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An All-American Google Google dominates the world of Internet search, fielding billions of inquiries each day. But a door may be opening for a new kind of search. Call it Google."
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Last year the European Court of Justice established the so-called "right to be forgotten." The European Union's highest court imposed rules on search engines, including Google, forcing them to recognize the principle. Europeans who feel certain search results misrepresent them can ask Google to omit the results from future searches. Such censorship on data retrieval would never stand up in America, or so many observers theorized. That view may soon be put to the test. French regulators now insist that all of Google's sites, not simply the European versions, must omit these results in response to requests. If such a rule were enforced, an American conducting a search on Google.com, whose servers are housed on American soil, may be denied access to a search result that would otherwise appear due to a complaint
lodged in France - or Spain, or willing to do as much in mainland China rather than submit Germany. its search results to Chinese The risk to the free flow of censorship. If Google is willing information is obvious. In a to forsake Europe entirely, it blog post, Google's global priva- could perhaps preserve user cy counsel, Peter Fleischer, trust and search dominance wrote, "We believe that no one elsewhere. (Conceivably, the country should have the author- recently announced reorganizaity to control what content tion of Google as merely the someone in a second country dominant holding of a portfolio company called Alphabet could can access." (1) at least leave the firm's other Google is pushing back against businesses free to operate overthe French, which is heartening, seas.) though ultimately the dispute is likely to end up in the European If not, the new provider might courts where our First be an upstart business, whose Amendment guarantees of free forte would be dispensing communication do not apply. If search results and other conGoogle loses, the stage will be tent under the latitude provided set for the next Google - one by the U.S. Constitution. Such that will let Americans, and oth- content might or might not be ers living in less-regulated soci- available elsewhere. Countries eties, see everything to which like France would have to their country's protections enti- decide whether to emulate places like China and Iran by tle them. restricting information flowing The all-American Google might in from outside their borders. be Google itself, if the company Foreign advertisers and subis willing to withdraw from scribers presumably would be most of Europe. The European free to buy the service, as long Court of Justice specified in the as their home governments didoriginal ruling that simply keep- n't effectively prevent them ing servers off European soil from paying for it. But the real won't let a company off the draw would be for American hook where delinking is con- users, who could be sure they cerned; Google showed itself were not subjected to other
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countries' censorship when searching the Internet. By not placing any employees or infrastructure in more restrictive societies, this Google 2.0 could stay true to the original Google's American-influenced mission of the free flow of information, staying beyond the reach of foreign restrictions. Larry Page, Google's CEO and co-founder, described the "perfect search engine" as one that "understands exactly what you mean and gives you back exactly what you want." (2) Ultimately, information can't be chained. Once stored in digital form, it can't be forgotten either. Europe's nanny-state mentality may want to create a kind of v-chip for the Internet, dictating what users can and can't see, but such efforts will offer no more than limited effectiveness for a limited time. The ultimate question is whether Europe, which benefits from Google commerce and Google facilities, really wants to turn the world's largest information service into an allAmerican company.
- Larry Elkin
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Dear Rocco, I’m thinking about writing a book about the life of a young boy growing up in a third world country. He is raised by his uncle’s family and is used as a servantworker. He has very few friends (most of them are mentally challenged or damaged in other ways) and decides to go out in the world to find his long lost sister. In his travels, he will have many small adventures… all leading him to his sister, and later on to his father (who ends up being an evil warlord). I’m thinking about making it an actiondrama… What do you think of my book idea? EB
Dear Rocco, What’s your take on moonlighting? I have an employee who took a second job in a similar line of work. No big deal at first until I caught him doing work for them in my office placing long distance calls for their business and not mine. I think I might can him. What do you think I should do? DH
Dear Rocco, I have a question regarding men’s hairstyles. I am balding and decided four years ago to shave my head completely bald for a cleaner look. I received a lot of positive attention from women at the time. However, over the last year or so I have noticed more men with longer hair and women paying less attention to bald-headed men. Are bald-headed men
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DDeeaarr BBEE HHeellll iiff II kknnoow w .. II ddoonn’’tt rree aadd CC oossm moo.. II tt’’ss nnoott lliikkee yyoouu hhaavvee muu cchh ooff aa cchh ooiiccee.. TT rryy ttoo ffiinndd m tt hhee w w oom m eenn w w hh oo lliikkee bbaalldd gguuyyss .. Rocco is a common sense, tell-it-like-it-is, no-nonsense kind of guy offering real advice on any subject put before him. Why pay thousands of dollars on a highpriced therapist when he’ll straighten you out for free. If you’d like advice from Rocco e-mail him at goaskrocco@yahoo.com or drop him a line at Ask Rocco c/o Enigma P.O. Box 825 Chattanooga, TN 37401.
ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) You may have the opportunity to get involved in some interesting conversations. You can get your point across and make valuable connections. Don't expect others to live up to their promises and you won't be disappointed or find yourself stuck with delays. Changes at home will be necessary. Your lucky day this week will be Sunday. TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) You will need to finalize important deals this week. Try to join groups of interest such as ballroom dance classes or perhaps an internet organization. Invite people home to discuss your plans for group
fundraising events and outings. Go Your moneymaking opportunities endeavors and meet new friends. out with friends and avoid the situa- will flourish. Minor health problems tion on the home front. will flare up if you don't take care of Your lucky day this week will be yourself. Difficulties at an emotional Wednesday. Your lucky day this week will be level may be likely. Work quietly on Friday. your own and you will forge ahead. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) GEMINI Your lucky day this week will be Your mind will be wandering to (May 22-June 21) Sunday. exotic destinations. The great outExhaustion combined with doors will allow you to teach youngoverindulgence could result in LEO sters some of the things you learned minor health problems. You will find (July 23-Aug 22) when growing up. Relationships will that friends or relatives may not Look for something entertaining to be emotional this week. You can understand your needs. Be diplomat- do. You've got that competitive edge. dazzle members of the opposite sex ic when dealing with in-law. You'll You are best not to retaliate if mem- with your quick wit and aggressive find it difficult to control your emo- bers of your household are trying to charm. tions. pick a fight. So smile! Your ability to work with detail will bring recogni- Your lucky day this week will be Your lucky day this week will be tion. Tuesday. Tuesday. Your lucky day this week will be CAPRICORN CANCER Thursday. (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) (June 22-July 22) Compromise will be necessary. You VIRGO can make money if you put your (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) mind to it. Limitations will set in if Take a second look; another per- you haven't followed the rules. Try son's philosophy may be extremely not to be overly generous. different from yours. You can offer your mate a commitment or promise Your lucky day this week will be that will help stabilize your personal Saturday. life. Don't be disappointed if you don't get your way emotionally. Join AQUARIUS humanitarian groups and let your (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) leadership