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Aug. 2-8, 2012

Vol. 9 • No. 31

Chattanooga’s Weekly Alternative

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• The next rock star comedian is no overnight success. Doug Stanhope returns to Chattanooga on Tuesday and The Pulse caught up with the comic’s comic to talk about his act, politics and life on the road. » 6

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Bike Chattanooga finally out of the gate the training wheels have come off!

Those stylish bikes from the Bike Chattanooga Bicycle Transit System locked up all over the city are ready to roll as of July 23. Currently, there are 300 bicycles in a network with 28 stations available for cross-town manual locomotion. Part of the delay was due to the technological advances integrated into the system that are now fully in place.

Each kiosk features solar technology, a user-friendly seven-inch color LCD screen, hybrid credit card readers, secondary locking devices, a wireless GPS interface, a member card and smart card reader (not to mention bicycles for rent) as part of a system upgrade that was being

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“We really appreciate the public’s support in this innovative project. The City of Chattanooga and our community will continue to work as development partners with PBSC Urban Solutions and Alta Bicycle Share to improve bicycle transit technology. It’s very exciting that the city’s residents and visitors will get to try these new innovations first,” said Phillip Pugliese, the new system’s bicycle coordinator, in a news release.

As with any guinea pig scenario, the allure is getting to try things for the first time. As a result of the partnership between the City of Chattanooga, Alta Bicycle Share and PBSC Urban Solutions, Bike Chattanooga will be equipped with the latest versions of hardware and software in the bicycle-sharing community and serve as a model market for the bicycle-sharing movement.

By the sound of things, the wait will

be worth it. According to Alaine Ayotte, CEO of PBSC, “We thank the City of Chattanooga for its assistance and support in developing this new system, which is a tangible improvement over our original design and will now be used in all new cities, including New York.”

Let the pedaling begin.

—Cole Rose

THRIFT HIGHWAY

Everything must go— for miles and miles it’s amazing what a few people with nothing more than unwanted possessions, ample lawn space and a dream can accomplish. This year marks the 25th annual of “The World’s Longest Yard Sale,” which now stretches more than 690 miles from just north of Addison, Mich., all the way to Gadsden, Ala. Every year, the sale begins on the first Thursday in August (Aug. 2-5 this year), and people come from miles around to peruse the items of others that are just too good to be thrown away.

The Chattanooga section was tacked on shortly after the inception of the sale in 1987 with the addition of the Lookout Mountain Parkway, which stretched the route an extra 100 miles, giving it the coveted title of “The World’s Longest Yard Sale.” Since then, it’s been the calling card of the event, now with centrally located headquarters at the Fentress County Chamber of Commerce in Jamestown, Tenn., who claimed in a news release, “People come from near and far to view this spectacular event. Folks come from all across the country by car, truck, motor home or plane. Some fly in, rent a car, travel the route and ship the newfound treasures back home. Some pull a trailer behind a truck, park the trailer somewhere and run around in the truck seeking items.”

Even though it only took 25 years, mass media recognized the level of excitement the event generates and finally decided to document it. HGTV’s show “Endless Yardsale” will be filming this year and they’re looking for fun, energetic vendors ready to show off their merchandise set-

ting up between the Chattanooga and Jamestown landmarks. So don’t just put your old lamps and velvet Elvis paintings up for barter, put yourself out there. The allure of a yard sale is that you never know what you’ll find, and now you can add cable-television celebrity to those options.

—C.R.

COMIC RELIEF

12 contenders vie for stand-up comic title every tuesday night since may 15, Vaudeville Café has hosted its “Mouth of the South” stand-up comedy competition, open to all comers and a promise of a $1,000 cash prize at the end of the rainbow. Now, the end is near and 12 finalists will compete on Tuesday, Aug. 7, for the title and the cash.

“We had 78 comics from all over sign up—from Florida to Michigan—as well as all the local favorites from this area,” said Vaudeville’s Sandra Moses.

That comic herd was thinned to 35 semifinalists before the Top 12 were chosen for finals. According to Moses, Eric Yoder of the Funny Business Booking Agency will be the final arbiter of comic taste.

The finals begin at 8 p.m. at the comedy club and mystery dinner theater, located at 138 Market St. Admission is free. For more details, contact Vaudeville Café at (423) 517-1839 or visit funnydinner.com.

—Staff

local food

Harvested Here at Chattanooga Market on sunday, aug. 5, chattanooga market will be hosting Gaining Ground, a Benwood Foundation project, whose members will educate market-goers about their Harvested Here local food certification program. The program is a part of a growing movement of local growers, sellers and others who are committed to increasing the production and consumption of local food in the Chattanooga region.

The Harvested Here label signifies that the food being sold there was grown or raised within 100 miles of Chattanooga.

“Through opportunities like Celebrate Local Food Day at the Chatt Market, we can recognize that not only is local food better for our health, it’s also better for our local economy and environment. And through the chef demonstrations this Sunday, you’ll get to experience that it tastes better too”, says Harvested Here spokesperson Ruth Kerr. —Staff

On the Beat

alex teach

Gun Control another psycho. another tragedy burned into our collective minds that will be referenced against the inevitable “next time,” when yet another psyche cracks, and despite all odds—after all the violent video games, movies and evening news broadcasts—we find it in ourselves to somehow still be shocked and horrified.

