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Sunday October 15th 2017

The GOOD TimesNo. 7 free with a

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Dressed for Success! Halloween is on its way and we at King of Pops are get-ting into the holiday spirit with our annual costume contest! All through October keep an eye out for your favorite KoP sling-ers transformed into monsters, witches, and more. Later this month check:www.kingofpops.comto vote on your favorite costume. Winners announced October 31!

Autumn Leaves doin’ their ThingHarvest Festivals throughout the South conjure up our Good Spirits

Pumpkins and children symbolize the great wholesome fun of the Halloween Spirit

Halloween is around the corner – only a fortnight away! The leaves are turning colors, falling to the ground for walkers and runners to crunch beneath their feet, to kick up, to rake into piles and jump in – playfulness is everywhere throughout Atlanta with Halloween in the air! Big bulbous orange pumpkins are finding their way home from the mar-kets, ready for carving, to be lit from within. As our days grow shorter and the nights creep up, we remember the bounty of the passing summer –with its long days, and we begin to feel the first chills in the air in grand anticipation of the winter months. We are standing on the threshold of two very different

seasons: summer and winter; it is the festivities of October that give us pause to look back and look forward. Skeletons and ghosts and “haunting” im-ages serve to remind us of the dead – the death of a season, the death of all things, our own mortal-ity, perhaps – but there is a cheeriness in it all! A comraderie – making the most of each and every moment that we have together. This is most evident in the many Halloween parties throughout town, masquerades, story-telling, the many awesome Harvest Festivals planned throughout the South, especially in the mountains and the farmlands that support our urban lifestyles. We remember our connection to the land, that which feeds us, fuels us, gives us life. We prepare for Halloween night itself. Costuming becomes something everyone considers, from all demographics… nights of costume parties await us; welcoming us to try a new spirit. Autumn, October, Halloween – this is a marvelous time of year! It brilliantly prepares us for November, the month of gratitude. It stimulates all our senses. It conjures up the spectrum of our emotions and gives us the darkness of night and the togetherness of our friends to sift through them and make the most of this time among the living. The next two weeks are going to be some of the greatest this year, and we’re “all in” – be sure to participate to the fullest (there’s SO MUCH going on), look around, feel around, taste the special fla-vors of this season, for this time of year has many valuable things for us, when we dare to step wholly into it!

join us for Harvest FEstival at

King of Crops Farm and Nursery! Games! Face painting! Pumpkn carving! and

more! October 21, 4pm. Winston, GA.

Cooking

Clairewith

Roasted Root “Mmmbubbidysaybubbidiyawn”

Vegetables

By Claire Turner

Ingredients1 butternut squash, peeled and

cubed1/2 lb carrots 

1/2 lb hakerui turnips, halved2-3 beets, tops removed and

cubed1/4 cup oil (I prefer a mix of

coconut and olive oil)1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 tablespoon cumin1 tablespoon coriander 

1 tsp cayenne pepperSalt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 425

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and toss until vege-tables are evenly coated in oil and spices. Place vegetables on baking sheet and place in the oven. Cook until vegeta-bles are soft and caramelized, about 40-45 minutes. Enjoy topped with goat cheese or alone!

Kicking It With the KingsBy Rob Scott

This past Monday the Cardiac Kings closed out their regular season with a tough, 6-2 loss. The game was more competitive than the final score suggests; the Kings went down early but came rushing back thanks to second-half scoring by Jackson Lilly and Jamey Gronewald. Unfortunately this late surge was not enough to save the game, but it served as an exclamation point on an inspiration turnaround season for the “Hardest Working Team in Soccer.” After a crushing early-Summer campaign many ex-pected the Frosty Footballers would throw in the towel. Not so; proving once again to be the stolid heartbeat of Atlanta sports, the Champions in Yellow rallied together, breathed new life into their game, and put together a tidy 4-4 season. The most encouraging note of the season was the Kings’ improvement on the offensive end. Captained at the mid-field by Claire “Breaking Ankles and Breaking Hearts” Turner, and championed by the Kings’ lead scorer, Jackson “Competi-tive Fire” Lilly (who had seven total goals and a hat trick on the season), the Cardiac Attack produced like never before. Round-ed out by the seemingly tireless Nicholas Hollins, this squad ran circles around defenders. Speaking of defenders, credit is due to the true base on which this team was built, the Unsinkable HMS Defense. Helmed by stalwarts Jamey Gronewald and Carly Moser, and anchored by the unflappable Steven Carse (whose fierce instincts and cat-like quickness in goal has more than earned him his nickname, “Cougar”), the Brick Wall at the Back of the Field frustrated opponents time and again with their refusal to let anything into that goal. Rest assured, any ticks against the Kings’ goal differential were well-earned. So what’s next for Atlanta’s Favorite Soccer Team? They kick off the first game of the post-season tournament tomorrow night (10/16, 8:15pm) at Carver High School. I said when this season began that this was a championship team. Now that prediction is in danger of becoming a reality. Go Kings Go! It’s sure to be a wild ride.