ability take over. Do not give your heart to someone who may not live up to your stanYour lucky day this week will be dards. You need time to put your Monday. house in order and sort out what you are going to do about your perLIBRA sonal direction. Your ability to work (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) with detail could help you achieve Kick your shoes off and relax. You your goals. Your mate may not be just hate waste, and when someone too sure about your intentions. else costs you dearly you see red. Do what you can but don't jeopardize Your lucky day this week will be your health trying to please every- Wednesday. one. Your emotional stability may influence the changes taking place PISCES in your personal life. (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) You have to know what your boss Your lucky day this week will be wants if you expect to do your job Monday. correctly. Your outgoing, aggressive nature will attract someone you've SCORPIO been eager to meet. You will be able (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) to dazzle others with your obvious Someone you live with may feel charm and your outgoing nature. totally neglected. You may experi- Avoid any gossip and be careful that ence financial loss if you don't use you aren't misinterpreted. good judgment. You may interest some of them in a service you have Your lucky day this week will be to offer. Get involved in worthwhile Wednesday. ENIGMA
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Carter Revisionism Jimmy Carter announced last week that he had been diagnosed with cancer and that it had spread to several parts of his body. The 90-year-old former president said that the cancer was detected recently when he had “a small mass” removed from his liver. Carter did not specify where the cancer originated or where it had spread. His family has a history of pancreatic cancer. He lost his father, brother and two sisters to the disease. His mother had breast cancer, which later moved to her pancreas. Carter has scheduled a news conference for this Thursday to discuss his condition…
inspired a lot of thought and opinion on his life, both in and out of politics. I have often stated that he was probably the most honorable president of my lifetime, if not the most effective one. But others have been pointing out that Carter was, in fact, one of the greatest American presidents. He came into office while our country was still reeling from Watergate (and Nixon’s unprecedented resignation) and restored honor to the office. He brokered the Camp David Accords, still the most significant step toward resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Carter and Leonid Brezhnev signed the SALTII agreement to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the U.S. and …The possibility of a fatal diag- the Soviet Union… nosis for Carter has already
…Carter also kept our country free from war during his administration… and is the last American president who could make that claim. “I was lucky enough,” he said, “when I was president, to keep our country at peace and provide peace for others. I was lucky enough to go through my four years — we never dropped a bomb, never fired a missile, we never shot a bullet.” Carter’s statement is rather ironic. A failed military mission was one of the main reasons he failed to win re-elec-
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tion… …When radical students seized over 60 American hostages during the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Carter and his diplomats tried to win the hostages’ release through diplomatic means. After months of frustration, the president authorized a covert military rescue mission. It failed miserably. Carter’s negotiations did, later, lead to the release of the hostages… mere minutes after the inauguration of Ronald Reagan…
North Korea, where he helped negotiate an “agreed framework” that froze the Koreans’ nuclear efforts until the agreement was dismantled under George W. Bush’s administration. Carter also became the public face of Habitat for Humanity… and spent countless hours hammering and nailing on Habitat houses. In 2002, he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize…
…This spectacular “coincidence” has been the source of much speculation ever since. Reagan’s landslide win in the 1980 presidential election hinged largely on Carter’s inability to resolve the Iran hostage crisis. Earlier in 1980, Carter thought he had reached a deal with newly-elected Iranian president Abdolhassan Bani-Sadr that would ensure the hostages’ release. Bani-Sadr had been overwhelming elected on the popular position of releasing the hostages. But other negotiations were allegedly going on outside of normal diplomatic channels. Did the Reagan campaign cut a deal with Ayatollah Khomeni to delay the hostages’ release until after the presidential election? Two congressional investigations were dropped due to “lack of evidence.” But there’s not much doubt that the delayed release hurt the Carter campaign…
…The preceding words were not intended as a premature eulogy for Jimmy Carter. I hope his medical prognosis is better than I fear it is. I just wanted to share some thoughts about a president whose contributions have been often underestimated. Carter may have fallen short as a political leader, largely due to circumstances beyond his control, but he has never fallen short as a moral leader…
- Mark Bedford
…After losing to Reagan, Carter impact on world events. In 1994, went on to have a tremendous President Clinton sent him to
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SIKESTON, Mo. - A diner filed a lawsuit Monday against a Missouri restaurant famous for its “throwed rolls” after a piece of bread hit her and caused an injury. Troy Tucker sued Lambert’s Cafe in Sikeston, Mo., after she said she was hit by a roll and “sustained a lacerated cornea with a vitreous detachment and all head, neck, eyes and vision were severely damaged” in September 2014, WDAFTV, St. Louis, Mo., reported. She
is seeking $25,000 to pay for her medical bills and legal fees. The lawsuit said Lambert’s Cafe should know about the dangers caused by throwing rolls. Jerry Johnson, the general manager of the restaurant, told KFVS-TV in Cape Girardeau, Mo., the employees never mean to injure anyone when they throw rolls. He said people have tried to sue the restaurant in the past, and in some cases, the company’s insurance has paid the cost of medical bills. It’s unclear if Tucker has a case for her allegations of “carelessness and negligence” against
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Lambert’s Cafe. There are multiple signs inside and and outside the restaurant calling it “Home of cer was questioning King on alleThrowed Rolls.” gations she left the boy and his 2year-old sibling alone in the car APOPKA, Fla. - A Florida woman while she drank at Froggers Grill accused of leaving her young and Bar. King was arrested on children in the car while drinking child endangerment charges and in a bar was caught on camera held in lieu of $1,500 bail. King’s having her 4-year-old blow into husband, Doug King, said he had her breathalyzer. The Apopka the breathalyzer installed in his police officer’s body camera was wife’s car after her recent stint in recording Sunday when April rehab. He said his wife has a King, 35, handed the breathalyzer drinking problem and he does installed in her vehicle to her 4- not intend to bail her out of jail. year-old son so he could blow “I think this is the best thing for into it and start the car. The offi- her. Rehab hasn’t worked and
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she hasn’t learned anything from it,” Doug King told WFTV. He said he is taking his children, who were released into the custody of a babysitter because he was out of town at the time of the incident, and moving to Oklahoma. FLATBUSH, NY - Three men face charges after allegedly going on a treasure hunt in the sewers below Flatbush, NY. The suspects were pulled out empty handed from the sewers after their ourhour adventure. “God knows what they were looking for, and damn sure I wouldn’t be crawling through the sewers of New York,” said Police Commissioner Bill Bratton. Winston, Ray and Egon I mean Marquis Evans, 21, Damien Nieves, 35, and David Hannibal, 45, face trespassing and reckless endangerment charges. They apparently went into the sewer with metal detectors to help find valuables, officials said. Evans, a Department of Environmental Protection employee, allegedly gave the other two access to the manhole. “We’re not going to weld them all shut,” Bratton said. “Any idiot that wants to crawl below the streets unfortunately can do it by prying.” The police were alerted to the incident by a citizen who saw them pop the manhole open and climb in. Bratton praised the caller for following the ‘see something, say something’ adage.
MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN, Germany - A female cyclist’s underwire bra may have saved her from life-threatening injuries after a hunter accidentally shot her. The 41-year-old tourist was riding across a field with her husband when she unknowingly rolled into a boar hunt, German newspaper Gadebusch-Rehnaer reported Friday. During a break, the woman felt a sudden sharp pain in her chest, soon realizing the underwire from her bra deflected a bullet. The couple immediately alerted the alleged shooter of the accident after he was spotted at a neighboring farm. “Those in charge of the hunt broke it up straight away” area police spokesperson Andre Falke said. The shooter is reportedly being investigated on suspicion of injury caused by negligence. This isn’t the first report of the undergarment blocking a potentially deadly bullet. In Feb., a Brazilian woman’s life was saved when her black underwire bra stopped a stray round from hitting her in the heart. “It was not just the bra wiring, which softened [it] a little,” she told reporters, “but God who saved me.” LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. - A Missouri family said their homeowners association is threatening them with jail time after they refused to take down their purple playground equipment. Marla Stout
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of Lee’s Summit said her family put up a playset for their young daughters about two years ago and she painted the equipment purple to comply with requirements of the Raintree Lake Neighborhood Homeowner’s Association. “There’s nothing in the rules about color,” Stout told WDAF-TV. “What it says is it has to be harmonious with the community and with nature and there is nothing that dictates the color of the swing set.” Stout said she considered the purple color to be “harmonious” because it matches the color of the trees in the fall, but the homeowner’s association disagreed. Stout said she received a notice from the HOA last year saying they were being fined for not having the playground equipment and its color pre-approved, but they successfully appealed and had the fine thrown out. However, the HOA sent further letters demanding the purple playground’s removal. “[The letters said] that if we didn’t remove the swing set from the subdivision in a couple of weeks, we go to jail,” Stout told KMBC-TV. Another letter pledged the HOA’s lawsuit would cost the family “greater than any principal you are trying to prove.” She said the HOA ignored a petition signed by more than a dozen neighbors saying they were not bothered by the equipment. Stout said her family has hired an attorney and will con-
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tinue to fight. NEWPORT BEACH, CA - There are ways to get kicks on a Saturday night, and then there is this. Police responded to a movie theater in Newport Beach, CA around 11 p.m. after several 911 emergency calls about a disturbance. Witnesses told investigators between two to three male suspects had arranged to open the secured emergency exit door at the front of the theater during a screening of the psychological thriller “The Gift.” One suspect entered the theater through the emergency door, holding “some type of loud, handheld machine” later determined to be a leafblower over his head, police said. The suspect yelled, shook the leaf-blower, and revved its engine to create a loud and disturbing noise. The three men reportedly exited the theater through the same emergency exit door, police said. Officials say three people suffered minor injuries as movie-goers rushed out of the theater. Police say that whether or not it was meant as a prank, it was no joking matter given a recent series of violent episodes in movie theaters nationally. They are just lucky some paranoid patron wasn’t packing a concealed weapon which he could have unloaded in their general direction
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AUGUST 2
JERRY HARVEY
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
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KURT METZGER
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SSA ATTU U RRD DA AYY A Auugguu sstt 2222 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Kurt Metzger RRH HYY TT H HM M && BBRREE W WSS (Chattanooga) Smooth Dialects, SoCro JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Rims and Keys RRIIVVEERRFFRRO ON NTT PPA ARRK K (Chattanooga) “Southern Brewers Festival” Hard Working Americans,
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The Motet, Lotus PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch CCH H AASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Air Supply ATTLLAAN A N TT AA BBO OTT AAN NIICC AALL G G AARRD DEE N N (Atlanta) Melissa Etheridge IIM MPPRRO OVV CC O OM M EED D YY CCLLU U BB (Atlanta) Hal Sparks VVEE RRIIZZO ON NW WIIRREE LLEESSSS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE AATT EEN NCC O ORREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) Yes, Toto GEEO G O RRG GIIAA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Moon Taxi
SSU UN ND DA AYY A Auu gguu sstt 22 33 TTH H EE CC O OM M EED D YY CCAATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Kurt Metzger SSK KYYZZ O OO O (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) John Hiatt, Taj Mahal CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Gin Blossoms IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Hard Working Americans BBIIJJ O OU U TTH H EEAATT RREE (Knoxville) Blues Traveler
MO M ON ND DA A YY A Auugguu sstt 2244 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 GRRAAN G NFF AALLLLO OO ON N (Chattanooga) Lost Element
TT U UEESSD DA AYY A Auu gguu sstt 2255 TTRREE M MO ON N TT TTAAVVEE RRN N (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Blues Traveler JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Underwear Comedy Show VVEE RRIIZZO ON NW WIIRREE LLEESSSS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT RREE AATT EEN NCC O ORREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) O.A.R., Brynn Elliott, Allen Stone TTH H EE CC O ON N CC O OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Reel Big Fish FFRRA AN NK KLLII N N TT H HEE AATTRREE (Franklin, TN) “Gallagher’s Jokes On You Comedy Tour” Gallagher, Artie Fletcher, Bob Nelson
WEED W DN NEESSD DA AYY A Auu gguusstt 22 66 RRAAW W (Chattanooga) Open Jam CCH H AASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Sugar Ray, Better Than Ezra, Eve 6, Uncle Kracker CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Steep Canyon Rangers BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Cirque du Soleil - “Varekai” WO W ORRK KPPLLAAYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) “Gallagher’s Jokes On You Comedy Tour” Gallagher, Artie Fletcher, Bob Nelson
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TT RRAACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Gent & Jawns, Meaux Green August 27 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Diarrhea Planet, Music Band August 27 TT EERRM M IIN NAALL W W EESSTT (Atlanta) The Dirty Guvnahs August 27 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Chubby Checker & the Wildcats, Charlie Thomas’ Drifters, The Duprees August 27 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Cirque du Soleil - “Varekai” August 27 M IILLLLEERR PPLL AAZZAA (Chattanooga) “Nightfall M Concert Series” Escondido August 28 JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Brightside, Liferoot, Doyle, New Planet August 28 CC A AM MBBRRIID DG GEE SSQ QU U AARREE (Ooltewah, TN) Convertibull August 28 CC H HAASS TTAAIIN 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 N TTAA BBO O TT AAN NIICC AALL G GA ARRD DEEN N (Atlanta) The Mavericks, Los Lobos August 28 G EEO G O RRG GIIAA TT H H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Corey Smith August 28 4400 W WAATTTT CC LLU UBB (Athens, GA) J. Roddy Walson and the Business August 28 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Old Crow Medicine Show August 28 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Rob Thomas August 28 TT H HEE BBAASSEEM M EEN N TT EEAASSTT (Nashville) The Dexateens August 28 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Cirque du Soleil - “Varekai” August 28 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) The Dirty Guvnahs August 28 RRIIVVEERRFF RRO ON N TT N N IIG GH H TT SS (Chattanooga) Samantha Fish, Austin Nickels August 29 TT H HEE CC AAM MPP H HO OU U SSEE (Chattanooga) Ryan Oyer Band August 29 D AALLTTO D ON ND DEEPPO O TT (Dalton, GA) Ramble in the Attic August 29 AAARRO A ON N’’ SS AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Nickelback, Lifehouse August 29 CC H HAASS TTAAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Rick Springfield, Loverboy, The Romantics August 29 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H HAALLLL (Atlanta) Keb’ Mo’ August 29 M AABBLLEE H M HO OU U SSEE BBAARRN N SS A AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Mableton, GA) Deniece Williams August 29 G EEO G O RRG GIIAA TT H H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Dirty Guv’nahs August 29 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Social Distortion, Nikki Lane, Drag the River August 29 ASSCC EE N A ND D AAM MPPH HIITT H H EEAATT EERR (Nashville) Sugar Ray, Better Than Ezra, Eve 6, Uncle Kracker August 29 TT H HEE CC O ON N CCO OU URRSSEE (Knoxville) Strung Like A Horse August 29 O LLD O D CC IITT YY CC O OU URRTT YY AARRD D (Knoxville) 2 Chainz August 29 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) The Dexateens August 29 PPH H IILLIIPPSS AARREE N NAA (Atlanta) Motley Crue, Alice Cooper August 30 H EEAAVVEEN H N AATT TT H HEE M MAASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Earl Sweatshirt, Remy Banks August 30 CC H HAASS TTAAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Rob Thomas
