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Emo Phillips, not be confused with the Emo music movement the other hand, is an American comedian, actor and entertainer. Much of his standup comedy style stems from the use of paraprosdokians, garden path sentences and simple one-liners. The standup legend performs Thursday thorugh Saturday at Laughing Skull Lounge in Atlanta.

EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW American singer, musician and actor, Harry Connick Jr. is headed to a venue near you. He has sold over 28 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million in certified sales. The former “Will & Grace� star will perform Monday evening Ringo and His All Starr Band sare getting by with a little help of each at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta. other as well as their rabid fans. Check out the All Stars Sunday as they perform in Birmingham at the BJCC Concert Hall.

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Political Gumbo The weather has been vacillating between delightfully warm and that usual February nip, but it’s still been chilly enough overall for me to whip up a batch of political gumbo… ...First up today is the shocking news that the Wall Street Journal actually criticized the Republican congressional majority this week. The WSJ is typically a bastion of GOP cheerleading, but the majority’s recent attempt to hold Department of Homeland Security funding hostage in an attempt to derail President Obama’s immigrant amnesty efforts irked the editorial board at the financial fish-wrapper… …“Restrictionists like Sens. Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions are offering their familiar advice to fight harder and hold firm against “executive amnesty,” the WSJ stated, “but as usual their strategy for victory is nowhere to be found. So Republicans are now heading toward the same cul de sac that they did on the ObamaCare government shut-

senators voted down the governor’s plan to bring health insurance coverage to the poorest Tennesseeans.

Insure Tennessee would also have supported 15,000 new jobs and brought $1.14 billion into the Tennessee economy (according to a study by the University of Tennessee’s Center for Business and Economic Research). By contrast, four rural hospitals closed after Haslam refused Medicaid expansion funds in 2013. Today 54 more rural hospitals are at risk of closing, large…Tennessee also got some ly due to the lack of Medicaid national media attention expansion… recently. When Governor Bill Haslam’s “Insure Tennessee” …Current estimates for the program for Medicaid expan- ever-growing cost of America’s sion got shut down in commit- “War on Terror” predict that the tee, it came after a lot of work price tag for our efforts in Iraq from our state’s chapter of and Afghanistan will pass $1.7 Americans for Prosperity. AFP is trillion this year. The end the national conservative group result, according to many whose foundation is chaired by experts, is more terrorists… in controversial billionaire David countries where there were no Koch. AFP argued that Haslam’s plan was just trying to trick Tennessee conservatives into implementing Obamacare under a new name. Seven of 11 state down. If Homeland Security funding lapses on Feb. 27, the agency will be pushed into a partial shutdown even as the terrorist threat is at the forefront of public attention with the Charlie Hebdo and Islamic State murders. Imagine if the Transportation Security Administration, a unit of DHS, fails to intercept an Islamic State agent en route to Detroit.”

Yeah, using DHS funding as a bargaining chip is not a very smart idea…

terrorists back in 2001. We used to be pretty good at that foreign policy stuff at one point… …And into the fray now marches Jeb Bush. The former Governor of Florida is emerging as a possible contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. It wasn’t enough for then-governor Jeb to help big brother George W. slide past Al Gore and into the White House. Now he wants to go fully into the family business. Do we really need a third Bush as president? No way. But then I don’t really think we need another Clinton in there, either. The presidential campaigning is just getting warmed up… and I’m hoping for some new talent to emerge from both parties.

“More of the same” isn’t what this country needs right now…

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MONEY MANAGEMENT

HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR CHARITABLE GIVING One of the biggest mistakes that people make when it comes to giving back is not having a strategy for their charitable contributions. By default, many people put off charitable giving to the end of the year to beat the Dec. 31 deadline for donating to qualified charities. To make the most of your giving, start to plan your charitable gifting strategy for the entire year now.

Here are five steps to consider to get a jump on your gifting strategies for this year: 1. Estimate how much you'd like to contribute this year.

Just as you plan how much of your income to set aside for retirement or to meet other financial goals, the same should be true for your charitable contributions.

Determine what percentage of your income you plan to

dedicate to your favorite causes. You may want to establish a savings account dedicated to charitable giving and have money from each paycheck set aside into this account.

2. Identify your favorite charities and give earlier in the year. Although charities often make a year-end push for donations, they are happy to accept money at any time of year. These organizations have cash flow needs month after month. Consider establishing a monthly contribution via a credit card or authorization from a bank account. Make sure to check with your employer to see if they offer any sort of gift match or giving program. In other cases, you may want to write a check to specific charities on a quarterly basis.

Either option would help

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organizations meet their give something back. financial obligations throughout the year.

5. Take advantage of annual gift tax exclusions. If you 3. Do your homework. If you have a large estate that you are familiar with your are trying to reduce in order favorite charities and confi- to avoid potential future dent that your money is used estate taxes, you can make wisely, you should feel com- yearly gifts to anyone of up fortable making contribu- to $14,000 per person free of tions to them. If you aren't gift tax consequences. That certain, ask the organization means one married couple to provide financial informa- could gift up to $28,000 per tion and an explanation of year per recipient without how they accomplish their incurring gift tax conseprimary objectives. Do your quences. The ability to make homework and search for an gifts annually without tax is a objective assessments of an major benefit for wealthier organization's effectiveness. households that would like to 4. Find time to volunteer. reduce the size of their Today more than ever, estate. Make sure to check organizations need volun- with your tax advisor if you teers help to accomplish have questions about the their goals. While your potential tax consequences money means a lot to them, of your giving strategy. so does your time. Try to build volunteerism into your - Scott Serfass calendar. It is a great way to

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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) You should be putting your cash into long-term investments like real estate. Reevaluate your situation. Make plans to attend group discussions or get together with friends who like to talk as much as you do. Opportunities to make advancements through good business sense are evident.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Travel and educational pursuits may help alleviate the stress you have been feeling. Don't upset elders in your family who don't under stand your present situation. Your mind will be wandering to exotic destinations. You may find your nights sleepless due to bad dreams.

Your lucky day this week will be Your lucky day this week will be Sunday.

Wednesday.

CANCER TAURUS (June 22-July 22) (Apr. 21- May 21) Some time spent with that special You are best not to say too much someone should be your intent. to colleagues. Your partner could Avoid friends or acquaintances also use some time alone with you. who drink too much. Dealing with Having your own business is a good in-laws or relatives will not be in idea. Recognition can be yours if your best interest. Opportunities to you present your ideas and stand make advancements through good behind your beliefs. business sense are apparent.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Take time to catch up on gossip and make plans to do a little adventure travel. You can finish projects early, which will bring you praise from superiors. You will meet potential new mates through business. Relatives will be happy that you dropped by.

Your lucky day this week will be Sunday.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Try not to get involved in other people's problems. You may be up for some changes in your home. Do not get involved in joint financial ventures. Overindulgence may cause conflicts.

Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) CAPRICORN Seminars will provide you with (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) knowledge and amusement. Catch Don't let peers distract you or push up on any correspondence you've their work your way. You need an neglected. Regardless of your first energetic outlet that will help you reaction, the outcome will be dissipate your anxiety. Keep a favorable. Don't make excuses. lookout for any individuals eager to confront you with unsavory situYour lucky day this week will be ations. You will be able to make Sunday. financial gains.

Your lucky day this week will be Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

Thursday.

LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) You have made an accurate assessment of the situation and have come up with ideas that will save money. Uncertainty regarding your mate may emerge; reevaluate what you see in each other. Travel will entice you; however, a tendency to overspend is quite possible.

Romantic opportunities are evident if you get involved in large groups or organizations.

Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Try to keep any mood swings under control; they may result in alienation. You may find yourself in the limelight for the wrong reasons.

You can make a big difference to children if you are understanding of the difficulties they are experiencing. Make creative changes to your living quarters.

Your lucky day this week will be Thursday.

Your lucky day this week will be Friday.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) PISCES Some of that extra energy you have (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) stored up might just be put to good New projects may lead you into a use. Visitors are likely to drop by dead end. Deep discussions may and chances are, they may even only lead to friction. Don't let your stay a little longer than you want emotions interfere with your effithem to. Don't say things that could ciency. Someone you live with is be damaging later on. Cut loose. ready to play emotional games.

Your diplomatic nature will help you in straightening out unsavory Your lucky day this week will be situations.

Tuesday.

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Cherokee... It’s Not Vegas But It Will I recently made the journey to Cherokee North Carolina for an overnight stay. It’s about a two and a half hour trip. Encountering a wreck I had to detour through Robbinsville. A minor inconvenience, I tried a new route (I usually ride a motorcycle to Cherokee) and instead of getting off at Bryson City I got off at the main Cherokee exit.

machines. I am very picky about what machines I play. I call them the “old Las Vegas” style as they are the type of machine I began playing on in the mid-90s in Vegas.

