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say or what opinions to have. I don’t agree with everything they write, but I respect their right to express their opinions. I want to remind everyone about the Shrine Circus the first week of October— it’s for a great cause.
As I sit here waiting for my appointment time many things cross my mind. Let me share some of them with you…
Glad to see my friend Mike Hicks is in his new place at Car Express. Wants all his friends to go by and see him. What a wizard he is on fixing bad credit the fact that we try to print in Why is there still a high-rise and getting you in a car. the fashion of a free press. We ghetto downtown (Hotel Patten)? Why doesn’t the city We here at Enigma are proud of do not tell our writers what to build decent places for these people to live in? With all the condos and apartments going in downtown, would the Patten make a great one? I shed a tear every time I pass Market and MLK and remember the beautiful trees they destroyed for the new park… what a waste of money. Do you think the new park will get any more use than the old? Are people on bikes trying to get hit by cars? Some of them seem to dare you to run them over. I still can’t get used to calling UTC the Mockingbirds—really?? Where are they going to park all the cars that all this new construction is going to need? Have you noticed how hard it is opening packages these days? You need a razor blade, knife, or scissors. When is the government going to step in and stop the airlines from ripping people off? The prices they charge for baggage, seat selection, etc., is a crime. ENIGMA
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It’s almost leaf turning time, get out and enjoy them. Well, enough from me. Until next month, Paul E. Burke Sr.| Publisher
Dear Rocco, Are you as mobilized as me? Are you ready to fight to power? Are you ready to take Trump down with us? AF
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Dear Rocco, There is a girl I like who has a boyfriend. He plays on a team with me. He and I get along real well. She asked me if would I go out with her and I said that I would. I asked her about her relationship with her boyfriend. She said it was on again off again and she didn’t know where it was going. I don’t really know what she wants from me. We are from different races but it doesn’t seem Dear Rocco, What’s the biggest difference to matter to her. I don’t know between the Democrat and whether she is serious. What should I do? Republcian Pary? DK JT
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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Do not let lovers cost you money or take advantage of you. Joining organizations will provide you with stimulating romantic contacts. Don’t let your emotions get out of hand. Don’t hesitate to visit someone who hasn’t been well. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) You may as well work on projects that will allow you to make progress. Try to avoid being extravagant this month. Don’t count on others to cover up for your shortcomings. It might be best to spend time fixing up your premises and
making changes that will be appreci- Don’t share your dilemma with those you work with. Use your ated. added discipline to get what you Your luckiest events this month will want. You may find yourself in an uncomfortable situation if you have occur on a Monday. overloaded your plate unintentionally. Physical work or exercise GEMINI should be part of your schedule. (May 22-June 21) Communicate with relatives who may need advice in order to find Your luckiest events this month will solutions to their existing problems. occur on a Wednesday. It’s hard to stay mad if the object of the anger refuses to react. Your LEO doubt could lead to insecurity. (July 23-Aug 22) Arguments with relatives may lead Interaction with colleagues will only be upsetting. Gambling will be a to a split in the family. waste of time and money. Do what Your luckiest events this month will you can to help them but don’t neglect your own family. Insincere gesoccur on a Saturday. tures of friendliness may be misleading. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday.
ers. Your outgoing charm and obvious talent will be admired. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Try not to be too aggressive or judgmental when talking to your mate. Put your efforts into job advancement. You must try to lay your cards on the table. Talk to your mate and tell them how you feel. You will be able to borrow money in order to invest. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) You can make life easier for an older member of your family. Don’t torment yourself. Disharmony in the home will be extremely stressful. VIRGO You’ll find it easy to charm members (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) You can bet that you’ll draw atten- of the opposite sex this month. You tion to yourself. You need to be will reap the rewards for your kind inspired and have your spirits lifted. actions. Be sure to sidestep those who are eccentric or unpredictable. You can Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday. change your living arrangements. Your luckiest events this month will AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) occur on a Thursday. Exhaustion will lead to minor injury if you don’t know when to quit. You LIBRA will profit from home improvement (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Lowered vitality could affect your projects and real estate deals. work. Opportunities may come up at Travel if it’s needed to start the ball prestigious affairs. Tempers may rolling. Try to include friends and flare if you haven’t been completely relatives in your activities. honest about your intentions or your whereabouts. You will attract Your luckiest events this month will members of the opposite sex readi- occur on a Wednesday. ly. PISCES Your luckiest events this month will (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) You will attract new love interests. occur on a Saturday. You are best not to nag or criticize. You can make new connections if SCORPIO you play your cards right. You (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Your tendency to overreact could should get into programs that will get you into trouble. You need to get enhance your appearance and help down to basics with regard to your- you to be the best that you can. self. You will be emotional when dealing with coworkers or employ- Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday.
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Divided States of America I don’t watch “60 Minutes” very often. I used to love it, especially back in the days of Andy Rooney. (Yes, I realize I’m dating myself with that observation.) In any event, I watched “60 Minutes” almost in its entirety this past Sunday…
segment focused on the human cost of the hurricane and its ensuing floods. Particularly poignant for me was a segment showing a man who was emptying his house of the assorted trash left behind after a flood that was higher than he was tall. The man was 6-3. His wife was a seamstress. He looked through a box of waterlogged papers… all of his wife’s sewing patterns, going back to her days in high school. It was heartbreaking…
...One segment offered updates on life in Houston as they try to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. I think it will be a while before they can come up with a dollar figure for the total cost of returning ...But the most memorable Houston to some sense of segment in last Sunday’s edinormalcy. The “60 Minutes” tion of “60 Minutes” was the
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debut of Oprah Winfrey as a special correspondent for the show. Oprah was facilitating a focus group discussion between those who had voted for Donald Trump and those who didn’t. A focus groups specialist pulled the two groups together and paid each of the participants $100. It was clear early on that none of the group members were in it for the money… ...As you might expect, the debate got a bit heated at times. But, for the most part, the focus group kept its opinions civil. Unsurprisingly, the pro-Trump side of the table thought that all of the investigations into the possible Trump-Russia connections were much ado about nothing. The anti-Trump side
thought it was absolutely imperative to fully investigate the presidential election and any possible involvement by the Russians and/or anyone in the Trump presidential campaign. Despite such divisions, both sides agreed that they were frustrated that their Senators and Congressfolk couldn’t do what they did: sit at a table and talk. Try to reach common ground for the benefit of the country. Oprah said several of the panel members from both sides got together and went to dinner after the discussion wound down. They paid for those dinners out of their own pockets, so that’s where some of each member’s $100 went...
cave to have missed all of the coverage of National Football League players “taking a knee” during the playing of the national anthem before their respective games. To say there has been a bit of a hullabaloo over these protests would be the understatement of the century. Unlike the racist protests in Charlottesville, I genuinely think there are good people on both sides of this debate. I can see why a lot of Americans are proud of our nation’s flag and consider the (mostly black) NFL players’ kneeling protests to be “disrespectful.” But… think about it. Can you imagine a more peaceful protest than a field full of professional football players… many of ...You’d have to be living in a whom could kill most men
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with their bare hands… kneeling reverently, with their helmets in hand? Me neither… ...Is it going to take a war with North Korea (or someone else) to bring the country together? I hope not. We, as a nation, are facing an unprecedented amount of hurricane recovery. Racial tensions are running high. Health care (or the lack of it) is a major concern for many Americans. Several members of Oprah’s focus group thought the (formerly?) United States of America might be on the brink of a new Civil War. Could they be right? Again… I hope not…
— Mark Bedford
A British cyclist set a new world record by biking around the world in less than 80 days. Ultraendurance cyclist Mark Beaumont rode his bicycle 18,000 miles, across 16 different countries in 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes to set the Guinness World Record for fastest circumnavigation by bicycle. “This has been, without doubt, the most punishing challenge I have ever put my body and mind through,” Beaumont said. He began the journey in France on July 2 and
made his way through frigid subzero winters in Australia and New Zealand and the possibility of lingering bad weather in the United States from Hurricane Irma before ending the feat by rolling through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Beaumont broke the previous world record of 123 days and 43 minutes held by Andrew Nicholson from New Zealand, on the path he dubbed the “Artemis World Cycle.” During the journey he also broke a world records for the farthest distance cycled in one month with 7,031 miles. “This was a fantastic milestone to achieve during the
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challenge of getting around the world in eighty days. I hope it is used as a marker for other cyclists made out of sand - featuring everyto go and smash in the near thing your dream hostel would future,” he said. include: an outdoor bar, beach volleyball, comfy beds, good vibes, DJs A handful of lucky winners were and live music,” the hostel’s given the opportunity to stay in a Facebook page states. Denis hostel made entirely out of sand in “Sandman” Masoud used 24 tons of Australia. Mad Max and The Blue sand to craft the unique hostel feaLagoon World production designer turing an eight-bed dorm and a priJon Dowding designed the “Sand vate double room. A total of 10 Hostel” on The Gold Coast, people were chosen to stay at the Kurrawa Terrace. “Hostelworld pop-up hostel, complete with free North America and Destination food, drinks and other luxuries. Gold Coast have transformed beautiful Broadbeach into a hostel A groom in the United Kingdom
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thought his bride was very generous when she offered to arrange his bachelor party. However, the deceitful woman had other plans as she ran away with money and called off the wedding. Chris Mahone, 27, and his friends were excited to travel to Ibiza, Spain, to celebrate his bachelor party. The group of 29 friends paid a total of 13,200 British pounds (about $17,500) for the airline tickets and hotel rooms. However, when the group arrived at the LeedsBradford airport, they learned that they had been conned by the bride, 29-year-old Rachel Doran. Doran had given the men documents, which appeared to be from a tour company, but they turned out to be fake. After learning that their tickets were never paid for, the groom called the hotel, where they were supposed to stay, and he learned that the rooms were never booked either. When Mahone tried called his fiancee for an explanation, she had vanished from the home they shared, and she went into hiding. Since some of the men had taken time off from work, they decided to go ahead with their planned trip despite losing their money to Doran’s scam. However, the brokenhearted groom was not in the mood of going on a trip. He went home to file a police report against Doran. Mahone posted a message on Facebook, in which he apologized to his friends. “I totally want to apologize to all my fantastic mates who were going to celebrate what was supposed to be my stag do. I can’t apologize enough. I’m sorry boys, I really am.” Prosecutors in Switzerland are investigating mysterious instances involving thousands of euro bills turning up in toilets. The first bundle of 500 euro bills turned up several months ago in a bathroom near a UBS Group AG bank vault at a branch in Geneva. Days later even more banknotes appeared inside toilets at nearby restaurants causing damage that required expensive repairs to unclog the pipes. Police have collected tens of thousands of euros — many appar-
ently cut with scissors — from the pipes and are working to determine where the mystery bills came from. “We are not so interested in the motive but we want to be sure of the origin of the money,” Vincent Derouand, of the Geneva prosecutor’s office, said. Derouand added neither throwing away the bills, nor clogging the toilet are considered crimes and there was no reason to believe the money was obtained nefariously.
