Chris McCoy
Chris McCoy Filmmaker, Oddly Buoyant Productions; Film/TV Editor, @MemphisFlyer; Bass player, @1000Lights. Will write/film/play for food.
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memphisflyer.com | Chris McCoy
We’ve all been to Tom Lee Park, either before or after its $60 million reimagining transformed Memphis’ relationship to the riverfront. Maybe you’ve seen the statue of a young Black man reaching out from a rowboat to rescue a person in the water. But do you know who Tom Lee was? On May 8, 1925, the steamship M.E. Norman was sailing upstream on the Mississippi River, returning to Memphis after a day trip to Pickney Landing.
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memphisflyer.com | Chris McCoy
Comedian talks about setting the world record for longest standup set. Benny Elbows attempting to break the world record for longest standup comedy set at the Hi Tone in Memphis. (photo by Chris McCoy) Chris McCoy Fresh off setting the world record for the longest standup set of all time, Benny Elbows joins Chris McCoy to talk comedy, endurance, beer, movies, and Dungeons & Dragons.
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memphisflyer.com | Chris McCoy |Alex Greene
Memphis music fans have strong opinions. Take the avid listener and Memphis Flyer reader who approached one of our writers while chilling near the Ferris Wheel at RiverBeat Music Festival last weekend. “I can’t believe it’s accepted to just play a backing track while an artist performs!” he said, noting that, as far as he could tell, that’s exactly what Busta Rhymes and Ludacris did during their sets.
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memphisflyer.com | Chris McCoy
Before we begin, I want to get one thing straight: I hate Bucky Barnes. I’ve been tired of Marvel superhero movies for the better part of a decade now. So, so tired. I’m burned-out on superheroes in general, and the Marvel pantheon in particular. And yet, we’re still doing it. Punching, quipping, popping in and out of existence at the snap of a finger. It’s exhausting. The old crew, the ones who starred in The Avengers, are long gone.
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memphisflyer.com | Chris McCoy
MVM gets existential Chris McCoy Memphis singer/songwriter Jeff Hulett has a new EP called “The Testing Floor” out on Small Batch Records. On the first single, “Nobody Knows,” Hulett gets existential. “The song itself is about mortality and the great beyond. The before and the contemplation of the after. In the end, nobody knows,” says Hulett.
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Not since George Clooney in OH BROTHER WHERE ART THOU has an outrageously bad accent carried a film like Florence Pugh’s “Russian” in THUNDERBOLTS*. Some more stuff happens, too, which you can read about in the @MemphisFlyer https://t.co/EGI87TIfpd
Jeff Hulett gets existential on Music Video Monday https://t.co/r7pbnmoaZC
We’re talking RiverBeat with Alex Greene and Greg “Oblivian” Cartwright on this week’s Memphis Flyer Podcast! https://t.co/wAZyJGpQhJ