Look! It’s Spotted Dick and Treacle pudding in a can.
Available at the ethnic aisle of Schnucks in Germantown on Farmington for $5.39.
Month: October 2010
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What’s New
Hannah Sayle reports on the new downtown restaurant Lunchbox Eats and the new chef and menu at Automatic Slim’s in Food News.
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“A Sense of Timing”
“A Sense of Timing,” work by Gregory Zeorlin at CBU’s Ross Gallery through October 21st.
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Tigers Lose to Tulsa, 48-7
There’s nothing ambiguous about a 48-7 loss. This may be small consolation to Tiger coach Larry Porter and his overmatched team tonight, but it may provide clarity to the motivational tools Porter will require as his first season in command of the Memphis program continues to unfold.
Read more about the U of M/Tulsa game at Tiger Blue.
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Tulsa 48, Tigers 7
There’s nothing ambiguous about a 48-7 loss. This may be small consolation to Tiger coach Larry Porter and his overmatched team tonight, but it may provide clarity to the motivational tools Porter will require as his first season in command of the Memphis program continues to unfold. Judging by another sparse crowd at the Liberty Bowl — 22,231 — the tools may be needed as much for the program’s fan base as for its players.
A Tiger defense that had shown steady improvement over the season’s first four games regressed against a Tulsa offense that entered Saturday’s game ranked fifth in the country with 523 yards per game. After giving up 288 yards last week at UTEP, Memphis surrendered 447 to the Golden Hurricane, a total that would have been considerably higher were it not for the short field Tiger turnovers provided all night.
On the U of M’s first drive of the game, freshman quarterback Ryan Williams was intercepted by Tulsa freshman Marco Nelson at the Tiger 48-yard-line. Six plays and two minutes later, Golden Hurricane quarterback G.J. Kinne ran in from the eight-yard-line for a 7-0 Tulsa lead. (A front-runner for C-USA’s Offensive Player of the Year now that Houston’s quarterback Case Keenum is out for the season with an injury, Kinne passed for 214 yards — well under his average of more than 300 — and two touchdowns before leaving the game with 11 minutes to play, the game decided.)
The Memphis offense showed life early in the second quarter, with Greg Ray and Jerrell Rhodes sharing the rushing load on a 60-yard drive that culminated in a 22-yard touchdown scamper by Rhodes. Down 14-7, the Tiger defense then forced a Tulsa punt after three plays, only to see sophomore Curtis Johnson fumble the kick, giving Tulsa the ball at the Memphis 30-yard-line. Kevin Fitzpatrick hit his first of two field goals four plays later and the rout was on. (Could have been much uglier: Tulsa was only able to convert three second-quarter turnovers into six points.)
“We didn’t give ourselves a chance early,” said Porter after the game. “This game was laced with turnovers. Going into halftime, we were only down two touchdowns, and I thought we had a chance if we came out and played hard, put ourselves in position to put points on the board. Obviously, that didn’t happen. We didn’t execute on offense or defense in the second half.
“I don’t think we’re going backwards. We just have to put a 60-minute game together, where we’re playing together: offensively, defensively, and special teams.”
Williams was forced from the game with 8:06 left to play in the second quarter, having suffered an apparent head injury. (The freshman quarterback remained in uniform — though without his helmet — on the Tiger sideline for the duration of the game.) Sophomore reserve Cannon Smith — having recently been activated after his own concussion — was ineffective, completing only four of eight passes for 18 yards. Also injured tonight was freshman guard Ricky Hart (filling in for the injured Dominik Riley), who left with a right-leg injury just five minutes into the contest.
Rhodes led Memphis with 62 rushing yards (averaging 6.2 per carry) with Ray adding 48. No Tiger receiver caught as many as three passes. On the defensive side, Jamon Hughes led the way with 12 tackles, DeRon Furr adding 10.
“There were some guys who played hard till the bitter end,” said Porter. “We have to find 11 guys on both sides of the ball who will give us that for 60 minutes.”
Now 1-4, the Tigers will prepare for a road trip to Louisville, where they’ll face the Cardinals next Saturday afternoon. Louisville beat Arkansas State tonight, 34-24, and is 2-2 on the season.
“We’ll come back strong,” Porter emphasized, “just as aggressive. We’ll continue to challenge them, and they’ll respond. It’s not just [the players], it’s us coaches. We’re all in this together, and that’s the only way we’re going to get through this.”
