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OCTOBER 29, 2015

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Contents

CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

EDITORIAL

Managing Editor Gary Poole Contributing Editor Janis Hashe

October 29, 2015 Volume 12, Issue 44

Music Editor Marc T. Michael Film Editor John DeVore Contributors Christopher Armstrong • Rob Brezsny Matt Jones • Mike McJunkin Rev. Bernie Miller • Beth Miller Ernie Paik • Rick Pimental-Habib Ward Raymond • Alex Teach

Features

Editorial Interns Brooke Dorn • Sam Hilling Cartoonists Max Cannon • Rob Rogers Jen Sorenson • Tom Tomorrow

4 BEGINNINGS: Festival of Praise rings out at the Memorial on Tuesday.

Cover Photo Beth Miller

12 ARTS CALENDAR

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No Final Rest In Potter’s Field

Potter’s Field, thought to be one of the first, if not the first pauper’s cemetery located in Hill City, currently referred to as North Chattanooga, was a resting place for those who were unclaimed and penniless.

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Burnt Cork And Burnt Friendship

Humans have acted violently toward members of other tribes since time immemorial. “A Free State,” the passionate new novel by Tom Piazza about a fugitive slave, orchestrates themes of violence, entrapment, and loyalty to draw the 21st-century reader into pre-Civil War struggles of life and death.

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Picking Up Their Lunar Fares

16 HALLOWEEN GUIDE 19 SPIRITS WITHIN: Saluting Parker Beam of Heaven Hill Distilleries.

22 MUSIC CALENDAR 24 REVIEWS: Sun City Girls re-issue risktaking, The Necks get ghostly.

25 DIVERSIONS 26 SCREEN: “Goosebumps” is just right for little monsters who love stories.

28 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

Nashville-based band Moon Taxi is coming to Chattanooga for Track 29’s Halloween Bash on Oct. 31. While it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when a band has “made it,”Moon Taxi is a group that is, at the very least, “making it.”

29 JONESIN’ CROSSWORD 30 ON THE BEAT: Officer Alex meditates on the futility of a life lived in fear.

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As The Spirit Moves Them Festival of Praise rings out at the Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday Fall is an occasion for festivals, multiple Grammy, Dove and where people plan special feasts to Stellar Award-winning recording celebrate something significant. artists, along with Kim Burrell, On Nov. 3, eight of Isaac Carree, Jessica the world’s most celReedy, Zacardi Corebrated gospel artists tez and host comewill gather at the Median Marcus Wiley of morial Auditorium the “Yolanda Adams REV. BERNIE Morning Show.” for a special musical MILLER The “family-style feast called “Festival tour,” a phrase coined by Fred of Praise.” It is the concert perforHammond and Donnie McClurmance of a lifetime. kin, is a platform to uplift, motiWhat makes it so significant? vate, encourage, inspire and enThe “Festival of Praise” fall tour tertain.The Festival of Praise tour features Israel, Fred Hammond was designed to bring together and Donnie McClurkin. All are

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“It’s going to be the most amazing, dynamic, down-home, foot-stomping, hand-clapping praise party ever.” people from various denominations, nationalities and socio-economic backgrounds.

“It’s going to be the most amazing, dynamic, down-home, foot-stomping, hand-clapping praise party ever,” said Hammond.

The tour will feature some of gospel’s biggest and brightest on the same stage with ensemble performances, with music by each artist highlighting their classic hits and most memorable anthems. In conjunction with this year’s theme, Hammond produced “Trying to Make It Home,” a song which features vocal performances by Hammond, McClurkin, Burrell, Walker, Carree, Reedy and Cortez.

“The concept of ‘Trying to Make It Home’ is a collaborative effort by the artists on this tour and ties in perfectly with our purpose,” says McClurkin.

Hammond added, “With all the discourse, upheaval and negativity happening around the world, we all agreed that there’s one common thread that people are searching to find. People are trying to reach a safe place and home represents that for many people.

Many of us are trying to make it home to family, trying to make it home from college, trying to make it home to a better marriage,

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trying to make it home from sickness and disease, and ultimately, all of us are trying to make it home to heaven.”

The Festival of Praise Tour 2014 was overwhelmingly successful, “We were blessed,” Hammond said, “but we are back bigger and better. It will be an awesome evening of inspiration filled with a message of hope and restoration.”

Area pastors, praise teams, choirs, churches and musicians, are invited to the first ever city-wide “praise party” of its kind, with some of the most well-known names in gospel all under one roof, performing together for one night only, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.

If you love gospel music, don’t miss the “Festival of Praise.” Tickets are on sale for $30 at the Memorial Auditorium box office, at etix.com, at Giorgio’s, or by calling (800) 514-3849.

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We will meet or beat any advertised price and special order any wine available in the Chattanooga Market!

Bubble, Bubble, Fermenting’s No Trouble Chattanooga has a young nonprofit that provides a massive variety of fun, affordable classes to our community. The Chattery’s goal is to connect the community with enjoyable education by offering classes “suggested and taught by members of the community,” like how to make your own hand pies, origami classes, dairy culturing, among many others.

This Wednesday, Nov. 4, food artisan and volunteer coordinator

Danielle Shelton is teaming up with The Chattery to host a vegetable fermenting class at Chattanooga Workspace. With an extensive knowledge and love of fermented foods, Shelton is the mind behind fermdamentals.com and is happy to share what she knows to help the community do a little fermenting of their own.

She will teach the art, science, and history behind fermenting vegetables during this hands-on

IN THIS ISSUE

Beth Miller Our cover story this week on the Pauper's Cemetery is

by Beth Miller. In her day-to-day life, Beth is a technology coordinator who longs for the day she can toss her cell phone and computer into the river and live a life of solitude away from other humans and reality

workshop. Everyone will leave with not only newfound fermenting skills, but also their very own jar of fermented seasonal veggies. Spend your evening gaining a new hobby while sampling different kinds of yummy veggie ferments.

And the fun doesn’t have to end there as participants will receive handouts with a few fermentation recipe ideas to take home.

The class costs $25.26 and will be held starting at 5:30 p.m. at Chattanooga WorkSpace on 302 W. 6th St. — Brooke Dorn

John DeVore television. As a teenager, she had high hopes to become the next Mia Hamm, but those dreams were dashed by her multiple attempts to complete a bachelor’s degree. She spends her spare time riding her mountain bike, paddling her kayak, and backpacking the Appalachian Trail.

Her future dreams include unlearning everything she was taught in grad school and inventing edible socks to reduce pack weight on the trail.

Our own resident film critic John DeVore has spent a significant portion of his life in dark theaters. From an early age, he was drawn to strong storytelling brought to life through the magic of the silver screen. With degrees in both literature and education,

John has keen insight into critical theory and a genuine desire to educate audiences on the finer points of film appreciation. His favorite films transcend genre— quality storytelling and respect for the intelligence of the audience will win him over every time. When not watching and writing about film, John spends his time writing his own stories and exposing his children to the wonders of movie magic.

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COVER STORY

No Final Rest In Potter’s Field

What’s now known as Ruth Cofer Memorial Cemetery has a sad past

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Story and photos

by Beth Miller Pulse contributor

otter’s Field, thought to be one of the first, if not the first pauper’s cemetery located in Hill City, currently referred to as North Chattanooga, was a resting place for those who were unclaimed and penniless. “Potter’s field” and “pauper’s cemetery” are interchangeable terms referring to cemeteries used to bury the indigent population. The term “potter’s field” originates in the Bible and refers to a parcel of land where potter’s clay is extracted, making it useless for agricultural purposes.

