From the Publisher’s Notebook Someone needs to explain to me what’s going on with the construction behind the Read House. They closed the street for weeks. Totally removed the old road. Interfered with traffic and the local merchants. Spent hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars for what? The street is basically the same. It looks nicer
I can’t believe they are going to take part of MLK/9th Street for bike lanes. The area is in the process of coming back alive and now they are going to strangle traffic. Where do these stupid ideas come from?
I’m going to sign off for now as my blood pressure is rising over this crap. Working on an article about crap or craft beer. What a joke.
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ernment just blew that off. Last week I had the problem of finding an address. The buildings on the street had no numbers. Why can’t our city commission pass a simple ordinance giving all business owners and/or property owners six months to put street numbers on their property? Is it too hard for them to do this?
and they lost a few parking places, for what? Is this a case of politicians doing a favor for one of their friends who owns property in the area? An answer from City Hall is owed to the people.
Another thing mentioned— all business signage should be at least 50 percent in English. We are creating ghetto-like shopping areas with only foreign language signage. To the business owner— you are in the USA, try to blend Several months ago I wrote about in, if you can’t or won’t do this, go the lack of numbers on buildings home. around town. I’m sure our govENIGMA
Across 1. Dog cry 5. Titles 10. Musical percussion instrument 14. Supreme Norse god 15. Century plant 16. Republic of Ireland 17. Brood 18. Selected 19. Coal waste 20. Current of air 22. Narrative poem by Keats 23. Inward feeling 24. Public transport 28. Mineral spring 30. Grass cutting implement 34. Vigor 35. German submarine 37. Lift up 38. Attack 39. Debris 40. Call of the crow 42. Funeral fires 43. Distinguished Service Medal 44. From that time 47. Long-bodied short-legged dog 52. Drop of rain 56. Not these 57. Decades 58. Shun 60. Absent without leave 61. Roused 62. Animation 63. Act of despoliation 64. Variety of chalcedony 65. Go into 66. Former spouses
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Down 1. Explosive weapons 2. Worship 3. Become ripe 4. Leg joints 5. Hub 6. Gone by 7. Afternoon performance 8. Belonging to first lady 9. Enclosed automobile 10. Degenderize 11. Small rivulet 12. River feeding the Caspian Sea 13. Millions of watts 21. Offspring of a zebra and an ass 25. Eyeglasses 26. Mass of eggs 27. Mistrust 28. Tart 29. Not bright 30. Unpremeditated homicide 31. Literary work 32. Fancy 33. Even (poet.) 36. Body of water 41. Airdrome 45. Sterilize 46. Courageous 48. Chicago airport 49. Apply wax again 50. Search blindly 51. Small islands 53. Great age 54. Resembling ink 55. Baking chamber 56. River in central Europe 59. I have
Dear KR, Send flowers. If he’s that pathetic you need to run nd why you haven’t already mkes me question you. You obvious ly aren’t happy – or at least you haven’t been in a long time and trust me there are plenty of other men out there that are willing to spend time with you and be have a more positive affect on you and those around you.
your cousin is still considered okay, she needs to realize it is not only morally wrong, inap propriate but also against the law. Yeah, we guys always fantasized about a teacher or babysitter when we were young, but at least when I was a kid if we did catch ‘em we wouldn’t know what to do with ‘em. Granted today’s kids are far more advanced than earlier generations because of the steroids in the chicken or what ever but people are ultra-vigilant to put relationships like to to an end. They are not only inappropriate, they’re illegal and thanks to the tech era it would be easier for her to get caught. Tell her to keep it in her pants and buy a marital aid.
Dear Rocco, My daughter is 23. She has been going through a tough time. A 16-year-old boy has had a crush on her and I am afraid she will start becoming intimate with him. They are starting to spend more time together. What should I tell her? AP
Dear Rocco, I am an honest person who keeps the secrets that people tell me. I have misjudged the character of certain people and told them some very personal things. Now a lot of people know my secrets and I am embarrassed. Who can I trust? JY
Dear AP, Simple. Just tell her 16 will get her 20. Unless you live in the backwoods where marrying
Dear JY, Only your parents and God. In the society we unfortunately live in today too many people
Dear Rocco, I want to break up with my boyfriend. We have a lousy relationship but we have been together for a long time. I am afraid he will commit suicide if we break up. What should I do? KR
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live vicariously through the lives of others because they either have no life of their own or are just plain noisy.I live by a ver simple motto. And that is: everybody loves to talk, nobody wants to listen. Learn to listen. By learning to listen instead of talking you can learn a lot more, not make yourself susceptible to gossip and learn a whole lot. There is great power in knowledge.
Dear SH, Leave. Are you that pathetic of a douche? In this day and age of online dsating there is no reason that you can’t find a chick that likes you and your “equipment”. If that is the only thing that your girl thinks about she’s a whore. And ironically she is acting like the dude in the relationship wanting you to get a boob job. Find someone less shallow.
Dear Rocco, My wife states she is dissatisfied with our marital relations. She says that I am less equipped than most men and that I need to find ways to compensate. She controls me and goes off to have relations with other men whom she says are more satisfying. She constantly degrades me. I really want to please her, but she just laughs. What can I do? SH
Rocco is a common sense, tellit-like-it-is, no-nonsense kind of guy offering real advice on any subject put before him. Why pay thousands of dollars on a high-priced therapist when he’ll straighten you out for free. If you’d like advice from Rocco e-mail him at goaskrocco@yahoo.com or drop him a line at Ask Rocco c/o Enigma P.O. Box 825 Chattanooga, TN 37401.
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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Take the time to sort out your personal papers and double-check your financial investments. Try to get others to stand behind your good judgment. Lack of cash might be partly to blame for the problems at home. Travel will be favorable and bring you the greatest rewards. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) You must be careful not to reveal secrets or get involved in gossip. Family members will not be happy with the amount of time you are spending away from home. Don’t overdo it. You need to enjoy yourself. Physical work or exercise
should be part of your schedule.
leave them alone. You will find that money could slip through your finYour luckiest events this month will gers. Look into making changes to your personal papers and don’t negoccur on a Thursday. lect those bills that have been piling up. Expect temper tantrums on the GEMINI home front if you haven’t been let(May 22-June 21) You will be overly sensitive when ting someone have their way. dealing with your personal life. Don’t expect anyone else to pay your Your luckiest events this month will bills for you. You could have a occur on a Monday. change of heart if an old flame waltzes back into your life. Go out LEO with friends who are positive and (July 23-Aug 22) Kick your shoes off and relax. Be supportive. aware that joint financial ventures Your luckiest events this month will could fall apart. Don’t put limitaoccur on a Monday. tions on yourself. You may be out of sorts If you have been extravagant CANCER or have let children or friends take (June 22-July 22) advantage of you financially. You may find that someone you live with may be irritable; you’re best to Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.
hand when it comes to dealing with clients or colleagues. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Don’t waste this exciting day by sitting at home. You will be able to pick up on future trends if you keep your eyes peeled for unique ideas. Don’t get so wrapped up in being rich that you overlook the fact that your plan may not be as solid as you thought. You can expect opposition from family as well as colleagues. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Someone may try to damage your reputation. For best results get out VIRGO of the office and do your job en (Aug. 23-Sept. 23) route. You may have problems with Someone may not be thinking of those you live with. Don’t take your your best interests. Don’t beat frustrations out on the ones you around the bush; state your case in love. plain and simple terms. Rewards, gifts, or money from investments or Your luckiest events this month will taxes can be expected. Use your occur on a Tuesday. head and do things to your liking. AQUARIUS Your luckiest events this month will (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) occur on a Friday. Family outings that aren’t expensive will be enjoyable and help strengthLIBRA en ties. Offers of joint ventures are (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) likely. Take your time; do not make You must make them stand on their any decisions in haste. You can make own two feet regardless of how successful moves. much you want to make things better for them. Don’t forget that you’ve Your luckiest events this month will only heard one side of the story. In- occur on a Sunday. laws or relatives may oppose your personal intentions. Do something PISCES special for them. (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Your creative imagination will help Your luckiest events this month will you in coming up with unique ideas. occur on a Wednesday. Be aware that you might be at fault as well. Concentrate on work. SCORPIO Changes in your home are apparent, (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) and you must be willing to bend if Your ability to stand out in a crowd you don’t want to find yourself will bring you the recognition you alone. desire. Don’t be too eager to start any debates. You should visit a Your luckiest events this month will friend or relative who hasn’t been occur on a Tuesday. feeling up to par. Take matters in
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It’s Almost Over Our long national nightmare is almost over. Despite an artificial “surge” in poll numbers, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is a dead candidate walking. Abandoned by Paul Ryan, the Grand Old Party’s Speaker of the House and a former presidential hopeful in his own right, and most sentient members of Club Pachyderm, Trump continues to prove himself unworthy of the highest office in this nation. It is all so sad that it might be funny if a delusional, desperate few didn’t still cling to the hair-plugged blowhard’s megalomaniacal delusions...
this: Trump is uniquely unsuited to be the leader of the free world. He’s a realestate huckster, a mob crony, a misogynist, a racist and an genuinely evil person. The anti-Hillary Clinton smokescreen that so many use to justify their support for The Donald is painfully superficial. Benghazi? A tragedy, for sure. But was it Hillary’s “fault”? Only someone with no grasp of international diplomacy, the nature of things in the Middle East, or how the U.S. State Department functions would blame such a tragedy on the former Secretary of State...
nation’s tenuous grasp of the situation in Libya, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the rest of the Islamic world. We have managed to avoid truly cataclysmic events with the help of our Muslim allies. He really has no clue how things work in that part of the world. Trump could perhaps build a hotel or a golf course in a Muslim country, but he would need a lot of help from people who actually knew what the hell they were doing. Trump’s propensity for hiring legions of syco-
...Make no mistake about ...Trump fails to grasp our
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phantic ass-kissers would seem to prevent competent people from ever being hired by The Trump Organization... ...I have been speculating for months that Trump is such a woefully poor candidate that I wonder if he was thrown into the mix to prevent the other GOP presidential hopefuls from mounting a serious challenge to HRC. Jeb Bush, the presumed front-runner, was Trumped early in the debates. Marco Rubio, who I think will be in the hunt the
next time around, was taken tographed with a out by New Jersey Governor shotgun in Chris Christie, Donald’s de h i s facto debate hatchet man. With the field cleared of the two biggest challengers, Trump’s superficial bovine fecal matter played well to primary voters made weary by almost eight years with a black guy in The White House... ...For her part, Ms. Clinton has stayed mostly above the fray. A quick look at her resume reveals her to be incredibly qualified to be president. Former First Lady. Former Senator. Former Secretary of State. If you took Hillary’s resume, removed her name... and replaced it with the name of a fat, white guy pho-
hands... the race would be over by now. The remaining Trump supporters are just looking for a socially acceptable way to admit their own racism, ignorance, and misogyny. His backers also
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include a healthy He’s a “self-made man” who number of got a head start with his r e a l i t y daddy’s millions... tele...If, through some quirk or corruption of the electoral process, Donald Trump gets elected as president... I will find solace in two things. First, the Supreme Court will be in sane, safe hands for the rest of my life. Second, as a British-born son of an English woman and a native of Chattanooga, I have dual citizenship. If Trump gets electv i s i o n ed, I’m getting a red passport fans. It’s and moving to the British like Donald Virgin Islands. I’ll leave you Trump is starring in poor sods to suffer through a “Who Wants To Be Trump administration.... President.” There’s no doubt that he wants to be prez. But — Mark Bedford this is a guy who never had to apply for a job in his life.
