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October 31, 2006
Spotted: Harold Ford at the Southern Star
Taken today at lunchtime moments before Ford jetted off to his next campaign stop.
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October 26, 2006
Harold Ford, Jr. and Bob Corker star in "The Battle of the Campaign Ads Featuring Kitchens the Average Tennessee Voter Will Never Be Able to Afford."
Click here to see Harold's.
Click here to see Bob's.
Those are nice kitchens.
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October 25, 2006
Maybe Our Coolest Cover Ever...
(Cover by Alex Tucker.)
In this week's edition of The Pulse...
The Spooky Scenic City: Every city has its ghosts. And we are no exception. Did you ever hear something creepy? Witness something you couldn’t explain? See somebody who wasn’t there? Well, you’re not alone. The Tennessee Valley is full of stories of the unexplained. We share a few.
This Scary Story is Real: Joe Lance tells the Tale of the Haunted House and the Military Commissions Act.
They’re So Good, It’s Scary: Bialetti and Ballroom Dancing join Halloween forces at Barking Legs.
St. George and the Patron: Chattanooga’s most endangered building gets a new start.
For the Love: With the Late Bloomers series, the Theatre Centre looks to turn its stage into a Playground one night at a time.
...plus our event picks, calendar, http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/dguide/, movie and CD reviews and MUCH, MUCH more.
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October 24, 2006
Updated: Murder Charges Against Edward "Meatloaf" Jones Thrown Out
Murder charges against Edward "Meatloaf" Jones in the killing of Don Airline were thrown out this morning.
Click here to read WDEF's story.
Click here to read Chattanoogan.com's story.
Developing...
Read Aaron Mesh's coverage of the case:
Chillin’ in Jail: The bonds get steeper after more Meatloaf charges
"The End of My Time": Don Airline survived a hurricane. He didn’t survive Chattanooga
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Former Chattanooga Outlook Editor's New Rap Video Online
Robert Anthony, former editor of the Chattanooga Outlook, is now part of a Memphis "artistocrunk" rap duo called Lord T. and Eloise. Robert is Eloise, the guy in gold. The video features a guest spot (toward the end) from, yes, prominent Memphis rapper Al Kapone. Look for a feature on Lord T. and Eloise in an upcoming issue of The Pulse.
Click here to see their site, hear some of their music and read some articles about them.
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October 18, 2006
In This Week's Edition of The Pulse
In this week's edition of The Pulse...
Connecting the Plots: The traveling Corker-Ford show comes to Chattanooga, and leaves a pool of mud. Aaron Mesh reports.
The Third Candidate: How did Chattanooga perform on its night in the national spotlight?
Sniffing Our Way Through the Ballot Bouquet: Don’t abstain. You have choices, some better smelling than others. Joe Lance tells you about them.
And Now for Something Completely Different: SEED screens the alt art video show POLYMER at the Hunter.
More Sheryl Crow Than Modest Mouse: Leticia Wolf finally finds her voice with her new album, Sad Songs Kill Themselves. See Tish—twice—and get a copy of it Thursday night.
Splitting Hairs: Hair of the Dog is an attractive pub with great beer and a cheese-splashed menu.
...plus our event picks, calendar, http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/dguide/, movie and CD reviews and MUCH, MUCH more.
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October 13, 2006
Local Filmmaker Judith Mogul's "Anti-Arktikos" Praised by Memphis Paper
The Memphis Commercial Appeal really digs Judith Mogul's Anti-Arktikos:
Written and created by Chattanooga artist Judith Mogul and reportedly inspired by a dream, "Anti-Arktikos" combines live action and stop-motion animation to imagine an artificial arctic world, fabricated almost entirely through Mogul's paper sculptures. The result is a sort of Jan Svankmajer-influenced "March of the Penguins" or a David Lynchian "Where the Wild Things Are," explored through the eyes of a doll, Pipi, who represents her sleeping owner, a little Japanese girl named Momo.The 23-minute film- shot and edited by Jarrod Whaley, with extraordinarily creative sound design by Bob Stagner and Dennis Palmer - required more than six months of effort. The color palette is white and icy blue; the paper creatures include snakes and shamans. The pace - like the setting - is glacial, but the slowness invites - and rewards - the viewer's introspection: One not only marvels at the oddities onscreen but begins searching for clues as to how they were created, eventually noticing that some of the penguins are gliding on squeaky, not-quite-hidden wheels, like roller skates, and being pulled by the type of fishing line used to manipulate prop bats in the days before digital effects.
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October 11, 2006
ESPN reports that the plane that crashed in NYC was registered to Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle; Lidle died in the crash
Developing...
