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OUR 1584TH ISSUE 07.04.19 There was a popular meme flying around Facebook this week. It was a picture of Mark Twain, accompanied by this sentence: “No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.” That’s a provocative quote, and it sounds like something Mark Twain might have said. It’s appealing to everyone because everybody thinks the facts are on their side and only an idiot would disagree. But Twain didn’t say it. Nor did he say most of the things you see attributed to him on social media. In fact, there are websites entirely devoted to debunking or verifying Mark Twain quotes. Here are some other things Mark Twain didn’t say: “Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” I could fill most of the editorial space in the Flyer this week with misattributed Mark Twain quotes, but I won’t because — as Mark Twain also didn’t say: “I would Kamala Harris have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.” There was another, more troubling meme making the rounds this week. It was a picture of Democratic presidential candidate and California Senator Kamala Harris and her parents. The text claimed that Harris’ father was Jamaican and her mother was Indian and that Harris was falsely claiming to be African-American. Other variations of the meme that were circulated claimed that Harris was the child of immigrants and born and raised in Canada. An entire network of bots began tweeting the same allegation, word for word, within an hour or so of the debate’s conclusion. Even Donald Trump Jr. retweeted it, before later deleting his tweet. Here we go again, America. Birtherism, part deux. Harris’ father was a Jamaican of African descent, i.e. black. (Ever wonder why black folks were brought to Jamaica?) Harris was raised in Oakland, California — which is still part of America, as far as I know. She has been described since her election as “the first black senator from California,” and no one seemed to object. She was bused to school with other black children for the purpose of desegregration while in elementary school. She is as black as President Obama, Tiger Woods, Beyoncé, and millions of other Americans who have a mixed-race heritage that includes African roots. Questions about Obama’s citizenship, parentage, and place of birth were famously promoted into a full-fledged conspiracy theory, mostly by Donald Trump. That “issue” distracted and divided the American public for years. Now it’s Harris’ turn to become the target of a coordinated disinformation campaign questioning her race and citizenship. Daily Stormer and other neo-Nazi sites have been leading the charge, as well as at least one foreign-based bot network. And it’s being helped along by thousands of folks on Facebook, most of whom have no idea of the meme’s origin. I’m hard-pressed to think of a parallel in American history — of a time when propaganda and false “facts” were as easily spread among the populace. It’s compounded by the fact that newspapers have shrunk and disappeared to the point where many communities have no reliable news source and where many Americans consume and take for truth whatever is fed to them on social media. It’s a fact that malign entities, foreign and domestic, are seeking to undermine our democratic systems and turn this country into an autocracy, similar to those of North Korea, Saudi Arabia, China, and Russia. That the president seems to be more comfortable with the leaders of these countries than with our traditional democratic allies is unsettling, to say the least. Destroying the reputations and N E WS & O P I N I O N credibility of would-be challengers to THE FLY-BY - 4 the president in 2020 is just part of the NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 process. Trump hasn’t come up with a POLITICS - 7 EDITORIAL - 8 derogatory nickname for Harris yet, but COVER STORY “CRIMINAL it’s only a matter of time. INJUSTICE” I’m not sure who actually said, “No BY MAYA SMITH - 9 amount of evidence will ever persuade WE RECOMMEND - 12 an idiot, ” but these days it seemingly MUSIC - 14 takes very little evidence to persuade AFTER DARK - 18 CALENDAR - 20 an idiot. So check the sources of the CANNABEAT - 24 information you receive before passing BREWS - 25 it on as gospel. Don’t be an idiot. Your FILM - 27 country’s future is depending on it. C L AS S I F I E D S - 2 9 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 31 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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CRUCIFIED Need some eye bleach from all the terrible stuff you’ve read on the internet? Head on over to the Memphis subreddit for Tell Me Something Good Tuesday. Here’s an example from last week: bonsaibo - The golden hour pre-sunset light tonight was gorgeous. MemphisMoon - Only 5 more months ’til I get to visit Memphis again. CodySpring - Got our offer accepted for the house we are looking into in Memphis. Now to just hope the paperwork and appraisal go through alright. P.S. Please don’t crucify me but I tried it on my second visit to Memphis and didn’t find Central BBQ to be all it is hyped up to be. Any other recommendations? BBQspaghetti - We stopped crucifying people 4 or 5 years ago.

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Fairgrounds, Liquor, & Webber Development team picked, Justices side with local liquor store, & Webber’s friends want answers. ANSWERS WANTE D As Brandon Webber’s name fades from headlines, two of his friends say they still want answers and painted a portrait of the man last week as a uniter, a comforting friend, and an advocate against racism. Ceyara Smith called the Flyer office and said she wasn’t sure exactly what she could do, but she wanted to do something to get her side of Webber’s story out there. Last week, she brought her sister, Tamara (Clockwise from top left:) Lactation pod, Fairgrounds redevelopment, Smith, to our offices liquor store win, IRV, Smith sisters, and tourism numbers for a conversation that delved deeper into They argued in court that the current schedule, Webber’s life. which includes a September court hearing, won’t allow The Smith sisters said they’d known Webber since middle for implementation by October. Davidson County school, hung out at events after school, and would often Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle dismissed their request for an dream together about their lives in adulthood. expedited hearing. They said if he did shoot someone and was a criminal, they want to know. It’ll be easier, they said, to mourn his life that FA I R G R O U N D S T E A M way. More than anything, they said, they want those answers. City leaders formally named the private development team TO U R I S M R EC O R D Music is the core of an economic engine that drew a record 11.8 million visitors to Memphis last year who brought (and left) $3.5 billion here, according to Memphis Tourism’s latest figures. Officials say “music continues to be the core motivator for visitors” coming to Memphis. Peak tourist season falls between March and October here “when 1 million plus visitors arrive in Memphis and Shelby County each month.” LIQUOR LICENSE The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Tennessee’s two-year residency requirement to get a liquor store license last week. Doug and Mary Ketchum, owners of Kimbrough Wine and Spirits, brought the suit, along with national retailer Total Wine, late last year. Supreme Court Justices issued their opinion for them last week in a 7-2 decision. IRV SETBACK Proponents of Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) lost a battle last week in their fight to get the system in place for the October election here.

that will lead the Fairgrounds redevelopment project: M&M Enterprises and Belpointe REIT. The project team will be led by local developer James Maclin of M&M Enterprises. Maybe Maclin’s highest-profile project to date is the Broad Avenue mixed-use project he’s working on with Loeb Properties.

L A C TAT I O N S TAT I O N Memphis’ first lactation pod for nursing mothers is coming to the FedExForum later this year. The Shelby County Commission voted last week to purchase the pod from Mamava, a company that sells free-standing lactation pods for mothers to pump or nurse in public. The pod at the FedExForum would be the first in West Tennessee. There are more than 450 Mamava pods around the country, including three in Tennessee: two in Nashville and one in Chattanooga. The Shelby County Health Department could also look to install additional pods at other county assets in the future. Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of these stories and more local news.

