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NEWS & VIEWS 4 MAIL CALL

10 SHRINK RAP

We get letters...

Dr. Rick wanders but is not lost.

5 PULSE BEATS

16 ON THE BEAT

What Chattanooga is talking about.

Alex Teach has a long look at death.

5 POLICE BLOTTER

18 SHADES OF GREEN

The criminal masterminds of the week.

Mary Duffy falls for the frozen stuff.

5 CITYCOUNCILSCOPE

20 ASK A MEXICAN

What’s coming up with the council?

Gusatvo answers all your questions.

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21 LIFE IN THE ‘NOOG

Saving the Chattanooga Red Cross.

Chuck Crowder considers a scooter.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 11 A&E FEATURE

17 CD REVIEWS

Hellcat takes a look inside the local body art phenomenon.

Ernie Paik reviews new releases from Dark Meat and Friendly Fires.

12 A&E CALENDAR

19 ON SCREEN

The who, what, when, and where of what’s happening in town this week.

Phillip Johnston explores what it takes to jounrey up the Yangtze River.

12 A&E PICKS

21 FEATURED DINING

The One Bridge Folk Art Festival, Black Elk Speaks, Up The Yangtze, Carmen, “An Eruption Of Poetry”

Hungry? We’ve got some suggestions of where to go to feed your hunger.

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Is this your lucky week? Find out what the stars have in store for you.

A look inside the 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival and more this weekend.

Cover photography by Michael Todd • Contents page photograph by Tim Cofield

THE TRANSFORMATION OF ROSSVILLE AVENUE “If we ever have a plan, we’re screwed,” read the sign hanging over the late Paul Newman’s desk when he started Newman’s Own. That quote is among Terry Cannon’s favorites, which might explain his knack for invention. “Things in my life come organically, and I’ve come to trust that,” he said. Contributing writer Aaron Collier looks into how Terry Cannon and a happy band of artists have helped to transform once decrepit Rossville Avenue area off Main Street.

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15 MUSIC LISTINGS The who, what, when, and where of who’s playing in town this week.

22 THE HOROSCOPES 22 THE CROSSWORD What’s a nine letter word for fun that starts with “C” and ends with “D”?

15 MUSIC PICKS Boombox. Gary Pfaff & The Heartwells, Rabid Ears, Chamber Orchestra of TN. The entire contents of this publication are copyrighted and property of Brewer Media Group.

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Pull Your Pants Up I must admit, I am one of those “old fogies”’ who, when seeing a younger person walking around with their pants falling somewhere around their knees wants to walk up behind them and pull their pants up! For me, I think it’s a “Mom” thing, where the first thought that crosses my mind is, “If you fall down ‘cause your pants are around your butt, don’t come running to me for sympathy.”

On a more serious note, it really

Why Do Park Rangers Hate Dogs?

I’ve been a local music fan for many years, and faithfully attend Nightfall every summer. I enjoy the music, the people, the motorcycles, and yes, brining my dog along with me to enjoy the same things I do. As much as I love Nightfall, I was also excited about the launch last year of the Riverfront Nights concert series down on the riverfront on Saturday nights. Two free nights of great music most every week through the summer is wonderful.

Well, it was wonderful right up until midway through the Riverfront Nights series when, for no apparent reason, the Park Rangers decided to harass anyone and everyone who brought their dogs with them down to the riverfront, even though we’d been doing this for a year and a half.

What I want to know is who

made this decision? Why was it at the City or with the Riverfront Nights organizers or with the Parks department that suddenly decided in the middle of the summer to ban all dogs from the riverfront? Are they afraid those oh-so-special tourists will somehow be offended by the sight of happy dogs downtown? Or are they worried that their precious multimillion dollar waterfront made with substandard materials will fall apart even faster if subjected to a little bit of canine “attention”, if you know what I mean.

It seems to me that the residents of Chattanooga are always getting the short shrift in favor of tourists. All the big city spending projects are for tourist development, and decisions are made to benefit tourists, and so on and so forth. I have a message for the City Council: tourists don’t pay property taxes. Citizens do. And we are getting a bit tired of being treated like second-class citizens in our own city. Lay off the dogs and start paying attention to those that live here.

Cindy Patterson Chattanooga

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Ever Wanted Your House To Be In A Major Motion Picture?

Screen Gems, a well-known film production company, is looking for a two-story historical stone house somewhere in Tennessee for an upcoming film project. The house needs to look fort-like, impenetrable, imposing, with high windows, much like the photo above. It also needs to be somewhat isolated for truck parking and reduced sound from highways and will have to be available in the beginning of 2009. If you have a house like this, or know someone who does and wants to help put Chattanooga on the Hollywood map, contact Chris Holley at the film commission at (423) 855-9474.

Your weekly rundown on the stories and news items that Chattanooga is talking about.

There Will Be At Least One New Face On The City Council Next Year Debbie Gaines, who represents District 9 on the city council, has decided that she is not going to run for re-election in March. The reason she gave was her desire to focus on future business developments. She said that she felt honored to have been allowed to serve, but the time has come for her to move on to other things. So far, no one has announced any intention of running for the soonto-be-vacant seat, but we are confident that within a matter of weeks, if not days, we’ll have a slew of names to choose from.

Will There Be A New Mayor In East Ridge Soon?

East Ridge Mayor Mike Steele has apparently angered a group of townsfolk who made the highly unusual move of filing a petition for his ouster in criminal court. The court clerk had to check the law books to see if such a petition was valid, and discovered that it was indeed. The citizens are claiming Mayor Steele engaged in misconduct in office by, among other things, exceeding the

charter limitation on the mayor not having any administrative duties.

Steele responded by scolding the petitioners for not bothering to ask him about any of their charges, which he claims he could have cleared up easily. Instead, now it is heading to court for a judge to rule upon.

John “Duke” Franklin (Finally) Admits His Guilt One of the past year’s biggest political stories was the arrest of John “Duke” Franklin, Jr. after being accused of helping launder money for a local cocaine distribution ring. The city councilman stepped down from his seat, while proclaiming his innocence of the federal charges. However, facing an October 15 trial date, Franklin worked out a plea agreement with prosecutors on the last possible day such agreements could be filed, and will plead guilty for his part in the much larger drug bust. Details of the plea agreement have not been made public at press time, including the interesting question of whether or not Franklin will now become a star witness for the prosecution in exchange for a lighter sentence.

The Police Blotter • Contrary to Hollywood belief, prostitutes do not look like Julia Roberts.

In fact, a cursory look through mug shots shows quite the opposite to be the general truth. That said, though, even the ladies of the night have a bit of pride in their appearance and don’t appreciate when one of their peers makes unflattering remarks.

That’s what happened last week when police were called out to break up an altercation between two street professionals on 12th Avenue after one told the other that she had a mustache. Not surprisingly, the hirsute woman took umbrage at the charge and the argument ended up–loudly–in the street before being broken up by law enforcement.

• The housing market is tough right now, without a doubt. But realtors still don’t expect to be robbed by people they are showing houses to, even with the current housing meltdown. But that’s what happened to a man showing a rental house on Wilson Avenue, who was faced down by three men, one armed with a handgun, and relieved of his cash—all $3,000 that he had on hand. Which is where we would like to remind all realtors that if you must carry large amounts of cash around, don’t flash the cash around to prospective renters beforehand, even if you are just buying one of them a Coke. Some slightly less ethical people notice things like that, and the result in this case was a gun to the gut.

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• There’s a reason they call it “dope”, case #127,496. The School Resource Officer at Ooltewah High School had an interesting day last week, starting with one student being arrested for possession of cocaine and hyrdodone. A second student, who had been involved in the drug arrest, became disorderly when the officer seized his money. After things settled down a bit, the disorderly student’s older sister was called to pick him up, but when she and her boyfriend arrived, their actions raised the deputy’s suspicions, and the resulting search of her car yielded marijuana and drug paraphernalia. To put the icing on the cake, at first the officer was only going to arrest the boyfriend, but the sister insisted that since the two were engaged, the dope belonged to both of them. Not about to interfere with future marital togetherness, the deputy obliged and arrested them both.

• How many times do we have to remind people to obey traffic laws? Except for you drug dealers. You keep speeding along and drawing attention to yourselves, like the two narcotic nincompoops who were stopped by police on I-75 last week for speeding. The officer noted they both appeared nervous, and since he also happened to be a K-9 officer with his trusty pooch on hand, he let the dog do what dogs do best–sniff. The end result was the discovery of nearly $40,000 worth of crystal meth and marijuana.

Our take on this week’s agenda

6. Ordinances – First Reading: a) An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 5, Section 5-75(b), regarding exceptions to the distance restrictions for the sale of beer or other beverages of like alcoholic content to the area of Warner Park occupied by the Chattanooga Zoo and to remove Eastgate Plaza from the exceptions listed in Section 5-75(b).

This is one of the first-reading ordinances that jumps out during the first look at the upcoming council agendas, mainly because it is often difficult even for experienced political watchers to figure out exactly what it being requested in an ordinance.

First of all, Section 5-75 of the City Code deals with the conditions under which alcohol permits can be refused, with (b) covering the minimum distances away from school, churches

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It’s a Case Of “Déjà Bijou” Reporters and downtown developers were suffering a bit of déjà vu last week when the RiverCity Company announced plans to build a large movie-theater complex downtown and call it the Bijou. No, we all haven’t been trapped in a time warp and sent back a decade. What they announced were plans to build a new Bijou Theater, one block up from the current one, which will replace the current complex. The new theater will be larger, with stadium seating and modern projection systems, and is expected to draw far more visitors downtown than the current theater does. Construction is scheduled to start as early as December.

Here is one of the more interesting items set to be discussed at the October 7 meeting of the Chattanooga City Council. and adult-oriented businesses the applicant must be to get a permit.

At first glance, it appears that the council wants to either expand the alcohol-free zone around the Chattanooga Zoo, or change it to allow alcohol to be consumed at the zoo for special functions.

Since the two alternatives are polar opposites, we went directly to the City Attorney’s office and asked them what the actual intent of the ordinance was.

They told us it concerned a way for the zoo to be able to host events and fundraisers, while serving an adult beverage or two. Considering how much the zoo has already improved, it might help fundraising even more if big donors could have a glass of wine or a cold beer. It certainly couldn’t hurt, as long as Hank stays sober.

The Chattanooga City Council meets each Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the City Council Building at 1000 Lindsay St. For more information on agendas, visit Chattanooga.gov//City_ Council/110_Agenda.asp.

