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JULY 21, 2016

CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

GROW HOPE FARM HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD, ONE FARM AT A TIME

By Adam Beckett

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Contents

CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

EDITORIAL

Managing Editor Gary Poole Editorial Assistant Brooke Dorn

July 21, 2016 Volume 13, Issue 29

Music Editor Marc T. Michael Film Editor John DeVore Contributors Adam Beckett • Rob Brezsny Steven W. Disbrow • Kevin Hale Matt Jones • Tony Mraz • Ernie Paik Rick Pimental-Habib • Alex Teach

Features

Editorial Intern Hillary Eames

4 BEGINNINGS: The now ubiquitous Pokémon Go has a quite positive upside.

Cartoonists Max Cannon • Rob Rogers Jen Sorenson • Tom Tomorrow

5 THE LIST: Speaking of agriculture….

FOUNDED 2003 BY ZACHARY COOPER & MICHAEL KULL

7 JUST A THEORY: Our resident scientist salutes the (sadly) overlooked gender giants of science.

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Inside Grow Hope Farm

What if we as a community could feed the hopeless, the hungry, the homeless, and just the everyday person with free or affordable high nutrient based fresh fruit and vegetables, or teach them to grow their own food?

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Raising The Bar For Young Artists

Big things (and paintings) are happening this year in the art department at Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences.

Eric Keller’s progressive approach to art education has elevated the CSAS art program to a collegiate level, and the quality of the student work is incredible.

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A Day in The Life…

A few months ago I wrote a feature detailing the Chattanooga Girls Rock camp, explaining what it is, talking about some of the people involved, sharing my views on why I think it’s so important, and imploring members of the community to step up and volunteer.

12 SCREEN: Disturbing documentary goes down a dark and vicious rabbit hole.

16 ARTS CALENDAR 19 DIVERSIONS 22 MUSIC CALENDAR 25 REVIEWS: The Heliocentrics mix Afrobeat and Ethio-Jazz, Niù Abdominaux Dangereux just has fun.

27 MIXOLOGY: It’s 5 o’clock somewhere, but it’s 9 a.m. somewhere else.

28 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY 29 JONESIN’ CROSSWORD 30 ON THE BEAT: Alex reflects on what police should—and should not—be doing.

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BEGINNINGS

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Pokémon Go Is Taking Over The World The suddenly ubiquitous phone app game has a quite positive upside Pokémon Go has taken the country and Scenic City by storm and like any viral phenomena these days it is a special coalesce of technology, commerce, and nostalgia and timing.

The mobile game revives a decades-old KEVIN Japanese franchise for the twenty first century. The original Pokémon game was released in 1995 for GameBoy, Nintendo’s first handheld portable gaming system.

The goal of the new game is to allow players to hunt fictional monsters in the real world. Using GPS

technology, the game tracks where players are and places Pokémon, or pocket monsters, in the physical real world, visible only through a smartphone’s camera.

The idea is to catch and train the monsters, which will help players level up.

HALE The game is free to download but in-app purchases can help players advance more quickly.

Other major elements of the game include PokéStops, which gives players in-game items when they log into the app. These stops are tied to real physical locations such

CITY LIFE

as parks, churches or stores.

I decide to head down to Coin Op, a bar on MLK Boulevard dedicated to retro video games, to see what gamers think about the new national obsession.

“It’s good that it’s getting people involved,” says Trey, a local computer developer. “There are some privacy issues but nothing that can’t be solved with a few patches.”

Coin Op Owner Brian Hennen echoes the sentiment. “It’s getting those who wouldn’t normally get out socializing and discovering new places.”

Coin Op sits between two PokéStops and Hennen can already see how the game can be good for business. “I was here last night and everybody was walking around with their phones trying to find Pokémon coins.”

“It’s getting those who wouldn’t normally get out socializing and discovering new places.”

Already businesses are using PokéStops to draw people to their locations. Others have offered customers discounts if they’ve aligned with one of the game’s three factions.

I asked Hennen if he might consider advertising with the game and he said he isn’t sure.

“This thing is so new it’s still working itself out.”

Exercise enthusiasts are another group noticing the Pokémon hubbub. “I’m jogging and I see everyone walking around heads buried in their phones,” says Jeff Aldridge.

“You’re just laughing because you know what they are doing.”

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what we wanted to do all along,” says Donna Nguyen, a gamer who grew up playing Pokémon on a Nintendo console. “Smart phones now make the game a reality, so it fuses nostalgia and current technology together perfectly.”

And the success of Pokémon Go couldn’t come at a better time for the future of virtual and augmented reality. Big strides are already being made in the advancement of VR headsets and now the augmented reality of Pokemon Go promises to take that virtual reality into the real world.

“It’s a brave new world out there,” says Aldridge. “We’re just going to have to sit back and see where it takes us.”

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Speaking Of Agriculture...

by Rob Rogers

Holy Canoe Trip, We’re Looking For Bats…Man I have a lot of unpopular opinions, and this is one of them: I think bats are simply adorable.

I understand why people are frightened of them. But they’re like tiny black foxes with wings. They eat fruit and sleep upside-down like little idiots. They’re the most widely dispersed group of mammal, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Several tropical fruits rely on bats for their seed distribution. Most importantly, if bats became extinct, the insect population would increase at an

alarming rate. And insects are not adorable.

If you share my affinity for bats, you’ll be excited to hear about Outdoor Chattanooga’s Nickajack Bat Cave Canoe Tour this Friday.

And if you don’t, then here’s your opportunity to gain one.

Outdoor Chattanooga will host a guided canoe trip to Nickajack Cave. Here, thousands of endangered grey bats come every summer to raise their young. You’ll start at twilight (7:30) on a

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Adam Beckett Adam Beckett is a professional writer from the MetroAtlanta area. He has been writing professionally for over a decade, and has produced many articles that have been featured on major news networks, online sites, magazines, and newspapers. Adam

leisurely canoe to the mouth of Nickajack cave, arriving just in time to see the bats fly out of the cave to start their nightly feeding. Grey bats eat only insects, and you remember how important it is for bats to eat insects. Afterwards, you’ll paddle back to the launch after dark, hopefully with a newfound appreciation for such cool little creatures.

This special opportunity is familyfriendly, available for adults and children (ages 5 and over), and requires little to no experience with canoeing. However, the trip is limited to fourteen participants, so act fast. Register by calling Outdoor Chattanooga. — Hillar y Eames

Alex Teach has always had passion for all things music and arts, and thrives when covering stories that relate. He transplanted to Chattanooga about a half a year ago, is in love with the city, and claims it as home.

Adam currently resides on Signal Mountain with his friend and mentor Kyle Combs, and accredits his success and motivation to God, his family, his daughter BethanieJean, and for the Sunshine that brightens his life.

Logntime Pulse columnist Alex Teach is a California native and a 20- year veteran police officer. He’s a street cop who found a cathartic outlet for rampant cynicism in the form of writing. “I have a front-row seat to the most disturbing show on

earth,” says Teach. “Nightmares, like The Pulse, are free. Both should be shared with everyone.” His columns have attracted the attention of mayors and U.S. senators, though only when readers are attempting to have him fired. Officer Teach is also an avid bicyclist and passionate recreational boater, whose likes include short walks, rum, and volunteering at the Boehm Birth Defects Center when he has the time.

Our cover story this week, about Grow Hope Farm, takes a look the growing movement of community farming. Which made us wonder just what is the state of agriculture in the gold ole' United States?

Not surprisingly, the U.S. Department of Agriculture keeps a lot of random statistics on hand. Such as...

• We are second in the world in tractor ownership, with 4.8 million of them.

• There are 179,448,000 hectares of arable and permanent cropland • Of which 28,710,000 is devoted to corn (making us the top corn growing nation) • We also export 12,000,000 bales of cotton annually, another top place ranking • However, we are only 15th in the world in rice production, and 40th in the world in the use of fertilizer.

But the most interesting statistic is that only 2 percent of our population now works in agriculture, placing us at 145th in the world.

Also, our editor really wants his own tractor for Christmas.

Source: www.statisticbrain.com/u-sagriculture-statistics/

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COLUMN JUST A THEORY

The Legendary Women Of Science Our resident scientist salutes the overlooked gender giants of intellect

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This is unfortunate, because, throughout history, women have made amazing and even civilizationchanging contributions to Science.”

Steven Disbrow is a computer programmer who specializes in e-commerce and mobile systems development, an entrepreneur, comic-book nerd, writer, improviser, actor, sometime television personality and parent of two human children.

As the father of a daughter, I have a vested interest in seeing that she receives the same opportunities as her male counterparts. (i.e. “Boys.”) I’m especially interested in her being able to pursue a career in Science (if she wants one).

