From the Publisher’s Notebook You are not a Native American. There is no such thing. You may be a descendant from a line of people that’s been on the North American continent for a long time, a very, very long time, but they were not native to this part of the world (They were not created here).
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Why not take care of them first before we let anyone else in to They are all discussing immigrants take jobs, get welfare, get govern- ones here, ones we allowed in. ment help. This is crazy Let’s shut the door and take care We have tens of thousands of our our own first. Seems like the right born here, raised here folks that thing to do. don’t have jobs, enough to eat – a - Paul Burke Sr. good quality of life.
They branched out and spread throughout the land. They were not created here. They came here. They seem to be the basis of the different Indian tribes of later centuries.
If you believe the Bible, man was Remember – they came here. They created in the Garden of Eden. If were not created here. They were you believe science, man evolved not native. from primates. Later more civilized people Either way, this did came across the ocean not occur on and mingled with American soil. the early arrivals. There is fossil T h e y e v i were dence n o t that man was created, or if y o u prefer evolved starting on the African continent.
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Europeans as they came down the same as the indigenous Man or a humanoid creaancestors (African). We all ture then spread throughout the started in the same place – we are European continent and then the all kin. rest of the world. So you are not a Native American if There is also evidence that you just got here first. mankind - after evolving crossed over into what is now Alaska and Side note – All of this happened spread south. before there was even the name America. This did not happen until This took tens of thousands of the continent name for the Italian years. explorer Amerigo Vespucci in 1501. Some of the earliest people (the LLaattee N Noo tteess FF rroom m tthhee PPuubb lliisshheerr’’ss Clovis) were some of the first to get Nootteebboo ookk N here. Watching all the debates on TV – ENIGMA
Across 1. Slip 6. Higher 11. Federal Communications Commission 14. Adherent of Hinduism 15. Daughter of one’s brother or sister 16. Retirement plan 17. Communion table 18. Staggers 19. Slow run 20. Jesus Christ 22. Trellis 24. Fruit 26. Having red hair 30. Middle 34. Metal-bearing mineral 35. Semitic language 36. Female given name 37. Living in a city 39. Partially opened flower 40. Standard of perfection 41. Spurt 42. Small in amount 44. Coming before (prefix) 45. Fungal disease of cereals 46. Midmorning break 48. Small drink of liquor 49. Carves 54. Hanging ice 59. Used to be 60. Fat insoluble in water 62. Former central African republic 63. Hail 64. Texas mission 65. Like an elf 66. Affirmative reply 67. Characteristic rhythm 68. Perfume
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Down 1. Sovereign 2. Air mattress 3. International (Abbrev) 4. June 6, 1944 5. Inhabitant of Europe 6. Illegible 7. Filled pastry crust 8. Rind 9. Showy actions 10. Repose 11. S Pacific archipelago 12. Crocodile 13. Prison 21. Close 23. Next after the second 25. Reconstruct 26. Red cosmetic 27. Mistake 28. Rid of insect pests 29. Australian aboriginal instrument 31. Oceanic trenches 32. Trap 33. Stories 38. Coral island 40. Enumerates 43. Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning 47. Steps for scaling a fence 49. Swing to and fro 50. Hollow in the earth 51. Employs 52. Plot of ground 53. Tinned luncheon meat 55. Calculation 56. Animate existence 57. Ireland 58. Transmitted 61. Mischievous child
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DDee aarr LLHH,, NNoott rreeaa llll yy.. UUssee yyoo uurr hheeaa dd.. HHoow w w eell ll ddoo yyoouu rr ee aall llyy kknnoow w w tthhee ppee rr-ssoonn yy oouu aa rree bbuuyyii nngg aa ggii fftt ffoorr?? IIff yy oouu kknn oow w aa nnyytthhii nngg aa bboouutt tthhee m m yy oouu w wii llll kknnoow ww whhaa tt tthheeyy aacc ttuuaall llyy ll iikkee aanndd w w hhaatt tthhee iirr hhoobbbbiiee ss aa rr ee.. BBuuyy ssoo m meetthhii nngg tthhee yy w w ii llll nnoott oo nnllyy Dear Rocco, It’s almost Halloween, my aa pppprree ccii aattee ,, bbuutt ll ii kkee ,, aann dd ppuutt ttoo w aayy ss hhaa vvee ttoo favorite time of year. Who are uussee.. IItt ddooee ssnn’’tt aa llw you going to dress as this year? hhaa vvee aa hhiigg hh pprriicc ee ttaa gg.. UUssee yyoouurr hhee aadd.. WT
Dear Rocco, I’m excited about the new TV season starting. There’s a lot of stuff I’m looking forward to seeing. Is there any show you’re looking forward to? HS
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lot of money years ago so he could pay off his credit cards because he wanted to buy a house. I thought that sounded fine and stable. Then he met some chick who used him and the normal level-headed guy I know became irresponsible. He started buying her gifts, they even moved in together although they had a “platonic relationship”. She was sleeping around with others, doing drugs and drinking herself into an early grave. Not only did he never buy a house, he ended up filing for bankruptcy not long after some “exotic” island vacation he paid for. She ended up getting married and having a kid and of course is now divorced. One of my pals saw my friend recently at a wholesale club buying diapers. Really? And I still haven’t received any money. DF
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Rocco is a common sense, tell-itlike-it-is, no-nonsense kind of guy offering real advice on any subject put before him. Why pay thousands of dollars on a highpriced therapist when he’ll straighten you out for free. If you’d like advice from Rocco email him at goaskrocco@yahoo.com or drop Dear Rocco, him a line at Ask Rocco c/o Do you think people should have Enigma P.O. Box 825 Chattanooga, spending limits when it comes to TN 37401.
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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Opportunities to get ahead are evident. Do not sign your life away. Your involvement with groups will raise your self esteem. You may be uncertain about some of your coworkers and your boss. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Keep your thoughts to yourself for the time being. Your ability to help others will win you points. Don't bother retaliating, just walk away. Be sure to cover all the necessary groundwork before signing binding contracts.
Your luckiest events this month if involved in sports. Be aware that will occur on a Wednesday. a female you work with may be trying to hold you back. Don't say GEMINI things that could be damaging later (May 22-June 21) on. Cut loose. You won't be able to keep a secret. You can discuss your intentions Your luckiest events this month and ideas with your colleagues or will occur on a Friday. friends this month. Don't let others try to create unwarranted guilt if LEO you can't meet their demands. It's (July 23-Aug 22) time to reevaluate your motives. Help others solve their dilemmas. You will have a blowup this month Your luckiest events this month if your partner does things that you will occur on a Saturday. feel are not aboveboard. You won't impress anyone by being overly CANCER generous. Responsibilities with (June 22-July 22) respect to older relatives may be a You need to get down to basics burden. with regard to yourself. You must take care not to over exert yourself Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday.
will occur on a Sunday. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) You don't need to pay out in order to have fun. If boredom has set in, find new and unique directions that offer interesting friendships. Keep an open mind when listening to the opinions of others. This will be a good day for research and for sitting down with some good, informative reading material. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Don't gossip. You may need a physical outlet that will help you relieve your tension. Your ability to come up with original ideas will VIRGO bring recognition from superiors. Opportunities for love will develop (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Avoid friends or acquaintances while traveling or while attending who drink too much. You may be religious functions. frazzled this month. Compromise if you have to, to avoid verbal bat- Your luckiest events this month tles. Ask a close friend for advice. will occur on a Thursday. Your luckiest events this month AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) will occur on a Tuesday. Your ability to do detailed work will dazzle those who are less creLIBRA ative. Your compassion will be (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Take time to talk things over. appreciated more than you can Travel for business or pleasure. imagine. Romance appears. You Your lover may feel rejected. Keep may need a good friend to lean on. your feelings to yourself if you want to avoid embarrassment. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday. Your ideas will be well received. Your luckiest events this month PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) will occur on a Thursday. You may have taken on a little too much, but you will enjoy every SCORPIO minute of it. Things will be emo(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Satisfy your passionate mood. Keep tional with your mate. Your mate calm. Someone around you is will appreciate your honesty. Don't bouncing off the walls. Get back to overextend yourself in the process. basics and reevaluate what is important in life. You just hate Your luckiest events this month waste, and when someone else will occur on a Sunday. costs you dearly you see red. Your luckiest events this month
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Strange Vegas I have been to Vegas many times ex-girlfriend. They had a brief chat get us free passes to an Alabama in. she asked how many people and frequently on these trips some were in our party and told us the strange things have happened. passes would be at the on call desk Some of these are strange happenat the Mirage. For some reason one ings, some chance encounters and of our party and his girlfriend others perhaps just coincidence or decided they did not want to go to a good story. I will relate some of the show. We got to the on-call these “happenings” and the reader booth and ended up with two extra can decide for themselves what tickets. Suddenly a guy appeared category to put them in. out of the gathering crowd and inquired if we wanted to sell our I know I’ve written before about tickets. Of course we did. A price Vegas (see Lost Vegas) in the April was settled on and he paid us and 2015 edition of Enigma) however disappeared into the crowd. We this time I want to describe some headed to our seats that we quickincidents that I believe are strange ly found out were seats at a dinner or at least off -beat. table. This was a true Vegas show. We were seated at a dinner table I am presenting these incidents in with our hosts! Before long two no particular order but I do think people were seated at our table this first one may be the strangest. who none of us had ever seen Several years ago some friends and before. I assumed they were the I went to Vegas for a Police train- during which I felt a little AWK- concert that night. Well my motto people who had bought our tickets ing class (seriously). We were walk- WARD and she related that she was is “if it’s free it’s for me” so I was from the person I had now realized ing down the strip when we in town to get married. I know you noticed a young lady in a wedding think that might’ve been obvious gown coming our way. There was a by the dress but hey it was Vegas gentleman with her dressed in a and strippers run around in wedtuxedo. As we got close enough for ding dresses. The Bride told us her facial recognition the “bride” new husband was friends with the hailed one of my friends. It was his band Alabama and that he could
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was a scalper. Again awkward. Our hosts never asked who the people were and we of course did not know anyway. As the show progressed one of the band members mentioned they had a friend in the audience who had just gotten married. I waited for the spotlight to hit our table but it was directed onto another table and another couple was recognized. I thought this strange but then so was the whole night. So that’s how I saw Alabama free in Vegas. Odd postscript: the marriage had to be annulled as the groom had somehow overlooked or forgotten that he was still married back in Alabama. On another trip I was walking out of a casino and slightly ahead of two friends on mine when I turned around to say something to them. Ah, but what to my wandering eye did appear but a wanted fugitive! This person was allegedly wanted in Chattanooga on drug charges and possibly some other crimes. He was part of a group who worked for a night club owner and reportedly modeled their crew on the cable TV show “The Sopranos”. This person quickly looked down trying to avoid being recognized. I laughed out loud and called out to Rocco (yes, that Rocco) that it was this person. The ‘fugitive’ did not attempt to flee as I approached him. He quickly related that things were not as they seemed (he was claiming he was not wanted but was being hidden by an alphabet acronym federal agency) He said that I could contact a Chattanooga police officer who was assigned to this agency as a task force officer to verify his story I knew this officer and quickly contacted him. He verified the supposed fugitive’s story and called me “Sherlock Holmes” for finding the presumably hidden and relocated “fugitive”. I told him that hiding the party in a casino in Vegas might not be the best idea as people from Chattanooga frequent there. I was told to keep the incident secret and am only now telling this as the court case has long ago been adjudicated. While on the subject of “cons” or criminals... One day I was walking down the Las Vegas strip minding my own business when a street barker (there are lots of people on
the Vegas strip trying to sell you show tickets, helicopter rides, get you to view timeshares, buy whatever product they are promoting, etc. yelled to me “I know who you are. I know the Man when I see him. I’ve been to jail before.” I walked on and wondered as to how he knew that I was law enforcement. I was a police Detective at the time and had nothing on to identify me as law enforcement. As my friend who was a step or two behind me (hey, I walk fast) started past the street pitchman he yelled to me. “Oh, you got your help with you. He does your beat downs.” I just shook my head and kept walking. I had been told before that I did not “look like a cop”. Maybe not to the average Joe but I guess some criminals can just read the body language. Another weird incident that happened occurred when I was at Siegfried and Roy’s Secret Garden. I was checking out a tiger and started to walk away when the tiger backed up to the enclosure bars and sprayed me. I’m not sure what that was about.
