MARCH 3, 2016
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ANGELS ON HIGH
FLYING ALONG WITH THE AERIAL RESCUERS OF ERLANGER’S LIFE FORCE By Louis Lee
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CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE
EDITORIAL
Managing Editor Gary Poole Editorial Assistant Brooke Dorn
March 3, 2016 Volume 13, Issue 9
Music Editor Marc T. Michael Film Editor John DeVore Contributors Rich Bailey • Rob Brezsny Matt Jones • Louis Lee Tony Mraz • Ernie Paik Rick Pimental-Habib • Alex Teach Editorial Interns Rebekah Jones • Ja'Lisa Little Cartoonists Max Cannon • Rob Rogers Jen Sorenson • Tom Tomorrow
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4 BEGINNINGS: A home of their own for Matthew Dutton’s Phigments.
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Angels From On High
Traveling at 150 miles per hour two-thousand feet over the hilly valley just south of Cleveland, Tennessee, a nurse and paramedic are preparing themselves for any eventuality. When the helicopter they are in lands, they could be facing anything from a pregnant woman to a man suffering massive trauma as a result of a car crash.
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From Disney World to the Southside
A Disney Imagineer has to be more than an artist. They have to be a scientist, inventor, carpenter, mechanic, engineer, salesman, and more. Innovation is what they are hired to do, and they take their jobs very seriously. They have to be able to sell icicles to Eskimos and make them think they got a good deal.
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The Big Green Funk Arrives
The imaginary person who asks me hypothetical questions as a lead-in to my article for the week asked me the other day, “Marc, you’ve written about 200 bands more or less over the last few years, how do you keep finding new ones to cover?”
5 THE LIST: What the Internet is really used for (and some history). 7 SHRINK RAP: Time for spring cleaning for the mind and spirit. 12 ARTS CALENDAR 16 MUSIC CALENDAR 18 REVIEWS: Family Fodder gets the “Director’s Cut” they deserve, Deupree & Fischer work the Buddha Machine. 19 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY 19 JONESIN’ CROSSWORD 20 SCREEN: Indie films to find a new home on the Southside with Cine-Rama. 22 TECH TALK: Ideas and voices worth sharing at TEDx Chattanooga.
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Are Nooga and New York Merging? A home of their own for Matthew Dutton’s Phigments exhibition Matthew Dutton’s newest artistic report from his personal Bizarro World may be the next step in the mystical merger of Chattanooga and New York City. Wait! Don’t turn the page. Hear me out. I have evidence. For years, Dutton’s been making hybrid RICH creatures he calls Phigments, toddler-sized sculptures with slightly menacing baby faces and bodies that look a little monkey-ish, a little dog-ish. In a new installation called “Midnight Paracosm”, he’s put them in a ‘60s-
style living room with artifacts from his childhood, a unique artistic closure of sorts. “Maybe that’s my spin on the space between the two times, the voids that are filled with the things that you create,” he says. Dutton’s Phigments have been BAILEY evolving. “The first ones were clean and tight,” he says. “These are rougher around the edges. You can see exposed wires. Not that they’re disintegrating but almost as if now they’re becoming more dreamlike, more about sub-
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conscious suggestion.” One called “Concussed Conscience” has a face covered in blue borax crystals Dutton grew on top of that familiar, scary-kewpie doll face. It’s perched on the back of a figure with a casting of Dutton’s own face, riding an elephant rocker that moves continuously. Inside, the transplanted guts of an old Teddy Ruxpin doll play a loop of Dutton’s three-yearold saying, “Look at this, Dad!” over and over. Another Phigment with chewed-up mouse ears hangs from a thrift store painting. His name is Murky Mouse. Dutton grew up outside Orlando in a little trailer in the big woods. “He’s got this hairless silicone skin so it looks fleshy, coarse hair almost like quills and vulture talons. It’s crude but it’s still engineered. It’s a mash up of materials and ideas.” The couch has its own sound track, a loop of “It’s a Small World.” Not just because he grew up hearing it but because he recently reunited with his father after a 20-year separation. In previous Pulse stories, I outlined evidence of NoogaYorkers among us—artists that move freely between the two cities and a family of sculptures: A pudgy bronze couple dance on a money bag in front of the Hunter Museum and in the Nassau County Museum of Art on Long Island, with their little bronze
offspring playing unsupervised in subway stations along 14th Street. Dutton’s new work—on view March 2nd through 29th in the Stephen Romano Gallery in Brooklyn and returning to Chattanooga for a not-yet-announced show—is the first evidence that the two places themselves may actually be merging! After Dutton’s Chattanooga show, the two cities for the first time will share a piece of geography in common. With this expeditionary force from the imaginal realm leaving its traces in the tangible world, can physical merger be far behind? Read The City & The City by China Miéville for a model—supposedly fictional!—of two cities occupying one physical location but distinct in the minds of their inhabitants. Dutton would neither confirm nor deny his role in facilitating the mystical merger of Nooga and New York. But I’ll keep looking for proof. Watch the skies, I mean...watch this space.
“With this expeditionary force from the imaginal realm leaving its traces in the tangible world, can physical merger be far behind?”
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What The Internet Is Really Used For
by Rob Rogers
We check email, surf the web, watch videos and play games. But what else do we use the Internet for? To find out, our friends at the Statistic Brain Research Institute asked 53,043 people what they've done online in the past 12 months.
Breaking New Ground for Women's Voices Stories. Sometimes stories are all we have to remember. Stories teach, enrich, and bring to life ideas and events of the past. The Women Groundbreakers Storytelling Series is devoted to telling the stories of women from different ethnic, cultural, and career backgrounds. The story series involves topics such as immigration, education, civil rights, and the military. Each woman brings a different story to the table to show how one or more of these things has impacted her
life and the lives of other women around her. Women’s Ground Breakers was created in 2001 in order to be a source of diversity, inclusion, and understanding. They have joined in the Lean in Movement which emphasizes cultivating community and education among women all over the nation. On Tuesday at the Girls Preparatory School, the two women that head Chattanooga’s educational system, Stacy Goodwin Lightfoot and LuLu
IN THIS ISSUE
Louis Lee Our cover story this week on the Life Force aerial ambulance service is by Louis Lee, who has been involved in journalism dating back to his days on the high school newspaper staff. After a stint in the U.S. Navy, he worked for a weekly newspaper in Baton Rouge,
Copeland, will be speaking about their experience in the field of education and giving advice based on those experiences. Lightfoot is the Vice President of College & Career Success at the Public Education Foundation and Copeland is the Director of Workforce Development & Training at Chattanooga State Community College. Each will speak about the different difficulties and inspirations they have encounter throughout the courses of their careers. Come hear their stories. For questions and tickets, call (423) 805-4602 or visit womengroundbreakers. com — Rebekah Jones
Rich Bailey then returned to college for formal training in television news. He came to the Tennessee Valley in 1991 to work for WDEF-TV as a videojournalist, a reporter who shoots his own stories. While working in the media and raising a family, Louis gave back to his community by volunteering as a reserve deputy sheriff in Bradley County. Louis is now an award-winning documentary filmmaker and freelance journalist.
"Tech Talk" columnist Rich Bailey is a professional writer, editor and (sometimes) public relations consultant. After promoting insurance and Chattanooga professionally (but not at the same time), he freelanced from 2001 to 2012, which allowed time for
neat hobbies like getting bad publicity for neighborhoodthreatening institutions. Despite leading a project to create Chattanooga’s first civic website in 1995 before even owning a modem, he is not much of an early adopter but avidly covers Chattanooga technology for The Pulse, as well as various arts and entertainment events here in the Scenic City. He splits his time between Chattanooga and Manhattan.
