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WARPED PERSPECTIVE As summer heats up so does festival season. One of the longest running touring events gets things kicked off this month as the Vans Warped Tour brings its traveling circus to a town near you. There will be hard rock, punk emo, skaters, posers - you name it. It’s a chance to see many of tomorrow’s stars up close as there is always a lot of interaction between fans and the bands. Bands that have made household names of themselves have taken part of the infamous Warped Tour. Green Day, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, FloggingMolly, Bad Religion, Paramore and even Katy Perry have taken the stage on the tour. To find out who may be the next breakout star on tour go to vanswarpedtour.com and go check out a show.
RIVERFRONT NIGHTS
There’s another free concert series kicking off this month. This one is on Saturday and you can get out of the direct fire of downtown and enjoy great music with the Tennessee River making a perfect backdrop. Riverfront Nights brought to you by Friends of the Festival who also brought you the Riverbend Festival will bring a more polished sound to the riverfront with artists such as the London Souls (pictured on the left) who conjure up the spirit of the British Invasion with a modern twist and original sound and other eclectic artists like electronic pop duo Hank and the Cupcakes (pictured on the right). There will be a variety of music totickle anyone’s musical tastebuds. Check our riverfrontnights.com for more information. ENIGMA
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From the Publisher’s Notebook
FHello dummy. Traffic lights are for people also. Quit walking in front of me when I have the green light.
Do not cross with the street when the orange hand is lo longer flashing. It means DO NOT WALK.
I don’t know who the group Your flip-flops or tennis is that walks around at lunch shoes don’t stand a chance time with ID badges around against my 3,500 pound car. their necks, but they are the - Paul E. Burke Sr. worst. publisher@enigmaonline.com All over the downtown area Cars are turning off Market people are taking their own and Broad and they have the If I don’t see you and run lives in their hands. right of way. over you, it’s your fault.
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Dear Rocco, The Supreme Court recently ruled that gay marriage must be recognized. Can you feel the love? PD
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ssee eess tthhee ggoooodd iinn ppee ooppllee .. HHee’’ss nnoo hhii ss ffoorr ttuunnee w w hhii llee ii nn ooffffiiccee .. AAnndd ddaa rrkk kknnii gghhtt.. w hhii llee hhee ’’ss nnoott tthhee rr ii cchhee sstt rree pprree -w ss ee nnttaattii vvee oouutt tthhee rr ee hhee ddooee ss nn’’tt Dear Rocco, hhaavv ee ttoo llii vvee oonn aannyy kkii nndd ooff bbuuddgg-I’m voting for Bernie Sanders for ee tt.. LLee tt uuss nnoott ffoorr ggee tt hhee cchhaanngg eedd//ddrr ooppppee dd ppaarr ttyy aaffffii llii aattii oonn president. Won’t you join me? ttoo rree m maaii nn iinn ooffffiiccee m moorr ee ss oo tthhaa nn MM bbee ccaauuss ee ooff ppoollii ttii ccaall ii ddeeooll ooggii ccaall DDee aarr M MM M,, cchhaa nnggee .. HHee’’ss aa ccttuuaall ll yy rr uunnnnii nngg YYoouu aarr ee aann ii ddiioott.. YYoouu aa rree llii kkee tthhee uunnddeerr hhii ss ooll dd ppaa rrttyy aa ffffiill iiaa ttiioonn’’ss ttee nnss ooff m mii ll llii oonnss oouutt tthheerr ee ddrrii nnkkii nngg m moonn iikk ee rr tthhaa tt ss hhoouull dd ttee llll yy oouu tthhee KK ooooll --AAii ddee aa nndd aa rree ss hheeee pp bbeeii nngg ss oom meetthhiinngg.. IInn aa ppee rrffee cctt w w oorrll dd llee dd ttoo ssll aauugghhtteerr .. FF iirr sstt ooffff,, hhee’’ss aa tthheerr ee aarr ee ccaannddyy ccaannee ss ,, rr aaii nnbboow wss ssooccii aall iiss tt aa kkaa CCoom mm muunniiss tt.. IItt cc aann’’tt aa nndd uunn iiccoorr nnss.. IInn rree aall iittyy tthhee rree ’’ss nnoott bbee aa bboouutt tthhee m maass ssee ss ffoorr aa ss oocciiee ttyy ss oo ggoo ttoo w w oorrkk aanndd ss uuppppoorrtt yyoouurr -ttoo ss uurr vvii vvee.. M Moobb rr uullee ii ss ddii ssoorr ddeerr .. ss eell ff aa nndd qquuiitt w waaii ttiinngg oonn ss oom meeoonnee Wii tthh ss ooccii aallii ss m W m ccoom mee ss ll oossss ooff ffrr eeee -- ee llss ee ttoo ppaayy yyoouurr rr eess ppoonnssii bbiill iittii eess .. ddoom m.. YYoouurr w wee llll bbee iinngg aanndd w wee llll bbee iinngg ooff yyoouurr ffaam mii llyy w wii llll nnoo ll oonnggeerr Rocco is a common sense, tell-itbbee iinn yyoouurr hhaanndd bbuutt w w hhaatt tthhee ggoovv-- like-it-is, no-nonsense kind of guy eerr nnm mee nntt ddeeccii ddeess .. D D ee m mooccrr aaccyy iiss offering real advice on any subject ffrr ee eeddoom m ooff cchhooii ccee,, ss ee tt uupp w wii tthh aa put before him. Why pay thourruullee ooff cchheecckkss aa nndd bbaall aannccee ss ttoo sands of dollars on a high-priced kkee eepp tthhiinngg ss oonn aa ll eevvee ll ppllaayy iinngg ffiiee lldd therapist when he’ll straighten you aann ddooffffee rrss ttoo aabbiill iittyy ttoo cchhaannggee out for free. If you’d like advice ddiirr ee ccttii oonn vvii aa ffrr ee ee ee ll eecc ttiioo nnss .. from Rocco e-mail him at SSeeccoonndd,, SSaa nnddee rrss iiss aa ccaa rree eerr ppooll iittii -- goaskrocco@yahoo.com or drop cciiaann .. TThhaatt ss hhoouull dd ss aayy iitt aa llll aabboouutt him a line at Ask Rocco c/o Enigma tthhii ss ““m maann ooff tthhee ppee ooppll ee”” .. H Hee ii ss aa P.O. Box 825 Chattanooga, TN muull ttii--m m mii llll iioonnaa iirr ee tthhaatt hhaass aa ttttaaii nneedd 37401.
Dear Rocco, Do you think the Confederate flag Dear Rocco, Who do you think would win in a should be banned? fight between Batman and GR Superman. BA DD eeaarr GGRR,, YYoouu hhaavvee aallrr ee aaddyy sshhoow wnn m mee yyoouurr Dee aarr BBA A,, ii ggnnoorraanncc ee w wii tthh tthhii ss qquueess ttiioonn.. TThhee D ffll aagg yyoouu aanndd ttoonnss ooff m muuss hh--m moouutthhss BBaattm maann hhaa nnddss ddoow wnn.. FF iirr sstt ooffff aarr ee bbii ttcchhiinngg aa bboouutt ii ss nnoott eevv eenn tthhee BBaattm maann ii ss ssm maa rrttee rr.. CCllaa rrkk K Keenntt ii ss CCoonnffee ddee rr aattee ffll aagg iitt ii ss tthhee aann iiddii oott ii ff hhee tthhiinnkkss aa ppaaii rr ooff CCookkee CCoonnffee ddee rraa ttee bbaa ttttll ee ffll aagg –– ttw w oo bboottttll ee ggll aass ss eess aarr ee aa ggoooodd ee nnoouugghh m rr eecc -ttoottaall llyy ddii ffffeerr eenntt ffll aaggss .. AAnndd bbyy tthhee ddiiss gguuiiss ee ttoo kkee eepp ppee ooppll ee ffrr oom waa yy ffllaa ggss aarr ee nnoott rr aacc iiss tt – w – ppee ooppll ee ooggnniizz iinngg hhiim m.. A All ssoo ddeeee pp ddoow wnn maann iiss aa nnggrryy aanndd bboorr ddeerr llii nnee aarr ee.. IInn ttooddaa yy’’ss aa ggee w whhee rree ee vvee rryy -- BBaattm wii tthh hhoonn oorraa bbll ee iinn tteenntt iioonn ss tthhiinngg ll iikkee ssii m mppllee hhii ss ttoorr yy ii ss bbee iinngg eevv ii ll w whheerr eeaa ss SSuuppeerr m maann ii ss CCllii ffffoorrdd tthhee rr eew wrr ii ttttee nn ttoo cchhaa nnggee aa ggeennddaa ss aatt tthhee w whhii m w mss ooff ss oo--ccaall llee dd ss cchhoollaarr ss ii tt ii ss BBiigg RReedd D D oogg,, ss oom meeoonnee w whhoo ddooee ssnn’’tt k k n n o o w w h h e e s s o o w w n n s s t t r r e e n n g g tthh aa nndd oonnll yy hhaarr dd ttoo kknnoow w ee xxaaccttll yy w w hhaa tt oouurr hhii ss -ENIGMA
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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Caustic language may cause you to want to get out of the house. Be discreet about your personal life or whereabouts. Be mysterious. You will be entertained and intrigued by the logic foreigners possess. Help those incapable of taking care of their personal affairs. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Delays are evident. You can enjoy the company of others and come in contact with an ideal mate, if you get out and mingle. Take things slowly, especially for the sake of those you love. Take time to relax. Stress and pressure at home may have worn
you ragged.
