Had a handful of cool shots of Memphis, but that was basically the only thing that entertained me about it. The lead actor is actually decent, but the character is just a cliche. The rooftop shots that are obviously New Orleans and not Memphis were insulting. The “Police Station” being a tiny little closet was just silly. I understand it’s a fictional show, but it actually showed a shot of 201 Poplar in the opening sequence.

I suppose it passes for mindless entertainment, but the fact that it’s not shot in Memphis basically kills it for me.

Pics pretty much tell you everything you need to know. Their birthday parties are always a good time.

Summer is definitely coming back. Funny how you forget exactly how oppressively hot it is.

Also, I’m gonna try to capture as many of the insanely stupid cars around memphis when I can and post it. It likely won’t be “o the day”, but it sounds cool, so I’m going with it. First lesson learned, try to find them in daylight.

That’s it for now, if anyone needs me I’ll be sitting here hoping this sore throat doesn’t turn out to be strep.

And a bonus video of what I listened to for a few hours.

Throw us a bone here, at least FILM in Memphis if it’s SET in Memphis. I can even understand just using a sound stage for a handful of scenes, but if the entire series is set in Memphis, you could at least shoot it here. COME ON!

I started at Bardog in the early afternoon, meeting Gross (of Kooky Canuck) and Tony (of lots of places he no longer works due to physical altercations involving people who mostly deserved it) for a few drinks to discuss a project we’re working on (more on that when we get it off the ground). While we were there, an annoying guy proceeded to run up the biggest tab humanly possible, buying all kinds of shit at random, including food for the odd homeless guy that happened by. He managed to get his tab up to about $200, then his card got declined, lol. He of course was “Good for it” and just needed to go meet his brother somewhere else to get the money. They wisely called the cops.

(Our humanitarian is in the brown)

After a short discussion about the pitfalls of ordering an insane amount of shit you can’t pay for, the cops escorted him to jail.

After another hour or so of heavy drinking, we stopped by my place so I could drop my Macbook off, and Gross attempted to attack me with my own antique rifle

(No, I’m still not unpacked, suck it.) Being a ninja, I deftly disarmed him and we headed down to Beale.

After a one beer stop at BB’s, we headed to Blues hall to annoy Jon

and catch some Delta Highway:

Pretty cool show btw. Delta Highway that is, not Jon, he’s a freakshow.

The pictures stopped after that, as my vision was blurry, so I doubt the pictures would have been any good, but I vaguely recall throwing Gross in a cab bound for midtown, having another beer at Blues Hall, and walking home. I stopped in a completely deserted (at midnight or so) Huey’s to grab some takeout, since I hadn’t eaten much of anything all day. Weird seeing Huey’s completely empty at midnight, even on a Tuesday. After a couple of minutes at the bar, it was pretty clear why no one was sitting there, the bartender was a jackass. Oh well, the french dip was good, fuck him.

Overall, an entertaining, if not particularly out of the ordinary night out.

Holy shit, what an amazing line up!

Oh wait, it’s 2010, not 1999. Meh. If I want to see a chubby wigger try to rap, I’ll wait for Britney Spears to get married again.

(Click for the larger image of course)

Overall a good night. Also apparently some people from Three Six Mafia were there, but I forgot to give a fuck. Strange memories on a nervous night. Time to finish my rum and try to sleep.