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18 Stargazer Asteroid Day... We Will Rock You! 19 Skies This Week 20 Batteries Not Included Hidden Hands and Octopi 22 Mountain Movers The George Ferrell interview 23 Pop Life The Mummy 24 Appalachian Wanderers Carowinds 26 The Casual Word Surprise 28 Puzzle Page 31 Kelly’s Place Summer of Love The Myth of Nostalgia, Part Two
your week’s line-up
4th Of July Celebrations
Editor Graphic Arts Director Don Sprinkle
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Independence Day Fireworks Celebration - Johnson City Independence Day Extravaganza - Abingdon 4th Of July Celebration - Rogersville Highbeam returns to Johnson City Batman: The Movie @ The Capitol Theatre 4th Of July Celebration - Greeneville Annual Fireworks Show - Jonesborough Welcome Home Veterans Parade - Erwin 3rd Annual Big Messy Sounds Of Freedom @ LampLight Theatre Hot Dog Eating Contest Holiday Contra Dance @ Serenity Knoll Farm Linda Lou & The Flatbellys @ Thursday Jam Spotlight Star-Spangled Celebration - Bristol July 4th Celebration - Kingsport Independence Day Celebration - Elizabethton Pets Of The Week Things To Do
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Independence Day Fireworks Celebration
epsi-Beverages Company of Johnson City and the City of Johnson City will sponsor the 32nd Annual Independence Day Fireworks Celebration on the grounds of Freedom Hall Civic Center. This year's event will be held on Tuesday, July 4th. Everyone is invited to join in the festivities. There will not be a rain date for this event. The fireworks time could be delayed if there is inclement weather that evening. Visitors will be moved inside the Freedom Hall arena in the event of severe weather. Since several thousand people attend the event each year, an early arrival is strongly encouraged. oody Austin M
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5:00 P.M. - 5:45 P.M. : Entertainment begins – Ashley Traglar with Six Gun 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. : On-site registration for a chance to win the GRAND PRIZE - 2017 Chevrolet Sonic LS from Pepsi, presented by Food City, sponsored by Champion Chevrolet / Cadillac 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. : On-site registration for a chance to the win Dixie Stampede/ Hearthside Cabins - Super Pack Getaway • (4) tickets to Dixie Stampede • 2 night stay Hearthside Cabins (2 bedroom) • (4) tickets Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Adventures 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. : On-site registration for a chance to win an August Race Weekend ] at BMS sponsored by Bristol Motor Speedway • (2) tickets to Camping World Truck Series 200 • (2) tickets to Food City 300 • (2) tickets to Bass Pro Shops NRA Night race 6:00 P.M. - 6:40 P.M. : Entertainment - Jimbo Whaley & Greenbrier 6:45 P.M. - 6:50 P.M. : Tribute to Gold Star Families and Police Department Music by Elizabeth Painter (Former Miss Watauga Valley and lead singer for Daisi Rain) 7:00 P.M. - 7:45 P.M. : Entertainment - Austin Moody 8:00 P.M. - 8:10 P.M.: Tribute to our Militaryincluding Color Guard Patriotic songs by local T. R. and Carla Dunn & Kasey Coggins Pledge of Allegiance lead by Miss Johnson City Whitney Shelton and Miss Historic Jonesborough Morgan Munsey 8:15 P.M. - 9:15 P.M. : Entertainment - Clare Dunn (opening entertainer for Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line) 9:20 P.M. - 9:35 P.M. : Event Prize Drawings will be conducted: Drawing for Dixie Stampede/Hearthside Cabin Rentals Super Pack Getaway, August Race Weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, Grand Prize Drawing: 2017 Chevrolet Sonic LS from Pepsi, presented by Food City, sponsored by Champion Chevrolet / Cadillac 9:40 P.M. - 9:45 P.M. : Tribute to all Armed Forces Patriotic Songs by Elizabeth Painter 9:50 P.M. : Welcome by Johnson City Commissioner and WXBQ musical introduction for fireworks 9:55 P.M. - 10:15 P.M. : Fireworks by Pyro Shows of Lafollette, TN, WJHL-TV News Channel 11 will be doing a live remote of the event, with WXBQ 96.9 FM broadcasting of fireworks music 10:20 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. : Entertainment resumes on stage – Austin Moody
On Saturday, July 1, 2017 downtown Abingdon will be alive with an All-American Independence Day Extravaganza.
his free event takes place at the Abingdon Market Pavilion and along Remsburg Drive in downtown Abingdon. Free activities include a watermelon eating contest, a kids’ craft area, historical reenactors, block party with a foam pit, stilt walkers, antique tractor show, blues concert, and firework finale. Food trucks will be present to provide concessions. At 4:00 p.m. the festivities begin with a watermelon eating contest for those ages 5 to 18. Just like any good watermelon eating competition, no hands or other unique equipment is allowed to be used. Potential contestants should arrive at 3:30pm to sign up, accompanied by their parent or guardian. Paper Moon Studio will be hosting the Kids’ Craft area from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m. Kids of all ages can participate in creative craft projects for free. Activities at the craft area include a drawing mirror, yard games, and rotating art projects every hour. From 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., historical reenactors will be celebrating Abingdon’s rich Revolutionary War history and influence. Join the reenactors at Fields Penn Lawn (corner of Remsburg Drive and Cummings St.) to learn about the Overmountain Men and their victory at King Mountain. The block party and foam pit begin at 5:00 p.m., just an hour before Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin takes the stage at Abingdon Market Pavillion to kick off the free blues concert. Bob has played on several Grammy-winning recordings, won numerous W.C. Handy/Blues Music Awards for his playing and producing, and is a “Keeping The Blues Alive” award recipient. At 7:15 p.m., The Nighthawks will take the stage. Mark Wenner, Paul Bell, Johnny Castle, and Mark Stutso make up the 21st-century version of the legendary American roots band. To finish out the night of blues, Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin will join The Nighthawks on stage to play a special Muddy Waters tribute. The entire extravaganza will end in true American style with a firework finale at 9:15. All activities will take place on Remsburg Drive in downtown Abingdon, either at the Fields Penn Lawn, the Abingdon Market Pavilion or along Remsburg Drive. Public parking is available in the Municipal Lot off of Main Street, or on the street as available. For more information about the free activities and the bands performing visit abingdonmusicexperience.com.
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estivities start in the park at 3pm. Live performances from Local bands, Brad Puckett and our Headliner Restless Heart! Come out and Celebrate with us and Enjoy the amazing Bands, crowd, Food, Fun, and Fireworks show!.
July 4, 2017 Rogersville City Park 1:00 p.m. Gates open to the public 3-3:30 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance, prayer, welcome 3:30-3:45 p.m. Young Fiddler's Contest winners 4-5:00 p.m. Elevation 1255 5:15-6:15 p.m. Hayden Garber 6:30-7:30 p.m. Brad Puckett 8-9:30 p.m. Restless Heart 10:00 p.m. Fireworks!
Returns to Johnson City
4th Of July Celebration
Folk Rock from Atlanta
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tlanta based band Highbeams are bringing their high energy Folk Rock back to Johnson City, at The Acoustic Coffee House on June 30, 2017 at 8pm. Highbeams are a trio of brothers originating from Canada. Adam, Ian, And Stephen bring a fresh take on the modern Folk Rock sound, touring with a cajon instead of traditional percussion. The band have opened for larger acts such as: Vertical Horizon, Chase Bryant, the late Col Bruce Hampton, and the grammy nominated band Brothers Osborne. They are currently on their largest tour ever in support of the new EP “You Are My Home�, released to Spotify, iTunes, and GooglePlay on 5/5/2017. For more check out HighbeamsMusic.com
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ith a call from Commissioner Gordon, The Dynamic Duo—Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder—are called into action. Speeding into Gotham City in their fantastic Bat-mobile to police headquarters. Saturday, July 8th, The Capitol Theater will put up the Bat-Signal as they present the 1966 classic BATMAN: THE MOVIE. The first big screen adventure for The Caped Crusader BATMAN: THE MOVIE was a spin-off of the 1966 TV series staring Adam West, that hit theaters in Summer of that year. Immediately after premiering on ABC-TV in January of ’66, “Batman” became a pop culture phenomenon unlike any the world had seen before. As big as Harry Potter or Star Wars is now. The film features Batman and Robin (Burt Ward) going after a diabolical team up of villains: The Joker (Cesar Romero), The Penguin (Burgess Meredith), The Riddler (Frank Gorshin), and The Catwoman (Lee Meriwether).
