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“Freedom Anthem” at LampLight Theatre
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Arts In The Park Artists’ Deadline
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Volume 29 • Issue #32
Kingsport’s FUN FEST
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The Band Perry To Close Out FunFest Caravan of Thieves Returns To Northeast State Liberty! The Saga of Sycamore Shoals To Offer Dinner Theater “Rapunzel” Comes To Barter’s Stage II Musical Venture To Feature Vocal Group & Bass Quintet Green Day’s Award Winning Rock Musical New Public Art Project Unveiled Jonesborough Contra Workshops Storyteller Regi Carpenter Rhythms Of The Mountain Empire
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Batteries Not Included - Dear Apple, Love Andy She Does It Herself - Arm Knitting An Infinity Scarf Stargazer - Pluto Reveals Itself to NASA Probe Skies This Week The Trivial Traveler - Why Ask Wye? Screen Scenes - “Terminator Genisys” Lock, Stock & Barrel - Pocket Pistol Showdown: Kel-Tec P-3AT Kelly’s Place - Are You A Pre-Crastinator?
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Fun Fest Sunset Series Entertainers:
The Band Perry to Close Fun Fest
Fun Fest 2015 s proud to announce the entertainers for the 2015 Sunset Concert Series. TobyMac will kick off the series on Thursday, July 16th followed by co-headliners, Thompson Square and David Nail on Friday, July 17th. The festival finale will be The Band Perry on Saturday, July 18th. Thursday night’s Contemporary Christian Concert will open up with Brandon Heath, a multiDove Award winner and five-time GRAMMY nominee. Heath is best known for his No. 1 hits, “I’m Not Who I Was” and “Give Me Your Eyes”. His fifth album, No Turning Back, was released on February 10, 2015. The headliner for this year’s Contemporary Christian Concert is TobyMac. TobyMac is one of the first and best-known Christian rappers. His latest studio single, “Beyond Me”, is climbing the charts on Christian radio. Since its 2012 release, the latest album, Eye On It, has entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1 and won a GRAMMY and Billboard Music Award. TobyMac has received an American Music Award for Favorite Christian Artist and KLOVE’s Artist of the Year Award. Sponsors for the Thursday night concert are Honda Kingsport,
Tele-Optics, Inc., Carter-Trent Funeral Homes and 88.3 WCQR. The Friday Night Concert kicks off with the award-winning, country music duo, Thompson Square. Thompson Square is best known for their two, No. 1 singles, “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not” and “If I Didn’t Have You”. The duo has released two albums, which have produced a combined eight chart singles on the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. Thompson Square is no stranger to Kingsport. They served as celebrity guests on The Santa Train in 2011 and 2012. Co-headliner for the evening will be David Nail. Nail, a GRAMMY-nominated country artist, is best known for his chart topping single, “Let It Rain”, which was released in 2011. His latest album, I’m a Fire, has produced three singles on country radio in the last year; “Whatever She’s Got”, “Kiss You Tonight” and “Broke My Heart”. Sponsors for the Friday night concert are Appalachian Power, AGC Glass Company North America, Domtar, Wendy’s and WXBQ. Fun Fest 2015 will end the week with opener, Echosmith and headliner, The Band Perry. Echosmith, who released their
first single, “Cool Kids” in 2013. “Cool Kids” reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Their second single, “Bright” is already climbing the charts and has currently peaked at 19 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. The Band Perry is a country music group that originated in Greeneville, TN and is composed of siblings Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry. They released their self-titled debut album on October 12, 2010. From this album, “If I Die Young” reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts and has been certified quadruple platinum. Their second album, Pioneer, was released April 2013 and produced additional number one singles in “Better Dig Two” and “DONE.”,
plus the Top 10 hits “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely” and “Chainsaw”. Most recently, The Band Perry was awarded a GRAMMY for Best Country Group Performance on their latest single, “Gentle on My Mind”. Eastman is the sponsor for the Saturday Night Concert. Radio sponsors for the event are Electric 94.9 and WXBQ. The Sunset Series will take place on the Brock Services Stage at J. Fred Johnson Stadium. Additional Series sponsors include Eastman Credit Union, Charter Spectrum, Verizon, Cigna, WJHL, WCYB, WKPT and the Kingsport Convention & Visitors Bureau. For more information visit the Fun Fest Office at 400 Clinchfield St. or by calling (423) 392-8836 or on the web at: www.funfest.net.
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Caravan of Thieves returns to Northeast State
Don’t bother locking up your valuables. Bring them along when the phenomenal Caravan of Thieves returns to Northeast State for a free live performance on July 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Wellmont Regional Center for the Performing Arts at the main campus in Blountville. The performance continues the College’s Hot Nights, Cool Music summer concert series. In the spring of 2008, musical duo Fuzz and Carrie Sangiovanni extended their family to include fiery violinist Ben Dean and double bass madman, Brian Anderson completing their colorful vision of Thieves. Since then, the four of them ran away from home and never looked back. The band is on tour supporting their latest album KISS KISS released under their own Buskaroo label. The new album combines the dark humor and sarcastic social commentary of Caravan of Thieves’ previous albums with an added emphasis on love and all the beauty and danger it brings. According to Fuzz and Carrie, “We enjoy writing about concepts that most listeners can relate to while seeing how far we can bring it to the edges of our imaginations, and try to use as many unexpected images and comparisons as we can to illustrate them. One of the
main themes behind KISS KISS is love, which is already so complex, so we tried to cover as many angles as possible, the good the bad and yes, even the ugly.” Driving gypsy jazz rhythms, acoustic guitars, upright bass and violin lay the foundation for the band’s mesmerizing vocal harmonies and fantastic stories. Caravan of Thieves are musical and intense. They entertain, dazzle and defy musical classification while welcoming the spectator to join the band throughout the performance in momentary fits of claps, snaps
and sing-alongs. Within that first year, the Caravan of Thieves began to win immediate praise for their unique blend of gypsy swing and popular music, inspiring them to record and release the debut full-length album Bouquet in 2009. The band followed up with the equally sharp albums Mischief Night and The Funhouse. To accompany this collection of dramatic and satirical tales, they built an interactive stage set of percussive junk and the ragtag quartet took their newly animated
show on the road, sharing stages with world renowned artists such as Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell, Nanci Griffith, The Decemberists, Keb Mo, Tom Tom Club, Iron and Wine, Punch Brothers, John Hammond, John Jorgenson and many others. “The years spent making music as an acoustic duo, alongside street performers, forced us to create a style of music we can present anywhere, anyhow, plugged in or not, a little wild and raw,” adds Carrie addressing the palpable troubadorian nature of Caravan Of
Thieves, “And this seemed to be a characteristic of popular artists and performers who have developed their persona and style that continue to span generations.” The concert is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact 423.279.7668 or jpkelly@northeaststate.edu.
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Liberty! the Saga of Sycamore Shoals to offer Dinner Theater on each Friday and Saturday night
Spend your evening with us at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area, enjoy a fantastic meal, and then kick back for Tennessee’s Official Outdoor Drama, “Liberty!” On each Friday and Saturday night of the play, our box office will open at 5:30 pm and guests will be seated at 6:00 pm for an entertaining and delicious meal. After the meal, you will be within short walking distance of the Fort Watauga Amphitheater where Liberty! will be performed. The Liberty! Dinner Theater is available by advanced reservations only. Reservations must be made by 1:00 PM the day of the performance either online at www.TheLibertyDrama.com or by calling the park at 423-543-5808. Outdoor drama offers a very unique format in which to experience a theatrical performance. Without a doubt, live theater, performed beside the cool waters of the Watauga River, with Fort Watauga as the backdrop to the play, is unlike any other. Theatrical lighting, professional sound, and a host of unexpected effects completely immerse the audience in the trials and challenges of life in the late 18th century. As the story unfolds, long hunters and settlers begin leaving the protection of the English Colonies, crossing the Appalachian Mountains in violation of the British Proclamation of 1763. Along the Watauga Old Fields, families soon made their homes, formed a new
government, bought and traded land from the Cherokee, and ultimately, helped secure our freedom during the American Revolutionary War. The series of events that unfolded at Sycamore Shoals were critical to state and national history. These dramatic chapters in America’s westward expansion set the tone for a number of events that helped propel the British colonies towards independence and a democratic form of government. These stories are proudly shared with our guests during each performance of Liberty! The Saga of Sycamore Shoals. We hope you will plan to come early and enjoy an excellent dinner prior to the performance of Liberty! The Dinner Theater dates for our 2015 season are July 10 &
11, July 17 & 18, and July 24 & 25. Dinner theater ticket prices are $25.00 for adults; $23 for seniors (55 and over); $18.00 for students ages 6 to 17; and $19.00 for Friends of Sycamore Shoals Members. Each child age 5 and under is free with a paying adult. Liberty! runs Thursdays-Saturdays, July 9 – 11, 16 – 18, and 23 -25, in the Fort Watauga Amphitheater at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area in Elizabethton. Performances begin nightly at 7:30 (Box office opens at 6 pm). John Carter’s Store (concessions) opens at 6:30 pm. For more information, contact: Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area, 1651 West Elk Avenue Elizabethton, Tennessee. (423) 543-5808 or visit: www.sycamoreshoalstn. org
JP Harris & The Tough Choices To Play Holston River Brewing
JP Harris, one of the rising stars of the new breed of roots & country music coming out of Nashville, will be coming to Bristol Thursday, July 16th at Holston River Brewing. The first half of 2015 has been nothing short of jam-packed for Harris. HIs new album, Home Is Where The Hurt Is, has received rave reviews in Rolling Stone, Esquire, Paste and more, he was nominated for a 2015 Ameripoli-
tan Music Award for Best Honky Tonk Male, and was invited to play Willie Nelson’s Heartbreaker Picnic during SXSW. Less than a week after finishing a European tour that saw them play a staggering 35 shows in 39 days, across 11 countries, the band’s current US tour launched on the West Coast on June 9th and will run across through Southwest, Mid-South, East Coast and MidWest through August 13th.
