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3 WINNERS & LOSERS 4 OUTTAKES

24 NEWS OF THE WEIRD 27 LAST WORD

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7 NEWS: VOICES FROM THE LEFT 9 COVER STORY: PENSACOLA’S OWN HEROS 15 A&E: BARGAIN SHOPPING IN THE OUTDOORS 23 MUSIC: NEW JERSEY BAND THURSDAY RETURNS

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mended in April hiring Jim Messer GROWING PAINS Watching the as the interim city attorney, Pensacola City Council adapt to the agendas and the council the new city charter has been president’s handling of them painful. For nearly 80 years, became issues. The vote on city government was run Messer was delayed a month by a staff that answered to a before he was approved. council that had ballooned by Since then, the council 2009 to 10 members, including president has reworked her the mayor. agenda process. Frustrated by the lack of decisive acIT WILL TAKE TIME TO IRON OUT Beginning in July, Hayward’s recomtion and accountable ALL THE KINKS, BUT WE ARE STILL mendations will leadership, the citiLIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF WHERE WE be presented to the zens voted in 2009 entire city council for a strong mayor WERE TWO YEARS AGO. under “Mayor Comform of government, munications” in the agenda without recomwhich placed the executive powers in the mendations from the council president. hands of an elected mayor. Another confl ict that recently arose Councilmen P.C. Wu, John Jerralds and was over the architectural and engineering Ronald Townsend weren’t supporters of the design proposals for the approved Woodnew charter. Councilwoman Megan Pratt land Heights Community Resource Center. straddled the fence and never really anCouncilman John Jerralds tried to hijack nounced a position. So you have at least four the approval process and helped form a out of the nine council members who started committee to review the proposals that the year with doubts about the new system. would steer the center to where he wants it The fi rst big issue, one the never really placed in his district. caught the attention of the other media, Last Thursday, June 30, Mayor Hayward was the council agenda. Council President threw out all the proposals. He sent a letter Maren DeWeese adopted the same format to the architectural and engineering fi rms that former City Manager Al Coby and his that bid thanking them for bidding but predecessor used. She reviewed all items rejecting all proposals because “City staff presented by Mayor Ashton Hayward and unilaterally decided whether she would rec- failed to follow City policy, which requires professional service or selection committee ommend them to the city council or place members to be appointed by the Mayor.” them on the agenda as discussion items. I’m sure Jerralds isn’t too happy, but the The new city charter is silent on how charter vests that power with the mayor, the agendas should be done. The council’s Rules and Procedures states “all agendas are not individual council members. Th is issue prepared by the President of City Council in will surely come back during the discuscollaboration with the Mayor.” There was no sions on the 2011-12 city budget. Since the new charter divides the city rule, procedure or law that gave the council government into executive and legislative president the power to restrict the Mayor’s recommendations or prejudge them prior to branches, such disagreements should be submittal to the other council members, but expected. It will take time to iron out all the kinks, but we are still light years ahead that became the process that she adopted. of where we were two years ago. Initially, there was no confl ict because Mayor Hayward was focused on reorganizrick@inweekly.net ing city hall. However, when he recom-

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organization. Public sector membership dues account for only around one percent of ALEC’s annual revenues. “This is so typical of these types of groups who claim to represent the little guy, but do anything but that,” said Schecter. Both Republicans and Democrats are members of ALEC, which claims more than 2,000 of the nation’s state-level lawmakers as members. The corporate members include ExxonMobil, the American Bail Coalition, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Corrections Corporation of America, AT&T, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, PhRMA, TimeWarner Cable, Comcast, Verizon, Wal-Mart, the National Rifle Association, Koch Industries, the Heritage Foundation, GlaxoSmithKline and Phillip Morris International. “ALEC claims to be nonpartisan, but in fact its free-market, pro-business mission is clear,” said Schecter. “The result has been a consistent pipeline of special interest legislation being funneled into state capitols.” According to Schecter, ALEC operates by placing thousands of state legislators in closed back rooms with corporate executives. Legislators pay a pittance in membership fees, and in return are wined, dined and golfed. At the end of their retreats, the legislator can go back to his or her capitol with legislation passed on by ALEC. In 2009, 826 bills were introduced in the states, and 115 were enacted into law. “(ALEC) is basically writing the legislation for every state where you have a Republican governor and a Republican-controlled legislature,” said Papantonio. “They are writing this pre-packaged, model legislation. The guy takes it home and says it’s his legislation.”

his wife received from the Heritage Foundation over the last 20 years. “Clarence Thomas said that he didn’t understand these financial disclosure forms, which if you have seen them, they are incredibly simple,” said Friedman.

“We call it ‘Denialpalooza’ because it’s a gathering of all the best climate confusionists, front groups and slick PR firms in the world.”—Brendan DeMelle

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n the heart of the reddest county in the state of Florida, a small band of progressives work tirelessly to get their message on the national air waves. Mike Papantonio and his Ring of Fire staff have been doing this since 2003, when the Pensacola attorney partnered with his good friend Robert Kennedy Jr. and set out to challenge conservative talk radio. Their program is one of the few that has thrived since the demise of Air America Radio. Papantonio’s role on Ring of Fire was featured in the movie, “Jesus Camp,” which was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. He is a frequent guest on MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Channel. While some may consider me a “bleeding heart liberal,” I’m a moderate when stacked up against the attorney, who has won some the largest mass torts cases in the nation—asbestos, breast implants, pharmaceutical drug litigation and the Florida tobacco litigation. Papantonio is progressive WMD challenging not only the political right, but also Pres. Barack Obama, who he believes isn’t firm enough in dealing with the Republicans in Congress. Recently, I spent four days with Papantonio as his sidekick on the Ed Schultz Show, a nationally syndicated radio show that has over 4 million listeners.

For three hours, I sat in and tried to keep up with one of the brightest people in Pensacola as he interviewed writers and experts from the political left. The topics covered don’t make mainstream media and rarely reach our local news outlets. Here are highlights from three of the interviews from our 12 hours on the Ed Schultz Show:

ALEC Few have ever heard of it, but the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is the ultimate smoke-filled room, according to Cliff Schecter, author of the bestseller “The Real McCain.” “ALEC sets secret meetings with

“(ALEC) is basically writing the legislation for every state where you have a Republican governor and a Republican-controlled legislature”—Mike Papantonio corporate chieftains with right-wing legislators and craft model legislation,” said Schecter. “It would be crafted from corporate groups and certain right-wing groups, including Big Tobacco and NRA.” On the surface, ALEC is mostly comprised of thousands of state legislators, each paying a nominal fee to attend ALEC retreats and receive model legislation. In reality, corporate money dominates the

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JUDICIAL INSIDER TRADING Brad Friedman, an award-winning investigative journalist and publisher and executive editor of bradblog.com, reported that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appears to have broken the law on his financial disclosure forms by hiding nearly $700,000 in income that

“Either he is lying or we should have very serious concerns that a man this daffy is sitting on our Supreme Court.” The financial disclosure has a legal warning in bold and all caps that reads: “NOTE: ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FALSIFIES OR FAILS TO FILE THIS REPORT MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL SANCTIONS (5 U.S.C. app. § 104).” Once the omissions were pointed out, Justice Thomas filed amended disclosure forms. However, his problems may be more severe, according to Friedman. Thomas and his wife Virginia “Ginni” Thomas may be been doing what’s known as “Judicial Insider Trading,” by profiting from the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in the Citizens United case, which said that corporate funding of 501(c)(4) nonprofits cannot be limited. Ginni Thomas created a 501(c)(4) organization, Liberty Central, just after the oral arguments before her husband in the Citizens United case and managed to raise some $550,000 in about two months’ time before the end of 2009. On Jan. 21, 2010, the Supreme Court issued its ruling. “That timeline is very troubling,” said Friedman. “Did she have inside information that she was about to get unlimited corporate money to a 501(c)(4) so-called non-profit organization?” Adding more fuel to the controversy is that Citizens United had bought $100,000 in ads 20 years ago to support his confirmation to the court by the U.S. Senate. Freidman said that common sense suggests Thomas should have recused himself from the Citizens United decision, which was decided by a 5 to 4 vote.