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BATMAN: THE MOVIE features an action packed line up of thrills featuring the unique Batman ’66 world, which was endured as one of the most beloved interpretations of the character. See The Bat-Boat! The Bat-Cycle! See the incredible Bat-gadgets including Shark Repellant Bat-Spray! The film will be introduced by film columnist and Bat-Fan Andy Ross: “I’ve loved Batman for as long as I’ve been alive, and I have a deep love for the Adam West version of Batman. Seeing this movie on the big screen will be a thrill” Ross says. The film will start at 7:00 PM, with doors opening at 6:30. Tickets will be only $5.00. Bring the kids, bring the family, bring your friends, bring your neighbors! Here’s hoping July 8th will not be a day when you just can’t get rid of a bomb! The Capitol Theater is a historic venue that operated as a movie theater from 1934-1992. Today it’s mission is to be a center for the arts for Greeneville and beyond, and to lead the way in repertory screenings of classic film.
Great little publication, with big things inside." Johnny G.
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Batman: The Movie
When all is lost, when darkness overthrows the city, there’s only one person who can help us.
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4th Of July Celebration Live Music, Dancing, Outdoor Movie
Greeneville's fifth annual American Downtown 4th of July celebration will feature entertainment for all ages. The Waste Industries Main Stage in the Big Spring area will showcase seven live musical acts, and the Sleep Solutions Kids Zone will include an outdoor movie – a new addition to the celebration.
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merican Downtown kicks off at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, with a parade from Towne Square Shopping Center to Greeneville High School. The theme will be “Salute to Service, Honoring and Remembering” recognizing local emergency personnel, military members, veterans, and community volunteers. For more information on entering the parade, please contact Amy Rose at Town Hall, 423-639-7105 or arose@greenevilletn.gov, or Joni Parker at 423-431-9786 or cjmmparker@gmail.com.
LIVE MUSIC
The first act to perform on the Waste Industries Main Stage at 2:50 p.m. will be Step Cousins, an American Downtown favorite. This group of hometown boys have performed country and Southern rock every year since the celebration began, Rose noted. Following Step Cousins will be bluegrass artist Matt Hurd at 4 p.m. and Abel Brown Band at 5 p.m. Abel Brown features a great lineup of local artists Ashlee Blankenship, Jon Moore, John Brown, Kevin Wilder, and Josh Miller. Returning to American Downtown this year is Broke-N-Busted, performing country, Southern rock and blues at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m., the crowd will want to get on their feet for upbeat tunes performed by Ivy Road. A local group called P150:Six, a reference to Scripture from Psalm 150:6, will perform several genres of Christian and gospel music at 8 p.m. Closing out the Waste Industries Main Stage will be The Color 7 at 9 p.m. This local rock band plays covers and originals from all different styles and ranges.
OUTDOOR MOVIE
A hit family animated movie will be shown on a giant outdoor screen at 9 p.m. For more information about the movie, please visit www.facebook.com/TownofGreeneville. Immediately following the movie, at approximately 10:30 p.m., a spectacular fireworks show will be launched from the hill behind Burley Stadium. American Downtown also will feature several dance acts: liturgical dancer Tiffany Yonz at 3:45 p.m., Central Ballet School & Theatre at 4:45 and 5:45 p.m., and Praise Cloggers at 6 p.m. DJ Robbie Britton will have the crowd dancing at various times throughout the day. Also returning this year will be the Top Dog Hot Dog Eating Contest, sponsored by Tony Jones Termite & Pest Control. More information on the hot dog contest will be announced soon. More details are available at the “American Downtown 2017” event at www.facebook.com/ TownofGreeneville or at www.greenevilletn.gov
Annual Fireworks Show
One of the most anticipated aspects of the annual Jonesborough Days Festival is the fireworks show
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ow in its 47th year, the Festival will host the fireworks show on Sunday, July 2 at 10 p.m. The show is expected to be seen throughout most of Jonesborough, as the fireworks will be assembled and projected from the Library parking lot which is in between downtown and 11-E. Festival goers are expected to witness a large number of the fireworks along portions of Highway 11-E and throughout downtown Jonesborough. “The annual fireworks show has become a tradition for many and this location works well to accommodate the
crowds in the downtown area as well as along 11-E” said Melinda Copp, Main Street Director. The Main Stage will feature music from the regional band 49 Winchester as well as Nashville natives Southern Accents- A Tribute to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers just prior to the fireworks display. Come enjoy the show while grabbing some of great festival food or treats offered from downtown businesses. For additional information about the Jonesborough Days Festival, visit the event’s Facebook page or call 423-753-1010.
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Erwin Welcome Home Veterans Parade
he Erwin Welcome Home Veterans Parade will be held on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, to honor the veterans who live in and are from our community! This Independence Day join with the people of our town and county as we gather to honor our veterans and celebrate America. We encourage all families and children to decorate your bikes, trikes, scooters, wagons and wear your red, white, and blue! #thisiserwin
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William King Museum of Arts Hosts its
3rd Annual Big Messy On Thursday, July 6th, William King Museum of Art hosts its 3rd annual Big Messy, First Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.
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njoy a paint slide, popsicles, balloons and a local D.J. Goodson Kinderhook Volunteer Fire Department will provide a foam pit. A pig roast fundraiser will be hosted by Wolf Hills Heritage School with proceeds benefiting their educational programs. Come spend an evening on the Museum’s front lawn while enjoying the long days of summer. Last year’s festivities were well attended with a crowd of over 400. Admission is free for all to enjoy. Donations are gratefully accepted and benefit WKMA and Goodson Kinderhook Volunteer Fire Department. For more information contact Lori Rouse at 276.628.5005 ext. 114 or lrouse@
wkmuseum.org. William King Museum of Art is located at 415 Academy Drive, off West Main Street or Russell Road, in Abingdon. The Museum features five exhibition galleries, artist studios and outdoor sculpture garden. Educational programs in the visual arts are offered year-round for both children and adults, and school audiences are served by in-house and outreach programs. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the William King Museum of Art is a partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, a member of the Virginia Association of Museums and is funded in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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eel the spirit of freedom infuse the room in this musical presentation of our freedom, liberty, and faith! Sounds of Freedom premieres this summer in Downtown Kingsport and will honor those who have served or are currently serving our country, providing for the freedoms that we enjoy. A NEW production to the LampLight stage, Sounds of Freedom exhibits a plethora of favorite musical classics, dance, and visual arts, including a time to honor members of all branches of the armed forces. The Sounds of Freedom will ring out with a World War II tribute, a section showcasing classic country music that has made America great, a cappella numbers to impress, and inspirational ballads that commemorate the sacrifice of our American soldiers as well as the sacrifice we know from Christ. Our own Foggy Valley’s “Flo Rakestraw” brings her crazy antics to the stage along with Otis Purdy, in charge of security! Join Billy Wayne and a multi-talented cast of singers, musicians, comedians, and dancers as they commemorate the heritage of our nation! Performances of Freedom’s Anthem will be June 30 – July 2 and July 5-9, Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:00 pm with additional Matinees Saturdays at 2:00 pm and Sundays at 3:00 pm. Admission is a Suggested Donation of $10 for adults, $5 for students, and FREE for children 5 and under. Doors will open one hour prior to all performances. A love offering will be taken at each performance. Saturday, July 1st, we will host a Freedom Feast! in The Emporium Banquet Hall adjacent to the theatre preceding the 7pm show. This deliciously catered meal will include fried chicken and barbeque ribs, several sides, rolls, and beverages! What better way to celebrate our country’s freedom than to fellowship over a meal and hear the beautiful music of America to follow? The Feast and Show admission is $30 adults, $17 students (4-12), and free children (0-3). (Group rates available – call for details.) In appreciation to all veterans, active duty & reserve military, policemen, and firemen, we will offer FREE admission for them to any performance (excluding dinner). For reservations and more information, please contact the LampLight box office at 423-343-1766, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or visit us online at www.LampLightTheatre.com.
