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Flyer: Why did you get involved with this as the point man?
Ron Terry: Over three years ago, I was invited to talk at a Friends of Shelby Farms meeting and was told the last keynote speaker was the late Lucius Burch, a personal friend as well as a friend and protector of Shelby Farms. I guess it was the fact that Lucius had been the last speaker that inspired me to say yes. But I didn't find out until two weeks before the meeting that it was a meeting to oppose a road that involved a big interchange on the western side of the park. So I studied the plan, and in my talk, I called it dumb. And that led to a two-year dialogue I had with Mayor Rout ... And about a year ago, he proposed a new concept, and everyone agreed that, subject to design constraints, this one had a possibility of working.
With the road fight behind us, I suggested to the mayor we take another step and see what could be done to develop the open space further. He told me to dream a little bit and come back. I wrote a vision statement, circulated it to several dozen people whose opinion I respected, and showed him a final copy. Then we formed a partnership to put in the hands of a conservancy.
What have you learned about how things get done in Memphis?
Big things involve public-private partnerships. And there is a requirement in all of them that government and nongovernment funds and ideas be combined. It worked with the old Superfund, it worked with AutoZone Park and the Riverfront Development Corporation, and I think it will work at Shelby Farms.
Do you feel like government just can't get the job done within its existing structure and with the appointed boards we already have?
I don't fault the appointed boards. It is just that there wasn't sufficient private money being put into the partnerships. It's quite a bit different sitting on a board deciding how to spend taxpayer money and sitting on a board trying to create the synergy of both private and public sectors.
You said you contacted more than 40 potential donors and only seven responded yes. What were some of the things that concerned the others?
The amount of money I was asking for. A lot of these people are going to be willing to consider projects that come out of the master plan. I was asking for big money.
What do you hope to see happen to Shelby Farms in your lifetime?
The beginning of a 20- to 30-year program to make it suitable to become the major park in our community, which it is going to be anyway. I would refer to the vision statement.
The plan would lock the park up from commercial development. Beyond that, what is its positive thrust?
If we can succeed in making the park a major contributor to community health, which frankly is foremost in my mind, then we can build programs to accomplish that in cooperation with members of the health community. I think recreation will be a byproduct of it. I think the park is going to be a great benefit to this community over the next 20 to 30 years. And it would not have happened if Jim Rout had not substantially assisted in making it happen.
Is there a model for this anywhere in America?
No, not to my knowledge. And neither is there a model for a major urban park being eventually supported with operating funds from the private sector.
What's the matter with some intelligent commercial development in 4,000 acres that are already surrounded by commercial development?
We already have some commercial development in the park. And it uses some substantial acreage. There are leases to a major building on some of the land. And you have the headquarters of Ducks Unlimited, one of the country's major conservation operations. And most of that is going to be retained. It is all a matter of degree when you talk about commercial development. The park is generating over $2 million in annual revenue now. We intend to enhance this in the future but never at the expense of charging admission into the park. There are a few activities using portions of the park during the year for which admission is charged, but visitors should never be greeted with a toll booth.
Why build a new road when you have one now that is expandable or can be made to look more attractive like Humphreys Boulevard?
It doesn't serve the transportation needs of the community. It only runs east and west. The new concept takes care of major roads running north and south.
Some people like passive parks. Others like sports involving gasoline or firearms. Why isn't there room for everyone in a park this big?
My opinion is that it's just too hard to mix noise with a goal of quiet enjoyment.
Does the plan make a value judgment that cars are bad?
Absolutely not. In fact, I am confident that the master plan will involve getting people in cars to parking areas designed for whatever uses the master plan calls for. But what Shelby Farms planner Garrett Eckbo said 25 years ago still stands, I believe. We need a park that is uninterrupted by vehicular traffic going across it.
The vision statement talks about marketing the park. Can you explain?
First we have to brand it as a place where more people are welcome. Then we've got to build both spaces and programs that encourage greater use of the land. n
Ron Terry is the former chairman and CEO of First Tennessee National Corporation.
One of the most memorable and surprising local shows I've seen this year had to be the short, contest-winning set the Detroit blues band Chef Chris & His Nairobi Trio delivered in February at the New Daisy Theatre during the finals of the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge. Surrounded by five other finalists who (outside of the local entry, the Handy Three) were accomplished but dull representations of different contemporary blues styles, this motley bunch from the Motor City flaunted convention by their mere presence.
Eschewing flashy solos and show-off indulgences, this lean, mean four-piece offered lovingly deconstructionist takes on classics like Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?" and Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" alongside highly original originals. The band its name taken from a skit by anarchic early television icon Ernie Kovacs also demonstrated a singular sense of style to go with their endearingly oddball music. Drummer Vinnie D'Cobra looked like heavy-metal wildman Tommy Lee's little brother; bass player "Brother" Bill Lewis sat down the whole time and barely moved; guitarist Sir Tim DuValier was decked out in a leopard-print fezz and a red feather boa; and leading the way was the gargantuan Chef Chris in a shiny brown suit, shinier red boots, yellow polka-dot tie, cowboy hat, and massive goatee.
The band ended its set with a drawn-out story song in which Chef Chris detailed the herculean task of making crawfish gumbo for his sweetie ("I get all kinds of cayenne pepper/I like to see my baby sweat when she eats the gumbo"). The song culminated in the double (though "double" seems too restricting) entendre chant of "Eat the tail/Suck the head," which could have been an obnoxiously winking punchline in other hands but was transformed into something like awe or bewilderment or mysticism by Chef Chris. It even drew a standing ovation from much of the crowd. The whole thing was sublimely weird. With the David Thomas/Crocus Behemoth-like frontman leading the way, this band must be what Pere Ubu would have sounded like as a bar-blues band.
Speaking by phone from Michigan, Chef Chris reveals that the band had been just a part-time gig for the last four years, becoming a more serious pursuit only in the past year.
"I live in this little farm community called Manchester," Chef Chris says. "There's this little dive bar by the lake, and there's a real Harley biker culture there. Well, you combine that with all the farmers around and it's an interesting mix. On Sundays, people are really looking to let loose, and we've been playing what we call 'the matinee' every Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m. That gig has really given us an opportunity to experiment. We take all the different ideas and influences that each member brings to the band and let it rip on Sundays."
Chris says he was raised with blues and jazz in his house but that his interest in the music was cemented when, as a teenager, he saw B.B. King perform, an experience that he calls "life-changing." The other members of the band unsurprisingly, given the extremely eclectic and idiosyncratic flavor of the band's music bring decidedly different influences into the mix. Chris says that guitarist DuValier is a metal and punk fan equally enamored with the Stooges and Howlin' Wolf. Drummer D'Cobra was actually the frontman for mid-'90s modern rockers Sponge, who had a couple of massive alt-radio hits. And bassist Lewis is an ex-Nashville cat who used to play for Pam Tillis.
And the Chef really is one a 20-year vet of the culinary trade who achieved minor celebrity in the Detroit area for the gumbo he prepared for a restaurant in the upscale suburb of Birmingham. It was this experience that led to "Crawfish Gumbo," the band's epic signature tune, which Chris says will occupy their entire 10-minute Handy Awards slot. During a practice, Chris recalls, Lewis was fiddling with a bass line and Chris began reciting his gumbo recipe over the music, eventually added the narrative about a lady friend, and turned it into a full-fledged song.
The band ended up in Memphis after entering and winning a Detroit blues battle and being approached by the Canada South Blues Society, which was looking for an area band to represent at the International Blues Challenge. Chris says that the band has already felt the impact of winning the Blues Foundation's contest: an upswing in bookings and much more attention from club owners and festival organizers, attention that is sure to increase from the exposure the band will get on the Handys. The experience has certainly been a catalyst for some of the competition's past winners, including Sean Costello, Susan Tedeschi, and last year's winner, Memphian Richard Johnston.
The band may have seemed unlikely contenders, but Chef Chris insists he had a pretty good feeling about it the whole time. "After reading the instructions, what the judges were looking for, I felt pretty confident that we would do well," he says. "They were looking for originality. They said that doing covers was fine, but they didn't want you to do covers note for note. Well, original music is our thing, and whenever we do covers, we twist it around quite a bit. When we do 'Folsom Prison Blues,' it's not anything like how Johnny Cash did it. My goal was just to get to the finals, but once we did, I told the guys, 'It's just us and five other bands, so I don't see any reason why we can't win.'"
