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Vol. 9 No. 35

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The Pulse Interview: Democratic candidate for Congress Dr. Mary Headrick

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HIGHLIGHTSTHE PULSE AUG. 30-SEPT. 5, 2012 VOL. 9 NO. 35

DR. MARY hEADRICK In the pulse Interview, the Democratic candidate for the 3rd District congressional seat talks about why shes running. 6

COVER STORY

On the cover: Dr. mary headrick photographed by Kim hunter for The Pulse


when news emerged last week that the mayors office had proposed updat-ing the citys flag, our first question was, What flag? Our second, upon viewing the proposed redesign was, You must be kidding?Admittedly, the version we first viewed

online was a screenshot taken from lo-cal TV station WRCB, but the citys cur-rent flag (which is widely unknown, even though its been in existence since the 1920s) is far superior to the proposed redesign, which looks like the colors of a third-world nation or a recently indepen-dent British colony.Worse than that, the redesign is not,

according to Mayor Ron Littlefield, up for

discussion and should be rushed to city council for a vote (which it was on Tues-day).The more you talk about it, the more

divisive and controversial it becomes, he said in the Times Free Press on Friday.At least one council member agrees, but

the processas Chuck Crowder points out in his Life in the Noog column (Page 22)should not only be open to debate,

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Wine to the North,wine to the Southwith the opening of brix nouveau, a new wine and cheese bar located at 301 Cherokee Blvd. on the North Shore, down-town Chattanooga is bordered by wine stores (including Vine at Greenlife) on both sides of the city. Earlier this summer, DeBarge Vineyards & Winery opened at 1617 Rossville Ave. on the Southside as the citys first urban winery. DeBarge brings grapes from the West Coast and its own vineyard to town and ferments them on-site in Chattanooga to be sold at the win-ery under their own label. Staff

but the subject of a design competition.The new flag was designed by former

City Councilman David Crockett, who told the TFP, Ive been trying to get this thing done for 15 years.Really? So why is the flag so widely un-

known? And whats the rush? Lets face it, government officials and employees are historically unqualified to act as taste-makers. Littlefields reasoning makes little sense, nor does his assertion that the current flag too closely resembles the state flag, unless we plan to secede.This is just the sort of opportunity that

should be open to Chattanoogas tal-ented design community. To simply rush through a bland flag with the city seal stamped on it because it was the pet proj-ect of a former council member is not only wrong, but also makes Chattanooga seem to be the banana republic this flag repre-sents with Littlefield as its dictator.

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readers, writers and poets from Nashville to Knoxville, Memphis to Chat-tanooga now have a new literary journal to readand its seeking submissions.Nashville-based 2nd & Church is the

latest in a long line of publications across the country using print-on-demand tech-nology to do what has traditionally been possible for only the large media outfits. This is definitely guerrilla warfare pub-

lishing, said Roy Burkhead, editor-in-chief and publisher of 2nd & Church and founder of The Writers Loft, MTSUs non-residency certificate in creative writing. Were comprised of creative and techni-

cal professionals who are trying to create a literary journal by, for, and about writers and readers throughout Tennessee, Bur-khead said. Our goal is to be inclusive of many different types of writers and writ-ing.According to Burkhead, copies of each

issue can be found in select bookstores such as Winder Binder on Frazier Avenue in Chattanooga, as well as libraries across the state. Copies of the journals second issue may

be purchased online via the journals Web site, and readers may download a free dig-ital copy from the site. The core message I am especially in-

terested in is brief news and feature sto-ries that reveal the creative writing life of Americas communities, as well as follow developments in local publishing, Burk-head said of his criteria for submissions. For more information, visit 2ndan-

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At the time, Chatta-nooga was lacking the hell out of some industry (also known as jobs). Twenty years earlier the federal government said, WHOA! Enough with jetting columns of death into the sky, because ap-parently even Alabama was getting pissed at our anti-green behavior. And instead of attracting more (or at least different) industries, the city kind of closed up shop and replaced those jobs with such exotic enticements for tourists as a train, a river (with no riverfront access), and malls for people to see when they come to read the largish silver signs strategically placed throughout our county that tell us we have history. What was it people were coming here to tour? Ugh.(Note: That bashing

was from the perspective of a new, young cop, and that was the logic I saw in the city having no other explanation for having only minimum-wage jobs to offer. Now? That riv-erfront, that downtown, and those industries? Its not the same city as it was when I started and this is nothing short of amazing to me. So put those guns down, Mr. Chamber of Commerce.)That said, Im familiar

with tourism locally and travel in general. It was actually in my DNA, hav-ing grown up as a mili-tary brat born on one side of the country, raised on the other, then brought back again a few times,

and seeing both oceans, the deserts, fields and for-ests between.Moving around as a kid

killed any desire or need to do much travel on the rare Cop Vacation, but I still did on occasion, and the similarity between towns still amuses me to this day. And by that, I mean the bad partsnot the touristy ones.I dont need to suggest

destinations and what to do there, but how about the information you dont get in most travel pack-ets? Allow me a few brief points.During a long drive,

regardless of the P.S.I. of your bladder, you should always be wary of your choice of convenience stores. Any time the sign indicating acceptance of E.B.T. cards is larger than all other advertise-ments, be aware that your odds of being robbed at gunpoint and/or get-ting stabbed has just in-creased by roughly 60 percent or more. Im not saying that you will get robbed or stabbed; Im just saying that statistics foretell a more likely up-setting outcome to your stop.A secondary sign of

this is the on-site produc-tion of deep-fried food,

specifically tater logs and chicken. No matter how delicious, your situation-al awareness should be greatly elevated.And to make matters

worse? Seedier gas sta-tions often dont even have a public rest room since they are more trou-ble to the disgruntled and bullet-scar-riddled own-ers than they are worth, often just becoming mini motel rooms to the people indigenous to the area. State-run rest stops,

however, have gener-ally changed across the country (with the obvious exception of Mississippi, wherein nothing chang-esever). Apparently, governors

everywhere realized the stops had become noth-ing more than fortified rape holes, and they got serious about cleaning those joints up. Now they are staffed and patrolled by listless employees on the government dole, and the odds of previously mentioned robberies and stabbings have greatly di-minished. (See? Im not all doom and gloom.)Travel. Like guns and

intolerance, it is part of the signature of this country, but it does not suffer fools lightly. Enjoy the freedom of move-ment, but do not try its patience.

