From the Publisher’s Notebook Well, Publix Supermarket is up to it I then went to the manager’s office, but he wasn’t in. There was a lady in again. the office who indicated that she was I don’t know what’s going on with that in charge. At first she didn’t seem to chain. I love Publix but can no longer take my complaints as seriously as I trust them 100 percent. In the past I thought she should. I suggested we have been charged incorrectly — buy talk to the cashier who was working one get one free, charged full price for the checkout I used. We did and she both. Incorrect weights on prepack- confirmed that the grapes did indeed aged items, and other annoying and weigh two different totals. The lady from the office informed me that they semi-dishonest (in my opinion) acts. calibrate the checkout scales once a You will not believe what happened month. lately. That’s nuts, they should check the I went in to pick up a few things and scales at least once a day. It wouldn’t decided to buy some fresh grapes. be hard, get a certified iron weight, They were on sale for $1.98 a pound. I put on the register scales, and see chose a pre-packaged bag and weighed what the register says (not hard, a it at the scale by the grapes display. dummy can do that). If their scale is off The scale showed it weighed two one or 1.5 ounces per pound, over a week’s time that can add up. pounds at a cost of $3.96.
I made this suggestion to her. Who knows what will come from all of this, I will be checking every time I make a purchase from their produce department where price is determined by weight.
I expect better from Publix, having been a customer of theirs for over 50 years (both here and in Florida). At Added note: went to Publix three days one time I was also a supplier to them. after the above incident— got four difThey stocked the Native Tan Suncare ferent weights on a bag of grapes. products I made. Will keep you advised. Well, enough of this, I will keep you posted in the future on whether they I better end for now so my partner have made corrections to be sure 100 David won’t fuss at me for taking up so percent their prices are honest. much space. Glad to see UTC took my advice about Paul E. Burke, Sr. having a band and entertainment
When I went through the checkout, I watched as each item was scanned. I’ve learned from past experiences to do this. I was amazed when the grapes weighed 2.5 pounds. This was a 99¢ increase in cost from my weight on their scale. I mentioned it to the cashier. She had already scanned the grapes into the register. She then proceeded to weigh them again. I was again shocked as they weighed even more the second time. She said I could do one of three things: (1) get a refund, (2) pay the price for the first weight, or (3) pay the higher price for the second weight. Since I wanted the grapes, I chose number (2). After I paid, I parked my cart away from the register and took the grapes back to the produce department. I wanted to see if I had made a mistake—at my age that’s highly possible. To my surprise, the scale I used said the grapes weighed two pounds (glad I’m not crazy). I then went to another scale in the produce department and the bag weighed 2.5 pounds. I went to a third scale and the bag weighed two or three different weights as you put on and took off the bag. I had the produce manager come to the scales and showed him. His reply was “we set the scales every morning.” I let him know that in my opinion it was his job to check several times a day to be sure they were correct. He didn’t seem to be very upset with the matter. I mentioned that the restrooms are checked throughout the day and the scales are just as important to Publix’s reputation. He wasn’t overly bothered by all this and while I was there made no effort to adjust the scales. ENIGMA
before the game to try to draw fans to the games (not the marching band). Too bad they didn’t take my suggestion and put it up near the pavilion instead of on that narrow street on the quiet end of the stadium. I guess the low attendance will give them an excuse not to do it next year (move it, dummy).
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Dear Rocco, Will you support the local economy this holiday season by buying local or are you a “big box” corporate shopper? TH
about it and he didn’t seem too concerned and our child gets clean bills of health although she does seem susceptible to colds more often than a lot of kids. RS
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Dear Rocco, This past summer, our neighbors told us they would like to put up a fence. We did not want it and told them to put it on their own property. Despite our objections, they put it our property line. We sold our house three months later and moved about 5 minutes away. Today I received a telephone call from our former neighbor demanding $300.00 for our side of the fence. My lawyer says we are not legally obligated to pay. These people have been friends of ours for the three years we lived together in the neighborhood. These people are also aware that things are financially tight for us right now. Should I let our friendship end over $300.00? CW=
Dear Rocco, My little kid proclaims to be a vegetarian. She won’t eat meat of any kind. My wife and I both eat meat but are suckers for strays and other animals and have a happy house filled with them. My child does seem extremely attached to the animals but my wife doesn’t seem to care. I asked the doctor Dear Rocco,
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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Be prepared to encounter new friendships that will provide you with valuable information. You should focus on moneymaking matters and stay away from emotional disputes. You will be full of energy and you need to find something constructive to do. Your ability to help others will win you points. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Lending and borrowing may be a problem. You could be blind to the defects of those you love. Your interests could lead you down avenues you never realized existed.
Real estate investments will be love. Pleasure trips will be satisfy- ment. extremely profitable in the long run. ing. Take your time. Curb your mood swings; they could result in loneli- Your luckiest events this month will Your luckiest events this month will ness. Don’t spend more than is nec- occur on a Thursday. essary on travel or friends. occur on a Tuesday. SAGITTARIUS Your luckiest events this month will (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) GEMINI Make changes regarding your occur on a Monday. (May 22-June 21) friendships. You can’t live your life You can come into money that you for others. You need to get involved don’t necessarily work for. Listen LEO in groups that offer physical activiand formulate your course of (July 23-Aug 22) action. You will be indecisive. Your sensitive, affectionate nature ties. Relatives will be happy that you Strong willpower will come to your will capture the heart of anyone you dropped by. rescue. Bring work home if it will are attracted to. You may meet that special person if you attend Your luckiest events this month will help you get caught up. fundraising functions. You will learn occur on a Sunday. Your luckiest events this month will a great deal from the foreigners you meet. You should get involved with CAPRICORN occur on a Friday. activities that can be enjoyed by (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Don’t overspend on luxury items. both young and old alike. CANCER Find out all the facts before you (June 22-July 22) Spend some time with the one you Your luckiest events this month will jump to conclusions. Make changes to your living quarters that will occur on a Saturday. please the whole family. Try to control your irritability if you’re experiVIRGO encing emotional problems with (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) This is a great day to spend with your partner. family. Curb your mood swings; they could result in loneliness. Don’t be Your luckiest events this month will too eager to cut those who have dis- occur on a Wednesday. appointed you from your life. Don’t count on correspondence to clear AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) up major problems. Real estate should be lucrative for Your luckiest events this month will you. You will be looking for creative ways to make a little extra cash. occur on a Friday. Find a quiet spot where you can work diligently and stay out of the LIBRA way. You can handle situations that (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) Don’t expect support from your require contact with institutions or mate. Try to channel your energy large corporations. into physical work. Children will keep you busy. Older members of Your luckiest events this month will your family may try to take advan- occur on a Friday. tage of you. PISCES Your luckiest events this month will (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Take positive action. If you act with occur on a Wednesday. anger you may blow the relationship. Based on your excitement, SCORPIO serious-minded individuals will be (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) You may want to have a heart-to- more than interested in backing heart talk with a close and trusted your ideas. You have so much to friend. You need to concentrate on offer; open up and let your thoughts solving existing problems. You are be known. best to avoid confrontations. You could have a tendency to spend too Your luckiest events this month will much on your home or entertain- occur on a Sunday. ENIGMA
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Defendants Charlie Rose. Senator Al Franken. Rep. John Conyers. Senate candidate Roy Moore. (Now former) movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Former FOX television boss Roger Ailes. And this is just a small list from the relatively recent headlines. All of those men have been accused of sexual assault or sexual coercion. Some of the incidents detailed by the accusers go back thirty or more years. This past Monday, a second woman accused Frankent of inappropriate touching, this after Leeann Tweeden’s accusations that Franken had
touched her breasts during a USO comedy tour. The second accuser, Lindsay Menz of Frisco, Texas (a former resident of Minnesota, Franken’s home state), said that she wanted to share an “uncomfortable” interaction with the senator that left her feeling “gross.”... …On Monday, Ms. Menz told CNN that she attended the 2010 Minnesota State Fair with her husband and father. Her father’s business was sponsoring a radio booth, she explained, and she spent much of the day meeting var-
ious elected officials and butt cheek.”... political candidates, including Mr. Franken, who was ...So why do I do into so elected in 2008… much detail on the accusations facing Franken? Of ...When Franken walked into course, the molestation the booth, according to Benz, charges against Roy Moore they had a brief exchange are heinous. Charlie Rose and husband held up her was invited into America’s phone to take a photograph living rooms… but turned out of the two of them. CNN to be a sexual predator. But quotes her as saying that Al Franken? He was, for Franken “pulled me in really years, a writer for “Saturday close, like awkward close, Night Live.” He would occaand as my husband tooke the sionally be put in front of the picture, he put his hand full- camera, but not often… fledged on my rear. It was wrapped tightly around my ....And then he ran for the
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Senate in 2008 and won. Since then, he has a been a loud liberal voice under a Republican majority. He could always be counted on to ask the tough questions during an otherwise rubberstamped Senate approval vote. He has agreed to go before the Senate Ethics Board. The rest, as I always like to say, will spin out however it spins out…
...Anyone who spent any time on Facebook during the “#metoo” hashtag explosion probably found himself (or herselt) as floored as I was by the sheer number of my female friends who have been the victim of sexual assault, inappropriate behavior, or abuse. We can see by the recent headlines that men in positions of power far too frequently try to take ...The Conyers mess will advantage of that power in prove to be more interesting, attempts to lure women… once the details all come out. We already know we’re deal- ...The problem is perhasive. ing with secret cash payouts If you have behaved badly in in exchange for silence. We the past… just stop it. If you already know we’re dealing see someone behaving with the illegal use and trans- badly… make them stop it. fer of campaign funds. Who It’s really that simple… knows where that trail might —- Mark Bedford lead next? I sure don’t…
