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Donald Trump Master Debater I’ve never seen anything on television like last week’s Republican debate. But then… I’ve never seen anything quite like this GOP primary race. None of us have. Fox News’ broadcast of the alleged top 10 pachyderm primary candidates being grilled by the triumvirate of Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier, and Chris Wallace attracted 24 million viewers. Those are World Series-level numbers, folks. Trump’s comments toward and about Kelly—both during the debate and later on CNN – drew the most attention, but it was Baier who set the tone with the event’s first question... …The candidates were asked if they would support the eventual GOP nominee and pledge not to launch an independent campaign if someone else got the nod. Actually, Baier framed the questions in the negative… asking anyone who would not support a nominee other than himself and anyone who would not rule out an independent presidential run to raise his hand. Trump, standing at center stage, raised his hand kind of
casually. The other hopefuls dynasty in his dust… seemed frozen like statues… …Bush’s star continues to fade. …And that image pretty much Jeb seems to suck the energy symbolizes the Republican pri- out of a room and the contrast mary race so far. Those of us between him and the bombaswho figured The Donald would tic billionaire was obvious. If provide an amusing sideshow Trump “won” the debate, then while the real candidates Bush “lost” it. I have to interfought it out... have been… ject that the Fox News event Trumped... last week was totally unlike a debate. The moderators rattled …Trump, inevitably, claimed he off questions designed to pick “won the debate” as soon as he at each candidate’s weak spots. left the stage. And apparently Kelly asked Trump about his he did. A national survey by derogatory words about Morning Consult, conducted women, prompting him to comover a three-day period that plain about being picked on by ended last Sunday (after the her (and later, on CNN, to debate, in other words), had either reference the possibility Trump leading the field with 32 that she was Megstruating… or percent support from self-iden- not, depending on who you tified Republicans and believe). Trump was also asked Republican-leaning independ- why he once supported singleents. That’s almost three times payer health care, whether or the support of his closest chal- not he had evidence that lenger, Jeb Bush, the top pick Mexico is really sending rapists of just 11 percent of respon- into the U.S., and why he had dents. Even Trump’s controver- previously been in favor of sial CNN remarks about Kelly abortion rights. Bush was asked “bleeding from her… whatever” what he would say to the famicouldn’t keep the comb-over lies of those who died “in your candidate from leaving the brother’s war.” Scott Walker smallest shrub of the Bush was asked about his flip-flop
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on immigration. Marco Rubio was asked if abortion should be allowed in cases of rape and incest. All of the candidates faced hardballs, but it looked like Fox’s talking heads were firing beanballs at the surprising front-runner... and missing… …Donald Trump has turned the Republican primary race into his own reality show. The other candidates can either react to questions about him or risk having none of their remarks make it to the airwaves. John Kasich and Ted Cruz have tried empathizing with those who are frustrated enough with “politicians” to back a loudmouthed bully with no verbal filter. The big question is still: Does Donald Trump actually want to be president? Could he handle the huge pay cut? Could he handle the amount of compromise required for domestic policy-making and international diplomacy? It’s scary as hell to think that we might have to find out someday…
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Dear Rocco, I met this man online, we chatted for a few weeks, and he was nice, so we decided to meet for dinner. He was a true gentleman and brought me flowers and diamond earrings. We have met a few times now and he’s always bringing me presents even though I have told him not to. He makes me accept them! The things that are weird though are little things… His stories and background doesn’t match what he has told me online. It’s silly things! He first said he was 34 and now he says he’s 42, police officer became teacher, never married is now divorced etc. It’s things like that. Should I question his honesty? JC
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I was involved in a business merger when all of a sudden the other party pulled out. Instead they bought my competition. I feel used. During our negotiation he had access to my financials and my client list. I feel used and screwed. Any way to get even, or any suggestions what I should do? MN
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DDee aarr M MNN II ddoonn’’tt hhaa vvee aannyy llee ggaall iiddeeaass.. KKaarrm maa iiss aa bbiittcchh aanndd ssoouunnddss lliikkee yyoouurr ffoorrm meerr ppaarrtt nneerr iiss dduuee hhee rr w w rraatt hh iinn tt hh ee ff uutt uu rree.. II woouu lldd lleett m w myy cclliieenntt ss kk nnoow w whh aatt kk iinndd ooff m w m aann hh ee iiss aa nndd tthhaatt m maayy ddee tteerr ssoom mee ooff tthh eem m ffrroom m uussiinngg hh iim m.. Dear Rocco, You know the song I Kissed A Girl? I did it too and I also liked it. I liked it a lot… She didn’t even wear Cherry Chapstick and it was still amazing! It was party game kiss but it was an eye-opener. I haven’t had a real boyfriend but I have kissed a few. I have always been interested in boys. Now I’m ENIGMA
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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) You will have the discipline and fortitude to accomplish what you want this week. Get out and get active. Put your energy into moneymaking ventures. Competitive games will be your forte. Your lucky day this week will be Monday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Be sure not to burn any bridges. Try to get away with your mate. You are ahead of your time, and trying to stay in one spot could be asking too much. Disruptions may set you back, but you're strong, and in the end the choices you make will be favorable.
Your lucky day this week will be you're prepared to accept irreSunday. versible results. Empty promises and a lack of cash may put a damper on GEMINI your plans. Don't gamble unless you (May 22-June 21) can afford to lose. You can enjoy your involvement in organizations that make charitable Your lucky day this week will be contributions. Don't bother trying to Thursday. make someone you live with see your point of view. Your ability to LEO put a deal together will surprise oth- (July 23-Aug 22) ers. Your communication skills are You'll be able to discuss your ambiat an all-time high. tions with your mate. Travel if it's needed to start the ball rolling. They Your lucky day this week will be won't get away with it. Authority figSunday. ures may be less than accommodating if you have done something CANCER deceitful. (June 22-July 22) Your lover may disappoint you in Your lucky day this week will be such a way that estrangement will Sunday. follow. Don't start a dispute unless VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) You may be able to get some good advice about your personal problems. Partnerships may be strained if one of you has been erratic and hard to deal with. Real estate investments will be profit able. You need to concentrate on solving existing problems.
petitive sport that will bring the challenges you thrive on. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) It's time you let your true feelings out. Put your energy into your work or moneymaking ventures rather than into your emotional life this week. Children may be less than honest with you. You could lose a good friend because of it. Your lucky day this week will be Saturday. CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Residential moves will be favorable, and larger quarters the most probable direction. Do not get involved in joint financial ventures. Groups you belong to will not only enjoy your company, but they will also share your interests. Spend some quality time with your lover. Your lucky day this week will be Monday.
Your lucky day this week will be AQUARIUS Friday. (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Don't expect the whole family to be LIBRA overjoyed. Children or friends may (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) try to talk you into lending them Get out and have some fun. Travel money. You may get upset with peers will be exciting. You will be highly or relatives. Be careful of disclosing sensitive to comments made by your personal information. lover. Children will be of major concern if you haven't kept the lines of Your lucky day this week will be communication open. Thursday. Your lucky day this week will be PISCES Monday. (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Your need to obtain additional SCORPIO details will lead you into strange (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) topics of conversation. Involvement Mishaps due to preoccupation will in groups will be favorable. Business be upsetting. Watch your tendency partnerships will prove lucrative. to live for the day and to spend too Opportunities will come through much on entertainment and chil- behind the scenes activities. dren; it could set you back. You may Upheavals may occupy your day. end up being blamed if anything goes wrong. Get involved in a com- Your lucky day this week will be Sunday. ENIGMA
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Gucci & Me Gucci and me? Yes, I know. To look at me, you'd never dream that I'd own a classy Gucci original. In fact, I'm very much aware that I do not really look the type that would even know who the designer, Gucci, is (does he have a first name?). So what does the world famous fashion French trendsetter, Gucci, in all actuality have to do with me? Read on, and learn about the ridiculous side of life and my rather innocent - and embarrassing- part in it. It was providence that put me in the path of the elite, fashionable crowd in that posh upscale area of London, England, where I had come for a cousin's wedding, a good twenty-five years back. As the rain fell incessantly down from the overcast gray skies onto what appeared to be a dull bleak world, my wife and I - American country bumpkins - marveled at the old society charm of English Europe. Tourist sights that we'd never dreamed of visiting were suddenly within our immediate panoramic vista. The transparency of our unsophisticated traveling experience must have stood out for all to see as we gasped out loud in sheer wonder and amazement at the wrong side everybody seemed to be driving their cars, at the grandeur of
the great Big Ben clock, at the imposing Buckingham Palace and at those funny artificially stiff- looking royal guards with the tall furry hats! We visited some of the most famous museums, gawked at some of the most unusually colorful punk-dressed locals and literally had the time of our lives as we reveled in the wonderful temporary role of being wined and dined without a care besides telephoning across the ocean to see how spoiled our children were getting at their grandparents' home for that one week in June. The entire experience was beyond any vision that we had conjured for ourselves, yet it was rejuvenating. As we said our goodbyes and sincere thank you to our generous hosts, I asked if perhaps there might be anything that we could take to relatives in America for them. After a brief moment of deliberation, it seemed that there indeed was. "Would you mind very much," my host began in his quaint, endearing English accent, "if we would ask you to bring a wallet to my sister in Deal, NJ? It's a Gucci original - not too new, but just the same, I know that she would appreciate it. And why should it be thrown out?"
