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January 15, 2015Volume 12, issue 3

8 A Very Modest ManWhat do the 21st Century Waterfront and a recent

college graduate have in common? Each makes Chattanooga a better place and each received funding from the Greater

Chattanooga Community Foundation.

10 Play That Rocksteady Music, MonIn the beginning there was ska, and it was good. Ska begat rocksteady and it was good. Rocksteady begat reggae and it

was very good. BOOM! Sixty-five years of musical evolution in Jamaica summed up in three silly sentences.

16 Not Just For Churches AnymoreVisionary artists are almost unanimously inspired by the metaphysical; by mysticism, dreams, visions, and even

hallucinations. Their art seeks to take the viewer away from reality in an attempt to transcend the physical world. It’s quite common to see visionary paintings, but one of Chattanooga’s

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Batter up, vintage versionWant to play baseball, old-style? Here’s your chance.

They all seemed to follow the same creed of ‘no spittin’, no swearin’ and no gloves!’”

“Baseball didn’t start with multi-mil-

lion dollar contracts and $10 beer. As simple as that sounds, most sports fans don’t think about the roots of their fa-vorite games. Complex statistics and boundless advertising are far removed from the humble beginnings of “base ball” (its original spelling), a sport du-biously attributed to the myth of Ab-ner Doubleday that likely began long before the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter.

Rules were spurious and disparate, depending on where the game was played, but they all seemed to follow the same creed of “no spittin’, no swea-

rin’ and no gloves!” The Tennessee Asso-ciation of Vintage Base Ball is bringing this simpler time to Chattanooga this spring.

On Father’s Day in 2014, Chattanooga had its first look at vintage base ball at an exhibi-tion game between the Nashville Maroons and the Highland Rim Distillers at Engel Stadium. At first glance, the game is faster

paced, even with the slower pitching and shorter distanc-es. It has the ex-citement of the

modern game without the lulls of commer-cial breaks and ponderous pitching.

It has more than enough action to hold the interest of even the youngest in the crowd while maintaining the pastime feel of America’s favorite game. Everything appears authentic, from the uniforms to the bats to the umpires to the speech used by the play-ers. It’s a game with its own rich vocabulary, using phrases like “strikers to the line” and “stir your stumps.” This is a style of base ball not found anywhere else. A vintage base ball game is “part living-history, part sporting event,” meant “to entertain and educate…by recreating the civility of 19th-century base ball.”

But why play vintage baseball? Founding member and director media Justin Brown says, “What drew me to the game was the game itself. I’ve been obsessed with base-ball, specifically the Chicago Cubs, for as long as I remember. I spent all my free time in the summers as a kid at the baseball

field…I played through high school and still look for any excuse I can find to be around the game. I could never really find anything that filled the void of actually playing base-ball. When you think about it, there aren’t a lot of outlets peo-ple can take after high school when it comes to actually play-ing baseball besides church or rec league softball...Like a lot of our members, I’m just glad I get the chance to play ball again.”

Chattanoogans now have that chance. The league is ex-panding into our area for the 2015 season and looking for a few more ball players. They are hosting a training camp at the 6th Cavalry Museum at Fort Oglethorpe (6 Barnhardt Circle, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742) on Saturday, Jan. 17 from noon – 4 p.m. So, if you want to play base ball from a more civilized time, wax up your mustache, trim your beard, and leave your glove at home for a true gentle-man’s game.

For more information about the Tennessee Association of Vin-tage Base Ball or any of its teams, events, rules, customs, etc.; contact Justin T. Brown at [email protected]

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Bring on the robots!If you’re looking for something fun

for your future in-novator to do this Martin Luther King Day, then plan to have your child at-tend TechTown’s pop-up technology camp on Jan. 19 at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center.

Recommended for kids ages 7-17 (but open to anyone), the session will provide campers with an introductory robotics and circuitry experience.

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., kids will see how electronics work, and be able

to “build and play with robotics and safely experiment with circuitry.” The camp is free and there is no signup required to attend. Snacks will be pro-

vided, and those who arrive early will receive a free T-shirt while supplies last.

Already known for their year-round after-school programs and summer

camps, the TechTown folks strive to provide “an environment that encour-ages exploration and creation through an individualized path of discovery.”

While the camp gives kids the op-portunity to work with robotics, Tech-Town offers programs in all aspects of technology, including 2D & 3D de-sign and animation, video production, and more.

TechTown Technology Camp, 11 a.m. Monday. Jan. 19. Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. MLK Blvd. (423) 308-7730, gotechtown.com

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Our cover story this week on the longtime commu-nity work of Pete

Cooper is by Louis Lee, who has been involved in journal-ism dating back to his days on the high school newspaper staff. After a stint in the U.S. Navy, he worked for a weekly newspaper in Baton Rouge,

then returned to college for formal training in television news. He came to the Ten-nessee Valley in 1991 to work for WDEF-TV as a video-journalist, a reporter who shoots his own stories. While working in the media and raising a family, Louis gave back to his community by vol-unteering as a reserve deputy sheriff in Bradley County. Louis is now an award-win-ning documentary filmmaker and freelance journalist.

Louis LeeOne of our newer con-tributors, Tony Mraz joined our writ-

ing family last fall and has become a valued regular. He is a local artist, musician, and writer who grew up in Dalton, Georgia before moving to Chattanooga to attend high school at the Chattanooga

School for the Arts and Sci-ences. After his time at the Kansas City Art Institute, he lived in Kansas City, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Orleans and Northern California. In his career as an artist he has produced thou-sands of paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, murals, and works of digital art. He has written over 50 songs and is currently writing a novel. He now lives and works at his studio in Red Bank.

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I think it’s fair to say that science can be messy. Es-pecially medical science. I mean, there’s blood and bones and synovial fluids and…. poop.That’s right, I said poop

(a.k.a. “feces”). Believe it or not, poop, specifically hu-man poop, is being used to treat intestinal disorders. And, if you’ll

take your fin-gers out of your ears, and stop saying “La la la, I’m not listening,” I’ll explain how it works.As you probably know, we

humans aren’t actually 100 percent human. In fact, its not too far-fetched to imagine each of us as a col-lection of a large number of different microbial colo-nies that decided to work together so that all the other microbes out there would stop eating them. These different groups of

microbes that live in and on our bodies all have a task to fulfill for the ben-efit of the overall organism (i.e. “you” and “me”) and if one group of microbes gets sick or goes missing, the impact on your overall health can range from be-ing annoying to straight-up

fatal.“Intestinal Microbiota

Transplant” (“IMT” or “Fecal Transplant”) is a procedure whereby the In-testinal Microbiota (“gut bugs”) of a healthy person (preferably a relative) are

transplanted into the intes-tinal tract of a not-healthy person. The goal of

this action is that the

healthy bugs will set up shop and thrive inside the guts of the recipient and replace the missing bugs, thus restoring health.Now, there are several

ways that this transplant can be accomplished. In almost every case, the healthy donor poop is re-moved and placed in a sa-line solution. This is then introduced into the gas-trointestinal tract of the recipient via one of the fol-lowing methods:colonoscopy: The most

common method of deliv-ery, the mix is delivered via modified colonoscopy equipment while you en-joy a relaxing, anesthesia-induced nap.Enema: In this case,

the mixture is delivered via a setup similar to what

your grandmother had on hand. (Well, OK. It’s prob-ably not exactly the same equipment, butt the idea is the same.) It’s doubtful that anesthesia is involved, but (t) it should be.Pills: Really? Pills? Pills

made of another person’s poop. You swallow them...and...you get better? Sure. Why not? Poop Pills! (Fol-low-up psychotherapy to deal with the fact that you had to swallow pills full of poop is probably also ad-vised.)nasogastric Tube:

Wait. No, no. That can’t be right. “Naso” means “nose,” doesn’t it? Let me just Goog…Oh, God! No! Now, at this point, you

may be thinking that I’m making all this stuff up, but I’m not. This is some-thing people have been doing for a long time. It started with the 4th-

century Chinese, who used a preparation they called “Yellow Soup,” and contin-ues to this day. (All of the delivery methods I men-tioned above? Those are all real, and to my mind, all preferable to anything called “Yellow Soup.”)As to whether or not it

works, well, that’s a differ-ent question. As with any other crazy “medical” pro-cedure, you can easily find a quack that will happily shove stuff up your bot-tom for money. However, this procedure seems to be

slowly making its way out of the realm of pseudo-sci-ence and into the world of actual medicine. Various studies on the ef-

ficacy of IMT when used to treat “Clostridium dif-ficile” (a gut bacteria that can get out of whack and cause life-threatening diar-rhea), have actually shown a success rate between 89 and 95 percent. That’s pretty amazing for some-thing which, honestly, seems like a crappy idea. (To be clear, C diff is the only ailment that the FDA has approved IMT for.)You’ll often hear IMT

proponents say that, to date, there’s no record of anyone dying or contract-ing a secondary infection as a direct result of IMT. But that’s only when done

in a proper hospital-type setting where all potential donors and their poop are screened for disease before their stools are put to use. There are however, a lot

of butt-heads out there that have decided that IMT is a perfect “DIY” home rem-edy. These folks regularly end up with bowel infec-tions that they hadn’t bar-gained on and have to be hospitalized anyway.So, are fecal transplants

pseudo-science or actual medicine? Honestly, the jury is still out, and anyone that tells you different is full of…well…you know.

another Crappy ColumnProf. Disbrow gives us the poop on medicinal...poop

“This procedure seems to be slowly making its way out of the realm of pseudo-science and into the world of actual medicine.”

Steven Disbrow is a computer programmer who specializes in e-commerce and mobile systems development. He’s also an entrepreneur, comic-book nerd, writer, improviser, actor, sometime television personality and parent of two human children.

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Pete Cooper’s revolutionized the Community Foundation. So he’s moving on.Story & Photography by Louis Lee W

The Modest Man Behind the Major Changemaker

“The graduation rate for Foundation-funded scholars is triple that of others. More than 70 percent of GCCF students get the degree they seek.”

hat do the 21st Century Waterfront and a recent college graduate have in com-mon? Each makes Chattanooga a better place and each received funding from the Greater Chattanooga Community Foundation. In fact, the Foundation has had a hand in bringing about many of the best changes in Chattanooga over the last quarter century—even though the Foundation was chartered 50 years ago.

The first board meeting was held in 1964. But, somehow, the Founda-tion never seemed to catch on and was dormant until around 1990. That’s when Pete Cooper was brought in to see if it was even a viable entity. At the time, Cooper was the senior vice president at Suntrust Bank in charge of the chari-table trust department. He was ready for a new challenge, and accepted the Foundation’s offer. Cooper says his first year at the foundation involved some fundraising, but mostly included explaining what a Community Founda-tion was.

The idea has been around for a hundred years, but didn’t catch on in the South until the ’60s. Community Foundations are clearing houses for charitable giving. They facilitate mak-ing connections between philanthropists and causes. They also provide education to nonprofits in how to make the best use of the resources they receive.

That first year, The Greater Chat-tanooga Community Foundation had assets of around $27,000. In other words, very much the same as the previous 27 years. “We didn’t have an office, a com-puter or a wastebasket,” admits Cooper. “This year we’ll give away a little more than $16 million in grants.”

The money goes toward everything

from funding the city’s arts projects to sending disadvantaged students to college. The impact of both cannot be overstated in how they affect the livabil-ity of the Scenic City.

Currently there are some 400 low-income students attending classes in colleges and universities all over the country because of Cooper and the Foundation. “That’s the long-term solu-tion to many of our problems,” he ex-plains. “In a family that is taken out of poverty…a family that’s living in public housing where the child or children end up with bachelor’s degrees.”

Cooper explains that by helping that child get a college degree, you’re not just helping that child. You’re helping his immediate family and his future family by expanding their earning potential. You’re helping the community by creating a citizen who is a positive contributor to the economy. And you’re helping his neighborhood by providing an example that it is possible to break the chain of dependence.

One of Cooper’s favorite success sto-ries revolves around a young person who was put through college using Founda-tion grants. That student went on to earn higher degrees on his own, eventu-ally becoming an attorney. That young attorney came back to Chattanooga,

has been very successful at his profes-sion and now mentors youth from his old neighborhood. Cooper says, quietly proud, “I think it’s the most impactful thing we do.”

There are many foundations and in-stitutions that provide scholarships, but the students who get their money from the Greater Chattanooga Community Foundation seem to do better. Of all at-risk youths who receive scholarships, only about one in four reach graduation. “These kids don’t have support systems like you and I think about,” says Coo-per. “So we provide not just cold schol-arship checks, we provide a support system in the person of Rebecca Suttles, who’s our scholarship administrator.”

Cooper says Suttles keeps in touch with all the students going to college on Foundation money. She’ll arrange for someone to drive them to the campus or buy clothes for the new semester—even talk to them when they break up with their significant others. Whatever it takes to keep the student focused on the goal: graduation.

With the help of Suttles and others, the graduation rate for Foundation-funded scholars is triple that of others. More than 70 percent of GCCF stu-dents get the degree they seek. Then these students, almost all of whom are


the first in their families to attend, much less graduate, college, come back to give back. “When you can spread hope through a low-income population,” Coo-per says, “you’ve really done something.”

The Foundation is far more than a big ATM. The business of charity is compli-cated and involves many people and pro-cesses. Cooper says he and his associates handle the charitable giving of more than 130 area families and businesses. “We’ve got some spectacularly generous donors in town,” Cooper says with a sparkle in his eye. “We always hear how philan-thropy is big in this county. People have no idea. We have people that give away more money than they could possibly deduct.” And he says they do it year after year after year.

Most of the donors wish to remain anonymous, which is another reason the Foundation exists. It provides a way for benefactors to enrich the lives of oth-ers without receiving “embarrassing” accolades. It also provides necessary accounting for the funds as well. Cooper uses the example of a group of young entrepreneurs who wanted to start a fund to help start-ups with small amounts of money. Each member of this group would donate $100 a month and each month the group would choose a deserving person or project to fund or help fund with the money.

But the amount involved was less than $2,000 each month. For this enterpris-

ing group to do this right, they’d have to create a complicated matrix involving IRS paperwork, endless forms and specific accounting procedures. Or they could go talk to Pete Cooper.

Cooper spends about half his time consulting with donors and nonprofits explaining the “business” of charitable giving. He teaches them how to rise funds, file the paperwork, manage their assets—even if they never get a cent from the Foundation. Cooper says he works with neighborhood associations, public schools, small businesses and large corporations, handling charitable monies that theese groups simply don’t have the mechanism to properly deal with.