Sadly, to me at least this type of machine is going the way of the dinosaur. It doesn’t have the video look of the new generation of machines. I didn’t have any luck We parked in the Casino parking but the girlfriend hit for about fifty lot and walked up to the casino. It bucks. We decided it was time to had been awhile since my last visit. check in the hotel.

There’s now a security guard at the entrance and a chute type gate I drove the car around to the hotel entrance. As I strolled through the parking garage (finding out later gaming floor hearing the electronic the hotel has free valet parking) siren song of the slot machines, the and hiked to the lobby. I, of course occasional cheer as someone “hit” went outside when I could have or somebody won at roulette, just taken the inside walkway from craps or some type of card game I the parking garage. Check-in went smoothly but we were told that the was reminded of Vegas. water in our part of the hotel However, I should have realized would be off from midnight until there was not that many machines 6am. I was a little concerned over making that distinctive payout this but accepted it and we went up sound. I prefer playing the slot to our room where things started

late checkout. I’ve stayed in a fair number of hotels and I have always We were a little awed by the room gotten them to give me at least an at first but I soon realized we did- hour late check out when I requestn’t get the “luxury” type room we ed it. Not so at Harrah’s Cherokee. had reserved. Don’t get me wrong this was a very nice room but it We hurriedly showered then was not the type I had reserved packed up and vacated the room. and paid extra. I called the opera- I’m not usually one to complain but tor to advise them of the problem we had gotten the wrong room, but was quickly told they would almost had to stay in a room with put in my request and if it could be no water for the night and now we honored I would be called back. I couldn’t get late check out… advised the person I was not making a request but had reserved I started to fill out a comment card another type of room. This person but thought better of it and without bothering to check fired requested to speak to a manager. back that all guests were advised The manager listened patiently to upon checking in something about my story. She advised I should have “upgrades and requests”. I tuned been given late checkout and she her out at that point and told her I would check into why it was was on my way to the front desk. denied. She gave me a voucher good for $25 to spend at any restauA trip to the front desk got me the rant. type of room I had reserved and this room was not in a section with Hey, smart woman. Usually once a predicted water outage. This somebody eats they feel better room was the correct type and especially when the meal is free. after settling in we dressed up and We ate a leisurely breakfast then went down to find something to gambled a little then headed back eat. Dinner was great at “Brio” an to Chatta-Vegas. All in all it was a Italian restaurant. Then we went to good trip. The room was great with the customer service counter to a great bed. The food was good and cash in a letter for $30 credit. I had the types of restaurants varied booked the room through a web- enough (Johnny Rockets burgers to site which got me a reduced rate pizza to a buffet to upscale Italian) and the credit .The great thing to pretty much please most people. about the credit was we could use Remember this is a hotel/casino. it for gambling or food and drink. It’s an adult playground thus it’s We could have just cashed it out not geared for kids. It’s only a couand stuck it in our pocket but hey, ple of hours drive from free gambling money? I had to Chattanooga to Cherokee and you gamble… sadly with no success. My can legally play the slots, play girlfriend had a little luck and we craps, roulette or all kinds of card headed back up to the room. The games. I also noticed that they frenext morning I woke up at 9:30. I’m quently have big name entertainers no early riser but I can’t remember (for example Willie Nelson) playing the last time I slept that late. The the auditorium there at the hotel. If beds were incredible. I ran into you are looking for a one or two some people I knew from night get-away Harrah’s Hotel and Chattanooga in a restaurant the Casino could just fill the bill. It’s next morning and everybody com- not Vegas but it’ll do. mented on how well they slept and - Mark Haskins how great the beds were. hitting the skids.

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Dear Rocco, I’m a never married single girl in her 30s and have been involved with a wonderful man for the past three years. We get along great, have the same sense of humor. The only problem is his work takes him out of town a lot.

Well, the planets aligned the other month and we were able to take an extended vacation together. The first week went great, like something out of a romance novel. About a day or two later I noticed a change. He seemed to be getting distant and not into what we were doing as much. After the vacation he went out of town again when I got the call. He called upset and started to cry – something I have never seen him do. He then told me he no longer had the same feelings for me the way I have for him. He says he can’t explain it and that there is no one else involved but he thought it would be best that we no longer see each other. It’s been weeks now and I haven’t heard a word from him. I don’t know what to do, Rocco. I miss him and still love him. Why do you think he did this? Do you think he has been lying to me and was seeing someone on the side? Why do men do things like this?

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Dear Rocco, My girlfriend loves to sing karaoke. I’m not a big fan of it.

She can’t sing. In fact, she can’t carry a tune in a bucket. The baked beans campfire scene from Blazing Saddles is much more harmonious than her singing “Love Shack”. Outside of that everything is great including the sex. How can I wean her off of karaoke and save everyone’s ears?

WS

Dear Rocco, I feel betrayed. I have or should say had a longtime friend who has split company with me over business. Over the years I have helped him out with his business listening to his suggestions, offering advice and so on and so forth. I’ve even loaned him money (which he did pay back). I recently got into an altercation with a mutual friend of ours over a bunch of nonsense. This person has not known each other as long as my friend and I have. Not only did my friend take the other person’s side, but told me I was no longer welcome to do business with him. I feel betrayed.

The ordeal was a big misunderstanding and he’s making a federal case of it. I’m hurt and quite frankly angered and don’t know what to think. Any sage advice?

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Dear Rocco, Do you believe in ghosts? I’m not sure if I do. People into paranormal like to say that activity takes place where a traumatic events happened (murder, etc.). If that was so, why would their spirit come back there? I try to not go back to someplace where I’ve had a bad time – especially if it killed me.

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Rocco is a common sense, tell-itlike-it-is, no-nonsense kind of guy offering real advice on any subject put before him. Why pay thousands of dollars on a highpriced therapist when he’ll straighten you out for free. If you’d like advice from Rocco email him at goaskrocco@yahoo.com or drop him a line at Ask Rocco c/o Enigma P.O. Box 825 Chattanooga, TN 37401.

ADDISON, Ill. (UPI) - An Illinois woman said she was shocked and outraged to discover her Comcast cable TV bill referred to her as “Super [expletive],” using a word for a female dog.

Mary Bauer, 63, of Addison, said she had been having trouble with her Comcast TV service and she needed to have 39 visits from technicians between November 2013 and April 2014.

Bauer said four months went by

without her receiving a paper bill in the mail, and when one finally arrived in the mail Wednesday it was addressed to “Super B—— Bauer.” “This is a disgrace to me. Why are they doing this to me? I pay my bills.

I do not deserve this,” Bauer told WGN-TV. Comcast said the bill is under investigation and officials plan to contact Bauer for further information. The incident comes after Washington state resident Ricardo Brown received a Comcast bill addressed to

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“[Expletive] Brown,” using a profanity in the place of the customer’s first name. Comcast Tuesday morning, five days issued an apology to Brown and after his escape from the his wife.

Brunswick County prison.

Hewett escaped from the prison BOLIVIA, N.C. (UPI) - Authorities Thursday by donning a coat and in North Carolina said they have posing as his brother, Curtis re-arrested a prison inmate who Hewett, who was due to be escaped from the facility by released that day, the sheriff’s putting on a coat and walking office said. Security camera out the front door. The footage from the incident shows Brunswick County Sheriff’s Hewett walk through a metal Office said William Earl Hewett detector before being pursued was found hiding in a camper by a jailor. Footage taken outon his family’s property side the facility shows Hewett

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shed the coat and outrun the jail worker to make his escape.

Hewett was charged with escaping from a county or municipal facility. He was also served outstanding warrants on charges of burning property and property damage. Hewett was ordered held in lieu of $3 million bond.

The sheriff’s office said five others, including Hewett’s mother, stepfather and girlfriend, were arrested on allegations of helping to hide the suspect from authorities. Curtis Hewett is also facing charges for helping his brother escape. Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram blamed “human error” for Hewett’s escape and said one person has been fired as a result of the probe, which is ongoing.

SEATTLE, WA - An idiot in Seattle narrowly avoided strengthening the gene pool when he survived being stuck head-first down a chute attached to a railroad car for 18 hours.

Emergency crews responded to the scene after receiving 911 calls from people who heard someone yelling for help, said the Seattle Fire Department. “We don’t see these very often,” spokesman Kyle Moore said. “Apparently overnight he had crawled into a hole in a void space of the car and slid head-first at a 45 degree angle down this little

chute and was stuck. He could not move, and he was stuck in this very small confined space.”

“If he actually successfully made it through the small hole at the end he would have just been underneath the train car,” he said. Firefighters were able to rescue the man by pulling him out by his feet. It was unclear why the man crawled into the chute. The man was very stiff by the time firefighters got him out, but appeared not to have suffered any serious physical injury. Any preexisting brain damage is subject to speculation.