the slot on another and pulling the handle. She would pay a machine for two or three rolls then if it didn’t pay off she would move on to another. I looked up and realized that there was an attendant in an elevated service area of the oval helping this lucky lady keep an eye on her winnings. I’ve never seen anything like it and now that the machines work off bills or pay tickets and pay out on a paper ticket I never will. Dang that lady had some luck! At least on that morning.
The last strange almost surreal event I will leave you with was near Christmas time. Rocco and I were waiting at a crosswalk on the Las Vegas Strip when a large flat bed truck drove by. On the truck bed was a load of people dressed in Dickinson era clothing and heartily dispensing Christmas Carols. Ah , Christmas cheer in Sin City.
The next strange experience happened on the bus in Vegas. I know what you’re thinking. Strange experiences are commonplace on buses. Maybe so but anyway one night my girlfriend and I were on the bus headed back to our hotel. We started smelling something bad. It started to get worse. This smelled like some really old rotting garbage. As our ride continued the I know what happens in Vegas is smell got steadily worse. I told my supposed to stay in Vegas but some girlfriend I thought it was coming strange stories you just gotta tell. from in front of us. There was a young British- sounding girl riding - Mark Haskins beside a young oriental girl in the seat in front of us. The British
An incident that I can only describe as “surreal” happened early one morning at the Excalibur Casino. I was staying at the Hotel there and went down early to the casino hoping to win. It was my and some of my friends theory that many slot machines were “loaded” up the night before and were ready to pay off early the next day. This was back when the machines paid off in actual coins or if it was a dollar machine the machine paid out in metal tokens. I walked toward a large oval of ‘Blazing Seven’ dollar machines and saw a the pay out tray below a machine full of tokens but with no one around. I looked around and did see anybody. At first I thought somebody had walked off and left their winnings. I took a few steps around the oval while still looking at the token laden tray when I spotted another token loaded tray with no one around! I then started to wonder if I was on some weird version of “Candid Camera” or “Punked”. I walked a little further around the machines and saw another then another token filled tray. I was mystified. I made it almost all the way around the oval and saw a young lady grabbing tokens from one tray and dropping them into ENIGMA
sounding girl started commenting on the smell. The oriental girl nonchalantly volunteered that it was “kimchee” while pointing at what looked like a take-out bag from a restaurant. The oriental girl explained that it was fish. My girlfriend and I tried to contain our laughter in case the girl was offended about her “not too great smelling to us” food. She exited the bus shortly thereafter but the odor of her kimchee lingered on.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a lawsuit in San Francisco seeking to give a monkey ownership of its selfie photo. The group filed a U.S. federal court lawsuit in San Francisco arguing Naruto, a macaque monkey known to researchers in Indonesia, should be the legal owner of pictures he snapped in 2011 using a camera set up by photographer David J. Slater. The lawsuit names Slater; his company, Wildlife Personalities Ltd.; and publisher Blurb, which issued a collection of Slater’s photographs that included
two of the selfies snapped by Naruto. The suit is seeking to have the monkey declared the “author” and legal owner of the photograph. The picture has been in dispute for more than a year. Website Wikimedia Commons posted some of the pictures snapped by the monkey last year, labeling them public domain, and Slater attempted to have them removed, claiming the copyright he obtained in Britain should be applied globally. “I’ve told them it’s not public domain, they’ve got no right to say that it’s public domain. A monkey pressed the button, but I did all the setting up,” Slater told the National Post last year. Wikimedia refused to remove the pictures, saying Slater doesn’t own the copyright on the image
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because he didn’t shoot the photo himself. “Our argument is simple: U.S. copyright law doesn’t prohibit an animal from owning a copyright, and since Naruto took the photo, he owns the copyright, as any human would,” PETA said in a press release. OKEMEH, Okla. - An Oklahoma mom said her 4-year-old son’s pre-K teacher forced him to write with his right hand and sent home an article calling left-handedness “evil.” Alisha Sands said her 4-year-old son, Zayde, started pre-K recently at Oakes Elementary in Okemah and she noticed last week while he was doing homework that he was using his right hand despite being lefthanded. “I just asked ‘Is there anything his teachers ever asked about
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his hands?’ And he raises this one and says this one’s bad,” Sands told KFOR-TV. Sands said she sent a note to school with Zayde and the teacher’s response was to send home an article that said left-handedness is “unlucky,” “evil” and “sinister.” “For example, the devil is often portrayed as left-handed,” the article said. Sands said the teacher’s response shocked her. “It breaks my heart for him because someone actually believes that, believes my child is evil because he’s left handed, it’s crazy,” Sands said. The mother said she contacted the superintendent with the article, but there was no action taken. “There was no
suspension of any kind. There was basically nothing done to this teacher,” Sands said. “She told them she thought I needed literature on it.” Sands said she is trying to get Zayde transferred to another class. “I don’t feel like the school did what they were supposed to for him,” Sands said. The principal at Oakes Elementary said officials are investigating the matter and declined to comment further. BOCA RATON, FL - They’re called the munchies. And when they hit you have got to do something about it. Anyone who has been on their way home at three in the morning after a long night knows that feeling. That’s why I think most people can sympathize, at least a little bit, with this Florida man who was out of options one early morning. Police said that the man broke into two houses in Boca Raton, first to steal a pizza and then to take a nap.The incident began about 3:00 a.m., when a 19year-old woman found 24-year-old Milor Michel inside her home. The woman said that she and her roommate found him in the kitchen, rummaging through their refrigerator before he removed pizza, according to the arrest report. He then sat down on the couch to eat the pizza. He told the two roommates that he was a friend of their other roommate. The women did not believe him and demanded that he leave the house. After leaving the home, Michel entered another house in the neighborhood and fell asleep on the couch. A 19-year-old woman who lived there, found Michel sleeping just before 7:00 a.m. Next to him was a half a container of orange juice. She asked the man to leave while another roommate called police. Michel is accused of theft of an occupied structure. SANDUSKY, Ohio - Taco Bell officials said an employee at an Ohio franchise was fired after a viral photo on social media showed him with his hand down the back of his pants. The picture, which was posted to Taco Bell’s official Facebook page by concerned customers, shows an employee at a Sandusky, Ohio, location with his left hand down the back of his pants — apparently inside his underwear. The Erie County Health Department said officials visited the store after a complaint about the photo was lodged with the department Monday. Taco Bell released a statement in response to the controversial photo. “This is completely unacceptable. Our franchisee took immediate action and has terminated the employee and retrained the entire staff. We want customers to know
that the person in the photo was never in contact with the food, and that the Health Department inspected the restaurant and approved its operations.” The company fired two Taco Bell workers in June of 2013 after a viral photo emerged showing one of the employees licking a stack of taco shells. The company said the shells were for training purposes and were not served to customers. BALTIMORE - A Delta plane was grounded overnight in Baltimore when a tarantula escaped from its container in the cargo hold and was spotted by baggage handlers. Delta spokesman Brian Kruse said Atlantabound Flight 1525 was scheduled to take off from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport at 7 p.m. Wednesday, but the pilot decided to ground the plane after baggage handlers discovered the loose arachnid in the cargo hold. Kruse said the pilot wanted to ensure the baboon tarantula was the only one loose on the plane. “They were able to capture it, and they contacted the handler” to ensure there hadn’t been any other tarantulas in the same cage, Kruse told the Baltimore Sun. “We have to make the safe decision on that — being bitten by a tarantula is not a good thing,” CNN quoted the pilot as saying. The passengers were moved to another aircraft, which departed about three hours behind schedule. A passenger told WRDW-TV a flight crew member told him there were a total 750 tarantulas on board the plane and most of them had gotten loose, but Kruse said only the one spider was ever free and it never left the cargo hold. BERKELEY, CA - Now here is a tough moral dilemma. Domino’s Pizza in Berkeley, California, delivered a box of pizza and chicken wings to Mike Vegas, who works as a bartender in San Francisco. Vegas said that he ate the pizza, but placed the wings in his refrigerator for when he returned home from his overnight shift. When he returned home at 5:00 a.m., pulled the chicken wings from the refrigerator and found $1,300 in cash! Vegas then checked his missed calls and realized that the frantic delivery driver had called him numerous times in an attempt to locate the missing money, but since he had been at work, he did not take the calls. Vegas has posted a picture on Facebook, showing two stacks of bills, one containing $666 and another $633. He decided to do the right thing and return the money to Domino’s Pizza. He was rewarded with a year’s supply of free pizza for his honesty. ENIGMA
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OCTOBER 2&3
DON FRIESEN
IF YOU MISSED DON'S HILARIOUS SHOWTIME ONE-HOUR SPECIAL, "ASK YOUR MOM," YOU'VE GOT TO CATCH HIM LIVE! ENGAGING, CLEVER, AND JUST FLAT-OUT FUNNY, DON CAPTURES THE IRONY OF PARENTING, MARRIAGE AND EVERYDAY ABSURDITIES THROUGH CHARACTERS, VOICES, PARODIES AND SOME OF THE BEST WRITTEN ROUTINES AROUND. THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER SAYS “FRIESEN WILL LEAVE A LASTING COMIC IMPRESSION,” AND DESCRIBES HIM AS “OFFBEAT, SATIRICAL, SELF-DEPRECATING AND SLIGHTLY OUT OF CONTROL.”
