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Throughout this issue of The Pulse, we have highlighted

some truly special events for your Halloween pleasure.

So much, in fact, that we can’t imagine you are planning a night in with pop corn and movie. But in case that’s your preference, Film Writer John Devore has selected his ‘Best and Worst’ list of the Horror/Gore genre’s. Agree or disagree, there is most likely a film there that you haven’t seen yet.

Dig in, plan your Halloween 2012 fun and be safe. There’s a lot to do!


has grown organically through communi-ty meetings, a chance for residents to give opinions and suggestions about changes they want to see. In the first meeting, Glass House Collective was able to capital-ize on some of Tennessee’s top architects in Chattanooga for a statewide conven-tion. The architects were split into eight teams and peppered with Glass Street residents for preliminary brainstorming. Twenty-six ideas were conceived which David Barlew, community design archi-tect, narrowed down to the “Big Five.”

“We know from the first meeting that most teams proposed a park so we’re tak-ing that and we’re asking them what they would use a community space for to in-form what kind of park it’s going to be,” Barlew said. “We want them to have own-ership over the document that ends up be-ing produced.”

There are five more meetings planned with demographics ranging from local merchants to area children. The idea of a “collective” really resonates here due to the level of support Glass House Collec-tive has received not only from residents but community members outside of Glass Street. The cooperation between the Glass House Collective team and resi-dents has manifested into an initiative brimming with progressive ideas cen-tered on the community’s needs.

“When we were first thinking of com-ing to Glass Street we started with con-versations with residents, neighborhood associations, doing some door knocking. There was a constant commitment to wanting to see something happen,” Cur-rin said.

On December 6th there will be a public unveiling party in celebration of the fin-ished plans. Glass Street’s revitalization will begin soon after. Stay tuned for more innovations from Glass House Collective including an event called “Build a Better Block” in late February inspired by Mem-phis’ wildly popular, “A New Face for an Old Broad.”

To contact members of Glass House Collective for volunteer opportunities send an email to [email protected]. For more information on Glass House Collective visit www.glasshousec-ollective.org.

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based out of an airy loft-style workspace on Glass Street is comprised of vibrant professionals with one common goal: breathe life into a once impressive area of Chattanooga that has, to no specific fault, been largely forgotten.

“Glass Street was booming a long time ago. I was a little girl when, with my par-ents driving up and down Glass Street, some of the activities and some of the things that you saw— it was a community and there were businesses that were do-ing well,” Shawanna Kendrick, commu-nity organizer for the district design vision said. “I think that all of the residents are in agreement, as we are, that it can be built back up.”

While the initiative is in part based on

a sense of nostalgia, as Program Director Katherine Currin explained, Glass Street is central to major growth areas in Chat-tanooga such as downtown and Enterprise South. It also neighbors a national park and the popular Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Glass Street has good bones and Glass House Collective hopes that chang-ing the public’s perception will bring en-ergy back to this distinctive area.

“A lot of what we’re trying to do to bring businesses back to the storefronts is start with making Glass Street more safe, clean and inviting,” Teal Thibaud, director of communications and outreach said.

This seems to be Glass House Collec-tive’s mantra, which has been echoed by Glass Street residents who have been more than willing to participate. The process

Bringing Life Back to Glass Street and Glass Street Back to Life

Most people, fortunate-ly, don’t tend to look for weapons on everyone they encounter as often as cops do (which you may add that to your “things I am thankful for” list, right be-fore or after “yoga pants”. For the Po-Po, it’s a task that never ends, on or off duty.

Does this lead you to believe that cops hate this time of year more than any other? Strangely, no.

Any good cop knows that he or she hates the Fourth of July and New Year’s more than any oth-er... the asinine fireworks, complaints coming in by the megaton for the Fourth of July from curmudgeon sons of bitches, people that drive me almost as crazy as the bastards fir-ing the things off for the days before and after this holiday, therefore giving it a bitter association for me and thus erasing my patri-otic childhood. Oh, and of course New Year’s Eve and the inevitable complaints on “shots fired” calls at midnight, another baffling phenomena for people who lack either souls or com-mon sense.

We don’t hate Hallow-een the most, but it defi-nitely makes the top five.

Besides the valid points about the bulky coats and masks, I never really con-sciously thought about it until my girlfriend wanted me to take her to a haunt-ed house. We went and I ended up spending both $40 and the entire evening barely resisting the urge to throttle the shit out of

every actor jumping out at me in the dark. (It’s called “muscle memory” for a rea-son.)

Fascinating thing, mus-cle memory. The first time I acknowledged it was af-ter walking through a proj-ect development on the Westside one winter night. I rounded a corner look-ing for a bad guy, my pistol drawn, and sure enough the bad guy was right around the corner with his back pressed up against the wall and his arm al-ready extended with a re-volver in his hand pointed directly at my head. Rath-er than point-and-shoot, my left hand reached out, clasped the revolver, twist-ed it inward towards his chest and plucked it from his hand as he lost grip on it. I stepped away, taking careful aim at him now, and in turn finally making the decision to shoot or not shoot.

This all happened in a little over second, and it happened just the way it was supposed to. I was too close to shoot and I knew where his first bullet would go, so I attacked the weap-on as I was trained.

I said all of that to tell you how serious I am about “muscle memory” and reactions to rapid, unex-

pected physical threats, so when a twenty-something is in a blacked-out barn lit only by occasional strobe flashes and is reaching jumping out at me, it sets off some deep alarm bells in my dark cop heart. I’m not describing a Vietnam flashback, I’m just saying that it isn’t a lot of damn fun for me.

If you really think about it, we work Hallow-een night every night of the year.

Masks? Already cov-ered. Zombies? I actu-ally know their names, the bridges they live under, or where they score their rock. (I’m talking about Crackheads and the rare heroin addict.) Monsters? I’ve met some very real ones. Every building we search, business or resi-dential, occupied or aban-doned is a haunted house. And in those houses, the rules of engagement are very different.

Halloween: A magical time of the year…but take your cop-friends psyche into consideration before planning any outings for a “good scare”. In fact, hop in their car on the job and look for the real thing. They’ll take you with a smile on their faces, and this time…the smiles will be real.

As will the monster.

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films like The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Evil Dead, and Paranormal Activity, which are as affecting and powerful. If you’re looking for a more recent film, check out The Possession, a film about a Jewish evil spirit called a dybyyk.

SequelS - listen, I know you liked Paranormal Ac-tivity. I did too. It was a

fun movie experience, one that I’d like to replicate. But four movies about the same thing, featuring the same scares, the same format, the same story isn’t going to cut it. Fear, like com-edy, is only effective when unexpected. Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street are the same movie with different murder victims. At this point, we know that Jason is going to appear out of no-where despite being a gigantic zombie. We know Freddy is go-ing laugh at his own jokes. We can pre-dict the horrible ways that people are going to die in Final Destination 2-900. A se-quel to a horror movie is only going to leave you unfulfilled, like making a meal out of candy corn or leaving a strip club at closing. Branch out, find something new, and force Hollywood to scare you in new, interesting ways. You’ll thank me.

