From the Publisher’s Notebook What’s wrong with this country? Half the people seem nuts. A lot of them have no respect for the flag or the freedom they enjoy. Men want to use the ladies room, ladies want to use the men’s room… People want everything for free. The want to let everyone into our country and give them places to live and food to eat when we have American-born U.S. citizens that don’t have that. Is this like “The Fall of the Roman Empire”? Are we doomed?
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Jet’s Pizza may be cheap but the pizza tastes great. Good crust – I hope U.T. Football has a winning the secret of a good pie. season. If they don’t they’ll blame it on Trump. The new park at Market and MLK is looking weirder and weirder. Why Can’t believe Andy is spending all the sone blocks? Makes no money to make Bud’s look nice. sense. The new floor is a great improvement. Check out the new look – it My little dog is sick. You have no does look better. idea how much a sick doggie can sadden you. Still haven’t found a craft beer I enjoy. Any suggestions? Woke up this morning and Trump is still President. Have you gotten made it look like Coyote Jack’s was Have you seen the talent that over it yet? I couldn’t stand the cause. Songbirds is bringing to town? Obama, but I got over it – so get over it. The Chattanooga Lookouts are the Great bands at a fair price. best bargain in town and a lot of Isn’t there anything that can be Let’s make America great again – fun. Try it and you’ll see. done about the chicken plant we all win. Why did they take Roseanne off the odor? How can people live in that - Paul E. Burke Sr. air and leave Whoopie on (both area with that smell? ABC)? Boycott The View’s advertis-
What’s wrong with “Make America Great Again”? I see where more and more craft beer, pizza and burger places are opening. I also see where a few have closed already.. Comeon folks, give us some good ole timey food like lunch at Zarzour’s or Bud’s at lunch time. I guess the young generation is not used to good, healthy food (green vegetables, fresh, cooked corn or potatoes – not fries). I can’t believe how flimsy some of the new apartments and condos look as they are being built. As I’ve said before, where are the people coming from to live in these things (an awful lot of wood – some seem to be all wood) used in construction)? It wouldn’t surprise me if we had a lot of fires in the future (I can smell the smoke already). Surely they all have sprinkler systems. Poor old Coyote Jack’s nightclub is getting a bad rap. It’s not your fault when a bunch of half-ass idiots do after you close. Coyote Jack’s had been closed for approximately 30 minutes, the people had left the club and weren’t even on club property when the incident happened. Of course the media ENIGMA
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Dear Rocco, I am mulling a job offer from out of town. It is actually a long way from where I’ve lived and grown up. I always wanted to move away but never had the opportunity. Do you think I should take the job even though I am established where I live and frew up? FH
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Dear Rocco, Which are better, cats or Dear Rocco, dogs? What do you think of nose DB piercing? DD eeaarr DDBB ,, SK II lliikkee bboo tthh .. II pp rreeffeerr tthh eeiirr ccoom m -DDeeaarr SS KK,, pp aannyy oo vveerr hh uum maannss aannyy dd aayy.. II ddoo nn’’tt.. II dd oo nn’’tt lliiee ppiieerrcciinngg oouu tt ssiidd ee oo ff ttrr aadd iittiioo nnaall ee aarr Rocco is a common sense, tellppiieerrcciinngg ffoo rr w woom meenn.. II dd oo nn’’ tt it-like-it-is, no-nonsense kind lliikk ee gguuyyss w whhee nn tthh eeyy dd oo iitt.. II of guy offering real advice on kknnoo w w tthh ee ttrr eenndd tthh ee llaass tt any subject put before him. ddeeccaaddee oorr ssoo iitt tt oo ggeett aa pp iieerrcc-- Why pay thousands of dollars iinngg eevv eerryyw w hhee rree eevvee nn yyoo uu rr on a high-priced therapist jjuu nnkk.. IInn m myy oo ppiinniioo nn aa ppeerr ssoonn when he’ll straighten you out tthhaatt ggeettss m muullttiipp llee pp iieerrcciinngg ss for free. If you’d like advice aanndd ddoo eess ssoo m muu cchh bb oodd yy m moodd ii-- from Rocco e-mail him at ffiiccaatt iioonn hhaass sseerriioouu ss ppssyycchhoo -- goaskrocco@yahoo.com. lloo ggiiccaall pp rroo bblleem mss aanndd w woo uulldd bb ee bbeetttt eerr ooff ff sseeeeiinngg aa pp ssyycchhoo lloo --
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ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Don’t let others bait you into arguments. Dead end projects could plague you. You will have original ideas for ways to make extra money. Do some research if you want to find information that you can apply against the opposition you face. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Sudden changes at home will affect family members more than you anticipated. You can help them with difficult projects. Your partner may not understand your mood swings but if you are willing to communicate, a lot of grief can be avoided. Be sure to pay attention to your financial sta-
could be reaching a high level of concern. You can spend a passionate Your luckiest events this month will evening with someone you cherish if you make your plans early. You can occur on a Monday. come into money; however, perhaps not under the best circumstances. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You will be emotional when dealing Your luckiest events this month will with coworkers or employers. You occur on a Thursday. might be overly emotional concerning situations at work. Don’t beat LEO around the bush; state your case in (July 23-Aug 22) plain and simple terms. Don’t over- You may find yourself mixed up in a triangle of sorts. Your sensitive, spend on luxury items. affectionate nature will capture the Your luckiest events this month will heart of anyone you are attracted to. Do your chores and get on with the occur on a Sunday. things you enjoy doing. Children will be of major concern if you haven’t CANCER kept the lines of communication (June 22-July 22) You’ll be pleased with the results if open. you take the time to decorate your home. Problems with your partner Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday. tus.
love life. Work quietly on your own and you will forge ahead. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) You will also encounter individuals who can help you further your goals. Do not yield to children or relatives when they really don’t deserve it. Don’t push your luck with authority figures. Your desire for excitement and adventure may be expensive. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Get involved in creative projects that will enhance your earning power. You should put your efforts into creative projects. Find ways to make extra cash. Start making things or VIRGO reusing rather than buying ready (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Help others solve their dilemmas. made. Opportunities may come up at Your temper may get the better of prestigious affairs. you if a colleague has tried to ruin your reputation. Changes in your Your luckiest events this month will home environment may cause fric- occur on a Friday. tion. Children may pose a problem if AQUARIUS they don’t like suggestions. (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Your luckiest events this month will Opportunities to make financial gains through investments look occur on a Friday. promising. Arguments with employers or colleagues will be to your LIBRA detriment. Overindulgence may be a (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) You can work in conjunction with problem. You could have a need to those in the know in order to get to make some changes this month. the bottom of any pending issue. Opportunities to get together with Your luckiest events this month will people in powerful positions could occur on a Sunday. help you get ahead. Your lover probably won’t put up with your behav- PISCES ior. Be prepared to make changes to (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Make plans to attend group discusyour personal documents. sions or get together with friends Your luckiest events this month will who like to talk as much as you do. Your added discipline will help you occur on a Sunday. complete the impossible at work. Enjoy taking courses or lecturing SCORPIO others. Try to be understanding. (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) You can make major decisions regarding your professional direc- Your luckiest events this month will tion. Loans will be attainable and occur on a Friday. legal matters easily taken care of. You may be confused regarding your
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Eight Movies To See Before You Die (Maybe) Okay maybe the title is a little drive in cruising, “parking” to make mer nights were. It’s packed with a over-dramatic but these are good out, car club gangs, going off to cast of great actors some of whom movies several of which you may college, chasing your high school became big stars. The list includes never even heard. Realize these are my picks not some movie critic, director, actor or movie “film expert”. I believe only two or three of them received any kind of critical recognition. However, I feel they are all entertaining and two convey key times in American history in a very nostalgic way. So again these are my picks and I “am solely responsible for their content” as they say. I hope you decide to check some or all of these out if you haven’t seen them. If you have, re-watch them. So here they are in alphabetical order. 1. American Graffiti is George Lucas’ “cultural touchstone” movie set in the early 1960’s. It all takes place in one night in a California town and involves drag racing,
sweetheart, and chasing a mystery dream girl - just to name a few. I watched it as a teen in the 70’s and I envisioned the 60’s as that cool. It was what we all wished our sum-
Ron Howard, Cindy Williams (Of Laverne and Shirley), Paul Le Mat who was great in this movie but never got the attention I believe he
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deserved), Richard Dreyfuss, and several others notable actors. Harrison Ford even has a small role as a semi bad guy while Suzanne Somers has a cameo but pivotal role. If the early ‘60s weren’t that cool they should have been. Look for the name of the first film Lucas directed on the license plate of one of the main car characters in the movie. 2. “Better Off Dead” is a hilarious but sometimes slightly dark comedy starring John Cusack. However, many people will tell you they’ve never even heard of it. If you start laughing when someone intones, “Two dollars. I want my two dollars” you’ve seen this movie. It has a great supporting role is filled by Curtis Armstrong of Risky Business ‘Moonlighting’ and the “Revenge of the Nerds” films. Some people may