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treated for a non-life-threatening injury. No charges have been filed because the weapon was legally A man shot himself while arguing owned and the victim felt threatwith another man during a road ened. rage incident, according to police in Florida. When officers arrived at You don’t have to be a celebrity to the scene the encountered a man give your baby a stupid name. Take who suffered a gunshot wound to it from this Arkansas couple who the leg. According to the police plan to name their firstborn child investigation, the incident unfold- after their favorite eatery: Olivia ed when two drivers got into an Garton. Justin and Jordan Garton argument. One of the men felt of Fort Smith said they have decidthreatened by the other and pulled ed to name the baby, due in out his weapon. While waving it December, after the restaurant around, the gun discharged. The where they once ate every day for gun owner suffered a gunshot seven weeks after buying a “never wound to his leg. The victim was ending pasta pass” in 2015. The coutaken to a hospital, where he was ple said they quickly ruled out
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Olive Garton for the baby’s name, but soon settled on Olivia. “We were able to make the joke, but a little more subtle, and it’s still a pretty name,” said Jordan Garton, 26. “It was definitely an easy decision.” The Gartons said they hid one other Easter egg in baby Olivia’s name: Her middle name will be Michelle, making her initials O.M.G. “I guess we just have to be those hashtag millennial parents,” Jordan Garton said. Why pay for a motel room for your amorous encounters when you have a vehicle? And hiring a babysitter is just throwing money if that vehicle has a back seat. All that’s
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missing is plenty of booze to set the mood and you have... Witnesses of a single-vehicle crash were shocked to see a naked man and woman emerging from the wreck, according to police in Washington. Washington State Troopers said that they have arrested the driver, 23-year-old Michael Tonkin, who was having sex with the naked woman, 23year-old Daisy Laroque, before slamming into the tree. According to the police investigation, the man was driving down State Route 7 with a 3-month-old baby in the back seat. The man and the woman
were both drunk and naked. The couple was having sex when the man missed a curve and drove off the road. Seconds later, the car slammed into a tree. Witnesses at the scene saw the naked man and woman emerge from the wreck. Both appeared to be intoxicated. The man and the baby were not injured but the woman suffered broken bones and was transported to a hospital. Tonkin was charged with driving under the influence, vehicular assault, and child endangerment. A young girl was taken from her mother and handed over to the Department of Family and Child Services in California. The Palmdale Sheriff Station said in a press release that the mother, who was on the “wrong track,” was arrested for “playing chicken” on the train tracks with her 4-year-old child. Police were called by concerned citizens regarding a woman and a child sitting on the train tracks. Detective Borits and Deputy Hegge arrived at the location and saw the child sitting on the train tracks while her mother, 26-yearold Ashley Hawkins, was 20 yards
away looking down on her cell phone. The deputies immediately told the mother and child to get off the train tracks and go to an area that is a safe distance away. The mother told the detectives that she and her daughter sit on the train tracks every day. Detective Bortis cautioned the mother on the dangers of “playing chicken” with the train. He warned her of a recent fatality of a man being hit by a train not far from that location. “The mother expressed no due regard for the safety of her child and continued to state it was okay because they did it every day,” police said. Police arrested Hawkins for willfully placing her young daughter in a dangerous situation. The child was taken into protective custody by the Department of Family and Child Services. Las Vegas police are searching for a man who punched another man for groping him on the Strip. About 1:40 a.m. a patrol officer heard shouting near Harmon Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South, then saw one man punch another before fleeing. The officer chased the
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attacker, but lost track of him near Planet Hollywood Resort. Witnesses at the scene told police the man who was punched grabbed the puncher’s rear end. When the man asked him to stop, he did it again and the man punched him. The man who was punched was briefly unconscious and was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. Sounds like he got off lucky. If he were in the entertainment industry or politics he would have lost his job and would be checking into a sex rehab facility in Europe somewhere by now. Shakes the Clown has been charged with groping two women at a holiday haunted house in Wisconsin, records show. According to a criminal complaint, the victims had their breasts pawed last month while waiting to enter a “haunted barn” at a campground in Janesville. Police had been summoned to the scene following reports that women were “touched inappropriately by a clown.” Two women told cops that a “clown with green hair” first approached them and asked, “Do you want me to Donald Trump?” While making
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this inquiry, the clown “made a hand gesture towards their vaginas and made a squeezing motion,” the complaint alleges. Both women said that they “were not touched at that time,” but had been “caught off guard by what the clown had said and found it inappropriate.” Following the “Trump” comment, the clown allegedly grabbed and squeezed the breast of one woman, and then did the same thing to her companion. The clown’s actions, the women told police, left them feeling “violated and uncomfortable.” Neither victim, investigators noted, gave the clown consent to grab her breast. A sheriff’s deputy subsequently identified the alleged assailant as Brandon Goral, a 43year-old Janesville resident. Goral said that he “goes by the clown name of Shakes.” During questioning, Goral said that he “does not touch women’s breasts” unless requested to do so. Goral claimed that he was asked multiple times by different females to grab their breasts for photos, adding that he had received that request several times that evening.
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FFRRIID DAAYY DDeecceem m bbeerr 11 SSKKYYZZOO OO (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTHH EE CCOO M MEE DDYY CCAATTCCHH (Chattanooga) Master Hypnotist Gary Conrad JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBOO HHEE M MIIA A (Chattanooga) Cory Branan, The Whiskey Gentry MEE M M MO O RRIIA ALL A AU UD DIITTO O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Mark Chesnutt CCLL YYDD EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Downright SSOONN GGBBIIRRDD ’’SS (Chattanooga) The Secret Sisters, William Wild MU M U SSIICC BBO OX XA ATT ZZIIG GG GYY ’’ SS (Chattanooga) “Toys 4 Tots Super Show” Silver Tongued Devils, Vogon Poetry, Jack Endelouz, Kay B Brown, Scenic City Super Show RREEVVEELL RRYY RROO OOM M (Chattanooga) The Breakfast Club PPOOKKEE YY’’SS (Cleveland, TN) Convertibull 3377 M MA AIIN N (Buford, GA) L.A. Guns HHEE AAVVEENN AATT TTHHEE M MA ASS Q QU UEE RRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Reverend Horton Heat, Junior Brown, Faren Rachels EEDD DDIIEE ’’SS AATTTTIICC (Atlanta) Michael Tolcher MU M U SSIICC RRO OO OM MA ATT SSM MII TTH H ’’SS O OLL D DEE BBA ARR (Atlanta) Memory Dean TTHHEE CCOO CCAA CCOOLLAA RROOXXYY TTHH EEAATTRREE (Atlanta) “105.7 Holiday Spectacular” Portugal The Man, X Ambassadors BBLLIINNDD W WIILL LLIIEE’’ SS (Atlanta) Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials TTHH EE LLYYRRIICC TTHH EEAATTRREE (Birmingham) Squirrel Nut Zippers BBRRIIDDGG EESSTTOO NNEE AARREENN AA (Nashville) Xcape, Monica, Tamar Braxton GGRRAANN DD OO LLEE OOPPRRYY HH OOUU SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” CCII TTYY W W IIN NEE RRYY N NA ASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Bobby Rush BBIIJJOO UU TTHH EEAATTRREE (Knoxville) Delbert McClinton, Sam Lewis MA M ARRA ATTH HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) St. Paul & the Broken Bones
SSA ATT UU RRDDAAYY DDeecceem mbbeerr 22 SSKKYYZZOO OO (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTHH EE CCOO M MEE DDYY CCAATTCCHH (Chattanooga) Master Hypnotist Gary Conrad JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBOO HHEE M MIIA A (Chattanooga) Caleb and the Gents, Megan Jean and the KFB CCLL YYDD EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Boo Ray ENIGMA
RREE VVEELLRRYY RROO OOM M (Chattanooga) Jeffrey Bützer and T.T. Mahony perform Vince Guaraldi’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, Cosmic Charlie MU M USS IICC RRO OO OM MA ATT SS M MIITTH H ’’SS O OLLD D EE BBA ARR (Atlanta) White Animals, Navajo Joe EEDDDD IIEE’’ SS AATTTTIICC (Atlanta) Diane Durrett BBUU CCKK HHEE AADD TTHH EEAATTRREE (Atlanta) WAR EEXXIITT//II NN (Nashville) The Spill Canvas, Super Whatever CCAANN NNEE RRYY BBAA LLLLRROOOO M M (Nashville) Simple Plan, Patent Pending, Hit the Lights GGRRAANN DD OO LLEE OOPPRRYY HH OOUU SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” SSAATTUU RRNN (Birmingham) New Found Glory TTEE NNNN EESSSSEE EE TTHH EEAATTRREE (Knoxville) Chris Tomlin PPII LLOOTT LLII GGHH TT (Knoxville) The Life And Times
SSU UNNDDAA YY DDeecceem m bbee rr 33 SSKKYYZZ OOOO (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTHH EE CCOO M MEE DDYY CCAATTCCHH (Chattanooga) Master Hypnotist Gary Conrad RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brian Setzer Orchestra TTHH EE BBAASS EEM M EEN NTT EE A ASSTT (Nashville) New Found Glory GGRRAANN DD OO LLEE OOPPRRYY HH OOUU SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” HHEE AAVVEE NN AATT TTHH EE M MA ASSQ QU UEE RRA AD DEE (Atlanta) GWAR, He Is Legend, Ghoul, U.S. Bastards EEDDDD IIEE’’ SS AATTTTIICC (Atlanta) Glen Phillips TTEE NNNN EESSSSEE EE TTHH EEAATTRREE (Knoxville) Jennifer Nettles KKNNOO XXVVIILLLLEE CCOO LLIISSEE UUM M (Knoxville) Mark Chesnutt AALLAABBAAM MA A TTH H EEA ATTRREE (Birmingham) Chris Tomlin IIRROONN CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Kane Brown
MOONNDDAAYY DDeecceem M mbbeerr 44 TTRREE M MO ON NTT TTAAVVEERRNN (Chattanooga) Trivia Night MEEM M MO ORRII A ALL AAUUDD IITTOORRIIUU M M (Chattanooga) Joe Bonamassa IIRROONN CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Chevelle, 10 Years RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) “Shine For Susie ALS Benefit” The Warren Brothers, Trent Tomlinson, Craig Campbell, Love And Theft, Florida Georgia Line, Canaan Smith, Stevie Monce Band, Tyler Farr, Jerrod Niemann CCM MA A TTH HEE A ATTRREE (Nashville) David Crosby GGRRAANN DD OO LLEE OOPPRRYY HH OOUU SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze”
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TTU U EESSDDAAYY DDeecceem mbbeerr 55 TTRREEM M OONN TT TTAAVVEE RRNN (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade RREE VVEE LLRRYY RROOOO M M (Chattanooga) JD McPherson SSCCHH EERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTTEE RR (Nashville) Jennifer Nettles CCIITTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA A SSH HVVIILLLL EE (Nashville) Squirrel Nut Zippers CCM MA A TTH H EEA ATTRREE (Nashville) Jason Isbell GG RRAANNDD OO LLEE OO PPRRYY HHOO UUSS EE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” CCIITTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATTLLA AN N TTA A (Atlanta) David Crosby SSYYM M PPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Richard Marx, Rick Springfield HH EEAAVVEE NN AATT TTHH EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) “Monster Energy Outbreak Tour” As It Is, Waterparks, Sleep On It, Chapel
W EEDDNNEESSDDAAYY DDeecceem W m bbeerr 66 SSYYM M PPHHOO NNYY HH AALLLL (Atlanta) Brian Setzer Orchestra SSCCHH EERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTTEE RR (Nashville) Jennifer Nettles EE XXIITT//IINN (Nashville) Cannibal Corpse, Power Trip, Gatecreeper GG RRAANNDD OO LLEE OO PPRRYY HHOO UUSS EE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” OO PPEENN CCHHOO RRDD M MU USSII CC (Knoxville) John Cowan, Darin & Brooke Aldridge
TT H HUU RRSSDDAAYY DDeecceem mbbeerr 77 SSKKYY ZZOO OO (Chattanooga) DJ Av TT HHEE CC OOM M EEDDYY CC AATT CCHH (Chattanooga) Jay Stevens TT HHEE CC AAM MPP H HO OU U SSEE (Chattanooga) David Ramirez BBRRIIDD GGEESS TTOO NNEE AARREENN AA (Nashville) Janet Jackson RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Vince Gill, Amy Grant GG RRAANNDD OOLLEE OOPPRRYY HH OOUUSS EE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” TT HHEE M MA ASS Q QU UEE RRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Cannibal Corpse, Power Trip, Gatecreeper SSAATT UURRNN (Birmingham) Pokey Lefarge
