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July 11, 2013

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For the third year, celebrate fruits and vegetables grown and artisan foods made within 100 miles of Chattanooga with Harvested Here Week, running July12-19 at more than 25 local restaurants. Organized, as al-ways, by the good folks at Gaining Ground, anything in season will be featured on the menus of 212 Market, Alleia, Back Inn Cafe, Blacksmith's Bistro & Bar, Cafe on the Corner, Community Pie,

Easy Bistro & Bar, Elemental, Enzo's Market, Famous Nater's World Famous, Flying Squirrel, Good Dog, Lupi's, Milk & Honey, Public House, St. John's Meet-ing Place, St. John's, Sushi Nabe, Taco Mamacita, Terra Nostra Tapas & Wine, TerraMae Ap-plachian Bistro, The Blue Plate, Broad Street Grille, Tony's Pasta Shop & Trattoria, Urban Stack and Whole Foods.

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TATTOO CONVENTION

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Attention, all body modifica-tion enthusiasts: The first annual Chattanooga Tattoo Convention is almost here! The event, which is being held at the Chattanooga Convention Center, takes place July 12-14. Admission is $20 a day, or the entire weekend for $35. Kids younger than age 12 are admitted free. (It’s never too early to begin planning your first piece…after all, it will be with you forever).

The convention will feature talented artists from top studios across the nation, as well as sever-al local studios, including Rite of Passage (Market Street) and Ink Expressions (Ringgold Road). Visiting shops include Ambition Tattoo from Knoxville, Black Heart Tattoo from Ohio, Re-demption Ink and Now or Never from Georgia, Electric Hand Tat-toos from Nashville, Forbidden Color Tattoo from North Caro-lina, Capital City Tattoo from Montgomery, and dozens more. Visit chattanoogatattoo.com for the full list.

In addition to all of the amaz-ing artists, attendees will also be able to take full advantage of ven-dors and tattoo seminars. If you have unique ink you’d like to show off, $10 is all it takes to enter your piece into more than ten different competitions, such as Best Sleeve Arm/Leg, Best American Tradi-tional, Best Back Piece, and Best

C o l o r Realism to name a few. First through third place prizes will be award-ed for each cat- egory. There will also be a free Tattoo of the Day contest each day of the con-vention.

As if that isn’t enough, check out the various shows on each day of the event —including a human suspension show.

For more information, visit the website listed above, or call (865) 208-1623.

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CA & NC BAT WATCH

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Bats get a totally bad rap. Far from being interested in nesting in your hair or turning you into Dracula, they are a very impor-tant part of the eco-system, and one that is very much in need of protection.

There’s been a lot w r i t t e n recently, for ex-a m p l e , a b o u t t h e danger to bat popula-t i o n s ( i n -c lud -i n g those

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see), of white-nose syndrome, which scientists are trying to discover the causes of so

t h e y can combat it.Find out firsthand about these

fascinating flying mammals at the Chattanooga Arboretum & Nature Center’s Bat Watch on Friday, July 12. Bat-watchers will meet at CA&NC for an in-formative power point presenta-tion about bats, then car caravan to the Nickajack Cave, home to more than 60,000 endangered bats. After a short walk to the viewing platform, watchers will observe that as the sun sets, the tiny gray bats wing their way out of the cave to feed on insects. You’ll need a flashlight and com-fortable walking shoes. This is a very popular program and space is limited, so bat-ter up! Pre-registration and prepayment are required.

Bat Watch, 7:15 pm to 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 12. Seniors and kids (ages 4-11) $4 and adults $9 for members; seniors and kids $7 and adults $12 for nonmem-bers. Call 821-1160, ext. 0 to reg-ister.

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Anyone who’s paid any attention to the events of the last 50 years knows that J. Ed-gar Hoover spied on pretty much everyone, mostly (though not always) with the full cooperation of the various presidents he served under.

And where were all these outraged people when the “Patriot Act” was being pushed through Congress, granting vari-ous agencies permission to tap phones and read emails? (May I also point out that any-one who is on Facebook lives in Fantasyl-and if you think that you have any privacy left?)

During the years right after 9/11, I was making nearly daily personal calls to Lon-don. We would often hear odds clickings and other noises during these calls—more than the usual long-distance static.

“Hi, Dick, how’s the family?” I would sometimes interrupt my conversation to inquire, on the assumption that Dick Cheney’s minions were very likely listening in.

As someone who has been involved in what used to be referred to as “the coun-terculture” since I was 14, I am way used to being spied on. In my early youth, as an organizer of the “Ms. California Counter Pageant,” a successful attempt to persuade my home town of Santa Cruz to boot the utterly sexist Miss California Pageant out of its smug annual visit, we looked up from the march and saw the cameras poking out of office blinds above the street. Later, the local alt-weekly ran a picture of a telephoto lens at one of those windows, fully justify-ing any paranoia we may have felt.

After a lifetime of marches, battles with huge corporations, and generally engaging in “subversive activities,” including work-ing for this publication, I am well aware I have an extensive file somewhere in FBI archives.

But so, it’s entirely possible, do you.A petition just started by Daniel Ells-

berg (and no, I am not explaining who he is), states: “In 1975, Senator Frank Church, who led a committee charged with inves-tigating and making public the abuses of American intelligence agencies, spoke of the National Security Agency in these terms:

"’I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that this agency and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision, so that we never cross over that abyss. That is the abyss from which there is no return.’