Pup of the WeekPresented by King of Pups

She may be 5 years old today, but we think “sexy” Sadie doesn’t look a day over 3.5! She’s queen for the day, but she doesn’t mind sharing the spotlight with the young newcomer, Luxe (who, we must admit, has a pretty cool look). Happy birthday Sadie, knock ‘em dead!

October rolls on, dear readers, and the nights are growing longer, darker, and spookier! Try livening the chilling scene above with a little color, then send us your take (or any-thing you want to share) at:thegoodtimes.kingofpops@gmail.com

Find more issues online at:www.kingofpops.com/thegoodtimes

And, as always, have a Good Time!

Drawn by CArly Moser

Presented by King of Pops: Pop Art

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Vital Knowledge from the medical professionBy Jess Perraud

Contrary to popular belief, lack of oxygen is not what compels you to breathe (unless you’re se-verely low on oxygen). It is actually slight fluctuations in carbon dioxide levels that trigger you to inhale and exhale. This is because carbon dioxide plays a large role in maintaining your body’s pH level, which is a very sensitive number! That also means that kids who throw fits by holding their breath can’t actually harm themselves. Even if they pass out, their bodies will take over and take a breath to release the excess carbon dioxide that had built up during the fit! So don’t fret parents, your kids will be okay and the breath-holding phase shall pass!

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sequals?Mitchell Oliver reviews Blade Runner: 2049

There I was--glued to my leather retractable AMC theatre seat, rising action overflowing like a broken levee. I was two hours and fourteen minutes into one of the best movies I’d seen in three years. The mise en scene. The cinematography. The sheer amount of Ryan Gosling’s face per square foot! I’m talking, of course, of Blade Runner: 2049. 2049. What does this number describe? The run time, in minutes, as many a critic has beleaguered? Not quite. 164 minutes is the IMDB official run time. Still a hefty beast of a flick, especially for those of us who had to sit through the 122 minute drag-on-a-thon that was Ridley Scott’s previous sci-fi endeavor. But where Alien: Covenant left us wanting for that feeling of true cinema, Blade Runner: 2049 more than delivers. Set thirty years after the original Blade Runner, 2049 opens to find a spritely young ‘Officer K’ (acted exquisitely by Ryan Gosling) on a routine hunt for a Repli-cant (cybernetic slave of the future) who is past their prime. Little does he know, but Officer K is about to unravel a long-buried secret that could turn society as the future knows it on its head. Plunging Gosling into a film noir sci-fi classic for the ages, 2049 tells a tale of epic proportions. For the next two and a half hours, the viewer is met with stunning visuals, an incredible score, and existential self-reflections that would make even Socrates’ head spin! And I honestly couldn’t express my salivatory obsession for the score any more here, folks. Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch do some of their career best in this film. Never before has the the simple bass of a film given me goosebumps. The dastardly auditory duo does more than simply set the tone of the scenes- they create the scenes themselves. But even for those missing out on the Dolby Atmos in-theatre submersion, you’re sure to take away much from this dense sci-fi-licious odyssey. Cutting out the molasses-speed plot drip of the 80’s original, Blade Runner: 2049 delivers on every-thing a postmodern sci-fi classic should. Take the heady topics of self-realization. What is reality? Are my cyberki-netic aspirations any less important than your organic ones? Is my desire for actu-alization downplayed by the fact that I may be, despite all my rage, simply a rat in a cage? And what makes ‘personal’ connections so ‘personal’? The physicality or relatability? All these concepts and more weigh on the protagonist’s mind. And what are heady topics without a beautiful head on which to rest? These internal struggles are all displayed perfectly through Gosling’s emotive grimaces and smirks. And trust me, if you came to see Gosling full spread across the screen, you won’t go home disappointed. This might be the true magic of Ridley Scott- being able to capture emotion in an expressionless shot. While the original was lambasted for its slow, melodic, and uncompromising bleakness, 2049, in contrast, embraces this aesthetic. From the long shots of Gosling in his futuristic cruiser to the bleak and unwelcoming waste-lands of Los Angeles- you can almost feel the atmosphere. Maybe it was because I was sitting in the front row...I arrived after the trailers...but nonetheless, 2049 has cemented itself as a blockbuster in my books because of this attention to its world building detail. While the original opus may have been esoteric in scale, Blade Runner: 2049 delivers the goods to a mass audience. Perhaps even eclipsing the original in both style and substance. The only question that remains is this: will there be a Direc-tor’s Cut!? My advice to Mr. Scott? Leave well enough alone.

