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MEMernet: Young Avenue Deli, xAI Proof, and RiverBeat

Posted to Facebook by Young Avenue Deli

Memphis on the internet.

Young Avenue Deli

The Young Avenue Deli announced it will go 21 and up on Tuesdays and Wednesdays after 10 p.m. in a now-deleted Facebook post from the weekend. The Cooper-Young stalwart said it will also offer free drink covers, increase security, train its staff on handling harassment and misconduct, and conduct a “full internal review on how we operate.” 

“We’ve heard the concerns raised about how we’ve handled misconduct — especially involving the behavior of men in our space — and we recognize that our response has not been good enough,” the restaurant said.

xAI Proof

Posted to Facebook by Southern Environmental Law Center

“Local officials claimed Elon Musk’s xAI facility was only running 15 of their 35 unpermitted gas turbines in South Memphis,” the Southern Environmental Law Center said. “We sent a plane with thermal imaging up to double-check and the thermal images showed that almost all of the polluting turbines are running.”

RiverBeat

Posted to Facebook by RiverBeat Fest

RiverBeat Music Festival drew thousands to the Memphis riverfront last weekend for varied acts from headliner Missy Elliott to Benson Boone to Busta Rhymes and DJ Spliff Star (above).

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Memphis Flyer Podcast May 1, 2025: RiverBeat with Greg Cartwright

This week on the Memphis Flyer Podcast, it’s RiverBeat time! Alex Greene talks about his cover story interviews with Chuck D, Bobby Rush, Cage the Elephant, and DJ Zirk. Plus, Memphis rock legend Greg “Oblivian” Cartwright visits to give us the skinny on his latest project The Hypos.

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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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RiverBeat Crowd Photo Was Altered

Photo Credit: RiverBeat Music Festival

A viral photo of the RiverBeat Musical Festival’s crowd has been confirmed to have been edited, event organizers say.

In a statement from Forward Momentum, which organized the event, a spokeswoman said it was brought to their attention that the photographer had altered the image of the crowd at the weekend’s festival.

The photo, now deleted, was posted to the event’s social media page featuring elements users speculated to be “altered with AI.”

“The entire crowd along the inside of the fence appears to be altered with AI (weird body shapes, missing arms, blurs, etc.,” Jerred Price said on a Facebook post sharing the image with the festival’s watermark.

The spokeswoman, Michele Anderson, went on to say they had been “transparent about their numbers,” and the event had 30,000 people in attendance.

“We had no knowledge that this photographer altered the image until it was brought to our attention,” she said in a statement. “We will not be working with him going forward, and the image has been removed from all our social media channels.”

Despite this, the festival organizers said they are still “excited about the potential and early success of RiverBeat.”