UPPCC OOM U M IINNGG EEVVEENNTTSS TT HHEE CC OOM M EEDDYY CC AATT CCHH (Chattanooga) Jay Stevens December 8 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBOO HHEE M MIIA A (Chattanooga) Jon Mayfield December 8 CC LLYY DDEE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Iron Fez December 8 RREE VVEE LLRRYY RROO OOM M (Chattanooga) Banditos, Rye Baby December 8 VVAARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY HHOO UUSSEE (Atlanta) Kamasi Washington, Kelsey Lu December 8 HH IIGGHH W WA ATT TT (Nashville) 10 Years December 8 DD OOW WN N TTO OW WN N PPRREESSBBYY TTEE RRIIA AN N CC H HU URRCC H H (Nashville) Andrew Bird December 8 CC AANNNN EERRYY BBAALLLLRROOOO M M (Nashville) The Jesus Lizard December 8 GG RRAANNDD OOLLEE OOPPRRYY HH OOUUSS EE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 8 BBAARRLLEE YY’’ SS TT AAPPRROOOO M M (Knoxville) Cory Branan December 8
TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Robert Earl Keen December 8 HEE CC O H OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Jay Stevens December 9 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Beats for Blanket December 9 CC LLYYD D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Gimme Hendrix December 9 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREE N NAA (Birmingham) Janet Jackson December 9 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Robert Earl Keen December 9 IIN N FFIIN NII TTEE EEN N EERRG GYY CC EEN N TT EERR (Duluth, GA) Trans-Siberian Orchestra December 9 DO D OW WN NTT O OW WN N PPRREE SSBBYYTT EE RRII AAN N CC H HU U RRCCH H (Nashville) Andrew Bird December 9 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood December 9 GRRAAN G ND DO O LLEE O OPPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 9 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Jay Stevens December 10 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) LeAnn Rimes December 10 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood December 10 GRRAAN G ND DO O LLEE O OPPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 10 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Needtobreathe December 11 HEE AAVVEEN H N AATT TTH H EE M M AASSQ QU UEERRAAD D EE (Atlanta) Gary Numan December 11 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Purity Ring, Sound of Ceres December 11 GRRAAN G ND DO O LLEE O OPPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 11 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Gary Numan December 12 CC M MAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Nashville) Jason Isbell December 12 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Little River Band December 12 GRRAAN G ND DO O LLEE O OPPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 12 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Katy Perry December 12 TT H HEE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) The Revivalists December 12 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Improv Chattanooga December 13 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Needtobreathe December 13 WAARR M W M EEM MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience December 13 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Vince Gill, Amy Grant December 13 GRRAAN G ND DO O LLEE O OPPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 13 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Patterson Hood December 13 AVVO A ON ND DAALLEE TT O OW WN N EE CC IIN NEE M MAA (Atlanta) Shooter Jennings, Jason Boland & The Stragglers December 13 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREE N NAA (Birmingham) Trans-Siberian Orchestra December 13 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Needtobreathe December 13 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) The Swinger Dave Scott December 14 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Dirty Blonde, Brandon Wadley December 14 SSO ON NG G BBIIRRD D ’’SS (Chattanooga) Shooter Jennings, Jason Boland & The Stragglers December 14 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) The Infamous
Stringdusters, Dangermuffin December 14 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Gin Blossoms December 14 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Dar Williams December 14 ATTLL A A AN NTT A A RRO OO OM MA ATT SS M MIITT H H’’ SS O O LLD DEE BBAARR (Atlanta) Sarah And The Safe Word, Bullmoose, The Sunsets December 14 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Vince Gill, Amy Grant December 14 GRRA G AN ND DO O LLEE O O PPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 14 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Jake Bugg December 14 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Knoxville) Puddles Pity Party December 14 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) The Swinger Dave Scott December 15 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Ramons vs. Devo December 15 RRO OBBEERRTT K KII RRK KW WA ALLK KEE RR CCO OM MM MU UN NII TTYY TT H HEE -ATTRREE (Chattanooga) John Berry December A 15 CCLLYY D D EE’’SS (Chattanooga) The Southern Belles December 15 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Interstellar Echoes December 15 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Knoxville) Dave Barnes December 15 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Puddles Pity Party December 15 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood December 15 GRRA G AN ND DO O LLEE O O PPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 15 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) “iHeart Radio Jingle Ball Tour” Demi Lovato, Zedd, Logic, Charlie Puth, Julia Michaels, Why Don’t We, Nick Jonas, Fifth Harmony, Camila, Cabello, Liam Payne December 15 WO W ORRK KPPLLA AYY TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Patterson Hood, Lilly Hiatt December 15 TTH H EE LLYYRRIICC TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Birmingham) Jake Bugg December 15 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) The Swinger Dave Scott December 16 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Hank and the Cupcakes, Side Affect December 16 RRO OBBEERRTT K KII RRK KW WA ALLK KEE RR CCO OM MM MU UN NII TTYY TT H HEE -ATTRREE (Chattanooga) Puddles Pity Party A December 16 CCLLYY D D EE’’SS (Chattanooga) The Voodoo Fix December 16 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Neon Moon, Dakota Williams December 16 TTH H EE IIN NTT EERRN NA ATTIIO ON NA ALL (Knoxville) Whitechapel, Carnifex, Entheos, So This Is Suffering, Rings of Saturn December 16 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Clutch, The Obsessed, Devin Townsend Project December 16 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood December 16 GRRA G AN ND DO O LLEE O O PPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 16 TTH H EE LLYYRRIICC TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Birmingham) Needtobreathe December 16 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) The Swinger Dave Scott December 17 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Janet Jackson December 17 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Dave Barnes December 17 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Shooter Jennings, Jason Boland & The Stragglers
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December 17 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood December 17 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Needtobreathe December 17 GRRAAN G ND DO OLL EE O O PPRRYY H HO OU U SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 17 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) The War On Drugs December 17 TTIIVVO O LLII TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) Jennifer Nettles December 18 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Dave Barnes December 18 GRRAAN G ND DO OLL EE O O PPRRYY H HO OU U SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 18 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Jeff Tweedy, Aimee Mann, Lo Moon December 18 TTH H EE M M IILLLL && M M IIN NEE (Knoxville) Seether, Shaman’s Harvest December 18 FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Ricky Skaggs December 18 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Frank Hurricane December 19 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Jim Brickman December 19 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Vince Gill, Amy Grant December 19 CCM M AA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Jason Isbell December 19 GRRAAN G ND DO OLL EE O O PPRRYY H HO OU U SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 19 SSYYM M PPH HO ON NYY H HAALL LL (Atlanta) Jennifer Nettles December 20 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Vince Gill, Amy Grant December 20 GRRAAN G ND DO OLL EE O O PPRRYY H HO OU U SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 20 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) DJ Lewis & friends December 21 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Boy Named Banjo December 21 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Vince Gill, Amy Grant December 21 GRRAAN G ND DO OLL EE O O PPRRYY H HO OU U SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 21 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) DJ Lewis & friends December 22 CCLLYY D DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Masseuse December 22 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Puddles Pity Party December 22 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood December 22 GRRAAN G ND DO OLL EE O O PPRRYY H HO OU U SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 22 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) DJ Lewis & friends December 23 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Genki Genki Panic December 23 CCLLYY D DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Gaslight Street December 23 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) New Madrid, David Barbe & Inward Dream Ebb December 23 GRRAAN G ND DO OLL EE O O PPRRYY H HO OU U SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 23 MU M USSII CC RRO OO OM M AATT SSM MIITT H H ’’SS O OLLD D EE BBAARR (Atlanta) B.o.B. December 24 GRRAAN G ND DO OLL EE O O PPRRYY H HO OU U SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 24 GRRAAN G ND DO OLL EE O O PPRRYY H HO OU U SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 25 GRRAAN G ND DO OLL EE O O PPRRYY H HO OU U SSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 26 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Indigo
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December 1 Corey Branan, Whiskey Gentry
December 2 Caleb and the Gents, Megan Jean and the KFB, Ashley and the Xs
December 5 We Are Arcturians, Mayor Iguana, Slick Silver
December 6 Open Mic Comedy Free Kittens
December 7 All Star Jam
December 8 Jon Mayfield Record Release Step Sisters, Apollo Wild, Josh Bledsoe
December 9 Beats For Blanket (Benefit)
December 10 Catalina, Over Easy
December 12 Comedy Buffet w/ Jake Head
December 13 Free Kittens Comedy Showcase
December 14 Dirty blonde, Brandon Wadley
December 15 Ramones vs. Devo, Learning to Count, Pure E, Spud Boyz
December 16 Hank and the Cupcakes, Side Affect, Hoggface
December 19 Frank Hurricane
December 20 Free Kittens Comedy Showcase
December 21 Human Initiative Benefit Show
December 22 Handsome Grandson
December 23 Genki Genki Panic
December 25 War on X-mas w/ Preymanta
December 29 Stone Cold Fox, MPH
December 30 Three Star Revval, Luthi, Over Easy
December 31 Behold the Brave, Deacons
