haunted: vintage fashion with a ghostly twist your guide to home-brewing investigating the paranormal new kids on the block: southern breweries on the rise October 2013 / Issue 5
Table of contents 4 Letter from the co-editors 8 Currently See what’s inspiring the co-editors this month! 10
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Behind the Scenes
The Paprika Belle & Beau
We’ve designed the perfect Halloween costumes for the belle and beau
Fall Bucket List
12 Everything you need to
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Something’s Brewing
Your guide to home-brewing
31 Days of Fright
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Our picks for the best Halloween movies
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Three up-and-coming breweries that are changing the South Paprika Southern
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Investigating the Paranormal
Haunted
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A board game that puts your aristocratic aspirations to the test
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Paprika Southern goes on assignment with Savannah Paranormal Investigations
Sexy Halloween?
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Avoiding the holiday’s pitfalls
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78 The Gallery
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Letter from the co-editors October might just be our favorite month. There is a welcome release from the hazy, hot, and humid air in Savannah as we begin once again to breathe normally outdoors. We start to believe that it might be possible to wear boots and scarves again without suffering from heat stroke. It is a time for Halloween costumes and ghost stories. A celebration of all things pumpkin and, oh yes, beer. In this issue we take a look at three local breweries that prove the craft beer industry is on the rise in the south. We feature a ghost-inspired fashion shoot at a haunted location. And we invite you to join us on a paranormal investigation of an abandoned house off a quiet road in Georgia. Welcome to Fall in the South!
The Team Bevin valentine Co-editor
siobhan egan Co-editor
Krystal Pittman Baker Advertising
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Contributors
Bess Bieluczyk was born and raised in the Connecticut suburbs. She received her MFA in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design and her BA from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. She is an active, exhibiting photographer and an administrative coordinator at Johns Hopkins University.
Kelly McCarty has lived in Roanoke, Virginia her entire life. The kind of southern she is is more like Duck Dynasty than Gone with the Wind. She once uttered the words, “Don’t give any moonshine to the dog.” Kelly has a BA in Communication Studies and Spanish from Hollins University.
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Sarah E. Gibbons is located in Durham, NC where she teaches at The Art Institute of RaleighDurham. Originally from Connecticut, Sarah received her BA in photography and art history from Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA and her MFA in photography from Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work explores the construct of personal identity.
Charlotte Oden is a freelance illustrator currently living in Savannah, GA. She graduated from SCAD in 2012 with a BFA in Illustration and a minor in Fashion Design. Charlotte is originally from Wilmington, North Carolina. Check out her work at www.Charoden.com.
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Behind the scenes in October
Sneak peaks at our paranormal investigation
Behind-the-scenes of our ghostly fashion shoot at Moon River Brewing Company in downtown Savannah
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Visiting Holy City Brewing in Charleston, SC
Interviewing and beer-tasting at Southbound Brewing Company in Savannah
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Currently... See what’s inspiring the co-editors this month!
Bevin I love seasonal cooking, and fall is the perfect time to get back into There are few things better making treats such as pumpkin bread than fall accessories, and I’ve and warm meals like chili and mac-n- been stocking up on boots cheese. and hats! I’m excited for the fall return of some of my favorite shows such as Scandal and Nashville. October is the ideal time to indulge in spooky reads. I’ve kicked off my Halloween reading season with The Asylum by John Harwood.
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I love pumpkin carving! Tired of the standard jack o’lantern? This hilarious book thinks way outside the box. Siobhan These cute skull earrings by Michelle Chang are the perfect little touch of Halloween that you can wear to the office and still seem professional. Pearl Jam’s highly anticipated new album, Lightning Bolt, comes out October 15th!
I may be one of the few people left in the world who hasn’t read The Shining by Stephen King. That is about to change. I’ve decided to read it in preparation for King’s new sequel Doctor Sleep. page 9
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The Paprika Belle & Beau for the belle...
For this month’s Belle & Beau outfits we were inspired by the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde to create chic and tasteful Halloween costumes with items you may already have in your closet. Happy trick-or-treating!
Anthropologie Beret, $68 / J. Crew Factory Merino Sweater, $64.50 / Shop Ruche Garden Paisley Scarf, $14.99 / Modcloth Sure Look Smart Heels, $67.99 / Target Skinny Belt, $14.99 / Loft Tweed Skirt, $59.50 Paprika Southern
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J. Crew Tweed Jacket, $450 / Banana Republic Shirt, $79.50 / Mad4Mod Vintage Hat, $95 / J. Crew Tweed Pants, $250 / J. Crew Vest, $135 / J. Crew Factory Herringbone Tie, $29.50 / Aldo Shoes, $110 / Club Monaco Paisley Pocket Square, $39.50 page 11
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Fall Bucket List We love fall here at Paprika Southern and we plan to make the most of the season! Join us in our favorite quintessentially autumnal activities this October.