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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will harness more solar energy over the next 20 years, more wind power if it gets cheaper, and less power from coal. But some say its environmental goals don’t go far enough. The TVA dropped its final Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) late last week, the culmination of a process that began in February 2018. That plan is a basic roadmap the nation’s largest power supplier will follow to meet the ever-growing needs for power to 154 local power companies and 58 other customers throughout the Valley. At the heart of the plan is the mix of energy sources TVA says it will likely use over the next 20 years. Picking that mix was driven largely by the need of diverse and flexible sources of energy and a federal mandate for low costs, TVA said in its report issued Friday. TVA measures that mix in megawatts, or 1 million watts of power, enough to power about 750 homes at once. So, how much does it need? In its 2018 fiscal year, TVA provided more than 163 million megawatthours of electricity to its customers. Coal power will reduce as TVA retires two coalfired plants, in Paradise (Kentucky) and Bull Run (Tennessee). TVA will try to renew a 20-year license to operate its Browns Ferry (Tennessee) nuclear plant. It will up its use of combined cycle plants, like our Allen plant, over the next 20 years. How

much, though, (maybe up to 9,800 megawatts by 2038) depends on demand and natural gas prices. As for renewables, TVA said they’re definitely in the mix. Solar power could expand on the TVA grid (as much as 14,000 megawatts by 2038) if the demand is there. TVA said it could add up to 4,200 megawatts of wind power to its mix by 2038 if it becomes cost-effective. Environmental groups gave TVA some credit for “moving in a smarter economic and environmental direction,” according to a statement from the Sierra Club’s Southeast region chapter, but the agency has a long way to go. “Renewable energy technologies are smarter and safer than fossil fuels, and it’s now known that they’re the cheapest form of new electricity generation across most of the world — cheaper than both coal and gas,” said the Sierra Club’s Al Armendariz. “So, even as TVA is making positive strides in this new plan, its leaders must start planning for an energy future that doesn’t just trade coal for gas — which not

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only exposes customers to a volatile market, but also worsens the climate crisis.” The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) did note that TVA’s new plan does include “recommendations for greater energy efficiency, transparency, and renewables.” But the group called the energy plan “outdated and a blow to customers.” For one, it said, the plan undervalues energyefficiency savings for customers. For example, Duke Energy Carolinas customers get seven times more savings from efficiencies than TVA customers. Also, TVA’s solar plans, SACE said, would only benefit big business customers like Google and Facebook. Residential and small business customers here are “being left out and left behind” on potential solar savings.

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• As previously noted in this space, the Shelby County Commission managed last week to approve both a budget and a tax rate, thereby beating the timetable of preceding commissions, which generally were still wrangling well past July 1st, the traditional beginning of a new fiscal year. One longtime observer of county government isn’t so sure that such promptness was called for or even desirable. Jimmie Covington, longtime reporter on Shelby County government for The Commercial Appeal, before his retirement some years back, still keeps a close watch on county affairs. In a Facebook post, Covington wrote: “Did the Shelby County Commission act contrary to state law when it approved this year’s county property

tax rate on third and final reading on Monday, June 24? For 30 years or so, the commission has been setting the tax rate after July 1 of each year. “One year, when the late Vasco Smith was serving on the commission, commissioners set the rate before July 1. Smith, who objected to the move, filed a lawsuit in which he charged that state law prevented the county from setting the rate before July 1. Smith won the lawsuit. “Every year since then, the county has been holding third reading on the rate after July 1. Last year, the rate was set on July 9. … With a new county mayor, new county attorney, and eight new commissioners in office this year, did a mistake occur?” Covington cites state law: section §671-701(a) [our italics]. “Establishment of county tax rate: It is the duty of the county legislative bodies, on the first Monday in July, or as soon thereafter as practicable, to fix the tax rates on all properties within their respective jurisdictions for all county purposes, except that in any county having a population in excess of seven hundred thousand (700,000) … establishing tax due dates other than the first Monday in October each year, in accordance with §67-1-701(a), shall have the authority to fix tax rates for all county purposes at dates prior to the first Monday in July.” Apropos the seeming loophole of that last clause, Covington notes, “The due date for collecting taxes in Shelby County has not been changed from the first Monday in October.” Hmmm. “No foul, no penalty” is our guess.

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Petitions for elective positions on the October 3rd city of Memphis ballot continue to be pulled, and there has been one major surprise of late — a switch of intent on the part of city council candidate Cody Fletcher, who has withdrawn his petition for the Super-District 9, Position 1 council seat and has picked up another petition for the Super-District 9, Position 3 seat. The change does not alter the geographical location that Fletcher, a University of Memphis development specialist, hopes to represent, but it certainly shakes up the dynamics of races for the two council positions. Fletcher’s withdrawal from the Position 1 race basically leaves that contest a one-on-one between two major contenders, Shelby County Schools teacher Erika Sugarmon and developer Chase Carlisle. Previously, Sugarmon, daughter of the late African-American legal eminence Russell Sugarmon, was in a position to take advantage of votesplitting between Fletcher and Carlisle, who drew on similar East Memphis business constituencies. Fletcher now finds himself essentially in a mano-a-mano battle for the Position 3 seat with Jeff Warren. It remains to be seen whether the shift, recommended by consultant Brian Stephens, who advises both Fletcher and Carlisle, actually increases Fletcher’s chances since he and Warren, an early and well-established entry in this year’s election, also draw upon similar bases of support.

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We have no objection to the sudden rise to viability as a presidential contender of California U.S. Senator Kamala Harris. As the sentient world knows, Harris’ ascension to contender status was shaped last week by her strong performance during the second nationally televised debate of Democratic candidates. It came at the expense of former Vice President Joe Biden, the putative Democratic front-runner, who was slow on the uptake when challenged by Harris for his previous remarks regarding his ability, while serving in the Senate, to co-exist and seek common ground with out-and-out segregationists like thenSenators James Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia, “old bulls” who, due to the prevailing seniority system, had outsized power over the Senate committee system and could obstruct or facilitate legislation. Biden’s point was that he retained the ability to work constructively with political figures of different persuasions from his own — something likely to be highly relevant in post-2020 Washington. Still, Harris’ well-stated rebuke was on point and timely, given today’s different sense of priorities and impatience with foot-dragging on matters related to human justice. And we like Harris’ prosecutorial style, hitherto in her public interrogations of disingenuous functionaries of the Trump administration. We are not so enamored of Harris’ follow-up point in her confrontation with Biden, wherein she took him to task for having, as she alleged, opposed busing back in its heyday as a means of desegregation. The fact is that, in urban locales ranging from Boston in the northeast to our own case in Memphis, the ultimate outcome of court-ordered

busing, however well-meaning, was to foster, not integration, but resegregation via a host of hothouse private schools and new residential enclaves beyond the reach of judicial orders. Court-ordered busing in the Memphis case in 1972 was upheld 2-1 by a federal appeals court, but, as former Flyer writer John Branston noted in a retrospective years afterward, “History would show that it was dissenter Paul Weick who got it right: ‘The burden of eliminating all the ills of society should not be placed on public school systems and innocent school children.’” In 1973 and 1974, as Branston further noted, “Some 30,000 students left the Memphis public school system in white flight in reaction to court-ordered busing for integration.” That out-migration, augmented by a generous number of middle-class blacks, increased year by year, to the point that what remains of the Memphis City Schools system, now reorganized ironically as Shelby County Schools, is virtually segregated, serving an impoverished population, while most white students are cloistered in a small network of “optional” schools or attending classes in private institutions or in public schools operated by the county’s suburban municipalities. Perhaps the best verdict on busing was rendered by the federal judge who ordered it, Robert McRae, who recalled in his retirement, “I was disappointed in the reaction to Plan Z. But I had to keep a stiff upper lip because this [reaction] was an act of defiance. Still, I was disappointed that we hadn’t come up with something that worked.”

