The Pulse 15.37 » September 13, 2018

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

ARTS · ENTERTAINMENT · CULTURE

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE VOLUME 15, ISSUE 37 • SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

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The World Of Urban Gardening At 1800 Roanoke Avenue there’s a building that houses Hope for the Inner City, a local Christian non-profit group. It’s a drab building. A row of abandoned brick buildings next door has a “for rent” sign posted near the sidewalk.

ONCE IN A BLUE CHOO CHOO

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TRUE PIONEERS OF SPIRIT

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It’s all aboard for sculpture when the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum train departs the station from the Sculpture Fields to celebrate Once in a Blue Choo Choo.

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Everyone loves an underdog story. I suppose it comes from a certain selfishness. We are all underdogs in our own minds. Everyone is party to their own struggles.

7 SHADES OF GREEN

FOR THE LOVE OF POTTERY

Since the 1960’s, Lookout Mountain has been home to a vital community of creatives, many of whose lives were touched by legendary artist Charles Counts.

MATT DOWNER ANSWERS THE TELEGRAMAPHONE

Years ago I read a Doonesbury comic strip in which one of the characters referred to an actual, real-life, folksy radio host as, “a national treasure.”

20 MUSIC CALENDAR

25 JONESIN' CROSSWORD

14 ARTS CALENDAR

23 NEW MUSIC REVIEWS

25 THE COMIX

17 NEW IN THEATERS

24 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

26 ON THE BEAT

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CITY LIFE · BETWEEN THE BRIDGES

Once In A Blue Choo Choo Celebrating historic trains and the Sculpture Fields

By Kathie Scobee Fulgham Pulse contributor

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This wildly popular event will raise money and awareness for our 33-acre international and extraordinarily unique sculpture park with largerthan-life art.”

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T’S ALL ABOARD FOR SCULPTURE WHEN THE TENNESSEE Valley Railroad Museum train departs the station from the Sculpture Fields to celebrate Once in a Blue Choo Choo, the park’s annual fundraiser for the 33-acre international sculpture park, the largest in the Southeast.

Guests are invited to don their favorite blue ensembles for this one-of-akind event that not only features décor in an array from the blue spectrum, but also blues and old-time jazz music by Gino Fanelli, whose music has been described as if you’re riding a train from Detroit to New Orleans.

In store will be a selection of bluethemed hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, a four-course dinner aboard the train, then desserts and coffee awaiting passengers when they disembark. Each guest will receive an original commemorative cocktail cup created by

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artist Charlie Pfitzer.

“This wildly popular event will raise money and awareness for our 33acre international and extraordinarily unique sculpture park with largerthan-life—some even say colossal— art,” said Bill Chapin, chairman of the Board of Directors. “Visitors to the park are always treated to a fantastic blend of art and greenspace, but the education and programming will give visitors of all ages a deeper and more meaningful experience.”

The idea of a sculpture park was envisioned in 2006, and a grassroots

effort led by internationally renowned sculptor John Henry kicked off. In 2012 Sculpture Fields received its 501c3 non-profit determination and a 40-year lease was signed with City of Chattanooga to develop Sculpture Fields on 33 acres of Montague Park.

“This isn’t about just another art park; this is about culture, tourism, recreation, education and economic development with a Chattanooga City park contributing to the revitalization of the Southside,” founder John Henry explains. “Sculpture parks in America draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to their home cities. Chattanooga’s reputation as an arts mecca already has been enhanced.”

Since its reopening in 2016, Sculpture Fields has become the largest sculpture park in the Southeast and one of a Chattanooga’s premier tourist destinations. The park brings an international flair to a city already known as a bastion of appreciation for pivotal local and national historic and cultural events. Sculpture Fields adds to the legacy of our City’s forward-thinking pioneers that enhances the cultural life of the community.

To help celebrate, be sure to catch the train at the Sculpture Fields, 1800 Polk St., on Saturday, Sep. 22 at 5:30 p.m.

The event pre and post parties take place among 47 pieces of large-scale sculpture. Tickets are $250 per person, and tables of four may be reserved aboard the train.

The event has limited seating, so reservations are on a first come, first served basis. To get your reservations, call (423) 266-7288. You may also reserve and purchase tickets online at sculpturefields.org/upcoming-events.

The park is open seven days a week from dawn until dusk and is free to the public, though the park will close at 5 p.m. on the day of the event, Sept. 22.

Cons ider This w ith Dr. Rick “How do you let go of attachment to things?

Don’t even try.

It’s impossible.

Attachment to things drops away by itself when you no longer seek to find yourself in them.” — Eckhart Tolle

It’s Miller (Park) Time!

Come downtown and celebrate a brand new park

After over a year of being torn down for a revamp and rebuild, Miller Park is finally reopening to the public in a big way.

The grand opening of Miller Park will begin at 11 a.m. this Friday with a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by a day full of musical performances by Carlos Colon & his Tropical Swing Band, Hive Theory, Ogya World Music Band, and Hip Hop CHA. At 2 p.m. Miller Park will offi-

cially open to the public as festivities continue on into the evening when Mayor Andy Berke will give a speech commemorating this new Chattanooga landmark at 6 p.m at the EPB Community Stage.

“I am excited to see how Miller Park will be a new gathering place for our creators in the Innovation District and bring about an additional sense of community for all Chattanoogans,” says Mayor Berke.

To round it all up, The Power Players (featuring the Voices Of The Creative Underground), Willie Kitchens, Amber Carrington, and more will perform at the new EPB Community Stage in Miller Park starting at 8:30 p.m.

It’s going to be a spectacular day and one heck of a grand opening.

Don’t miss the unveiling of what will surely be one of Chattanooga’s newest gems.

— Ethan Palmer

Common sense tells us that things are just things. Things aren’t love. Things aren’t relationships. But sometimes our things have sweet meaning to us. Perhaps gifted by a loved one. Perhaps connected to important memories. Family photos, souvenirs.

But it’s healthy to remember that the importance we endow things with comes from within. This importance, this meaning, will always be with us, no matter what becomes of the things.

Having lived in “earthquake country”, also known as California, for many years, I was taught this distinction in a dramatic, groundbreaking way…literally. When your collection of whatever is found in a shattered heap, you grieve, and then realize that the love you carry in your heart isn’t broken. The memories, the stories you share, the sweet dreams of the past…they are all within, as they always were.

— Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

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COLUMN · SHADES OF GREEN

Roll Forwards, Not Backwards We deserve cars with cleaner emissions, for ourselves and our future

W Sandra Kurtz

Pulse columnist

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But this is not just about the cost of gas-guzzling cars or the gas to run them.

It’s about our health and that of the planet.”

Sandra Kurtz is an environmental community activist, chair of the South Chickamauga Creek Greenway Alliance, and is presently working through the Urban Century Institute. You can visit her website to learn more at enviroedu.net

HAT DO YOU PAY FOR A gallon of gas? $2.49 or more for regular unleaded? How many miles per gallon do you get? 20?

37? 60? Gee, those old enough can remember when they had gas wars and the price per gallon would be $.33 forcing the station across the street to go down to $.25. Of course mileage per gallon wasn’t good then, but it sure was cheaper to get around.

In 1975, a Federal standard was set.

Automobile companies had to produce cars that would average 25 miles per gallon. This Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFÉ) proved to save hundreds of lives. In 2012, the Obama administration approved a more stringent set of standards, which would steadily increase the efficiency of certain vehicles through 2025 requiring them to average 50 miles per gallon.

These Clean Car standards are presently still in effect. But the Trump administration proposes a CAFÉ rollback. It would also take away authority for states to set their own standards. The new proposed rule would freeze standards after 2021 at about 37 miles per gallon.

Who benefits? The auto industry. They call this the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Rule (SAFE).

Safe for whom? With more carbon dioxide emissions due to a lower gas mileage standard, we get more air pollution.

They say the proposed rule’s preferred alternative would reduce highway fatalities by 12,700 lives (over the lifetimes of vehicles through Model Year 2029). That’s not true according to a study from The National Bureau of Economic Research.

That study indicates that for auto companies to increase mileage, they will reduce the weight of the cars produced.