Get lost in a corn maze Try out a new hair color Indulge in fall fashion by bundling up tweed, scarves, and boots Make chili Pick up produce at your local famers’ market Go on a fall picnic Tailgating Plan your Halloween costume Paprika Southern
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Visit a haunted house or go on a ghost tour Bake something Spend quality time with A Prairie Home Companion
Watch a scary movie
Hang out in a coffee shop
(See our list of recommendations on the following page!)
Host a pumpkin-carving party Drink a pumpkin beer ...and a pumpkin latte Let’s be real...pumpkin everything. Start using pumpkin as a verb. page 13
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31 Days of Fright Our picks for a movie a day to get you in the Halloween mood this October
1 Rebecca
The Others 9 Arsenic and Old Lace 10
2 Young Frankenstein 3 Sleepy Hollow 4 Rocky Horror Picture Show
Nightmare on Elm Street 11
5 Murder by Death
Scream 12
6 The Sixth Sense
Psycho 13
7 Haunted Honeymoon 8 The Innocents The Shining 14
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15 Poltergeist
Anything with Vincent Price 24
16 The Amityville Horror 17 The Haunting
Hocus Pocus 25 Shutter Island 26
18 It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown 19 Gremlins
20 The Devil Doll 21 The Village 22 Beetlejuice 23 Carrie page 15
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A re
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Do you love the yeasty smell of homebaked bread? Have you tinkered with your car or household appliances with instructions found on the internet? If so, or if you just enjoy the taste of a well-crafted beer, homebrewing may be the hobby for you.
How do I get started? A good place to start would be figuring out what types of beers you like—are you an I.P.A. fan or is a Stout more your speed? Most brewing suppliers offer clone kits which closely approximate existing brands. Do a little research into the process for the styles you favor. For instance, if you like Pilsners, it’s best to live in a cooler climate or be willing to crank up the AC because they need to ferment at a lower temperature than most beers. More and more homebrew suppliers such as Asheville Brewers Supply, Austin Homebrew Supply, and Savannah Homebrew Shoppe are popping up as the pastime becomes more popular; if you have a local shop, this will be a great place to go to for advice as you get started. Nepenthe in Baltimore even offers in-store brewing if you would like experts on hand when while you go through the process. These shops usually offer a range of recipe kits, equipment and the grains and ingredients for custom brews, as well as expert know-how and a place to go when you want to know why a page 17
If you don’t have local shop there are many websites and forums dedicated to the craft. Does it require any special knowledge or expertise? It’s largely a trial and error process and there will be mystifying problems from time to time—including the previously mentioned closet explosion. In those cases it will be necessary to try and figure out what went wrong—and maybe get expert advice on how to avoid future problems. Essentially, if you can follow a recipe, you can brew a drinkable batch of beer. It does require some attention to detail, such as in the important cleaning and sanitation portion, as well as patience, but other than that if you can read thermometer (for heating and cooling temperatures) and follow a calendar (for keeping track of the fermentation process), you will be A-OK. Is it fun? A large portion of the brewing process involves waiting for pots to boil, to cool down, and sanitizing your equipment. All these steps are necessary, but not exactly gripping entertainment. The best way to make a brew day more fun is to turn it into a party, invite friends over to help and have everyone bring favorite beers and snacks. It helps to pass the time while waiting and everyone can enjoy and feel a part of the process—then you can invite everyone over again when Issue 5 / October, 2013
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Brought to a full boil with the malt, hops are added over the next hour
it’s finished and enjoy the fruits of your with during the more tedious portions of the brew—and someone to point a labor! finger at if things go wrong. Why should I make my own beer when I can just buy it at The only consistent costs will be for the consumables that make up your recithe 7-11? There are initial costs for equip- pe and items such as bottle caps which ment—a Brewing Starter Kit from can’t be reused. Depending on how dilMidwest Supplies is currently listed igent you are about collecting and savat $89.99 and a recipe kit from the ing your used bottles, you may wind up same will run approximately $25-$40. investing in extra bottling supplies as The equipment will be used again and well. again so if you intend to brew repeatedly, it is worth the investment. If An average brew will yield about 40you already own a large stock pot, a 50 bottles of beer, which is a fairly good option may be to share the cost good return on the investment. The of the other components and ingredi- costs can escalate if you decide to upents with a friend. That way you can grade your equipment by adding items also have someone to pass the time such as a propane burner (as opposed page 19
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to a stovetop) to cut down on the boiling time or a kegging setup (instead of bottles). If you are considering either of those, chances are you are a more frequent brewer and the investment is worth it. There is also a great amount of satisfaction in taking the brewing process from beginning to end and it gives you a sense accomplishment— you made this beer with your own two hands, good for you! Provided everything goes according to plan, your brew will be superior—and with a higher alcohol content—to what you may find at the local convenience store. It will be tailored to page 21
your tastes and, as you become more familiar with the process, you can begin to customize and create your own recipes. Is it a useful doomsday skill? Let’s face it, if there is a zombie apocalypse, global pandemic, or worldwide blackout, homebrewing will not be as useful as say, practical medical knowledge or hunting skills but it may come in handy for bartering and trading in those desperate times. If you decide to go the extra mile and learn to grow your own grains and hops, you will be well on your way to becoming the most popular survivor in your compound. Issue 5 / October, 2013
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A ccording