A great deal of mystery and intrigue surround this particular cemetery. Very few news articles and witness accounts exist detailing all of the drama and abuse the cemetery suffered during the late 1800s and into the early 1900s. The few remaining clues reveal a soap operaesque story that involved grave-robbing medical students, lying sextons, and naïve family members. But there is a happy

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ending—sort of.

According to Raymond Evans, author of “Bright Memories: Beck Farm, Camp Contraband, and Hill City,” the Beck family purchased the land in the early 1800s and set aside portions of it for African refugees, as well as a cemetery that was also labeled the first African American cemetery—Beck Knob. A large number of troops who came to the area were members of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) and chose to remain in the area as foundry workers once the local military entered into the iron business.

Following the end of the Civil War, Captain Samuel

J. A. Frazier would purchase the Hill City property and later be joined by Dr. Richard Colville in 1886.

Both veterans of the 19th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, they developed “the Frazier-Colville subdivision that became Hill City.” With a military of black troops and thousands of African-American refugees inhabiting the same locale, it is obvious that the majority of the bodies located in the Hill City Potter’s Field—and those who tended the cemetery—would be primarily African Americans.

The Chattanooga Times printed a series of stories about an ongoing case of theft at the Hill City Potter’s Field in November-December 1894. The first Potter’s Field article begins by explaining that the act of stealing a body is only a misdemeanor according to Tennessee state code and goes on to paint a picture of neglect by local authorities in failing to apprehend the “grave-robbing ghouls” and ultimately points to a disgruntled, former assistant sexton, John Hurst. The underlying tone of disappointment running throughout this series of articles is that the law is not harsh enough; the dead and their living family members deserve more repercussions for grave robbers than time in jail and a fine.

However, the sensational headlines make the reader believe that a gang of criminal physicians and

students were running an underground grave-robbing organization to harvest subjects for study. When a “leading member” of the local medical school, was questioned, he did not admit to having knowledge of students stealing bodies and explained there was no need since the school was adequately supplied with all of the bodies required for study. (It seems a body would fetch around $25 at this time, and obviously any valuables buried with the body possessed monetary value.)

Another former assistant sexton, Griffin Jones, was arrested and tried alongside Hurst. The turning point in the case came when Assistant Sexton Mitchell (no first name available) admitted to being instructed by County Sexton P.J. Hale to watch for grave-robbing students.

Mitchell explained, “...that he was not to go out of the house if he heard any noise that night, as some parties were coming to bury stillborn infants of

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prominent people who wished secrecy.” As the case continued and more and more evidence was uncovered, it became apparent that Hale was heading the grave-robbing ring.

When new bodies entered the cemetery, Hurst and Jones waited until nightfall, and while the dirt was still loose, they dug the coffin back up, removed the screws, and took the body. They placed the coffin back into the grave, covered it up, and attempted to make the gravesite appear as it did the day before. But suspicious family members began to come forward and demand that their loved ones be exhumed to see if the bodies were still in their coffins. Hale was caught bribing these family members with, as one headline proclaims, “...Promises to Keep the Grass Green and Flowers in Bloom Over an Empty Coffin.”

Ultimately, Hale was forced to relinquish his title as county sexton, but served no jail time nor paid

T he few remaining clues reveal a soap opera-esque story that involved grave-robbing medical students, lying sextons, and naïve family members.”

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a fine. Hurst escaped from jail and had not been re-arrested by the conclusion of the existing articles.

Nothing is said of Jones’ fate. It was believed that the citizens would demand that all of the graves dug during Hale’s term be opened and checked for bodies.

As for the suspected physicians and students, the bodies were obviously being sold to someone—or there would be no reason for these three men to go to this much trouble. The speculation was that Chattanooga was a distribution center of sorts to other medical facilities located in Atlanta and Nashville, but as for local medical students’ involvement, nothing was ever proven by the conclusion of the existing articles.

Over the next few years, the cemetery was seriously neglected. In 1911, the Times reported on the poor conditions of the potter’s field, telling of exposed human remains. Something had to be done. This resulted in a grand jury indictment of Hale, but the case dragged on so long that Hale died with these charges hanging over him. A recommendation was made the next year to abandon the pauper’s cemetery as the citizen cemetery. The

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next 15 years seem to be in stasis, in that nothing officially happened until 1927, when a parcel of land was acquired on the hill overlooking what is now Silverdale Detention Facilities.

Then, 1929 saw the crash of the stock market and brought with it a wave of starving and homeless, forcing Hamilton County officially into the cemetery business. “Potter’s Field” traded its name for an official title in 1933 and became known as the Hamilton County Memorial Park.

Toward the end of 1935, over 500 “paupers” had been buried there.

The Times remained steadfast in its reporting of the cemetery conditions and continued to tell the stories of those who resided there. It appears the editorial view was that each person deserved his or her last rites, even if it came in the form of a news article. The cemetery deserved to be respected as well, yet was reported to have fallen once more into a state of neglect. At this point the News-Free Press, (the merger of the Chattanooga News and Free Press papers), detailed the unacceptable cemetery conditions, “Judge Moore found the county cemetery—

T he speculation was that Chattanooga was a distribution center of sorts to other medical facilities located in Atlanta and Nashville.”

Potter’s field—was in a state of almost total degradation, covered in kudzu and other species of vine and uncontrolled foliage...” In an effort to reclaim the cemetery and start anew, the site would undergo another name change. Ruth Cofer, chairman of the Women’s Auxiliary at the Hamilton County Nursing Home, was dedicated to ensuring that the inhabitants of the nursing home received proper burials, even if that meant she and her husband fronted the bill. Judge Moore felt it was only appropriate to rename the cemetery in her honor. On October 2, 1974, the resolution making the name change official was passed.

The old potter’s field that was abandoned so many years ago and saw countless burials of those named and unnamed finally found its own resting place and is currently named the Ruth Cofer Memorial Cemetery. The happy ending is that current cemetery caretakers have managed to stay on top of maintenance and have even shown a concerted interest in ensuring the nameplates of the most recent residents remain intact.

The not-so-happy ending is that those who first found their resting place in this place will likely forever suffer the same fate of those in the original pauper’s cemetery in Hill City. Many of the oldest graves remain unmarked, have lost their nameplates, or are simply marked with a number that corresponds to a logbook that no longer exists.

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Burnt Cork And Burnt Friendship Tom Piazza's “A Free State” is a passionate and timely novel

Come Shiver With Antici… …pation this Friday evening at The Honest Pint Take a jump to the left and a step to the right and head down to The Honest Pint this Friday for a showing of everyone’s favorite Halloween cult classic. That’s right—we’re talking Rocky Horror.

Veteran goers will know the drill, but if you’ve never been to see “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” you should know the show will include a screening of the movie as well as live musicians and actors to accompany it. Audience participation is encouraged, which includes everything from throwing props to yelling lines in response to what’s happening on screen. The more experienced viewers can help you through the dance routine.

Be prepared: “virgins,” those who have never been to a live screening before, can get singled out to un-

dergo an initiation ritual. But once you’ve been to your first, you’re safe for the many returns. Attendees are welcome to dress up and hang out, and there will also be opportunities to take pictures with the live cast.