August 30 WO W O RRK KPPLLAAYY TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Todd Rundgren 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 NAAW N WLL IIN NSS (Cleveland, TN) Convertibull September 4 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) ZZ Ward September 4 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) GWAR, Butcher Babies, Battlecross September 4 TT H HEE M MAASSQ QU UEE RRAAD D EE (Atlanta) Fear Factory, Once Human, Before The Mourning, The Bloodline September 4 RRIIVVEERRFFRRO ON NTT N N IIG GH H TTSS (Chattanooga) Stokeswood, Remembering January September 5 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Great Barrier Reefs, Dynamo September 5 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix, Eric Hutchinson September 5 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Nashville) Widespread Panic September 5 AAARRO A ON N ’’SS AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Chris Brown, Kid Ink, Omarion, Fetty Wap, Teyana Taylor September 5 SSA ATT U URRN N (Nashville) X September 5 WO W O LLFF CC RREEEE K K AAM MPPH H IITT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Morris Day & the Time, Con Funk Shun, Lakeside, Zapp Band September 6 TT H HEE TTEE RRM MIIN N AALL (Atlanta) The Orb September 6 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) X September 6 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) ZZ Ward September 7 TT H HEE N NIICC K K (Birmingham) Sleepy Kitty, Brier September 7 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Purity Ring September 8 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) X September 8 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Andrew W.K. September 9 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Nashville) Purity Ring September 9 TT EERRM MII N NAALL W WEE SSTT (Atlanta) X September 9 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Rodrigo y Gabriela, Todd Park Mohr September 9 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Ecstatic Vision, Ruby The Hatchet September 9 TT RRA ACCK K 22 99 (Chattanooga) GWAR, Butcher Babies, Battlecross September 10 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Brave Baby September 10 AAARRO A ON N ’’SS AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix, Eric Hutchinson September 10 AVVO A ON ND DAALLEE BBRREEW WIIN NG G CC O OM MPPAAN 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 September 11 TTH H EE LL O OFFTT (Atlanta) Rita Ora September 11 TTH H EE FF O OU UN ND DRRYY (Athens, GA) Shawn Mullins September 11 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Earl Sweatshirt, Remy Banks September 11 TTH H EE CCO ON NCC O OU U RRSS EE (Knoxville) J.J. Grey & Mofro September 11 OLLD O D CC IITTYY CC O OU URRTTYY A ARRD D (Knoxville) Lil Jon September 11 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Megan Saunders and the Driftless, The Sweet Sisters, Rye Baby September 12 MEE M M MO ORRIIA ALL A AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) The Avett Brothers September 12 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Josh Groban September 12 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Ed Sheeran, Christina Perri September 12 AA A ARRO ON N ’’SS A AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT 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 A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Angie Stone September 12 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) Best Coast September 12 PPU UBBLLIICC SSQ QU UA ARREE PPA ARRK K (Nashville) Ben Folds, All Them Witches, Anderson East, Elle King, Kaleo, Lennon & Maisy, The Districts September 12 TTH H EE IIN NTT EERRN NA ATTIIO ON NA ALL (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
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MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Earl Sweatshirt, Remy Banks September 15 TT H HEE N NIICC K K (Birmingham) Skinny Lister September 15 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Andrew W.K. September 15 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Steve Earle, The Mastersons September 15 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Blues Traveler September 16 GEE O G ORRG G IIAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Diarrhea Planet September 16 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU UBB (Athens, GA) Swervedriver, Gateway Drugs September 16 FFA AM M IILLYY W WAASSH H (Nashville) Will Kimbrough September 16 O AAK O KM MTT N N.. AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Pelham, AL) Van Halen, Kenny Wayne Shepherd September 17 PPU URRG G AATTO O RRYY AATT TTH H EE M M AASSQ QU UEERRAAD D EE (Atlanta) Skinny Lister September 17 TT H HEE FFAACC TT O ORRYY AATT FFRRAAN NK K LLIIN N (Franklin, TN) Shemekia Copeland, The Mavericks, Joel Rafael September 17 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) SOCRO CD Release Party September 18 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Billy Idol September 18 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Kap Slap September 18 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) George Benson September 18 CC O OBBBB EE N NEERRG G YY PPEERRFFO O RRM MIIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) Kristin Chenoweth September 18 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) Seth MacFarlane September 18 PPIIEED DM MO ON NTT 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 FFEE SSTT (Camp Blue Ridge, GA) Cold War Kids, Hey Rosetta!, Langhorne Slim, The Whigs, Margo & the Pricetags, Alanna Royale September 18 HO H OM MEE RR H HA AM M IILLTT O ON NA AM MPPH H IITTH H EEA ATT RREE (Knoxville) Warrant September 18 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Bombadil, Kingsley Flood, Antrony D’Amato September 19 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Xylouris White September 19 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Nashville) Loretta Lynn, Steve Earle, Gillian Welch, Tift Merritt,Eric Haywood, Nikki Lane September 19 TTH H EE W WA ARREEH HO OU USSEE (Clarksville, TN) Burn Halo, Heartist September 19 CCA AM M PP FFEE SSTT (Camp Blue Ridge, GA) Cold War Kids, Hey Rosetta!, Langhorne Slim, The Whigs, Margo & the Pricetags, Alanna Royale September 19 PPIIEED DM MO ON N TT PPA ARRK 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, Panic! At The Disco, Elle King, New Politics, Alessia Cara, Vance Joy, Vinyl Theatre, Rozzi Crane September 19 VVEERRIIZZO ON NW W IIRREELLEE SSSS A AM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE AATT EEN N CCO O RREE PPA ARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) Kip Moore, Dierks Bentley, Maddie & Tae, Canaan
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Smith September 19 LLEEG G AACCYY AARREEN N AA AATT TT H HEE BBJJCC CC (Birmingham) Ariana Grande, Prince Royce September 20 CCA AM M PP FFEESSTT (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 H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Awkward Sex and the City - Comedy Showcase September 21 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Samantha Fish September 21 BBRRIID DG GEE SSTT O ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Ariana Grande, Prince Royce September 22 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Indigo Girls September 22 FFRRA AN NK KLLII N N TT H HEE AATTRREE (Franklin, TN) Restless Heart, Charlie McCoy, Michael Lington September 22 ASSCCEE N A ND D AAM MPPH H IITTH H EEAATT RREE (Nashville) Daryl Hall & John Oates September 23 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Kacey Musgraves September 23 MEEM M MO ORRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Chattanooga) Chris Young, Eric Paslay, Clare Dunn September 24 TTH H EE LLII BBRRAARRYY TT H HEE AATTRREE (Hoover, AL) The Blind Boys of Alabama September 24 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU U BB (Athens, GA) Helmet September 24 GEEO G O RRG GIIAA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Athens, GA) Beats Antique September 24 HIIG H GH HW WAATT TT (Nashville) Steve’n’Seagulls September 24 CCA AN NN NEERRYY BBAALLLLRRO OO OM M (Nashville) Eagles of Death Metal September 24 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR
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(Nashville) Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons September 24 TT --BBO ON NEE’’ SS (Chattanooga) Georgia Pine September 25 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Taylor Swift, Vance Joy September 25 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Arlo Guthrie, Sarah Lee Guthrie September 25 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons September 25 TT H HEE LLIIBBRRAARRYY TT H HEEAATT RREE (Hoover, AL) The Blind Boys of Alabama September 25 TT U USSCC AALLO OO OSSAA AAM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Tuscaloosa) The Spinners September 25 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Eagles of Death Metal September 25 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Nick Jonas, Bebe Rexha September 25 JJ JJ..’’SS BBO OH HEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) WAXFANG September 26 TT RRA ACCK K 2299 (Chattanooga) Beats Antique September 26 BBRRIID DG GEESS TTO ON NEE AARREEN N AA (Nashville) Taylor Swift, Vance Joy September 26 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons September 26 PPA ARRK K AATT H H AARRLLIIN NSS D DAALLEE FFA ARRM 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 TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) J Balvin, Becky
