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Meaning of the Year 2015 - What to Expect By the Numbers There were two significant 'firsts' as far as the numbers for the year 2014. One happened December 13, 2014, 12-1314 and the other was the longest night in decades. The year 2014 was about getting in touch with the deeper meaning of life and analyzing your personal situation. However, the Universal energy for 2015 is extremely different and should prove to be an unusually lucrative time for most people in the next few months.

wealth, success and business and close circle of friends in savvy. order to gain wealth, success, business savvy, money and CCH HAARRTTSS:: U UN NIIVVEERRSSAALL YYEEA ARR material gain wiitthh tthhee 88 EEnneerrggyy w • 1925 and 2024 are a very • 1961 was pure 80/8 energy unique 44/8 master energy (this year was pregnant with extremely practical, hardpossibilities and marked a working approach to acquirnew beginning for money ing wealth, business savvy, success, money and material issues) gain... in the year 2024 • 1889, 1898, 1988 and 1997 extreme hard work will be the were concentrated 8 energy only way to attain the attribwealth, success, business utes of the 8 energy of wealth, money and success savvy, money, material gain

usually experience plus the possibilities of many really good opportunities.

If you are open to receiving wealth and taking advantage of promising opportunities this can very well be your year for turning your finances around to a more positive flow. Every nine years we (mankind) collectively have the opportunity to take advantage of the special positive energy that flows from Universal Source in the way of

• 1952, 1970 and 1979 were all 17/8 or 71/8 energy individual or personal analysis of wealth, success, business savvy, money and material gain

• 1916, 1934, 2015, 2033 are all a 35 or 53/8 energy using a creative and fun approach to finding wealth, success, business savvy, money and material gain while taking advantage of the many opportunities that come along... this year, 2015 and the year 2033 to come are unique in that they should bring money and success with less effort than one would

By the end of 2014 we have seen a slow and steady increase in the economy with jobs beginning to open up again. Economists predict this trend to continue its uphill climb this year. Time will tell. The Universal energy is there to spur this along so hopefully the experts are correct and things in general will get better.

• 1907, 1943, 2006 were all 26 or 62/8 energy finding balance, cooperation, and using arbitration tactics in a responsible way focused on family

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In past years with energy similar to this year lets look back and see how this energy was enjoyed as far as historical success. In the year 1916 Albert Einstein completed his "theory of relativity". 1934 marked the "First New Deal" which was the first big step toward ending the Great Depression which was from 1920 through 1940.

Help is there from Universal energy this year to boost you in the area of your personal finances and abilities to gain success. How you can best use this energy now becomes more personal. This is how it works. Each one of us has what is called "Personal Year Energy". This energy or a little extra boost should be a significant help if used wisely. To make the best use of your own energy you must have information. To find your own Personal Year you just need to do a little simple math. The formula is the number of the month you were born added to the number of the day you were born plus this years' 8. So, if you were born on January 1st for instance you would add 1+1+8 which is 10. Reduce your answer to a single digit which in this case is 1+0=1 and this single digit is your Personal Year Energy. As another example, if you were born on December 31st you would then add 12+31+8=51. Reducing this down to a single digit would be 5+1=6 with 6 as your Personal Year Energy in 2015.

Chart will give you the meaning of your own number and how it relates to the 8 energy of the year 2015. Add your month and day to 8 and then look up the single digit you find in the following chart.

3. Creativity reigns supreme for you this year especially in the area of your finances. Use you instincts and your intuition and let your unique ideas shine. Appreciation of what you already have and a respect for the beauty in all PPEERRSSO ON NAALL YYEEAARR CCH HA ARRTT things will increase your potential to attract money 1. This is your year to use your into your life this year. own initiative on your behalf as far as your finances are 4. Look on the practical side concerned. It will have extra of things especially where it drive to take the lead and use relates to how you earn and y our own creativity toward use your money. Hard work financial success and an and wise management of your increase in your material financial affairs will help you wealth. You are on your own toward the success you desire, right now so your best bet is especially during this next to follow your own instincts. year. 2. This is the year of cooperation with others and finding the peaceful solution to all situations. To make the best use of your financial success this year it is wise for you to listen to the advise of others and be the support to their efforts rather than taking the leadership role. Opportunities that come your way can be best used with the assistance of others. You must find the balance in all things to increase your wealthy at this time.

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8. Money, money, money is on your mind this year. If you relax and use your own creative ideas you should do well. You should be making very positive steps toward your personal success and material gains this year. Hard work is always a part of gaining wealth but this period of time for you more about using 5. The problem you may face your talents wisely. Financial this year is an over-abun- issues should flow naturally dance of opportunities. Use for you this year. your own intuition and weigh your opportunities well 9. Thinking about the betterbefore leaping. Choose the ment of your environment best one or two and concen- and the well-being of others trate on these to make the will help you make the best best use of this years unique use of the burst of energy momentum toward financial toward your financial affairs success. If you leap into each during this time period. Have new interesting opportunity compassion for others, for you will sabotage yourself and your community and fellowrender all of your efforts inef- man. Helping others or even fective. volunteering in your community should help more than 6. Your family and close circle working hard on your own of friends play an important financial stream of income. part in your success and abili- This is your year to make a ty to attract money this year. difference for others. It will be your responsibility to look out for your loved There you have it, the unique ones and help or make deci- energy of 2015 and how to sions on their behalf during make the best use of this little this time period. Ignoring your boost toward your personal responsibilities will adversely wealth and success. Enjoy this affect your road to success. year and put it to good use. 7. Analyzing any opportunities that may come your way this

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year is your best road to success. If you are a person of faith then rely more heavily on this during this time period than usual. At any rate, have faith in your own abilities to decipher your best course of action. Find time for yourself so you can think the course you are currently taking.

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- Penny L. Lee

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TEN SIMPLE RULES FOR SELFEMPLOYED SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT MAKE WINNING AN IRS TAX AUDIT EASY Every American fears the words tax exactly what the I.R.S. expects from the small business owner at tax audit. time. A letter from the I.R.S., especially one ordering a tax audit, will Recordkeeping for a one or twounnerve even the calmest person. person business is done primarily But, for a small business owner who to satisfy the I.R.S., so why not keep does all of their own recordkeeping audit-winning records. Follow these it's not just scary, it could spell dis- ten simple rules during the tax year, and you'll not only be ready for a aster. tax audit, but you'll simplify your If you receive an I.R.S. audit letter, recordkeeping duties as well. call your tax accountant and set an immediate appointment; represent- Rule # 1 - Document Income. ing clients at tax audits is part of a Absolutely all business income, tax professional's job. It will be including all cash & tips, must be your job to locate and furnish all of deposited into a separate checking the documents needed to win that account used only for business audit. If you have kept audit-proof funds. Do this and all you'll need at tax time are 12 bank statements to records, that will be easy. Because most small business own- total your income. ers have no bookkeeping training, few realize how easy it is to keep Rule #2 - Keep a Paper Trail. Every audit-proof records. Some end up penny spent or charged for your turning recordkeeping into a com- business needs a paper trail. If a plicated computer-driven chore, receipt is not provided you can and many simply ignore everything make your own; be sure to include all of the necessary details. until tax time. Working from expense receipts simBusiness recordkeeping doesn't plifies the recordkeeping process have to be complicated or time con- for a small business owner. suming. There are only two things Rule #3 - Record Barter Exchanges. you need to do to make beating a Every business barter exchange tax audit easy. The first is to adopt requires a paper trail assigning a recordkeeping system that is value to your time, or the product super simple; the second is to learn that you traded. The value of a

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barter exchange is the same amount per item value. you would charge if it had been a Rule #8 - Get Educated. No matter cash sale. how good your tax professional is, Rule #4 - Track Every Expense. if you don't provide all of the necSorting expense receipts is easy, essary information and figures your when you use the business expense tax return will be wrong. alphabet. From advertising to Ziploc bags, if you use it in your business Rule #9 - Plan Ahead. Tax laws there's a place on your tax return to change every year. During your deduct that expense. annual tax visit ask if there are any new changes that affect you, what Rule #5 - Depreciate Equipment. Any tax laws are in the works, how equipment purchased that has an those will affect your business, and expected life of 2+ years must be what you can do now to lower depreciated or expensed at tax future taxes. time. It is important to keep a list of all business equipment purchased, Rule #10 - Keep Everything. Without the date you bought it and the price receipts you will fail a tax audit. Box or bag all of your tax receipts paid, with your tax records. each year, and keep them for a minRule #6 - Log Your Miles. Unless imum of six years. If you get an your car is used only for business, audit letter from the I.R.S., simply keep a small notebook in your car take the box or bag containing for tracking business miles. If you receipts for the year being audited don't keep a mileage log, and are with you when you meet with your asked to furnish one for a tax audit, tax professional. you will fail the audit. I can't tell you not to worry about a Rule #7 - Track Inventory. The I.R.S. tax audit, we all do. But, if you've considers all items that you make or followed these ten rules, the buy for resale to be inventory; receipts and the audit should be in inventory costs cannot be deducted the bag! until that inventory is sold. Inventory expensing is easy once - KiKi Canniff you learn how to calculate the cost

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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Real estate ventures will be to your ad vantage. Rethink your motives and make the necessary changes to yourself. You can make changes to your living quarters, but not everyone will be pleased with your efforts. Too many opportunities and too many changes going on. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) You will be in the mood to socialize. Don't confront the situation if you don't feel you can keep your cool. You must take care of health problems that have been lingering. Moneymaking opportunities will surface. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. GEMINI

(May 22-June 21) Investments may be misrepresented this month. You like to stay busy and now is your chance to do just that. Arguments will flare up if you get backed into an emotional corner. You can make life easier for an older member of your family.

financial venture. This will be a good day for research and for sitting down with some good, informative reading material. Travel should open doors that lead to exciting new adventures. Get friends to help you with the preparations.

one you love. Your talents will shine at work. Promote your ideas now. Although up setting, changes in your domestic situation will be favorable. Your dramatic nature may be too much to handle. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.

Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month CAPRICORN will occur on a Tuesday. will occur on a Sunday. (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Family get-togethers will be interVIRGO CANCER esting. Don't let emotional upset (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) (June 22-July 22) Opportunities for love will develop Don't overindulge in anyway. Look force you into the poorhouse. while traveling or while attending into real estate. Your communica- Make the necessary changes that religious functions. Be inquisitive tion skills are at an all-time high. will enable you to advance finanabout unfamiliar circumstances. You will be relentless when it cially. Financial gains can be made Exercise is always a good way to comes to getting yourself back into through wise investments. relieve stress. Your irritability will shape. Your luckiest events this month lead to family squabbles. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. AQUARIUS will occur on a Monday. (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) LIBRA Advancement can be yours if you (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) LEO You are in a high cycle where trav- put your efforts into work related (July 23-Aug 22) Luck is with you, regardless of the el, education, and creative endeav- matters. Look at your options ors are concerned. Don't be too before making commitments that critical. Opportunities will develop could jeopardize your financial through those you encounter while position. You will have difficulties attending organizational events. spreading yourself between your You could do extremely well in work and your home. Look into ways to make your home more competitive sports events. comfortable. Your luckiest events this month Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. will occur on a Wednesday. SCORPIO PISCES (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) You can accomplish the most if you (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) travel for business purposes. Your You have to let go of your past if ability to deal with others will help you wish to get out of any sentiyou in getting the support you mental mood that might be hanging need. Be prepared to lose friends over your head. You will reap the or alienate loved ones due to your rewards for your kind actions. stubborn nature lately. You may Sudden changes regarding friendend up being blamed if anything ships are likely to occur if you have tried to change others. You can goes wrong. work in conjunction with those in Your luckiest events this month the know in order to get to the bottom of any pending issue. will occur on a Tuesday. Your luckiest events this month SAGITTARIUS will occur on a Wednesday. (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Spend some quality time with the ENIGMA

