The Pulse 10.32 » August 8, 2013

August 8, 2013

Vol. 10 • No. 32

POLITICS » THE SHORT SUPPLY DEPARTMENT

SHOW SOME RESPECT

Chattanooga’s Weekly Alternative

a Blues journey CHATTANOOGA TO HARVARD AND BACK

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A Lot Of Us Will Be Looking At The Stars On Sat The stars have fascinated some of history’s greatest minds, from Vincent Van Gogh to Oscar Wilde to Neil DeGrasse Tyson. It’s a part of human nature—looking up to the skies for hope and inspiration, or for contemplative introspection. If you catch yourself staring into the sky on clear Tennessee nights, you won’t want to miss the Barnard Astronomical Society’s annual Star Party. Pack yourself a blanket, a lawn chair and some bug spray and drive out to the Cloudland Canyon on Saturday, August 10 to take part in the stargazing.

The BAS will kick off the event

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with an informative astronomy program focusing on identifying constellations. Then, you’ll take up telescopes and find the sky’s map for yourselves.

The program begins at 8 p.m., with the stargazing session following soon after on the tennis courts of Cloudland Canyon State Park. Members of the BAS will be on hand to provide observations and help to find things not visible to the naked eye.

All this would be intriguing enough on any normal summer night, but this star party happens to coincide with the start of the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower period—one of the most regular and consistent showers in

performance. That means there’s a strong chance of seeing shooting stars, so make sure to bring along your list of wishes and make them all count. The event itself is free, but you’ll need five bucks for parking at the Cloudland Canyon State Park.

Cloudland Canyon State Park, Rising Fawn, Ga. (706) 6574050, gastateparks.org/cloudland —Carson O'Shoney

FiveStar Food Fight

Who Will Take The Toque?

One of the Chattanooga Market’s most popular events is back again: the annual FiveStar Food Fight. Less a fight and more a friendly competition, this event pits five local chefs against each other in a unique cook-off. This year’s edition takes place Aug. 11, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Chattanooga Market.

What separates this cook-off from any other are the secret ingredients. None of the cooks can prepare, because they won’t know what they can use until 11:30 a.m. when the event begins in earnest.

At that time, the ingredients are revealed and the chefs have one hour and $40 to find their preferred ingredients right there at the market. Once they have gathered their tasty materials, they will display their culinary skills from 1 - 2 p.m., while emcee Kelley McCoy of KZ106 gives the play-by-play of what they’re preparing. When time is up, a

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panel of judges will taste their creations, and one champion will be crowned.

Many fantastic local chefs have stepped up to the plate in years past. This year’s line-up will be Nathan Flynt of Famous Nater’s food truck, Brad Grafton of Enzo’s Market, William Oglesby of Back Inn, Blacky Smith of Blacksmith’s Bistro, and Charlie Loomis of Elemental. All chefs will be working with FiveStar cooking ranges—hence the name. It’s basically a mini Chattanooga version of “Top Chef, “but friendlier, more fun, and you can watch it all happen right in front of your eyes.

Chattanooga Market. First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com —C. O.

Dennis’s Music Lives

“Tramps That Go Think In The Night” PreRelease In news from our good friends at the Shaking Ray Levi Society: “David Greenberger (Duplex Planet) has a deal for you!”In a special pre-release offer, one of the last recordings that the late and very much lamented Dennis Palmer was working on, Tramps That Go Think in the Night, can be had for free when you purchase $20 worth of items from the Duplex Planet at duplexplanet.com/giftshop.html.

The CD will have its official release in September, and contains 16 brand-new monologues and music featuring Dennis on synthesizers and samplers and Bob Stagner on drums and guitar, with guest appearances by Davey Williams, Frank Pahl, Evan Lip-

son, and 94-year-old drummer Mary Piper.

Yet more good SRLS news informs us that The Fishers o' Wufmen CD Kickstarter campaign has been fully funded, meaning that the album featuring Frank Pahl, Dennis Palmer and Bob Stagner along with some of the most beautiful music these three musicians ever made will be available for fans soon. Check out the Kickstarter page for more details: http://www.kickstarter. com/projects/1187207071/fishing-for-finishing-funds-for-fishers-o-wufmen-c —Staff

CRG’s “Power Jam”

Rockin’ Roller Girls Rule You’ve seen their funny “Jazzercise Informercial” commercials.

Now you’ve got one last chance to support the Chattanooga Roller Girls at home, as they make their move up the standings. On Saturday, Aug. 10, the Girls take on the Greenville Derby Dames at the Convention Center—and once again the bold and the brave (who are also 18 and older) can book “suicide seats” right next to the track.

Billed as the “Power Jam,” this bout will as always showcase the fitness and the fierceness of the CRG. Do not mess with these ladies! Tickets are $10 in advance if bought directly from “your favorite Roller Girl,” $12 online and at the door. Tix for kids ages 6-12 are $5, and kids age 5 and younger are admitted free. Doors open at 6 p.m.; bout starts at 7 p.m.

Chattanooga Convention Center, 1150 Carter St. chattanoogarollergirls.com —Staff

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THU08.08 SPORTS Chattanooga Lookouts vs.

Huntsville Stars • There's less than a month left of baseball action, so if you haven't made it downtown yet this summer, your time is running out!

7:15 p.m. • AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley. (423) 267-2208, lookouts.com

MUSIC American Pink Floyd: A Rememberance Concert for Tim Henry • If you missed seeing one of the greatest live bands in history, now's your chance to experience what made Pink Floyd so spectacular.

9 p.m. • Rhythm & Brews, 221 Market St. (423) 267-4644, rhythm-brews.com

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Miyazaki Movie Month: "My Neighbor Totoro"

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• A 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film that tells the story of two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan.

2 p.m. • Chattanooga Public Library— Northgate Branch, 278 Northgate Mall, (423) 870-0635, chattlibrary.org

• Innovative and elegant wearable art is featured in this new show at In-Town on the North Shore.

11 a.m. - 6 p.m. • In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214, intowngallery.com

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The New Orleans Suspects

• A unique sound filled with three-part harmony, intricate musicianship, and honest songwriting.

8 p.m. • Acoustic Café, 61 RBC Dr., Ringgold, Ga. (706) 965-2065, ringgoldacoustic.com

• New Orleans comes to the riverfront.

Bring your dancing shoes.

8 p.m. • Riverfront Nights Summer Music Series, 21st Century Waterfront Park. riverfrontnights.com facebook.com/raw.chattanooga

Honoring The Blues The 6th Annual Bessie Smith Heritage Festival takes place this Saturday and Sunday and features a stellar lineup of neosoul and jazz musicians including Kindred the Family Soul, Stokley Williams of Mint Condition, Tawanna Shaunte’, Olamide Faison and Chattanooga’s Ogya. If you are a lifelong fan of the blues or are just starting your musical exploration, this is the one must-see event of the year.

Bessie Smith Heritage Festival 6 p.m. Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E Martin Luther King Blvd.

