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JULY 7, 2016

CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL

SHORT SHORT STORY CONTEST

CHATTANOOGA'S WRITERS TAKE THE 500 WORD WRITING CHALLENGE

MUSIC

GIRLS ROCK THE SHOWCASE

ART

SAM SOLE

DANCING ARTIST

SCREEN

ALIENS ATTACK NO ONE CARES

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CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

EDITORIAL

Managing Editor Gary Poole Editorial Assistant Brooke Dorn

Contents

July 7, 2016 Volume 13, Issue 27

Music Editor Marc T. Michael Film Editor John DeVore Contributors Rich Bailey • Adam Beckett Rob Brezsny • Matt Jones Tony Mraz • Ernie Paik Rick Pimental-Habib Editorial Intern Hillary Eames

Features

Cartoonists Max Cannon • Rob Rogers Jen Sorenson • Tom Tomorrow

4 BEGINNINGS: Blake Hise works to keep local music alive and kickin’.

FOUNDED 2003 BY ZACHARY COOPER & MICHAEL KULL

ADVERTISING

5 THE LIST: How much do we really work?

Director of Sales Mike Baskin Account Executives Chee Chee Brown • Linda Hisey Rick Leavell • Libby Philips • John Rodriguez Logan Vandergriff • Joseph Yang

CONTACT

Offices 1305 Carter St. Chattanooga, TN 37402 Phone 423.265.9494 Fax 423.266.2335 Website chattanoogapulse.com Email info@chattanoogapulse.com BREWER MEDIA GROUP Publisher & President Jim Brewer II THE FINE PRINT: The Pulse is published weekly by Brewer Media and is distributed throughout the city of Chattanooga and surrounding communities. The Pulse covers a broad range of topics concentrating on music, the arts, entertainment, culture and local news. The Pulse is available free of charge, limited to one copy per reader. No person without written permission from the publisher may take more than one copy per weekly issue.

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The Short Short Story Contest

Every year, we like to challenge Chattanooga writers to come up with their best story in 500 words or less. This year, we had a record number of entries, and a daunting task at hand for our judges to determine the best of the best. And without further ado, here are the top three for your enjoyment. And be sure to check out chattanoogapulse.com for the Honorable Mention stories.

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Building On Talent

Traditional theories on the brain postulate that creativity is focused in the right hemisphere of the brain, but recent studies by a group of Belgian scientists have yielded different results.

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Chattanooga Girls Rock

Several months ago I wrote a piece about an upcoming event called Chattanooga Girls Rock, a weeklong seminar/day camp offering instruction in all aspects of musical performance to girls in the Chattanooga area. That’s a rather clinical and concise version of the mission statement.

7 SHRINK RAP: Fifteen things you can learn from your furry friend.

12 ARTS CALENDAR 16 MUSIC CALENDAR 18 REVIEWS: Deerhoof learns not to overthink, Fear of Men cross pop and punk.

19 DIVERSIONS 20 SCREEN: Independence Day: Resurgence a pale shadow of the original.

23 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY 23 JONESIN’ CROSSWORD 22 TECH TALK: Collider is developing a new way to do 3-D printing.

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BEGINNINGS

NEWS • VIEWS • RANTS • RAVES

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A Visionary, A Dreamer, A Doer Blake Hise works tirelessly to keep local music alive and kickin’ Anybody that has spent a significant amount of time in Chattanooga or its surrounding area knows about the diversity of the local music scene.

Music flows through the city abundantly, and almost every ADAM genre can be found pulsating through the local music airwaves. Diverse settings produce diverse individuals, and that fact stands true when talking about the local area artist and entertainer Blake Hise, who performs under the stage name Hi$e Cold.

Growing up in the peaks and

valleys of the North Georgia/Chattanooga mountain area, Blake Hise has had a lifetime of exposure to the surrounding musical diversity. After trying many different ventures, he found himself facing the BECKETT crossroads of life, and it was at that exact moment in time that he made the decision to become an entertainer. He would take his idea, and legitimately turn it into reality.

Blake Hise demonstrates his diversity both in front of the turntables as a DJ, and while rocking

CITY LIFE

the mic as an emcee, but it does not stop there; Blake Hise knows how to gather people, and throw parties with the best of them. The combination makes him a very effective entertainer.

During his metamorphosis from Blake Hise to Hi$e Cold, he faced an unforeseen learning curve that he had to embrace. He knew he wanted to promote, host, and perform at events, he was just unfamiliar with some of the legal procedures surrounding them. When he first started putting on events, they were typically giant house or field parties with many attendees, and they had a tendency to get shut down by outside forces. As the popularity of his events grew, he knew it was time to spread his wings and fly.

Designed by the fates, Blake Hise would end up meeting with the people involved with Cherokee Farms in Lafayette, Georgia. As relationships developed, and bonds were forged, he was given the greenlight to host his Hi$e Cold events at the magical and mystical Cherokee Farms.

After hosting multiple events over the years at Cherokee Farms, Blake Hise has learned quite a bit about promoting, managing, performing at, and all the logistics that revolve around hosting large-scale events. Hi$e Cold events have snowballed into rather massive events, and consistently yield a thousand plus attendees at each event; the magnitude of the potential is limitless. Being a successful event planner and party starter has not stopped Blake Hise from chasing the other aspects of his dream. He consistently makes new music, stars in music videos, and con-

stantly performs as artist Hi$e Cold around the region.

Blake Hise is a visionary, a dreamer, and a doer. He will certainly play his part in keeping the local music scene alive, and is considered a must attend performer.

Watch his music video’s “Ain’t Nothin Really”, “Feel This”, “Rhyming”, and “Ballin on that Ramen” on YouTube. com, listen to his released tracks at SoundCloud. com/Hisecold, and look for his unreleased album Piece of Mind in the near future.

Also, check out his event Primordial that is coming to Cherokee Farms in August. According to Blake Hise, “Hi$e Cold is not just a movement; it’s a change of pace.”

“Growing up in the peaks and valleys of the North Georgia/ Chattanooga mountain area, Blake Hise has had a lifetime of exposure to the surrounding musical diversity.”

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The List

EdiToon

How Much Do We Really Work?

by Rob Rogers

Fire It Up: Virginia College BBQ Competition Just because 4th of July was this past Monday doesn’t mean the season for barbecuing is over. In partnership with the Chattanooga chapter of the American Culinary Federation, Virginia College in Chattanooga will host a barbecue competition this Saturday, giving grill masters the opportunity to show off their skill set and a chance to compete for a prize.

Competitors must provide their own protein, their own smoker and equipment, and their own wood or

heat source. If you’re competing, checkin time is Friday, July 8 between 5 and 10 p.m., and you can start smoking your pork ribs, beef brisket, or pulled pork on site upon registration. The turn in times for each will be at noon, 4 p.m., and 5 p.m., respectively.

After each entry has been turned in, the awards ceremony will take place at 5:30. First place for each category wins you free entry into next year’s competition, a trophy, and $400. For the barbecue mas-

IN THIS ISSUE

Rob Brezsny “Free Will Astrology” writer Rob Brezsny is an aspiring master of curiosity, perpetrator of sacred uproar, and founder of the Beauty and Truth Lab. He brings a literate, myth-savvy perspective to his work. When Utne Reader named him a

ter who enters in all three categories, the grand prize is $500.

If this strikes your fancy, give treasurer for the Chattanooga chapter of the ACF and the event co-chair Chef Nick Thiers a call. Registration is $100 and must be turned in two days prior to the event.