find this movie disturbing as it has comical elements about Cusack’s character Lane Meyer attempting to commit suicide. Look for when Lane is accidentally pushed off an overpass into a garbage truck. There’s a classic line there. Watch through the credits for the line at the end, which is used in a far more famous movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”. 3. “Born Free” is the story of a couple who raise an orphaned lion cub at a national park in Kenya Africa. Eventually they have to teach her to survive in the wild and release her. This is a great movie. If it doesn’t get you all misty-eyed at some point you have no feeling. However, it does have a happy ending. Hey there’s no cursing, senseless violence, has a great plot and is actually based on not “inspired by” a true story. I saw it as a kid at a drive in with my parents and brother. It’s a lifetime memory. This is an enjoyable movie for adults and children. 4. “Bullitt” Hey it’s got the ‘King of Cool” Steve McQueen in a turtleneck wearing a shoulder holster driving a Mustang. Although a little short on plot the famous car chase with Bullion’s Mustang and the Dodge Charger on the streets of San Francisco makes the movie. Some say the cars are also stars and I’d definitely agree. While the chase may seem tame compared to the unrealistic often computer generated car chase sequences of today’s movies this one is fairly realistic or at least believable. The cast includes another ‘60s cool icon Robert Vaughn (the Man From U.N.C.L.E.) and Jacqueline Bisset. The car chase alone is worth the “price of admission”. 5. “Marathon Man” Dustin Hoffman does a great job in this movie of unknowingly bringing down a World War II Nazi war criminal, Dr. Christian Szell, played by Sir Laurence Olivier. However his brother played by Roy Scheider, is killed by Szell while Hoffman’s character Thomas “Babe” Levy is tortured by Szell in a diabolical but appropriate for the character way. Scheider, I think is a great actor and is the star in another movie on this list. Szell seems to be a very
Joseph Mengele type character and Robert Devane as Janeway the shadowy government agent and Marthe Keller as Elsa, Babe’s girlfriend, provide some twists and betrayals. It will keep you involved.
soundtrack is done by Tangerine Dream, who did notable music on “Risky Business”, “Thief”, “Firestarter” and a song on “Visionquest”. Some critics have lauded it as an “overlooked masterpiece”. I usually shun most movies recommended by movie 6. “Sharky’s Machine” This is one of critics but I have to heartily agree the movies you may not have heard on this one. of but is a really good mystery/action movie. It stars Burt 8. “The Right Stuff” The biopic of Reynolds as Tom Sharky, an Atlanta the first 15 years of America’s space narcotics detective who gets program is adapted from Tom demoted to the Vice division after Wolfe’s novel of the same name. It being involved in a hostage inci- focuses on the professional and dent where a bus driver is acciden- personal lives of the Mercury tally shot. Sharky and his unit astronauts and their families. It is stumble on a high class prostitution long but worth hanging in for. Two ring and find out one of the clients sittings might be a good idea as it is a candidate for governor of runs a little over three hours. The Georgia. The owner of the ring cast is heavy with good actors some “Victor” tries to have the prostitute of whom were not well known at killed but “Billy Score” a venomous the time of it’s making. It includes henchman and hit-man kills Scott Glenn as Al Shepard, Ed Dominoe’s roommate. Sharky tries Harris as John Glenn, Dennis Quaid to hide the girl “Dominoe” played as Gordon Cooper, Fred Ward as by Rachel Ward while trying to Gus Grissom, Sam Shepard as take down Victor. Meanwhile Billy Chuck Yeager and Barbara Hershey Score plays havoc with Sharky and as Glennis Yeager. It even has his machine. There is plenty of General Chuck Yeager in a small gunplay and action sequences role. It depicts the early days of including a great stunt fall from a high rise by the late stuntman Dar Robinson. It was filmed in Atlanta as a bonus for us Southerners. The first few minutes set the tone and then you will be hooked. 7. “Sorcerer” This film stars Roy Scheider and a cast of people who were and are pretty much unknown. However, this is still a really good movie. Scheider plays Jackie Scanlon a mobster on the run from the mob. He’s hiding out in a South American country with several others who are hiding out for various reasons. An oil well fire prompts an offer of money and citizenship that Scanlon and some of the others can’t refuse. They sign on to haul unstable dynamite through the jungle , over mountain passes, swollen rivers, collapsing bridges and other hazards and hurdles to deliver the dynamite to be used to extinguish the fire. It’s a suspenseful journey. When I saw it at the movie theater a friend of mine had to be literally pulled back down into his seat. He was that into it. Once you start watching it it’s like a train wreck. You can’t look away .The films very fitting ENIGMA
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test piloting and astronaut training when huge computers had less capability than our phones do now. There’s plenty of drama as sometimes the test pilots don’t make it home due to crashes and even the training for the space missions can have deadly consequences. Arthur Knight writing for The Hollywood Reporter said, “Rarely has a film made a historic accomplishment seem so vivid and personal.” and “It makes you wonder quite suddenly why there aren’t more movies like this.” Start watching it and you’ll get hooked. It’s a really good movie and I don’t say that often. So there my eight picks of what I feel are overlooked or even mostly forgotten movies that are really worth watching. I could have listed more but am bound by space constraints. I hope you will check some or all of these out. They are primarily just good entertainment movies, and isn’t that what movies are for?
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had “been there all day.” [Sounds like someone had the Double Bacon Smokehouse Burger.] A patrolman reported encountering Brody Young, 25, in the bathroom. Young was “erratic and doing jumping jacks and hitting the wall,” reported the cop, who noted a strong chemical odor in the bathroom, evidence that the intoxicated Young had likely been huffing. Deemed a “danger to himself and others,” Young was taken into custody and charged with several misdemeanors. He has been barred from entering the McDonald’s.
to rob him by spraying the bandit in the face with a power washer, authorities said. The teen was in his driveway about 2:45 p.m. when the robber approached him with a folding pocket knife, police said in a statement. The robber then fled through neighboring yards after getting a face full of water. Police said he was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, black gloves and dark colored long shorts or pants. He is white, about 5-foot-10 with a medium build, in his early 20s, and has a freshly power washed face.
n The aftermath of a McDonald’s meal often isn’t pretty, but if you have to strip naked when you go to the bathroom maybe you should find another restaurant to visit. But that was probably NOT the reason police found a naked man doing jumping jacks in the women’s bathroom of a McDonald’s in Tennessee. Police were summoned to a McDonald’s in Nashville due to a “male subject who was locked in the womens With all of the dangerous synthetrestroom naked,” according to a court affidavit. Restaurant man- A New Jersey teenager fended off a ic drugs out there like bath salts, agement reported that the man man armed with a knife who tried crystal meth, and Molly to name a
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few, some seekers of expanded consciousness are turning to a more natural means. A much more natural means. Wildlife officials in Arizona said toads are being stolen from a conservation area and the thieves are believed to be planning to lick them. The Spur Cross Conservation Area’s official Facebook page posted footage showing multiple people taking Sonoran desert toads late at night. The post said the case has been turned over to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to seek charges including violation of the park’s posted hours and vandal-
ism. Randy Babb, an Arizona Game and Fish wildlife biologist, said the thieves were likely planning to lick the toads, a practice that induces hallucinogenic effects similar to DMT. “Sonoran desert toads are the toads of choice and they harvest the poison from the and then ingest it,” Babb said. “They’re the largest toad in the Southwest. They can reach sizes of more than 2 pounds and can live up to 20 years.” A Massachusetts man was arrested at a New Hampshire Planet Fitness after he did naked yoga on the public gym floor. When police apprehended 34-year-old Eric Stagno, he reportedly told them he thought the health club was a “judgement free zone,” referring to the gym franchise’s marketing slogan. Stagno was allegedly naked when he used the gym’s yoga mats. [Aren’t those mats gross enough?] “The story we got from witnesses was that the guy walked in, stripped down right there in front, left the clothes and belongings at the front desk, walked back and forth across the gym a couple of times and then settled in over at
the yoga mats,” Plaistow police Capt. Brett Morgan told the New Hampshire Union-Leader. Morgan told WBZ-TV that gymgoers who witnessed Stagno nude routine said they felt “disgusted,” “sick” and “unsafe.” Stagno was released on a $1,000 bail. A Michigan village inaugurated its fourth-ever mayor to paw-ffice: A local cat named Sweet Tart. The Village of Omena voted the 9-yearold feline, who previously served as the village’s vice mayor, into office in an election that featured votes being cast via $1 donations that went to the local historical society. “While I’m home schooled, I graduated first in my class!” Sweet Tart’s campaign profile boasted. Officials said there were a record number of votes in the election, which featured a variety of animal candidates. The village has had an animal mayor for more than a decade. There were about 7,000 votes cast, including several online. Sweet Tart’s opponents in the race, which included 13 dogs, a peacock, a goat, a chicken and another cat, were all awarded positions on the village council.
