The Pulse 9.37 » Sept. 13-19, 2012

Sept. 13-19, 2012

Vol. 9 • No. 37

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The series kicks off at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the Roland Hayes Auditorium at UTC with education historian and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch.

Author of the bestselling book, “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” Ravitch now repudiates positions that she once staunchly advocated. Drawing on more than 40 years of research and experience, Ravitch is a critic of today’s most popular

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ideas for restructuring schools, including privatization, standardized testing, punitive accountability and charter schools.

The series continues on Nov. 13 at the Tivoli Theatre with Thomas Friedman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and columnist for The New York Times. On Feb. 26, 2013, the series returns to the campus hosting urban farming activist and MacArthur “Genius” award-winner Will Allen.

On April 7, 2013, the Tivoli will host Ira Glass, host and producer of the radio show, ‘This American Life,” heard locally on 88.1 WUTC-FM. Over the past four years, speakers have included two Pulitzer Prize winners, two Peabody Award winners, two MacArthur Genius fellows and four listed on the TIME “100 Most Influential People,” who have collectively authored 12 best-selling books. —Staff

FILM

Get ‘boozy’ with local film, TV pros at event film chattanooga will be hosting its semi-annual Happy Hour event of Chattanooga Film Society members from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Easy Bistro and Bar, located at 203 Broad St. Not a member? No problem. Anyone with an affinity for film or an interest in film production is cordially invited to get boozy with local film and television professionals on Tuesday as well.

Film Chattanooga is a product of the Chattanooga Film Society, a local nonprofit organization aimed at boosting film production activity and raising the standards for film and television professionals in the region.

For more information on Film Chattanooga or the Happy Hour event, visit filmchattanooga.org or chattanoogafilmsociety.org.

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it’s no secret that downtown chattanoooga needs to expand its affordable housing options, so news of the groundbreaking for the long-delayed Walnut Commons last week is a positive sign. The largest apartment complex built in center city since 1974 will bring 100 reasonably priced apartments to downtown—and in a great location.

The $11-million complex is slated as a mixed-use apartment building located on approximately 1.6 acres of land located at Walnut, Aquarium Plaza (Second Street) and Riverfront Parkway. The four-story building will feature loft-style apartment units and street-level commercial and/ or live-work units ranging from $750 to $1,200 a month. The nonprofit Little Miss Mag Early Learning Center will anchor the ground floor.

Proposed first in 2006, the project has been delayed by land negotiations, the re-

cession and snags in closing a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development loan guarantee. —Staff

ARTS

AVA names Dunn new 4 Bridges chief personnel changes are afoot at the Association for Visual Arts, reports Anne Willson, AVA’s executive director. Kathryn Dunn has been named major projects manager, which includes directing the annual 4 Bridges Arts Festival.

Dunn succeeds Laura Linz in the role, and brings a comprehensive background in arts management, project management and marketing to the position, said Willson.

Dunn completed both a master’s of fine arts at Florida State University and a master’s of public administration at UTC. She has previously worked with local businesses Brewer Media, Shuptrine’s Gold Leaf Designs and Chattanooga Kids on the Block.

Along with Dunn, AVA welcomes Savannah College of Art and Design graduate Lauren Necko as lab monitor of AVA’s Media Lab and clean room photo studio.

Willson said Necko is knowledgeable in a range of design software and has professional photography experience. The Media Lab reopened on Sept. 8 and will remain open on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Forest of Fear gears up for Halloween if you, like us, worry you’ll never get the opportunity to pet a miniature Scottish highland cow, don’t fret.

Celebrating its 80th anniversary, Rock City opens its 11th Enchanted MAiZE on Thursday, Sept. 20, featuring a new mobile petting zoo, Bagby’s Critter Corral, at Blowing Springs Farm.

Families and shameless adults can look forward to hayrides, the cow train, pumpkin painting, inflatables and Fairyland Forest Makeovers.

Come weekends in October, those who take delight in frights can come back after dark for The Forest of Fear and Ghost Ride.

The MAiZE is located at 271 Chattanooga Valley Road, in Flintstone, Ga., at the foot of Lookout Mountain. For more information, call (706) 820-2531 or visit enchantedmaze.com. —Staff

Dizzy Town

POLITICS & THE MEDIA

Chuck’s Lock Step there are two types of people to avoid if you are a wide-eyed freshman member of Congress: lobbyists and activists. Consorting with the former will entangle you with all sorts of unsavory propositions in return for campaign cash, linking you with liability when things inevitably go awry.

When confronted with the latter, you will likely be presented with patrioticsounding pledges to sign that would seemingly align you with a righteous cause whose lofty goals will sound very appealing, but will, down the line, disable you from doing what is right for those you represent.

Yet this is exactly the trap U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann has walked into, hoping, we suggest, to raise his profile among the many freshmen of the right who see themselves as crusaders in signing Grover Norquist’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Norquist, for the many who have never heard of him, is not an elected member of Congress or any government entity, but a Reagan-era antitax activist who formed Americans for Tax Reform in 1985 to corral conservative state and national lawmakers into a rejection of any and all taxes on individuals and business and any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates.

Sounds great, doesn’t it? Who wants more taxes? Problem is, taxes are the necessary evil of any democracy—and with representation, when properly levied are intended to be a fair system of maintaining our society. Rejecting them wholesale is not patriotic, but rather damaging and wrong-sighted.

It is into these waters that Fleischmann has waded in dealing with the aging Chickamauga Lock,

which allows barges to move through TVA’s dam system and traverse hundreds of miles of the Tennessee River.

The lock is in dire need of repair and replacement, and, without any other funding available, the barge industry appears willing to accept a barge tax increase from 20 cents to 29 cents per gallon of diesel fuel in order to repair, maintain and replace the 72-year-old lock—they are on board, so to speak.

Enter Norquist and The Pledge, to which Fleischmann has sworn allegiance. By signing this pledge, Fleischmann is in the uncomfortable position of having to reject a tax increase businesses are in favor of to appease Norquist and the radical right-wing of the Republican Party, lest he fall out of favor, regardless of the consequences of the needs of the district he serves.

