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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

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CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

EDITORIAL

Managing Editor Gary Poole Contributing Editor Janis Hashe

Contents

November 5, 2015 Volume 12, Issue 45

Music Editor Marc T. Michael Film Editor John DeVore Contributors Rich Bailey • Rob Brezsny Patrick Filbin • Matt Jones Louis Lee • Tony Mraz • Ernie Paik Rick Pimental-Habib • Alex Teach Editorial Interns Brooke Dorn • Sam Hilling Cartoonists Max Cannon • Rob Rogers Jen Sorenson • Tom Tomorrow

Features 4 BEGINNINGS: Changes at Orange Grove will be gradual—but will happen.

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Starving Artists No More?

On a Thursday afternoon in early autumn, Stratton Tingle finds 30 minutes of down time and decides to take a nap in his car. This morning, he woke up at 5:15 a.m. to prepare for a presentation to a possible investor, had three other meetings following the presentation and has two more after his midday nap.

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In-Town Sheds Its Skin Again

This week marks the beginning of an exciting season for one of Chattanooga’s most prestigious galleries. On Friday, Nov. 6, the In-Town Gallery presents its biannual “Renewal” show to kick off the holidays. Twice a year, members say goodbye to their previously displayed art and replace all of it with fresh eye candy.

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For Those Who Don’t Dance

This Saturday, Nov. 7, the Mirabai Bellydance troupe of Movement Arts Collective Studio will be very proud to present the seventh annual Fringe Benefit: Empowering Women Through Dance.

10 SCREEN: Starz revives the deceased, along with goofball Bruce Campbell.

12 SHRINK RAP: Sometimes problems can seem overwhelming.

16 ARTS CALENDAR 19 DIVERSIONS 20 TECH TALK: 3D Ops and Erlanger start hospital-wide 3-D printing study.

24 MUSIC CALENDAR 27 REVIEWS: Harmonia’s complete works, The Simple Pleasure’s earworms.

28 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY 29 JONESIN’ CROSSWORD 30 ON THE BEAT: Officer Alex points out the local sky is not, in fact, falling

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A City Institution Faces New Rules Changes at Orange Grove will be gradual—but will happen A standing-room only crowd with mental disabilities. As part filled the Orange Grove cafeteria of Title II of the 1989 Americans last Tuesday night. Family memwith Disabilities Act (ADA), which bers and concerned governs home and citizens wanted to community-based ask the Tennessee services, “states are Department of Intelrequired to place perlectual and Developsons with mental disLOUIS LEE mental Disabilities abilities in communi(DIDD) if the rumors they’d been ty settings rather than institutions.” hearing were true.

This was confirmed by the U.S. The confusion revolves around Supreme Court in the “Olmstead a federal mandate, the Home decision” in 1999. and Community Based Services Orange Grove Center (OGC) is (HCBS) Waivers Final Rule. The a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1953 by the parents and rule was created to set the bar for integrating facilities catering to those families of individuals with devel-

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opmental disabilities. It was meant to provide them with a safe, comfortable place to learn, congregate and play, instead of being warehoused in mental institutions. For its time, Orange Grove was a pioneering facility, copied all around the world.

In January 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) set forth new rules for both residential and non-residential settings receiving funding from the federal government. The new rules stated that facilities must give greater access to the “greater community,” meaning individuals who don’t have developmental disabilities. Currently, individuals at OGC work alongside others with disabilities in on-campus shops earning subminimum wages for jobs that require minimal skills.

The only non-disabled people they interact with are the paid staff members there to train and supervise them. The new rule change would bring other non-disabled workers into the facility to work alongside them, presumably to further enhance the individuals’ preparedness to go out into the “real” world. This will also mean that all workers will be paid a “competitive” wage. The new rules by CMS also put a time limit on how long an individual may stay in that program.

Other rule changes caused some close to the issue to think that Orange Grove would be forced to close because it is not in compliance with the HCBS Waivers Final Rule. “Let me make this very clear,” said OGC Executive

Director Kyle Hauth to the assembled crowd, “Orange Grove is going to continue to serve your sons and your daughters. And we are going to find a way to be able to comport with rules, whether they be federal or state.” To that end, Hauth says individuals in the programs at OGC will be given more opportunities to go out into the community, and members of the community will be given opportunities to utilize programs at Orange Grove.

Clearly the topic of most concern to the families of those affected is whether or not there will be any flexibility in these changes. According to DIDD representatives at the meeting, every case will be judged on its merits. If something is referenced in the Individual Support Plan for an individual precluding compliance with the new rules, they will be exempt.

Changes will be gradual for Orange Grove Center, but the deadline for compliance is March 2019. Failure to comply with the new rules may not result in OGC shutting its doors— but it would lose two thirds of its funding.

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IN THIS ISSUE

Patrick Filbin Our cover story this week on Chattanooga's maturing music scene is

by Patrick Filbin. A newcomer to the Pulse family of wirters, Patrick is a freelance writer based here in Chattanooga.

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COVER STORY

Starving Artists SoundCorps tunes up to help musicians market, brand—and get the Gig

By Patrick Filbin Pulse contributor

Stratton Tingle and SoCro hang out. Photo by Andrea Lisica

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n a Thursday afternoon in early autumn, Stratton Tingle finds 30 minutes of down time and decides to take a nap in his car. This morning, he woke up at 5:15 a.m. to prepare for a presentation to a possible investor, had three other meetings following the presentation and has two more after his midday nap. Looking and feeling refreshed, he walks along the patio of Niedlov’s on Main Street, is stopped three times by people who tell him about things like a show in town, a new song on the blogs or just to say hi to a familiar face and finally gets to the counter and orders a black coffee.

Superbody. Photo courtesy facebook.com/superbodypop

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How does a Chattanooga musician or band take advantage of the fiber optic network that is nationally recognized as groundbreaking and job-producing?”

Back on the patio, he settles himself in for another hour of talking, another meeting of sorts. He doesn’t take his first sip of coffee until he’s 20 minutes in; he just holds the mug for warmth and regains his energy that way. Tingle’s a familiar face around town for three reasons. One is because he’s been here for 10 years and is a local by any local standards. Two is because he’s soon to become the face of Chattanooga’s growing music scene and economy. And three is because he has unmistakable dreadlocks that flow down to near ass-length.

“Our mission is to build Chattanooga’s music economy,” Tingle says. The “Our” he is referring to is SoundCorps, a nonprofit built from within Chattanooga’s municipal government whose job, day in and day out, will be to work on the initiatives to grow the economic and cultural impact of music on the economy.

“What we’re focused on is job growth within the music sector,” he says. “People’s eyes tend to glaze over when you talk about this stuff, especially musicians, but it makes a world of difference if you’re able to actually work within the industry that you’re trying to create art in.

You learn a lot about all the functions and facets of the industry and learn that pretty much any artist in their career has probably worn up to 20 different hats.”

SoundCorps’ mission, in the executive director’s own words, is to serve two clienteles: the music industry professional and Chattanooga as a community. For the music industry professional, whether they go after it for a career or a hobby, SoundCorps is designed to offer resources to

people who want to grow their businesses and their personal music brand.

“A component of everything we’re doing in the music industry sector involves networking,” Tingle says. “Strengthening ties with the industry ourselves and offering resources for them, like professional development and communication. Not so much craft, but business stuff.”

That’s exactly what SoundCorps plans on attacking first: teaching the music community about audience growth through PR and marketing at the organization’s first workshop on Nov. 9. Things high on every musician’s agenda are: How do I get my stuff out there? How, in the city of digital renaissance, do I get noticed? How does a Chattanooga musician or band take advantage of the fiber optic network that is nationally recognized as groundbreaking and job-producing? How does someone use the Gig to get radio play? Get people in a studio? Start their own venue? The correlation between the two—incredible World Wide Web speeds and regional and public outreach—should seem like obvious waters to test. But according to local musicians that’s not the case.

Superbody is a local band originally from Dalton, GA that now attempts to make their start in their adopted city of Chattanooga. Still in their early beginnings, they are known for creating artistic, strange and indefinable music that even Tingle has a hard time explaining.

Superbody, made up of Caleb Dills and Robert Gregg McCurry, has the advantage of controlling how they come off as performers and as people in the press.They answer questions as the characters in the

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band as opposed to the actual people they are.

For example, when asked how they like the music scene in Chattanooga, McCurry responds with, “It’s wonderful. I love feeling the rumble of drums and guitars on my nightly walk down Market Street.”