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Sweet Tart will serve as mayor the lion lie down, so she quietly until the next election in 2021, offi- went outside to keep watch through the window. To her surcials said. prise, the lion was fast asleep. If you live in a rural area there are “The lion was frightened, agitated certain risks you have to be willing and determined to exit through a to face. Occasionally interacting closed window,” Taylor wrote on with wildlife is one of them. Facebook. “Once the energy shiftUnfortunately a lot of people panic ed, she calmed down.” As the minwhen faced with an animal they utes passed on, and Taylor can’t put a tiny, little sweater on, remained outside, the lion continand immediately call professionals ued to sleep. Eventually she woke to come tranquilize or even mur- up and noticed the human staring der it. But one Oregon woman in at her. Taylor began blinking used her experience with energy slowly at her - which in feline body healing to safely deal with an language signifies that you pose no unexpected and dangerous house- threat. Taylor remained outside guest. When Lauren Taylor got for nearly six more hours as the home late one night last week she lion continued napped behind the was met with an unusual surprise; couch. It was just a couple hours a pair of yellow-brown eyes star- until dawn before the lion finally ing at her from behind the couch. got up and calmly left through an Those eyes belonged to a wild open door. “I am hopeful and conmountain lion. Apparently, the fident this cougar will not be back door had been left open, and back,” Taylor said. “It was a perthe cat had wandered right in after fect ending to a blessed encounter drinking from a fountain in the that could have been dangerous if yard. Taylor, who has previously approached from a lower frequenworked in wildlife rescue and also cy [of energy]. May she stay safely practices energy healing, knew in the hills to enjoy a long life as a they’d have to give the cat a lot of wild and healthy lion.” space and remain calm to encourage her to leave safely. Taylor saw
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SSK KYY ZZO OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Gary Conrad JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Chattanooga All-Stars CCEE LLLLA AIIRRIISS A AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE A ATT LL AAK KEEW WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Kesha, Macklemore VVII N NYY LL (Atlanta) Donavon Frankenreiter OA O AK KN NO OU UN NTT A AIIN NA AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE (Pelham, AL) Pentatonix RREEG GII O ON NSS FFIIEELL D D (Birmingham) Todd Snider BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Sugarland, Lindsay Eli, Frankie Ballard D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Rachel Loy, Charlie Worsham, Emily West MEE RRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Robyn Hitchcock, Tristen, Lauren Strange, Joe Pisapia TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Nahko And Medicine For The People, Xiuhtezcatl
SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Zane TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Gary Conrad JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) C-Grimey, Blake Hise, T Rizer, Slugga G SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD DSS SSO OU U TTH H (Chattanooga) The Beaters RRO O SSSS’’ LLAAN ND D IIN NG G (Chattanooga) “Riverfront Nights” Waker HII FF II CC LLYYD H D EE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Cycles VVEE RRIIZZO ON NW WIIRREE LLEESSSS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Phish NEEW N WTT O OW WN N PPAARRK K (Jones Creek, GA) Sister Hazel ATTLLAAN A N TT AA BBO OTT AAN NIICC AALL G G AARRD DEE N N (Atlanta) Mary Chapin Carpenter TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Janelle Monae, St. Beauty TTH H EE SSH H EED D AATT SSM MO OK KYY M MO OU UN N TTAAII N NH H AARRLLEEYY DAAVVIID D DSSO ON N (( Maryville, TN) The Chris Robinson Brotherhood RRO O CC K KEETT O OW WN N (Nashville) Kim Walker-Smith MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Nahko & Medicine For the People MEERRCC YY LLO M OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Lydia, Jared & the Mill, Cherry Pools IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Frank Jordan
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WEED W DN NEESSD DA AYY A Auu gguu sstt 11 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Sister Hazel TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Nahko And Medicine For The People, Xiuhtezcatl BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Rod Stewart, Cyndi Lauper D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Donavon
FFRRIID DA AYY A Auugguu sstt 33 SSK KYY ZZO OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Zane MIILLLLEE RR PPLLA M AZZA A (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” Tomar and the FCs TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Gary Conrad SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Velcro
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SSU UN ND DA AYY A Auu gguu sstt 55 SSK KYY ZZO OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Av TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Gary Conrad JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Deceased, Savage Master, Death of Kings SSTT A ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Atlanta) “Lost 80s Live” Wang Chung, Naked Eyes, A Flock of Seagulls, Animotion, Berlin, Nu Shooz, Farrington and Mann Original When In Rome UK TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Janelle Monae, St. Beauty CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Bettye LaVette EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Nora Jane Struthers VVEERRIIZZ O ON N AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Phish N AASSH N HVVIILLLLEE M MU UN NIICC IIPPAALL A AU UD DIITT O O RRII U UM M (Nashville) Ms. Lauryn Hill RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Alejandro Escovedo, Hayes Carll SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Todd Snider TT H HEE N NIICC K K (Birmingham) The Savants of Soul
MO M ON ND DA AYY A Auu gguusstt 66 TT RREEM MO ON N TT TT AAVVEERRN N (Chattanooga) Trivia Night JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Spowder, Bildge Rat RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Gordon Lightfoot D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEE YY (Nashville) The Time Jumpers
TT U U EESSD DA AYY A Auu gguu sstt 77 TT RREEM MO ON N TT TT AAVVEERRN N (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Andrew Combs CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY AA TTLLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Slyenna Johnson TT H HEE N NIICC K K (Birmingham) Accursed Creation, Carnovora ZZ YYD D EECC O O (Birmingham) Attila TT EEQ QU UIILLLL AA CCO OW WBBO OYY (Nashville) Lee Gantt TT H HEE CC O OW WAAN N (Nashville) Bomba Estereo D && LLIIN 33RRD ND D SSLLEE YY (Nashville) Barett Baber
WEED W DN NEESSD DA AYY A Auu gguusstt 88 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Open Mic Comedy TT H HEE CC O OM M EED DYY CC AATT CCH H (Chattanooga) Improv Chattanooga SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H HAALLLL (Atlanta) Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Beth Hart EE D DD DII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Mishka AIISSLL EE 55 (Atlanta) Ras G A SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Guided By Voices BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Amanda Shires, Cory Branan TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Eyes Set to Kill, The Scars Heal In Time, Dayshell G RRAAN G ND DO OLLEE O OPPRRYY H HO OU USS EE (Nashville) Larry Gatlin, Del McCoury Band, Brett Young JJ U USSTT LLO O VVEE CC O OFFFF EEEE && CC A AFFÉÉ (Nashville) Ashley Taylor
UPPCCO U OM MIIN NG G EEVVEEN NTTSS JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Savants of Soul August 9 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny August 9 WAALLK W KEE RR TT H HEEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Mary Chapin Carpenter August 9 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Michelle Malone August 9 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Joe Bonamassa August 9 FFIIRRSS TT TT EE N NN NEE SSSSEEEE PPAARRK K (Nashville) Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin, Nothing More, Bad Wolves August 9 PPU UBBLLIICC SSQ QU UAARREE PPAARRK K (Nashville) “Live on the Green” Dispatch, Roscoe & Etta, The Wood Brothers, Mt. Joy August 9 TT H HEE LLYY RRIICC TT H H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy August 9 TT H HEE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic August 9 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Sam Bush, Tortured Soul August 9 MIILL LLEERR PPLLAAZZ AA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Lillie Mae August 10 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny August 10 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) The Pink Spiders, Behold The Brave August 10 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Rubik’s Groove August 10 WAALLK W KEE RR TT H HEEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Todd Rundgren August 10 TT H HEE SSIIG GN N AALL (Chattanooga) Strung Like A Horse August 10 HII FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Barstool Romeos August 10 MEE RRCCEE D M DEE SS BBEEN N ZZ SSTT