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CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

THANKSGIVING PAGEANTRY THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING TO BE A TREE

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Contents

CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

EDITORIAL

Managing Editor Gary Poole Contributing Editor Janis Hashe

November 26, 2015 Volume 12, Issue 48

Music Editor Marc T. Michael Film Editor John DeVore Contributors David Traver Adolphus Rob Brezsny • Jennifer Crutchfield Matt Jones • Mike McJunkin Ernie Paik • Rick Pimental-Habib Terry Stulce • Alex Teach

Features

Editorial Interns Brooke Dorn • Sam Hilling

4 BEGINNINGS: None of our local reps helped protect the voiceless.

Cartoonists Max Cannon • Rob Rogers Jen Sorenson • Tom Tomorrow

7 AIR BAG: Our car guy clears up a few automotive misconceptions.

Cover Photo Courtesy Jennifer Crutchfield FOUNDED 2003 BY ZACHARY COOPER & MICHAEL KULL

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Most of us of a certain age have childhood memories of being in a school play—and the odds are that it was a Thanksgiving play. For many of us, those experiences were pivotal, and concentrating on being the best tree ever may have helped shape us and who we would become.

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Live Survives In A Modern Age

For many years now, the performing arts community has been doing a lot of hand-wringing. What will “save” live theatre, opera, classical music and dance in an iEra? Are they doomed to dwindle, finally becoming only a memory in a completely digitized age?

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The first thing I thought when I listened to the album Sparky: The Album by Sparky: The Band was, “They Might Be Giants!” After a second, closer listening they still remind me of TMBG, and that’s pretty significant because a) No other band ever has, and b) TMBG is just great.

12 ARTS CALENDAR 14 HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE 22 MUSIC CALENDAR 24 REVIEWS: Ahleuchatistas reaches new heights, Deerhoof delivers live.

25 SUSHI & BISCUITS: Proclaiming the day after T-Day to be a cuisine classic.

26 SCREEN: Netflix’s “Jessica Jones” combines and expands genres.

28 MIXOLOGY: Upping the ante on Thanksgiving dishes.

29 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY 29 JONESIN’ CROSSWORD 30 ON THE BEAT: Officer Alex lowers the boom on false comparisons.

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NEWS • VIEWS • RANTS • RAVES

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Where Are Our Voices For Animals?

None of our local representatives helped protect the voiceless Editor’s note: In late October, the Humane Society Legislative Fund released a preview of its annual Humane Scorecard, showing how representatives voted on animal protection and cruelty issues. View the report for yourself at hslf.org TERRY Down through the centuries, philosophers and behaviorists have recognized the connection between animal cruelty and anti-social behavior. In the 1980s, in recognition of this connection, psychiatrists began including animal cruelty

as a criterion for the diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder.

In 2009, this connection was confirmed by an epidemiological study conducted by a consortium of universities. They found that correlates of animal abuse included high STULCE levels of aggression toward other people and a wide variety of other antisocial behavior.

This connection appears to be related to a failure to develop an empathic capacity. The capacity is essential to successful functioning

Opinion

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in any human social group. Immanuel Kant’s words echo to us from the eighteenth century: “If he [a human being] is not to stifle his human feeling, he must practice kindness towards animals, for he who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealing with men.

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”

So if we accept Kant’s proposition that the treatment of animals is a window to the human soul, what do we see when our congressional representatives all score zero on the Humane Society’s annual evaluation of lawmakers’ votes on protecting animals? Bob Corker, Lamar Alexander, and Chuck Fleischmann all received big zeros.

All of them voted to weaken the Endangered Species Act—and none of them supported any legislation that would protect domestic animals from abuse. Fleischmann even voted against a bill to regulate the ivory trade in America. The United States is the second-largest ivory market in the world. Every year, 35,000 elephants are killed for their ivory tusks. At the present rate of slaughter, elephants will be completely extinct in 10 to 20 years.

All three of our representatives failed to support legislation to protect horses from being slaughtered for food. Do you think they have a taste for horse meat? They also failed to support legislation to prevent cruelty to animals. This legislation was intended to prevent extreme cruelty in the pursuit of “entertainment,” especially the creation of so-called “crush” films which depict animals being

tortured, killed, dismembered, or impaled. However, their most glaring failure to care about the well being of animals is their failure to support legislation to prevent the “soring” of Tennessee walking horses.

“Soring” is the sadistic practice of inducing pain in a horse’s feet, either chemically or mechanically, so that the horse will pick up its feet quickly and unnaturally. Despite enormous publicity about the cruelty of this practice, none of our representatives appear prepared to buck the influence coming from those who continue the practice.

Kant’s hypothesis seems to hold true. A lack of empathy for animals indicates a lack of empathy for other people. When was the last time these “representatives” showed any compassion for the plight of Tennesseans? Tennessee needs jobs, a living wage, health care, drivable roads, food for our hungry, a good education for our children and safe communities.

Are Alexander, Corker, and Fleischmann even aware of these needs—or are they totally focused on the “needs” of their rich donors?

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We’ve got lots of holidays during the year—days for thanking, for shopping, for tricking and for treating. So why not one more day, this time for giving?

Not just to those we know, but to everyone. That’s the idea behind #GivingTuesday. #GivingTuesday is a hashtag, but it’s also a new movement toward a more gen-

erous holiday season. The date is Tuesday, Dec. 1, and the goal is to spread as much love as you can. Whether it’s with your family, your community, or even your office, everybody should find a way they can give back.

Better yet, Causeway and United Way of Greater Chattanooga are starting a locally focused arm of

the holiday under the hashtag #CHAgives. Visit chagives.org for a handy list of local charities and nonprofits that could use your help this holiday season, as well as suggestions for what you can donate.

Then, when you’ve picked out the places you want to help support, take to social media sites and use the hashtags #GivingTuesday and #CHAgives to explain why you’re giving, and why others should too. If everyone does their part, we can make a big difference on just one little day.

— Sam Hilling

Jennifer Crutchfield

Terry Stulce

Our cover story this week on the timeless Thanksgiving school pageant is by Jennifer Crutchfield. When not writing about education and family for The Pulse, Jennifer is the Director of Public Relations at WTCI, Chattanooga’s community PBS station, and

Our "Op-Ed" column this week is written by regular contributor Terry Stulce. A native Tennessean, Terry was born in Birchwood and raised on a farm in Ooltewah. He graduated from Ooltewah High in 1963. His senior year he was president of the student coun-

is a relocation agent serving global families moving to the Chattanooga area. Author of “Chattanooga Landmarks,” Jennifer shares her love of history in a column at Chattanoogan.com and is mother to Will, George and Max (for which she has plenty of school pageant experience to draw from). You can follow Jennifer on Twitter @JenCrutchfield, on Facebook at Jennifer Ley Crutchfield or email her at jennycrutchfield@gmail.com

cil and captain and MVP of the football team. He attended the University of Tennessee on an ROTC scholarship and graduated magna cum laude in 1967. He was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa honor societies. He served two combat tours in Vietnam, one with the 101st Airborne and one with the 69th Border Rangers.

He was an LCSW and owner of Cleveland Family Counseling before retirement in 2009.

