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June 21-27, 2012

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Meet the Bohannons • Local favorites The Bohannons embark next week on a string of tour stops that’ll reintroduce their tunes to audiences in the northeast, highlighted by dates at two different NYC clubs. And, if also recording two upcoming album releases this year isn’t enough, the summer tour marks this hard working local outfit’s third such outing since January.

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Chattanooga FC vs. Mississippi Storm Saturday, June 23, 7:00 p.m., Finley Stadium

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The Chattanooga FC will host the season’s final home match on Saturday against DC United. They will arrive at the stadium a day after an away game in Madison, AL where they take on Rocket City on Friday night. The season thus far has the CFC at 3 wins, 2 tie matches and 2 losses.

Drawing attention to the last appearance of the season here at Finley Stadium, the Chattanooga FC launched the ‘Turn Facebook Blue’ campaign, asking their fans and followers to post and share the their page and word about Saturday’s match. With impressive attendance numbers which continue to be the envy of the league, the last home matches have a tradition of being loud, proud, enthusiastic and big fun.

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• After six months of implementation, details are beginning to emerge. Some projects are nearing completion, while others are still in development.

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15 Years of Chill The one thing that the early days of the downtown revitalization lacked were new places where one could have a cocktail and get good food at 2:00 a.m., something anyone working at the other restaurants in the area often sought.

If you worked in those industries downtown in 1997, the opening of The Big Chill was a sight for weary eyed service types wearing polyester pants and a button down shirt.

Desperate for a place to go with their co-workers, have a drink and share the nightmare stories of dinner service, The Chill became a fixture of that scene and the nightlife scene as a whole.

Scottie Bowman opened The Big Chill 15 years ago and made a big bet on Jacks

Alley. With its signature frozen drink machines spinning gently and constantly behind the bar, enticing you with a refreshing and potentially inebriating spectacle, it established itself as a unique fixture of our downtown. The Big Chill also quickly became, and still is, one of the melting pots of our city. Younger, older, gay, straight, blue collar, all are welcome and all come for the same reasons...good drinks, service and one of the best late night menus in the city. That, friends, is a very important establishment for a city to have.

Cheers to Scottie and The Big Chill for being an early adopter and a place of fun and refuge for 15 years.

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Gigabit Jam The Mozilla Foundation will facilitate the Gigabits App Design Jam on Thursday, June 21 at the CoLab facilities on East Main Street from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The idea is to help shape Chattanooga’s technology future with tech creations rooted in community based applications, utilizing the cities gigabit connectivity and advanced networks. This is event proceeds a two-day Gigabit Apps Hackathon set for September 15 & 16, 2012 where a competing team could walk away with top prize, in addition to having a blast building the apps of Chatt’s future.

Additionally, the most intriguing prototypes from the Hackathon could evolve into submissions to the Mozilla Ignite challenge, with $500,0000 of seed money and mentorship available to help get them off the ground. For more info visit www. colab.is.

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On the Beat

alex teach

Rodney King: A Cop’s Perspective it was more than just two decades ago; it was a lifetime ago.

I simply can’t think of a way to properly express how literally I mean that, because, well … I wasn’t a cop then. Ask any cop you know who’s been on the job for five years or more and they won’t admit it, but they don’t really know who they used to be either, before the Job. 1991 though, I do remember that year before “the life”.

I was still an asshole of course, but I was a different kind of asshole. Out of high school and going through the motions of college, but not really sure which road I was going to take. And when I saw the events of March 2nd, 1991 broadcast on a shitty handheld camcorder, I vividly remember those moments as clearly as I do Reagan getting shot, the Challenger explosion, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and September 11th 2001.

It changed my Generation X (and therefore our country) forever.

At that time in my life, it showed me that the Good Guys weren’t always Good. Right and Wrong didn’t have such a clear delineator, and it served as one of the first real fissures in my thenidealistic perception of the world. How could this happen in a “Just Society?” It was absolutely not a factor in it, but I was a cop a few short years later. Go figure.

On that night, Rodney King was a convicted felon on parole driving with an estimated .19 BAC on the Foothill Freeway in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles with two passengers onboard.

Observed speeding by the California Highway Patrol, he refused to stop and a chase ensued. He exited the freeway and the chase continued through residential streets at speeds allegedly rang-

ing from 55 to 80 mph.

When he was finally cornered and stopped, while his passengers responded to police orders to stop and lay their ass down after the chase, King chose not to, waved at a helicopter, grabbed his pockets (where weapons are undisputedly ordinarily kept), then proceeded to throw the cops off of him who tried to take him into custody and the ensuing legendary ass-whipping needs no further description.

These are the actions of an “asshole”, folks. A bad guy. And it is THIS assbeating that took all of the facts above, shit-canned them…and made Rodney “the victim”.

Did that ass-beating go on too long? Yup. Did he ask for it by his refusal to do ANYTHING his companions had the sense to do, and the cops had the legal right to order him to do after his lifethreatening behavior?

Yup. But rather than focus on his bad behavior that night and his nights before, the five cops were the bad guys because they stepped over the line, and the result?

The acquittal of those cops resulted in 1,600 buildings being destroyed, nearly 2,400 people being injured, and 53 people being murdered...22 of which have never been solved. But it’s OK, because it wasn’t their fault. They HAD to riot and destroy their own neighborhoods and kill their own neighbors, because they were now “victims”, too.

Now? Many, many years later…I learned something else: There were a few minutes of video before that savage beating that weren’t shown. It didn’t make that beating “right”, but it sure altered the nation’s perception and L.A.’s bloody reactions to the trial a year later. There is always more to the story.

Rodney King squandered his portion of the $3.8 million dollar lawsuit award, never beat the drugs and booze that he earned it with, became a “reality television star”, and was just found dead in the bottom of a pool… the 54th victim of his own acquittal-inspired riots from George Holliday’s fateful camcorder video..

A reckless criminal, a victim… An icon. Defend Alex Teach is a fulltime police officer of nearly 20 years experience.

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Sushi & Biscuits

MIKE MCJUNKIN

Chicken Livers: Like Sex, The Worst is Good We walk among you. We are your neighbors, your coworkers, and even your family. We craft elaborate untruths to cover our tracks and surreptitiously slink away from the prying eyes of those who seek to judge our most base cravings and crass desires. We seek refuge huddled in questionable establishments so that we may briefly escape the disgusted faces of a disapproving society and find solace among others who seek out the same unctuous pleasures. Personally, I have harbored this deep, dark secret for much too long and it is time for me to step forward, emerge from the shadows, and proudly admit, I love convenience store chicken livers. Please don’t look away, just let me explain.

It all started when I was a young and impressionable tot. My grandmother would fry up these golden little lobes of lusciousness by the platefuls and smile tenderly as I devoured them, not knowing the dark path this would eventually lead me down.

As I entered my teenage years I began to sense the disapproval of my peers when I allowed my craving for chicken livers to bubble to the surface. By the time I was in my early twenties I had begun to creep off alone to Mount Vernon or Nikki’s to avoid dining table condemnation from those who

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just didn’t understand the sweet allure of this most awesome offal.

When I ordered chicken livers in a restaurant my dining companions reacted as though I had ordered a fresh batch of dolphin milk – with disgust and confusion. Then there was that fateful day when I walked into what’s now a Kanku’s at 3rd & Holtzclaw and had my first convenience store chicken liver experience. A swirling stew of pleasure, guilt, shame, and satisfaction brewed inside my skull. It felt so wrong but it tasted so right.