Girls December 27 GRRA G AN ND DO O LLEE O O PPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze” December 27 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Spanky Brown, Andy Forrester, Rodney Alan Wiggins December 28 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) The Molly Ringwalds December 28 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Robert Earl Keen, The Doyle & Debbie Show December 28 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Spanky Brown, Andy Forrester, Rodney Alan Wiggins December 29 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Stone Cold Fox December 29 CCLLYY D D EE’’SS (Chattanooga) Cranford Hollow December 29 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Jerry Douglas December 29 WO W ORRK KPPLLA AYY TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Cowboy Mouth December 29 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Spanky Brown, Andy Forrester, Rodney Alan Wiggins December 30 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Three Star Revival, Luthi, Over Easy December 30 CCLLYY D D EE’’SS (Chattanooga) Dead Affect December 30 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Papadosio, Doyle December 30 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Old Crow Medicine Show December 30 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Jerry Douglas December 30 FFRRA AN NK K LLIIN N TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Franklin, TN) Poco December 30 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Moon Taxi December 30 TTH H EE CCO O CCA A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Futurebirds December 30 TTH H EE IIN NTT EERRN NA ATTIIO ON NA ALL (Knoxville) Clutch, The Obsessed, Devin Townsend Project December 30 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Spanky Brown, Andy Forrester, Rodney Alan Wiggins December 31 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Behold the Brave, Deacons December 31 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) The Velcro Pygmies December 31 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Papadosio, Push-Pull, Zoogma December 31 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Old Crow Medicine Show December 31 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Jimmy Buffett, Huey Lewis & the News December 31 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Moon Taxi December 31 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Xscape, Tamar Braxton December 31 TTH H EE CCO O CCA A CCO O LLA A RRO O XXYY (Atlanta) Futurebirds December 31 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Michelle Malone December 31 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Eric Gales January 5 MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) The Babys, Desolation Angels January 5 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Backwater Still, Randy Woody, Tyson Leamon and the White Line Drifters January 6 CCEE N NTT EEN NN NIIA ALL O OLLYY M MPPIICC PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) “AT&T Playoff Playlist Live!” Jason Derulo, Charlie Puth January 6
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VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Henry Rollins January 7 CCEE N NTT EEN NN NIIAALL O O LLYY M MPPIICC PPAARRK K (Atlanta) “AT&T Playoff Playlist Live!” The Chainsmokers, Bebe Rexha January 7 CCEE N NTT EEN NN NIIAALL O O LLYY M MPPIICC PPAARRK K (Atlanta) “AT&T Playoff Playlist Live!” Darius Rucker January 8 MEEM M MO ORRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Henry Rollins January 11 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Stelle Amor January 11 CCO ON NCC EERRTT H HAA LLLL AATT BBJJCC CC (Birmingham) Jerry Seinfeld January 11 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) St. Paul & the Broken Bones January 11 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, Breaking Benjamin January 12 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Henry Rollins January 12 TTH HO OM M PPSSO ON N --BBO OLLII N NG G AARREEN NAA (Knoxville) Kevin Hart January 12 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Wrong Way January 13 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) The Grapes January 13 TTIIVVO O LLII TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) David Rawlings January 17 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Black Label Society, Eyehategod, Corrosion of Conformity January 18 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Kid Rock January 19 RREE VVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Iron Horse Bluegrass January 20 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Black Label Society, Eyehategod, Corrosion of Conformity January 20 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) They Might Be Giants January 20 IIN NFFIIN N IITT EE EE N NEE RRG GYY CC EEN NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Miranda Lambert, Brent Cobb, Jon Pardi January 20 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Neko Case January 20 IIN NFFIIN N IITT EE EE N NEE RRG GYY CC EEN NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) The Killers January 21 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Jonny Lang January 22 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Aimee Mann January 23 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) John Mulaney January 24 RRO O BBEERRTT K KIIRRK KW WAALLK KEERR CC O OM MM MU UN NIITT YY TT H HEE -ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Neko Case January 25 A EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Sonia Leigh January 25 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) John Mulaney January 25 MCC K M KEEN NZZ IIEE AARREE N NAA (Chattanooga) The Harlem Globetrotters January 26 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Corey Smith January 26 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY AATTLL AAN NTT AA (Atlanta) Don McLean January 27 EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) Say Anything January 27 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Walk the Moon January 28 EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) Say Anything January 28 TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Tennis January 29 CCO O CCAA CCO O LLAA RRO OXXYY (Atlanta) Walk The Moon January 30 MEERRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Tennis January 30
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SSAATT U URRN N (Birmingham) They Might Be Giants January 30 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) First Aid Kit, Van William February 1 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Aimee Mann February 1 EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) John Berry February 3 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Big Head Todd & The Monsters February 3 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Lana Del Rey, Kali Uchis February 5 M AARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Killswitch Engage, Anthrax February 5 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Lana Del Rey, Kali Uchis February 6 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) They Might Be Giants February 6 CC EEN N TTEE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Machine Head February 6 WO W O RRK KPPLLAAYY TT H HEEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Jay Farrar February 6 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Killswitch Engage, Anthrax February 6 FF O OXX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Jason Isbell February 8 RRO O BBEERRTT K KIIRRK KW WAALL K KEERR CC O OM MM MU UN NIITT YY TTH H EE -ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Steep Canyon Rangers A February 9 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H HAALLLL (Atlanta) Diana Krall February 9 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Blues Traveler February 9 H EEAAVVEEN H N AATT TT H HEE M MAASSQ QU UEE RRA AD D EE (Atlanta) August Burns Red, Born of Osiris, Ocean Grove, Erra February 9 TT H HEE BBU UCC K KH H EEAAD D TTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) AJR, Hundred Handed February 9 IIN N FFIIN N IITTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Kid Rock February 9 H AARRRRAAH H H’’ SS CC H HEE RRO OK KEE EE CC A ASSIIN NO O (Cherokee NC) Phillip Phillips February 9 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEE YY (Nashville) Jay Farrar February 9 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Shovels & Rope February 9 EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Atlanta Rhythm Section February 10 G EEO G O RRG GIIAA W WO ORRLLD D CCO ON NG G RREESSSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Tyler, The Creator, Vince Staples, Taco February 10 M AARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) August Burns Red, Born of Osiris, Ocean Grove, Erra February 11 EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Atlanta Rhythm Section February 11 RREE VVEE LLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Marc Broussard February 12 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Asking Alexandria, Black Veil Brides, Crown the Empire February 12 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Diana Krall February 13 M AARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Asking Alexandria, Black Veil Brides, Crown The Empire February 13 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Diana Krall February 14 WO W O RRK KPPLLAAYY BBAARR (Birmingham) Emancipator February 14 IIN N FFIIN N IITTEE EEN N EERRG G YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Duluth, GA) Chris Young, Lanco, Kane Brown February 15 H EEAAVVEEN H N AATT TT H HEE M MAASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Silverstein, Tonight Alive, Broadside, Picturesque February 15
RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Blues Traveler, Los Colognes February 15 RRO OBBEE RRTT K KIIRRK KW WAALLK KEE RR CC O OM MM MU UN N IITT YY TT H H EE-ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Jim Brickman February A 16 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Josh Ritter February 16 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREE N NAA (Birmingham) Widespread Panic February 16 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Delbert McClinton February 17 3377 M MAAIIN N (Buford, GA) Junkyard, Enuff Z’Nuff February 17 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREE N NAA (Birmingham) Widespread Panic February 17 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jonny Lang, Doyle Bramhall II February 18 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) St. Vincent February 18 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Al Stewart, The Empty Pockets February 20 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Howard Jones February 20 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Howard Jones February 21 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) AJR, Hundred Handed February 21 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Emancipator February 21 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) The Secret Sisters February 21 TT H HO OM MPPSSO ON N--BBO O LLIIN NG G AARREEN N AA (Knoxville) Brad Paisley, Lindsay Eli, Dustin Lynch, Chase Bryant February 22 RRO OBBEE RRTT K KIIRRK KW WAALLK KEE RR CC O OM MM MU UN N IITT YY TT H H EE-ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Jonny Lang February 23 A TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Blackberry Smoke, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real February 23 CC LLYYD D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Jocelyn & Chris Arndt February 23 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks Band February 23 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Phillip Phillips February 23 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Eric Johnson February 24 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Emancipator February 24 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) The Revolution February 24 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks Band February 24 SSCC RRU UFFFF YY CCIITT YY H HAALL LL (Knoxville) Jocelyn & Chris Arndt February 24 MCC K M KEE N NZZIIEE AARREEN N AA (Chattanooga) “Winter Jam” Westover, Skillet, NewSong, KB, Building 429, Kari Jobe, Mallary Hope, Dan Bremnes, Jordan Feliz, John Crist, Nick Hall February 25 UAABB’’ SS AALLYY SS SSTT EE PPH U HEEN N SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Birmingham) Michael McDonald February 25 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic February 25 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Dan Auerbach, Shannon and the Clams, Shannon Straw, Robert Finley February 25 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds February 26 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds February 28 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Brett Cobb & Them March 1 TT H HO OM MPPSSO ON N--BBO O LLIIN NG G AARREEN N AA (Knoxville) Miranda Lambert, Jon Pardi, The Steel Woods March 1
RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Rumours March 2 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Ani DiFranco March 2 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks Band March 3 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) MercyMe, Tenth Avenue North March 4 TTH H EE M MIILLLL A AN ND DM M IIN NEE (Knoxville) Jimmy Eat World March 6 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Graham Nash March 6 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Graham Nash March 7 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Blake Shelton, Brett Eldredge, Carly Pearce March 8 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Lewis Black March 9 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) Skinny Lister March 14 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Los Lonely Boys March 14 TTH H EE BBU U CCK KH HEEA AD D TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Atlanta) Pop Evil, Palaye Royale, Black Map March 14 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) Robin Trower March 15 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) The Zombies feat. Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent March 16 ALLA A ABBA AM MA A TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Ron White March 16 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) The Zombies feat. Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent March 17 HA H ARRRRA AH H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CCA ASS IIN NO O (Cherokee, NC) Alice Cooper March 17 TTH H EE EE A ARRLL (Atlanta) The Wedding Present March 19 TTU U SSCC A ALLO OO O SSA AA AM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Brantley Gilbert, Aaron Lewis, Josh Phillips March 24 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Demi Lovato, DL Khaled March 28 TTH H EE EE A ARRLL (Atlanta) Agent Orange, The Atom Age March 29 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Agent Orange, The Atom Age March 30 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Who’s Bad March 31 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) David Feherty April 6 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) O.M.D. April 10 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Judah & the Lion April 11/12 RRO OBBEERRTT K KII RRK KW WA ALLK KTT EERR CC O OM MM MU UN NIITT YY TT H HEE -ATTRREE (Chattanooga) “Weird Al” Yankovic A April 13 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Alabama April 13 IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) Lorde April 14 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Alabama April 14 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Lorde April 15 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Weird Al Yankovic April 15 WA W ARR M MEE M MO O RRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) “Weird Al” Yankovic, Emo Phillips April 17 SSLLO O SSSS FFU U RRN NA ACC EESS (Birmingham) Judah & The Lion April 19 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Bruce Cockburn April 20 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Judah & the Lion, Tall Heights April 20 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Jeff Dunham April 20 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Knoxville) The Wood
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Life Gifts I’m Thankful For Even though this issue is com- mother as a secretary and my only time I saw them take off ing out in early December and dad as a schoolteacher and from work due to health reatherefore Thanksgiving is past farmer. Their work ethic was sons was for some type of surI want to talk about “life gifts” I’ve received. I am thankful I received them and they were gifts so I feel that ties in with the Christmas season. First I am thankful for the parents and the upbringing I had. While we weren’t the “Cleavers” we went to church, did family picnics, went to family gatherings for Christmas, celebrated birthdays together, worked together on the farm, and did other “family” things together. My an example for me. They did- gery. This ethic was applied to parents both worked hard, my n’t believe in sick days. The my brother and I. The only
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school I missed was when I had pneumonia once. My mom took me to school every day when I had pink eye even though I couldn’t go into the classroom. I got credit for being there. I had loving, caring parents who guided my education and religious experiences while taking care of my physical needs. Later in life in my career in law enforcement I would see firsthand many cases where parents did not take care of their children or even abused them. I would then realize I had taken my upbringing for granted. I
would come to realize how important it is to have loving parents who were good examples. Another gift I received was that of a close knit relationship with my aunts, uncles and cousins particularly on my mother’s side of the family. My aunts and uncles provided solid role models for me in their personal lives, business and work dealings and in their places in our church. I would observe these people and their actions as I grew up and come to realize how solid role models affect you. At one time my mother’s two sisters, her brother their children and my grandmother and step-grandfather all attended the same church. It was like a family reunion every Sunday.
During my career as a police officer I was lucky enough to meet my adopted family. Although my mother is gone now I have an “adopted” mom and sisters who claim me as their own. Through tragedy we have grown close. Again I was lucky. My job took me down several paths I never expected and also introduced me to people who played a pivotal role in my life. The next “life gift” I have received are my friends. Some have always been around, some I have known for years but have just gotten back in touch with and some are new. Many of my friends I made during my career as a police officer. One I went to high school with then got reacquainted with on a trip to Europe. That was the beginning of a great friendship. I
renewed some friendships at my last high school reunion. Some friends I just hang out with, others I go shooting or check out classic cars and hot rods. I have friends I ride motorcycles with. Now that I’m retired I often eat lunch or dinner out with friends. One friend I’ve known since grade school recently called to invite me to Thanksgiving dinner. We have been out of contact for years but he wanted to make sure I had somewhere to go on the holiday. Like I said, I’ve been lucky. I’m thankful for my gifts. If you haven’t thanked your friends lately for just being your friend maybe you should. I have been very fortunate in that I have been in good health most of my life. This has allowed me to get outside to shoot guns and ride motorcycles as well as travel abroad and in the United States. If you have your health you have a gift that’s immeasurable. Another fantastic gift I’ve received have been my pets. I’ve had some great cats but my dogs have given me many great times and memories. They have made me laugh and smile even in some very dark times. They are always glad to see me when I come home and are forgiving when I am grumpy. My pets give me unconditional love. It hurts like hell when they pass on but the time I’ve had with them is invaluable and unforgettable.
United States of America. I am proud of our country and proud I am a United States citizen. I make no apologies for our country. I support our military. I stand during the National Anthem and during the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. I don’t understand those who do not. Citizens of the U.S. have freedoms and rights unlike anywhere else in the world. Yet some would disrespect the symbols that represent the sacrifices of our military and that represent our country. I will apologize for these selfish, ungrateful, spoiled individuals who disrespect our National symbols allegedly due to some selfserving “protest”. I thank our military veterans every chance I get. As Hank Williams said, “if you ain’t into that I don’t give a damn”. But back to my being thankful for these “life gifts”. I am immensely grateful and try to “count my blessings” when life throws me a bump in the road. This Christmas season count your blessings. Maybe they are life gifts. Perhaps you will realize you have been given some tremendous gifts you have taken for granted or didn’t realize you had gotten. To My Family: Love you guys. To my friends : Like the song says ‘Thank you for bein’ my friend.” To our Military Veterans: Thank you and God Bless
Lastly I want to mention my Merry Christmas. tremendous good fortune in that I am a citizen of the - Mark Haskins ENIGMA
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Male Feminists: Is It A Surprise For Male Feminists To Be Accused OF Harassment? A few weeks ago, a number of women accused a well-known Hollywood producer of raping, assaulting, and sexually harassing them. And, since then, a number of other women have come forward. It hasn’t stopped there, though, as a number of other high profile men have also been accused of the same thing. In a way, it is as if what has happened with this producer has given other women the all clear.
who had their reputation ruined for doing so. When this took place, they would have done the right thing; shamefully, the same thing couldn’t be said about the people who were supposed to help them. This shows that not only did this producer have a lot of control in Hollywood; they also have a lot of control when it came to the media. It Was Normal
A Big Cover Up Some of the women who are now speaking out against this producer are said to have done the same thing many years ago, but they were not give the support that they needed. There are even actresses
There have also been a number of actors and actresses who have said that they were well aware of what this guy was like, and that this kind of behaviour is the norm as opposed to the exception. With this mind, it makes it easier to under-
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Therefore, if someone like this is speaking out it can show that they no longer have anything to lose. This is then not just an environ- There is always the chance that ment where people are desperate someone like this had a childhood to get ahead; it is also a place where they were treated in a simiwhere dysfunctional behaviour is lar manner, thereby setting them overlooked. Yet, if someone des- up to feel comfortable with abuse. perately wants to make it, it is going to be clear what their prior- Two Sides ities are. Due to what certain actors and Another Reason actresses like to come out with at award ceremonies and on social So, if someone desperately wanted media, for instance, it can be hard to make it, the last thing they to understand how something like would have wanted to do was to this can take place in Hollywood. blow their chance. And, even if These people like to create the this meant that they had to be impression that they have the treated badly, it might not have moral high ground, and that other been enough for them to speak people, the ones who watch their out. films, should follow their advice.
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It has been said that if someone knows when something bad is happening but they don’t anything about it, they are also to blame. Perhaps the actors and actresses who lecture others are simply doing what they can to make themselves feel better.
It Goes On It doesn’t end there, though, as there have been a number of other “male feminists” who have also been accused of behaving inappro-
And, as he feels this way, he is going to believe that it is not possible for him to be accepted for who he is or to get his needs met when it comes to the opposite sex. Playing a role that is likely to
A Bad Conscience If, on the other hand, a man is behaving in a way that causes women harm, then this can fill him with a lot of guilt and shame. One way for him to deal with this guilt is to present himself as someone who is highly supportive of women.
A Facade The feedback that he receives through doing this can keep his true feelings at bay; the trouble is that if his stops behaving in this way, he will soon be consumed by how he truly feels. This is then why he needs to continue to behave in this way.
Interestingly, this was a producer who supported a number of differently causes, which created the impression that he was a moral human being. For example, this was someone who joined the women’s march earlier this year. The purpose of this march was for women to express their anger at Donald trump, who had just become the president of America. What had played a part was that this was someone who had been accused of behaving in a sexually inappropriate manner, amongst priately. Untimely, the image that other things. these men presented to the world didn’t match up with who they realAnother Occurrence ly were. A few months before the story broke about this producer, it came out that a film director and screenwriter had also abused his power. This was someone who had been seen as a “feminist ally” since the late nineties.
Conclusion What this shows is that when someone is drawn to a certain cause or movement, it can be a way for them to avoid themselves. Through feeling so bad about themselves, please certain woman can then be they have the need to come across seen as a way for him to get the as though they are holier than approval and attention that he des- thou. perately needs. - Oliver JR Cooper
One then has to wonder if they truly believed this in movement, or if they just went along with it in order to please the opposite sex. Maybe this is just a way for them to indirectly fulfil their own needs. Two Sides
During the time that this person was married, it was said that he had numerous affairs with women. While this was going on, he spent plenty of time talking about feminism and how important it was for men to support this movement.