tionship to progress. Don't be a pest Your luckiest events this month will or a troublemaker this month. You occur on a Friday. Your luckiest events this month will can discuss your findings behind occur on a Saturday. closed doors with your boss. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) GEMINI Your luckiest events this month will You can make favorable changes in (May 22-June 21) occur on a Friday. your home environment. Remain Don't let other people meddle in calm and you'll shine. Passion your private affairs. Family outings LEO should be your goal. Opportunities should include visiting friends or (July 23-Aug 22) for romance are present. You may relatives. You will be prone to careTry not to jump to conclusions. feel that someone at work is holding lessness that could result in acci- Opportunities for travel and commu- you back. dents. Romance may be better than nication are evident. Concentrate on you ever thought possible. your career and on making money. Your luckiest events this month will Overindulgent people will cause dis- occur on a Sunday. Your luckiest events this month will ruptions in your life. occur on a Thursday. CAPRICORN Your luckiest events this month will (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) CANCER occur on a Tuesday. You can make moves, but they won't (June 22-July 22) be settling. Don't overspend to You may need the space, but you VIRGO impress someone who interests you. need the extra cash more. Express (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) You must not let others talk you into your interest if you want the rela- You will do well in social settings, doing things that will probably limit and new and interesting individuals you financially at a later date. Your may spark a romantic curiosity. Look attitudes at work will open new into alternatives that would better avenues for you. suit both your needs. Your emotional life may be up in the air if your Your luckiest events this month will mate has been going through a occur on a Friday. change of heart. You will both have to bend if you want this union to AQUARIUS work. (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Take time to reevaluate your Your luckiest events this month will motives regarding friendships. occur on a Sunday. Deception regarding joint finances or investments will cause upsets LIBRA between family members. Don't pre(Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) judge. You may get drawn into a perYou may have to take a short trip to sonal situation that will not be to visit someone who hasn't been well. your liking. You can ask for favors or Sudden changes regarding your run your ideas by those who will be domestic scene are probable. If able to support your objectives. you're single, get out there and you'll meet someone new. You will Your luckiest events this month will find that friends or relatives may not occur on a Monday. understand your needs. PISCES Your luckiest events this month will (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) occur on a Wednesday. Risky ventures may turn in your favor. You could meet an interesting SCORPIO individual you'll want to get to know (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) better. Stress coupled with diet will A little overtime may help you add to stomach problems. You may reduce the workload. You may have find your self in a romantic situaproblems with those you live with. tion. Cultural activities open your eyes to new ways of doing things. An older Your luckiest events this month will member of your family may have left occur on a Saturday. you with a pressing situation. ENIGMA
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THE ASSASSINATION OF CHRIS KYLE “AMERICAN SNIPER” BY THE COWARD EDDIE RAY ROUTH AND THE MISGUIDED QUEST FOR FAME FROM KILLING A “GUNMAN” AND ITS LINK TO OBTAINING FAME FROM COMMITTING MASS KILLING Texas February 2013. A veteran and his friend take a young man they believe to be suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to the shooting range as a type of therapy. The alleged PTSD sufferer shoots both killing them. The veteran is Chris Kyle a former Navy Seal sniper who is credited with killing over one hundred of the enemy in the Iraqi war. Routh’s military record would show he never saw combat. Routh had been arrested for several misdemeanor offenses and had used his PTSD claim to influence police officers to give him a break in some cases. This is not the first time a misfit has killed a man proficient with weapons (a “gunman”). It is my opinion they do it to become famous and to bask in the notoriety. On a summer afternoon in
Deadwood, later to be South been a Deputy United States pers and even inflated in cheap Dakota, a war veteran and for- Marshal, Sheriff and town mar- “dime novels” of the period. His assassin, Jack McCall was by all accounts an unknown drifter described by the Daily Leader, a newspaper of the time, as “...a medium sized man. His brown eyes are slightly crossed and restless, and he has an impediment in his speech. “Thus a famous, even at that time, “Man of Arms” was gunned down from behind by a shifty miscreant for no apparent reason.
mer lawman who had survived several gunfights sat playing cards in a bar. A person moved behind the former lawman pulled a revolver and shot him in the back of the head. Death was instantaneous. The date was August 2, 1876. The murdered man was James Bulter “Wild Bill” Hickok. Hickok had survived being a Civil War scout and had
shal in different places. Hickok had used deadly force on several occasions and was a noted “Gunfighter”. His exploits had been widely reported in newspa-
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In the living room of a house in St. Joseph, Missouri a man removes his coat due to the heat. He then unbuckles a pistol belt with two holstered revolvers saying “I guess I’ll take off my pistols
for fear somebody will see them if I walk in the yard.” As he either attempts to straighten up or dust off a picture on the wall he is shot in the head from behind. Death is instantaneous. The date is April 2,1882. The murdered man was Jesse Woodson James another Civil War veteran who had survived being seriously wounded during the war. Jesse had become famous after the war for a series of bank and train robberies. His assassin was a then unknown person Bob Ford who was basically a “wannabe” who had become a member of Jesse’s gang. Another August but this time in El Paso, Texas a man is gambling with dice in the Acme Saloon. He has just rolled and tells another gambler “You have four sixes to beat.” A man limps through the swinging doors of the bar and fires a revolver shooting the gambler behind the right ear. Death is instantaneous. The
had some small reason for his these craven warped criminals. killing of Hardin. (Selman’s son Some of the American media had arrested Hardin’s girlfriend). have adopted the policy of not using the shooter’s name. I believe that these types of Perhaps all the media outlets “assassinations” will continue to should adopt this policy. I realize occur where envious hangers on this quest for fame is not the or wannabes who covet the fame only reason some of these conand recognition of another kill temptible psychos carry out their the famous person. These assas- attacks. However it needs to be sins seem to think that the killing recognized and addressed as a of some famous “gunman” who probable reason these shootings they have fixated on or somehow are committed. Otherwise we I believe that there were similar peripherally involved themselves may just keep having cowards motives for these killings. Here with will make them famous. killing innocents to attain recognition. are four cases in which famous Sadly it often does. men of arms were gunned down by men who were either failures This may also be the reason that As I finish typing this there are and/or small time criminals.. I many (if not all) of the deranged reports of a mass shooting in think it should be noted that in evil mass shooters of recent Charleston. The shooter has been three of these murders there was years carry out their murderous arrested and I have heard his no apparent reason for the attacks. They want the fame, name numerous times. He killing. Jack McCall gave a lame actually infamy attached to com- reportedly left one person alive story about being hired to kill mitting these heinous crimes. In so that they could tell the world Hickok. Bob Ford could have led most cases these cowards get the what he had done. Jesse into a trap but instead attention they want. This is the chose to shoot him from behind. reason some countries don’t pub- I rest my case. Routh said later he wanted to licize the names or photos of - Mark Haskins “steal their souls (of Kyle and friend). Only Selman may have shooter fires two more shots with one hitting the gambler in the chest. The gambler is noted gunman John Wesley Hardin who is credited with killing 42 men. The shooter is a former cattle rustler previously indicted and arrested by the Texas Rangers. However, he had escaped evidently put his past behind and has now been elected town constable of El Paso.
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ONATELAUNEE TOWNSHIP, Pa. (UPI) - More than a dozen different police departments in a southeastern Pennsylvania county responded to a wedding brawl that grew violently out of control Monday night, according to reports. Police arrested seven people — including the groom — during the altercation in Ontelaunee Township, which reportedly began over a guest letting her 14-year-old son drink alcohol. Officers from Northern Berks Regional Police were the first on scene, but they called for rein-
forcements after guests, some shirtless and bloodied, threatened them. Police from 16 different departments across Berks County responded and attempted to control the crowd. Police say one guest was unfazed after an officer twice used a stun gun on him, and the groom, Nicholas Papoutsis, 31, reportedly challenged police to fight before being subdued and charged with disorderly conduct, interfering with the administration of law and public drunkenness. Emergency workers meanwhile treated his bride for alcohol poisoning and dehydration. The involved officers came from
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departments in Fleetwood, Hamburg, Penn State, Berks County, Wyomissing, Bern, Spring, Tilden, Reading and Muhlenberg, among other locations. Four officers from Northern Berks Regional and Muhlenberg Township reportedly sustained minor injuries in the incident and received medical treatment at Reading Hospital. Police say the 14-year-old boy in question blew a .16 percent bloodalcohol content and told officers he drank two beers. Those blowing a .08 percent BAC are considered legally drunk in the state of Pennsylvania. The Reading Eagle quoted Northern Berks Regional
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Police Chief Scott W. Eaken as saying, “Several people were trying to be a calming influence in all of this, but at that point, alcohol had taken over.” MARINGA, Brazil (UPI) - A man who parked in a disability accessible space without a placard in Brazil returned to find his car covered in Post-it notes to form the wheelchair symbol. A video posted to YouTube by Juliano Eduardo shows the car covered in blue and white sticky notes to draw the
International Symbol of Access — a stick figure in a wheelchair — on the back and side of the vehicle after it was illegally parked in an accessible space in the city of Maringa. The car’s driver can be seen in the video working to hurriedly clear the small sheets of paper from the windshield so he can drive away while members of the public gawk, laugh and shout jeers at him. The spectators include a man who appears to be a traffic police officer. The man eventually rolls down the driver’s side window and speeds away, nearly getting into a collision while merging into traffic. HUNTVILLE, AL - Sure, kids can be demanding. What parent hasn’t had a child threaten to hold their breath unless they get the toy they want? But the teen in today’s story is having a tough time letting go of the apron strings. This Alabama teenager was arrested after authorities say he followed through on a bizarre threat to kill his mother’s chickens unless she mended the relationship between him and his girlfriend. Haden Smith, 18, was charged with domestic violence third degree and criminal mischief. Deputies say the situation started when Smith texted his mother, threatening to kill one of her chickens every 15 minutes until she contacted his girlfriend’s parents and attempted to mend their broken relationship. Although I don’t think this would be the first time Haden has choked the chicken. Deputies claim Smith gave his mother a deadline of noon before
he started to kill the chickens. They also say he threatened to burn his mother’s house down, kill any deputies that arrived on the scene, and kill himself. Odd that his girlfriend should have left him. He then began sending his mother picture messages of each chicken he killed at 15-minute intervals, killing six in total before he was arrested, deputies say. There’s no word on Smith’s current relationship status. A barbecue is scheduled for the day after tomorrow. BOGOTA (UPI) - Authorities in Colombia said a woman was arrested at an airport in the capital when her breast implants were found to contain 3.3 pounds of liquid cocaine. Authorities said Paola Deyanira Sabillon, 22, drew the attention of security staff at El Dorado International Airport when she appeared nervous in line and X-rays determined she had recently undergone surgery on her breasts. Sabillon, who is from Honduras and was preparing to fly to Spain, told investigators she received breast implants filled with an unknown substance she had been hired to transport. The implants were removed at a Bogota hospital and Sabillon was treated for an infection stemming from the original surgery, which is believed to have taken place at a clinic in Pereira, Colombia. The substance inside the implants was determined to be cocaine, authorities said. Sabillon was hospitalized for five days before being released into police custody.
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ADELAIDE, Australia (UPI) - An Australian doctor has warned against the dangers of so-called “skinny jeans,” citing a patient who collapsed after a day of strenuous activity while wearing tight pants. Neurologist Thomas Kimber, of the Royal Adelaide Hospital, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp., on Tuesday that a 35-year-old woman from Adelaide was recently hospitalized after wearing skinny jeans. Kimber said the woman was helping a relative move and spent the day squatting to help them clean. “She noticed that her legs were becoming increasingly uncomfortable as the day went on [but] didn’t really think much of it,” Kimber said. The woman didn’t notice anything was wrong until she fell on the sidewalk and couldn’t get up again. “By this time it was dark and quite late at night and she was unable to stand up again, and really was there for some time before she could crawl to the side of the road, hail a cab and bring herself to the Royal Adelaide Hospital,” Kimber said. The woman’s legs were so swollen that hospital staff had to cut her jeans off of her body. She suffered severe muscle swelling and nerve compression and had to be treated with intravenous fluids. According to a Kimber’s report of the incident, which was published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, the patient suffered compartment syndrome — when increased pressure to body parts, particularly the leg or forearm, leads to muscle or nerve damage.