The Greater Chattanooga Community Foundation currently handles more than 360 separate funds disbursing millions of dollars a year to fund a wide variety of projects. What some may find amazing is that Cooper does all this relying very little on their endowment. The Founda-tion’s assets currently stand at more than $115 million. Yet each year, they take in and process more than $10 million in donations from more than 3,000 donors. For example, this year they’ve collected some $13.4 million and will write more than 4,000 checks worth in excess of $16 million. There are hundreds of millions of dollars in expectancies as well. These are funds promised but not yet available because they are tied to donated 401(k)s, insurance policies, estates, etc.

Pete Cooper says he probably has the best job in the city. And to see the light in his eyes and the lilt in his voice, you’d have to agree. So why is he leaving? That’s right. The man with the best job in the city is calling it quits. “I told the Board six years ago that I was going to re-tire in seven years,” Cooper explains. At 66 years old, who can blame the man for wanting a rest? But it’s more than just rest he seeks. “I want to leave while people are asking why I’m leaving rather than why I’m still here.” So the search is on.

The Board of the Foundation now has one year to find someone to fill Cooper’s big shoes. “We have a search process be-ginning,” Cooper says. “I will not control that process. In fact, I will probably not have a lot of input in that process.” He wants the Board to find a replacement while there’s time for him to ease control over to the new person. An orderly pass-ing of the reins, so to speak. He’s sure there will be changes coming. There may be new marketing strategies, things may work a little differently. But one thing he is sure of. The core mission of the GCCF will not change, will not falter.

As for Cooper’s next adventure? Even he’s not sure. “There are some other things I want to do,” he says. Cooper has already been approached by two individuals with ideas of where and how he should spend his “retirement.” And somehow it’s unlikely either of them in-volves a sunny beach or tented cocktails.

“This year they’ve collected some $13.4 million and will write more than 4,000 checks worth in excess of $16 million.”


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take no Prisoners Punk Prog PopStep Sisters’ EP is four kick-ass tracks

Last week I did a feature on a very interesting band: Step Sisters. This week I’ll be taking a closer look at their self-titled debut eP. There are four tracks, which to my ear were expertly chosen to represent the dy-namic range of the band.

“vox Pop” starts off with an explo-sion of sound and a manic guitar riff before settling down into the throb-bing bass and drums of the verses and then exploding again into the chorus. There is a late-’70s retro feel to the tune, one that was revisited in the ’90s. Whichever angle the guys were shooting for, they wound up with a high-energy ass-kicker of a song.

“easy Sleazy” opens with a menac-ing, militaristic intro (reminiscent of nazareth in their heyday) before ab-solutely bursting out of the gate with a high-octane guitar riff that itself gives way to urgent, almost manic verses.

Track three (“Witness”) veers into some different territory, evoking

the sound of The damned or robyn hitchcock. Still a high-energy tune, it has elements of psychedelia and goth as well that taken together make for a very interesting listen.

The eP finishes up with a glorious wall of sound called “dumb Love.” This, more than any other, is the tune that reminded me of Weezer at their very best and was part of the reason I dubbed the band “Prog Pop.” I stand by that designation, but I feel like I need to add that there is clearly a strong dose of punk throughout all of the music of the Step Sisters.

Another band trying to combine these elements could easily make one hell of a mess, but Step Sisters has come up with musical gold, penning tunes that are almost too clever and edgy for the radio, yet still manage to maintain enough crossover potential to be commercial chart-toppers.

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Play that rocksteady music, monDownbeat Abbey All-Stars bring you some Jamaica. Everything gonna be all right.

In the beginning there was ska, and it was good. Ska begat rock-steady and it was good. Rocksteady begat reggae and it was very

good. BOOM! Sixty-five years of musical evolution in Jamaica summed up in three silly sentences. If you’d like a more viscer-al examination of that same musical history, just tune in the boys from Downbeat Abbey All-Stars. Rhythm guitarist and horn player Robert Waller introduced the band to me as “one of the hardest-working rocksteady groups out there” and that is accurate—but it’s just as accurate to call them ska and reggae, the whole package if you will.

The band is, for the moment, a five-piece, although the guys are looking to add a dedicated horn section at some point. For now, Waller plays horn when he isn’t on rhythm guitar or vocal duty. Kevin Miller plays lead and vocals. Jamie Danish thumps the bass while Dave DePriest bangs the drums and Rob Hoskins is the resident keyboard player and vocalist. The guys take turns on lead vocals and harmonies but the lion’s share of singing goes to Hoskins.

Collectively the band has a seriously impressive resume. Jamie, Dave and Rob have all backed major Jamaican re-cording artists like Freddy Notes, Eric “Monty” Morris, Don Carlos and Justin Hinds. Dave and Rob were both mem-bers of Freedom of Expression in the ’80s, the band that inspired Christian Craan to form Milele Roots, a perennial favorite here in the Scenic City.

Freedom of Expression ultimately morphed into a.k.a.: RUDIE (with a side journey as Soul Radics) where they picked up Kevin on guitar while Waller began his stint with Milele. The two bands did a few shows together, leading


to a great deal of crossover in mem-bers and ultimately to the formation of Downbeat Abbey All-Stars.

The guys have been plugging away at an album that looks to be wrapped up around June. In the meantime, there are some ex-cellent cuts avail-able on the band’s Facebook page via SoundCloud.

There are some old classics, of course, “Johnny Coolman” for in-stance, but there are some fun and unexpected en-tries, too—like their loveable ska version of “What’s New Pussycat?” (which ties with Jack Black’s Korean version as my favorite interpretation of that particular tune).

Of particular note is the instrumen-tal tune “Surfin’” that (to me) embod-

ies the unparalleled “cool” of reggae music, an irie tune if ever there was one.

I’ve made arrangements to receive an advance copy of the album, so ex-pect to see a review of it here when

it becomes available. For now the band is working on some upcoming gigs with reg-gae monsters The Iscariots. Look for the double-header at JJ’s Bohemia in the coming

months. With over 30 years of hard-core experience in the genre, the fel-las know their business.

If you can’t come to Jamaica, then the All-Stars can, in a small but sig-nificant way, make Jamaica come to you. Respect.

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friday1.16 Jason Thomas and the

Mean-Eyed Cats5 p.m.Chattanooga Choo Choo1400 Market St.choochoo.com Eddie Pontiac5:30 p.m.el Meson2204 hamilton Place Blvd.elmesonrestaurant.comChattanooga Acoustic Showcase7 p.m.Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse105 McBrien rd.christunity.orgExit 608 p.m.Sky Zoo5709 Lee hwy.

chattazooga.comPriscilla & Lil Rickee8:30 p.m.The Foundry1201 Broad St.chattanooganhotel.comRoughwork9 p.m.World of Beer412 Market St.worldofbeer.comAmber Rose9 p.m.The office @ City Cafe901 Carter St.(423) 634-9191Lazy Horse: A Tribute to Neil Young, Ryan Oyer9:30 p.m.rhythm & Brews221 Market St.rhythm-brews.comThe Dead Deads, Leticia Wolf10 p.m.jj’s Bohemia231 e. MLK Blvd.jjsbohemia.comRagdoll10 p.m.Bud’s Sports Bar5751 Brainerd rd.budssportsbar.com

saturday1.17 Jason Thomas and the Mean-Eyed Cats5 p.m.