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Hail to this Chief Confrontations between protesters and police departments broke out nationwide after the police officers who caused the deaths of unarmed black men were not indicted by grand juries. Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri… shot in the street by officer Darren Wilson. Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York… who died in an ambulance after a chokehold by officer Daniel Pantaleo. The outrage and confusion was nationwide and, as a result, protests (and full-fledged riots) were as well… …But at a time when a lot of police departments ratcheted up the “us versus ” rhetoric and took a heavyhanded approach to dealing with protesters, Nashville’s

police force distributed coffee and hot chocolate to demonstrators and kept arrests to a minimum. This mellow approach to community policing didn’t sit well with one Nashvillian, who wrote a letter of complaint to police chief Steve Anderson… …”I have a son who I have raised to respect police officers and other authority figures,” the letter writer explained, “but if he comes to me today and asks “Why are the police allowing this?” I wouldn’t have a good answer.” (Chief Anderson made his response public, but did not identify the author of the complaint.) “It is somewhat perplexing when children are injected into the conversation as an attempt to bolster a

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troops in an ongoing war against a mostly imaginary threat of domestic terror attacks. These heavily-armed “warriors” are increasingly deployed in no-knock raids against petty criminals with no history of violence… often as a result of an anonymous tip. …”First, it is laudable that you The results are often cataare teaching your son respect strophic… for the police and other authority figures. However, a …At a time when tensions better lesson might be that it were running high among prois the government the police testers and Nashville’s police serve that should be respect- officers, Chief Anderson chose ed. The police are merely a to look at demonstrators in his representative of a govern- jurisdiction as citizens who ment formed by the people for had a right to peacefully the people—for all people. express their opinions. Instead Being respectful of the govern- of deploying tear gas, his offiment would mean being cers deployed cups of coffee respectful of all persons, no and hot chocolate. Police officers tend to talk a lot about matter what their views.”… “respect.” I think it’s safe to …Chief Anderson actually say that most of Nashville’s “gets” the intended role of protesters came away from police in our country. The their police interactions with a increased militarization of healthy amount of respect for police departments since 9/11 the officers they met… has inspired many law enforcement officers to imag- - Mark Bedford ine themselves as front line position or as an attempt to thwart the position of another,” wrote Anderson. “While this is not the type of conversation I ordinarily engage in, here are some thoughts you may find useful as you talk with your son.”…

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Rocco is a common sense, tell-it-like-it-is, no-nonsense kind of guy offering real advice on any subject put before him. Why pay thousands of dollars on a highpriced therapist when he’ll straighten you out for free. If Dear Rocco, Do you think Texas has a you’d like advice from Rocco him at chance to beat Alabama for e-mail the National Championship goaskrocco@yahoo.com or drop him a line at Ask Rocco and why or why not? c/o Enigma P.O. Box 825 HC Chattanooga, TN 37401. DDeeaarr HHCC

Dear Rocco, This is a strange town. It seems like all the white guys are afraid of black guys or try to appease them. And the black guys seem to prey on that as well it looks like. Am I missing something? Is it like that everywhere else or just here? Why can’t people be people and accept who we each are? JR

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ROCKCREEK, Ore. (UPI) - An Oregon man said he is searching for his girlfriend’s cat after he mistakenly sold a box spring that the feline was using as a hiding place. Roy Dufek of Rockcreek said in a Reddit post he was selling two bed sets for his girlfriend while she was at work last week and he did not realize until later that his girlfriend’s cat, Camo, had apparently been hiding inside a box spring he strapped to the top of a buyer’s car. Dufek, who was in the process

of moving when he sold the items, said the man who purchased the bed set allowed him to search his house, but there was no sign of Camo. The man said he had heard unusual noises while affixing the box spring to the top of his car. Dufek said his posts on Reddit and Craigslist have resulted in an outpouring of support and offers of assistance, but so far there have been no confirmed Camo sightings. “People have told us stories of their cat that was gone a few months, or a month, and found the way home. So that gives us hope,”

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Dufek told The Oregonian. “The only issue is we don’t live at that apartment anymore.” Chris Steak House. “I just opened up my throat, didn’t even swalPROVO, Utah (UPI) - A Utah man low,” he told KSL-TV. “I pretty who chugged a quart of eggnog in much poured it down.” Roche fin12 seconds to win a restaurant gift ished off the quart in 12 seconds. “I card said he was also awarded got done, and I was gasping, I with a three-day stay in the hospi- couldn’t breathe,” he said. Roche tal. Ryan Roche, whose victory was said his breathing troubles intensicaptured in a video posted to fied in the ensuing hours and he YouTube, said he was challenged started feeling shaky and nauto the eggnog-chugging contest at seous. He said a friend who is in his work Christmas party last week medical school recommended he and he had to beat a 22-second go to the hospital, where doctors record to win a gift card to Ruth’s said he was “dry drowning” from

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the eggnog in his lungs. “I can’t tell you how many doctors or nurses would walk into my room and say, ‘Eggnog, huh?’ Then they’d say, ‘Well, at least you won,’” he told the New York Daily News. Roche said he spent his first 24 hours in the hospital in intensive care. “It was rough,” he said. He said he took home the steakhouse gift card, but it also came with a valuable lesson. “Eggnog: not ideal for the lungs,” Roche said. “Not only do I get a Ruth’s Chris gift card, but I got a three night’s stay in the hospital.” DETROIT, MI - Being on the “naughty list” just got a little tougher, at least in Detroit where a man dressed as jolly old Saint Nick unloaded on two hapless souls at a gas station. Because apparently reindeer run on unleaded and even Santa can’t go to Detroit without packing heavy. Detroit police officials confirmed that the two victims were recovering from gunshot wounds following the incident. The festively dressed gunman, who is now in custody, told officers that he felt threatened after arguing with the pair and shot both men. “An individual who was dressed as Santa and two other individuals got into some kind of confrontation,” said Officer Adam Madera. “Two of the individuals went to their vehicle; they believe that Santa felt maybe that they were going to get a weapon. He then shot these individuals.” Madera said that two off-

duty officers in the area engaged in a short foot chase with the suspect and directed him to an onduty officer who made the arrest. The suspect’s name was not immediately released, but if you didn’t get any presents on Christmas morning it probably means the name was Kringle. CLEARWATER, Fla. (UPI) - A west Florida woman faces felony assault charges after she reportedly attacked her grandmother for denying a Facebook friend request. Deputies arrested Rachel Anne Hayes, 27, early Thursday for aggravated battery on an elderly person. According to authorities, Hayes slapped the 72-year-old multiple times at a home in Clearwater, Fla. WFLA reports the woman was Hayes’ grandmother and that Hayes’ arrest affidavit indicated alcohol was a factor in the assault. The attack allegedly stemmed from an argument between the two over Hayes’ Facebook moniker. Hayes’ grandmother refused to accept her friend request unless the name was changed, according to authorities. Hayes initially left the residence but returned, and in the ensuing argument she slapped her grandmother multiple times at the threshold of a door before the elderly woman was able to retreat inside. Deputies arrived on scene and arrested Hayes, who was released from the Pinellas County jail on $10,000 bond. Hayes’ jail records show prior arrests for

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alcohol related incidents, including a DUI last year, violation of probation in relation to the DUI and a September charge of disorderly conduct for urinating in public. SHERIDAN, Wyo. (UPI) - Authorities in Wyoming said a man was shot in the arm when his dog stepped on a loaded gun in the back seat of his pickup truck. Johnson County Sheriff Steve Kozisek said Richard Fipps, 46, of Sheridan, was standing next to his pickup truck Monday when his dog climbed from the front seat to the back seat and stepped on the loaded .300 Winchester Magnum, which did not have its safety activated. The gun fired off a round that struck Fipps in the left arm, Kozisek said. Kozisek said evidence from the scene and statements from two employees who were working with Fipps at the time of the incident support Fipps’ version of events. Authorities said Fipps’ injury is not considered lifethreatening, but there is a chance he could lose his arm. Like the comedian Jim Gaffigan pointed out, a lot of our holiday traditions seem like the actions of a drunk. Who chops down a tree and drags it inside their house (without drinking a 12 pack of beer and a half pint of whiskey first)? But our holiday oddities seem quaint and homey compared to some of the bizarre things they do to celebrate Christmas around the

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world. In Catalonia, families gather around the “caga tio,” a log that’s decorated with a cartoon face and plied with treats in the weeks before Christmas. On Christmas day, the children sing a song and beat the log with sticks until it ‘poops’ out presents (caga is the Catalonian equivalent of ‘caca,’ and means ‘pooping’). In Austria, the Christmas season kicks off on Dec. 5 with Krampusnacht Krampus, St. Nick’s demonic polar opposite, is a goat-horned devil that shakes fistfuls of rusty chains at passing children. According to legend, naughty kids are snatched by Krampus and dragged to his mountain lair. In more recent years, the custom has morphed into a sort of Halloween in December, giving people a chance to dress up and parade around in their ghoulish costumes. In the Netherlands, the Dutch add a little fear to their holiday celebrations with Zwarte Piet. In a rather racist custom that has persisted to this day, Zwarte Piet, or Black Peter, is Santa’s slave who abducts Dutch children that misbehave, taking them back to Spain, where it is said that Santa and Peter spend their off-season. In a scene many Americans would find shocking, the Dutch dress up as Black Peter, donning black face and Afro wigs, in order to accompany Santa. So don’t be too critical if Dad dressed up at Santa this year and smelled a little like scotch and cigarettes. It could be a lot worse.

This week’s calendar covers events from Thursday, December January 1, through Wednesday, January 7. We would be happy to publish your free listing in future Billboards, space permitting. Simply mail us the information so that we have it 7 days before the publication date. A photograph may be sent with the announcement. Send information to: Calendar Editor, Enigma, P.O. Box 825, Chattanooga, TN 37401 or e-mail to calendar@enigmaonline.com. All dates subject to change without notice.

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RRAAW W (Chattanooga) DJ Barnaby RRH HYYTTH HM M && BBRREEW WSS (Chattanooga) Channing Wilson Band, The Tatum Brothers CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NAASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Pat McGee

ATTLLA A AN NTTA A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Brian Poesehn January 8 TTRRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Kansas January 9 FFO OXX TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Atlanta) Sam Smith January 9 VVIIN NYYLL (Atlanta) Emerson Hart January 9 ATTLLA A AN NTTA A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Brian Poesehn January 9 WIILLD W D BBIILLLL’’SS (Duluth, GA) Gary Allan January 9 EEX XIITT//IIN N (Nashville) Reverend Horton Heat, Dale Watson, Rosie Flores January 9 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NA ASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Judy Collins January 9 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE A ARREEN NA A (Nashville) Eric Church January 10 ATTLLA A AN NTTA A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Brian Poesehn January10 TTH HEE CCO ON NCCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Roadkill Ghost Choir January 10 EED DD DIIEE’’SS A ATTTTIICC (Atlanta) Johnette Naplitano January 11 TTH HEE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLLEE (Atlanta) Seether, Papa Roach, Islander, Kying January 11 SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Don Williams January 11 VVA ARRIIEETTYY PPLLA AYYH HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic February 11 BBIIJJO OU U TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Knoxville) Miranda Sings January 12

SSA ATTU URRD DA AYY JJaannuuaarryy 33 RRH HYYTTH HM M && BBRREEW WSS (Chattanooga) Subconscious, River City Hustlers, Pains Chapel RRA AW W (Chattanooga) DJ Barnaby CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NAASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Cracker TTEERRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Indigo Girls

SSU UN ND DA AYY JJaannuuaarryy 44 SSK KYYZZO OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter

MO M ON ND DA AYY JJaannuuaarryy 55 TTRREEM MO ON NTT TTAAVVEERRN N (Chattanooga) Trivia Night TTH HEE O OFFFFIICCEE (Chattanooga) SpeakEasy FFO OXX && H HO OU UN ND D (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter

TTU UEESSD DA AYY JJaannuuaarryy 66 TTRREEM MO ON NTT TTAAVVEERRN N (Chattanooga) Open