Not interested in competing? Not a problem. The competition will be open to the public starting Saturday at 9 a.m. and will feature live music, activities for children and families, and live broadcasting for attendees.

Regardless of grill skill level, come out and celebrate a uniquely American cuisine. — Hillar y Eames

Matt Jones “Culture Hero”, it observed: “With a blend of spontaneous poetry, feisty politics, and fanciful put-on, Brezsny breathes new life into the tabloid mummy of zodiac advice columns.” In its profile of Brezsny, the New York Times quoted a reader who compared his writing to that of the novelist Tom Robbins.

The horoscopes “are like little valentines, buoyant and spilling over with mischievousness.” It’s all in the stars.

Longtime crossword creator Matt Jones' first crossword appeared in the New York Times two decades ago, all the way back in 1994, making him one of the first teens published by legendary editor Will Shortz. Since then, his puzzles have ap-

peared in print and online, and he has created almost 700 crosswords for the weekly syndicate Jonesin' Crossword. He's most recently finishing up a crowdfunded book of freestyle crosswords with barred grids instead of black squares. He's published two other compilations, Jonesin' Crosswords in 2004 and Jonesin' for Crosswords in 2009, which holds a perfect five-star rating on Amazon.

He lives in Portland, Oregon.

With the recent three-day weekend (for most people), we wondered just where the U.S. ranks worldwide when it comes to the number of hours spent each week at work.

The answer: 12th overall, according to our friends at the Statistic Brain Research Institute.

Here are the Top 12 nations based on average number of hours worked each week: 1. Korea: 42.1 hours 2. Chile: 39.7 hours 3. Russia: 38 hours 4. Hungary: 37.7 hours 5. Czech Republic: 37.4 hours 6. Poland: 37.2 hours 7. Estonia: 36.1 hours 8. Turkey: 36 hours 9. Mexico: 35.8 hours 10. Slovak Republic: 34.3 hours 11. Italy: 34.1 hours 12. United States: 34.1 hours This either means we are quite productive or we need to learn to take more vacations.

Source: statisticbrain.com/averageannual-hours-actually-worked-perworker/

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COLUMN SHRINK RAP

How Kindness & Dogs Create a Better Life Fifteen things you can learn from your furry friend

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DR. RICK

The Dalai Lama said, ‘If you want others to be happy, practice kindness.

If you want to be happy, practice kindness.’ ”

Photo by Ronald Stanley 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

You know that “A-ha” feeling you get when certain experiences arise exactly when you are ready for them? Seems like they show up just so you can learn whatever you need to learn, at just the right moment. If you’re paying attention and listening carefully, these opportunities are happening all the time, around every corner…you know, at the “there are no accidents” level.

For instance, let’s say you’ve been thinking about how to pay better attention to your needs. Suddenly, one day when you’re working too hard and ignoring the fact that your life has begun to spiral out of balance, you reach for something and your back tweaks out… just to get your attention and slow you down. The pain will pass. But for a little while, you’re forced to rest, take some deep breaths, and think about how to regain your equilibrium. Lesson learned?

Or, you’re trying to become more aware of your feelings and use them to inform the choices you make. Then you encounter a new opportunity to feel deeply. Loss, for example. What did your most recent grief experience teach you about yourself? About honoring your feelings? About your coping skills?

Perhaps you’re working on maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative. So, that day in the check-out line there’s both a loud rude person, and a giggling little kid who puts a smile on your face. Which one will receive your attention?

The opportunities abound. Again, if you’re paying attention.

Let’s explore for a moment some of the ways kindness enters our lives and offers us the lessons, the opportunities to learn how to live happier.

The Dalai Lama said, “If you want others to be happy, practice kindness.

If you want to be happy, practice kindness.”

And philosopher Zig Ziglar said, “You

can have anything you want in life, if you will just help others get what they want.”

In Barry Gottlieb’s book, “Every Day is a Gift,” he states, “According to Wikipedia, the definition of abundance is ‘the opposite of scarcity.’ I believe true abundance is not measured by what you have; rather, it is measured by what you give. In our culture, it seems that most people are caught up in their ‘need for greed.’ Perhaps this is why so many people struggle to find their happiness.”

Here are five “action steps” to help you move from that place of “what’s in it for me” to that deep and dear place of loving kindness…thus moving from confusion and miserliness, toward happiness and contentment: Gratitude. Every night before you go to sleep, recite aloud at least five things for which you are grateful.

Forgive. Let go. Work toward forgiving those who have hurt or angered you, so you can stop carrying this burdensome poison around with you.

Love. Be sure to tell those people in your life who mean so much to you that you love them and appreciate them.

Donate. Go through your closets.

Anything you haven’t worn or used in the past year, box it and take it to a place where those who are less fortunate will benefit from your donation. Get your children involved!

Praise. Make time to praise. Diligently look for and recognize the good in others.

In the spirit of lessons being available around every corner, my friend, Owen,

sent me the following because, as most of you know, I’m a certified dog lover.

(That’s “certified,” not “certifiable.”)

15 Things To Learn From A Dog 1. When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.

2. When it’s in your best interest, practice obedience.

3. Let others know when they’ve invaded your territory.

4. Take naps and stretch before rising.

5. Play daily.

6. Eat with gusto and enthusiasm.

7. Be loyal.

8. Don’t pretend to be something you’re not.

9. When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently.

10. Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.

11. On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.

12. When you’re happy, dance around and wag your entire body.

13. No matter how often you’re scolded, don’t buy into the guilt thing… run right back and make friends.

14. Bond with your pack.

15. Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.

So…what will your act of kindness be today?

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The 7th Annual Pulse Short ( Short ) Story Contest Every year, we like to challenge Chattanooga writers to come up with their best story in 500 words or less. This year, we had a record number of entries, and a daunting task at hand for our judges to determine the best of the best. And without further ado, here are the top three for your enjoyment. And be sure to check out chattanoogapulse.com for the Honorable Mention stories.

Lemonade

By Ever Flanigan It was hot. It was ‘work until noon and then go home so you don’t die’ hot. The most miserable summer on record had decided to rear its head while I was trying to meet one of the most demanding deadlines of my career. Strong challenges came with the territory, but the summer weather Montgomery County was dishing out had become a thorn in my side.

Burying telephone cable through a well-established neighborhood offered its own set of problems. The homeowners were unhappy with the inconvenience. They all want progress they just don’t want to be bothered by it.

It was a little either side of ten on a Thursday morning and our machinery was overheating and automatically shutting down.

Frustration had spilled throughout the crew and tempers were, well, elevated. I found a spot under a nearby tree and sat down.

Across the street a pair of industrious girls were busy. I guessed them to be about nine years old each and it didn’t take them long to assemble an open-air shop at the end of their driveway. A folding card table had become their sales floor. It was a dark brown square with metal legs and a permanent swag in the middle. There were two upturned plastic buckets for chairs.

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With a jug of pale yellow liquid, a small cooler of ice and an ambitious stack of Dixie cups, Capitalism had established itself inside our construction zone.

Slowly abandoning my sacred shade, I eased across the street.

“You young ladies plan on selling some of that lemonade?”

I lightheartedly asked.

“This is our lemonade stand. Twenty-five cents a cup.” I couldn’t tell if they were sisters, but they could have been.

I looked at the size of the cups and reached in my pocket for some quarters.

“Well, I’ll have to try some” I said, laying the coin on the table. One of the girls reached for the money while the other promptly began filling my order. It seemed like a thimbleful and went down fast.