Pulse Pick: leticia WolfA grunge-rocker grown-up, a versatile song-writer, an intoxicating and engaging performer, and a real nice gal. She is most known for her thought provoking lyrical content and smoldering emotive vocals. Leticia WolfFriday, 10 p.m.jj's Bohemia231 e. MLK Blvd.jjsbohemia.com

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Chattanooga Choo Choo1400 Market St.choochoo.comEddie Pontiac5:30 p.m.el Meson2204 hamilton Place Blvd.elmesonrestaurant.com“Hullabowloo” with Rubik’s Groove7 p.m.Track 201400 Market St.track29.coDara Tucker8 p.m.Barking Legs Theater1307 dodds Ave.barkinglegs.orgBlack Jacket Symphony: AC/DC “Back In Black”8 p.m.Tivoli Theatre709 Broad St.chattanoogaonstage.comJohn Lathim & Michelle Young8 p.m.Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse105 McBrien rd. christunity.orgExit 608 p.m.Sky Zoo5709 Lee hwy.chattazooga.comPriscilla & Lil Rickee8:30 p.m.The Foundry

1201 Broad St.chattanooganhotel.comNickel Bag of Funk9 p.m.World of Beer412 Market St.worldofbeer.comChig Martin & The Alabama Outlaws, Josh Buckley Band 10 p.m.rhythm & Brews221 Market St.rhythm-brews.comShe She Dance10 p.m.The office @ City Cafe901 Carter St.(423) 634-9191Ragdoll10 p.m.Bud’s Sports Bar5751 Brainerd rd.budssportsbar.com

sunday1.18 Jazzanooga Brunch at the Hunter11 a.m.The hunter Museum of American Art10 Bluff viewhuntermuseum.orgSoutheastern Bluegrass Association Jam Session2 p.m.Silverdale Cumberland Presbyterian Church

7407 Bonny oaks dr.sebabluegrass.org9th Annual Joint Concert2:30 p.m.Second Presbyterian Church700 Pine St.secondpreschattanooga.orgSunday Night Irish Music Jam Session5 p.m.Grocery Bar1501 Long St.grocerybar.comDavid Peterson6 p.m.Sugar’s downtown507 Broad St.sugarsdowntown.comAcoustic Gospel Jam6 p.m.Brainerd United Methodist Church 4315 Brainerd rd. brainerdumc.org

monday1.19 Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.The Coconut room6925 Shallowford rd.thepalmsathamilton.com

tuesday1.20 Rick’s Blues Jam

7 p.m.Folk School of Chattanooga1200 Mountain Creek rd.chattanoogafolk.comRobert Lee6 p.m.Sugar’s downtown507 Broad St.sugarsdowntown.com

Wednesday1.21 Eddie Pontiac5:30 p.m.el Meson248 northgate Parkelmesonrestaurant.comJimmy Harris7 p.m.The Coconut room6925 Shallowford rd.thepalmsathamilton.comOpen Mic with Ryan Oyer8 p.m.The honest Pint35 Patten Parkway thehonestpint.comPreston Parris8 p.m.The Palms Lounge6925 Shallowford rd.thepalmsathamilton.com

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San Francisco producer and past rapper Al Lover ex-

pands on his former all-sam-ple-based method to one that introduces live instrumenta-tion, heard on his latest album Sacred Drugs. As stated in an interview with The Quietus, his intention was to make a zone-out album—and indeed, one can be hypnotized by his repetition and frequent use of loops.

However, Sacred Drugs is much more than that, being a thick, dark mass of psyche-delia, going beyond mere gray soundscapes to make a capti-vating and ominous concoction that sounds huge.

On “A Shaman’s Hand is

Infinite,” the first thing that grabs the listener is its abso-lutely sick (in the best way, mind you), distorted keyboard line, eventually thickened by a mirroring bass line and en-hanced by deep hip-hop/funk beats.

In this writer’s mind, “Jupi-ter Birth” imagines a genre—the sci-fi western epic—with a forceful, oppressive mood and feeling of impending doom; the keyboards are run through a violent tremolo effect, and spacey, whistling synth melo-dies tilt the proceedings off-balance.

“Sun from the Jungle” uses what sounds like it could be a sample from perhaps some

lost ’60s Krzysztof Komeda soundtrack; it takes a nice loop then just keeps building and building, like a dirty snowball rolling downhill to form a gi-gantic snowman.

“Breath as Metaphor” uses a dusky and meaty electric gui-tar riff loop, contrasted with whirling melodies that flutter in a whimsical way, and “Super Strength (Power Plants)” with vocalist Morgan Delt offers a murky groove and momentum that resembles the ’70s band Suicide.

Sacred Drugs reveals an ob-session with atmospheric de-tails like amp hum and vinyl surface noise, like that heard on “Nature’s Tuning,” which

has the tension of a score for a psychological horror film and manages to make a tambou-rine sound menacing.

It’s a simple formula on Sa-cred Drugs—take a loop and build it up—but Al Lover takes it far, with dense assem-blages that evoke fascinating monstrosities.

The second album from Cairo, Egypt-based musi-

cian Maurice Louca, Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (translated as “Salute the Parrot”), is a com-plicated stew with what sounds like the results of a studio party with 13 guest musicians and singers; its attitude seems to be to throw it all against the wall and see what sticks, and no element is too odd or dispa-rate to find a home in the mix.

The album is a blend of electronic music, with sam-pling and synths, and tradi-tional instruments, including the rababa (a bowed string in-strument) and buzuq (a lute). Acoustic drums—in the form of drum kits and hand-struck percussion—sit alongside beatbox patterns with relative comfort, providing a muddled genre backbone, at times re-sembling hip-hop, dance-ori-ented forms or more nebulous rhythm-worlds.

The opener “The Golden Age” uses a slow, heavy beat (think “When the Levee Breaks”) with startling synth hits and flying, manic melodic

lines on the keyboard, bring-ing to mind the work of Syrian Omar Souleyman.

The album’s title track fea-tures electro shaabi MC Alaa 50 Cent with a distorted voice among the electronic bloops and drum machine beats, and “Idiot” reveals its complex strata through subtraction—during its breakdown, the lis-tener can focus on a compel-ling small ensemble of hand percussion and violin improv.

“Rupture” is a weird amal-gam and offers a little space with a more moderate tempo, with a dub-esque mood with echoing vocals and accordion parts; “Salt Pans” is a mael-strom of polyrhythms and electronic squeals, and “It Will Set” even features some free jazz sax squawking from Alan Bishop (formerly of Sun City Girls).

One way, heard often here, to try to find new musical terri-tory is to smash together unex-pected ingredients; however, the one notable disadvantage of Louca’s method of present-ing vocalists with somewhat cheesy contemporary sound-effect treatments is that they are firmly placed in the pres-ent era—the consequence of which is that tomorrow, they will already sound dated.

Still, it’s refreshing to hear Louca’s inclusive sonic at-titude with rich ingredients, leaving fresh footprints on his explorations.

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Al LoverSacred Drugs(Crash Symbols/Psych Army)

Maurice LoucaBenhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (Salute the Parrot)(Nawa)


Consider Thiswith Dr. Rick

“We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are.” — anais nin

I was standing in a checkout line recently, and heard the woman in front of me complaining to the cashier that it was “a terrible day outside.” she looked perfectly miserable as she gazed out the window and frowned at the rain.

I began to think about how when we have a sunny day, we might say, “What a nice day it is today” and when we have other sorts of weather, the kinds of weather most people don’t like, we might say, “What a ter-rible day!” In reality, the day is just a day. We’re the ones who endow it with certain meaning and give it adjectives. But what if someone likes the rain, or the dampness or dark clouds? Is it a “terrible” day to them? are the adjectives we use describing the day, or describing us?