Of course, we’ve all heard that while girls outshine boys in Math and Science in the early grades, they usually abandon those studies for more traditionally “girly” pursuits. (That, in itself, is an article for another time.) This is unfortunate, because, throughout history, women have made amazing and even civilization-changing contributions to Science. So, this month, I’d like to briefly look at just three of these amazing scientists.

Mary Anning (1799 – 1847) Born in an era when women were treated as little better than large children, Mary Anning was a paleontologist who made her living collecting and selling Jurassic-era fossils that she found in the cliffs near her family home. Among the many discoveries she made were: Ichthyosaur (“fish lizard”) skeletons, plesiosaur skeletons (some folks think that “Nessie” is a plesiosaur) and even a pterosaur (“flying lizard”) skeleton!

For my money, however, the most fascinating thing she did was to help identify “Bezoar” stones for what they actually were: coprolites, a.k.a., fossilized poop. (If the term “Bezoar stone” sounds familiar, it’s because they were originally thought to be protection against poisons, and have long been popular magic items in fantasy stories.)

The work that Mary did was actually quite dangerous. The fossils she collected were usually exposed as a result of landslides, and further landslides were always a possibility when out collecting.

Unfortunately, Mary was never afforded any real credit or fame for her work, at least not while she lived. In the early 19th Century, being a man was a prerequisite for participating in the Scientific community. As a result, when Mary died from Cancer at age 47, she was mostly unacknowledged for her contributions to paleontology.

Ada Lovelace

Chien-Shiung Wu (1912 – 1997) During the Second World War, Scientists from all over the world came together to stop the Axis powers and win the war.

One such Scientist, Chien-Shiung Wu, was a Chinese-born Physicist that played a vital role in the Manhattan Project. Specifically, Wu helped develop the “gas diffusion” process that allowed scientists to separate Uranium into Uranium-235 and -238. Both isotopes that were needed to power the Atomic Bombs that eventually ended the war in the Pacific.

She even has an experiment named after her: The Wu Experiment. In this experiment, Wu and her team proved that, for certain types of particle interactions, those interactions will cause particles to decay in an asymmetric fashion.

(Basically, we expect them to emit particles in one particular direction, but they don’t. In order to test this, Wu also had to come up with a scientific way to distinguish the idea of “left” from “right,” which hadn’t been done before!)

For these achievements, and many others, Wu was often compared to Ma-

rie Curie and was known as “The First Lady of Physics.”

Ada Lovelace (1815 – 1852) As a computer programmer myself, I’ve long admired Ada Lovelace. Ada was a contemporary of Charles Babbage, who had designed a thing he called an “Analytical Engine.” This machine could be told to execute a series of steps and perform mathematical operations with each step. It was, in other words, a computer!

Ada, who was a mathematical prodigy, worked with Babbage and his machines at length, and wrote copious notes on its operation and possible uses. Within one particular set of notes, she wrote an example of how the Analytical Engine could be used to calculate a series of “Bernoulli Numbers.” That example is today considered to be the first computer program and Ada herself, the first computer programmer!

So, when our daughters show a love for Math and Science, let’s all try to encourage them. You never know what amazing contributions they might make to humanity!

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COVER STORY

Changing The World, One Farm At A Time

How Grow Hope Farm is setting the table for a healthier, more natural future

By Adam Beckett Pulse contributor

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hat if we as a community could feed the hopeless, the hungry, the homeless, and just the everyday person with free or affordable high nutrient based fresh fruit and vegetables, or teach them to grow their own food? What if we could put an end to GMO’s, exploited workers, mono-cropping, low quality produce, ingesting harmful chemicals, destroying the remaining top-soil that exists on our planet, harming Earth beyond repair, and world hunger? Well, that is exactly what the local Chattanooga nonprofit organization Fairshare-Grow Hope Farm is focusing on as an organization.

As opposed to charity, Grow Hope Farm was developed to focus on empowering youth by teaching them procedures that will help them become self-sustainable, however, as time progressed, situations changed, and new players emerged, Grow Hope Farm would transform into something that possesses the potential to pave the way toward local, regional, national, and eventual worldwide change.

the two powers united, Grow Hope Farm was born.

HFTIC granted Grow Hope permission to establish a farm on their property site, in order to work together to initiate an inner city youth gardening program in Chattanooga. Something beautiful was planted, and hope began to grow.

Despite a tremendous effort, Joel would eventually part ways with Grow Hope Farm. He would leave it up to his board members to carry to the torch, and keep hope alive. Remaining members Elizabeth Tallman, and Rondell Crier knew that they needed to make something happen in order for them to stay intact as an organization, and that it was in their best interest to recruit new board members. As an original board member, Elizabeth Tallman refused to give up on Grow Hope Farm, and was determined to make an impact with their cause. She believed in the hope that lived inside of the organization and fought assiduously

“The Free Community Garden Project was a local organization that was formed by a small group of motivated friends that had a collective dream to make Chattanooga a city that feeds itself.”

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to keep it afloat. Elizabeth started by looking inside of local gardening organizations when she would discover an organization called the Free Community Garden Project, and co-creator Sunshine Hampton.

The Free Community Garden Project was a local organization that was formed by a small group of motivated friends that had a collective dream to make Chattanooga a city that feeds itself. As a developer of the project, Sunshine Hampton had always been interested in gardening throughout her life, but it was not until the weight of the commercialized food industry started to crush her spirit that she decided to do something about it.

She was a single mother that was working fifty plus hours a week as an LPN to support her family. She was making a decent wage, but was still scraping to get by due to the daunting food costs. It was nearly impossible for her to get organic food because generic foods alone were very costly. As her eyes widened, she would realize just how disheveled the food system had become, and decided that she was going to figure out how to make an impact.

Sunshine started to grow food at her own home, with a goal to grow sixty-five percent of her family’s food. Driven by determination, she would stop at nothing to find the most effective way to meet her goal. After much research, Sunshine

would learn about permaculture, and how essentially it was a solution based science to feed people. She would go to school to get certified in Permaculture design, and follow her dreams. She would effectively produce a working permaculture and aquaponics system at her house, and produce food for her family.

Grow Hope found their new board member in Sunshine, and hope endured; she brought a sense of rejuvenation to the non-profit. Not only was she intelligent, driven, and skilled in the process of urban farming, but she also had a light inside of her that was noticeably blinding, and a small army of friends supporting her, which developed an instant volunteer base for Grow Hope Farm. With a renewed momentum in the organization, partnerships with HATponics, and Edge Domes, Grow Hope began building a dome based aquaponics system.

The Chattanooga Area Food Bank have always been supporters of Grow Hope’s mission, and have consistently donated to them usage of their Westside Greenhouse. Although the board and volunteer base was thriving, the majority of the efforts would

fall on the shoulders of Elizabeth and Sunshine.

The greenhouse needed constant watering and monitoring for it to function properly, and the duo made it their top priority to manage the task. For the duration of its operation, they put their personal lives on hold in order to ensure success, and attend both the farm and green house upwards of 4 times daily. While it seems like a daunting task, they would do it with a smile on their face. It needs to be clear that they were acting as volunteers, and receiving absolutely no financial support for their actions.

They did it because they believed that they could make a difference.

Through the dome based aquaponics system, the green house, and the urban farm site, Grow Hope was gaining some serious momentum.

The aquaponics system still lacked a few intricate parts to work properly; a custom built cover was needed to insulate the dome, and aquaponics essentials such as PVC, gravel, and fish were needed to make the magic happen. They were relying on their annual plant sale to help them gain the financial means to make it flow.

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It needs to be clear that they were acting as volunteers, and receiving absolutely no financial support for their actions. They did it because they believed that they could make a difference.”

With relative success at the plant sale, Grow Hope raised enough money to turn their dreams into reality. As plans finalized and motion began to advance in a positive direction, Grow Hope would receive devastating news that HFTIC suddenly decided to discontinue the land use agreement with their organization, which effectively halted all progress.

According to Sunshine Hampton, “Not everybody wants to grow their own food, but that’s ok. Statistics show that if merely ten percent of the population would grow their own food that we could effectively feed our entire population, and severely reduce the detriment being caused by our food system. Urban farming, permaculture, and aquaponics are all viable solutions to change the way that we are being fed as humans. If people in cities could unite to follow our program, it would put an end to food being shipped across the planet among other things. It really is not that difficult, it just takes likeminded people that are inspired, and willing to take action to move our food system in a more sustainable direction. Change >> Continued on pg. 10

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COVER STORY has to start somewhere, so why not right here in Chattanooga?”

The motto of Fairshare- Grow Hope Farms, and the Free Community Garden Project has always been “Partnering to Make Chattanooga the City That Feeds Itself” Partnering being the key word.

With all of the community gardens and local organizations that focus on growing and distributing locally grown food in Chattanooga, we have the ability to make something huge happen. The philosopher Rumi states that “alone we are but drops of rain, together we are an ocean”. This applies to all things in life, strength lies in numbers.