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Classic Fairytale “Rapunzel” Comes to Barter’s Stage II
The Barter Players are set to perform the classic fairytale “Rapunzel” at Barter Theatre’s Stage II beginning July 21. Long ago in a world of kings, queens, magic and witches, Rapunzel was locked away in a hidden tower by a bitter and greedy witch. Deep in the darkest forest, Rapunzel waits in her tower for her life to change. Will she find love? Will she be rescued? Or, can Rapunzel rescue herself? This classic tale of good versus evil comes to life on Barter’s Stage II with some spunky little twists and an empowering message for any little girl. John Hardy, the director of “Rapunzel,” invites audiences to discover, “What kind of a world is it where people are named Rapunzel? It makes one think of a world in which things happen that don’t happen in the world we live in now. And what might those things be?” Children of all ages will be delighted by this performance by The Barter Players, Barter Theatre’s performance group for children. This Barter Players production
is made possible by show sponsor, Berry Home Centers; season sponsor Alpha Natural Resources and season media sponsors Blue Ridge
PBS and WKPT-TV ABC 19. For more information call the box office at 276-628-3991 or visit bartertheatre.com.
On July 14th , the New Horizons spacecraft will make an historic flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto. Over the coming year, the secrets of this small, distant world will be revealed as detailed images and data are sent back to Earth. Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium presents two new features highlighting our history of discovery with Pluto and the New Horizons mission. Bays Mountain Planetarium is proud to present “Exploring New Horizons.” In this exciting, new program, we travel through time to witness the forward progression of discovery in our Solar System and find out how important the scientific method really is. We see how Pluto was discovered and how we understand it today as the
most popular of dwarf planets. We also ride along with the New Horizons spacecraft and experience Pluto first hand. A live activity highlights Pluto’s discovery and the show ends with a live update of the New Horizons mission. “Exploring New Horizons” will show at 1 & 4 p.m. daily for July and August with an additional 5 p.m. showing on Saturdays and Sundays. Thanks to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, where Pluto was discovered, Bays Mountain Park presents a new exhibit entitled “Pluto at 85.” Created by the staff at Lowell Observatory, this exhibit showcases the 85 years of are fascination with Pluto from its discovery and naming to the current New Horizons mission. This
exhibit will be on display through the end of the year. Bays Mountain Park is ranked as one of Tennessee’s Top 50 Most Visited Attractions, according to the State of Tennessee Department of Tourist Development, and welcomes over 150,000 visitors annually. It is one of the nation’s largest city-owned parks, boasting a 44-acre lake and nearly 40 miles of hiking trails across its 3,550 acres of mountains and forests. The park’s attractions include a stateof-the-art planetarium, wildlife habitats specializing in species native to Tennessee, an interactive nature center, a ropes course with zip lines, and trails for mountain bikes, day hikers, and backpackers.
Rapunzel sits in her tower awaiting the perfect moment to escape
New planetarium program, “Exploring New Horizons,” and a new exhibit about Pluto and the New Horizons spacecraft now showing!
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Musical Joint Venture to feature vocal group, brass quintet in rousing mix of sacred arrangements
A new joint venture is poised to come to fruition Sunday, July 19, at Central Baptist Church in Johnson City. Both parties investing expertise in this collaboration are pooling their – musical – resources for the first time, but officials say the risks are very low, especially for spectators, and odds are quite high for a rousing and glorious result. Central Baptist Church’s Selah Brass quintet and Highest Praise vocal ensemble will join forces July 19 at 4 p.m. in the church sanctuary for With Heart and Voice, a rare concert of sacred fare, including favorite hymns, gospel, spirituals and new works in varying styles, such as Dixieland and
Sacred Harp, as well as dynamic four-hand piano accompaniments. “The idea of a joint concert was actually born several years ago,” says Highest Praise Director Anne Elliott of the Milligan College music faculty. “As directors of each group, we felt a collaborative performance would provide an opportunity for our groups to experience and share music in new and exciting ways. “While it’s not uncommon for choral pieces and large choral works to be written with orchestral accompaniment, it’s not particularly common to see and hear pieces written for brass and choir only. We believe this unique combination will offer those who at-
tend the opportunity to hear music not often performed in this way.” Selah Brass – composed of two music professionals, a firefighter, a law enforcement officer and a pharmacist – is known for its spirited and virtuosic renditions. “We selected spirituals, hymns and even a Dixieland arrangement for this program, because they showcase styles we like and they’re fun, but also because they are spiritually meaningful,” says Selah Brass Director Rachel Cox. The brass pieces will include a medley of spirituals – “Go Down Moses,” “My Lord, What a Morning,” and “Joshua Fit the Battle” – the Dixieland-style “May the Circle Be Unbroken” and an arrangement of the hymn “How Great Thou Art,” made universally popular by George Beverly Shea during the Billy Graham Crusades. “Everyone knows and loves ‘How Great Thou Art,’ ” says Cox, who also conducts the CBC orchestra. “It’s just great text. It touches a lot of people … “I always try to choose things that our audience will be familiar with because I think instrumental music means more if they know the words. It’s not just pretty sounds but there are texts that mean something.” The Highest Praise vocal ensemble will be featured in the Twila Paris ’90s-classic “How Beautiful” and several exuberant Sacred
Harp-style songs, including “I Am Bound for the Kingdom” and “Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal.” The groups will then join hearts and voices for four powerful pieces, opening, closing and providing a centerpiece for the unique program. “A Jubilant Song,” arranged by Allen Pote, will open the concert, followed by “Hymn of Creation,” a soaring newer work. “Contemporary composer and arranger Dan Forrest is widely known for his fresh and innovative sacred pieces,” says Elliott, who founded Highest Praise at Central Baptist in the late 1990s. “ ’Hymn of Creation’ is an elegant and moving setting of Isaac Watts’ ‘I Sing the Might Power of God,’ featuring the lovely and dramatic sounds of brass instruments.” A Mark Hayes arrangement of the classic hymn “To God Be the Glory” by Fanny Crosby and William Doane, titled “Great Things He Has Done” will separate the vocal and brass portions, and the collaborators will close the program with a toe-tapping gospelswing arrangement of two Christian standards, “I Must Tell Jesus with Blessed Assurance.” This joint venture has been a joyous new endeavor for both ensembles, the directors say, and they hope the joy will be infectious. “Each brass player, singer, accompanist and director is passionate about music and sharing of
our faith through music,” Elliott says. “The purpose of the concert is to worship and bring glory and honor to our Lord, using musical gifts and talents he has given us. We believe our audience will enjoy the various styles of music, as well as hearing both groups in the same concert.” “This concert features two groups that are really worth listening to individually,” Cox says. “It’s a thrill for us to combine efforts for this special concert, and it’s a nice program. There’s variety and some familiarity and familiar things done in new ways. There’s truly something for everyone in it.” The concert, in the Central Baptist Church sanctuary, is free and open to the public. Members of Selah Brass are Lee Ruffin, trumpet; Adam Seneker, trumpet; Kimberly Coleman, French horn; Aaron Hurley, euphonium; and Robby Williams, tuba. Highest Praise features longtime church musicians from the area: Erin Carder, Jon Cardwell, Lise Cutshaw, Katrena Floyd, Sherrill Gibson, David Howard, Lydia Lemp, Dustin Odom, Jamie Temaj, Lindsay Young and Mark Young. Accompanists are Julie Cardwell and Sharon Turner. For information on the concert, please call Central Baptist Church at 423-926-7121.
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Glasgow Theatre Company Premieres Green Day’s Ground Breaking, Award Winning Rock Musical This month, Tri-Cities based Glasgow Theatre Company continues its legacy of bringing new and innovative works to area audiences with the regional premiere of Green Day’s “American Idiot”. The two-time Tony Awardwinning hit musical, based on Green Day’s Grammy Awardwinning multi-platinum album, boldly takes the American musical where it’s never gone before. This high-octane show includes every song from Green Day’s album American Idiot, as well as several songs from follow-up release, 21st Century Breakdown. An energyfueled rock opera, American Idiot features little dialogue and instead relies on the lyrics from Green Day’s groundbreaking album to execute the story line. Johnny, Tunny, and Will struggle to find meaning in a post-9/11 world. When the three disgruntled men flee the constraints of their
hometown for the thrills of city life, their paths are quickly estranged when Tunny becomes a soldier, Will becomes a father, and Johnny’s attention becomes divided by a seductive love interest and a hazardous new friendship. Don’t miss this exhilarating spectacle performed by an outstanding cast of 16 electric performers accompanied by a full band. Performance dates are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, July 23-25 at 8pm with a special matinee performance also on Saturday, July 25 at 2pm. For tickets or more information, call (423)797-8GTC (8482) or visit www.glasgowtheatrecompany.org. “American Idiot” is a high concept show with strong social messages and is intended only for mature audiences. “American Idiot” is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International.