Why is it that we don’t look outside at the rain and say, What a beau-tiful day?

by Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

Copyright © 2015 Jonesin’ Crosswords. For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+ to call. Or to bill to your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Reference puzzle No. 0710

ACROSS1 Affected mannerisms5 “The Munsters” son10 Dollar bill’s weight, roughly14 Abbr. on a bottle of Courvoisier15 New, in Nogales16 2000s sitcom starring a country singer17 Response to King Kong after being carried away?20 Depression Era agcy.21 Checks out suggestively22 Big song25 Type27 Urban blight29 Haifa resident, e.g.31 Roofing material32 Castellaneta, the voice of Homer on “The Simpsons”35 Low poker hand36 One-eyed character on “Futurama”38 Bob Hope’s entertainment gp.39 King Kong’s act of barroom generosity?

43 Mighty tree44 Meteorologist’s tracked prediction45 Parallel, e.g.46 Retreating47 “___ favor!”48 Breakfast fare where you might take your lumps?51 Catch forty winks52 Earth orbiter until 200153 Punctured tire sound54 Corrective eye surgery57 “Dawson’s Creek” actor James Van ___ Beek59 King Kong’s hoped-for response?67 Paste alternative68 Constellation with a belt69 Bring under control70 “The camera ___ 10 pounds”71 Becomes liquid72 Christian Louboutin itemDOWN1 Beginning for

the birds?2 Patriot ending3 “Ruh-___!” (Scooby-Doo gulp)4 Disgorge5 Final purpose6 Penn & Teller, e.g.7 “Slumdog Millionaire” actor ___ Patel8 “So, ___ been thinking...”9 Musical taste10 Allman brother who married Cher11 Slot machine spinner12 Up to the task13 ___ movement18 “Four and twenty blackbirds baked in ___”19 “Yay, team!”22 “Hungry Hungry ___”23 Washington dropped from “Grey’s Anatomy”24 Deceptive26 East Texas city or college27 Parent not related by blood28 ___ liquor30 Boat full of animals32 Job description list

33 Yoga postures34 Prestigious prizes37 Iberian Peninsula’s cont.40 “Looks like ___ too soon”41 File cabinet label for the latter half of the alphabet42 “A Nightmare on ___ Street”49 Actors Quinn and Mitchell50 Uno + dos51 Small change?54 Annika Sorenstam’s gp.55 “___ Lang Syne”56 Poker option58 Charlie Brown utterance60 Burt Reynolds co-star DeLuise61 Hematite, e.g.62 “Star Trek: TNG” alum Wheaton63 Forget-me-___64 “Boo-___!”65 Music genre with a lot of guyliner66 “What’d I tell ya?”

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fri1.16MUSIC TIME

“Ragtime”This classic musical's approach to racial bias and discrimination is still relevant even 20 years after it first premiered.7:30 p.m.Ensemble Theatre 5600 Brainerd Rd. (423) 602-8640ensembletheatreof-chattanooga.com

SAT1.17IT'S MAGIC!

Illusionist Jaden Maxwell ringgold's own resident illusionist presents a mix of new tricks and popular classics designed to delight and mystify audiences of all ages.6:30 p.m.Mt. Peria Baptist Church341 Sparks St., Ringgold(706) 866-0917

Thu1.15LOCAL ARTISTS

Opening Reception: “Artist Favorites”Lee highway's premier gallery salutes their favorite artists from around the region with a friendly gathering. 4 p.m.Reflections Gallery 6922 Lee Hwy. (423) 892-3072reflectionsgallerytn.com

layer upon layer (upon layer) Modern magazine design explored at the Hunter

Print media has come a long way since its inception, not just in terms of content, but also in terms of lay-out. every now and then, publica-tions get a “new look,” The Pulse be-ing no exception.

If you’ve ever wondered what a zine is or have been curious about how a publication’s layout affects a reader’s interpretation, then plan to attend the program, “The Layers of Layout” on jan. 15 at 6 p.m. at the hunter Museum of American Art.

Lead by Aggie Toppins, assistant professor of graphic design at the University of Tennessee at Chatta-nooga, those in attendance will learn about the ever-evolving magazine genre and “how the design of im-ages and text influences the way we

interpret print media,” through the hunter’s current exhibit “The new York Times Magazine Photographs.”

on display through Mar. 22, this exhibit is described as “a behind-the-scenes look at the collaborative, creative processes that have made this magazine the leading venue for photographic storytelling within contemporary news media.”

“Layers of Layout” will run approx-imately an hour and a half. The cost to attend is regular museum admis-sion of $9.95.

Get in touch with your inner Saul Bass or Paula Scher and take a peek behind the many layers of graphic design!

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not just For Churches anymoreSarah Hiles makes stained glassworks that are both quirky and complex

Visionary artists are almost unanimously inspired by the meta-physical; by mysticism, dreams, visions, and even hallucina-

tions. Their art seeks to take the viewer away from reality in an attempt to transcend the physical world. It’s quite common to see visionary paintings, but one of Chattanooga’s artists has put a new twist on the genre. By accessing the medium of stained glass, Sarah Hiles has developed a style of visionary art that is refreshing and beautiful.

Stained glass, as a medium, has been around for at least a thousand years, but traditionally has been used for religious art. The glass is colored by adding metallic salts, cut into shapes, and then composited together with metal to form a translucent mo-saic.

There is something interesting and delightful about an ancient me-dium being combined with modern subject matter. Hiles’s compositions glow with an otherworldly light, their organic forms radiating a very distinct and aesthetically pleasing vision.

We sat down with Sarah to find out what makes her tick, artistically speaking.

The Pulse: What is your earliest memory of making art?

Sarah hiles: Making construction paper finger puppets.

TP: If you had to choose three oth-er artists to play a game of Monopoly with, who would they be?

Sh: Genghis Khan, Jake the Dog, and a spider.

TP: What is your favorite thing about working with stained glass?

Sh: Colors!

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TP: How did you learn the craft?Sh: I have been a professional met-

alsmith for 15 years and I taught my-self to make stained glass. I learned to metalwork at the Appalachian Center for Craft and the Memphis College of Art where I earned a bachelors of fine art in metal in 2002.

TP: Can you tell us a little bit about the processes you use?

Sh: I use the traditional Tiffany-style copper foil technique. First, I imagine up a design and draw a sten-cil. Then, I cut and shape the glass pieces to fit like a puzzle. The edges are carefully wrapped with thin cop-per foil strips and soldered with an iron. Last, it is cleaned, patina is ap-plied, waxed and framed.

TP: What are you doing to chal-lenge the media?

Sh: With a diamond saw I am able to cut quirky complex shapes. The glass conforms to my drawn lines, pre-senting a modern style. I like to have

a challenge piece in every design as a reminder to work carefully.

TP: What inspires your choice of subject matter?

Sh: Plants and animals are my fa-vorite. Oceans, space, history, mythol-ogy and Melatonin.

TP: Do you do custom work as well?Sh: Yes, but winter is not ideal be-

cause thermal shock cracks the glass.

Stained glass is a skillful craft of heirloom quality art. Nothing equals it for enlivening a home with color-ful beams throughout each day. I am currently booking for spring at north-chatt.glass.

TP: Do you have any plans for the future? Upcoming shows, projects, etc.?