Gore/TorTure - I personally find this genre to be distasteful and boring. Just because Eli Roth is fascinated by graphic

eviscerations doesn’t make it frightening. The Saw franchise, Hostel, Final Destina-tion, House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects - these are all films that focus on depravity rather than story. I spent a sum-mer cleaning and filleting live catfish for restaurant in lenoir City. I killed thou-sands of fish that summer. Set it to a scary soundtrack and it might be as engaging as the typical Saw film. My point is that audi-ences should require more than buckets of blood and scores of decapitations in their horror movies. What you don’t see is always

scarier than what you do. Too much blood and the audience stops noticing it.

Everyone has their own list, of course. If zombies, vampires (the non-twinkly kind) or aliens are your thing, that’s fine. Try finding a film you haven’t seen before or try experiencing a favorite in a different way. The Exorcist is a different experience with an audience than alone. Happy Halloween, folks. We’ll pick this conversation up again next October.

When it comes to Halloween, I lean more towards the spirit world than the physical when selecting entertainment. Below you’ll find my favorite genres, with a few great examples, as well as my least favorite genres. Hopefully, you’ll be able to find something to watch with the lights out on the 31st.

HaunTed HouSe I love a good haunted house movie. Some of

the best are films that portray the loca-tion as simply evil – good examples of this are 1408, The Shining, and most recently, Sinister. Audiences don’t need explanations, Indian burial grounds or curses. We just need to know that a particular location is dangerous. Evil is by its very nature wanton and indiscriminate - a haunted house em-bodies these qualities to a powerful degree. The impersonal nature of the haunted house makes it much more horrifying than a human killer hid-

ing in the shadows. The house/hotel room exists only to torment those that enter. These movies are excellent at creating a sense of dread – the feeling that something bad is going to happen. Dread is much more powerful than any visible monster. The audience re-acts to this on a primal level, creating a spectacular tension not found in other types of horror.

PoSSeSSion – Demonic pos-session is a universal fear. Almost all religions allow for some sort of evil spirit capable of controlling an unwilling victim. In the United States where Christianity and soci-ety are inextricably mixed, posses-sion is thought of as a very real pos-sibility by a large number of people. Add an innocent to the formula, like a child, and you have a vola-tile concoction rubric for a horror film. Obviously, The Exorcist is the quintessential film for possession. But there have been other films,

I’m not the biggest horror buff – I want movies to be good, no matter what the genre. But there are ways to grab my interest instantly and it usually has to do with the type of horror movie

October is that time of year where movie critics talk about horror movies. Endless lists of the scariest films are run on rarely watched cable channels, marathons of popular slasher franchises are forced on consumers, and Wes Craven materializes in television studios around the country. It seems only fitting that John Devore join in

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God of Carnage• The Theatre Centre opens a new production8:00 p.m. - chattanooga Theatre centre - 400 River st. (423) 267-8538 - theatrecentre.com

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• The communicators have produced a number of special musical events over the past two years that consistently lather up their crowds with excite-ment. This “super group”, which is composed of members from other local bands, give performances that entertain as well as present some damn fine musicians. This week-end, The communicators brings you Boogie Fiction halloween Double Feature. on Friday oct. 26th, they

will be performing cuts from the soundtrack of the 1997 movie ‘Boogie nights’. Then, saturday oct. 27th, The communicators bring you the soundtrack of ‘Pulp Fiction’. There’s so much great music on these two soundtracks and the theme for a set of hal-loween shows couldn’t be more perfect. You can get to either performance for $15 or get entrance to both Friday and saturday shows for a discount at $25. contests, special theme

festivities (Twist contest saturday night!), go-go’s and ghoulies galore.

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hAUNTED MARKETSunday Oct. 28

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and halloween treats for kids and adults alike.

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celebrating halloween just wouldn’t be the same without gathering at Pat-ten Parkway. What was formerly Park-way Billiards and now The honest Pint, has been the central hub of halloween revelry going on 13 years. Remember-ing the only year that the space was dark with renovations still happening during the transition to The honest Pint, many were lost on that night. hav-ing no center of the halloween universe, ghosts and goblins were scattered to the corners of the city. That dark dark evening is long gone now.

The 13th annual all hallow’s eve Ball has shaped up to be one of the best music line-ups yet with The Bohannons, eight Knives and how I Became The Bomb. The Bohannons will be kicking off their Fall 2012 tour with this show, backing up the release of their newest recording unaka Rising. The Bohan-nons have been getting rave reviews in

respected music blogs and magazines around the country with unka and it’s immediately evident why once you hear it. eight Knives is a relatively new band, and have come on the scene strong this year. having composed a solid reper-toire of original music, taking it to the stages at JJ’s Bohemia and Track 29, the Knives have proven their live gig chops.

nashville based how I Became The Bomb, has hit chattanooga and garnered a local fan base since they formed in 2005. With tours taking them to sXsW, Bonnaroo, spain and the uK, hIBTB continues to create great, pop-based music, with unexpected and fresh hooks.

mix in the always entertaining and often elaborate costumes worn by the patrons and you have another great year of a halloween tradition cherished by so many.

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With a story worthy of a Buena Vista Social Club-type documentary treatment, mem-bers of the Dutch post-punk band The Ex were captivated by early ‘70s recordings of Ethio-pian saxophonist Getatchew Mekuria, on the Ethiopiques 14 compilation. In 2004, they

tracked him down in his home country and persuaded him to visit Amsterdam, leading to collaborations, world tours and the album Moa Anbessa. Mekuria, now in his late seventies, expressed a desire to The Ex to create another album, sensing that it might be his last, and Y’Anbessaw Tezeta is the result, with an appropriately reflective mood, if somewhat less fiery than before—in his own words, capturing the “deeper, sensitive side” of him.

Though Merkuria was trained on western-world standards, he claims ignorance regarding jazz music; instead, his reper-toire is steeped in traditional Ethiopian music, and the pri-marily instrumental Y’Anbessaw Tezeta draws from Ethiopian classics, from war-chants to folk tunes to wedding songs. The stunning “Tezeta,” a mostly solo saxophone number, apart from a little vocalizing at the end, showcases Mekuria’s unique and

complicated tone, which manages to be simultaneously ardent and vulnerable with strong modulations. On “Ene Eskemot Derese,” Mekuria tag-teams navigating a fluid melody with a rapidly plucked guitar, atop a sturdy brushed-drum pattern, and the warrior song “Aha Gedawo” boils over with a sax/horn call-and-response exchange.

The album includes an hour-long bonus disc of mostly live recordings, featuring collabo-rations from the last eight years with The Ex and ICP (Instant Composers Pool), as well as haunting, historical tracks from the early ‘60s. In this incarnation, the ICP is a ten-person ensemble, including co-founders pianist Misha Mengelberg and drummer Han Bennink, providing spirited and diverse contributions to the musical tapestry. listeners expecting to hear raucous explosions may be disappointed by Y’Anbessaw Tezeta, but that’s not what Merkuria is going for on this outing, opting for a more moderate, yet profoundly expressive style.

