One of the guests Elvis invited to his private movie screenings at the Orpheum was singer\/songwriter Mac Davis. Davis was a huge country\/pop crossover success in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m really surprised his work hasn\u2019t aged better; when I was in about third grade, “I Believe in Music” was a huge hit, and I loved it, and my parents loved it, and my teachers loved it. He had his own variety show on TV. But you never hear his music today.<\/p>\n<p>Out in southeast Memphis, the FESJC round of the PGA playoffs is underway. 69 are playing; only 50 will move on to the next round. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-messenger.com\/dawson_springs_progress\/sports\/national\/article_f3f5de36-30bd-5cab-a83b-2f971d3dd760.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Messenger has an explainer<\/a> and WREG has <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/heading-to-the-fedex-st-jude-championship-what-to-know-before-you-go-and-how-to-beat-the-heat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what locals need to know<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind, forecast highs will be between 98 and 102 this weekend. I recommend watching the tournament at <a href=\"https:\/\/golfatbirdies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birdie’s<\/a> where there’s A\/C and ice cold PBR.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Chess Club (where I’m typing this) is featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphisflyer.com\/hobbies-are-hot\/?fbclid=IwdGRjcATqsbVwZG9mBWZkaWQWUMZeNf9lQhGts0weOtVuKSVVerLHp2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4Q6iyHjJ_eGTfoy_9OW8ab5INyBFwkJBYwVrXI_rRoXTdtnHhzwo286MZ1BA_aem_Rde0SkKuWb_tQviBwDlfUw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hobbies are Hot<\/a> in this week’s Memphis Flyer.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers to <a href=\"https:\/\/mosaicmemphis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mosaic Memphis<\/a>, who brought tacos, salsa, sour cream, chips and nacho cheese dip, rice and beans, snickerdoodle cookies, and ice cream to the Union Mission last night. 9.5 out of 10 – minus half a point because Brother Wes wasn’t there to preach us a sermon. We missed you Wes!<\/p>\n<p>Back tomorrow with a Frupdate.<\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{"paragraphStyle":{"alignment":4,"writingDirection":1}}\"><em><strong>I gratefully accept tips:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span>Venmo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/account.venmo.com\/u\/Paul-Ryburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Paul-Ryburn<\/a>\u00a0(8113 if it asks for digits)<br \/>\nCash App: $PaulRyburn1<br \/>\nZelle: paul@paulryburn.com<br \/>\nApple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the guests Elvis invited to his private movie screenings at the Orpheum was singer\/songwriter Mac Davis. Davis was a huge country\/pop crossover success in the late 1970s. I\u2019m really surprised his work hasn\u2019t aged better; when I was in about third grade, “I Believe in Music” was a huge hit, and I loved … <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/13\/thursday-update-395\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> “Thursday update”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30178"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30180,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30178\/revisions\/30180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The path to wp-cache-phase1.php in wp-content/advanced-cache.php must be fixed! -->