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B rewers A ssociation
there are 2,483 craft breweries in the United States. 1,221 are microbreweries, breweries that produce less than 15,000 barrels of beer per year with 75% or more of its beer sold off-site. In the past when someone mentioned “craft beer,” one might automatically have thought about Colorado, California, or New England, but that is no longer the case. According to The New Yorker, “craft-brewery density in the South is the lowest in the country,” but from 2011-2012 craft beer production grew faster in the South than anywhere else in the United States. Some of the fastest growing brewery states right here in the South include Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, and North Carolina. With the increased ideology of “buy local” it is no wonder the popularity of these craft breweries is on the rise with many of the local brew houses sourcing local ingredients from nearby farms. Many local bars and restaurants sell exclusively craft beer and it is rare to find a person asking for a Bud or a Coors. This is great for the local economy and the community. Not only are the breweries helping out other local businesses, but they are also helping to promote pride in the community, with many breweries opening up their doors to tours and tastings and even bringing in local bands and food trucks, which are making some of these breweries gathering places for locals and tourists alike. In fact, local brewery tours are getting extremely popular. Several cities now have companies that offer tours of multiple breweries. The company Brews Cruise is one that offers tours in Charleston, Charlotte, Asheville, and Atlanta. Bottom line: Craft beer is good for the economy and community. Paprika Southern had the pleasure of visiting three microbreweries in the Southeast. All have opened within the last three years and are quickly growing. This can only mean good things for the South and we look forward to their continued growth and success. page 23
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a smooth caramel flavor. Their inspiration for new creations is based on what they are interested in drinking at the time and the season. “If we’re doing something completely new, it’s a style we’ve never tried before or it’s something we’ve been interested in trying, we don’t really do test batches. We just kind of wing it, so to speak.” The ones that work and get popular they will repeat. “We’re always doing something new.”
Visits to the brewery have increased since a pint law was signed in South Carolina in June. The law states that breweries can serve up to 48 ounces of beer per person in a 24-hour period, a significant increase from 16 ounces. That entices people to stick around the brewery longer. “We do live music and food trucks on Friday. Food trucks on Saturday, brunch truck on Sunday and a pretzel guy that comes up on Thursday. We do pretty well,” Chris said.
Their Pluff Mudd Porter, which won a gold medal at the Great American Beer A couple of hundred people a night Festival last year, is their most popular on the weekends come into the brewery beer. “We sell more porter than any- according to Chris, including a decent amount of regulars, locals, and a ton of thing.” tourists. The beers have some fun and unique names and the guys have a good time Holy City Brewing is not done expandcoming up with them. “Sometimes we ing. “We are adding 60 barrel tanks and try to find a local connection. Pluff Mudd another 15 to do some fun beers and Porter, Wash Out Wheat, Slanted Porch, another kettle so we can double-batch and then sometimes they’re just us stand- faster. That’s gonna max the building ing around talking until we say something out.” funny and then a name comes out of it.” In the two years since Holy City Brewing opened in July 2011, they have expanded twice, adding five tanks and started bottling 22s. They have a new bar in their tasting room and have expanded from five taps to 20. The beer is distributed from Charleston to Hilton Head on the coast with about 300 taps in that area, and this year they picked up accounts distributing to Rock Hill, Columbia, and Aiken in the middle of the state. page 27
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S tatesboro , GA
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Smith, founder and Brewmaster of Southbound Brewing Company, had wanted to start a brewery for a long time. The idea took root after he began working at Sweetwater in Atlanta with longtime friend Carly. After exploring many different aspects of the business, Smith realized that it was the beer-making process he was really drawn to and decided to attend brew school. After returning to Sweetwater as a brewer and then working at a start-up brewery in Charleston with Paprika Southern
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else like it in southeast Georgia. There are brew pubs, but no other production microbreweries in the area. With such a huge tourism industry they saw the great potential in the Savannah market. “It was a no brainer,” said Smith, “we (Savannah) get more than twice the tourism of Charleston. It’s a real destination city.” With Charleston having several production breweries and more in the works, there’s no reason why the trend shouldn’t work in the Savannah area. But opening the brewery on West Bay St. was not an easy path to walk down in Savannah. Southbound was two years in the making. “Now that we’ve forged that path two others are popping up. It should be a lot page 29
easier for people to come in. We just kind of opened the doors,” says Smith. The two Smith are talking about are the veteran owned-and-operated Service Brewing Company and Coastal Empire Beer Co., which is on its way to becoming a production brewery. In fact, Southbound joined with Service and Coastal Empire when it was going through the process with the city to get them to pass an ordinance allowing them to do tours and tastings, which state laws already allowed. They were successful in doing so which is great for all three from a business standpoint. According to Smith, “we would’ve been competitively at a disadvantage because other breweries in the Issue 5 / October, 2013
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state can do it.” Right now Southbound has three beers it offers year-round, including Scattered Sun Belgian Wit, Iron Lion Pale Ale, Hoplin IPA, and a seasonal Belgian style Triple called Day Trip’ler. They plan on experimenting with flavors and creating more seasonal brews including an imperial coffee stout in collaboration with Savannah-based Perc coffee, which has yet to be named.