After speaking with Grow Hope about the recent turn of events, it is clear that their dreams will not die, and that hope continues to grow even in the face of adversity.

Over the past year Grow Hope has been working closely with the CEO of HATponics Ryan Cox, and last month Jamie Brown, Executive Director of the HATponics Sustainability Initiative, joined the Board of Directors at Grow Hope. Discussions have already began regard-

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With all of the community gardens and local organizations that focus on growing and distributing locally grown food in Chattanooga, we have the ability to make something huge happen.”

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ing the future of Grow Hope, and the relocation of the Aquaponics Dome Project.

Hope, is empowerment. When people in urban environments learn how to be self-sustainable, they get the power to make change. Grow Hope is on a mission to become a catalyst by demonstrating an aquaponics system that can grow food by the thousands of pounds instead of hundreds, and developing a permaculture platform that can be mimicked and mirrored by cities all over the world to become the catalyst for the change that is ever so important for human kind.

Aquaponics is a process that combines hydroponics (a method of soil-less gardening) and aquaculture (farm raising fish) to grow fish and plants together. The waste that is produced by the fish gives nutrients to the plants, and purifies the water; it is a very effective way to rapidly grow high nutrient based food in any weather condition or location. A well designed aquaponics system can grow six times the amount of food per square foot

than other farming methods.

Grow Hope has a vision that they have diligently been trying to reach. Their dream is to use the knowledge that they have gained about aquaponics, permaculture, and urban farming, and apply it to form a system that can be used to effectively feed the masses, with an emphasis on urban settings.

Their goal is to develop a system that can teach and feed Chattanooga to become sustainable, and as the process develops, the hopes are for it to spread all over the entire planet. As concrete poured and hardened over their plant bed, Grow Hope pushed through the pavement and continues to grow in full bloom, producing fruits of inescapable hope.

For information on how to volunteer, reach out to Fairshare-Grow Hope Farm on Facebook, to donate go to gofundme.com/growhope.

Also, don’t miss Sunshine Hampton’s permaculture demo at the 4 Tribes 4 Peace Festival at Cherokee Farm in Layfayette, Georgia this September. For more information please visit kindredofsangoma.org.

GoFundMe: Grow Hope Urban Youth Farm

Help us build a commercial-scale aquaponics teaching greenhouse for fresh, local produce & chemical and hormone free fish.

Grow Hope Farm of Fair Share Urban Growers is located in the food desert of East Chattanooga by Hope For the Inner City.

The Grow Hope Urban Youth Farm launched in the summer of 2014 and it was awesome! We spaded up hundreds of square feet for cultivation next year. We are ready to teach Chattanoogans how to grow their own food- From starting seeds to making compost to planting and harvesting, marketing and operating a farmstand!

We are also ready to spark the conversation about issues of food justice in low-income neighborhoods of our city where so many urban residents lack access to fresh, local, nutritious food.

Your street address should not determine the amount of nutrition available to your household. Everyone in the city, no matter what neighborhood you live in should have a choice in what they want to buy and serve to their family. With no grocery store within miles of your house, you have no choice. That's an injustice.

By providing even one little farmstand for neighbors to come to and buy culturally appropriate, locally grown fresh food is one small step toward justice. Through our partnership with Hope For the Inner City, the Grow Hope Urban Youth Farm is not only providing food that's good for the neighborhood, but also serves as a gang-prevention activity and empowers the youngstas to give back to the community and move the good food revolution one step closer to food justice.

We need to raise some funds and this is where you come in with your tax-deductible contribution is an investment in food security for Chattanooga.

Your donation helps us: • Build a commercial scale aquaponics greenhouse • Purchase fish to start the opperation • Recruit local farmpreneurs • Purchase all the materials and seed for our greenhouse training operation, ensuring we can raise all the plants we need for the Grow Hope Farm as well as our plant sale in April; • Increase our capacity to collect rainwater and install a solarpowered drip irrigation system; • Increase the capacity of our composting operation to ensure good fertile growing soil; Fund us! Grow hope!

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The Seedy World Of Competitive Endurance Tickling

Elementary, My Dear Watson Revisiting Basil Rathbone's classic Sherlock Holmes When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first created detective Sherlock Holmes in 1887 with "A Study in Scarlet", little did anyone know that Holmes would soon become the most famous fictional detective in the world (although an argument could be made for Batman).

Nearly 130 years later, we have two current television programs, an ongoing feature film franchise starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, and the recent (and quite excellent) Mr. Holmes starring Ian McKellan.

But for many fans of the great detective, the "true" Holmes is none

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other than Basil Rathbone. And now you can see for yourself as Heritage House presents two showings of the classic The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes this Thursday, as he and Dr. Watson (the understated Nigel Bruce) hunt their archenemy Professor Moriarty, played with evil relish

by George Zucco.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Thursday 2, 7 p.m.

Heritage House Civic Center 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474

NEW IN THEATERS

Star Trek Beyond The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

Director: Justin Lin Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana

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Ice Age: Collision Course Manny, Diego, and Sid join up with Buck to fend off a meteor strike that would destroy the world.

Directors: Galen T. Chu & Mike Thurmeier Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, Robert Cardone, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Adam Devine

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Disturbing documentary Tickled goes down a dark and vicious rabbit hole

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FTER I SAW THE RECENT DOCUMENTARY EXIT Through the Gift Shop, I was left with a strange, uncomfortable feeling. It was a feeling of amazement, of confusion, of not quite understanding exactly what I had seen. I knew I had little chance of explaining it to anyone else, beyond simply urging others to watching it.

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I wasn’t so much baffled by it as I was disturbed and frightened.

The story told is bewildering and sad, considering what at first seemed to a rather light subject.”

I loved the excitement that comes with not knowing—the film was as thrilling as any feature. That Exit Through the Gift Shop is a documentary makes it all the more brilliant. It is without a doubt one of my favorite documentary films, one that I’ve hoped to experience again and again.

Most documentaries have an angle, telling their truth from exclusively one side. If there was an angle to Exit Through the Gift Shop, I couldn’t find it. It is completely unique.

Tickled is an equally unique documentary film. The uncomfortable feeling that comes from its viewing, however, is decidedly different. I wasn’t so much baffled by it as I was disturbed and frightened.

The story told is bewildering and sad, considering what at first seemed to a rather light subject. It begins by tackling the subject of a collection of online videos that depict the sport of “competitive endurance tickling.” What it comes to reveal is something far more sinister— it uncovers an international pattern of abuse that spans decades.

Competitive endurance tickling is not a sport in any sense of the word. Sports have goals and strategies and measurable outcomes. Tickling is something else. In some cases, it’s a bonding experience be-

tween parents and children, friends and lovers; it’s an innocent game played in cultures around the world. However, it is also a sexual fetish, like bondage or spanking, one of the many pieces in the puzzle of worldwide human sexuality. On the whole, it’s fairly tame.

Still, while the videos shown in the film feature no nudity, yet it’s clear that there is something pornographic going on. Like Supreme Court Justices, we know it when we see it. Fetishes and pornography are nothing new in the world of the internet, and while most of the world would giggle to themselves and move on, the real story of Tickled has little to do with sexuality and everything to do with money, power, and obsession.

It’s a look behind the scenes, behind the cameras, to just who is asking for these videos to be made and what the ultimate goal might be. It’s a rabbit hole of threatening behavior, frivolous lawsuits, and humiliation.

Unlike Exit Through the Gift Shop, there are quite few lessons to be learned from Tickled. Curiously, they are the same lessons many young girls learn from men like Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild fame. Namely, if someone gets it one video, there’s a good chance it will end up online. Another documentary entitled Hot Girls Wanted highlights the perils of young women entering the amateur porn industry and how the allure of easy money can lead to an unglamorous life on the fringe.

The men shown in these films suffer from many of the same consequences.

The shame they suffer seems comparable in some cases. And yet the traditional porn industry comes across as far less shady. These young men are subject to criminal harassment by faceless antagonists with seemingly endless amounts of money and influence.

Simply asking to have a video removed can lead to evil, mean spirited personal attacks. Personal information is published online. Letters are sent to parents. Phone calls are placed to schools. Employers are called and jobs are lost. False accusations of hacking are alleged in an attempt to discredit the boys.

The antagonist in Tickled uses any and everything in their power, which again appears endless, in an effort to ruin lives. While the documentarians eventually track down the person behind the abuse, there is no real resolution, just the damage left in the wake.

Tickled was brought to Chattanooga through the Cine-Rama and likely won’t be seen in town again until it’s available on VOD. It’s the type of film fans have been clamoring for in this city for years. Before the CineRama, there was no possibly way to see something like it without driving to Atlanta or Nashville. It’s a realization of a dream.

Keep an eye out for more films like it. You won’t want to miss what’s coming.