“How much are refills?” I asked.

“Twenty-five cents.” I handed one of them my cup and the other another quarter.

I turned to see my crew across the street, still waiting for the equipment to cool down.

“You guys come over and splurge on some ice cold lemonade,” I suggested. All but one joined me.

Jeff, 18 years old and from a small Alabama town, had just gotten a raise and was earning more money than he knew what to do with. He was also fiscally tight as a drum.

“Get over here and spend some of that money you’re sitting on,” I teased. He reluctantly stood up and ambled sheepishly toward us.

“Well how much is it,” Jeff asked.

“Twenty-five cents.” He dug in his pocket and produced the coin. One of the girls had already poured the drink and handed it to him. He looked at it and tried to hand it back.

“It’s not full,” he complained. The other girl reached into the cooler and grabbed two more cubes of ice. She dropped it in the cup, still in Jeff’s outreached hand.

Without even a grin she declared, “It’s full now!”

The 7th Annual Pulse Short ( Short ) Story Contest An Evening in Paris

Billy Carter

by Diane M. Moore

By Nathan Anderson

Looking at Paris in this light was a whole new experience. Sure, we’d been to Paris before, but somehow tonight the soft evening light exposed a whole new city.

“When we say our vows again, let’s do it right here,” my husband said.

“Right here? It might be difficult to get food and tables up to this particular spot.

I hope our parents will be up for the trip.”

“So what? We can say our vows here and then eat anywhere. Everywhere. A food hike.”

I laughed at him, but I was charmed by his enthusiasm and glad he still wanted to celebrate our years together instead of chasing after mid-life crisis cars and girls.

“You are pretty cute, you know,” I said.

This always makes my tough husband blush and I would never say it around other guys, tough or not.

“What if we do it by the Eiffel Tower?” he said.

“Sure, whatever you like as long as there’s food nearby,” I said.

We made our way down the trail and sat on a bench. I got out my tablet and went to the city website to look for information and found exactly what I wanted – the perfect spot for our vows. Our own April in Paris. We would say our vows right by the tower and then walk with our guests to the World’s Biggest Fish Fry, held the last week of April every year since 1953 in Paris, Tennessee.

The subject line read “Are you sitting down?” At the time I was building a new trail bridge deep in the woods so I was surprised I was even able to get a signal.

But instead of reading the actual email I simply responded “No, let me get out of here and in front of a bottle of Bourbon. Give me about 3 hours.” As his best friend for forty years, my gut told me I was going to need the Bourbon. So I worked for another hour in the cold, rolled up the job site, and humped my frozen ass out of there.

I stopped by the liquor store and picked up a bottle of Single Barrel and headed home. Let the dog out of the truck, stripped off my mud caked boots and clothes out on the front porch, and walked in the house. I filled up the dog bowl with dry dog food advertised for fat, lazy fuckers, poured myself three fingers of Bourbon, swallowed most of it, filled it up again, and made the call.

We’re both pushing sixty so death is no stranger. Our dads, his brother, my mom, his first wife, and several friends, all lost to cancer, crashes, drugs, and just plain stupidity. He answers on the second ring, another ominous sign. I knew he was waiting for my call. We exchange our typical brief pleasantries, then get down to the brass tacks: stage four esophageal cancer. Three months, tops. Dead air follows.

The Bourbon is almost tasteless as I down the full shot. Burning my throat with the irony of knowing he will never swallow again as he tells me the feeding tube will stick out of his side, a direct pipeline to his stomach. The cancer is everywhere; throat, lymph nodes, lining, liver.

The only warning he ever got was that a couple of weeks ago he was having some difficulty swallowing. We talk briefly about treatment options, the pros and cons.

Knowing the odds, knowing the doom that lies just ahead. Neither one of shed a tear. There will plenty of time for that soon enough. He just needs to hear me say how much I love him and that I will be there for him when he goes back to the oncologist in a few days. I say goodnight, telling him to give my love to his wife and daughter.

I hang up the phone and stare at nothing. The dog wants out. I throw on a robe and some old shoes, refill my glass and follow him out into the night. Forty damn years trailing behind me. Death defying, balls to the wall, non-stop living. What a pair we were. Stuck on the side of a Kansas highway waiting for the engine to cool on a primer gray ‘53 Chevy pickup so we can patch a hose. Making coffee, rolling a joint, gawking at the universe. A full moon lighting up an ocean of summer wheat.

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ARTS SCENE

Building On Talent To Work Towards Excellence

Vacation On The American Road Leaving Iowa captures the comedy within summer travel On more than one occasion you’ve most likely found yourself subject to the delightfully awkward community ritual known as the family vacation.

David Craig is all too familiar with the feeling: “The crazy misadventures, the sibling fights, the strange and kitschy tourist traps,” he lists.

“The Browning family encounters so many quirky people on the American road, and have so many misdirections on their perfect route.”

“The Browning family” Craig referred to is the center of the comedy Leaving Iowa, premiering at the Mars Theater this Friday.

Leaving Iowa tells the story of writer Don Browning, who returns to his childhood home to scatter his father’s ashes, only to find it’s been torn down and a grocery store now stands in its place. The play follows Browning as he drives down child-

hood roads, reminiscing about his family’s annual summer vacations.

The play offers an opportunity to reflect on the importance of family, while providing several laughs along the way.

“The reason I picked this show to direct is because it reminded me so much of my own family,” Craig said. “It’s a very fun, relatable story because most of us have had similar experiences firsthand. It’s a quintessential American experience to plan the perfect family trip, but something happens along the way and you end up having an even better trip than you planned, albeit insane at times.”

Leaving Iowa opens this Friday at 8 p.m. and will run for three consecutive weekends.

Tickets are on sale now at backalleyproductions.com.

— Hillary Eames

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WORLD ART

ANIMAL SUPPORT

BANANA TIME

Julie Bauer Artist Reception

After Hours with the Animals

Movies in the Park

German-born artist with worldwide influences.

5 p.m.

Reflections Gallery 6922 Lee Hwy. (423) 892-3072 reflectionsgallerytn.com

Come spend time with your favorite zoo animals.

5 p.m.

Chattanooga Zoo 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave. (423) 697-1319 chattzoo.org

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Grab the family and head to Coolidge Park for a free showing of Minions.

8 p.m.

Coolidge Park 150 River St. (423) 267 firstthings.org

Ballerina/artist Sam Sole steps out and steps up in Chattanooga

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RADITIONAL THEORIES ON THE BRAIN POSTUlate that creativity is focused in the right hemisphere of the brain, but recent studies by a group of Belgian scientists have yielded different results. Their findings indicate that creatives have increased neural tissue in the fine motor performance and procedural memory areas of the brain, which are located in both the right and left hemispheres. Though this suggests that talent is hereditary, it was stated by the researchers that it is also a result of experience—like a muscle that one is born with that becomes stronger with exercise.

Arts TONY MRAZ

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Her mother noticed Sam’s dancing ability during a production of The Nutcracker when she was two years old, when she started dancing in the aisle.”

Perhaps this is the explanation for Chattanooga Ballet Company’s instructor and dancer Sam Sole’s multi-faceted creative skills. In addition to her work as a ballerina, she is also a fine artist, graphic designer, illustrator, and musician—and these abilities have been with her since childhood.

Her mother noticed Sam’s dancing ability during a production of The Nutcracker when she was two years old, when she started dancing in the aisle. She immediately enrolled her in ballet classes, and Sam has been in love with dancing ever since. When she was five, Sam wrote “I’m going to be a ballerina, and I’m also going to be an artist.” That’s exactly what she’s doing now.