“The dangerous prospect of which he warned was that America's intelligence-gathering capability—which is today be-yond any comparison with what existed in his pre-digital era—‘at any time could

be turned around on the American people and no American would have any privacy left.’”

Ellsberg points out that that time is now here. Yet I continue to be amazed at the people who, apparently, simply do not care.

I do. I acknowledge that steps must be taken to ensure that nations are "safe.” There actually are people, groups and countries that are constantly planning at-tacks of one kind or another. And as far as Edward Snowden himself is concerned, I am very much on the fence about the way in which he released his information and the way he’s conducted himself since.

But—Americans have been sliding down a slippery slope of giving up privacy rights

for so many years that way too many of us simply assume we don’t have the right to have those rights. Who has the right to col-lect this information and why? With whom are they sharing it? What type of activity inspires extended information collection? These are questions we have the right to ask, and the right to say no to if the answers are vague or dismissive.

If you have ever signed an “activist” pe-tition, been in a civil-rights march or en-gaged in environmental activism, you, like me, are probably on file. Find out what’s in it by going to getmyfile.com and print out letters requesting—nay, demanding—your files.

I’ll be right there with you.

Lessons from a Lifetime of ‘Smile, You’re On File’Though by nature an incurable optimist, it’s with a cynical smile that I

observe the hand wringing and outcry over the Edward Snowden revela-tions that—gasp—our government is spying on us.

As breaking news, that is right up there with Washington crossing the Dela-ware.

“’Hi, Dick, how’s the family?’ I would sometimes interrupt my conversation to inquire, on the assumption that Dick Cheney’s minions were very likely listening in.

JANIS HASHE


ARE YOU A UNIqUE SNOWFLAKE who needs an equally unique pet to fit your per-sonality? Is a dog or a cat too “normal” for you? Then you might want to look into own-ing an exotic pet. In all shapes and sizes, from fairly common birds and gerbils to more extravagant creatures like Degus, Uro-mastyx and Bearded Dragons—there’s some-thing out there for everyone. They’re more in demand now than ever before—but for your sake, and the sake of the animal you choose,

be sure you know what you are getting your-self into.

I talked to a few local exotic pet owners to find out what drew them towards exotics, what life is like with them and what they like most about them. For Kris Van Dyke, owning a pig named Bootleg is basically like having a child.

“It’s amazing how much we miss that pig when we’re gone…we really love her,” said Van Dyke. “If you’re thinking about having a

kid and you’re on the fence to know whether you could take care of them or not, get a pig—it really is the closest thing to having a child that I could imagine.”

UTC student Megan Jackson owns an al-bino hedgehog named Rosie, and says she loves her individuality. “She has a really big personality for a small animal. She runs around and likes to cuddle, and aside from the spikes, she’s really sweet.”

Snake owner Juney Shober thought snakes

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were interesting and wanted to branch out. “I have always been fascinated with the way [snakes] move and interact with the world, probably because it is so different from the way we do. I have and have had cats and dogs my whole life, so I decided to try something new.” Shober adds, “[My snake] is fascinating to watch…[and] I re-alize I may be alone on this, but I think he is cute!”

While owning a less than or-dinary pet can be fun, it comes with its own set of challenges. Dr. Shannon Dawkins, a veterinarian, operator of Claws & Paws Mobile Veterinary Service, and exotic pet owner herself, explains, “The hus-bandry and nutrition in exotics is a lot different than for a dog and a cat.” For example, rather than just simply buying a bag of cat or dog food at a grocery store, getting the proper nutrition for an exotic requires an effort. Many exotics need a variety of foods for their proper diet.

“With most exotics—my birds for instance—there are some pel-leted diets out there but they need to be supplemented with a lot of fresh food,” said Dawkins. “It can take a lot of effort, especially with reptiles that eat vegetables and insects. They need diversity with their insects, not just crickets, and then they need diversity in their vegetables as well, and that’s a lot of work to do every single day.”

Keeping exotics in the proper enclosures and conditions can be a challenge as well. “Most reptiles, as heterotherms, need more heat during the day than the average furry creature, so they sometimes require ultraviolet light sources,” said Dr. Chris Keller of the Chat-tanooga Aquarium. “Each indi-vidual species of reptile requires some knowledge of their natural history in the wild and some guid-ance with their captive husbandry. In other words, you need to know where they come from and what it’s like there before you make that jump to purchasing an animal.”

Added Dr. Dawkins, “If [the temperature] or humidity is off, you can start to see fungal infec-tions, bacterial infections—they’re predisposed to those because of in-correct temperature and humidity. I see things like pathologic frac-tures in reptiles because they’re not actually getting true sunlight, and then they’re not getting an ar-tificial UVB light to allow them to

store the calcium and vitamin D. It’s something that could be pre-vented with paying attention to the details of these animal’s needs.”

Juney Shober explains his meth-od for managing humidity: “I just use a little spray bottle, but some people use humidifiers for more exotic snakes. For temperature, I have an under-tank heating pad and a heat lamp.”

The correct temperature is not the only requirement that needs to be met in the housing of an ex-otic. Having enough space for the animal can also be problematic for potential owners.