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“We believe it was the combination of the squatting and tight jeans that caused the problem,” Kimber said in the report. The woman was unable to walk for several days but eventually made a full recovery. “The take home message I would like to leave people is if they are going to doing a lot of squatting ... wear something looser, with more elasticity perhaps,” he added. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - They say Australians are tough. Even so, it seems a little extreme to go wandering around the streets punching babies in the face. But then, if you have to grow up in Australia you might as well get acclimated to it early. Maybe that was the motivation of a homeless man who unloaded a knuckle sandwich on a little girl’s face outside a cafe in Sydney. Police reported the 16month-old was in her baby stroller with her parents outside the cafe around 11:30 a.m. The homeless man approached the baby stroller and punched her in the face, apparently without reason or provocation. The man ran from the scene and the baby’s father ran after him while telling passersby to contact the police. Officers who arrived at the scene, caught the homeless man hiding inside a nearby building. The 28-year-old Nicholas Troy Bolas was arrested and charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. The baby suffered a small laceration to the face and was treated at the scene by paramedics.
JULY 3& 5
LAWRENCE KILLEBREW
KILLEBREW FIRST BURST ONTO THE COMEDY SCENE IN NOVEMBER OF 2004, AT THE RASCALS COMEDY CLUB IN CHERRY HILL, NJ. AT THE AGE OF 23, LAWRENCE BEGAN PERFORMING AT COMEDY FRANCHISES SUCH AS THE LAFFFACTORY, IMPROV, AND RASCALS COMEDY CLUBS LOCATED ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, ALONG WITH ENTERTAINING THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF VIEWERS AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ALONG THE EAST COAST. SINCE THEN, HE HAS CONTINUED HIS JOURNEY FROM AN AMATEUR OPEN MIC PERFORMER, TO AN UP-AND-COMING COMIC AND HAS BECOME A WELL-KNOWN AND RESPECTED COMEDIAN.
JULY 9-11
KILLER BEAZ
WITH HIS TRADEMARK “ SAVE UP! ” REFRAIN, KILLER BEAZ HAS BECOME A FAMILIAR, BELOVED PERFORMER TO MILLIONS OF COMEDY FANS NATIONWIDE. BEAZ DELIVERS EDGY, HIGH-ENERGY “ EVERYMAN ” STYLE HUMOR THAT APPEALS TO A WIDE AUDIENCE FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA TO MIAMI, FLORIDA. A GIFTED STORYTELLER, WITH TONS OF PUNCH LINES, HIS SHOWS ARE FAST PACED AND FUN! DON ’ T MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH “ THE BEST BUZZ IN TOWN! ” SEE HIS STAGE PERFORMANCE LIVE...YOU'LL BE "STUNG FOR LIFE!"
JULY 12
GIRL ON GIRL COMEDY REVUE
“GIRL ON GIRL COMEDY & REVUE” IS A COMEDY SERIES FEATURING THE BEST REGIONAL FEMALE AND GLBT COMEDIANS AND PERFORMERS.GIRL ON GIRL COMEDY IS A STANDUP UP COMEDY SERIES FEATURING THE HOTTEST IN FEMALE AND GLBT COMEDIANS AS WELL AS SOME AMAZING VARIETY PERFORMERS, INCLUDING BURLESQUE AND POLE DANCERS. GET READY FOR SOME GIRL ON GIRL COMEDY! IT'S SEX IN THE CITY MEETS LISA LAMPANELLI, KATHY GRIFFIN, CHELSEA HANDLER, AND MARGARET CHO!
JULY 16-19
DALE JONES
SEEN ON THE LAST COMIC STANDING "ERNEST GOES TO CRACK." DALE'S MACHINE GUN STYLE DELIVERY AND ANIMATED FACIALS COMBINED WITH QUICK IMPROVISATIONS AND NON-STOP PHYSICAL COMEDY HAS LED TO TV APPEARANCES ON FOX, THE COMEDY NETWORK IN CANADA AND IN THE MOVIE "OUT OF TIME" WITH DENZEL WASHINGTON. HE MADE IT TO THE FINAL 18 ON NBC'S LAST COMIC STANDING. DALE HAS BECOME A FAVORITE HERE AT THE COMEDY CATCH AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS HIGH ENERGY SHOW!
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SEEN ON THE LAST COMIC STANDING CURRENTLY SEEN ON THE NEW TV SHOW "I CAN DO THAT" ON NBC. HE WAS ALSO THE STAR IN DIERKS BENTLY'S HIT MUSIC VIDEO, "DRUNK ON A PLANE", AND HOST OF "NUMBNUTS" ON MTV2, HIS "COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS, JAFF DYE" RE-AIRS ON COMEDY CENTRAL, AND THE 2ND SEASON OF HIS OTHER SHOW "MONEY FROM STRANGERS" RETURNS ON MTV. JEFF GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION WHEN HE WAS A FINALIST ON NBC’S EMMY NOMINATED SERIES "LAST COMIC STANDING" AND THEN PERFORMED IN A 50 CITY TOUR WITH THE OTHER TOP VOTE GETTERS.
JULY 30
D.J. LEWIS
SEEN ON THE LAST COMIC STANDING. D.J IS BACK HOME IN THE SOUTH FOR A FEW WEEKS AND WILL BE HEADLINING HIS HOME CLUB.SEEN ON THE JOSH WOLF SHOW ON CMT.
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WEED W DN NEESSD DA AYY JJ uullyy 11 RRA AW W (Chattanooga) Open Jam LLA ASS M MA ARRG GA ARRIITT A A’’SS (Chattanooga) Priscilla & Little Rickee TTH H EE TT A AVVEERRN N (Soddy-Daisy) Roberts & Sims TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE SS TTA ATT EE FFA AIIRRG G RRO OU UN ND DSS (Nashville) Van’s Warped Tour
TT H HU URRSSD DA AYY JJuu llyy 22 BBU UD D’’ SS (Chattanooga) DJ Hammer TTRREE M MO ON NTT TT A AVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Songwriters Showcase CCA AM M PP H HO OU USSEE (Chattanooga) Open Mic RRH HYY TT H HM M && BBRREE W WSS (Chattanooga) Torres AA A ARRO ON N ’’SS A AM MPPH HII H HEEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Van’s Warped Tour TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Tinsley Ellis GRRA G AN ND DO O LLEE O O PPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Morrissey D && LLYY N 33RRD ND DSSLLEE YY (Nashville) Esperanza Spalding MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Gogol Bordello
JULY 23-26
JEFF DYE
Lawrence Killebrew SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) World Party RRO O CC K K SSPPRRIIN NG G SS CC H HU U RRCCH H (Milner, GA) The Charlie Daniels Band EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) Melvins, Le Butcherettes
FFRRIID DA AYY JJuu llyy 33 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Lawrence Killebrew RRA AW W (Chattanooga) DJ Barnaby RRH HYY TT H HM M && BBRREE W WSS (Chattanooga) Zoso MIILLLLEE RR PPLLA M AZZA A (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” Hypnotic Jazz Band CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) World Party TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Esperanza Spalding
SSA ATT U URRD DA AYY JJ uullyy 44 WO W OLL FF CC RREEEEK KA AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Mint Condition, Bobby Brown, Juvenile, 8Ball & MJG, Tweet. JJ Williamson TTH H EE FF O OU UN ND DRRYY (Athens, GA) Dom Flemons DA D AIISSYY D DU UK KEE’’ SS (Nashville) The Things They Carried, Light Out Paris
SSU UN ND DA AYY JJuu llyy 55 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga)
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TTRREE M MO ON N TT TTAAVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Trivia Night TTH H EE O O FFFFIICC EE (Chattanooga) SpeakEasy FFO OXX && H HO OU UN ND D (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter HIIG H GH HW WAATT TT (Nashville) Mates of State
TT U UEESSD DA AYY JJuu llyy 77 TTRREE M MO ON N TT TTAAVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade RRH H YY TTH HM M && BBRREE W WSS (Chattanooga) Uptown Big Band GEEO G O RRG GIIAA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Between The Buried And Me, Animals As Leaders, The Contortionist DRRU D UN NK KEEN NU UN NII CCO O RRN N (Atlanta) U.S. Bastards
WEED W DN NEESSD DA AYY JJuu llyy 88 RRAAW W (Chattanooga) Open Jam LLA ASS M MAARRG G AARRIITT AA’’SS (Chattanooga) Priscilla & Little Rickee TTH H EE TT AAVVEERRN N (Soddy-Daisy) Roberts & Sims BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Imagine Dragons, Metric, Halsey IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Floetry
U PPCC O U OM MIIN NG G EEVVEEN NTT SS MIILLLLEE RR PPLLAAZZAA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Ryan Oyer July 10 CCH H AASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Daryl Hall & John Oates July 10 VVEE RRIIZZO ON NW WIIRREE LLEESSSS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE AATT EEN NCC O ORREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) R5, Jacob Whitesides, Ryland July 10 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Train, The Fray, Matt Nathanson July 10 DAALLTT O D ON ND DEE PPO OTT (Dalton, GA) Georgia Pine July 11 VVA AN ND DEE RRBBIILL TT SS TTAAD D IIU UM M (Nashville) Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch July 11 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) The Bacon Brothers July 11 FFRREED D RRIICCK K BBRRO OW WN N JJRR.. AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) KC & the Sunshine Band July 11 WO W OLLFF CCRREE EEK K AA M MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Fantasia, Musiq Soulchild, Dru Hill July 11 CCEE N NTT EERR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Floetry July 11 FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Anthony Bourdain
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July 11 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Fall Out Boy, Wiz Kalifa, Hoodie Allen July 12 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) Barenaked Ladies, Violent Femmes, Colin Hay July 12 TT H HEE W WO OO OD D SS AATT FFO ON NTT A AN NEE LL (Whites Creek, TN) Barenaked Ladies, Violent Femmes, Colin Hay July 13 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Three Days Grace, Finger Eleven, Devour The Day July 13 EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) Peewee Moore, Samantha Harlow July 13 CC EEN N TTEE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Neon Trees, Coin, Fictionist July 13 TT H HEE IIN N TTEE RRN NAATT IIO ON N AALL (Knoxville) Theory Of A Deadman July 13 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Imagine Dragons, Metric, Halsey July 14 H EEAAVVEEN H N AATT TT H HEE M MAASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Death Grips July 14 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Neon Trees, Coin, Fictionist July 14 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) Rod Stewart, Richard Marx July 15 TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Saliva, Kellen Heller July 15 TT U USSCC AALLO OO OSSAA AAM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Tuscaloosa) Rod Stewart July 16 TT H HEE FFO OU UN ND DRRYY (Athens, GA) Lee DeWyze July 16 TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Saliva July 16 M IILLLLEERR PPLL AAZZAA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Selwyn Birchwood July 17 AAARRO A ON N’’ SS AAM MPPH H IIH HEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) Fall Out Boy, Wiz Kalifa, Hoodie Allen July 17 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Kate Pierson July 17 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) Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sharon Jones & The DapKings, Doyle Bramhall II July 17 RREE D D CC LLAAYY M MU U SSIICC FFO OU UN ND D RRYY (Duluth, GA) The Freddy Jones Band July 17 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) “American Idol Live” July 17 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Stephen Stills July 17 AAARRO A ON N’’ SS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Lady Antebellum, Hunter Hayes, Sam Hunt July 18 WO W O LLFF CCRREE EEK K AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) Cameo, Midnight Star, Atlantic Starr, Brick, Double D July 18 BBU UCC K KH H EEAAD D TTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Stephen Stills July 18 G EEO G O RRG GIIAA TT H H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Kate Pierson July 18 FF EESSTT IIVVA ALL CC EEN NTT EE RR (Duluth, GA) Vertical Horizon July 18 SSLL O OSSSS FF U URRN NAACC EE SS (Birmingham) “Sloss Music & Arts Festival” Modest Mouse, First Aid Kit July 18 O AAK O KM MO OU UN N TTAAII N N AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE A ATT RREE (Pelham, AL) Dierks Bentley July 18 AAARRO A ON N’’ SS AAM MPPH H IIH HEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) Kid Rock, Foreigner July 19 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Kate Pierson, Mike & Ruthy July 19 SSLL O OSSSS FF U URRN NAACC EE SS (Birmingham) “Sloss Music & Arts Festival” Primus, Grifters, First Aid Kit July 19 CC O OBBBB EE N NEE RRG GYY PPEERRFF O ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Fifth Harmony, Natalie La Rose,