And when Dills is asked if he notices advantages of the fiber optics network, he admits, “My Yahoo News has never refreshed quicker than in Gig City.”

But in a candid conversation over the phone before he slips into character, Dills takes a more honest stance on the scene here.

“There’s not really even a scene,” Dill says with a small laugh. “I’m trying to come up with a solid answer because I don’t want to say that and come off as an asshole because everyone is trying to make something happen here. But I feel like shows here are promoted to an older crowd and Gregg and I want to play to young people because we’re young people. People who are in college are a lot more fun to play to and that kind of doesn’t exist here.

That’s why we’ll play a lot of shows in Athens. But I know they’re working towards changing the culture and I’m obviously all for that.”

A rumor that Dills heard but isn’t able to confirm is that with the new hire of Mary Howard Ade, Chattanooga Convention and Visitors Bureau’s first music marketing manager, the city is looking to make Market Street a lot like the main strip of bars that you’d find in an Athens or a Nashville.

“I think the local talent is here,” Ade told the local daily in August.

“The next challenge is to increase the numbers of local engagements and the size of the local audience.”

Her job, however, is primarily focused on attracting out-of-towners and putting Chattanooga on the map as a music destination.

Tingle and the rest of SoundCorps understand that without an audience, a music industry struggles.

Stratton Tingle, SoCro and Yattie Westfield

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I don’t think anyone would argue with me that we do tend to bleed out artists.

Some of our best artists see better opportunities elsewhere because of resources.”

That’s where the community comes in.

“We hope Chattanooga can more often and more effectively engage in its music community,” Tingle says. “We hope that Chattanooga as a community can more easily define the music scene and also tell the story and be proud of the heritage, the history, as well as where we’re at right now and also start to think about the future. Those are our two focuses. Business development and community inspiration.”

Another local musician, SoCro, a veteran of the Chattanooga music scene, sees both pros and cons to the current situation the city finds itself in.

“The platform that we’re given here is awesome because of the size and the familiarity,” he says. “You’re able to meet venue and bar owners, build a relationship, get gigs that way. We’re positioned right in the middle of the South, we’re well located. But the problem with Chattanooga is it’s hard to make a living being a musician. Getting a paycheck is tough. There are no labels here, no connections to be made.”

“Venues, genres and movements will always change, but players have changed and that’s the one I want to stop,” Tingle says. “Chattanooga has grown up and raised some really good artists, many of whom struggled to maintain careers in the industry. I don’t think anyone would argue with me about the fact that we do tend to bleed out artists. Some of our best artists see better opportunities elsewhere because of resources.”

As far as getting his music out there, SoCro said he does what he always has: grinding one way or another. Facebook and Instagram are his go-to social media avenues.

Whether it’s music, videos, pictures, random posts, it all goes up on Facebook. And you can never go wrong with hanging posters around town.

“It’s all about association,” he says.

“Association, association. Branding, branding and repetition. It’s all about

building relationships with bands, groups, venue owners and hitting up the Internet like crazy. You have to play to people’s attention spans.”

Speaking of the Internet and the cultural impact that it has on today’s music marketing, does SoCro recognize the power of Gig City?

“I’m actually not on the grid,” he says. “I’ve actually still got Comcast so I personally don’t notice it.”

He says this with a laugh and admits he comes off like a digital dinosaur, but insists that as a singular musician and marketer, he doesn’t notice the high speeds of Gig City but that his promoter and booking manager, Johnathon Surmann, definitely does.

Tingle echoes what both Superbody and SoCro said about getting their word out in this day and age.

It’s a mix between social media and the old-school way. He doesn’t think people in Chattanooga do it any differently here than in other places— the difference always comes from the people and the talent.

“I think that’s true in any community,” he says. “If you’re not hanging up posters you’re not promoting your show. Or handing out flyers or standing outside of whatever concert gets out at Track 29. If you’re not doing that you’re missing out.”

SoundCorps has high expectations and plans in motion to grow the music economy for at least the next three years. But it’s still early.

“The idea of going into a skyscraper in town, knocking on the door and talking to someone who has just done the initial PR release to an album that is just about to go platinum in four weeks can actually happen in Nashville because they have 70 years of history,” Tingle says. “If we can get some of those people here, people will see more opportunities to build a career.”

SoundCorps is resident in the new The Arts Building, E. 11th St., Ste. 300. (423) 777-4217, chattanoogachamber.com/business-directory/ soundcorps

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They’re Dead, They’re Evil and That’s Just Perfect Starz revives the deceased, along with goofball Bruce Campbell

Dancing Brooms and Hippos Diseny's avant-garde classic comes to new life on screen Throughout history, there have been but a handful of groundbreaking films where the soundtrack has become inextricably linked to the cinematic achievement of the film itself. There is perhaps no greater example of this marriage than Walt Disney’s 1940 masterpiece, “Fantasia.”

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T’S A SHAME THAT BRUCE CAMPBELL ISN’T BETTER known. Obviously, among a certain group of film fans, he’s an absolutely legend. But for most, he’s another “that guy”—just a random character actor in a long list of one-off roles.

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Any ‘Evil Dead’ is good ‘Evil Dead’ and the show does an excellent job of paying homage to both ‘The Evil Dead and ‘Evil Dead 2.’”

To his credit, Campbell has had quite a career, and fans of USA’s “Burn Notice” would recognize him instantly.

However, I don’t personally know any fans of “Burn Notice.” I do know one guy that is an enormous fan of “The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.” for reasons that are exclusive to him, but most would be hard-pressed to remember the one-season Fox western from 1993.

Bruce Campbell is a far better actor and performer than his IMDB page might suggest. He is funny and charming, serious and steadfast, and is an example of an actor that hasn’t been given the right opportunity to show his range.

If Nicolas Cage can win an Oscar, there is no reason that Bruce Campbell can’t as well.

While his latest role won’t win him any accolades from the Academy, Campbell is returning to his roots on Starz in the role that made him a household name among genre film fans. “Ash vs.

Evil Dead” is likely the most entertaining show on television right now—and it wouldn’t have been possible were it not for the talents that made “The Evil Dead” the most recognizable of all cult movies.

“The Evil Dead” was a small-budget horror film by a no-name director that shouldn’t have been successful. This

“The mixture of comedy and horror is perfect in ways that newer horror directors desperately try to imitate.” isn’t an unheard of situation. Without “Dead Alive,” we wouldn’t have Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings.” And without “The Evil Dead,” we wouldn’t have Sam Raimi’s “Spider-man.” The brilliance and abilities of both directors are written all over the frames of those early films.

“Ash vs. Evil Dead” is a return to form for Sam Raimi, who directs the first episode and sets the tone for the entire series (which has already been renewed for a second season by Starz). It continues the story of “Evil Dead 2,” only 30 years later in a Michigan trailer park. Campbell plays Ash in exactly the same way: an over-the-top goofball, the kind of guy you’d expect to unleash hell on Earth because he was trying to impress a local trollop while stoned.

The pilot episode, titled “El Jefe,” is precisely what fans of the series needed to see. The mixture of comedy and horror is perfect in ways that newer horror directors desperately try to imitate. The “deadites,” as they are called in the “Evil Dead” canon, continue to be horror’s most annoying demonic forces, and meet their end in thoroughly satisfying ways.

If the series can retain the freshness of the story in the face of uncompromising nostalgia, “Ash vs. Evil Dead” will be something to behold.

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ment in the absence of any reference to “Army of Darkness,” the final, medieval film in the “Evil Dead” trilogy. According to Raimi, “Ash vs. Evil Dead” exists in an alternative universe following the events of “Evil Dead 2.” This has something to do with absurd Hollywood legality; Raimi, for whatever reason, was unable to retain the rights to “Army of Darkness,” which forces the showrunners to ignore some choice world-building as a consequence.

That being said, any “Evil Dead” is good “Evil Dead” and the show does an excellent job of paying homage to both “The Evil Dead” and “Evil Dead 2.” Raimi was not on hand to direct all ten episodes this season, so there will likely be some differences from episode to episode. Whether or not this causes the quality to drop as the series progresses is anyone’s guess. Hopefully, Raimi’s role as executive producer allows for a continuity of character and tone throughout.

Regardless, Bruce Campbell is quite at home returning to his most famous role.

Ash has kept him afloat for many years and Campbell knows where his bread is buttered. However, this actor is capable of more.

Hopefully, he can showcase his abilities for Starz and someone else will take notice. Bruce Campbell has a lot of life in him yet.

