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CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

DOG DAY

AFTERNOONS WHERE TO TAKE YOUR POOCHES WITH YOU AROUND TOWN

THE ART OF

ZAC HOLBROOK

WHAT IS REAL

ROOTS ROCK? SPRING GARDEN

TOURING

MOTORCYCLE RIDING • INSIDE BARLEY CHATTANOOGA • STAR WARS GOES SOLO

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE VOLUME 15, ISSUE 22 • MAY 31, 2018

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Dog Day Afternoons For Chattanooga to be such a mecca for active outdoor enthusiasts, I was surprised when I moved here to learn some huge outdoor venues, like the Sunday Chattanooga Market and Coolidge Park, did not allow dogs.

SPRING GARDEN TOURING

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WHAT IS REAL ROOTS ROCK?

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It’s one of the most eagerly awaited events of the year for lovers of gardens and beautifully grown things: the 31st Annual Spring Garden Tour.

Not every band does as well their first time out, in fact it’s generally accepted that a debut album is little more than a stepping-stone or rite of passage.

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MAKING PERSONAL ART

Chattanooga is saturated with “happy art”— colorful landscapes, pictures of the walking bridge, still lifes, portraits, pretty abstract paintings, most of them created by happy people.

HE'S GOT A GOOD FEEELING ABOUT THIS

There’s nothing better than seeing a movie with low expectations and being pleasantly surprised. Given how low my expectations tend to be for tent-pole movies, you’d think it would happen more often.

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22 GAME ON!

12 ARTS CALENDAR

19 FOOD & DRINK

23 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

16 MUSIC CALENDAR

21 NEW IN THEATERS

23 JONESIN' CROSSWORD

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BEGINNINGS · CITY LIFE

Spring Garden Touring Let the Master Gardeners be your backyard inspiration

By Suzanne Ford Pulse contributor

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These gardens reflect the inspiration, art, love and hard work that goes into creating a unique and personal natural setting.”

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t’s one of the most eagerly awaited events of the year for lovers of gardens and beautifully grown things: the 31st Annual Spring Garden Tour. Sponsored by the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County, the tour takes place this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and again on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

This year’s tour features the McCoy Farm & Gardens plus four private gardens all located on Signal Mountain.

“For our 31st annual Spring Garden Tour, we are pleased to showcase one public and four private gardens located atop Signal Mountain,” says Patsy Boles, Spring Garden Tour Chair and long-time Master Gardener. “These gardens reflect the inspiration, art, love and hard work that goes into creating a unique and personal natural setting and demonstrate how sculpture and artifacts, water features and stonework can be combined with various plant-

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ings to create beautiful and relaxing landscapes filled with surprises.”

Boles continues, “We join these intrepid gardeners in welcoming everyone to celebrate spring with a leisurely stroll among these beautiful trees, shrubs, perennials, native wildflowers, and more. In keeping with our mission of education, we are pleased to feature the McCoy Farm & Gardens on Walden’s Ridge, which has been a Hamilton County Master Gardener project for several years.”

Within its 38 acres of tranquil wooded and open spaces are woodland

walking trails, a swing-along bridge, apple orchard and recently restored specialty gardens featuring over 100 species, including many native plants.

The four private gardens feature unique landscapes including natural rock formations and waterfalls, spectacular views, a wide range of plantings suited to both sun and shade including exotics and natives, rock gardens, raised vegetable beds, and cottage gardens filled with plants creating a habitat for birds, butterflies and other pollinators.

“We hope people will come to enjoy these beautiful spaces and discover a renewed appreciation for gardens and the people who create them, as well as an idea or two to try out in their own gardens,” Boles adds.

The 31st Spring Garden Tour is made possible, in part, with generous support from Blue Cross Blue Shield, Holcomb Garden Center, Smart Bank, and Scenic Cities Beautiful. Tickets for the entire tour are $20, good for both days, and can be purchased on the day of the event at any of the gardens on the tour.

Proceeds from the Spring Garden Tour benefit educational programs sponsored by the Chattanooga Area Food Bank and the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County.

And for those unaware, the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County is a non-profit, educational, volunteer organization that plays an important role in the civic life of Chattanooga and the surrounding area.

Among the many ongoing landscaping and garden partnerships undertaken by MGHC are: Aquarium Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden, Bonny Oaks Arboretum, Chattanooga Area Food Bank, Chattanooga Zoo, McCoy Farm & Garden, Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, and Siskin Children’s Garden.

For more information about MGHC programs and this weekend’s Garden Tour, head over to mghc.org

Cons ider This w ith Dr. Rick “Don’t worry if people don’t like you. Most people are struggling to like themselves.”

Tim Hinck's "Sensory Deck" A campus parking deck gets musically transformed Imagine an empty parking garage: feel cool air hit your skin as your eyes adjust to darkness, listen as echoes bounce in all directions.

Now, imagine a grand piano in that same space, accompanied by the smell of food and the flashing lights of art projections on the walls.

If your first thought wasn’t, “Wow! This is the perfect place to put a piano! The acoustics in here are great,” you are probably not alone.

Luckily for the rest of us, concert pianist and composer Tim Hinck

looked at the old Lupton library parking lot and thought just that.

This Sunday evening at 8 p.m., Hinck will be setting up his six-foot Yamaha grand piano on the underground level of UTC’s Lupton library parking garage on Douglas Ave, for a pop-up performance called Sensory Deck.

Hinck explains the rather avant garde choice of venue in his own words, saying, “A parking garage has always seemed perfect because of its bid acoustic and the darkness

that allows for video projections.”

He also enjoys playing in open fields, warehouses, and amphitheaters.

Hinck will be joined by artist Kenny Kudulis as he plays Prokofiev’s 8th Piano Sonata as well as an original piece. And if a piano concert and visual projector art isn’t enough to grab your attention, the event will also feature local bites which you can enjoy as you take in the visual art and music.

— Olivia Haynes

When I published my first book, it was the result of several years in private practice, where I noticed that an underlying “theme” for so many personal issues we struggle with today, is self-esteem. Sometimes strong; sometimes suffering. Most of these issues come from childhood and have been rooted for a long time.

And so, we become vulnerable to other people’s opinions about us. We easily bruise.

We feel less-than.

I love what Michelle Obama says about this: “You don’t have to say anything to the haters. You don’t have to acknowledge them at all. Just wake up every morning and be the best you you can be. And that tends to shut them up.”

Consider this: However you choose to work on your personal demons, make sure there is plenty of time to be quiet, to turn inward, and ponder. As Eckhart Tolle puts it: “It is inner stillness that will save and transform the world.” — Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

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Dog Day Afternoons Take your pooches with you around town

By Jessie Gantt-Temple Pulse contributor

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Indoor and outdoors, treats and trails—here are just a few highlights of where to spend your dog days of summer.”

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OR CHATTANOOGA TO BE SUCH A MECCA FOR ACtive outdoor enthusiasts, I was surprised when I moved here to learn some huge outdoor venues, like the Sunday Chattanooga Market and Coolidge Park, did not allow dogs.

I totally understand that leashes or lack thereof, poop not being scooped and just all around irresponsible pet parents creates the limiting options for places to take your pup so I am not finding fault in those that don’t allow it.

However, it did motivate me to search who would embrace my fur friend like a member of the family. Indoor and outdoors, treats and trails— here are just a few highlights of where to spend your dog days of summer.

THE WATERING BOWL With their newness, I feel like I would be stating the obvious and doing you

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an injustice by going into details on Play. Wash. Pint. I will say that I am excited they are here as it is a much needed service, ergo this article, so definitely check them out. But I will go into detail on a few other places that I did not expect to go above and beyond catering to the canines.

Old Chicago at Northgate Mall in Hixson hosts a Yappy Hour every Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on their patio from Spring to Fall. Sponsored by PetSmart, a “Gourmet Doggy Buffet” is beautifully laid out on a custom-cut green turf tablecloth and is sure to allure all with the free beef

or chicken flavored water, tennis balls, Frisbees and bandanas. Old Chicago goes the extra mile by providing a doggy menu that features chicken breasts and Angus beef burger patties.

If you donate any supplies off the McKamey wish list or make a monetary donation to Mckamey during your visit, then you get a free appetizer card to use on your next Old Chicago visit. Hutton & Smith is the official beer of the event and offer several of their selections on tap as well as provide some swag like stickers.

Hair of The Dog, known for their excellent canine customer service and multilevel patio, was the most recommended spot when I casually asked around.

