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Can we get an accounting of the bike rental locations? I see where they are starting their fourth year. Has the city been paid? Are they up to date on their payments, etc.? Who pulled the strings and got Chestnut Street closed behind the Read House – I understand it is
closed to make a pedestrian mall. Who is paying for that? Hope I’ve given you something to think about. Coming soon: Craft beer or crap beer, what’s the deal?
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What’s going on with several of the gallon more? national chain restaurant locations in Brainerd? Buy the house brand – don’t get burned in the tore or on the beach. The last two I went onto one I had Also, water repellant and waterto turn around and leave because proof are two different things. of the smell. They smelled like stinky people. You know what I Stay away from the spray cans. mean – they need to get out the Look at how many ounces you are
bleach and mops and get rid of that getting. You are paying for filler odor. Wonder what’s causing that? and not product. Let me give you folks about suntan products. As you may know, I was in the sun care business for about 50 years (yes, I’m that old). The truth is they are basically all the same. Look at the active ingredients listed on the back and you will see. Also, all you’ll need is an SPF15. Everything else is overkill. An SPF 30 does not mean you can stay out twice as long as a 15 – the system was started for the manufacturer. SPF 30 or even 45 you may be able to stay out 10 to 15 minutes longer.
The main thing to use is common sense. Don’t stay out too long and re-apply after swimming.
The U.S. government brings an SPF 15for the armed forces. The extra chemical you put on your skin isn’t worth it. Also the price is crazy when you get the higher SPFs. It’s like putting the highest, most costly gasoline in your car. Why pay 50 or 60 cents more a gallon for 93 octane when you car’s engine was designed to run on 97. Is the extra cost worth getting 1/10 of a mile per
It’s time for the stupid bike lanes to be removed. In all this time they have been downtown I have seen four bikes using the lane and two of them were police on bikes.
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to as well. From what I’m reading your current boyfriend is losing out and because you are willing to jeopardize the relationship because of unresolved feelings with your ex. I suggest you have an open dialog with your current boyfriend or even before that talk with your moth er or someone older you trust and be honest about your feelings.
Dear Rocco, I have been in an on again of again relationship with the love of my life. I love her dearly – more than words can describe but we will go though intense periods of being together and then she will seem disconnected and not want to be around, finding other things to occupy her time. What should I do? DH Dear DH, You are being played for a chump. You are actually the chick in this relationship and not her. Quit being the bitch and get off your ass and tell her exactly how you feel. Get it in the open, rip off the bandage and bleed. You never know, that could be what she’s been waiting for. Otherwise she’s going to go elsewhere to have her needs filled. Dear Rocco, I am 18 and a student. I recently slept with a guy at work and he has not paid attention to me since. I have totally fallen for him. We have known each other since elementary school and he always was shy. Why won’t he speak to me, let alone date me? JP Dear JP,
Congratulations you were used. Despite everything people to day still don’t realize different agendas that males and females have. Why did you sleep with him? What led to the two of you ending up in bed together? There is something more here that what you are saying here. Unless he forced himself on you, which it doesn’t sound like he did since you say he’s shy it seems like there was some agenda on your part in sleeping with him. He of course could be just a jerk and you provided him with a receptacle. You are young use your head not your genitals when dealing with members of the opposite sex.
ditional roles men and women have many men today are awkward and afraid of rejection as well. It is a two-way street. If you really want to be with him let him know. You two could be the next great love story. If he’s not interested there is nothing wrong with only being friends although its women that always tend to put us guys in the “friend zone”. You might surprise yourself – and him for that matter. If you can ask me about Dear Rocco, I have fallen in love with a man it, a perfect stranger you surely who has been my friend for the can be honest with someone past 5 years. He is a great per- who is your friend. son and we are close. Since he likes being single and I am Rocco is a common sense, tellscared of rejection I have it-like-it-is, no-nonsense kind of always felt pretty safe not hav- guy offering real advice on any ing to say anything to him about subject put before him. Why how I feel. We are both really pay thousands of dollars on a shy when it comes to the oppo- high-priced therapist when he’ll site sex and he doesn’t give me straighten you out for free. If any idea about how he feels you’d like advice from Rocco email him at about me. goaskrocco@yahoo.com or drop LW him a line at Ask Rocco c/o Dear LW, Enigma P.O. Box 825 The only way you are going to Chattanooga, TN 37401. know is to ask him. Despite tra-
Dear Rocco, I am in a muddle. I love two men. One is my ex.-boyfriend who wants to come back to me, the other is my current boyfriend. Both are lovely men, but feel more spiritually attached to my ex. I am unable to make a decision. Do you have any tips? MS Dear MS, There is a reason he is your ex. There is also a reason he’s still on your mind. You must decide with whom you would be most happy and who you can be loyal ENIGMA
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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Be careful not to overexert yourself. Don’t expect anything for nothing and you won’t be disappointed. Do not yield to children or relatives when they really don’t deserve it. You can make a difference if you offer your help at functions that involve children. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) You can make gains if you look at long-term investments. Be diplomatic but stem. You may want to get involved in financial investments presented to you. You may
need to lend an ear to an old (June 22-July 22) friend. Get out and, about. You will be on the rampage this month. Don’t secYour luckiest events this month ond guess yourself, just go to it. will occur on a Sunday. Your position may be in question if you haven’t been pulling your GEMINI weight. (May 22-June 21) Try not to at tempt to do something Your luckiest events this month unless you are fully intent on fol- will occur on a Saturday. lowing through with the plans. Don’t overspend to impress others. LEO Travel if it’s needed to start the (July 23-Aug 22) ball rolling. Lay your cards on the Don’t let any small misunderstandtable regarding your personal ings get in the way. Don’t turn direction. down offers that include sports activities or children. Get domestic Your luckiest events this month chores out of the way early. You will occur on a Thursday. can ask for favors but don’t take them for granted. CANCER Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.
You could easily lose your temper at work. Don’t push your opinions or ideas on others. A day at the beach may satisfy the whole family. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Don’t rely on others to handle the workload. You are best to deal with those outside your family. You may win favors if you present your ideas and include your family. Use discretion in your dealings and refrain from making verbal promises of any kind. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) VIRGO Direct your energy wisely. Your (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) partner may blame you for everyTry not to be so demonstrative. thing. Offer good conversation and Refuse to let others make unrealis- a nice soothing lunch. Avoid overtic demands of you. You may have loading your plate. a hard time relating to children this month. Your diplomacy will be of Your luckiest events this month utmost importance this month. will occur on a Wednesday. Your luckiest events this month AQUARIUS will occur on a Tuesday. (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) New emotional connections can be LIBRA made through business contacts. (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) You’ll feel much better when your It’s time to reevaluate your slate is clean again. Don’t be too motives. Communication will be quick to react. You’ll find love and your strong point and you should you’ll get into tiptop shape at the be able to persuade others to see same time. things your way. You will have a childlike approach this month, big Your luckiest events this month hearted and full of spunk. It might will occur on a Tuesday. be best not to spend your money on luxuries this month. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Your luckiest events this month Your dramatic nature may be too will occur on a Saturday. much to handle. Disharmony in your relationship may cause minor SCORPIO ailments. Offers of joint ventures (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) are likely. Travel opportunities You’ll feel much better when your must be taken advantage of. slate is clean again. You may be tired of working for someone else. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday.