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JANUARY 1 2015

RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Gregg Allman January 13/14 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Kenny Rogers January 15 ATTLLA A AN NTTA A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Marlon Wayans January 15 HA ARRRRA AH H’’SS CCH HEERRO OK KEEEE CCAASSIIN NO O (Cherokee) H Gregg Allman January 16 HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR SSCCH (Nashville) Kenny Rogers January 16 ATTLLA A AN NTTA A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Marlon Wayans January 16 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE A ARREEN NA A (Nashville) Linkin Park, Rise Against, Of Mice & Men January 17 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Kenny Rogers January 17 OZZ N O NA ASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Dean & Britta January 17 ATTLLA A AN NTTA A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Marlon Wayans January 17 EED DD DIIEE’’SS A ATTTTIICC (Atlanta) Midge Ure January 17 BBIIJJO OU U TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Knoxville) Miranda Sings January 17 TTH HEE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Pennywise, A Wilhelm Scream, Anti-Flag January 18 ZZYYD DEECCO O (Birmingham) Mushroomhead, Like Monroe, The Family Ruin, Thira January 18 SSA AM MM MYY TT’’SS (Huntsville) Corey Smith January 21 ZZYYD DEECCO O (Birmingham) Earphunk January 21 TTH HEE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLLEE (Atlanta) Ben Howard January 21 ALLA A ABBA AM MA A TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Birmingham) Tedeschi Trucks Band January 22 TTH HEE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLLEE (Atlanta) Billy Idol January 22 BBIIJJO OU U TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Knoxville) Moon Taxi January 22 TTRRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Corey Smith January 23 TTIIVVO OLLII TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Chattanooga) Tedeschi Trucks Band January 23 MEERRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Of Montreal, Nedelle Torio January 23 RRH HYYTTH HM M && BBRREEW WSS (Chattanooga) Of Montreal, Nedelle Torio January 24 TTRRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Rebelution January 24 VVO ON N BBRRA AU UN N CCEEN NTTEERR (Huntsville) Ron White January 24 MA M ARRA ATTH HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) GEasy, Jay Ant, Kehlani, Kool John January 24 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NA ASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Will Kimbrough January 24 LLA AU URREELL TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Knoxville) Dismembered Tennesseans January 24 TTH HEE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Machine Head January 25 TTRRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Josh Turner January 27 VVA ARRIIEETTYY PPLLA AYYH HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Antibalas, Zap Mama January 27 TTEERRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Leon Russell January 27 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NA ASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Jeff

Daniels January 27 RRYYM MAAN N AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) John Mellencamp, Carlene Carter January 27 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE AARREEN NAA (Nashville) Jack White January 28 CCO OBBBB EEN NEERRG GYY PPEERRFFO ORRM MIIN NG G AARRTTSS CCEEN N -TTEERR (Atlanta) “School House Rock – Live) January 29 TTH HEE M MAASSQ QU UEERRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Napalm Death, Volvod, Exhumed, Iron Reagan, Black Crown Initiate, Ringworm January 29 MAARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Rebelution, Katchafire January 29 TTEEN NN NEESSSSEEEE TTH HEEAATTRREE (Knoxville) Ron White January 30 MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Paper TTEERRM Diamond January 30 WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY TTH HEEAATTRREE (Birmingham) Bob Schneider January 30 TTIIVVO OLLII TTH HEEAATTRREE (Chattanooga) Ron White January 31 FFEERRSSTT CCEEN NTTEERR (Atlanta) Arlo Guthrie January 31 BBA ARRLLEEYY’’SS TTAAPPRRO OO OM M (Knoxville) Wayne “The Train” Hancock January 31 ARREEN A NAA AATT G GW WIIN NN NEETTTT CCEEN NTTEERR (Atlanta) Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, J. Geils Band January 31 TTH HEE M MAASSQ QU UEERRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Zero Authority February 2 TTRRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Shovels & Rope February 3 PPH HIILLIIPPSS AARREEN NAA (Atlanta) Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Tyga February 3 HEEAAVVEEN H N AATT TTH HEE M MAASSQ QU UEERRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Motion City Soundtrack, Copeland February 3 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NAASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Crystal Bowersox February 3 MEERRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Copeland February 4 CCEEN NTTEERR SSTTAAG GEE (Atlanta) Kongos, Sir Sly February 5 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND DSSLLEEYY (Nashville) Lucy Hale, John Dorr February 5 FFO OXX TTH HEEAATTRREE (Atlanta) Jerry Seinfield February 6 MAARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Cold War Kids, Elliot Moss February 6 BBA ARRLLEEYY’’SS TTAAPPRRO OO OM M (Knoxville) American Aquarium February 6 TTH HEE 112200 TTAAVVEERRN N (Marietta, GA) Shooter Jennings With Waymore’s Outlaws February 7 CCU ULLTTU URRAALL CCEEN NTTEERR (Roswell, GA) Ruthie Foster February 7 BBU UCCK KH HEEAAD D TTH HEEAATTRREE (Atlanta) Cold War Kids, Elliot Moss February 7 TTH HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) Lotus February 7 GEEO G ORRG GIIAA D DO OM MEE (Atlanta) Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Batistell, Building 429, Family Force 5, NewSong, For King And Country, Blanca, Veridia February 7 CCEEN NTTEERR SSTTAAG GEE (Atlanta) Ingrid Michaelson February 7 PPH HIILLIIPPSS AARREEN NAA (Atlanta) Katt Williams

February 7 TTH HEE EEA ARRLL (Atlanta) Evan Dando February 7 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE A ARREEN NA A (Nashville) Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Batistell, Building 429, Family Force 5, NewSong, For King And Country, Blanca, Veridia February 8 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Diana Ross February 8 TTEERRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Phox February 10 CCA AN NN NEERRYY BBA ALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Guster, Kishi Bashi February 12 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NA ASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Colin Hay February 12 MA ARRA ATTH HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) M Above &Beyond February 12 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND DSSLLEEYY (Nashville) Echosmith, The Colourist February 12 CCEEN NTTEERR SSTTA AG GEE (Atlanta) Jessie J February 12 EED DD DIIEE’’SS A ATTTTIICC (Atlanta) Lloyd Cole February 12 BBU UCCK KH HEEA AD D TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Atlanta) Shovels & Rope, Caroline Rose February 12 LLA AU UG GH HIIN NG G SSK KU ULLLL LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Emo Philips February 12 WO W ORRK KPPLLA AYY TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Birmingham) Robyn Hitchcock February 12 WIILLD W DH HO ORRSSEE SSA ALLO OO ON N (Nashville) Rick Springfield February 13 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NA ASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Colin Hay February 13 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks Band February 13 FFO OXX TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Atlanta) John Mellencamp, Carlene Carter February 13 TTH HEE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLLEE (Atlanta) Guster February 13 VVA ARRIIEETTYY PPLLA AYYH HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Big Head Todd & the Monsters February 13 OPPEERRA O A (Atlanta) Datsik February 13 ATTLLA A AN NTTA A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Carlos Mencia February 13 LLA AU UG GH HIIN NG G SSK KU ULLLL LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Emo Philips February 13 TTH HO OM MPPSSO ON N--BBO OLLIIN NG GA ARREEN NA A (Knoxville) Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Batistell, Building 429, Family Force 5, NewSong, For King And Country, Blanca, Veridia February 13 VVO ON N BBRRA AU UN N CCEEN NTTEERR (Huntsville) Brian Regan February 14 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Shovels & Rope February 14 TTH HEE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLLEE (Atlanta) Wale February 14 ATTLLA A AN NTTA A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Carlos Mencia February 14 LLA AU UG GH HIIN NG G SSK KU ULLLL LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Emo Philips February 14 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NA ASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Dave Mason February 15 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Craig Morgan, Deana Carter, Third Day, Mike Farris February 15 TTH HEE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Silverstein, Beartooth, Hands Like Houses, My Iron

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Lung, Major League February 15 LLA AU UG GH HIIN NG G SSK KU ULLLL LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Emo Philips February 15 ATTLLAAN A NTTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Carlos Mencia February 15 TTH HEE M MAASSQ QU UEERRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Silverstein, Beartooth, Hands Like Houses, My Iron Lung, Major League February 15 BBJJCCCC CCO ON NCCEERRTT H HAALLLL (Birmingham) Ringo & His All Starr Band, Steve Lukather, Richard Page, Greg Rolie, Todd Rundgren, Gregg Bissonette, Warren Ham February 15 CCO OBBBB EEN NEERRG GYY PPEERRFFO ORRM MIIN NG G AARRTTSS CCEEN N -TTEERR (Atlanta) Harry Connick Jr. February 16 OBBBB EEN NEERRG GYY PPEERRFFO ORRM MIIN NG G AARRTTSS CCEEN N -CCO TTEERR (Atlanta) Harry Connick Jr. February 16 WAARR M W MEEM MO ORRIIAALL AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Dr. John February 17 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NAASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Arlo Guthrie February 17 VVA ARRIIEETTYY PPLLAAYYH HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Dark Star Orchestra February 18 EED DD DIIEE’’SS AATTTTIICC (Atlanta) Sean Watkins February 18 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NAASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Arlo Guthrie February 18 RRYYM MAAN N AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Blackberry Smoke February 18 BBIIJJO OU U TTH HEEAATTRREE (Knoxville) Robert Earl Keen February 18 PPH HIILLIIPPSS AARREEN NAA (Atlanta) Maroon 5, Magic!, Rozzi Crane February 19 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Styx February 19 TTH HEE BBAASSEEM MEEN NTT (Nashville) Sean Watkins February 19 MCCK M KEEN NZZIIEE AARREEN NAA (Chattanooga) MercyMe, Crowder, Matt Maher, Jamie Grace, Tedashi, Group 1 Crew, I Am They, Jon Guerra February 20 VVIIN NYYLL (Atlanta) Bad Suns February 20 TTH HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) Excision, Protohype, Minnesota February 20 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Styx February 20 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE AARREEN NAA (Nashville) Charlie Wilson, Kem, Joe February 20 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Styx February 21 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE AARREEN NAA (Nashville) Jason Aldean February 21 EED DD DIIEE’’SS AATTTTIICC (Atlanta) John Hammond February 22 TTH HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) Pierce the Veil, Sleeping With Sirens February 22 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE AARREEN NAA (Nashville) Maroon 5, Magic!, Rozzi Crane February 22 ZZA AN NIIEE’’SS (Nashville) Margaret Cho February 22-25 BBJJCCCC A ARREEN NAA (Birmingham) Charlie Wilson, Kem, Joe February 22 MAARRK M K CC.. SSM MIITTH H CCO ON NCCEERRTT H HAALLLL (Huntsville) Gordon Lightfoot February 23 BBU UCCK KH HEEAAD D TTH HEEAATTRREE (Atlanta) Ryan

JANUARY 1 2015

JANUARY 2-4

RENO COLLIER

A FORMER P.E. TEACHER, WEST VIRGINIA NATIVE RENO COLLIER HAS ENDEARED HIMSELF TO A WIDE RANGE OF AUDIENCES FROM COLLEGE STUDENTS TO CHURCH SOFTBALL TEAMS. WITH A CONTAGIOUS LAUGH AND FRIENDLY, ALMOST INTOXICATING DEMEANOR, RENO'S OBSERVATIONS OFTEN FIND HIM RECALLING MISHAPS OF HIS WEST VIRGINIA COUSINS, HIS SCOTTISH HERITAGE, UNRULY IN-LAWS AND ALIEN ABDUCTIONS.

JANUARY 9 & 10

ROB SCHNEIDER

HIS COMBINATION OF SELF-DEPRECATING HUMOR AND GOOFBALL ANTICS EARNED HIM RAVE REVIEWS, AND HE WAS SOON OPENING FOR THE LIKES OF JAY LENO AND JERRY SEINFELD. SCHNEIDER GOT HIS BIG BREAK IN 1990, WHEN SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PRODUCER LORNE MICHAELS HIRED HIM ON AS A WRITER FOR THE SHOW. SOON, HE WAS PERFORMING HIS OWN MATERIAL AND WAS A CAST REGULAR UNTIL 1994 WHEN HE LEFT TO PURSUE HIS FILM CAREER.