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Alex Teach is a full-time police officer of near-ly 20 years experience. The opinions expressed are his own. Follow him on Facebook at facebook.com/alex.teach.

i started this job being a cop in a city that prides itself on tour-ism. It was always a sticking point with me because I was actually never sure just what that meant.


First of all, congratulations! Lets start with the primary elections on Aug. 2. We were somewhat surprised that not only did you win the Democrat-ic primary for the 3rd Congres-sional District, but you won by a commanding 2-1 margin over competitor Bill Taylor. Neither one of you appeared to have much money to spend on ad-vertising, but Taylor seemed to have been more visible. On a ballot that included a fringe candidate for Senate (the dis-avowed Democratic candidate Mark Clayton), was it surpris-ing to you and to what do you attribute that support?I entered election night happy

because I liked Bill Taylor, his positions, intellect and integrity, and knew I would help him if he won. I expected our vote totals to be very close and was surprised by my margin of victory. I think I won because I made more voter contacts than Bill, and H comes before T for those who voted alphabetically and didnt know us. Some voted for me because I am a woman, but I distinguished myself as a Progressive Democrat rather than Bills Yellow Dog or Moderate Southern Democrat. I think that gained me some votes.What was also surprising to

us was the lack of coverage of your win in the daily paper. On the day after the election, one would have thought there were no Democratic candidates for

Congress. We saw your name only in the last sentence of the front-page story heralding Chuck Fleischmanns victory over the other Republican can-didates. Were you insulted?I was not insulted, but I am

very frustrated by media bias in favor of the Republicans. Media bias cheats the public. My uphill challenge is to engage the voter with factual information, to syn-thesize complex issues for voters in a way that gets past the anger and sound bites. Too many voters are polarized by wedge issues.On the plus side, the TFPs

left-leaning Times-side editori-al ranked Democrats above the Republican candidates. They wrote: The irony of the lopsid-ed focus is lamentable. Head-rick and Taylor both stand head and shoulders above the GOP contenders in the range, qual-ity and insight of their thinking on the issues that most affect the overwhelming majority of Tennessee voters and families. Does the local media matter in the sense that their endorse-ments affect voters one way or the other?I did not have much print nor

TV media coverage. I think ev-eryone should listen carefully to Harry Austin. Bill, not me, was endorsed by the Knoxville News Sentinel, so the weight of print media endorsements in the pri-maries seems minimal. I suspect it will be the same in the general

election.In your view, what is the big-

gest issue facing the 3rd Dis-trict and what do you intend to do about it?Money currently buys laws,

regulations, budgets and en-forcement via campaign dona-tions, lobbyists and large public relations firms. This benefits the pocket books of large, often multi-national corporations, and

wealthy individuals. Therefore, the middle class, the underrep-resented, is disappearing, falling into the low-income class. Jobs are going overseas. Water, air and soil are threatened. Public edu-cation is under attack. Labor is being crushed by Capital. I will help voters understand when their interests are being attacked. Ill work hard with all officials who hold the interest of the

people at heart. Our economic system is rigged to help the rich get richer and destroy the secu-rity and happiness of the average American.Your fundraising efforts

and those of your fellow Demo-cratspale in comparison to your Republican opponents. Can you win without big mon-ey and how?Over 40 years ago, I began my

civic activism using a mimeo-graph machine and phone trees. I hope I can win without big money for TV ads. I cannot be bought. I hope the in-kind, hard work of supporters will overcome the moneybags of my opponent. Tennessee Democrats have

been marginalized and all but shut out in the years since Marilyn Lloyd retired her con-gressional seat in 1995 after 20 years in office. The so-called Red Tide began with the Newt Gingrichs Republican Revo-lution in 1994 and has contin-ued ever since. The 2010 mid-term elections were specifically painful for Democrats, losing the House and barely holding on to a majority in the Senate. What went wrong?I think sound bites and wedge

issues, together with racial preju-dice led the 2010 defeats. David Koch very effectively funded and began the Tea Party. Newt Gingrich very effectively seized the evangelist religious voters. Democrats have been disorga-nized. The average voter has been misled by PR campaigns. For example, why was the sugar drink tax to help fund the Afford-

Dr. Mary HeadrickTHE PULSE INTERVIEW

If you read the news the morning after the Aug. 2 primary elections for Tennessees 3rd Congressional District, you might have never known a Democrat was running for that office. But Mary Headrick emerged victorious against competitor Bill Taylorand shes serious about her candidacy in a district that hasnt been served by a Democrat in 18 years.