G September 26 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) Janet Jackson September 26 MCC D M DO ON NO OU UG GH H FF IIEELLD D (Atlanta) Indigo Girls 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 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Arlo Guthrie, Sarah Lee Guthrie 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 TT H HEE FFAACC TT O ORRYY AATT FFRRAAN NK K LLIIN N (Franklin, TN) Webb Wilder, Jason & the Scorchers, Will Kimbrough, Todd Snider September 30 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Mother’s Finest September 30 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Lucinda Williams September 30 TT U URRN NEE RR FFIIEE LLD D (Atlanta) Sam Hunt October 1 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Bonnie Bishop, Paul McDonald October 1 CC A ALLEED DO ON N IIAA LLO OU UN NG G EE (Athens, GA) Gringo Star October 1 4400 W WAATT TT CC LLU UBB (Athens, GA) Kristen Hersh October1 RRO OSS SS’’ LL AAN ND DII N NG G PPAARRK K (Chattanooga) “Three Sisters Music Festival” Dismembered Tennesseans, Mae, Hot Rize October 2 RREED D CC LLAAYY TTH H EEAATT RREE (Duluth, GA) Bob Mould October 2 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Brandi Carlile, Torres October 2 CC H HAASSTT AAIIN N PPAARRK K (Atlanta) K. Michelle, Azealia Banks October 2 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Lucero October 2 ASSCC EEN A ND D AAM M PPH HIITT H HEE AATT EERR (Nashville) Lynyrd Skynyrd October 2 VVO ON N BBRRAAU UN N CCEE N NTT EERR (Huntsville) John Prine, Jason Isbell October 2 ALLYY SS RRO A O BBII N NSSO ON N SSTT EE PPH HEEN N SS PPEE RRFFO ORRM M IIN NG G ARRTT SS CC EEN A NTT EERR (Birmingham) 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 RRH HYY TT H HM M && BBRREE W WSS (Chattanooga) “Monster Energy Outbreak Tour” Nothing More, Marmozets, Turbowolf, Separations 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 Robinson Brotherhood October 6 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Twenty One Pilots, Echosmith October 6/7 OA O AK KM MO OU UN NTT A AIIN N PPRREESSBBYY TTEE RRIIA AN N (Birmingham) Alt-J October 8 SSA ATT U URRN N (Birmingham) Rubblebucket, Elel October 8 VVO ON N BBRRA AU 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 GEE O G ORRG G IIA A TT H HEEA ATT RREE (Athens, GA) Lake Street Dive October 8 TT-- BBO ON NEE ’’SS (Chattanooga) Ramble in the Attic October 9 ASSCC EEN A ND DA AM MPPH H IITT H HEE A ATTEE RR (Nashville) Florence + The Machine October 9 CCA ARRLL BBLLA ACCK K CCH H EEVVYY W WO OO OD D SS A AM MPPH H IITT H HEEAATT EE RR ATT FFO A ON N TT A AN NEELL (Whites Creek, TN) Kid Rock October 9 WO W ORRK KPPLLA AYY TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Aaron Carter October 9 TTU U SSCC A ALLO OO O SSA AA AM M PPH H IITT H HEE A ATTRREE (Tuscaloosa, AL) Alabama October 9 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) Wavves, Twin Peaks, Steep Leans October 9
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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 EEN NCC O ORREE PPAARRK K (Alpharetta, GA) All Time Low, Sleeping With Sirens, One Ok Rock October 10 TTH H EE TT AABBEERRN N AACCLLEE (Atlanta) Warren Haynes, ChessBoxer October 10 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Veil of Maya, Promg, Witch Mountain October 10 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Winery Dogs October 12 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Seether, Saint Asonia October 13 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Warren Haynes, ChessBoxer October 13 TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Ben Sollee October 14 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Patty Griffin, Darlingside October 14 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Patty Griffin, Darlingside October 15 TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Old 97’s October 15
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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 AAARRO A ON NSS AAM M PPH HIITT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Florida Georgia Line, Frankie Ballard, Thomas Rhett October 17 TT H HEE M MAASS Q QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) New Found Glory, Yellowcard, Tiger Jaw October 17 FF O OXX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) “Festival of Praise Tour” Hezekiah Walker, Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Kim Burrell, Isaac Carree, Zacardi Cortez October 17 CC O OBBBB EE N NEE RRG GYY PPEERRFF O ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Don Henley October 17 CC LLA AYY TTO ON N CCEE N NTT EERR FF O ORR TT H HEE A ARRTT SS (Maryville, TN) Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell October 17 AVVO A ON ND DAALL EE BBRREEW WII N NG G CCO OM MPPA AN N YY (Birmingham) “Cask and Drum” Warren Haynes, Green River Ordinance, The Suffers, Great Peacock October 17
The Air Of Economic Uncertainty happened and could still happen to you. The day started out like any other day for Henry James who was filled with optimism this Monday morning. Having had a routine weekend of watching TV and barbecuing Hank was now rested up to tackle the new week at work. But, unbeknownst to Henry trouble was already brewing on the horizon. Over the weekend Henry's company decided to move their operations to India where cheaper labor costs would provide the boost in stock shares and overall company profits. The new TPP treaty had opened the door once again for more corporate gain at the expense of the American worker, Be forewarned this has already namely the Henry James of the Loneliness, homeless, and hunger were his bedfellows. Three of the greatest scourges of humanity. Yet, even in the 21st century millions the world over face each day lonely, homeless, and hungry. The plight of the poor and the destitute knows no boundaries. Even in the worlds richest country the great wealth divide has only entrenched millions of Americans without any hope of ever rising above to escape the vicious circle of poverty they have been thrust into. Today, there remains that lingering air of economic uncertainty that hovers like a dark cloud over the entire nation.
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remaining American workforce. For Henry was to become yet another casualty of the recent trade agreement approved by our elected officials. Like the latest rise in foreclosures despite what is being reported by the main stream media and touted by elected officials about decreasing unemployment rates there is an undercurrent of corporate posturing that continues to undermine the economy of the United States. All brought on by corporate greed and the failure by what many Americans feel as an inept Congress to realize what the hell they have been doing for the past 35 years. This, especially with
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those trade agreements and lack of enforcement of our already existing immigration policies. As Henry drove up to the front gates he noticed that some of his coworkers were milling around what was now a locked gate. A gut feeling suddenly come over him knowing that something was drastically amiss. Parking his car only to have Sam run up to the car window " Hank you won't believe they shut down the plant without even a text message. Nobody knows anything. We can't even get Tom Jones on the phone to explain what is going on." Hank pulled out a business card with Tom's personal number. " Have you tried this one?"
handing the card to Sam. Grabbing the card, "We already tried that one too and all we got was a constant busy single. What are we going to do Hank?" "One thing for sure I am going to do is go home and immediately file for unemployment maybe in that way we can get some kind of information and keep the wolf's at bay with what little unemployment checks we get. Advise all to do the same Sam. I will call you latter" With that Hank turned his car around. Once home Hank switched on his computer and began filing for unemployment. Within three days Hank got a letter stating he was denied unemployment. Angered to say the least with rent, cable, and electricity all due within a week he picked up the phone only to have the unemployment office confirm the reason he was denied was the fact that he was fired for misconduct therefore any unemployment benefits would be for-
into the cold by ruthless greedy corporations. It is these corporations who are hell bent on capitalizing on the pervasive legislation passed by Congress that supports more corporate profits with each trade bill that is passed. Compounding Henry's dilemma is the fact many Americans especially those over 40 is the realization that our own government is complicit with corporate America in rewriting the rules specifically designed to ensure profitability either by shifting labor costs overseas or retarding employees wages, benefits, and hours. As a result what we are seeing today is that the numbers of full time workers are now being replaced by part time workers. And, the majority employed are under the age of 40. Long gone are the days of full time workers who stay the The plight of Henry James is by course of their working lives no means an isolated incident with just one or two employers. either. There are literally thousands like Henry all over the With economic uncertainty in the United States who are thrust out feit. Sam called latter that day only to confirm that all employees were terminated. Questions now arose. Why was Henry the only one fired for misconduct? Thinking about the past few weeks sure he had some disagreements with Tom, the division manager, but he didn't think those arguments constituted misconduct. As frustration turned to panic without any resources to fall back on mainly his checking and savings accounts he knew drastic measures had to be taken. His combined savings and checking accounts had less than a hundred dollars. He also knew that his landlord didn't hesitate to evict any one who didn't pay their rent on time. Thinking of all that could go wrong like Murphy's law now sent a clear message of urgency.