Chicago-based percussionist Tim Daisy demonstrates a unique amalgam of approaches with his trio Vox Arcana, drawing from vibrant free jazz influences that are integrated into his compositions; the rigorous, tightly synchronized runs and interplay evoke modern classical methods, and there’s also a wild card element with a penchant for sound explora-tion and experimentation.

Vox Arcana has developed its own identity with some key trademark elements, including a stop-on-a-dime agility with rapid, abrupt starts and stops. Another hallmark is a sort of sonic pointillism, with streams of pin-prick note repetition, resembling musical Morse code, heard on the opening track “De Grote Olifant” (“the large elephant” in Dutch), with clari-netist James Falzone playing with a sharp precision and spot-

less clarity while tapping out his telegraph message, to be joined by Daisy on the marimba; cellist Fred lonberg-Holm intersects Falzone’s line, with some fluid, classically-leaning riffing. They take turns carrying the head vamp and alternate their flights into space, with unpredictable jaunts, and Daisy serves up a wild drum solo with a dense flurry of taut, swift beats, metallic clicks and rattles, and a delivery that paradoxically sounds both focused and scatterbrained.

“White Numbers” also features staccato punctuation and minimalist dotted lines and remarkably seems to embody another contradiction, with the use of a peculiar kind of or-chestrated disorder and controlled explosions. While all three musicians clearly enjoy their passages of freedom to explore, lonberg-Holm exhibits a particular fondness for going beyond notes, from the violent string scraping sounds he generates on “Other lights” to the glissandos that end the album on the closing track “The Siren.” Soft Focus strikes a nice balance between disparate elements and highlights stimulating contrasts of rigor tem-pered with play and classical composition giving way to free jazz, keeping the players—and the listeners—on their toes.

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lINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, COMING TO Track 29 for a solo show on Wednesday No-vember 7th, ranked #99 on Rolling Stone’s Top 100 guitarists. That dismal showing while disappointing isn’t really surprising. Buckingham’s eccentricities as a player and a writer have routinely caused him to be underrated even when his band was at its height.

He was the architect behind Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, the third best selling al-bum of the rock ‘n’ roll era -- 30 million copies worldwide. For a time Buckingham was celebrated as a master hit maker and given carte blanche (and a budget to match) to craft a follow-up. He spent the next two years, and a reported million dollars, mak-ing Tusk. A sprawling double album that reflected the deep divisions within the band much like The Beatles’ White Album, it’s the sound of a band splintering. As was Ru-mours. But by then Buckingham had lost interest in crafting the kind of ethereal pop pioneered by his hero, Brian Wilson. He’d been listening to the punks.

“I would have much rather been in The Clash than Fleetwood Mac at that point,” he told an interviewer for Guitar World Acous-tic in 1998. The rest of the band weren’t happy. They reacted much the same way that The Beach Boys had reacted to Brian Wilson’s post-Pet Sounds work. “lindsey,” they said, “we still want you to produce, but you can’t do this, and you can’t do this anymore.” It was at that point that he began concentrating on making music for himself.

When an interviewer asked him for his three favorite songs, his answer was tell-ing. One, not surprisingly, was “God Only Knows” –widely regarded as Wilson’s mas-terpiece, and yet, like Tusk, it was a com-mercial disappointment. Second was The Kingsmen’s garage-punk classic, “louie louie.” The other one was Frank Sinatra’s recording of “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” produced and arranged by Nelson Riddle. Together they help explain Buckingham’s idiosyncratic mix of careful craft and care-free abandon.

Take “Tusk,” an unholy mix of Beelze-bub and the heavenly choir, it was the more successful of the two singles from the very expensive double album. But with its thun-dering bass drum tattoo, marching band horns and soaring yet sighing harmonies it’s an eccentric mash-up of “louie louie” and “God Only Knows.” The album was a relative flop – selling five million copies –

compared to its mega-selling predecessor, and Buckingham took all the heat.

But Buckingham remains unmoved. Since Tusk he’s bounced back and forth be-tween the band and his own solo projects. Fleetwood Mac has never equaled their late 70’s success either musically or monetarily, but they’ve retained a huge and loyal fol-lowing. Buckingham slowly slipped away from the band in the 80’s to concentrate on his own albums. listening to them is like

listening to l e n n o n ’ s post – Bea-tles work. The sensi-bility that added some ne c e s s a r y acid to his p a r t n e r s ’ sugar is

readily apparent. His guitar playing – a mix of rapid-fire fingerpicking and frailing like the banjo players he loved in his youth – is non-pareil. But he continued to fun-nel many of his best songs onto albums by Fleetwood Mac, who have managed to lure him back into the fold whenever they have re-united.

listening again to the three albums he worked on with the band in the 70’s, it’s ap-parent that without his guiding hand the band wouldn’t have been nearly so success-ful. Christine McVie’s limpidly romantic ballads and soft rock singalongs, and Stevie Nicks’ witchy woman reveries were hugely popular back in the day, but while they gained some heft from Buckingham’s pro-duction, they seem wan when paired with his edgy, off-kilter melodicism. But like his guitar playing, Buckingham’s production skills remain relatively unheralded.

For Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac is the “big machine,” while his solo shows are the “small machine.” Fleetwood Mac is report-edly making plans for a reunion tour next year. They will almost certainly play the big halls and the arenas. His solo shows are much more intimate (as evidenced in numerous YouTube clips), and this tour is particularly so – back to his folky roots, just him, his guitar, and his voice still strong af-ter all these years.

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Richard Winham is the host of WUTC-FM’s afternoon music program and has observed Chattanooga’s music scene for over 25 years.


ThU 10.25A Man Called Bruce7:00 p.m. meo mio’s cajun & seafood Restaurant, 4119 cummings hwy exit 174. (423) 521-7160The Johnny Foodstamp Show with the Punknecks and Dick9:00 p.m. The honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192. thehonestpint.com.Micky & the Motor Cars9:00 p.m. Rhythm and Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.com.hellblinki Sextet with Subterranean Cirqus9:30 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-1400.

FRI 10.26Brandon heath and Matt Maher in Community Concert for Food for the hungry7:00 p.m. calvary chapel chattanooga, 3415 south Broad street, (855) 223-1008, museconcerts.com/blue-mountain-102612American Lesion, Kiserolls, Nut Bush8:00 p.m. Ziggy’s underground music, 607 cherokee Blvd. (423) 265-8711A Song for the Children featuring Vince Gill8:00 p.m. Tivoli Theater, 709 Broad st. (423) 642-TIXs chattanoogaonstage.comRobby hopkins8:00 p.m. acoustic café, 61 RBc Dr., Ringgold, ga. (706) 965-2065. ringgoldacoustic.comJamie Laval and Friends8:00 p.m. Barking legs Theatre, 1307 Dodds ave. (423) 624-5347. barkinglegs.orgNoah Gunderson and David Ramirez8:00 p.m. The camphouse, 1427 Williams st. (423) 702-8081. thecamphouse.comBaby Baby with Megan Jean & the

KFB & Machines Are People Too8:30 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-1400.Queen B and the Well Strung Band8:30 p.m. meo mio’s cajun & seafood Restaurant, 4119 cummings hwy exit 174. (423) 521-7160Dave Walters Trio8:30 p.m. The Foundry (at the chattanoogan hotel), 1201 Broad st. (423) 756-3400. chattanooganhotel.com.The Most Important Band in the World9:00 p.m. sKYZoo, 5709 lee hwy. (423) 468-4533. skyzoochattanooga.com.Crunk Bones Jones9:00 p.m. The office, 901 carter st. (423) 634-9191.Nathan Farrow10:00 p.m. T-Bones, 1419 chestnut st. (423) 266-4240. tboneschattanooga.com.

halloween Double Feature: Boogie Nights10:00 p.m. Rhythm and Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.com.