Bound by this Machiavellian scheme, Fleischmann is forced to cower behind a vague proposal offered by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander that would delay the lock’s repair for another year, if then—essentially doing nothing.

As he stood staring into the dewatered lock during a recent tour, Fleischmann thought not of the benefits a tax increase

levied on a willing industry, but of his standing as a member of the automatons who’ve found themselves caught in Norquist’s web.

Meanwhile, Fleischmann’s Democratic opponent in the upcoming election, Dr. Mary Headrick, rightly and perhaps predictably supports the tax increase.

“Until replaced, it should be repaired and remain in operation. I favor increasing the marine diesel fuel per gallon tax, as favored by barge operators,” she told the Times Free Press last week.

Fleischmann’s “intransigence,” as the TFP’s leftleaning Times-side editorial page rightly labeled the congressman’s record, is indicative of his conduct during his first term in office.

That voters of the 3rd District would willingly accept this behavior is disturbing at best and mindbogglingly foolish at worst. Tax reform, in and of itself, is a noble cause and should be a constant theme in any representative’s efforts. But as an advocacy movement designed to cripple reasonable, rational thinking and actions on behalf of the people, it is a dangerous flag to wrap oneself in.

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Coyote Ugly “ok,” i said, “i’ll go the %$*#’in bar with ya’, but i don’t feel like it so we leave when I %$*#’in say so or I’ll leave you there on your own and you be %$*#’d, OK?” “Sure!” my buddy said, considering this a victory with absolutely no thought whatsoever of my conditions. Maybe I knew that, maybe I didn’t; what’s the difference?

“Let’s go,” he said. “We’ll eat at the ESPN joint on the way there, you’ll love it.”

It’s Manhattan, and the guy wants to eat at a corporate sports bar. “I hate sports, dude, you know this.” “Yeah, yeah!” he said, completely oblivious to my objection.

It’s not that I’m a pushover, mind you; quite the contrary. I’m a horrible person and moodier than a 14-year-old girl, but I was on a trip with coworkers and while I had convinced myself I just wanted this guy to shut up, I can now look back and see that I actually wanted to go—I just needed a push. And this guy?

He had just chased Richard Belzer down on foot in broad daylight after spotting him on the corner of 58th and Broadway for an autograph (“Law & Order” was still at its peak; had I mentioned this was September 2002?). He was known to push.

So two subway changeovers and a cab drive later, we’re in this bar, and I don’t want to tell you the name for some reason, but I’ll give you a clue through the conversation I originally intended to relay after we arrived.

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know,” my buddy said with a quiet, smug certainty. He was quite proud of digging up this place as if it were some kind of obscure gem in a mountain of chert rock. I liked it, too. I was in a seedy bar in the bowels of Manhattan Island with hot-chick bartenders and hardly anyone around. But remember: I was still an asshole.

“No they didn’t. They based ‘Coyote Ugly’ on the bar ‘Coyote Ugly’ in the East Village,” I countered.

“This place is a lot like it, just pissed off they didn’t have a movie made about it.”

“Bullshit!” he replied.

“Look at this place! It smells like stale piss and the bartender is on the bar! What makes you an expert, anyway?”

“All trendy bars have hot bartenders and smell like piss,” I said. “Plus, I’m the alcoholic genius you were talking about on the plane to the aide from Congressman Weiner’s office. This is the alcoholic part.”

I was settling in there as much as I settle in anywhere (which is to say, lightly) when something horrible happened, made worse by the fact that it happened at least two

more times before we (allegedly) left. George Thorogood’s “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” played, and the bartender—for the first time in my life—actively forced liquor down my throat.

Ever hear of someone getting schooled over a hangover, and the phrase, “It’s not like somebody held you down and forced you to drink, did they,” or some variation? Well, next time you do, give that person some slack because it can happen, as it turns out. If the bartender is hot enough and is holding bottles of cheap bourbon, scotch and beer in one hand (I shit you not) and telling you that if you don’t touch the ankles on either side of your ears she will have you beaten, you will do so.

There were rumors of a military E.O.D. team having arrived for a celebration at some point later complicating the already awkward situation. But in the end, when the NYPD arrived, they were as professional as you’d expect them to be, so when they asked my name?

“Richard Belzer,” I said, followed with a “DONGDONG!” as the show would have it.

And in my own hotel room I awoke. Alone, I might add—but I’d had a roommate. Ponderous.

But a story for another day. Take care, Constant Readers.

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.

[ Gandhi’s Grandson in Chattanooga ]

Season of Nonviolence Dr. Arun Gandhi continues to cultivate his grandfather’s legacy

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By Janis Hashe e the change you wish to see in the world.” Many of us know that quote; some know

the source: Mohandas Gandhi, called Mahatma (“Great Soul”), the founder of the modern nonviolence movement.

But for Dr. Arun Gandhi, who will spend four days in Chattanooga beginning Monday, Sept. 17, there is a much more intimate connection. Mahatma Gandhi was his grandfather and the inspiration for a life spent continuing the iconic peacemaker’s mission.

“During the two years I lived with my grandfather, he asked me each day to draw a ‘family tree of violence,’ tracing my own actions,” Gandhi said in a phone interview. “Physical, and what he called ‘passive violence,’ are the two branches of the tree. We may not be using physical violence, yet we continue to hurt people by our actions or our lack of actions.”

Arun Gandhi spent most of his childhood in South Africa under apartheid, and as an Indian, was physically attacked by both white and black South Africans. “I became very hateful and angry,” he said. “That’s when my parents

sent me to live with my grandfather, saying, ‘You can’t change people when you become what they are.’”

Though still too young to know how influential Mahatma Gandhi was outside of India, the experience of seeing hundreds of people lining up each day to catch a glimpse of his grandfather changed him. “After those two years, I was no longer the same hateful, fearful person.”

He went on to a 30-year career as a journalist for the Times of India, where he concentrated on stories about India’s poorest people, the “untouchables.”

Quoting his grandfather, “Poverty is the worst form of violence,” he said.