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The Fresh Prince of Philly The Democratic national con- glitz and pyrotechnics of a big Obama’s 2008 speech, but Mel’s vention is underway in rock concert. By comparison, linguistic larceny sure set the Philadelphia and the steaks couldn’t be higher. The cheesesteaks, I mean. They’re expensive. Because of the influx of convention attendees, protesters and media. Whether you’re a fan of Pat’s or Geno’s, you will pay inflated prices for your cheesesteak this week… …So… that’s the first time I’ve ever started a column with a bad joke. A “dad” joke. If it made you groan and/or grimace a bit, then you know how I felt during the Republicans’ gathering in Cleveland. After night one, the Democratic national convention has the
the recent Republican convention looked like open mic night at the Bigoted Buffoon Saloon. It wasn’t just Melania Trump’s blatant plagiarism of Michelle
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tone. The list of speakers was comically bad. The old guy from “Duck Dynasty.” Chachi. Antonio Sabato, Jr. You don’t remember him from that television show about those guys doing that thing in that place? It’s okay. No one else remembers him, either… …Michelle just slayed it Monday night in Philly. Her remarks were so heartfelt. She didn’t mention the other party’s nominee one time. She
didn’t need to. Another thing. I’m pretty sure Mrs. O wrote her own speech. She might have had some help. Her husband hires people for that stuff. Smart people. Smarter than the ones who work for the other party’s nominee. I don’t think Michele borrowed any of the words in her speech from Melania T’s speech. But... would it be plagiarism if you stole words from someone whose speechwriter stole them from you? If you picked someone’s pocket... and they had stolen your wallet earlier... would it still be theft? I truly have no idea about the legal precedent for this… …Bill Clinton spoke Tuesday night… and he was good. Of course he was. But he wasn’t Michelle Obama good. Not this week. Hillary’s hubby has a way
of telling stories so well that you forget you’re listening to a “speech.” Bill told great stories about when he met Hil at Yale… how he basically stalked her in the law library… and how she walked up him there and confronted him. It was a great story. Then he skipped ahead a bit to his presidency. There were no stories about “that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” Of course there weren’t. Bill Clinton probably received oral pleasure from that woman. Perhaps he screwed her. But there’s no doubt that George W. Bush screwed just about all of us. But, I digress… …I have wrestled with this for a while, so bear with me. I have some friends in real life and on FB who are “Trump supporters.” I know. It can get embarrassing. But... this is how the
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“debate” goes. They insist they are not racists... but they support a candidate who clearly is. They insist they are not misogynists... but they support a candidate who has a long track record of hateful, sexist and just plain rude comments about women. If you’re not racist, but you tolerate and support someone who is... it’s time to have a conversation with yourself. If you don’t hate women personally, but you’re okay with someone who does... you should take a nice, long look in the mirror. The counter argument from some is... “But... but... HILLARY!” Here’s what I hear: “I hate Hillary Clinton so much that I’m willing to vote for a despicable, but wealthy, human being with a documented history of bigotry against anyone who’s not a white male.” If you’re cool with that, that’s
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your cross to bear… …In any event, Michelle Obama insists she is not going to run for office herself. Perhaps Barry and Michelle will open up that tshirt shop on the beach (as he keeps insisting he will). I think the Obamas will have a lot of opportunities in the future. As they well should. I hope they don’t open up a rather shady foundation like Bill Clinton did. It does some good work, for sure. But it seems to exist to give Bill private air travel across the globe. I really hope Ms. O reconsiders. She would make a great president. Redneck heads would spin at the prospect of a black woman prez. It would be worth it just for that…
— Mark Bedford
the fencing a couple of times, so we had to move people back.” The bulls were finally captured by about 10:30 Residents of a Baltimore apartment a.m., before temperatures reached complex received a visit from a pair nearly 100 degrees. No one was hurt of bulls that escaped from a local in the incident. slaughterhouse on Friday morning. The bulls escaped from the Old Line A new mother got revenge against a Custom Meat Company and found milk thief at work by replacing the their way into the parking lot of a liquid with her breast milk, accordnearby apartment complex around 7 ing to a photo that was uploaded to a.m. Baltimore police arrived on the the Internet. The woman, who was scene and used portable gates along not identified, said that she was fed with the complex’s “natural barri- up with the person taking her milk ers” to temporarily trap the bulls. from the fridge at work so she “They were able to get some fencing decided to take revenge and hopeover here to fence them in and we fully deter others from stealing. had them contained,” Baltimore After replacing the milk with her Police spokesman reported. breast milk, the woman wrote a “However, the bulls knocked over note and placed it on the bottle to
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let the thief know what he really drank with his coffee. The note stated: “Good morning. To whomever has been enjoying my coffee creamer all week. Surprise. You’ve been drinking my breast milk. Hope you’ve enjoyed it. Cheers.” The woman however, added that she has some good new for the thief as her breast milk is organic and all natural versus the milk that was originally in the bottle. A TSA agent was arrested on a charge of voyeurism after allegedly recording up the skirt of a woman on an airport escalator, according to police in Washington. The Seattle Police Department said that they have arrested 29-year-old Nicholas Fernandez, after being seen using a
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phone to record a video up the skirt of a woman who was riding on an escalator. Fernandez was charged with one count of voyeurism. He was booked into jail, and his bail was set at $7,500. Fernandez has been removed from screening duties, and he has been suspended without pay. According to the police, an investigation was launched after a man spotted the TSA agent recording a video up the skirt of a woman. The man called the police, and officers began watching Fernandez at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport. An officer saw Fernandez taking a break from a checkpoint around
bag under the porch of a mobile home belonging to his friend. When the aunt asked Long about the brain, he admitted that he and Zoller use it to produce strong marijuana. Police believe that the brain Authorities in Missouri arrested a was used as a specimen for teachman and a woman accused of taking ing. a naked ride on a stolen lawn mower in the early morning. The Two men who fell from a seaside Jasper County Sheriff’s Office said cliff north of San Diego told authordeputies made contact with a 55- ities they became distracted while year-old man and a 40-year-old playing augmented reality game woman inside the house. The cou- Pokemon Go. Encinitas fire ple told deputies they had been Battalion Chief Robbie Ford said skinny dipping in a creek earlier one of the men fell about 50 feet that morning and they rode the down the bluff in Encinitas while lawn mower home in the nude after the other man fell about 80 to 90 their clothes were stolen. Deputies feet to the beach below. Ford said said the couple were arrested on the man who fell to the beach told suspicion of stealing when deputies San Diego County sheriff’s deputies determined the lawn mower didn’t he and the other man had been belong to either of them. The sher- playing smartphone game Pokemon iff’s office said theft charges are Go, which sends players to realbeing pursued by the Jasper County world locations to capture digital monsters. The man who fell 50 feet prosecutor’s office. down the bluff was rescued by fireRIO DE JANEIRO - Here is a criminal fighters using ropes and harnesses, charge you don’t hear very often. A Ford said. Sgt. Rich Eaton of the San man armed with a fire extinguisher Diego County Sheriff’s Department attempted to put out the Olympic agreed players of the game should flame, the second time someone steer clear of dangerous areas. “I tried to douse the flame on its trip think people just need to realize to the 2016 Summer Games. Video this is a game,” Eaton told the Los shows a man running from the Angeles Times. “It’s not worth your crowd as the torch bearers passed life. No game is worth your life.” through Joinville and attempting unsuccessfully to spray the flame A couple who spent their first date with a fire extinguisher before at a North Carolina amusement park being apprehended by security. held their wedding in a sentimental According to Fox Sports, the man’s location — one of the world’s motivations were unknown but he fastest roller coasters. James Music was arrested for attempting to put and Cortni Bryant said they rode the out the flame symbolizing the spirit Fury 325 roller coaster at Carowinds of the competition at the games. A more than a dozen times on their similar filed attempt at extinguish- first date in spring of 2015, so they ing the Olympic flame was made in decided the ride was the perfect June when a 27-year-old man acting place to hold their nuptials. The on a dare flung a bucket of water at couple said — or, rather, screamed the torch, but missed and doused — “I do” just before the coaster’s big drop, and exited the ride to cheers security guards. from friends, family and onlookers. A man told his aunt that he stole a Fury 325, which opened last spring, human brain in order to use it to is the world’s tallest and fastest produce strong marijuana that caus- giga-style coaster, standing 325 feet es hallucinations, according to tall and reaching speeds of 95 mph. police in Pennsylvania. Carlisle “I’ve never been so happy in my police said that they have arrested entire life,” the newly-minted Mrs. 26-year-old Joshua Long, after being Music said. “It’s been a long time accused of conspiring with his coming and to have it done exactly friends to produce potent marijua- like we imagined and then it’s so na using the stolen human brain. much more. It’s like a dream come Not sure how that would work, but true honestly. It’s perfect. I was you can’t argue with science. Long extremely nervous, but what bride was charged with abuse of a corpse isn’t?” Minister Robert Hamilton and conspiracy to commit abuse of delivered an appropriate introduca corpse. He was booked into the tion James Music wrote before the Cumberland County Prison, and his ceremony. “Love has its ups and bail was set at $100,000. Police are downs, its turns and plunges, but still looking for Long’s accomplices. that only makes it stronger,” According to the police investiga- Hamilton said. tion, Long’s aunt discovered the human brain in a WalMart shopping 11:30 a.m. He then followed a woman up an escalator, where he activated a cellphone flashlight and appeared to be taking a video of the woman.