• 62% have done research • 50% have gone banking • 80% have found out about consumer products • 58% have bought something • 15% have bought stock • 15% have met new people for social purposes • 62% have looked up medical information • 43% have booked a flight or other travel reservations • 56% have found someone's address or phone number • 20% have played an online or person-to-person game • 46% have looked for a new job or career opportunity • 21% have taken part in an online forum or chat room • 35% have found information about political or social policy issues, current affairs, or political campaigns Interestingly enough, what we call the "Internet" has only been around since the Advanced Research Projects Agency went online in 1969, connecting four U.S. universities together. Now, nearly 3 billion people are online, and the number keeps growing every single day. Source: statisticbrain.com/internetuse-statistics/
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COLUMN SHRINK RAP
Time to Make Room Time for spring cleaning for the mind and spirit Ahh, warmer weather. What a great time of year to clear out the old, and find new purpose for the space that’s created. There’s DR. RICK newness just around the corner, waiting for an opening so it can step in and start to bloom, start to live. I imagine the term “spring cleaning” was born out of this natural rhythm to sweep out whatever’s not needed, and to lighten up, to make room for the new. In our day-to-day living, this manifests in, perhaps, finally getting around to cleaning out that hallway closet, or the attic or garage. Mowing, gardening, tending. I look out my windows and see trees awakening, irises blooming. It’s time. Perhaps it’s a natural and opportune time for some interior work, too. Breathe in the fresh air; the internal spaces of our lives also need our tending, our careful attention, and perhaps spring is the perfect time for this type of gardening, allowing our mindfulness to bloom, to come alive. Think about yourself for a moment. Specifically, think about when you’re at
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“Think about what beliefs are holding you back or don’t work so well for you anymore, or are in the way of you becoming a more loving, accepting individual.” your best; think about what you’d like to change about yourself; think about what beliefs are holding you back or don’t work so well for you anymore, or are in the way of you becoming a more loving, accepting individual; think about your prejudices—against Blacks? Whites? Gays? Immigrants? Your neighbor? When aren’t you as kind as you could be? As forgiving? Or as grateful? In other words: What internal deadwood are you dragging around that’s now ready for you to clear out? And in the process of letting go, take a moment to imagine what might be waiting to come into your life that’s more joyful, more rewarding or maybe the answer
to your longings. When I give personal growth workshops, I say that when you let go of the one unhealthy relationship in your life, you are then free to turn in another direction, and open your arms to welcome the ten healthy relationships that have been waiting in line to meet you. They’re there, just as surely as winter steps aside for spring. And they are relationships of all kinds—with people, things, and situations. That which no longer serves you—from the dust in the attic to the unhealthy partnership, from the weeds in the yard to the abusive work situation, from the cluttered garage to the guilt and fears that hold you back—must, at some point, be swept aside in order to make room for the exciting, new, healthy—and yes, sometimes scary! —changes that await you. And we all have something to clear out. This is about your two worlds—external and internal. There’s excess “stuff” around you and excess “stuff” within. Yes, this is the perfect time—because this is the season of life-giving awakenings and there’s no time like the present. Take a deep breath. Take stock. It’s time. This season I invite you to sit on the back deck with a cool glass of tea, and
meditate/pray/ponder on the following: • What am I holding onto that I need to release? • Why is it hard for me to let it go? • Where did I learn about holding tightly versus letting go freely, and does this still serve me? • What would I welcome into my life right now? • What do I need to release in order to have what I truly want? • How will I proceed? Until next time, I’ll leave you with these words from T.D. Jakes: “When people can walk away from you: let them walk. It just means that their part in the story is over. And you’ve got to know when people’s part in your story is over so that you don’t keep trying to raise the dead. You’ve got to know when it’s dead. You’ve got to know when it’s over. If you are holding on to past hurts and pains ... If someone can’t treat you right, love you back, and see your worth ... If you are holding on to thoughts of revenge ... If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents … If you have a bad attitude ... If you judge others to make yourself feel better ... LET IT GO!” Dr. Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, author, minister, and educator in private practice in Chattanooga. Contact him at DrRPH.com, visit his wellness center at WellNestChattanooga.com and follow his daily inspirations on Twitter: @DrRickWellNest
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COVER STORY
Angels From On High Flying along with the aerial rescuers of Erlanger’s Life Force By Louis Lee, Pulse contributor
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raveling at 150 miles per hour two-thousand feet over the hilly valley just south of Cleveland, Tennessee, a nurse and paramedic are preparing themselves for any eventuality. When the helicopter they are in lands, they could be facing anything from a pregnant woman to a man suffering massive trauma as a result of a car crash. “We like to say that we bring the hospital to the patient,” says Paramedic Seth Gentry. One look around the medical bay of the aircraft proves him right.
Nurse Autumn Redmond in her seat in the medical bay. Photo by Louis Lee.
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When helicopters were first pressed into service as air ambulances they were Bell H-13s. We’ve all seen them on the popular TV show M*A*S*H. Combat medics would try their best to stabilize a wounded soldier then strap him to a litter mounted on the skids outside the aircraft. Then came the dangerous and very bumpy ride to a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital where their chances of survival were increased exponentially. Today, the aircraft can carry a patient in relative comfort (barring any turbulence), surrounded by state-of-the-art medical technology, tended to in flight, by a medical crew that is board certified in critical care transport—a standard achieved by only five percent of air transport programs in the country. And when they land at the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center for adults and children, once again, their chances of survival are better than ever. The equipment on board includes an EKG heart monitor, a ventilator, an ultrasound, and a device that can test blood chemistry in a matter of seconds. They even carry two units of whole blood and two units of plasma in a cooler on the aircraft. And to help prevent shock, there’s even a small blood warmer to heat the blood before it’s administered to the patient. “We’re actually able to start treatment in the aircraft,” says Autumn Redmond, Flight Nurse. “We can actually—for strokes—get their labs, and [we’re] able to take them straight to CT (Computed Tomography) without going to the Emergency
Department first to get that done.” She then adds, “That saves time, and time is brain.” Back in the 1970s, the term “Golden Hour” was coined by former combat surgeon R. Adams Cowley. He determined, using data from as far back as World War I, that patients suffering trauma had a much higher survival rate if they received definitive medical treatment within 60 minutes of injury. Using an aircraft to get patients to a medical facility faster than ground transportation had already gone a long way in getting treatment within that golden hour. The specialized training of the crew and the advanced equipment in the helicopter allow the medical team to go as far as performing certain emergency surgical techniques like an airway or chest irrigation before ever reaching an Emergency Room. Many hospitals are lucky to have access to an air ambulance. Erlanger Medical Center has five. Strategically located around the area, each aircraft services a 75-mile radius around its home base. None of them are any longer based at the hospital…the hospital is now just the location of the EROC—Erlanger Regional Operations Center. In a control room that looks very much like NASA was overtaken by doctors, trained dispatchers monitor the status of each aircraft in the fleet as well as those of some other air ambulance services in the region. When a call comes in that Life Force may be needed for transport, these dispatchers check availability and put the appropriate crew on alert. While visiting the newly-commissioned