JANUARY 15-18

KRISTIN KEY

KRISTIN KEY SEEMS LIKE ANY OTHER SWEET, SEXY, WELL-BEHAVED PREACHER’S DAUGHTER… UNTIL SHE OPENS HER MOUTH. HER FEARLESS STYLE OF COMEDY HAS EARNED HER THE TITLE “THE PREACHER’S KID GONE WILD.” . KRISTIN WAS ONE OF THE FINALISTS ON LAST SEASONS LAST COMIC STANDING ON NBC.

JANUARY 22-25

RICKY MOKEL

RICKY, THE "LOVABLE, GIFTED IDIOT" IS THE MOST NATURAL, SPONTANEOUS AND THOROUGHLY REFRESHING COMEDY CHARACTER TO COME ALONG IN MANY YEARS AND IS WELL KNOWN FOR THE PHRASE "I THINK ABOUT STUFF".

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Bingham, Lucero, Twin Forks February 25 IIRRO ON N CCIITTYY (Birmingham) Ryan Bingham, Lucero February 26 HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) Punch TTH Brothers February 26 ATTLLA A AN NTTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Tom Green February 26 MAARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Goodbye June, Kongos, Sir Sly, Colony House February 27 NN NEESSSSEEEE PPEERRFFO ORRM MIIN NG G AARRTTSS CCEEN NTTEERR TTEEN (Nashville) Harry Connick Jr. February 27 RRYYM MAAN N AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Punch Brothers February 27 ATTLLA AN NTTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Tom Green A February 27 VVA ARRIIEETTYY PPLLAAYYH HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Al Di Meola February 27 TTH HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) Willie Nelson February 27 TTH HEE IIN NTTEERRN NAATTIIO ON NAALL (Knoxville) Young the Giant February 27 PPH HIILLIIPPSS AARREEN NAA (Atlanta) Billy Joel February 28 HEELLLL AATT TTH H HEE M MAAQ QU UEERRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Helmet February 28 ATTLLA A AN NTTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Tom Green February 28 TTH HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) Corey Smith February 28 CCO OTTTTO ON N EEYYEED D JJO OEE’’SS (Knoxville) Dan + Shay, Canaan Smith February 28 HAARRRRAAH H H’’SS CCH HEERRO OK KEEEE CCAASSIIN NO O (Cherokee) Willie Nelson February 28 TTH HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) Above & Beyond March 1 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE AARREEN NAA (Nashville) Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Tyga March 1 RRYYM MAAN N AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Willie Nelson March 3

IIRRO ON NH HO ORRSSEE CCA AFFÉÉ (Birmingham) 10 Years, Otherwise, The Glorious Sons, Luminoth March 3 TTH HEE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) August Burns Red, Miss May I, Northlane, Erra March 4 MEERRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) 10 Years, Otherwise, The Glorious Sons, Luminoth March 4 ATTLLA AN NTTA A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Pauly Shore A March 5 MA AN NA AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Gov’t RRYYM Mule March 5 TTRRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) J.J. Grey & Mofro March 6 ATTLLA A AN NTTA A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Pauly Shore March 6 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND DSSLLEEYY (Nashville) Beth Hart March 6 BBJJCCCC CCO ON NCCEERRTT H HA ALLLL (Birmingham) Little Big Town, Chris Stapelton March 6 MA M ARRA ATTH HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Moe. March 7 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND DSSLLEEYY (Nashville) Beth Hart March 7 ATTLLA A AN NTTA A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Pauly Shore March 7 TTH HEE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) 10 Years, Otherwise, The Glorious Sons, Luminoth March 7 MEEM M MO ORRIIA ALL A AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Little Big Town, Chris Stapelton March 8 TTH HO OM MPPSSO ON N--BBO OLLIIN NG GA ARREEN NA A (Knoxville) Fleetwood Mac March 8 TTH HEE LLO OFFTT (Atlanta) Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, DJ Abilities, Homeboy Sandman March 8 IIRRO ON N CCIITTYY (Birmingham) Willie Nelson March 8 TTRRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Ryan Bingham, Lucero March 9

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VVA ARRIIEETTYY PPLLAAYYH HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Hozier, George Ezra March 10 ZZYYD DEECCO O (Birmingham) Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, DJ Abilities, Homeboy Sandman March 10 AU A UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Santana March 11 BBJJCCCC CCO ON NCCEERRTT H HAALLLL (Birmingham) John Mellencamp, Carlene Carter March 12 ATTLLAAN NTTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Gilbert Godfrey A March 12 HEE M MAASSQ QU UEERRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Andy TTH Grammer, Alex & Sierra March 12 TTH HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) Hozier March 13 ATTLLAAN A NTTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Gilbert Godfrey March 13 RRYYM MAAN N AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Hozier March 14 MEERRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Gang of Four March 14 ATTLLAAN A NTTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Gilbert Gottfried March 14 MCCK M KEEN NZZIIEE AARREEN NAA (Chattanooga) Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Batistell, Building 429, Family Force 5, NewSong, For King And Country, Blanca, Veridia March 15 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Vienna Boys Choir March 15 RRO OCCK KEETTO OW WN N (Nashville) The Devil Wears Prada, Born of Osiris, The Word Alive, Secrets March 15 WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY SSO OU UN ND DSSTTAAG GEE (Birmingham) Joshua Radin March 15 BBJJCCCC CCO ON NCCEERRTT H HAALLLL (Birmingham) Santana March 15 VVA ARRIIEETTYY PPLLAAYYH HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Gang of Four March 15 CCEEN NTTEERR SSTTAAG GEE (Atlanta) Joshua Radin March 16 RRYYM MAAN N AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Hozier

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March 16 TTEERRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) The Church March 17 RRYYM MAAN N AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Hozier March 17 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE AARREEN NA A (Nashville) Fleetwood Mac March 18 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Boyz II Men March 19 ATTLLAAN NTTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Mitch Fatel A March 19 MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Buckwheat TTEERRM Zydeco March 18 BBJJCCCC A ARREEN NAA (Birmingham) Michael Lambert, Justin Moore, Danielle Bradberry March 19 AN NN NEERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Meghan CCA Trainor March 20 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Boyz II Men March 20 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NAASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Donna the Buffalo March 20 ATTLLAAN A NTTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Mitch Fatel March 20 VVA ARRIIEETTYY PPLLAAYYH HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) G. Love & Special Sauce March 20 ZZYYD DEECCO O (Birmingham) Suicide Silence, Emmure, Fit For An Autopsy, Within the Ruins March 20 ALLAABBAAM A MAA TTH HEEAATTRREE (Birmingham) CeCe Winans, Israel Houghton, Gerald Albright, DeLeon Richards, Marcus Cole, Keith Staten, Vonnie Lopez, Leon Timbo March 20 BBJJCCCC A ARREEN NAA (Birmingham) Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Batistell, Building 429, Family Force 5, NewSong, For King And Country, Blanca, Veridia March 21 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Boyz II Men March 21 KN K NO OXXVVIILLLLEE AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Knoxville) Sarah McLachlin March 21 ATTLLAAN A NTTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Mitch Fatel March 21 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE AARREEN NA A (Nashville) Nickelback March 22 PPH HIILLIIPPSS AARREEN NAA (Atlanta) Ariana Grande, Rixton March 24 PPH HIILLIIPPSS AARREEN NAA (Atlanta) Fleetwood Mac March 25 TTEEN NN NEESSSSEEEE TTH HEEAATTRREE (Knoxville) Brian Regan March 26 VVA ARRIIEETTYY PPLLAAYYH HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) King Tuff March 26 TTRRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) The Stray Birds, Keller Williams March 27 BBLLIIN ND DW WIILLLLIIEE’’SS (Atlanta) The Nighthawks March 27 TTRRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Dr. Dog, Mewithoutyou March 28 SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY H HAALLLL (Atlanta) Jane Lynch March 28 FFO OXX TTH HEEAATTRREE (Atlanta) Brian Regan March 28 CCEEN NTTEERR SSTTAAG GEE (Atlanta) “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, Cary Nokey March 28 TTEERRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Swans March 28

RRYYM MAAN N AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brian Regan March 29 EED DD DIIEE’’SS AATTTTIICC (Atlanta) Al Stewart March 29 NN NIIEE AAN ND DEERRSSO ON N TTH HEEAATTRREE (Marietta, JJEEN GA) Frankie Avalon March 29 BBJJCCCC CCO ON NCCEERRTT H HAALLLL (Birmingham) Sarah McLachlin March 31 TTH HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) Damien Rice March 31 BBU UCCK KH HEEAAD D TTH HEEAATTRREE (Atlanta) Taking Back Sunday, The Menzingers, Letlive. April 1 IIRRO ON N CCIITTYY (Birmingham) Mat Kearney April 2 CCH HAASSTTAAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Alt-J April 4 MAAN N AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Mat RRYYM Kerney April 4 GRRAAN G ND DO OLLEE O OPPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) AltJ April 6 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Bernadette Peters April 9 TTH HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) The Decemberists April10 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Bernadette Peters April 10 TTH HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) The Decemberists, Alvvays April 11 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Bernadette Peters April 11 TTEEM MPPTT (Murfreesboro) Datsik April 11 RRYYM MAAN N AAU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Decemberists April 13 BBU UCCK KH HEEAAD D TTH HEEAATTRREE (Atlanta) Ok Go April 14 TTH HEE TTAABBEERRN NAACCLLEE (Atlanta) Tesla April 15 TTRRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Jason Isbell April 16 IIRRO ON N CCIITTYY (Birmingham) Zappa Plays Zappa April 16 BBJJCCCC CCO ON NCCEERRTT H HAALLLL (Birmingham) Roberta Flack April 18

VVA ARRIIEETTYY PPLLA AYYH HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Zappa Plays Zappa April 18 JJA AM MEESS K K.. PPO OLLK K TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Nashville) Frank Caliendo, George Canter April 18 NA ASSH HVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICCIIPPA ALL A AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M N (Nashville) Eddie Money April 18 SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Diana Krall April 19 AN A ND DRREEW W JJA ACCK KSSO ON NH HA ALLLL (Nashville) Anjelah Johnson April 19 VVO ON N BBRRA AU UN N CCEEN NTTEERR (Huntsville) Eddie Money April 19 ALLYYSS RRO A OBBIIN NSSO ON N SSTTEEPPH HEEN NSS CCEEN NTTEERR (Birmingham) Diana Krall April 20 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Diana Krall April 21 HEE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLLEE (Atlanta) SleaterTTH Kinney April 21 TTH HEE A ARREEN NA AA ATT G GW WIIN NN NEETTTT CCEEN NTTEERR (Atlanta) The Who April 23 MA M ARRA ATTH HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Sleater-Kinney April 23 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NA ASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Joan Armatrading April 25 CCO OBBBB EEN NEERRG GYY PPEERRFFO ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEEN N -TTEERR (Atlanta) Rodney Carrington April 25 TTH HEE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLLEE (Atlanta) Walk the Moon, The Griswolds April 25 FFRREED DRRIICCK KSS EEQ QU UIIPPM MEEN NTT (Decatur, AL) .38 Special April 25 VVO ON N BBRRA AU UN N CCEEN NTTEERR (Huntsville) Chicago April 26 MEEM M MO ORRIIA ALL A AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Chicago April 28 TTRRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Keb’ Mo’ May 1 CCO OBBBB EEN NEERRG GYY PPEERRFFO ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEEN N -TTEERR (Atlanta) Lewis Black May 1 TTIIVVO OLLII TTH HEEA ATTRREE (Chattanooga) Lewis Black May 2 CCO OBBBB EEN NEERRG GYY PPEERRFFO ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEEN N -TTEERR (Atlanta) Bill Cosby May 2

