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Still Your Boogie Man: KC & The Sunshine Band Pg 16

New Column: The Retro Gamer!

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Americana News, Do This, and More!

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RUNNING COMMENTARY Deadline day, and here I am again, kids…

As usual, this is this the last thing I have to do before our great designers takeover and make chicken salad. I’ve been at it pretty hard this last two weeks tryin’ to get two issues ready to go before the Fourth of July.

Once I dot the last “I” and cross the last “T” on this commentary, it’s gonna be time for a beer-- and I’m gonna sit and watch Hayes Carll record a Creek Session.

My new pal Alan Sculley had a chance to talk to Harry Casey, KC of the Sunshine Band, and I think you’ll dig that feature. Disco really isn’t my thing, but I have always admired how the lyrics of that era pushed the envelope without tearin’ it up. Innuendo and double entendres…

Back in the early to mid 20th Century, they called it hokum and radio couldn’t play it. But the records were popular on jukeboxes and among the blues and honky tonk bands of the era. You still couldn’t refer to certain things as what they were, so you had to get creative. It’s funny to think about now, I guess. These days, artists can say nearly anything they want, call a duck a duck if you will-- and I believe they should be able to. But you can quack and never actually say duck.

Pip The Pansy was a different interview for me-- another style and genre outside of my box. To me, the interesting thing about the conversation was how different her approach to the business is from mine. At first, while researching, I don’t think I “got” it. But after speaking to Pip, I see how what worked for bands and artists 20 years ago doesn’t completely translate today. The way we record, release, and consume music has changed so much… If you aren’t immersed in it and hustlin’ for it now, there’s no way to understand.

I’ve been after Jeremy Smith from Reboot Retrocade & Bar to write something for the 11th Hour, and this issue marks the debut of The Retro Gamer. I like Jeremy because his enthusiasms run parallel to mine. He’s a Star Wars fan (Han shot only, right boss?), a film fan, and he might have the coolest joint in Macon. I appreciate his affinity and expertise when it comes to vintage arcade games. He’s into the history of those machines, and while this may not be a regular column, I believe you’ll enjoy it when it comes around again in the future

OUR TEAM Aaron Irons Managing Editor Alan Sculley Contributor Anthony Ennis Photographer Bo Walker Contributor Jeremy Smith Contributor Kirk West Contributor Ned Dominick Contributor Scott Mitchell Contributor Cover Photo by Jordana Dale M&R Marketing Layout & Design

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This is a fun one in your hands, kids (or on your phone or tablet or computer if you’re reading this at 11thhouronline.com). Happy Fourth of July, wear a life vest in the river, don’t forget the sunblock, and set aside a burger & a beer for me-- I’ll be there directly!

-AI Aaron Irons Managing Editor

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Flip thru the entire issue online 11thHourOnline.com

WHAT'S INSIDE July 3- July 18, 2019 // Volume 18, Issue #415

____________________________ 09 11 Events ____________________________ 15 Kirk West's 50,000 Shades of Gray ____________________________ 16 Still Your Boogie Man: KC & The Sunshine Band ____________________________ 21 Feels Like Local ____________________________ 23 House Talk ____________________________ 24 A Conversation with Pip The Pansy ____________________________ 31 The Retro Gamer ____________________________ 33 Eat This ____________________________ 35 The Dish ____________________________ 37 Bo Talks ____________________________ 39 Do This ____________________________ 40 The Creek’s Show Review & Americana Singles Chart ____________________________ 43 Live & Local: Calendar ____________________________ 45 Open Jams & Karaoke ____________________________

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FIRST FRIDAY OPENING RECEPTION FOR ARTIST SHEILA MAE 5pm Friday, July 5 Travis Jean Emporium 522 Cherry St, Macon Take a stroll through Downtown Macon for First Friday in July-- and join TJE for the opening reception for local artist Sheila Mae!

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BRAGG JAM PRESENTS: SECOND SUNDAY W/ PIP THE PANSY FREE! 6pm Sunday, July 14 Coleman Hill 285 Spring St, Macon

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Bragg Jam is excited to present Pip The Pansy for Second Sunday in July! The Georgia-based performer’s music is described as “B-52 quirky, Beatle melodic, yet fresh to the ear.” Second Sunday is a FREE family-friendly event!

Visit the park and learn how to make pottery using the American Indian coil method! Children may create their own clay pot to take home.

MACON FILM GUILD PRESENTS: DIANE 2pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Sunday, July 14 The Douglass Theatre 355 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Macon Diane (Mary Kay Place) spends her days checking in on sick friends, volunteering at her local soup kitchen, and trying to save her troubled, drug-addicted adult son (Jake Lacy) from himself. But beneath her relentless routine of self-sacrifice, she's fighting a desperate internal battle, haunted by a past she can't forget.

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Buddy in the pre-polka dot days! When Buddy got to rockin’ hard, you had to stand back a good 8-10 feet, or you’d get splattered with Jehri curl drops-- which were a b---h to clean off your camera! But, man, could he lay it down! At these big events, Buddy was a real showman, often cutting the playin’ short to brag and talk smack in the middle of a smokin’ solo. I always hated these disruptions, though. I‘d much rather see him in a small joint where he couldn’t get away with that kinda show… Play the Blues! Damn it, Buddy! Save that smack talkin’ for the young boys! Ol’ Buddy is still out there breakin’ it down. BTW, on a little side note, My Lovely Bride Kirsten & I were married on stage at Buddy’s old blues club, The Checkerboard Lounge, and Junior Wells & B.B. Odom played. A big time was had by all! … AND no Jehri Curl splatter!!!

Kirk West is a photographer, archivist, and the host of Into The Mystic Wednesday nights at 7pm on 100.9 The Creek. He’s published two books of his work, Les Brers- Kirk West’s Photographic Journey with The Brothers, and The Blues in Black and White— a collection documenting his time on the Chicago Blues scene in the 1970s and 1980s. Kirk and his wife, Kirsten, own and operate Gallery West at 447 Third Street in Macon. Visit kirkwestphotography.com and Gallery West to view and purchase prints and canvases of the greatest artists in blues, country, rock n’ roll, and soul.

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In the 1970s, Harry Wayne Casey seemed to have his finger on the pulse of Top 40 radio.

The man who would become known to millions as KC of KC and the Sunshine Band enjoyed some minor success with a pair of early singles, “Blow Your Whistle” in 1973 and “Sound Your Funky Horn” in 1974 on the Miami-based label, TK Records, before making the group’s 1975 self-titled debut album. And when he came up with a song he called “Get Down Tonight,” Casey knew he had a game-changing tune for the album.

“I even remember a story. It came on ‘Billboard’ at No. 98 one week and the next week it fell off. I went to the owner of the record company, who was Henry Stone at the time. I said ‘Henry, what’s happening? I have a smash record,’” Casey recalled in a recent phone interview. “He says, ‘Don’t worry about it.’ And six weeks later it was No. 1.”