interview by bill ramseyphoto by kim hunter for the pulse


able Care Act abandoned? Those drinks cause much of the obesity that increases health care costs. It makes no sense to fund ACA with a real estate transfer tax on sales over $250,000. Tell us a bit about yourself

beyond what your website and talking points reveals. From all weve read, you are a successful doctor and might otherwise be enjoying the later years of your life. What gives? Have you al-ways been interested in politics and why did you decide to run for office now?I have always loved children,

my family, my patients. I have al-ways loved our democracy. I dont have a greedy bone in my body. I am not hungry for power. How-ever, I have been losing sleep for years worrying about the threats to our children, their families, our democracy and our rule of law. Newt Gingrichs religious right threatened my religious freedom. Osama Bin Ladens al-Quaeda still threatens our lives and society. President Bush en-dangered us by declaring war in Iraq. Leaders endanger us by ignoring science and climate change, by allowing big banks and the financial sector to steal our pension funds, jobs and as-sets, including our homes and by failing to tax fairly and budget well. Drug abuse threatens our communities. I feel I personally am at a stage

in my life where I can make a political difference. If not now, then when? If not me, then who? Frankly, if I had known Bill Tay-lor in December 2011, as I do now, I would have worked for him and let him do it. We need change and we are running out of time. With respect to the past, I

worked for the so-called motor-voter law, for health care afford-ability and for clean water, air and soil, among other issues. However, my family and careers did not leave much free time in the past. I have always had the passion for good government and a just, fair society. Now I have more time for that.Our first Lightning Round

deals with technology, so quickly now: iPhone or Android? Huh? I

just got a flip phone! Mac or PC? PC.

The better genius: Steve Jobs or Bill Gates? I need a third choice. I am mad at both of them. Jobs for sending jobs overseas; Gates for threatening public edu-cation and competitors.The 3rd District has been

realigned due to redistricting and now cuts a wide swath of Eastern Tennessee from Chat-tanooga to Oak Ridge. Thats quite a territory to represent, but the district has been histor-ically centered in Chattanooga. Do you see any differences in voters from, say, Athens, and smaller areas than larger cities such as Chattanooga? Good grief, yes! Differences

include broadband connectivity, Internet use, well water, septic or sewer, gardens and cooking, parking, roads, public and pri-vate education, formal educa-tion, dress code, cell reception, transportation options, total miles to travel, job availability, TV reception (cable, satellite, free airwaves), hobbies, magazines, crimes, their pets, insects and other critters. They are, however, alike in dedication to religion and family, in feeling time-pressured, in disgust of the D.C. partisan tug-of-war. As a physician, we figure

youre qualified to comment on Obamacare, aka the Afford-able Care Act. Whats your ver-dict?Half a loaf is better than no

loaf at all. Obamacare is a huge leap forward with respect to in-surance reform. Just eliminating the exclusion for pre-existing ill-ness, outlawing premium charges based on disease risk and declar-ing insurance companies must spend 80 percent or more on the patient are huge gains. We have endured too many health insur-ance abuses. ACA still needs the public option or should move to a single-payer system. Oth-erwise the for-profit insurance companies and providers will just keep running up the price tag. The Independent Payment Advisory Board should not have the authority to implement cost controls. It should evaluate care efficacy and cost and make rec-ommendations. We elect officials to determine the budgets. I wish the insurance companies in the exchanges were nonprofit.

Assuming you win, freshman members of Congress typically spend the first year acclimating themselves to the dizzying en-vironment of Washington. Its expensive and the demands on your time are extreme. Do you think its unfair that represen-tatives only have two years to prove themselves?Yes. Probably three- to four-

year terms would be more effec-tive.Weve read youre into car-

pentry. Whats the most ambi-tious project youve attempted? I am in the process of build-

ing a set of stairs up a 200-foot cliff. I paddle boat supplies to the bottom area. I divide 80-pound concrete bags into thirds and, at times, rappel them up the cliff along with the lumber and other tools. We built most of our home. My trim work for the windows was challenging. Our next Lightning Round

explores music, movies and books: Your favorite songever

is: Paul Simons One Trick Ponyor The Beatles Hey Jude. The last movie I saw was:

The Hunger Games. The last book I read was:

The Price of Inequality by Jo-seph Stiglitz.Its no secret that The Pulse

is a liberal-leaning, progressive paper and not-so-subliminally pro Obama. On a national lev-el, what is your long view of how the president has performed? President Obama is a very

smart fellow with great speak-ing skills. The more I think about the way he created stimulus (for example, the 4.2 percent em-ployee payroll tax) and ACA plus Medicare revenue (a progressive Medicare payroll tax), the more impressed I am with his prob-lem solving in the face of Just Say No opposition. However, Mr. Obamas listening to Geithner and Summers in the bank bail-out and the generals in advising ramp up in Afghanistan are, in my opinion, big mistakes. He is doing a good job in the midst of a societal divide, recession and bigotry.Mitt Romney, in our view, is

a self-absorbed, wealthy busi-nessman with an inferiority complex who simply wants to be the president. In our view, merely wanting to be the president is not enough. So, he hires Paul Ryan to add some far-right substance to his ticket. But in the advanced, yet nominal, democracy we live in, he could very well be elected. In the post-Bush years, nothing surprises or scares us. Does a President Romney send chills through your veins?A Romney win terrifies me. A

Romney/Ryan win will destroy the remaining middle class, pub-lic education and will indenture labor. He will rapidly steal from the poor and middle class to fur-ther enrich the 1 percent while destroying our planet. His Su-preme Court appointments will codify the abuses and make it all worse. In our view, Democrats gen-

erally tend to be more specific and realistic about their plans and outlook, while Republi-cans tend toward the broad-brush approach. For example, President Obama paints a pic-ture of the current economic outlooks as a realistic no pain, no gain path and delineates specifics that some may not like but are necessary to get us out of this mess. On the other hand, Romney says he has an unspecified plan that appears

to eliminate much of the scary Ryan approach, but seems to be a vague version of trickle-down economics. The base view pits the very wealthy versus a not-so-healthy and diminishing middle class. Its not pretty in Congress. Are we doomed?If Romney wins and the mid-

dle class is destroyed, then many well-armed people will have nothing to lose. Eventually there could be a bloody revolution and civil war.The current Congress has

the lowest approval ratings of any in history. Do you believe the Tea Party is to blame? Even most traditional Republicans think theyve gone too far.Yes, the Tea Party has gone

