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SCHOOL DAZED.

With Macon poised for growth in every direction, local leaders weigh lopsided educational offerings against the city’s potential for prosperity.

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CULTURE CLUB HAPPENINGS, LOCALS & REGIONAL INSIGHTS

PUB NOTES

I get asked a lot why I think The 11th Hour is successful in the face of Daily papers folding everywhere. Or why I think The Creek 100.9 works when big radio corporations are filing bankruptcy. I really think the answer is simple.

We remain connected with our place. What a foolish decision big print and big radio made when they chose to syndicate content and music from some place that wasn’t a part of their community. And it’s worse than it’s ever been, right now. You’ll read a headline that grabs your attention –MAN FOUND EATING HIS OWN FACE--- You gotta click on that right? Then you find out it happened somewhere in Bolivia, or maybe didn’t even happen at all.

These stories are after clicks of course, which help these companies make money digitally, and the bottom line is all the higher ups care about right? So you have teams of great journalists, who mean well, but they are charged with all the wrong tasks, only to help that bottom line. But it’s never really enough, and those teams of great journalists often lose their jobs, even after decades of working for these corporations.

This is pretty much the opposite of what we do at Creek

Media. Every commercial, every story we tell, every live performance, and calendar listing, and song choice is made right here in the building at 533 Cherry. And it’s all a picture of where we live, and why we love it.

I’ll give you an example. Last week 11 people came onto the show I host on 100.9 FM called Creekside Mornings.

I’d never met them before. It just so happened that I’d seen a video of them singing around the dinner table and I invited them to come in and tell me their story and sing a couple of songs. It turned into an unforgettable moment. A family giving a testimony and showcasing talent that blew us all away. I couldn’t help but think that this was the only station anywhere nearby where something like this can happen. And it happens on a weekly basis.

There has been a movement afoot for the last several years to return to local. Locally sourced everything is in style. From locally roasted coffee to beer to food served in restaurants all across our region. This is a good thing.

Local means fresher right, it means healthier and tastier.

Guess what else it’s means. More Sustainable. So when you ask me why we’re successful, there’s your answer friends.

We’re local.

BRAD EVANS

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SCHOOL DAZED.

With Macon poised for growth in every direction, local leaders weigh lopsided educational offerings against the city’s potential for prosperity.

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READERS’ RESPONSE ON “FISH OR CUT BAIT” Dear Stacey Norwood, I have recently read your article “Fish or Cut Bait.” During the read, I was reminded of how foreigners are treated when they visit North Korea.

How shows and facades are all that one is permitted to see in hopes the perception is a positive one as opposed to the harsh realities of what is going on behind the scenes. I was about to lose hope when I read, “number don’t lie”. Not because of the use of the contract but because the faith in numbers alone. You quickly redeemed yourself stating, “1 plus 1 doesn’t necessarily equal 2” (sans another contraction and the numbers not being spelled out). Nonetheless, I am thrilled about your upcoming part of the series. But I want to make sure you can report an honest picture that is not skewed by performance and parlor tricks. Perhaps you could be my Commissioner Gordon.

- Bibb Man I taught 30+ years in Bibb County. The disruptive student disrupts for a reason. Determine the reason and address possible solutions. Community resources need to be used more extensively.Not every school age child needs to be in a traditional classroom. Unfortunately, as sociery continues to devalue education, the task becomes more difficult.

- Connie Mundy Abel This is a great article! The common theme I see wrong is many schools have too many chances. Arrive to school late for weeks on end, no problem, there’s Saturday school and Summer School to make up for attendance.

Late, missing, incomplete homework, no problem, there is Saturday school and Summer School. There are too many accommodations such as Twilight School, E-20/20, Virtual classes... This doesn’t prepare our children for real life, college, or careers. Hold the students accountable first and foremost. No homework, it’s a zero.

Late to class or school consistently, enjoy repeating the semester all over again. Eliminate the band-aides placed on the education in this county and you will soon have a generation of accountable and responsible students who are ready to enter college and the work force.

-Jennifer Lynn Stringer With more than 20 years of journalism and publishing experience, author Stacey Norwood earned her chops as an investigative reporter and features writer for daily and weekly community newspapers in Tuscaloosa, Bibb County (AL), and Clanton, AL before moving to a longish stint in TV news as a crime and courts reporter in Birmingham. Passionate about twangy prose and a devotee of Southern culture, Stacey deepened her wordsmithing skills serving as an editor and contributing writer for such magazines as Victoria, Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade, Taste of the South and Relish. Her hobbies include writing a Macon-centric blog, trolling the Internet for truly revolting vintage recipes, collecting real (not department store) art, and cooking.

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CITY PICKS YOUR GET-OUT-AND-DO LIST THIS WEEK FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 2, 2018

NOW PLAYING Mercer Theatre Presents

FAMILY FUN

Rhinoceros

> GO TO CREEK NIGHT AT MACON MAYHEM

Directed by Scot Mann

FRIDAY, FEB 16

What are the chances that a brilliant British comedian would find out by accident that his father wrote a dirty book? That’s the story of Jamie Morton, and instead of ignoring that fact, or trying to push it down in the deep recesses of his soul, he chose to read sections of it each episode, aloud, and discuss it with his friends. The resulting Podcast has been a smash hit, with over 100 million downloads worldwide, and let me tell you, it ain’t gonna teach you much, it ain’t

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LIVE MUSIC

> GO HEAR SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18

The internationally acclaimed, award-winning female African-American a cappella group will be at The Grand Opera House Sunday, Feb. 18.

Sweet Honey In The Rock® is a performance ensemble rooted in African American history and culture. The ensemble educates, entertains and empowers its audience and community through the dynamic vehicles of a cappella singing and American Sign Language interpretation for the Deaf and hearing impaired. Sweet Honey’s audience and community comes from diverse backgrounds and cultures throughout the United States and around the world, and includes people of all ages, economic/education/ social backgrounds, political persuasions, religious affiliations, sexual preferences and differing abilities. Tickets $32 and up.

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Tattnall Square Center for the Arts, 1096 College Street Information: 478.301.2974 Tickets: Tickets.mercer.edu.

Twitter: @mercerutheatre Facebook/Instagram: Mercer University Theatre

THE COMPANY AT THEATRE MACON Feb 16, 17 @ 8:00 pm, Feb 18 at 2:30 p.m.

From musical theatre’s most renowned composer, Company is largely regarded as a trailblazer of the dark-comedy, modern-musical genre and the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Lyrics and Best Book. Directed by Jim Crisp.

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RHINOCEROS BY MERCER THEATRE Feb 15-18 and 22-25 at 7:30 p.m.

The sublime is confused with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition. A small town is besieged by one roaring citizen who becomes a rhinoceros and proceeds to trample on the social order. $15. Tattnall Square Center for the Arts.

TICKETS.MERCER.EDU or (478) 301-5470

COMMUNITY & CULTURE

> GO DO CHINESE NEW YEAR GALA

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17

Porter Auditorium, Wesleyan College. 7:00 p.m. Wesleyan’s Confucius Institute will celebrate the most important holiday in Chinese culture—New Year! Ring in the Year of the Dog with a performance of traditional Chinese dances, songs and music. Free and open to the public. With mutual appreciation for the longstanding connections between Wesleyan College and China, officials from the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban), and Guangzhou University helped establish The Confucius Institute at Wesleyan College (CIWC) in 2012 to promote international friendship and academic and cultural exchange.

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WEDNESDAY, FEB 28

CULTURE CLUB

What an amazing show for the Hargray Capitol Theatre!

Portugal. The Man. February 28th.

Tickets $45.

T H E N E X T T W O W E E K S | C O M P I L E D B Y M E A G A N E VA N S

FRIDAY 16TH

CONCERT

THEATRE

It isn’t often that an artist has a wide-ranging impact on a large, diverse portion of music lovers. Whether he was the reason for picking up a guitar or simply a musical influence, if you ask anyone who has played with The Black Jacket Symphony over the last 9 years, odds are high that Tom Petty had an impact on their musical career. We were all saddened to learn of his passing, especially at the young age of 66. He left a catalog that will live on for generations, and for that we are grateful. Join us for a special celebration of life as we recreate Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “Damn the Torpedoes” live at The Grand Opera House. For tickets, visit TheGrandMacon.com

MERCER UNIVERSITY THEATRE PRESENTS “RHINOCEROS”

A play by Eugene Ionesco at the Tattnall Square Center for the Arts. Scot Mann will direct the production.

There are performances on the following dates: Feb. 16, 17, 22, 23, and 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 18 and 25 at 2:30 p.m.

Rhinoceros was written in 1959 by Romanian-French playwright, Eugene Ionesco. The sublime is confused with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition—a staple of every theatre classroom and 20th century drama.

