i was crushed i couldnt go to the antenna reunion! i dont even want to think about it. memphis in the 90s gave plenty of good music to the world and its still going strong- memphis muscle.
creekmore_banks, are you in memphis?
Yes. Yes, I am. As a matter of fact, my name here is stolen from one of the Earles/Jensen characters.
Technically, I am separated most of the day by the Mississippi River about 10 minutes away in WM, but all of my time away from the apartment/work is spent in Memphis. I'm a self-identified Memphis resident. God bless Memphis--publicly humiliated on a weekly basis, but I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
I think Eric O put it best in an interview from several years ago when someone asked him what Memphis was like:
"Memphis is Memphis. It's fucked up and great, and fucked up and terrible. It's dirty water and soul. High crime and great gangsta rap. Fried chicken and the best barbecue ribs & sandwiches (pork, not beef) in the world. Sometimes I gotta get out, sometimes I can't believe I'm lucky to be here. The river, the music, the food. The heat."
Indeed.
I didn't realize there was a fellow FOT in Memphis---I think I remember hearing that Tom came to Gonerfest a few years ago. I heard him plug the fundraiser for Zac's daughter a few months ago. The fellow from Knoxville calls in pretty regularly, but I don't remember any Memphis calls lately.
As for the Antenna reunion, it was pretty much as much fun as you imagined. Sorry.
30-something days until Gonerfest. Huzzah!