Barley on MLK was the second most recommended place as they have been dog friendly since they opened their doors almost a year ago. And just a few months ago, Barley partnered with Barley Bones dog treats to install a dog treat vending machine on premise so your dog can feel even more like a V.I.Pup. A few runner ups were Universal Joint with their palacios patio and convenient

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So after a day of exploring and behaving on and off the leash, what better way to end it than with a cold one and a treat, for both of you?”

grassy knoll, and the up and coming Basecamp Bar and Restaurant who hosted the first annual Head of The Pooch with McKamey.

HAPPY TAILS Although Coolidge Park or the Sunday Chattanooga Market does not allow dogs, there are plenty of places that do welcome your canine companion.

Most hardware or outdoor supply shops like Lowes, Home Depot, Bass Pro Shop, Academy Sports and Tractor Supply allow dogs in the store on leashes.

Old Navy, TJMaxx, Marshalls and Michaels are some retailers that surprised me with their dog friendly policy and these national retailers do not discuss breeds, age, service dog, seeing eye dog or emotional support in their rules; they simply state “dogs must be on leashes.”

The eclectic Tangerinas Gallery is known for their colorful pieces as well as their sweet shop resident, the bandana-bound Beagle mix Mr. Orange Juice, also known as Orange. Another Northshore dog friendly spot is Four Bridges Outfitters who frequently has at least one pooch on the stoop that may model or greet at their leisure. Four Bridges is also open to letting your dog try on any of the human clothing too!

For less retail and more trail in Northshore, venture just around the corner from there to Renaissance Park or Stringer’s Ridge. Both of these easily accessible locations provide beautiful scenery as well as a way to release some animal driven energy. Just a short drive away, lies more outdoor adventures at Harrison Bay State Park and Camp Jordan who have paved paths surrounded by nature.

For a bit more off-the-beaten path away from civilization but still close to town, Glen Falls Trail is not too difficult with its beautiful big boulders paving the way to a waterfall. Rainbow Lake Trail, which is over 100 years old, leads to Middle Creek which is a great place for the pups to swim and also has a waterfall.

Although the swing bridges on this trail may be difficult for some dogs, all the hikers are patient and willing to wait for your dog to overcome fears of the Rainbow (Lake) bridges.

About a half hour north from downtown Chattanooga, Big Soddy Creek Gulf is another easy trail that is great for dogs. On an old mining road with several little blue holes, you can easily cool off as one big pack.

Then a half hour west of downtown, is Little Cedar Mountain Trail tucked away right off 24 on TVA Road in Jasper. There are two options for this trail, the onemile Pond Trail or the three-mile Loop, and either offer a view of the Nickajack Lake and Tennessee River Gorge.

Trying to give a variety of locations, I am just touching on some of these less likely known spots as I am sure there are tons. As our dog Allie was ten years old when we moved here, we did not have time to explore with her as we wish we would have before she passed at the age of fourteen. She did have the luxury of enjoying our 18-acre farm so taking her beyond that seemed kind of trivial and, before that, she had always been a beach bitch on the coast.

I did have the pleasure of taking her to Greenway Farms in Hixson, which is another top ranking recommendation that dog lovers gave me. The convenient location, good supply of ramps and shade made this

spot a great first for Allie, although she spent most of her time looking for attention (and treats) from the humans. Like a good dog park should, Greenway has two separate fenced in areas, one for big and one for small dogs, as well as ample room for dogs to run fast and long distances.

The Chew Chew Dog Park, which gets mixed reviews, is another convenient location to allow your dog to roam, The Red Bank Dog Park is comparable to the Chew Chew Dog Park in that they both lack shade but it has received better reviews regarding fence maintenance and cleanliness.

AIN’T TOO PROUD TO BEG So after a day of exploring and behaving on and off the leash, what better way to end it than with a cold one and a treat, for both of you?! I am one who would not give table scraps directly from the table but would allow her to lick my dishes before they went to in sink.

We called our Allie “Cold Water” because she got those dishes as clean as cold water could get them.

But for those who wish to keep your critter on a stricter diet, there are so many great local options for treats.

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own beer, he began researching all angles of the process including how the spent malted barley would be disposed of and then realized that this beer by-product could actually be used as a healthy ingredient in dog treats. Thus began Barley Bones.

One of Barley Bone’s top selling signature Farm To Treats is a beautiful pair of chicken feet and this was magic to my eyes. As I am a farmer, to see the whole bird used and hearing Ben’s story of decreasing waste within the beer industry, made me want to buy them even more and support his cause of making the world better and dogs happier and healthier.

To top it all off, Barley Bones are made in the USA and, according to the website, “Truly good enough to eat and human taste-tested.”

Although they are not made from scratch, beef flavored Puppy Bagels from Einstein Bros. Bagels are an option while on the go trying to grab a quick healthy snack. With locations in Hixson and on Brainerd Road, both have beautiful outdoor patios, provide bowls for water and are open year round.

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whipped cream for your early rising, much deserving dogs. Although the Puppucino is my favorite price, free, I would prefer to visit another local restaurant and offer my pup a treat in the shape of an ice cube or slice of cheese.

RULE OF PAW No matter where your best fur friend may travel to, be sure to follow a few rules that will make the world a yappier place. Clean up after yourself and your fur child. Ask to pet someone’s dog before going right up and putting your hands on them.

Know your dog’s limits and practice before you go public. Never leave your dog in a hot car. Always have a way to provide water to your hardworking hound. And although you may have to keep your dog leashed, that does not mean that the world should not be at their paws.

Dreaming of wanting to be a writer since she could remember, Jessie Gantt-Temple moved here three years ago from the Carolinas with her husband, and has found roots on her farm in Soddy Daisy.

COLUMN · DAY TRIPPIN'

Time To Head Out On The Highways The Tennessee Valley is a nirvana for two-wheeled road trippers

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Pulse columnist

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Mountain runs are some of the best rides a rider can have with all of the curves or “twisties” as some call it.

The views are spectacular and the air is fresh.”

RayTerry is a former railroad man and now a world traveler, an officer in the Chattanooga Area Labor Council, and and writes about whatever he can. He lives in Collegedale, weaving in and out of orange construction barrels.

HE LONG WINTER HAS FINALly succumbed to warmer temperatures. Now, bikes of all kinds of makes and types are being brought out of their winter storage in anticipation of the beginning of riding season. And what better place than our neck of the woods to go for a motorcycle ride?

If you like the view from mountaintops, a ride up Highway 111 toward Dunlap gives some breathtaking views into the Sequatchie Valley. You can exit in the valley below at Highway 28 or continue on through to Spencer and check out Fall Creek Falls.

The park is State run and has all the amenities for food, lodging and the like.

Several groups and solo riders make the trip sometimes just to cruise through and enjoy the scenery along the way.

Historical Lookout Mountain is another great ride. Going up the winding turns take you to the top where Point Park offers incredible views down to Moccasin Bend. From here one can cruise on over on the mountaintop to Cloudland Canyon state park in Rising Fawn, Georgia.

Camping, hiking, bird watching, it’s all there for taking in.

Mountain runs are some of the best rides a rider can have with all of the curves or “twisties” as some call it. The views are spectacular and the air is fresh. It can be rather chilly, though. Always best to have a jacket or long sleeve of some kind with you. You never know what the weather will throw at you. Or how late you will be out. As always: Be prepared.

Back down in Chattanooga, being a river town offers lots of water attractions, as well. I love riding along the Chickamauga and Nickajack Lakes with all their amazing views. You can pick a side to

go up or down and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

On the east side one can ride from Chattanooga up to the Hiwassee River in Rhea County. Or go down south to Marion County and Nickajack Dam in Jasper.

On the west side you can ride through Hixson up through Lakesite and into Soddy-Daisy. Dayton, also on the river, offers plenty of amenities for travel. Highway 27 is a great ride. Mostly smooth and usually with not a lot of traffic for bike riders to enjoy.

There is nothing more pleasurable than a trip into the Smokies. Several groups of riders can be seen daily making the trip up Highway 64 into the Ocoee. Historically, Highway 64 is prone to abrupt closure due to rockslides and recently a tanker truck in the lake. No problem. A detour is welcome extra miles of scenic beauty going around to your destination. TDOT has been doing a lot of work on 64 over the years. It has definitely been improved for safety and beauty for the motoring public.