Would I mind? What a question! In all and life seemed to go on just as we honesty, I was happy to return the had left it with only photographs to favor of unique hospitality in some keep the memories vivid. small measure! Then, one bright Sunday morning, my We packed the 'Gucci thing' within our wife reminded me about the Gucci belongings and were off to the airport. wallet. With England becoming smaller and smaller, and eventually totally disap- "Max," she said worriedly, "I just pearing as the plane gained upward remembered about the wallet. Have and forward momentum, we mentally you seen it anywhere?" prepared ourselves for the long flight home and our shift in roles. "The Gucci wallet?!" I asked in the low tone. "Don't tell me that you don't The reunion that we were a part of at know where it is! Didn't you pack it in Newark was a fitting end to our lovely the big blue suitcase?" vacation. Although we had indeed left London, England, home to world cul- "I thought that you had put it away in ture, art, fashion, and gales of rain- the carry-on," my wife responded drops, the shower of unmistaken love quickly. "How awful if it's lost!" she we received with our welcome home continued. "What a way to show our reception made us ever so much more gratitude for all they did for us!" glad to be back to our own familiar beloved turf and immediate family. Anxiously, we went through every single piece of luggage and belonging that We changed into our normal gears - I, we had taken with us on the trip. as father and daily breadwinner, and Feverishly and with determination, we my wife as familiar 'mommy' figure - sifted through the clothing and para-
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phernalia, spending a good while on the search. Unfortunately, it seemed that the Gucci wallet was nowhere to be found! We sadly concluded that we had either lost it on the way to the airport or it was... stolen. We felt terrible. Too bad we had not purchased travel insurance! After all our English hosts had done for us, how would we ever be able to own up to what had occurred? I sat down gingerly on the edge of the living couch as I thought. Finally, the obvious answer came to my mind. "And what's so terrible about bringing a new Gucci wallet to our host's sister instead of his old, used one?" I asked. The solution I had thought of was brilliant in its simplicity! My wife looked at me in wonder. "Whwhere does one go to buy a Gucci wallet?" she asked. "I mean, aren't Gucci originals exclusive items? Maybe you have to buy them in special one-of-akind shops. And how much do you think they cost anyway?"
Gucci wallets," I said. "And as far as not bad at all. Let's splurge. We'll buy the price is concerned," I continued in them both. One for our hosts' sister a deliberate voice, "How much could a and one for you." small wallet cost already?" My wife nodded. Generally accusThat said, we piled the kids into our tomed to living on a set budget, we car for a 'trip' to the Ocean County both were somewhat relieved at the Mall. affordability of the famed Gucci wallets. Once we had arrived at our destination, my wife led our troupe to the "Ahem," my wife cleared her throat as ladies' accessory department. Her she began in complete earnest innohunch had indeed been right. There, in cence. "You said this one on the right the locked case, lay a small assortment is five dollars and fifty cents and that of Gucci wallets and purses. In my one over there is seven dollars?" mind, their beauty was debatable and I wondered what the major attraction The woman paused for one uncomfortwas about them, but I quickly dis- able long, long moment as she seemed missed the hearsay thoughts as the to digest what had been asked of her. results of my being 'uneducated' in the Then, in the most cold, unfriendly ways of fashion. know-it-all saleslady voice, she corrected the blatant unforgivable blun"We'd like to see the Gucci wallets," der. my wife said to the woman behind the counter. "No, madam, the cost of this one is FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS The saleswoman jingled her ring of and that one is SEVEN HUNDRED DOLkeys as she unlocked the glass display LARS!" case and reached inside for the two featured wallets. "These are the two "Oh, I see, I'm so sorry," my wife said styles that we carry," she said. in a very small voice as the rosy color of embarrassment crept up to her "Hmm," my wife paused. "How much cheeks. "We - uh - I guess we'll think are they?" she inquired. about it. Thank you."
Although both my wife and myself had been brought up in plain, no nonsense type of homes where designer clothing and merchandise were things that, for all intent and purpose, did not exist, we understood that the "This one here is five- fifty," began the price tags on these types of ware were saleswoman. "And this one is seven," on the higher end of the general mer- she said. chandise payment spectrum. I looked at my wife. She looked at me. "I'm sure that one of the department stores in the mall close to us sells "Listen," I told my wife. "The prices are
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locked the glass door. As we made our hasty getaway, we giggled together at our simple ignorance and unsophisticated expectations. How blessed na誰ve we had been! $550 and $700 for wallets embellished with some strange man's name, indeed! As ludicrous as we knew the prices were, we still had a matter to take care of. I telephoned our hosts in England and shamefully explained the situation to them. True to form, they made away with it all, saying that the lost wallet was too old to be of any true worth and we should forget about the entire incident. Gucci and me? Well, I can't exactly say that although quite some time has elapsed since the unfortunate loss of the Gucci wallet, I have completely forgotten about it all. One thing's for certain, I know that Gucci wallets are not on my personal buying list because there has GOT to be better things to do with my money. Still and all, the incident brings back gales of laughter when we reminisce about our 'wonderful unworldliness' and the absolute nonsensical, ludicrous ways of the 'polished, sophisticated' world!
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NEW ORLEANS - A 23-year-old man is accused of driving his sportscar through a fence and onto an active runway in New Orleans before being arrested for drunk driving Wednesday, law enforcement said. Police say the man drove a blue Dodge Challenger through a fence at about noon local time, drove across a runway at Louis Armstrong International Airport and plowed through another fence. Officials said the suspect, Kaleb Clement, was later
captured hiding behind an air conditioning unit at a nearby auto shop after leading police on a brief chase. No one was hurt in the incident, but investigators said Clement had been driving under the influence, The (New Orleans) Times Picayune reported. Clement was arrested and booked on suspicion of DUI and hit-and-run. Although the driver got onto an active runway, officials at the airport said no flights were disrupted. The New Orleans Advocate reported Clement has marijuana-related probation vio-
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lations on his record and a domestic battery charge that was ultimately dropped. officer soon discovered there was a sheep in the back of the car. LEEMING BAR, England - A British “Ewe have got to be kidding,” the motorist pulled over for driving police tweet read. A police with bald tires told police the spokesman told the Northern sheep in the back of his car was Echo the motorist explained he just along for the ride to had just taken the sheep with him McDonald’s. The North Yorkshire for a quick trip to the McDonald’s Police Roads Policing Group, in Leeming Bar. “Some people which shared a picture of the car take their dogs in their cars, I take and its wooly passenger on my sheep,” the man was quoted as Twitter, said the motorist was saying to the officer. A follow-up pulled over Wednesday evening tweet indicated the officer did not when an officer noticed two of its necessarily approve of the tires were completely bald. The
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motorist’s meal choice. “[The motorist] allegedly had just been through the ‘Golden Arches,’ drive through,” the tweet said, using the apparently judgmental hashtag “#otherfastfoodisavailable.” A police spokesman quipped the department would have liked to have gotten a clearer photo of the spectacle. “We have no other information apart from what the officer tweeted. Although we might equip our officers with better high-definition cameras,” the spokesman told The Guardian. CEDARTWON, GA - Everybody is talking about the California cop who pulled his piece on a man who was standing in HIS OWN driveway because the man was recording the officer as he cruised past his house. But as police misconduct goes, that is small peanuts compared to this Georgia police...woman...I guess you could call her. Polk County police said that they have arrested 46-yearold Deputy Noel Smith, after she allegedly entered the home of Carol Carr while drunk. Smith said that she believed it was her home. After hearing her girls screaming, Carr came running and found the Smith inside her son’s room. Smith was getting ready to jump into the boy’s bed and went through the drawer, trying to find something to wear. Smith put on the boy’s shirt. When she was told to leave, Smith claimed it was
her house. Police officers who arrived at the scene, threatened Smith with a Taser. Smith appeared to be drunk and she had urinated on herself. Smith has been charged with public intoxication, trespassing and assault. PHILADELPHIA - The Canadian researchers behind the “hitchBOT” hitchhiking robot said a planned Boston-San Francisco voyage ended prematurely in Philadelphia. The hitchBOT team said the robot, which previously hitchhiked across Canada for 19 days last summer and also had a successful hitchhiking experience in Europe, said they received a photo Saturday night of the robot dismantled and damaged in Philadelphia. “We have no interest in pressing charges or finding the people who vandalized hitchBOT; we wish to remember the good times, and we encourage hitchBOT’s friends and fans to do the same,” the robot’s creators said on their website. Frauke Zeller, a professor at Ryerson University in Toronto and co-creator of Hitchbot, said the culprit narrowly evaded being photographed by the robot’s timed camera. “It didn’t take any pictures unfortunately of the culprits,” Zeller told The Guardian. “They were lucky because it takes images every 20 minutes so it must have been in-between that interval.” The robot’s camera was
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designed to send pictures back to its support team, which posted the photos on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The team pledged hitchBOT will return. “My trip must come to an end for now, but my love for humans will never fade,” hitchBOT tweeted.
said her scotch of choice was topshelf: Johnny Walker Blue Label. “Each of our centenarians has their different secrets,” said Stacy Andersen, a project manager with the New England Centenarian Study. “If Agnes feels hers is alcohol, maybe it is, but certainly we don’t find that to be consistent ENGLEWOOD, N.J. - A New Jersey across all our centenarians.” woman marking her 110th birthday said a doctor’s orders led her to FORT MYERS, FL - Kevin Spacey...I drink three Miller High Life beers mean...Kenzo Roberts did not, I and a shot of scotch every day for repeat; not want to be identified 70 years. Agnes Fenton of when he was pulled over by police Englewood, who officially became while driving a stolen Mercedes in a supercentenarian Saturday, Florida. After detectives from the credited God with helping her to Lee County Sheriff’s Office pulled reach her advanced age. “When I over the 20-year-old, they found was 100 years old, I went to the Roberts using a fake identificamirror to thank God that I was tion. He was also in possession of still here. And I thank him every a concealed firearm and he had 3 morning,” Fenton told The Record fraudulent credit cards. He was newspaper. “He gave me a long placed in a patrol car, but his life and a good life, and I have hands were not secured, giving nothing to complain about. ... him the opportunity to try and You’ve got to have God in your chew his own fingertips off. life. Without God, you’ve got Surveillance video from the police nothing.” Fenton was interviewed car shows Roberts rubbing his finby ABC News around her 105th ger in the cage before eating birthday, and she said some pieces of his skin in an effort to advice she received from her doc- remove his fingerprints. However, tor about 70 years earlier had his efforts were unsuccessful. The been invaluable. “He said, ‘Agnes, Lee County Sheriff’s Office learned you must drink three Miller High that Roberts has two felony warLifes a day,’” she said. Fenton said rants for his arrest for aggravated she dutifully downed three of the assault with a deadly weapon. And beers with a shot of scotch each yes, the story is real. Please trust day until recently, when nurses me when I tell you not to look for said her limited diet wouldn’t the video online. allow her to keep drinking. She
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SEEN ON THE LAST COMIC STANDING HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN COMEDY IN 2004 PERFORMING FOR LOCAL FIREFIGHTER AND EMS BENEFITS AND EVENTUALLY HIT THE STAGE IN CHATTANOOGAS NUMBER ONE PLACE FOR COMEDY "THE COMEDY CATCH." JERRY IS THE WINNER OF THE SOUTHEASTERN FUNNIEST PEOPLE SEARCH V 2010 AND COMPETED IN LAS VEGAS` ONLY STAND UP COMEDY FESTIVAL THE WORLD SERIES OF COMEDY IN 2012 MAKING IT TO THE SEMI-FINALS. HE HAS PERFORMED WITH, HOSTED AND FEATURED FOR THE LIKES OF JOHN WESLEY AUSTIN, KATHLEEN DUNBAR, DEAN NAPOLITANO, LANDRY, ANTHONY PADILLA, JANET WILLIAMS AND MANY MORE.