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Between The Bridges For more than 100 years, the Red Cross has been synonymous with help: help in disasters, help in hurricanes, help when a house burns down or a tornado strikes, help on the battlefield for weary soldiers. From high-school lifeguards who were trained by the Red Cross, to the thousands of volunteers still working kitchens and shelters in Texas for those battered by Hurricane Ike, the Red Cross may be one of the most admired and appreciated organizations in the country.

Which is why it is amazing to discover that the local chapter may soon be forced to severely cut back on operations—or even close their doors entirely. Once primarily supported by the United Way, a change in spending priorities by that organization has left the local Red Cross facing a seventh consecutive year of budget shortfalls.

“If we have a deficit again for the next fiscal year, we won’t be a regional chapter anymore. It’ll be over,” said Executive Director Barbara Alexander.

“We could be closed or downsized to something a lot less than you see right now. We’re down to the bottom of our reserves and there’s no one to bail us out unless the community sees the need to preserve this agency.”

One of the most common misconceptions is that the Red Cross is supported by the federal government. g In fact, the only time they took money

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from the government—after record expenditures in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—they raised enough money to pay the grant back. “We’ve written grant applications that we’ve never written before, but we’re running out of time, running out of reserves,” Alexander explained. “There are county emergency plans, state emergency plans, national emergency plans, and the Red Cross is in all of those. Every county has an understanding that when they get to that little section about sheltering, [we are] responsible for setting up and manning those shelters. The government doesn’t pay for those shelters, we do, whether it be for ten people or 10,000 people.”

“I think the general public thinks that we are getting money from the American Red Cross, when actually it’s the other way around,” said Claudia Moore, Director of Marketing & Public Relations. “ For house fires and our operations here in Chattanooga, we don’t get any funding from the national office, we don’t get any government funding, our United Way funding is dropping because of their shift in priorities, so we find ourselves in a squeeze.”

Last year alone, the local chapter helped 886 people who had suffered losses from house fires and tornadoes, distributed $152,536 in direct assistance to disaster victims, trained 5,230 people in CPR and

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first aid, trained 286 lifeguards, showed 105 young people how to effectively babysit, and provided nearly 1,600 services to the families of military personnel.

“We are a million-dollar insurance policy for 13 counties,” pointed out Alexander. “If something big happens in any of those counties, this is the chapter that everyone is going to look at and ask, ‘Where are the shelters?’ We have 37 agreements just here in Hamilton County, and we have to make sure those shelters meet certain requirements, that we train the people to staff those, whether we open one shelter or 15 shelters. That’s what the Red Cross is responsible for.”

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By Aaron Collier

The Business Of Imagination Artist Terry Cannon’s vision is transforming Rossville Avenue “If we ever have a plan, we’re screwed,” read the sign hanging over the late Paul Newman’s desk when he started Newman’s Own. That quote is among Terry Cannon’s favorites, which might explain his knack for invention. “Things in my life come organically, and I’ve come to trust that,” he said.

As an artist, Cannon gravitates toward moments of discovery and surprise, perhaps because little in his life is the result of planning. Life for the Chattanooga entrepreneur is about improvisation—that is, making something out of nothing. Or, in his case, junk. His art is largely comprised of sensational collage pieces crafted from found objects. And so far his greatest work of art is the Off Main Art Collective, housed in a previously abandoned and dilapidated building at 1800 Rossville Avenue.

“There are a lot of theories about how getting a critical mass of artists into a neighborhood or town can really transform that neighborhood or town.”

Cannon acquired the 40,000-square-foot building in 2006. Since then, he has overseen its renovations, including his own studio/gallery, Loose Cannon.

During the past year, he’s brought in artists and businesses to further ignite creative community in the Southside. Off Main Art Collective houses iGNiS Glass, Contrapasso, ImageWorks, Soirees, and soon, Atlantis Gardening and Organics, an Atlanta-based hydroponics vendor specializing in environmentally conscious methods of home gardening. [Editor’s note: The building has also housed The Pulse for the past few months. We will shortly move to the Brewer Media building, 1305 Carter Street.]

With the Off Main Art Collective, Cannon set out to do something different than anything Chattanooga has seen. By taking an unlikely building on an unlikely street and piecing together a “community of creative people,” he hopes to help shape the identity of the Southside. As Cannon sees it, the Southside’s synergistic pairing of revitalized streets and energized entrepreneurs is largely the result of art.

“There are a lot of theories about how getting a critical mass of artists into a neighborhood or town can really transform that neighborhood or town.

I’ve seen it played out twice now, in my building on south Broad Street and now here,” he said. Cannon’s former studio on Broad is the source of his greater artistic vision. He bought the building in order to share its large space with other artists, but he discovered businesses wanted to lease office space as well. Cannon suggests that entrepreneurs want to be a part of artistic community because when “you get enough creative people together, it’s palpable, there’s activity going on. It’s just something you sense.”

That creative activity, Cannon explained, inspires businesses to become a part of something much larger.

As Cannon’s building on Broad filled up, he began

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to search for a new space, and this time he aimed at Main Street, believing his vision for “creative community” would contribute to the enthusiasm for the arts on the Southside. His conviction that art is a necessary ingredient for transformation pointed up the possibilities of 1800 Rossville Avenue. Perhaps Cannon saw in the building what he sees in the discarded objects that make up his collages—the possibility for change.

Cannon’s belief in change is tied both to his artistic vision and personal experience. “A key event in my life was getting sober,” Cannon said. He likens renovating buildings to his own life, which at one point was in rough shape. As A mime performs at a recent Loose Cannon Gallery event a young man, addiction to alcohol and drugs resulted in a stint on the event space as well. Now Loose Cannon doubles as streets and in prison. An ensuing brush with death, he an event hall, drawing everything from large parties to said awakened his spirituality and creative expression. high-school proms. The building also currently houses He went on to become a counselor to addicts, while Embrace Church. nurturing his artistic ability at home. Cannon Cannon sees it as a win-win. While partygoers and explained his art was instrumental to the dramatic visitors enjoy the creative atmosphere, the artists and change in his life. But if he’s proud of anything, it businesses get foot traffic. He noted the building itself is how art has changed the complexion of Rossville has inspired its tenants to explore new possibilities Avenue. for their own creativity. Cannon’s space has also In 2006, as he set his sights on the Southside, a compelled him to rethink his artwork, he said. With number of people advised him against buying the the gallery’s towering ceilings and imposing walls, building. Because of Rossville Avenue’s abandoned Cannon’s art needed to become more dramatic. He buildings and manufacturing plants, the street lacked got busy—and now gallery walls are garnished with commercial appeal. And the turn-of-the-century large-scale collages that have generated enthusiasm warehouse Cannon had singled out was in bad from patrons and visitors. condition. But Cannon saw a fit. If his art is imbuing While his paintings draw on his fondness for texture commonplace objects with a sense of wonder, then and color, he believes collage best depicts his artistic Rossville Avenue simply a bigger version of that process. “My brain naturally takes a bunch of junk artistic vision. and makes something out of it, kind of like what I’ve And as Cannon persevered in over a year of done with my life,” said Cannon. His building has renovations, his space called out to him as more than become emblematic of the Southside revitalization—if a studio/gallery. The “neat architecture” and “open for no other reason, because imagination has reshaped trusses” inspired him to think of his gallery as an a once neglected street.

Also operating out of the Off Main Art Collective: iGNiS Glass Gallery: Visitors can see Christopher Mosey’s glass sculptures and studio/ gallery where they can watch him blow glass. Since moving into the Off Main Art Collective in March, Mosey has been inspired to “jump out of the mold” and further explore his craft.

Soirees: A full-service event design and planning firm, Soirees moved into the Off Main Art Collective in September of 2007. Owner Morgan Wilder said her

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“business thrives from being surrounded by creative people.”

Among other Southside events, Soirees planned Contrapasso’s grand opening party.

Contrapasso Modern Dance: Katie Kasch and Camille Lofton opened their studio, housing their company and other dance events, this year.

ImageWorks: Specializing in printing, copying, graphic design and marketing support, ImageWorks moved into the Off Main Art Collective in March of 2008. Owner Darrin Ledford

described working out of the building as “fun and inspiring.”

The company is in its 10th year and has grown to 15 employees.

Atlantis Gardening and Organics: “Atlantis is pushing the envelope when it comes to eco-friendly methods of gardening,” said co-owner Demetri Hubbard. Atlantis Gardening was drawn to Chattanooga because of its emphasis on environmentalism, and will begin its operations early this month.

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By Dr. Rick

Not All Who Wander Are Lost Sometimes the journey is the reason for the journey I have recently crossed paths with two friends, both in the midst of a walkabout. For those of you unfamiliar with this practice, a “walkabout,” as defined by Wikipedia, is “an Australian term referring to the commonly held belief that Australian aborigines would ‘go walkabout’ at the age of thirteen in the wilderness for six months as a rite of passage. In this practice they would trace the paths that their people’s ceremonial ancestors took, and imitate, in a fashion, their heroic deeds.”

“It is in the creative act of wandering that we unearth ourselves, like some primal, personal archeological dig into our psyches and souls.

And we are truly the better for it.”

My friends are doing their own modern-day version of a walkabout. Though what they’re doing is perhaps more accurately called a “driveabout,” they are nonetheless on a freespirited adventure. They’re reconnecting with themselves, and their internal universe, by connecting with external experiences far beyond the boundaries of the busy lives they’ve created for themselves. Both are professionals, and this traveling sabbatical is a way to renew the spirit, feed the soul, meet interesting people and have unusual experiences. They have made a commitment to personal enrichment and intellectual discovery. Wherever their journeys may lead, I have no doubt they will be muchremembered milestones in the bigger journey of their lives.

One friend simply packed up his truck with camping supplies and headed north for a

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month. He has no concrete plans and a minimal map. The other friend has six months in which to ramble throughout the country—no hotel reservations; just some friends sprinkled here and there who will offer a place to crash for a night or two.

I made a similar, brief journey to Mexico when I was younger. I slept on the beach in my old VW bug and woke to a glorious sunrise. I remember the very moment of sunrise. It still makes me smile; so wonderful was that once-in-a-lifetime experience. I did a slightly more planned-out version of a walkabout with a friend during my first visit to Europe. We had hotel reservations for the first and last nights of our adventure, but no plans in between, except to catch the trains taking us to various countries. At each new destination we’d learn the money (this was preEuro), a few words of the language, and find a place to sleep. Everything else was delicious gravy.

I am reminded of one of my favorite phrases: “Not all who wander are lost.” This is one of those sayings that struck a chord with me the first time I heard it, though I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. A bit later in life its meaning came to me: The reason we’re not necessarily lost when we’re wandering is because we are doing just the opposite—we’re being found.