Before you fire up the winter sleeping beast, be sure to make sure that it is road ready. If you did not put fuel-stabilizer in the gas tank during the winter, it might be a good idea to replace it with fresh gas. Always check the oil levels in the motor and transmission before operating your bike. You don’t want to crank up a motor that has leaked out its oil during hibernation.

Of the utmost importance is tire pressure. The long cold winter months usually result in low tire pressure. A very

quick way to wear out the tread on any tires if not properly inflated. And be sure to check all your switches for proper operation before you leave. This includes battery voltage.

One of the best things a rider can have for safety is a cell phone. Rider beware though, there are many places in the surrounding areas that cell phones do not work. Let someone know when to expect you before you travel.

So you’re ready to ride and want a group of new friends to ride with? Check out: Chattanooga Indian Motorcycle Riders Group (IMRG Chapter # 1985).

They meet at Crocket Powersports (4113 S. Access Rd.) every second Saturday for their monthly meeting. They meet to discuss and promote upcoming events, local rides, charities and other causes that help support our community. After the meeting a day ride is usually on the agenda with a stop for food and a “watering hole” in the plan.

Riding is a lot of fun. But it can also be rather dangerous. Sorry to be a buzzkill, but the likelihood of being hurt on a motorcycle is seven times greater than driving a car. Be smart, be safe and let’s just ride!

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Pride Is In The Art At AVA Gallery The LGBTQ community is all about love even though they haven’t always been treated the same way. Recently, more than ever, the community has received more attention through protests and pride marches.

It is important that everyone gets treated as equals.

The Association for Visuals Arts, AVA, is a non-profit company that is all about bringing the community and arts together in different creative ways, believing this ultimately makes people better. They have several gallery spaces for artists of all walks of life to display their works.

Pride & Protest is the next new art exhibition with AVA. They wanted to give their artists a space to show their opinions on the government and prejudices in today’s society. This art can range from fear and anger, to self-love and confidence.

People are still being discriminated against and more light needs to be shed on this situation. If the community comes together and shows support, that could make a lot of a difference.

Pride & Protest will be held at the AVA Gallery on the Northshore at 30 Frazier Ave. starting at 5:30 p.m. this Friday. For more information, AVA can be reached at (423) 265-4282 or avarts.org.

— Libby Gillies

Making Very Personal Art Zac Holbrook creates art solely for the sake of art

By Tony Mraz Pulse contributor

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Zac Holbrook’s dark explosions of postmodern angst and depression stand out because of this stark conceptual contrast.”

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HATTANOOGA IS SATURATED WITH “HAPPY art”—colorful landscapes, pictures of the walking bridge, still lifes, portraits, pretty abstract paintings, most of them created by happy people for the delight of satisfied customers.

In this environment, it can be refreshing to experience something that is genuinely unpleasant and miserable.

Zac Holbrook’s dark explosions of postmodern angst and depression stand out because of this stark conceptual contrast. The artist’s palette consists mostly of black paint, and a bit of white.

“To me, everything has to be black and white, because what I make and what I feel is not suitable for color,” he explains. “Color makes people happy, and nothing I

make is supposed to make people happy. If anything, it’s supposed to bum you out.”

Holbrook got his start as a graffiti artist when he was in high school.

As he got into doing more traditional art, he taught himself different ways to make things—so that when he had an idea for a piece, he could make it.

“I have never felt like a painter or a sculptor or anything, it’s more like when something pops into my head, I have to make that right now,” he says. “So I’ve been doing that for

most of my life, since I stopped being a hoodlum. I got tired of graffiti. For me, it was the medium I was into at the moment, and then that phase passed, and I started working on something else.”

Holbrook manifests his ideas and feelings with a variety of media, including drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and collage. He sculpts by casting with resin, plaster, concrete, and whatever else he can get his hands on.

“I learned how to do casting with Matt Dutton—I used to work at Rock City doing Halloween decorations,” he says. “Pretty much everything I know about sculpture, I learned from Matt. He made me understand that art doesn’t have to be so serious, that you can throw something into it because it is your thing—he taught me to not care what other people think, to just make what I think.”

He prefers to work at night, sometimes spending a whole day thinking about what to do, and then starting when it gets dark. His work is inspired by horror movies, crime shows, and professional wrestling. A lot of his collage-based work is based on crime magazines, and many of his pieces incorporate quotes from professional wrestlers.

“I’m into the aesthetic of violent things—I like guns and bloodshed, I think there’s something interesting

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He prefers to work at night, sometimes spending a whole day thinking about what to do, and then starting when it gets dark. His work is inspired by horror movies, crime shows, and professional wrestling.”

about it,” he explains. “That’s why I started burning a lot of canvasses, treating the whole thing as a piece of art, not just the image on the painting.

By the time I’m through with some of them, they are completely ruined with burns and holes.”

Always carrying a sketchbook with him, he uses the best of his drawings as source material for a series of Zines. “I might get drunk and start drawing, go places and draw, or be socializing and start drawing so I don’t have to be a part of it,” he notes. “I don’t try to say anything—I’m doing it as an exercise to get something out, and if people like looking at it, that’s cool, too.”

If anything, Zac feels like he’s creating his art primarily for himself.

“If I put my artwork on Instagram, and nobody likes it, I don’t care—I didn’t make it for anybody but me,” he says. “I can’t tell people anything, I don’t know what’s going on in my own

head. I’m not in the position to have a message, I’m just trying to keep my s*** together.

“When you make something for a viewer, you’re telling the viewer something about yourself or about the world. When you make something for yourself, it’s like you have an inside joke that nobody else gets. People can guess all day about what I’m trying to say, but they’ll never know because it is a secret that I have with myself.”

An honest approach to making work keeps him out of trouble. “I do things in my art so I don’t have to do them in real life,” he explains. “I take all of my aggression out that way. I have so much anxiety about stuff in my own life, I don’t really care too much what is going on in the rest of the world. I’m nihilistic—I don’t think there’s a way to fix things, so I don’t try to tell people they can.”

You can follow him on Instagram at zoloftrider.

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Ben Jones

99 Flowers

“The Mousetrap”

Ben got his first laughs as a child who dreamed of being a circus clown. Although an odd path it was obvious he was a born performer.

7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. thecomedycatch.com

Opening reception for a new exhibit from VietnameseAmerican artist Dianna Settles, who combines painting and printmaking.

6 p.m.

Versa Gallery 1919 Union Ave. versagallery.org

Agatha Christie's classic mystery comes to life as five strangers come together during a snowstorm on the heels of a murder in town.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR

Bacon and Barrel Festival

THURSDAY5.31 Pop-Up Farm Stand 11:30 a.m.

EPB Main Office 10 W. MLK Blvd.

(423) 648-1372 crabtreefarms.org Sew What: Introduction to E-Textiles 4 p.m.

Chattanooga Public Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 643-7700 chattlibrary.org Vision and Verse and Music: Erika Dionne Roberts 6 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View Ave. (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org Untold History: Volume One 7 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com Ben Jones 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

FRIDAY6.1 Dogs, Cats and All Those Hats 5 p.m.

In-Town Gallery

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26 Frazier Ave. (423) 267-9214 intowngallery.com Bring on the Heat: Open Studio Nights 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Workspace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 822-5750 chattanoogaworkspace.com Pride & Protest Opening Reception 5:30 p.m.

AVA Gallery 30 Frazier Ave. (423) 265-4282 avarts.org Summer Memories: TN Craft Southeast Showcase 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Workspace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 822-5750 chattanoogaworkspace.com 99 Flowers Opening Reception 6 p.m.

Versa Gallery 1919 Union Ave. versagallery.org Bacon and Barrel Festival 6 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. (423) 266-4041 baconandbarrel.com City Sweat: Scenic Sweat 6 p.m.

Blue Goose Hollow Trailhead 876 W. 9th Ave. (423) 265-3700 rivercitycompany.com Paddling by Moonlight

7 p.m.

Reflection Riding Arboretum 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org Ben Jones 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus Broadway Tour 7:30 p.m.

Grace Episcopal Church 20 Belvoir Ave. (423) 698-2433 saygrace.net The Floor Is Yours 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org “The Mousetrap” 8 p.m.

Back Alley @ The Mars Theater 117 N. Chattanooga St. (706) 996-8350 backalleyproductions.org Ruby Falls Lantern Tours 8:30 p.m.