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ALICE WETTERLUND
ALICE "PRETTY-IN-A-NOT-SHITTY-WAY" WETTERLUND HAS PERFORMED HER NON-YELLING BRAND OF COMEDY ON STAGES SUCH AS COMIX, BROADWAY COMEDY CLUB, UCB THEATERS, SAN FRANCISCO'S PUNCHLINE AND THE HOLLYWOOD IMPROV, AND ON CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED SHOWS INCLUDING COLLEGE HUMOR LIVE, BIG TERRIFIC, AND MELTDOWN. SHE HAS ALSO PERFORMED NATIONALLY IN FESTIVALS SUCH AS BRIDGETOWN, MOON TOWER AND WOMEN IN COMEDY, AND FREQUENTLY TOURS WITH COMEDY CENTRAL ON CAMPUS AND WITH GIRL CODE/GUY CODE ON CAMPUS. SHE WAS A NEW FACE FOR THE 2013 JUST FOR LAUGHS COMEDY FESTIVAL IN MONTREAL AND WAS ON THE OFFICIAL LINE UP FOR FOX’S 2013 NIGHT OF COMEDY IN LOS ANGELES.
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LANDRY IS DOWNRIGHT HILARIOUS AND YOU’RE SURE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME ONCE YOU SEE WHAT HE DOES ON STAGE. HE HAS BEEN APPEARING AT THE CATCH FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND EVERYONE WHO SEES HIM SAYS YOU NEED TO BRING HIM BACK, SO WE KEEP DOING SO.
AUGUST 20-23
KURT METZGER
BESIDES REGULARLY PERFORMING IN NEW YORK CITY'S PREMIERE COMEDY CLUBS, KURT METZGER'S CREDITS INCLUDE PERFORMING ON “LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON,” COMEDY CENTRAL'S "LIVE AT GOTHAM," SHOWTIME'S "WHITE BOYZ IN THE HOOD" AND VH1'S "BEST WEEK EVER." IN 2011, KURT RELEASED HIS FULL HOUR CD "KURT METZGER TALKS TO YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT SEX" AND WAS ADDED TO COMEDY CENTRAL'S "HOT LIST." KURT HAS HAD HIS OWN HALF-HOUR SPECIAL FOR "COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS," HAS APPEARED ON COMEDY CENTRAL'S "IMPORTANT THINGS WITH DEMETRI MARTIN," AND IFC'S "Z-ROCK". HE ALSO VOICED THE CHARACTER, RANDALL ON COMEDY CENTRAL'S "UGLY AMERICANS." PREVIOUSLY, HE'S WRITTEN FOR "CHAPPELLE'S SHOW," VARIOUS CELEBRITY ROASTS ON COMEDY CENTRAL, AND SEVERAL OTHER SPIKE AND VH1 PROGRAMS. HE IS CURRENTLY A STAFFED WRITER ON “INSIDE AMY SCHUMER” FOR COMEDY CENTRAL AND IS A CONSULTING PRODUCER ON “THE APPROVAL MATRIX,” AN UPCOMING SERIES FROM NEAL BRENNAN FOR THE SUNDANCE CHANNEL. KURT IS ALSO A PRODUCER ON THE UPCOMING JIM NORTON TV PILOT FOR VICE. IN THE ACTING WORD, KURT RECENTLY GUEST STARRED ON AN EPISODE OF “INSIDE AMY SCHUMER.”
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This week’s calendar covers events from Thursday, August 13, through Wednesday, August 19. 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.
TTH HU URRSSD DA AYY A Auugguu sstt 1133 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Landry 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) CBDB, Maradeen TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) The Lacs HEE LLLL A H ATT TT H HEE M MA ASS Q QU UEE RRA AD DEE (Atlanta) The Dickies WO W ORRK KPPLLA A YY SS O OU UN ND DSSTT A AG G EE (Birmingham) Macy Gray
FFRRIID DA AYY A Auugguu sstt 1144 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Landry RRA AW W (Chattanooga) DJ Barnaby RRH HYY TT H HM M && BBRREE W WSS (Chattanooga) MTKO, Karmin, Breakfast Club TT-- BBO ON NEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Georgia Pine BB&&BB M MA ARRIIN NA A (Charleston, TN) Convertibull CCH HA ASSTT A AIIN N PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Gipsy Kings CCLL A ASSSSIICC CCEE N NTT EERR (Athens, GA) Robert Randolph & The Family Band, The Georgia Flood August 14 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTEE RR (Nashville) Needtobreathe, Switchfoot, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Colony House CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Howie Day
SSA ATTU U RRD DA AYY A Auu gguusstt 1155 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Landry RRH HYY TT H HM M && BBRREE W WSS (Chattanooga) Dank, Downright RRIIVVEERRFFRRO ON NTT N NIIG GH HTT SS (Chattanooga) Hank & the Cupcakes, Glowing Bordis JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Mythical Motors, Hog Pig, Vamptones AA A ARRO ON N ’’SS A AM MPPH HII H HEEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) J. Cole, Big Sean, YG, Jeremih, Bas, Cozz FFRREED D RRIICC K K BBRRO OW WN N JJRR.. A AM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Atlanta) Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Rich Robinson CCH HA ASSTT A AIIN N PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Brian Culbertson, Robert Glasper Experiment RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Meghan Trainor, Charlie Puth, Life Of Dillon MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville)
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Between The Buried And Me, Animals As Leaders, The Contortionist ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Idina Menzel WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) Howie Day TTH H EE IIN N TT EERRN NAATT IIO ON NAALL (Knoxville) “The Summer Slaughter Tour” Arch Enemy, Of Osiris, Veil Of Maya, The Acacia Strain, Obscura, After The Burial, Cattle Decapitation, Beyond Creation
SSU UN ND DA AYY A Auu gguusstt 1166 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Landry SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter MEEM M MO ORRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) “A Prairie Home Companion” Garrison Keillor CCH H AASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Jim Gaffigan TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Meghan Trainor, Charlie Puth, Life Of Dillon VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Howard Jones SSYYM M PPH HO ON NYY H HAALL LL (Atlanta) Engelbert Humperdinck ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Rickie Lee Jones TTH H EE W WO OO OD D SS AATT FFO ON NTT AAN N EELL (Whites Creek, TN) Damien Rice
MO M ON ND DA AYY A Auugguu sstt 11 77 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 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Solid Ghost, R’lych TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Brandon Flowers
TTU U EESSD DA AYY A Auu gguusstt 1188 TTRREE M MO ON N TT TTAAVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade BBA ARRK KII N NG G LLEEG G SS TT H HEE AATTEE RR (Chattanooga) Danny Kroha JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Kerchief, Sirai Vessel RRH H YY TTH HM M && BBRREE W WSS (Chattanooga) Dr. Jack Kennedy: A Celebration of Life BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Def Leppard, Styx, Tesla ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Sublime with Rome, Rebelution, Pepper, Mickey Avalon
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JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Jamaican Queens August 20 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Firefall August 20 PPU U BBLLII CC SS Q QU UAARREE PPAARRK K (Nashville) “Live On the Green, Lord Huron, Shakey Graves, Elliot Root August 20 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Kip Bradley, Organ Stills August 21 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 ATT LLAAN A N TTAA BBO O TT AAN NIICC AALL G GA ARRD DEEN N (Atlanta) John Hiatt, Taj Mahal August 21 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch 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 H AARRRRAAH H H’’ SS CC H HEE RRO OK KEE EE CC A ASSIIN NO O (Cherokee) Joan Jett & the Blackhearts August 21 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Rims and Keys August 22 RRIIVVEERRFF RRO ON NTT PPAARRK K (Chattanooga) “Southern Brewers Festival” Hard Working Americans, The Motet August 22 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch August 22 CC H HAASS TTAAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Air Supply August 22 ATT LLAAN A N TTAA BBO O TT AAN NIICC AALL G GA ARRD DEEN N (Atlanta) Melissa Etheridge August 22 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) Yes, Toto August 22 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) John Hiatt, Taj Mahal August 23 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Gin Blossoms August 23 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Hard Working Americans August 23 BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Blues Traveler August 23 G RRAAN G NFFAALLLL O OO ON N (Chattanooga) Lost Element August 24 TT RRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Blues Traveler August 25 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Underwear Comedy Show August 25 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) O.A.R., Brynn Elliott, Allen Stone August 25 TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Reel Big Fish August 25 FF RRA AN NK KLLIIN N TT H HEEAATT RREE (Franklin, TN) “Gallagher’s Jokes On You Comedy Tour” Gallagher, Artie Fletcher, Bob Nelson
August 25 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Sugar Ray, Better Than Ezra, Eve 6, Uncle Kracker August 26 CC IITT YY W W IIN NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Steep Canyon Rangers August 26 TT RRA ACCK K 22 99 (Chattanooga) Gent & Jawns, Meaux Green August 27 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Diarrhea Planet, Music Band August 27 MIILL LLEERR PPLLAAZZ AA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Escondido August 28 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Brightside, Liferoot, Doyle, New Planet August 28 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Boyz II Men, Bell, Biv DeVoe August 28 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) “Gallagher’s Jokes On You Comedy Tour” Gallagher, Artie Fletcher, Bob Nelson August 28 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA BBO O TTAAN N IICC AALL G GAARRD D EEN N (Atlanta) The Mavericks, Los Lobos 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 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Rob Thomas August 28 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN NTT EE AASSTT (Nashville) The Dexateens 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 August 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 TT H HEE CCO ON NCC O OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Strung Like A Horse August 29 O LLD O D CC IITT YY CCO OU URRTT YYAARRD D (Knoxville) 2 Chainz August 29 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) The Dexateens August 29 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Motley Crue, Alice Cooper August 30 HEE AAVVEEN H N AATT TTH H EE M M AASSQ QU UEERRAAD D EE (Atlanta) Earl Sweatshirt, Remy Banks August 30 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Rob Thomas August 30 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Nashville) ZZ Top, Blackberry Smoke September 1 O AAK O KM MO OU UN NTT AAIIN N AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE (Pelham, AL) Chris Brown, Kid Ink, Omarion, Fetty Wap, Teyana Taylor September 1 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Madonna September 2 TT H HEE CCO OU UN N TTRRYY M MU USSIICC H H AALLLL O O FF FFAAM M EE A AN ND D MU M U SSEEU UM M (Nashville) Roseanne Cash 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 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Behold the Brave, The Gills September 4
MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) ZZ Ward September 4 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) GWAR, Butcher Babies, Battlecross September 4 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Fear Factory, Once Human, Before The Mourning, The Bloodline September 4 RRIIVVEERRFFRRO ON NTT N NIIG GH HTT SS (Chattanooga) Stokeswood, Remembering January September 5 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Great Barrier Reefs, Dynamo September 5 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix, Eric Hutchinson September 5 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTEE RR (Nashville) Widespread Panic September 5 AA A ARRO ON N ’’SS A AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Chris Brown, Kid Ink, Omarion, Fetty Wap, Teyana Taylor September 5 SSA ATT U URRN N (Nashville) X 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 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) X September 6 TTH H EE TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL (Atlanta) The Orb September 6 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) ZZ Ward September 7 TTH H EE N N IICC K K (Birmingham) Sleepy Kitty, Brier September 7 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Purity Ring September 8 GEE O G ORRG G IIA A TT H HEEA ATT RREE (Athens, GA) X September 8 EEXXIITT //II N N (Nashville) Andrew W.K. September 9 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Nashville) Purity Ring September 9 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) X September 9 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Rodrigo y Gabriela, Todd Park Mohr September 9 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Ecstatic Vision, Ruby The Hatchet September 9 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) GWAR, Butcher Babies, Battlecross September 10 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Brave Baby 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 PPU UBBLLIICC SSQ QU UA ARREE PPA ARRK K (Nashville) “Live on The Green” Rodrigo y Gabriela, Delta Rae, JD McPherson, Kopecky, Humming House, Civil Twilight September 10 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) BoDeans September 10 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Los Colognes September 11 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 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Xylouris White
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September 11 TT H HEE LLO OFF TT (Atlanta) Rita Ora September 11 TT H HEE FFO OU UN ND D RRYY (Athens, GA) Shawn Mullins September 11 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Earl Sweatshirt, Remy Banks September 11 TT H HEE CCO ON NCC O OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) J.J. Grey & Mofro September 11 O LLD O D CC IITT YY CCO OU URRTT YYAARRD D (Knoxville) Lil Jon September 11 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Megan Saunders and the Driftless, The Sweet Sisters, Rye Baby September 12 MEE M M MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Avett Brothers September 12 CC O OBBBB EE N NEERRG G YY PPEERRFFO O RRM MIIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) Josh Groban September 12 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Ed Sheeran, Christina Perri September 12 AAARRO A ON N ’’SS AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) “One Music Fest” The Roots, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wale, Big K.R.I.T., A$AP Rocky, Janelle Monáe, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Scarface, 8Ball & MJG, Jidenna, Sza, St. Beauty, Raury, Deep Cotton, Roman GianArthur, The Internet September 12 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Angie Stone September 12 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU UBB (Athens, GA) Best Coast September 12 PPU UBBLLIICC SSQ QU UAARREE PPAARRK K (Nashville) Ben Folds, All Them Witches, Anderson East, Elle King, Kaleo, Lennon & Maisy, The Districts September 12 TT H HEE IIN NTT EERRN N AATTII O ON N AALL (Knoxville) Buckcherry, Saving Abel, Of Texas September 12
BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Ed Sheeran, Christina Perri September 13 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) “HardDrive Live Tour” Tremonti, Trivium 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 TTH H EE CCO ON NCC O OU U RRSS EE (Knoxville) Three Days Grace September 14 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Blues Traveler September 15 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Three Days Grace September 15 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Nashville) Steve Earle, The Mastersons September 15 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Earl Sweatshirt, Remy Banks September 15 TTH H EE N N IICC K K (Birmingham) Skinny Lister September 15 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Blues Traveler September 16 GEE O G ORRG G IIA A TT H HEEA ATT RREE (Athens, GA) Diarrhea Planet September 16 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) Swervedriver, Gateway Drugs 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 PPU URRG GA ATT O O RRYY A ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Skinny Lister September 17 TTH H EE FFA ACC TTO O RRYY A ATT FFRRA AN NK KLLII N N (Franklin, TN) Shemekia Copeland, The Mavericks, Joel Rafael September 17 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) SOCRO CD
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Release Party September 18 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Billy Idol September 18 EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) Kap Slap September 18 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) George Benson September 18 CCO O BBBB EEN NEE RRG GYY PPEE RRFF O ORRM M IIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN NTT EERR (Atlanta) Kristin Chenoweth September 18 SSYYM M PPH HO ON NYY H HAALL LL (Atlanta) Seth MacFarlane September 18 PPII EED DM MO ON N TT PPAARRK K (Atlanta) “Music Midtown” Elton John, Drake, Alice In Chains, Hozier, Kodaline, Jenny Lewis, Tove Lo, Catfish And The Bottlemen, August Alsina, Metric, Elliot Moss, Jamie N Commons September 18 CCA AM M PP FFEESSTT (Camp Blue Ridge, GA) Cold War Kids, Hey Rosetta!, Langhorne Slim, The Whigs, Margo & the Pricetags, Alanna Royale September 18 HO H OM MEERR H H AAM MIILL TTO ON N AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Warrant September 18 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Bombadil, Kingsley Flood, Antrony D’Amato September 19 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Xylouris White September 19 CCA AM M PP FFEESSTT (Camp Blue Ridge, GA) Cold War Kids, Hey Rosetta!, Langhorne Slim, The Whigs, Margo & the Pricetags, Alanna Royale September 19 PPII EED DM MO ON N TT PPAARRK K (Atlanta) “Music Midtown” Van Halen, Lenny Kravitz, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Billy Idol, Sam Smith, Run The Jewels, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Colony House, Icona Pop, The Airborne Toxic Event, X Ambassadors,
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Panic! At The Disco, Elle King, New Politics, Alessia Cara, Vance Joy, Vinyl Theatre, Rozzi Crane September 19 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) Kip Moore, Dierks Bentley, Maddie & Tae, Canaan Smith September 19 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Loretta Lynn, Steve Earle, Gillian Welch, Tift Merritt,Eric Haywood, Nikki Lane September 19 LLEE G GAACC YY AARREEN N AA AATT TTH H EE BBJJ CCCC (Birmingham) Ariana Grande, Prince Royce September 20 CC A AM MPP FF EESSTT (Camp Blue Ridge, GA) Cold War Kids, Hey Rosetta!, Langhorne Slim, The Whigs, Margo & the Pricetags, Alanna Royale September 20 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Awkward Sex and the City - Comedy Showcase September 21 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N NAASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Samantha Fish September 21 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Ariana Grande, Prince Royce September 22 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Indigo Girls September 22 FF RRA AN NK KLLIIN N TT H HEEAATT RREE (Franklin, TN) Restless Heart, Charlie McCoy, Michael Lington September 22 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Daryl Hall & John Oates September 23 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Kacey Musgraves September 23 M EEM M MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Chris Young, Eric Paslay, Clare Dunn September 24 TT H HEE LLIIBBRRAARRYY TT H HEEAATT RREE (Hoover, AL) The
Blind Boys of Alabama September 24 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU UBB (Athens, GA) Helmet September 24 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Beats Antique September 24 HII G H GH HW WAATTTT (Nashville) Steve’n’Seagulls September 24 CC A AN NN N EERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Eagles of Death Metal September 24 TT --BBO ON N EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Georgia Pine September 25 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Taylor Swift, Vance Joy September 25 TT H HEE LLIIBBRRAARRYY TTH H EEAATT RREE (Hoover, AL) The Blind Boys of Alabama September 25 TT U USSCC AALLO OO OSSAA AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Tuscaloosa) The Spinners September 25 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Eagles of Death Metal September 25 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Nick Jonas, Bebe Rexha September 25 JJJJ ..’’ SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) WAXFANG September 26 TT RRA ACCK K 22 99 (Chattanooga) Beats Antique September 26 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Taylor Swift, Vance Joy September 26 PPA ARRK K AATT H H AARRLLIIN NSSD D AALLEE FFAARRM M (Franklin, TN) “Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival” Wilco, Weezer, Sheryl Crow, Cage The Elephant, Neko Case, Iron & Wine, Dr. John, Punch Brothers, Trampled By Turtles, Saint Motel, Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear, Joe Pug, Holly Williams, Will Hoge, Elel, Guthrie Brown, Kingfish September 26 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) J Balvin, Becky G September 26 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Janet Jackson September 26 PPA ARRK K AATT H H AARRLLIIN NSSD D AALLEE FFAARRM M (Franklin, TN) “Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival” Willie Nelson, The Decemberists, Band Of Horses, Jimmy Cliff, Dawes, St. Paul And The Broken Bones, Chris Stapleton, The Lone Bellow, Lucius, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Charles Bradley, Nikki Lane, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, John & Jacob September 27 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Marc Anthony, Carlos Vives September 27 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Yo La Tengo September 27 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Kraftwerk September 27 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Nashville) Janet Jackson September 27 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Gene Ween September 27 PPA ARRK K AATT H H AARRLLIIN NSSD D AALLEE FFAARRM M (Franklin, TN) Willie Nelson, Charles Bradley, The Decemberists, Wilco, Trampled By Turtles, Dawes September 28 TT H HEE EEAARRLL (Atlanta) Albert Hammond Jr. September 29 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Charli XCX, Bleachers, Robert DeLong September 29 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Lucinda Williams September 29 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Dawes, John Moreland September 29 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Albert Hammond Jr. September 30 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN NTT EE AASSTT (Nashville) MuteMath September 30 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) George Ezra September 30