CONCERT CALENDAR “Go See Live Music”
OCTOBER 3
JERRY HARVEY
JERRY IS THE WINNER OF THE SOUTHEASTERN FUNNIEST PEOPLE SEARCH V 2010 AND COMPETED IN LAS VEGAS` ONLY STAND UP COMEDY FESTIVAL THE WORLD SERIES OF COMEDY IN 2012 MAKING IT TO THE SEMI-FINALS. HE HAS PERFORMED WITH, HOSTED AND FEATURED FOR THE LIKES OF JOHN WESLEY AUSTIN, KATHLEEN DUNBAR, DEAN NAPOLITANO, LANDRY, ANTHONY PADILLA, JANET WILLIAMS AND MANY MORE.
OCTOBER 8-10
GARY CONRAD MASTER HYPNOTIST
COMEDY HYPNOTIST, GARY CONRAD, HAS PERFORMED IN 49 STATES AND NINE OTHER COUNTRIES(AS AN ARMY OFFICER HE GOT TO PERFORM ALL ...OVER EUROPE) FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND IS AT FAVORITE AT THE COMEDY CATCH. NATIONALLY, GARY WAS LAST SEEN ON ABC-TV'S "THE VIEW," AND HAS BEEN "ON AIR" WITH DANNY BONADUCE; FOX-TV'S MANCOW MULLER; CROOK & CHASE; OPIE & ANTHONY; DON & MIKE; RICK & BUBBA. GARY HAS ALSO SHARED THE STAGE WITH TONY BENNETT, BARBARA WALTERS, CHER, LENNY KRAVITZ, RON WHITE, BILL ENGVALL AND EVEN THE LATE, GREAT, TINY TIM!
OCTOBER 11
CHRIS KATTAN
FROM SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE HIS RECURRING CHARACTERS INCLUDED MR. PEEPERS, MANGO, AZRAEL ABYSS, KYLE DEMARCO FROM THE DEMARCO BROTHERS, GAY HITLER, SUEL FORRESTER (KNOWN FOR THE TERM "DAGITYBO") AND, MOST NOTABLY, ONE HALF OF THE BUTABI BROTHERS WITH FELLOW SNL (AND GROUNDLINGS) CAST MEMBER WILL FERRELL, KNOWN FOR THEIR TRADEMARK HEAD-BOBBING. KATTAN AND FERRELL CONTINUED THE CHARACTERS IN 1998'S A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY. KATTAN HAS MADE ONE APPEARANCE ON BROADWAY, PLAYING XANTHIAS IN A PRODUCTION OF ARISTOPHANES' THE FROGS UNTIL HIS REPLACEMENT DURING PREVIEWS BY ROGER BART. KATTAN WAS SET TO HOST THE GAME SHOW GAMESHOW IN MY HEAD AND EVEN FILMED THE PILOT EPISODE IN HOLLYWOOD.[5] HOWEVER, HE WAS REPLACED WITH JOE ROGAN FOR THE SERIES. KATTAN APPEARED IN A DIET PEPSI MAX COMMERCIAL DURING SUPER BOWL XLII THAT FEATURED "WHAT IS LOVE" AND HAD MANY ACTORS IN THE COMMERCIAL PERFORMING THE BUTABI HEAD BOB. IN AUGUST 2009 KATTAN STARRED IN THE IFC MINISERIES BOLLYWOOD HERO, WHERE HE PORTRAYS HIMSELF AND THE DIFFICULTIES HE FACES AFTER A CAREER AS A COMIC ACTOR, TRYING TO ATTAIN LEADING MAN STATUS.STARTING IN FALL OF 2009, KATTAN APPEARED IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN THE MIDDLE. KATTAN PLAYS BOB, A COLLEAGUE OF FRANKIE HECK'S AT MR.EHLERT'S CAR DEALERSHIP.KATTAN APPEARED IN THE MAY 17[WHEN?] EPISODE OF HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER AS A STAR IN A FICTIONAL MOVIE WITHIN THE SHOW. HE PLAYED HIMSELF ACTING AS JED MOSELY, A CHARACTER BASED ON THE MAIN CHARACTER TED WITH AN ARROGANT PERSONALITY. OCTOBER 15-18
D.J. LEWIS & COREY RYAN FORESTER OCTOBER 28
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This week’s calendar covers events from Thursday, October 1, through Wednesday, October 7. We would be happy to publish your free listing in future Billboards, space permitting. Simply mail us the information so that we have it 7 days before the publication date. A photograph may be sent with the announcement. Send information to: Calendar Editor, Enigma, P.O. Box 825, Chattanooga, TN 37401 or e-mail to calendar@enigmaonline.com. All dates subject to change without notice.
TTH HU U RRSSD DA AYY O Occtt oobbee rr 11 BBU UD D’’ SS (Chattanooga) DJ Hammer TTRREE M MO ON NTT TT A AVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Songwriters Showcase CCA AM M PP H HO OU USSEE (Chattanooga) Open Mic JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) New Planet, Liferoot TTU U RRN NEERR FFIIEELL D D (Atlanta) Sam Hunt EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Bonnie Bishop, Paul McDonald TTH H EE SSTTA ARR BBA ARR (Atlanta) The Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Phenomenauts, Piñata Protest CCA ALL EED DO ON NIIA A LLO OU UN NG GEE (Athens, GA) Gringo Star 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) Kristen Hersh SSM MO OK KIIEESS SSTT A AD DIIU UM M (Sevierville, TN) Lynyrd Skynyrd
FFRRIID DA AYY O Occttoobbeerr 22 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Don Friesen RRA AW W (Chattanooga) DJ Barnaby RRO OSSSS’’ LLA AN ND DIIN NG G PPA ARRK K (Chattanooga) “Three Sisters Music Festival” Dismembered Tennesseans, Mae, Hot Rize JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Green Jello, Hatestomp, Mudsex NA N AW WLLIIN N SS (Cleveland, TN) Convertibull RREED D CCLLA AYY TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Duluth, GA) Bob Mould TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Brandi Carlile, Torres CCH HA ASSTT A AIIN N PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) K. Michelle, Azealia Banks VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Lucero ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTEE RR (Nashville) Lynyrd Skynyrd GRRA G AN ND DO O LLEE O O PPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Little Big Town, Old Crow Medicine Show, Joe Diffie, Diamond Rio, Montgomery Gentry CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Hayes Carll VVO ON N BBRRA AU UN N CC EEN N TTEE RR (Huntsville) John Prine, Jason Isbell ALLYY SS RRO A OBBIIN N SSO ON N SSTT EEPPH H EEN N SS PPEERRFF O ORRM MII N NG G ARRTTSS CCEE N A NTT EERR (Birmingham) Chick Corea and Béla Fleck
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SSA ATT U URRD DA AYY O Occtt oobbeerr 33 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Don Friesen RRO O SSSS’’ LLAAN ND DIIN NG G PPAARRK K (Chattanooga) “Three Sisters Music Festival” Dismembered Tennesseans, Frank Solivan, Michael Cleveland And Flamekeeper, Front Country, The Travelin’ McCourys SSCCH HW WAARRTT ZZ CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Chick Corea and Bela Fleck CCEE N NTT RRAALL PPAARRK K (Atlanta) “Afro-Punk Festival” D’Angelo, Thundercat VVIIN N YYLL (Atlanta) MuteMath TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Collective Soul CCA AN ND DLLEERR PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Gringo Star RRU U SSH H LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Kap Slap SSM MIITT H H’’ SS O O LLD DEE BBAARR (Atlanta) Kristin Herst CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Bob Mould RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brandi Carlile, Torres CCO OU UN NTT RRYY TT O ON N IITTEE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Pigeon Forge, TN) Ray Stevens HAARRRRAAH H H’’ SS CC H HEE RRO OK KEE EE CC AASSIIN NO O (Cherokee) Shinesdown
SSU UN ND DA AYY O Occtt oobbee rr 44 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jerry Harvey SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Faux Ferocious, Mumzees TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Seether, Saint Asonia CCEE N NTT EEN NN NIIAALL O O LLYY M MPPIICC PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Foo Fighters CCEE N NTT RRAALL PPAARRK K (Atlanta) D’Angelo, Tyler, The Creator, Public Enemy, Twin Shadow, Benjamin Booker, Suicidal Tendencies, Trash Talk, Kaytranada, Curtis Harding, GoldLink, Ratking, Unlocking The Truth, Lolawolf, Adia Victoria, Baby Baby, Nadus AAARRO A ON N’’ SS AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) “Funny Or Die Presents The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival” Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer TTH H EE LLO O FFTT (Atlanta) Jon Foreman VINYL (Atlanta) MuteMath IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Brandi Carlile
MO M ON ND DA AYY O Occtt oobbee rr 55 TTRREE M MO ON N TT TTAAVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Trivia Night TTH H EE O O FFFFIICC EE (Chattanooga) SpeakEasy FFO OXX && H HO OU UN ND D (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter
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JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Avers TT RRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Godsmack BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Foo Fighters SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) K. Michelle, Azealia Banks M EERRCC YY LL O M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Jon Foreman G EEO G O RRG GIIAA TT H H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Minus the Bear, O’Brother, Aero Flynn TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Disclosure
TTU U EESSD DA AYY O Occttoobbeerr 66 TT RREEM MO ON N TT TT AAVVEERRN N (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade TT RRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Rhiannon Giddens JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Okinawa, Mike Coykendall D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEE YY (Nashville) The Chris Robinson Brotherhood MA M ARRAATTH HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Clutch, Corrosion of Conformity, The Shrine TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Twenty One Pilots, Echosmith
WEED W DN NEESSD DA AYY O Occtt oobbeerr 77 RRAAW W (Chattanooga) Open Jam JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Chrome Pony, Left and Right TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Twenty One Pilots, Echosmith
UPPCC O U OM M IIN NG G EEVVEEN NTTSS JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Bohannons, Telegraph Canyon October 8 O AAK O KM MO OU UN N TTAAII N N PPRREESS BBYY TT EERRIIA AN N (Birmingham) Alt-J October 8 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Rubblebucket, Elel October 8 VVO ON N BBRRAAU UN N CCEE N NTT EERR (Huntsville) Miranda Lambert, RaeLynn, Clare Dunn, Courtney Cole October 8 TT H HEE FFO OU UN ND DRRYY (Athens, GA) Aaron Carter October 8 G EEO G O RRG GIIAA TT H H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Lake Street Dive October 8 TT --BBO ON NEE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Ramble in the Attic October 9 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Paleface, Butch Ross October 9 TT RRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Mat Kearney October 9 TT H HEE M MEE EETT IIN NG GH HO OU USS EE (Chattanooga) The David Mayfield Parade, Hannah Aldridge, Tim Easton October 9 RREE VVEE LLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Jim Lauderdale October 9 TT IIVVO OLLII TTH H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Warren Haynes, Jeff Sipe, ChessBoxer, Justin Townes Earle October 9 BBA ARRK KIIN NG G LLEE G GSS TTH H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Ecstatic Vision, Koza, Never Surrender October 9 SSK KYY ZZO OO O (Chattanooga) Convertibull October 9 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Florence + The Machine October 9 CC A ARRLL BBLLAACC K K CC H HEE VVYY W WO OO OD DSS A AM M PPH HIITT H H EEA ATT EERR ATT FFO A ON NTT AAN NEE LL (Whites Creek, TN) Kid Rock October 9 WO W O RRK KPPLLAAYY TT H HEEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Aaron
Carter October 9 TT U USSCC AALLO OO OSSAA AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Alabama October 9 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU UBB (Athens, GA) Wavves, Twin Peaks, Steep Leans October 9 LLIIVVEE W WIIRREE AATT H H EEN NSS (Athens, GA) Rubbkebucket, Elel October 9 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Ghost, Purson October 9 IIM M PPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Chris Kattan October 9 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Fly Golden Eagle, Clear Plastic Masks, General Dollars October 10 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Nashville) Grace Potter, Lake Street Dive October 10 CC A ARRLL BBLLAACC K K CC H HEE VVYY W WO OO OD D SS AAM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTEE RR ATT FFO A ON NTT AAN NEE LL (Whites Creek, TN) Kid Rock October 10 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Firefall October 10 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Jackson Browne, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams October 10 VVIIN NYY LL (Atlanta) The Dear Hunter, Chon, Gates October 10 VVEERRIIZZ O ON NW WIIRREELLEE SSSS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE AATT EEN N CCO O RREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) All Time Low, Sleeping With Sirens, One Ok Rock October 10 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Warren Haynes, ChessBoxer October 10 PPIIEED DM MO ON NTT PPAARRK K (Atlanta) “Atlanta Pride Festival” Sister Sledge, Rachel Platten, A Great Big World, R. City, Avan Lava, Gurufish, Maria Gabriella Band October 10 IIM M PPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Chris Kattan October 10 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Veil of Maya, Prong, Witch Mountain October 10 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Leela James, Raheem DeVaughn,V Bozeman October 11 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Mint Condition October 11 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Matt Nathanson October 11 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Veil Of Maya, Prong, Witch Mountain October 11 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Winery Dogs October 12 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Ringo Deathstar October 13 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Seether, Saint Asonia October 13 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Warren Haynes, ChessBoxer October 13 WAARR M W M EEM MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Modest Mouse, Hop Along October 13 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU UBB (Athens, GA) Smallpools, Machineheart October 13 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Ben Sollee October 14 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Patty Griffin, Darlingside October 14 WAARR M W M EEM MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Modest Mouse, Hop Along October 14 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) UV-TV October 15 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Patty Griffin, Darlingside October 15 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Old 97’s October 15 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Korn October 15
CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) Joe Jackson October 15 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) The Ann Wilson Thing October 15 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Grace Potter October 15 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Wrestlehemia October 16 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Frank Caliendo, George Kanter October 16 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Walk The Moon October 16 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Great White, Slaughter October 16 TTH H EE SSQ QU UA A RREE RRO OO OM M (Knoxville) Lera Lynn October 16 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Maddie & Tae October 17 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Wrestlehemia October 17 TTH H EE A ARREEN NA AA ATT G GW WIIN NN NEETT TT CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Chris Tomlin, Rend Collective October 17 AA A ARRO ON N SS A AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Atlanta) Florida Georgia Line, Frankie Ballard, Thomas Rhett October 17 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) New Found Glory, Yellowcard, Tiger Jaw October 17 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) “Festival of Praise Tour” Hezekiah Walker, Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Kim Burrell, Isaac Carree, Zacardi Cortez October 17 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Don Henley October 17 CCLL A AYYTT O ON N CC EEN N TTEE RR FFO O RR TT H HEE A ARRTTSS (Maryville, TN) Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell October 17 AVVO A ON ND DA ALLEE BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM M PPA AN NYY (Birmingham) “Cask and Drum” Warren Haynes, Green River Ordinance, The Suffers, Great Peacock October 17 BBJJCC CC CC O ON NCC EERRTT H HA ALL LL (Birmingham) Chief Keef, Fredo Santana, Grand Skeem October 17 WA W ARR M MEE M MO O RRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) All That Remains, We Came As Romans, Emmure, Red Sun Rising, Failure Anthem October 17 CCEE N NTT EEN NN NIIA ALL PPA ARRK K (Nashville) “SoundHarvest Music Festival” Flaming Lips, Allen Stone, The Weeks October 17 MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Michal Menert and the Pretty Fantastics October 17 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Chilhowie Royal, Crumbsnatchers October 18 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Walk The Moon October 18 VVII N NYY LL (Atlanta) Family Force 5, Born Cages October 18 PPIIEED DM MO ON N TT PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) “Parklife Festival” Jason Isbell, Strand Of Oaks, Natalie Prass, Chris Stapleton October 18 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Don Henley October 18 CCEE N NTT EEN NN NIIA ALL PPA ARRK K (Nashville) Band Of Heathens, The Suffers, Sarah Potenza, Mark Wilkinson, Brandy Zdan, George Kamel October 18 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Blitzen Trapper October 18 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) Hanson October 19 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Rusted Root October 19 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Comedy Buffet w/ Caleb Syran October 20 WIILLD W DH HO O RRSS EE SSA ALLO OO ON N (Nashville) The Winery
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Dogs October 20 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Aer, Cody Simpson October 20 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Zedd, Dillon Francis, Madeon, Alex Metric October 20 CC O OBBBB EE N NEERRG G YY PPEERRFFO O RRM MIIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) John Cleese / Eric Idle October 21 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Hanson October 20 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) The Polyphonic Spree October 21 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Of Montreal, Diane Coffee October 21 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Montgomery Gentry October 21 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) Boz Scaggs October 22 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Ricky Martin October 22 TT H HEE IIN NTT EERRN N AATTII O ON N AALL (Knoxville) Soulfly, Soilwork, Decapitated, Shattered Sun October 22 O AAK O K RRIID DG G EE H H IIG GH H SSCC H HO OO O LL PPEERRFF O ORRM MIIN NG G ARRTT SS CC EEN A NTT EERR (Oak Ridge, TN) Pat Boone October 22 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Jr. Jr., Hippo Campus October 22 WO W O RRK KPPLLAAYY BBAARR (Birmingham) Meiko, Emerson Hart October 22 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) JJ’s 9 Year Anniversary Party: Pujol, Behold the Brave, The Dead Deads October 23 TT H HEE CCAAM M PP H HO OU USSEE (Chattanooga) Bronze Radio Return October 23 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Sturgill Simpson October 23 VVEERRIIZZ O ON NW WIIRREELLEE SSSS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE AATT EEN N CCO O RREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) Eric Young
Scott Paslay, Clare Dunn October 23 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Jennifer Nettles, Brandy Clark, Ryan Kinder October 23 TTH H EE LL O OFFTT (Atlanta) Plain White T’s, Matt McAndrew October 23 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Jr. Jr., Hippo Campus October 23 GEE O G ORRG G IIA A TT H HEEA ATT RREE (Athens, GA) The Polyphonic Spree October 23 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Poi Dog Pondering, Robert Ellis Orrall October 23 VVA AN ND DEE RRBBII LLTT (Nashville) Third Eye Blind October 23 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Knoxville) Diarrhea Planet October 23 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Seether, Saint Asonia October 24 TTH H EE CCA AM M PP H HO OU USSEE (Chattanooga) The Bright Light Social Hour, Firekid October 24 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) JJ’s 9 Year Anniversary Party: Pujol, Behold the Brave, The Dead Deads October 24 MEE M M MO ORRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Chris Young, Eric Paslay, Clare Dunn October 24 GEE O G ORRG G IIA AD DO OM MEE (Atlanta) Taylor Swift, Vance Joy, Shawn Mendes October 24 CCH HA ASSTT A AIIN N PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Mark Knopfler October 24 TTH H EE EE A ARRLL (Atlanta) Diarrhea Planet October 24 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) The Polyphonic Spree October 24 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) The Devil Makes Three October 24 VVEERRIIZZO ON NW W IIRREELLEE SSSS A AM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE AATT
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EE N NCC O ORREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) Modest Mouse October 28 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Third Eye Blind October 28 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Low Cut Connie October 29 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Margaret Cho October 29 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Babes In Toyland October 29 TT EEN NN NEE SSSSEEEE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Third Eye Blind October 29 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Baby Baby, How I Became the Bomb, Scenic October 30 TT RRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Third Eye Blind October 30 EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) Family Force 5, Born Cages October 30 BBJJCC CC CC O ON N CCEE RRTT H H AALLLL (Birmingham) SWV October 30 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Blue Oyster Cult October 30 TT --BBO ON NEE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Georgia Pine October 31 TT RRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Moon Taxi October 31 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) David Nail October 31 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Great Barrier Reefs November 1 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Sturgill Simpson November 1 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Dierks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three, Canaan Smith, Brooke Eden November 1 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville)
Psychedelic Furs November 1 TT H HEE EEAARRLL (Atlanta) The Features November 1 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Nashville) Mastodon, Corrosion Of Conformity November 1 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Babes In Toyland November 2 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Chance the Rapper, Metro Boomin, D.R.A.M., Towkio November 2 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Psychedelic Furs November 2 TT H HEE IIN NTT EERRN N AATTII O ON N AALL (Knoxville) All That Remains, We Came As Romans, Emmure, Failure Anthem November 2 ALLYY SS RRO A O BBII N NSSO ON N SSTT EE PPH HEEN N SS PPEE RRFFO ORRM M IIN NG G ARRTT SS CC EEN A NTT EERR (Birmingham) Chris Thile November 2 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Allen Stone, Jmsn November 3 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Soul Asylum, Meat Puppets November 3 TT H HEE LLO OFF TT (Atlanta) Everclear November 3 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Stephen Kellogg November 4 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Allen Stone, Bernhoft November 4 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Langhorne Slim November 4 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Ben Folds, Ymusic, Dotan November 4 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Nashville) Paul Thorn November 5 TT H HEE FFO OU UN ND D RRYY (Athens, GA) Loudon Wainwright III November 5 CC O OBBBB EE N NEERRG G YY PPEERRFFO O RRM MIIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) Sufjan Stevens November 5 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) The Chris Robinson Brotherhood November 5 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Ben Folds, Ymusic, Dotan November 5 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Minus the Bear, O’Brother, Aero Flynn November 5 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Kip Moore November 5 ZZYY D DEE CCO O (Birmingham) Cannibal Corpse, Cattle Decapitation November 5 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Ben Folds, Ymusic, Dotan November 6 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Loudon Wainwright III November 6 CC O OBBBB EE N NEERRG G YY PPEERRFFO O RRM MIIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) Wanda Sykes November 6 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Slightly Stoopid, Stick Figure November 6 ALLAABBAAM A MAA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Ben Rector, Judah & The Lion November 6 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Toadies November 7 NO N O RRTT H H AATT LLAAN N TTAA TT RRAAD D EE CC EEN N TTEE RR (Norcross, GA) “Farm Rock Atlanta” Autograph, Femme Fatale, Britny Fox November 7 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Ben Rector, Judah & The Lion November 7 VVEERRIIZZ O ON NW WIIRREELLEE SSSS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE AATT EEN N CCO O RREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Chris Janson, Chase Bryant, Raelyn Nelson November 7 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) WAR November 7 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Charlie Mars November 7 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Jason Isbell, Cory Branan November 8 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Prong November 8 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) NBC’s “Last