In crashes of similar weight cars, lives

that we are holding our car companies to high standards for clean air. “Gas prices and cleaner air lead to lower gas costs and lower medical bills---any mother could agree on those things.”

Barbara Kelly is a recently retired guidance counselor at an elementary school.

She tells of scrounging up money to assist working-poor parents pay high electric bills. As gas prices increased, parents would ask for money to take their kids to the doctor. Without insurance they couldn’t afford doctor trips, glasses, or psychological evaluations that limit school performance.

“Today, says Kelly, there are often a dozen kids in each class using nebulizers for breathing treatments.”

Less air pollution from cars would lessen asthma treatments and allow all children to play outdoors.

Supporters of this proposed rule say it will reduce the cost of cars saving you money when you buy it. Maybe, but what good is a cheaper car if you can’t afford to run it? Perhaps accessible mass transit, electric cars, bikes, or golf carts are in order.

Comment on this bad idea: Go to http://www.regulatons.gov. Use Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0283 and follow instructions for making comments.

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saved will actually increase. Fuel efficiency standards make drivers safer.

Here’s some math: Suppose you are a traveling businessman driving a car 700 miles a week getting 50 miles per gallon at $2.49/gallon. That’s 14 gallons or $34.86. Now with lower efficiency standards, your new car gets 35 miles per gallon. That’s 20 gallons or $49.80.

Over a year, that’s a big difference even if the price of gas never goes up.

In 2017, there were 242,754 autos and light trucks registered in Hamilton County.

But this is not just about the cost of gas-guzzling cars or the gas to run them.

It’s about our health and that of the planet. The greatest air pollution comes from energy generation and transportation sources. Rolling standards back will expose millions of Americans to more climate-changing carbon pollution while jeopardizing our health.

Six million American kids suffer from asthma. Kaitee Johnson is a parent with two young girls, aged 5 and 2. The youngest is showing signs of possible asthma. “We all live in the Valley,” she says. “I do everything I can to give advantage to my girls and having clean air seems so obvious.”

She has let Senator Alexander know

COVER STORY

The World Of Urban Gardening Exploring the amazing edible (and tasty) world around us

By Cody Maxwell Pulse contributor

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Though a lot of money has changed hands over the place a lot of governmental talk is the only thing that has replaced the homes.”

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T 1800 ROANOKE AVENUE THERE’S A BUILDING THAT houses Hope for the Inner City, a local Christian non-profit group. It’s a drab building. A row of abandoned brick buildings next door has a “for rent” sign posted near the sidewalk. A train yard is down the road. A sign in the front yard of Hope for the Inner City offers discounted dental services.

The place is surrounded by a high chain link fence, as are most things on that side of town. Car horns, diesel trucks and emergency vehicle sirens never end from Amnicola highway a couple blocks away. The general advice given when visiting this East Chattanooga neighborhood is to keep your doors locked and don’t get caught there after dark.

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A vast, unkempt and colorless field is across the street. The Harriet Tubman housing projects once stood at this site but were torn down by the city in 2014. Though a lot of money has changed hands over the place, a lot of governmental talk is the only thing that has replaced the homes.

A $100,000 Tennessee state grant, to be matched by an equal amount of

money from the city of Chattanooga, was recently awarded to be put towards the future use of the empty lot.

The Chattanooga Times-Free Press reported in March 2018 that this money will be spent on projects such as a wetland study and an archaeological review. There is a possibility that archaeologists will dig up some broken glass or a few rusted vegetable cans left over from the 440 homes that used to be there.

The same article states that the city of Chattanooga has put more than $7.1 million dollars into the empty field since 2014, yet what will finally become of the 36 acres has still not been decided. In hopes of rejuvenating

the neighborhood, converting the land into an industrial site seems to be the city’s prevailing hope.

WRCB-TV reported City Councilman Yusuf Hakeem stating, in defense of the demolition of the homes, that “We really believe that if we put some employment there— a business—that it would attract a grocery store.”

While the archaeological digs and vast sums of money are still being sorted out, a person will occasionally walk down the 1800 block of Roanoke Avenue. These people are generally unrecognizable and going nowhere. But if while passing by they look behind the drab building that houses Hope for the Inner City, they will see a bright garden.

The message of Hope for the Inner City states that “...we are not simply committed to the perpetual feeding and clothing of those around us, but to equipping them with skills that create the self-worth and self-sufficiency that can change the lives of men, women and children for generations to come.”

One of the biggest strategies being used to accomplish this goal is Hope for the Inner City’s Grow Hope initiative.

On their website Hope for the Inner City states that: “The Grow Hope urban agriculture initiative is our way of growing food in an urban environment. But it is much more than that: urban agriculture is a way for people to reclaim their connections to nature, to the act of eating, and to each other through the act of growing food, all without leaving the city. It’s also a

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I had my 10-year-old daughter Ava with me when I decided to visit Mr. Tippens one Saturday morning. She’s going to be a news reporter one day, she says, and she came along with bright eyes and a notebook and pen.” movement through which people are gaining independence from the current industrial food system.”

In simpler terms, it’s an urban community garden. It is being led by a man named Joel Tippens.

I had my 10-year-old daughter Ava with me when I decided to visit Mr. Tippens one Saturday morning. She’s going to be a news reporter one day, she says, and she came along with bright eyes and a notebook and pen.

Her job was to see everything and take notes.

The first thing one notices about Joel Tippens is that he has a speaking voice like Tommy Chong. Mr. Tippens looks like an urban gardener.

He is middle-aged and wore a pair of shorts and sandals this August morning. The bottom of his legs and feet looked like he had just finished mowing wet grass. A small scratch bled on his right ankle, but he didn’t seem to notice.

I introduced myself, shook his hand and apologized for interrupting his day. He reassured me that it was no problem at all—as long as I was there he wouldn’t have to work. I silently forgave Mr. Tippens for this remark and he found some chairs for Ava and I to sit on. He pulled one up for himself and we sat down at the Grow Hope gardens to talk.

And the man can talk. Despite his

unassuming air, Mr. Tippens has an encyclopedic knowledge of gardening and food cultivation. He is a whirlwind of information. He knows what to plant, where and when. He knows how much rainfall to expect. He knows how much he can expect to yield from his plants and how many people they can feed. He told us which plants are native to the area and which ones travelled here from other places.

I looked hopefully over at my note-taker and she was listening wide-eyed. She couldn’t write fast enough.

More impressive was Joel’s knowledge of the demographics of this east side neighborhood. He knows the history of the area and how local residents hope to see it grow.

He talked about the neighborhood’s average household income and how much they were able to spend on food. He went on and on with an overwhelming amount of knowledge that I quickly learned was more than I had the knowledge to fully appreciate. A garden to me was a couple tomato plants. I had to interrupt him and tell him so.

“Well, we offer classes,” Joel said.

He looked at Ava. “Do you like okra?”

Walking us further into his garden he told us about Father Peter, a local Episcopal priest who came here from Kenya.

“Father Peter is a little man,” Joel said. “But he’s the strongest man I know.”

Joel was quiet for a moment. Then he told us how this African priest has set up his own urban garden. Joel has given him plants and helped him find a place to begin growing. Father Pe-

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COVER STORY

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They come here with nothing.

Nowhere to go, strangers in a strange land, and one of the first things they do is start looking for somewhere to grow their food. Father Peter is giving them that.”

ter’s place is called Taking Root Garden and is set up in an empty parking lot on Main Street. His focus is on feeding immigrant families newly arriving in Chattanooga.

“These people come here,” Joel explained, “and they’re used to growing their own food. They don’t have supermarkets where they come from.

They come here with nothing. Nowhere to go, strangers in a strange land, and one of the first things they do is start looking for somewhere to grow their food. Father Peter is giving them that.”

We stopped before several tall rows of flowering green.

“Here’s our okra,” he said.

“They’re related to hibiscus. You ever seen those big hibiscus flowers?” Joel held a white okra bloom in his fingers. “They look a lot like these.” He broke off a fresh piece of okra growing beneath the flower and began eating it.

And the fascinating thing about okra is how it came here, he continued.

“African women hid the seeds in their hair when they came over on slave ships. They knew where they were going. They knew what was happening. And they brought these seeds with them. They hoped to be able to grow their own food again one day.”