The Honest Pint is located at 35 Patten Pkwy, and doors open at 9 p.m. on Oct. 30. Tickets are $10 for the 21-and-up show. For more information and to purchase tickets in advance visit kaleidoscopechatt. com — Sam Hilling

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FACE TIME

ANIMAL FRIGHT

DANCE TIME

Faces UnMasked: Beyond the Face

AquaScarium VIII: Fantasy Friday

Ballet Tennessee’s Legacy Ball

Local artists show off their unique take on faces to help support the Craniofacial Association.

5:30 p.m.

The Church on Main 1601 Rossville Ave. (423) 266-1632 facesunmasked.org

Get in the Halloween spirit with some of the scariest (and coolest) critters in town.

4 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium 1 Broad St. (423) 267-3474 tnaqua.org

Show your support for classic ballet with the Gala dinner and benefit on Halloween night.

6:30 p.m.

The Chattanoogan 1201 S. Broad St. (423) 424-3400 ballettennessee.org

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umans have acted violently toward members of other tribes since time immemorial. “A Free State,” the passionate new novel by Tom Piazza about a fugitive slave, orchestrates themes of violence, entrapment, and loyalty to draw the 21st-century reader into pre-Civil War struggles of life and death—conflicts which resonate still in today’s world of racial profiling and invisible white privilege.

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These paradoxical shows derisively mock the black slave society of the time, at the same time artistically dignifying its extraordinary, creative music.”

The novel interlaces literary artistry with a heart-pumping narrative pace. In 1855, the Fugitive Slave Law empowers a vicious bounty hunter to track runaway slave Henry Sims to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—a “free state” in one sense of the book’s title—and bring him back, dead or alive. As the offspring of his Virginia plantation’s master, Henry has light black skin, and he has fully developed an inborn genius for banjo playing and improvised theatre performance.

He passes for a free Negro in the North, but with trepidation. Through a chance encounter, Henry joins one of many Negro minstrel shows featuring white musicians and comedians in blackface makeup, performing ribald skits and “old plantation” music—and Henry “blacks up” too, in order to skirt the law against appearing on stage with white men.

All the rage in Philadelphia, these paradoxical shows derisively mock the black slave society of the time, at the same time artistically dignifying its extraordinary, creative music. Henry and his white mentor, troupe manager James Douglass, carry off ever-more astonishing showstoppers to generate crowds and revenue, all the while taking evergreater risks of discovery and disaster.

Both young, desperate runaways, Henry and James are mirrored doubles: Henry flees the relatively comfortable

life of a favored slave in bondage, only to find himself in constant peril in the “free state” of being that he seeks; James escapes from the prison of family poverty, another form of slavery widespread at every historical time, only to risk all that he’s accomplished if he sustains his loyalty to the fugitive Henry.

The two heroes are tormented by the decisions demanded of them, facing both practical and ethical dilemmas. (A waif-like young costumer for the troupe, Rose, lives a life in the shadows just off-stage from the central drama.) The main story’s moral arc transcends the violence of commission— the hideous brutality of the slave hunter who mutilates uncooperative fugitives and abuses innocent witnesses with impunity—to address even more profoundly the violence of complicity.

James and his “Virginia Harmonist” minstrels are complicit in the degradation of the Negro race, through their co-opting of its music and dance and humor in a ridiculing vein. They extend that complicity to the broader audience and society at large. When faced with the opportunity to help Henry escape violent capture, James weighs his status against Henry’s: “I had not tricked him. I owed him nothing. I had built this troupe and earned my freedom in this world of illusion, and I would not give it up.”

Piazza keeps the novel free from the voice and mindset of 2015. An expert on traditional American music, he informs the story with deep understanding of slave songs and traditional banjo music, as well as the protocols

of blackface minstrel shows. He showcases the power of outward appearance, in this passage about the dressing-room transfiguration of the white men into blackface minstrels: “But the application of the burnt cork effected the true transformation, as if a lid were being lifted from a sarcophagus and some slumbering spirit were raised from the underworld.”

Another of many luminous passages in the novel describes the gift that Henry and James share, the ecstasy of the performing artist: “There was power that came, like magic, when you performed. Time expanded, changed shape, slowed down so that once he cast the spell he could move, unseen, while his listeners sat, bound by the illusion he spun, as if they were listening to someone else. You had to divide yourself. First there was one of you and many of them; then there was one of them, and many of you.”

Piazza is the author of 11 previous books: several novels, and several nonfiction works about jazz and blues music, and also about New Orleans, particularly relating to Hurricane Katrina.

“I do not think of this as a historical novel,” he says, “partly because the same issues of race privilege and obliviousness, of racial masquerade, of violence, of our complex identity as individuals and as members of various groups, are with us today, pressing just as heavily as they did then. The details may be different, but as far as I am concerned the underlying structures are very much the same.”

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THURSDAY10.29 National Cat Day 10 a.m.

Chattanooga Zoo 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave. (423) 697-1322 chattzoo.org Homeschool Science Club 1 p.m.

Creative Discovery Museum 321 Chestnut St. (423) 756-2738 cdmfun.org Faces UnMasked: Beyond the Face 5:30 p.m.

The Church on Main 1601 Rossville Ave. (423) 266-1632 facesunmasked.org UTC Homecoming Tap Party: Moctoberfest 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Brewing Co. 1804 Chestnut St. (423) 425-4785 mocsconnect.com/gold “Selfies: Through the Looking Glass” 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Eyecare 1201 Market St. (423) 475-5533 mikiboni.com String Theory: Soovin Kim, Paul Watkins, Gloria Chien 6 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org

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“Mystery of the Nightmare Office Party” 7 p.m.

Vaudeville Café 200 Market St. (423) 266-6202 funnydinner.com Janet Williams 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com “Halloween” 7:30 p.m.

East Ridge 18 5080 S. Terrace (423) 855-9652 carmike.com

FRIDAY10.30 AquaScarium VIII:

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Janet Williams The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

Fantasy Friday 4 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium 1 Broad St. (423) 267-3474 tnaqua.org “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” 7 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com “Mystery of Flight 138” 7 p.m.

Vaudeville Café 200 Market St. (423) 266-6202 funnydinner.com Janet Williams 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233

thecomedycatch.com “Rocky Horror Picture Show” Live 9 p.m.

The Honest Pint 35 Patten Pkwy.

(423) 708-5483 kaleidoscopechatt.com “Rocky Horror Picture Show” with Scarlet Love Conspiracy 9 p.m.

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

SATURDAY10.31 Lula Lake Hike 9 a.m.

Meet in St. Elmo Food City parking lot (423) 842-3619 Chattanooga River Market 10 a.m.

Tennessee Aquarium 1 Broad St. (423) 267-3474 chattanoogarivermarket.com Locks of Love Cut-a-Thon 10 a.m.

The Salon on 58 4421 Hwy 58 (423) 855-7572 Cemetery Walk with John Shearer 11 a.m.

Forest Hill Cemetery 4016 Tennessee Ave. (423) 320-0665 chattaspieshistoryhunters. weebly.com Met Live: “Tannhauser” Noon

First Free Sunday @ The Hunter East Ridge 18 5080 S. Terrace Dr. carmike.com Mocs Football vs.

Western Carolina 2 p.m.

Finley Stadium 1826 Carter St. (423) 266-6627 gomocs.com Union Rebels in Lookout Valley 2 p.m.

Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 nps.gov/chch “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” 2:30, 7 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com “Mystery of the Facebook Fugitive” 5:30 p.m.

Vaudeville Café 200 Market St. (423) 266-6202 funnydinner.com VALOR Fights 28 6 p.m.

Camp Jordan 323 Camp Jordan Pkwy.

(423) 490-0078 valorfights.com Ballet Tennessee’s Legacy Ball 6:30 p.m.

The Chattanoogan 1201 S. Broad St. (423) 424-3400 ballettennessee.org

Janet Williams 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com “Mystery of the Redneck Italian Wedding” 8 p.m.

Vaudeville Café 200 Market St. (423) 266-6202 funnydinner.com

SUNDAY11.1 12th Annual Antique and Classic Car Show 11 a.m.

SAU’s Talge/Wood Parking Lot 4891 Taylor Cl. (423) 236-2830 southern.edu Chattanooga Market 11 a.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1826 Reggie White Blvd.

(423) 266-4041 chattanoogamarket.com First Free Sunday Noon The Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org “Oklahoma” 2 p.m.

East Ridge 18 5080 S. Terrace carmike.com “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

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Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com

MONDAY11.2 Red Bank Lions Club Annual Pecan/Nut Sale 11 a.m.

Red Bank Lions Club 3704 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 870-2924 Aesthetics, Beauty, and Music: A Lecture by Daniel Asia 5:30 p.m.

UTC Roland Hayes Auditorium Corner of Palmetto and Vine Vintage Swing Dance 7 p.m.

Clear Spring Yoga 17 N. Market St. (931) 982-1678 clearspringyoga.com

TUESDAY11.3 7th Annual McKamey Animal Center Golf Classic 10:30 a.m.

Council Fire Golf Club 100 Council Fire Dr. (423) 503-4783 mckameyanimalcenter.org Ultimate Date Night 7 p.m.

Chattanooga Convention Center 1150 Carter St. (423) 883-5556 firstthings.org “The Importance of Being

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East Ridge 18 5080 S. Terrace carmike.com

WEDNESDAY11.4 Middle East Dance 10:30 a.m.

Jewish Cultural Center 5461 N. Terrace (423) 493-0270 jewishchattanooga.com Early Innovator Awards Luncheon 11:30 a.m.

Business Development Center 100 Cherokee Blvd.

(423) 752-4301 chattanoogatechnologycouncil.org Vegetable Fermentation 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga WorkSpace 302 W 6th St. (423) 413-8978 thechattery.org Wednesday Night Chess Club 6 p.m.

Downtown Public Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 757-5310 Met Live: “Tannhauser” encore 6 p.m.

East Ridge 18 5080 S. Terrace Dr. carmike.com Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com

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Not For The Faint Of Heart Chef Mike offers his picks for the creepiest buffet ever

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Those of us who wouldn’t be caught dead at a Sandra Lee Pinterest meet-up want our Halloween snack table to be a little more Rob Zombie and a little less Casper.”

Photo by Gabor Palla Longtime food writer and professional chef Mike McJunkin is a native Chattanoogan who has trained chefs, owned and operated restaurants, and singlehandedly increased Chattanooga’s meat consumption statistics for three consecutive years. Join him on Facebook at facebook.com/SushiAndBiscuits

Every Halloween, the Balut looks like an H.R. food world becomes a hoGeiger teleportation gone mogenous, orange-andhorribly awry but tastes black landscape dominated like sweet, tender duck. by “fun” and “scary” recipe The bones and beak are ideas like jack-o-lantern not formed enough to offer cupcakes and deviled eggs much resistance, but dedecorated like eyeballs. pending on the age of your This may egg there be fine for may be some the church tiny feathers trunk-orto contend treat or VFW with.

H a l l ow e e n Dip the potluck, but little guy in MIKE McJUNKIN those of us a sauce of who wouldn’t be caught vinegar, garlic and chili bedead at a Sandra Lee Pinterfore chasing it down with est meet-up want our Hala beer and try to block out loween snack table to be a the otherworldly sounds of little more Rob Zombie and children screaming in your a little less Casper. head. Available at most While you won’t see BobAsian markets around town.

by Flay grilling up any of Huitlacoche these foods on his deck in Put simply, huitlacoche, or the Hamptons, you can be corn smut, is a pathogenic assured that the short list corn fungus that looks like I’ve compiled below will your corn on the cob sproutmake your Halloween party ed rotting chicken livers. unforgettable. And by unThe fungus grows on corn forgettable I mean, “Sweet when water gets under the Jesus, that is seared into husk, causing the kernels my memory. What page of to rot. Although taxonomiSatan’s cookbook spawned cally not a mushroom, it has this table of food?” a similar taste and can be Balut used like mushrooms when Balut is a duck egg that’s cooking. been incubated for about For maximum visual Hal18 days until the fetus inloween effect, use them as side gets a little feathery a topping for chicken tostaand beaky. The egg is then das or sopes. Although fresh boiled or steamed before is ideal, they are available being peeled and eaten— canned from most of Chatfetus and all. It’s a popular tanooga’s larger Latin mardrinking snack in much of kets.

Southeast Asia, because Durian who needs Chex Mix when Durian is a fruit indigyou can have a crunchy duck enous to Southeast Asia fetus to wash down your where it is often called the PBR? “king of fruits.” That makes

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sense, if by “king” they mean Elvis’s decomposing armpit. It’s been said that durian smells like a dirty gym sock filled with rotting onions and pig excrement, which is probably a fair description.

It’s banned from most hotels, airports, and taxis in SE Asia, but is as popular as stinky cheese in the West.

The flesh of this spiky fruit is pulpy, cream-colored with a gelatinous consistency and a flavor reminiscent of almond custard. For Halloween, make durian sticky rice using the same recipe as mango sticky rice—just replace the mango with durian. Available at most Asian markets in the frozen section.

Blood soup Blood—it’s not just for ritual sacrifices anymore!

Rich, with a slightly metallic flavor and filled with nutrients, it’s a surprisingly common ingredient in cuisines across Europe, Scandinavia, Latin America, and most of Asia.

In Mexico, a special soup called fritada is prepared from goat blood; Thai boat noodles, or kuaitiao ruea, use pig’s blood as a base for the broth; and the Polish make a soup of duck, goose or pig blood and clear broth called

czernina.

Personally, I’d go for the Thai boat noodles on Halloween. The blood gives the soup a silken texture, the taste is bold, spicy, and it’s just creepy enough to keep the neighbors from ever popping in unannounced.

Brains Why wuss out with brainshaped Jello shots when you can offer up a platter of the real thing? Chock-full of some pretty nutritious goo, animal brains are commonly eaten by just about every culture in the world but ours.

The texture of a wellcooked plate of brains is often said to resemble that of really good scrambled eggs.

If you just can’t wait on your butcher to round some up for you, grab a can of “pork brains in milk gravy” from Buehler’s Market downtown.

If none of these satisfy the Hannibal in you, the Asian and Latin markets around town stock other deep-end dining delights such as century eggs, fish eyes, cod milt (sperm), sea cucumber, blood clams, and a variety of edible insects. Still no word on a local source for virgin boy eggs or sourtoe cocktails, though (you’ll have to Google those).

Happy Halloween!

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Be Amazed…

Be Very Amazed

By Sam Hilling

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tip for your fall fun outings this season: the buddy system works best when at least one of you has some basic navigational skills. In fact, it doesn’t work much at all if both of you are bad enough you’ve gotten lost while following directions from a GPS before.