TTH H EE FFA ACC TTO O RRYY A ATT FF RRA AN NK KLLII N N (Franklin, TN) Webb Wilder, Jason & the Scorchers, Will Kimbrough, Todd Snider September 30 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Mother’s Finest September 30 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Lucinda Williams September 30 TTU U RRN NEERR FFIIEELL D D (Atlanta) Sam Hunt October 1 CCA ALL EED DO ON NIIA A LLO OU UN NG GEE (Athens, GA) Gringo Star October 1 RRO OSSSS’’ LLA AN ND DIIN NG G PPA ARRK K (Chattanooga) “Three Sisters Music Festival” Dismembered Tennesseans, Mae, Hot Rize October 2 RREED D CCLLA AYY TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Duluth, GA) Bob Mould October 2 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Brandi Carlile, Torres October 2 CCH HA ASSTT A AIIN N PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) K. Michelle, Azealia Banks October 2 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Lucero October 2 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTEE RR (Nashville) Lynyrd Skynyrd October 2 VVO ON N BBRRA AU UN N CC EEN N TTEE RR (Huntsville) John Prine, Jason Isbell October 2 ALLYY SS RRO A OBBIIN N SSO ON N SSTT EEPPH H EEN N SS PPEERRFF O ORRM MII N NG G ARRTTSS CCEE N A NTT EERR (Birmingham) Chick Corea and Béla Fleck October 2 RRO OSSSS’’ LLA AN ND DIIN NG G PPA ARRK K (Chattanooga) “Three Sisters Music Festival” Dismembered Tennesseans, Frank Solivan, Michael Cleveland And Flamekeeper, Front Country, The Travelin’ McCourys October 3 SSCC H HW WA ARRTT ZZ CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) Chick Corea and Bela Fleck October 3 CCEE N NTT RRA ALL PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) “Afro-Punk Festival” D’Angelo, Thundercat October 3 VVII N NYY LL (Atlanta) MuteMath October 3 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Collective Soul October 3 CCA AN ND DLLEE RR PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Gringo Star October 3 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Bob Mould October 3 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brandi Carlile, Torres October 3 CCO OU UN N TTRRYY TT O ON N IITT EE TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Pigeon Forge, TN) Ray Stevens October 3 HA H ARRRRA AH H ’’SS CCH H EERRO OK KEEEE CCA ASS IIN NO O (Cherokee) Shinesdown October 3 CCEE N NTT EEN NN NIIA ALL O OLLYY M MPPIICC PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Foo Fighters October 4 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Brandi Carlile October 4 AA A ARRO ON N ’’SS A AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) “Funny Or Die Presents The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival” Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer October 4 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Godsmack October 5 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Foo Fighters October 5 SSCC H HEERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) K. Michelle, Azealia Banks October 5 GEE O G ORRG G IIA A TT H HEEA ATT RREE (Athens, GA) Minus the Bear, O’Brother, Aero Flynn October 5 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Disclosure October 5 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Rhiannon Giddens October 6 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) The Chris
OAAK O KM MO OU UN NTT AAIIN N PPRREE SSBBYYTT EE RRII AAN N (Birmingham) Alt-J October 8 SSA ATTU U RRN N (Birmingham) Rubblebucket, Elel October 8 VVO ON N BBRRAAU UN N CC EEN N TTEE RR (Huntsville) Miranda Lambert, RaeLynn, Clare Dunn, Courtney Cole October 8 TTH H EE FF O OU UN ND DRRYY (Athens, GA) Aaron Carter October 8 GEEO G O RRG GIIAA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Lake Street Dive October 8 TT--BBO ON NEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Ramble in the Attic October 9 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Florence + The Machine October 9 CCA ARRLL BBLLAACC K K CC H H EEVVYY W WO OO OD DSS AAM MPPH HII TTH H EEAATT EERR ATT FF O A ON N TTAAN N EELL (Whites Creek, TN) Kid Rock October 9 WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) Aaron Carter October 9 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU U BB (Athens, GA) Wavves, Twin Peaks, Steep Leans October 9 LLIIVVEE W WIIRREE AATT H HEEN N SS (Athens, GA) Rubbkebucket, Elel October 9 TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Ghost, Purson October 9 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Grace Potter, Lake Street Dive October 10 CCA ARRLL BBLLAACC K K CC H H EEVVYY W WO OO OD DSS AAM MPPH HII TTH H EEAATT EERR ATT FF O A ON N TTAAN N EELL (Whites Creek, TN) Kid Rock October 10 CCH H AASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Jackson Browne, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams October 10 VVIIN N YYLL (Atlanta) The Dear Hunter, Chon, Gates October 10 VVEE RRIIZZO ON NW WIIRREE LLEESSSS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE AATT
Robinson Brotherhood October 6 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Twenty One Pilots, Echosmith October 6/7
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EE N NCC O ORREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) All Time Low, Sleeping With Sirens, One Ok Rock October 10 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Warren Haynes, ChessBoxer October 10 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Winery Dogs October 12 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Seether, Saint Asonia October 13 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Warren Haynes, ChessBoxer October 13 TT EERRM M IIN NAALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Ben Sollee October 14 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Patty Griffin, Darlingside October 14 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Patty Griffin, Darlingside October 15 TT EERRM M IIN NAALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) Old 97’s October 15 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Korn October 15 CC EEN N TTEE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Joe Jackson October 15 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) The Ann Wilson Thing October 15 TT EEN NN NEE SSSSEEEE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) Grace Potter October 15 CC O OBBBB EE N NEE RRG GYY PPEERRFF O ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Frank Caliendo, George Kanter October 16 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Walk The Moon October 16 M AARRAATTH M HO ON NM MU U SSIICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Great White, Slaughter October 16 TT RRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Maddie & Tae October 17 TT H HEE AARREEN N AA AATT G GW W IIN NN N EETT TT CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Chris Tomlin, Rend Collective October 17
When Men Became Women Unless you and I have been living in two different worlds, we seem to have an issue on our hands. We have feminized men to the point where they are slowly starting to resemble women. It is enough evidence to go down to your local super market to see the vast array of beauty, hair and make-up products specifically made for men. So what is happening here?
women, have personal grooming issues which could be solved with the application of cosmetics. And with the wave of acceptance and gender equality that came with the 21st century it was the perfect time to start mass producing cosmetics products aimed at men. Gray hair, wrinkles and eye-bags were all relatively simple issues which could bring in a lot of money. According to the cos21st century the cosmetics decades they ignored 50% of MONEY; metics industry makes over industry woke up to one, their potential customers. $55 billion annually, as of thought. For Men, in the same way as 2014. And with around 25% of Nearing the beginning of the booming
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men taking more than half an hour in the morning to get ready, there is clear indication that the male based products are selling. CC U ULLTTUURREE;; We have seen a massive shift in the cultural attitudes, especially those within the western areas of the world. Societies are becoming more accepting of men being less masculine. The days of leather jackets, motorbikes and hard rock are (sadly, may I add) long gone and have become replaced by a mindless, spiritless pop culture. These days, it is enough to make a fool out of yourself, or better, a freak, to grab people's attention and become famous. Furthermore, as women gain more and more rights, becoming (virtu-
ally) equal to men in their rights, the pressures of the past on men to provide for their families are gone. It is now perfectly acceptable for the woman to be the one who works and brings in the hardearned cash home and for the man to stay behind and do the cooking. Although most couples tend to live in a symbiotic relationships in which both partners are expected to contribute both financially and at home, it is no surprise that men are becoming more feminine. VVA ANN IITTYY;; We are vain. That is the simple truth. Because every day we are bombarded with adverts of beautiful men and women, working out, eating healthy and looking beautiful in their designer clothes, we
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have slowly come to expect this of ourselves. We now do more than ever, to look good and impress others. It's enough to look at some statistics to know this is true; 25 million American males (and 20 million females) going to the gym each year. Furthermore, the British males spend an incredible 13 billion pounds on clothes each year, on average spending just 99 pounds less than their female counterparts. Because of the earlier mentioned shift in culture, we no longer live in the times when it was the woman's job to look beautiful and stunning and the man's job was to be handsome. These days, men feel the need to be pretty, beautiful and stunning themselves, abandoning natural masculinity.
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SSoo w whh yy m meenntt iioonn aallll ooff tthh iiss?? Because I think men are close to the point of no return. If we do not act now, soon, traditional men will become a dying breed. I am not in the favour of unkempt hair, facial hair whose shave is long overdue or an outfit which has clearly been in someone's wardrobe for three decades but I do believe that we should make a stand for traditional men. I want to see the return of the gentlemen; men who knew how to look after themselves without excessive grooming, manpedicures and what nots. Men, who woman adored not for their beauty or perfect body, but for devilish handsomeness and intellect.
- Michal Wroblewski
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HOW TO PLAN A PROFITABLE NON-PROFIT COMPANY It's not everyday that someone wakes up and says, "I think I will start a non-profit organization." Starting a business of any kind usually takes years of thought and planning before it can go from the concept on paper to the working model. It usually starts with a desire or a calling to provide a product or service. Then the next step would be to determine the best corporate structure for your business. There are a variety of ways to structure any business whether it is a partnership, a limited liability corporation or a sole proprietorship, but for our purposes we will focus on a simple US domestic corporate structure that is typical of small start up companies. These types of corporate structures will either be for-profit or non-profit in nature. A forprofit corporation is one that is designed to provide a product or service to the public in order to make a financial profit. Non-profit corporations, although they may make a profit on paper, their purpose is to provide a service or
4. Who is your target population? 5. What service or end product would you provide for your target population? 6. How will the services be rendered, and products produced? 7. Do you have a marketing plan? 8. How will the services and products be financed? 9. Will you need a building, staff or vehicles? 10. What are the initial start up projections in dollars and manhours? 11. How much of the financing will come from you, from private donations, from public donations? 12. Do you anticipate needing government funding? 13. What is the life cycle of your company? It is a temporary fund or a permanent endeavor? 14. What kind of growth do you foresee (both in target population 1. What is the name of your organ- and in demand for your product ization? 2. What is the purpose or mission? What causes do you support? 3. What differentiates your organization from others? product that serves a human need or that is beneficial to a targeted group or cause. Often for-profit corporations create their own non-profits companies and foundations to handle things like education or the arts or even for ecological, social or employee benefit concerns. The profitability factor in a non-profit organization is determined by whether or not its product and services have performed their purpose. Profitability is also determined by whether or not the company was able to successfully meet the needs of the targeted population. Regardless of whether it is a for-profit or nonprofit corporation, one must always start with a solid business plan. The following are some questions that should be addressed in the business plan.
