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RASCALS TAVERN opened in July and has already made a name for itself. There are high tables and low ones, offering an intimate experience, or one to gather with friends after a long day... Although the liquor, wine and beer selection are impressive to a commoner and connoisseur, the food is the real reason to stop by. 10 I’ve watched JAN LUKENS stick to his goals for years despite the many twists and turns his career has taken. We were studying commercial art and advertising design in 1978 when he took a job as an art director for an ad agency. In 1980, after working for a few agencies, he began freelancing as a graphic designer and then as an illustrator... 11 Aside from a few scattered references to All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), World War I gets short shrift (again) in this compilation of essays about WAR FILMS. 12 Greensboro’s JOHANNA BREED asks a question in the title track of her debut EP. It’s a question that the singer said she’d been asking herself, and it’s one that she thinks a lot of people kick around. “Is it too late for me to try?” she sings on Is It Too Late? YES! WEEKLY
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THE RINALDIS will celebrate their new album “Rain In The Face” with a free show on Thursday at Studio 503 in Greensboro with Ryan Downing opening. The Rinaldis are not a Ramones situation: they’re a literal family band. At its core are a trio of siblings including Stacey, who sings (and spoke for the interview;) with Joseph and Robert on guitar and bass. 18 He’s not a mean one, this Mr. GRINCH. And that’s largely what cripples The Grinch, the latest and lamest adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic children’s book. 24 Chucking an ax while having a beer is a trend that has recently taken over the country, and soon, the Triad will get its very own ax-throwing bar. Michael Citro is the owner/ founder of TAP THAT AXE THROWING, and he credits his wife, Elaine, with coming up with the catchy name. 25 Day after day, WHITE HOUSE press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stands behind an all-too-familiar podium and proceeds to repeat, justify, and validate the lies that her boss has uttered in the past 24 hours.
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There’s a party going on Friday night at Deep Roots Market, and you’re all invited. Get in a festive spirit and sample wines from over 35 wineries along with a full spread of food from the deli while enjoying beautiful dulcimer holiday music from Larry Kirwan. At this year’s annual holiday wine event, there will be local vintage wines as well as co-op produced wines from as far away as Argentina. Deep Roots Market’s knowledgeable staff will be on hand to answer your questions and get you stocked up on reds, rosés and sparklings for your holiday parties and gifts. “Most people don’t need more stuff,” said general manager Nicole Villano. “Consumable gifts are the way to go. Who doesn’t love a bottle of wine or a basket of locally made products as a gift? There’s no better way to show your love and add fuel to the local food engine.” Expect case discounts and exclusive opportunities for bigger discounts when ordering during this event. While you are there, ask how Deep Roots Market can cater your holiday parties so you can relax and have fun. Their co-op chefs have been told they have the best hot bar in town with delicious, healthy dishes including tasty vegan options. Deep Roots Market is a full-service grocery store, but what sets them apart is that the Triad community democratically runs them. While ownership brings many benefits and discounts, you don’t have to be an owner to shop there or to take
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ew requirements come to mind when you imagine a tavern. Maybe it’s wooden panels covering the walls, high shelves peppered with liquor bottles, or the lingering smoky aroma that makes the space feel all the more nostalgic for somewhere you may
have never been. Rascals Tavern, located at 2270 Golden Gate Dr. in Greensboro, checks all of these boxes. Rascals opened in July and has already made a name for itself. There are high tables and low ones, offering an intimate experience, or one to gather with friends after a long day. Live music fills the space on Thursday through Saturday nights, and every day there is a $3 glass
of fresh, house-made sangria worthy of a weekend toast. The bar is where you’ll find the source of the smoky atmosphere. The smoke doesn’t come from cigars, but rather smoked cocktails, handcrafted and distinctly reminiscent of campfires on cold nights. Although the liquor, wine and beer selections are impressive to a commoner and connoisseur, the food is the real reason to stop by. Don’t expect snacks or “bar food” on the menu. Instead, Jessica Borgione, the mastermind and head chef of Rascals Tavern, features different chef specials every night, along with dishes that are inspired by her diverse culinary background. It was upsetting to have missed the chance to sit on the outdoor patio, under the golden lights during a summer sunset, but a November evening would have to do. Peyton, my boyfriend, and I took our seats at a table with fresh-cut flowers, under the wall of dart boards, and were given menus that offered dishes from Scotch eggs (hard-boiled eggs wrapped
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in sausage, topped with Dijon mustard mayo) to Cleveland Polish Boy sandwich (seared kielbasa, sauerkraut, hand-cut fries, house-made barbecue sauce and coleslaw). I questioned whether or not I was back in Pennsylvania for a moment, looking over a menu of a tavern my parents could have visited years ago but snapped back to reality when I saw fried green tomatoes and fresh deviled eggs under the appetizers. The soppressata stood out to us, which we were surprised to find out was homemade, that came sliced on a baguette, topped with olives, soft goat cheese, basil and a balsamic reduction. When it arrived at the table, we were amazed at the sheer amount of ingredients on the plate. There was no shortage of olives or goat cheese, and the white plate had been transformed into a piece of art with dizzying drizzles and pops of paprika. As much as I appreciated the toppings, with the soft goat cheese giving a creaminess to each bite, the baguette being fresh (always a plus), and the balsamic reduction giving a bite of sweet vinegar, the best part of the plate was its namesake — the soppressata. Its saltiness and savoriness were not overwhelming, and you almost forget that its distant cousin, pepperoni, exists in the same way. The slices of meat were thick enough to have substance and texture, and as much as I
love to use bread as a vehicle for cheese and carbs, you wanted a piece of the soppressata in every bite. Borgione’s artistic plating also featured Dijon mustard, which was a delicious pairing that begged for more, if you could find it. It was as if your favorite Italian deli sandwich and restaurant appetizer had a love child. The plate was (mostly) clean when it left the table. When deciding for our main dishes, Peyton and I were drawn to some of our other favorites to try, but we just couldn’t pass up the daily specials. Every time you visit Rascals, the plate you’re served could be the one, and only time it’s available. So get ‘em while it’s hot! Peyton settled on the beef brisket hash, which had slow-cooked, 10-hour beef brisket, macaroni and cheese, seared peppers, fried potatoes, fried greens, and came topped with a fried egg and mushroom cream sauce. I chose the pork butt plate, which came with a fried green tomato, fried asparagus, fried bleu cheese balls, garlic mashed potatoes, fried greens, a poached egg, and a blueberry bourbon reduction sauce. The slight shock factor hit us again when our plates arrived at the table. Peyton’s was served as a mound of food, with spiral pasta macaroni and cheese hidden underneath the chopped beef, surrounded by severed potatoes and topped with a thick-edged fried egg and bright sautéed greens.