base for Life Force One at the Cleveland airport one such alert was issued to the crew I was interviewing. “We may need to postpone this interview,” Ryan told me, “We’re on stand-by for a transport.” Being the curious type, I asked what the call was about. “We don’t know,” replied the pilot. “You mean you don’t know what kind of call you’re going on?” I queried. “Then how do you prepare for your flight?” Ryan explained to me that they never know what type of call it may be. He further explained that he and the other crew members need to be able to make an unbiased decision on flight conditions to determine if it’s too dangerous because of weather or other conditions to take a call. He added that if the call is of an emotional nature, such as those involving children or the elderly, that the air crew may be tempted to push the envelope of safety to respond to the call, endangering the crew and the aircraft. By being ready for anything and logically analyzing the prevailing conditions, the crew can best assist those in need. When it comes to determining flying conditions, Erlanger’s pilots are some of the best in the business. “Each base has at least one grey-hair in it,” says Ryan, meaning that there’s at least one
pilot who’s been in the business for a very long time at each of the five bases. He tells The Pulse that at a recent gathering of Life Force pilots, they calculated that there’s more than 100 years of Emergency Medical Service experience between them all. As for Ryan, he learned to fly helicopters from Uncle Sam in 1970. He flew Huey slicks and Cobra gunships in Southeast Asia. Once he returned home he began flying crews to and from offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. In the mid ‘80s he started flying for an air ambulance service in Louisiana before answering the call to the new Life Force service 23 years ago. He has logged more than 14,000 hours as Pilotin-Command of a helicopter. Ryan is more comfortable flying his high-performance Airbus EC135 than most people are behind the wheel of their car. “We went from one single Bell 412, then we got two,” recalls Ryan. “And we put the world’s first GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) approach into Erlanger Hospital.” Now there are 28 GPS approaches (ways to use GPS data to find your destination during instrument flight) in five different helicopters. As experienced as Ryan is, the other two members of his crew are just as impressive. Paramedic Seth Gentry has been with the crew for several years, Nurse Red-
mond for ten years. The team works because they work together—all the time. When an air crew is formed, they stay together because it is so important that in a crisis situation, each member of the team knows they can completely depend on the others. Each has a specific job, although the Paramedic and Nurse are cross-trained. “Generally, most procedures that we would do in an ambulance or in the E.R., we can also do in the helicopter with just enough space,” explains Gentry. Ryan is content to spend his time in the front seat making sure the aircraft gets from point A to point B safely. “We made a deal with them 25 years ago,” says Ryan. “We wouldn’t try to start an I-V and they wouldn’t try to fly. And it’s worked out pretty well.” The teams have a unique work schedule. They work seven days straight, twelve hour shifts. Then they get a full seven days off and come back for another week, this time working the night shift. They sleep at the helicopter’s base just like firefighters sleep at their station house. Multiply that schedule times five bases covering 90,000 square miles and residents of the four state area served by Erlanger Medical Center and Children’s Hospital at Erlanger can count on the best chance of surviving the worst.
Life Force flying high above the Tennessee River. Photo courtesy Erlanger Health System.
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T he specialized training of the crew and the advanced equipment in the helicopter allow the medical team to go as far as performing certain emergency surgical techniques like an airway or chest irrigation before ever reaching an Emergency Room.”
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From Disney World to the Southside "Little Shrimp" by Olga de Kein
Passionate Painters at AVA Gallery See the Artwork from the Women of Entre Nosotras On Friday March 4th, the AVA Gallery will be opening up a new exhibit featuring art from participants of La Paz Chattanooga’s Entre Nosotras program. Entre Nosotras means “amongst women”, an appropriate title for a program that was created to support and celebrate women of Latina heritage and bolster their place in the community. Along with these women’s art pieces, local Latino artists, such as Olga de Klein, a visual artist known for her use of colors and mixed media design, will be showing their work. Creating works of art is proven to release stress, help creativity flourish, and express culture; this exhibit is proof. The culture, background, and stories of these women are inspiring and no two are alike. In a city as diverse as Chattanooga, one might think integrating into
the culture would be easy. But for some, especially the Latino community, it tends to be difficult. Artwork is just one of the ways being utilized to unify people of all different backgrounds together through self-expression. Art unites souls. Admission is free and the women in this program would love to share their work with you and the rest of the community. Grab a friend and come to AVA Gallery for the opening reception at 5:30 p.m. on March 4th. The exhibit will be open through April 8th. If you’d like to know more about Entre Nosotras, visit lapazchattanooga.org. — Rebekah Jones
Entre Nosotras Friday, 5:30 p.m. AVA Arts Gallery 30 Frazier Ave. (423) 265-4282 avarts.org
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Ambi Artists Meetup
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Clean & Classy Comedy Tour
Come meet up with fellow artists & more. 6 p.m. Heritage House 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 chattanooga.gov
Opening night of a black comedy about white trash. 8 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com
Good clean comedy fun. 7:30 p.m. The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd. (423) 702-8081 thecamphouse.com
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Former Disney Imagineer Barry Snyder works his magic locally
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DISNEY IMAGINEER HAS TO BE MORE THAN AN ARTist. They have to be a scientist, inventor, carpenter, mechanic, engineer, salesman, and more. Innovation is what they are hired to do, and they take their jobs very seriously. They have to be able to sell icicles to Eskimos and make them think they got a good deal.
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I got to work with two of the greatest companies in the world— Disney and Universal Studios. Now, it’s not so much about what I have accomplished, but what I can do for others.”
The Magic Kingdom is built with bricks of brilliance, and Chattanooga is lucky to have one of the artisans who made it happen. Barry K. Snyder’s art is simply brilliant. His work has influenced the hearts and minds of an entire generation. Rumor has it that Walt Disney had his body frozen with nitrogen. The legend tells us that he now exists in a capsule. One day, when future scientists unravel the mysteries of life and death, they intend to bring him back. When they resurrect him, the air will be filled with sweet wafts of Calvin Klein, flocks of doves will flap their graceful wings into the air, and the ringing of tiny chimes and bells will tinkle in the twilight. Suspended animation is something that most people consider to be fictional, but anybody who has seen the documentary Idiocracy might agree that it is completely plausible. If Disney can resurrect the Star Wars franchise, they can do anything. Whether or not they have found a way to conquer death and bring their creator back to life, this incredible organization has definitely figured out a few things involving art, and they did so with Barry’s help. “One of the best things about it was that I got to work with some of the most creative people in the world,” he says.