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ARTS SCENE

Raising The Bar For Young Artists Art educator Eric Keller leads by example, talent and excitement

King Arthur Really Revisited Monty Python farce graces Theatre Centre’s main stage Hopefully, you had the opportunity to see the Theatre Centre’s Camelot, set in the Kennedy “Camelot” era. But if for some reason you didn’t, you’ve got another chance to see another great production. This time, it’s the delightfully absurd Spamalot, the Monty Python spin-off/rip-off of their hit movies Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Life of Brian.

Fans of Monty Python will be delighted to find such absurdity so close to home, unfolding here on the Theatre Centre’s main stage. Monty Python is world-renowned for revolutionizing sketch comedy with their combination of cultural references, satire, and trademark absurdity, and Spamalot is no exception.

Channeling the troupe’s clever idiocy, artful tackiness, and wide-eyed

irreverence, Monty Python veteran Eric Idle created a musical retelling of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

Director Lindsay Fussell states, “Spamalot has proven to be a super fun experience, starting with auditions where some of the best actor/singer/dancers in Chattanooga showed up. We had to make some difficult choices but ended up with an amazingly talented cast who have truly brought their A-game throughout the rehearsal process, including Garrett Henson, who stepped into a major role just two and a half weeks before opening night!”

Spamalot will play for two more consecutive weekends. Tickets are available online at theatrecentre. com or by phone at (423) 264-8534.

— Hillary Eames

THU7.21

FRI7.22

SAT7.23

SUN CIRCUS

FREE BALLET

TWO WHEELING

Cirque du Soleil's "OVO"

Ballet Tennessee’s Dance Alive

Too Broke For Sturgis

Come see for yourself why Cirque is so memorable.

7:30 p.m.

UTC McKenize Arena 720 E. 4th St. (423) 266-6627 cirquedusoleil.com

19th annual free dance event with the city's best.

6 p.m.

UTC Fine Arts Center 752 Vine St. (423) 821-2055 ballettennessee.org

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Enjoy Sturgis without ever leaving Chattanooga.

7 p.m.

Thunder Creek Harley-Davidson 7720 Lee Hwy. (423) 892-4888 thundercreekharley.com

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IG THINGS (AND PAINTINGS) ARE HAPPENING THIS year in the art department at Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences. Eric Keller’s progressive approach to art education has elevated the CSAS art program to a collegiate level, and the quality of the student work is incredible. His students have won best of show awards at the annual Palette to Palette competition three out of the last four years, “crushing the competition.” Through partnerships with Erlanger and AVA, they are able to exhibit in a gallery setting, and many of them are already selling their work.

Arts TONY MRAZ

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At times he takes a deliberate hands-off approach, believing that artists need to be left alone in almost every instance of production.”

Eric’s space in the basement of CSAS is more than a classroom—it is an art studio, wood shop, and office. During school, he keeps his art around the perimeter of the room, mixed in with the student work. When he’s not teaching or planning lessons, he works on his pieces.

He believes that it is important for his students to have a working artist in the room. This makes the experience more than just theoretical, and gives his instruction more credibility.

When he tells his students how to solve a problem, he gives them a lot of latitude.

They get to speak with their own voice as he shows them the work in progress.

The students go to his art shows and see the work he made in their presence—he is very transparent about the struggle of an artist, about the uncertain.

When he was in school, Eric always drew when the teacher was lecturing.

He went to college with the intention of being an engineer, but he met a group of artists in a drawing class. He found an immediate synergy when he joined them in a studio space at the old Hardwick clothing factory in Cleveland. “I was naive enough to think that maybe I could be a painter. There were old rolls of denim laying around—I unrolled them and started painting like Jackson Pollack,

and got into German expressionism, abstract expressionism, and color field painting. I tried it all.”

During college, waiting tables prepared him for teaching in ways that he could have never anticipated. Every teacher should be a server first—servers have a multitude of people simultaneously waiting, needing something from them immediately. It’s the same in the classroom—there’s always a fire to put out. There’s usually a back log of five or six people waiting for an art instructor to come around.

He wants his students to be able to say something personally. There is a point in the instruction when they have been given enough information, and Eric steps back. He forces his students to sink or swim, to own their successes and failures without him guiding their hand. If they get hung up technically, he shows them how to solve the prob-

lem—how to render something, get out of a technical bind, or put materials together—but he makes them unravel the problem that they’ve created if they get hung up.

At times he takes a deliberate handsoff approach, believing that artists need to be left alone in almost every instance of production. He enables the students by getting out of the way because art is a language. “If I’m feeding them lines, then I’m the only one talking.”

Eric’s art is every bit as exciting as his teaching method. The monumental encaustic paintings that he is making are achingly beautiful, reflecting a keen intelligence. He builds up layers by pouring onto large canvas panels that he builds, sometimes incorporating collage, allowing interesting and culturally relevant words to be revealed beneath the surface of the wax. Using combinations of wax and epoxy resin,

he makes interesting organic textures.

His art is breaking rules— its surface literally cracking and splitting. When he activates the painting with a heat gun, the wax starts to move but the epoxy is solid, so the movement of the wax begins to break the epoxy apart in a geological fashion. He combines these with oil pigments, which separate into individual strands that correspond to the hairs on his paintbrush.

“There’s something in me that really wants to work in a way that’s refined, but there’s also something that wants to make gritty work,” he says. “I like to make pretty paintings, but then I like to mess them up. I just can’t live with perfection, it’s got to be mucked up, like life.”

Eric’s next exhibition isn’t until October at Dave & Pauli’s Art Emporium in Dalton, but you can see his work year round in the CSAS art department.

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ARTS CALENDAR

Cirque du Soleil's "OVO"

THURSDAY7.21 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2, 7 p.m.

Heritage House Arts and Civic Center 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 chattanooga.gov Ooltewah Farmers Market 3 p.m.

Ooltewah Nursery 5829 Main St. (423) 238-9775 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 Nature Nuts: Naturalist's Tour of the Chattanooga Zoo 5 p.m.

Chattanooga Zoo 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave. (423) 697-1322 chattzoo.org Homebuyer Orientation 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprises 1500 Chestnut St., Suite 102 (423) 756-6201 cneinc.org

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The Chattery Presents: "Garden to Table: Dips & Appetizers 6 p.m.

Dish-T-Pass 302 W. 6th St. (423) 413-8978 thechattery.org Monty Python’s Spamalot 7 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com The Midnight Swinger David Scott 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Cirque du Soleil's "OVO" 7:30 p.m.

UTC McKenize Arena

PULSE PICK: DAVID SCOTT

The Midnight Swinger combines the style and cool of a ’60s Las Vegas performer with the flash and excitement of a 21st century Super Bowl halftime extravaganza.

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

720 E. 4th St. (423) 266-6627 cirquedusoleil.com Flute and Bassoon Recital 7:30 p.m.

Cadek Recital Hall 752 Vine St. (423) 425-4601 utc.edu/fine-arts-center

FRIDAY7.22 Cambridge Square Night Market 5 p.m.

Cambridge Square 9453 Bradmore Ln. chattanoogamarket. com/cambridge Ballet Tennessee’s 19th Annual Dance Alive 6 p.m.

UTC Fine Arts Center

752 Vine St. (423) 821-2055 ballettennessee.org Nickajack Bat Cave Canoe Tour 7:30 p.m.

Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com The Midnight Swinger David Scott 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Cirque du Soleil's "OVO" 7:30 p.m.

UTC McKenize Arena 720 E. 4th St. (423) 266-6627 cirquedusoleil.com Leaving Iowa 8 p.m.

The Mars Theater 117 N. Chattanooga St., LaFayette, GA (706) 996-8350 backalleyproductions.org Monty Python’s Spamalot 8 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 8 p.m.

Signal Mountain Playhouse Corner of Rolling Way & James Blvd.

(423) 886-5243 smph.org

ARTS CALENDAR

Running of The Derby Bulls

SATURDAY7.23 Running of The Derby Bulls 8 a.m.

Cold Stone Creamery 100 Chestnut St. (423) 267-0888 chattanoogarollergirls.com Bicycle Skills Rodeo 10 a.m.

Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com Brainerd Farmers Market 10 a.m.

Grace Episcopal Church 20 Belvoir Ave. (404) 245-3682 facebook.com/ BrainerdFarmersMarket 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 Enrichment Weekend 10 a.m.

Chattanooga Zoo 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave.

(423) 697-1322 chattzoo.org Artful Yoga: Saluting The Summer Sun 1:30 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org Cirque du Soleil's "OVO" 4, 7:30 p.m.

UTC McKenize Arena 720 E. 4th St. (423) 266-6627 cirquedusoleil.com Too Broke For Sturgis 7 p.m.

Thunder Creek Harley-Davidson 7720 Lee Hwy. (423) 892-4888 thundercreekharley.com The Midnight Swinger David Scott 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Leaving Iowa 8 p.m.

The Mars Theater 117 N. Chattanooga St., LaFayette, GA (706) 996-8350 backalleyproductions.org Monty Python’s Spamalot 8 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 8 p.m.