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UN U NIIVVEERRSSIITTYY O OFF AALLAABBAAM MAA (Tuscaloosa) Steve Winwood May 2 TTEEN NN NEESSSSEEEE TTH HEEAATTRREE (Knoxville) Lewis Black May 3 MAARRAATTH HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) M Zappa Plays Zappa May 7 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Kenny G May 7-9 CCH HAASSTTAAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Hozier May 8 NN NIIEE AAN ND DEERRSSO ON N TTH HEEAATTRREE (Marietta, JJEEN GA) Mickey Gilley May 9 ON NW WIIRREELLEESSSS AAM MPPH HIITTH HEEAATTRREE VVEERRIIZZO (Atlanta) ZZ Top, Jeff Beck May 10 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE AARREEN NAA (Nashville) The Who May 11 CCIITTYY W WIIN NEERRYY N NAASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Ed Kowalczyk May 11 PPH HIILLIIPPSS AARREEN NAA (Atlanta) Bette Midler May 13 ATTLLAAN A NTTIICC SSTTAATTIIO ON N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) “Shaky Knees Music Festival” May 17 PPH HIILLIIPPSS AARREEN NAA (Atlanta) Iggy Azeala, Nick Jonas, Tinashe, DJ Wizz Kidd May 19 IIRRO ON N CCIITTYY (Birmingham) Kamelot, Dragonforce May 21 KIIN K NG GSSTTO ON ND DO OW WN NSS (Atlanta) (Rome, GA) “Counterpoint Music & Arts Festival” May 22-24 CCO OBBBB EEN NEERRG GYY PPEERRFFO ORRM MIIN NG G AARRTTSS CCEEN N -TTEERR (Atlanta) Lisa Lampinelli May 30 ARREEN A NAA AATT G GW WIIN NN NEETTTT CCEEN NTTEERR (Atlanta) Barry Manilow, Dave Koz June 4 SSO OU UTTH HEERRN N SSTTAATTEESS AAM MPPH HIITTH HEEAATTRREE (Fayetteville, GA) Chuck Negron June 6 GEEO G ORRG GIIAA D DO OM MEE (Atlanta) Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Brantley Gilbert, Chase Rice June 13 ARREEN A NAA AATT G GW WIIN NN NEETTTT CCEEN NTTEERR (Atlanta)

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Cheech & Chong, WAR June 13 AAARRO A ON N’’SS AAM MPPH HIITTH HEEAATTRREE (Atlanta) Lana Del Ray June 14 TTEEN NN NEESSSSEEEE SSTTAATTEE FFAAIIRRG GRRO OU UN ND DSS (Nashville) Van’s Warped Tour July 1 AAARRO A ON N’’SS AAM MPPH HIITTH HEEAATTRREE (Atlanta) Van’s Warped Tour July 2 CCH HAASSTTAAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Idina Menzel July 24 OU UTTH HEERRN NG GRRO OU UN ND DA AM MPPH HIITTH HEEA ATTRREE SSO (Fayetteville, GA) Blood Sweat & Tears July 25 SSCCH HEERRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYYM MPPH HO ON NYY CCEEN NTTEERR (Nashville) Shirley MacLaine July 30 AAARRO A ON N’’SS AAM MPPH HIITTH HEEAATTRREE (Atlanta) 5 Seconds of Summer August 5 NAASSH HVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICCIIPPAALL A AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M N (Nashville) “Ink-N-Iron Festival” Merle Haggard, Three Times Bad August 7 CCH HAASSTTAAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) ThePianoGuys August 8 NAASSH N HVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICCIIPPAALL A AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) “Ink-N-Iron Festival” Three Times Bad August 8 NAASSH N HVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICCIIPPAALL A AU UD DIITTO ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) “Ink-N-Iron Festival” Three Times Bad August 9 AAARRO A ON N’’SS AAM MPPH HIITTH HEEAATTRREE (Atlanta) Nickelback August 29 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE AARREEN NA A (Nashville) Taylor Swift, Vance Joy September 25/26 SSCCH HW WAARRTTZZ CCEEN NTTEERR (Atlanta) Chick Corea and Bela Fleck October 3 CCEEN NTTEEN NN NIIAALL O OLLYYM MPPIICC PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Foo Fighters October 4 BBRRIID DG GEESSTTO ON NEE AARREEN NA A (Nashville) Foo Fighters October 5 GEEO G ORRG GIIAA D DO OM MEE (Atlanta) Taylor Swift, Vance Joy, Shawn Mendes October 24

OPENING THIS WEEK The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death PG-13 Hammer Films goes in for a second round of fright with this follow-up to The Woman in Black from a story idea by original author Susan Hill. Tom Harper directs. NOW SHOWING Annie PG Annie is a young, happy foster kid who’s also tough enough to make

her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they’d be back for her someday, it’s been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything’s about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks – advised by his brilliant VP, Grace and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor, Guy – makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he’s her guardian angel,

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Phoebe Fox in Alliance Films’ “The Woman In Black 2: Angel of Death”.

but Annie’s self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-outtomorrow outlook on life just might mean it’s the other way around.

boy Fred. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to his closest companion—a robot named Big Eyes PG-13 Baymax—and transforms the Walter Keane became a house- group into a band of high-tech hold name in the 1950s, when his heroes determined to solve the oddly emotional and best-selling mystery. paintings of big-eyed children made him a coveted TV talk show Exodus: God and Kings PG-13 guest. But was the art really his? Ridley Scott’s Biblical epic His wife Margaret claims that Exodus: Gods and Kings stars Walter’s only contributions to the Christian Bale as Moses who, as work were his signatures, and the film opens, fights alongside Keanes subsequent legal battle his brother Ramses (a shavedwill destroy their marriage and headed Joel Edgerton), to help lead to a jaw-dropping court defend Egypt, which is ruled by showdown that will prove once their father, Seti (John Turturro). and for all who the real artist is. During battle, Moses saves Ramses life, causing Ramses to Big Hero 6 fear that his brother will one day Robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada be King because it fits with a learns to harness his genius— prophecy handed down by one of thanks to his brilliant brother Seti’s trusted spiritualists. Soon Tadashi and their like-minded after Seti’s death, Moses, who is friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go actually Jewish and not Egyptian, Tamago, neatnik Wasabi, chem- is banished. However, he istry whiz Honey Lemon and fan- becomes the leader of the Jewish

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people and leads a rebellion, with his name, but then…you know), the help of a wrathful God, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch. Together, they must stop the vilagainst that Egyptians. lainous Dr. Octavius Brine, voiced by John Malkovich, from destroyHorrible Bosses 2 R After barely escaping with their ing the world as we know it. lives when their plans to murder their bosses goes out of control, The Gambler R Nick, Dale and Kurt decide that Lit professor and gambler Jim they’ll be better off launching a Bennett’s debt causes him to borbusiness of their own. But a slick row money from his mother and a investor has other plans, and loan shark. Further complicating when he manages to snake their his situation is his relationship successful venture right out from with one of his students. Will underneath them, the three Bennett risk his life for a second friends launch a not-very-well- chance? thought-out plan to kidnap the investor’s adult son and trade him The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies PG-13 for control of their company. Peter Jackson takes cues from the appendices of The Lord of the Interstellar PG-13 A group of explorers make use of Rings to expand New Line a newly discovered wormhole to Cinema’s Hobbit adaptation with surpass the limitations on human this third film completing the epic space travel and conquer the vast tale of Bilbo Baggins, as played by distances involved in an interstel- Martin Freeman. lar voyage. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 PG-13 Into the Woods PG A witch tasks a childless baker Katniss Everdeen leads the disand his wife with procuring magi- tricts of Panem in a rebellion cal items from classic fairy tales against the tyrannical and corrupt to reverse the curse put on their Capitol. As the war that will determine the fate of Panem family tree. escalates, Katniss must decipher Night at the Museum: Secret of for herself who she can trust and what needs to be done, with the Tomb PG-13 Get ready for the wildest and everything she cares for in the most adventure-filled Night At the balance. Museum ever as Larry (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite The Interview and new characters while Dave Skylark and his producer embarking on an epic quest to Aaron Rapoport run the popular save the magic before it is gone celebrity tabloid TV show “Skylark Tonight.” When they disforever. cover that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is a fan of the show, Penguins of Madagascar PG Super spy teams aren’t they land an interview with him born…they’re hatched. Discover in an attempt to legitimize themthe secrets of the greatest and selves as journalists. As Dave and most hilarious covert birds in the Aaron prepare to travel to global espionage biz: Skipper, Pyongyang, their plans change Kowalski, Rico and Private. These when the CIA recruits them, perelitists of the elite are joining haps the two least-qualified men forces with a chic undercover imaginable, to assassinate Kim organization, The North Wind. Jong-un. Led by handsome and husky Agent Classified (we could tell you Unbroken PG-13 ENIGMA

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Wild R A chronicle of one woman’s 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe. COMING SOON American Sniper R U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent

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to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and, as stories of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the nickname “Legend.” However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world. Based on the book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice.

12. Flightless bird 14. Small dam 16. Part of speech 24. Rich and fashionable travellers 26. Trash 27. Spouse 28. Group of tents 29. Genus of vermin 30. Step in ballet 31. Short letter 33. Paint unskillfully 34. Be sorry for 35. Plaything 39. Highest 42. Public exhibition Down 43. Judges 1. Florida city 2. Inert elemental gas 44. Metal fastener 45. Mathematics 3. Move past 46. Raised platform 4. Lubricates 47. Evade work 5. Yuletide 6. Of moderate tem- 48. Unwieldy ship 51. Career golfers perature 52. Unpleasant smell 7. Insert 53. Salver 8. Planet 54. Stylish 9. Breathe noisily 10. Hates intensely

41. Places to sleep 47. Shaft horsepower 49. Executive Officer 50. Away 54. Pal 55. Imitator 56. Tester 57. Hawaiian port 58. Draw near 59. Book of the Bible 60. Annoys 61. Native of Switzerland 62. Type of packsack

hit. The flip side, “I Am The Walrus” reached #56, the lowest ranking for any charted “B” side of a Beatles number one single. John Lennon wrote nonsense words for “Walrus” after learning that a teacher at his old primary school was having his students analyze Beatles’ lyrics. He would later say, “Let the fuckers work that one out.”

11995500 26-year-old Sam Phillips opens his Memphis Recording Service at the corner of Union and Marshall in Memphis, Tennessee. The new venture’s slogan is “We Record Anything - Anywhere - Anytime.” Elvis Presley will spend $3.98 to make his first recording there in July, 1953. 11995533 29-year-old Hank Williams died of heart failure while on his way to a show in Canton Ohio. Ironically, he had the number 1 song that week on the Country chart called, “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive”.

ing their material, the company decided to sign Brian Poole And The Tremeloes instead. A record company executive tells Brian Epstein, “These boys won’t make it. Guitar groups are out. Go back to Liverpool, Mr. Epstein. You have a good business there.” 11996633 A quartet from Minneapolis, Minnesota who called themselves The Trashmen saw their first release, “Surfin’ Bird”, enter the Billboard Hot 100 where it would reach #4 during the first week of February, next year. The song is a combination of two R&B hits by The Rivingtons: “Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow” and “The Bird’s the Word”.

11995566 On the first day of the new year, 11996644 RCA released Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel”. In 1999, the sin- The Liverpool Youth Employment gle would be certified multi-plat- Service announced that some applicants were finding it difficult to get inum for the second time. jobs because their Beatle style hair11995577 cuts and clothing were unacceptFats Domino records “I’m Walkin’”, able to employers. a song he wrote after his car broke 11996655 down and a fan shouted “Hey, look at Fats Domino, he’s walking!”. The The Beatles had three L.P.s in the record won’t be released for over a Top 10 of the US albums chart, with year, but would go on to reach #4 on “Beatles ‘65” (number 1), “A Hard the US Pop chart and #1 on the R&B Day’s Night” (number 6) and “Beatles’ Story” (peaking at number chart in April of 1958. 7). 11996600 11996666 Johnny Cash gave his first of many performances at San Quentin The Monkees topped the Billboard Prison. In the audience that night Hot 100 with the Neil Diamond comwas Merle Haggard, who was serv- position, “I’m A Believer”. Because ing just under three years for bur- of over a million advance orders, glary. the single went Gold two days after its release and has now sold over 11996622 ten million copies worldwide. Its 27-year-old John Phillips marries 18- reign at #1 lasted for seven weeks. year-old Holly Michelle Gilliam. The 11996677 marriage was her first and his second, and would produce one child, Singer, guitarist and songwriter Chynna. The pair would later co- Dave Mason quits Traffic, one of the found The Mamas And Papas, but UK’s most popular and successful divorced in 1970. Rock bands, to embark on a solo career. The Beatles attend a New Year’s Day audition for Decca Records where “Hello Goodbye” becomes The they record 15 songs. After review- Beatles 15th Billboard number one ENIGMA

Sonny And Cher are barred from Pasadena, California’s Tournament of Roses Parade for speaking out in support of the 2,000 demonstrators who protested a year-long campaign by sheriffs and police to clear the Strip of ‘loitering’ teenagers. Known as “the Sunset Strip rioters”, the group mainly consisted of 15year-olds with long hair and acne who were confronted by several hundred riot-helmeted sheriff’s deputies.