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DEANDRE BROWN says he was

a career criminal. He started selling drugs on the streets of North Memphis at age 19, and by 28, he’d worked his way up the chain of command to head the operation. Brown says he was a nerd growing up. Despite having to navigate his mom’s crack use at a young age and commuting back and forth to rural Arkansas for grade school, he says he was a good student. He even got a full scholarship to Rhodes College and planned to become a doctor. But there was a problem: He needed gas money to get him from his mom’s house in Raleigh to campus. Like so many growing up in poverty, Brown says he turned to illegal means to earn money because it was instant gratification. He connected with guys in his neighborhood who were selling drugs out of the house next to his mom’s. “I saw the opportunity to make some quick money,” Brown says. “It looked easy for those guys to stand on the corner with

some dope in their pockets and walk up to cars. So that’s what I did.” Twenty-five years later, just a few miles from where Brown ran a drug operation for nearly a decade, he now sits in his office in a converted Frayser house. It’s where he’s run an ex-offender re-entry program called LifeLine to Success since 2009. Brown believes he’s an anomaly, because when someone — especially someone in poverty — gets into the criminal justice system, it’s hard to escape.

IN THE SYSTEM

Josh Spickler, executive director of Just City, a Memphis organization striving to mitigate the damages caused by contact with the criminal justice system, says the system is “complicated and nuanced. Josh Spickler “It involves

rules of court and rules of evidence,” Spickler says. “It involves laws. It involves procedure and so many things that you have to know to navigate it clearly and successfully.” When someone in poverty is accused of a crime, those challenges are intensified, Spickler says. Wealth and poverty impact a defendant’s experience from pre-trial to post-conviction, and possibly forever. “People in poverty have had a lot more trouble getting back to even in the criminal justice system,” Spickler says. “And people of means, who didn’t do anything too terrible, can usually buy their way back to even.” When the poor are accused, they are appointed counsel, while “people of means and wealth have always had the ability to hire the best criminal defense lawyer. The appointment of counsel is probably the biggest differentiator.” The country’s public defense system was established by the U.S Supreme Court’s 1963 Gideon v. Wainwright

decision, which acknowledged the right for a state-appointed attorney under the Fourteenth Amendment. Spickler says this decision was a “great win for civil rights in America,” but “what’s followed has been anything but fully securing that right.” He says the indigent systems are an “afterthought” in many communities. Public defenders largely lack significant resources and investigative tools private lawyers have, such as expert witnesses, which Spickler says are especially important in serious matters. “There are great public defender offices, and we have one right here in Memphis,” Spickler says. “But, as great as they are, they have bad circumstances. They’re representing 35,000 people with like 90 attorneys. You don’t even have to know much about the law to know you don’t want a lawyer with that many cases.” The Shelby County Public Defender’s continued on page 10

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continued from page 9 office currently has 90 full-time attorneys and handled more than 24,000 cases in 2018. Approximately 2 percent — $9.3 million — of the county’s general fund is allocated to the public defender’s office. Another $5.5 million comes from the state. The public defender’s office provided the numbers above, but declined to be interviewed further. Another “glaring” issue, Spickler says, is pre-trial detention, which is solely meant to deter the accused from committing another dangerous crime or fleeing to avoid prosecution if released. “But the way we do that, in this community especially, is with money,” he says. “Based on a British system that’s centuries old, we decided a dollar amount is the answer to that problem.” The idea, Spickler says, is if you have money on the line, you’re incentivized to return to court and to not commit another crime. “We put a price tag on it, but the fact is, money has nothing to do with it,” Spickler says. “With pretty high certainty, we can predict who comes back and who doesn’t come back and who reoffends.” Spickler says there is readily available data that should be used to assess people’s risk instead. “But, we just say if you can pay this, you can get out, and if you can’t, you can’t,” Spickler says. “That has nothing to do with who’s risky and who’s not. In fact, if you have the means, you’re more of a risk. So why would we make it about money?” Defendants who can’t make bail must remain behind bars until their trial date, which could be a year or more down the road. Building a defense takes participation from the accused, which is hard to give in jail, Spickler says. “Strike two, if you’re poor, is that you have to make decisions about your case while you’re behind bars.” Most often, people in that situation enter a plea bargain, Spickler says. “People are detained in cages before their guilt or innocence is determined,” he says. “They are desperate to get out. They don’t have the time or the resources nor the patience to build a defense in jail. Their incentive is to get out. A guilty plea is a better alternative.” Pleading guilty means they now have a criminal record and, depending on the crime, still might serve additional time behind bars.

PERMANENT PUNISHMENT

Spickler says with a record, exoffenders face “a myriad of challenges that are extremely insidious,” impacting all parts of life. Lawyers refer to this as “collateral consequences.” “Collateral is a really bad word to use,” Spickler says. “It implies it’s an 10 afterthought or not all that important, but it’s everything. Moving on after life

Beverleye Orr leads a LifeLine to Success class to help ex-offenders re-enter society.

within the criminal justice system is next to impossible for a lot of people, especially if you’re poor.” One reason is expenses add up after incarceration, he says. “Every sentence passed down comes with a bill. A literal bill. Like a credit card bill.” Post-conviction court costs can range from hundreds to thousands of dollars. Spickler says Tennessee is “particularly bad” because the consequence for not paying them is drivers license suspension. “The costs aren’t based on reality anymore,” he says. “They’ve added costs for this, costs for that. If you go down the list, it’s shocking the things we assess costs for. Things like building law libraries. It’s astounding the amount that can rack up for relatively minor offenses. If the crime is at all serious and there’s any jail time, then you can get into the thousands really quickly.” Spickler says a lot of Tennesseeans have lost their licenses because of this law. “I’m talking about 40,000 to 50,000 Tennesseans who can’t move around legally.” And if ex-offenders can’t drive, then they can’t get jobs to afford to pay their court costs, Spickler says. If they do drive in order to get a job and are pulled over and found guilty of driving without a license, then there’ll be more court costs to pay. “It just keeps going. For so many people, they can never pay it back.” As a result, people are locked out of the mainstream economy, housing, and educational opportunities. “When we lock people out of the

mainstream economy by taking away their drivers license or not hiring them because of prior history, we are steering them toward other means of supporting themselves,” Spickler says. “And some of those are criminal. At best, they’re underground and not paying taxes. But at the very worst, they’re heading toward a world where crime is lucrative and appealing. The cycle builds on itself pretty quickly.” A big piece of Just City’s work is helping policy makers understand the full impact of their policies, Spickler says. “There are real consequences years and years later after criminal justice involvement,” he says. “Perhaps there should be for certain offenses, but for so many, even after they are released, damage unnecessarily continues to rack up. We have to turn that around.” Spickler says these continuing consequences are anything but collateral. “Permanent punishment” is a better phrase for it, he says. “When we pass laws dealing with people who’ve broken the law, it’s important to maintain a civil and safe society,” Spickler says. “But, we have to start thinking about how long we want the punishment to go on.”