In 1987, he moved to the U.S. and founded the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, now housed at the Univer»P8

Bringing Dr. Gandhi to Chattanooga • It was on a visit to India, in which she followed the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi with Dr. Arun Gandhi, that inspired Missy Crutchfield, head of the City of Chattanooga’s Department of Education, Arts and Culture, to create a plan to bring Gandhi here. “I thought of it as a social justice and cultural tour,” Crutchfield said, pointing particularly to the speaking engagement at Howard School. “We are asking students to investigate the work of Gandhi and Dr. King,” she said. “Gandhi’s message of ‘be the change’ is still everywhere, from T-shirts to the movie ‘Bully,’” she said. A mayoral proclamation will be presented at City Council on the Tuesday of Dr. Gandhi’s visit, marking the City of Chattanooga’s commitment to becoming a “Season for Nonviolence” city in January 2013. The season launches on Jan. 30, commemorating Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, and culminates on April 4, commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. —J.H.

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sity of Rochester. In 1996, he created the yearly celebration “Season for Nonviolence,” honoring both Mahatma Gandhi and the man he inspired, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In 2008, he founded the Gandhi Worldwide Educational Institute, dedicated to eradicating poverty.

When asked how he sees the American role in moving to peace and nonviolence, he said, “The United States must demonstrate as much moral strength as political and military strength. We must understand that the stability and security of any country depends on the stability and security of the whole world.”

Yet, he said, politicians can only do so much. “Change has to come from the bottom and grow upwards. As long as we keep teaching our children that success means getting there by any means possible, we are feeding ourselves with the seeds of violence.”

The way to counter violence sparked by the “our way is the only way” mindset of fundamentalist religions is to see that “each has a part of the ultimate truth.

But today, the religions are like the blind men and the elephant, each believing that the part of the elephant he touched is the whole truth. All parts are needed to see the truth.”

In visiting Chattanooga, Gandhi acknowledged, he cannot change the whole city, “but if one person is changed, it’s worth it.” His hope for his own legacy is humble. “I am content to be a peace farmer, planting the seeds that may germinate in peace,” he said.

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Wednesday, September 19 • 5 p.m. “A Season for Nonviolence” Mural Unveiling (Brainerd Recreation Center) • 6 p.m. Chattanooga Hindu Temple for celebration and festivities (Bonny Oaks Drive)

Thursday, September 20 • 8 a.m. Annual Connecting the Dots Summit 2012 “Exploring Arts and Social Issues” with keynote speaker Dr. Arun Gandhi. (Bessie Smith Hall).

• 3:15 p.m. Walking Tour of Brainerd Mission • 4:15 p.m. Sitar Music by Joe Ridolfo at Eastgate Senior Activity Center • 5 p.m. Eastgate Library Blessing and Keynote Address: “A Season for Nonviolence” at Eastgate Town Center

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• Who-Fest, a two-day outdoor celebration centering around folk, outsider, visionary and self-taught art, returns to Coolidge Park in the North Shore this weekend as Who-Too! Celebrating its sixth year in Chattanooga, the festival is produced by Winder Binder Gallery & Bookstore in collaboration with the Who Ha Da Da Artist’ Collective.

Originally produced in Atlanta, Who-Fest moved to Chattanooga in 2007.

The festival attracts some 70 local, regional and national artists and

provides the opportunity to meet and purchase directly from artists who specialize in folk, outsider, visionary and self-taught art.

After five years at Renaissance Park, the festival committee changed the venue to the much more visible Coolidge Park. An earlier date in May was also secured to help avoid the typical Memorial Day weekend heat.

Following its successful May debut in Coolidge Park, patrons and artists called for a second event to be held in the fall.

Who-Too! will host a diverse line-up of musical offerings from nine local performers and bands over two days. For more information, read this week’s feature on the festival on Page 14.

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We’re all about the cooler temps, but the year has flown by, and it’s just, well, spooky—and time again for Chattanooga’s worldclass haunted houses, farms and fields to rise from the dead!

Already open is Halloween Express at its new location at 7425 Commons Blvd. (behind Best Buy on Gunbarrel Road).

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At The Pulse, October means the launch of Panic, our weekly guide to all things Halloween in Chattanooga and the surrounding area.

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South Rail Tracks Local Sounds

By Sarah Skates like the railroads that inspired its name, the South Rail Music Blog (thesouthrail.com) is connecting Chattanooga with the rest of the nation. Since debuting in 2009 to boost the local music scene with an online presence, the blog has evolved with the addition of a concert series and record label.

“Music is our passion, and the focus of the blog is to share the music we discover,” explains Rich, who started the site with wife Erika, who don’t use their last name to keep the focus on the music.

To help share that music, they recently launched The South Rail Presents concert series featuring up-and-coming, must-see bands that have received the blog’s stamp of approval. The successful first installment was held on July 27 at Track 29, and a second event is in the works.

Additionally, South Rail Records is plotting a debut release for later this year. The imprint’s first project will be from Rich’s band, Eight Knives.

“The label is that third step of tying in The South Rail initiatives and getting the Chattanooga name out there a little more,” Rich says.

Promoting the local scene is top priority for The South

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The South Rail is a music filter, not a total reflection of everything music or everything Chattanooga.

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Co-founder, with his wife Erika, of The South Rail Music Blog Rail—but that said, the blog isn’t Chattanooga exclusive.

“The South Rail is a music filter, not a total reflection of everything music or everything Chattanooga,” Rich says. “It’s a blog that’s in Chattanooga, and a majority of our content is southern-based bands, but we also talk about

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Glass Hammer singer Yes frontman the lead vocalist for glass hammer, the veteran Chattanooga-based prog-rock band, is doing double duty these days as the lead singer for rock legends Yes. Jon Davison, who has recorded two albums with Glass Hammer, has replaced Benoit David as lead singer for Yes. David

our favorite bands from other parts of the country.”

The tracks of The South Rail are paved with positivity.

“We never mention anything negative, instead it’s always about what we’re digging,” he says. “It’s kind of an anonymous blog. We’re modest about it even though there are a ton of people that know we do this. I always want the focus to be on The South Rail, not us.”

After job changes brought The South Rail’s founders to Chattanooga in 2007, they missed the thriving music culture in their former hometown of Atlanta.

“We fell in love with Chattanooga and just wanted a music scene,” Rich recalls.