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Respecting Mr. Riordan Decades later, his political lessons resonate

He did not demonize his opponent, even when, showing remarkable prescience about the future of politics, Mr. Talcott refused to debate him.

science about the future of politics, Mr. Talcott refused to debate him. We were told, “I want you to tell people what I stand for, and what I will work for if elected.”

Many times over the years I’ve had to remind myself about that thought. “Us and them” is the very essence of politics in so many ways, and there’s no denying the thrill when your candidate wins. Yet I still believe there is a line that publicly should not be crossed, and those of us in the media cope with this daily.

Last week, we had an example of what happens when someone allows partisan passion to get the better of them. On the day of President Obama’s visit, I opened my copy of the daily paper and my jaw dropped in shock at the headline topping the “right” side of editorial pages. The subsequent uproar and firing of the editor involved have been the buzz of the media community since.

“What about the First Amendment?” some ask. No one’s a bigger supporter of the First Amendment than I am, but in this, I confess, I am old school and will remain so.

Whatever my private opinions about Mr. Obama’s predecessor, I would not have dreamed of writing a headline so insulting and disrespectful to the office as well as the man.

In honesty, do I often comment privately that “so-and-so is an idiot?” Yes. Will I continue to do so? Yes, because I feel passionately about what is right (and wrong) for my country.

But will I do my best to honor the memory of one of my earliest political teachers by showing respect in print? Yes. It’s the least I can do for you, Mr. Riordan, wherever you are.

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Mr. Riordan announced in the paper that he was going to run for Congress, and the news shot through my high school.

Mr. Riordan did not teach political science. He taught Spanish, and since I was in the midst of four years of French, I wasn’t even in any of his classes.

But lots of us were excited about working on his campaign, which, as it happened, was the point as far Mr. Riordan was concerned. He would be running against an entrenched (as in about 20 years) Republican incumbent. He had no money, and the Dems were not about to waste a lot of dough on a quixotic race. But it would be a great opportunity for young people to learn what working on a political campaign was like. (Before anyone has apoplexy about students being “recruited” for political purposes on campus, let me note his campaign was never mentioned in his classes, according to Spanish-taking

classmates, and all political activities took place off-campus and were completely voluntary.)

Learn we did. We stuffed envelopes and answered phones in the campaign office. We walked the precincts, knocking on doors and handing out literature about the utterly unknown candidate. We manned the booth at the county fair wearing “Riordan for Congress” buttons.

Being in high school and already a smart-ass, I wrote a parody of “Yankee Doodle Dandy” dedicated to the sitting congressman: I am steady Burtie Talcott/Leader of the GOP/A real live champion of anything/ Good for the country—or me/ I’m a veteran campaigner/Max once said I was his boy/I won’t debate and stand up for those “little yellow people”/I am my party’s pride and joy.

(Max was another very well known Republican politician, and Mr. Talcott had made a well-publicized comment about the growing Asian community in his district.)

My friends and I thought this was hilarious. But Mr. Riordan did not agree. We were not allowed to sing this publicly. Mr. Riordan was a stickler for respect.

When, of course, our candidate lost by a huge landslide, we were sad but philosophical.

There was always next time, and for us, the times really were a’changin’. Burt L. Talcott was defeated by none other than Leon Panetta in 1976 and no Republican has won the district since.

My point in telling this story is, however, to pay tribute to Mr. Riordan’s style of teaching us about politics. He did not demonize his opponent, even when, showing remarkable pre-

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A BLUESJOURNEY CHATTANOOGA TO HARVARD AND BACK

DR. CLARK WHITE aka deacon bluz, talks the

POLITICS OF MUSIC

by ERIC FOSTER

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There is nothing better than like minds meeting and sharing musical experiences. I have been a musician for the majority of my life, and every time I have the opportunity to ask questions and probe into the life of another musician, it is a very rewarding experience.

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I’ve also been on the artist selection committee for the Riverbend Festival for years now. As part of this, I have met a lot of very interesting people—and we all share the same love and passion for music. The committee's job is to determine what acts will play the festival. Everyone on the committee has their own special interest and knowledge in music—which makes for an enriched musical experience without clamorous exchang-

es of ideas. In our meetings genres are discussed, new artists are introduced, CDs are shared, and emails with artist bios are forwarded so that everyone is on the same musical page. From time to time, new individuals are brought into the fold to add to the already conversant group. So when Dr. Clark White, aka Deacon Bluz, a harmonica-toting front man with his own group, called the "Holy Smoke Band" joined the club, I immedi-

ately wondered: Where has he been? Who has he met, and what experiences would he share with the group?

What I quickly learned about Deacon Bluz was far more than I could have ever imagined.

Dr. Clark White was born in Chattanooga in 1949, started his scholastic journey at Orchard Knob Elementary School—and ended it with degrees from Morehouse College, a Ph.D from Michigan State University and post-doctoral work at Harvard University.

He has taught at Michigan State, Temple University, Northeastern University, Brown University, Morehouse and Spelman College, and now, though semi-retired, is an adjunct faculty member at UTC. In an interview, Dr. White told me that music was always around him as a child, and that he was always encouraged to share his love of it.

Never shy about performing, he laughed as he recalled his first TV appearance, which happened in the WDEF studios in the old Volunteer Building at the tender age of 5 years old.

He sang "The Yellow Rose of Texas" in a cowboy outfit.

Dr. White “always knew that from an early age that music, in some form or fashion, would play a vital role in his life.” One of the very first things he can remember musically was the sound of his aunt's upright piano. He started receiving formal music training in middle school, playing in the band while learning to master the clarinet and saxophone. This training continued into his senior year of high school.

In the White household, knowledge was absolutely paramount. His parents stressed the importance of a good education in a time where chances of upward mobility for blacks in Chattanooga were few and far between.

"I was socialized to be successful and think highly of myself. Behind segregated walls my parents had to do that, because the entire society was trying to tell me that I was inferior,” Dr. White remembered. “I thought segregation was a joke. It was like living in a fairytale. I was always trying to be heroic and fight it. Anytime I had an encounter with my white counterparts, we were trying to

ment and reflected the time.

It was a social expression of ideas that existed at the time,” he said. “So any period of my life when I was listening to music, it always had a political component to it. One thing you've got to remember is that jazz musicians, then and now, were some of the most independent, outspoken artists of our time—because they could be. This is why I do the blues, because it is the soundtrack of the American experience. The vernacular expressions that we ignore and put down really formed the nucleus of what we called black culture,” he continued.

“Very few people understand or appreciate American blues music." He explained that the blues tells the story of three centuries, and is dedicated to the people's blood and sweat that made the cotton grow— essentially African American history.

"To teach you about the blues, I have to teach you about the history of black working class people, the life of the black slave, the black royal peasant, the black early industrial proletariat worker, and the present unemployed, marginalized group of black youth in this country. The blues is nothing but the facts of life,” Dr. White told me.