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A judge was charged with bribery after being accused of offering beer and cash to a police officer in exchange for his wife’s text messages, according to police in North Carolina. Superior Court Judge Arnold Ogden Jones II was found guilty of bribery and other charges in connection with the bribery attempt of the police officer. According to the police investigation, the judge suspected that his wife was cheating, and he wanted to get his hands on the text mes-
sages of her cellphone. The Wayne County police officer, who is also an FBI agent, reported that the judge offered him beer and $100 to get the text messages. The judge vowed to seek reelection despite being convicted of bribery. The judge is facing up to 37 years in prison and up to $750,000 in fines. A bar employee was arrested on a charge of assault after allegedly shooting a customer who refused to leave, according to police in Tennessee. Nashville police said that they have arrested the bar employee, who was not identified,
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for using his gun to shoot the customer after closing time. According to the criminal complaint, police officers were called to the Kat’s Bar and Grille around 1:00 a.m. on Friday, on a report of a dispute. Witnesses at the scene told police that the dispute broke out when the customer refused to leave following closing time. The employee pulled out his gun and fired a shot. The bullet grazed the client’s face. The employee left the scene before police arrived. Officers went to his home, where he was arrested.
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A Maine man clad in a tree costume was arrested when he blocking traffic after being told by police to stay out of the street. Police said Asher Woodworth, 30, donned a tree costume reminiscent of a camouflage ghillie suit Monday and wandering into a busy downtown Portland intersection. Woodworth stopped traffic and drew attention as he slowly inched his way across the crosswalk, and he was soon joined by a pair of police officers who escorted him to the other side. “All right,
get out of the road or you’re going to get arrested,” one officer said. The police officers told the man he was free to go with a warning to stay out of the street. “I’ll accept your silence as you understand. You’re free to go,” an officer says. The man wandered back into the street moments later and was arrested. “His motivation was to see how people would react to what he called his ‘performance’ and how he might impact ‘people’s natural choreography,’” Assistant Police Chief Vern Malloch told the Portland Press Herald. “It happens from time to time,” Malloch said. “People do bizarre things because they want to get arrested. We’re still not sure if he was trying to make a statement.” Woodworth was charged with obstructing a public way and released on $60 bail. Officials of the United States Postal Service (USPS) have launched an investigation after a worker was recorded discarding mail. The postal worker in Decatur, Georgia, was seen dumping multiple bins of mail in the woods by throwing them over a fence. The mail included bank statements and other important documents. USPS sent workers to collects the dumped mail, and they promised to deliver them as soon as possible. Kellie Campbell said that she witnessed the incident, and watched as the postal worker dumped multiple bins of mail in the woods for more than five minutes. So far, no charges have been filed even though investigators found more than 12 bins of dumped mail. People in the area complained that they haven’t received their mail. A team of San Francisco-area doctors detailed the case of a 47-yearold man whose attempt at eating ghost peppers caused a rupture in his esophagus. The Journal of Emergency Medicine case report, authored by Dr. Craig Smollin and his team, said the man was participating in an eating contest at a
San Francisco restaurant when he wolfed down a hamburger topped with ghost peppers, which have more than twice the heat of habanero peppers. “To our knowledge, no significant adverse effects of ghost pepper ingestion have been reported,” the case report’s abstract states. The man suffered severe vomiting and dryheaving after ingesting the peppers, leading him to be admitted to the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. Doctors discovered the man had suffered a 1-inch rupture in his esophagus, which allowed food debris and air to end up inside his chest and collapse one of his lungs. “There are many people who have ghost peppers and most people don’t develop any type of severe symptoms,” Smollin told The Los Angeles Times. “This case serves as an important reminder of a potentially life-threatening surgical emergency initially interpreted as discomfort after a large spicy meal,” the study authors wrote.
sure there’s some mixed feelings out there.” He plans to have the board completed on Halloween and will offer nighttime tours of his home for $10 per person.
A massive Ouija board constructed on top of a reportedly haunted hotel in Pennsylvania could be the world’s largest. Blair Murphy hopes to have his 44 foot-by-29 foot Ouija board, constructed atop his home in the Grand Midway Hotel, featured in the Guinness Book of World Records. “Well, for years, the roof itself was a canvas waiting for a painting. We were talking about the Guinness Book of World Records, and they said they don’t have a large Oujia board yet,” he said. “So they said they would create a category if we made the painting.” Murphy, an independent filmmaker from Los Angeles, purchased the notoriously haunted hotel with friends 15 years ago and ultimately converted it into his home. Murphy said the Ouija board, which he created in conjunction with local artists, could stir some controversy in the Western Pennsylvania community. “[In] the town itself, I have no idea what the reaction is,” he said. “It’s a pretty conservative town, so I’m
A Canadian man ran the Chicago Marathon while juggling three balls and completed the race in less than three hours without dropping a single ball. Michal Kapral, who also refers to himself as “The Joggler,” finished the race in two hours and 55 minutes, as he attempted to top his “joggling” marathon world record of two hours and 50 minutes. “My main goal was break my 2:50 record, but I had a somewhat secret secondary goal of joggling a marathon without a drop in under 3 hours,” Kapral wrote in a blog post. While Kapral didn’t achieve his primary goal, he managed to cross the finish line without a single drop despite some close calls. He’s completed a total of 33 marathons including his world record time at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 2007 and shouted triumphantly as he added a new accomplishment to his resume in Chicago.
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A California man on a cage diving trip off Mexico’s Guadalupe Island captured the moment a great white shark got into the cage while a diver was still inside. The video shows the view from outside the water as the great white takes some bait on the end of a line before crashing into the side of the diving cage. The shark manages to crash right through the bars and thrashes around inside the cage while the panicked crew works to open the top and free the predator, which is trapped in the cage with a human diver. The shark, which has blood coming from its mouth, is able to exit the cage through the open top, and a few seconds later the diver also emerges unharmed. “My heart is going,” the diver can be heard saying as he returns to safety.
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This week’s calendar covers events in the month of December 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 Editor, Enigma, P.O. Box 825, Chattanooga, TN 37401 or e-mail to calendar@enigmaonline.com. All dates subject to change without notice.