Bea Miller, Debby Ryan & The Neverending July 20 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Rob Thomas July 21 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Fifth Harmony, Natalie La Rose, Bea Miller, Debby Ryan & The Neverending July 21 MEE RRCCYY LLO M OU UN NG GEE (Nashville) Veruca Salt July 21 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Rob Thomas July 22 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Toadies July 22 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA BBO O TTAAN N IICC AALL G GAARRD D EEN N (Atlanta) Smashmouth, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Tonic July 23 IIM M PPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Tim Meadows July 23 MIILL LLEERR PPLLAAZZ AA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Band of Heathens July 24 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Idina Menzel July 24 WO W O LLFF CC RREEEE K K AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Kem July 24 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA BBO O TTAAN N IICC AALL G GAARRD D EEN N (Atlanta) The Beach Boys July 24 IIM M PPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Tim Meadows July 24 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) The Vamps July 24 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Lera Lynn July 24 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Delbert McClinton July 24 RRIIVVEERRFFRRO ON NTT N N IIG GH H TTSS (Chattanooga) Shanytown, Ragdoll July 25 SSO OU UTT H HEE RRN NG G RRO OU UN ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Fayetteville, GA) Blood Sweat & Tears July 25 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Keith Sweat, After 7 Feat. Kevon Edmonds, Troop, Shai July 25 AAARRO A ON N ’’SS AAM MPPH H IIH HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson July 25 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Slipknot, Lamb Of God, Bullet For My Valentine, Motionless In White July 26 IIM M PPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Tim Meadows July 25 BBJJCC CC CCO ON NCC EERRTT H H AALLLL (Birmingham) Fifth Harmony, Natalie La Rose, Bea Miller, Debby Ryan & The Neverending July 25 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Every Time I Die, Real Friends, Counterparts, Gnarwolves, Brigades July 26 AAARRO A ON N SS AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) Slipknot, Lamb Of God, Bullet For My Valentine, Motionless In White July 26 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Diana Krall July 27 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) 311 July 28 TT H HO OM MPPSSO ON N BBO O LLIIN NG G AARREEN N AA (Knoxville) James Taylor July 28 TT H HEE LLO OFF TT (Atlanta) Jake Miller July 28 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga July 29 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) KMFDM, Chant July 29 AAARRO A ON N ’’SS AAM MPPH H IIH HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) “Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival” Slayer, King Diamond, Devil Wears Prada, Hellyeah, Whitechapel, Code Orange, Feed Her To The Sharks, Jungle Rot, Kissing Candice, Shattered Sun, Sister Sin, Sworn In, Thy Art Is Murder July 29 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Shirley MacLaine July 30 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Nashville) Eric Church, J Roddy Walston & the Business July 30
TTH H EE W WO OO OD DSS A ATT FF O ON N TTA AN N EELL (Whites Creek, TN) R5, Jacob Whitesides, Ryland July 30 MA M ASSQ QU UEE RRA AD D EE M MU USSIICC PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Faith No More July 30 AA A ARRO ON N ’’SS A AM MPPH HII H HEEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Toby Keith, Colt Ford July 30 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) The Molly Ringwalds July 30 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Shania Twain, Gavin DeGraw July 31 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Pat McGee July 31 AA A ARRO ON N ’’SS A AM MPPH HII H HEEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Phish July 31 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Shinedown, Nothing More July 31 OA O AK KM MO OU UN NTT A AIIN NA AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE (Pelham, AL) Toby Keith July 31 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) The Molly Ringwalds July 31 RRIIVVEERRFFRRO ON NTT N NIIG GH HTT SS (Chattanooga) London Souls, Jordan Hallquist & he Outfit August 1 RRIIVVEERR SSTT RREEEE TT TTA AVVEERRN N (Ellijay, GA) Ramble in the Attic August 1 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Shania Twain, Gavin DeGraw August 1 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Pat McGee August 1 AA A ARRO ON N ’’SS A AM MPPH HII H HEEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Phish August 1 WO W OLL FF CC RREEEEK KA AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Joe, Ruben Studdard, Mystikal, Donell Jones, Adina Howard, Griff August 1 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) Hillsong United, Crowder, Kari Jobe, Bethel Music, Lauren Daigle, Trip Lee, DJ Promote, Shaun Groves, Nick Hall August 1 RRIIVVEERRFFRRO ON NTT PPA ARRK K (Nashville) Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire August 1 BBJJCC CC CC O ON NCC EERRTT H HA ALL LL (Birmingham) Jill Scott August 1 AA A ARRO ON N ’’SS A AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, Rae Sremmurd, Tinashe, Dej Loaf August 2 CCH HA ASSTT A AIIN N PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Jill Scott August 2 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) The English Beat August 2 TTU U SSCC A ALLO OO O SSA AA AM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Tuscaloosa) Phish August 2 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Andy Grammer, American Authors August 2 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Deep Purple August 2 CCH HA ASSTT A AIIN N PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Counting Crows, Hollis Brown, Citizen Cope August 3 RRIIVVEERRFFRRO ON NTT PPA ARRK K (Nashville) Phish August 4 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Kasey Chambers August 4 ZZYY D DEECC O O (Birmingham) Whitechapel August 4 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Upon A Burning Body, Dance Gavin Dance, A Skylit Drive, Iwrestledabearonce, Within The Ruins, Oceano, Dayshell, Come The Dawn, Chasing Safety, Conquer Divide August 4 AA A ARRO ON N ’’SS A AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) 5 Seconds of Summer August 5 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Kasey Chambers August 5 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit August 5 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTEE RR (Nashville) Jill Scott August 5 CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) The Aquarium Rescue Unit August 6 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Dark Star
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Orchestra August 6 NAASS H N HVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICC IIPPAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) “Ink-N-Iron Festival” Merle Haggard, Three Times Bad August 7 BBIICC EEN N TTEE N NN NII AALL CC AAPPIITTO O LL M M AALLLL SSTT AATT EE PPA ARRK K (Nashville) Reverend Horton Heat August 7 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Alice in Chains August 7 WAARR M W M EEM MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) “Happy Together Tour” The Turtles feat. Flo & Eddie, The Association, Mark Lindsay, The Grass Roots, The Buckinghams, The Cowsills August 7 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Nashville) Counting Crows, Citizen Cope, Hollis Brown August 7 TT EEN NN NEESS SSEEEE TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) “Weird Al” Yankovic August 7 TT H HEE IIN NTT EERRN N AATTII O ON N AALL (Knoxville) 10 Years, Nonpoint, The Family Ruin, Awaken The Empire August 7 FFO O XX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) My Morning Jacket, Mini Mansions August 7 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit August 7 TT H HEE EEAARRLL (Atlanta) Nashville Pussy August 7 RRIIVVEERRFFRRO ON NTT N N IIG GH H TTSS (Chattanooga) The Whiskey Gentry, The Mules August 8 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) ThePianoGuys August 8 FFO O XX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) My Morning Jacket, Mini Mansions August 8 TT H HEE M MAASSQ QU UEE RRAAD D EE (Atlanta) “The Wrecking Ball” August 8 TT O OW WN N CC EEN NTT EE RR PPAARRK K (Suwanee, GA) Soul Asylum August 8
NA N ASSH H VVIILLLLEE M MU UN N IICC IIPPA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) “Ink-N-Iron Festival” Three Times Bad August 8 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Alice in Chains August 8 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTEE RR (Nashville) Steely Dan, Elvis Costello August 8 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Good Old War August 8 CCH HA ASSTT A AIIN N PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Steely Dan, Elvis Costello August 9 NA N ASSH H VVIILLLLEE M MU UN N IICC IIPPA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) “Ink-N-Iron Festival” Three Times Bad August 9 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTEE RR (Nashville) The Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson August 9 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Christina Perri August 9 TTH H EE N N IICC K K (Birmingham) Nashville Pussy August 9 BBJJCC CC CC O ON NCC EERRTT H HA ALL LL (Birmingham) My Morning Jacket, Mini Mansions August 10 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) KMFDM, Chant, Inertia August 11 TTH H EE BBO OW WEERRYY (Knoxville) Nashville Pussy August 11 BBLLU UEEBBIIRRD D CC A AFFÉÉ (Nashville) Will Kimbrough, Brigitte DeMeyer August 11 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) The Charlie Daniels Band, Travis Tritt, Montgomery Gentry, Billy Ray Cyrus, Kentucky Headhunters, The Outlaws, Lee Roy Parnell August 12 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Culture Club August 12 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Howie Day August
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12 AAARRO A ON N’’ SS AAM M PPH HIIH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Incubus, Deftones, Death From Above 1979, The Bots August 12 HELL AT THE (Atlanta) The Dickies August 13 TT--BBO ON NEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Georgia Pine August 14 CCH H AASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Gipsy Kings August 14 CCLLA ASSSS IICC CCEE N NTT EERR (Athens, GA) Robert Randolph & The Family Band, The Georgia Flood August 14 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Needtobreathe, Switchfoot, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Colony House August 14 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Howie Day August 14 RRII VVEE RRFFRRO ON N TT N NIIG GH HTT SS (Chattanooga) Hank & the Cupcakes, Glowing Bordis August 15 AAARRO A ON N’’ SS AAM M PPH HIIH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) J. Cole, Big Sean, YG, Jeremih, Bas, Cozz August 15 FFRREED D RRIICCK K BBRRO OW WN N JJRR.. AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick August 15 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Meghan Trainor, Charlie Puth, Life Of Dillon August 15 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Between The Buried And Me, Animals As Leaders, The Contortionist August 15 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Idina Menzel August 15 WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) Howie Day August 15 TTH H EE IIN N TT EERRN NAATT IIO ON NAALL (Knoxville) “The Summer Slaughter Tour” Arch Enemy, Of
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Osiris, Veil Of Maya, The Acacia Strain, Obscura, After The Burial, Cattle Decapitation, Beyond Creation August 11 M EEM M MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) “A Prairie Home Companion” Garrison Keillor August 16 CC H HAASS TTAAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Jim Gaffigan August 16 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Meghan Trainor, Charlie Puth, Life Of Dillon August 16 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Howard Jones August 16 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick August 16 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Rickie Lee Jones August 16 TT H HEE W WO OO OD D SS AATT FFO ON NTT A AN NEE LL (Whites Creek, TN) Damien Rice August 16 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Brandon Flowers August 17 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Def Leppard, Styx, Tesla August 18 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Sublime with Rome, Rebelution, Pepper, Mickey Avalon August 18 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Firefall August 20 DU D UM MPPYY ’’SS (Ocoee, TN) Georgia Pine, Ramble in the Attic August 21 CC H HAASS TTAAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Lyle Lovette August 21 EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Marty Stuart August 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) Alabama Shakes August 21 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Kevin
Nealon August 21 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch August 22 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Air Supply August 22 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA BBO O TTAAN N IICC AALL G GAARRD D EEN N (Atlanta) Melissa Etheridge August 22 VVEERRIIZZ O ON NW WIIRREELLEE SSSS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE AATT EEN N CCO O RREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) Yes, Toto August 22 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) John Hiatt, Taj Mahal August 23 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Gin Blossoms August 23 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Hard Working Americans August 23 GRRAAN G N FFAALLLLO OO ON N (Chattanooga) Lost Element August 24 VVEERRIIZZ O ON NW WIIRREELLEE SSSS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE AATT EEN N CCO O RREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) O.A.R., Brynn Elliott, Allen Stone August 25 TT H HEE CCO ON NCC O OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Reel Big Fish August 25 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Sugar Ray, Better Than Ezra, Eve 6, Uncle Kracker August 26 MIILL LLEERR PPLLAAZZ AA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Escondido August 28 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Boyz II Men, Bell, Biv DeVoe August 28 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Corey Smith August 28 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Nashville) Old Crow Medicine Show August 28 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) The Dirty Guvnahs August 28 RRIIVVEERRFFRRO ON NTT N N IIG GH H TTSS (Chattanooga) Samantha Fish, Austin Nickels Aughst 29 DAALL TTO D ON ND D EEPPO O TT (Dalton, GA) Ramble in the Attic August 29 AAARRO A ON N ’’SS AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Nickelback, Lifehouse August 29 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Rick Springfield, Loverboy, The Romantics August 29 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) Keb’ Mo’ August 29 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Dirty Guv’nahs August 29 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Social Distortion, Nikki Lane, Drag the River August 29 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Nashville) Sugar Ray, Better Than Ezra, Eve 6, Uncle Kracker August 29 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Motley Crue, Alice Cooper August 30 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Nashville) ZZ Top, Blackberry Smoke September 1 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Madonna September 2 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Jonny Lang September 3 TT --BBO ON N EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Ramble in the Attic September 4 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) ZZ Ward September 4 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) GWAR, Butcher Babies, Battlecross September 4 RRIIVVEERRFFRRO ON NTT N N IIG GH H TTSS (Chattanooga) Stokeswood, Remembering January September 5 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix, Eric Hutchinson September 5 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Nashville) Widespread Panic September 5 AAARRO A ON N ’’SS AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Chris
