The Pulse 13.01 » January 7, 2016

CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVEJANUARY 7, 2016

Jenn Webster takes a look at local hobbyists who are on the leading edge of the UAV revolutionTHE HOTTEST HIGH-TECH TOY IS DOMINATING THE SKIES ABOVE US

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Features4 BEGINNINGS: Some helpful advice on how to start the new year positively.

4 THE LIST: The top ten New Year's resolutions...can you keep yours?

6 SHRINK RAP: Start off the new year with beauty, hope and empowerment.

12 ARTS CALENDAR

16 MUSIC CALENDAR

18 REVIEWS: An Iconic American rock album revisited, a glance at Finnish Lau.

19 MIXOLOGY: Our lady on the barstool has advice for leftover champagne.

20 DIVERSIONS

21 SCREEN: Lookout Wild Film Festival returns with another great collection.

22 JONESIN’ CROSSWORD

22 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

23 SUSHI & BISCUITS: In the end, we’re all just “long pig,” says Chef Mike.

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8 High-Tech Chattanooga at Play Lydia Graham Jones arrives at a Dungeons & Dragons session

laughing. In the trunk of her car, she has several assorted unmanned aerial vehicles—UAVs (or drones, they’re often called). She’s been

kicked out of Camp Jordan for flying them, she tells us.

10 Bold Colors, Strong Lines, Good TasteThey could be portraits from another dimension, dreams

from the unconscious, or the hallucinations of a shaman—the psychedelic illustrations, paintings, and murals of J.W. Butts

(aka mute0n) are clearly the work of a visionary.

14 The Bohannons Need Your HelpAh, the Bohannons. This write-up has been a long time coming.

When I started at The Pulse three years ago, the Bohannons were one of the first groups I wanted to cover. But I was told (correctly) that they had been getting a lot of press already and it would be better to look at some other options for the time being, so I did.

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The Holidays Are Over. Now What?Some helpful advice on how to start out the new year positively

The holiday season with all its excitement has come to a close, leaving you feeling a little down. Take a deep breath; you’re not alone. Now is the time to take on those positive projects you’ve been putting off and pull yourself out of the post-holiday doldrums.

The holidays are traditionally a time you think of your friends and family and focus on spending qual-ity time with them. Now that that’s all over, this is a perfect time to fo-cus on yourself.

Don’t worry. I’m not going to

talk to you about exercise; most of those “new year’s resolutioners” have left the gym by February any-

way. Exercise is bene-ficial but I’m talking about positive things you might stick to past Groundhog Day.

Such as changing your eating habits. You’ve made it through Thanksgiving and Christ-mas. We all overindulge at these family get-togethers so don’t feel guilty, but the time to start more mindful eating is now. Cut yourself some slack but remember that you will have plenty of temptation with

the Super Bowl coming up in February—more food is eaten during the big game than on Turkey Day—so January really is a great time to refocus on nutrition.

You’re doing the diet and exercise thing. What’s next?

If you’re an NFL fan, this is actually the most wonderful time of the year. The playoffs can provide more real drama than the The Real Housewives of Wherever. But assuming most women don’t like football, that sugges-tion doesn’t work for everyone.

Another great thing to do during this time is to plan something for the future. I’ve al-ways loved going to concerts. Since shows are scheduled so far in advance, getting your tickets now will give you something to look forward to. Or if you’re a film buff, most of the Oscar contenders are released at this time. Catch up on nominees when they are announced in mid-January. Or think about your next vacation spot. It’s never too early to think about the places you want to visit this year.

Here’s a suggestion for nature lovers: My neighbor borrows an RV every year around this time and takes his wife camping. All

their kids are grown and they don’t like to sit around the house after the holidays.

If you’re a property owner, this is a great time to knock out some painting, repair or land-scape projects.

Finally, I’m a big fan of de-cluttering. It allows you to phys-ically part with tangible stuff while letting go of the materials mentally. I’m then able to refo-cus on new projects.

The holidays coming to a close doesn’t mean all the fun is over. You can still accom-plish tasks you put off last year by taking them on in the new one. Finding interesting ways to complete mundane tasks can help, like asking a friend to pitch in or throwing a painting party.

Just make sure you take the time to take care of yourself. It can pay dividends toward a hap-py and healthy new year.

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“Now is the time to take on those positive projects you been putting off and pull

yourself out of the post-holiday doldrums.”


If you like your eggs with a side of spiritual, you’ll want to attend the Brunch on the Bluff series this Sun-day at the Hunter Museum of American Art, you can enjoy a catered brunch by Dipped Fresh as you experience live music and art in a re-laxed, beautiful setting.

While you’re eating, enjoy the sounds of singer-songwriter Courtney Holder, a 17-year-old up-and-coming prodigy who is making waves in the Chattanooga and Nashville country

music scene and beyond. She’ll play covers and original songs that will

brighten the brunching experience anwd make Sunday breakfast at

home look positively stale by comparison.

When you’ve finished eating, you’ll also want to tour the galleries, of course. The newest ex-

hibit, “Seeking the Spiri-tual: The Visionary Art of

Elliott Daingerfield” is on view through Feb. 21. The artist’s work, says the Hunter, is characterized by

“rich, brooding colors, definitive brush strokes, and one man’s quest to find the unseen in the midst of quickly-ad-vancing technology and industry.”

The collection is a colorful addition to the other exhibits, including “Imag-ining American Girlhood” and “Ja-ponisme and America.”

Brunch on the Bluff11 a.m.Hunter Museum of American Art10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.org

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Fresh Eggs With A Side Of The Spiritual

Our cover story this week on the prolifera-tion of drones in

our skies—and the local hobbyists who fly them—is by Jenn Webster, a new member of The Pulse writing family. Webster is a dancer and writer who works in Chattanooga. Now

a technical writer, she has also written for marketing, educational, and consumer publications. She’s an Army veteran and a member of WEAVE: A Conceptual Dance Company. Jenn is fascinated by hobbyists, fans, aficionados, obses-sives, geeks, and fetishists of all kinds. She also has a few hobbies of her own: Dungeons & Dragons, ur-ban hiking, cosplay, and collaborative storytelling.

Jenn Webster

— Stephanie Smith

Kevin Hale is a freelance journal-ist and experi-enced internet

and television marketer liv-ing in North Chattanooga. Kevin is a student of hu-man behavior and enjoys people-watching all over the Scenic City. He is currently working on his first how-to

book, “A Million Ways to Market.” Kevin’s Rolling Stone subscription doesn’t run out until 2055, at which time the collection will be up for sale. In the meantime, you can find him molding and shaping America’s next generation of movers and shakers, mainly his 3-year old son. And unlike Brian Wil-liams or President Obama, he is not an expert at reading the teleprompter, but he does like chasing flying saucers.

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The List

Every year, a large number of folks start off the new year by making solemn resolutions that this year will be different.

According to the folks at the Statistic Brain Research Institute (yes, there really is such a place), 45% of you have made a resolu-tion this year.

Of the most popular resolutions, here are the top 10:

1. Lose weight2. Get organized3. Spend less, save more4. Enjoy life to the fullest5. Stay fit and healthy6. Learn something exciting7. Quit smoking8. Help others in their dreams9. Fall in love10. Spend more time with family

That said, The List is all about sta-tistics. Diving into the numbers, one thing that really stood out was people who explicitly make resolutions are ten times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t explicitly make resolutions.

Of those who did make a resolu-tion last week, 75% of you haven’t broken it yet. Congrats. Looking ahead, though, only 71% of you will still be on the high road by the end of next week, 64% will last to the end of the month, and just 46% will have kept your resolution by Independence Day.

And one final note: the age group that had the highest success rate? Millennials. Way to go!

Source: statisticbrain.com/new-years-resolution-statistics/

The Top 10 New Year's Resolutions


Those of you who are regular Shrink Rap-pers know that this is the time of

year when we look at setting goals for the year ahead, exploring the power of intentions (over resolu-tions), and discovering ways to begin (or continue) a journey of true change—for mind, body and/or spirit.

And while these examinations offer myriad benefits, especially at the start of a new year, a very timely piece came across my desk recently that I’m excited to share with you.