TUESDAY November 1
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DALE JONES NOVEMBER 23
OPEN MIC
NOVEMBER 25-27
BIG EDDIE CAYLOR DECEMBER 1-4
MASTER HYPNOTIST GARY CONRAD DECEMBER 8-11
FRANK DEL PIZZO DECEMBER 15 & 16
STEVE MINGOLA DECEMBER 16 & 17
JAMES GREGORY
TREMONT TAVERN (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Big Business, Red Necklace PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Sia, Miguel, AlunaGeorge SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Colbie Caillat, High Dive Heart GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) Loretta Lynn, Darius Rucker, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers MERCY LOUNGE (Nashville) Ben Miller Band, Daphne and the Mystery Machines
WEDNESDAY November 2 RAW (Chattanooga) Open Jam THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Improv Chattanooga J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy Free Kittens CANNERY BALLROOM (Nashville) Lucius, Sam Evian THE LYRIC THEATRE (Birmingham) Portugal, The Man
THURSDAY November 3 SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Greg Morton REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Roots of A Rebellion, Treehouse, Iscariots MARATHON MUSIC WORKS (Nashville) Andrew W.K. WAR MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM (Nashville) STS9 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Cowboy Junkies THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Drive-By Truckers, Kyle Kraft
FRIDAY November 4 PARKING AVAILABLE IN THE CHOO CHOO LOT, CARTA GARAGE, OR REPUBLIC PARKING LOTS
1400 MARKET ST. 423.622.2233 WWW.THECOMEDYCATCH.COM
SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av RAW (Chattanooga) DJ Barnaby THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Greg
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Morton REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Mac Sabbath, Plvnet FRANKLIN THEATRE (Franklin, TN) Ricky Nelson Remembered Feat. Matthew & Gunnar Nelson ANDREW JACKSON HALL (Nashville) Pet Shop Boys CANNERY BALLROOM (Nashville) Reel Big Fish, Masked Intruder GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) The Steeldrivers, Jamie Lynn Spears, Kristian Bush, Kelsey Waldon BJCC CONCERT HALL (Birmingham) Bonnie Raitt, The California Honeydrops SATURN (Birmingham) Andrew W.K. ZYDECO (Birmingham) The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) Galactic, Fruition THE EARL (Atlanta) Richard Lloyd
SATURDAY November 5 SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Greg Morton MAYO’S (Chattanooga) Future Elevators, Flashlight, Double Ferrari J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Cornmeal, Ed Hamell On Trial TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) SoMo, Stanaj REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Boy Band Review FRANKLIN THEATRE (Franklin, TN) Judy Collins GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) Mark O’Connor, Crowder, Caitlyn Smith November 5 THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) Death From Above 1979, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Deap Vally HELL AT THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) WAR CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Cowboy Junkies
SUNDAY November 6 SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Greg Morton EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Jonathan Edwards THOMPSON BOLING ARENA (Knoxville) Jeff Dunham CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Eric Johnson
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RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Conor Oberst CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Cowboy Junkies PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders
MONDAY November 7 TREMONT TAVERN (Chattanooga) Trivia Night THE OFFICE (Chattanooga) SpeakEasy FOX & HOUND (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter IRON CITY (Birmingham) Ingrid Michaelson, AJR SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman (ARW) RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Elle King BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) Dweezil Zappa THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Fitz and the Tantrums
UPCOMING EVENTS THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Elle King November 8 GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) Craig Morgan, The Oak Ridge Boys, Del McCoury Band, Tucker Beathard November 8 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz November 10 MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM (Chattanooga) Needtobreathe, Parachute, Welshly Arms November 10 TENNESSEE THEATRE (Knoxville) ZZ Top November 8 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) The Lone Bellow, Becca Mancari November 9 SWEET P’S BBQ AND SOUL HOUSE (Knoxville) Webb Wilder November 9 TENNESSEE THEATRE (Knoxville) Bob Dylan November 9 MARATHON MUSIC WORKS (Nashville) Stryper November 9 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Old Dominion, Steve Moakler November 10 THE INTERNATIONAL (Knoxville) Big Gigantic, Illenium November 10 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Robyn Hitchcock, Emma Swift November 10 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz November 11 CLYDE’S (Chattanooga) Boo Ray November 11 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Ashley and the Xs November 11 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Warpaint, Goldensuns, VS Colour November 11 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris November 11 GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) The Charlie Daniels Band, Rickey Skaggs, Radney Foster November 11 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Tegan & Sara November 11 MUSIC ROOM AT SMITH’S OLDE BAR (Atlanta) Stroke 9 November 11 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) Bob Mould
November 11 529 (Atlanta) Ted Leo, Gentleman Jesse, Robert Schneider November 11 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz November 12 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) The Velcro Pygmies November 12 HARRAH’S CHEROKEE CASINO (Cherokee, NC) 3 Doors Down November 12 WAR MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM (Nashville) The Fray, American Authors November 12 CANNERY BALLROOM (Nashville) Grouplove, Muna, Dilly Dally November 12 EXIT/IN (Nashville) Webb Wilder November 12 CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) Sheila E. November 12 VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) The Chris Robinson Brotherhood November 12 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Mindless Behavior, 4Ey The Future, Joe Moses November 12 TIVOLI THEATRE (Chattanooga) Bob Dylan November 13 THE INTERNATIONAL (Knoxville) Dillinger Escape Plan, O’Brother, Cult Leader, Car Bomb November 13 LEGACY ARENA (Birmingham) Carrie Underwood, Easton Corbin, The Swon Brothers November 14 SYMPHONY CENTER (Atlanta) Pet Shop Boys November 14 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Damien Jurado, Doug Keith, Okinawa November 15 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Lecrae, Ambré November 15 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Liquid Strangers, Bleep Bloop, Perkulat0r, Shlump November 15 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) Peter Hook November 15 BJCC CONCERT HALL (Birmingham) Bob Dylan November 15 WORKPLAY THEATRE (Birmingham) Galactic, The Hip Abduction November 15 BIJOU THEATRE (Knoxville) Blues Traveler November 15 INFINITE ENERGY CENTER (Atlanta) Pentatonix, Us The Duo November 16 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Blues Traveler November 16 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Dale Jones November 17 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Blues Traveler, Ripe November 17 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Spyro Gyra November 17 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Patty Griffin, Joan Shelley November 17 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Dale Jones November 18 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Maserati, Monomath November 18 T-BONE’S (Chattanooga) Ramble in the Attic November 18 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Caamp November 18 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Angie Aparo November 18 SYMPHONY HALL (Atlanta) David Crosby November 18 GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) Kiefer Sutherland November 18 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Dale
Jones November 19 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Tennessee’s Dead November 19 BLIND WILLIE’S (Atlanta) Joe Louis Walker November 19 HEAVEN AT THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) Yellowcard, Like Torches, Dryjacket November 19 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Drive-By Truckers, Kyle Craft November 19 HARRAH’S CHEROKEE CASINO (Cherokee, NC) Bret Michaels, Warrant, Firehouse November 19 MARATHON MUSIC WORKS (Nashville) Steve Vai November 19 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Dale Jones November 20 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Juan Gabriel November 20 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Radney Foster November 20 THE TABERNACE (Atlanta) Sleeping With Sirens, State Champs, Tonight Alive, Waterparks November 20 MARATHON MUSIC WORKS (Nashville) Good Charlotte, The Story So Far, Hit The Lights, Big Jesus November 20 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Itzhak Perlman, Rohan De Silva November 20 BIJOU THEATRE (Knoxville) Steve Vai November 20 NASHVILLE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Nashville) The 1975 November 21 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) “Christmas 4 Kids” The Marshall Tucker Band, Ray Stevens, Aaron Tippin, Montgomery Gentry, Ty Bates, James Robert Webb November 22 GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) Scotty McCreery, Del McCoury Band November 22 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) The Naked And Famous November 22 FOX THEATRE (Atlanta) The 1975 November 22 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Open Mic Night November 23 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Free Kittens Comedy Showcase November 23 BJCC CONCERT HALL (Birmingham) The 1975 November 23 ZANIE’S (Nashville) Ralphie May November 23 CANNERY BALLROOM (Nashville) The Naked And Famous, XYLO, The Chain Gang Of 1974 November 23 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Big Eddie Caylor November 25 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Richard Lloyd (Television), Mythical Motors, Superbody November 25 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Toneharm November 25 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Col. Bruce Hampton November 25 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Maxwell, Mary J. Blige, Ro James November 25 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Big Eddie Caylor November 26 TIVOLI THEATRE (Chattanooga) Goo Goo Dolls November 26 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) The Dirty Lungs, Bohannons, Dirty Lungs November 26
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REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Breakfast Club November 26 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Seven Lions, Pegboard Nerds, Unlike Pluto, Grum November 26 VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) Shawn Mullins November 26 GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) John Oates November 26 KNOXVILLE AUDITORIUM (Knoxville) Culture Club November 26 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Big Eddie Caylor November 27 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Kristian Bush November 27 BJCC CONCERT HALL (Birmingham) Goo Goo Dolls November 27 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Cirque Musica November 27 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Kacey Musgraves November 28 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Smile Empty Soul Veer Union, Kirra November 29 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) The Octonauts November 29 VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) Steve Vai November 29 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Mark Hummel & The Blues Survivors featuring Little Charlie and Anson Funderburgh, Courtney Daly Band November 30 CANNERY BALLROOM (Nashville) Seven Lions, Pegboard Nerds, Unlike Pluto, Grum November 30 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) “The Charlie Daniels Band Volunteer Jam” Charlie Daniels Band, Chris Stapleton, Kid Rock, Larry the Cable Guy, Travis Tritt November 30 TENNESSEE THEATRE (Knoxville) Goo Goo Dolls November 30 KNOXVILLE COLISEUM (Knoxville) The 1975 November 30 WORKPLAY THEATRE (Birmingham) Steve Vai November 30 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Master Hypnotist Gary Conrad December 1 VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) Howard Jones December 1 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Master Hypnotist Gary Conrad December 2 THE WAREHOUSE (Clarksville, TN) Escape the Fate, Nonpoint, Get Scared, Failure Anthem, Through Fire December 2 WORKPLAY THEATRE (Birmingham) Chris Knight December 2 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Master Hypnotist Gary Conrad December 3 THE CAMP HOUSE (Chattanooga) David Ramirez December 3 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Brian Setzer Orchestra December 3 ALABAMA THEATRE (Birmingham) Sara Evans December 3 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Diane Durrett December 4 SYMPHONY HALL (Atlanta) Dream Theater December 4 INFINITE ENERGY CENTER (Duluth, GA) Train, X Ambassadors, James Bay, Charlie Puth December 4 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Kenny G December 5
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Tuesday November 1 Big Business, Red Necklace Wednesday November 2 Open Mic Comedy Free Kittens Saturday November 5 Cornmeal, Ed Hamell On Trial Friday Novmeber 11 Ashley and the Xs Tuesday November 15
Damien Jurado, Doug Keith, Okinawa Friday November 18
Maserati, Monomath Wednesday November 23 Free Kittens Comedy Showcase Friday November 25
Richard Lloyd (Television), Mythical Motors, Superbody Saturday November 26
Bohannons, Dirty Lungs, Bad Cologne
SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) David Crosby December 5 SATURN (Birmingham) Cracker, The Whiskey Gentry December 6 GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) Craig Morgan December 6 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Frank Del Pizzo December 8 FRANKLIN THEATRE (Franklin, TN) Exile December 8 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Jennifer Nettles December 8 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Frank Del Pizzo December 9 COUNTRY TONITE THEATRE (Pigeon Forge, TN) Loretta Lynn December 9 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Atlanta Rhythm Section December 9 GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) Terri Clark December 9 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Frank Del Pizzo December 10 COUNTRY TONITE THEATRE (Pigeon Forge, TN) Loretta Lynn December 10 INFINITE ENERGY CENTER (Duluth, GA) Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown, Sixx:A.M., As Lions December 10 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Flosstradamus, Gent & Jawns, Slushii December 10 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Frank Del Pizzo December 11 FOX THEATRE (Atlanta) “Here Comes The Funny Tour” Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Nick Swardson December 13 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) St. Paul and the Broken Bones December 14 INFINITE ENERGY CENTER (Duluth, GA) Trans-Siberian Orchestra December 14 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Steve Mingola December 15 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) James Gregory, Steve Mingola December 16 INFINITE ENERGY CENTER (Duluth, GA) Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Jordan Smith December 16 CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) Reverend Horton Heat, Unknown Hinson, Nashville Pussy, Lucky Tubb December 16 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Ariana Grande, Meghan Trainor, The Chainsmokers, Harmony, DNCE, Alessia Cara, Daya, Lukas Graham December 16 TENNESSEE THEATRE (Knoxville) Kacey Musgraves December 16 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) James Gregory December 17 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Steve Mingola December 18 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Ed Roland December 19-21 TENNESSEE THEATRE (Knoxville) Mannheim Steamroller December 21 ZANIE’S (Nashville) Ralphie May December 22 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Paul McDonald December 22 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Diamond Dogs December 23 ZANIE’S (Nashville) Ralphie May December 23 MUSIC ROOM AT SMITH’S OLDE BAR (Atlanta) B.o.B. December 24 ZANIE’S (Nashville) Ralphie May December
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25 THE LYRIC THEATRE (Birmingham) Gillian Welch December 28 ALABAMA THEATRE (Birmingham) St. Paul and the Broken Bones December 28 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Widespread Panic December 29 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Disco Biscuits December 29 ALABAMA THEATRE (Birmingham) St. Paul and the Broken Bones December 29 TIVOLI THEATRE (Chattanooga) Gillian Welch December 30 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Widespread Panic December 30 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Disco Biscuits December 30 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) J.J. Grey & Mofro December 30 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Old Crow Medicine Show December 31 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Widespread Panic December 31 GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) John Prine, Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves, Old Crow Medicine Show, Dom Plemons December 31 VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) The Motet December 31 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Disco Biscuits December 31 LEGACY ARENA (Birmingham) Bassnectar, Gramatik, Joker, The Librarian December 31 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Butch Trucks January 3 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Lukas Graham January 10 JAMES K. POLK THEATRE (Nashville) “Cheers Live On Stage” January 14 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) The Subdudes January 15 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Aaron Lewis January 19 TIVOLI THEATRE (Chattanooga) Ronnie Milsap January 20 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Aaron Lewis January 20 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Midge Ure January 23 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) The Beach Boys January 25 TENNESSEE THEATRE (Knoxville) Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jack Pearson January 26 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Drive-By Truckers January 26 WORKPLAY THEATRE (Birmingham) Cowboy Mouth January 27 TIVOLI THEATRE (Chattanooga) Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jack Pearson January 28 VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) Delbert McClinton January 28 ALABAMA THEATRE (Birmingham) Miranda Sings January 28 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Sara Watkins January 29 WORKPLAY THEATRE (Birmingham) Sara Watkins January 30 KNOXVILLE AUDITORIUM (Knoxville) Mary Wilson February 4 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Bon Jovi February 10 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Judah & the Lion February 11
3RD & LINDSLEY (Nashville) G. Love & Special Sauce February 12 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Ariana Grande February 14 THE ROXY REGIONAL THEATRE (Clarksville, TN) “Gallagher’s Jokes On You Comedy Tour” Gallagher, Artie Fletcher, Nelson February 14-16 INFINITE ENERGY ARENA (Duluth, GA) Eric Church February 16 LEGACY ARENA (Birmingham) Bon Jovi February 16 LEGACY ARENA (Birmingham) Eric Church February 17 MARATHON MUSIC WORKS (Nashville) Moe. February 17 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Jay Leno February 18 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Moe. February 18 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) ZZ Top February 22 BJCC CONCERT HALL (Birmingham) Twenty One Pilots February 24 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) “Comedy Get Down” George Lopez, Charlie Murphy, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, The Entertainer February 24 SAMFORD UNIVERSITY (Birmingham) Bernadette Peters February 25 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Dita Von Teese February 25 SMITH’S OLDE BAR (Atlanta) Parker Smith February 25 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Livingston Taylor February 28 THE EARL (Atlanta) Agent Orange, Guttermouth, The Queers February 28 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Los Lonely Boys March 1 MCKENZIE ARENA (Chattanooga) TobyMac, Matt Maher, Mandisa, Mac Powell, Capital Kings, Stevenson, Hollyn March 2 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks Band, Leon Russell March 2 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks March 3 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Alan Cumming March 3 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks March 4 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Los Lonely Boys March 6 INFINITE ENERGY ARENA Duluth, GA) The Lumineers, Kaleo, Susto March 8 INFINITE ENERGY ARENA Duluth, GA) TobyMac, Matt Maher, Mandisa, Mac Powell, Capital Kings, Stevenson, Hollyn March 9 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) The Chieftains March 9 INFINITE ENERGY CENTER (Duluth, GA) Green Day, Against Me! March 10 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) The Chieftains March 10 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) The Chieftains March 11 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Carol Burnett March 15, 17 BARKING LEGS THEATER (Chattanooga) Pierre Bensusan March 24 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Peter Frampton March 26 WAR MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM (Nashville)
The Flaming Lips March 29 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) The Flaming Lips April 2 LEGACY ARENA (Birmingham) Panic! At the Disco, Misterwives, Saint Motel April 7 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Ariana Grande April 12 INFINITE ENERGY ARENA Duluth, GA) Panic! At the Disco, Misterwives, Saint Motel April 12 LEGACY ARENA (Birmingham) Tim McGraw, Faith Hill April 21 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Tim McGraw, Faith Hill April 22 KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY (Knoxville) Blood Sweat & Tears May 6 TIVOLI THEATRE (Chattanooga) Brian Wilson May 7 BJCC CONCERT HALL (Birmingham) Brian Wilson May 9 HEAVEN AT THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) The Damned May 11 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Eric Church May 26/27 ALYS ROBINSON STEPHENS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Birmingham) Jonny Lang June 10 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Johnny Mathis June 23 INFINITE ENERGY ARENA Duluth, GA) Roger Waters July 16 INFINITE ENERGY ARENA Duluth, GA) Shawn Mendes July 29 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Shawn Mendes July 31 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Tim McGraw, Faith Hill August 5 THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA (Knoxville) Tim McGraw, Faith Hill September 14
CONTINUING LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN CITY HALL (Lookout Mtn, GA) “Market Above the Clouds” First Saturday of each month. FIRST CENTENARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (Chattanooga) Singles One Mondays @ 6 PM GREATER CHATTANOOGA ASPIES (Chattanooga) Third Tuesday of each month, 6-8 pm DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE BUILDING (Chattanooga) Chattanooga Alliance for Animals First Wednesday of the month MILLER MOTLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (Chattanooga) CHEO Complimentary Health Education Organization Chapter Meeting Third Sunday 2-4 PM THE CHATTANOOGAN Breakfast Education & Networking Workshop Second Wednesday of the month BRADFORD HEALTH CENTER (Chattanooga) Free Parent Support Meeting Thursdays 56pm THE ELKS LODGE (Cleveland) Joe Collins Tuesdays LAS MARGARITA’S (Cleveland) Collins Brothers Band Thursdays THE MEETING PLACE (Red Bank, TN) Open Mic Night Second Tuesday of Each Month
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More Hillary Hijinks With Election Day looming I wanted to take my last chance to attempt to inform some readers as to some more of Hillary Clinton’s (or her minions) inappropriate actions in attempting to sway the election results.
this news because of biased accounts issued by the LSM or the ignoring of major stories involving a candidate (Hillary) that the LSM appear to openly
from John Podesta, a longtime Hillary Clinton adviser and confidant. E-mails were just released which revealed that a number of journalists
meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch was just “a chance encounter”. This was just before the FBI Director announced the Justice Department would not pursue charges against Hillary.
Now it’s my belief that the regular Enigma reader is a bit more news/information savvy individual than the average “get my news from Google” types. So hang on. Some of this may be a review for the person who looks beyond what the lame-stream media (LSM) puts out. I am hoping to reach some people who have support. were invited to a dinner gala not heard of these incidents. given by Podesta. Of course Perhaps they have not heard Let’s start with some e-mails no conservative journalists were invited. Was there was no currying of favor involved? We report you decide. If you don’t think so you probably believe that Bill Clinton’s
E-mails and avideotape surfaced which apparently shows Robert Creamer and other Hillary minions talking about hiring people (often homeless which I find especially heinous) to disrupt Donald Trump rallies. A costumed Donald Duck was present carrying negative Trump signs and attracting attention at several Trump rallies. On one tape it’s discussed that Hillary particularly liked the Donald Duck character. If this isn’t almost terrorism isn’t it at least criminal? Yet there has been no word on any type of
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criminal proceedings against these people or even mention of an investigation. I just wonder if a secret tape of Trump supporters talking about hiring homeless people to disrupt Hillary rallies surfaced what would the media reaction be? Leaked e-mails have alluded to the Clinton’s taking millions of dollars for “speeches” and the subsequent public appearance from the governments of several nations which have atrocious records on women’s rights as well as the treatment of Lesbian ,Gay, Bi-sexual and trans-sexual people. Yet Hillary claims she triumphs the cause of LGBT people.
This e-mail debacle (scandal has been overused) has been a problem for not only Hillary but also Barack Obama. Obama in a 2015 interview claimed he found out about Hillary Clinton using a nongovernmental thus nonsecured server/s to send and receive government business much of which was classified when everyone else did. Due to some of the leaked e-mails it was uncovered that Cheryl Mills long-time friend, adviser and sometimes alleged legal counsel of Hillary Clinton mentioned in an e-mail that Obama had e-mails sent from Hillary Clinton that were not sent from “government equipment”. Obviously if it was not sent from Government equip-
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mails and is now the deputy director. Awkward. McAuliffe is the same Governor who restored voting rights to 13,000 felons and is attempting to restore voting rights to another 200,000. Wonder To me the most shocking and why he did that right before damning incident involving the election? Hillary Clinton was her defense of the rapist of a A recent Media Research twelve-year-old girl. Hillary Center study showed the regugot this monster off with time lar media portrayed Trump served. She brags about it on negatively 91 percent of the the tape and laughs when she time. This seems to support says this case destroyed her Trump’s claims that the media belief in polygraph results as is attempting to rig the electhe accused rapist had passed tion in Clinton’s favor. the polygraph test however Hillary said she thought he Clinton’s continuing apparent was guilty. As this was a disdain for the law and the court-appointed case why appearance that she is above didn’t she ask to be excused the law has had a demoralizfrom this case if as she claims ing effect on many people she is such a champion of according to one network. I women and children’s rights? agree. It looks as if there are two justice systems - one for What about the revelation the likes of Hillary Clinton that Terry McAuliffe and the super rich and one Democratic Governor of for regular people. What Virginia and long time friend other revealing e-mails may and supporter of Hillary gave be leaked before or after the a campaign contribution to an election no one knows. But FBI agent’s wife who was run- hey, I’m sure the Russians will ning for office? This FBI agent get blamed. led the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s sending and - Mark Haskins receiving of non-secured ement it would not be secure. Also these e-mils prove Obama knew Hillary was sending unsecured e-mails. This story has not received much attention from the LSM.