Over the last two decades I’ve tried to manage my cravings by reminding myself I shouldn’t buy fried organ meat at a place that also sells condoms and homemade porn DVD’s through ballistic glass. But my taste buds won’t let me forget the late night rendezvous at the Market and 20th Kanku’s or when I got crazy and picked up a potato log or two to go along for the ride. I’m tired of hiding and even more importantly I’m tired of pretending I’m alone.

Convenience store chicken livers are the Nickelback of the food world. Despite never being able

to find anyone that will openly admit to liking them, they have been sold by the boxful for years in convenience stores such as the Shell Fast Stop at Wilcox and Dodson, the Market and 20th St. Kanku’s, and my personal fa-

So what do we do? We lie and say, “Oh no, I’ve never tried them.” or “There was that one time on the way home from band camp.” It’s a condition I call Nickelbacksia: Blocking the memory of a preference or pur-

vorite, the Kanku’s at Holtzclaw & 3rd. Sure, we can all laughingly brush off the occasional encounter with an order of chicken tenders and a biscuit from these poultry pimps, but to admit that we actually like chicken livers from a Mapco could bring the sting of Jamie Oliver’s spatula of judgment down upon our heads.

chase when confronted by our peers. Used in a sentence: “I saw episodes of the Jersey Shore recorded on his DVR, but when I asked him about it he developed a sudden case of Nickelbacksia and said he hates that show.” This affliction needs the disinfecting power of light to shine down and cleanse us from the shame we

feel after we’ve performed that silent ballet in our cars; balancing the box on the console, carefully squeezing hot sauce packets and quickly scrambling for napkins in the glove box to wipe the evidence from our grease tipped fingers.

Where there are alternatives there is hope and Chattanooga has alternatives to the fried CSL (convenience store liver).

The Public House on Market Street uses a more refined touch than you typically find on fried chicken livers but it makes their version served with grits and Tabasco butter one of the best in the city. If you’re looking for a home cooked, Southern style fried chicken liver then almost any meat and three restaurant in town can satiate your chicken liver longings. The Countryside Café out on Mahan Gap Rd, Zarzours, Southside Saloon, and Mt. Vernon all know how to make a good fried chicken livers. I believe that as long as they’re not overcooked, southern style fried chicken livers are like sex; even when they’re bad, they’re still pretty damn good.

For a list of all the restaurants and convenience stores I visited during my “research” for this article visit www.chattanoogapulse. com/food-drink/sushi-biscuits

local and regional shows

Troubadour Dali with Robosapien ($3) The Electric Hearts with Ashley and the X’s ($3) Mandolin Orange with Bearhound ($3) Smooth Dialects with Sky Hi ($3) Hotel War with We the Electron ($3) Pick Your Switch with Rosedale Remedy ($3)

Wed, Jun 13 Thu, Jun 14 Wed, Jun 20 Thu, Jun 21 Wed, Jun 27 Thu, Jun 28

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Free Irish Music • Sundays at 7pm • Jun 17: John Lathim • Jun 24: Molly Maguires

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Full food menu serving lunch and dinner.

11am-2am, 7 days a week.

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$1 Wine • $2 Slices $3 Cocktails • $4 Bombs 205 Broad Street 423.266.5564 www.facebook.com/mellowmushroomchattanooga

THURSDAY, JULY 26!

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium Tickets available at the Auditorium box office and online

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Creative Cult of Threads Collective Clothing, the vintage clothing store and love child of owners Sondra and Travis Aten, is celebrating its third anniversary this May. Since they first opened in 2009, the Atens have been travelling the country in search for the perfect pieces to add to their store, which is quaintly nestled at the foot of Lookout Mountain on St. Elmo Ave. Originally inspired by another store of its type, Rag-O-Rama, located in Atlanta, Collective’s owners have since then replicated a successful business model that has continued to provide Chattanooga with prime offthe-wall fashions and has become a reputable brand that is cherished and valued by the community. The humble three-person staff has established what the Atens believe to be the reason to the success of the store- being less of a corporate entity and more of a personality.

“I’ve become almost a personal shopper for our cult fans,” said Sondra, “but when you see the western stuff, or rock ‘n’ roll T-shirts and jean jackets, that’s like my heart on hangers.”

From cut off Guns N’ Roses tees, to eighttrack tapes and vintage ashtrays, to bold western -tyle button downs, the Atens have stocked their store to be a haven for hipsters, gutter punks and everything in between.

“If you don’t want to ‘Just Do It,’ then don’t wear Nike, she said, “to be fashion forward, you have to be fashion backward.”

In a constant effort to provide their customers with the most affordable prices, part of the Collective Warehouse is used to rack thousands of items, all of

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which are at a recession-friendly price of a flat five bucks.

However, the Collective duo is not solely dedicated to making sure their regulars have the most hip threads. Last year, the Atens rented a space in a warehouse located on Tennessee Avenue. The younger sibling to Collective Clothing, the Collective Warehouse, now hosts many different types of events including movie

screenings, art shows and live music, all of which will continue throughout the summer. Another other part of the warehouse functions as studio space for local artists such as Maranda Stebbins, Brittany Wilkins and Jason Reevs.

“The collective clothing warehouse is a perfect fit for our particular diverse group of creatives,” said Stebbins. “It lends itself

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brilliantly to all kinds of possibilities for collaborative events and art happenings.”

Stebbins is one of the first of the Collective artists to move into her studio space at the warehouse, and hopes to continue making her infamous “CelebriTEEz,” hand-painted, wearable celebrity portraits that she creates from thrifted clothes found at Collective Clothing.

“We really focus on finding ways to promote art in Chattanooga through all types of means,” said Aten, “the warehouse is a studio space mainly, so most of the time it will give them a place to work but it will also be a place for open houses so the artists can showcase their work, as well as hopefully starting to do art shows with artists outside of the Collective.”

Collective Clothing is also involved in other places around town and online as well. They were vendors at the most recent Chatty Crafty, participators in the Dr. Suess fashion show at the 10x10 art festival, have items on consignment at Leo’s Handmade Gallery and sell their items on eBay. The store also collaborates with local film club, Mise En Scenesters, who will be presenting “The Truth is in HERE,” with special guest, Pujol, at the Collective Warehouse on Thursday, June 14. Other upcoming events include their “Christmas in July Christmas Karaoke Party,” on July 25, at 9 p.m. A karaoke party in the smack dab of summer that highlights Christmas music and Christmas music only.

Kicking off the summer with their anniversary party, Collective has a variety of many other great events in store for the locals. To keep informed about upcoming events at Collective Clothing and the Collective Warehouse, visit their Facebook page at Facebook.com/collectiveclothing.

Photos by Jason Dunn

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THE CALENDAR june 14-20

» pulse PICKS

THU06.21 MUSIC Ugly Radio Rebellion • The music of Frank Zappa. Enough said.

8 p.m. • JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. • (423) 266-1400

The Music Man” • The Broadway hit about a con man and his musical scheme.

8 p.m. • Signal Mountain Playhouse 301 Rolling Way • Signal Mountain • smph.org

FRI06.22 MUSIC Long Gone Darlings • Hard-working band returns to an intimate setting.

9 p.m. • Southside Saloon & Bistro 1301 Chestnut St. soutsidesaloonandbistro.com

Mike Baldwin • A top-notch stand-up comedian.

9:30 p.m. • Vaudeville Café • 138 Market St. (423) 517-1839 • funnydinner.com

Chris Barnes at Vaudeville Cafe• Friday, June 22 9:30 p.m.