We’re finding ourselves. We’re discovering new and unusual experiences of people, language, food, cultures, and traditions. But we’re also discovering parts of our inner selves that without such exposure to these experiences would lie dormant, unstimulated and unexpressed. It is in the creative act of wandering that we unearth ourselves, like some primal, personal archeological dig into our psyches and souls.

And we are truly the better for it.

Winston Churchill said that we create our own universe as we go along. And Joseph Campbell

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advises us to follow our bliss and the universe will open doors for us.

I believe that we can wander every day. We may not have a month (or six) to literally wander, but always we can travel the world in our imagination. We can explore and excavate through meditation, a walk along the river, a romp with the pup, a conversation, a spiritual ritual, a deep breath. We find ourselves, bit by bit, in the small moments of quiet contemplation.

And in doing so, we see who we are, how we act, what we believe, and how we present ourselves to the world.

I suggest that every day you do something good for your soul: Think positive thoughts, call a loved one, light a candle. Every day do something good for your mind: Read, meditate, solve a puzzle. Every day do something good for your body: Exercise, walk, eat well, sleep well. Do what makes you smile. Find something to look forward to. Create your own rituals.

Create the life you want.

Wander. And let yourself find yourself.

Until next week: “You can be anybody that you long to be, you can love whomever you will.

You can travel any country where your heart leads, and know I will love you still.”

— Michael Callen Dr. Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, minister, and educator, in private practice in Chattanooga, and is the author of “Empowering the Tribe” and “The Power of a Partner.” His talk radio show, “Feel Good with Dr. Rick,” will return after the summer hiatus. Visit his website at www.DrRPH.com

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Arts & Entertainment

By Hellcat

Quoth the Hellcat, “Evermore.”

Scratching the surface of the local tattoo community one of the headliners.

It’s quite an honor to be asked, as it is only by invitation that one can participate. Dates and places have not yet been announced (because the event has to deal with health codes in every town), but hopefully it will kickoff in February.

Shane and La La Hartline have been making a stir in Chattanooga since the dawn of my time, first with Shane’s music and La La’s modeling, then with their tattoo and piercing shop, Evermore Galleries, and most recently with the First and Second Annual Chattanooga Tattoo Conventions. It does not appear the couple plans on slowing down anytime La La Hartline on the couch. Photo by Chris Braly soon.

In October, they’re In days of yore I made a query, while going to Providence, RI to participate I pondered weak and weary, in Rock the Ink, where 30 bands, Over many a quaint and curiousincluding Godsmack and Saliva, will looking tattoo store. be playing as Shane tattoos. The While I prodded, nearly yapping, festival will also host Miss Tattoo quizzing Shane and then recapping, USA, in which La La will be a As my mouth continued flapping, contestant. Also, three new tattoo flapping on to know the score. reality shows are going to be decided “’Tis some famous visitor,” I muttered, “and I am here to know the on sometime during the festivities, so hopefully, Chattanooga has a shot at score. being recognized. Ami James from “Only this, but I need more.” the hot show Miami Ink invited our Ah, distinctly I remember last we lovely locals to this event. Shane and talked in new September, La La met Ami through the H2 Ocean Shane said that he is a member of H2Ocean and he keeps it in the store. Art Fusion Experience and Event with Billy Lane to help raise money for Eagerly I wish the morrow, when his the troops and their living conditions talent I can borrow in Iraq. Both Ami and H2 Ocean My last tattoo gave me no sorrow, no have opened up many unexpected sorrow for the one before opportunities. H2 Ocean (the For the rare and radiant work that number-one tattoo-care product line) Shane has given many before selected Shane as a sponsored artist, I find it here, at Evermore... and La La models for the company.

The couple expects to be sponsored to For those of you who enjoy Edgar attend tattoo conventions in Austria Allan Poe, you might know why I’ve and Iceland next year. been aching to make that connection.

On the local front, Shane, along For the rest of you, go read with the very talented Tom De Priest something. The famous visitor who of Sacred Heart in Atlanta, is opening got my attention was none other than a Sacred Heart tattoo shop on the Kat Von Dee. Fellow Chattanoogan corner of Market Street Bridge and Shane Hartline has been selected by Frazier Avenue at the end of October. her to participate in MusInk, where Shane and Tom teamed together he will be one of 49 tattoo artists should be an unstoppable tattooing tattooing on the floor during a music force. Shane is a shading specialist— festival featuring Social Distortion as

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trust me, I have seen it, and he makes it look easy. He can tattoo anything, but particularly enjoys realistic blackand-gray works as well as bold color.

La La is an experienced piercer for whom I can vouch, as she did a corset piercing down my back last year. Her body is also a walking portfolio of a lot of Shane’s work.

Many people don’t realize how much cutthroat competition having several tattooing shops in one area creates. Let’s just say a lot of bashing happens. Shane says, for the most part he gets along with most, and even shared a few recommendations with me. He said Bobby at Sick Boys was good for realistic black-and-gray work, and Justin from Sick Boys and John from American Ink were great choices for traditional Americana work.

Shane and La La have tried to promote a more community approach to the art by planning and putting on conventions where artists from all over come together to work, trade, and mingle. This also provides Chattanoogans with the opportunity to be tattooed by artists they may not been previously exposed to, or never got around to driving three hours to make an appointment with.

“Shane, along with the very talented Tom De Priest of Sacred Heart in Atlanta, is opening a Sacred Heart tattoo shop on the corner of Market Street Bridge and Frazier Avenue at the end of October.”

Evermore Galleries has won several awards and has an extensive portfolio for their custom shop. They have taken an artistic approach and have chosen to promote local artists and their work, filling the walls with rows and rows of tattoos and flashy flair.

It has a professional and creative feel to it when you walk through the doors. Walk through the doors. Take someone with you to hold your hand if you would like. It will only hurt for a minute. Promise.

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A&E Calendar Thursday

Arts & Music Veggie Tales Live 3 p.m. Memorial Auditorium. Box Office: (423) 642-TIXS. Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago 7 p.m. UTC Fine Arts Center. Box Office: (423) 425-4269.

Carmen 7 p.m. Rave Theater, East Ridge 18, I-24 at McBrien Rd. (423) 855-9652.

Concerts & Events “What Becomes a Woman? Transsexual Perspectives” Lecture Series at UTC 7 p.m. UTC, Holt 308 Room. For more info: (423) 266-9316 or (423) 425-4693

Friday

Arts & Music Pre-K Day at the Hunter 10 a.m. 10 Bluff View. (423) 267-0968 www.huntermuseum.org Notes from the Underground 6 p.m. 600 Georgia Avenue. For full details contact znaturalist@yahoo.com Black Elk Speaks at Audubon Acres 6 p.m. Audubon Acres. 423-304-7157 or visit HamiltonCommunityTheatre.com A Little Princess at The Colonnade 7 p.m. The Colonnade, Ringgold, GA. www. colonnadecenter.org for more info.

Black Elk Speaks at Audubon Acres 6:30 p.m. Audubon Acres. 423-304-7157 or visit HamiltonCommunityTheatre.com

Concerts & Events Bledsoe Fall Harvest Festival Downtown Pikeville. (423) 447-6397.

Saturday

Arts & Music Water Gilding Workshop with Alan Shuptrine 9 a.m. Shuptrine Fine Art Group / Gold Leaf Designs - 2646 Broad Street.

(423) 266-4453 - Elizabeth Viall Connie Livingston-Dunn at Fathom Gallery 11 a.m. Fathom Gallery, 412 Market Street.

(423) 227-2652.

3rd Annual One Bridge Folk Art Festival Walnut Street Bridge at the end of Frazier Ave. www.onebridgefolkart.com Gilding Seminar Shuptrine Fine Art Group, 2646 Broad Street. (423) 266-4453.

National Golf Photographer Rob Matre 6 p.m. Lookout Mountain Gallery, 3914 St. Elmo Avenue, Suite G. (423) 394-1070.

Black Elk Speaks at Audubon Acres 6:30 p.m. Audubon Acres. 423-304-7157 or visit HamiltonCommunityTheatre.com

For even more calendar listings visit www.ChattanoogaPulse.com 6th Annual Children’s Festival 3 p.m. Coolidge Park North Shore.

(423) 757-2386 www.dvcchatt.org.

Wine Over Water 5 p.m. Walnut Street Bridge, Downtown.

(423) 265-2825. www.cornerstonesinc.org

Sunday

Arts & Music Kickin’ Chickin’ Hot Wing Cookoff 12 p.m. Chattanooga Market. www.chattanoogamarket.com Black Elk Speaks at Audubon Acres 2 p.m. Audubon Acres. 423-304-7157 or visit HamiltonCommunityTheatre.com A Christmas Carol Auditions 7 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Center 400 River Street. (423) 267-8538. www.theatrecentre.com

Concerts & Events Drumline 2008 2 p.m. Finlet Stadium Carter Street.

(423) 265-9494. chattanoogahasfun.com

Monday

Arts & Music Auditions for Alice in Wonderland 8 a.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre.

400 River Street. (423) 267-8538. www.theatrecentre.com Auditions for Tiny Tim The Colonnade, Ringgold, GA. For more info: www. colonnadecenter.org Youth Theatre Auditions for “Alice In Wonderland” 4 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River Street. (423) 267-8534 or visit www.theatrecentre.com.

Free Film Series at Barking Legs 6 p.m. Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347.

Tuesday

Concerts & Events The American Advertising Federation of Chattanooga’s 2008 Media Auction Niko’s Southside Grill.

UTC Music Presents Octubafest #1 7 p.m. Roland Hayes Concert Hall, UTC Fine Arts Center. (423) 425-4601.

Sports 6th Annual City Wide Golf Tournament 8 a.m. Windstone Golf Club. Tripp McCallie at (423) 877-3517.

ONGOING EVENTS Thursday

Beginning to Intermediate Drawing Hunter Museum 10 Bluff View. Runs through 10/23/2008. (423) 267-0968 www.huntermuseum.org From the American Revolution to the American Impressionists Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View. Runs through 10/09/2008.

(423) 752-2053 www.huntermuseum.org Smoke on the Mountain Cumberland County Playhouse 221 Tennessee Ave Crossville TN. Runs through 11/04/2008. (931) 484-5000 South Pacific Cumberland County Playhouse 221 Tennessee Ave Crossville TN. Runs through 10/24/2008. (931) 484-5000

Friday Maize Dayz at Rock City Rock City Gardens, 1400 Patten Rd., Lookout Mountain, GA. Runs through 10/26/2008. (706) 820-2531.