AAD DII U UM M (Atlanta) Taylor Swift August 10 CC EELLLLA AII RRII SS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE AATT LLAAK KEEW WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Slayer, Testament, Napalm Death, Anthrax, Lamb of God August 10 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) The Alarm August 10 WO W O LLFF CC RREEEE K K AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE ((Atlanta) Boney James August 10 SSM M IITTH H ’’SS O OLLD D EE BBAARR (Atlanta) All The Locals August 10 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Amanda Shires, Cory Branan August 10 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Joe Bonamassa August 10 JJA AM M EESS K K .. PPO OLLK K TTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) David Cross August 10 HAA RRD H D IISSO ON NM M IILLLL FF AARRM M CC O ON N CCEE RRTT H HAALLLL (Columbia, TN) Rory Feek August 10 O AAK O KM MO OU UN NTT AAIIN N AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE (Pelham, AL) The Cult, Stone Temple Pilots, Bush August 10 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Paul Childers August 11 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Taco Mouth, Kerchief August 11 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny August 11 RRO OSS SS’’ LL AAN ND DIIN NG G (Chattanooga) “Riverfront Nights” Mudbone August 11 NII SSSSAAN N N SS TTAAD D IIU UM M (Nashville) Kenny Chesney, Old Dominion, Thomas Rhett, Brandon Lay August 11 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) The Alarm August 11 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN NTT EE AASSTT (Nashville) The Pink
Spiders August 11 HA H ARRD D IISSO ON NM MII LLLL FFA ARRM M CC O ON NCC EE RRTT H H AALLLL (Columbia, TN) Rory Feek August 11 MEE RRCC EE D M DEESS BBEEN NZZ SSTT A AD DIIU UM M (Atlanta) Taylor Swift August 11 SSYY M MPPH HII O ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) David Cross August 11 CCEE LLLLA AIIRRIISS A AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Stephanie Mills, Joe, Jeff Tweedy, Ready For The World August 11 VVEERRIIZZO ON NA AM M PPH HIITT H H EEA ATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Lanco August 11 TTEE N NN N EESSSSEE EE A AM M PPH HIITT H H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy August 11 WO W ORRK KPPLLA AYY TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Amanda Shires, Cory Branan August 11 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jason Cheny August 12 NA N ASSH H VVIILLLLEE M MU UN N IICC IIPPA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Slayer, Testament, Napalm Death Lamb of God, Anthrax August 12 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Nashville) “LSD Tour” Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam, King Leg August 12 TTH H EE BBA ASS EEM MEE N NTT EEA ASS TT (Nashville) Erika Wennerstrom August 12 IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Duluth, GA) J. Cole August 12 VVEERRIIZZO ON NA AM M PPH HIITT H H EEA ATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Breaking Benjamin, Five Finger Death Punch, Nothing More, Bad Wolves August 12 BBU UCC K KH HEE A AD D TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) Tory Lanez August 12 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Doria Roberts August 12 AVVO A ON ND DA ALLEE BBRREE W WIIN NG G CC O OM M PPA AN NYY (Birmingham) Umphreys McGee August 12 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) The Alarm August 12 TTH H EE M MIILLLL && M MIIN N EE (Knoxville) Franz Ferdinand August 13 WIILLD W DH HO O RRSS EE SSA ALLO OO ON N (Nashville) Billy Currington, Travis Denning, Ben Rue, Maddie & Tae, Jordan Davis August 13 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Todd Rundgren August 13 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Superbody, Avery Leigh’s Night Palace August 14 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Boxcar Songwriter Series August 14 CCEE LLLLA AIIRRIISS A AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE A ATT LL AAK KEEW WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson August 14 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Lyle Lovett August 14 SSTT A ATTEE BBA AN NK KA AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Wiz Khalifa, Rae Sremmurd, Lil Skies August 14 CCA AN NN NEE RRYY BBA ALLLL RRO OO OM M (Nashville) Franz Ferdinand August 14 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Todd Rundgren August 14 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Open Mic Night August 15 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Turtles feat. Flo & Eddie, Mark Lindsay, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, The Cowsill, The Association, Chuck Negron August 15 SSTT A ATTEE BBA AN NK KA AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE A A TT CC H H AASSTTAA IIN N PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling August 15 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Carlos Mencia August 16 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Angie Aparo August 16 MEE M M MO ORRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) “Heather Land i ain’t doin’ it Tour” August
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Leppard August 20 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Matisyahu August 20 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Mary Gauthier August 21 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Andy Sanford August 21 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Nashville) Cake, Ben Folds, Tall Heights August 21 CC EELLLLA AII RRII SS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE AATT LLAAK KEEW WO OO OD D (Atlanta) Wiz Khalifa, Rae Srommurd, Lil Skies August 21 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Chad Prather August 22 SSTT A ATT EE BBAAN NK K AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Jeff Beck August 22 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Collin Raye August 22 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS N NO ORRTT H H (Chattanooga) Mike Farris August 23 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Gangstagrass August 23 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Chad Prather August 23 VVA AN ND D EERRBBIILLTT SSTT AAD DIIU UM M (Nashville) Jay-Z, Beyonce August 23 PPU UBBLLIICC SSQ QU UAARREE PPAARRK K (Nashville) “Live On The Green” Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Parquet Courts, Trampled By Turtles, Alanna Royale August 23 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Jesse Colin Young August 23 MIILL LLEERR PPLLAAZZ AA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Laila Biali August 24 HII FFII CC LLYY D H DEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Opposite Box August 24 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Keith Urban, Kellsea Ballerini August 24 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Alkaline Trio, Together Pangea August 24 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Nashville) Collective Soul, 3 Doors Down, Soul Asylum August 24 MU M U SSIICC RRO OO OM M@ @ SSM MIITT H H’’ SS O O LLD DEE BBAARR (Atlanta) Fozzy, The Stir August 24 ATT LLAAN A NTT AA BBO O TTAAN N IICC AALL G GAARRD D EEN N (Atlanta) Guster August 24 CC IITTYY W WII N NEERRYY AATT LLAAN N TTAA (Atlanta) Ben Nichols August 24 MU M U SSIICC RRO OO OM M@ @ SSM MIITT H H’’ SS O O LLD DEE BBAARR (Atlanta) Fozzy, The Stir August 24 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Whitey Morgan August 24 CC O ON N CCEE RRTT H H AALLLL AATT BBJJ CCCC (Birmingham) Ronnie Milsap August 24 TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Shenandoah August 25 SSO ON NG G BBII RRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) The Matt Stephens Project August 25 WAALLK W KEE RR TT H HEEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Trish Suhr, Leanne Morgan and Karen Mills August 25 NII SSSSAAN N N SS TTAAD D IIU UM M (Nashville) Taylor Swift August 25 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Journey, Def Leppard August 25 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT RREE (Nashville) Needtobreathe, Johnnyswim, Billy Raffoul August 25 FFIIRRSS TT TT EE N NN NEE SSSSEEEE PPAARRK K (Nashville) Collective Soul, 3 Doors Down August 25 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Whitey Morgan August 25 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Jesse Colin Young August 25 MEE RRCCEE D M DEE SS BBEEN N ZZ SSTT AAD DII U UM M (Atlanta) Jay-Z, Beyonce August 25