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DENIALPALOOZA The conservative Heartland Institute was holding its annual climate change summit while we were on the Ed Schultz Show. Its goal was to convince those in attendance that climate change is just a liberal hoax. Brendan DeMelle, executive director and managing editor of desmogblog.com, says that it should come as no surprise because Heartland was founded and is funded by some of the biggest polluters in America. The theme of the conference, “Restoring the Scientific Method,” asserts that claims of scientific certainty and predictions of climate catastrophes are based on “postnormal science,” which Heartland says substitutes consensus for the scientific method. “This is their sixth annual conference,” said DeMelle. “We call it ‘Denialpalooza’ because it’s a gathering of all the best climate confusionists, front groups and slick PR firms in the world, and they get together to conspire and create their own little echo chamber to confuse the public about climate change.” According to news reports, the conference, billed as the “Sixth International Conference on Climate Change,” was at-

tended by such conservative groups as the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights and the Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow. DeMelle blasted the so-called experts that the Heartland Institute presented at the conference. One was Willie Soon, a physicist at the Solar and Stellar Physics Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, who has received over $1 million in funding from Big Oil and coal industry sponsors over the past decade, according to a new report from Greenpeace. The documents obtained from the Smithsonian Institute show that Soon has received at least $175,000 from Koch family foundations, $230,000 from Southern Company, $274,000 from the American Petroleum Institute and $335,000 from ExxonMobil. According to DeMelle, the Heartland conference is designed to define climate change skepticism as the right “science,” and the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—which was established by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change—and the National Academy of Sciences as the “wrong” science, or not science at all. “This has had terrible consequences for science and society,” said DeMelle. “Abandoning the scientific method led to the “Climategate” scandal and the errors and abuses of peer review by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).”

WOODLANDS PROPOSALS REJECTED Mayor Ashton Hayward sent out on June 30 a letter to the architectural and engineering firms that bid on the Community Resource Center to be built in Woodland Heights: “Thank you for your firm’s response to the RFQ 11-020 for A & E Services for the Construction of a Community Resource Center in Woodland Heights. The Mayor has directed that all responses to the RFQ be rejected. City staff failed to follow City policy which requires professional service or selection committee members to be appointed by the Mayor. “A new RFQ will be issued in the near future and your firm will be notified of the new opportunity.”

SOIL AND WATER MAY CHALLENGE DEP The Deputy Secretary for Regulatory Programs for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Jeff Littlejohn, issued on April 15 instructions to the Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems that sand used for beach restoration may contain “silt or other non-sand components.” A Joint Coastal Permit is no longer required for work upland of the mean high water line. Lynn Laird, vice chairman of the Escambia Soil & Water Board, isn’t happy with the relaxation of the rules. “I plan to present to the board a motion to ask the County Attorney to file an injunction against these changes,” Laird told the IN. “We may ask the county commission to join us in asking Gov. Scott to rescind these changes to the rules regarding beach improvements.”

SANTA ROSA LOSES JOBS Clearwire, the once great employer in Santa Rosa County, turned over its Milton operation to TeleTech. Most of its 700 employees in Milton and Las Vegas were transferred over to the new company on June 1. On June 30, 315 of those employees were told that they will be laid off in October. The Milton operation will be closed on Oct. 24.

An employee sent the IN this email: “They are laying us off in waves starting in September and ending in October when they cease operations here. There’s nothing that can be done about that. But it seems almost criminal that due to the 14 weeks of notice they’re giving us, very few people will qualify for separation pay and no one seems able to advise us what the actual separation pay policy is. Teletech advised us that they adopted Clearwire’s policy but since we’re no longer Clearwire employees, we have no access to their policy info.”

MIDDLE SCHOOLS SLIP IN FCAT The Escambia County School District returned to “B” status according to the latest grades issued by the Florida Department of Education. Unfortunately, the three perennially low-performing middle schools, Bellview, Warrington and Woodham, didn’t show the improvements other elementary and middle schools did. All three are C schools, but their total points have slipped below their 2009 levels, Superintendent Thomas’ first semester. All three schools have high percentages of free or reduced lunches: Bellview 82 percent, Warrington 93 percent, Woodham 81 percent. There may be some hope on the horizon. Three elementary schools that feed these middle schools had significant improvement–Montclair, Weis and Oakcrest. Montclair jumped 155 points, primarily due to huge increases in the percentages of students meeting high standards in math, writing and science–79 points. Overall, Montclair’s math scores improved at all measurement levels. Weis had a 36-percent increase in reading gains in the lowest 25 percent of its students. Improvements in reading at measurement levels at Weis improved by 61 points. Oakcrest built its success on math and science at all measurement levels–84 points over 2010 scores.

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oung professionals are often overworked, overlooked and underpaid. It’s an issue that Kristine Karsten knows all too well. In 2010, Karsten served a oneyear term as President of Pensacola’s Young Professionals. Her tenure was marked by a number of initiatives that helped increase awareness of the organization. For the past five years, PYP has given a voice to the area’s working youth and has partnered with a number of local businesses and organizations to increase the opportunities and improve the skills of young executives. “The one underlying thing that we do well…is give young people the opportunity to develop their leadership skills,” says Karsten.

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According to Karsten, that’s a skill that many young professionals might not ordinarily have the chance to cultivate. “Maybe they don’t have the opportunity or the position to be able to manage employees. But here…(we give) these individuals an opportunity to actually lead a team.” Another important goal of PYP is talent retention. “We want them to stay,” says Karsten. “I’ve had too many friends leave.” Karsten believes that keeping a pool of talented, young executives in the area is good for the local economy as a whole. “In today’s generation, businesses are following the workforce. If we can show businesses that we have a workforce here, it’s a great way to say look, we have this organization…where your employees can get involved.” PYP operates a number of programs to increase its members’ involvement in the community. It helps conduct surveys around the community to determine what aspects of the region need improvement. It organizes political forums to educate the public on the positions of candidates. And it helps students land internships. “We’ve had around a 70 percent success ratio as far as interns who have been offered permanent positions after the internship or have

utilized their experience to find a permanent position in the community.” Before becoming president, Karsten was intimately involved with another PYP program—the Pensacola Professional Development Institute, which provides leadership and management training to local businesses. “Normally, they would have to send their employees out of the city to receive some of the training, at probably a high expense,” says Karsten. “Businesses would normally spend $2,500 for a two-day session, where we can offer it for $500 on more of a one-on-one basis.” A large part of PYP’s success is due to intelligent, charismatic leaders like Karsten. “Each leader’s had their strengths,” says Karsten. “The organization has evolved with the strengths of that leader.” Joining PYP in late 2007, Karsten has seen it transform from a small group of like-minded individuals into a community-focused organization with long-term goals. “We offer a lot of programs that other young professionals organizations don’t. We’re very involved in all aspects of the quality of life here in Pensacola, where some organizations are more social groups.” Karsten says that initially, PYP’s focus was supporting the Maritime Park. “The Maritime Park provides the opportunity to bring people here, to let people see what our city’s about and what we can offer.” “I think it’s a sign that we are open to new ideas. That we are open to change, and we are open to bigger things than we have been in the past.”