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This week’s calendar covers events for August and beyond. We would be happy to publish your free listing in future Billboards, space permitting. Simply mail us the information so that we have it 7 days before the publication date. A photograph may be sent with the announcement. Send information to: Calendar Editor, Enigma, P.O. Box 825, Chattanooga, TN 37401 or e-mail to calendar@enigmaonline.com. All dates subject to change without notice.
MONDAY August 1 TREMONT TAVERN (Chattanooga) Trivia Night THE OFFICE (Chattanooga) SpeakEasy FOX & HOUND (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter
TUESDAY August 2
FRIDAY August 5 SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Zane RAW (Chattanooga) DJ Barnaby THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Kristen Key August 5 MILLLER PLAZA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” Firekid, Ogya CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Little River Band THE END (Nashville) The Acacia Strain, Oceano, Knocked Loose, Culture Killer, To The Wind CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Bob Schneider ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) Goo Goo Dolls, Collective Soul, Society
TREMONT TAVERN (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Krystye Dalton Band, Sweet Cambodia RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Brian Ferry COBB ENERGY CENTER (Atlanta) Peter Frampton LAKEWOOD AMPHITHEATRE (Atlanta) Blink182, A Day To Remember, -American Rejects CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Buddy Guy
WEDNESDAY August 3 RAW (Chattanooga) Open Jam THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Open Mic J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy, Gleam Garden, Sandel Stomp, Big Time, Raiders LA ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy ATLANTA ROOM AT SMITH’S OLDE BAR (Atlanta) Sir Crazy Pants
THURSDAY August 4 SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Zane THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Kristen Key J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Ancient Warfare, Kerchief ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) “Carnival of Madness” Shinedown, Halestorm, Black Stone Cherry, Whiskey Myers CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Patterson Hood CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Meghan Trainor, Hailee Steinfeld
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SATURDAY August 6 SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Zane THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Kristen Key J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Megan Jean and the KFB, Meinchaft, MPH INFINITE ENERGY CENTER (Atlanta) Twenty One Pilots VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) Boston THE INTERNATIONAL (Knoxville) Ghostface Killah, Raekwon RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) case/lang/veirs, Andy Shauf ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) Meghan Trainor, Hailee Steinfeld, Common Kings SATURN (Birmingham) Patterson Hood
SUNDAY August 7 SKYZOO (Chattanooga) DJ Zane THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Kristin Key, Jim Brick and Les McCurdy CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) Ghostface Killah, Raekwon PURGATORY AT THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) Elvis Depressedly, Teen Suicide ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) Twenty One Pilots CARL BLACK CHEVY WOODS AMPHITHEATRE AT FONTENEL (Whites Creek, TN) Shawn Mendes
UPCOMING EVENTS ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) Blink182, A Day To Remember, All-American Rejects August 8 THE INTERNATIONAL (Knoxville) Crowbar August 8
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CANNERY BALLROOM (Nashville) Motion City Soundtrack, A Great Big Pile Of Leaves, Rozwell Kid August 9 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Marshall Crenshaw, Hollis Brown August 9 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy, Lacing, Tender Age August 10 SYMPHONY HALL (Atlanta) Alice Cooper August 10 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) Berlin August 10 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Tim Kidd August 11 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Tim Kidd August 12 MILLLER PLAZA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” Gangstagrass, Mendingwall August 12 THE CAMP HOUSE (Chattanooga) Brandy Clark August 12 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) General Dollars, Slow Parade August 12 CARL BLACK CHEVY WOODS AMPHITHEATRE AT FONTANEL (Whites Creek, TN) Flogging Molly, Frank Turner August 12 THE INTERNATIONAL (Knoxville) 10 Years, Finger 11, Evan Stone August 12 CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Gipsy Kings August 12 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Patterson Hood August 12 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Tim Kidd August 13 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Rumors August 13 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Behold the Brave, Walking Man August 13 FREDRICK BROWN JR. AMPHITHEATRE (Peachtree City, GA) UB40 August 13 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) Train, Andy Grammer August 13 THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) L7, Ceremony, Wildhoney August 13 GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE (Nashville) Vince Gill August 13 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) GR Goodwin & Friends August 14 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) Dixie Chicks August 14 THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) “The Wrecking Ball ATL” Quicksand, Dinosaur Jr., Thursday, American Football, Motion City Soundtrack, The Promise Ring, American Nightmare, CIV, Burn, Bully, Joyce Manor, Tigers Jaw, Trapped Under Ice, Rainer Maria, , Foxing, Potty Mouth, Mothers, Lemuria, Jeff Rosenstock, Pears, Antarctigo Vespucci, Farren, Young And Heartless, Warehouse, Looming, Donovan Wolfington, Culture Abuse, Solids August 14 TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATRE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Train, Andy Grammer August 14 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Drake, Future, Roy Woods, Dvsn August 14 12TH & PORTER (Nashville) Juliette And The LicksAugust 14 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Flippinng Idiots, Thirteen Fingers, Rurnt, Torschuluspanic August 15 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Sawyer Fredericks August 16 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Joshua Powell and the Great Train Robbery August 16
TIVOLI THEATRE (Chattanooga) Lyle Lovett and His Large Band August 17 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy, Trunck Weed August 17 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Dixie Chicks August 17 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Yacht Rock Revue, Ambrosia,Player, Robbie Dupree, Matthew Wilder August 17 ANDREW JACKSON HALL (Nashville) Steven Tyler August 17 OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATRE (Pelham, AL) Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon, Tesla August 17 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Jenny Lewis August 17 OPEN CHORD MUSIC (Knoxville) Burn Halo August 17 THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Gillian Welch August 17 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) “CeeJay” Jones August 18 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Waterfall Wash, Cautious Beverly, Side Affect August 18 REVELERY ROOM (Chattanooga) Radio Birds, The Georgia Flood August 18 THE SHED AT SMOKY MOUNTAIN HARLEY DAVIDSON (Maryville, TN) Ted Nugent August 18 CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Boz Scaggs August 18 THE SHED (Maryville, TN) Ted Nugent August 18 PUBLIC SQUARE PARK (Nashville) Jenny Lewis, Passenger, Jr. Jr. August 18 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) “CeeJay” Jones August 19 MILLLER PLAZA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” Hillbenders, Dismembered Tennesseans August 19 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Modern Measures, Hustle Up, Tryezz August 19 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Same As It Ever Was August 19 CLYDE’S (Chattanooga) Forlorn Strangers August 19 CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) O.A.R. August 19 CANNERY BALLROOM (Nashville) Butch Walker, The Wind + The Wave, Suzanne Santo August 19 TIN ROOF (Nashville) Corey Smith August 19 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) “CeeJay” Jones August 20 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Diamond Dogs, Hardrocklover August 20 SOUTHERN BREWERS FESTIVAL (Chattanooga) Perpetual Groove, J.J. Grey & Mofro, Mike Farris, Nick Lutsko August 20 TIVOLI THEATRE (Chattanooga) Lalah Hathaway August 20 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) PooL ParTy Comedy Showcase August 20 TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATRE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Jill Scott August 20 HELL AT THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) Local H August 20 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Butch Walker, The Wind + The Wave, Suzanne Santo August 20 CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Seal August 20 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Hard Working Americans August 20 PIEDMONT PARK (Atlanta) “Yacht Rock Revival” Yacht Rock Revue, Juice Newton,