The mass murder in Aurora, Colo., was immediately framed against Columbine High School’s madness and the Fort Hood, Texas, massacre.

And once we were able to close our mouths, slackened with disbelief (if just for a moment), and the impulse to shed a tear was no longer present, body counts were compared almost like sports scores, and the heart of American culture beat on.

And in the aftermath?

We seek legislation.

Politicians and activists are in high gear to figure out how we can prevent this from ever, ever happening again—and what better way to solve all problems than to write another law. (And if that law already exists? Not a problem; they’ll “amend” it.)

In Aurora’s case, it’s already starting. They are dissecting how a 24-yearold intelligent person with no criminal background could have ever purchased a gun. “Madness!” they say with clenched, raised fists. “How could he have been allowed to purchase these guns?!”

Oh, we know now that he was seeing a shrink, but it would be an invasion of privacy and “mean-hearted” for a shrink to put him on a dreaded “list” saying he may just be too crazy to buy a gun. We have to keep the feelings and rights of crazy people intact after all, even if that

means we can’t do the one thing that would keep someone exhibiting signs of madness from buying a gun. So since we can’t risk hurt feelings, we have to take away the guns.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia gave an extremely rare interview to Fox News Channel and touched on the topic of the (rightly) feared 2nd Amendment to the Constitution. While this amendment clearly indicates that we do, in fact, have the right to bear arms, he brought up something I hadn’t considered before and pointed out that this specifically refers to weapons that can be held by human hands. That is why owning a tank is not constitutionally protected. You can’t “bear” it. Clever, eh?

But what choice do we (the politicians and antigun lobby) have? We can’t waste a perfectly good tragedy without making symbolic moves!

This veritable circus continues, all the while ignoring the fact that murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault are already laws on the books that don’t prevent either Jack or shit (except

to the lawful), and legal gun purchases by lawful owners are not the problem. As a cop subject to getting shot to the point I actually have to wear body armor under a dress shirt, I can say that I don’t just support legal gun ownership, I encourage it.

The “blame the gun” crowd only hurts lawful, sane people. If James Holmes wanted an AR-15, he didn’t need a gun store.

And the 32 oz. Big Gulp New York Nanny-Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to ban didn’t make kids fat any more than a spoon gave me a body mass index that matches my blood alcohol level on a Saturday night.

In short? James Holmes wasn’t following the law that night. So, why do we expect creating a new one or amending an existing one would help prevent this?

Hindsight being 20/20, only two things come to mind that would have prevented him from his rampage that night: The ability to realistically deal with “crazy people” when they’re identified, or a lawful gun owner in that crowd.

(I look forward to your hate mail. XOXO.) Alex Teach is a fulltime police officer of nearly 20 years experience.

The opinions expressed are his own. Follow him on Facebook at facebook. com/alex.teach.

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here are people who seem like they don’t give a shit. And then there are people who genuinely don’t give a shit.

That’s Doug Stanhope. If you’re wondering what I mean by this, give him a chance to show you while he makes you laugh your ass off Tuesday night at Lindsay Street Hall.

A comic’s comic, Stanhope cut his chops on small stages from coast to coast rather than one coast or another hoping to land a TV show.

“I was talking to Dave Attell last night,” said Stanhope in a recent phone interview, “and he was complaining that he’d picked up a set at the Comedy Cellar in New York and the first time he mentioned the word ‘abortion’ the crowd just moaned. I prefer playing in some small town in Kansas where the people came there to see me and know what to expect, rather than

New York or L.A. where they just come out to see what’s new in comedy.”

Stanhope drove home his point of continually driving cross country in an episode last season of the FX show “Louie,” playing the character of Eddie, a fictional childhood friend of star Louis C.K. who took an alternate route in his comedy career only to come up empty handed and suicidal in the end.

“I’m very proud of the way Louis C.K. has made it big on his own terms, using his own voice,” said Stanhope. “The days of getting discovered for ‘SNL’ or a television series and then cutting your chops as a stand up are over. Besides, that’s why the ’90s sucked so bad for stand up.”

It’s his mantra for making it on stage and not on screen that keeps Stanhope fresh—and driven. Preferring to entertain in person, he hates cameras, TVs, DVDs and recorded versions of himself—despite a career which includes 10 CDs, five DVDs and several cable specials such as his latest, “Before Turning The Gun on Himself,” which airs on Showtime on Friday, Aug. 3. A live CD/ DVD will be released on Nov. 6.

Much in the vein of peers like Louis C.K., Stanhope’s comedy takes daily observations and self-deprecation to an extreme that makes Jerry Seinfeld look like Mickey Mouse. Just as you think the envelope has been pushed far enough, Stanhope finds a little more room in it to stuff a few jabs at himself, or any subject that annoys him to the point of laughter.

“There are a few subjects, not many, but a few that are off limits,” said Stanhope. “If a subject makes me more angry than annoyed—like the prison system in this country for example—I find myself so disgusted at it that my observations are more of a bitch session that’s not very funny. Other than that, anything

honest music

goes!”