Lakeside Concert Series featuring Wolf Creek
Winged Deer Park’s Lakeside Concert Series will showcase the talents of Wolf Creek on Thursday (July 16). Wolf Creek features an extremely diverse song list that will entertain a wide range of ages and musical tastes. Their strong vocal harmonies are reminiscent of artists like The Eagles, America, and Diamond Rio. This concert takes place from 7-9 p.m., and admission is free. Bring your lawn chairs, picnic basket, and your dancing shoes. Winged Deer Park is located at 4137 Bristol Highway, and the lakefront Goulding Amphitheatre is off Carroll Creek Road. For more information, call (423)283-5815, or email jcparksinfo@johnsoncitytn. org. Thursday, July 16, 7-9 p.m. Wolf Creek Band This year’s Lakeside Concert Series is sponsored by Bristol Broadcasting, Johnson City Parks and Recreation, Mountain States Health Alliance, and the News and Neighbor.
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Abingdon Main Street Unveils New Public Art Project
Abingdon Main Street, the nonprofit organization dedicated to improving and promoting Abingdon’s downtown district, revealed the first phase of its new public art project this week. Six signal boxes in downtown Abingdon are being wrapped with original artwork from local artists. These signal boxes are located on sidewalks or poles and control the traffic lights in the town. The paintings were photographed, and then reproduced on a weatherproof, long-lasting vinyl material, that is then carefully shrink-wrapped to cover the metal boxes. The installation is designed to last many years. The signal box art is part of a larger, grant-funded project to create a public art trail in downtown Abingdon. Funding was secured from Virginia Main Street, and matched with private donations and assistance from the Town of Abingdon. The next phase of the project, to be completed later this summer, includes two two-dimensional sculptures inspired by Abingdon’s past as “Wolf Hills,” and a new LOVE sculpture, located on the front lawn of The Martha Washington Inn & Spa. The LOVE letters are part of a statewide “Virginia is for Lovers” campaign, and Abingdon’s version of the letters were extremely popular before having to be removed because of damage from the past winter. The new letters will incorporate Abingdon Main Street’s
Mockingbird by Leila Cartier wolf theme. The six original artworks are: Mockingbird by Leila Cartier, Mount Zion Baptist Church by Nancy Johnson, Dinosaur, Plague Doctor, Robot, Black Cat and Zombie Lincoln by Eric Drummond Smith, Jones Detail by Shawn Crookshank, Oak, Ash and Thorn by Nadya Warthen-Gibson, and Blountville Barn in Yellow and Blue by Val Lyle. “Our goal with this project was
to promote downtown Abingdon as an exciting, vibrant place to be, and to support local artists. These signal boxes were necessary but unattractive, and now we’ve been able to transform them into something eye-catching,” said Executive Director Susan Howard. The idea for the project was originally sparked by an anonymous donor who had seen signal box artwork in another community. Similar projects in Seattle, Missoula, MT and Tampa, FL have been successful in transforming urban areas, discouraging graffiti, and creating a greater sense of community. Abingdon Main Street advocates for downtown businesses and plans projects and events to drive locals and visitors alike to the downtown district. Past programs include the popular “Who’s Afraid of Virginia’s Wolves” public art event, which places wolf sculptures throughout downtown Abingdon, and the recently-completed mural on Main Street that celebrates Abingdon’s history, plus events like the Red, White and Beach Party. For more information visit http://abingdonmainstreet.com/
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Jonesborough Contra & Afternoon Beginner’s Workshop
The Historic Jonesborough Dance Society will hold a contra dance on Saturday July 18, 2015 at the Jonesborough Visitors Center, 117 Boone Street at 7:30 PM. Boom Chuck will play the tunes while Clinton Ross will do the calling. Admission is $7, $5 for HJDS members and $5 for full time students. A special family package for members is now offered for a total of $15. Parents and all of their own children under age 18 can gain admission for one price. All dances are taught. The event is smoke, alcohol and fragrance free. In addition to the evening dance, HJDS will offer a FREE two-hour comprehensive workshop for people interested in learning how to contra dance from 4:00pm-6:00pm. “If people in the community have ever given thought to trying out contra dance, then this is the place to learn” adds event organizer, David Wiley. The workshop is relaxed, slow paced and will give the attendees all the tools to step up to the live dance in the evening. Leading the workshop will be Laurie Fisher from Asheville. Laurie, also a fiddler in the Boom Chuck band, has over 30 years of experience as a contra dancer, music teacher, dance caller and event organizer. Fisher will be discussing, and demonstrating: a) Importance of listening, timing and grace (gentle strength) in dancing b) Barriers common to smooth and joyful movement
Volunteers needed for Dive, Ride & Stride Kid’s Triathlon Memorial Park Community Center, 510 Bert St., is in need of volunteers for the third annual Dive, Ride & Stride Kid’s Triathlon on Saturday, Aug. 15. Assistance will be needed for water stations, safety patrol, award distribution, and transition areas. Most volunteers will be asked to report to Legion Recreation Center by 7:30 a.m. on race day. Please contact Kelly Finney at (423)434-5758 or kfinney@johnsoncitytn.org to sign up.
c) Challenges of creative, individual movement within the collective structure d) Reasons why people contra dance and history of contra dance The class/workshop will be relaxed but meaningful with a healthy balance of discussion and dancing. Not only are beginners welcome, but also experienced dancers who wish more in depth training in the art of contra dance. Participants are encouraged to attend the entire session.
Adults and children are welcome. No pre-registration is required. Attendees are encouraged to stay for the evening contra dance. Boom Chuck is a very popular regional contra dance band led by Laurie Fisher on fiddle, Nic Coker on guitar and Rick Cooper on bass. For more information, contact David Wiley at 423-534-8879, or email to david@historicjonesboroughdancesociety.org. Also visit the Historic Jonesborough Dance Society on FACEBOOK.
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Dear Apple, Love Andy Two weeks ago, Apple launched their new streaming service, Apple Music. Apple Music is built on the backbone of Beats Music—the streaming service that the popular headphone company launched last Winter--which Apple bought last year--and also was a service I was a subscriber of. So upon the day that Apple Music rolled out, I gladly rolled my account on over and began a three month trial of Apple Music. There’s things about Apple Music that I really like, and there’s things about Apple Music that I really hate. There’s also things about streaming music in general that
makes me feel weird, but we’ll talk about that later on. First, let’s talk about what I like. Because Apple Music is built off of Beats Music, the core of the service is very familiar to me. Curators, Apple Music Editors, and Activity sections, all of which contain playlists that have been curated by their music editors—actual, human music nerds making playlists for people. By in large, these playlists are exceptional. They’re virtual mix-tapes, and even go as far into interesting fields as “Rappers Criticized by Bill O’Riley.” Not kidding, that’s an actual playlist on the ser-
vice. The other killer features is the way Siri is designed to work with the system. If you have an iPhone, you can do almost anything you want with Siri and Apple Music. This is great if you, like me, enjoying listening to lots of music in the car. You can even say to Siri “Play me the top ten songs of 1967” or “Play the number one song of May 1978” and it will play—going as far back as to 1951. There’s other tricks to the Siri control that I’m still playing with and finding out, but so far that might be the biggest advantage Apple Music has over the
other streaming services. Naturally, as I was in the car at the nearby Sonic having a milkshake, I did what anyone would do. “Siri, Play ‘These Eyes’ by The Guess Who.” As the song began to play I slowly stared out the window, looking at the dark, charcoal grey clouds that began to cover up the beauty of a Summer’s day. My thoughts turned to her, and her alone. No longer was I thinking of the wonder of the chocolate shake I was treating myself to on that day. I heard she married, may even have a kid. Sheila, what went wrong between us? You never told me. Maybe I’ll throw this shake away and spend the rest of the day alone on the couch, listening to The Cure. Um, what was I talking about again? Oh, yeah. Apple Music. Anyways.... Granted it’s only been two weeks, and I’ll have till September to make my mind up on if I want to keep the service. There’s some major issues I have with how Apple Music works that is keeping me from being completely on board. One feature Apple has prided themselves on is how at long last, all your music can live in one location. All the music you stream, and all the mu-
sic you own—either bought from a digital retailer, or ripped from your own CDs. To get the most out of Apple Music, you must enable iCloud Music Library. In theory, iCloud Music Library is how Apple will mirror EVERYTHING in your personal iTunes collection. Either matching it with titles on their service, or uploading your own ripped CDs and adding it to your collection. I noticed this working when I shortly turned on Apple Music on my phone, it began to mix and match with music I had already synced to my phone from iTunes. So that night, I kept trying to turn iCloud Music Library on for my iTunes. However, some server problem kept it from clicking over, so I went to bed and thought nothing of it. This was a blessing in disguise, as I woke to reports of iCloud Music Library screwing up people’s libraries royally. Wrong album art, breaking up albums into other tracks, duplicate songs. Some reports said words to the effect of “Anyone who is meticulous about how they tag and curate their per-
Batteries....
