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CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

SCENIC ACCESSIBILITY

GETTING AROUND ON FOUR WHEELS OUT AND ABOUT THE SCENIC CITY WITH BOB EDENS

By Jenn Webster

REV. THOMAS FOOTE • THE DEAD DEADS • STAR TREK BEYOND

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Contents

CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

EDITORIAL

Managing Editor Gary Poole Assistant Editor Brooke Dorn

Augusty 4, 2016 Volume 13, Issue 31

Music Editor Marc T. Michael Film Editor John DeVore Contributors Rob Brezsny • Matt Jones Mike McJunkin • Tony Mraz Ernie Paik • Rick Pimental-Habib Michael Turner • Jenn Webster

Features

Editorial Intern Hillary Eames

4 BEGINNINGS: The Democrats make nice with America.

Cartoonists Max Cannon • Rob Rogers Jen Sorenson • Tom Tomorrow

5 THE LIST: American immigration.

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Urban Accessibility

When I arrive at the South Chattanooga Recreation Center in Alton Park, photographer Bob Edens is already waiting for me—a self-described “redneck Tennessee boy” sitting in a well-worn wheelchair next to a white van. He has a camera slung around his neck and a boonie hat on his head.

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The Mind of Rev. Thomas Foote

Art is there to make people happy—especially yourself if you’re the one making it. That’s the first and foremost thing that the Reverend Thomas Foote believes about his work. He sees art as a form of self-expression, a way to express yourself to the rest of the world—and he thinks that everybody has a message.

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The Dead Deads

Nashville’s The Dead Deads are back with a new album set to release on August 25th and every tune on it reinforces what I’ve been saying since the first time I heard them; here is a band destined for international stardom. That isn’t to say they aren’t already a big deal, they absolutely are.

7 SHRINK RAP: The Good Doctor on the virtues of relaxation.

12 ARTS CALENDAR 16 MUSIC CALENDAR 18 REVIEWS: Fumaça Preta expands on their garage-band sound, Pylon dives into rock-n-roll glory.

19 MIXOLOGY: The strange and intriguing history of Absinthe.

20 SCREEN: Latest big-screen Star Trek finds comfort in familiarity.

22 SUSHI & BISCUITS: The virtues of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.

23 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY 23 JONESIN’ CROSSWORD

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Op-Ed: Always Sunny In Philadelphia The Democrats make nice with America, and miss the entire point With respect to my esteemed Pulse colleague Terry Stulce, who wrote rather vehemently about the GOP convention in last week’s issue, I am not going to engage in a tit-fir-tat war of words while shar- MICHAEL ing my take on the Democratic Convention recently concluded in Philadelphia.

Instead, as a life-long Republican, I will start by pointing something that is both obvious and alltoo depressing: this was one of the most relentlessy upbeat and inclusive conventions in years.

While the Republican Party has been taken over by the insurgency that is Donald Trump—a cult of personality candidate who shares few (if any) of the traditional values of the GOP— TURNER the Democrats made extreme efforts to reach out to all Americans.

It was also, in many ways, quite reminiscent of the Reagan-era conventions: speaker after speaker extolling how great this country is, how we can all come together to solve our many problems, and how our greatest strength as a nation is

POLITICS

our people.

Now, don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of things Hillary Clinton and company are pushing that are simply red-meat to the Bernie Sanders-inspired far left—forcing corporate profit-sharing, hiking the minimum wage, making college “free” (without any mention of how to pay for it), and embracing an isolationist trade policy that would negatively affect American workers— that I disagree with. But that’s been the Democratic mindset for decades: to “solve” problems by adding barriers, raising taxes, and spending even more money on unproven theories.

That said, the biggest contrast between the two conventions was tone. The GOP was all about fear; the Democrats were all about (baseless) hope.

“That's been the Democratic mindset for decades: to "solve" problems by adding barriers, raising taxes, and spending even more money on unproven theories.”

And let’s be honest: the number one obsession of both conventions was Donald Trump.

To say that Trump has completely up-ended the political tables is an understatement. He is a force that has utterly reshaped American politics—for good or ill—and whose influence will reverberate throughout the political ranks for years to come.

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the best speech of either convention—what it really comes down to is a governmental mindset.

Do you believe in a top-down system of government that seeks ever greater control of your life, that wants to enforce through the courts how you can and cannot express your core beliefs and feelings, and that sees any opposition as “wrongthink” that needs to be solved through re-education?

Or do you believe in a system of government that follows the philosophy of a country that “governs best when it governs least”, that wants to eliminate the endless regulations that stifle small businesses, that wants to leave more money in your pocket each paycheck, and that trusts you to decide what is best for you and your family?

For all the kumbaya moments the Democrats had on stage, the fact remains that all the wishful thinking and sunny rhetoric don’t offer any solutions—or even acknowledgement—that this country has real problems that need to be faced honestly and forthrightly.

But when all is said and done, I have to tip my hat to the Democratic Party. It was a job well done.

If for all the wrong reasons.

The List

EdiToon

by Rob Rogers

Immigration In The United States

One of the biggest debates occuring right now in American politics is about immigration.

Celebrating The Big Latch On Around The World Breastfeeding is renowned for its health benefits for mother and child alike. This week is World Breastfeeding Week, designed to raise awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding and the need for global support of breastfeeding mothers.

In 2005, New Zealand held the first “Big Latch On,” an event where breastfeeding mothers had all of their children simultaneously latch on at the same time.

The event came to the U.S. in 2010, in Oregon, and since then has taken off

globally. And this Saturday at Camp Jordan Park, “globally” will include Chattanooga.

The Chattanooga Area Breastfeeding Connection invites all breastfeeding mothers to join in the fourth annual Big Latch On and help break the world record for number of breastfeeding children to simultaneously latch on around the globe.

The event begins at 9:30 a.m., where the first 100 participating moms to register onsite will receive a goody bag. Then, at 10:30 a.m.,

IN THIS ISSUE

Jenn Webster Our cover story this week on the challenges of urban accessibility in Chattanooga is

by Jenn Webster, one of the newest members of The Pulse writing family. Webster is a dancer and writer who works in Chattanooga. Now a tech-

mothers will get their children to “latch on” and set a new global record.

“Last year’s local event had grown to 116 children breastfeeding during the timed count with around 300 people in attendance,” states lactation consultant and vice president of the Chattanooga Area Breastfeeding Connection. “Globally, we had 14,889 children ‘latch on’ and this year we hope to break that record.”

In addition to breaking a world record, the event will include children’s activities, exhibitors, door prizes available for pregnant and participating moms, a photo booth, and an Introduction to Infant Massage session. — Hillar y Eames

Dr. Rick Pimental-Habib nical writer, she has also written for marketing, educational, and consumer publications. She’s an Army veteran and a member of WEAVE: A Conceptual Dance Company. Jenn is fascinated by hobbyists, fans, aficionados, obsessives, geeks, and fetishists of all kinds. She also has a few hobbies of her own: Dungeons & Dragons , urban hiking, cosplay, and collaborative storytelling.

“Shrink Rap” columnist Dr. Richard L. PimentalHabib, Ph.D., C.C.H., better known as “Dr. Rick”, is an author, psychotherapist, educator and minister, and holds a doctorate in clinical hypnotherapy with an emphasis in mind/body wellness. He

developed practices in Los Angeles, the Florida Keys, and now in Chattanooga, with specializations in individual and relationship counseling.

Upon settling here, Dr. Rick created Well Nest, his mind/ body/spirit wellness center offering alternative healing services—from meditation classes and yoga to wellness workshops and retreats.

Visit DrRPH.com, WellNestChattanooga.com, or follow @DrRickWellNest

Which has been a major debate in American politics basically since the founding of the country, to be honest.

So, what are the facts about immigration? Our friends at the Statistic Brain Research Institute checked with the U.S. Census Bureau to find out.

• Percent of U.S. foreign-born population: 27% • Total U.S. population that live outside their country of birth: 189 million • Percent of first generation U.S. born Mexicans that speak English proficiently: 80% • Percent of first generation U.S. born that speak English proficiently: 88% • Total percentage of immigrant children that are U.S. citizens: 75% • Total number of illegal immigrants employed in the U.S.: 7.7 million Facts are facts, but how people use those facts are up to them.