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Stories of Hardship and Hope Sometimes problems can seem overwhelming—but you are stronger than you think Editor’s note: The Good Doctor is on a well-deser ved vacation, so we are re-running a popular column from a few years ago.

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How do we navigate the various lifealtering losses that are a part of life and emerge not bitter, but better?”

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out of debt, and eventually, to get ahead in life, but he was also sending money to his parents— currently providing care for his elderly grandfaI want to share a few ther—who counted on stories with you. his help.

This afternoon, I reAbout an hour after that ceived a call from Keith, a phone call, I received angood friend other call of mine, from a longwho told time friend, Shrink Rap me he had C r a i g , just lost his whom I’ve DR. RICK job. He is written PIMENTAL-HABIB a very conabout bescientious worker, had a fore in this column. He lot of responsibility in his was a heart transplant paposition, and was recently tient several years back, promoted at his company. and recently became an And he was fired. Sudamputee. He lost part of denly. No warning. With one leg due to complicavery little explanation. tions from diabetes, but He was not only doing was on the mend and his best, each and every learning to get around paycheck to work his way quite well in his new

wheelchair. He was very distraught, understandably, as his doctor’s visit today provided him with more painful news: They would have to amputate more of his leg due to infection.

Then, just before bed, another dear friend from up north, Sarah, called and told me about her pending divorce. The couple is raising three young children, and had for several years been experiencing serious difficulties in their relationship. After couples counseling and a lot of painful soul searching, they made their decision. Sarah is understandably worried, not only for their future but for the mental and spiritual well being of their children.

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the kind of problems we probably all share to one degree or another, at one time or another, like occasionally coming up a little short on rent; catching a cold that won’t go away; dealing with poor grades at school despite hard work and perseverance; experiencing communication snags in a relationship and stressing about why you don’t “click” anymore.

Much of the time, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. “This too shall pass” is a helpful 12-step mantra. And it’s true. As Buddha said, “Everything changes.”

But what do we do with the big tough stuff, the kind of issues that really challenge our coping skills, our reserves of determination and resilience? How do we navigate the various lifealtering losses that are a part of life and emerge not bitter, but better?

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This is what tests our mettle and forever changes our worldview. It’s not fixable with a Band-Aid; rather, it’s helped through a re-shoring of inner resources; is tackled with a degree of vigilance and fortitude previously uncalled upon; is healed only with a change of perception, a softening of the heart, an opening of the mind. From the pain of these life challenges we hope to learn how to re-fill our inner coffers to the point of overflowing so there can be, once again, enough.

At such times, I remember a fact taught to first-year medical students: The first task of the heart is to pump blood to itself. In my books, I refer to this as “healthy selfishness.” It’s not selfish at all, however—it’s simply good selfcare.

There are moments when we need to learn to prioritize our own care, for without enough sustenance, how can we be of use to ourselves or anyone else? We have to find our way out of the hole, return to ourselves, and rediscover a healing, abundant path for the

mind, body, spirit and soul.

Not always easy. They say that scar tissue is tougher than the original tissue. Sometimes that’s the only hope there is.

I don’t have the answers. But you do. And from outside of you, loved ones, your spiritual practice, inspiration, can come support, the fresh air of clarity, and a renewal of strength, so that you can, in the quiet, find exactly what you need.

After some dust has settled, and once their internal resources have begun to re-fill, my friends will be OK. Keith will find another job.

Craig will once again regain his mobility. Sarah’s life, after parting ways, will continue.

With inspiration.

With persistence.

With faith.

Sunday Worship 11am 400 Glenwood Drive at 3rd Street (423) 698-5682

Until next month: “Unexpected grace may provide beauty and healing during strenuous moments of truth.” — Rob Brezsny 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 and follow his daily inspirations on Twitter: @DrRickWellNest CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • NOVEMBER 5, 2015 • THE PULSE • 13

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In-Town Sheds Its Skin Again “Renewal” highlights exciting works from five new co-op members

Nature Does Nothing in Vain Southside's Gallery 1401 welcomes artist Krista Eubanks Greek philosopher Aristotle once said, “Nature does nothing in vain.”

Chattanooga native Krista Eubanks took that motto to heart as she embarked on a journey of watercolor paintings that would blend the lines of reality and abstract with only a few strokes of her paintbrush.

Her inspiration lies in the organics of things. Animals, elements, vegetables— Eubanks brings it all to life in the most organically glamorous way possible. Bunnies look like they’d hop right off the page and wiggle their whiskers at you, while newborn fawns are prepared to scamper away if need be.

Eubanks’ art is unique in more ways than one, but the real difference is the inspiration behind her work as well as what she’s hidden inside it. Her pieces are gentle and warmhearted, lifting a smile to your lips as you look upon such beauti-

fully crafted pieces. The inspiration behind that tenderness is her father, Roy Barton. His quiet strength and honest character melds with Eubanks’ love of organics, producing soft and welcoming pieces.

So what’s hidden inside? Each of her pieces is embedded with scattered writings, an evolution of both her personal expressions and daily reflections. Witness the beauty for yourself as Gallery 1401 welcomes the artist on Nov. 5 for her solo exhibition, with an opening event complete with hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and live music.

— Brooke Dorn Krista Eubanks: “Solo Exhibition” Thursday, 6 p.m.

Gallery 1401 1478 Market St. (423) 265-0015 gallery1401.com

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THINKING ART

IMPROV TIME

LAUGH RIOT

Art + Issue: “Power of Art as Life”

The Floor is YOURS

Christopher Titus

Join Josiah Golson, founder of “the 800 project."

6 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View Ave (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org

Anything goes in this monthly music and performing arts gathering.

8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theatre 1307 Dodds Ave (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org

Titus’ new show takes the audience on a wild ride through his personal life.

8 p.m.

Memorial Auditorium 399 McCallie Ave. (423) 757-5156 chattanoogaonstage.com

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HIS WEEK MARKS THE BEGINNING OF AN EXCITing season for one of Chattanooga’s most prestigious galleries. On Friday, Nov. 6, the In-Town Gallery presents its biannual “Renewal” show to kick off the holidays. Twice a year, members say goodbye to their previously displayed art and replace all of it with fresh eye candy. They cover the windows of the gallery with paper until the opening, when the new art is unveiled to the public. This unseen body of work from 33 regional artists will spotlight new co-op members Ann Currey, Laurie Graham, Martin Rice, David Salerno and June Teuscher.

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This unseen body of work from 33 regional artists will spotlight new co-op members Ann Currey, Laurie Graham, Martin Rice, David Salerno and June Teuscher.”

Ann Currey is a lifelong student of the arts who now works primarily with oil paints. Her painterly style beckons the viewer to join her on adventures to scenic destinations around the world. Currey takes the observer with her to rare vistas, using bold brush strokes and vibrant colors to capture the scenes. Her studio work is often informed by her plein air work, and it feels like the place, whether the inspiration came from a majestic American landscape or a tiny European villa.

She says, “I study light, shadow and nuances outside and use that information for all of my paintings. The paintings for this show are from my travels and from our beautiful area. There are so many incredibly beautiful things in my everyday life, it is difficult to paint enough to express my gratitude through art for the beauty that surrounds me.”

Laurie Graham’s exquisite ceramic pieces are inspired by nature. “I love taking a walk outside and filling my pockets with leaves, pine cones, acorns, and whatever I can find that might make an interesting texture in the clay,” she

“It’s the beauty that the world displays all around us that calls to me. I try to capture scenes of light and color that trigger a strong emotional response in me.” says. “I am probably a bit like a child picking up things in the dirt that our mothers would tell us not to touch.”

Most of Graham’s pottery begins with wheel throwing or hand building. She then utilizes a variety of techniques to give each piece a distinctive look and feel; carving, impressing, extruding and altering the clay. The organic textures are then brought to life by layers of glazes whose colors echo the natural world.

In addition to her fine tableware, Graham will be offering some seasonal art. “During the holidays I do a few sculptural angels, trees, and pressed ornaments. This year I hand carved my own image to use as a stamp to press into the clay.”

Martin Rice’s thoughtful watercolors are shrouded with a sense of peaceful mystery. He derives great joy from the act of painting, a feeling that shines through in his work. “When I paint, I often feel at one with the object or scene I’m painting,” he says. “Never do I see things so clearly and in such detail as when I’m painting. This immersion into my subject gives me the

rare feeling of being both self and other at the same time.”

His subjects are depicted with a comfortable and experienced attention to light and shadow. In addition to being a consummate landscape painter, Rice has the uncanny ability to transform a rundown scene into a magical little world, saying that, “aged objects often acquire a patina of beauty.”