Signal Mountain Playhouse Corner of Rolling Way & James Blvd.

(423) 886-5243 smph.org Adidas Skateboarding: Away Days 8:30 p.m.

Cine-Rama 100 W. Main St. (423) 521-1716 thecinerama.org Movies in the Park presents Star Wars: The Force Awakens 9 p.m.

Coolidge Park 150 River St. (423) 643-5956

SUNDAY7.24 Enrichment Weekend 10 a.m.

Chattanooga Zoo 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave. (423) 697-1322 chattzoo.org Chattanooga Market 11 a.m.

Chattanooga Market 1829 Carter St. (423) 402-9957 chattanoogamarket.com Cirque du Soleil's "OVO" 1:30, 5 p.m.

UTC McKenize Arena 720 E. 4th St. (423) 266-6627 cirquedusoleil.com Leaving Iowa 2:30 p.m.

The Mars Theater 117 N. Chattanooga St.,

LaFayette, GA (706) 996-8350 backalleyproductions.org Monty Python’s Spamalot 2:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com Auction and Dinner Benefit for Home Repairs 5 p.m.

Harrison Bay State Park 8411 Harrison Bay Rd. (423) 653-4160 biddingowl.com The Midnight Swinger David Scott 7:30 p.m.

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

MONDAY7.25 Unsung Heroes: Comic Creators 10 a.m.

UTC Fine Arts Center 752 Vine St. (423) 425-4371 utc.edu/fine-arts-center Red Bank Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Red Bank United Methodist Church 3800 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com Palette Knife Painting with Mia Bergeron 6 p.m.

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ARTS CALENDAR

Chattanooga Football Club

Townsend Atelier 301 E. 11th St. (423) 266-2712 townsendatelier.com

TUESDAY7.26 East Brainerd Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Audubon Acres 900 N. Sanctuary Rd. (423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com Intro To Mountain Biking: Core Skills Builder 6 p.m.

Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St. (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com Chattanooga Lookouts vs Tennessee Smokies 7:15 p.m.

AT&T Field 201 Power Alley (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com

WEDNESDAY7.27 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 Rapid Learning Intro to Kayak & Roll Practice

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6 p.m.

Chester Frost Park 2318 Gold Point Cir. North (423) 643-6888 outdoorchattanooga.com CHI Memorial Mom’s Clinic with the Chattanooga Football Club 6 p.m.

Finley Stadium 1826 Carter St. (423) 266-4041 chattanoogafc.com Around The World In 80 Plays: A Photographic Journey 6 p.m.

Jazzanooga Arts Space 431 E. MLK Blvd., Suite 100 (423) 413-8978 thechattery.org Wednesday Night Chess Club 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Downtown Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 643-7700 chattilibrary.com Chattanooga Lookouts vs Tennessee Smokies 7:15 p.m.

AT&T Field 201 Power Alley (423) 267-2208 lookouts.com Chattanooga FC vs Middlesbrough FC U21 7:30 p.m.

Finley Stadium 1826 Carter St. (423) 266-4041 chattanoogafc.com

Map these locations on chattanoogapulse. com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com

Diversions

Consider This with Dr. Rick

by Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

“Dear Universe: I am ready to tap into all the abundance that you have for me. I am placing my order, surrendering and ready to live into the sweetness of my life.”

Anthony Robbins puts it like this: “Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.”

And from Abraham-Hicks: “The entire Universe is conspiring to give you everything you want.”

So if you accept that you’re not alone, and that which is bigger than you—the Universe, Source, Higher Power, the God of Your Understanding—is ever ready to hear about your plans for a creative, joyful, generous life and then to partner up with you, then really, all is well. You can rest into the arms of this belief, this faith, instead of fear. You can take the leaps to have the life you want. You can encourage and be kind to others along the way. No one can take anything from you. It’s all unfolding.

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MUSIC SCENE

A Day in The Life…

Chattanooga Girls Rock Camp opens up music world for gifted girls

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Around The World in 80 Plays

FEW MONTHS AGO I WROTE A FEATURE DETAILING the Chattanooga Girls Rock camp, explaining what it is, talking about some of the people involved, sharing my views on why I think it’s so important, and imploring members of the community to step up and volunteer. The group and its mission resonated with me so much that I took my own advice and signed up as a “band manager.”

DJ Passé will spin you right ‘round, baby, right ‘round Even with our technological advances since its original publication, “around the world in eighty days” is still a hefty claim. A little less of a strain, but nevertheless just as exciting, is joining DJ Passé for “Around The World in 80 Plays”, a Jazzanooga event coming up this Wednesday.

DJ Passé, the artist also known as Lon Eldridge, makes his name as a vintage deejay. Everyone’s familiar with the two-record-turntable DJ look, but Passé takes it even further, playing 78rpms on antique wind-up gramophones. His music matches his aesthetic: DJ Passé spins solely from the 78rpm era, between 1898 and 1956. He specializes in swing, blues, hot jazz, bop, ragtime, prejazz dance, and novelty recordings, among several others.

At “Around the World in 80 Plays”,

DJ Passé will dig through his expansive collection to bring you antique recordings spanning 24,901 miles and 24 countries, all played on a stunning 1905 Victor V-2 external horn gramophone (just like the ones you’ve seen in old photos) and a c. 1925-30 HMV Model 103, for both your entertainment and for the sake of authenticity. As if that isn’t impressive enough, the ocular journey will take only two hours. Take that, Phineas Fogg.

And where better to host this journey than our very own Jazzanooga, a citywide celebration of the genre and a festive platform for diverse communities to come together in celebration of Chattanooga’s jazz heritage? DJ Passé and his antique wonders will feel right at home, and by extension, so will you.

— Hillary Eames

FRI7.22

FRI7.22

SAT7.23

POST PUNK POP

ROCKING OUT

DYNAMIC DUO

I Can Japan

Soul Mechanic

Roger Alan Wade with Courtney Holder

All American Summer continues with some killer post punk indie pop stylings.

6 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View huntermuseum.org

This five piece rages every performance as if it was their last. Come live the true rock-n-roll experience.

8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co

Two of our favorites on one stage—it's a perfect of storytelling in song.

10 p.m.

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

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Music MARC T MICHAEL

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Five little girls who hadn’t known each other or touched an instrument before that morning went from pretending to be a band to being an actual, functioning band, playing music they created.”

Camp started today.

First off, I want to be clear that as a ‘band manager,” I am only required to be there in the afternoon which is very little time indeed compared to the bulk of the volunteers who are there all day, every day, and have been since before the camp started. What they have achieved in transforming Cinerama into an industrial music workshop for the week is amazing. The girls spend their mornings with a small army of instructors, learning to play instruments and to sing. Their afternoons are spent learning to work together as a band, writing songs, rehearsing them, and ultimately performing.

My partner this week in band management is Amy Richardson, a lady who knows her chops and is a whiz at working with kids. We are assigned to the rehearsal space known as “The Pizza Room,” an area that looks to be about eight by twelve feet with one entire wall covered by a pizza themed tapestry, an element that generated great amusement in our younger band members (pizza was suggested as a band name, a song title, and a thing the people in our song might enjoy very much.)

Pizza Room has a full drum kit, a bass rig, a keyboard with amp, a guitar with amp and a vocal mic with amp along with five little girls ranging in age from nine to eleven or twelve.

While capturing and holding the attention of said crew who only just this morning started learning the basics of their instruments might be likened to herding cats, the truth is it wasn’t much different than any other band I’ve ever worked with regardless of age or experience. Our drummer in particular was prone to thirty-second bursts of rapt attention before edging back over to the kit to “jam” again which means she’s practically a real drummer already.

First things are first so we brainstormed a list of band names and wrote them on the big board. Next we voted, each girl was allowed to vote for as many of the names as she cared to, and the overwhelming winner was, Girls n’ Roses, a suggestion from our bass player.

The discarded band names still seemed pretty good though, so we selected from those the title of our tune, “Fantastic Five.” Each girl then selected a famous woman she found inspiring (the “Fantastic Five”) and before we knew it, we had a verse and chorus. Now it was time to find the music and our vocalist, without prompting, took the lyric sheet to the mic and dreamed up the perfect melody on the spot.

After a moment or two to suss it out on the keyboard, every girl had her part.

In the space of two hours and forty-five minutes, five little girls

Let The River City Rumpus Begin!

who hadn’t known each other or touched an instrument before that morning went from pretending to be a band to being an actual, functioning band, playing music they created. Drums, bass, guitar, keys and vocals all worked together and for a moment, the hair literally stood up on my arms. Amy later said that she almost cried to hear it, it was so marvelous. There was some magic made today. Tomorrow we’ll work out the rest of the lyrics and continue rehearsing and on Saturday afternoon, July 23rd, Girls n’ Roses will take the stage at the Revelry room and perform for a real audience.