This can be a small problem in the middle of Rock City’s enormous Enchanted Maize, where navigation is slightly important.

This season’s maze is another year of a classic Chattanooga attraction. The design encourages you to “Get Lost!”, which for some people is even easier done than said. The neat stalks of corn stretch as far as the eye can see from on the ground, betraying no hint of which direction will lead lost travelers to salvation (and the petting zoo).

Eating before you go in will leave your senses dulled and sluggish, hindering your ability to escape.

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quite as clueless as I am, so you should get through just fine. Probably.

Back at the main area of Blowing Springs Farm, there are pigs to pet, funnel cakes to feed on, and pumpkins available for purchase. A hay ride will take you on a leisurely trip around the farm in case you want to rest your feet after traversing the maze.

It’s the quintessential fall festival experience, and one you won’t want to miss, even if you’ve visited before.

You can also get your face painted with “Fairyland Forest Makeovers” and leave even prettier (or scarier) than you arrived.

Rock City’s Enchanted Maze, located at 271 Chattanooga Valley Rd., is open at 9 a.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Saturdays, noon Sundays, and always closes at 6:30 p.m. The maze is open until Nov. 1.

For more information, call (706) 8202531 or visit enchantedmaze.com

Down the Rabbit Hole into Acres of Darkness

By Brooke Dorn

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arkness. It’s something we fear as children, and something we pretend we grow out of as we age. But we never really get over it. We just convince ourselves we’re fine, that the looming shadow in our peripheral vision is just our imagination. It has to be, right?

The truth is, no matter your age or what kind of person you think you are, the darkness changes you. See things, hear things, and imagine the worst as you plunge into the Acres of Darkness.

A haunted house is just that: a house. It’s a building that has been done up and created to terrify you. Audubon Acres puts on its haunt in a much more real and terrifying place—the woods, where you are literally surrounded by Acres of Darkness. With massive trees towering up above you and endless forest expanding around you, this haunted trail is a frightfully intimidating place.

With the moonlight hidden behind clouds, our only source of light came from tiny garden lanterns lining the edges of the trail, leaving wide gaps of darkness in between. Small scenes were set up, peppering the trail with creepy fairytales, as if you’ve fallen down the rabbit hole and awoken among a live version of the classic tales we all know…with a sinister twist.

Be wary of what lies ahead as you try to recall those classic tales, for you don’t know what you may find around the trunk of the next tree.

When a young Snow White sprints out of the darkness to ask you for help, know that things are not as they seem. Keep your finger away from Aurora’s spindle, do not agree to a game of croquet with the Red Queen, and remember that just because you’ve found Gretel…it doesn’t mean you can find Hansel.

Visit them online at acresofdarkness.com

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Drink Whiskey, Fight A.L.S. Our man on the bar stool salutes Parker Beam of Heaven Hill Distilleries

charter member of the Bourbon Hall of Fame and he was awarded the coveted Whisky Advocate Lifetime Achievement Award.

Today, even with a debilitating disease, he works with In the bourbon world, augrow with each passing year. his son, Craig Beam, much tumn’s arrival means another He’s a man who once lived like when his father, Earl, highly anticipated release in the shadow of his family’s taught him the tricks of the from the Parker’s Heritage heritage until the time came trade. When the time comes, Collection. Now in its ninth for his star to shine. As you Craig will join the ranks of year, this series continues may have already guessed, his bloodline and become the its impressive streak with whiskey runs in his family seventh Master Distiller with “Kentucky’s Straight Malt much like blood runs through Although Parker’s the last name Beam.

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There’s no need for cocktails when drinking a whiskey this nice. In Parker Beam’s honor, we’re making a whiskey neat. Leave the bells and whistles at home—fall’s here and we’re sipping on straight whiskey. Grab your favorite Old Fashioned glass from the cupboard (the one with the wide brim), fill it threefourths of the way full and taste a true master working at his highest level. After a few sips, the complex flavors begin surfacing, and you begin to appreciate Parker’s newest accomplishment.

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MUSIC SCENE

Picking Up Their Lunar Fares Moon Taxi sends us skyward on Halloween Night at Track 29

Christmas Comes Early This Year Nick Lutsko and Puppet People creep us out this Saturday It’s a movie everyone has at least heard of even if they couldn’t stomach the creepiness of Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

Chattanooga native Nick Lutsko and his band of Puppet People will be performing a rendition of the film’s soundtrack, their very own Nightmare before Halloween.

They’ll perform a set of classic Halloween covers as well as original material to start the night, followed by their “Nightmare at The Camp House” on Halloween night at 9:30 p.m.

Lutsko has been performing and recording since his high school days, but now armed with the Puppet People, he’s ready for a serious challenge. Covering such wellknown material is quite the feat. To help with the interpretation of the soundtrack, Smooth Dialects and

Danimal Planet member Maria Jordania Sable and Colleen Petree of Jolly Walrus will join Lutsko’s band for the evening.

Remember to wear your costumes while you prepare for some spooky tunes, as prizes will be given away to the top three costumes. First place receives $100, second place receives $50, and third place will walk away with a free T-shirt and CD. The true question is: How many Jack Skellingtons will be mingling in the crowd? Tickets are $10 in advance, or $12 at the door.

— Brooke Dorn Nick Lutsko’s Nightmare BEFORE Halloween Saturday, 9:30 p.m.

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

Come celebrate Halloween with one of the hardest working bands in town.

Costumes welcome.

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

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ASHVILLE-BASED BAND MOON TAXI IS COMING TO Chattanooga for Track 29’s Halloween Bash on Oct. 31. While it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when a band has “made it,” (Kurt Cobain said that for Nirvana, it was when Weird Al did a parody of them) Moon Taxi is a group that is, at the very least, “making it.”

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Broad musical tastes and a great deal of practical experience have gone in to crafting 11 tracks that may very well be Moon Taxi’s breakthrough into mainstream commercial success.”

They made their network debut on “Late Night with David Letterman” in 2013 followed by an appearance on “Conan” in 2014 and a tour schedule as grueling as any I have ever seen.

With highly successful appearances at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits and Governor’s Ball under their belt, it’s safe to say that the band has or is playing everywhere that’s anywhere.

Moon Taxi’s upcoming show in the Scenic City is in support of their latest album, Daybreaker. Their third studio album, Daybreaker was born out of the countless hours of grueling roadwork that accompanied the promotion of their previous album, Mountains Beaches Cities.

Technically labeled “indie progressive” (whatever the hell that means), Moon Taxi is much harder to pin down.

Certainly a number of different influences have come in to play in the synthesis of their soundA. Tastes of ska and reggae, prog rock and jam band, college rock and good oldfashioned ’90s alternative (whatever the hell that means) are all hinted at in various tracks.

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“Domino” is a lovely semi-psychedelic tune, trippy and ethereal (so is “Always”). “All Day and All Night” has a bouncy, infectious Paul Simon quality, circa the Graceland album.

“Ready to Go” opens with a deceptively heavy riff and then turns the corner in to a smooth jam that would be as at home on a Caribbean radio station as anywhere.

As easy as it is to run down the

track list highlighting some unique quality of each song, it’s worth touching on the unifying elements of the album, not the least of which is Trevor Terndrup’s vocals. Having spent some serious time with the album, I can’t imagine anyone else taking over behind the microphone.