Ambrosia, Stephen Bishop, Player, Robbie Dupree, Wilder August 20 56 (Atlanta) Sonia Leigh August 20 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) Needtobreathe, Mat Kearney, John Mark McMillan, Welshly Arms August 20 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) “CeeJay” Jones August 21 J.J.’S BOHEMIA (Chattanooga) Messer Chups, GG Panic, Get Hot or Go Home August 21 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Toto August 21 CARL BLACK CHEVY WOODS AMPHITHEATRE AT FONTENEL (Whites Creek, TN) Fifth Harmony August 21 THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) “Summer Slaughter Tour” Cannibal Corpse, Nile, After The Burial, Suffocation, Carnifex, Krisiun, Revocation, Slaughter To Prevail August 21 PURGATORY AT THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) I Set My Friends On Fire August 22 CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Fifth Harmony August 23 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Paul Hooper August 24 TIVOLI THEATRE (Chattanooga) Jill Scott August 24 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) The Bacon Brothers August 24 12 TH & PORTER (Nashville) Tiffany, Kathryn Dean August 24 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Paul Hooper August 25 REVELERY ROOM (Chattanooga) Rhett Miller August 25 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Drake, Future, Roy Woods, Dvsn August 25 CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Jill Scott, Gallant, Tish Hyman August 25 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) B.J. Barhamv August 25 THE LYRIC THEATRE (Birmingham) Lewis Black August 25 PUBLIC SQUARE PARK (Nashville) Kurt Vile August 25 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Paul Hooper August 26 MILLLER PLAZA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” Gina Chavez, Danimal Planet August 26 SYMPHONY HALL (Atlanta) Air Supply August 26 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) STS9 August 26 LAKEWOOD AMPHITHEATRE (Atlanta) Colt Ford August 26 SYMPHONY HALL (Atlanta) Air Supply August 26 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Drake, Future, Roy Woods, Dvsn August 26 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Paul Hooper August 27 RIVERFRONT NIGHTS (Chattanooga) Jason D. Williams August 27 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) STS9 August 27 FREDRICK BROWN JR. AMPHITHEATRE (Peachtree City, GA) Gin Blossoms August 27 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Pete Rivera, Stevie G and the Rockerz, Dennis Tufano August 27 TENNESSEE THEATRE (Knoxville) Corey
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THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) Michael Malone September 4 CHASTAIN PARK (Atlanta) Goo Goo Dolls, Collective Soul, Tribe Society September 4 SATURN (Birmingham) Terry Bozzio September 4 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Kraftwerk September 6 THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Mike Posner September 6 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Cherub, Frenship September 7 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas September 7 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) NRBQ, Los Straitjackets September 7 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Flume, Eprom, Kenton Slash Demon September 7 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) J. Bliss September 8 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Puff Daddy, Lil Kim, Mase, Faith Evans, Mario Winans, 112, Carl Thomas, The Lox, French Montana September 8 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Sean Hayes September 8 THE LOFT (Atlanta) Crystal Castles September 8 THE COMEDY CATCH (Chattanooga) J. Bliss September 9 FOX THEATRE (Atlanta) Brian Wilson September 9 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Ashanti, Ja Rule September 9 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Ben Folds September 9 THE BASEMENT EAST (Nashville) St. Paul And The Broken Bones September 9
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ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) The Lumineers, Rayland Baxter September 20 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Chevelle September 21 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) Okkervil River, Landlady September 21 TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATRE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Needtobreathe, Mat Kearney, John Mark McMillan, Welshly Arms September 22 ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) The Lumineers September 22 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Squirrel Nut Zippers September 22 THE MASQUERADE (Atlanta) Sick Puppies September 22 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Black Stone Cherry September 23 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Gov’t Mule September 23 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Amos Lee September 23 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Martin Sexton September 23 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) James Bay September 23 MARATHON MUSIC WORKS (Nashville) Schoolboy Q, Joey Bada$$ September 23 TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATRE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Rascal Flatts, Chase Bryant September 23 BARKING LEGS THEATER (Chattanooga) The John Cowan Band September 24 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) Of Montreal, Ruby The Rabbitfoot September 24 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Il Divo September 24 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Sara Watkins September 24 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Kanye West September 24 PARK AT HARLINSDALE FARM (Franklin, TN) “Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival” Beck, Grace Potter, Violent Femmes, Cake, Shakey Graves, Kaleo, The Struts (UK), Strumbellas, LunchMoney Lewis, Jonny P, Electric Western, World, Tom Mason, Jazzy Ash & The Leaping Lizards, The Happy Racers, Wild Belle, Mr. Steve The Music Man, Casey Campbell September 24 REVELRY ROOM (Chattanooga) American Aquarium September 25 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Schoolboy Q, Joey Bada$$ September 25 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Gojira, Tesseract September 25 BJCC CONCERT HALL (Birmingham) 3 Doors Down, Pop Evil, Red Sun Rising September 25 KNOXVILLE COLISEUM (Knoxville) Needtobreathe, Mat Kearney, John Mark McMillan, Welshly Arms September 25 PARK AT HARLINSDALE FARM (Franklin, TN) “Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival” Daryl Hall & John Oates, Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves, The Arcs, City and Colour, Better Than Ezra, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Margo Price, Anderson East, The Suffers, Blind Pilot, Brothers Osborne, Son Little, Langhorne Slim, JD & The Straight Shot, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Ralph’s World, Tom Mason, Jazzy Ash & The Leaping Lizards, The Happy Racers, Mr. Steve The Music, Casey Campbell September 25 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) 3 Doors Down, Pop Evil, Red Sun Rising September