Between 1975 and 1977, the group notched three more No. 1 hits-- “That’s the Way (I Like It)”, “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”, “I’m Your Boogie Man”, and a No. 2 single in “Keep It Comin’ Love”.

Another chart-topper, “Please Don’t Go”, arrived in 1979. Casey says he knew every one of those songs was going to be a hit. “I always had a feeling when I was writing the song and when I was in the studio, I could kind of feel this really mysterious aura happen during the recording of some of the songs,” he said.

“The only one I really wasn’t totally sure about was ‘Shake Your Booty’,” Casey elaborated. “‘Shake Your Booty’ seemed to happen so, the way I put it, it was just easier. It was quicker. And I felt like it wasn’t going to happen. But I really learned a quick lesson because before the record even came out, we went to Dallas, Texas for a show. We put the song in. We played it and the crowd went nuts. And I knew I might be a little wrong on this one.”

These songs made KC and the Sunshine Band one of the biggest stars of the disco era-- and in fact, “Get Down Tonight” came out well before the term disco was being used to describe the music and before the Bee Gees, Donna Summer and the Village People joined the scene and led an army of acts that sought to capitalize on the trend. But the huge success during the 1970s wasn’t all fun and games for Casey. While he spent much of his time writing and recording songs, the KC and the Sunshine Band tours had their share of difficult moments.

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“I can only describe it with one word. That was lonely,” Casey said of his touring life. “I was on top of the world, but the loneliest person I think I knew on the planet at the time.”

The reason for the isolation was his popularity. Casey spent many days on the road holed up alone in his hotel room with a pair of guards stationed outside the door, while throngs of fans gathered at the hotels hoping to see-- or even meet-Casey.

“Sometimes I could just catch a commercial flight home after the show and sleep in my own bed and then get on another plane and go back to the show the next day,” Casey recalled.

“I didn’t have to have a private jet because commercial planes flew every hour on the hour from practically anywhere we were.

And when they didn’t, I just stayed in the room. I don’t remember much of what I did during the day.”

The glory days for KC and the Sunshine Band-like nearly all of the disco artists-- came to an end, as punk/new wave became the next hot trend as the 1970s turned to the 1980s.

Casey had one more Top 5 hit, “Yes, I’m Ready”, a duet with Teri DeSario, in 1980, but the new decade was otherwise trying. He and his long-time songwriting partner, Richard Finch, parted ways. TK Records went bankrupt, and KC and the Sunshine Band released four albums (three after signing with Epic Records), but managed only a modest hit single with “Give It Up” in 1984.

The next year, Casey quit the music business.

“I didn’t want to have to deal with anything. I was sort of done, frustrated with the whole political part of it all and I just wanted out,” Casey said. “I found myself wanting to run away from something that I loved more than anything in the world.

“I had my last hit in ’84 or whatever, and I just decided that was it,” he said. “I was done.”

Casey spent the next decade out of the spotlight and essentially, as he put it, doing, “Nothing.” But the 1990s brought a renewed interest in the ‘70s, including disco. Eventually, Casey was enticed to get back into the music business.

“For the 10 years that I laid around and partied and did stuff, my friends were always saying ‘Why don’t you get back out there? Are you listening to the radio? Everybody’s emulating you,” Casey said. “I just kept laughing it off, and it wasn’t until

Arsenio Hall did his TV show, and I got a call from a friend of mine, ‘Did you see Arsenio Hall? He wants to do a reunion of the band on his show.’ And I thought ‘Maybe I’ll go do that.’ So I called him, made all the arrangements, put a group together and went out and did the TV show and bells started going off in my head. I started realizing you know what, I miss doing this.”

Casey and the current version of KC and the Sunshine Band-15 musicians, singers, and dancers strong-- have been touring ever since. The live show, of course, features the hits of the ‘70s, with a smattering of other original songs and covers of hit songs by other acts from the 1960s that KC and the Sunshine Band recorded on their 2015 album, Feeling You! The 60s.

Aside from a few differences in the song selection, Casey sees one other significant difference between the current shows and the concerts from the group’s 1970s heyday.

“This show is definitely more choreographed than the shows I did back in the day. I mean, there was certain choreography that we did at certain points in the show, but this entire show is choreographed and has been since I came back (in the ‘90s),” he said. “It’s definitely a more choreographed show, per se, as far as the music and the dancing and all that sort of stuff.

It’s a lot different now because we don’t have all the wedges (monitor speakers) on the stage and things you could fall over because of the invention of in-ear (monitors) and stuff.”

The set list figures to evolve later in the year, thanks to some new KC and the Sunshine Band music. Casey said he will release a single soon (co-written with Tony Moran and Nile Rodgers of Chic fame, no less) and a double album of original material should arrive later this year.

“It’s been a five-year project, and I’m ready to let the baby go,” Casey said of the album. “It’s some of the best stuff I’ve ever done, I think.”

See KC and The Sunshine Band LIVE at the Macon City Auditorium, Thursday, July 25th!

Tickets available now at ticketmaster.com!

For the 10 years that I laid around and partied and did stuff, my friends were always saying ‘Why don’t you get back out there? Are you listening to the radio?

Everybody’s emulating you.

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FEELS LIKE LOCAL

MACON’S FIRST PRIDE FESTIVAL IN 20 YEARS On Saturday, June 22nd, Maconites from all walks of life gathered in Third Street Park to acknowledge and pay tribute to the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall and celebrate the beautiful diversity of Macon, Georgia!

Downtown Macon came together to support the event and many local businesses and organizations like Blow Lounge, Grant’s Lounge, the Ocmulgee Artist Guild, and Travis Jean Emporium partnered with the festival to show support and build community.

Individuals who identify as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender have often had to look to other cities like Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, or Columbus for support. LGBT+ citizens of Macon should never feel out of place in their own hometown. We have a rich and vibrant LGBT+ History here with countless influencers who have led this movement forward.

The very essence of Pride Month is about love for one's self and one’s community. It is an opportunity to be visible for the next generation and show positive role models. Pride helps to end the stigma and shame many LGBT+ people deal with daily.

Organizers worked tirelessly to ensure that all would be welcomed and celebrated at the event. Activities were created for people of all ages and included a Walk Through the History of the LGBT movement, a Pride Day Proclamation, Drag Queen Storytime, and concluded with the First Annual Pride Drag Show Featuring Tangerine Summers.

Music was provided by local DJ Scoob and moveable furniture and games for the kids were provided by NewTown Macon.

Many community organizations and allies including Centenary United Methodist Church, Middle Georgia Reconciling Ministries, Georgia Women, Mercer Law Project Equality, Emerging Faith Ministries, Middle Georgia Aids Network, Free Mom Hugs, Moxie Moms, Travis Jean Emporium, High Street Unitarian Universalist Church, Ocmulgee Artists Guild, Ft. Valley State University - Pride Navigator, StoryCorps, Beauty of the South Pageant system, Fair Count/ Fair Fight, and more provided information and resources for the LGBT+ community that already exist right here in Middle Georgia.