SAT 10.27Wurstbrats12:30-4:00 p.m. Rock city, 1400 Patten Rd., lookout mtn, ga. seerockcity.comBipolar Express8:00 p.m. acoustic café, 61 RBc Dr., Ringgold, ga. (706) 965-2065. ringgoldacoustic.comRed State and Stoneline Band8:00 p.m. Ziggy’s underground music, 607 cherokee Blvd. (423) 265-8711Dave Walters Trio8:30 p.m. The Foundry (at the chattanoogan hotel), 1201 Broad st. (423) 756-3400. chattanooganhotel.com.

13th Annual All hallows Eve: Bohannons with Eight Knives and how I Became the Bomb9:00 p.m. The honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192. thehonestpint.com.DownStroke9:00 p.m. sKYZoo, 5709 lee hwy. (423) 468-4533. skyzoochattanooga.com.Strung Like a horse with Dead Soldier9:30 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e.

mlK Blvd. (423) 266-1400.halloween Double Feature: Pulp Fiction10:00 p.m. Rhythm and Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.com.halloween with Joshua Songs10:00 p.m. The office, 901 carter st. (423) 634-9191.

chattanooga Live MUSIC CALENDAR

Strung Like A horse with Dead Soldiers strung like a horse produces great music and has a stage presence that is one of a kind. We can only guess what they will do when the show is called a “Zombie Prom”. all zombies are welcome!

JJ’s Bohemia saturday, october 27 9:00 p.m.

The only place in Town where you can sing karaoke anyTime.

Book your Birthday, anniversary or holiday parties now!

daily lunch & drink specials!

410 market • (423) 757-wingsingitorwingit-chattanooga.com

Wednesday • October 24Basslove

Thursday • October 25Hellblinki w/ Subteranian Circus

Friday • October 26Machines Are People Too• Baby Baby

Saturday • October 27Strung Like A Horse • Dead Soldiers

Wednesday October 31Guilty Pleasures Halloween Party

Thursday • November 1Christobel & The Johns Final Show!

Future Virgins

Saturday • November 3

Paul Collins Beat

JJ’s Bohemia • 231 E MLK Blvd.423.266.1400 • jjsbohemia.com

Halloween Show!

JJ Con - Comic Book Dress Up Party!

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Full food menu serving lunch and dinner. 11am-2am, 7 days a week.

35 Patten Parkway * 423.468.4192thehonestpint.com * Facebook.com/thehonestpint

honest music local and regional showsThu, Oct 25

Sat, Oct 27

Wed, Oct 31

Sun, Oct 28

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The Johnny Foodstamp Show w/ The Punknecks and Dick ($3)

13th ANNUAL ALL HALLOWS EVE! Bohannons, Eight Knives, How I became The Bomb

Free Live Irish Music Sundays at 7pm

2nd ANNUAL HALLOWEEN SHOW!Opposite Box, Subteranian Cirqus, Smooth Dialects

The Ragbirds with The Johnny Sutton Band

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All shows are free with dinner or 2 drinks!Stop by & check out our daily specials!

Happy Hour: Mon-Fri: 4-7pm$1 10oz drafts, $3 32oz drafts,

$2 Wells, $1.50 Domestics, Free Appetizers

901 Carter St(Inside Days Inn)423-634-9191

Thursday, Oct. 25: 8pmOpen Mic

with Mark HolderFriday, Oct. 26: 9pmCrunk Bones Jones

Saturday, Oct. 27: 10pmHalloween w/ Joshua Songs

Tuesday, Oct. 30: 7pmServer/Hotel Appreciation Night

$5 Pitchers ● $2 Wells$1.50 Domestics

SUN 10.28Wurstbrats12:30-4:00 p.m. Rock city, 1400 Patten Rd., lookout mtn, ga. seerockcity.comBasically Baroque3:00 p.m. The Read house silver Ballroom, 827 Broad street, chattanoogasymphony.orgSongbook: Patti LaBelle with Karen Brown and the Joe Johnson band6:00 p.m. Bessie smith cultural center, 200 e martin luther King Blvd. (423) 266-8658. bessiesmithcc.orgThe Ragbirds7:00 p.m. The honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192. thehonestpint.com.

MON 10.29Blues Jam with Rick Rushing and the Blues Strangers8:00 p.m. meo mio’s cajun & seafood Restaurant, 4119 cummings hwy exit 174. (423) 521-7160

TUE 10.30halloween Eve with the Galactic Cowboy Orchestra7:30 p.m. Barking legs Theatre, 1307 Dodds ave. (423) 624-5347. barkinglegs.org

WED 10.312nd Annual halloween Night Bash with Opposite Box, Smooth Dialects and Subterranean Cirqus9:00 p.m. The honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192. thehonestpint.com.Rosedale Remedy9:00 p.m. sKYZoo, 5709 lee hwy. (423) 468-4533. skyzoochattanooga.com.Milele Roots halloween Party9:30 p.m. Rhythm and Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.com.

2nd Annual halloween Night Bash

Opposite Box, Smooth Dialects, Subterranean CirqusFeats of strength, the weird, the strange, the “omg...did that just happen?”. sub-terranean cirqus will bring out the wonders and perform their spectacle of hu-man endurance. It’s all at The honest Pint on halloween proper with opposite Box and smooth Dialects for the nights music.

The honest PintThursday, oct.18 9:00 p.m.