Called, “We Were Made For These Times,” it is written by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, a poet, au-thor and Jungian psychoanalyst. She writes with a passion and clarity about strength and per-severance that I believe offers a beautiful, hopeful, empowering start to a new year.

About the state of affairs in our world now, which has many of us deeply concerned, she writes, “My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. Ours is a time of almost daily as-tonishment over the latest deg-radations of what matters most

to civilized, visionary people. The hubris some have aspired to while endorsing acts so heinous is breathtaking. Yet I urge you, please do not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do not lose hope. For years, we have been learning, practicing, been in train-ing to meet these challenges.”

You have often read in this col-umn how helpful it is to under-stand that we are not alone with our struggles, that we are all con-nected all the time. To see—and feel—the connection we share with each other, and to all living things, is an act of empowerment.

About this Dr. Estes writes, “If we are seaworthy vessels of awak-ened souls, there have never been more able vessels in the waters than there are right now across the world. Look out over the prow; there are millions of boats on the waters with you. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. One of the most powerful ac-tions is to intervene in a stormy world—stand up and show your soul, a lantern on deck, shining like gold in dark times.”

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depleting our energy—the re-sult of focusing on the negative (which, as we know from the Law of Attraction, would only bring about more of the negative) —and channel our energies toward posi-tive change, toward growth. One small step at a time can make all the difference.

In Dr. Estes’ words, “In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus on that. Do not fall into being weakened by dwelling on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some por-tion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely.”

I hope this inspires you to keep on keeping on, whether for your own internal struggles, the strug-

gles of your neighbor, or to create positive change on a global scale. While it is natural at times to be-come discouraged, to feel alone or weakened, perhaps, after we’ve had a good cry, our work is to seek out the limitless healthy possibili-ties.

My wish for you this year: Right-fully proclaim your intentions; awaken that often-sleeping place within, which is the seat of your power; and start walking forward, one step at a time. Perhaps this is the year to shore up our strength, our connection, and most of all, our hope.

Until next time: “When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe. But that is not what great ships are built for.” — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Dr. Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D., is a psycho-therapist, author, minister, and educator in pri-vate practice in Chattanooga. Contact him at DrRPH.com, visit his wellness center at Well-NestChattanooga.com and follow his daily in-spirations on Twitter: @DrRickWellNest

“My wish for you this year: Rightfully proclaim your intentions; awaken that often-sleeping place within, which is the seat of your power; and start walking forward, one step at a time”

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Happily weird, Chattanooga is blessed in its fandoms. Case in point: drones.by Jenn Webster, Pulse contributor

High-Tech Chattanooga At Play...High Up In The Air

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What’s so exciting about drones that you’d get kicked out of Camp Jordan for flying one? I wonder. I imagine little remote-controlled air-planes. What Lydia removes from her trunk is a lot more interesting: an arm-length, remote-controlled quad copter—that is, a rotary-wing aircraft lifted by four rotors. It’s dis-tinguished from a typical remote-controlled plane largely by its inde-pendence; guided by GPS, it can travel beyond the operator’s line of sight and even take simple actions in the absence of instructions.

Outside, Lydia pilots the craft around the East Ridge Municipal Building parking lot and zips up and down the Tombras Avenue side-walk, coming to a delicate landing after hovering an inch or so from the ground as long seconds accumulate.

So HelplessDrone capabilities are impressive,

and pilots can have high degrees of skill. Think podracing on Star Wars, but with a remote-control pod. “I like to show off,” Lydia confesses. “In Florida, I would fly my Blade 350 QX3 upside down and cut the grass with it.”

Lydia’s Blade 350 QX3 is a striking

GPS-controlled machine. White with two gray and two red rotors, it sports red, green and blue lights and audi-ble alarms, including a beep that in-dicates a GPS lock. It’s also wrapped in a lot of duct tape.

“I’m embarrassed how much mon-ey I spend on these,” Lydia says. The drone, like many, has limited self-regulation capability, including PID (proportional–integral–deriva-tive) control. It can hover without pilot input once the throttle is set. It also has a GPS-driven return-home function. If the pilot turns off the ra-dio controller, it will fly back to its starting point to land.

“Will it fly back without the GPS?” I ask.

“No,” says Lydia affectionately. “It’s so helpless.”

The copter, which out of the box—that is, including a camera but minus the duct tape—weighs about 955 grams, doesn’t look helpless as it disappears into the evening sky. Soon we can only see its constella-tion of colored lights.

“I can’t go too high because of the rules,” says Lydia. According to FAA regulations, drones flown by recre-ational pilots cannot exceed 400 feet in altitude. She lowers it slowly onto

ydia Graham Jones arrives at a Dungeons & Dragons session laughing. In the trunk of her car, she has assorted unmanned aerial vehicles—UAVs—or drones, as they’re often called. She’s been kicked out of Camp Jordan for flying them, she tells us.

“Realtors fly to photograph houses for their websites. Roofers look for problem patches of shingle. Schools use drones as teaching tools. ”

its landing struts, but in a few minutes it’s airborne again, chasing my 8-year-old down the alley in defiance of the operator manual, which reads, in part: “Keep people and pets at least 35 feet away when the battery is connected.”

This quad copter has a beginner mode, too, Lydia says, toggling a control from red to green. “Now it knows I am here, and no matter which way I rotate it, it will still go the direction I push, because it is modifying the instructions relative to where I’m standing.” She tog-gles back to red. “It’s boring to fly that way. I like to fly normally!”

An alarm signals that the battery is 60 percent expended. “It will sacrifice bat-tery to save itself,” Lydia explains, start-ing to land. The Blade 350 QX3 bounces into my ankles.

“Did that hurt it?” my son asks.“No,” says Lydia, “but it probably

hurt her.”It did, a little.

Hands-on HappinessAt HobbyTown USA, Radio Control

Manager Jake Lewis not only connects drones with customers, he builds UAVs and has been flying them for the better part of 21 years.

Like Lydia and other hobbyists I in-terview, he has many drones. His favor-ite just now is his DJI Flame Wheel 450, run by a NAZA-M V2 control platform. It took him two days to build, including soldering and controller setup.

At $300 to $500 off the shelf, says Jake, the DJI Flame Wheel represents


a median cost and time invest-ment. Small, ready-to-fly drones may cost no more than $20, while high-end models can set you back $1,500 or more.

The less toy-like, more-assem-bly-required drones are more re-warding, according to just about everyone I ask. “You put a lot more time and effort and love into them than if you buy toys,” Jake says.

He explains that, while DIY kits are for devotees, the required skills aren’t hard to learn. “I learned to solder on YouTube,” he notes.

While some drone functions are managed by PID controller, which is also used in industrial systems such as temperature or pressure controls where overcorrection can be a problem, you don’t have to be an engineer to get your system running smoothly. Analog lovers can tune their drones manually, by trial and error, while digital fans can use computer interfaces that run on PC or even Raspberry Pi. Either way, there are plenty of YouTube tutorials out there.

Buy. Practice. Make Friends.To get started with a UAV, Jake says,

pick something you like and buy it. Then practice. “Anything that goes up in the air is going to take a good bit of practice,” he says. “It’s okay to be a klutz at first.”

Drones let hobbyists do just about everything you do with model trains, bicycles, guns or D&D, all in one package. Think about it: they’re at the sweet spot.

You build them. Remember HO or S-scaled railroads running on intricate railways through lush landscapes with painstakingly painted sponge trees? Asking around at work, I find train-lovers, drone-lovers and aficionados of both.

When I ask Jake at HobbyTown about the attraction of so much time spent in construction, he says, “Flying can be frustrating. A propeller or radio glitch can end your day in a bitter man-

ner.” On the other hand, he tells me: “Building can be more fun than just about anything to me.”

You race them. Radio-controlled UAV races are becoming popular, particular-ly FPV (first-person view) races, where pilots experience the course through their drones’ cameras. Races may be judged for speed and agility or for style.

How long are the races? “Until ev-eryone crashes, usually,” says Lydia. Batteries may last six minutes on full throttle, so races are short. And when I check out the individual race final-ist results for the Drone Nationals last summer, sure enough, half the partici-pants recorded a time of “DNF”: did not finish.