For tickets go to funnydiner.com

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G. Love Brings the Delta Blues The Americana troubadour Gattet Dutton, more widely known as G. Love & Special Sauce, comes to visit Track 29 on Friday June 22. Mostly known for his funked up, hip-hop blues style, his latest album features a departure from the bass heavy rhythms and lyrical cadences that characterized his early efforts. On Fixin’ To Die, his fourth record released

by Brushfire Records, G. Love indulges in the folk traditions that initially inspired his wok as a musician but faded into the background on initial recordings. Meshing his ever-present harmonica with banjo and guitar picking accompanied by gritty melodies, his new genre feels like an effortlessly natural fit.

Along the journey to revamp his roots, Dutton has found kindred spirits through collaboration with Scott and Seth Avett, who not only played on the record, but produced it as well. Citing

influences such as Lou Reed and Bob Dylan, Dutton ventured into what he calls the Delta Blues. According to him, “It was an emotional recording session and I was truly blown away by the level of focus, care and passion. This is the most inspired I’ve ever felt making a record let’s just put it that way. I’m still buzzing about it.” For those familiar with his previous work, that’s a ringing endorsement.

As a constant road warrior, G. Love has earned a reputation as a must-see performer that is simply “better live.”

Inevitably, the buzz from the studio has transpired into his shows, offering the always-energetic bard another conduit for his craft on display for Chattanooga this Friday night.

-By Cole Rose G. Love & Special Sauce 9 p.m. TRACK29 - Chattanooga (423) 266-4323. www.track29.co

home game

SCHEDULE Thu, June 21 • 7:15 PM Ooltewah & Collegedale Night

vs. Pensacola

Fri, June 22 • 7:15 PM Fireworks! Hardee’s Baseball Card Giveaway

vs. Pensacola

Sat, June 23 • 7:15 PM Birdzerk! YMCA Youth T-Shirts Giveaway

vs. Pensacola

Sun, June 24 • 2:15 PM SunTrust Sunday

vs. Pensacola

Mon, June 25 • 7:15 PM

Fort Oglethorpe & Chickamauga Night Kids Eat Free

vs. Pensacola

SAT06.23 MUSIC Nim Nims and Amber Fults • A double shot of Chattanooga rock from some of the city’s best bands.

10 p.m. • Rhythm & Brews 221 Market St. • rhythm-brews.com

Chattanooga Football Club • Home game vs. DC United U-23S. 7 p.m. • Finley Stadium • 1826 Carter St. (423) 266-4041 • chattanoogafc.com

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The Hardest Working Band In Town

by Chuck Crowder Photos by Jason Dunn

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“Sleeping in the van isn’t cool when you’ve actually got an alternative place to crash on the road but hey, somebody’s got to stay with the gear,” Marty Bohannon said in reference to preparations for The Bohannons’ third tour this year. “And it really sucks when you’re battling food poisoning at the same time.”

Local favorites The Bohannons embark next week on a string of tour stops that’ll reintroduce their tunes to audiences in the northeast, highlighted by dates at two different NYC clubs. And, if also recording two upcoming album releases this year isn’t enough, the summer tour marks this hard working local outfit’s third such outing since January.

“We left New Year’s Day for a midwestern tour that included playing Schuba’s, a Chicago club we’d envied for years,” says Matt Bohannon, vocalist and lead guitarist to his brother Marty’s rhythm guitar and vocals. “But the highlight of the winter tour was being invited to record at Daytrotter Studios in Iowa.”

Light,” and the critically acclaimed “Days of Echo,” released via thisisamericanmusic. com in 2010. And, this year promises the release of not one, but two complete albums – “Unaka Rising” in July and “Buzz Me” later this year.

“At the urging of our friend Mike Pack, we started tracking songs at Chase Park Transduction in Athens, Georgia with noted producer and engineer Dave Barbe at the helm,” said Marty Bohannon. “The overall experience was good, and I think we got what we hoped for. Regardless, it was a very necessary stepping stone for us.”

Matt Bohannon

Primarily known for a rocking sound reminiscent of diverse influences ranging from Roky Erikson and Black Sabbath to

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Along with bassist Josh Beaver and drummer Nick Sterchi, the band was one of the lucky given the opportunity to participate in Daytrotter, an inexpensive online service that offers subscribers access to weekly live studio recordings of some of the most promising independent bands in the country.

“It was a real honor for us,” said bassist Josh Beaver. “Like a lot of music fans, we look to Daytrotter to clue us in on what’s out there right now. It’s really cool to think that we’re a part of that elite group of bands included in their archives.”

As far as their own recorded archives, The Bohannons have three album releases under their belt so far – 2006’s “Songs for the Disenfranchised,” 2008’s “Bright White

Marty Bohannon

Neil Young’s Crazy Horse and The Band, The Bohannons took advantage of opportunities on these upcoming releases to showcase their growth as a band – both musically and lyrically.

A couple of tracks on “Unaka Rising,” namely “The ballad of Christian and other” and “Two riders,” deal with issues of the heart as they relate to subjects such as families tugging lovers apart due to religious differences and couples grappling with the downward spiral of drug codependency. “River above” and “Ponchatrain” reflect upon the trials and tribulations of those affected by Hurricane Katrina from a first person point of view. Some songs

Nick Sterchi

take on controversial issues like “Goodbye Bill” about a martyred labor organizer and “Cold dead hand” about varying views on gun control, while “Tim Tim” is about the spirit of a house cat in his natural indoor habitat.

“The new songs show how Marty and I have developed as songwriters and how versatile the band can be,” said Matt Bohannon. “In fact, we’ve produced so much material of late that we wanted to capture a second round of recordings, here in Chattanooga, while the iron was still hot so to speak.”

The band has reassembled at various times between tours to lay down tracks for another upcoming album entitled “Buzz Me” to be released later this year. The sessions are taking place at a brand new local facility, Tiny Buzz Studios, owned by seasoned local producers Mike Pack and Alex Norfleet.

“These sessions were the first time we’ve experienced a real comfort zone for tracking without the pressure of the clock weighing in on us or the distance from home in the back of our minds,” said Marty Bohannon. “The results have been phenomenal.

Mike and Alex are open to new ideas and their equipment list and capabilities are as

good as you can get anywhere in the southeast. They’ve just blown us away.”

Bouncing between recording sessions and touring over the past six months, the band continued to blow away audiences this past spring with a second tour – this time of the southwest - that began with a reunion of sorts in New Orleans.

“We were lucky enough to do a gig at the Circle Bar in the French Quarter with James Legg, one of our favorite Chattanooga recording artists,” said drummer Nick Sterchi. “It’s always awesome to jam with musician friends on the road when we can.”

The band travelled on doing shows in New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas and Texas, where they headed straight to Austin for a few very important club appearances during one of the country’s longest running and most influential music, film and interactive showcases – SXSW. South-By-Southwest is the annual epicenter for bands looking to expose their music to hundreds of music industry professionals as well as other influential people all at the same time.

“Sissy Spacek was at our first showcase so I was stoked,” said Marty Bohannon.

“And if ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ looking on and the pressure of the showcase wasn’t enough, Matt’s amp caught fire but hey, we battled through and did some great shows.”

After returning home and laying down the remaining tracks for this year’s two releases “Unaka Rising” and “Buzz Me,” The Bohannons are once again ready to hit the road next week with a northeastern tour that kicks off here in Chattanooga with a bon voyage show at JJ’s Bohemia this Friday, June 22nd.

“We’re playing Louisville, Columbus Ohio, Buffalo, New York City for two dates and then back down through Richmond Virginia,” said Josh Beaver. “But it’ll be good to play here at home before hitting some cities we haven’t been to in a while.”