Comic Standing” November 8 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Puscifer November 8 HEE A H AVVEE N NA ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Toadies November 8 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Joe Ely November 9 VVII N NYY LL (Atlanta) Rachael Yamagata November 9 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Jon McLaughlin, Tess Henley November 10 HEE A H AVVEE N NA ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Insane Clown Posse, P.O.D., Young Wicked November 10 ALLA A ABBA AM MA A TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Sufjan Stevens November 10 KN K NO O XXVVIILLLLEE CC O O LLIISSEEII U UM M (Knoxville) Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Sevendust November 10 TTH HO OM M PPSSO ON N BBO OLL IIN NG GA ARREEN NA A (Knoxville) Stevie Wonder November 10 BBLLU UEEBBIIRRD D CC A AFFÉÉ (Nashville) Kinky Friedman November 10 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) SOJA, J Boog November 11 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Sufjan Stevens November 11 TTH H EE FFA ACC TTO O RRYY A ATT FF RRA AN NK KLLII N N (Franklin, TN) Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, The Infamous Stringdusters, Peter Case, John Conlee November 11 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Robert Cray, Shemekia Copeland November 11 ALLA A ABBA AM MA A TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Ben Folds, Ymusic, Dotan November 11 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Patti Smith November 12 IIM MPPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CCLL U UBB (Atlanta) Kevin Nealon November 12 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Kem, Tamar Braxton November 12 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus November 12 FFRRA AN NK K LLIIN N TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Franklin, TN) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap November 12 GEE O G ORRG G IIA A TT H HEEA ATT RREE (Athens, GA) Galactic November 13 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Rise Against, Killswitch Engage November 13 BBU UCC K KH HEE A AD D TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) The Wood Brothers November 13 IIM MPPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CCLL U UBB (Atlanta) Kevin Nealon November 13 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Judy Collins November 13 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Evanescence November 13 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin November 13 HIIG H GH HW WA ATTTT (Nashville) Matt Pond PA November 13 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) The Features November 14 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Galactic November 14 IIM MPPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CCLL U UBB (Atlanta) Kevin Nealon November 14 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) The English Beat November 14 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Webb Wilder November 14 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) King Diamond, Exodus November 16 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) The Dandy Warhols November 16 CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) The
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Wonder Years, Motion City Soundtrack, State Champs, You Blew It! November 16 FFEERRSSTT CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Mavis Staples, Joan Osborne November 18 TTH H EE FF AACCTT O O RRYY AATT FF RRAA N NK KLLIIN N (Franklin, TN) Moe Bandy November 18 EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) GWAR, Born of Osiris, Battlecross November 18 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Drive By Truckers November 19 ALLAABBAA M A MAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) St. Paul & Broken Bones November 19 FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Joe Bonamassa November 20 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Leigh Nash November 20 ALLAABBAA M A MAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) St. Paul & Broken Bones November 20 FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Joe Bonamassa November 21 HEEAAVVEE N H N AATT TT H HEE M MAASSQ QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) The Wonder Years, Motion City Soundtrack, State Champs, You Blew It! November 21 BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Kenny G November 21 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Azealia Banks November 21 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Donna the Buffalo November 22 TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Circa Survive, Rx Bandits November 23 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Azealia Banks November 23 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Collective Soul November 25 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Manchester Orchestra, The Front Bottoms November 25
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TT RRAACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Collective Soul November 27 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Paula Poundstone November 27 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Shawn Mullins November 28 CC O OBBBB EE N NEE RRG GYY PPEERRFF O ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Craig Ferguson November 28 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Moon Taxi, Reptar November 28 CC A ALLEED DO ON N IIAA LLO OU UN NG G EE (Athens, GA) Southern Culture on the Skids December 3 IIM M PPRRO OVV CC O OM M EED DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Steve-O December 3 TT H HEE SSTT AARR BBAARR (Atlanta) Southern Culture on the Skids December 4 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Nick Lowe December 4 IIM M PPRRO OVV CC O OM M EED DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Steve-O December 4 CC O OBBBB EE N NEE RRG GYY PPEERRFF O ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Will Downing, Kenny Lattimore, Maysa December 4 TT H HEE SSTT AARR BBAARR (Atlanta) Southern Culture on the Skids December 4 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Southern Culture on the Skids December 5 CC O OBBBB EE N NEE RRG GYY PPEERRFF O ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Brian Setzer Orchestra December 5 IIM M PPRRO OVV CC O OM M EED DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Steve-O December 5 TT H HEE M MAASS Q QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) The Academy Is... December 5 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Nick Lowe December 5
Bearing False Witness =I don’t know about you, but I’m sick of Kim Davis. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, have not read the news, watched TV, listened to the radio, don’t have internet access or a smartphone (I think I’ve covered all the bases) she is the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue gay marriage licenses citing her beliefs and even served a short time in jail for contempt of court, to which she deemed herself a martyr.
For the record I am a Christian, do not agree with gay marriage, and don’t really understand homosexuality, and quite frankly don’t really care to. I do realize it’s a big world out there with tons of variations and contradictions to my belief system. I do think this country and the world is going to hell based on recent events and that the end times are probably near. No, I’m not one of those guys that is dressed like a martyr
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and carrying around a big where she deals with the pubsign. lic. The fact she is using her job to spread her interpretaThe fact that Kim Davis has tion of her faith – or using it been chosen by the media to as an excuse not to do her be the face of Christianity job bothers me. Let us now, bothers me. Let’s face it, dare I forget to mention she despite what we say we all is in Kentucky. So, not only judge books by their cover. do we have her appearance Looking at Kim Davis I seem a to hold against her, we have dumpy and frumpy, and dare the fact many consider the I say lumpy middle-aged Kentucky the rural south, so woman with thick glasses and she is made to look like some an unkempt look despite the dumb southerner clinging to fact she has a government job her religion in an ever-chang-
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ing world. And then Davis opens her mouth after her brief jailing and well, lives up to all the stereotypes. She tells us she once was bad and had been divorced a couple of times before “finding” God. It was obvious that she didn’t understand the sanctity of marriage that was one of her arguments for not issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. Then she goes on to say she actually has gay friends and while their views differ, they have learned to respect each other’s point of view. Now if she had only done her job. Of course if she had actually done her job you and I would have never heard of her. The news would have been forced to report actual news and no
a fortune off of Christianity and are actually a contradiction to what is in the Bible they supposedly are preaching. Christianity has gotten a black eye the past couple of hundred years as human nature and greed has taken away from its lofty goals and ideals. The Bible should not be used as a crutch or to pull one verse out context to argue a point. And Christians by now should know better. Lead by example – how you live your life, don’t tell everyone else how to live their life. I wish those like Kim Davis particular agenda would have Neither is Joel Osteen or would have followed this looked better than the other. Creflo Dollar. Many of the TV advice. evangelists we see on TV Kim Davis is not a good rep- have figured out how to make - William Alexander resentative for Christianity.
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MONEY MANAGEMENT
THE IMPORTANCE OF ADEQUATE INSURANCE COVER TO SMALL BUSINESSES =One of the largest risks facing small business owners is a failure to ensure an adequate level of insurance cover for their company - this is particularly true of small businesses who may not quite have the resources to cope with the large financial losses which may be suffered as a result of 'underinsurance'. A UK study recently estimated that around 80% of businesses may actually be underinsured, and this figure is only likely to rise given the unprecedented volume of new businesses which are forming by the day in the UK. As commercial insurance can be a somewhat dry and complicated topic, it is often overlooked by business owners eager to focus their efforts on lead generation, sales, customer service and production.
This is an understandable, yet try. extremely dangerous view to take, Underinsurance is quite a basic particularly in the modern era. concept - it simply means that your Unfortunately, claiming that you insurance schedule is valued lower were 'unaware' that you lacked the than the sum of your company's correct insurance cover will rarely total assets, and you risk receiving stand up in a court of law, and you less money in compensation than must therefore take the time to you require to restore your busiensure you are knowledgeable of ness to any pre-loss standing it exactly what is included in your may have held. business insurance policy, and The primary reason for inadequate what has been omitted. coverage among business owners This needs to be undertaken on a is complacency - the feeling that 'it will never happen to me'. regular basis. However, this is demonstrably Never take the risk of waiting for a untrue, and this school of thought major financial loss before has led to many closed businesses, inspecting your insurance cover - and a vast amount of unemployed instead, analyze your business entrepreneurs. insurance carefully, and determine whether you currently hold the As well as ensuring an adequate correct level of coverage, in rela- level of coverage, it is also importion to the risks that are present in tant that you update your business your individual business or indus- insurance accurately, on a yearly basis at the minimum.