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Batteries.... Continued from page 12 sonal music—this will be a nightmare.” You can guess where I fall on the meticulous scale. Anyone who is finicky as I am knows that iTunes can sometimes be a real pain for getting your metadata and album art right. It can usually ID the CD, but unless the album is on iTunes, and the spelling and grammar match the iTunes offering exactly—it won’t tag it with the right art. I noticed this on my phone, on my copy of Barry White’s “All Time Greatest Hits.” An album that is on Apple Music and iTunes Store? Can’t find any album art for it at all? “The Best of Marshall Crenshaw?” Replaced with the cover art for his late 90s Demo collection. The worst case is when it replaced the art of “The Four Tops: The Definitive Collection” with some generic “Detroit Soul!” album cover that looked like it was photoshopped together in all of 30 seconds. There’s also no option to go in and fix this issue. Whatever Apple makes the cover, you’re now stuck with. I’ve not turned on iCloud Music Library to match my
iTunes yet for this very reason. As amazing as the Siri voice commands for the service are, there’s been moments when even that has proven to be a headache. As we got closer to celebrating our nation’s birthday, I asked Siri to play “4th of July” by the band X. I asked that exact phrase “Play 4th of July by X” to Siri several times, and it never worked. The problem was clear on the screen of my iPhone. Siri heard me say it perfectly, but the programming that runs Siri read it as “Fourth of July” not “4th of July.” This is a small—seemingly pointless problem—that is another bizarre oversight. Because the X songs is listed on the album— and any other X collection as “4th of July,” Siri could not equate “Fourth” meaning “4th” and said the song could not be found. I know it’s not just a flaw in how voice commands work, as I asked Google to pull the song up for me, and it did. “Look up the song 4th of July by X” is what I said, and as the voice search interpreted my words, it did say “fourth of July” on screen, but in what seemed to be a fraction
of a second, it had corrected itself and found the song—with the correct spelling in the search box. It’s all these little “devil in the details” parts of Apple Music that seem like flaws that should have been corrected before the service went public. It’s the key thing that will keep me from going to a paying subscriber once my free trial runs out in September. Hovering above all of this is the giant storm cloud that is my feelings about streaming music in general, even though I was a happily paying subscriber of Beats Music for a year and a half, those feelings have never really gone away. You’re renting music. That bothers me, along with the idea of low payouts to artists. Now, I’m not saying this to worry about people like Taylor Swift—though she deserves to get paid along with everyone. What I worry about are the independents, the up and comings. The kid whose life changed when he heard The Ramones, then started a band in his basement. They deserves as much a chance for a career in music as anyone else.
All of this is at constant war with my inner music lovers overwhelming joy at having access to (almost) ALL THE THINGS! My relationship with music is at the core of who I am as a person. It’s one of the things that defines me. It’s been that way all my life. That’s why I’ve spent decades curating a personal music library that covers a wall. That’s why music is the first thing I look for in anyone I want to pursue a relationship with. Honestly—as cold as this may sound—my relationship with music has been far better to me than some of those I’ve tried to have with people. It’s everything to me. I’d be stupid to act like streaming is going to go away, it’s not. Apple didn’t launch a streaming service to fix the business, they did it to keep their share of the market as sales of digital downloads drop. Y’all know I’m a vinyl guy, and I hope for a long time to come records and record stores will still be around. So even though I have paid to participate in streaming music, it still makes a few funny feelings in my gut.
Do I have the answers? No, I don’t have the answers. I’m not sure anyone does. Tidal—the streaming service owned by Jay Z—supposedly pays four times as much as any streaming service. Maybe they have the answer that we don’t know about. I’ve not tried Tidal, but I most likely will as I seriously think of looking for another service. They may be doing something right for artists, as his royal purple majesty—Prince--pulled all his music from ever streaming services expect Tidal. There is much to love about Apple Music, the curation, and that Siri control—when you’re not asking for songs by X—is amazing. However, unless those killer flaws, for me anyway, are fixed by the time September rolls around. I doubt I’ll keep the service. It’s not worth the pain of not being able to keep my iTunes the way I like it. It’s worth the three months free, but if you’re as meticulous as I am about how my music is cataloged—keep iCloud out of your iTunes. See you next week.
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FRIDAY - July 17 TUESDAY - July 14
JASON LLYOD & FRIENDS at Biggies Clam Bar
OPEN MIC w/ DAN HERRELL
6pm at Sonny’s Marina & Cafe
ALEX KRUG TRIO JAKE MCKELVIE & THE COUNTERTOPS at Acoustic Coffeehouse
WEDNESDAY - July 15 DAN HERRELL 6pm at Sonny’s Cafe
THE DUO TONES at Marker “2” Grill
OPEN MIC
7pm at The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room
KARA BETH WILSON KYLE ADEM at Acoustic Coffeehouse
SOUTHERN REBELLION 7pm at Sonny’s Marina & Cafe
SOUTHERN COUNTRYMEN BAND (Country)
9pm at Handle Bar & Grill
(Country, Classic Rock, Oldies) 7pm at Cumberland Park
THE LAST BISON THIS MOUNTAIN
Thursday Jams 7pm at Abingdon Market Pavilion
WOLF CREEK BAND
6:30pm at Kickin’ Back Kings Alley
BLACK MOUNTAIN REVIVAL at Bone Fire Smokehouse ACOUSTIFRIED (Country)
at Woodstone Deli
RAILWAY EXPRESS at Country Club Bar & Grill 9pm at Capone’s
7pm at Marker “2” Grill
MICK KYTE
at The Acoustic Coffeehouse
JOHNSON DEPOT
at Country Club Bar & Grill
BILLY CRAWFORD BAND at Bone Fire Smokehouse
RIVERBANK RAMBLERS
(Americana) 10pm at O’Mainnin’s Pub
CARAVAN OF THEIVES
7pm at Northeast State Performing Arts Center
ANDY SNEED / 33 YEARS at Acoustic Coffeehouse
ADAM CHURCH
SATURDAY - July 18 RETROVILLE
7pm at Sonny’s Marina & Cafe
BORDERLINE (Country, Rock) at Rush Street
5pm at Sonny’s Marina & Cafe
IVY ROAD at Marker “2” Grill LIVE MUSIC at Bone Fire Smokehouse
THE HUNTING PARTY at Acoustic Coffeehouse
CLOCKWORK WIZARDS
MONDAY - July 20
ACOUSTIFRIED (Country)
ADAM LAWSON DALLAS DANGER CHRIS LONG
9pm at Triple B Brewery
at The Down Home
TWIN COURAGE
NEW BALLARDS BRANCH BOGTROTTERS
at Biggie’s Clam Bar
7pm at Marker “2” Grill
at Bone Fire Smokehouse
SOUTHERN COUNTRYMEN BAND (Country)
SUNDAY - July 19
RETROVILLE
7pm at Marker “2” Grill
LIVE MUSIC
Rock, Oldies) 7pm at The Show Palace
8pm at Triple B Brewery
7pm at Winged Deer Park Lakeside Concert
MARK LARKINS
NIGHTSHIFT (Country, Southern
at Carter Family Fold
(Country)
BORDERLINE (Country, Rock)
JAZZ at Wellington’s - Carnegie Hotel SHOOTER
at Holiday Inn (Exit 7)
SUNDOWN BAND BENNY WILSON
RANDY & THE LUGNUTS
THURSDAY - July 16
RUBBERHOES
at Buffalo Ruritan
at The Family Barn
MARK LARKINS
at Acoustic Coffeehouse
at the Family Barn
BACKWOODS BLUEGRASS
JIGGYFEST 2015 at Jiggy Ray’s Pizzeria
SOUTHERN 76 & HIDDEN VALLEY BAND
BETH SNAPP BAND BLACK HAT
8pm at The Shack BBQ & Grill
ROCK N ROLL FREAKSHOW at Biggie’s Clam Bar
8pm at Triple B Brewery
BLUEGRASS JAM
at Hardee’s (Boones Creek)
OPEN MIC
at Acoustic Coffeehouse
KARAOKE TUESDAY
Karaoke At Numan’s - Johnson City TN ***********************
WEDNESDAY
Karaoke At Bristol VFW - Bristol TN Turn the Page Karaoke At VFW Post 2108 - JC ***********************
THURSDAY
Karaoke At Numan’s - Johnson City TN Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Electric Cowboy - JC Karaoke At Holiday Inn - JC Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment At Everette’s Bar & Grille - JC ***********************
FRIDAY
Karaoke At Bristol VFW - Bristol TN Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertaiment at Rainbow Asian Cuisine - JC Karaoke w/ Reverb Karaoke at The Cottage 8:30 pm Turn the Page Karaoke at VFW Post 2108 - JC Karaoke At Elizabethton VFW Elizabethton TN Karaoke w/ DJ Marques At Holiday Inn (Exit 7) - Bristol VA Karaoke At Numan’s - Johnson City TN ***********************
SATURDAY
Turn the Page Karaoke at VFW Post 2108 - Johnson City TN Karaoke At Numan’s - Johnson City TN ***********************
SUNDAY
Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Mellow Mushroom - JC Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment At Everette’s Bar & Grille -JC ***********************
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ANDY SNEED Saturday, July 18th 8:00 p.m. Acoustic Coffeehouse
Maryville-based singer-songwriter Andy Sneed will play a free solo acoustic show at the Acoustic Coffeehouse on Saturday, July 18, beginning at 8:00 pm. The Acoustic Coffeehouse is located at 415 W. Walnut St. Sneed is a North Carolina native who has played shows and songwriter events in East Tennessee, southwest Virginia, and western North Carolina. For More information, please visit www. andysneedmusic.com, or contact Andy Sneed at andy@andysneedmusic.com.