BY SCOTT MITCHELL Scott Mitchell is the owner of Travis Jean Emporium and is the co-host of Deconstructing Divas on 100.9 The Creek.

He enjoys spending time with his family and furbabies, volunteering, gardening, traveling, watching Broadway shows, and cheering on the Georgia Bulldogs.

Mark your calendars now for June 6, 2020, and celebrate Macon Pride 2020 with us!

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House Talk

Fourth of July Rock n’ Roll!

It’s the Fourth! I sense partying in the air…

Beer, sunshine, and music in Macon, GA! Now to change course… Have you ever sat in your car on the Otis Redding Bridge between downtown and the Coliseum? If so you may have experienced that unsettling feeling as the bridge bounces under the weight of the cars and trucks. The first few times I felt this, it was simply freaky. Was the bridge collapsing into the mighty Ocmulgee? But no, it is designed to flex like that. Fast forward to your deck.

A couple of the true delights of the Fourth of July is getting a gang of folks out on the deck and grilling out. Assuming this is part of your plan, let me remind you of a few things.

Before you get ten or so people on your deck please go down and look at the way the deck is fastened to the house. If you see that it was nailed and not bolted, then you need to hop over to Karsten and Denson or Ace Hardware and pick up some half-inch thick lag or carriage bolts and bolt that deck to the house. Every year hundreds of decks collapse. When you think about a deck falling one thinks that it will fall away from the house but in fact, they collapse toward the house when the 16 penny nails shear off. When this happens, everyone tumbles down toward the house with a tremendous breaking of bones and subsequent ambulance trips-- and lawsuits! Although the building code requires the use of bolts, approximately half of the decks we inspect are simply nailed to the house. Consider that a 16 penny nail is just a piece of sharpened wire-- then add a couple of thousand pounds of people dancing to the music and those pieces of wire just aren’t up to the job!

But that’s not all!

Ned Dominick has been inspecting homes in Macon, Warner Robins, and all of Central Georgia since 1978.

He and his qualified inspectors have examined over 28,000 local homes. For more, go to www.housetalk.net or call at 478-738-0893.

What kind of shape are the deck railings? Once again, the building code says that the railing should be capable of supporting 500 pounds of lateral force. What this means is that if big ‘ol Billy Bob gets a buzz on and happens to fall against the deck rail then it should be able to restrain him from going over the edge. I have never seen a deck railing that could actually

handle 500 pounds of lateral force, but it should be able to handle a 250 pounder as he is going down. Also please don’t let anyone sit up on the deck rails... No! If you discover that your deck rails are weak then see what you can do to beef them up-- but there’s more!

Every year we see homes where the vinyl siding appears to be sagging or even melting. Yep! That’s because the grill was too close to the house. About two years ago, I was at a friend’s house. He was cooking out on his front porch when the aluminum siding melted from the heat-- and the front of the house caught fire!

Aluminum siding! A prominent attorney’s website reports that about 16% of structural house fires are caused by grills-- mostly because they were set up too close to the house. If you are using charcoal, make sure the grill is on a non-flammable surface like a brick or cement pad so that those hot coals that drop through the air vents at the bottom don’t ignite your deck floor.

Finally, let’s talk about all those explosions going off all over Macon. Please be sure to wear a helmet when you go outside. In Macon, a large number of the fireworks that you hear are not fireworks but gunfire! Just like the strange people in the Middle East who love to celebrate weddings by firing their Kalashnikov automatic rifles into the air, many, many, many Maconites will get out their 9mms, AK-47 semi-automatics, and .357 magnums and start firing with delight! If you are an experienced gun guy, you can actually pick out the caliber by the sound. The problem, however, is not the sound. These folks are not firing blanks. No, they are sending significant amounts of lead into the air, and those slugs are going to come down somewhere-- possibly into your head!

Every year, we find slugs embedded in roof shingles and every year people are killed by falling slugs. Once the Marvelous Meggy and I start hearing the “fireworks” we tend to stay inside the house.

Be careful this holiday and don’t forget your sunscreen!

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PIP THE PANSY… WAS NOT ALWAYS THUS. THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS WRENN WASN’T QUITE READY TO SLAY DRAGONS AS A PHOTOGRAPHER WHEN SHE GRADUATED FROM UGA IN 2014. AT THE SUGGESTION OF A FRIEND, SHE BEGAN A SHIFT OF THE ARTISTIC GEARS TOWARDS MUSIC, CROWDFUNDING HER FIRST ALBUM AND ASSUMING HER GRANDMOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME AS A TRIBUTE. WRENN SET OUT TO COMBINE VISUAL AESTHETICS WITH POP-DRIVEN SONGS-- BUT ANOTHER ARTIST LAID CLAIM TO THE SOBRIQUET AND LAUNCHED LAWYERS AND LITIGATION IN AN ATTEMPT TO SUBDUE HER. IT DIDN’T WORK, AND PIP THE PANSY EMERGED CLAD IN BRIGHT PETALS AND ARMED WITH ELECTRONICA. AI- How was your AthFest?

PTP- Oh, AthFest was great! I mean, it was hot, but it was good!

It's sort of like a homecoming for you, isn't it?

Yeah, kind of. Yeah. Especially... I was on the road with Kishi Bashi and literally flew from Boston the same day! So literally coming home.

How much time are you spending on the road these days?

Yeah, a good chunk of time. I was on the road with another artist playing flute for him, kind of like a featured player, but my own stuff. I'll be on the road more in July.

So Athens is a good place to start. You graduated from the University of Georgia and your original aim was to be a photographer. What changed that trajectory?

Man, I graduated and I was applying for... Just a bunch of jobs in photography, and I think it dawned on me that it wasn't... It just didn't feel right. I mean, I enjoyed the art of photography so much, but I'm terrible with clients. Like I hate doing weddings and graduation portraits and this, that, and the other. To climb the rungs of the ladder, you've got to make money that way, and that just didn't sound appealing.

And I so enjoy all aspects of art. As a high schooler, I did theater and I did visual arts, and chorus, and dance, and all that kind of stuff. So I thought, "Well, a musical persona... I can kinda combine all the things that I love into this one project!" And I don't mind, you know, singing at weddings so much to make money... I just really quickly took kind of this 180 turn from what I studied and threw myself into music after graduating.

Had you had any musical aspirations up to that point?

Not really. I've always really enjoyed music and I have a fairly musical family. My sisters played piano and my dad would sing and play guitar, so I think I was always surrounded by it, but it never occurred to me that that would be a career choice or my main passion necessarily. I took flute lessons... I started when I was 10-years-old and played in band for a little bit-- and I did things like high school chorus, but I was not seriously pursuing music really. Although it was always there in my life, but it just wasn't at the forefront of my mind.

What kind of records were you listening to? What was in your head and you were thinking, "Oh man, I can do this!"

I grew up pretty much on the Beatles and Elton John.