I've listened to Dr. White's—or should I say Deacon Bluz's—music now with new ears. I no longer hear the music in the same way, but I listen to it and all other blues music critically. I've even pulled out some of my mother's African American history folders from when she was a teacher to gain a greater perspective of the pain and struggle of Black America and its effects on the art form we call the blues. Even though I took music appreciation courses, and I'm very familiar with the history of jazz and blues, reviewing it kind of knocks the dust off of my brain to see it, appreciate it, and value it even more. Thank you, Deacon Bluz! Your knowledge is invaluable.

Eric Foster is a musician, stand-up comic and longtime DJ/program host at WJTT/Power 94. He can curently be heard on “Midday Motivations with Eric Foster.”

“This is why I do the blues, because it is the soundtrack of the American experience.”

out do them in any kind of way whether it was sports, band, elocution, anything."

His parents, who were highly educated, saw to it that he was exposed to as much as possible. "There were no opportunities for us back then,” he said. “If I had not left when I did, I knew that I would be someone's janitor because that was the only work that a black man could get. We knew growing up that we would be leaving Chattanooga. This was a place to be from, not a place to stay."

In 1966, the young Clark White left home for Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. As a college student in the times of the black power movement of the late ’60s, he was exposed to powerful ideas.

At Morehouse he would be introduced to the beliefs and idealogies of the Nation of Islam, The League of Revolutionary Black Workers, and a group of college students that organized to fight segregation and white supremacy in America called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

The SNCC was started by people like John Lewis, Julian Bond, fellow Chattanoogan Willie Ricks, and Stokely Carmichael—who would later become Kwame Ture, the honorary prime minister of the Black Panther Party. According to Dr. White, the Black Panther Party was not

a racially based, black, essentialist organization.

"That was the media image that was put out about the Black Panthers, but you had all types of people in the organization." he said. "If you read their literature, you will find that they never said that they were an all-black party. They were a party of the people that wanted to empower those in the community who were under siege by American capitalism and bring them to some level of equity."

He went on to explain that many non-black celebrities donated money and helped raise millions of dollars for the party. “People such as actor Marlon Brando and composer Leonard Bernstein," he said. There were many whites that had an affinity for black culture These people showed support in many different ways, according to Dr. White.

For instance, in Michigan, there was a group known as the White Panther party that started the multi-million dollar The Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival.

So where does the music fit into this story? I asked. It was everywhere, Dr. White responded. One of the many ways artists showed their support for the movement was to express it in their art.

“Music was always a part of the move-

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The Maycomb Criers: Hot Rod in Grandpa’s Barn No pigeonholing this band’s complex sound

There is a process I go through every time I sit down to write one of these articles. It starts with locking myself away with a copy of the album or EP for an hour or two. I take no notes, not initially anyway—the idea is to give it a few listens all the way through. By the third time around, the elements that are going to stand out have stood out, and then it’s a very simple matter of talking about them. Before any of this happens, I generally ask the members of the band to describe their sound in their own words, and I’ve never had to offer the caveat that I may not describe them the way they describe themselves.

At least not until I sat down with the Maycomb Criers.

Billing themselves as “country-tinged rock-and-roll” is not inaccurate in much the same way as saying your ’57 Corvette has leather seats. It is a technically true statement, but it fails to capture the essence of what they’re really all about. They are “country-tinged” to be sure, but they are no less blues, rockabilly, guitar rock, funk and, if you listen subtly, there’s a distinctive flavor of punk as well. In fact, having listened to their Reverbnation set many times, my recurring thought seems to be, “Somewhere Joe Strummer nods in approval…”

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The band’s genesis began way back in the days when vocalist/ guitar player Jesse Jungkurth was playing with local favorites Milele Roots. Jungkurth’s creative output as a songwriter during this period was prolific, but very little of it was reggae, and as Milele is a reggae band, that meant that most of this material stayed in the notebook or on the shelf. According to Jungkurth, “A songwriter who doesn't sing the songs he writes is worth about as much as a beer mug with a hole in the bottom.” The solution to the beer mug conundrum was to find an outlet, a voice for the songs

that weren’t being sung—and to that end Jungkurth assembled a band of respected pros and the Maycomb Criers were born.

The band’s lineup is a roster of top-notch talent from the area, featuring Jungkurth on guitars and vocals, Adrian Lajas on bass and vocals, Nick Randles on drums and vocals and respected engineer Brett Nolan on keyboards. Members of the quartet had been playing together on various projects for years, so the transition from “musician buddies” to bandmates was an easy one. Indeed, their familiarity gave them a jumpstart that many bands struggle with for months and even years, lending a tight fluidity to their performances that proves this isn’t a stable of hired guns—this is a group of pros who function with a cohesion and clarity of purpose that belies their five short years together. It would be easy to assume this band of 30-somethings has been together since their high school days.

Currently, if you want to hear the Maycomb Criers, you have two options. You can hear them at Reverbnation, where six su-

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perb tracks are available (three live, three from the studio) or you can see them live. An album is currently in production, though Jungkurth is hesitant to suggest a release date, having jokingly explained that ADD keeps getting in the way of completion. It seems far more likely that album delays are the result of a great deal of painstaking care in the recording process, combined with a steady supply of new material.

Whenever the album is released, it will be a must-have, as great an example of the high quality of music being produced locally as anything currently available.

Listen for the juxtaposition of crunchy Fender Telecaster with

bright, shiny mandolin, especially on my personal favorite, “The Losing Game.” True, thanks to Mumford & Sons it seems like every band in the country has run out to the store and picked up a mandolin, but the instrument was a part of the Criers’ sound long before it became the “gimmick of the day,” and they use it to great effect. I am inclined to call it their “secret ingredient,” that element that takes great music and gives it a unique flavor no one else has managed to emulate.

The Maycomb Criers will be appearing at Skyzoo on October 12, so mark it on your calendars,.

No fan of live music will want to miss it.

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record reviews • ernie paik

Aural Splatter and Velvet Soul Drum it in or funk it up on these albums

Mike Pride Drummer’s Corpse (Aum Fidelity)

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ercussionist Mike Pride’s new album Drummer’s Corpse, released at the same time as his radically different Birthing Days, is the pointedly less accessible of the two albums, featuring two lengthy and thorny suites that comprise the hourlong outing. The 33-minute title track, which features eight additional percussionists plus guitarist Chris Welcome, begins with gong hits and occasional pain cries, before the sonic onslaught commences properly with a wall of dissonance and little semblance of melody, going for pure visceral impact.

Its irregular drum beats and cymbal hits have extreme stereo separation, for maximum disorientation, and the vocals evolve into yells and, eventually, screams. Over the course of the piece, the intensity manages to increase steadily, with a step up around the 8-minute mark

Myron & E Broadway (Stones Throw)

with an increased frequency of drum hits and guitar-strumming speed. One could hear it as an extension of saxophonist/ composer John Zorn’s thrashjazz aesthetic or ’60s free jazz, like John Coltrane’s classic Ascension, and Pride has stated that this album is intended to be his own Ascension, a scream against violence, and a “howl of strength, power and self-reliance.”