You can be a part of that; you can witness the magic too. Doors open at the Revelry Room at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon and all proceeds go help fund next year’s camp. I plan

on volunteering for that one too, and hope to play a larger part because I can tell you this: the folks behind Chattanooga Girls Rock are doing great work, important work. Some of these girls will go on to pursue music and some may not touch an instrument again, but that’s not the important part.

The important part is the teamwork, the creativity and the confidence that comes from dreaming up a thing in your head and then making it real. Lessons are being learned that will serve these young ladies well for the rest of their lives and I cannot urge you enough to come see for yourselves on Saturday when Girls N’ Roses and all the other bands from this week showcase their art on stage.

There is no doubt now, Chattanooga Girls rock!

The Second Annual River City Rumpus is almost upon us.

On July 29th and 30th, The Honest Pint will be taken over by the largest conglomeration of freaks, geeks, fakirs, artists and musicians the town has ever seen, all brought to you by the good folks at the Subterranean Cirqus (and by the way, it’s official: Pinkie the Princess of Pain is now an official record holder in the Guinness Book of World Records!)

Musical guests include DJ Passé (a familiar looking fellow with a Victrola in tow,) Genk Genki Panic, Opposite Box, String Like a Horse, The 9th Street Stompers and the beautifully bizarre but fascinating Wohlglmut. That lineup is a hell of a show all on its own, but it isn’t even half the story.

Other featured performers include the Chattanooga Fire Cabaret, Lacy Jo, The Aerial Fairy, Thunder Snow Cone, Tinderbox Circus Sideshow, Titano, Vourteque and Sanjula Vamana. Two solid days of entertainment featuring blockheads, beauties, barkers and burlesque; the productions of Lazarus Hellgate and Pinkie keep getting bigger and better with something to delight, enthrall and utterly horrify everyone.

Tickets are available now through rivercityrumpus.com.

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MUSIC CALENDAR

Amber's Drive

THURSDAY7.21 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 Live Bluegrass 6:30 p.m.

Whole Foods Market 301 Manufacturers Rd. wholefoodsmarket.com All American Summer featuring I Can Japan 6 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View huntermuseum.org "Park Rhythms" with Barefoot Nellie & Company 7 p.m.

Northwest Georgia Bank Amphitheatre 220 Catoosa Cir., Ringgold, GA nwgabankamp.com Jimmy Harris 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Bluegrass Thursdays 7:30 p.m.

Feed Co. Table & Tavern 201 W. Main St. feedtableandtavern.com

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Jesse James & Tim Neal 7:30 p.m.

Mexi-Wing VII 5773 Brainerd Rd. mexi-wingchattanooga.com Cirque du Soleil's "OVO" 7:30 p.m.

UTC McKenize Arena 720 E. 4th St. cirquedusoleil.com Tim Lewis 8 p.m.

Hooters 5912 Brainerd Rd. hooters.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

PULSE PICK: BEAR MEDICINE You needn’t have been mauled by grizzly to receive the benefits of this Bear Medicine. You need only life in your lungs, knees and hips willing to be swayed.

Bear Medicine Sunday, 2 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com

901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com

FRIDAY7.22 Old Time Travelers, Amber Carrington 10 a.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Eddie Pontiac 6 p.m.

El Meson 2204 Hamilton Place Blvd. elmesonrestaurant.com Binji Varsossa 6 p.m.

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461

Tim Lewis 7 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonchattanooga.com Nora Jane Struthers and Earl Bracken Band 7 p.m.

Nightfall Concert Series Miller Plaza 800 Market St. nightfallchattanooga.com Cirque du Soleil's "OVO" 7:30 p.m.

UTC McKenize Arena 720 E. 4th St. cirquedusoleil.com A Concert of Chamber Music with Jim Lees, Sara Snider Schone & Tim Mercer 7:30 p.m.

Mountain Arts Community Center 809 Kentucky Ave. signalmacc.org Soul Mechanic 8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Standing Room Only 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Randall Adams 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Amber’s Drive 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant

2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com/chattanooga Blues Hammer Band 10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com Stevie Monce 10 p.m.

Raw Bar & Grill 409 Market St. rawbarandgrillchatt.com One Night Stand 10 p.m.

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

SATURDAY7.23 Old Time Travelers, AM Radio 10 a.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Bear Medicine 12:30 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium Plaza 1 Broad St. chattanoogarivermarket.com Chattanooga Girls Rock Camp Showcase Concert 1 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Cirque du Soleil's "OVO" 4, 7:30 p.m.

UTC McKenize Arena 720 E. 4th St. cirquedusoleil.com Bad Tattoo Band

MUSIC CALENDAR

Muddy Magnolias

6 p.m.

Ceniza Cigar Lounge 9454 Bradmore Ln. cenizalounge.com Eddie Pontiac 6 p.m.

El Meson 2204 Hamilton Place Blvd. elmesonrestaurant.com Binji Varsossa 6 p.m.

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 Tim Lewis 7 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonchattanooga.com Muddy Magnolias 7 p.m.

Ross’s Landing 100 Riverfront Pkwy. riverfrontnights.com Shane Smith & The Saints 8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Taylor & Company 8 p.m.

VFW Post 4848 1491 Riverside Dr. (423) 624-6687 Standing Room Only 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Jon Scott 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant

2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com/chattanooga Joel Clyde 10 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Roger Alan Wade with Courtney Holder 10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com One Night Stand 10 p.m.

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

SUNDAY7.24 Old Time Travelers, Highbeams 10 a.m.

Rock City 1400 Patten Rd. seerockcity.com Von Wamps 11 a.m.

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

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MUSIC CALENDAR

Start the weekend on Thursdays with live outdoor concerts at the Hunter Museum!

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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

TUESDAY7.26 Concert For A Cause Featuring Tucker Beathard 6:15 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Bill McCallie and In Cahoots 6:30 p.m.

Southern Belle Riverboat 201 Riverfront Pkwy. chattanoogariverboat.com Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com

WEDNESDAY7.27 Noon Tunes with The Bohannons Noon Miller Plaza 850 Market St. rivercitycompany.com Eddie Pontiac 5:30 p.m.

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El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonrestaurant.com No Big Deal 6 p.m.

SpringHill Suites 495 Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 834-9300 Around the World in 80 Plays with DJ Passé 6 p.m.

Jazzanooga 431 E. MLK Blvd. jazzanooga.org Jimmy Harris 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Robert Crabtree Trio 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 Priscilla & Lil Rickee 8 p.m.

Las Margaritas 1101 Hixson Pike (423) 756-3332 Prime Cut Trio 8 p.m.

The Palms at Hamilton 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com

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RECORD REVIEWS ERNIE PAIK

Jazz-Funk Comes From The Deep, Remastering Italian Ghosts The Heliocentrics mix Afrobeat and Ethio-Jazz, NAD just has some fun

The Heliocentrics From the Deep (Now-Again)

Niù Abdominaux Dangereux Ghosts (Kutmusic)

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ing the latest instrumental offering From the Deep, they combine classic ‘70s funk rhythms with cosmic jazz, recorded and manipulated with dub influences and studio sorcery, and they’ve gradually moved away from using contemporary hiphop elements ever since their 2007 album Out There.

Drummer Malcom Catoo’s playing is a joy to listen to, with perfect, precise funk patterns, any of which could be breakbeat fodder; this writer could listen to his ultra-tight

t takes more than musical knowledge and technical prowess to be able to hang competently with the likes of Afrobeat pioneer Orlando Julius and Ethio-jazz father Mulatu Astatke, which is what the Londonbased jazz-funk ensemble The Heliocentrics has done on previous albums; the band has also worked with the legendary Melvin Van Peebles and Persian jazz scholar Lloyd Miller, widening the group’s eclectic base of ingredients.

On their own albums, includ-

bass-drum/snare/hi-hat wanderings, like on “Outer Realms, Pt. 2,” all day long. The 82-second “Thunder & Lightning” has a killer sound with booming, bass-boosted drums and ample studio effects and echoing, and the highlight “Primitivos” oozes a sort of post-punk-funk vibe, with a jogging baseline and shadowy, tremolo guitar parts.

Other moments suggest free jazz excursions with quality reed playing, like on “The Pit,” or ominous, mysterious Krzysztof Komeda soundtracks, like on “Something Bad a Coming.”

The CD version of From the Deep reprises several tracks from 2013’s The Quatermass Sessions 1, while the vinyl version omits them.

Only a few tracks are over three minutes long with the majority being under two minutes, to provide just enough of a taste of a groove; with so many brief tracks that rev up and then fade out, the momentum is chopped up, and while the album’s moods are unified, the flow is not.

If anything, From the Deep sounds like one of those early ‘70s funk-centric library records that

were made on spec for television or film usage. However, each track works on its own and provides its own little fascinating mini-solarsystem.