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The meat was flavorful but not overseasoned, and the smokiness of the macaroni and cheese paired well with the fried egg, which was well-cooked and not too greasy or overdone. The dusting of paprika allowed for some extra flavor on the potatoes, which he enjoyed fried, despite preferring shredded or mashed. On the other side of the table, my plate was the exact opposite. The common theme was sweet rather than savory, and there were blueberries purposefully in several parts of the dish. The base was the garlic mashed potatoes, layered with the fried green tomato and fried bleu cheese balls, topped with the sliced pork butt and an oozing poached egg. This was one big step out of my comfort zone, but I like to think Borgione wanted it that way. Every bite was different. I really enjoyed the pairing of the blueberry compote with the mashed potatoes and the savoriness of the pork. It was a pleasant reminder that sweet fruit could go well with meat when done correctly. The blueberries also weren’t reduced to a syrup, they still had structure and offered small bursts of flavor throughout. The fried green tomato and fried bleu cheese balls were wellbreaded and fried, but I found their presence to be a little unnecessary as there were so many other flavors happening on the plate. I enjoyed the bites that paired the sautéed greens with the poached WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
egg’s savory presence and getting a few bites of the broken fried breading here and there. The asparagus was good but probably didn’t need to be fried along with the other ingredients. Overall, we both found that with so many flavors and components, it was difficult to decipher between what we enjoyed and what didn’t need to be included. Each of the plates had so much to offer within each of their added components that certain parts were steaming, and others were barely warm. We agreed that if there were fewer ingredients in each, the time and detail could have been put into the selected ingredients rather than the variety of them, and would take the plates to an even more impressive level. If you’re looking for a nostalgic tavern, a friendly bar, or just some incredible American food that combines regions, cultures and more, Rascals is the place to be. But just be aware that the tab adds up quickly, as the dishes have higher-end prices and spirits are the same. Brunch is offered all day on Sundays, the porch is pet-friendly, and the food is fresh (both literally and figuratively). At Rascals, you’ll want to get lost in the sauce. ! JENNIFER ZELESKI is a student contributor to YES! Weekly. She is originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Communications at High Point University.
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’ve watched Jan Lukens stick to his goals for years despite the many twists and turns his career has taken. We were studying commercial art and advertising design in Terry Rader 1978 when he took a job as an art director for an ad agency. In Contributor 1980, after working for a few agencies, he began freelancing as a graphic designer and then as an illustrator until 1992 when he left advertising after feeling burned out. Lukens had an idea that people who owned horses would be interested in paintings of their horses. He called a dressage trainer who referred him to Parker Minshin, who not only invited him to her stables but also helped him select, groom and pose horses for his reference photography. “That was my first break, back in 1992,” Lukens said. “I did several spec paintings, framed them, printed up business cards and became a horse show vendor.” Yet, he left his first two shows in Blowing Rock and Asheville with no commissions. When Lukens visited his friend, Pattie Harris Boden, an art director who rode hunters (a type of horse in competitive horseback riding), she noted that few horse painters could paint people as well as he did and suggested he paint a girl with a horse. Minshin was happy to have him paint her 12-year-old daughter, Jennifer, with her hunter. This painting landed him three commissions at a Raleigh horse show and a new client, Joanne Boyd.
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Lukens recalled the day he photographed Boyd with her horse, “she liked my work and said if I came to Birmingham, Alabama, she’d throw a cocktail party and invite her equestrian friends.” Three months later, Lukens left that party with 13 portrait commissions. “That’s when I realized I could make a career out of this,” he said. “I owe my success in equestrian portraiture to a handful of generous, influential people who just wanted to help me succeed. Parker and Joanne were the first.” He added, “I enjoyed the equestrian community, painting portraits, and being outside with the horses. My new career really suited me.” In 1999, he realized a 20-year dream to acquire classical art training when he moved to Old Lyme, Connecticut, to study at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. After two years of full-time study, he moved to New York to study at the National Academy of Design. “I took the train into the city, moved into my apartment and attended my first class,” Lukens recounted. “The next day was Sept. 11, 2001. We watched from my building roof in horror as the towers burned. It took me 20 years to get to New York, and I felt if I didn’t go to class, the terrorists would win. Out of 30 students and an instructor, only one other student and the model showed up. We drew in silence. I spent the next day in Central and Riverside Parks, where I found crowds of grieving people seeking community. Despite the incredibly difficult start to my time in New York, the two years
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(Above) Jan Lukens with 2 of his horse paintings. (At left) Master copy of Velazquez painting by Jan Lukens. I lived there were the most influential of my career.” Lukens had his most successful show ever in March 2008. He moved back to Greensboro that May to help his sister with his aging parents. Lukens shared that after 16 successful years in equestrian portraiture and staying booked for six months in advance, he received his last commission in June. He started 2009 with no business lined up due to an oppressive recession. He struggled to resurrect his equine portraiture business but said it was too inconsistent to support him. In 2011, Lukens made a lateral career move with an exhibition of traditional equine paintings and cityscapes at the High Point Furniture Market. His girlfriend, Sallie White, an interior designer and painter loved the exhibition but felt the paintings would be difficult to place in her client’s homes. She suggested that he paint large-scale, tightly cropped canvases of horses in muted tones. Lukens loved the idea and immediately started his “Big Horse” series. His first gallery, Dog & Horse Fine Art Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina, sold his first three paintings within two weeks of delivery. Lukens shared that after 34 years of doing commissioned paintings exclusively, a new career was born.
Today, Lukens has gallery representation in New York, Charleston and Atlanta. He said he supplements his gallery sales with painting commissions from his previous clients and social media followers. He recently received the largest commission of his career, a 60-by-78 inch painting of Revolution Mill, where his studio has been for the past two years. Where will he go next? “My primary reason for being in Greensboro is my mother, who is 93,” he said. “At some point, I’d love to travel the world for a year, starting with the great cities and art museums of Europe. Having a career as an artist has been a blessing. It’s a lifelong quest to improve and share. I’m happy to be doing the best work of my career.” ! TERRY RADER is a writer, poet and songwriter. She is formerly an ad agency pro creative director, branding strategist and Earth Harmony columnist. She’s a storyteller on a mission to promote creative people, grassroots, sustainability and underground happenings in our community while she pet/home sits and writes her personal stories, songs, poems, and nature essays.
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A history of war films THE PHILOSOPHY OF WAR FILMS. Edited by David LaRocca. Published by University Press of Kentucky. 538 pages. $30 retail.