Records to sell the L.P. in a plain brown paper wrapper. 11997700 With Melody Maker magazine reporting that The Beatles are looking for a new bass player, Paul McCartney files suit to dissolve the Beatles’ corporation. It would take until 1974 for the split to become final. What would prove to be The Beatles’ final recording session is held at EMI’s Abby Road Studios. The last song they ever played together was “I Me Mine”, which became the title of George Harrison’s autobiography a decade later.

“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”, taken from the soundtrack of the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, becomes BJ Thomas’ The Beach Boys’ Carl Wilson refused third US Top Ten hit and his first to report to the local draft board number one. It made #38 in the UK. after getting his draft notice. He would eventually win conscientious Following the footsteps of Peter objector status. The Beach Boys Tork, who quit a year earlier, singer were still enjoying the success of Davy Jones announces that he too is their latest single, “Good leaving The Monkees. Vibrations”, which hit number 1 in 11997711 the US just a few weeks earlier. George Harrison became the first 11996688 solo Beatle to have a #1 album in the The Doors’ “Touch Me” is released. US when “All Things Must Pass” With a guitar intro strongly influ- went to the top of the Billboard enced by The Four Seasons’ “C’mon chart for a seven week stay. It was Marianne”, the song would reach #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 in Canada, #10 in Australia, but didn’t chart at all in the UK. Peter Tork quit The Monkees, buying himself out of his contract for $160,000, which left him broke. He went on to form a group called Release and played banjo on George Harrison’s soundtrack to the film Wonderwall. He later did some club performances and live television appearances before intermittently returning to The Monkees in 1986. For the first time ever, Americans spent more than $1 billion on records. According to Billboard magazine, album sales were 192 million units and singles sold 187 million units. 11996699 Thirty thousand copies of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s album “Two Virgins” were seized at a New Jersey airport because the cover showed the couple naked. A vice squad in Chicago shut down a record store displaying the album, causing the distributor, Tetragrammaton

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eventually certified 6x Platinum by for four weeks on the strength of the RIAA and was ranked #437 on the hit singles “Centerfold” and Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The “Freeze Frame”. 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. 11998833 11997722 Depressed over mounting debts and Don McLean received a Gold record personal problems, 38-year-old for his single “American Pie”, which Beach Boys’ drummer, Dennis reached #1 in the US and #2 in the Wilson drowned after jumping over UK, selling over three million board from his yacht at Marina Del Ray Harbor in Los Angeles. He was copies. the first of the group to release a 11997733 solo album, “Pacific Ocean Blue”, Jim Croce’s “Time in a Bottle” tops writing and singing every track. the Hot 100, the second of three Special permission was granted by posthumous hits for the late singer President Reagan to have a burial at sea, which is usually only allowed / songwriter. for deceased Navy personnel. His 11997744 brother Brian, who was still unable Stevie Nicks and Lindsey to cope with day to day life, did not Buckingham are invited to join attend the funeral. Fleetwood Mac, marking the band’s 11998888 tenth line-up change since 1967. Michael Jackson and Bono shared 11997766 first place in an American poll of Bob Dylan’s song “Hurricane” ‘the most beautiful lips’. topped out at #33 on the Billboard 11999900 singles chart, helping to cause enough publicity to eventually get American radio station WKRL in former boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Florida played Led Zeppelin’s Carter released from jail. The song “Stairway To Heaven” for 24 hours promoted Carter’s innocence and a straight, as a prelude to an all movie about Carter’s life, starring Zeppelin format. Denzel Washington, was released in 2000. Phil Collins started a three-week run at the top of the Billboard 11997777 album chart with “...But Seriously”. After an appeal by lawyers for It will become the second best sellWarner Brothers Records, the US ing album of the year, behind Janet Immigration Service reverses its Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation 1814”. decision to bar The Sex Pistols from 11999911 entering the United States. Ted Nugent donated 200 pounds of 11997788 venison to a Salvation Army soup The Grateful Dead perform for the kitchen in Detroit with the message 48th and final time at Bill Graham’s “I kill it, you grill it.” Winterland Ballroom in San 11999933 Francisco. Also appearing were Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who took Elton John breaks Elvis Presley’s their Saturday Night Live characters record for the most consecutive on the road as The Blues Brothers. years having a US Top 40 hit when “The Last Song” peaks at number 24, 11997799 giving him a string of 23 straight hit Shock rocker Sid Vicious went on making years. trial for stabbing his girlfriend, 11999966 Nancy Spungen. The trial was never completed as Vicious died a month The Spice Girls become the first later of a heroin overdose. He had female act to ever have their first attempted suicide twice while in a three singles top the UK chart when cell after his arrest. “2 Become 1” debuts at #1. 11998811 Warner Brothers Records, which includes Elektra and Asylum, follows the lead of RCA and raises its price for 45 rpm singles to $1.99. The J. Geils Band album “FreezeFrame” is awarded a Gold record. The LP would reach number one on the Billboard Hot 200 chart in February 1982 and remain at the top

Atlanta Rhythm Section is shot in the chest by a Macon police after allegedly lunging at an officer with a broken guitar handle and a hammer. Police were responding to reports that the singer was trying to commit suicide. This was the second suicide attempt within a month for Hammond, following the first on December 9th. He would later make a full recovery, but died of heart failure on March 14th, 2011.

22001122 Gloria Estefan became the first female artist in the history of the Billboard Latin singles chart to enter at number one when “Hotel Johnny Moore, lead singer for The Nacional” debuted at the top. Drifters on their 1960s hit “Under 22001133 The Boardwalk”, died at the age of 64. Patti Page, the best selling female artist in America in the 1950s, earn22000022 ing 15 Gold singles and 3 Gold Former Supremes singer Diana Ross albums, passed away at the age of was allegedly caught driving under 85. the influence in Tucson, Arizona. The 58-year-old Ross was pulled Sammy Johns, most often rememover by police responding to a bered for his 1975, Billboard #5 hit, report that her vehicle had been “Chevy Van”, died on January 4th, swerving. Her blood-alcohol con- 2013, at the age of 66. tent was determined to be 0.20, 22001144 more than twice the legal limit. Ross, who was alone in the car, was Patti Page, the best selling female polite to police at the scene and artist in America in the 1950s, earnwas driven by them to the location ing 15 Gold singles and 3 Gold where she was staying in the area. albums, passed away at the age of She was cited with three counts of 85. DUI, all misdemeanors. Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers 22000033 died of chronic obstructive pulCapitol Records announced that monary disease at the age of 74. Lisa Marie Presley’s first album, “To Along with his brother, Phil, the Whom It May Concern” was set for Everlys placed 27 singles on the release on April 8th of this year. Billboard Top 40, including 12 Top The LP would go on to reach #5 on 10 hits between 1957 and 1967. the Billboard Hot 200 and be certified Platinum in 2007. 22000055 The body of Barry Cowsill, bass guitarist for The Cowsills, was recovered from the Chartres Street Wharf in New Orleans. He was killed on or about September 1st from injuries believed to be caused by Hurricane Katrina. He was 51. Tom Jones was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony that Jones later described as “a great and humbling honor.”

The copyright on songs recorded in 1954 and earlier expired in most of Europe, including Bill Haley’s “Rock 11999977 Around the Clock” and “Only You” 45-year-old Randy California, who is by The Platters. best known as the leader of the 22000099 Rock band Spirit, died tragically when he was gripped by an under- Ron Asheton, guitarist and founding tow while swimming on the coast of member of The Stooges, died of natthe Hawaiian island of Molokai. ural causes at the age of 60. In 2003, Before he died, he was able to save he was named the 29th greatest guihis 12-year-old son, Quinn. tarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. Singer Ronnie Hammond of The ENIGMA

22001111 Peter Frampton filed a lawsuit against A&M Records over the way that his digital royalties are calculated. The suit alleged breach of contract and unfair competition and seeks compensatory damages.

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Ozzzzyy OOssbboouurrnnee, JJuuddaass …O PPrriieesstt and M Moottöörrhheeaadd are reportedly joining forces for a tour next year. So far one stop has been booked in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Kaatttt W Wiilllliiaam mss has …K pleaded not guilty to a robbery charge filed after a photographer accused the comedian of stealing her camera. District attorney’s spokeswoman SShhiiaarraa DDaavviillaa--M Moorraalleess said W Wiilllliiaam mss entered the plea Wednesday and was ordered to return to court Feb. 3 for a scheduling hearing. Williams was charged along with Death Row Records Knniigghhtt with taking founder SSuuggee K the camera as the photographer tried to take a picture in Knniigghhtt Beverly Hills on Sept. 5. K has also pleaded not guilty to the charge. The 43-year-old Wiilllliiaam W mss has starred in several comedy specials and appeared in films. He could face up to seven years in prison if convicted.

Iowa auto dealership is enjoying the sight of his classic car puttering around Portland, Oregon, with comedian JJeerrrryy SSeeiinnffeelldd behind the wheel. Those scenes on SSeeiinnffeelldd’’ss digital show, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” stemmed from m a call that car collector TToom DDoonnnneeyy got in September, according to the Fort Dodge Messenger. “My phone rang and it was a guy claiming he was Doonnnneeyy with Seinfeld’s office,” D said. Plans to use another Saab had fallen through, and the caller explained that the show Doonnnneeyy’’ss immediately needed D 1965 Saab Monte Carlo 850 for a shoot a few days later with Seinfeld and comedian FFrreedd AArrm miisseenn , who stars on the Independent Film Channel proDoonnnneeyy gram “Portlandia.” D agreed and the green, twostroke, three-cylinder Saab was trucked to Portland for two days of filming. But crew members were uneasy about driving the unusual and rather small Doonnnneeyy to car, so they asked D drive while they shot some video of the vehicle. “The brakes aren’t very good and

…The owner of an

there’s not much power in the Doonnnneeyy, whose engine,” said D car dealership is in Fort Dodge. The online program features conversations between Seinfeld and various actors and comedians while driving to get coffee. The show with Armisen was posted in December and features the two actors driving through Portland in the Saab. …Cirque du Soleil officials say a performer was injured during the finale of the company’s Las Vegas-based Beatles “Love” show. Cirque Kaallaa PPeetteerrssoonn spokeswoman K confirmed the injury Tuesday. PPeetteerrssoonn says the performer was injured during Monday’s show and transported to a local hospital where the artist was later released in good condition. PPeetteerrssoonn offered no other information about what happened or when the performer was released from the hospital. She says the performer was taken to the hospital as part of the entertainment company’s protocol for handling injuries. In the year and a half since a performer died in a fall during Cirque’s “Ka” production in Las Vegas, a performer was injured falling during a stunt in the company’s “Zarkana” show and another was injured in a production of “O’’.