Ruby Falls Haunted Cavern Ruby Falls, 1720 S. Scenic Highway,

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Saturday Farmer’s Market at Greenlife Grocery Greenlife Grocery Two North Shore Manufacturer’s Road. Runs through 10/04/2008. (423) 756-8333

A&E Picks Black Elk Speaks Drama about the world through Native American eyes.

Live music. Benefit for Audubon Acres. $10. 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Audubon Acres, 900 N. Sanctuary Road.

(423) 304-7157. www.hamiltoncommunitytheatre.com Carmen Film version of a Royal Opera House staging of the great opera. $20. 7 p.m. Thursday, 1 p.m. Sunday. The Rave East Ridge 18. I-24 at McBrien Road. (423) 855-9652. www.ravemotionpictures.com

Concerts & Events Spooky Days at Creative Discovery Museum 8 a.m. Creative Discovery Museum 321 Chestnut Street. (423) 756-2738 www.cdmfun.org Rock City’s Rocktoberfest 11 a.m. Rock City, Lookout Mountain GA. (706) 820-2531 or (800) 854-0675 www.seerockcity.com

Chattanooga, TN. Runs through 11/01/2008. 423-821-2544 or visit: www.hauntedcavern.com Walk the Walk Exhibit AVA Gallery 30 Frazier Avenue. Runs through 10/25/2008. (423) 265-4282.

Greg Pond: Userland Art Exhibit University of the South Art Gallery University Avenue Sewanee TN. Runs through 10/15/2008. (931) 598-1223.

Friday Morning Art Class Rivoli Art Mill 2301 East 28th Street. Runs through 12/12/2008. (423) 322-2514 www.jasmilam.com.

Sam Silvey Photographic Exhibit Bill Shores and Gallery 307 Manufacturer’s Road. Runs through 10/31/2008.

(423) 756-6746 www.billshoresframes.com.

Disney’s High School Musical Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River Street, Chattanooga, TN. Runs through 10/05/2008. (423) 267-8534 or visit www.TheatreCentre.com.

Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing 400 River Street Chattanooga TN 37405.

Runs through 10/05/2008. Tickets: (423) 267-8534 Office: (423) 267-8538.

The Awakening Art Exhibit Fathom Gallery 412 Market Street. Runs through 10/05/2008. www.clubfathom.com.

Some Enchanted Evening Tennessee Valley Theatre 184 West Jackson Ave Spring City TN 37381. Runs through 10/05/2008. (423) 365-PLAY. Peace by Aristophanes UTC Fine Arts Center, 615 McCallie Avenue.

Runs through 10/04/2008. UTC Theatre Department at (423) 425-4297 or email gaye-jeffers@utc.edu for more information.

3rd Annual One Bridge Folk Art Festival More than 20 artists will show their funky and fabulous folk art.

Free. Noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

Sunday. Next to WinderBinder Gallery, 40 Frazier Avenue. www.onebridgefolkartfestival.wordpress.com

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“An Eruption of Poetry” Local poets Ray Zimmerman, Bruce Majors, Ninian Williams and more will read and rant.

Free. 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Notes from the Underground, 600 Georgia Avenue. (423) 315-0721.

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A&E Calendar...continued Introduction to Pottery Talle’s studio; Flintstone GA. Runs through 10/25/2008. (423) 267-0968 Junior Art Club 10 Bluff View. Runs through 10/25/2008.

(423) 267-0968 www.huntermuseum.org “Why A Sistah Can’t Get No Love?!

Encore Theatre, 3264 Brainerd Road. Runs through 10/19/2008. (423) 757-6283 or visit: www.destinyentertainment.org Art ‘til Dark ‘08 Frazier Ave. North Shore. Runs through 11/15/2008. www.arttildark.com

Sunday Chattanooga Market First Tennessee Pavilion Carter Street. Runs through 12/07/2008. (423) 648-2496 www.chattanoogamarket.com Free First Sundays at the Hunter Museum Hunter Museum of American Art. Runs through 12/06/2008. (423) 267-0968.

Monday Gospel Dinner Cruise Southern Belle Pier II Riverfornt Pkwy. Runs through 10/27/2008. (423) 266-4488 or (800) 766-2784 chattanoogariverbost.com Hunter Eddy Exhibition Shuptrine Fine Art Group 2646 Broad Street. Runs through 10/17/2008.

(423) 266-4453 shuptrinefineartgroup.com.

The Art of our History Art Competition Athens Art Center 320 N White Street Athens TN. Runs through 10/10/2008.

(423) 745-8717 www.athensartscouncil.org Represent Chattanooga Artful Eye Gallery 5646 Brainerd Road.

Runs through 10/07/2008.

(423) 855-7424 www.talmadgefineart.com Medal of Honor Exhibit The National Medal of Honor Museum of Military History Hwy 153 @ Hixson Pike.

Runs through 12/31/2008.

(423) 394-0710 www.mohm.org.

Choo Choo Chorus All Saints Academy. Runs through 10/27/2008. (423) 894-8559 or (423) 886-1744 www.choochoochorus.org

Tuesday Brett Weaver Museum Exhibit Preview at Shuptrine Fine Art Group Shuptrine Fine Arts Group 2646 Broad Street. Runs through 02/16/2009.

(423) 266-4453 shuptrinefineartgroup.com.

Wednesday Recent Acquisitions Art Display Cress Gallery of Art - UTC Fine Arts Center 615 McCallie Ave. Runs through 10/02/2008. (423) 425-4371 utc.edu Lasting Impressions Exhibit River Gallery 400 East Second Street. Runs through 10/31/2008. (423) 265-5033. details@river-gallery.com WT- Peace UTC Fine Arts Center. Corner of Vine and Palmetto. Runs through 10/04/2008.

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Music Review

By Janis Hashe

If It’s Fall, It Must Be Festivals 3 Sisters, Wine Over Water and One Bridge Folk Art festivals festoon the weekend It’s “Festivals R Us” this weekend here in Chattanooga, so get on your walking shoes.

3 Sisters Festival Bluegrass lovers will not want to miss the free 3 Sisters Festival at Ross’s Landing on the Riverfront this weekend.

“We’ve got a really good lineup this year,” said George Quick, whose brainchild 3 Sisters was. “When I was in college, I heard about a bluegrass-by-the-river festival in Louisville, and I thought, ‘That would be a great idea for Chattanooga.’”

Years later, in discussing the idea with Carla Pritchard of the Downtown Partnership, he realized it could really happen. He brought up the concept to dad Fletcher Bright, “and in about 30 seconds we decided to do it.” The Fletcher Bright Company is now the sponsor of 3 Sisters, along with the Partnership.

“When I was in college, I heard about a bluegrassby-the-river festival in Louisville, and I thought, ‘That would be a great idea for Chattanooga.’”

Last year’s festival drew between 4,000 and 5,000 attendees, Bright said. “I spoke with a man who’d come all the way from Alaska for it,” he adds.

Friday’s lineup includes the Dismembered Tennesseans, Mike Cleveland and Flamekeeper, Steep Canyon Rangers and Rhonda Vincent and the Rage. On Saturday, Lou Wamp & Swingshift, The Lone Mountain Band, The Dismembered Tennesseans, Chattem County Line, The Steel Drivers, Blue Highway, The John

Cowan Band, and The Dan Tyminski Band will all take the stage.

Free. 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Ross’s Landing, Riverfront.

(423) 265-0771. www. downtownpartnership.org for full lineup.

Wine Over Water Strolling the Walnut Street Bridge, glass of wine in hand, will be enhanced by a full lineup of music this year. The long list of participating wineries includes Bonny Doon, Coppola, Blackstone and many others.

The Dale McCurry Band performed at the 3 Sisters Festival last year If you’ve been to on the North Shore in the parking lot adjacent WOW, you know that the to Winder Binder Gallery of Folk Art. musicians play at various stations along the According to Winder Binder owner David bridge, so you can wander along to find the Smotherman, “The concept of a festival musical style of your choice. dedicated primarily to Southern folk art was Kofi Mawuko’s Ogya (an audience favorite conceived in a brainstorming session in early at Culture Fest last weekend) will play world 2006 during a monthly artist meeting at the music. John Lathim’s original, folk-inspired songs will share the bridge with Dan Landrum’s Winder Binder Gallery. Many self-taught and traditional folk artists felt that Chattanooga hammer dulcimer playing, jazz from The Ben needed a dedicated event to showcase local folk Friberg Trio, and blues from Lou Eldridge. talent.” $65 in advance, $70 at gate (if available).

Almost two dozen local and regional artists Proceeds benefit Cornerstones for Historic will be participating in this year’s festival, Preservation in Chattanooga. 5 to 8 p.m.

Saturday. (423) 265-2825. For more info online, including those working in paint, metal, glass, sculpture, mixed media assemblage, and visit www.wineoverwater.org. printmaking.

Free. Noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 One Bridge Folk Art Festival p.m. Sunday. Next to Winder Binder Gallery, No music this year, but you can hum to yourself during the 3rd Annual One Bridge Folk 40 Frazier Avenue. More info online at www.

Art Festival. This open-air event will take place onebridgefolkartfestival.wordpress.com.

Rhythm & Brews Lineup

Sat. Oct 4 10:30 PM Big Wooly Mammoth A Tribute to Panic

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Wed. Oct 8 9 PM

Brad Passons & Leticia Wolf

Fri. Oct 10 10:00 PM *;8 -EBA: -4L Coming Up:

Thur. Oct 2 10 PM An Evening with BOOM BOX

Carrie Rodriguez Oct. 28

Fri. Oct 3 10 PM

Milele Roots Thur. Oct 9 9 PM Shawn Mullins w/Chuck Cannon

Sat. Oct 11 10:00 PM Appetite for Destruction Guns ‘N Roses Rock n’ Roll!

Here Come The Mummies for Oct. 30

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Halloween!

Purchase tickets and get more info at Rhythm-Brews.Com. 221 Market St. (423) 267-4644 www.chattanoogapulse.com

Live Music Calendar Thursday

Clubs/DJ/Dance DJ Steven G The Mix. 405 Market St. (423) 266-3662.

Live DJ Nightly The Palms at Hamilton. 6925 Shallowford Rd. (423) 667-6473.

Beach Music Chattanooga Billiard Club East. 110 Jordan Drive. (423) 499-3883 www.cbcburns.com

Karaoke Amigo’s 5450 Hwy 153. (423) 875-8049.

Bourbon Street Music Bar 2000 East 23rd Street. (423) 697-9957.

