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BUSINESS FEATURE

Noura Gordon Interview by Vincent Hobbs

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our childhood was filled with time spent at the original Pyramid Music at the Broad Street location, which your mom, Jephrey Gordon created as a spin-off of your Dad’s first store, Big G’s Platter Shop. Your dad, of course, is none other than Robert “Flash” Gordon.

Pyramid became a music store unlike any other in town. What was it like to grow up in such a creative environment?

It was educational and very cultural. The experience helped me to I really appreciate black culture more. Our music tells our story. It’s been an amazing ride and a blessing and I’ve had the opportunity to meet and work with some serious heavy hitters in the music industry.

What is the first major concert you attended?

The best? The worst? Share some memories with our readers.

The first concert I attended was when Luther Vandross came to Augusta. My sister Mona and I had never experienced sitting in an audience with Luther fans or fanatics. There were two ladies who screamed to get Luther’s attention literally throughout the entire concert. We honestly thought these women were possessed. As we got older, we now understand the effect Luther had on the ladies and we totally understand what the madness was all about. Now, we can look back and laugh at the experience.

The best show I attended is a tie between the reunion of A Tribe Called Quest at The Tabernacle in Atlanta and when Dave Chappelle came to the Bell in Augusta.

Tell us about your education and how it harmonizes with your role as a partner in a music retail enterprise.

I got my marketing degree from Bauder College in Atlanta and I learned that it’s all about strategy and the approach. I’ve grown up around many formats of music, including albums, cassettes, CDs and MP3s.

I’ve seen the cycle of them come alive, die and be

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resurrected. The MP3 is an exception. The music that people are listening to and feeling in the States is not quite the same as the mood across the globe. Teens and twenty-somethings here in the States are all over Chris Brown, August Alsina or Tinashe, while their counterparts in the UK or Japan are focused on discovering the catalog of Motown, Soul, Tamla and the Gordy label. Listeners are now looking for the music on vinyl. It’s not only crucial for me to keep my ears to the streets but I’m constantly researching what the scene is like in all corners of the world.

work from home. The budget to promote is not the same. The concept is there but we don’t get those show stops in Augusta like we used to. Most recently, we’ve had independent artists Sebastian Mikael, Avery Sunshine and Cece Peniston stop by to introduce or reintroduce themselves to the fans.

Some of the artists have to rely on social media sites like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to promote. It’s free and a mandatory tool to use right now if you want to stay relevant and communicate with fans in this digital age.

There are some strong opinions in the vinyl versus CDs versus MP3 downloads war. Pyramid has distinguished itself by having an extensive catalog of original vinyl and CDs available to customers worldwide. What trends are you seeing in customer preferences for buying music?

Right now there is a growth in doing limited edition cassette releases. September 27th, 2014 was “Cassette Store Day”. Like “Record Store Day”, it is a celebration at indie shops across the globe. If you go to cassettestoreday.com you will see the events and release parties for the US & UK. There is also a regional producer by the name of “BumbleBeeTheKid” who did a limited release on cassette. They all sold out and I didn’t even get my copy, and I’m really sad about that.

It’s crazy to some, to think that there is a demand for a cassette or even a cassette player but if you’re really all about the music then you’d understand.

Have you met any music artists that have made an unforgettable impression on you — positive or negative?

Common was the most gracious artist I’ve met.

He stayed for as long as he could, he showed mad love to the local and regional artists who stopped by to meet him and he really listened to them. He was thanking people for coming to his meet-and greet-and for supporting his music.

Record companies used to heavily promote their artists through personal appearances, autograph signings and other opportunities for fans to meet the artist in person. A stop by Pyramid Music was mandatory for any music performer playing at the JB Arena - back in the day. Has that concept basically vanished? If so, what changed?

Are music artists less concerned about their fan base now? Has technology played a role in this?

The record companies have changed. Many company reps do not even report to a local office, they

Now that you’ve taken over the reins as a partner in the family business, managing the downtown location, what sorts of innovative ideas are you utilizing to grow the business?

We are now doing pop-up shops across the country. We are taking the soul of Pyramid Music and More to places where we have a demand and see a lot of our out-of-state orders. After the tour of the states, we plan to take the pop-up shops overseas.

Social media is an aspect of business promotion that you have basically mastered. The spinning record on an Instagram video to give customers a little taste of an album is a classic, original promotion. Explain your approach.

Instagram has been a great way to reach music lovers. I also follow other independent shops, they follow me and we share ideas. We encourage and support each other. The hashtag is incredible! It keeps us connected to the people who #keepspinningrealmusic.