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PulseCast: Music Edition #007 - Now Online
Features music from The Evens, Cornelius, Menomena, The Decemberists, Mauntaineer, Swan Lake, Chad Vangaalen, The Walkmen, Radical Face, Howe Gelb, Sula Bassana and the Nasoni Pop Art Experimental Band and many more.
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(Please note: If you subscribe to this PulseCast, please download it again, as your initial download might not include the entire show.)
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A (More) Spirited Debate
I, for one, thought last night's debate was a truer representation of the acrimony that obviously exists between the two candidates (parties?) than anything I have seen before.
Both were committed to lobbing as many "grenades" as possible at each other (possibly because there was no :30 response to the rebuttal like in Memphis).
Each presented himself more in a "Senatorial" light, throwing around more names, places and figures as befits a national politician.
Looked to me like Ford had more to answer for: family political machine, law school vs. passing the bar, Missing votes in congress as opposed to Corker's illegal alien flap and cookie cutter republicanism.
All in all, I thought it was Corker's debate to lose, although Ford rebounded pretty well and came off human at times, as when fessing up to law school.
Memphis: Ford by a nose
Chattanooga: Corker by a nose
Nashville: ?
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In This Week's Edition of The Pulse
In this week's edition of The Pulse...
Playin' with Our Heads: George Carlin's 2,269 words we can't print on our cover.
The Tangled Web They Wove: Allegations fly as the Senate race heads to the wire.
The Last Blue Bag: When recycling (and our plan for it) becomes garbage.
The Narnia of Prog: Glass Hammer brings a musical army to the Tivoli.
Outsiders Welcome: The Shaking Rays are 20.
Halloween at the Hunter: The Tremont Collective rocks the silent screen.
World Markets: Where to shop for globetrotting grub without leaving the county.
...plus our event picks, calendar, dining guide, movie and CD reviews and MUCH, MUCH more.
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Corker, Ford and Bored
A few brief thoughts and observations on Tuesday night's debate...
1. Mr. Ford has a steely and determined "I'm thinking of my response" face.
2. Mr. Corker wants to bring people together. And stay the course. And bring people together and stay the course. And bring people together.
3. Mr. Ford will -- get this -- say "yes" to some people and say "no" to others. This is called being "independent." So is, evidently, voting with Hillary and Ted 88 percent of the time.
4. Fed Ex doesn't like Mr. Ford. Even if he did get them that runway.
5. Evidently, if the INS likes what you're doing, they'll come and tell you about it -- three times.
6. The majority of the people asking the questions had absolutely no idea who James Baker is.
7. When you accuse somebody of being lobbied by their daddy, they won't shake your hand after the debate.
8. Mr. Corker referenced Mr. Ford's being a career Washington politican, which is something Mr. Corker would be today if he'd beaten Bill Frist back in 1994.
9. Most of the time, when you don't show up for a congressional vote, it's not that important. But sometimes it is. It's OK, though, not to show up if you're seeking a higher office.
10. So, tell me more about Chris Lugo...
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October 10, 2006
Poor Little Rich Convicted Shooter
Rheubin Taylor II lives under house arrest with his father, Hamilton County Attorney Rheubin Taylor, who earns more than $126,000 annually. But you’re paying for the kid’s legal fees. Thanks!
Special Judge Buddy Perry has ruled that the Taylor fils is indigent, and his legal fees will be paid by the taxpayer-funded Tennessee indigent defense fund. So that’s how Stewart Jenkins will be collecting for his defense of Taylor, who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter earlier this year in the shooting that killed Tory Hardy following the 2003 Bessie Smith Strut.
Jenkins said Taylor’s living conditions weren’t a factor in his ability to pay. “He has no property and no job,” Jenkins told the Times Free Press on Friday. It is hard to find work when you’re under house arrest.
But it’s easier to find a job when you have a clean record – which Taylor might if the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals rules his way. Perry has already ruled that Taylor’s charges would be expunged from his criminal record if he finished three years of probation without incident, but the D. A.’s office is appealing the ruling.
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So, Who's Al Green, Again?
Two days after being quoted by the Times Free Press as being “not in support of relaxing the concession policy or further enabling the sale of alcohol at either the Tivoli or Memorial,” Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield appeared on WGOW’s “F.R.E.D. the Show” with Jeff Styles last Tuesday to receive a proper public grilling on the matter.
Littlefield was actually in the studio to discuss recent recycling developments, but Styles was able to get the mayor to spend roughly eight minutes (you can download the podcast here) discussing the topic of Tivoli/Memorial concessions towards the end of the show.