Unapologetically, Stanhope unleashes his sharp opinions with a type of reckless abandon that generates as many winces as laughs. In fact, his bitter but comical observation of Britain’s Royal Family at a 2009 Leeds Festival performance inspired many in the crowd to throw bottles at him or leave. But despite the reaction, Stanhope reportedly continued to jeer and taunt those who chose to remain in attendance.

Maybe it’s the ridiculousness of traditions we all accept without ques-

as Stanhope who, upon discovering this, asked if he could call me every couple of weeks to see what he should expect next.

In addition to the unquenchable need to poke fun at any travesty of life that crosses his mind at his age, nothing fuels Stanhope’s comedy more than a few cold beers. “Three before and three on stage,” Stanhope said, “but not pot, never pot.”

Asked if he thought he was funnier when a little tipsy, Stanhope said, “I can play sober and a baseball player can play without cleats, but we both do a better

think. “I get the guy who’s driven three hours to get there, has been drinking all day with his buddies and just wants to be part of the show. It’s not a bad thing.”

Politically, Stanhope is a staunch Liberian who, like many comedians, is finding much to laugh about during this election year. “Obama has held back from addressing problems he could have solved with the stroke of a pen— like Guantanamo Bay and medicinal marijuana. I’m voting for Gary Johnson, which is like voting for Ron Paul, only he can speak and won’t go dying on us.”

“I get the guy who’s driven three hours to get there, has been drinking all day with his buddies and just wants to be part of the show. It’s not a bad thing.” tion—the daily trials and tribulations that merit a moment of comic relief or just an adolescent perception of those “adult” situations we all have to endure—but Stanhope can find comedy in anything, from the confusion of foreign languages to how hookers are cheating straight women out of dinners and diamond rings.

Those in Stanhope’s graduating class of comedy were all born in the mid1960s, endured the ’80s, tried to make their way in the ’90s and have settled down now in their forties with contempt in their minds and opinions in their mouths that might seem bitter if they weren’t insightfully funny.

This writer can truly relate, having been born in the same month and year

job with a little help from the tools of the trade.”

Stanhope’s penchant for frothy malted beverages and reputation as a partier often inspires fans to deliver more than he bargained for. “One lady brought me a whole container of mushrooms the first night of a tour. We just hid them in the hotel parking lot on the way out of town and the first person who Tweeted me ‘great show last night’ got to find out where. Then one time I had a guy try to ‘discreetly’ hand me cocaine from the front row of the audience while I was on stage. He kept saying ‘it’s NOT pot man, it’s not pot.’”

Stanhope admits that he often attracts a rowdy crowd, but that heckling isn’t as much of a problem as one would

One thing you can’t say about Stanhope is that he’s not a true original. Unlike those he started out with, like Sam Kinison or Andrew Dice Clay, Stanhope doesn’t rely on a signature set of personality traits to set him apart. Rather, he tries to be more like idols such as George Carlin.

“Carlin was able to find his voice and then keep building upon it his entire career,” said Stanhope. “That’s what I’m striving for. Well, that, and not subconsciously rewriting material I’ve already performed in the past.”

Stanhope performs at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7, at Lindsay Street Hall, 901 Lindsay St. Tickets are $25 in advance and can be purchased at brownpapertickets.com.

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JOEL RUIZ CHATTANOOGA COMIC will open for stanhope fans of doug stanhope might just want to thank local comedian (and erstwhile talent booker) Joel Ruiz for bringing the cutting-edge comic to Chattanooga. Stanhope had tested the waters of the local comedy scene before at the Comedy Catch and didn’t like the vibe. When he returned last year for a one-night stand at Lindsay Street Hall, where he’ll be performing on Tuesday, Aug. 7, he expected it to “suck,” in Ruiz’s words. “But the experience was positive,” says Ruiz. “He loved it, came to the after party and he’s been back (to JJ’s Bohemia) just to hang out.”

Such alternative venues as Lindsay Street and JJ’s might be key to attracting talents like Stanhope, whose abrasive humor attracts an edgier crowd than those who typically visit established comedy clubs.

“I’ve been told by a lot of comics who come to JJ’s that it’s the comfort level that attracts them,” says Ruiz, a rising local comedian who has hosted the rock club’s comedy nights. People who go to comedy clubs are looking for “Tonight Show”-style humor, Ruiz says. “They come to clubs like JJ’s and venues like Lindsay Street because they are genuine comedy

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fans. There’s a higher intellectual plane to it—it’s not just language, comics feel more comfortable to try out new material.”

Ruiz himself finds comic sanctuary at JJ’s, where he has been honing his own stand-up act and hosting open-mic nights for the past three years. Last year, Ruiz branched out with comedians from Los Angeles for a two-week tour of the Southeast.

“I’ve tried to help broaden the scene,” he says. “When I started, it was nothing like what it is now. We have a big, supportive fan base in town and people come out to almost every show.”

It’s also cheaper, he says, than the comedy clubs, with no drink minimum, and a cover charge ranging from $5 to $8.

