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JONESBOROUGH DAYS FESTIVAL
Volume 30 • Issue #29
happenings
Publisher Luci Tate Editor Graphic Arts Director Don Sprinkle Cover Design Bill May Advertising Dave Carter Terry Patterson Beth Jinks-Ashbrook Patti Barr Sam Jones Shawn Hale Coco Enriquez Contributing Staff Jim Kelly Andy Ross Ken Silvers Mark Marquette Brian McManus Joshua Hicks Brian Bishop Daniel Worley Jason Worley Distribution Jerry Hanger Teresa Hanger Published by Pulse Publishing, LLC., P.O. Box 3238, Johnson City, TN 37602 Phone: 423/283-4324 FAX - 423/283-4369 www.theloaferonline.com info@theloaferonline.com e-mail: editorial@theloaferonline.com (editorial) adcopy@theloaferonline.com (advertising)
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Jonesborough Days
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J.D. Main Stage
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Low Country Shrimp Boil
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JRT Presents 13th Annual USO Show
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Southern Railway at Carter Railroad Museum
10 South Rail @ Acoustic Coffeehouse 11 Dan Kennedy’s Heartland Tour 2016 12 Paper Lights w/ Medic at The Willow Tree
columns & reviews
15 The Casual Word - Marshmallows 18 Stargazer - Jupiter’s Influence Big 19 Skies This Week 20 Batteries Not Included - Fun Run! 22 Pop Life - Warcraft 23 The Trivial Traveler - The County Project 24 Appalachian Wanderers - King’s Island 27 Lock, Stock & Barrel - Ful-Size Rundown Pt. 3: Sig Sauer P250F 31 Kelly’s Place - Pantone 448C: It’s A Matter Of Taste
13 Muriel Anderson & Jack Pearson To Perform 14 ‘The Great American Trailer Park Musical’ 21 Farm To Fork Gala 25 Storytelling Live! Welcomes Corinne Stavish 28 Things To Do 29
Pets Of The Week
30 Classifieds
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MEDIC
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46th Annual
Jonesborough Days Festival
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June 30 through July 2.
istoric Jonesborough, Tennessee’s Oldest Town, will celebrate the 46th annual Jonesborough Days Festival on June 30 through July 2 with family activities, regional music, parade, fireworks and storytelling. The 2016 Jonesborough Days Festival will begin Thursday, June 30 at 5 p.m. and continue through Saturday July 2 at 10 p.m. The annual fireworks show will take place on Friday, July 1 at 10 p.m. and the parade will take place on Saturday, July 2 at 10 a.m. Thursday’s activities include the popular Food City Low County Shrimp Boil at the International Storytelling Center from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at the Jonesborough Visitors Center or International Storytelling Center. Festival hours include Thursday, June 30 from 5 to 10 p.m., Friday, July 1 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday, July 2 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission to the festival is free and open to the public. The festival has been voted as one of the top events in the southeast and is known for its community patriotism and nostalgic atmosphere. Various entertainment and activities will take place throughout the historic district on all three days. Doc’s Front Porch sponsored by Ferguson Enterprises will feature a variety of storytellers and musicians on the plaza at the International Storytelling Center. The Main Stage will also feature entertainment each evening from 6 to 10 p.m. including The Beach Nite Band on Thursday, White Top Mountain Band and Blue Foxx on Friday and Jackdaw’s 7 and Amythyst Kiah on Saturday. The festival will also host nearly 70 vendors, showcasing local handmade wares and a variety of marketplace items available. And of course, there will be some great festival food vendors serving a variety of foods from BBQ to funnel cakes. A new attraction for children and families this year will be the First Tennessee Foundation #OnlyInJonesborough Discovery Park located behind the Storytelling Center. There you will find lots of hands-on ways to experience activities only found in Jonesborough including McKinney Center art and performance classes, Oak Hill School sessions, period games from the Heritage Alliance and more. Visit Discovery Park on Friday and Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. and see what all Jonesborough has to discover. The Tri-State Antique Power Association will have a variety of vintage tractors and equipment on display downtown. The eating contests will also return beginning with the Pepper Eating Contest on Friday at 5 p.m., the Olde Town Pancake Eating Contest on Saturday following the parade and the newest addition includes the Bull Dog Hot Dog Eating Contest on Saturday at 5 p.m. The Jonesborough Repertory Theatre will also present its ever-popular 1940s USO Show with performances scheduled all weekend. And the Saratoga Social Connection will give folks a chance to relax, recharge their devices with free Wi-Fi and connect to Jonesborough’s social media accounts. Parking and shuttles are available at the Jonesborough Middle School for $5 per car. For a complete event schedule or for more information on the 46th Annual Jonesborough Days Festival, call 423.753.1010 or visit Jonesborough Days on Facebook.
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Be sure to visit these local businesses during JOnesborough Days!
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Jonesborough Days
Low Country Shrimp Boil
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Tickets Now On Sale
his year’s annual Jonesborough Day’s Kick-Off Dinner will feature a Low Country Shrimp Boil, served on Thursday, June 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the International Storytelling Center. The annual kick-off dinner is sponsored by Food City of Jonesborough. The evening includes festive entertainment and mouthwatering dishes. The menu features shrimp, sausage, corn, potatoes, zucchini and crawfish. There will be fruit cobblers for dessert and the beverages will include tea, lemonade and water. Entertainment during the dinner will be provided by The Jonesborough Novelty Band, a favorite among locals. Their sing-a-longs are always fun and they will be incorporating some beach melodies as well. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at the Historic Jonesborough Visitors Center or the International Storytelling Center. Advance tickets are recommended due to limited seating. After the dinner, check out the Main Stage entertainment from 7 to 10 p.m. featuring The Beach Nite Band. Formally known as the Collegians, the Beach Nite Band combines a summer feel to popular R&B, soul, disco blues, classic pop and boogie music guaranteed to appeal to all ages. The Beach Nite Band, well known for their “Carolina Beach Music,” also offers a wide variety of music styles for dancing and listening, along with comedic showmanship from members Donnie Hagy, Ron McCall, Deaton Jones and Steve Mattox. Other festival activities and vendors will also be on-going from 5 to 10 p.m. and then continue on Friday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and conclude on Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. For additional information on the 46thAnnual Jonesborough Days Festival, contact 423.753.1010 or visit Jonesborough Days on Facebook
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Jonesborough Repertory Theatre Presents 13th Annual 1940s USO Show
he Jonesborough Repertory Theatre is taking a trip back in time for its annual production of the 1940s USO Show. A true local favorite, the 1940s USO Show will run June 24 through July 9. The 1940s USO Show is a family-friendly play that is like jumping inside a time machine and turning the date back to 75 years ago. Playwright and artistic director of the Jonesborough Repertory Theatre, Jennifer Schmidt created this truly patriotic play to honor local veterans during the Fourth of July. With its small-town, American charm and vintage charisma, the 1940s USO Show is a one-of-a-kind production that can only be seen at the Jonesborough Repertory Theatre in Tennessee’s oldest town. Directed and written by Jennifer Schmidt, the 1940s USO Show features patriotic, time-period costumes, singing, dancing and acting all under on the set of a live radio show broadcast from the 1940s. “The cast performs as if they are broadcasting live across the airwaves to the men and women serving over seas as well as families at home during World War II. There is never any ‘dead time’ just like on a live radio show, so someone is always on the microphone either singing or the band is playing or the cast is doing skits and commercials,” director Jennifer Schmidt said. “The real audience that is watching the show becomes part of the actions as the studio audience. We use applause signs and on the air signs so the audience knows that they can actively participate throughout the entire radio show.” The cast includes Heather Allen, Josh Baldwin, Janette Gaines, Madelyn Goward, Joe Gumina, Shawn Hale, Megan Knight, Lindy Ley, Jaclyn Loreal, Emily Nagy, Drew Ogle, Jennifer Schmidt, Lucas Schmidt, Jessica Shelton, Don Squibb, Sharon Squibb, Craig Thompson, Alex Vanburen and Brittany Whitson
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The 1940s USO Show runs June 24 through July 9, with extra shows during independence weekend. This year’s summer USO Show will be the last, at least for some time. Next year the Jonesborough Repertory Theatre’s famed 1940s production will be moving to the Christmas season, with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s beloved World War II hit, South Pacific, performing during the 2017 independence weekend. Tickets are $16 general admission, $14 for students and seniors. To purchase tickets, visit jonesboroughtheatre.com or call the Jonesborough Visitors Center Box Office at (423)753-1010. 2016-2016 season passes are also available.
