also available), and fried okra. Great place to eat and kid-friendly too. Check out the Billy Bass wall while you’re there. I was one of the first to donate a Billy Bass to the Fish and you can find it on the wall’s bottom row.<\/p>\n

Random thing I read about recently: Numbers stations<\/a>, shortwave radio stations used by spies to transmit information. These are broadcasts of seemingly random numbers and phonetic alphabet letters – “Five, nine, three, hotel, foxtrot” – at regularly scheduled times of the day. The coded information is usually read in a female voice, sometimes a child’s voice. Sometimes music precedes the coded numbers and letters.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Bardog bartender Bloom on the new addition to the family, Adelaide. Bloom will be out on maternity leave for a while, so for the next few months, Brunch with Bloom on Saturdays will be replaced by a classic: PANDA TIME! Panda will be back behind the bar slingin’ dranks. The Panda Welcome Committee, consisting of my “DAWG” John D and myself, will be there at 11 AM.<\/p>\n

(Note: All plans this weekend are tentative. I really hope I am at Panda’s bar this morning at 11, and I really hope I am at my vocal Facebook friend B-RAD’s bar tomorrow at 11, but I can’t guarantee it. We did some server upgrades at work this week that are simply awesome, but we still are finding loose ends. It is possible I will be called away to take care of stuff. Also, apologies to those to whom I have been slow to respond to texts or emails. It has not been a normal week, although it has been a good one.)<\/p>\n

All right, outta here, time to make sure I haven’t been tagged on HipChat (our work chat room) about anything and put some laundry in the dryer. With a high in the 70s and a low in the 60s, it is T-shirt and shorts weather in February and I will take every bit of that I can get. Time to get this day off to a good start!<\/p>\n

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