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That Memphis Beat

“I’m going to Memphis where the beat is tough. Memphis I can’t get enough. It makes you tremble. It makes you weak. Gets in your blood, that Memphis beat.” Jerry Lee Lewis. Memphis, TN– I’ve never been a foodie or a food blogger. While there are millions of idiots with Read more

By Mark Jue, 6 yearsNovember 14, 2019 ago

USA South

Confronting the Ghosts of the Old South

Memphis, TN– Nathan Bedford Forrest was a confederate general, a founder of the Ku Klux Klan and its first grand wizard. Forrest became wealthy from the slave trade often advertising in local newspapers, “Fresh Negroes Delivered Daily.” A concrete slab sits boarded by a fence, where Forrest’s statue once stood Read more

By Mark Jue, 6 yearsNovember 12, 2019 ago