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Boots, bombs, Obama & the sins of the neocons

By Frederick Benjamin Sr. Urban Pro Weekly Political Analyst When it comes to making war, the pop adage “what have you done for me lately” rings out loud and clear.

America excels in the technology and the production of the engines of war, but it seems to lack wisdom when it comes to launching its foreign adventures in a manner that produces good outcomes.

Let’s see: Korea, a disaster; Vietnam, a disaster; Iraq 1 and 2, a disaster; Afghanistan, a disaster; Libya, a disaster; Somalia, a disaster; Yemen, a disaster; Pakistan, a disaster; Iraq 3, a disaster; Syria a disaster.

So now, as we speak, the tragedy that is being played out in the north Syria town of Kobani amplifies the idiocy of American war policy that has bungled its way through one crisis to another from Gaza to Lagos.

Too often, though, commentaries that begin the way this one has begun goes on to assign blame to one politi-

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cal party or another — one president or another — one ally or another — even one religion or another.

That’s not where I’m going. What I’m saying is that, maybe violence, whether it is used in the context of local police, local national guard units, the various branches of the military, whatever — maybe violence is not the answer.

America has a spiritual problem.

America has a moral problem. I think Martin Luther King Jr. had it right all along.

Let’s face it. Republicans don’t do war very well and Democrats don’t do much better.

Has Obama committed war crimes?

Has Bush committed war crimes?

That’s not for me to decide. However, once someone comes up with a good definition of war crimes or a good definition of torture or a good definition of international lawlessness — do the comparisons and then make the charge.

What you will find, once you do

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that analysis, is that the whole discussion takes on a different tone. Then it becomes a discussion of whose atrocities are more egregious and who was the blame.

Ultimately, the discussion will boil down to “we live in a bad neighborhood.” “They want to take our freedoms.” “We’re in a fight against evil.”

Have we not been hearing this from time immemorial?

Has the world ever tried peace?

Why not direct the world’s resources toward the battle against ignorance, poverty, disease and insanity?

Is there a chance that the world’s greatest problem is not material, but spiritual?

If, indeed, the greatest power on earth is thought, in the form of imagination, in the form of inspiration, in the form of love and caring, in the form of innovation, then why persist in the industry of fear and loathing?

Why on earth do we feel that the NSA, the CIA, FBI, the police chiefs, the generals and admirals and the

world’s billionaires know how to keep us safe?

The problems that beset the world start with the “man in the mirror,” so why not look there for the solutions to the world’s problems?

What is the difference between killing someone on the ground vs killing someone from 20,000 feet in the air?

Malcolm X made a statement upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy that the “chickens have come home to roost.”

That may or not have been the case, but one thing is sure — injustice to any one, is injustice to all.

Certainly, we are not all equal, but we are all one.

No army, no surveillance techniques, no police state, no security system is an antidote to fear.

Terrorists out to get you?

That’s just the fear flavor of the moment.

Don’t believe the hype.

Give peace a chance.

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Jazz Prof. boosts GRU’s ‘street cred’ by landing on cover of DOWNBEAT

By Frederick Benjamin UrbanProWeekly Staff Writer Wycliffe Gordon just may be better known outside of Augusta than within the Garden City. Well over 20 years ago, the jazz world became acquainted with his artistry during his stint with jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis while he was still a student at Florida A&M Unversity.

This month, Gordon graces the cover of Downbeat Magazine, perhaps one of the most storied publications in jazz history.

In the October edition of Downbeat (pictured on this spread) Gordon discusses his love for Louis Armstrong (Pops) and his views on jazz education.

“I’m honored to be given the recognition,” Gordon told UPW this week in Augusta.

“Wycliffe gives our program a boost in distinction,” Dr. Angela Morgan, chair of the GRU Music Department said. Morgan said that Gordon will be instrumental in the school’s efforts to launch a Jazz Studies program as well as a Commercial Music program.

“We’re hoping for a lot of growth.

Wycliffe is a great resource given his experience in the field,” Morgan said.

Gordon stays busy, but always likes to return to Augusta to relax. He is in great demand as a jazz educator and clinic performer. The fact that he is the Artist-in-Residence at Georgia Regents University means that he can spend some quality time in Augusta and still be working. Gordon’s growing fame and stature is a plus for Georgia Regents University’s music program.

The Downbeat honor is sure to attract more attention to their efforts. In fact,

“Jazz At The G” continues Nov. 8 “Jazz at the G,” a series of jazz concerts presented by GPB Augusta, in cooperation with the Georgia Regents University Music Department, Garden City Jazz, The Greater Augusta Arts Council, and the Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, is planning its second concert Saturday, Nov. 8.