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Sounds of Freedom
Hear the song of America resonate throughout LampLight Theatre’s 13th Annual Americana production, Sounds of Freedom!
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Greeneville's 4th Of July Hot Dog Eating Contest
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wo monetary prizes totaling $200 will be presented, thanks to a new sponsor, Tony Jones Termite & Pest Control. The contest will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Big Spring as part of the 5th annual American Downtown 4th of July celebration. “This is the second year of our hot dog eating contest, and last year’s was a big hit,” said Amy Rose, organizer of the celebration. “We are extremely thankful to Tony Jones Termite & Pest Control for offering to sponsor this year’s contest and for the support of John Price, owner of the Top Dog Hot Dog Stand.” First prize is $150, and second prize is $50. To enter and obtain the official rules, please visit the Top Dog Hot Dog Stand at the corner of Summer and Irish streets or call (423) 620-8340. Entry fee is $10, and deadline to enter is July 1. Competitors must be 18 years or older. In addition to the Hot Dog Eating Contest, American Downtown kicks off with a Main Street parade at 2 p.m.; includes live music, dancing, a kids zone, outdoor movie food vendors; and ends with a huge fireworks
show at Greeneville High School. Admission to American Downtown is free. Sponsors of American Downtown are: Main Stage sponsor Waste Industries; Gold Level sponsor Marsh Petroleum; Silver-Level sponsors: Andrew Johnson Bank, General Morgan Inn, Greeneville Federal Bank, Greeneville Light & Power System, Greeneville Oil & Petroleum, Meco Corporation, SumiRiko, TEVET and Capitol Theatre; and Bronze-Level sponsors: Consumer Credit Union, Food City, Heritage Community Bank, Ingles, Laughlin Memorial Hospital, SummersTaylor, Takoma Regional Hospital, and Wal-Mart Logistics, along with Computer Pros and Freedom Wireless, sponsor of the Food Court. The Kids Zone is
sponsored by Sleep Solutions, and the outdoor movie is sponsored by GreeneLawn Memory Gardens. More details are available at the “American Downtown 2017” event at www.facebook.com/ TownofGreeneville, or at www.greenevilletn.gov.
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Bigger Prizes Offered
The stakes are higher in this year’s Top Dog Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4.
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Fantastic 4th of July Holiday Contra Dance @ Serenity Knoll Farm!
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he event will begin with a potluck dinner starting at 5pm. Then a contra dance will ensue from 7:30-10:30pm with the band “Playing with Fyre” bringing the tunes and Vicki Herndon from Chattanooga doing the calling. Admission $7, HJDS Members and Students $5. There will be a lesson for beginner contra dancers at 7:00pm. Contra dancing is about fun and connection. Playing with Fyre is a band that brings that same spirit onto the stage...and into their music. Cailen Campbell plays fiddle while George Paul accompanies with piano. Steve Kemble is the percussionist. These three fine musicians have long roots in the contra dance tradition and are experts at providing dynamic, lyrical, driving, and always wonderfully danceable music. Journeyman pianist and composer, George Paul, performed with the Avant Gardeners, one of the premier contra and swing dance bands in the country. Their music consisted of American hybrid variety tunes, facile improvisations, and a range of performing styles from traditional swing, Celtic and old time. Cailen Campbell has been thrilling contra dancers all over the southeast and around the country for over a decade. His innovative, highly improvisational, lyrical fiddling has been heard in numerous acclaimed regional dance bands, including The Atomic City Rhythm Rascals, The String Beings, The Rocket Boys, The Gypsy Hicks, in addition to a dynamic duo with renowned Asheville area guitarist and banjo virtuoso David Brown. Campbell
The Historic Jonesborough Dance Society will hold a picnic, contra dance and late night movie at Serenity Knoll Farm, 542 Bacon Branch Road in Jonesborough, TN on Saturday July 1, 2017.
recently played with the Greasy Beans on behalf of the North Carolina Dance Theater at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Steve Kemble plays a full drum set and the djembe. Steve also leads up Asheville’s marimba band, Chikomo Marimba, a band rooted in the intricate, interlocking rhythms and melodies of the marimba bands of Zimbabwe's Shona people. Vicki Herndon has been a dancer since 1997, when she accidentally came across contra dancing, and has been a dance lover since. She began calling in 2000, and have called all around the southeast. Wedding dances in open fields, and dances with kids are all part of the diversity she represents, and loves. During the pre-dance/potluck period from 5-7:00pm, dancers can enjoy traditional holiday games such as corn hole toss, Frisbee “closest to the pin”, watermelon seed spitting. Bring food, binoculars, telescope for sky watching and mosquito repellent. Guests are encouraged to hydrate sufficiently due to the heat of the day. The final event of the evening will be a movie on the big screen in the pavilion. Dancers will pick from “Dirty Dancing”, “Monty Python”, “Singing in the Rain”, “Strictly Ballroom”, “Billy Elliot” and many more. This event is smoke, alcohol, fragrance and pet free. For more information, please contact event organizer, David Wiley, at 423-534-8879, or follow HJDS on FACEBOOK and the website, www.historicjonesboroughdancesociety.org.
On Thursday, June 29 at 7 p.m., the Town of Abingdon continues its Thursday Jams Summer Concert Series by showcasing Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys at Abingdon Market Pavillion.
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indsay Lou & the Flatbellys were officially formed in October of 2013, however, the band member had played together on several different projects since 2009. The band is based in Nashville, Tenn and are touring as much as possible. “We tour so much that home is usually on our backs like the old bluegrass standard declares. And with our new little tour bus, the road is feeling more like home than ever,” said Lindsay Lou. In 2015, they were named one of NPR Music’s 12 best live performances. They have played numerous music festivals including Shetland Island Folk Festival in Scotland and Stagecoach Music Festival in California. Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys are planning to release their next full length album in 2018. Those who are fans of Lake Street Dive, Mipso, Mandolin Orange, Jon Stickley Trio, Sarah Jarosz, and Della Mae will enjoy Lindsay Lou & the FLatbellys. Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys will take the stage at 8 p.m. after opening act Jenni Lyn.
Jenni Lyn was born and raised in South Carolina, but the bluegrass songstress knew she was headed to Nashville at a very young age. As a member of the all female bluegrass band Della Mae, Jenni Lyn was awarded the IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album. She has graced the stage at Ryman Auditorium. She has also played festivals such as Banaroo, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, and Cambridge Folk. Music will start at 7:00 p.m at the Abingdon Market Pavilion. The doors and beer garden benefiting Abingdon Main Street open at 6:30 p.m. Food trucks and local vendors will be offering concessions beginning at 6:30 as well. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets to sit on to enjoy the show. Inclement weather updates will be posted on social media, and Wolf Hills Brewery will serve as the rain location. In depth descriptions of the artists can be found at abingdonmusicexperience.com.