Southern Railway
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n Saturday, June 25, East Tennessee State University’s George L. Carter Railroad Museum’s monthly Heritage Day will make the old Southern Railroad come alive. The railroad line gave Johnson City its origin and is still in use through downtown as a Norfolk Southern main line. Founded in 1894 through the efforts of banker J.P. Morgan, the Southern was created from predecessors and spanned the width of the south, from Alexandria, Virginia, to Atlanta, to Birmingham, Cincinnati and southern Illinois. Encompassing 4,400 miles at first, the Southern line expanded to more than 8,000 miles and encompassed 13 states by 1920. One important link in the creation of the Southern line was the Knoxville-based East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, which ran from Bristol to Knoxville, as well as to Asheville and through Natural Tunnel to Southwest Virginia. “We traditionally have our Southern Railway Heritage Day in June,” says Geoff Stunkard, the coordinator of the Heritage Days program at the museum. “Summer weather seems right for showcasing the South. We have many local fans of the Southern, and since the line’s successor, Norfolk Southern, still runs here, we usually enjoy a lot of visitors for the exhibits.” Model trains from many Southern operations, including the steam excursion program of the 1970s, will be operating on the Mountain Empire Model Railroaders (MEMRR) club’s 24x44, 1: 87 HO scale layout. Older Southern trains will also operate on a portion of the new ET&WNC display representing Johnson City. Members of the George L. Carter Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and the MEMRR club will coordinate the exhibits. Visit www.memrr.org to learn more about MEMRR, which helps demonstrate and maintain the model layouts, museum exhibits and other projects. The Carter Railroad Museum is open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are welcomed. The museum can be identified by a flashing railroad crossing sig-
nal at the back entrance to the Campus Center Building. Visitors should enter ETSU’s campus from State of Franklin Road onto Jack Vest Drive and continue east to 176 Ross Drive, adjacent to the flashing RR crossing sign. To learn more about the museum, visit http://johnsonsdepot. com/glcarter/cartermuseum. For more information about Heritage Day, contact Alsop at 423-439-6838 or alsopf@etsu.edu. For disability accommodations, call the ETSU Office of Disability Services at 423-439-8346.
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Fairy Dust and Fun
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odmothers, grandmothers, mothers, and all those with a fairy spirit in your heart are invited to spend an afternoon with your little fairy! Saturday, June 25 from 1-3pm at Cumberland Square Park, Bristol Ballet will host a Fairy Party. The Fairy Party will feature a Scavenger Hunt, Fairy Treats, a Belk Fashion Show, and more! Fairy wings and accessories are provided. Tickets are $25 for adults and $5 for children. “We wanted to host an event that will bring multiple generations together, and what could be more festive than a Fairy Party,” Committee Chair, Karen Tillison said. “I’m so thankful for our sponsor, Highlands Union Bank, and for the beautiful art work provided by Charles Vess.” The funds raised at the Fairy Party benefit the Bristol Ballet’s operations, performances and two scholarship programs: The Jerry Goodpasture Tuition Assistance Fund and the Teresangela Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Jerry Goodpasture Tuition Assistance Fund is a need-based fund that provides tuition assistance to qualifying students aged 5 and older. The Teresangela Memorial Scholarship Fund is a competitive scholarship fund for advanced students. Tuition for regular season classes, summer intensive classes, dance wear and other fees are provided for through the scholarship. Please contact Bristol Ballet at 276-669-6051 or info@bristolballet.org to RSVP to the Fairy Party. If you are unable to attend and would still like to donate, you may visit our websitewww.bristolballet.org. Founded in 1948, Bristol Ballet is the oldest and most prestigious ballet company in the TriCities region. Focused on educating young people in the classical art of ballet through exceptional ballet training for and productions for the public, Bristol Ballet has served tens of thousands of young dancers and audience members throughout the organization’s distinguished history.
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South Rail appearing @ the acoustic Coffeehouse
outh Rail rides to Johnson City again. Appearing at The Acoustic Coffeehouse on Saturday June 25, Jay Byrd and Lara Supan blend to make South Rail’s sound undoubtedly their own. Chris Richards in The Washington Post simply put it, “[They] are simpatico co-pilots threading these songs with honeyed vocal harmonies.” These robust harmonies backed by solid songwriting and musicianship define the band’s original music, steeped in a fusion of authentic Americana and Rock and Roll. Come see for yourself, as John Ellis in No Depression declares, “...what contemporary country music should be.”
DAN KENNEDY
TO GO ON “HEARTLAND TOUR 2016”
Award Winning Pianist Heads to the Interior
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an Kennedy’s Heartland Tour 2016 will make a musical stop at 8:00 p.m., Friday, June 24, 2016. This solo piano concert will take place at The Acoustic Coffeehouse, 415 W. Walnut St., and is open to the public. “I named my latest tour Heartland,” Kennedy explains, “because I’m here on the outside of the country, trying to get to the heart of the matter, and one way to do that was to go into the interior – to not only the center of the country, but also to address a person’s insides, where dreams and emotions live.” The Heartland Tour 2016 touches down in Holyoke, MA; Elizabethtown, PA; Columbus, OH; Cincinnati, OH; Wilmington, IL; Springfield, MO; Memphis, TN; Nashville, TN, Johnson City, TN; Athens, OH; York, PA; and Frederick, MD – 12 cities in 15 days. The complete tour schedule is available at http://www.dankennedy.us. Dan will be performing several compositions from his latest CD BLOOM ROAD (2015). BLOOM ROAD peaked at #7 on the ZMR Top 100, an American chart, and at #4 on the OWM Top 100, a British chart, where it has also been nominated for a 2015 Album of the Year Award as well as a 2015 Piano With Instrumentation Award. Dan’s new YouTube video “SWEET RAIN” was named Video of the Month for March 2015 by Reviews New Age, a Spanish website, and was an official selection at the 2016 SENE Film Festival in Rhode Island. His much-awaited 2015 election into both WHISPERINGS and ENLIGHTENED PIANO NETWORK have put him into an élite of the top 300 contemporary solo piano artists worldwide. His three CDs -- Lantern, Intuition, and Bloom Road -- (and digital download tracks from those recordings) are available at his website and at online sales sites such as CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody and many others. Kennedy has worked with many in the music industry such as Charles Neville (The Neville Brothers, Ray Charles, B.B. King, James Brown), Native American flutist David Rose (Painted Raven, Mars Lasar), drummer Steve Holley (Paul McCartney, Elton John), wind player Premik Russell Tubbs (Santana, Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga), and percussionist Jeff Haynes (Pat Metheny, Cassandra Wilson). He lives in an 1860 farmhouse in the rolling farmlands of Western Massachusetts, the state where he was born and raised. He fell in love with music as a child. “When I was very little my mom put on a record of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and that made an enormous impact on me -- the orchestral sound and the variety of musical colors that I could almost see.” Dan took piano lessons, learning pieces by J.S. Bach and Debussy. “But I also was always inventing. Composing was very natural to me and I was fortunate to have teachers who were willing to listen to what I was coming up with and encourage my improvisations.” Kennedy became a recording artist along the way, initially working with Grammy winning producer Will Ackerman. Dan had started hearing music from Ackerman’s influential Windham Hill label in the late Eighties, artists such as George Winston and Liz Story. “I was surprised when I heard George Winston because his music already seemed familiar to me and his success in the marketplace was encouraging.” After college Kennedy also began performing more shows, now averaging 30 concerts per year in New England and across the country. “I feel my music is based on pure emotions,” states Kennedy. “That’s what a composer does. He takes all of his experiences and feelings, and pours them into his music with the hope that the listener feels the emotional intensity and is affected by it. I really want the listener to get something out of the music whether it is peace, happiness, inspiration, serenity or soul-stirring change.” theloaferonline.com | June 21, 2016 | 11
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Picnic with the Doaks event set for June 24
he community is invited to join the Doak Family on Friday, June 24, to celebrate the legacy of the Doak family and the Doak House Museum in the community. The event, which will begin at 5 p.m., will feature a catered picnic, followed by the museum’s monthly old-time music jam session, Pickin’ at the Doaks, beginning at 6 p.m. The museum’s staff will be providing free house tours and collecting contact information for a future oral history project that will document Tusculum College and family history. “In the next year, the museum department will begin an oral history project that focuses on the Doak family and the relationship that community members have to Tusculum College and the Doak House,” said Dollie Boyd, director of museums. “Over the years, the people in this area have
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Bristol native Dan Snyder returns to the Tricities with his Atlanta based band PAPER LIGHTS (alternative/ pop). There is a large & unique cinematic soundscape found within their music. Paper Lights’ highly anticipated album named Caverns released in November 2013 and featured multiple percussive elements. Their single off the album, The Cave, gained worldwide attention which has included film and commercial placements including Coca-Cola, Boeing, MTV, ESPN, Chick-fil-a and Outdoor Magazine. Their third album, We Are Arrows, released in early 2015. While the band took some time off from the road, they have been hard at work in the studio once again, releasing their first fulllength album, Great Escapes, in March 2016. They will be joined by Denver rock band, Medic. They have been named one of the top ten bands in Denver by 93.3 (iHeart Radio).
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visited the historic home as guests of the family, worked on one of its restorations, dined in the home when it was a restaurant, visited on field trips and had their pictures made here to document important life moments. “We also want to hear from alumni and college community members about their time at Tusculum. Preserving local history is an important aim of this project.” The museum is located at 690 Erwin Highway, Greeneville, TN. The event is free and open to the public, although RSVPs are appreciated. Contact the museum at 423-636-8554 or email dboyd@tusculum.edu for more information. Tusculum College, the first college in Tennessee and the 28th oldest in the nation, is a liberal arts institution committed to providing a liberal arts education in a Judeo-Christian and civic arts environment, with pathways for career preparation, personal development and civic engagement. Approximately eighteen hundred students are enrolled on the main campus in Greeneville and two off-site locations in East Tennessee. The academic programs for both traditional-aged students and working adults served through the Graduate and Professional Studies program are delivered using focused calendars.