Ruiz likens his own comedy stylings run to that of Louis C.K. “I spin off myself,” he says. “It’s self-depricating humor, I usually make fun of myself, stuff that happens in my life, gaming weight, quitting jobs. I can do that pretty clean, and I don’t have to get too dirty or mean. I don’t have to say ‘fuck’ all the time. I sometimes think the whole audience is my therapist.” —Bill Ramsey

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AUG. 2-8

NIGHTFALL

strung like a horse WITH JORDAN HALLQUIST • Local garage grass heroes Strung Like A Horse headline Nightfall then lead a parade down Market Street for a second show at Rhythm & Brews at 10 p.m.

FRI 08.03 • 7 p.m.

Miller Plaza Downtown Chattanooga nightfallchattanooga.com

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Riverfront Nights

MUSIC All American Summer featuring the Ben Friberg Trio • Chattanooga jazz favorite.

6:30 p.m. • Hunter Museum • 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 • huntermuseum.org

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“Aldo Leopold: A Standard of Change”

Fri, Aug 3 • 7:15 PM

• Jim Pfitzer’s one-man play.

7 p.m. • Barking Legs Theater • 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 • barkinglegs.org

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Sat, Aug 4 • 7:15 PM

MUSIC Jack Corey & Hope Trider • Acoustic performance in an intimate space.

9 p.m. • The Office (inside Days Inn) 901 Carter St. • (423) 634-9191

EVENT “Painting with Glazes” • Opening reception.

5 p.m. • In-Town Gallery 26A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214 • intowngallery.com

SAT08.04 MUSIC The Communicators Present: That 90’s Show with Meet the Monocots • Back to the ’90s—if you dare.

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

EVENT Art til Dark • Winder Binder’s art show runs all day long.

Noon • Winder Binder Gallery & Bookstore 40 Frazier Ave. • (423) 413-8999 winderbinder.wordpress.com

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and and soccer. All shows are child- and pet-friendly, although coolers are not allowed. Doors open and beer sales begin at 6:30 p.m. Local opening bands start at 7 p.m. with headliners at 8 p.m.

Riverfront Nights Free • Saturdays, Aug. 4-Sept. 15 (no show on Aug. 25) 21st Century Waterfront riverfrontnights.com Saturday, Aug. 4 Papa Grows Funk New Orleans funk and soul. The Kymera Project opens.

Saturday, Aug. 11 Grant Farm Flatpicking champ Tyler Grant’s first solo project.

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Used Car Night with TVFCU

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East Ridge & Hamilton Place Night • Kids Eat Free!

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Bi-Lo BOGO • Downtown & North Shore Night

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Papa Grows Funk opens Riverfront Nights on Saturday, Aug. 4 iverfront Nights returns this weekend for a six-week run (with a break Aug. 25 for the Southern Brewers Festival) featuring a lively lineup of headliners and some of Chattanooga’s best bands opening each Saturday evening show.

Produced by Friends of the Festival (the entertainment arm of Riverbend) and Chattanooga’s Parks and Recreation Department, Riverfront Nights has become a summer staple and a bookend to the Riverbend Festival each year.

In addition to the music, Outdoor Chattanooga sponsors “On the Green” during each concert, which features outdoor activities such as disc golf

Used Car Night with TVFCU

Spoonful James opens.

Saturday, Aug. 18 Yellow Dubmarine Beatles covers set to reggae/ska. Endezlous opens.

Mon, Aug 6 • 7:15 PM Tue, Aug 7 • 7:15 PM

Saturday, Sept. 1 Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds Soul, rock and funk. The Rick Bowers Band opens.

Saturday, Sept. 8 Fishbone “Godfathers of Black Punk/Ska Funk.” Opposite Box opens.

Saturday, Sept. 15 Joe Robinson Guitar shredder with smooth-style vocals.

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Riffing by the River it was during a particularly intense moment at last year’s Riverfront Nights that Jeff Styles—who has hosted and produced the event with his Riverbend colleagues for the past five years—took a moment to remind himself that there’s something magical about free music on the south bank of the river.

Styles, a self-appointed, backstage lightning rod who sometimes finds himself catching everyone else’s frustrations, was stretched thin after a series of near-disasters.

“It was a night when, literally, everything that could go wrong, did go wrong,” he said.

“The drummer with the headline act—a trio—was sick, and we had to find another drummer. We had problems with the equipment. We had serious understaffing … I was just absolutely going crazy … But then I looked out at the crowd, and they were all laughing, dancing, jumping around and having a good time. And I thought ‘I’m the only one who seems to be concerned about all this.’”

If this year’s Riverfront Nights—which begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4— flows smoothly, it will be due in no small part to Style’s anxious oversight.

Modeled on Nightfall, the free concerts began as a series of shows offered sporadically throughout the summer of 2007. The setting was a natural, and the music was always good, but the uneven schedule left many people confused.

By 2009, Styles and his colleagues had settled on a simple schedule of three shows before and three shows after the annual Southern Brewers Festival (held on Saturday, Aug. 25, this year).

Once they put this schedule into place, the crowds increased. In its first year, the

series attracted around 1,500 people each week. Last year, according to Styles, the number had grown to 5,000.

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Dubmarine (Aug. 18). A seven-piece reggae band, they’ve reworked Beatles songs ranging from “I Saw Her Standing There” to “Hey Jude” using arrangements from the upbeat bounce of ska to the drowsy, bass-heavy rhythms of dub reggae.