Meanwhile back here at home, you’ll be able to download “Unaka Rising” on thisisamericanmusic.com starting July 10th or pick up a CD this Friday, June 22nd at the JJ’s Bohemia show. And, be sure and watch for The Bohannons second release, “Buzz Me” later this year. It’s all coming your way from probably the hardest working band in town – The Bohannons.

The Bohannons with Buxton JJ’s Bohemia Friday, June 22 - 9:00 p.m. www.bohannons.org

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Arts Marathon Continues

by Rich Bailey Allied Arts last week released a 6-month progress report on the Imagine Chattanooga 2020 strategic planning initiative for arts and culture.

The news, though extremely interim, is good. When the plan was first released in January, it had a bit of a blind-men-describing-elephant feel to it: a really big animal with some interesting features but difficult to see in its entirety.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Chattanooga’s big community plans are usually either highly detailed and timelined, like the 21st Century Waterfront Plan, which was like a forced march to meet an aggressive deadline, or Vision2000 and ReVision2000, which were deliberately long on vision and intended to draw implementers to them who would work out the details.

Imagine Chattanooga 2020 – cocreated by 400 people in a year-long process – seemed somewhere in between those two: part inspirational vision and part organizational plan, with a mandate for Allied Arts to convene the implementers that would bring it to fruition. The plan is essentially set of long-term goals for how the community can best be sustained by the arts, including elements aiming at supporting the working artists who are the ultimate source of those community-enhancing arts.

Now, after six months of implementation, details are beginning to emerge. Some projects are nearing completion, while others are still in development. Allied Arts executive director Dan Bowers called the efforts to date “the first mile of a marathon.”

Getting his JFK on, he added, “It’s not about the arts, it’s about what the arts can do for the community.”

The full progress report is available at imaginechattanooga2020.org.

Here are some highlights of efforts underway in the four focus areas of the plan.

Diversity – This summer, Allied Arts expects to begin a pilot program to make the arts more accessible to underserved populations. From a pool of $40,000, grants of up to $3,000 will be available to neighborhoods, municipalities and non-profits for visual and performance arts. Within the next 12 months, Allied Arts also plans to develop a network of neighborhoodbased “Arts Ambassadors,” to begin

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working with local churches, especially youth programs, to bring arts to a broader audience, and to develop an inventory or cultural diversity in the community as well as strategies to celebrate what is found.

Economic Development – The plan also looks for increasing the already known cold cash impact of the arts, including contributing to business expansion and relocation, attracting arts and culture conventions and expanding cultural tourism, which is already a major focus for the Convention and Visitors Bureau. Working closely with the Chattanooga Times Free Press and other partners, Allied Arts anticipates the fall launch of a comprehensive calendar, website and weekly print publication promoting arts activities to locals and tourists.

Downtown – The January plan included a downtown “cultural hub” to provide studio, gallery, rehearsal, classroom and office space for artists and arts organizations in a variety of disciplines. According to Maury Nicely, who chairs the downtown effort, the group is actively engaged in an “inventorying process to determine supply and demand,” what artists and arts groups need and what spaces might serve.

“We’ve already identified a number of spaces we think could serve as a hub.

In six months we hope to be on the verge of implementing.”

Education – With Allied Arts’ “Imagine!” program sending every second, third and fourth grader in Hamilton County public schools to a performance, a task force is fundraising to expand that program, first to all students from kindergarten to fifth grade, then to include grades six through eight, and finally to establish sustainable funding sources. There’s a lot of advocacy work to be done in this area since, as Children’s Discovery Museum director Henry Schulson put it, “The funding for arts education

is below ‘low’ in this community. That has to change. It can only change if we have a really strong advocacy effort to show the importance of arts in the community.”

Since January, Allied Arts has also participated in a national study of the economic impact of nonprofit arts and culture organizations, sponsored by Americans for the Arts. Even during the recession in 2010, the ripple effect of what arts organizations spend in the community and what audiences

spend on arts and culture contributed nearly $106 million to the local economy, including over $12 million to state and local governments through taxes.

Above and beyond tickets, Hamilton County residents spend an average of $23.61 per person when attending arts and culture events, and non-residents spend an average of $41.39.

The study doesn’t include or compare the impact of commercial arts like movies, but surely much more of a dollar spent on the tangible creative work of our neighbors stays in Chattanooga. Every time a piece of art generates controversy or someone says, “My three-year old could do that,” we get distracted from the real point. Arts and culture make life better, and we need more of them. Supporting the arts means supporting ourselves. Let’s get on with it.

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History moves slower than we’d like to think. With a handheld device capable of delivering vast amounts of information by travelling to and from space in a matter of minutes, I can read a current article advocating the reintroduction of the poll tax.

The world continues to be a socially backward mess not far removed from patriarchal views of Victorian England, which becomes all the more obvious when watching the delightful little comedy Hysteria.

There has been quite a bit of media coverage on women’s health in the past year, most of it commented upon and led by men who fail to have even a tertiary knowledge of the subject. Men have continually inserted themselves into women’s healthcare; it is as true now as it was in 1890.

Hysteria is based on real events and shows one particular era of male cluelessness in relation to female sexuality, one that isn’t all that different from now.

Mortimer Granville(Hugh Dancy) is a new breed of doctor. He believes in germ theory, washes his hands, and reads the latest medical journals, hoping to improve his practice and establish himself in Victorian London. His peculiar idea about not killing his patients leads him to being nearly unemployable. His difficulties finding gainful employment bring him to the doorstep of Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce), leading physician in the field of hysteria. Hysteria, a fictional disease affecting women, is thought to be caused by an imbalance in the uterus. Symptoms include: irrationality, anger, depression, anxiety, and suffragism. The treatment for this affliction is, and I’m not making this up, manual stimulation of the female sex organs to orgasm. As hysteria is said to afflict half of the women in London, the treatment is highly lucrative, and for obvious reasons, very popular. Dr. Granville becomes Dr. Dalrymple’s right hand man, treating a large number of people per day.

He treats so many women per day that he begins to suffer from the world’s most well deserved case of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Necessity is the mother of invention, and Dr. Granville invents an electric motorized device based on a feather duster that revolutionizes both the treatment of hysteria and the entertainment of future bachelorette parties.

Of course, Hysteria is a comedy, which means it must have a romance. Dr. Dalrymple has a daughter named Charlotte (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who seems to exhibit all of the symptoms of hysteria at once.

She has the audacity to address the needs

of the poor and sick in the seedier sections of London. Charlotte is the moral center of the film – she serves to point out that addressing the sexual anxieties of London’s wealthy housewives is a waste of Dr. Granville’s talents. The Dickensian aspect of the film is an additional commentary by the filmmakers on the ever present problem of poverty. The elite and educated of London are the ignorant villains of society at large, as they would rather not see the underbelly of their posh culture. The misunderstanding of female sexuality is paired with the imperceptive attitudes towards the disenfranchised, creating an interesting juxtaposition with our current class struggles.

This comedy is about much more than it lets on.

Hysteria is inexplicably rated R. There is no real violence to speak of, no questionable language, no nudity or drug use. But the idea of a woman enjoying and expressing joyous sexuality through brief vocalizations is enough to cause the MPAA to call for their fainting couches and smelling salts. There is nothing objectionable here.

The adult scenes are presented in a medi-

cal context. The brief innuendo isn’t much more colorful than your typical family comedy. Clearly, the rating system used in our country suffers from the same obtuse attitudes towards the basic human function of sexuality as Victorian doctors. A similar film about the advances in erectile dysfunction might be rated PG-13, but vaginas are icky and we should pretend they don’t exist. Transformers, a film geared towards children, received a PG-13 rating despite a scene that discusses masturbation. Hysteria exists in a time where the female orgasm isn’t even conceivable. Context means nothing to the MPAA. The rating is underserved.

