Bob Sleppy: When the Music Stopped
February 26, 2021
Nuçi’s Space
Athens’ once vibrant music scene has been muted. And for now, the town just isn’t the same. Especially for the musicians themselves.
The pandemic’s impact on the music community last spring was swift. One Athens-based band was onstage in the middle of a set when its musicians learned the rest of the tour was canceled. In a matter of days, people in the industry lost their livelihoods and their outlet for social connection and self-expression.
“It wasn’t just people losing their jobs. Our entire industry stopped,” says Bob Sleppy
They are suing for the County Commission to provide them with the funds for new voting equipment. Author: Shelby County Election Commission Press Release Published: 8:17 PM CST February 16, 2021 Updated: 10:22 PM CST February 16, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn After Election Commissioners met, in an executive session with their attorneys today, the decision was made to exercise the last available avenue to obtain the necessary funds for new equipment, filing suit to compel the County Commission to provide it.
“The County Commission has repeatedly denied our requests to fund the ballot marking devices, because they want paper ballots,” said Steve Stamson chairman of the Shelby County Election Commission (SCEC). “We have followed all Shelby County Purchasing procedures. In January, we tried to get the equipment funding back on the County Commission agenda, but that request was denied.”
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Athens Banner-Herald
Linda Phillips, who without ever playing a single note put an indelible mark on the iconic Athens music community, has died.
Phillips, the founder of Nuçi’s Space, died Wednesday evening in New York City after a yearlong bout with pancreatic cancer, Nuçi’s Space executive director Bob Sleppy confirmed Thursday afternoon.
“Linda was just an amazing lady,” Sleppy said Thursday evening. “For as open and kind and loving as she was, she was also somebody you just didn’t want to mess with. If she made up her mind she was going to do something, you’d better join her or just get the hell out of her way. That’s how Nuçi’s Space got open.