26 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Prophets of Rage September 27 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Lake Street Dive September 27 ALABAMA THEATRE (Birmingham) Band of Horses September 27 THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Lake Street Dive September 28 ALABAMA THEATRE (Birmingham) Jason Isbell September 28 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Peter Cetera September 29 MERCY LOUNGE (Nashville) Nada Surf September 29 BIJOU THEATRE (Knoxville) Shovels & Rope September 29 ASCEND AMPHITHEATRE (Nashville) Counting Crows, Rob Thomas September 30 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) John Prine September 30 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Peter Cetera September 30 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) Nada Surf September 30 HARRAH’S CHEROKEE CASINO (Cherokee, NC) Gov’t Mule September 30 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Charlie Puth October 1 BIJOU THEATRE (Knoxville) Blitzen Trapper October 2 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Gavin DeGraw, Andy Grammer October 3 SATURN (Birmingham) Andrew Bird, Sinkane October 4 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Young the Giant, Ra Ra Riot October 4 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) Prophets of Rage October 4 THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Coheed & Cambria, Saves The Day, Polyphia October 4 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Slayer, Anthrax, Death Angel October 5 SYMPHONY HALL (Atlanta) George Thorogood & The Destroyers, The Outlaws October 5 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Clutch, Zakk Sabbath, Kyng October 5 IRON CITY (Birmingham) Blue October October 5 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) The Dandy Warhols, Savoy Motel October 6 SYMPHONY HALL (Atlanta) Kansas October 7 NASHVILLE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Pretty Lights, Big Wild October 7 OAK MOUNTAIN AMPHITHEATRE (Pelham, AL) Korn, Breaking Benjamin, Motionless in White, Silver Snakes October 7 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Kansas October 8 NASHVILLE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Pretty Lights, Big Wild October 8 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Switchfoot, Relient K October 9 MARATHON MUSIC WORKS (Nashville) Die Antwoord October 9 TERMINAL WEST (Atlanta) The Dear Hunter, Eisley, Gavin Castleton October 9 BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Atlanta) Bad Religion, Against Me!, Dave Hause October 9 MERCY LOUNGE (Nashville) The Faint, Gang of Four October 10 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) M83, Shura
October 10 FOX THEATRE (Atlanta) Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman (ARW) October 10 THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) M83 October 11 CENTER STAGE (Atlanta) The Faint, Gang of Four October 11 VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) Henry Rollins October 11 CITY WINERY ATLANTA (Atlanta) Marc Cohen October 12 LEGACY ARENA (Birmingham) Amy Schumer October 12 REVELERY ROOM (Chattanooga) What So Not October 13 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK (Alpharetta, GA) Korn, Breaking Benjamin, Motionless in White, Silver Snakes October 13 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Florida Georgia Lie October 13 BIJOU THEATRE (Knoxville) Henry Rollins October 13 SCHERMERHRON SYMPHONY CENTER (Nashville) Chick Corea October 14 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Adele October 15 THE TABERNACLE (Atlanta) Lewis Black October 15 THE EARL (Atlanta) Midge Ure October 15 BLIND WILLIE’S (Atlanta) The Nighthawks October 15 PHILIPS ARENA (Atlanta) Amy Schumer October 15 BRIDGESTONE ARENA (Nashville) Adele October 16 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) The Head and The Heart, Declan McKenna October 16 VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) Echo & the Bunnymen October 17 RYMAN AUDITORIUM (Nashville) Elvis Costello October 17 COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Atlanta) Elvis Costello October 18 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Joan Osborne October 18 VARIETY PLAYHOUSE (Atlanta) Echo & the Bunnymen October 18 BJCC CONCERT HALL (Birmingham) ZZ Top October 19 CANNERY BALLROOM (Nashville) Donavon Frankenreiter October 19 CITY WINERY NASHVILLE (Nashville) The Manhattan Transfer, Take 6 October 19 THE INTERNATIONAL (Knoxville) Blue October October 20 EDDIE’S ATTIC (Atlanta) Dar Williams October 20 CANNERY BALLROOM (Nashville) Blue October October 21 BOUTWELL AUDITORIUM (Birmingham) St. Paul And The Broken Bones October 21 THE MILL & MINE (Knoxville) Band of Horses October 21 KNOXVILLE COLISEUM (Knoxville) Alabama October 21 VINYL (Atlanta) Donavon Frankenreiter October 21 TRACK 29 (Chattanooga) Band of Horses October 22 LAKEWOOD AMPHITHEATRE (Atlanta) Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three, Kane Brown October 22 FOX THEATRE (Atlanta) Bonnie Raitt, The California Honeydrops October 22 SYMPHONY HALL (Atlanta) Trailer Park Boys October 23
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HOW TO LIVE BELOW YOUR MEANS There are a lot of misconceptions about what it is to live below your means. It’s because people often focus on the cut backs and the lifestyle change versus the huge advantages. In this high-pressure, credit-based, keeping up with the Joneses, gotta-have-it-all-right-now society, living below your means isn’t exactly fun but it is absolutely doable. Below are a few tips that can help you get started on setting some new goals to help pull you out of debt, pay bills on time and still have some change left over to live a comfortable affordable lifestyle. • Challenge Reoccurring Expenses - Take the time to review your overall income, current bills and monthly statements. See where you might ben-
efit from a renegotiation or an assessment of alternate options. For instance, you may be dead set on keeping your cable, but you can still call your cable company (and its competitors) to negotiate a better rate. Not to mention, streaming services like Netflix and Hulu have become a lot more popular these days and are much cheaper to have than cable. Even mundane expenses like your cellphone bill and insurance should be reassessed annually to ensure you’re getting the most appropriate coverage and service for your current circumstances at the best possible value. • Cut Unnecessary Expenses This is a lot easier than you think. Current culture teaches us to spend money on things we
don’t need. We go out and spend money for no other reason than to feed our egos. Buying things gives people a false sense of security as we tend to equate “having stuff” with happiness and stability. I bet if you add up the amount of money you’ve spent over the last 18 months on things such as takeout food, parking, gas, alcohol, and random crap you’ve purchased from Apple, Amazon, or eBay; you’d likely calculate an amount that could have easily been used for a down payment on your first home. Or, in the very least, enough to pay down at least 33% of your debt. It takes skill and determination to go against the tide and buck system that encourages spending but you can do it. It’s all about separating your wants from your needs. • Shop Smarter - As you re-examine your expenses and spending habits think of ways to shop smarter. Adapting a good spending plan can help you gain control of your expenses. Customize your spending habits by writing down how much you usually spend on basic needs such as food and clothing. Most of us shop and make purchases based on our personal preference so all you have to do narrow it down. Create a budget. Clothes and shoes are a necessity but they aren’t necessary to purchase on a monthly basis and neither is takeout food. This alone should free up some cash that should allow you to put away some funds into your savings or pay down on some debt. Make coupons your friend. Take advantage. It’s free money. When you use coupons, you’ll never have to pay full price for anything going forward. You’ll
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also began to make smarter purchases. • Pay In Cash - I cut up my credit cards about eight years ago and have never looked back. It was one of the best financial decisions I’ve ever made. It isn’t always easy or immediately gratifying, but adopting a pay-incash lifestyle versus the paywith-credit lifestyle can save you from falling into a debt trap. Credit cards make it too easy to spend money and less able to control money we don’t have. Swiping the card will have you doing a lot of unnecessary spending in the name of bringing home the latest smart phone/accessories/clothes. We don’t think about what the bill will look like later. Most like to use credit cards for purposes of rewards points and tracking spending. What we don’t realize is that the physical aspect of handing over cash to someone else is a lot more difficult than swiping a card. This makes you inclined to spend less and make more affordable purchases. Start paying in cash today. Make it a habit. Once you make this a habit you slowly eliminate debt and soon realize that you are actually saving more money. If you want to live within your means and reach your financial goals, you have to track where your money’s going and learn how to budget better. It’s the only way to nip debt problems in the bud. The more affordable your lifestyle, the more comfortable you are. The more comfortable you are, the happier you will become.