Source: www.statisticbrain.com/ immigration-statistics/

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COLUMN SHRINK RAP

The Power of Healthy Distraction The Good Doctor on the virtues of relaxation and having fun

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DR. RICK

Healthy distraction can give you a break from the constant exhaustion that comes from physical ailments.

It can help you feel sane when emotional and psychological stress becomes overwhelming.”

Dr. Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, author, minister, and educator in private practice in Chattanooga. Contact him at DrRPH.com, visit his wellness center at WellNestChattanooga.com

Imagine spending a terrific Saturday with one of your best pals. Maybe you’re checking out a few galleries or downtown shops. Strolling, enjoying the weather, talking to complete strangers.

You stop for lunch at a favorite restaurant and, later in the afternoon, enjoy a glass of wine or a big iced coffee at a new hole-in-the-wall restaurant, relaxing on the deck, people-watching, maybe overlooking the park or the river.

You’re relaxed, happy, feeling light and stress-free.

Or think about this: You and your favorite sib have been trying to get together for a while, but your busy schedules make that difficult. Finally, you create the time to meet up after work and hit the river walk, where the next couple of hours fly by as you catch up, laugh, and enjoy the scenery, logging a few miles of heart-healthy cardio, releasing the stressors of the day. Maybe later you’ll take in some live music or a movie, keeping this mini-vacation going.

Or how about: A close college buddy you haven’t seen for years is coming through town and has arranged to stop over for a weekend visit. You’ve had lots of good times in the past—some great memories that only the two of you share—and it’s wonderful to re-connect. He plays with your kids, you fire up the grill, eat, drink, and reminisce while others roll their eyes and wonder what the two of you are finding so funny.

It’s an easy, care-free weekend of good heart-to-hearts, elaborate story-telling and conversations that, for a while, let you release your personal burdens.

These scenarios may sound a bit Hallmark-ish, but remember this: It’s easy to let the busy-ness of life take over your world, creating an unbalanced existence that is too full of stress, obligation and worry. It can happen without

us even realizing it. What’s challenging is carving out some light-hearted time that gives you a break from all that, and lets you come up for air.

Whether it involves friends, family, the outdoors, travel, or some muchneeded solitary time, it’s up to each of us to prioritize and engage in whatever gives our full lives some balance. For in that balance we can nurture our physical well-being as well as our mental health.

We can become better partners, parents, friends, lovers, sons and daughters. We can become vigilant watchdogs of our own happiness, and discover fulfillment from areas besides work or on-going obligations. Simply put, we can get out of the rut.

This is a tool that I call “healthy distraction,” and the benefits can literally extend your life while making it richer, more meaningful, and more rewarding.

Healthy distraction can give you a break from the constant exhaustion that comes from physical ailments. It can help you feel sane when emotional

and psychological stress becomes overwhelming. It can give you the muchneeded breather when the challenge of caring for others weighs heavy. It can lower blood pressure and increase endorphins. It can help you sleep better, laugh more, be someone others want to be around.

Let’s be clear. This is not about living in denial, or shunning responsibility. It’s not about insensitive hedonism or being careless with others. It’s about coming up for air now and then. Keeping your life balanced. Giving yourself a break. Re-charging your batteries so that you can better handle whatever stress comes your way. It’s about giving yourself permission, and committing to the kind of self-care that allows you to be the best you you can be.

Until next time: “We are each like a flower. If we take care well, we will grow beautifully. If we take care poorly, we will wither and die. How much water and sunshine do we each need?” — Thich Nhat Hanh

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COVER STORY

Getting Around The City On Four Wheels Taking a wheels-on-the-ground tour with local photographer Bob Edens

By Jenn Webster Pulse contributor

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hen I arrive at the South Chattanooga Recreation Center in Alton Park, photographer Bob Edens is already waiting for me—a self-described “redneck Tennessee boy” sitting in a well-worn wheelchair next to a white van. He has a camera slung around his neck and a boonie hat on his head.

“Tell me where you want to go,” Edens says.

The Villages at Alton Park are a few blocks east of us, and the St. Elmo Food City is a couple blocks west.

If I lived in Alton Park and needed groceries, that’s the way I’d go.

While Chattanooga has slowly become more accessible to people who use wheelchairs, scooters, walkers or other forms of mobility assistance, it still isn’t perfect, Edens says as we travel.

Disabled in an accident while riding a Kawasaki 1000 down Shallowford Road in 1985, Edens has seen plenty of change in Chattanooga since then. Sidewalks are wider and smoother as the city has revitalized and welcomed pedestrian natives and tourists. Other changes are due to legal advances; for instance, the ADA requires curb cuts to be installed when any sidewalk is constructed or replaced.

Still, travel by wheelchair is always a challenge.

The Man-Made World Wherever he goes, Edens must maintain a high level of situational awareness. Sidewalks and the transition between sidewalk, drive, parking

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Wherever he goes, Edens must maintain a high level of situational awareness.

Sidewalks and the transition between sidewalk, drive, parking lot and road make a lot of difference in where he can go.”

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lot and road make a lot of difference in where he can go. Other obstacles, unnoticed by most bipeds, can make travel impossible or force long detours.

A two-inch obstacle, such as a drop to a lower sidewalk square, can flip a chair.

Garbage cans left in the sidewalk can make it impassible.

Bricks and other historical or fauxhistorical pavers can be unpleasantly bouncy.

A phone pole in the sidewalk requires a time-wasting detour or a dangerous hop into traffic.

Behind Food City, we pause to assess our route. We can’t take a shortcut down the alley to Food City; there are chain fences and retaining walls. We start down the hill. I’m feeling a little abashed for choosing this path (what if he crashes into the Grafe Studio window?) but Edens is philosophical: “In Tennessee, you’re gonna have hills.”

A 1:12 gradient is Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant, but nature doesn’t always pay attention to regulations. Edens is less patient with human structures. He can’t get to most of the Incline area, he tells me.

He gestures to a building housing a

local eatery.

“How could I get up there?”

I frown.

“That’s right; I couldn’t.”

Mr. T’s is all right if a crowd isn’t filling the sidewalk, he notes.

We continue on down the hill, past Mr. T’s, and back up the steep drive to Food City. There’s no sidewalk; luckily it’s a Sunday morning with little traffic. I find I’m walking to the outside, protectively.

“Am I being condescending?” I ask, checking myself.

“No problem—you’re taller, so the drivers see you first,” he says, noting that he’s more annoyed by people who hold doors open for him. “But I don’t want to discourage them, either, in case the next person in a chair needs the door held open.”

Another pet peeve: car drivers who stop and wave him across an intersection.

“That’s so annoying,” he says. “I don’t wanna stop traffic for half a mile.”

Up at the Food City parking lot, he asks me again, “How accessible is it?”

I start to look for curb cuts, but the answer’s simple.

“Where shopping carts can go, I can go.”

Virtuosity Returning, Edens asks a man carrying a bucket whether we can take a shortcut behind Food City back to 40th.

“Not in that chair you can’t!”

Instead, we start down the second steep hill of the morning. Edens’ chair has some automatic braking capacity, he says, else he’d be riding the brakes all

the way down. I’m becoming mesmerized by his virtuosity.

Edens pops numerous wheelies as we travel around Alton Park, St. Elmo and, later, Main Street. Utility cut? Wheelie.

No curb cut? Wheelie.

And everywhere he has to flip up the front of his chair to change levels, he reminds me, a frail wheelchair user or a person in a motorized scooter would likely be stymied altogether.

Back at the Recreation Center, he lets me try the chair. It’s far more responsive than I imagined, speeding forward at a touch, stopping quickly, turning more sharply than I intend. I feel like a kid on a bike for the first time.

We’re ready go to. Edens transfers briskly into the driver’s seat of his van, disassembles his chair, stows battery and seat cushion, and lifts it (one-handed, well out to the left side of his body) into the backseat, where he attaches it with a bungee cord.

To my questions, he notes: The battery life’s two hours. You can haul a backup battery, but you can’t go too many hours off-grid.

Edens’ Quickie Xtender wheelchair costs upwards of $6,000. His specialty 24-inch by 1 and 3/8-inch tires are $20 apiece for a tire and tube; despite the fact that bicycle tires are available in the same size, the rims are different, so he must special order.

A replacement battery costs $1,400.

The chair, without the power assembly

and battery, weighs 15 pounds; fully assembled and ready to roll, it weighs in at 45 pounds.