“They put us up in quarters—you could go outside, but you couldn’t leave. We would all talk about the concept of what ride or show we were working on. We had the best engineers, and people taking short hand. They would tell us that we couldn’t come out until we had something. They brought us whatever we needed—all of our food was provided. We all knew what our job was. We were Walt’s team. He used to say ‘No show is better than bad show’. We were there to inspire the imaginations of young people and adults alike. Walt never quit living inside of a child’s imagination. He went bankrupt five times, but he never gave up. They said that he didn’t have enough creativity, but he proved them wrong.” Disney, the iconic institution that is more powerful than the government, is shrouded with secrets. They have their own private everything—water, power, food, housing, schools, police, beer… they even grow their own strains of marijuana (Goofy is one of their strains of indica, Buzz Lightyear is their brand of kush, and Mickey Mouse is their flagship sativa). After you work at Disney for 40 years, you need some medical marijuana, which is why Epcot Center is packed full of the best indoor weed on earth. One can expect nothing less from a corporation that discovered how it is cheaper to build and shoot a real X-Wing than it is to create a composite
shot of a model and a moving background. Walt wouldn't have it any other way. His refrigerated mind is a Pixar movie. He is like Peter Pan, and his Neverland is known as Disneyland. He is the man that achieved immortality—a feat which he achieved by surrounding himself with the highest caliber artists that he could find. These artists continue to make the magic of Disney. “I’ve been blessed,” explains Snyder. “I’ve had a wonderful and exciting life full of imagination and work. I’ve been very fortunate to be able to work most of my life as an artist, get paid for it, and sustain my family. I did it commercially, and I got to work with two of the greatest companies in the world—Disney and Universal Studios. Now, it’s not so much about what I have accomplished, but what I can do for others. It would be an insult to Disney to compare our current government to their corporation. Our government doesn’t work, and they don’t seem to be making anybody happy. I’m a Bernie Sanders supporter for this reason.” “With politics, religion, and otherwise, I’ve had so much smoke blown up my ass I feel like a country ham,” he notes. “If you don’t vote, you don’t have the right to complain.” Come see Barry’s art at Area 61 and Art120. Just don’t tell him if you didn’t vote this past Tuesday. CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • MARCH 3, 2016 • THE PULSE • 11
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THURSDAY3.3 Ooltewah Farmers Market 3 p.m. Ooltewah Nursery 5829 Main St. (423) 238-9775 ootlewahnursery.com Throwback Thursday 4 p.m. The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org Women Ground Breakers Storytelling 5 p.m. The Walden Club 633 Chestnut St. (423) 805-4602 womengroundbreakers.com Members-Only Exhibit Opening Reception: Novelties and Knick-Knacks 6 p.m. Museum Center at Five Points 200 Inman St. (423) 339-5745 museumcenter.org Winter Workshop Series: The Adventure of Weather 6 p.m. Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com RivALZ Kickoff Party 6 p.m. The Bitter Alibi 825 Houston St. (423) 265-3600 alz.org/altn Ambi Artists Meetup
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6 p.m. Heritage House 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 chattanooga.gov Chestnut Street Coffee Brown Ale Launch Party & Tasting 6:30 p.m. Back Inn Café 412 E. 2nd St. (423) 265-5033 Country Cool 7:30 p.m. The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com
FRIDAY3.4 Entre Nosotras 11 a.m. AVA Art Gallery
PULSE PICK: COUNTRY COOL Karen Mills, Leanne Morgan, and Trish Suhr team up for a night of "clean comedy", where they will be dealing with the “this can’t really be happening” moments of daily life. Country Cool The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com
30 Frazier Ave. (423) 265-4282 avarts.org Commemorative Forest at Sculpture Fields 2 p.m. Sculpture Fields 1141 E. 23rd St. (423) 266-7288 sculpturefields.org Warm Glass-Hot Wax Opening Reception 5 p.m. In-Town Gallery 26A Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214 intowngallery.com Exum Gallery Show Opening Reception 5 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 305 W. 7th St. (423) 266-8195 stpaulschatt.org
First Friday 5:30 p.m. Area 61 Gallery 61 E. Main St. (423) 648-9367 Open Studio Night 5:30 p.m. Chattanooga WorkSpace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 822-5750 chattanoogaworkspace.com Live at the Bessie: Rhyme 'N Chat 6 p.m. Bessie Smith Cultural Center 200 E. MLK Blvd. (423) 266-8658 bessiesmithcc.org River Gallery March Exhibit Opening Reception 6:30 p.m. 400 E. 2nd St. (423) 265-5033 river-gallery.com Kaleidoscope Concert II 7:30 p.m. Roland Hayes Concert Hall 615 McCallie Ave. (423) 425-4371 utc.edu/fine-arts-center Country Cool 7:30, 9:45 p.m. The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Sordid Lives—A Black Comedy About White Trash 8 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com The Floor is Yours:
ARTS CALENDAR
Warm Glass-Hot Wax Opening Reception Back to Broadway 8 p.m. Barking Legs Theatre 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org
SATURDAY3.5 Plant Natives 2016 Symposium 8 a.m. UTC University Center 642A E. 5th St. (423) 209-8315 tennesseevalley.wildones.org Dixie Division Train Collector’s Assoc. Show 9:30 a.m. The Colonnade 264 Catoosa Cir. (706) 935-9000 colonnadecenter.org St. Alban’s Hixson Market 9:30 a.m. St. Alban’s Church 7514 Hixson Pike stalbansepiscopal.net Live Painting Demo with James Courtenay James 11 a.m. The River Gallery 400 E. 2nd St. (423) 265-5033, ext. 5 river-gallery.com The Metropolitan Opera: Manon Lescaut 12:55 p.m. Carmike East Ridge 18 5080 S. Terrace (423) 855-9652 carmike.com Artful Yoga: Honoring All
of the Parts of a Self 1:30 p.m. The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org Andrew Jackson: American Hero or Scoundrel Program 2 p.m. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park 10 Hamm Rd. (706) 866-9241 nps.gov/chch UTC's Got Talent! 3 p.m. Summitt Pianos 6209 Lee Hwy. (423) 400-1587 summitpianos.com Denim & Diamonds 7 p.m. Chattanooga Convention Center 1150 Carter St. (423) 622-2872 chattmedsoc.org Clean & Classy Comedy Tour 7:30 p.m. The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd. (423) 702-8081 thecamphouse.com Country Cool 7:30, 9:45 p.m. The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Sordid Lives—A Black Comedy About White Trash 8 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St.
(423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com
SUNDAY3.6 East Tennessee Music Collectors Show 8 a.m. East Ridge Community Center 1517 Tombras Ave. (423) 867-6406 eastridgetn.org Country Cool 7:30 p.m. The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com
MONDAY3.7 Lookout Farmers Market 4:30 p.m. Red Bank United Methodist Church 3800 Dayton Blvd. (423) 877-2881 rbumc.org Artist Series Concert 7:30 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 305 W. 7th St. (423) 266-8195 stpaulschatt.org
TUESDAY3.8 Women Ground Breakers Storytelling #2: Education 5 p.m. Girls Preparatory School 205 Island Ave.
(423) 634-7600 womengroundbreakers.com Ruth Holmberg Arts Leadership Award Ceremony 6 p.m. The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org
WEDNESDAY3.9 Artful Meditation with Victoria Priest 11 a.m. The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org Main Street Farmers Market 4 p.m. 325 E. Main St. mainstfarmersmarket.com The Metropolitan Opera: Manon Lescaut (Encore) 6:30 p.m. Carmike East Ridge 18 5080 S. Terrace (423) 855-9652 carmike.com Adventures & Ales: One Simple Question pres. Lookout Wild Film Festival, Kelly Subaru, Luwazo 7 p.m. The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd. (423) 702-8081 thecamphouse.com Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • MARCH 3, 2016 • THE PULSE • 13
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The Big Green Funk Arrives
A 21st Century approach to merging ‘90s alternative with ‘70s funk
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Pump Up the Bass! Chattanooga’s Carico displays his bass-baritone vocals. Signal Mountain native Seth Carico has reached unbelievable heights in his career. From a role in The King and I at age nine in Signal Mountain’s Playhouse to roles in Rigoletto and Little Women, Seth Carico built a lasting reputation of bass-baritone vocals and commanding stage presence. This Saturday, Carico will join Chattanooga Symphony at the Tivoli to display the operatic vocals that gained him popularity. Carico’s voice has earned him performances around the world. Opera Today and Opera News have praised him for his ringing baritone voice, which he effortlessly uses to captivate audiences. His strong vocals along with dramatic influences brings a unique perspective to operatic characters in different theatrical genres. In 2007, Carico was awarded a spe-
cial prize at the International Czech and Slovak Song Competition in Montreal, earning him incredible recognition in the following years. In 2010 through 2011, he became part of Deutsche Oper Berlin and Teatro Regio Torino, which are both prominent opera and ballet houses. A little closer to home is his role of Monterone in Rigoletto performed as part of the Nashville Opera. Back home in Chatt, Carico will perform a few of his Broadway favorites and opera selections from past performances such as the “The Torreador Song” from Carmen, as Chattanooga’s Own. — Ja'Lisa Little Seth Carico: Chattanooga’s Own Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. (423) 757-5156 chattanoogaonstage.com
THU3.3
FRI3.4
SAT3.5
BEAR HUNT
DRUMING BLUES
FUNK FOR FREE
Sam Killed the Bear
Yattie Westfield
Dr. B and The Ease
You want hard rock the way it was meant to be played? Come hear the real thing. 8 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com
Jazz, blues, rock...you name it, Yattie can play the drums like no one's business. 9 p.m. World of Beer 412 Market St. wobusa.com
Blues/rock band brimming with soul, funk, and Jazz melodies. Bonus: free show! 8 p.m. Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. #120 granfalloonchattanooga.com
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HE IMAGINARY PERSON WHO ASKS ME HYPOTHETIcal questions as a lead-in to my article for the week asked me the other day, “Marc, you’ve written about 200 bands more or less over the last few years, how do you keep finding new ones to cover?” What an excellent question.