It’s as though the band started with Terndrup’s voice and said, “OK, now let’s build a song around this…”

Of course, this is likely just an aspect of the band’s unity overall, a happy byproduct of years spent making music together. Every member is as integral to the sound as any other. In a word, Moon Taxi’s current lineup is damn near perfection.

The show is this Saturday, Halloween, at Track 29 and it is a great opportunity to see up close and personal a band that is one smash hit away from being the next big thing.

In all likelihood Daybreaker will be the album that provides that hit.

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THURSDAY10.29 James Crumble Trio 6 p.m.

St. John’s Meeting Place 1278 Market St. stjohnsrestaurant.com Rick Rushing, Dakari & Friends 6 p.m.

Bluewater Grille 224 Broad St. bluewaterchattanooga.com String Theory at the Hunter 6 p.m.

Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View Ave. huntermuseum.org Live Bluegrass 6:30 p.m.

Whole Foods Market 301 Manufacturers Rd. wholefoodsmarket.com The House Band 7 p.m.

End Zone 3658 Ringgold Rd. (423) 661-8020 Choo Choo Jazz Review 7 p.m.

The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd. thecamphouse.com Jesse James & Tim Neal 7 p.m.

Mexi Wings VII 5773 Brainerd Rd. (423) 296-1073 David Nail 9 p.m.

Track 29 1400 Market St. track29.co Open Mic with Mark Andrew

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9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Low Cut Connie 10 p.m.

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

FRIDAY10.30 Jason Thomas and the Mean-Eyed Cats 5 p.m.

Chattanooga Choo Choo 1400 Market St. choochoo.com Eddie Pontiac 5:30 p.m.

El Meson 2204 Hamilton Place Blvd. elmesonrestaurant.com

PULSE PICK: CRUNK BONE JONES Bryan Jones, Jim Burkhart, Buddy Martin and Ed Huey lay down some laid back blues, rock and a little bit of everything, acoustic or electric.

Crunk Bone Jones Friday, 9 p.m.

The Office 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com

Andrea Zonn 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Rick Rushing and The Blues Strangers 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Crunk Bone Jones 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com “Rocky Horror Picture Show” Live 9 p.m.

The Honest Pint 35 Patten Pkwy. thehonestpint.com Third Eye Blind 9 p.m.

Track 29 1400 Market St. track29.co “Rocky Horror Picture Show” with Scarlet Love Conspiracy 9 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Baby Baby, Scenic 10 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Crunk Bone Jones 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Aunt Betty 10 p.m.

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

SATURDAY10.31 Jason Thomas and the Mean-Eyed Cats 5 p.m.

Chattanooga Choo Choo 1400 Market St. choochoo.com Tim Lewis 7 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonchattanooga.com Pains Chapel, 476 8 p.m.

Ziggy’s Underground 607 Cherokee Blvd.

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Third Eye Blind The Walking Guys 8 p.m.

Charles and Myrtle’s Coffeehouse 105 McBrien Rd. christunity.org Rick Rushing and The Blues Strangers 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Blacklight Show 9 p.m.

The Honest Pint 35 Patten Pkwy. thehonestpint.com That 90s Show 9 p.m.

Clyde’s on Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com Halloween Bash with Moon Taxi 9 p.m.

Track 29 1400 Market St. track29.co Soul Mechanic 9:30 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Nick Lutsko’s Nightmare BEFORE Halloween 9:30 p.m.

The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd. thecamphouse.com Courtney Daly Band 10 p.m.

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

A Very Discoteca Halloween Party 10 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Aunt Betty 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com Courtney Daly Band 10 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Behold the Brave, The Gills 11 p.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com

SUNDAY11.1 The Scarlet Love Conspiracy 12:30 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com Chattanooga Symphony and Opera: Haunted Hits 3 p.m.

Volkswagen Conference Center 7351 Volkswagen Dr. chattanoogasymphony.org Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.

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Record Reviews

ERNIE PAIK

Sun City Girls Re-Issue Risk-Taking, The Necks Get Ghostly And Sinister

Sun City Girls Torch of the Mystics (Abduction)

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strong case could be made for the declaration that no other band ever was as willing to take as many musical risks as Sun City Girls, the Seattle via Arizona trio with an unmatched versatility, that could veer off into every direction imaginable with breathtaking abandon and musicianship.

Being fearless world travelers, Sun City Girls often borrowed songs and styles from India, Indonesia, north Africa and the Middle East, but they also delivered insane garage rock, hillbilly campfire songs or free jazz freakouts, among the hundreds of their

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The Necks Vertigo (Northern Spy) impossibly diverse offerings. If listeners were left shaking their heads, confused or offended, then so be it.

The trio disbanded after the death of primary percussionist Charles Gocher in 2007, leaving brothers Alan (main bassist) and Richard Bishop (main guitarist) to pursue their other outlets and tend the immense back catalog, and now, in commemoration of its 25th anniversary, comes a welcome reissue of the 1990 album Torch of the Mystics after being out-of-print for years.

Opinions about Sun City Girls from fans can diverge wildly, but if

there is one album that fans agree upon, it’s Torch of the Mystics, being perhaps the best introduction to the group—it’s not marred by unlistenable moments nor does it hold back regarding the group’s potency. Also, while a number of Sun City Girls releases are lofi home recordings, Torch of the Mystics is a professional sounding recording, loud and clear.

It’s a strange, distinctive amalgam, smashing together Middle Eastern motifs, manic rock/ western/cowboy guitar work and delirious non-English singing, suggesting some music invented on an island of international castaways.

“Esoterica of Abyssynia” is a favorite that Richard Bishop still plays to this day, with a killer riff taken from a song the group recorded from the radio in Egypt in the mid-’80s; the interplay is tight, demonstrating the band’s uncanny mind-meld even through chaos, but it’s not a robotic precision.

“Space Prophet Dogon” evokes some kind of deep, life-changing spiritual ceremony with a revelatory mood and unbridled singing.

Since Sun City Girls took so many risks, there are quite a few thorns

in the group’s catalog, but Torch of the Mystics is the clearest path for newcomers to experience the band’s brilliance.

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he Australian instrumental trio The Necks has built a remarkable career with its own improvisational methods, sharing qualities with jazz and minimalism yet never really settling into a neat category.

Audiences at their live performance are rewarded for their patience; a set will typically begin with a simple motif that sprouts and expands into a rich, hypnotic exploration that is usually 45 minutes to an hour long. However, the studio output of the group can sometimes be more complicated than the live experience, with the use of overdubbing and stereo panning, a greater complexity and more frequent transitions.

The stunning new album Vertigo, comprised of a single 44-minute track, takes advantage of the studio environment to unpeel a sonic onion resting on a bed in the form of a monolithic bass drone supplied by Lloyd Swanton.

The word “vertigo” may bring to mind the Hitchcock masterpiece or the condition itself; the

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former evocation is apt, with a sense of sinister mystery shrouding the proceedings with disturbing outbursts of rattling and clanging percussion from Tony Buck and a general tense feeling.

The condition vertigo is also evoked at choice moments, with squirming and writhing bass notes around the 19-minute mark and sounds panning between the left and right channels to push the listener off-balance. Piano notes from Chris Abrahams flutter intensely like mutant, killer butterflies, with occasional electronic sparks flying and cosmic frequencies puncturing the background.