Anything that my dad loved, that's what I listened to for the majority of my life until really getting into music. I think that's when I branched out and started listening to other artists and indie people. But I would say the biggest push came from my good friend Gemille. I had tried writing a song before and he was like, "Oh, you should just really move forward and do that!" So I don't know that there's anyone I was consciously listening to and thinking, "Oh, yeah, I could do that." It was more that I had a good friend that was encouraging me and I sort of jumped in-but was still pretty much like a Beatles fanatic. Not that I... I wouldn't compare myself to the Beatles at all, but that's what I was listening to, I guess!

Music isn't the easiest industry to jump right into.

You adopted what you called a "fake it 'til you make it" philosophy. Walk me through that because, in my mind, I'm kind of visualizing you and some cohorts around the table. It's like, "Okay, look, here's what we've got to do!"

(Laughs) Yeah, it was fake it ‘til you make it! At the time I was dating someone that had some experience in the music industry, so it definitely helped to have some direction of how you might start doing continued on page 26

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something like that. But yeah, I just raised about five grand on Kickstarter to do an album and that's what I did first prior to playing shows. And I don't know how that thing got funded.

It really was just like close friends and family that were like, "Okay, sure, if she wants to try it out now, well we'll give her a chance!" That first album, it was an important stepping stone into the career, but I've since taken it offline and you know, I'm actually quite embarrassed to listen to it now 'cause it's a little cringe-worthy for me.

I saw that you had done that, and I wanted to ask you specifically about that since you brought it up. Even Chuck Berry must have listened to “Johnny B. Goode” and thought, "Well, I could have done this differently." What are your plans? Are you, are you going to just let it sit in the vault until...

Because of that?

Oh yeah, for sure. It was a very expensive thing. I mean, it was a year and a half of paying lawyers and we did have to go to litigation and... It's expensive to sue someone. They sued me, I sued them back and this, that, and the other... It was very involved and very messy-- but I'm happy where I've landed now. I feel like Pip The Pansy is doing better than Wrenn was doing. It feels more like the musical persona that I want to be anyway. It ended up being a good thing, but the emotional part is that Wrenn is my grandmother's maiden name-- so it means a lot to me and I really liked performing under her name. I'm finding new ways to incorporate that family love in my show without it having to be those five letters, you know?

Yeah, it was difficult, but I think I've finally just really, this year I feel like I've landed back on my feet. And I'm back hustling and grinding to get Pip The Pansy out there.

Yeeeaah... We'll see. I mostly listen to it and hate it. And I do think actually every artist listens to past stuff, even with art too...

With photography, I'll look at old stuff that I had made and think, "What the freakin' heck was I thinking?" But the I FEEL LIKE PIP THE other piece to that, too, is that there PANSY IS DOING BETTER was a big name change in my career THAN WRENN WAS and a big rebranding. That seemed like a good opportunity to maybe get rid DOING. IT FEELS MORE of some of that old stuff so that people LIKE THE MUSICAL were freshly introduced to a new artist PERSONA THAT I WANT in a way. That was part of it as well. And I will very rarely bring out one of those TO BE ANYWAY. IT tunes and play at a show. But I don't ENDED UP BEING A know, I haven't thought too much GOOD THING, BUT THE about whether I will re-record them or bring them back or what. We'll see. But EMOTIONAL PART IS true fans, they bought the CD so they THAT WRENN IS MY still have access to it, I guess.

That was a large shift stylistically going from Wrenn to Pip The Pansy. I believe you once described what you were doing with your original alter ego as retro pop, and now you're an indie electronica artist. How has that distinction affected the way that you write?

It gives me more freedom. Because like I said, I was doing the fake it ‘til you make it thing, which in my mind I was like, "Well, I could be a musician.."

You have a band? So I hired a band and it was the classic drum, guitar, bass, and then I would play keys-- because that's kind of what I thought was the thing to do? That made the most sense GRANDMOTHER'S from what I had seen. It turns out that not having too much musical training?

MAIDEN NAME-- SO IT It was actually really hard for me to MEANS A LOT TO ME communicate with other players what AND I REALLY LIKED I wanted. I could write a song, but I PERFORMING UNDER couldn't tell someone necessarily what chords I was playing. And I couldn't tell HER NAME. them what style I wanted them to play it in. And I think that made it hard for my players too.

You bring up the rebranding and that was an emotional and tough time for you. You got to learn very, very quickly-being very young in the music business-about some legal aspects that a lot of artists either never get to or don't get too until much later. This was involved around another artist who also went by the name Wrenn, which you were using at the time.

Yes, yes. Yeah, that was... Well, like you said, it was definitely very emotional and stressful and I was still in a phase of discovering who I was as an artist. It almost had me putting "me"... Like discovering "me" as an artist had to be on hold so that I could kind of get through this crazy lawsuit thing. It was a very unfortunate, petty circumstance where I don't feel like either artist was at a point where that level of legal involvement was necessary. It seemed like it was something that could be talked out or just, you know, a "Let's see what happens" kind of thing. But unfortunately, we were dealing with people that did not feel that way.

When someone sends you certain documents, you have to respond. So it was stressful. But in the end, I think it all ends up being good. You know, I still am in some legal debt...

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It's kind of like a guessing game, and it made me feel a good amount of anxiety during rehearsals-- and in the studio, I felt pretty anxious. I used to really kind of turn my nose up at electronic music until I discovered this artist, Grimes. She's very heavily electronic, but it was the first time I had heard electronic music that felt like a complete expression of the artist. It's all very honest and genuine and it wasn't just like, "Ah, let's make some sick beat or whatever..." I mean, in a way she's doing that, but it's more of that she is creating what she feels. She's not trying to make it this trendy thing. That was really appealing to me and I listened to her a bunch and I got hooked up with this producer... His personal project is also very electronic. I sort of dabbled with it and realized that I could be in control of everything. I don't have to tell my bassist that I need it to sound this way because you could put everything on

a keyboard-- and I kind of understand how the keyboard works, right? I can be my band in a sense.

How does that translate to you for live performances?

The live performances are very different. I can now travel completely solo if I want to. I have a little drum pad that triggers different samples and I can loop tracks and this, that, and the other... I think also going into electronic music was realizing where my strengths are. And I think one of my biggest strengths as a performer is being the performer or being the frontman-even though my ego wants to be musically impressive for all my friends that are also musicians. I used to think like, "Well, I have to play a real instrument, and it has to all be live because I want people to take me seriously as a musician." However, for the audiences coming to see me, it's like, yeah, I'll do a flute solo and try to flex some musical prowess there. Or I can loop drum beats if I really want to, but the best thing I've noticed for the audience is when I get the track built and going and then I go out there and be with them. So, yeah, it has been a huge transformation, but it's also been really great because I'm figuring out what is the thing that I have to offer for people-and then how can I lean into that? And hometown shows I'll play with a band because it is fun to have a live drummer or whatever. But it's nice that I can do it by myself now and have a little more freedom in that way.

Of course, you've got a visual component that goes with everything you do. You've got your music videos... Live, you have your stage props, you do photo shoots... You've kept the flowers from your Wrenn days, I believe. Do the songs look a certain way to use their vision that goes along with the chords?