You talk politics about them. When I asked my work colleagues about their drones, the most common answer was: “Yes, and did you hear about the new registration law?” UAVs, like guns, are constrained by a variety of regulations. Whatever your beliefs, there’s a debate

for you. You can even debate guns and drones together, in the case of the Ken-tuckian who shot down a drone flying over his property. Or the newly pro-posed Tennessee law that would forbid mounting guns or grenades on drones.

The latest contentious develop-ment: Since Dec. 15, any small UAV weighing more than 250 grams must be registered with the FAA. The cost is $5 and the process can be completed online. The registration number will belong to the pilot, not the drone; the same registration number can be re-used for any qualifying UAV owned by that pilot. According to the FAA web-site, registrations completed by Jan. 20 will have their fees refunded. If your drone weighs more than 25 kilograms, though, you must register it as an air-craft.

You build communities. Other fan-doms have conventions; drone pilots congregate, too. While the big UAV cons, for now, seem to cater to B2B

rather than recreational fliers, the Chattanooga drone pilots I spoke with seemed to know each other by name. I didn’t find my sources in a daisy chain; rather, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Lydia knew Jake. And Jake knew my drone-loving work colleagues. And so on.

Yet drones are far from a niche hobby. Recreational UAV build-ers and pilots span communi-ties and overturn expectations. Lydia flies wearing a Minnie Mouse dress and brushed-suede ballet flats. Jake sports a D20 tattoo. Other pilots I meet are young men in baseball caps or grandfathers in button-down shirts and neatly pressed jeans.

Realtors fly to photograph houses for their websites, roof-ers to look for problem patches of shingle. Schools use drones as teaching tools. In 2014, for instance, Girls Preparatory School debuted the Bruiser Drone, a DJI Phantom II Vi-sion.

“It’s a big community, a big flying community in Chattanooga,” says Jake. “You can find a friend any-where.”

Fairy LightsNow, just past the Christmas giving

season, many dozens of small people around Chattanooga are meeting their first drones. We’re sitting around the table, dice and minis scattered in disar-ray. The dragon has won.

Upstairs, the little boys look over the banisters. Aren’t those grownups done gaming yet?

Lydia gets out her purse and removes a 19-gram Blade Inductrix, a palm-sized quad copter with a name that sounds like it should belong to an anime girl with fuchsia-colored hair and a big ka-tana.

We turn off the lights. The Blade In-ductrix lifts away from Lydia’s fingers.

It hovers fairylike above the landing, its lights illuminating two tiny faces turned up in wonder.

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In the past years, I’ve really embraced visions, whether it be looking at a wall and thinking of something different, or looking at a blank canvas and already seeing what I want to be there”

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Bold Colors, Strong Lines...And Very Good Tastemute0n (yes, spelled with a zero) embraces a new dimension of art

His art is defined by bold colors, strong line work and an incredible sense of good taste. The characters and surrounding imagery have an ani-mated style, but the subject matter pushes them into a different realm—as if the cartoons grew up into cubist mas-terpieces, getting a few tattoos along the way.

The Pulse: How did you get your start?

J.W. Butts: The first time I remem-ber consciously making art was in the blizzard of ‘93. I was 5, staying with my grandparents. My grandmother has always been a creative type, writ-ing and doing pencil drawings of old actresses and actors. She pulled out some pencils, paper and some pictures of Mickey Mouse and Pluto and got me to copy them. Drawing them was my first conscious memory of making art. I owe that to my family.

TP: What is your preferred media?JWB: I have a few. Definitely acrylic

paints, I’ve grown accustomed to and love them. Pen and ink have always been something I’ve been drawn to, as far as getting really detailed. I am always searching for new mediums to develop and work with; recently spray paint is one I’ve learned. I’d like to give some props to Seven, who helped me develop my aerosol skills.

TP: If you could go see the new

THEY COULD BE PORTRAITS FROM ANOTHER DI-mension, dreams from the unconscious, or the hallucinations

of a shaman—the psychedelic illustrations, paintings and murals of J.W. Butts (a.k.a. mute0n) are clearly the work of a visionary.

"Calm vs. Chaos" On The BluffKauffman, Maney and Klick featured at the River Gallery

Visions of nature can be calm and soothing. Photographs and paint-ings of flowers and trees evoke a sense of calm in the chaotic daily grind. At least, that is the theme of the latest exhibit to grace the River Gallery.

Judy Klick has always been fasci-nated by “calm versus chaos,” and the concept features prominently in her work. She uses an ancient tech-nique called encaustic painting, in which a blend of beeswax and resin is used to set the paint, making for an organic painting that is pleasant for both gallery viewers and the en-vironment.

Kim Kauffman has a passion for her camera and a passion for gar-dening. The passions combine in “Florilegium”, her latest contribu-tion of work to the River Gallery. It is a visual expression of the dialog

between humans and plants, a cul-mination of more than 16 years of discovery behind the lens.

Edie Maney’s work focuses on color. Using many different painting mediums, she splashes and scrapes color onto the canvas to create bold expressions of the nature around her. Together, the works of all three artists combine to make a bold, col-orful and aesthetically pleasing in-terpretation of the calm of nature in the chaos of life.

— Stephanie Smith

Opening Reception for Kim Kauffman, Edie Maney & Judy KlickFriday, 6:30 p.m.River Gallery400 E. 2nd St.(423) 265-5033, ext. 5river-gallery.com

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Soul Mates for Life: Mushroom LectureMycologist Tradd Cotter shares his mushroom love.6 p.m.Tennessee Aquarium1 Broad St.(423) 265-0695tnaqua.org

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World of WheelsIf it has wheels, chances are you can see it here. 10 a.m.Chattanooga Convention Center1150 Carter St.(423) 756-0001worldofwheels.net

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Ambi Artists MeetupDo you like to hang out with other creative people? Then this is the place for you.6 p.m.Heritage House1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474chattanooga.gov

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“Star Wars” movie with some of you favorite artists, who would you choose?

JWB: I think I’d want to hang out with Keith Herring, he would be a fun-ny person to see “Star Wars” with—or Basquiat, because that guy would have some interesting things to say. I would also love to see a movie with Howard Finster.

TP: What inspires the images you create?

JWB: The inspiration to make art in general comes from life experienc-es, the struggles of life, the beauty in life. I started making art in my early 20s because I was going through a big transformation as a person. I felt out there, alone, maybe a little depressed, and art became an outlet that made me feel good. I never thought it would be something that I could live off of, or make money from professionally, but people were encouraging and nurtured it. The characters come from every-day life, things I see. I’m definitely inspired by all of the art in the world, people I meet—and people I want to meet that I make up in my head.

TP: What do the extra eyes mean?JWB: I like to think you have your

normal eyes that you see everyday life with, that you walk through every day with—and then I think there’s another set, especially as an artist or creative type. In the past years, I’ve really em-braced visions, whether it be looking at a wall and thinking of something dif-ferent, or looking at a blank canvas and already seeing what I want to be there. The eyes represent everybody’s differ-

ent perspective and vision..TP: What is the symbolism in your

work?JWB: Some of the symbols have

meaning, but I’m not really sure where some of these things are com-ing from. It’s almost like something I’m revealing to myself as I go, and then I find meaning in it at a later time—it’s a strange manifestation of myself. There’s a crescent moon that I use pretty often. I like to put three on the canvas if I use them, because it represents the past, present and fu-ture to me, usually the biggest mean-ing the future.

TP: How do you paint?JWB: Firstly, I like to set something

up symmetrically, then I put down all of the base colors in the shapes that I need them to be, and then from there I do all of the detail work. I apply it all with a brush, nothing too abstract, just straightforward stuff as far as process..

TP: Do you prefer to work big or small?

JWB: The bigger, the better for me. I want a massive canvas. If I could do a skyscraper, that would be ideal. I recently wrapped a mural up at Hu-manaut over on East Main, and I’m about to begin one on Glass Street. I’m also working on an installation at The Coin Op.