A LIFELINE

DeAndre Brown knows the struggle of re-entry all too well. Brown was incarcerated for the last time 14 years ago. In his first week of that 25-month-long prison sentence, Brown says he decided it was time to “try something different.

“Reality set in really quickly,” Brown says. “I made up my mind then to figure out a way to help other people be right.” When he was released, Brown turned the janitorial service he once used as a front for his drug operation into a legitimate business. Brown says he and his family were doing well for about two years, until a hospital where his company was contracted to clean asked him to be a volunteer chaplain. When the hospital did a background check, his contract was terminated. “The minute they found out I had a criminal history, they took the keys,” Brown says. “They told me I had to go.” Brown says he, along with his wife and children, were homeless after that. Looking to support his family, he says finding a job was “out of the question.” So he returned to the idea that sparked in prison — finding a way to help others in his situation. Brown says the termination of the hospital contract was the impetus for starting LifeLine to Success. Brown says many ex-offenders are stuck when they’re released, and finding an environment that’s conducive to positive living can be the initial challenge. “With drive and determination to prove the world wrong,” Brown sought to change that in Memphis. Through classes, volunteer work, employment, and therapeutic group settings, the LifeLine to Success program teaches conflict resolution and basic life skills, with the goal of showing ex-offenders how to survive in the world without resorting to crime. Since 2009, 1,216 ex-offenders have completed the program. “We have people who were living on the sidelines of life but now have the desire to be involved,” Brown says. “They’d wake up, sit on the porch, get high, and play video games, but now they want to be productive because they’ve tasted what real life can be like.” Brown says the program takes in people with multiple offenses that are mostly violent. They often have low skills, minimal education, and some mental health issues. “We take the folks people run from and are afraid of and put them in a room together,” Brown says. “And it works. It’s all love.” The program works similar to a gang, Brown says. “We’re just flipping what we know works in the hood and turning it around into something positive,” Brown says. “We give them a culture, a color, and some lit — literature, I mean. Sorry, that’s the gang code.” When participants start the program, they are not officially “on the team,” Brown says. But after they meet initial requirements, they receive a green T-shirt, indicating they’ve made the payroll. “The shirt makes grown men cry,” Brown says. “They’ve never really felt a part of anything and now they are and they didn’t have to get beat up to get in.” The program’s mission is to change

OVER-CRIMINALIZED

The number of people brought into the criminal justice system and accused of crimes far surpasses that number from 40 years ago, Spickler says. The Tennessee prison population is the largest it’s ever been. In 1990, the state prison population was 13,975, according to Tennessee Department of Corrections data.That number rose to 30,799 in 2018. “We filled up our jails and prisons and our courtrooms,” Spickler says. “We’ve created so many more crimes. The criminal justice system has been grown to tackle a lot of things in society.” That’s why Just City advocates for a smaller criminal justice system. “When we say smaller, we mean a smaller budget and less use of the system for problems it can’t fix. We have to depend less on the criminal justice system.” Thomas Castelli, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee agrees. He says, as a society, the country has overcriminalized certain behaviors. “The government has the power to regulate certain conduct by citizens,” Castelli says. “There’s all different ways to do that, but the most extreme is to criminalize that

conduct. We have a tendency when we don’t like something and want to discourage it, to make it a crime.” For example, Castelli says in Tennessee it’s a crime to drive with a suspended license. He says in some cases it might be warranted, but in thousands of cases, people just can’t afford to renew it. “So we criminalize that instead of finding a civil way to handle it.” Castelli also says “we’re really bad at understanding motivations for criminal conduct like mental health or addiction.” Typically, people in poverty have less access to health insurance and quality health care and are more susceptible to addiction and mental health issues, he says. This means they are also more likely to enter the system. “Our criminal justice system is kind of a hammer,” Castelli says. “The solution is you get tossed into the system. Sometimes that’s the only way for people to actually get treatment.” Castelli says Tennessee should consider pre-booking diversion programs, which allow people to enter treatment programs to address mental health or addiction without “getting sucked into the whole court system.” This is a way to address those underlying causes of criminal behavior before you get involved in the criminal justice system on an ongoing basis, Castelli says. “We can do better at identifying

those causes before people are arrested,” he says. “Instead of arresting them, get them in the programs trying to make an effort to address these issues. See if that works before we start using criminal laws as the cure-all.”

SYSTEM OVERHAUL

Addressing the various issues with the criminal justice system will take a holistic approach, Castelli says. “Multiple things need to be fixed. Some things need to be scrapped and reinvented. It’ll take a lot of laws.” Castelli says there are “a lot of moving parts” in the criminal justice system: “There’s no one part we can fix and say, ‘There, it’s done.’ Some of it goes beyond the justice and legal system and relates to public health and wealth equity.” There is a role for every level of government to play in addressing the issues, he says, but the “heaviest lift lies with the state.” Local governments can do certain things like diversion programs, while the federal government can provide funding or create initiatives affecting federal criminal law. “The state sets the majority of the criminal laws and what the punishments for them are,” he says. “They’re the ones who authorize these fees and costs. It’s a state law that takes away drivers licenses, sets fees for appointed counsel, and takes away

people’s voting rights. These are all fixes that have to come from the state.” Castelli says with Tennessee Governor Bill Lee entering his second year in office, “it will be interesting to see whether the governor has any initiatives to address some of these issues.” In May, the governor, who has been vocal about criminal justice reform, signed a law removing the fee for exoffenders to have their criminal record expunged. Lee said last month the move is an effort to remove the barriers to finding employment many face upon re-entry. “We need to remove those obstacles for those who’ve served their sentences and paid the price for their crime,” Lee said. “We need to remove obstacles to make it easier for them to re-enter. I think anything we can do to remove a barrier for someone who has re-entered or is in the process of working, trying to get their feet back under them, trying to be a taxpayer, instead of a tax taker, we improve their success rate, and expungement fee reductions will improve that process.” Lee’s office did not respond to the Flyer’s inquiry for additional comment. “At the end of the day, what we’re doing is taking away someone’s liberty,” Castelli says. “The most crucial civil right you have is your liberty and your right to live free and not be incarcerated. The consequences are huge.”

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the perception of what it means to be a convicted felon to both the community and ex-offenders, and Brown believes “we’ve exceeded that mission.”

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Experimental pop band Man Man hits Memphis this week with supporting act Rebecca Black — remember her 2011 hit “Friday”? Although the concert takes place on Wednesday, not Friday, lead man Honus Honus (Ryan Kattner) promises to deliver a fun show that may or may not involve “a jar of frogs, Billy Joel covers, and, if the air is right, maybe throwing a handful of spoons at a wall.” All jokes aside, the band will perform an array of songs from past albums spanning from Man Man EP (2004) to Life Fantastic (2011) to On Oni Pond (2013) backed by woodwinds, horns, guitars, keyboards, drums, and “men singing like women and children.” After a brief tour together in March, Rebecca Black is back on tour with the band throughout July. “I wanted to bring someone who is inspiring to be around,” says Kattner. “I went and saw a friend perform in L.A., and she played afterward. I was familiar with the work she did when she was 13 years old, but I was really taken aback by how great she sounded at the show. She’s blossomed into a great songwriter, and she does a great performance and has great stage presence. I also thought it would be an interesting juxtaposition because I hate going to shows where the opening band sounds exactly like the main band. Our fans have been really respectful of her.”