Joel knelt to pull some weeds from around the bottom of the okra.

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that so many of these urban gardens popping up have been begun by religious organizations. There was one I knew of at a church on Brainerd Road. I mentioned another garden a friend had told me about led by a local Islamic group. They grow food the same as Grow Hope and distribute it to the community in another part of town.

Joel dismissed my interest in this.

He shrugged it off like that notion should be self-explanatory.

“Food is health,” he said and stood back up. “Food is culture and it’s memories. People don’t realize how much is tied to the things we eat. And the way we eat and the way we provide for ourselves. It’s everything. You can buy a can of vegetables from a grocery store for a little change, but is it worth everything that gets lost?”

I mentioned the idea Councilman Hakeem had that a new industrial park in the pasture across the road might bring a grocery store to the area. But Joel didn’t let me get too far with that idea.

“They might build a Sav-A-Lot,” he said. “Maybe a Dollar Store. Have you ever bought food in one of those places? There’s better ways to use that land.”

At this Joel insisted that Ava and I take home some food. He had to get back to work. Before we left he handed me a dozen eggs from the chickens they raised. He gave Ava a

paper bag filled with okra and red peppers from the garden and we said goodbye.

Driving back down the road that afternoon my daughter started eating the raw okra from the bag. She said it tasted like honeysuckle. I told her if she was going to be a news reporter she shouldn’t try to trick people. I knew that slime called okra that came out of a can. Ava laughed and told me to check the facts and handed me a piece of okra.

It was true. Raw okra tastes like honeysuckle. It has that honeysuckle taste without the sweetness. Honeysuckle tastes like you’ve breathed it in and has the magical ability to send you immediately into nostalgia.

For a moment I was no longer driving through East Chattanooga with my child but was a child again myself, alone and walking an old fence row in the woods picking those white and yellow flowers. Pulling the stem out very gently to get that tiny drop of the sweet tasting elixir of childhood. What a strange bite of okra, I thought.

I wondered what today’s descendants of the women who hid those okra seeds in their hair think when they taste this strange fruit? Do they go back to days of youth, too? Or

way back earlier than Harriet Tubman and the projects? Before people and homes were bought and sold and torn down? When people were allowed to provide for themselves?

These are the things Grow Hope is trying to restore.

I thought of the Harriet Tubman homes being demolished to make way for an industrial park and the bizarre statement that such a thing might attract a grocery store. I thought of an old Billie Holiday song, too, and figured I had better stop thinking.

I looked over at Ava. She was in full-tilt, ten-year-old prime of her youth, laughing and riding with her daddy. She had started in on one of

the red bell peppers in the paper bag and watched East Chattanooga pass by her window. I hoped this Saturday afternoon would be what the taste of honeysuckle and raw okra brought her back to one day. And I decided we need to grow our own.

We’d go back and let Grow Hope teach us how.

Chattanooga resident Cody Maxwell is a longtime contributing writer for The Pulse and is the author of Chattanooga Chronicles and 16 Cantos.

Reach him at codymaxwell@live.com

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Shelter (And Art) From The Storm What I find most appealing in modern art are current and original subjects. Something that’s real, tangible and holds greater social significance than a can of soup: that has always rocked my boat…in a good way.

This Saturday at Southside Studio Judith Mogul is doing just that. Her canvases are pieces of debris from Hurricane Maria. Attendees will see her work of a fragmented country, a territory of the United States, still struggling to put itself back together.

Having received grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Rockefeller Foundation, Judith Mogul is truly a heavy hitter in the art world. And she hangs her brush and easel right here in Chattanooga.

Not only will viewers see the wreckage of Hurricane Maria transformed into beautiful works of art, they will also experience Latin American theater and a taste of Puerto Rican cuisine. Videos of the theater troupe, Agua, Sol y Sereno, will be shown.

Like Mogul’s works, ASYS holds a tinge of social commentary with strong influence from Bread and Puppets Theater. Food will be provided by Ovalle’s Catering.

The event lasts from 5 to 9 p.m. and is open to the public. For more information, go facebook.com/southsidestudiochatt — Allan Duggar

For The Love Of Pottery Charles Counts taught the potters art for years

By Tony Mraz Pulse contributor

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Charles would say, ‘throw 3 dozen mugs’ and we would do it, then he would examine them, flicking the ones that weren’t formally correct with his fingers.”

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INCE THE 1960’S, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN HAS been home to a vital community of creatives, many of whose lives were touched by legendary artist Charles Counts. Counts graduated from Berea College and Southern Illinois University before studying with Bauhaus master Marguerite Wildenhain.

Though he is best known for his work as a potter, Counts was a multi-disciplinarian who explored painting and textiles, working closely with the Southern Highland Craft Guild.

Counts was passionate about preserving traditional folk art in the south. In early 1965, he received a federal grant and started an apprenticeship program at Rising Fawn, a result of his work with the Smithsonian to assess the viability

of using traditional crafts and folk art to revitalize impoverished areas. This program gave many local artists the opportunity to work directly with Counts.

Lookout Mountain Pottery ceramicist Mark Issenberg graduated high school in ‘68, and took a two month summer course at Rising Fawn that changed his life.

“It was the most incredible summer, and I ended up going back,” he explains. “Charles hired four

of us—me, Tim Weber, Joe Massey, and Terri Lambert, as interns for two years. Taking the summer course was different than working for Counts. He was a bit wild, and an amazing potter, who influenced a ton of people, and we’re all proud to have had him as a teacher.”

Counts had a lot of influence because he wanted to keep folk pottery alive, and had work in many well-respected galleries. He was well known for his scraffito—a process of etching figures or designs into the clay.

He had special glazes that he would use to coat the pots, and when those dried, he would etch the surface of the clay and texture it, then coat it again with a light glaze.

“When Charles came in and went to work, it was amazing to watch him create his pots, because he was really gifted,” Joe Massey tells us. “He would make forms, and then when he got through doing everything he does to pots, paddling them, using slip, scraffito and drawing on the pots, they became something else. It went from just making pottery to making pieces of art.

“It was a very exciting time,” He continues. “We were ap-

prentices, so we already knew how to make certain things.

Charles’s teachings came across in his art classes, but we were setting up shows, and working festivals. We all arrived in January of 1972.”

Terri Lambert remembers her time as an apprentice.

“We were honored to work for him. We ate breakfast and lunch together, and then ate dinner on our own. It was a total immersion in making pots, and Counts was a really tough taskmaster. He was strong on form. All pots had to pass inspection. Charles would say, ‘throw 3 dozen mugs’ and we would do it, then he would examine them, flicking the ones that weren’t formally correct with his fingers. It was difficult, but man, did it make you good at throwing pots!”

“Everything we fired was cone 6 gas kilns, and we worked on kick wheels,” Issenberg adds.

“In 68, he also had an old salt kiln. His father AR Counts and I rebuilt parts of it, he was a neat guy. Everybody who worked with Charles has this form that probably came from Marguerite Wildenhain. One thing he said that has always stuck with me is ‘A good potter can always

clean their hands with their dirty throwing water’.”

Counts’ friends and apprentices loved him for the intensity of his thoughts and wisdom, a heritage that has become intertwined with Lookout Mountain’s art community. His vision was beautiful, much like the words he inscribed in a copy of Wildenhain’s “The Invisible Core” that he gave to Lamber.

“Dear Terri,” it reads, “books come and books go, like Time Magazine and the one that you need in the instant. Now is never there, so little does it matter that a speck of dust is in the eye. Tears are important. This is your own copy of a book that I treasure, from a woman, whose values were carefully taught.

Among the legend and wisdom of Marguerite is this—a good teacher never lets down a good student, and vice versa.

“I have always wanted to remember you as a good student, and one thing is for sure, pottery is your disease, as it is mine and Marguerite Wildenhain’s.

Time will move us all into a future that we create with love, devotion, and concentration, on a craft whose world is bigger than us all.” —Charles Counts, July 1973

THU9.13 “The Hallelujah Girls”

A hilarious tale about a group of women who turn an old abandoned church into a day spa.

7:30 p.m.

The Ringgold Playhouse 155 Depot St. cityofringgoldga.gov

FRI9.14 “And Things That Go Bump in the Night”

A corrupt society has forced a family into the isolated confines of their basement.

7:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org

SAT9.15 “Victory by Submission”

Director Alan Autry’s latest film comes to Ringgold to aid Habitat for Humanity of Catoosa County.

5 p.m.

Ringgold High School 29 Tiger Trail catoosahabitat.org

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR THURSDAY9.13 Fall Book Sale 9 a.m.

East Gate Town Center 5600 Brainerd Rd. (423) 855-5570 friendsofthelibrary-chattanooga.com Nickels for Nepal Benefit Art Sale 10 a.m.

Braxton Mill 8719 Hixson Pike (423) 596-9217 nickelsfornepal.org Walk in the Gallery 6 p.m.

Shuptrine’s Art Gallery 2613 Broad St. (423) 266-4453 shuptrinesgallery.com PBS at the Palace Theater: Poldark Season 4 Premiere 6 p.m.

The Palace Theater 818 Georgia Ave. (423) 803-6578 chattpalace.com Vinyasa and Vino Meets Buti Yoga 6 p.m.

Hunter Art Museum of Art 10 Bluff Ave. (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org Jay Chris Newburg 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com “The Hallelujah Girls” 7:30 p.m.

The Ringgold Playhouse 155 Depot St. Ringgold, GA (706) 935-3061 cityofringgoldga.gov

FRIDAY9.14 Fall Book Sale 9 a.m.

East Gate Town Center 5600 Brainerd Rd. (423) 855-5570 friendsofthelibrary-chattanooga.com Out On 8th 5 p.m.

West Village

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Walk In The Gallery 802 Pine St. (423) 424-1831 westvillagechattanooga.com Beastly Feast 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Zoo 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave. (423) 697-1319 chattzoo.org No Man’s Land Film Festival 7 p.m.

High Point Climbing Gym 1007 Appling St. (423) 475-6578 highpointclimbing.com “And Things That Go Bump in the Night” 7:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Jason Newburg 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com “The Hallelujah Girls” 7:30 p.m.

The Ringgold Playhouse 155 Depot St. Ringgold, GA (706) 935-3061 cityofringgoldga.gov Cut Throat Comedy 8 p.m.

Palace Theater 818 Georgia Ave. (423) 803-6578 chattpalace.com Improv Movie Night:

Erotic Thriller!

8 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com Ruby Falls Lantern Tours 8:30 p.m.

Ruby Falls 1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 821-2544 rubyfalls.com Improv Showdown 10 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com

SATURDAY9.15 Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale 9 a.m.

East Gate Town Center 5600 Brainaed Rd. (423) 855-5570 friendsofthelibrary-chattanooga.com Extended Cavern Experience 8 a.m.

Ruby Falls 1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 821-2544 rubyfalls.com King of the Corn Hole Tournament 8 a.m.

Car Express 2226 Encompass Dr. (423) 424-4646 carexpress.net

13th Annual 5k Run/Walk for Cammy’s Cause 8:30 a.m.

Ross’s Landing Park 100 Riverfront Pkwy. mcrfoundation.com Walk to End Alzheimer’s 9 a.m.

Tennessee Riverpark 4301 Amnicola Hwy. (423) 842-0177 hamiltontn.gov/tnriverpark East Tennessee Music Collectors Show 10 a.m.

Residence Inn by Marriot 2340 Center St. facebook/gregnealshows.com Canoeing through Art 10 a.m.

Reflection Riding Arboretum 400 Garden Rd. (423) 267-0968 reflectionriding.org Dahlia Society Flower Show 10 a.m.

East Gate Town Center 5600 Brained Rd. tndahlia.org Chattanooga Art Tour 1 p.m.

New South Tour Company Bluff View Art District (423) 290-2477 newsouthtourco.com “Victory by Submission” 5 p.m.

Ringgold High School Performing Arts Center 29 Tiger Trail catoosahabitat.org Hurricane Reliefs with

Tennessee Whiskey Festival Judith Mogul 5 p.m.

Southside Studio 1431 Market St. (917) 734-7382 Summer in West Village 6 p.m.

West Village 802 Pine St. westvillagechattanooga.com Tennessee Whiskey Festival 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Choo Choo 1400 Market St. tnwhiskeyfestival.com “Here to Be Heard: Story of the Slits” 7 p.m.

Palace Theater 818 Georgia Ave. (423) 803-6578 chattpalace.com “And Things That Go Bump in the Night” 7:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Jay Chris Newburg 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com “The Hallelujah Girls” 7:30 p.m.

The Ringgold Playhouse 155 Depot St. Ringgold, GA (706) 935-3061 cityofringgoldga.gov

Your Stories 8 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com Improv Showdown 10 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com

SUNDAY9.16 5k Run for the Fund 8 a.m.

International Towing & Recovery Museum 3315 Broad St. (407) 936-2494 runforthefund.itsyourrace.com Dare to Drag Noon Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 comedycatch.com “And Things That Go Bump in the Night” 2:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Jay Chris Newburg 7:30 p.m.

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

MONDAY9.17 Summer Belly Dance Session 5:45 p.m.

Movement Arts Collective 3813 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 401-8115 movementartscollective.com Traffic Skills for Bike Commuting 6 p.m.

Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com Joggers & Lagers 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Brewing Co. 1804 Chestnut St. (423) 702-9958 chattabrew.com

TUESDAY9.18 Wake Up & Run 6 a.m.

Fleet Feet Sports 307 Manufacturers Rd. (423) 771-7996 fleetfeetchattanooga.com Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute Tour 4 p.m.

175 Baylor School Rd. (800) 262-0695 tnaqua.org Tuesday Night Chess Club 6 p.m.

Downtown Library 1001 Broad St.

(423) 643-7700 chattilibrary.com Paths to Pints along the Riverwalk 6:30 p.m.

The Tap House 3800 St. Elmo Ave. (423) 682-8234 taphousechatt.com Nitro Comedy Tour 7 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 comedycatch.com English Country Dance 7 p.m.

Heritage House 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 chattanooga.gov

WEDNESDAY9.19 National Park Night 6 p.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. (423) 602-5980 flyingsquirrelbar.com Rapid Learning Kayak Skills + Roll Sessions 6 p.m.

Chester Frost Park 2277 Gold Point Cir. N. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com Open Mic Comedy 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 comedycatch.com Naughty Knights Chess Meetup 7:30 p.m.

The Bitter Alibi 825 Houston St. (423) 362-5070 thebitteralibi.com Open Mic Comedy 8 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd.

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FILM & TELEVISION

Here To Be Heard: The Story Of The Slits The fine folks behind the Sunday Slashers events are presenting a rare Saturday event at the Palace Theater this weekend, with a look at one of the most important punk bands in rock history, the Slits.

Here To Be Heard: The Story of The Slits is a film about the world’s first all-girl punk band, who formed in London in 1976. Contemporaries of The Clash and The Sex Pistols, they are the pioneering godmothers of the musical movement known as Punky Reggae.

The film tells the story of the band and the lives of the women involved, from their inception in 1976 to their tragic end in 2010 with the death of lead vocalist Ari Up. When she passed away she was working with Slits tour manager and friend Jennifer Shagawat on a film about the band. After Ari passed and the film was still not completed, Jennifer contacted her longtime friend Bill over at Molasses Manifesto to come on and help finish the project.

If you are a fan of punk rock, a fan of female rock, or a fan of music history, this is one film you do not want to miss. Let’s hear it for the Sunday Slashers and the Palace Theater for giving Chattanoogans a rare chance to see this amazing documentary.

Doors open at 7 p.m. with a $7 ticket price. The film is rated PG-13, perfect for those adventurous teens (and adults) looking for inspiration. — Michael Thomas

True Pioneers Of Spirit How Gilda Radner and Joan Jett changed us all

By John DeVore Pulse Film Editor

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We all hope to overcome and beat the odds, to become better than our circumstances and earn praise and adoration.

We all want to win.”

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VERYONE LOVES AN UNDERDOG STORY. I SUPPOSE it comes from a certain selfishness. We are all underdogs in our own minds. Everyone is party to their own struggles.

These hardships are the essence of empathy, of putting others first, of seeing the world through someone else’s perspective.