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Aside from a few scattered references to All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), World War I gets short shrift (again) in this compilation of essays
about war films. Nevertheless, this self-explanatory volume, which represents another fine effort from University Press of Kentucky’s series of film books, is well-assembled by editor LaRocca and neatly divided into four distinct – and distinctive — categories: “The Aesthetics of War On-screen,” “War as Condition of Self-Formation and Self-Dissolution,” “Ethical Tribulations of War,” and “War, Nature, and the Absolute.” Each author of each essay provides a detailed analysis of the symbolism, historical accuracy (or lack thereof), and themes explored in the films they discuss. Occasionally their observations are long-winded, but for the most part, are conveyed with clarity and keen observation. It should be noted that some great war films, although historical in a basic respect – because the respective conflicts actually took place – are not necessarily factual. Oliver Stone’s Platoon (1986), for example, is based on his own experiences in Vietnam, but the basic narrative is fictional. On the other hand, Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July (1989) is based on an actual character (Ron Kovic) and is more rooted in historical reality. That said, both films are widely – and rightfully – considered among the best films ever made about the Vietnam War, winning Stone the Best Director Oscar both times. Likewise, Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (2008) – for which she won a Best Director Oscar (the first given to a woman) presents a fictional (although informed) story set during the Iraq War, while of her WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
subsequent Zero Dark Thirty (2012) – which depicts the pursuit of Osama bin Laden – it could be said has history on its side. Does that diminish, enhance, or somehow compromise either film’s impact or does it matter if the film works on its own terms? Andrew Fiala’s essay General Patton and Private Ryan (“The Conflicting Reality of War and Films About War”) address that very issue, neatly comparing and contrasting Franklin J. Schaffner’s Patton (1970) with Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan (1998). (Once again, both directors took home Academy Awards.) Garry L. Halberg’s Apocalypse Within (“The War Epic as Crisis of Self-Identity”) examines Francis Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979), which used a Vietnam setting as the backdrop for a latter-day retelling (or reinterpretation) of Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” I know several people who consider Apocalypse Now one of the great movies, but I’ve also known Vietnam veterans – we miss you, Larry Offner — who considered it nothing short of a travesty, an evisceration of the Vietnam War for its own dramatic purposes. Each opinion contradicts the other, but both are valid. An especially good contribution is Robert Pippin’s Vernacular Metaphysics (“On Terrence’s Malick’s The Thin Red Line”) – one of two chapters devoted to Malick’s 1998 adaptation of James Jones’s best-selling novel – in which the author, an avowed Malick admirer, not only conveys what he likes about the movie but also conveys precisely, which remarkable insight, what the film’s detractors (including yours truly) dislike about it. It was almost enough to make me want to revisit the film. Almost, but not quite. Maybe I’ll just re-read that chapter instead.
A history of the Great War PERSHING’S TANKERS: PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF THE AEF TANK CORPS IN WORLD WAR I. Edited by Lawrence M. Kaplan. Published by University Press of Kentucky. 312 pages. $50 retail. In light of Veterans Day and the 100th
anniversary of the end of World War I, this wellrendered and comprehensive account of the heroic exploits of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) under the command of Gen. John J. Pershing during the first World War. Expertly distilling a combination of interviews and first-hand reminiscences (some previously published elsewhere), private correspondence, and official reports – combined with maps, photographs, and authentic military charts – Pershing’s Tankers is a thorough chronicle of America’s involvement in World War I. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Pershing refused to integrate American troops into pre-existing British and French units – hence the AEF, which would proceed as its own individual entity. Interestingly enough, just when the AEF was at top strength, the armistice was signed and World War I ended. They were, in a sense, all revved up with no place to go. This did not please Pershing, who wanted to keep rolling right into Germany
to force an unconditional surrender. As a result, more than 3,500 American troops were killed on the last day of the war – after the armistice was signed. Pershing would assume the position of General of the Armies of the United States, which had been created specifically for him, and even mulled a run for the White House, but it’s one of those tantalizing “what-ifs” that still fascinates. Had Germany been compelled to surrender unconditionally, would that have somehow prevented the Third Reich from rising so rapidly? Pershing’s Tankers is less concerned with what might have been than what was, and is no less effective or absorbing as a result. For devotees of military history, it is clearly an ideal gift this holiday season. − For more information about either of these titles, visit the official University Press of Kentucky website is kentuckypress.com. ! See MARK BURGER’s reviews of current movies on Burgervideo.com. © 2018, Mark Burger.
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on her vocal cords. She had to practice an extreme regimen of vocal rest for several months, being virtually silent, leading up to what she expected to be surgery. But the weeks of near silence seemed to solve her problem. Rather than having her vocal cords operated on, based on a doctor’s recommendation, Breed continued to take it very easy on her voice. Which wasn’t the most natural thing for her personality type. “I’m very much an extrovert,” Breed said. “I was trying to kind of become this zen person.” She got to the point where she couldn’t bear to go see live music because the experience left her feeling like she wanted to make music so much herself that she couldn’t properly enjoy it as an audience member. But eventually, she gravitated back to singing. Over the years, as she’s worked as a backup singer on other people’s projects and performed at open mics, Breed, 32, has learned to manage her voice. The music that she’s made on her debut EP, with the help of Greensborobased producer and performer Quilla, is subdued in its way. It’s mostly sparsely layered vocals, sparse beats, sparse piano and organ and other effects. There’s plenty of space and breathing room inside the songs. Some of the tracks bring to mind artists such as Prince, Tuneyards or Natalie Merchant, or you might hear a connection to Amy Winehouse, Beck or D’Angelo. This is music that’s steeped in the past, but it’s working to replicate music of bygone eras. Breed is more interested synth-based futuristic explorations loosely rooted in tradition than in wax-museum retro throwbacks. Tinkering with the materials at hand is a way of finding your place as you move forward. And that’s a theme that comes through in the music, too. MENTION THIS AD & “There’s no way for me RECEIVE 10% OFF! to learn the nature of my world until I mess it up,” sings Breed on “Misplaced Love.” Breed’s EP project has PAINT CENTER been funded in part by a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Originally from Maine, Breed said she has extended family and friends throughout Great Painter Referral Program! New England who have Residential· Commercial· Industrial been supportive of her 414 S. Fayetteville St.· Asheboro, NC 27203· 336.625.4336 reensboro’s Johanna Breed asks a question in the title track of her debut EP. It’s a question that the singer said she’d been asking herself, John Adamian and it’s one that @johnradamian she thinks a lot of people kick around. “Is it too late for me Contributor to try?” she sings on Is It Too Late? Breed will celebrate the release of her EP at a show at the Crown at the Carolina Theater in Greensboro. The EP just came out last week, and I spoke with Breed earlier this week after a rehearsal for the show. With minimalist neo-soul production, gospel-tinged piano, layered vocal harmonies, fingersnap backbeats and a warmth to Breed’s singing, the record has a slinky exuberance. It’s a mellow futurefunk statement of optimism and uplift. Back to that question posed in the title track. It’s not like Breed hadn’t been putting in effort before. It’s not as if she had been phoning it in. Breed did have to put her aspirations as a singer on hold for a time though. The title relates to pursuing a dream after you had maybe set it aside for a time. In her days as a college athlete and a singer in musical theater productions at Guilford College, Breed had realized that her vocals were more strained than they should have been. “I didn’t know how to fix it,” Breed said. Eventually, a doctor used fiber optic technology to get images of Breed’s larynx and concluded that she had cysts
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music-making efforts. The singer said she hadn’t really done very many shows around town, and she didn’t have a very strong social media presence, so the success of the campaign has been a gratifying surprise. Is It Too Late? was recorded mostly by Breed, with the help of Quilla and a few of Breed’s friends. But this release-celebration show will involve a larger band. “I’ve never performed with this many people before, but I’ve always wanted to,” Breed said. To answer the question she poses for herself, Breed is obviously engaged in trying and succeeding. Breed said she’s relentlessly upbeat. She likes to jokingly explore the outer limits of good cheer, to see how far a pervasive positive attitude can take you before running into some wall. Following her own wisdom of youcan-do-it energy, Breed said she’s ready to jump into the writing and recording of another record, one that she hopes to have completed and ready for release by summer of next year. As with her balancing of soul funda-
mentals with a willingness to take the music into some uncharted new place that mixes analog and digital, Breed also likes to blend a mix of lighthearted and humorous riffs into music that is based on the idea of inspiring positive action in people’s lives. You can hear it in the slightly warped synth bass sounds, the lip-popping percussion, the bottomscraping low-end, or just the playful way that parts drop in and out of the mix, like the sonic equivalent of a photobomb. “It’s important to me that I don’t take my music too seriously,” she said, “because I don’t take myself too seriously.” ! JOHN ADAMIAN lives in Winston-Salem, and his writing has appeared in Wired, The Believer, Relix, Arthur, Modern Farmer, the Hartford Courant and numerous other publications.