a fantastic beer can create a memory just like listening to a certain melody!” The marketing creativity doesn’t stop there. The artwork for the brewery is created by artist Beka Butts and the music inspiration is evident in her illustrations.
Southbound’s beers are becoming extremely popular in Southeast Georgia. You can find them at many bars. “It didn’t hit for the longest time and then finally when we were brewing and had Where do they get their creative names beer available and selling it and actually for the their beers? The names are in- seeing people order our beers it was a respired by music. “Music is a huge part of ally great feeling,” said Smith. our lives,” says Carly, the brewery’s marketing director. “I think that craft beer Southbound will soon expand into some and music essentially go hand in hand.” South Carolina areas such as Hilton Head, Bluffton, and Charleston, and will She references the definition of music as slowly move into Macon, Albany, and At“an art of sound in time that expresses lanta in Georgia, and down into Florida. ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, There is a bright future ahead for Savannah as a craft brew city and it’s because harmony, and color.” Southbound Brewing has opened the “I think you could describe craft beer in doors for all the rest yet to come. the same manner, but it’s the art of taste,” she says. The Hop’lin IPA was inspired by Janis Joplin, the Iron Lion Pale Ale was inspired by Bob Marley, and Scatvisit southbound tered Sun Belgian Wit was inspired by the brewing company Doors. The music-inspired names cononline tinue with their seasonal beers with Day Trip’ler inspired by the Beatles. website “Musicians and brewers take the time to craft something unique and hopefully inspiring to others,” Carly said. “Drinking Paprika Southern
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the backwards “F” logo for Fullsteam Brewery? Owner and Chief Executive Optimist Sean Wilson says it is about going full-steam ahead with a nod to the past. It is with that purpose and optimism and the thought, “it’s beer, it should be fun,” that he established Fullsteam.
Calling Durham, North Carolina home for 21 years, Sean came to the craft brew world in a roundabout way. In the early 2000’s he was founder and president of the grassroots movement Pop the Cap, the purpose of which was raising the 6 percent ABV cap on beer in North Carolina to a more realistic 15 percent. In this time Sean realized he loved the craft beer industry and its people, and shortly after started plans for a brewery. Not being a brewer himself, he is more about the ideation of beer, not the day-to-day brewing. That is the job of head brewer Chris Davis. Once the idea was formed, a location was needed. Sean and Chris looked all over the Triangle (the area in central North Carolina between the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill), but kept coming back to Durham. In the year of searching, Sean kept asking himself two questions, will people come on a Tuesday night and will the space fit a forklift? Sean wanted a space people would be comfortable walking and biking to as well as being able to manufacture for the 120 or so accounts that Fullsteam has grown to serve. page 35
The 1,400-square foot location at 726 Rigsbee Ave. opened in 2010 to a bit of skepticism. But now with Tuesday night belly dancing, Thursday night trivia, and an array of rotating food trucks out front, Fullsteam, which just celebrated its threeyear anniversary, draws a crowd and has laid a foundation for bars and other venues to open on Rigsbee Avenue. Fullsteam works to make, as Sean says, “distinctly Southern beer using locally farmed ingredients or farm and food traditions of the South. The beers are balanced, nuanced and great with food.” As well as having a few local ‘guest taps,’ six to eight core beers are kept on tap at the brewery year round. With names like Rocket Science and El Toro (which is 98 percent local), as well as seasonal beers, such as Summer Basil, First Frost Winter Persimmons Ale, and Working Man’s Lunch (which is a tribute to RC Cola and Moon Pies), the idea of fun is very apparent and so are the local ingredients. The Forager Initiative allows for Fullsteam to give back to the community by paying $3 a pound to tavern patrons for the persimmons used in the First Frost and $2 a pound for figs. Last year Fullsteam gave $1,500 back to the community this way. Sean works at a national and sometimes international level for grain and hops and at the North Carolina level for grains, sweet potatoes, honey, and basil. However, most of the basil used in the Summer Basil brew comes from Sweet Beet City Farm a few blocks away Issue 5 / October, 2013
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and Granite Springs Farm in Pittsboro, N.C. As ingredients change throughout the season so does the beer. With beers such as Summer Basil, this is not only embraced but also celebrated, at Fullsteam. However the commitment to using local, seasonal ingredients becomes a challenge when the ingredients are still ripening in the soil. For instance, Sean said the pumpkins used for Fullsteam’s version of pumpkin beer were still growing at Sweet Beet’s City Farm. Fullsteam has to find some creative ways to overcome this, as Sean says, “fun challenge” and keep their beers in the moment. This could be something a little different, such as a darker beer ready later in the fall, or aging certain beers for a year.