Man... Not necessarily. I think I am most drawn to melodies and so I still write my songs in a very singer-songwriter kind of way. I'm focused on the melody. It would be cool... I wish that I had like synesthesia and there was beautiful colors while I was thinking... But I'm not that cool. It is mostly just a melody, but I think once I start adding some of the production on top of it, it's easier for me to start to have some sort of visual. I would say that the melody comes first and the visuals come second.

Unless I'm inspired by something I saw then maybe I would write about the thing I saw-- but I don't know that they're happening simultaneously for me necessarily.

You've mentioned how much effort you've been putting into learning the ins and outs of production and recording. Have you done any just straight production work for any other artists-- and if you haven't, is that something that you're wanting to do?

I have not done something like that for another artist. People ask me to put flute on stuff, so I might do something like that.

But no producing. I don't know if that’s something that I’d be good at for somebody else? I've had people ask me to help them with stage design or a photo shoot or something-- and it can actually be really challenging because I know what I want.

Maybe that's selfish, but it's easy for me to make things for me because I know exactly what it is that I want. And with other people, I don't know? It's harder for me to get in their heads and know what is best for them. Although I would like to be better at that. I haven't really tried it too much yet, so we'll see continued on page 28

I SORT OF DABBLED WITH IT AND REALIZED THAT I COULD BE IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL MY BASSIST THAT I NEED IT TO SOUND THIS WAY BECAUSE YOU COULD PUT EVERYTHING ON A KEYBOARD-- AND I KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW THE KEYBOARD WORKS, RIGHT? I CAN BE MY BAND IN A SENSE.

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in the future. But right now I'm pretty focused on working on my own vision.

I think any artist strives to be in a position where they can simply exist to create without any unsolicited distractions.

Tell me what's coming for Second Sunday here in July. Are you bringing a band with you or is this going to be Pip The Pansy solo?

Yeah.

I think it's just going to be Pip The Pansy-- and actually, Sam is playing as well! He's going to do a one hour set and then I'll do a one hour set.

Where do you feel like you are in that pursuit today?

That's great. I didn't hear that part.

I do corporate gigs on the side to make money, but those gigs are really flexible. So I actually am in a great place in my life right now to be only focused on Pip The Pansy.

You're always going to have some sort of responsibility or obligation outside your art, whether that's like a social obligation to your friends and family, or taking care of family things. So I would say that right now in my life, I'm married, so I feel the responsibility to be a good wife-- but I don't have kids and I don't have a job that keeps me at home or anything. I'm really happy with the amount of freedom I have. Although there are still things that I need to attend to outside of Pip The Pansy... But I don't think I'm ever going to have a day that's 100% only Pip The Pansy anyway. This is a good time right now for creating.

I'm really happy.

Yeah, I know! I think we need to send some emails 'cause I don't think everyone knows-- but yes he is. He is booked to play as well. We found that it's kind of an interesting juxtaposition 'cause he's pretty folkie acoustic and then I've got the opposite, electronic thing going on. But sometimes we'll back each other. We played one festival up in Wisconsin where I think the town really liked that, that it was too married people that are doing two completely different things. So we thought we might try to bring that experience to Macon as well.

And you're married to another musician, right?

Not that I can see. I think I really like Pip The Pansy right now and I think... I mean, artists are constantly changing and maybe I will make things differently, but I think that persona will likely remain-- unless another Pip The Pansy sues me then...

I am, yes.

Sam Burchfield. Do you guys collaborate on anything?

Yes! He's just released a new single called "Blue Ridge June".That was kind of our first co-write. I really like when we do collaborate. It always ends up being really good- but it is kind of a struggle. I tend to butt heads some times... I get really vulnerable and nervous and so it's hard for us to collaborate. But when we do it is fun. And I always like what we come up with.

You've gone through an evolution, well actually, I guess through a couple of evolutions as an artist... As Pip The Pansy right now, do you see another track down the road where you become something completely different?

But see, you've been to the wars on that! You know how to fight that, should it appear.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah. I've got my armor.

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The Retro SHUFFLE INN The evening is just getting started. You and a couple of friends are headed to the corner bar to grab a drink and maybe chase the silver ball. Heading in, you begin the hunt for the amber incandescent glow of a Silverball Mania or maybe that Evil Knievel your buddy set the high score on last week.

Then you see it... Seems the bar pulled an old twelve-foot shuffleboard out and backed a new monstrosity in. A long shelf like structure reaches out and waiting patiently is a stainlesssteel puck twice the size of the one you played on the old shuffleboard.

Just the one. Bowling lines and arrows remind you of a bowling alley. Yet the back glass is Pinball like and familiar.

You plunk in your quarters, queue up the plays, and slide the steel across the silicone-sanded surface under the suspended bowling pins as the soft thud of the rubber bumper kicks the steel back. The resulting split reveals you’re as bad at shuffle bowling as you are at real bowling.

Compact (compared to a real bowling lane) shuffle alleys were developed by some of the best early pinball game designers going back to the electromechanical age.

These games by Chicago Coin, Williams, Bally, and United to name a few allowed pinball operators to push into smaller bars and pier side arcades where the gambling stigma of early pinball had

previously excluded them. Many locations jumped at the chance to compete with the new surge of bowling alleys without having to invest money and space into an automated pinsetter-- a massive undertaking in 1951 when United released the titular Shuffle Alley.

With steady production over the next 40 years, many new gameplay innovations were added to the versatility of these hardy machines making them able to stand beside standard 10 pin bowling.

Game modes aside, the overall body design has remained the same until the addition of monitors and optical sensors in the mid-’90s. There is still a long bowling alley lane lined for the puck to slide. As it glides, switches are embedded in the field under the pins which fold up on armatures to simulate being knocked down.

The number of these games out for public play tends to be limited. The very nature of the gameplay often means these machines have taken a beating. Combined with a need to have the playfield sanded regularly with specialized wax-coated silica that can make or break the gameplay, and that means, outside a private home, the chance to play one in full working condition can be a rare treat. If you see one, try one! As a matter of fact, there’s Williams SHUFFLE INN at Reboot Retrocade & Bar right now! Interesting and innovative, you’ll be surprised how accurate a few mechanical switches can be at tracking a puck’s path to picking up a spare. Or catching just the right outside edge to kick over for the split!

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THE Z BEANS STORY TRUST PART 3

BY SHANE BUERSTER "YOU MAY BE DECEIVED IF YOU TRUST TOO MUCH, BUT YOU WILL LIVE IN TORMENT IF YOU DON'T TRUST ENOUGH." - FRANK CRANE

I’d had a really long day. I closed my eyes and dozed off, but I came back. I couldn’t let my guard down.

I stuck out like a sore thumb...Or did I? I closed my eyes...

Arturo and I are walking along the streets of Zaruma, doing our best to hitchhike a ride. We finally find someone willing to do it. We hop in the back of the truck and head towards Arturo’s greenhouse. But I’ve been there before, and this isn’t the way. Arturo stares off in the distance, refusing to look at me. What is going on? The truck makes a right turn down a back road then comes to an abrupt halt....