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The Disappearance of Private Clubs in America All across the country private clubs are struggling or closing. It doesn’t matter what they are (golf, tennis, yacht, or social) — it is even affecting fraternities and sororities in college. Private clubs are trying all types of promotions to get and keep members.
dying off. The federal government is a big part of why this is happening. It has stuck its nose in people’s personal business and told them who they must allow in and allow to join. No longer can you exercise your right to choose who you want to associate with and rub shoulders
has become an unwritten law of the land... the land of the free (not anymore). Do we really need females on the football field questioning the coaches? How about in the locker room? How long before the teams are required to have female players? Will the Miss America contest be required to admit men or transgenders? Someday will the NAACP be required to change the name because of the words Colored People (a politically incorrect term)? The world will change in time and on its own. We do not need to be directed by do-gooders who want the world to be everything to everybody. Bull, get out of my life and let me be a jerk if I choose to be.
with. The big problem is the attitude the new and the old members have toward the organization and each other. The older members (the older people) have a sense of brotherhood or tradition. That is not prevalent in today’s younger adults (the millennials). In other words they don’t really care like the older members do… read on you might get a feeling of why.
We are told we must be politically correct— I say to hell with political correctness. What about our rights to be politically incorrect? Don’t I have a right to be a bigot or a racist if I so choose? Not that it would be morally right, but it should be my choice and not Washington’s. It is a personal choice and should be left to me (or my club). We are pressured from all sides to try to In the college system after grad- be all things to all men. I say uation, students move on and bullshit (not politically correct). don’t really keep in touch with their brothers or sisters in the When will frats be pressured to fraternity or sorority. They take women as members? Will don’t attend alumni meetings or the Girl Scouts have to take in other events. In private clubs, boys? Don’t laugh. The pressure traditions are fading away or is on from all sides. Correctness ENIGMA
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It’s time we take back our right to what the US used to guarantee us, that being freedom of choice— freedom to choose… freedom to choose who you want in your club, house, or life, based on any standards you wish— freedom to be a jerk if you choose. Stand up for your right to be yourself no matter how awful society says it is. They don’t pay your bills. Live free or die. Sam Colt once said all men are created equal. That’s true, but from that part on the equality fades. This is still the USA, right?
- Paul Burke Sr.
Why I’m Voting For Trump only). I spent most of my adult life either totally ignoring him or sticking my nose up at anything that bared his name. I laughed at his reality show. I watched an entire five minutes maybe to add to my ammunition as to why I didn’t like It has taken me a long time to him and thought it was pathetic embrace Donald Trump – not as a that he owned a beauty pageant. presidential candidate, although that too, but as a businessman and I remember when I first heard of Donald Trump. I was in college human being, but I finally did. and saw a copy of “The Art of the For the longest time I despised Deal”. I thought the guy on the Donald Trump. As long as I can cover looked like a smarmy prick. remember his name would make I’ve always read books on business me sick as I thought he was the my life like “How to Swim With the most arrogant person I had ever Sharks and Not Get Eaten” and so heard about or seen (via media on and so forth. Even when I was Yes, I’m voting for Donald Trump. If you have a serious problem with that please go to the next article, put down this magazine or surf another website. I really don’t care.
in school I always liked to consider myself a good negotiator. I thought to myself, “This guy is full of himself” and I always wanted to be in a meeting with him because I
ner. He sat across from me at dinner and said, “I wish I had $500,000. I would send you into any business and know you would take it over in six months.” I was
wanted to show him I was better at the “art of the deal” than he. Many only know me from this magazine and have no idea what other businesses I’ve been involved with or financed. One of the biggest compliments I got was by my partner in the alt-weekly The Loafer. The Loafer was the first alt-weekly that lasted more than a month in Chattanooga and was where I cut my teeth in this business. I went from working part-time two days a week to a month later being asked who I would hire and fire to two months later being made a partner in the business. The publisher, who was originally from New York like Trump and myself, was as arrogant and more self-important than Trump.
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Besides Trump’s book, I was tired of how he became the golden boy of all the magazines and media. Everything about him in the New York Times or People magazine was glowing stories of this rich New York developer. Then he got involved with the USFL. That was the short-lived professional football league that was a rival to the NFL in the early/mid ‘80s. Originally they played their schedule in the spring so as not to be in direct competition with the uber established NFL. Trump was one of the owners of the New Jersey Generals. Their claim to fame was they signed Heisman trophy winner Hershel Walker. Walker, when he signed was considered the most prized pick of the draft – NFL or USFL. People were shocked Walker signed with the upstart league. But the money was so great compared to what the NFL would have offered; it made it sim-
Some girl from a small southern town whose claim to fame was After a couple of seasons the being “the carpet capital of the league seemed to be gaining trac- world” was caught having an affair tion with the public. They were with the married Trump. also drawing some of the best talent away from the NFL. Besides Ironically the press was a lot easiWalker, the USFL also had future er on him for cheating on his wife NFL Hall of Famers Steve Young, back then than they are now over Jim Kelly and Reggie White just to many accusations that have turned name a few. But then the league’s out to be fabricated. I never ego got in the way. Or should I say understood how someone with Trump’s money and supposed Trump’s. pedigree was going with a girl Trump made a big push for the whose claim to fame was “Miss league to go head-to-head with the Resaca Beach”. After a nasty NFL and play a fall schedule. After divorce Trump married Maples. I Trump’s posturing and huffing and find quite a bit of irony in the fact puffing the league went along. one of the guests at the wedding Needless to say, the league failed was Rosie O’Donnell. almost immediately. I would check magazine like Being a football fan since I was People from time to time to see if able to walk I had mixed feelings. there were any more fluff pieces I sort of liked the USFL. It was on Trump. I needed something to more football to watch. I remem- stoke my hatred. Most of Trump’s ber watching the World Football press was now coming from shows League (WFL) backing the ‘70s. As like “Inside Edition” and “Extra” you can probably tell I loved not so much society pages. watching football. That is also why to this day I love arena football Their marriage petered out after although there is no longer a team six years and to my joy I rarely close for me to cheer for. Trump heard much out of Trump except screwed this up for me. Yet anoth- when he was an occasional guest er reason to dislike him. The “art of a talk show. I was finally rid of of the deal” my ass. Trump. Or so I thought. Then I started to ever so slightly like But the media loved him. Every Donald Trump. Why you ask? magazine you could think of had Rosie O’Donnell. One of the things some article about either Trump or I hated more in the world than his former fashion model wife Donald Trump is Rosie ODonnell. Ivana. I never understood why this then millionaire real estate devel- I have never been a fan of Rosie. I oper drew so much national atten- saw her standup and wasn’t tion. Even today I don’t know why. impressed. I tried to watch a few I knew more about the Trump fam- of the sit-coms she was in and just ily than I did my neighbors whom I grimaced. To this day I still don’t lived next to for more than ten know why anyone thinks she’s years. funny. And then she made a big deal about “coming out”: in 2002. I Then the big news the Trumps could have told you she was gay were getting a divorce. And it was back in the ‘80s and saved everya nasty one. I gloated. Finally he one the hoopla. was going to get what he deserved and maybe go away. Then it To make matters worse her polititurned out his new love interest cal view are complete polar oppowas from Dalton, Georgia – my site of mine. Instead of being neck of the woods. What the…? diplomatic about her views she was a bully. She used her role on Marla Maples (if that isn’t a south- TV as a bully pulpit, which to this ern name I don’t know what is) day I take offense. I can respect was now seeing Donald Trump. someone’s personal opinion but to ple for him.
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try and bully people into believing like you I have a problem. She always goes overboard as far as I’m concerned. And then the feud started. It seems like it’s been going on forever but the verbal war between Trump and Rosie O’Donnell has its beginnings in 2006. It was revealed the winner of the Miss America Pageant that Trump coowned in the past used drugs, drank underage and was sexually active. Trump came to her defense stating he thought people deserved a second chance. O’Donnell the next day on “The View” criticized Trump’s decision and went on a personal attack against him calling him everything from a non self-made man to a snake oil salesman. She also stated he had gone bankrupt. To Trump’s defense he did not go bankrupt personally at any time in his professional career only certain business ventures. There is a big difference.
occasionally stop while flipping channels just to reassure myself why I was of superior intellect as to why I don’t watch. I always felt very reassured.
liberal activists during Vietnam. On the show they joked that he had a picture of Nixon on his bedside growing up. My parents weren’t radicals or even liberal but many forget the Democratic While trolling through the chan- Party 40-50 years ago was as if not nels on a rare evening at home I more conservative on many issues came across “The Apprentice”. I as the Republicans are now. watched for less than 15 minutes. That was all it took to re-stoke my After the Reagan revolution the dislike of “The Donald” as every- Republican Party took a downturn one was calling him these days. with weak candidates even though George H.W. Bush and George W. My impression of the show and Bush were elected. Actually neiTrump were as follows: Looking at ther party had any sterling candiTrump Tower and their offices I dates. Bob Dole was dull. The first thought his taste was gaudy and Bush lied to us about taxes and borderline Lotto winner. John McCain is a wimp. I don’t Everything looked cheap in how care if he served in the war and overly ornate he was. I didn’t like was a P.OW. As a politician he is his demeanor on the show. I wishy-washy. And Mitt Romney thought he was full of himself or came across as an arrogant full of – you get the idea. I briefly Democrat running as a Republican. fantasized about being on the show and having a face-to-face For the first time in years I was showdown with him where he enthusiastic about my party of would try to use his catchphrase, choice. We had 16 candidates on “You’re fired”. To which I would the ballots in the primaries. And counter with “No, you’re fired.” To they weren’t old white guys like this day despite not being a bil- the left always tried to stereotype lionaire I think in many ways I am them. They were men, women, or could be a better businessman black, of Cuban descent – a literal or negotiator than Trump. melting pot of what made America great. And what did the Democrats Out of sight out of mind. Then offer? Two old white people – one came the 2008 and 2012 presiden- man and one woman whose avertial elections. Once again Trump age age was 72. Talk about turnhad to stick his two-cents worth in. about. For decade Democrats There were even rumblings that he made fun of the Republican party was going to throw his hat in the ring and run. But like many pseudo-celebrities that flirt with politics he backed down.