When a man doesn’t support this movement but he acts as though he does, it could show that he doesn’t feel comfortable in his own skin. Deep down, he may feel ashamed and guilty.
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And Justice For All? Dear California please secede from the Union already. Get out. Ever since the “verdict” finding Jose Ines Garcia Zarate innocent of the murder of Kate Steinle in San Francisco I’ve seen nothing but red. I’m so mad I’ve written this article and edited it in
had been deported five times and was wanted for yet another deportation at the time of the shooting. Besides being in this country illegally he has been charged and convicted previously with seven felonies. Defense attorneys for Zarate stuck by his story
my head at least a dozen that he “found” the stolen times because of my outrage. gun, dropped it and it accidentally went off. One of the Zarate, as you may know – or fugitive indictments from perhaps not shot Steinle in Mexico’s felonies involved the back as she walked along drugs. No offense, but I do not the pier with her father. know of a single drug dealer Zarate is an illegal alien. He that is unfamiliar with handling a gun. Supposedly Zarate said he had the gun on the pier and was playing with it – literally and I’m not making this up – dropping the gun. When it hit the ground it fired and ricocheted striking Steinle dead. Ballistic tests would prove this is impossible except maybe in the state of California. The jury that convened Thursday evening did not find him guilty of first-degree murder, second degree or even ENIGMA
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involuntary manslaughter. Instead they found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a gun. The standard sentence is three years. He has been held in jail since the incident for two years and most likely he’ll get time served, perhaps serve another year in jail before they decide to send him back to Mexico so he can for a seventh time come to the United States illegally. The not guilty verdict showcases what is imperially wrong with the state of California and the United States. Our “justice” system is an injustice system and our “legal” system is an Illegal system that puts those that have no business being in the country better protection under the law than actual taxpaying citizen’s whose tax
dollar funded the defense of this career criminal. And you wonder why Donald Trump won the election. Our immigration system is out of control – or actually lack of it. Every country in the world has borders. Within our states we have borders, our cities, neighborhoods, etc. all have borders. I find irony that many preach diversity and multiculturalism yet want no borders. Without borders you can’t have diversity. Everything runs together and becomes grey or beige. Blah. Part of being of different cultures and nationalities is we are all independent because of it and have our own identity. How can we appreciate diversity if we do away with it and everyone becomes the same?
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I am in total shock at the absolute lack of respect everyone has for the laws of the United States involving not only the borders but also the way this country governs. America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. Part of being free involves responsibilities in order to remain free. Part of being a democratic republic is to keep everything balanced and not allow trends or fads to take over what the country does as a whole. Mob rule doesn’t work and never does. Mob rule eventually leads to dictatorship. And if a growing number of people in the country legally and illegally has their way that’s where the country is headed. It’s becoming all about power by a growing ruler class that the “masses” are either too blind or too dumb to see.
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Blame the Democrat Party. The United States is a series of checks and balances between different branches of government. Since its inception the United States population for a majority of the time aligned with the Democrat Party. I’m not sure why. Maybe because of the name and not the policies. People are that dumb when they vote. That is also why it is proven if your name is listed at closer to the top of a ballot ion an election and the voter doesn’t know any of the candidates they tend to vote to names closer to the top. All of the issues that continue to divide this country were originally ideals of the Democrat Party or changed thanks to the Republican Party. If you would only do a
little research instead of getting all your information from social media you might be interested to find out it was the Republican Party that pushed the ending of slavery,
senators and so forth were members and proudly so up until less than two decades ago.
fought for equal rights for minorities decades before the Democrats made it their mantle in the mid-‘60s, fought to give women the right to vote and even set up regulations in the food producers to protect consumers. The latter being thanks to Teddy Kennedy and you can look it up if you don’t believe me. I’m not going into the KKK, but you might be surprised how many high ranking Democrats including a number of presidents, governors,
upset at the Democrat Party. Even today as 2017 comes to an end minorities are treated like second-class citizens. And ironically the minorities relish in it. And while there are claims by the Left that President Lyndon Johnson did not say the famous quote that he would have black voting Democrat the next 200 years (using the “n” word instead - a word he and his family used regularly and has been documented as such).
What the Democrat Party did was exploit minorities for power to stay in charge. It’s basically a payoff. Government dependence Minorities should be the most exploited by the government is discussed heavily in Eric Foner’s book, “Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution”. In it, it is discussed by allowing the newly freed black population to become dependant of the government for their wellbeing instead of teaching them to take care of themselves will guarantee the political power a loyal voting block.
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Party and now the Republican Party falling in line is the takeover of America’s freedom by a growing and developing ruling class. Prior there were low, middle and income classes. While those three remain, they are now being led in whole by a ruling class dead set on dictating not only how everyone lives their lives but what they think as well. What is happening before our eyes is a total 360 of our country that came over here from Europe to get away from an overbearing big government. Instead citizens both legal and illegal are being indoctrinated to let governWhat we are seeing now ini- ment take care of them and tially led by the Democrat take all their decisions out of
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their hand and in return receive a pittance of compensation as long as you go along and follow the rules. The United States government is set on becoming bad parents that basically shut their kids up by throwing money or gifts at a problem instead of solving them or actually realizing they are the problem. What has set the United States apart from the rest of the world and for that matter the envy of the rest of the world is in the process of being overturned. And why? The plaque on the Statue of Liberty reads, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” This country has been a bastion to freedom and a refuge for those looking to create a new life. Part of coming to America, the world’s melting pot is to blend in and not stand out. To create a new life you have to get rid of your old ways. You don’t have to completely abandon them but realize if you are going to live here in order to succeed you have to assimilate to a degree. And that is what part of the problem with an open immigration policy and lax border patrol in this country. Sure, we welcome everyone but there is due process to becoming a citizen. Everyone that is a United States citizen’s ancestors who came her except for Native Americans had to do so. I don’t understand why that is such a problem now. But that’s actually part of the plan of the ruling class.
power can increase their power over the country by throwing bits and pieces to those not in the country. They use sympathy and altruism proclaiming how great they are by helping those less fortunate than they that come into this country all the while over looking what is going on in their own backyard where there are those already in this country in need. Eventually this includes adding to the voting block allowing those not in this country to vote and even serve in government and the military. What I never understood by those in the country illegally is if you want to make this country your home, why don’t you want to become legal citizens? All your fear could have been cast aside by simply going through proper immigration. It’s not rocket science, it’s the law – at least it used to be. The problem with illegal immigration is not the United States; instead it’s Mexico. I don’t blame Mexico for letting Jose Ines Garcia Zarate leave their country. He’s a bad human being. Granted not all illegal aliens are bad human beings just as not all Americans are bad human beings. But here we sit at the end of 2017 in North America (I’m counting both Mexico and Canada here) one has to wonder why no one is addressing the elephant in the room. Why is Mexico such a bad place to live that a number of their citizens are fleeing?
There is a problem in the 21st century for a developed counWith open borders, those in try with an abundance of nat-
ural resources available to sell and trade in the world market (oil, produce, popular vacation destinations, etc.) that they do not have clean drinking water. It’s been a running joke, although it’s not that visitors are warned not to drink the water out of the taps. Mexico is run like a glorified Banana Republic. There are plenty of riches in Mexico but the only ones benefiting are the ruling class and no one else. Why isn’t this being addressed instead of the United States being criticized for wanting to protect their borders and insisting if you wish to stay in the country you must become accountable? The United States is not the bad guy here; it’s Mexico’s government. That is where human rights are being violated – not here.
And this brings us back to the insane not guilty verdict of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate in the death of Kate Steinle. It proves everything that is wrong with a New World Order, the Democratic Party, the state of California and more specifically the city of San Francisco. As a kid I wanted to live in California, the land of beautiful weather, beautiful people, warm weather and movie stars. What more could a guy want? As I got older that faded, as California became more of a police state with more regulations and taxes than anywhere else with the exception perhaps of New York. Hollywood lost its luster as it went from having talent to being pretty or superficial. And superficial is a per-
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fect way to describe those in Hollywood. True artistry and talent is everywhere – not just Hollywood and New York. And the tax liabilities are better elsewhere than in the two media mega-centers. Thanks to the Internet and social media you no longer need these places to be discovered or for that matter famous. California seems to prefer to make their own rules, judge others that don’t agree and then when their own legislation or a natural disaster happens they want to run to the rest of us to bail them out. When if they would look at the problems they have they would realize they are the architects of their own demise. If they want to secede from the United States, by all means do so. But don’t come to us to bail you out.
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Look to your neighbor below the border for help – Mexico. I never met Kate Steinle and most likely I wouldn’t know who she was if she wasn’t murdered by Jose Ines Garcia Zarate (I don’t care what the jury says). What Steinle has become is the poster child of what is not only wrong with our lax immigration system, but our legal system and society as a whole. And why I know it was never her intent to be martyr for anything remotely political. Truth be told I wish I never knew who Kate Steinle was. Not because I have anything against her but because of the reason I know who she is – or should I say was.