David Salerno’s oil paintings are simply phenomenal. Whether he’s inside working on a still life that challenges the Renaissance masters, or outside painting a scene that would make Monet jealous, Salerno is up to something impressive (no pun intended).

He tells us, “It’s the beauty that the world displays all around us that calls to me. I try to capture scenes of light and color that trigger a strong emotional response in me. I strive to create paintings that elicit the same emotion in

"On The Road Home" by Anne Currey

the people who see them. We live in a stressful and complex society—I hope that my paintings can provide a source of serenity and simplification.”

June Teuscher’s gorgeous landscape paintings represent the cutting edge of American impressionism. Her compositions accomplish a high level of realism while retaining the quality of plein air.

She says, “I have found painting on location to be filled with fast-paced challenges. I am becoming more im-

pressionistic and spontaneous as a painter. I’ve realized over time that I don’t have to paint every bit of detail, leaving some things to the imagination. It is very important to me to be enthusiastic about a particular place or scene. Living in Chattanooga is fantastic, as there are so many beautiful places to paint.”

•••• “Renewal” opening, Nov. 6, 5-8 p.m.

In-Town Galler y, 26a Frazier Ave., (423) 267-9214, intowngaller y.com

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ARTS CALENDAR

Fall

THURSDAY11.5 Homeschool Science Club 1 p.m.

Creative Discovery Museum 321 Chestnut St. (423) 756-2738 cdmfun.org Ooltewah Farmers Market 3 p.m.

Ooltewah Nursery 5829 Main St. (423) 238-9775 ooltewahnursery.com Arts Building Grand Opening 4:30 p.m.

ArtsBuild 301 E. 11th St. (423) 756-2787 artsbuild.com Krista Eubanks: “Solo Exhibition” 6 p.m.

Gallery 1401 1478 Market St. (423) 265-0015 gallery1401.com William Parker Exhibit: Meet & Greet Open House 6 p.m.

Shuptrine’s Gold Leaf Designs 2646 Broad St. (423) 266-4453 shuptrines.com Art + Issue: “Power of Art as Life” 6 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View Ave. (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org Varsity Spirit’s “American Cheerleader”

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Arts Building Grand Opening 7 p.m.

East Ridge 18 5080 S. Terrace (423) 855-9652 carmike.com Fly Fishing Film Tour 7 p.m.

The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 702-8081 thecamphouse.com “Around the World in 8 Plays” 7:30 p.m.

Ensemble Theatre 104 N. Tuxedo Dr. (423) 602-8640 ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com

FRIDAY11.6 MAGI Exhibit Opening Gala 5 p.m.

PULSE PICK: STRINGS & BODIES ATTACHED Classical guitarist and balalaika player Misha Feigin will join Ann Law for an evening of music and dance.

“Strings and Bodies Attached” Saturday, 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org

Signal Mountain Arts Community Center 809 Kentucky Ave. (423) 886-1959 signalmacc.org “Renewal” Exhibit Opening 5 p.m.

In-Town Gallery 26a Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214 intowngallery.com Heath Montgomery Opening Reception 5:30 p.m.

AVA Gallery 30 Frazier Ave. (423) 265-4282 avarts.org “The Blues Brothers” presented by Jackalope Brewing Company 7 p.m.

The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 702-8081 thecamphouse.com “Around the World in 8 Plays” 7:30 p.m.

Ensemble Theatre 104 N. Tuxedo Dr. (423) 602-8640 ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com “Once On This Island” 7:30 p.m.

Humanities Theatre Chattanooga State 4501 Amnicola Hwy. (423) 697-3246 The Illusionists 8 p.m.

Memorial Auditorium 399 McCallie Ave. (423) 757-5156 chattanoogaonstage.com The Floor is YOURS 8 p.m.

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

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com

SATURDAY11.7 Brainerd Farmers Market 10 a.m.

Grace Episcopal Church 20 Belvoir Ave. (423) 698-0330 facebook.com/ BrainerdFarmersMarket

ARTS CALENDAR

The Illusionists St. Albans Farmers Market 10 a.m.

St. Alban’s Church 7514 Hixson Pike (423) 842-1342 facebook.com/ StAlbansFarmersMarket Heritage Day 10 a.m.

Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org Mountain Art and Craft Celebration 10 a.m.

Cloudland Canyon State Park 122 Cloudland Canyon Park Rd, Rising Fawn, GA (706) 657-4050 gastateparks.org/ CloudlandCanyon Local Makers Showcase 11 a.m.

The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View Ave. (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org Early Holiday Open House 11 a.m.

Shuptrine’s Gold Leaf Designs 2646 Broad St. (423) 266-4453 shuptrines.com Eastgate Saturday Cinema: "Cinderella" 2:30 p.m.

Eastgate Library 5705 Marlin Rd. (423) 855-2689 chattlibrary.org The Camp Out 5 p.m.

UTC Lupton Library Parking Garage 600 Douglas St. familypromisechattanooga. com/camp-out Empowering Women Through Dance 7:30 p.m.

The Meeting House 3912 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 902-3338 redbankmeetinghouse.com “Around the World in 8 Plays” 7:30 p.m.

Ensemble Theatre 104 N. Tuxedo Dr. (423) 602-8640 ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com “Once On This Island” 7:30 p.m.

Humanities Theatre Chattanooga State 4501 Amnicola Hwy. (423) 697-3246 chattanoogastate.edu “Strings and Bodies Attached” 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Christopher Titus 8 p.m.

Memorial Auditorium 399 McCallie Ave. (423) 757-5156 chattanoogaonstage.com “Harvey” 8 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com

SUNDAY11.8 Mountain Art and Craft Celebration 10 a.m.

Cloudland Canyon State Park 122 Cloudland Canyon Park Rd, Rising Fawn, GA (706) 657-4050 gastateparks.org/ CloudlandCanyon Chattanooga Market 11 a.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1826 Reggie White Blvd.

(423) 266-4041 chattanoogamarket.com “Fantasia” 2 p.m.

Majestic 12 311 Broad St. (423) 826-2375 carmike.com “Once On This Island” 2:30 p.m.

Humanities Theatre Chattanooga State 4501 Amnicola Hwy. (423) 697-3246 chattanoogastate.edu “Around the World in 8 Plays” 2:30 p.m.

Ensemble Theatre 104 N. Tuxedo Dr. (423) 602-8640 ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com

MONDAY11.9 Red Bank Farmers Market 3 p.m.

Red Bank United Methodist 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 Area Historical Association presents Dr. Andrea Becksvoort 6 p.m.

Downtown Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 757-5310 chattlibrary.org Vintage Swing Dance 7 p.m.

Clear Spring Yoga 17 N. Market St. (931) 982-1678 clearspringyoga.com Keigwin + Company 7:30 p.m.

UTC Fine Arts Center Vine & Palmetto St. (423) 425-4600 utc.edu/fine-arts-center

Named “One of the Ten Most Incredible Cave Waterfalls on Earth” World Reviewer

423.821.2544 RubyFalls.com

TUESDAY11.10 Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser 5 p.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. (423) 602-5980 flyingsquirrelbar.com Chattamovies Meetup 6 p.m.

urdays & Open Sat

Sundays!

RubyFallsZip.com 423.821.2544

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ARTS CALENDAR Downtown Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 757-5310 chattlibrary.org

WEDNESDAY11.11

TICKETS AT (423) 267-8534 OR WWW.THEATRECENTRE.COM

Middle East Dance 10:30 a.m.

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

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

Downtown Public Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 757-5310 chattlibrary.org New Filmmakers Workshop: Visual Storytelling and Documentary Ethics 6 p.m.

Downtown Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 757-5310 chattlibrary.org Adventures & Ales: Into the Light 7 p.m.

The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 702-8081 thecamphouse.com

ONGOING “Fall Color and Action” The Gallery at Blackwell 71 Eastgate Loop

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Chess Club (423) 344-5643 blackwellautoinc.com “Good for You: Healthy Fun on the Run” Creative Discovery Museum 321 Chestnut St. (423) 756-2738 cdmfun.org “Trees and Skies” Reflections Gallery 6922 Lee Hwy (423) 892-3072 reflectionsgallerytn.com “Biblical Wood Panels”

by Bernard Gore Bessie Smith Cultural Center 200 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 266-8658 bessiesmithcc.org “How to Close Your Eyes”

by Carmen Papalia Cress Gallery of Art 752 Vine St. (423) 304-9789 “Mixed Media Inspired Artists - Explorations” The Exum Gallery 305 West Seventh St. (423) 266-8195 stpaulschatt.org/the-exum-gallery William Parker Exhibit Shuptrine’s Gold Leaf Designs 2646 Broad St. (423) 266-4453 shuptrines.com Heath Montgomery AVA Gallery 30 Frazier Ave (423) 265-4282 avarts.org Map these locations on chattanoogapulse. com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com

Diversions

Consider This with Dr. Rick

by Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a secondrate version of somebody else.” — Judy Garland As humans we tend to compare up. By that I mean we tend to see others as better than us. She’s more beautiful than I am. He’s more successful than I will ever be. Their kids do better than mine. That family has more advantages than ours.