KERMIT, Texas (UPI) - A Texan boy’s fascination with The Hobbit has gotten him in trouble with school officials. Jason Steward, of Kermit, Texas, said it’s “unbelievable” that his 9year-old son was suspended from school for threatening to make another student disappear. Steward’s son, Aiden, recently brought a ring to Kermit Elementary School after seeing The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies, in which Bilbo Baggins carries a magic invisibility ring. Jason told the Odessa American that the school suspended Aiden when he said he could make a classmate invisible with the ring. “I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence,”

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Jason told the school in an email. “If he did, I’m sure he’d bring him right back.” Kermit Elementary School Principal Roxanne Greer said she could not discuss the incident because student affairs are “confidential.”

ALBUQUERQUE (UPI) - Police in New Mexico said they arrested a woman who dialed the wrong number and offered to sell drugs to the wrong person — a police detective. Albuquerque police said Renea Lucero, 30, apparently dialed the wrong number Wednesday afternoon when she called a police detective and asked if he was interested in buying any cocaine or heroin. The detective, who was familiar with Lucero from a previous case, arranged to meet Lucero at a location in the city to purchase drugs. Police said the detective called for backup, and officers met with Lucero, who was observed removing heroin from her bra and handing it off to Luciano Navarro, her driver. Navarro sold the heroin to the undercover detective for $30, police said. Lucero, Navarro and another woman who was in the car were arrested, police said. Lucero allegedly admitted to officers that she had accidentally called the detective, thinking it was the phone number of her boyfriend’s friend. She said she

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was trying to raise gas money for a trip to Los Lunas. Jail records show Lucero was released from custody Thursday.

DEBARY, FL - What did you serve at your Super Bowl party?

Pizzas? Hot wings? Italian sausage? Amateur. This Florida man served gator tail at his tailgate Super Bowl party. The only problem is he didn’t have a license to kill the reptiles. 30year-old Richard Nixie chose the wrong menu item for a Super Bowl meal when he decided to kill five small alligators for a gator tail dinner, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said. Nixie was arrested and charged with possession and taking alligators without a proper tag. According to a report from the wildlife commission, Nixie caught five small alligators — less than 5 feet in length. Nixie admitted trapping the alligators and then cutting off their tails for “Super Bowl Dinner” at his home the report states. Nixie was released after posting $500 bail but will have to appear before a judge. All in all a small price to pay for an epic Super Bowl dinner. A small price for him, anyway. The alligators had a somewhat greater commitment.

AATT LLAAN NTT AA LLII VVEE (Atlanta) Carlos Mencia BBJJCC CC CC O ON N CCEE RRTT H H AALLLL (Birmingham) Ringo & His All Starr Band, Steve Lukather, Richard Page, Greg Rolie, Todd Rundgren, Gregg Bissonette, Warren Ham

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This week’s calendar covers events from Thursday, December January February 12, through Wednesday, February 18. 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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FFRRII D DA AYY FFee bbrruu aarryy 1133 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Michael Mack RRA AW W (Chattanooga) DJ Barnaby RRH HYY TT H HM M && BBRREE W WSS (Chattanooga) The Werks, Higher Learning RRIIPPPPLLEE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Chattanooga) “Beauty & the Beast” WIILLD W DH HO O RRSS EE SSA ALLO OO ON N (Nashville) Rick Springfield CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Colin Hay RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Tedeschi Trucks Band GRRA G AN ND DO O LLEE O O PPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Del McCoury Band, The Mavericks, Love And Theft, EmiSunshine, B.J. Thomas, Jamey Johnson MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Adam DeVine, Adam Ray SSCC H HEERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL

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(Nashville) Patti LaBelle FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) John Mellencamp, Carlene Carter TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Guster VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Big Head Todd & the Monsters OPPEERRAA (Atlanta) Datsik O ATTLLAAN A N TTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Carlos Mencia LLA AU UG GH H IIN NG G SSK KU U LLLL LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Emo Philips PPU U RRG GAATT O ORRYY AATT TT H HEE M MAASS Q QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Francisco The Man, Jackson Scott TTH HO OM M PPSSO ON N --BBO OLLII N NG G AARREEN NAA (Knoxville) Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Batistell, Building 429, Family Force 5, NewSong, For King And Country, Blanca, Veridia 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU U BB (Athens, GA) Drive-ByTruckers, Lydia Loveless FFO OU UN ND DRRYY PPAARRK K II N NN N (Athens, GA) Robyn Hitchcock WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY BBAARR (Birmingham) Pete Yorn

SSA ATT U URRD DA AYY FFeebbrruuaa rryy 1144 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Michael Mack RRH H YY TTH HM M && BBRREE W WSS (Chattanooga) Erick Baker, Maria and Josh Sable RRA AW W (Chattanooga) DJ Barnaby RRII PPPPLL EE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) “Beauty & the Beast” PPO OK KEEYY ’’ SS (Cleveland, TN) Convertibull VVO ON N BBRRAAU UN N CC EEN N TTEE RR (Huntsville) Brian Regan RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Shovels & Rope HIIG H GH HW WAATT TT (Nashville) Lydia Loveless TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Wale ATTLLAAN A N TTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Carlos Mencia LLA AU UG GH H IIN NG G SSK KU U LLLL LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Emo Philips VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE Atlanta) Rusted Root 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU U BB (Athens, GA) Drive-ByTruckers CCA ALLEE D DO ON NIIAA LLO OU UN NG GEE (Athens, GA) Francisco The Man, Jackson Scott GEEO G O RRG GIIAA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Kap Slap

SSU UN ND DA AYY FFee bbrr uuaarryy 1155 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Michael Mack SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter RRII PPPPLL EE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) “Beauty & the Beast” CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Dave Mason RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Craig Morgan, Deana Carter, Third Day, Mike Farris TTH H EE M M AASSQ QU U EERRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Silverstein, Beartooth, Hands Like Houses, My Iron Lung, Major League LLA AU UG GH H IIN NG G SSK KU U LLLL LLO OU UN NG GEE (Atlanta) Emo Philips

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TT RREEM MO ON N TT TT AAVVEERRN N (Chattanooga) Trivia Night TT H HEE O OFF FFIICC EE (Chattanooga) SpeakEasy FF O OXX && H HO OU UN ND D (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter BBA ARRK KIIN NG G LLEE G GSS TTH H EEAATT EERR (Chattanooga) Bryan Sutton CC O OBBBB EE N NEE RRG GYY PPEERRFF O ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Harry Connick Jr. CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Tim Reynolds and TR3

TTU U EESSD DA AYY FFee bbrruu aarryy 1177 TT RREEM MO ON N TT TT AAVVEERRN N (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade WAARR M W MEEM MO ORRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Dr. John CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Arlo Guthrie

W EED W DN NEESSD DA AYY FFee bbrr uuaarr yy 1188 RRAAW W (Chattanooga) Open Jam LLA ASS M MAARRG G AARRII TTAA’’ SS (Chattanooga) Priscilla & Little Rickee TT H HEE TT AAVVEE RRN N (Soddy-Daisy) Roberts & Sims RRH H YYTT H HM M && BBRREEW W SS (Chattanooga) American Aquarium, Lauris Vidal VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Dark Star Orchestra EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Sean Watkins CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Arlo Guthrie RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Blackberry Smoke, Ben Miller Band, The Temperance Movement BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Robert Earl Keen IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) The Flaming Lips SSII LLVVEE RR D DO O LLLLAARR SSAALLO OO ON N (Nashville) “I Am Woman” Lorrie Morgan, Vince Gill, Pam Tillis, Ricky Skaggs, Jamey Johnson, Daryle Singletary, Rhett Akins, Exile, Darryl Worley, Baillie & The Boys, George Ducas, T.G. Sheppard, Ashlee Hewitt

UPPCC O U OM M IIN NG G EEVVEEN NTTSS TT RRAACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Big & Rich February 19 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Maroon 5, Magic!, Rozzi Crane February 19 G EEO G O RRG GIIAA TT H H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Young the Giant February 19 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Styx February 19 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT (Nashville) Sean Watkins February 19 M CCK M KEE N NZZ IIEE AARREE N NAA (Chattanooga) MercyMe, Crowder, Matt Maher, Jamie Grace, Tedashi, Group 1 Crew, I Am They, Jon Guerra February 20 N ’’AAW N WLLIIN N SS (Cleveland, TN) Convertibull February 20 VVIIN NYY LL (Atlanta) Bad Suns February 20 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Excision, Protohype, Minnesota February 20 TT H HEE PPU UN N CCH H LLIIN NEE (Atlanta) Lavell Crawford February 20 EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Gabe Dixon February 20

SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Styx February 20 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Charlie Wilson, Kem, Joe February 20 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Young the Giant February 20 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Styx February 21 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Jason Aldean February 21 HAA RRRRAAH H H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CC AASSIIN NO O (Cherokee) Heart February 21 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Justin Townes Earle February 21 ALLYY SS RRO A O BBII N NSSO ON N SSTT EE PPH HEEN N SS PPEE RRFFO ORRM M IIN NG G ARRTT SS CC EEN A NTT EERR (Birmingham) Arlo Guthrie February 21 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) John Hammond February 22 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Pierce the Veil, Sleeping With Sirens February 22 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Maroon 5, Magic!, Rozzi Crane February 22 ZZA AN N IIEE’’ SS (Nashville) Margaret Cho February 22 BBJJCC CC A ARREEN NAA (Birmingham) Charlie Wilson, Kem, Joe February 22 MAARRK M K CC.. SS M MIITT H H CC O ON NCC EERRTT H HAALL LL (Huntsville) Gordon Lightfoot February 23 ZZA AN N IIEE’’ SS (Nashville) Margaret Cho February 23 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Ryan Bingham, Lucero, Twin Forks February 24 ZZA AN N IIEE’’ SS (Nashville) Margaret Cho February 24 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Booker T. Jones, Bhi Bhiman February 24 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Ryan Bingham, Lucero, Twin Forks February 25 ZZA AN N IIEE’’ SS (Nashville) Margaret Cho February 25 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Ryan Bingham, Lucero February 26 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Punch Brothers February 26 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Tom Green February 26 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Futurebirds February 26 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Rocco DeLuca February 26 BBA ARRK KIIN NG G LLEE G GSS TT H H EEAATT EERR (Chattanooga) d.