Donald being Donald did not take this personal attack lying down. It became a public feud that goes on today. This was the beginning of me softening my feelings on Trump. Trump, no-holds barred came right back with both barrels calling her every name in the book things like disgusting and a “fat pig”. O’Donnell for too long has been allowed to be a bully on her talks shows or any shows she has been a guest on and I personally enjoyed someone firing back and not just sitting there letting her get Then came 2015 as things started to get rolling for the 2015 election. the last word. Trump decided to run for the Out of sight out of mind I was too Republican nomination. I scoffed busy to keep up with the exploits initially. Was this another publiciof “The Donald”. I’ve been too ty stunt? busy wheeling and dealing as well as pissing people off around here. I have been a lifelong Republican Then came “The Apprentice”. going back to my youth. I had a Enough with Donald Trump “Nixon” button back in the day to already. I never watched reality the dismay of my father. I often TV before and still haven’t. In the joked when I was in college that 15 or so years since it’s inception I Michael J. Fox’s character Alex may have tallied a grand total of Keaton on “Family Ties” was modjust under an hour watching. My eled after me. The Keaton characmother would watch the crap and I ter was a staunch conservative would just shake my head. I would Republican whose parents were ENIGMA
being the party of old white men. I was and am proud that my political party of choice was now as diverse in makeup as they were once criticized for not being. And to be honest, most were good candidates and many will continue to be so in the upcoming election cycles. All but one of the candidates ranged in age of early 40s to early 60s. The exception being Trump. I, like many did not take his candidacy seriously at first. The pool of candidates was too rich I thought for anyone to take him seriously. Then one of my liberal friends chimed in and made fun of Trump because he had no political experience. “He was only a businessman”. I never truly understood political science. I was always told statesmen were members of the community that donated their time or took time away from their business or trade to help their community by representing them. It wasn’t a trade or practice. That is one of the problems with politics today. Too many people are into it for the money and not the initial intent to properly represent their community and constituency. And as far as being a business leader that is someone more knowledgeable in how to not only lead a constituen-
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cy, but how to interact with others, negotiate and take care of business, often on a smaller scale but just the same. Board meetings as well as congressional meetings are both run by Roberts Rules of Order. If you don’t know what that is look it up. Those are the rules created centuries ago to run and keep order in a meeting be it government or otherwise. So Trump, who has been in business for himself for 40 or so years is much more experienced in running a meeting and keeping order than most of Congress or the House of Representatives. I still didn’t take Trump seriously as a candidate. I heard his initial platform and agreed with his statements on immigration, jobs, the economy and defense. I still had no plans on voting for him but the more he talked policy the farther up on my list of candidates he climbed. For the past couple of years I have had lunch with a group of businessmen – all older than me. Most are attorneys, a few entrepre-
neurs, and even a judge or two from time to time. I always kept quiet around them for the most part taking in their conversations like I usually do. They started talking about the election and a couple of them were high on Trump. They liked what little bit of policy he stated and agreed almost wholeheartedly with his opinion on illegal immigration, the loss of jobs and the trade imbalance. These were guys respected in their fields all seeing beyond the reality show persona and larger than life personality and ego of Trump. I started to soften my opposition to “The Donald”. Maybe he was a serious candidate. Truth be told I voted for Dr. Ben Carson in my primary, but Trump was on my radar. I am loyal for the most part to my party of choice and decided I would vote for him if he by some odd chance won the party’s nomination. And as I watched Trump go on the offensive – being offensive to many and politically incorrect I both laughed and face palmed. One by one he barreled over and
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bullied his way through the field. I think the showman in him and the “flash” he displayed being in center ring of this political circus helped him. His time as a media darling early in life and a reality star brought out the showman in him that most politicians don’t have. He relishes the spotlight where most political candidates shy away from except when running for office. His bombastic personality was similar to a bull going through a china shop. Honestly it was fun to watch even if it was my party of choice. The Republican primary was reminiscent of a WWE event instead of a political event. Instead of policy being discussed insult and barb were thrown from all sides. On the Democratic side they were quiet and despite the Bernie Sanders revolution it was obvious their primary was predetermined in favor of Hillary Clinton. The Super Delegates gave this away. While unlike their name a Super Delegate doesn’t wear a cape (at least not our in public) they can be
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used to hijack delegates from one candidate to the other. Basically whoever is running on the Democratic ballot it is already predetermined who will represent the party in the general election. There is only an illusion of true Democracy. Yet another reason for me to hate the Democratic Party. While the Republican primary looked like an episode of Jerry Springer on the Democratic side only Sanders talked policy with Clinton staying in the shadows. Everyone knew what Sanders stood for. Those with any real intelligence also knew it could never work. On the Republican side once Trump started to divide the field with his often obnoxious remarks he became the only candidate to talk about his platform. The rest of the Republican field spent their time either pretending to be insulted by Trump or started putting him down as well. I still don’t know what Cruz or Rubio’s platform is. Sure I could go to their website and read, but it is up to the candidate to articulate that
to the electorate which is something Trump managed to between barbs and Cruz, Rubio and the rest of the field did not as they were too offended (or pretended to be) or made weak attempts to return insults.
“Little Marco, “Lyin’” Ted and “Crooked” Hillary had me honestly laughing at how juvenile they were but also effective at the same time.
Republicans were saying and it wasn’t nice. Unless they got their way they would not support Trump. Many “establishment” Republicans already butted heads
an immediate dislike for Trump because of his “art of the deal”. Even to this day I think I am as good at negotiating as he but I don’t have access to the same resources. He’s a billionaire. I wanted to be one and still do. Let’s face it he is living the American Dream and those with lofty goals and fell short are jealous. That being said, there is a healthy jealousy that can be used to keep one motivated and a nasty jealousy when one resorts to nastiness, deceit and trickery to attack others we are jealous. Mine was the first. The rest not so much. And to be honest in hindsight while I haven’t been as successful as Trump I still have done a lot better than many. And I’m still holding out hope.
While this was going on I started becoming disheartened by my party. When it was becoming obvious that Trump was starting to pull away I started reading and listening to what “establishment”
with Ted Cruz because of his Constitutional stands. It was becoming ever so transparent that the Republicans were the same as the Democrats. All they were interested in was getting elected to office and staying there and put on some act that they had the general populace’s best interest at heart. Not the case. As I’ve said and written for years there is only one political party in our country and that’s the Opportunist Party. The way candidates jump parties back and forth all in an effort to stay in office is disturbing. Even Sanders became an Independent candidate in Vermont – of course Independent was an easier way for him to get elected than Communist which is basically what his policies are. Just because you call yourself a Democratic Socialist doesn’t change that. I’ve seen candidates jump political parties to either stay elected or get elected when they could not win as a member of the other political party depending on trends. It goes from the highest office down to local races. Many forget the current sheriff where I live lost the election twice as a Democrat before switching parties.
And that is what bothers me about this campaign. From the primaries to the general election just a few days away all attacks on Trump have been personal. From the very beginning attacks were made on everything from his hair to his skin tone (how ironic in this politically correct world we live) to the size of his hands. What about his message? For his billions (supposed) Trump has been able to reach down and relate to every man, woman and child and address their concerns – not the concerns of a political party. Minimal time has been spent disputing or arguing his platform other than to call him names like misogynist, racist, xenophobe and others instead of debating the issues. Trump is a true outsider this political season and that is why he has such a grassroots following.
All this time I was singing the praises of my party of choice. I was impressed we had so many candidates and how diverse they were as I stated earlier. Trump was the lone wild card. However despite his lack of “political” experience he knew how to divide and conquer, something all great businessmen know how to do as well as leaders of men. Trump’s attack on his opponents have been hilarious even if they aren’t politically correct or correct in any way. Sounding like a schoolyard bully he came up with nicknames for his most heated opponents. And while some were offended for whatever reason – usually political correctness.
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Many are put off by Trumps tone of voice and call him either a bully or blunt, lacking couth. I’ve got news for you. He’s a native New Yorker – that’s the way we are. Notice I say “we”. I, too was born in New York but unfortunately got relocated when I was very young. All native New Yorkers have that gene in them that makes us sound blunt – or as I call it, the honesty gene. Unlike traditional southerners, we New Yorkers aren’t good at candy coating anything. And while
except the general public. If you start connecting the dots it has been obvious for decades the deceit that Clinton and her family operated. However there are those who will vote party line regardless. Others will vote for her on the sole virtue she’s a woman. Others because she is an “insider” and as we’ve learned during one of the dirtiest and nastiest election cycles in history it is obvious many no longer just a candidate on the quality of their character but only who can get something The biggest difference between for them and preserve status quo. Trump and Hillary Clinton can be easily pointed out in this cam- The recent revelations of Trump’s paign. Almost every day Trump is sexual accusers I find kind of ironholding rallies and making public ic. The people most offended by appearances. Where has Hillary the leaked Trump audio with Billy been? Attending fundraisers of Bush that was actually illegally her followers. While Trump is recorded and released, where the busy relaying his message to the same people who turned a blind voters Clinton is only speaking to eye to much worse accusations those who are paying her to speak. during Bill Clinton’s run for office. And let us not forget none of Let that sink in for a second. Clinton’s accusers were proven Even before the primaries got wrong and one even received a started political pundits attacks on six-figure settlement. And Hillary Trump were personal. This was spent this time attacking the charmonths before he turned the pri- acter of these women while ironimary and general election into a cally claiming to be a champion of juvenile name-calling event. Truth women’s rights. The only rights be told it wasn’t Trump who start- Hillary Clinton is a champion of his ed to juvenile attacks it was his whatever rights advance her perpolitical detractors. They made sonal agenda and that is dangerpersonal attacks over his hair, his ous. skin tone, Yankee accent. These personal attacks – not attacks on Whatever the outcome on his political stances or policies are November 8 one this is for sure. no different than using racist, sex- Donald Trump has proven that it is ist or other demeaning bully we - the American people versus attacks. Those leaning to the left the United States establishment or far right justify it because government. The fact he is getting criticized from every side of the Trump’s a rich white guy. political spectrum – and mostly People scoff at Trump being a self- personal insults goes to prove how made man because his father, a shallow our current representasuccessful developer in his own tives are. Any discussion of policy right loaned his son the money to is thrown to the back as an after get started. The big difference is thought. unlike the trust fund kids I grew up with on Lookout Mountain who are And it’s a shame because so much siphoning off their family’s name is riding on this election including and fortune Trump took that mil- the Supreme Court. If you haven’t lion dollar loan and turned it into already voted go out and vote with your conscious for the candidate billions. of your choice. As for me, I’m votWikileaks actually did little to ing for Donald J. Trump. expose Hillary Clinton that wasn’t known by many in the know - D.A. Weinthal it sounds like we are rude or blunt we are just brutally honest. One of the best compliments I got in college came from my best friend who was a female. She came over and asked me my opinion of something personal. She said, “I know you’ll tell me the truth”. Despite I’ve lived in the south for decades it was only the other week someone said to me, “You’re not from around here, are you?” I’ve heard that for as long as I can remember and no I’m not.