CCH HA ASSTT A AIIN N PPA ARRK K (Atlanta) Leon Bridges, Masego August 25 BBO OW WLL @ @ SSU UG GA ARR H HIILLLL (Sugar Hill, GA) Michael Bolton August 25 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Fozzy, Stone Broken, The Stir Adelitas Way August 25 TTU U SSCC A ALLO OO O SSA AA AM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Keith Urban, Chelsea Ballerini August 26 MEE RRCC EE D M DEESS BBEEN NZZ SSTT A AD DIIU UM M (Atlanta) Jay-Z, Beyonce August 26 SSTT A ATTEE BBA AN NK KA AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) Rick Springfield, Loverboy, Tommy Tutone, Greg Kihn August 26 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Candi Staton August 26 HEE A H AVVEE N NA ATT TT H H EE M MA ASSQ QU U EERRA AD DEE (Atlanta) CKY, Slaves, Awaken I Am, Royal Thunder August 27 MEE RRCC YY LLO OU UN NG G EE (Nashville) Le Butcherettes August 27 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Terry Bozio August 27 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Jen Snyder, John Gibson August 28 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Nashville) Charlie Puth, Hailee Steinfeld August 28 D && LLII N 33RRD ND DSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Katie Herzig August 28 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Matthew Sweet August 28 SSTT A ATTEE PPA ARRK KA AM M PPH HIITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Atlanta) Leon Bridges, Masego August 28 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Matisyahu August 28 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS N NO O RRTTH H (Chattanooga) Kip Winger August 29 SSO ON NG GBBIIRRD D SS SSO OU UTT H H (Chattanooga) Black Stone Cherry August 29 VVEERRIIZZO ON NA AM M PPH HIITT H H EEA ATT RREE (Alpharetta, GA) Charlie Puth, Hailee Steinfeld August 29 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Matisyahu August 29 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Nashville) Leon Bridges, Masego August 29 OCC O O ON NN NO O RRSS IIRRIISSH H PPU UBB (Clarksville, TN) Fozzy, Adelitas Way, The Stir, Stone Broken August 29 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Landry August 30 RREEG G IIO ON N SS FFIIEE LLD D (Birmingham) Jake Owens, Chris Janson, Jordan Davis August 30 PPU UBBLLIICC SSQ QU UA ARREE PPA ARRK K (Nashville) “Live On The Green” Dr. Dog, Savannah Conley, The Wild Feathers, The New Respects, Rival Sons August 30 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Louis Prima Jr., James House August 30 MIILLLLEE RR PPLLA M AZZA A (Chattanooga) “Nightfall Concert Series” Andy Frasco & the U.N. August 31 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Landry August 31 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) The Fridge August 31 TTH H EE SS IIG GN NA ALL (Chattanooga) Jimmy Eat World August 31 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Delbert McClinton August 31 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Nashville) Widespread Panic August 31 PPU UBBLLIICC SSQ QU UA ARREE PPA ARRK K (Nashville) “Live On The Green” X Ambassadors, Waker, Mikky Ekko, Elliot Root, Theo Katzman, Republican Hiar, The Foxies August 31
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True Confessions of a Doorman With the innate ability to strike the fear of God into someone with a glace, he oversees your fun a frivolity making sure you and your friends are safe. But if you or your friends get out of line or worse, he’s the front line of defense. Of course I’m talking about a doorman or club bouncer. Some may even refer to them as a warden at an insane asylum, whose actions are even glorified in song and film. Who are these mythical creatures that act as a gatekeeper to our favorite restaurants, pubs, nightclubs and convert halls?
Before we dive into that, let’s past and even today many jurisdictions do not allow deputized look into their history. law officers to work or moonThe use of a doorman or bounc- light in a establishment that er got popular in the 19th and serves alcohol or is an establishment that is licensed by that 20th centuries as businesses city or county that may try to opened that offered entertainuse or pay law enforcement to ment, alcohol and just about look the other way on the activanything quite honestly to the ities in an establishment or general public. As society as a other activities the owners may whole grew and entertainment/social venues became popular it got to where an owner/operator could no longer wear all the hats in his or her establishment and needed help someone like a peace officer without being an actual police officer. Besides, in the
break it up to cause minimal personal injury to patrons and expel those causing the problem.
be involved with both legally and illegally. Thus the doorman or bouncer was created who as a private citizen is hired by the establishment to make sure the venue follows all their guidelines such as make sure patrons are legally old enough to enter, make sure order is kept inside diffusing a potential problem or altercation and if one breaks out, the ability to
are mentioned to protect the temple from theft and to stop illegal entry into sacred areas. The ancient Romans were known to employ a doorman or gatekeeper, initially a slave to keep an eye out and eject unwanted people from where he was guarding. There have also been plays dating back to 184-194 B.C. and first century literature that mentioned bounc-
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The prospect of having a doorman or “gatekeeper” goes back to ancient times and some say is mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible in Chronicles where gatekeepers
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they were dancing with.
What we are more accustomed to as what a doorman or bouncer does goes back to post-Civil War with expansion west and expansion of bars and brothels. Madames would hire “muscle” to literally throw out troublesome deadbeat and drunk patrons. Pre-World War I bouncers were employed to keep the morality at dance halls. If a patron got too close to a dancer they would intervene and remind the patron to keep at least nine inches between themselves and who
Over the years anyone who has ever stepped foot in one of their favorite venues has has interacted with a doorman or bouncer. Often they can set the tone for the evening with a warm welcome as they makes sure you are of age and not attempting to break the law entering the club (already intoxicated or carrying a firearm) or once you enter making sure everyone is being civil. Over time many of us have befriended a doorman or even consider them part of our
extended family.
good memories,” he says.
“I just kind of fell into it,” says once bouncer. It wasn’t his initial career choice. This particular doorman was playing guitar in a band when one nigh while hanging out friends drinking beer things got out of hand at the bar and he jumped in to help out. “I grabbed somebody and threw them out and they offered me a job,” he recalls.
As a doorman our bouncer has seen countless faces but also has met a celebrity or two. One year during Riverbend when the band Everclear played they came into where he worked and Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens asked him to babysit his Gibson Jumbo after he had performed a show next door. “That was a real honor,” he recalls.
That was over 20 years ago. While it wasn’t initially a career choice, it’s become something he’s well-known. Watching him interact with patrons as they come and go his establishment he’s almost like a party host as everyone is happy to see him when they enter and for the most part with very few exceptions don’t listen to him when he has to intervene in a situation. Standing well over six feet tall with a menacing build
Our bouncer even has had movie celebrities in the house. Robert Pattinson of “Twilight” fame was in town to film “Water For Elephants” when the production company rented half of the club out for a party. “I told him if things ended up too crazy give me the nod and we’ll take you out the back door – which is what we did,” he says. He snuck Pattison out the back door to an awaiting
he’s a gentle giant who nobody police car where he was taken back to his hotel. wants to be on his bad side. Over the years this bouncer has seen a lot take place wherever he has worked. He’s chased carjackers, been to the FBI office where he was told he was to contact them if he needed anything because he was one of the “good guys”. “I have countless other stories and so many ENIGMA
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Unlike the movie “Roadhouse” there’s not as much head knocking as you might expect. Being in charge of the door helps that by weeding out who can or should come into an establishment. A business has the right to refuse service to any individual that doesn’t fit
their guidelines that can be anything from already being intoxicated upon arrival, starting an altercation once in, and not abiding by dress standards as stated by the club before entrance and in rare cases once inside. “I always have a ‘hi’ and a smile for everybody,” my bouncer friend says. If the person doesn’t respond he will repeat his greeting. More often than not they will respond to the bouncer, however sometimes not. “I usually tell them if you can’t speak to someone nicely coming through the door, I pretty much don’t want you in here.” Checking I.D.s has become an art for our bouncer over the years. Many clubs have even installed an I.D. scanner to verify is a driver’s license is real. Our bouncer says what he sees is more I.D. swapping where someone will come in then leave and maybe 15 or 20 minutes later someone else will come in trying to use the same I.D. “I actually caught one the other week and the father knew and I kept the I.D. He was furious,” he recalls. “I said, so you’re helping get your daughter in a 21 and up club? Are you contributing to a minor? I told him we’re not giving the I.D. back, that’s basically criminal impersonation.” He notes the girl could have gone to jail for it. That doesn’t mean he still doesn’t get the occasional fake I.D. Our bouncer chuckles as he recalls one of the worst fake handed to him. It was made out of the front of a Kmart card and they didn’t bother to scan the back of the card. The date of birth had been changed on the front but was missing the stick-
er on the back of the driver’s license. “It had Kmart valued customer on it or something like that on the back,” he chuckled.