ity. After they were released on bail, the couple addressed their 4,180 subscribers and friends. “To all my friends and followers. My wife and I bailed out of jail for our public videos we posted on Pornhub. Hopefully, we’ll get to post a new video soon.” In the “About Us” section on Pornhub, the
Firefighters in a German city said it took about three hours to free a man who had “a very sensitive part of the body” stuck in the center hole of a dumbbell weight. The Feuerwehr Worms Fire Department said in a Facebook post that firefighters responded to a hospital in the appropriately named city of Worms after a man at a local gym ended up with a dumbbell disc stuck around his penis. The firefighters said it took them about three hours to break through the 5.5-pound weight using tools including a grinder and a hydraulic saw. The post included a photo of the dumbbell weight broken into five pieces. “Please do not imitate such actions!” the Facebook post said. A couple was arrested for having sex in public places and recording the acts. The two are facing obscenity charges after they were busted for having sex in a Louisiana public library, and then uploading the videos to their Pornhub page, according to police. Police said they received a report of the two, recording themselves performing sex acts on each other inside the library. The videos were then uploaded them to the porn site. As a result, police arrested 35year-old Rex Jernigan and his wife Elizabeth, 33. Police also learned the couple recorded themselves in various other businesses throughout the City of Houma and Terrebonne Parish, including a Walmart and Burger King. They then uploaded the videos to Pornhub. The Jernigans were charged with six counts of obscenENIGMA
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couple wrote in part: “the more attention we receive, the more we’ll post.” A GoFundMe account was created for the couple. The GoFundMe page is named: sexybeast82 & laylaDevin. The account reads: “Please help this couple in their time of need! Every nickel helps!”
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ERIK GRIFFIN
FANS OF THE HIT COMEDY CENTRAL SERIES “WORKAHOLICS” INSTANTLY RECOGNIZE ERIK GRIFFIN AS THE SHOW'S ICONIC SERIES REGULAR MONTEZ. HE MOST RECENTLY STARRED AS RALPH ON SHOWTIME NETWORK'S 'I'M DYING UP HERE'
OCTOBER 12-14
DALE JONES
DALE'S MACHINE GUN STYLE DELIVERY AND ANIMATED FACIALS COMBINED WITH QUICK IMPROVISATIONS AND NON-STOP PHYSICAL COMEDY HAS LED TO TV APPEARANCES ON FOX, THE COMEDY NETWORK IN CANADA AND IN THE MOVIE “OUT OF TIME” WITH DENZEL WASHINGTON.
OCTOBER 15/16
MARLON WAYANS
MARLON WAYANS IS AN ACTOR, PRODUCER, COMEDIAN, WRITER AND FILM DIRECTOR. HIS FILMS HAVE GROSSED MORE THAN $736MILLION IN DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE, AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY $50-MILLION PER OUTING. AS A STANDUP COMEDIAN, HE IS SELLING OUT NATIONWIDE AND ADDING SHOWS EVERY WEEKEND.
OCTOBER 19-22
DEAN NAPOLITANO
DEAN NAPOLITANO IS A HILARIOUS STAND-UP COMEDIAN, DEAN IS ALSO A RECOGNIZABLE ACTOR WHO HAS MADE OVER 50 TV AND MOVIE APPEARANCES. DEAN IS THE CO-STAR OF THE INTERNET SITCOM “HOLLYWOOD HANDYMAN” AND A COMEDY CORRESPONDENT FOR ABC'S GOOD MORNING AMERICA.
OCTOBER 26-29
JANET WILLIAMS
THE TENNESSEE TRAMP IS A LOCAL FAVORITE HERE IN CHATTANOOGA. JANET DOESN'T HOLD ANYTHING BACK ABOUT HER VIEWS ON MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, MEN, AND WOMEN. SHE TAKES HER COMEDY TO THE EDGE AND OVER THE TOP.
NOVEMBER 2-5
J CHRIS NEWBERG
J CHRIS NEWBERG SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS LIFE ON OR OFF STAGE HONING HIS CRAFT AS A COMIC, MUSICIAN AND WRITER. STARTING OUT AS A BAR MUSICIAN IN DETROIT AND STUDYING IMPROVISATION AT THE SECOND CITY PARKING AVAILABLE IN THE CHOO CHOO LOT, CARTA GARAGE, OR REPUBLIC PARKING LOTS
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SSA ATTU U RRD DA AYY O Occttoobbeerr 77 This month’s calendar covers events for October and beyond. 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@enigmaonline.com. All dates subject to change without notice.
SSU UN ND DA AYY O Occttoobbee rr 11 SSK KYY ZZO OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Shaun Jones ALLLLEEN A NA ARREEN NA A (Nashville) “Air 1 Positive Hits Tour” Skillet, Britt Nicole, Colton Dixon, Tauren Wells, Gawvi RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) David Gray, Allison Krauss D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) The Chris Robinson Brotherhood CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) Nothing More, My Ticket Home, Hell or Highwater, As Lions TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Hollywood Undead
MO M ON ND DA AYY O Occttoobbeerr 22 TTRREE M MO ON NTT TT A AVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Trivia Night FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Paramore, Best Coast TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) MuteMath, Colony House, Romes RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) David Gray, Alison Krauss
TTU U EESSD DA AYY O Occttoobbeerr 33 TTRREE M MO ON NTT TT A AVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) David Liebe Hart ZZIIG GG GYY ’’SS M MU USS IICC BBO O XX (Chattanooga) Daikaiju, Genki Genki Panic, Silver Tongued Devilz, Praymantha RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) MuteMath TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) STS9, Sunsquabi TTH H EE CCO ON NCC O OU U RRSS EE (Knoxville) Twiztid, Moonshine Bandits, Blaze Ya Dead Home, Whitney Peyton, Andrew W. Boss TTH H EE IIN NTT EERRN NA ATTIIO ON NA ALL (Knoxville) “College Weekly Gameday Tour” Chiddy Bang, Lost Kings, Scrvp, Xuitcase City, Matt Murdock, Backpack Kid IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Foster the People TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) 2 Chainz, Young Dolph
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WEED W DN NEESSD DA AYY O Occtt oobbeerr 44 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy TTIIVVO O LLII TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) Kansas SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D’’ SS (Chattanooga) Chris Knight CCLLYY D DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Van Gordon Martin ALLAABBAA M A MAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) The Head and the Heart IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) MuteMath CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Paul Kelly ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) The xx, Perfume Genius EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) The Wailers BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Whitney Cummings TTH H EE M M IILLLL && M M IIN NEE (Knoxville) STS9, Jade Cicada
TTH HU U RRSSD DA AYY O Occtt oobbee rr 55 SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Erik Griffin BBEE SSSSIIEE SSM MIITT H H CC U ULLTT U URRAALL CC EEN N TT EERR (Chattanooga) All Crows Eat Grass VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Hard Working Americans EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Vance Gilbert TTH H EE CC O OCC AA CC O O LLAA RRO OXXYY (Atlanta) The Head And The Heart, The Shelters FFRRA AN NK KLLII N N TT H HEE AATTRREE (Franklin, TN) Michael Martin Murphy SSA ATTU U RRN N (Birmingham) Less Than Jake
FFRRIID DA AYY O Occtt oobbeerr 66 SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Erik Griffin RRO O SSSS’’ LLAAN ND D IIN NG G (Chattanooga) “Three Sisters Music Festival” FFIIRRSSTT TT EEN NN N EESSSS EEEE PPAAVVIILL IIO ON N (Chattanooga) The Crystal Method, The Bloody Beetroots, Paper Diamond RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) The Weeks, Junior Astronomers BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Ed Sheeran RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen CCA ARRLL BBLLAACC K K CC H H EEVVYY W WO OO OD DSS AAM MPPH HII TTH H EEAATT RREE ATT FF O A ON N TTEE N NEELL (Whites Creek, TN) “Kid Rock’s Fish Fry” Kid Rock MEERRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Less Than Jake FFRRA AN NK KLLII N N TT H HEE AATTRREE (Franklin, TN) Atlanta Rhythm Section
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SSK KYY ZZO OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Erik Griffin JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) The Dead Deads, Sound and Shape, MYRGLD CC LLYY D DEE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Of Good Nature VVEERRIIZZ O ON NW WIIRREE LLEESSSS AAM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) “Rock 100.5 / Kicks 101.5 Crock Fest” ZZ Top, Toby Keith, Midland, Cracker IIN N FFIIN N IITTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band October 7 EE A ASSTT AATTLL AAN NTT AA VVIILLLLAAG G EE (Atlanta) “Project Pabst” Powder Room, Peaches, The Internet, Iggy Pop, Glare, Gentleman Jesse, Dinosaur Jr., Withered, The Coathangers, Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics, The Vincas, Watch the Duck, The Difference Machine, DiCaprio, A Drug Called Tradition, Rmblr, Illegal Drugs TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Manchester Orchestra CC O OBBBB EE N NEE RRG GYY PPEERRFF O ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Rickey Smiley TT H HEE AAM MPP (Carrollton, GA) 38 Special BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Ed Sheeran RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ M AARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) J.J. Grey & Mofro CC A ARRLL BBLLAACC K K CC H HEE VVYY W WO OO OD DSS A AM M PPH HIITT H H EEA ATT RREE ATT FFO A ON NTT EEN N EELL (Whites Creek, T) “Kid Rock’s Fish Fry” Kid Rock ALLAABBAAM A M AA TT H HEEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Wilco, Margaret Glaspy
UPPCC O U OM M IIN NG G EEVVEEN NTTSS TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Erik Griffin October 8 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Chiffon October 8 TT H HEE CC O OCC AA CC O OLLAA RRO OXXYY (Atlanta) Harry Styles October 8 FF O OXX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Wilco October 8 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Ambrosia October 8 G EEO G O RRG GIIAA RRAAII LLRRO OAAD D FFRREEIIG GH HTT D D EEPPO O TT (Atlanta) “A3C Independent Hip-Hop Fest” Saba, Nas, Ghostface Killah, Just Blaze, Kirk Knight, Jay Idk, Joyner Lucas October 8 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Ambrosia October 8 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Kevin Smith October 8 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Sam Killed the Bear, Godless North, Brian Milligram, Tessa Lynn Plank October 9 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Sza, Smino,