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forefront of conscious thought for millions of Americans the media meanwhile has turned a blind eye to what is actually happening in every part of the country. So tuned in to the Presidential candidates they are in total denial to the real financial catastrophe that is poised to hit. And for all the people like Henry James that air of financial uncertainty will soon become a full blown disaster. Unreported or under reported there are tell tale signs that our complacent world will soon turn our reality upside down. In spite of the fact that our new trade agreements are making those fat cats of corporate America that much fatter it is the rank and file citizen that will bear the brunt of the impending financial cataclysm making it's way across the nation. We have to face the fact that for the past 40 years this nation has become so immersed in debt
whether it is our national debt, state, municipal, individual credit card, student loans and mortgages all have reached the breaking point. The insatiable appetite for easy credit has pushed this nation at the very edge of falling in an abyss where we will very likely never be able to climb out of. Nationwide, greed has been growing for decades and for most of us the time to pay the piper is long overdue. As a nation we no longer have any values or morality, to put it simply we worship money. Some have pointed out that the Ayn Rand movement has lead to a selfishness epidemic. It is the selfishness of individuals that has only perpetuated into the society that we have today. Most Americans are being led to believe that the U.S. economy will fully recover from this recent recession and will soon become stronger than ever, courtesy of our elected officials and
the main stream media. The reality facing us is much darker, pretty much the reality that Henry James is already facing. The fact of the matter is that the very foundations of the U.S. economy are coming apart and a massive financial and economic tsunami is headed directly toward the United States It has to be noted that collectively, our government, businesses and millions of Americans have secured the largest amount of debt in all of history. This unfathomable amount of debt which has enabled so many of us to enjoy a spectacular standard of living has been increasing every year. What is happening though is the fact that at some point in time like death and taxes debts become due. The realization today is that the media and our own government can't comprehend the enormity of the financial disaster that is already at our front door.
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Whether it is shrewd manipulation or a blatant cover up of the true nature of this nations debt crisis there remains tell tale signs the indicate the enormity of the disaster that will unfold unless immediate revolutionary reforms are implemented. To substantiate the findings that we are faced with a full blown crisis is that it is not widely known that the FDIC is opening a satellite office in Chicago. This office will accommodate up to 500 temporary part time staffers and contractors to manage receiverships and liquidate assets from what they are expecting will be a massive wave of failed financial institutions and banks. Meanwhile the US Treasury Department quietly announced that foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities continues to fall at a record pace. China alone
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has reduced its holdings of US Treasuries by over $35 billion. With all this under reported findings there should be a real discussion on what is happening when the largest economy in the world which is now China stops buying US treasury notes? Believe it or not one Republican Presidential candidate has even mentioned the seriousness of our financial distress. The problem is who is going to buy if China won't? You can bet your last dollar it won't be Russia either. Other signs of impending financial calamity is that mortgage defaults in the United States have continued to hit record highs and housing prices are continuing to fall, yet again. Now, a massive "second wave" of adjustable rate mortgages has already peaked. Remember the first wave in 2007 and what a disaster that was. If
this second wave has already peaked what does that tell us about the immediate future of our economy? It is estimated that five million homes and condominiums will go through foreclosure over the next few years. We are being led like sheep by the total distortion of our reality by the main stream media, corporate American and our politicians. If that amount of foreclosures becomes the reality that it is poised to be the implications are far more devastating than one can imagine. There are other indicators that are so troubling that can't be denied which indicate all is not what the media keeps reporting. Every year the sheer number of Americans who file for bankruptcy protection continues to grow. More questions have to be asked especially in light of what we here on the TV news or read in the paper. How is it that our economy is growing if so many
Americans have to file for bankruptcy, face foreclosure, or have to rely on food stamps just to survive? How can Americans pay their bills and keep pace with the ever rising cost of living without good paying full time jobs? In Detroit alone the real unemployment rate still hovers close to 50%. In their zeal to globalize economies Congress rushed to pass the TPP. This latest trade agreement is much like what Congress did in 1994 when NAFTA became the driving force in whittling down middle class America jobs. They also ushered in unemployment insurance taxes that have only increased. As a result what we continue to see today is that those increased taxes on business have continued to discourage small and mid-size companies from hiring full time workers or even recruiting part time employees. According to the National Association of State
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Workforce Agencies, companies in most of the states continue to increase their unemployment insurance taxes. This is itself makes it more costly to hire even a part time employee let alone one being full time. One of the real concerns facing the United States is the plain fact of the matter there are so little middle class wage jobs available. Another issue of grave concern is the fact that many of the jobs now require skills that too many of our population are ill prepared to do. Unless we address these two contingencies now other facets of our economy will only deteriorate faster than we realize. Social Security, Medicare, and other safety nets that are essential will suffer sending shock waves all across the country. When there is an acute wage and employment crisis that is underway there can be no other recourse other than borrowing which is precisely
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what our government has been doing for the past 35 years. The hard cold reality is that today the United States faces an economic Armageddon like scenario the likes of which has never before been seen. The fact is the US is drowning in it's own debt, the American consumer is flat broke, more American businesses are becoming insolvent, State governments are in the same boat as the Federal government. All are in acute financial distress. The nation is running on borrowed money and time. The sad reality is that by borrowing even more buries the United States even further in debt and into the abyss of financial and economic ruin. The crisis of unprecedented magnitude has in fact arrived.
- Dr. Tim G Williams
ing pills when her relationship with Mick sours…this is also the week Miles Davis goes into the studio in New York for the first sessions of the landmark album Bitches Brew with a who’s-who band of future fusion greats…
11 994477 :: Future monster of the drum kit Keith Moon is born in Wembley, England…though often remembered for his hard living, drum smashing, bad-boy ways, Moon was among the first truly gifted rock drummers to go far beyond the role of mere timekeepers…on classic Who tracks like “I Can See for Miles” Moon’s escalating rolls and cymbal crashes served as counterpoints to Pete Townshend’s towering power chords…
cades while waiting to get into a TV studio for a Rolling Stones appearance in Manchester… 1199 6677 :: The New York Times reports on the new noise-reduction system for records and tapes pioneered by the Dolby brothers...drummers everywhere declare the technology, which is largely aimed at eliminating hiss in cassettes, a cymbalkiller…meanwhile, this same week, The Beatles enjoy their 14th No. 1 hit on the US pop chart with “All You Need is Love”…the single includes backing vocals by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Keith Moon, Graham Nash, and Marianne Faithfull…