Insurance, and Cyber Liability Insurance. The good news is that you can take many immediate steps to ensure that your business is sufficiently covered for any potential eventuality which may occur. Common ways of achieving this include undertaking regular valuations of all your business assets, consider the effect of inflation when initially taking out your cover, calculating a suitable indemnity period which will allow your business sufficient time to recover from any financial loss or shortfall, and reviewing your business insurance policy on a regular basis (preferably with legal insight), to ensure that your company is covered in the broadest possible sense.
Never underestimate just how important the correct level of insurance coverage is to your busiThe assets of a business can ness. increase or decrease in value on a regular basis, particularly during You should be doing everything in uncertain economic times, and it is your power to ensure that your vital that your insurance schedule company is adequately protected reflects the health of your business at all times, and ensuring sufficient as it currently stands, and not as it insurance coverage is undoubtedly stood twelve months ago or one of the largest measures you longer. can take to achieving this - it is the Take the time to undertake a full foundation upon which all of your evaluation of your assets on a other business dealings should be yearly basis before renewing your built. business easily avoided. - Ross Leese Businesses can be inadequately covered for many reasons, but it is important that you immediately examine your current level of coverage, understand the risks involved by remaining underinsured, and make the necessary changes to your business insurance, to ensure you minimize the risks involved with potential underinsurance. It is often common for businesses to be inadequately covered on any commercial insurance policy, but UK insurers claim that the following policies are the most frequently underinsured - Property Insurance, Business Interruption
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Easy Rider After building bikes for over ten year Rich Knapp decided to do something about it. He opened his own shop. Knapp is the owner of Apocalyptic Bike Works located at 8701 Dayton Pike in Soddy Daisy opened their doors to the public in August of 2014. Knapp has loved motorcycle riding his whole life and is able to turn that into a formidable business. “I grew up on
dirt bikes,” he says. “It just grew from there.” Traveling to his shop is actually a relaxing journey to the north end of Soddy Daisy. While some might move to a more heavily traveled area, Knapp chose his location for many reasons. It’s close to my house,” he says. “It’s not really highly populated, which keeps us grounded better. The
avid cyclist and custom bike builder says he can service bikes faster without worrying about being slammed too bad. “And everybody knows everybody around here pretty much,” he adds. At his shop Knapp does all sorts of work from the mundane changing oil and flat tires to ground up builds, bobbers (a custom motorcycle that has its front fender removed), choppers, Big Wheel Baggers to custom paint, welding and fabricating.
with a concept he keeps the owner in the loop and allows input. “They sort of come up with certain angles and concepts that they like and we try to incorporate it with some of ours,” he says. “We meet in the middle.” Part of customization includes specially designed themes. Yeah, actually we got finished with a bike right before Sturgis,” Knapp says. Sturgis is located in South Dakota and is home of one of the more popular bike rallies in August. It was Boondock Saints themed bike. “We’ve built several bikes with them on them,” he adds. “Clients want certain things on their motorcycle.”
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sport bikes Knapp says he doesn’t get many in his shop. “I don’t see a whole lot of sport bikes,” he says. He tends to see more people with Harleys and V-Twins. “They tend to stay in their little group and sport bikes stay in their little group, but I see a
“They basically want to put them and we do just as good caulk or a band-aid versus fix- work as the big guys do.” ing it properly.”
couple every once in a while,” he says. “Everybody rides what they feel comfortable riding and what they enjoy riding. I say go for it.”
very popular bike and a lot of people ride them.”
While there is no particular bike he dreads seeing come in his shop, the only time Knapp cringes is when a highly neglected bike comes in for repair. “Some people think it’s just a quick fix,” he says.
The most popular bike seen is the Harley-Davidson. “Because they’re so popular,” Knapp says. “It’s not that they break down much, they’re a
Despite being a smaller shop Knapp can do anything the bigger shops can for folks and their motorcycles. “We’re just a small shop. We’re not a big company,” he says. “We turn around and give people what they want, service their stuff, get them in and out. We don’t have a real long wait time for ENIGMA
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- D.A. Weinthal
If It Wasn’t for “Bad” Luck The Titans Would Have No Luck At All When it comes to good luck the Titans have none at all as they blew a big lead as the Indianapolis Colts scored three times in the fourth quarter led by Andrew Luck’s two touchdown passes and Frank Gore powering in from the right side to erase a 27-14 deficit. The Titans didn’t give up without a fight, however. Marcus Mariota drove Tennessee 80 yards in two minutes to make the score 35-33. Mariota was 5-of-7 on the drive for 69 yards. Jalston Fowler then took it in from the one.
Then the fateful two-point conversion... Fowler got the ball again but was unable to get in the end zone off of left tackle leaving the score 35-33 with 51 seconds remaining. From there the Colts ran out the clock as Luck remained undefeated in his career against the Titans. “Well, obviously extremely disappointing,” said Titans head coach Ken Whisenhunt. “I guess not much to say except that we couldn’t make the play we could have made to win that game.” Many pundits argued that the ENIGMA
Titans play-calling got too conservative after climbing to a 27-14 lead but Marcus Mariota disagreed. “Not at all. I felt the coaches did a great job calling the plays,” he said. “Myself, I’ve got to do a better job of executing them.” Blowing a double-digit lead late did not set well with the Titan defense. “We just have to eliminate those big plays. We gave up that big play at the end of the game, and we couldn’t defense the way we needed to,” said Tennessee defensive tackle Durell Casey. “Started off pretty good,
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but just have to figure out a way to finish. We know how the Colts are. They are a team that can keep on fighting, and they are not going to give up to the last second. You know, we kept our head down and kept trying to go, but we just couldn’t make the plays when we needed.” Colt’s head coach Chuck Pagano after publicly criticizing his franchise quarterback last week seemed impressed on how Luck was able to overcome his mistakes against the Titans. “He’s a gritty guy and he’s able to move past the bad plays, put them
behind him and put something yard drive that did not take much together like he put together time off the clock. “It was huge. today,” he said. We got up there, and there was a special look in the guys’ eyes, said After starting the season 0-2 Luck on the importance of the 98Pagano is finally seeing things yard drive to pull closer at 27-21. turn around for his team. “We’re “You’re sitting on the 2-yard line. a work in progress,” he said. This is a test. If we can do this, “We’re grateful that we got a win we’ll have a chance, and if we and we got on the board. can’t we won’t have a chance,” he Hopefully now we can go back continued. “It’s good to get a 98and go to work and fix what we yard touchdown drive, and a need to fix and get better next great job by the guys up front. week.” Again, overcoming some penalties in that drive early I think as well, Many things led to the downfall of and what a great job.” the Titans. Up 24-14 they drove to the Colts’ 1-yard line but had to Titans linebacker Zach Brown settle for a field goal. Mariota’s thought it was a missed opportuinterception also helped turn the nity. “If you’re up like that, you tide as well as Luck being able to allow your defense to finish the move the ball effortlessly on a 98- game up. Can’t make silly mis-
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takes,” he said. “When it’s time for you to make a play, you have to make a play. Yes, this one definitely got away from us.” The young Titans are a work in progress. “We’re a very young team and we have to learn how to finish. That’s the bottom line, said Titans linebacker Bryan Orakpo. “We have to learn how to finish. We are still the work in progress, so to speak, because we have so many young guys on this team trying to do the best they can.”
Whisenhunt. “The biggest thing I said to the team today is that they stuck together and they fought and there was a lot of things that that game had a lot of ups and downs, but the one thing about this football team is, we’re a better football team and we’re going to continue to get better and we’re going to win some of these games.”
The Titans bye week comes early this season as they will be off this weekend. They return home October 11 when they host Rex Ryan’s upstart Buffalo Bills. “I think it’s still early. I want them Kickoff is at 1pm and the game to make sure they understand we will be aired on CBS. could’ve been 2-1 and what we have to do to get to 2-2 because I - Dave Weinthal feel like we can do that,” said
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Cowboys Self-Destruct As Falcons Soar Higher “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of hope, the winter of our despair. We had everything before us, we had nothing before us.”
what hit them. To prove the quick score was no fluke, the Cowboys defense stuffed Atlanta and backup quarterback Brandon Weeden – starting for the injured Tony Romo – marched the offense 77 yards in eight plays capped by another Joseph Randall touchdown run.
Somewhere in Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones’ mind, this epic quote written by Charles Dickens 156 years ago was surely bouncing around his head as he witnessed his team totally fall apart in the second half against the Atlanta Falcons, 39-28.
Deftly mixing in runs with short passes, the Cowboys had outgained Atlanta 142 yards to 2 with just eight minutes gone in the contest. Randall had already piled up 86 yards on the ground before Atlanta QB Matt Ryan finally woke up his shocked troops.
The loss more than ended a season Atlanta finally came up with its of hope. It began the winter of the answer to the Dallas blitzkrieg by mounting an efficient offensive Cowboys despair. attack of its own. Ryan finally conDallas had stunned the Atlanta nected with his primary weapon, AllFalcons to open the game when they Pro receiver Julio Jones. Further took just over a minute to post the ammo was provided by running back game’s first score thanks to a bril- Devonta Freeman who continuously liant slice and dice 37-yard run by made lightning quick strikes through Joseph Randall. It happened so fast, the Dallas line on his way to an eventhe Falcons defense never knew tual 141-yard rushing day. The Falcons ENIGMA
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10-play 80-yard drive ended with the paid immediate dividends. He caught first of what would be Freeman’s two passes for 15 and 22 yards taking the last reception down to the onethree touchdown runs on the day. yard line. Randall would leap over a The Cowboys were unfazed by the pile of defenders for his third touchturn of events. They answered the down of the half. Falcons with an impressive 8-play 67yard drive powered by the legs of Darren McFadden’s and the hands of slot receiver Cole Beasley. McFadden’s 2-yard score put the Boys in Blue up by 14 once again. Weeden had completed 16 consecutive passes during this run. He was making the pundits that questioned his ability to win in the days leading up to the game to stop and rethink their position. Then came pass number 17! For some reason, Weeden forced a pass to tight end Jason Witten. It was intercepted by Atlanta safety William Moore. With the ball on the Dallas 23-yard line, the Falcon’s proceeded to once again make this a seven point game with Freeman scoring on It would also be the last scoring higha short run. The Cowboys, however, light the Dallas would enjoy the rest weren’t done teasing their fan base. of the day. Atlanta managed to get within field goal range in the last 40 On the ensuing drive, Weeden found seconds to cut the lead to 28-17 at Beasley for 15 yards. A roughing the half time. The 32-yard field goal by passer call added another 15 and sud- Matt Bryant would start a run of 25 denly the Cowboys were on the 50 consecutive points the Cowboys had with just over two minutes before no answer for. half. Lance Dunbar, the almost forgotten running back, was inserted Cowboy Notes – Brandon Weeden into the two-minute offense drill and set a franchise record by completing
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points with less than two minutes to play in the game, Weeden was flushed from the pocket. Instead of throwing the ball out of bounds to stop the clock, the quarterback slid in bounds to avoid contact. Head Coach Jason Garrett had to burn a precious time out. With an upgraded defense and a fantastic 2015 draft that saw the Cowboys literally snag three first
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round players for the price of one, it was the best of times for Jerry Jones entering the season. Three games in, it has become the worst of times. With the heart of the Cowboy offense gutted by injury – quarterback Tony Romo and receiver Dez Bryant – Dallas is indeed entering the winter of its despair. At the end of last year, the Dallas Cowboys were convinced they had found their 21st Century Triplets in Romo, Bryant and DeMarco Murray. Instead of franchising the NFL rushing leader, they let Murray go to the Eagles in free agency. In all probability, had Murray remained with the team, Dez Bryant and Tony Romo would not be sidelined with injuries right now. The reasoning is quite simple. Romo would have been handing the ball off to Murray on the plays both he and Bryant suffered injuries. Dallas leaned heavily on the run last year to protect Romo and his back. The results of this offensive philosophy resulted in a 12-4 season. The Cowboys weren’t about to change that approach entering 2015, especially with an upgraded defense and the return of All-Pro linebacker Sean Lee. So much for wishful thinking!