I quickly woke up. The bus was stopping. The assistant came in and said that everyone getting off in Tambillo should exit. Ten people gathered their belongings. As soon as they left, five new people got on the bus. Adam had been right. This wasn’t a direct trip to Zaruma. Thirty minutes in, and we’d already made one stop. The bus settled, the lights dimmed, and we departed. The man sitting next to me put his headphones back in his ears and listened to music.

My eyes got heavy once again…

“Arturo, where are we?”

“I want you to see this farm. He grows and processes sugar cane.”

“I thought we were going to the greenhouse?”

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“We will later. I want you to check this out first.”

“You have to communicate with me. I’m trusting you, Arturo. I do not know my way around this city. Do not put me in a bad situation.”

“I wouldn’t do that to you, Shane. I’ll make sure you know where we are going from now on.”

“Thank you.”

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The bus stopped. The assistant flipped on the lights.

“We are in Guayaquil. You may exit now.”

Twenty people got off the bus. I did my best to get a glimpse of Guayaquil. It was the port city where our

coffee would depart. It was pitch black outside at 3:30 in the morning. As soon as the twenty people left, thirty more got on the bus. A new person sat to my right. It was an older gentleman. I notice his hands were worn. He had cuts and a few blisters. Perhaps he had been working in the ports without gloves.

The assistant dimmed the lights. He put on an Ecuadorian soap opera that played on the small TV at the front of the bus. Immediately, everyone cheered.

It must’ve be a popular show. As the movie began playing, I could tell it was a comedy. The foolishness of the actors sent the entire bus into hysteria. The movie had subtitles, but I’m wasn’t paying attention.

I was just amazed by the appreciation the people had for the film. It was incredibly cheesy, but everyone was locked in as if they’ve never watched a TV before.

After fifteen minutes of analysis, I shut my eyes once again, hoping that I’d be in Zaruma by 8 am…

Arturo and I scout the sugar cane farm. It’s incredible. I have never seen anything like it. Arturo, like he always does, rips off a part of a sugar cane plant. He pulls off his knife and begins peeling it. He hands me a piece to try. It’s absolutely incredible. It’s the sweetest, most delicious thing I’ve ever tasted. Arturo tells me to come with him. We walk a quarter of a mile up the road and come to what looks like a peeling factory. There is a huge machine with a complex pulley system. Arturo yells for the farmer, and he comes out of the house.

He sees me and smiles. He knows that I appreciate the complexity of his hand-built machine. He tells us that he already has some sugar cane in boiling water, which serves as a cleaning mechanism. Arturo and I walk over to the big tub full of steaming water. I’m in awe. A thick substance has risen to the top. The farmer scoops a spoonful of it and hands it to me. I try it. It’s heaven.

I awoke as I felt the bus stop again. We were finally in familiar territory. The assistant told everyone that we were in Piñas. Our next two stops were Portovelo and Zaruma. It was 6:30 in the morning, and the sun had already begun to rise. I marveled, as I had so many times, over the countryside. I arrived at Zaruma’s bus station at 8:00am, and Arturo had a taxi waiting me.

I headed to his house at the top of the square. The familiar ‘Rocafuerte’ road was in my line of sight. I got out of the taxi and walked up to Arturo’s house. I knocked three times, and a familiar face greeted me the same way he always had.

“Buenas días, comandante.”

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NU-WAY WEINERS 5572 Bloomfield Rd Macon | 478-781-1305 1602 Montpelier Ave Suite 105 Macon | 478-812-8200 921 Hillcrest Blvd Macon | 478-743-1047 148 Emery Highway Macon | 478-743-7976 3990 Northside Dr Macon | 478-477-0533 6016 Zebulon Rd Macon | 478-474-5933 1762 Watson Blvd Warner Robins | 478-929-4941 215 Russell Parkway Warner Robins | 478-923-5335 nu-wayweiners.com An iconic Macon Restaurant featuring the famous red hotdog!

Established in 1916 by Greek American James Mallis, Nu-Way is one of the oldest hot dog restaurants in the United States.

The New York Times declared Nu-Way the “king of the slaw dog “hill”. B/L/D $ OCMULGEE BREWPUB 484 2nd St Macon | 478-254-2848 ocmulgeebrewpub.com Ocmulgee Brewpub offers the best curated brews using the finest grains, hops, and yeast. Delicious gourmet burgers, super food salads, and hand-cut fries. L/D/Bar $ PAPOULI’S MEDITERRANEAN CAFE & MARKET 121 Tom Hill Sr Blvd, Macon | 478-474-0204 papouliscafe.com Mediterranean restaurant with a casual atmosphere. Gyros, Pita Wraps, Greek Plates & More! Papouli’s Mediterranean Cafe & Market also offers a large selection of imported grocery & deli items. L/D $–$$

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PARISH ON CHERRY 580 Cherry St Macon | 478-257-7255 parishoncherry.com Cozy Cajun eatery in a rustic-chic setting dishing up classic Creole fare, such as ‘po boys & gumbo. Outdoor seating available. L/D/Bar $–$$

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PIEDMONT BREWERY & KITCHEN 450 3rd St Macon | 478-254-2337 piedmontbrewery.com Eclectic atmosphere with a menu featuring handcrafted beer and honest food. Family-friendly arcade and outdoor seating available. L/D $–$$ THE ROOKERY 543 Cherry St Macon | 478-746-8658 rookerymacon.com Legendary downtown eatery offering Southern rock & soul inspired burgers, sandwiches, fresh salads, shakes, daily features, and so much more! Soul Jazz Brunch on Saturdays!

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SHANE’S 1592 Forest Hill Road Macon | 478-474-6481 Breakfast served daily, delicious pulled pork bbq and wings smoked on premises, fried chicken, sandwiches, salads, pizza, and more! All served to go. B/L/D $

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Z BEANS 1635 Montpelier Avenue, Macon | 478-200-6136 311 Cotton Ave, Macon | 478-259-4348 zbeanscoffee.com Sandwiches, pastries, smoothies, teas, and freshly roasted coffee. Catering available. B/L $ 11thHourOnline.com 35

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America, the land of the free, the home of the brave... And a nation full of people with wildly conflicting opinions.

BO TALKS An Open Letter to All Americans

I must admit, I’m ready to stir the melting pot with this column.

It’s America’s birthday after all, and our first president George Washington couldn’t tell a lie-- so I’m not about to either! A lot of you folks have been making bold claims about one very specific, controversial issue that I’m fully prepared to dismantle. So buckle up, pilgrim, this horse and buggy ride is going to get bumpy!

Some say there is a right way and a wrong way to make and enjoy pizza. Some say that certain toppings “don’t belong.” Well, let me make my claim concisely and clearly for all to hear: There is room enough for all manner of toppings on a stretched and sauced disc of dough. Both salty and sweet can indeed live in perfect harmony, even after they are shoveled down a red-blooded American gullet toward the great belly of freedom.