Ravyn Lenae October 9 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jason Isbell October 9 KN K NO OXXVVIILLLLEE CCII VVIICC AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Knoxville) Halestorm, New Years Day, Starset October 10 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jason Isbell October 10 TT H HEE CCO O CC AA CC O OLLAA RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) J Balvin October 10 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Head For the Hills, Magic Birds October 11 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jason Isbell October 11 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Thievery Corporation October 11 IIN N FFIIN NII TTEE EEN N EERRG GYY CC EEN N TT EERR (Duluth, GA) Gorillaz October 11 HEE AAVVEEN H N AATT TTH H EE M M AASSQ QU UEERRAAD D EE (Atlanta) KMFDM, Lord Of The Lost, Ohgr October 11 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Alvvays, Nap Eyes October 11 TT H HEE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Dinosaur Jr. October 11 TT U USSCC AALLO OO OSSAA AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson October 11 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Dale Jones October 12 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Will Hoge October 12 BBEESSSS IIEE SSM M IITT H H CC U ULL TTU U RRAALL CCEE N NTT EERR (Chattanooga) The Nth Power October 12 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Jerry Douglas October 12 MEE RRCCEE D M DEE ZZ BBEEN N ZZ SS TTAAD D IIU UM M (Atlanta) Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood October 12 DRRU D UN NK KEE N NU UN N IICC O ORRN N (Atlanta) Matt Pond PA October 12 HEE AAVVEEN H N AATT TTH H EE M M AASSQ QU UEERRAAD D EE (Atlanta) The Devil Wears Prada, Veil of Maya, Thousand Below October 12 O PPEE N O N CC H HO ORRD DM MU USSII CC (Knoxville) Sponge October 12 FFRRA AN NK KLLIIN N TTH H EEAATT RREE (Franklin, TN) Melissa Manchester October 12 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Dinosaur Jr., Easy Action October 12 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Dale Jones October 13 CC LLYYD D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Tree Tops October 13 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Town Mountain, Dead 27s October 13 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jason Isbell October 13 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Chris Stapleton, Brent Cobb, Brothers Osborne October 13 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Conor Oberst, The Felice Brothers October 13 UAABB’’ SS AALLYY SS SSTT EE PPH U HEEN N SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Birmingham) The Robert Cray Band October 13 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Alvvays October 13 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Jodah & the Lion October 13 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Thievery Corporation October 13 CC O OBBBB EE N NEERRG G YY PPEERRFFO O RRM MIIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) Travis Tritt October 13 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE AATT RREE (Knoxville) Scott Miller, The Steel Wheels October 13 HAA RRRRAAH H H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CC AASSIIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Willie Nelson October 13 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Dale Jones October 14
RRO OBBEERRTT K KII RRK KW WA ALLK KEE RR CCO OM MM MU UN NII TTYY TT H HEE -ATTRREE (Chattanooga) Delbert McClinton A October 14 CCLLYY D D EE’’SS (Chattanooga) Josiah & The Greater Good October 14 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Drivin’ N Cryin’ October 14 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Trevor Noah October 14 CCH HA ASSTT A AIIN N PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Willie Nelson October 14 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (( Atlanta) Craig Finn October 14 IIRRIISS (Atlanta) The Crystal Method October 14 HEE A H AVVEE N NA ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Azealia Banks October 14 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Adventure Club October 14 SSO OU U TTH H EERRN NG GRRO OU UN ND DA AM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Fayetteville,. GA) Zac Brown Band October 14 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Chris Stapleton, Brent Cobb, Brothers Osborne October 14 IIRRIISS (Atlanta) The Crystal Method October 14 HIIG H GH HW WA ATTTT (Nashville) Moon Hooch, Jackson Whalan, Lavendar Fields October 14 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Tricky, In the Valley Below October 14 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Knoxville) J. Roddy Walston & the Business October 14 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Marlon Wayans October 15 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jason Isbell, The McCrary Sisters October 15 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Katy Perry October 15 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Craig Finn October 15 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) needtobreathe October 15 VVII N NYY LL (Atlanta) Pete Yorn October 15 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) 10,000 Maniacs October 15 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Marlon Wayans October 16 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) needtobreathe, The Brummies October 16 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) 10,000 Maniacs October 16 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Paramore, Best Coast October 17 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Emily Sailers October 17 TTH H EE CCO O CCA A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) The xx October 17 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Herbie Hancock October 17 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Portugal the Man, Lido October 17 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Katy Perry October 18 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) The Devil Wears Prada, Veil of Maya, Thousand Below October 18 TTH HO OM M PPSSO ON N --BBO O LLIIN NG GA ARREEN NA A (Knoxville) Foo Fighters, The Struts October 18 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dean Napolitano October 19 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Blake Hise, Swayyvo Morton October 19 BBEESSSSIIEE SSM M IITTH H CC U ULLTT U URRA ALL CCEE N NTT EERR (Chattanooga) Irene Diaz October 19
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IIN NFFIIN N IITT EE EE N NEE RRG GYY CC EEN NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Halsey, Charli XCX, Partynextdoor October 19 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone October 19 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Charlie Mars October 19 TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Krewella October 19 CCO O BBBB EEN NEE RRG GYY PPEE RRFF O ORRM M IIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN NTT EERR (Atlanta) Nick Offerman October 19 OAAK O KM MO OU UN NTT AAIIN N AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Pelham, AL) Florida-Georgia Line, Nelly, Chris Lane October 19 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dean Napolitano October 20 CCLLYY D DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Roots of a Rebellion, Whyte Noyse October 20 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) The Larry Keel Experience, FrazierBand October 20 VVEE RRIIZZO ON NW WIIRREE LLEESSSS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Florida-Georgia Line, Nelly, Chris Lane October 20 FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Lil Yachty, Reo Cragun October 20 TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Hamilton Leithauser, Courtney Marie Andrews October 20 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Eagles October 20 BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Daley October 20 CCA AN NN NEERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Against Me!, Bleached, The Dirty Nil October 20 NAASSH N H VVIILL LLEE M MU UN NII CCIIPPAALL AAU UD DII TTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) LCD Soundsystem October 20 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dean Napolitano October 21 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Elkmilk, The Bronzed Chorus October 21 MEEM M MO ORRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam October 21 CCLLYY D DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Kenny George Band October 21 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Tribute: A Celebration of the Allman Brothers October 21 VVEE RRIIZZO ON NW WIIRREE LLEESSSS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Florida-Georgia Line, Nelly, Chris Lane October 21 TTH H EE CC O OCC AA CC O O LLAA RRO OXXYY (Atlanta) LCD Soundsystem October 21 CCO O BBBB EEN NEE RRG GYY PPEE RRFF O ORRM M IIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN NTT EERR (Atlanta) Rodney Carrington October 21 BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Emily Sailers October 21 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Eagles October 21 BBU U FFO O RRD D CC O OM MM MU UN N IITT YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Buford, GA) Corey Smith October 21 TTH H EE IIN N TT EERRN NAATT IIO ON NAALL (Knoxville) Insane Clown Posse October 21 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Dean Napolitano October 22 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Against Me!, Bleached, The Dirty Nil October 22 SSYYM M PPH HO ON NYY H HAALL LL (Atlanta) Michael McDonald, Marc Cohen October 22 TTH H EE CC O OCC AA CC O O LLAA RRO OXXYY (Atlanta) LCD Soundsystem October 22 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin October 22 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Nick Lowe, Los Straitjackets October 22 RRO O BBEERRTT K KIIRRK KW WAALLK KEERR CC O OM MM MU UN NIITT YY TT H HEE -ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Turnpike Troubadors A October 23 TTU U SSCCAALL O OO O SSAA AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE (Tuscaloosa,
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October 3 David Liebe Hart
October 4 Open Mic Comedy
October 7 The Dead Deads, Sound and Shape, MYRGLD
October 8 Chiffon
October 9 Sam Killed the Bear, Godless North, Brian Milligram, Tessa Lynn Plank
October 13 Hudson K
October 19 Blake Hise, Swayyvo Morton
October 21 Elkmilk, The Bronzed Chorus
October 24 Long Live the GOAT
October 31 Genki Genki Panic, Mudsex
November 7 Local H
November 14 Hogpig
November 16 Lacing, Ruined
November 17 Bill Fox
November 20 Watt Tombstone
November 24 DDS
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AL) Kings of Leon, Dawes October 23 HEE A H AVVEE N NA ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Lords of Acid, Combichrist, Christian Death, En Esch, Wiccid October 23 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) King Crimson October 23 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Andrew W.K., Seven Ten Split October 23 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Foo Fighters, The Struts October 23 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin October 23 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) 311 October 23 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Long Live the GOAT, Sun Sap October 24 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) King Crimson October 24 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Josh Ritter, Good Old War October 24 HEE A H AVVEE N NA ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Theory of A Deadman October 24 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Angie Aparo October 24 WA W ARR M MEE M MO O RRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Ptimus October 24 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) 311 October 24 HEE LLLL A H ATT TT H HEE M MA ASSQ QU UEE RRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Ted Leo & the Pharmacists October 25 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) “All in For the Gambler: Kenny Rogers’ Farewell Concert Celebration” Little Big Town, Kenny Rogers, Jamey Johnson, Idina Menzel, The Flaming Lips, Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Elle King October 25 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Evanescence, Synthesis October 25 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) The Flamin’ Groovies October 25 OPPEE N O N CC H HO O RRD DM MU USSIICC (Knoxville) Jessica Lea Mayfield, Blank Range October 25 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Janet Williams October 26 BBEESSSSIIEE SSM M IITTH H CC U ULLTT U URRA ALL CCEE N NTT EERR (Chattanooga) Tank and Bangas October 26 LLEEG GA ACCYY A ARREE N NA A (Birmingham) Foo Fighters, The Struts October 26 HEE LLLL A H ATT TT H HEE M MA ASSQ QU UEE RRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Toadies, Local H October 26 HEE A H AVVEE N NA ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) 10 Years, Red, Otherwise October 26 TTH H EE CCO O CCA A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Brand New October 26 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Third Eye Blind October 26 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT (Nashville) The Dexateens, Teddy & the Rough Riders October 26 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) Lounder Than Bombs October 26 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Janet Williams October 27 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Noah Gundersen October 27 CCLLYY D D EE’’SS (Chattanooga) Benyaro October 27 KN K NO O XXVVIILLLLEE CC O O LLIISSEEU UM M (Knoxville) Kansas October 27 OPPEE N O N CC H HO O RRD DM MU USSIICC (Knoxville) L.A. Guns October 27 HA H ARRRRA AH H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CCA ASS IIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Gary Allan October 27 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE PPEE RRFFO O RRM MIIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) Penn & Teller October 27 CCM MA A TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Nashville) Billy Corgan October 27 HIIPPPPIIEE H H HA ALLLL (Nashville) Strung Like A Horse October 27