Figures gradually emerge from the fog on this aural ghost tour, peppered with disquieting sounds like one deeply unsettling one that is repeated that sounds like a match being violently struck, combined with a dragging noise.

Abrahams’ keyboard tones bring to mind at various moments Miles Davis’ In a Silent Way or Harold Budd’s shimmering piano, among faceless lurking forces.

As the album approaches its closing, spectres whisper and peculiar squeaking sounds offer a last gasp on yet another masterful offering from The Necks.

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Consider This with Dr. Rick

by Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

“We’re all just walking each other home.” — Ram Dass It can be of great comfort to have good, solid, trustworthy friends around, some reliable, loving family members, a few pals to catch a concert or movie with, do some traveling or hiking, grab lunch. Perhaps a sig other who’s all that and more.

The important “others” in our lives give our lives the joy, the meaning that makes it all worthwhile, right? Those we keep company with, and those who are in our hearts even if far away, are the ones we’ve chosen, consciously or unconsciously, to walk the path with.

And what’s at the end of the road? Our major religions believe in an after-life, some traditions believe in many lives. Are we home now, or are we headed home? Perhaps one thing is for certain: We’re all in this together, wherever it may lead. Maybe our job is to simply take care of each other along the way.

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The Six-Year-Old’s Halloween Tale “Goosebumps” is just right for little monsters who love stories

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John Carpenter's Halloween classic returns to theaters One of the truly frightening Halloween films is back on the big screen at the East Ridge 18 on Thursday evening: John Carpenter’s “Halloween.”

First premiering on Oct. 25, 1978, “Halloween” has gone on to be recognized as one of the seminal films in the horror genre—as well as making its production money back more than 200 times.

On Halloween night in 1963, in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a six-year-old Michael Myers dressed in a clown

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costume murders his older sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife.

Fifteen years later, Michael Myers, age 21, escapes from a psychiatric hospital, returns home, and stalks Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her friends. Simple? Yes. Effective?

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KNOW A SIX YEAR OLD WHO HAS NO PATIENCE FOR the talking parts of movies. He cannot abide the character interpretations of actors, has no appreciation for scenery chewing, and does not have an interest in the finer points of plot development or thematic discussion.

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Once the books are opened and the monsters are loose, there is no more time for hemming and hawing at the believability of the story.”

To him, the point of a film is to rush at manic pace from one action scene to another. Characters are to be present in archetypes only: heroes, villains, damsels. Their goofy comic relief friends must stay in their haphazardly constructed roles and follow the standard storytelling conventions.

It’s no wonder that this six year old has a preference for the “Star Wars” prequels rather than the slower, more talkative originals. He is simply too busy to be caught up in nuance.

This is, of course, exactly as it should be. And some movies are made explicitly for this audience, and they should be as well. Humans develop in stages and thinking in an evolutionary process that reveals greater truths through exposure and practice. No one is born loving the works of Werner Herzog and Ingmar Bergman.

And so, a film like “Goosebumps” is an important step for a six year old.

Not only does its furious pace fit the fleeting attention span of its intended audience, but in-between the frantic action scenes, it drops small bits of knowledge about the form of storytelling. It is a children’s film for children, based on a popular children’s series, which is becoming ever rarer.

Too often, films of this type awkwardly insert humor that is over the

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“Goosebumps” never stoops to this level. Were it not for Jack Black, the film would be right at home as a basic cable made-for-TV movie, like many other “Goosebumps” stories. As a major release, the film is perfectly adequate entertainment for young children, with very few scares and very little distinction. It is a Halloween film made for those of Halloween age.

Zach (Dylan Minnette), the eponymous hero of the tale, has recently moved to a small town in Delaware to start a new life after the passing of his father. His mother (the always appreciated Amy Ryan) has been hired as an assistant principal for the local high school where Zach will be spending the remainder of his high school days.

He appears to be a genial, friendly kid, who, despite his preternatural good looks, is destined to be the outcast wherever he goes. But as he settles into his new home, he meets his new neighbors: a young girl named Hannah, who is conveniently his age, and her overbearing, over-protective father who has a flair for the dramatic. He is told in no uncertain terms that he will not be allowed to associate with Hannah, which leads exactly where one might expect.

After a misunderstanding involving the police, Zach becomes concerned

for her safety. He invites a new friend from school along on his breakingand-entering escapade to discover the true nature of his neighbor. Famed author R.L. Stine lives next door and his monsters are inexplicably real, locked away in bound books in the library.

There is no further explanation in the film of the magic of R.L. Stine and his stories. Children are accepting of the unexplained, so long as the story continues to move towards the end. Once the books are opened and the monsters are loose, there is no more time for hemming and hawing at the believability of the story—this is “Goosebumps,” after all, not Dostoevsky.

There are werewolves to outrun, possessed ventriloquist dummies to outsmart, and giant praying mantises at which to marvel. The majority of this is mediocre CGI, but the audience is unlikely to notice the quality when the quantity is so large. In this one instance, I might even recommend the 3D version of the film, as the visuals are unlikely to suffer in the conversion.

Young adult literature like “Goosebumps” is a hot commodity right now.

There is nothing wrong with providing children books they might enjoy.

The trick comes in moving them forward. In both literature and film, it is important to always be moving forward. It doesn’t pay to get trapped in the basement of middling fantasies.

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Free Will Astrology

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Homework: What is your greatest fear? Make fun of it this Halloween.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I expect you to be in a state of continual birth for the next four weeks.

Awakening and activation will come naturally. Your drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Does that sound overwhelming? I don’t think it will be a problem as long as you cultivate a mood of amazed amusement about how strong it feels.

To help maintain your poise, keep in mind that your growth spurt is a natural response to the dissolution that preceded it.

Halloween costume suggestion: a fountain, an erupting volcano, the growing beanstalk from the “Jack and the Beanstalk” fairy tale.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” So says Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield.

Can you guess why I’m bringing it to your attention, Sagittarius?

It’s one of those times when you can do yourself a big favor by sloughing off the stale, wornout, decaying parts of your past.

Luckily for you, you now have an extraordinary talent for doing just that. I suspect you will also receive unexpected help and surprising grace as you proceed.

Halloween costume suggestion: a snake molting its skin.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Speaking on behalf of your wild mind, I’m letting you know that you’re due for an immersion in revelry and festivity. Plugging away at business as usual could become counterproductive unless you take at least brief excursions to the frontiers of pleasure. High integrity may become sterile unless you expose it to an unpredictable adventure or two. Halloween costume suggestion: party animal, hell raiser, social butterfly, god or goddess of delight.

Every one of us harbors a touch of crazy genius that periodically needs to be unleashed, and now is that time for you.

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. It’s all in the stars.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I hope you will chose a Halloween costume that emboldens you to feel powerful. For the next three weeks, it’s in your

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ROB BREZSNY

long-term interest to invoke a visceral sense of potency, dominion, and sovereignty. What clothes and trappings might stimulate these qualities in you?

Those of a king or queen? A rock star or CEO? A fairy godmother, superhero, or dragon-tamer?

Only you know which archetypal persona will help stir up your untapped reserves of confidence and command.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s time to stretch the boundaries, Pisces.