- Faye Bishop
Telfon Hillary and the Betrayal of Justice in America Recently I was intently watching FBI Director James Comey’s news conference where he spoke regarding Hillary Clinton’s emails and multiple private nonsecured servers. Comey elaborated on what seemed to be numerous violations of National Security. At the end of the FBI Director’s prepared statement he gave his opinion that Clinton could not be prosecuted. I felt shocked, outraged sad and mostly betrayed. The e-mails Director Comey was referencing were e-mails Mrs. Clinton had sent and received while she was Secretary of State of the United States. Some were personal and some were business. The problem for Clinton is that since she was conducting business and personal e-mails on the same government owned devices is that made all her e-mails on those devices subject to public record/Clinton seemed to feel that her private e-mails were not public domain and acted accordingly. This would prove to be a big mistake or perhaps miscalculation? Director Comey touched on several points some of which I want to briefly mention. Comey advised many work-related emails were not provided to the FBI. Some were deleted according to Comey by Clinton’s lawyers as the e-mails were
If there was any “scrubbing” of approval. servers to preclude forensic recovery I believe that obviously Comey went on to state there shows intent as there was a was “evidence that they (Clinton and the people she was sending and receiving e-mails to and from) were “extremely careless in their handling of sensitive and extremely classified information”. If you are the Secretary of Sate shouldn’t you be very careful not extremely careless with sensitive/classified information? Again let me discuss intent. If someone is careless with a gun or vehicle and injures someone even though there is much would be made of a “lack deliberate act. If not directly by no intent the person could be of intent”. I believe that the Clinton, then by her hirelings at charged with reckless endangerdestruction of possible incrimi- her request or with her ment or in the event of death nating evidence shows intent. Let me interject here that I was a police officer for approximately 32 years. For eleven years I was a burglary/ robbery Detective. I presented many cases to Grand Juries and testified in Sessions Court on many cases and sometimes in Criminal Court. So I have a very good understanding of what it takes to present a case and show intent. deemed personal. How is it that a potential defendant’s lawyers get to determine what is possible evidence and delete it? Later
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criminally negligent homicide. Yet if a Secretary of State recklessly mishandles information that could be used by “hostile actors” in physical or cyber attacks then there is nothing criminally wrong with that?
be some punishment? Especially if it’s for your convenience. It is inconceivable to me that Mrs. Clinton escaped prosecution and so far no type of reprimand or rebuke. It was brought out by Director Comey that Mrs. Clinton had lied numerous times regarding different aspects of the email investigation. Sadly our society seems so morally bankrupt that people are willing to overlook these lies and breaches of security because the perpetrator is the candidate of choice for a political party. Another issue brought out in this e-mail investigation was that Mrs. Clinton had told the American public that the Benghazi Embassy attack was caused by an inflammatory anti-Muslim video. However e-mails were found that Clinton had sent to
Later Comey addressed the sensitive / classified e-mails which were on Clinton’s unsecured server/s by saying “none of these e-mails should have been on any kind of unclassified system.” He said “their presence is especially concerning.” I would call that very gracious. I don’t believe having classified material involving national security on unsecured servers is just “concerning”. I believe it borders on treasonous. The director seems to support my belief as he further added, “But even if information is not marked classified in an e-mail participants who know or should know that the subject matter is classified are still obligated to protect it.” So even if Mrs. Clinton’s claims that these e-mails were not marked classified is true some of the information was classified and was being sent and received on nonsecure servers, shouldn’t the Secretary of State know what information is classified or not? However, one would also think
the Secretary of State would only send/receive sensitive or classified information on secured servers. Mrs. Clinton has frequently said she had these servers set up for “convenience”. If you are a Government official in a highranking position and you have unsecured servers set up so you can send and receive personal and government business emails thereby jeopardizing national security shouldn’t there
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two different people stating the attack was terrorism. Perhaps this is a crime. Perhaps not. However, a government official blatantly lying to the American people and the world should be considered reprehensible. Yet the perpetrator of this lie is a candidate for President. I was deeply disappointed in my government when Director Comey announced “his” decision to not even take the case before a Federal Grand Jury. I don’t believe it was his place to decide to not prosecute. I had heard several commentators say prior to the announcement that they felt Director Comey was a “straight shooter” and would handle the investigation impartially. I fear we all forgot that he is a career FBI official and that his decision to attempt to prosecute the case would most likely be career suicide.
conference by Director Comey there was a meeting of former President Bill Clinton and the United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The meeting was erroneously labeled a “chance encounter” after news of the meeting was leaked after the fact. A chance encounter of a U.S. Attorney General and the wife of a person under investigation by the Federal Bureau Of Investigation? I think enough is said on that. However, Hillary not being prosecuted has set off an undercurrent of resentment in many people.
I witnessed this on a small scale at a local McDonald’s restaurant. As news of Mrs. Clinton being endorsed by Bernie Sanders was being shown on a television there an obviously disgruntled person began an angry and loud denouncement of Hillary A few days prior to the press Clinton. He basically said that
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hacked from the Democratic National Committee. One theory advanced by some spokesman was that the hackers were Russian. Really? Going back to blaming the Russians? Reminds me of a line from a Warren Zevon song “I went home with a waitress the way I always do. How was I to know she was with I’ve heard it said that the the Russians too?” It would be appearance of impropriety is humorous if it weren’t so preimpropriety. I as well as many posterous. Americans are disappointed by the lack of prosecution of Mrs. Even though I am disappointed I Clinton as it appears some are am still proud to be an truly “above the law”. Others American. I hope I always will were surprised while others just be. Call me idealistic. I thought considered it our government I lived in a country where justice sliding further into a moral wins out. Maybe we need to temporarily omit “and Justice” abyss. from the Pledge of Allegiance as Sadly I realize many are just apparently some are “above the happy their candidate was not law”. There is still liberty for all but sadly I no longer believe indicted. there is justice for all. As I write this a new e-mail ‘scandal’ is being publicized - Mark Haskins regarding e-mails allegedly her illegal actions with no punishment would allow him and others to commit crimes with no fear of consequences. He had everyone’s attention. Many people verbally agreed or nodded their agreement. One person told him, “No your name’s not Clinton. ”
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The Mobile Phone Curse Yes I know, you all love your them. phones. They can tell you where you are, give you all weather, you can text, etc. and etc. They are also killing the human race and out way of life.
ple and porn sites get your Seems you can reach just info? about anyone on Facebook by getting their name off another friend’s (there I use that word lightly again) page. I know people who have hundreds of friends they don’t know who they are.