MccCCaarrttnneeyy has …PPaauull M dubbed popular music study courses with a focus on TThhee BBeeaattlleess as “ridiculous, and yet very flattering”. Taking part in ENIGMA

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a Q&A via his official website the 72-year-old was responding to a query from a student studying for an MA in Popular Music that asked how he felt about the existence of such courses. “For me it’s ridiculous, and yet very flattering,” responded MccCCaarrttnneeyy. “Ridiculous because M we [The Beatles] never studied anything, we just loved our popular music: EEllvviiss, CChhuucckk BBeerrrryy, LLiittttllee RRiicchhaarrdd, FFaattss DDoom miinnoo, etc. And it wasn’t a case of ‘studying’ it. I think for us, we’d have felt it would have ruined it to study it. “We wanted to make our own minds up just by listening to it. So our study was listening. But to be told – as I was years ago now – that TThhee BBeeaattlleess were in my kid’s history books? That was like ‘What?! Unbelievable, man!’ Can you imagine when we were at school, finding yourself in a hisMccCCaarrttnneeyy did tory book?!” M state, however, that he doesn’t believe studying popular music can make a person a great popular musician: “To think that you can go to a college and Dyyllaann ? come out like BBoobb D Dyyllaann, you Someone like BBoobb D can’t make.” …PPuussssyy RRiioott have released a new video to protest against the treatment of Russia’s opposition leader AAlleexxeeii NNaavvaallnnyy, who received a suspended jail term Tuesday for supposedly stealing 30 million

roubles (£334,000) from French cosmetics company Yves Naavvaallnnyy was sentenced Rocher. N to a suspended three-and-ahalf-year jail term. His brother Oleg, a former postal executive who has no history of dissidence against Russia’s rulers, was jailed for three-and-a-half Olleegg’’ss sentence is years. O believed to mark a return to the Soviet Union’s treatment of dissidents in the 1960s, when relatives would be punished instead.

BBeeaattlleess drummer made the announcement via YouTube. “I’ve finished my record, mixed the record and, next year, it will be out on Universal Records,” said SSttaarrrr before hinting that he Allll--SSttaarrrr BBaanndd may tour with his A this February and March. The album will be the 74-year-old’s 18th studio LP and first since Ringo 2012, which was released almost three years ago. The title for this latest record has yet to be revealed.

Maasstteerr PP is offering a …M reward for information that might help bring a killer to jusCChhaarrlleess tice in Kentucky. FFaam mbbrroouugghh , 22, was gunned down on Christmas Eve two years ago after leaving his mother’s home. Speaking to WHAS11 News on Friday Maasstteerr PP – real (December 26), M Miilllleerr – pleaded to name PPeerrccyy M anyone who could assist in the investigation to come forward. “Somebody come forward [or] whoever got anything to do with this or you know somebody – somebody sitting around bragging at home thinking it’s a joke, it’s not a joke,” he said. The murder is officially scheduled to become a cold case as police have not received any new information relating to FFaam mbbrroouugghh’’ss death in almost Miilllleerr did not specitwo years. M fy how much money he was offering, reportedly saying he would give “what was necessary”. The MC appeared alongmbbrroouugghh’’ss fiancé M Meeggaann side FFaam BBrroow wnn – who is now raising their three-year-old son alone – to hand out bikes to children who have lost loved ones to violence.

Kiissss have announced …K plans to perform their 1975 gold-selling album ‘Alive!’ in full during next year’s Kiss Kruise. The ‘Kruise’ takes place between October 30 and November 3 and sails between Miami and Jamaica. Gigwise reports plans for the set have now been announced via the band’s website. The statement reads, “The time has come to take on your next mission which will surely be the most epic adventure the high seas have ever seen – the Kiss Kruise V! We’re going back to the golden age when Kiss rose to prominence, taking the world by storm. What better way to celebrate the rise of these rock legKiissss perform ends than to watch K the very live album that launched them into greatness 40 years ago? Get ready to rock

Kiissss playing their first out to K gold album Alive! in its entirety.” This is the fifth year that Geennee SSiim mm moonnss -fronted the G band have run the cruise, which will also see performances from an as-yet-unannounced supporting bill. …The first piece of new, original music from the recently reunited RReeppllaacceem meennttss may not be what fans expected from the snotty kings of college rock, but “Poke Me In My Cage” is a holiday gift nonetheless: A 24-minute improvised jazz track, which the band uploaded to Soundcloud last week with little fanfare. Weesstteerrbbeerrgg and Written by PPaauull W mm myy SSttiinnssoonn, “Poke bassist TToom Me In My Cage” was recorded at Wooly Mammoth Sound in Waltham, Massachusetts in October. The track features plenty of out-there guitar Weesstteerrbbeerrgg letnoodling, with W ting loose over relentless, scattershot drumming from JJoosshh FFrreeeessee, a session vet who’s now the band’s third drummer. If you know any truths, halftruths or outright lies about the music and club scene send it to Sissy Vance c/o rumoursmill@enigmaonline.co m.

1. Cracker 2. AC/DC 3. TV On The Radio 4. Foo Fighters 5. Trigger Hippy 6. Joe Bonamassa 7. The New Basement Tapes 8. VA - The Art of McCartney 9. The Decemberists 10. Pink Floyd 11. Lucinda William 12. Ziggy Marley 13. Elle King 14. Paul McCartney 15. Weezer 16. Jenny Lewis 17. New Build 18. James McMurtry 19. Shovels & Ropes 20. Mariachi El Bronx

- Sissy Vance

ADVENTURE PICKS 1. Modest Mouse 2. Catfish and the Bottlemen 3. Rose's Pawn Shop

…RRiinnggoo SSttaarrrr has revealed he is to release a new album in 2015. The former ENIGMA

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Cowboys Shit Into Playoff Mode

With the Dallas Cowboys leading their hated NFC East rivals Washington Redskins, 20-7, on a Dan Bailey field goal in the second quarter, Cowboy head coach Jason Garrett called a play that summed up his attitude about a supposedly “meaningless game. His team had come to the nation’s capital to play football. Garrett called for an onside kick that was a perfectly executed catching Washington completely by surprise. Dallas safety Barry Church easily recovered the ball. With a pro-Cowboy crowd chanting “Let’s go Cowboys!” the team did just that. Six plays after the recovery, running back DeMarco

Murray capped off 49-yard drive with a slicing 9-yard run through a bewildered Redskins defense. This division rival had cost Garrett’s team home field advantage and a first round bye earlier in the season with an improbable 20-17 overtime win in Jerry World. They were not going to slow down the momentum that was driving this team into the playoffs. The “21st Century Triplets” – Dez Bryant, Tony Romo and Murray – made their predecessors proud in this game. Bryant’s two brilliant touchdown receptions in the first quarter set the tone for the game. After the Redskins had jumped to a ENIGMA

surprising 7-3 lead on the strength of DeSean Jackson’s 69-yard catch and run for a score, Bryant took it upon himself to return the favor. On the ensuing drive, the wide receiver took a quick out pass from Romo, stiff-armed the defender and raced 65 yards to the end zone for the lead. It was a jawdropping play that demonstrated just how physical, and fast, the dangerous receiver has become. After a quick three and out, it was time for the DeMarco Murray show. It started with a ten-yard pass reception from Tony Romo. Two rush plays by the back netted nine yards. On third and one, with Washington stacking the line,

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Romo again handed off to NFL’s leading rusher who found a gap behind two of his All-Pro linemen, center Travis Frederickson and guard Zack Martin, for 32 yards. In the process, he broke Emmitt Smith’s 19-year old record for most rushing yards in a season. Dez Bryant would cap this record shattering drive when he made a spectacular 23-yard touchdown grab on the next play. It was Bryant’s 16th TD reception of the year breaking the franchise mark of 15 set by Terrell Owens in 2007. It also solidified the player’s hold as the NFL’s leading touchdown receiver. The Cowboys scored on their first

five drives to build a 27-10 lead. It would have been six straight drives if running back Lance Dunbar’s nifty 76-yard touchdown run had not been called back on a holding penalty by tight end Jason Witten. In the second half, it was time for the Dallas defense to take its turn in the spotlight. After a two-yard run by Robert Griffin III made the score 27-17, linebacker Bruce Carter made his presence known as he intercepted the ball twice deep inside Cowboy territory to nullifying key scoring drives. DeMarco Murray was finally pulled from the contest deep in Washington territory after his four-yard run gave the back 100 yards for the day. It was the 12th time the All-Pro had reached the century mark breaking Emmitt Smith’s mark also set back in 1995. The Cowboys settled for a field goal. It was time to rest the starters.

Dallas defensive tackle Terrell McClain stripped Griffin of the ball on the Washington 5-yard line on their next possession. The pigskin landed perfectly in teammate Anthony Spencer’s hands for his first ever NFL touchdown. With just over two minutes left in the contest, RGIII tried to lead his team on a face-saving scoring drive and looked like he might succeed. Unfortunately, receiver Jordan Reed fumbled the ball after getting a first down. Dallas safety J.J. Wilcox recovered. On the next play, Cowboy QB Josh Weeden handed the ball off to Joseph Randall who broke through a blitzing Redskin secondary for a 65 yard touchdown run and the final score, 44-17. On this record franchise setting day, there was little to celebrate inside the Cowboy locker room other than a job well-done. The team, said Jason Garrett, had set its sights on a higher goal. ENIGMA

Coow C wbboy Notes – Many sports pundits were saying Dallas had nothing to play for against the Redskins. Jason Garrett knew differently. Back in 2007, his first season as offensive coordinator, the Cowboys went into their last game of the year against Washington sporting a 13-2 record, home field advantage throughout the playoffs and a first round bye. The team had nothing to play for and many players sat out the game. Washington’s second-string quarterback Todd Collins led the Redskins to a 27-6 victory. Dallas rushed for a franchise low 1 yard in the game. Two weeks later – after Romo and Witten had jetted off to Cabo San Lucas during the bye week – the Cowboys were defeated by eventual Super Bowl champions the New York Giants. This loss extended the Cowboys drought of playoff wins to eleven years and tied the NFL record of 6 straight playoff games lost. This all happened despite the fact Dallas had 13 players named to the Pro Bowl,

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an NFL record. The Cowboys have become the sixth team to go undefeated on the road since the NFL went to a 16game schedule. The previous five teams all went to their respective conference championship games. Four of those teams played in the Super Bowl. Don’t think for one minute that Jason Garrett wasn’t aware of that stat going into the Washington game. For the first time in 21 years, the Dallas Cowboys finished up their most troublesome month, December, with a 4-0 record. The offense average 41 points per contest and outscored opponents 16579. The offense finished the regular season scoring 467 points, the second highest in franchise history. Tony Romo has thrown only nine interceptions this year to go with his 34 touchdown tosses.

- David Huff

Colts Look to Playoffs Titans Look to 2015

2014 mercifully came to an end Sunday for the Tennessee Titans. Sunday the Titans lost their tenth in a row and 14 out of 15. Good riddance might be more apt. The Titans put up a descent fight against the division winning Indianapolis Colts but even they took it easy on them y benching their marquee players at the half. The Colts walked away with a 2710 win ending the regular season.

traded players as the Titans had their worst season since the early ‘80s when they won a combined six games over a three year stretch. The coach is safe. This is his first year at the helm and he has had success everywhere he’s been as an offensive coordinator and briefly as head coach of the Cardinals where he took them to their first Super Bowl six years ago.

Look for an all new Titans team next season as coach Ken Wisenhunt pretty much alluded to in his post game conference. Over the coming months there will be a lot of unemployed and

A lot of changes need to come first to the defense. The Titans went from averaging just under 24 points allowed per game to 28 points a game this season. The 2014 Titans defense ranked 27th ENIGMA

overall dropping from 14th the season before. Many of the stats are similar between 2013 and 14 with the exception of turnovers. They went from forcing 24 fumbles last season to only seven this year. “The way we have it set up right now, there’s plenty of time to assess that. There’s nothing really you can do until March, so we’ll get a chance to go back and look at it. That’s what you have to do, you can’t make an emotional decision now, you have to go back through it and look at all of the things you have to do better and why they didn’t work and where you can get better,” said Whisenhunt.