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DeGraw November 2 TT H HEE IIN N TTEE RRN NAATT IIO ON N AALL (Knoxville) Keller Williams November 2 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) J Chris Newberg November 3 TT IIVVO OLLII TTH H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) The Beach Boys November 3 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS (Chattanooga) Victor Wooten November 3 CC LLYY D DEE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Natchez Tracers November 3 RREE VVEE LLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Fritz + Domino November 3 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H HAALLLL (Atlanta) Amos Lee November 3 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) North Mississippi Allstars, Danielle Nicole November 3 H AARRRRAAH H H’’ SS CC H HEE RRO OK KEE EE CC A ASSIIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Alabama November 3 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEAASSTT (Nashville) Jessica Lea Mayfield, Idle Bloom November 3 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) J Chris Newberg November 4 TT IIVVO OLLII TTH H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Emmylou Harris November 4 CC LLYY D DEE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Bird Dog Jubilee November 4 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Fallout Boy, Blackbear November 4 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Los Lobos November 4 EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Five Eight November 4 ALLAABBAAM A M AA TT H HEEAATT RREE (Birmingham) The Beach Boys November 4 FF RRA AN NK KLLIIN N TT H HEE AATTRREE (Franklin, TN) David Archuleta November 4 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Atlanta) The Strumbellas, Noah Kahan November 4 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) J Chris Newberg November 5 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD DSS (Chattanooga) Adrian Legg November 5 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Cannibal Corpse, Power Trip, Gatecreeper November 5 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Los Lobos November 5 TT IIVVO OLLII TTH H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Amos Lee November 6 N AASSH N HVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICC IIPPAALL A AU UD DIITT O O RRII U UM M (Nashville) Alt-J November 6 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Hinder, Josh Todd, Adelita’s Way, Wayland November 6 BBU UCC K KH H EEAAD D TTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) HOM, CKY November 6 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Local H November 7 TT H HEE CC O OCC AA CC O OLLAA RRO OXXYY (Atlanta) Alt-J November 7 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Imagine Dragons, Grouplove, K.Flay November 7 TT EEN NN NEE SSSSEEEE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Primus November 7 TT IIVVO OLLII TTH H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Straight No Chaser November 7 TT H HEE CC O OCC AA CC O OLLAA RRO OXXYY (Atlanta) Alt-J November 8 PPU U RRG G AATT O ORRYY AATT TT H HEE M MA ASSQ QU UEE RRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Barb Wire Dolls, Svetlanas, 57 November 8 TT H HEE IIN N TTEE RRN NAATT IIO ON N AALL (Knoxville) Blue October November 8 SSW W EEEETT PP’’ SS BBBBQ Q AAN ND D SSO OU U LL H HO OU USSEE (Knoxville) Webb Wilder November 8 TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Killer
Beaz November 9 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Amos Lee November 9 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Blue October November 9 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Kurt Vile, Courtney Barnett, Jen Cohler November 9 TT H HEE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Grizzly Bear November 9 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Primus November 9 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz November 10 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Ray LaMontagne November 10 CC LLYYD D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Roshambeaux November 10 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Departure November 10 ALLYY SS SSTT EEPPH A H EEN N SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Birmingham) Dionne Warwick November 10 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Amos Lee November 10 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jason Isbell November 10 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Rodney Crowell November 10 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) Tori Amos November 10 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Hoodie Allen November 10 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz November 11 CC LLYYD D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) The Orange Constant November 11 SSLLU UG GG GO O’’ SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Waxahatchee, Ought November 11 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD D ’’SS (Chattanooga) Rodney Crowell November 11 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Jim Gaffigan November 11 FFO O XX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band November 11 TT H HEE CCO O CC AA CC O OLLAA RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Gary Allan November 11 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real, Nikki Lane November 11 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Robyn Hitchcock November 11 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Amos Lee November 11 WAARR M W M EEM MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) John Cleese November 11 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Marc Anthony November 12 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) John Cleese November 12 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Robyn Hitchcock November 12 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tori Amos November 12 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Tegan & Sara November 13 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Carl Broemel BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Guns N’ Roses November 13 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Hogpig November 14 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Jay-Z November 14 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Squeeze November 14 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Shins, BAIO November 15 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Jay-Z November 15
CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) Hoodie Allen November 15 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Shawn Colvin, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams November 15 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Cults November 15 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier November 16 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Lacing, Ruined November 16 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Elizabeth Cook, Lew Card November 16 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Cults November 16 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Cults November 16 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Shawn Colvin, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams November 16 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier November 17 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Bill Fox November 17 CCLLYY D D EE’’SS (Chattanooga) Lord Nelson November 17 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Zoso November 17 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) John Prine, Kacey Musgraves November 17 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Randy Newman November 17 AIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) Cults November 17 A CCO O CC A A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) The Shins, BAIO November 17 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Leftover Salmon November 17 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Susto November 17 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier November 18 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Strung Like A Horse November 18 TTII VVO O LLII TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Mannheim Steamroller November 18 CCLLYY D D EE’’SS (Chattanooga) Voodoo Visionary November 18 ALLA A ABBA AM MA A TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) John Prine November 18 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Hiss Golden Messenger November 18 LLYY RRII CC TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Shawn Colvin, Larry Campbell, and Teresa Williams November 18 MIILLLL TTO M OW WN NM MU USSII CC H HA ALLLL (Bremen, GA) Exile November 18 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Jackopierce November 18 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Leftover Salmon November 18 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Reno Collier November 19 TTII VVO O LLII TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Alton Brown November 19 SSCC H HEERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) Joe Biden November 19 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Shawn Colvin, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams November 19 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) Modern English November 19 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Hiss Golden Messenger November 19 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Echosmith, Banner November 19 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Lewis Black November 19 PPIILLO OTT LLIIG GH HTT (Knoxville) Southern Culture on the Skids, The Woolly Bushmen November 19
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Misadventures In Eating Out order the person behind the counter (the manager) just looked at the customer with an annoyed expression on her
al. The teenage girl placed her order apparently unfazed by this behavior and then it was my turn to order. I got the same non-verbal greeting with an annoyed stare. I started to ask “aren’t you supposed to say something like “Welcome to name of business or maybe can I take your order?” I let it go and placed my order.