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Reign of The Rinaldis The Rinaldis will celebrate their new album “Rain In The Face” with a free show on Thursday at Studio 503 in Greensboro with Ryan Downing opening. The Rinaldis are Katei Cranford not a Ramones situation: they’re a Contributing literal family band. At its core are a trio columnist of siblings including Stacey, who sings (and spoke for the interview) with Joseph and Robert on guitar and bass. They’ve spent a few years cementing what it means to be both sibling and bandmate. They’re not an Osmonds sort of band. They grew-up independently and came together as a band in adulthood. “Some people are maybe born natural performers,” Stacey Rinaldi said. “But most of us go through a lot of awkward growing pains and terrible haircuts and cringe-worthy wardrobe choices.” Their second album sees the family exiting that awkward stage, honing focus from their days as “the Flying Circus.” “We seem to be morphing more into our true selves,” she added. “Nothing flashy or forced. Just The Rinaldis out here doing Rinaldi things.” Those “Rinaldi things” for Stacey carry influences from Ella Fitzgerald and Patsy Cline. Her smoky vocals lend their tastes to classics such as Tom Waits and newer rockers Parquet Courts. “We like weird people,” she said, “Some of our favorite bangers are by Hall & Oates, Jackie Wilson, Talking Heads, and LCD Soundsystem.” Spicing things up is new drummer, Chris Vargas. “He’s a great fit for us,” Stacey noted. “He brings a new energy and somehow puts up with all the Rinaldi. We’re excited to see how we evolve together.” “Rain In The Face” features even more of the Rinaldi clan, their dad appears on a few tracks, as does a horn section from folks in Corporate Fandango and Harrison Ford Mustang. Even more special guests are slated for the show. “I’m just so proud of how it all came together,” she said regarding the record and release. “This new album still carries pieces of our first album, but also leads us in a new direction,” Stacey explained. “It’s very much rock and soul whereas Old Hat had WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
a little pop-rock here and a little folk-rock there. It’s a fitting sophomore album.” With a few years under their belt as a band, The Rinaldis carry their development from the record to the stage. “I think we’re moving more and having more fun during shows,” she said. “It’s truly a journey of learning self-confidence, letting go and being brave and trying new things.” And on that journey, tensions naturally arise. “We’ve definitely become a lot more patient with each other,” Stacey said of the band’s interpersonal progress. It’s still, after all, a family affair. ”At some point,
you just realize: we love each other, and we’re all here just trying to make this awesome thing together.” In both families and bands, siblings have their roles to play. ”You can’t just show up and play and crush beers when that work needs to be done,” she said. “Joe has taken on a lot of the administrative demands in our band.” Organizing does seem to be her brother’s bag. Joseph was the driving force behind their Jabberwalk concert series and continues to run “Bang Night” on Mondays at M’Coul’s Public House, where he’s often joined by Ryan Downing, who
will open-up the release show. “Ryan is a rare, beautiful butterfly that somehow fluttered his way into our clogged hearts,” Stacey beamed. “He’s constantly creating weird, unsettling art and he looks fantastic in a wig. We don’t know his plans for Thursday, but we can’t wait.” As for the upcoming show space, “we heard about Studio 503 from some friends that have recorded there, and thought it’d be perfect for a big album party,” she said. “I love being on the ground with the crowd. The energy is just so in your face; you can’t help but all groove together.“ As for the future, “We’re gonna keep grinding and try to get it out to as many people as we can,” Stacey said.” I keep trying to tag Sheetz and PBR in our posts; they’re our dream sponsors.” Beyond that, the band expresses gratitude for those who’ve got them this far. “Thank you to our supporters,” she said, ”especially anyone who’s contributed to make this new album a reality. We love you guys!” ! KATEI CRANFORD is a Triad music nerd who sends love to all the music families out there—especially to her boogie-woogie grams, Thelma Lamb. She also hosts a radio show, the Tuesday Tour Report, on WUAG 103.1fm.
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LITTLE BROTHER BREWING
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OVENS AUDITORIUM
2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.ovensauditorium.com Nov 24: Straight No Chaser Nov 25: Martina McBride Dec 2: Ghost Dec 11: Celtic Thunder Dec 15: The Beach Boys
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CMCU AMPHITHEATRE former Uptown Amphitheatre 820 Hamilton St | 704.549.5555 www.livenation.com
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1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970 www.fillmorecharlottenc.com Nov 14: Dawes Nov 14: H.E.R. Nov 15: Tank Nov 16: Mayday Parade Nov 16: Day 26 Nov 17: Doyle Nov 18: Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers Nov 20: Seven Lions Nov 20: Atmosphere Nov 21: The Story So Far Nov 21: Derez DeShon Nov 23: 3OH!3 & Emo Nite Nov 23: Zoso - A Tribute to Led Zeppelin Nov 24: Playboi Carti Nov 24: Sun-Dried Vibes Nov 24: Me and My Migos ft. DJ Chewy Nov 25: Fonseca Nov 26: The Internet Nov 28: King Lil G & Rittz Nov 29: Brett Young Nov 29: Leela James Nov 30: Circa Survive Dec 3: Bastille Dec 5: Moe. Dec 9: Robert Glasper Dec 9: State Property
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1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com Dec 1: Chris Young w/ Dan + Shay, Morgan Evans, & Dee Jay Silver Dec 12: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
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310 S Greene St | 336.333.2605 www.carolinatheatre.com Nov 17: Johanna Breed Dec 7: Newberry & Verch Dec 8: Beatlesque - A Tribute to the Beatles
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HIGH POINT THEATRE
220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com Nov 27: Sons of Serendip Nov 30: The Manhattan Transfer Dec 1: Peter Noone Dec 4: John Berry
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The Grinch: Lean, green, and not to be seen
BY MATT BRUNSON
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e’s not a mean one, this Mr. Grinch. And that’s largely what cripples The Grinch ( ), the latest and lamest adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic children’s book. Illumination Entertainment, which previously performed a hate crime on the Seuss canon with the odious 2012 adaptation of The Lorax, now returns with another cacophonous rendition that completely misses the charm and sly simplicity of the source material. Obviously, it doesn’t compare to the 1966 T.V. classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas, but it doesn’t even measure up to the muchmaligned 2000 live-action adaptation, which at least benefitted from a bravura turn by Jim Carrey. This new picture offers Benedict Cumberbatch, and he should have been the perfect Grinch/narrator, perhaps even competing favorably with the masterful Boris Karloff, who was pluperfect in the ’66 version. But hold on. In this latest version, Pharrell Williams handles the role of the narrator, and he’s perfectly pleasant but also aggressively dull. As for Cumberbatch, handed the role of the Grinch, he has elected to chuck out his British accent and tackle the part with a flat American inflection. It’s a disastrous decision, further stripping this Grinch of any personality. Those expecting to hear a variation on Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holmes might be startled to learn that they’re instead hearing what’s doubtless a varia-
tion on Will Ferrell’s upcoming Sherlock Holmes. The basic story remains the same, as the Christmas-hating Grinch elects to make life miserable for the residents of Whoville, all of whom love the Yuletide season. But because the brief narrative found in Seuss’ text and in the ’66 version needs to be stretched into feature length, the filmmakers have elected to offer a tired backstory to demonstrate what
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made our not-so-jolly green protagonist loathe Christmas to such a fanatical degree (no, it’s not because of daddy issues, but good guess!). The expanded length also requires that we spend more time with the Whoville citizens than would be deemed healthy – over the course of the picture, we find ourselves siding with the Grinch more than with the joy germs populating this insufferable burg, surely not the angle anyone sought.