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Big Green Funk was much more deliberate and eventempered in their approach, investing months into rehearsing before even deciding on a name or a particular style.”
When I first wrote about Chattanooga music back in the late nineties, two things absolutely astonished me. One, the level of talent in this town was extraordinary and two, the number of bands was too. There is not now, nor has there been any shortage of performers. The problem has always been awareness which is why I keep writing. As both a musician and a lover of music, I like to contribute in some small way by connecting the people that want to hear it with the people who play it and this week’s Chattanooga band you might not have heard of yet. They’re known as Big Green Funk. Big Green Funk formed in the fall of 2013, when the remaining members of Subway Mars met up with Cliff Marian. Stephen Scott Stewart (guitar/vocals), Dave Cheek (guitar/bass), and M. Douglas Winesburgh II (drums/vocals) had essentially been the songwriting force behind Subway Mars and were looking for a front man that shared their musical ideals and work ethic. More often than not, when the right people get together to play music, they know almost instantly if it’s going to be a good fit. The initial jam with Cliff and the fellows left no doubt in anyone’s mind that they were on to something powerful. This is the point in the story when the band spends a few months working
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up a set and then hitting the clubs, but Big Green Funk was much more deliberate and even-tempered in their approach. Investing months into rehearsing before even deciding on a name or a particular style, frankly, it isn’t clear that they decided on a style so much as they waited to see what style emerged from their interaction. There is a lot to be said for that approach. It gave the men time to focus on writing new music while developing the kind of rapport that usually only comes from many years of hardcore road dogging. It’s a kind of patience one doesn’t generally find among younger players who are on fire to “get out there and do it,” but the guys in Big Green Funk are all seasoned players and their methodical approach to preparing the band for live performances continues to pay dividends. The band’s seven song demo disc is chock full of original goodness and is mightily impressive in its precision and solid production values. On the first listen (particularly the track, “You Never Know,”) the sound is very strongly reminiscent of mid-nineties alternative music (an era which was, in a way, my generation’s version of the
late sixties/early seventies, so that’s meant to be high praise.) Working your way through the list of songs, “Pink Starfish” and “Grim Reality” conjure up some jam band flavors minus the obligatory 11 to 15-minute-long tunes. By the time you get to tunes like “Zen Whiskey” and “Any Other Way,” the band’s roots start showing with some genuine seventies style funk (big and green, presumably.) So, when all is said and done, what do you have with Big Green Funk? Why, an excellent retro-alt band with a smattering of older influences that all play very well within the sound of the band. You also have an excellent chance to see and hear this goodness for yourself on Saturday, March 12th at Granfalloon where Big Green Funk (along with other local notables like Shabti and Marlowe Drive) will make their stand on The Road to Nightfall. That show starts at eight with Big Green Funk scheduled to take the stage at ten. If you don’t catch this one, who knows? Perhaps the next stop for Big Green Funk will be Nightfall itself, but where ever you see them, they will be a treat. CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • MARCH 3, 2016 • THE PULSE • 15
MUSIC CALENDAR
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THURSDAY3.3
March 3-6 Country Cool Comedy Tour Leanne Morgan, Trish Suhr, Karen Mills A no-holds-barred clean comedy show
March 11-13 Monroe Martin
from Last Comic Standing
March 17-20 April Macie
from Last Comic Standing
March 25-26 Matt Mitchell & D.J Lewis
Chattanooga’s Premier Comedy Club 1400 Market Street Chattanooga, TN Tickets: (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com
James Crumble Trio 6 p.m. St. John’s Meeting Place 1278 Market St. stjohnsrestaurant.com Rick Rushing Blues Jazz N’ Friends 6 p.m. Bluewater Grille 224 Broad St. bluewaterchattanooga.com Bluegrass Thursdays 7:30 p.m. Feed Co. Table & Tavern 201 W. Main St. feedtableandtavern.com Giants of Jazz: Art Blakey 7:30 p.m. Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Million Dollar Quartet 7:30 p.m. Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. chattanoogaonstage.com Keepin’ It Local 8 p.m. The Social 1110 Market St. publichousechattanooga.com Sam Killed the Bear 8 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Roughwork 8:30 p.m. The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com
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Kevin Gates, Young Greatness, OG Boobie Black 9 p.m. Track 29 1400 Market St. track29.co Open Mic with Hap Henninger 9 p.m. The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com
FRIDAY3.4 Eddie Pontiac 6 p.m. El Meson 2204 Hamilton Place Blvd. elmesonrestaurant.com Binji Varsossa 6 p.m. Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge
PULSE PICK: IGNATIUS REILLY Denvor, Colorado's own Ignatius Reilly combines alt country with southern rock, the sounds of New Orleans, and classic rock n' roll. The band blends acoustic numbers with raucous electric boogie. Ignatius Reilly Saturday, 10 p.m. Clyde's On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.co
1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 Ryhme N Chatt 6 p.m. Bessie Smith Cultural Center 200 E MLK Blvd. bessiesmithcc.org Tim Lewis 7 p.m. El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonchattanooga.com Kaleidoscope Concert II 7:30 p.m. Roland Hayes Concert Hall 752 Vine St. utc.edu/music Big Smo 8 p.m. Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co The Floor is YOURS 8 p.m.
Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Carolyn Martin 8 p.m. Charles and Myrtle's 105 McBrien Rd. christunity.org Roughwork 8:30 p.m. The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com The Young Fables 9 p.m. Puckett’s Grocery 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Yattie Westfield 9 p.m. World of Beer 412 Market St. wobusa.com Vibe Street, Brightside, Doyle 9 p.m. JJ's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Dr. Vibe 9 p.m. The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Aunt Betty 10 p.m. Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com
SATURDAY3.5 Eddie Pontiac 6 p.m.