Spotlight Directory Acoustic Coffeehouse 415 W Walnut St. Johnson City 423/434.9872 Biggies Clam Bar 417 W Stone Dr Kingsport 423/765-9633 Bone Fire Smokehouse at the Hardware 260 W Main St Abingdon Va 276/623-0037 Bristol’s Pickin’ Porch 620 State St Bristol 423/573-2262 Buffalo Ruritan 200 Willowbrook Dr. Bluff City 423/391-7382 Carter Family Fold 3449 A. P. Carter Hwy Hiltons Va 276/594-0676
Country Club Bar & Grill 3080 W State St Bristol 423/844-0400
David Thompson’s Produce 251 Highway 107 Jonesborough 423/913-8123 Family Barn 1718 US Highway 19 Hansonville VA
Handle Bar & Grill 8310 E. Andrew Johnson Hwy Chuckey TN 423/ 257-2922
Holiday Inn (Exit 7) 3005 Linden Dr Bristol Va 276/466-4100
Kickin’ Back at King’s Alley 156 E. Jackson St. Gate City VA 276/386-3831
Marker “2’ Grill at Lakeview Marina 474 Lakeside Dock, Kingsport 423/323-4665 O’Mainnin’s Pub 712 State St Bristol 423/844-0049 The Outdoorsman 4535 Highway 11W Kingsport The Shack 4231 Ft. Henry Drive Kingsport 423.212.3110 Show Palace 14364 Lee Hwy Bristol Va 276/494-6610
Sonny’s Marina & Café 109 One St. Gray TN 423/283-4014 Triple B Brewery 935 Wilcox Ct. #105 Kingsport 423/963-3609 Wellington’s Restaurant Carnegie Hotel 1216 W State of Franklin Rd Johnson City • 423/979-6400
The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room 216 E Main St Johnson City
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Jonesborough Welcomes Regi Carpenter Storyteller Regi Carpenter has always had a thing for fairy tales. But despite the saying, art doesn’t always imitate life. Her own story has been good—even great—but there have also been darker moments when it wasn’t storybook perfect. It has been important to Carpenter to share those tales along with the good ones. Carpenter recently garnered national acclaim for a personal story called “Snap,” a piece about being institutionalized when she was a teenager. It sits comfortably in her repertoire next to stories about her happy childhood, which was a lot like a years-long talent show. “Kids who liked to dance or sing or play the piano went and did all the functions,” she says. “We had these old-fashioned variety shows that everybody in town would do at the high school. You had your place, and my place was to sing.” It took her a long time to be able to confront the more difficult parts of her past, but it was important to her growth as an artist—and as a way to erase the stigma surrounding conversations about mental health. Carpenter will share both tra-
ditional tales and personal stories as the next teller in residence for the International Storytelling Center’s live performance series, Storytelling Live! As Jonesborough’s resident storyteller, Carpenter will host daily matinees in the Mary B. Martin Storytelling Hall from July
21 – 25, Tuesday through Saturday. All performances start at 2:00 p.m., and tickets are just $12 for adults and $11 for seniors, students, and children under 18. As part of each performance, Carpenter will share some of the same songs she performed years ago at those small-town talent shows. In addition to her daily performances, Carpenter will lead a special workshop, “Storytelling in Palliative Care,” on Thursday, July 23, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Designed for family members and health care professionals who are caring for patients at the end of their lives, Carpenter will demonstrate how stories can be used to help build relationships and manage symptoms. The fee for the workshop is $30 and reservations are recommended. Carpenter first became interested in the therapeutic value of storytelling 10 years ago, when her brother died, and has since worked with a variety of patient populations, especially children. Reservations for all performances are highly recommended, and all ticket holders will save 10 percent on same-day dining at The Dining Room, Jonesborough General Store and Eatery, or Main Street Café. Season passes that offer
Carpenter....
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Arm Knitting An Infinity Scarf This week I’ve found the perfect DIY. It’s cheap, easy, and functional. These make great homemade gifts and they require you to buy only one thing: a skein of yarn. Along with your yarn, you’ll be using your hands and a pair of scissors to create a really cute infinity scarf with a technique called arm knitting. Many other gifts or treats for yourself can be made with this technique, including: rugs, blankets, boot cuffs, and more. So, although a chunky infinity scarf isn’t quite seasonal for July, it might be nice to get started and perfect the craft before the holidays roll around. When shopping for yarn, be sure to buy “Super Bulky” yarn. I bought an 8oz, 160yd pack of Lion Brand Homespun Thick & Quick yarn in Super Bulky number 6. Using thick, bulky yarn helps to make your scarf or other creation chunkier. The scarf I made is just one large loop that is thick and chunky enough to keep me warm in the winter. I had plenty of yarn left over at the end of this project to create a double loop scarf, so feel free to do so. To make my scarf extremely chunky, I doubled my yarn, using two strands as if they were one. In order to create a double strand with one skein of yarn, you’ll need to find the outside end of your yarn. After you’ve found it, place your thumb and index finger into the opposite end of the year and pull out the center. Unravel the center until you find the other end of the yarn. Line up the ends of your yarn and measure about two yards. This will be the tail and the yarn attached to your skein is your working yarn. Tie a slipknot at
new rows of stitches. Continue to create the rows, switching arms two yards and put the loop around Once your stitches are cast on, each time. The number of rows your wrist. you begin knitting. Hold your you create determines the length Now, you will cast on 10 stitch- working yarn in the hand you cast of the scarf. For a double loop scarf es. The number of stitches controls your stitches on. Using the oppo- you’ll need about 28 rows. To cast off your scarf, knit two the width of your creation. So, site hand, pull the first stitch over you can vary yours however. To your hand. Drop it and place the more stitches normally. Take the cast on a stitch, make a loop with loop (or new stitch) created by the bottom stitch and pull it over the the tail, pull your working yarn working warn over your other top stitch, off your arm and drop. through the loop. Drop your tail wrist. Continue to do this until all Stitch one stitch normally, and pull loop and place the working yarn of your stitches are on one arm. the bottom stitch off your hand loop around your wrist. You can think of this as creating again. Do this until you have one
remaining stitch. Pull this loop off your arm. Cut the working yarn about a foot long and pull it through the loop, tightening it. To end your scarf and make it an infinity loop, use the two yards of yarn left for the tail to weave the two ends of your scarf together. Weave your remaining yarn into the wrong side of the scarf where it won’t be noticed and then snip the ends.
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Historical Week For Pluto, Mars and Mercury
This is an historical week in space exploration for planets Pluto, Mars and Mercury as mankind got the first close-up peek at their surfaces when spacecraft flew by on July 14th. Not only is that shared date a coincidence, but all three are the only planets with surfaces not obscured by clouds (and yes, I called Pluto a planet!). The July 14 encounters by three spacecrafts called Mariner (1965), Messenger (2008) and New Horizons (2015)—each American made—happened over a span of 40 years and ushered in new frontiers for our Solar System. I have personal memories of all three spacecraft encounters, each which oddly tie into key moments of my life. The mystery of life on Mars was very much a big issue in 1965 when Mariner IV swooped past the Red Planet and sent back just 22 precious photos of the planet that is most like Earth. Until that July 14th, astronomers held onto the hope that Mars at least had vegetation, maybe forests of trees and lakes of water. Mariner IV was a time when my passion for astronomy was kicked into high gear during the Summer of ’65 when I spent every clear night stargazing with two teenage pals, Greg and Hal. We built a 6-inch reflecting telescope together, spent many summer nights watch-
ing for meteors and swatting mosquitoes in the Northwest Ohio humidity. I was a paper boy and devoured any scraps of information about the Space Race to the Moon and astronomy news. Newspapers and magazines was where the most information could be found, and current events were heard on snippets of radio news. Photos could be seen for a few seconds on television, and we’d wait maybe 2-4 weeks for astronomy magazines to have the latest images and initial mission reports. July 14, 1965 was a Wednesday and my only link with the Martian mission was an evening radio update that Mariner IV had flown by Mars and NASA was awaiting the data. That morning when the Thursday editions of The RepublicanCourier hit my drop-off corner, I ripped the twine bundle and flatted out the front page under a street light. There on the top of the page was the headline “Spacecraft Sends Historic Mars Photos” and the fuzzy image of a cratered terrain
that resembled a lunar landscape. As I read, my heart sank. No glistening lakes. No dense forests. Not a sign of lush vegetation. Instead the shock that Mars was cratered like the Moon, and was a very cold and a hostile environment much worse than Antarctica. The 200 million mile journey to make the first-time interplanetary flyby was praised as cutting-edge technology. But deep down inside, everyone was disappointed that Mars looks so barren and uninviting. As bad luck would have it, Mariner IV flew by one of the most uninteresting parts of Mars, a hemisphere of flat plains that today we know may have been the bottom of a vast ocean. Had the spacecraft passed over the other Martian hemisphere, it would have seen the four largest volcanoes in the Solar System, as well as its longest canyon complex stretching 2,000 miles.