The second piece, “Some Will Die Animals,” is another personal expression, created as a tribute to Pride’s friend and fellow musician Gen Makino who committed suicide, and while it’s not as dense as the title track, it’s as complicated and enigmatic. An upright bass provides a drone while unpredictable guitar picking perforates the piece, with the most expressive playing coming from the sporadic, explosive drum hits. Two puzzling segments are

embedded, featuring faux news broadcasts from two men and two women speaking simultaneously. Drummer’s Corpse is not precisely noise, metal or free jazz, but it’s some kind of glorious, nourishing and monstrous fireball of sound and abstract aural splatter—two distinctly uncompromising, unsettling love-it-or-hate-it statements.

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hile the current standard bearer for retro soul is the Daptone Records family led by Gabriel Roth, best known for work with Amy Winehouse and Sharon Jones, there’s a healthy contingent of worthy soul/funk revivalists working domestically and abroad, including the Finnish outfit The Soul Investigators and the record label Timmion. The Soul Investigators, known for working with singer Nicole Willis, have now teamed up with the East Coast/

West Coast vocal duo Myron & E for the debut collaboration Broadway on Stones Throw Records. Former dancer Myron Glasper, from South Central L.A., and Eric “E da Boss” Cooke, from Newark, New Jersey, met while touring with Blackalicious, and their voices meld together nicely, like on the track “On Broadway,” where they sing in tandem, separated by an octave. Their singing is smooth and seemingly effortless, and the duo is content to not modulate their voices or ham it up with dramatic affectations.

The Soul Investigators prove to be seasoned soul-funk players, with that style that is balanced and never overstated.

They can slyly carry a groove by doing a lot with a little, like on “Do It Do It Disco,” which draws the listener in with a basic drum beat and tambourine shake, gingerly adding a bass line backbone, guitar strums, and organ chords. Broadway was recorded cleanly and carefully, and it doesn’t quite have the retro studio-effect obsession that other peers have, although “Back N Forth” offers a stylistic departure with an odd echo effect; string and brass flourishes are used with a small ensemble, instead of the Hitsville orchestral accompaniments of classic recordings.

Broadway is not belted-out, heart-wrenching soul; instead, it offers a velvety tenderness from Myron & E and a satisfying nostalgia, alternating between an easy-going reverence and a spirited get-on-your-feet energy. chattanoogapulse.com • AUGUST 8-14, 2013 • The Pulse • 11

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THUrsday 08.08 All-American Summer Finale with The Lefty Williams Band 6 p.m. Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View Ave. (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.org Scenic City Roots with Humming House, Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, The Cleverlys, SharkWeek 7 p.m. Track 29, 1400 Market St. (423) 266-4323, track29.co Queen Lightning 7 p.m. Sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad St. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.com Mountain Cove Boys 7 p.m. Mountain Arts Community Center, Signal Mountain. (423) 886-1959, signalmountainmacc.com Open Mic 7:30 p.m. The Camp House, 1427 Williams St. (423) 702-8081, thecamphouse.com Blake Morrison 8 p.m. The Backyard Grille, 4021 Hixson Pike.

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for Tim Henry 9 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 Market St. (423) 267-4644, rhythm-brews.com Lefty Williams, Soul Mechanic 9 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E. MLK Blvd. (423) 266-1400, jjsbohemia.com Hudson K, King Super, Carbon Denominator 9 p.m. The Honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192, thehonestpint.com

friday 08.09 Johnny Cash Tribute Show 5 p.m. The Victorian Lounge, 1400 Market St. (423) 266-5000, choochoo.com Function 7 p.m. Nightfall Music Series, River City Stage at Miller Plaza, 850 Market St. nightfallchattanooga.com.

Warehouse Unplugged featuring John Ball, Bailey Mckee, Aaron Krause, Evan Dover, Joey Whited 7 p.m. Warehouse Cleveland, 260 2nd Street NE. warehousevenue.com River City Sessions 7 p.m. The Camp House, 1427 Williams St. (423) 702-8081, thecamphouse.com Jimmy Harris 7 p.m. the Palms at Hamilton, 6925 Shallowford Rd. (423) 499-5055, thepalmsathamilton.com

Aaron and the Spell 8 p.m. Nightfall Music Series, River City Stage at Miller Plaza, 850 Market St. nightfallchattanooga.com.

The Kamikaze Dali 8 p.m. Acoustic Café, 61 RBC Dr., Ringgold, Ga. (706) 965-2065, ringgoldacoustic.com Sunday Best 8 p.m. Pokey’s Sports Bar, 918 Sahara Dr., Cleveland.

(423) 476-6059 Ben Deignan Band 8 p.m. Raw, 409 Market St. (423) 756-1919, facebook. com/raw.chattanooga Bad Habit 8 p.m. The Backyard Grille, 4021 Hixson Pike.

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Roberts & Sims 9 p.m. Jack A’s Chop Shop Saloon, 742 Ashland Terrace. (423) 713-8739, jackaschopshopsaloon.com The Y & C Experience 9 p.m. The Office, 901 Carter St. (inside Days Inn).

(423) 634-9191, facebook. com/theoffice.chatt Oz and Jaynes 9 p.m. T-Bones, 1419 Chestnut St. (423) 266-4240, tboneschattanooga.com Rosedale Remedy 9 p.m. Sky Zoo, 5709 Lee Hwy. (423) 521-2966, skyzoochattanooga.com SharkWeek, Schools, Penicillin Baby, Gold Plated Gold 9 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E.

MLK Blvd. (423) 266-1400, jjsbohemia.com Function, Hank & Cupcakes, Matt Chancey & the Ladykillers 9:30 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 Market St. (423) 267-4644, rhythm-brews.com The Pool 9:30 p.m. Sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad St. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.com The Power Players 10 p.m. Bud’s Sports Bar, 5751 Brainerd Rd. (423) 499-9878, budssportsbar.com

saturday 08.10 Summer of Fun Concert Series: Rick Rushing, Caterina Sellars 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Chattanooga Incline Railway, 3917 St. Elmo Ave. (423) 821-4224, ridetheincline.com Roxie Randle 12:30 - 3 p.m. Chattanooga River Market, Tennessee Aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad St. (423) 648-2496, chattanoogarivermarket.com Bessie Smith Heritage Festival with Kindred the Family Soul, Stokley Williams, Tawanna Shaunte, Olamide Faison, Ogya 5 p.m. Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E Martin Luther King Blvd. (423) 266-8658, bessiesmithcc.org Johnny Cash Tribute Show

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5 p.m. The Victorian Lounge, 1400 Market St. (423) 266-5000, choochoo.com Phinehas, My Heart to Fear, Alive in the Dark, Everybody Loves the Hero, Telling Tall Tales 7 p.m. Warehouse Cleveland, 260 2nd Street NE., Cleveland. warehousevenue.com Al Holbrook, Tara Mills 7 p.m. The Camp House, 1427 Williams St. (423) 702-8081, thecamphouse.com The Stratoblasters 7 p.m. Riverfront Nights Summer Music Series, 21st Century Waterfront Park. riverfrontnights.com Jimmy Harris 7 p.m. the Palms at Hamilton, 6925 Shallowford Rd., (423) 499-5055, thepalmsathamilton.com The New Orleans Suspects 8 p.m. Riverfront Nights Summer Music Series, 21st Century Waterfront Park. riverfrontnights.com Nothing and the Nobodies 8 p.m. Acoustic Café, 61 RBC Dr., Ringgold, Ga. (706) 965-2065, ringgoldacoustic.com Ben Deignan Band 8 p.m. Raw, 409 Market St. (423) 756-1919, facebook. com/raw.chattanooga Black Friday 8 p.m. The Backyard Grille, 4021 Hixson Pike.