Initially reluctant to bring another Beatles-based act to town after having had a couple at Riverbend in recent years, Styles changed his mind after seeing a video of the band performing “I Want You (She’s So Heavy). “It just blew me away,” he said.

The band is the ideal choice for the series, according to Styles, because the songs are “familiar enough for those

Yellow Dubmarine

and food and drink tents on the top of the hill, there’s the stage on the bank of the river to the left of the pier. Just as they do at Nightfall, some people come for the music, some for the ambience and a chance to chat with friends.

When he’s picking the acts for the series, Styles not only tries to cater to as many different musical tastes a possible, but also looks for bands whose music works outdoors on a balmy, summer Saturday night.

The best choice for everyone this year is probably Yellow

who are there to have fun.

And for the folks who come for the music, it’s going to impress them a lot.”

The songs are sacrosanct for many fans, but after hearing “Something” played over a lilting reggae rhythm, its insinuating melody reinforced by the four-piece horn section, even the most die-hard Beatle fan may be moved to give them a chance. Some songs work better than others— “Here Comes The Sun” lends itself easily, as does, surprisingly, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy.” The singer rises to the

challenge of one of John Lennon’s most wrenching vocal performances. The keys combined with the horns add a meaty punch. And the rhythm section puts a subtle spring in the step of the steam-hammer stomp.

The series opens this Saturday with Papa Grows Funk from New Orleans. While the tunes may not be as familiar, the music is an infectiously danceable mash-up of Sly Stone’s slinky groove and Funkadelic’s rock ‘n’ roll. Led by “Papa” John Gros’ regal Jimmy Smith-style riffing on his Hammond B3, the band includes saxophonist Jason Mingledorff, guitarist June Yamaguchi, and a deep-inthe-pocket rhythm section featuring bassist Marc Pero and drummer “Jellybean.”

The following Saturday (Aug. 12) the featured band, from Colorado, is Grant Farm.

The band showcases Tyler Grant, voted National Flatpicking Champion in 2009 and 2011, playing a Telecaster, and Andy Thorn playing a banjo that looks like a guitar—which, by the way, he plays like one. Straddling the fence separating garage-band rockers and front-porch pickers, the band draws equally from Neil Young and The Grateful Dead.

Three very different shows, three excellent reasons to spend a lazy evening listening to music under the stars while watching the lights and enjoying the cool breeze off the water.

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12:00 p,m, Rock City, 1400 Patten Road Lookout Mtn., Ga. seerockcity.com Kofi Mawuko 12:30 p.m. River Market at Aquarium Plaza, W. Aquarium Way (423) 648-2496 Jacob Johnson with Emily Grance and Charles Allison 7 p.m. The Camp House, 1427 Williams St. (423) 702-8081 thecamphouse.com Josh Gilbert 8 p.m. Meo Mio’s, 4119 Cummings Hwy. (423) 521-7160 meomios.com Foot of the Hill Gang 8 p.m. Acoustic Café, 61 RBC Dr., Ringgold, Ga. (706) 965-2065 ringgoldacoustic.com Rigoletto, Racing Death, DS Yancy and BMI 8 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 266-1400 Standing Room Only 8:30 p.m. The Foundry (at the Chattanoogan Hotel), 1201 Broad St. (423) 756-3400 chattanooganhotel.com That 90’s Show with Meet the Monocots 10 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 Market St. rhythm-brews.com Southlander 10 p.m. Bud’s Sports Bar, 5751 Brainerd Road (423) 499-9878 budssportsbar.com Kara “Ory” Oke The Office, 901 Carter St. (423) 634-9191

sun 08.05 Dana Rogers 10 a.m. Urban Spoon, 207 Frazier Ave. (423) 710-3252 Kofi Mawuko, David Elliot, Mark Kelly Hall 12:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Market, 1826 Reggie White Blvd. chattanoogamarket.com All American Summer Sunday featuring Ed Huey 2 p.m. Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org

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classical music’s often dubious relationship with rock is typically manifested in a few ways: borrowed classical motifs in pop/rock tracks, the novelty “String Quartet Tribute to <insert band name here>” albums, and more memorable, conscientious renditions such as Kronos Quartet’s reimagining of Television’s Marquee Moon. One method that is less common is integrating particular rock elements into modern classical pieces, focusing more on the timbres, repetition and rhythmic tugs rather than drawing upon familiar rock melodies. The new album Heavy from the Juilliard-schooled string quartet ETHEL is a peculiar, engaging record that explores using such methods for unusual, often unexpected outcomes on pieces by a variety of contemporary composers. Simply calling it a new classical/rock crossover would be a ETHEL disservice.

Heavy Don Byron’s “String Quartet No. 2: Four Thoughts on Marvin (Innova) Gaye,” commissioned by ETHEL, opens the album with a full-on chugging vamp, quickly giving way to mysterious glissandos, a more ambient mood, and a sequence with wood-on-string pitter-patters. It serves those with both short attention spans and adventurous ears. John Halle’s “Sphere[‘]s” serves as a Thelonious Monk tribute (“Sphere” was Monk’s middle name) with an oddly cautious playing style during its “Misterioso” quotes, but it goes beyond that, evoking King Crimson violinist David Cross and blues riffage and ending with some strange yet satisfying melodic meshes.