Sh: I have a small stash of avail-able work shipping directly from my studio. There are visions of large, complicated pieces in my future… something about Palenque and flying squirrels in jade green.

TP: Any observations about our lo-cal art scene?

Sh: Chattanooga has a richly tal-ented pool of resident artists.

TP: Any advice for other artists?ShL Whatever it is that you make,

make a lot of it.• • •

To see more of Hiles’s stained glass art, visit her website at northchatt.glass

“Stained glass is a skillful craft of heirloom quality

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thursday1.15 “Zero for Conduct” Film Screening 2, 7 p.m.heritage house1428 jenkins rd. (423) 855-9474Opening Reception: “Artist Favorites”4 p.m.reflections Gallery 6922 Lee hwy. (423) 892-3072reflectionsgallerytn.comJFGC: Reception for Noa’s Exhibit5:30 p.m.jewish Cultural Center 5461 n. Terrace rd.(423) 493-0270jewishchattanooga.comHunter Happens: The Layers of Layout with Aggie Toppins6 p.m. hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff view (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.orgThe Photographic Society of Chattanooga: Bootcamp6 p.m.St. john United Methodist Church3921 Murray hills dr.(423) 344-5643chattanoogaphoto.orgWinter Workshop: Ease into Yoga6:30 p.m. outdoor Chattanooga 200 river St. (423) 643-6888

outdoorchattanooga.comKristin Key7:30 p.m. The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd rd. (423) 629-2233thecomedycatch.com“Ragtime”7:30 p.m.ensemble Theatre 5600 Brainerd rd. (423) 602-8640ensembletheatreof-chattanooga.com

friday1.16 River Gorge Explorer Sandhill Crane Cruises 11 a.m., 2 p.m,Sale Creek Marina 3900 Lee Pike, Soddy-daisy(423) 785-3007

tnaqua.org“Ragtime”7:30 p.m.ensemble Theatre 5600 Brainerd rd. (423) 602-8640ensembletheatreof-chattanooga.comKristin Key7:30, 9:45 p.m. The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd rd. (423) 629-2233thecomedycatch.com

saturday1.17 St. Alban’s Hixson Farmers’ Market 10 a.m. St. Alban’s episcopal Church 7514 hixson Pike(423) 842-1342

Teacher Appreciation Day at the Tennessee Aquarium10 a.m. Tennessee Aquarium 1 Broad St. (800) 262-0695tnaqua.orgRiver Gorge Explorer Sandhill Crane Cruises 11 a.m., 2 p.m.Sale Creek Marina 3900 Lee Pike, Soddy-daisy (423) 785-3007tnaqua.orgBrainerd Farmers’ Market 11 a.m. Grace episcopal Church 20 Belvoir Ave. (423) 698-0330 Illusionist Jaden Maxwell 6:30 p.m.Mt. Peria Baptist Church341 Sparks St., ringgold(706) 866-0917“Before The Revolution”7 p.m. jewish Cultural Center 5461 n. Terrace rd.(423) 493-0270jewishchattanooga.comKristin Key7:30, 9:45 p.m. The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd rd. (423) 629-2233thecomedycatch.com“Ragtime”7:30 p.m.ensemble Theatre 5600 Brainerd rd. (423) 602-8640ensembletheatreof-chattanooga.com

Pulse Pick: kristin keyShe seems like any other sweet, sexy, well-behaved preacher’s daughter…until she opens her mouth. A finalist on Last Comic Standing4, she has earned the title “The Preacher’s Kid Gone Wild.”

Kristen Key The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd rd. (423) 629-2233thecomedycatch.com

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sunday1.18 River Gorge Explorer Sandhill Crane Cruises 11 a.m., 2 p.m.Sale Creek Marina 3900 Lee Pike, Soddy-daisy(423) 785-3007tnaqua.orgJazzanooga 2015: Brunch at the Hunter Museum11 a.m.hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff view (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.org“Ragtime”2:30 p.m.ensemble Theatre 5600 Brainerd rd. (423) 602-8640ensembletheatreof-chattanooga.comKristin Key7:30 p.m. The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd rd. (423) 629-2233thecomedycatch.com

monday1.19 River Gorge Explorer Sandhill Crane Crusies 11 a.m. Sale Creek Marina 3900 Lee Pike, Soddy-daisy(423) 785-3007tnaqua.orgChattanooga Bicycle Club6 p.m. outdoor Chattanooga

200 river St. (423) 643-6888outdoorchattanooga.comGraduate Recital: Pianist Ying Shan Su6 p.m.Lee University humanities Building, Squires recital hall1250 Parker St. ne, Cleveland(423) 614-8240leeuniversity.eduThe Backlot: A Place for Film Makers6:30 p.m.heritage house 1428 jenkins rd. (423) 855-9474Senior Recital: Clarinetist Maria Shepherd8 p.m. Lee University humanities Building, Squires recital hall1250 Parker St. ne, Cleveland(423) 614-8240leeuniversity.edu

tuesday1.20 Benefit Night for the Chattanooga Autism Center 5 p.m.The Camp house149 e. MLK Blvd. (423) 702-8081thecamphouse.comUTC Department of Art 2015 Student Exhibition: Juror’s Presentation5:30 p.m. UTC Fine Arts Center752 vine St. room 356 (423) 425-4269

cressgallery.orgShen Yun 2015 Global Tour7:30 p.m. Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St.(423) 757-5156chattanoogaonstage.com Chris Brubeck & Triple Play7:30 p.m.dixon Center, Lee University1120 ocoee St., Cleveland(423) 614-8343

Wednesday1.21 Main Street Farmers Market4 p.m. 325 e. Main St. mainstreetfarmersmarket.com“Introduction to Buddhism and Zen”7 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of Chattanooga 3224 navajo dr.(423) 622-2962

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“New York Times Magazine Photography Exhibit”hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff view (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.org“Artist Favorites” reflections Gallery 6922 Lee hwy. (423) 892-3072reflectionsgallerytn.com“Human Plus: Real Lives + Real Engineering”

Creative discovery Museum 321 Chestnut St. (423) 756-2738cdmfun.orgUTC Department of Art 2015 Juried Student Exhibition UTC Fine Arts Center752 vine St. (423) 425-4269utc.edu“Light , Shadow & Color”river Gallery400 e. 2nd St.river-gallery.com“MSA Select: A Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Member Show”AvA Gallery30 Fraizer Ave. (423) 265-4282avaarts.org“Member’s Choice”Gallery At Blackwell71 eastgate Loop(423) 344-5643chattanoogaphoto.org“The Female Form: Raphael Soyer and Harold Cash” hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff view (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.org“Pioneering Pulpits: The First Ocoee Churches”Museum Center At Five Points200 Inman St. e (423) 339-5745museumcenter.org

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The jewish Cultural Center con-tinues its Winter Film Series with a documentary thriller describing the last days of the Israeli community in Tehran, on the eve of the Islamic revolution in 1979.

“Before The revolution” director dan Shadur, whose family was in Tehran at the time, uses rare archive materials to illustrate how thousands of Israelis, who enjoyed unusual af-finity with the Shah’s regime, wake up one morning to find their para-dise vanished.

Shadur utilizes intimate interviews with family friends, diplomats and

former Mossad agents, along with rare 8- and 16-mm films from the era, to portray the almost unknown story of a community caught in political turmoil that changed their lives for-ever.

Tickets are $7 and include compli-mentary popcorn and a soft drink.