PAPER LIGHTS / MEDIC June 23, 2016 The Willow Tree • Johnson City, TN
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Muriel Anderson & Jack Pearson to perform
uitarist Muriel Anderson and special guest Jack Pearson return to Northeast State Community College this month to perform in the Hot Nights, Cool Music summer concert series. Anderson and Pearson take the stage at 7 p.m. on June 28 at the Wellmont Regional Center for the Performing Arts Theater on the College’s Blountville campus. The performance continues the College’s “Hot Nights, Cool Music” summer concert series. The concert is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The performance includes a special visual presentation on the theater’s big screen devoted to Northeast State’s 50th Anniversary. Anderson ranks among the top acoustic nylon-string guitarists / harp-guitarists in the world. She is the first woman to have won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship and is host of the renowned Muriel Anderson’s All-Star Guitar Night. She will be offering a free musician’s workshop prior to the concert. Interested participants can contact jpkelly@northeaststate.edu for place and time. Anderson’s recent CD “Nightlight Daylight” has won top honors in 11 national awards. It features her concept – the first ever interactive lighted CD cover and includes collaborations with her friends and fellow musicians Victor Wooten, Phil Keaggy, Mark Kibble of Take 6, Danny Gottlieb, Stanley Jordan, Tommy Emmanuel, Earl Klugh, Howard Levy, Jeff Coffin, Tierra Negra and members of the Nashville Symphony. She has performed/recorded with Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Victor Wooten and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra. She has been composing
since the age of six and has published works for guitar and orchestra, voice, and solo guitar. Guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, session-musician…this only begins to describe Jack Pearson. The Nashville native is best known as an A-list blues/rock lead and slide guitarist but Jack is also a soulful, creative songwriter and artist in his own right. Adept at many musical genres and instruments, he possesses the ability to take each to a higher level. His playing is sophisticated while full of intensity and passion, leaving audiences cheering and musicians smiling - shaking their heads in disbelief at his seemingly effortless skill and talent During his 40 year career he has mastered a wide range of instruments including electric, slide, acoustic and resonator guitar, mandolin, old time banjo and Hammond organ, which he incorporates into many musical styles such as blues & roots music; jazz & bebop; pop & rock; and bluegrass & country. He was a member of The Allman Brothers Band from 1997-1999 and has worked with music legends from the world of jazz, rock, blues and country including The Allman Brothers Band, Gregg Allman, Vince Gill, Jimmy Buffett, Keb Mo’, Delbert McClinton, Earl Scruggs, Chris LeDoux, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Mac McAnally, Amy Grant, Mike Snider, Faith Hill, Ronnie Milsap, Jimmy and the list goes on and on. His lyrical and musical hooks have also led to cuts by other artists.His list of accolades is almost endless, summed up by Charlie Daniels: “He’s got to be one of the finest pickers on the planet.” Don’t miss the chance to hear two of the most talented instrumental musicians performing today. For more information, contact 423.279.7669.
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Glasgow Theatre to present
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‘The Great American Trailer Park Musical’
he musical comedy “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” will be presented by Glasgow Theatre Company June 24-July2. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays June 24-25 and July 1- 2 at 8 p.m., with Saturday matinees on June 25 and July 2 at 2 p.m. With music and lyrics by David Nehls and book by Betsy Kelso, The Great American Trailer Park Musical is a musical comedy packed with big hair and raucous fun, all set in the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park in Starke, Fla. Experience the “other side of the tracks” with tollbooth collector Norbert, his talk-show loving agoraphobic wife Jeannie, and Pippi, a stripper with a heart of gold who is on the run. The three are soon engulfed in a love triangle that is narrated by a delightfully trashy trio
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acting as the show’s Greek chorus, who invites the audience into a world full of Astroturf, roadkill, spray cheese and pure, adulterated enjoyment. The show will star local actors Renee Everhart, Martin Robinette, Audrey Kuykendal, Chris Bowen, Elizabeth Paxton, Ashley McLaughlin and Clint Denman. Directing the musical is Amber Davis, with Michael Thomas Griffith as assistant director, Victoria Burnette as stage manager, Chris Yoder as musical director and Rebecca Catalano as choreographer. “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” was performed as part of the inaugural New York Music Theater Festival and opened Off-Broadway the following year. The Glasgow production is produced through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. The show contains adult themes and strong language and is intended for mature audiences only. Tickets are $15 and can be reserved by calling or texting 423-797-8482. For more information about Glasgow, visit www.glasgowtheatrecompany.org/. JCCT is located at 600 E. Maple St.
THE BREAKFAST CLUB @ CAPONE’S
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The Breakfast Club will be returning to Capone’s in Johnson City on Saturday, June 25 for their annual summer concert. Appearing locally just four times per year, The Breakfast Club regularly draws hundreds of music fans of all ages who sing along in unison to their favorite songs from the MTV era. Admission to the show is $10, with music starting around 10:30 p,m. With a loyal army of local fans, each Breakfast Club show is a must-see sing-along extraveganza. For over two hours, The Breakfast Club precisely recreates the most popular songs from the 1980s. To see and hear the band, fans can visit www.thebreakfastclub.com. The event is presented by Ansley Roberts Promotions.
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abbits and pirate ships. Air born sharks In search of silver surfers. Foam waves splash. Swirling with the stream. Swelling, folding, collapsing; Consuming. And in an instant, gone. Only to return transformed. Azure kissed creations Tantalize the minds eye. And as we gaze, The best description is given. Marshmallows. (C) Langley Shazor 5/25/16 theloaferonline.com | June 21, 2016 | 15
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- FRIDAY - June 24th -
- TUESDAY - June 21st -
If you or your band are playing in the upcoming week and would like to be in The Spotlight, call in advance to (423) 283-4324 or go online to: theloaferonline.com. Due to last minute cancellations or changes, please call the location to confirm.
- SATURDAY - June 25th -
GLEN HARLOW & FRIENDS
THE STRANGER - Billy Joel Tribute
WISE OLD RIVER
GUIDO AU’SOME & THE OPEN MIC PLAYERS at O’Mainnin’s Pub GLEN HARLOW AND FRIENDS
at Quaker Steak & Lube
MY NEW FAVORITES (Folk, Americana)
THE HONEY BADGERS
JOHNSON CITY JAMS
CROCODILE SMILE
at Full Moon Jam Bristol
Birthplace of Country Music Mountain of Music Homecoming
at The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room OPEN MIC at Acoustic Coffeehouse
DOWNTOWN COUNTRY at Jiggy Ray’s 6:30pm
- WEDNESDAY - June 22nd OPEN MIC
at The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room
THE MARCUS BOYD BAND at O’Mainnin’s Pub
OPEN MIC
at Acoustic Coffeehouse
- THURSDAY - June 23rd BENNY WILSON
at Sonny’s Marina & Cafe 7pm
E.C. FRAZIER
at Marker “2” Grill SHOOTER (Country, Classic Rock, Oldies) at Full Moon Jam - Bristol Downtown Center
GUITAR DAN / DEADWOOD DRIFTERS / DALLAS DANGER at Capone’s PAPER LIGHTS & MEDIC
at Twilight Alive - Kingsport
LIMITED EDITION
(Variety, ‘60’s, ‘70’s, ‘80’s & ‘90’s) at The Family Barn 6pm at 50Fifty Sports Tavern NIGHTSHIFT (Country, Southern Rock, Oldies) at The Lions Club 7pm JODY PYLES BAND (Country) at Holston River Brewing Company 9pm JORDAN BULLINS (Country) at Yee-Haw Brewing Company 7pm HERO JR (Rock) at Sleepy Owl Brewery 9pm PLAN Z (Rock) at O’Mainnin’s Pub SUMMER SLAM at Capone’s