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or services)? 15. Can this growth be quantified in your financial projections? 16. What is your business or personal experience that qualifies you to start a business of this nature? If you are thinking about also starting any type of business, you might want to research your local small business administration office or consult with an attorney about which corporate and tax structure is best for you. Also note that filing as a non-profit corporation in your state this does not automatically qualify you for a tax exempt status. Contact the IRS website for information about filing for a non-profit tax exempt status.
- Paula Matthews
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1 99 3388 :: Robert Johnson dies in 1 Greenwood, Mississippi…the legendary bluesman’s whiskey is said to have been poisoned…known for his womanizing, the traveling musician’s murderer is presumed to be the spouse of one of his paramours…it was rumored Johnson’s talent came at the expense of his soul, the result of a midnight deal struck with Satan at a Mississippi crossroads…probably the most influential bluesman to emerge in the 20th century, Johnson’s songs and riffs are part of the foundation of modern blues… 1 93 9: Pioneering electric guitarist 1 Charlie Christian sits in with Benny Goodman’s group at a club in Beverly Hills...Goodman isn’t interested in hearing an electric guitar, but legendary talent scout John Hammond slips the guitarist on stage while Goodman’s on a break...Christian proceeds to wow the crowd and musicians alike with his seemingly endless single-string virtuosity...his style, which mirrors the fluid lines of of the era’s bebop players, becomes the new benchmark for jazz guitar… 1 99 5522:: Blues belter Big Mama 1 Thornton records the original version of “Hound Dog”…it’ll enjoy a seven-week run at the top of the R&B chart and will mark the first big hit for the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller while selling more than two million copies…white audiences will mostly remain oblivious to the song until a former Memphis truck driver cuts his hip-swiveling version four years later… 1 995566 : Elvis Presley’s double-sided 1 hit, “Hound Dog” / “Don’t be Cruel” is released…it’ll quickly soar to the top of the pop chart where it stays for 11 weeks setting a record that will remain unchallenged until Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” in
1992… 199 6600:: Elvis enjoys his first post1 army No. 1 hit with the souped-up ballad “It’s Now or Never” based on the melody of the Italian chestnut “O Sole Mio”… 199 6622: “Your Heart Belongs to Me” 1 by the Supremes debuts on the Hot 100 chart...it is the first of their eventual 47 hits…this same week, Ringo Starr replaces the less talented but more handsome Pete Best as The Beatles’ drummer…
festival becomes the prototype for dozens of similar extravaganzas to 19 68 : The Jimi Hendrix Experience follow… performs a roaring instrumental version of the “Star Spangled 11 99 77 00:: Jim Morrison’s trial for Banner” for the first time in con- allegedly exposing himself during a cert, a full month before Jose 1969 concert begins in Feliciano sings his controversial, Miami...Morrison will be found melisma-laden version at Game 5 guilty of profanity and indecent of the World Series in Detroit…this exposure… same week Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John 11 99 7711 :: Soul sax titan King Curtis Bonham play together for the first (Owsley), is stabbed to death by a time when they rehearse at a vagrant outside a New York apartLondon studio…they’ll be billed as ment building he owns… The Yardbirds for their first gigs before switching to the name Led 11 9977 55:: Singer Peter Gabriel calls it Zeppelin in September… quits with Genesis…the band will audition more than 400 potential 199 6699 :: The Woodstock Music and Art singers over the next 18 months 1 Festival is held on Max Yasgur’s before deciding that drummer Phil dairy farm in Bethel, New Collins should come out from York...nearly half a million will behind the drum kit to front the gather to celebrate what is billed group… as “3 Days of Peace and Music” and enjoy performances by a who’s- 11 9977 77 :: Elvis leaves the building...the who of rock royalty, including Jimi 42-year-old singer is found dead in Hendrix, The Who, Janis Joplin, the his bathroom by girlfriend, Ginger Grateful Dead, Creedence Alden...according to the autopsy, Clearwater Revival, Ten Years death resulted from coronary After, and Jefferson Airplane…the arrhythmia… his passing becomes a
199 6644:: The city council of Glasgow, 1 Scotland decrees that all males with Beatles haircuts will have to wear bathing caps in the city’s pools, this after determining the long-hairs are clogging pool filters… 199 6655:: The Jefferson Airplane play 1 their first live show at the Matrix Club in San Francisco...the band will ink a deal with RCA before the year’s end, one of the first rock bands on the Bay Area scene to do so…meanwhile, across the continent, The Beatles set a pop concert attendance record when 55,600 teenieboppers descend on New York’s Shea Stadium to hear themselves scream…the puny PA is no match for the shrieking… 199 66 7: Recording sessions resume 1 for the classic Love album Forever Changes…production that had begun in June was marked with bickering and personnel changes that resulted in the producer bringing in members of L.A.’s famed session players, The Wrecking Crew, to record backing tracks for three tracks…this same week, Fleetwood Mac plays their first gig at the UK’s Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival a month before John McVie joins the band and despite the fact that the band’s name is derived from Mick Fleetwood’s and McVie’s last ENIGMA
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media event of major proportions...it also sparks rumors the death was staged and Presley’s alive and well...this same week the Police play their first gig as a trio after guitarist Henry Padovani quits the band… 11 9988 00:: Four masked intruders break into Todd Rundgren’s New York home, tie him up and proceed to steal stereo gear and paintings…the rocker reports one of the thieves hummed Rundgren’s hit “I Saw the Light” during the home invasion…
fit when the audience at a Hole show doesn’t get ecstatic over her performance on the last night of the Lollapalooza tour in Mountain View, California....security guards carry her off the stage when she begins physically fighting with audience members… 1199 9988 :: Pete Townshend plays to an SRO crowd at Chicago’s House of Blues and raises $300,000 for Maryville Academy, a home for abused and neglected children…
1199 99 99 :: From the Department of Fleeting Fame: The Backstreet Boys 11 9988 55:: Duran Duran singer Simon Le break box office records by selling Bon nearly drowns after his yacht all 765,000 tickets for their North capsizes during a race off the American tour in just one day, takEnglish coast… ing in a cool $30 million, most of it within just a single hour… 11 9988 88:: The Michelle Shocked album Short Sharp Shocked is released 22000022:: Drowning Pool’s Dave with an actual cover shot of the Williams is found dead on the artist being carted off by a pair of band’s tour bus during the Ozzfest abound that L.A. cops…her label, Cooking Vinyl, tour...rumors slaps sunglasses on a policeman’s Williams’ death is the result of an face and obscures a badge number OD...the postmortem will show that to protect the innocent…this same he died from cardiomyopathy, a week, undervalued blues, rock, disease of the heart muscle, with and jazz guitarist Roy Buchanan toxicology reports showing no illewhose career was plagued by bouts gal drugs in his system…this same of depression commits suicide in week, in keeping with his tradition jail after being arrested for being of audience-bashing, former publicly drunk… Despite awesome Motley Crue singer Vince Neil chops, Telecaster master Roy storms offstage during a solo nightBuchanan struggled with depres- club gig in Steamboat Springs, sion throughout his career. Colorado...after opening with a few Crue classics, Neil turns to his solo 11 9988 99 :: The Moscow Music Peace material and is apparently angered Festival features a lineup of west- at the lackluster response...a ern rockers including Motley Crue, shouting match with the audience Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, Skid Row ensues, culminating with Neil and The Scorpions…authorities for chucking the mic into the crowd the first time permit standing and and leaving the stage...the club dancing— undoubtedly leading up offers refunds to the 250 attento the collapse of the Soviet Union dees… shortly after… 22000033 :: During a radio interview, Ted 11 9999 00:: Soul great Curtis Mayfield is Nugent says that the people of seriously injured when a powerful Illinois are “spineless, apathetic, gust of wind causes a lighting rig to embarrassing wimps” for their lack fall on him during a Brooklyn, New of involvement in their state govYork show…he will remain para- ernment … Nugent’s comments lyzed until his death nine years result from his displeasure over the later…no longer able to play gui- state’s gun laws … despite his tar, Mayfield will continue to write, scorn, Nugent will play the Illinois produce, record, and sing—often State Fair later in the day … fortulying on his back… nately for the Motor City Madman, the audience is apparently a bunch 11 9999 11:: Nirvana shoots the video for of embarrassing wimps who are “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in Culver too spineless and apathetic to City, California…featuring real demand refunds… Nirvana fans, the clip will score big at the MTV Video awards in 1992 22000044:: Jam band Phish plays a final and becomes the most played two-day stand in Coventry, Vermont, putting the phinish to a video ever on MTV Europe… 21-year career…it turns out to be a 11 9999 55:: Courtney Love throws a hissy hiatus when the band reunites in ENIGMA
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22000055:: A reworked version of the musical Lennon opens on Broadway following a debut in San Francisco that met with hostile reviews...the storyline has been revamped into a more linear form after critics and audiences alike were mystified by the original show…this same week Eminem cancels a European tour and checks into rehab...a representative says the sojourn is for a “dependency on sleep medication”... the 11-date tour cancellation costs the rapper about $18 million in ticket sales...also this week, during his appearance on the Today Show, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs stuns the nation by announcing that henceforth he will be known as just plain “Diddy”...in previous incarnations he’s been known as Sean Combs, Puff Daddy, and just plain Puffy... 22000066:: A media frenzy ensues when Boy George is spotted sweeping a New York City street as part of a community service sentence arising out of charges that he’d wasted the NYPD’s time with a false report…he’s quickly hustled into a