Mangione and friends February 27 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE PPEERRFFO O RRM MIIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Harry Connick Jr. February 27 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Punch Brothers February 27 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Kongos, Sir Sly, Colony House February 27 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Maroon 5, Magic!, Rozzi Crane February 27 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Tom Green February 27 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Al Di Meola February 27 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Willie Nelson February 27 TT H HEE IIN NTT EERRN N AATTII O ON N AALL (Knoxville) Young the Giant February 27 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Kacey Musgraves, John & Jacob February 27 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Billy Joel February 28 HEE LLLL AATT TT H H HEE M MAAQ QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Helmet February 28 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Tom Green February 28 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Corey Smith February 28 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Kathleen Madigan February 28

CCO O TT TTO ON N EE YY EED D JJO OEE ’’SS (Knoxville) Dan + Shay, Canaan Smith February 28 HA H ARRRRA AH H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CCA ASS IIN NO O (Cherokee) Willie Nelson February 28 ZZYY D DEECC O O (Birmingham) Benjy Davis February 28 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Above & Beyond March 1 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Tyga March 1 MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Scott Weiland March 2 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Willie Nelson March 3 IIRRO ON NH HO O RRSSEE CCA AFF ÉÉ (Birmingham) 10 Years, Otherwise, The Glorious Sons, Luminoth March 3 HEE A H AVVEE N NA ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Scott Weiland March 3 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) August Burns Red, Miss May I, Northlane, Erra March 4 MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) 10 Years, Otherwise, The Glorious Sons, Luminoth March 4 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Marshall Crenshaw, Bottle Rockets March 4 VVO ON N BBRRA AU UN N CC EEN N TTEE RR (Huntsville) Elton John March 4 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Music Band March 5 ATTLL A A AN NTT A A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Pauly Shore March 5 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, Aeon, Tribulation March 5 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Carrie Rodriguez March 5 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Dumpstaphunk March 5 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) Of Montreal, Yonatan Gat March 5 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Gov’t Mule March 5 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Gogol Bordello March 5 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) J.J. Grey & Mofro March 6 MEE M M MO ORRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Mike Epps March 6 ATTLL A A AN NTT A A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Pauly Shore March 6 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) Dan + Shay, Canaan Smith March 6 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Marshall Crenshaw, Bottle Rockets March 6 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Sonia Leigh March 6 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Beth Hart March 6 BBJJCC CC CC O ON NCC EERRTT H HA ALL LL (Birmingham) Little Big Town, Chris Stapleton March 6 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Moe. March 7 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Beth Hart March 7 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Steve Earle, The Mastersons March 7 ATTLL A A AN NTT A A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Pauly Shore March 7 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) 10 Years, Otherwise, The Glorious Sons, Luminoth March 7 BBU UCC K KH HEE A AD D TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) J.J. Grey & Mofro, Peoples Blues of Richmond March 7 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Bush March 7 SSM MIITT H H ’’SS O O LLD D EE BBA ARR (Atlanta) Will Kimbrough March 7 TTH H EE M MEELLTT IIN NG G PPO O IIN NTT (Athens, GA) Marshall Crenshaw, Bottle Rockets March 7 GEE O G ORRG G IIA A TT H HEEA ATT RREE (Athens, GA) Gogol Bordello March 7

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BBJJ CCCC CC O ON N CCEE RRTT H HAALLLL (Birmingham) Gladys Knight March 7 MEEM M MO ORRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Little Big Town, Chris Stapleton March 8 TTH HO OM M PPSSO ON N --BBO OLLII N NG G AARREEN NAA (Knoxville) Fleetwood Mac March 8 TTH H EE LLO O FFTT (Atlanta) Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, DJ Abilities, Homeboy Sandman March 8 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Willie Nelson March 8 BBO O TT TTLLEE TTRREE EE (Birmingham) Rocco DeLuca March 8 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Aaron Neville March 8 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Ryan Bingham, Lucero March 9 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Craig Ferguson March 9 BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Fifth Harmony, Jacob Whitesides, Jasmine V, Mahogany LOX March 9 CCO O BBBB EEN NEE RRG GYY PPEE RRFF O ORRM M IIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN NTT EERR (Atlanta) Sing-Off Live Tour” March 9 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Hozier, George Ezra March 10 HEELL LL AATT TTH H H EE M MAASSQ QU UEERRAAD D EE (Atlanta) Red, Islander, 3 Years Hollow March 10 ZZYYD D EECC O O (Birmingham) Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, DJ Abilities, Homeboy Sandman March 10 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Howard Jones March 10 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Santana March 11 SSO OU UN ND D && PPAAG GEE (Birmingham) Penny & Sparrow March 11 RRH H YY TTH HM M && BBRREE W WSS (Chattanooga) Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ March 12 BBJJ CCCC CC O ON N CCEE RRTT H HAALLLL (Birmingham) John Mellencamp, Carlene Carter March 12 ATTLLAAN A N TTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Gilbert Godfrey March 12 TTH H EE M M AASSQ QU U EERRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Andy Grammer, Alex & Sierra March 12 TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Hozier March 13 ATTLLAAN A N TTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Gilbert Godfrey March 13 TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Rubblebucket March 13 HIIG H GH HW WAATT TT (Nashville) Blue Mother Tupelo March 13 ZZA AN NIIEE ’’SS (Nashville) Dave Attell March 13 TTH H EE SSQ QU UAARREE RRO OO OM M (Knoxville) Penny & Sparrow March 13 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Hozier March 14 MEERRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Gang of Four March 14 ZZA AN NIIEE ’’SS (Nashville) Dave Attell March 14 ATTLLAAN A N TTAA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Gilbert Gottfried March 14 BBU U CCK KH H EEAAD D TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Pat Green March 14 MCC K M KEEN NZZ IIEE AARREE N NAA (Chattanooga) Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Batistell, Building 429, Family Force 5, NewSong, For King And Country, Blanca, Veridia March 15 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Vienna Boys Choir March 15 RRO O CC K KEETT O OW WN N (Nashville) The Devil Wears Prada, Born of Osiris, The Word Alive, Secrets March 15 D && LLIIN 33RRD ND DSSLLEE YY (Nashville) The London Souls, Sons Of Bill March 15 WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY SSO OU UN ND DSSTT AAG GEE (Birmingham) Joshua Radin March 15 BBJJ CCCC CC O ON N CCEE RRTT H HAALLLL (Birmingham) Santana March 15 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Gang of Four March 15 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Joshua Radin

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FEBRUARY 12-15

MICHAEL MACK

MICHAEL MACK BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 1990 AND SINCE THEN HE HAS MADE SCORES OF PEOPLE LAUGH AS HARD AS POSSIBLE. HIS “LAUGH ‘TILL YOU PUKE” STYLE HAS MADE IT ON TO “THE BOB AND TOM SHOW,” “THE JOHN BOY AND BILLY SHOW,” AND ABC’S “AMERICA’S FUNNIEST PEOPLE.” HE CURRENTLY BRINGS DOWN THE HOUSE AT CLUBS, COLLEGES AND ON CRUISE SHIPS. MICHAEL HAS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING ENDINGS OF ANY ACT ANYWHERE, SO DON’T MISS THIS ONE OF A KIND EVENT!

FEBRUARY 19-22

BIG ED CAYLOR

BIG ED IS SOUTHERN TO THE BONE, AND COUNTRY AS CORNBREAD. BEING FROM OOLTEWAH, TENNESSEE MAKES HIM AN EXPERT ON HOMETOWN VIEWS AND VALUES. HIS TRUE STORIES ABOUT MARRIAGE AND BEING A DAD WILL MAKE YOU SCREAM. FAMILY SECRETS AND SKELETONS HAVE ENTERTAINED CROWDS FOR YEARS. BIG ED PUTS ON A BIG SHOW THAT YOU WON'T SOON FORGET.