Pineapple, my friends! Some say it found its way onto our pizzas from

across the ocean in Hawaii, while others claim it descended from our moose loving friends north of the border. The truth is irrelevant, as what matters is that it’s here now, and we have claimed it... Like we have claimed so many other foreign delights. The real truth is that cultural appropriation is as American as apple pie-- which in all actuality originated in the Netherlands.

Pizza itself may not have started in America, but we have stone baked it into our identity-- and since we put our stamp on it, it may as well have been ours all along. Just ask the moon! I’ve seen some of you rush to the side of celebrity chef (and general foul mouth), Gordon Ramsay, as he has been quoted as saying, “You don’t put f-----g pineapple on pizza!” But is that really who any real American patriot wants leading the charge?

Quite frankly, it reeks of theatrics, and if you think that redcoat wouldn’t sell you out for an extra crumpet, you better think again.

Personally, if we’re outsourcing our opinions to popular television food gurus, I’m riding into battle with UGA alumnus Mr. Alton

Brown, who clapped back at Ramsay’s comment like any rebellious son of liberty should, “I don’t want anyone saying what should and shouldn’t be on pizza.”

He even took to Twitter, invoking our nation’s storied history of manifest destiny, “If I want pineapple on my pizza, I’ll by God have it.” Amen, Brother Alton, amen.

By God, I’ll have it.

If you do happen to be one of those Hell’s Kitchen loyalist, pizza-piepurists who refuse such supposed culinary chicanery, that’s fine.

But I’ll be double damned if I’m going to sit here and watch you tell anyone else what they can and can’t do with their pizza. My pizza, my choice. This is America, where if you start telling us what to do with our food and drink, we’ll drown your tea in the nearest body of water.

These flavors don’t run.

William M. “Bo” Walker is a local writer and freedom loving citizen of the US of A.

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1. REQUIRED LISTENING

RED HEADED STRANGER BY WILLIE NELSON Stylistically, the Red Headed Stranger was the biggest middle finger Willie Nelson could’ve given to country music’s corporate establishment. A deal struck with Columbia Records allowed Nelson complete creative freedom, and for his bargain, he delivered an anti-Nashville concept album that followed the heartbreak and murderous rampage of the titular crimson-hued outlaw. No canned string arrangements, no multilayered vocal tracks, no wall of countrypolitan pomp to over-exploit the songs…

Just Willie and his dedicated regulars. The title track was originally recorded by Arthur Smith and his Cracker-Jacks (HTH, what?) and provided the inspiration for the tale that follows the stranger as he exacts his revenge on his cheating wife and her lover, develops a hard reputation, continues to kill, falls in love again, and ultimately finds redemption-if only in his own heart. Nelson’s choice to explore the story through his own compositions as well as those from other artists was initially met with criticism-- but songs like Fred Rose’s “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” have endured as signatures for Willie. The overall sound of RHS has also become a hallmark-- simple arrangements that focus on lyrics and vocal inflection with an austere and calculated instrumental accompaniment. The album is clean and uncluttered-- a record built for listening. Legend has it that Columbia thought the final mix of the album was a joke, and Nashville producers thought Willie had lost his mind. But the Red Headed Stranger hit shelves in May of 1975, rocketed to #1 on the Country charts, and struck certified gold in less than a year. Find a vinyl copy, pour yourself a sip or three of good liquor, and embrace those chills when the needle drops on the invocation, “It was the time of the preacher…”

2. WATCH THIS HISTORICAL ROASTS

Irreverence, thy name be Jeff Ross… The “Roastmaster General” returns to Netflix with a new series that applies his passion for insult comedy (he’s made it a science, really) towards some of history’s biggest icons while splashing around a bit of improv for flavor. The show features Ross in his natural role of insidious master of ceremonies while the “roastee”, a significant character from the past, is played by a special guest. The stakes are raised as other actors and comedians take on the role of curated “roasters”. In the first episode, Bob Saget’s Abraham Lincoln is lambasted by a panel that includes Natasha Leggero as Mary Todd Lincoln, Yamaneika Saunders as Harriet Tubman”, and John Stamos as John Wilkes Booth-- it’s difficult to know who steals the show but I submit Leggero for your approval. Throughout the series, Ross and company take aim at the absurdity of current affairs by mocking some of the darkest moments in American and world history. It’s low comedy from a high place that left me laughing tears of anger, embarrassment, and joy.

3. DRINK THIS

PLANTATION ORIGINAL DARK RUM I know what you’re thinking… “More rum? How’s this cat get anything done?” Well, it ain’t easy! I’m definitely inclined to suggestion, and after my last piece about Flor de Cana, somebody but a bottle of Plantation Original Dark Rum in front of me, and kids, I’m glad they did. The label is French but owns distilleries in the Caribbean. Plantation starts with a young Barbados rum and blends it with a more mature Jamaican rum- both fermented from molasses-- and then that gets a vacation in the South of France for a few months.

What you get is enough rough to let you know you’re up to something, but an overall smooth drinkin’ spirit.

It opens with an easy profile of fall flavors, cinnamon & cider, before coming up with a dark sweetness that finishes with what I appreciate as a Jamaican rum earthiness. I didn’t care for it straight with ice but mixed with soda and lime it was refreshing. After dinner with crushed ice and a Mexican Coca-cola? Perfect. Neat in a glass was just right too-- and for me, that’s the best way to enjoy any kind of liquor. This particular bottle runs about $20, and it’s certainly worth your time. I haven’t sampled any of Plantation’s higher end rums yet, but after our first introduction, I certainly aim to.

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SABU: SCARS, SILENCE, & SUPERGLUE Barbed wire, broken bones and tables, scars and steel folding chairs, fire, stitches, staples… And superglue.

I’ve been waiting on Sabu’s autobiography for years and couldn’t believe I missed the release back in March! As a kid, Terry Brunk idolized his uncle, The Sheik. After a near death experience convinced The Sheik that his nephew was tough enough to train, young Terry broke into pro wrestling the traditional way, slowly, one hold at a time. But when his uncle wasn’t looking (or so he thought), Terry began experimenting with the moves and madness that would define his career and change the trajectory of the industry forever. From his time performing between barbwire ropes in Japan and the early days of ECW to his brief sojourns in WCW and WWE, Sabu discusses his passion for wrestling, the ups & downs of his career, the people who helped him along the way, and in true hardcore fashion, the ones who didn’t. You can purchase the book directly from WOHW Publishing (wohw.com). I purchased the autographed version but was a bit sorry to learn that it was a bookplate (a sticker) that was signed, not the actual book. For casual readers, it might be a little tough to navigate. The narrative jumps around and gets broken up by recollections and writings from Sabu’s peers-- Rob Van Dam, Bill Alfonso, Raven, Taz, and more. The book itself also feels rushed at times with no sense of structure-- a second printing with another eye on the editing would be welcome. It ain’t perfect, but it’s real. Sabu’s admiration for his uncle and obvious love of professional wrestling define the book overall. I’ll toss into the universe that I wouldn’t mind if Sabu and ghostwriter Kenny Casanova collaborated on a Sheik biography… I might also advise that Scars, Silence, & Superglue is “for hardcore fans only”... But does Sabu have any other kind?