MISe en SCeneSTerS preSenTS: Juan of the Dead (film)Whoremones (last show ever!)

mise en scenesters will top off a great run of film screenings paired with musical guests at Barking legs Theater. For the finale’ of october, mes screens the cuban zombie apocalypse movie ‘Juan of the Dead’. after you have your fill of cuban style blood and guts, catch the Whoremones in their last performance (ever!). say it isn’t so Whoremones! come back from the dead and eat our flesh!

saturday, october 27th - 8:30 p.m.Barking legs Theater(423) 624-5347 barkinglegstheater.org


LOCAL hAUNTS

Blowing Screams Farm271 chattanooga Valley Road, Flintstone, ga.blowingscreamsfarm.comHours/Dates: 7 p.m. every Friday & saturday in octoberTickets: Forest of Fear $15; ghost Ride $15; $25 for bothEnchanted Maize271 chattanooga Valley Road, Flintstone, ga.enchantedmaze.comFeatures: “another Y-ear of corny Fun”Hours/Dates: sept. 20-23 & 27-30; oct. 4-7, 11-14, 18-21 & 25-28Tickets: $9 adults; $7 childrenRuby Falls haunted Cavern1720 s. scenic hwy.hauntedcavern.comHours/Dates: 8 p.m. Fridays,

saturdays and sundays in october & oct. 31Tickets: $21 online; $17 sundayshalloween Express7425 commons Blvd.large selection of costumes, accessories, props and decora-tions.halloweenexpress.comDoc Shock horror Movie Night1720 s. scenic highwayhauntedcavern.comHours/Dates: 7 p.m. saturday, sept. 29; Friday, oct. 5;

Wednesday, oct. 31Tickets: $60Chattanooga Ghost Tours100 Walnut st.chattanoogaghosttour.comFeatures: Walking ghost tours, ghost hunts with the talking ovilus X and extended tours with an inside visit to a haunted location.Hours/Dates: Walking ghost Tour 7:30 p.m. nightly; 9 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays & saturdays in october;extended ghost Tour: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays & saturdays;

ghost hunt 9:30 p.m. Fridays & saturdaysTickets: Tour $14 adults, $9 kids; hunt $20 adults onlyBoo in the Zoo301 n. holtzclaw ave.chattzoo.orgHours/Dates: 5:30-8:30 p.m. oct. 19-20 & 26-27Tickets: $8.95 adults; $5.95 childrenhalloween Eerie ExpressTennessee Valley Railroad museum4119 cromwell Roadthehauntedbarnchattanooga.comHours/Dates: oct. 12-13, 19-20 & 26-27; trains depart at 5:45 p.m. & 7:45 p.m.Tickets: $22 ages 2 & uptvrail.comThe haunted Barn5107 mcDonald Road

mcDonald, Tenn.Hours/Dates: 7 p.m. oct. 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-27 & nov. 2-3Tickets: $15The haunted hilltop8235 hwy. 58thehauntedhilltop.comHours/Dates: 7 p.m.-1 p.m. oct. 5-6, 12-13, 19-20 & 26-27Tickets: $18haunted Depot & hayride155 Depot st Ringgold, ga.ringgoldhaunteddepot.comHours/Dates: 7 p.m. oct. 12-13, 19-20 & 26-27Tickets: $5 for Depot; $3 for hayrideMystery Dog Ranch 975 Wooten RoadRinggold, ga. mysterydogranch.comFeatures: “The headless horseman”Hours/Dates: 7 p.m. oct. 12-13,

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PANIC ALERT!The pulse’s panic! Halloween Guide will appear each week through halloween (oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25). listings are updated weekly. If you operate a haunted house or event and would like to be listed or your listed event changes, submit information as formatted here and email to [email protected].

19-20 & 26-27Tickets: $10Sunday Slasher Cinemasluggo’s north501 cherokee Blvd.hours/Dates: 7:30 p.m. every sunday in october. Tickets: $2 (donation)Double Features: • Oct. 7: “Phantasm” and “maniac”• Oct. 14: “The Beyond” and “Demons”• Oct. 28: “Private Parts” and “halloween”

BARS & CLUBS

The honest Pint35 Patten Pkwy. thehonestpint.com • Oct. 27: 13th annual all hallows eve Bash with The Bohannons, eight Knives and how I Became The Bomb. costume contest with cash prize.• Oct. 31: second annual halloween night show with opposite Box, subter-ranean cirqus and smooth Dialects. costume contest with cash prize.

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423-899-4401Mon-Sat 10 AM til 7 PM

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open every Friday and saturday night in october, Rock city’s seasonal haunt offers more than your tradi-tional haunted house experience. They start taking victims at 7:00 pm and continue until the last scream is heard. at the farm, you’ll find the Forest of Fear and the ghost Ride. Tickets can be combined at $25 dollars for both attractions, or $15 individually.

Prepare for an assault on your cerebral cortex, as every sense is tantalized to the extreme. matt Dutton and his team flex their creativity with such devices as the audio pulsator, the laser beam visuo distractors, and the hilarious yet genius way to separate you from your friends, thus increasing levels of fear.

hours of OperationFridays & saturdays in october

Fri/sat: 7:00 pm - until the last scream is heard

Tickets:Forest of Fears: $15haunted hayride: $15Two haunt combo - $25

271 chattanooga Valley RoadFlinstone, ga 30725(706) 820 – 2531www.blowingscreamsfarm.com

Blowing Screams Farm


Sunday Slasher Cinema: Private Parts and halloween7:30 p.m. sluggo’s north, 501 cherokee Blvd, (423) 752-5224Rocky horror Picture Show8:00 Pm JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-1400.Julie Scoggins8 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233. thecomedycatch.comOld McDonalds Farm Days12 noon-7 p.m. old mcDonald’s Farm, 16705 coulterville Rd., sale creek, Tn (423) 531-coRn oldmcdonaldsfarm.net

MON 10.29Beginning Watercolor Workshop9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Townsend atelier, 201 West main street, 423-266-2712 townsendatelier.comAdult Watercolor Workshop1:00-4:00 p.m. Townsend atelier, 201 West main street, 423-266-2712 townsendatelier.comThrills, Gills and Chills

10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. (423) 402-9960. tnaqua.orgTrunk or Treat5-7 p.m. shepherd community center, 2124 shepherd Rd, (423) 855-2697Chattanooga Monday Nite Big Band7:30 p.m. The Palms at hamilton, 6925 shallowford Road. (423) 499-5055. thepalmsathamilton.com

TUE 10.30Thrills, Gills and Chills10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. (423) 402-9960. tnaqua.orgTuesdays at Tony’s11 a.m. Tony’s Pasta shop & Trattoria, 212 high st. (423) 265-5033. bluffviewartdistrict.com

Art After School (Ages 9-11)4:30-6 hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View. (423) 266-0944. huntermuseum.orgTheology on Tap7:00 p.m. The camphouse, 1427 Williams st. (423) 702-8081. thecamphouse.comw

WED 09.26Free Fall Carnival6-8 p.m. Patten center, 3202 Kelly’s Ferry Road, (423) 825-5955Doc Shock horror Movie Night7:00 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 south scene highway. (423) 821-2544. rubyfalls.comThrills, Gills and Chills10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. (423) 402-9960.

chattanoogamarket.comWine Wednesdays5 p.m. Back Inn café, 412 east 2nd st. (423) 265-5033. bluffviewartdistrict.comWine Down Wednesday5 p.m. Broad street grille, 1201 Broad st. (423) 424-3700. chattanooganhotel.comGuilty Pleasures halloween Dance Party9:30 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-1400.