MUSIC CALENDAR
Lumbercat El Meson 2204 Hamilton Place Blvd. elmesonrestaurant.com Binji Varsossa 6 p.m. Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 The Mckameys, Inspirations, Primitive Quartet, The Greesons 6:30 p.m. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium 399 McCallie Ave. (423) 757-5256 Tim Lewis 7 p.m. El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonchattanooga.com Michael English 7 p.m. Collegedale Community Church 9305 Four Corners Place collegedalecommunity.com Seth Carico: Chattanooga’s Own 7:30 p.m. Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. chattanoogaonstage.com Lazy Horse: A Tribute to Neil Young 8 p.m. Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Dr. B and The Ease 8 p.m. Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. #120 granfalloonchattanooga.com
Cothern Miracle Duo 9 p.m. World of Beer 412 Market St. wobusa.com Aunt Betty 10 p.m. Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com Kara-Ory-Oke! 10 p.m. The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Ignatius Reilly 10 p.m. Clyde's On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com
SUNDAY3.6 Cricket & Snail 11 a.m. Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com Emily Robinson 1:30 p.m. Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com UTC's Got Talent! 3 p.m. Summitt Pianos 6209 Lee Hwy. summitpianos.com Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m. Long Haul Saloon 2536 Cummings Hwy. (423) 822-9775
Lumbercat, The New Schematics, Sons of Ander 8 p.m. JJ's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com
MONDAY3.7 Open Air with Jessica Nunn 6 p.m. Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. #120 granfalloonchattanooga.com Very Open Mic 8 p.m. The Well 1800 Rossville Blvd. #8 wellonthesouthside.com Monday Nite Big Band 9 p.m. The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com
TUESDAY3.8 Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m. Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com And The Kids 8 p.m. Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org
WEDNESDAY3.9 The Other Guys 6 p.m.
SpringHill Suites Downtown 495 Riverfront Pkwy. (423) 834-9300 Eddie Pontiac 5:30 p.m. El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonrestaurant.com Courtney Daly Band 7 p.m. End Zone 3658 Ringgold Rd. (423) 661-8020 Open Jam 8 p.m. Raw Dance Club 409 Market St. rawbarandgrillchatt.com Wednesday Night Jazz 8 p.m. Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Blitzen Trapper 9 p.m. Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Blues Night 9 p.m. The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Convertibull 9 p.m. The Palms at Hamilton 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • MARCH 3, 2016 • THE PULSE • 17
RECORD REVIEWS ERNIE PAIK
Family Fodder Sunday Girls (Director’s Cut) (Staubgold)
ormed in the late ‘70s F in the post-punk era by John Pearce, a.k.a. Alig Fod-
der, Family Fodder is one of those rare bands that is seemingly incapable of making anything that sounds remotely boring. It is an absolutely brilliant yet criminally under-recognized group that this writer wants to force everyone to listen to, after a vigorous shaking. If pop music supplied a structure, Family Fodder blew it up like a latex glove almost to the breaking point, with injections of gleeful experimentation and sonic madness and genre nods to everything from classical music (Satie, Schubert) to Jamaican dub to new wave contemporaries. Which brings us to the reissue at hand—it’s the long out-of-print debut minialbum Sunday Girls from 1979, which takes its name from the 1978 Blondie song “Sunday Girl” that is covered twice, book-ending the release. While the covers follow the original’s recognizable form, they lovingly warp the track, throwing confetti into every crevice, and the closing version features squeaky sped-up chipmunk vocals. Sunday Girls is the sound of a band that understands that it doesn’t need to follow any rules, so it just goes for it. However, it barely—just barely—stays together, with a fragmented, attentiondeficit-ridden, addled style with brief scraps among the longer pieces that will likely be disorienting to most listeners. “Disco Purge” offers what its title suggests and
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sounds better than it probably should, taking an easy jab at disco (during the genre’s backlash) but clearly having a lot of fun with it. “Good Times Underwater” is a confusing waltz, with romper-room details like a toy piano and melodica, and early Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett’s “No Man’s Land” is covered with a deep dub vibe. “Kisses” is a formless poem with chimes, with lines like “Your dirty father made me mow the lawn, and all I really wanted was your kisses,” and perhaps the pinnacle of noodling weirdness is “Grand Méchant Loup” with psych fuzz-guitar licks and a little girl babbling in French. Newcomers might actually have an easier time with some of the bonus tracks, several of which are essential single tracks, like the irresistible, herky-jerky “Debbie Harry” and the enticing, slithering “Warm,” both of which feature the vocals of Dominique Levillain. “Playing Golf (With My Flesh Crawling)” offers bizarre and delicious discomfort along the lines of Renaldo & the Loaf, and fans searching for deep cuts will appreciate the inclusion of “Tedium” and “The Story So Far” credited to “Frank Sumatra” from an obscure 12-inch. If you ever find yourself weary of music, try Family Fodder. You have no excuse now.
Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer Twine (12k)
musician and studio Asengineer Taylor Deu-
pree explained to the online magazine Headphone Commute, although he has bought and sold a ton of synthesizers and studio gear over the years, he said, “... the best music is created with the most meager of equipment” citing the need for restrictions and concepts to push creativity. For his collaborative album with Portland musician Marcus Fischer, Twine, the spark turned out to be a single, mono tape loop created by Fischer that was playing that entranced the two as they were starting to relax after a long studio session. The core template for Twine comes from a simple idea, to tastefully build upon two mono tape loops of different lengths, played on reel-to-reel players, and recorded using microphones in a room with a small selection of instruments, including bells, an electric piano and plucked strings. Something that immediately comes to mind when listening to the stunning simplicity of Twine, which overlaps the worlds of ambient and electro-acoustic music, is the Buddha Machine, which is a battery-powered device the size of a pack of cigarettes that plays several fixed ambient loops. Imagine two Buddha Machines playing, gently going in and out of phase with each other, with the modest curiosity of two musicians figuratively walking through dirty snow in a forest in search of serendipitous beauty in the form of improvised tones. This is not entirely pristine, perfect music, and imperfections are neither magnified nor hidden—the warmth of the tape hiss, along with tiny audio glitches, are oddly comforting for the listener, as a sort of reassurance that this isn’t simply music made by robots. Twine is one of the most gorgeous ambient albums this writer has heard in recent memory, and it also serves as a reminder to musicians that keeping it simple can be a good strategy and that more often than not, a gear-purchasing addiction is just a crutch for a lack of creativity.