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Rosedale Remedy 8 p.m. The Palms Patio, 6925 Shallowford Rd. (423) 499-5055, thepalmsathamilton.com The Band Raven 8:30 p.m. Jack A’s Chop Shop Saloon, 742 Ashland Terrace. (423) 713-8739, jackaschopshopsaloon.com She She Dance 9 p.m. The Office, 901 Carter St. (423) 634-9191, facebook. com/theoffice.chatt Horror Ball: Strung Like A Horse with Behold the Brave and Lacy Jo 9 p.m. The Honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192, thehonestpint.com Milele Roots 9 p.m. Sky Zoo, 5709 Lee Hwy. (423) 521-2966, skyzoochattanooga.com The Pool 9:30 p.m. Sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad St. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.com Rubik’s Groove 10 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 Market St. (423) 267-4644, rhythm-brews.com Rag Doll 10 p.m. Bud’s Sports Bar, 5751 Brainerd Rd. (423) 499-9878, budssportsbar.com

sunday 08.11 Open Improv Jam 3 p.m. Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347,

barkinglegs.org Bessie Smith Heritage Festival with Eric Essix, Joey Sommerville, Michael Ward, Joe Johnson, Olamide Faison 5 p.m. Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E Martin Luther King Blvd.

(423) 266-8658 bessiesmithcc.org Chattanooga Traditional Irish Music Session 5 p.m. Moccasin Bend Brewing Company, 4015 Tennessee Ave. (423) 821-6392 Year of October 7 p.m. The Honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192, thehonestpint.com Andrew Raffo Dewar, Andrew Drury, Evan Lipson 8 p.m. Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347, barkinglegs.org Fighting for Tomorrow, Endless Cycle, Upper River Ramblers 9 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E. MLK Blvd. (423) 266-1400, jjsbohemia.com

monday 08.12 Southside Casual Classics Concert Series: BRASSWORKS 7:30 p.m. The Camp House, 1427 Williams St. (423) 702-8081, thecamphouse.com

tuesday 08.13 Tim Starnes and Friends 7 p.m. Sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad St. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.com Bryan Adams: The Bare Bones Tour 8 p.m. Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St. (423) 642-TIXS, chattanoogaonstage.com

wednesday 08.14 Dan Sheffiled 7 p.m. Sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad St. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.com Rock Floyd 8 p.m. Acoustic Café, 61 RBC Dr., Ringgold, Ga. (706) 965-2065, ringgoldacoustic.com Black Market Research, Jerry Castle, Medicine Tree 9 p.m. The Honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy.

(423) 468-4192, thehonestpint.com 2nFro & Frenz 9 p.m. Pokey’s Sports Bar, 918 Sahara Dr., Cleveland.

(423) 476-6059 Tim & Reece 10 p.m. Jack A’s Chop Shop Saloon, 742 Ashland Terrace. (423) 713-8739, jackaschopshopsaloon.com

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Muralist Shaun LaRose sounds almost like an urban designer as he describes the mural he's working on. It covers the wall of a former bank building at the intersection of Glass Street and N. Chamberlain Ave., the center of an East Chattanooga neighborhood that's seen better days.

"It's been proven in other cities that this has worked," said LaRose. "The concept is to put in something visually stunning at a high aesthetic level of quality and technical excellence. The economics will rise as you put beautiful work there. It tends to make people think differently about the neighborhood. It also develops a huge sense of ownership for the local community and residents. It's remarkable to see the process as we've been doing this."

Urban revitalization can take many forms. Glass House Collective is investing in art as the sparkplug for a community revitalization. Last year, the nonprofit agency received a $300,000 grant from ArtPlace, a national collaboration of foundations,

banks and federal agencies. This mural is one of the artistic interventions funded by the grant.

The mural's images are mostly complete, and even before all the details are in it's an amazing piece of visual storytelling, a vibrant and hopeful tale that's intended as a statement of faith in a place that needs some help.

LaRose's canvas is mostly two stories tall, roughly 30 by 40 feet, with an attached one-story building adding another 40 feet in length. The images, developed with input from the community, begin on the left with a young girl blowing seeds from a puffy dandelion, symbolizing rebirth. Behind her are red poppies, symbolizing dreams.

"She is spreading these seeds of dreams, hope and rebirth to an area of town that used to be a cultural hub and has really declined," said LaRose. "She's dreaming of the future and spreading that hope forward."

Next to her is a young boy reading a book, representing education. When I spoke to

LaRose, he was about to paint birds flying out of the book, to circle around the mural's central figure, a matriarch knitting bolts of luminous red and blue fabric.

"We wanted to communicate intergenerational cooperation," said LaRose. "She's knitting this tapestry of care that she's passing off to the future."

Those fabrics billow out toward another young girl, where they transform into the chalk she is using to draw new art.

"That figure represents the future and love, taking what's from the past and cultivating it into a brighter future," said LaRose, who used a girl from the neighborhood as a model. "She's taking this tapestry of empowerment and values, and she's going to recreate it. She's drawing with it."

The figures, which are LaRose's work, are in a classical, figurative style. The mural even continues in paint the classical facade of the former bank building's street side, to the left of the mural. Three painted arches echo those of the bank front, but the facade begins to break apart in the mural.

"We wanted to create some of that optical illusion, that as you come down the street the building naturally moves into the mural," said LaRose. "We're messing with this realistic and classical but fictitious space. It's magic realism."

A non-figurative background, just beginning to show in places, will be executed in a more urban, graffiti-influenced style by Rondell Crier.

LaRose is passionate about passing the torch to the next generation, both the youth of Glass Street and the intern muralists he is helping to train.

"The kids here are amazing, with huge potential for the future," he said. "We've got poets, we've got artists, we've got craftsmen. In an area most people consider depressed and on the decline, these kids show a bright future."

He secured an additional grant from the American division of the British Royal Society of the Arts to pay interns Emma Flynn and Myles Freeman to work with him for a

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year, helping with this project, creating a second mural themselves on Glass Street, and training to paint another large mural with him somewhere else in Chattanooga, perhaps downtown.

"There's a lot of demand suddenly for murals, and we've been working to create that demand for years, a lot of us have been," he said.

"In the long run I'd like to develop a talent pool here. I hope people like Myles and Emma become ten times the muralists I've ever been so that we can have better work here."