People no longer interact in person with each other. It’s “text me” or “send me an email”.
I think I beginning to repeat myself at 77. You do that, but you get the idea.
Don’t get me wrong, they are great for business purposes but get your nose out of the damn thing and look around you. Life is going on and you The personal computer is are missing it. another evil item. The man that created Facebook should I eat lunch three or four times be shot. a week with a group of dear old friends. This group is I can see e-mails for but do I made up of attorneys, doctors, have to befriend of a friend retired military and a few end or friend of a friend of a entrepreneurs and me. friend of a person I barely Sometimes we have as many know? Who cares if his as eight people sow up for daughter made an “A” on a these lunches. math test? Sorry your grandmother had to go to the hospiThe other day there were tal because she had a hangeight of us having lunch. nail. Really? Your dog had When I looked around the fleas? And please, please stop table four had their noses sending me pictures of food. stuck in their phones. Really, is this what we’ve come to? I turn down about 100 request You have to dodge people a week from people I’ve never walking on the sidewalk with heard of that want to be their noses buried in the friends. If you want to be my damn things. friend, loan me $100 or help me fix my car or mow my – They say the internet is taking know me and really care. And over the world and I believe how do these pesky sales peoENIGMA
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Donald Trump Gets On TV And Asks Russia to Release The Hacked Clinton Emails - Hilarious!
Chattanooga is home of the actions that generated the first Medals of Honor to six of Andrew's Raiders. The museum traces the “Paths of Valor” from the Civil War through the War on Terror. Discover the stories of nearly 3,500 recipients of our Nation's highest award for Valor. Donald Trump in true Trump Form did one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard of in a speech made for TV. He asked the Russian Intelligent Service to release all of the emails they hacked from Hillary Clinton’s private illegal email servers during her term as Secretary of State under the Obama Administration. I almost rolled on the floor laughing my tight ‘runner bubble butt’ tushy buns off. So why did Donald Trump make such an outlandish comment which should have been reserved for late-night TV com-
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You see, after watching the DNC host speaker after speaker trashing The Donald’s integrity, he’d probably had enough of that noise. While calling Trump a hater, all the speakers at the DNC could spew was hate and venom of their own. They called Hillary Clinton everything but a Saint of the Catholic Church, and called into question Trump’s trustworthiness, judgement and integrity, never of course mentioning Hillary’s
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illegal email server or the fact that Russia had all those emails and top secret information who exactly is untrustworthy here, who exactly has so-called ‘good judgement, seriously; “Inquiring Minds Want to Know” to borrow a branding slogan from the National Inquirer.
were obviously not amused with Donald’s simple comment which made ALL of their negative comments about his character seem like “Black Kettle Pot” calling and “Chicken Little” political rhetoric and pandering to the lowest common denominator of their blind following base.
In the ultimate “Strawman Argument” and Seventh Grade Level debate tactic style - the Democrats and their media pundits suggested that Trump’s joke was no joke, that he was actually serious. Of course the Democrats, nor the media offered any excuse for Hillary’s bad judgement or illegal use of classified material or even the fact that she’s not allowed to by-pass secured data communication with a home server in the first place. The DNC members didn’t see the humor, and
The fact is that the Russians, and other hackers did get all of Clinton’s Emails, so even if she erased them so the Justice Department couldn’t see what she and the Clinton Foundation are doing, or the global corruption taking place - those emails exist and our enemies have them and can use them as a way to bribe Hillary and Bill if Hillary is elected president, and there is enough proof of corruption there to not only send the Clinton’s to the slammer, but to jeopardize our
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Wednesdays at 5pm est. on wawl.org national security even more out? Will she try to go with than she already has. Plausible Deniability as she has in the past? Hopefully the So, to that I say; Way to Go American People will not be Trump! You put them in their duped again by outrageous lies place, question is how can and cover-ups. Think on that. Hillary survive this election once those emails do come - Lance Winslow
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Winning Despite Losing CFC’s Championship Run Ends in the Semi-Finals with a 2-1 Loss to Sonoma But That Shoudn’t Damper Anyone’s Spirit
The loss brings an end to a phenomenal season for the CFC who were South region champions. The Southern champion CFC finished the season 14-3-3. Congratulations CFC on another great season. CFC has a lot to be proud of. Since its inception in 2009 there has always been a formidable team on field winning a majority of matches and making serious runs in the playoffs. 2016 was another banner season that saw the team remain undefeated at home until Saturday's loss to Sonoma. 2017 can only get better as CFC will definitely keep their winning tradition going. ©Dave Weinthal
Oh so close. The Chattanooga Football Club (CFC), winners of the South Region saw their championship run come to an end Sunday at Finley Stadium as they fell to visiting Sonoma Sol 2-1. CFC looked in control most of the game taking a 1-0 lead six minutes into the match. The 1-0 lead on a Will Roberts strike with an assist from Juan Hernandez. A defensive struggle took place as the lead held until the 80th minute when Sonoma tied the
score thanks to Noah Paravinci's kick that snuck past CFC goalkeeper Gregg Hartley. After 90 minutes the score remained tied 1-1. Three minutes was added to the match due to stoppage and that is when things fell apart for the host team. One minute into extended play Sonoma's Simon Wheatley drove a long kick past the diving arms of Hartley giving the Sol the semifinal win where they will host the NPSL next weekend against AFC Cleveland.
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I guess you can go home again. That’s what Tom Petty has done and he’s done it well. A packed house at the Tabernacle witnessed Petty before he was a Heartbreaker as his first band before superstardom. Before the Heartbreakers there was Mudcrutch. A little over nine years ago Petty got the old band back together again and with fine results. Truth be told, how would you expect anything else about Tom Petty?
Petty without a doubt is what American rock and roll is all about. It’s about real music, nothing trendy fad-related or flavor of the month. Petty whether it be with the Heartbreakers, Mudcrutch or even Traveling Wilburys was all about a simple, not overcomplicated textures and straight ahead. Like the proverbial blue blazer, Tom Petty never goes out of style. To point that out if you still listen to terrestrial radio he can be heard on most formats today (minus urban, jazz or classical) without being termed ENIGMA
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Nashville. Mutcrutch consists of two mainstays of the But indeed Petty epitomizes Heartbreakers besides Petty – classic rock in the purist way guiarist Mike Campbell and with great guitar, bass and per- drummer Randy Marsh. cussion. For those unfamiliar Mudcrutch’s origins go back to 1970 when they were formed by Petty and Tom Leadon. If the latter’s last name sounds familiar it should. His brother Bernie was part of the Eagles. Leadon left in 1972, joined Linda Ronstadt’s band and until he got the call from Petty was teaching guitar in
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Bayou”, one Heartbreakers’s cover, “Trailer” from 1985’s Southern Accents and the encore a cover of Jerry Lee Lewis’ “High School Confidential”.