“So many tours would pass by, and there wasn’t much online presence. We wanted to help it gain recognition as a music town and create visibility nationwide.”

In recent years Chattanooga’s scene has gained traction and momentum. Rich says the city now attracts more touring artists, and those concerts, in turn, inspire local musicians to hone their craft. Local shows also draw fans from bigger cities who prefer Chattanooga’s smaller venues so they can get up-

replaced original singer Jon Anderson, who left the band in 2008 after an illness.

Davison played bass for the Seattlebased band Sky Cries Mary, but also performed with the now-defunct San Diegobased Yes tribute band, Roundabout.

Glass Hammer discovered Davison singing Yes music online and he joined the band in 2009, recording the albums If and Cor Cordium.

In February, Davison was announced as the new lead singer of Yes, replacing David, who left the group because of ill-

close with the bands. For the artists passing through, the scene’s growing reputation lets them know to expect a quality opening act and solid fan turnout.

According to The South Rail, a convergence of factors are drawing attention to Chattanooga’s musical landscape. Local bands who have received national attention online and on the road in recent months include the Bohannons, Machines Are People Too and Strung Like A Horse.

Track 29 has also contributed mightily to the scene because according to Rich, “It gives bands the opportunity to grow with the city.”

Artists can start at smaller venues such as JJ’s Bohemia and then graduate to Track 29 after they develop a local fanbase.

“There is lots of love and man hours that go into everything we’re doing,” Rich says.

“From The South Rail to simply going to weeknight shows to support the bands coming through and local acts that are getting to open for them, just knowing that we are putting hours and hours of our free time into making sure that cool things happen in Chattanooga.”

ness.

“Strangely enough, Jon’s name came up when we started working with Benoit,” Yes bassist Chris Squire said in UT San Diego article. “In fact, my friend, [Foo Fighters drummer] Taylor Hawkins [whom Davison had gone to high school with], had been telling me for years: ‘If you ever need a replacement [singer], I know exactly the guy.’”

As Squire noted, “It’s funny. We’ve gone from Anderson to David to Davison.”

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Dirt Daubers • Sweet GA Brown Husky Burnette

Friday • September 14

Stereo Dig • SoCro • Shark Week

Saturday • September 15

Bohannons • Elk Milk • Mystery Train

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Wick-it the Instigator • KRS24

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Lee Bains III & The Glory Fies Nim Mins • Tammys • Monocots

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American Aquarium, Jordan Hallquist 9:30 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 Market St. rhythm-brews.com

fri 09.14 Scenic City Soul Revue 7 p.m. Meo Mio’s Cajun & Seafood Restaurant, 4119 Cummings Hwy. (423) 521-7160 meomios.com Kathy Veazey & John Rawlston 7 p.m.

Blacksmith’s Bistro, 3914 St. Elmo Ave. (423) 702-5461 blacksmithstelmo.com Kathy Tugman 8:30 p.m. The Foundry (at the Chattanoogan Hotel), 1201 Broad St. (423) 756-3400 chattanooganhotel.com

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9 p.m. Market Street Tavern, 809 Market St. (423) 634-0260 Bud Lightning 9:30 p.m. Sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad St. (423) 508-8956 sugarsribs.com Stereo Dig, SoCro, Shark Week 10 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E. MLK Blvd.

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(at the Chattanoogan Hotel), 1201 Broad St. (423) 756-3400 chattanooganhotel.com Hap Henninger 9 p.m. The Office, 901 Carter St. (423) 634-9191 Scenic City Soul Revue 9:30 p.m. Sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad St. (423) 508-8956 sugarsribs.com Velcro Pygmies 10 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 Market St. rhythm-brews.com Bohannons, Elk Milk, Mystery Train 10 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E. MLK Blvd.

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Who-Too! Doubles Down on Quirky Art

By Rich Bailey after six years in chattanooga, the annual who-fest folk art show now has a little sibling. This Saturday and Sunday, folk and outsider art impresario David Smotherman spanks the baby, and Who-Too! brings another dose of quirky folk art to the North Shore.

Last spring, Smotherman moved Who-Fest from Renaissance Park to Coolidge Park, looking for more exposure.

“I thought this move will either kills us or it will work out great.

And if it works out great, we’ll consider doing one in the fall, too,” said the owner of Winder Binder Gallery & Bookstore and the festival’s sponsor.

It did and he has. Who-Too! joins Smotherman’s stable of small and large festivals: the annual Who-Fest, Faux Bridges and One Bridge festivals, as well as the monthly Art ’til Dark mini-festival in the parking lot adjacent to his gallery and bookstore on Frazier Avenue.

All focus on folk, visionary, outsider and self-taught art.

Who-Too! is smaller—about 45 artists, compared to 72 at WhoFest in the spring—because of the short notice, but “It’s one of the tightest groups of artists we’ve had,” he said.

There’s also more music: 10 bands, compared to seven in the spring.

“We’ve always focused on folk art, but we always end up with all kinds of stuff—jewelry, pottery, stained glass,” he said. “But the core group is always going to be folk art. We try to make sure there’s something in every price point.”

Among the artists exhibiting are Robert and Dolores Wells, who create fanciful copper sculptures that hang on a wall or that move in the wind. One wall piece, for example, consists of dozens of individual panels welded onto a grid. Passing an acetylene torch over the back turns crushed glass into solid enamel insets and gives the unpainted copper surface a patina of subtle tones.

Their wind sculptures make simple weather vanes look passé.

One has a boy on a winged bicycle. The wind makes the bicycle’s

“Mississippi Blues” by Andy Detwiler

wings flap, thanks to gearing inside. They fabricate everything, even the gears. “We’re the only ones that make it. Until you buy it, it’s only our hands on it,” said Dolores.

From their home east of Knoxville, the couple travels to about 10 or 11 juried shows throughout

the year, but they’ve been traveling to art shows for decades.

“My husband and I have done fine arts for a living since 1966.

We’re the old folks in the bunch,” she said. “We were both trained in the arts, plural, not just one thing. It takes a lot of steps to get to the end of our work. We are

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Andy Detwiler is on the other end of the spectrum in terms of experience. He’s been taking photographs for the last 10 years or so, but he only started selling his work at regional art shows in the last three years.