Wheelchair maintenance requires money or ingenuity; Edens sources Amazon for reasonably priced parts, and sometimes builds his own. For instance, he created a device to prevent traveling sideways with typical sidewalk drift.

“It’s basically a scooter wheel attached to the vertical bolt that holds the front castor on the chair,” he explains.

“It normally spins free, but holding the wheel prevents the chair from drifting on uneven terrain.”

Playing in Traffic We drive downtown to explore Main Street. Edens parks in front of Center Med Spa and assembles his chair; in a parallel parking spot, he has to do this on the traffic side of the van.

We roll up Main Street without incident, though there’s no curb cut at Wilhoit and Main, so Edens has to pop another wheelie. As we travel, he points out Estate of Confusion, once Central Tire at 301 Main, his dad’s business years ago. We meander along talking ‘Nooga gossip without incident until we come to Market Street. We make the right turn, then realize the sidewalk is blocked due to construction in front of the Terminal.

There’s a sign on the barrier, but that’s way too late: a wheelchair user would have needed a “detour” notification back at the Main/Market intersection. Now we

face an interesting choice: pop down into the road, or backtrack to Main Street.

We hop down the steep curb and travel along Market Street, with traffic, to the Choo Choo, where the bricks jounce Edens around.

The return trip is equally fraught, though we cross Market Street to avoid the chain-link fence in front of the Terminal. As we travel the block between 14th and 15th, there’s another closed sidewalk, and again we have to pop down into the road and roll along with cars flying past us from behind.

“Chattanooga is an ancient Cherokee word meaning ‘under construction,’” Edens quips.

Wish List Edens is remarkably calm about unavoidable obstacles on the sidewalks: construction, a broken crepe myrtle branch.

He’s less charitable about predictable problems, such as closed sidewalks without prior notice, or ramps foolishly installed with handrails down the middle, making the “accessible” path, in fact, unusable to anyone in a wheelchair.

Still, there is a lot left to do. When I ask Edens what he’d like to see improved for wheelchair users, he mentions public parks.

“Barriers are put up to discourage four-wheelers—well, chairs are fourwheelers,” he says ironically. As a former nature photographer, lack of access has been one reason he’s switched to figure

photography, he tells me.

“I did have a bush suit made of a PVC cage for my wheelchair, covered with camouflage.”

I try to picture a mobile ghillie suit. I fail utterly.

In general, Edens continues, more accessible trails in parks would be great; he calls out Point Park as mostly out-ofrange (picture that large metal staircase). On the other hand, Chickamauga Battlefield in Fort Oglethorpe is decent, he notes.

Away from the city center and Southside, the Chattanooga area gets rapidly less accessible, Edens says. East Ridge and East Brainerd he describes as “horrid;” when he wants to go far in his home neighborhood of East Brainerd he generally has to take his van. The Northshore is all right near the river, he tells me, but more difficult toward Hixson Pike However, Edens is quick to point out, “Accessible for me doesn’t mean accessible for everyone.”

With old-school chivalry, he asks people to consider the needs of those with spinal cord injuries, the elderly, power-chair users, stroke victims. Those folks may not be able to pop a wheelie or muscle a chair up a steep grade.

If he were given an urban accessibility budget, he says, “The first thing I would do would be to get with wheelchair support groups and people who are 90 percent less mobile than I am—I would defer to the people who need it most.”

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ARTS SCENE

Inside The Mind of Rev. Thomas Foote Looking for Spare Change with one of the city's most influential artists

Home For Two Photographers Corey and Emily Critser find home at the AVA Gallery I’ve called the Chattanooga Valley home now for thirteen years, comfortably nestled under Lookout Mountain. I can see Rock City and the Fairyland Club from my back porch. I can pass through a blanket of fog on the mountain to be greeted with a bright day in the valley below.

It’s a beautiful place to call home.

So when my friend from Texas expressed feelings of claustrophobia when she visited me in the valley, I was understandably confused. She hated all the things I loved about valley life. The mountains felt smothering in comparison to the wide open skies of Texas. Home for her was open plains and unbroken horizons—which doesn’t sound so hot to me. Especially since it’s Texas, where “hot” would be an understatement.

The moral of the story is, the defini-

tion of “home” has always been fluid, and Corey and Emily Crister have an upcoming exhibit in the newly renovated AVA gallery exploring the gorgeous and nebulous concept.

Last year, Corey and Emily moved all of their belongings into a storage unit and embarked on a 100-day road trip across America. They photographed more than forty national and state parks, capturing landscapes and landmarks alike, capturing the diverse forms of beauty American terrain can offer. Their series explores the concept of Home, discussing what “home” means to different people.

Like the Cristers, this exhibit is a wanderer, only staying in Chattanooga for two days. The reception is this Friday at 5 p.m., and will remain until August 6. — Hillary Eames

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RT IS THERE TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY—ESPECIALLY yourself if you’re the one making it. That’s the first and foremost thing that the Reverend Thomas Foote believes about his work.

He sees art as a form of self-expression, a way to express yourself to the rest of the world—and he thinks that everybody has a message.

He shares his messages with the world in a variety of ways; with visual art, music, poetry, and Chattanooga’s most unusual independent magazine, Spare Change.

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Everything that I’ve ever painted, everything I’ve ever done is honestly a self-portrait.

It’s impossible for it not to be, because I am me, and this is what I do.”

Tom spent his youth thinking his life was nothing that he would ever want to write about—that nothing in his life was important. He learned that there is something to be gleaned, something to be figured out, from everybody’s stories—something that you walk away with. Art to him is a way to share himself, a way for him to figure himself out, to learn and expand.

“I hope that my art is a document of me, a document of us, and a document of everything that we are trying and doing,” Foot says. “I think that we should make pyramids out of old broken drum kits, old broken bicycles, old broken amps that don’t work—so that two thousand years from now the archaeologists will realize what Chattanoogans are into.

That’s beautiful; that’s what I want to leave behind, a record of what we did.”

Tom’s art is therapeutic—in fact, it’s what keeps him alive. Without what he created, he would have nothing. “We all have what we create,” he explains. “We all need to create a lot more, because we need to create what we want in this world. Physical things are nothing, but at the same time we live in a physical world so we should make it into what we want. That’s what art is all about—

making this physical world into something that we appreciate and are a part of.

I love Chattanooga, I love this community, I love having so many friends who are artists and musicians—they always inspire me at the right moment— having that inspiration and mentorship from my friends is beautiful.”

For a long time, Tom painted whatever came to mind. A lot of it was based upon things that he wrote. He spent a year writing Haikus, and eventually ended up writing 15 to 20 haikus a day for over 100 people. There were plenty of paintings that came from those haikus. After high school he started taking photographs and painting from them. He enjoys finding photos with weird things happening in them, like random rainbows and distortions—he loves to paint those distortions. His primary literary influence is Harlan Ellison, whose book Strange Wine made him realize that he wanted to write.

he elaborates. “After a few issues, I settled in and wrote stories. I like being a story teller, which goes back to the art. Everything that I’ve ever painted, everything I’ve ever done is honestly a self-portrait. It’s impossible for it not to be, because I am me, and this is what I do.”

“Even if it’s a story about somebody else, it’s still from my point of view, so therefore it is a self-portrait,” Foote notes. “It is my story. Somebody else may have a totally different story than that. Everything that you do is a selfportrait—if it’s not, then what are you doing? If there’s not you in that, then what do you have invested in it?

I might not be painting soup cans, but if I did, they would look a lot like me.”

You can check out Tom’s paintings in person starting this Friday at the opening of his solo show at Mayfield’s All Killer No Filler Records, located at 199 River St. on the North Shore near Coolidge Park.

“I love Chattanooga, I love this community, I love having so many friends who are artists and musicians—they always inspire me at the right moment—having that inspiration and mentorship from my friends is beautiful.”

He began to produce Spare Change, an independent magazine which has become a household name within the local creative culture.

Tom never saw anything in his life as something he could write about.

“I thought that I was living a boring life—don’t we all—but everything is different for everybody. You might think that you’re living this boring life, but then you might talk to somebody and they would be like ‘oh my god, you live this great life’—it’s different for everybody.”

“At first, Spare Change was me ranting and talking about my opinions about religion, music, and politics,”

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19th Annual St. Jude Rodeo

THURSDAY8.4 Ooltewah Farmers Market 3 p.m.