I know we do not tolerate it club. here where I work.” While being a bouncer or doorSomething else our bouncer man is not for everyone, it does does not tolerate is baggy sag- come with some perks. Our ging pants. He says if he can bouncer recalls when he and his wife were dating and they went out to dinner he was often greeted with people asking how he was as well as receiving countless hugs. “I really thought that was great that people cared so much about you. I welcome people,” he fondly recalls. He says he’s had many perks over the years including paid vacations, free food not only from where he works but also neighboring bars and restaurants who patronize his place. “I think some of the perks are meeting some of the greatest people I’ve Sometimes a bouncer’s duties include throwing out unruly customers and owners, ever met.” Our bouncer’s duty once mak- see your behind hanging out of ing sure you’re of legal age is to your pants from the parking lot - Dave Weinthal make sure everyone behaves he will not allow you in his making sure he stops trouble at the door before it gets in. After everyone is in he makes sure no one messes up. “People ask me that really don’t know me ask me, ‘what do you do for a living?’ I answer professional babysitter,” he laughs. Over his 20-plus years working on the door, our bouncer has seen a change in the crowds that come out. “I’m scared for everybody in today’s society,” he says. He’s seen a lot more gang-related dress coming into the clubs and fears they may be packing. He’s also seen a lot of white kids packing as well. “We try to stop all that at the door. Even though you might have a no firearms sign on your door people still try to come in,” he says. “Let it be known there are a lot of armed security guards out there in different clubs that will not tolerate this. ENIGMA
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Did the Establisment Set Up The Alternative Media? If someone wants to find out about what is going on in the world, they might end up looking towards the alternative media. This can be seen as the only news source that does what it is supposed to do - to report on what is actually going on. It might then be accurate to say that this person likes to think for themselves, which is why they don’t pay attention to the mainstream media. They are not going to be interested in being a
passive consumer of the news.
curious person.
If they didn’t have the need to find out about what is actually going on, there would be no reason for them to look towards this source. Instead, they could just sit in front of a TV or read a paper.
Now, this doesn’t mean that they will accept everything the alternative media comes out with, but they might be happy to accept most of it. So, while they will need to examine everything the mainstream media tells them, this won’t be In their eyes, this could be seen the case with this source of as what someone would do if information. they were happy to be programmed by the system. Someone like this could see themselves as being a highly
And, due to where they get their information from, they may believe that they are one of the few people on this planet who know what is going on. This may cause them to experience a sense of superiority, or to believe that they are more awake than others. Yet, if they believe that the mainstream media is full of lies and the alternative media is full of truth, this is to be expected. This doesn’t mean that they will have a superiority complex though, as this might not have an impact on every part of their life.
that they are more informed than others, it doesn’t mean that they won’t try to pass this information on. Even so, they could be used to having this information thrown back in their face. When this happens, it can be seen as a sign that most people are too closed-minded to embrace new information. Thus, not only will someone
like this be unaware of what is going on, they will be too closed-minded to find out. This kind of behaviour can end up supporting their belief that they are in the know and that a lot of people are reluctant to think for themselves. The problem here is that while one can believe that they are aware of what is going on, they might only know what the establishment wants them to know.
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mean that they are not being They can give someone the funded by the same people. financial backing that they need to gain people’s attention, What can add to the illusion which will allow this person to that the people in the alterna- come across as though their tive media are not funded by own efforts allowed them to anyone is that it can seem as rise to the top and that they are though they just appeared out not affiliated to anyone else. By of nowhere. Thus, unlike the coming across as the real deal, people who are on TV, they are it can be a lot easier for somejust regular people one like this to brainwash the people who have turned their Thanks to the internet, it is eas- back on the mainstream media. ier than ever before for someone to make it big without hav- Conversely, the people behind ing a lot of financial support. the scenes can try to get someThis is something that the peo- one to work for them after they ple behind the scenes can use have made it big. They will no to their advantage. doubt try to do this by offering
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11 Hit Songs Made Into Movies Bohemian Rhapsody is the title of the upcoming Queen biopic, named after the band’s most wellknown song. Other films about music artists have used their most popular song for the title, such as Mamma Mia about Abba and “I Walk the Line” about Johnny Cash. Famous songs have also been used for titles of movie concerts by certain groups, such as Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same and The Last Waltz by the Band.
The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia by Vicki Lawrence The Peach State is the obvious setting for this tale of murder, romance, and police malpractice, based on the song that reached number one a few years prior.
ductions have the same title, the film has very little to do with the song. For example, the film American Pie has no relation to the Don McLean song, nor does Pretty Woman bear any resemblance to the hit by Roy Orbison.
O ∆ de To Billie Joe by Bobbi Gentry Of course the Tallahatchi Bridge would be included in the film, for it served as part of the chorus in the song about a secret affair and its mysterious aftermath.
Harper Valley P.T.A. by Jeannie C. Riley Barbara Eden stars as the sexy blond mother who gets fed up with the hypocrites in her small town, just like the main character in the In most cases when the two pro- famous song from the Sixties.
Occasionally, hit songs have born such good story lines that they film makers have actually transformed the lyrics into a movie. Here are eleven examples of songs that were later made into films. Convoy by C.W. McCall Kris Kristofferson was chosen as the star of this picture about a gang of truckers who use their CB radios to form a mighty coalition against corrupt practices of highway policemen.
injustice that Bob Dylan made into the biggest hit from the Desire album. Three decades later, the story of the heavy weight champ was made into an unforgettable film.
Copa Cabana by Barry Manilow Rico and Tony get into a fatal fight over Lola the dancer in both the song and the film, the former of which has been far more enduring than the latter.
Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio Murder serves as the backdrop for this folk classic, which quite natu- Alice’s Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie rally fit into a Hollywood Western. Everyone’s favorite Thanksgiving song is nearly as long as (but much Pretty Boy Floyd by Woody funnier than)/the movie itself, which appeared a few years later Guthrie He was a gangster whom Woody with Arlo himself as the star. painted as a Robin Hood in the song, which twenty years later was - Doug Poe
Coal Miner’s Daughter by Loretta Lynn Since the tune was autobiographical, it made perfect sense to assign it as well to the Sissy Spacek movie about the country legend ‘s life. The Gambler by Kenny Rogers The made for TV movie, starring the singer himself, did not have anywhere near the success as the number one record. Hurricane by Bob Dylan Ruben Carter suffered from false imprisonment for murder, an ENIGMA
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I Love Bacon, You Love Bacon, We All Love Bacon I see a ton of concerts. I’m not trying to brag or rub it in but I see more acts in one year than some do over the course of a decade. And while I love live music it is possible to be desensitized to because of an overload
“What kind of music do they play?” I didn’t know how to answer and I had seen them on tour two years ago. I answered, “I think kind of blues-rock”. I was wrong. It’s good old-fashioned rock and roll. It’s more
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of great and sometimes not so great music. It’s not often I leave a show in a great mood. Not because the show sucks but because as jaded as it sounds, it is work. Last night I was in a really good mood when I left Songbirds. I saw the Bacon Brothers in concert. I was happy.
show than a concert. The Bacon Brothers are a full band that happened to be cofronted by Kevin and Michael Bacon. Everyone in the band plays a crucial role in the band so it’s not like a support staff. And I witnessed first hand that everyone in the band had fans. The girls standing next kept blowing kisses to the bass player in the band. Reciprocated blowing a kiss and coming over during a break to say hello.
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Cents” and “Old Guitars” had less if you knew who Kevin great stories to go with them Bacon is, this show is something making the show not only per- a lot of bands could learn from.