Through a complicated process, he prints his black and white photos on paper, then transfers them to wood panels. The resulting work feels both vintage and contemporary, with photos that have a modern graphic approach to old southern themes, printed—not mounted—directly onto sturdy wood surfaces.

“Most of the stuff I do is music related,” he said. “I’m in Nashville, so that’s where my brain usually goes. I grew up in Deep South Mississippi, so anything that has that deep-rooted music and religion is what my stuff tends to focus on.”

Detwiler still hasn’t left his day job, but he’s been devoting more and more time to his art.

“It’s a retirement plan now,” he said, “but hopefully I’ll do art full time before I get to that point. It keeps my soul happy, so who knows.”

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‘Lawless’ Not Flawless, But Well Acted “lawless” is a film with a predictable plot, lacking real character motivations or logical decision making, and yet I enjoyed it immensely. It was overlong, continuing far past the point of where I cared about the characters, but I can’t say my time was wasted. The film shows how good acting, an intriguing setting and wonderful music can save a movie from bargain-bin crime drama and elevate it to a completely watchable movie. There are scenes in this film that have no real reason to exist beyond advancing the plot, but were so wonderfully executed that I can’t fault the director for including them.

Take, for instance, the footwashing scene at the Mennonite church. Several scenes before, we were introduced to the forbidden preacher’s daughter, who by the rules of screenwriting was destined to fall in love with the young main character. That was all the exposition we needed for the relationship. The scene in the church didn’t add anything to the film in terms of information or character development—it only reinforced plot points from previous scenes. But I’ll be damned if it wasn’t fun to watch. The entire scene created an overwhelming tension set to the driving beat of an unknown hymn—I loved the look and feel of the church, the congregation keeping strict time with precise arm movements, the overwhelming strangeness of obscure religious ritual. How can any self-respecting editor cut a scene like that?

Unfortunately, the problems

“

Had screenwriter Nick Cave had a stronger grasp his characters, the film may have been an Oscar contender. outweigh the careful direction and extraordinary performances. “Lawless” could have been a great film. Set in the 1930s during Prohibition, “Lawless” tells the story of three bootlegging brothers, the Bondurant boys, who are said to be immortal by the backwater citizens of Franklin County, Va. There is a war coming between corrupt law enforcement and the complicit citizenry. Prohibition drove the

Tom Hardy and Shia LaBouef star in “Lawlesss.”

liquor industry underground, paving the way for the criminal element to run wild.

This theme has been explored in better movies, so “Lawless” doesn’t break any new ground.

If the Bondurant boys existed as presented in the film, they don’t have many redeeming qualities beyond minor pleasantries like good manners and calm demeanors. They seem to revel in unwarranted violence, having no regard for themselves or other people.

We don’t get any insight into their motivations beyond the simple youthful greed of Jake (Shia LaBouef). Forrest (Tom Hardy) and Howard (Jason Clarke) are

men of few words, so they are only revealed through their actions.

By that measure, they are deadly, destructive, without remorse or sympathy for anyone outside their family. They might as well have been sociopaths. The plot is easily guessed and overly simple. The action is violent without having any real cause. Female characters have about as much characterization as the cars in the film, in that they are mostly possessions. Yet somehow, I still enjoyed watching.

The good parts of the film are worth the ticket price. Based on a book by the grandson of one

of the characters, the backwater setting is exquisitely detailed and wonderfully done. The actors in the film are all exceptional, creating identifiable and memorable characters. The music, particularly songs like “White Light, White Heat” by the Velvet Underground, were well chosen and enhanced the film greatly. The music alone was more than enough to keep my attention. Add to that a setting that is both familiar and comforting—Franklin County isn’t unlike many places in East Tennessee—and you have a film that appeals to me on an emotional level. Had screenwriter Nick Cave had a stronger grasp his characters, the film may have been an Oscar contender.

There were opportunities here to comment on the clan-like nature of Southern Appalachia, to provide genuine insight into a fascinating culture that was forced to clash with the unrelenting march of social order.

Instead, we had a film that glorified violence for the sake of violence, which could have been less graphic without losing any of the film’s purpose.

“Lawless” falls short of excellence, but the performances at least make the film entertaining. And maybe it’s just me, but I would rather watch a bad movie with good acting than a good movie with bad acting.

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CALENDAR

Thu 09.13 National Education Partnership: Create.

Learn. Achieve.

Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View (423) 266-0944 huntermuseum.org Street Food Thursdays 11 a.m. Motor Court at Warehouse Row, 1110 Market St. warehouserow.net Birds of Prey (Thurs-Sun) 11 a.m. Rock City, 1400 Patten Road Lookout Mtn., Ga. (706) 820-2531 seerockcity.com/birds “Out of My Mind” artist demonstration 2 p.m. Reflections Gallery, 6922 Lee Hwy. (423) 892-3072 reflectionsgallerytn.com Five for Five Thursdays at The Foundry 5 p.m. The Chattanoogan Hotel, 1201 S. Broad St. (423) 266-5000 chattanooganhotel.com Downtown Sunset Kayak Paddle 5:30 p.m. Tennessee Aquarium, 1 Broad St. (800) 262-0695 tnaqua.org Free Family Night 5:30 p.m. Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St. (423) 756-2738 cdmfun.org Faux Reception at The Mill 6 p.m. The Mill, 1601 Gulf St., Ste. 100 (423) 634-0331 themillofchattanooga.com “Cabaret” with captioning 7 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St. (423) 267-8538 theatrecentre.com Thollem McDonas 8 p.m. Easy Lemon Loft, 1440 Adams St. easylemon.wordpress.com Pat Dixon

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GREASE • National tour of the Broadway musical comes to Chattanooga for a three-day stop beginning Friday.