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“Mythbusters” Edition, No. 1 Our car guy clears up a few automotive misconceptions In a recent debate with Pulse managing editor Gary Poole, he claimed someone said they never washed their car because it DAVID TRAVER “wastes resourcADOLPHUS es.” Gary said he kept his car washed because it “improves your gas mileage and thereby cuts down on the emissions and air pollution.” The discussion ranged into oil change intervals, premium gas and the like. Interesting, the number of auto myths out there.

Here’s what’s right.

Washing Your Car: Yes. You know what wastes resources? A cup of coffee.

Is it fair trade Kenyan? Good for you. You had dry beans transported across at least one continent and an ocean. A modern automatic car wash is actually very environmentally friendly—they have serious water recycling and reuse capabilities. And amazingly, if you get enough dirt on your car, it really can increase drag and cost you several MPG. Washing will also really extend your car’s life, which is way eco-friendly. If your radiator is clogged with mud and wasps and you

spray enough out, I suppose your mileage would increase.

Oil Change Intervals: Have them.

Synthetic oil used to cost a fortune, which is why we changed our oil all the time.

Now it’s cheap. It’s good stuff, too, and almost all modern engines require it.

Change it every 5,000 miles or so. Don’t stress about 6,000 miles. Or 8,000. The thing to watch out for, however, is that there’s now a lot of opportunity to burn some oil in the interval. You should probably, you know, check it.

Premium Gas: Maybe. There’s been a funny curve, high-test ethyl-wise: “When we all had carburetors, the more high octane gas we used, the better our performance. Then we all got fuel injection, and almost everything ran fine on 87 octane. But now we all need premium again.”

That’s not quite true. If your car says “regular” on the gas cap, anything more expensive won’t really help you. Your engine and engine computer are designed to perform optimally on the cheap stuff.

There might be a miniscule benefit to better gas…or there might not. You won’t notice. All these new high-efficiency engines are another story, and they want premium more and more. They’ll run on

“The gas in your favorite station and Auntie Germaine’s Pies-n’-Gas? Same gas, from the same tank back at the fuel depot.” cheap gas, but not as well and their engine computers will drop your power— and mileage. Incidentally, the gas in your favorite station and Auntie Germaine’s Pies-n’-Gas? Same gas, from the same tank back at the fuel depot.

Warming Up Your Engine: A little.

Five-minute warmups were another product of the carbureted era. But do give it 45 seconds or so to let that sweet synthetic circulate. The best way to warm up a car is actually driving it gently. Driving it hard is another matter entirely. Engine, transmission, wheel bearings and differentials would like a few miles before you hammer it.

Manual or Automatic Transmission: Yes. Automatic transmissions have made up essentially all their deficiencies. They no longer sap performance or

decrease mileage as they once did. They still have issues, which is they cost more to make and have more moving parts. If this were 1962 and everything could still be had with manual, then those are the cars you’d logically pick. Most cars don’t even offer one any more, so it’s a moot point.

Can You Kill A Car With A Gun Like They Do In The Movies: Yes. I know this keeps you up at night. You won’t get a huge fireball, but put a big hole through the bottom of the gas tank of a running car, and that’s a recipe for a spectacular fire. Gas vaporizes fast, so to be really certain, let it drain for a few minutes then hit it again with an incendiary round. Of course, the bad guys/good guys will have calmly exited the car and called the fire department by then.

Maybe it would be faster just to shoot the engine block. Thanks to the magic of YouTube, we know that if you have a Ford pickup with the 5.4-liter Triton V-8 that’s already misfiring, it takes three .50 BMG rounds—you know, the ones army snipers use for targets a mile away—to put down the engine. So to sum up: start taking alternating shots at the gas tank and engine with a .50-caliber Barrett, and in a matter of minutes you’ll have a dead car.

The More You Know.

David Traver Adolphus is a freelance automotive researcher who recently quit his full time job writing about old cars to pursue his lifelong dream of writing about old AND new cars. He welcomes the inevitable and probably richly deserved kvetching about Airbag and anything else on Twitter as @proscriptus.

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COVER STORY

Being The Best Tree They Can Be A Thanksgiving pageant or other arts experiences can be life-changing for kids

By Jennifer Crutchfield, Pulse contributor

M ost of us of a certain age have childhood memories of being

in a school play—and the odds are that it was a Thanksgiving play.

For many of us, those experiences were pivotal, and concentrating on being the best tree ever may have helped shape us and who we would become.

Thanksgiving itself is a uniquely American experience. Many other countries have celebrations of their history or culture, but our country’s Thanksgiving remains unparalleled as a familybased celebration with national buy-in. Over 3.5 million people watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in person each year and over 50 million of us join in on television, commemorating the original three-day autumn harvest feast first celebrated in 1621.

As Americans, we may not all celebrate the same holidays and we may have significant cultural or economic differences, but we can all talk turkey.

Whether you call it stuffing or dressing, nearly 88 percent of Americans will enjoy 46 million turkeys this year and the story of that shared meal is one everyone knows.

It’s no surprise that the Thanksgiving play is go-to staple for arts educators producing plays for young actors. “It’s a story that everyone knows,” says Kelly Shimel, the chorus and theatre teacher at Normal Park. “The universal theme of Thanksgiving can connect with the history curriculum and there are so many parts, you can engage an entire class of children.”

Thanksgiving is a safe subject, an easy story to produce for children of all ages and it is often a Thanksgiving play at school that people point to as their first experience on stage. Studies suggest that students who are involved in drama perfor-

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mances outscore students who don’t on standardized testing, have improved school attendance and reduced dropout rates. Students who are engaged through drama and music education learn many important life skills. Cinnamon Halbert-Smith, mother, educator and professional dancer, encourages parents to work with their children to explore after-school opportunities in dance and performing arts, citing increased confidence, self-esteem and responsibility.

Way beyond “just frills” Ann Law, co-founder of Barking Legs Theater, glows when she talks about the impact of art education on children’s lives. The relationship between art education and elementary students’ interests and aspirations is critical—and the importance of those moments can change children.

“Everyone should be engaged in the creative process,” says Law, and, through her producing entity CoPAC, she has created a pilot teaching artists program designed to provide educators with an elaborate system to bring art education into the everyday life of students.

Choose a camp at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre, a program at the innovative 4th Floor at the Chattanooga Public Library or a church play— there are great programs in Chattanooga to connect kids to creative outlets for expression. The

4th Floor is a public laboratory and educational facility with a focus on information, design, technology and the applied arts, hosting equipment, expertise, programs and events that can inspire young minds.

Numerous studies point to the correlation between drama involvement and academic achievement yet few schools have the staffing, resources and time to offer this valuable connection between curriculum and self-expression. The performance of a story and other drama activities in the classroom can contribute to a student's understanding of the material and these experiences also develop increased understanding of language and expression.

Only a handful of middle schools in Hamilton County offer drama education, but Chattanooga’s vibrant arts community supports a plethora of camps, programs and partnerships that introduce students of all ages to drama and performance education.

The performance arts are all about creating something larger than each of us, and whether it is technical direction, writing, performing or set design, there are opportunities to connect important life skills with practical lessons for students while building self-esteem and teaching responsibility. Catherine Bolden, an educator, artistic director, curriculum design expert and arts literacy advocate, teaches the creative process and problem-solving through invention at TechTown, connecting the STEM focus with creative learning systems.