UNDER THE WILLOW (Bluegrass, Newgrass, Folk) at Bristol Brewery 8pm
DAN DEEL
at Bristol Brewery
THE BOSSES
at Twilight Alive - Kingsport
LIVE MUSIC
at Bone Fire Smokehouse
1 LAST CHANCE
at Acoustic Coffeehouse 8pm
- FRIDAY - June 24th RETROVILLE
at Sonny’s Marina & Cafe 7pm
ASYLUM SUITE at Marker “2” Grill
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at Thee Country Club Bar & Grill 9pm SHOOTER (Country, Classic Rock, Oldies) at Elizabethton Moose 9pm BLUE REVUE (Classrock to Rhythm & Blues) at Woodstone Deli 9pm
JERRY PIERCE & THE NIGHTLIFE BAND at The Dispensary 8pm
SULLIVAN STREET at Jiggy Rays 8pm
FARMHOUSE GHOST at O’Mainnin’s Pub
JANA SALTZ
at Yee Haw Brewing Company 7pm
WHITETOP MOUNTAIN BAND at Carter Fold 7pm
MARSHALL BALLEW (Bues, Folk, Rock) at JC Brewing Company 7pm
Bone Fire Smokehouse at Acoustic Coffeehouse
WISE WATER
at JRH Brewing 8pm
- SUNDAY - June 26th -
APPLE BUTTER BLUES BAND
IVY ROAD
TENNESSEE LARUE
TBA
at Country Club Bar & Grill
DAN KENNEDY
at Acoustic Coffeehouse
- SATURDAY - June 25th -
at The Hideaway 7pm
APPALACHIAN TRAIL
DOUBLE SHOTT
SOUTH RAIL
BLUE SPARKS
at Bone Fire Smokehouse 9pm
SHALLOW SIDE
at 50Fifty Sports Tavern 9pm
at King Alley - Gate City VA 6:30pm
12GAUGE21 BAND
at Quaker Steak & Lube 7pm
at Abingdon Market Pavillion 7pm RUSTY STEEL - Acoustic (Metal, Southern, Hard Rock) at O’Mainnin’s Pub
SPANK
BLUESMAN
at The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room
RISING APPALACHIA
at Painter Creek Marina 7pm
at Painter Creek Marina
(1980’s & 1990’s to current, Alternative, Americana, Alternative Country, originals) at Jiggy Ray’s 7pm
QUARTER BOUNCE
at The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room
SMOKEY MTN SIDESHOW
at Sonny’s Marina & Cafe 7pm CATFISH FRYE BAND (Rockin’ Boogie Blues) at Marker “2” Grille 7pm NIGHTSHIFT (Country, Southern Rock, Oldies) at The Family Barn 7:30
at Marker “2” Grille at Sonny’s Marina & Cafe 4pm
MARK LARKINS
at Sportsmans Marina 4pm
OPEN JAM SESSION at The Family Barn 1pm
ANDY FERRELL
at Bone Fire Smokehouse
BENNY PEEK / VALASKA at Acoustic Coffeehouse
- MONDAY - June 27th -
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
DUNDERHEAD
ANNIE ROBINETTE
LIVERPOOL & THE CONTRACTORS LORRAINE LECKIE & HER DEMONS
at Capone’s
at Laurel Marina
OLD SCHOOL REVUE
at David Thompson’s Produce
at Bristol’s Pickin’ Porch
at Acoustic Coffeehouse
Spotlight Directory 50 Fifty Sports Tavern 2102 N. Roan Street Johnson City 620 State Street 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 Brewery 41 Piedmont Ave Bristol VA 276/ 608-1220 Bristol’s Pickin’ Porch 620 State St Bristol • 423/573-2262 Bristol VFW Post 6975 14 16th St. Bristol TN 423/ 764-0381 Capone’s 227 E Main St Johnson City 423/928-2295 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 The Dispensary 271 Oak Avenue, Spruce Pine NC 828/765-0050 Down Home 300 W. Main St. Johnson City 423/929-9822 Elizabethton Moose Lodge 288 Lovers Lane Elizabethton 423/542-5454 Family Barn 15559 Lee Hwy Bristol VA Full Moon Jam Bristol Downtown Center 423/ 989-5500 The Hideaway
KARAOKE TUESDAY Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Boomershine’s Pizza Karaoke at 50Fifty Sports Tavern Karaoke at Numan’s - Johnson City TN *********************** WEDNESDAY Karaoke w/ Southern Sounds Karaoke at American Legion 8pm Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Smokey Bones - Johnson City TN Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Marker “2” Grille Turn the Page Karaoke at VFW Post 2108 - Johnson City TN *********************** THURSDAY Karaoke at Numan’s - Johnson City TN Karaoke at Holiday Inn - Johnson City TN Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Mellow Mushroom Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Poor Richard’s Campus ***********************
235 E. Main St Johnson City 423/ 926-3896 Holiday Inn (Exit 7) 3005 Linden Dr Bristol Va 276/466-4100 Holston River Brewing Company 2621 Volunteer Pkwy Bristol TN Jiggy Ray’s 610 E. Elk Ave Elizabethton Johnson City Brewing Company 300 E. Main St. Johnson City 423/ 930-4186 Laurel Marina 191 Shady Ford Rd. Bristol • 423/ 878-3721 The Lions Club 116 Industrial Park Rd. Chilhowie VA 276/646-3916 Marker “2’ Grill at Lakeview Marina 474 Lakeside Dock, Kingsport 423/323-4665 O’Mainnin’s Pub 712 State St Bristol 423/844-0049 Painter Creek Marina 766 Painter Creek Rd Bristol TN 423/878-5775 Quaker Steak & Lube 629 State St Bristol VA 276/644-9647 Sleepy Owl Brewery 151 E. Main St. Kingsport 423/390-8476 Sonny’s Marina & Café 109 One St. Gray TN 423/283-4014 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 Woodstone Deli 3500 Fort Henry Dr Kingsport 423/245-5424 Yee Haw Brewing Company 126 Buffalo St. Johnson City FRIDAY Karaoke w/ Southern Sounds Karaoke at Sportsman’s Bar & Grill 9pm Karaoke w/ Reverb Karaoke at The Cottage 8:30 pm Turn the Page Karaoke at VFW Post 2108 - Johnson City TN Karaoke at Elizabethton VFW - Elizabethton TN Karaoke w/ DJ Marques at Holiday Inn (Exit 7) - Bristol VA Karaoke at Numan’s - Johnson City TN Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Greeneville VFW *********************** SATURDAY Karaoke at The Horseshoe Lounge Turn the Page Karaoke at VFW Post 2108 - Johnson City TN Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Macado’s - Kingsport Karaoke at Numan’s - Johnson City TN *********************** SUNDAY Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Everette’s Bar & Grille -JC TN ***********************
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JUPITER’S INFLUENCE BIG
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hen it comes to an overworked superlative like “awesome,” the definitive example can be planet Jupiter. This 88,000-mile-wide globe of gas, liquid and rock core is so huge that everything in the Solar System can comfortably fit inside it. That’s right. Everything. All seven other planets, their 160plus moons, all the dwarf planets, comets and asteroids— even Pluto—can fit inside Jupiter…it would be only 60 per cent full! And that’s just one “amazing” for starters. Yet Jupiter is still 100 times smaller than our Sun, which has a diameter of 800,000 miles and illuminates the giant planet from about 600 million miles away. With Jupiter more than 500 million miles from Earth, its light takes more than 40 minutes to reach us. That’s some big numbers! Jupiter’s powerful gravity sucks in comets and asteroids, actually protecting Mercury, Venus and Earth from getting hit by that life-changing cosmic debris. An exotic, fluid interior spins out a powerful and deadly electromagnetic field that heats outer space around it thousands of degrees. If we could see that intense magnetic field around star-like Jupiter in our night sky it would be twice the size of the Full Moon. Amazing, right? There’s more… Jupiter emits from its hot metallic hydrogen center twice the heat it receives from the Sun. That fuels a torrid rotation of its super-cold clouds, the fastest in the Solar System at under 10 hours. The incredible rotational speed of this behemoth of a planet creates a noticeable bulge at the equator and flattened poles, easily seen in any backyard telescope. In fact, if Jupiter was maybe four times larger, it might have turned into a star companion for our Sun, and multiple star systems are the norm as we look around the Milky Way Galaxy. Wow. And more… In a backyard telescope, what a lot of people notice are the four star-like points in a line and any combination on each side of Jupiter. They also caught Galileo’s eye in 1609, and are collectively called the Galilean moons. In fact, simple binoculars held steady will show the hint of a tiny globe and four tiny stars in a line (one or more might be hidden behind or in front of the planet). Even in a simple backyard telescope, these four moons are easy to see and watch move in different positions from night to night. The four Galilean moons are worlds in their own right. Io is the size of our Moon and has hundreds of active sulfur volcanoes; Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System, even bigger than planet Mercury. Callisto is a giant ice ball, and Europa is also larger than our moon and possesses a global ocean covered by fractured ice—the number one suspect for aquatic life. This awesome planet also has a dark, ropy belt, a powerful aurora and it controls hundreds of asteroids ahead and behind in its orbit.