“Particularly for your larger rep-tiles and birds—they really need a lot of space,” said Dr. Dawkins. “We have a macaw, and her cage is larger than the couch in the living room. We happen to have a big liv-ing room, but previously when we lived in an apartment, we didn’t have a couch because we had par-rots.” Some pets can grow beyond what some owners might expect, so Dr. Dawkins recommends do-ing your research. “Some of these reptiles get bigger and bigger .You start off and you think, ‘Oh, it’s

this little six-inch thing.’ Well, if you have it around long enough, it’s going to outgrow that little cage you have.”

Time can also be a major factor for pet owners. Dr. Dawkins says potential owners should consider that “some animals, like birds, really require you to be home a certain amount because they like a lot of interaction, whereas some of the reptiles are totally fine if you work a 14-hour shift. On the other hand, some birds live about 10 years, but if you get into big par-rots, we’re talking 50 to 80 years. So you might need to think about long-term time as well.”

Yet another challenge for exotic pet owners can be finding a vet-erinarian with the proper train-ing to care for these animals. Dr. Dawkins explains, “A lot of vets haven’t been trained on them so understandably they don’t feel comfortable seeing them.” Dr. Dawkins will see almost any-thing that isn’t venomous. “[Exotics] are different, and some drugs you cannot use in them, so sometimes it can be difficult to find someone

comfortable treating their health issues.”

If you’re serious about wanting to own an exotic pet, Dr. Keller says, “Be sure that you have the financial resources to not just pur-chase the animal, but also to pro-vide for all their extensive needs.” He also warns against just ac-cepting what your local pet store might tell you. “Pet stores are of-ten guilty of simply selling the ani-mals and not truly caring about their welfare once they go to their new homes. They also sell a lot of equipment and supplies that are not needed or incorrect for that animal. Remember the salespeo-ple are not necessarily trained or experienced.”

Dr. Dawkins expands that to information you might find on the Internet. “In this modern world,

we always go straight to the In-ternet because Google has all the answers, and there’s some good information out there. But there’s also some information that’s not correct, and the person reading may believe something that is in-correct, unfortunately.”

With the long list of things you n e e d

to take into consideration, owning an exotic can be challenging and time-consuming. So is it worth it? Absolutely, says Kris Van Dyke. “We love that pig like a child, and we’re not that way with our other animals,” he says. “Out of all the pets I’ve had in my entire life, [Bootleg] is by far my favorite.” Megan Jackson agrees, saying she will seek out another exotic for her next pet. “They’re fun, and I like having something different.” Dr. Keller adds, “Some of them are extremely interesting and it can be a fun challenge to make sure that they thrive in your care.”

Just make sure that before you bring home that pig, snake, ma-caw or anything else you fall in love with, that you’re prepared to be a good pet parent to the exotic you’re adopting.

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Toad the Wet Sprocket emerges with new energy, new album

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Toad the Wet Sprocket made it out alive, and are back in full swing with new approach to their music, a record of new mate-rial due out in September (their first since 1997), and a full tour schedule, which will bring them to Chattanooga at Track 29 on Friday, July 12.

Longevity in any industry is tough, especially long-term com-mercial success. From 1989 to 1998, Toad the Wet Sprocket amassed five studio records with five major radio hits. Their music has been featured on many mov-ie soundtracks, television shows, and college-to-main-stream ra-dio around the globe. Yet all this was just a rock-n-roll fantasy for a couple of kids from Santa Bar-bara, California who, in 1986, swiped their name from a 1975 Monty Python comedy skit, “Rock Notes,” about a fictional rock band. (There was an extend-

ed skit about the fictional band Toad the Wet Sprocket later on “Rutland Weekend Television.”)

As they say, life imitates art. It sure did for these young dudes with a far-out band name. I was able to catch up with front man Glen Phillips at his Santa Bar-bara abode to talk about TTWS’s new album, all his creative out-lets, and the circus of mayhem that is Toad the Wet Sprocket.

Phillips was gearing up for Toad’s tour that kicks off here at Track 29 and takes them on through the end of August. When he answered the phone, I could already tell this guy is a genuine dude. He had a light-hearted, laid-back swagger that was invit-ing. We shared a couple of ran-dom laughs and felt the vibe out. “Everything’s cool, everything’s all right, guy.”

What sparked the creative juic-es in TTWS to cut a new record

after 16 years? “We were having fun again,” Phillips said. No, but really? “The chemistry was right for the first time in years.”

Phillips said that the release of their “Greatest Hits” album in 2011 really got them back into the studio. “We finally got to release our versions of our early songs, not Sony’s version,” he told me. Columbia Records now owns the masters of all TTWS’s early recordings. That was the band’s way of getting back some of their music’s licensing and publishing. However, they were recently able to get the rights to the songs off their first two records, which they are planning to re-master and re-release on their own record label, Abe’s Records, sometime after “New Constellation” drops later this year.

How have you guys ap-proached writing the new songs on “New Constellation?” I asked. “Well, when I was writing songs for “Bread and Circus,” I was only 16, so I wrote like a 16 year old,” Phillips explained. He went on to note that guitarist Todd Nichols and bassist Dead Din-

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ning have been co-writing songs in Nashville over the years under the name Lapdog. One of these songs, “See You Again,” will ap-pear re-vamped and revised on “New Constellation” as “I’ll Bet On You.” Phillips said that this added a deeper dynamic to the group. TTWS also worked with some songwriters outside of the band for an even bigger dynam-ic. You can hear the title track of the album, which is also the first single off “New Constella-tion,” on the band’s website toad-thewetsprocket.com.