ThU 10.25

Yoga Underwater7 a.m. Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. (423) 402-9960. tnaqua.orgThrills, Gills and Chills10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. (423) 402-9960. tnaqua.orgArt After School (Ages 6-8)4:30-6 hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View. (423) 266-0944. huntermuseum.orgSip and Sketch4:30 p.m. shuptrine’s gold leaf Designs, 2646 Broad street, (423)266-4453, shuptrines.comInterpretations: Contemporary Jewish Art and Windows of Identity5:30 p.m. Jewish cultural center, 5461 north Terrace Road, jewishchattanooga.comDreamnight and Spooktacular Dance at the Zoo!5:30-8:30 p.m. chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park, 1101 mccallie ave, 423-697-1319, chattzoo.orgLandmarks on the Bluff6:00 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View. (423) 266-0944. huntermuseum.orgGod of Carnage7:00 p.m. chattanooga Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8538. theatrecentre.comJulie Scoggins8:00 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233. thecomedycatch.com

FRI 10.26Thrills, Gills and Chills10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. (423) 402-9960. tnaqua.orgFresh on Fridays11 a.m. miller Plaza, 850 market st. (423) 265-3700. rivercitycompany.com3rd Annual Fall Festival4:00-7:00 p.m. Westside community center, 1201 Poplar st., (423) 756-3541

Portrait Painting and Sculpture Demo with Mia Bergeron + Maria Larson6-9 p.m. Townsend atelier, 201 West main street, 423-266-2712 townsendatelier.comhaunted Canoe Rides at North Chick6-10 p.m. outdoor chattanooga at greenway Farms, 5051 gann store Road. (423) 643-6888, outdoorchattanooga.comAqua-Scarium halloween Party6:30-9:30 Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. (423) 402-9960. tnaqua.orgSir Gooney’s haunted Carnival of Nightmares7 p.m. sir gooney’s, 5918 e. Brainerd Road. (423) 892-5922. sirgooneys.comThe haunted hilltop7 p.m. The haunted hilltop, 8235 highway 58. (423) 488-3956. thehauntedhilltop.comJulie Scoggin7:30 p.m./10:00 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233. thecomedycatch.comPost-Mortem haunted Trail8:00 p.m. Tri-state exhibition center, 200 natures Trl sW mc Donald, Tn, http://teamtwiste5.wix.com/post-mortemGod of Carnage8:00 p.m. chattanooga Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8538. theatrecentre.comRuby Falls Lantern Tours8:30 p.m. 1720 south scenic highway. (423) 821-2544. rubyfalls.comStand-Up Comedy: Tim Sullivan9:30 p.m. Vaudeville café, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839. funnydinner.com

SAT 10.27An Artfully Wild Wilderness Experience8:00 a.m. ?? John muir Trail, call hunter museum for details, (423) 266-0944, huntermuseum.org

Football at the Falls (Sept. Sat/Sun)all Day (8 a.m.-8 p.m.) Ruby Falls, 1720 south scene highway. (423) 821-2544. rubyfalls.comJane Dempsey Watts Book Signing1 p.m. In-Town gallery, 26 Frazier ave. (423) 267-9214intowngallery.comPlein Air Workshop10:00-4:00 shuptrine’s gold leaf Designs, 2646 Broad street, (423)266-4453, shuptrines.comThrills, Gills and Chills10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. (423) 402-9960. tnaqua.orgRiver Market10 a.m. Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. (423) 402-9960. tnaqua.orgThe h Play10:30 a.m. chattanooga Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8538. theatrecentre.comhayride for ThE CURE11 a.m.-5 p.m. mountain creek harley-Davidson, 1001 market st Dalton, georgia, mountaincreekharley.comSir Gooney’s haunted Carnival of Nightmares7 p.m. sir gooney’s, 5918 e. Brainerd Road. (423) 892-5922. sirgooneys.comThe haunted hilltop7 p.m. The haunted hilltop, 8235 highway 58. (423) 488-3956. thehauntedhilltop.comJulie Scoggins7:30/10:00 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233. thecomedycatch.comMonster Bash7-10 p.m. Thunder creek harley-Davidson, 7720 lee highway, thundercreekharley.com“Tribute to the Man in Black”7:30 p.m. Tennessee Valley Theatre, 184 West Jackson ave spring city, 423-365-PlaY, tennesseevalleytheatre.comGod of Carnage8:00 p.m. chattanooga

Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8538. theatrecentre.comPost-Mortem haunted Trail8:00 p.m. Tri-state exhibition center, 200 natures Trl sW mc Donald, Tn, http://teamtwiste5.wix.com/post-mortemJuan of the Dead8:30 p.m. Barking legs Theatre, 1307 Dodds ave. (423) 624-5347. barkinglegs.orgStand-Up Comedy: Tim Sullivan10:30 p.m. Vaudeville café, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839. funnydinner.comMoonshine Mud Run: Run with the Zombies8:00 a.m. Foot of lookout mountain, 588 Piney Rd, Trenton, georgia, moonshinemudrun.com2012 Tennessee Valley heart Walk9 a.m. The aT&T Field, 201 Pwer alley, (423) 763-4408 chattanoogaheartwalk.orgOld McDonalds Farm Days10 a.m-7 p.m. old mcDonald’s Farm, 16705 coulterville Rd., sale creek, Tn (423) 531-coRn oldmcdonaldsfarm.net

SUN 10.28Football at the Falls (Sept. Sat/Sun)all Day (8 a.m.-8 p.m.) Ruby Falls, 1720 south scene highway. (423) 821-2544. rubyfalls.comThrills, Gill and Chills10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. (423) 402-9960. tnaqua.orgChampagne Sunday Brunch11 a.m. chattanoogan hotel, 1201 south Broad st. (423) 266-5000. chattanooganhotel.comhaunted Market11 a.m.-4 p.m. chattanooga market, 1829 carter st., chattanoogamarket.comGod of Carnage2:30 p.m. chattanooga Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8538. theatrecentre.com

Arts Entertainment& CALENDAR

Map these locations at chattanoogapulse.com. Send calendar listings at least 10 days in advance to: [email protected].

Sunday Slasher Movie Series: Private Parts (1972), halloween (1978)

sluggo’s continues hosting this seasonal trek through the best of the cult film catalogue. In addition to the John carpenter classic, halloween, this sunday will feature Private Parts from the eccentric actor and director Paul Bartel.


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Writing is a lonely business, right? A fight to the finish be-tween the scribbler and the blank page (or screen), with no witness but for the unsatisfied muse peering over the writer’s shoulder.

Not really, says Rick Jack-son, an award winning poet and UTC professor. As di-rector of Meacham Writers Workshop, he’s been bring-ing together accomplished and emerging writers – both UTC students and writers in the community – twice a year since 1985.

Whether they’re starting out or established, what writ-ers really need, says Jackson, is a community of other writ-ers. That’s what they find at Meacham. (Okay, getting their work critiqued by experienced writers and hearing writers read their work are pretty im-portant, too.)

According to Jackson, Meacham is easily the most informal writers conference in the country. Visiting writers are available about 12 hours a day for informal conversa-tions.

“At other conferences there’s always an air of formality. You know you’ve got to do certain things at a certain time. You don’t approach the writers ex-cept in a formal workshop or classroom setting, or maybe you can chat briefly after a reading.”