South Carolina, Fullsteam is expanding its distribution. Working with a wholesaler for select locations in North Carolina, they self distribute to their 70 or so clients in The Triangle. Recently, with Hula Hoop IPA, a beer made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Weaver Street Market, a co-op grocery in Carborro, N.C., Fullsteam has moved into bottling. With plans to bottle and can a few core and seasonal beers, Sean says it is going to be a slow rollout.
Sean is looking for more forklifts. The next move for Fullsteam is to max out production at the current location and look for creative ways to make beer and focus on making Fullsteam run well in Durham. It’s in a good groove, he says and wants to optimize customer experience at the curAccording to Sean, craft beer has become rent location. popular because people want to celebrate what’s local, what they know, and know With a focus on the future, a nod to the where their beer comes from. Beer has past and a little bit of fun, Fullsteam will become precious and is integrated in to continue to “craft beers that reflect and daily life. This movement began in the celebrate our Southern tradition and the region’s agricultural splendor.” mid 2000’s and is flourishing. North Carolina is a great beer state with craft-beer friendly laws. In 1985 Uli Bennewitz, of Weeping Radish Brewery in Grandy, N.C., lobbied for breweries to be able to sell their beer directly to customers. A year later the law was passed. This allows Fullsteam to self-distribute and for people to come on-site and enjoy their beer.
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S omewhere hidden off the
probably tell you everything there is to know about The X-Files and when John Edward, the psychic medium, came on television I got sucked in because I too want to reach out to lost loved ones. In the words of Fox Mulder, “I want to believe.”
beaten path in Effingham County, GA, behind trees and overgrown vegetation, lies an abandoned house with a collapsing-roof overhang and cinder block steps that lead to the door. The rumors surrounding this house’s history are dark and include slaves having been hanged from the trees. As darkness approaches, n n n Gordon Sabol and his fellow investigators quickly set up their professional equip- Gordon Sabol is a 42-year-old local truck ment. And I set up mine. driver. After watching a documentary on the paranormal in 1997 he began This is not my first paranormal investiga- to further explore and study the topic. tion, but for some reason this one seems He found himself “really wondering if the most legitimate. The guys at Savan- spirits play a part in our everyday lives, nah Paranormal Investigations haven’t moods and behaviors.” It wasn’t until tried to prove anything to me. They hav- 2010 that he felt the need to expand his en’t broken out an album of ghost images explorations and asked longtime friend or “orbs” as proof that they exist. They Dave Jacobi, 39, to join him in starting don’t get paid. All the work they do is Savannah Paranormal Investigations. volunteer. They are a non-profit organi- Nick Wood, 32, and Lonnie Thompson, zation that is supported purely by dona- 42, joined later. tions. Their goal is to help explain the unexplainable. What makes the group unique is their different viewpoints on the subject. They I’ve always been interested in the para- all have different motivations for doing normal. One of my favorite shows as a what they do. “We see things differentkid was Unsolved Mysteries. I’ve been ly,” says Gordon, “Dave and I believe in on so many ghost tours I could prob- heaven and hell but Dave believes spirits ably give the Savannah tour myself. I can get stuck on earth before crossing bethink loving ghost stories comes along cause of unfinished business. I don’t, I with being from an Irish family and al- feel they are all demonic presenting themways being surrounded by myths and selves in different forms to make you feel folklore. I am a huge science fiction fan comfortable.” Lonnie believes spirits are and have always loved mysteries. I can energy forms left behind from traumatic Facing page: Savannah Paranormal Investigator Dave Jacobi checks his phone by the car during a break from the investigation page 61 Issue 5 / October, 2013
Savannah Paranormal Investigator Nick Wood, left, and founders Gordon Sabol, center, and Dave Jacobi, right, pose for a shot outside a haunted house in Effingham County, GA.
