By Mark Richens
February 13th, 2007
Not too shabby, I must say. The festival dates are June 14-17. Who's going? I've highlighted artists of particular interest to me.
The Police; Tool; Widespread Panic; The White Stripes; Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals; Wilco; The Flaming Lips; Manu Chao; The String Cheese Incident; Franz Ferdinand; Bob Weir & Ratdog; Damien Rice; Ween; Gov't Mule; and Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers.
Also: The Decemberists; Kings of Leon; Michael Franti & Spearhead; Wolfmother; Regina Spektor; Galactic; The Black Keys; DJ Shadow; Gillian Welch & David Rawlings; Spoon; Keller Williams (WMD's); Sasha & John Digweed; STS9; Old Crow Medicine Show; The Hold Steady; North Mississippi Allstars; Fountains Of Wayne; Hot Tuna; Feist; Hot Chip; Lily Allen; and John Butler Trio.
Also: Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys; Aesop Rock; The Richard Thompson Band; Dierks Bentley; Xavier Rudd; Gogol Bordelo; Junior Brown; Tortoise; T-Bone Burnett; Mavis Staples; Clutch; Cold War Kids; Dr. Dog; Paolo Nutini; Brazilian Girls; RX Bandits; The Nightwatchman; and The Slip.
Also: Girl Talk; Railroad Earth; Martha Wainwright; Rodrigo y Gabriela Annuals; Tea Leaf Green; Sam Roberts Band; Elvis Perkins in Dearland; Charlie Louvin; Sonya Kitchell; Mute Math; Apollo Sunshine; Uncle Earl; James Blood Ulmer; The National; The Little Ones; Ryan Shaw.
Comedians: Lewis Black & Friends; Dave Attell; and David Cross.
By Mark Richens
June 30th, 2006
Some of you -- if you frequent MySpace or the Goner message board -- are familiar with the tales of ex-cop, ex-gumshoe, and ex-private dick Skag Winesack. For those of you who aren't, check out Skag's new blog on Cracked.com.
By Mark Richens
May 27th, 2006
EJ Friedman has been publishing a new music blog, chock full of exclusive content: downloads, editorial reviews, links, theatrical anecdotes (downing Jager shots with members of Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, etc.). Check it out here.
Be sure to check out the item on the return of This Is Goodbye, another show I'm missing tonight due to whatever cholera or dysentery I've got. Not pleasant, I tell you ...
By Mark Richens
May 22nd, 2006
The Memphis Wine Events blog runs down all the tastings, openings and dinners you oenophiles need to know about. Check it out.
By Mark Richens
March 14th, 2006
Collin C. answered my call for links for the new site, and I've been enjoying his See, Sip, Taste & Hear blog the past few minutes. It's all about photography, wine, food and music. Check it out. It's making me thirsty.
By Mark Richens
March 7th, 2006
We've been getting inundated with comment spam this week, so the comments will be turned off for a day or two. Also, we're in the process of switching this blog over to the new Commercial Appeal Web site, so there might be some downtime on posting. I'll follow up soon.
By Mark Richens
March 4th, 2006
Mike has the details over at HalfBakered.
By Mark Richens
January 31st, 2006
* Some of you may know Carlos Moore as one of the cut-and-scratch masters in the Memphis FEEL-HARMONIC DJ Symphony Orchestra, but he's also a computer whiz and a fine photographer. Check out his interactive media site here.
* The Memphisto's Bluff group on Flickr has a knockout selection of Memphis images. I especially enjoyed the album of pictures from closing night at Anderton's.
By Mark Richens
July 2nd, 2004
Enjoy these pics from Bonnaroo, courtesy of Helen Talbot.
Guys on stilts.
