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37 - Valley Planet

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Inside This Issue
Pulling Teeth Argh!
Great
Expectations
They’re Here!
Letter from the Publisher
By Jill Wood
Publishers
Frankie Glassco
Jill Wood
Editor
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Gabrielle Dempsey
Ricky Thomason
Linda Haynes
Dr. Anarcho
Steve Moulton
Jim Sandoval
Gary Adams
Julie Blair
Randy Shepherd
Billy Joe Cooley
Holly Dawn Hunter
Milton A. Lamb, Jr.
Allison Gregg
Gray James Bridge
Peter Abbott
Susan Martinello
Catherine Shearer
Brandy Dean Genung
Sam Sanderson
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OntheCover
Gabrielle Dempsey has been painting and drawing
since an early age, when her parents, Jack and Allyson
Dempsey, both artists themselves, began teaching
her. She currently teaches Classic Oil Painting at
the Huntsville Art League. She can be reached at
[email protected]
Inside the Planet
3 Gossip
4 Unchained Maladies
Music Calendar
5 Part 1: How to Download Content to your Cell Phone
BOONDOCKS
6 DR. ANARCHO
Journalist Goodman to Speak in Huntsville
7 Pulling Teeth
8 Vinny Rottino, A Huntsville Star
9 A Rememberance
Holy Cow! Batman Begins
10 Spotlight on Music
The Great Van Cliburn Concert
Atlanta Percussionist
11 The Alabama Blues Brothers
12 Book Review, “Party of One: The Loner’s Manifesto”
BOONDOCKS
17 Rockabilly’s becomes a full-scale bar and grill
18 They’re Here!
The Deep End
22 Party of One: Great Expectations
The Deep End
23 My Introduction to Huntsville
Listings
25 BOONDOCKS
26 News of the Weird
27 Valley Planet Music Exchange
BOONDOCKS
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Millie Dempsey like her
sister Gabrielle also began
drawing and painting at an
early age, when her parents,
Jack and Allyson Dempsey,
both artists themselves, began teaching her. Her approach is to render subjects
in a realistic, yet expressive
way. She can be reached at
[email protected]
Gossip
By
Billy Joe
Cooley
I joined my Texas banker pal
Louis Boatright, of La Marque,
in terrorizing Nashville for a few
days since I last wrote. We were
in the army (ours) together a
jillion years ago.
Farewell to Dr. Gus Prosch, who
died last month in Guntersville.
We had been neighbors some
years ago in Bridgeport.
Minor Street auto mechanic
Dehaan Gates was among
the visitors this week at Floyd
Hardin’s barber shop. And in
walked pretty Brenda Burkett
Elders with her hubby Buddy.
Our galpal Helen Holmes
Sockwell, who deals in real
estate these days, had as holiday
guests her kin from D.C., Diane
Sockwell and daughter Tegan
(who plays high school soccer).
Talk about holiday hosts, some
of the finest Fourth of July events
we have attended were right here
in the area, starting Saturday
night when Willis and Charlene
Deerman drove us up to a New
Ground concert in the fancy
Mountain Lakes Resort. Just the
scenic ride alone would have been
worth the trip.
Meanwhile, our neighbor Gail
Gallagher joined her friend
Err Clowdell and zipped off to
Birmingham for the fireworks and
stuff. And Gail’s mama Jeanette is
sporting around in a snazzy new
car.
Then on Sunday came a concert
by the popular New Vision
quartet at First Nazarene Church,
followed by a picnic in Sharon
Johnston Park. Vicky and Jimmy
Jackson are among the event’s big
motivators.
And our publishers Jill Wood
and Frankie Glassco, along with
friends and kin, have returned
from an exotic vacation away
down south.
Our teacher friends John and
Joan Allen of Monte Sano have
just returned from a Philadelphia
seminar the exciting way. Their
plane was delayed in Raleigh, so
they rented the last car in town
and drove home to Huntsville
in 10 hours through some of the
most beautiful scenery in the
world, including the great Ocoee
National Forest. One problem,
though, said John: “It was night
and we couldn’t see a thing.”
Our crowd gathered on the
She was just a kid on Halsey
Avenue when I last saw her (some
50 years ago).
Guitar great Billy Lee still makes
music around town when he’s not
cutting hair in his barbershop at
805 Regal Dr, (next to Parkway
City. He an his pretty wife Donna
show up at some interesting
functions.
evening of the 4th at the
impressive Madison farm of Jack
and Barbara Vandiver, where
some 200 of their neighbors
and friends celebrate each
Independence Day with an oldfashioned to-do that is second
to none. State Rep. Ray Garner,
County Commissioner Dale
Strong and their families were
amongst us. The fine baritone
voice of Gaines Gravlee
delivered The Star Spangled
Banner, David Langley’s dad
Dr. Ralph turned thanks and
the good food was available in
abundance.
Happy trails!