too far. They are bullies eating their young. The blame lies with Newt Gingrichs negative and po-larizing attacks, the Tea Party, the uninformed voter, the profit mongers using the PR firms to mislead and Citizens United to-gether with other lack of cam-paign finance regulation. Finally, as a doctor you must

be an expert on Medicare. What are your thoughts on the competing plans and what do you think has to take place to ensure these benefitsand those of Social Securitycon-tinue in perpetuity?I am not an expert on Medicare,

but I know who to ask. Medicare, other health care, and Social Se-curity need benefit prioritization, careful budgeting and means testing to function well for many future decades. Medicare costs are more challenging than So-cial Security. Social Security has a current $2.4-trillion trust fund surplus and, even with a 4.2 per-cent payroll tax, we took in more than was paid in benefits last year. Medicare costs rise with lon-gevity, technology advancements and disease prevalence, like obe-sity. There is too much profit extraction in our health system. Our fee-for-service approach fails to align medical system use with outcomes and cost. Doctors often prescribe patented rather than generic meds with no efficacy dif-ference. In Haiti, AIDS treatment dropped from $1,500 per patient a year to $450 with the same life expectancy by using a protocol of generic medicines.

I will help voters understand when their interests are being attacked. Ill work hard with all officials who hold the interest of the people at heart. Our economic system is rigged to help the rich get richer and destroy the security and happiness of the average American.


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The Memphis Dawls Jewels of the Memphis folk scene.9 p.m. The honest Pint 35 Patten Pkwy.(423)468-4192 thehonestpint.com

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hard Travelin with Woody Randy Noojins one-man show based on the work of Woody Guthrie.7:30 p.m. Barking legs Theater 1307 Dodds ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org

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When chris Rock calls you the funniest young comic hes seen in years, people take notice.hannibal Buress is the

object of that praiseand your one chance to see him is Thursday (aug. 30) at Vaudeville caf. a veteran of the late-

show circuit, Buress has also made prime-time ap-pearances on louie and 30 Rock, and will appear on upcoming the adult swim series The eric an-dre show and The nick show Kroll.Buress earned his

comic stripes behind the scenes as a staff writer at 30 Rock and saturday night live. he released his debut album, my name is hannibal in 2010 and his new comedy central special, hannibal Buress: animal Furness is now available on DVD.

Though perpetually touring, Buress consid-ers new York city home, where he hosts a weekly sunday comedy night at Brooklyns Knitting Factory. he lives with zero pets and an XBoX 360, and has a cable package with the starz network, but never watches it.

hannibal Buress$15 7 p.m.Thursday, aug. 30Vaudeville caf138 market st.(423) 517-1839funnydinner.com

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Fly By Radio Female-fronted rock from the 80s to today.10 p.m. Rhythm & Brews 221 market st.rhythm-brews.com

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Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart Husband-and-wife duo blend clear acoustic guitar interplay with lovely harmonies.8 p.m. Barking legs Theater 1307 Dodds ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org

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pany and the arts and education council when they teamed to present Movies at the 700 Block, a series of double features shown on screens against the walls of the otherwise less glamorous gap on market street that River city is working on devel-oping. While they search for

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the space, River city and aec are offering urban theater, free in a (hope-fully) cool outdoor setting on saturday evenings on sept. 1, 8 and 22.First up is Build me

a World, the documen-tary by local filmmakers that follows a year in the lives of howard school students. To lighten things up, the 1985 fantasy-adventure film The goonies takes the back side of the double bill.You cant drive in, but

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The movie studios col-lapsed when they lost control of the theaters showing the films and the actors refused to work under contract. When digital distribution began displacing record stores, and digital promotion began dis-placing radio and television, the revolution truly began. Every musician now has the means to record and market themselves available to them. My friends in Uncle Light-

nin, one of Chattanoogas heritage bands, have just fin-ished work on a new album. Theyve been holed up in their home studio for the past two years working on a huge clutch of new songs. Having created a rough draft of the album, they took the files to noted producer Mitch Easter. The resulting record has the same gritty immediacy that made the early REM albums he worked on sound so good. But, more importantly, while REM had to give them their finished work to a company for marketing and distrib-uting, Uncle Lightnin will retain control of the entire process with the result that selling 15,000 copies of the

album (released in October) will not make them rock-star rich, but it will afford them the means to make another album while leaving them considerable pocket change. Thats 15,000 copiesnot 150,000, previously consid-ered the break-even point for an album on a major label.The digital revolution will

not result in a new genera-tion of fat cats sitting in their counting houses, and the foundering corporate music machine will continue to suck on the teat of young musi-cians gulled into buying their tinsel-wrapped fantasies. But many of the best minds are taking a different route to reach your ears. Making mu-sic for money is alive and well, but weary listeners arent go-ing to pony up $20 for a hit-and-filler any longer. iTunes has seen to that. Musicians are back out touring and building an audience the way their grandfathers did it, and the music is better for it.The other digital revolu-

tion, dating back to Grand-master Flash and the other

master mixologists, is also alive and well, and making merry with the corporations copyrights. Mark Vidler, the producer, remixer and DJ, puts his mash-ups on the Web for free. On his Go Home Pro-ductions site, he has a host of sometimes droll, sometimes clever, sometimes a tad too cute, but always unlikely combinations such as Nirva-nas Smells Like Teen Spirit and the Jackson Fives take on Rockin Robinwhich by rights shouldnt have any-thing in common. But better still is his mix of John Len-nons A Day In The Life with bits of I Am The Walrus, which reinvents that classic as well as anything on George and Giles Martins remixes for the Cirque De Soleil show, Love.DJs are the new rock

starsat least as far as their paychecksaccording to a re-cent article in Rolling Stone, but only a few will have the longevity of even a good band because in the end most of them are relying on someone else to provide the source ma-terial for their act. Everyone has their favorite. I like Greg Gillis of Girl Talk. His most recent compilation, All Day, boasts a dizzying 372 sam-ples within its 71 minutes.