OK, some degree of these things may be true. So what? The Law of Attraction teaches us that what we focus on, we get more of. So if we’re obsessing over how we have “less than,” then that’s what we’ll continue to receive, as we stay stuck in “less than” mode.

If, however, we focus on the beauty we do possess, the success we do have (which comes in many forms), all that we can be grateful for, then guess what? We’ll stop seeing the world through glasses of envy, and start feeling beautiful, successful and most importantly, grateful. Wouldn’t that be a happier way to go through life?

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Blue Is for Tumor, Clear Is for Kidney 3D Ops and Erlanger start hospital-wide 3-D printing study

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Because this is unexplored territory, one of the goals of the study is to uncover how 3-D imaging can be used in practice by all surgical specialties.”

Chattanooga startup 3D Operations just announced a partnership with Erlanger Health System that’s both a giant step for the company and the next, logical step in its growth.

A little over a year ago, 3D Operations was a RICH 2014 Gig Tank competitor putting a company together around the idea of converting CT and MRI scans into 3-D printed models surgeons could use to plan surgery, educate patients and train medical students. Two weeks ago, 3D Ops and Erlanger announced the world’s first hospital-wide study of 3-D printing patient-specific anatomy as a pre-surgical planning tool for every clinical department.

Over the next six months,

all surgical departments of the hospital, which is the nation’s seventh largest public hospital system and is affiliated with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, will explore how 3-D printing can be used to BAILEY improve surgical outcomes.

At a press conference announcing the study, surgeon Christopher Keel, D.O., and imaging specialist Blaise Baxter, M.D., passed around a 3-D printed replica of a kidney covered with tumors.

Printed from 2-dimensional CAT images, the kidney itself is rendered in clear plastic, and many golf ball-sized tumors project out from it in gray-blue plastic. It’s easy to see that most

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tumors are clustered in one area but do not go deep inside the kidney. Another tumor is only near the surface.

A key question is whether to remove the entire kidney or only part of it. Many people could do fine with a single kidney, but this patient is diabetic, so losing one kidney would probably mean a lifetime of dialysis.

Just looking at the 2-D CAT scan, that tumor geography was less apparent, said Baxter. “Probably most places would have said ‘there’s too many tumors here, I think you need to take the whole kidney out.’

So this was a very important thing for that patient.”

While Keel may have recommended saving the kidney even without the 3-D model, he noted, “It definitely made it easier for me to say to the patient, ‘I’m looking through this right now at the light, and I can see exactly where the tumor goes. I know I just have to

cut right here.’”

Perhaps more importantly, using the 3-D model decreased the time needed for surgery and probably decreased blood loss, according to Keel.

The study will also investigate potential cost savings from using 3-D modeling, according to Baxter. “Part of the model is to show how this can be done in a costeffective way for the patient.

Some of the major cost savings would be in converting to maybe a minimally invasive approach versus a more expensive surgery.”

The six-month study will also explore how physicians work with the 3-D printing technology compared to the more familiar 2-D imaging.

Baxter explained that imaging specialists doing 2-D scans usually follow standardized protocols, but 3-D imaging requires a more custom approach.

“The radiologist is custom designing those studies

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“The skull can’t grow in a normal way, so they have to plan in a 3-D way how they can expand the skull through surgery,” said Baxter. “So that’s very helpful in their world. The effect of their treatment is something that can be followed and modeled in 3-D.” He also sees ready applications in neurosurgery and neurovascular surgery, but said applications cut across every specialty that has a surgical approach, concluding, “I think there will be a lot of surgical treatments and procedures that when we understand the actual anatomy of that patient— are able to look at it in three dimensions—we will be able to offer them a lot more procedures that are sparing of the underlying function of the organ that’s involved.”

Rich Bailey is a professional writer, editor and (sometimes) PR consultant. He led a project to create Chattanooga’s first civic web site in 1995 before even owning a modem. Now he covers Chattanooga technology for The Pulse and blogs about it at CircleChattanooga.com. He splits his time between Chattanooga and Brooklyn.

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to try to bring out the information that would be important for them to build the models and for the surgeon to plan the treatment,” Baxter said.

Baxter explained that 3-D models of organs can be printed from any 2-D imaging study.

“We can use this for any type of pathology that we can image, which is essentially everything now,” said Baxter. “So any specialty, we can go to them and say, ‘Where would this be particularly helpful for you?’ That’s never been done.”

Because this is unexplored territory, one of the goals of the study is to uncover how 3-D imaging can be used in practice by all surgical specialties.

“Hopefully, what we’re going to do is see all the different clinical needs that the different specialties will come up with, and then we’ll roll this out on a larger scale,” Baxter added.

He has already received clinical interest from pediatric surgeons at Erlanger who work with cranial reconstruction in children whose skull sutures close prematurely.

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MUSIC SCENE

Dancing For Those Who Don’t Dance

The Wonderful Wizard of Boz Get the lowdown on Boz Scaggs next Wednesday Next Wednesday at the Tivoli, settle into your seat to listen to a full show of Boz Scaggs’s crooning, jazzy style. The music will have you tapping and nodding along to the sounds of his classic tunes—but never dozing off.

You might know Scaggs from his time with the Steve Miller Band, or from his illustrious ongoing solo career, or even from the certified organic vineyard he keeps in Napa Valley with his wife. Scaggs is, to say the least, a Renaissance man, and it shows especially in his latest album, A Fool to Care.

Alone, in duets, and with his band of talented collaborators, Scaggs creates a unique presence in the room and brings that coveted something special to each of his perfor-

mances. His music, including his latest album, draws on geographical influences like the Deep South and the Midwest to reveal a certain “twang,” as Scaggs himself describes it, in both the songs he covers and the ones he writes.

The performance takes place at 8 p.m. next Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St. Call (423) 642-8497 or visit chattanoogaonstage.com for tickets and more information. VIP packages including premium seating and merchandise are also available. — Sam Hilling Boz Scaggs Wednesday, 8 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. chattanoogaonstage.com

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TRAVELIN' BAND

BASEMENT ROCK

DON'T PANIC

The Travelin’ Kine

Basement Benders, Bohannons, FK

Polly Panic

A mix of potent songwriting and fiery country chops, doused with a few shots of whiskey for true American music.

9 p.m.

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

Punk band with members from bands like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, Hidden Spots, Future Virgins, etc.

9 p.m.

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

Brainchild of touring cellist Jenette Mackie, Asheville's Polly Panic presents uniquely dark and theatrical chamber rock.

8:30 p.m.

The Office 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com

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Seventh Annual Fringe Benefit jingles cash for The Partnership

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HIS SATURDAY, NOV. 7, THE MIRABAI BELLYDANCE troupe of Movement Arts Collective Studio will be very proud to present the seventh annual Fringe Benefit: Empowering Women Through Dance. The event, originally orchestrated by Mirabai founder Miranda Cagle, was conceived as a means of showcasing Chattanooga’s phenomenal local talent while generating much -eeded funds for women’s charities.

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The event was conceived as a means of showcasing Chattanooga’s phenomenal local talent while generating muchneeded funds for women’s charities.”

According to Mirabai materials, “Bellydance is such an empowering form of dance and expression.

It gives so many women the freedom to love their bodies, find community with one another, and walk with pride and ownership of themselves. We created this event to try to share and nurture those feelings to offer the identity, strength, and grace we find in this dance to help heal women who are struggling in our area and hopefully help them rediscover and embrace their own power.”

In addition to local dancers, each event features a special guest artist.

This year’s guest artist will be the renowned Donna Mejia from the University of Colorado at Boulder. As a choreographer, teacher and performer, her career has been one of great distinction, including numerous awards, honors, grants, commendations, residencies and performances for such dignitaries

“We created this event to try to share and nurture those feelings to offer the identity, strength, and grace we find in this dance.” as President Bill Clinton and Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Well-versed in contemporary dance, African and Arab diaspora and various fusion traditions, Mejia is the only tenure track professor in the country teaching transnational fusion dance at the university level.