After being announced the winner, Chef Chris says that D'Cobra expressed the thoughts of the rest of the band and, incidentally, this writer as well: "Vinnie commented after the contest that he thought it was brave of the judges to vote the way they did, because we are not your typical blues band."
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Have you noticed that Memphis is kicking some serious naysayer butt?
Our long civic trauma is over. The fabled Memphis inferiority complex has been cured. Memphis can finally get up off the couch. Jerry West is in town, it's a brand-new day, and pretty soon, the last low-down naysayer will slink back under a mossy rock and all right-thinking Memphians will rejoice.
It was Mayor Willie Herenton who put the naysayers on the run, warning last spring that they were lurking in our midst even as NBA teams in Charlotte and Vancouver announced their intentions to move to Memphis. A posse of loyal journalists and boosters has been in hot pursuit ever since.
"[The] decision to hire NBA legend Jerry West as president of basketball operations should send a strong message to all of the naysayers and critics who refuse to believe that Memphis can be a first-class sports city," wrote the Memphis Business Journal.
And who are the naysayers? The MBJ says they're "the petty politicians that have ruled this city for decades."
"No thanks to the politicians, a lot of crow was eaten April 30 when NBA legend Jerry West stood behind a podium in The Peabody and was introduced as the Grizzlies' new president of basketball operations."
Not to be petty, but two politicians, Herenton and Shelby County mayor Jim Rout, were solidly behind the Grizzlies all the way and helped persuade 23 other politicians on the city council and county commission to pay for a new arena.
The power of sport to salve the wounded civic psyche should never be underestimated. Nor should the willingness of sports executives and owners to tell us that.
"We've got to get that mentality out of this town," said Heisley. "I never felt like Memphis was a negative in me getting Jerry West here."
"The woe-is-me thinking is disappearing," said Andy Dolich, Grizzlies president of business operations. "I'd like to think we played a small role in that. ... There are always going to be naysayers about this city. And the self-image can always be improved. But this city is starting to believe in itself."
Dr. Dolich made his diagnosis after seeing the patient for less than a year.
"We as a city have to do a better job of being louder when we're positive and not let the naysayers set the agenda," said Grizzlies part-owner Andy Cates.
Or put professional sports facilities to a referendum like they did in Nashville, Charlotte, and San Antonio.
About the only good thing the media can say for naysayers -- and say and say again -- is that overcoming them is the stuff of greatness. Give it up, please, for Grizzlies' part-owner and Southern Heritage Classic founder Fred Jones Jr., who wrote this in a newspaper column:
"Naysayers claim Memphis isn't ready, Memphis cannot support a professional team, Memphis has bigger problems than financing a sports arena. I've heard it all before. With little financial support, I took on the challenge and the naysayers with nothing more than my belief in Memphis and its people."
Nothing is too trivial to escape the attention of naysayers. No doubt, you recall the firestorm over the Brent Dlugach signing by the University of Memphis baseball team, recounted in the CA.
"The Dlugach signing had people questioning Anderson's recruiting. And Dlugach himself said he heard the criticism, pointing out that some naysayers even insisted he was only offered a scholarship because his dad is a former U of M standout."
And, admit it, you were one of the naysayers the CA nailed for getting it all wrong about black people and straight hair.
"She opened a natural hair salon despite warnings from friends and others that African-Americans in Memphis weren't into natural hair. Indigo Mangi has been proving the naysayers wrong."
Well, move over, NYPD.
What could be more fun than a hearty har-har at the expense of card-carrying naysayers?
"The Ole Miss Rebels heard all of the preseason talk about how bad they were supposed to be," wrote the CA in November when the Rebs were 6-2. "The players used those naysayers as a source for motivation. SEC aside, the Rebels could also be playing for a spot in a major bowl game."
Yes! If only they had won their next two games against Georgia and Mississippi State.
When ESPN dared to predict a last-place finish for the Grizzlies, the CA wrote:
"The Grizzlies want to interrupt the naysayers with a little public announcement less than a week into training camp. ... Granted, the franchise has never won more than 23 games in a season."
Granted, too, that they only won 23 this year and finished last again.
But that was before Jerry West came to town and the CA ran off the last naysayer with this benediction.
"All things are possible in this city. All things. Don't scoff. It can happen in Memphis. All it takes is energy, a vision, and unmitigated gall."
Unmitigated gall. Now we're getting somewhere.
by Janel Davis
|Candidate DeAndre Forney: Republican and proud.
Forney was one of four candidates for the county commission in District 4, Position 2. While he only garnered about 4 percent of the overall vote, nothing could diminish his optimism.
"I am very pleased with the 4 percent I received. I ran in a 92 percent Caucasian district. I ran as a Republican," said Forney. "Every single one of my opponents has held an elected office, and with that comes name recognition, something I didn't have. When I started out, only two people knew my name. To get 4 percent of the vote is great."
The 19-year-old University of Memphis political science student, who graduated from Houston High School last spring, got interested in politics back in fourth grade. After a series of school-related voter-registration and education drives and a congressional summer internship, Forney decided to run for the commission seat on a platform that included no property-tax increases, no consolidation of schools and governments, and no increase in county commission salaries.
While he raised only $1,000 and spent about $7,000, Forney believes next time will be different. "[During this campaign], I made mistakes daily," he said. "Next time around, I won't be the new kid on the block. I guarantee, if we were starting out today and I had the support that I have now, our conversation would be totally different."
Although he doesn't plan to be a career politician, Forney says his future will definitely include more campaigns. Ultimately, he hopes to run for the 9th District congressional seat currently held by Harold Ford Jr.
Forney was just one of last night's unheralded losers, candidates without a big name or bank account. While winning candidates were busy posing for photos and doing television interviews, the losers went door-to-door meeting people, standing on street corners holding posters, and passing out pamphlets.
During a Republican gathering hosted by incumbent Bill Key, who himself was unopposed in the primary election for Criminal Court clerk, several lesser-known Republican candidates gathered to watch election results.
Key, whose campaign slogan was "If It Isn't Broke, Why Change It?," has held the position for eight years and presides over 100 employees. "The office is not a fee-collecting office," said Key, "but during my tenure, we have returned $7 million to the county in indictment charges." Key's résumé includes positions as teacher, coach, and athletic director in Memphis City Schools, former Memphis police officer, and CEO of Juvenile Court. Key will face Democrat Ralph White in the August general election.
Mary Taylor-Shelby was one of the more unusual Republicans present. She is a former Cleveland, Ohio, welfare mother who ran for Shelby County mayor.
"Where [a situation] might appear to be a negative, if you extract the good stuff, that can empower you to be a better person," said Taylor-Shelby. Although her mayoral bid ended in defeat with only 2.2 percent of the Republican vote, she calls her campaign a victory.
"I ran to get the African-American community to get more involved with the issues going on in their communities and to get them to see that they don't have to be stereotyped into one political party," she said. "I wanted them to see that they could make a difference in any political party."
A grandmother, Taylor-Shelby is no stranger to politics. Since 1986, she has run for various positions and is also a candidate for Fred Thompson's U.S. Senate seat. When not running for office, Taylor-Shelby works nights at Federal Express and is a part-time U of M student.
Beverly Farmer closely watched the results of her county commission race. After her first political run, she said she was beginning to understand the system. Although unopposed in the Republican primary for the District 3, Position 1 commission seat, Farmer will face a tough challenge in August against Democratic incumbent Michael Hooks. "I don't feel like I will do well [in the general election]," said Farmer. "It seems like the people are determined to keep the same candidates in position regardless whether they are doing anything or not."
Her platform includes community and economic development through establishing and assisting small businesses. If elected, she hopes to provide community residents with knowledge about how the government works and improve on weak areas like education and voting procedures.
The August election will be the final one for Jayne Creson. The incumbent county clerk has held the position since being appointed in 1993. Her political background includes stints as campaign manager for several other candidates and membership in the Young Republicans.