Rappers rapid-fire rhyming is matched with both instant-ly familiar and obscure music samples shifting so swiftly that almost as soon as youve registered it, its gone onto another one. A Joe Jackson piano melody segues into a Motown riff into a 60s rocker into a thundering piano and drum instrumental broken by the sitar riff from Paint It Black intooh, what is that, I know that tune, oh, too late, its onto another and another relentlessly for 71 minutes. Available from Illegal Art for free, the sampler neatly side-steps copyright hassles. For the sample-obsessed, Girl Talk will be in town working the crowd on Friday, Sept. 28, celebrating Track 29s first anniversary.Since Woodstock the fool-

ish few have demanded that music be free. Musics not free, but the musicians who make it deserve to be freed from the virtual indentured servitude of a corporate re-cord contractand the Web has made that possible.

Digital Revolution Frees Musicvideo threatened to kill the radio star, but it didnt have toradio killed itself. Corporations drove up the purchase price of a radio station to astronomical lev-els only corporations could afford, and now a few corpo-rations own almost all of the commercial stations in the country. That huge investment combined with their na-tive reluctance to try anything new has led to the stagna-tion so many revile. The multi-national record corpora-tions are also collapsing because they too have played it safe for too long. The revolution in the 1960s was a revo-lution in style, but a truly substantial revolution can only occur when creatives control the means of pro-ductionand more im-portantly, distribution.

Richard Winham is the host and producer of WUTC-FMs afternoon music program and has observed the Chat-tanooga music scene for more than 25 years.

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violist and violinist tony conrad teamed up with the legendary German band Faust in 1972 to create the essential, pioneering drone/minimalist album Outside the Dream Syndi-cate, but Conrad wasnt entire happy with the recording, saying

that producer Uwe Nettelbecks ap-proach made Conrad sound like a hippy. In the mid-1990s, Conrad was able to revisit that material with Faust, and the 1995 live album, Outside the Dream Syndicate Alive, is startlingly different than the original in mood, with a much more aggressive, primal playing style (ap-parently, bassist Jean-Herv Pron played so hard his fingers were bloody). Continuing on that tra-jectory, the newly released album Transit of Venus from Conrad with the Canadian duo Hangedup is a forceful, driving album, smoldering

with a patient determination. Its the aural equivalent of a mad mentalist with an intense look of concentration on his face and a furrowed brow, attempting to use his mind to destroy someone.Transit of Venus is part of the triple vinyl LP box set entitled

Musique Fragile Vol. 02, alongside albums by Kanada 70 and Pa-cha, and it is also available as a digital download. It features pre-viously unreleased recordings from 2004, and while minimalism is typically found in the classical music realm, even despite the strings on this album, it squarely resides in the rock world. The pairing of Conrad and Hangedup works well, with Conrad of-ten providing insistent amplified violin drones, while Hangedup violist Genevieve Heistek touches base with Conrad but also makes her own sorties into freer territory. Hangedup drummer Eric Craven is disciplined yet restless, constantly adapting and nudging his patterns, and his style is sometimes like a cymbal-heavy version of Tortoises drummers. Those uninitiated with avant-drone-rock may find Transit of Venus to be abrasive and maddening, but hardy listeners will be treated with an absolutely hypnotic, stirring, and rewarding album.

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Some of these are very popular and well made. Films like The Beatles Anthology and the Roll-ing Stones Gimme Shel-ter are essential viewing for fans of rock music. Other, less-known films are about metal or the Pixies or Amy Winehouse or Pearl Jam. These are all niche type filmsfilms that appeal to those who obsess over a genre or art-ist. While Im sure they are

all excellent in their own way, I tend to be drawn to documentaries that are foreign to me, with subject matter or people about which I know noth-ing. I was lucky in this re-spect, in that this article led me to a spectacular documentary about a Chicago artist, one who defied the odds and men-tal illness to become not only successful, but also memorable and touching as well. Wesley Williss Joyrides is exceptionalfull of resonating emotion and tenderness. It is a film that everyone should see. After checking out the list, watch this one first. Willis was a very large,

powerful and sympathetic presence in Chicago. He was a schizophrenic, a man who fought off the demons in his head on a daily basis. He heard voices, spoke in a strange, halting manner and like most people with mental illness, had difficulty with

housing and hygiene. An incredible visual artist, Willis spent most of his days drawing the high-ways and skylines of the City with Big Shoulders with exquisite lines and expressive detail. He was a salesman, making a living from selling his drawings

and CDs, often times car-rying thousands of dollars on his person because he never used a bank. Most famously, he was a musi-cian who toured constant-ly, with spoken-word, free-form poetry like Rock and Roll McDon-alds set to a background of punk power chords. The 2008 documentary shows Willis as an experience, a man full of idiosyncrasies, who loved performing and people. Willis succumbed to leukemia in 2006 and his loss is a shame.I used to haunt open

mic nights in my youth and remember a man who carried a Casio keyboard with him and performed spoken word songs very much like Wesley Wil-lis. I guess everything comes from somewhere. I remember loving his performance, welcom-ing the departure from starry-eyed teenage rock stars and aging southern rock dignitaries who per-formed every night. I have also worked with people who suffer from mental illness. I know several people, just like Willis, who are an absolute riot and a genuine pleasure to be around. I know people who choose illness over medicine for the sake of their art. They deserve our encouragement and our love. Chattanooga is full of characters like Wesley Willis. They just havent been discovered yet.

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youtube can be a source of deeper subject matter than cats, cats and more cats. If you know where to look, you can find great comedy, amaz-ing performances by amateur musicians and full-length films by real film-makers. Such was the case when my editor recently passed me a link to a blog on the Houston Press website listing 20 great rock n roll documenta-ries that are absolutely free on YouTube.