FRI 09.14 • 7:30 p.m. • Tivoli Theatre • 709 Broad St. • (423) 642-TIXS • chattanoogaonstage.com

8 p.m. The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Road (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

fri 09.14 Community Auditions for “The Nutcracker” VanCura Ballet Conservatory, 3202 Kelly’s Ferry Road (423) 821-2055 Fall 2012 CAMOMC Children’s Consignment Sale 10 a.m.-7 p.m. East Ridge Community Center, 1517 Tombras Ave. (423) 521-CLUB chattanoogamothersofmultiples.com Annual Fall Pet Adoption (Humane Educational Society, McKamey, Pet Placement Center, Catoosa County, and East Ridge Animal Shelter) Noon-8 p.m. Petsmart, 2130 Gunbarrel Road (423) 899-9223 Fresh on Fridays 11 a.m. Miller Plaza, 850 Market St. (423) 265-3700 rivercitycompany.com

Tee Off Un“teal” There is a Cure Golf Tournament for Ovarian Cancer 11:30 a.m. Bear Trace at Harrison Bay, 8919 Harrison Bay Road (423) 326-0885 tngolftrail.net “Textures of the Heart” artist reception 5:30 p.m. Tanner-Hill Gallery, 3069 S. Broad St. (423) 280-7182 tannerhillgallery.com Ruby Falls Lantern Tours 8:30 p.m.

1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 821-2544 rubyfalls.com “Grease” 7:30 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St. (423) 642-TIXS chattanoogaonstage.com “Macbeth” 7:30 p.m.

St. Andrews Center, 1918 Union Ave. (423) 987-5141 ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com Pat Dixon 7:30 & 10 p.m.

The Comedy Catch,

3224 Brainerd Road (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com “The 39 Steps” Opening Night 8 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St. (423) 267-8538 theatrecentre.com “Cabaret” 8 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St. (423) 267-8538 theatrecentre.com Mike Stanley 9:30 p.m. Vaudeville Café, 138 Market St. (423) 517-1839 funnydinner.com

sat 09.15 Community Auditions for “The Nutcracker” VanCura Ballet Conservatory, 3202 Kelly’s Ferry Road (423) 821-2055 ballettennessee.org Football at the Falls 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 S. Scene Hwy. (423) 821-2544 rubyfalls.com

Film Chattanooga Tech Seminar: Picking the Right Camera for Your Production 9 a.m. EPB Bldg., 7th Floor, 10 West M.L. King Blvd. chattanoogafilmsociety.org Battlefield Bicycle Tour 9:30 a.m. Outdoor Chattanooga, 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com Rummage Sale 9 a.m. Grace United Methodist Church, 9833 Hixson Pike (423) 842-5872 graceumcsd.org River Market 10 a.m. Tennessee Aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad St. (423) 402-9960 chattanoogamarket.com Fall 2012 CAMOMC Children’s Consignment Sale 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

East Ridge Community Center, 1517 Tombras Ave. (423) 521-CLUB chattanoogamothersofmultiples.com Annual Fall Pet Adoption 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Petsmart, 2130 Gunbarrel Road (423) 899-9223 Introduction to StandUp Paddleboarding 10 a.m. Tennessee Aquarium, 1 Broad St. (800) 262-0695 tnaqua.org Overnight Backpacking Cumberland Trail Noon. Outdoor Chattanooga, 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com “Macbeth” 2 p.m. St. Andrews Center, 1918 Union Ave. (423) 987-5141 ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com H*Art Gallery Fundraising Event 6 p.m. Call (423) 521-4707 for more information.

“Grease” 7:30 p.m. Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St. (423) 642-TIXS chattanoogaonstage.com Pat Dixon 7:30 & 10 p.m.

The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Road (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com “Cabaret” 8 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St. (423) 267-8538 theatrecentre.com “The 39 Steps” 8 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St. (423) 267-8538 theatrecentre.com Riverfront Nights: Joe Robinson, Strung Like A Horse 7 p.m. Ross’ Landing, 100 Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 756-2211 riverfrontnights.com Mike Stanley 10:30 p.m. Vaudeville Café, 138 Market St. (423) 517-1839 funnydinner.com

sun 09.16 Football at the Falls 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 S. Scene Hwy. (423) 821-2544 rubyfalls.com Chattanooga Market: Kickin’ Chicken 11 a.m. First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 Carter St. (423) 402-9960 chattanoogamarket.com Champagne Sunday Brunch 11 a.m. The Chattanoogan Hotel, 1201 S. Broad St. (423) 266-5000 chattanooganhotel.com Jazz Brunch: The Dave Walters Trio 11 a.m. 212 Market Restaurant, 212 Market St. (423) 265-1212 212market.com

Annual Fall Pet Adoption Noon-4 p.m. Petsmart, 2130 Gunbarrel Road.

(423) 899-9223 Chattanooga Market: Courter, Clouse & King 12:30 p.m. First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 Carter St. (423) 402-9960 chattanoogamarket.com Chattanooga Market: Matthew Walley 2 p.m. First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 Carter St. (423) 402-9960 chattanoogamarket.com “Grease” 2 p.m. Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St. (423) 642-TIXS chattanoogaonstage.com Whisperings Concert featuring David Lanz, Michael Dulin and Joseph Akins 2 p.m. Lindsay Street Hall, 901 Lindsay St. (423) 755-9111 brownpapertickets.com “Cabaret” 2:30 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St. (423) 267-8538 theatrecentre.com “Macbeth” 6:30 p.m. St. Andrews Center, 1918 Union Ave. (423) 987-5141 ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com Theresa Andersson, Charles Allison 7:30 p.m. Barking Legs Theatre, 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org

mon 09.17 Latino Leadership Awards 11 a.m. Mountain City Club, 729 Chestnut St. (423) 756-5584 lapazchattanooga.org Chattanooga Monday Nite Big Band 7:30 p.m. The Palms at Hamilton, 6925 Shallowford Road (423) 499-5055

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tue 09.18 Tuesdays at Tony’s 11 a.m. Tony’s Pasta Shop & Trattoria, 212 High St. (423) 265-5033 bluffviewartdistrict.com Film Chattanooga: Semi-annual Happy Hour 5 p.m. Easy Bistro and Bar, 203 Broad St. (423) 266-1121 filmchattanooga.org Kayak Intro and Roll 5:30 p.m. Chester Frost Park, 2318 North Gold Point Cir. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com Live Team Trivia 7:30 p.m. Brewhaus, 224 Frazier Ave. (423) 531-8490 chattanoogatrivia.com Railroad Earth 8 p.m. Track 29, 1400 Market St. (423) 521-292 track29.co

wed 09.19 Wine Wednesdays 5 p.m. Back Inn Café, 412 East 2nd St. (423) 265-5033 bluffviewartdistrict.com Wine Down Wednesday 5 p.m. Broad Street Grille, 1201 Broad St. (423) 424-3700 chattanooganhotel.com Matt Flinner Trio, Cahalen Morrison and Eli West 7:30 p.m. Barking Legs Theatre, 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Street Smarts for Bicycle Transit 6 p.m. Outdoor Chattanooga, 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com

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rachael ray is just wrong. i don’t mean her signature leotard shirt tucked into a pair of mom jeans or her insistence on carrying the entire contents of the refrigerator across the kitchen like a circus clown. I mean her continuous campaign of misinformation about one of the most fundamental and foundational ingredients in all of cookingdom—olive oil.