11 9966 11:: Patsy Cline records her signature song, “Crazy”…the country star is on crutches, recovering from a recent car wreck in which she’d sailed through the windshield…broken ribs that are still healing make it tough for Patsy to 1199 6688 :: Who drummer Keith Moon caps a truly bacchanalian 21st hit the high notes… birthday bash by driving a Rolls 11 9966 22:: The No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit is Royce into the pool at a Holiday “The Loco-Motion” by Little Inn in Flint, Michigan...though Eva…the singer, a former babysit- Moon biographer Tony Fletcher in ter for the husband and wife song- his book, Moon: The Life and Death writing team of Gerry Goffin and of a Rock Legend, maintains it Carole King, achieves Cinderella- never a happened…Who vocalist like stardom after the couple ask Roger Daltrey begs to differ saying, her to cut a demo of the song…her “I saw it. We paid the bill (for the performance is so killer she gets to damages). It was $50,000. It’s vague record the master…Grand Funk now, but I just remember the car in and Kylie Minogue will also chart the pool. And the chaos. And Keith with their covers in 1974 and 1988 being rushed off to the dentist respectively… after being arrested because he knocked his front tooth out... But 11 9966 33:: Stevie Wonder becomes the then I read in the biography that first artist to notch No. 1 album and never happened, so maybe I’ve single slots in the same week…his been living someone else’s life, I LP Little Stevie Wonder: The 12 Year don’t know”… Old Genius spawns the single “Fingertips Part 2”…featuring the 1199 6699 :: Mick Jagger is accidentally prodigy blowing some very funky shot in the hand during the filming harmonica, it becomes the first- of Ned Kelly in Australia...his wound is not serious…the film proever live single to go to No. 1… duction is further troubled when 11 9966 55:: A couple of hundred unruly Jagger’s main squeeze, Marianne rock ‘n’ rollers are drenched with a Faithfull, who’s been cast to the fire hose after they overrun barri- play the female lead, ODs on sleepENIGMA
one of the most expensive singles ever produced...the 30-second operatic sequence takes three weeks to record with 180 overdubbed voices...the vocal harmonies are duplicated so many times that the original vocal parts are eight generations down...the 1199 77 00:: Creedence Clearwater original 24-track tape becomes so Revival’s LP Cosmos’ Factory begins worn out it has to be copied to a a nine-week run at the top of the fresh 24-track tape… album chart…the title refers to the warehouse where frontman John 11 9977 66 :: Variety reports that Marvin Fogerty rigorously rehearsed the Gaye is facing jail time in L.A. for band, leading drummer Doug unpaid alimony and child sup“Cosmo” Clifford to start calling it port… the “factory”…this same week the original Velvet Underground lineup 11 9977 77 :: It’s a black day at Graceland performs for the last time at New when more than 75,000 people York club Max’s Kansas City…Lou gather to lay the King to rest...Elvis Reed will take up a day job for the Presley is entombed near his mothnext couple of years typing for his er in a marble mausoleum in father’s business at $40 a week… Memphis at Forest Hill Cemetery...the day before the 1199 77 55:: Queen begins recording funeral, FTD sells an unprecedent“Bohemian Rhapsody” at Rockfield ed number of flowers…this same Studio One in Monmouth, week The Sex Pistols embark on an Wales...by completion, four addi- undercover British tour as The tional studios are used making it Spots…the name is an acronym for
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Sex Pistols On Tour Secretly…and finally this week, NASA launches its deep-space probe Voyager 2…the unmanned spacecraft has a gold record aboard containing sounds and images from Earth including Chuck Berry’s interstellar hit, “Johnny B. Goode”… 11 9988 00:: 1,400 Alice Cooper fans in Toronto take umbrage when the original make-up rocker gets sick and can’t make the show...they throw a big stinkin’ riot in protest… 11 9988 33:: Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis the fifth, Shawn Stevens, is found dead, the result of a methadone OD… 11 9988 66:: New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi release their album, Slippery When Wet, which will peak at No.1 on the US charts and sell over 28 million copies worldwide…hit singles off the LP include “You Give Love A Bad Name” and “Livin’ On A Prayer”…also this week, drummer Rick Allen performs his first live show with Def Leppard since losing an arm in a 1984 car wreck…he uses a specially engineered electronic drum kit with a foot-operated snare drum… 11 9999 00:: A Nevada court exonerates metal band Judas Priest in a $6.2 million civil suit filed by the parents of two youths who committed suicide in 1985, allegedly as a result of listening to the band’s records… 11 9999 44:: Drummer Dave Abbruzzese is dismissed from Pearl Jam…the band tells the media he left to pursue music studies, but Abbruzzese maintains he was fired for reasons unknown… fans speculate that singer Eddie Vedder was unhappy with the drummer’s embrace of the band’s superstardom, something the other members are less comfortable with… 11 99 9955:: Singer Natalie Merchant becomes the first guest on Elektra’s new online chat site…the former 10,000 Maniacs frontwoman later says she won’t make a habit of virtual chatting as it hurts her eyes and would make her feel lonely when her computer’s off…aah, the innocence of those early web days…
1199 99 77:: Promoting their upcoming Bridges to Babylon Tour, the Rolling Stones show up for a media event at the Brooklyn Bridge in a red ‘55 Cadillac with Mick at the wheel…this same week a 50-mile section of Interstate 65 in Alabama is dedicated as the Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway… 22000044:: The U.S. Court of Appeals rules that file sharing services such as Grokster and StreamCast do not bear responsibility for user’s illegal activities...the ruling puts a crimp in the RIAA’s attacks on peer-topeer services that enable file sharing...instead the recording industry will have to go after individual violators of copyright laws...also this week, Queen becomes the first band to have a rock album legally released in Iran..it’s a compilation of the band’s hits...Queen’s vocalist Freddie Mercury was of Iranian extraction… 22000066 :: Unable to pay its bills, Tower Records has its water shut off when the major record labels refuse to ship new product...the 89-store chain that previously went through a 2004 restructuring bankruptcy will soon shut down...this same week In an interview with Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan disses modern recording methods saying, “ I don’t know anybody who’s made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really.” Responding to the question of illegal music downloads, he says, “Well, why not? It ain’t worth nothing anyway. You listen to these modern records, they’re atrocious…There’s no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like...static.”…
touring acts are dropping prices to fill seats … stars like Aerosmith, Kid Rock nd No Doubt are pushing lawn seats for a paltry $10 and even pop phenom Miley Cyrus fills the 22000088 :: The Democratic National seats at a Memphis venue by blowConvention in Denver takes on the ing out tickets at $15.75 a pop… look of a Lollapalooza show as dozens of top-flight acts descend 22001100:: French perfume maker Etat on the Mile-High City in support of Libre D’Orange announces a partBarack Obama…artists include nership with The Sex Pistols to Melissa Etheridge, Dave Matthews market a scent that recalls the Band, David Crosby and Graham punk era…the fragrance comes in Nash, John Legend, Wyclef Jean, packaging that borrows graphics Stevie Wonder, and Daughtry…in from the punk band’s first single other political developments, Ann “God Save the Queen”…company and Nancy Wilson of Heart send a executives say, “to wear this scent, cease and desist order to John you must resist tradition, fight conMcCain’s campaign after their hit formity, and disregard aromatic “Barracuda” is played at the GOP conventions.”…personally, we’re convention in St. Paul upon the scared to sniff it… announcement of Sarah Palin as the Republican VP candidate … in a 22001133 :: In the Department of Would statement the band says, “The You Like Chips with That?…followRepublican campaign did not ask ing Beyonce’s performance at the V permission to use the song, nor Festival, a British fast food chicken would they have been granted that joint called Nando’s fills an order permission…Palin’s high school for the singer’s entourage that consists of 48 whole chickens, 24 tubs nickname was Sarah Barracuda… of coleslaw, 58 chicken wing plat22000099:: With a deepening recession, ters, and 48 orders of chips…the tab’s around $2,400…
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones to light up onstage in violation of the country’s strict new anti-smoking laws…
22000077 :: Queen guitarist Brian May receives an astronomy doctorate— 36 years after starting his thesis…the 60-year-old, rocker, who handed in his 48,000-word thesis earlier this month, says, “You can call me Doctor May!”…meanwhile, British neosoul singer Amy Winehouse postpones her planned U.S. tour three weeks before its planned kickoff...word has it she needs to kick alcohol and drug dependencies...also this week, speaking of drug dependencies, officials of Britain’s O2 arena are told off for allowing Ron Wood and ENIGMA
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lands in stores Sept. 4 via the group’s PPiiLL Official imprint and will be distributed by Red Eye in the U.S.