The story centers on a small town that is besieged by one roaring citizen who becomes a rhinoceros and proceeds to trample on the social order. As more citizens are transformed into rhinoceroses, the trampling becomes overwhelming. One sane man, Berenger, remains, unable to change his form and identity.

Ionesco said he wrote the play as a response to the widespread conversion of supposedly freethinking humans to fascist ideals before and during World War II. General admission tickets are $15. Mercer students, faculty and staff tickets are $10. Purchase tickets online here or call the Box Office at (478)-301-5470.

ART

2018 WINTER ARTS FESTIVAL

It’s time for our largest gallery show of the year! The Winter Arts Festival brings dozens of artists from all over to this annual showcase. Sculpture, painting, photography, mixed media, and more. You won’t want to miss this stellar display of craftsmanship. Our opening reception is Friday, February 16, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. You’ll be able to enjoy the work, meet and speak with the artists, and enjoy light refreshments. 2330 Ingleside Avenue

SATURDAY 17TH FAMILY FUN

HEARTS IN THE PARK NIGHT WALK

Free event! Guided walk begins at 7:00 pm. Gates open at 6:15 pm. Pink glow sticks sold by the Ocmulgee National Monument Association for $1.00 each.

Visitors will take a walk to the Great Temple Mound and back to the Visitor Center using the main trail. 1 mile round trip.

FAMILY FUN

MIKE FULLER THE MAGICIAN AT THE SOCIETY GARDEN

Mike Fuller, the Magician has been performing magic throughout the Southeast for over 30 years! Welcome Magic Mike to the Society Garden stage! $5 per child.

2 p.m. show time! Stay with the family for our Campfire Jam, a fantastic musical experience from 4-6 p.m.

All ages and musical abilities. We’ll see you at The Garden! 2389 Ingleside Avenue

BLACK JACKET SYMPHONY PRESENTS TOM PETTY

SUNDAY 18TH CONCERT/CULTURE

SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK AT THE GRAND

44 years on, Sweet Honey continues its magical gift of four outstanding female vocalists who embody the African American experience. Founded by the indomitable Bernice Johnson Reagon in 1973, this Grammy-winning ensemble has consistently combined contemporary rhythms and narratives with a musical style rooted in the gospel music, spirituals, and hymns of the African American church but wholly their own, creating rousing vocal cascades on subject that range from motherhood to urban challenges to issues of human justice. And they continue to stretch their boundaries as live performers, incorporating aspects of blues, jazz, and even hip hop as they keep the music fresh and innervating deep into their fifth decade.

Reserved seating $47.50 Area I, $39.50 Area II. To purchase tickets, visit TheGrandMacon.com or call our Box office at (478) 301-5470.

MONDAY 19TH CONCERT

POSTMODERN JUKEBOX AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE

Postmodern Jukebox, or PMJ, is a rotating music collective founded by arranger and pianist Scott Bradlee in 2011. PMJ is known for reworking popular modern music into different vintage genres, swing and jazz. Last year, PMJ collected 18 favorites from among their hundreds of songs to compile The Essentials for Concord Records. The album included the song that put the band on the map, a vaudevillian distressing of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop,” and their ‘50s doo-wop version of Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop,” which garnered more than 19.5 million views and was named one of the “9 Best Viral Cover Videos of 2015”by People magazine. Reserved seating $35 and up. To purchase tickets, visit TheGrandMacon.com or call our Box office at (478) 301-5470.

TUESDAY 20TH

CULTURE

CONCERT

7 p.m. Presented by Wesleyan College at Porter Auditorium. Experience the Chinese celebration way for the New Year. Free and open to the public. Traditional Chinese folk dance and Chinese folk art. 4760 Forsyth

Since the release of his debut album, Grammy Award winning Jonny Lang has built a reputation as one of the best live performers and guitarists of his generation. The path Lang has been on has brought

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him the opportunity to support or perform with some of the most respected legends in music. He has shared the stage with everyone from The Rolling Stones, B.B. King, Aerosmith and Buddy Guy, who he continues to tour with today. For tickets visit TheGrandMacon.com

SATURDAY 24TH PARTY PEOPLE

BIG BIRD BASH

2 venues! 12 bands! For $5! Hosted by The Hummingbird Stage & Taproom and Thirsty Turtle. This year’s lineup features local, regional, and national touring bands. We’re excited to have The Vegabonds, BABY BABY, C2 & The Brothers Reed, Holey Miss Moley, Bootz & Katz, The Twotakes, The Dog Apollo, Gary Lazer Eyes, One Horse Parade, Choir of Babble, Atria Music, and Alec Stanley’s Blues Brigade!

THURSDAY, MARCH 1ST COMMUNITY

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY OLD BOOK SALE

The 2018 sale will be March 1-4 at Central City Park, with a Preview Party for members on February 28th.

Hours of the sale are Thursday and Friday, 10am – 7pm, Saturday, 10am – 5pm and Sunday, Noon – 5pm.

There will be over 100,000 books in 75 categories, with free admission and parking – cash, checks, and credit cards accepted for book purchases.

FRIDAY 2ND COMMUNITY

FIRST FRIDAY EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN MACON

Presenting the new Alley Gallery, 6-8pm. 2nd St Lane.

This First Friday, come experience the new meaning of Street Art! Local artist, Heidi Clinite, will be hosting a one night only pop-up gallery in the alley with live music by Nathan Garrett of Widow Pills! The streets of Downtown Macon are alive with music, art, food, and fun every First Friday of the month. There are activities for everyone from children, families, students and adults. Downtown merchants keep their doors open later each First Friday with art exhibits, dinner specials, family events and more. Art stroll from Macon Arts to Travis Jean!

SUNDAY 4TH MUSIC

FORSYTHIA BLUES PRESENTED BY THE MONROE COUNTY FINE ARTS CENTER

The Monroe County Fine Arts Center will bring a Blues Festival to Forsyth for its second annual Forsythia Festival Kick-Off Concert. Forsythia Blues: A Night of Blues Legends, Music, and Tales from the Road, will be held Sunday, March 4. Big Bill Morganfield, the son of Chicago Blues Legend Muddy Waters, will headline a night of traditional blues performed by a host of Georgia Music Legends and is intermingled with tales of Georgia Music History shared by Alan Walden and Newton Collier. Tickets $20. MonroeFineArts.org

THURSDAY 8TH

ART

A NIGHT WITH THE ARTISTS OF MAS’S “EMERGING ARTISTS” EXHIBITION

7-10 p.m. A special Cocktail Reception to benefit the Museum of Arts and Sciences will include gallery talks with the Emerging Artists, an opportunity to purchase the exhibited works, open bar, and catering by Fountain of Juice, plus artisanal bourbon tasting. Tickets $50 and available at masmacon.com

FRIDAY 9TH ARTS/CULTURE

HEART OF GEORGIA QUILT GUILD SHOW

The Heart of Georgia Quilt Guild, located in Macon, Georgia, is a non-profit organization established in 1985 to promote the art of quilting. The guild will present the 17th Biennial Quilt Show, “Everything Old Is New Again” March 9-10. 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at The Methodist Home, 304 Pierce Avenue, Macon.

Admission - $7. Included in the show will be a raffle quilt, raffle baskets, vendors and demonstrations.

SATURDAY 10TH COMMUNITY/BOOK SIGNING

BOOK RELEASE PARTY & SIGNING - JULIE BRAGG’S “THE BROTHERS OF BRAGG JAM”

A full day to celebrate Julie Bragg and family. Sofrito Fusion Food Truck on site all day! Kids craft, live music and Book signing and sale 1-3 and 5-7 p.m. Kids crafts from 1-3, a whale rock party! Paint a whale rock in honor of Julie Bragg’s Swim School! Saturday Campfire Jam from 4-6, live music on stage with Chad Evans 6-7, Shane Bridges 7-8 and The Buckleys take the stage at 8!

CHILDREN’S THEATRE

FANCY NANCY, THE MUSICAL AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE Showing at 10:30am and 2:30pm.

Toss on your favorite feather boa and get ready to enjoy the most elegant children’s musical of the year.

Fancy Nancy the Musical follows Nancy and her friends as they prepare for their very first school recital. Nancy is positive — that’s “fancy” for “100 percent sure” — that she’ll be selected to be a mermaid. But when another girl wins the coveted role, leaving Nancy stuck playing a dreary tree, she’s determined to bring flair to the mundane role. Based on the best-selling children’s picture books by Jane O’Connor. Experience the fanciness by Synchronicity Theatre of Atlanta.