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AMERICANA NEWS, NOTIONS, AND NONSENSE Chris Shiflett’s Hard Lessons came out on 6/14, and if you haven’t picked it up yet-- well, whatcha waitin’ for? The Foo Fighter fires up the telecaster and rocks through 11 alt-country fried cuts including a dynamite duet with Elizabeth Cook...

Gov’t Mule’s concert film,

Bring On The Music – Live at The Capitol Theatre (no, not that one) was released on 6/28 with multiple Blu-ray/CD/ DVD/Vinyl configurations...

“This book shows you Dylan’s down-to-earth side. To me, he has always been Bobby Zimmerman and these are all Bobby Zimmerman stories. Bob Dylan is his commercial side. I wanted to show a totally different perspective on him than anyone has ever heard before.”

-Louis Kemp

Louis Kemp met Bob Dylan when they were kids at summer camp-- and the two have been friends ever since! Kemp’s memoir, Dylan and Me: 50 Years Of Adventures drops on 8/15…

I Put a Spell on You: The Bizarre Life of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins was

released on 7/2…

The Mavericks are in the midst of a 30th

Anniversary Tour that will roll through the Botanical Gardens in Gainesville, GA on 8/25…

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Following his Shoals Fest, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit will hold a 7-night residency at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville 10/18-10/26. Can’t get to any of those? So’kay, you can still pick up Isbell’s Live From the Ryman and look for re-issues of Here We Rest and Sirens of the Ditch…

Look for Room 41 from Paul Cauthen on 9/6.

The new album features co-writes with Ward Davis and Beau Bedford, and if you haven’t seen it, check out the lead single and music video, “Cocaine Country Dancing”. It’s a funky, hillbilly disco biscuit co-written and produced with Dallas-based musician Jason Burt…

Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman has a new book due out on 9/24. Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes is being billed as written by the band’s “voice of reason”...

Emily Scott Robinson will

be at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur on 9/8…

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JAMESTOWN REVIVAL / This Too Shall Pass / Jamestown Revival Recordings/ Thirty Tigers

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CHRISTONE KINGFISH INGRAM / Outside Of This Town / Alligator Records

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HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER / I Need A Teacher / Merge Records

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JADE BIRD / I Get No Joy / Glassnote Records

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JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE / Ain't Got No Money / New West Records

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JOSH RITTER / Old Black Magic / Pytheas Records/Thirty Tigers

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CHUCK MEAD / Big Bear In The Sky / Plowboy Records

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CALEXICO AND IRON & WINE / Father Mountain / Sub Pop Records

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WEDNESDAY 7/3 FRIENDS ON THE HILL (WARNER ROBINS) Dart League 7pm

ROCO’S BAR (BONAIRE) Karaoke w/ The Captain 9pm

JUST TAP'D Brain Blast Trivia 8pm

SUNDAY 7/7

ROCO’S BAR (BONAIRE) Live Music Happy Hour w/ The Captain 6pm

REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR Trivia 8pm

A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Big Mike (Blues) 3pm Karaoke 7:30pm

ROCO’S BAR (BONAIRE) Jim Jam Karaoke & Dance Party

REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR Sunday Fun Day 1pm

THURSDAY 7/4

TRAVIS JEAN EMPORIUM Live Music 12:30pm

CASHMAN’S PUB Adam Thompson 9pm

MONDAY 7/8

FRIENDS ON THE HILL Pool Tournament 10:30pm

FRIENDS ON THE HILL (WARNER ROBINS) Double Down Service Industry Night

JUST TAP'D Brain Blast Trivia 8pm

REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR Karaoke w/ DJ B3 7pm

ROCO’S BAR (BONAIRE) Independence Day Fundraiser

THE ROOKERY Trivia 7pm

FRIDAY 7/5 A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Karaoke w/ Jesse Jane 8pm-midnight REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR First Friday Freedom Party 8pm

FRIDAY 7/12 A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Karaoke with Jessie Jane 8pm-Midnight FRIENDS ON THE HILL (WARNER ROBINS) Beer Pong Tournament 10:30pm ROCO’S BAR (BONAIRE) Sean Solo 9pm

SATURDAY 7/13 TUESDAY 7/9 FRIENDS ON THE HILL (WARNER ROBINS) Trivia 8:30pm Karaoke w/ DJ B3 10pm

A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Kool Change 8pm Never A Cover

JUST TAP'D MACON Brain Blast Trivia 8pm ROCO’S BAR (BONAIRE) Service Industry Night

WEDNESDAY 7/10

ROCO’S BAR (BONAIRE) Jim Jam Karaoke & Dance Party 9pm

SATURDAY 7/6 A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Talking Monkeys 8pm Never A Cover CASHMAN’S PUB James Poe 9pm REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR Big Kids Brunch 1pm

FRIENDS ON THE HILL (WARNER ROBINS) Dart League 7pm REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR Trivia 8pm ROCO’S BAR (BONAIRE) Jim Jam Karaoke & Dance Party

THURSDAY 7/11

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OPEN JAMS & KARAOKE

SUNDAY 7/14

TUESDAY 7/16

A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Big Mike 3pm Karaoke 7:30pm

FRIENDS ON THE HILL (WARNER ROBINS) Trivia 8:30pm Karaoke w/ DJ B3 10pm

REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR Sunday Funday 1pm TRAVIS JEAN EMPORIUM Live Music 12:30pm

JUST TAP'D Brain Blast Trivia 8pm

WEDNESDAY 7/17

MONDAY

REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR Karaoke w/ DJ B3 7pm

TUESDAY

FRIENDS ON THE HILL (WARNER ROBINS) Karaoke w/ DJ B3 10pm

MONDAY 7/15 FRIENDS ON THE HILL (WARNER ROBINS) Double Down Service Industry Night REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR Karaoke w/ DJ B3 7pm THE ROOKERY Trivia 7pm

FRIENDS ON THE HILL (WARNER ROBINS) Dart League 7pm REBOOT RETROCADE & BAR Trivia 8pm ROCO’S BAR (BONAIRE) Jim Jam Karaoke & Dance Party

WEDNESDAY

ROCO’S BAR (BONAIRE) Jim Jam Karaoke & Dance Party 9pm

FRIDAY

A.P.'S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Karaoke w/ Jessie Jane 8pm AMPERSAND GUILD POETRY & SPOKEN WORD Every 2nd Friday 7pm $5 (Free for performers) AMPERSAND GUILD OPEN MIC NIGHT Every 3rd Friday 7pm $5 (Free for performers)

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A.P.’S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Karaoke 7:30pm ROCO’S BAR (BONAIRE) Karaoke w/ The Captain 9pm

SUNDAY

A.P.’S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Karaoke 7:30pm

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