We moved into how the band was able to keep it together for the new album and tour with the original line up after all the ups and downs of a 26-year career. “Part of why we had to break up was we didn’t allow ourselves to go and have other creative out-lets,” Phillips said. He added, “Nobody wants to pay to see a band that doesn’t want to be there. That’s not fair.”

Yet TTWS members have had their own projects after the big split in 1998. Phillips has re-leased three solo records and two

EP’s and has toured extensively in support of his music. He also has several other projects, such as The Mutual Admiration Society, a group with members of Nickel Creek, Works Progress Admin-istration, Plover featuring Garri-son Star, and his psychedelic rock band Remote Tree Children.

I asked Phillips about what to expect at a TTWS show. “A cir-cus of mayhem,” he said, laugh-ing. “We feel more like the people in the audience than other rock bands. We’re just straightforward rock-n-roll.”

TTWS have triumphed over their ups and downs interperson-ally and as a group and are riding a high that has led them to their first new record in many years, a full tour schedule, and a new ap-preciation for their music. So, my friends, get on down to Track 29 this Friday and get your toad wet!

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You are most certainly welcome to psychoan-alyze this: a few songs

regularly, uncontrollably and inexplicably play in this writ-er’s head, including “No Easy Way Down,” “Macarena” and the string quartet track “Lux Aeterna” by Clint Mansell, better known as the ominous theme from the film Requiem for a Dream. This last track is perhaps like a daily warn-ing to be careful or else one might lose a limb, be carnally humiliated or unwittingly get electro-shock therapy. It is this track that immediately comes to mind when listening to the album Character by Ju-lia Kent, also known as a for-mer member of Rasputina and a cellist for Antony and the Johnsons. The general mood of the album is a haunting and foreboding one, simultane-ously somber and tense; more often than not, it doesn’t steal the listener’s attention, but in-

stead it broods and lurks in the shadows.

The album’s methodology includes simple patterns and loops of plucked and bowed notes, with nothing that is particularly technically chal-lenging; this writer wishes it had more moments that were striking, but as-is, it could serve has good soundtrack music. On the first half, “Flicker” provides string-tone meshes accompanied by a faint drum machine and piano flourishes, while “Tour-billon” (which is French for “whirlwind”) hints at a reve-latory conclusion while ramp-ing upwards but doesn’t quite carry out its promise. Fortu-nately, the second half gets more interesting, with tracks including “Kingdom,” with a two-chord minimalism that evokes a horror film score with ghostly, atmospheric wisps, and perhaps the album’s finest track, “Nina and Oscar,” with

guitar harmonics and a string ensemble to lightly suggest the fog of mystery. This writer isn’t quite sure of Kent’s intentions on Character, but much of it—while well recorded yet not too stimulating—is like a suspense film without a shocking payoff.

This compilation of the underground pop band Majestic 12—lat-

er renamed as Majestic after singer Jana Wittren departed for The Arrogants—stirs up a ’90s-indie-pop nostalgia for this writer, who recollects that time when the standard price for a 7-inch single was just $3. He clearly recalls be-ing charmed by Majestic 12, watching the group’s low-bud-get video “Nothing on TV” on a VHS video compilation he ordered by sending a check through the mail—yes, chil-dren, this is what we had to do back then. Nowadays, guitar-ist/singer Scott Schultz is best

known as a co-founder of the children’s TV show Yo Gabba Gabba!, and the collection at hand won’t offer many clues regarding Schultz’s aesthetic for that show.

Majestic 12 had a dreamy sophistication, with dual vo-cals from Wittren and Schul-tz, both of whom rarely raised their voices louder than a reserved, wistful delivery. The songs are earnest and gentle—bringing to mind the British label Sarah Records—although tracks like “Closer,” which features meatier-than-usual rock outbursts, demon-strate that mannerly doesn’t mean wimpy.

The Majestic 12 Years 1994-1998 compiles the seven tracks from three vinyl singles and adds six unreleased songs, and casual listeners would do just fine with the highlights, of which there are several, includ-ing “Lost and Found,” which is the epitome of the group’s admiration for the band Gal-axie 500 (note: there’s also a track named “Galaxie”) with a rhythm section that could have come straight from On Fire, tender guitar strumming with a tremolo effect and a guitar solo from the Dean Wareham stylebook. But the obvious song to fall in love to is “Noth-ing on TV,” with alternating girl/boy vocals, brush-struck drums, and an unabashed romanticism with the heart-melting whisper of “I’ll meet you halfway there.” This music has held up fine over 15 years, and the collection is the per-fect length; the band had gone just as far as it could likely go with its bag of ideas under the Majestic 12 name.

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It was while Vicki Mangieri was working as a tour guide for a senior cruise ship company that she first got the idea for her play.

“We were docked next to an all-balcony-cabins ship, and I started thinking, ‘What’s going on in those cabins?’” she said. The concept percolated around in her mind for some years before taking shape.

“I was an English major in school, and I’d always thought I’d write a book. But then I got active in theatre in Chattanooga, and realized that I could write a play,” Mangieri said. The first part of what

would become “Balco-nies” was written in two or three weeks. “Then it sat around for a couple of years, even though I had written it all in my head.” But she didn’t forget about it, and kept returning to the idea.