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Now those are some fantastic facts about Jupiter, just a beautiful golden “star” in our night sky. So it’s no coincidence that many ancient civilizations have identified the gold star with a king of their culture. This Summer of 2016, planet Jupiter is visible to everyone on a clear evening, dipping toward the horizon in the regal constellation of Leo the Lion. In a backyard telescope you can see the dark and tan bands that are rotational zones in the super-cold, -240 F. degrees below zero clouds of hydrogen and helium. Almost everyone has heard of the famous Red Spot, an oval cyclone three times the size of Earth, that has been observed by astronomers since the 1700s. You can even see it in your backyard telescope, as well as the dark polar regions, brown and tan bands and even small white ovals inside the bands. Though the cloud tops might be super cold, as you go inside the planet Jupiter things change dramatically as the crushing gravity changes molecules, heating them up and even creating a superfluid of metallic hydrogen that doesn’t exist on Earth. The dynamics of Jupiter’s interior has planetary biologists speculating there might be actual habitable zones a thousand miles or so deep in the atmosphere. They imagine the pleasant 50-plus F. degree warmth to provide a biosphere like Earth’s oceans with creatures big and small, maybe some like jelly fish and others like sea horses. Who knows? That’s the universal question of life, and is it out there? How do we know all this? Thanks mostly goes to NASA’s Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from December 1995 to September 2003. And on this July 4th 2016 a new NASA probe called Juno will be inserted into a unique orbit that will cross from pole to pole, giving a different perspective and data set. For amateur astronomers, few things have been more dramatic in the past 100 years than watching pieces of a comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crash into Jupiter in July 1994. Not only were the Hubble Telescope and traveling Galileo spacecraft taking photos, but every amateur astronomer in the world at one time or another pointed their backyard telescope to Jupiter and saw for themselves the dark scars of discolored clouds as more than a dozen impacts from the shattered comet lingered for weeks. Jupiter is always changing, and that’s the fun of having a backyard telescope when Jupiter is visible. Even with modest equipment (a mirror telescope of 6-8” or lens type 3-inches or more) you can see the cloud tops and Red Spot. And as you acquire an “observer’s eye” you begin to see the fleeting details that come and go as the Earth’s atmosphere changes. Looking and the planets and Moon is challenging because of the Earth’s five-mile thick atmosphere that makes stars twinkle and blurs fine details of objects seen in telescopes. That’s why lots of long looks at the eyepiece are needed to completely “see” what is visible on our backyard, Solar System neighbors. If you have a telescope, get it cleaned up and under the stars while the warm Summer weather draws you outside. You can enjoy other night activities between jumping behind the eyepiece to watch those Galilean moons move every hour or just be in awe that you are staring at one awesome planet.
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Celestial events in the skies for the week of June 21-27, 2016, as compiled for The Loafer by Mark D. Marquette.
his is the first week of Summer, and another week when people may be asking, “Is it Full Moon?” Well, our celestial buddy is at full phase on Monday…so it will be beaming bright every night. Meanwhile, three planets are strung across the sky, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. If you have a telescope, now is the time to drag it out in the daytime, clean it up, align the finder telescope and optics, and get ready to have some Summer fun stargazing. A great new sky map website will help you dig deeper in our nighty sky— www.WhatsOutTonight.com.
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It will be around midnight when it’s is out of the thick, low atmosphere, but Saturn is worth hanging around for. Not only the beautiful rings that are wide open, but you’ll see a bright “star” nearby. That’s giant moon Titan, which is larger than Mercury and has liquid methane lakes at a super cold -200 F. below zero.
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On this 1992 date in space history, Columbia was launched on STS-50, a 14-day mission with Microgravity 1 module in the cargo bay to study the space environment in detail. On this 1997 date in space history, two cosmonauts and an American aboard the Russian Mir Space station narrowly escaped death when a Progress supply spaceship collided with the Spektr module. The huge complex began losing pressure, but quick action shut off the crippled section and Mir was returned to its normal operations.
The Summer Solstice was yesterday, June 20th. The Sun actually enters the constellation Gemini the Twins, though astrologers would have you think it’s in Cancer. Changes in the calendar centuries ago have put the skies out of sync with those entertaining horoscopes, but trust me, if you turned out the light during the day, you’d see the Sun in Gemini, not Cancer. On this 1993 date in space history, Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched with pressurized SpaceHab laboratory its cargo bay. The astronauts conducted 10 days of life science and material processing research, paving the way for future applications in the International Space Station. Sun. June 26 Wed. June 22 Fireflies on the ground and starlight in the sky makes for a beauOn this 1973 date in space history, three astronauts returned from a 28-day stay aboard America’s tiful Sunday night outside in a comfortable lawn recliner. There first space station, Skylab. Paul Weitz, Joseph Kerwin and Apollo 12 moonwalker Pete Conrad were are lots of satellites and that surprising meteor that you might see the first crew aboard the huge Skylab, built inside a Saturn V rocket cylinder. Their four weeks in by just spending a little time looking up and around the night sky. space was the world record at the time and helped pioneer the six-month missions spent by astro- Mon. June 27 nauts aboard the orbiting ISS. Last Quarter Moon is today at 2:19 pm. Two Space Shuttle
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launches occurred today: the fourth and final test mission of Planet Mars is directly south at 11 pm, all the way over in Libra as it has been moving in retro- Columbia in 1982; and Atlantis in 1995 which docked with the grade motion toward the west and away from Scorpius. Saturn is now on the border of Ophiuchus Russian space station Mir for the first time, delivering astronaut and Scorpius. The bright star between the two planets is Antares, the heart of the Scorpion. Norm Thagard to join two cosmonauts for four months.
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fun run!!
’m not the most healthy person in the world. It’s not that I’m not health conscious or that I don’t make an effort to be healthy, it’s just that the core of my body is a creamy, nougat center. Yet on a chilly morning, not too long ago, I found myself in the starting line for a fun run for charity. When I go walking, I can, on average, squeeze in about three miles—so the idea of a fun run wasn’t too daunting at first. All I knew is it was cold as hell, I needed more coffee, and I was wondering if it was too late to turn back. Why was I on this fun run, you ask? Because a woman I found myself rather enamored with asked me if I would. Anyone who has followed my adventures in these pages will know that when it comes to dating and romance, my life is like a Bergman film. She was the kind of lovely that was rare. She was smart, beautiful, and could quote Mel Brooks films like nobodies business—all that cause me to melt. It was over lunch when she said “So, this fun run is coming up, and I think we ought to do it together.” At that moment I froze, my gut reaction would be to mumble and say “Running, bad!” but instead I thought it over in my mind and said “OK, sure. That sounds like fun. Um, how many miles?” It was only to be five, which I figured with my walking average of three, surely I could do five without any major internal breakdowns. Naturally, there
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would be a time of walking more and longer to get the physical mass known as Andy Ross up to speed for this. On the afternoon I was going to walk four miles for the first time, I took a deep breath and told myself “I can do this.” I hit play on the amp up playlist I made for myself, and soon I was walking briskly on the looped, mile long track near my home. The first three miles were fine, but halfway through the final mile, my legs began to ache, and my brain was going “Warning! Warning! Danger, Will Robinson!” Limping to my car I sat down, breathing with huffy breaths, and let out a string of choice words that would upset the more delicate amoung you. At home that night, in the bathtub, in pain, I thought “How can I do this? There’s no way! I’m gonna be that sad fool in the back! It’s gym class all over again!” The last of these thoughts is the one that caused the panic attack to begin. I did it again the next day, only she joined me, she was full of confidence in me in a way that my brain so rarely lets me have for myself. The walking got easier, she got even more pretty, and I felt like Rocky at the top of the stairs the night before the run. The morning of the run, I had to wake up at 5:00, which I usually only do after a night of insomnia. I didn’t have to worry about setting an alarm for that morning of the run, because I had insomnia and barely slept! There was a text from her, telling me she was on her way over to pick me up. I went to closet and threw on the only shirt that I knew would motivate me to summon up all my powers and do this—my Adam West Batman shirt, pausing briefly by my two Mister Rogers shirts to reflect on all the good in my life. She rang my door bell, handed me a coffee, and after locking my place up, off we went to the run. Standing in the line waiting for the starting signal, my mind only went into slight, manageable panic. Soon the run had commenced, and off I was running in a manner that I could only imagine looked like Kirby moving across a game with the turbo button on. Two miles in, I picked up some speed, and I felt that I had this. I thought “Hey, I’m doing it! Look! I’m not brining shame upon my family name!” But around mile four again, a sharp pain out of no where in both legs caused me to slow greatly, people were passing me up left and right, and I was now walking instead of running. I imagined coming in dead last and that being the leading headlines of the world. Not because I’m a self centered, but because I’m always at the ready for various forms of mockery to he healed in my direction. “Jackass Who Think’s He’s Funny Finishes Last” would be the headline on the evening paper, with a byline of “Adam West Voices Disapproval.” But as I muddled through to the end, I can say that I did, in fact, finish. I did five miles, and I was proud of myself. At the end of it, in her car, she asked how I was feeling. “I feel a disturbance” I told her, “As if a million parts of my body cried out, and then, were silenced.” “Do you want to go to Waffle House and eat a lot of hash browns?” she asked, and I perked up and said “Yes, and drown me in coffee.” Trying to not fall face down into a pile of scattered, smothered, and covered, I did find myself sensing some pride that Andy of 10 years ago would have never imagined future Andy being able to accomplish. Truthfully, it wasn’t the worst thing in the world, even if I did spend most of the following week in pain every time I tried to move. See you next week.
Appalachian Sustainable Development
announces details of 6th Annual Farm to Fork Gala
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ationally known and respected for its commitment to local farmers, Appalachian Sustainable Development (ASD) will hold its signature fundraiser; the 6th Annual Farm to Fork Gala on July 30th at Meadowview Marriott in Kingsport Tennessee. 100% of all money raised will fund ASD’s work in northeast TN and southwest VA. Space is limited to 250 guests. Various sponsorships, reserved tables of 8 and individual tickets that are mixed seating are available at: http://asdevelop. org/events/f2f2016/...