experiences. Nick supplies a healthy dose of skepticism. He believes in ghosts and spirits, but always tries to find a logical explanation for the things they encounter. “I like Nick for his objective views that help keep the team looking at more than paranormal possibilities,” says Gordon. According to Gordon, “Each investigation is different. You’re a rookie at every one you walk into because you don’t know what you’re getting into. Every anomaly is different.”
the different experiences they have had, including capturing video of an entity moving through a room. Gordon described it as “an orb with legs.” When Gordon and Nick returned to the location they replayed the video. While watching they heard a giggle and small voice say, “That’s me!” as if it was standing right between them watching itself on the screen. “It was so surreal that the whole drive home we were going, ‘Are we crazy?’” Nick said. “I would swear I was crazy for hearing that with my own ears if it weren’t for [Gordon] swearing to me that [he] heard it too.”
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Gordon Sabol, Nick Wood, Lonnie Thompson, and Dave Jacobi, prepare equipment for an investigation of the haunted house
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Left: Gordon Sabol sets up an infrared video camera inside the abandoned house in preparation for the investigation / Right: A read-out from one of the investigators’ devices
before. Gordon said some of their strangest experiences happened at this very location. “The last time we were here I had the entity follow me home.” That’s not the only thing that happened. They said Dave became possessed and got very ill while at the house. Dave did not want to ever come back to this location. He felt it was dangerous and the anxiety was evident on his face. “It is extremely dangerous what we do,” says Gordon. “You walk into any location that truly has something and you open yourself up to all kinds of risks. Possessions, which Paprika Southern
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had been undergoing some construction For them it’s personal. when the occupants abandoned it. “I feel like what separates us from the othThe equipment includes infrared surveil- er groups is that we’re not ghost hunters. lance cameras, audio equipment, and a Each person on the team has their own ghost box, which is a modified portable list of questions that we’re trying to find AM/FM radio that continuously scans answers for and we’re doing it together as the band. It creates white noise and piec- a team,” says Nick. “That’s why we have es of audio from broadcast stations. It is so many different beliefs and viewpoints. believed that an entity can manipulate the We know it exists. We’re not trying to prove it to anybody. We’re not trying to audio to speak to people. prove it to you or to skeptics. We’re simGordon sets a flashlight down on a wood- ply trying to answer the questions that en plank and begins to try to get a response each of us have and they just happen to from the entity. He asks it to turn on the be the same questions a lot of people out flashlight. We wait for a long time in si- there have.” lence. Gordon continues to try to evoke some kind of response. I have a strange The best part about this experience was feeling while in the house, but stay busy meeting the team and getting to witness trying to take pictures using long expo- firsthand what they do. They are true sures in almost complete darkness with professionals and it is obvious that they take their work very seriously. They inonly the light from the flashlights. vite me to come back again anytime to do At one point we do hear something in the an investigation with them. I plan to take rafters above us, but we don’t see anything them up on their offer because I, like the when we shine the flashlight up there. team, have many questions I would like to The only other noise we hear is the hoot- have answered. ing of owls out in the darkness of night and that alone is enough to make goose bumps form on my arms. After several different trips into the house over the course of five hours we are ready to pack it in. We have not had any significant experiences, but it doesn’t seem to bother the team and frankly I’m a little relieved. n page 69
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Not-So-Polite Society a q&A with the creators of Lords and ladies by bess bieluczyk images courtesy of Jason corace
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and sister trated by a collection of
team, Jen and Jason Corace are the masterminds behind Lords and Ladies, “the game of not so polite society.” Inspired by their fascination with English costume dramas, the children’s book illustrator, Jen and chair of the Interactive Arts department at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Jason, created a card-based game in which players seek to improve their family’s rank over the course of generations through marriage, children, hiring servants and waging gossip wars. It’s not only a lovely game to look at but addictively fun to play. With their Kickstarter campaign fully funded as of the time of this publication, they are now looking ahead to improvements such as an upgrade from plastic to wooden game pieces and planned “Foreign Suitors” cards illusPaprika Southern
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ed prototyping the game in hopes of better understanding the show. I also knew I wanted to make a game with broad appeal that didn’t use traditional game tropes (wizards, zombies, aliens, etc.) and that wasn’t based in violence but rather social interactions. Plus I knew that Jen’s art would be a perfect fit and that helped inspire the development.