Reserved seating $10.00 for kids 16 and under; $12.50 for adults. To purchase tickets, visit TheGrandMacon.com or call our Box office at (478) 301-5470.

THURSDAY 15TH MOVIE

GOD IS MY CO-PILOT (1945) AT GRAND OPERA HOUSE

7:30 p.m. 70 years after its world premier at The Grand, come see the movie in all it’s original glory!

Col. Robert L. Scott is an adept fighter pilot who unfortunately finds himself too old to fly fighter planes in World War II. General admission is just $5, with a full bar and light concession available. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.

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Macon Music Night Macon Mayhem vs. Birmingham Bulls

Friday, February 16

Puck drops at 7:35pm Tickets are $16 and available on ticketmaster.com or at the Macon Coliseum Box Office National Anthem by The Creek’s Charles Davis

The Creek 100.9 T-shirt cannon

Selfie Contest - Tag The Creek and The Mayhem to win prizes!

FREE CONCERT EVENT EVERY THURSDAY IN THE BASEMENT OF PIEDMONT

After Game Skate 10:15pm-12AM Admission Price $10 per person PUBLIC ICE SKATING FEB 19-21 FROM 1-7 PM

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A NIGHT AT THE MACON CITY AUDITORIUM

Much like the copper dome sitting atop the auditorium, witnessing the light and love made manifest by music-lovers crowding its doors, the music scene in Macon may not be the bright and shiny surface it first was, but its present pale green signifies nothing short of perseverance.

Congratulations, humans everywhere! You have officially survived the first month of the year. In a lot of ways, the month of January can be the most difficult. Not only are you recovering from an entire holiday season dedicated to eating as often and as much as possible, but you also had to regain your strength after a New Years Eve well spent.

January also comes with its own ailments, everything from the flu to the overwhelming pressure to execute resolutions that you really do not care to. These sicknesses should not be taken lightly. One must face them head-on, and with plenty of antibacterial soap and a no-nonsense mentality. The new year is here, but, more importantly, so are you. Do whatever it is that makes you the happiest, whatever gives your innermost being the biggest boost.

That being said, what is more life-giving than music? What can heal the mind, body, and soul quite like hearing one of your favorite bands perform live? At the end of each year, it is not the hours spent on a treadmill that I remember fondly; and it is certainly not a meticulously made bed that I treasure the most. Do you know what I do have fond memories of? Can you guess some of the moments I actually do hold close? Well, if not, I’m going to tell you below.

Nothing makes me feel more alive than standing shoulder to shoulder with close friends and strangers, singing along to the same songs, smiling and swaying and sweating a little. And not to step on Freddie Mercury’s toes, but I believe that it is rock and roll and not fat bottomed girls (although they are great too) that makes the rocking world go round. Live music is more than

mere entertainment; it can be downright medicinal at times. And if you were to ask me how to make this year better than the last, more live music is exactly what I would prescribe.

On Friday, January 19th at 8 PM, my husband and I attended our first concert of the year. When he found out that Tedeschi Trucks Band was performing at Macon City Auditorium, he made sure to purchase tickets the same day they went on sale. All around incredible musicians and a female vocalist so stunning it makes your chest

hurt, Tedeschi Trucks Band at Macon City Auditorium was a do-not-cannot-will-notmiss event. (After the show—and, frankly, after one too many beers—I described her voice to my husband as crunchy peanut butter, which does not do it justice, nor does it sound like much of a compliment, but I assure you, it was.) And you know what they say? “They” being the infamously overly-opinionated and apparently omniscient entity that never runs out of things to say.

They say that the first live show of the year sets the tone for the rest of the year. If that is

the case, we are in good shape.

Throughout the year we attend a lot of different shows around town, but it is not that often that we get to spend a night at the Macon City Auditorium. It is an experience everyone should have at least once a year. I prefer the smaller venues for the most part.

There is nothing like swimming in a sea of bodies at Hargray Capitol Theatre, or standing practically face-to-face with the musicians on the Hummingbird’s stage.

Macon City Auditorium has its own secret remedy, though. Beneath the large copper dome is a healing agent all its own. You can feel it working wonders on you the second you turn the corner and see the long line of fellow concert-goers wrapping around the building, filling most of the balcony, and spilling across the stairs.

After standing in line for a few minutes, letting the intoxicating thrill of shared anticipation wash over me, a woman with the shiniest red hair turned around and asked us, “Are y’all from around here?” We smiled and nodded ‘yes’ to which she simply said, “Lucky you.” And it is true.

We are so unbelievably lucky to live in a city that acknowledges the importance of live music. Sure, the Macon music scene is not what it once was, but only the shortsighted cynic could see that as a bad thing.

Much like the copper dome sitting atop the auditorium, witnessing the light and love made manifest by music-lovers crowding its doors, the music scene in Macon may not be the bright and shiny surface it first was, but its present pale green signifies nothing short of perseverance. The layers make it more interesting; the diversity represents hope.

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WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO

PODCAST MY DAD WROTE A PORNO

What are the chances that a brilliant British comedian would find out by accident that his father wrote a dirty book? That’s the story of Jamie Morton, and instead of ignoring that fact, or trying to push it down in the deep recesses of his soul, he chose to read sections of it each episode, aloud, and discuss it with his friends. The resulting Podcast has been a smash hit, with over 100 million downloads worldwide, and let me tell you, it ain’t gonna teach you much, it ain’t probably ain’t gonna make you a better person, but it is hilarious, and it’s free. You find yourself a pair of headphones though, because one other thing it isn’t is safe for the workplace. Find it on itunes or acast online.

BRAD EVANS

REQUIRED LISTENING

TYPE O NEGATIVE OCTOBER RUST

By Nathan Garrett of The Widow Pills

(1996) Yes, it has all the stuff as a musician you are supposed to hate, being kitschy, anthemic, overproduced and corny jokes, but what do you expect from the 90’s?

Either way I honestly do not think it could work any other way. If your music is DOOM/ GOTH Metal it has to be kitschy, anthemic, and overproduced! Now mind you, I have always loved Type O Negative. Their deep baritone vocals, heavy bass and lots of distortion coupled with an eerie “organ of sorrow” create a haunting realm of escape I am drawn to. But October Rust was, and still is, different. Their funny S&M stuff is still there in songs like “My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend,” “Be My Druidess,” and “Wolf Moon,” with the latter definitely causing my curiosity to go where it shouldn’t. But in the heart of this album are “Green Man,” “Red Water,” “Die with Me,” and “Burnt Flowers Falling”, and when Steele sings the line,“God damn ye, merry gentlemen,” in reference to now empty seats at the celebration or when he constantly repeats, “yeah I think she’s fallen out of love,” I am reminded of the constant circle that we trap ourselves in trying not to let go of the people and the places we have lost. This album is absolute emotion. That is why you should own it. Try not to download it. Find a physical copy and read the lyrics and linear notes. Smell it and enjoy the artwork. Feel it-like we did back in 1996. Go to your room, shut the door, turn out the lights, put it in and LISTEN. Don’t get distracted. You can just listen to 73 minutes of music. We used to do it all the time.

WHAT’S HOT

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

NETFLIX DIRTY MONEY

I am a huge fan of documentaries. Any subject. Any genre. If the story intriuges me, I’m in. Well, the latest one that has garnered my attention is the new Netflix original docu-series Dirty Money. Academy Award winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, who directed the Oscar nominated film Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, is the executive producer of this six-part series which delves into the grimey underbelly of capitalism and what companies will do to increase value for their shareholders. As one critic says, “It’s the most fun you can have while being pissed off ”. From the Volkswagon clean diesel scandal that rocked the United States and Europe to the Maple Syrup Mafia (yes, it is a real thing), Dirty Money illustrates the depths individuals will sink for the almighty dollar. Favorite episode: Payday, where they tell the story of the largest payday loan scandal in the history of the United States.

CHARLES DAVIS

GEORGIA’S BOOTLIKKER HOT SAUCE

Muy caliente. That’s how I like my hot sauce and I’m always on the lookout for one that absolutely nails it. But I’m not just a hot-head… I look for great flavor to balance out those Scovilles. After looking for a local, Georgia made hot sauce to pleasure/pain my taste buds, I’ve found a winner: Bootlikker Hot Sauce Tommy Wood began making small batch hot sauce in 2002 and has grown his company to an impressive distribution footprint across the state of Georgia and into Tennessee and South Carolina. In addition to snazzy packaging (it comes in a half pint liquor bottle), Bootlikker Hot Sauce strikes a perfect balance of heat and flavor.

Make no mistake, even though Bootlikker packs a pepper punch, the majesty of the sauce is the flavor. With a subtle combination of pickled jalapenos, vinegar and TEQUILA (oh mi dios si!), it has quickly becomemy go-to sauce.