If elected, Creson's main objective will be to fully update her office's computer system to integrate online automobile registration for Shelby County residents. Creson will face Democratic candidate and radio personality Janis Fullilove. The Republican post-election party was abuzz with candidates, each with his or her own platforms, agendas, and hot topics. The losers congratulated the winners and pledged their full support for the August elections, but all of them seemed to be keeping their options open. "If I am not successful [in August], I have no plans," said Chris Thomas, incumbent Probate Court clerk. "I'm going to take it a day at a time."
by REBEKAH GLEAVES
At 6 a.m. on May 7, 2002, John Freeman begins one of the longest days in his life. The Democratic candidate for county register starts bright and early, having slept at a desk in his campaign headquarters. Wearing shorts and a white T-shirt with his name emblazoned in bright red, Freeman is out visiting polls and pressing the flesh of early voters by 7. By 10 a.m., he is back in his Midtown office, where red-and-white streamers hang from the ceiling, the walls are hung with campaign posters, and the radio plays classic rock.
Around 10:30 a.m., Property Assessor Rita Clark stops by. She and half a dozen of Freeman's friends and campaign workers are abuzz with discussion of county commission District 3 candidate Tori Noel's ballsy ballot switch. They explain that African-American candidates often align themselves with other candidates on promotional ballots distributed to voters. Noel, who did not receive the endorsement, altered the "official" ballot so that it showed her, not Cleo Kirk, receiving endorsements from Joe Ford and A C Wharton. They say that this is typical of last-minute election-day behavior.
By 11 a.m., Freeman is behind the wheel of his red Dodge Ram and driving from polling place to polling place. The truck elicits a few good-natured Fred Thompson campaign comparisons from Freeman's friends. Thompson, a Republican, made news when he drove a pickup truck across the state and then to Washington, D.C., in his successful effort to win a Senate seat. Freeman is quick to remind everyone that he owns his pickup and that Thompson's was a rental.
As he drives, Freeman says he's worked on lots of campaigns, but being the candidate is a totally different experience. Having spent 10 years working on various Ford family campaigns, he knows where all the polling places are because he's had to visit them so many times. At each polling place, Freeman passes out campaign materials and bottles of water to voters and poll workers, entreating each person to send their votes his way. At polling places in New Chicago and Frayser, he hears that turnout has been extremely low, with only 20 or 30 people having voted thus far. Freeman takes this to mean that he needs to personally greet each person who shows up. As cars stop and voters approach, he introduces himself, asks for votes, and casually informs each person that he is the chosen candidate for the Democratic Party, that he has the official endorsement of the Ford family, and that he currently works for Bishop William H. Graves, a prominent African-American religious leader.
Freeman knows it's important that black voters realize his affiliations because he's in a race that will likely be decided on race. The voters he needs are black, and Freeman is white. One of his African-American campaign workers says that when she called black voters to ask them to vote for Freeman, many asked her if he was black. When she said no, they told her they wouldn't vote for him. Otis Jackson, who is Freeman's biggest competition and is running as an independent, is black and a former University of Memphis basketball player. Freeman doesn't say so explicitly, but he worries that pigment will be pivotal in this race.
So he keeps making stops and passing out Cokes and bottles of water. In Melanie's, a soul-food restaurant on North Watkins, he meets every single employee and customer, asking all for their votes. The only white man in the building, Freeman is often met with skepticism.
Talking about the impact barbers and hairdressers can have on the outcome of an election, he stops by Warren's Original Hair Styles on Thomas near Chelsea. Warren Lewis, the proprietor, knows Freeman well, and as the mayor of Warrentown -- the community the city council named after him -- Lewis makes sure all his customers know Freeman too.
At 4 p.m., Freeman is back at his headquarters and decides to make a quick run to pick up bags of ice to cool the drinks for the planned celebration party. But on the way back from the store, he receives word that Otis Jackson is still out soliciting votes. Not to be outdone, Freeman heads out to hit more polling places.
At 6 p.m., he's at Corry Middle School in South Memphis talking to a young woman who says she's excited because this is her first time voting. At 6:20 p.m., he's at the Graceland Community Police Substation working the voters. With the polls set to close at 7 p.m., poll workers for all the candidates are making last-ditch efforts to scare up votes, yelling candidates' names and practically begging. Freeman manages to drop by two more polling places before they close, then he stops by Ophelia Ford's campaign headquarters on South Third Street. Ford's not there, but her campaign workers are trying to stay optimistic.
Back at his own headquarters, Freeman's supporters gather around a rented television set, sipping wine and beer and nibbling at the huge spread of food laid out for the celebration. But as the early returns come in, the mood darkens. Jackson is leading by a considerable margin. Over the next hour, the margin will close somewhat, but it soon becomes clear that Freeman has lost. Gracious but tight-lipped, he smiles and says he'll get it done next time. But his friends and campaign workers are not so diplomatic. All are clearly frustrated, with some even remarking that Freeman, a long-time friend and supporter of Harold Ford Jr., had not been shown the same courtesy by the congressman. They believe that if Ford had been more vocal in his support, Freeman would have won.
As the hours creep by, candidates and campaign workers from other races appear. A tired and somewhat dejected-looking Carol Chumney expresses her belief that Tennesseans are hesitant to vote for women and remarks that we are behind the rest of the nation in that regard. A jovial E.C. Jones, who faced no primary opposition in his bid for the county trustee's office, arrives and chats with others present.
Eventually, the party moves on to Zinnie's East, where upstairs in the Full Moon Club a young woman is squeaking out '80s pop tunes. Joe Cooper arrives to cheers from all. He has just won by the narrowest margin imaginable -- one vote -- and has taken to calling himself "Landslide" Joe Cooper. Pat Vander Schaaf calls to congratulate him and express her disbelief at the evening's events. Her ex-husband and close friend Clair Vander Schaaf has just lost the county commission seat he held for nearly 26 years; Joe Cooper has won the primary after running for various offices unsuccessfully for years. And Freeman, despite receiving the endorsement of many of Memphis' top politicians and the Democratic party, has lost.
But nobody wants to dwell on that. As the clock turns to the wee hours, Freeman supporters take the karaoke stage to sing. E.C. Jones croons an impressive rendition of Sinatra's "My Way." But no song was more fitting than the duet Freeman and local Democrat David Upton sang -- Elvis' "All Shook Up."
All shook up, indeed.
The last undeveloped waterfront in downtown Memphis suddenly looks like a logging camp after the woods have been clear-cut.
The 21.5-acre site on Mud Island between the Auction Street Bridge and the entrance to Mud Island River Park is directly across from The Pyramid. Until last month, it had survived as a forest through 15 years of development on the island. Then, in about a week, developer Kevin Hyneman, who has owned the property for about two years, cut down almost all of the trees. Now they are littered across the landscape just in time for the opening of the park and the Memphis In May International Festival.
It isn't clear what will eventually happen to the property. In addition to Hyneman, Harbor Town developer Henry Turley and the Riverfront Development Corporation (RDC) have a keen interest in it, and there has been talk of some kind of joint venture. There are actually two sets of plans on file at the Memphis and Shelby County Office of Planning and Development.
One has been dormant since June 2001 when Hyneman indefinitely postponed a scheduled appearance before the Land Use Control Board. That plan, called Grand Island Planned Development, would split the property into three parts, including a frontage strip of 25 residential lots, 10 acres of "passive recreation" between the road frontage and the Wolf River Harbor, and another parcel for offices, condominiums, and a 10-story hotel which would be twice the height of anything else on the island.
Hyneman's partners in Grand Island are Johnny Earwood and Davis Engineering Company. Hyneman is primarily a builder of low-cost and mid-priced homes in the suburbs, although he has done one subdivision on Mud Island.
"We propose to provide an attractive streetscape in character with, if not superior to, the existing Island Drive streetscape north of the property," wrote Dan Frazier of Davis Engineering in a letter. Hyneman could not be reached for comment before press time.
Grand Island plans drew opposition last year from the RDC and the Center City Commission. The Office of Planning and Development said it would need more information before the plans could be considered for approval.
"The creation of a suburban-style development on this property is not appropriate," wrote RDC president Benny Lendermon in response to Frazier's letter. "The proposed use is extremely shortsighted."
The other plan for the property was approved by the Land Use Control Board in 1999. It changed the zoning from highway commercial to multiple-dwelling residential. It was submitted by the previous owner, Echelon Residential, based in Dallas. Echelon developed the apartments next to AutoZone Park between Union and Madison before selling its Mud Island land to Hyneman. The Echelon at Mud Island plans included some 450 residential units.
Further complicating matters, Echelon submitted its plans at about the same time the RDC was being established as a public-private partnership. The RDC has commissioned a master plan for the riverfront, but it remains to be seen how much of it will be implemented. The Mud Island site shapes up as its first key test.