Let me start with a recent trip for breakfast to a place that is known for letting you “have it your way”. That’s only if you don’t want butter with your when a teenage girl ahead of face. I thought this was rude pancakes I found out. me got up to the counter to and definitely not profession-
When I got my order I noticed there was no butter on my tray. Now, I don’t know about you but I have to have butter or at least margarine on my ‘cakes. It is actually margarine at this restaurant. I
Since I end up eating out a lot I thought I would describe some of my more problematic episodes during culinary events. I have had some great dining out experiences but you know what they say... you always tell a bunch of people about the bad experiences. Most of these happened recently.
About a week ago I went into this “royal” place (hint) with my mouth set on pancakes. As I stood in line I noticed that
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asked the manager if I could get some butter. She told me there was no butter. I thought she was messing with me. I stood there for a few seconds and she said, “We’re out of butter”. I asked her, “Shouldn’t you tell people that when they order?” She gave me an annoyed look and said, “The pancakes are butter flavored”. Wow this from a manager. I was really surprised about the flippant attitude of this manager. I replied “Y’all are gonna get the ‘Secret Shopper’ phone call.” I was referring to people who are sent into businesses “undercover” acting as regular customers but who are evaluating/ observing the employee’s service. Her retort was “i don’t care I get paid... and I didn’t understand the last word. I took my butter-less pancakes and after I finished
my meal I went to a website to rate my visit and described my encounter. Will it affect the service there? Who knows.
TWENTY minutes since I had ordered. Now this was at a “fast food” restaurant. Eventually a manager asked me if I had been waited on. I One day I had a craving for told him I had been waiting on fried chicken. I went to visit my order for twenty minutes. the “Colonel”. I placed my He advised me “We’re out of
order and stood around waiting and waiting and waiting. I looked at the time stamp on my ticket and it had been
chicken”. I thought what the heck? He explained that they were out of cooked chicken. I asked for and received my money back with a weak apology. How did that happen? Why it takes twenty minutes to cook chicken I am not sure. One time at a restaurant in East Ridge the service was very poor. We waited for over five minutes to be “greeted’ by our server. We waited several minutes for our drinks to
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come. Anybody who has eaten out with me knows that I go through some sweet tea. I do not like waiting with an empty glass. Finally I went to the drink station and refilled my girlfriend’s and my glasses. After our food was brought our server never came by to ask if our order was correct or if we needed anything else. Luckily we didn’t want dessert. I had not planned on complaining but when I got to the register to pay the (I believe) assistant manager or owner asked how my meal was. I told them since they asked that our food was good but the service was terrible. She did not ask what was wrong with the service or even apologize that we had a bad experience. It was if she didn’t hear me. Perhaps she just routinely asked that question and was not used to people replying that they had a negative experience. Sometimes my problems with dining out service have been handled professionally. Several years ago my girlfriend and I ate at the now sadly defunct Heartland Grill in Dayton, TN. The service was
very bad. Near the end of our meal an assistant manager came to our table and asked how our meal was. When I told her the meal was great but the service was very bad she told me the owner would come over. When I explained our bad experience the owner told me he was very sorry and that he hoped we would “try them again”. He told me the meal was on him and to get dessert. That’s how to properly handle a poor service problem. Although this did not happen to me a relative told me he recently went through a fast food drive-through. He paid cash but was not handed his change. Although it wasn’t much he decided that it was the principle of the matter
and asked for his change. The over double what my ticket cashier asked “Oh so you want should have been, Later that same day I went to a bakery your change?” and after leaving realized I Now I’ve seen that trick pulled had been overcharged. Hey, by some unscrupulous wait- technically it’s not a restauresses (most are honest please rant but it is a place that sells don’t send angry e-mails) ready to eat products. These where they ask if the person three incidents all occurred in wants their change. This usu- the span of two days. It pays ally involves dollars and often to look at your check/receipt. a person who has been imbib- I have been surprised at the ing alcohol. I had never heard number of people who have of that at a fast food restau- told me after hearing of some rant drive through. More of my experiences that they never look at their check. adventures in fast food. They just pay it. I have noticed several times recently that after I checked Several years ago I noticed an my receipt that the amount I extra beverage on my ticket at paid was incorrect. Once it a downtown restaurant. When was just forty cents but at I called it to the waiter’s another restaurant the wait- attention he took it off the ress had accidentally given me check and apologized. A waitthe wrong ticket which was ress I knew who worked there said this particular waiter had
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a habit of doing that and usually the customer did not notice. She said later the waiter would do a cash refund on the “non-ordered” beverage and pocket the money. So just a warning when dining out or whatever you call eating at a ‘fast food’ restaurant. You may want to watch as they ring it up and always check your receipt. You may realize you’ve been overcharged or even given the wrong bill. It might amount to a significant amount and hey it’s the principle of the thing. Eating out may not be just a meal. It may be an adventure. Let the diner beware.
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Fifty Fun Halloween Facts 1. Halloween is held on 6. The colors orange and black October 31st, which is the last represent Halloween because orange is the color of pumpday of the Celtic calendar. kins (and autumn) and black is 2. The Halloween custom has associated with death. evolved from the ancient Celts belief that the border between 7. The tradition of carving a this world and “the jack o’ lantern started in the Otherworld” becomes thin on United Kingdom. They were All-Hallows-Eve. People wore carved on All Hallows Eve and costumes to disguise them- left on the doorstep to ward off evil spirits. selves and avoid harm. 3. The day after Halloween is 8. The original jack o’ lanterns called All Saints Day. were carved from a swede or a Christians dedicate this day to turnip.
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National Medal of Honor Museum of Military History 368 Northgate, Chattanooga, TN all those saints who don’t have 9. Jack o’ lanterns were named a special day of their own. after the phenomenon of 4. All hallows is another way to strange light flickering over say all saints. All-Hallows-Eve peat bogs. means the night before All10. Carving gourds into elaboSaints Day. rately decorated lanterns 5. The first evidence of the use dates back thousands of years of the word Halloween comes to Africa. They were intentionfrom Scotland in the early 16th ally brought to the New World century. It was slang for All- via prehistoric migration through Asia. Hallows-Eve. ENIGMA
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11. A record for the most simultaneously lit jack o’ lanterns was set on October 21, 2006 when 30,128 jack-o’-lanterns were simultaneously lit on Boston Common. 12. The world’s largest jack o’ lantern was carved from the world’s largest pumpkin (at the time) on October 31, 2005 in Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States by Scott Cully. The pumpkin weighed 1,469 lb (666.33 kg), 13. Today the record for the world’s largest pumpkin is held by Nick and Kristy Harp whose pumpkin weighed in at 1,725 lbs (782.45 kg). 14. Trick-or-treating is the Halloween custom where children dressed in costume go door to door asking for candy with the question, “trick or treat?” The “trick” is a (usually idle) threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.
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damage to their properties, householders began to offer 16. It was believed that each children treats if they promsoul cake eaten represented a ised not to play “tricks”. soul being freed from purgatory. 23. By the end of the 1930’s trick or treating had become 17. In Sweden, children dress widespread. up as witches and go trick-ortreating on Maundy Thursday 24. Research done by the U.S (the Thursday before Easter). National Confectioners association in 2005 revealed that 80 18. In Northern Germany, percent of adults and 93 perNorway and Southern cent of children went trick or Denmark children dress up in treating on Halloween. costumes and go trick-or-treating on New Year’s Eve in a tra- 25. The first screen depiction dition called”Rummelpott”. of Trick or Treating was in 19. In Scotland, children are Disney’s cartoon, “Trick or only supposed to receive Treating”. In this cartoon treats if they perform tricks Huey, Duey and Louie try to for the households they go to. trick their Uncle, Donald Duck This normally takes the form into giving them candy. of singing a song or reciting a funny poem. 26. In 1964 a New York house20. For a number of years (in wife annoyed by Halloween the late 19th century and early 20th century) Halloween in the U.S became synonymous with vandalism. 21. In 1912, Boy Scout clubs and other community organisations came together to encourage a safe Halloween celebration. School posters at this time called for a “Sane Halloween”.
15. Many people believe, trick or treating evolved from the Middle Ages custom of giving freshly baked soul cakes to children who went door to door on All-Hallows-Eve offer- 22. In an effort to prevent
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started giving out packages of inedible objects to children whom she believed were too old to be trick-or-treating. The packages contained items such as steel wool, dog biscuits and ant buttons (which were clearly labeled with the word “poison”). Though nobody was injured, she was prosecuted and pleaded guilty to endangering children. 27. In 1970, the New York Times published an article that claimed that “those Halloween goodies that children collect this weekend on their rounds of ‘trick or treating’ may bring them more horror than happiness”. It provided examples of potential tampering. The examples were speculative but led to a ground swell of fear. 28. By the 1980s, US and
Canadian parents fear that trick or treating children could eat compromised candy reached a peak. In 1985, an ABC News/Washington Post poll that found 60 percent of parents feared that their children would be injured or killed because of Halloween candy sabotage.
32. In the U.S, Halloween of Americans bought a accounts for 25 percent of the Halloween costume, spending year’s candy sales. an average of $38. 39. The first mass-produced 33. In the U.S, nearly $2 billion Halloween costumes appeared is spent each year on in the 1930’s in the U.S. Halloween candy. 40. Originally Halloween cos34. Candy corn is the most pop- tumes were scary characters ular Halloween candy. like vampires, ghosts, skele-
46. Apple bobbing is becoming less popular, possibly because more and more people regard it as unsanitary. 47. Girls who place the apple they bobbed under their pillows are said to dream of their future lover.