"Before The Revolution"Saturday, Jan. 177 p.m. Jewish Cultural Center5461 N. Terrace Rd.(423) 493-0270jewishchattanooga.com

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BlackhatA furloughed convict (Chris hems-worth) and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to hong Kong to jakarta.director: Michael MannStars: Chris hemsworth, viola davis, Wei Tang, Leehom Wang

Paddington A family befriends a talking bear at a London train station. Based on the popular children's books and toy line but with a live-action twist.director: Paul KingStars: hugh Bonneville, Sally hawkins, julie Walters, jim Broadbent

Before the iranian revolutionDoc looks at the last days of Tehran's Jewish residents

Empathy and love are the emotions found in abundance in ‘Life Itself.’ It is without a doubt the best film of the year.”

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a moving tribute to a man Who loved the movies“Life Itself” is a very worthy documentary about legendary film critic Roger Ebert

I write because of Roger Ebert. He isn’t why I love movies. I loved them long before I read his column. But he is the reason I write.

I discovered him as almost everyone did, though the Siskel and Ebert television show.

When I was younger, I always agreed with Gene Siskel. Siskel seemed to un-derstand my point of view, my youth and what I was interested in. Ebert was always more sophisticated in his tastes, and my 7th-grade mind wanted no part of those pretensions. But I grew and read and saw more film. I blundered my way through a literature degree and re-tail work and saw more film. And I read Roger Ebert’s column from the Chicago Sun-Times. I read about movies I’d never see, from directors I’d never heard of. I read them because I liked the sound of his writing. I liked the music it made in my head.

What I found was that as Ebert wrote about movies, he wrote about other things. He expressed other opinions and connected films to other subjects. It was Ebert who taught me that films are not made in a vacuum and a “New Criti-cism” approach to their discussion is not always valuable. Roger Ebert found the emotion in film to be the thing and emo-tions are never just self-referential.

They are at times abstract, but more often a simple connection with the world. In “Life Itself,” the 2014 docu-mentary based on his memoir, he speaks about film generating empathy. Empa-thy and love are the emotions found in

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abundance in “Life Itself.” It is without a doubt the best film of the year.

The film loosely follows the structure of the memoir, intro-ducing the critic as a young man. It captures the voice of a man who had so much to say, about so many things, all of them worth hearing. The hardest part of writ-ing is finding something to say. Expressing the essential parts of yourself through words is both daring and frightening. Roger Ebert showed no fear.

The film explores every part of his life: his introduction to film criticism, which was not yet an important position, his strange relationship with Russ Myer and his screenplay for “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls,” his rise to legend status through the weekly verbal sparring matches of “At the Movies” with his original partner Gene Siskel, his marriage to Chaz, and ultimately his sick-ness and final days.

Ebert passed away during the filming of the documentary but

solidly refused to have the cam-era cut away. We see him as he was—a brilliant mind despite a failing body. Ebert knew that a documentary must, above all things, show the truth.

The scenes of his sickness are the hardest to watch, particu-larly for those who followed his work. It is difficult to see others speak for him and his frustration at not being the man he was. Eb-ert wrote furiously at the end of his life, updating his blog and offering his reviews to devoted, even rabid followers. He posted his final entry the day before he died, raging against the dying of the light. I was one of those fol-lowers.

Before I wrote movie reviews, before I wrote anything of note, I wrote to Roger Ebert. In particu-lar, I wrote to him about how the cool air in autumn reminds me of football and marching band. He responded with a link to a video of my high school band playing their Halloween show. I have never been more proud of any-

thing I’ve written because the man I admired responded to me in a personal way.

He couldn’t know that some-thing so small could mean so much to me. The film gives great insight into this aspect of his per-sonality. He had time for people and loved to discuss their ideas.

I write because of Roger Eb-ert. Movies are my subject for now because they encompass so much. In my time writing for The Pulse I have expressed opinions on poverty, foreign policy, history social justice and religion. My be-liefs are found here because mov-ies give me an occasion to express them.

Roger Ebert showed me that I can do that. I have pages and pages of my thoughts published because Roger Ebert told me I could. He believed that anyone could have their say. That I get to have mine here is a boundless joy. I have never been one for ce-lebrities—I don’t have a real de-sire to meet any one person. But I wish I had met Roger Ebert.

“Ebert passed away during the filming of the documentary but solidly refused to have the camera cut away. We see him as he was—a

brilliant mind despite a failing body.”


As I’ve matured on the job (a.k.a. “gotten older”), I’ve learned to not take the bait for the sake of taking the bait when dealing with agenda-driven folks. It used to be a novelty. I admit it; I liked it. Once folks started going for my job like a pi-ñata, though, it stopped be-ing so amus-ing.

Lose an argument these days? Go for the career. It’s funny because I’ve had cli-ents convicted of child abuse and I didn’t go for their jobs, but cat ladies on the Inter-net will go for mine for call-ing someone a “coward.” It’s magical.

That said, once again the age-old argument of just how non-dangerous my job is came up, and I decided to bathe in the shallow end of the gene pool again. (As I said, I like it.)

“Linemen have a more dangerous job than police officers. So do truck drivers and construction workers. What are you always whining about? You don’t even make the top 10 list.” And so, my eyes begin to roll.

The fatality/mortality rate of police officers (and fire-fighters for that matter) is indeed quite low. It’s math. I don’t deny it. But the se-lective takeaway is “it’s not dangerous work.” To those wishing to compare the haz-ards of a police officer with a fisherman, I welcome the

challenge.Let’s try some context:

How many linemen (#9) wear body armor? How many longshoreman (#2) wear body armor? How many crab fisherman (#2) wear body armor? How many lumber-

jacks (#1) wear body armor?

Sensing a pattern here? Now wait.

They don’t wear body ar-mor because when they are killed it is through “industrial accidents.”

When a police officer is killed, it is because he/she was murdered. Lumberjacks and crab fishermen are not professionally subject to ho-micide. They don’t even have to arm themselves with projectile weapons to defend themselves or others. Yet, a cop’s job isn’t deemed “dan-gerous” to folks citing these mortality indexes. You do know these jobs are different, right?

(Fun Fact: Car crashes are the number-one cause of cop deaths, actually, which makes statistical sense because they spend about 30 hours a week driving a car in conditions dangerous enough they have to be exempt from certain safety laws to get to you when you’re down.)

At any rate, you are judging the danger by the frequency of death of the professional. As it happens, people have been trying to kill cops for years (as opposed to mining machine operators, #6) hence

the development of Kevlar body armor, improved fire-arms, less lethal weapons to subdue people without kill-ing them, and training, train-ing, and training.

We also now hire college graduates when possible (compare those wages to that of a lineman’s) and even boast a few doctorates in my department. Do you have a lot of folks with doctorates working a refuse truck (#5)? Framing a house (#10)? Roof-ing a house (#4)?

In other words, when you factor in training and equip-ment and hiring practices, we have gotten smarter about how we do business and the tools with which we do it. We are killed less as a result.

So are you really saying po-licing in America is less dan-gerous “these days”? That people have fewer guns than ever? That people are more sensitized then they were a few years ago all of a sudden?

Do you have people shoot-ing crab fisherman in the back of the head because of the flotation device they wear (a clever analogous compari-son to a policeman and his uniform)? Exactly.

But you want numbers. OK, here are a few more from your own list: Sixteen mining machine operators (#6) were

killed in 2013, compared to the 76 cops that were killed, therefore their job is more dangerous. (Cops made the top 10 in 2010 with 146 killed when miners didn’t crack it at all, but it’s still a stupid com-parison.)