Bolden enjoys “making learning fun, creating systems that work for all learners, and giving every child who want to give art and technology a try a chance to try.” Creative learning systems are emerging in science education as “projectbased” learning and, according to Bolden,

“TechTown has the gizmos, the future vision and a commitment to level the technology opportunity playing field for kids.” TechTown will infuse cultural arts and fun into existing learning opportunities and deliver a series of creative programs that focus on 21st century job readiness, so that anyone with an idea can make techno-magic, incubating the creators of the future.

Writing original plays and the dramatic presentation of them can teach valuable life skills to students of all ages, building self-esteem, communication skills and responsibility. Kate Forbes, a veteran actress and director of the Muse of Fire Project, remembers her first performance fondly.

From a humble beginning as the ninth shepherd in a Christmas pageant, she evolved into a celebrated actress, sharing her craft with Chattanooga children through a playwriting project that guides young people with widely different abilities and experiences in writing their own plays.

Students work together on theater games, drawing on skills that they know from math and science, as they use problem-solving and reasoning to address challenges on stage. “Acting in school plays gave me a voice,” says Forbes. “As a kid who wasn’t on a team, and was an introvert, being part of the school play was my first experience of success, of working with my classmates.”

The arts and closing the gap There’s now a national focus on closing the “achievement gap” between students of varying abilities and socioeconomic status, and the arts, including drama, cater to different styles of learning, engaging students who might otherwise not be motivated by school and academics.

Theatre arts and drama activities can improve social and language skills of students with learning disabilities and remedial readers and can contribute to improved reading achievement and attitude in disadvantaged students.

When surveyed, most people agree that the performing arts contribute to the education and development of children and over half of most respondents in a Performing Arts Research Coalition survey reported having attended a live theater performance in the past year. A Harris Poll reported that 93 percent of Americans believe that the arts are essential to a complete education and their impact can have a life-long effect.

In 1992, Jill Levine, principal at Normal Park Museum Magnet, was a Teach for America corps member assigned to a low-performing school in New Orleans. Recognizing that doing musicals was an effective way of getting parents involved, Levine put her art and history major to work and began producing musicals. Recently,

on assignment in Washington, DC for the Department of Education, she saw arts education come full circle at the Warner Theatre as her former third-grade student starred in the national tour of “Memphis: The Musical.”

Azusa Dance, (SheShe to some), is another wonderful example of how the performing arts can change a life.

A shy child, daughter of educators, Azusa was terrified of singing but remembers fondly being in a holiday play with her favorite doll, Jane, as the baby Jesus and a red-haired school mate as Joseph. “It felt good. It was all about me!” she remembers now.

As a mother, she celebrated her children’s growth and creative expression when they were students at Barger Academy of Fine Arts and the Center for Creative Arts. She baked cookies, ushered and worked behind the scenes for years and says, “What you do for your children shapes the future they’ll have and the dreams they can have.” Inspiring her church’s children as a youth minister, Dance produced plays and taught each child that every part is important and that everyone plays an important part.

Dance herself grew, changed and taught and today she’s far from being terrified to sing. A talented vocalist entertaining Chattanooga audiences with the Creative Underground and stealing the show in the Chattanooga

Theatre Centre hit production of “Hairspray,” Dance is now taking her dream to New York.

She taught Chattanooga children to be proud of being the best tree ever and helped their parents understand how important it was to celebrate every role. This year she will follow that dream, taking every role she can get and embarking on an adventure and a mission. With a powerful voice and contagious enthusiasm, she is an inspiring example of how important it can for a child to learn to be a tree. Or a Pilgrim.

Resources: Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Chattanooga Public Library The 4th Floor 1001 Broad St. (423) 757-5310 chattalibrary.org/4th-floor Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.org The Muse of Fire Project themuseoffireproject.org TechTown Foundation 325 Market St. #200 (423) 308-7730 gotechtown.org

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ARTS SCENE

Live Survives In An Age Of Programmed The performing arts get with the times… big time and more so all the time

Michael Thiele shows off his drums

Drums And Leaves For The Day After Skip the mall madness and head to River Gallery Looking for an alternative to the Black Friday tornado? If you’re trying to redirect your attention away from the post-Thanksgiving whirlwind of retail this year, River Gallery has your back. Head to the Bluff to visit their holiday open house instead of getting into a cage match over an Xbox.

The open house will feature two of the gallery’s working artists, Michael Thiele and Andrea Wilson, as they show visitors how they create their pieces and discuss the final results. River Gallery will also be announcing their holiday promotion, which will support the Orange Grove Center.

Michael Thiele creates beautiful drums out of hardwood, each with unique qualities and intricacies

worked into their surfaces. Visitors will be able to watch him play his creations and show off their designs.

Meanwhile, Andrea Wilson paints watercolor paintings of leaves so realistic they could be mistaken for the real thing, and will demonstrate her techniques as you watch.

The open house begins at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, and goes until 5 p.m. that evening at River Gallery, 400 E. 2nd St. Admission is free. Call (423) 265-5033 ext. 5 or visit river-gallery.com for more information.

— Sam Hilling River Gallery Open House Friday, 10 a.m.

400 E. 2nd St. (423) 265-5033 river-gallery.com

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Get a head start on working off those Thanskgiving feast calories with a good walk.

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Case in point: The phenomenal success of the hip-hop musical “Hamilton,” sold out on Broadway for the foreseeable future and about, for heaven’s sake, one of our Founding Fathers. Shades of “1776!”

Nonetheless, it’s true that the competition for people’s time and attention remains fierce. Also, how to fight the “elitist” aura still clinging to these events?

What if you can’t afford a $200 (or more) theatre ticket?

The old saying, “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” turns out to be appropriate here. One of the biggest trends in bringing in bigger and wider audiences to “live” performance is live streaming. No, you don’t get the real roar of the greasepaint and smell of the crowd, but having attended both the Benedict Cumberbatch “Hamlet” and the David Suchet “The Importance of Being Earnest” at the East Ridge 18, I’m here to tell you that it’s still pretty darn cool.

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I can’t get to London to see either of those productions, but I had a chance to see them in East Ridge. Go figure.

(Note: Because of the time difference, only UK audiences actually saw these performances live. But it’s still a totally different experience than seeing a taped version of a play.)

It’s not just plays—opera, many forms of dance, symphonic music—all are diving into this new concept with a vengeance and why not? Not only do vastly more people get to see their performances, but these tickets ($20 for “Hamlet,” $15 for “Earnest,” are bringing much-needed clams into the arts bucket.

So, if you haven’t yet discovered your resource for this, it’s carmike.com, then click on “Events and the Arts” on the left-hand side of the page. Scroll down to see what’s playing on what days. Be aware that not all events are in all theaters, so you will need to click on the event and see if it’s playing here.

Most of the time, it will be either at the East Ridge 18, the Majestic downtown, or sometimes both. You’ll have to be able to go when it’s playing—like live performance, once it’s gone, it’s

gone. Check often, because what I’ve discovered is the list changes quite often—you could miss a personal favorite.

Here are some of the upcoming choices: Dec. 2, 6:30 p.m.: An encore of the live stream of The Met’s “Lulu.” This is actually a repeat of the performance that did stream live, but if you couldn’t make the first date, it’s still a wonderful chance to see a classic opera by a world-class company.