Ray built an empire out of using extra virgin olive oil in all of her “recipes,” whether they need it or not. She has championed extra virgin olive oil as the pixie dust of the culinary world that can magically make any dish healthier, taste better and may even give you longer-lasting and more powerful erections.

Every time Ray, or anyone else for that matter, sautés or pan fries with a high quality extra virgin olive oil, a petal falls from a rose in Alton Brown’s bedroom. Extra virgin olive oil’s 320-degree “smoke point” (the temperature at which it begins to burn and decompose) is too low to be used in many cooking applications. When oil reaches its smoke point it begins to give off gaseous fumes, the flavor deteriorates and its nutrients are diminished. Sure, you can use an oil over its smoke point, but you’re destroying the healthy qualities and flavor of the oil that you probably bought it for in the first place.

Because good-quality extra virgin olive oil has such distinct fragrant and fruity flavors with just a hint of pepperiness, it should be saved for salads and dressings, drizzled over slices of crusty bread, or brushed onto fish or meat before serving. The best extra virgin olive oils really shine when their natural balance of flavors

aren’t being abused like a spoonful of Crisco.

Like cheese and wine, extra virgin olive oil benefits from terroir, the concept that the flavor of a food comes from the environment it’s produced in. Temperature, humidity, soil, air, water and even the nearby flora and fauna all contribute to the flavors an olive tree will produce.

Until recently, shopping for olive oil in Chattanooga has been part guessing game, part popularity contest. It usually involved intently staring at the designer bottles with Italian or Greek names, trying to avoid Rachael Ray’s thousand-yard stare from the label of her “Everyday” extra virgin olive oil (I swear her eyes follow me), then picking the coolest looking, moderately priced one and hoping it doesn’t suck.

But the olive oil gods cast their glistening favor upon our fair city and inspired Chattanooga native Randall Steppenbeck to open Olive Chattanooga, a fine oil and balsamic tasting room. I’ll give you a minute to let that sink in—Chattanooga now has an olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting room.

Upstairs, at the corner of Woodland and Frazier Avenue, you’ll find a very unique opportunity to explore 40 varieties of high quality oils and balsamics, including fused and infused oils from Califor-

nia, Argentina, Chile and Spain.

Olive is not setup like a retail store; it is a tasting room so you just walk in, grab a little plastic cup and pour yourself a small taste of something that catches your eye. I started with an unflavored extra virgin olive oil then progressed through samples of Persian Lime, Blood Orange and White Truffle. The flavors were pronounced, but not too aggressive and you could taste the quality of the ingredients, especially when compared to any massproduced, grocery store oil. I spent almost an hour tasting and working out combinations between the balsamics and oils but I finally came up for air, made my purchases and got out of there before I started rubbing myself down with a triple varietal like a hirsute Kardashian.

With a business like Olive Chattanooga right here in town, there is no excuse for not having a high-quality extra virgin olive oil in your pantry.

And you won’t have Rachael Ray’s eyes glaring at you from a bottle of her nasty, blended olive oil.

The culinary gods have spared us once again.

Mike McJunkin cooks better than you and secretly has a crush on Rachel Ray. Visit his Facebook page (Sushi and Biscuits) for updates and recipes.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Arthur Turner, a Virgo reader from Austin, is upset with my recent horoscopes. In his email, he wrote the following: “You’re making me mad with your predictions of non-stop positivity. I need more dirt and grit and muck. I’ve got to have some misery and decay to motivate me. So just please shut up with your excess projections of good times. They’re bringing me down.” Here’s my response to him and to any other Virgo who feels like him: I’m afraid you’re scheduled to endure even more encounters with cosmic benevolence in the coming week. If these blessings feel oppressive, try to change your attitude about them.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The humorous science journal Annals of Improbable Research published a paper entitled “The Effects of Peanut Butter on the Rotation of the Earth.” Signed by 198 physicists, it came to this conclusion: “So far as we can determine, peanut butter has no effect on the rotation of the earth.” If possible, Libra, I suggest you summon a comparable amount of highpowered expertise for your own purposes. Round up the best help you can, yes; call on all the favors you’re owed and be aggressive in seeking out brilliant support; but only for a truly important cause.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Sept. 16 is the first day of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.

So begins 10 days of repentance.

Whether or not you’re Jewish, Scorpio, you are entering an astrological phase when taking stock of yourself would be a brilliant move. That’s why I invite you to try the following self-inventory, borrowed from the Jewish organization Chadeish Yameinu. 1. What would you like to leave behind from the past 12 months? 2. What has prevented you from living up to your highest standards and being your very best self? 3. What would you love to bring with you into the next 12 months?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If I’m accurately interpreting the astrological omens, the coming months will be a soulful feast in which every day will bring you a shimmering revelation about the nature of your soul’s code and how best to activate it. Reasons for grateful amazement will flow so freely that you may come to feel that miracles are routine and naturally-occurring phenomena.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A reader named Marissa begged me to insert a secret message into the Capricorn horoscope. She wanted me to influence Jergen, a guy she has a crush on, to open up his eyes and see how great she is.