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Clear, Strong, True
Leonard Gill talks to poet Bobby C. Rogers about his collection Paper Anniversary.
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“The Vanishing Delta”
“The Vanishing Delta” at Gallery Fifty Six through October 31st.
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Happy World Vegetarian Day
- Fuel’s veggie burger
Today is World Vegetarian Day, and I have to say that, locally, I’ve been encouraged by the openings of three restaurants in the last year that strive to have interesting and inventive vegetarian options: Fuel, Three Angels Diner, and Trolley Stop Market.
Kudos to them for thinking beyond the portobello burger.
Almost none of the above has anything to do with Anthony Bourdain and his latest book Medium Raw, but I’m going there anyway …
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Image Wrecker
Bernard Richmond is a one man downtown
image wrecking crew.
Last weekend, Memphis police say, he attempted to rape a 24-year old woman in the first-floor lobby of a parking garage at 60 Madison Avenue, across from the University of Memphis
Law School.
First, he asked her for money, but investigators believe the panhandling was a ruse for the assault. A parking-lot security guard heard the woman’s screams and drove off Richmond, who was arrested nearby at South Fourth and Gayoso a few hours later. He is in jail on $125,000 bond after a court appearance Monday. The woman was not injured. The attack occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. Saturday.
The attempted rape is the second one this month at the parking garage. It sets back efforts by the Center City Commission, Mayor A C Wharton, and Memphis police to convince the public that downtown is as safe or safer than any neighborhood in Memphis. The law school was hailed as a catch for downtown when it moved earlier this year from the University of Memphis campus into the renovated former customs house and postal inspection station.
It also fuels the fears of downtown residents who see aggressive panhandling as something more than a nuisance. It won’t help efforts to bring Pinnacle Airlines and other businesses downtown to fill up empty office buildings or attract tourists to the riverfront and Beale Street. And it defies the compassion of advocates for the homeless who argue that criminalizing panhandling is uncalled for.
In April, the Memphis City Council passed an ordinance cracking down on panhandling downtown. It limits panhandling to certain zones downtown where there are police and security cameras. Council members and staff said the measure drew more calls and comments pro and con than anything they had done this year.
According to the police report, Richmond, 45, “approached the victim as she entered the parking garage lobby, grabbing
her in a bear hug, dragging her to the rear of the lobby.”
He pulled her underwear down and pulled down his own underwear and attempted to rape her. When the parking-lot security guard intervened, Richmond fled.
Richmond has a long arrest record, including previous charges of attempted rape and aggravated sexual battery. He has also
been arrested for panhandling, robbery, disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana, criminal trespass (eight times), driving
without a license, evading arrest, theft, burglary (two times), violation of parole, carrying a pistol (two times), and contempt
of court (five times).
He is also not smart. His latest attack was captured by video surveillance. Col. R.L. Shemwell of the Memphis Police Department
said Richmond told officers he had just been released from jail on September 20th, but public records say September 17th. He was indicted in February 2008 on a 2007 robbery charge.
“He is not a panhandler,” said Larry Bloom, manager of public safety for the Center City Commission. “He used that as
a ruse to get her to come close to him, and then he tried to rape her.”
Bloom said the CCC will not change its panhandling policy in light of the Richmond incident. By ordinance, there is no
panhandling allowed in non-exempt areas, after 7 p.m., or inside buildings.
“He [Richmond] is an outlier,” he said. “Most of our guys are active during the day and maybe until 11 or 12 at night. Passive
panhandlers are not a problem. Homeless are not a problem. Research shows, and we have confirmed, that only a small percentage of homeless panhandle, and only a small percentage of panhandlers are homeless. There’s a core group of about 25
guys that we deal with.”
Bloom said increased police presence has made a difference. But defining the three or four areas where panhandling is permitted “has taken longer than I thought it would,” because it is hard to satisfy downtown stakeholders and advocates for the homeless and passive panhandlers. “Nobody wants them anywhere, but you can’t do that because it is protected free speech,” he said. “There will be a learning curve for everybody.”
With the release of The Social Network today, co-star and Millington-native Justin Timberlake is all over the place right now.
Timberlake appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s show to promote the film, and the pair performed a duet “History of Rap,” backed by Fallon’s house band, the Roots. From Sugarhill Gang to Jay-Z. Good stuff.