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The Legend of Matty Ice Resurfaces The legend of Matty Ice reemerged Sunday at the Atlanta Falcons rallied late to defeat the Green Bay Packers 33-32 at the Georgia Dome.
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Despite being down all his weapons on offense except Jordy Nelson, Aaron Rodgers still threw four touchdown With the winds of November passes to a group of no name blowing upon the Falcons they receivers. find themselves in first place after winning a hard fought bat- His counterpart Matt Ryan
ing the Falcons back for late game wins, thus earning the title “Matt Ice”. The legend grew over the years with very little disappointment. The first notable lack of comeback magic was in the NFC Championship game where the Falcons ran out to a 17-point lead only to see it go away and found themselves trailing as time ran out. Ryan rallied the Falcons at that time but the drive stalled at the 10. The following seasons in general have been lackluster as they haven’t had a winning season since.
but a fourth down pass in which Julio Jones appeared to be interfered with was a non-call costing the team the game. And last week after losing a 17-point lead to San Diego. With the score tied and only seconds remaining, once again another Ryan pass to Jones looked like a sure interference call but wasn’t. With only 6 seconds to play Ryan was able to complete another short pass setting up a 58-yard field goal attempt that fell just short. The Falcons ended up losing in overtime.
And this week the Falcons led Two weeks ago it appeared in the first quarter – and at the Ryan was regaining his magic end of the game. Taking a
tle between two of the leagues best quarterbacks facing two of the most underperforming defenses. The crowd was not disappointed.
threw three scoring strikes including hitting Mohammed Sanu from 11 yards out with 31 seconds remaining to win the game for the NFC South leaders.
The Falcons found themselves involved in another shootout and after back-to-back last possession losses they corrected
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quick 3-0 lead, the Falcons sur- quarter. The Falcons grabbed Then the legend of Matty Ice rendered it quickly as Rodgers the lead 26-24 and that’s pretty was reborn. With Jones being hit Jordy Nelson on their sec- much were it stood until the shut down all day – he only had ond play from scrimmage for 58 yards setting up the first of four touchdown passes. Rodgers hit Nelson a couple of plays later to take a 7-3 win. It took Ryan and the Falcons only three plays to travel 75 yards and recapture the lead as Ryan hit Taylor Gabriel with a 47-yard strike to regain the lead. The teams fought back and forth the second quarter with the half ending on a Mason Crosby 29-yard field goal to give Green Bay a 24-19 lead.
downs. With the win the Falcons improved to 5-3 and remain in first place where they’ve been the entire month. Halloween Madness : Falcons cheerleaders and Drum Corps dressed up for Halloween. It would have been fun to see both teams to celebrate by wearing throwback uniforms and instead of their numbers, wear famous Falcon and Packer names like Steve Bartkowski, Tommy Nobis, Bart Starr and Paul Horning. I guess a football nut can always dream. Running Rodgers: With no real running game of record as everyone is injured Aaron Rodgers lead the Pack in rushing with 60 yards. The rest of the team only gained 48 yards collectively. It was the first 100 yard game the Falcons defense gave up all month. The Falcons were held under 100 yards for the first time in weeks gaining 90.
Defense took center stage for a change in the third quarter as both teams punted a couple of Packers marched down late as three catches for 29 yards and times before the Falcons Rodgers hit Jeff Janis with was only targeted once in the mounted a drive late in the under four minutes remaining. second half, Sanu became Ryan’s go to guy on the drive. Ryan hit Sanu five times and Devonta Freeman twice with it all culminating with winning score as the first year Falcon was found in the back of the Passing It Around: Ryan spread end zone with 31 ticks to go. the ball out to eight different A collective sigh of relief was receivers Sunday extending his heard throughout the Georgia NFL record of consecutive 200Dome as Matty Ice finally plus yard passing games (47). directed a game-winning drive, his 25th, but the first in a long More Stuff That Only Interests time. ‘’They don’t call the guy Me: There was only one punt in Matty Ice for no reason,’’ Sanu the first half and only one kicksaid. ‘’The guy has ice in his off return. veins,” said Sanu. However there were 31 second remaining. The Falcons defense rose to the occasion. After allowing a Rodgers sevenyard completion, his next three passes fell incomplete as Rodgers faced a lot of pressure and the secondary didn’t budge as the ball was turned over on ENIGMA
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The Falcons have short week as they play Thursday night looking to get even with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who defeated them in the season opener. They will be on the road at Raymond James Stadium. The game will be aired on the NFL Network.
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The Cult of My Morning Jacket It’s taken me a long time to finally see My Morning Jacket – year in fact, but I finally did the other night at the Tivoli Theatre. It’s hard to believe an audiophile like myself hasn’t seen this band perform live, especially since they’ve been around since 1998. And in a slight confession, I wasn’t that familiar with their songs. I was however aware of their reputation.
make documentaries about as they performed for four hours that night. I’m still shocked I had never seen them live before. I was at that particular Bonnaroo festival and there that night. But I got pissed because I wasn’t approved to shoot Metallica that night and called it an early night. Not only that but the kind of crowd bands like
Fox cartoon series “American Dad” dedicated an entire episode to James and the band’s music back in 2009. One of my favorite comedies I found it odd that CIA agent Stan Smith, the patriarch of the odd and somewhat dysfunctional Smith household in the show with this almost religious cult-like following of the animated version of
I think part of the reason I’ve wanted to see the band is because of their bigger than life persona and that of the band’s leader Jim James. My Morning Jacket has been able to build a huge following without the aid of airplay garnering their following through live performances and a strong social media and online presence. Play live they do and they have put on some legendary shows. Their Bonnaroo performance in 2009 is one they
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the band and James. It was a funny episode, the music was pretty good but I found it interesting a band that wasn’t mainstream was the subject of a mainstream show. It was To my surprise the show was kind of cool, but I was cynia sellout. Not because it was cal. a sellout but very few things sellout in Chattanooga unless My cynicism was laid to rest they involve trucks or a jam this night. First off the fan band. base, a few that I spoke with prior to show time were My curiosity of the band has extremely nice and not a grown over the years and a bunch of stoners that you way put me off because of would expect to see at a band their pop culture reference. with such a cult following. ENIGMA
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1. Jim Donovan and the Sun King Warriors 2. Kings of Leon 3. Band of Horses 4. Kaiser Chiefs 5. Pink Floyd 6. Ryan Oyer Band 7. Shovels & Ropes 8. Mike Doughty 9. Green Day 10. Conor Oberst 11. Wilco 12. Phish 13. Pixies 14. Drive By Truckers 15. Margaret Glaspy 16. Norah Jones 17. Head & the Heart 18. The Pretenders 19. The Avett Brothers 20. Sting
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and Pink Floyd’s “Mother”. After listening to the music, taking in the light show I’m beginning to understand what Stan Smith and others find so addictive about My Morning Jacket. My Morning Jacket Setlist Compound Fracture X-Mas Curtain The Dark It Beats 4 U Off the Record Spring (Among the Living) I Will Sing You Songs Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (Elton John cover) The Way That He Sings
Radiohead. The music was rock blended with psychedelia with just a hint of jam – not too much of the latter fortunately as I’ve heard my fill of jam bands. I was surprised how rocking they were and how charismatic James was on stage. My Morning Jacket reminds me of a young U2 without the pretentiousness of Bono. There was melodic groove without being redundant.
We were getting kind of anxious as the show began an hour late but was well worth the wait. Once the band took the stage the entire crowd rose to their feet and stayed there the entire time. James and company performed 23 songs over the course of the evening playing only a handful of songs from the latest album, 2015’s The Waterfall. They concentrated a majority of their time to their 2005 breakthrough album Z. And while covered plenty of material while on stage they As I stated earlier I wasn’t as treated the crowd to a couple familiar with he music as I of covers including Elton probably should. I’ve heard a John’s “Rocket Man” which lot of comparisons including the band did a soulful cover ENIGMA
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A New Life (Jim James song) Lay Low Smokin’ From Shootin’ Strangulation! Tropics (Erase Traces) Carried Away (Carl Broemel song) Dondante Mother (Pink Floyd cover) Gideon Encore: Bermuda Highway Slow Slow Tune Wordless Chorus Phone Went West Mahgeetah
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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 1894 William Donaldson and James H. Hennegan published their first edition of Billboard as “A monthly resume of all that is new, bright and interesting on the boards.” The eight page magazine was “devoted to the interests of advertisers, poster printers, bill posters, advertising agents & secretaries of fairs.” It later began reporting on circuses, carnivals, vaudeville and other forms of live entertainment before focusing on motion pictures and later still, the music industry. The cost of that initial publication was 10 cents or 90 cents a year.
RCA executives offer a guarantee of $100,000 to Sam Cooke in an effort to lure him to their label when his Keen Records contract expires. After Cooke signed with RCA, he would go on to achieve 19 more Billboard Top 40 hits to go along with the 8 he had with Keen. Billboard magazine reports the payola scandal “will substantially damage the careers of at least twentyfive DJs.” Alan Freed is quoted as saying that his career has gone “down the drain.”