Hyneman began clearing the property two weeks ago. Virtually all of it was stripped bare except for a few large trees still standing at the edge of the Wolf River Harbor. Lendermon said there were five or six trees along the road frontage that could have stood, but the others probably would have been cut for any large development. The part next to the Wolf River Harbor drops off to well below flood stage and will require at least 20 feet of fill, engineering reports say. A small triangle of land at the north end of the property next to the Auction Street Bridge still has trees on it. It is owned by a group that includesTurley.
Chief among the potential pitfalls of turning the local music poll we introduced in these pages a year ago into an annual feature is that nothing would change. This, after all, is a city consumed with the past, where, oblivious to the cultural paradigm shift of a quarter century ago, some folks still seem to be waiting for the glory days of Sun and Stax to reemerge. A place where it seems some aging bohemians still expect the Grifters to dislodge Creed from the modern-rock charts. We were happy last year when Elvis, Otis, and B.B. (two of whom actually got votes) didn't duke it out for the title of "most vital artist in Memphis music today." So it seemed entirely possible that last year's Top 10 would be repeated verbatim.
Thankfully, that didn't happen, and the proof is on this issue's cover. Beale Street bluesboy Richard Johnston (you can see him out on the street, just like Furry Lewis in the days of yore) finished a strong second, and singer-songwriter extraordinaire Cory Branan tied for third (with the Reigning Sound) after not making the Top 10 at all last year. And while Branan was a near-miss a year ago off the buzz of his yet-to-be-released debut album, Johnston was just another name among the "others receiving votes." But, this year, the dynamic duo stormed the charts, in the process conveying the sense that they're the locus of a lot of the energy and excitement in the local music scene right now.
As we did last year, we mailed out ballots to approximately 100 Memphians with a professional interest in the local music scene -- writers, record store managers/clerks, radio programmers, club owners/bookers, and people otherwise engaged in the local music industry. As with last year, we asked them to name the five most "vital" artists in Memphis music today. We also added a couple of new categories for this year, asking for our voters' opinions on the best local album of the past year and which young or relatively new artist should be "picked to click" in the coming year.
Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, more than half of those sent ballots did the American thing and stayed away from the polls, though our pool of 42 respondents (the same number as last year, though not the same 42) still represents a revealing peek at what the people who (presumably) care most about the local music scene are excited about.
Branan and Johnston weren't the Top 10's only newcomers. Last year, the Grifters (with solo votes for singer/guitarist David Shouse) finished a too-high fourth off a few (admittedly fantastic) reunion gigs and wishful thinking. This year, Shouse's new band, the Bloodthirsty Lovers, finished a more appropriate seventh. And unstoppable bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart leaps to number six, this year's voters making up for last year's shameful omission.
Dropping out to make way for Johnston, Branan, and Hart were the defunct or at least on-hiatus Big Ass Truck and Pawtuckets and out-of-sight, out-of-mind Lucero, who, with their sophomore album stuck in the on-deck circle and a dramatically stepped-up touring schedule that's kept them out of town, took a tumble from three to 14.
And how have we managed to go this far without mentioning our repeat winners, the North Mississippi Allstars? They are the perfect Memphis band -- tied to the past both personally and musically yet making things happen in the present. They remained strong in the past year, with a new album and a passel of other projects, and were justly rewarded. And with Johnston and Hart joining the Allstars, that makes half of our top six blues artists. Could any other alternative weekly in any other city of comparable size conduct a similar poll and get such a result? Probably not. But it just goes to show that the blues may be a niche genre in most markets, but in Memphis, it's still lifeblood.
Also notable is the relative lack of hard rock and hip hop beyond the Three 6 camp (only one vote for Gangsta Blac, who released the best local rap album of the past year), a clear deficiency attributable to little response from commercial-radio types on the mailing list and hip-hop's smaller live presence in relation to the city's rock and roots scenes. Another, more troubling trend (or, sadly, just a perpetual state) is the lack of women artists among the finishers. On this score, the Top 20 contain only four partial qualifiers -- Eighty Katie with drummer Amy McDonald, Automusik's female rock units, Three 6's side attractions, and the Lost Sounds' local Queen of Rock, Alicja Trout -- with a mere smattering of female artists among the also-rans.
I guess I can't get out of here without revealing my own picks. After being as dutiful in my respect for "significance" as the electorate-at-large last year, this year I went with what seemed to be the popular route and voted with my ears and eyes though still abiding by my self-imposed rule of restricting my ballot to artists who have released new music over the past year, thus excluding perennial faves such as Di Anne Price, Lucero, and Alvin Youngblood Hart (who, nonetheless, deserved every mention he got this year). My votes for most vital artist/band: 1) Cory Branan, 2) The Reigning Sound, 3) The Lost Sounds, 4) The Bloodthirsty Lovers, 5) Richard Johnston; for best album: Cory Branan's The Hell You Say; for Picked-to-Click: Snowglobe.
Over the next several pages, you can read profiles on this year's Top 10 as well as Picked-to-Click winner Snowglobe and read what our voters had to say about artists in and out of the Top 10. You can also read about one of the best things to happen to local music in quite some time, LiveFromMemphis.com.
Our 42 voters sang the praises of an astounding 95 local artists this year. As always, someone who cares a lot about music cares about each one of them, and that should be reason enough to check them out.


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The Le Toy Van Budkins Stables is a comprehensive play set including a stable with a horse, an opening stable door, a tool-station with tools, hay bales and removable fences, complete with a painted wooden baseboard and the included Polly the Riding Girl Budkins character.
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Excellent product as an addition to the Dolls House purchased from the same range, lovely manageable product, well packaged will provide endless hours of play for the children purchased for. Sturdy and well made.
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Punisher Saturday: Lee Weeks Daredevil #293
I'm not sure I've ever been connected to a show as I am to Better Call Saul. I'm so interested in each new episode that I'll actually get up a bit early for work so I can watch 10 or 15 minutes of the latest episode via DVR, even though I know it'll be the first thing I watch the minute I get home in the evening.
If the first season of Better Call Saul was all about Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), a low-level attorney starting to flirt with a life of crime, then the second was about McGill if not embracing whole heartedly becoming a "bad guy," not entirely turning his back on doing bad things if that means him getting an advantage on the competition either.
McGill has it all — an amazing job, an expensive car and a wonderful girlfriend. But for whatever reason it's just not enough and rather than accepting his spectacular fortune he instead chooses to intentionally tank his career at every turn. Be it producing and airing a questionable TV commercial for the firm he works for or even setting up his brother to take an embarrassing career fall even if he kind'a deserves it.
The stories of Better Call Saul are deceptively simple. There aren't any life or death stakes and much of the series rides on McGill navigating the slopes of questionable business practices with him slowly becoming the bad guy. But the things he does aren't too bad and usually affect only a few people. Where Better Call Saul excels again and again and again is with the characters. They're so nuanced and complex and unique that the underlying story almost doesn't matter here — it's what the characters are doing and how they interact with each other that makes Better Call Saul one of the best shows of the decade.
What can I say about Stranger Things that hasn't been discussed ad nauseam since the series debuted last summer? This early 1980s period show about a little girl with strange powers who escapes from an institution and is taken in by three boys was the highlight of my, and I suspect many other people's, summer. Stranger Things was this weird, wonderful unexpected bolt of goodness that quite honestly I didn't think was going to work when I first heard about it. The marketing from the show screamed "THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE STEVEN SPIELBERG!!!" and I'd been burned by that with the movie Super 8 that also featured a group of boys and a girl that period who come across some weirdness going on around their small-town. Heck, Super 8, much like Stranger Things, is shot in such a way to be a love-letter to Spielberg.
Except that where Super 8 was a disappointment is that while the film looked and had some of the themes of Spielberg it was totally missing the emotions of Spielberg. Which is what Stranger Things got totally right, it doesn't look quite as much like a Spielberg movie as the marketing materials would have you believe but it's overflowing with the heart of something Spielberg would have been involved with.
That and a sense of underlying creepy horror that feels like it's some long-forgotten Stephen King book put to TV. But in a good way.
As I began writing this article in October Westworld was much lower on this list. But as time went on and I saw more and more episodes the series it kept rising higher and higher here. And that's saying a lot for a show that seemed to be damaged goods before it even aired with it arriving more than a year late after having suffered through "script problems." Yet almost from the beginning Westworld was a brilliant show that asked a lot of very interesting questions about the nature of reality and what it means to be human.