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22000088 :: The Allman Brothers sue Universal Music Group for more than $10 million, charging that they are owed royalties on downloads and CD sales of material they cut for the Capricorn label between 1969 and 1980...across the water this week, a music fan in Wales has his stereo gear and music collection destroyed after he ignores a noise abatement notice served by the town of Graig…Karl Wiosna is also fined £265 for continuing to crank up his tunes after being warned… 22000099:: Guitarist Les Paul dies of pneumonia at the age of 94…aside from his phenomenal guitar technique, he’s credited with designing the first solidbody guitar and developing multi tracking and overdubbing techniques still used in studios today… 22001122:: Three members of Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot get two-year prison stretches for a protest performance at a Moscow church that the court calls sacrilegious…
RRU UM MO OU URR H HAA SS IITT… … …Rdio, the music subscription service backed by Skype co-founder Janus Friis, is partnering to bring simulcasts of 500 traditional radio stations to its app in the U.S. The move is the next step in its partnership with station owner Cumulus Media Inc., which took a 15 percent stake in Rdio in 2013. By gaining access to data about what’s playing on the Cumulus-owned stations, like
KFOG in San Francisco or KLOS in Los Angeles, the app now allows users to pick favorite tracks and save them for later playback. Playback requires a subscription of at least $4 a month, which caps offline listening at 25 songs. Rollout with other stations and in other countries is planned over the next year. Apple Music provides a similar ability to pick favorites and save tracks played on its newly launched Beats1 online-only radio station, but Rdio offers a far wider selection of tower-based stations. It’s the latest push by a digital music
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company to gear its service to accommodate live audio with human DJs. San Francisco-based TuneIn has access to 100,000 traditional radio stations but no way to mark and save songs. Los Angeles-based Dash Radio provides dozens of online stations ad-free with popular hosts like DJ Skee and Snoop Dogg, but also no way to mark favorites. …A summer tour just M eegg hhaann wasn’t in the stars for M TTrraaiinnoorr . Just a few weeks ago a hemorrhage on her vocal cords forced the “All About That Bass” singer to postpone a few July shows for September. Now
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she’s calling the entire outing off. TTrraaiinn oorr posted the bad news on Instagram Tuesday, saying she has bronchitis in addition to another hemorrhaged vocal cord. …An artist scheduled to play San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival was forced to cancel after police detained him and two other men and cited them for illegally selling wristbands to the fest. FFaann ttaassttiicc N eeggrriittoo (real name XXaavv iieerr N Dpphh rreeppaauulleezzzz), his intern and a D
friend were stopped and cited Aug. 8 after police received a tip the men had posted wristbands for sale on Craigslist and were trying to sell them on a street corner, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. While FF aann ttaasstt iicc NNeeggrriittoo and his friend denied any involvement, the intern reportedly confessed to selling a wristband. “I write songs. I perform. I play the guitar. I play the keyboard,” DDpp hhrreeppaauu lleezzzz told the Chronicle. “I don’t do wristbands ever.” Though police said they detained the men for 90 Dpphhrreeppaauulleezzzz claimed minutes, D they were detained for three hours – even after the intern confessed, the paper noted. Police added they had no role in a decision to cancel FFaanntt aassttiicc NNeeggrriittoo’’ss slot at the festival during that time. Outside Lands said in a statement that “in all circumstances, we are most concerned with the safety and
security of our attendees, artists and staff. We continuously look to protect and maintain the integrity of our credentialing system, and are so sorry that the artist was not able to perform due to this unfortunate breach.” …“Jackass” star SS tteevvee-OO was arrested for climbing a crane in Hollywood in a protest against Seaworld. SS tteepphh eenn GGlloovv eerr , 41, drew dozens of emergency responders Sunday night to a construction site on Sunset Boulevard where he climbed a crane at least 100 feet high, Los Angeles police Lt. Miicchhaaeell LLiinngg said. When G M Glloovv eerr reached the top, he inflated a large killer whale balloon with the words “Seaworld Sucks” on it and lit fireworks. He later climbed down and was taken into custody. Because the first responders were unsure G G l l o o v v e e r r whether needed to be
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rescued, five ambulances, a helicopter and more than 80 firefighters were sent to the scene, Fire Department spokeswoman Maarrgg aarreett SS tteew M waarrtt said. …A London newspaper is reporting that four out of five SSppiiccee GGiirrllss will reunite for an international tour next year marking the group’s 20th anniversary since releasing “Wannabe.” The dose of Spice gossip comes from journalist DDaann W W oooo ttttoo nn ’’ss article in Tuesday’s edition of The Sun. Citing a “SSpp iicc ee source,” Woo ootttt oonn wrote that M W M eell BB M eell CC (SSpp oorrttyy (SScc aarryy SS ppiiccee ), M SSppiiccee), GGeerrii HHaalllliiw weellll (G Giinnggeerr SSppiiccee) and EEm mm m aa BBuunntt oonn (BB aabbyy SSppiiccee) “made the decision at a secret meeting in London last month.” Absent was VViiccttoo rriiaa BBeecckkhhaam m (PPoo sshh SSppiicc ee), who is reported to be “too busy running her fashion brand and looking after her family to get
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back on a stage,” according to W oooo tttt oonn ’’ss CSI (CConfidential W SSpice IInformant), who also stated that “the door will be left m changes open” in case BBeecckkhh aam her mind. The last time the Spice Girls performed in public was when the group appeared at the 2012 London Olympics Closing Ceremony. …SSkkrriilllleexx has said that Deeaaddm m aauu55 fellow EDM producer D is an “asshole” and that the mouse-headed artist is in danger of being better known for insulting people on Twitter than for the music he makes. DDee aadd m maauu 55, real name Joel Zimmerman, was among the first big name artists to help support SSkkrriilllleexx as he began his career as a producer and DJ. However, Deadmau5 recently criticised SSkkrriilllleexx ’’ss music, asking “what the fuck is this shit?” about Jack Ü single ‘I Need Ü’. The single was produced by
SSkk rriilllleexx alongside DDiipplloo and features JJuusstt iinn BBiieebbeerr on vocals. Now, in a new interview, SSkkrriilllleexx admitted that he does not mind being on the end of a DDeeaaddm maauu55 insult, but that the near constant outburtsts have pushed him away from the music. “I’ll always have love for Joel because he put me on at an early time, but he’s an asshole. And everyone knows that, and he knows that. And that’s kinda his thing,” SS kkrriilllleexx told New York’s 92.3 Amp Radio. …The soundtrack for recent Kurt Cobain film, Montage Of Heck, has been given a firm release date. The yet-untitled LP is being labelled as a Cobain “solo album” and will feature unheard music from the Nirvana frontman. As AwardsLine reports, it will be released the same say as the DVD release of the biopic, coming on November 6. According to Billboard, director Brett
Morgen sifted through the extensive Cobain archives for home recordings and rare tracks. Morgen previously told US publication Bedford + Bowery: “Just to be clear, it’s not a Nirvana album, it’s just Kurt and you’re going to hear him do things you never expected to come out of him”. The release will include recordings featured in the film, and it has been reported that other unheard material will also be included. Morgen describes the music featured as ranging “from thrash to ragtime and everything in between”. It will also include “a sketch comedy routine”.
Moo ttöörrhheeaadd frontman …M LLeem mm m yy has explained the ways in which a recent spate of illnesses have affected his lifestyle, including having to swap from whisky to vodka. Motörhead release new album Bad Magic at the end of the
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month (August 28) and will tour the UK next year. However, LLeem mm myy ’’ss health has deteriorated in recent years and a number of festival dates were axed this summer after the frontman suffered gastric distress and dehydration. In a new interview with The Guardian, the rock frontman explains that he often walks with a stick because his “legs are fucked”. He remains defiant, however, calling himself “indestructable” and saying Moottöö rrhheeaadd will continue for “as M long as I can walk the few yards from the back to the front of the stage without a stick.”
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Billboard, the site’s terms of participation requires the US President to respond to all petitions that reach over 100,000 signatures within 30 days. Kaann yyee W W eesstt has kept us thirsty “K for too long,” read the petition, since removed for violating terms of participation. “We haven’t gotten any new singles in months. The President should order YYee to drop the album on the date August 21st, as his proMiikkee D Deeaann has been teasducer M ing people about.” However, the White House closed the petition on Wednesday afternoon and claimed that it violated We the People’s terms of participation. If you know any truths, halftruths or outright lies about the music and club scene send it to Sissy Vance c/o rumoursmill@enigmaonline.co m
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Rocky - An AntiCapitalist Fairytale A balboa is one of the official currencies of Panama. 'Rocky' can mean either 'steadfast and unyielding' or 'prone to sway and totter'. In this sense a rocky balboa could mean either a steady or unsteady currency. What does this currencyrelated trivia have to do with one of the most successful sports dramas of all time? The following analysis of the 1976 Oscar-winning film, Rocky, will attempt to show you.
out as Rocky makes his way to the ring. A nobody plucked from obscurity and given a shot at the title, Rocky is as much about a man struggling with the world of business and the art of making money as it is about boxing. On the surface it looks like a tale about one man's rise from the materialistic hell of poverty to the secular heaven that is fame and fortune but this is just a by-product of a deeper message one man's journey of self-realizaCind er ell a tion. As Rocky III later explores, money only serves to compromise That Rocky is a Cinderella, rags-to- Rocky's ability as a fighter. The true riches story is no secret. Even the wealth mined by Rocky here is not film's fight commentators point this any prize money but the discovery
of who he really is and what he is capable of.