The Chattanoogan Hotel The Chattanoogan. 1201 Broad Street.

(423) 424-3740 chattanooganhotel.com Images 6005 Lee Highway. (423) 855-8210.

Miss Debbie’s Nightlife Lounge 4762 Hwy 58. (423) 485-0966.

Red Lantern 1301 Chestnut St. (423) 757-4730.

Rob’s 5308 Dayton Blvd. (423) 875-6164.

Night Life College Night at Midtown Midtown Music Hall. 820 Georgia Avenue.

(423) 752-1977 midtownmusichall.com Happy Hour at The Local The Local. 306 Cherokee Boulevard. (423) 265-2171 www.localperformancehall.com Bikes & Bikinis at Drink Chattanooga Food & Drink. 5647 Brainerd Road. (423) 553-6645 partyatdrink.com

Live Music BoomBox Rhythm and Brews, 221 Market St. (423) 267-4644 www.rhythm-brews.com

Friday

Clubs/DJ/Dance Female Impersonation and Male Revue Images. 6005 Lee Hwy. (423) 855-8210.

Live DJ Nightly The Palms at Hamilton. 6925 Shallowford Rd. (423) 667-6473.

DJ Steven G The Mix. 405 Market St. (423) 266-3662.

Girls Gone Wild Ladies Night Chattanooga Food and Drink. 5647 Brainerd Rd. (423) 553-6645.

Karaoke

Check with venues for show times and ticket prices.For even more calendar listings, visit ChattanoogaPulse.com

8182 E. Brainerd Rd. (423) 855-2100.

Track’s Sports Bar and Grill 4321 Ringgold Road. (423) 698-4849.

Night Life Mountain Opry Walden’s Ridge Civic Center 2501 Fairmount Pike. (423) 886-3252.

Ladies Night at Club Drink Club Drink. 5647 Brainerd Road.

(423) 553-6645 www.partyatdrink.com

Live Music The Two Man Gentlemen Band & Paleface JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E Martin L King Blvd.

(423) 266-140 www.myspace.com/ jjsbohemia Captain Soularcat Bushwood Bistro, 1205 Hixson Pike Steep Canyon Rangers & Rhonda Vincent 3 Sisters Music Festival, Ross’s Landing Gary Pfaff & The Heartwells Midtown Music Hall, 820 Georgia Ave. (423) 752-1877. www.ticektbiscuit.com

Saturday

(423) 553-6645 www.partyatdrink.com

Karaoke Bud’s Sports Bar 5914 Lee Hwy. (423) 499-9878.

Electric Cowboy 5600 Brainerd Rd #A4. (423) 499-1995.

FANatics 7601 E Brainerd Rd. (423) 894-2524.

Fireside Lounge 4021 Hixson Pike. (423) 870-7078.

Gene’s Bar and Grill 724 Ashland Terrace. (423) 870-0880.

Legends Bar and Grill 5530 Hixson Pike. (423) 843-2695.

Los Compadres 5773 Brainerd Rd. (423) 296-8141.

Miss Debbie’s Nightlife Lounge 4762 Hwy 58. (423) 485-0966.

Red Lantern 1301 Chestnut St. (423) 757-4730.

Rob’s 5308 Dayton Blvd. (423) 875-6164.

Striker’s Lounge at Holiday Bowl Striker’s Lounge at Holiday Bowl. 5518 Brainerd Road. (423) 899-2695.

The Sports Page 8182 E. Brainerd Rd. (423) 855-2100.

Clubs/DJ/Dance

Night Life

Critical Mass Electronic Dance Music, featuring St. Jude and Matt B. The Local Performance Hall. 306 Cherokee Blvd. (423) 266-1915.

Female Impersonation and Male Revue Images. 6005 Lee Hwy. (423) 855-8210.

Live DJ Nightly The Palms at Hamilton. 6925 Shallowford Rd. (423) 667-6473.

Mixmaster Danny Williams The Mix. 405 Market St. (423) 266-3662.

Chattanooga’s Wildest Dance Party with DJ Atari Club Fathom. 412 Market Street. (423) 7570019 www.clubfathom.com DJ Spaceghost Club Drink. 5647 Brainerd Road.

Red Clay Pickin’ Barn Weatherly Switch @ Old Lead Mine Valley Road Cleveland TN. (423) 240-3439.

Live Music Sloppy Roast Beef Market Street Tavern, 850 Market St. (423) 634-0260 www.marketstreettavern.com Blue Highway, Dan Tyminski & Chatham County Line 3 Sisters Music Festival, Ross’s Landing

Sunday

Clubs/DJ/Dance DJ Steven G The Mix. 405 Market St. (423) 266-3662.

Karaoke Rob’s 5308 Dayton Blvd. (423) 875-6164.

Live Music Stephen Simmons, Kevin Gordon & Sol Jibe Chattanooga Market, First Tennessee Pavilion, (423) 266-9270 www.chattanoogamarket.com The Molly Maguires The Local Performance Hall. 306 Cherokee Blvd. (423) 265-2171 www.localperformancehall.com

Monday

Clubs/DJ/Dance Mix Master Danny Williams The Mix. 405 Market St. (423) 266-3662.

Night Life Mote & Friends Open Mike Nite Midtown Music Hall. 821 Georgia Avenue.

(423) 752-1977 midtownmusichall.com.

Live Music Acoustic Jam Session Soddy-Daisy Community Center. 190 Deport Street. (423) 332-4901 www.soddydaisytn. gov/services/communitycenter.htm.

Wednesday

Clubs/DJ/Dance DJ Stephen G The Mix. 405 Market Street. (423) 2663662 www.themixchattanooga.com.

Mixmaster Danny Williams 8 PM. The Mix. (423) 266-3662.

Karaoke at Walt’s 8 PM. Walt’s Fireplace and Lounge.

Dollar Beer Night at Midtown$ 4 PM. Midtown Music Hall. (423) 752-1977

Music Picks An Evening with BoomBox. Muscle Shoals’ two-DJ team returns with a night to dance. $7. 9 p.m. Thursday. Rhythm & Brews, 221 Market Street. (423) 267-4644. www.rhythm-brews.com

Electric Cowboy 5600 Brainerd Rd # A4. (423) 499-1995.

FANatics 7601 E Brainerd Rd. (423) 894-2524.

Legends Bar and Grill 5530 Hixson Pike. (423) 843-2695.

Miss Debbie’s Nightlife Lounge 4762 Hwy 58. (423) 485-0966.

Mudpie Restaurant 12 Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9043.

Red Lantern 1301 Chestnut St. (423) 757-4730.

Rob’s 5308 Dayton Blvd. (423) 875-6164.

Striker’s Lounge at Holiday Bowl Striker’s Lounge at Holiday Bowl. 5518 Brainerd Road. (423) 899-2695.

The Sports Page

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Amatuer Talent Night Images. 6005 Lee Hwy. (423) 855-8210.

3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival.

Everyone from the Dismembered Tennesseans to Dan Tyminski will be there. You be there too.

Free. 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, noon to 11 p.m Saturday.

Ross’s Landing, Riverfront. (423) 265-0771.

Gary Pfaff & The Heartwells.

Southern country rockers lay it down at Midtown. $5. 10 p.m. Friday. Midtown Music Hall. 820 Georgia Ave. (423) 752-1877. www.ticketbiscuit.com Rabid Ears with 500 Miles to Memphis.

We just like the name Rabid Ears. $5. 9 p.m. Tuesday. JJ’s Bohemia.

231 MLK Blvd. (423) 266-1400.

Chamber Orchestra of Tennessee.

Take the afternoon off with Bach, Vivaldi, and Mahler.

Free. 4 p.m. Sunday. Ballroom of Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club. (423) 821-4863.

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On The Beat

By Alex Teach

A Day In The Life Of Death Some things we cannot leave behind Another dream. Darkness was contrasted by lightning all around.

It tugged on the large, cheap plastic shingles on the storefront’s false roof, the modern equivalent of an Old West block-style façade, which was blowing off in sections. I was viewing everything from above my car. As I stood by the open driver’sside door, I gripped the upper edge of the frame at the roof and gritted my teeth. The storm was here. It was all wind and lightning and no rain, and the lack of rain was maddening, as if a lack of closure was pervading what I knew should be blistering rainfall, making windshield wipers useless, and thoughts of crawling into the attic seem sensible.

My hair was longer, and this time a streak of gray showed half an inch above my ears, but I was not many years older than I am now. The collars of my coat were whipping

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against my neck. My embroidered badge was frayed but still visible.

Time was short, as was my patience.

Only a few options left…then the dream ends, leaving me with a memory of irrational fury and frustration. Weird. Same dream as always, and as such, background noise to me, so I quickly forgot about it as I put miles on my Crown Vic. Earlier, I’d left a nice subdivision for a bad reason, and though it was completely behind me, I couldn’t quite get the feeling of being clean again just yet. I’d walked into a welldecorated, well-lit home to find a middle-aged woman sitting on the edge of a bed looking down and wringing her hands ceaselessly, quietly mumbling something to herself and ignoring my cautious greeting. This was likely because she was sitting opposite the body of her husband, who was slumped between a wall and the mattress with the better part of his head’s contents spread across the wall, a revolver lying next to him. He was the suspect in his own shooting, and there was nothing left to be done.

Cops and medics made their rounds.

Pictures were snapped, measurements were taken, and eventually his body had been removed as tastefully as the circumstances would allow…then as it was in the beginning, it was just the woman and I. She had no idea how many hours had passed. Her husband’s remains were gone, but I couldn’t leave her there alone with his final reminder on the walls, because although we record the crime scene, we don’t sanitize it, and his blood had soaked through the carpet and into the padding. The Missus was in the living room. I asked her to stay there, and took it upon myself to start cutting through carpet and wallpaper with a pocketknife, removing both in great ragged chunks.

Coagulated blood smeared on my dark blue gloves and sweat dripped from my nose as I placed the scraps on the center of her bed, the comforter having been soiled as well as the wall and floor. My scowl was fixed, but I suppose it was also tinged with disgust for the situation he had put her in.

Put me in as well.

My delay returning to service caught my partner’s attention. He returned to

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the home to check on me, and was shocked to see what I was doing. I explained myself and told him to leave, but he insisted on staying. I directed him to glove up and hold a garbage bag open for me while I stuffed the gory comforter inside. He barely held his lunch and I admired his loyalty. We finally departed, stuffing the bag in a can outside. The Missus hugged me goodbye, and at last cried her first tears as reality finally set in. I managed to leave before I broke as well.