First, they talked about sticky floors. Littlefield argued that people “hate going to movie theaters” because sticky floors are a “common occurrence.” He doesn’t want to see that happen at the Memorial or the Tivoli. Styles didn’t have much to say on that, but our very own City Editor/Movie Critic Aaron Mesh, who has visited the Rave in East Ridge “well over one hundred times” since its early 2005 opening, says he’s encountered sticky floors “maybe twice.” Mesh adds that those two sticky visits did not make him hate going to the theater.
The most puzzling portion of the interview, however, came when Littlefield explained that the reason the recent Al Green show at the Memorial Auditorium was cancelled was because people would have to “be my age to know who Al Green is, almost” and that ticket prices were “pretty high for us.” While his first point is almost too ridiculous to even comment on (the mayor only needs to attend a local prom or watch, say, Pulp Fiction to properly gauge Al Green’s appeal among folks younger than himself), Styles convincingly countered Littlefield by pointing out that the reason ticket prices were so high was because promoters couldn’t sell alcohol and had no choice but to make their money on ticket sales. Littlefield then responded that “we need more people with more money in their pocket to buy tickets and we will do very well.” Perhaps the mayor might want to consider that one way people might wind up with more money in their pockets is by not paying more than they have to for concert tickets.
Styles told Littlefield that, for every act he could name that’s sold out the Tivoli or Memorial lately, he could name 30 bands that “could have sold out that we won’t get because of the alcohol policy.” The mayor mentioned a show by contemporary Christian act, Third Day.
“I was there. It filled the auditorium,” he said.
Time ran out before Styles could list his 30 bands, but to Littlefield’s credit, he did agree to come back on the air to discuss the subject again. He needs to.
Somebody should bring beer.
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October 08, 2006
Who Won the Debate?
I watched the thing on TV last night and walked away thinking Corker's high-minded problem solving CEO talk made him sound egotistical with a subtext of, "I'll figure out how to be a politician when I get there and learn all those facts and figures and things that politicians seem to know about."
I also walked away thinking Ford's overly effusive "heart talk" and references to his "God" coupled with his assurances that he is not a liberal made him sound like a slight of hand politician hell-bent on re-imaging himself before our very eyes.
Is this our choice?
Continue reading "Who Won the Debate?"
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October 06, 2006
Campaign Press Release Headlines That Might Have Been Pithier
Exhibit A: the title of a Corker campaign E-mail sent to us not 30 minutes ago:
"Ford’s Denial That He Presents Himself as a Lawyer Undermined By
New Video of Ford Telling CNN’s Wolf Blitzer That He’s a Lawyer"
Gotcha! Wait, how's that again?
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The 7th Annual C.I.A. Awards: Please vote for us!
Folks, voting is now open at CIAMusic.com for this year's 7th Annual C.I.A. Awards. We are again nominated in the "Best Local Entertainment Publication" category, which we won last year. This year, we hope to take home the embossed lucite once again.
Please visit the C.I.A. site and vote for The Pulse and all your other local favorites. (Note: You can only vote once.)
Thanks!
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October 04, 2006
In This Week's Edition of The Pulse
In this week's edition of The Pulse...
Everybody Digs Dave Walters: A musical city rallies behind one of its own.
The Eyes of the Beholders: City leaders try to give the public art it will like. But what art do the leaders like? Aaron Mesh asks them.
No Wonder People Fail to Vote - Oh, the inanity: Joe Lance outlines the dirty tricks, braggadocio and empty promises.
The 45-Minute Burger: Spoons’ slow food is well worth the wait.
...plus our event picks, calendar, dining guide, movie and CD reviews and MUCH, MUCH more.
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October 03, 2006
The List: Eight on "Life at 25" or Why Wasn't Mesh Consulted?
The Pulse's resident 25-year-old, Aaron Mesh.
He wasn't consulted for "Life at 25."
Eight on Life at 25
The Times Free Press is currently running a series called “Life at 25” in which 25 Chattanooga 25-year-olds discuss what’s important to them. What have we learned from the series so far?
1. Some 25-year-olds look like 40-year-olds.
2. Loveless marriages are scary.
3. There is such a thing as a “Quarterlife Crisis.”
4. You should worry about being great someday.
5. One soulless punk out of 25 had the gall to deem their career more important than their family or their spirituality.
6. People from hick towns are more likely to get married at a younger age.
7. There is such a thing as an “aquarist.”
8. Being 25 can be scary, but also exciting. And sometimes surprising.
The List is (usually) satire.
Especially this week.
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