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Extremely Low Budget Fireworks Display Hi Tone, 10 p.m. We’re not sure if they’ll have any whistlin’ bungholes, spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, hoosker doos, hoosker don’ts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, or whistlin’ kitty chasers. (Probably so.) But we do know there will be free hot dogs.

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Artist’s Reception for Brian Anderson and Pamela Bogan Studio 494, 494 N. Hollywood, 5-10 p.m. The exhibition features Anderson’s photography and Bogan’s art. Musical performances by Sarah Thomas on fiddle and Josh Keller on viola de Gamba. Chris Brown and Katie McIntyre light things up with fire dancing.

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Improv Underground II The Brass Door, 8-10 p.m. In the spirit of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Bluff City Liars hosts this night of improv comedy, with scorekeeping and a trophy for the comedic winner and the audience member who provides the best storyline suggestion.

Silent Skate Party East End Skating Center, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., $20-$25 A silent disco — with roller skates! Put on your headphones and jam out as three DJs play classic skating rink music and current hits —and show the people you’ve still got those smooth backwardsskating skills.

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Pack your chairs, coolers, and picnic blankets and walk, scooter, or bike to Mud Island River Park for A Vibe on the Island. A monthly event, July’s AVOTI falls on Independence Day. To ring in the holiday and the fireworks is a three-parter musical event featuring Ping Rose and the Anti-Heroes, Black Cream, and Marcella & Her Lovers. “I’ve never played a show with any of the openers,” says Ping Rose, a soul, rock, and funk artist based in Nashville, but who hails from Memphis. “But one of the members of Black Cream is one of my longtime friends,” he says. “I’m excited to play with them.” Rose is due to release a studio album, Sketchbook, in July, and he plans to post a single from the album to Spotify before this event for a special preview. Also, be sure to check out Black Cream’s new single “All I Need Is You” and Marcella & Her Lover’s EP The Bronze Age. The event is free, but those who want to watch the fireworks and hear some music from the sidelines can float on the Wolf River Harbor in a kayak rented from Kayak Memphis. The fireworks show can also be viewed from nearby Tom Lee Park or River Garden. Riverside Drive will be blocked off to cars after 5:30 p.m., but visitors can still walk, scooter (Bird or Lime), or ride bikes (Explore Bike Share) to any of the parks. Fireworks will begin at 9:15 p.m. A VIBE ON THE ISLAND, MUD ISLAND RIVER PARK, THURSDAY, JULY 4TH, 6 P.M., FREE.

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Red, White, and Brew Backbeat Tours, corner of Second and Beale, 6-9 p.m., $39 This 21-and-up trek on the Mojo Music bus takes attendees to tour High Cotton and Memphis Made breweries, with brewmaster talks, beer samples, and pizza from Aldo’s Midtown.

Clarksville Roller Derby vs. Memphis Roller Derby Mid-South Fairgrounds, 5-7 p.m., $13 (ages 13 & up), $5 (ages 5-12) Rock and roll with MRD as they go up against this team from Clarksville, Tennessee. Following the bout, head to Memphis Made Brewing for the after party.

Summer Art Documentary Series Art Village Gallery, 410 S. Main, 3-5 p.m., $10 The ongoing Saturday afternoon series features documentaries, art films, and more. This installation brings What Happened, Miss Simone?, an exploration of the fame and life of Nina Simone. Free popcorn provided.

International Carnival on the River Beale Street Landing, 9 p.m.-midnight, $40-$60 Hosted by Curry N Jerk restaurant, this nighttime cruise features Carribbean dining, live music, and DJs. Wear your country’s colors and wave your flag on the Mississippi River.

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n little more than a month following the publication in May of his fourth book, Red Hot and Blue (Chicago Review Press), Memphis writer Stanley Booth experienced a moment in which those close to him feared he might be called upon, in the words of a well-known Dylan lyric, to go knocking on Heaven’s door. Hospitalized for a scary spell and, as we speak, undergoing rehab, the 77-yearold Booth would seem to be on the mend, and his conversation these days turns ever more to the idea of completing yet another volume. This would be The Pea Patch Murders, a long-planned treatment of some true-life skullduggery that occurred a century or so ago on the soil of the author’s native Georgia. Meanwhile, the present volume has assembled 29 pieces, subtitled accurately as “Fifty Years of Writing About Music, Memphis, and Motherf**kers,” that go far toward illuminating matters of another kind — including, here and there, the pivotal one of existence. Booth, considered by many to be a nonpareil rock writer, prefers to be known as a “writer,” pure and simple, with no adjectives. It is a fact, though, that Booth has mostly focused his attentions on matters musical and in particular on the major themes and movements of popular music, both in the American heartland (especially within the cornucopia of Memphis-related sources) and worldwide, as in his masterpiece, The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones, first published in 1984, a story of the Stones from their beginnings as working-class English R&B enthusiasts through the crucial year 1969 that culminated in the fateful free concert at Altamont, California. Like those English troubadors and numerous others on both sides of the Atlantic, Booth has clearly operated under the spell of roots music and the practitioners of the blues, past and present. Red Hot and Blue is a testament of sorts to that fact, blending encyclopedic detail, revealing anecdote, on-point analysis, and, in many cases, Booth’s personal experiences. The book repeats several of the aricles from the author’s 1991

anthology, (the purposely misspelled) Rythm Oil, often in a newly expanded, unexpurgated form. Other pieces — notably the transcript of a proposed TV documentary on Memphis music and a scenic treament of a film biography of iconic Memphis rhythm-and-blues DJ Dewey Phillips — are brand new. A number of the subjects dealt with in Red Hot and Blue, like Blind Willie McTell, Joe “King” Oliver, and Ma Rainey, preceded the author’s time, but Booth has done his research and provides good and sometimes graphic accounts of their lives, ordeals, and oeuvres. Other chapters are essentially biographical interviews, in which the artists, prodded at appopriate intervals by Booth, get to tell their own stories; cases in point are the white jazzblues icon Mose Allison and bluesmen Bobby Rush and Marvin Sease. A fair number of the chapters are long takes on figures Booth has known and interacted with. In many of these, the author’s own experiences are an essential part of the tale — most memorably, perhaps, in the two sections on ur-Memphis blues singer Furry Lewis. The first of these, “Furry’s Blues,” was the oldest Booth article to be written, circa 1966, but not published until 1970, when Playboy Magazine awarded it a prize for nonfiction. In it, Booth documents the hard but noble life of Lewis, an early blues recording artist reduced to the drudgery of a street-sweeping job. The article was an important factor in a late rebirth of Lewis’ career and reputation. The author’s first chapter, “Blues Dues,” differentiates between experiencing blues — and life — at the street level and coming to either through the medium of a record collection. The book ends with the aforementioned Dewey Phillips treatment, a loving take on the life and tragic death of the man who, on a late-night program called, yep, “Red Hot & Blue,” first played an Elvis Presley record on the radio, thereby launching a revolution. In between are chapters on Elvis, James Brown, Phineas and Calvin Newborn, Otis Redding, photographer William Eggleston, Dr. George Nichopoulos, Charlie Freeman, and others too numerous to mention and too compelling not to read about.