Dec. 3, 8 p.m.: Rifftrax Live: “Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny.” You know you are out there, “Mystery 3000” geeks. Start celebrating the hols with a hearty yuck or two.

Dec. 4 (time not yet announced): “American Saturday Night: Live from the Grand Old Opry.” Even the Opry is getting on board this train, and an excellent journey it should be.

Dec. 5, 12:55 p.m.: The Lincoln Center: “Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.” Repeat on Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. Lush, lovely, unforgettable.

Never count out the native ingenuity of those dedicated to live performance.

That quicksilver adaptability has saved their bacon for several thousand years.

My bet?

Live shows will still be around when the iPhone seems as outdated as the Victrola.

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Downtown Public Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 757-5310 The Met: “Lulu” (encore) 6:30 p.m.

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IMAX 3D Theater 201 Chestnut St. (423) 266-4629 “Fall Color and Action” The Gallery at Blackwell 71 Eastgate Loop (423) 344-5643 “Imagining American Girlhood” The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View Ave. (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org “Japonisme and America” The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View Ave. (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org “Serpentine Chain Collection” Shuptrine’s 2646 Broad St. (423) 266-4453 alanshuptrine.com “Trees and Skies” Reflections Gallery 6922 Lee Hwy (423) 892-3072 reflectionsgallerytn.com “Renewal” In-Town Gallery 26a Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214 intowngallewry.com “Biblical Wood Panels”

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It's the "must have" toy of this holiday season: the BB-8 Droid from the eagerly anticipated upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie. BB-8 has something unlike any other robot—an adaptive personality that changes as you play. It’s now possible to explore the galaxy with your own trusty Astromech Droid by your side. BB-8 is more than a toy—it’s your companion. $149.99, sphero.com

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HE FIRST THING I THOUGHT WHEN I LISTENED to the album Sparky: The Album by Sparky: The Band was, “They Might Be Giants!”After a second, closer listening they still remind me of TMBG, and that’s pretty significant because a) No other band ever has, and b) TMBG is just great.

In Tone for Ten Years Toneharm celebrates a decade at the Revelry Room Chattanooga comes alive with musical talents almost every night of the week, and just because the holidays are drawing nearer, and every day it gets colder doesn’t mean the city’s taking a break from nightlife.

This Thanksgiving, eat up, because you’re going to work it all off Friday night at Revelry Room as they play host to not one, but three DJs on Nov. 27. Chattanooga’s very own Toneharm is celebrating their tenth anniversary, and it’s sure to be a crazy good time.

Born of three Chattanooga DJs, State Looper, Scratch Dent, and Archbishop, Toneharm has been blending genres for a while now, mixing heavy beats on the turntables with “fine malted beats” for a

dancing good time.

After beating up the dance scene for the last decade with their incredible vibe, Toneharm’s ready to bring it home for the party of the holiday season.

Consider them Christmas lights since their electronic dance music would light up any party. It’s an 18-and-older show, so kids, sit this one out. Tickets are $10 at the door and in advance.

— Brooke Dorn Toneharm 10th Anniversary Friday, 7:30 p.m.

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Music MARC T. MICHAEL

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This wasn’t an album for kids so much as a kids’ album for grown-ups and that makes it so much more wonderful.”

That being said, I know two of the three musicians in this band and they aren’t trying to sound like anyone but themselves. They just happen to be full of talent, humor and whimsy. Yes, I said whimsy.

The musician who first brought the album to my attention, James Lowery of the Roadrunners, said, “It kinda reminds me of a kids’ album” and you know?

It kinda reminded me of one as well, at first. After a track or two I thought, “Well, OK, a kids’ album for kids who are pretty smart and have laid-back parents…” After a few more tracks I had to concede that this wasn’t an album for kids so much as a kids’ album for grownups and that makes it so much more wonderful.

First, a few elements universal to the album and then we’ll touch on a few of the most exceptional tracks. Humor permeates the work. At times it is fairly highbrow. At other times it is…decidedly less so. High or low, it is all quite clever and full of wordplay. I love word play. It’s like tickling your brain. The musicianship is bulletproof. The rhythm parts occasionally seem to be improvised from whatever was handy at the time. Lyrically, it’s some of the best stuff I’ve heard.

“Homo Sapien,” the first track on the album and the one that made me think instantly of TMBG, is a lighthearted look at what it means to be one. A bit like Xavier: Renegade Angel, but significantly less abstract. “Human Being” is a deceptive number that opens with a catalog of reasons why it’s great to be one before suggesting (not cynically in

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any way) that maybe we ain’t so great as all that. “Puppies” is one of the tracks that could be a straightforward kids’ tune as it is simply about, well, puppies. “That’s how I know you love your puppy/’cause I love puppies too.”

“If I Had a Time Machine” is my favorite track from the album and probably one of my favorite from the last year or so. It starts out with your typical “Here’s what I’d go back and change” and seems to be subtly offering some good life advice, especially where student loans are concerned.

Pretty soon though, the singer is thinking of ways to make himself rich, which would then turn him into the sort of person he wouldn’t want to be around anyway. Time paradoxes abound. All is resolved when our man realizes that “mistakes are why you are” and that best thing to do is to smash the time machine into bits and “learn to live each minute 60 seconds at a time.”

There are so many more fantastic tracks on this album; it’s a terrible shame to skip over them. “Amelia” is one of the sweetest and sincerest love songs I’ve heard and “The Beans”

is…well, it’s a bluesy, Grateful Deadesque/Frank Zappa sort of tune about flatulence and it is hilarious. “Sexy Little Sexy,” by the way, is the tune that made me realize that this is definitely not a kids’ album.

The band consists of Reverend #9, Burly Temple and Shotgun Bubblegum, three fellas who met through open mics around town and discovered they loved making music together. For now the band is limiting its appearances to open mic events and their Facebook page is a good way to keep up with those. My verdict on Sparky: The Band? Given their superb musicianship and writing skills, if the band were a vehicle, it would be a super high-toned exotic sports car, but they wouldn’t show it off or race it, they’d just tool around town using it to pass out ice cream to whoever wanted some.

Check out the album on Sound Cloud, check out the band live and in person at an open mic near you. It’ll be the happiest thing you do that day.

Incidentally, although we do live in a cash-based economy, the members would like it known that they are open to bartering for albums.

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St. John’s Meeting Place 1278 Market St. stjohnsrestaurant.com Christian Mann 6:30 p.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Prime Country Band 6:30 p.m.

Ringgold Nutrition Center 144 Circle Dr., Ringgold (706) 935-2541 Live Bluegrass 6:30 p.m.

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

FEED Co. Table and Tavern 201 W. Main St. feedtableandtavern.com Rick Rushing III 8 p.m.

JJ's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Open Mic with Mark Andrew

Collective Soul 9 p.m.

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

FRIDAY11.27 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 Starbucks Music Weekends: Mark Merriman 5:30 p.m.

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seerockcity.com Juke Joint Sessions 6 p.m.

Memo Grill 430 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 267-7283 Binji Varsossa 6 p.m.

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 John Lathim & Co 6:30 p.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com 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 Toneharm 10th Anniversary 7:30 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Throttle 21 8 p.m.

Phibb’s Bar and Grill 96 Fieldstone Village Dr. Rock Spring, Ga. (706) 375-5400 The Road Runners 8 p.m.

Mayo’s 3820 Brainerd Rd. (423) 624-0034 Collective Soul 8 p.m.