29. Apart from one incidentactually an act of premeditated murder by a trick-ortreater’s father-there have been no recorded incidents of malicious and deliberate tampering of candy during Halloween. 30. In 1970, a 5-year-old boy from the Detroit area found and ate heroin his uncle had stashed. The boy died following a four day coma. The family attempted to protect the uncle by claiming the drug had been sprinkled in the child’s Halloween candy.
Because apples are less dense than water, they will float. Players then try to catch one with their teeth.
48. On February 19, 2008, New Yorker, Ashrita Furman, bobbed 33 apples in one minute to establish a world record.
tons, witches and devils. 35. Candy corn was created by the U.S Wunderlee Candy com- 41. Today, Halloween costumes pany in the 1880’s. are often inspired by science fiction, television, cinema, car36. Snickers bars are the most toons and pop culture. popular candy bar sold on Halloween. 42. According to the U.S National Retail Federation the 37. Snickers bars were created most popular Halloween cosin 1930 by the Mars family. tume themes for adults are, in They named it after their fam- order: witch, pirate, vampire, ily horse. cat, and clown.
31. In 2008, candy was found with metal shavings and metal blades embedded in it. The candy was Pokemon Valentine’s Day lollipops purchased from a Dollar General store in Polk County, Florida. The candy was determined to 38. Research conducted by the 43. In 2009, the most popular have been manufactured in U.S National Retail Federation Halloween character for Adults China with faulty equipment. found that in 2005 – 53 percent and Children was Michael Jackson who had died on June 25, 2009.
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49. Agatha Christie’s mystery novel, “Hallowe’en Party” is about a girl who is drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. 50. New York City hosts the United States’ largest Halloween celebration, known as The Village Halloween Parade. The evening parade attracts over two million spectators and participants.
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Death of An Icon An end of an era literally died. Hugh Hefner passed away on Wednesday ironically referred to as “hump day” by many at the age of 91. Hefner, when he died was an icon of a bygone era some referring to him a relic of the era.
the mid 1950s he ushered in what will come to life and after read- paint, wood, plaster and about was to become the sexual revolu- ing her bio wonder is they “have every kind of element. Hefner tion. a chance” with her. brought it into the 20th century by capturing it through photograPlayboy is a gentlemen’s maga- Critics of Hefner and the maga- phy. Unlike his rivals and conzine however it is most famous zine see him as misogynistic, temporaries like Larry Flynt and for its nude pictorials and famous chauvinistic and exploitive of Bob Guccione Hefner’s magazines centerfolds. Many a man has and women. Others see him as a pio- were not necessarily sexual in neer and actually a cultural icon. nature originally. Playboy created an industry that bastardized While critics argue Playboy its initial purpose of being a genobjectified women others will tlemen’s magazine. argue and rightly so it celebrated women. The female form has While it’s been a running joke for been celebrated and admired by decades Playboy featured topartists for centuries. Prior to notch editorial content. And Playboy the female form had while every guy out there jokes been recreated in stone, granite, they pick it up for the articles
Hefner’s name will forever be tied to beautiful young woman and a cartoon bunny. As the founder of Playboy magazine in
still does pick the magazine up exclusively for the centerfold reading the bio of the featured model all in unrealistic hopes she
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unlike Hustler, Penthouse and traditional norm of being sub- Playboy introduced generations hundreds of others that popped servient to men allowing them to of males to the female form for up during the sexual revolution break out of traditional roles of the first time sometimes in joking all the content – actually a small percentage was focused on sex and nudity. Some of the most influential writers once graced the pages of Playboy over the years such as Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Jack Kerouac, Kurt Vonnegut, Gore Vidal and Ian Fleming. Playboy’s pages were filled with articles not only about the sexual revolution they started but politics, music, pop culture and yes, even technology. And while they are most remembered for centerfolds and nude pictorials and nowadays often derided about it by critics Playboy allowed actual liberation of women who before its debut were more so objectified and held down. Thanks to the sexual being married and looked down fashion depicted in pop culture revolution women were able to upon if they weren’t married with when boys would raid dad’s magexpress themselves outside of the children by their early 20s. azine stash or a mysteriously hid-
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den issue being found in the woods to be discovered by a curious and happy youth. Despite the iconic photography and stars launched on the covers or centerfolds; many becoming household names Playboy offered the discriminating male an alternative to being a wellrounded man. Hefner’s franchise was from the first “skin” magazine to be printed. They had already been around for decades. Pornography wasn’t something Hefner and Playboy didn’t invent either. The porno or stag film goes almost all the way back to the beginning of the motion picture. Hefner over the years became an icon of success for men and someone most men if they didn’t admire were jealous. As Playboy gained popularity in the 1960s a number of private clubs around the world opened around the world thus launching the iconic
Playboy Bunny. Notable names that at some point wore the bunny ears include Debbie Harry of Blondie, Lauren Hutton, Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons and Sherilyn Fenn to name a few.
a dapper look. His other iconic look included silk pajamas and a smoking jacket. Later in life he was known for his captain’s hat. He was the icon of the successful male. And that’s what he represented – the successful male who
However what started in the sexual revolution that brought female empowerment to the forefront started to backfire on Playboy as feminist critics such as Gloria Steinem went on the attack and accused Hefner and his brand of exploiting women and objectifying them. At the height of its popularity the gentlemen’s magazine’s circulation peaked at 7.2 million copies a month. With the explosion in the market during the ‘70s, ‘80s and the advent of the internet circulation for the iconic brand in 2009 was 1.5 million a month. The website averages five million visits a month. was well read and with an eye for the ladies. Then there was the Hefner represented the brand iconic Playboy mansion were he and what a playboy should look held court and if you were lucky like. He was young, well dressed to be invited to be a guest you often sporting a pipe showcasing would be surrounded by dozens
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of the most beautiful women on the planet. Stories and movies have been written about Hefner, the mansion and the iconic bunny including the climactic final scene in “Animal House” (“Thank you God”), and “The
turned over control of the enterprises to his children decades earlier and remained on just as a figurehead. And despite being one who helped usher in the sexual revolution he never became a casualty of it. Despite his many romances Hefner never caught a sexually transmitted disease and unlike some of his competitors attacked and unlike other sexual revolutionaries no one filed suit against him for anything remotely inappropriate.
Hefner passed away Wednesday at the ripe old age of 91. To many he lived to ideal if not iconic life few could ever dream of – or think they could dream up. He was the envy of every male on the planet and that envy was steeped in respect and admiration. And despite an ever-changing world he left the world an House Bunny” starring Anna iconic brand that will be around Faris. forever. The older Hefner got he still remained an icon even if it be of a bygone era. He had already
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I love Cheap Trick. Everybody loves Cheap Trick. That being said why do they not get the respect they deserve? The legendary rock band didn’t get inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame until last year even though they influenced many artists who were already inducted. Cheap Trick at Budokan is without a doubt the
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greatest live album there ever was my life forever. Besides some of the best pop and rock songs (sorry Peter Frampton). around they always seemed pop I feel at times I’ve grown up with culturally relevant and popping up the band, as they’ve been a part of as they were on soundtracks like
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Spring Break, Heavy Metal and Up the Creek, they even came up in dialog in movies like Fast Times at Ridgmont High when Mike Damone was scalping their tickets, to even guitarist and band leader Rick Nielsen making a cameo in 1987’s Disorderlies starring the rap group The Fat Boys. The band was divided into two factions: the pretty boys – Robin and Tom and the geeks – Rick and Bun E. Despite this clash in looks and sartorial style they made a perfect unit and ironically with that being said it is Rick Nielsen who is the centerpiece of the band. After almost 45 years of playing live Nielsen remains the energy and true front man of the band. Granted, Robin Zander has one of the greatest and most recognizable
We’re All Alright!. If you’ve never been to a Cheap Trick concert, I don’t know why. They are what live music is all about. The band remains tight, not sloppy like some bands tend to get performing live, they understand their audience and almost every song becomes a sing-along with fans – even the most casual of Cheap Trick fans. Their mix of catchy lyrics, pop sensibility with a harder rock edge at times not only keeps them relevant but in a capsule what makes rock and roll great. After covering Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting For the Man” came a murderer’s row of hits that gave headliner Foreigner a tough act to follow beginning with “The Flame”, “Dream Police” and others ending with ©Dave Weinthal
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rock and roll voices the attention always seems to focus on Nielsen. This was evident at Chastain Park as Zander stepped back to the drums as Nielsen cascaded back and forth across the stage, playing, tossing picks and singing background vocals. I’ve seen thousands of live shows in my life but I think there is no greater joy in the world than seeing Cheap Trick live. For their set they played their core songs from their vintage years (late ‘70s) adding in two songs from last month’s newly released album,
“Goodnight”. In retrospect you have to think Cheap Trick knew they were going to be one of the greatest live bands especially with song titles like “Hello There”, “ELO Kiddies”, Auf Wiedersehen” and “Goodnight”. Chheeaa pp TT rrii cckk Se t Li st C Hello There Come On, Come On California Man (The Move cover) On Top of the World Long Time Coming ENIGMA
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Foreigner at 40 Still Wanna Know What Love Is At what point does a band become a tribute to itself? I recently saw Foreigner again and I began to wonder. The band is celebrating 40 year and I can remember like it was yesterday ©Dave Weinthal
the first time I heard one of their songs. You can read about it here. However when I saw them there were no original players in the lineup. The only original member left is Mick Jones and last year he only did select dates and most of those dates he only played for a handful of songs
others. Unless a certain member of the band stood out we never paid much attention. Back in the day musicians had distinctive styles and vocals where you could It wasn’t until the early ‘80s when pretty much pick them out if they were a guest on another song or album. Revolving door band members weren’t a thing until the ‘80s and ‘90s. Often the band if they lost a key member or decided would often break up instead of carrying on without their band mates. The Beatles and Led Zeppelin come to mind. Rarely would they stick together with the before exiting. So basically what I saw last year was a tribute act although they were officially under the moniker.