ETHEL perhaps confounds purists when using amplified instruments, and there’s a trade-off—losing subtleties in favor of attempting to capture a rock throb. Clearly, the members of ETHEL are technically outstanding players, but distortion and amplification can hide virtuosity, with a sometimes awkward marriage of high-brow and lowbrow sounds. Inversely, a string piece like Bernard Hermann’s “The Murder,” the famous screeching shower-scene music heard in Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” wouldn’t work the same with electric guitars. “The Murder” comes to mind when hearing one highlight off Heavy—Julia Wolfe’s 1993 composition “Early that summer,” a 12-minute bundle of nerves and spark-spitting, projecting power not with blunt force but with a mood-arresting tension. Most rock music probably wishes it was this intense. fans of the hoboken, n.j., band the feelies, known for its kinetic, unshakable, guitar-strum-happy momentum, have likely encountered the names of various related bands, such as The Trypes, Yung Wu and Speed the Plough. Non-completists might not have yet plundered the crates in search of this material or, foolishly, may have assumed that they are sub-par offshoots. In the case of The Trypes (not to be confused with the Greek band Trypes), it shared members with The Feelies, although that happened after The Trypes came together initially in the early ’80s. The new archival release at hand, Music for Neighbors, compiles the tiny discography of The Trypes along with a generous helping of early demo tracks, available on vinyl and as digital downloads, plus seven more The Trypes selections culled from rehearsal recordings, solely available digitally.

Music for Several similarities between The Trypes and The Feelies are apNeighbors parent, especially on tracks like “The Undertow” on the 1984 EP, (Acute) The Explorers Hold, demonstrating a compelling minimalist energy that bridges the gap between the chilly nervousness of The Feelies’ 1980 masterpiece, Crazy Rhythms, and the more earthy, acoustic The Good Earth from 1986. However, The Trypes otherwise conveyed a unique personality that utilized keyboards and woodwinds and tapped into psychedelia, channeling the Paisley Underground on its cover of The Beatles’ “Love You To” and the faux raga “The Inner Light” with raucous percussion. The demos and rehearsal tapes have some rough edges and are downright primitive at times. It’s too bad that better recorded versions of melodically entrancing tracks such as “Our Obsessions” and “Running On” weren’t available. The early demos, such as “Foreign Doctors,” sound particularly off-kilter, chimpy and slightly awkward, but patient listeners who stick through it will be rewarded with keepers like “Life History,” with a well-executed, mounting ending with electric guitar feedback and scrambling, showing that The Trypes deserves to be more than a footnote in the history of The Feelies.

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Southern Lens the american south represents a particularly rich bounty of imagery for photographers to capture. Few regions of the country cover so much fertile territory and so much human diversity. From the swamps and bayous of Louisiana and the hardscabble Appalachians, to the neon swagger of cities such as Nashville and Atlanta, there seems to be an unending variety of subject matter.

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“Staff of the Silver Skillet Restaurant” (2011) by Martin Parr.

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“Joseph and Jasmon Jackson Play in the Bayou, Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana” (2010) by Kael Alford, part of the “Pictures of the South” exhibit at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

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Thu 08.02 Street Food Thursdays 11 a.m. Motor Court at Warehouse Row, 1110 Market St. warehouserow.net Birds of Prey 11 a.m. Rock City, 1400 Patten Road Lookout Mtn., Ga. (706) 820-2531 seerockcity.com/birds All-American Summer featuring the Ben Friberg Trio 6 p.m. Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View (423) 266-0944 huntermuseum.org “Aldo Leopold: A Standard of Change” 7 p.m. Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Tim Wilson 8 p.m. The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Road (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

fri 08.03 Fresh on Fridays 11 a.m. Miller Plaza, 850 Market St. (423) 265-3700 rivercitycompany.com “Painting with Glazes”

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Opening Reception 5 p.m. In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214 intowngallery.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 “Aladdin” 7:30 p.m.

The Colonnade, 264 Catoosa Cir., Ringgold, Ga. (706) 935-9000 colonnadecenter.org Tim Wilson 7:30 & 10 p.m.

The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Road (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Wide Open Floor 8 p.m. Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Ruby Falls Lantern Tours 8:30 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 821-2544 rubyfalls.com Dave Landau

9:30 p.m. Vaudeville Café, 138 Market St. (423) 517-1839 funnydinner.com Late Night Hoops!