“Ten years later I can still see her silhouetted in her doorway when I close my eyes, see the bloody gray chunks on rattan wallpaper, and I can never check on her.”

I found my partner later, and we sat quietly until he said, “You shouldn’t have touched it, man. You take it with you when you do that. You shouldn’t do that, man.” I had no reply, because I suspected at the time he was right.

He was, of course. Ten years later I can still see her silhouetted in her doorway when I close my eyes, see the bloody gray chunks on rattan wallpaper, and I can never check on her. As for so many others, I’ll always just be a reminder of the worst life had to offer, but I do not regret the decision to clean. Some things don’t wash away easily. Sometimes someone has to do it for you.

I just wish I didn’t have to dream.

Chattanooga resident Alexander D. Teach is an occasional student of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and graduate of Central High School. In his spare time he enjoys carpentry, auto mechanic work, boating, and working for the Boehm Birth Defects Center.

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New Music Reviews Dark Meat Universal Indians (Vice)

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More than two dozen musicians are credited within the liner notes of Universal Indians, the debut album from the Athens, Georgia outfit Dark Meat, and in a way, the group is more akin to a marching band than a normal rock combo. The core style of their songs is a country-blues tinged rock, a bit like Neil Young and Crazy Horse, or maybe even the track “Fun House” by the Stooges with twang, featuring a towering wall of instruments following the lead motifs.

You name it, and it’s probably here: flute, clarinet, saxophones, brass, strings, and more, in addition to the customary guitars and drums.

While about half of the songs use the overdriven blues-twang style, there are some oddball tracks like “Angel of Meth,” which is the closest to pop the band gets, or the album’s psychedelic closer, with vaguely south Asian drones. The lyrics are like hazily mystical death ballads, written by someone who might have watched El Topo and Dead Man more than a few times. The male lead singer’s verses are rebutted with passionate “hoo hoo” vocalizations; at other times, the vocals sound like Sandy Denny or a boys’ choir singer possessed by the ghost of Janis Joplin on uppers.

This current edition on Vice Records is the “Expanded Edition,” appending three bonus live tracks to the album, which was first released in 2006. The first extra is a chaotic brass/sax number that is a tribute to the late Albert Ayler, whose wild, intense saxophone playing is a key influence for the band. The other two live tracks are messier and even more furious than the studio versions, practically threatening to fall apart or explode at any second, and because of that, they’re superior takes. At their best, Dark Meat makes a tremendous,

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On paper, the dance-oriented British trio Friendly Fires might sound like any other shameless ’80s revivalists.

Take, for example, the track “In the Hospital” from their mostly selfrecorded debut album, which seems to borrow unmistakable components from the Talking Heads’ 1980 song “Crosseyed and Painless”; in addition, post-punk guitar jabs puncture the track, and it ends up sounding like what the band !!! (Chk Chk Chk) does with their dance amalgams.

However, what Friendly Fires brings to the table are a few key elements that pull the listener in: there’s a constant, jittery, kinetic energy that infuses the songs with busy drum and percussion patterns, and in the background, often there are wideeyed, sustained, shoegazer-inspired notes to counterbalance the quick moments.

The highlight “Paris” conveys a curious fascination in its new-wave disco exterior, with a falsetto chorus and youthful, unabashed promises of romance (“One day, we’re gonna live in Paris, I promise”); the twist is the simultaneous acknowledgement and denial of the connection to the person to whom the song is sung, with the disarming line “I’ll find you that French boy, you’ll find me that French girl.” A certain portion of the population will surely hear Friendly Fires and think, “Enough with the post-punk new-wave dance music, already,” but those amenable to such nostalgic dance music styles will find the debut Friendly Fires album to be stirring and consistently satisfying.

—Ernie Paik

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Shades Of Green

By Mary Duffy

Dessert DIY Making ice cream for fun and—well—fun Now that summer is over and we’re into fall (meaning temperatures have dropped to the 80s and there’s not a red maple leaf in sight) I have received an eagerly awaited wedding gift: an ice cream maker. I’ve never been much for ice cream, or dessert in general, but since moving to Chattanooga I’ve fallen for the frozen stuff, hard. I don’t know if it’s the heat, Clumpies, or just the fact that I went years without eating ice cream, but I can’t go more than a week without getting a sugar-cone fix.

And me being me, I really wanted to make my own. Not only can I rest assured that my homemade ice cream is organic, not only can I make up my own flavors, but in my research, I discovered that it’s just really easy to make a good batch of ice cream at home. Granted, the pros know what they’re doing, but as with anything, it feels great to make something yourself. If you aren’t up for investing in a machine (an inexpensive one runs around $50), you can still make your own, although it won’t come out quite as smooth.

“I’ve never been much for ice cream, or dessert in general, but since moving to Chattanooga I’ve fallen for the frozen stuff, hard.”

Ice cream has four basic ingredients: milk, cream, egg yolks, flavoring. You mix these in varying proportions, chill the mixture, and then process it in an ice cream maker, or by hand. Ice cream recipes come in two basic styles: Philadelphia and French.

French ice cream is heavy on egg yolks, lighter on cream, and must be cooked before churning.

Philadelphia has few—if any—egg yolks, lots of cream, and does not have to be cooked.

When I first saw an ice cream recipe for a French batch, I noticed that it looked just like the recipe I’d seen for homemade pudding, minus the cornstarch.

For French ice cream you make a pudding or

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custard but without bringing it to a boil. The mixture won’t set the way pudding does, but will become silky and thick. The ice cream that results is very rich and smooth. Philadelphia is the quick and dirty, and it’s great for making Ben and Jerry’sstyle ice cream loaded over with toppings. French is for single flavors you want to savor like vanilla or chocolate.

If you want homemade ice cream without investing in a machine, it is certainly possible to get a respectable batch making it by hand. It’s just a little time-consuming. Ideal if you want something fun to do on a rainy Saturday with antsy kids.

Follow an ice cream recipe and instead of churning the mixture in a machine, pour it into a large baking dish and pop it in the freezer. Every 30 minutes, get one of your rugrats to scrape down the sides of the pan with a spatula, breaking up the ice crystals.

After several hours, you’ll get a good, (but sludgy) ice cream.

In honor of the New England fall I’m missing this year, for my first batch I made a very New England flavor: coffee. It is a French style; technically it is more difficult to make than a Philadelphia, but the taste is really worth the extra effort. Here’s my recipe: Coffee Flavoring: 1/4 cup of coffee grounds 1 cup of milk Ice cream: 1 cup of milk 6 egg yolks 1 cup of cream 1 or 2 tsp of vanilla, to taste 1/2 cup of sugar, divided into two 1/4-cups Combine the grounds and 1 cup of milk in a small saucepan. Heat until the milk steams, then remove from heat and steep for 10 minutes or more. Strain the grounds out and set coffee-flavored milk aside.

Separate the egg yolks in a medium bowl (save the

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egg whites for a healthy omelet or an unhealthy meringue, later) and whisk with 1/4 cup of the sugar. The yolks will lighten in color slightly.

Take the other 1/4 cup of sugar and dissolve into 1 cup of milk on low heat. Add the coffee-flavored milk and continue to stir occasionally until the milk steams.

Take the warmed milk and pour a very small portion—less than 1/8 a cup—into the eggs, whisking as you pour. The idea is to incorporate the hot milk and the eggs slowly, a bit at a time, because too much hot liquid at once will cook the eggs, and then you’ll have scrambled ice cream.

Keep mixing and pouring until you have the eggs and milk completely mixed. Return the mixture to the saucepan.

5. Heat for 6 or 7 minutes on medium heat, stirring continuously, until the mixture thickens and becomes very silky. Do NOT bring it to a boil.

You’ll know it’s thick enough when it coats the back of the spoon: thick enough that you can drag your finger through the liquid and leave a line on the back of the spoon.

When it has thickened, strain it into the mixing bowl (this will ensure smoothness and remove any tiny bits of cooked egg). Add the cream, and the vanilla. Chill in the refrigerator until thoroughly cold; at least an hour. Process in your machine, or by hand as described above.

Machine churned ice cream will be sludgy, but if you freeze it for 2 hours, it’ll take on a firmer consistency, more like store-bought ice cream. Eat it all within a day or two for the best taste.

Mary Duffy moved to Chattanooga from the East Coast in June 2007. She’s a writer by avocation, a Girl Friday by profession, and leads as peripatetic a life as possible.

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On Screen

By Phillip Johnston

Slowly Up The Yangtze Exploring what will happen to ordinary people as the river rises The Three Gorges Dam spanning China’s Yangtze River is the largest hydroelectric project in the world. When finished, it will provide mammoth amounts of hydroelectric power to the country and its people—but it will also cause the waters of the Yangtze to rise, obliterating many homes.

Thousands will have to relocate to the highland and start anew. Yung Chang’s new documentary Up the Yangtze, opening at the Bijou this weekend, explores the different worlds created by the dam and illuminates a darkened corner that may soon disappear under the waters of the Yangtze.

The resulting film is far from academic. Up The Yangtze is not a National Geographic special report on a nation’s economic climate, but a film focusing on two young people from different parts of China.

Jerry is from the city; little is known about his family and he’s introduced during a night out with friends where he toasts to a future of opportunity. He is confident about rising above his peers and becoming a success—something he bluntly communicates to all.

“Yung Chang juxtaposes images of debilitating poverty with ones of immense wealth.”

Cindy comes from a family of poor farmers who struggle daily in dirt and rain just so they will have food to eat. She desperately wants to be a successful teacher, but her family situation is crippling. “I know it’s because your father and I don’t have skills that we have to exploit you,” her mother tells her through tears.

Both Jerry and Cindy want to leave their current environment to pursue lifelong dreams, and each takes advantage of job opportunities aboard a cruise liner touring up and down the Yangtze. On boarding, they are rigorously drilled on how to act around passengers so as not to offend. They are not to be overly modest or polite, should never compare America to Canada, and

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may never call people old, pale, or fat.

The foreigners aboard the cruise liner (mostly Americans) are blind to the plight of Chinese young people like Cindy and equally Traveling along China’s changing Yangtze River apathetic In Up the Yangtze, the emotional about Jerry’s hope for a successful weight on display when people life. Busy with the frivolity of an speak to the camera adds gravity to exotic vacation, they parade blissfully the fact that they will probably lose around the ship with an oblivious their homes when the river rises, idiocy reminiscent of Coen brothers but the uncommon level of candor characters, trying on traditional and emotional freedom displayed is Chinese garb by day and listening to greatly overplayed. It feels fake at a Barry Manilow-wannabe by night. times.

