Welcome to the latest installment of the Murfreesboro Pulse. This one is packed with things that make me happy: Weird Al, for one. I’ve been enjoying this guy’s parodies and polkas for nearly as far back as I remember. As someone who tries to both master an instrument and make others laugh, Alfred, you are OK in my book.
The Flaming Lips have brought much musical enjoyment to me for a good while now as well, and the Pulse has the opportunity to bring to you some thoughts from Mr. Drozd in advance of the Lips’ May performances in Nashville and Memphis.
I like some Mexican food as well. Who doesn’t? Especially when the option of patio dining is a much better choice than indoors! Bracken Jr. is being brought up familiar with the ways of the Mexican restaurant, and knows his way around the menu, and a platter of rice and beans.
“You bring me cheese dip!” he directs the waiter.
He is the queso connoisseur.
If you’re a fan of painting and wrestling you’ll want to check out Art Growden’s series of luchadores, on display at Moxie. Masked wrestlers and bold colors make another joyful combination.
Are the formulaic and soulless motion picture blockbusters getting you down? Start shopping local with your movies.
Our Nashville Film Festival section is loaded with Tennessee folks, and many of these individuals are well aware of the shift in technology that allows nearly anyone with a camera (that can be purchased for a few hundred dollars) and a group of people dedicated to telling a story the chance to be a filmmaker.
Don’t ask permission—do it!
The Healing Field brings a striking display of patriotism once again this Memorial Day weekend. Definitely pay your respects to the veterans—value the land that many have sacrificed for.
Remember the teachers and the firefighters and the trash collectors and the farmers and the librarians and the writers and the artists, too. There are a lot of people fighting for freedom and a better country who have never enrolled in the military, or even left the country.
Remember, too, that Memorial Day isn’t just about red, white and blue, a piece of cloth known as the flag, patriotic slogans and bugles and guns and “The Star Spangled Banner.”
It’s about freedom. Remember liberty all year long. Protect the freedom of others. Don’t be trapped. Don’t be a slave. That’s not what America is all about. Pursue happiness—what really makes you happy, not what commercials or politicians say you should want.
Nothing could be more insulting to the spirit of the veterans who have served our land than citizens living a life in fear and slavery.
Peace,
Bracken Mayo
Editor in Chief