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sun 08.05 Chattanooga Market Tomato Festival 11 a.m. First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 Carter St. (423) 402-9960 chattanoogamarket.com Summer Music Weekends Noon. Rock City, 1400 Patten Road Lookout Mtn., Ga. (706) 820-2531 seerockcity.com All-American Free First Sunday 2 p.m. Hunter Museum, 10 Bluff View (423) 266-0944 huntermuseum.org

Chattanooga Lookouts 2:15 p.m. AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com Open Improvisational Jam 3 p.m. Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org

Live Team Trivia 7:30 p.m. Brewhaus, 224 Frazier Ave. (423) 531-8490 chattanoogatrivia.com Mouth of the South Finals 8 p.m. Vaudeville Café, 138 Market St. (423) 517-1839 funnydinner.com

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tue 08.07 Doug Stanhope 8 p.m. Lindsay Street Hall, 901 Lindsay St. (423) 755-9111 lindsaystreethall.com Gallery Talks 7 p.m. Chattanooga History Center, 2 Broad St. (423) 265-3247 chattanoogahistory.org Chattanooga Lookouts 7:15 p.m. AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com

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The most recent exhibit, which is on display through Sept. 2, features the diverse work of three contemporary artists recently commissioned by the High. Martin Parr, an internationally established British photographer known for his satirical approach to observing popular culture, developed a project on the urban areas of Atlanta. Mid-career documentarian Kael Alford trained her camera on a remote community in the disappearing wetlands of Louisiana’s coast. And Shane Lavalette, an emerging artist, used his powerfully lyrical style to explore the rich

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musical culture of the South.

Also on view are works by Richard Misrach, including some undeveloped photos from his 1998 commission, along with recent images, in an exhibit entitled “Revisiting the South: Richard Misrach’s Cancer Alley,” which runs through Oct. 14.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ve been making pretty good progress in the School of Life. By my estimates, you’re now the equivalent of a sophomore. Are you familiar with the etymology of the word “sophomore”? It comes from two Greek words meaning “wise” and “fool.” That’ll be a healthy way to think about yourself in the coming weeks. Be smart enough to know what you don’t know. Cultivate the voracious curiosity necessary to lead you to the next rich teachings.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A few years ago, a Malaysian man named Lim Boon Hwa arranged to have himself “cooked.” For 30 minutes, he sat on a board covering a pan full of simmering dumplings and corn. The fact that no harm came to him was proof, he said, that Taoist devotees like him are protected by their religion’s deities. I advise you not to try a stunt like that—including metaphorical versions. This is no time to stew in your own juices. Or boil in your tormented fantasies. You need to be free from the parts of your mind that try to cook you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): On a spring day in 1973, an engineer named Martin Cooper debuted the world’s first cellphone. He placed a call as he walked along a New York City street. The phone weighed two and half pounds and resembled a brick. Think of how far that amazing device has come since then. Now imagine some important aspect of your own life that is in a rather primitive state at this moment but could one day be as natural and fully developed as cell phones have become. Are you willing to work hard to make that happen? Now’s a good time to intensify your commitment.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming week, you will lose some clout and self-command if you’re too hungry for power.

Likewise, if you act too brazenly intelligent, you may alienate potential helpers who are not as mentally well-endowed as you. In saying these things, I don’t mean to sound as if I’m advising you to dumb yourself down and downplay your strengths. Not at all.

Rather, I’m trying to let you know that the best way to get what you really need is to tailor your selfexpression to the unique circumstances you find yourself in.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): For a while, French writer Honoré de Balzac was very poor.

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heat and almost no furniture. To enhance his environment, he resorted to the use of fantasy. On one of his bare walls, he wrote the words, “rosewood paneling with ornamental cabinet.” That’s the level of imaginative power I encourage you to summon in the coming weeks. So much of what you’ll need will come from that simple magic.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s an excellent time to overthrow false gods and topple small-minded authorities and expose fraudulent claims. Anyone and anything in your environment that do not fully deserve the power they claim should get the brunt of your exuberant skepticism. When you’re done cleaning up those messes, turn your attention to your own inner realms. Can you think of any hypocrisy that needs fixing? Any excessive self-importance that could use some tamping down?

Any pretending that would benefit from a counter dose of authenticity?

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(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In old China, people used to cool themselves by sipping hot drinks.

After taking a bath, they buffed the excess water from their skin by using a wet towel. When greeting a friend, they shook their own hand instead of the friend’s. To erect a new house, they built the roof first. You’re currently in a phase of your astrological cycle when this kind of behavior makes sense. In fact, I suspect you’re most likely to have a successful week if you’re ready to reverse your usual way of doing things on a regular basis.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’m really tired of you not getting all of the appreciation and acknowledgment and rewards you deserve.

Is there even a small possibility that you might be harboring some resistance to that good stuff?

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to work on correcting this problem. Do everything you can to make it easy for people to offer you their love and gifts.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The astrological omens suggest that you now have a lot in common with the legendary Most Interesting Man in the World—adventurous, unpredictable, interesting, lucky, one-of-a-kind. To create your horoscope, I have therefore borrowed a few selected details from his ad campaign’s descriptions of him. Here we go: In the

coming weeks, you will be the life of parties you don’t even attend.

Astronauts will be able to see your charisma from outer space. Up to one-third of your body weight will be gravitas. Your cell phone will always have good reception, even in a subway 100 feet underground.

Panhandlers will give you money.

You could challenge your reflection to a staring contest—and win. You’ll be able to keep one eye on the past while looking into the future. When you sneeze, God will say “God bless you.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Psychologist Bruno Bettelheim said the dreams we have at night are “the result of inner pressures which have found no relief, of problems which beset a person to which he knows no solution and to which the dream finds none.” That sounds bleak, doesn’t it? If it’s true, why even bother to remember our dreams? Well, because we are often not consciously aware of the feelings they reveal to us. By portraying our buried psychic material in story form, dreams give us insight into what we’ve been missing. So even though they may not provide a solution, they educate us. Take heed, Taurus!