The Grinch is loud, garish, and clumsy, but what ultimately sinks the picture is its interpretation of its title character. Frankly, he’s never nasty enough, taking time out to (among other niceties) dote on his faithful canine companion Max and grow misty-eyed over distant memories. You’re most assuredly not a mean one, Mr. Grinch. Mildly aggravated is probably the best we can muster. !
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ot directed by Miller Lucky Jr., takes a humorous and poignant look at Alzheimer’s disease and its effect on a middle-class Philadelphia family. Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in America. African-Americans are twice more likely to have the disease than Caucasian counterparts and there is no cure. Dot the hit new play by Colman Domingo, confronts these realities of Alzheimer’s with humor, dignity and love. The holidays are always a wild family affair at the Shealy house. But this year, Dotty and her three grown children gather with more than exchanging presents on their minds. Dotty struggles to hold on to her memory as Alzheimer’s begins to take its toll and managing her illness has fallen like a ton of bricks on the shoulders of her daughter, Shelly. This twisted and hilarious new play grapples unflinchingly with
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aging parents and the children who must fight to balance care for their mother and care for themselves. Performance Dates and Times: Thursday, Nov. 29 @ 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30 @ 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 @ 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2 @ 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Location: Paul Robeson Theatre on the campus of NC A&T State University Cost: Adults - $17 Senior Citizens & Non-A&T Students - $11 Children 12 & under - $6 A&T Students – Free with Aggie One Card For tickets call 336.334.7749 or visit www.ncataggies.com. For Group Rates call 336.334.7519 !
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With the advent of driverless cars, new questions are being raised about a wide range of potential traffic situations. One example: What happens when police pull Chuck Shepherd over an autonomous vehicle? According to The Washington Post, the company whose cars are now zipping around Phoenix is one car-length ahead of us: Alphabet’s Waymo cars (Chrysler Pacifica minivans) will use “sensors to identify police or emergency vehicles by detecting their appearance, their sirens and their emergency lights,” the company’s “Emergency Response Guide” explains. “The Waymo vehicle is designed to pull over and stop when it finds a safe place to do so.” Next, the car will unlock its doors and roll down its windows, allowing the police officer to communicate with a remote support team. The company will even send a human representative to the scene if necessary. So relax and enjoy the ride. Hal will take care of you.
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Kids at Pierre Part Primary school in Pierre Part, Louisiana, thought they knew what to expect during Red Ribbon Week, an annual alcohol awareness program, but a school administrator threw them a curveball, reported WBRZ-TV. Rachel Turley, 49, assistant principal at the school, was on her way to work on Oct. 29 when other motorists reported that she was driving dangerously on Highway 70. Officers caught up with her at the school and took her to a police substation, where they determined her blood alcohol content was .224, nearly three times the legal limit of .08. She was charged with DWI and careless operation. “The fact that she chose to do this on the Monday of Red Ribbon Week is a slap in the face,” commented Niki Lacoste, grandparent of a Pierre Part student.
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A homeowner in Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, received an unsettling phone call from a neighbor on Oct. 16, saying there were two strangers in her house. The door had been left unlocked so a neighbor could walk the dog, CTVNews reported, and police expected to find that the home had been “cleaned out,” said Nova Scotia
Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesperson Cpl. Dal Hutchinson. Instead, the two women inside the house had cleaned UP — they were employees of a cleaning company and had gone to the wrong address. They left without realizing their mistake. Hutchinson praised the neighbor for being so observant and noted the silver lining: The house was cleaned for free.
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In Italy, an unnamed 48-year-old woman was ordered to pay $1,000 in late October after failing to peacefully settle a two-year dispute with her mother. The daughter, a vegan, threatened her mother with stabbing after the mother prepared Bolognese meat sauce. The daughter told the court she had long avoided sensory and olfactory contact with animal products before moving back in with her mother, but the Telegraph reports, there had been an escalation of aggression between the two women, and apparently the longsimmering sauce was the last straw. “If you won’t stop on your own then I’ll make you stop,” the March 2016 complaint quoted the daughter saying as she grabbed a knife. “Quit making ragu, or I’ll stab you in the stomach.”
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Steven Carroll, 61, and his brother, Michael, 57, had been trying to solve the mystery of their dad’s disappearance since 1961, when George Carroll “went out and just never came back,” as their mother, Dorothy, explained it to them. Michael bought the family’s Lake Grove, New York, house in the 1980s from Dorothy, who died in 1998. Over the years paranormal investigators and psychics have sensed an “energy” in the home, and radar indicated there was something about 5 feet below the basement. A few months ago, Michael’s grown sons began digging, and on Oct. 30, they unearthed human bones. Now, according to Newsday, dental records and DNA will be used to determine if the bones belong to George Carroll, a process Suffolk County Chief of Detectives Gerard Gigante says could take months. !