The full-length play, which traces the stories of the occupants of three balcony cabins on a cruise ship, eventually took shape based on stories from Mangieri’s own life, combined with stories she’d heard from other people, “tweaked for the stage,” she said.

Mangieri had performed in a production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” with Bruce Shaw, who was looking to create a new production company,

Shaw’Nuff Productions. “I let Bruce read the first draft of the play, and he told me there was definitely something there,” Mangieri said. Last November, the pair did a staged reading of the play, took notes, and solicit-ed feedback from the audience, which was enthusiastic.

“It’s had three or so minor rewrites since that reading,” she said. “All the feedback was positive, and we were happy to find that the storylines re-ally hooked people. I’m writing about issues that resonate with many people.”

Shaw agreed to produce the play for Mangieri as the first outing of Shaw’Nuff Produc-tions. The Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga space in Eastgate Town Center was booked for weeks in July when ETC was dark. Then came the difficul-ties of casting.

“It was not my first choice to be in the show as a performer,” Mangieri said. “I did not want people thinking that it was simply a vanity production.” But eventually she did take a role to round out a cast that also includes Bonnie Stoloff, Denise Frye, Nancy Brame, Marcus Ellsworth, Steven Berry-man, Elaine Manieri, Tracy Anderson and Shaw.

“We weren’t sure we could get it cast at one point,” Mangieri said, acknowledging that cast-ing a show during the summer presents problems. “But the cast is now really excited about being in an original production. If I get it published, they’ll be mentioned as the ‘original cast.’”

The minimalist set will depict the three balco-nies, and there are no scene changes. That has also presented a challenge, she said. “There are limited playing areas, so we’ve had to be creative in keep-ing the action lively in a confined space.”

For four of the characters, which form one group, “Balconies” is a memory play, as they tell their sto-ries in retrospect. But the other two groups are interacting in “real time,” and provide most of the comic relief, Mangieri explained.

“Balconies” discusses issues including cancer and aging and features a gay couple in one of the cabins. “The stories affect so many different peo-ple in so many different groups that we think it will appeal to a wide audience,” Mangieri said. “A lot of people will recognize themselves or someone they know in parts of it.”

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“blue Peacock”7-10 p.m. artsy-u, 5084 s. Terrace, east Ridge. (423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.comThe Midnight Swinger7 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233, thecomedycatch.com“balconies”7:30 p.m. ensemble Theatre of chattanooga, 5600 Brainerd Rd. (423) 503-8503Superhero Smash! Swing Dancing7-11 p.m. eastgate Town center, 5600 e. Brainerd Rd.(423) 855-5570, eastgatecomplex.com“Mystery of the Facebook Fugitive”8 p.m. Vaudeville café, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839, funnydinner.com“bloody bloody Andrew jackson”8 p.m. circle Theater, chattanooga Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8538, theatrecentre.com“legally blonde”8 p.m. main Theater, chattanooga Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8538, theatrecentre.comMovies in the Park9 p.m. coolidge Park, 150 River st. (423) 693-1355The Midnight Swinger9:30 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233, thecomedycatch.comStand-up Comedy with Dave landrau10:30 p.m. Vaudeville café, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839, funnydinner.com

Sun 07.14

Magic Tree House traveling exhibit10 a.m. - 5 p.m. creative Discovery museum,

321 chestnut st. (423) 756-2738, cdmfun.orgIce Cream Social11 a.m. - 4 p.m. chattanooga market, First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 carter st. chattanoogamarket.com“Whitfield lovell: Deep River”noon - 5 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View ave. (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.org“Natural Collections”1 p.m. - 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st. (423) 265-5033, river-gallery.com“balconies”2, 7:30 p.m. ensemble Theatre of chattanooga, 5600 Brainerd Rd. (423) 503-8503Open Improv jam3 - 5 p.m. Barking legs Theater, 1307 Dodds ave. (423) 624-5347, barkinglegs.orgPainting Workshop: “3 Daisies”7-10 p.m. artsy-u, 5084 s. Terrace, east Ridge. (423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.comThe Midnight Swinger9:30 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233, thecomedycatch.com

Mon 07.15

“Natural Collections”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st. (423) 265-5033, river-gallery.comMagic Tree House traveling exhibit10 a.m. - 5 p.m. creative Discovery museum, 321 chestnut st. (423) 756-2738, cdmfun.org“Whitfield lovell: Deep River”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View ave. (423) 267-0968,

huntermuseum.orgMeet the Author: Mary Alice Monroe5 - 7 p.m. chattanooga Public library, 1001 Broad st. (423) 757-5310, lib.chattanooga.govSummer POV Film Series: “Ping Pong”6:30-7:30 p.m. Downtown Ymca, 301 W. 6th st.Film Screening: “Going Home - The ‘lost Town’ of Caney Creek”6:30 - 9 p.m. heritage house, 1428 Jenkins Rd.