Mudcrutch Setlist Shady Grove ([traditional] cover) Orphan of the Storm Six Days on the Road (Dave Dudley cover) Scare Easy Trailer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover) This Is a Good Street Lover of the Bayou (The Byrds Petty was pure Petty with his Of course the band was in fine cover) toothy smile and sporting a form. There were a couple of Beautiful World beard. There was a casual feeling to the show that is missing from today’s corporate run concert events. Petty, of course has been a champion of the fans since he first broke through. Many are too young to remember his public fight with his record label on their attempt to raise the price of Heartbreakers’ albums, a fight the namesake eventually won. ©Chris Eason So we sat back in Uncle Tom’s den and enjoyed songs from 2008’s Mudcrutch and the well-placed covers including Dreams of Flying newly released Mudcrutch 2. The Byrds’ “Lover of the Save Your Water Hungry No More ©Chris Eason I Forgive It All House of Stone The Other Side of the Mountain Hope Welcome to Hell Crystal River Victim of Circumstance The Wrong Thing to Do Bootleg Flyer
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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 1942 The American Federation of Musicians went on strike after Union president James C. Petrillo told musicians that phonograph records were ‘a threat to members’ jobs.’ As a result, musicians refused to perform in recording sessions over the next several months, although live, musical radio broadcasts did continue. 1955 After a suggestion that RCA bid $20,000 to land Elvis Presley, company executive Mitch Miller replies “No singer is worth that much.”
that said the average teenage girl listens to the radio two hours and thirteen minutes a day and plays records two hours and twelve minutes a day. Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” is released in the US, where it will become the number one song by mid-September. Record industry history was made when Checker’s original hit recording re-entered the charts in the Fall of 1961 and by January of 1962, was back in the number one position. It was the first record ever to hit number one on two separate occasions.
into a canvas chair and said “It’s telegrams to Elvis and to Frank been a hard day’s night, that Sinatra saying “I did it! I knocked ‘em out of first place!” was.” Billboard magazine reports that the harmonica is making a comeback in a big way thanks to its use by Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Bob Dylan.
Despite the fact that the US record charts are dominated by Rock and Roll, crooner Dean Martin has the number one tune with his biggest hit, “Everybody Loves Somebody”. It made it to #11 in the UK. The song had been around since 1949 and had been previously recorded by several well known artists without suc1968 cess. When Martin’s version pushed The Beatles’ “A Hard Ringo Starr quits The Beatles Day’s Night” out of the top spot during the recording sessions on the Billboard chart, he sent for “The White Album”, telling
18-year-old Aretha Franklin makes her first recordings for Columbia Records in New York. Her initial chart appearance would come over a year later when her version of Al Jolson’s 1918 hit, “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby 1957 With A Dixie Melody” would Elvis Presley appeared in con- reach #37 during a two week cert outside of the United States stay on the Hot 100. for the last time when he per1962 formed at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, Canada, in front of Robert Zimmerman legally 26,000 fans. Ticket prices changes his name to Bob Dylan. ranged between $1.50, $2.50 and 1964 $3.50. The title track from The Beatles’ 1960 movie A Hard Day’s Night Elvis Presley is named Public topped the record charts on Enemy #1 by the East German both sides of the Atlantic. The newspaper, Young World. film was originally titled Beatlemania until producers Billboard reports the findings of heard an offhanded comment a Seventeen magazine survey by Ringo Starr as he flopped 1956 RCA released two of Elvis Presley’s hit singles: “Blue Suede Shoes” and “Love Me Tender”.
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1965 A British quartet called The Silkie record a Lennon / McCartney tune called “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away”, on which John Lennon was the producer, Paul McCartney played guitar and George Harrison kept time on a tambourine. The song would reach #28 in the UK and #10 in the US, but their only chance to tour America evaporated when band members were unable to obtain the necessary visas and work permits.
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John “I’m leaving the group because I’m not playing well and I feel unloved and out of it and you three are really close.” Believing that his time with the band was over, Ringo and his family went on vacation to Sardinia. 1969 The Woodstock Music and Art Festival began on Max Yasgur’s 600 acre farm in Bethel, New York. The three-day long festival drew a crowd of more than 500,000 people and became one of the most celebrated Rock and Folk concert festivals of all time. During the three days there were three deaths, two births and four miscarriages.
1975 After charting twice in the UK, KC And The Sunshine Band finally scored a hit record in the US when “Get Down Tonight” topped the Billboard singles chart. It made #21 in Great Britain.
1987 The Grateful Dead’s 12th studio LP “In The Dark” enters the Billboard album chart where it would climb to #6. It would achieve Double Platinum certification in the US with the help of the group’s only American Top 40 hit, “Touch Of Grey”, Orleans enters the Billboard which would reach #9. Hot 100 for the first time with “Dance With Me”, which would Los Lobos’ rendition of “La climb to #6. They would return a Bamba” becomes the first year later with “Still The One” Spanish language recording to (#5) and again in 1979 with “Love top the UK chart. Ritchie Valens’ Takes Time” (#11). 1959 version reached #49.
1976 George Harrison is found guilty of subconscious plagiarism of the song “He’s So Fine” in writing his hit, “My Sweet Lord”. He would eventually pay the copy1970 right holder, Bright Tunes, Chicago’s “25 or 6 to 4” enters $587,000 in damages. the Billboard Hot 100 where it 1978 will climb to #4. Many fans are confused about the song’s Comedian Steve Martin was meaning until it is explained awarded a Gold record for the that the tune was being written novelty song “King Tut”, which at 25 or 6 to four in the morn- had reached #17 on the Billboard ing. chart and sold over a million copies. “Looking Out My Back Door” by 1981 Credence Clearwater Revival enters the Billboard Hot 100 on A new television cable network its way to #2. Although some called MTV (Music Television) fans speculate that the song is started broadcasting music about drugs because of its col- videos, 24 hours a day in the US. orful, dream-like lyrics, writer The show begins with the intro John Fogerty said it was actual- “Ladies and gentlemen, Rock ly written for his then three- and Roll.” year old son, Josh. 1985 1973 Twenty years after it originally The Doors officially disband, topped the UK chart for Sonny two years after Jim Morrison’s And Cher, “I Got You Babe” was death. Over the years, key- a number one hit all over again boardist Ray Manzarek and gui- for UB40 and Chrissie Hynde. tarist Robbie Kreiger attempted 1986 several reunions. Queen gave what would be their Paul McCartney receives a Gold last ever ‘live’ performance record for “Live and Let Die”. when they appeared at Knebworth Festival. ENIGMA
The largest pre-order of albums in the history of CBS Records occurred as 2.25 million copies of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” album were shipped to record stores. The LP followed the Jackson album, “Thriller”, the biggest Jackson-seller of all time. The “Bad” album went on to sell 13 million copies. 1990 Paul Anka, who was born in Ottawa, Canada, is naturalized as an American citizen in Las Vegas. During the ceremony, his illegally parked car was towed away.
53-year-old Jerry Garcia, leader of The Grateful Dead, died at a California rehabilitation centre. The official cause of death was a heart attack brought on by hardening of the arteries. He was reportedly buried in a red T-shirt and sweatpants. 2005 Sly Stone made a rare public appearance when he appeared at Hollywood’s Knitting Factory to watch his little sister Vet perform with a Sly And The Family Stone tribute band. 2011 KISS was cut from a Michael Jackson tribute concert because of comments made by bassist Gene Simmons last year when he told Classic Rock magazine “No matter what my fond memories and fond images of Michael were, with one allegation of pedophilia after another and another and another... Oh dear.”
2014 Jimi Jamison, the lead vocalist for Survivor, suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 63. He joined the band in 1983 after they had released their hit “Eye 1994 of the Tiger” and went on to The Rolling Stones turn down contribute vocals on songs such an invitation from President Bill as “High on You”, “I Can`t Hold Clinton to play at the White Back” and “The Moment of House. Truth” from The Karate Kid.
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