vocalists were not replaceable. The Four Tops, The Spinners and The Temptations continue to tour today over 50 years later even though all three have just one original founding member. Even the Supremes briefly replaced Diana Ross before dissolving and The Miracles went on without Smokey Robinson. Thanks to MTV and now the Internet and social media everyone know every member of every band often whether they like it or not. Now I know everyone’s busi-
MTV hit that we started to pay attention to that stuff. Before we knew what a band looked like by liner notes in albums, Rolling Stone and if we got to see them live in concert. Band members lived their life offstage pretty much that way with the exception of Keith Moon and a handful of
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ness whether they or I like it and can actually in a lot of cases communicate with them without the need of a “contact”. The two much info ear has taken away a lot of what made bands great to begin with – that cloak of secrecy Motown probably started the and for the most part we respecttrend in the 1960s, as most ed it and their music let us see a Motown artists were vocalist bit of their world. singing in front of a backing band. And even then few of the Thanks to the TMI generation I exception of the loss not being a major player like The Rolling Stones. If Mick or Keith quits the band will go away. This of course was an exception of David Lee Roth leaving Van Halen.
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Hansen struts around the stage with the mic stand like Mick Jagger and Stephen Tyler had a love child.
know more about every band and have found myself starting to judge their based on their lineup or how many times they have juggled it around. I know I shouldn’t. But I do for the most part. I knew for a long time about all the issues with Lou Gramm and his health for years but Foreigner has been out of the mainstream for the better part of 20 or more years. Where they destined to become another oldies circuit band? Actually no and I was surprised and happy at the same time. Why was I so judgmental of Foreigner? I grew up listening at a high volume and tried to emulate Gramm in the show and bedroom and even played air guitar before there was such a thing. When you listen to a song over and over again that you love you pick up nuances so don’t pick up on such as vocal pitch and tone and a guitar solo or drumbeat. For better or worse you not only become the band’s biggest fan, you also become their biggest critic. I realize I can dismiss them, after all I listen to tons of bands and my musical tastes have shifted over time, but I still like to revisit my past more so now recently. I’ve come to accept Foreigner 2017 is not Foreigner 1977 and if anything I’ve learned to appreciate it. Listening to them perform live on this 40th anniversary tour not only met expectations but sur-
This time Mick Jones was there and played the entire set. Jones is no longer the only lead guitarist in the band and spent a lot of time behind the keyboards beginning with “Cold As Ice”. That song in particular the band aced - not only Hansen’s lead vocals, but also the harmonies. The show was a retrospect into ©Dave Weinthal prisingly surpassed them. Sure, their 40 years as one hit after you go see a concert, but for me I another came from the stage. go to a concert to listen to the music live. I like to see how they To finish the show for an encore are able to perform their songs the band brought out a local live. youth choir to sing with for “I Want To Know What Love Is” and Any concert sounds great at then finished the night with “Hot Chastain Park. It is only the band Blooded” the band’s first platthat can screw up the sound. inum single. Listening to Foreigner I started to get chills. I caught myself closing Foorr eeii ggnnee rr SSee tt LL iiss tt F my eyes at times as one hit after Double Vision the other played out. I was busy Head Games comparing the two versions of Cold as Ice Foreigner. To be honest, I could- Waiting for a Girl Like You n’t tell them apart. Kelly Hansen Blue Morning, Blue Day has been the band’s lead singer Dirty White Boy for a dozen years now after Feels Like the First Time Gramm had to retire because of Urgent health issues. Hansen was spot Starrider
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on. With my eyes closed I actual- Juke Box Hero ly couldn’t discern between him and the original. And the purist E ncore : in me appreciated that. Also I Want to Know What Love Is being 10-15 years younger he has Hot Blooded an energy that adds to the band. Instead of going through the - Dave Weinthal motions, he adds a dynamic you wouldn’t expect. Tall and lanky ENIGMA
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Lydia Loveless Blessed with a commanding, blastit-to-the-back-of-the-room voice, Lydia Loveless was raised on a family farm in Coshocton, Ohio—a small weird town with nothing to do but make music. With a dad who owned a country music bar, Loveless often woke up with a house full of touring musicians scattered on couches and floors. She has turned this potential nightmare scenario into a wellspring of creativity. Always a gifted writer with a lot to say, Lydia gives the full and sometimes terrifying, sometimes ecstatic force of the word. Struggles between balance and outburst, infectious choruses fronting emotional torment are sung with a sneer, a spit, or a tenderness and openness that is both intensely personal and universally relatable. It is, as the title suggests,
real.
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being in a place I want to be and when I’m playing I don’t really care if I’m in the studio again. (laughs) I enjoy both of them as their own standalone act, I guess. W ee’’rr ee uuppoonn tthh ee ffii rrss tt aa nnnnii vvee rrss aarryy ooff W yyoouurr aall bbuum m RRee aall ccoom miinngg oouutt.. W Whhaa tt hhaavvee yyoouu bbeeeenn w woorr kkii nngg oonn llaa ttee llyy ?? I’m writing now. There’s some personal stuff that’s waylaid me a little bit but I’m getting back in the creative mode, but I’m not recording or anything right now – that’s for sure.
DD ooeess bbeeiinngg oonn tthhee rrooaadd hhee llpp ccllee aarr yyoouurr m miinndd?? I guess it depends on the problem. Mostly being on the road is good for me because it’s like I’m working – not on vacation or anything but I can be away from things to an extent that are bothering me. In a relationship issue being heavily on the road being married to my bass player but I would rather be on the road than at home during times of stress.
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Opposite Box Gets OBscene Known for their wild shows that can be out of hand, Opposite Box changes direction on their new six-song EP OBscene. This is unique because they have always been hard to brand because of the energy the band exudes on stage and after a couple of songs total pandemonium always breaks out.
explosion on stage still keeps that improvisational feel while adding funk and jazz to the mix. There is a mellowing date we day maturing of the band on Obscene. While some songs are a miss like “Afternoon Sex” that has a too much rap metal sound to it showcases some really cool ‘70s era funk with “Birds on a Fence” that becomes entrancing
That being said harnessing that energy constructively has been a challenge in the recording studio for Opposite Box and many recording attempts failed to do so. OBscene suffers from that to a degree but is a step forward for the band at least from the recording aspect. The band that started as a funk/metal hybrid has switched gears on the new album and was mellowed out their sound without losing energy. The new material while lacking in dynamics in some areas from a recording standpoint does a better job of bringing the band’s sound forward.
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element that makes the band that more palatable to a wider “Creatures” is sexy funky and audience. benefits from the vocals of Maria Sable and Lili Hayes (Isaac’s The EP finishes things off with a daughter) that brings a sensuali- seriously funky acid jazz instruty to a band brimming with mental “Nujazz” that throws a lot testosterone. Her smooth soul- at you as well. Imagine that. The ful voice is the perfect contrast song is a roller coaster ride with to Ryan Long’s funky lyrical rap many highs and lows and delivery. But even more impres- changes in tempo before coming to a screeching halt at the end whipping the listener into musical whiplash.
©Amy Kenyon What’s new here is musical direction in a way. Opposite Box the longer you listen to it which sive is the guitar work of Richard has always been a controlled isn’t hard seeing it comes in at Long whose style mixes a Steely Dan influenced play of Walter Becker with traditional rock riffs. A lot is thrown at the listener in this song and it works with horns, guitars - you name it.
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It will honestly take a couple of listenings to wrap your head around some of the compositions here but once things fall into place it’s a definite original and creative aural experience. Adding a more soul and jazz sound to the mix makes Opposite Box a more palatable recording artist whose sound had originally been difficult to translate from live to the studio. And while the EP doesn’t fire on all cylinders the entire time the ride is still smooth enough to make it a worthy listen.
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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 1199 5522 Pianist Johnnie Johnson hires 26year-old Chuck Berry as a guitarist in his band. While playing evening gigs in the St. Louis area, Berry will keep his day job as a hairdresser for the next three years. 11 99 5566 After test audiences have a negative reaction to Elvis dying at the end of the film Love Me Tender, The King is called back to re-shoot the scene. In the new ending, the hero lives. 1199 5577 “Jailhouse Rock” becomes Elvis Presley’s ninth Billboard chart topper in the last year and a half. Rolling Stone magazine would later rank it as #67 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time and it was named as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. After a show in Los Angeles, the police tell Elvis that he is not allowed to wiggle his hips onstage. The next night, they film his entire concert, but no charges are laid.
chart with “Do Wah Diddy Diddy”. The song was sung by vocalist Paul Pond, who used the stage name Paul Jones. Keyboard player Michael Lubowitz would retain the band’s name and continued to turn out chart hits until the mid 1980s. The Zombies’ “She’s Not There” is released in the US, where it would become the band’s highest charting single, reaching #2. In the UK, it went to #12.