20 Free Rock Documentaries on YouTube When Youre Strange (The Doors) Until The Light Takes Us (Black metal) Flight 666 (Iron maiden) Mayor of Sunset Strip (DJ Rodney Bingenheimer) Hated (gg allin) The Beatles Anthology Imagine John Lennon God Bless Ozzy Osbourne This Is It (michael Jackson) If I Should Fall From Grace (Pogues frontman shane mcgowan) Some Kind of Monster (metallic) Gimme Shelter (Rolling stones) The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years Urgh! A Music War (Klaus nomi) Gouge (The Pixies) Pearl Jam Twenty Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who Hype (seattle grunge) Wesley Williss Joyrides The Girl Done Good (amy Winehouse)


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Three jurors representing a whos who of urban design in Tennessee unanimously gave the grand prize to Elemi Architects plan for Fourth Street, which included a call to modify the states plan for U.S. 27.The Fourth Street project

did some things I would con-sider unique, said Scott Wall, director of the UT School of Architecture. He is also an alumnus of Chattanoogas famed Urban Design Studio, having worked there as a stu-dent intern in 1983. Challenging TDOT to re-

valuate how they were go-ing to remake the on and off rampsand with substantive recommendationswas re-ally a powerful move, Wall continued. It challenged the assumption that government does this kind of thing with-out thought. I think TDOT recognized the value of that.I always get frustrated with

highways like this coming into your city. So often, a highway exit is not thought of as a city entrance. The place is not the freeway. We are the place, the freeway is the utility support-ing the city, said Cheryl Mor-gan, head of the Auburn Uni-versity Design Studio, which has sent architecture, land-scape architecture and urban design students to work in Chattanooga. Recently, those students worked under the auspices of the Urban Design Forum, which has continued the Design Studios work of bringing young designers to

bear on Chattanoogas urban design issues.They made a damn good

movie, said Henry Turley of the winning teams film pre-sentation. Turley is a Mem-phis developer who has been involved with some of Mem-phiss iconic urban design projects, including the Har-bor Town community on Mud Island. I think if youre trying to promote public discussion you want to do it in a vernacu-lar that people understand.I just walk away with a

sense of reverence about it, the quality of work for the whole year-long process, said Eric Myers, the leader of the Elemi team. I cant help but feel honored to be chosen by those three people. Theyre my heroes in urban design.The audience choice award

voted on by an enthusiastic crowd at the grand finale last weekwent to the plan for the area around Main and Broad Streets. This plan drew head-

lines when it was first present-ed for proposing to move the Pilgrims Pride chicken plant out of the Southside.Moving the chicken plant

is not the linchpin of the proj-ect. That could happen soon-

er, later or never and the plan could still be implemented, said Craig Kronenberg, of Hefferlin Kronenberg Archi-tects, which created the plan with Artech and Barge Wag-goner Sumner and Cannon.The plan also envisions a

new UTC basketball arena next to Finley Stadium and several blocks of new housing and commercial development on and around the current chicken plant.According to Kronenberg,

one of the key aspects of the plan is restoring connections across Broad Street, which is currently a barrier between two parts of the neighborhood because the numbered streets that should cross Broad Street are interrupted by large de-velopments, like the chicken plant.Imagine if Broad, Market,

Chestnut and Carter were blocked at MLK, what would happen to the downtown, Kronenberg said. Thats

analogous to what happens at Broad with 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Streets. Only 17th goes through, but its really a service alley for the chicken plant. You wouldnt walk your dog there.One of the misunderstood

aspects of the six Urban De-sign Challenge plans present-ed over the last 12 months is that they are visionary plans, not development blueprints. River City Companys assign-ment to the design teams was to dream big, to help Chat-tanoogans think about what could happen in six key down-town locations. By design, the process is about brainstorm-ing and conversation.Parts of the final Broad and

Main vision were reshaped during the planning process to include two parcels whose developers came forward and asked the planners for input. We represented in the plan what is intended to be built, Kronenberg said.Similarly, along Fourth

Street, the next six months could see announcements on two key properties: the John Ross Building between Mar-ket and Broad and the proper-ty River City Company owns next to the Majestic Cinema, according to Eric Myers.These possibilities show the

subtle give and take between blue-sky planning and dol-lars-and-cents development. When a visionary plan is an-nounced, the obvious conclu-sion is that someone is about to build or trying to persuade someone to build. The truth is more subtle. Sometimes a good plan brings money to the table that wouldnt be there otherwise. Ultimately, thats what the Urban Design Challenge is all about. And it seems to be working.

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urban design was the rock star last thursday at Track 29, as River City Companys yearlong Urban De-sign Challenge came to a grand finale, with a juried win-ner and an audience choice award.

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SAT 09.01Downtown Kayak Tour9 a.m. outdoor chattanooga, 200 River st. (423) 643-6888outdoorchat-tanooga.comRiver Market10 a.m. Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. (423) 402-9960chattanoogamarket.comDale Jones7:30 & 10 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233thecomedycatch.comMovies at the 700 Block: Build Me a World, The Goonies8:45 p.m. 728 market st. (423) 265-3700rivercitycompany.comGeoff Tate10:30 p.m. Vaudeville caf, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839funnydinner.com

SUN 09.02Free First Sundayhunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View. (423) 266-0944huntermuseum.orgDowntown Kayak Tour9 a.m. outdoor chattanooga, 200 River st. (423) 643-6888outdoorchat-tanooga.comhot Rod Show11 a.m. chattanooga market, 1829 carter st. (423) 402-9960chattanoogamarket.comOpen Improv Jam3 p.m. Barking legs Theatre, 1307 Dodds ave. (423) 624-5347barkinglegs.orgDale Jones8 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233thecomedycatch.comMON 09.035K for Fellowship of