Ooltewah Nursery 5829 Main St. (423) 238-9775 ooltewahnursery.com Signal Mountain Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Pruett’s Market 1210 Taft Hwy. (423) 902-8023 signalmountainfarmersmarket.com St. Elmo Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Incline Railway 3917 St. Elmo Ave. (423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com Homebuyer Orientation 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise 1500 Chestnut St., Suite 102 (423) 756-6234 cneinc.org 19th Annual St. Jude Rodeo 6 p.m.

Yates Farm 11738 Alabama Hwy. Ringgold, GA stjude.org Craft and Crop Artist Potluck at Heritage House 6 p.m.

Heritage House Arts and Civic Center 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 Kristin Key 7:30 p.m.

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The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

FRIDAY8.5 Cambridge Square Night Market 5 p.m.

Cambridge Square 9453 Bradmore Ln. chattanoogamarket. com/cambridge Hot Stuff Art Reception 5 p.m.

In-Town Gallery 26-A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214 intowngallery.com Open Studio Night 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga WorkSpace

PULSE PICK: KRISTIN KEY

With Kristin Key's blend of music, comedy, and her spontaneous sense of humor, audiences have learned that anything can happen and no two shows are the same.

Kristin Key The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

302 W. 6th St. (423) 822-5750 chattanoogaworkspace.com First Friday featuring W. Michael Bush 5:30 p.m.

Area 61 Gallery 61 E. Main St. (423) 648-9367 100 Days Around America: Call it Home 5:30 p.m.

AVA Gallery 30 Frazier Ave. (423) 265-4282 avarts.org SharkFest!

6 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium 1 Broad St. (423) 267-3474 tnaqua.com Chattanooga Lookouts vs Jacksonville Suns

7:15 p.m.

AT&T Field 201 Power Alley (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com Kristin Key 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com The Floor is YOURS 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theatre 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Hamlet 8 p.m.

Historic Mars Theatre 117 N. Chattanooga Ave. Lafayette, GA (706) 996.8350 backalleyproductions.org

SATURDAY8.6 Volunteers in Medicine 5k Run for Health 8 a.m.

Ridgedale Baptist Church 1831 Hickory Valley Rd. (423) 855-8220 vim-chatt.org Brainerd Farmers Market 10 a.m.

Grace Episcopal Church 20 Belvoir Ave. (404) 245-3682 facebook.com/ BrainerdFarmersMarket Chattanooga River Market 10 a.m.

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Jaguar Appreciation Weekend Tennessee Aquarium 1 Broad St. (423) 265-0695 chattanoogarivermarket.com Northside Farmers Market 10 am.

Northside Presbyterian Church 923 Mississippi Ave. (423) 266-7497 St. Alban’s Hixson Market 10 a.m.

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church 7514 Hixson Pike (423) 842-6303 facebook.com/ StAlbansFarmersMarket Jaguar Appreciation Weekend 10 a.m.

Chattanooga Zoo 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave. (423) 697-1319 chattzoo.org Food-O-Rama 11 a.m.

Coolidge Park 150 River St. foodoramaevents.com Eastgate Saturday Cinema: Kung Fu Panda 3 2:30 p.m.

Eastgate Library 5705 Marlin Rd. (423) 855-2689 chattliobrary.org Chattanooga Lookouts vs Jacksonville Suns 7:15 p.m.

AT&T Field 201 Power Alley (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com Kristin Key 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Fantastic Planet 8 p.m.

Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org Hamlet 8 p.m.

Historic Mars Theatre 117 N. Chattanooga Ave. Lafayette, GA (706) 996.8350 backalleyproductions.org

SUNDAY8.7 Sports Barn Sprint Triathlon 7 a.m.

Sports Barn Downtown 301 Market St. (423) 266-1125 sportsbarn.net Chattanooga Market 11 a.m.

Chattanooga Market 1829 Carter St. (423) 402-9957 chattanoogamarket.com Wildlife Cruise: Hooray for Ospreys 6 p.m.

River Gorge Explorer 1 Broad St. (423) 267-3474 tnaqua.com Chattanooga Lookouts vs Jacksonville Suns 2:15 p.m.

AT&T Field

201 Power Alley (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com Kristin Key 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

MONDAY8.8 Bleed Blue Blood Drive 8 a.m.

Blood Assurance 705 E. 4th St. (423) 756-0966 bloodassurance.org Red Bank Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Red Bank United Church 3800 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com Learn to Ride A Bicycle 4 p.m.

Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com Chattanooga Lookouts vs Jacksonville Suns 7:15 p.m.

AT&T Field 201 Power Alley (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com

TUESDAY8.9 East Brainerd Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Audubon Acres 900 N. Sanctuary Rd. (423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com The Chattery Presents “Introduction to Calligraphy” 6 p.m.

Chattanooga WorkSpace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 413-8978 thechattery.org Chattanooga Lookouts vs Jacksonville Suns 7:15 p.m.

AT&T Field 201 Power Alley (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com

WEDNESDAY8.10 Middle Eastern Dance 10:30 a.m.

Jewish Cultural Center 5461 North Terrace (423) 493-0270 jewishchattanooga.com Main Street Market 4 p.m.

325 E. Main St. mainstfarmersmarket.com Wednesday Night Chess Club 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Downtown Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 643-7700 chattilibrary.com Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com

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MUSIC SCENE

For Your Dead Deads Obliteration Nashville rock powerhouse channels post-apocalyptic Blondie sound

Magic Birds’ All American Summer Carolina-bred local duo debut music from their new album This Thursday, the Hunter Museum of American Art will welcome the Americana duo Magic Birds, performing songs from their debut album The Music of Benjamin Bruce.

The band itself has its roots here in Chattanooga, but the duo are originally from the Carolinas— Ben Ezell from the North and Scott Bruce from the South. They met in 2012, while Ben taught at the same high school as Scott’s wife.

They bonded over a mutual love for Radiohead and decided to get together and “jam.” Pretty soon they were writing their own songs and playing various open mic nights around Chattanooga. Their first album was complete by May 2015, and was well received by friends, family, and strangers alike.

Magic Birds explains that they de-

fine their genre as Americana because “it is a very vague genre...and we like that.” However, they do add a few more qualifiers: “A lot of our songs have a classic country feel, some songs are bluegrass-inspired, a few of them have a folk or rootsrock sound, and every once in a while we break out a bluesy number.” To this listener, they sound like Johnny Cash and the Tallest Man on Earth ran off and joined the Soggy Bottom Boys. It’s the perfect soundtrack to accompany a night on the Hunter Museum terrace overlooking the river.

“If you have seen them play live,” their website states, “You realize that...they put all of their heart and soul into their music. If you haven’t seen them yet, you should.”

— Hillary Eames

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FRI8.5

SAT8.6

FUTURE STARS

SWEET SOUL

N'AWLINS TIME

Open Mic with Hap Henninger

Gaslight Street with Kelly Swindell

Gino Fandelli

Come hear the stars of tomorrow (and today) try out new material live.

9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com

Melding the blues and Southern Rock to make some sweet soul music.

10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com

Travel back to the New Orleans of the 1930's for some party music!

9 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com/chattano

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ASHVILLE’S THE DEAD DEADS ARE BACK WITH A new album set to release on August 25th and every tune on it reinforces what I’ve been saying since the first time I heard them; here is a band destined for international stardom. That isn’t to say they aren’t already a big deal, they absolutely are. Local and regional favorites, they have one highly successful national tour to their credit so far, a fantastic stage presence/persona, and are extremely gifted as writers and performers.

Music MARC T. MICHAEL

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The irresistible wall of throbbing, driving sound produced by bass, guitar and drums blurs the lines between hard rock and straight-up, head banging heavy metal.”

What sets them apart, what says to me that they aren’t half way to where they will eventually be is their drive to constantly hone those skills. Too many bands struggle for a taste of success and once finding it, languish in a comfort zone of “having arrived.” Not so for The Dead Deads, as these ladies are hungry and it shows nowhere so much as in this new collection of music, For Your Obliteration.

The first track, “Headcase,” comes crashing out of the gate like some postapocalyptic Blondie that is much heavier, much darker, and much meaner than anything Debbie Harry ever did (and I love Debbie Harry.) The irresistible wall of throbbing, driving sound produced by bass, guitar and drums blurs the lines between hard rock and straight-up, head banging heavy metal, counterpointed by silvery vocals that, while sweet on the surface, hint at a great deal of raw power just below the surface.