The concert, featuring quietSTORM, with Tutu D’Vyne, Nice N Easy Jazz, and The GRU Student Jazz Ensemble, will begin at 6 p.m. at the D. Douglas Barnard Jr. Amphitheater on GRU’s Summerville campus.

Admission is free, but a $5 donation will be accepted. A portion of the proceeds will go to fund music scholarships for students in Wycliffe Gordon’s Jazz Studies Program at GRU. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, lawn chairs, and picnic baskets. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be moved to University Hall, Room 170.

The third installment of concert series is planned for Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Maxwell Theatre on GRU’s Summerville campus. It will

feature the GRU Jazz Ensemble in full concert. Admission is $5, and free for GRU students, faculty, and staff with a valid JagCard.

“These well organized and well attended events are an important part of the way our university is contributing to Augusta’s cultural tapestry,” GRU President Ricardo Azziz said..

The GRU Jazz Ensemble is a college course for credit as well as a music ensemble. Under the direction of Jazz Studies Director Rob Foster, the ensemble provides students with performance experience in a big band and/or combo setting. Wycliffe Gordon, jazz icon and GRU Music Department’s Artistin-Residence, is working with the Jazz Ensemble as well as teaching other courses.

Additional “Jazz At The G” concerts are being scheduled through spring 2015 at both the D. Douglas Barnard, Jr. Amphitheatre and Maxwell Theatre.

There is no charge to park on GRU’s Summerville campus for these events.

The campus is designated as a tobacco-free and alcohol-free zone.

I noticed that GRU has an ad in the current edition of the magazine.

The Downbeat piece written by Frank Alkyer hails Gordon as one of the “baddest trombonists on the planet.”

“Wherever Gordon goes, the shockand-awe of his chops draws a crowd of students—and fans of all ages. He’s frequently on the move, hitting the road for 250 to 275 nights a year,” Alkyer writes.

The Downbeat honor can’t be overstated. It is a testament to the world-class reputation of Gordon as a modern musician. The article captures Gordon’s love for teaching and explores the depths of his reverence for one of the jazz world’s most accomplished soloists.

Go online now to subscribe to the digital edition of Downbeat (downbeat.com) and read the entire article.

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11 UrbanProWeekly • OCTOBER 9 - 15, 2014 GRU student Maggie Brown keeps her hula hoop balanced during World Hoop Day on Saturday. World Hoop Day is an international event to promote world peace, encourage play and exercise among people of all ages and to raise funds to distribute free hoops to children worldwide as a cost-effective method of Hoop performers take the stage during World Hoop Day festivities at Pendleton getting exercise. Photo by Vincent Hobbs King Park on Saturday. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

World Hoops day benefits kids

By Vincent Hobbs If you happened to venture to Pendleton King Park on Saturday, you would have witnessed dozens of people of all ages twirling hula hoops around their waists, shoulders, necks and legs.

Many performed intricate balancing acts with the hoops. The casual passerby might have thought it was just folks having fun on a gorgeous, crisp fall day. The play aspect was certainly an important factor - but few would realize that people all over the world were doing the same thing on that day.

The first Saturday of October is designated as World Hoop Day, an international event to promote world peace, encourage play and exercise among people of all ages and to raise funds to distribute free hoops to children with limited resources worldwide as a cost-effective method of getting exercise.

According to Christina Berkshire, one of the

principal organizers of the Augusta event, over $1,000 dollars was raised through sponsors and participants and those funds will go to support World Hoop Day and the Augusta Partnership for Children.

“I am overwhelmed with the success of Augusta’s first World Hoop Day celebration,” Berkshire said.

“The Augusta hoop dance community has been growing in the last few years and it has been incredible to see what we can do when we come together to make a difference in the world.”

The event was also a showcase for hula hoop talent in the CSRA. Individual performers and teams took to the stage and dazzled the audience with acrobatic and dance moves utilizing hoops.

Aerial lyra hoop performer Melissa Ayala was encouraged by the opportunity to participate. “It’s always important for performers to display their talents and to be able to learn from each other.

That’s what makes us all better performers,” she said. “World Hoop Day was a great opportunity to open the craft of hooping to everyone, young and old.”

World Hoop Day expanded to over 125 locations on six continents for this year’s event and the celebration of community and giving involved a wide variety of World Hoop Day events. Through the act of giving, World Hoop Day Ambassadors have traveled to countries such as Jamaica, the Philippines, Dominican Republic, Mexico and cities in the US to give away hoops to children with limited resources to promote healthy, fun exercise.

The Augusta celebration included hoop workshops on dance and on the craft of hooping, as well as live bands, a raffle, and a silent auction. A “Hoop-a-Thon” featured four local hoop dancers who kept the hoop action going for five hours for sponsor donations.