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ed as nothing more than a commodity. Where men beat each other to a pulp for a pittance and animals are caged and sold as pets and or slaughtered for meat. Everything in this story revolves around business. Making ends meet. Surviving and staying alive, trying to earn a living. Almost every scene shows someone hustling, earning a living or making money one way or another - the pet store, the docks, a bar, a slaughterhouse. Gym owner Mickey (Burgess Meredith) reminds Rocky he is running a business not a soup kitchen and even a date at an ice-skating rink involves Rocky haggling and G oolldd eenn GG ooooss ee G bartering with the attendant for ten Rocky spawned five sequels draw- minutes alone on the ice. ing in over a billion dollars in total revenue and today in 2015 its legacy AAnnii m maall ss still continues as the upcoming spin-off 'Creed' is set to hit theatres In this cutthroat world of business, later this year. Rocky, it seems, is Rocky is not a natural businessman. Stallone's golden goose which has Rocky appreciates life for what it is never stopped laying, yet of the not for what he can get out of it. He franchise Rocky was the only one to is surrounded by animals - Cuff and win an Oscar and at 91% holds the Link the turtles and Butkus the dog highest ratings on review aggrega- - who he talks to, loves and nurtor website Rotten Tomatoes and tures. He even has a dog mural on it's not hard to see why. the wall behind his bed. To him animals are not objects to be traded but living beings like himself. He BBuu yyiinngg aanndd SSeellll iinngg shows no discrimination between The opening shot focuses on an us and them. To Rocky the life of an image of Jesus looking over Rocky animal is equally as valid as that of Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) fighting a human. A hired heavy for the local in a local club setting up what is to loan shark, Rocky lacks the coldcome. This is not a film merely hearted ruthlessness required to be about boxing. This film is about the a success evidenced by his failure to spirit. The working man against the break the thumb of a guy behind on corporation. Purity versus corrup- his payments. Even in the ring tion. Rocky lives in a poor district Rocky lacks that killer instinct, of Philadelphia. An industrial hell- seemingly reluctant to throw the hole of poverty where life is regard- first punch, instead waiting for his The story of how Rocky came about is probably as well known as the film itself. Sylvester Stallone, an unknown at the time, refused to sell the script unless he starred in the main role. Rejecting six figure sums he held out for the starring role which he got and the rest is history. The film itself, low-budget with no star names attached, was an underdog competing against Hollywood heavyweights where against the odds it won an Oscar (for Best Director) and grossed $225 million on a budget of $1.1 million.
opponent to hit him first. RRee sspp eecctt As a result Rocky wins no respect. Throughout the movie Rocky is insulted, disrespected, patronised and used. Patrons call him a bum, his boss' driver insults him and calls his girlfriend a retard, Mickey gives Rocky's locker to a more promising fighter and teenage girls reward his honourable intentions with a 'screw you, creepo'. Even his best friend is on the take constantly pestering him for a job. The only person in the movie who gives Rocky any kind of respect is his girlfriend Adrian (Talia Shire). Also sentenced to a life of obscurity, emotionally abused by her brother Paulie (Burt Young), ordered around by her boss, shy, lacking in confidence, she lives in quiet servitude. Like Rocky she is humble and modest, never on the take or out for what she can get from others. She suffers in dignified silence. Like the animals Rocky surrounds himself with she sees in Rocky what nobody else sees. She sees him for who he is. Not for what she can get out of him or how much money she can make from him. Honest and true they are alone surrounded by ravenous wolves. SSnnoow wW Whh iittee Unlike Rocky, World Heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) is a very good businessman. Rich and powerful, Apollo (a God in Greek and Roman mythology) is struggling to find a ranked contender brave enough to face him. He decides to 'sell' the fight as a novelty offering a 'snow white' underdog a shot at the title. He chooses Rocky Balboa purely on the basis of his stage name the 'Italian Stallion' which he anticipates will
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generate huge media and public interest. To Apollo the fight is just business - a pay-check - but it is this that proves to be his downfall. More than once his trainer/manager Duke (Tony Burton) shows his concern for Rocky as an opponent and each time his concerns are dismissed by the arrogant Apollo. When watching Rocky on the news, pounding beef, Duke points out that Rocky means business to which Apollo flippantly replies 'I mean business too', but these men's business are two very different things. PPoow weerr Plucked from obscurity and set to earn $150,000 in prize money, Rocky now finds himself in a position of power. People start respecting him. Strangers say hello in the street and approach him for autographs, Mickey offers to be his manager, the media want to interview him, Paulie can barely contain his excitement when he learns of Rocky's prize money. Rocky knows he is just a meal ticket for these people but neither is he stupid. He knows he needs people around him if he has any chance of success.
after a sparring partner. Not believing he's worthy he declines the offer at first. Even when he accepts the fight he doesn't believe he can win the fight. But to Rocky it's not about the winning or the losing. It's about proving something to himself. More than winning or losing, more than a means to an end, more than money, this fight is a right of passage for Rocky. A chance to find out who he really is and what he's made of. If Rocky can go the distance and last the fifteen rounds with Apollo Creed, something no previous fighter has done Rocky will then know he's not 'just another bum from the neighbourhood'. PPaannttoom mii m mee
To Apollo and his team the fight itself is just a show - a pantomime. Duke explicitly states this after the first round as he reminds Apollo that Rocky 'doesn't know it's a damn show. He thinks it's a damn fight.' Apollo even goes so far as dressing up as George Washington as he enters the ring. The theme being America v Italy but can equally be read as superpower versus underdog, rich versus poor as Apollo symbolically throws out coins to the impoverished crowd. FFaaii tthh Apollo in his Stars and Stripes At first Rocky thinks Apollo is just shorts represents an America Rocky
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has grown up in. An America who ignored, disrespected and insulted him. An America who wouldn't take him seriously. An America who appears to be giving him an opportunity but in reality wants to crush him. When, in the first round, Rocky becomes the first person to knock Apollo to the floor, he knows that Apollo, the great superpower, is not invincible. Those at the top are not Gods. They are flesh and blood just like him. Crucifixion
Apollo wins the fight (on points) but it's Rocky who wins the respect of the people and more importantly himself. Journalists scramble to interview Rocky who is now centre of attention but there is only one person on his mind - Adrian - the only person in that arena who stood to lose something from this fight the man she loves. Everyone else stood to gain financially from Rocky's pain. Scrambling through the crowd and throng of journalists into the arms of her hero Adrian and Rocky declare their love for Apollo now taking Rocky seriously each other which is immortalized in steps up his assault on Rocky but movie history forever as the camera like the insults and disrespect he freeze frames their embrace. took on the streets all these years Rocky absorbs it all, taking his punCC eellee bbrr aattiioonn ishment and biding his time. The ring like a gladiatorial arena In a soulless world obsessed with reminds us that a sacrifice is going profit Rocky is a celebration of love to be made in the name of success. and life. A celebration of courage, The colour red is everywhere - faith, determination, heart and soul blood, ropes, shorts, boots, gloves in the face of oppression. A celebraand hats etc. Rocky is virtually cru- tion of taking on the system and cified by Apollo until at last, in the refusing to back down. It is perhaps penultimate round, he goes down. ironic that this small film about one Apollo raises his arms in victory but man standing up against an instituit is short-lived as Rocky rises and tion went on to become the giant even the mighty Apollo cannot hide institution it became whose legacy his disappointment at this nobody continues to this day. who refuses to give up and back - Dipak Chowdhury down.
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Hanginaround Counting Crows dreads. Only now the singer sport Buddy Holly framed glasses that makes him look even more scholarly than his lyrics are deep. Duritz has been able to tell stories for years, explain situations via song that can be appreciated by those into the song’s conEveryone was in a good mood. tent as well as those into just Those in those exclusive tables the melodic aspect of the song. up front, on the lawn way in the back and in the band as Guitarists David Immerglück well. Bandleader Adam Duritz and Dan Vickrey were in fine grinned often as he was on form as Duritz made his way stage perform some of alterna- arround the stage in true front tive rock radio’s classics as man form even holding the well as a few newer gems. At microphone out to the auditimes it was as if he saw humor ence as they sand along to to the crowd’s reaction to the songs they all knew by heart. Granted, it has been a while band. since I’ve seen the band perAll had reason to smile. They form but I never remembered delivered. The band began the them having this much energy night swinging for the fences – even in their heyday of the as they started the night with ‘90s when I saw them quite a of their most famous songs, few times. “Rain King”, “Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby” and “Mr. Jones”. At The band had fun with the times it’s hard to believe how songs that they’ve performed many radio the band has dur- forever taking them into differing a six-year period of the ent directions as they expand‘90s, but once doing the ed “Rain King” into more of a funky song that seemed to last math… wow. longer than the original rendiThe Crows’ unique sound came tion. into being just as grunge was peaking. The composition’s of Thrown in for good measure Duritz were often introspective was a cover of Bob Dylan’s and quite deep at times and “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” and Anderson’s “Like were often mixed with almost a Kasey Teenage Gravity”. contrasting jangle pop sound and when melodic ballads that rivaled any that were ever on The band finished their set the radio or put down on tape. with “A Long December” that always had a deep meaning to Duritz pretty much hasn’t a number of my friends. It was changed. His hair remains the always kind of a special song same. I often call him a rock as I remember one of my and roll Sideshow Mel (of friends dealing with the termi“Simpsons” fame) for his nal diagnosis of her fiancé It was the perfect feel good summer show. Counting Crows looking no worse for the wear despite being around almost a quarter of a century were in fine form for a highly enthusiast crowd at Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta.
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when the album came out. I probably heard this song more times that anyone sould have. It was always a depressing song, but I know it helped her through her devastation, therefore although not one of my favorite songs however, I always had respect for it. And at one point was able to take my friend to see these guys perform it live – which was well worth the price of admission. A three-song encore followed that was a little more upbeat. It began with “Palisades Park” followed by one of my favorite
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songs of the Crows, the upbeat, poppy “Hanginaround” and the night was finished with “Holiday in Spain”. The show was a three-headed monster with mixed results. Opening the night was Hollis Brown. Hollis Brown is a rock and roll outfit whose stage presence and even style harkens to Cracker and Webb Wilder and the Nashvegans minus the sense of humor and with the country influences almost translucent. They were borderline more on indie/America with the real star of the band being guitarist
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Jonathan Bonilla. Bonilla owns the stage when he’s on it. He is reminiscent of a cross between Johnny Hickman (Cracker) and Warner Hodges (Jason and the Scorchers). He has a great stage presence and knows now to handle the axe. Singer Mike Montali looks almost like an anti-front man with his appearance but has a strong vocal presence. The band only played 20 minutes and boy did the time fly. The middle act was Citizen Cope. I don’t know what to say here. Good musicianship but devoid of personality. I looked around at the crowd around me. I never saw so many people playing on their smart phones as I did during the set – and no, they weren’t taking pictures either.
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