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Spotlight - TUESDAY - June 27th Sundown Band Holston River Brewing Company Downtown Country Jiggy Ray’s Pizzeria Farmer John Acoustic Coffeehouse Linda Lay & Springfield Exit Full Moon Jam
- WEDNESDAY - June 28th James Meadows Wild Wing Cafe Open Mic Jiggy Ray’s Pizzeria Open Mic The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room Mal Cooper Acoustic Coffeehouse Redleg Husky O’Mainnin’s Pub
- THURSDAY - June 29th Saint Christopher / The Devils Cut / The Ditchrunners Deadwood Drifters Capone’s Patrick Taylor / Alex Baughman The Hideaway Jordan Okrend Wild Wing Cafe Jam w/ Richard Shulman Wellington’s Restaurant Nostalgia Duo Rock’s Wood Fired Pizza & Grill Beth Snapp Model City Tap House Brinley Addington Sleepy Owl Brewery Next Door Comedy Night and Allen Thompson Acoustic Coffeehouse Lindsay Lou & the Flat Bellys Abingdon Market Pavillion Live Music Bone Fire Smokehouse Hillbilly Bad Full Moon Jam Wolf Hills Jazz Blackbird Bakery Open Talent Night Bears Bar
- FRIDAY - June 30th Jaystorm Project Wild Wing Cafe Dreamcatcher w/ Jackdaw’s 7 Capone’s
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.
- FRIDAY - June 30th Bluesman and the Blues Essentials Studio Brew Nightshift Band Bristol American Legion Chris Blake Our House Restaurant The Color 7 Roberson’s Tennessee Mellomoon Feel ROX Sportsmans Marina Before The Storm at Sonny’s Marina Shawn Camp Down Home The Dusty Travelers State Line Bar & Grill Sullivan Street CJ’s Sports Bar Guy Marshall and Jubal The Willow Tree Coffeehouse & Music Room Highbeams Acoustic Coffeehouse Classic Rock Experience Twilight Alive Concert Series 7 Mile Mushroom Bone Fire Smokehouse Chris Long Jiggy Ray’s Pizzeria JV Squad Holston River Brewing Company Shooter Band Marker “2” Grill
- SATURDAY - July 1st This Mountain / Field Notes Capone’s Haal / Movie Brain / M. Peck The Hideaway Rett Smith Sleepy Owl Brewery JV Squad Yee Haw Brewing Company Billy Crawford Band Down Home Justin Crider Band Ma & Pa’s Restaurant Appalachian Strings David Thompson’s Produce John Paul Riddle Our House Restaurant Rock and Roll Los Amigo’s Acoustifried at Sonny’s Marina
- SATURDAY - July 1st From The Edge Marker “2” Grill Jackdaw’s 7 Damascus Brewery Dan Deel / Scotty Melton Boone Lake Marina Sundown Band Willoughby Ruritan Stone Faced Prophets CJ’s Sports Bar Jonah Tolchin/ Kevin Dale Bridges Little Helen Rose Acoustic Coffeehouse Wayne Henderson & Friends Carter Family Fold Live Music Bone Fire Smokehouse H.B, Beverly & Hillbilly Soul Holston River Brewing Company WyldeHeart Marker 2 Grill Junkyard Dogz Bears Bar
- SUNDAY - July 2nd Marbin The Hideaway Rusty Steel w/ Quarter Bounce Sonny’s Cafe Pickxen The Retrovales Acoustic Coffeehouse Bill & The Belles Bone Fire Smokehouse Ivy Road Marker “2” Grill
- MONDAY - July 3rd Catfish, Victor & Co. Sportsmans Marina Open Mic Acoustic Coffeehouse
- TUESDAY - July 4th Jigsaw Jane Town of Marion Turkey Creek Full Moon Jam Railway Express Holston River Brewing Company
for show time & more details, visit
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Bristol Station & Brews 41 Piedmont Avenue Bristol VA 276-608-1220
Model City Tap House 324 E Market St. Kingsport 423-765-0875
Bear's Bar 4460 Highway 421 Bristol TN 423-502-1975
CJ’S Sports Bar 516 Morelock St. Kingsport 423-390-1361
Painter Creek Marina 766 Painter Creek Rd Bristol TN 423-878-5755
Bone Fire Smokehouse at the Hardware 260 W Main St Abingdon VA 276-623-0037
Country Club Bar & Grill 3080 W State St Bristol 423-844-0400
Rock’s Wood Fired Pizza & Grill 3119 Bristol Hwy. Johnson City 423-262-0444
Country Club of Bristol 6045 Old Jonesboro Rd. Bristol 423-652-1700
Sonny’s Marina & Café 109 One Street Gray, TN 423-282-9440
Holiday Inn (Exit 7) 3005 Linden Dr. Bristol VA 276-466-4100
Studio Brew 221 Moore Street Bristol VA 423-360-3258
Boomershine's Pizza 4079 Highway 394 Bluff City 423-575-7500
KARAOKE
Bristol Golf Club 115 Cedar Creek Road Bristol TN 423-797-4411
Holston River Brewing Company 2621 Volunteer Pkwy Bristol TN
TUESDAY Karaoke w/ Tina and West at Dawg House Tavern Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Logans Karaoke with Top shelf Entertainment at Boomershine’s Karaoke at Numan’s - Johnson City TN *********************** WEDNESDAY Karaoke w/ Southern Sounds Karaoke at American Legion 8pm Karaoke at CJ’s Sports Bar Karaoke w/ DJ Marquez & Top Shelf Entertainment at Holston River Brewing Company Karaoke w/ DJ Brad & Top Shelf Entertainment at Quaker Steak & Lube Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Smokey Bones - Johnson City TN Turn the Page Karaoke At VFW Post 2108 - Johnson City TN *********************** THURSDAY Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Macado’s - Kingsport Karaoke at CJ’s Sports Bar Karaoke w/ Top Shelf Entertainment at Painter Creek Marina Karaoke at Numan’s - Johnson City TN Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at New Beginning’s Karaoke at Jiggy Rays Pizzaria ***********************
FRIDAY Karaoke w/ Southern Sounds Karaoke at Sportsman’s Bar & Grill 9pm Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Los Amigos Karaoke w/ Shane Rouse at Bear’s Bar Karaoke at Los Amigos - Kingsport Karaoke at Kingsport Moose Lodge Karaoke w/ Reverb Karaoke at The Cottage 8:30 pm Turn the Page Karaoke at VFW Post 2108 - Johnson City TN Karaoke w/ Toddzilla at Sportsmans Pub Karaoke at CJ’s Sports Bar Karaoke w/ DJ Brad & Top Shelf Entertainment at BoBo’s - Damascus VA Karaoke at Elizabethton VFW Karaoke w/ DJ Marquez & Top Shelf Entertainment At Holiday Inn (Exit 7) - Bristol VA Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Moe’s Original BBQ Karaoke at Numan’s - Johnson City TN *********************** SATURDAY Karaoke at The Horseshoe Lounge Karaoke w/ Toddzilla at Sportsmans Pub Karaoke at Kingsport Moose Lodge 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 ***********************
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SPOTLIGHT DIRECTORY
Acoustic Coffeehouse 415 W Walnut St. Johnson City 423-434-9872
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A celebration of asteroids in space Friday, June 30th has a rock star behind the international awareness that one day the sky will be falling with Solar System interlopers promising, “We will rock you!”
... We Will Rock You!