I enjoyed this film immensely. The performances are wonderful and the subject matter handled carefully, with grace and humility. I urge those that might be interested in the film to not be put off by the rating. Instead, ignore your own hang-ups and go see a well made film, one that is witty, charming, and intelligent. Or you can go watch Adam Sandler burp and laugh at himself. The choice is up to you.

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colonel bruce hampton has been a legendary figure in southern rock and jam band circles for more than four decades. The new documentary “Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton” captures Hampton’s strange and brilliant career. The film’s director, Michael Koepenick, answered questions for The Pulse via email in advance of the film’s Chattanooga debut on June 21.

The Pulse: You’ve mentioned that you were not an aficionado of Hampton when you joined the project. How had your appreciation changed, and what in particular struck you about him?

Michael Koepenick: I moved to Atlanta in 1987 and started having random encounters with Bruce Hampton fairly often and he always puzzled me. I knew the caliber of musicians that played with him and raved about him, but I just didn’t understand what he was all about and wrote him off as more eccentric than talented. But the more I learned about him from working on the film, the more and more respect I gained for his dedication as an artist and just how much of a part he played in helping countless musicians have major breakthroughs in their playing and understanding about music and where it comes from.

The Pulse: What was the most important lesson you learned making the film?

Michael Koepenick: I think the most important lesson is to really figure out what is the real story you want to tell in a documentary before shooting the footage. You can really miss out on getting the real pearls from an interview if you haven’t done your research ahead of time. The other thing to remember if you want to make good docs is that facts and information are interesting and can help a story, but if you don’t create an emotional connection with the audience then they will most likely lose interest along the way.

“Basically Frightened: TheMusical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton” 6 p.m. Thursday, June 21 Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St.

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All American Summer feat.

Abby Parks 6:30 p.m. Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View Ave. (423) 267-0968. huntermuseum.org Audi Burchett 7:30 p.m. Sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad St. (423) 508-8956. www.sugarsribs.com Gentlemen’s Jazz Quartet 8 p.m. The Lounge at The Palms at Hamilton, 6925 Shallowford Rd., #202. (423) 499-5055. thepalmsathamilton.com Ugly Radio Rebellion 8 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 266-1400 Nathan Farrow 8 p.m. Acoustic Café, 61 RBC Dr., Ringgold, Ga. (706) 965-2065. ringgoldacoustic.com Smooth Dialects with Sky Hi 9 p.m. The Honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy.

(423) 468-4192. thehonestpint.com Velvet Hand with Telemonster and Kymera 9:30 p.m. Rhythm and Brews, 221 Market St. www.rhythm-brews.com

fri 06.22 Shannon McNally/ Ryan Oyer Band 7 p.m. NightFall Music Series, River City Stage @ Miller Plaza, 850 Market St. nightfallchattanooga.com The Vespers and Jenny & Tyler 7:30 p.m. The CampHouse, 1427 Williams St. (423) 702-8081. thecamphouse.com Charlie Wilson 8 p.m. Acoustic Café, 61 RBC Dr., Ringgold, Ga. (706) 965-2065. ringgoldacoustic.com

Still Flyin’ & Mythical Motors 8 p.m. Moccasin Bend Brewing Company, 4015 Tennessee Ave. (423) 821-6392 Dave Pope Quartet 8:30 p.m. The Foundry (at the Chattanoogan Hotel), 1201 Broad St. (423) 756-3400. chattanooganhotel.com.

Mad River Rising 9 p.m. Southside Saloon and Bistro, 1301 Chestnut St. (423) 757-4730. southsidesaloonandbistro.com G.Love & Special Sauce 9 p.m. TRACK29 - Chattanooga Choo Choo Campus, 1400 Market St. (423) 266-4323. www.track29.co Standing Room Only 9:30 p.m. Sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad St. (423) 508-8956. www.sugarsribs.com Mighty Sideshow 10 p.m. Rhythm and Brews, 221 Market St. www.rhythm-brews.com Bounty Hunter Band 10 p.m. SKYZOO, 5709 Lee Hwy. (423) 4684533. www.skyzoochattanooga.com.

Nathan Farrow 10 p.m. Bud’s Sports Bar, 5751 Brainerd Rd. (423) 499-9878. budssportsbar.com Roger Alan Wade 10 p.m. T-Bones, 1419 Chestnut St. (423) 266-4240. tboneschattanooga.com

sat 06.23Planet 8 p.m. Acoustic Café, 61 RBC Dr., Ringgold, Ga. (706) 965-2065. ringgoldacoustic.com Mythical Motors & The Value 8 p.m. Moccasin Bend Brewing Company, 4015 Tennessee Ave. (423) 821-6392 Dave Pope Quartet 8:30 p.m. The Foundry (at the Chattanoogan

Hotel), 1201 Broad St. (423) 756-3400. www. chattanooganhotel.com Monkey Shine 9 p.m. Southside Saloon and Bistro, 1301 Chestnut St. (423) 7574730. www.southsidesaloonandbistro.com Jack Corey 9 p.m. The Office, 901 Carter St. (423) 634-9191 Mindelixir Presents Bass Church 9 p.m. TRACK29 - Chattanooga Choo Choo Campus, 1400 Market St. (423) 266-4323. www.track29.co.

Milele Roots 9 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E. MLK Blvd.

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Jumbo Deluxe Band 9:30 p.m. Sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad St. (423) 508-8956. sugarsribs.com Departure: A Tribute to Journey 10 p.m. Rhythm and Brews, 221 Market St. www.rhythm-brews.com The Corbitt Brothers 10 p.m. SKYZOO, 5709 Lee Hwy. (423) 4684533. www.skyzoochattanooga.com Nathan Farrow 10 p.m. Bud’s Sports Bar, 5751 Brainerd Rd. (423) 499-9878. www. budssportsbar.com The Steam 10 p.m. T-Bones, 1419 Chestnut St. (423) 266-4240. www.tboneschattanooga.com

sun 06.24 Dana Rogers 10 a.m. Urban Spoon, 207 Frazier Ave. (423) 710-3252 Sharp Dressed Man 3:00 p.m. Lake Winnepesaukah, 1730 Lakeview Dr. Rossville, GA. (706) 866-5681 lakewinnie.com Molly Maguires

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Friday, June 22: 9pm Chris Ryan

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7:00 p.m. The Honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192 thehonestpint.com.

Sharp Dressed Man 8:00 p.m. Lake Winnepesaukah, 1730 Lakeview Dr. Rossville, GA. (706) 866-5681 lakewinnie.com Robosapien, Vapor Lock 9:00 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E. MLK Blvd. (423) 266-1400.

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tue 06.26 Patriotic Organ Concert 7:00 p.m. Memorial Auditorium, 399 McCallie Ave. (423) 757-5156 Cabinet 9:00 p.m. Rhythm and Brews, 221 Market St. www.rhythm-brews.com.