PYP made headlines in 2008 by spearheading a curbside recycling initiative. According to their 2009 annual report, 40 percent of Escambia County residents now recycle. “There was a big push for curbside recycling,” says Karsten. “I think it’s essential to our future. And talk about a passion. Wow.” Karsten points to the recycling initiative as an example of PYP’s ability to make sure young people’s voices are heard. “That’s one of the best things our organization does. Any of our members can stand up and say hey, look, this is an issue.” Even though she’s no longer president, Karsten says she will remain involved with the organization. She’s currently working to create an alumni group that will help older members retain their connections with PYP and provide mentorship to local youth. “We’re all like-minded, even though some of us may be older than others. We still have the same point of view.” As a risk management consultant and office manager at McGraw Insurance Services of Pensacola, Karsten is an expert in assessing dangers in the future. For PYP, she doesn’t see any. “I couldn’t be more proud or more secure with the future of the organization,” says Karsten. “Given the opportunity to talk about PYP, the passion just wells up in me. It’s just a great organization.” “I was going through the grocery store the other day and I thought, ‘Why am I hurrying?’ It dawned on me that I don’t have to rush anymore.”

photos c/o blueangels.navy.mil he Blue Angels air show on Pensacola Beach is a rite of summer. Millions have sat on the white sands baking in the hot July sun for hours to see the finest pilots in the world perform dazzling, breathtaking aerial maneuvers. The “Blues” make us proud to be Americans and proud to live in Pensacola, the “Cradle of Naval Aviation.” We feel a kinship with the pilots. They are ours. New Orleans has the Super Bowl champion Saints. Boston has the Celtics, and New York has the Yankees. Pensacola has the Blue Angels, and we wouldn’t trade them for anything. The Blues, which celebrate their 45th anniversary this year, are the connection to our military past and give us hope for the future.

“From an attack pilot’s perspective with thousands of hours in high-performance aircraft, I get goose bumps today watching them,” said retired four-star Admiral Robert Kelly, who served as Com-

The f light demonstration team was formed at the end of World War II by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, the Chief of Naval Operations, to showcase Naval Aviation. The unnamed team was formed on April 24, 1946 and performed its first f light demonstration at Naval Air Station Jacksonville’s Craig Field on June 15 of the same year. Led by Lt. Cmdr. Roy M. “Butch” Voris, the team was equipped with three Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats. According to the Grumman History Center, the initial name assigned to the team was “Blue Lancers,” but it was never accepted. In July, Lt. Cmdr. Voris announced the team would be known as the “Blue Angels.”

“From an attack pilot’s perspective with thousands of hours in high-performance aircraft, I get goose bumps today watching them.” —retired four-star Admiral Robert Kelly mander in Chief of United States Pacific Fleet from 1991 to 1994. “It takes a really special kind of pilot and a hell of a lot of training to do that,” he added. Few locals would disagree.

By 1947, the team had transitioned to its second Flight Leader, Lt. Cmdr. Robert Clarke, added a fourth Bearcat to the formation and produced the diamond formation, which became the Blue Angel trademark. Two years later, “Blue Angels” was added to both sides of the cowl. By the end of the decade, the Blue Angels were f lying their first jet aircraft, the Grumman F9F-2 Panther. The team brief ly halted demonstrations during the Korean War and reported in 1950 to the aircraft carrier USS Princeton as the nucleus of Fighter Squadron 191, “Satan’s Kitten.” The squadron f lew combat missions over the Korean peninsula and suffered the loss of its skipper and former Blue Angel leader Lt. Cmdr. Johnny Magda, who was killed while on a mission. INDEPENDENT NEWS | JULY 07, 2011 | WWW.INWEEKLY.NET |

The Blue Angels were reorganized the next year and reported to NAS Corpus Christi, Texas, where they began flying the newer and faster version of the Panther, the F9F-5. The Blue Angels relocated two years later to NAS Pensacola. Over the next 20 years, the Blue Angels progressed from the Grumman F9F-8 Cougar (1954) to the Grumman F11F-1 Tiger (1957) to the McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II (1969).

BLUES SHUTDOWN

In 1973, the Blue Angels experienced several crashes. Capt. John Fogg, Lt. Marlin Wiita and Lt. Cmdr. Don Bentley survived in March a multi-aircraft mid-air collision during practice over the Superstition Mountains in California. That July, Team Leader Lt. Cmdr. Skip Umstead, Capt. Mike Murphy and ADJ1 Ron Thomas perished in a mid-air collision between two Phantoms over Lakehurst, N.J. during an arrival practice. “The Blues were shut down for a whole year,” said Kelly. “In fact, there was a big debate whether they were going to resume the Blue Angels. Sanity prevailed, and they made a squadron out of it, and shifted them into A4s.” In December 1974, the Navy Flight Demonstration Team began f lying the McDonnell Douglas A-4F Skyhawk II and was reorganized into the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron. This reorganization permitted the establishment of a commanding officer as a flight leader, added support officers and further redefined the squadron’s mission emphasizing the support of recruiting efforts. Their first commanding officer was Tony Less, who was Kelly’s roommate in Vietnam. “Basically, they were crashing too many airplanes and killing too many people, so

they said, we need a little more adult leadership,” said retired Capt. Bob Stumpf, who commanded the Blue Angels from 1993-94. “They brought in a much more senior guy.” On Nov. 8, 1986, the Blue Angels completed their 40th anniversary year during ceremonies unveiling their present aircraft , the sleek McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, the fi rst dual-role fighter/attack aircraft .

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During its history, 26 Blue Angels pilots have been killed in air show or training accidents. However, Stumpf bristled at any mention of the apparent risks in flying with the Blues. “From day one of the training of new Blue Angel pilots, you don’t do anything that’s dangerous,” said Stumpf. “You take a building block approach, so that each day you get a little bit closer, maybe a little bit lower, maybe a little bit faster. You don’t go to the next step until you’ve mastered the step before it.”

ACCORDING TO THE GRUMMAN HISTORY CENTER, THE INITIAL NAME ASSIGNED TO THE TEAM WAS “BLUE LANCERS,” BUT IT WAS NEVER ACCEPTED.

If there is anything inherently unsafe about any maneuver at any time, in training or in the season, it is identified immediately in the debriefing. “The name for that is called ‘a safety,’” said Stumpf. “The whole training and performance approach is one of safety. It’s sort of like nuclear weapons—you can’t afford a catastrophe. You have to do everything carefully and precisely.” Each year, the Blue Angels add two or three new pilots. Since 1967, the squadron has traveled to NAF El Centro in California's Imperial Valley, 120 miles east of San Diego, for their winter training. New pilots are trained using the building-block approach described by Stumpf, keeping the training within a two-plane section. “Within the four-plane diamond formation, Number 3 (left wingman) is trained by Number 4 (slot pilot),” explained Kelly. “Number 1 (f light

team leader) trains number 2 (right wingman).” Number 5 is the lead solo, and he trains Number 6 (opposing solo). Number 7 is the narrator and advance pilot. The f light team leader/commanding officer rotates out at the end of the season. The once-new pilots move up to the senior positions. The right wingman (Number 2) trains f light team leader (Number 1), the new pilot moves to left wingman (Number 3), who in turn moves to the slot pilot (Number 4), who has overall responsibility for the entire formation. The narrator (Number 7), who serves on the Blue Angels for three years, goes to opposing solo (Number 6), and the previous opposing solo goes to lead solo (Number 5). “That’s the way it’s supposed to work,” said Stumpf. “Then you have stuff happen and all that rotation gets f lopped around… probably more often than not. Typically you have six demo pilots, two or three of them are new.”