As Tommy says, “The balance of the pickled jalapeno with the flavor profile of the tequila is just magic!” Find them online at BootlikkerHotSauce.com… but hopefully you will be able to find it on store shelves in Macon soon. Vamos! Vamos!

WHAT WE’RE COOKING

ASHLEY’S RABBIT & DUMPLINS’

Six more weeks of winter. At least according to the groundhog. That means you still have plenty of time for hearty stews and soups. I’m a Kentucky girl at heart and in a nod to my roots, and in true Loretta Lynn fashion, I made a huge pot of Rabbit and Dumplin’s for Tony, who questioned my method the entire time I was in the kitchen concocting this. I had to remind him that there was more than one way to skin a rabbit, so to speak. The fact that he literally licked his bowl clean reassured me and told me I got the recipe right.

ASHLEY DOOLIN, co-host of Deconstructing Divas on The Creek 100.9

TONY DOOLIN

RABBIT & DUMPLINGS (Serves 8) For the Broth *one 4-5lb. whole rabbit (available at Comfort Farms) *1 medium onion, quartered *3 peeled carrots, chopped into large pieces *3 celery stalks chopped into large pieces *salt and pepper to taste, 1 bay leaf Place all the ingredients into a large stock pot and cover with water. Bring to a heavy boil then lower heat to a simmer. Place a lid on top and cook for an hour, flipping the rabbit halfway through.

Carefully remove the rabbit to a plate and allow to cool. Strain the rabbit broth through a strainer with cheese cloth. Remove the meat from the rabbit and reserve. Place broth back into pot and on heat until boiling.

For the Dumplin’s *2 cups all purpose flour * ½ tsp aluminum free baking powder *pinch of salt * 2 tblsp cold butter, cubed * 1 cup cold milk Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Using a pastry cutter or fork, cut the butter into the flour until “pea sized” balls form. Add milk in small batches until the dough forms a ball.

Working in batches, place dough onto a floured surface. Flour your rolling pin and roll out the dough into a thin sheet. Cut into strips using a pizza cutter or knife into 2” x 2” squares. Drop one by one until gone into boiling broth. Cook for 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add Rabbit meat at very end. Season with salt and pepper. This will serve up to 8 people.

Let me hear your feedback: ashley@thecreekfm.com

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FOOD & DRINK A.P’s Sunday Homestyle Menu A.P.’s Hidden Hideaway 4274 Broadway, Macon

WHY: A.P.’s Hidden Hideaway is more than a bar. It’s a good time state-of-mind where everyone is welcome. Some folks call it the best kept secret in Macon-- but whether you’re a native, a new arrival, or just passing through you owe it to yourself to stop in on Sundays for the best homestyle cookin’ in Central Georgia. Hamburger Steak and Ham are regulars, but the Lemon Pepper chicken leg quarters are a must when they have ‘em. Miss Alice and staff prepares everything from scratch. They put up their own peas and beans, the plate is garnished with freshly sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, the vegetables are crisp and fresh, and the daily offerings is a long list of seasonal southern favorites and classic meats.

Pictured: Wesley Nobles has eaten his lunch at A.P.’s every Sunday since it opened in 1998. He’s enjoying his Lemon Pepper Chicken with black eyed peas and turnip greens, while James Foskey eats his with cabbage and white acre peas.

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HAPPENINGS, LOCALS & REGIONAL INSIGHTS

Meet

Stephen The Maconites tell our story, one by one.

Macon has a story to tell. One by

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The Maconites compiled by Susannah Maddox | Photographer Maryann Bates

“I’m a junior. I’m a communications major, minor in criminal justice. Ummmm. I’m not sure yet [what I want to do with that].

Right now, I’m playin’ football. But, we’ll see where that takes me.

I play corner. Yes ma’am.

I guess, what comes to my head…family. It’s like, I’m not even from here. Just to have a group of guys, we’re all headed for the same goal. It kinda just brings me back to reality, kinda brings me back home, basically. I spend a good 18 hours a day [with my team].

Home is Augusta.

I was a criminal justice major because my mother, she was the only one in our family to go to college. And that was her major. So, that kinda inspired me.

And then, I just changed it just ‘cause it was kinda’ difficult for me, a little bit.

My mom. She’s my everything. Maybe it’s the selflessness. She’s hardworking. I haven’t seen her down. You know what I mean? To where like, she ain’t have nothin’. But she made it to where me and my brother had, have what we

needed. That’s really what I love about her. I just wanna give back to her.

You know what would feed my soul? If y’all would come to my football game tomorrow. I’m number 3.

It’s actually the reason why I got dreads. I want ’em to kinda hang out of my helmet. Yeah. It’s my swagger.”

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FEATURE

SCHOOL DAZED

With Macon poised for growth in every direction, local leaders weigh lopsided educational offerings against the city’s potential for prosperity.

By Stacey Norwood

As I enter the new Science Building at Stratford Academy, I am half expecting Rory Gilmore to come bounding out of a classroom with Paris Gellar hot on her penny-loafered heels shouting about the pluses and perils of modern-day Marxism in America.

The idea makes me smile, and I’m a little disappointed to discover that neither girl exists outside the Netflix on my Roku at home or the corners of my mind in this moment. My wistful dismay lasts for less than half a heartbeat, however. Because there is surely no shortage of pleated plaid skirts, fresh young faces, and navy-blue cardigans in these shiny new halls. And like their fictional prep school counterparts, the kids I encounter here at Stratford are all so bright-eyed and bushy-tailed it makes me want to plop down in the nearest empty desk and soak up some of that same enthusiastic curiosity and capacity for learning - by sheer osmosis if need be.

But no time, no time. The clock is ticking, and we’ve still got the Lower School and Middle School to go - as well as the Pre-K wing, athletic fields, and fine arts facilities if we can pack it all in this morning. Director of Admissions Lori Palmer is leading the way, extolling the academic virtues afforded by the ample new lab and lecture space, when suddenly we catch a bit of the buzz that’s all but levitating above a cluster of students and teachers gathering in the hall.

The ruckus, we discover, is all over the mechanisms of genomics in action and the chromosomal mysteries that are about to begin unfolding before their eager eyes. It’s fruit fly experiment day, we’re told by one of the teachers.

“They mate very fast,” she says, imparting a certain sense of urgency as she scuttles back inside her classroom, presumably in the direction of a vial filled with love-addled fruit flies.

Clearly, time is of the essence for everyone here today, and so we keep moving.

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Business Is Good

The rest of the tour of Stratford is a little expedited, but we dip inside a few classrooms and cruise through enough of the remaining campus to see that even the youngest pupils at Stratford are attentive and engaged. The kids here aren’t being coaxed into behaving or lured into learning.

They clearly know they have a job to do, and most, if not all, seem intent upon doing it. “School is their business,” says Stratford headmaster Dr. Bob Veto, and business is obviously good.

With a curriculum that offers not only the basics to its 833 students, but also 15 grade levels of STEM and technology classes, four foreign language courses, more than 20 fine arts offerings, and 22 AP classes, Stratford walks its talk. More than half the time, Stratford Eagles graduate with honors, and the school boasts a 100% college attendance rate, regularly producing winning scholars who go on to both state colleges and ivy league universities across the country.

That’s in part because Stratford students begin their academic career knowing that heightened expectations are the standard, Dr. Veto says, and also because the school consistently provides as much individual support and attention as needed to lead students to the next level - and the level after that.

“We have teachers who know their students and who care about them,” he says. “They’re not pushing them, they’re pulling them.”

The other part of Stratford’s winning equation, school leaders say, is the sense of community that extends from SIPS (Stratford Interested Parents) showing up to chaperone dances, volunteering at school events, and hosting appreciation lunches for the faculty all the way to teachers working through lunch and after school to give students who need it a helping hand.

“We’re a family here,” is a refrain I hear time and again from both Lori (who is also a Stratford alum and now a SIP herself) as well as Dr. Veto over the course of my visit to this impressive school, where the unofficial motto

“Work hard and be good to each other” is also the ruling sentiment. More than just words that hang on Dr. Veto’s office wall or fall from his lips, that maxim sums up one of the core values that seems to infuse every aspect of the school’s culture. It’s also a missive that dovetails with the Academy’s stated mission to produce “responsible, ethical, life-long learners.”

The balance of providing competitive, high-end academics in a “loving environment” is crucial, Dr. Veto insists. “That’s where we try to live,” he says.