When we see an underdog, it reminds us of ourselves and the incredible difficulty of living, which naturally causes us to identify with the subject.

We all hope to overcome and beat the odds, to become better than our circumstances and earn praise and adoration. We all want to win. Of course, there are many in the world that are constant underdogs, particularly in certain industries. In fact, half the population has been kept down for most of history. Even in 2018, women have to fight for equal pay, for equal treatment, for fairness.

But there have been those that

have paved the way for others, helping close gaps and change hearts.

This month, Chattanooga Film Festival Presents is bringing a pair of monumental documentaries about two American treasures, both of whom have had a dramatic effect on the world.

First, on September 23rd, CFF will show Love, Gilda, a new film that uses personal audio recordings and journal entries to unravel that person that Gilda Radner was and the profound effect she had on comedy.

Then, on September 26th, the CFF follows up with Bad Reputation, a documentary highlighting the life

and career of Joan Jett. Both films are sure to hammer home just how important these women are in their respective fields and how they gave everyone someone to root for and aspire to.

Gilda Radner was an exceptional performer and her loss cannot be overstated. It’s been said that she had an influence on nearly every female sketch comic since, but I’m not sure that goes far enough.

Her talent and shine easily cross gender boundaries. She was, quite simply, funny. Love, Gilda shows this, of course, as any film about Gilda Radner would.

But more than that, it features newly discovered audio recordings of her thoughts, interviews with comedians she influenced, and personal journal entries with commentary by those who were inspired by her. The film is heartfelt and pure, a portrait of a force in American entertainment, one lost too early and to great effect.

The film will be released wide on September 21st and without the CFF, it’s unlikely Chattanooga would have a screening. This is not a film to be missed.

And if that weren’t enough, the CFF is bringing another documentary about a pioneer in American entertainment. Women in popular music have always seemed to be

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Gilda Radner and Joan Jett had no ambitions for changing the world— they did anyway. They did it by doing what they did naturally and not listening to anyone that might think they shouldn’t.”

relegated to the realms of folk, soul, or pop. Rock and Roll as a genre have been dominated by men since its inception.

The perception of rock is one of rebellion, of risk, of danger.

In other words, rock and roll has been something a male dominated society has sought to protect women from. Enter Joan Jett.

Like Gilda Radner, Jett’s success was very simple. She wrote and recorded great songs. She had no interest in mimicking Joanie Mitchell or Aretha Franklin. She wanted to play good, stripped down, rock and roll music.

So she did.

In a world filled with male performers, most of whom felt she had no place in, she recorded and performed music that changed the perception of rock and roll.

That’s where these documentaries truly shine. They show that

the only thing that matters in this world is hard work and talent.

Gilda Radner and Joan Jett had no ambitions for changing the world—they did anyway. They did it by doing what they did naturally and not listening to anyone that might think they shouldn’t.

They might have been underdogs, but they never approached life that way. True underdogs never do. It’s the audience that sees the odds stacked against them. The underdog only sees the challenge that needs to be overcome.

Or maybe they don’t even see the challenge. Maybe they only see the next step. Maybe they’re only riding the tides of history.

Who knows?

But we can all be thankful that they’re here, for whatever time they’re given. Both films can be seen at Improv Chattanooga at 8 p.m. for $12. Support local film.

✴ NEW IN THEATERS ✴

The Predator When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.

Director: Shane Black Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes

A Simple Favor Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) is a mommy blogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily's (Blake Lively) sudden disappearance from their small town.

Director: Paul Feig Stars: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively

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THE MUSIC SCENE

C4mpChilla Brings The Bass Have you ever wondered what would happen if you put four up-and-coming Chattanooga EDM artists in a unique and personal venue? Well don’t worry, you don’t have to wonder much longer thanks to the upcoming event known around town as C4mp Chilla.

C4mp Chilla will feature four local and prominent Chattanooga D.J.s and will take place at the famous Music Box at Ziggy’s.

Some of the names set to perform are Ouski, Dorian, H4ppyC4mper, and Spinchilla.

Ouski will be the first on stage and he is known for his heavy dubstep music. Following him up will be Dorian with his unique blend of bass and house styles.

Rounding it all up will be H4ppyC4mper followed by Spinchilla who are both known for their “dark and dirty” bass-centered jams that gets the crowd going. All the festivities will last until early in the morning which should give everyone enough time to dance until they can’t dance anymore.

Along with all of this live music, there will also be a live painting session which will be performed by Chattanooga’s own renowned artist Ryan “Cooper” Carl. I had a chance to talk to D.J. Spinchilla ahead of the event and he was adamant about the need for more bass shows in North Chattanooga.

“If you want to dance and let loose, then we’ve got exactly what you are looking for.”

C4mp Chilla will open its doors to the public at 9 p.m. on Saturday at The Music Box at Ziggy’s. The show will only cost five dollars per person and the event is strictly 21 and up. For more information on the event visit the C4mp Chilla Facebook page.

— Ethan Palmer

Matt Downer Answers The TeleGramaPhone The Old Time Traveler is back with a new album

By Marc T. Michael Pulse Music Editor

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A person could sit on the front porch on a hot summer evening with Matt’s new album playing and be transported back in time for a while.”

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EARS AGO I READ A DOONESBURY COMIC STRIP in which one of the characters referred to an actual, reallife, folksy radio host as, “a national treasure.”

It had never occurred to me to refer to a person that way, but the host’s mildly anachronistic body of work, a preservation of genuine Americana if ever there was one, certainly seemed to fit the bill.

It is by that reasoning that I say, and not for the first time, that Matt Downer is a Chattanooga treasure.

His love for, dedication to, and performance of “old time” music is second to none and goes a long, long way towards preserving the feel and flavor of a bygone era in the region.

His latest release, TeleGramaPhone, carries his art to an all-timehigh as this collection of tunes,

traditional and original, has been recorded in a manner that perfectly mimics the sound and feel of an old-time radio broadcast.

I’m not completely savvy of the recording wizardry that turns a 2018 laptop computer in to a 1930s Zenith desktop radio with glowing red tubes, but someone clearly is.

A person could sit on the front porch on a hot summer evening with Matt’s new album playing and be transported back in time for a while, right down to feeling as though the man in the live studio is speaking directly to you and yours.

The only thing missing is a spoken plug for the Hillbilly Flour Co.

There are ten tracks altogether. Including the instantly recognizable “Turkey in the Straw,” though this may be the first time I’ve ever heard lyrics to the beloved old barn-burner.

The first track, “Gone Chattanoogie,” opens with a bit of dialogue that sets the stage for the rest of album to be heard as a radio broadcast and the song itself…well, The Chamber of Commerce or the local tourism board or whoever is in charge of such things really ought to reach out to Matt about using the song in some promotional events.

I’m no marketing genius, but sometimes a good idea is so obvious you can’t help but notice and this is one of those, a downhome, knee slapping song extolling the virtues of the Scenic City including the big catfish in our “fish museum.”

“Old Time Traveler” is another new original tune, and if your grandpa heard it playing in the background, he might tap his toes and tell you how they don’t make music like that anymore without ever catching the sci-fi/ time traveling lyrics that, frankly, are just delightful in their cleverness and humor.

The title track, “TeleGramaPhone,” is the third all original

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I’m no marketing genius, but sometimes a good idea is so obvious you can’t help but notice and this is one of those.”

track on the album, and again, Downer demonstrates he is no mere actor playing a part, but rather a very gifted songwriter so steeped in the technique of his chosen genre that he has mastered the uncanny ability to write brand new “old time” music.

It isn’t often you hear a tune that so effectively conjures the imagery of a barefoot man sitting in the old rocking chair, lazily plucking away on the banjo while commenting on the miracle of using Instagram to check up on how things are doing down on the farm.

That might elicit a chuckle but don’t dare mistake this for a parody or “joke” tune. Downer has honestly found a way to marry late nineteenth/early twentieth century sensibilities with twentyfirst century topics and technology with the result being some of the most creative and enjoyable music I’ve heard in quite a while.

You just know that somewhere

THU9.13 Jonathan Scales Fourcastra

this man has an app that gives real-time updates on the moonshine still hidden at the back of the holler.

There are some lovely opportunities coming up to hear Downer’s magic in person.