Christian Athletes8 a.m. chattanooga state community college, 4501 amnicola hwy. (423) 877-3561chattanoogafca.orgArts in the Park Festival10 a.m. Veterans Park, collegedale(423) 402-9960chattanoogamarket.com

TUE 09.04Rapid Learning Roll Practice5:30 p.m. green-way Farms, 5051 gann store Road(423) 643-6888outdoorchat-tanooga.comPoetry Too6 p.m. Pasha coffee & Tea, 3914 st. elmo ave. (423) 475-5482pashacoffeehouse.comBluff View Walking Tour7 p.m. south end of Walnut street Bridge(423) 265-3247chattanoogahistory.org

WED 09.05Developing a Global Mindset9:30 a.m. The Incubator, 100 cherokee Blvd. (423) 763-4358chattanooga-chamber.comBelly Dancing Class10:30 a.m. Jewish cultural center, 5461 north Terrace Road(423) 493-0270jewishchattanooga.comStreet Smarts for Bicycle Transit6 p.m. outdoor chattanooga, 200 River st. (423) 643-6888outdoorchat-tanooga.com

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chattanoogas theater scene may be no match for the brightly lit stages of New York City, but it ren-ders a dignified dose of what you may find in the Big Apple with two distinct seasons of plays for every-ones taste.The Ensemble Theatre of Chat-

tanooga presents until Sept. 2 its fourth annual Short Attention Span Theater titled Bizarre, performing at 7:30 p.m. on Fri-days, 2 p.m. on Saturdays, and at 6:30 p.m. on Sun-days at St. An-drews Center.Director Casey

Keelan said in a news release that this seasons theme is explor-ing social norms: The bizarre is just one big gray area, he said. You cant even define what is bizarre and what is not because it is so subjective. The idea is that viewers come out with unique interpretations of possibly the weirdestor the most normal, depending on whom you askquickie theater of the moment.Behind the lights, camera and ac-

tion lie three producing partners/best friends and the brainchildren of ETCs third season. Founder Gar-ry Lee Posey birthed the nonprofit company in 2007 and brought on Thomas Cecil and Christy Gallo in 2009, according to its website. They share ETC blog space with other actors, posting reflections on new reads and memoirs from the theater world.Perfect for theater newbies or

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ret, director and musical director George Quick and choreog rapher Lindsay Fus-sell take us back to 1966 when the musical first premiered and won eight Tony Awards. Based on nightlife at Berlins seedy Kit Kat Club, Caba-ret was an in-stant Broadway hit that eventu-ally spawned Bob Fosses famous

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folks at Chattanooga bakery werent expand-ing the linechocolate, banana, and the newer mini Moon Pies, intro-duced in 1999, are as far as the line should legally straybut updating the packaging. And instead of going futuristic, they

turned backward to the brands historical pack-aging. Its designed to stir up the warm feelings people associate with our brand while modernizing the look, Sam Campbell, the bakerys president and fourth-generation head of the family owned compa-ny, in a recent Times Free Press story on the shift.Im not sure if this move

will achieve the market-ing goals of The Goldstein Group, the firm that took on the project, which spe-cializes in how consum-ers see, feel and relate to a brand in 10 seconds or less. I dont keep count, but I imagine thats the length of time Id consider purchasing a non-essen-tial item, so Ill give them that.The redesigned pack-

aginga celestial quar-ter moon against a fluffy, cloud-like background with a digital represen-tation of a Moon Pieis indeed appealing. But as long as the line of Moon Pies were of the same fla-vor and quality, I wouldnt

mind a simple white box with the words Moon Pie printed on it.Consider the mistake

another iconic brand, Pop-Tarts, made in an ef-fort to expand their mar-ket and achieve superior-ity over Toaster Strudels. Where once you were faced with a nice selection of flavors, either frosted or unfrostedchocolate, strawberry, blueberry and cinnamonone now con-fronted with multiple fla-vors of undecipherable au-thenticity. Along the way, Kelloggs also ditched at least two brilliant fla-vorsDanish Apple and white-frosted chocolate fudge. These days, as of-ten as not, I purchase store-brand pastries of the basic flavor line.I cant say Ill purchase

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When novelist James Joyce began to suspect that his adult daughter Lucia was mentally ill, he sought advice from psychologist Carl Jung. After a few sessions with her, Jung told her father that she was schizophrenic. How did he know? A telltale sign was her ob-sessive tendency to make puns, many of which were quite clever. Joyce reported that he, too, en-joyed the art of punning. You are a deep-sea diver, Jung replied. She is drowning. Im going to apply a comparable distinction to you, Libra. These days you may sometimes worry that youre in over your head in the bottomless abyss. But in all the important ways, youre like a deep-sea diver.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): No false advertising this week, Scor-pio. Dont pretend to be a pure-bred if youre actually a mutt, and dont act like you know it all when you really dont. For that matter, you shouldnt portray yourself as an unambitious amateur if youre actually an aggressive pro, and you should avoid giving the impression that you want very little when in fact youre a burning churning throb of longing. I realize it may be tempting to believe that a bit of creative deceit would serve a holy cause, but it wont. As much as you possibly can, make outer appearances reflect inner truths.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In Christian lore, the serpent is the bad guy thats the cause of all humanitys problems. But in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, there are snake gods that some-times do good deeds and perform epic services. Theyre called Na-gas. In one Hindu myth, a Naga prince carries the world on his head. And in a Buddhist tale, the Naga king uses his seven heads to give the Buddha shelter from