Ruby Falls 1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 821-2544 rubyfalls.com Improv Showdown 10 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com

SATURDAY6.2 Walk-N-Roll for Spina Bifida 9 a.m.

Coolidge Park 150 River St. walknrollforsb.org Spring Garden Tour 10 a.m.

McCoy Farm & Gardens 1715 Anderson Pike mghc.org “The Rock of Chickamauga” 11 a.m.

Chickamauga Military Park 3370 Lafayette Rd. (706) 866-9241 nps.gov Chattanooga Cornhole Classic Noon First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. (423) 266-4041 chattanooga.events Red Wolf Feeding and Talk Noon Reflection Riding Arboretum 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org Chattanooga Art Tour 1 p.m.

Bluff View Art District 411 E. 2nd St. (423) 290-2477 newsouthtourco.com Spring in West Village 6 p.m.

West Village 802 Pine St. westvillagechattanooga.com

David Blaine “A Different Business” 7 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Ben Jones 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Sundresses at Sunset 7:30 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View Ave. (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org Week in Review 8 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com David Blaine 8 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. (423) 757-5580 tivolichattanooga.com “The Mousetrap” 8 p.m.

Back Alley @ The Mars Theater 117 N. Chattanooga St. (706) 996-8350 backalleyproductions.org Whose Line Chattanooga 10 p.m.

First Draft Theater 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com

SUNDAY6.3 Spring Garden Tour 1 p.m.

McCoy Farm & Gardens 1715 Anderson Pike. mghc.org “The Mousetrap” 2:30 p.m.

Back Alley @ The Mars Theater 117 N. Chattanooga St. (706) 996-8350 backalleyproductions.org CFCW vs. Nashville Rhythm FC 6 p.m.

Finley Stadium 1826 Carter St. finleystadium.com “A Different Business” 7 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Ben Jones 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

MONDAY6.4 Spring Belly Dance Session 5:45 p.m.

Movement Arts Collective 3813 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 401-8115 movementartscollective.com Palette Knife Painting Class

6 p.m.

The Arts Building 301 E. 11th St. (423) 756-2787 artsbuild.com First Monday Improv Comedy Showcase 7:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org

TUESDAY6.5 Wake Up & Run 6 a.m.

Fleet Feet Sports 307 Manufacturers Rd. (423) 771-7996 fleetfeetchattanooga.com Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute Tour 4 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute Tour 175 Baylor School Rd. (800) 262-0695 tnaqua.org Tuesday Night Chess Club 6 p.m.

Downtown Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 643-7700 chattilibrary.com

WEDNESDAY6.6 Middle Eastern Dance 10:30 a.m.

Jewish Cultural Center 5461 North Terrace (423) 493-0270 jewishchattanooga.com Summer Welding Classes 1 p.m.

Art 120 1511 Williams St. (423) 708-2120 art120.org Soap Making 101 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Workspace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 822-5750 chattanoogaworkspace.com Rapid Learning Kayak Skills + Roll Sessions 6 p.m.

Chester Frost Park 2277 Gold Point Cir. N. (423) 842-0177 hamiltontn.gov Naughty Knights Chess Meetup 7:30 p.m.

The Bitter Alibi 825 Houston St. (423) 362-5070 thebitteralibi.com Open Mic Comedy 8 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 266-1400 jjsbohemia.com

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THE MUSIC SCENE

Broadway On Gay Street What’s more fabulous than a chorus of Southern gay men? A chorus of Southern gay men performing Broadway hits, of course.

The Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus embarks on their first ever regional tour this week, and Chattanooga is their first stop. According to Kyle Schellinger, president of KGMC, patrons of the chorus always wondered why a chorus of gay men had never done show tunes. Wonder no more, eager patrons— show tunes abound.

Founded in 2012, the Chorus’s mission is to “build bridges between the LGBT community and everyone else in East Tennessee,” and to improve the quality of life in the region through the arts.

Although recent events like the legalization of gay marriage and the re-upping of the hit show Queer Eye have been great strides for the LGBTQ community on the national level, KGMC brings gay culture and Broadway tunes to a region that still has a long way to go in terms of acceptance and musical theatre.

Schellinger says that the chorus and the LGBTQ community as a whole are “a big force for acceptance, hope, and love,” which the KGMC strives to bring to East Tennessee.

KGMC will be performing pieces from their program Broadway on Gay Street, including “Book of Mormon”, “Something Rotten”, “Avenue Q”, “Dear Evan Hanson”, “Cats”, and more at Grace Episcopal Church on Belvoir Ave. this Friday at 7:30 p.m. — Olivia Haynes

What Is Real Roots Rock?

Young Valley's new album helps define the genre

By Marc T. Michael Pulse Music Editor

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Seriously, if all you knew of a band is that it was ‘roots-rock’, what would you suppose they sound like?”

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OT EVERY BAND DOES AS WELL THEIR FIRST TIME out, in fact it’s generally accepted that a debut album is little more than a stepping-stone or rite of passage. In those rare instances when a first album does well, the pressure is on to create a worthy follow-up and all too many bands fail to hit that mark, flashing in the pan rather prematurely.

Fortunately for Young Valley, they have been able to bring the experience from their initial success to bear on this second release, proving undeniably that they are no one-hit-wonder.

Currently on tour promoting their newest album, the self-titled release from the Jackson, Mississippi roots-rock band went on sale back in April, available on vinyl, CD, or

digital streaming format, all via the Dial Back Sound label.

Their first album garnered enough attention and critical acclaim to launch them on a series of tours crossing 34 states while sharing the stage with a variety of wellestablished regional and national acts.

While there’s nothing to complain about in the first album (No Filter)

this latest collection of tracks is a step up, perhaps bringing a bit more maturity and roadpolish to an already exemplary sound.

Put another way, there is “we’re new at this, but we play with passion” raw and then there’s “we know exactly what we’re doing and we mean it” raw and the album Young Valley is jam-packed with the latter.

A brief aside, before delving further in to the music; I have spent more words than I ought complaining about the overuse of terms like “Americana” and “roots-rock”, labels so overzealously applied as to rob them of any meaning.

Seriously, if all you knew of a band is that it was “roots-rock,” what would you suppose they sound like? Whatever your answer, there a half-dozen other answers that could just apply just as well, at least until you actually hear the band.

So “roots-rock” isn’t an inappropriate term for Young Valley, merely an inadequate one to capture what the band is all about. Having sat down with the album for a while there a

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There is a country vibe, a strong one, yet not so country as to be country. There is enough rock to earn that moniker without being entirely a rock band. ”

few unshakeable impressions I take away.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band comes to mind, as well as the early work of John Mellencamp, (née Johnny Cougar) and that offers a clearer picture I think.

There is a country vibe, a strong one, yet not so country as to be country. There is enough rock to earn that moniker without being entirely a rock band.

There is an earnest, down home feel, similar to CCR, with some twang and steel guitars thrown in for good measure.

“Til I Cross Your Mind” is a fine example not only of the excellent songwriting of the band, but also the impossible to pin down nature of their sound.

Replete with the aforementioned twang and steel, the choruses and beat could just as easily be described as an

alt-band from late ‘90s or early 2000s.

“Song for Darlin’” has a much deeper country cut, at least until the beautifully filthy lead guitar kicks in and makes it a whole different beast. In that moment it sounds less country and more “When the Rolling Stones did country,” and that’s pretty damn cool these days.

Struggle as I might to encapsulate this complex band in a few simple words, the fact remains that their star is on the rise and this latest album is only bringing them that much closer to being the next big touring band everyone wants to see.

It won’t happen overnight, these things very rarely do, but if they aren’t one of those bands everyone is talking about in the next three to four years, I will be mightily surprised.

Call It SummerWeen Keep your “Christmas in July”, we all know that “Halloween in June” is where it’s at and this June 16th, Lazzy Hellgate, Pinkie the Princess of Pain and friends are bringing it to everyone’s favorite weird watering hole, JJ’s Bohemia.

The lineup so far features perennial favorites Cut Throat Freak Show featuring Jeremy Kinison (just back from a wonderfully ghoulish extended tour of Dubai. Yes, THAT Dubai.)

Joining them will be Scarlett Storm and Eric Odditorium, a recently surfaced and seriously mysterious Emotron, the always lovely surf-horror band Genki Genki Panic, and Chattanooga’s own homegrown band of sadistic psychos, the Subterranean Cirqus.