For years now, perhaps since the end of Battlestar Galactica, I'd been yearning for a new "very large ships in outer space" series. There's just something about people out in the depths of the cosmos flying around in little tin cans that appeals to me. And while there's been loads of "very large ships…" series that have sucked since BSG, the first good one to emerge since then is The Expanse on SyFy.
This series takes place in a future that's near enough to right now that we can still recognize the architecture and people, but far enough away that some of this architecture is on asteroids zooming around the solar system and we can't quite understand some of the characters who have new and different accents. And these characters live normal, ordinary and dull lives except the places they live in space are incredibly dangerous where one mistake can result in an agonizing death. Into all this are the survivors of a ship destroyed in an attack who hold the key to exposing a mystery that might just be the beginning of the end of mankind.
Honestly, I wasn't expecting much from The Expanse because it's on SyFy, a network known mostly for cruddy original movies mostly starring sharks and crummy original series post BSG. But The Expanse is quite different. Much like BSG it's based on a previous work, here a series of books by James Corey, and much like BSG the storytelling in The Expanse is excellent.
What new info can be gleaned from a crime and trial that took place more than 20 years ago and was covered and dissected by the media for years? That's what I thought going into The People v. O. J. Simpson anyway since I'd lived through the whole Simpson media fiasco and aftermath. But I think that the clarity of years after the trial, being that it's not yet another "torn from the headlines" series, made for some darn interesting TV here. Instead of focusing on the obvious, what everyone's already seen from the constant media coverage when the trail took place, series creators Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski instead put the focus of the series on what happened when the cameras weren't recording, behind the scenes at the courthouse and behind closed doors.
If you've yet to checkout The People v. O. J. Simpson because "you know how it ends," take it from me that you really should watch The People v. O. J. Simpson because it's one of the best things about this TV season.
I was lukewarm with the first season of Daredevil on Netflix. It was good enough, but was essentially a 12.5 episode long character origin story with the Daredevil (Charlie Cox) character really only being introduced in the last episode. That being said, the second season really hit its stride with the character of Daredevil being joined by the likes of ex-girlfriend and now dangerous assassin Elektra (Elodie Yung), the vigilante Punisher (Jon Bernthal) and a group of zombiefied ninjas. And what's not to love about "zombified ninjas?"
They say that computers need a "killer app," or some program that's so good people will buy the whole system just to get the application. And to me the "killer app" for the streaming service Amazon Prime is the series The Man in the High Castle since I subscribed to the service just to be able to watch this show. Set in an alternate America in the early 1960, in The Man in the High Castle it was the Axis powers who won WWII and Japan and Germany have split the US in half with the Germans taking everything east of the Rockies and Japanese west. At times the series is extremely disturbing with all freedoms that we know and love being dissolved under the occupations and people disappearing and being executed on the streets for minor offenses. But in The Man in the High Castle these weird cans of films start appearing that indicate their reality might be one of many, one where the Allies won WW2 and one where the Russians won it all themselves.
So, if this is true it means that for characters in The Man in the High Castle there might be a better world waiting for them and for the occupiers a threat to their total victory and their way of life.
I finished the second season of Daredevil last week after having spent most of last spring pacing myself by watching one episode a week since the series launch — that is until Memorial Day weekend where I blew through the last three episodes in quick succession. The first season of Daredevil mostly dealt with Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) slowly becoming the bad guy fighting, anti-yakuza and Kingpin (Vincent D'Onofrio) battlin' Daredevil we know and love. And the second season featured a more confident Daredevil taking on the mysterious Hand ninja clan who will stop at nothing to achieve their own ends with only Daredevil standing in their way.
Which is one point about the second season of Daredevil that I didn't care too much for; the Hand might be too mysterious for the story going on here. I'm not totally sure exactly what the Hand was after all this time — other than what they get in the very last episode — or why they were willing to sacrifice so much in order to get it?
That being said I really enjoyed the second season of Daredevil. It was much better than the first season which was pretty good to begin with and had one of the best supporting cast on TV.
There's Elden Henson and Deborah Ann Woll playing Foggy Nelson and Karen Page respectively. In lesser hands these characters would have been pushed to the background, in the series only to move the Murdock/Daredevil story along. But here they feel like real people with their own needs, wants and desires that sometimes are with, and sometimes go against the main Daredevil story.
There's also Elodie Yung who plays Elektra Natchios, a spoiled rich girl from Murdock's past who has much more depth as a character, and is much more dangerous, than anyone expected. I was surprised as to just how good Yung is playing the character of Elektra here — one minute soft and demur and the next scary and strong. I'd only ever seen her before as Jinx in G.I. Joe: Retaliation but she's absolutely wonderful here.
A special nod goes out to Jon Bernthal who plays Frank Castle/The Punisher. There's been at least three different actors to play the Punisher on-screen all the way back to Dolph Lundgren in the late 1980s. But it's Bernthal who seems to have finally cracked and perfected him. He's always on edge, always in the shadows who operates within his own moral code. It's also an interesting version of the Punisher that I don't think I've ever seen before in any form — brain damaged from the attack that killed his family and never sure if what he remembers from his past is real or if it's just a figment of the fragment of the bullet he took to the head?
Here, the Punisher is the anthesis of Daredevil — both want to stop crime yet it's the Punisher who's willing to kill to do so. And it's where these to characters bump up against each other; both trying to do the same thing but are somewhat enemies because of their different ethos, that makes the Punisher/Daredevil relationship so interesting.
And apparently Bernthal's portrayal of Frank Castle was so well received that a Netflix Punisher series is now in the works. Which does beg the question — can a third season of Daredevil without Punisher be as good as the second with? And too, can the character of the Punisher carry his own show when, as shown here, he works best operating in the shadows of some other super-heroes' storyline?
I was also surprised as to just how gory the series is. Compared to other Marvel series like Agents of SHIELD and films like Captain America: Civil War where a lot of blood means a tiny tricky out of the side of a characters nose, Daredevil is positively The Evil Dead in blood in comparison. In the series people are cut and they bleed, and it sometimes takes stitches to close up the wounds.
Though this gore is more comic book in nature than realistic — people are cut and bleed but somehow things never get that bloody — it's still adds to the realism of the show.
Regardless of what the future holds, right now I'd say that to me so far in 2016 Daredevil ranks as one of the very best shows of the season so far.
Grade: A
The Carmichael Show
The second season of The Carmichael Show wrapped up last week on NBC. It's a different kind of sitcom in that it's actually about something.
The Carmichael Show follows the Carmichael family with son and lead of the show Jerrod (Jerrod Carmichael), girlfriend Maxine (Amber Stevens West) and Jerrod's mom and dad played by David Alan Grier and Loretta Devine with Jerrod's brother (LilRel Howery)and his brother's ex-wife (Tiffany Haddish) too. So far, episodes of The Carmichael Show have dealt with things like racism, gentrification, pornography and the current political climate. Jerrod's girlfriend is going to "Feel the Bern" next November while his father's voting for Trump since he's, "Going to bring the jobs back…"
It's not the typical show and I think that might be part of the reason The Carmichael Show hasn't been doing well in the ratings — though it was recently picked up for a third season. Most sitcoms find a formula, and if it works, pound it into the ground for years and years and years. But The Carmichael Show isn't like that. Since each episode deals with different topics and themes, each one feels different that the one before.
While I don't think there's anything wrong with shows being about "nothing" ala Seinfeld, it's nice that there are still shows out there that are about something. Be it series like Community, Arrested Development or, though not yet in those two show's league, The Carmichael Show.
BTW — it's nice to see David Alan Grier in a TV series again. To my generation Grier was one of the cornerstones of the In Living Color TV series. And while Grier's worked consistently the last two decades, it's nice to see him back on a weekly TV series.
Grade: B+
Angie Tribeca
The second season of the TBS series Angie Tribeca begins this Monday at 9(EDT). The first season that aired in a "bingeathon" last winter was pretty funny. The show takes its cue from the irreverent humor of series like Police Squad and movies like The Naked Gun and Airplane. It's goofy, silly fun.
In the spirit of Police Squad, Angie Tribeca follows the title detective (Rashida Jones) and her partner Jay (Hayes MacArthur) as they investigate all sorts of weird crimes from a ventriloquist dummy lead crime ring, illegal pet ferrets being smuggled into California as well as every single cop show cliche from the last 20 years from forensic scientists who seemingly know everything to gruff, but lovable bosses and everything in between.
