We Can’t Have Nuthin’!
David Thorn
Despite what some may think of our fair city of Memphis, it does have some great things to offer. Memphis has a great music heritage as being the birthplace of Rock ‘N’ Roll and being the home of Sun and Stax Records. Obviously there’s Graceland, former home of Elvis Presley and the second most visited home in the U.S. There are also great museums like the Brooks, Pink Palace, and Dixon Gallery as well as great learning centers like The Children’s Museum. (more…)
CAUTION: This story contains explicit language and discussions of Little People Fornication. If that offends you, turn back now.
Parts II & III
“All Good Things”
By David Thorn
Part IV – Guitar Man
Pete Kessler sat in his living room strumming on his guitar. Pete was a well toned and tanned young man with Nordic features. His blonde hair kept falling in his eyes as he tossed it back with a flip of his head. Pete was a smart guy. Unfortunately, he had a lazy way of speaking that caused people to dismiss him as being not so bright. He slurred all his words together so that one sentence was one big word. Nobody understood why he talked that way. He just did. Only those closest to him could understand him most of the time. Pete preferred to let his guitar speak for him anyway.
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The Lost Boy
Doc Studard
Corey Haim was an actor of my generation. I first saw him in 1985s “Silver Bullet” which is of course the classic werewolf movie based on Stephen Kings book starring Haim and Gary Busey. Haim played a handicapped child trying to prove that a local preacher was a werewolf. Good stuff. (more…)
CAUTION: This story contains explicit language and discussions of mucus and flatulence. If that offends you, turn back now.
Part I
“All Good Things”
By David Thorn
Part II – When It Rains, It Really Pours
Kaleidoscope Records was located in midtown Memphis, TN in a true melting pot neighborhood called the Cooper/Young District named after it’s two main intersecting roads. The Cooper/Young residents were comprised of people of all races and ages. There were young professionals, artists, musicians, and even retirees who had lived there for years. The businesses were all locally owned and included pubs and bistros, art stores, and music shops. The residents really took pride in their small oasis within the big city and it showed. (more…)