J.W. Butts’ artwork is currently on display at GranFalloon, Greyfri-ar’s, Luminara, Mainline Ink and Coin Op. You can visit his online store at squareup.com/store/mute0nart and follow him on Instagram at “mute0n”.

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FRIDAY1.8

Sandhill Crane Cruise10 a.m., 2 p.m.River Gorge ExplorerSale Creek Marina3900 Lee Pike(423) 265-0695tnaqua.org Delta Bird Program10:30 a.m.Tennessee Aquarium

1 Broad St.(423) 265-0695tnaqua.orgKids Lego Club4 p.m.Northgate Library Branch278 Northgate Mall Dr.(423) 870-0635chattlibrary.org World of Wheels5 p.m.Chattanooga Convention Center1150 Carter St.(423) 756-0001worldofwheels.netSoul Mates for Life: Mushroom Lecture6 p.m.Tennessee Aquarium1 Broad St.(423) 265-0695tnaqua.orgOpening Reception for

Kim Kauffman, Edie Maney & Judy Klick6:30 p.m.River Gallery400 E. 2nd St.(423) 265-5033, ext. 5river-gallery.comReno Collier7:30, 9:45 p.m.The Comedy Catch at the Chattanooga Choo Choo 1400 Market St.(423) 629-2233thecomedycatch.com

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Mushroom Cultivation Workshop9 a.m.Tennessee Aquarium1 Broad St.

(423) 265-0695tnaqua.orgSandhill Crane Cruise10 a.m., 2 p.m.River Gorge ExplorerSale Creek Marina3900 Lee Pike(423) 265-0695tnaqua.org Brainerd Farmers Market10 a.m.Grace Episcopal Church20 Belvoir Ave.(423) 698-0330wsaygrace.netWorld of Wheels10 a.m.Chattanooga Convention Center1150 Carter St.(423) 756-0001worldofwheels.netPenguin Keeper Talks10:30 a.m.

Tennessee Aquarium1 Broad St.(423) 265-0695tnaqua.orgEtsy Success WorkshopNoonDowntown Chattanooga Library1001 Broad St.(423) 757-5310chattlibrary.org Science Demo: Liquid Nitrogen3 p.m.Creative Discovery Museum321 Chestnut St.(423) 756-2738cdmfun.orgSaturday Chess Club 3 p.m. South Chattanooga Library925 West 39th St.(423) 825-7237chattlibrary.orgReno Collier7:30, 9:45 p.m.The Comedy Catch at the Chattanooga Choo Choo 1400 Market St.(423) 629-2233thecomedycatch.com

SUNDAY1.10 Sandhill Crane Cruise10 a.m., 2 p.m.River Gorge ExplorerSale Creek Marina3900 Lee Pike(423) 265-0695tnaqua.org Delta Bird Program10:30 a.m.Tennessee Aquarium

PULSE PICK: RENO COLLIER With a contagious laugh and friendly, almost intoxicating demeanor, Reno's observations often find him recalling mishaps of his West Virginia cousins, his Scottish heritage, unruly in-laws and alien abductions.

Reno CollierThe Comedy Catch1400 Market St.(423) 629-2333thecomedycatch.com

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1 Broad St.(423) 265-0695tnaqua.orgBrunch on the Bluff with Courtney Holder11 a.m.Hunter Museum of American Art10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.orgWorld of Wheels11 a.m.Chattanooga Convention Center1150 Carter St.(423) 756-0001worldofwheels.netOut of the House Family Shows: TJ Greever2 p.m.Granfalloon400 E. Main St. (423) 661-3185granfalloonchatt.comCSO: Gems from CSO Principals3 p.m.Sheraton Read House827 Broad St. (423) 266-4121 chattanoogasymphony.orgScience Demo: Liquid Nitrogen3 p.m.Creative Discovery Museum321 Chestnut St.(423) 756-2738cdmfun.orgReno Collier7:30 p.m.The Comedy Catch at the Chattanooga Choo Choo 1400 Market St.(423) 629-2233thecomedycatch.com

MONDAY1.11 Penguin Keeper Talks10:30 a.m.Tennessee Aquarium1 Broad St.(423) 265-0695tnaqua.org Learn to Ride A Bicycle4 p.m.Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St(423) 643-6888outdoorchattanooga.com Open Air with Jessica Nunn 6 p.m.Granfalloon400 E. Main St. (423) 661-3185granfalloonchatt.comVintage Swing Dance7 p.m.Clear Spring Yoga17 N. Market St.(931) 982-1678clearspringyoga.com

TUESDAY1.12 Delta Bird Program10:30 a.m.Tennessee Aquarium1 Broad St.(423) 265-0695tnaqua.org Chattanooga Public Library Board of Directors meetingNoonDowntown Chattanooga Library1001 Broad St.(423) 757-5310

chattlibrary.orgRapid Learning Intro to Kayaking and Skills Practice7 p.m.Southern Adventist University4870 University Dr.(423) 643-6888outdoorchattanooga.com

WEDNESDAY1.13 Penguin Keeper Talks10:30 a.m.Tennessee Aquarium1 Broad St.(423) 265-0695tnaqua.org Middle East Dance10:30 a.m.Jewish Cultural Center5461 N. Terrace(423) 493-0270jewishchattanooga.comMain Street Farmers Market4 p.m.325 E. Main St. mainstfarmersmarket.com Acupuncture Happy Hour4 p.m.Center for Mindful Living400 E. Main St.(423) 486-1279centerformindfulliving.wildapricot.orgChattanooga Track Club: Fit MIND equals Fit BODY6 p.m.Outdoor Chattanooga 200 River St(423) 643-6888outdoorchattanooga.comWednesday Night Chess Club

6 p.m.Downtown Public Library1001 Broad St.(423) 757-5310chattllibrary.orgLandry7:30 p.m.The Comedy Catch at the Chattanooga Choo Choo 1400 Market St.(423) 629-2233thecomedycatch.com

ONGOING “Japonisme and America”The Hunter Museum of American Art10 Bluff View Ave. (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.org“Seeking the Spiritual: The Visionary Art of Elliott Daingerfield”The Hunter Museum of Art10 Bluff View Ave. (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.org“Sweet Sixteen”In-Town Gallery26A Frazier Ave.(423) 267-9214intowngallery.com“Works by Kim Kauffman, Edie Maney & Judy Klick”River Gallery400 E. 2nd St.(423) 265-5033, ext. 5river-gallery.com“Serpentine Chain Collection”Shuptrine’s2646 Broad St.

(423) 266-4453alanshuptrine.com“Trees and Skies”Reflections Gallery6922 Lee Hwy.(423) 892-3072reflectionsgallerytn.com“Biblical Wood Panels” by Bernard GoreBessie Smith Cultural Center200 E. MLK Blvd.(423) 266-8658bessiesmithcc.org“How to Close Your Eyes” by Carmen PapaliaCress Gallery of Art752 Vine St.(423) 304-9789William Parker Exhibit Shuptrine’s Gold Leaf Designs2646 Broad St.(423) 266-4453shuptrines.comAVA Juried Member ExhibitionAVA Gallery30 Frazier Ave.(423) 265-4282avarts.orgMultiflections: Senior Art ExhibitJohn C. Williams Art Gallery632 Vine St.(423) 236-2732Jewish GeographyJewish Cultural Center5461 N. Terrace Dr.(423) 493-0270

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Known for their clever lyrics, infectious hooks and straightforward ass-kicking rock and roll, the Bohannons bring their considerable talent to the table.”

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AH, THE BOHANNONS. THIS WRITE-UP HAS BEEN A long time coming. When I started at The Pulse three years

ago, the Bohannons were one of the first groups I wanted to cover. But I was told (correctly) that they had been getting a lot of press already and it would be better to look at some other options for the time being, so I did. Still, those boys have been a part of this music scene for as long as I can remember, certainly as long as I’ve been here.

Now, finally, I get to sit down and say a few words about them, and it couldn’t come at a better time. There are two major points to cover this week, and of the two I’m going to mention the more time-sensitive point first.

This weekend on Friday and Sat-urday, the Bohannons will be play-ing two shows at JJ’s Bohemia. On Friday they will be joined by Al Scorch and Richie, and on Saturday they will share the stage with Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires and One Timers.