I told her I wouldn’t do it. I never try to manipulate people into doing things that aren’t in alignment with their own desires. And I faithfully report on my understanding of the tides of fate, and refuse to just make stuff up. I urge you to have that kind of integrity, Capricorn. I suspect you may soon be invited or coaxed to engage in what amounts to some tainted behavior. Don’t do it. Make an extra effort to be incorruptible.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The far away, the very far, the farthest, I have found only in my own blood,” said poet Antonio Porchia.

Let’s make that thought your keynote, Aquarius. Your assignment will be to search for what’s most exotic and unknown, but only in the privacy of your own heart, not out in the great wide world. For now at least, the inner realm is the location of the laboratory where the most useful experiments will unfold. Borrowing from novelist Carole Maso, I leave you with this: “Make love to the remoteness in yourself.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It would be an excellent time for you to elope, even if you do so with the person to whom you’re already mated. You might also consider the possibility of wearing a wedding dress everywhere you wander, even if there is no marriage ceremony in your immediate future. Please at least do something that will symbolize your intention to focus on intimacy with an intensified sense of purpose. Seek out someone who’ll give you lessons in how to listen like an empathetic genius. Compose and recite vows in which you pledge to become an utterly irresistible ally.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will never be able to actually gaze upon your own face. You may of course see a reasonable likeness of it in mirrors, photos, and videos. But the real thing will always be forever visible to everyone else, but not you. I think that’s an apt symbol for how hard it is to get a totally objective view of your own soul. No matter how sincere you may be in your efforts to see yourself clearly, there will always

be fuzziness, misapprehensions, and ignorance. Having said that, though, I want you to know that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to see yourself better than ever before.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I’ve got three related pieces of advice for you, Taurus: 1. The most reliable way for you to beat the system is to build your own more interesting system. 2. The most likely way to beat your competitors is not to fight them, but rather to ignore them and compete only against yourself. 3. To escape the numbing effects of an outworn tradition, you could create a fresh tradition that makes you excited to get out of bed in the morning.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): “Dear Doctor of Love: My heart is itchy. I’m totally serious. I’m not talking about some phantom tingle on the skin of my chest.

What I mean is that the prickling sensation originates in the throbbing organ inside of me. Is this even possible? What should I do?

—Itchy-Hearted Gemini.” Dear Gemini: I suspect that it’s not just you, but many Geminis, who are experiencing symptoms like yours. From what I can tell, you have a lot of trapped feelings in your heart that need to be identified, liberated, and dealt with.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): If you make a conscious decision to combine plaids with stripes or checks with floral patterns, I will wholeheartedly approve. If, on the other hand, you absent-mindedly create combinations like that, doing so because you’re oblivious or lazy, I will soundly disapprove. The same holds true about any hodgepodge or hybrid or mishmash you generate, Cancerian: It’ll receive cosmic blessings if you do it with flair and purpose, but not if it’s the result of being inattentive and careless.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Should we boycott the writing of Edgar Allan Poe because he married his 13-year-old cousin when he was 26? Should we stop using iPhones when we find out that Steve Jobs said that “doing LSD was one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life”?

Should we stop praising the work that Martin Luther King Jr. did to advance civil rights because he engaged in extramarital affairs?

Those are the kinds of questions I suspect you’ll have to deal with in the coming days, Leo. I encourage you to avoid having knee-jerk reactions.

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Life in the Noog

chuck crowder

Dying to Know over the years, i’ve had the unfortunate experience of seeing several friends die too young. In fact, the first anniversary of the death of one of my best friends occurred last month, making me reminisce about what it was like back when he was alive. And it’s weird to think about what’s happened since.

Death, in my mind, not only robs you of life, it robs you of being around to see what happens next.

First of all, you wouldn’t know who else died right around the time you did.

Even if Gene Simmons spontaneously combusted on stage the very night after your day of doom you wouldn’t know it. Your house could be hit by a tornado a day later, or your car totaled while Uncle so-in-so was drivin’ her home and you would have no idea any of it occurred. But I guess at that point you wouldn’t care, either.

People who’ve lived through death-defying incidents love to tell, in painful detail, how they narrowly escaped a lifethreatening situation. It’s always a car wreck where the cop on the scene admits how lucky you are to be alive. Or it’s some stupid feat you attempted like jumping off a cliff into a quarry pool, or trying to navigate a ski slope well above your skill level.

These stories always end the same way—“I could’ve almost died.”

Probably the most harrowing story you’d ever be able to tell about yourself is how you died.

But death cheats you out of that one too, leaving it for your friends to embellish in their own unique storytelling fashion. Even with creative license however, they’d never be able to capture the true feeling of know-

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Reflections on death and dying. ing you’re about to die, or what it felt like when you actually went. Are you really supposed to move towards the light at the end of the tunnel?

I imagine one of the biggest pastimes in the hereafter is sitting around at the bar comparing stories of what it took to get you there: “The plane was going down, there was nothing we could do but scream and pray those last few minutes.” “That ain’t nothin’, I was eaten by sharks—sharks I tell ya! The horror.” “I was shanked in the prison shower 47 times—try that one.”

Then, just like in real life, you have those typical, run-of-the-mill stories: Cancer? Heart attack? Peacefully in your sleep of natural causes?

All of those stories almost also end the same way—“My entire life flashed before my eyes.”

Another weird observation about dying is that people in graves haven’t eaten in a very long time. I get really hungry if I don’t eat at least one

solid meal every day. Just think, you can’t have your favorite foods any more, or a drink for that matter.

The lyrics to the Drive By Truckers’ song “Women & Whisky” includes the line “when I’m six feet under I think I’ll need a drink or two.” And that would be the best time to party your ass off—no more responsibilities, and you don’t even have to get up in the morning.

Trouble is you wouldn’t have anybody to party with. All the fun stuff is happening above ground and you’re missing it. I think about that a lot, too. All of the parties, concerts, movies and sunny days I’ll miss when I’m gone. The fact that my friends will be able to go on and enjoy those things without me really pisses me off. But then again, I sometimes feel a little guilty when I’m enjoying a good time my aforementioned buddy would’ve loved to experience right along with me.

People have their own concepts of death and dying, and what it’s like to be six feet under, missing all that’s going on up top. They say funerals are for the living, and that we spend too much time thinking about the one thing we won’t have to worry about once we’re the guests of honor.

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

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