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PUBLISHER’S NOTES by BRAD EVANS
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o this past week I got sick. Really sick. Sick enough for me to call a friend and get a Doctor recommendation because even though I’ve lived here almost a decade I’ve never been to the Doctor here. I made an appointment and felt like a kid when that thin butt paper on the table crinkled up underneath me. At this point I had sweated through my shirt, and was shivering. The Doctor came in. “Good Lord son, why are you so sweaty?” “I’m sick.” “Good heavens, you are really sweaty. Good LORD what is that on your head ? “That’s a birthmark.” “Lord that thing’s big. Get some sunscreen on that. Can you stick your tongue out and say ahh.” “Ahh” “Good Lord.” “What, is my throat closed?” “You’ve had a lot of Dental Work.” “Oh, yeah I have.” “Let’s listen to your chest.” rattle rattle rattle “Whoah, wait a minute now. What in the world. Did you just ride in here with Doc Holiday? Did a coyote just bring you across the border with a bunch of others? Do you have TB?”
“No sir, I don’t believe I have TB.” “Well you sound like some old man who has spent some time in Virginia.” “Wow.” I just started laughing, which made me cough, which made him laugh. I may not have found the perfect Doctor, but I had definitely found the perfect doctor for me. Before I was gone, he’d whipped up something on his prescription pad that would knock the pneumonia off of me, and he’d gotten some laughs for both of us, at my expense which I guess, as they say, is the best medicine. This, I thought, is why I love Macon. Another reason I love Macon is Jared Wright. That fine looking young Man on last issue’s cover, hitching a ride to pleasure town, was the victim of an auto break in, right after he helped shut down the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. After working there for the past few years, he caught a ride home from the closing party last Saturday night. When he came back Sunday, windows were smashed and his Mountain Bike was gone. Taking matters into his own hands, he took a small souvenir Braves bat to the streets of downtown and had the culprit in the hands of the authorities within a few hours. Kudos to you, Mr. Downtown Macon Vigilante, Jr.
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I saw the Hangover II this past week, and I don’t really know what I expected, but it sucked. I mean walk out of the theater bad. X-Men First Class turned out to be pretty good though. I had no idea that mutants helped avert the Cuban Missle Crisis. A movie I am pretty excited about is Blue Like Jazz. Keith Watson, from New City Church gave me the book a few years back, and I really enjoyed it. Paste magazine called it one of the 20 best books of the decade after all. And now thanks to a Kickstarter Campaign, and musician turned filmmaker Steve Taylor, it’s coming to a theatre probably not near us soon. I was getting pretty excited about the new season of True Blood hitting this month on HBO.
Unfortunately the coolest app I’ve downloaded in some time, HBO GO, ruined it for me. The app allows you to access every HBO program ever on your ipad, and I was able to watch the first six minutes of a not yet released True Blood series premier, which opens in Fairyland. I almost puked on the device and I’m not happy about it. This series makes a habit out of jumping the shark though, so I’m sure it will be well received. Premiers Sunday, June 12.
I’m not a huge Pearl Jam fan, I stopped listening to them almost before flannel got too hot for Georgia that summer, but Eddie Vedder’s new album, Ukulele Songs, is worth a listen. I also got My Morning Jacket’s new piece, Circuital, Middle Brother’s self titled joint, and Black Lips, Arabia Mountain, this week . You should also check out the new video of Mumford and Sons, The Bookshop Sessions, which is just magnificent. If your not a National Geographic subscriber, you might want to pick up the latest edition, which turns their lens on the birth of religion, which they say may have had as great an affect on civilization as agriculture. It’s as interesting a thing as I’ve read in months.