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It’s such a funny fucking trajectory,” said comedian, actress, author and NPR regular Paula Poundstone on the phone last Thursday. We weren’t talking Ian McDowell about her career, but that of Lord BuckethContributor ead, the “Intergalactic Space Lord” who embarrassed Theresa May in the last U.K. election, and whose fiendish black-gloved grasp Poundstone spent eight weeks fleeing from in the sweaty North Carolina summer of 1984. You may have heard of His Lordship if you’re a fan of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The man (or alien) whom Oliver memorably described as looking “like Darth Vader fucked an Amazon Echo” first ran for parliament against Margaret Thatcher in 1987, despite being a fictional character created three years earlier for a low-budget American movie. Britain has a longstanding tradition of bizarre candidates from satirical political parties (the most famous example is musician/politician Screaming Lord Sutch of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party). Perhaps due to American unfamiliarity with the tradition (before 2016, U.S. national elections rarely included joke candidates), Lord Buckethead’s British career went largely unnoticed here until last year. But although he made his biggest impression (so far) in U.K. politics, he was actually “born” in Shelby, North Carolina. In 1987, U.K. distributor Mike Lee, whose label VIPCO had been prosecuted nearly to bankruptcy for such “video nasties” as Driller Killer and Zombie Flesh Eaters, acquired the much milder U.S. import Hyperspace. Shot at Shelby’s Earl Owensby Studios in the summer of 1984, Hyperspace was a microbudget Star Wars spoof written and directed by Todd Durham. A USC graduate whose Wikipedia page lists Neil Simon as one of his professors, Durham would receive a “story by” credit on the 2012 animated hit Hotel Transylvania and “characters created by” on subsequent installments in the franchise, but IMDB.com lists no director or screenplay credits for him after three films shot in Shelby in 1984. In Hyperspace, which distributor Lee YES! WEEKLY
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retitled Gremloids, an evil space lord looking like Darth Vader with a twofoot-high bucket-shaped helmet (and unnamed until the final credits), crashes in a small North Carolina town, where he mistakes a cashier played by 24-year-old Paula Poundstone for the rebel princess he’s been pursuing. A clip of Buckethead commanding his Jawa-like minions to pursue Poundstone and co-star Alan Marx through an Ingles supermarket in flying shopping carts can be viewed on YouTube. According to “Lord Buckethead – The Whole Story,” a June 14, 2017, article at the website The Reprobate, Lee realized that, even with the £500 deposit required to stand for the election, dressing as Lord Buckethead and running for parliament would be cheap publicity for the retitled (and barely released) U.S. film. Lord Buckethead ran against John Major in 1992, but his greatest popularity (or infamy) yet was achieved last year, with Mike Lee no longer in the costume. Various articles claim that the identity of the man now wearing the bucket-shaped helmet is unknown. That’s a polite fiction (or perhaps laziness), as the parliamentary official who recorded the votes listed the candidate’s real name as Jonathan David Harvey. Regardless of who’s under the helmet, 2017 was His Lordship’s most auspicious year to date. That’s when Theresa May called for an early “snap” general election in hopes of securing a conservative majority before Brexit negotiations. This electoral gamble backfired, returning a hung parliament and weakening the U.K.’s negotiation position just as Brexit talks were scheduled to begin. May managed to win re-election,
and includes “the abolition of Lords (exbut in the words of John Oliver, “even that cept me),” the “Nationalisation of Adele,” came with some humiliation.” lowering the minimum voting age to 16 It’s traditional in British politics for all but capping it at 80, and the admonition candidates to stand together on the stage to “stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia and when the results are announced. Lord start buying lasers from Lord Buckethead.” Buckethead didn’t win, but by getting (It can be read at his official website www. 274 votes in May’s home constituency of buckethead4maidenhead.com.) Maidenhead, his largest showing Since appearing on HBO, Lord to date, he earned his place beside Buckethead was widely covered her. Photos and videos of May’s in the international press, but disgruntled expression went viral, with little mention of his origin and were summed up by John Oliver in North Carolina’s Western Piedwhen he quipped, “Oh, you can roll mont. To explain how that hapyour eyes all you want, Theresa, pened requires explaining Earl but your evening just found a Owensby, the former marine way to get a lot worse.” and friend of Elvis whom Noting the difficulties as Esquire magazine called “A Brexit negotiations loomed, Very Minor Movie Mogul” Oliver suggested “your only and whose IMDB bio dubs real chance here is to utilize him “the redneck Roger the element of surprise” by Corman.” The devoutly sending “someone there’s Christian Owensby, a no way they would expect” mountain-born moonas the U.K. negotiator. shiner’s son who grew “Someone bold, someone up near Shelby, made unafraid to call it how it his first fortune is, someone with a firm selling power tools leather-clad grasp of before the success the issues, someone of the 1973 “redwith a bucket list of neck revenge” demands and an honclassic Walking est, slightly muffled Tall inspired him voice. That’s right, to try his hand at I’m talking about the Illustration by Ian McDowell producing and starintergalactic space lord ring in movies for the himself.” At which point, Southern drive-in circuit to the delight of his audience, he that once extended from Virginia to Texas. introduced Lord Buckethead as a surprise Shot for $500,000 to $1 million, E.O. (for guest. (The entire episode is on YouTube.) Earl Owensby) Productions were rarely His Lordship’s manifesto promises shown domestically outside Dixie (except “strong, not entirely stable, leadership”
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Lord Buckethead stood against Theresa May in the 2017 U.K. general election some Chicago and Detroit neighborhoods with significant amounts of white Southern transplants). Due to favorable foreign deals, they made most of their profits internationally. During the ‘80s vogue for cheaply-made 3D movies, several E.O. Productions made it into national U.S. multiplex chains due to the technical expertise of Phil Smoot, the UNCG graduate and Triad-based filmmaker who helped plan the UNCSA School of Filmmaking and was 3D camera operator on the film that spawned Lord Buckethead. Which brings us back to Paula Poundstone. Along with supporting actor Chris Elliott (with whom she shared no scenes), hers is one of the two biggest names to come out of any E.O. Production. She told me she didn’t realize that’s what it was when she auditioned in Los Angeles. “I never knew if Todd tricked me into believing that I was auditioning for a Universal film, or if my managers knew, or if everybody thought I would know automatically, and that they had just borrowed this office at Universal,” she said in our phone conversation last Thursday. As she remembers it, nobody ever told her there was no connection between the L.A. studio and the Shelby one. “Maybe everyone thought that was obvious and I should have known, but I never did until after maybe a week or so of running through the woods in North Carolina. Maybe I was trying not to know, like Trump still doesn’t know he lost last night.” She elaborated by explaining that, when a person doesn’t want to believe something, “you stick with it as long as you possibly can, and perhaps that was my approach.” She said that she first became aware WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
that the character she’d spent those weeks fleeing had somehow entered British politics when a friend called from London to say he’d seen a familiar costume in a parade, and that the character seemed to be “a cult thing” there. She said she thought this was weird and funny, but didn’t think anything more about it for years. “And then one night during one of those Theresa May elections, I come back to the hotel from working, and I put on goofy stupid Twitter, and there in the Trending thing is this Lord Buckethead, and I’m like ‘Naaaaaaah.’ And I clicked on it and saw his picture and I thought ‘that is too fucking funny.’ At which point, I wrote a tweet about how I had named the character.” In response, she said that Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!, on which Poundstone is a regular, “tweeted back and asked why didn’t he know that about me, and I was like, you never asked! He asked me a whole bunch of dumb shit questions, but he never asked me that one. I didn’t keep it from people!” At another point in the interview, she said “I invented Lord Buckethead,” but quickly clarified by explaining she meant the name rather than the character. “They allowed me to improvise here and there, and although I didn’t do anything particularly genius, I did say ‘you come in here with a bucket on your head,’ and after that, we all just started calling him Buckethead.” She said she never actually saw the film until it came out on DVD, illustrated by the British poster riffing on the one the Brothers Hildebrandt did for Star Wars, with