TAKING FLIGHT

As I’m attempting to leave the campus and hurry on to my next appointment, I find myself inexplicably blocked in the visitor’s parking spot I’d pulled into at 10 a.m. this morning. As though to rub salt in the wound, I can’t help but notice my little Nissan Versa is seriously out-swanked by the Whitman’s Sampler of luxury autos piled up behind me. I pointedly attempt to make eye contact with the driver of a BMW to no avail. When it finally inches forwards, a Lexus takes mercy on me and lets me dart out of the gridlock temporarily holding me hostage.

That’s when the lightbulb goes on. Ding ding ding … it’s almost noon and parents are picking up preschoolers and kindergarteners. Maybe it’s the (admitted) twinge of jealousy I feel at being landlocked by cars that are way nicer than mine, or perhaps it’s just some hateful reverse snobbery on my part - but I can’t help but cynically wonder whether some of the social and economic privileges these (adorable!) little Skittles are born into might someday harden into a sense of entitlement.

It’s not like they’ve never heard it before, Dr. Veto had told me earlier. He, and others who work at Stratford are well aware of the perception that only “spoiled rich white kids” attend Stratford. Whispers that the school was started as an attempt to dodge segregation in public schools is also no secret.

Which doesn’t make it true, they maintain. Stratford was formed in 1960, they tell me – six years before

segregation became law. The parents who jump-started Stratford simply wanted an exceptional education for their children without being subjected to a “political environment” in the classroom.

Uhm … sort of.

Ever the intrepid journalist, I head for Washington Memorial Library on College Street and start digging into newspaper archives from that same period. It doesn’t take long to discover that talk (and fear) of school segregation began as early as 1954 here in Macon and across Georgia. “Private School Amendment is the Best Stop-Gap Plan,” reads one Macon Telegraph headline from that year. “Negroes to Study Integration Bid (Bibb County),” reads another.

In the March 11, 1960 edition of the Telegraph, an article titled “Study of Private School Here Set” reported that “a Macon attorney and some 30 other persons” were seeking to establish “a private school in case the public schools are closed by the desegregation crisis.” The attorney, William K. Buffington, is quoted as saying “none of us desires to be placed in the position Little Rock and other communities have found themselves in overnight when their school was closed.”

News headlines from 1966 to 1969 document the socalled “white flight” that followed from Bibb County’s public schools via the “quiet” (and otherwise) opening of additional private schools here in Macon and across Middle Georgia. It was a move that some feared would spell doom not only for public education, but also the city’s economic future in generations to come.

In a letter to the editor from that period, a man named James Berman wrote, “While I believe the South is still a bit below par in educational facilities and faculty, no one can deny the tremendous advancement in this field. In but a few more short years I’m sure we will match the educational field of any part of our country.”

“Believe me, I am for segregated schools for the South,” Mr. Berman continued, while adding “Northern industry turning South has meant prosperity for us, and as Dr. Collins spoke, their eye has been cast upon our schools for the education of their children. Will we who fail these people who bear us no malice and make our prosperity possible by ramming private schools down their throats? That can only end up in tumult, discord, and failure.”

C IS FOR CHARTER

Regardless of what may or may not have been the motive behind its inception, today 22% of Stratford’s students are “of color” and diversity is a stated goal. And arguably, parents who ante up to send their kids there these days do so in an effort to offer them every advantage that can be gained from the “narrow mission” of a college preparatory school. Which, for the record, ain’t cheap.

Annual tuition rates start in the $6,000 range for pre-K students, climbing to the $10,000 range once kids enter kindergarten. By the time Stratford students are nearing graduation, parents are shelling out more than $15,000 a year, depending on whether or not they opt for deferred payment plan options. While 18% overall receive some form of financial aid, none get a full ride, a school administrator says.

Any parent who wants a private school education for their kids in Macon is likely going to have to sacrifice something to get it, whether that’s tuition money or time devoted to plugging in at the school as involved parents.

While some websites list as many as 17 private schools in Macon, only six are registered members of the Georgia Independent School Association: Stratford, First Presbyterian Day School, Mount de Sales, Tattnall Square Academy and Windsor Academy. All are tuition-based and, like Stratford, are ostensibly geared towards students who will one day pursue white-collar careers.

Which begs the question: Where does that leave Bibb County students who are either better suited to technical or skilled labor jobs, or who are too impoverished to afford even a portion of private school tuition? The needs, it would seem, are dire, and the solutions slow in coming.

Whatever the numerous culprits may be, the fact remains that, even though strides have been made over the last few years, Bibb County schools are failing to thrive at an ac-

The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOAS) grades the Bibb County School District as a D overall, citing low-end academic growth for elementary, middle, and high school students.

The grade is based on Achievement (50%), Progress (40 points), Achievement Gap (10 points), and Challenge Points (10 total points).

Only 36% of third graders are reading at or above target level, the same is true of 56% of eighth graders, and less than half of the system’s graduates are college-ready, the report cards reads. While school district leaders cite improvements in key areas – and can prove on paper that progress is being made – the GOAS has consistently graded the system as a D since 2015, and a depressing number of individual schools have Fs.

ceptable rate. The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOAS) grades the Bibb County School District as a D overall, citing low-end academic growth for elementary, middle, and high school students. The grade is based on Achievement (50%), Progress (40 points), Achievement Gap (10 points), and Challenge Points (10 total points).

Only 36% of third graders are reading at or above target level, the same is true of 56% of eighth graders, and less than half of the system’s graduates are college-ready, the report cards reads. While school district leaders cite improvements in key areas – and can prove on paper that progress is being made – the GOAS has consistently graded the system as a D since 2015, and a depressing number of individual schools have Fs. The Academy for Classical Education, on the other hand, gets a resounding A. The North Macon charter school, also known as ACE, received a C in 2015, but scored a B the next year, and netted an A in 2017. More than 91% of ACE eighth graders are reading at or above grade level, 78% of third graders are doing the same, and the school’s 1,394 students are “beating the odds, meaning that it performs better than similar schools,” reads ACE’s GOAS report card.

The results at ACE follow the same encouraging trajectory of charter schools across Georgia as well as the U.S. It’s a pathway that supporters insist is a viable solution in closing the gap between private-school settings and public-school realities. While schools of choice, charter institutions are accountable at the state level, and receive funding based on enrollment, performance, and myriad other factors. The inclusion of private funding can help assure founders and governing boards of the kind of autonomy few local public schools enjoy and a deepened commitment from parents.

However, that sword has two edges – or at least it does, historically, in Macon.

Cirrus Academy, also a Macon charter school, ranks on the opposite end of the scale as ACE, currently scoring an F. The K-8 school is ranked as 1% better than other schools in the state for overall performance, and rates only 1 out of 5 stars for School Climate. Calculated by the Georgia Department of Education, School Climate Ratings are based on “Climate survey responses from students, parents, and teachers/staff; student discipline; a safe and substance-free learning environment; student, teacher, administrator, and staff attendance; and other factors.”

The now-defunct Macon Charter Academy, which got off to a running start with 600 students in 2015, was placed on probation that same year. Citing unresolved

disciplinary issues, complaints of unpaid teachers, incomplete financial reports, and falling enrollment, the state yanked MCA’s charter in 2016.

“This was such a labor of love, it’s almost like giving birth to a child, then when the baby’s here, you have people call it ugly,” says Monya Rutland, who co-founded the now-shuttered school with her husband after “10 years in the making” and who still quietly maintains a branded Facebook page in a hopeful, encouraging tone.

Reviews from parents on the MCA Facebook page are good, and the school’s closure clearly left a gap that has yet to be successfully filled in Macon’s inner city. Though at least one new contender is trying.

Now enrolling for the 2018-2019 school year, the Dream Academy charter school will begin classes in the Madison Street site that formerly housed MCA. Propelled forwarded by the Otis Redding Foundation and its network of partners and affiliates, the Dream Academy plans to teach “reading, writing, and ‘rithmatic” like any other school, says Dr. Karla Redding, but with a school culture that infuses music and the arts at every level.

Though not an educator herself and with no plans to have an operational role in the school, Karla says she is the “product of a private school” and understands first-hand how an intensive educational experience can transform a child’s life and future.

“And I do know when I see a need,” she adds – and the “failing education system in Bibb County” spells out pretty clearly what some of those needs are. “Look at the statistics and graduation rates and see for yourself.”

WHEN THE TIDE RISES

Even with the addition the Dream Academy, and ideally its wild success, like all charter schools, attendance may be free, but space is limited. As lottery schools, charter school applicants are chosen at random, and must then undergo an interview process to be considered or accepted.

Charter schools also don’t typically offer busing. Look at the numbers side by side, and almost every low-performing school in Bibb County also has a high transience rate, indicating many students come from families plagued by a lack of housing and transportation stability. And what’s poisonous at the root effects the entire tree as well as the fruit it produces, community leaders say.

