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8 More Than Eastern CalisthenicsNow is typically time for creating resolutions for the new year, ranging from “learning to balance a checkbook” to “trying not

to insult my in-laws.” But the most common resolutions involve losing weight, getting healthy and finding more time for yourself.

10 At Least Ten Pounds of FunAsk Caleb Warren and the Perfect Gentlemen what kind of band

they are—and prepare yourself for a lengthy answer. Ragtime, Western swing, string jazz, country blues, gypsy jazz and hokum

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16 Getting Youth Hooked on MusicIn early November, legendary drummer and Chattanooga native Clyde Stubblefield came home to give a talk in conjunction with

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“Despite encouraging economic

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The Partnership for Families, Chil-dren and Adults is well known for the many services it provides to the com-munity—but relatively few people are aware that one of these is Consumer Credit Counseling Services. “The Partnership itself is 134 years old,” says CCCS Director Linda Rath, “and we have been offering credit counsel-ing for more than 30 years. But people

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Clients range across the economic and age spectrum, Rath says. “Some people come to us owing as much as $100,000. And we deal with people in their 20s on up through their 80s.” The CCCS reassures clients that there is no shame in admitting they are having problems managing, and that taking this first step will be hugely helpful.

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The event will also include a free photo-shoot, which according to organizers, “will allow reporters and photographers the

chance to photograph scores of Chatta-nooga’s cosplaying community, which will bring out a variety of elaborate handmade costumes, from small to giant, amidst the holiday decorations and on ice.”

In addition to the photoshoot and skat-ing (which will cost $10, including skates), organizers will also be giving away plenty of door prizes.

The event is open to everyone, whether you plan to skate or just watch. All cos-tume types are welcome. Send us your favorite photos to [email protected].

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is by Hayley Graham. A self-described Jill-of-all-trades, she hails from Nashville but has made Chattanooga her home. When not singing with her bands “Amber Fults and the Ambivalent Lovers”

and “The Goodbye Girls,” or teaching yoga at Hot Yoga Plus and BeYoga Ooltewah, she can be found supporting local music, theatre, art and all of the wonderful events and opportunities Chat-tanooga has to offer. Hayley writes about art, culture and this town that she so dearly loves, and has become a regular contributor to The Pulse. She likes to further muse and ramble on her web-site at hayleygraham.com

Hayley GrahamOur own resident film critic John DeVore has spent a sig-nificant

portion of his life in dark theaters. From an early age, he was drawn to strong storytelling brought to life through the magic of the sil-ver screen. With degrees in both literature and education,

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In the work I do helping people navigate the chal-lenges of life, I often refer to “personal intersections,” those moments when you come to an intellectual, spiritual, or emotional cross-roads, and are faced with making a decision.

As this column has touched on in the past, i n t e r s e c -tions are both big and small, and occur all day, all throughout life. Major ones, such as those involv-ing relationships, child-rear-ing, personal crises, career paths, employment oppor-tunities, educational pos-sibilities and so on, require much of us. Sometimes they demand the use of all our coping skills and inner re-sources, conversations with loved ones, or quiet time for reflection and meditation. Perhaps they may demand all of the above.

Then there are minor ones that we usually resolve without a lot of difficulty or thought. These might look like, oh, where to go for din-ner. Or, shall I pick up the dry cleaning on the way to the bank? Do I have time

for the gym? Shall I call my folks today?

Well, there’s no bet-ter time than the start of a new year to take stock of your significant personal and professional intersec-tions. Which way am I go-ing this year? What changes

do I wish to make? What’s truly important to me?

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the amazing power of inten-tion.

An intention is not so much about doing as it is about becoming and embrac-ing your best self.

To help with this, you might ask yourself, what part of who I am—or who I wish to be—is due for some mindful attention? My body, my spirituality, my psychological well-be-ing, my emotional land-scape? If you think about it, talk about it, journal about it, and your daily medita-tions focus on bringing it to the forefront of your real-ity, then powerful and wel-comed changes will occur in your life. They have to, as your thoughts, language, and behaviors shift to priori-

tize what’s really important to you, and what you truly want to accomplish.

Try this: Spend a morn-ing paying close attention to all the things you usually don’t give a second thought to. For instance, when you grab the cereal from the cupboard, pause. Ask your-self if that’s really what you want to eat, or are you just doing what you always do? When you leave for work in the morning and give your sweetie a peck on the cheek like usual, hold on a sec. Why communicate a mere morsel of affection when you can communicate deep-er feelings of love? Turn that peck into a big, sloppy smooch and lingering em-brace. (Could be fun. Could make you late for work.)

Consciously choose how you wish spend this mo-ment, and determine if it’s contributing to your goals. I believe that when your in-tention is clear and strong the Universe listens and conspires to help, bringing

exactly the right people, experiences, and blessings into your path. Are you catching them?

What’s the payoff? Rela-tionships more deeply felt. A stronger spiritual con-nection to your world and everyone in it. Heightened senses. Insight. Healthy change. In short, a Tech-nicolor life more fully lived.

Life’s fraught with pit-falls and stumblings, and we surely can’t work on ev-erything at once. So what? Perhaps what really matters is committing to the journey toward becoming who you truly want to be, declaring those intentions loudly and then paying attention, so as to embrace the support that surrounds you, that trickles from the sky, every step of the way.

Until next time: “We ask ourselves, who am I to be bril-liant, gorgeous, talented, fabu-lous? Actually, who are you not to be?” — Marianne Wil-liamson

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“If you think about it, talk about it, journal about it, and your daily meditations focus on bringing it to the forefront of your reality, then powerful and welcomed changes will occur in your life.”

Dr. Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, author, minister, and educator in private practice in Chattanooga. Contact him at DrRPH.com, visit his wellness center at WellNestChattanooga.com and follow his daily inspirations on Twitter: @DrRickWellNest

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““She believes that yoga is a whole-person practice, not limited to building the perfect body, but expanding to include finding ease and contentment with all parts of the person.”

ow is typically time for creating resolutions for the new year, ranging from “learn-ing to balance a checkbook” to “trying not to insult my in-laws.” But the most common resolutions involve losing weight, getting healthy and finding more time for yourself. As these goals get committed to paper, phone or tablet, people begin to research their op-tions—and many land on yoga, a centuries-old practice that has become a hot-ticket fit-ness trend across the country, to get in shape and reconnect with their bodies, quiet their minds and reduce stress.

Yet the definition of yoga is chang-ing, altered by the widespread avail-ability of yoga and the many styles and offshoots of the practice. Right here in Chattanooga, the yoga com-munity has grown exponentially in the last several years, with teachers and studios popping up all over town, offering everything from Beginning and Power Yoga, to more restorative forms, to more extreme variations such as Acro Yoga, Aerial Yoga and Yoga on Paddleboards. This growth is exciting, as it provides more opportu-nites for more people to be welcomed into the community—but some say there are drawbacks as well, as the growth is also changing the meaning of what constitutes a yoga practice.