Lord Buckethead looming over a voluptuous space princess resembling Jennifer Connelly. “Oh man, my kids fucking roared over the cover of the DVD! Because it’s so clearly not me. They didn’t even do the thing where they put my head on somebody else’s body. It’s like they didn’t want an image of Paula Poundstone anywhere near this cover!” I didn’t tell her that, among reviews of the DVD at Letterboxd.com that praise Poundstone’s “easy gangly charm” as well as Todd Durham’s script (but compare the special effects to ‘70s Doctor Who), one claims it “fulfilled my lifelong dream of seeing Paula Poundstone chained to a wall while wearing skimpy underwear.” If the late Carrie Fisher could read that, our greatest space princess might wince in posthumous sympathy. Poundstone spoke very highly of the film’s first assistant director Mark Hannah, calling him a good friend whom she’s not seen in far too long, and of Robin Bloodworth, the young actor who was the first person to ever wear the Lord Buckethead costume by costume designer Anne H. Kinney. The film’s IMDB main page mistakenly credits the role to Robin’s father, Robert Bloodworth. The elder Bloodworth, who performed at the Fort Bragg Playhouse at around the same time my father acted there, had been in other Earl Owensby Productions, but had nothing to do with this one beyond telling his 19-year-old 6’4” son that E.O. was looking for a very tall actor to play a Darth Vader-type villain. In a gracious phone conversation in which Robin Bloodworth, now an Atlantabased actor, gave me many great quotations I don’t have room to use, he spoke very fondly of Poundstone, and recalled the time the late Robin Williams, an early supporter of her career, called her in the studio dormitory in which they lived for eight weeks, and then sent an enormous box of snacks, including gourmet popcorn (something neither Bloodworth nor Poundstone had ever heard of before) that she shared with the entire crew. He also said he wished he could find the cartoon she drew of him with flies buzzing around Lord Buckethead’s helmet. Poundstone told me she vividly recalled those flies, as well as a host of other insects. “Lots of great big bugs. They always seemed to have a scientific term for them which made me not comforted when they said ‘oh, don’t worry about that bug,’ because they seemed to call them all the same thing even when they looked completely different. I said ‘I’m not sure that’s real science you’re quoting at me.’” She said that, other than the heat and insects, she has “nothing but pleasant memories of the experience,” although she
added that, when she got back to L.A., she told friends she’d just spent eight weeks running through the woods. “There’s a tremendous amount of footage of me carrying that vacuum cleaner in sweaty hot, humid North Carolina conditions. I finally turned to Todd at one point and said, you know you better get this because I’m not running across that fucking field again.” Writer/director Todd Durham proved harder to contact than Poundstone or Bloodworth. Shortly before this article was due, he responded to my queries, apologizing for his own deadline crunch that allowed only a brief reply. He offered to share photos from the set and give me a quote for publication if I send him my completed article before publication. I replied I couldn’t do that, but sent him Poundstone’s comments about arriving on the set thinking it was a Universal production, and how she contributed to the character’s name. He responded with the following statement, asking that it be included in its entirety. “Of the incomplete article that you asked me to verify before publication, I can confirm with certainty that there are many false statements in it with regard to the hiring of Paula Poundstone and her participation in my micro-budget movie; furthermore, to be specific regarding the origin of the name of the Darth Vaderparody-character I created, the words ‘trashcan-head’ and ‘bucket-head’ came out of our improvisation with her during rehearsal since we were using a trash can as a prop, leading me to name the character ‘Lord Buckethead.’ I have nothing but the highest opinion of Paula, who is one of the funniest people I know. And yes, I have been involved to some extent with all of His Lordship’s political activities since 1987 and there are more in the works, but that is classified.” What I actually sent him was not so much an “incomplete article” as two statements by Poundstone, who readily acknowledged they are subject to the vagaries of memory after 34 years. Readers may note that Durham’s account of how Lord Buckethead got that name do not greatly contradict Poundstone’s. He offered no correction of the “falsehoods” he claimed are in her account of her hiring, indicating that, due to his own deadline crunch, this would be his only comment on the subject. He concluded by thanking me for my interest and wishing me well. Clearly, the world, and perhaps the universe, shall hear of Lord Buckethead again. ! IAN MCDOWELL is the author of two published novels, numerous anthologized short stories, and a whole lot of nonfiction and journalism, some of which he’s proud of and none of which he’s ashamed of. NOVEMBER 14-20, 2018
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Tap That Axe and throw one back Chucking an ax while having a beer is a trend that has recently taken over the country, and soon, the Triad will get its very own axthrowing bar. Michael Citro is the owner/ founder of Katie Murawski Tap That Axe Throwing, and he credits his wife, Elaine, with Editor coming up with the catchy name. Citro has never owned a bar, but he is the owner of a cell phone repair shop and is an entrepreneur who has owned other businesses in the past. Citro first went to an ax-throwing bar in Ohio last summer while he was visiting the area. He describes ax throwing as “fun, exciting and thrilling.” Inspired by the business model, he wanted to bring this “cutting edge” concept back home to the Triad. Citro said he is always looking for something fun, exciting and new to do and that was one of his motivators in starting this business. “When I heard this and saw that it was becoming popular, and I saw that it wasn’t really in the local area, I thought that it would be a great idea.” Citro moved to North Carolina from Miami about 18 years ago. He said in Miami, there is always something to do, but in the Triad, there are not that many options. “Here, to me, it seems like everyone likes to go out to eat and there are a ton of restaurants,” he said. “As far as activities, there doesn’t seem to be much.” Citro said since ax throwing is an indoor sport, it is an attraction that people can enjoy year-round. So far, he has secured a
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building located at the Village Square shopping center in Clemmons right off of Interstate 40 and Lewisville Clemmons Road. “It is right next door to a place called the Village Square Tap House, which is a very popular bar in the area,” he said. “So I think it will complement each other well.” Citro said he chose the Clemmons
location because he could not find space big enough in Winston-Salem. He said he stumbled upon a building located at 6000 Meadowbrook Mall Ct. #12 in Clemmons by chance and it ended up being the perfect fit. “It is a place you can throw axes with a bar is how I like to describe it,” he said. “It really won’t be the place where you would go in, sit at the bar, have a beer and leave. The bar is more for the patrons of the ax throwing.” Citro said he plans to have 16 targets or eight ranges, where each range has two targets. He said with the extra space, there is potential to add on more ranges. Citro said that the throwing axes are about the size of a hatchet, and regulated by an affiliation (in which Tap That Axe Throwing is apart of) called the World Axe Throwing League. According to the website www.worldaxethrowingleague.com/axe-throwingrules/, the size of the throwing ax is a minimum one foot long with a maximum of 4 ¾ -inch blade weighing in at 2 pounds. For safety reasons, there will be no liquor served at the bar, only be beer and
wine selections (with as many local selections as he can), fountain drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages. He said that people would have to sign a waiver upon entering and before throwing as well. “Our main concern is safety,” he said. “So we are going to have [staff members] train on safety 100 percent. The people that come to participate will be brought up to speed on how to do it and all the safety procedures that go along with it. Each throwing range will have an ‘axpert,’ that does a couple things. For one, they maintain safety within their range, help with any questions and keep score.” Citro assures that “it would be really difficult for things to get out of hand,” because of all the safety precautions that he plans to take when he opens. He said that anyone who is visibly intoxicated would not be allowed to throw axes. “It is more like a refreshment thing,” he said of the bar. “Like I said, you are not coming in to get plastered.” Citro said there would be ax-throwing tournaments, leagues and special events when he opens Tap That Axe in January 2019. “I would call it a competitive indoor sport,” he said of ax throwing. “I am so excited to see the different walks of life come in to try it. From what I can tell from