T

he 1989 album Ghosts, recently remastered and re-released digitally, from the Italian group Niù Abdominaux Dangereux has several things going for it that elevate it from merely being an obscure footnote that was only previously available as an import. First of all, its list of guest artists is insane and brimming with talent from the likes of guitarists Elliott Sharp and Sonny Sharrock, Henry Cow, co-founder Fred Frith, and turntablist Christian Marclay.

However, a number of these guests’ contributions aren’t on their primary instruments—for example, Zeena Parkins picks up an accordion rather than her usual harp, and American free-improv forefather Henry Kaiser plays a synth instead of the guitar.

Secondly, it explores genre-buggery with a playful attitude and a touch of goofiness—while in many ways different, note that it is con-

temporaneous with John Zorn’s genre-cut-up band Naked City— and doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Take, for example, “Lorenza in Arabia” that intentionally travels to the wrong region, injecting tabla beats and sitar flourishes. The album’s production sheen and infrequent cringe-worthy synth sounds (“orchestra hit” being the worst offender) feel a bit dated in the year 2016, and there is an additional slight listening discomfort, mostly because it revels in its own semismug cleverness.

The title track, a cover of perhaps the most recognizable tune from hard-blowing free-jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, and a take on Ornette Coleman’s “Broadway Blues” are both ironically infused with country/western elements.

This reissue omits the album’s original closing track, “Marina Goes to Hollywood,” and it includes as a bonus track a live, rock version of “I Am the Walrus” that is slightly off-center (yet relatively normal in the album’s context) with distorted vocals and guitars and a little skronking.

However, beyond the prominent guest list and genre-twisting, Ghosts offers several diverse treats tucked away on its second half; “Ivanovic,” with a seasick fretless bass and Fred Frith playing the violin enthusiastically, is a messy pile of goodness, and the soothing “Zigozago” uses floating guitars and gentle yet bustling drums, on an album with high points where one might least expect them.

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FOOD & DRINK MIXOLOGY

The Beauty and Taste of Milk Stout Because It’s 5 o’clock somewhere, but it’s 9 a.m. somewhere else It’s rare that distinctions in alcoholic beverages can be relative to the brewer’s discretion, but such is the case between stouts and porters. The two brews form a continuum with such nebulous nuance that one style or sub-style may be virtually indistinguishable from another. Even rarer, however, is a drink that rises above this spectrum, making itself known through an unorthodox brewing process and instantly recognizable taste.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the milk stout.

The practice of adding whole milk to already-brewed beer was common practice in the UK during the 1800s. Milk beers were served during lunchtime to laborers, in hopes that the brews would give them added strength to make it through their day.

Eventually brewers began experimenting with adding milk to the fermentation process. Most notable of these experimenters was John Henry Johnson, who envisioned the potentially nutritious beer in 1875. He patented his idea, which remained unfinished, by proposing a milk beer made with barley, hops, whey and lactose.

1907, Mackeson of Kent brewed the first lactose stout in 1907, and sent it off to market in 1910, boasting that “each pint contained the energizing carbohydrates of ten ounces of dairy milk.”

Soon Mackeson licensed the beermaking to others, and within a couple years, a rough dozen of milk stouts became available, each making simi-

“Doctors prescribed it as the cure for various ailments, even offering it to nursing mothers to increase their milk production.”

Unfortunately, Johnson never saw his dream come to fruition, but fortunately for us, his idea was picked up by others who saw its potential. In

lar claims. Milk stout was believed to be so nutritious, doctors prescribed it as the cure for various ailments, even offering it to nursing mothers to in-

crease their milk production.

The promise of milk stout’s nutritional benefits was the early 20th century version of Don Draper’s branding of toasted cigarettes: nevertheless, it was effective, but 100% false. Eventually, the health claims of milk stouts fell under the scrutiny of British authorities, and by 1946, any mention of milk was deemed misleading.

Especially worrisome was the concern that children might believe the milky beverage was safe for their consumption. As a precaution, breweries were required to remove any mention of milk from their products. Comparatively, breweries outside of England don’t fall under this jurisdiction, and lactose-enhanced brews may still be referred to as milk stouts.

Besides the brewing process, what separates milk stouts from regular

stouts? The lactose used in the brewing process of milk stouts is actually unfermentable, resulting in a creamy, full-bodied product, with heightened mouthfeel and a burnt-sugar flavor. In addition, lactose knocks of some of the bitter edge associated with stouts, making the end result strikingly similar to your friendly neighborhood latte.

Lancaster Brewing Company brewmaster Christian Heim explains, “Do you drink coffee? Then think of this as a new coffee flavor sensation. I mean, if you like coffee, you’d like stout, and if you put milk or sugar in your coffee you’re going to really like milk stout.”

So who knows? Maybe a nightly milk stout will become as irreplaceable as your morning cup of joe.

— Hillary Eames

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DIVERSIONS FREE WILL ASTROLOGY CANCER (June 21July 22): Capricorns may be the hardest workers of the zodiac, and Tauruses the most dogged. But in the coming weeks, I suspect you Cancerians will be the smartest workers.

ROB BREZSNY You will efficiently surmise the precise nature of the tasks at hand, and do what’s necessary to accomplish them. There’ll be no false starts or reliance on iffy data or slapdash trial-and-error experiments. You’ll have a light touch as you find innovative short cuts that produce better results than would be possible via the grind-it-out approach.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): My friend’s 12-year-old daughter Brianna got a “B” on her summer school math test. She might have earned an “A” if it weren’t for a problem her teacher had with some of her work. “You got the right answer by making two mistakes that happened to cancel each other out,” he wrote on her paper next to question seven.

I suspect you will soon have a similar experience.

Leo. But the difference between you and Brianna is that I’m giving you an “A.” All that matters in the end is that you succeed. I don’t care if your strategy is a bit funky.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have ever fantasized about being a different gender or race or astrological sign? Do you suspect it might be fun and liberating to completely change your wardrobe or your hairstyle or your body language? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to experiment with these variables, and with any others that would enable you to play with your identity and mutate your self-image. You have a cosmic exemption from imitating what you have done in the past. In this spirit, feel free to read all the other signs’ horoscopes, and act on the one you like best. Your word of power is “shapeshifter.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Golden Goose Award is given annually to “scientists whose work may have been considered silly, odd, or obscure when first conducted,” but which ultimately produced

dramatic advances. Entomologists Raymond Bushland and Edward Knipling were this year’s winners.

More than 60 years ago they started tinkering with the sex life of the screwworm fly in an effort to stop the pest from killing livestock and wildlife throughout the American South. At first their ideas were laughed at, even ridiculed. In time they were lauded for their pioneering breakthroughs. I suspect you’ll be blessed with a vindication of your own in the coming weeks, Libra. It may not be as monumental as Bushland’s and Knipling’s, but I bet it’ll be deeply meaningful for you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I hope it doesn’t sound too paradoxical when I urge you to intensify your commitment to relaxation. I will love it, and more importantly your guardian angel will love it, if you become a fierce devotee of slowing down and chilling out. Get looser and cozier and more spacious, damn it! Snuggle more. Cut back on overthinking and trying too hard. Vow to become a high master of the mystic art of I-don’t-give-a-f*ck.

It’s your sacred duty to steal more slack from the soul-anesthetizing grind.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I regularly travel back through time from the year 2036 so as to be here with you. It’s tough to be away from the thrilling transformations that are underway there.

But it’s in a good cause. The bedraggled era that you live in needs frequent doses of the vigorous optimism that’s so widespread in 2036, and I’m happy to disseminate it. Why am I confessing this?

Because I suspect you now have an extra talent for gazing into the unknown and exploring undiscovered possibilities. You also have an unprecedented power to set definite intentions about the life you want to be living in the future. Who will you be five years from today? Ten years? Twenty years? Be brave. Be visionary. Be precise.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Here’s one strategy you could pursue, I guess: You could spank the Devil with a feather duster as you try to coax him to promise that he will never again trick you with a bogus temptation. But I don’t think that would work, frankly. It may have minor shock value, in which case the Devil might leave you in peace for a short time. Here’s what I suggest instead: Work at raising your discernment so high that you can quickly identify, in the future, which temptations

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Homework: Which actor or actress would be the best choice to play you in a film about your life? Go to realastrology.com and click “Email Rob.” will deliver you unto evil confusion, and which will feed and hone your most noble desires.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): After a cool, dry period, you’ll soon be slipping into a hot, wet phase.

The reasonable explanations that generated so much apathy are about to get turned inside-out.

The seemingly good excuses that provided cover for your timidity will be exposed as impractical lies. Are you ready for your passion to roar back into fashion? Will you know what to do when suppressed yearnings erupt and the chemicals of love start rampaging through your soft, warm animal body? I hereby warn you about the oncoming surge of weird delight—and sing “Hallelujah!” for the revelatory fun it will bring.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’m composing your horoscope on my iPhone after midnight on a crowded bus that’s crammed with sweaty revelers. We’re being transported back to civilization from a rural hideaway where we spent the last 12 hours at a raging party. I still feel ecstatic from the recent bacchanal, but the ride is uncomfortable.