Track 29 1400 Market St. track29.co

Dr. Vibe 8 p.m.

Wheelie’s Bar and Grill 742 Ashland Terrace (423) 710-8739 Logan Murrell 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Mark Kelly Hall & Courtney Holder 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Chattanooga 2 W. Aquarium Way #110 puckettsgro.com/chattanooga American Watermelon 9 p.m.

Clyde’s on Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com Webb Barringer 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Chillhowie Royal, Iron Chief 10 p.m.

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

SATURDAY11.28 Jason Thomas and the Mean-Eyed Cats 5 p.m.

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

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

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 Sweet Georgia Sound 6:30 p.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.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 Roger Alan Wade 8 p.m.

Puckett’s Chattanooga 2 W. Aquarium Way #110 puckettsgro.com/chattanooga Kapo 8 p.m.

Phibb’s Bar and Grill 96 Fieldstone Village Dr. Rock Spring, Ga. (706) 375-5400 Roger “Hurricane” Wilson 8 p.m.

Charles and Myrtle’s Coffehouse 105 McBrien Rd.

christunity.org Robert Lee 8 p.m.

Wheelie’s Bar and Grill 742 Ashland Terrace (423) 710-8739 Logan Murrell 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com The Breakfast Club 10 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Genki Genki Panic, Generator Earth 10 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Irenka * 10 p.m.

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

SUNDAY11.29 Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.

Long Haul Saloon 2536 Cummings Hwy. (423) 822-9775 Tuba Christmas 6:30 p.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Rock the Mic Sunday 8 p.m.

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MONDAY11.30 Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Lafayette High School Chorus 6:30 p.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Very Open Mic 8 p.m.

The Well 1800 Rossville Blvd. #8 wellonthesouthside.com

TUESDAY12.1 Bill McCallie & In Cahoots 6:30 p.m.

Southern Belle Riverboat 201 Riverfront Pkwy. chattanoogariverboat.com South Pittsburg Elementary School Chorus 6:30 p.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Acoustic Christmas featuring Frankie Ballard 7 p.m.

Track 29 1400 Market St. track29.co Dade County Middle & High School Chorus

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Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com

WEDNESDAY12.2 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 Cleveland High School Women’s Choir 6:30 p.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Wednesday Night Jazz 8 p.m.

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

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

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

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t takes ambition to challenge the status quo, but that’s not enough.

Having the ability to follow through is the important next step. This came to mind when listening Ahleuchatistas to the exhilarating Arrebato new album from (International Anthem) the Asheville, N.C. guitar and drums duo Ahleuchatistas, Arrebato.

It’s one thing to dream up this kind of music, that’s bursting with ideas and delicious complexity; it’s another thing to actually have the chops and sense of nuance to pull it off, matching ambition with technical ability in an expansive rock context.

Formerly a power trio, group founder and guitarist Shane Parish (previously known as Shane Perlowin) teamed up with drummer Ryan Oslance around five years ago for the latest incarnation of the group. In recent years, Parish has been using live loops—perhaps coming partially from a desire to bolster the group’s sound after a decrease in band size— which has seemingly opened him up to more sonically imaginative compositions; Parish also uses more diverse guitar timbres, going further than his typical sharp guitar sound from years before.

The opener “Sundowning” is a complicated affair, with an album’s worth of twists and turns crammed into a single song, beginning with a ringing guitar looped pattern and Oslance’s busy, chiseled intensity. Parish’s needle-prick melodies lead to smooth, shaped timbres and a maelstrom cacophony with explosions of drum flurries; a dramatic tremolo guitar effect then turns the song into a helicopter landing in a war zone.

“Power With” is another highlight, with a mounting section that resembles a jet taking off and Parish using a harmonizer to duplicate notes, like a puppet master controlling a small robot guitar army. “Shelter In Place” shifts dramatically between an acoustic guitar and a damaged, distorted guitar, and Oslance shows off his prowess with fast bass drum action, usually only heard in speed metal songs; the track is a tangled tapestry, at one moment featuring nosediving notes before offering bursts of near white noise that retreat, revealing a bare strum in the distance.

Arrebato is the sound of two musicians pushing themselves and each other, with an understanding of their own abilities and talents and taking them to dizzying heights.

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t is about damn time.

Finally, Deerhoof delivers a proper live release (not counting the digital Bibidi Babidi Boo or the Live Session EP) that Deerhoof documents just Fever 121614 how insanely in- (Polyvinyl) tense the group’s live shows can be.

Recording studio Deerhoof and live performance Deerhoof are different beasts, and although this writer disagrees with those who underrate and overlook the recent studio albums (they all have merit—seriously), he does acknowledge that seeing Deerhoof live is the best way to experience the group.

Fever 121614 features recordings from a live show in Tokyo last December, and it favors material from the last ten years of the group, including last year’s La Isla Bonita. Actually, the live versions of that album’s tracks are superior to the studio versions and have increased this writer’s appreciation of those songs.

Like Hello Kitty fronting the Who, singer/bassist Satomi Matsuzaki provides the band’s overt playfulness—jumping around onstage like an aerobics instructor—while monster guitarists John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez (each heard in a different stereo channel) and drummer Greg Saunier explode together.

However, the true star of Deerhoof’s live shows is original member Saunier, who uses a bare bones drum kit and beats the living shit out of it, wasting no opportunity to unload swift and powerful fills at every moment without a shred of restraint.

The album never lets up with its supercharged approach, although “Buck and Judy” temporarily slows the album’s pace halfway through; stompers like “We Do Parties” and “Fresh Born” steamroll by with vigor, and when “Doom” cranks up to full power, it’s impossible to stay still.

One cover is included—a screaming version of the instrumental “Let’s Dance the Jet” composed by Mikis Theodorakis for the film The Day the Fish Came Out— and the album ends with the band’s favorite for closing sets, “Come See the Duck,” using a little audience participation and smashing together cuteness with volatile, focused rock that only seems unhinged.

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Ultimate Leftovers Sandwich To The Stars Chef Mike proclaims the day after T-Day to be a cuisine classic The only thing I like more than Thanksgiving, is the day after Thanksgiving. The Friday after AmerMIKE ica unhinges its MCJUNKIN collective jaw and swallows 45 million turkeys whole is a day of reflection and reckoning.

While alkaline-tide-suffering gluttons awake to such burning questions as, “Did I really eat an entire green bean casserole?” “Why is my brother-in-law in the bathroom crying?” and “How did all this stuffing get into my pants pockets?” someone has to answer the far more important and pressing question: “What in the hell are we going to do with all these leftovers?”

As problems go, what to do with Thanksgiving leftovers is in the same league as having too many orgasms.

Don’t look at it as a problem; it’s more of an opportunity. You’re starting with Thanksgiving leftovers, for heaven’s sake—that almost guarantees you’re going to end up with something toecurlingly delicious.

The real issue at stake, however, is how to effectively extract the last drops of flavor out of every remaining morsel. How can you ensure that those foil-wrapped treasures, those precious Thanksgiving riches somehow saved from the marauding hoards of all-butforgotten relatives are plundered for whatever remaining pleasure resides in their carbohydrate-rich strata? That is the joyous dilemma that the fourth Friday of every November poses and why I love it so.