Final score? I give Blade Runner: 2049 four bags of Popcorn and three Bathroom Breaks.

In the MixWith DJ Dank Wax

presented by King of Pops: Party Patrol

The events of the past 2 weeks were enough to make anyone take stock of their blessings. I’m lucky to have my health and live in an inland city reason-ably unaffected by the recent storms. I’m also lucky to live in a city where most artists make at least one stop durng their Southeast tours. This week was particularly busy for this music lover--starting with last Sunday’s Wilco show at the Fox, moving into Bill Callahan’s set at the extremely intimate Eddie’s Attic and finishing Saturday evening with Willie Nelson at Chastain. The end of September was one of the most jam-packed weeks of my concert-going life but this week may be even more special because of the influence these three artists have had on both me personally and today’s popular country and folk artists. Wilco has been a favorite band of mine since the late nineties/early aughts, when I referred to them as the American Radiohead. They’ve created a niche somewhere between reverent Americana and avant-garde skronk, with opaque lyrics from frontman Jeff Tweedy. As a live act, they’re able to replicate the tone of their studio releases, while allowing the various members to showcase their chops. While all members are highly skilled and dexterous in their own right, it’s free jazz guitarist Nels Cline who shines as his long limbs tumble over the fret board. The Fox was alive last Sunday as the band cranked out the jams and folks boogied in the aisle. From the free wheeling jams of Wilco we enter the solemn world of Bill Callahan, a modern Leonard Cohen. BC sings with an authoritative bari-tone and delivers both witty and heartbreaking lyrics. While many artists spin a tangled web of modifiers to set the scene in their songs. Callahan uses an econo-my not commonly found, giving deep meaning to even partial phrases. Seeing him and his trusty sideman Matt Kinsey (perfectly accented electric guitar flour-ishes) perform to a completely engaged audience at Eddie’s Attic was a truly special moment. Lastly, we have one of the hardest working men ever in show business in “Shotgun Willie”, Mr. Willie Nelson. I’ve had the esteemed honor of see-ing each of these acts a number of times, but as time wears on, Willie’s ability to sing and play in front

of my eyes only becomes more remarkable. Willie is so much more than Country and Western Music, he’s one of the last torchbearers of American Music. His style incorporates not only the western swing and gospel of his Texas upbringing, but has strong ties to jazz, blues, pop, rock and reggae. He’s flanked by his own children on guitar and vocals and sister Bobbie on the piano. His set was constant as it’s been for the last 50 years, with a few more recent selections from last few years of album releases. However, when he played “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground”, a tear rolled down my cheek as this may have been the last time I get to ride shotgun with Willie. All of these men’s voices, words and sounds have soothed me in times of trouble and roused me in times of revelry. They have been with me in high times and in low, guiding me out of youth and into adulthood. I think about how these men have not only shaped my personal listening habits, but my worldview as a whole, and as they pass through town once again, I am called to reflect on the many bless-ings I have recieved in my life, and the many more that are sure to come.

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Upcoming cultural events in AtlantaAtlanta 2017 Bike Challenge: Love to Ride. October 1-31.Fall Arts in the Park. 10/15 at 10am-5pm. Blue Ridge, GAFall Festival on Ponce. 10/15. 10am-5pm. Oak Grove Park.Chalktoberfest. 10/15. 10am-5pm. Marietta Square. RayDay 2017. 10/15 at 3pm. Inn at Serenbe.Oakland Cemetery Halloween tours. 10/20-22.Johns Creek Arts Fest. 10/21 at 10am. Atlanta Athletic Club.

Brookhaven Arts Festival. 10/21-22 at 10am. Brookhaven Marta Station. King of Crops Harvest Festival. 10/21 at 4pm. King of Crops Farm and Nursery.Little 5 Points Halloween Parade. 10/21 4pm.Maker Faire Atlanta. 10/22 at 10am. Georgia Railroad Freight Depot. Importance of Trees: A Conversation on Tree Canopies. 10/22 at 6pm. Atlanta City Studio.Your Business Career and Sustainability panel. 10/25 at 6pm. Scheller College of BusinessTree ID Scavenger Hunt for Kids and Families. 10/28 at 10:30am. Maddox Park.