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was indeed a true fan and I don’t blame her. I’m a fan for sure after seeing the band perform twice now. Unlike her, however I can’t sing each song word for word – except the Tom Petty cover they did (“Don’t Do Me Like That”). There are many reasons the Bacon Brothers are a good show. Besides being talented musicians, Both Kevin and Michael engaged in entertaining banter with the crowd. And to Kevin’s benefit it did not use it to promote his movie career. I have to admit I was a little skeptical the first time I saw the show as I expected something out of Bruce Willis’ The Return of Bruno or
Eddie Murphy singing, “Party All The Time”. No, this was real music and it was good. Did the fact Kevin Bacon was in the band get me interested initially? You bet, but it was his brother and the rest of the band that won me over. Plus the show is a lot of fun. In a way it’s like a frat party except the music is original with the exception of the Petty cover and a cover of The Rascals “People Got To Be Free” and many of the songs have funny anecdotes shared by both Kevin and Michael. One of the songs, “Tom Petty T-Shirt” prompted a fan to toss a Tom Petty t-shirt to Michael. Obviously not their first show on the tour either. Songs like “36
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Not only can you play good music, you can also have a good Once you get over the celebrity time making it an experience to aspect of the whole thing it’s remember and recall with a easy to see what a great show it smile. was overall – nothing against the celebrity thing but regard- - Dave Weinthal
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I Want My MTV! Retro Futura Showcases Your ‘80s Faves It was if the ‘80s never went generation. Unfortunately Fry interest isn’t there although I away and I’m glad. The 2018 has not had the same success think it would make a nice edition of the Retro Futura Tour kicked off in the Deep South bringing a host of ‘80s favorites – a few being one –hit wonders. And you know what that was great. Add to the fact I could relive my childhood without the benefit of Spotify, Apple Music to YouTube. I remember as a kid the big theme for parties was a ‘50s theme. I never I understood it. Why were people stuck in the past? I get it now as kids who were my age when I thought that were in attendance to see ABC, Belinda Carlisle, Modern English, Limahl, Tony Lewis and Annabella Lwin. In fact it was an even mix of Millennials, Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers. All six artists played strong sets and it’s hard to pick a favorite. My personal favorite was Martin Fry and ABC, perhaps my all-time favorite act. I was hooked the first time I saw “Look of Love” on MTV and wore out my cassette to Lexicon of Love. His set may have been the strongest as every song he performed with the exception of “Viva Love” off of Lexicon of Love II released two years ago as a sequel to the original was not only on the radio but MTV.
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despite his sizable talent. He and his music, while popular in the ‘80s transcends generations and the style pays homage to retro R&B, soul and rock and roll – a home run anytime if you ask me. Unfortunately for him and even me for that matter, the In my opinion Fry was my era’s only time I can see ABC/Martin Bowie with the same looks, Fry is packaged in a retro tour sartorial flair and a voice of a package. I guess the mass ENIGMA
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the audience start to leave – not because the music is bad, but because it was a long night. That’s what happened. I was a little perturbed over this. I felt bad for Fry who was on top of his game as I watched kids pack up their belongings and start to trickle out. Fry deserved a better fate than that. Belinda Carlisle performed before ABC and she played a set of solo singles and from the Go Gos catalog that were easily recognizable and easy to sing along to. Sitting there I forgot how many singles she had as a solo artist. I was already well versed on all the Go Gos catalog, but forgot (but immediately remembered) some of her solo work. Her set consisted of nine songs and equally represented her solo work and with the band starting with “Mad About You” and finishing with “Heaven Is A Place on Earth”. Sandwiched in between were Go Gos classics like “Vacation” and “Our Lips Are Sealed”. All songs were highly recognizable with no obscure songs performed. Carlisle sashayed across the stage during her set in much as you would expect and hope if you’ve ever seen any of her music videos and on the eve of a big birthday (she’ll be 60 in August) she looked amazing and enjoyed the crowd singing along with every song as she played the tambourine.
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the night for me was Modern English. I saw them back in the ‘90s and was surprised to see so many original members still in the band after almost 40 years, especially when you consider they were one-hit wonders. Granted, “I Melt With You” is one of the most played ‘80s songs ever (something like over three million plays on the radio) and has been in a ton of movies whether listed on the soundtrack or not. It was a prerequisite I believe for any band that played Yesterday’s backing the day to play it along with “Blister In the Sun” and “What I Like About You”. For what it’s worth the band has aged well with Robbie Grey
bands from the mid to late ‘80s that were fringe new wave and alternative pop. There were a ton of bands like that such as Wang Chung, Mister Mister and so on. Admittedly, I tuned all these bands out a little back in the day even though I sang along because I was either too lazy to change the station or was in the mood for one of their radio hits. Of the six acts performing The Outfield only trailed ABC and Belinda Carlisle for charting singles. Lewis looked like he stepped off the tennis court wearing a black and red jogging suit top, but once he began I knew exactly who he was. Add to that his bass guitar without a ©Dave Weinthal
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looking like he could pull of headstock that kept me mesthe Martin Fry look – which is merized during the set and it a stark contrast to what the was a fun time for all. band looked like in their videos. Tony Lewis of The Outfield also played a strong albeit short set (all acts with the exception of ABC and Belinda Carlisle played sets between three and five songs). I never listened to The Outfield much back in the day as I lumped them in with a bunch of the ENIGMA
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Limahl made his first ever performance in America on this night. That’s right, the former and current lead singer of Kajagoogoo never played in this country before despite the massive hit “Too Shy”. Of the one-hit wonders on the bill “Too Shy” is the highest charting hitting #5 in the U.S. and #1 in two countries and #2 in two others. To his credit, Limahl is a two-hit wonder as he also has a solo hit with the title track to the movie “The NeverEnding Story” (#17 U.S.). What many including myself is he was only in the band for the one album (White Feathers) and was asked to leave the band not long after the album’s release, thus the band never toured this country. Prior to this evening he
has only been to New York to film American Bandstand and do something for MTV. The set was short but sweet featuring “The NeverEnding Story” and three cuts from White
Opening the night was Annabella Lwin. She of course is Bow Wow Wow. The original band was hijacked from Adam Ant (they were the original Ants) by Malcolm McLaren. They are the poster children of one-hit wonder. “I Want Candy” actually only made the Top 30 when it was released and was a cover of a song by The Strangeloves in 1965 charting higher at #11. Annabella was the child of the show. Many don’t realize or forgot that she was only 14 when Bow Wow Wow was formed. Her set was the shortest at three songs first performing, “Baby, Oh No!” from the I Want Candy album followed by “Do You Wanna Hold Me?” from When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going and of course finishing her short set with “I Want Candy”. During her brief set she danced and spun around the stage getting quite the workout and doing a fine job setting the tone for the evening.
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1. Frank Turner 2. Paul McCartney 3. Father John Misty 4. Jim Donovan & The Sun King Warriors 5. Arctic Monkeys 6. Courtney Barnett 7. Greta Van Fleet 8. The Jayhawks 9. Lake Street Dive 10. Rainbow Kitten Surprise 11. Joe Bonamassa 12. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 13. Wilderado 14. Death Cab For Cutie 15. David Bowie 16. Florence & the Machine 17. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 18. The Record Company 19. Muse 20. St. Paul & the Broken Bones
ADVENTURE PICKS 1. Elvis Costello & the Imposters 2. Imagine Dragons 3. The Kooks
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THIS MONTH IN ROCK HISTORY 11 990066 The Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, New Jersey began to manufacture a record player they called the Victrola. The hand-cranked unit, with horn cabinet, retailed for $200. Records were purchased separately, usually in the appliance stores that sold the machines, at a cost of between $1 and $7. Famed conductor John Philip Sousa predicted “a marked deterioration in American music” and said that generations of amateur musicians would give way to “canned music.” 1199 4422 The American Federation of Musicians went on strike after Union president James C. Petrillo told musicians that phonograph records were ‘a threat to members’ jobs.’ As a result, musicians refused to perform in recording sessions over the next several months, although live, musical radio broadcasts did continue. 1199 5555 After a suggestion that RCA bid $20,000 to land Elvis Presley, company executive Mitch Miller replies “No singer is worth that much.” A London judge fined Sidney Turner three pounds, ten shillings for “creating an abominable noise” after Turner threatened his neighbors by saying, “I will drive you mad.” Turner played Bill Haley And His Comets’ “Shake Rattle & Roll” as loud as possible from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
on their Dore label and sends 500 copies to radio stations across the US. The song was written by group member Phil Spector, who was inspired by the words on his father’s tombstone. Spector’s father had committed suicide when Phil was 12. 1199 6600 Elvis Presley is named Public Enemy #1 by the East German newspaper, Young World. Elvis was later quoted as saying, “They say it (Rock ‘n’ Roll) makes us hoodlums. That ain’t true. I don’t see that any type of music would have any bad influence on people.” Billboard reports the findings of a Seventeen magazine survey that said the average teenage girl listens to the radio two hours and thirteen minutes a day and plays records two hours and twelve minutes a day.