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2015 looked to be a season of uncertainty for the Chattanooga Lookouts. The Los Angeles Dodgers pulled up stakes after six seasons in the Scenic City to go west. Longtime owner Frank Burke sold the team weeks prior to the season. Who was going to be the new team in Chattanooga? Would they lose the Lookouts altogether with a new owner? The Lookouts signed a minor league agreement to be the AA-affiliate for the Minnesota Twins. No one was very familiar with the Twins organization. The Twins knew Chattanooga well. The Twins, then the Washington Senators called Chattanooga home over 50 years ago. Under manager Cal Ermer they won a number of league titles that saw future Hall of Famers like Harmon Killebrew come through on their way to the big leagues. People were unfamiliar with the 2015 farm team. They were shockingly surprised to learn that the Twins had more top prospects on their 2015 roster than any other team.
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As the season began this began to be evident. After the first couple of weeks of the season the team caught fire thanks to a number of top prospects like Bryon Bruxton
as the Lookouts cruised to win the the minor leagues. As the second first half and qualify for the play- half started the Twins promoted offs. the Lookouts’ biggest names to bring them to the big show. The With success comes promotion in second half started slow and the Lookouts went on an extended losing streak. But this team was still loaded with prospects and slowly but surely they began to win again. While they didn’t win the second
Baxindale. Baxendale had a 7-5 record in 2015 headed into the playoffs. He pitched five scoreless innings giving up only four hits. Jason Wheeler who pitched the last four innings allowing only one additional hit as the Lookouts won 4-0 relieved him. The night was highlighted by Max Kepler’s towering home run in the third inning to make the score 3-0 at
half they were playing good ball headed into the playoffs. They cruised through the first round of the playoffs winning the five-game series over the Montgomery Biscuits three games to one.
that point. Kepler, runner up for the Southern League batting title has not been having a good series. He was batting only .188 for the series. But all it took was one swing of the bat to forget about it. Hours after the Lookouts celebrated their first title in almost 30 years Kepler got the call from the Twins and was headed to the show.
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The Lookouts moved to the championship series as they faced the Biloxi Shuckers. There was something familiar about this team the Lookouts faced. The Shuckers’ manger Carlos Subero had man- Congratulations to the aged the Lookouts during their Chattanooga Lookouts, the 2015 first three seasons as an affiliate Southern League champs, of the Dodgers. The series was a back and forth battle that went all five games. Game five was played at AT&T Field. It had been 27 years since the Lookouts last won the Southern League title. Back then they were in their first year of being affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds, The Lookouts put their title hopes on the shoulder of pitcher D.J.
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I Want You to Want Cheap Trick If you’ve never seen Cheap Trick in concert… well you haven’t lived and don’t know what you’re missing. The band’s been around over 40 years now and like a fine wine they get better with age. My
frontman and vocalist Robin Zander who every girl had a crush on. Both he and bassist Tom Peterson were the heartthrobs of the band. Then there were the misfits, Rick Nielsen on lead guitar and Bun E.
only disappointment is that Bun E. Carlos no longer tours with the band and there’s some legal wrangling I care to know nothing about going on between the estranged drummer and the rest of the band.
Carlos. Rick was the quintessential geek. With his strange sweaters and ball cap he wore with the bill sticking straight up. Bun was a chubby drummer who dressed like an accountant with a tie and vest. It looked as if he was coming over from his day job to play drums. He was also famous for the cigarette that dangled from his lips as he played. They were quite something to watch.
Enough about the bad stuff, I closed my eyes while at “The Fred” (Fredrick Brown Jr. Amphitheatre) and felt like a kid again. I can remember when I discovered these guys “Live at Budokan”. That album changed my life. Then there was “The Dream Police”, “All Shook Up”, “One on One” and more. They were the American Beatles with the charismatic
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all over town playing “Live at Budokan” at full blast with the sunroof open. Good times. I don’t know whatever happened to Butch after we left college. I know he was enlisted in the military. I hope he’s okay. He is part of one of my favorite days in college due in part to the fact we sang our ass off listening to Cheap Trick.
was there to see my boys. It’s hard to believe these guys aren’t in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They’ve influenced more bands than just about everyone and still continue to kick it. While they didn’t perform “Ain’t That A Shame”, they did perform gems like “Voices”, “She’s Tight” (two of my favorites), as well as the standards, “Dream Police”, “I Want You To Want Me” and Surrender. They finished the night with a two-song encore of “Gonna Raise Hell” and their signature closing song “Goodnight”
And they still are Zander is still a great frontman, Rick grew into his looks and with his never ending array of guitars he brings to every show just watching what guitar he will play is worth the price of admission. On this night they played an abbreviated set as they were opening for Peter Frampton. Sure, Frampton had “Frampton Comes Alive” one of the biggest
40 years and still going strong God bless Cheap Trick.
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Chomped Again So now what? They said this could be the year. But… no… This was not the year that Tennessee snapped its 10year losing streak to Florida. Instead, the Volunteers blew a 13-point lead and lost, 2827. Vols coach Butch Jones has been soundly criticized for not attempting a twopoint conversion before the Gators rallied. Florida took the lead with just 1:26 left when Antonio Callaway turned a deep curl route on fourth-and-14 into a 63-yard touchdown, thanks to a pinpoint pass from fellow freshman Will Grier…
…Josh Dobbs, who let the Vols in passing, rushing and receiving, moved them into field-goal range. But Aaron Medleu missed twice from 55 yards (thanks to a Gator time out, he got a “practice” attempt) with just three seconds left… …My buddy FM and I were at Neyland Stadium the last time Tennessee beat Florida. We had great seats. A business associate of mine was buddies with UT’s athletic director at the time. We sat right on the 50-yard-line and about 50 rows up. James
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misplaced. How do you let your opponents throw for a 63-yard touchdown on you when it’s fourth-and-14? Poor play by the Vols’ secondary, that’s what happened. The Gators converted all five of …So much for my trip down their fourth-down tries in the memory lane. Back to game, including three in the Tennessee’s loss to Florida fourth quarter… and their prospects for the rest of the season. According …There were some positives to STATS, LLC, there have for the Vols. Dobbs continues been six college football to be a difference maker. He games this season in which a turned into a receiver on a team lost after leading by tricky halfback pass and double digits in the fourth turned his reception into a quarter. UT has lost two of 58-yard touchdown. He also those six. The Vols also blew ran 18 times for 135 yards. a double-digit lead against Running back Jalen Hurd Oklahoma earlier this month. scampered for 102 yards and They need to learn how to two touchdowns. Medley was close out a game... or it’s very, very close on his secgoing to be a long, frustrating ond attempt at a game-winseason… ning field goal. Tennessee can still be a better than …After the loss to Florida, average team in the SEC East Tennessee’s odds of making this season… it to the SEC championship game are slender to nonex- …Trutfully, that’s a realistiistent. They’ve got Arkansas cally hopeful expectation for at home this Saturday, Tennessee just about every Georgia at home the Saturday season. That national chamafter that and then a week pionship back in 1998 gave off before traveling to Vols fans an unrealistic perTuscaloosa to face Bama. ception of their football proJones doesn’t have time to gram. It doesn’t take much to dwell on the loss, but I’m inspire delusions of grandeur sure he’s second-guessing into the Big Orange Nation. himself on that conversion But this isn’t going to be the call. I think he was showing year that Tennessee gets confidence in his defense by back to the conference title just going for the one point. game… Unfortunately for the coach and legions of Big Orange - Mark Bedford fans, that confidence was
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RRU UM MO OU URR H HAASS IITT… … …A Chattanooga landmark is calling it a day. Mom’s Italian Villa is closing its doors after serving some of the best pizza and Muffalettas around. Many a generation came in for lunch as “Mom” held court in her restaurant. After working the restaurant for decades the family has decided they needed a break and will not only close the restaurant, but sell the building as well. So long to a longtime Chattanooga favorite. …Rhythm and Brews closed their doors after almost 20 years of bringing live music downMii kkee town. Club manager M Doouugghhee rr has taken a similar posiD tion with the new Revelry Room at the Choo Choo. No word on if any of the staff will follow him there. Our only question is who gets custody of the Velcro Pygmies? …You can forget about Kee llll yy CCll aarr kkss oonn on stage any seeing K time soon. After canceling a handful of U.S. dates earlier this month, the singer announced Friday that she’s on vocal rest through the end of the year. …Organizers say a massive electronic dance music festival will offer refunds for Sunday ticketholders after bad weather made the event inaccessible to them on the final day. TomorrowWorld officials said in an email that Sunday tickets will be refunded entirely and automatically, including service, ship-
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his latest holiday album – Once Again It’s Christmas – last week. But Rogers had more on his mind than just his new LP. RRooggeerr ss told “Today” that he’s stepping away from the music business so he can spend more time with his family. An announcement from his PR rep notes that details about RRoogg eerr ss’’ final world tour will be revealed in the coming months. The last stop of the tour will take place at the “Today” show.