“Blackout” is a straight shot of adrenaline. Moving at breakneck speed from beginning to end, the anthem sounds like it would be exhausting to play, but even sitting in my office with the headphones I can’t help but see an arena full of frenzied fans fist-pumping in unison and screaming a response to the call coming from the stage.

The band has an incomparable skill

Meet The Righteous Rev. Thomas Foote

for mixing genres. Listening to the opening strains of “Murder Ballad,” I thought, “You know, call it punk, call it hard rock, but when I was a much younger man this is what we called metal,” and then without warning the tune unexpectedly shifted directions in to what is best described as summer time sixties pop. Minus the fact that it is a love note to a homicidal maniac, this could have been a Phil Spector tune. Come to think of it, I’m not sure the lyrics really disqualify it anyway. Like a master chef in the kitchen, the band combines disparate ingredients to produce an unexpectedly delicious masterpiece.

“We Are Kings” is, I think, what the Go Go’s would have sounded like had they stayed with their punk roots instead of moving in to the power-pop new wave direction for which they are best known.

Bowie-esque guitar riffs lead to guttural verses which then give way to thick, unison-voiced choruses. This song, like many on the album, feels dynamically as though it could have been written as two separate tunes though the sum of those parts would not have been nearly so powerful as the whole we are treated to in the final version. The

Dead Deads don’t write songs, they craft them and I am filled with admiration for their craftsmanship.

There is so much more material on this album than there is space to tell about it. “Sympathy Sex” is currently available on the band’s Facebook page.

“Honeysuckle Sam” is another of those especially clever tunes that leads you down one rabbit hole before suddenly taking a left turn into what I presume is bunny hell. “Animals,” “True Love,” there is so much gorgeous material here; this is one of the freshest, most rewarding albums I’ve heard all year.

I hear a lot of bands, and many of them are very good. More than a few are good enough to go all the way, but if I had to put money on one band and one band only to “make it” to the top, The Dead Dead’s are the band to bet on. August 25th is the official release date, but the actual release party is August 26th at J.J.’s Bohemia and tickets are available now and if I haven’t made it entirely clear yet, what that means is that one of the hottest new acts in the country is going to be releasing one of the hottest albums of the year at one of Chattanooga’s most beloved music venues. You OWE it to yourself to see the show.

A sidebar can serve many functions. It can be used as a quick promotion for a band, a show, or a record. It can be used to alert the local music community that someone has had their gear stolen, or to announce the opening of a new music-related business. This week the sidebar has one function only, to offer a tip of the hat to one of the Chattanooga music scene’s unsung heroes, a selfless man whose contributions to music in this area are second to none. That man is Tom Foote, and by all accounts he is a hell of a guy.

An artist (see Tony Mraz’s piece on page 10), a veteran musician, a legend in the DIY scene and an author and publisher of the long-running zine Spare Change, the Reverend is many things to many people but his most enduring legacy to the punk scene has to be his role as the man behind the basement venue Anarchtica, Chattanooga’s version of the Mercer Arts Center and a place where most of the Chattanooga punk scene cut its teeth.

Local record store owner Amy Mayfield had this to say about the man and his impact: “Tom…has taken on the job nobody wants, a bunch of wild bands and wayward kids trashing his basement every night for the sake of rock and roll. He deserves a medal and we should all be providing him a cleaning service for life for what we have put his home through over the years, myself included.”

A gallery of Foote’s work will be shown at Mayfield’s All Killer No Filler record store in Coolidge Park this Friday from 9 to 5 and Sunday evening will feature several acoustic sets from local musicians interspersed with selected readings from Spare Change by Foote himself.

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MUSIC CALENDAR THURSDAY8.4 James Crumble Trio 6 p.m.

St. John’s Meeting Place 1278 Market St. stjohnsrestaurant.com Rick Rushing Blues Jazz N’ Friends 6 p.m.

Bluewater Grille 224 Broad St. bluewaterchattanooga.com Magic Birds 6 p.m.

Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View huntermuseum.org Live Bluegrass 6:30 p.m.

Whole Foods Market 301 Manufacturers Rd. wholefoodsmarket.com Bluegrass Thursdays 7:30 p.m.

Feed Co. Table & Tavern 201 W. Main St. feedtableandtavern.com Jesse James & Tim Neal 7:30 p.m.

Mexi-Wing VII 5773 Brainerd Rd. mexi-wingchattanooga.com Keepin’ It Local 8 p.m.

The Social 1110 Market St. publichousechattanooga.com Open Mic with Hap Henninger 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com

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TJG & The 423’s Ancient Warfare, Kerchief 9 p.m.

JJ 's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

FRIDAY8.5 Old Time Travelers, Amber Carrington 10 a.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Binji Varsossa 6 p.m.

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 Firekid, Ogya 7 p.m.

Nightfall Concert Series

PULSE PICK: ROXIE RANDALL Roxie has been described as “an easy listen, with hints of coffeehouse, country, folk and a ladies touch.” A mix of country, pop and Americana, she has been wowing audiences for years.

Roxie Randall Sunday, 12:30 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com

Miller Plaza 800 Market St. nightfallchattanooga.com Rick Rushing & the Blues Strangers 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Drakeford 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com/chattanooga Dr. Vibe 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Evervigilant 9 p.m.

JJ 's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd.

jjsbohemia.com Departure—A Journey Tribute Band 9 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 Station St. revelryroom.co Gaslight Street with Kelly Swindell 10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com Dayshawn 10 p.m.

Raw Bar & Grill 409 Market St. rawbarandgrillchatt.com The 8TRK Band 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

SATURDAY8.6 Old Time Travelers, AM Radio 10 a.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Slim Pickins 12:30 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium Plaza 1 Broad St. chattanoogarivermarket.com Binji Varsossa 6 p.m.

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 Dead Phish Orchestra

7 p.m.

Ross's Landing Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 756-2211 riverfrontnights.com Magic Men LIVE 8 p.m.

Track 29 1400 Market St. track29.co Dead Phish Orchestra 8 p.m.

Ross’s Landing 100 Riverfront Pkwy. chattanoogafun.com Rick Rushing & The Blues Strangers 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com TJG & The 423’s 9 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 Station St. revelryroom.co Gino Fandelli 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com/chattanooga Megan Jean and the KFB, Meinchaft, MPH 9 p.m.

JJ 's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Kara Ory Oke 10 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Gaslight Street and

The Travelin Kine with Gavin Cooper 10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com Dayshawn 10 p.m.

Raw Bar & Grill 409 Market St. rawbarandgrillchatt.com The 8TRK Band 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

SUNDAY8.7 Old Time Travelers, Highbeams 10 a.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Mountain Creek House Fire 11 a.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com Roxie Randall 12:30 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com Andrew Hibbard 1 p.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.

Long Haul Saloon

2536 Cummings Hwy. (423) 822-9775

MONDAY8.8 Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Very Open Mic 8 p.m.

The Well 1800 Rossville Blvd. #8 wellonthesouthside.com Open Mic Night 6 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Open Air with Jessica Nunn 7:30 p.m.

The Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. granfalloonchattanooga.com

TUESDAY8.9 Tom Cordell Trumpet Improv Ensemble 6 p.m.

SpringHill Suites 495 Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 834-9300 Songwriter’s Night 6:30 p.m.

Heritage House Arts and Civic Center 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m.

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Dead Phish Orchestra Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com Wings Denied, Alaya, Malviant 9 p.m.

JJ 's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

WEDNESDAY8.10 No Big Deal 6 p.m.

SpringHill Suites 495 Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 834-9300 Open Jam 8 p.m.

Raw Dance Club 409 Market St. rawbarandgrillchatt.com Wednesday Night Jazz 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Wednesday Blues Jam 8 p.m.

The Office @ City Café 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Open Mic Comedy, Lacing, Tender Age 9 p.m.

JJ 's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • AUGUST 4, 2016 • THE PULSE • 17

RECORD REVIEWS ERNIE PAIK

Darker and Diverse Pyschedelia, Rock Perfection in North Georgia Fumaça Preta expand on their sound, Pylon dives into rock-n-roll glory

Fumaça Preta Impuros Fanáticos (Soundway)

Pylon Live (Chunklet Industries)

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and more diverse, distinguishing itself by not being just another ‘60s garage-rock rip-off.