Free Will Astrology PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Unless you work at night and sleep by day, you experience the morning on a regular basis. You may have a love-hate relationship with it, because on the one hand you don’t like to leave your comfortable bed so early, and on the other hand you enjoy anticipating the interesting events ahead of you. But aside from your personal associations with the morning, this time of day has always been a potent symbol of awakenings and beginnings. Throughout history, poets have invoked it to signify purity and promise. In myth and legend, it often represents the chance to see things afresh, to be free of the past’s burdens, to love life unconditionally. Dream interpreters might suggest that a dream of morning indicates a renewed capacity to trust oneself. All of these meanings are especially apropos for you right now, Pisces. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Actress Blythe Baird writes about the problem that arises when her dog sees her eating a peanut butter and chocolate chip bagel. Her beloved pet begs for a piece and becomes miserable when it’s not forthcoming. Baird is merely demonstrating her love, of course, because she knows that eating chocolate can make canines ill. I suspect that life is bestowing a comparable blessing on you. You may feel mad and sad about being deprived of something you want. But the likely truth is that you will be lucky not to get it. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I do not literally paint that table, but rather the emotion it produces upon me,” French artist Henri Matisse told an interviewer. “But what if you don’t always have emotion?” she asked him. This is how Matisse replied: “Then I do not paint. This morning, when I came to work, I had no emotion. So I took a horseback ride. When I returned, I felt like painting, and had all the emotion I wanted.” This is excellent advice for you to keep in mind, Taurus. Even more than usual, it’s crucial that you imbue every important thing you do with pure, strong emotions. If they’re not immediately available, go in quest of them. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Some night soon, I predict you’ll dream of being an enlightened sovereign who presides over an ecologically sustainable paradise. You’re a visionary leader who is committed to peace and high culture, so you’ve never gone to war. You share your wealth with the people in your kingdom. You revere scientists and shamans alike, providing them with what they need to do their good work for the enhancement of the realm. Have fun imagining further details of this dream, Gemini, or else make up your own. Now is an ex-
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cellent time to visualize a fairy tale version of yourself at the height of your powers, living your dreams and sharing your gifts. CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s not always necessary to have an expansive view of where you have been and where you are going, but it’s crucial right now. So I suggest that you take an inventory of the big picture. For guidance, study this advice from philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “What have you truly loved? What has uplifted your soul, what has dominated and delighted it at the same time? Assemble these revered objects in a row before you and they may reveal a law by their nature and their order: the fundamental law of your very self.” LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Sportswear manufacturer Adidas is looking for ways to repurpose trash that humans dump in the oceans. One of its creations is a type of shoe made from illegal deep-sea nets that have been confiscated from poachers. I invite you to get inspired by Adidas’s work. From an astrological perspective, now is a good time to expand and refine your personal approach to recycling. Brainstorm about how you could convert waste and refuse into useful, beautiful resources -- not just literally, but also metaphorically. For example, is there a ruined or used-up dream that could be transformed into raw material for a shiny new dream? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “There isn’t enough of anything as long as we live,” wrote Raymond Carver. “But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance, prevails.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Virgo, you’ll soon be gliding through one of these intervals. Now and then you may even experience the strange sensation of being completely satisfied with the quality and amount of sweetness that arrives. To ensure optimal results, be as free from greed as you can possibly be. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “For a wound to heal, you have to clean it out,” says author Yasmin Mogahed. “Again, and again, and again. And this cleaning process stings. The cleaning of a wound hurts. Yes. Healing takes so much work. So much persistence. And so much patience.” According to my analysis, Libra, you should be attending to this tough but glorious task. Although the work might be hard, it won’t be anywhere near as hard as it usually is. And you are likely to make more progress than you would be able to at other times. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “The other day, lying in bed,” writes poet Rodger Kamenetz, “I felt my heart beating for the first time in a long while. I realized how little I live in my body, how much in my
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mind.” He speaks for the majority of us. We spend much of our lives entranced by the relentless jabber that unfolds between our ears. But I want to let you know, Scorpio, that the moment is ripe to rebel against this tendency in yourself. In the coming weeks, you will have a natural talent for celebrating your body. You’ll be able to commune deeply with its sensations, to learn more abut how it works, and to exult in the pleasure it gives you and the wisdom it provides. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In his “Dream Song 67,” poet John Berryman confesses, “I am obliged to perform in complete darkness operations of great delicacy on my self.” I hope you will consider embarking on similar heroics, Sagittarius. It’s not an especially favorable time to overhaul your environment or try to get people to change in accordance with your wishes. But it’s a perfect moment to spruce up your inner world -- to tinker with and refine it so that everything in there works with more grace. And unlike Berryman, you won’t have to proceed in darkness. The light might not be bright, but there’ll be enough of a glow to see what you’re doing. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Here’s the dictionary’s definition of the word “indelible”: “having the quality of being difficult to remove, wash away, blot out, or efface; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.” The word is often used in reference to unpleasant matters: stains on clothes, biases that distort the truth, superstitions held with unshakable conviction, or painful memories of romantic break-ups. I am happy to let you know that you now have more power than usual to dissolve seemingly indelible stuff like that. Here’s a trick that might help you: Find a new teacher or teaching that uplifts you with indelible epiphanies. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to poet Tony Hoagland, most of us rarely “manage to finish a thought or a feeling; we usually get lazy or distracted and quit halfway through.” Why? Hoagland theorizes that we “don’t have the time to complete the process, and we dislike the difficulty and discomfort of the task.” There’s a cost for this negligence: “We walk around full of half-finished experiences.” That’s why Hoagland became a poet. He says that “poems model the possibility of feeling all the way through an emotional process” and “thinking all the way through a thought.” The coming weeks will be a favorable time to get more in the habit of finishing your own feelings and thoughts, Aquarius. It will also be more important than usual that you do so! (Hoagland’s comments appeared in Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts.)
“Barbe-clues”—this cookout’s missing something. ACROSS 1 Move slowly 5 “Smokey ___ Cafe” 9 “American ___ Warrior” 14 First state to weigh in on presidential candidates 15 Inauguration Day recitation 16 How anchovies are preserved 17 Ink for a fan of ‘60s chess champion Mikhail? 19 Bossa nova relative 20 Photographer Adams 21 Facebook display 23 “I call it!” 26 Crew team need 27 Do a grocery store task 30 Introduction from an Italian guy who doesn’t speak much English? 36 Box score stat 37 Having no experience in 38 “Beat it!” 39 English aristocrat 41 Resulted in 43 Feels under
the weather 44 Roman ___ (novel genre) 46 Trees that yield hard wood 48 Dir. from Reno to L.A. 49 Insult your private instructor’s headwear? 51 Monopoly token choice 52 Restroom door word 53 Actress Sedgwick of “The Closer” 55 It’s often served sweetened 60 Buddy who bugs Bert 64 Friar’s Club event 65 Barbecue offering, or what the other three theme answers do? 68 First name in fragrances 69 Musician who feuded with Eminem 70 1960s bluesman Redding 71 Consenting responses 72 Blunt-edged sword
73 Get one’s feet wet DOWN 1 Falafel accompanier 2 Home buyer’s need, usually 3 Mail deliverers at Hogwarts 4 Behind the times 5 Write hastily, with “down” 6 Grain in granola 7 Prince William’s alma mater 8 Yeezy Boost 350, for one 9 Leaf and Pathfinder, for two 10 Where Chad is 11 Coastal Alaskan city 12 Agree (with) 13 “Only ___” (Oingo Boingo song) 18 Even out 22 Got the most votes 24 Jessica of “7th Heaven” 25 Site of a 1976 antiApartheid uprising 27 Sandwich need 28 Calculators with sliding beads 29 Lena Dunham show
31 Dark Lord of the Sith 32 Onslaught 33 From Limerick 34 Mango side, maybe 35 “Good to go!” 40 “Hmm ...” 42 Word of affirmation 45 Former MTV personality Daisy 47 Buying binge 50 Blast creator 54 Katniss Everdeen’s projectile 55 “Dirty Dancing” actress Jennifer 56 Actress Byrne 57 “... ‘cause I ___ me spinach, I’m Popeye ...” 58 Mr. Hoggett’s wife, in “Babe” 59 Each, informally 61 1920s leading lady ___ Naldi 62 Abbr. in the footnotes 63 “___ quam videri” (North Carolina motto) 66 Late actor Vigoda (for real) 67 Grain in some whiskey
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SCREEN SCENE
Getting The Cinema We Want…And Need Indie films soon to find a new home on the Southside with Cine-Rama
Finding Love in Occupied France The Met: Live in HD presents Puccini's Manon Lescaut The Metropolitan Opera stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Jonas Kaufmann join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story, Manon Lescaut. Opolais sings the title role of the country girl who transforms herself into a Parisian temptress, while Kaufmann is the dashing student who desperately woos her. Director Richard Eyre places the action in occupied France in a film noir setting. “Desperate passion” is the phrase Puccini himself used to describe the opera that confirmed his position as the preeminent Ital-
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Zootopia In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive con artist fox and a rookie bunny cop must work together to uncover a conspiracy. Directors: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Jared Bush Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate
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London Has Fallen In the sequel to 2013's Olympus Has Fallen, Mike Banning travels to London for the Prime Minister's funeral, where he discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders. Director: Babak Najafi Stars: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Charlotte Riley, Angela Bassett
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HERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. CHATTANOOGA HAS long been a city in between. For a film fan, that generally means seeing the same five to ten movies on multiple screens through the city. Right now, there are eleven screens showing Gods of Egypt in the greater Chattanooga area.
