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The king daddy of all mockumentaries is This Is Spinal Tap. The 1984 film was the brainchild of Michael McKean and Christopher Guest, friends and bandmates who met in the 1960s while pursuing their ...

A recent Atlantic story: “College Students Have Already Changed Forever: Members of the class of 2026 have had access to AI since they were freshmen. Almost all of them are using it to do their work.” ...

Plastic chokes the Mississippi and the Gulf, but work is underway by the U.N., along the river, and in Memphis.

“Memphis is ready to support the troops!” u/DaveLambert said in the Memphis subreddit. The widely shared sign for The Pony read, “National Guard get in 4 free.” “Some 2,000 turned out tonight in ...

HEELS has a new album. And a new set of heels in the band. The album is We Look Happy Here. And the heels belong to the band’s new bass player Buddy Forbess. HEELS, which includes Josh McLane on drums ...

Let’s all pretend we learned something from the collective wisdom of 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Terminator franchise, The Matrix franchise, and two Blade Runner films. Let’s pull the plug.

Mabon is a modern Wiccan and Pagan celebration of the autumnal equinox. It’s one of the eight sabbats on the Wheel of the Year and marks the second harvest, a time of balance, gratitude, and ...

Maybe it will help if we think of the National Guard presence in Memphis as a 29-day run for a play at The Orpheum. It’s theater. It’s a diversion. It’s something to keep people in the media from ...

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And if you’re in for even more mushroom fun after the Mushroom Festival, organizers host events, like mycology classes, throughout the year. Visit memphismushroomfest.com for more information and to ...

With “Stupid Games,” this dynamite duo capture echoes of the Oz and other great screamers, but that’s only a starting point.