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War with North Korea? Yeah. The headline pretty much sums it up. It’s a question that some Americans have been pondering for a long time. Now it’s a question that a lot of Americans are asking. Earlier in the week, North Korea fired its highestever intercontinental ballistic missile. The Pentagon said the missile had flown for about 1,000 km (620 miles) before it tumbled into the
South Pyongan province. North Korea’s last ballistic missile launch was in September, just days after its sixth nuclear test… ...Mark Fitzpatrick, the executive director of the Internatinal Institute for Strategic Studies - a global security think tank, has closely evaluated the possibility of a war between the
tank says a protracted war between the United States and North Korea is “now a real possibility.” “Casualties in such a conflict would likely reach the hundreds of thousands, even if no nuclear weapons were used,” according to a report by the Royal United Services Institute. “There could be far-reaching consequences for the global economy, involving sustained
Korean leader Kim Jong-un. As usual, those tweets were buried in a flurry of other tweets revealing more about the inner workings of Trump’s mind than anyone cared to know. There are some in Congress, in the media, and in the psychological field who wonder if the president is mentally fit for office. The instability of the American president and his North Korean counterpart only makes an already scary situation even scarier. I sometimes have friends ask me what I think of the escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. I tell them that it scares the hell out of me…
— Mark Bedford
Sea of Japan…
U.S. and North Korea. “Given the personalities involved on both sides,” Fitzpatrick said on the IISS website. “I do not rate continuation of the status quo as higher than 50 percent.” Fitzpatrick noted that he was not the only person to predict an increased probability of conflict. Former CIA director John Brennan has put the chance of war breaking out at 20-25 percent...*
...U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said the new Norsth Korean capability poses a “worldwide threat.” “It went higher, frankly, than any previous shots they have taken,” Mattis said, adding that the North Koreans are building “ballistic missiles that threaten everywhere in the world.” South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that the missile was launched from Pyongsong, in ...A respected British think ENIGMA
disruption of vital supply chains and markets,” the report said. According to RUSI, Pyongyang could strike first if it believes the US is planning a surprise attack. Washington could draw first blood if the rogue regime test-fires missiles near Guam or California... ...President Trump reacts to the increased tensions with North Korea by firing off his usual stream of juvenile Twitter tweets against North
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Free Speech: Does The Attack On Free Speech Show How Feminized The Western World Has Become? While men are a physical expression of the masculine and women are a physical expression of the feminine, it doesn’t mean that each sex only has masculine or feminine traits within them. Now, this is not to say that each person on this planet is made up of half of one side and half of the other. A Big Difference It would be easy to say that men are more masculine on the inside and women are more feminine on the inside. The reason this is easy to say is that it doesn’t require much thought. In reality, there are men on this planet who are more feminine than some women and women who are more masculine than some men. What is going on internally and what is taking place externally will play a part here.
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looked. So even if someone is more masculine than feminine or When it comes to what is taking vice versa, it doesn’t mean that place internally, it is going to this will shine through. relate to the effect someone’s childhood had, what their brain is Due to the environment that they like, and their temperament. On were brought up in and what has the other hand, when it relates to taken place in their adult years, what is taking place externally, they might have disconnected from what is going on around them will their true nature. The role that influence how they behave. someone plays can then have nothing to do with who they are. For example, if someone was to work in a competitive environ- The Reason ment, it would be normal for them to become hardened. Yet, if they But even though there are environworked around children or in a ments where someone can become caretaking role, this could cause more masculine or more feminine, them to soften. it could be said that the western world in general has become more A Big Role feminine. This can be seen when it comes to what is valued and on the With this in mind, it shows how behaviours that are seen as being much of an effect the environment acceptable. can have on people, and this is something that can’t be over- Equality, empathy, tolerance, love
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and inclusivity, for instance, are words that are often expressed in today’s world. One way of looking at this would be to say that the reason the western world has become more feminised is due to the fact that this is the natural state of human beings and nature itself. Way Back In the past, boys would go through different rituals and rites of passage in order to become men. This, then, allowed them to develop their own masculine identity; without this, it wouldn’t have taken place. Nowadays, this is not something that really takes place for young boys - in fact, a lot of them grow up without a father. The boy is then likely to take cues from his mother when it comes to how to
behave and what to believe, and this can set him up to be a people pleaser or a ‘nice guy’ - thereby setting him to live a very frustrating existence. More of the Same It won’t end there, though, as he is likely to end up in a school that is primarily made up of female teachers, and this will probably be the case if he goes to university. This is likely be a time when he will be expected to take on even more feminine values and behaviours (and he may even be told that men are to blame for everything and that masculinity is “toxic”). But with that aside for the time being, it is not much of a surprise to hear that the masculine element needs to be developed whereas the feminine element just is. Everything on this planet that has been built will gradually disappear if it is not maintained, and this is the masculine element in action. Being and Doing Ultimately, the masculine is about doing and the feminine is about being. Thus, if a human beings nat-
ural state is feminine, it is clear to Self-censorship see why someone has to ‘do’ things in order to develop the their mas- The western world has, in part, culine aspect. only been able to develop in the way it has through people being Without this action, force and able to express their views. This is drive, it can be hard to imagine how growth and change occurs; what the world would look like. without it, it is not possible for this For example, if one wants to devel- to take place. op a strong and muscular body, they will need to do something on Out of the need to avoid offending a regular basis; if they don’t do someone and the consequences this, their body will stay the same, that may arise, one can silence or it will simply return to how it themselves. This is then tantawas before. mount to one being in a car that is about to crash, but not saying anyCompletely Misguided thing because they don’t want to “offend” anyone - the trouble is So when it comes to the values that that when it comes to a society, it the western world promotes, there can take a while for someone to can appear to be no reason why realise that it has ‘crashed’. anyone would have anything against them. Along with these val- Out of Balance ues, it is not uncommon for people to believe that people have a right It is then irrelevant as to whether not to be offended. what someone has to say is the truth, as this will be of secondary On the surface, this can all sound importance. What probably needs so wonderful; it can seem as to be done to balance this out is to though the western world is evolv- encourage people to take responing in the right way. Another way sibility for how they feel, develop of looking at it would be to say self-control, and to learn how to that the western world has lost its regulate their emotions. way. This is what is likely to happen
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when someone develops the masculine aspect within them, which will stop them from feeling victimised by what people say. One will then be able to assert themselves and to find their centre, as opposed to being tossed around by life. Conclusion Telling people that they have a right not to be offended is, in many ways, setting them up to suffer unnecessarily. What this also overlooks is the fact that whether or not someone is offended generally depends on how they interpret what has been said or done and not on what has actually been said or done. At times, life can be tough, and what can make it even tougher is when people are conditioned to believe that other people control how they feel. It is then as if the powers that be are more concerned with controlling people than they are with empowering people.
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Lesser Known Gems From One Hit Wonders It will never be designated as a National Holiday, but the yearly occasion is certainly worth celebrating. Oldies stations across the country paid due tribute to September 25, known to music lovers as National One Hit Wonder Day.
Nearly every song in this power pop band’s twenty year catalogue trumps their one hit, especially gems like “Hackensack” and “Red Dragon Tattoo.”
Swan” or “Mambo Sun” or “Jeepster” among dozens of others, and you will wonder why Gong gave the band its only mainstream recognition.
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Tori Amos Invades Melodically on Native Invader Tour me. I was very familiar with it as it was Nirvana’s breakout song from the year before. This version was done as a piano ballad with one of the softest voices Ii ever heard. It was a definite contrast to Kurt Cobain’s angry version. I kind of laughed at the version and asked Uncle Don who was doing that version. He answered Tori Amos and handed me the deluxe version of her debut album, Little Earthquakes. I hated her version of “Smell Like Teen Spirit” but as I listened to the rest of the album I really became intrigued by the music and Amos’ fragile voice. The songs were pianobased compositions with intricate layers and soaring vocals. I remember listening to singles like “Crucify” and “Silent All These Years”. The music was simply Amos’ voice and piano a far departure ©Dave Weinthal My old Uncle Don always had see what he was listening to from what was playing on the the best music and still does. and he played the song radio in the era when grunge I remember long ago I came to “Smells Like Teen Spirit” for was all the rage. It was a nice departure. But how would this interpret live? I got to see Amos in concert for the first time in 1998 on the Choirgirl Hotel tour. To me, playing piano seems to be a very intricate undertaking that requires a little more attention to deal than other instruments. Often bands use them as fill in various songs ENIGMA
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1. Greta Van Fleet 2. Alice Merton 3. Beck 4. Dhani Harrison 5. The Front Bottoms 6. Morrissey 7. Blitzen Trapper 8. Gregg Allman 9. Alvvays 10. Liam Gallagher 11. Weezer 12. Robert Plant 13. Iron & Wine 14. The Shacks 15. Tori Amos 16. Jack Johnson 17. Kings of Leon 18. Jocelyn & Chris Arndt 19. Grizzly Bear 20. Jason Ibell & the 400 Unit
ADVENTURE PICKS 1. Bjork 2. Belle & Sebastian 3. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
or is part of an ensemble. My first concert I attended was as a child with parents was Ferrante & Teicher, a famous piano-playing duo. The music was great, and they were great but they sat behind their pianos the whole time. The music was nice but the show was kind of boring. Piano music to me for the longest time was best heard and not seen. Showmanship didn’t arrive until Elton John dressed things up with his wild costumes unique eyeglasses and flamboyant shows. He was able to bridge that gape in boredom from the original piano gods Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis who pioneered making the piano fun to watch. John brought back the piano to the
forefront followed by Leon Russell and of course Billy Joel. I was surprised the first time I saw Amos perform the amount of energy as well as she balanced innocent, fragility with sexuality. It was an interesting show for an amphitheatre. Despite a great show she and her music looked out of place there. Amos is on out on tour in support of her new album, Native Invader, a highly politically charged album that includes her usual introspection giving the listener into a glimpse into her personal side. She has been one of the louder yet not obnoxious voices regarding feminism and often
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were treated to the artist alone with two pianos opposite each other as she switched between the two often in mid song as he revisited earlier work like “i i e e e” from 1998’s The Choirgirl Hotel and “God” from her 1992 debut, Little Earthquakes. She only performed “Reindeer King” from Native Invader instead performing songs from her catalog through 2005’s The Beekeeper.
of the more intriguing songs she performed was “Fire on the Side” a song from her first musical venture in the mid/late ‘80’s Y Kant Tori Read whose origins were as a synth pop band – a far cry from what most are familiar with today, yet still interesting and unique – much like the artist herself.
Reindeer King Black-Dove (January) Take Me With You Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen cover) Tear in Your Hand
The set was infused with many covers or what I’ll call interpretations since Amos has the innate abilities to turn other works into her own. Included in her set was EEnnccoorree:: Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence”, Don McLean’s A Sorta Fairytale “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)” Raspberry Swirl and Harold Arlen’s “Somewhere Over the - Dave Weinthal Rainbow” most famously per- TToo rrii A Am mooss SSeett lliisstt formed by Judy Garland. One i i e e e Amber Waves God The Power of Orange Knickers Putting the Damage On Fire on the Side (Y Kant Tori Read song) Silent All These Years Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) (Don McLean cover) Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode cover)
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ment with a policeman, who responded by macing the singer. During the concert, while singing “Back Door Man”, Morrison told the audience about the incident, which prompted police to turn on the house lights and arrest Morrison for breach of peace and resisting arrest.