Sue Reynolds remembers a time in the ’70s when yoga in Chattanooga was limited to one teacher at the YMCA. “Betty Ray was her name,” Reynolds recalls, “and she volun-teered there, taught, and was never paid for a long, long time, probably 20 years or so. I was the young kid in town...I took her classes, and subbed

for her quite a bit. And she was really glad to have somebody to sub because we were the only two.” Reynolds says that she knew of people practicing yoga at home, but outside of Betty Ray, there just weren’t public classes available. So Reynolds started teach-ing in various venues around town, churches and community centers, and began building a following.

As a few more teachers, like Becky Dempsey, began arriving on the scene and interest began to grow, Reynolds saw the need for a dedicated yoga space. “In 1998, Becky and I had the idea that we would like to start a yoga studio,” Reynolds says. “We found a spot, where Zanzibar is now, and our opening [of ClearSpring Yoga] finally came in November 1999. Becky and I already had established yoga classes, at Sportsbarn and the Y, so we didn’t have trouble getting students. They just flooded in. We were packed. And they were very excited to have this studio open.”

In fact, Reynolds and Dempsey were overwhelmed. “I remember

calling a yoga friend in Nashville and saying, ‘Would you please consider moving to Chattanooga because I can-not handle all of this by myself. I need more teachers,’” says Reynolds. “We don’t have that problem anymore.”

Reynolds says that throughout the early-growth years, she knew every yoga teacher in town.

Kim Eisdorfer, owner and instructor at Toes Yoga in Brainerd, echoes that, adding “That’s impossible now.” Eis-dorfer moved to Chattanooga in 2006, began teaching shortly after, and says she can see a great growth and shift in the yoga community. “I’ve kind of lost touch,” she says. “There are so many studios. I used to have a handle on it. I’d look at a schedule and think, ‘I know this person, I’ve been to their class, I know their style’… and now, there are probably more people I don’t know than I do know.”

Eisdorfer and Reynolds acknowl-edge the benefit of having so many teachers and styles to serve a growing interest, but both express concern that this growth has included a shift in


the focus of the practice from a holistic health regimen to a purely physical one.

This concern stems from the trend, both locally and nationally, of intensely physical classes that lack a medita-tive and spiritual component, which are foundations of yoga practice. Yoga’s beginnings are in meditation. Yogis would sit in meditation for hours at a time hoping to reach samadhi, or enlightenment. The asana, or physical practice of yoga was developed as a way of supporting the body for that mental practice. “What I fell in love with was the whole package,” Reynolds says. “It wasn’t a workout I was looking for at all. I just fell in love with the whole emotion of it—and the body part too.” Echoes Eisdorfer, “It was an exercise that I enjoyed doing, but that was kind of a side benefit. It wasn’t the main focus of the practice.” Now, they say, the shift towards the asana becom-ing the main focus of the practice means meditation and breathwork are becoming overlooked.

Madia Swicord, formerly of Madia’s on the Southside and now co-director of the Chattanooga Yoga School, based at Sportsbarn, agrees. “Asana has become such a primary fo-cus—but we know that it’s only one-eighth of the practice,” she says, referencing “Patanjali’s 8 Limbs of Yoga,” which counts the physical practice as an equal component to breath, ethical standards, self-discipline, withdrawal of the senses, concentration, meditation and enlightenment. Swic-ord’s entrance into yoga in Chattanooga involved studying the philosophy of yoga for years on her own, but she hadn’t really connected to an asana practice until she found a class that suited her, and realized “this can be a physical avenue for me to dive deeper into my mental [focus].”

She opened Madia’s in 2000. “I felt the community needed this,” she says. “The Southside in 2000 was not an attractive place. It was scary for a lot of people, but I saw the vision,” she says. She attracted a large, eager following as well. But her goal was never to create a purely physically based curriculum.

Like Reynolds and Eisdorfer, she views the trend of extreme physical practice with some doubt. “I love to work hard, I love to push,” she says. “But, I want it [to] also man-age what’s going on in your mind. Speed keeps you enter-tained and distracted, which is the antithesis of yoga.” She advocates a more holistic approach, noting that “Compart-mentalizing is one of the problems with our culture, even in Western medicine. It’s like, ‘Let me look at your arm,’

and the rest of your body is nowhere to be found. What’s happening in yoga is the same thing. Yoga is to integrate, it’s not to separate. You want to feel that inte-gration, you want to feel that mental, emotional, spiritual, body and breath.” She believes that yoga is a whole-person practice, not limited to building the perfect body, but expanding to include finding ease and contentment with all parts of the person.

Even with their hesitations, all three teachers see the growth of the Chattanooga yoga community as posi-tive. They point out that regardless of the reason for a person’s interest in yoga, the benefits beyond the physical are garnered. This uncon-scious gain of mental and emotional benefits allows for people to not only improve themselves but the com-munity as well. “This is

a town that has grown tremendously,” Swicord says. Reynolds agrees, saying, “I see it all as a part of the growth of the consciousness movement. There is a whole lot more awareness of the holistic per-son, body, mind, spirit. I think we’re certainly moving in that direction, so that’s a good thing,” she says.

Says Eisdorfer, “Hopefully all the studios and new growth in yoga will make a more mindful, present, peaceful community.”

As you make your New Year’s resolutions, could it be time to to dig a little deeper and give yourself the gift of a body, mind and spirit renewal by resolving to take up a yoga practice? With a huge wealth of yoga oppor-tunities in Chattanooga, there is sure to be a class that will fit your needs. And, whether you’re looking for it or not, maybe it will change your perspective, change your attitude—and change your life. That’s a resolu-tion to get behind.

Editor’s note: The term used in this article’s title, “Eastern calisthenics,” is quoted from the current co-owner of ClearSpring Yoga, Anthony Crutcher.

“As you make your New Year’s resolutions, could it be time to to dig a little deeper and give

yourself the gift of a body, mind and spirit renewal by resolving

to take up a yoga practice?”


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singer, songwriter, sister Saturday’s show at Barking Legs is sibling songfest

is listening to more live music one of your new Year’s resolutions? Then head to Barking Legs this sat-urday. sister duo Fritsl and Teni Butler kick off the first weekend of 2015 in a reunion concert with jim Palmour, Bob Burns, ethen Martin (of Barefoot Productions) and more at 8 p.m.

The Butler sisters’ musical style is described as “an eclectic mix of original work, influenced by the earliest writing they encountered, as well as by contemporary pop mu-sic.”

even though distance separates the two, the singer-songwriters have both continued to hone their craft through performances, and by attending local writers’ nights.

When not performing with each other, Fritsl can be seen performing with her band in sewanee and Teni attending college in Fayetteville, arkansas, and performing as a solo act.