You can find him at the Boom Days Festival in Fort Payne AL on Sat. Sept 15th, the Chatsworth Summer Music Series on Sat. Sept 22nd, the Hamilton County Fair on Sat & Sun Sept 29 & 30, the Rome GA Fiddle Fest on Sat, Oct 13th and the Black Bear Festival in Chatsworth GA on Sat. Oct 20th.

In the meantime, his newest album is available right now on his Bandcamp page at a ridiculously low price and, in fact, the entire Downer discography is available (four albums total) for a mere $22. Folks, it is a bargain.

And best of all, you are welcome to try it before you buy it, but I strongly encourage supporting this musician who so aptly represents the history of the city.

One of the most innovative steel pannists on the planet, redefining and challenging traditional expectations.

9 p.m.

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

FRI9.14 Dark Rooms, Okinawa, Dead Testaments

Los Angeles meets Chattanooga rock with a triple bill on the North Shore.

9 p.m.

Sluggo’s North Vegetarian Cafe 505 Cherokee Blvd.

(423) 752-5224

SAT9.15 Toney Rocks

Combine a voice like velvet with insightful and clever song-writing and you get an evening of great music.

8 p.m.

Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse 105 McBrien Rd. christunity.org

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LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR

The Orange Constant

THURSDAY9.13 Cat Man Smothers 2 p.m.

Virgola Wine Bar 608 Georgia Ave. chattanoogawinebar.com Kevin Whalum 5:30 p.m.

Bessie Smith Cultural Center 200 E. MLK Blvd. bessiesmithcc.org James Crumble Trio 6 p.m.

St. John’s Meeting Place 1278 Market St. stjohnsrestaurant.com Toby Hewitt 6 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Mike McDade 6 p.m.

1885 Grill 3914 St. Elmo Ave. 1885grill.com Pete Boubel 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Naomi Ingram 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Hatcher Phillips Band 7 p.m.

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Southern Belle Riverboat 201 Riverfront Pkwy. chattanoogariverboat.com Bluegrass Thursdays 7:30 p.m.

The Feed Co. Table & Tavern 201 W. Main St. feedtableandtavern.com Keepin’ It Local 8 p.m.

The Social 1110 Market St. publichousechattanooga.com Heart Strings to Benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattanooga 9 p.m.

Songbirds North 35 Station St. songbirds.rocks Open Mic Night with Jonathan Wimpee 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. Opposite Box, Jonathan Scales Fourcastra 9 p.m.

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

FRIDAY9.14 Miller Park Grand Opening 10 a.m.

Miller Park 928 Market St. connect.chattanooga.gov Lou Wamp and the Bluetastics

6 p.m.

Cambridge Square 9453 Bradmore Ln. publicmarkets.us John Carroll 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Preston Ruffing 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Jason Lyles 7 p.m.

The Tap House 3800 St. Elmo Ave. taphousechatt.com Rick Rushing and the Blues Strangers 7:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com New Grass Express 8:30 p.m.

Puckett’s Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com The Orange Constant 9 p.m.

HiFi Clyde’s 122 W. Main St. hificlydeschattanooga.com Los Tiki with Genki Panic & Rye Baby 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd.

jjsbohemia.com Ryan Oyer 9 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com Dark Rooms, Okinawa, Dead Testaments 9 p.m.

Sluggo’s North Vegetarian Cafe 505 Cherokee Blvd.

(423) 752-5224 The Pickup Lions 9:30 p.m.

The Brew and Cue 5017 Rossville Blvd.

(423) 421-3711 Voodoo Slim 10 p.m.

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

SATURDAY9.15 Bluegrass Brunch Noon The Honest Pint 35 Patten Pkwy. thehonestpint.com Sweet Georgia Sound 12:30 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium Plaza 1 Broad St. publicmarkets.us John Anderson, Bucky Covington, Mitch Rossell, Cotter Hill 5 p.m.

Sam Bush Northwest Georgia Bank Amphitheatre 220 Catoosa Cir. Ringgold, GA catoosarec.com Erik Kirkendall 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Ryan Oyer 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Forever Bluegrass 7 p.m.

Westbound Bar 24 Station St. westboundbar.com Danimal 7:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Sam Bush 8 p.m.

Walker Theatre 399 McCallie Ave. tivolichattanooga.com The Black Jacket Symphony 8 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. tivolichattanooga.com Toney Rocks 8 p.m.

Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse 105 McBrien Rd. christunity.org

Karianne Jean 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Lew Card 9 p.m.

HiFi Clyde’s 122 W. Main St. hificlydeschattanooga.com Stoned Cold Fox, Sam Morrow, Hush Money 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com C4mpChilla: A NorthChatt Throwdown 9 p.m.

Music Box @ Ziggy’s 607 Cherokee Blvd. ziggysbarandgrill.net Voodoo Slim 10 p.m.

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

SUNDAY9.16 Kyle Nachtigal 11 a.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com Spinster Noon 1885 Grill 3914 St. Elmo Ave.

1885grill.com Eric Jordan 12:30 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1826 Carter St. publicmarkets.us Amber Fult 2 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1826 Carter St. publicmarkets.us Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.

Long Haul Saloon 2536 Cummings Hwy. (423) 822-9775 Mathis and Martin 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com The God Bomb, Sickness in the System 9 p.m.

Music Box @ Ziggy’s 607 Cherokee Blvd. ziggysbarandgrill.net

MONDAY9.17 Open Air with Jessica Nunn 6 p.m.

The Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. granfalloonchattanooga.com Zach Bridges 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St.

westinchattanooga.com Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Open Mic Jam Session 7 p.m.

Crust Pizza 3211 Broad St. crustpizza.com Very Open Mic with Shawnessey Cargile 8 p.m.

The Well 1800 Rossville Blvd. #8 wellonthesouthside.com Open Mic Mondays 9 p.m.

Music Box @ Ziggy’s 607 Cherokee Blvd. ziggysbarandgrill.net

TUESDAY9.18 Benefit for Chad Brewer and Family 6 p.m.

Music Box @ Ziggy’s 607 Cherokee Blvd. ziggysbarandgrill.net Jimmy Dormire 6 p.m.

1885 Grill 3914 St. Elmo Ave. 1885grill.com Danimal 6 p.m.

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LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR

Dr. B and the Ease 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Live Bluegrass 6 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Mark Andrew 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Bill McCallie and in Cahoots 6:30 p.m.

Southern Belle Riverboat 201 Riverfront Pkwy. chattanoogariverboat.com Faculty Recital: Kristen Holritz, ChoEun Lee, Kaitlyn Vest 7:30 p.m.

Ackerman Auditorium 4881 Taylor Cir. southern.edu Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com

WEDNESDAY9.19 Noontunes: Dr. B and the Ease Noon Miller Park 928 Market St. rivercitycompany.com No Big Deal 6 p.m.

SpringHill Suites

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495 Riverfront Pkwy. springhillsuites.com Gino Fanelli 6 p.m.

1885 Grill 3914 St. Elmo Ave. 1885grill.com Jonathan Wimpee 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com John Carroll 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Jesse James Jungkurth 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Jazz in the Lounge 7 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Priscilla & Little Rickee 8 p.m.

Las Margaritas 1101 Hixson Pike (423) 756-3332 Prime Cut Trio 9 p.m.

The Palms at Hamilton 6925 Shallowford Rd. Map these locations on chattanoogapulse. com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com

ERNIE PAIK'S RECORD REVIEWS

Koenjihyakkei Dhorimviskha (Skin Graft)

Beans Nibiru Tut (Hello.L.A.)

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hear a taste of the opener, “Vleztemtraiv,” before deciding whether or not to love or hate this album. Its uncompromising, schizoid approach offers frequent song transitions, mind-bending instrumental runs and an impressively frantic organ solo toward the end before a barrage of jackhammer notes.

It aligns most closely with progressive rock and jazz fusion, but on paper, that description doesn’t do it justice.

Yoshida makes it no secret that he is heavily influenced by the French prog-rock band Magma, and this writer would guess that fans of Henry Cow and Mahavishnu Orchestra might also embrace Koenjihyakkei.