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Hotel War with We the Electron 9:00 p.m. The Honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192. www.thehonestpint.com Truth & Salvage Co. with Patrick Sweany 9:30 p.m. Rhythm and Brews, 221 Market St. www.rhythm-brews.com

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Arts & Entertainment Thu 06.21 Birds of Prey Wine Tasting: Sauvignon Blanc 6 p.m. Back Inn Café, 412 East 2nd St. (423) 265-5033 bluffviewartdistrict.com All American Summer Featuring Abby Parks 6 p.m. Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View. (423) 266-0944 huntermuseum.org Fireside Nights 6 p.m. Rock City, 1400 Patten Rd. Lookout Mtn, Ga. (706) 820-2531 seerockcity.com “Basically Frightened” 6:30 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St. (423) 267-1218 theatrecentre.com Broad Street Grille Seafood Dinner 6:30 p.m. The Broad Street Grille, 1201 Broad St. (423) 424-3700. tnaqua.org 31 Party 7 p.m. Pasha Coffee & Tea, 3914 St. Elmo Ave. (423) 475-5482 pashacoffeehouse.com Jim Zuckerman: Essential Ingredients to Taking Great Pictures 7 p.m. St. John United Methodist Church, 3921 Murray Hills Dr. (423) 344-5643 chattanoogaphoto.org Chattanooga Lookouts 7:15 p.m. AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley, (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com “Equus” 7:30 p.m. Barking Legs Theatre, 1307 Dodds Ave. ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com

fri 06.22 Fresh on Fridays 11 a.m. River City Company, 850 Market St. (423) 265-3700 rivercitycompany.com

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CALENDAR

“Ready2WorkIt” Job Readiness Program 1 p.m. East Lake Community Center, 2600 4th Ave. (423) 752-4851.

Southside Stroll 5 p.m. Southside galleries, merchants and restaurants.

Mocassin Bend Brewery Tour & Tasting 6 p.m. Moccasin Bend Brewing Company, 4015 Tennesee Ave. (423) 821-6392 bendbrewingbeer.com Nightfall Concert Series 7 p.m. Miller Plaza, 850 Market St. (423) 265-0771 nightfallchattanooga.com Chattanooga Lookouts 7:15 p.m. AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley, (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com James Gregory 7:30 p.m. The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233. www. thecomedycatch.com “HONK!” 7:30 p.m. The Colonnade, 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, Ga. (706) 935-9000. colonnadecenter.org “Equus” 7:30 p.m. Barking Legs Theatre, 1307 Dodds Ave. ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com “HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” 8 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St. (423) 267-8534. www. theatrecentre.com Chattanooga Ghost Tours 8:15 p.m. Walnut Street Bridge, 100 Walnut St. (423) 821-7125. www.chattanoogaghosttours.com Ruby Falls Lantern Tours 8:30 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 8212544. www.rubyfalls.com Chris Barnes 9:30 p.m. Vaudeville Café, 138 Market St. (423) 5171839. www.funnydinner.com

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10 p.m. Howard High School, 2500 South Market St. (423) 643-6055 chattanoogahasfun.com

sat 06.23 Car Wash benefiting American Red Cross 8 a.m. Raceway 6846, 5455 Hixson Pike.

(423) 265-3455 redcross.org Closed Door Entertainment’s Pancake Breakfast 8 a.m. Applebee’s, 401 Market St. (706) 313-3110.

Eddie Tapp: “Crafting Digital” Workshop 9 a.m. Chattanooga State, Humanities Auditorium, 4501 Amnicola Hwy. (423) 697-3207 chattanoogaphoto.org Craft Fair 9 a.m. Brainerd United Methodist Church, 4315 Brainerd Road chattanoogahasfun.com T’ai Ji Workshop 9 a.m. Chattanooga Nature Center & Arboretum Auditorium, 400 Garden Rd (423) 821-8947 taijiheals.com Downtown Kayak Adventures 9 a.m. Outdoor Chattanooga, 200 River St. (423) 643-6888. www. outdoorchattanooga.com Friends of the Library: Book Sale 9 a.m. Eastgate Town Center, 5600 Brainerd Road River Market 10 a.m. Tennessee Aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad St. (423) 402-9960chattanoogamarket.com Bonsai Exhibit & Demonstration 10 a.m. River Gallery, 400 E. 2nd St. (423) 265-5033 river-gallery.com Kids Fitness Safari Event 11 a.m. Hamilton Place Mall, 2100 Hamilton Place

Blvd. (423) 752-0300 liveunitedchattanooga.org Summer Music Weekends Noon. Rock City, 1400 Patten Rd. Lookout Mtn, Ga. (706) 820-2531 seerockcity.com Georgia Winery Tour 2 p.m. The Georgia Winery, 6469 Battlefield Pkwy, Ringgold, GA. (706) 937-WINE. www.georgiawines.com Georgia Winery Tour 4 p.m. The Georgia Winery, 6469 Battlefield Pkwy., Ringgold, GA. (706) 937-WINE georgiawines.com Great American Backyard Campout Sleep in the Deep 5:30 p.m. Tennessee Aquarium, 1 Broad St. (423) 648-2469. www.tnaqua.org Chattanooga FC vs.

Mississippi Storm 7 p.m. Finley Stadium, 1826 Carter St. (423) 266-4041 chattanoogafc.com Chattanooga Lookouts 7:15 p.m. AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley, (423) 267-2208. lookouts.com Chattanooga Ghost Tours 7:30 p.m.

Walnut Street Bridge, 100 Walnut St. (423) 821-7125 chattanoogaghosttours.com “HONK!” 7:30 p.m. The Colonnade, 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, Ga. (706) 935-9000. www.colonnadecenter.org James Gregory 7:30 p.m. The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Free Dance Lessons for Newcomers 7:30 p.m. All Saints Academy, 310 E. Eighth St. (423) 876-7359. www. contrachattanooga.org “Equus” 7:30 p.m. Barking Legs Theatre, 1307 Dodds Ave.

www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com “HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” 8 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St. (423) 267-8534. www.theatrecentre.com Dancing with the Stars Chattanooga 8 p.m. Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St. (423) 757-5050. www. chattanooga.gov Contra Dance 8 p.m. All Saints Academy, 310 E. Eighth St. (423) 876-7359. www. contrachattanooga.org Ruby Falls Lantern Tours 8:30 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 821-2544. www. rubyfalls.com Late Night Hoops!

10 p.m. Howard High School, 2500 South Market St. (423) 6436055. www.chattanoogahasfun.com James Gregory 10 p.m. The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233. www. thecomedycatch.com Chris Barnes 10:30 p.m. Vaudeville Café, 138 Market St. (423) 517-1839. www. funnydinner.com

sun 06.24 Downtown Kayak Adventures 9 a.m. Outdoor Chattanooga, 200 River St. (423) 643-6888. www.outdoorchattanooga.com Chattanooga Market: Blueberry Festival 11 a.m. First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 Carter St. (423) 402-9960 chattanoogamarket.com Champagne Sunday Brunch 11 a.m. Chattanoogan Hotel, 1201 South Broad St. (423) 2665000. www.chattanooganhotel.com Ballet in Cinema Series: Raymonda 11 a.m. Majestic 12 Theater, 311 Broad St. (423) 826-2375.

Summer Music Weekends Noon. Rock City, 1400 Patten Rd. Lookout Mtn, GA. (706) 820-2531. seerockcity.com Friends of the Library: Book Sale Noon. Eastgate Town Center, 5600 Brainerd Rd. Touring Kayak Clinic 1 p.m. Greenway Farms, 5051 Gann Store Road.