They often play select covers, but the two are mainly known for their original work. The lyrics that both Fritsl and Teni write are said to be stories of complex characters with experiences their listeners can re-late to.

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The title track is as good an indication as any of the band’s depth. It has the qualities of a hymn or spiritual tune, but dark and haunted, with lyrics that are straight-up blues.

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at least ten pounds of FunCaleb Warren and the Perfect Gentlemen joyfully combine musical genres

ASK CALEB WARREN AND THE PERFECT GENTLE-men what kind of band they are—and prepare yourself for a

lengthy answer. Ragtime, Western swing, string jazz, country blues, gypsy jazz and hokum are a few of the genres they invoke to de-scribe themselves. Ask me to describe what kind of band they are and I am more inclined to describe them as 10 pounds of fun in a five-pound sack and a rollicking good time.

Let’s start at the beginning. Caleb Warren plays guitar and tenor banjo. David Aitken handles lead guitar and banjo. Matt Monica doubles down on bass and kazoo. Colt Bowen covers per-cussion. Jenna Mobley saws the fiddle and Robert Green blows the trumpet. Everyone but Jenna shares vocal duties as evidenced by some fantastic harmo-nies on their EP The River.

To give you an idea of their sound, I could rattle off more genre descriptors, but I think a better way to capture the essence is this: If Peter Ostroushko and The Guys All-Star Shoe Band were to quit “Prairie Home Companion” tomor-row, these kids could step right in, nev-er miss a beat and fill those considerably large shoes better than any other band I’ve heard. If the reference eludes, suf-fice it to say that Caleb and his merry bunch are top-notch musicians, pro cali-ber all the way.

One might fairly say their music is “old timey” but not “old time.” There are a few bands in town who do, in fact, play “old time” music and have mas-tered their art, but that’s not what these kids are about. They play modern mu-sic with an “old time” approach—not purists perhaps, but they don’t claim to


Come one, come all! Chattanooga’s very own Subterranean Cirqus welcomes the Winter Whimsy Tour to JJ’s Bo-hemia on Jan. 21, along with special guests Lon Eldridge and Dalton Chapman of the 9th Street Stompers.

Billing themselves as a “whimsical combina-tion of sideshow, bur-lesque and comedy,” the tour has amassed a lengthy resume of high-profile gigs including stints with Louis C.K., Sarah Silverman, Troma, Cut Throat Freakshow and Humboldt Circus. Now, for one night only, the tour comes to the Scenic City with Scarlett Storm (the “silliest woman in side-show and burlesque” ) at the helm.

Joining her will be juggler Mikey Man Gorilla, the world’s most unsuccessful banana wrangler; aerial-ist Smurfasaur, who is billed as “the clumsiest woman in showbiz”…at least until she inverts and becomes a picture of grace. The troupe is rounded out by Ajaye LyckDyke, the King and Queen of Queer Burlesque, a sultry siren who also happens to be a bearded lady and self-styled “andro sex kitten.”

The sweetly demented children of the Subterranean Cirqus will, of course, be up to their own bizarre brand of tomfoolery and skylarkings and Lon and Dalton will be providing the musical portion of the evening’s fes-tivities. All in all it will be a night that makes “Ameri-can Horror Story: Freak Show” look like “Captain Kangaroo” and for a mere $10 ticket you too can bear witness to the sort of spectacle that terrifies people you wouldn’t want to hang out with anyway.

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be. New wine in an old bottle.Although I only had the opportunity to hear a

couple of tracks from their EP (released back in November) what I heard was outstanding. The title track is as good an indication as any of the band’s depth. It has the qualities of a hymn or spir-itual tune, but dark and haunted, with lyrics that are straight-up blues and a sinister banjo that busts the myth “You can’t play a sad song on a banjo.” The hell you can’t.

The other tune, “Momma Won’t You Please Come Home” is a joyful noise, a bit of swing, I suppose; infectiously toe-tapping. Imagine hear-ing a room full of instruments where every instru-ment is doing something just a little different. You can hear each individual part perfectly and yet the lot coalesces into a song best described as happily, gorgeously, insanely busy, counterpointed by the almost languid lyrics. What can I tell you? It’s art, man. It’s trapeze artists and precision flying teams

and one of those big “human-pyramid-on-water-skis” deals. It’s just jazzy enough to play well in the Big Easy, too breezy for Bourbon Street but passing the time nicely on Decatur.

By the time this article goes to press, they will have already played their New Year’s Eve gig at the Clermont in Atlanta, and that’s a shame be-cause that will be one hell of a show. Or, from the perspective of you readers in the future, it was one hell of a show. Your next best chance to see the band will be Jan. 9 at The Earl in Atlanta, Jan. 10 at Mac McGee in Roswell, GA and Jan. 15 at Bar-tow County Chamber of Commerce (Museum of Western Art booth). They have a busy schedule throughout the spring and the best way to keep up is via their Facebook page. If you need something to smile about, if you’ve had a bad day and just want to feel good for a while, the Gentlemen (and the Lady) are the prescription.

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thursday1.1 Prime Country Band6:30 p.m.Ringgold nutrition Center144 Circle Dr.(706) 935-2541The Mailboxes, Edward & Jane, Esther Ellis 7 p.m.The Camp House149 e. MLK Blvd. thecamphouse.comJimmy Harris7 p.m.The Palms at Hamilton6925 shallowford Rd.thepalmsathamilton.comFeel It Thursday Open Mic7 p.m.Mocha Restaurant & Music Lounge511 Broad st.mochajazz.netBluegrass and Country Jam7 p.m.Grace nazarene Church6310 Dayton Blvd.chattanoogagrace.comJesse James & Tim Neal

7 p.m.Mexi Wings Vii5773 Brainerd Rd.(423) 296-1073Open Mic with Hap Henninger9 p.m.The Office @ City Cafe901 Carter st.(423) 634-9191

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Jason Thomas and the Mean-Eyed Cats5 p.m.Chattanooga Choo Choo1400 Market st.

choochoo.com Eddie Pontiac5:30 p.m.el Meson2204 Hamilton Place Blvd.elmesonrestaurant.comChattanooga Acoustic Showcase7 p.m.Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse105 McBrien Rd.christunity.orgJimmy Harris7 p.m.The Palms at Hamilton6925 shallowford Rd.thepalmsathamilton.com

Wide Open Floor8 p.m.Barking Legs Theater1307 Dodds ave.barkinglegs.orgDavid Anthony & The Groove Machine 8:30 p.m.The Foundry1201 Broad st.chattanooganhotel.comChanning Wilson Band, The Tatum Brothers9 p.m.Rhythm & Brews221 Market st.rhythm-brews.comBrandon Reeves9 p.m.World of Beer412 Market st.worldofbeer.comJerry Fordham9 p.m.The Office @ City Cafe901 Carter st.(423) 634-9191

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Jason Thomas and the Mean-Eyed Cats5 p.m.Chattanooga Choo Choo