The ensemble’s lead vocal-

he explosive drummer and composer Tatsuya Yoshida is royalty in the Japanese fringe underground, best known as the sole consistent member of the long-running intense bass/drums duo Ruins, which is now just Yoshida continuing as “Ruins Alone.”

However, less talked about on this side of the pond is his prog-rock ensemble Koenjihyakkei, which, compared to Ruins, is equally insane and complex yet perhaps less consistently harsh.

The group’s new album Dhorimviskha comes 13 years after its previous studio album, and it’s a wild, caffeinated ride with an impossibly tight execution and breathtakingly complicated compositions.

The listener only needs to

ist, AH, can go from dramatic operatic singing to jazz scatting in a heartbeat, and on “Levhorm,” her delivery simply oozes soul. The whole quintet exhibits this versatility, plus a turn-on-a-dime precision with genre-cut-ups that actually seem more natural than forced, in the group’s alternate universe.

Certain electric guitar timbres add a hard-rock edge, and some moments, when the band members are singing in unison, even bring to mind musical theater.

“Palbeth Tissilaq” may seem like a relatively accessible track, with patterns weaving in and out agreeably, but then out of nowhere, bam, a blast of metal-jazz erupts; the album ends strongly with the title track—an epitome of the group’s modus operandi., going from whimsical to crashing with aplomb.

Dhorimviskha is a dense album, but it’s not weighty; its attitude is often one of joy and exhilaration—carefully orchestrated, it’s not the sound of chaos but of order, magnified and intensified.

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his writer didn’t expect to go down an Internet rabbit hole of bullshit doomsday theories connected with Egyptian

symbology when researching the title of rapper and AntiPop Consortium co-founder Beans’ latest album, Nibiru Tut. Some people would have you believe that a giant planet, named Nibiru or Planet X, will collide with Earth sometime in the near future (look up “Nibiru catalclysm” if you must), and the ancients held knowledge beyond the comprehension of modern scientists with regards to cosmic timekeeping and planetary paths.

Deep in this mire of pseudoscience, one nugget stood out, in a related thread’s discussion of hieroglyphics; one patron of the web proffered that one symbol on King Tut’s “hope chest” shows a serpent’s skin plus flowers, representing Lower and Upper Egypt—the conclusion is that King Tut has gone beyond reality in his search for reality.

This duality—immersion in reality while going beyond it— sums up Nibiru Tut, which was released on cassette on the French label Hello.L.A. and as a digital download.

Take the opening number “GETDA$$$$$” with thick, ambient electronic sounds, evoking sci-fi tension with a bed of industrial robotic hums and noises.

Beans then grabs the listener/astronaut and then hurls them back toward Earth with a barrage of grievances and issues, ripped from the headlines, that quickly pile up: the one percent, net neutrality, the environment, rampant incarceration, and so on. His delivery is self-righteous yet smoldering—not unhinged, seething or out of control.

The 15-minute “Catch My Sick” is gloriously messy and glitchy, with static-ridden synthetics, beats that are pitchshifted down and guitar licks from guest musician Vernon Reid (of Living Colour); Beans’ woozy delivery has him rapping just above a whisper.

“Midnight” is the musical equivalent of the doomsday clock, offering a laundry list of anxieties, while guest bassist Doug Wimbish serves up ‘80s-style thumps, slaps and pops with appropriately oldschool drum machine beats.

The nightmarish, cosmic, dark ambiance of Beans’ backing tracks—typically far from the usual realms of hiphop—would work well on their own, but that would be a sort of escapism outside of reality; however, Beans’ periodic tugs back to reality, in the form of his lyrics, offer the listener no escape.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

ROB BREZSNY VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your keynote is the Japanese word shizuka.

According to photographer Masao Yamamoto, it means “cleansed, pure, clear, and untainted.” One of his artistic practices is to wander around forests looking in the soil for “treasures” that emanate shizuka. So in his definition, the term isn’t about being scrubbed or sanitized. Rather, he’s interested in pristine natural phenomena that are unspoiled by civilization.

He regards them as food for his soul.

I mention this, Virgo, because now is an excellent time for you to get big doses of people and places and things that are cleansed, pure, clear, and untainted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran blogger Ana-Sofia Cardelle writes candidly about her relationship with herself. She keeps us up to date with the ever-shifting self-images that float through her awareness. Here’s one of her bulletins: “Stage 1. me: I’m the cutest thing in the world. Stage 2. me, two seconds later: no, I’m a freaking goblin. Stage 3. me, two seconds after that: I’m the cutest goblin in the world.” I’m guessing that many of you Libras have reached the end of your own personal version of Stage 2. You’ve either already slipped into Stage 3, or soon will. No later than October 1, you’ll be preparing to glide back into Stage 1 again.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “There’s no such thing as love,” said Scorpio painter Pablo Picasso, “there are only proofs of love.” I’m tempted to believe that’s true, especially as I contemplate the current chapter of your life story. The evidence seems clear: you will thrive by engaging in practical demonstrations of how much you care. You’ll be wise to tangibly help and support and encourage and inspire everyone and everything you love. To do so will make you eligible for blessings that are, as of this moment, still hidden or unavailable.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to a Pew Research Study, nearly 75 percent of Americans say they talk to God, but only 30 percent get a reply. I’m guessing the latter figure will rise dramatically for Sagittarian Americans in the next three weeks, however. Why? Because the astrological indicators suggest that authorities of all kinds will be more responsive than usual to Sagittarians of all nationalities. Help from higher powers is likely to be both more palpable and more forthcoming. Any communications you initiate with honchos, directors, and leaders have a better-than-normal chance of being well-received.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): One day in October 1926, author Virginia Woolf inscribed in her diary, “I am the usual battlefield of emotions.” It was a complaint, but also a brag. In fact, she drew on this constant turmoil to fuel her substantial output of creative writing. But the fact is that not all of us thrive on such ongoing uproar. As perversely glamorous and appealing as it might seem to certain people, many of us can do fine without it. According to my analysis, that will be true for you in the coming weeks. If you have a diary, you might justifiably write, “Hallelujah! I am NOT a battlefield of emotions right now!”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Anthropologist Margaret Mead had definite ideas about “the ways to get insight.”

She named them as follows: “to study infants; to study animals; to study indigenous people; to be psychoanalyzed; to have a religious conversion and get over it; to have a psychotic episode and get over it.” I have my own list of ways to spur insight and inspiration, which includes: to do walking meditations in the woods on a regular basis, no matter what the weather; to engage in long, slow sex with a person you love; to spend a few hours reviewing in detail your entire life history; to dance to music you adore for as long as you can before you collapse from delighted exhaustion. What about you, Aquarius?

What are your reliable ways to get insight? I suggest you engage in some of them, and also discover a new one.

You’re in the Flood of Radical Fresh Insights Phase of your astrological cycle.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stanley Kubrick made masterful films, but most of them bore me. I regard John Ashbery as a clever and innovative poet, but I’ve never been excited by

Homework: Make two fresh promises to yourself: one that’s easy to keep and one that’s at the edge of your capacity to live up to. his work. As for painter Mark Rothko, I recognize his talent and intelligence, but his art leaves me empty.

The music of Nora Jones is pretty and technically impeccable, but it doesn’t move me. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I invite you to make the kinds of fine distinctions I’m describing here.

It will be important for you to be faithful to your subjective responses to things, even as you maintain an objective perspective about them and treat them with respect.

were the Muse Queens of Heaven who would transform me into a great artist and quench my infinite passion. Fortunately, they both rejected me. They decisively set me free of my bondage to them. Later, when I was older and wiser, I realized that blending my fortunes with either of them would have led me away from my true destiny. I got lucky! In a similar but less melodramatic way, Gemini, I suspect you will also get lucky sometime soon.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Author Anne Carson describes part of her creative process in this way: “Sometimes I dream a sentence and write it down. It’s usually nonsense, but sometimes it seems a key to another world.” I suspect you might be able to benefit from using a comparable trick in the coming days. That’s why you should monitor any odd dreams, seemingly irrational impulses, or weird fantasies that arise in you. Although they may not be of any practical value in themselves, they could spur a train of thought that leads you to interesting breakthroughs.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’ts for Boys or Errors of Conduct Corrected was an advice book for boys published in 1902. Among many other strictures and warnings, it offered this advice: “Don’t giggle. For the love of decency, never giggle.” There was additional counsel in the same vein: “Don’t be noisy. The guffaw evinces less enjoyment than the quiet smile.”