The next Meacham work-shop will be October 25-27, with workshops and individu-

al conferences among partici-pants and visiting instructors at UTC and readings by 20 writers of fiction, nonfiction and poetry at Chattanooga State and various locations around town.

Even when Meacham has had national literary figures like poets James Tate (Pu-litzer 1992, National Book Award 1994) and Gerald Stern (National Book Award 1998), “They just hang around with people, whether they’re the most famous or the least fa-mous. It’s incredibly demo-cratic.”

Oh, and it’s free. Next week’s readings by 20 writers of fic-tion, nonfiction and poetry are all free and open to the pub-lic. Even workshop sessions and individual conferences are available at no charge to anyone who submits a manu-script, although the deadline has passed for this fall’s work-shop.

Many conference partici-

pants keep up an email cor-respondence with the visiting writers they meet at Meacham. “I think that’s pretty incred-ible. At other conferences, the conference is over and that’s it,” says Jackson.

This kind of access is im-portant to a writer who hasn’t yet gotten as far up the career ladder as these visiting writers because it’s an informal wel-coming into the profession.

“It’s like being a little league baseball player, and you go to the game and all of a sudden you’re invited into team locker room for Atlanta Braves, and they let you throw the ball. It gives you a sense of your iden-tity and what you’re about, a sense that you’re part of that larger community, particular-ly when you have the writers who come in and encourage you and take you seriously and don’t think of you as an ap-prentice, as much as somebody who’s getting from where they are to being a better writer.”

This sense of intimacy also appeals to the visiting writers. At most writers’ conferences, he says, the schedule is tight and the visiting writers are “handled” like rock stars.

“You do your stuff and they hustle you back to your hotel room. Here you do your stuff and hang around more. The

writers like that because they get a sense of their audience, who they are writing for.”

At Meacham, he says you might see a few pros sit down for a chat, then invite a work-shop participant to join in. In fact, the informal atmo-sphere is one reason Jackson had been able to attract such a high level of writers as fac-ulty, including Stern and Tate, as well as poets Philip levine and Charles Simic, Guggen-heim fellow Stanley Plumly and Oprah selection novelist Bret lott. Jackson also brings writers from abroad including Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, England and the Czech Republic.

“We get writers for a frac-tion of what they normally charge because they know the quality of the students and the community writers. They know the kind of atmosphere we have here.”

Jackson thinks the larger community benefits, too, be-cause they get a chance not only to see excellent writers, but also to see that they are real people who just happen to write beautifully.

“I put a writer on same level that I put my mechanic. To me Bobby Parker is an artist. He can look at my car, figure out what’s wrong with it, and get it running. There’s an art to that, but he’s just a regular person. Gerald Stern comes in, and he can see some sort of a situa-tion and find some words that describe it and create some-thing new out of it, give it his own spin and send it out into the world. It’s the same sort of thing.”

For the full program and access past readings on iTunes, visit www.meachamwriters.org.

Hanging Around with WritersBy Rich Bailey

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Across1) Account of rounds7) Drink brand with a lizard logo11) Unlike prescription meds: abbr.14) Point out similarity between15) Think ahead16) Gp. once headed by Charlton Heston17) “Sorry, Buckeye State, but the whole General Assembly’s coming over for my party!”20) Morse code sounds21) Milhouse’s bus driver22) What you used to be23) U-turn from WSW24) Distress call25) Shannen’s nickname, on “Charmed”27) Story about a guy who sells things in the Silver State?33) Simple, as an on-screen process34) “I’m ___ roll”35) Angry game characters

38) Word after mole or mall39) John with a lot of glasses41) Prefix for friendly42) Publication known for its pie graphs45) With 58-across, “The Granite State! Oops, I just sneezed all over you!”50) ___ weevil51) Some assault rifles52) Napoleonic marshal53) Garbage hauler55) Robert Smith band, with “The”57) Gomer who said “Shazam!”58) See 45-across62) National Coming ___ Day63) Garfield’s foil64) Actress Evigan of “Step Up 2: The Streets”65) Thatcher and Blair: abbr.66) Feathery wraps67) Grades in non-challenging classes

Down1) Fry’s cohort, on “Futurama”2) Corazon of the Philippines3) Went into heat, like a moose4) Soviet news agency5) Getting from ___ B6) Be necessary7) Good name for a Dalmatian8) Medley9) Scrooge’s kvetch10) Brian once of Roxy Music11) Precisely12) Test answer13) Prop for Mr. Peanut18) Admiral Ackbar phrase19) Flabbergast24) Like some massage25) Plastic for pipes26) Tries again with a trial28) Move like a bobblehead doll29) “Mairzy ___” (1940s novelty song)30) Easy instrument to strum

31) “Walking on Thin Ice” songwriter Yoko32) Sought office35) Folds in an iPod36) Rocks, in a bar37) Subjects of “either oar” situations?40) Caustic cleaner43) T-shirt size options: abbr.44) Former NBA star ___ Mutombo46) Gordie on the ice47) “So, back to what I was saying...”48) Montana’s capital49) Minor villains in “The Lion King”53) Hit Rodeo Drive, e.g.54) Old pal55) Type of “pet” that’s really a plant56) Multi-purpose product’s benefits57) Greek consonants59) Judas Priest singer ___ Halford60) Wedding words61) Longtime Notre Dame coach Parseghian

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VIrGo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do you know how to tell the dif-ference between superstitious hunches and dependable intu-itions? I suspect that you will soon get abundant opportunities to test your skill in this task. To increase the likelihood of your success, ask yourself the follow-ing question on a regular basis: Is what you think you’re seeing really there or is it mostly a projection of your expectations and theories? Halloween costume suggestions: a lie detector, an interrogator with syringes full of truth serum, a lab scientist.

LIBrA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I am officially protesting you, Libra. I am staging a walkout and mount-ing a demonstration and launch-ing a boycott unless you agree to my demand. And yes, I have just one demand: that you take better care of the neglected, disempow-ered, and underprivileged parts of your life. If and when you do this, I predict the arrival of a flood of personal inspiration. Halloween costume suggestion: a symbolic representation of a neglected or disempowered part of your life.

scorPIo (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas,” said French painter Paul Cezanne. Many writers make similar com-ments about the excruciating joy they feel when first sitting down in front of an empty page. There can be a delicious anticipation as the ripe chaos begins to coalesce into coherent images or words or music. Even if you’re not an artist, Scorpio, you’re facing a compara-ble challenge in your own chosen field. Halloween costume sugges-tion: a painter with a blank canvas.

sAGITTArIUs (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As you contemplate what you want to be for Halloween, don’t consider any of the following op-tions: a thoroughbred racehorse wearing a blindfold; a mythic centaur clanking around in iron boots; a seahorse trying to dance on dry land. It’s true that the com-ing days will be an excellent time to explore, analyze, and deal with your limitations. But that doesn’t mean you should be overwhelmed and overcome by them. Halloween costume suggestions: Houdini, an escaped prisoner, a snake molting its skin.

cAPrIcorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Does anyone know where I can find dinosaur costumes for cats?” asked a Halloween shopper on Reddit.com. In the comments section, someone else said that

he needed a broccoli costume for his Chihuahua. I bring this up, Capricorn, because if anyone could uncover the answers to these questions, it would be you. You’ve got a magic touch when it comes to hunting down solutions to unprecedented problems. Hal-loween costume suggestion: a cat wearing a dinosaur costume.

AQUArIUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Live Monarch Foundation made a video on how to fix a but-terfly’s broken wing (tinyurl.com/FixWing). It ain’t easy. You need ten items, including tweezers, talcum powder, toothpicks, and glue. You’ve got to be patient and summon high levels of concen-tration. But it definitely can be done. The same is true about the delicate healing project you’ve thought about attempting on your own wound, Aquarius. It will re-quire you to be ingenious, precise, and tender, but I suspect you’re primed to rise to the challenge. Halloween costume suggestion: herbalist, acupuncturist, doctor, shaman, or other healer.

PIscEs (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s not a good time to wear Super-Control Higher-Power Spanx, or any other girdle, corset, or restric-tive garment. In fact, I advise you not to be a willing participant in any situation that pinches, ham-pers, or confines you. In order to thrive, you’ve got to give yourself permission to spill over, think big, and wander freely. As for those people who might prefer you to keep your unruly urges in check and your natural inclinations con-cealed: Tell them your astrologer authorized you to seize a massive dose of slack. Halloween costume suggestions: a wild man or wild woman; a mythical bird like the Garuda or Thunderbird.

ArIEs (March 21-April 19): In the coming days, many of your important tasks will be best ac-complished through caginess and craftiness. I suspect you will have a knack for navigating your way skillfully and luckily through mazes and their metaphorical equivalents. The mists may very well part at your command, re-vealing clues that no one else but you can get access to. You might also have a talent for helping peo-ple to understand elusive or dif-ficult truths. Halloween costume suggestions: spy, stage magician, ghost whisperer, exorcist.

TAUrUs (April 20-May 20): The coming week could have re-semblances to the holiday known as Opposite Day. Qualities you

usually regard as liabilities might temporarily serve as assets, and strengths could seem problemati-cal or cause confusion. You should also be wary of the possibility that the advice you get from people you trust may be misleading. For best results, make liberal use of reverse psychology, freaky logic, and mirror magic. Halloween cos-tume suggestion: the opposite of who you really are.

GEMInI (May 21-June 20): I don’t have a big problem with your tendency to contradict yourself. I’m rarely among the consistency freaks who would prefer you to stick with just one of your many selves instead of hopscotching among all nine. In fact, I find your multi-level multiplicity interesting and often alluring. Having said that, however, I want to alert you to an opportunity that the uni-verse is currently offering you, which is to feel unified, steady, and stable. Does that sound even vaguely enticing? Why not try it out for a few weeks? Halloween costume suggestion: an assem-blage or collage of several of your different personas.

cAncEr (June 21-July 22): An avocado tree may produce so much fruit that the sheer weight of its exuberant creation causes it to collapse. Don’t be like that in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Without curbing your luxuri-ant mood, simply monitor your outpouring of fertility so that it generates just the right amount of beautiful blooms. Be vibrant and bountiful and fluidic, but not unconstrained or overwrought or recklessly lavish. Halloween costume suggestion: a bouquet, an apple tree, a rich artist, or an exotic dancer with a bowl of fruit on your head.

LEo (July 23-Aug. 22): I hope your father didn’t beat you or scream at you or molest you. If he did, I am so sorry for your suffering. I also hope that your father didn’t disappear for weeks at a time and act oblivious to your beauty. If he did those things, I mourn for your loss. Now it’s quite possible that you were spared such mistreatment, Leo. Maybe your dad gave you conscientious care and loved you for who you really are. But whatever the case might be, this is the right time to acknowledge it. If you’re one of the lucky ones, celebrate to the max. If you’re one of the wounded ones, begin or renew your quest for serious and intensive healing. Halloween costume suggestion: your father.

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That’s where catch phrases infiltrate and con-taminate the English lan-guage with weeds of stu-pidity that cover our feeble minds like kudzu – and won’t let go. Nothing sepa-rates man from our former apelike selves like stupid, infectious catch phrases. “Heard that,” “Get r done,” “In the house,” “Give it up,” “KnowwhaI’msayin’,” “Go for it” and the teeny bop-per misuse of “like” are just some of the offhand remarks that make me cringe and weep for the future of our country’s in-telligence ranking among developed nations.

Recently I overheard someone use the popu-lar phrase “I ain’t ever seen anything like it” to describe an event, liv-ing creature or Wal-mart shelf filler that somehow amazed their otherwise sharp and unimpression-able mind. It was the ca-sual way they just rattled it off without really think-ing about what they were saying that really disap-pointed me. It was almost like the phrase had either become so watered down in their normal rotation of amazement exclamations that it was simply second nature or, even more sad-ly, there are a lot of com-mon everyday things the comparable likes of which they’ve never seen. Either way, I felt a little sorry for that person.

While watching some concert on television I

heard a rock n’ roll lead singer of-fer up the c o m m o n rhetorical rebel rous-ing “We’re having a great time, are we not?” to which to crowd responded, as usual, with cheers of agreement. This one really baffled me. If you think about it, what this accomplished vocalist wants to establish with the first phrase, “we’re having a good time,” is confirmation that the crowd is in fact en-joying the night’s perfor-mance which, if so, would merit cheers of agreement. However, by adding the needless suffix “are we not?” the singer has turned the phrase around to im-ply some sort of negative connotation that means, when you reorganize the sentence to make sense states “we’re not having a great time, agreed?” So the crowd’s cheers, in this case, should actually be boo’s in order to generate the intended response. That is, unless the lead singer is looking for an excuse to get back to his drugs and groupies backstage.

The crème de la crème of useless phrases in my book is the completely ri-diculous “it is what it is.” The intent of this phrase has some merit. If you are

making a bigger deal out of something than need be (like the content of this column for example), you can quickly bring the mat-ter at hand back down to its baseline of importance with this phrase. What I’ve noticed however is that people are using it in vain attempts to sound philosophical, or at least smarter than they actually are. This really hit home when Kate of the famous octagon family “Kate Plus Eight” used the phrase to describe both her divorce and the responsibility of raising that many children on her own. When you an-swer an interview question with a response that not only doesn’t provide any sort of explanation but in this case doesn’t provide ANY information at all, then you have failed Eng-lish. Do over.

It is what it’s what?AS A WRITER YOU’D THINK I’D AT lEAST TRY TO BE A SCHOlAR of the English language. Not so much. Although maybe a little more grammar conscious than the average bear, I have a command of the English language that stops at about the platoon level. However like all of us, I’m out there in the world, subjected to what others believe is a grasp of wordstuffs that will both satisfy utilitarian communication and more importantly, impress the opposite sex.

Chuck Crowder is a local writer and general man about town. His opinions are his own.

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