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SELECTION PROCESS

A total of 16 officers voluntarily serve with the Blue Angels. Career-oriented Navy and Marine Corps jet pilots with an aircraft carrier qualification and a minimum of 1,250 tactical jet f light-hours are eligible for positions f lying jets Number 2 through 7. The Events Coordinator, Number 8, is a Naval Flight Officer (NFO) or a Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) who meets the same criteria as Numbers 2 through 7. The Marine Corps pilots f lying the C-130T Hercules aircraft, affectionately known as "Fat Albert," must be aircraft commander qualified with at least 1,200 f light hours. “The demo pilots are selected by the team,” said Stumpf. “Next year’s demo pilots will be selected by this year’s team.”

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That selection will happen during Blue Angels Weekend, when the finalists are interviewed by the 16 officers. The process is more than simply filling out an application and meeting the flight requirements. “You have to make yourself known to the team personally by rushing the team like you might rush a fraternity,” said Stumpf. “The candidates hang out at air shows, getting themselves there by hook or crook. They get to know the team, and the team gets to know them.” He explained that the Blues is more than a military association when you become a member of the team. “It has to be very personal, and you have to have a lot of trust.” Stumpf described the selection process further. “You may have 10 pilots interviewing for the two or three slots. All 16 officers make the final selections. There is no flight test, nothing in the air, no f light simulator. The flight part of it is all determined by how you did at the f leet and your reputation out there. You have to assume the guy has got good hands, otherwise he would be dead.” Career-oriented officers specializing in maintenance, administration, aviation medicine, public affairs and supply fill

support positions. Demonstration pilots, the Events Coordinator, Maintenance Officer and Flight Surgeon serve two years with the squadron. The other officers typically serve three years with the team. Blue Angels officers return to the f leet after their tours of duty.

“YOU WALK A VERY FINE LINE AS COMMANDING OFFICER AND FLIGHT LEADER OF THE BLUE ANGELS.” STUMPF

PICKING THE BOSS

The selection of the Blue Angels commanding officer, “Boss,” is done by the Chief of Naval Air Training in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Boss must have at least 3,000 tactical jet fl ight hours and have commanded a tactical jet squadron. The Commanding Officer fl ies the Number 1 jet. “The big qualification for f light leader is that he has commanded a squadron already,” said Stumpf. “He’s much more senior than the team, a second command tour commander.” The dual role of CO and f light leader has its challenges. “You walk a very fine line as commanding officer and f light leader of the Blue Angels,” Stumpf told the IN. “You have to be buddies with these five guys f lying on your wings. They have to trust you and you trust them. Yet you’re their CO and quite a bit older and more

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senior than they are. You have to tell them stuff they don’t want to hear.” Timing can be an issue for squadron leaders wanting to lead the Blues. “Once you’re a commanding officer, you don’t have a year to waste,” said Stumpf. “You have to keep going in the career progression, so you have to be finishing off one command to be available to roll right into the Blue Angels job.” All the applications are sent to the Chief of Naval Air Training, who establishes a board made up of himself and other senior naval officers, both active and retired, to interview the fi nalists, usually six officers.

“They are interviewed in a group, then individually and then one-on-one with the admiral,” said Stumpf. At the end of the two-day screening process, the admiral will make his decision.

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Stumpf shared some of the challenges he faced as the f light leader of the Blue Angels when he took command in the summer of 1992. “For me, the whole time, it was physically being able to do what was required to f ly the airplane,” said Stumpf.

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“What the Blue Angels do in the air is unlike what any of the pilots have ever done before—it bears no resemblance. You have to learn how to f ly all over again, literally.” The shape of the maneuvers may be similar—a loop is a loop, a roll is a roll. The way the Blues do them is ver y different. “The Rendezvous, where the planes get back together, a very basic maneuver of naval aviation, is totally different with the Blue Angels,” said Stumpf. “They could never do a f leet rendezvous because it would take too long. It’s really pretty scary when you see these guys coming at you at 500 knots.” Stumpf ’s initial Blue Angel training was done with right wingman (Number 2). “Shortly after that the slot pilot gets right in there because he’s under you and coaches you through all the maneuvers.” He explained, “All the maneuvers are based on either a left roll or a loop.” Weight training is also part of the regimen. “The way you learn to f ly is to trim the airplane so that there is a no-stick feel, so that if you let go, it will keep going straight. “What the Blues do is trim in a butt load of stick force–around 40 pounds. To keep the stick neutral, you have to pull back with 40 pounds of pressure for an hour.”

To do that, the pilot has to clip his rudder pedals high so that he can brace his arm on his leg while he is f lying. “You have to keep that stick in a death grip, or you will head right into the ground if you let go.” The Blues have their planes trimmed that way because they can be much more sensitive to movements in the airplane. The pilots also don’t wear g-suits—gravity suits—because there is a bladder on the leg where they have to brace their arm. If it inflated, the bladder would move their arm.

ing, the team briefs on the transit, circle and arrival maneuvers and the practice show and then flies to the show site. When they arrive at the show site, the

“What the Blue Angels do in the air is unlike what any of the pilots have ever done before—it bears no resemblance. You have to learn how to fly all over again, literally.”—Stumpf

SAME INTENSITY: PRACTICE OR SHOWTIME

There is no difference between a practice and an air show, according to Stumpf. It’s transparent to the pilots, and it doesn’t matter whether a million people are watching or no one. The intensity is the same. The week of a show, the Events Coordinator and the Flight Surgeon f ly ahead on Wednesday and survey the site, which they have already visited earlier in the year during winter training. On Thursday morn-

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and debrief,” said Stumpf. “It’s all videotaped, frame by frame. Every maneuver is debriefed. “Starting with the Boss, every pilot tells everybody in the room what they did wrong. Then the slot pilot will debrief all the diamond maneuvers. The lead solo will debrief all the solo maneuvers. The critique guy on the ground is actually the Flight Surgeon. He and the maintenance officer are critiquing each maneuver as it occurs. It’s pretty intense, especially if it doesn’t go well.” With a smile, Stumpf adds, “You have to have thick skin.” Stumpf said the debriefing gets more streamlined as the season progresses and the pilots improve. “But that last show is still intense. It requires the same focus as that first one. If you let your concentration down, then things go bad.” Kelly added that while some of the maneuvers may appear easy on Pensacola Beach, where all the landmarks are well known, they can be much more difficult away from home. “The pilots go to a strange place, which they may be seeing for the very first time,” said Kelly. “You have to pick out landmarks that you see in one hop around the site, and then there is 30 knots of wind the day of the show. You

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his tour, Stumpf nodded his head and softly said, “Yes.” “The happiest moment of that whole command was when Number 6 landed and gave the call, ‘Timber is on deck, Boss,’” said Stumpf. “No accidents, nobody got hurt. I was very happy.”

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“THE HAPPIEST MOMENT OF THAT WHOLE COMMAND WAS WHEN NUMBER 6 LANDED AND GAVE THE CALL, ‘TIMBER IS ON DECK, BOSS.’”STUMPF and another has a 30-knot head wind, which makes a big difference when two planes try to cross.” Stumpf said that the most challenging place the Blue Angels f lew while he was the Boss was Chicago. “It was so unforgettable because the buildings are so huge, and the show was right downtown on the waterfront. All the behind-thecrowd maneuvering was done amongst the buildings. We were at 500 feet f lying downtown and seeing people looking down on us, waving from their balconies, and the winds were whipping between the buildings. “We were hanging on just trying to stay in formation.” He said that San Francisco was similar. “You had all this cool terrain with the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz in the middle of the harbor, the big buildings and the hills in the distance. It was spectacular.” When asked if he was glad to finish

BLUE ANGEL WEEKEND

The Blue Angels will practice for their July 9 air show over Pensacola Beach on Thursday, July 7 and Friday, July 8 starting at 2 p.m. The full air show is on Saturday, July 9 and includes the Blue Angels and other military and civilian aircraft beginning at 12 p.m. The Blue Angels demonstration will begin at 2 p.m. We recommend heading to the beach early Saturday morning to stake out your spot on Pensacola Beach. After all, it wouldn’t be a Pensacola summer without seeing them f ly. And while you’re watching the Blues, remember that there are 10 or so hot-shot pilots watching also, hoping that they will be f lying with the Blue Angels in next summer’s show.