Each year ASD’s Farm to Fork Gala brings together folks that recognize the importance of collaborating to build a strong local food culture. Money spent locally helps famers stay on family farms and can help to rebuild the small communities that dot the rural Appalachian landscape. Guests often include program beneficiaries, farmers, corporate partners, donors and more. Event planners work to create an inspirational menu that features the freshest, most flavorful, in-season ingredients available. This year’s menu will include dishes like: citrus-tomato-cucumber salad with red onions, early summer corn salad with seasonings and spices, beef and pork meatballs marinara over spaghetti squash, pork topped with pickled cabbage slaw and more. Open bars with local craft beer and local wines are also included. The evening begins with cocktails at 6:30pm and live cello music by Norwegian Wood. Virginia born and bred, Corbin Hayslett is the evening’s feature musician and is sure to wow guests with his quick wit and musical skills. There will also be a live auction and blind bid auction. Back by popular demand this year is a new deep freeze stocked with local frozen meats. This item is the perfect way to extend the farm to table experience for the first timer or long-time ASD supporter. Since 1995, Appalachian Sustainable Development, a ‘home-grown’ nonprofit has been dedicated to its mission to grow food, communities and opportunities to build a thriving Appalachia. ASD serves: Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, and Wise counties in southwest Virginia and Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, and Washington counties in northeast Tennessee. ASD operates programs in sustainable agriculture/ food system development and food access. For more information please visit www.asdevelop.org, Facebook or Twitter. theloaferonline.com | June 21, 2016 | 21
WARCRAFT Rated: PG-13
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his week’s film, “Warcraft” dives into the land of Middle Earth.You know, the land of orcs, elves, dwarves, wizards, humans, and assorted creatures. Warcraft actually became part of pop culture in 1994 as video games and novels. Flash forward to 2016 and we have a epic film featuring many characters from the games and novels. The story begins with the peaceful realm of Azeroth facing the reality of a pending invasion from the fearsome orcs who are fleeing their dying home to colonize a new one. Of course since the orcs are in another world, they need to use a portal to invade Azeroth. The portal is created by the villain of the story, Gul’dan (Daniel Wu), a horrible orc warlock who wants all the inhabitants of Azeroth destroyed. Gul’dan is getting help from someone on the other side of the portal, which proves to be quite shocking. Meanwhile, within the ranks of the orcs, Durotan (Toby Kebell) wants to escape his life of war due to his impending fatherhood, but is nevertheless drawn into the invasion along with his expecting wife. As the orc invasion moves forward, human commander Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel) helps King Llane Wrynn (Dominic Cooper) prepare for battle against the pending invasion. With the battle at hand, half-human/half- orc Gaona (Paula Patton) finds herself a prisoner of the humans after she manages to escape from her orc captors. Gaona plays a large role in
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the film and is as pivotal to the story-line as any of the male characters. Other important characters include the guardian ,or wizard, Medivh (Ben Foster), who is not all he seems to be, and Khadgar (Ben Schnetzer), an apprentice of Medivh. You will even experience a baby green orc, who, instead of crying, has a nasty growl. The film also features huge flying eagles, apparently on loan from the “Harry Potter” movie series, and large wolves that would feel at home on the “Game of Thrones” television series. Eventually, the orcs and humans collide in an epic battle that I’m sure will excite fans of the video games. I must add if you have never played the games or read the novels, you may be a bit confused by what you are seeing at first, but director Duncan Jones (“Moon”), does a fine job of introducing us to the world of Warcraft. The film appears to be good enough to please even the pickiest fanboy, with great special effects and fights galore. In fact, when I saw the brief appearance of some elves in the film, I felt nostalgic for “The Lord of the Rings” films. While this movie is certainly not on the level of the aforementioned Oscar wining film series, it is fun, and in my opinion, “Warcraft” is a B-movie version of “The Lord of the Rings”. So sit back, relax and let the orcs and humans take you to an exciting version of Middle Earth as presented in “Warcraft”.
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The County Project
can’t believe it’s already been a year now. It was just about this time last summer that I first started using this space to show off vacation photos while providing the kind of useless trivia that could make Cliff Clavin wince. So now, to commemorate that milestone, I hope you’ll excuse a bit of selfindulgence so that I might share with you the inspiration behind so many of my travels. You see, I am a county collector. You know how lots of folks keep track of the states they have visited over the years? I do the same thing – but at the county-level. In fact, as of this writing, I can tell you that I have visited no fewer than 1373 out of the 3144 county and county-equivalent territories (e.g. Louisiana’s parishes) in the United States. No joking, I actually do this, and have for the past fifteen years. It all started back when I was a graduate student studying geography (surprise!) at Penn State. I found a giant map of US counties in the back of my office and started coloring in the ones I’d been to, so that I might see the patterns that emerged. I enjoyed my little project. I marked off the counties where I had lived or could remember visiting. Then, I got out my trusty road atlas and started reconstructing all of the trips I could remember taking so that I could fill in the counties along the way. I even called my father to ask what routes we had traveled on those family vacations decades earlier. He was not amused. Then something interesting happened. I began to adjust my traveling habits to include detours and side trips that would allow me to visit new counties. Eventually, I took to planning entire vacations around county collecting – such as my 2014 drive through New England on which I was able to finish up Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. More recently, I took my wife and kids to the Florida panhandle by way of every back road in the eastern half of Alabama, picking up 33 new counties along the way. My family sure is an understanding lot.
I keep a database and a fancy new map updated with all of my travels, as well as notes on when I visited and who I was with. It’s my excuse to get out there and visit parts of the country I ordinarily wouldn’t have an excuse to see – and I’ve seen lots of interesting things along the way. I doubt I’ll ever make it to all of them, but if the journey is its own reward, then visiting new counties is good enough for me. Gotta run now – the road beckons.
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Kings Island
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ummer is almost here, and with the onset of those dreaded mosquitos, muggy nights, and evening thunderstorms also comes vacation season, barbeques, and trips to our favorite theme parks. Here in Tennessee, Dollywood serves as our state’s most popular destination. With the highly-anticipated Lightning Rod opening this past week, the crowds at the park are sure to grow larger then ever. While we love the park and visit almost every week, sometimes the lines become a bit too much. Recently, we decided to venture outside of the Appalachian region and head to the Midwest to visit a park that is chock full of rollercoasters and thrill rides to be enjoyed by every age. Kings Island, located just north of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, bills itself as the largest amusement park in the entire Midwest. Featuring fourteen rollercoasters, dozens of thrill rides, the world’s best children’s area, and an additional waterpark spread over an area of over three hundred acres, it’s not hard to doubt this claim. One could spend an entire weekend here and not see and do everything the park and surrounding area has to offer. Divided into seven themed areas, Kings Island in many ways feels like a theme park, but the level of theming doesn’t come to close to Dollywood’s except for on a few attractions. The main stars of the park, of course, are its coasters, and several hold world records that still are on the books today. At the entrance to the park, the first land you’ll encounter is International Street. Here lie the two icons of the park: Royal Fountain, featuring dozens of jets that stretches along the entire length of the main park boulevard, and the one-third scale Eiffel Tower replica. Opening shortly after the park itself in 1975, the structure towers more then three hundred feet into the sky. Take the short elevator ride up to the observation deck to get a stunning bird’s eye view of the park as well as longer vistas of the rolling southern Ohio landscape. From the tower, paths fan out into all directions of the park. A short jaunt north will bring you to the Action Zone, an adrenaline-pumped area overflowing with some of the most intimidating rides. Drop Tower takes riders up over three hundred feet before allowing them to freefall all the way back to earth, while Delirium swings its enormous pendulum back and forth while spinning rider’s upside down. Although hard to miss due to its enormous inversions hanging over the pathway, the park’s newest coaster, Banshee, announces its presence with regular shrieks as each train of doomed riders crest its lift hill. Opened two years ago, it still holds the world record for the longest inverted coaster, coming in at an impressive 4,124 feet. Nearby, the Oktoberfest area offers a much more peaceful atmosphere. Buildings throughout this land feature German architecture. Festhaus, the main food court, is also here and features classic park food with some newer offerings such as Panda Express. Nearby lies one of the park’s better-themed rides, a mine train called Adventure Express. Coney Mall can be found by heading directly south from the Eiffel Tower. This is one of the older portions of the park, and it is here that one can find classic carnival rides such as the wave swinger and monster, as well as some of the park’s classic coasters. Racer, opened in 1972, helped to spark the modern coaster revolution and allows guests to do just as its name says. On the other side of the midway, Vortex was one of the first modern looping coasters. Today, it is a bit rough at times, so just be warned and ready. Some newer attractions have also found their place alongside the older rides, like the Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit. Free for passholders, this display is not to be missed. The life-sized animatronic dinosaurs are absolute-
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ly fascinating for children, and many adults find the collection amazing as well. The park’s three other areas pack a lot of punch in a small area. X-Base has two mindboggling coasters: Firehawk and Flight of Fear, that give the impression of a secret government testing facility. Indeed, Flight of Fear is by far the park’s best themed attraction and has a Disney feel to it. Diamondback, a megacoaster and by far the park’s largest ride, rises up on the opposite side of the park in the River Town section. Another record-breaking coaster hides in the nearby woods. The Beast opened in 1979 and still reigns as the longest wooden coaster in the world. Kings Island has consistently won the Best Kid’s Area Golden Ticket Award each year due to it’s Planet Snoopy area. The kid’s area was recently renovated and received Surf Dog, a new ride that spins riders in circles along a gigantic half pipe track. Kids who love coasters will have a ball, because the area has three pint sized coasters for them to enjoy. With a King’s Island ticket or season pass, all guests also receive admission to the Soak City waterpark. Worthy of an entire trip in itself, the park has two gigantic wave pulls, slides galore, a lazy river, and a fabulous new slide complex which just opened last month. Don’t pass it up if you have the chance to travel north and visit the incredible Kings Island! Info and Directions: From Johnson City it’s just about a five hour drive to the park. Take either I-81 or U.S. 58 and U.S. 25E to reach I-75 north. Follow I-75 all the way to downtown Cinncinati. Take exit 1C to merge onto I-71 north and stay on the highway for 23 miles. Take exit 24 for Western Row Road towards Kings Island Drive. You will soon see the new park entrance on the right side. Visit visitkingsisland.com for the park schedule and ticket pricing as they are always subject to change.