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By Mark Marquette since 1996 stargazermarq@ gmail.com
steroid Day is a United Nations sanctioned event world-wide that had its start in 2014 with the help of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Brian May of the British group Queen. Guitarist May, 69, is an astrophysicist with a PhD from Imperial College, London, completed during 30 years of studying the dust in our Solar System we can see as zodiacal light. Three years ago, he and a filmmaker got more than 200 scientists, astronauts, writers and artists to sign a declaration to the U.N. establishing a day to acknowledge mankind’s precarious position that one day we will be smacked by a disastrous space rock that might wipe out humanity. After all, that’s what happened to dinosaurs about 65 million years ago, ending their approximate 100-million-year reign of Earth. Rocker May and filmmaker Grigorij Richters chose June 30th for the international awareness of Asteroid Day because that is the day the civilized cities of Earth literally dodged a bullet. On the morning of June 30th, 1908, an interstellar chunk of rock or comet exploded over the Tunguska River region of Siberia, leveling forests for 770 square miles and creating a shockwave heard around the world. Had the Tunguska object exploded over the skies of London or New York City, they would have been leveled to rubble killing millions. Instead, the only fatalities were animal life, and the explosion was so remote in Siberia that it took 20 years for researchers to travel to Tunguska and see the incredible devastation. The culprit of Tunguska has never been found as it exploded above ground before impact, leaving no fragments in the ground. Astrophysists believe it was a small comet, maybe 10 miles across. Today, astronomers track everyday more than 1,800 potentially hazardous asteroids that might hit Earth one day, ranging in size from 60 to 16 miles. And several times a year we are finding smaller space rocks—sometimes just the size of a football field—that speed by only as far as our Moon, 240,000 miles away. Space rocks are slamming into other Solar System bodies all the time. Just look at our cratered Moon, and the planets Mercury and Mars. And there are dozens of other moons in the Solar System that show the scars of interplanetary impacts large and small. On Earth, the erosion of wind and rain has leveled and filled up most meteor craters. One huge exception is the Barringer Meteor Crater in Northern Arizona, a bucket list
visitation site for many stargazers. The meteor that made that one-mile scar in the desert landscape was 160 feet wide and smacked Earth around 50,000 years ago with the power of 10 megatons of dynamite—3,000 times the destructive power of the nuclear bomb dropped on Japan in World War II. And a large asteroid impact will happen again. It’s not a case of if, it is an unpredictable when. More than 10,000 tons, yes, tons, of cosmic debris land filter down to Earth each day as meteoroids burn up in our atmosphere as meteors. If they make it to the ground, they are meteorites. Some asteroids are leftovers of the Solar System’s creation, but many are chunks of other bodies that were ejected into space by impacts on our Moon, Mars and other solid bodies like the large collection of asteroid rubble between Mars and Jupiter. You can even buy a piece of the Moon and Mars that are confirmed meteorites that have fallen to Earth! To that awareness, Brian May wrote the music for Richters’ film, titled “51 Degrees North,” a fictional story of an asteroid impact on London and the resulting human condition. May is co-author, with Sir Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott, of Bang! – The Complete History of the Universe, 2006, and authored The Cosmic Tourist, 2012. Asteroid 52665 Brianmay was named in his honor. There is a B612 Foundation, an American-based non-profit advocacy organization created to protect the world from dangerous asteroids through early detection. B612 co-founders Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart and three-time Astronaut Dr. Ed Lu, along with Danica Remy, brought to Asteroid Day a network of planetary defense specialists and global contacts. Event planners have a 24-hour broadcast on the website beginning at 1 am London time, billed as the first full day webcast devoted to space. Around the world there will be lectures and movies about the scientists who are studying the rocks that whizz around our Solar System. The workgroup of Asteroid Day created a declaration called "100X Declaration", which appeals to all scientists and technologists who are supporting the idea of saving the earth from asteroids, and anyone can sign this declaration. The main three goals are: 1. Employ available technology to detect and track Near-Earth Asteroids that threaten human populations via governments and private and philanthropic organizations. 2. A rapid hundred-fold acceleration of the discovery and tracking of Near-Earth Asteroids to 100,000 per year before 2024. 3. Global adoption of Asteroid Day, heightening awareness of the asteroid hazard and our efforts to prevent impacts, on June 30. Take a moment on Friday, June 30th and check out Brian May’s new cause on the Internet as you can find information on Asteroidday.org, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. And get a new meaning to his classic Queen song, “We Will Rock You!”
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ow is the time to learn your way around the beautiful starry realm as the warm weather and extended daylight draws many of us outside. The star patterns are a tale of mankind’s imagination centuries ago, many of the characters drawn from mythological legends about people and creatures. It’s fun to learn about Hercules, the celestial Bears, Cygnus the flying swan and many more of the constellations. Any library has books for free, and bookstores have the two monthly magazines with star charts, Astronomy or Sky & Telescope. And you can download free star maps at many sites, including Starmaps.com. Tuesday, June 27 The crescent Moon hangs on the western horizon in the Summer twilight, a beautiful sliver of light over the next few days as it moves westward higher in our evening sky. This always creates great photo opportunities as the crescent Moon is photographed low to the horizon with trees and buildings providing excellent visual framing. Wednesday, June 28 Campers will no doubt gaze up at the stars, and the later the hour the higher the Milky Way will be. Even a pair of binoculars will open the eyes to the tremendous number of stars beyond the reach of human vision. And, maybe you’ll see a meteor streak across the sky! Thursday, June 29 On this 1971 date in space history, three cosmonauts were asphyxiated during reentry of their Soyuz 11 spacecraft. The cosmonauts spent 28 days on the world’s first space station, Salyut 1, and the tragedy rocked the Soviet public who watched almost daily televised reports from the spacemen. Friday, June 30 International Asteroid Day. Celebrated now because on this 1908 date in astronomy history, a comet or meteor exploded over Siberia, leveling hundreds of acres of forest in the area called Tunguska. Shockwaves were felt around the
world, and dust thrown up created red sunset for months. So remote is the area, it took 20 years for the first successful expedition to bring back photos of the devastation. Saturday, July 1 On this 1917 date in astronomy history, the 100-inch mirror for the Hooker Telescope on Mt. Wilson, California was delivered. For three decades, it was the most important optical instrument pointed to the stars, making many discoveries fundamental to our understanding of the Universe 100 years later. Sunday, July 2 Look south at 11 pm and see red Antares in Scorpius, and to its left is yellowish “star” Saturn. Any small telescope will show the rings. And don’t forget Jupiter, now high in the southwest and setting by 2 am with the bright white star Spica, both in Virgo. Monday, July 3 Happy 82nd birthday to Apollo 17 moonwalker Harrison “Jack” Schmitt. The astronaut-geologist is the 12th and last man on the Moon in December 1972 with Gene Cernan, deceased. Schmitt, the only scientist to go to the Moon, parlayed the fame to a stint as US Senator from his home state of New Mexico. Today he is an active advocate of returning to the Moon.
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THIS WEEK
SKIES
Celestial events in the skies for the week of June 27-July 3, 2017 as compiled for The Loafer by Mark D. Marquette.
Hidden Hands and Octopi
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There is an undeniable joy to be found in spending an afternoon with a stack of B-movies, particularly those from the ‘30s and ‘40s. The B pictures of that era were economically made and typically run around 80 minutes and under. Lord knows I love me an 80 minute movie, and I wish they'd make a comeback. I spent my weekend digesting a particularly grand collection of these films I picked up from Warner Archive.
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By Andy Ross aross@ theloaferonline.com
he long titled “Warner Brothers Horror/Mystery Double Features” set tells you everything you need to know with that wordy title. A three disc, six film collection of atmospheric B pictures made by the studio between 1937 and 1943. All of these are films that were made cheap and quick, designed to be enjoyable, but disposable entertainment to go along with the A grade picture with the big stars down at the local movie house. Giving the audience the most value possible for their ticket price. The six films in the collection all fall into more of the mystery department than the horror realm, but most of the films do have a little touch of horror to them. Collected in this set are: “Find The Blackmailer,” “The Smiling Ghost,” “Sh! The Octopus,” “The Hidden Hand,” “Mystery House,” and “The Patient in Room 18.” Not only is economical filmmaking on display, the set is also an economical release from Warner Archive. Priced at $30, this collection is designed to entice film fans that have been long hoping to find one or two of the titles in the set--none of which I believe I've had a Home Video release prior to this collection. By combining these six films together, Warner Archive--who has stated before having the goal of getting EVERYTHING in the library out--lets you get that film you've longed wanted to own, along with similarly themed titles. It allows all of these films get a release, whereas they might not sell as well individually. Plus, it gives you the chance to see some other films that might had never come your way. Such was the case for your intrepid film explorer as this set showed up on my door one reason and that reason is “Sh! The Octopus.” Where does one begin with “Sh! The Octopus?” It is a film that I have been wanting to see for months, shortly after the trailer for the film was featured with commentary on the very fun website Trailers From Hell. The film, based off of two stage plays, has a pair of dopey detectives trapped in a haunted lighthouse with a group of people, and an actual octopus that works hidden trap doors and nabs people. It's a heck of a film. Wildly entertaining, funny, and has an AMAZING special effect transformation that is stunning --and scared the hell out of me! My favorite from the set though is “The Hidden Hand,” a very fun film that had extra fun added for me as I quickly noticed it uses a redressed set from one of my favorite Warner Brothers films of the era, “The Man Who Came to Dinner.” This is a fine example of what the studio’s B picture units did, using existing sets and acting as a proving ground for new talent. An up and coming, and future WB star, Ann Sheridan is in two of the films included.