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ven though you’d rather hide from the sweltering heat in the mall where prices are marked up and the air conditioner is on high, you might be missing out on some hot deals…literally. While flea markets and community yard sales are year-round, it’s nice to be reminded that there are alternative places to spend your summer-job cash. Bayview Park is the perfect spot to do just about anything. And from spring to fall you can check out great deals on the first Saturday of the month until September. Take a walk under the trees and peruse through items such as clothing, jewelry, furniture and baked goods. “It’s a nice atmosphere. You don’t have sales associates bothering you like the mall,” said Reba Smith, program specialist at the Bayview Senior Center. “You can just browse from table to table and enjoy the breeze.” The flea market has a steady flow this year, and with items priced from $1 to $10, it’s worth the effort to hunt for treasure. Pensacola has been haggling with vendors at the T&W Flea Market for almost 30 years.

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Not only is it a great place to shop, but you can grab lunch and people watch. “There’s something for everybody,” said Josh Fields, who manages the flea market with his family. “You can come out and shop, eat lunch and people watch. We’ve got a lot of interesting people.” One of the best things about a flea market is that you’re never quite sure what you will find for sale. “We sell pretty much everything,” Fields said. “Anything from live chickens to records, from baby clothes to designer clothes.” The strangest items? Those would be animals other than chickens. “Some people bring stuff in that I’m not sure would sell, like snakes, lizards and even hedgehogs,” Fields said. The T&W Flea Market also sells a wide variety of food such as Mexican and Asian dishes. There’s also an on-site restaurant so you can take a break from haggling. For Fields, working at a flea market isn’t always easy. Being surrounded by good deals can get tempting. “Some of the best deals I’ve bought were cedar tables for $90 a piece, a stainless-steel blender for about $15 and a neon beer sign,” Fields said. At the Gulf Breeze Flea Market some of the vendors and employees have been working together for years. Sandra Pittelko has been working for the flea market for 18 years. Pittelko started working in the concession stand and eventually took over for the

retiring manager. In the span of 10 minutes, Pittelko gets three calls. Whether it’s a suspicious person or an ATM malfunction, she is on it. “It’s an all-day affair,” Pittelko said as she clipped her walkie-talkie to her jeans. Pittelko enjoys her job and the people she works with. She knows all of her vendors by name and takes the time to meet with them and keep the communication lines open. Pittelko also watches out for the physical appearance of the flea market. As she walks from one vendor to another, she picks up pieces of trash. “I’m not above doing anything,” Pittelko said. “I scrub toilets, I take out the trash. There’s no ‘I’ in ‘teamwork’.” As for the deals, you can find a variety of new and used goods at a fair price. “Who Dat” wallets and Vera Bradley-inspired purses fi ll an entire booth with bright colors. Cardboard boxes are lined up on opposite sides of the flea market featuring various items such as hair goods, make-up and kitchen utensils. Most are just $1. Arts and crafts are appreciated as well. Bruce and Joann Byrd make their own flower planters out of discarded golf cart tires. The colorful and functional creations are what draw people to their booth. In another booth, collectibles and antiques are lined up perfectly on shelves and tables. Whether you’re looking for fairy statues or an “I Love Lucy” alarm clock, Caroline McCaul has it. “I buy what I like,” McCaul said of her inventory. “If it doesn’t sell, I’m going to have to live with it.” McCaul, one of the original vendors, has been working the Gulf Breeze Flea Market

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IVANOFF DUO 7-11 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

CULTURE CLUB AT PMA 5-7:30 p.m. One the first Thursday each month, enjoy wine, beer and hors d’oeuvres along with live music and artwork by featured artists. Free with RSVP. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

THURSDAY, COLOUR REVOLT 7 p.m. Doors open. 7:30 p.m. Show starts. $14-$16. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

GARY TALLY & FRIENDS 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

GUFFMAN TRIO 7 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

SCHOFIELD 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6-8 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Life’s a Beach. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

CHRONIC JESTER 8 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

THE REVIVALISTS 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

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‘EAT THIS NOT THAT’ 6 p.m. Chef Keith Hoffert teaches the class how easy it is to make better choices everywhere you eat. Menu includes garden country mustard rubbed pork chops and lemon icebox bars. $44.95. Reservations required. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

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LEE MELTON 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6-10 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com. SAWMILL & GUESTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Road. 994-9219 or farmersopry.com. VIBE IRIE 7-11 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

SUNSETS AT PLAZA DE LUNA 5:30 p.m.-sunset. James Askins will perform, and Ariel will entertain the kids. De Luna’s full service concession will serve up great snacks and full meals and the interactive fountain will be a refreshing splash for the kids. Plaza de Luna, at the end of Palafox. 435-1695 or cityofpensacola.com/cra.

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‘INVASION FROM PLANET X’ ON THE RED TROLLEY TOUR 7:30-9 p.m. Red Trolley Repertory Theater is Pensacola’s most original theater company, producing mixed-media comedy, drama and history in their fully restored trolleys. Pensacola Visitor Information Center, 1401 E. Gregory St. 417-7343 or ufotrolley.com.

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MARC KAUL 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

PENSACOLA BEACH BLUE ANGELS AIR SHOW 8 a.m. The Navy’s flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, along with civilian and other military aircraft will perform aerial acrobatics over the Gulf of Mexico during a weekend of high-flying fun. Pensacola Beach. 932-1500.

CUJO 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5-9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com. SAWMILL & GUESTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Road. 994-9219 or farmersopry.com.

BANDS ON THE BAYOU 6-7 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and come enjoy the sounds of local middle school and high school bands at Bayview Park Pier. Bayview Park, 20th Avenue and Lloyd Street. 436-5670 or playpensacola.com.

DeLuna Fest Band That You Really Oughta Know: Matt and Kim Sounds like: A party—and not just any party, but the kind of party you actually want to go to. Think upbeat poppy punk, handclaps, banging drums and catchy singalong choruses.

For Fans Of: Fun, feel-good music like The Go! Team, Mates of State and Tilly and the Wall

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Not that we remember (or can find proof of on the Internet). So it looks like DeLuna Fest will be their first local show.

Brooklyn, New York

Most Recent Album: “Sidewalks,” which came out in November 2010

Random Fun Facts: *Matt and Kim met while taking classes at Pratt Institute in New York, but Kim’s not sure what year she graduated. *The cops in their “Lessons Learned” video aren’t actors or staged. *According to mattandkimmusic. com, their phone number is (347) 762-6350, and they actually want you to know that and to text or call them. (Just don’t be surprised if your voicemail or text ends up on the site, too.)

Most Downloaded Song (according to iTunes): photo by Matt Hoyle

Most Download-Worthy Songs (according to the IN music team):

“Daylight”

Why You Should Like Them: Because we can pretty much guarantee that listening to a little Matt and Kim will make you a lot happier—and that’s never a bad thing.