She is highly sought after as a consultant, choreographer and writer.

All proceeds from the event are being donated directly to The Partnership for Children, Families and Adults to support their Family Violence Center and Rape Crisis Center. In operation in one form or other for 136 years, the Partnership has been recognized by the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce as a Nonprofit Organization of the Year for its outstanding achievements in nonprofit management and community impact.

The Partnership serves over 11,000 victims of domestic violence per year, providing housing, case management, counseling, job and educational placement and court

liaisons.

A number of corporate sponsors have stepped up to help make Fringe Benefit possible this year including Movement Arts Collective, The Meeting House, Tennessee Valley Chiropractic, KC Motor Company, Wizard Electric, Sterchi Construction and Mad Pixel Studios.

The Mirabai Bellydance troupe was founded in 2008 by local dancers and is based out of the Movement Arts Collective. Members teach bellydance and yoga throughout the Chattanooga area and remain dedicated to pursuing and sharing the spirituality, power and strength of the arts while simultaneously serving various women’s outreach and educational programs in the community.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at The Meeting House, 3912 Dayton Blvd. with performances scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Advance tickets for adults (available at movementartscollective.com) are $12, $15 at the door. Children 10 and under are admitted free.

Donna Mejia

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Maradeen

Friday • November 6

Basement Benders · Bohannons · FK

Saturday • November 7

Sirens · Naming Nations · Carcosa The Fine Constant · Heartfelt

Sunday • November 8 Teaspoon Sun · Fraug

MUSIC CALENDAR

Thursday • November 5

Paul Thorn Band

Monday • November 9

Elkmilk · I Can Japan · Young Jesus

Tuesday • November 10

Las Rosas · Fletcher C Johnson

Wednesday • November 11 Natural Child Ian St. Pe (former Black Lips)

JJ’s Bohemia • 231Blvd.

E MLK Blvd.

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firekid

with Ryan Oyer, Emily Kate Boyd & Courtney Holder

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 BARKING LEGS THEATER 1307 DODDS AVE, CHATTANOOGA, TN

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THURSDAY11.5 James Crumble Trio 6 p.m.

St. John’s Meeting Place 1278 Market St. stjohnsrestaurant.com Rick Rushing, Dakari & Friends 6 p.m.

Bluewater Grille 224 Broad St. bluewaterchattanooga.com Live Bluegrass 6:30 p.m.

Whole Foods Market 301 Manufacturers Rd. wholefoodsmarket.com Andreas Klein 7 p.m.

Covenant College 14049 Scenic Hwy. (706) 419-1459 Carman 7 p.m.

ICCM World Theatre 6425 Lee Hwy. (800) 965-9324 Jimmy Harris 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Jesse James & Tim Neal 7 p.m.

Mexi Wings VII 5773 Brainerd Rd. (423) 296-1073 David Grier 7:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org UTC Saxophone Quartet

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7:30 p.m.

Cadek Conservatory of Music 725 Oak St. (423) 425-4624 Paul Thorn Band 8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Maradeen 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Open Mic with Mark Andrew 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com The Travelin’ Kine 9 p.m.

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

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Dan Landrum Sunday, 3 p.m.

Cadek Conservatory of Music 725 Oak St. danlandrum.com

FRIDAY11.6 Jason Thomas and the Mean-Eyed Cats 5 p.m.

Chattanooga Choo Choo 1400 Market St. choochoo.com Eddie Pontiac 5:30 p.m.

El Meson 2204 Hamilton Place Blvd. elmesonrestaurant.com Binji Varsossa 6 p.m.

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 Jimmy Harris 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd.

thepalmsathamilton.com Tim Lewis 7 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonchattanooga.com Arson 8 p.m.

SkyZoo 5709 Lee Hwy. (423) 521-2966 skyzoochattanooga.com Ben Folds & yMusic 8 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. chattanoogaonstage.com Roughwork 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Basement Benders, Bohannons, FK 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Benyaro 9 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. (423) 362-8335 Husky Burnette 9 p.m.

T-Bones 1419 Chestnut St. tboneschattanooga.com Yacht Rock Revue 9 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Chris Ryan

MUSIC CALENDAR

The Toadies 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Addison Johnson 10 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com

SATURDAY11.7 CSO String Quartet: PopTots Noon Creative Discovery Museum 321 Chestnut St. cdmfun.org Jason Thomas and the Mean-Eyed Cats 5 p.m.

Chattanooga Choo Choo 1400 Market St. choochoo.com Eddie Pontiac 5:30 p.m.

El Meson 2204 Hamilton Place Blvd. elmesonrestaurant.com Binji Varsossa 6 p.m.

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 Latin Nights 7 p.m.

The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd. thecamphouse.com Tim Lewis 7 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park

elmesonchattanooga.com Jimmy Harris 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Kate and Corey 8 p.m.

Charles and Myrtle’s Coffeehouse 105 McBrien Rd. christunity.org Sirens, The Fine Constant, Naming Nations, Carcosa, Heartfelt 8 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com The Toadies 8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Polly Panic 8:30 p.m.

The Office 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Roughwork 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com

SUNDAY11.8 Big Band Swingfest 11 a.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com Schatzi + The String Boffin

1:30 p.m.

The Flying Squirrel 5 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com 3rd Annual Pickin’ on the Prairie 2 p.m.

Prairie Pass 3370 Prairie Pass (423) 521-3476 Dan Landrum 3 p.m.

Cadek Conservatory of Music 725 Oak St. danlandrum.com Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.

Long Haul Saloon 2536 Cummings Hwy. (423) 822-9775 Sounds of Satellites 7 p.m.

Sluggo’s 501 Cherokee Blvd.

(423) 752-5224 Jason Isbell, Cory Branan 8 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. chattanoogaonstage.com Fraug, Teaspoon Sun 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Lettuce 9 p.m.

Track 29 1400 Market St. track29.co Tir Asleen 10:30 p.m.

Sluggo’s 501 Cherokee Blvd.

(423) 752-5224

MONDAY11.9 Freddy Redmon 6 p.m.

Cloud Springs Deli 4097 Cloud Springs Rd., Ringgold cloudspringsdeli.com Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com CSO Youth Orchestra 7:30 p.m.

Ringgold High School 29 Tiger Trail, Ringgold chattanoogasymphony.org Elkmilk, I Can Japan, Young Jesus 8 p.m.

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

901 Carter St. Inside City Café (423) 634-9191

Thursday, November 5: 9pm Open Mic with Mark Andrew Friday, November 6: 9pm Chris Ryan Saturday, November 7: 10pm Polly Panic (Asheville, NC) Tuesday, November 10: 7pm Server/Hotel Appreciation Night $5 Pitchers • $2 Wells ! • $1.50 Domestics

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TUESDAY11.10 Dana Rogers 5 p.m.

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill 2107 Gunbarrel Rd. chattanooga. firebirdsrestaurants.com Dr. B and the Ease 6 p.m.

TerraMae 122 E. 10th St. terramaechattanooga.com Bill McCallie & In Cahoots 6:30 p.m.

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DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS

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Southern Belle Riverboat 201 Riverfront Pkwy. chattanoogariverboat.com Bob DeYoung, Jim Green, Amy Carlock 6:30 p.m.

Heritage House 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 UTC Faculty Concert: Nikolasa Tejero 7:30 p.m.

Roland W. Hayes Concert Hall 752 Vine St. (423) 425-4601 Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com Las Rosas, Fletcher C Johnson 8 p.m.

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

WEDNESDAY11.11 Chattanooga Symphony & Opera: Chamber Classics 3 p.m.

Read House Silver Ballroom 827 Broad St. chattanoogasymphony.org Eddie Pontiac 5:30 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonrestaurant.com The Other Guys 6 p.m.

SpringHill Suites 495 Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 834-9300 CSO Veteran’s Day Concert 7 p.m.

Memorial Auditorium 399 McCallie Ave. chattanoogasymphony.org Jimmy Harris 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Jericho Brass Band 7 p.m.

Ringgold Train Depot 1-173 Depot St., Ringgold cityofringgold.com Blues Night with Yattie Westfield 8 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Boz Scaggs 8 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. chattanoogaonstage.com Wednesday Night Jazz 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org citycafemenu.com Natural Child, Ian St. Pe 8 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

Record Reviews

ERNIE PAIK

Seventies Krautrock Revisited, Mischievous New-Wave Pop

Harmonia Complete Works (Grönland)

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f you have a magic volcano that continually spits out nuggets of gold, one might think that, eventually, it might peter out. But when this writer considers delving into the adventurous rock music that came out of Germany in the earlyto-mid ’70s, often referred to generally as the originally jokey term “Krautrock” or its synth-leaning cousin Kosmische musik, it seems like the treasures just keep coming for those willing to zoom in on that time and place.