That being said, Angie Tribeca does feel more like an Adult Swim style show than a TBS one. In fact, it sure seems like Angie Tribeca took a lot of the core elements from its show from other series like NTSF:SD:SUV that seems to share a lot of the same character types and themes too.
Grade: B
The Carmichael Show
The Carmichael Show returned last week for a second season and is still pretty darn funny. The first preview episode that aired a few Wednesdays ago entitled "Everyone Cheats" was funny enough as were the two that aired last Sunday night; "Fallen Heroes" and "The Funeral."
The Carmichael Show has a lot of controversial elements, from the characters debating on seeing Bill Cosby in concert even with his trial looming to the pros and cons of cheating on significant others. While it might have controversial elements, it never goes out of its way to simply be controversial, to try and stir up controversy for controversy's sake. Instead the show tackles weighty subjects head on and doesn't pull any punches. B
The Americans
The Americans returned last week for a fourth season — which is amazing in of itself since the series has never been embraced by the masses so simply getting more than one season is a huge win for those of us who are fans of this show. This new season felt very much like a direct continuation from the last, with daughter Paige learning of her parent's dual identities and exactly the wrong time in her life and falling into the abyss of depression.
Of course there's loads of sexy spy stuff too!
The only other thing I the creators of The Americans could've done differently this season would have been to move the series ahead a few years in time. To pick up at some point in the future where the Jennings are a bit older and have passed Paige's crisis where how they dealt with it could have been told via flashbacks. But sometimes handling story this way feels like gimmicky, so I'm not at all disappointed the creators of The Americans handled things like they did.
One prediction for this new season; some major characters won't make it until the end — and I'm not talking about Pastor Tim whom I'm surprised has made it as long as he has. 😉 I mean it wouldn't surprise me if a character like Martha or Stan aren't around at to see the last episode this year. B+
The second season of The Punisher & Daredevil Show, err…, I mean the second season of Daredevil was released on Netflix Friday and so far I've watched the first episode. It was actually kind'a great. My big worry was that the Punisher would be "saved" for later episodes, but he had a big presence in the very first episode and from what I've heard seems to be a big part of the second season of the show overall so I'm very happy.
The New York City of Daredevil is an interesting place. It seems to take place in some dark reality where the "bad" New York of the 1970s and 1980s never ended and went right into the 21st century. New York City in Daredevil is a dark and dirty and dangerous place where someone like Daredevil really could exist to try and bring order to all this chaos.
Yet into Daredevil trying to bring order is injected a true agent of chaos; The Punisher. Someone who's simply interested in destroying all crime in the city by any means necessary be it by gun or grenade or garrote. A
Malcolm-Jamal Warner & Max Casella
It's great to see Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Max Casella on TV again. Warner* is best known for playing Theo in The Cosby Show and Casella* as Vinnie Delpino in Doogie Howser, M.D. Warner currently plays Al Cowlings in The People vs OJ Simpson on FX and Casella as Julie Silver in Vinyl on HBO.
Though that's not quite fair, over the years Warner and Casella have been in many movies and films outside of those roles. For example, Casella did 28 episodes of The Sopranos* and Warner has appeared in Community, Sons of Anarchy and American Horror Story to name a few.
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Other than budget, I think the main difference between the Star Trek TV series and the Star Trek movies are there are more people on the bridge of the Enterprise in the movies than the TV shows. 😉
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Turtle Shell Salad
Recipe by Montana Heart Song
This is avocado halves covering cottage cheese mixed with green olives and onions and some avocado salsa. Kids love it! Great with grilled pork chops or grilled chicken.The kids said, "Mom, Mr. Turtle must have a head." Previously no head, feet or tail to poor Mr.Turtle so the kids put the olive for the head, and I went from there, and there you have it! Enjoy!
Top Review by Krsi Sue
DELICIOUS!!! Forget the kids loving this....I won't share! The cottage cheese tones down the salsa, if you accidently use to harsh of a salsa like I did...oops. Pretty too. If you are short on time, Schwans sells frozen avocado 1/2s with salsa in the package. Simply defrost, mush up 2 of them, scrape the salsa off the others & use them for your shell. Thanks Mom!!!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 avocados, halved, pitted, peeled
- 1⁄2 cup lemon juice
- 6 large romaine lettuce leaves
- 3⁄4 cup cottage cheese
- 1⁄4 cup chopped pimento-stuffed green olives
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon picante sauce
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt or 1⁄4 teaspoon salt substitute
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
Directions See How It's Made
- Pour lemon juice in flat bottom dish and roll each avocado half in lemon juice. Place flat side down in dish. Sprinkle salt on the top of each half.
- In mixing bowl, take two halves and mash with picante sauce, add cottage cheese, green olives and onions. Mix well.
- Lay romain lettuce leaf on each of six plates.
- Take ice cream scoop and place a scoop of.
- cottage cheese avocado salsa in the middle of lettuce leaf. Take one avocado half and place over the mound of salad.
- Save the lemon juice to serve.
- Note: you can score the avocado half with a toothpick and make marks on the shell and place a large green olive in the front of the "shell" You can make little "feet" by taking the top of a green onion and making cuts to fan on each end of a 2 inch section.
- of green onion top, then cut the section in half and you have "four feet". You can take a small strip of pimento and cut in narrow pieces and tuck under the "shell" for a tail.


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Everything, and I mean everything, about my pregnancy was shocking initially. When that all-knowing urination wand said YES I was terrified. Scarier than telling friends or family, scarier than becoming a mom, scarier than anything else was the thought of childbirth. "Fetus," I says, "I don't know how you plan to make your great escape, but let me tell you - it won't be the traditional way."
Quite honesty, in the beginning I was all for drugs and C-sections – hell, I would have opted for that twilight sleep thing just so I wouldn't remember any of it. But eventually the longer I was pregnant the less afraid I was of the whole birthing experience. Then, after watching The Business of Being Born one evening, I began to seriously consider having a home birth. In the beginning this idea/thought/desire was heavily influenced by the decisions of the new moms in my life. But the more and more I thought about it the more I was certain that I didn't want to deliver my baby at the hospital. I wanted to sit in my tub. I wanted to scream into my pillow. And by golly, if I was going to poop I wanted to poop on my own floor. It was settled; I was going to do this thing in my
home apartment (sorry neighbours*).
The most exciting day of the pregnancy was undoubtedly the day I found out I was having a girl. Whenever I've picture having children I've always, always, always imagined having a daughter first. As soon as I found out I was pregnant I naturally assumed I would make a boy. I spent months trying to prepare myself for a son. So when the day of the ultrasound came and the doctor referred to the mystery baby as a 'her' it felt like a punch in the face. A happy punch. Oh come on, you know happy punches! What? Don't tell me that's only my family?
It's funny. I didn't particularly enjoy pregnancy. I often resented the total takeover of my body and life. It's not that I wasn't excited about the impending motherhood. It's just that, at the time, I would have preferred to have skipped the whole gestation process. But now when I think back on it I get kind of starry-eyed. I wish I had enjoyed it a little more. It was kind of a magical period of my life. Of course, I suspect that this nostalgia is simply the work of baby crazy chemicals floating around my brains.
Tomorrow morning I'll be back to tell my birth story for the first time. So if you were wanting to get out of "the talk" with the kids just send them my way and I'll tell them all about where babies come
from out of.
*Sorry, but not really sorry. Believe me, I was suffering way more than y'all. But still, I'll offer an apology because I'm Canadian like that.
All photos taken by the very talented Des of So Fawned.
All photos taken by the very talented Des of So Fawned.


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Sung to the tune of a Rodgers & Hammerstein tune:
The author and the rock star should be friends!
Oh, the author and the rock star should be friends!
One person likes to tell a tale; the other likes to dance and wail,
But that's no reason that they can't be friends!
I wrote up a bit about the songlist for Mudville for the book notes series at Large Hearted Boy, where authors talk about music. Check out more from that series if you have a chance — it makes for interesting reading. Dave who runs the place also has a series where musicians talk about books.
I didn't read them all, but did link through to a lovely one by Mark Olson of the Jayhawks, who says:
There is a lonely train called "reading" in your youth.
That is one of the finest metaphors I've seen in a long time.


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Harlequin Black Opal
The rarest of all patterns of black opal showing a quilt of small blocks of color in every shade of the rainbow. It is often said to be the rarest gemstone on earth.