A poorly educated workforce inhibits the ability to entice new businesses and industries to any city, and fewer jobs translates into a lower quality of life for everyone. “If the workforce isn’t there, we won’t succeed as a community,” says George Greer, a local attorney and board member of the Macon Economic Development Commission.

Turning the tide so that business and education can have a “positive impact and a positive influence” on each other is a commitment partners in the business community are determined to take on, he says. Meaning, in short, folks are putting their money where their mouth is.

Just last year, George says, the Business Education Partnership, which grew out of the OneMacon initiative, helped raise more than $2 million to help launch the Leader in Me program in Bibb County schools. Based on Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the pilot program helps students sharpen and define leadership characteristics early on and develop the additional “soft skills that make someone more employable.” Like showing up to work on time and bringing a can-do mindset to the job every day.

Data is already showing an encouraging return on that investment, he adds, citing falling disciplinary issues by as much as 70% in at least one school. The results, he maintains, are a “win across the board” for schools and the community at large, irrefutably illustrating that substantive efforts can succeed where “scattershot” solutions fall short.

It’s a sentiment echoed in one form or another by almost everyone in Macon who utters the word “education” – or at least those who have uttered it to me.

The challenges are profound, everyone seems to agree, but in the words of Dr. Veto, “when the tide rises, it lifts all the boats.”

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just fiddle music and stuff. There’s just so much... There’s no shortage of awe out there that you can find when it comes to music and people expressing themselves. It’s overwhelming to try to even learn about everything-and I don’t even try to learn about “everything”, but there’s always something that you’re hearing about that’s interesting if you’re just keeping your ears and eyes open.

So, yeah, I still feel the same way. Still tryin’ to just put everything in the hopper and see what comes out.

There’s been a rather large premium placed on country music that tends towards a more traditional or hardcore variety. I was talkin’ recently to Zephaniah Ohora... He says that country music should adhere to certain parameters. Now, that was not a jab at anybody else doin’ country music, and it’s certainly not a jab at him-- however, while your style of country music does seem to lend itself more to the traditional fare... You are not bound by any parameters. You’re takin’ it off and goin’ where you want to with it.

Well, I just think I’ve gravitated towards the country sound because it’s it my background.

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THE KERNAL Ridin’ around town with the window down, listening to the Kernal makes me feel like I should have an orangutan sittin’ shotgun and fixin’ to signal a right turn. The Kernal and his band, The New Stangers, make music that’s almost alien... Country music from an adjacent realm or Mars Red Dirt. The origins of the Kernal read like a comic book: Young Joe Garner, a mild-mannered college recruiter, finds a mysterious red suit in his parents attic. Donning it, Joe feels the power of a 1000 Grand Ole’ Opry’s and transforms into...

AI- Let’s talk about the legend of the Kernal... Tell me abou that firey red suit-- does it imbue you with super powers? Are you the Greatest Americana Hero, or perhaps are you a Honky Tonk Ziggy Stardust?

K- Wow-- that’s quite lofty. I feel more like an oak leaf that’s just tryin’ to fall right, kinda hit the ground just lightly enough to smake a small sound. That suit... You probably read it in some other places, but it’s a thing I found in my parents attic not long after my dad died.

I saw it and thought, “Well, I’m gonna put it on and see what it looks like.” And you know I was like, “Hey, it looks pretty good! Maybe I should start doin’ somethin’ with it!” So, I just kinda let it develop from there, and named myself, and just kept pitterin’ around with it. The snowball’s got big enough now that I’m talkin’ to you in Macon. So, that’s not too bad I guess.

Well, since you brought it up-- where did you get the name “The Kernal”?

I just made it up (laughs). I just made it up. I wanted something to convey a “bigness” and a “smallness” at the same time. So, I thought, “Kernal”... The sound of it-- like a colonel in the army or somethin’ and then you got a kernel of corn... I had to switch that e to an a and voila!

It is fun to introduce on the radio, I’ll tell you that.

Let’s talk about Light Country. You’ve had some of those songs in the pocket of that red suit for a few

years-- what finally put all of it in motion to get that record goin’?

Yeah... I mean, really, we were just tryin’ to find a situation where we could record everything the way we wanted to. It just took that long to find the right relationships. I met Ben Tanner... I was on another tour playin’ bass, and we struck up a friendship. I felt comfortable enough with him sayin’, “Hey, I’m also this guy that writes songs,” like all these other people that we’re hangin’ out with. He listened to ‘em and he said, “Yeah, man, let’s do somethin’”, and that turned into the relationship with the actual release from the label as well.

‘Cause he does a lot of recording outside of the label.

He’s an engineer, so it was great. I couldn’t’ve asked for anything better with it, really. I mean-- to have people like that, that are only two hours from my house, and it’s not in Nashville... Really was a big selling point, you know what I mean?

Yeah, I do.

There’s just a lot of corollary between here and there-and my father, when he played music,he spent a lot of time down in the Muscle Shoals area just hangin’ around friends and things like that... It took us a few years of just bangin’ ‘em out on the road to get that relationship-- but it was good, because by the time we were in the studio... Man, we were ready just to pop ‘em out, and we did it pretty quick. So, that was kinda nice.

I read an interview you did with The Fiddleback where you said, and I love this line, “Waylon Jennings needs R. Kelly, R. Kelly needs Zach Condon, and I need them all.” That was in 2011. Who do you need today?

Oh, man-- I was just listenin’ to Glenn Gould playin’ Brahms, for instance. There’s somethin’ so great about havin’ internet... It’s so ingrained in our every day lives, even though there’s a lot of other stuff that comes with it too. It’s just nice to be able to... Like before that, this morning I was listening to a buncha’ old Cajun music,

Genetic makeup, if you will.

Yeah, yeah-- even so, yeah! While there’s a lot of stuff that I listen to, when I think about my output, I seem to naturally filter it through that-- and I’ve gone back and forth about that a few times, because when I first started writing songs they weren’t country at all. It’s become more of a connection that I feel with the tradition. So, in some ways I would agree that you’re adhering to, but I wouldn’t say you have to adhere to anything. It just so happens that the 1-4-5 comes up a lot in country music. So, I think of it traditionally, but people have always had problems, even back to the ‘50s, with how folks were putting out country music. It’s always kind of been about money since it started with WSM and all that. Since Hank Williams, it’s always been about money, really-- and it’s just kinda outta hand nowadays. It’s like everything else...

Everything bows to the economy for some reason-- and everybody’s okay with it. It’s pretty weird, but the world’s a little weird too.

Do you consider yourself a legacy, and if so-- do you think it’s more important to preserve or perpetuate when it comes to country music?

Well, I think it’s more personally interesting to me. I don’t really think of it outside of that because it’s not gonna be interesting in the world if it’s not interesting and compelling to you before anyone else hears it. That’s how I feel about it, anyhow. I don’t think it’s gonna be much use to anyone else if it’s not compelling to me. Because when you’re performing a song in front of people, you’re interacting with them, but really what you have to give them is already cinched up and tied up by the time you give it to ‘em. And you alter things here and there as you develop songs, but... Yeah, for the most part you’re always havin’ the audience in mind when you’re making things, but I don’t think you can think too far past... Like I said, the idea of pushing the tradition forward-- it’s just ‘cause it’s most interesting to me. Where I am, and where I’m from, things like that, so... We’ll see. I dabble in some other things as well, but it’s just kind of where I see myself working from.

That leads me into my next question: Will there come a time when the Kernal and the suit go back in the box?

Oh, yeah.

Is that an eventuality you are already workin’ towards?

Oh, sure. We’ve got it all planned out.

Like a master plan? eah, you gotta have a master plan, you know? You’ve gotta be willin’ to change it, but you’re only as good as your long term plan is.

Well, if it’s only half as exciting as what you’ve been doin’ so far, I can’t wait for it. Well, thanks. I hope so. It sucks to go backwards doesn’t it?

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CORB LUND

Curley Fletcher's first memory was of cattle He was born in San Francisco in 1892, but his family shifted east to California's Owens Valley and the cowtown of Bishop. Nestled in the lands charted by Kit Carson and Jedediah Smith, Bishop supplied the prospectors in the Sierra Nevada, left a romantic mark on Samuel Clemens, and made a cowboy out of Curley Fletcher.

The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 under the ruse of modern irrigation, and it devasted the Owens Valley.

Farmers and ranchers were forced out, the cowhands scattered with the dust. Some headed north, others south. Curley headed for Hollywood and began teaching actors in rouge and powder how to rope and wrangle. He was also a poet and in 1915 published “The Strawberry Roan” in a forgotten little collection called Ballads of The Badlands. Curley Fletcher's poems found music, became songs. The earliest Singing Cowboys were made in his image. “The Strawberry Roan” was the first song Corb Lund learned to sing.