Here Yung Chang juxtaposes All is not lost, though. The images of debilitating poverty with opening and closing sequences alone ones of immense wealth. While are worth the price of admission. touring a small cross-section of the Yung Chang takes his camera inside highland, the passengers are assured the Three Gorges Dam to give that the Chinese are a happy people and that everyone who must relocate perspective on how massive the project really is. These sequences after the river rises will be given a are overpowering and have a largersafe and comfortable life. After they than-life quality, lending immediacy smile and walk away, we are again shown Cindy’s family as they struggle and poetry to the rest of the film.

The film wisely uses these and to survive on the banks of the rising river—something the happy-go-lucky other solemn, quiet moments to engender a real compassion for the tourists will never see. impoverished people who gaze at At one point in Up the Yangtze, the river each day with great unease an impoverished shop-owner is about the future and profound interviewed in close-up. He talks embarrassment about the past. about how being human is hard Up the Yangtze is a quietly enough, but being a common person heartbreaking documentary of in China is even harder. His words unfettered sincerity—even in are heartbreaking, but there is moments where staged interviews something amiss about the way he carries himself. Something seems off- could be a possibility. It has a stark beauty that stands as a testament kilter—perhaps even staged. to those acute periods of personal The picture of Cindy’s home life testing that forge us into new and feels the same way. The audience better people. is placed directly inside their dilapidated riverfront shack by Up the Yangtze day and by night, listening in on Not rated private family conversations and Directed by Yung Chang seeing traumatic moments from Running Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes multiple camera perspectives. It Opens October 3 begs the question: Just how much Bijou Theatre, 215 Broad Street. can a filmmaker invade people’s Contact the theater or the AEC at (423) 267-4232, artsedcouncil.org lives before altering reality or being for screening times and ticket prices. tempted to stage events?

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Ask A Mexican Dear Mexican, I’m an illegal alien. Got here on a tourist visa and stayed for a job.

My gabacho employer knows about it and doesn’t give a crap. I don’t apologize about it, as ever since I can remember, the USA has meddled in other countries’ business like it owns the world. That, at least in my mind, gives me the right to be here and do a decent, reasonable man’s labor with muchos huevos, labor that nobody else will do.

Under the current status quo, my employer gets great workmanship for a bargain price. My question to you is this: What would you calculate to be the percentage of illegal Mexicans in the United States who actually want the whole enchilada of American goodness, with all its obligations, rights and privileges, when those privileges seem to be reduced nowadays to taking it in the ass from the American government in the name of some shady interest God-knowswhere?

— Some Chihuahuan Dear Wab, Heavy lies the sombrero, amigo.

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By Gustavo

I’m glad you’re enjoying life as an illegal, but few of your fellow undocumented do—how else to explain the 2006 amnesty marches, the fear of escalating migra raids and the healthy market for fraudulent documents establishing some type of legal residency?

Your question does brush up against an interesting, related phenomenon: legal Mexicans who can become American citizens but don’t. A March 2007 Pew Hispanic Center report revealed that only 35 percent of eligible Mexicans had naturalized their status in 2005, an improvement from 20 percent in 1995; compare that with the 77, 71 and 69 percent rates for legal immigrants from the Middle East, Asia and Europe/ Canada, respectively, for 2005.

Researcher Jeffrey S. Passel wrote that wabs notched the abysmally low rate because “so many have low education levels, high poverty and other characteristics that are associated with low citizenship levels.”

Wait a minute: I always hear anti-immigrant pendejos claim that LEGAL immigrants become

grateful Americans, while ILLEGAL immigrants are unworthy of citizenship. Yet the Mexican example shows it’s the illegals agitating to improve their citizenship status, while the legals learn the American way and become complacent in their station.

Know Nothings: Care to explain the difference?

Dear Mexican, A Mexican-born colleague of ours recently became incensed about a staff-party invitation that called for invitees to bring margaritas or margarita mix at our Mexican-themed potluck. He said Mexicans drink tequila instead of margaritas and that Mexicans don’t eat chips, either. He was also upset about the adjective “Mexican” used with a lowercase m. Were we accurate, or is he being oversensitive?

– Clueless in California Dear Gabacho, Tell the wab to shut up. So maybe Mexicans don’t consume margaritas and tortilla chips as much as, say, pan dulce and huitlacoche—who cares?

Both gabacho faves have their roots

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with Mexican entrepreneurs who took authentically Mexican products to create an Americanized hybrid—he should celebrate these feats instead of whining like Loud Dobbs.

I’ll only fault your staff for using the lowercase on “Mexican”— stylebooks require uppercase letters at the beginning of nationalities or movements even when adjectivized (Americanized, or Know Nothingesque) and lowercase for races or peoples (white, black or pendejo).

Got a spicy question about Mexicans?

Send your question to Ask the Mexican at themexican@askamexican.net.

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Featured Dining Easy Bistro “Our Southern spin on Creole cuisine has its roots in my New Orleans childhood. In our home, Creole cooking was an everyday event and the flavors aromas and laid-back attitude of the city shaped who I am (in my first kitchen I was nicknamed ‘Easy’).”

That’s the word from Eric Neil, executive chef and owner. Because Easy Seafood is chef-owned and operated, nothing holds them back from creating the freshest, most honest, wonderfully delicious food in town.

From Crawfish Etoufee to Easy’s Surf-N-Turf seared Kobe Beef Sirloin with grilled jumbo gulf white shrimp, the menu features local produce (NEVER miss the Fried Green Tomato Salad when the Heirloom tomatoes are in season!) and an attention to subtle details.

Check out the 25-cent oysters on Thursday nights.

203 Broad St. 266-1121 Mon. - Thurs.: 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Fri. - Sat.: 11am to midnight Sun: 11a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Bar Hours: Sun. - Thurs.: 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.

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Foodworks The old knitting mill now holds a lot more than yarn.

Three Chattanooga natives turned the space into a polished-casual dining environment that serves up everything from pecan trout to jambalaya. Their bold American fare is prepared by a staff that boasts more culinary school graduates than any other restaurant in town, and they make a mean double-cut pork chop. They also have a full bar that you can enjoy on the deck or in the retro-industrial interior, which still displays the original brick from the renovated building. Monday is halfoff Wine Day, and Sunday brunch has become very popular here.

Mon. - Thurs.: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Fri. & Sat.: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (bar open until 1a.m.)

Sun.: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

205-C Manufacturers Rd. 752-7487 Price Range: $$

Hair of the Dog Pub There’s only one locally owned hangout that is both homey and happening, classy and casual with a unique menu of pub dishes and remarkable selection of drinks. Down on the corner of Market and 4th Street a spot o’ London has settled into the Chattanooga bar scene. Hair of the Dog offers pool tables, a breezy bi-level patio, a rockin’ jukebox and friendly staff. Not the regular stale-potato-chips bar fare, their stellar menu boasts Jalapeno Corn Dogs, Cottage Pie and Salmon. And then there’s the beer. They have more than 50 different brews on top of lengthy wine and liquor lists.

Definitely your next favorite haunt.

334 Market St. 265-4615 HairOfTheDogPub.net Mon. - Fri.: 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Sat. & Sun.: 1 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Price Range: $

Market Street Tavern Chattanooga’s newest downtown hotspot serves lunch and dinner Monday through Friday and Saturday evening. The Tavern boasts down-home Southern cuisine with a twist, featuring local and organic

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purveyors. A polished, casual atmosphere makes it the right place for any occasion.

Whether you want a great burger for lunch, a few drinks and apps at happy hour, a delicious entrée for dinner, or a night on the town listening to Chattanooga’s best local music talent you will find what you are looking for at the Market Street Tavern.

Join them every Friday following Nightfall— Chattanooga’s best local music talent.

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850 Market St. 634-0260 Price Range: $

The Blue Plate Brilliant: The owners of The Blue Plate have taken the idea behind the classic American diner and given it a contemporary flair. To start, try the Fried Green Tomatoes or the Hand-Breaded Fish & Chips. Then dig into a Blue Plate Burger or Baked Meatloaf or Grilled Salmon. Don’t forget to leave room for Coconut Cream Pie or Peanut Butter Pie. In addition to lunch and dinner seven days a week, you can enjoy breakfast on the weekends. Full bar with premium spirits, bottled beers and wine by the glass. The Blue Plate boasts a fantastic view of the river and is located in the River Pier Building next to the Aquarium. Easy parking adjacent to Blue Plate at the foot of the River Pier.

191 Chestnut St. Unit B 648-6767 Mon. - Fri.: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sat.: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sun.: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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Sushi Nabe Since 1990 Sushi Nabe has provided Chattanoogans with the freshest, most delicious authentic Japanese cuisine. The freshest fish is flown in daily from major fish markets on both the west and east coasts. And the real secret to tasty sushi—the rice—is made fresh daily by the sushi experts here. Proprietor Yasushi Watanabe and his wife Chikako welcome you to visit and try Chattanooga’s original and best sushi! Sushi Nabe is at 110 River Street inside Coolidge Park on the north shore of the Tennessee River across from Ross’s Landing downtown Chattanooga.

Mon.: 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Tues-Weds-Thurs & Sun: 11:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Fri & Sat.: 11:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Price Range: $$

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Life In The Noog Ass, Grass Or Gas Gas shortage has Chuck thinking scooter There’s an epidemic right now in the ‘noog. People are having trouble getting gas. In most social circles that’d be a good thing, but when you’re talking automobiles it means the difference between actually going to Neyland and staying home to watch the Vols on TV. And if your blood runs Big Orange—we’re talking major sacrifices here.

Not since the gas crisis of the ’70s can I remember sitting in line waiting for a pump to open up. People are patiently queued up, ready to pour in as much go-go juice as the station will allow, hoping and praying that there will be enough left for their ration.

In fact, nobody’s looking at the price signs any more. Right now I don’t think most people could tell you if gas is $4 a gallon or ten. We’re more worried about the opportunity to be gouged than the gouging itself.

I mean, the price of water doesn’t matter in the desert. You gotta have it, or you ain’t goin’ nowhere.

It’s our own fault really. Urban sprawl long ago solidified the automobile’s move in status from luxury to necessity. When you decide that you need a 5,000-sq-ft home for your wife and only child and in order to afford it have to move 20plus miles from downtown proper, you’ve pretty much reduced your transportation options to the gas guzzler you also thought you needed in order to “haul stuff.”

Many major metropolitan U.S. cities have access to the most popular urbanite public transportation service available—the subway. But if having a car is an easily affordable, doable option in those cities, I bet more folks drive than ride. We have CARTA. But CARTA is having all kinds of financial trouble. Wanna know why? Because nobody wants to ride the bus (unless it’s the socially accepted, eco-friendly free electric shuttle).