Brown, Kid Ink, Omarion, Fetty Wap, Teyana Taylor September 5 WO W OLL FF CC RREEEEK KA AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Morris Day & the Time, Con Funk Shun, Lakeside, Zapp Band September 6 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) ZZ Ward September 7 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Purity Ring September 8 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) GWAR, Butcher Babies, Battlecross September 10 AA A ARRO ON N ’’SS A AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix, Eric Hutchinson September 10 AVVO A ON ND DA ALLEE BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM M PPA AN NYY (Birmingham) Umphrey’s McGee September 10 CCO O TT TTO ON N-- EEYY EED D JJO OEE ’’SS (Knoxville) Shooter Jennings With Waymore’s Outlaws September 10 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Lady Antebellum, Hunter Hayes, Sam Hunt September 11 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Reverend Horton Heat, The Adicts September 11 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Dwight Yoakam September 11 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Josh Groban September 12 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Ed Sheeran, Christina Perri September 12 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) Best Coast September 12 PPU UBBLLIICC SSQ QU UA ARREE PPA ARRK K (Nashville) Ben Folds, All Them Witches, Anderson East, Elle King, Kaleo, Lennon & Maisy, The Districts September 12 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Ed Sheeran, Christina Perri September 13 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTEE RR (Nashville) Daryl Hall & John Oates September 14 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Swervedriver September 14 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Snarky Puppy September 14 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Blues Traveler September 15 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Nashville) Steve Earle, The Mastersons September 15 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Blues Traveler September 16 OA O AK KM MTT N N.. A AM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Pelham, AL) Van Halen, Kenny Wayne Shepherd September 17 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Billy Idol September 18 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Kap Slap September 18 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Kristin Chenoweth September 18 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Seth MacFarlane September 18 CCA AM M PP FFEE SSTT (Camp Blue Ridge, GA) Cold War Kids, Hey Rosetta!, Langhorne Slim, The Whigs, Margo & the Pricetags, Alanna Royale September 18-20 HO H OM MEE RR H HA AM M IILLTT O ON NA AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Warrant September 18 LLEEG GA ACCYY A ARREE N NA AA ATT TT H HEE BBJJCC CC (Birmingham) Ariana Grande, Prince Royce September 20 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Ariana Grande, Prince Royce September 22 TTH H EE LLIIBBRRA ARRYY TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Hoover, AL) The Blind Boys of Alabama September 24 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) Helmet September 24 HIIG H GH HW WA ATTTT (Nashville) Steve’n’Seagulls
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September 24 TT--BBO ON NEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Georgia Pine September 25 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Taylor Swift, Vance Joy September 25 TTH H EE LLII BBRRAARRYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Hoover, AL) The Blind Boys of Alabama September 25 TTU U SSCCAALL O OO O SSAA AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE (Tuscaloosa) The Spinners September 25 TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Nick Jonas, Bebe Rexha September 25 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Taylor Swift, Vance Joy September 26 PPA ARRK K AATT H HAARRLLIIN N SSD DAALLEE FFAARRM M (Franklin, TN) “Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival” Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear, The Decemberists, Dr. John October 26 TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) J Balvin, Becky G September 26 CCH H AASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Janet Jackson September 26 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Marc Anthony, Carlos Vives September 27 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Kraftwerk September 27 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Janet Jackson September 27 TTH H EE EE AARRLL (Atlanta) Albert Hammond Jr. September 29 EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) Albert Hammond Jr. September 30 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Mother’s Finest September 30 RREE D D CC LLAAYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Duluth, GA) Bob Mould October 2 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Lynyrd Skynyrd October 2
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VVO ON N BBRRAAU UN N CCEE N NTT EERR (Huntsville) John Prine, Jason Isbell October 2 SSCC H HW WAARRTTZZ CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Chick Corea and Bela Fleck October 3 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Bob Mould October 3 CC O OU UN NTT RRYY TTO ON NIITT EE TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Pigeon Forge, TN) Ray Stevens October 3 CC EEN N TTEE N NN N IIAALL O O LLYYM M PPIICC PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Foo Fighters October 4 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Brandi Carlile October 4 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Foo Fighters October 5 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Twenty One Pilots, Echosmith October 6/7 O AAK O KM MO OU UN N TTAAII N N PPRREESS BBYY TT EERRIIA AN N (Birmingham) Alt-J October 8 VVO ON N BBRRAAU UN N CCEE N NTT EERR (Huntsville) Miranda Lambert, RaeLynn, Clare Dunn, Courtney Cole October 8 TT H HEE FFO OU UN ND DRRYY (Athens, GA) Aaron Carter October 8 TT --BBO ON NEE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Ramble in the Attic October 9 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Florence + The Machine October 9 WO W O RRK KPPLLAAYY TT H HEEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Aaron Carter October 9 4400 W WAATTTT CC LLU UBB (Athens, GA) Wavves, Twin Peaks, Steep Leans October 9 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Grace Potter, Lake Street Dive October 10 CC H HAASS TTAAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Jackson Browne, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams October 10 VVIIN NYY LL (Atlanta) Aaron Carter October 10
The Trump Factor Lord knows I try. Honest. But no matter what Donald Trump is saying – be it in a televised interview or a prepared stump speech – eventually my eyes are drawn right back to… that hair. It happened again the other day. The Donald was trying to convince CNN’s Jake Tapper that his extensive experience in negotiating real estate deals has given him the ideal skill set for dealing with ISIS and other terrorists. Tapper wasn’t buying it and I doubt many viewers were either. It didn’t matter. We were all drawn to the most famous comb-over in modern times. How does it stay up there? Does he have a team of hairdressers to keep his
famous swoop in place? What Could the comb-over defy the …I was tempted to dismiss would happen if Trump was laws of physics? I ask myself Donald Trump as a serious candidate as soon as he announced his intentions to run for president. But then I thought about it for a bit. I still don’t think Trump will win the Republican nomination, but he could very well wind up having a significant impact on the campaign… …At the very least, Trump is the wild card in a very crowded deck of GOP presidential candidates. Of the 13 hopefuls who have announced (so far), The Donald is the only one who doesn’t really need to raise a bunch of money to giving a speech outdoors… on these things. I can’t help mount a campaign. He already a particularly windy day? myself… has a bunch of money. (How
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much is “a bunch”? More on that later.) He doesn’t have to sell his soul to big-dollar donors or political action committees to get in the game. He can ante up out of his own deep pockets. That gives him the freedom to say whatever he wants to say without worrying about pissing some people off…
announced Monday that it was cutting all ties with Mr. Trump, who had already resigned his position as host of the reality television show, “The Apprentice.” NBCU’s decision basically cancels the annual airings of the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants, which are co-owned by Trump and NBC. Trump remains the executive producer of “Celebrity …Speaking of saying what he Apprentice,” but will not wants and pissing some people appear on the show… off, Trump didn’t waste any time in doing both of those …It’s not like The Donald things. He used the occasion needs his paychecks from of his formal campaign NBCU to get by. As I menannouncement to fire off a tioned earlier, he has a bunch few racist remarks. He por- of money. How much… exacttrayed Mexican immigrants as ly? Well, it depends on who “bringing drugs, they’re bring- you ask. Forbes has estimated ing crime, they’re rapists, and Trump’s net worth at $4.1 bilsome, I assume, are good peo- lion. Business Insider says it’s ple.” Nice save there at the closer to $8.7 billion. We’ll all end, Trump. Well… not so know a lot more when the much. NBC Universal comb-over candidate files the
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financial disclosure forms required of all presidential hopefuls. Suffice it to say that Trump is far richer than the other Republican presidential primary candidates and begins his campaign with the kind of name recognition among voters that his rivals can’t even aspire to match… …As Trump’s comments on “negotiating with ISIS” made abundantly clear, he has absolutely no background in politics. I’m sure he’s owned (or rented) his share of politicians, but he’s never actually been one. But with both parties struggling to redefine themselves and the public trust of politicians at a historic low, perhaps Trump’s lack of experience will be perceived as a positive by a significant percentage of voters…
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… As of right now, Trump is polling second to Jeb Bush in New Hampshire. If Bush and the other candidates aren’t taking him seriously yet, they should be. No one projects Donald Trump as the eventual GOP candidate for president. But it’s quite possible that he will gather up enough support to make his block of voters very valuable to one of the eventual front-runners. A Trump endorsement, given his disdain for Bush and the other hopefuls, would carry a lot of weight. Just picturing The Donald trying to say positive things about someone else while he has the cameras on himself requires a good bit of imagination. But, no matter what he says, we’ll all still be watching that hair…
- Mark Bedford
MONEY MANAGEMENT
WHAT SEPARATES A MEDIOCRE BUSINESS FROM A HIGHLY PROFITABLE ONE? Have you ever asked yourself, how a profitable business is "How can I get my business to leveraged. It's one of the key areas I cover and why many of the next level?" my clients achieve such fast To answer that question, many results. people believe that they need a big budget or should purchase It may surprise you to learn expensive equipment. This may that one of the easiest ways to leverage has to do with a mindnot necessarily be the case. set shift. One of the early mindThe truth is for many business- sets I had to get over was, "If I es you don't need a bigger want something done, I have to budget. You may not even need do it myself." You might have to purchase expensive equip- even said something like this to ment or hire more employees yourself. to expand a business. If you want to move your busiWhat you do need is to explore ness to the next level, your
business cannot be dependent on any one person, including you. In fact, it is more expensive in the long run to hold on to tasks that you can delegate to someone else for a fraction of what you would bill if you were working with a client.