Beatles’ corporation. It would take until 1974 for the split to become final.
1199 6688 Although its real name is “The Beatles”, the LP that fans call “The White Album” tops the UK chart. The effort marks the first time that The Supremes”, is released by John, Paul, Ringo and George Motown Records. The LP contained worked separately on different their first US Top 40 hit, “When The tracks. Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes”. Eric Burdon announces that The Animals would split up after a 11 9966 44 December 22nd concert at Beach Boys’ leader Brian Wilson Newcastle City Hall. He moved to suffers a panic attack on a flight California to embark on a largely from L.A. to Houston, which leads unsuccessful acting career, while him to stop touring with the group. bass guitarist Chas Chandler would go on to manage Jimi Hendrix. 11 9966 55 The Beatles had the number one 1199 77 00 album in the US for the third With Melody Maker magazine Christmas in a row. “Rubber Soul” reporting that The Beatles are sat atop the LP chart in ‘65, follow- looking for a new bass player, Paul ing “Beatles For Sale” in 1964 and McCartney files suit to dissolve the “With The Beatles” in 1963. The Fab Four would repeat this feat again in 1968 with “The Beatles” (The White Album) and again in 1969 with “Abbey Road”.
11 9977 22 Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” is released in the US where it will reach #1. The tune causes much speculation about who Carly was singing about, with popular guesses that included Mick Jagger (who sang unaccredited backing vocals on the song), Cat Stevens, Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson (with whom she had had brief relationships), her unfaithful fiance William Donaldson, and her exhusband, James Taylor. At one point, Carly said she was singing about a composite of many men she had known, but later claimed that the song was about openly gay record producer David Geffen.
THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 1199 5544 Singer Johnny Ace accidentally killed himself while playing Russian Roulette backstage at a Houston concert on Christmas Eve. Ace was well known for singing and playing piano with such Blues legends as Bobby Bland and B.B. King. He later signed with Duke Records and had a string of R&B hits, including “My Song”, “Saving My Love”, “Please Forgive Me”, “Cross My Heart” and “The Clock”, along with two more hits after his death, “Pledging My Love” and “Anymore”. Cashbox magazine had named Johnny Ace as its Most Promising New Artist earlier in the month. 1199 5577 For their first Christmas as a married couple, Jerry Lee Lewis gives his thirteen-year-old wife Myra a red Cadillac convertible with a white leather interior. Although she routinely drove it around Coro Lake, Tennessee, she wouldn’t be of age to get her driver’s licence for another three years.
1199 6666 The Monkees topped the Billboard Hot 100 with the Neil Diamond composition, “I’m A Believer”. Because of over a million advance orders, the single went Gold two days after its release and has now sold over ten million copies world11 99 5588 The Phil Spector written “To Know wide. Its reign at #1 lasted for seven Him Is To Love Him” was the num- weeks. ber one song in the US for The Teddy Bears. The trio consisted of 11 9966 77 Spector along with two friends, Singer Jimmie Rodgers, who Marshall Leib and Annette enjoyed a string of US Top Ten hits Kleinbard. in the 1950s, suffered a fractured skull and a broken wrist, allegedly at the hands of three Los Angeles 11 99 5599 The Philadelphia Orphan’s Court police officers. He would recover, gives Chubby Checker a raise in his but couldn’t return to performing weekly allowance from $150 to until a little over a year later. In $200. The 19-year-old singer (who’s 1973, after suits and counter-suits real name is Ernest Evans) has had been filed, Rodgers would already put three songs, “The accept a $200,000 settlement from Class”, “The Twist” and “The the City Of Los Angeles. Hucklebuck” in the US Top Forty. Jim Morrison is arrested onstage in New Haven, Connecticut. Before 1199 6633 The first Supremes album, “Meet the gig, Morrison got into an arguENIGMA
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1199 7711 Paul McCartney’s new band, Wings, release their first album, “Wild Life”, in the UK. The LP would not be issued in the US until 1980.
Helen Reddy became Australia’s first female artist to have a number one record on the US chart when “I
Am Woman” reached the top of the Billboard hit parade. Surprisingly, the song didn’t chart at all in the UK. Reddy would achieve two more US number one singles over the next couple of years with, “Delta Dawn” and “Angie Baby”.
replacement for Queen. After interviewer Bill Grundy asks them about their “nasty reputation”, bass player Glenn Matlock utters a four letter word on the air. In the resulting uproar, The Sex Pistols are banned from appearing in all but five cities that were booked for Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock” is their first UK tour. By next month, released. It would become his no club or concert hall in Great fourth US Top Ten hit and first Britain will book the group. number one single, rising to the 11 9977 88 top spot on February 3rd, 1973. The Recording Industry Association of John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd America would award Elton and release their version of Sam And lyricist Bernie Taupin a Platinum Dave’s “Soul Man” under the name disc for their effort in September The Blues Brothers. Belushi and Ackroyd would reach #14 in the US, 1995. while the original had topped out 11 9977 33 at #2. Trouble starts for Fleetwood Mac when their former manager, Gino Vannelli enjoys his highest Clifford Davis, claims ownership of charting Billboard single when “I the band’s name and assembles a Just Wanna Stop” peaks at #4. It bogus group, which he puts out on would top the charts in his native tour. Canada and be nominated for a Grammy Award next Spring. Tom Johnson of The Doobie 11 9988 22 Brothers is arrested in Visalia, California and charged with pos- After nearly eight months in prosession of marijuana. His court duction, Michael Jackson’s miledate is set for January 10th, the stone album “Thriller” is released. same day the band’s new LP is to Seven of the album’s nine songs be released. The album is ironical- were issued as singles and all ly titled “What Were Once Vices reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The LP won a recordAre Now Habits”. breaking eight awards at the 1984 1199 77 44 Grammys and would become the Kingston, Jamaica native Carl largest selling album of all time, Douglas led the Billboard Hot 100 worldwide. with “Kung Fu Fighting”. The single 11 9988 44 sold 11 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling Michael Jackson announces that at singles of all time. Oddly enough, the end of the current Jackson’s the song was recorded in just 10 tour, he will launch a solo career minutes and started out as a B-side. and no longer perform with his After his follow-up, “Dance The brothers. Kung Fu” stalled at #48, Douglas released “Shanghai” and “Run On New Years Eve, Def Leppard’s Back” which failed to chart in drummer Rick Allen lost his left America but were modest hits in arm after crashing his Corvette the UK. After leaving the music while racing another driver on a business, he started a publishing UK highway. The arm was recompany that co-ordinates films, attached, but had to be removed documentaries and advertise- three days later. His right arm was ments. also damaged, but he eventually rejoined the band using a specially Stevie Nicks and Lindsey adapted drum kit. Buckingham are invited to join 11 9988 55 Fleetwood Mac, marking the band’s Rock and Roll legend Rick Nelson tenth line-up change since 1967. was killed while en route to a New 1199 7766 Year’s Eve show in Dallas, Texas. The Sex Pistols, who have just His private DC-3 (which was previreleased their first single, “Anarchy ously owned by Jerry Lee Lewis) in the UK”, appear on British TV’s crashed in a field near DeKalb, Today Show as a last-minute Texas. Early press reports erroENIGMA
neously suggested that drug use, namely freebasing, might have played a role in the crash that killed Rick, his band, and his fiancee Helen Blair (the pilot and co-pilot survived). In fact, the National Transportation Safety Board’s 1987 report determined that the fire began in a malfunctioning gas heater. 1199 8888 According to a poll released in the US, the music of Neil Diamond was favored as the best background music during sex. Beethoven was the second choice and Luther Vandross was voted third. 11 9999 22 Saying that he had “seen it all and done it all”, bassist Bill Wyman quits The Rolling Stones after over 30 years with the group. 1199 99 55 Even though they had disbanded 25 years earlier, The Beatles had the number one album in the US when “Anthology” hit the top for the first of three weeks. It would go on to sell over 4 million copies and included rare Beatle recordings in the form of demos, alternate takes, live versions and previously unreleased material. The surviving members of The Grateful Dead officially disband the group following Jerry Garcia’s death in August. 22000066 James Brown, known by all as The Godfather of Soul, died of pneumonia on Christmas morning at the age of 73. He recorded more than 50 albums and had well over 100 songs that hit the US charts, including “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” (#8) in 1965), “I Got You” (#3 in 1965), “Cold Sweat” (#7 in 1967), “Say It
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Loud” (#10 in 1968) and “Living In America” (#4 in 1986). His final words were reported to have been, “I’m going away tonight.” 22001122 Pat Boone made an unlikely return to Billboard’s Hot 100 after a 40 year absence. His new song, “Under God”, was written in response to a lawsuit filed in San Francisco by an agnostic who claimed his daughter’s constitutional rights were violated by having to say the words “under God” when her school recites the Pledge of Allegiance. The record briefly rose to number 25, ahead of songs by the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Jay-Z. Boone’s last Top 40 hit was “Speedy Gonzalez”, which made it to number 6 in 1962. 22001155 Vocalist George Michael passed away at the age of 53. In the mid1980s he paired with Andrew Ridgeley in Wham! to score eight Billboard Top 10 hits, including “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”” (#1), “Careless Whisper” (#1), “Everything She Wants” (#1), “Freedom” (#3) and “I’m Your Man” (#3). As a solo artist, he reached the US Top 40 fifteen more times, including six number one records, “Faith”, “Father Figure”, “One More Try”, “Monkey”, “Praying For Time” and “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”. Natalie Cole, a nine-time Grammywinning singer and daughter of legendary crooner Nat King Cole, passed away at the age of 65. She placed twelve songs on the Billboard Top 40 between 1975 and 1991, including the Top Ten hits, “This Will Be”, “I’ve Got Love On My Mind”, “Pink Cadillac” and “Miss You Like Crazy”.