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UPW FORUM POLICE BRUTALITY ALLEGED

Cell phone video captures police smashing window, using stun gun during traffic stop

By Quinn Ford Chicago Tribune A federal lawsuit accuses Hammond police of “malice” and “reckless indifference” when they smashed a car window and used a Taser on a passenger during a traffic stop last month.

But Hammond police, in a two-page rebuttal, said they resorted to force only after the passenger repeatedly refused to leave the car and kept reaching toward the back seat, prompting fears he may have had a weapon.

Neither the police statement nor the lawsuit say a gun was found in the car.

The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 24 when Lisa Mahone was pulled over as she drove with a friend, Jamal Jones, and her two children, 7 and 14, according to the lawsuit filed Monday in Indiana.

The officer told Mahone, 47, she was stopped for not wearing her seatbelt and asked for her driver’s license. The officer also asked to see Jones’ identification, according to both police and the lawsuit.

Mahone produced her license, but Jones told the officer he had been ticketed for not paying his insurance and did not have his license, the lawsuit states.

Jones claims the officer drew his gun “for no reason” after Jones retrieved the ticket from

his backpack and “offered the ticket to the officer.”

But police say Jones refused to hand over the ticket. “(Jones) refused to lower the window more than a small amount, then told the officer that ‘he was not going to do (the officer’s) job’ and for him to get a piece of paper,” police said in their statement. “The first officer then called for back-up after asking (Jones) several more times to provide his name.”

As the back-up officer arrived, “the first officer saw the passenger inside the vehicle drop his left hand behind the center console. .

Fearing for officer safety, the first officer ordered the passenger to show his hands and then repeatedly asked him to exit the vehicle,” according to the statement.

The lawsuit says Jones refused to leave the car “because he feared the officers would harm him.”

Around this time, Mahone shifted the car into gear and began moving until officers warned her that a “stop strip” had been placed in front of her car and would puncture her tires.

Mahone told the officers they were on the way to Stroger Hospital in Chicago to visit her sick mother. In a video recorded by Mahone’s 14-year-old son, she can be heard calling the Hammond police department

Video image of Jamal Jones, a passenger during a routine traffic stop moments before police officers smashed the car window dragged him out and tased him

to explain the situation.

“Just give me a ticket for no seatbelt so I can go to the hospital because the doctor called me to tell me to come in because my mom is about to pass away,” Mahone said as officers continued to ask Jones to get out of the car, according to the video.

One officer tells Jones if he does not step out of the car, they will “have to open the door for [him].” Jones nods and, after a few moments, one officer breaks the window with a club and uses a Taser on Jones, the video shows.

Officers pull Jones out of the car as Mahone’s 7-year-old daughter can be heard in the

backseat crying. The lawsuit says shards of glass hit the the girl and the boy in the back seat.

Police said the officers took the action “fearing the occupants of the vehicle may have possessed a weapon, and seeing the passenger repeatedly reach towards the rear seats of the vehicle.”

According to the lawsuit and the police statement, Jones was arrested and issued citations for resisting law enforcement and refusal to aid an officer. Mahone was cited for not wearing her seatbelt and was allowed to leave.

The lawsuit accuses Hammond police of excessive force, battery and false arrest, saying the officers’ actions “were taken intentionally with malice, willfulness, and reckless indifference to the rights and safety of plaintiffs.”

But police, in their statement, said officers “who make legal traffic stops are allowed to ask passengers inside of a stopped vehicle for identification and to request that they exit a stopped vehicle for the officer’s safety without a requirement of reasonable suspicion.

“When the passenger displayed movements inside of the stopped vehicle that included placing his hand in places where the officer could not see, officers’ concerns for their safety were heightened,” it added.

Hammond police said an officer also recorded the incident.

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“Recently I was notified by Emory University that they have a heart for me and the operation can take place in October of 2014. The doctor explained to me that the surgery will be cover under my insurance however, my insurance will only cover 50% of the medications needed after the surgery. This is why I am asking for your help. The medications

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The total cost of my medications is $10,000. I am asking for your help in raising $5,000.00 for medications. The Georgia Transplant Foundation has offered to donate $5,000.00 towards my medications on the bases that I pay the first $5,000.00. The deadline to turn in this money is October 2014. If I an unable to pay the

$5,000.00 for my medications before the surgery my window of opportunity closes and my time with my love ones is limited.”

Tomesha’s mother Mrs. Denise Berry Saunders is pleading with the public to assist her with raising funds to help pay for her post-surgery medications.

Commissioners Bill Fennoy and Ben Hasan have opened an account at Wells Fargo Bank to assist Tomesha. It is called the Tomesha Saunders Health Heart Fund.

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