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Tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you: (cont’d) • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take DOVATO. ° You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. ° One of the medicines in DOVATO (lamivudine) passes into your breastmilk. ° Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Some medicines interact with DOVATO. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. • You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with DOVATO. • Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take DOVATO with other medicines. What are Possible Side Effects of DOVATO? DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO?” section. • Allergic reactions. Call your healthcare provider right away if you develop a rash with DOVATO. Stop taking DOVATO and get medical help right away if you develop a rash with any of the following signs or symptoms: fever; generally ill feeling; tiredness; muscle or joint aches; blisters or sores in mouth; blisters or peeling of the skin; redness or swelling of the eyes; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue; problems breathing. • Liver problems. People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus may have an increased risk of developing new or worsening changes in certain liver tests during treatment with DOVATO. Liver problems, including liver failure, have also happened in people without a history of liver disease or other risk factors. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your liver. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following signs or symptoms of liver problems: your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice); dark or “tea-colored” urine; light-colored stools (bowel movements); nausea or vomiting; loss of appetite; and/or pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area. • Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms that could be signs of lactic acidosis: feel very weak or tired; unusual (not normal) muscle pain; trouble breathing; stomach pain with nausea and vomiting; feel cold, especially in your arms and legs; feel dizzy or lightheaded; and/or a fast or irregular heartbeat. • Lactic acidosis can also lead to severe liver problems, which can lead to death. Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver (steatosis). Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the signs or symptoms of liver problems which are listed above under “Liver problems.” You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are female or very overweight (obese).

SO MUCH GOES INTO WHO I AM HIV MEDICINE SHOULD BE THE LEAST OF IT. Reasons to ask your doctor about DOVATO: DOVATO can help you reach and then stay undetectable* with just 2 medicines in 1 pill. That means fewer medicines† in your body while taking DOVATO You can take it any time of day with or without food (around the same time each day)—giving you flexibility DOVATO is a once-a-day complete treatment for adults who are new to HIV-1 medicine. Results may vary. *Undetectable means reducing the HIV in your blood to very low levels (less than 50 copies per mL). † As compared with 3-drug regimens.

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What are Possible Side Effects of DOVATO (cont’d)? • Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen when you start taking HIV-1 medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you start having new symptoms after you start taking DOVATO. • The most common side effects of DOVATO include: headache; diarrhea; nausea; trouble sleeping; and tiredness. These are not all the possible side effects of DOVATO. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. Where Can I Find More Information? • Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist. • Go to DOVATO.com or call 1-877-844-8872, where you can also get FDA-approved labeling. Trademark is owned by or licensed to the ViiV Healthcare group of companies. Compensated by ViiV Healthcare

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule July 4 - 10 Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Mandi Thomas Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Flyin’ Ryan Fridays, Saturdays, 2:30 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

B.B. King’s Blues Club 143 BEALE 524-KING

341-345 BEALE 577-1089

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Sean Apple Thursdays, 4-7:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, Saturdays, 5-9 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 5-9 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

The Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

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Blue Note Bar & Grill Queen Ann and the Memphis Blues Masters Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

145 BEALE 578-3031

Nat “King” Kerr Fridays, Saturdays, 9-10 p.m.

King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille 159 BEALE

Lunch on Beale with Chris Gales Wednesdays-Sundays, 12-4 p.m.; Eric Hughes solo/ acoustic Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

Sonny Mack Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m.midnight and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Wednesdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Baunie and Soul Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight.

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room 168 BEALE 576-2220

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David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:3010:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Eric Hughes Band Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8

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The King Beez Thursdays, 5 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m. and Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Memphis Jones Sundays, Wednesdays 5:30

p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.; Brimstone Jones First Saturday of every month, 5 p.m.; P.S. Band First Wednesday, Sunday of every month, 7 p.m.

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Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

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Dueling Pianos Thursdays, Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-3 a.m., and Sundays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall

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182 BEALE 528-0150

119 S. MAIN AT PEMBROKE SQUARE 525-3655

Rum Boogie Cafe Eric Hughes Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m.

Memphis Blues Masters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Tony Holiday July 5-6, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight and Saturdays, 4:30-8:30 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Band Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Delta Cats, Billy Gibson & Linear Smith First Friday of every month, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Low Down Blues with Big Rick Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Jack Rowell and Triplethret Friday, July 5, 9

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Dim the Lights First Saturday of every month, 10 p.m.

The Peabody 149 UNION 529-4000

Rooftop Party with Bluff City Bandits Thursday, July 4, 6-10 p.m.

1350 CONCOURSE, SUITE 280 507-8030

Chantae Cann Friday, July 5, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; George Sluppick Quartet Saturday, July 6, 7:30-10 p.m.; Kafé Kirk with Jonathan Butler Sunday, July 7, 6-8 p.m.; Memphis Jazz Workshop Summer Showcase Monday, July 8, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; The Lost Wages Wednesday, July 10, 7:309:30 p.m.

p.m.; Cotton Clifton, Glorious Abhor, Lisa Michaels, VOLK Monday, July 8, 9 p.m.; Livia & the Rosebuds, Edgewood Arsenal, Sleeping Fit Monday, July 8, 9 p.m.; Secondhand Sound, Oddnote Tuesday, July 9, 9 p.m.; Gtar Phil, Angela Blair Wednesday, July 10, 9 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Lucky 7 Brass Band Thursday, July 4, 6 p.m.; The Super 5 Thursday, July 4, 9 p.m.; The Debbie Jamison Band Friday,

Poplar/I-240

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

Natalie James and the Professor Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; “The Happening” Open Songwriter Showcase Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Spicerfest 7 Saturday, July 6, 6-9 p.m.

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND 454-7771

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; 84” The Ultimate Van Halen Experience Friday, July 5, 9 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

The Vault

Whitehaven/ Airport

124 GE PATTERSON

Savannah Long Friday, July 5, 8 p.m.; Bailey Bigger Saturday, July 6, 8 p.m.; Grant Holt and Friends Sunday, July 7, 8 p.m.

Graceland Soundstage 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY

Brandon Cunning Friday, July 5, 7:30 p.m.; Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo Saturday, July 6, 7-11 p.m.

Medical Center Sunrise 670 JEFFERSON

Savannah Long Sunday, July 7, 10 a.m.

Rock-n-Roll Cafe 3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

South Main

Elvis Tribute featuring Michael Cullipher Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Live Entertainment Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Elvis Gospel Music Show Fridays, 1-2:30 p.m.; Karaoke hosted by DJ Maddy Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Deborah Swiney Jazz Trio July 5-6, 7-10 p.m.

1884 Lounge

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland/Lakeland

1555 MADISON 609-1744

Man Man, Rebecca Black Wednesday, July 10, 8 p.m.

Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub

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6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

Freeman Shane Weems and Ron Shuman Saturday, July 6, 8-11 p.m.