You have license to expand the containers and outgrow the expectations and wage rebellion for the sheer fun of it. The frontiers are calling you. Your enmeshment in small talk and your attachment to trivial wishes are hereby suspended. Your mind yearns to be blown and blown and blown again! I dare you to wander outside your overly safe haven and go in quest of provocative curiosities. Halloween costume suggestions: mad scientist, wildeyed revolutionary, Dr. Who. ARIES (March 21-April 19): On a January morning in 1943, the town of Spearfish, South Dakota experienced very weird weather. At 7:30 a.m. the temperature was minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit. In the next two minutes, due to an unusual type of wind sweeping down over nearby Lookout Mountain, thermometers shot up 49 degrees. Over the next hour and a half, the air grew even warmer.

But by 9:30, the temperature had plummeted back to minus 4 degrees. I’m wondering if your moods might swing with this much bounce in the coming weeks. As long as you keep in mind that no single feeling is likely to last very long, it doesn’t have to be a problem. You may even find a way to enjoy the breathtaking ebbs and flows.

Halloween costume suggestion: roller coaster rider, Jekyll and Hyde, warm clothes on one side of your body and shorts or bathing suit on the other.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): How dare you be so magnetic and tempting?

What were you thinking when you turned up the intensity of your charm to such a high level? I suggest

you consider exercising more caution about expressing your radiance. People may have other things to do besides daydreaming about you. But if you really can’t bring yourself to be a little less attractive—if you absolutely refuse to tone yourself down—please at least try to be extra kind and generous.

Share your emotional wealth.

Overflow with more than your usual allotments of blessings.

Halloween costume suggestion: a shamanic Santa Claus; a witchy Easter Bunny.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the last ten days of November and the month of December, I suspect there will be wild-card interludes when you can enjoy smart gambles, daring stunts, cute tricks, and mythic escapades. But the next three weeks will not be like that. On the contrary. For the immediate future, I think you should be an upstanding citizen, a well-behaved helper, and a dutiful truth-teller. Can you handle that? If so, I bet you will get sneak peaks of the fun and productive mischief that could be yours in the last six weeks of 2015. Halloween costume suggestion: the most normal person in the world.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Members of the gazelle species known as the springbok periodically engage in a behavior known as pronking. They leap into the air and propel themselves a great distance with all four feet off the ground, bounding around with abandon. What evolutionary purpose does this serve? Some scientists are puzzled, but not naturalist David Attenborough.

In the documentary film “Africa,” he follows a springbok herd as it wanders through the desert for months, hoping to find a rare rainstorm. Finally it happens. As if in celebration, the springboks erupt with an outbreak of pronking. “They are dancing for joy,” Attenborough declares. Given the lucky breaks and creative breakthroughs coming your way, Cancerian, I foresee you doing something similar. Halloween costume suggestion: a pronking gazelle, a hippety-hopping bunny, a boisterous baby goat.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “A very little key will open a very heavy door,” wrote Charles Dickens in his short story “Hunted Down.” Make that one of your guiding meditations in the coming days, Leo. In the back of your mind, keep visualizing the image of a little key opening a heavy door. Doing so will help ensure that you’ll be alert when clues about the real key’s location become available. You will have a keen intuitive sense of how you’ll need to respond if you want to procure it. Halloween costume suggestion: proud and protective possessor of a magic key.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The ancient Hindu text known as the Kama Sutra gives extensive advice about many subjects, including love and sex. “Though a man loves a woman ever so much,” reads a passage in chapter four, “he never succeeds in winning her without a great deal of talking.”

Take that as your cue, Virgo. In the coming weeks, stir up the intimacy you want with a great deal of incisive talking that beguiles and entertains. Furthermore, use the same approach to round up any other experience you yearn for. The way you play with language will be crucial in your efforts to fulfill your wishes. Luckily, I expect your persuasive powers to be even greater than they usually are.

Halloween costume suggestion: the ultimate salesperson.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I encourage you to be super rhythmical and melodious in the coming days.

Don’t just sing in the shower and in the car. Hum and warble and whistle while shopping for vegetables and washing the dishes and walking the dog. Allot yourself more than enough time to shimmy and cavort, not just on the dance floor but anywhere else you can get away with it. For extra credit, experiment with lyrical flourishes whenever you’re in bed doing the jizzle-skazzle. Halloween costume suggestion: wandering troubadour, street musician, free-styling rapper, operatic diva, medicine woman who heals with sound.

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Land of the Free, Home of the Fearful?

Officer Alex meditates on the futility of a life lived in fear

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Make no mistake, Constant Readers, there are all kinds of fears. All grow bitter eventually; some, however, are fixable.”

Photo by George Crux 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.

Absence.

I’ve been visiting there lately. I would say it’s an interesting part of town, but that would be a lie. It’s not.

It’s nothing. It doesn’t exist; it is the definition of where nothing is, in fact.

You would ALEX think it’s peaceful, but it’s not. You would think at the very least it was neutral, but it’s not.

It’s an echo chamber, as it turns out. Every step, every whimper reverberates back to you tenfold, a thousand fold. BUT… It gives you time to think.

One of the many things I started to think about was why I started hating the nights this column was already overdue and I couldn’t muster a word when for years, it was a joy. When I started writing this column, it was an outlet, a catharsis, therapy—and at the same time it allowed readers to get some insight on the parts of my job you’d never hear about (and therefore think about) otherwise.

It’s caused tremendous problems for me because of what I’ve said, which I expected…but now after all these years, it’s had the tremendous headache of causing problems for what I

cannot say.

Control of information… it’s not control of thought, but it’s as close as some could get to such. It’s an amateur’s game to think one can control the message.

It’s boxing a shadow, it’s an exercise TEACH in futility, and I’ve seen it so many times I should be bored, but the novelty of seeing it recur like a sequel to “Groundhog Day” never seems to get old. How is this not page one, line one, chapter one of every corporate manual in existence? Yet, like the persistence of people robbing banks despite their consistently failed history, decade after decade, here we are.

Again.

And so why do I bore you here? Why do I waste this page space over which you are enjoying a breakfast biscuit or a cup of coffee with something that isn’t a funny story? A midnight anecdote? Perhaps a real-life nightmare I’ve witnessed that I can share, given the proximity to Halloween, to make you happy?

I’m wasting this page because I can again.

I’ve had a long summer.

A long year. (Years, who am I kidding.) And I’m tired.

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Very…tired.

Instead of emptying my head onto paper, I just want to plug the holes and keep it from filling up again. Instead of living in hesitation of what I say and what I’m allowed to say, I’ve decided to just say it and see how close I am to the end of the tracks. Funny, to be in a profession where hesitation is literally trained out of you only to have it thrust upon you elsewhere.

“Let None Live In Fear.”

Make no mistake, Constant Readers, there are all kinds of fears. All grow bitter eventually; some, however, are fixable.

My friends, if you’re afraid of controlling the message, then you need to be more afraid of what the message is, instead of who is delivering it. If you have so much to worry about—maybe you should question why, instead of who?

Fear and hesitation causes a festering. An irrational

desire to have all the keys keeps your attention looking down at that ring instead of the road ahead. It shows a lack of conviction in yourself, a lack of faith, and that is apparent to others. Again: This is a fixable problem.

Break that cycle. Let it go, or all you will do is spend your time chasing fires you created yourself instead of looking ahead. People need to have confidence, not just control. And an obsession with one offsets the other, every time.

I apologize for the banality of this week’s bit, but I just needed to plant a flag in the sand for going forward so we could all see the beginning of the end more formally.

This week’s column actually started off with checking my fly in the front lobby of an Ace Hardware; let’s see if we can’t get back to that by next week?

I’m sick of being sick.

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