My Mercury story goes back to those first exciting days of discovery about the Sun, Moon and stars. In the mid-1960s nothing was more important to me than astronomy or The Beatles. So I hung out at the library checking out every book about outer space and rocketry, reading them to the Top 40 AM station out of Detroit-Windsor (CKLW) or the latest Fab Four 45rpm record. Anything new about astronomy had me feeling like “come on baby light my fire!” One bit of astronomy folklore was that the great Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus never saw the planet Mercury. Copernicus’ book “De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium” (The Motion of Celestial Bodies) in 1543 shattered the idea that the Earth was the center of the Universe. Against religious dogma that supported the “geocentric” system, Copernicus put the Earth orbiting the Sun with the other five known planets. Galileo didn’t turn a telescope skyward until 1609 to help confirm the new “heliocentric” Solar System. So, when Copernicus looked at the night sky, he did it naked eye. And I think he saw Mercury. Mercury is a little elusive because as the first planet from the Sun it is never far from it. Thus the planet always seen in twilight, either in the morning or evening, as it bobs back and forth in its 88-day orbit around our favorite star. It was July 14, 2009 when the NASA spacecraft Messenger whipped past Mercury. For the first time I followed the interplanetary action “live” on the Internet. At one point I thought about the Copernicus legend, which I doubt and say he saw it many times. Messenger found Mercury to be the most cratered surface in the entire Solar System. Beat to a pulp like a shooting gallery duck hit by buckshot, the battered globe makes sense as Mercury is nothing but a target for all the incoming comets and meteors pulled to the Sun by powerful gravity. Messenger was a unique mission that used “gravity assists from Earth, Venus and two Mercury flybys to execute a trajectory for insertion into orbit on March 18, 2011. Another amazing NASA success story, Messenger was purposely plunged into the surface in March 2013 after running out of fuel. Mercury globes are now for sale as a result of our exploration of the first
planet. Pluto has been the most polarizing astronomical object maybe ever. From huge newspaper headlines of 1930 announcing the discovery of “Planet X” to the 2006 surprise demotion of the ninth planet to a “dwarf planet” status, Pluto has been a soft spot in the hearts of astronomers. The reason is clearly its discoverer, Clyde Tombaugh. A nerdy kid who built his own telescope on the family farm in Kansas, he skipped college and took a tedious job at the famed Mars Hill and the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. That job was taking 8x10 photographic plates every clear night looking for Planet X. On the cloudy ones he looked at the plates for a speck of light moving among a thousand other starlight specks. At age 24 he was rocketed into international fame, yet Clyde Tombaugh remained normal and approachable all his long life. So when King College hosted the great Pluto discoverer for a few days in 1987, anyone who wanted to could rub elbows with the congenial man, then in his 80s. Tombaugh’s visit to the Tri-Cities included a signing session at East Tennessee State University, and was orchestrated by the late Dr. Edward Burke, King College professor emeritus and personal friend of the astronomer. I was among local amateur astronomers who met and hung out with the wonderfully entertaining man. Anyone who met him was touched by his kindness to answer any questions and autograph a book, paper or Pluto poster he had on hand. Tombaugh had a decent backyard telescope in his Las Cruces, New Mexico home and used it until his dying days in 1997 at age 90. Some of Tombaugh’s ashes are entombed in the body of spacecraft New Horizons, as are other human mementos relating to the planet Pluto. When I had a near fatal heart attack in 2010, spacecraft New Horizons was half way to Pluto and I remember wondering if I’d just live long enough to see the surface of this demoted dwarf planet. Not only will that be fulfilled, but my cardiologist says my heart and all its plumbing are good to go well into my 80s. That’s long enough to see more amazing discoveries in our Solar System!
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Celestial events in the skies for the week of July 14 - July 20, 2015 as compiled for The Loafer by Mark D. Marquette. The week begins with the exploration of the final frontier of the Solar System and ends with the memory of NASA’s finest hour when the American flag was planted on the Moon. Pluto will come and go as the New Horizon’s spacecraft whizzes by at 30,000 miles per hour, while baby-boomers look back to where they were 46 years ago when their families huddled around the television to see Neil Armstrong touch an alien world with the infamous words: “That’s one small step for a man, and one giant leap for mankind.”
Tues. July 14
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will fly by Pluto today, but we won’t see the images until the data travels the 4 billion miles to Earth, taking about 9 hours. Also on this date in space history, space scientists got their first close up views of Mars and Mercury. In 1965, Mariner IV flew by the Red Planet, taking 21 historic photos that showed a cratered world and no sign of life. In 2008, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft flew by Mercury, showing the first planet to be predictably peppered with craters.
Wed. July 15
Venus is above Jupiter in the low western horizon after sunset. And directly south in Scorpius is the ringed world, Saturn—the brightest, yellowish star in the claws of the scorpion.
Thurs. July 16
On this 1969 date in space history, Apollo 11 was launched at 9:32 am EDT to the Moon aboard the three-stage, 365-foot high Saturn V, still the largest rocket ever successfully flown. One million people crowded around the roads of Cape Kennedy to watch the magnificent Thursday morning blastoff.
Fri. July 17
On this 1975 date in space history, three Americans in Apollo 18 and two Russians in Soyuz 19 docked and spent two days in space together in an ultimate act
of détente begun by President Richard Nixon. Four decades later, America, which is building a new spaceship, has to depend on the same but upgraded Russian Soyuz spaceship to ferry astronauts and cosmonauts to the orbiting International Space Station.
Sat. July 18
Happy 94th birthday to American space hero and former Ohio US Senator John Glenn. The first American to orbit the Earth in 1962, he later became the oldest space flier at age 77 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998. Glenn was an Ohio Senator for 24 years, and is an American icon with many streets, schools and institutions bearing his name, including NASA’s center in Cleveland.
Sun. July 19
The crescent Moon returns to the evening sky, standing by Venus and Jupiter last night (Saturday) and between Venus and Leo’s star Regulus tonight. Binoculars will enhance the beautiful celestial view.
Mon. July 20
On this 1969 date in space history, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their moonship called Eagle on the western shores of the ancient lava bed called Mare Tran-
quility. Mankind’s greatest adventure to the Moon was fulfilled that Sunday afternoon. And Sunday night, the world was mesmerized by live television of the two and a half-hour moonwalk. While Neil and Buzz walked the Moon, orbiting was Michael Collins. Armstrong died in 2012, and Aldrin and Collins are both 85.
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Why Ask Wye? The Wye Oak was the biggest tree I’d ever seen. Now admittedly, I’ve never been to see any Redwoods, but it’s tough for me to imagine the biggest of them being more impressive than this beast. Located in Talbot County, Maryland, the Wye Oak was a White Oak tree so revered that it was named the state tree of Maryland - not the species, mind you, the actual tree. Since it was located in a part of the state that few people make it over to see (Maryland’s Eastern Shore - or as I call it, Gateway to Delaware), it never really got the publicity it deserved, although the plot on which it sat was declared a Maryland state park in 1939. Despite later events (we’ll get to that in a minute), it remains one today. Let me share a few statistics. Located in the town of Wye Mills, so named for the nearby Wye River, this spectacular specimen of a White Oak stood 96 feet high and had a canopy that could shade an area 119 feet across, nearly one-third of an acre. Its massive
trunk measured 31 feet, 8 inches around at breast height, and it was thought to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 460 years old. Counting backward, that means that the acorn which became the Wye Oak sprouted some time around the year 1540. In other words, it was already 250 years old when George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. I visited the Wye Oak myself back in 2000. I was lucky to see it when I did, too, because the tree fell just two years later, on June 6, 2002, in the midst of a severe
thunderstorm. This sad event has a silver lining, however. As I said, the area is still maintained as a state park, and the stump of the gargantuan tree still remains. Furthermore, through the wonders of modern science, dendrologists (those are tree scientists) were able to successfully produce clones of the Wye Oak which were then subsequently planted at Mount Vernon to be properly nursed. Then in 2006, one of these saplings was transplanted back to the Eastern Shore where it grows today amid the remains of its legendary predecessor.