LaRose believes murals have the ability to serve the community in unique ways. " Mu r a l s aren't really about the artists, they're about the community," he said. "We may sign them somewhere but they're really not about us. That's a good role for an artist, trying to offer something of value and beauty to your community. Its a whole lot better than being in this narcissistic world of trying to 'make it' as an artist."

Glass House Collective is planning an unveiling party for the mural on Friday, Aug. 16 at 6 p.m. For more information, visit glasshousecollective.org.

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(423) 266-8658, bessiesmithcc.org “Pooled Elements: A Jewelry Collective” 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214, intowngallery.com Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Huntsville Stars 7:15 p.m. AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley. (423) 267-2208, lookouts.com Pat Dixon 7:30 p.m. The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233, thecomedycatch.com “Dear Brutus” 7:30 p.m. Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, 5900 Brainerd Rd. (423) 987-5141.

friday 08.09 “Free at Last!”

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. Martin Luther King Blvd.

(423) 266-8658, bessiesmithcc.org “Pooled Elements: A Jewelry Collective” 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214, intowngallery.com

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Red Flowers 2 p.m. Artsy-U, 5084 S. Terrace, East Ridge.

(423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.com Landscape 2 7 p.m. Artsy-U, 5084 S. Terrace, East Ridge.

(423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.com Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Huntsville Stars 7:15 p.m. AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley, (423) 267-2208, lookouts.com “Menopause the Musical” 7:30 p.m. Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St. (423) 642-TIXS, chattanoogaonstage.com “Shrek the Musical” 7:30 p.m. The Colonnade Civic Center, 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, GA, (706) 935-9000, colonnadecenter.org “Dear Brutus” 7:30 p.m. Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, 5900 Brainerd Rd. (423) 987-5141.

Pat Dixon 7:30, 9:30 p.m. The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233, thecomedycatch.com Screening/Horror Costume Party: “Strung Like A Horse: GLAD” 9 p.m. The Honest Pint, 35 Patten Parkway.

(423) 468-4192, thehonestpint.com Stand Up Comedy with Bryan McCree 9:30 p.m. Vaudeville Café, 138 Market St.

(423) 517-1839, funnydinner.com

saturday 08.10 Tree Diseases and Insect Pests of the Tennessee Valley 9 - 11 a.m. Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center, 400 Garden Rd, (423) 821-1160, chattanoogaanc.org River Market Yoga 10 - 11 a.m. Chattanooga River Market, Tennessee Aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad St. (423) 648-2496, chattanoogarivermarket.com “Pooled Elements: A Jewelry Collective” 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214, intowngallery.com “Free at Last!”

12 - 4 p.m. Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. Martin Luther King Blvd.

(423) 266-8658, bessiesmithcc.org Whoooo Is That?

2 p.m. Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center, 400 Garden Rd, (423) 821-1160, chattanoogaanc.org Miyazaki Movie Month: "My Neighbor Totoro" 2 p.m. Chattanooga Public Library—Northgate Branch, 278 Northgate Mall, (423) 870-0635, lib.chattanooga.gov Chattanooga Roller

Girls Power Jam 6 p.m. Chattanooga Convention Center, 1100 Carter St. (423) 649-2496, chattanoogarollergirls.com Looking Up 7 p.m. Artsy-U, 5084 S. Terrace, East Ridge.

(423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.com Pat Dixon 7, 9:30 p.m. The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233, thecomedycatch.com Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Huntsville Stars 7:15 p.m. AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley. (423) 267-2208, lookouts.com “Shrek the Musical” 7:30 p.m. The Colonnade Civic Center, 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, GA. (706) 935-9000, colonnadecenter.org “Spring Awakening” 7:30 p.m. Roland Hayes Hall, UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St. (423) 425-4371, utc.edu/finearts “Dear Brutus” 7:30 p.m. Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, 5900 Brainerd Rd. (423) 987-5141.

Astronomical Star Party 8 - 11 p.m. Cloudland Canyon State Park, Rising Fawn, GA. (706) 657-4050, gastateparks.org/Cloudland Mise En Scenesters Presents “Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me” 8:30 p.m. Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave.

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"Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me"

(423) 624-5347. barkinglegs.org Stand Up Comedy with Bryan McCree 10:30 p.m. Vaudeville Café, 138 Market St. (423) 517-1839, funnydinner.com

sunday 08.11 Five-Star Food Fight 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Chattanooga Market, First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com “Pooled Elements: A Jewelry Collective” 1 - 5 p.m. In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214, intowngallery.com “Spring Awakening” 2 p.m. Roland Hayes Hall, UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St. (423) 425-4371, utc.edu/finearts Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Huntsville Stars 2:15 p.m. AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley, (423) 267-2208, lookouts.com “Dear Brutus” 2:30 p.m. Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, 5900 Brainerd Rd, (423) 987-5141.

Rainy Day 7 p.m. Artsy-U, 5084 S. Terrace, East Ridge.

(423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.com Pat Dixon 7:30 p.m. The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd.

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monday 08.12 “Free at Last!”

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. Martin Luther King Blvd.

(423) 266-8658, bessiesmithcc.org “Pooled Elements: A Jewelry Collective” 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214, intowngallery.com Lady Bug 7 p.m. Artsy-U, 5084 S. Terrace, East Ridge.

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tuesday 08.13 “Free at Last!”

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. Martin Luther King Blvd.

(423) 266-8658, bessiesmithcc.org “Pooled Elements: A Jewelry Collective” 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214, intowngallery.com Yappy Meower: McKamey Animal Center Benefit 5:30 p.m. FoodWorks, 205 Manufacturer’s Rd. (423) 752-7487, mckameyanimalcenter.org Chattanooga Writer’s Guild 6 p.m. Chattanooga Public Library, 1001 Broad St.

(423) 757-5310, lib.chattanooga.gov Three Trees 7 p.m. Artsy-U, 5084 S. Terrace, East Ridge.

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wednesday 08.14 "Sense of Place" 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. River Gallery, 400 E. Second Street, (423) 265-5033, river-gallery.com "Fair Game Project" 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. Martin Luther King Blvd.

(423) 266-8658, bessiesmithcc.org "Free at Last!"

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. Martin Luther King Blvd., (423) 266-8658, bessiesmithcc.org "Pooled Elements: A Jewelry Collective" 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214, intowngallery.com Tuscany Landscape 2 p.m. Artsy-U, 5084 S. Terrace, East Ridge, (423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.com

ONGOING Magic Tree House traveling exhibit 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. MonSun. Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St.

(423) 756-2738, cdmfun.org “Whitfield Lovell: Deep River” 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Thur., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fri.-Sat, Noon - 5 p.m. Sun. Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View Ave., (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.org “Sense of Place” 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. MonSat, 1-5 p.m. Sun. River Gallery, 400 E. 2nd St. (423) 265-5033, river-gallery.com “Iconic Chattanooga” 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon-Fri. Reflection Gallery, 6922 Lee Hwy., (423) 892-3072, reflectionsgalleryTN.com “The Fair Game Project” 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon-Fri., Noon- 4 p.m. Sat. Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. Martin Luther King Blvd.