Aside from the always memorable collection of oddities, human body manipulation, performance art, weirdness and assorted pandemonium, this event will feature the “carving of the jack-o-melons” and, according to the loveable Sasquatch himself, a “truck ton of weird stuff.”

When Lazarus calls it weird…well…’nuff said. It all happens Saturday, June 16th at JJs Bohemia! …and if you get the reference to “Gravity Falls”, congrats, you’re one of the cool ones! — MTM

THU5.31

FRI6.1

SAT6.2

American Roommates

Scenic City Super Show

The Get Right Band

Indie rock and roll band made up of roommates which play sounds with warbly guitar tones and growling vocals.

9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

Chattanooga's very own live Friday night variety show with live music, stand up comedians and skits.

9 p.m.

Music Box @ Ziggy’s 607 Cherokee Blvd. ziggysbarandgrill.net

"Their songs are infectious and take you immediately to a very happy place," says The Huffington Post... and who are we to argue?

9 p.m.

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LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR THURSDAY5.31 James Crumble Trio 6 p.m.

St. John’s Meeting Place 1278 Market St. stjohnsrestaurant.com Amber Fults 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Jimmy Dormire 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Joy Williams & Anthony DaCosta 7 p.m.

Songbirds South 35 Station St. songbirdsguitars.com Toby Hewitt 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Open Mic Night 7 p.m.

Moccasin Bend Brewing Co. 3210 Broad St. bendbrewingbeer.com Bluegrass Thursdays 7:30 p.m.

The Feed Co. and Tavern 201 W. Main St. feedtableandtavern.com Jesse James & Tim Neal 7:30 p.m.

Mexi-Wing VII 5773 Brainerd Rd. (423) 296-1073 Keepin’ It Local 8 p.m.

The Social 1110 Market St. publichousechattanooga.com KlusterfunK Open Jam 8 p.m.

Trip’s Tavern 4762 Hwy. 58 (423) 803-5686 Open Mic Night with Jonathan Wimpee 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Handsome Grandsons, American Roommates, Attic Flowers

Dustbowl Revival

9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

FRIDAY6.1 Summer Music Weekends 11 a.m.

Rock City Gardens 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Jacob Johnson 6 p.m.

Cambridge Square 9453 Bradmore Ln. publicmarkets.us Gospel, Country and Bluegrass Jam Session 6:30 p.m.

Fort Oglethorpe United Methodist Church 1733 Battlefield Pkwy. holstongap.org Erin Kirkendall 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Preston Ruffing 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Nick Lutsko 7 p.m.

Oddstory Brewing Company 336 E. MLK Blvd. oddstorybrewing.co

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Erick Baker 7 p.m.

Songbirds North 35 Station St. songbirdsguitars.com Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus 7:30 p.m.

Grace Episcopal Church 20 Belvoir Ave. saygrace.net Rick Rushing and The Blues Strangers 7:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com The Mountain Opry 8 p.m.

Walden Ridge Civic Center 2501 Fairmont Pike (423) 886-3252 Dustbowl Revival 8 p.m.

Miller Plaza 850 Market St. nightfallchattanooga.com Charlsey Etheridge 8 p.m.

Puckett’s Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Fly By Radio 9 p.m.

Songbirds South 35 Station St. songbirdsguitars.com Hurly & Good Company 9 p.m.

HiFi Clyde’s 122 W. Main St.

clydesonmain.com Dirty Blonde, Superbody, Breathers 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Scenic City Super Show 9 p.m.

Music Box @ Ziggy’s 607 Cherokee Blvd. ziggysbarandgrill.net Wasted Riffs 9:45 p.m.

The Brew & Cue 5017 Rossville Blvd.

(423) 867-9402 Aunt Betty 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

SATURDAY6.2 Summer Music Weekends 11 a.m.

Rock City Gardens 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Bluegrass Brunch Noon The Honest Pint 35 Patten Pkwy. thehonestpint.com Charlsey Etheridge 12:30 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium Plaza 1 Broad St.

publicmarkets.us Mike McDade 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Megan Howard 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Erick Baker 7 p.m.

Songbirds North 35 Station St. songbirdsguitars.com Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line 7 p.m.

The Camp House 149 E MLK Blvd.

Thecamphouse.com Paperback 7 p.m.

McHale’s Brewhouse 724 Ashland Ter. mchalesbrewhouse.com Danimal 7:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Jon Scott 8 p.m.

Puckett’s Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Fitz & The Tantrums, Spirit Animal 8:30 p.m.

Gary Clark, Jr.

crustpizza.com Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com Burning Giraffes, Iron Chiefs, Dirty Fuss 9 p.m.

J.J.’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

WEDNESDAY6.6

The Signal 1810 Chestnut St. thesignaltn.com Tribute: A Celebration of the Allman Brothers Band 9 p.m.

Songbirds South 35 Station St. songbirdsguitars.com The Get Right Band 9 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com Shell of a Shell, Multiple People, Lottery, Pinecone 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com The Hype is Real Music Showcase Vol. 3 9:45 p.m.

Music Box @ Ziggy’s 607 Cherokee Blvd. ziggysbarandgrill.net Aunt Bettt 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

SUNDAY6.3 Summer Music Weekends 11 a.m.

Rock City Gardens 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com

Spinster 11 a.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com Jacob Johnson 12:30 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1826 Carter St. publicmarkets.us Kofi Mawuko 12:30 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium Plaza 1 Broad St. publicmarkets.us Nancy Westmoreland 1:30 p.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.om Gopher Broke 2 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1826 Carter St. publicmarketsus Bluegrass Jm 4 p.m.

Fiddlers Anonymous 2248 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 994-7497 Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.

Long Haul Saloon 2536 Cummings Hwy. (423) 822-9775 Courtney Holder 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com

‘1964’ The Tribute 6:30 p.m.

Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium 339 McCallie Ave chattanoogaonstage.com Mathis & Martin 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Gary Clark Jr. 8 p.m.

The Signal 1810 Cherry St. thesignaltn.com Maria Sable 8 p.m.

Southside Social 1818 Chestnut St. thesouthsidesocial.com Ruby the Rabbitfoot, DEGA, Kindora 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

MONDAY6.4 Open Mic Night 7 p.m.

Fiddlers Anonymous 2248 Dayton Blvd. fiddlersanonymous.com Attack Of The Open Mic 7 p.m.

Barley Chattanooga 235 E. MLK Blvd.

chattanoogabarley.com Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Open Air with Jessica Nunn 7:30 p.m.

The Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. granfalloonchattanooga.com Very Open Mic with Shawnessey Cargile 8 p.m.

The Well 1800 Rossville Blvd. #8 wellonthesouthside.com Brady Effler Birthday Party 9 p.m.

J.J.’s Bohemia 231 W. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

TUESDAY6.5 Bill McCallie and In Cahoots 6:30 p.m.

Southern Belle 201 Riverfront Pkwy. chattanoogariverboat.com Danimal 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Open Mic Jam Session 7 p.m.

Crust Pizza 3211 Broad St.

The Other Guys 6 p.m.

SpringHill Suites 495 Riverfront Pkwy. springhillsuites.com Tony Furtado Trio 7 p.m.

Songbirds North 35 Station St. songbirdsguitars.com Jesse James Jungkurth 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Jazz In The Lounge 7 p.m Barking Legs Theate 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Priscilla & Little Rickee 8 p.m.

Las Margaritas 1101 Hixson Pike (423) 756-3332 Bad Tattoo 8 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com One Timers, Hunger Anthem 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Prime Cut Trio 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

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ERNIE PAIK'S RECORD REVIEWS

Torschlusspanik, Thollem/Clouser/Chase

Torschlusspanik Weakness on Exposition (Orb Tapes)

Thollem/Clouser/Chase Dub Narcotic Session Vol. II (Personal Archives)

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“99 Black Clouds” features a dizzying array of sounds— metal pieces being tapped, things being dragged, watery sounds, uncomfortable buzzes, rattling, sawing, electronic blasts, power tools, and much more—and it begins with a woman discussing her Asperger’s and how people don’t give others sympathy unless they’re relatable.

“The Most Critical Mess in Your Life” is the sound of disintegration and collapse, with jarring squeaking and squealing alternating with rustling noises, and a rare rhythmic moment is supplied from the sound of haunted machinery before the jumbled, disorderly ending.