That, in and of itself, is exciting news, but there is a greater signifi-cance to this back-to-back set of shows. They will both be recorded to serve as primary source material for an upcoming live album, sched-uled for release in late 2016.

In a phone interview, Marty Bo-hannon explained that for years the guys have maintained a small recording facility above JJ’s—Tiny Buzz Studio—and with the re-sources so close at hand, it was decided that JJ’s would make the perfect location for recording a live album. It also doesn’t hurt that JJ’s

FRI1.8DRIVING MUSIC

Amber’s Drive A blend of pop, R&B, country and blues that is their own Americana style.9 p.m.Puckett’s Chattanooga2 W. Aquarium Way #110puckettsgro.com/chattanooga

SAT1.9TEXAS LEGEND

Eric TaylorA major part of the Texas music scene history, Eric is always a popular draw.8 p.m.Charles and Myrtle’s Coffeehouse105 McBrien Rd.christunity.org

THU1.7BEEP BEEP!

The RoadrunnersCome out for a night of outlaw country, blues, southern rock, pop and more. And beer, of course.8 p.m.World of Beer412 Market St.wobusa.com

Getting Your Celtic On, MusicallyA trio of killer Celtic bands set to grace city stages

While Chattanooga is just a few miles away from the green hills of Ireland and the rock shores of Scotland, lovers of Celtic-style mu-sic have plenty to enjoy here in the Scenic City.

Jim Ramsey, recently reviewed here in The Pulse, is pleased to an-nounce his first full-length live per-formance this Saturday at the Wired Coffee Bar in Ooltewah. Lovers of progressive folk with a tinge of Celt thrown in would do well to catch the show.

Then on Sunday, the Honest Pint welcomes back local favorites The Wolfhounds. The Celtic duo have been making quite a name for themselves with a series of shows that have caused their fan base to explode. In response, Davis and Armstrong are currently engaged in

recording a five-song EP scheduled for release St. Patrick’s Day.

And in keeping with a theme, the following Sunday, Jan. 17, will see the return of The Secret Com-monwealth to the Honest Pint. The outstanding and beloved Celtic act from Middle Tennessee is arguably one of the oldest and best of its kind in the southeast and the fact that they play regularly at the Pint with no cover charge ought to delight fans of the genre.

— Marc T. Michael

The Bohannons with Lee Bains III & the Glory FiresSaturday, 8 p.m.JJ’s Bohemia231 E. MLK Blvd.jjsbohemia.com

The Bohannons Need Your HelpCome out and be a part of the Bohannons rich musical history

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has a solid reputation as one of the top music venues in the area with a fiercely loyal fan base.

Marty went on to say that these two sessions will likely be followed by a number of others throughout the spring and summer in order to gener-ate the best material for the album. That means a release date some time next fall, which brings us to the sec-ond point.

The Bohannons have a new album currently in the final stages of mix-ing that should be available by spring or early summer. Given the reception

and rave reviews of their last entry, the “Classic College Alt Rock” al-bum Black Cross/Black Shield, this new disc, Luminary Angels, should be nothing short of phenomenal (at

least it will have to be to follow Black Cross/Black Shield.)

Known for their clever lyrics, infec-tious hooks and straightforward ass-kicking rock and roll, the Bohannons

not only bring their considerable tal-ent to the table, they add to it the polish and perfectionism that only years of road-dogging can bring. Rest assured, the new album will receive a full review here as soon as it avail-able.

In the meantime, don’t miss out on the opportunity to be a little part of Chattanooga music history by mak-ing your way to the live recording ses-sions at JJ’s this weekend.

Both shows are slated to start at 8, are 21+ and $10 at the door. You really need to be there. Trust me.

“Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be a little part of Chattanooga

music history by making your way to the live recording

sessions at JJ’s this weekend.”

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THURSDAY1.7 Rick Rushing with Dakari & Friends 6 p.m. Bluewater Grille 224 Broad St. bluewaterchattanooga.com James Crumble Trio 6 p.m.St. John’s Meeting Place1278 Market St.stjohnsrestaurant.comBluegrass and Country Jam6:30 p.m.Grace Church of the Nazarene6310 Dayton Blvd.chattanoogagrace.comLive Bluegrass6:30 p.m.Whole Foods Market301 Manufacturers Rd.wholefoodsmarket.comThe Hotwire Band7 p.m.American Legion13207 N Main St, Trenton, GA (706) 657-5275Jesse James & Tim Neal7 p.m.Mexi Wings VII5773 Brainerd Rd.(423) 296-1073Jimmy Harris7 p.m.The Coconut Room6925 Shallowford Rd.thepalmsathamilton.comBluegrass Thursdays7:30 p.m.Feed Co. Table & Tavern

201 W. Main St.feedtableandtavern.com The Roadrunners8 p.m.World of Beer412 Market St.wobusa.com Open Mic with Hap Henninger9 p.m.The Office @ City Cafe901 Carter St.citycafemenu.comMothers10 p.m.JJ’s Bohemia231 E. MLK Blvd.jjsbohemia.com

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Eddie Pontiac5:30 p.m.

El Meson2204 Hamilton Place Blvd.elmesonrestaurant.com Binji Varsossa6 p.m.Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge(423) 266-1461Tim Lewis7 p.m.El Meson248 Northgate Parkelmesonchattanooga.comJimmy Harris7 p.m.The Coconut Room6925 Shallowford Rd.thepalmsathamilton.com John Cowan Band, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Shad Cobb8 p.m.Barking Legs Theatre 1307 Dodds Ave.

barkinglegs.org The Bohannons, Al Scorch and Richie 8 p.m.JJ’s Bohemia231 E. MLK Blvd.jjsbohemia.comDavid Ingle8:30 p.m.The Foundry1201 Broad St.chattanooganhotel.comMitch Rossell featuring Dean Fields9 p.m.Revelry Room1400 Market St.revelryroom.coThe Roadrunners9 p.m.The Office @ City Cafe901 Carter St.citycafemenu.com

Amber’s Drive9 p.m.Puckett’s Chattanooga2 W. Aquarium Way #110puckettsgro.com/chattanoogaCousin Curtiss9 p.m.World of Beer412 Market St.wobusa.comRagdoll10 p.m.Bud’s Sports Bar5751 Brainerd Rd.budssportsbar.com

SATURDAY1.9 Eddie Pontiac5:30 p.m.El Meson2204 Hamilton Place Blvd.elmesonrestaurant.com Binji Varsossa6 p.m.Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461Butch Ross Mountain Dulcimer6:30 pmRock City1400 Patten Rd.Lookout Mountain, GAseerockcity.comTim Lewis7 p.m.El Meson248 Northgate Parkelmesonchattanooga.comJimmy Harris

PULSE PICK: JOHN COWAN BANDLegendary vocalist, bassist and bandleader John Cowan returns to Barking Legs to get 2016 off to a musically spectacular start. An evening with John Cowan is never anything less than remarkable.