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“RHYTHMS OF THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE” A Ten Part Original Series About Local Music, Supported by Tri-City Communities & Adoring Fans
By: William E. Camelot The “Storytelling” video series takes us on a journey through the lives of the musicians with Donnie Drummond, rock drummer with Bazooka Boys and Samantha Starling, rock radio DJ (WUYI) as our guides. They weave the tapestry of local music through open mic nights, song writer sessions, rehearsals, the venues, the fans, supporting local businesses and ultimately with an eye on Nashville and that elusive recording contract; or at the very least a successful “road show tour”! DONNIE & SAMANTHA WEAVE THE TAPESTRY OF THE LOCAL MUSIC STORY... Donnie Drummond: “As the musical circus surrounding Bazooka Boys moved into full swing with me as its anointed “ringmas-
ter”, we rocked the northeast for 12 years, never thought it would end; then on a Monday morning it did!” “A hard drinking, intense loving, “live in the moment” life style suddenly came to a screeching end...How do I turn my explosive energy, pent up aggression and outrageousness into something meaningful outside of music? Hopefully, Samantha is the answer…chill, recharge my batteries; with her help hook up with the local bands... It’s common knowledge that drummers are slightly crazy, bordering on psychotic, but as every musician knows, to have a “great” band you need a “Great Drummer”! Or perhaps I could write my memoirs...as if that hadn’t been done before! They call me “Licks” chasing every day with a smile! The monster fills & power beats to scream-
ing fans, the passion and intensity of each set, pushed on by friendly faces and adulation, suddenly wasn’t enough...And the memories, oh so many memories...time for a change and her name is Samantha!” Samantha: Samantha nicknamed “Bon Bon” for her love of Bon Jovi...Started out in East LA and never looked back...This “Mixin Vixen” oozes sensuality as she looks every night to reach her audience by making her listeners “her friends”! Samantha cut her teeth on hot spots such as Avalon in Hollywood, Viper Room, Sunset Blvd, and the premier entertainment and party venue: Sutra... Now she has been brought to the Tri-Cities as the “new DJ in town” @ WUYI upscale rock with a twist...featuring: several hours of local bands looking to “Break Out”! No one really seems to know
why such a “Rising Star” has landed in the Big Tri, but we will soon find out as the 10 part original series: “Rhythms of the Mountain Empire” tells us a story! THE NEW TROUBADOURS... These brave warriors of the local music scene are the “Troubadours” of a New Age, as they work hard each week at their various professions so they can rehearse, prepare new music and routines and get ready to meet adoring fans at the various bars and restaurants that welcome with open arms their music on weekends. Yes, they get paid, but they mostly play for the “sheer joy” it brings to each of them as they watch fans clap, sway, bounce, dance to their musical sets; and yes for that one “gleaming moment” they are “Masters Of Their Universe”..! Some will go on to bigger things, most will continue music storytelling in local venues, but all of them share on thing in common...Their
“Pure Love” Of Music! BANDS HELP TELL THE STORY... 10 bands will bring their music to the lens at preselected venues. They will play, provide up close and personal insight into the many reasons they have such a passion for the “game” and the love of music… The camera captures Donnie & Samantha as they embrace the bands and follow them from open mic nights, to songwriter evenings, from rehearsal and ultimately to the venue stage. BANDS RECORD ALBUM TO RAISE MONEY FOR “CHILDREN WITH CANCER”... Each band selected will be part of an intense “local promotional campaign” that covers them at the beginning of the filming and while we complete segments and
Rhythms....
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“Terminator Genisys” “I’ll be back” is one of the most famous lines in movie history, and was uttered by Arnold Schwarzenegger in “The Terminator” movie series. Arnold was true to his words, as the former Governor of California returns in the role he first made famous in the 1984 film “The Terminator”. The first film spawned sequels in 1991, 2003, 2009, and now 2015, with the latest effort being “Terminator Genisys”. The “Terminator” franchise was also on television in the short-lived series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” seen in 2008. The latest effort features Arnold with new cast members, including Jason Clark as John Connor, Emilia Clark (“Game of Thrones”) as Sarah Connor, and Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese. The film moves around in time often, so I recommend trying to stay seated and avoid bathroom breaks lest you forget what year the storyline has jumped to. Before I saw the film, I was a bit concerned there may be some confusing moments, but as it turns out the film is far less confusing than I expected. The story begins in 2029 when Human Resistance leader John Connor is about to launch a final attack against Skynet (the self-aware artificial general intelligence), which has taken over the world and nearly killed all humans. If you have forgotten, Skynet is protected by various cyborgs who can appear to be human. The only issue with John’s attack, is while the humans are fighting the cyborgs, Skynet sends a T-800 (Arnold) back to 1984 to kill John’s mother Sarah. This results in John agreeing to send his right hand man Kyle back to 1984 to protect Sarah. When the T-800 arrives in 1984, it is disabled by Sarah and her Guardian (Arnold),
Jurassic World (2015)
Dope (2015)
Inside Out (2015)
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
A new theme park is built on the original site of Jurassic Park. Everything is going well until the park’s newest attraction--a genetically modified giant stealth killing machine--escapes containment and goes on a killing spree. After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
Ted 2 (2015)
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he’s a person in a court of law.
Life changes for Malcolm, a geek who’s surviving life in a tough neighborhood, after a chance invitation to an underground party leads him and his friends into a Los Angeles adventure.
A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
In a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, two rebels just might be able to restore Max (2002) order: Max, a man of action and of A film studying the depiction of few words, and Furiosa, a woman a friendship between an art dealer of action who is looking to make it named Rothman and his student, back to her childhood homeland. Adolf Hitler.
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Spy (2015)
A desk-bound CIA analyst volWhen Tony Stark and Bruce unteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms Banner try to jump-start a dormant dealer, and prevent diabolical peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and global disaster. it’s up to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from San Andreas (2015) enacting his terrible plans. In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescuechopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his daughter. Source: IMDb.com • (7/11/2015)
a reprogrammed T-800. The battle between the young and old Arnold’s is a highlight of the film, and is amazing movie wizardry. After the old Arnold disposes of the young Arnold, the victorious T-800 hits the road along with Sarah and Kyle. After being pursued by a nasty T-1000, the trio realize they must travel
forward in time to 2017 to destroy Skynet before it’s activated in that year. The movie features clever plot twists, and Arnold provides plenty of humor to levitate the film from its dark subject matter. I really enjoyed the various surprise reveals in the storyline, and those aspects really added to the enjoyment of the film. In addition to the
aforementioned fun performance by Arnold, all the actors were all fine in their roles, but it was shocking to see Emilia Clark out of her blonde “Game of Thrones” wig. The film has thrilling action sequences and I loved the 3D effects. I advise you not to leave the theater early, as there is a mid-closing credits scene that could lead to a
possible sequel. For a fun time at the movies, join Arnold and those famous cyborgs for a time trip adventure in “Terminator Genisys”.
Rated: PG-13
B+
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Rhythms.... Continued from page 21 to its conclusion. This promotional onslaught will also highlight the “Venues” as they are the “Springboard” for the local music story... The bands will record at “Broken Stick” recording studio with “all proceeds” going to Children with Cancer notably Niswonger’s Children’s Hospital & St. Jude’s. Bands will be given “Mastered Singles” of their performance as a token of our appreciation for efforts throughout the filming… In upcoming weeks, you can read more about “Rhythms Of The Mountain Empire” with a series of “exclusive” articles beginning with this one. “Rhythms Of The Mountain Empire” will finds
its way to local TV, cable & satellite with 1 hr. “Specials” from Dish TV. We will maximize exposure by adding local radio & appearances by the bands on Daytime TV in our area. The campaign will be supported by Digital Public Relations from the biggest firms on the Internet. Introducing our opening “teaser” campaigns the series will go “Viral” supported by major “Social Media Sites” and our Internet marketing partners, to include a unique Smartphone App! Every Man, Woman & Young Adult will know about the series and begin to follow it, because the “storyline” touches each of their lives every day as “local music”
Carpenter .... Continued from page 16 nearly half off the price of regular admission are still available while supplies last. Information about this season’s performers, as well as a detailed schedule, is available at www. storytellingcenter.net. Storytelling Live! is supported by program sponsors CrestPoint Health and Eastman Credit Union, and media sponsors News 5-WCYB, FOX TriCities, Tri-Cities CW, Johnson City Press, Kingsport Times-News, Herald & Tribune, Cumulus Media and
Foster Signs. Additional funding comes from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Tennessee Arts Commission, the Niswonger Foundation, and the Arts Fund of East Tennessee Foundation. The International Storytelling Center is open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. For more information about Storytelling Live! or to make a group reservation, call (800) 952-8392 ext. 222 or (423) 913-1276.