NOTES: One, this is not a character death, so please keep reading past the title. Two, YES, I am messing with continuity. Three, this is set in the future & there will be some skipping around in time to get the whole story. Four, I am pulling some premises from the comics about what the characters end up like. Five, this is a What Ever Happened to Chloe in the Comics kinda fic. Six, I shamelessly admit I had to borrow from real funeral addresses to write this. Seven, before I forget, I do not own any of these characters; they belong to the WB & DC comics.
Chapter 1: Funeral
No one looked at the simple casket that held her mortal remains. The bright sunlight made every color seem just a bit more attractive than that dirt brown box. In the background a bright chickadee sang its weird anthem to the departed. Nineteen people desperately tried to listen to the pastor's words. Nineteen people wore black on a late, warm spring day meant for dalliances and picnics.
"Today we gather to say our final farewells to Chloe Sullivan, her brilliant light was taken from us before its time."
Lana knew what funerals were like. She had watched her parents' bodies lowered into the ground not far from this spot. If she turned her back on this gravesite she would see the simple granite stone that marked her family's mortal remains. She had spent so much time in this place at night it almost felt like a second home. But the daylight changed the place. It felt unfamiliar, spooky, like the spirits of the dead were watching her from behind the trees, unwelcoming.
"It is hard to let go of a loved one, especially one whose life had barely begun."
Lana slowly unclenched her fingers, shifting the single red rose to her other hand. The stem was crushed, but soon it would not matter. The earth would do more damage to the once perfect flower than she ever could.
"How do you summarize a life?"
With dignity, thought Lana. With respect for who she was. With regret for not being there when she needed us the most.
"There is nothing I can tell you about Chloe that you don't already know. She was your friend, your loved one, someone who was always there for you when you needed her."
Lana was surprised to feel wetness on her cheeks. Raising a delicate hand she wiped the saltiness away. But the wetness came back as her tears continued to fall. Lana didn't know when the tears had started, but they wouldn't stop now. Somehow it felt like she had been crying her whole life.
"But now she is gone, leaving only her possessions and words behind to give us comfort."
Strong arms wrapped around her, pulling her back into a comforting embrace. Lana leaned into the warmth offered, taking what little they could share in this grief-stricken place.
"Do you remember when the first time something of hers was published? The joy? The excitement?"
Pete pulled Lana tighter to him. For so long he had loved the girl in that simple brown casket. He had never said anything, knowing Chloe had loved Clark. Pete remembered watching Chloe try to tell Clark she loved him. Watched her lose him time and again. Every time Chloe somehow managed to pick herself up and go on loving the boy who loved someone else. It seemed so long ago that he couldn't even remember when his desire turned to friendship.
"Chloe said that instant her life changed forever. Life had given her a destiny, to change the world with her words."
Their high school years had been the stuff of soap operas and science fiction: love triangles, heartbreaks, meteor mutants, and an alien. Pete remembered the first time he found out about Clark. The shock had almost been their undoing. But after, after the secret between them had only strengthened their friendship. Now it seemed unfair that Chloe had never been on the inside of the secrets. Clark had never told her he was an alien. Chloe had spent so much of her life trying to explain the impossible.
"Chloe never let a story remain unwritten. Never left a stone unturned looking for the truth."
But some stones are too heavy to turn over. Boulders never move with just the strength of one girl on her own. It seemed almost indecent that a damn silly pink slab of marble would now be her last testament in life. Pete wondered if Lex thought the thing would make up for their loss. Lex didn't know anything about Chloe. So why pay for the funeral. He wasn't anyone's friend…at least not anymore.
"But now her dreams will never come true. Her bright destiny was cut short by a tragic accident."
An accident we could have prevented if we had been there. A light spring scented breeze distracted Pete from his gloomy thoughts. Looking away from the grave he watched the wind rustle through the emerald green leaves of the graveyard's memorial trees. The day seemed wrong for a funeral. It should bee rainy and dark. If felt inappropriate to morn on such a beautiful day.
"For those of us left behind the road ahead has never seemed so dark and long."
Pete felt Lana bury herself deeper in his arms. Gently he held her hands, giving her what comfort he could, what little he had left to offer.
"It is hard to express the depth of the abyss that opened in our hearts the moment we heard Chloe was gone, in an instant our lives changed."
Clark watched Pete comfort Lana. Once upon a time he would have been eaten up with jealousy to see his best friend hold the fantasy girl of his adolescence. For so long he had loved her. Clark wasn't sure when the attraction ended. He just knew that one day he looked at her and all he saw was a friend, one who would share his secret and his life. He could remember the day Lana and Pete officially told the world they were in love. He remembered the first time he saw them kiss. It was gentle and passionate and perfect. They couldn't tell him how it happened, what brought them together. No one saw it coming, least of all them. Maybe it was the secret they shared, the time they spent helping him, the alien, living a human life. Clark didn't envy the love they'd found. They deserved to be happy.
"But we must all look back on Chloe's life and remember what she was to us. She left us all with memories, memories we must cherish."
Chloe. Clark remembered the first time he met her. Clark hadn't known he had a silly side until he met Chloe. She used to make him laugh at the world, when she wasn't trying to convince him that Yeti existed. And now all that was left of that shinny-eyed blonde girl rested in a plain brown casket.
"How do we remember her? With love and joy."
He should have been there, with her at the university. They wanted to do the same things with their lives, become reporters. But no, he had to take a year off. Go explore the world without his friend. He went around saving lives, but when it mattered the most he wasn't there to save Chloe. He could run faster than a speeding train, leap over tall buildings, see through walls, and even fly. But what good was that when he failed to save the life of someone he loved. Life suddenly seemed too short, too pointless. His parents had tried to comfort him, tell him that he couldn't save everyone. No one could do that and if he tried it would drive him insane. This was Chloe though, his Chloe. He should have been there
"She sparkled when she discovered something new. Every time she found an answer her face would light up with discovery."
Why hadn't he ever told her his secret? Chloe, solver of mysteries and truth seeker, never got to know the biggest secret in Smallville. It wasn't that he didn't trust her. It was a big responsibility, knowing such an important secret. Sometimes it was dangerous to know. Tears misted over Clark's eyes and he shook his head. That was bullshit, plain and simple. Chloe had deserved to know. Clark always thought he'd get a chance to tell her in his own time, like Lana had shared in his discovery of flight. Even after Clark found he no longer loved Lana he trusted her. But Chloe, who had loved him so long, Chloe… Clark's thoughts trailed off, distracted by a late arrival to the funeral.
"What Chloe gave is more than any can forget. What little time she spent on this Earth was more than enough to change lives."
Lex, he looked like a million dollars, with a black suit, black shirt, black tie. Even his eyes were covered with black shades. Time and distance had dulled the pain of their last parting. Clark knew it was his fault, but he could never regret the decision. As much as Lex had been a friend there was some part of him that believed as his father did that Lex couldn't be trusted with "the secret". Lex knew there was something going on, something Clark didn't trust him with, lied to him about. Those last days of summer had been filled with distrust and growing hostility. Even now he could see the chilliness in Lex's expression. Their friendship was over. Like so many things from Smallville, Lex had become part of his past, dead to his future.
"Never forget what Chloe meant to you."
His love for Lana had ended. His constant companionship with Pete, different now, they couldn't see each other as much as they used to. Lex, now part of his past that would never be resurrected. And Chloe was gone forever. He always thought she would be there, waiting for him. But now he would never see her again. She was dead.
"Remember how she laughed and cried. Kept her alive in your hearts."
The chickadee's song ended. Closer, just above his head Clark heard a red robin take up the memorial music. He knew the bird was just being territorial, warning strangers away, but the silly twittering still brought tears to his eyes. The day, so beautiful and bright, that it reminded Clark of Chloe's life. In his heart he hoped she was happy, wherever she was. With all his heart he wished.
"She moved on to a better life than this one. We hope she has found peace in heaven."
Lex almost snorted. Heaven. Ha. As if heaven existed. Spiritually Lex believed in only one thing, Hell, and it existed here on Earth. Lex looked around at Chloe's friends. He could see their pain at loosing a friend. Clark, dressed in an old black suit, stood silently, looking respectably mournful, almost crying. Clark had once been a friend, his only friend. Lex ground his teeth, remembering the arguments. He had trusted Clark with his friendship, with a bit of his heart, yet Clark did not return the trust. Clark lied to him. Lex knew, even now, Clark was still lying to him.