Pulse Pick: Brandon reevesA "roots & soul" singer/songwriter/guitarist, Brandon’s music is a cross between the guitar playing of John Hurt, the songwriting wit of John Prine and the soulful vocals of Sam Cooke. Brandon ReevesFriday, 9 p.m.World of Beer412 Market st.worldofbeer.com

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1400 Market st.choochoo.comEddie Pontiac5:30 p.m.el Meson2204 Hamilton Place Blvd.elmesonrestaurant.comJimmy Harris7 p.m.The Palms at Hamilton6925 shallowford Rd.thepalmsathamilton.comGene Watson 7:30 p.m.Tivoli Theatre709 Broad st. chattanoogaonstage.comFritsl & Teni Butler, Jim Palmour, Bob Burns8 p.m.Barking Legs Theater1307 Dodds ave.barkinglegs.orgDavid Anthony & The Groove Machine 8:30 p.m.The Foundry1201 Broad st.chattanooganhotel.comRyan Bedingfield9 p.m.World of Beer412 Market st.

worldofbeer.comSwoon, Sun Dale, Tir Asleen9 p.m.sluggo’s north501 Cherokee Blvd.Subconscious, River City Hustlers, Pains Chapel10 p.m.Rhythm & Brews221 Market st.rhythm-brews.comKara-Ory-Oke10 p.m.The Office @ City Cafe901 Carter st.(423) 634-9191

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Sunday Night Irish Music Jam Session5 p.m.Grocery Bar1501 Long st.grocerybar.comAcoustic Gospel Jam6 p.m.Brainerd United Methodist Church 4315 Brainerd Rd. brainerdumc.orgOld Time Travelers

7 p.m.The Honest Pint35 Patten Pkwy.thehonestpint.com

monday1.5

Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.The Palms at Hamilton6925 shallowford Rd.thepalmsathamilton.com

tuesday1.6

Rick’s Blues Jam7 p.m.Folk school of Chattanooga1200 Mountain Creek Rd.chattanoogafolk.comDan Sheffield 7 p.m.sugar’s Downtown507 Broad st.sugarschattanooga.comUptown Big Band8 p.m.Rhythm & Brews221 Market st.rhythm-brews.comBirds Of Avalon, Ex Hex

9 p.m.jj’s Bohemia231 e. MLK Blvd.jjsbohemia.com

wednesday1.7

Eddie Pontiac5:30 p.m.el Meson248 northgate Parkelmesonrestaurant.comJimmy Harris7 p.m.The Palms at Hamilton6925 shallowford Rd.thepalmsathamilton.comTim Starnes, Davey Smith7:30 p.m.sugar's Downtown 507 Broad st. sugarschattanooga.comOpen Mic with Ryan Oyer8 p.m.The Honest Pint35 Patten Parkway thehonestpint.com

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Michigan musician Warren Defever—the man behind

His Name Is Alive—is a fellow who takes musical obsessions and feeds them into his own off-kilter aesthetic filter, resulting in astounding work that is simulta-neously familiar yet undeniably strange, as if supernatural aliens had their own versions of West-ern world pop/rock forms.

For example, Defever listened to the Beach Boys’ “Good Vibra-tions” repeatedly for a period of time in the mid-’90s, and the result of that obsession was the spot-on homage “Universal Fre-quencies.” His obsessions made His Name Is Alive a constantly changing band, going from early reverb-drenched ethereal dark-ness to eccentric rock to ’60s pop to soul to avant-garde jazz, with

dozens of footnotes along the way.

Early in 2014, it was clear what Defever’s current obsession was. He had uploaded to YouTube a 73-minute mix of every single Thin Lizzy guitar solo—around one hundred—recorded between 1971 and 1983 that he had pains-takingly stitched together. The new His Name Is Alive album, Tecuciztecatl, bleeds Thin Lizzy, with Defever notably re-creating that irresistible tandem guitar at-tack with partner-in-crime Dusty Jones.

It is a rock opera that carries the twin-lead-guitar method into thematic space, being about a woman pregnant with twins, one of which is a demon baby. Even the album’s title refers to the lunar deity in Aztec mythology,

who was the dimmer half of a twosome of “suns,” only visible at night.

The 13-minute “The Ex-amination” gets things started, introducing its charged prog/arena-rock sound, psychedelic flourishes and wild rockabilly breakdowns, sounding most simi-lar to the band’s 1998 album Ft. Lake. The distinctive sound of a Mellotron provides counterpoint, and lead vocalist Andrea Morici harmonizes with herself, with her calm, clear style.

It is refreshing how much this album simply rocks out, unre-servedly, with meaty riffs and hooks, and “I Will Disappear You” features a downright sick guitar solo, over its pastoral bed. “African Violet Casts a Spell” is a fascinating turn, utilizing the

sound of water being struck as percussion and wandering acous-tic guitar lines seemingly influ-enced by Saharan blues.

The end grows near with the bouncy “Yes Yes Yesterday” which concludes with Morici streaming, “A hornet, a jacket, in spirit a visit, bracelet, blan-ket, rabbit magnet.” Tecuciztecatl is easily the group’s best proper album since 2006’s Detrola, and it fuels an obsession with ambition, creating a spirited, horror-laced rock opera.

Here’s something fun to do: don a pair of overalls, wear a

fake set of maloccluded teeth and after an orchestra performance, walk up to one of the violinists and say, “Mighty fine fiddling, I tell you what.” You might be met with a look of bewilderment or an icy stare.

However, one violinist who probably wouldn’t mind is the Irish musician Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, who has crafted a fascinating intersection between Irish folk fiddling, modern clas-sical music and the realm of im-provised music. Also a member of the groups The Gloaming and This Is How We Fly, his second solo album, Music for an Elliptical Orbit, is spooky and entrancing with a slight chill; it’s meditative, stark and mostly sedate with a human sensitivity.

Touches of the drone, pedal notes of fiddling form a founda-tion for Raghallaigh’s melodic exploration on Irish scales. In the classical world, there is always the temptation to use vibrato to

make each sustained note sound as pretty as possible, but Raghal-laigh resists that, depending on bow pressure and speed as ex-pressive modifiers.

Music for an Elliptical Orbit is less folk-centric than Raghal-laigh’s previous solo album, Where the One-Eyed Man is King, which utilized overdubbing and other instrumentation. How-ever, Orbit is strictly a true solo affair, with Raghallaigh playing his special Hardanger d’Amore fiddle, a 5-string instrument that has an additional five sympa-thetic strings; these sympathetic strings—which let tones sing on after the player has moved on to new notes—are most prominent-ly heard on “Eastern Snow,” a patient adaptation of a traditional number.

The album is remarkable for demonstrating an artist in total control of his sound, like on the opening track “Lithosphere,” which uses a great deal of har-monics, both drifting and ex-pertly chorded. “Cloud” features soft scrapes and notes barely pok-ing their heads out of the turtle shells, placing a greater impor-tance on textures than on the note pitches.