Storytelling Live!
Welcomes Corinne Stavish
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he International Storytelling Center (ISC) will soon bring acclaimed performer Corinne Stavish to its stage in downtown Jonesborough. Known for her warm sense of humor and intimate family portraits, Stavish plans to share a wealth of new material during her weeklong storytelling residency, including historical stories keyed into events surrounding the upcoming Fourth of July holiday. The well-loved entertainer will perform daily, June 28 – July 2, Tuesday through Saturday, in ISC’s Mary B. Martin Storytelling Hall. All performances begin at 2:00 p.m. “I’m working on some new things,” Stavish says. “What I plan to do is take some event that happened in history and use it as a motif or theme for the program.” A new piece about the Declaration of Independence—which wasn’t signed on July 4, by the way—is already a favorite among her fans. Stavish is coming to town with an agenda of her own: to reprise her role as a passenger on the Jonesborough Novelty Band’s float in the Jonesborough Days parade—something she enjoyed doing on her very first residency at ISC, more than 10 years ago. Storytelling has always been a huge part of Stavish’s life, starting with her parents’ stories at the dinner table when she was growing up. “My mother always sounded like a gossip,” Stavish recalls. “I even have a couple of folk tales that I tell through the voice of a nosy neighbor. It’s my mother’s voice.” Her father, too, enjoyed having an audience. “He was always on a grand stage, even if you were sitting in the living room,” she says. Many of her historical pieces have been influenced by his life and his love of American history. But the family member that storytelling fanatics probably know best is Stavish’s grandmother, a fun and fiery woman who immigrated to the United States as a teenager. Her experience, too, has informed Stavish’s interest in historical stories. Tickets for Stavish’s matinee performances are just $12 for adults and $11 for seniors, students, and children under 18. Walk-in seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis, but advance reservations are recommended. Ticketholders for all performances can present their ticket stubs for a 10 percent discount on same-day dining at JJ’s Eatery and Ice Cream or Main Street Café, two popular eateries in Jonesborough. The latest performer in ISC’s renowned Storytelling Live! series, Stavish will be followed by more than a dozen other popular storytellers who will take turns on the Jonesborough stage in the months leading up to the National Storytelling Festival. Information about all performers, as well as a detailed schedule for 2016, is available at www.storytellingcenter.net. The premier sponsor of Storytelling Live! is the Mountain States’ Heart & Soul program. 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. theloaferonline.com | June 21, 2016 | 25
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ast week we looked at the Beretta 92, this week we look at the Sig Sauer P250. The P250 is a very unique handgun in that it is modular, meaning its caliber can be changed as well as its grip and frame size. The concept behind this design wasn’t just uniqueness though, it was designed with law enforcement and military in mind. There are some situations where a 9mm simply won’t do, in most cases if a police officer or soldier finds themselves in this situation they’re for lack of a better word S.O.L. However, with the P250 they have the option of changing their sidearm from a 9mm to the much more powerful .357 SIG. So besides being modular what does the P250 have to offer? Well as you might recall with the Beretta 92 its only flaw was that it was heavy, the P250 doesn’t have that problem weighing in at only 29.4 ounces unloaded. This is due to its polymer frame with stainless insert in the mag-well. As far as accuracy it boasts a full-length 4.7 inch barrel which as you can imagine makes this gun a tack driver. It is also available with night-sights if you like to shoot at night. Another nifty feature of the P250 is its full-size accessory rail, perfect for flashlights, lasers, etc. Also if you like
a thicker grip you’ll love the P250, whose grips are similar in width to a Glock but is more sleek and refined. It is a common misconception that Sigs are German guns, they’re actually Swiss, and ironically they began in 1853 as a wagon and rail-car manufacturer. In 1860 in response to a challenge from the Ministry of Defense they created a state of the art rifle known as the Preland-Burand, of which the Swiss military consequently ordered 30,000. Let’s just say they weren’t in the wagon business long. The company came to America in the 1980’s and moved from Virginia to New Hampshire in the 1990’s. The Sig P250 is a truly fine made product, Sig has a reputation for using only the best quality materials. It is important to consider however that with fine quality often comes higher prices. Sig does their best to balance the two so yes they often cost more than most of their counterparts, but don’t worry you’re not going to have to sell your kidney on the black market to afford a P250. The MSRP for this handgun is only $466.00 but the average retail is only $415.00. That’s right for the cost of only 100 cups of coffee the P250 can be yours. As always I hope you enjoyed this article if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me, I look forward to your feedback. Sources: http://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/p250-full-size.aspx http://www.sigsauer.com/AboutUs/History.aspx
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things to do
Renown Buddhist Teacher To Give Talk On Buddha Nature
The public is invited to hear Acharya Lama Gursam Rinpoche speak about “Buddha Nature” at the Appalachian Dharma & Meditation Center (ADMC) in Johnson City on Saturday, June 25, from 1 to 3:30 pm. That same morning, Lama Gursam will lead a free yoga session at Mountain Yoga’s Saturday Session in the Square in downtown Johnson City from 10 to 11 am. Lama Gursam was born in Tibet and began studying Buddhism from a very young age to become a monk. He has received both bachelors and masters degrees in Buddhist philosophy, history and languages from Tibetan University Sarnath in India. For six months out of the year, Lama Gursam visits North America to provide teachings to Westerners. It is very fortunate to have someone so learned visit TriCities. Donations are encouraged to help defray Lama Gursam’s traveling expenses. ADMC is a non-profit center for mindfulness and meditation studies. It is located at 108 West 10th Ave., Suite 3 (downstairs), Johnson City, TN. For more information go to www.dharma4et.org
Art in the Heart Gallery Pet Portrait Class with Michelle Howe
event June 24
The Olympic Training Site at East Tennessee State University will host “Olympic Day 2016” for area youth on Friday, June 24, at Kermit Tipton Stadium, located on the Science Hill High School campus. A torch lighting ceremony at the stadium will begin at 9 a.m. and will be followed by a number of activities, including sprint, hurdles, broad jump, gymnastics, rugby, field hockey, weightlifting, a sport science station and more. The event will conclude with a closing ceremony at noon, and all activities are free and open to kids ages five through 12. “This has been an annual event for us since 2012, the same year ETSU gained status as an official Olympic Training Site,” said Meg Stone, director of the center. “‘Olympic Day’ recognizes the birth of the modern Olympic Games and is also part of a global effort to advance fitness and well-being along with the Olympic ideals of fair play, perseverance, respect and sportsmanship.” Athletes from the ETSU weightlifting team, rugby club and the men’s and women’s soccer teams will lead the activities for the kids. For more information, contact Emily Brockelman at brockelman@etsu.edu or 423-439-8477 or visit http://www. sportscienceed.com/olympic-day.html.
days of the Festival, and a Preview show on Friday night, Oct. 21. The festival features bluegrass and old time music, but also “new grass,” rockabilly, and other types of roots music. Musicians interested in performing at this year’s Mountain Makins Festival will need to contact Rose Center by May 30, 2016. Bands should send audio samples of their music, information about their group, photos, and contact information. Mountain Makins Festival, a celebration of Appalachian culture, is the largest event in Hamblen County, drawing 7000 visitors from throughout the region. This year it was named the Best Festival in the Southeast by the Southeast Festivals and Events Association. It has been designated a “Top 20 Event in the Southeast” four times by the Southeast Tourism Society; and was also voted “Best Festival in East Tennessee” by readers of Tennessee Magazine. The festival is a fundraiser for historic Rose Center, an 1892 school building, now a museum and cultural center. Musicians may contact Rose Center at: PO Box 1976, Morristown, TN 37816; beccy@rosecenter.org; or 423-581-4330.