tasks that could be eliminated, they realized that there were numerous reports being distributed but not read. This one elimination resulted in a $6,000 savings.
There are also layers to the mindset of leverage. As you grow your team, you may think you have delegation mastered simply because you have a team. The next question to ask is, "Where else can leverage be found?" With leverage in mind, you create specific strategies that allow you to work efficiently, serve more people, and bring in more revenue. This is why leverage separates a mediocre business from a highly profitable one.
Automation is a high form of leverage. Consider exploring how manual processes could be automated. Remember to check out open source software or apps that just may be the ticket to a cost-effective solution.
Consider these three questions to start leveraging your business today:
2. What can be automated?
3. What can be systematized? If you have a regular meeting, it may be easier to systematize it. One of my clients realized that she could easily save approximately three hours combined team time each month simply by systematizing one of the employee meetings to the first Thursday of each month. Now they don't need to waste time finding a common date for the next meeting, they already have it scheduled.
1. What can be given up or eliminated that no longer serves the main goals of the There are many exciting forms company? of leverage, including refining It's easy to get comfortable in your work processes, managing your job and perform tasks your time more efficiently, and each day, but do those tasks utilizing the latest technolocontinue to contribute to the gies. Leverage is an essential main goals of the organization? tool to move your business If not, stop doing them. When from mediocre to highly profyou do, you just made room for itable. relevant work. - Lisa Mininni When one work team identified ENIGMA
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dies of a heart attack in the bath- California…the band won’t appear tub of his Paris apartment… in concert again for 18 years…
1 995566 :: Elvis Presley performs on The 1 Steve Allen Show wearing a tux loaned to him by the host…he sings his torchy “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You” backed by the smoothsinging Jordanaires, and then tears into a rocking version of “Hound Dog,” which he sings to a basset hound whose propped up on a pedestal…TV critic John Crosby, in a sneering review, calls Elvis an “unspeakable, untalented and vulgar young entertainer”…tell us how you really feel, John…
199 7722:: Hill country bottleneck gui1 tarist and singer Mississippi Fred McDowell succumbs to cancer…despite his late-career discovery by white audiences and covers of his songs by The Rolling Stones and Bonnie Raitt, McDowell remained a modest man who never strayed far from his North Mississippi musical roots while coaching Raitt in slide technique, 19 6 6: Things get dicey for The picking up electric guitar and Beatles during their two-show stop famously stating, “I do not play no in The Philippines…dictator rock and roll”… Ferdinand Marcos issues an “invitation” to the Fab Four for a palace 19 74: Even though they’re at #4 with reception…not realizing it’s actual- the single “Rikki Don’t Lose that ly a command to appear, the band Number” and their LP Pretzel Logic declines…the story is spun by has gone platinum, Steely Dan Philippines media as a snub of the frontmen Walter Becker and president, and the lads face hostile Donald Fagen play their last live crowds on the way to the airport date in Santa Monica, for their departing flight…police protection has been pulled by the government…
1 995577 : Setting off a chain of events 1 that will change the face of modern music, John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time...the encounter takes place at a Liverpool garden show...recalling the meeting years later, McCartney says the 12-year-old Lennon was drunk...Lennon was impressed with Paul’s guitar playing and the fact he knew the lyrics to Eddie Cochran’s “Twenty Flight Rock”...
199 66 88:: The Band releases its first LP. 1 Music from the Big Pink…the title refers to the Saugerties, New York house in whose basement it was largely recorded, and spawns the group’s first hit single, “The Weight”…the album puts the world on notice that Dylan’s former backup band is a force to be reckoned with…also this week, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash play together for the first time at a jam at Joni Mitchell’s pad in L.A.’s 1 96 2: After breaking an ankle on Laurel Canyon… his 26th jump, James Marshall Hendrix gets an honorable dis- 1199 6699 :: Founder and original Rolling charge from the 101st Airborne Stones lead guitarist. Brian Jones Paratroopers…better known as drowns while taking a midnight Jimi, he’ll soon be getting airborne swim at his home, Cotchford Farm, in other ways… formerly owned by A.A. Milne, writer of the Winnie the Pooh 1 9966 44:: The Beach Boys score a #1 hit books…the coroner’s report calls it 1 with their “I Get Around”…the sin- “death by misadventure” and notes gle’s notable for its backwards Jones’ liver and heart were structure that starts with a chorus enlarged due to alcohol and drug followed by two brief verses… abuse…later that same day John and Yoko are involved in a Scottish 1 9966 55:: Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and car wreck…Lennon has the car 1 Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones crushed into a cube that he are each fined £5 by a London exhibits on the front lawn of his court for peeing on a service sta- estate… tion wall… 199 77 11:: Doors frontman Jim Morrison 1 ENIGMA
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1 97 5: The Jackson Five announce 1 they’re leaving Motown Records for a juicy new deal with Epic…because Motown owns their former band name, they’ll henceforth be known as The Jacksons… 1 97 6 : Pioneering punk outfit The 1 Damned make their live debut at London’s 100 Club… 1 98 2: Ozzy Osbourne marries his 1 manager, Sharon Arden, laying the groundwork for MTV’s future entry into the sitcom market… 1 98 3 : Following a 10-year estrange1 ment, the Everly Brothers reunite…that same day a New Jersey band called Bon Jovi signs a deal with Mercury Records…they’ll go on move more than a 130 million
records and become a major con- 1199 9911 :: More than 60 are injured durcert attraction… ing a melee at a Guns N’ Roses show in Maryland Heights, 11 9988 44:: Epic sets a record by shipping Missouri…frontman Axl Rose is two million copies of The Jacksons charged with property damage and album Victory to record third-degree assault after he jumps stores…the release is the group’s off the stage and attacks a fan takonly album to feature all six ing photos… Jackson brothers and is the last to feature Michael whose solo career 1199 9955:: Courtney Love is charged with assault after she belts Bikini Kill is heating up… singer Kathleen Hanna at a 11 9988 66:: The second Farm Aid concert Lollapalooza show in George, is held in Manor, Texas…organized Washington…the tempestuous by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp singer is given a one-year suspendand Neil Young, the show’s pro- ed sentence and ordered to take ceeds target struggling family anger-management classes… farms…artists include Alabama, The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Steve 1199 99 66 :: Neil Young’s new album Earle, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Broken Arrow makes its debut via Emmylou Harris, Jason & the the Internet… Scorchers, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Bon Jovi, Tom Petty 1199 9988 :: In a successful effort to prevent reporters from eavesdropping and Vince Neil… on their wedding ceremony, Barbra 11 99 8899 :: Police are dispatched to Streisand and James Brolin arrange London’s HMV Records where to have the White Zombie album La 4,000 rioting fans are trying to Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume catch a glimpse of R&B star Bobby One blasted from a van parked outBrown…six are hospitalized… side their Malibu villa at an earsplitting volume… 11 9999 00:: 2 Live Crew releases the single “Banned in the U.S.A.” in 22000000:: A San Francisco court response to censors who have tar- decides in a phenomenally belated geted the rap group’s decision that The Rolling Stones albums…”Born in the U.S.A.” com- should have given proper writing poser Bruce Springsteen gives his credits on their versions of the songs “Stop Breakin’ Down” and blessings to the parody… “Love in Vain,” both of which were written by Robert Johnson ... the
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Stones’ former record label had the band still shaping the songs, presumed incorrectly that the the dates have a loose and spontasongs were in the public domain… neous vibe… 22000022:: George Harrison’s widow Olivia puts the couple’s estate up for sale saying she’s still haunted by the 1999 knife-wielding attack of a schizophrenic who broke into the home… 22000044:: A Record Collector magazine interview with Dave Mustaine reveals he’s angry over his appearance in the Metallica tell-all documentary Some Kind of Monster in which Mustaine is shown in a confrontation with former Metallica bandmate, drummer Lars Ulrich...Mustaine maintains that the band agreed to keep the scene out of the final cut of the film and calls its inclusion a “final betrayal” by his former band…also this week, Kinks co-founder Dave Davies is cut down by a stroke that leaves his right side paralyzed…by 2006 he’ll be able to play guitar again… 22000066:: Yoko Ono joins Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney in Las Vegas for the debut of Cirque du Soleil’s extravaganza based on The Beatles, Love album…McCartney busses Ono’s cheek, perhaps signifying a thaw in their frosty relations...the show, marking the first time the Beatles music has been licensed for theatrical purposes, is dedicated to George Harrison and John Lennon by McCartney...also this week, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith rock out with the Boston Pops Orchestra in a nationally televised program...it’s reported that the late Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler is spinning in his grave...and finally this week, the world’s biggest concert promoter, Live Nation, announces it will buy out its largest rival, House of Blues, for $350 million...the resulting combine will pretty much force major touring acts to deal with them… 22000077 :: R.E.M. plays a series of five shows in Dublin at the Olympia Theatre featuring songs from their forthcoming Accelerate CD…with
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22000088:: A painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat collectively owned by the members of U2 is auctioned for $10.1 million in London...the painting, titled Untitled (Pecho/Oreja) had hung in U2’s Dublin studio since 1989 when the band bought it...canny investment, lads...this same week, led by ‘60s folk rocker Country Joe McDonald, 2,052 guitar pickers play the Woody Guthrie classic “This Land is Your Land ” in a Concord, California park, establishing a Guinness record for guitar-ensemble playing…the previous mark was set in Germany in 2007, when 1,802 people played “Smoke on the Water” more or less in unison… 220011 00:: Prince releases his new album 20TEN as a free physical CD declaring that the Internet’s completely over…The Purple One goes on to say, “I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can’t get it.”…he adds that, “the internet’s like MTV—at one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated”… 22001122:: Freddie Mercury’s black and white harlequin stage costume is sold for £35,000 at a London auction…
RRU UM MO OU URR H HAASS IITT… … …Journey drummer Deeee nn CCaa ss ttrroonnoovvoo will remain in D an Oregon jail on rape and other felony charges after prosecutors said he repeatedly violated a court order by calling and texting the victim with messages that included suicide threats and apologies. Prosecutors told a Marion County judge Tuesday that the 50-year-old musician contacted the woman after his arrest in Salem on June 14, when he was accused of misdemeanor assault and menacing. He was released on
bail in that case and ordered to stay away from the victim. He now faces felony charges after a grand jury returned the indictment Monday. Marion County Judge Auuddrree yy BBrr ooyyllee ss declined to set A bail after prosecutors said CCaa ssttrr oonnoovvoo texted the woman 122 times and called her 35 times and presents a threat to the woman if he’s released. Marion County Deputy District Attorney JJee nnnniiffee rr said Gaarr ddii nnee rr G CCaa sstt rroonn oovvoo acknowledged his abuse in the texts and even told the woman to get a restraining order. CCaass ttrr oonnoo vvoo , “quite frankly, is Gaa rrddii nneerr said. unstable,” G
special for its 21-and-over fans – a new, limited edition high-end bourbon called “The Devil You Know.” The potent potable serves as a reminder that the wealth of whiskey knowledge among longtime metal bands is a valuable resource yet to be fully explored. After all, who might know more about bourbon, rye and other distilled spirits than a veteran hard rockin’ band? “The Devil You Know” is the latest high-end bourbon carrying the Anthrax seal of approval and follows last year’s “Indians.” The new adult beverage comes into this world via an alliance between the band and distiller Knob Creek.