We could carpool. But nobody wants to do that either. And the main reason for both is convenience. We want to come and go as we please, without having to adhere to anyone else’s schedule. We want big wide lanes, no traffic and parking at the front door of wherever we’re headed at all times. We want to go from our home garage to the parking garage without having to get out of the car long enough to feel the temperature outside.

But that’s not always what they give us. Architects pretend cars don’t

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even exist. Ask any one of them to explain where people are supposed to park around the scale model of their latest creation and they’ll tell you it’s not their problem. They’re all riding bicycles and scooters anyway. And maybe we should too.

I don’t have any room to talk. I live nine blocks from work and a couple more from nearly everywhere I hang out. I own a bicycle and am seriously contemplating a scooter.

But regardless, every time I leave the house I crank up the old six-cylinder to cruise around town. The only good thing I guess is that I can usually go a couple of weeks on a tank of gas.

Whether it’s the price of gas or that the ozone has finally opened up enough to fry our brains, the chic thing to be now is “green.” Treehugging used to stop at recycling newspapers and aluminum cans, but now people are wearing their car’s gas mileage like a badge of honor.

You’re not cool anymore unless your car gets at least 25 miles per gallon city (or runs on biodiesel). And forget minivans. Out. And then there’s reverse suburbanization. Everyone’s wondering who’s buying all of those condos they’re building downtown.

I’ll tell you who. People who are tired of paying for gas, that’s who. You can stick it in your tank, or stick it in the bank—it’s your call. But like them, I don’t ever want to be so dependent on our precious fuelstuffs that I end up having to fight to the death in some sort of jungle gym “thunderdome” just for a tank full. I’ll leave that to Mad Max. Drive safe!

Chuck Crowder is a local writer and general man about town. His opinions are just that. Everything expressed is loosely based on fact, and crap he hears people talking about. Take what you just read with a grain of salt, but pepper it in your thoughts. And be sure to check out his wildly popular website thenoog.com for hip Chattacentric shirts and stickers.

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Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): In her book Courtney Love: The Queen of Noise, Melissa Rossi reports that in the mid-1990s “Courtney surrounded herself with a coterie of soothsayers, even approaching hipster stargazer Rob Brezsny, who declined to provide his astrological services.” Rossi doesn’t explain why I declined, but I’ll tell you. Courtney wasn’t interested in the kind of information I specialize in. She pressed me to tell her whether her romantic future should be with Trent or Billy, and I urged her to talk about the changes she could make in herself and her life to get clear about what she wanted. She implored me to predict her future, and I prodded her to formulate intelligent questions that would help her create a beautiful and interesting future for herself. I bring this up, Aries, because in the coming weeks I hope you will do what I suggested she try back then.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus actor Pierce Brosnan told Parade magazine how shocking it was to get fired after playing the role of James Bond for four films. But after the initial pain he felt from being rejected, he eventually got to the point where he could say, “I’m free now. I can do anything I want.”

What helped him recover was conjuring up the proper attitude. “You’ve got to be a fighting rooster,” he said. That’s half of my prescription for you in the coming week, Taurus. Be a charismatic warrior as you push to further your highest ideals and brightest desires. Be a stylishly fierce liberator in charge of designing your own freedom. Be a fighting rooster with the heart of an artist.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do you believe in higher love at first sight? How about instant enlightenment? And what about higher love at first sight that brings instant enlightenment, or instant enlightenment that provokes higher love at first sight? These are themes I suspect you’ll soon be flirting with, Gemini. In order to get all of the blessings from the lessons they’ll offer, you must dispense with your preconceived notions about what they might entail. You’ve got to wash your own brain so it’s nice and clean and empty of expectations.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your creed for the last three months of 2008 comes from Nikos Kazantzakis: “By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.” Memorize this meme, Cancerian. Imprint it on your subconscious mind. Make it so much a part of you that it breathes as you breathe, and dreams as you dream. Allow it to turn you into a magician whose potent desire is as strong as the longings of ten normal people put together.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Gleeking is a term that refers to a special kind of projectile spitting. To do it, you’ve got to practice. It involves pressing your tongue against your submaxillary salivary gland when a pool of drool has accumulated nearby. I recommend this practice for you in the coming week, Leo. It’ll be a favorable time for you to be undignified, unpredictable, and even outrageous in expressing yourself.

Other suggested practices: telling unruly stories concisely, speaking the truth with picturesque but disciplined extravagance, adding some vivid new slang to your body language, and skipping and hopping or even dancing as you walk. (For instructions on how to gleek, go to tinyurl.com/ hn7vo.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Talk back to those annoying voices in your head, Virgo —I mean those nagging little chatterers who are secondguessing you ten times a day, who are trying to undermine your faith in what you started in recent weeks. And as you respond to their agitation, do so with poise and grace —not with defensiveness, not with bitter complaint, but with a quietly aggressive confidence that the lucid intuitions you relied on to launch your new projects were basically sound. The annoying little voices are trying to convince you that you should go back to square one, when in fact you’re on the right track but merely need to do some tinkering.

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By Rob Brezsny

JONESIN’

By Matt Jones

“Bizarro World”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “New ideas show up disguised innocently as interruptions, contradictions, and embarrassing dilemmas,” says motivational speaker Rob Lebow. “Beware of total strangers and friends alike who shower you with comfortable sameness, and remain open to those who make you uneasy, for they are the true messengers of the future.” That excellent advice is my birthday present to you, Libra. If you make use of it during the next three weeks, I bet you’ll consistently be in the right place at the right time to extract the maximum benefit from your blind dates with destiny.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Robert Downey Jr. is grateful to Burger King for serving him such gross food. After eating a particularly foul meal there in 2003, he told Empire magazine, he was so disgusted that he drove to the beach and hurled all of his drugs into the sea. It was the shock he needed to begin the process of kicking his addiction. In that spirit, Scorpio, I suggest you seek out a similar epiphany— whether that involves an encounter with greasy, fried cow meat or some other phenomenon that triggers your urge to rise up and purify yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s a seller’s market for you, Sagittarius. If I were you, I wouldn’t buy a bunch of new stuff or invest in unripe possibilities. Rather, I’d cash in on the hard work I’ve been doing for many months now. I’d quit while I was ahead. I’d liquefy assets that might soon decline in their value to me but that are still at the height of their value to other people. In order for you to summon the brisk confidence necessary to pull this off, you’ll have to resist greedy temptations to hold on to everything a little while longer.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Most American companies don’t pay any federal income tax. During a recent seven-year period, 1.3 million businesses earned well over a trillion dollars but didn’t pony up a penny to the U.S. government. I mention this, Capricorn, because it’s now a favorable time, astrologically speaking, for you to seek comparable perks.

Look into this, please: Maybe you don’t have to keep having your assets drained in ways you’ve always assumed were inevitable. I’m talking metaphorically as well as literally; I’m referring to emotional and psychic energy as well as actual money. Are there any legal and ethical loopholes you can exploit to free yourself from long-running burdens?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Once upon a time, Brave Aquarius wandered out to the edge of the known universe in search of mindblowing sensations and foreign titillations and clues to the future. So imagine Brave Aquarius’s amazement when the rather attractive ogre who was guarding the rope bridge that crossed over the abyss said, “Stop! You’re headed the wrong way! The mind-blowing sensations and foreign titillations and clues to the future you crave are back in the direction you came from. In fact, they are all the way back where you started.”

What to do? The ogre’s advice was counterintuitive and downright confounding. But Brave Aquarius, being foremost an experimental adventurer, thought, “Hmmm. I guess maybe I’ll try what the ogre suggested. What could be more experimental and adventurous than changing my mind?”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Blessings will come if you cultivate as much stillness as possible. I’m not just talking about reducing the noise levels, although that’s a good first step.

Other things you might want to do: Cut way down on your use of the phone; text-message sparingly; surf the Internet 70 percent less than usual; avoid watching TV news altogether; and don’t hang around people whose minds zip around like chimps on meth. As for your own monkey mind: See if you can enjoy some periods each day when the monkey gets to lie down in a soft place and watch the wide sky roll by.

Need more insight into the cosmos? Come on over and testify at FreeWillAstrology.com

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19 Bullring cheer 20 Adirondacks components: abbr.

21 It can be ordered soft or crunchy 22 James T. Kirk, by state of birth 24 Nintendo DS competitor, for short 25 People who cross out a substance that causes an immune response?

28 Ample-sized property for a home 30 Therefore 31 Cell phone display items 33 Japanese horror film series about a cursed videotape that inspired a similarly-titled American remake 35 ___-pitch softball 38 What opposites are written down on?

42 “Unsafe at ___ Speed” (Ralph Nader book) 43 Berry of “Things We Lost in the Fire” 44 Schedule an

engagement 45 One may carry the best of the wurst 46 With 48-down, Oscar category 48 Where to store a type of brakes?

53 Sounds of “I get it” 56 Four-door alternative 57 When repeated, a songlike taunt 58 Kicks 59 Johnson of “Plan 9 From Outer Space” 60 “Hey, toss over that pamphlet on breaking up monopolies”?

64 Yoko who funded the Central Park Strawberry Fields memorial 65 “SNL” cast member Will 66 “Keep on whispering in ___” (line from “What I Like About You”) 67 Button on a DVD player: abbr.

68 Like some chard or steak 69 African antelope

Down 1 Rapscallion 2 Women in a tree?

3 Celebratory shout 4 Seven, on some watches 5 GM emergency service 6 Vote off, a la “Big Brother” 7 Words of agreement 8 Honorary title given to Bill Gates 9 Earth Day prefix

10 Stitching closed 11 Director Cameron 12 Birthday balloon material 13 Cold temperature range 18 “Damaged” girl group Danity ___ 23 Tic-tac-toe line 26 Bottle resident 27 Rowing machine units 29 Series set in Las Vegas 31 Merino noise 32 “Raggedy” doll 33 Big find at an archaeological dig 34 Manhattan, for one: abbr.

35 Just a little cupful, in Britain 36 Affectionate sign, so it’s said 37 Planet where Orson was often heard 39 Toronto NHL team, to fans 40 Ring around the holy?

41 Crunch targets 45 Easy addition to a potluck party 46 Male guinea pig 47 Return from the grave?

48 See 46-across 49 Hardly a packed house 50 Lawyer/author Scott 51 Makes a scarf 52 8-bit units 54 Earthling 55 Edgar Bergen dummy Mortimer ___ 61 When brats want something 62 Prefix for lateral

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