FEBRUARY 23

JOSH BLUE

PERHAPS BEST KNOWN AS THE COMEDIAN WHO PUTS THE CEREBRAL IN CEREBRAL PALSY, JOSH BLUE EXPLODED ONTO THE NATIONAL COMEDY SCENE BY CAPTURING THE ATTENTION AND ENDEARMENT OF THE COUNTRY AS THE WINNER OF NBC’S LAST COMIC STANDING. HAVING ALREADY ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER COMEDIANS ON THE COLLEGE CIRCUIT, HIS WEEKLY APPEARANCES ON LAST COMIC IN THE SUMMER OF 2006 EXPANDED HIS FAN BASE EXPONENTIALLY. MOST RECENTLY, JOSH DEBUTED A NEW SPECIAL, COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS: JOSH BLUE, WHICH RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS FROM FANS AND CRITICS ALIKE.

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March 16 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Hozier March 16 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) The Church March 17 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Hozier March 17 JJA AM M EESS K K .. PPO OLLK K TTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Jessica Lea Mayfield, Seth Avett March 17 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Fleetwood Mac March 18 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Buckwheat Zydeco March 18 ZZYY D DEE CCO O (Birmingham) Circa Survive, Balance & Composure, Chon March 18 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Boyz II Men March 19 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Mitch Fatel March 19 BBJJCC CC A ARREEN NAA (Birmingham) Michael Lambert, Justin Moore, Danielle Bradberry March 19 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Die Antwoord March 19 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Perfect Pussy March 20 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Meghan Trainor March 20 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Boyz II Men March 20 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Donna the Buffalo March 20 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Mitch Fatel March 20 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) G. Love & Special Sauce March 20 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) Dean Ween Group March 20 ZZYY D DEE CCO O (Birmingham) Suicide Silence, Emmure, Fit For An Autopsy, Within the Ruins March 20 ALLAABBAAM A MAA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) CeCe Winans, Israel Houghton, Gerald Albright, DeLeon Richards, Marcus Cole, Keith Staten, Vonnie Lopez, Leon Timbo March 20 KN K NO OXXVVIILLLLEE AAU UD DII TTO O RRIIU UM M (Knoxville) Third Day March 20 TT RRA ACCK K 22 99 (Chattanooga) Die Antwoord March 21 BBJJCC CC A ARREEN NAA (Birmingham) Skillet, Jeremy

Camp, Francesca Batistell, Building 429, Family Force 5, NewSong, For King And Country, Blanca, Veridia March 21 SSCC H HEERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) Boyz II Men March 21 FFRRA AN NK K LLIIN N TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Franklin, TN) Los Lonely Boys March 21 KN K NO O XXVVIILLLLEE A AU UD DIITT O O RRII U UM M (Knoxville) Sarah McLachlin March 21 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Alabama Shakes, Promised Land Sound March 21 ATTLL A A AN NTT A A LLIIVVEE (Atlanta) Mitch Fatel March 21 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Ryan Cabrera, Secondhand Serenade, Nick Thomas, Runaway Saints, Wind In Sails March 21 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Joe Ely March 21 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Nickelback March 22 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Beach Boys March 22 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Juliana Hatfield Three March 22 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Carl Barat March 23 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Swervedriver March 23 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Carl Barat March 23 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) CeCe Winans, Israel Houghton, Gerald Albright, DeLeon Richards, Marcus Cole, Keith Staten, Vonnie Lopez, Leon Timbo March 23 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience March 23 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Ariana Grande, Rixton March 24 CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) Circa Survive, Balance & Composure, Chon March 24 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Fleetwood Mac March 25 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Die Antwoord March 25 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience March 25 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Brian

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Flack April 18 CC O OM M EED DYY CC LLU UBB AATT TT H H EE SSTT AARRD DO OM MEE (Birmingham) Carlos Mencia April 18 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Zappa Plays Zappa April 18 FFO O XX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Jeff Foxworthy April 18 CC EEN N TTEE N NN NII AALL O OLL YYM M PPIICC PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Primus, MarchFourth Marching Band April 18 TT H HEE EEAARRLL (Atlanta) Diarrhea Planet, Left & Right April 18 JJA AM M EESS K K .. PPO OLLK K TTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Frank Caliendo, George Canter April 18 NAASS H N HVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICC IIPPAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Eddie Money April 18 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Jon Spencer Blues Explosion April 18 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) Diana Krall April 19 CC EEN N TTEE N NN NII AALL O OLL YYM M PPIICC PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Delta Rae, The London Souls April 19 AN A ND D RREEW W JJ AACCK K SSO ON NH HAALL LL (Nashville) Anjelah Johnson April 19 VVO ON N BBRRAAU UN N CCEE N NTT EERR (Huntsville) Eddie Money April 19 ALLYY SS RRO A O BBII N NSSO ON N SSTT EE PPH HEEN N SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Birmingham) Diana Krall April 20 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Diana Krall April 21 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Sleater-Kinney April 21 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Matt & Kim April 21 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Peter Hook April 21 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless April 22 TT H HEE AARREEN N AA AATT G GW WIIN NN NEE TTTT CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) The Who, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts April 23 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Sleater-Kinney April 23 MO M O RRTTO ON N TTH H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Christopher Titus April 23 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless April 23 TT U USSCC AALLO OO OSSAA AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Tuscaloosa,

AL) Needtobreathe, Ben Rector, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Colony House April 23 CCH HA AN NA AU UD DIITT O O RRII U UM M (Huntsville) Christopher Titus April 24 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Joan Armatrading April 25 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Rodney Carrington April 25 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Walk the Moon, The Griswolds April 25 FFRREED D RRIICC K KSS EEQ QU UIIPPM M EEN N TT (Decatur, AL) .38 Special April 25 VVO ON N BBRRA AU UN N CC EEN N TTEE RR (Huntsville) Chicago April 26 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Ryan Adams April 27 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Death Cab For Cutie, The Antlers April 27 MEE M M MO ORRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Chicago April 28 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Five Finger Death Punch April 28 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Ryan Adams April 28 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless April 28 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Godsmack April 28 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Death Cab for Cutie, The Antlers April 29 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Keb’ Mo’ May 1 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Lewis Black May 1 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Steve Winwood May 1 TTII VVO O LLII TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Chattanooga) Lewis Black May 2 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Bill Cosby May 2 VVEERRIIZZO ON NW W IIRREELLEE SSSS A AM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE AATT EEN N CCO O RREE PPA ARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) Doobie Brothers, Don Felder May 2 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) The Robert Cray Band May 2 UN U NII VVEE RRSSIITT YY O OFF A ALLA ABBA AM MA A (Tuscaloosa) Steve Winwood May 2 OA O AK KM MO OU UN NTT A AIIN NA AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE (Pelham,

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CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Ed Kowalczyk May 11 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Jenny Lewis May 11 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Ed Kowalczyk May 12 TT EERRM M IIN NAALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Primal Scream May 12 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Jenny Lewis May 12 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Bette Midler May 13 G EEO G O RRG GIIAA TT H H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Jenny Lewis May 13 EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) Blue October May 13 WO W O LLFF CCRREE EEK K AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) 2 Live Crew May 15 TT H HEE M MAASS Q QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) Ministry May 15 KSS U K U SSPPO O RRTTSS AAN ND D EEN N TTEE RRTTA AIIN NM MEE N NTT PPA ARRK K (Kennesaw, GA) “Shaky Boots Music Festival” Jason Isbell May 16 VVEERRIIZZ O ON NW WIIRREE LLEESSSS AAM MPPPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE A ATT EE N NCC O ORREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) Needtobreathe May 16 SSM MO OK KYY M MO OU UN NTT AAIIN NH H AARRLLEEYY D DA AVVIID DSSO ON N (Maryville, TN) Shooter Jennings May 16 KSS U K U SSPPO O RRTTSS AAN ND D EEN N TTEE RRTTA AIIN NM MEE N NTT PPA ARRK K (Kennesaw, GA) “Shaky Boots Music Festival” Rascal Flatts, Sara Evans, Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band, Cracker May 17 G RRAAN G ND DO OLLEE O OPPRRYY H HO OU USS EE (Nashville) Paramore, Copeland May 17 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Iggy Azeala, Nick Jonas, Tinashe, DJ Wizz Kidd May 19 CC EEN N TTEE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Todd Rundgren May 20 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Kamelot, Dragonforce May 21 VVEERRIIZZ O ON NW WIIRREE LLEESSSS AAM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE A ATT EE N NCC O ORREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) Darius Rucker May 21 KIIN K NG GSS TTO ON ND DO OW WN N SS (Atlanta) (Rome, GA) “Counterpoint Music & Arts Festival” May 22 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Kamelot, Dragonforce May 22

OPE NING THIS WEE K Fifty Shades of Grey R Literature student Anastasia Steele’s life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.

Kingsman: The Secret Service R A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing.

NOW SHOWING American Sniper R

U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent 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

Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Universal Pictures’ “50 Shades of Grey”.

on the book by Chris Kyle with famous role was a superhero, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. makes a Broadway bid for glory.