This is a super fun collection of films, perfect for a rainy afternoon or evening. The biggest downside to the collection is that there are some awful racial stereotypes in a few of the films, something that is sadly typical of the era. Though these portrayals stick out like a sore thumb and are uncomfortable, they do offer an glance into American attitudes of the era. Wrong though they may be. It's important to watch these films with context of when they were made, something all classic film fans have to encounter. Enjoying and loving films of this era isn't an endorsement of these views. “The Hidden Hand” has a disparaging line about the Japanese, but you must remember that it was also released almost a year after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Though tensions were understandably high, the use of these awful stereotypes is unacceptable, no matter what the reason. Watching these films with context gives us a glimpse of not only American then, but a reminder of our past mistakes in an effort that we will not repeat them in the future. These films look fine on DVD, not perfect, but perfectly watchable. Considering the rarity of these films, it's just nice to have them available. Let's be honest though, the scratches and dust do add atmosphere to films like these. I would say this is a collection more skewered towards classic film diehards. That aside, it's still a well made collection of rare B wonders from Warner Brothers. A fun and affordable collection of films. See you next week.
Star-Spangled 4th of July Celebration
TUESDAY, JULY 4TH, 2017 SCHEDULE: 3:00 PM: Parade Line-up on Morrison Blvd. 5:00 PM: Bristol's Independence Day Parade — State Street 6:00 PM: Events in Cumberland Square Park including:
• Special Recognition of all Veterans Presented by Danny Hill
• Family Fun Events in the Park
Inflatables, “Eating Contests”, and much more. Food, Beverage, and Craft Vendors Available for Purchase • Free Watermelon - Sponsored by Kroger • Free Bag of Potato Chips - Sponsored by Shearers 6:30 PM: Great American Lions Club Rubber Duck Race Cumberland Square Park/Beaver Creek Basin
Border Bash Concert
Signature Event
7:00 PM: Fritz & Co. 8:30 PM: Virginia Ground Fireworks begin at 10pm! Bring and blanket and enjoy the show!
July 4 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Centennial Signature Event
JOIN US!
• 5:00 pm Food trucks and participating restaurants • 5:00 pm – DJ/music starts • 7:00 pm Welcome to Kingsport Pops! • 8:00 pm Symphony of the Mountains starts • 8:45 pm Honda civic giveaway • Fireworks at 9:45 pm Location: Downtown Kingsport, First Block of Broad St. Music Starts: 5:00 pm Concert Starts: 8:00 pm Free event! Please bring lawn chairs. No pets or coolers. Parking is available in the garage on Shelby Street and Market Street.
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Celebrate Bristol along with Border Bash invites you to enjoy a Star-Spangled 4th of July celebration! Event to be held rain or shine
July 4th Celebration
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George Ferrell The Interview
Have you ever sung the blues? This guy takes it to a whole other level and if you want to get in touch with great live music, George Ferrell is your man. His life has always involved music and his love for this area is founded in true family roots. Take a minute to meet an extraordinary blues man! BRIAN: George, thanks for taking time to talk to me. You moved around quite a bit growing up. Will you talk about that and how it has shaped you over the years? GEORGE: I was born here but grew up in Cookeville. Went in the army in my Junior year, went to Vietnam, got out and travelled up and down the east coast living in New York, Atlanta, Tampa. I love to travel. BRIAN: You could have settled in a lot of other areas, but you chose to be here. What is it about this region that is so special in your opinion? GEORGE: It's home. My family is here. My mother and father and their families are from this area.
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BRIAN: You have some of your family playing music with you and it is great to watch how well you play together. Why is family so important to you? GEORGE: It's the gift of life. All the fame and fortune could never equal the experience of having a family. I am so blessed to have my sons George III, and Jonathan playing in the band with me. Totally incredible musicians and that's not because they're my sons, they just are.
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(Rated PG-13) 2 1/2 mummies (out of 4)
Pop Life
By Ken Silvers ksilvers@ theloaferonline.com
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The Mummy
The first movie featuring a mummy in Universal Studios monster films, 23 "The Mummy" hit cinemas in 1932.
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ince that time there have been various mummy films, including the series starring Brendan Fraser which began in 1999, and the animated mummy featured in the more recent "Hotel Transylvania" films. 2017 brings the movie monster back to the big screen in "The Mummy", the first in what Universal hopes will be a successful beginning to their Dark Universe series of monster films. The new version stars Tom Cruise, and frankly should have been entitled "Tom Cruise meets The Mummy", as the star has more screen time than the monster. The film begins by revealing how the ambitious Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) will be the successor to her father, the Pharaoh, until her baby brother is born. Not good. The ruthlessness of Ahmanet leads her to murder, and as a result she is buried alive inside a sarcophagus as her punishment. The Egyptians take her to a faraway location to be buried in the hopes she can never escape to haunt Egypt. Flash forward to present day and soilderof-fortune Nick Morton (Cruise) and his partner Chris Vail (Jake Johnson), who accidentally uncover the burial tomb of Ahmanet. Joining the duo are Nick's love interest and archeologist Jennifer Halsey (Annabelle Wallis), and the trio, are soon on a military transport plane with the sarcophagus in tow. Not long after the flight takes off the plane crashes after being attacked by crows, of which are apparently under the control of Ahmanet. Some passengers on the plane manage to escape, however, Nick is not among those who do. However, Ahmanet has chosen Nick to be her earthly helper and he miraculously comes back to life. Due to the plane crash, Ahmanet has been able to escape from her sarcophagus, and she is not happy. The former princess begins to unleash death and destruction on modern day London, and will stop at nothing until she makes the modern world her own. During the course of her destructive path, Ahmanet unleashes a massive sandstorm on London, and brings back some undead helpers. As I mentioned earlier, Nick was brought back to help Ahmanet, but her helper (SPOILER ALERT) ends up betraying her. The film does have a satisfying Cruse type ending, and I'm sure Universal was hoping this film would be a hit and a successful start to their Dark Universe series. However, the film has met with rather tepid box office results in the U.S., but is faring much better overseas, so who knows what will happen with Universal's future monster series of films. This film did introduce a new Dr. Henry Jekyll, played by Russell Crowe, so maybe he will get his own spinoff film. As for the acting in "The Mummy", Cruise gives his usual "movie star" performance, and is determined to show his is still youthful at age 54. I must say I am impressed with his willingness to do his own stunts in his "Mission Impossible" (I'm a fan) series, and I have no doubt he did the same in this effort. Tom's co-stars mostly keep up with the stars onscreen wattage, but when allowed to, his mummy co-star Boutella steals the scenes she is in, and as the subject of the film, she should. Even though he is a movie star in the true sense, Cruise should have allowed more screen time for the films monster. Overall, "The Mummy" was a mildly pleasant summer diversion, but would leave the average mummy longing to climb back into its sarcophagus.