maa ggee LL ttdd .. … PPuubb lliicc IIm has big plans for fall. In Addition to releasing a new album in early September, the band’s first North America performance in three years happens on Halloween at New Orleans’ Voodoo Experience and will be followed by a coast-to-coast tour. PPuu bblliicc IIm maagg ee LL ttdd ’’ss latest album – What The World Needs Now –
…Slightly more information is emerging regarding an L.A.P.D. search of the home Geennee SS iim mm moonnss belonging to G weeeedd. and his wife, SShhaannnnoonn TT w Like the first reports, police KIISSSS -man and are saying the K his family are not suspected of any criminal activity. The couple’s Benedict Canyon home was searched Thursday morning by the Los Angeles Police
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Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, according to the Los Angeles Times’ L.A. Now. The blog Miikkee LLoo ppeezz as reports officer M saying the search was part of an ongoing investigation. mm moonnss and TT w weeeedd Both SS iim pointed out via Twitter that they are not involved in anything illegal. According to L.A. mm moonnss representaNow, a SSiim tive issued a statement saying the police are investigating an incident that happened while KKIISS SS was on tour. “Members of the Los Angeles Police Department visited Mr. and
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mm moo nnss at their home to Mrs. SSiim discuss a crime that may have occurred on their property last year while Mr. Simmons was away on tour with K KIISSSS . mm moo nnss nor any Neither Mr. SS iim member of his family is a person of interest in the investigation and they are cooperating fully with the investigation.” …Armed with his first album featuring new material in almost four decades, K Kiinnkkyy
1. Jason Isbell 2. Beck 3. Ben Folds 4. My Morning Jacket 5. Albert Hammond Jr 6. Grace Potter 7. David Gilmour 8. Muse 9. Frank Turner 10. Wilco 11. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. 12. Tame Impala 13. Glen Hansard 14. Halsey 15. Courtney Barnett 16. Hippo Campus 17. Cory Sipper 18. Dawes 19. New Order 20. Florence and The Machine
been added to the lineup for the first ever Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival planned for Sept. 26-27 in Franklin, Tenn. Appearing with country band LLoo vviinngg M Maarryy , TTyylleerr joins a rosWiilllliiee ter that includes W NNeell ssoonn , TT hhee DD eecc eem mbb eerriiss ttss , BBaanndd OOff HH oorrsseess, JJiim mm myy CClliiffff, DDaaw w eess and others. TT yylleerr moved to Nashville earlier this year and confirmed he was working on a country album when he walked out onto the stage at the Grand Ole Opry March 31 during a two-song performance by EErriicc PPaassllaayy. Rolling Stone noted that the rock star isn’t exactly a stranger to country music. CCaarrrriiee UUnnddeerrw woo oodd guested on AAeerroo ssm miitt hh’’ ss Music From Another Dimension! and TT yylleerr sang with BBrraadd PPaaiiss lleeyy at the CMA Country Christmas concert.
BB llaacc kk …Former SSaabb bbaatthh drummer BBiillll W Waarrdd has spoken out in more detail on his reasons for refusing offers to reform the band’s original line-up, dragging
singer O Ozzzzyy OOssbb oouu rrnnee’’ss wife and manager SShh aarroo nn into the mix. Speaking to the Eddie Waarrdd talked Trunk Podcast, W went in depth on his very public spat with O O zzzzyy over the last few years, singling out SS hhaarroonn in particular for criticism: “I know that SShh aarroonn definitely dislikes me, and she has for a long, long time. And I also know that she is inside all these contractual things, these unsignable contracts and everything else. She’s right there, right in the center of everything — as are the other lawyers as well, the other representatives. But, you know, the statements were made by OOzzzzyy. It’s broken up the friendship that we had. There’s no doubt about it. I mean, it fucking killed the friendship.”
…CC hhaa rrllii XXCC XX has pulled out of her co-headline US tour, claiming she in unhappy on the road and unable to be creative. The British musician was on the ‘Charli and Jack Do America’ …Mental health and tour alongside BBlleeaacc hheerrss (aka emotional support charity the Samaritans have issued a statement regarding Moorrrriisssseeyy’’ss recent comments M about depression and suicide.
ADVENTURE PICKS 1. Widespread Panic 2. Kurt Vile 3. Mac DeMarco
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JJ aacckk AAnnttoonnoo ffff) with live dates set to resume on September 14 in Boston after a short break. However, these dates will no longer go ahead with XXCCXX explaining in a lengthy Facebook post just why she can not tour at the moment. “For personal reasons I will not be able to continue this tour,” she wrote. “These personal reasons include the fact that I need to be creative. “Artists tour for a really really long time and I have been on the road for a while now, probably not as long as some, but for me it feels like an eternity. I am struggling to create whilst I’m on the road and that is making me unhappy. As an artist I need to move quickly and write a lot to not feel restless. “Sometimes touring really puts me in this isolated world where I feel down and sad but primarily I struggle to multitask and write songs at the same time which is what I need to do to feel OK.”
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In a wide-ranging interview Kiinngg earlier this with LLaarrrryy K week, the singer described his struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts, among a host of other revealing topics. “For me, [depression] didn’t ever get better. I’ve had it for many, many years, I refer to it as the ‘black dog’, and it doesn’t go away,” M Moo rrrriiss sseeyy told KKiinngg. “There is no cure.” Asked whether he has ever consider miitt hhss suicide, the former SSm frontman added: “It crosses everybody’s mind, everybody thinks about it. Even people who mistakenly assume they are happy. They think of disappearing and having enough, and many people do, taking control and saying ‘no more, no more of this silliness’. It’s admirable.” Responding to the comments in a statement to NME, Samaritans CEO RRuu tthh SS uutthh eerrllaanndd said: “Every suicide
is a tragedy and it is important to remember that every one of the 6,000 people who take their own lives each year in the UK is somebody’s parent, friend, relative or child.” …A US radio DJ has Guu nnss NN’’ recalled a story of G RRoo sseess frontman AAxxll RRoo ssee being late for one of the band’s shows because he was too busy watching a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. The unnamed DJ from Tampa claims to have been the assistant to the owner of the Suncoast Dome venue in St Petersburg, Florida, where the band played a show on December 28, 1991. The individual is reported to have recently told Alternative Axxll’’ss management Nation: “A said he was watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze, and that
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AAxxll’’ss attention was 100 per cent on the movie and couldn’t be bothered.” In 2013, RRoo ssee admitted to being unpunctual for many past performances but stated that the reason for each delay “in one way or another [was] show-related or having to do with those involved with the show in some fashion”. Allaanniiss M Moorriisssseett ttee is …A to release a four-disc reissue of her hugely successful third album Jagged Little Pill. As reported by Consequence of Sound, the new ‘Collector’s Edition’ of the record, due out October 30, will feature a remastered copy of the original album, a disc of unreleased demos, a previouslyunreleased 1995 concert and a copy of the 2005 album, Jagged Little Pill Acoustic, as well as rare photos and a new essay
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penned by M Moorriisssseett ttee herself. This lush edition is limited to 30,000 copies worldwide, but a two-disc ‘Deluxe Edition’ featuring the album and unreleased rarities will also be Moo rriissss eetttt ee has released. M recently been working on turning Jagged Little Pill into a Broadway musical. Composer TT oom mK Kiitt tt, who worked on the Grreeeenn D D aayy’’ ss stage version of G American Idiot, is serving on Moorriisssseett ttee, the project with M waarryy and A Arrvviinndd with VViivveekk JJ TTiiw EEtthh aann DD aavviidd on board as producers. 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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Stephen Stills Stephen Stills’ legendary career has covered and been a part of many significant historical parts that this country has been through the last 50 years. And much like the country, Stills was a little rough around the edges and looking a little tired, but he was ble to still deliver the goods to a baby boomer era crowd that has gone from dropping acid to popping Prevacid.
and Manassas. The show was more like a love-in or fest as the Buckhead Theatre were filled with his really hardcore fans. And to be honest, he really didn’t have to sing so much if he didn’t want. And that was because everyone in attendance was singing along with almost every tune that jumped off Stills’ fingertips.
One of the finest singers and writers to come out of The master on guitar played material off is newest the ‘60s and ‘70s, Still voice at tiles sounded a little album, “Can’t Get Enough”, a collaboration with iffy, but the musicianship remains outstanding. another guitar virtuoso, Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The crowd on hand could not get enough and they The show came across as pretty much a retrospective were justly rewarded. of his solo work as well as his other projects that include Crosby, Stills and Nash, Buffalo Springfield - Dave Fernandez ENIGMA
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