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

Birdman R A washed-up actor, whose most-

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Black or White PG-13 A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.

Into the Woods PG A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.

Jupiter Ascending PG-13 In a bright and colorful future, a young destitute caretaker gets targeted by a ruthless son of a powerful family that live on a planet in need of a new heir, so she travels with a genetically engineered warrior to the planet in order to stop his tyrant reign.

Paddington PG A family befriends a talking bear at a London train station.

Project Almanac PG-13 A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.

Selma PG-13 A chronicle of Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing.

Famously leading a motley group of scholars, linguists, chess champions and intelligence officers, he was credited with cracking the so-called unbreakable codes of Germany’s World War II Enigma machine. An intense and haunting portrayal of a brilliant, complicated man, this film follows a genius who under nail-biting pressure helped to shorten the war and, in turn, save thousands of lives.

Seventh Son PG-13 Young Thomas is apprenticed to the local Spook to learn to fight evil spirits. His first great challenge comes when the powerful Mother Malkin escapes her con- The Loft R finement while the Spook is Five married guys conspire to away. secretly share a penthouse loft in the city—a place where they can The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge carry out hidden affairs and Out of Water G indulge in their deepest fanSpongeBob goes on a quest to tasies. But the fantasy becomes a discover a stolen recipe that nightmare when they discover takes him to our dimension, our the dead body of an unknown world, where he tangles with a woman in the loft, and they realpirate. ize one of the group must be involved.

Taken 3 PG-13 Ex-government operative Bryan The Wedding Ringer R Mills is accused of a ruthless mur- A shy young groom needs to der he never committed or wit- impress his in-laws, so he turns nessed. As he is tracked and pur- to a best-man-for-hire to help sued, Mills brings out his particu- him out. lar set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.

Unbroken PG-13 After a near-fatal plane crash in The Boy Next Door R WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini Shortly after her divorce, a spends a harrowing 47 days in a woman falls for a younger man raft with two fellow crewmen who just moved in across the before he’s caught by the street, though their torrid affair Japanese navy and sent to a pristakes an obsessive, dangerous oner-of-war camp. turn.

Whiplash R The Imitation Game PG-13 Andrew Neyman is an ambitious During the winter of 1952, British young jazz drummer, single-mindauthorities entered the home of ed in his pursuit to rise to the top mathematician, cryptanalyst and of his elite east coast music conwar hero Alan Turing to investi- servatory. Plagued by the failed gate a reported burglary. They writing career of his father, instead ended up arresting Turing Andrew hungers day and night to himself on charges of ‘gross inde- become one of the greats. cency’, an accusation that would Terence Fletcher, an instructor lead to his devastating more equally more »known for his »conviction for the criminal teaching talents as for his terrifyENIGMA

ing methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young man’s life. Andrew’s passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher continues to push him to the brink of both his ability-and his sanity.

Nick fire up the time machine again to save their friend.

McFarland USA PG A cross country coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.

The Duff PG-13 A high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution COMING SOON after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF Hot Tub Time Machine 2 R (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to When Lou, who has become the her prettier more popular “father of the Internet,” is shot by friends. an unknown assailant, Jacob and

Across 2. Worn to protect the clothing 6. Fermented grape juices 11. Lady's-finger 13. State resident 15. English princess 17. Fixes 18. Ogles 19. Underground part of a plant 20. Deuces 21. Thin glutinous mud 22. Authentic 23. Finish first 25. Biddies 26. Person whose religion is Judaism 30. Devote 32. Modify 36. Complete change 37. Shooting sport 38. Sealing compound 40. Purchase

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11 995544:: Bluesman Joe Turner cuts “Shake, Rattle & Roll” six months before Bill Haley’s version is released...the cover blows up into a giant hit…

they ultimately make the show by a vote of four to three, one of the judges intones that they are “Overall not very original and below standard”...another judge deems them “ponderous and unen11 9966 11:: Smokey Robinson and The tertaining”...and you thought Miracles single “Shop Around” helps American Idol was brutal… ensure Motown Records’ future by becoming the Detroit hit factory’s 1199 6677 :: Acting on a tip, British police first million-seller…this same week raid a party at Redlands, the English Frank Sinatra launches Reprise estate of Keith Richards, looking for Records, thus earning his nickname illegal drugs...police find ampheta“Chairman of the Board”…the mines in singer Mick Jagger’s coat crooner promises Reprise artists and charge him with will have complete creative control possession...Richards is charged and that publishing rights will ulti- with allowing his home to be used mately revert to them…the label for drug-taking, and a third guest is will be a big player in rock with acts charged with heroin such as Neil Young and Jimi Hendrix possession...Richards spends a night signing on… in jail, Jagger gets two...at trial four months later, both Stones are found 11 9966 22:: Demonstrating his skills as a guilty and given stiff sentences...the crossover artist, Ray Charles cuts “I London Times gets behind the two Can’t Stop Loving You” at rockers, questioning the severity of Hollywood’s United Studios…the the sentences in a series of editorisong will rule both pop and country als...due to the media pressure, Richard’s conviction is quashed on charts around the world… appeal, and Jagger’s prison sen11 9966 33:: The Beatles cut their first tence is reduced to a conditional album at Abbey Road Studios in a discharge…this same week, Aretha single 10-hour session... the lads are Franklin records her hit single all suffering from colds and John “Respect” at New York’s Atlantic Lennon’s vocal chords are shredded Studios...written by Otis Redding, by the time they track “Twist and the record will sell over a million Shout”…all the tunes are from their copies and top the Billboard Hot 100 set list at the Cavern Club as pro- chart for two weeks on its way to ducer George Martin is intent on becoming both an American classic capturing the Fab Four with a live and Aretha’s biggest single… vibe...the resulting songs will be released in the US on the LP, 1199 66 88:: Blues harp master Little Introducing...The Beatles…

Walter gets into a fight outside a Chicago club and later dies from his 11 9966 44:: The Beatles make their live injuries…a former sideman for American TV debut on The Ed Muddy Water, his distortionSullivan Show, reaching the eyes drenched tone and jazz-like phrasand ears of over 70 million viewers, ing continue to influence harp playthe largest television audience ever ers today… recorded at the time...the show receives over 50,000 requests for 1199 6699 :: Bob Dylan tracks “Lay Lady tickets…with Beatlemania sweeping Lay” in Nashville…originally intendthe U.S., guitar, bass and drum sales ed to be a part of the soundtrack soar as kids everywhere want to for the film Midnight Cowboy, it’s emulate their newest heroes… submitted too late…a slew of artists will cover the song including The 11 9966 55:: The Who audition for the Byrds, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, The BBC’s Light Programme...though Everly Brothers, Neil Diamond, ENIGMA

Melanie, The Isley Brothers, Duran Continental after The King fell ill Duran, Hoyt Axton and Isaac during a Vegas show…

Hayes…

11 9977 55:: Cher’s TV show debuts a year 1199 7700:: Black Sabbath releases its after her divorce from Sonny debut LP, Friday the 13th…the Bono...the premiere features guest record will establish a template for stars Elton John, Bette Midler and most heavy metal to follow…this comedian Flip Wilson...Cher’s same week The Who’s show at exposed navel generates much Leeds University is recorded and press...the show will last just one the resulting Live at Leeds LP will season… become revered as one of hardestrocking albums ever with Pete 11 9977 66:: Fleetwood Mac begins recordTownshend’s guitar work reflecting ing Rumours in Sausalito, a strong Jimmy Page influence…

California...beset by relationship problems among band members, 1199 7722:: Upon arriving in Singapore to the group manages to funnel their kick off their first Pacific tour, Led personal angst into song and onto Zeppelin are denied entry on tape...one year later, after rumors account of their long hair...viewed of much drug taking, navel-gazing, as a threat to the conservative gov- and general mucking about—for ernment’s campaign to reduce the example, taking a whole month to influence of Western culture on its record a bass drum track—the group citizens, the band is forced to finally releases the album in return to London immediately...the February 1977…it will eventually go tour begins later that week in platinum 20 times over…

Australia…

11 9977 88:: Dire Straits begins tracking its 119977 33:: Elvis Presley gives the doctor debut LP…the lead single, “Sultans who treated him a Lincoln

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of Swing,” will be a mega hit for the band…guitarist Mark Knopfler later reveals the title was inspired by a lackluster jazz band’s performance he witnessed in a near-deserted pub…

1 998811 :: Dark Side of the Moon, Pink 1 Floyd’s eighth LP, becomes the longest-charting album ever at 402 consecutive weeks in the Top 200 Albums chart...the album will stay on the charts for another 189 weeks, for a total of nearly 11 consecutive years in the Top 200...rumor has it that at one point a Capitol Records plant pressed nothing but DSOTM discs...the album will enjoy a resurgence years later, when someone with too much time on his hands realizes that when the CD is synced to The Wizard of Oz, there are a number of musical and lyrical coincidences...the band denies any connection…