“Little Mammoth” is perhaps the album’s most abstract piece, resembling at times animalis-tic moans and whimpers with scrapes and harmonics, and the concluding “What What What” (also recorded with percussion on This Is How We Fly’s 2014 album) releases a flowing melody with gentle liberation. Mighty fine fiddling, indeed.

Record ReviewsERNIE PAIk

Familiar Yet strange, spooky and entrancingDefever bleeds Thin Lizzy, Raghallaigh fiddles mighty fine

His Name Is AliveTecuciztecatl(London London)

Caoimhín Ó RaghallaighMusic for an Elliptical Orbit(Diatribe)


Consider Thiswith Dr. Rick

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” — Lao Tzu

change can be scary. We humans don’t usually like change. and yet, everything...everything... changes.

Think about it: nature does it beautifully four times a year. every life stage we go through shows us our own personal changes—in our bodies, our attitudes and beliefs, our relationships, our strengths and struggles.

The particularly scary part of change: letting go. What will fill the void? Will I be sufficiently propped up if I let go of the scaffolding that now supports me? Who will be there? am I strong enough?

and yet: It’s the new Year. The best time ever to take stock of what works, and what doesn’t work. Those who love you will be there. and you’re undoubtedly stronger than you think. so, walk to the edge. Take a breath. and become who you’ve always wanted to become.

by Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

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SAT1.03LAST LIGHTS

Rock City's Enchanted Garden of Lights it's your last chance this weekend to see this holiday classic.6 p.m. Rock City Gardens 1400 Patten Rd., Lookout Mountain, Ga. (706) 820-2531seerockcity.com

Sun1.04FREE VIEWING

First Free Sunday One of Chattanooga's greatest collections of american art, the Hunter Musuem opens their doors to one and all.NoonHunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.org

fri1.02WINTER FUN

Ice on the Landing Your chance to strap on skates and glide across the ice has been extended for another weekend of winter fun.11 a.m. Ross’s Landing100 Riverfront Pkwy.(423) 645-8237iceonthelanding.com

take a risk on a new workCTC auditions for this year’s Festival of New Plays

For most actors, one of the most fun—and challenging—projects to take on is appearing in a brand new play that has never been staged.

sure, you get to “create” the role, and if the play is ever published, your name will be forever associated with it. But new plays are rarely perfect. Work goes on during rehearsals, lines change, scenes are rewritten or even dropped and replaced. Your character may well evolve in an un-expected direction.

if that sounds like the best time in the world, has the Chattanooga The-atre Centre got the auditions for you!

On jan. 12 and 13, the CTC will au-dition for all four of the winners in this year’s Festival of new Plays. The grand prize-winning play will be fully

staged in March on the Main stage, and the runners up will be per-formed as staged readings. Winning plays will be announced in later this month.

interested actors should come to the CTC Circle Theatre lobby at 400 River st. on the northshore at 7:30 p.m. on either day. You’ll have a chance to read for all roles you might be suited for. Break a leg!

— Janis Hashe

Festival of New Plays AuditionsJan. 12 & 13, 7:30 p.m.Chattanooga Theatre Centre Circle Theatre Lobby400 River St.(423) 267-8538theatrecentre.org

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getting Youth hooked on musicJazzanooga’s Youth Music Academy growing and grooving in 2015

IN EARLY NOVEMBER, LEGENDARY DRUMMER, AND Chattanooga native Clyde Stubblefield came home to give a talk

in conjunction with a documentary screening at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center. During this presentation, he shared a lifetime of experiences in the music industry with a packed audience. Stub-blefield, best known for his work with James Brown, played on re-cordings considered some of the standard-bearers for funk drum-ming, including singles “Cold Sweat,” “I Got The Feelin’,” “Say It Loud—I’m Black and I’m Proud” and others. Stubblefield’s talent has taken him from a childhood in Chattanooga to the stratosphere of the music industry.

During the event’s Q&A, an au-dience member asked Stubblefield how he became interested in play-ing drums. As a child, he explained, his family had gone downtown to Market Street to take in the annual Christmas parade—and there he saw the Air Force Band, heard the drums and became immediately mesmer-ized by the rhythms. He went home and began to replicate the rhythms by clapping his hands, tapping his feet, and beating on pots and pans. That singular experience cemented what Stubblefield would do for the rest of his life. He was hooked.

How many children in today’s world have the opportunity to get hooked by the arts? How many gifted musicians, painters, singers, writers will go through life never having the opportunity to foster or share their gifts because of the lack of arts education opportunities in our schools and communities? How many little Clyde Stubblefields are there in Chattanooga who will never

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get hooked by the rhythm?We know students who participate

in arts education show increases in academic performance, college atten-dance rates, and have employment success in the future. Yet according to Americans for the Arts, students who could benefit most from arts educa-tion are the ones who almost certainly attend schools that lack arts program-ming. It’s up to community organiza-tions, groups and individuals to pick up the slack.

In April 2011, I joined with local arts advocate Shane Morrow to start the or-ganization “Jazzanooga.” We planned to host an annual jazz festival, provide music education for youth, and to work to infuse more jazz performance into the local music scene. Almost 5,000 people participated in Jazzanooga ac-tivities last year—but the program

most critical to the fledgling organi-zation is the Jazzanooga Youth Music Academy.

The Academy currently has approxi-mately 20 students at varying levels of musical ability. These students meet almost every Saturday in a rehearsal room at the Soldiers and Sailors Me-morial Auditorium. The instructors come from a variety of backgrounds—a member of the Chattanooga Sym-phony, a music teacher with Hamilton County Schools, the former director of the Folk School of Chattanooga. The thread that unites them all is the pas-sionate belief that young people in Chattanooga must have opportunities to study and perform music.

The students are racially and socio-economically diverse. Ages range from 12 to 18, and they come from a variety of neighborhoods and schools: McCal-

lie, Ooltewah, Howard, Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences. Par-ents, grandparents, aunties and uncles drive into town each weekend, chil-dren and instruments in tow, each Sat-urday morning for instruction, and tra-verse the town making sure the young people get to their performances. In 2014 alone, the students have per-formed at the Aquarium Plaza with the Transatlantic Chilean Folk Orches-tra; they jammed on stage at Culture Fest, and provided the entertainment to a sold-out Jazzanooga Brunch at the Hunter Museum. The students ended the year by providing backup to a se-ries of vocalists putting on a benefit concert for the local shelter Room in The Inn. The Lyndhurst and Ben-wood Foundations financially support Jazzanooga’s education programs, but additional support comes from every-

where and in an assortment of forms, from the folks who drive the kids to gigs, community members who volun-teer, and even a grandmother who do-nated a drum set. The highlight of the Youth Academy year is when students “open” for the Jazzanooga Festival Headline Concerts. In April 2015, this will include 2015 Grammy-nominated vocalist Gretchen Parlato and ten-time Grammy winners Take 6.