Your upcoming dreams will provide useful information you can use to fix one of your longstanding dilemmas.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): When French composer Georges Auric scored the soundtrack for Jean Cocteau’s movie “Blood of a Poet,” he produced “love music for love scenes, game music for game scenes, and funeral music for funeral scenes.” But Cocteau himself had a different idea about how to use Auric’s work. For the love scenes he decided to use the funeral music, for the game scenes the love music, and for the funeral scenes the game music.

In accordance with the current astrological omens, Gemini, I recommend that you experiment with that style of mixing and matching. Have fun!

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): “Piglet was so excited at the idea of being useful that he forgot to be frightened any more,” wrote A. A. Milne in his kids’ story “Winniethe-Pooh.” That’s my prescription for how to evade the worrisome fantasies that are nipping at you, Cancerian. If no one has invited you to do some engaging and important labor of love, invite yourself. You need to be needed—even more than usual. P.S. Here’s what Rumi advises: “Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.”

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by Voltaire 11. Richard of 1990s talk shows 12. Drop ___ on (shock) 14. Point out danger 16. Neither here ___ there 20. House who won Cycle 2 of “America’s Next Top Model” 23. “___ homo” (“Behold the man,” in Latin) 24. The last palindromic one was 2002 25. Second-largest island in the Med. 27. The A of A.D. 28. Actress Beckinsale 32. Sop up 34. Traits for blowhards 35. Scoop holder

36. Leaning typeface: abbr.

37. Texas city on the Brazos 38. “Seriously?!?”

39. “Please, ___ of you...”

41. Like some candles or nozzles 44. Clip for men 46. Birdbrained, as it were 47. Cause of some weather conditions 48. Furthest down, priority-wise 50. Malt liquor size 51. Drive the getaway car, say 52. Have power over 56. Pop in rock 57. NYC neighborhood one letter off from another NYC neighborhood 58. It ends when you “fall back”: abbr.

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i just returned from an all-too short trip to new york, one of my favorite places to visit. Like every one of my previous dozen or so jaunts to the Big Apple, I experienced very different people, hot spots and neighborhoods that always make the city seem “new” with each visit.

The purpose of this trip was to see Wilco, a band I probably could’ve seen in Atlanta or Nashville just as easily, although the offer of a free ticket and place to crash made the airfare and opportunity to see New York again a much better bargain in my mind.

My friend was staying in Brooklyn, a borough I’d only visited once before.

The “now place” for those looking to experience the cool factor of New York on a low budget, Brooklyn is a city all its own and likely a place I’ll explore even more on the next trip.

Most of our time was spent in Greenwich Village. I’d run across some of its footprint on previous journeys, but again, I saw things on this trip that made it seem new to me. We discovered the Village Voice’s No. 1 dive bar—Nancy Whisky—the city’s answer to our own Pickle Barrel featuring good music and cold beers that didn’t require you to break a ten.

We spent a good amount of time both nights on MacDougal Street, a proving ground for artists ranging from Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix to comedian Louis C.K. among countless others. This strip of clubs, restaurants, coffee shops and bars is now a haven for people like us who just want to take it all in. We ate at Artichoke Pizza, its namesake slice likely the tastiest treat ever baked on crust, saw the famed

Neighborhood loyalty divides cities, but there’s plenty to see beyond the familiar.

Comedy Cellar featured in the opening credits of C.K.’s show “Louie” and visited Café Wha?, the legendary music club that helped launch Dylan, Hendrix, Janis Joplin and other household names we now take for granted.

On the plane ride home, I recounted my visit with some sort of notion that I might justify the outlay of money that I didn’t have, or at least probably didn’t need to spend. But the more I thought about the impending credit card bill, the more I appreciated the fact that I’ll likely never see all of what that city has to offer whether I ever choose to live there or not. And it made me think about Chattanooga.

Even though you could fit our entire city neatly within any one of New York’s boroughs with enough room to spare for Nashville as well, there are pockets of our town that many who live here

don’t take advantage of experiencing.

I like to tell the story of when I moved from the North Shore to the Southside seven years ago. I’d spent most of my adult years north of the river and had accumulated many friends and favorite hangouts over there.

When I moved down south however, there awaited a whole new set of friends and places to explore. Like any downtown Chattanoogan, I assumed that people my age knew everyone on either side of the Walnut Street Bridge. I quickly learned, however, that people on each end of town keep their neighborhoods close to the vest, without much desire to encounter other people and places that are literally within walking distance. To me this was an oddity that, if positive at all, at least meant Chattanooga was a little bigger than I imagined.

Then I thought back to something a friend living in New York mentioned to me on this visit. She said those she’d met up there are very neighborhood loyal, even to the point of discounting the viability of dating someone in another part of Manhattan.

Wow. Maybe everyone’s perception of the world is a little smaller than I thought, even though there’s plenty of it to see.

Chuck Crowder is a local writer and general man about town. His opinions are his own.

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