John Cowan BandFriday, 8 p.m.Barking Legs Theatre 1307 Dodds Ave.barkinglegs.org


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7 p.m.The Coconut Room6925 Shallowford Rd.thepalmsathamilton.com The Bohannons, Lee Bains III, The Glory Firez8 p.m.JJ’s Bohemia231 E. MLK Blvd.jjsbohemia.comEric Taylor8 p.m.Charles and Myrtle’s Coffeehouse105 McBrien Rd.christunity.orgDavid Ingle8:30 p.m.The Foundry1201 Broad St.chattanooganhotel.comJim Ramsey9 p.m.Wired Coffee Bar9447 Bradmore Ln.thewiredcoffeebar.comEric Heatherly and the Continental Kings9 p.m.Puckett’s Chattanooga2 W. Aquarium Way #110puckettsgro.com/chattanoogaAlex Guthrie Band9 p.m.World of Beer412 Market St.wobusa.comSoul Mechanic, Little Raine Band9 p.m.Revelry Room1400 Market St.

revelryroom.coJoel Clyde10 p.m.The Office @ City Cafe901 Carter St.citycafemenu.comRagdoll10 p.m.Bud’s Sports Bar5751 Brainerd Rd.budssportsbar.com

SUNDAY1.10 Brunch on the Bluff with Courtney Holder11 a.m.The Hunter Museum of American Art10 Bluff View huntermuseum.org Out of the House Family Shows: TJ Greever2 p.m.Granfalloon400 E. Main St. granfalloonchatt.comCSO: Gems from CSO Principals3 p.m.Sheraton Read House827 Broad St. chattanoogasymphony.org Open Air with Jessica Nunn 6 p.m.Granfalloon400 E. Main St. granfalloonchatt.comSunday Sessions6 p.m.Home Plate Pub & Grill

5611 Ringgold Rd.facebook.com/homeplatepubandgrillOpen Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.Long Haul Saloon2536 Cummings Hwy.(423) 822-9775Sidewalk Prophets7 p.m.McKenzie Arena720 E 4th St.utc.edu/mckenzie-arenaThe Wolfhounds8 p.m.The Honest Pint35 Patten Pkwy.thehonestpint.com

MONDAY1.11 Monday Nite Big Band7 p.m.The Coconut Room6925 Shallowford Rd.thepalmsathamilton.comVery Open Mic8 p.m.The Well1800 Rossville Blvd. #8wellonthesouthside.com

TUESDAY1.12 Open Mic with Mike McDade8 p.m.Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com

WEDNESDAY1.13 Eddie Pontiac5:30 p.m.El Meson248 Northgate Parkelmesonrestaurant.com No Big Deal6 p.m.SpringHill Suites Chattanooga Downtown495 Riverfront Pkwy.(423) 834-9300Jimmy Harris7 p.m.The Coconut Room6925 Shallowford Rd.thepalmsathamilton.com Concert for a Cause featuring Charles Kelley7 p.m.Revelry Room1400 Market St.revleryroom.coCourtney Daly Band7 p.m.End Zone3658 Ringgold Rd.(423) 661-8020Grace Potter8 p.m.Track 29 1400 Market St.track29.co

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It’s difficult to comprehend that in 1979, one album that

sold two million copies in the U.S.A. was considered a disap-pointment. You see, that album – Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk–followed the group’s mega-hit Rumours, which has sold over 20 million copies domestically.

However, Tusk was only disap-pointing from a sales standpoint. In this writer’s opinion, it is the peak of creativity for the post-1975 incarnation of Fleetwood Mac, due in no small part to Lindsey Buckingham’s contribu-tions and sometimes off-kilter methods.

Tusk even has a bit of a cult following; for example, Camper Van Beethoven covered it in its entirety, Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields had plans to write an entire book about it and the band Ida performed most of it at one special live show. At times, Tusk is just plain weird for a largely middle-of-the-road group; the album’s unconven-tional first single was the title track, with multiple lead vocal-ists singing simultaneously and a backing marching band.

At the time, Tusk was the most expensive album ever made, and prominently placed as

the album’s second track is “The Ledge,” Buckingham’s oddball homemade-sounding cow-punk indie-rock prototype. (Dolly Parton’s quote “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap” comes to mind.)

Now we have the Deluxe Edition of Tusk, which is more illuminating than the two-CD edition from 2004 by showing how certain tracks evolved over months of studio experimenta-tion. On CD 2, “Singles, Out-takes, Sessions,” the six versions of “I Know I’m Not Wrong” show how every little detail developed. However, a more dramatic trans-formation happened with “Out on the Road”; it sped up, muted its pronounced country-western feel and was re-titled “That’s Enough for Me.” Christine McVie’s “Never Make Me Cry,” sung as a patient and persevering lover, originally was primarily a piano song.

CD 1 features a new remas-tered version of the 20-track al-bum – also included on two vinyl discs and as a 5.1 surround-sound DVD – and CD 3 offers alternate versions of those 20 songs in the same order. Standouts include the nine-minute version of the devastating “Sara,” about Ste-

vie Nicks’ and Don Henley’s aborted lovechild, and “Storms” with a solo guitar backing. (CDs 1 through 3 are also available as a new “Expanded Edition.”) The fourth and fifth CDs include pre-viously unreleased live material from various 1979 and 1980 con-certs, stitched together in a sen-sible order, with excellent sound quality.

“Oh Well” isn’t as tight and furious as it could have been, but other renditions, like the 9-minute “Rhiannon,” are more charged, with meatier drums, than their studio counterparts.

Tusk is a singular album not only in Fleetwood Mac’s catalog but also in the history of rock, and although it has numerous moments of beauty, it’s easy to see why its more peculiar details caught people off-guard.

If you have to ask, “Do we need another edition of Tusk?” then this deluxe set is not for you.

The previous album Valo-hiukkanen from Finnish

musician Lau Nau, a.k.a. Laura Naukkarinen, came out over three years ago, but don’t think that she’s been slacking since then.

Residing on the fringes of Finnish folk music, with an em-brace of sonic exploration and both acoustic and electronic in-struments, Lau Nau’s evocative sounds have accompanied more than a handful of silent film screenings (including, most re-cently, The Cabinet of Dr. Calig-ari and The Fall of the House of Usher), installations, and theater and dance performances.

Her ensemble Maailma re-leased the album Speculum in 2014, and after scoring her first feature film, Silmäterä in 2013, her second feature film

soundtrack, for the documen-tary Hem. Någonstans (“Home. Somewhere” in English), serves as the fourth proper Lau Nau album.

With the exception of “Kuole-man laiva,” with Lau Nau acting as a scattered angelic choir, the album is a largely instrumental ambient album. This seems to retreat from certain recent paths she has taken, such as forming a backing band with a rock slant in 2012 and including a 4-on-the-floor dance number on Valohiuk-kanen.

This writer prefers her more playfully strange, alchemic work and considers 2008’s Nukkuu to be her masterpiece, but Hem. Någonstans obviously serves a different purpose; with fewer details to process, it is music to be simply felt, to help set a mood and not distract.

The documentary–unseen by this writer–apparently is a medi-tation on how people in Finland are connected with their sur-roundings, including the ocean and also things like fish, and Lau Nau’s score perhaps intentionally allows viewers to let their minds wander.

The gentle, exhaling instru-ments of “Genesis” lead to “Koti” with world-weary strings engaging in a multi-generational call-and-response with faint, ten-der, ringing piano replies.

“Luotsilaiva” serves up placid tones and drones, primarily rely-ing on subtle volume variations to be expressive, and “Kiikarit” uses the eerie sounds of a bow being pulled across the bars of a glockenspiel.

As a Lau Nau album, it isn’t her most rich, intricate or mind-expanding music, but as an ambi-ent soundtrack album, its under-stated beauty works.

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So the ball dropped. The new year has begun. You survived both the toasts and the hangovers. Now it’s time to move into 2016 with some new drink ideas to start off fresh.

The problem is you have booze to spare (is this a problem?) and a bunch of leftover champagne bottles…

And I just lost half my audience. The ones who are saying, “Leftover cham-pagne? Is she joking?” These are the people who toasted through the night and into the next day, making sure no bubble was left undrunk. After all,

champagne is the quintessential celebra-tory drink, right?

The other group of skeptics, while willing to concede that there just may be champagne left in the world after the new year, are saying they threw out the bottles that had gone flat and saved the unopened ones for the next celebration. Both groups have valid points.

But what if you are that rare bird that didn’t down all the bubbly? Or, worse yet, found your carpet littered with half-filled bottles after New Year’s Day? Or you just really can’t stand to drink the

stuff except on a celebratory occasion?Have no fear. Champagne can serve

you in many capacities after its number-one night of the year has passed. You just have to think outside the box, er, bottle.

The obvious recycling uses involve other food and beverage items, of course. Some of the most popular drink options are mimosas and champagne cocktails. These items can be made more thirst-quenching when you freeze the flat champagne and float the resulting ice cubes in your brunch beverages. You can even take a backwards step and congeal the champagne to make Jell-O shots, if you so desire.

There are also a number of sauces that use champagne, plus poaching liquids

for fish and basting brines for turkeys, soups with fruit and glazes for ham. You can make “beer” bread using champagne instead, or try some in a light vinaigrette for your favorite salad.