Tue 07.16

“Natural Collections”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st. (423) 265-5033, river-gallery.comMagic Tree House traveling exhibit10 a.m. - 5 p.m. creative Discovery museum, 321 chestnut st. (423) 756-2738, cdmfun.org“Whitfield lovell: Deep River”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View ave. (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.org“Shanequa Gay: The Fair Game Project”10 a.m. -5 p.m. Bessie smith cultural center, 200 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-8658,bessiesmithcc.orgAVA All-Member Salon Show11 a.m. - 5 p.m. aVa gallery, 30 Frazier ave. (423) 265-4282, avarts.orgPainting with Puppets!2-4:30 p.m. artsy-u, 5084 s. Terrace, east Ridge. (423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.comPainting Workshop: “Wine Glasses”7-9 p.m. artsy-u, 5084 s. Terrace, east Ridge. (423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.comTuesday Night Trivia7-9 p.m. acoustic café

Ringgold, 61 RBc Dr., Ringgold, ga. (706) 965-2065Chattanooga’s ballroom Dance Club Presents: Shall We Dance?7:30 - 10:30 p.m. allemande hall, 7400 standifer gap Rd. (423) 899-9913Chris Schlarb8 p.m. Barking legs Theater, 1307 Dodds ave. (423) 624-5347, barkinglegs.org

Wed 07.17

“Natural Collections”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st. (423) 265-5033, river-gallery.comMagic Tree House traveling exhibit10 a.m. - 5 p.m. creative Discovery museum, 321 chestnut st. (423) 756-2738, cdmfun.org“Whitfield lovell: Deep River”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View ave. (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.org“Shanequa Gay: The Fair Game Project”10 a.m. -5 p.m. Bessie smith cultural center, 200 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-8658,bessiesmithcc.orgAVA All-Member Salon Show11 a.m. - 5 p.m. aVa gallery, 30 Frazier ave, (423) 265-4282, avarts.orgPainting Workshop: “Daytime - blue Peacock”2-4:30 p.m. artsy-u, 5084 s. Terrace, east Ridge. (423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.comlearn to line Dance!5:30 - 8:30 p.m. allemande hall, 7400 standifer gap Rd.(423) 899-9913,allemandehall.com

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LAST YEAR’S ACADEMY Award-winning documentary, “Searching for Sugarman,” tells the best kind of story—one where an artist receives deserved recognition after years of obscurity. It assures us that true talent doesn’t always go unrewarded, and sometimes a small work of art becomes a profound symbol in the lives of others. Art doesn’t belong to the artist, but to the audience, and the audience will keep things alive far longer than one might expect. In similar fashion, “A Band Called Death” tells the story of a family rock band that didn’t make it and went their separate ways un-til someone found a copy of a long-forgotten album and introduced it to a new generation. A story of family and failure, of music and mania, “A Band Called Death” is a film that reminds us that the past is closer than expected and that our par-ents were once a lot more interest-ing. It’s the story of three brothers, bound together in music, inscribed

forever in a spiral groove of vinyl, waiting to be found.

There are likely a lot of dust-cov-ered master tapes buried in attics across the country. Most of them should probably stay there. When I was 17 or 18, my high school rock band recorded ten original songs in a basement and had the audacity to charge people for the result. The songs were miserable, and hopefully my children will never be subjected to them. The children of Bobby and Dannis Hackney had a different ex-perience. I’m sure they never consid-ered their parents to be innovators. But in the ’70s, a few years before

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Back From the Dead“It’s the story of three brothers, bound together in music, inscribed forever in a spiral groove of vinyl, waiting to be found.

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The Ramones, Bobby and Dan-nis, along with their brother David, started a stripped-down rock and roll band in the middle of the Detroit R&B scene. Dubbed “protopunk,” Death was inspired by Alice Cooper and The Who. The boys didn’t possess the an-gry, confrontational stage presence that pervades most punk rock music. While their lyrics had a cer-tain anti-establish-ment tone to them, the band itself just wanted to play loud rock and roll for who-ever would listen. Their name proved to be a sticking point, one that kept them from a record con-tract, and kept them from achieving even a modest amount of success. The group split up and lived their lives. Lead guitar-ist David passed away in 2000 from lung cancer, still believing that his music would someday find an audience.

Enter the label-obsessed world of the vinyl record col-

lector. For collectors, the more obscure the label, the better the find. It doesn’t get much more obscure than Tryangle, the self-founded label of Death that dropped a 500-copy single

hoping to drum up radio air-play. One of these singles found its way into the hands of a col-lector, who passed it around to other collectors, and before long the music began making appearances at underground parties. At one of these par-

ties, Bobby Hackney Jr. heard his father’s voice singing. The family connection between father and son is where the documentary really shines. The first part of the film lags

a little, simply because there is little documentation of Death’s early existence. With only two surviving members, it’s harder to get a full account of events and decisions, because Bobby and Dannis are forced to speak for their brother. But the re-

emergence of the music due to the love and devotion of two talented sons makes the film a rewarding experience.

Part of the appeal of time travel is the chance to see the

past unfiltered. When Marty McFly travels back to 1955 to experience his parents without the pretense of author-ity, we can identify with the character because we are so curious about our own ancestry. Dif-ferent versions of us exist at many points in time, but those people seem myste-rious and unreach-able. Doc Brown may use a flux capac-itor and a DeLorean to physically break down those barriers, but the past is still

accessible in other ways, ways that don’t require 1.21 jigawatts and a Mr. Fusion. Sometimes the past is stored safely in a dimly lit attic in Detroit. “A Band Called Death” shows the audience the importance of co-incidence, history, and family.