Rooted in Appalachia Roadshow
Citizens are invited to learn exactly what Tai Chi and Qigong are all about during a free demonstration and education session at Memorial Park Community Center, 510 Bert St., from 11 a.m.-noon on Friday, June 24. Pre-registration is required by Wednesday, June 22 in person at the MPCC Senior Services desk or by calling (423)434-6237. A new series of Tai Chi and Qigong classes will be offered in July for adults.
DROP QUOTE: “It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.” CRYPTOGRAM: I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.
In northeast Tennessee & southwest Virginia folks are interested in their neighbors, their towns and the farmers growing their food. You could say, folks are ‘rooted’ in local traditions. This summer, you can get rooted too! Just visit your local farmers market and have fun at the free, Rooted in Appalachia roadshows! There will be games, cooking demos, prizes and more. Visit www.rootedinappalachia.com for more info.
Volunteers needed for kids triathlon
Memorial Park Community Center, 510 Bert St., is in need of volunteers for the fourth annual Dive, Ride & Stride Kids Triathlon on Saturday, Aug. 20. Assistance will be needed for water stations, safety patrol, award distribution, and transition areas. Most volunteers will be asked to report to Legion Street Pool by 7:30 a.m. on race day. For more information or to sign up, please contact Kelly Finney at (423)4345758 or kfinney@johnsoncitytn.org.
Tai Chi and Qigong demo set ETSU to host ‘Olympic Day’ for June 24
Friday June 24, 2016 In this class you will wood burn a picture of your favorite pet and finish it with colored pencils. Bring colored pencils and a picture of the pet you want to work on. All other supplies will be furnished. Email a picture of your pet to Michelle Howe (heart8151@aol.com) one week in advance. She will create a line drawing to make it easy for you to get a likeness of 50th Season of Shindig your pet. 11am - 5pm on the Green 246 Broad Street (at corner of Center A joyously spontaneous celebraStreet) Kingsport, TN 37660 tion of traditional and old- time string 423-480-9702 bands, bluegrass, ballad singers, big circle mountain dancers and cloggers on Mountain Makins Festival summer Saturday evenings in downInvitation to Musicians town Asheville, NC. Stage show and inRose Center is preparing for the 41st formal jam sessions. Pack Square Park Annual Mountain Makins Festival on on the Bascom Lamar Lunsford stage. October 22 and 23, 2016 in Morristown, Bring your instruments, lawn chairs or TN. Once again, there will be continu- blankets, family and friends. July 2, 9, ous musical entertainment during both 16, 23; August 13, 20, 27, and September
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3, 2016. Free. Info: www.folkheritage. org or (828)258-6101 x345.
pets of the week
Jellybean is a 9 month old female domestic short hair. She is spayed and up to date on all vaccines. This is a sweet lap cat!
Gidget is a 9 month old domestic short hair female. She is spayed and up to date on all vaccines. This sweetie loves to play! The Bridge Home has an ongoing aluminum can can collection in front of the shelter at 2061 Hwy 75 in Blountville,TN 37617. The cans are collected by a volunteer and the money from the aluminum goes towards badly needed food and supplies for the animals
The Bridge Home No Kill Animal Rescue has started a pet food pantry for people that have had financial hardships because of job loss or medical problems and are struggling to feed their pet. They can come by the shelter and get cat or dog food to get through the tough time. Donations can be sent to The Bridge Home Shelter PO Box 654 Blountville, TN 37617 Every animal in their care is spayed or neutered and fully vaccinated before being adopted. Being a non profit the shelter is funded entirely by membership dues and private donations. They always need volunteers or monetary donations. Other always needed items:pet food, cat litter & cat toys dog treats & dog toys,paper towels, cleaners, office supplies,Purina weight circles. Phone: 423.239.5237 Hours are Mon-Fri 12pm-6pm Sat 12pm3pm and Sun 2pm-4pm. Website is www.bridgehomerescue@gmail. com or like them on Facebook: www.Facebook.com/bridgehome theloaferonline.com | June 21, 2016 | 29
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PANTONE 448C: IT’S A MATTER OF TASTE
recently saved an intriguing little article to Evernote about a decision the Australian government has made to use Pantone 448C (a color hue also known as “Opaque Couche” and “Drab Dark Brown”) for its new cigarette packaging legislation. When is the last time you read anything about the Australian government, especially its cigarette packaging mandates? In any event, the decision to use this particular color was based on the kinds of descriptions it received when viewed by test audiences. Some of the more pleasant terms used by the reviewers were “dirty,” “tar,” and “death.” And some even called it the world’s ugliest color. Just what we need for cigarette packaging. Right? According to a recent news release in the online version of, ironically enough, “House Beautiful,” this repulsive hue “has the power to ‘minimize appeal’ and ‘maximize perceived harm.” In other words, potential tobacco users might be deterred from buying a pack of cigarettes after they take a good look at the disgusting Pantone 448C package. Take a look at it for yourself and see if you agree with the Australian government’s decision. Reading the aforementioned article sent me scurrying to my bookshelf to retrieve four books that have to do with taste. No, we’re not talking about the kind of taste associated with our tongues, but rather with taste in its cultural sense. The question of why people disagree—often violently— about their tastes is a worthwhile one to consider, especially in our world of social media and other online pleasures. Today, we encounter judgments of taste everywhere we turn, as we are bombarded with requests to “like” something on social media, to record our product reviews on Amazon, and to rate and rank all sorts of other things, including our favorite (and least favorite) colors. Taste indeed goes to the very heart of popular culture, a topic to which I have devoted my “Kelly’s Place” columns for the past twentyseven years. Taste, which was once the province of professional critics and newscasters, is now decided in the wider and largely non-professional arena inhabited by millions of individuals, all eager to give the world their pronouncements about colors and everything else under the sun. Whereas there used to be a big and often impenetrable wall between “high” (determined by the elite arbiters of good taste) and “low” (preferred by the ignorant masses) culture, today’s cultural battles over taste are fought by everyone who has a social media account and an Amazon.com password. The evolution of changing notions about high and low culture has been chronicled by many analysts, including the late social historian Michael Kammen, whose witty and perceptive, pre-social media study AMERICAN CULTURE, AMERICAN TASTES: SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE 20th CENTURY (1999), is the place to start if you are interested in the shifting sands of popular culture. As soon as I learned about Pantone 448C appearing on Australian cigarette packs, I immediately grabbed Adam Alter’s clever and perceptive book, DRUNK TANK PINK: AND OTHER UNEXPECTED FORCES THAT
SHAPE HOW WE THINK, FEEL, AND BEHAVE (2013) from my shelf. The title refers to a 1979 experiment conducted by Professor Alexander Schauss, who asked “153 healthy young men,” who were divided into two groups, to stare at two pieces of cardboard, one painted in Baker-Miller Pink (named for two correctional officers) and the other painted a deep blue. After staring at their respective cardboard sheets for a minute, the researcher “asked the men to raise their arms in front of their bodies, while he applied just enough downward pressure to force their arms back down to their sides.” What resulted from this experiment is that the men who had stared at the pink color offered less resistance than those who had just spent a minute staring at the blue colored cardboard. These results convinced prisons and law enforcement centers to paint their drunk tanks and other holding areas pink in order to reduce the level of resistance from their prisoners. So, color apparently does have some profound effects on our behavior. Alter uses his reflections on Drunk Tank Pink to lead us into many other avenues of human behavior, including how we are affected by names, labels, symbols, other people, culture, locations, and weather. His findings are reinforced by an earlier book by Harvard Professor Stanley Lieberson--A MATTER OF TASTE: HOW NAMES, FASHIONS, AND CULTURE CHANGE (2000). Although he covers a wide range of topics, including color, his focus is on how we can use the popularity of children’s names to chart major cultural changes. A very unique and data-driven (i.e lots of graphs and charts) journey into pop culture and our ever-changing tastes that should be read by anyone who has even a slight interest in marketing and social psychology. I am currently reading the just-published and much-talked-about book, YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: TASTE IN AN AGE OF ENDLESS CHOICE, by Tom Vanderbilt. In many ways an updated sequel to the previously-mentioned book by Michael Kammen, this one brings considerations of taste into the world of social media, big data, and online shopping and polling. After considering a broad range of issues that involve taste, from food and art to music and pets, Vanderbilt concludes that “We often do not seem to know what we like or why we like what we do. Our preferences are riddled with unconscious biases, easily swayed by contextual and social influences. There is less chance than we think that we will like tomorrow what we liked today and even less chance of remembering what led us to our previous likes.” Admittedly this is a rather inconclusive conclusion, but one that captures the essence of taste in the Age of Facebook. If you want to enjoy a very interesting and thought-provoking preview of Vanderbilt’s book, I suggest you read Louis Menand’s essay, “What It Is Like To Like” in the current (June 20) issue of “The New Yorker.” Something tells me your taste prefers short columns, so I am brining this week’s installment to a close. I hope you will spend this week exploring the reasons why you like and dislike the things you do (despite Vanderbilt’s doubts that you might be able to articulate these things very well). In any event, I hope you include this column in your “good taste” and “like” columns. And please avoid staring too long at objects painted with Pantone 448C. See you next week. theloaferonline.com | June 21, 2016 | 31
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