For the first time since January, The Beatles do not have a song on the Billboard Hot 100. During that Greatest Songs of All Time. time, they placed fourteen records on the chart with five different 11 9966 22 Brian Epstein signs his manage- labels. ment contract with The Beatles. 1199 66 55 John Lennon and Ringo Starr signed for themselves and Harold Bob Dylan appears at Carnegie Hall Harrison and James McCartney do in New York and introduces his so on behalf of their underage new touring band made up of guisons. The agreement gave Epstein a tarist Robbie Robertson, organist 25% cut of the group’s earnings, Garth Hudson, bassist Rick Danko, provided that they made more than pianist Richard Manual and drummer Levon Helm. They will become $400 each per week. known simply as The Band. At a time when political correctness had not been thought of, 42- Johnny Cash was arrested crossing year-old actor Rex Allen sees his the Mexican border into El Paso, recording of “Don’t Go Near The Texas after customs officials found Indians” peak at #17 on the hundreds of pills in his guitar case. Billboard Hot 100. The song tells He would receive a suspended jail the story of a young man who disobeys his father’s advice and falls in love with a beautiful Native American girl, only to find out that she is his biological sister. Bob Dylan records his first album, “Bob Dylan”, for Columbia Records. The LP featured the 20-year-old singer accompanied only by his guitar and harmonica. The recording is done in one day and productions costs were held to $400.
11 99 5588 Buddy Holly was at the Pythian Temple Studios in New York for the last time, taping “It Doesn’t Matter Any More”, “Raining In My Heart”, “Moondreams”, and “True Love Ways”. Holly would be killed in a plane crash on February 3rd, 1959.
The Rolling Stones, consisting of Keith Richard, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, pianist Ian Stewart and drummer Tony Chapman, record their first demo tape at Curly Clayton Studios in Highbury, London. Although Charlie Watts is being courted, he chooses to remain at his Regent Street adver1199 66 00 Ben E. King led The Drifters to the tising job. top of the US Pop chart with “Save The Last Dance For Me”. The record 11 9966 33 will reach #2 in the UK in Ed Sullivan sees 50,000 fans cheer December. The Beatles at London’s Heathrow Airport and later books them for three appearances on his TV show 11 9966 11 “Hit The Road Jack” becomes Ray early the next year. Charles’ second tune to top the Billboard Pop chart. In the UK, it 11 9966 44 reached #6. The song has since A British group known collectively been ranked #377 on the Rolling as Manfred Mann had the number Stone magazine’s list of The 500 one single on the Billboard Pop ENIGMA
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sentence and a $1,000 fine. 1199 6655 “Yesterday” topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Magazine Best Sellers chart. The song was actually recorded by Paul McCartney alone, who had earlier tried in vain to fit the other Beatles in, but would later admit he just couldn’t make the song work in any other form. 11 9966 88 John Sebastian officially leaves the Lovin’ Spoonful to begin his solo career. Malcolm Hale, guitarist for Spanky And Our Gang, died suddenly of pneumonia at the age of 27. The group placed five songs on the Billboard Top 40 between 1967 and 1968, including “Sunday Will Never Be The Same” (#9), “Lazy Day” (#14) and “Like To Get To Know You” (#17). 11 9966 99 The Kinks are finally able to launch their first US tour in over four years. The band had troubles getting permits from the American Federation of Musicians because the group appeared on Hullabaloo in 1966 without filing the proper
On September 7, 1978, Moon died of Nick Mason and Rick Wright from an overdose of a sedative using the band’s name. The ruling Heminevrin that had been pre- was over-turned in early 1987. 11 9977 22 Seventeen years after having hits scribed to prevent seizures with some of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s most induced by alcohol withdrawal. 1199 8888 memorable classics, Chuck Berry Pop singer Debbie Gibson holds a had his first US number one record seance at her Halloween party to 11 9977 88 with “My Ding-a-Ling”, a silly novel- Exile achieved their only number contact the spirits of Liberace and ty song centered on grade-school one song on Billboard’s Pop chart Sid Vicious. level, private parts jokes. The tune with “Kiss You All Over”, a #6 hit in also went to the top of the UK the UK. After a couple of other 11 9999 22 chart. It was recorded live at minor hits, the band would switch Elton John files a $35 million lawCoventry Lanchester Polytechnic in styles and went on to top the US suit against a reporter for the TV England as part of the Lanchester Country and Western chart in 1984 tabloid show Hard Copy, who statArts Festival, for which Berry with “Woke Up In Love”. ed that John moved to Atlanta to be turned up an hour and a half late. near an AIDS treatment center. 1199 77 88 Elton’s lawyers say he moved to All four solo albums by the mem- Atlanta because he enjoys the area. 1199 77 44 Olivia Newton-John had her first bers of KISS break through chart topping album with “If You Billboard’s Top 100. Gene Simmons 1199 99 55 Love Me, Let Me Know”, which con- effort will prove to be the highest Singer Gloria Estefan becomes the tained her third US number one charting at #22, followed by Ace first Pop star to perform for Pope single, “I Honestly Love You”. Freshly at #26, then Paul Stanley at John Paul II as part of the celebra#40 and Peter Criss at #43. tion of his 50th anniversary in the priesthood. 1199 77 55 39-year-old Al Jackson, drummer 11 9977 99 for Booker T. And The MGs, is shot Fleetwood Mac’s two record set 1199 9999 and killed by a burglar at his home. “Tusk”, an experimental set of Roger Daltrey announced that The His wife was questioned about the songs that cost the band a then Who were reforming, making their killing because she was arrested in record $1 million to record, is first performance in Las Vegas. The July for shooting her husband in released by Warner Brothers show was also being planned to be the chest during a domestic dis- Records. “Tusk” peaked at #4 in the broadcast live on the internet. pute. He wasn’t badly hurt and the US and achieved sales in excess of charges were dismissed when his two million copies, spawning two 22000000 wife claimed self-defense. On Top Ten singles, “Sara” and the The Recording Industry Association October 1st, Jackson returned home title track. It reached #1 in the UK of America introduces guidelines to what police describe as a and achieved Platinum status. for parental advisory labeling on botched robbery attempt. recordings released in the US. According to Jackson’s wife, an 1199 8800 intruder made her answer the door John Lennon releases “Starting Benjamin Orr, bassist / vocalist for and then threw her husband to the Over”, his first single in five years. The Cars lost his fight with pancrefloor demanding money. Jackson At the end of December it would atic cancer at the age of 53. Orr was forced to lie face down and top the Billboard Hot 100 for five sang lead vocals on some of the then was shot in the back five weeks and the UK chart for a week. band’s most recognizable hits, such times. The identity of the culprit as “Just What I Needed”, “Bye Bye remains a mystery. Love”, “Drive” and “Let’s Go”. 11 9988 22 Sony Corporation introduces the Harry Chapin’s “Cats in the Cradle” first commercially available com22000022 is released. It will enter the Hot 100 pact disc player in Tokyo, Japan. Barry White’s record label, Def Jam in November and top the chart just The price of the unit is about $650 Island Music Group, issued a statebefore Christmas. US. Albums that have been convert- ment that said the 58-year-old ed to CD are slow to reach the singer was battling kidney failure Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was North American market and the brought on by years of high blood released as a single. It would stay first to go on sale is Billy Joel’s pressure. White “has started a on the chart for seventeen weeks, “52nd Street”. course of maintenance dialysis nine of them at number one and therapy. Once stabilized, he will be would eventually go Platinum. The Culture Club, featuring the lead a candidate for a kidney transsong would be re-released in vocals of 21-year-old George December, 1991 after being fea- O’Dowd, perform their first UK tured in the movie Wayne’s World number one hit, “Do You Really and became a hit all over again. Want To Hurt Me” on Top Of The Pops. The song, which was allegedly written about O’Dowd’s six year 1199 7766 David Bowie begins a three year relationship with Culture Club hiatus from music by moving to drummer Jon Moss, would reach #2 West Berlin in an attempt to in the US. resolve some personal problems. 1199 88 66 Drummer Keith Moon plays his Roger Waters, who had earlier left final show with The Who. He would Pink Floyd, instigated a court leave the band and enter a drug injunction which disallowed and alcohol program shortly after. remaining members David Gilmour, paperwork.
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plant.” Sadly, White, who placed eleven songs on the Billboard Top 40 between 1973 and 1994, would suffer a stroke and die on July 4, 2003. 220011 11 David Cassidy filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Sony, claiming he has not been paid royalties for sales of Partridge Family merchandise which bear his image, including lunchboxes, magazines and board games. In January, 2015, Cassidy would win the lawsuit and be awarded $158,000. 22001133 In a poll conducted by BBC History Magazine, David Bowie was named the best dressed man in British history. Lou Reed, an influential songwriter and guitarist who paved the way for Glam, Punk and Alternative Rock, died of liver disease at the age of 71. Reed led the Velvet Underground in the late ‘60s and enjoyed an outstanding solo career over the next 50 years. 220011 44 The Eagles’ Don Henley launched a lawsuit against The Duluth Trading Company over alleged unauthorized use of his name, trademarks and publicity rights in one of their e-mail advertisements. Neil Young appeared on US TV’s The Colbert Report where he engaged the host in a light-hearted discussion about the environment and how he’d like to impeach US President Barack Obama. 22001155 Three Dog Night vocalist Cory Wells died suddenly at the age of 74. His lead vocals on “Eli’s Coming”, “Mama Told Me Not To Come”, “Shambala” and “Never Been To Spain” helped the band achieve twenty-one Billboard Top 40 hits and place eleven albums on the Billboard 200 chart.