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…The Japanese Diet has finally relaxed a law that has affected Japan’s local music industry for decades. An entertainment business ordinance passed shortly after World War II prohibited dancing in nightclubs after midnight. The original reasoning behind the rule was to curb prostitution, as at the time the law was passed nightclubs were the main venue for prostitutes to meet customers. For the better part of the last five decades police did not enforce it regularly. But following the death of a student during a fight at an Osaka club in 2010,
police started cracking down on clubs and fining them for staying open and allowing dancing, a move that dampened night life in Osaka and Tokyo considerably. Some were even forced to close. The music industry has since lobbied heatedly against the law, and politicians have been slow to respond. But last week, lawmakers in the Upper House of Japan’s parliament voted to relax the law as part of a series of measures designed to create more business opportunity before the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The revision will not go into full effect until next summer, but it will permit dancing in licensed clubs after midnight. There are conditions, however. Dancing is allowed only in clubs with at least 10 lux of lighting, which is about twilight illumination. The police have told local media that they will continue “monitoring” nightclubs to make sure the proper lighting level is maintained.
…The rapper known as ““TThhee GGaam mee ”” has been charged with hitting an off-duty Los Angeles police officer during a basketball game. The hip-hop artist, whose real name is JJaayy cceeoonn TTeerr rree llll TTaayy lloorr, was charged with one felony count of making criminal threats and one count of misdemeanor assault and battery. He pleaded not guilty during a court appearance Monday. Prosecutors say TTaa yyll oorr and the officer played on opposite teams at a basketball game at Hollywood High School in March. After a foul call against TTaayy lloo rr, authorities say he approached the officer and threw a punch. TTaayyll oorr faces up to three years in prison if convicted. He is free on $50,000 bail and is due back in court July 30.
adventure kicks off in Chicago and includes stops in Toronto, Atlanta, New York, Dallas and Los Angeles. Oh, and the boys are bringing the beer. “This tour is all about celebrating our musical journey, starting with a night of cover songs that have inspired us, followed by a night of rare tunes and fan favorites. Each night will be a totally unique experience,” IIssaaaa cc HHaa nnssoonn said. HHaannss oonn will bring the suds to the blast. The brothers’ after-parties featuring TTaa yylloorr HHaa nnssoonn performing a special DJ set will showcase the band’s Mmmhops Pale Ale, which is debuting in several of the tour’s cities. “This is a special tour so we felt it deserved a special party, plus we are thrilled to be able to share our Mmmhops Pale Ale with a lot of our fans for the first Haa nnssoonn announces its time,” TTaa yylloorr HHaa nnss oonn said. …H first U.S./Canada tour in two years – dual nights in ten cities with …CChhrr ii ss SS qquuiirr ee , the each location getting two differ- bassist and co-founder of the proent performances. The autumn gressive rock band YYee ss who recently announced he had leukemia, has died, according to a statement from his band members on Sunday. He was 67. …While Apple, Spotify, superstars like Taylor Swift and even many indie acts are facing off over premium versus freemium tier streaming services, leave it to a company like Google to simply go its own way. Google announced via its blog June 23 that Google Play Music is now offering a free, ad-supported version in the U.S. With the free service, users aren’t able to choose the songs they listen to, as Google is instead offering curated stations by its music experts – the folks behind Songza – covering various decades, activities, genres and moods. However Google also noted that if users upgrade to a $9.99 per month model, they’ll be able to listen to more than 30 million songs in the Google library on any device, create playlists, take the music offline, and store and ENIGMA
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1. Jason Isbell 2. Dawes 3. They Might Be Giants 4. Florence and The Machine 5. My Morning Jacket 6. Modest Mouse 7. Nick Lutsko 8. Alabama Shakes 9. Good Old War 10. Albert Hammond Jr 11. Beck 12. Grace Potter 13. Ben Folds 14. Langhorne Slim And The Law 15. Angel Snow 16. Blur 17. Metric 18. Courtney Barnett 19. Mumford & Sons 20. Indigo Girls
ADVENTURE PICKS 1. The Silver Lake Chorus 2. Leon Bridges 3. Wolf Alice
play up to 50,000 songs from their said that he and his bandmates, own collection for free. who released their last album Chinese Democracy in 2008, had …Nashville is the place been busy working on new mateto be in late August and early rial. “So much has been recorded, September for the seventh season we could get two or three albums, of the free Live On The Green seriously,” he said. “We sent our Music Festival featuring PPaa ssss iioonn files in all directions. We can’t PPiitt , BBeenn FFoollddss, RRooddrrii ggoo yy G Gaa bbrr ii eell aa, wait to put it out as soon as possiLLoorrdd H Huurr oonn and more. Brought to ble.” However, keyboardist D Dii zzzz yy you by Nashville independent RReeee dd did add that although the radio station WRLT (“Lightning band had a wealth of new materi100”), the festival is scheduled al to choose from, they were still Aug. 20, Aug. 27, Sept. 3 and Sept. unsure about when any new 10-12 at Public Square Park. records would be released - and Wondering why the event is free? that the final say would belong to Axxll RRooss ee. “It’ll be good,” Live On The Green’s website frontman A declares, “Because this is MUSIC he said. “When will it come out? Axx ll CITY, because WE ARE NASHVILLE, We still don’t know. Only A and because YOU deserve it. Keep knows, but it is very secret. Be it FREE. Keep it LOCAL. Keep it patient.” GREEN. If you know any truths, half-truths Guunnss N N’’ RRooss ee ss have or outright lies about the music …G enough new material to record and club scene send it to Sissy “two or three” new albums, Vance c/o rumoursmill@enigaccording to guitarist RRii cchhaa rr dd maonline.com. FFoorr ttuuss . Speaking to VerdamMnis magazine (via Classic Rock), FF oorrttuuss - Sissy Vance
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Parrot Heads Unite Jimmy Buffett has made a career out of being different. The muchloved and admired personality in fact, pretty much created his own genre of music in a time when there were only a couple to choose from to be heard on the radio.
make you not only chuckle out loud but even do a spit take the first time you heard it. He bounded around no particular label and some of his critics pan his music as a novelty. And that is why he’s famous.
I can still remember the first time I heard “Why Don’t We Get Drunk”. I was sitting at a bar with some college buddies and after laughing out loud at first, I joined in on the chorus when it came back around again. Not everyone appreciates Buffett’s While most of the world can sing humor. along to a dozen or more Buffett tunes the truth is the crooner has There was an older gentleman at only placed two songs in the Top the bar downing a can of 40 during his heyday and four his Budweiser and when Buffett sang, entire career. While Dead Heads “Why don’t we get drunk and troll around in a dazed stupor screw” he flew into a rage and preaching peace and free love (as unplugged the jukebox. well as drug legalization), the Apparently he had the authority. Parrott Head is a unique species I later found out he worked for unto itself. the company that installed the jukebox into bars like the one we The typical Parrott Head often were patronizing. comes from an affluent background, much like Buffett (he’s a There’s something relaxing and frat boy, ironically) and is in con- laid back about Buffett’s music. stant pursuit when not working It’s a universal feeling that he’s or running a business spend a been able to build an empire great deal of time looking for around. His name is synonymous escapism from the world and with good times – everything wealth they created for them- from tequila (“Margaritaville” – selves, all in a quest for that lost the song and the restaurant franshaker of salt. chise), beer (Land Shark Lager) and escapism (a line of Buffett’s commercial career Margaritaville Casinos). began being pigeonholed as a country artist and his original air- Buffett is all about escapism and play came on country radio. But that’s why he has a loyal base of his music was far from it. It fans of many generations. And appealed to a different individ- that’s what the crowd got to do in ual. It flirted with an island/trop- Atlanta recently as for the better ical sound and to a degree a rock part of two hours they got to forsound without the over-the-top get about mortgages, responsibilbombastics that were popular at ities and politics. Instead the glothe time. Add a very strong sense rified sing along everyone with of humor and lyrics that may Buffett leading the charge sang That being said, Buffett followed the course of bands like the Grateful Dead who despite minimal airplay built quite a loyal cult following and a brand for himself.
