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MEMernet: RiverBeat, Drama, and a Beer Prediction

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RiverBeat

The inaugural RiverBeat Music Festival drew throngs to the Mississippi last weekend. Most on the MEMernet agreed Tom Lee Park was amazing and the production value was second-to-none.

But being Memphis and that park in particular, detractors complained the crowd was smaller than Memphis in May’s Beale Street Music Festival and that hurt Downtown businesses. Others griped that ticket prices didn’t match the lineup.

Drama

If you are looking for a local drama rabbit hole to fall into, head over to the Memphis subreddit and look for “Fox and Cat Vintage drama.” The basic story is there to get you started. Then, follow the links to fall as far as you’d like. Yowza.

Beer Prediction

Posted to Reddit by u/etherian1

“Only a matter of time before someone turns Germantown Lumber into a brewery/tap room,” u/etherian1 predicted on Reddit.

It’s a fitting prophecy for our beer-soaked issue, focused on the winners of our 2024 Beer Bracket Challenge.

“First round on me for whoever can will this into existence,” wrote u/HeyYouGuuys.

Agreed. Second round on us.

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MEMernet: Honor?, Culture, and Never-ending Elvis

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Honor?

State House Majority Leader Rep. William Lamberth celebrated the end of this year’s legislative session with the above photo. (Sine die is Latin for, basically, the end of a meeting with no scheduled return date.)

“It has been and continues to be a phenomenal honor to serve you,” he tweeted.

Most of the comments were not kind. “Pig,” wrote one. “You know no honor,” tweeted another. “You served no one but dark money and big business,” another commented.

Culture

Posted to X by Mr. Sound Dobad

“The European mind cannot comprehend how much history and culture is just in Memphis,” tweeted Mr. Sound Dobad.

Never-ending Elvis

Posted to Reddit by u/creature851

This image has been floating around the MEMernet recently. The story is that in 1949 a woman was dropping off film to be developed and had one frame left on her roll. She saw a boy on the sidewalk, asked him to pose with his bike, and took his picture. That boy was … Elvis (mind-blown emoji here).

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MEMernet: Sea of blue, Porchfest, and Memphis Accent

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Sea of Blue

Local law enforcement agencies amassed Sunday for a “Sea of Blue” to honor fallen Memphis Police Department Officer Joseph McKinney.

Porchfest

Posted to X by @HopeInTheUSA

Dozens of bands and performers drew thousands to Cooper-Young Saturday for the fourth annual Porchfest. That’s where @HopeInTheUSA caught the photo of Grave Lurker above.

Memphis accent

Posted to TikTok by @iamjazzysworldtv

Thirteen-year-old Brooklyn-native and content creator Jazzy’s World TV tried out her Memphis accent on Moneybagg Yo. Yes, she said “junt” and “mane.” But Yo suggested she city-fy her pronunciation a bit.

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MEMernet: McKinney Tribute, Eclipsed, and Burnt Out P

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McKinney Tribute

The Memphis Botanic Garden lit its new Youth Education and Tropical Plant House in blue over the weekend to honor Memphis Police Department Officer Joseph McKinney, who was killed in the line of duty last Friday, and his two injured colleagues.

Eclipsed!

Posted to YouTube by Memphis Flyer

Skywatchers donned glasses and cast eyes toward the heavens last week to watch the eclipse. Many watched in Memphis (like on the Greensward above), where it would reach only a partial eclipse. But many hit the road west to experience the total eclipse, snarling area traffic on the way home.

Burnt-Out P

Posted to Facebook by Keith Powell

“Anyone have a clue as to what happened to the letter ‘P’ at the Rental Parking Garage?” Keith Powell asked in the Memphis Airport Watchdog Facebook group.

Glen Thomas, the public information officer for the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, promptly responded that “there was an electrical fire in the light that caused this. We are working to get it replaced.”

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MEMernet: Memphis Masters, Go Glo, and Who to Follow

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Memphis Masters

The University of Memphis football team got into Masters Week with a little golf on the turf.

Go Glo

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GloRilla is everywhere. She was recently seen at the White House with President Joe Biden. Last weekend she was on the red carpet for the CMT Music Awards.

“GET ’EM GLO!” CMT tweeted.

Who to Follow

Posted Instagram by heybertflex

Heybert Flexworthy is a Memphis comedian and musician. A video posted to Instagram last week had the city’s number with lines about high MLGW bills, never going to Graceland, potholes, slang, Dixie Queen, and how the city turned Ja Morant into “a thug.”

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MEMernet: Paint, Dean Strickland, Tourney Time

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Paint

“The paint is coming off!!” wrote u/CUrlymafurly on Reddit last week. Some MEMernet citizens cringe at painted brick in general. But this paint job hit a note for many more.