Champagne pairs well with citrus in a sorbet and can elevate a simple risotto. And it will do wonders for your eggs—make fluffy scrambled ones or use the bubbly to make a fantastically flavorful and light French toast.

But I think the most interesting uses for leftover champagne are the noned-ible recycling options. Aestheticians and movie stars alike have extolled the vir-tues of the antioxidant properties of the fermented bubbly grape juice. You can make any number of homemade beauty products, from clay face masks that pull out skin impurities to hair tonics that pump up color treatments, particularly for blondes.

Marilyn Monroe used to bathe in bottles of the stuff—it’s good for exfo-liating dry skin—and a simple cotton ball soaked in bubbly and applied to the pores is said to tighten them and provide an instant mini-boost to the skin.

Another odd use is scrubbing some bubbles on your newly-shined shoes for a topcoat-like shoe-shining agent that really brings out the grains in natural leather.

So trot out the leftover bubbly. It seems a shame to waste it when clearly it can do so much more than perhaps even its creators intended!

— Stephanie Smith

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Champagne: A Girl’s Best FriendOur lady on the barstool has advice for leftover champagne

“Champagne can serve you in many capacities after its number-one night of the year has passed. You just have to think outside the box, er, bottle.”

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Consider Thiswith Dr. Rick

Live the life you’ve imagined.Possibility begins with imagination.Encourage your hopes, not your fears.Embrace imperfection.Know in your heart you are loved.

If you’re trying to jump-start your intentions for the New Year, one way to begin is with a mantra, or saying, that resonates with you. Write it down. Begin your day with it. Keep it on your night stand so it’s the last thing you put in your brain at night. Meditate with it and see what happens.

Another helpful motivator is an affirmation. Word it as though it is already happening: “This year I am a sober person.” “I am com-mitted to nurturing my relationship.” “I am a successful student/businessperson/parent/health nut.”

Words matter. And by choosing the ones that really clear away your mental block and help you feel excited about your future, you are setting yourself up for limitless, positive growth.

by Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

Diversions


THE BEGINNING OF A NEW year has become an exciting

time for film fans in Chattanooga. Finally, the Scenic City has a film festival season, a time when there is an abun-dance of film news and press releases all lead-ing to some of the best events in the South. This year, the sea-son kicks off with the Lookout Wild Film Festival, Chatta-nooga’s first successful film festival.

While Chattanooga has recently become a technology darling, dubbed Gig City by those who sell us high-speed internet, the city has a longer reputation as a haven for people drawn to the outdoors. Where better to see a collection of short and feature-length films about the wild places of the world than in a city that celebrates a deep connection with nature? The festival is now in its fourth year, and each year it seems the LWFF grows in popularity.

“Audience members have let us know how much they’ve enjoyed the LWFF films in the past three years,” said Andy Johns, LWFF fes-tival director. “That history puts a lot of pressure on this year’s films but I think they live up to it. The audience is going to love them.”

What began as a simple film festi-val has expanded into a full-on cel-

ebration of nature filmmaking, allow-ing audiences to experience places and activities that cannot be found elsewhere.

Perhaps the best part of the LWFF is how eclectic the selec-tions are. Starting on Thursday Jan. 28 and continuing through that Sunday, the festi-val will show a whop-

ping 31 films, each exploring a differ-ent aspect of the outdoor lifestyle.

The films will take viewers on a trip down Louisiana’s Atchafalaya River, balloon skiing through some of the world’s tallest mountains, trek-king through the Arctic to see a solar eclipse, and wandering the wilds of North Carolina to learn about con-serving the native ginseng plants. There is truly something to see for anyone, from greenhorn to mountain man.

However, as with every festival, there are films that should not be missed. Festival director Andy Johns gives us a list of his favorites below:

Operation Moffat“Operation Moffat” takes inspi-

ration and wit from the colorful climbing life of Britain’s first fe-male mountain guide, Gwen Moffat. Writer Claire Carter and filmmaker Jen Randall scramble, swim and barefoot-climb through Gwen’s most

cherished British landscapes, grap-pling with her preference for moun-tains over people, adventure over se-curity, wilderness over tick lists. With new takes on landscape photogra-phy, archive footage and action se-quences, this is a film rooted in a real love of wild places.

Johns says: “This one got a rare “Yay! Yay! Yay!” from one of our judg-es, so you know it’s something special. I love the way the film introduces us to Gwen Moffat and through her gives us a glimpse of rock-climbing history.” Unbranded

3,000 miles, 16 wild horses, five states, four men—“Unbranded” is the journey of a lifetime, riding from Mexico to Canada through the deep-est backcountry in the American West to see our remaining open spaces and prove the worth of 50,000 wild horses and burros currently in holding pens.

Johns says: “Simply put, ‘Unbrand-ed’ is one of the best three outdoor movies I’ve ever seen. The story fol-lows some really likeable guys on a gorgeous, winding trip from Mexico to Canada. After just having won some big awards at big festivals, this

is one not to miss.”Sharing the SecretsAfter millions of years in the mak-

ing, Alabama has over 4,000 caves that are explored and beloved by spelunk-ers from all over. With caves’ diverse array of underground plants, animals and other organisms, conserving these massive underground forma-tions and their delicate ecosystems is crucial. “Sharing the Secrets” fol-lows some of the most enthusiastic and daring cavers into the breathtak-ing hidden treasures of northeast Ala-bama, an area that boasts one of the highest concentrations of caves in the U.S. and supports incredible cave bio-diversity.

Johns says: “LWFF loves films shot in the Southeast, including ‘Sharing the Secrets’ from north Alabama. The cave photography and video work are really stunning and I think people will be shocked to see what’s under-ground right here in the Tennessee Valley.”

For more information about the LWFF, visit lookoutfilmfestival.org. Buy tickets now and take a walk on the wild side.

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Free Will Astrology ROB BREZSNY

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In her poem “Tree,” California poet Jane Hirshfield speaks of a young redwood tree that’s positioned next to a house. Watch out! It grows fast—as much as three feet per year. “Already the first branch-tips brush at the window,” Hirshfield writes. “Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.” I sus-pect this will be an apt metaphor for you in 2016. The expansion and proliferation you have witnessed these past few months are likely to intensify. That’s mostly good, but may also require adjustments. How will you respond as immen-sity taps at your life?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Cen-turies ago, lettuce was a bitter, prickly weed that no one ate. But ancient Egyptians guessed its po-tential, and used selective breed-ing to gradually convert it into a tasty food. I see 2016 as a time when you could have a compa-rable success. Look around at your life, and identify weed-like things that could, through your transfor-mative magic, be turned into valu-able assets. The process may take longer than a year, but you can set in motion an unstoppable mo-mentum that will ensure success.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Imag-ine that a beloved elder has been writing down your life story in the form of a fairy tale. Your adven-tures aren’t rendered literally, as your waking mind might describe them, but rather through dream-like scenes that have symbolic res-onance. With this as our template, I’ll predict a key plot development of 2016: You will grow increas-ingly curious about a “forbidden” door—a door you have always be-lieved should not be opened. Your inquisitiveness will reach such an intensity that you will consider lo-cating the key for that door. If it’s not available, you may even think about breaking down the door.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. His novel Of Mice and Men helped win him the award, but it required extra persis-tence. When he’d almost finished the manuscript, he went out on a date with his wife. While they were gone, his puppy Toby ripped his precious pages into confetti. As mad as he was, he didn’t punish the dog, but got busy on a rewrite. Later he considered the possibility that Toby had served as a helpful literary critic. The new edition of Of Mice and Men was Steinbeck’s breakout book. I’m guessing that in recent months you have re-ceived comparable assistance, Aries—although you may not real-ize it was assistance until later this year.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Re-member back to what your life was like during the first nine months of 2004. I suspect that you