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CANCER (June 21-July 22): When the comic book hero Superman first appeared on the scene in 1938, he had the power to jump over tall build-ings, but he couldn’t fly. By 1941, he was hovering in mid-air, and some-times moving around while floating. Eventually, he attained the ability to soar long distances, even between stars. Your own destiny may have parallels to Superman’s in the coming months, Cancerian. It’s possible you will graduate, metaphorically speak-ing, from taking big leaps to hover-ing in mid-air. And if you work your butt off to increase your skill, you might progress to the next level—the equivalent of full-out flight—by March 2014.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “It’s never too late to become what you might have been,” said novelist George El-iot. I’d like you to keep that thought in mind throughout the rest of 2013 and beyond, Leo. I trust you will allow its sly encouragement to work its way down into your darkest depths, where it will revive your discouraged hopes and wake up your sleeping powers. Here are the potential facts as I see them: In the next ten months, you will be in prime time to reclaim the mo-mentum you lost once upon a time…to dive back into a beloved project you gave up on…and maybe even resuscitate a dream that made your eyes shine when you were younger and more innocent.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When I first arrived in Santa Cruz some years back, I helped start a New Wave-punk band called Mystery Spot. Our first drummer was a guy named Lucky Lehrer. After a few months, our manager decided Lucky wasn’t good enough and kicked him out of the band. Lucky took it hard, but didn’t give up. He joined the seminal punk band the Circle Jerks, and went on to have a long and successful career. I suspect, Virgo, that in the next ten to twelve months you will have a chance to achieve the beginning of some Lucky Lehrer-type redemption. In what area of your life would you like to experience it?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Accord-ing to my reading of the astrological omens, the next 12 months will be a time when you will have more power than usual to turn your dreams into realities. You’ll have extra skill at translating your ideals into practi-cal action. To help make sure you capitalize on this potential, I suggest you adopt this Latin phrase as your motto: a posse ad esse. It means “from being possible to being ac-tual.” So why not simply make your motto “from being possible to being actual”? Why bother with the Latin version? Because I think your motto should be exotic and mysterious—a kind of magical incantation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 2010, two economics professors from Harvard wrote a paper that became a crucial piece of evidence for the global austerity movement. Politicians used it to justify their as-sertion that the best way to cure our long-running financial ills is for governments to spend less money. Oddly, no one actually studied the pa-per to see if it was based on accurate data until April 2013. Then Thomas Herndon, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student at the University of Massachusetts, dived in and discovered fundamen-tal mistakes that largely discredited the professors’ conclusions. I believe you have a similar mojo going for you, Scorpio. Through clear thinking and honest inquiry, you have the power to get at truths everyone else has missed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Breakthrough will probably not arrive wrapped in sweetness and a warm glow, nor is it likely to be cata-lyzed by a handsome prince or pretty princess. No, Sagittarius. When the breakthrough barges into your life, it may be a bit dingy and dank, and it may be triggered by question-able decisions or weird karma. So in other words, the breakthrough may have resemblances to a breakdown, at least in the beginning. This would actually be a good omen -- a sign that your deliverance is nothing like you imagined it would be, and probably much more interesting.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In a wheat field, a rose is a weed—even if that rose is voluptuous and vibrant. I want you to promise me that you will work hard to avoid a fate like that in the coming months, Capricorn. Ev-erything depends on you being in the right place at the right time. It’s your sacred duty to identify the contexts in which you can thrive and then put yourself in those contexts. Please note: The ambiance that’s most likely to bring out the best in you is not necessarily located in a high-status situation where everyone’s ambition is amped to the max.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Is your soul feeling parched? In your in-ner world, are you experiencing the equivalent of a drought? If so, maybe you will consider performing a magic ritual that could help get you on track for a cure. Try this: Go outside when it’s raining or misting. If your area is going through a dry spell, find a wa-terfall or high-spouting fountain and put yourself in close proximity. Then stand with your legs apart and spread your arms upwards in a gesture of welcome. Turn your face toward the heavens, open up your mouth, and drink in the wetness for as long as it takes for your soul to be hydrated again. (In an emergency, frolicking under a sprinkler might also work.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Igor Stravinsky was a 20th-century com-poser who experimented with many styles of music, including the avant-garde work “The Rite of Spring.” “My music is best understood by children and animals,” he said. In my vision of your ideal life, Pisces, that will also be true about you in the coming week: You will be best understood by chil-dren and animals. Why? Because I think you will achieve your highest potential if you’re as wild and free as you dare. You will be fueled by spon-taneity and innocence, and care little about what people think of you. Play a lot, Pisces! Be amazingly, blazingly uninhibited.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Space Needle is a tourist attrac-tion in Seattle. It’s taller than the Washington Monument but shorter than the Eiffel Tower. Near the top of the structure is a circular restau-rant that rotates slowly, making one complete turn every 47 minutes. The motor that moves this 125-ton mass is small: only 1.5 horsepower. In the coming days, Aries, I foresee you hav-ing a metaphorically similar ability. You will be able to wield a great deal of force with a seemingly small and compact “engine.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “How many years can some people exist before they’re allowed to be free?” asked Bob Dylan in one of his most famous songs, written in 1962. “The answer is blowin’ in the wind,” he concluded. Many people hailed the tune as a civil rights anthem. Thirteen years later, a hippie cowboy named Jerry Jeff Walker released “Pissing in the Wind,” a rowdy song that included the line, “The answer is pissing in the wind.” It was decidedly less seri-ous than the tune it paid homage to, with Walker suggesting that certain events in his life resembled the act described in the title. “Makin’ the same mistakes, we swore we’d never make again,” he crooned. All of this is my way of letting you know, Taurus, that you’re at a fork. In one direction is a profound, even noble, “blowin’ in the wind” experience. In the other, it would be like “pissing in the wind.” Which do you prefer? It’s up to you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Italian artist Duccio di Buoninsegna painted his Madonna and Child sometime around the year 1300. It’s a compact piece of art—just eleven inches high and eight inches wide. Nevertheless, New York’s Metropoli-tan Museum paid $45 million for the pleasure of owning it. I propose that we choose this diminutive treasure as your lucky symbol for the next eight to ten months, Gemini. May it inspire you as you work hard to create a small thing of great value.