1. Ben Folds 2. David Gilmour 3. Jason Isbell 4. Halsey 5. Beck 6. Albert Hammond Jr. 7. Jr. Jr. 8. Chris Cornell 9. Keith Richards 10. Widespread Panic 11. Glen Hansard 12. Collective Soul 13. My Morning Jacket 14. Frank Turner 15. G. Love & Special Sauce 16. Wilco 17. Courtney Barnett 18. Grace Potter 19. Beach House 20. Hippo Campus
ADVENTURE PICKS 1. Ryan Adams 2. Harry Connick Jr. 3. Sam Smith
…The first details of Kuurrtt CCoobbaaii nn album Montage Of K Heck: The Home Recordings have been confirmed. The album will be released on November 13 as a 31-track deluxe record or as a 13track standard edition. A 7-inch featuring CCoobbaaii nn covering TThhee BBeeaa ttllee ss’’ “And I Love Her” will also be released on December 4. A tracklist for either version of the album is yet to be confirmed. The 31-track deluxe soundtrack showcases tracks from the documentary including spoken word, demos and full songs. The 13-track standard soundtrack focuses on the music discovered on CCoobbaaii nn’’ss personal cassettes. The soundtrack will also be available in deluxe and standard digital editions.
Smithers will finally open up to his boss about his feelings for other men. “In Springfield now, most people know he’s gay, but obviously BBuurrnnss doesn’t,” executive producer A All JJeeaann told TVLine. “We deal with that in two episodes... We actually do a lot with SSm mii tthheerr ss this year - he gets fed up with BBuurrnnss not appreciating him and considers his options.” frontman …SS llii ppkknnoott CCoorr eeyy TTaayyll oorr will appear in an upcoming episode of Doctor Who. The Mirror recently reported that the metal singer will voice the character of The Fisher King in an episode which will air October 3. The character has been described as an “alien warlord”. TTaayy lloorr - a keen fan of the BBC show - has since confirmed the news via Twitter, writing, “You have NO idea how hard it’s been to keep
…Supermarket chain Aldi has launched its own music streaming service called Aldi Life Musik. The platform, which includes Napster’s full streaming catalogue, launched last week in the company’s home land of Germany. It is not yet known whether there are plans for the service to expand to the UK or other territories. …M Mrr SSm mii tthhee rr ss, loyal Mrr.. BBuurrnnss, executive assistant to M will finally come out as gay during the new season of The Simpsons. Because of his unwavering devotion to Mr BBuurr nnss, some of the show’s producers have previously miitthheerr ss as “BBuurrnnss-sexdescribed SSm ual” as opposed to homosexual. However, during the new season ENIGMA
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this awesome secret”. …TThhee SS ttrr ookkeess have revealed that they are back in the studio working on new music. The band released their last album Comedown Machine in 2013, with frontman JJ uullii aa nn CCaa ss aabbll aa nnccaa ss recently revealing that the band are working on new music. CCaass aabbll aannccaa ss has now offered fans an update during the band’s headlining set at Landmark Music Festival in Washington, DC on September 27, with several giggoers in attendance confirming the news via Twitter. If you know any truths, half-truths or outright lies about the music and club scene send it to Sissy Vance c/o rumoursmill@enigmaonline.com.
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11997755:: Drummer Al Jackson Jr. is shot to death in his Memphis home...the pulse of Booker T. & The MGs—the Stax Records house band—-Jackson played on dozens of soul hits...police initially suspect Jackson’s wife who had shot him the previous July...the case remains unsolved…
11995599:: Berry Gordy’s new Motown Records scores its first pop chart success with The Miracles’ doowop-flavored “Bad Girl” managing to reach the #93 spot on the Top 100…future Motown hits will begin taking on poppier tempos…another entry on the chart this week is “Stay” by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs that will eventually wind up in the top slot…with a running time of just 1:37 it has the distinction of being the shortest chart topper ever… 11996622:: Bob Dylan plays a showcase at Carnegie Hall before a “crowd” of 53… 11996655:: Bob Dylan’s back at Carnegie Hall with a new backup band…composed of four Canadians and a drummer from Arkansas, the band, which previously backed swamp rocker Ronnie Hawkins and toured as Levon and the Hawks, will soon become much better known as The Band… 11996677:: The previously sedate British Broadcasting Company discovers rock and launches its new BBC Radio 1 service…the first song played is The Move’s “Flowers in the Rain” spun by DJ Tony Blackburn, formerly of Radio Caroline—one of the offshore pirate stations shut down by the U.K.…this same day The Beatles new John Lennon song “I Am the Walrus” is mixed at Abbey Road…it includes the sound of a radio being tuned to several sta-
tions then coming to rest on a BBC production of King Lear…when Lennon learns that that a teacher at his old primary school is having students analyze Beatles’ lyrics, he adds a verse of nonsense words…this same week police raid the Grateful Dead house in Haight Ashbury...Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bob Weir are arrested along with band manager Danny Rifkin and six friends…though they had no warrant, the cops knock down the front door then confiscate pot, money and files belonging to the band as well as the HaightAshbury Legal Organization whose office is part of this den of iniquity...after everyone has been bailed out the next morning, the band hosts a press conference in their living room...when manager Rifkin is asked how long it took to grow his hair, Rifkin produces a large, frothy bowl of whipped cream, which he says has been reserved for the first reporter to ask a stupid question...when the reporter cringes, Rifkin relents…
11997788:: Aerosmith bails 30 fans out of jail after they’re busted for smoking pot at an Indiana concert… 11998866:: CBS news anchor Dan Rather is accosted while walking down Park Avenue in New York by a mentally unstable citizen who asks over and over, “Kenneth, what’s the frequency?”....his assailant is a diagnosed psychotic who suspects the media of beaming hostile messages at him, and wants Rather to tell him the frequency being used in the nefarious plot...nearly ten years later R.E.M. will write a song loosely based on the event titled “What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?”…
11997766:: Jerry Lee Lewis nearly lives up to his nickname while taking a little target practice at a soda bottle with his .357 magnum...The Killer completely misses the bottle instead shooting his bass player, Norman “Butch” Owens, twice in the chest...Owens lives to sue Lewis, who is also criminally charged with shooting a firearm within city limits...it’s Jerry Lee’s 41st birthday…this same week, on SNL, John Belushi performs a dead-on impersonation of Joe Cocker singing “Feeling Alright”…the soul-rock- 11998899:: Neil Young appears on
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Saturday Night Live and delivers an incendiary version of “Rockin’ In The Free World”...the performance will make the 25th SNL Anniversary list of all-time best musical guest appearances...focused, raw, and electric, critics hail it as one of the most intense live television music performances ever and proclaim Young to be back from his forays into rockabilly and electronics… 11999900 :: Record store owner Charles Freeman of Fort Lauderdale is convicted on obscenity charges for selling the 2 Live Crew rap album Nasty As They Wanna Be...he is fined $2,000… 11999911:: Following the theft of Michael Jackson’s crystal-beaded glove from the Motown Museum in Detroit, rapper M.C. Hammer offers a $50,000 reward for the relic’s return… 11999922:: Sinead O’Connor puts a serious crimp in her career when she appears on Saturday Night Live…after singing an acapella version of Bob Marley’s “War” in which she inserts a verse about sexual abuse in the Catholic church, the Irish singer tears up a photo of Pope John Paul II and says, “Fight the real enemy”…the studio audience goes dead quiet and NBC cuts to a commercial…the network is fined $2.5 million by the FCC…
11999933:: B-52’s singer Kate Pierson is charged with criminal mischief and trespassing for her involvement in an anti-fur protest at the New York offices of fashion magazine Vogue… 11999944:: Guitar wizard Danny Gatton, much respected by fellow musicians but otherwise a severely underappreciated maestro, commits suicide in the face of financial problems and a canceled record deal with Elektra…
11999955:: Mariah Carey’s single Buckingham releases Under the “Fantasy” debuts at No. 1 on the Skin to critical acclaim…it’s his pop chart—a first for a female first solo album in 14 years… act… 2200 0077:: Bruce Springsteen gives his 11999977:: A Wu-Tang fan files suit hometown supporters a thrill after Method Man leaps off the when he and the E Street Band stage and lands on her, knocking play a rehearsal show at the Asbury Park her unconscious....the fan, diminutive Juanita Evans, says she was dis- Convention Hall as a warm-up for tracted by Redman and therefore a world tour...The Boss warns the didn’t see the flying Method crowd that “There may be some mistakes. But I doubt it.”...also Man… this week, Village Music in Mill 11999988:: A truckload of big-name Valley, California closes its doors musicians appear on The Drew after a run of nearly 60 Carey Show in an episode titled years...beloved by record collec“La Ramada Vida”...they all tors for its hard-to-find rock, appear as themselves, trying out jazz, blues, and country records for lead guitarist of Carey’s and memorabilia, the store has band...contenders include Joey fallen victim to the changing face Ramone, Slash, Dusty Hill, Roy of music retailing...in its final Clark, Jonny Lang, Lisa Loeb, days, B.B. King, an avid collector, Matthew Sweet, Dave Mustaine, makes a travel detour in order to visit the shop one last time…Elvis Rick Nielsen and Joe Walsh… Costello called Village Music “the 22000022:: Robbie Williams signs with greatest record collecting store EMI Records for an unprecedent- in the world” in the liner notes ed £80 million…asked what he plans to do with all that cash, the hugely popular Brit musician says, “I’m going to count it”… 22000044:: Proving that rockers are really kids at heart, Wilco, Motörhead, Avril Lavigne, The Flaming Lips, The Shins, and Ween contribute tunes to the soundtrack for the film SpongeBob SquarePants...all the artists produced new songs for the film except weird-pop wizards Ween, who merely select a song from their water-centric 1997 album The Mollusk…meanwhile in London, an American collector pays $215,000 for a custom-built drum kit that had belonged to Keith Moon… 22000066:: Elton John is joined by, among others, Elvis Costello, Moby, Liv Tyler, and Neil Young in a fundraiser for his AIDS charity...Young wows the crowd with an acoustic set that includes a duet with John on “Your Song”...also this week, Lindsey ENIGMA
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for his 1995 album, Kojak Variety… 220 00 088:: One of the last digital holdouts throws in the towel when Rhapsody starts offering Kid Rock’s catalog online… 220 01111:: In a study of the catchiest songs of all time, musicologist Dr. Alisun Pawley identifies four common traits: long and detailed musical phrases, multiple pitch changes in the song’s hook, male vocalists, and high male voices making a noticeable vocal effort…Pawley’s catchiest song ever?…Queen’s “We are the Champions”… 220 01122:: Lisa Marie Presley is spotted in East Sussex, England serving up fish and chips from a food truck called Mr. Chippy…Presley, a recent immigrant to the UK, is keen to experience life as it’s lived by the British according to the owner of the van…