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Theoretically the offense got slightly better as the quarterback(s) was only sacked 37 tines this season compared to 50 in 2013. The problem is the QB is getting too many clean shots taken at him. Jake Locker, who was playing on borrowed time finished the season on IR. Zach Mettenberger, supposedly the “future” of the franchise also finished the season on the IR after less than a half dozen games. Charlie Whitehurst missed a number of games due to game day injuries. The line still needs a lot of work. The running game dropped ten

places overall this season compared to 2013. It’s been a few years since the running game was feared in the NFL. An aging Chris Johnson was shipped out and a youth movement took over. Bishop Sankey, the rookie out of Washington led the team in rushing with 569 yards but averaged only 3.7 yards a rush. Once again a lot of the trouble with the offense could relate to a weak offensive line that opened very little holes for the running game and was full of holes when protecting the QB. “When you get to the end of a season as tough as this one, you need to take a little time and go back through it. You know, it was tough. It was tough for our fans. I think one of the things you have to understand is that we are working pretty hard. We are working hard every week, trying to get a win. It hurts. That’s the worst part of this. It hurts when

you don’t do Whisenhunt.

said Luck literally got half of his passing yards on one play hitting Reggie Wayne on a 80-yard pitch Well, the game against the Colts and catch. “It was a great catch, pretty much mirrored the season. it was awesome. He contorted his Andrew Luck in his only half of body between two guys and then work threw for 160 yards and two to keep his feet in bounds and touchdowns passed Peyton keep on running, he is remarkManning’s rookie record for pass- able. For him to perform like ing yards and became only the that, it’s special,” he said. fourth quarterback to throw for over 4,000 yards and 40 touch- Despite the loss Tennessee stayed downs in defeating the Titans. close most of the game remaining The Colts bounced back soundly within one score most of the after being embarrassed by the game before giving up ten unanCowboys the week before when swered points in the fourth with they didn’t get into the end zone. former Titan Matt Hasselback Getting back on the right tack throwing one final touchdown was important for Luck and the pass with 3:18 to play. Colts as they prepare for the offseason. “Win most importantly. “Well, OK, not the finish that we That was our goal. It was a good wanted from the standpoint of win and I thought we did some score, but I am happy with the good stuff offensively. Obviously, way our guys fought and battled it wasn’t perfect. It’s always today. Even when things weren’t tough to get a win on the road going great for us they hung in but we did some decent things,” there and they battled and they he said. fought, scrapped and obviously ENIGMA

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there are a lot of areas that we got to improve in and we are going to work to do that. One thing that has been consistent with our guys is their effort and you know that’s a big thing,” said Whisenhunt. “We needed to come out and win. Chuck (Pagano) talked about it and I think we all knew it. To get a victory was huge. It really was,” said Luck. “You know, it’s been a tough year. Last few practices we had during the week, we knew they were the last few this year. As hard as it’s been and I know it’s only my first year here but you make some bonds in the locker room for sure. It’s tough it’s over. You almost want to keep going but it has been tough, no doubt about it,” said Whisenhunt.

- Dave Weinthal

So Long Smitty Thanks for the Memories I had an uneasy feeling as I climbed into my car Sunday morning as I got onto I-75 South headed to the Georgia Dome. I am an unapologetic Falcon fan. I have been so since before most of you were born. I’ve seen some terrible teams – even witnessing Marion Campbell getting two terms as head coach, averaging maybe for wins a season. I was even at the Monday night game when Bobby Petrino left a farewell note in his team’s locker after the game and remember as I got home from that deba-

cle of a game he was on the news being introduced as the new head coach of Arkansas. I also remember the “Gritz Blitz”, the “Dirty Birds” and “Ron Mexico” as well as winning big against the Rams in the playoffs and being ten yards shy of a Super Bowl. Not one to become emotionally attached to anything including modern day sports teams where there no longer is any loyalty, I had become attached to Mike Smith over the last seven years.

ing in and out of traffic that was unusually busy this morning I tuned my radio on to 92.9 FM, Atlanta’s FM sports station. I was anticipating a highly competitive game between the Falcons and Carolina Panthers in a winner take all game for not only the division but the opportunity to host a playoff game.

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Georgia Dome once before the arrival of Smitty. Since his arrival I’ve been to three and was looking forward to a fourth. Then the news broke on the radio that changed my demeanor for the day as well as the locker room of the Falcons down in the Dome. It was announced that team owner Arthur Blank had hired a search firm to aid in the search for a new head coach. Really? Hour before some of the players’ biggest game in their pro career and certainly Smitty’s this gets announced for all the

world to hear?

Newton found Ed Dickson for a five-yard touchdown throw making It was obvious at the Georgia Dome the game 10-0 with seconds that I wasn’t the only one that remaining in the first quarter. heard this bit of news. The Carolina Panthers had a whole lot Things looked up for the Falcons as of fans in attendance and they Devin Hester returned the ensuing were cocky. For the second game kick 66 yards to the Carolina 38 as in a row it seemed that the visitors the first quarter came to a close. had outnumbered the home team From there the Falcons drove down fans and were as loud at times if deep into Carolina territory – not louder. Even Cam Newton down to the three to be exact. looked cockier than ever – if that Atlanta looked to score an easy was at all possible. I hate him… touchdown as Matt Ryan found but I digress. fullback Patrick DiMarco wide open in the flat. A wide open On the opening drive the Panthers DiMarco dropped the ball. From looked to move the ball easily that point the Falcons never recovagainst the Falcon defense that had ered. They settled for a field goal, shown marked improvement since their only score of the game. And the bye week. Newton was accu- while they sort of got close to scorrate on passes and the running ing a few other times in the game. backs found holes. They drove This one was over with 10:36 deep into Atlanta territory before remaining in the second quarter. they finally stiffened up and made the Panthers settle for a 21-yard The Panthers scored 24 unanGraham Gano field goal. The swered points the rest of the way. Falcons’ offense wasn’t as efficient. Matt Ryan threw two pick 6’s with They managed one first down a third one called back because of before being forced to punt. a penalty and the usually sure handed Roddy White fumbled away The Panther drove right down the the ball after a long reception that throats of the Atlanta defense run- set up another Panther. ning most of the way before ENIGMA

The feeling I got while being on the field was that the Falcons already knew the fate of their coach and nothing they were going to do was going to change that. It was part anger, dismay and disbelief the way they played. It was as if they were protesting the news announced yet in the process threw their coach under the bus. Of course this wasn’t the first blunder in Arthur Blank’s 12 years on owning the team. Granted, Blank is one of the best owners in not only the NFL, but professional sports in general. For the most part he has kept his nose out of the team’s operations and has spent money where and when it needs to be spent. I think he pulled the plug prematurely on Dan Reeves and Jim Mora pandering to the players and fans. In my humble opinion Blank is one of those guys that wants to be liked and popular. Most people do, I guess, but he makes these big decision with no logic or reason. There are tons of opinions on everything especially sports but he fired Reeves during a losing season that wasn’t the coach’s fault. QB Mike

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Vick missed most of the season because of a preseason injury and the team went from a playoff team to a double-digit losing team. It wasn’t the coach’s fault. To magnify the issue Blank famously wheeled Vick around in a wheelchair on the sideline of a game something he would regret a couple of years later when is star QB was sent to Leavenworth. Then there was the Jim Mora era. Mora was a surprise pick, but with a new GM (Rich McKay) with a sound track record and no past history as an NFL coach maybe this might work. Sure enough the Falcons won the NFC South for the first time and hosted their first playoff game since the Super Bowl run of 1998. They won in a big way and lost in the NFC championship game to the Eagles. The following year they fell to 8-8 after a 6-2 start and to 7-0 after another 6-2 start. Word got out that Mora while being interviewed on radio said his “dream job” was to coach Washington (college). Supposedly Blank didn’t find this humorous and despite all of Mora’s

damage control was let go follow- ring. ing the season. The team made what they thought It is time to note the activities of was a big splash in the coaching the team under Mora’s reign here. market by hiring Bobby Petrino The inmates ran the asylum and away from Louisville where he had Blank didn’t seem to matter as long just signed a contract extension. as the stands were full and they Weeks after the hiring of Petrino were winning games. The team had that’s when the news broke about taken on a “thug-like” mentality Vick. Petrino was left with three and there was a lot of dissention in quarterbacks of limited potential the ranks between players unseen and no dynamic skills. One, Byron to those in the stands. Everything Leftwich was past his prime. The was about Michael Vick. Even team was in chaos. when interviewing other players they were often asked about the The preseason went well and full quarterback. I remember sitting in of optimism as the Falcons finished a press conference with Warrick 3-1. But that was the highlight of Dunn and he told the press there the season. They started 0-3 scorwas more to the team than the play ing only 10 points combined in the first two games. During their of their quarterback. whitewash loss to the Saints on No matter what the coaches did Monday Night Football ironically they couldn’t succeed with Vick Petrino’s last game as the coach, who was a world-class athlete but Roddy White lifted up his jersey not much of a quarterback. And I after scoring one of only two argued this point with my fellow touchdowns they scored that night photographers and Falcons press in displaying a t-shirt that read “Free Cornerback the lunchroom on game day until Michael Vick”. the end finally came in early 2007 DeAngelo Hall sported face paint when Vick ended up serving two with the same message. Both were years in Levenworth for his promptly fined $10,000 by the involvement with a dog fighting league. Petrino left after the game ENIGMA

leaving a farewell note in the Where the Falcons going to start team’s lockers. Chris Redman who had a string 2007 season in mop up relief of Back to ground zero. Who would Joey Harrington and Leftwich? The they hire? First they moved McKay team averaged barely 13 points a into the front office bringing in game in the preseason. It was New England Patriot wunderkind announced that Ryan was going to scout Thomas Dimitroff in as the be the game one starter. new GM. Hoping they would make the splash with a marquee name as Not knowing what to expect on coach they hired Mike Smith, Atlanta’s first possession of the defensive coordinator of the game at the Georgia Dome Ryan Jacksonville Jaguars a perennial dropped back to pass on the first top five defense. Who? I wasn’t play of scrimmage. He hit Michael sold, but going into the draft they Jenkins over the middle for a 62 had the number three oveall pick yard score. The Dome erupted. and if looked like they were getting Thus began the Ryan-Smith era. rid of the thug mentality as After being the embarrassment of DeAngelo Hall and Jimmy Williams the league the previous season all were sent packing – just two exam- of a sudden the Falcons started ples of problem children on the surprising folks. Surprising everyFalcons. one with an 11-5 record and making their first preseason appearance The Falcons took Matt Ryan with since 2004. The Falcons held a 17the third overall pick of the 2008 14 lead over the Arizona Cardinals draft and offensive lineman Sam but could not hold the lead losing Baker with the 21st overall pick that to the eventual Super Bowl reprewas received in the trade of Hall to sentative 30-24. Oakland. After losing their first two preseason games the Falcons The following year the Falcons did won their last two. Ryan was okay something they had never done in preseason but was he ready to before. They finished the season be thrown to the wolves yet? with another winning record – 9-7.

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In over 40 years in existence this was the only time they had backto-back winning seasons. Under Mike Smith they had five back-to-back winning seasons and four playoff appearances including falling just ten yards short of the Super Bowl in 2012. Granted, the last two seasons have been a disaster but injuries are the blame for that and too much of a “win it now or never” attitude. It was almost as if Dimitroff felt pressure to win it all the next year or else. That resulted in some bad personnel decisions like signing a past his prime Steven Jackson, letting John Abraham to go and not signing another effective pass rusher. The Falcons fell to 4-12 with seven of those losses being one score losses. A couple of other games they were close or ahead going into the fourth quarter but depth kept them from pulling out the wins like in the previous five seasons. This past season saw a lot of the same problems with no defensive pressure on opposing quarterbacks and almost as many “name” players on IR as the active roster. At 6-8 going into Sunday’s game they still were only a victory from winning their third division title in seven years and fifth playoff appearance. The Smith critics started raising their voices loud last season calling for his head as early as October 7 after losing to the Jets on Monday Night Football 30-28 a they went into their bye week. 2013 was the first year Smitty had lost consecutive games as a head coach. To me it seems as if Blank listens too much to sports talk radio as he gave in to the pressure of “popular” opinion. Like a eulogy I will remember Smitty as the best Falcons coach ever. Winning became expected under Smitty not a novelty like in the past. In fact, I want to see where he goes next. I think the Bears should take a look at him. He’s obviously good at dealing with difficult situations. The Falcons go into the off-season looking for a new coach and hopefully this firm “hired” to help with the search picks a winner. They sure gave up on one when they let Smitty go. He deserves a lot better.

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