1555 MADISON 347-6813

Dirty Mike After-Fireworks Party Thursday, July 4, 10 p.m.; Jack O. and the Sheiks Friday, July 5, 10 p.m.; L.A.P.D. Saturday, July 6, 10 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays; Outer Ring Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m.

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Rockstar Karaoke with Charlie Belt Thursdays, 8 p.m.; The Brian Johnson Band Friday, July 5, 9 p.m.; Triple Annie Saturday, July 6, 9 p.m.; The No Hit Wonders Sunday, July 7, 5:30 p.m.; Jay Jones Band Wednesday, July 10, 8 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Marcella & Her Lovers Friday, July 5, 10 p.m.; General Labor Saturday, July 6, 10 p.m.; Mary Gagz and Her Gaggle of Drags Mondays, 8:30-11 p.m.; Lahna Deering Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

Joyce Cobb Sundays, 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m.

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Wayde Peck Fridays, 6 p.m.; Frog Squad Sundays, 6 p.m.; Freeman Shane Weems and Ron Shuman Every other Monday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.; Ben MindenBirkenmaier Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Fevertree Friday, July 5, 8 p.m.midnight; Adoption for Andre Fund-raiser featuring the 5th Kind with Mickey Thomas, Pulse, Black Oak Arkansas Sunday, July 7, 1 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Set for the Fall, Last Broadcast, Evince Friday, July 5, 8 p.m.; Raelyn Nelson Band with the Whiskey Wells Saturday, July 6, 5 p.m.; Next Summer the Concert with Fayro Saturday, July 6, 8 p.m.; Thames, Xaris Waltman, Tristan Barton Band, Magnum Dopus Tuesday, July 9, 8 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Dawson Hollow Wednesday, July 10, 8-10 p.m.

Hi-Tone 412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

The Macks Friday, July 5, 10 p.m.; Reserving Dirtnaps, Facewreck, Mindfield, Dismal Dream, Theifs Hand Saturday, July 6, 8 p.m.; Almost Elton John and the RocketMen Saturday, July 6, 9

July 5, 6:30 p.m.; Almost Elton John & the RocketMen Friday, July 5, 10 p.m.; Alexis Grace Saturday, July 6, 2 p.m.; Ashton Riker Saturday, July 6, 6:30 p.m.; Seeing Red Saturday, July 6, 10 p.m.; Tom Lonardo Quartet Sunday, July 7, 10:30 a.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Jeffrey and the Pacemakers Sunday, July 7, 4 p.m.; Memphis Knights Big Band Monday, July 8, 8 p.m.; Built to Spill Tuesday, July 9, 8 p.m.; Memphis Allstars Wednesday, July 10, 5:30 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.; 40 Watt Moon Wednesday, July 10, 8:30 p.m.

Levitt Shell OVERTON PARK 272-2722

Orquesta Akokán Saturday, July 6, 7:30-9 p.m.; Peterson Brothers Sunday, July 7, 7:30-9 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rockstar Karaoke Fridays; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

Hope Clayburn’s Soul Scrimmage Friday, July 5, 8 p.m.; Obruni Dance Band Saturday, July 6, 8 p.m.; Josh & Jeremy Sunday, July 7, 3 p.m.; James Ray Sunday, July 7, 6 p.m., Devan Sundays, 3 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

The Wild Bill’s Band with Tony Chapman, Charles Cason, and Miss Joyce Henderson Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Memphis Blues Society Juke Jam Sundays, 4 p.m.

Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe

Cordova

663 S. HIGHLAND 729-6960

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

Live Music with DJ ALXANDR Fridays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Live Music with Coldway Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

East Memphis East of Wangs 6069 PARK 763-0676

Eddie Harrison Tuesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.; Lee Gardner Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House 551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

Larry Cunningham ThursdaysSaturdays; Aislynn Rappe Sundays; Keith Kimbrough Mondays-Wednesdays.

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

North Mississippi/ Tunica Gold Strike Casino 1010 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 1-888-245-7829

Air Supply Saturday, July 6, 8-9:30 p.m.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

Open Mic Night Thursdays, 6 p.m.-midnight; Blues Jam hosted by Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

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All 100 Fires, Donna Oblongata’s one-night-only show. Somewhere in a forest nearby, a lone guerrilla commander has been waiting for you. But since you didn’t bring your own gun, you’re clearly a liability. Ages 16+ only, please. (845-5948540), $10 suggested (no one turned away for lack of funds). Wed., July 10, 7-8:30 p.m. 2509 HARVARD (324-5246).

The Evergreen Theatre

7|06 GEORGE SLUPPICK QUARTET and WILL SEXTON $10 7:30PM (DOORS AT 7:00PM)

Where’s Nyla?, abducted and forced to live a daily nightmare … Nyla’s lost all hopes of going home. Will she ever see her family again? Or will she become one of the forgotten? Through July 7. 1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

The Orpheum

Hamilton, smashhit musical about the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. orpheum-memphis. com. Tuesdays-Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Through July 28. 203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

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7|27 SPARKLE CITY DISCO $10 9PM (DOORS 8:30PM)

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1350 CONCOURSE AVE. SUITE 280

Playhouse on the Square

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, Matilda is an extraordinary girl with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind whose talents are constantly belittled by her cruel parents and hostile headmistress, the wicked Miss Trunchbull. Reclusive, but with an ever-growing imagination and sharp mind, Matilda dreams of a better life — and proves that no matter your age you have the power to control

Hamilton at The Orpheum, opens Tuesday, July 9th, through July 28th

your own destiny. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. Through July 14. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Theatre Memphis

Little Women, a period romance about four sisters living with their mother in New England as their father is away serving as in the Civil War. The family has recently lost its fortune and struggles to support itself as the girls grow and face their own personal moral challenges, guided by their religious faith. theatrememphis. org. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 7 p.m. Through July 21. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@ memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101. DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY. B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Ace Atkins

Author discusses and signs his new novel The Shameless in conversation with Drake Hall. Wed., July 10, 6 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526).

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Clarksville Roller Derby vs. Memphis Roller Derby

Doors open at 5 p.m., bout starts at 6 p.m. There will be snacks, beer, merch, and derby skaters. $10. Sat., July 6, 5-7:30 p.m.

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MID-SOUTH FAIRGROUNDS, PIPKIN BUILDING, EAST PARKWAY AT CENTRAL.

St. George’s Episcopal Church

Memphis 901 FC vs. Hartford Athletic

Opening Reception for “Western Expressions,” exhibition of work by Kevin Bennett. Sun., July 7, 3-5 p.m.

Sat., July 6, 7:30 p.m.

AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), MEMPHIS901FC.COM.

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

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Camp BraveHearts

Artist’s Reception for Brian Anderson and Pamela Bogan, with music by Sarah Thomas on fiddle and Josh Keller on viola de Gamba, and fire dancers Chris Brown and Katie McIntyre. (626-1870), Fri., July 5, 5-10 p.m. 494 N. HOLLYWOOD (687-0082).

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Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest

Winning authors will be honored with a $200 gift certificate to Novel. For more information, contest rules, and submission, visit website. Through Aug. 31. WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

Children ages 6-16 who have experienced the death of a family member or friend within the past two years are invited to attend. A complete program is also available for the parents and caregivers of the children attending camp. Free; RSVP required. Wed., July 10, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. FOR THE KINGDOM CAMP, 4100 RALEIGH MILLINGTON (818-2105).