Growing up in Tallahassee, she succeeded in art classes from kindergarten on, and was an active artist at home as well. She danced with a competitive studio from age seven to fifteen before meeting the Venezuelan ballet master, Henry Hernandez. Henry is best known for the film First Position, a documen-

tary about competitive ballet. He made Sam believe that she could succeed as a professional ballerina. In college at Florida State University, she danced with a professional company while majoring in painting and art history.

Henry taught her that ballet is all about image, about lines and creating beautiful shapes. It is a mixture of a sport and an art form, and a certain look is required. Every move makes a shape, which is composed of “lines”.

In every ballet competition and every ballet magazine, the girls are skinny because the directors want longer lines—the skinnier you are, the longer your lines look.

The process of applying for a major ballet company is rigorous and highly competitive. A dancer begins by sending video and photo auditions to the company. If those are approved, they get invited to the audition. They usually have to fly or drive across country to compete with around 200 other girls.

After ten minutes of dancing, they line up, and are approved or declined.

If chosen, they stay until the next round. This process repeats until there are only five or ten dancers left. These are told that they might be offered a contract.

Sam intends to apply to several larger companies in 2017, but until then she is busy with productions here. This summer she will be rehearsing with choreographers from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.,

five days a week. They recently hired a new artistic director at Chattanooga Ballet—Andrew Parker worked at the National Ballet of Canada, and is now teaching at Boston Ballet.

He is going to push the company in a modern direction, putting it on par with larger national companies. The combination of a really good piece of music and dancing can be a moving experience. “I tear up when I see some pieces, especially contemporary ones.

In this technological age, we’re now utilizing a combination of dance and video. There are so many productions that incorporate both, it’s really wonderful.”

Sam is bringing her art skills to the ballet world, doing graphic design for The World Ballet, The Tallahassee Ballet, and The Chattanooga Ballet.

She is also collaborating with author Karen Robertson to illustrate a book for children, and continuing her work as a painter. “I’m working on a commissioned oil painting right now, but personally I’m really liking watercolor.

I’m trying to stay away from the figure, because that was all I did for a while.

Now I’m doing landscapes, still life, and animals.”

Though she doesn’t take music as seriously as dancing or art, you might see her sing and play a song at an open mic—living proof that the creative part of the brain can function in multiple areas of the arts.

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ARTS CALENDAR

Julie Bauer Artist Reception

THURSDAY7.7 Ooltewah Farmers Market 3 p.m.

Ooltewah Nursery 5829 Main St. ooltewahnursery.com Signal Mountain Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Pruett’s Market 1210 Taft Hwy. (423) 902-8023 signalmountainfarmersmarket.com St. Elmo Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Incline Railway 3917 St. Elmo Ave. (423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com Throwback Thursday 4 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org Julie Bauer Artist Reception 5 p.m.

Reflections Gallery 6922 Lee Hwy. (423) 892-3072 reflectionsgallerytn.com Homebuyer Orientation 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise 1500 Chestnut St. (423) 756–6201 cneinc.org Craft ‘n’ Crop Artists Mixer 6 p.m.

Heritage House Arts and Civic Center

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1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 Chattanooga Lookouts vs Birmingham Barons 7:15 p.m.

AT&T Field 201 Power Alley (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com Killer Beaz 7:30 p.m.

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

FRIDAY7.8 Cambridge Square Night Market 5 p.m.

Cambridge Square 9453 Bradmore Ln.

PULSE PICK: KILLER BEAZ With thousands of radio, television and stage appearances under his belt, Killer Beaz has been entertaining audiences for over 30 years.

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

chattanoogamarket.com After Hours with the Animals 5 p.m.

Chattanooga Zoo 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave. (423) 697-1319 chattzoo.org Chattanooga Lookouts vs Birmingham Barons 7:15 p.m.

AT&T Field 201 Power Alley (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com Killer Beaz 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com 2016 NPSL Conference Playoff 7:30 p.m.

Finley Stadium 1826 Carter St.

chattanoogafc.com Nickajack Bat Cave Guided Canoe Tour 7:30 p.m.

Outdoor Chattanooga Nickajack Lake (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com “Camelot” 8 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com Ladie's Night at Cine-Rama 9:30 p.m.

Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org

SATURDAY7.9 Market Street Mile & Ruby Dress Dash 8 a.m.

Big River Grille Downtown 222 Broad St. chattanoogatrackclub.org American Culinary Federation BBQ Competition 10 a.m.

Virginia College 721 Eastgate Loop (423) 618-6989 bbqcompchatt.wix.com/mysite Brainerd Farmers Market 10 a.m.

Grace Episcopal Church 20 Belvoir Ave. (404) 245-3682 facebook.com/ BrainerdFarmersMarket

ARTS CALENDAR

"Camelot" Chattanooga River Market 10 a.m.

Tennessee Aquarium 1 Broad St. (423) 265-0695 chattanoogarivermarket.com Northside Farmers Market 10 am.

Northside Presbyterian Church 923 Mississippi Ave. (423) 266-7497 St. Alban’s Hixson Market 10 a.m.

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church 7514 Hixson Pike (423) 842-6303 facebook.com/ StAlbansFarmersMarket Nature Journaling & Sketching with Mary Priestley 10 a.m.

Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org In the Rear with the Gear 2 p.m.

Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park 3370 Lafayette Rd. (423) 752-5213 nps.gov/chch Killer Beaz 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com 2016 NPSL Conference Playoff 7:30 p.m.

Finley Stadium 1826 Carter St. chattanoogafc.com

“Camelot” 8 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com Movies in the Park—"Minions" 8 p.m.

Coolidge Park 150 River St. (423) 267 firstthings.org "Carnage Park" 8:30 p.m.

Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org

SUNDAY7.10 Downtown Kayak Tour 9 a.m.

Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com Chattanooga Market 11 a.m.

Chattanooga Market 1829 Carter St. (423) 402-9957 chattanoogamarket.com Scenic & Civil War River Gorge Cruise 2 p.m.

Southern Belle Riverboat 201 Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 266-4488 chattanoogariverboat.com wellRED Comedy Tour 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com "Carnage Park" 8:30 p.m.

Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org

MONDAY7.11 Intro to Mountain Biking 9 a.m.

Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com Scenic & Civil War River Gorge Cruise 2 p.m.

Southern Belle Riverboat 201 Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 266-4488 chattanoogariverboat.com Red Bank Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Red Bank United Methodist Church 3800 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com

TUESDAY7.12 East Brainerd Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Audubon Acres 900 N. Sanctuary Rd. (423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com

Huck Finn Family Adventure: Sunset Paddle 5:30 p.m.

Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com

WEDNESDAY7.13 Middle Eastern Dance 10:30 a.m.

Jewish Cultural Center 5461 North Terrace (423) 493-0270 jewishchattanooga.com Main Street Market 4 p.m.

325 E. Main St. mainstfarmersmarket.com Collegedale Market 4 p.m.

Collegedale Commons 4950 Swinyar Dr. (423) 648-2496 collegedalemarket.com Wednesday Night Chess Club 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Downtown Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 643-7700 chattilibrary.com "Blood Simple" 8:30 p.m.

Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • JULY 7, 2016 • THE PULSE • 13

MUSIC SCENE

Chattanooga Girls Rock Showcase Performance

Story Time with Sara Beth Go New Orleans native tells the stories of her life in song From growing up in New Orleans with her grandmother’s piano and a place in her church’s choir, it was inevitable Sara Beth Go would find a place in the music scene. If that wasn’t going to guaranteed her a spot, her move to Nashville certainly would.