Murder Mystery Caravan to present the
“Woods’ Family
It’s time to head for the mountains for the annual Woods’ Family Reunion. Jonah has plenty of his homemade moonshine on hand and Nell has plenty of her home cooked food for everyone. Things become hectic when Nell’s sister, Matilda, arrives a bit tipsy and is no help at all except to snoop around up in the attic and find some lost objects stored in an old trunk. Jonah’s sister, Mari Lyn, arrives after an eventful bus trip and becomes upset because there is no TV in the room that Nell as assigned her. Mari Lyn’s daughter, Caroline, has traveled a long way as well and can’t wait to see her cousin Ethan again. Jonah and Nell’s son , Ethan, returns to his old homestead for the reunion after having moved to New York. Things seem different about Ethan since living
Reunion”
in the big city but the family passes it off as becoming citified. Or is it? During the reunion an unexpected guest arrives and plays havoc with the family. Things worsen when a member of the family is found murdered in the barn where Jonah has his still. Any one of this group could have motive, means and opportunity to commit this crime but no one is coming forth to admit to it. It is up to the audience to solve this crime and figure out who the murderer is and the motive behind it. The dinner and show takes place on Saturday, July 18th at the SmokeHouse BBQ, 1941 Milligan Hwy., Elizabethton, TN. Seating @ 6PM. Cost for the dinner/show is $25.00 per person. Reservations required by calling (423) 547-7427
July 14, 2015 | The Loafer | Page 23 finds its way into the consciousness of local fans, and families; culminating in its biggest impact at the various venues that open their doors “Supporting Local Music” and the bands that carry that message…Local music gives fans a respite from the complexities of life and for a few hours a much de-
served reprieve! Future generations may write novels about them, place their lyrics in “Iambic Pentameter”, but for now, set in the present day, we will do our very best to film them not just as talented musicians and vital contributors to our communities, but “heroes” to so many and
the “Voice” of our time! For more information on Rhythms of The Mountain visit or email www.rhythmsofthemountainempire.com, www.facebook. com/rhythmsofthemountainempire, www.mymorningcoffee.tv, Williamcamelot@mymorningcoffee.tv
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Pocket Pistol Showdown: Kel-Tec P-3AT Last week we looked at the Ruger LCP .380, this week we look at the Kel-Tec P-3AT .380, I have to hand it to Kel-Tec, as they are responsible for the pocket pistol revolution and honestly the survival of the pocket pistol, were it not for their innovations we would be stuck with Bryco-Jennings. Just the thought of which gives me chills. That being said KelTec has a simple philosophy, make an excellent product, and stick with it. By that I mean there has been very little innovation to their line of .380’s over the last 5 years, however they have been focusing their R&D elsewhere namely the KSG Shotgun, PMR30 Pistol and RDB Rifle. That being said the P3AT is still a top seller and a favorite among Law Enforcement Officers as a backup; this is due to the P-3AT being lightweight, and dependable. The quality of the P3AT lies in its patented polymer frame and the 4140 steel slide. I was one of the first to jump on the P-3AT bandwagon, in fact I bought one as soon as they were available, and I loved it. But like most things the P3AT has its flaws, one of which was a deal-breaking flaw for me. You see the P-3AT is designed for personal protection and concealed carry; it is not a range gun. By this I mean as a shooter I like to practice with whatever gun I carry so I know exactly how my gun behaves and what to expect. I recommend all shooters do this if you don’t already. The flaw I noticed quickly was that all the recoil went into my hands and wrist. It was all I could do to shoot two magazines before I had to stop. I am in no way saying the P3AT is a bad gun, I just wouldn’t take it to the range. At the end of the day a sore hand is much better than the alternative. Another complaint I hear about the P-3AT is the long trigger pull, now the weight of the trigger pull is not heavy by any means at 5 pounds. However the pull does feel a bit long, this is true of all pocket pistols and is due to their being double action only. If you go from shooting a striker-fired or hammered gun to shooting a pocket pistol of course it’s going to feel a bit long. This is because the trigger is drawing back and releasing the hammer instead of just releasing it. I assure you the trigger on the P-3AT is crisp and smooth.
Another nifty thing about the P-3AT is the option to attach a pocket clip using the retention screw. This allows the gun to be clipped inner waist band or to the side of the pocket, as for the price the Kel-Tec P-3AT if very affordable coming in below the Ruger LCP, and just higher than the Taurus TCP. I hope you enjoyed this article, join me next week as we look at the Cadillac of pocket pistols the Sig Sauer P238. As always if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me. I look forward to your feedback.
Sources: http://www.keltecweapons.com/our-guns/ p-3at/pistol/ Caliber: .380 AUTO Weight unloaded: 8.3 oz. 235g Loaded magazine: 2.8 oz. 81g Length: 5.2” 132mm Height: 3.5” 89mm Width: .77” 20mm Barrel Length: 2.7” 68mm Sight radius: 3.8” 97mm Muzzle Energy Max: 250ft-lbs 340J Capacity: 6 + 1 rounds Trigger Pull: 5 lbs 23N MSRP $338.18
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Are You A Pre-Crastinator? Most of us probably feel guilty for our occasional (or frequent) bouts of procrastination. After all, who hasn’t procrastinated? I must confess I sometimes procrastinate in writing this weekly column. I am happy to report that was not the case with the column you are now reading. Although I didn’t procrastinate, I didn’t precrastinate either. And what the heck is this? Until last week I had never heard this term either, so, as is often the case while preparing for this column, I have learned something new. And learning new things is what has motivated me to visit “Kelly’s Place” every week for the past twenty-six years. And I hope this also why you continue to read it. According to David A. Rosenbaum and Edward A. Wasserman, whose column appeared in a recent issue of Scientific American, precrastination can be as troublesome as its evil twin, procrastination. Whereas procrastination involves putting off a task until the eleventh hour—and generally the fifty-ninth second of that hour—pre-crastination “is the inclination to complete tasks quickly just for the sake of getting things done sooner rather than later.” Although this might sound like an admiral trait, practicing it can often get us into trouble and be nearly as stressful as putting things off. For instance, immediately answering an email message might make us feel efficient, but what if doing so doesn’t give us enough time to fully contemplate our reply or, worse, when doing so causes us
to miss a typo that totally changes the meaning of the message? The same, of course, applies to text messaging. Another very familiar example given by the authors is when we pick up an item at the front of the store and carry it with us as we make our rounds rather than waiting to get it after we’ve
of “Breaking Bad” you build up loads of guilt that can be detrimental to your completing the project. On the other hand, engaging in pre-crastination generally makes you feel virtuous. However, procrastination more likely than not gives you a false sense of accomplishment. Think about it for a
gone all that distance. They go on to cite familiar adages that “warn of the hazards of pre-crastinating: Measure twice, but cut once. Marry in haste, repent at leisure. Look before you leap.” In a related column, written by Oliver Burkeman for The Guardian one year ago last week, we learn that the “special danger of pre-crastination is that, unlike procrastination, it doesn’t feel naughty.” For instance, when you put off doing an important assignment by binge watching hour after hour
moment—does answering your emails right away solve your longrange email problems? Regardless of what you do, those emails just keep right on piling up in your inbox. Yes, it’s good to get chores out of the way, but to break the endless cycle of frustration over never getting a job totally completed, you need to prioritize and think about which jobs are worth getting done at all and which ones can be done incrementally. My solution to the email problem, for instance, is creating lots and lots of “read later”
play when you become very good at crastinating, as in being a “pro” at “crastinating.” Thus the familiar term was born. So I suppose it was inevitable that someone would invent “pre-crastination” to describe the act of getting things done sooner rather than later. A clever grouping of sentences using this term is given by Urban Dictionary: “Saturday morning, you and I engage in crastination by watching TV rather than vacuuming. We become better and better at crastinating and that is procrastination.” Sounds like something to be very proud of, doesn’t it? I really like the thought of become a pro at crastination. Lots of competition for this title, however. In an interesting Psychology Today piece, Timothy Pychyl theorizes that pre-crastination is most often employed as a strategy when the task at hand appears to be easy to accomplish, while procrastination is the choice for harder and more timeintensive activities. This makes perfect sense to me. After all, it is much easier to empty our inboxes than to write a term paper, design a new project, clean the house, or decide where to go out to eat (a task that seems to be particularly difficult). I hope you have been giving yourself a little procrastination / precrastination quiz while reading this column. Where are you located on the scale? Or did you just put the quiz off until later? can be “pre” or “pro” while doBefore I go, I will leave you to ing it. As it turns it, there is indeed wonder if there is pre-crastination, such a term. According to Urban should there also be something Dictionary, “crastination” is the called “Postcrastination”? And “Undefinted us of time, Free time, should we define it as the act of Vague outcomes, Doodling [here spending too much time worrying you should consider reading Sun- about what we just did or are supni Brown’s captivating THE DOO- posed to do? DLE REVOLUTION to learn how See you next week. I hope you doodling is a sign of creativity and are happy I didn’t procrastinate is far from a distracting activity], in getting this column sent to our Occupying yourself with tasks editor last week. unrelated to your purpose, Generally wasting time and other fun pursuits.” The “pro” comes into folders which guarantees that I will never see these emails again. This admittedly might not be a good strategy, but it does comply with the familiar “out of sight, out of mind” adage. Maybe we should listen to the advice of Burkeman when he tells us that “whenever you catch yourself thinking, ‘Let me just get these little things out of the way first,’ consider the possibility that you’d be better off not bothering. Some don’t need doing at all, while others can wait.” He further urges us to “abandon the secret pride we precrastinators feel in having completed 25 small tasks by 10am: if they’re not the right tasks, that’s not really something to be proud of.” While preparing for this column—by not pre-crastinating, I assure you—I began to wonder if there is such a term as “crastination.” Surely there must be if we
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