There are more uses for Thanksgiving leftovers than this page could possibly contain, so I have narrowed it

down to my single, favorite repurposing of those traditional holiday dishes— the Thanksgiving leftover sandwich.

Don’t you roll your cynical “I’ve heard it all before” eyes at me. The Thanksgiving leftover sandwich is a goldurned American classic and I’ll not have you or the writers of “Friends” (“moist maker” my ass) demeaning this icon of American ingenuity in the kitchen.

If more people were making this paragon of the sandwich arts the way God intended, I wouldn’t have to write this article. So let’s focus and talk about the right way to make this divine dish that springs forth from Thanksgiving’s bountiful loins.

Note: If you do not have access to enough Turkey Day remnants to recycle into the following sandwich, sneak into someone’s house who did not fail at Thanksgiving’s prime directive and while they are cheating death in the apocalyptic running of the bulls we aptly refer to as “Black Friday,” steal enough of their leftovers to complete the task. Don’t be concerned about getting caught. We’re in the South. No judge will ever convict you.

The Sandwich This is ‘Murica and Jesus gave you the freedom to make your sandwich

“If you do not have access to enough Turkey Day remnants to recycle into the following sandwich, sneak into someone’s house and steal enough of their leftovers to complete the task.” any darned way you please. You also have the freedom to mix Skittles into your mashed potatoes but that doesn’t make it right. Some people believe just drizzling a little gravy over a few chunks of leftover turkey that’s been layered between two slices of cranberry-sauce-brushed bread constitutes a Thanksgiving leftover sandwich.

These people have been watching too much “Barefoot Contessa.” Preparing and eating a proper Thanksgiving leftover sandwich should look like a

runaway episode of “Epic Meal Time,” starring Lipitor and gravy.

First, grab three slices of your favorite bread. It doesn’t have to be special Thanksgiving pumpkin spice chai latte bread. Plain sandwich bread is not only sufficient, it is preferred.

Next, pile on a generous portion of sliced, leftover turkey. Follow that with a handful of stuffing and continue to layer handfuls of every non-dessert item you have salvaged from your Thanksgiving feast onto this sandwich.

Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, macaroni and cheese, cranberry sauce— pile all of it on like your own little TDay art project. If you are so inclined, place a piece of bread in the middle of the tower of carb power for stability.

You may soak this centerpiece of bread in gravy for added moisture, but at no point should you raise the specter of a certain sitcom starring Joanna from “Office Space” or Angelina Jolie will show up and cut you. Seriously, she will cut you.

The sandwich should have a liberal amount of gravy poured over the ingredients before topping this absurd amount of food with one final slice of bread. Give it a good press downward in one last, failing bid to stabilize the mammoth before you attempt to pick it up and experience the foodgasms to come with each bite.

Should you heat any of these ingredients before assembling the sandwich? It’s up to you. Just don’t heat up the cranberry sauce. If you heat up the cranberry sauce…well, just don’t.

That’s it. Now go eat!

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

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Shifty Private Eye— Who’s Also A Superhero Netflix’s “Jessica Jones” combines and expands genres across Marvel's universe

Time For A (Roman) Holiday Romantic comedy classic is back on the big screen With the exception of 1995’s “Home For The Holidays” starring Holly Hunter, Anne Bancroft and Robert Downey, Jr., there aren’t a lot of Thanksgiving-themed movies to choose from this week.

However, when choosing what to see on the big screen, one can do a lot worse than to sit back and enjoy one of the great romantic comedies from the 1950s: the Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn classic “Roman Holiday.”

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NE OF THE MORE INTERESTING PARTS OF THE ever-expanding Marvel Universe is the distance between the characters. While Tony Stark sits atop an ivory tower of inherited wealth and prestige, claiming to have “successfully privatized world peace,” a blind lawyer dons a black mask to beats up thugs involved in organized crime.

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Too often, the bystanders are brushed to the side and forgotten.

Sometimes, people need heroes that aren’t gods.

Jessica Jones is one such hero.”

While Thor rules the realms of Asgard with a mystical silver hammer, an unbreakable man tends bar in Hell’s Kitchen. And while elsewhere in the galaxy a man abducted by aliens enjoys wild adventures with a sentient, dancing tree, a woman who is more powerful than a locomotive, who is able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, ekes out a shattered existence as a shifty private eye.

“Jessica Jones,” Marvel’s most recent Netflix series toying with reality-based super heroes, is an altogether different look at the superhero genre.

The series begins far from the Avengers compound, down on the dirty streets of Hell’s Kitchen. This is a world without star-spangled underwear, where people are still recovering from “the incident,” otherwise known as 2012’s “The Avengers.” Three years later, New York is still reeling.

As we saw in 2014’s “Daredevil” series, the world’s most powerful heroes have changed the world, leaving ruin and paranoia in its wake. Each film builds on the last, each one setting up what’s to come in the future. Shows like “Daredevil” and “Jessica Jones” aren’t meant to tell this story, however. They tell the stories of the underclasses, of those affected the most by these superheroics.

It’s a refreshing look at the stories. Too

often, the bystanders are brushed to the side and forgotten. Sometimes, people need heroes that aren’t gods.

Jessica Jones is one such hero.

A common complaint about the superhero world is the lack of women characters. For reasons known only to studio executives, a story about talking raccoons is more relatable than a story about a woman with superpowers.

Even among the Avengers, Marvel’s Elite Team of Superheroes, Black Widow fails to get her own film. “Jessica Jones” doesn’t necessarily solve that problem. A Netflix show is not the same as a major motion picture, but it’s at least a step in the right direction. And Jones (Krystan Ritter) as an independent hero works well enough—the writing on the show is excellent and the story is compelling and well executed.

Still, when the first female superhero to get her series spends the majority of the season dealing with the aftereffects of being controlled by a man, you have to wonder at what point will women not be portrayed as victims in Hollywood.

To be fair, Jones is less of a victim than many female characters. She frees herself from her captor and works to end his reign of terror, doing so as self-destructively as any hardboiled male detective would. But the point remains: The subtext of “Jessica Jones” is an escape from a controlling,

dangerous relationship.

The man in question, Kilgrave (David Tennant) is a powerfully manipulative psychopath, capable of compelling anyone, even entire restaurants full of people, to do exactly as he commands. His mind powers are so considerable that he can even force his victims to murder others or commit suicide. As a villain, Kilgrave is far more fearsome than his “Daredevil” counterpart Wilson Fisk.

Fisk is at his core a brutal monster, but he is still just a human, albeit one with wealth and an army of well-paid henchmen. Kilgrave’s powers make him altogether more dangerous, even to the most powerful Marvel heroes.

Pitting him against Jessica Jones is a smart move, one that makes the series a strong entry into the darker, grittier side of the Marvel Universe.

What makes shows like “Daredevil” and “Jessica Jones” is the commitment to real world consequences.

There are no lofty notions of world saving here. Jones can only save innocents she comes across, none of which are quite as innocent as she hopes. No one ever is, it seems.

Instead, Jessica Jones is shoveling sand back into an ocean of bad intentions, hoping to make a difference to a single grain. She leaves the world in the unsteady hands of Marvel’s chosen elite and tries to make the best of the havoc they wreak.

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FOOD & DRINK MIXOLOGY

Give Thanks For Flavor Infusion Upping the ante on Thanksgiving dishes

When I think of Thanksgiving, I’m transported back to my parents’ house, with the smell of my mom’s cooking wafting into the living room where my dad and I sit anxiously waiting for the call to the table.