One might be content with a few Kraftwerk and Can records, but this writer urges interested parties to keep digging, even beyond the essentials from NEU!,

The Simple Pleasure The Glamour of It All (www.thesimplepleasure.com) Faust and Popol Vuh, and be rewarded—Julian Cope’s “A Krautrock Top 50” is a great hunting guide.

The new 6-LP vinyl boxed set Complete Works by Harmonia makes it easy to experience one of the most satisfying collaborations of that era, featuring Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius of Cluster with guitarist Michael Rother of NEU!, and the alreadyinitiated will be pleased with the excellent 30-plus minutes of previously unreleased material on Documents 1975.

Unlike NEU!, which found a degree of success, Rother said Harmonia was a “financial, com-

mercial disaster,” but the group had unfettered creative freedom by being disconnected, working in the rural town of Forst.

Cluster’s fascinating and uncompromising early ’70s work was often abstract, noisy, messy and eerily processed, and NEU!’s trademark quality was its momentum; Harmonia seemed to smash the two together, being more focused, rhythmic and structured than early Cluster but still with an exploratory and improvisational feel.

Complete Works features the Harmonia’s two albums released during its lifetime—Musik von Harmonia and Deluxe—the double-album collaboration with Brian Eno (who called Harmonia the “world’s most important rock” group) Tracks & Traces, Live 1974 released in 2007 and the aforementioned Documents 1975.

There are too many high points to cover, but the range of moods captured is astounding, from the unwinding melodies with heartbeat on the ambient “Sehr Kosmisch” on Musik von Harmonia to the stirring 11-minute live track recorded at Fabrik and Hamburg on Documents 1975, with a driving, kinetic energy, like a caffeinated NEU! It’s an eruption of riches for

the newcomer, and with digitally remastered sound and previously unreleased tracks, irresistible for the longtime fan.

H

aving witnessed the Philadelphia duo The Simple Pleasure perform two absolutely insanely ecstatic Chattanooga house shows within the last year, this writer has no reason to believe that singer/composer/front man Chad Raines and singer/bassist Admiral Grey (also of Cellular Chaos) shouldn’t be arena-touring stars. They clearly their work seriously but never themselves seriously with a tight new-wave pop approach, humor infusions and lyrical turns that tilt favorably on the clever/stupid divide.

The new album The Glamour of It All is currently only available as MP3 files on a USB flash drive that looks like an open tube of red lipstick with the band’s name printed on it in a minuscule font.

It covers a year of mischief and misadventures through an assortment of earworms, starting with “Happy New Year” and concluding with “Xmas at Seaworld,” with sequenced synthesizers (and a love of fake saxophones and marimbas), drum machines and choice guitar flourishes.

There’s no indie-rock detach-

ment or timidness here; Raines throws himself unabashedly into the proceedings, unleashing a soul-pop falsetto voice (think Prince on “Kiss”) on “Happy New Year.”

It’s followed by the upbeat stomper “Sorry Dad, (I’m Straight)” with lines like “You wanna live, you better have endurance / You wanna die, you better have insurance” and a George Michael obsession.

If there’s a track with comedy crossover hit potential, it’s “Milfshake,” conveying a fetish for the kale-eating, hot-yoga mom type, running through a baffling list of stereotypes mixed with more odd details and euphemisms (“Your mom and me, making fresh kimchi”). In it, Admiral Grey rattles off a bewildering tongue-twisting sequence, possibly employing the word “labiaplasty” for the first time in a pop song, and tosses off rhymes like “When I look at you, my ovaries sway inside my St. John’s Bay.” While the goofiness of The Lonely Island or Electric Six may be points of comparison, The Simple Pleasure strikes its own chord with easy-to-like synth-pop offerings that are actually more clever—musically and lyrically—than one might think.

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Free Will Astrology

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Homework: Brag about a talent or ability that few people know you have. Tout one of your underappreciated charms. Report to FreeWillAstrology. com

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.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Is it possible to express a benevolent form of vanity? I say yes. In the coming weeks, your boasts may be quite lyrical and therapeutic. They may even uplift and motivate those who hear them. Acts of self-aggrandizement that would normally cast long shadows might instead produce generous results.

That’s why I’m giving you a goahead to embody the following attitude from Nikki Giovanni’s poem “Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)”: “I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal / I cannot be comprehended except by my permission.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Regard the current tensions and detours as camouflaged gifts from the gods of growth. You’re being offered a potent opportunity to counteract the effects of a selfsabotage you committed once upon a time. You’re getting an excellent chance to develop the strength of character that can blossom from dealing with soul-bending riddles. In fact, I think you’d be wise to feel a surge of gratitude right now. To do so will empower you to take maximum advantage of the disguised blessings.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are slipping into a phase when new teachers are likely to appear. That’s excellent news, because the coming weeks will also be a time when you especially need new teachings. Your good fortune doesn’t end there. I suspect that you will have an enhanced capacity to learn quickly and deeply.

With all these factors conspiring in your favor, Capricorn, I predict that by January 1, you will be smarter, humbler, more flexible, and better prepared to get what you want in 2016.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): American author Mark Twain seemed to enjoy his disgust with the novels of Jane Austen, who died 18 years before he was born. “Her books madden me so that I can’t conceal my frenzy,” he said, even as he confessed that he had perused some of her work multiple times. “Every time I read

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Pride and Prejudice,” he wrote to a friend about Austen’s most famous story, “I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.” We might ask why he repetitively sought an experience that bothered him. I am posing a similar question to you, Aquarius. According to my analysis, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to renounce, once and for all, your association with anything or anyone you are addicted to disliking.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Sahara in Northern Africa is the largest hot desert on the planet. It’s almost the size of the United States.

Cloud cover is rare, the humidity is low, and the temperature of the sand can easily exceed 170º F. (80º C.). That’s why it was so surprising when snow fell there in February of 1979 for the first time in memory. This oncein-a-lifetime visitation happened again 33 years later. I’m expecting a similar anomaly in your world, Pisces. Like the desert snow, your version should be mostly interesting and only slightly inconvenient. It may even have an upside. Saharan locals testified that the storm helped the palm trees because it killed off the parasites feeding on them.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1978, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield began selling their new ice cream out of a refurbished gas station in Burlington, Vermont.

Thirty-seven years later, Ben & Jerry’s is among the world’s best-selling ice cream brands.

Its success stems in part from its willingness to keep transforming the way it does business. “My mantra is ‘Change is a wonderful thing,’” says the current CEO. As evidence of the company’s intention to keep re-evaluating its approach, there’s a “Flavor Graveyard” on its website, where it lists flavors it has tried to sell but ultimately abandoned. “Wavy Gravy,” “Tennessee Mud,” and “Turtle Soup” are among the departed. Now is a favorable time for you to engage in a purge of your own, Aries. What parts of your life don’t work any more? What personal changes would be wonderful things?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Before he helped launch Apple Computer in the 1970s, tech pioneer Steve Wozniak ran a dial-a-joke service. Most of the time, people who called got an automated recording, but now and then Wozniak answered himself.

That’s how he met Alice Robertson, the woman who later became his wife. I’m guessing you will have comparable experiences in the coming weeks, Taurus. Future allies may come into your life in unexpected ways. It’s as if mysterious forces will be conspiring to connect you with people you need to know.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Beatles’ song “You Never Give Me Your Money” has this poignant lyric: “Oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go.” I suggest you make it your motto for now. And if you have not yet begun to feel the allure of that sentiment, initiate the necessary shifts to get yourself in the mood. Why? Because it’s time to recharge your spiritual battery, and the best way to do that is to immerse yourself in the mystery of having nothing to do and nowhere to go. Put your faith in the pregnant silence, Leo. Let emptiness teach you what you need to know next.

GEMINI

VIRGO

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here’s the process I went through to create your horoscope.

First I drew up a chart of your astrological aspects. Using my analytical skills, I pondered their meaning. Next, I called on my intuitive powers, asking my unconscious mind to provide symbols that would be useful to you. The response I got from my deeper mind was surprising: It informed me that I should go to a new cafe that had just opened downtown.