Its second album, Impuros Fanáticos (“Impure Fanatics”) is a hit of brown acid, hurtling between good and bad trips with wild tempo swings and unhinged vocals from Portuguese/Venezuelan drummer Alex Figueira. Figueira is joined by two members of the British band The Grits, bassist James Porch and guitarist/keyboardist Stuart Carter, and one feature that stands out with Fumaça Preta is its use of rhythms

t makes sense that the first release from the group Fumaça Preta was a single featuring a cover of the Sonics’ “The Witch”—a ‘60s garagerock Nuggets classic”—translated into Portuguese as “A Bruxa”; with the raw energy and sweat of the original, the band blasts through big, dumb yet satisfying chords, with a nod—well, more like a menacing full-body lurch”—toward its heroes.

Still using sources from that “first psychedelic era,” Fumaça Preta (“Black Smoke” in Portuguese) has now evolved into something darker

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with South American influences that are much more complex than those often heard in your standard rock-pop tunes.

“Décimo Andar” speeds along with a compelling groove, fuzzedout guitars and buzzing keyboards, and when you think you’ve got it figured out, there’s a children’s choir singing near the end along with a Caribbean flair supplied by steel drum notes. “Morrer de Amor” kind of kills the album’s momentum, being a slow number with Indian elements (sitar, hand drums), but a track like “Ressaca da Glória” just goes for throbbing beats and riffage with start/stop interplay and schizoid vocals over sheets of organ chords.

The capricious “A Serpente” starts as a psych slow jam then revs up halfway through with a sonic drag race before a cool-down session.

Fumaça Preta is a band that’s not afraid to sound a little off-kilter; it’s certainly capable of striking a killer groove with some diverse instrumentation, and the primal vocals live up to the album’s title. Impuros Fanáticos is worth checking out, but they can get to the next level if they cut out some of the chaff and dial up

the fury just a little more.

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he Athens, Ga. quartet Pylon is what this writer considers to be a “perfect band”—not in the sense that it was flawless, but that every member (each of whom was an art student) was absolutely and equally essential in the composition of the group’s identity and sound.

Bassist Michael Lachowski brought his precise formality and unmistakable bass timbre/tone, drummer Curtis Crowe offered taut, kinetic rhythms bursting with vibrancy, the late guitarist Randy Bewley played sharp, pinprick notes and revelatory chords and vocalist Vanessa Briscoe Hay’s dynamic style is utterly unique, going from calm moments to playful shoutsinging to grating shrieks sometimes within the same song.

The music of Pylon has an immediately recognizable crispness and sheen, channeling an energy that had more in common with a postpunk group like, say, Gang of Four than the earthier members of the Athens scene.

It is difficult for this writer to be objective about Pylon; after being obsessed with the documentary

Chattanooga’s Greatest Hits

everywhere. every day.

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Athens, GA: Inside/Out, his first non-local rock show was seeing Pylon opening for R.E.M. (who recorded a cover of Pylon’s “Crazy”).

Pylon’s heyday was in the late 70s/ early 80s, and it recorded two sterling albums (Gyrate and Chomp) before going on hiatus in 1983; since then, it has reunited several times and released its third studio album in 1990 (the perfectly respectable Chain, which many seem to have forgotten).

The new release Live captures Pylon’s final hometown show from its initial run, on December 1, 1983, and needless to say, fans clamoring for more material will want it. The recording has its warts”—obviously, it doesn’t have the clarity of a studio recording, and in particular, Hay’s vocals are a little muddied in the mix”—and newcomers should start with Gyrate, but the group’s tightness and vigor are impossible to hide on Live.

The renditions are largely faithful to the studio versions with some differences; for example, “Danger” feels antsy and slightly faster live, and the Morse-code icepick guitar stabs on “Beep” have more variation. The song list is impeccable and even concludes with two treats for fans: the rarity “Party Zone” and a cover of the Batman TV show theme song, which sounds like it was always a Pylon original.

When you’re young, you never think about which things will still be treasured in the future, among the clutter of pop-culture ephemera, but the catalog of Pylon has held up remarkably well, over decades; Live only deepens that appreciation.

FOOD & DRINK MIXOLOGY

A Visit From The Green Fairy The strange and intriguing history of Absinthe From the reservoir glass like a vase in a museum and the ornately-carved slotted spoon, to the lively green liquid transforming into a milky iridescence; from the legends of madness and mayhem, to fans of the beverage including Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Edgar Allen Poe, and, more recently, Marilyn Manson; from its mystical origins to its legendary hallucinogenic abilities, absinthe, the wormwoodbased spirit colloquially known as the green fairy, might just be the most romantic beverage on the planet.

It certainly helps that absinthe’s precise origin remains a mystery.

Medical use of wormwood dates back to ancient Egypt, and ancient Greeks used wormwood extracts and winesoaked wormwood leaves as medical remedies.

Indeed, the name itself comes from Artemisia absinthium, the scientific name for wormwood. The first onrecord existence of modern absinthe, the distilled spirit containing green

Algeria, “for the prevention of fevers and treatment of dysentery.” Pretty soon the French soldiers were drinking absinthe for non-medical purposes as well, and brought it back home

“Medical use of wormwood dates back to ancient Egypt, and ancient Greeks used wormwood extracts and wine-soaked wormwood leaves as medical remedies.” anise and fennel, appears in the 18th century. Dr. Pierre Ordinaire, a French doctor living in Switzerland, sold absinthe as an all-purpose patent remedy.

In the 1840’s, it was included in the rations of French soldiers colonizing

with them—right around the time a vine-killing aphid left France’s wine in short supply.

A ritualistic culture was soon created around absinthe drinking, even leading to France’s happy hour being called “the green hour” in the 1800’s.

Producers of absinthe usually use the distillation process, similar to the production of high quality gin, in which a high-proof neutral spirit is infused with a blend of botanicals. The “holy trinity” of botanicals are grande wormwood, green anise, and florence fennel, although other herbs can be used as well. The spirit is redistilled and, traditionally, infused a second time to intensify the flavor and garner the green color from chlorophyll in the botanicals.

The traditional way to prepare absinthe is as follows: place a sugar cube on a slotted spoon placed over the absinthe-filled reservoir glass. Next, drip cold water over the sugar cube and into the absinthe. This will cause a phenomenon called the “ouzo effect.” When the sugar-water hits the absinthe, it releases the essential oils

from the alcohol into the water, creating a spontaneous emulsion. This causes the drink to become cloudy, a process the French called “le louche.”

Now it’s time to put one legend to rest: absinthe is not a hallucinogenic.

Partially responsible for this belief is French psychiatrist Valentin Magnan, who studied 250 cases of alcoholism and found that absinthe drinkers were worse off than those who picked another poison. 19th century bohemians caught wind of this and happily embraced the legend. Oscar Wilde reported a phantom sensation of tulips brushing against his leg after leaving a bar at closing time—an event we can likely chalk up to creative license.

With a romantic aesthetic and a rich history, the green fairy will always be a welcome visitor.

— Hillary Eames

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SCREEN SCENE

Going Boldly Where We’ve All Gone Before The latest big-screen Star Trek finds comfort in familiarity and action

Science Fiction And Music Combining Fantastic Planet with Nashville's Bad Friend The folks behind Cine-Rama are continuing to push the entertainment boundaries of film and music with a special Saturday night event that combines a classic sci-fi film with some “ultra-rad” live music.

For one night only, some see the animated sci-fi masterwork Fantastic Planet in conjunction with a special appearance by Nashville's ultra-rad Bad Friend.

Nothing else has ever looked or felt like director René Laloux’s animated marvel Fantastic Planet, a politically minded and visually inventive work of science fiction.

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The film is set on a distant planet called Ygam, where enslaved humans (Oms) are the playthings of giant blue native inhabitants (Draags).

After Terr, kept as a pet since infancy, escapes from his gigantic child captor, he is swept up by a band of radical fellow Oms who are resisting the Draags’ oppression and violence.

Fantastic Planet with Bad Friend Saturday, 8:30 p.m.

Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org

NEW IN THEATERS

Suicide Squad A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency. Can DC finally get a comic-book movie right on the big screen?