"In heaven I can see Chloe organizing a newspaper. The news might not be as exciting as what she wrote about here on Earth, but if heaven is perfect place, then that's what Chloe's heaven would be like."
The birdsong was distracting. In the trees above his head some damned red bird wouldn't shut up. Lex wanted to find a gun and destroy the bird…and the damn trees that wouldn't stop rustling. The noise was a damn distraction.
"When trying to find the right words for this I read several of Chloe's works and found the obituary she wrote for her father."
Lex remembered the funeral. Mr. Sullivan had been a very good foreman. It was a shame the man had a heart attack. The day had been dark, dreary, and appropriate. A week before the man had died Chloe sent out several of her best articles to be reviewed by major journalists. Things she had put so much passion into, rejected by so-called serious writers. The single page letter had arrived just before the funeral. Lex remembered the bitterness in Chloe's voice when she told him about those people later. They had ruined her life, taken away the last thing left in her life that mattered. Those people destroyed Chloe Sullivan, but they didn't kill her.
"'We loved you, Dad. We will never forget you.'"
Lex closed his eyes and he could see her, so beautiful and alone and naïve.
"Chloe, remember this, we love you and will never forget you."
I killed Chloe Sullivan.


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White Salmon River, WA
May - September, every Tuesday & Wednesday as well as Friday & Saturday
- Learn from white water kayak instructors certified by the American Canoe Association (ACA)
- 2 Day course for beginner kayakers teaching you the fundamental skills to begin kayaking Class I and II whitewater
- Learn about equipment and kayaks, practice skills in the pool, and spend time on one of the rivers of the Columbia River Gorge progressing from slow moving water to Class II whitewater
Enjoy this fun and educational course, teaching you the basic skills you need to start enjoying kayaking in a safe and positive way.
On the first day, you will learn about the equipment necessary for kayaking and how to select the proper equipment and boat for you. You will then spend time in the pool learning the basics of safe boat exit and practicing the fundamentals for the Eskimo roll progression. After the pool session, you're off to the lake to work on the basics of kayak handling and maneuvering.
The second day of the course is spent on one of the rivers of the Columbia River Gorge developing fundamental paddling skills. Progressing from slow moving water to class II whitewater, you'll practice basic boat handling, eddy-turns and peel-outs, ferrying, water reading, self-rescue techniques, and safe paddling techniques.
After this 2 day course, you should possess the basic knowledge and skills necessary to get to the next level.
Essential Information:
Participants must be at least 10 years of age and be in good health and possess a positive attitude. Basic knowledge of river hydrology and hazards are required as well. Lunch and all necessary equipment will be provided.
2 full days
Maximum Participants:
You may be joined by up to 12 people in this class.
Weather Dependent:
This experience is weather dependent. Always contact the Experience provider with any questions regarding weather conditions.
What to Wear:
Wear a swim suit and bring a towel and change of clothes. Al other necessary equipment will be provided.
Booking Information:
For this experience, it is recommended to request bookings at least 14 days in advance.
Cancellation Policy:
Once you have received a booking confirmation, cancellations and rescheduling are allowed up to 14 days prior to the Experience. Failure to appear on your booked date or to cancel and reschedule at least 14 days prior to your booked date will result in the loss of the value of your Experience.
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What do I need to bring?
You will need a bathing suit or shorts to wear under the wetsuit, and that's it! They provide all of the equipment you will need for your trip (at no charge), including wet suits, paddle jackets and fleece, booties, personal flotation devices, helmets and paddles. All you need to do is show up for the trip, and they will take care of the rest.
Do I have to be physically fit to kayak?
Typically, kayaking takes a higher level of physical fitness than rafting. This is due to the fact that you are individually responsible for making the kayak move, and aren't able to rely on other people in your boat to assist you. Like any sport, you don't need to be a professional athlete to enjoy kayaking. Even more important than physical fitness is a positive, adventurous attitude.
Can I use my own kayaking gear for my instruction?
Yes. Please let us know at the time of booking if you choose to use your own gear and specify what it is you are using. The kayak instructors will always need to make sure that your own gear is appropriate for the course you are taking.
What is an eskimo roll?
The Kayak Roll (often referred to as an "eskimo roll") is the act of rolling a capsized kayak right side up by using your body and paddle. While many people think that rolling is the trick to learning to kayak, they feel that learning to stay right side up in the first place is the trick to learning to kayak. They do work on the roll during the kayak course, but the real emphasis in the course is learning to control your boat so that you can paddle efficiently in a river environment.
Is kayaking dangerous?
Whitewater paddling is thrilling, exciting, wet and wild and unbelieveably fun. However, as in all outdoor adventure sports, there is an inherent risk involved. Injuries are rare, but they can happen on any trip. From the staff training, to the rivers they select, to the equipment they use, there are minimal risks because safety is their priority.
Is alcohol permitted during the kayak instruction?
NO! Consumption of alcohol before or during any whitewater activity creates a serious risk to all participants on the trip or course. They do not allow alcohol before or during the kayak instruction. Anyone under the influence of alcohol before a kayak session will not be permitted to participate in the lesson.
Are there changing rooms?
Yes, there are changing rooms for the trips at the headquarters in White Salmon. At the headquarters they have all the amenities necessary to make sure that your time spent off the water is as enjoyable as your time on the water.
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The Nationals have won three straight games for the first time since April 20, and they might actually have the ingredients on offense to get on a roll for a while.
Michael Morse got four hits, Wilson Ramos drove in three runs and Danny Espinosa added two more hits, continuing to help carry an offense that's still missing two of its key contributors (Adam LaRoche and Ryan Zimmerman). Jordan Zimmermann had probably his best start of the season, allowing one run on six hits in seven innings. And the Nationals got an 11-game road trip off to a good start, beating the National League West-leading Diamondbacks 6-1 Thursday night.
Zimmermann, who hadn't won since May 1 despite posting a quality start in every outing since April 26, was as sharp as we've seen him all season. He had a sharp slider, commanded his fastball well and threw 66 strikes in 97 pitches. If he's not the best pitcher on the Nationals' staff already, he's certainly heading in that direction.
And Morse continued his tear, matching his career high with four hits and extending his hitting streak to 11 games. He's hitting .319, and has a .428 average since May 1. He's also played superb defense at first base, and if the Nationals do lose LaRoche to season-ending shoulder surgery, they should be fine in the field with Morse playing there. But what he's doing for the lineup is possibly an even bigger key; the Nationals were counting on him to help their offense improve, or at least sustain its production after losing Josh Willlingham and Adam Dunn. And after a slow start to the season, he's become the hottest hitter in the majors.
The Nationals are now 25-31, and will be back at it tomorrow night with Yunesky Maya on the mound for a 9:30 start.


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How are you this week my beautiful community? Have you noticed that the energy has shifted dramatically to last week, where we were stuck in our personal pain? To this week, where our energy has moved gear. We are in large part focusing on others and this can be either in our favour or to our detriment. The tragic earth events of the past week have stirred us. They have reminded us of the precious life we lead and also of our vulnerability and potential frailty to the universal force.
Yes that universal force which can move mountains, is part of you. You are that powerful. We are all made of the universal life force and therefore, we each feel each others pains and joys. There is no separation between us. The suit of our skin appears to keep us contained, yet this is an illusion.
Increasingly in 2015, our ability to connect with one another telepathically and invisibly (to the normal physical senses) is rising. We've always had this ability, for we are made of the universal force that flows through everything. Yet for millennia, we have been so physically seduced by the world around us, so much so, that we have believed it to 'be' us. We had forgotten our first ability and that is to communicate via thought and sound waves of feeling.
2015 is a special year. Way more powerful than 2012 and the hype surrounding the supposed end of The Mayan Calendar. You are not an island unto yourself. We can hear you. We know what you are thinking. You can't hide your thoughts any longer.
So I urge you, during this week, when it may feel easier to blame others for what you should be dealing with and owning yourself, to STOP.
Catch yourself in the act of giving up your precious power. Watch how it deflates your energy and actually brings you down. Then decide to change it. It's no one else's fault that your life is where it is. Your life is your gift and your responsibility. Own it. Love owning it.
As I have said in this week's Tip-Off Global Energy Forecast for April 29...
Love you and I look forward to hearing your thoughts...
Elizabeth x
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