little swimsuit. The record reached songs in the Top 40, this will be #8 in the UK. their only US number one. It was reported that the song was record11 9966 33 ed in just one take and the band Stevie Wonder became the first was actually in the studio for less artist ever to score a US #1 album than ten minutes. and single in the same week. Wonder was at the top of the LP Despite the fact that the US record chart with “Little Stevie Wonder / charts are dominated by Rock and The 12 Year Old Genius” and had the Roll, crooner Dean Martin has the #1 single with “Fingertips part 2”, number one tune with his biggest which was also the first ever live hit, “Everybody Loves Somebody”. It recording to lead the hit parade. made it to #11 in the UK. The song had been around since 1949 and had 11 996644 been previously recorded by severThe title track from The Beatles’ al well known artists without sucmovie A Hard Day’s Night topped cess. When Martin’s version pushed the record charts on both sides of The Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night” the Atlantic. The film was originally out of the top spot on the Billboard titled Beatlemania until producers chart, he sent telegrams to Elvis and heard an offhanded comment by to Frank Sinatra saying “I did it! I Ringo Starr as he flopped into a knocked ‘em out of first place!” canvas chair and said “It’s been a hard day’s night, that was.” After releasing a half dozen singles that either stalled in the upper Billboard magazine reports that the reaches of Billboard’s Hot 100 or harmonica is making a comeback in failed to make the list at all, The a big way thanks to its use by Stevie Supremes scored the first of their Wonder, The Rolling Stones, The twelve number one hits when Beatles and Bob Dylan. “Where Did Our Love Go” topped the chart for the first of two weeks. Rockabilly singer Johnny Burnette The record made it to #3 in the UK. died in a boating accident while The song was first offered to The fishing at Clear Lake, California. He Marvelettes, who disliked the tune was 30 years old. Burnette is most and refused to record it. often remembered for his two, 1960 million-sellers, “Dreamin” (#11) and Martha And The Vandellas’ “Dancing “You’re Sixteen” (#8). In The Streets” is released. The song will become the group’s biggest hit, “House of the Rising Sun” by The reaching #2 in the US and #28 in the Animals is released in America. UK. Although the band would put 14
Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” is released in the US, where it will become the number one song by mid-September. Record industry history was made when Checker’s original hit recording re-entered the charts in the Fall of 1961 and by January of 1962, was back in the number one position. It was the first record ever to hit number one on two separate occasions.
18-year-old Aretha Franklin makes her first recordings for Columbia Records in New York. Her initial chart appearance would come over a year later when her version of Al Jolson’s 1918 hit, “Rock-A-Bye Your 1199 5566 Baby With A Dixie Melody” would Three days after signing with reach #37 during a two week stay on Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley the Hot 100. begins filming his first movie, The Reno Brothers, later renamed Love 16-year-old Bryan Hyland’s novelty Me Tender, just as his double sided tune, “Itsy Bitsy, Teenie Weenie, hit, “Don’t Be Cruel” / “Hound Dog”, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box reaches number one in the US. Best Sellers list. Songwriter Paul 1199 5588 Vance said he got the inspiration for Era Records releases “To Know Him the song when he saw his two-yearIs To Love Him” by The Teddy Bears old daughter at the beach in a tiny ENIGMA
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1199 6655 Guards at Granada Television’s studio in Manchester turn fire hoses on about 200 screaming teenagers after they broke through security barriers in anticipation of the arrival of The Rolling Stones. 11 9966 66 The Troggs accomplished the rare feat of having a Top Ten hit in both the UK and the US with different songs. In England, “With a Girl Like You” was a major hit, while in the US, “Wild Thing” led the Billboard chart. 11 9966 88 While celebrating his 21st Birthday, The Who’s drummer, Keith Moon, drives a Lincoln Continental into the pool of a Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan. The band would later get a $50,000 bill for the damage they caused and were subsequently banned from every Holiday Inn for life. It was also rumored that Decca Records had to purchase the ruined car from its rightful owner. 11 9966 99 While a policeman held up traffic, the cover photo for The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album is taken, showing the Fab Four striding across a zebra crossing outside Abbey Road studios in London. Six shots were captured by photographer Iain Macmillan, and the session was completed in less than ten minutes. For you photo buffs, Macmillan used a Hasselblad camera with a 50mm wide-angle lens, aperture f22, at 1/500 of a second. The Woodstock Music and Art Festival began on Max Yasgur’s 600 acre farm in Bethel, New York. The three-day long festival drew a crowd of more than 500,000 people and became one of the most celebrated Rock and Folk concert festivals of all time. During the three days there were three deaths, two births and four miscarriages. 1199 7700 After leaving The Animals the year before, Eric Burdon made a return to the charts when his new band, War, scored a number 3 hit with “Spill The Wine”. Although Burdon would split from War in 1971, the rest of the group would have many more hits without him, including “The World is a Ghetto”, “The Cisco Kid”, “Gypsy Man”, “Slippin’ Into Darkness” and “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”. 11 997744 In a US federal court, John Lennon testifies that he believes the Nixon
administration tried to have him deported because of his involvement with the anti-war demonstrations at the 1972 Republican convention in Miami. He also suspected his phones were tapped and that he was under surveillance by government agents. 11 9977 66 George Harrison is found guilty of subconscious plagiarism of the song “He’s So Fine” in writing his hit, “My Sweet Lord”. He would eventually pay the copyright holder, Bright Tunes, $587,000 in damages.
Microsoft’s Windows 95 was released using a commercial featuring The Rolling Stones song “Start Me Up” (a reference to the Start button). Microsoft paid Mick Jagger and Keith Richards twelve million pounds for the use of the song, which Microsoft detractors were quick to point out, contains the lyrics “You make a grown man cry.”
1199 9966 “Missing” by an English duo called Everything But The Girl breaks the all-time chart stay record previously held by The Four Seasons’ “December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)”, when it appears on the Billboard 11 9977 99 Led Zeppelin released their final chart for the 55th week. album of original material, “In Through the Out Door”. The LP 22000044 entered the charts at number one in 81-year-old Al Dvorin, the announcboth America and England and fea- er who became synonymous with tured the Top 40 single, “Fool in the the phrase “Elvis has left the buildRain”. The album remained on the ing,” was killed in a car crash on the US top spot for seven weeks and way home from an Elvis convention sold over six million copies. in California. He had been asked to announce his now famous words by Col. Tom Parker, who wanted to 1199 8811 A new television cable network inform concertgoers that Elvis called MTV (Music Television) start- would not return for an encore. ed broadcasting music videos, 24 22000066 hours a day in the US. The show begins with the intro “Ladies and Bruce Gary, drummer for The Knack gentlemen, Rock and Roll.” on their multi-million selling hit” My Sharona” passed away at the age Joey Scarbury led the Cashbox Best Sellers chart with “Theme From The Greatest American Hero”. Although follow-up hits eluded him, he would go on to find songwriting success in 1990 when he co-wrote The Oak Ridge Boys’ #1 Country hit, “No Matter How High”. 11 9988 55 Twenty years after it originally topped the UK chart for Sonny And Cher, “I Got You Babe” was a number one hit all over again for UB40 and Chrissie Hynde. 11 9988 77 The Grateful Dead’s 12th studio LP “In The Dark” enters the Billboard album chart where it would climb to #6. It would achieve Double Platinum certification in the US with the help of the group’s only American Top 40 hit, “Touch Of Grey”, which would reach #9. The largest pre-order of albums in the history of CBS Records occurred as 2.25 million copies of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” album were shipped to record stores. The LP followed the Jackson album, “Thriller”, the biggest Jackson-seller of all time. The “Bad” album went on to sell 13 million copies. 11 9999 55 ENIGMA
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of 54. 220011 11 Legendary songwriter Nickolas Ashford passed away at the age of 70. Along with his wife Valerie Simpson, Ashford wrote some of Motown’s most memorable hits, including “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, “Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s Hand” and “You’re All I Need To Get By”. 220011 44 Jimi Jamison, the lead vocalist for Survivor, suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 63. He joined the band in 1983 after they had released their hit “Eye of the Tiger” and went on to contribute vocals on songs such as “High on You”, “I Can`t Hold Back” and “The Moment of Truth” from The Karate Kid. 22001177 Country/Pop superstar Glen Campbell passed away at the age of 81. During his career he enjoyed 21 Billboard Top 40 hits, 75 more on the Country chart, hosted his own TV show, appeared in several movies and was presented with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.