1961 Brian Epstein went to Liverpool’s Cavern Club to see The Beatles perform for the first time. He had been getting requests at his NEMS music store for a record called “My Bonnie”. After several more visits, An R&B group called The Famous Epstein would offer to manage the Flames, led by singer James Brown, group, which he did until his death cut their first demo of “Please, in 1967. Please, Please” at a radio station in 1963 Macon Georgia. It will lead to their signing with King Records, where The Kingsmen’s classic, “Louie, they re-recorded the song in Louie” is released in the US. It will February, 1956 and watched it climb enter the Hot 100 near the end of November and peak at #2 in early to #6 on Billboard’s R&B chart. January. 1955 The Everly Brothers made their first The Beach Boy’s “In My Room” studio recordings, cutting four cracks Billboard’s Top 40. Although tracks in 22 minutes at Nashville’s the song would only climb to #23, it would be inducted into the Grammy Old Tulane Hotel Studios. Hall of Fame in 1999 and was ranked 1956 number 212 on Rolling Stone’s list of A Rock ‘n’ Roll oddity happened The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. when two different versions of the 1965 same song, “Cindy, Oh Cindy”, were tied at #12 on the Billboard chart. Rochester, New York police halt a Eddie Fisher’s version was to be his Rolling Stones concert until over last Top 40 entry, while the rendi- 3,500 screaming fans return to tion by Vince Martin And The order. Tarriers proved to be the only time Harrods department store in they made the list. London, England closed their doors 1959 to the public so The Beatles could Billboard magazine says that this is do their Christmas shopping. “one of the most frantic weeks in 1967 the history of the music business,” as the government probe into disc The first issue of the Rock and Roll magazine Rolling Stone, which jockey payola steps up. 1954 The November issue of Billboard magazine lists Elvis Presley at number 8 of the Most Promising New Hillbilly or Country Singers.
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included a free roach clip with every subscription, is published in San Francisco. The cover featured a photo of John Lennon from his movie, How I Won The War.
the Apple label. The songs are mostly Harrison instrumentals, aided by Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and an unaccredited banjo contribution by Peter Tork of The Monkees. The LP would reach #49 in the US, but did In a move which is later described not chart at all in the UK and would by both sides as being conflicting become the first album to be deletegos, Roger McGuinn expels David ed from the Apple Records catalog. Crosby from The Byrds. Crosby is replaced by Gene Clark, an original A US Army captain is quoted in member of the group returning after Rolling Stone magazine as saying two years away. “Rock and Roll music contributes to both the usage of drugs and the high “Incense and Peppermints” by The VD rate among enlisted men in the Strawberry Alarm Clock hits the top army today.” of the Billboard Pop chart. The recording was initially intended as a Glen Campbell, a former session ‘b-side’ and the lead vocal is actual- musician who appeared on recordly that of a friend of the band, 16- ings by Frank Sinatra, Nat “King” year-old Greg Munford, who was Cole and the Beach Boys, receives just hanging around during the ses- two Gold records - the first for “By sion. Munford was not even a regu- The Time I Get To Phoenix” and lar band member, but ended up another for “Gentle On My Mind”. singing a tune that would become a Rock and Roll standard and sell over The Jimi Hendrix double album, a million copies. Despite this suc- “Electric Ladyland” made it to numcess, Munford never actually joined ber one on the US albums chart for the original group and drummer the first of two weeks. Jimi got a litRandy Seol sang the song in concert. tle help on the L.P. from Steve Although it was a huge success in Winwood, Al Kooper and Dave America, the single didn’t chart at Mason. all in the UK. . The Spiral Staircase record their 1968 million selling tune, “More Today George Harrison releases his first Than Yesterday”, which will reach solo album, “Wonderwall Music” on #12 on the Billboard chart and #7 on
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the Cash Box Best Sellers list the following Spring. Unfortunately, about 18 months following the single’s release, after issuing one album and a couple of more singles, the group disbanded due to management issues and squabbles over finances. An L.A. based quartet made up of Randy Meisner, Jim Messina, Richie Furay and Rusty Young, who called themselves Pogo, debuted at The Troubadour. After building up an local following, they would be forced to change their moniker, which they had openly pilfered from Walt Kelly’s comic strip of the same name, when Kelly filed suit. They settled on Poco because it sounded like the original name that fans had come to know. 1969 “Suspicious Minds” reaches the top of the Billboard chart, becoming Elvis Presley’s 17th and final US number one hit during his lifetime. Elvis had recorded it in a 4 AM to 7 AM session last January, with the eighth take being the keeper. The song climbed to #2 in the UK. The Monkees make their final live appearance at a show in Oakland, California. Mike Nesmith announces plans for a new band, while Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz say they will keep the Monkees act going. It would be fifteen years before the original four would play together live again. Simon and Garfunkel’s first TV special airs, but their sponsor, AT&T, backs out when they learn that the duo plan to show footage of Bobby Kennedy’s funeral march and clips of the Vietnam War. 1971 Sly And The Family Stone continue to cancel many concerts at the last minute because Sly doesn’t show up. Of 80 concerts booked in 1970, he cancelled 26 and ducked out of 12 of 40 shows in ‘71. The band is still successful on the radio however, enjoying the hits “Family Affair” and “There’s a Riot Goin’ On”.
es what will ultimately be his break- Tulips”, suffered a heart attack on through album, “Piano Man”. The stage and later died in a title song will be released as a single Minneapolis hospital. He was 63. and become a Top Twenty-five hit 1999 early next year. The Recording Industry Association 1974 of America announces their Artists 26-year-old Nick Drake, an English Of The Century. The Beatles top the singer, songwriter and musician list for US sales of over 106 million best known for his acoustic tunes, albums. Garth Brooks was named died from an overdose of amitripty- most successful male artist (89 milline, a type of anti-depressant. lion albums sold) and Barbra Although he failed to find a wide Streisand the most successful female audience during his lifetime, Drake’s artist. (62 million albums sold). Elvis work has grown steadily in stature, Presley had the most Gold and to the extent that he is now widely Platinum singles with 77, to go along considered one of the most influen- with his 80 Gold and Platinum tial English singer-songwriters of the albums. Elton John’s “Candle In The Wind” (Princess Diana version) is last 50 years. the best selling single of all time and Former Kris Kristofferson sideman the Eagles “Greatest Hits 1971 - 1975” Billy Swan had the best selling is the record holder for best selling record in America with “I Can Help”, album. a song he recorded in just two Elton John was blasted by the Boy takes. Scout Association after he appeared The Eagles’ “Best Of My Love” is on stage at London’s Albert Hall perreleased. It will become the first of forming “It’s A Sin” with six male dancers dressed as Boy Scouts. The their five US number one singles. dancers had peeled off their uni1975 forms during the performance. Elton John, who teamed up with Neil 2000 Sedaka on last week’s Billboard chart topper, “Bad Blood”, took over The Recording Industry Association the top spot himself with “Island Of America introduces guidelines for Parental Advisory labeling on Girl”. recordings. 1977 Donna Summer is awarded a Gold A burglar broke into Alice Cooper’s record for her Billboard #6 hit, “I Paradise Valley home and made off Feel Love”. It was the second of her with over $6000 worth of clothes, shoes and cameras as well as four of twenty, US Top 40 chart makers. the shock-rocker’s Gold records. 1984 “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, a The Beatles’ album simply titled “1”, song written by Bob Geldof and a collection of their UK and US chart Midge Ure, was recorded in London, toppers, reaches number one in England by an all-star cast of British Great Britain. It will top the US chart artists that included Paul Young, a week later and will become the Sting, Phil Collins, members of U2 best selling album in a total of 28 and many others. The tune quickly countries worldwide. became a best seller and raised a 2002 ton of money for famine relief in Former Rolling Stone bassist Bill Ethiopia. Wyman threatened a US journalist 1989 with legal action because he shares Songwriter Diane Warren was the the same name as the musician. The author of the number 1 and number star’s lawyers ordered the Atlanta 2 songs in the US. “When I See You Smile” was a hit for Bad English, and “Blame It On the Rain” was credited to Milli Vanilli. Warren would go on to write “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” for Aerosmith and the Armageddon soundtrack in 1998.
1972 Paul McCartney And Wings release “Hi, Hi, Hi”, which is promptly banned from the BBC because of its “unsuitable lyrics.” The song still managed to be a hit, reaching #5 in 1995 the UK and #10 in the US early the The Rolling Stones become the first next year. act to broadcast a concert over the 1973 Internet. After years of struggling as a mem1996 ber of two New York area bands, The Hassels and Attila, and as a bar Tiny Tim, who reached #17 in the US room piano player, Billy Joel releas- in 1968 with “Tip-Toe Thru’ The ENIGMA
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Journal-Constitution reporter to “cease and desist” writing under his birth name, insisting that he add a disclaimer to everything he writes, “clearly indicating that (you are) not the same Bill Wyman who was a member of the Rolling Stones”. The writer however was born with the name in 1961, three years before the musician changed his name from William George Perks to Bill Wyman. The whole thing eventually died down and no suit was ever filed. 2003 Sixty to seventy personnel from the Santa Barbara County sheriff’s and district attorney’s offices served a warrant at Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch following allegations of sexual abuse of a 12-yearold boy. At the time of the raid, Jackson and his family were in Las Vegas, where Jackson was filming a video. 2011 A Swedish woman named Lisa Johansen, who for more than two decades has been trying to convince everyone that she’s Elvis Presley’s real daughter and that Lisa Marie Presley has stolen her identity, filed a lawsuit against the Presley family claiming more than $130 million in damages for defamation and infliction of emotional distress. Johansen gained notoriety after publishing a 1998 memoir entitled, “I, Lisa Marie: The True Story of Elvis Presley’s Real Daughter.” Interest in her story faded after she reportedly refused to take a DNA test. 2015 Carly Simon finally revealed part of the mystery behind one of Pop music’s most enduring puzzles: the inspiration for her 1972 hit “You’re So Vain”. Simon said the subject in question is actually based on a composite of three of the men in her life around that time, and the second verse is about actor Warren Beatty.