Find out more: mattandkimmusic.com, delunafest.com

unique & affordable

Join us for Wine Tastings Thursdays 5-7 p.m. 27 S. 9th Ave.

433-WINE or 433-9463

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hot times SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. Sammi Moore will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

Bagdad were built as they were. Refreshments following. Bagdad Village Museum, 4512 Church St. 983-3005 or bagdadvillage.org.

EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE SQUARE 7-9 p.m. Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band. Plan to bring lawn chairs or a blanket for seating and enjoy top talent each week. Seville Square Park, between Alcaniz and Adams streets. 438-6505 or pensacolaheritage.org.

BROOK WOODS 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com. LEE MELTON 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

SUNDAY 7.10

SATURDAY 7.9

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5-9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com.

CLARENCE BELL 11 a.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

GARY TALLY & FRIENDS 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

KYLE PARKER BAND 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

THE ROWDIES 8 p.m.-12 a.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

LEE MELTON 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

▼ART

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 3-5 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Family Fun Day-Pink Flamingo on Summer Vacation. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola. ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 7-9 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Spanish Moss Sunset. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼FESTIVALS

▼LECTURE & CLASSES

‘LIVING IN HISTORY–INSIDE BAGDAD’S HISTORIC HOMES’ 10 a.m. Michael Johnson, President of the Bagdad Village Preservation Association, building contractor and designer of historic reproductions, takes an in-depth look at why historic homes of

▼LIVE MUSIC

SCHOFIELD 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. THE REVIVALISTS 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com. MO JILES 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com. PETTY CASH 9:30 p.m. Free. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

GULL POINT NEIGHBORHOOD FLEA MARKET 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Items for sale include household items, homemade canned goods, baked goods, clothing, toys and more. Gull Point Community Center, 700 Spanish Trail. 494-7360. SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. David Shaw will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

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STARGAZING AT PENSACOLA BEACH 7 p.m. Discover the greatness of the night sky on Pensacola Beach. The Escambia Amateur Astronomers’ Association will offer free stargazing. Big Lagoon State Park, 12301 Gulf Beach Highway. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

▼LIVE MUSIC

TIM MORGAN 5-9 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. GARY TALLY & FRIENDS 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. Reflections will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

MONDAY 7.11 ▼LIVE MUSIC

WALT FLETCHER 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

JEFF IVANOFF 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. ‘BLUE MONDAY’ AT FIVE SISTERS BLUES CAFÉ 6 p.m. $5-$10.

9:30 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com. SAMMI MOORE 6 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

TUESDAY 7.12 ▼LIVE MUSIC

MARC KAUL 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. TIM SPENCER 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6-10 p.m. The Deck at the Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com. SAMMI MOORE 7 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com. BANDS ON THE BEACH FEATURING THE REUNION BAND 7-9 p.m. The Gulfside Pavilion, 1 Via de Luna. 932-1500 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

WEDNESDAY 7.13 ▼ART

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 2-4 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Summer Butterfly-Children’s Class. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

hot times ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Deep South Summer. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼LIVE MUSIC

WALT FLETCHER 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5-9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com. BRIT LANDRUM 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. SHAWNA P & ADAM TYLER BROWN 6 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com. LONG REEF 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

BLUES PRACTICE FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE TOWER 8-9:30 a.m. See eye-to-eye with the Blue Angels, and watch the entire show from a vantage few others have. Space is limited. $15. Reservations required. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561. SUMMER SERENADE SERIES AT ST. CHRISTOPHER’S 6:30 p.m. Sawmill Band from Farmer’s Opry will perform. The public is invited to bring lawn chairs and enjoy the music. Concessions provided. Event will move inside in the event of rain. St. Christopher’s Church, 3200 N. 12th Ave. 432-9743 or scpen.org.

THURSDAY 7.14 ▼ART

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: The Pearl Nelson Center Fundraiser. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola. ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 7-9 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Beach Chairs at Sunset. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼FOOD & DRINK

CORPORATE AMERICA 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com. HOLLY SHELTON 7 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com. THE SHIZ 8 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com. ALVERADO ROAD SHOW 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

BREAKING THE SILENCE TOUR AT GULF COAST KIDS HOUSE 8:30 a.m. This introduction to Gulf Coast Kid’s House provides an informative overview of the concepts and processes of the GCKH mission, including a tour of the child-friendly facility. Gulf Coast Kids House, 3401 N. 12th Ave. 595-5800.

FRIDAY 7.15 ▼ART

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 7-9 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Sunset on the Sound. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼LIVE MUSIC

DAVID DUNN 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com. MARC KAUL 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. SUPERHERO 5 p.m. Free Gallery Night concert. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com. JAMES ADKINS 5:30 p.m. Free. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com. IVANOFF DUO 7-11 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. GRAYSON CAPPS 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com. KYLE PARKER BAND 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com. THE WHISTNANTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Road. 994-9219 or farmersopry.com.

‘VIVA LA FRANCE’ 5:30 p.m. Jackson’s Steakhouse will partner with wine merchant Elodie Cardon of La Maison d’Elodie to present a wine and food tasting in celebration of Bastille Day. Wines have been specially selected to complement the menu created by Chef Irv Miller. $75 per person. Jackson’s Steakhouse, 400 S. Palafox. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

JOSHUA ADAMS 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

BASTILLE DAY AT SEVILLE QUARTER 7 p.m. Enjoy a wine pairing dinner prepared by Seville Quarter’s Executive Chef Brandon Melton. $55, reservations required. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

THE REZ 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

▼LECTURES & CLASSES

HERB CLASS AT EVER’MAN 5:30 p.m. Study different herbs sold at Ever’man. This group will study a video series compiled by Dr. John R. Christopher and Richard Schulze. Free for members, $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org. ‘NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES OF THE SOUTHEAST AND PENSACOLA’ 6 p.m. Archeology Narrative Presentation. The program is free. However, there is an $8 vehicle entrance fee. Fort Pickens, 1400 Fort Pickens Road. 934-2600 or nps.gov/guis.

▼LIVE MUSIC

ALVERADO ROAD SHOW 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. THE MODERN ELDORADOS 9 p.m. Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

EVELLE 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com. REDDOG 9:30 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com. MARC HARRIS 9:30 p.m. Free. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

‘THE CURSE OF TRISTAN DE TUNA’ TROLLEY TOUR 6:30-8 p.m. Participants encouraged to wear pirate costumes. Pensacola Visitor Center, 1401 E. Gregory St. 417-7343 or piratetrolley.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

JEFF IVANOFF 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

GALLERY NIGHT 5-9 p.m. Enjoy an evening of arts, wine and culture by touring downtown art galleries and businesses. Downtown Pensacola, Palafox. 434-5371 or downtownpensacola.com/gallerynight.

ONE REGGAE 7-11 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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hot times FRIDAY FAMILY FLICK 7 p.m. Third Thursday through August. July’s movie is “Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules.” Bring blankets, lawn chairs, food and non-alcoholic beverages. Concessions available for purchase. Accommodations will be made for guests with disabilities. Commendencia Slip, between the Port of Pensacola and Plaza de Luna. 435-1695 or cityofpensacola.com.

LEE MELTON 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. MICHAEL WHEELER & FRIENDS 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com. SAWMILL & GUESTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Road. 994-9219 or farmersopry.com.

‘LIGHT OF THE MOON TOUR’ AT PENSACOLA LIGHTHOUSE 7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Hear true stories of the bloodstained room and ghostly encounters at one of America’s most haunted lighthouses. Reservations required. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 pensacolalighthouse.org.

LIVE MUSIC 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 5494444 or the-oar-house.com.

EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE SQUARE 7-9 p.m. Don Snowden Big Band with Holly Shelton. Plan to bring lawn chairs or a blanket for seating and enjoy top talent each week. Seville Square Park, between Alcaniz and Adams streets. 438-6505 or pensacolaheritage.org.

THE REZ 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

SATURDAY 7.16 ▼ART

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 1-3 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Sunflower on Red. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola. ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 5:30-7:30 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Tranquility. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

▼LIVE MUSIC

SECOND HAND SOUL 2 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

THE ROWDIES 8 p.m.-12 a.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

THE MODERN ELDORADOS 9 p.m. Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. ALVERADO ROAD SHOW 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. CRYPTIC PRODUCTIONS LAUNCH PARTY 9 p.m. $10-$20. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com. JOSHUA ADAMS 9 p.m. The Deck at the Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com. EVELLE 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com. COREY PERRILLIOUX 9:30 p.m. Free. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

BAYVIEW PARK SPRING FLEA MARKET 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Vendors will be selling items such as art, jewelry, pottery, clothing, baked goods and more. Bayview Park, 2000 E. Lloyd St. 436-5190 orplaypensacola.com. SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. Ultraviolet will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 6354803 or visitpensacolabeach.com. ‘LIGHT OF THE MOON TOUR’ AT PENSACOLA LIGHTHOUSE 7 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Hear true stories of the blood-stained room and ghostly encounters at one of America’s most haunted lighthouses. Reservations required. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 or pensacolalighthouse.org. SALUTE TO THE TROOPS COMEDY JAM 8 p.m. Featuring Arnez J, Earthquake, and Arie Spears. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 4320800 or pensacolaciviccenter.com.

PANHANDLE ALL STARS 9:30 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

SUNDAY 7.17

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

CLARENCE BELL 11 a.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

‘THE PIED PIPER’ AT PLT 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittlethreatre.com.

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▼LIVE MUSIC

Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

ADAM HOLT 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach

LEE MELTON 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

hot times TIM SPENCER 5-9 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. BALLYHOO 7 p.m. $8-$10. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 6076758 or vinylmusichall.com. MITCH KIDD 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 5494444 or the-oar-house.com.

Pensacola First Upscale Chinese Fusion Restaurant ▼LIVE MUSIC

WALT FLETCHER 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

MARC KAUL 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

▼THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

BANDS ON THE BEACH FEATURING CROSSTOWN 7-9 p.m. The Gulfside Pavilion, 1 Via de Luna. 932-1500 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

CHRONIC JESTER 7 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

‘THE PIED PIPER’ AT PLT 2:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittlethreatre.com. SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT THE BEACH 6-8 p.m. Marshal Johnson will perform. Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 635-4803 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

MONDAY 7.18 ▼FOOD & DRINK

VEGAN COOKING CLASS AT EOTL 6 p.m. First and third Monday of each month. Includes tapas plate, instructional lecture and demonstration, and Q&A. Reservations required. End of the Line Cafe, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com.

▼LIVE MUSIC

JAZZ GUMBO FEATURING DR. JILL AND GARY SEXTET 6-8 p.m. $5-$10. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. JEFF IVANOFF 6-10 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

Specials:

Tuesday Lady’s Night: after 8 pm $4 cocktail and $4 wine 4-5-6 Menu: From 4 pm til 6 pm Choice of wine, cocktail, appetizer for $5 $6.99 Lunch Special: comes with an egg roll, a krab rangoon, and soup or rice choice Mon thru Wed: 2 for $20 Meal * Comes with an appetizer, a choice of soup or rice for the entree and a dessert

WEDNESDAY 7.20 ▼ART

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 2-4 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Hula Hooter-Children’s Class. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

DAVID DUNN 6 p.m Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

▼FOOD & DRINK

BEACH BLANKET MOVIE NIGHT AT MARGARITAVILLE HOTEL 8 p.m. The July feature is “Hoot.” Bring chairs or blankets. No coolers or outside food or drinks allowed. Free. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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▼OTHER EVENTS

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6-8 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: One, Two, Three Olives. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

WALT FLETCHER 6-10 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

Where you can have a great meal and a great time

LUNCH & LEARN AT DK 12 p.m. Join DK and a guest chef for an Independence Day-themed menu. $15. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com. COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS AND COCKTAILS AT JACKSON’S 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Flavors of Greece.” Join Chef Irv Miller as he leads another series of cooking classes each month. Classes cover everything from shopping to preparation to presentation. $45. Jackson’s Steakhouse, 400 S. Palafox. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

▼LECTURES & CLASSES

GULF COAST ECONOMICS CLUB LUNCHEON 11 a.m. The speaker will be Dr. David Howden, the Chairman of the Department of Business and Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of Economics at St. Louis University, Madrid, Spain Campus. Free-$20, reservations required. New World Landing, 600 S. Palafox. 723-2423 or gulfcoasteconomicsclub.org.

▼LIVE MUSIC

BRIT LANDRUM 4-7 p.m. Tiki Stage at the Pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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TIM MORGAN 7 p.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com. SHAWNA P & ADAM TYLER BROWN 7 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com. LONG REEF 9 p.m. The Deck at the Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

▼OTHER EVENTS

TUESDAY 7.19 ▼LECTURES & CLASSES

‘SPANISH SETTLEMENT ON SANTA ROSA ISLAND: 17221752’ 6 p.m. Archeology Narrative Presentation. The program is free, but there is an $8 entrance fee to the fort. Fort Pickens, 1400 Fort Pickens Road. 934-2600 or nps.gov/guis.

BLUES PRACTICE FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE TOWER 8-9:30 a.m. See eye-to-eye with the Blue Angels, and watch the entire show from a vantage few others have. Space is limited. $15. Reservations required. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561. SUMMER SERENADE SERIES AT ST. CHRISTOPHER’S 6:30 p.m. The Blenders will perform. The public is invited to bring lawn chairs and enjoy the music. Concessions provided. Event will move inside in the event of rain. St. Christopher’s Church, 3200 N. 12th Ave. 432-9743 or scpen.org.

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ANEWNEW SOUND FOR A NEW DECADE JERSEY BAND THURSDAY RETURNS WITH COLOUR REVOLT

BY SARAH MCCARTAN

Taking Back Sunday fan base is young, but they just love the music. Colour Revolt is much like something that is beautifully handmade. I didn’t know what to expect either but it has been a good reaction. The crowd seems to enjoy all three bands, so it’s been great so far.

hursday has made their way back to the Panhandle and will be taking the stage tonight, this time at Vinyl Music Hall alongside Colour Revolt. The two bands are currently on tour with Taking Back Sunday but are taking a timeout to grace Pensacola with their presence on one of their off nights. For tonight’s show they will be preceded by local acts Johnny Apple-Eyes and Scream Out Loud. An entire decade after the release of “Full Collapse” and fresh off an anniversary tour honoring that album, Thursday has recently released their sixth full-length album “No Devolución,” quite possibly their most daring and most heartfelt to date. With the release of this new album it is clear that Thursday has established a new sound for the band, a direction that has been gradually hinted at for some time now, most notably in “A City by the Light Divided.” As the title of the new album signifies, this evolution is one of “no returns.” That’s right, the same band whose fi rst official show was in a New Jersey basement is the same band that was credited with

mainstreaming emo and post-hardcore just after the turn of the century. Now this same band is delivering a much more melodic, atmospheric and experimental sound. Those who have followed Thursday for any length of time will find that although their sound has perhaps “grown up” or “settled down,” it is a far cry from being any less powerful or memorable. IN was able to catch Geoff Rickly, lead vocalist/lyricist of Thursday for a few minutes while getting amped for their show at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Rickly shared feelings of honor to be fi nally playing at this particular venue, noting Aretha Franklin at the Fillmore to be a show he considers one of the best of all time. I had been very curious to hear what Rickly would have to say about this current tour lineup since the time it was announced. IN: As far as this tour goes, it seems like three totally different fan bases. What has the response been like? RICKLY: You have Thursday grounded in more of a weird underground hardcore. The