Another exhortation: “Don’t tease. Be witty, but impersonal.” In accordance with astrological omens, I hereby proclaim that all those instructions are utterly wrong for you right now.

To sweetly align yourself with cosmic rhythms, you should giggle and guffaw and tease freely. If you’re witty—and I hope you will be—it’ll serve you well to be affectionate and personable.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The idea of liberation through the suppression of desire is the greatest foolishness ever conceived by the human mind,” wrote philosopher E. M. Cioran. I agree that trying to deny or stifle or ignore our desires can’t emancipate us. In fact, I’m inclined to believe that freedom is only possible if we celebrate and honor our desires, marvel at their enigmas, and respect their power. Only then can we hope to refine them. Only then can we craft them into beautiful, useful forces that serve us rather than confuse and undermine us. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to engage in this spiritual practice, Taurus.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck,” says the Dalai Lama. Ain’t that the truth! When I was 22 years old, there were two different women I desperately yearned for as if they

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful,” writes designer John Maeda. “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak up,” says artist Hans Hofmann.

“Simplicity strips away the superfluous to reveal the essence,” declares a blogger named Cheo. I hope these quotes provide you with helpful pointers, Leo. You now have the opportunity to cultivate a masterful version of simplicity.

Rob Brezsny is an aspiring master of curiosity, perpetrator of sacred uproar, and founder of the Beauty and Truth Lab. He brings a literate, myth-savvy perspective to his work. It’s all in the stars.

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“TL;DR”—some short versions.

ACROSS 1 Playground marble 6 “Stay With Me” singer Smith 9 Point-and-click tool 14 Late-night TBS show 15 Bank offering, for short 16 “Champagne Supernova” band 17 Storage place 18 Does some present preparation 20 New pilot’s achievements 22 Wed. preceder 23 “Inglourious Basterds” org.

24 The Braves, on scoreboards 25 “I ___ Man of Constant Sorrow” 28 Country singer Travis 30 Elba who recently announced he won’t be playing James Bond 32 Australia’s Outback, alternatively 37 Becomes less green 38 Historic castle

officially called “Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress” 41 Discipline with poses 42 Wound on a bobbin 43 Limp Bizkit frontman Fred 45 “Parks and Recreation” character Andy 48 Joan of Arc, e.g., for short 49 Ruling official 52 Word with Plaines or Moines 53 Niihau necklace 55 Like a government wonk, say 58 They may be receding 61 1990s cardio fad 62 For some reason it’s National Soft Pretzel Month 63 “Ambient 1: Music for Airports” composer 64 Become a member 65 Regards 66 Columnist Savage 67 Classic symbols

of the theater DOWN 1 “With ___ of thousands” 2 Escaped 3 Horn 4 “Break Your Heart” singer Cruz 5 Provide with a wardrobe 6 Protestors’ placards 7 Unfit for farming 8 Mario Puzo subject 9 “The Jungle Book” boy 10 Rowboat pair 11 “Mr. Robot” network 12 Tiny drink 13 Feature of a Mariner’s cap 19 Blasting stuff 21 Fall-blooming flowers 25 2012 Affleck thriller 26 Bearing 27 Donkey relative 29 “___ the best of times ...”

31 Word before longlegs or Yankee 33 1940s-’50s jazz style

34 Strange sighting 35 Traffic caution word 36 Poker variant 38 Hype up 39 Grimm creature 40 Piece with a headline 41 PGA measurements 44 2016 Dreamworks movie with Justin Timberlake 46 Respectable group?

47 Converse rival 50 Lilly of pharmaceuticals 51 Penalized, monetarily 52 Knighted vacuum cleaner inventor 54 They offer immunity on “Survivor” 55 Highly proper 56 Wrestler John of countless memes 57 “Peter Pan” dog 58 Took in 59 King Kong, for instance 60 Vexation

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COLUMN · GAME ON!

Enter The Tolkien Slayer Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, the gateway drug to miniature gaming

I Brandon Watson Pulse columnist

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Games Workshop wiped out their Tolkienesque world-that-was in order to give us an entirely new universe, newish races with newer names, and new rulesets. ”

When not vaporizing zombies or leading space marines as a mousepad Mattis, Brandon Watson is making gourmet pancakes and promoting local artists.

MAGINE A LUSH FANTASY WORLD inundated with conflict between the forces of chaos and order. Valiant heroes, demigods, and mortals struggle against the merciless hordes of the evil and depraved for centuries.

Now imagine that fantasy world being completely destroyed by that malevolence and every whimsical and fantastical creature on said world snuffed out in a glorious molten explosion. The bad guys won and the sole survivor, a god-king, hurdles through space and time clutching desperately to the fractured core of his world.

This god-king, named Sigmar, is eventually saved from his cosmic fate by a Star Dragon. Sigmar soon discovers new realms and establishes a new kingdom with armies to exact revenge upon the dark forces that fell him.

Welcome to Warhammer: Age of Sigmar’s totally badass Heavy Metal beginning for a tabletop miniature game!

Games Workshop wiped out their Tolkienesque world-that-was in order to give us an entirely new universe, newish races with newer names, and new rulesets.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle miniature games has been saturating table tops with the blood of orcs, elves, and human tears since 1978.

With 40 years of genre defining games under the belt, nothing seems to be slowing this tabletop giant down. AOS oozes with Game Workshop’s penchant for epic lore and has expanded so much between two editions that players and collectors have a lot to get into.

Games Workshop has created a brutally kinetic and ADHD fueled mythical playground of factional warfare and army building. But the aesthetics of AOS feels darker than the previous with a mishmash of Steampunk, Goth, and Arthurian mystique all wrapped in a crunchy taco shell of high fantasy fodder.

I have to say that the miniatures featured for AOS are gorgeous and some of

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my favorite that The Citadel produces. In skilled hands the models can figuratively, or literally, shine amidst vast seas of similar models.

At this year’s ATC I found myself wandering back to the Sigmar tables for the absolute jaw dropping details of the painted models. My favorites are the miniatures from the Death Grand Alliance which comprises of wraiths, skeletons, and undead wreathed in streams of ethereal fire and smoke.

If I were to break the piggy bank and start collecting AOS figures, the Mortis Engine would be my first choice. It’s a colossal bone shrine of dead Necromancers encircled by screaming Banshees and ether fire trailing from the hooves of skeletal horse riding revenants.

It looks as awesome as it sounds and one would be of the right mind to have this macabre monstrosity decorating as a companion set piece to their Dethklok posters.

Though the biggest deterrence for many to get into anything created by Games Workshop has always been the cost of entry. It’s a tough sell to get into these complicated versions of Chess with a near $250 start-up price and it’s more of an investment than a game. However, many of the bank draining rule books and tomes that went with the previous versions have went through an overhaul.

Expensive rule books are now called War Scrolls and are available online for

free, FREE! War Scrolls are lore light digital files that are written with the newbie in mind. As an outsider observing the iterations of the Warhammer franchise the AOS 2nd edition fits snugly into the business model of attracting new players much like 40k’s Kill Team.

If the crazy back story has piqued interest I would recommend Storm Strike as a brilliant skirmish starter set designed for the cutting of teeth and blowing of mind.

The kit only packs 15 models collectively for Stormcast Eternals and Nighthaunts and require no adhesive to put together.

This near plug-and-play setup does tie into more comprehensive collections but at only $55 for the kit Storm Strike is perfect for those coming in tabula rasa not only for Warhammer but also tabletop miniature gaming.

Games Workshop has contributed to the surge of table-top gaming since adopting smaller and more affordable kits with free start-up guides and endless video tutorials. Chattanooga is no stranger to this uptick in miniature gaming culture and with the lines blurring between traditional roleplay and tabletop tactics the future is bright for an age where the hobby-sport will invade more households and game shops across the world.

Consider Age of Sigmar as the gateway drug into the fantastical and epic realm of collecting, crafting, and conquering. I promise you’re in for one hell of a ride, molten planet cores, star dragons and all.

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