(423) 643-6050. www.tnaqua.org Bonsai Exhibit & Demonstration 1 p.m. River Gallery, 400 E. 2nd St. (423) 265-5033 river-gallery.com “Equus” 2:30 p.m. Barking Legs Theatre, 1307 Dodds Ave. www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com

mon 06.25 Friends of the Library: Book Sale 9 a.m. Eastgate Town Center, 5600 Brainerd Rd. Pop Artist Michael Albert: Workshop 5 p.m. Chattanooga Library, 1001 Broad St. (423) 757-5310 lib.chattanooga.gov Music Monday 7 p.m. Pasha Coffee & Tea, 3914 St. Elmo Ave. (423) 475-5482 pashacoffeehouse.com Lookouts 7:15 p.m. AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley, (423) 267-2208

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Food

by D.E. Langley

Sushi Nabe Serves Comfort Food, Japanese-Style inspired by the spare japanese art form that uses single strokes of black paint to suggest the image, “Kind of Blue” is a collection of tunes that float unfettered by reality. In that one moment the musicians—pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, saxophonists Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb—transcended time and space.

Coltrane, Evans and Adderley all went on to lead their own stellar ensembles. As, of course, did the ever-restless Miles; but, tellingly, he never revisited this sound.

So what was Knoxville-based trumpeter Vance Thompson thinking when he agreed to put together a band to play this and other tunes associated with the two legendary quintets led by Davis from the late ’50s through the late ’60s. Who knows, but he almost pulled it off at Barking Legs last Saturday night. Thompson put together a wonderfully simpatico quartet—pianist Keith Brown, saxophonist Greg Tardy, bassist Tommy Sauter and drummer Kinah Boto—and opened their set with the sublime “So What” from “Kind Of Blue.”

Both Thompson and Tardy are on the music school faculty at the University of Tennessee, but that’s where comparisons end. Thompson plays like someone who has studied the music, but couldn’t quite capture Miles’ quiet fire. The same could not be said of the barn-burning Tardy, who follows the advice of an older musician who told him, “It’s better to be felt than to be heard.”

The pianist Keith Brown was equally

intense. Son of Donald Brown, a pianist with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers before joining the faculty at Berklee College in Boston and later UT, Brown played Wynton Kelly to Thompson’s Miles. Like Kelly, Brown’s approach is funkier, more gospelrooted than Bill Evans’ cerebral abstractions and brought the three tunes they played from “Kind of Blue” a shade closer to the blues.

Tardy is noted for his passion for John Coltrane’s music. He was an aspiring classical clarinetist until he heard Coltrane. On Saturday evening he brought Coltrane’s assertive attack to the music, nicely complementing Brown’s funky drive. Brown tended to modify his style, playing punchy, percussive straightahead, hard bop on the tunes from the late ’50s and early ’60s, and on later compositions adding some nice Monk-ish abstractions to his solos. His playing was a deft delight bristling with energy and imagination.

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The piano at Barking Legs is a vintage Steinway baby grand owned by Bruce Kaplan, the owner of the hall, and has been in his family for a couple of generations.

According to family lore, it was originally at Birdland in New York City. Could it be that the ghosts of long gone giants inspired Brown?

The show was a huge success for the small venue. Kaplan originally bought the space for his wife to use as a dance studio (hence the name). But by the mid ’90s his deep love for music led him to partner with George Bright in booking acoustic roots musicians such as Norman Blake, Matt Flinner (coming back with his trio on Saturday, Feb. 4) and David Grier.

As much as he revels in the sound of that kind of music, Kaplan has an equally deep affection for jazz. It’s long been his ambition to bring jazz to the hall on a regular basis, but he’s been skeptical of its appeal. His soft-spoken diffidence belies his ardor, but he is also a pragmatist and

has been reluctant to book musicians who might not draw a crowd. But after seeing the packed house on Saturday night he’s now cautiously optimistic, smiling as he mulled the prospect of the same musicians coming back to play a tribute to Coltrane.

According to Thompson, the original concept for the show had been a tribute to Coltrane and Davis. Tardy did play Coltrane’s “Giant Steps,” giving us all a taste of the blistering tour de force to come.

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Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): Swans, geese, and ducks molt all their flight feathers at once, which means they may be unable to fly for several weeks afterwards. We humans don’t do anything like that in a literal way, but we have a psychological analog: times when we shed outworn self-images. I suspect you’re coming up on such a transition, Aries. While you’re going through it, you may want to lie low. Anything resembling flight —launching new ventures, making big decisions, embarking on great adventures—should probably be postponed until the metamorphosis is complete and your feathers grow back.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 2011 car traffic began flowing across Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, a newly completed span that joins the city of Qingdao with the Huangdao District in China. This prodigious feat of engineering is 26.4 miles long. I nominate it to serve as your prime metaphor in the coming weeks. Picture it whenever you need a boost as you work to connect previously unlinked elements in your life. It may help inspire you to master the gritty details that’ll lead to your own monumental accomplishment.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): An apple starts growing on its tree in the spring. By early summer, it may be full size and as red as it will ever be. To the naked eye, it appears ready to eat. But it’s not.

If you pluck it and bite into it, the taste probably won’t appeal to you. If you pluck it and hope it will be more delicious in a few weeks, you’ll be disappointed. So here’s the moral of the story, Gemini: For an apple to achieve its potential, it has to stay on the tree until nature has finished ripening it. Keep that lesson in mind as you deal with the urge to harvest something before it has reached its prime.

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CANCER

(June 21-July 22): “Dear Rob: In one of your recent horoscopes, you implied that I should consider the possibility of asking for more than I’ve ever asked for before. Anyway, I want to thank you! It helped me start working up the courage to burst out of my protective and imprisoning little shell. Today I gave myself permission to learn the unknowable, figure out the inscrutable, and dream the inconceivable. The process you just described is exactly what I advise them to try in the coming weeks.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Picture yourself moving toward a building

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you haven’t seen before. Trust the initial image that leaps into your imagination. What type of path are you on? Concrete or dirt or brick or wood? Is it a long, winding way or short and direct? Once you arrive at the front door, locate the key. Is it under a mat or in your pocket or somewhere else? What does the key look like? See everything in detail. The building you’ve envisioned represents the next phase of your destiny. The path symbolizes how you get here. The key is the capacity or knowledge you will need.

and loveable obsession, Sagittarius? The compulsion that sometimes sabotages you and sometimes inspires you? Whatever it is, I suspect it’s beginning a transformation. Is there anything you can do to ensure that the changes it undergoes will lead you away from the hateable consequences and closer to the loveable stuff? I think there’s a lot you can do. For starters: Do a ritual -- yes, an actual ceremony -- in which you affirm your intention that your obsession will forever after serve your highest good and brightest integrity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My first poetry teacher suggested that it was my job as a poet to learn the names of things in the natural world. She said I should be able to identify at least 25 species of trees, 25 flowers, 25 herbs, 25 birds, and eight clouds. I have unfortunately fallen short in living up to that very modest goal, and I’ve always felt guilty about it. But it’s never too late to begin, right? In the coming weeks, I vow to correct for my dereliction of duty. I urge you to follow my lead, Virgo. Is there any soul work that you have been neglecting? Is there any part of your life’s mission that you have skipped over? Now would be an excellent time to catch up.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): As someone who thrives on simple organic food and doesn’t enjoy shopping, I would not normally have lunch at a hot dog stand in a suburban mall. But that’s what I did today. Nor do I customarily read books by writers whose philosophy repels me, and yet recently I have found myself skimming through Ayn Rand’s The Virtue of Selfishness. I’ve been enjoying these acts of rebellion. They’re not directed at the targets that I usually revolt against, but rather at my own habits and comforts. I suggest you enjoy similar insurrections in the coming week, Capricorn. Rise up and overthrow your attachment to boring familiarity.

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my nomination for one of the Ten Biggest Problems in the World: Our refusal to control the pictures and thoughts that pop into our minds. I’m calling this is to your attention, Libra, because in the weeks ahead you’ll have more power than usual to modulate your stream of consciousness.