Among the many local groups do-ing amazing things to supplement arts instruction for Chattanooga’s youth in schools, the Jazzanooga Youth Music Academy is an excellent example of one that knows what it takes to get kids “hooked” on music.

For more information about the Jaz-zanooga Youth Music Academy, visit jazzanooga.org and follow Jazzanooga on Twitter @Jazzanooga.

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thursday1.1 “Light , Shadow & Color”10 a.m.River Gallery400 e. 2nd st.river-gallery.comIce on the Landing 11 a.m. Ross’s Landing100 Riverfront Pkwy.(423) 645-8237iceonthelanding.comRock City's Enchanted Garden of Lights6 p.m. Rock City Gardens 1400 Patten Rd., Lookout Mountain, Ga. (706) 820-2531seerockcity.com

friday1.2 First Friday 10 a.m. area 61 Gallery & showroom61 e. Main st. (423) 648-9367“Folk Art Show” 10 a.m. Reflections Gallery6922 Lee Hwy.(423) 892-3072reflectionsgallerytn.comHolidays Under the Peaks 10 a.m. Tennessee aquarium 1 Broad st. (800) 262-0695 tnaqua.org“Juried Members Exhibition”11 a.m.

aVa Gallery30 Fraizer ave. (423) 265-4282avaarts.orgIce on the Landing 11 a.m. Ross’s Landing100 Riverfront Pkwy.(423) 645-8237iceonthelanding.comReception: “New Year: New Art “5 p.m. in-Town Gallery26a Frazier ave. (423) 267-9241intowngallery.comRock City's Enchanted Garden of Lights6 p.m. Rock City Gardens 1400 Patten Rd., Lookout Mountain, Ga. (706) 820-2531

seerockcity.comReception for “Light, Shadow, and Color”6:30 p.m.River Gallery400 e. 2nd st.river-gallery.comReno Collier7:30, 9:45 p.m.The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd Rd.thecomedycatch.comWide Open Floor8 p.m. Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds ave. (423) 624-5347barkinglegs.org

saturday1.3 St. Alban’s Hixson Farmers’ Market

10 a.m. st. alban’s episcopal Church 7514 Hixson Pike(423) 842-1342Ice on the Landing 10 a.m. Ross’s Landing100 Riverfront Pkwy.(423) 645-8237iceonthelanding.comBrainerd Farmers’ Market 11 a.m. Grace episcopal Church 20 Belvoir ave. (423) 698-0330 Writing Your Way to Mindfulness- Proprioceptive Writing1 p.m. Center for Mindful Living1212 McCallie ave. (423) 486-1279centerformindfulliving.orgI Heart Asia: KPOP Video Battle 2 p.m. Chattanooga Public Library 1001 Broad st.(423) 757-5310chattlibrary.orgEastgate Saturday Cinema: “How to Train Your Dragon 2”2:30 p.m. eastgate Public Library5705 Marlin Rd. (423) 757-5310chattlibrary.orgRock City's Enchanted Garden of Lights6 p.m. Rock City Gardens 1400 Patten Rd., Lookout Mountain, Ga.

Pulse Pick: "light, shadow, and color"The artists in "Light, Shadow, and Color" create pieces that utilize light, shadow, and brilliant color reflecting their respect for personal inspiration.

Reception for “Light, Shadow & Color”Friday, 6:30 p.m.River Gallery400 e. 2nd st.river-gallery.com

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(706) 820-2531seerockcity.comReno Collier7:30, 9:45 p.m.The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd Rd.thecomedycatch.comArtFRONT presents Fritsl & Teni Butler 8:30 p.m.Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds ave. (423) 624-5347barkinglegs.org

sunday1.4 Ice on the Landing noonRoss’s Landing100 Riverfront Pkwy.(423) 645-8237iceonthelanding.comFirst Free SundaynoonHunter Museum of art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.orgReno Collier7:30 p.m.The Comedy Catch 3224 Brainerd Rd.thecomedycatch.com

monday1.5 Beginning Watercolor with Durinda Cheek9 a.m. Townsend atelier 201 W. Main st.

(423) 266-2712townsendatelier.com“Folk Art Show” 10 a.m. Reflections Gallery6922 Lee Hwy.(423) 892-3072reflectionsgallerytn.com“Winter Wonders”10 a.m. Creative Discovery Museum321 Chestnut st. (423) 756-2738cdmfun.orgAdvanced Watercolor with Durinda Cheek 1 p.m. Townsend atelier 201 W. Main st.(423) 266-2712townsendatelier.com2015 Master Gardener Classes 6 p.m. University of Tennessee extension 6183 adamson Circle(423) 855-6113extension.tennessee.eduStep by Step Introduction to Oil Panting with Mia Bergeron6 p.m. Townsend atelier 201 W. Main st.(423) 266-2712townsendatelier.com

tuesday1.6 Intermediate Oil Painting Mentorship with Mia Bergeron

9 a.m. Townsend atelier 201 W. Main st.(423) 266-2712townsendatelier.com2015 Master Gardener Classes 9 a.m. University of Tennessee extension 6183 adamson Circle(423) 855-6113extension.tennessee.eduPainting the Impressionist Landscape with Durinda Cheek1 p.m. Townsend atelier 201 W. Main st.(423) 266-2712townsendatelier.com

wednesday1.7 Makeanooga Kids3 p.m. northgate Public Library 278 northgate Mall Dr. (423) 970-0635chattlibrary.orgMain Street Farmers Market4 p.m. 325 e. Main st. mainstreetfarmersmarket.com

ongoing

“New York Times Magazine Photography Exhibit”Hunter Museum of art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968

huntermuseum.org“Light , Shadow & Color”River Gallery400 e. 2nd st.river-gallery.com“New Year: New Art “in-Town Gallery26a Frazier ave. (423) 267-9241intowngallery.com “Member’s Choice”Gallery at Blackwell71 eastgate Loop(423) 344-5643chattanoogaphoto.org“Open 24 Hours”Hunter Museum of art10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.org “The Female Form: Raphael Soyer and Harold Cash” Hunter Museum of art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968huntermuseum.org“Pioneering Pulpits: The First Ocoee Churches”Museum Center at Five Points200 inman st. e (423) 339-5745museumcenter.org “Blood Rhythms, Strange Fruit ”Bessie smith Cultural Center 200 e. MLK Blvd. (423) 266-8658 bessiesmithcc.org

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The start of new year is a time to look forward and back. and the in-famous crew of shock Theatre kicks off 2015 with a look back at their best work...their best at scaring your socks off, that is.