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Carowinds W Appalachian Wanderers
By Jason & Daniel Worley jdworley@ theloaferonline.com
Summer is officially here, fellow wanderers! Of course, we all know that means its time for bar-b-cues, fishing trips, and family vacations to get underway.
hether it’s hiking trips in the mountains, expeditions to Yellowstone, or a day trip to Dollywood, summertime gives us a chance to come together and spend more time with those we love. Pool parties, endless days on South Holston Lake, and frequent trips to Wetlands Water Park help us beat that stifling afternoon heat the Tennessee Valley is so famous for. Long summer evenings are like magic, as the fireflies alight and the katydids sing their chorus to accompany yet another gorgeous sunset. Another favorite summer tradition for many is visiting one of the dozens of country fairs which roll into town. Open fields are soon turned into a colorful canvas of thrilling rides, flickering lights, and delicious foods. The smell of cotton candy blows in the wind and carnival music plays long into the night, bringing back childhood memories of carnivals gone by. It’s this feeling of nostalgia that Carowinds amusement park has tried to capture with the opening of the new County Fair area. Carowinds, located just about three hours away in Charlotte, features one of the largest collections of rollercoasters and thrill rides anywhere in the south and is also home to the thirdtallest
rollercoaster in the entire world. Opened in 1973, Carowinds was originally going to be part of a much larger resort with the intention of competing with the likes of Walt Disney World. Alas, the resort hotels and other amenities never materialized, but we were fortunate enough to receive one of the largest thrill ride collections of any park in the region. Today, as you approach the park from I-77, the towering hills of no less than thirteen rollercoasters march across the skyline and dare you to come face your fears. As you approach the main park entrance, you’ll notice two of the defining characteristics of Carowinds. First, the main entry plaza is split down the middle with a defining line. On the right lies North Carolina and to the left is South Carolina. Founder Earl Patterson deliberately chose to place the park on the border of the two states as a way of celebrating and bringing the two states closer together. Areas throughout the park are themed to the diverse landscape of the Carolina’s, and flags throughout the park indicate which state you’re currently in. The second thing you are bound to notice is the bright blue and green track of Fury 325 sweeping over the entry plaza. Currently the third tallest rollercoaster in the world, this giga-coaster stretches over a mile long and reaches speeds of ninetyf i v e
miles an hour. Standing to the left of the walkway is Fury’s signature turnaround, affectionately named the “treble clef turn.” This maneuver spirals around before tackling a sideways hill, offering a unique sensation of airtime while turned almost ninety-degrees. Don’t stand and gawk at the fantastic twists and turns too long; you need to go ride it yourself! Once you enter the park, you’ll have the choice to go to the right or left. Not unlike Dollywood, the park is mostly situated in a large circle, allowing easy navigation. If the sight of Fury 325 has whetted your thrill-seeking appetite, you’ll want to go to the right. A quick left turn, however, will bring you to the park’s other signature coaster: Intimidator. Named for racing legend Dale Earnhardt, this megacoaster was the star of the show until Fury showed up. A 232 foot first drop and multiple camelback hills still proves this coaster has a lot to throw at riders who dare to step onto the NASCARthemed trains. Continuing clockwise through the park, the next area is Planet Snoopy. Kids of all ages will have a blast enjoying one of the largest kid’s areas in an amusement park featuring dozens of pint-sized rides and a few bigger offerings the whole family can enjoy together, such as the Flying Ace Aerial Chase inverted coaster. Nearby, you’ll hear the roar of a much larger inverted coaster known as Afterburn. This g-force machine whips riders through six inversions as it soars over the park. The air-force theme fits well here, as riders hit over four positive g’s on many of the insane elements. If crazy elements aren’t your style, try heading over to the Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare arena. This interactive 3D shooting
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FERRELL continued from page 22 BRIAN: I always have to ask my musician friends because I caught the bug with my first guitar at six years old. When did you catch the bug for music and what does music mean in your life at this point? GEORGE: At about age seven. I heard Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" and i was hooked. Then came the "Beatles" and I've never lost my love for music since. It's my sanctuary. BRIAN: We have to know what is coming up over the summer months for you guys and tell people how they can get all of the latest information about where and when to catch you live. GEORGE: On July 7 , we have a "2nd annual Blues Extravaganza" in Kingsport Tn. on Broad St. for the "Twilite Alive Concert Series". Bluesman and the Blues Essentials, with special guests: Jeff Lane, Samantha Gray, and Lightning Charlie. For more info, audio, video of the band go to: www.reverbnation.co/bluesmanmusic , www. bluesmanandthebluesessentials.com
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July 4, 2017• 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Parks and Recreation Department hosts the City's only Independence Day Celebration each year on July 4 at Covered Bridge Park.
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Free Concerts by:
Retroville & The Jerry Pierce Band
CAROWINDS continued from page 24 attraction pits players against each other as they fight either for the flowers or the zombies in an effort to score the most points! The County Fair area features four new rides that one would normally find at a local carnival. The Wave Swinger and Do-Si-Do spin riders in different directions, while the Rock’n’Roller lets you rock out to your favorite Elvis hits. The crown jewel of this area is the Electro-Spin, a dizzying six-armed contraption which sends riders in fifteen different directions while spinning at the end of a huge arm. Completely disorienting, the ride should only be attempted by those who have strong stomachs. Carolina Boardwalk is an area themed to a classic seaside boardwalk. Classic attractions here include Ricochet, a wild-mouse style coaster with pinwheel turns, and the Carolina Goldrusher. This mine train takes riders down a mine shaft and through several intense helixes as it simulates a runaway mine train. Thrill Zone nearby is home to several flat rides such as the Drop Tower freefall and Scream Weaver. Here you’ll also find the Hurler wooden coaster, but the king of the area is Fury 325. Carowinds offers so many other attractions that we haven’t yet mentioned, you honestly need more than a single day to experience everything the park has to offer. Thankfully, the park now includes a camping area for those who prefer not to stay in an area hotel. Other rides and attractions include the Nighthawk flying coaster and Vortex stand-up coaster are unique takes on a ride that has been around for over a hundred years. The Carolina Skytower has great views of the surrounding Piedmont and the beautiful Charlotte skyline ten miles away. If you’re brave, the views are even better on Windseeker, a 300-foot swing ride which leaves your feet swaying in the open breeze. Several shows and musical performances are offered throughout the year as well. During the autumn months, the park is transformed into Scarowinds and has over a dozen haunted mazes and scare zones. This year will also see the first Christmas event at the park throughout November and December. While it’s still summer, you might want to check out Carolina Harbor waterpark, which is included free with park admission. Dozens of slides offer fun for all ages. Two gigantic wave pools, a kids splash pool, and several climbing/water complexes will provide hours of relaxation. While we didn’t get a chance to visit on our last trip, we’ll definitely be back in the future to do a full review.
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Izzy is an 11 month old Chihuahua mix. She will be spayed soon and will be up to date on all vaccines and ready to go home with her new family!
Judge is a 4 year old pit mix who is neutered and up to date on all vaccines. Please consider Judge! Everyone at the shelter would be so tickled to see this sweet boy find a home!