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35 Local lockup37 Abbr. for Monopoly properties38 Does some paving41 No more than42 Shakespeare, with “the”44 Glover who was banned from Letterman’s show45 Lift, like a glass47 Come up short49 Like some paper towels51 AOL giveaway of the past52 Battleship success54 Sun helmets55 Make equal parts, maybe56 Sport with clay pigeons57 Display in a gallery58 Home of Iowa State60 Russian refusal64 “Without further ___...”65 Sugar suffix

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What brought this on? The bad guy had been seen with a wanted man, and the cop asked where the wanted in-dividual was. That’s it. So full of fight was this young man, an hour later he had to be restrained in the hospital gurney he was lying on after beating his head against the protective screen in the patrol car on his way to jail for felony assault and three other charg-es, not including violation of probation. Did I mention he was on probation…? (And by the way, before you begin to conspire, the inside of the pa-trol car is recorded on video. Apparently on a “roll,” he did his head-beating completely on his own.)

On the bright side, it takes your mind off the guy that tried to run one of us over that same night, along with the cop we thought was shot on Fagan Street the weekend before in which shots were fired around the time he fell during a foot pursuit…a truly bad coinci-dence.

All that said? While I be-lieve we finally have the sup-port of City Hall in Chatta-nooga, that doesn't mean our customers are going any easier on us. And when I say this, do you know what comes to mind first? It’s not the underly-ing causation of these spikes in violent crime and direct violence against cops in par-ticular. Nor do I ponder the child-rearing factors, or the socio-economic ones, or any other 50-cent bywords you’ll hear during the next election cycle or Rotary Club speech to make people feel better

about their animalistic sack-of-turds relatives and spouses that may or may not be a part of this problem. No.

What comes to mind first is the immediate response I tend to hear in which, no mat-ter how ludicrous, someone makes it the officer’s ("po-lice's") fault these things hap-pened.

"It's because he was rude to him…It's because in 1968 such and such happened…Jeremiah was just mad be-cause he couldn't get to a job fair…it's racist to NOT let us hit police…it's because, it’s be-cause..."

Let me help you out here: It's because there is NO pun-ishment for committing crime, and it's easier for small groups of people to make the Cops the bad guys and jus-tify criminal actions while the Bad Guys make mince-meat out of the large groups of people remaining silent be-cause they're afraid to call a criminal a damn criminal and DEMAND they be stopped. This is happening as much out of fear of the criminals as out of fear of being labeled some-thing crude by those small groups of loud people.

There are two outcomes here: The cops will get the hint and quit trying. Or we will have to start punishing the bad guys with the support of the people.

Meanwhile, jaws are getting broken and our customers are shooting one another in broad daylight on fields next to schools and with uniformed cops in their presence. When it’s that brazen, kind words, support groups, and “addi-tional legislation” just may not get the job done, dear read-ers. Ever “reason” with a three year old—or a huge drunk off his psychotropic meds?

Aggressive crime requires aggressive policing, and so-ciety at some point is going to have to make the choice as to whether the cops can

meet force with force, or if they should just keep their heads low like the rest of the low-income residents where the worst of this is happening (almost exclusively) to avoid lawsuits or being labeled ugly indefensible words…not to mention occupying emergency rooms.

I’m not asking for a blessing. I’m just asking you to think. Let crime flare up like a wild fire until it runs out of fuel and go back and literally pick up the bodies…or treat crimi-nals like criminals instead of a protected class of victims.

Like police work, crime is a full-contact sport; shit will happen and it will be scruti-nized, but we need your sup-port—or you need to let us just go home and quit getting hurt. Here are some theories to con-sider:

• A six-foot-tall, 180-pound 16 year old with a gun is not a “child.”

• A group of youths wear-ing like-colored clothing on a street corner making exchanges through pass-ing vehicle windows are not “at risk of being mis-judged.”

• And a guy that loses the fight when he takes on a cop or cops…is not a “vic-tim.” He just lost, that’s all.

These are “criminals.”Once we pick up on that line

of thinking again as a society, then we can work on making jail actual punishment, in-stead of a hotel with free col-lege benefits.

Just points to consider, but I’ll tell you a secret before I finish: Your cops will never quit trying…but we sure need some incentive to keep press-ing this fight. For a fight is very literally what it is, and we should all be sick of it.

A few Saturdays ago in our fair town, a cop had his jaw broken in a fight. By “fight,” I mean the other guy swung at him unprovoked, knocked him to the ground, and continued to press the advantage of the sucker punch, beating his face

in such a way that he loosened the teeth beneath it. This happens far less frequently than you’d assume, but that’s far too many times for me.

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“Meanwhile, jaws are getting broken and our customers are shooting one another in broad daylight on fields next to schools and with uniformed cops in their presence.


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