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the Facebook response, women are more interested in it than men.” He said on the Tap That Axe Throwing Facebook page, (which has over 800 likes) he has noticed that more women are engaging and interacting with this concept. He said he foresees women starting their own leagues up when he opens. “I am not saying that women are the only ones that need this, but it is also like a stress relief-type [activity],” he said. “You get aggravated and stressed; you want to take it out. So you might as well go throw something sharp at a piece of wood, have fun while you are doing it, and have a drink.” Citro said the venue could be rented out as well for special events. Another aspect of ax throwing that Citro wants to cover, is the potential it has for retreats and collaborative activities for employees of corporations and companies. “They can hold learning and development type things, almost like a venue,” he said. “Host it there, and everybody comes and does whatever business they have to do and learn what they need to learn. And then after work, use the ax throwing as a team building exercise.” Citro said Tap That Axe would be an environment for groups, and each lane is set up to host six people per party. He encourages folks to come in groups and said walk-ins with a party of two would be matched up with two to four others to make a group. He believes this will cultivate a community and bring people closer together. “For one it is not going to be boring just between you and your friend throwing WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
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Day after day, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stands behind an all-toofamiliar podium and proceeds to repeat, justify, and validate the lies that her boss has uttered in the Jim Longworth past 24 hours. In doing so, she occasionally makes up new lies of Longworth her own. Sanders is a disgrace to the jourat Large nalism profession, but worse, she is an enabler for a man who, according to New York Times fact checkers, has told over 6,000 lies since taking office. Like Trump, Sanders continually dodges questions posed to her from the White House press corps, then berates reporters who dare to demand an actual answer. She is rude, arrogant, and seemingly shameless in performing her duties as the presidential shill. Last week, Sanders hit an all-time low. On the day following our midterm elections, President Trump held a press conference where he continued to brag about his victory the night before. Sure, Democrats took back control of the Congress and made huge gains in state legislative races, yet somehow the “Emperor With No Clothes” believed he had won. CNN’s Jim Acosta, who has covered the White House for over five years, stood to ask Trump about the fear-mongering T.V. ads that the president had aired which were meant to energize Republican voters. Trump dodged the question, changed the subject, then cut Acosta off. However, the CNN reporter stood his ground and refused to surrender his hand-held microphone in hopes of pressuring the president into giving an honest response. A female White House intern then tried to grab the mic from Acosta, and Jim momentarily moved it out of her reach, before acquiescing. Trump called Acosta a terrible person, then moved on. Later that night, Acosta showed up at the White House gates to do a live shot for Anderson Cooper’s program, only to have secret service demand that he surrender his press credentials. Sanders, obviously acting on orders from His Majesty, had revoked Acosta’s privileges and the veteran correspondent was denied access to the White House. Why? According to Sanders, it was because Acosta had assaulted the female intern by “placing his hand on her.” The problem is that there was no assault. There
was no grabbing, no groping, no screaming or cursing. Acosta’s only crime was trying to get the president of the United States to answer a question that he didn’t want to answer. The assault charge was merely a smokescreen lie that Sanders made up to deflect from her boss’s bad temper, inability to communicate honestly, and his vengeful nature. Many correspondents and other witnesses came forward to refute Sanders’s claim, while the actual video showed that Acosta had no physical contact with the intern. Never mind the truth, this was vintage behavior from the tag team of Trump and Sanders. If someone disagrees with you or challenges you, to tell the truth, you simply attack their character by spreading a false narrative. For what it’s worth, I’m no fan of Jim Acosta. The man is arrogant, rude, obnoxious, self-absorbed, and disrespectful to the office of the presidency. In fact, if I were in Trump’s place, I would have revoked Acosta’s credentials long ago. However, this isn’t about an overly aggressive T.V. reporter. It’s about an abuse of power, which is likely to continue for at least another two years. So what should the news media do? After all, they have to cover and report on our Commander in Chief, don’t they? Not necessarily. A free press is essential to our democracy, but that doesn’t mean the news media has to tolerate being lied to and berated every day. Yes, transparency is expected from the executive branch, but if the truth is never forthcoming, then why give coverage to the falsehoods? Donald Trump is the worst kind of narcissist, and he thrives on attention, so my advice to the press corps is, just stop covering him. Don’t videotape him in meetings where his cabinet heaps rehearsed praise upon him. Don’t interview him or any of his staff, and don’t publish any information emanating from the White House. Try the boycott for six months, and I’ll bet that Trump comes completely unglued. Why? Because our president is like a spoiled 5-year-old at the playground who demands that we look at him every time he soars high on the swings, or successfully teeters on the totter. If we ignore him, he will probably throw a tantrum until he tires himself out, then he’ll eventually give up and go home. I don’t think impeachment will ever drive Donald Trump from office, but ignoring him might. ! JIM LONGWORTH is the host of “Triad Today,” airing on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. on ABC45 (cable channel 7) and Sundays at 11 a.m. on WMYV (cable channel 15).
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[AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) An unexpected demand for settlement of an old loan could create some pre-holiday anxiety. But you might not really owe it. Check your records thoroughly before remitting payment.
[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You can expect to have to do a lot of work through midweek. Devote the rest of the week to checking your holiday plans in case some need to be adjusted to accommodate changes.
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[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Try to avoid signing on the dotted line in the early part of the week. You need time to study issues that weren’t fully explored. Later in the week might be more favorable for decision-making.
[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A project benefits from your organizational skills that get it up and running. Your success leaves a highly favorable impression. Don’t be surprised if you get some positive feedback soon.
[SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A new development could snarl travel schedules or other holiday-linked projects. Some flexibility might be called for to deal with the problems before they get too far out of hand.
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[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Restarting those creative projects you had set aside for a while will help provide a much-needed soothing balance to your hectic life. Besides, it will be like meeting old friends again.
[CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A shift in planning direction might help you speed up your progress toward achieving that long-planned goal. Trusted colleagues are ready to offer some valuable support.
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falls on a spectrum from outgoingness to seeing social events as a form of torture that should have been banned by the Geneva Conventions. Researchers find that women across cultures — whether rating their own personality or being rated by others — consistently come out higher than men in one of these personality domains: “agreeableness.” This is a “nice girl/nice guy” personality trait that plays out in kindness, generosity, warmth and a strong motivation to have positive interactions with others. It makes sense that women — on average, smaller and weaker than men — would be higher in agreeableness. Psychologist Joyce Benenson, who researches sex differences from infancy on, believes that women’s tendency to default to polite acquiescence in the face of conflict is an evolved tactic to reduce their chances of being physically harmed. As a woman, it’s likely you’re a high scorer in the agreeableness department. However, as anthropologist Jerome Barkow points out, “biology is destiny only if we ignore it.” Recognizing your propensity to be “nice” allows you to preplan to act in your best interest — have prepared answers for creative pursuers like this guy. For example: 1. You’re not ready to date. 2. You’re happy to take a phone call to see whether there might be a business opportunity. This should help you separate potentially lucrative business propositions from tarted-up versions of “There’s a very important meeting you simply must attend...in my pants.”
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