(423) 266-8658, bessiesmithcc.org Community Arts Show: “Mark Making” 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tues.- Sat. AVA Gallery, 30 Frazier Ave. (423) 265-4282, avarts.org Rock City Raptors 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fri-Sat, Rock City, 1400 Patten Rd., Lookout Mtn, Ga. (706) 820-2531, seerockcity.com

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The Battle To Be A Big Star Documentary explores the journey of influential band Everyone has a favorite band that no one seems to know about. During the defining years of late adolescence and early adulthood, generational music becomes part of your identity at a time when identity changes rapidly and without provocation. These identities, these very different people that seem to spring up and fade away while hormones rage and emotions flutter, are vigorously defended by those that hold them because they never quite vanish. There are always shades of the people we were in the person that we are.

This is why when there is such a strong connection to an act that goes unsung, when their success is just out of reach, when a band goes their separate ways due to myriad reasons both personal and financial, the true and honest fans will band together into tight associations that strive to keep the music alive. They pass out recordings to their friends, post on Internet forums, discuss the small canon of work exhaustively, just to validate their love of music that spoke to the person they used to be. Music simply transcends and permeates a life in a way other art forms don’t.

Big Star is a band like many—a great group of talented musicians that never quite got the recognition it deserved. “Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me” tells its familiar story in depth, in a way that will appeal to the fans that loved it most.

Most people will know Big Star, whether they realize it or not. The band was highly influential on a number of more successful artists; some that have paid their respects by recording cover versions of Big Star songs. Last year, Counting Crows released a cover album that closed with Big Star’s excellent “The Ballad of El Goodo.” “Out in the Street” served as the theme song for “That ’70s Show,” making it instantly recognizable to a large group of Americans who likely think it was written by Cheap Trick.

In some ways, Big Star is similar to Bob Dylan—some of its songs are better when recorded by someone else. But even those original recordings were highly praised by rock critics at the time. Rolling Stone called #1 Record one of the best albums of 1972 and Billboard thought every track “could be a single.” And yet, because of dis-

tribution issues with their record label Ardent and its parent company Stax, the album didn’t reach the ears that it needed to become a major record. This lack of success led to high tensions in the band. Big Star released two more albums amid tumultuous years of members fighting and leaving and then returning and leaving again.

The critical reception remained high. These albums were, and still are, really good records.

The Big Star story isn’t a unique one. There are countless talented bands that never made it due

to similar circumstances. What makes the documentary worthwhile, beyond giving Big Star fans a deeper look at their favorite band, is how it frames the story against Memphis in the ’70s. It gives a wide picture of the Memphis recording scene, of the culture of the city and the things that happened in the streets and bars and back alleys of a genuine and powerful music scene. Back when T.G.I. Friday’s wasn’t a bland family-friendly franchise, and it was possible to make a living as a music critic, Big Star was part of

a larger lifestyle. There was no better time for rock and roll than the 1970s. The film does a good job of placing the problems that plagued Big Star in the context of the time period.

“Big Star: No One Can Hurt Me” is a film that will appeal primarily to Big Star fans.

Audience members unfamiliar with the music may find themselves lost in the cavalcade of interviews. At nearly two hours, the documentary also may be a little long for newcomers to the band.

However, given the spotlight the filmmakers shine on the music, anyone with a taste for rock music will have their interest piqued. If you haven’t heard Big Star, you’re likely to find a new old band to pester your friends about.

If you have, you’ll get keen insight into the inner workings of some very talented musicians. All in all, the film makes for a good Saturday night.

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Free Will Astrology

rob brezsny in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.” Nothing you experience is remotely as oppressive as what Billie experienced, Virgo. But I’m wondering if you might suffer from a milder version of it. Is any part of you oppressed and inhibited even though your outward circumstances are technically unconstrained? If so, now’s the time to push for more freedom.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Last year a young Nebraskan entrepreneur changed his name from Tyler Gold to Tyrannosaurus Rex Gold. He said it was a way of giving him greater name recognition as he worked to build his career. Do you have any interest in making a bold move like that, Leo? The coming weeks would be a good time for you to think about adding a new twist to your nickname or title or selfimage. But I recommend something less sensationalistic and more in line with the qualities you’d actually like to cultivate in the future. I’m thinking of something like Laughing Tiger or Lucky Lion or Wily Wildcat.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): AfricanAmerican jazz singer Billie Holiday was the great-granddaughter of a slave. By the time she was born in 1915, black people in the American South were no longer “owned” by white “masters,” but their predicament was still extreme. Racism was acute and debilitating. Here’s what Billie wrote in her autobiography: “You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What resounding triumphs and subtle transformations have you accomplished since your last birthday? How have you grown and changed? Are there any ways you have dwindled or drooped? The next few weeks will be an excellent time to take inventory of these things. Your own evaluations will be most important, of course. You’ve got to be the ultimate judge of your own character. But you should also solicit the feedback of people you trust.

They may be able to help you see clues you’ve missed. If, after weighing all the evidence, you decide you’re pleased with how your life has unfolded these past ten to eleven months, I suggest you celebrate your success. Throw yourself a party or buy yourself a reward or climb to the top of a mountain and unleash a victory cry.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Monmouth Park in New Jersey hosts regular horse races from May through November. During one such event in 2010, a horse named Thewifenoseeverything finished first, just ahead of another nag named Thewifedoesntknow. I suspect that there’ll be a comparable outcome in your life sometime soon. Revelation will trump secrecy.

Whoever is hiding information will lose out to anyone who sees and expresses the truth. I advise you to bet on the op-

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tion that’s forthcoming and communicative, not the one that’s furtive and withholding.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have both a poetic and a cosmic license to stretch yourself further.

It’s best not to go too far, of course.

You should stop yourself before you obliterate all boundaries and break all taboos and smash all precedents.

But you’ve certainly got the blessings of fate if you seek to disregard some boundaries and shatter some taboos and outgrow some precedents. While you’re at it, you might also want to shed a few pinched expectations and escape an irrelevant limitation or two.

It’s time to get as big and brave and brazen as you dare.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When I was 19, a thug shot me in the butt with a shotgun at close range. To this day, my body contains the 43 pellets he pumped into me. They have caused some minor health problems, and I’m always queasy when I see a gun. But I don’t experience any routine suffering from the wound. Its original impact no longer plagues me. What’s your own personal equivalent of my trauma, Capricorn? A sickness that racked you when you were young? A difficult break-up with your first love? The death of someone you cared about?

Whatever it was, I suspect you now have the power to reach a new level of freedom from that old pain.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Want to take full advantage of the sexy vibes that are swirling around in your vicinity? One thing you could do is whisper the following provocations in the ear of anyone who would respond well to a dose of boisterous magic: 1) “Corrupt me with your raw purity, baby; beguile me with your raucous honesty.”