Rather than a sequential unfurling, “Crinkler” uses two or three simultaneous soundstreams for another dimension of complexity, and it ends with a monologue from a British man talking about an acquaintance who can’t find employment after being displaced by the Fukushima nuclear disaster; “Sometimes if you’re outside the mainstream and you come back in, it’s very hard,” he says, perhaps appropriate for this world of music.

elf-described as “harsh, maximalist electro-acoustic,” it could be argued that Luna Mitchell’s one-woman band Torschlusspanik from Cleveland, Tenn. has more in common with French 20th century masters of electroacoustic music—music that relies on electronic recording technology—than harshnoise contemporaries in today’s musical underground.

While Torschlusspanik’s work does incorporate bits of noise, it’s not an impenetrable wall of sound; instead, a more fundamental aspect is how each composition is meticulously arranged, often using tiny samples that thrust a piece forward serially, like a container hurtling through a pneumatic tube down a very specific path.

Torschlusspanik's latest album, Weakness on Exposition, released digitally and on cassette on the Pennsylvania label Orb Tapes, is another fascinating and constantly stimulating offering, drawing from Mitchell’s seemingly infinite catalog of sounds that are fired at the listener while ominous drones and tones skulk with an uneasy presence.

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While this is difficult music, Mitchell has the rare ability to sustain interest in the listener by tirelessly pushing things forward; each small sound fragment is a link in a chain, seemingly with the intention that each tiny moment is allowed to be felt and heard, not obscured.

It may be too much of a sensory overload for the uninitiated, but for this critic, it taps into an ineffable talent that goes beyond the elements of conventional music such as rhythm, familiar structures and melodies.

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on’t be fooled by the track list of Dub Narcotic Session Vol. II—although it features three long tracks, each around 14 minutes long, there are dozens of encapsulated ideas within fragments and moments, edited together with its own internal logic that favors variability rather than conformity.

The album is the result of the convergence of the mindbogglingly inventive and prolific keyboardist Thollem on Rhodes electric piano, drummer Brian Chase (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and guitarist Todd Clouser (of A Love Electric) at the legendary indie-pop label K Records’ Dub Narcotic studio in Olympia, Wash.

Thollem and Chase collaborated previously on Dub Narcotic Session Vol. I and are two-thirds of the trio Whistling Joy Jumpers, which features the inimitably playful eccentric Jad Fair of Half Japanese.

The new album, released on the Iowa label Personal Archives, sports quick tran-

sitions and ever-shifting moods, and typically, rather than each performer going off on his own radical, individual tangents, their exploratory ventures shift as an ensemble with a near-instantaneous mind-meld intimacy.

The three song titles take inspiration from the artist China Faith Star, who supplied the album’s artwork, and are enigmatic enough to cover the disparate jaunts.

The first track, “It’s a Drab,” features one of the album’s most synchronous passages, where Clouser’s guitar stabs match Chase’s bombastic and crunchy pounding, while Thollem slithers through the spiky obstacles.

On a segment of “Obituary of the Unknown,” Chase locks in with Thollem’s keyboard vamp, freeing Clouser to take the spotlight with soloing, and on “Cell Rejuvenation,” halfway through, Clouser generates sparks with squealing notes and string bends.

Arresting, attention-grabbing moments lead to more reflective, reserved movements, like one marked with Thollem’s downward, chiming cascades, and there are spacious, palate-cleansing sequences with a satisfying, genuine tenderness.

Much of the album is free from genre, although distortion effects (even on the drums) sport a rock attitude, and elements of jazz fusion, funk and psychedelia are felt at various times. With swift changes and room to breathe, there’s an appealing kind of uncertainty on the album that alternates between daring and sensitive.

FOOD & DRINK

Celebrating Barley Chattanooga One of the most welcoming watering holes in town turns one year old Brooke Brown

Pulse Assistant Editor

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We try to be one of the most comfortable and welcoming places in town,” says Cameron Hamner, Barley Chattanooga’s business operating partner.

The Scoop Barley Chattanooga Featuring local, national, and international brews & ciders.

35 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 682-8200 Mon-Wed: Noon-10pm Thursday: Noon-11pm Fri & Sat: Noon-Midnight Sunday: 2pm-8pm chattanoogabarley.com

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HATTANOOGA’S LOVE OF beer never seems to stop growing. From the outstanding selection of local brews to the wide array of places around town to kick back with a cold one, we’re a city that knows good beer. But one place has them beat, serving an astonishing 64 beers on tap; Barley Chattanooga.

Located just on the edge of UTC’s campus and across the street from the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, Barley Chattanooga is right in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Martin Luther King Boulevard, but somehow remains chiller than ever.

(This is probably one of the few places in town with the ambience of a library where you can also sip a cold one. College students, you’ve found your new afternoon study spot.)

“We try to be one of the most comfortable and welcoming places in town,” says Cameron Hamner, Barley Chattanooga’s business operating partner.

Grab a pint from one of the 64 aforementioned taps (choose a cider or possibly mead if you get lucky) and find the perfect place to sit that suits your vibe.

Choose from the rustic wood bar, surrounded by exposed brick columns that add an air of unrefined elegance to a warm welcome.

If you’d prefer an at-home setting, relax in a leather lounge chair living room style set up or, if you’re looking to enjoy bar snacks, a high top table inside or outside will be the perfect fit. Patrons are also encouraged to BYOF (Bring Your Own Food) to enjoy alongside your favorite brew.

What I’m getting at is Barley Chattanooga feels like a place you’d call home. Warm, inviting and with more

beer than your fridge could ever hope to hold, it will quickly become your home away from home. Or if it’s been one of those days where you really just need your own couch to melt into, stop into Barley for a growler on your way.

“People can bring in their own growlers,” says Hamner. “We don’t require them to bring in our own growlers. And we can fill it with just about any of those 64 taps.”

26 of those 64 taps are leased to focus only on Tennessee-made brews, as well as a lot of local breweries being represented. Beyond their tap wall is the bottleshop side of Barley where six packs of beers you’re very familiar with from local and national breweries like Oskar Blues to beers you’ve never heard of that may be your new favorite are sold.

“We try to go out and find unique stuff as well,” says Hamner. “That’s kind of the way we look at beer here. We want to connect people with new stuff they’ve never been able to try before.”

And being open every day means plenty of time to try new brews. Thurs-

days through Sundays Barley Chattanooga can be expected to feature live music in the mid to late evening as well as the ability to game via board games or their sweet selection of arcade games.

Made up of three separate old storefronts, Barley Chattanooga has a private room in the back available for rent for parties, birthdays, wedding showers, and more. Bring your own caterer and let Barley provide the best beer around.

Barley Chattanooga’s one-year anniversary is coming up at the start of June and to celebrate they’re throwing a block party on Saturday, June 2nd, starting at 5 p.m., where they’ll close off Houston Street to allow for people to enjoy the sunshine and their beer. A chill DJ and food trucks will be on hand to feed and entertain, followed by a live show from Behold The Brave and Shakey’s Bad Knee closing out the evening.

If you haven’t visited Barley Chattanooga yet, their one-year anniversary block party is the perfect time to see what they’re all about and discover your new favorite hangout.

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FILM & TELEVISION

Making Success Out Of Failure Pretty much every fan of over-the-top film comedy has a soft spot in their comedic heart for the legendary Mel Brooks.

The man behind such classics as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, History Of The World, Part 1, and Spaceballs (among many others), helped chart the course of modern film comedy in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

But now you can see the film that started the legend, The Producers, 50 years after it burst on the screen and helped to make both Brooks and actor Gene Wilder household names.

“I want...I want...I want everything I’ve ever seen in the movies!” Once the King of The Great White Way, Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) is reduced to romancing old ladies to finance his next flop show.

But when nervous accountant Leopold Bloom (Gene Wilder) surmises that more money could be made from a flop than a hit, the next step is to produce the Busby Berkeleyesque musical “Springtime for Hitler” and to cast stoned-out Flower Child “LSD” (Dick Shawn) in the lead.

A surefire flop—or is it?

Brooks nabbed an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay of 1968, while his movie skyrocketed from controversial cult comedy to the National Film Registry and umpteen lists of the funniest movies ever made.

Showing this Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at both the East Ridge 18 and Hamilton Place 8 theaters. — Michael Thomas

He's Got A Good Feeeling Solo: A Star Wars Story exceeds limited expectations

By John DeVore Pulse Film Editor

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Solo: A Star Wars Story is one of the best entries into the Lucas-less galaxy, far better than it had any right to be.”