Director: David Ayer Stars: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis

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Nine Lives In what can only be described as counter-programming to Suicide Squad, this light-hearted movie is about a stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Stars: Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Robbie Amell, Cheryl Hines

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NTIL RECENTLY, STAR TREK HAS NEVER BEEN AN action franchise. While the original series might have featured Captain Kirk in a fight to the death with a Gorn, philosophical and moral questions were more frequently the norm. As the series progressed through the decades, with new captains and adventures, a wealth of good movies and some not so good ones, the franchise maintained its mission of discovery and goodwill, but it inched ever forward towards spectacle and Hollywood space opera.

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While Star Trek Beyond continues in the action movie direction since the reboot, it is the best film in the trilogy.”

When J.J. Abrams took the helm in 2009, he abandoned much of what Gene Roddenberry built, crafting a slick action film with plenty of lens flares and a convenient timeline reboot in order to move the franchise in a boldly new direction. The players were all still there— Kirk and Spock, Bones and Scotty, green skinned aliens and dangerous enemies.

But it had the spirit of George Lucas— Abrams even admitted that he wasn’t a much of a Trekkie.

When he directed 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens it seemed that Star Trek was a field test, an audition for his true passion. Abrams followed Star Trek with 2011’s Star Trek: Into Darkness, which was more space community theater than space opera, and then left the series behind.

Into that void has stepped Justin Lin to direct Star Trek Beyond, who is best known for taking over the Fast and Furious franchise. For those that aren’t fans of films about thieves driving soupedup Hondas, Lin might have raised a few eyebrows. However, while Star Trek

Beyond continues in the action movie direction since the reboot, it is the best film in the trilogy.

The writing is what sets the film apart from the previous two. Star Trek: Into Darkness went wrong by attempting to shoehorn well-known storylines from the original films into the new universe, retelling Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan awkwardly. It was pure fan service that fell flat due to choices made by the writing team that were out of step with the previously established characters.

Star Trek Beyond is a completely new adventure, one that takes place during the original five-year mission of the Starship Enterprise. It is without a

doubt a strong step forward in establishing a universe. The purpose of creating an alternate timeline in the 2009 film was to open up the franchise, erasing what happened before and giving the writers a clean slate to create.

Simon Pegg and Doug Jung took the step that the Damon Lindelof didn’t and forged their own story. The story isn’t groundbreaking—the crew is sent into an uncharted nebula to rescue a lost crew only to find a danger beyond their imagination and must overcome incredible odds to save Starfleet. But given the past two films, Star Trek Beyond feels new.

The characters, save for Leonard “Bones” McCoy, also appear to be bet-

ter rounded. This timeline’s Spock may still be the most the emotional Vulcan ever put on film, the decision to explore the struggle with his human side is more frankly compelling that his usual stoic characterization. Kirk is less sure of himself, more open to selfcriticism, which also makes him more relatable.

This isn’t to say that the film spends much time developing characters—it is an action movie after all. And what an action movie it is. There is very little downtime. The film leaps from thrilling scene to thrilling scene, but at no point does it become repetitive. The film manages to satisfy the attention spans of both adults and children, with

very little either group would find objectionable.

Of course, the tragic loss of Anton Yelchin casts a pall over the success of the film. His portrayal of Chekov was a major highlight of all three films and, as such, is absolutely irreplaceable.

Yelchin already had an impressive career before his passing, including the lead role in this year’s sleeper horror film Green Room, and it’s easy to see that there was much more to come from such an impressive actor were it not for his terrible accident. It makes sense for J.J Abrams to not recast his role. But the franchise itself will continue.

Let’s hope it continues to boldly do so.

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FOOD & DRINK SUSHI & BISCUITS

The One Ingredient Every Cook Needs Chef Mike extols the virtues of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce

MIKE MCJUNKIN

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The taste of homemade condiments like chipotle and adobo sour cream or mayo may make you fall prostrate on the ground out of pure joy.”

Longtime food writer and professional chef Mike McJunkin is a native Chattanoogan currently living abroad who has trained chefs, owned and operated restaurants. Join him on Facebook at facebook.com/SushiAndBiscuits

Peek inside the pantry or fridge of any home cook and you’re bound to find certain staples such as eggs, milk, butter, olive oil, garlic, and onions. But every home cook’s larder also holds at least one secret, at least one ingredient that is the uncredited “secret weapon” in their culinary arsenal.

Like Pierre Hermé’s feuilletine or Andy Ricker’s Phu Quoc fish sauce, most home cooks have at least one ingredient they reach for when a dish needs a boost to take it from mediocre to mouthwatering. For the past decade, my own secret weapon has been those tiny cans of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.

“But wait,” you say, “Isn’t chipotle flavor already in everything from toothpaste to hot chocolate? Can this trendy food marketing buzzword actually be considered a secret weapon when it’s more commonplace than a Pidgey at Renaissance Park?” While the chipotle pepper hopped on Fonzie’s back and sailed over a tiger shark long ago, something magical happens in ciudad savor when those same peppers are submerged in adobo sauce. There’s an alchemy that takes place, turning the whole into so much more than just the sum of its parts.

Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce are actually three ingredients in one tiny, flavor-packed can: smoky chipotle chilies, zesty-sweet adobo sauce, and the ridiculously rapturous combination of the two. Use it as a sauce, marinade base, or quick flavor booster for just about anything that needs a smoky, spicy kick in the culo.

But to understand the beauty of chipotles in adobo we must first understand chipotle peppers themselves.

Chipotle peppers are simply smokedried jalapenos. Traditionally, most chilies were dried by laying them out in the

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sun, but jalapeños have such a thick flesh and high water content, they would start to rot before drying. To avoid this problem, jalapeños were smoke-dried (like meat) and chipotle peppers were born.

Chipotles by themselves taste smoky and sweet, but it’s the adobo sauce that makes the real magic happen. The adobo sauce used in canned chipotles is actually a marinade made from tomato, paprika, onions, garlic, vinegar, brown sugar, bay leaves, oregano, and sometimes a touch of sesame oil. In my experience, La Morena brand has the deepest chipotle flavor and richest adobo sauce, with San Marcos coming in a close second. But all of the brands I’ve tried over the years (La Costeña, Goya, Embassa, Herdez, El Mexicano) have varying degrees of deliciousness.

When you open the can, it’s packed with whole chilies surrounded by thick adobo sauce. You can use just the chilies, just the sauce or a combination of the two. If you’re like me and enjoy some heat, purée all of it together or if you have the heat tolerance of a 5-yearold, you can scrape the seeds out of the chilies. Once you open the can, you can store the peppers and sauce for several weeks in an airtight container.

So what can you make with this smoky-sweet canned comestible?

The most obvious use for chipotles in adobo is as a marinade or glaze. Add a healthy dose of pureed chilies and adobo to a chicken, pork, beef or shrimp marinade for a sweet, smoky flavor or raise the umami in your vegetables with a touch of the purée.

A glaze made from two parts adobo

sauce, one part tomato sauce and one part honey, brushed on to any roasted meat just a couple of minutes before it’s done will boost spiciness, depth and gives the meat more of a finished “Aaron Sanchez” look.

Want to make intensely flavored Texas-style chili? Grab those chipotles in adobo. Want your braises to taste like a gift from the gods? Bibbity bobbity chipotle in adobe!

The taste of homemade condiments like chipotle and adobo sour cream or mayo may make you fall prostrate on the ground out of pure joy. The ability to regularly enjoy such subtle smokiness and bright creaminess drizzled over tacos and sandwiches can be life altering so brace yourself for a culinary existential experience.

Toss meat or vegetables in adobo sauce before roasted or sautéing, add the pure to pinto or black beans, blend it into your guacamole, spread it across an egg sandwich or omelet, mix it with ranch dressing for a salad or with butter and honey for a southwestern cornbread spread that’ll make grandma a believer.

The best news is that chipotles in adobo can be found in the Latin foods section of most grocery stores or even better, at your neighborhood Latin market. ¡Buen apetito!

Free Will Astrology LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re not doing a baby chick a favor by helping it hatch. For the sake of its wellbeing, the bird needs to peck its way out of the egg. It’s got to exert all of its vigor and willpower in starting its new life. That’s a good metaphor for you to meditate on.