2) “I finally figured out that one of the keys to eternal happiness is to be eas-

ily amused. Want me to show you how that works?” 3) “I dare you to quench my thirst for spiritual sensuality.” 4) “Let’s trade clothes and pretend we’re each other’s higher selves.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Some people put their faith in religion or science or political ideologies. English novelist J.G. Ballard placed his faith elsewhere: in the imagination. “I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world,” he wrote, “to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.” As you make your adjustments and reconfigure your plans, Pisces, I suggest you put your faith where Ballard did. Your imagination is far more potent and dynamic than you realize—especially right now.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings,” says author Elizabeth Gilbert. I recommend that you experiment with this subversive idea, Aries. Just for a week, see what happens if you devote yourself to making yourself feel really good. I mean risk going to extremes as you pursue happiness with focused zeal.

Try this: Draw up a list of experiences that you know will give you intense pleasure, and indulge in them all without apology. And please don’t fret about the possible consequences of getting crazed with joy. Be assured that the cosmos is providing you with more slack than usual.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I am not washed and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which everything fits,” writes Taurus author Annie Dillard, “but instead am wandering awed about on a splintered wreck I’ve come to care for, whose gnawed trees breathe a delicate air.” I recommend

you try on her perspective for size.

For now, just forget about scrambling after perfection. At least temporarily, surrender any longing you might have for smooth propriety. Be willing to live without neat containment and polite decorum. Instead, be easy and breezy.

Feel a generous acceptance for the messy beauty you’re embedded in.

Love your life exactly as it is, with all of its paradoxes and mysteries.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Studies show that when you’re driving a car, your safest speed is five miles per hour higher than the average rate of traffic.

Faster than that, though, and the danger level rises. Traveling more slowly than everyone else on the road also increases your risk of having an accident. Applying these ideas metaphorically, I’d like to suggest you take a similar approach as you weave your way through life’s challenges in the coming week. Don’t dawdle and plod. Move a little swifter than everyone else, but don’t race along at a breakneck pace.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): he key theme this week is relaxed intensification. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to heighten and strengthen your devotion to things that are important to you—but in ways that make you feel more serene and self-possessed. To accomplish this, you will have to ignore the conventional wisdom, which falsely asserts that going deeper and giving more of yourself require you to increase your stress levels. You do indeed have a great potential for going deeper and giving more of yourself, but only if you also become more at peace with yourself and more at home in the world.

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4 “Back to the Future” nickname 7 Pillager 13 “Welcome to Hawaii” gift 14 Folkie Guthrie 16 Become a success 17 Elvis song about a whirlpool-loving grizzly?

19 Ace a test 20 Attaches 21 2008 Mariah Carey song in dire need of painkillers?

23 Part of a bridal outfit 24 “Barbarella” actor Milo 25 “One ___ Beyond” 26 Threesome per inning?

27 Portland-toLas Vegas dir.

28 “Don’t touch my squeaky toy!”

30 Pretty much out of fuel, according to the gas gauge

31 “Kazaam” star, familiarly 33 Close election aftermaths 35 Cyndi Lauper song that’s full of regret?

38 Handlebar, e.g.

41 Per unit 44 Interloper on a blanket 45 Female in a forest 46 Board head: abbr.

48 Gypsy, more correctly 50 Actor Luke of “Kung Fu” 52 Boxer Ali 54 Not for here 55 With 59-across, Taylor Swift song about medicine leaking during a jam session?

57 1993 Texas standoff city 58 Dictation taker, for short 59 See 55-across 61 National park in Alaska 62 “High” places

for pirates 63 Paris’s ___ de la Cite 64 “Be right with you!”

65 “The Chronic” Dr. 66 “Happy Days” setting Down 1 Do a hatchet job on 2 Gets flushed 3 Language “bubkes” comes from 4 Bit of Vaseline 5 Discontinued blackand-white cookie cereal 6 Contract provision 7 Main section of Venice 8 “Aren’t you ___ of sunshine today” 9 Night spots for tots 10 Unit of a huge explosion 11 Clearly visible 12 Enters a password again 15 Conductor’s group: abbr.

18 Armani competitor, initially 22 “The Philosophy of

Right” philosopher 27 Cheerleading unit 29 “Air Music” composer Ned 32 “But is it ___?”

33 Fish eggs 34 Network named for a nation 36 Environmental 37 Tawdry 38 Gets by with less 39 Left on the plate 40 Compound in disposable coffee cups 42 European country whose capital is Zagreb 43 “Sooooooooey!” e.g.

46 Was overly sweet 47 Airport shed 49 Michael, Mandy and Roger 51 Actress Best and writer Ferber 53 Belief systems 54 “Light” opening 56 The R in LARP 60 Draw upon

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Heat lightning fills the clouds with a violet hue in a chain reaction that moves around the sky in a nearly coordinated effort whose pattern seems to just escape you, no matter how long you stare at it. It is a symphony that carries across the sky, and does so without a sound; the lack of accompanying thunder would seem ironic were this not made up for by the crashing of the surf and its relentless pursuit of the shore. This is the nature of the beach.

I have recently put a great task behind me, and for someone like myself, at least, there is no greater way to put things in perspective than to find something that makes you feel comparatively insignificant. This is not an insult; just a matter of scale. So I come to the ocean, and unlike so many other things, it never fails me. Then again, it doesn't care. It just fills in the spaces in my soul as easily as it does the spaces between

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grains of sand, and in the same volume. I wonder why the place isn't more crowded, even at the hour I write this.

I must admit, though...while some personal events of this year have left scars no surgeon could hide, I can't help but think of the last few days of work before I left. A truly unique sense of joy flowed through otherwise frustratingly monotonous hallways. It was promotion time.

Unlike the military, there are only three promotable ranks in my particular department.

And also unlike the military, slots are not filled as they become available. They are filled en masse, and occasionally this takes months, and in some instances, even years. After becoming used to going without

positions of leadership that serve the obvious purpose, and have a habit of keeping people employed, this doesn’t mean as much to the newest generations coming aboard. Especially in an era where pensions and benefits are always at risk.

This relates to something known as "morale,” an elusive creature whose seed rarely finds purchase in this line of work for reasons beyond counting. But in the extremely rare times the promotions occur, there is a joy in the hallways that is comparable to congratulating someone on a new birth in the family. And in a way, that's exactly what it is.

Occurring five and 10 years apart, these promotions set a new course in the officers’ lives, more often than not. Roles are changed, and comfort zones

are rearranged like flakes in a snow globe. And it is good.

Sure, there is bitterness for the ones that did not receive promotion, and for those who are too bitter to enjoy something positive happening to anyone other than themselves, but it is still a welcome break from a job that is a mental (and political) meat grinder more often than not.

Darkness often only brings out similarly shaded thoughts of my own, but on this night of reflection, peace, and decompression...it is a very pleasant change to think about new beginnings for these few.

And perhaps that is the lesson the ocean is trying to teach me after a year of horrible endings: The thought of new beginnings. ...Or it's just warning me about the possibility of electrocution.

I'll take my chances on both, Heh.

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