1 998822: George Harrison gives UNICEF 1 a check for $9 million—the proceeds of the Concert for Bangladesh held a decade earlier…due to legal tangles, much of the money had been held in an IRS escrow account…the concert did however spur many donations at the time and became the template for later charitable events such as Live Aid and Farm Aid…record sales continue to benefit UNICEF to this day…

1 998866 :: In an odd pop-culture pairing, 1 Culture Club singer Boy George guest stars on an episode of the popular TV show The A-Team...in the episode, Boy is mistakenly booked as country singer Cowboy George at one of the toughest dance halls in the West...Culture Club performs…

1989: A Broadway producer receives a judgment worth $1 million against Aretha Franklin for breach of contract…the Queen of Soul had failed to attend rehearsals for the musical Sing Mahalia Sing due to her fear of flying…

1 9999 22:: Vince Neil is fired as Motley 1 Crue’s lead singer after recording sessions for a new album turn ugly...he’s replaced by John Corabi, formerly of The Scream...the resulting album, Motley Crue, is a commercial disappointment...Neil will reunite with the Crue in 1997…this same week the movie Wayne’s World hits theaters with a soundtrack featuring “Bohemian Rhapsody”…two decades after its original release, Queen’s operatic rave-up revisits the pop chart getting all the way to No. 2…

199 9977 :: U2 announces its upcoming 1 PopMart Tour from where else?—KMart, of course...the band’s press conference, held in the lingerie department of a Manhattan K-Mart, is a raucous affair, including a performance of the B-side “Holy Joe,” as well as the lowdown on the hightech tour, which will include a giant lemon mirrorball, a 12- foot stuffed olive on a 100-foot toothpick, a towering 100-foot golden arch, and the world’s largest-ever LED screen...guitarist The Edge tells reporters “We believe in kitsch.

That’s what we are up to at the moment”…

deceased frontman Jim Morrison the band has no right the old name…the newly formed band ends up touring under “Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of The Doors”…Densmore refuses invitations to participate…

2000044:: Queens of the Stone Age bass 2 player Nick Oliveri is kicked to the curb by last-man-standing Josh Homme…the pair had played together since the early ‘90s, but the out-of-control Olivieri went too far at a show by winging bottles of Corona into the crowd and insulting fans…weeks later, Homme still gets choked up when asked about having to fire his BFF, “It feels almost like my kid went to jail, or I got out of jail. I can’t tell which one.”…Olivieri goes on to play with The Dwarves and Mondo Generator while Homme soldiers on in QOTSA…

199 98 : Axl Rose is arrested following 1 a tussle with an Arizona airport baggage handler…he’s released on bail…on a mellower but perhaps more irritating note, Celine Dion’s single “My Heart Will Go On” sets a record with a 116 million radio plays 2005: Hard rock originators Led 2 in this single week…

Zeppelin, piano-pounding rocker 199 9999 :: Foo Fighter Dave Grohl and Jerry Lee Lewis and deceased rock1 his music publisher sue movie dis- blues singer Janis Joplin receive tributor Miramax for unauthorized Lifetime Achievement Awards at the use of the Fighters’ hit “Big Me” in 47th Grammy ceremonies…Ray the trailer for the film Rounders… Charles receives posthumous awards for his Genius Loves 2000000:: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins dies Company as album and record of 2 after surgery to treat an aneurysm… the year…broadcast by CBS, the cerone of the most flamboyant charac- emonies draw their smallest auditers to emerge during the early days ence since 1995 and are thoroughly of rock, he was known for his wild trounced in the rating by ABC’s shows that featured him climbing Desperate Housewives… out of a coffin surrounded by flaming skulls…his booming baritone 22000066:: Emo band Hawthorne Heights often gave way to maniacal laughter is about to release its album If Only as he delivered twisted renditions You Were Lonely...fearing competiof hits such “I Put a Spell On tion for chart position from Ne-Yo You.”...his offstage life was equally whose album will drop the same colorful...a former boxer, he was day, they email the band’s fans urgknown to get into slugfests back- ing them to visit record stores and stage with rival acts...he also make sure the HH disc is in stock claimed to have 57 children, most of while sabotaging sales of Ne-Yo’s In them the offspring of one-night My Own Words by misplacing those liaisons…married six times Hawkins CDs in the racks… bragged that at his peak he engaged in sex 16 times per day…a website 22000077:: Despite being largely boyset up to identify illegitimate off- cotted by country music fans and spring tallied 33 children, 12 of radio stations after making critical whom got together in a 2001 remarks about President George W. reunion…

Bush’s policies in the run-up to Iraq War in 2003, the Dixie Chicks nail 2000022:: Billboard publishes a list of five Grammys for their unrepentant 2 2001’s top-selling albums: Britney album Not Ready to Make Nice…this Spears’ Britney, $7m; Shaggy’s same week Rod Stewart picks up a Hotshot, $7.2m; Destiny’s Child’s cool million-dollar fee for a halfSurvivor, $7.8m; Linkin Park’s hour set celebrating gazillionaire Hybrid, $8.5m; and Dido’s No Angel, Steve Schwarzman’s 60th birthday in New York… $8.6m…

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speech via satellite…

2009 : Death Cab For Cutie organizes 2 a mock political campaign to prevent Autotune abuse in music production...Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and singer-fiddler Alison Krauss clean up at the Grammy Awards…their rootsy smash LP Raising Sand grabs five awards including record of the year…

201 0: The Halcyon Gallery in 2 London opens “Bob Dylan on Canvas,” an exhibit of the singer’s first paintings...Dylan’s notes for the exhibit read, “I just draw what’s interesting to me, and then I paint it. I can take a bowl of fruit and turn it into a life and death drama.”...across the Atlantic, The White Stripes object to the U.S. Air Force’s unauthorized use of their song “Fell In Love With A Girl” in a Super Bowl ad… a post on the duo’s website about the thinly veiled rip off of their song reads, “The White Stripes takes strong insult and objection to the Air Force Reserves presenting this advertisement with the implication that we licensed one of our songs to encourage recruitment during a war we do not support.”…the ad quickly vanishes…

2012: Adele sweeps all six Grammy 2 categories in which she’s nominated including song of the year for “Rolling in the Deep”…

RRU UM M OOUURR HHAASS IITT… … …May and June are the Gee oorrggee TThhoorrooggoooodd && months for “G TThhee DDee ssttrrooyy ee rrss /BB rrii aa nn SSee ttzzee rr’’ ss Rockabilly Riot Tour 2015.” Stops include Milwaukee, Baltimore, Albuquerque and Saratoga, Calif.

Fans of guitar-driven roots rock are going to love this outing, what with TThhoorrooggoooodd’’ss signature songs such as his rendition of RRuuddyy TToooom m bbss’’ “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” and his own “Bad To The Bone.” Add that to SSee ttzzee rr’’ss SS ttrraa yy CCaattss heritage mixed Orr cchheessttrr aa with his BBrr iiaa nn SSee ttzzeerr O experiences and fans will clap, cheer and whistle all the way through the final encore. …If you had just one final summer, what would you do? For the BBaarr ee nnaakkee dd LL aaddii eess , the answer is easy – tour the U.S., from coast to coast! And that’s just what the guys are going to do in June and July. “It’s the Last Summer on Earth … Again!” ffrroonntt -maa nn EE dd RRoobbee rrttssoonn said. “It’s not a m doomsday prediction; it’s a call to action. We sincerely hope this won’t be the Last Summer on Earth, but just in case, we’re going to ROCK like it is!!” This time around the Canadian rock mm mee ss band is bringing VVii ooll eenntt FFee m

and CCoollii nn H Haa yy of M Meenn AAtt W Woorrkk on the road as special guests. The excursion coincides with the release of the band’s as-yet-untitled new album. The LP is due out on Vanguard Records this summer. You can get an instant download of one track from the album, as well as the digital copy of the full LP upon release, by purchasing tickets to the tour. …An Estonian man was brought to the U.S. to face charges in what federal prosecutors say was a massive copyrightpiracy scheme run through the now-defunct website Megaupload. Prosecutors say the website was cleverly designed to deliberately encourage piracy of movies, TV shows and music by giving users cash incentives to upload pirated content. U.S. District Court records indicate that A A nnddrruuss N Noom mm m was arrested Monday in Alexandria, Virginia, where he is one of seven men indicted three years ago in the Megaupload case. He was initially arrested in the Netherlands in 2012 and had been fighting extradition. A transfer to the U.S. under these circumstances can sometimes indicate that a plea deal has been struck, but there was no indication of that in court

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records. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office had no immediate comment. …Having reformed in 2013 for three Riot Fests, TThhee RReeppll aaccee m mee nnttss played a short run of dates in 2014. Now the band is ready to hit the road once more, in an outing called “Back By Unpopular Demand.” Sure it’s not the same band that called it quits after one final show in Chicago on July 4, 1991. Today’s replacements consist of members guiPP aauull tarist/singer/songwriter Weesstteerr bbee rrgg and bassist TToom W mm myy SSttiinnssoonn along with drummer JJoosshh FFrree eessee and guitarist DDaa vvii dd Miinnee hhaann. They’re calling it the M “first full U.S. tour” by TThhee RReeppll aaccee m mee nnttss since 1991. While the band’s 2014 journey included performances at Southern California’s Coachella, Seattle’s Bumbershoot, Boston Calling and Montreal’s Osheaga Festival, the band kept its wanderings short.