The Great Western Trail stretched from Southern Texas up through the thick of the United States to deliver herds of longhorn cattle and Corb Lund's ancestors to the plains of Alberta, Canada. Four generations ranched in and around Taber, Alberta before Corby Clark Marinus Lund arrived in 1969. His first memory was also of cattle. Corb grew up in the saddle, learned the cowboy songs of his grandfathers, his great-grandfathers. He sang to the cattle spread across the dark green of Western Canada. When it came time to leave (as it always does), Corb decided to pursue music. He studied jazz in college. He started a metal band called The Smalls in 1989.

The Smalls were one of the most successful independent bands to come out of Alberta. For over a decade they thrashed across Canada and into areas most outfits dared to tread. The Smalls called it quits in 2001, and when it came time to leave (as it always does), the Corb Lund Band was already champin' at the bit.

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The Corb Lund Band began as an alt-country side project in 1995 and a Canadian release, Modern Pain, followed directly.

Another album, Unforgiving Mistress, arrived in 1999. In 2002 the band released Five Dollar Bill, and Canada started taking notice. Corb Lund was writing from his roots, the cowboy poet reborn. He could hole up in a cabin in the mountains and come down with tales of horses, and roughnecks, gamblers and guns.

“Truth Comes Out” from the album Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer is as dark a piece of prophecy as anything from the Revelation to John. Conversely, the hilariously true “The Truck Got Stuck Talkin' Blues” gets pitched as a moment of true fellowship in the mud. Corb Lund and The Hurtin' Albertans signed with New West Records in 2009. They've been featured in films (Slither, Nine Winters Old), and in 2014 they were part of a CMT Canada documentary on Sun Records that resulted in the album Counterfeit Blues. Recording at 706 Union in Memphis is cool, but perhaps, the coolest of all are the comic books based on his songs, Corb Lund's Western Tales by Bob Prodor Lund's Things That Can't Be Undone was produced by Dave Cobb and marks The Hurtin' Albertan's ninth album. Corb was featured as one of Rolling Stone's “Ten New Country Artists You Need To Know” in 2015-- despite the fact that he'd been touring the world and releasing country & western records for twenty years (and had a comic book written about him). Lately, Corb's been hitting the road solo with a storyteller-style show filled with his trademark observational humor and Canadian charm. He's a son of the west, a poet cut from the same canvas as Curley Fletcher. May he always have cows around.

Corb Lund will be performing on the Creek Stage at the Rookery Presented by The Macon Beer Company on February 28th.

Derek Hoke’s 2016 album Southern Moon is a pretty upbeat album that brought us a great batch of country-tinged love songs…songs celebrating newfound love but with an underlying anxiety about how to hang on to it.

Fast forward to 2017 and Bring The Flood gives us a much darker, cohesive set of songs about lost love.

“Darker times call for darker songs,” says Hoke, who wrote most of the album between dusk and dawn during an intensely political 2016. Hoke has ditched the fiddles for a more rockin’ sound as guest guitarist Aaron Lee Tasjan skillfully sets the mood…dark and angry. Contribution are also made by Elizabeth Cook, Langhorne Slim and Luther Dickinson.

Hoke, a ringleader and tastemaker of the East Nashville scene, makes his intentions plain here: let’s put a little more rock n’ roll in this Americana. After all, that’s what Americana was when Gram Parson’s dropped “Hot Burrito # 2” on us with some fuzzy guitars over a country ballad.

Hoke’s Bring The Flood and Lilly Hiatt’s Trinity Lane are two fine examples of an emerging sound that once again champions rock n’ roll sentimentality and sound. This time around we are getting it from a group of artists who have 90’s rock n’ roll etched in their DNA. Hoke has described himself as a “skateboard-punk rock kid” influenced by both Radiohead and Clint Black.

Standout opening track “Love Don’t Live Around Here” sets the flood motif right from the jump with mentions of a well run dry and storm clouds gathering. The melancholy rocker laced with grungy organ sets the stage for the narrator to exercise some demons. The following track “Little Devil” does just that over some frenetic Tasjan guitar solos. Title track “Bring The Flood” has a vengeful tone as Hoke sings” “I come to take your money/ I come to take your soul/ I come to tell you everything/ about rock n’ roll/ I come to bring the flood/ I come to paint the town/ I come to take away everything/ and burn your little house down.”

“So Tired” has an infectious groove and feels a bit like a Joe Walsh-era Eagles tune that not even The Dude (Lebowski) could deny. The album follows with a pair of songs rife with flood imagery and brooding self-reflection before closing with “Heavy Weather,” a brilliant tune that opens with a conversation with the devil.

Bring The Flood is an all-around solid effort for one of East Nashville’s unsung heroes. If Hoke continues to evolve and put forth albums like his last two, he won’t be one of Nashville’s best-kept secrets much longer.

Hoke performs the Creek Stage at The Rookery with his 4-piece band at 8 pm, March 1st .

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THE BIG BIRD BASH

The Big Bird Bash, hosted by The Hummingbird Stage & Taproom and The Thirsty Turtle, has really stepped up the music game this year. This year’s Bash is promising talents from Nashville southern rockers, The Vegabonds, electronic rock from Bootz & Katz, the rowdy tunes of Baby Baby, and one of Macon’s most interesting and talented new bands, Atria. A band not to miss playing on The Hummingbird stage is Lexington locals, C2 & The Brothers Reed. Brothers Kelly Reed (guitar) and Kody Reed (drummer) help form the rock and soul crew, along with singer and bassist Cameron Clark and James Weishar on keys. I spoke with the band about their upcoming show in Macon (one of their favorite towns), why soul music will forever be important, and their quirky antics driving over state lines.

How did all of you guys meet and start the band?

Kelly and Cody, they’re brothers. We met five years ago through a mutual friend. They went to University of Kentucky and [Cameron] was playing out solo. [Cameron] had talked about adding a low end. We were playing at a bar and one of the bartenders knew a guy who played piano and it turned out to be James. That was St. Patrick’s Day of 2013. That Friday [James] practiced a couple songs and we played at Bogarts in Cincinnati, opening for Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots. There were probably three thousand people out there. Of course the next week we played at a sushi bar in front of 10 people who wanted us to turn down [laughs].

What do you think is unique about your songwriting?

It’s a big secret. Nobody can ever know [laughter]. I say what’s unique is the ups and downs. The dynamic is not really sticking to a standard structure.

What type of music or bands inspire a lot of your music? Everyone kind of has different musical influences.

[Cameron’s] always loved soul music. He grew up with

motown, Otis Redding, and Ray Charles. [James] liked jazz growing up. The brothers are really into rock. Kelly is more into like the Three Kings, Albert King, B.B. King.

Kody is more classic rock.

In your bio you say, “Weigh Station Tour explores gritty rock and roll while referencing 60’s and 70’s era soul music, embracing a style that is nearly lost but deeply needed in the surge of modern sound and technology.” Why do you think this era of soul music is so needed today?

Once you go for the money you lose the art. It’s more about just making whatever you can and try to make as much money off of it as you can. That’s the way music is going these days. Otis Redding, one of the kings of soul, you don’t really hear that anymore. I can show my kids that and it will be just as good as I hear it, just as good as my grandparents hear it. The modern era doesn’t really seem to encompass that as much anymore. That rawness.

Do you think more bands are trying to bring that raw element back?

I see a lot of it happening. But we definitely don’t want to speak for other bands out there. With certain bands you can see it coming back, like Saint Paul and The Broken Bones. It seems like there’s definitely a resurgence maybe in all styles of music. Country is kind of going the same way with Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson. It seems like everything’s kind of maybe heading that way, which is good news.

How do you think you’ve changed musically since you’ve been together? I think we all just got to know each other’s styles a little bit more. We’ve played over 700 shows together live. That’s something you can’t replicate practicing. We all have a feel for our sound. We play together and not against each other. That’s all stuff that is learned the more shows we play together . . . We’re crossing a state border. We always stick our hands out the window and make them look like crab claws. Then we honk a dog toy pig that makes a noise [squeaking]. And we wear wigs [laughter]. It’s just a tradition for every state border crossing. We just did it; we just crossed into Tennessee right now.

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CAMPFIRE JAM 4-6 p.m.

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- COMPILED BY AARON IRONS -

FRIDAY 2/16

GARRETT COLLINS

THE SOCIETY GARDEN, 8PM

The Garrett Collins Project is a collaboration of awesome musicians who have a common love for Blues & Southern Rock. As Garrett was traveling around the local circuit doing solo gigs, he came in contact with some amazing musicians along the way! It is from those encounters that The Garrett Collins Project was born! You NEVER know who may show up to a gig and sit in with the band!