As you escape from your comfortable womb-jail and launch yourself toward inspiration, it’s best to rely as much as possible on your own instincts. Friendly people who would like to provide assistance may inadvertently cloud your access to your primal wisdom. Trust yourself deeply and wildly.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I hear you’re growing weary of wrestling with ghosts. Is that true? I hope so. The moment you give up the fruitless struggle, you’ll become eligible for a unique kind of freedom that you have not previously imagined. Here’s another rumor I’ve caught wind of: You’re getting bored with an old source of sadness that you’ve used to motivate yourself for a long time. I hope that’s true, too. As soon as you shed your allegiance to the sadness, you will awaken to a sparkling font of comfort you’ve been blind to. Here’s one more story I’ve picked up through the grapevine: You’re close to realizing that your attention to a mediocre treasure has diverted you from a more pleasurable treasure. Hallelujah!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Could it be true that the way out is the same as the way in? And that the so-called “wrong” answer is almost indistinguishable from the right answer? And that success, at least the kind of success that really matters, can only happen if you adopt an upside-down, insideout perspective? In my opinion, the righteous answer to all these questions is “YESSS???!!!”—at least for now. I suspect that the most helpful approach will never be as simple or as hard as you might be inclined to believe.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your strength seems to make some people uncomfortable. I don’t want that to become a problem for you. Maybe you could get away with toning down your potency at other times, but not now.

It would be sinful to act as if you’re not as competent and committed to excellence as you are. But having said that, I also urge you to monitor your behavior for excess pride. Some of the resistance you face when you express your true glory may be due to the shadows cast by your true glory. You could be tempted to believe that your honorable intentions excuse secretive manipulations. So please work on wielding your clout with maximum compassion and responsibility.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

ROB BREZSNY

Did you honestly imagine that there would eventually come a future when you’d have your loved ones fully “trained”? Did you fantasize that sooner or later you could get them under control, purged of their imperfections and telepathically responsive to your every mood? If so, now is a good time to face the fact that those longings will never be fulfilled.

You finally have the equanimity to accept your loved ones exactly as they are. Uncoincidentally, this adjustment will make you smarter about how to stir up soulful joy in your intimate relationships.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may experience a divine visitation as you clean a toilet in the coming weeks. You might get a glimpse of a solution to a nagging problem while you’re petting a donkey or paying your bills or waiting in a long line at the bank. Catch my drift, Capricorn? I may or may not be speaking metaphorically here.

You could meditate up a perfect storm as you devour a doughnut.

While flying high over the earth in a dream, you might spy a treasure hidden in a pile of trash down below. If I were going to give your immediate future a mythic title, it might be “Finding the Sacred in the Midst of the Profane.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’ve worked hard for many years to dismantle my prejudices. To my credit, I have even managed to cultivate compassion for people I previously demonized, like evangelical Christians, drunken jocks, arrogant gurus, and career politicians. But I must confess that there’s still one group toward which I’m bigoted: super-rich bankers. I wish I could extend to them at least a modicum of amiable impartiality. How about you, Aquarius? Do you harbor any hidebound biases that shrink your ability to see life as it truly is? Have you so thoroughly rationalized certain narrow-minded perspectives and judgmental preconceptions that your mind is permanently closed? If so, now is a favorable time to dissolve the barriers and stretch your imagination way beyond its previous limits.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you lingering at the crux of the crossroads, restless to move on but unsure of which direction will lead you to your sweet destiny? Are there too many theories swimming around in your brain, clogging up your intuition? Have you absorbed the opinions of so many “experts” that you’ve lost contact with your own core values? It’s time to change all that.

You’re ready to quietly explode in a calm burst of practical lucidity.

First steps: Tune out all the noise.

Shed all the rationalizations.

Purge all the worries. Ask yourself, “What is the path with heart?”

Jonesin’ Crossword

MATT JONES

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I apologize in advance for the seemingly excessive abundance of good news I’m about to report. If you find it hard to believe, I won’t hold your skepticism against you.

But I do want you to know that every prediction is warranted by the astrological omens. Ready for the onslaught? 1. In the coming weeks, you could fall forever out of love with a wasteful obsession. 2.

You might also start falling in love with a healthy obsession. 3. You can half-accidentally snag a blessing you have been half-afraid to want. 4. You could recall a catalytic truth whose absence has been causing you a problem ever since you forgot it. 5. You could reclaim the mojo that you squandered when you pushed yourself too hard a few months ago.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): August is Adopt-a-Taurus month. It’s for all of your tribe, not just the orphans and exiles and disowned rebels. Even if you have exemplary parents, the current astrological omens suggest that you require additional support and guidance from wise elders. So I urge you to be audacious in rounding up trustworthy guardians and benefactors. Go in search of mentors and fairy godmothers. Ask for advice from heroes who are further along the path that you’d like to follow.

You are ready to receive teachings and direction you weren’t receptive to before.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When a parasite or other irritant slips inside an oyster’s shell, the mollusk’s immune system besieges the intruder with successive layers of calcium carbonate. Eventually, a pearl may form. I suspect that this is a useful metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming days as you deal with the salt in your wound or the splinter in your skin.

Before you jump to any conclusions, though, let me clarify. This is not a case of the platitude, “Whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.” Keep in mind that the pearl is a symbol of beauty and value, not strength.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s your lucky day! Spiritual counsel comparable to what you’re reading here usually sells for $99.95.

But because you’re showing signs that you’re primed to outwit bad habits, I’m offering it at no cost.

I want to encourage you! Below are my ideas for what you should focus on. (But keep in mind that I don’t expect you to achieve absolute perfection.) 1. Wean yourself from indulging in self-pity and romanticized pessimism. 2.

Withdraw from connections with people who harbor negative images of you. 3. Transcend low expectations wherever you see them in play. 4. Don’t give your precious life energy to demoralizing ideas and sour opinions.

“Restaurant Battle!”—three dishes try to outdo each other.

ACROSS 1 Cato’s 350 5 Stadiumgoer’s wrap 10 Have braking problems 14 Sunburn remedy 15 Wooded shelter 16 “... ___ I’ve been told” 17 Buckwheat noodles 18 Meaty entree that beats 38-Across in reviews?

20 Parts of some car deals 22 Breakfast corner 23 “I get the joke and it’s funny but I have no time to write all this” 24 Baton Rouge coll.

25 8 1/2” x 11” size, for short 26 “Told you so!”

29 Piece thrown into the regular package 31 Threw off 33 Male deer 34 “George of the Jungle” creature 36 Singly 38 Leafy entree that beats 59-Across

in reviews?

41 Computer user’s customizable accessory 42 Winger of Winger 43 “I’m in” indicator 44 Perlman of “Matilda” 46 “Wheel of Fortune” category 50 Show with a shortlived “Cyber” spinoff 51 Fresh, in Frankfurt 52 Contend (for) 54 Baby goat sound 55 Psychoanalytic subjects 57 Energy-producing row of turbines 59 Beefy stir-fry entree that beats 18-Across in reviews?

62 Duncan of Obama’s cabinet 63 “___ Crazy” (Wilder/Pryor movie) 64 Speak eloquently 65 Astrophysicist deGrasse Tyson 66 Tabloid pair, maybe 67 Fathered, as a foal 68 Don’t budge DOWN 1 Rook’s representation

2 Big name in bleach 3 Former Chevrolet model named after an element 4 Guide on the dance floor 5 Agra garments 6 Saturn’s Greek counterpart 7 “Here Come the ___” (They Might Be Giants kids’ album) 8 Soldier in 1950s news 9 Where hotel guests check in 10 Spotlighted section 11 Indonesian volcano that erupted in 1883 12 End of a belief?

13 Info one might keep private on Facebook, for short 19 Supporting 21 Pass 25 Fisheye, e.g.

27 Horse height measure 28 “In this day and ___ ...”

30 Pay boost 32 Rowdy crowd 33 Supernatural being

inhabiting the air 35 They’re downed to keep you up 37 Like some fishhooks 38 George, George, and George, to George Foreman 39 Adorable one, quaintly (and why does this always invoke sugary foods?)

40 “Magnum, P.I.” setting 41 Self-described self-defense expert on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” 45 Play an ace?

47 Inn, in Istanbul 48 Aslan’s land 49 In a plucky manner 51 “... _ _ _ gloom of night” 53 Covered in body art 56 Disinfectant’s target 57 “What Not to _ _ _” 58 Aficionados 59 Omega’s preceder 60 Verizon rival, initially 61 Dodeca- halved, then halved again

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