More numbers: An officer is killed every 53 hours, but it’s not dangerous. In fact, there were 49,851 officers assaulted on-duty last year. Compared to…well, damn. They don’t keep those statis-tics for airline pilots, farmers or roofers on the list.

Why is that, I wonder? By this logic, being U.S.

president is possibly the most dangerous job in the coun-try. Four out of 44 have been killed, or 9 percent, com-pared to police officers and construction workers.

In short, you’re comparing people who are subject to being murdered to the point of having to wear cloth that keeps bullets out to people who are subject to falling out of a tree or off a boat and say-ing, “Yeah! That’s perfectly reasonable!”

Classy. Completely subjec-tive and possibly inappropri-ate, but very classy.

Let the self-serving mock-ery continue. I have a defen-sive tactics class to take for no apparent reason.

When officer Alexander D. Teach is not pa-trolling our fair city on the heels of the crimi-nal element, he spends his spare time volun-teering for the Boehm Birth Defects Center.

Playing the numbers game

On The Beat

ALeX TeACh

“Do you have people shooting crab fisherman in the back of the head because of the flotation device they wear (a clever analogous comparison to a policeman and his uniform)? Exactly.”

Officer Alex explains the concept of comparing apples to oranges


Free Will Astrology ROB BREzSNy

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Most plants move upwards as they grow. Their seeds fall to the ground, are blown off by the wind, or are carried away by pollina-tors. But the peanut plant has a different approach to reproduction. It burrows its seeds down into the soil. They ripen un-derground, where they are protected and more likely to get the moisture they need to germinate. The peanut plant’s approach to fertility might be a good metaphor for you Capricorns to adopt for your own use. It makes sense for you to safeguard the new possibilities you’re incubating. Keep them private, maybe even secret. Don’t expose them to scrutiny or criticism.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In his poem “The Garden,” Jack Gilbert says, “We are like Marco Polo who came back / with jewels hidden in the seams of his ragged clothes.” Isn’t that true about you right now, Aquarius? If I were going to tell your recent history as a fairy tale, I’d high-light the contrast between your outer dis-order and your inner riches. I’d also borrow another fragment from Gilbert’s poem and use it to describe your current emotional state: “a sweet sadness, a tough happi-ness.” So what comes next for you? I sug-gest you treat yourself to a time out. Take a break to integrate the intensity you’ve weathered. And retrieve the jewels you hid in the seams of your ragged clothes.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “All the col-ors I am inside have not been invented yet,” wrote Shel Silverstein, in his chil-dren’s book Where the Sidewalk Ends. It’s especially important for you to focus on that truth in the coming weeks. I say

this for two reasons. First, it’s imperative that you identify and celebrate a certain unique aspect of yourself that no one else has ever fully acknowledged. If you don’t start making it more conscious, it may start to wither away. Second, you need to learn how to express that unique aspect with such clarity and steadiness that no one can miss it or ignore it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will never make anything that lasts forever. Nor will I or anyone else. I suppose it’s possible that human beings will still be lis-tening to Beethoven’s music or watching The Simpsons TV show 10,000 years from today, but even that stuff will probably be gone in five billion years, when the sun expands into a red giant star. Having ac-knowledged that hard truth, I’m happy to announce that in the next five weeks you could begin work in earnest on a creation that will endure for a very long time. What will it be? Choose wisely!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What does your soul need on a regular basis? The love and attention of some special person? The intoxication provided by a certain drink or drug? Stimulating social interaction with people you like? Music that drives you out of your mind in all the best ways? The English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins said that the rapture his soul needed more than anything else was inspiration—the “sweet fire,” he called it, “the strong spur, live and lancing like the blowpipe flame.” So the experience his soul craved didn’t come from an outside stimulus. It was a feeling that rose up inside him. What about you, Taurus? According to my analysis of the

astrological omens, your soul needs much more than usual of its special nourishment.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1987, Cali-fornia condors were almost extinct. Less than 30 of the birds remained. Then the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched an effort to capture them all and take emergency measures to save the species. Almost 28 years later, there are more than 400 condors, half of them living in the wild. If you act now, Gemini, you could launch a comparable recovery program for a different resource that is becoming scarce in your world. Act with urgency, but also be prepared to practice patience.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Daniel Web-ster (1782-1852) was an American states-man who served in both houses of Con-gress. He dearly wanted to be President of the United States, but his political party never nominated him to run for that office. Here’s the twist in his fate: Two different candidates who were ultimately elected President asked him to be their Vice-President, but he declined, dismissing the job as unimportant. Both those Presidents, Harrison and Taylor, died after a short time on the job. Had Webster agreed to be their Vice-President, he would have taken their place and fulfilled his dream. In the com-ing weeks, Cancerian, I advise you not to make a mistake comparable to Webster’s.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In one of his po-ems, Rumi writes about being alone with a wise elder. “Please,” he says to the sage, “do not hold back from telling me any se-crets about this universe.” In the coming weeks, Leo, I suggest you make a similar

request of many people, and not just those you regard as wise. You’re in a phase when pretty much everyone is a potential teach-er who has a valuable clue to offer you. Treat the whole world as your classroom.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have you been tapping into your proper share of smart love, interesting beauty, and cre-ative mojo? Are you enjoying the succu-lent rewards you deserve for all the good deeds and hard work you’ve done in the past eight months? If not, I am very upset. In fact, I would be livid and mournful if I found out that you have not been soak-ing up a steady flow of useful bliss, sweet revelations, and fun surprises. Therefore, to ensure my happiness and well-being, I COMMAND you to experience these goodies in abundance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran en-gineer Robert Goddard was the original rocket scientist. His revolutionary theo-ries and pioneering technologies laid the foundations for space flight. Decades be-fore the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, he and his American team began shooting rockets aloft. Members of the press were not impressed with his unusual ideas, however. They thought he was a misin-formed crank. In 1920, The New York Times sneered that he was deficient in “the knowledge ladled out daily in our high schools.” Forty-nine years later, after his work had led to spectacular results, the Times issued an apology. I foresee a more satisfying progression toward vindication for you, Libra. Sometime soon, your un-sung work or unheralded efforts will be recognized.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the plot of the TV science-fiction show Ascension, the U.S. government has conducted an elaborate covert experiment for 50 years. An outside investigator named Saman-tha Krueger discovers the diabolical con-tours of the project and decides to reveal the truth to the public. “We’re going full Snowden,” she tells a seemingly sympa-thetic conspiracy theorist. She’s invoking the name of Edward Snowden, the ren-egade computer administrator who in the real world leaked classified information that the U.S. government wanted to keep hidden. It might be time for you to go at least mini-Snowden yourself, Scorpio—not by spilling state secrets, but rather by unmasking any surreptitious or deceptive behavior that’s happening in your sphere. Bring everything out into the open—gen-tly if possible. But do whatever it takes.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1939, author Ernest Vincent Wright fin-ished Gadsby, a 50,000-word novel. It was unlike any book ever published because the letter “e” didn’t appear once in the text. Can you imagine the constraint he had to muster to accomplish such an odd feat? In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to summon an equally impressive expression of discipline and self-control, Sagittarius. But devote your efforts to accomplishing a more useful and interesting task, please. For example, you could excise one of your bad habits or avoid activities that waste your time or for-bid yourself to indulge in fearful thoughts.

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