Hoop Camp

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International Carnival on the River: Rep Your Flag

Tropical-style fiesta with Caribbean food and rhythms on the Island Queen. Everyone’s invited to bring their flag or wear their county’s colors or other party clothing, including carnival costumes. Ages 21+. $45-$55. Sat., July 6, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Cooper-Young 4th of July Family Parade

Annual Independence Day celebration with face-painting, a balloon artist, and a contest for best-dressed or decorated person, wagon, or bike. Thurs., July 4, 10 a.m.

Fireworks show, beer, and free hot dogs. Thurs., July 4, 10 p.m. HI-TONE, 412-414 N. CLEVELAND (278-TONE).

Flag City Freedom Celebration

Germantown Fireworks Extravaganza

Register as individuals or teams of two to win first, second, or third place and a Stranger Things-themed door prize. Ages 18+ Sat., July 6, 2-3 p.m. COLLIERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 501 POPLAR VIEW PARKWAY (457-2600).

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Central Gardens July 4th Parade

Annual holiday parade with dogs in costumes and decked-out vehicles. Thurs., July 4, 9 a.m. CENTRAL GARDENS, ALONG CARR.

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Get Back Yesterday asks: What if there were no Beatles?

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NOW LEASING EFFICIENCY & 1 BEDROOM Effective Monday December 3rd 2018 Millennia Housing Management, will be accepting applications for 1,2,3, & 4 bedrooms Public Housing & Tax credit units for Gospel Gardens.

MEMPHIS TOWERS APARTMENTS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

July 4-10, 2019

Apply in person @ 1081 Court Avenue Memphis, TN 38104. Applications will be taken daily Monday-Friday. During the hours of 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. For more information, please call (901) 526-2233

Apply in person at Gospel Garden. Leasing office located at 4801 Tulane Dr, Memphis, TN 38109. Applications will be taken on December 3rd, during the hours of 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. For more information, please call (901) 378-5072

APARTMENTS

For those 52 and over, we have rents based on income, and we also have apartments starrng at $459 per month – all urlires included.

Call 901-325-7810

or stop by today for a tour.

Cable Ready ● Electric Stove/Oven ● Window Blinds ● Electronic Keyless Entry ● All Urlires Included

THE LAST WORD by Randy Haspel

Food Flight

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

We had become embarrassingly close to addiction with food delivery services, until we stepped back from the brink and realized the consequences, not just monetarily, but socially as well. There was a time in the not-so-distant past when you had two choices of food delivered to your door: Chinese or pizza. No more. Now, the finest restaurants in town will pack it up and zip it right out to you, and your only task is the occasional 15 seconds in the microwave. You don’t even need dinnerware anymore. You can eat it right out of the sectional plastic tray. The food delivery business has popped up like mushrooms in a cow pasture, or maybe Uber. Of course, it’s not just food anymore. Need toothpaste and Dr. Scholl’s insoles? Push a few buttons and someone will rush it right over. Don’t feel like Krogering? There’s an app for that. Where they once made it so inconvenient that you had to drive over there and have someone load up your groceries, they deliver now. In fact, if you hurry, Kroger is having a sale for your July 4th festivities. Nathan’s Skinless Beef Franks are $2.99 a pack, their famous mustard potato salad is $3.99 for three pounds, and American flags have been marked down from 49 cents to 44 cents. The beer is regularly priced, but it eliminates what used to be a rite of passage for young males — the beer run. If beer is too pedestrian, they’ll bring you a nice Sauvignon Blanc for $19.99. This is a dream come true for agoraphobics. Now there really is no need to leave the house. As with any addiction, there are plenty of enticements to draw you in, like free delivery and daily specials. For a hefty deposit, you can get free delivery in perpetuity. It’s especially fun to track your order. The restaurant will inform you when your driver leaves the store and when he’ll arrive. On some services, a little car will pop up on the screen and you can follow it directly from the eatery to your driveway. Our first experience was with Meals in Motion, which contains some of our favorites but is limited in their number of restaurants. We quickly signed up for Uber Eats, Bite Squad, and Door Dash. We tried Postmates, but they wanted some ridiculous amount of money in advance to put on your credit card, so they got deleted. Grubhub has yet to arrive on my block. The rest operate in pretty much the same way: Choose a restaurant, give them your credit card, pull up the menu, press a few buttons, and some nice person will drive your food over — tip included, even if you feel like a bag of Krystals. There’s no waiting for a table, no dealing with a harried server, no wondering why the next table got served when they came in after you, and no deciphering the difference between 15 and 20 percent. As with any new service, you learn some things by trial and error. For instance, in a restaurant, if they overcook your cheeseburger, you can send it back. Delivery offers that same option, but it will take an additional hour to correct it, and by then you’ve decided that you’re hungry enough to go ahead and eat the overcooked burger. It’s the same with the occasional menu mistake. There’s no mistaking beef tacos when that’s what you ordered online, but when they arrive beefless, what are you going to do? The restaurant will give you a credit, but that doesn’t make up for a spoiled meal. If you order something from a favorite restaurant, say, a beef chimichanga, it’s not quite the same as when they bring it fresh from the kitchen. We didn’t realize how deeply we were descending into the hedonistic lifestyle until the night we had a hankering for some ice cream. We live within short driving distance from two Baskin-Robbins ice cream shops and one of them is a drive-thru, but they were on the list of stores that delivered. We ordered a variety of scoops in a cup, but it took a while. I kept checking my phone for updates while our cream-cravings intensified. When it finally arrived, the check not only included the cost of the ice cream, but a healthy tax, a pre-arranged tip for the driver, and a $5 delivery charge that was supposed to be free. The guilt over our obscene laziness was palpable. We could have gone Krogering and had a couple of gallons sent over for the same price. There’s an additional reason that we’ve scaled back on dinner delivery, and it’s the same reason we never use self-checkout in a grocery store or any other discount store chain. We figured for every self-checkout lane, a cashier or sacker will lose a job, and although there’s no stopping automation, we can do our part until it replaces the entire workforce. The same goes for restaurants. Eating at home is easy, but it doesn’t quite match going to an actual restaurant, sitting down at a table, and enjoying a meal. Since I’m not trying to promote any individual restaurant, let’s pretend you have a particular favorite, and for the sake of argument we’ll call it “Patrick’s.” It’s a down-home meat-andthree restaurant. Their food is good and reasonably priced, the atmosphere is convivial, and they have an Elvis wall right in the same spot where I used to play gigs when it was a nightclub in a previous incarnation. Delivery is great, but then we wouldn’t get to see our favorite host, Ben Sumner, or the best server in town, Jo Jo Chetter, whom we have followed from her days at Kudzu’s and who can enthrall you with tales of Ireland. Delivery services create new jobs for drivers and profits for restaurants, but before you order the next time, remember the cooks, servers, busboys, and cashiers who depend on you putting on your pants and making a personal appearance. Randy Haspel writes the “Recycled Hippies” blog.

THE LAST WORD

Have restaurant and grocery delivery services made it too easy to sit home and veg?

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