As a kid, everything was delicious—because I didn’t have to make it. As an adult, I’m ready to get my hands all up in that turkey so I can try out these Thanksgiving staples infused with just a bit of liquid luck.

Everyone thinks they’re experts when it comes to brining a turkey around the holidays, but what about

beer-brined turkey? The traditional salt-and-water brining technique is intended to moisten the meat of the bird, but here in the South, we like to moisten the meat of that bird with a can or two of beer.

On second thought, make it a gallon.

Soak your turkey for two days prior to Thanksgiving in a combination of water, savories like thyme and garlic cloves, and—yes, I was serious— a gallon of beer, to achieve beerbrined perfection.

If your bird is 16-20 pounds, toss

“Call it a Thanksgiving staple, a tradition, whatever you want, pumpkin pie deserves the spotlight and with a little rum and molasses it’s a sweet treat to wrap up the gorging.” him in the oven for three-and-a-half hours at 350°F. He’s ready for reaping once he reaches 165°F, and what better way to top off an alcohol-infused turkey than with a deliciously smoky bourbon honey glaze? Put the glaze together with just bourbon, butter, honey, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.

Brush it over the body and garnish with orange slices for a spicy bourbon kick to your beer-brined birdy.

Continuing with the “adult” dish-

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es, we return to our spicy friend for bourbon-infused orange cranberry sauce. A perfect side dish to complement the bourbon honey turkey glaze, this cranberry sauce will be one people actually eat.

Out-of-the-can cranberry sauce lingers on the table, untouched as everyone f ills their plates with potatoes, stuff ing, and other more appetizing items. Pour in a dash of bourbon and Cointreau on your fresh cranberries to make an irresistibly sweet sauce that everyone will want for their leftovers.

When we’ve all eaten to the point that we’ve begun unbuttoning our pants, it’s time for the favorite, and f inal course: dessert. It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie, and it wouldn’t be alcohol-infused Thanksgiving without a little rum.

Call it a Thanksgiving staple, a tradition, whatever you want, pumpkin pie deserves the spotlight and with a little rum and molasses it’s a sweet treat to wrap up the gorging.

Enjoy pie with a dollop of rum-infused whipped cream, easily created with just cold heavy cream, sugar, vanilla extract, and dark rum. Then, wash it all down with a cup of coffee infused with a little Bailey’s if you’re still up for it.

Kick up your feet, sit back next to the f ire, and just be thankful you don’t have to drive home.

— Brooke Dorn

Free Will Astrology SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): From the dawn of civilization until 1995, humans cataloged about 900 comets in our solar system.

But since then, we have expanded that tally by over 3,000. Most of the recent discoveries have been made not by professional astronomers, but by laypersons, including two 13-year-olds. They have used the Internet to access images from the SOHO satellite placed in orbit by NASA and the European Space Agency. After analyzing the astrological omens, I expect you Sagittarians to enjoy a similar run of amateur success. So trust your rookie instincts. Feed your innocent curiosity. Ride your raw enthusiasm.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Whether or not you are literally a student enrolled in school, I suspect you will soon be given a final exam. It may not happen in a classroom or require you to write responses to questions. The exam will more likely be administered by life in the course of your daily challenges. The material you’ll be tested on will mostly include the lessons you have been studying since your last birthday. But there will also be at least one section that deals with a subject you’ve been wrestling with since early in your life—and maybe even a riddle from before you were born.

Since you have free will, Capricorn, you can refuse to take the exam.

But I hope you won’t. The more enthusiastic you are about accepting its challenge, the more likely it is that you’ll do well.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): For $70,000 per night, you can rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for your big party. The price includes the right to rename the streets while you’re there. You can also create a temporary currency with a likeness of you on the bills, have a giant rendition of your favorite image carved into the snow on a mountainside, and preside over a festive medieval-style parade. Given your current astrological omens, I suggest you consider the possibility. If that’s too extravagant, I hope you will at least gather your legion of best friends for the Blowout Bash of the Decade. It’s time, in my opinion, to explore the mysteries of vivid and vigorous conviviality.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you available to benefit from a thunderbolt healing? Would you consider wading into a maelstrom if you knew it was a breakthrough in disguise? Do you have enough faith to harvest an epiphany that begins as an uproar? Weirdly lucky phenomena like these are on tap if you have the courage to ask for overdue transformations. Your blind spots and sore places are being targeted by life’s fierce tenderness. All you have to do is say, “Yes, I’m ready.”

ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange,” wrote novelist Carson McCullers. “As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.” I’m guessing that these days you’re feeling that kind of homesickness, Aries.

The people and places that usually comfort you don’t have their customary power. The experiences you typically seek out to strengthen your stability just aren’t having that effect. The proper response, in my opinion, is to go in quest of exotic and experimental stimuli.

In ways you may not yet be able to imagine, they can provide the grounding you need. They will steady your nerves and bolster your courage.

from a pretty or sentimental constriction that you have outgrown?

If so, get help.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Pekingese is a breed of dog that has been around for over 2,000 years.

In ancient China, it was beloved

by Buddhist monks and emperors’ families. Here’s the legend of its origin: A tiny marmoset and huge lion fell in love with each other, but the contrast in their sizes made union impossible. Then the gods intervened, using magic to make them the same size. Out of the creatures’ consummated passion, the first Pekingese was born.

I think this myth can serve as inspiration for you, Taurus. Amazingly, you may soon find a way to blend and even synergize two elements that are ostensibly quite different.

Who knows? You may even get some divine help.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In their quest to collect nectar, honeybees are attuned to the importance of proper timing. Even if flowering plants are abundant, the quality and quantity of the nectar that’s available vary with the weather, season, and hour of the day. For example, dandelions may offer their peak blessings at 9 a.m., cornflowers in late morning, and clover in mid-afternoon. I urge you to be equally sensitive to the sources where you can obtain nourishment, Virgo. Arrange your schedule so you consistently seek to gather what you need at the right time and place.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Author Virginia Woolf wrote this message to a dear ally: “I sincerely hope I’ll never fathom you. You’re mystical, serene, intriguing; you enclose such charm within you. The luster of your presence bewitches me . . . the whole thing is splendid and voluptuous and absurd.” I hope you will have good reason to whisper sweet things like that in the coming weeks, Gemini. You’re in the Season of Togetherness, which is a favorable time to seek and cultivate interesting kinds of intimacy. If there is no one to whom you can sincerely deliver a memo like Woolf’s, search for such a person.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some people are so attached to wearing a favorite ring on one of their fingers that they never take it off.

They love the beauty and endearment it evokes. In rare cases, years go by and their ring finger grows thicker. Blood flow is constricted.

Discomfort sets in. And they can’t remove their precious jewelry with the lubrication provided by a little olive oil or soap and water.