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Cheeseburger in Paradise Why Don’t We Get Drunk Bama Breeze (Josh Kear cover) The City (Mac McAnally cover) (featuring Mac McAnally) License to Chill JJiim mm myy BBuuffffeetttt SSee tt LLii sstt Jolly Mon Sing Ragtop Day A Pirate Looks at Forty Coconut Telegraph Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills & Pencil Thin Mustache Nash cover) Come Monday One Particular Harbour Son of a Son of a Sailor Changes in Latitudes, Changes in It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere (Alan Attitudes Jackson cover) Mañana EE nnccoorree:: Last Man Standing Volcano We Are the People Our Parents Workin’ and Playin’ Warned Us About (with “Twist Fins Margaritaville (with the lost and Shout” snippet) Trying to Reason With Hurricane verse) Season (Jimmy solo acoustic) Steel Drum Medley Wonder Why We Ever Go Home - Wm. Alexander Knees of My Heart about cold adult beverages, cheeseburgers and just about outlook on life and those around them. It’s no wonder he has such a large cult following.
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A Lone Wolf Awakens Bursting out in the hip-hop scene militantly with battle fatigues and an attitude to match. While some may have
the same. Lord Subliminal has morphed into a lone wolf proving that substance is more important than image and style.
“If the message is diluted so will be the minds of its listeners� seen him as subversive Shahkim Kelley was more of an educator. Over the last ten years the image may have been toned down but the positive and empowering message remains
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maattuurriittyy oo rr aa ssiiggnn ooff gg rreeaatteerr way that the modern may polim kknnoow wlleeddgg ee ffrroom mw whheenn yyoo uu ff iirrsstt tics and interactions through daily living can be pushed in a Whh yy iinn hhiipp--hh oopp iiss tthheerree aa nn eeeedd bbeeggaann?? W ffoorr aa ““ffaam miillyy””?? more positive and constructive Yes it is sign of maturity and light. Well, a family just provides a growth. The militancy on the unit and structure important thing to have whether for music or other reasons. Chicago.
“My role in hip-hop is to teach knowledge of self because my role in life is the same.”
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minds of its listeners, something which should be challenged and checked. W hhaatt dd oo yyoo uu sseeee yyoouu rr rroollee iinn W hh iipp--hh oopp bb eeiinn gg-- vv iissiioo nnaarryy ,, lleeaaddeerr,, ffoooo tt ssoollddiieerr?? EEllaabboorraattee..
Hip-hop from its grass roots beginning was to raise consciousness of the inner city and then make people aware of the Whhaatt m W m eessssaaggee aarree yy oouu ttrryy iinn gg tt oo struggle going on in the inner ccoonnvv eeyy?? city. This is where the term hiphop came from. Hip is to be Knowledge of self and self- aware and the term is still used change and elevation. to this day. Hop means movement thus hip-hop. Hiipp --hhoopp hhaass bbeeccoom H m ee ssoo m m aaiinn -sstt rreeaam m oovv eerr tthhee ppaasstt 1100 --1155 yy eeaarrss.. Dave Weinthal Doo yyoouu tt hhiinn kk tthhee m D maaiinnssttrreeaam m aacc cceeppttaanncc ee hhaass ddiilluu tteedd tthhee oo rriigg -- The Lone Wolf Saga album release party takes place July 18 iinn aall ppuurrppoo ssee oo ff tthhee cc uulltt uurree?? at J.J.’s Bohemia with special It has because the youth imitate guests The Molly Maguires, what they see and hear. If the Natural Habitz and Subterranian message is diluted so will be the Circus.
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Morrissey Lives Up to His Eclectic Past What’s in a name? Seriously, when you think about it, what exact emotions are stirred up inside you when a particular name is mentioned? When it comes to the music business – depending on what part of the world you live in – the utterance of a single word can either lift you up or let you down. That was particularly evident when Morrissey decided to make his presence known at the Atlanta Symphony Hall before a packed house that lived and breathed every word he sang or said.
Steven Patrick Morrissey is one of those artists you should check off your musical bucket list just to see what all the hype is about. I’ve always suspect of an artist when the British press literally falls all over itself to wax philosophically about how important he has been to the English music scene while completely ignoring the importance of other English acts like Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues or the Beatles. According to critics, these acts contribution to music pales in comparison to Morrissey. Their love affair with the singer is absolute. Why you ask? Basically, if it wasn’t for Morrissey lyrical insights with both The Smiths and his solo career, then the world wouldn’t have been subjected to the Brit pop invasion of the ‘90s that brought forth – yawn please – Blur, Suede, Pulp and the battling Gallagher brothers in Oasis. These bands may have defined a decade of music in Britain, but in the U.S., did anybody really care?
Of all the venues in Atlanta for this British musical icon to perform in, a symphony hall would be the last place you’d expect to see this controversial figure. Then again, this English import has been doing things his way for decades, so why should his appearance in this magnificent hall be any different. It certainly didn’t bother the throngs of “Moz” fans who probably never stepped foot in a place this beautiLet’s face facts here. This country ful to watch a concert. has never really gone bananas
CHRIIS EASON PHOTOGRAPHY over Morrissey. Outside of his solo 1990 solo album, Bona Drag, which launched the singer’s career in this country, there has never been much this artist’s music to go ga-ga over. Though the release and subsequent success of Bona Drag in this country allowed Morrissey to tour arenas in the U.S., it was his last hurrah. A quarter of a century later, the singer barely acknowledged the turn of events that briefly enamored America with his ENIGMA
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existence. He performed only two cuts from the recording, “Will Never Mary” and “Yes, I am Blind” while ignoring the two monster hits from that breakthrough release, “Picadilly Palare” and “Ouija Board, Ouija Board”. And don’t get me started on “The Last of the Famous International Playboys”, “Interesting Drug or “November Spawned a Monster” that were also completely forgotten this evening. Instead we got
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Morrissey made his point – but has made sure you couldn’t pigeonhole him into any particular was it worth it? decade of music. He was smart Performing in a venue dedicated enough to take a seven-year break to the finer sounds of music you at one point when he felt his music would think inspired Morrissey to was waning and his legend was select music equal to the building fading. Instead of letting the he was occupying. It wasn’t. This British press turn on him as they 90-minute concert was a hit and are always want to do, he quietly miss affair all evening long. The slipped away from the music scene singer did manage to hit the right to wait it out. He returned after his notes with songs like “Now My hiatus in triumphant form with You Heart is Full” and “Every Day is Are the Quarry. Two songs from Like Sunday”. However, the fact he that album, “The World is Full of chose to omit the only chart suc- Crashing Bores” and the evening’s cess he or The Smiths ever had in first encore song “First of the Gang this country, “The More You Ignore to Die” made the cut this evening. Me, the Closer I Get” was baffling. I’m not a Morrissey purist by any means. I’m sure the majority of the people in tonight’s crowd breathlessly awaited every note coming out of their hero’s mouth. The thing is, with health issues persistently dogging Morrissey the past few years, and his concert tours always an uncertain event, it would be nice to fondly remember his live performances for the rich, memorable music of his past rather than cringe at certain visuals that made you want to vomit. Throughout his career, Morrissey
deep cuts. I’ve always been amazed at the set list an artist will come up with when they tour a part of the world that isn’t as enthralled with them as their native country is. The show started out promising with “Suedehead” but digressed from there with five of the next eights cuts coming from last year’s World Peace is None of Your Business. Yes, “Speedway” and “Ganglord” where pleasant diversions, but here’s the point of my gripe. Morrissey isn’t a household name and never has been so why not give the crowd what they want – something familiar to cheer about. The 56-year old singer was crowned a ‘legend’ because of his lyrics and voice, not because he is
a musical virtuoso. The four albums released by The Smiths from 1984 thru 1987 were just as much guitarist Johnny Marr’s creation as they were Morrissey’s. His two solo albums to finish the decade sealed his ‘legend status’ as far as the finicky and sniping British music press was concerned. But fame is fleeting, particularly in the U.S., and the infamous Brit pop bands Morrissey’s past inspired, barely registered in this country. That’s why it just didn’t make any sense for tonight’s 22-song set list to be top heavy with songs from his album release almost a year ago. The accompanying visuals on several of the songs were fine in several places and disturbing in others. The “Meat is Murder” video was about as gruesome as you could get. And yes, the vegetarian ENIGMA
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I was hoping Morrissey would end the show with the hauntingly beautiful “How Soon is Now?” from The Smiths 1985 release Meat is Murder, but like other stellar cuts in the singers repertoire, it just wasn’t meant to be. Instead, the sold-out crowd was treated to a non-descript cut from the same album, “What She Said”, and bid a fond adieu. He’d been better off crooning “Moon River.”
- Chris Eason
He Writes the Songs And like a good neighbor endary tunes. After all, he Barry Manilow always seemed writes the songs that make to be there during the last 40 the whole world sing. years. Manilow, whose string
‘70s as an alternative to disco that was ruling the charts at the time. He was able to mix pop, ballads and emotions into a tight weave that still see him welcome today. He has just decided to call it a day, leaving on his own accord, knowing when it’s time for the last curtain call. At 72 the wordsmith and consummate performer looked sharp in his shiny blue suit as he spent a great deal of time
of radio hits are legend is calling it a day (or night) as he tours “One Last Time” to give Baby boomers one last shot to sing along with songs they all know and love (whether they admit it or not).
Manilow has come a long way since his formative years almost 50 years ago. From arranger to jingle writer to Top 40 staple Manilow has had one heck of a run. And after all this time he has decided to bit adieu – at least Many a middle-aged woman until a Vegas residency comes has consoled herself or even calling. empowered themselves to one of the showman’s leg- Manilow hit it big in the mid ENIGMA
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serenading the audience before sauntering behind the keyboards. He had an impressive run in the ‘70s and early ‘80s that saw Manilow place 25 songs in the Top 40, 11 in the Top 10 and three number one songs. The range of emotion and tempo fluctuated depending on the song and Manilow is a true showman as he sent a room full of sentimental listeners down memory lane
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one last time before the final Medley One Voice curtain call. The Old Songs Baarrrryy M B Maanniilloow w SSeett LL ooss tt Bandstand Boogie I Don’t Want to Walk Without It’s a Miracle You Could It Be Magic New York City Rhythm Somewhere in the Night Some Kind of Friend Can’t Smile Without You Read ‘em and Weep Jump Shout Boogie Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Ships Somewhere Down the Road Miller cover) This One’s for You Brooklyn Blues I Am Your Child Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again All the Time Ready to Take a Chance Again Even Now Daybreak Looks Like We Made It Zing! Went the Strings of My I Write the Songs (Bruce Heart (James F. Hanley Johnston cover) Copacabana (At the Copa) cover) Can’t Smile Without You Weekend in New England Let’s Hang On! (The Four - Chris Eason Seasons cover) I Made It Through the Rain Mandy (Scott English cover)
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