One of several highlights of the tour was when TThhee RReeppll aa cceem mee nnttss returned to its Minnesota roots and headlined Minneapolis’ Midway Stadium, selling all 14,000 tickets in less than 15 minutes.

band’s newly announced shows feature PP aappaa RRoo aacc hh, IInn tthhii ss Moom M mee nntt and W Wii tthhiinn RRee aa ssoonn supporting select dates. G Gooddssm maa cckk is touring in support of its 2014 album, 1000hp. The U.S. tour begins after the band completes its Australian adventure on the “Soundwave Festival.”

…One of the more interesting appearances at the O reunion. It’s Grammys was an EE LLO a prelude to a new album and a tour later this year, but will it fly?

JJee ffff LLyy nnnnee is the heart and soul of the ‘70s pop megagroup, which could be as big as LLyynn nnee wanted it to be. He wrote the music and O produced the albums, but EE LLO was always more of a studio project than a solid touring entity – although the shows were known for their spectacle. EELLO O churned out an arsenal of hits, from “Sweet Talkin’ Woman” to “Telephone Line” to “Mr. Blue O Sky.” LLyynnnn ee hasn’t done an EE LLO performance for 28 years (until O hasn’t toured last year), and EELLO for 34 years, at least with LLyynnnnee at the helm. Versions of the band O Part II, that with names like EELLO Gooddssm maacc kk lays down did not include LLyynn nnee, have …G its headlining dates positioned in found their way to stages over between festival stops. New the past decades. stops for the hard-rockin’ act …The lead guitarist and include Atlanta, Syracuse and founder of the iconic San Chicago with presales beginning Francisco rock band JJoouurr nn eeyy this week. The tour connects the sued the city Friday over a Gooddssm m aacckk’’ss spring outdots for G $240,000 fee to use a city landing, which already includes extravaganzas such as Arizona’s mark for his lavish wedding to a “Pot Of Gold” March 17, “Carolina former reality television star.

Nee aa ll SS cchhoonn married “Real Rebellion” May 3 and Ohio’s N Miicc hhaa eell ee “Rock On The Range” May 15. The Housewives of D.C.” star M

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SSaa llaa hhii in December 2013 at the Palace of Fine Arts. For the reception, the couple rented an adjacent building that once housed the Exploratorium science museum. Schon and his wife complain in their federal lawsuit that San Francisco officials unfairly jacked up the fee for the city’s permit six days before the wedding after learning the couple planned to broadcast the event as a pay-per-view television show. SScc hhoonn called the lastminute fee hike “extortion” and unhappily paid for the permit so the wedding could proceed, according to the lawsuit. SScchhoonn said he had initially agreed to pay the city $58,000. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

Noo M Moorree have …FFaaii tthh N announced the release of a new album, Sol Invictus. Their first LP since 1997’s Album Of The Year, it will be released on May 19 and was recorded in the band’s own studio in Oakland, California. It will be released on their own imprint, Reclamation Records, and distributed by frontman M Mii kkee PPaattttoonn ’’ss label, Ipecac Recordings.

The album release will be preceded by a single, ‘Superhero’. The band will put out the track on 7inch on March 17, with a digital release to follow on March 31.

The band debuted the song during a show at Hyde Park in July 2014.

It comes after ‘Motherfucker’, which was released for Record Store Day’s Black Friday in November of last …Zoolander 2 is appar- year. ently due to start shooting in Rome this spring. After meeting …A man who claims to w iifftt how to with BB eenn SStt iill ll eerr recently, the have taught TTaayy lloorr SSw Maa rrii nnoo, play guitar is reportedly being Mayor of Rome, IIggnnaazzii oo M has announced that the sequel threatened with legal action by w iiff tt’’ss team. RRoo nnnnii ee CCrr ee m mee rr will be filmed in and around the SSw city’s Cinecittà Studios for 12 claims to have given SS w wii fftt twiceweeks in the spring, weekly guitar lessons, helped her ComingSoon.net reports. SSttii ll llee rr record a demo and introduced has written the script for the her to digital recording. He partsequel with actor/screenwriter ed ways with the future pop star JJuussttiinn TThheerroouuxx (Tropic Thunder, because, he told NY Daily News in Iron Man 2, who is also directing. January, her mother acted like “a SSttii ll ll eerr’’ss wife CChhrrii ssttiinn ee TTaa yyll oorr , bull in a china shop”. CCrree m mee rr who played fashion journalist bought the domain name Maa ttiill ddaa JJee ffffrr iiee ss in the first film, ITaughtTaylorSwift.com after the M has recently confirmed she is publication of the article, but Wii ll ll FFee rr rree llll and says he has since been threatreturning, while W OOw wee nn W Wii llssoonn are also rumoured ened with legal action from to be reprising their roles from SSw w iifftt ’’ss team. CCrr eem m eerr told the the original film. Meanwhile, Daily News that lawyers contactPPee nn eell oopp ee CCrruuzz signed up to appear in Zoolander 2 last November. SSttii llll ee rr has revealed that he would like model-turnedDee llee vvii nnggnnee to make actress CCaa rraa D an appearance in the sequel too.

Released in 2001, the original film followed SSttii llll ee rr’’ss dim-witted male model D Dee rree kk ZZooooll aannddee rr as he got sucked into a plot by corrupt fashion executives to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia. It has gained a sizeable cult following in the years since its release.

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ed him on February 6 claiming his wii fftt website violates the TTaayy lloorr SSw trademark and suggests sponsorship or endorsement.

Whhiittee ’’ss managers …JJaa cckk W have branded members of the University of Oklahoma “unprofessional and very unwelcoming” for publishing the rocker’s tour rider in a student newspaper. The Whhiittee SSttrr iippee ss star performer W formed at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma last week, and before the show, details of his backstage requests appeared in the OU Daily, a publication written by students. The Whhii ttee bans rider revealed W bananas at tour venues, demands homemade guacamole, and even includes a recipe to make sure the dip is to his liking. W Whhiittee called out the student editors over the leak, which included the publication of his $80,000 fee for the show, when he took to the stage at the university, telling the crowd, “Just because you can type it on your computer doesn’t make it right,” and his managers later posted a statement on his website blasting the student journalists.

If you know any truths, halftruths or outright lies about the music and club scene send it to Sissy Vance c/o rumoursmill@enigmaonline.com.

1. Paul McCartney 2. The Decemberists 3. Cracker 4. Blackberry Smoke 5. Sleater-Kinney 6. Death Cab For Cutie 7. Modest Mouse 8. Mark Ronson 9. Weezer 10. Lucinda Williams 11. Mariachi El Bronx 12. Trigger Hippy 13. The New Pornographers 14. Belle & Sebastian 15. Brandi Carlile 16. The New Basement Tapes 17. TV on the Radio 18. Tinsley Ellis 19. Hanni El Khatbib 20. Bjork

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What Makes a Very Bad Big Budget Hollywood Movie?

Everyone wonders how a my life watching this movie I that so many of us are fooled Hollywood production compa- would continually press the into believing that we are going to be entertained by a great blockbuster movie with great special effects and a great story, but what happens in the case of Jupiter Ascending is that you have to sit through 2 hours of a nightmare that you can't wait until it's all over. While watching this horrible movie, I was close to walking out several times and now that I have seen

ny can spend so many millions of dollars on an idea or script that is obviously so bad. When you consider how many people create scripts each year, how can a movie be made that clearly has no script or any real idea?

light button to see how much longer I would have sit through this horrible movie.

Obviously this is not a good sign.

It should be obvious to all Hollywood producers that special effects is never a workaround for not having a decent script or a good story idea, but so often I have seen movies where all this is forgotten because they all think that all we need is a great movie trailer showing explosions, aliens and special effects and that would make up for the fact that no time was put into writing a story and a good script. This happens far too often in Hollywood and its shame.

Very recently I saw the movie Jupiter Ascending and while sitting through these 2 hours of pure garbage I could not believe that every single scene made no sense and each scene's connection to the next scene made even less sense.

The entire purpose of the movie seemed to be to come up with reasons to insert special effects to disguise the fact that this very bad movie should never had been made.

While wasting over 2 hours of The end result of all this is ENIGMA

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the entire 2 hours I am surprised I didn't. From here I am going to be curious about what the critics will say about this movie as well as how much movie it will make this weekend and long term. In terms of my life of going to the movie, this has to be one of the worst movies of all times as far as movies I have seen in a movie theatre and paid for.

- Joseph J. Caruso

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