fell just short of fulfilling a dream. It’s possible you were too young to have the power you needed. Or maybe you were working on a project that turned out to be pretty good but not great. Maybe you were pushing to create a new life for yourself but weren’t wise enough to make a complete breakthrough. Almost 12 years lat-er, you have returned to a similar phase in your long-term cycle. You are better equipped to do what you couldn’t quite do before: cre-ate the masterpiece, finish the job, rise to the next level.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): To be-come a skillful singer, you must learn to regulate your breath. You’ve got to take in more oxygen than usual for extended periods, and do it in ways that facilitate rath-er than interfere with the sounds coming out of your mouth. When you’re beginning, it feels weird to exert so much control over an instinctual impulse, which previ-ously you’ve done unconsciously. Later, you have to get beyond your self-conscious discipline so you can reach a point where the proper breathing happens eas-ily and gracefully. Although you may not be working to become a singer in 2016, Gemini, I think you will have comparable challenges: 1. to make conscious an activity that has been unconscious; 2. to refine and cultivate that activity; 3. to allow your consciously-crafted approach to become unselfcon-scious again.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): An-cient humans didn’t “invent” fire, but rather learned about it from nature and then figured out how to produce it as needed. Ropes had a similar origin. Our ances-tors employed long vines made of tough fiber as primitive ropes, and eventually got the idea to braid and knot the vines together for greater strength. This technol-ogy was used to hunt, climb, pull, fasten, and carry. It was essential to the development of civiliza-tion. I predict that 2016 will bring you opportunities that have meta-phorical resemblances to the early rope. Your task will be to develop and embellish on what nature pro-vides.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): British au-thor Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) had a day job with the postal ser-vice until he was in his fifties. For years he awoke every morning at 5:30 and churned out 2,500 words before heading to work. His goal was to write two or three novels a year, a pace he came close to achieving. “A small daily task, if it really be daily,” he wrote in his au-tobiography, “will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules.” I recom-mend that you borrow from his strategy in 2016, Leo. Be regular and disciplined and diligent as you practice the art of gradual, in-cremental success.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Umbrel-las shelter us from the rain, saving us from the discomfort of getting soaked and the embarrassment of bad hair. They also protect us from the blinding light and sweltering heat of the sun. I’m very much in favor of these practical perks. But when umbrellas appear in your nightly dreams, they may have a less positive meaning. They can indicate an inclination to shield yourself from natural forces, or to avoid direct contact with primal sensuality. I hope you won’t do much of that in 2016. In my opin-ion, you need a lot of face-to-face encounters with life in its raw state. Symbolically speaking, this should be a non-umbrella year.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Around the world, an average of 26 lan-guages go extinct every year. But it increasingly appears that Welsh will not be one of them. It has enjoyed a revival in the past few decades. In Wales, it’s taught in many schools, appears on road signs, and is used in some mobile phones and computers. Is there a comparable phenomenon in your life, Libra? A tradition that can be revitalized and should be preserved? A part of your heri-tage that may be useful to your future? A neglected aspect of your birthright that deserves to be re-claimed? Make it happen in 2016.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Four-teenth-century author Geoffrey Chaucer produced a collection of stories known as The Canterbury Tales. It became a seminal text of English literature even though he never finished it. The most influential book ever written by theologian Thomas Aquinas was a work he gave up on before it was completed. The artist Michelan-gelo never found the time to put the final touches on numerous sculptures and paintings. Why am I bringing this theme to your at-tention? Because 2016 will be an excellent time to wrap up long-term projects you’ve been work-ing on—and also to be at peace with abandoning those you can’t.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A bottle of Chateau Cheval Blanc wine from 1947 sold for $304,000. Three bottles of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 1869 went for $233,000 apiece. The mystique about aged wine provokes crazy behavior like that. But here’s a more mundane fact: Most wine deteriorates with age, and should be sold within a few years of being bottled. I’m thinking about these things as I meditate on your long-term fu-ture, Sagittarius. My guess is that your current labor of love will reach full maturity in the next 18 to 20 months. This will be a time to bring all your concentration and ingenuity to bear on making it as good as it can be. By September of 2017, you will have ripened it as much as it can be ripened.


Editor's note: Chef Mike is un-der the weather this week, so we are running one of our past favor-ite columns of his.

“What is a ham, anyway?” a

voice asked me with a casual tone that belied the gravity of the question.

A bearded, 20-something strang-er stood beside me in the grocery store meat aisle clutching a gold foil-wrapped ham and smiling the smile of a man gleefully unaware of the sad question that just spilled out of his mouth.

“What is a ham?” he repeated, “I’ve never seen a picture of one when it’s alive. What kind of animal is a ham?” His equally bearded shopping com-panion chimed in, “I think ham comes from either pigs or cows, it’s not its own animal...is it?”

My mind reeled at the very idea that this was a serious question, but the sin-cerity in their bright, round eyes made it clear they were looking for answers. “Pig.” I replied, “Ham typically comes from the butt end of a pig.”

“Oooh, sweet,” he replied before turning to his friend. “Let’s go get some pineapple, cherries and cook this bitch up!”

They thanked me and moved on while I stood motionless in the meat aisle, still in disbelief that there could actually be people walking the streets of Chattanooga without the most basic understanding of the glorious cured-meat wonder that is ham.

To help combat this scourge, I will briefly explain ham as a public service announcement—because it is unfair to the youth of our fair city to grow up without a basic understanding of cured meat.

Ham refers to a specific cut of pork that comes from the back thigh or haunch of a pig. It is usually dry-cured, like country ham, or wet-cured, like city ham, and then boiled or smoked. If you’re still having trouble pictur-ing where ham comes from, here’s a mental picture to help. Imagine a pig twerking…yep, those are the hams.

The basic idea behind curing is that the salt used in the process preserves animal proteins by constraining micro-bial growth through dehydrating the flesh as well as the cells of the molds

and bacteria that feed upon it, which unchecked would cause the meat to spoil. The meat is then hung to dry in fresh air or in some cases, smoke.

Smoke, in fact, is a very complex substance that includes carcinogens, which inhibit microbial growth; phe-nolics, which retard fat oxidation; and a collection of sugars, acids and particu-lates that give smoked meat the beau-tiful color and flavor that launched a thousand BBQ stands.

The climate conditions necessary for curing meat require that it is not so cold that the ham freezes, or so warm that the ham spoils. These require-ments have produced distinct areas around the world celebrated for their ham.

Spanish Jamón ibérico, Italian pro-sciutto and Virginian country ham are all produced in what is known as the world’s Ham Belt—a global, geo-graphic area bound by latitude that has historically produced the world’s best

ham. Technology and climate control have made geographic factors less im-portant for the production of ham, but these original ham Meccas are still considered to be the finest ham-pro-ducing regions today.

In the South, we traditionally enjoy baked ham during the holidays. No Christmas table would be complete without a glazed ham, dotted with cloves and topped with pineapple rings and maraschino cherries at the center.

It’s hard to say who first began to use pineapple with pork, but a tradi-tional Fijian recipe for “long pig” may be the earliest mention of pineapple being used as a tenderizer and flavor enhancer for meat, and it makes great Christmas dinner table conversation.

In the islands of Fiji, where canni-balism was practiced, human flesh was known as “long pig.” Beautiful young girls were tenderized for days in pine-apple juice and ginger, then rubbed with coconut oil, wrapped in kava and lotus leaves, garnished with more pine-apple, and roasted all day in a fire pit.

While this practice predates by cen-turies the first known written recipe using pineapple with ham, it’s unlikely that the writers of the 1935 edition of “My Better Homes & Gardens Life-time Cookbook” were thinking about cooking up little Sally from down the street when they were creating “Baked Ham with Pineapple Glaze.”

I sometimes think about those two guys I encountered in the meat aisle that day. I wonder if I should’ve taken them aside and given them the ham lecture their daddies obviously never did.

But I realize I can’t save everyone, so I’ll just fry up some ham steaks with pineapple rings and see if “Keep the River on Your Right” is on Netflix. Don’t judge me.

Longtime food writer and professional chef Mike McJunkin is a native Chattanoogan who has trained chefs, owned and operated restau-rants. Join him on Facebook at facebook.com/SushiAndBiscuits

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Home Is Where The Ham IsIn the end, we’re all just “long pig,” says Chef Mike

“The climate conditions necessary for curing meat require that it is not so cold that the ham freezes, or so warm that the ham spoils. These requirements have produced distinct areas around the world celebrated for their ham.”

MIKE MCJUNKIN

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