As far as I’m concerned, though, Go could have been raised by jackals in the Sahara. Her musical skill, her knack for storytelling, and her captivating stage presence could have launched her career from anywhere.

Like many singer-songwriters, Go draws from her real-life experiences for inspiration. What makes Go stand out isn’t just her experiences, but her ability to connect with audience members through her storytelling.

Go has had a wild ride of a life, from being battered by the Nashville music machine to getting engaged

to getting unengaged to buying herself an I-got-unengaged guitar. She’ll have audiences laughing one moment and crying the next, inviting her listeners to connect with her and each other over shared experiences.

Since her start, Go has released three albums: her faith-based breakthrough Finding the Reason; her sophomore Tired of Singing Sad Songs, illustrating her growth as a songwriter and a person, and selling over 1,000 copies out of her VW trunk; and finally, in 2013, Wish It Had, the album that found Go experimenting with pop rock and writing more about the pendulum of falling in and out of love.

Gather ‘round, everyone, and Sara Beth Go will tell story after story at the Tennessee Aquarium Plaza this Saturday.

— Hillary Eames

THU7.7

FRI7.8

SAT7.9

AMERICAN BAND

REBEL ROCKING

DANCING OUTLAW

The Bohannons

Roots of a Rebellion

Jesco White

It's the kick-off of the sixweek, Thursday-eve, famfriendly music festival.

6 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View huntermuseum.org

Nashville-based reggae/ rock/dub band will get your groovin' and dancing.

10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com

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Appalachian dance meets roots music in one very high-energy show.

8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E 14th St. revelryroom.co

Future leaders of local music are set to take the Revelry Room stage

S

EVERAL MONTHS AGO I WROTE A PIECE ABOUT AN upcoming event called Chattanooga Girls Rock, a weeklong seminar/day camp offering instruction in all aspects of musical performance to girls in the Chattanooga area. That’s a rather clinical and concise version of the mission statement. In a broader sense, the Chattanooga Girls Rock experience is meant to foster confidence, cooperation and mutual support, and, in the words of the group’s website, “to provide the girls the platforms and tools they need to tell their own stories and be heard.”

Music MARC T MICHAEL

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Every aspect of the camp has the potential to be transformative in the lives of the young women participating, but none so much as this final performance.”

That first piece was a “call to arms” of sorts, looking for volunteers for the event. Music instructors, technical staff, restaurateurs and other local business owners all came forward to offer their time, effort and services to the cause. If you fear you’ve missed out on the opportunity to contribute to this significant and empowering event, there’s still one more opportunity to pitch in.

Camp starts in less than two weeks. After spending a week of intense study with a host of instrument instructors, vocal coaches, band managers, choreographers, sound engineers, technicians and representatives of virtually any and every aspect of the music industry, campers (who will have formed bands for the week for this specific purpose) will come together in one grand finale to perform original songs in front of a real, live audience. Friends, that’s where you come in!

“You are invited to be a part of it and know that the sounds of your applause and encouragement will echo in the minds of these girls for years to come.”

On Saturday, July 23rd, the Revelry Room will provide the stage for these future leaders, performers and stars to showcase their talents and reap the reward of their efforts. Every aspect of the camp has the potential to be transformative in the lives of the young women participating, but none so much as this final performance.

Volunteers are set, guest artists have made their commitments, businesses have stepped forward with donation of time, money, services and materials and the campers have already signed up. The only thing missing now is an audience.

So, with a tentative start time of 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, the 23rd, the Revelry Room will be the place to be in Chattanooga as the girls of Chattanooga Girls Rock come together to climb the stage and with three crunchy power chords and the truth, take their first steps in to a world

where no glass-ceilings can hold them back.

You are invited to be a part of it and know that the sounds of your applause and encouragement will echo in the minds of these girls for years to come. The value of those tangible affirmations cannot be underestimated.

In a time and place where “clicks” and “likes” on social media have given us the illusion of meaningful support without any of the substance, here is an opportunity to simply sit, listen, be entertained and, through the gift of your time, be a positive influence in the lives of our community’s young ladies.

There will be more updates here as the date draws nearer but in the meantime you can find more information through Chattanooga Girls Rock on the web and via Facebook at facebook.com/chattgirlsrock.

“Growing up in the peaks and valleys of the North Georgia/ Chattanooga mountain area, Blake Hise has had a lifetime of exposure to the surrounding musical diversity.”

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MUSIC CALENDAR

Genki Genki Panic

THURSDAY7.7 Old Time Travelers 10 a.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com The Bohannons 6 p.m.

Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View huntermuseum.org 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 Jesse James & Tim Neal 7:30 p.m.

Mexi-Wing VII 5773 Brainerd Rd. mexi-wingchattanooga.com Keepin’ It Local 8 p.m.

The Social 1110 Market St. publichousechattanooga.com Open Mic with Hap Henninger 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Adjy, The Mailboxes, Harbor 9 p.m.

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

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FRIDAY7.8 Old Time Travelers, Amber Carrington 10 a.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Josh Gilbert 5:30 p.m.

Cambridge Square Market 9453 Bradmore Ln. chattanoogamarket.com Genki Genki Panic, Sam Killed the Bear, We the Arcturians, Heather Leigh Holt 7 p.m.

Mayo’s 3820 Brainerd Rd. (423) 624-0034 P.J. Morton and Courtney Reid 7 p.m.

Miller Plaza

PULSE PICK: "WEIRD AL" Do we really need to tell you why you need to see this show?

C'mon...it's "Weird Al". That's all you really need to know... and we guarantee it's going to be great!

"Weird Al" Yankovic Saturday, 8 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. tivolichattanooga.com

800 Market St. nightfallchattanooga.com Rubiks Groove 8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co David Anthony and the Groove Machine 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Priscilla Barker 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com/chattanooga Dr. Vibe 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com

Roots of a Rebellion 10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com Aunt Betty 10 p.m.

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

SATURDAY7.9 Old Time Travelers, AM Radio 10 a.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Sara Beth Go 12:30 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium Plaza 1 Broad St. chattanoogarivermarket.com Joe Davidian Trio 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org “Weird Al” Yankovic 8 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. tivolichattanooga.com Jesco White 8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Bethany Grace and the Bad Tattoo Band 8 p.m.

Fireside Grille 3018 Cummings Hwy.

(423) 821-9898 David Anthony and the Groove Machine 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Ravencliffe 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com/chattanooga Daikaiju, Kansas Bible Company, Mathias and the Mantifold, Wizard Staff Party 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Josh Roberts and the Hinges 10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com Hap Henninger 10 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

SUNDAY7.10 Old Time Travelers, Highbeams 10 a.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd.

MUSIC CALENDAR

Josh Roberts and the Hinges

seerockcity.com Megan Saunders 11 a.m.

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

First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com Cheyenne Medders 2 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com Mother Maybelle 3 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.

Long Haul Saloon 2536 Cummings Hwy. (423) 822-9775 The Joy Kills, Sam Killed the Bear, Get Hot or Go Home 9 p.m.

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

MONDAY7.11 Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Very Open Mic 8 p.m.

The Well

1800 Rossville Blvd. #8 wellonthesouthside.com Open Mic Night 6 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Open Air with Jessica Nunn 7:30 p.m.

The Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. granfalloonchattanooga.com Dallas Hollow, Aeona, The Lion’s Daughter 9 p.m.

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

TUESDAY7.12 Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com Songwriter’s Night 7 p.m.

Heritage House Arts and Civic Center 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 The Ragbirds 9 p.m.

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

WEDNESDAY7.13 Noon Tunes with Ryan Oyer Noon

Miller Plaza 850 Market St. rivercitycompany.com Dana Rogers 4:30 p.m.

Collegedale Commons 4950 Swinyar Dr. collegedalemarket.com The Other Guys 6 p.m.

SpringHill Suites 495 Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 834-9300 Bethany Grace and Bad Tattoo Acoustic 7 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com 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 Wednesday Blues Jam 8 p.m.

The Office @ City Café 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Snarky, Aerolas 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • JULY 7, 2016 • THE PULSE • 17

RECORD REVIEWS ERNIE PAIK

Finding The Magic in The Music, Overcoming The Fear of Men Deerhoof learns not to overthink, Fear of Men cross pop and punk

Deerhoof The Magic (Polyvinyl)

Fear of Men Fall Forever (Kanine)

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Magic—it was written and recorded in a single week in the middle of the desert in New Mexico at a disused office space—it’s clear that the band did not overthink it. The result is one of the group’s most immediate and visceral albums that kicks down the front door and trashes your house, mixed with some oddly sweet moments, with nods to the past taken from fuzzy memories and the inability to make anything that sounds normal.

Fans know that Saunier’s drumming on studio recordings is more

hen you were a kid, you didn’t overthink music. You liked what you liked, on the most primitive levels—the throb of rock, the catchy hooks of pop or the rhythmic tug of hip-hop. Regarding the latest Deerhoof album, The Magic, drummer Greg Saunier said it was informed by “what we liked when we were kids—when music was magic—before you knew about the industry and before there were rules.”

Knowing the circumstances surrounding the recording of The

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restrained than his live deluge of fills and wild, unhinged style, and the recording style on The Magic features drums with a slight distortion, along with a powdering of dirt on everything. Satomi Matsuzaki sings lead as usual, with an unadorned, childlike enunciation, and the other band members also lend their vocals, although less distinctively.

The killer opener, “The Devil and His Anarchic Surrealist Retinue,” unloads manic rock with a few swift transitions into what sounds like an ‘80s soft rock band with Japanese lyrics in someone’s basement but isn’t terrible.

The brief “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” is an off-kilter ‘60s-esque pop ballad that could have been written by Burt Bacharach’s evil twin, and “Model Behavior” offers a sort of alien funk with a peak electronic freak-out.

Guitarists John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez serve up needle-prick notes, squealing timbres or big, dumb, glorious chords with urgency, and the final number, “Nurse Me” is an off-balance, herky-jerky bundle of weirdness with exploding

moments, capping off yet another exhilarating album that has something for jaded listeners.

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he cover of Fall Forever, the second proper full-length from the British group Fear of Men, shows a digitally-altered depiction of a sculpture with two hands firmly grasping a woman’s thigh and lower back. It is actually a detail from Italian sculptor Bernini’s The Rape of Proserpina (this writer’s favorite sculpture of all time), manipulated to make the marble look like metal and cropped so that situational cues are not visible—what some might interpret to be a tender embrace on the album cover is actually the violent abduction of Proserpina by Pluto, the god of the underworld.

Fear of Men songwriter and lead singer Jessica Weiss told Paper magazine that the group was taking classical artwork and “taking it forward and making it more modern,” which is what the band also was doing with its music. The cover could also be a representation of the group’s artificiality, percussive sonic aggression and emotional turmoil.

The core trio of Weiss, guitarist Daniel Falvey and drummer Michael Miles offers an icy, formal intersection of post-punk and pop music, and apparently, “taking it forward” on Fall Forever means primarily two things, musically: dramatically altering Miles’ drumbeats with various studio techniques and using heavily treated guitar sounds, to the point where they sometimes sound like synths.

Beats are chopped and repeated, occasionally processed with a sort of reverse reverb, making the 8-beat clusters resemble machine gun fire and serving as the album’s trademark flourish.

Apparently recovering from a particularly bad year, Weiss created lyrics that avoid the metaphors of her previous songs and are straightforward, to the point where the listener might desire some kind of artistic inflection, over her new unambiguous writing style.

For example, on “Trauma,” Weiss sings, “You give me trauma / You give me more than I can bear” with a chilly, calm voice, resembling the style of Alison Statton of Young Marble Giants.

The album’s high points are the back-to-back tracks “Island” and “A Memory,” which settle out with three and four-chord pop progressions; while much of the album is a somber affair, with the group trying a few new things sonically, this writer felt like he was mostly waiting for the choice pop moments— the band’s strong suit—which were welcome but few.

Diversions

Consider This with Dr. Rick

by Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D. “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow your progress, you’re still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.”

— Tony Robbins Mistakes are a part of life. In fact, some might say that they’re the most important part of life when it comes to finding your way, or trying to achieve a goal, or learning life’s lessons.

I encourage people to remember that falling off the horse doesn’t matter. It never matters. What matters is the next step: what will you do now? Get back on? Give up? Seek advice? Maybe be nicer to the horse?

If you have an innate creative drive to better yourself (and therefore better the world,) then I hope you celebrate that. Go on—fumble, stumble, get a little bruised and wear that bruise like a badge of honor, because it is! Let others tease and deride you. That’s just their fear of failure talking. While they stay blithely stuck in the mud, dust yourself off. You’re about the change the world.

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SCREEN SCENE

When Aliens Attack…And No One Cares

Independence Day: Resurgence a pale shadow of the classic original

Not A Family-Friendly Park Director Mickey Keating serves up scares in Carnage Park From the mind of writer/director Mickey Keating comes his newest film, Carnage Park.

Keating, who directed two solid horror films in 2015—Pod and Darling—stays within the horror milieu while at the same time branching out into crime thriller territory.

After botching an ill-conceived bank robbery in a desolate California town, two wannabe crooks flee the scene with a hostage and lead the local lawmen on a dangerous high-speed chase.

Set in the 1970’s, this crime caper gone awry crossed with a survival

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horror film takes the crooks into a remote wilderness area known as Carnage Park , which is inhabited by a psychotic ex-military sniper.

As you can imagine, lots of things go violently wrong. The tagline for the film pretty much sums it up: “Out here, God don’t pick no favorites.”

"Carnage Park" Saturday, 8:30 Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org

NEW IN THEATERS

The Secret Life of Pets A terrier named Max regularly invites his friends to hang out at his place while his owner is gone, but his quiet life is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray mutt whom Max instantly dislikes.

Directors: Chris Renaud & Yarrow Cheney Stars: Jenny Slate, Kevin Hart, Albert Brooks, Ellie Kemper

Screen JOHN DEVORE

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Captain Fantastic In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.

Director: Matt Ross Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella

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Y LOVE OF FILM REALLY STARTED WITH BLOCKbusters in the ‘90s. There are certain films where I know every line, every beat, every moment, and every swell in the score because I watched them relentlessly. Sleepovers were accompanied by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. After school visits with friends were peppered with Jurassic Park. Later, The Matrix was a popular topic of discussion and dissection by my fellow teenage philosophers.

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The film has absolutely none of the tension of the original film. It doesn’t matter at all who dies and who lives.”