Ten minutes later, I was there, gazing at a menu packed with exotic treats: Banana Flirty Milk…Champagne Coconut Mango Slushy…Honey Dew Jelly Juice…Creamy Wild Berry Blitz…Sweet Dreamy Ginger Snow. I suspect these are metaphors for experiences that are coming your way.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the mid-19th century, an American named Cyrus McCormick patented a breakthrough that had the potential to revolutionize agriculture.

It was a mechanical reaper that harvested crops with far more ease and efficiency than hand-held sickles and scythes.

But his innovation didn’t enter into mainstream use for 20 years. In part that was because many farmers were skeptical of trying a new technology, and feared it would eliminate jobs.

I don’t foresee you having to wait nearly as long for acceptance of your new wrinkles, Libra. But you may have to be patient.

(May 21-June 20): Small, nondestructive earthquakes are common. Our planet has an average of 1,400 of them every day. This subtle underground mayhem has been going on steadily for millions of years. According to recent research, it has been responsible for creating 80 percent of the world’s gold. I suspect that the next six or seven months will feature a metaphorically analogous process in your life. You will experience deep-seated quivering and grinding that won’t bring major disruptions even as it generates the equivalent of gold deposits.

Make it your goal to welcome and even thrive on the subterranean friction!

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Should a professional singer be criticized for her lack of skill in laying bricks?

Is it reasonable to chide a kindergarten teacher for his ineptitude as an airplane pilot?

Does it make sense to complain about a cat’s inability to bark?

Of course not. There are many other unwarranted comparisons that are almost as irrational but not as obviously unfair.

Is it right for you to wish your current lover or best friend could have the same je ne sais quoi as a previous lover or best friend? Should you try to manipulate the future so that it’s more like the past? Are you justified in demanding that your head and your heart come to identical conclusions? No, no, and no. Allow the differences to be differences. And more than that: Celebrate them!

Jonesin’ Crossword

MATT JONES

“Turn it Down”—but not all the way.

ACROSS 1 B as in baklava 5 Belief system 10 “Family Feud” option 14 On the summit of 15 Pipe cleaner brand?

16 “Like ___ out of Hell” 17 Amazed 19 Diggs of “Private Practice” 20 Blase (or just blah) feeling 21 Night, in Italy 23 “___ Walks in Beauty” (Byron poem) 24 Short short time?

26 Topping in a tub 28 Part of TBS, for short 31 Author Fleming 33 Tit-tat filler 34 “That’s so sweet” 38 Emphatic turndown 42 Glassful at a cantina, perhaps 43 Win all the games 45 Oregon Ducks uniform designer since 1999 46 “Lunch is for ___”

(“Wall Street” quote) 48 Like Goofy but not Pluto 50 Long meal in Japan?

52 LPs, to DJs 53 Possesses 54 Showtime series of the 2000s 59 Little dog’s bark 61 “___ the Walrus” 62 Marina craft 64 Washer/ dryer units?

68 Downright rotten 70 “You’ve really outdone yourself at sucking,” or this puzzle’s theme?

72 TV component?

73 Microscopic 74 Active Sicilian volcano 75 Dark form of quartz 76 Desirable quality 77 “Round and Round” band DOWN 1 Film with the segment “Pork Is a Nice Sweet Meat”

2 English prep school 3 Dot on a state map 4 High score 5 Hall of Leno’s “The Tonight Show” 6 1982 Disney film with a 2010 sequel 7 Anarchy 8 “And that’s ___ grow on” 9 Not quite 10 Vanna’s cohost 11 Make embarrassed 12 Give a quick welcome 13 Hard to climb 18 Kids’ song refrain that’s all vowels 22 PayPal cofounder Musk 25 Cleveland NBAers 27 Erroneous 28 “Begin the Beguine” clarinetist Artie 29 Late baseballer Berra 30 Like one leg of a triathlon 32 Former House speaker Gingrich 35 Boutonniere setting 36 Kareem’s

original name 37 “Man, that hurts!”

39 “Well, we just lost” sound 40 Retailer with a snaky floor plan 41 Wine cellar options 44 Eugene Ionesco production 47 Stitches up 49 Outcast 51 Controversial Nabokov novel 54 Connect with 55 New ___ (Yale locale) 56 Zooey’s big sister in acting 57 Basic learning techniques 58 Dropperfuls, say 60 “___ to the people!”

63 Sheet of postage stamps 65 ___Vista (onetime search engine) 66 “Stop that!”

67 Go after, as a fly 69 “Superman” villain Luthor 71 “All the news that’s fit to print” initials

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Seeking Justice—Or Just Media Coverage?

Officer Alex points out the local sky is not, in fact, falling

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All of this is a moot point in the face of recent events, which have further aggravated the group’s propensity to speak out against nonexistent acts of brutality.”

When officer Alexander D. Teach is not patrolling our fair city on the heels of the criminal element, he spends his spare time volunteering for the Boehm Birth Defects Center.

On July 18 of this year, a group dedicated towards “Educating, Agitating, Motivating, and Organizing for Social Justice in Chattanooga” announced that it will be building a grassroots m ove m e nt for black liberation; for ALEX an end to police violence and other state-sanctioned violence against black lives and communities; and to build community to govern ourselves and implement communitybased solutions.

They would be addressing acts of violence in places other than the locality in which they were based in a most begrudging fashion, however, because of the lack thereof in their hometown, despite the persistent hope of such.

In honor of this, they even made up a name for members who valiantly laid down on the street when attention was waning during marches against brutality that occurred in places other than Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The “Chattanooga 4” were charged with “obstructing a highway” for lying down in the middle of the intersection of Market St. and E. Main St. But what is not

known is that this is a new generation of activists, taking the place of the also self-titled “Chattanooga 8,” arrested for valiantly refusing to leave a city council hearing in 1993 after a grand jury of fellow citizens refused TEACH to bring charges against police officers in the case of the death of “black motorist” Larry Powell.

It is also not widely known that half of the “Chattanooga 4” were Caucasian, but even I consider that a distraction in the plight of the local #BlackLivesMatter movement, who are fortunately not dissuaded in the least by this irony.

The founder of this group, retired convicted hijacker Lorenzo Ervin, sadly refuses to acknowledge the current membership and spends his days in Kalamazoo, Michigan soliciting speaking engagements (presumably outside of Chattanooga). All of this is a moot point in the face of recent events, which have further aggravated the group’s propensity to speak out against nonexistent acts of brutality.

Enter the recent (October 2015) case of Jeffrey Frede-

On The Beat

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rique, age 31, a local black male, who, after evading police and in fact shooting at them, wrecked his vehicle while doing so. Despite both the act of attempted murder against non-black police officers and wrecking his car in the process, he managed to emerge alive. To add insult to (literal) injury, officers rendered medical aid to him after his flight from the scene of his wreck.

The charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, felony reckless endangerment, possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, felony evading, and resisting arrest serve as the only hardships of his experience, despite his willingness (recorded on video) to kill police officers.

This mishap comes on the heels of another unfortunate incident where, in April of this year, police officers refused to execute either 19-year-old Gary Toney Jr. or 17-year-old Javonte Davis (despite their ethnicity) when they shot at officers after fleeing the scene of a robbery/murder.

The pair managed to shoot two ethnic bystanders, but again, were taken into custody without harm from local police. This despite years of Chattanooga police of being accused of racial executions that spanned as far north as Oneida and

as far south as Chickamauga, as recorded in Black Lives Matter’s personal accounting titled “The Body Count.” While a geographical and factual anomaly, since its boundaries defy both space and investigative fact, even its completely ludicrous ramblings discount these events, again forcing local brutality activists to rely on acts that occur not only out of our city and county, but even state and national region.

Is this the condition that our local condition is in? It would appear so, but that is mere conjecture, given the recent silence of current “Concerned Citizens for Justice” activists, now forced into lying down in intersections with white people for the acts of those in other cities, and even having to degrade themselves by denying the hanging of white-supremacist/antipolice signage from a local bridge near a rally of theirs as long ago as 2012.

When asked for his opinion on this, local street musician Gilbert “Bum Knee” Murphy could only state, “Racism is a tough gig nowadays,” between puffs from a gifted American Spirit cigarette, “but even the blues got the economy these days, baby. I wish ’em luck.”

A tough gig indeed, Mr. Bum Knee. This columnist couldn’t agree more.

a k t i n h g t l y a B e e a ! l u r u f i t B VisitThe Incline,ForA Colorfall Escape.

Ride to the top of Lookout Mountain, walk to Point Park and shop & dine in beautiful St. Elmo.

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