They need the assistance of a jeweler who uses a small saw and a protective sheath to cut away the ring. I suspect this may be an apt metaphor for a certain situation in your life, Cancerian. Is it? Do you wonder if you should free yourself

Jonesin’ Crossword

MATT JONES

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted,” wrote Leo author Aldous Huxley. That’s the bad news. The good news is that in the coming weeks you are less likely to take things for granted than you have been in a long time. Happily, it’s not because your familiar pleasures and sources of stability are in jeopardy. Rather, it’s because you have become more deeply connected to the core of your life energy. You have a vivid appreciation of what sustains you. Your assignment: Be alert for the eternal as it wells up out of the mundane.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Are you willing to dedicate yourself fully to a game whose rules are constantly mutating? Are you resourceful enough to keep playing at a high level even if some of the other players don’t have as much integrity and commitment as you? Do you have confidence in your ability to detect and adjust to ever-shifting alliances? Will the game still engage your interest if you discover that the rewards are different from what you thought they were? If you can answer yes to these questions, by all means jump all the way into the complicated fun!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I suspect your body has been unusually healthy and vigorous lately.

Is that true? If so, figure out why.

Have you been taking better care of yourself? Have there been lucky accidents or serendipitous innovations on which you’ve been capitalizing? Make these new trends a permanent part of your routine.

Now I’ll make a similar observation about your psychological wellbeing. It also seems to have been extra strong recently. Why? Has your attitude improved in such a way as to generate more positive emotions? Have there been fluky breakthroughs that unleashed unexpected surges of hope and good cheer? Make these new trends a permanent part of your routine.

“Flour Power”—bake it a good one.

ACROSS 1 Watch chains 5 “I Love a Rainy Night” country singer Eddie 12 ___ deferens 15 Farmer’s measurement 16 Team with the football 17 “Bravo, bullfighter!”

18 Flour sorters that form patterns?

20 Pack member, for short?

21 This evening, in ads 22 “___ me, that’s who!”

23 Go over some lines?

25 “Well, lah-di-___!”

26 “LOSER KEEPS ___” (billboard seen before the U.S.-Canada gold medal hockey game of 2014) 27 Particle in a charged state 29 I, in Munich 32 Borneo ape, for short 34 Motors that are better suited for flour mills?

40 Test giver’s call 41 Dormant 42 Kunis of

“Black Swan” 43 Giant bodies of flour and water that won’t rise?

46 Marshmallow holiday candies 47 “I don’t wanna know about your infection” initials 48 Elly May Clampett’s pa 49 Check to make sure 52 Annual MTV bestowal 54 “Help!” actor Ringo 55 Turntablists, familiarly 58 Bout before the main event 61 Dye holder 62 The next batch of flour being from the same common grain as the last?

65 Cherry discard 66 “Wait, let me wash up first!”

67 Rain hard?

68 Like some winks and grins 69 Like some poker games 70 Naysayer’s view

DOWN 1 Hard to catch 2 Cuatro plus cuatro 3 Staples or Hooters, e.g.

4 Antique photo tone 5 One of the “Golden Girls” 6 Movie buff’s org.

7 Lifelong pals, less formally 8 ___ noire (bane) 9 Gospel singer Andrews 10 Co. that introduced Dungeons & Dragons 11 Mic check word 12 Some English homework, casually 13 Writer Munro 14 “Against the Wind” singer Bob 19 Principle of good conduct 24 Current government 26 Paperback publisher named for a small fowl 27 “It ___ laugh” 28 Psych suffix 30 Pursued 31 Approach for money 32 Pitcher Hershiser

33 Stopwatch button 35 “(Don’t Fear) The ___” (1976 Blue Oyster Cult hit) 36 White-tailed coastal birds 37 Stealthy-sounding (but subpar) subprime mortgage offering 38 “Waiting For the Robert ___” 39 Anti-DUI gp.

44 Top-five finish, perhaps, to an optimist 45 Joie de ___ 49 Invitation replies 50 Net business, as seen in crosswords but not in real life 51 Ramshackle 53 “A.I.” humanoid 55 Cope 56 Actress Gertz of “The Neighbors” 57 Cherry discard 58 “Ahem” relative 59 “Down ___” (Nine Inch Nails song) 60 1551, to ancient Romans 63 Insurance option that requires referrals 64 “___ said before ...”

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COLUMN ON THE BEAT

Lightning Strikes Terrorism Officer Alex lowers the boom on false comparisons “Oh, come on,” he said with just the hint of a sneer. “You’re more likely to be struck by lightning than ALEX TEACH to be killed by a terrorist.”

It’s an argument that never gets old.

(Well, OK, it does, but smug oversimplification of things often does, so perhaps I just enjoy its utter predictability.)

The person saying this is as likely to be wearing overly tight pants and sporting a haircut that cost three of my hourly wages while sipping a corporate-branded coffee as they are to be wearing loose and thoroughly stained corduroys with a bird’s nest for a hairdo and sipping an off-brand energy drink while living in their mother’s house at age 45, but they tend to all have one thing in common: They are in no way involved in public safety and have never been tested with a split-second lifeand-death decision involving immediate violence.

The irony of the “lightning argument” is that they consider it scien-

tific, and therefore justifying their supposition. Think about this a moment.

You are comparing one criminal act—a subset of a crime, actually (a “terrorist” committing murder is a “hate crime,” a subset of the crime of criminal homicide) to “weather.” Apples to apples?

Interesting.

For the sake of conversation, though, I’ll give you that one and let you compare it to the odds of being killed by a police officer in the United States.

(How’s that for subtlety?)

A think tank (aka “blog page”) said that you are in fact “55 times more likely to be killed by police (justified or not) than you are to be killed by a terrorist action.” Again, let us ignore how they arrived at this and just pause to think.

You are comparing one specific subset of crime (a homicide designated as a “hate crime”) to “all misdemeanor and felony crimes that precipitate lethal interactions with police.” Hundreds of combinations of crimes that lead to death, and comparing them all in one lump with the one crime that leads to death.

While I myself am a fairly smug person who makes it easy to be disliked,

“While I myself am a fairly smug person who makes it easy to be disliked, these brothers in audacity are actually just using stacked statistics.” these brothers in audacity are actually just using stacked statistics to make themselves feel intellectually superior, despite the fact they may as well be comparing a terrorist act to the price of lettuce.

In reality? It’s just “denial.” (I’d add the psychoanalytic historical references or perhaps use the word “abnegation” if I wanted to sound just as superior, but I’m not the one deluding myself with preconceived and irrelevant notions here. Sad face.)

Some folks would expect me to be annoyed by this, but it would be unfair to be, because I have the unfair advantage of dealing with people who are “full of shit” every day on a profession-

al level. These folks are the same ones who tell me how safe my job is because (get ready for it) “statistically speaking, fishermen have a more dangerous job than police officers.” (Audible sigh.)

Fishing: Practically the same as police work, except for the parts where fish aren’t armed with projectile weapons while committing criminal acts and cops aren’t hunting wildlife on the ocean. These are industrial accidents, literal “accidents” that they are comparing to intentional criminal acts.

Hence? “Full of shit.”

The best part though? Using that argument in the city of Chattanooga.

You can call him a “homegrown violent extremist” for political purposes, but, sports fans, “lightning” has struck this town, and no one was in that building on July 16 letting him know he was a statistical anomaly, so he needed to stop.

Delude yourself. It’s fun, I don’t blame you and sometimes I imagine what it’s like being a holocaust denier or a 9/11 “truther” for kicks to better gauge those types of mindsets, but when the storm clouds gather and the air starts to charge up and denial gives way to reality despite all your manufactured odds? Give me a call. I’ll be there for you.

(Again.)

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

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