Each of these films hold up remarkably well after the passage of time—in fact, I’d take a rubber-suited Ninja Turtle over the over-muscled, hyper-realistic CGI look the superheroes sport now. CGI was new in the ‘90s and blew quite a few minds as it was introduced and refined, meaning that it was easy for story to take a backseat given the spectacles that danced across the screens.

Independence Day was the first film that blew the world up convincingly.

That the film effectively launched the movie career of Will Smith, continued in showcasing the brilliance of Jeff Goldblum, and gave Bill Pullman an immediately quotable and rousing “St. Crispin’s Day” speech, making it an instant classic.

Audiences have evolved, however. Unfortunately, director Roland Emmerich has not.

Independence Day: Resurgence is almost exactly the same film as the original, yet lacks any of the personality and charm that made original what it was.

In the intervening twenty years between the events of the first film, humanity has quickly adapted the alien technology that nearly wiped out the human race into their arsenal. They have established defense bases on the moon and

elsewhere in the solar system, and have eliminated armed conflict worldwide (although certain places in Africa are still ruled by warlords, but who cares about them, right?).

Astonishingly, the human race has also created exact replicas of the cities that were demolished at in the first film. Beyond a few crashed spacecrafts and a greatly increased fortress at Area 51, it’s as if nothing ever happened.

However, unbeknownst to the humans celebrating the defeat of the aliens on Independence Day so many years ago, the aliens sent a distress signal across the universe. It has now been answered by the same race of apparently much larger aliens with their own apparently much larger spaceships equipped with apparently much larger laser weapons.

And thus, the film begins: the shock and awe of the arrival, the Judd Hirsh shenanigans, the close encounter, the failed first attack, the Bill Pullman speech, the crazy pilot who sacrifices himself, and the ultimate defeat of the aliens by exploiting their stupidity. Oh, and a close up of Brent Spiner’s rear end. You’re welcome, nerd ladies.

The failures of the film are innumerable. There is not a single relatable character. There is absolutely no one in the film to root for. There are no deaths that matter. The writers of the film made no effort to develop or round the characters into anything other than cardboard cutouts of people. Because

of this, the film has absolutely none of the tension of the original film. It doesn’t matter at all who dies and who lives.

The 1996 film spent a considerable amount of time building up the human reaction to the arrival of the ships—it even used a literal countdown to doom.

Cliché as it may be, it worked and was certainly more than Independence Day: Resurgence even attempted. The characters are almost entirely interchangeable, save the actors from the original film.

The absence of Will Smith is especially glaring—the character is replaced by a milquetoast version of itself in the son of Captain Steven Hilliard, who appears to share no traits of his father whatsoever. Also missing is Randy Quaid, the tragic comic relief character from the original film. This role is bizarrely foisted on another character, and it works about as well as you’d expect.

Independence Day: Resurgence is a poor copy of the original film. What shreds of originality are in the script are ignored in favor of repeating notes from a twenty-year-old film that was only a classic due to the perfect storm of new special effects and a surprisingly strong cast. Despite this, Roland Emmerich plans a third film, after he finishes another disaster movie entitled Moonfall which is exactly what you think it is.

Why not?

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COLUMN TECH TALK

Tech Dreams Are Made of This Collider is developing a new way to do 3-D printing

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RICH BAILEY

Up until now, most uses of 3-D printing have been for making oneoff prototypes or very low production runs.”

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

More than other Gig Tank startups, Collider is the product of a collective dream. Several dreams, really.

Unless you’ve just emerged from a Rip Van Winkle nap of a decade or two, you know the outlines of the 3-D printing dream: a near-magic technology that can make virtually any tangible thing (seemingly) out of thin air inside a high tech box rather than a big, noisy factory that uses lots of energy to force hot metal or plastic to do its bidding. That’s one dream.

On the way to full realization of the Star Trek “replicator” fantasy, however, real-world engineering means the material that is compatible with 3-D printing technology is a tiny fraction of all the raw materials currently used to make stuff. Industrial users have made huge investments to build complex multi-part production processes—making a car or plane, say—around materials that just don’t play well with 3-D printers.

Collider founder Graham Bredemeyer has figured out how to make that second dream a reality. He has engineered a hybrid custom 3-D printing process that incorporates both 3-D printable plastics and traditional industrial chemicals that are not normally compatible with 3-D printing. How? I can’t tell you. Brede-

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meyer showed me how it works but is not ready to release that information.

I can say that Bredemeyer’s proprietary printer is far more intricate than the simple MakerBot-type consumer 3-D printers, which layer melted plastic on top of a moving base. Actually, that’s true of most industrial-grade 3-D printers. For example, “sintering” is a type of industrial 3-D printing that fuses powdered materials (including metals and ceramics) with a laser. And the 3-D printer created by Chattanooga’s Branch Technologies extrudes hot plastic from a robotic arm that moves in three dimensions, so the process looks like painting in mid-air.

Bredemeyer’s process may look less dramatic than Branch’s but he believes it will solve a problem that industry has been dreaming about since 3-D printing was created: retaining their traditional materials while gaining the advantages in time and cost from innovative 3-D printing methods. Up until now, most uses of 3-D printing have been for making oneoff prototypes or very low production runs. Bredemeyer thinks his innovation will take 3-D printing over the goal line to yet another dream: cost effective 3-D printing of mass produced parts. He estimates that his 3-D printing process can produce parts in traditional industrial ma-

terials 100 times faster than traditional manufacturing methods.

There’s another aspect of Collider that’s dreamier than normal for startups— which are, in a sense, dreamed into existence, even though it takes investment and hard work to make them tangible, let alone profitable. Dreamier even than Chattanooga’s startup ecosystem of support structures like CoLab that are created and sustained by people who pledge allegiance to something more ethereal in addition to objectives and metrics.

Bredemeyer got to the point of creating his potentially revolutionary hybrid of additive and traditional manufacturing because Mike Bradshaw, director of CoLab, took the dreaming required for nurturing our startup ecosystem a little further and seeded an entirely new piece of ecosystem. Two years ago, Bradshaw brought Bredemeyer to Chattanooga to run a 3-D printing program for GigTank, the first accelerator in the country to focus on 3-D printing.

Bredemeyer ran that program in 2014 and 2015, while working as a 3-D printing consultant and traveling around the country promoting GigTank. Now his startup is a member of the GigTank summer 2016 3-D printing program.

“I heard the same problem everywhere: 3-D printing is too slow, it’s too expensive, it doesn’t work with enough materials,” he says. “I saw a way to maybe solve that problem, and that’s what we’re here doing. We want to be the company that leads that charge to making 3-D printing a production tool.”

Free Will Astrology CANCER (June 21-July 22): As I gaze into my crystal ball and invoke a vision of your near future, I find you communing with elemental energies that are almost beyond your power to control. But I’m not worried, because I also see that the spirit of fun is keeping you safe and protected. Your playful strength is fully unfurled, ensuring that love always trumps chaos. This is a dream come true: You have a joyous confidence as you explore and experiment with the Great Unknown, trusting in your fluidic intuition to guide you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “You can only go halfway into the darkest forest,” says a Chinese proverb.

“Then you are coming out the other side.”You will soon reach that midpoint, Leo. You may not recognize how far you have already come, so it’s a good thing I’m here to give you a heads-up. Keep the faith! Now here’s another clue: As you have wandered through the dark forest, you’ve been learning practical lessons that will come in handy during the phase of your journey that will begin after your birthday.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My devoted contingent of private detectives, intelligence agents, and psychic sleuths is constantly wandering the globe gathering data for me to use in creating your horoscopes. In recent days, they have reported that many of you Virgos are seeking expansive visions and mulling long-term decisions. Your tribe seems unusually relaxed about the future, and is eager to be emancipated from shrunken possibilities. Crucial in this wonderful development has been an inclination to stop obsessing on small details and avoid being distracted by transitory concerns. Hallelujah!