What is the inspiration for Lords and Ladies? Jen: For the longest time I’ve had an interest in the Victorian and Edwardian era. I love the portraiture from that time period as well as the patterns and details that can be found in everything from clothing to Who do you see as the interior design to everyday audience for the game? Jen: I think that the game objects. speaks to a wide audience. I have had a few solo shows, It ranges from unique, straspecifically one called “Our tegically challenging games Finest Hour,” that focused for gamers to a more reon these elements, and it laxed play for casual game was these pieces that influ- players and families. enced how the artwork for Jason: We designed a the game evolved. game with wide appeal but Jason: For me the inspi- secretly I just want Julian ration came from watching Fellowes to play a game Downton Abbey and finding with Queen Elizabeth and myself getting obsessed the rest of the royal family. with the show in a way I couldn’t explain. I start- Why did you choose
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to fund your project through Kickstarter? Jen: Kickstarter is first and foremost, a sizeable, supportive community. Everyone that we have come across so far has been really open and very kind. There’s a lot of sharing and cross promoting ... it feels really good. It’s also a good opportunity to put out a project that we have complete control over. We had a clear idea of what we wanted to do, how we wanted to approach it and you’re not going to get that kind of freedom or indepage 71
pendence going through a company or a corporation. Not that we are not open to those ideas ... it was just more important to get our genuine iteration out first.
that we only put out one record. But it was a great experience! A few years ago we collaborated on Corace Quest, a video game based on our childhood.
How was the brother/sister collaboration process? Have you worked on projects together before? Jen: Jason and I are very close ... I’d say that he’s my best friend. I used to create most of the artwork for Jason’s early music career. We also briefly used to run a record label. So briefly, in fact,
The process itself, overall, works out really well. We understand each other very well and balance each other out. Whenever I describe ourselves to people I tend to say that Jason is the conceptual/business one and I’m the visual/social networking one. And we both have strong backgrounds in design which mesh well. Issue 5 / October, 2013
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There are definitely bumps here and there, but for the most part, as long as I am allowed to have my coffee, a lot of that can be avoided. Jason: Yes, coffee is very important to maintaining our working relationship. Coffee and bourbon I would say. How do you think you would fare in a real life version of Lords and Ladies? Jen: Oh man, judging by my dating history, not too well. Jason: Well neither of us
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are married, have children, employ servants, or have much gold so I thinking we would do terribly. Would you like to share any hilarious and/or tragic stories from the development of the game? Jason: During one of our game play videos our friend Jay was incredibly unlucky and rolled three sixes in a row (a 1 in 216 chance) that left him childless for most of the game and lent a dark presence to the game. Though per-
haps my favorite play test found Jen one point away from winning against our friend Dave who is perhaps the sweetest person in the world. Jen luckily had a child, beating Dave by one point and then she gave Dave a very un-lady like double finger salute and then apologized profusely. The Lords and Ladies Kickstarter campaign is ongoing and will continue through October 6th. If you miss the cut-off, don’t despair, the game can also be pre-ordered at www.lordsandladiesgame.com
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Sexy Halloween? by kelly mccarty illustrated by charlotte oden At
some point , Halloween went from being an innocent holiday centered around carving pumpkins, apple cider, and fun-size Snickers (or worshipping the devil, depending on how fundamentalist you are) to being an adult holiday that calls for drinking and dressing provocatively.
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start a line of sexy costumes for dogs. these udders.” Every other drunk It’s the final frontier. girl at the bar on Halloween night is a sexy cat, sexy nurse, sexy devil or I had the greatest idea for a costume a sexy cop, so the costume designers this year. I would be Little Red Riding have really started thinking outside Hood and my dog, who is mostly Ger- the box and making sexy costumes man shepherd, would be the Big Bad for things that no one in their right Wolf in Grandma’s clothing. Howev- mind would find sexy. The evidence er, when I started looking at Little Red is overwhelming: Riding Hood costumes for adults, she wasn’t exactly the girl I remembered Sexy Raccoon from the fairy tale. This was more Little Nothing is sexier than rabies. Red Riding Hood if the bank foreclosed on Grandma’s house and she had to take Sexy Sesame Street a job dancing around a pole at Ye Olde I’ve seen Bert, Cookie Monster and Strip Club. Elmo costumes that made me think, “I didn’t realize that Sesame Street had a I once had an office job where my boss corner or that Big Bird was moonlightforced us to dress up for Halloween. I ing as a pimp.” If someone asks you couldn’t help but to notice that all of what television show you find sexy, and the costume options for men would instead of saying True Blood or Game leave you covered from your neck to of Thrones or Vampire Diaries, you say, your ankles while all of the female cos- Sesame Street, the FBI probably needs tumes would leave you pretty much to start keeping a profile on you. Serinaked. I walked through the costume ously, Sesame Street is the worst possible store thinking, “My coworkers don’t answer. You could say, “I think the Joy need to see my midriff, cleavage or up- of Painting with Bob Ross is sexy. I am per thighs.” Not to mention that one so into old white guys with afros” and would need to be as thin and gorgeous it would be weird, but not nearly as as a Victoria’s Secret model to pull creepy as mining a toddlers’ TV show those costumes off. The only unsexy for sexy costume ideas. thing I could find was a cow. I wound up wearing angel wings over my reguSexy Candy lar work clothes. These costumes consisted of a short dress with the word “Twix,” “Snickers” I’m sure there is a sexy cow costume or “Starburst” written on it. It’s sexy and somewhere out there. “Check out lazy. page 75
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Sexy Astronaut The problem with this costume is that without the decidedly unsexy astronaut helmet, you just look like a girl in a tight tracksuit or slutty dress. I’m pretty sure that Neil Armstrong never wore a miniskirt, either.