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HERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN SEEING A MOVIE with low expectations and being pleasantly surprised. Given how low my expectations tend to be for Hollywood tentpole movies, you’d think it would happen more often. Usually, however, Hollywood movies are exactly as advertised.

A Marvel movie is a Marvel movie—pretty good action flick with some humor and smidge of heart.

Comedies tend to try to too hard and put the best jokes in the trailer.

Oscar bait dramas are character driven tear-jerkers trying to reveal a universal truth or push a particular narrative.

Of course, each film fulfills its own goals with varying degrees of success, but there are always indicators that a particular film didn’t go as planned. Justice League was

plagued with reports of production problems and eventually Zach Synder stepped away and Joss Whedon stepped in to save the film. It turned out to be overwhelmingly underwhelming, a paint-by-numbers team up with a generic villain and CGI upper lip. It worked, but only barely.

Solo: A Star Wars Story has had similar reports. It’s no secret that original co-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller clashed with Kathleen Kennedy, LucasFilm studio head with creative control over the entire

galaxy. Their eventual removal indicated that the stand-alone Han Solo film was doomed.

True, there was some hope when Ron Howard was chosen as the replacement, but given that he needed to reshoot some 90 percent of the film, Solo looked like it had taken a lightsaber to the heart. But somehow Opie pulled it off. Solo: A Star Wars Story is one of the best entries into the Lucasless galaxy, far better than it had any right to be.

The film is a prequel, of course.

It tells the story of a young Corellian petty thief, determined to make a name for himself and escape the slums he grew up in. This time, Han is played by Alden Ehrenreich, a relatively unknown actor whose most recognizable film is Hail, Caesar!, a minor Cohen Brothers work from 2015.

There had been rumors that a dialogue coach needed to be brought in to help Ehrenreich with his Harrison Ford impression.

Whether this was successful or not is up for debate (Ehrenreich’s take on the character doesn’t seem much like Ford to me). It’s also not necessary. Han Solo isn’t Indiana Jones and he’s a character that could easily wear many faces.

After a few minutes, Ehrenreich eases into the role and I stopped

looking for Ford and accepted the character as presented. The truth is Han Solo isn’t terribly interesting on his own—he needs a stable of supporting characters to react to and flesh out the story.

He was helped in the original films with Chewbacca, Leia, and Lando. Of course, Chewbacca returns for Solo, as does Lando, but it’s the new characters, particularly Beckett (Woody Harrelson), an gunslinging mercenary and early mentor for Han who pulls him into the smuggler life and sets him on his path towards the Death Star, that helps the film be successful.

The movie isn’t perfect, of course. Most films aren’t. There is a distracting amount of fan service within the film, some of it frustratingly so. I’m constantly bothered by how small the galaxy appears to be. There’s absolutely no reason for Han to run across names and people familiar to the original series.

If there’s a bright center to the universe, Tatooine is supposed to be the planet that’s the farthest from, and yet it shows up as an important place across almost all of the films.

There are should be billions of stars and millions of planets scattered across the galaxy, filled with colorful characters. The chances

that these characters know one specific throwaway bounty hunter from The Empire Strikes Back should be miniscule.

But these things are included as a wink to fans, so I guess it’s understandable, although I don’t know who would be seeing these films beyond fans, and one would think a Han Solo movie would be enough winking.

These are minor complaints, of course. Overall, the film is a fun chapter in the Star Wars saga— it’s certainly more fun than The Last Jedi.

Solo: A Star Wars Story is a story of luck, whether you believe in it or not. The original decision to use Lord and Miller as directors is questionable at best. For some reason, both Lucasfilm and Marvel Studios are willing to take chances on relatively unknown directors with quirky movies under their belts, trusting these small time artists with giant, difficult projects.

It could be argued that the studios are looking to develop raw talent, but often these filmmakers are sometimes asked to temper their instincts for the blander corporate product (Rian Johnson and Taikka Waititi notwithstanding).

One day they’ll be caught with their pants down. Ron Howard’s not always going to be available.

✴ NEW IN THEATERS ✴

Action Point A daredevil designs and operates his own theme park with his friends. Based loosely on the famed New Jersey Action Park theme park of internet fame, the film marks the return of Johnny Knoxville to the big screen.

Director: Tim Kirkby Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Brigette Lundy-Paine

Adrift Based on the true story of survival, a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur Stars: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer, Jeffrey Thomas

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COLUMN · GAME ON!

Reminders That Nature Hates Us A few titles will make you appreciate the pollen and maybe start recycling

T Brandon Watson Pulse columnist

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So maybe these games could serve as hopeful reminders that our pale blue dot is only slightly angry at us, at least for now, hopefully.”

When not vaporizing zombies or leading space marines as a mousepad Mattis, Brandon Watson is making gourmet pancakes and promoting local artists.

HE THREAT OF ANNIHILATION by psycho nature is something we as gamers should be familiar with.

After all, it’s well-known in most science fiction and dark fantasy that sooner or later Mother Nature will eventually lose her patience and break the seal on some pretty ghastly weather phenomena.

This year I’ve waded through the latest yellow airborne pestilence and I’ve watched fellow humans suffering at the whims of a biosphere gone horribly mad.

Being a gamer is about being exposed to the horrors of outside and of ideas, some scary ideas. Ideas that will make one thankful to just have a natural affliction cured simply by Allegra and not by hollow points.

So maybe these games could serve as hopeful reminders that our pale blue dot is only slightly angry at us, at least for now, hopefully. You may want to have your inhaler or Epipen on standby this list may cause irritable breathing, hives, and or genetic mutation.

Phoenix Point by Snapshot Games The independent company headed up by the legendary Julian Gollop, father of the original XCOM, is creating a Lovcraftian inspired tactical xeno-shooter.

As the world’s ice caps melt, a strange alien virus dubbed Pandora bleeds into the oceans causing all living things within to mutate into grotesque human eating chimeras.

Eventually the virus goes airborne becoming a deadly mist over most of the planet. A few cults and paranoid, doomsday-prepared shadow corporations have managed to survive in this Post-Lovecraftian apocalypse.

Phoenix Point is in Alpha stage meaning only the core of the game is playable but already looks promising with some about-time-they-did-this mechanics.

Features like body part targeting and

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bullet trajectory are two things that should have folks eagerly curious for final release.

Enemies with protective plating can be defeated with well-coordinated shots to vulnerable areas of the body so it’s possible to arc a seemingly impossible shot across the map and turn the tide of battle. Also enemies can and will evolve their DNA to counter the player’s tactics as the game progresses totally ratcheting up the anxiety.

I believe Snapshot’s crowd funded tactical shooter-in-a-death-cloud could breathe new life into an almost endangered species of a game genre.

Fortnite by Epic Games If a mutating viral ink cloud wasn’t bad enough, imagine a storm that makes zombies. Let me repeat that: IT MAKES ZOMBIES! I’m not sure what people would have done to deserve that type meteorological calamity but it reeks of a Dean Koontz bestselling novel.

Thankfully it’s a more whimsical take on the sandbox zombie survival game and since its release last July it has built a tremendous fan base. Either solo or online, four hero characters will face against hordes of Tim Burton styled mist zombies all while attempting to rescue survivors, scrounge for supplies, and build/protect a fort.

There is also a free-to-play PvP Battle Royale that brings the undying fun of competitive face blasting and stuff building. Being airdropped from a dirigible school bus into an outlandishly silly shooter/builder becomes stupid addictive very quickly.

Fortnite could best be described as Team Fortress and Left 4 Dead having a pretty cartoonish baby with a penchant for mayhem and construction. It’s a very

ridiculous and colorful spin of a zombie blaster and well worth your time to play it.

Naughty Dog’s Last of Us Part II The sequel of a game that actually gave us a crash course in Mycology. The Last of Us taught us that a species of brain invading fungus creates zombies and actually exists. Cordyceps is the fictional version that infects humans, turning them into grotesque monsters called Clickers. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is the real one, Google it for some nightmares.

The Last of Us is a story rich horror blockbuster that I won’t spoil for you. It’s an emotionally charged roller coaster that must be experienced firsthand and the sequel looks just as well-crafted as the first. This time the game will be played from the perspective of Ellie and she has grown up a lot meaner and fiercer since the last time.

New fully realized characters and newer versions of the nightmarish fungalbitey-monsters return to what will be another case of how emotionally wrecked a game truly can make us. Prepare for periodic checkout sessions to weep in a corner due to an existential crises.