Dr. shock slithers into a new season of the macabre by presenting high-lights from “Dracula’s Great Love,” “Carnival of souls,” “Bloody Pit of Horror,” “The Brain that Wouldn’t Die,” “House on Haunted Hill,” “The Dead Matter” and “spider Baby.”

if you’re a shock Theatre fan and have missed an episode or two, this would be a great night to watch all

the old clips and highlights from 2014. You’ll also need to prepare yourself to see Dr. shock’s Zombie Flea Circus, Witchy Foos Love Potion, Torture Vignettes, Dingbat losing his head (literally), the Prater’s Mill Ghost Hunt, an all Midnight syndi-cate Halloween extravaganza and much more creepy excellence.

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Sondheim is one of the best composers of a generation and “Into the Woods” is an exceptionally transcendent example of his work.”

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sing out, Cinderella“Into the Woods” is fine film adaptation of Steven Sondheim classic musical

INTO THE WOODS” IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST musical playing in theaters right now. It’s interesting that I

can write that sentence, as I can’t remember any time in the previ-ous five years in which there was more than one major Hollywood musical to choose from. The other is “Annie,” of course, which is an updated and slicker (read: worse) version of the 1977 musical about a plucky orphan and her dog warming the heart of a rich old man. For whatever reason, the filmmakers thought that the 1933 setting was too outdated for modern audiences.

“Into the Woods” doesn’t suffer from such notions, as Disney might as well own the rights to “once upon a time” tales, and fits well into them. However, a Disney ad-aptation means censorship and whitewash-ing, which will always weaken the source material. The darkness found in “Into the Woods” is lightened, but only just so, and the music and cast are more than enough to counter any weaknesses in the cuts. “Into the Woods” is as faithful an adaptation as can be expected and should please fans of Stephen Sondheim to no end. Audiences unfamiliar with his work are likely to be pleased as well.

The film is a wonderful retelling of sev-eral Grimm’s Fairytales, full of the usual crossed narratives common in Sondheim’s work. Musicals of this sort need fast pacing to counter the thin archetypal characters. As this is a film based on a Sondheim work, these archetypes are twisted versions of the familiar tales, rounded in places, but square enough to fit the necessary tropes.

The film follows the wishes of four ma-jor groups: the Baker and his Wife (James Corden and Emily Blunt) who want a child, Cinderella (Anna Kendrick) who wants to go to the king’s festival, Jack and his Mother (Daniel Huttlestone and Tracy Ullman) who want to survive, and Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford) who

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wants to bring food to her grandmoth-er. Looming over each of these stories is the Witch (Meryl Streep) who seeks to make herself young again. The Witch sets the Baker and his Wife on a quest to find four items, each be-longing to one of the main characters. They all interact in the titular woods.

The story is, of course, secondary to the music. Sondheim is one of the best composers of a generation and “Into the Woods” is an exceptionally transcendent example of his work. As with any adaptation, cuts need to be made. Thirteen songs found in the stage version are missing from the film; however, some are simply re-prises. Additionally, Sondheim com-posed two new songs specifically for the film, both of which were cut for pacing reasons.

The film is just over two hours long, but seems to drag towards the end. Had the director not cut certain scenes (or simply jammed them into one, as is the case with Cinderella’s wedding), the film might have been able to flesh out the story and allow the audience to follow without get-ting bored. As it is, the false ending feels too real and what follows too tacked on. The film might have been better served by trusting the source

material more.Yet even with the pacing problems,

the film is dynamic and entertaining. Much of this is due to the talent of the cast. While Meryl Streep cannot compete with Bernadette Peters in any vocal competition, her chops as an actress make up for it. Anna Kendrick and Emily Blunt both excel in their roles, as does James Corden.

The film’s highlight, however, comes from the performance of “Ag-ony” by the Princes (Chris Pine and Billy Magnussan). Their casting is perfect for the roles—if any of the re-prises needed to be kept, “Agony” is one.

It seems that big-budget musicals will soon become a staple of the holi-day season. There are several in de-velopment, with famous names like “Gypsy,” Little Shop of Horrors,” and “Cats.” These films are fairly safe and have a built-in fan base, much like certain superheroes we all know and love. But the planned remake of “Guys and Dolls” gives me pause. Some things were perfect in their original form. Hollywood might need to make a hard stop before someone tries to sell a new version of “Singin’ in the Rain” with Taylor Swift and Channing Tatum.


Three simple letters, D-U-I, but such a fascinating topic. Merely a misdemeanor, yet such a deep wound it leaves, both on the offender and the victim when involved. Vagrants to pol i t ic ians , payday loan m a n a g e r s to doctors, firemen to cops…it’s the great equalizer. And like a legal shark, it has so many rows of teeth when you’re caught in its gullet.

Would you believe in America that a cop can force blood from your arm? I don’t mean by giving you a stern look and asking very loudly, either. No, by “force” I mean have a group of people take you to a hospital’s mandated padded psychiatric evalua-tion room, hold each limb down if necessary, and stick a needle in your vein while you froth from the lips with drug or alcohol-induced rage. Crazy, yeah? No refusal, no lawyer present, just a very annoyed nurse and a bunch of excited E.R. orderlies if it’s been a slow day. (Lawyers and court come later.)

By now, several of you reading this are getting warm about the face and gripping the paper (or optical mouse) tightly in a mix of anger (which is actually shame) and introspection, having been down the DUI road before.

Relax. It’s in your past and will generally remain there, but it’s a tough row to hoe and not by accident. Or-phaned kids and grieving parents have a chilling ef-

fect on leg-islators, but we have all been guilty of it most likely, and

quite simply not everyone gets caught.

With that bit out of the way, you always hear your buddy (let’s call him “Hank” for no reason at all) complain about how “It was such bullshit.” How he was a victim of a quota or a chip on the cop’s shoulder or how he was pre-scribed those medications so it couldn’t be illegal to drive. There was ice on the road, he didn’t wreck because he was drunk, but, but, but…“Feh.”

I started my career work-ing Brainerd. Everyone par-tied there, and they all drove drunk, and it didn’t take a lot of training to make a case, but a good cop had his or her ducks in a row or you wasted a lot of time. This de-mographic was going to have lawyers and preachers show up.

Did you know that it’s still illegal to drive without your headlights on even when there are street lights suf-ficiently lighting the place? (I know you know, but the

customers always argue it.) What you don’t know is that about eight in ten drivers pulling out of a bar at night without headlights on are drunk, and that’s a good rea-son to follow them. Swerving (or as it’s known in the busi-ness, “crossing left of cen-ter”), headlights on or out, those are signs, but I prefer “speeding” or failure to use a turn signal or a bad tag or tail light to establish the reason for pulling you over. Then I just talk to you.

I’m not going into detail about the tests we administer because while I’m a terrible human being, I’m not giving advice on how to beat them accidentally or otherwise…but practice made me good enough that I could call your blood alcohol level (or B.A.C.) within about two tenths of a point, like Babe Ruth would call his home runs, and as I got better I didn’t care if you refused it (as you’re advised), because besides the automat-ic suspended license, I could articulate your conviction to a judge or jury without blood or breath.