The mansion was once the stately Nineteenth Century Club. It was being painted in preparation for the new Tekila Modern Mexican restaurant. But owners made an agreement with preservationists and the paint is now being removed.

Dean Strickland

Posted to X by University of Memphis

“Jim Strickland, the 64th mayor of the city of Memphis, was announced today as the next dean of Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law,” the University of Memphis tweeted last week.

Tourney Time

Posted to TikTok by Bleacher Report

Jaylin James, a content creator with Bleacher Report, had fun at the NCAA tournament here last month. He hit Beale, ate Central BBQ, shared some popcorn with a basketball fan, experienced his first buzzer beater, and captured it all in a fun TikTok video.

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MEMernet: Kyle, Candy Champ, Glo and Joe

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Kyle, Kyle, Kyle

“Leftist agitators disrupted the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter event hosting Kyle Rittenhouse last night at the University of Memphis,” reads a story from Turning Points USA the day after Rittenhouse was booed from the stage and chased away from campus by protestors.

MEMernet celebrity Allan Creasy asked Memphians on X and Facebook for their most Memphis insult for Rittenhouse. They didn’t disappoint.

“Kyle says mane but spells it main,” wrote Forrest Quay Roberts.

“Kyle Rittenhouse walked into the Rendezvous and ordered the shrimp,” wrote Jonathan Green.

“Kyle thinks Chili’s has the best ribs,” wrote Danny Bader. “He also eats ribs with a fork.”

“I 100 percent know his favorite Grizzly was Chandler Parsons,” wrote Henry A Wallace.

Candy Champ

Posted to X by Jessica Benson

“This kid eating an insane amount of cotton candy has been the best performance we’ve seen in five games in Memphis this weekend,” tweeted Jessica Benson, a Grind City Media host on the March Madness games played at FedExForum last weekend.

Glo and Joe

Posted to Instagram by GloRilla

Memphis rapper GloRilla met President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House last week. In a brief Instagram selfie video with Biden, GloRilla says, “Yeah, Joe!” The president responded, “Not yeah, Joe. Yeah, you!”

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MEMernet: Smackdown, Correct, and Peak Tulip

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Smackdown

WWE brought Smackdown to town last week and Memphis Memphises pretty hard where wrestling is concerned, especially when Dwayne The Rock Johnson is involved. Johnson’s in-character musical performance at the event poked fun at Ja Morant, according to CBS Sports.

“You’re simply an embarrassment, son,” Johnson sang of a rival. “Just like Ja Morant when he’s waving a gun (I love you Ja).”

Johnson also did an in-store event at the Wolfchase Target, where he talked about his new skin care products.

This is correct.

Posted to Facebook by Memphis Memes 901

Peak Tulip

Posted to Reddit by u/BandidoCoyote

It’s “peak tulip” time at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens, reported Reddit user BandidoCoyote. The garden is free. So, hit it up if you need an extra shot of spring.

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MEMernet: Sassy Stolen Song, Tweet of the Week, and That Smell

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Sassy Stolen Song

Memphis troubadour Jeff Hulett turned out a gut-wrenching tune of loss and disappointment last month.

“Did you hear about Sassy girl?” he sings in a new song on Soundcloud. “The 250-pound statue of a neighbor in Cooper-Young.”

In one of the most Memphis things ever, Hulett’s song details the recent theft of Sassy, a beloved Sasquatch statue stolen in the neighborhood.

Tweet of the Week

“Happy Women’s Day to all the intelligent, beautiful, courageous, kind, and strong women out there,” MGLW Memphis, a parody account, posted to X last week. “And also Marsha Blackburn.”

That smell

Photo: Annie Pm | Unsplash

Neighbors on the Ring app wondered about/were grossed out by a “strange smell” all over Memphis last week.

From Cordova, across Midtown, and into Downtown something smelled “like manure or something sulfuric.” Ring users blamed “mulch, just mulch”; maybe something they stepped in; Bradford pear trees in bloom; Memphis Light, Gas & Water activity; a sewage leak; a gas leak; a cat; and, to one neighbor, “Memphis tends to stink.”

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MEMernet: Memphis Things and Weather 2023

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Memphis Things

Memphis Memes 901 asked Facebook folks last week, “What’s the most Memphis thing you’ve seen?”

There were potholes, busted cars, pretty sunsets, souped-up cars, cars with drive-out tags, and more. Local slang was on display, too. See above and below.

Posted to Facebook by Chris Roberts

2023 Weather

Posted to X by National Weather Service Memphis

The National Weather Service Memphis created a cool story map outlining all the major weather events of 2023.

Remember the three rounds of ice we got in January and February last year? That was fun. Wind blew hard. Tornados threatened. Drought drained the river. It’s an interesting and scary look back.