Ruining My Childhood with Your Sexiness
In this category, I include Sexy Strawberry Shortcake, Sexy Mario and Luigi, Sexy Bo Peep, Sexy Alice in Wonderland, and Sexy Ninja Turtle (not Michelangelo!). There is no part of me that ever wanted to imagine what all Sexy Wizard of Oz of those beloved childhood characters I have found sexy Dorothy, sexy scarewould look like if they worked in the crow, and sexy tin man, but I guess the adult film industry. poor cowardly lion doesn’t merit a revealing costume.
Sexy Ladybug
Sexy Taxi Driver I am certain that in the entire history of the taxicab, there has never been a sexy taxi driver. When I think taxi driver, I picture a fat guy smoking a cigar while wearing a white wife beater with yellow sweat stains under the armpits. It’s not an image that would arouse anybody.
Sexy Pizza Delivery Lady
Poor ladybug. After her house burned down while her children were at home, she fell on bad times and got mixed up in hard drugs. She started turning tricks to pay for her habit. Look for her on an upcoming episode of Insect Intervention. Caterpillar cries when she forgets to pick him up at the airport because she is hungover. Aphid makes a compelling speech about how ladybug used to keep him from eating the leaves off the rosebushes, but now she’s too strung out to care.
Because what is sexier than smelling like greasy food and the constant threat of being robbed for twenty dol- If anyone needs me on Halloween, I will lars? probably be wearing regular clothes or an old bee costume that covers me from Sexy Geisha and head to toe. If you think that is sexy beSexy Native American cause you have a bumblebee fetish, seek For people who want to be sexy and rac- professional help. ist. page 77
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The Gallery
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Jessica Bratton / Into the Further You Go / photography / Pasadena, CA
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Tomas Skaringa / Human Masquerade / digital photography / Los Angeles, CA
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Lori Chambers / History Repeats Itself / photography / Columbia, SC
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Catherine Le Comte / Enigma / large format film photography / Derry, NH
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Each month we at Paprika Southern host a curated gallery space based around a theme. This month, in deference to October’s reputation as the spookiest month of the year, our theme was “haunted.” We love seeing how you, our readers, interpret our gallery themes. Next month’s theme will be “home.” Send us artwork that represents the concept of home to you, whether it be a place you currently reside, a memory of a childhood home, something you dream of, an abstract representation, or any other way you interpret the idea of “home.” To submit work, please attach up to 3 jpegs to an email to mail@paprikasouthern.com, with the following information: -Artist’s name -Title of piece(s) -Medium -Website (if applicable) -Hometown Files should be no smaller than 12 inches on the shorter side, with a resolution of 150ppi. Deadline, October 28 Open to all mediums page 85
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P.S. Paprika Southern recommends
savannah SCAD Museum of Art presents Portraying the South, an exhibition of photographic works by French photographer Pierre Gonnord. October 1 - January 26
richmond Currently on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is Unreal: Conceptual Photographs from the 1970s and 80s, a show that explores the impact of this time period on photographic fine art practice today. On view through December 29
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winston-salem The Souteastern Center for Contemporary Art will present Graphic Design: Now In Production. This show, featuring graphic design produced in the last decade, explores the medium and its impact on culture and society. October 24 - February 23
austin Cubism Beyond Borders at the Blanton Museum of Art brings together the work of artists such as Diego Rivera, Arshile Gorky, Pablo Picasso, and more, in exploration of cubism’s reach beyond Western Europe. Show runs through December 8
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atlanta The Atlanta Celebrates Photography festival is in full-swing in October. With over 150 venues ranging from the Hagedorn to the High participating, this event attacts photographers and enthusiants from across the nation. Events continue through November 10
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