Memphis (musical)

Memphis is a musical by David Bryan (music and lyrics) and Joe DiPietro (lyrics and book). It is loosely based on Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips, one of the first white DJs to play black music in the 1950s. It played on Broadway from October 19, 2009 to August 5, 2012. This production won four 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The show was previously staged at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts and TheatreWorks in Mountain View, California during the 2003-04 season, as well as the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle during the 2008-2009 season.

Synopsis

Act 1

There's a party at Delray's, an underground black Rock and Roll bar in 1950s Memphis ("Underground"). Huey Calhoun, a white man, arrives on the scene. The regulars begin to leave, but Huey convinces them to stay, claiming he is there for the music ("The Music of My Soul"). Later, Huey is about to be fired from his job as a stock boy at a local department store, but he makes a deal with the owner, if he can sell 5 records by playing them over the speakers, he can have a sales job. Huey plays a rock & roll hit ("Scratch My Itch"). He sells 29 records in five minutes, but the store owner fires him anyway, incensed at the type of music being played.

Memphis, Egypt

Memphis (Arabic: منف Manf  pronounced [mænf]; Greek: Μέμφις) was the ancient capital of Aneb-Hetch, the first nome of Lower Egypt. Its ruins are located near the town of Mit Rahina, 20 km (12 mi) south of Giza.

According to legend related by Manetho, the city was founded by the pharaoh Menes. Capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, it remained an important city throughout ancient Mediterranean history. It occupied a strategic position at the mouth of the Nile delta, and was home to feverish activity. Its principal port, Peru-nefer, harboured a high density of workshops, factories, and warehouses that distributed food and merchandise throughout the ancient kingdom. During its golden age, Memphis thrived as a regional centre for commerce, trade, and religion.

Memphis was believed to be under the protection of the god Ptah, the patron of craftsmen. Its great temple, Hut-ka-Ptah (meaning "Enclosure of the ka of Ptah"), was one of the most prominent structures in the city. The name of this temple, rendered in Greek as Aί γυ πτoς (Ai-gy-ptos) by the historian Manetho, is believed to be the etymological origin of the modern English name Egypt.

Stempel Type Foundry

D. Stempel AG was a German typographic foundry founded by David Stempel (1869–1927), in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Many important font designers worked for the Stempel foundry, including Hans Bohn, Warren Chappell, F. H. Ehmcke, Friedrich Heinrichsen, Hanns Th. Hoyer, F. W. Kleukens, Erich Meyer, Hans Möhring, Hiero Rhode, Wilhelm Schwerdtner, Herbert Thannhaeuser, Martin Wilke, Rudolf Wolf, Victor Hammer, Hermann Zapf, and Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. With the introduction of Memphis in 1929, the foundry was the first to cast modern slab serif typefaces.

From 1900 to 1983, Stempel had an exclusive relationship with Mergenthaler Linotype Company, as one of just a few producers of matrices for the Linotype machine worldwide and the only one in Europe. Starting in 1925, Stempel types were distributed in the United States by Continental Type Founders Association. Linotype AG became the majority stockholder in 1941. In 1977 Stempel begins manufacturing Phototypesetting equipment.

Exchange

Exchange may refer to:

Places

  • Exchange, Indiana, an unincorporated community
  • Exchange, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • Exchange Alley, London, England
  • Exchange District, a historic area in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Business and economy

  • Exchange (economics)
  • Exchange (organized market)
  • Exchange rate (aka foreign exchange rate), the price for which one currency is exchanged for another
  • Bureau de change, a business whose customers exchange one currency for another
  • Digital currency exchangers (aka DCEs or Bitcoin exchanges), businesses that allow customers to trade digital currencies for other assets, such as conventional fiat money, or different digital currencies
  • Foreign exchange company, a broker that offers currency exchange and international payments
  • Foreign exchange controls, controls imposed by a government on the purchase/sale of foreign currencies
  • Foreign exchange market (aka forex, FX, or currency market), a global decentralized market where one currency is exchanged for another
  • Exchange (album)

    Exchange is a split album by the ska punk band Against All Authority and the punk rock band, The Criminals. It was first released in 1999 on Sub City Records.

    Track listing

    Against All Authority

  • "The Bottle's Lookin' Better"
  • "WWYD?"
  • "I Want to Stab You With Something Rusty" (The Criminals Cover)
  • "Wet Foot Policy"
  • The Criminals

  • "All Fall Down" (AAA cover)
  • "Five Years On"
  • "Down and Out"

  • Exchange (song)

    "Exchange" is a song by American singer Bryson Tiller. It was released on September 21, 2015, as the second single from his debut album Trapsoul.

    Chart performance

    "Exchange" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 98 for the chart dated November 14, 2015, and has since peaked at number 39 where it became Tiller's second top 40 hit.

    Charts

    References

    External links

  • Audio on YouTube
  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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