Keep up the good work. Think BIG! BIGGER! BIGGEST! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): After years of painstaking research, the psychic surgeons at the Beauty and Truth Lab have finally perfected the art and science of Zodiac Makeovers. Using a patented technique known as Mythic Gene Engineering, they are able to transplant the planets of your horoscope into different signs and astrological houses from the ones you were born with. Let’s say your natal Jupiter suffers from an uncongenial aspect with your Moon. The psychic surgeons cut and splice according to your specifications, enabling you to be re-coded with the destiny you desire. Unfortunately, the cost of this pioneering technology is still prohibitive for most people.

But here’s the good news, Libra: In the coming months, you will have an unprecedented power to reconfigure your life’s path using other, less expensive, purely natural means.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In high

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school I was a good athlete with a promising future as a baseball player. But my aspirations were aborted in sophomore year when the coach banished me from the team. My haircut and wardrobe were too weird, he said. I may have been a skillful shortstop, but my edgy politics made him nervous and mad. At the time I was devastated by his expulsion. Playing baseball was my passion. But in retrospect I was grateful. The coach effectively ended my career as a jock, steering me toward my true callings: poetry and music and astrology. I invite you to identify a comparable twist in your own destiny, Scorpio. What unexpected blessings came your way through a seeming adversary? The time is ripe to lift those blessings to the next level.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Do you remember that turning point when you came to a fork in the road of your destiny at a moment when your personal power wasn’t strong? And do you recall how you couldn’t muster the potency to make the most courageous choice, but instead headed in the direction that seemed easier? Well, here’s some intriguing news: Your journey has delivered you, via a convoluted route, to a place not too far from that original fork in the road. It’s possible you could return there and revisit the options—which are now more mature and meaningful—with greater authority. Trust your exuberance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I love writing horoscopes for you.

Your interest in my insights spurs my creativity and makes me smarter. As I search for the inspiration you need next, I have to continually reinvent my approach to finding the truth. The theories I had about your destiny last month may not be applicable this month. My devotion to following your evershifting story keeps me enjoyably off-balance, propelling me free of habit and predictability. I’m grateful for your influence on me! Now I suggest that you compose a few thank-you notes similar to the one I’ve written here. Address them to the people in your life who move you and feed you and transform you the best.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): After an Illinois man’s wife whacked him in the neck with a hatchet, he didn’t hold a grudge. Just the opposite. Speaking from a hospital room while recovering from his life-threatening wound, Thomas Deas testified that he still loved his attacker, and hoped they could reconcile. Is this admirable or pathetic? I’ll go with pathetic. Forgiving one’s allies and loved ones for their mistakes is wise, but allowing and enabling their maliciousness and abuse should be taboo. Keep that standard in mind during the

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coming weeks, Aquarius. People close to you may engage in behavior that lacks full integrity. Be compassionate but tough-minded in your response.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Can water run uphill? Not usually. But there’s an eccentric magic circulating in your vicinity, and it could generate phenomena that are comparable to water running uphill. I wouldn’t be surprised, either, to see the equivalent of stars coming out in the daytime. Or a mountain moving out of your way. Or the trees whispering an oracle exactly when you need it. Be alert for anomalous blessings, Pisces. They may be so different from what you think is possible that they could be hard to recognize.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Events in the coming week may trick your mind and tweak your heart.

They might mess with your messiah complex and wreak havoc on your habits. But I bet they will also energize your muses and add melodic magic to your mysteries.

They will slow you down in such a way as to speed up your evolution, and spin you in circles with such lyrical grace that you may become delightfully clear-headed.

Will you howl and moan? Probably, but more likely out of poignant joy, not from angst and anguish. Might you be knocked off course? Perhaps, but by a good influence, not a bad one.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the book A Survival Guide to the Stress of Organizational Change, the authors tell you how to raise your stress levels. Assume that others are responsible for lowering your stress levels, they say. Resolve not to change anything about yourself.

Hold on to everything in your life that’s expendable. Fear the future.

Get embroiled in trivial battles. Try to win new games as you play by old rules. Luckily, the authors also offer suggestions on how to reduce your stress. Get good sleep, they advise. Exercise regularly.

Don’t drink too much caffeine. Feel lots of gratitude. Clearly define a few strong personal goals, and let go of lesser wishes. Practice forgiveness and optimism. Talk to yourself with kindness. Got all that, Taurus? It’s an excellent place to start as you formulate your strategy for the second half of 2016.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Normally I’m skeptical about miraculous elixirs and sudden cures and stupendous breakthroughs. I avoid fantasizing about a “silver bullet” that can simply and rapidly repair an entrenched problem. But I’m setting aside my caution as I evaluate your prospects for the coming months. While I don’t believe that a sweeping transformation is guaranteed, I suspect it’s far more likely than usual. I suggest you open your mind to it.

“They Took Their Vitamins”—all six are represented.

ACROSS 1 Overlooked, as faults 8 Drink in 14 Take for granted 15 More Bohemian 16 *”Do the Right Thing” actress 17 *Singer/ percussionist who collaborated with Prince on “Purple Rain” 18 “Ew, not that ...”

19 French 101 pronoun 20 This pirate ship 21 Commingle 22 They’re taken on stage 24 Like pulp fiction 26 Mata ___ (World War I spy) 27 Boost 29 Friend-o 30 Actress Kirsten 31 “Hello” singer 33 Carved pole emblem 35 *”Full Frontal” host 38 ___ umlaut

39 Small towns 41 Silicon Valley “competitive intelligence” company with a bird logo 44 Exercise count 46 Wise advisors 48 Brand that ran “short shorts” ads 49 Bankrupt company in 2001 news 51 LPGA star ___ Pak 52 Abbr. after a lawyer’s name 53 He was “The Greatest” 54 Clothe, with “up” 56 Triple ___ (orange liqueur) 57 *Arsenio Hall’s rapper alter ego with the song “Owwww!”

59 *Two-time Grammy winner for Best Comedy Album 61 Buddies, in Bogota 62 Not just by itself, as on fastfood menus 63 Fixed up

64 Land attached to a manor house DOWN 1 Cone-bearing evergreen 2 Bitter salad green 3 Internet enthusiasts, in 1990s slang 4 “Gangnam Style” performer 5 Car company with a four-ring logo 6 Sense of intangibility?

7 Gets ready to drive 8 Reacted with pleasure 9 “Uncle Remus” character ___ Rabbit 10 HPV, for one 11 J.R. Ewing, e.g.

12 Shows again 13 Portmanteau in 2016 news 17 Brangelina’s kid 23 Kind of trunk 25 Danger in the grass 26 Shoulder-toelbow bone 28 “I’m hunting

wabbits” speaker 30 Fix up, as code 32 Word between dog and dog 34 Bar accumulation 36 Wardrobe extension?

37 Fancy ways to leave 40 “You betcha I will!”

41 Like a small garage 42 Message on a dirty vehicle 43 Like mercury at room temperature 45 Cover in the kitchen 47 Hammer mate, on old flags 49 “Family Ties” mother 50 Not even me 53 R&B singer with the five-album project “Stadium” 55 “Where America’s Day Begins” island 58 International aid grp.

60 “___ Mine” (George Harrison autobiography)

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