The Last of Us Part II is scheduled for release June 11. Be sure to stock up on Tinactin and stay away from carpenter ants if you know what’s good for you!

JONESIN' CROSSWORD

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On February 17, 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev had an appointment with a local cheesemaking company to provide his expert consultation. But he never made it. A blast of inspiration overtook him soon after he awoke, and he stayed home to tend to the blessed intrusion. He spent that day as well as the next two perfecting his vision of the periodic table of the elements, which he had researched and thought about for a long time. Science was forever transformed by Mendeleyev’s breakthrough. I doubt your epiphanies in the coming weeks will have a similar power to remake the whole world, Gemini.

But they could very well remake your world. When they arrive, honor them. Feed them. Give them enough room to show you everything they’ve got.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ninetyfive percent of your fears have little or no objective validity. Some are delusions generated by the neurotic parts of your imagination.

Others are delusions you’ve absorbed from the neurotic spew of other people’s imaginations. What I’ve just told you is both bad news and good news. On the one hand, it’s a damn shame you feel so much irrational and unfounded anxiety.

On the other hand, hearing my assertion that so much of it is irrational and unfounded might mobilize you to free yourself from its grip.

I’m pleased to inform you that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to wage a campaign to do just that. June can and should be Fighting for Your Freedom from Fear Month.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): During the next four weeks, I’ll celebrate if you search for and locate experiences that will heal the part of your heart that’s still a bit broken. My sleep at night will be extra deep and my dreams extra sweet if I know you’re drumming up practical support for your feisty ideals. I’ll literally jump for joy if you hunt down new teachings that will ultimately ensure you start making a daring dream come true in 2019. And my soul will soar if you gravitate toward the mind-expanding kind of hedonism rather than the mindshrinking variety.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Everyone has a unique fate that’s interesting enough to write a book about. Each of us has at least one epic story to tell that would make people cry and laugh and adjust their thoughts about the meaning of life. What would your saga be like? Think about what’s unfolding right now, because I bet that would be a ripe place to start your meditations. The core themes of your destiny are currently on vivid display, with new plot twists taking your drama in novel directions. Want to get started? Compose the first two

sentences of your memoir.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Dear Oracle: I find myself in the weird position of trying to decide between doing the good thing and doing the right thing. If I opt to emphasize sympathy and kindness, I may look like an eager-to-please wimp with shaky principles. But if I push hard for justice and truth, I may seem rude and insensitive. Why is it so challenging to have integrity? Vexed Libra.” Dear Libra: My advice is to avoid the all-or-nothing approach. Be willing to be half-good and half-right. Sometimes the highest forms of integrity require you to accept imperfect solutions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You have waited long enough to retaliate against your adversaries. It’s high time to stop simmering with frustration and resentment. Take direct action! I suggest you arrange to have a box of elephant poop shipped to their addresses. You can order it here: tinyurl.com/ElephantManure. JUST KIDDING! I misled you with the preceding statements. It would in fact be a mistake for you to express such vulgar revenge. Here’s the truth: Now is an excellent time to seek retribution against those who have opposed you, but the best ways to do that would be by proving them wrong, surpassing their accomplishments, and totally forgiving them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Marketing experts say that motivating a person to say yes to a big question is more likely if you first build momentum by asking them smaller questions to which it’s easy to say yes. I encourage you to adopt this slant for your own purposes in the coming weeks. It’s prime time to extend invitations and make requests that you’ve been waiting for the right moment to risk. People whom you need on your side will, I suspect, be more receptive than usual -- and with good reasons -- but you may still have to be smoothly strategic in your approach.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I bet you’ll be offered at least one valuable gift, and possibly more. But I’m concerned that you may not recognize them for their true nature. So I’ve created an exercise to enhance your ability to identify and claim these gifts-in-disguise. Please ruminate on the following concepts: 1. a pain that can heal; 2. a shadow that illuminates; 3. an unknown or anonymous ally; 4. a secret that nurtures intimacy; 5. a power akin to underground lightning; 6. an invigorating boost disguised as tough love.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When I was a kid attending elementary schools in the American Midwest, recess was a core part of my educational experience. For 45 minutes each day, we were excused from

our studies so we could indulge in free-form play -- outdoors, if the weather was nice, or else in the gymnasium. But in recent years, schools in the U.S. have shrunk the time allotted for recess. Many schools have eliminated it altogether. Don’t they understand this is harmful to the social, emotional, and physical health of their students? In any case, Aquarius, I hope you move in the opposite direction during the coming weeks. You need more than your usual quota of time away from the grind. More fun and games, please! More messing around and merriment! More recess!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For many years, actor Mel Blanc provided the voice for Bugs Bunny, a cartoon character who regularly chowed down on raw carrots. But Blanc himself did not like raw carrots. In a related matter, actor John Wayne, who pretended to be a cowboy and horseman in many movies, did not like horses. And according to his leading ladies, charismatic macho film hunk Harrison Ford is not even close to being an expert kisser. What about you, Pisces? Is your public image in alignment with your true self? If there are discrepancies, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to make corrections.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): A critic described Leonardo da Vinci’s painting the Mona Lisa as “the most visited, most written about, most sung about, most parodied work of art in the world.” It hasn’t been sold recently, but is estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Today it’s kept in the worldrenowned Louvre museum in Paris, where it’s viewed by millions of art-lovers. But for years after its creator’s death, it enjoyed little fanfare while hanging in the bathroom of the French King Francois. I’d love to see a similar evolution in your own efforts, Aries: a rise from humble placement and modest appreciation to a more interesting fate and greater approval. The astrological omens suggest that you have more power than usual to make this happen in the coming weeks and months.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): These days, many films use CGI, computer generated imagery. The technology is sophisticated and efficient.

But in the early days of its use, producing such realistic fantasies was painstaking and time-intensive.

For example, Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film Jurassic Park featured four minutes of CGI that required a year to create. I hope that in the coming weeks, you will summon equivalent levels of old-school tenacity and persistence and attention to detail as you devote yourself to a valuable task that you love.

Your passion needs an infusion of discipline. Don’t be shy about grunting.

“Uh...”—an uncomfortable pause.

ACROSS 1 World book?

6 Steakhouse order 11 Hominy holder 14 “Rocky IV” nemesis Ivan 15 “What the Butler Saw” playwright Joe 16 Moron’s start?

17 Question from one possibly out of earshot 19 Pizzeria order 20 “The Treasure of the ___ Madre” 21 Sammy Hagar album with “I Can’t Drive 55” 22 Rapidly 23 Edible pod 24 Sketchy craft 26 Nicholas I or II, e.g.

28 “The World Is Yours” rapper 29 Pomade alternative 30 Picturesque views 33 “Taxi” actress with a series of health and

wellness books 35 Bundle of wheat 38 Hunk of goo 39 Oven protectors 40 2004 Stephen Chow comedymartial arts film 43 “That really wore me out” 44 Ending for bow or brew 45 River blocker 48 Newspaper dist. no.

49 Pig’s enclosure 50 Top-of-the-line 51 Pump, e.g.

53 Back muscle 55 Org. that goes around a lot 57 Schticky joke ender 58 Requesting versions of items at a restaurant that aren’t on the list 60 “Breaking Bad” network 61 Jouster’s weapon 62 Piñata part 63 Minigolf’s lack 64 Out of money

65 Golfing great Sam DOWN 1 Compounds 2 Three-horse team, Russian for “a set of three” 3 Onion features 4 Ancient Greek marketplace 5 Like some gummy candy 6 Nail site 7 B, in the NATO phonetic alphabet 8 Other, in Oviedo 9 Barely competition (for) 10 Paris-toWarsaw dir.

11 One with shared custody, maybe 12 Planet’s turning point 13 Putin putoff?

18 Actor Rutger of “Blade Runner” 22 ___ Mae 25 Set of steps?

27 Fitting 29 Movie crew electrician

30 Group within a group 31 Out of business, for short 32 They consist of four qtrs.

33 Noisy bird 34 Velvet Underground singer Reed 35 Runner on soft surfaces 36 Fridge sound 37 Settle securely 41 Vague 42 Endeavoring to, much less formally 45 Tamed 46 Key disciple of Buddha 47 Went from two lanes to one 49 Unmovable 50 Be hospitable to 51 Little argument 52 Philosopher David 54 Domini preceder 56 Shakespearean quintet?

58 Pirates’ org.

59 “___ Haw”

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