I’m pinned against a window by a sleepy, drunken dude who’s not in full control of his body. But do I allow my predicament to interfere with my holy meditation on your destiny? I do not—just as I trust you will keep stoking the fires of your own inspiration in the face of comparable irritations.

You have been on a hot streak, my dear. Don’t let anything tamp it down!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You now have more

luxuriant access to divine luck than you’ve had in a long time. For the foreseeable future, you could be able to induce semi-miraculous twists of fate that might normally be beyond your capacities.

But here’s a caveat: The good fortune swirling in your vicinity may be odd or irregular or hard-tounderstand. To harvest it, you will have to expand your ideas about what constitutes good fortune. It may bestow powers you didn’t even realize it was possible to have. For example, what if you temporarily have an acute talent for gravitating toward situations where smart love is in full play?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A directory published by the U.S. Department of Labor says that my gig as an astrologer shares a category with jugglers, rodeo clowns, acrobats, carnival barkers, and stuntpersons. Am I, therefore, just a charming buffoon? An amusing goofball who provides diversion from life’s serious matters? I’m fine with that. I may prefer to regard myself as a sly oracle inflamed with holy madness, but the service I provide is probably more effective if my ego doesn’t get the specific glory it yearns for. In this way, I have certain resemblances to the Taurus tribe during the next four weeks. Is it OK if you achieve success without receiving all of the credit you think you deserve?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Over the course of a 57-year career, Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa won 78 major awards for his work, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oscars. Among the filmmakers who’ve named him as an inspirational influence are heavyweights like Ingmar Bergman, Werner Herzog, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Altman, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese. But Kurosawa wasn’t too haughty to create lighter fare. At age 86, he departed from his epic dramas to create a 30-second commercial for a yogurt drink. Did that compromise his artistic integrity? I say no. Even a genius can’t be expected to create non-stop masterpieces. Be inspired by Kurosawa, Gemini. In the coming weeks, give your best to even the most modest projects.

Rob Brezsny is an aspiring master of curiosity, perpetrator of sacred uproar, and founder of the Beauty and Truth Lab. He brings a literate, mythsavvy perspective to his work. It’s all in the stars.

Jonesin’ Crossword

MATT JONES

“Breaking Story”—putting the details back together.

ACROSS 1 It may be dank 4 Civics field, for short 11 It gets laid down 14 “Now I get it!”

15 Surname on the sitar 16 Decorate with frosting 17 1967 hit by The Doors 19 Unpaid bill 20 Just meh 21 A bit of 22 “A Change is Gonna Come” singer Redding 23 Possesses 26 Hammer or sickle, e.g.

28 Part of one of the Ten Commandments 35 He followed Peyton as Super Bowl MVP 36 Boutros BoutrosGhali’s birthplace 37 “TMZ” subject 39 Milhouse’s teacher 41 “Three Coins in the Fountain” fountain 43 Frank Herbert book series

44 River of forgetfulness in Hades 46 Three of ___ 48 Made the first play 49 T-Bone Walker’s genre 52 Cuban coin 53 7 1/2-foot Ming 54 Wise crowd 56 Texas city 60 Converse, e.g.

64 Woody’s ex 65 Long-running TV science show that hints at the other long entries 68 Business letters?

69 Caesar salad base 70 Treasure hunter’s need 71 Kickoff need 72 Pick-up area 73 Toilet paper layer DOWN 1 Buds 2 Athens is there 3 Makes it?

4 L.A. clock setting 5 Bit of resistance?

6 Places down, as carpeting

7 Dope 8 Take money off the top 9 “___ comment?”

10 Acrimony 11 Comic-strip girl who debuted in the 1930s 12 Berry for the health-conscious 13 Halloween decorations 18 Swiss Roll lookalike 22 Expressed admiration 24 Compass tracing 25 “Chop-chop!”

27 Available without a prescription, for short 28 Achilles’ vulnerable spot 29 With more “years young” 30 Well out of medal contention 31 Distiller ___ Walker 32 Northern California town that once had a palindromic bakery 33 “___ Out” (musical based on

Billy Joel songs) 34 “Chicago” actress Zellweger 38 Growing planes?

40 “I remember well ...”

42 ___ 500 45 French connections?

47 AKA, before a company name 50 “___ doin’?” (Joey Tribbiani greeting) 51 Got the highest score, in golf 54 Leave out 55 Jacob’s Creek product 57 Fast money sources 58 “The New Yorker” cartoonist Addams, for short 59 “In memoriam” bio 61 Burlap material 62 Administered by spoon 63 Catch sight of 65 What Elmo calls Dagwood in “Blondie” 66 “Wooly Bully” opening number?

67 Sapphire’s mo.

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COLUMN ON THE BEAT

Blaming Society’s Janitors For The Mess Officer Alex reflects on what police should—and should not—be doing

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ALEX TEACH

It shouldn’t be the police department’s role to teach, in particular, how to act. We are responders.

Do not mistake being an example for teaching.”

When officer Alexander D. Teach is not patrolling our fair city on the heels of the criminal element, he spends his spare time volunteering for the Boehm Birth Defects Center.

Helluva week, right?

Yes, I’m frustrated. Yes, I’m mad.

In fact, I’m also worried and nervous and feeling a half-dozen other emotions all at the same time, but that’s part of what leads to the prior two I just named.

Sound familiar? It should, because that’s how everyone else feels that may be on the other side of this unfortunate fence that’s been created by the media, elected officials, and a few bad apples in the Societal Experiment known as “The United States of America.” But instead of showing the world how we can get past this, we instead show our country’s gift when it comes to making a terrible problem even worse. It’s inspiring.

From the bottom up, the pre-meditated murder of peace officers seems like a legitimate answer because you know, that’ll make it better, and people are expressing their disingenuous sorrow by following up condolences with a “however” or a “but” the same as other people feel anti-Semitic jokes are “okay” if they themselves are Jewish.

Then from the top down, we have our President managing to insult the deceased he’s supposed to be honoring at their own memorial by feeling that is the appropriate time and place to imply they were partially responsible for what led up to their executions, or as he also repeated the “hands up, don’t shoot” mantra that turned out to have never happened such is his ability to wait for the facts to come out, and of course the great assistance he gave the Trayvon Martin shooting. And the media? No ex-

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planation needed.

So how should I react to being second guessed and criticized and now demonized while still having to worry about getting shot by a racist sniper while protecting crowds protesting “me” apparently (OH the irony)?

Honestly, I’d like to react like Dallas Police Chief David Brown did by finally having the sack to potentially change the direction of this thing by stating the obvious that politicians, cops, citizens and detractors alike cannot deny: Not just that we have a “problem” in this country, but that part of the causation is beyond the all-encompassing “Because Raciss!” non-sequitur, and it’s a potentially solvable one.

“We’re asking cops to do too much in this country,” Brown said to the shock of a few. “Every societal failure, we put it off on the cops to solve. Not enough mental health funding—let the cop handle it. Not enough drug addiction funding—let’s give it to the cop. Here in Dallas, we’ve got a loose dog problem—let’s have the cops chase loose dogs…that’s too much to ask. Policing was never meant to solve all those problems.” (Wait, what?)

In adjacent Fort Worth, at a community forum the day after Brown’s comments one citizen suggested police need to help teach children the values of right and wrong.

“It shouldn’t be the police department’s role to teach, in particular, how to act. We are responders. Do not mistake being an example for teaching,” said Chief Joel Fitzgerald.

He continued afterwards, “I think for a very long time, we’ve become the

Swiss Army knife of social services… there are many steps on the ladder before you should get to the police department being responsible for raising children.”

Don’t just do everything—do it perfectly. React to the unknown perfectly. Counsel marriages. Raise children. Get them out of bed for school (no…literally). The perfection that is expected is collapsing down upon itself and this is allowing police officers, as a profession, to be blamed for nearly everything now no matter how irrational.

Yes—cops are to be blamed if found at fault in a fatal shooting (regardless of race, God forbid), but to justify the buffoonery initially displayed at 99 precent of these interactions that turn fatal because I also failed to allow you to spit on me or because I couldn’t diagnose a mental disorder in a split second a PhD couldn’t diagnose in an hour because we shuttered our mental health care system? That anyone pulled over has a “right” to disobey lawful orders to get on the sidewalk after robbing a store, go crawling into the squad car and fighting over a cop’s gun is OK? Indeed, hold me accountable…but let’s spread that love to both sides of the equation so we can hit the pause button, be given a chance to make the necessary adjustments, and then start over because this is not sustainable, and it is approaching an impasse none of us can afford to allow to happen. I’m mad, but I’m also tired.

Let’s all take a break because you don’t want to know what “worse” is from here on out.

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