Have you ever seen the bumper sticker that says, “Don’t believe everything you think”? Make that your mantra.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the hands of a skilled practitioner, astrology can help you determine the most favorable days to start a new project or heat up your romantic possibilities. Success is of course still quite feasible at other times, but you might find most grace and ease if you align yourself with the cosmic flow. According to my understanding, if you do it between now and July 23, the experiences you have will free your ass, and—hallelujah! Your mind will then gratefully follow. If you schedule your getaway for another time, you could still free your ass, but may have to toil more intensely to get your mind to join the fun.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What is your most hateable

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The ancient Chinese book of divination known as the I Ching speaks of “catching things before they exit the gate of change.” That’s what happens when a martial artist anticipates an assailant’s movement before it happens, or when a healer corrects an imbalance in someone’s body before it becomes a full-blown symptom or illness. t’s a favorable time to catch potential disturbances prior to the time they exit the gate of change.

If you’re alert for pre-beginnings, you should be able to neutralize or transform brewing problems so they never become problems.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Neurophysiologists say that singing really loudly can flush away metabolic waste from your cerebrum. I say that singing really loudly can help purge your soul of any tendency it might have to ignore its deepest promptings. I bring these ideas to your attention, Pisces, because I believe the current astrological omens are suggesting that you do some really loud singing. Washing the dirt and debris out of your brain will do wonders for your mental hygiene.

And your soul could use a boost as it ramps up its wild power to pursue its most important dreams.

Jonesin’ Crossword

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“I See London”—but can you see the Olympic message?

Across

1. Abbr. describing British pounds 4. Bullfighting cheer 8. Five-nation project in the sky: abbr.

11. “___ longa, vita brevis” 14. The AFL’s labor partner 15. No longer active, as a boxer: abbr.

16. Palindromic Cambodian leader Lon ___ 17. Perrins’ steak sauce partner 18. Keep score 19. Glastonbury ___ (hill in England) 20. “Much ___ About Nothing” 21. Back muscle, for short 22. Predetermine 24. Where a victorious team’s road leads, so it’s said 26. Poem section 27. “The long wait ___” 28. Right in the middle of the rankings: abbr.

29. Big ___ (London landmark) 30. Presidential nickname

31. One of many hooked to a train 35. Tear into pieces 38. Abbr. on nutrition labels 40. ___-country (DriveBy Truckers’ genre) 41. Hit song from “Achtung Baby” 42. TV character who ate cats 43. 2012 Seth MacFarlane movie with Mark Wahlberg 44. “Yeah, I bet you do...” laugh 45. Blood relatives 46. Nervous twitch 47. Computer storage units, for short 48. Fix a manuscript 50. There’s no accounting for it 52. Smoky gettogethers, for short 54. “Just ___ bit too much...”

57. TV comedy show with Goldie Hawn 62. How people read to their kids 65. Part of IPA 66. “What ___, chopped liver?”

67. Early travel journalist Nellie

68. Stat for Hank Aaron 69. Tony winner Caldwell 70. Taco Bell sauce choice 71. Tattoos, slangily 72. Three sheets to the wind 73. Extremely long time 74. Ques. counterpart 75. ___ kwon do 76. ___ Plaines, Illinois Down 1. Bunches 2. Chart for beachcombers 3. Song heard frequently during the 2012 Diamond Jubilee 4. MMA fighter Tito 5. “I Will Be” singer Lewis 6. Raison d’___ 7. No Clue 8. ___ the finish 9. “Me too!”

10. Walks through the mud 11. Where Olympic athletes come from to convene in London 12. Wrecked from the back 13. Mythical creature with goat horns 23. ST: ___ (fan abbreviation for a later

“Star Trek” series) 25. Tennis tactic 30. “What a relief!”

31. Drink in a red can 32. Have ___ with (be connected to) 33. Tear into pieces 34. No Clue 35. “Invasion of Your Privacy” glam rock band 36. Olympic figure skater Kulik 37. Some soldiers: abbr.

39. They blink on websites 49. Text, for short 51. “øQue ___?” (“How’s it going?” in Spanish) 52. Huge fire 53. Bear from “The Jungle Book” 55. “Memories of You” pianist Blake 56. Takes some movie scenes out 58. “That’s kinda funny!”

59. “___ Fire” (Springsteen song) 60. Bugs that get “picked” 61 .No Clue 62. Passing blurb 63. Forearm bone 64. Kid

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Life in the Noog

chuck crowder

Crash, Bam, Boom! i recently had a fender-bender—something that hasn’t happened since I was 16 years old. And, much like breaking up with my first girlfriend way back then, I’d forgotten that wrecking my car is also a real pain in the ass.

I’m not much of a car fanatic. I keep my cars much longer than the average person because as soon as I get used to a car I tend to fall in love with it. The way it drives and knowing what to expect from it becomes a comforting part of my daily life, much like a girlfriend, I guess you could say. And, I don’t tend to trade them in that often—only when we’ve both gotten tired of each other. Ha! Anyway, after nine years of driving a Nissan Frontier pick-up truck, about a year ago I got together with my latest passion—a 2005 Toyota 4-Runner. Unlike the stripped-down Frontier, the 4-Runner has it all— leather, sunroof, 8-cylinder, iPod hook up, fourwheel drive and electric locks even.

Since it’s become mine, I have grown accustomed to its comfortable ride and smooth acceleration.

In fact, I’ve fallen in love with my car, much like the Frontier during our time together. Now, I’m not doing anything kinky with the tailpipe, but you must admit that once you’ve fallen in love with a car, it’s hard to think about driving anything else.

Unlike the girls I date, with whom I try and experience new and different places normally “off the grid” for me, I tend to take my car to the same old haunts in the same old fishbowl of downtown.

Therefore the routes and traffic have become so fa-

I liked the girl, but I love the car. miliar that I sometimes take them for granted.

You get a little lazier at the stop signs, roll through your neighborhood with confidence and ease because, after all, you’ve passed over the same pavement time and time again.

They say that most traffic accidents occur close to home. In my case, I could see my house from the crash site. It happened on the corner of Cowart and Main during rushhour traffic. Main Street always poses a “Frogger” type of situation for those of us trying to dart across the cross-street intersections. And now that cars are parked all up and down Main—right up to the corners—it’s even more annoying to anticipate the exact moment to hop across the street. I’ve done it a million times, nearly 10 times a day, but this time —WHAM! Some sort of Chrysler sedan plowed into me at the alarming speed of 5 miles per hour—luckily not even fast enough to deploy airbags. Everyone was OK—the only real

injuries being the pain in the ass getting our cars fixed and a court appearance would soon inflict.

It was my fault I knew, failure to yield the right of way. In addition to my driver’s door, she hit my wheel, so there was some suspension damage that’s rendered my ride virtually undrivable for the time being.

I hobbled it the two blocks home and walked another two blocks over to the closest rental-car place. Rental cars are like the whores of transportation. You don’t know where they’ve been or who’s been driving them so they’re dirty in ways that don’t wash off. At best they’re like rebound relationships, you don’t always get the one you want, just one that’ll do for now.

They gave me a Mazda sedan. A nice enough car, but compared to my beloved 4-Runner, to me it was like the female equivalent of a cocktail waitress on an oil tanker.

The same night of my accident, the girl I was seeing at the time also decided to wreck our ride together. I’m still trying to figure out which is worse—a damaged car or a broken relationship.

I do know this however, my trusty 4-Runner will be back in a week or so— good as new.

Chuck Crowder is a local writer and general man about town. His opinions are just that.

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