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Cine-Rama is opening in Chattanooga’s Southside by mid-April, and once again, it is due to the tireless efforts of the city’s biggest film fan Chris Dortch.”
The most indie film available right now is The Witch, which was released at Sundance last year and has just now gained enough popularity for a major release. Chattanooga simply doesn’t appear to have a market for indie films, even though cities like Nashville, Atlanta, and Knoxville have them regularly. There have been many noble attempts at solving this problem, the most successful of which is Mise En Scenesters, the film club that led directly to the development of the Chattanooga Film Festival. Make no mistake: things have gotten better for film fans in the Scenic City. But now, after years of false starts, mitigating circumstances, and complications, Chattanooga is getting something it has needed since before I began writing about the film scene—an art house theater. Cine-Rama is opening in Chattanooga’s Southside by mid-April, and once again, it is due to the tireless efforts of the city’s biggest film fan Chris Dortch. When MES first started as a collection of a few friends and interested parties in Dortch’s living room, there was no way of knowing what it might become. It expanded due to the leadership of Dortch and the love of good film in Chattanooga. I found it first in a warehouse near St. Elmo, watching a Christmas horror film on a white tarp while leaning on a post.
The future home of Cine-Rama on W. Main St.
It remains one of my favorite film experiences of all time. According to Dortch, “Since MES started seven years ago, it’s been our goal to open an indie theater in Chattanooga.” That goal was put on hold, of course, because first Dortch had to create an immensely successful, exceptionally programmed film festival, drawing celebrities like Elijah Wood and Joe Bob Briggs. In other words, Dortch and company have been a little busy. But good things come to those who wait, and in spite of a city that at times makes it very difficult for arts groups to gain any sort of foothold to provide an incredible service, Cine-Rama is taking up residence in the former Grocery Bar building. Initially, the art house theater was meant to be housed within the newly renovated Arts Building, but according to the folks at Cine-Rama, “Construction became a challenge. We were honored to be offered a space in The Arts Building among so many leaders of Chattanooga’s arts and culture scene. We loved that building deeply, but after months of trying to wrap our heads around how to put a functioning theater space in there, we had to admit to ourselves that the space just wasn’t ideal for film presentation,” Dortch explains. The Grocery Bar, on the other hand, was a disappointing follow-up to Enzo’s and given that Chattanoogans are flush with places to stuff their faces, an art house theater is a welcome change. The Cine-Rama boasts a 12,000 square foot space with 200 seats for film screenings, comedy events, and live
music events. No longer will MES and its patrons be forced to wander the desert of high rents, arbitrary rules about what can and can’t be shown, and insufficient or uncomfortable seating. Film fans can hope for an Alamo Drafthouse experience, complete with strict cell phone and talking policies, beer, and of course, the best film programming the city has ever seen. The Chattanooga Film Festival might be the best annual event in town, but the Cine-Rama hopes to make the fun last all year. That said, the theater can only be successful if the people support it. The CFF has shown us that there is a thirst for film in Chattanooga. There were plenty of naysayers arguing against the event, claiming that it had no chance. The same will be true of Cine-Rama. Now is our one chance to prove to distributors and filmmakers that the audience is here, waiting to be quenched. If the people demand, it’s more than possible that the Grocery Bar will be just one step towards an even larger venue. Of course, for Chris Dortch, the Cine-Rama is another notch in his belt for the betterment of Chattanooga film. “With two years of the Chattanooga Film Festival, and an amazing third year on the way, being able to stand in the Cine-Rama building is truly surreal. This theatre is something Chattanooga deserves, and we can’t wait until we can open the doors,” Dortch says. I couldn’t agree more. The theater has been a long time coming. There’s never been a better time to support local film. CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • MARCH 3, 2016 • THE PULSE • 21
COLUMN TECH TALK
The Speaker Is the Message Ideas and voices worth sharing at TEDx Chattanooga
RICH BAILEY
TEDx Chattanooga made its debut this past weekend, although it was actually the city’s second TEDx event. TED stands for “technology, entertain-
ment, design.” The first one in 2014—known as TEDx UTChattanooga—was an invitation-only event limited to 100 attendees, essentially a test drive required by the TED organization for local organizers to prove they could put on a good show and do the TED brand proud. Rather than just repeating that successful show for this year’s 500-person, sellout crowd, organizers presented a completely new conference featuring 13 speakers on stage in UTC’s Roland Hayes Concert Hall, plus three recorded TED talks, three special performances, and a live interview with The Impressions followed by a song. “I think what we were hoping to do was create a collision, not just of stories and ideas but of artistic performances, and not in a negative sense but in terms of things knocking up against each other and see-
“Compared to the first one, which was much more what it means to be Chattanooga and what’s happened in Chattanooga, this was much more about what’s bubbling up in Chattanooga.” ing what happens,” said J.Ed. Marston, cochair of the selection committee. “Compared to the first one, which was much more what it means to be Chattanooga and what’s happened in Chattanooga, this was much more about what’s bubbling up in Chattanooga.” Like the TED talks that emerge from the mother ship TED conference and dozens of licensed but independent TEDx conferences around the world, TEDx Chattanooga featured a lot of inspiration from unexpected sources. Trying to wrap up the conference and tie a bow around it here, I find that lot of the talks had a very
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“had to be there” quality in retrospect. GPS senior Rachel Raisin opened the conference with a bang, giving a talk about what flowed from her project to make 1,000 origami cranes. She wanted a hero, but, “That hero didn’t come so I became one myself.” Doing good engendered a surprising amount of opposition— “dEverything I did someone tried to stop me.” It may read a little cheesy on the page, but it was an astonishingly vulnerable revelation of the inner workings of a pretty amazing person. The same was true of African-American performance poet Christian Collier. It’s interesting enough when he says, “The act of writing is like prayer” or “Poetry allows us to see ourselves and each other intimately, vulnerably.” But when he speaks a poem about his first love, who asked him to leave her birthday party to hide him from her white father, and talks about seeing her with her children years later, his presence compounds the effect of his words. Even the talk that was most technological and idea-centric felt very personal. Biohacker Cole Montalvo’s pitch for seeing the good side of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) felt like he was introducing his friends. Okay, his friends include
clothes made from bacteria and chairs that grow themselves. He works with stuff like this in a community lab, essentially a biotech maker space, and he hates to see technology with so much potential for sustainability get a bad rap from sharing the GMO moniker with genetically engineered foods whose safety is widely questioned. Documentary photographer Billy Weeks’ talk may have provided a key for understanding the day. He described growing up poor in a “shell house” that had exterior walls but inside had only 2x4 framing with electrical wires and duct work showing. The light in that house made a big impression on him, and he saw the same light decades later in a dirtfloored house in Guatemala. “There’s always more than one person in a photo: the subject and the photographer,” Weeks said. “In the end, I am always photographing myself.” That nails the feeling after a day of watching people give what TED organizers like to say should be the best speech of the speaker’s life. Those talks were like Billy Weeks’ photos: they included both the subject and the speaker in a surprisingly intimate view. And the audience responded as much to the speaker as to the idea being shared. Rich Bailey is a professional writer, editor and (sometimes) PR consultant. He led a project to create Chattanooga’s first civic website in 1995 before even owning a modem. Now he covers Chattanooga technology for The Pulse and blogs about it at CircleChattanooga.com
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