Eventually I went from counting centerline dips on midnight shift to becoming a dayshift patrolman where I let the skill atrophy due to infrequency. But I’d still get reminded now and then by someone who was N.D.D.Y. (not done drinking yet) that would pass my marked pa-trol car at 10 a.m. with a flat tire and the rim kicking up a rooster tail of sparks as they ran a red light in the center lane. And off I’d go.

The great equalizer. The bringer of death in some cases, but humility in all, is just a few beers or whiskeys away, so be mindful of the beast. And know that if I’m making you recite the “Two All Beef Patties” song while leaning backwards, you’re probably about to go free and I’m just screwing with you. But if you’ve made a parent grieve…there’s a padded room and an annoyed nurse with a clipboard that literally has your name on it waiting for you.

Behave. And be safe. And of course, Happy New Year, baby.

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

how to have a really happy new Year

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“Practice made me good enough that I could call your blood alcohol level (or B.A.C.) within about two tenths of a point, like Babe Ruth would call his home runs.”

Officer Alex suggests starting off 2015 without being pulled over


Free Will Astrology ROB BREzSNy

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Even in normal times, you are a fount of regenera-tion. Your ever-growing hair and fingernails are visible signs of your nonstop renewal. A lot of other action happens without your conscious awareness. For example, your tastebuds replace themselves every two weeks. You produce 200 billion red blood cells and 10 billion white blood cells every day. Every month the epidermis of your skin is completely replaced, and every 12 months your lungs are composed of a fresh set of cells. In 2015, you will continue to revitalize yourself in all these ways, but will also undergo a comparable regenera-tion of your mind and soul. Here’s my pre-diction: This will be a year of renaissance, rejuvenation, and reinvention.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Some-times I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not liv-ing,” says a character in Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud and Incred-ibly Close. If you have ever felt that way, Aquarius, I predict that you will get some relief in 2015. Your bones won’t be strain-ing as much as they have in the past be-cause you will be living at least one of the lives you have wanted to live but haven’t been able to before. How you will handle all the new lightness that will be available?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Erotoma-nia” is a word for the erroneous fantasies people entertain when they imagine that a celebrity is in love with them. Laughable, right? Just because I have dreams of Game of Thrones actress Lena Headey texting me seductive notes doesn’t mean that she genuinely yearns for my companionship.

And yet most of us, including you and me, harbor almost equally outlandish beliefs and misapprehensions about all kinds of things. They may not be as far-fetched as those that arise from erotomania, but they are still out of sync with reality. The good news, Pisces, is that in 2015 you will have the best chance ever to become aware of and shed your delusions—even the long-running, deeply rooted kinds.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Most sala-manders reproduce by laying eggs, but the alpine salamander doesn’t. Females of that species give birth to live young after long pregnancies that may last three years. What does this have to do with you? Well, I expect you to experience a metaphorical pregnancy in the coming months. Even if you’re male, you will be gestating a project or creation or inspiration. And it’s impor-tant that you don’t let your the incubation period drag on and on and on, as the alpine salamanders do. I suggest you give birth no later than July.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Maybe you have had a dream like this: You’re wan-dering around a house you live in, and at the end of a long hallway you come to a door you’ve never seen before. How could you have missed it in the past? It must have been there the whole time. You turn the knob, open the door, and slip inside. Amazing! The room is full of interesting things that excite your imagination. What’s more, on the opposite wall there’s another door that leads to further rooms. In fact, you realize there’s an additional section of the house you have never known about or explored. Whether or not you have had a

dream like that, Taurus, I’m betting that in 2015, you will experience a symbolically similar series of events in your waking life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Greek god Zeus had seven wives. Themis, Leto, Eurynome and Hera were among them. Another was his older sister Demeter, and a sixth was his aunt Mnemosyne. Then there was the sea nymph Metis. Unfortu-nately, he ate Metis—literally devoured her—which effectively ended their mar-riage. In 2015, Gemini, I encourage you to avoid Zeus’s jumbled, complicated ap-proach to love and intimacy. Favor quality over quantity. Deepen your focus rather than expanding your options. Most im-portantly, make sure your romantic adven-tures never lead to you feeling fragmented or divided against yourself. This is the year you learn more than ever before about what it’s like for all the different parts of you to be united.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here are three of my top wishes for you in 2105: You will have a clear, precise sense of what’s yours and what’s not yours…of what’s possible to accomplish and what’s impos-sible…of what will be a good influence on you and what won’t be. To help ensure that these wishes come true, refer regu-larly to the following advice from Cance-rian author Elizabeth Gilbert: “You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes ev-ery day. That’s a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Author Robert Moss has published 27 books. When he talks about the art of launching and com-pleting big projects, I listen attentively. There’s one piece of advice he offers that would be particularly helpful for you to keep in mind throughout the first half of 2015. “If we wait until we are fully pre-pared in order to do something, we may never get it done,” he says. “It’s important to do things before we think we are ready.” Can you handle that, Leo? Are you willing to give up your fantasies about being per-fectly qualified and perfectly trained and perfectly primed before you dive in?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The fish known as the coelacanths were thought to have become extinct 66 million years ago. That was when they disappeared from the fossil record. But in 1938 a fisherman in South Africa caught a live coelacanth. Eventually, whole colonies were discov-ered in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa and near Indonesia. I foresee a comparable phenomenon happening in your life during the coming months, Virgo. An influence you believed to have disappeared from your life will resurface. Should you welcome and embrace it? Here’s what I think: Only if you’re inter-ested in its potential role in your future, not because of a nostalgic attachment., LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Nothing brings people closer than business,” said composer Arnold Schoenberg. You could be living proof of that hypothesis in 2015, Libra. Your drive to engage in profitable activities will be at a peak, and so will your

knack for making good decisions about profitable activities. If you cash in on these potentials, your social life will flourish. Your web of connections will expand and deepen. You will generate high levels of camaraderie by collaborating with allies on productive projects.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Deathwatch beetles have a peculiar approach to the mating game. Their seduction technique consists of smacking their heads against a hard object over and over again. This gen-erates a tapping sound that is apparently sexy to potential partners. I discourage you from similar behaviors as you seek the kind of love you want in 2015. The first rule of romantic engagement is this: Sacri-ficing or diminishing yourself may seem to work in the short run, but it can’t possibly lead to lasting good. If you want to stir up the best results, treat yourself with tender-ness and respect.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Diet-erich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was a Ger-man composer whose organ music is still played today. He was a major influence on a far more famous German composer, Jo-hann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). When Bach was a young man, he decided it was crucial for him to experience Buxte-hude’s music first-hand. He took a leave of absence from his job and walked over 250 miles to the town where Buxtehude lived. There he received the guidance and inspiration he sought. In 2015, Sagittarius, I’d love to see you summon Bach’s deter-mination as you go in quest of the teaching you want and need.

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