a storm just after the great one has achieved enlightenment. In regards to your immediate future, Sagittarius, I foresee you having a relationship to the serpent power thats more like the Hindu and Buddhist version than the Chris-tian. Expect vitality, fertility, and healing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In Lewis Carrolls book Through the Looking Glass, the Red Queen tells Alice that she is an expert at believing in impossible things. She brags that there was one morning when she managed to embrace six improbable ideas before she even ate breakfast. I encourage you to experiment with this approach, Capricorn. Have fun entertaining all sorts of crazy notions and unruly fantasies. Please note that I am not urging you to actually put those beliefs into action. The point is to give your imagination a good work-out.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Im not necessarily advising you to become best friends with the dark side of your psyche. Im merely re-questing that the two of you culti-vate a more open connection. The fact of the matter is that if you can keep a dialogue going with this shadowy character, its far less likely to trip you up or kick your ass at inopportune moments. In time you might even come to think of its chaos as being more invigo-rating than disorienting. You may regard it as a worthy adversary and even an interesting teacher.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You need more magic in your life, Pi-sces. Youre suffering from a lack of sublimely irrational adventures and eccentrically miraculous epiphanies and inexplicably de-lightful interventions. At the same time, I think its important that the magic you attract into your life is not pure fluff. It needs some grit. Thats why I suggest that you con-sider getting the process started by baking some unicorn poop cookies. Theyre sparkly, enchant-ing, rainbow-colored sweets, but with an edgeand a distinctly roguish attitude.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Im afraid your vibes are slightly out of tune. Can you do something about that, please? Meanwhile, your invisible friend could re-ally use a Tarot reading, and your houseplants would benefit from a dose of Mozart. As for that rather shabby emotional baggage of yours: Would you consider haul-ing it to the dump? In conclusion, my dear Ram, youre due for a few

adjustments.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Is happiness mostly just an absence of pain? If so, I bet youve been pretty content lately. But what if a more enchanting and exciting kind of bliss were available? Would you have the courage to go after it? I completely understand if you feel shy about asking for more. You might worry that to do so would be greedy, or put you at risk of losing what you have already scored. But I feel its my duty to cheer you on. The potential re-wards looming just over the hump are magnificent.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Ive got some medicine for you to try, Gemini. Its advice from the writer Thomas Merton. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multi-tude of conflicting concerns, he wrote, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of our times. Its always a good idea to heed that warning, of course. But its especially crucial for you right now. The best healing work you can do is to shield your attention from the din of the outside world and tune in reverently to the glim-mers of the inside world.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I dreamed you were a magnani-mous taskmaster nudging the people you care about to treat themselves with more conscien-tious tenderness. Your persis-tence was admirable! You coaxed them to waste less time and make long-range educational plans and express themselves with more confidence and precision. You en-couraged them to give themselves a gift now and then and take regu-lar walks by bodies of water. They were suspicious of your efforts to make them feel good, at least in the early going. But eventually they gave in and let you help them.

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Believe it or not, I was just as surprised as ev-eryone else that we have a city flag. Originated in 1923 the current flag is, of course, red, white and blue with a single white star (representing the East Tennessee star of the state flags three stars) and two white flowering Dogwood clusters (ap-parently Chattanoogas floral emblem of choice) in a blue circle on a red background with a blue vertical stripe on the right side.The mayors proposed

flag design update, cre-ated several years back by our own modern day Betsy Rossformer City Councilman and em-ployee David Crockettfeatures the city seal in a blue stripe (representing the Tennessee River) run-ning horizontally across the middle of a green background. The may-or says the green motif represents the environ-mental progress the city has made since we were named the dirtiest city in America by CBS News way back in 1969.The newly proposed

flag design isnt bad, although Im not sure Crockett is any more of a graphic designer than I am. Those interviewed all had their own opinions of what a new flag design might look like, from in-cluding a railroad theme of some sort to a walk-ing bridge. Regardless, Chattanooga is fortunate enough to have a plethora of talented artists and de-signers within our midst,

all of whom I imagine would love the opportu-nity to take a stab at cre-ating more design options to choose from.When asked if other

submissions should be considered before the city council votes on adopting the new flag design how-ever, Littlefield brought his head up out of the sand just long enough to say, Im not interested in opening up the design process. Lets finish what we started 15 years ago. Nice.I kind of get it. Chat-

tanoogas seal can already be found on just about any city-owned entity you can namefrom city hall to police cars and even storm water drain cov-ersso its recognizable. Regardless, a city flag of any design doesnt cur-rently fly anywherenot at city hall, nor the annex, the city council build-inghell, not even at the aquarium for Petes sake. In fact, most citizens

and even city government officials questioned in the news stories report-ing the proposed change were unaware that we even had a flag, let alone whether it needed updat-ing. Apparently because cities like Nashville and Louisville are proud, city flag-waving municipali-

ties, Littlefield has deter-mined that we too need to fly our city flag (but pref-erably the new one he has chosen and not the old one or even a newer one).Im warming up to

the city flag idea myself. That is, as long as we open up the design pro-cess. Whats wrong with taking submissions for a given period of time, hav-ing a team of officials and designers choose three finalists, and then letting the publicwhich in-cludes city councilvote for their favorite. It would be a whole Kum Ba Yah moment of bringing the entire city together to-ward a common goal we can all be proud to have taken part in. We did it way back when UTC was naming the Roundhouse (now McKenzie Arena or whatever they call it these days), so why not when deciding something even more important?Well save the pledge of

allegiance for the mayor to write. Just off the top of my head, I imagine it might go something like this: I pledge allegiance, to the flag I didnt choose, of the City of Chattanoo-ga. And to the Choo Choo for which it stands, one city, under me, indivis-ible, with liberty and jus-tice for all. Just goes to show that,

just because its your idea, Mr. Mayor, it doesnt mean its a good one.

Half-Mast Attemptlast week, mayor ron littlefield proposed that chattanooga up-date its city flag. What flag? you might ask. Well, the flag it seems everyone, including most of the city council, didnt know existed.

Life in the Noog ChUCK CROWDER

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

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