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IN: You guys recorded the album pretty quickly, in record speed in fact. Was there even time for specific inspirations to filter in? RICKLY: It was more to the effect that we discussed what it sounded like after the fact. It is flattering to see what other people come up with to compare it to. It is interesting to hear what other people compare it to that we would have never thought of, especially touring abroad. IN: Obviously the new album is very different than what older fans have previously identified as Thursday. RICKLY: When it came to the new album, I had to get past feeling like we needed to bring in parts of old Thursday songs to make it sound the same. When I fi nally stopped pushing this so hard and trusted the band, we were able to create the album we felt comfortable with. I love hardcore and post-hardcore, but that’s not Thursday anymore. It is still my shit though. It is why I formed United Nations.(United Nations is Rickly’s underground side project comprised of members from various other bands. The group has managed to maintain a level of secrecy as far as involvement is concerned.) IN: Have your feelings about the album changed now that it is completed and has been released? RICKLY: We all love the record. We just want people to understand it. It seems like they do. Some of our other albums defi nite-

ly took time to understand, but with this one it is immediate. And people are already cheering us to play the songs from it. They already know it. IN: Pensacola is excited to have you guys back. Are you playing any other smaller shows? RICKLY: We are. We like to keep busy on the off days. I started out doing basement shows even before Thursday existed. Th is is our scene. We love the small town scene. (Also, neither of us could believe Thursday had not been back to Pensacola since 2004 and my, how things have changed, and my, how much younger we both were then.) IN: I know you guys just came off a “Full Collapse” anniversary tour, but can we expect any oldies sneaking into tonight’s line up? RICKLY: Of course. We can’t forget the past 12 years. It is still us. We are still proud of it. If we weren’t, we wouldn’t still be a band. info@inweekly.net

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WHAT: Thursday and Colour Revolt, featuring Johnny Apple-Eyes and Scream Out Loud WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 7 (Doors at 7 p.m.) WHERE: Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox COST: $14 in advance, $16 at the door DETAILS: All ages, tickets available locally at Blues Angel Music, Revolver Records and online at ticketweb.com. For more information, visit vinylmusichall.com.

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news of the weird TOP GUN: Todd Whitehurst may be the “father” of from 42 to 60 children, based on statistical probability that recognizes his virtuosity as a sperm donor, according to a June New York Post profi le (though one website, Donor Sibling Registry, claims to have documented 129 children sired by an unnamed seed demon, who is one of 92 highly productive men with 10 or more). Whitehurst, who like the others, was selected based on his sperm’s profi le and speed, donated weekly for about three years in the late 1980s (for $50 a session), and has been contacted so far by nine teenagers who sent him their photos after piecing together evidence identifying him (despite sperm banks’ promises of confidentiality). Whitehurst, acknowledging the resemblances to his “offspring,” seems to find the relationships fulfi lling, however limited they are. Said he, “I love Father’s Day.”

a place where farmers simply threw males and females together for breeding to today’s sophisticated production facilities that supply proper snake diets, research measures to enrich female fertility, and provide enhanced incubation conditions.

BRIGHT IDEAS New York scent artist Christopher Brosius had made his name with fragrances recalling childhood (such as Clean Baby Butt, Green Bean and Baseball Glove), but felt it was time, according to an April report in New York magazine, to approach the next frontier—to make a perfume so exclusive that no one could smell it. By Brosius’ reasoning, the scent’s chemicals would provoke whatever reactions scents provoke in those exposed to it, but the actual scent would be undetectable to the nose; hence, no one would know why they were reacting as they were. By trial and error, he combined jasmine, sandalwood and natural amber, and scaled them down in power, yielding what he calls Where We Are There Is No Here. Said Brosius, “The question, ‘What perfume are you wearing?’ should never arise.”

FETISHES ON PARADE Toshihiko Mizuno, 55, was arrested in Tokyo in June after three girls, ages 9 and 10, reported that he had talked them into spitting for him so that he could record it on video, to assist with “research” he was doing on “saliva.” Police later discovered 26 videotapes, featuring about 400 young girls spitting. According to local media sources, Mizuno has had the obsession for 17 years, successfully getting at least 500 girls to spit, among the estimated 4,000 he propositioned.

BLOW AGAINST THE EMPIRE: Bank of America (BA) had the tables turned on it in June after the company wrongfully harassed an alleged mortgage scofflaw in Naples, Fla. BA had attempted to foreclose on homeowners Warren and Maureen Nyerges last year even though the couple had bought their house with cash—paid directly to BA. It took BA a year and a half to understand its mistake— that is, until the Nyergeses sued and won a judgment for expenses of $2,534, which BA promptly ignored. The Nyergeses’ attorney obtained a seizure order, and two sheriff ’s deputies, with a moving truck, arrived at the local BA branch on June 3 to load $2,534 worth of furniture and computer equipment from the bank’s offices. After about an hour on the phone with higher-ups, the local BA manager issue a check for $2,534. “BIG SNAKE’S” COMPANY TOWN China’s

sleepy Zisiqiao Village in Zhejiang province is actually headquarters for the country’s revered snake industry, with 160 families raising about 3 million serpents a year, mostly to harvest livers and gall bladders for soup, wine, and other products consumed for their immunity-building properties. In a June Reuters dispatch, one farmer described the 25-year evolution of “Snake Town” from

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BY CHUCK SHEPPARD

THE CONTINUING CRISIS Perhaps a kindergartner needs to have his dad wait with him and wave bye-bye as he steps onto the school bus in the morning, but Rain Price is a 10th-grader (in American Fork, Utah), and his dad, Dale Price, nevertheless waves from the bus stop every morning, right in front of Rain’s friends. Furthermore, according to a June report by KSL-TV in Salt Lake City, Dale makes it a point to be wearing a different, “crazy” costume every morning (170 in all for the school year, including, once, a wedding dress).

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Not Ready for Prime Time: (1) Eric Cogan, 33, was arrested in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in June after (according to police) presenting a holdup note to a teller at a TD Bank. To get to the teller, Cogan walked right by a sheriff ’s cruiser parked in front of the bank and a deputy in uniform seated inside the bank’s entrance. (2) In April, Matthew Hudleston, 33, pleaded guilty in Mobile, Ala., to robbing a Regions Bank, using a holdup note that mentioned a gun. He got away but was arrested after he returned a few minutes later to ask for the holdup note back. UNDIGNIFIED DEATHS The Good Lord Willing: (1) Self-described anarchist Luciano Pitronello Schuffeneger was hospitalized and placed in a medically induced coma after a bomb he was planning for a Banco Santander bank in Santiago, Chile, exploded prematurely. He suffered third-degree burns and lost both hands and his eyesight, after accidentally tripping the bomb’s trigger before entering the bank. (2) Mr. Isabel Gutierrez, 53, died of a heart attack in Refugio County, Texas, in June, after taking a break during the act of raping a 77-year-old woman. He told his victim that he didn’t feel well, moved away from her, and stopped breathing. Send your Weird News to Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box 18737, Tampa, Fla., 33679 or weirdnews@earthlink.net, or go to www.NewsoftheWeird.com. FROM UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE CHUCK SHEPHERD’S NEWS OF THE WEIRD by Chuck Shepherd COPYRIGHT 2011 CHUCK SHEPHERD

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