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he 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
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THINGS TO DO Blood Drive Marsh Regional Blood Center will conduct public blood drives at the area locations. Visit http:// tinyurl.com/n4aujx9 to find a location near you. In addition to scheduled blood drives, donors are welcome at Marsh Regional’s collection centers: 111 W. Stone Drive, Suite 300, Kingsport, 2428 Knob Creek Road, Johnson City and 1996 W. State St., Bristol. For more information about scheduling a blood drive at a local business, church, school or community organization, please call 423-408-7500, 423-652-0014 or 276-679-4669 or visit www. marshblood.com. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• The Casual Word Adult Creative Writing Class Join us for a free, fun, engaging, and different look into writing. In this class, we will not focus on structure, form, or rules, but on the freedom of writing. It is the goal of this class to open the mind to its full creative potential by allowing participants to write what they want, how they want to write it. Sessions will be student lead; we will engage in topics and subjects that are of interest to the students. The atmos- phere is casual and jovial. This class is designed for all those 18 and up who wish to try their hand at creative writing. Thursdays @ 6:00 p.m. Jones Creativity Center. Bristol Public Library. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• JC Community Drum Circle The Johnson City Community Drum Circle meets every Wednesday evening (April – October), 7pm - 8:30pm, inside the Farmers’ Market Pavilion
next to Founders Park. Everyone is welcome to attend and participate. Come drum, hoop/ holler, dance, or just relax and take in the scene, no experience or “talent” necessary. There are shared instruments and of course you can bring your own drums or percussion. It's all improvised, so there are no mistakes. We just smile and keep playing. Bring your own seating! •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Gray Library Computer Classes Classes begin at 4:30 p.m. and last about an hour. Call the library for information or to register at 423-477-1550. Thurs., June 15 Skype---how to make free phone calls using the internet Thurs., June 29 Basic internet searching---how to find what you need online
All leagues will play a 10game schedule with a singleelimination tournament. Entry fee per team is $300 plus $5 for every non-City resident. Teams will play twice a week. Entry fee, roster, and photo identification for each player must be submitted at the time of registration. Ages 16-18 must have parental consent. Registration deadline is Aug. 4. League play will begin Aug. 21 at Winged Deer Park. Registrations will be accepted at the Winged Deer Park Athletic Office, 4137 Bristol Highway, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, please call (423)283-5822. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Medicare: The Facts You Need Gray Library The public is invited to attend an informational program about Medicare at the Gray Library June 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. The free seminar will be conducted by Hunter Simpson of Peak Insurance Solutions. Call the •••••••••••••••••••••••••• library at 477-1550 for more Stress Clinic Community information. Acupuncture Enjoy a de-stressing and pain relieving thirty minute seated acupuncture session in the Art Gallery of The Renaissance Cryptogram: But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave. Center in Kingsport. Hosted DropQuote: "As excited as I am to be here with the president, I am appalled to be surrounded by the liberal media that by Acupuncture Associates, is destroying America." come and get your painless acupuncture and get your nervous system strengthened! $40 (plus get a $20 bonus voucher to apply toward your next visit). Join us EVERY THIRD THURSDAY 12-3pm. For infomations, call 423239-7044. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Fall adult softball league registration Registration for Johnson City Parks and Recreation fall adult softball will begin July 1. Leagues include Women’s Open, Men’s Open and Church, and Coed Open and Church.
(The Myth of Nostalgia, Part Two)
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By Jim Kelly since 1989 jkelly@ theloaferonline.com
nd less than two weeks ago Monterey 50 took place at the same location to commemorate and update the original event; I doubt we’ll be seeing any Altamont Festival reunions anytime soon. Unlike the several rather unsuccessful attempts to revive the 1969 Woodstock festival, the Monterey redo was apparently a hit. At least it was good to see Booker T. Jones back on the stage playing his Hammond B3 Organ and reminiscing about his original appearance with Otis Redding just six months before the soul singer’s tragic death. Because I was unable to attend both the 1967 and 2017 events, I rewatched D.A. Pennebaker’s groundbreaking documentary of the original festival, now available in a deluxe two-disc video package by those wonderful folks at Criterion. Pennebaker, who Dennis Lim has described as “arguably the pre-eminent chronicler of sixties counterculture,” had gained recognition prior to Monterey as part of the Robert Drew and Associates team that produced a series of intimate up-close-and-personal documentary films about John F. Kennedy (also collected in a Criterion edition). Pennebaker’s style has been termed “Direct Cinema” for its revolutionary-at-the-time documentation of a particular place and time without the overlay of narrative. Call it “reality TV” for the 1960s if you will. In any event, Pennebaker’s “Monterey Pop” blends candid audience shots with concert footage to produce a valuable snapshot of a time that has entered American mythology and has been both maligned and praised. Virginia Woolfe remarked in the 1920s that all motion pictures are ghost stories in the sense that they capture for all time the spirits of those long gone. Watching “Monterey Pop” is indeed like watching a ghost story, but one that finds many of its spirits still alive, yet now drained of the youth that was so poignantly captured by Pennebaker’s camera crew. And the film seems positively quaint and old-fashioned in our age of instant video and mobile technology that casts all of us as filmmakers staring at images produced by our iPhone Memories application. Pennebaker’s film became the template for Michael Wadleigh’s 1970 film about Woodstock (which employed a young Martin Scorsese as an assistant editor, an experience that inspired him to record The Band’s last concert in 1976), and “Gimme Shelter,” the 1970 documentary by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerlin that captured the various horrors of the December 1969 rock concert at the Altamont Speedway (an event that has been expertly and provocatively chronicled in a new book by Joel Selvin). Monterey, Woodstock, and Altamont have become cultural touchstones for a significant slice of America’s ancient history. In his essay for the Criterion edition of “Monterey Pop,” Michael Lydon asks some tantalizing questions: “The Monterey International Pop Festival is over, all over. And what was it? Was it one festival, many festivals, a festival at all? Does anything sum it up, did it mean anything, are there any themes? Was
it just a collection proficiency thousands pleasure it the o f
of rock groups of varying levels of doing their bit for a crowd of who got their fill of whatever of sensation they sought? Was most significant meeting an avant-garde since the Armory Show or some Dadaist happening in the twenties? . . . .One is left only with questions that a mind besodden with sound and sound and sound and sound cannot answer.” Perhaps Booker T. Jones, in his account last week of what he remembered about being a participant in the original Festival, gives us the most telling answer: “You know, everyone wants to know what I thought of the [original 1967 festival], but I can’t tell you, because I was just talking to [Cream bassist] Jack Bruce the whole time. I missed the entire concert; so did he.” Of course, Booker T. no doubt does remember his performing with Otis Redding-performances that are vividly captured on Disc Two of the Criterion set, which also documents electrifying (no pun intended) performances by Jimi Hendrix, including the now-iconic one where he sets his Fender Stratocaster on fire before smashing it to bits on stage. Although a piece of the slightly charred Strat body is on display in Seattle’s Experience Music Project Museum, I have often wondered what happened to the guitar neck Hendrix threw into the audience. Who caught it, did they keep it, did they sell it, or do they remember catching it? At this point recall the well-worn adage that says if you remember the Sixties you weren’t there, etc. Like Booker T., whose album with the MGs, “Hip-Hug-Her,” is my favorite album of 1967, I don’t remember the Monterey Pop Festival, although I was old enough (but just barely) to attend at the time. I do remember reading about it, but I didn’t watch the documentary until last year. And I didn’t see “Woodstock” until the early 80s and “Gimme Shelter” until 2014. I was aware of these events at the time, but despite my countercultural leanings, was only marginally connected to them. And this says a great deal about historical consciousness, memory, and nostalgia. So, while I was cognizant of the Monterey Festival as it was being staged, I only experienced it (vicariously of course) last year. This is the flaw in nostalgia--we often trick ourselves into imagining we experienced things in the past when we didn’t. One event I did experience at the time, however, is the release of my second favorite album of 1967--Jefferson Airplane’s “Surrealistic Pillow”--that I bought in West Jefferson, North Carolina the week it was released. Needless to say, I am fond of the Airplane’s alternate version of “Somebody To Love” as they performed it at the Monterey Pop Festival. Now I am looking forward to experiencing the 50th anniversary of the new Monterey Pop several years from now--which is destined not to wait that long now that we have 24/7 YouTube. I am already waxing nostalgic over the future. And I hope you are too. See you next week. In the meantime, check out the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
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Summer Of Love
The week before last marked the fiftieth anniversary of a 31 pivotal and defining event of the so-called Summer of Love. The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was held on June 16-18, 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California
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