SATURDAY 2/17

CURT CASTLE

FRESH PRODUCE MUSIC HALL, 9PM

The music of Curt Castle wears its humanity on its sleeve. The sonic landscape is built on dynamic instrumental arrangements inspired by Harry Nilsson, draped with a cloak of synthetic sound somewhat reminiscent of Thomas Dolby’s production work, and occasionally sprinkled with electric guitarmony, but the emotional availability of the lyrics and their catchy melodies are consistently the main engine of the songs.

THURSDAY 2/22

JESSIE SMITH W/FINNEGAN BELL THE CREEK STAGE AT THE ROOKERY, 8PM

Swampy, soul singer/songwriter originally from Warner Robins, Jessie’s muddy river of musicality flows through the territories of Al Green, Gladys Knight, Billie Holiday, The Staple Singers, and Otis Redding to form a delta of redemptive quality. Shane Williams and Warren Bazemore comprise the South Carolina duo of Finnegan Bell-- everyman poets utilizing unforgettable melodies and engaging harmonies.

EXCLUSIVE NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR FRIDAY 2/16

SATURDAY 2/17

A.P.’s Hidden Hideaway Karaoke w/ Chris 8pm-Midnight

A.P.’s Hidden Hideaway The Skeeterz (Classic & Southern Rock) 8:30pm/ No Cover

Billy’s Club House Freelance Ruckus (Southern alternative Americana rock) 10pm/ No Cover Crazy Bull Michael Stacey (Classic Rock, Country, Southern Rock, and Motown/Oldies) 9pm/ $5 Hummingbird Matt Brantley Brand (Country, Southern Rock) 10pm/ $5 Pub 96 (Bonaire) The Wall (Classic Rock, Blues, and Jazz) 9pm/ No Cover Society Garden Garrett Collins Project (Blues & Southern Rock) 8pm/ $5 Wild Wing Cafe Trey Teem & Drew Parker (Country, Southern Rock) 9:30pm No Cover

Billy’s Club House The Hippies (Classic Vinyl Rock) 10pm Crazy Bull 8 Second Ride (Country) 9pm/ $5 Creek Stage @ The Rookery Jazz Soul Brunch w/ Greg Black Trio 11am-3pm Fresh Produce Music Hall Curt Castle, Giants Giants (Percussion) 9pm/ $5 Hargray Capitol Theatre The Indigo Girls 8pm SOLD OUT The Hummingbird 2 Finger Jester (80’s Hair Metal, Classic & Hard Rock) 10pm/ $5 Pub 96 Apostles of Soul (Blues & Soul) 9pm/ No Cover

Reboot Retrocade & Bar Big Kids Brunch 1pm The Society Garden Campfire Jam 4pm-6pm (free, magical musical experience!)

Phil Palma (Classic & Southern Rock) 8pm/ $5 Wild Wing Cafe Throttle 21 (70s, 80s, 90s Rock) 9:30pm/ No Cover

SUNDAY 2/18 A.P.’s Hidden Hideaway Big Mike 3pm/ No Cover Billy’s Clubhouse Karaoke 9pm/ No Cover Reboot Retrocade & Bar Sunday Funday 1pm

MONDAY 2/19 The Hummingbird Darts Tournament 7pm Piedmont Brewery & Kitchen Comedy Bingo 6pm 11thHourOnline.com 35

SATURDAY 2/24

TYLER HAMMOND BAND THE CRAZY BULL

Tyler Hammond’s latest album, “Take A Sip” has not only been a best-seller, but also describes the wild ride he and his band have been a part of for the past six years. It’s not just about the music, it’s also about each and every one of his fans, learning to live a little, and knowing when to take a shot of whiskey.

EXCLUSIVE NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR

FRIDAY FEB 16

Matt Brantley Band SATURDAY FEB 17

2 Finger jester FRIDAY FEB 23

ALBATROSS AND THE VINYL SUNS SATURDAY FEB 24

BIG BIRD BASH 2 venues! 12 bands! For $5!

The Vegabonds, BABY BABY, C2 & The Brothers Reed, Holey Miss Moley, Bootz & Katz, The Twotakes, The Dog Apollo, Gary Lazer Eyes, One Horse Parade, CHOIR OF BABBLE, Atria and Alec Stanley's Blues Brigade!

FRIDAY MARCH 2

FIRST FRIDAY

Voodoo Fix 36 FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 2, 2018

Pub 96 Trivia 7pm / Free Pool

TUESDAY 2/20

FRIDAY 2/23 A.P.’s Hidden Hideaway Karaoke w/ Chris 8pm-Midnight

Fresh Produce Apotthekaraoke 9pm Hargray Capitol Theatre Phillip Phillips SOLD OUT

Billy’s Club House Karaoke 9pm

Billy’s Club House Far From Over (Modern Country, Pop, Rock)10pm/ No Cover

The Hummingbird Big Bird Bash 4pm/ $5

The Hummingbird Open Jam Night 9pm

Crazy Bull Larry Frick (Country) 9pm $5

Pub 96 Karaoke & Dance Party 9pm

Pub 96 Texas Hold ‘Em Poker 8pm

Fresh Produce Reaches (Avant-pop) 9pm/ $5 Hargray Capitol Theatre Mother’s Finest (Atlanta Based World Dominating Funk Rockers) 8pm $22-$30

Reboot Retrocade & Bar Big Kids Brunch 1pm The Society Garden Campfire Jam 4pm-6pm (free, magical musical experience!)

Blue Sky Blue (Bluegrass, Folk) 8pm/ $5

WEDNESDAY 2/21 Billy’s Club House Trivia w/ Woody 7:30 Hummingbird Trivia @ 7pm Karaoke w/ Man In The Box 9pm Pub 96 Dart League 8pm Karaoke w/ Jim Jam 9pm Reboot Retrocade & Bar Question Quest Trivia 7:30pm

THURSDAY 2/22 Billy’s Club House Open Jam Night 9pm Creek Stage @ The Rookery Jesse Smith w/ Finnegan Bell 8pm Hargray Capitol Theatre Grab Bag Series Night 8pm/ $10 Hummingbird Darts Tournament 7pm-9pm Pub 96 Dart League 8pm Karaoke & Dance Party 9pm Wild Wing Cafe Matt Moncrief (Rock, Jazz, Funk, Jam, and Country) No Cover

Hummingbird Albatross w/ Vinyl Suns ( Blues, Rock, Funk) 10pm Pub 96 Lizz Faith & Mama’s Kin (Country, Classic/Southern Rock) 9pm/ No Cover Society Garden Shayna Hargrove (Blues, Soul) 8pm/ $5

Wild Wing Cafe A2Z Band (Variety) 9:30pm/ No Cover

SUNDAY 2/25 A.P.’s Hidden Hideaway Big Mike 3pm/ No Cover Billy’s Club House Karaoke 9pm

Wild Wing Cafe Big Daddy & Company (Variety) 9:30pm $5

Fresh Produce OGF Presents: Grind Fest Lesson 1 9pm/ $5

SATURDAY 2/24

Hargray Capitol Theatre Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony 8pm/ $32-$45

A.P.’s The Skeeterz- (Classic & Southern Rock) No Cover Billy’s Club House Big Daddy & Company (Variety) 10pm No Cover The Crazy Bull Tyler Hammond (Country) 9pm $5 Creek Stage @ The Rookery Jazz Soul Brunch w/ Greg Black Trio

Reboot Retrocade & Bar Sunday Funday 1pm

TUESDAY 2/27 Billy’s Club House Karaoke 9pm Hummingbird Open Jam Night 9pm Pub 96 Texas Hold ‘Em Poker 8pm

WEDNESDAY 2/28 Billy’s Club House Trivia w/ Woody 7:30pm Creek Stage @ The Rookery Corb Lund (See Artist Spotlight on page 28) 8pm/ $12 Hargray Capitol Theatre Portugal. The Man (Nationally-touring American psychedelic rock band) 8pm $45-$55 The Hummingbird Trivia @ 7pm Karaoke w/ Man In The Box 9pm Pub 96 Dart League 8pm Karaoke w/ Jim Jam 9pm Reboot Retrocade & Bar Question Quest Trivia 7:30pm

THURSDAY 3/1 Billy’s Club House Open Jam Night 9pm

MONDAY 2/26

Creek Stage @ The Rookery Derek Hoke w/ The Kernal (See interview page 33) $12

The Hummingbird Darts Tournament 7pm-9pm

Hummingbird Darts Tournament 7pm-9pm

Piedmont Brewery & Kitchen Comedy Bingo 6pm

Pub 96 Dart League 8pm Jim Jam Karaoke & Dance Party 9pm

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