-----My current email address:
[email protected]
To read fun stories by Billy
Joe Cooley and other southern
writers go to
www.DownHomeMagazine.
com and still more at www.
OldSouthernTimes.com
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Unchained
Maladies
Ricky Thomason Writes
Okay folks, once again it’s
time for your tri-weekly ration of
good ol’ homespun “humor” and
small-town newspaper tattletale
tidbits about - uh wait… what would
we need with that?
Let’s move on to whine
about why no one wants to date my
neurotic, hootchie-Gucci ass… Oh
hell. Somebody’s done there and
been that, too.
C’mon, guys… have we been
reduced to this? Paging Reverend
Slim. Jeremy, dude -- where is the
Liquid Meat when we need it?
Guess I’ll have to do
something else. I’ll just rant and rave
for a while. You may read along if
you want. This is an alternative rag,
so we can make fun of you, and
ourselves, and we can write whatever
we damned well please until we’re
fired, or can’t take it anymore. Yes, it
usually is fun.
A couple of months ago, with
the price of crude oil headed for alltime highs, I predicted the extinction
of gasoline for less than two bucks
per gallon. It turned out that the
price dipped one last time, so I was
wrong – sort of – and readers wasted
no time in telling me about it, as they
should.
But, just like the last time I
thought I was wrong, it turned out
I was right at the time – or at least
“prematurely correct. The record
price of crude has people, who really
know what they’re talking about,
proclaiming the two-dollar gasoline
barrier is shattered forever. One
didn’t need a little burning Bush to
see that coming.
What effects will that have
on the economy and American life in
general? Well, my fellow VP writers
told me that since crude is at an alltime high, I would be worth much
more, and should get a big raise. Not
so, not yet, anyway.
As for the effects on the
rest of things, let me look into my
Crystal bowl. (That would be a bowl
of veinna sausages -- “Vi-ainees” for
southerners -- completely dowsed
with Crystal hot-sauce.)
I see a day coming when
the price of gasoline will make the
Thursday
July 14
Benchwarmer
College Night w/Haven & Poker
Tourn. (Free to Play)
Benchwarmer too!
College Night All you can drink
draft!
Bobby G’s (Henderson Rd.)
Karaoke
Coppertop
Dan Harding
Crossroads
mina-mina Goodsong
price of monster SUVs drop. I mean
“drop” as in you’ll be able to buy one
for 39 cents. Suits me. I don’t like the
obnoxious things anyway. There is
a psychological factor that will play
a big part in this price drop; one gas
passes $2.50 per gallon (and some say
it will hit $3 per in the next twelve
months) it will cost a crisp $100 bill
to fill up the 40 gallon tank that some
of those things sport. That’s going to
hurt, no matter who you are.
Shortly after that day, the car
commercials will scream “Buy any
new full size SUV by this weekend,
and we’ll give you a free, prefattened, bon-bon eating soccer mom
When it comes to any
real leadership among Alabama
politicians, if balls were dynamite,
they wouldn’t have enough to blow
off their own wieners.
The hot sauce bowl tells
me that these issues will start out
being hotly debated in the next
elections. Then the usual suspects
will divert the usual simpletons
with things cheap and shiny like
constitutional amendments over
burning flags, stopping marriages
among those queers that God hates
so much, and those fool-proven dingdong magnets: religious rocks and
creationism. The earth isn’t but 6000
with cell phone already permanently
attached to her head!”
If you take the optional
towing package, they’ll throw in a
couple of those little curtain climbers,
too.
I see a day when the few
thinking Americans we have left
will once again raise a cry for a
move toward renewable, alternative
fuels like ethanol, and bio-diesel. I
also see an oil industry that will tell
their pocket president and personal
politicians to tell the people who
“elected” them to eff-off again -- and
continue with bidness as usual.
years old you know.
The bowl tells me that
creationists will get clever and offer
themselves as proof positive that
man has not and will never evolve
beyond superstitious-savage level. I
have to admit, when examined in the
faint shadow of their own dim light,
they are convincing, upright-walking
arguments that the more things
change, the more they stay the same,
particularly here in Alabubba.
I told one creationist that
what came out of his mouth was
fallacious. He turned red and said he
might have known I’d have to bring
Flying Monkey Arts
Rockabilly’s
Summer Nights and Waterfights
Tour
Open Mic Blues Jam
Goal Post
Ladie’s Night with Reckless
Hog Wild
Jim Cavender
King Karaoke
Hustle & Swing Dance Lessons
Hopper’s
Rudy Mockabee and the Music
Factory
Humphrey’s
Kenny Acosta
Jazz Factory
Toy Shop
Philby’s Pourhouse
Andy & Sven
sexual perversion into things.
I replied that I was simply a
cunning linguist. He fainted at that
point -- but while he was out, his
wife asked for my phone number.
Ricky Thomason is a freelance writer
from Huntsville. Email Rick at
[email protected].
Let Ricky know what you think at
our forums at www.valleyplanet.
com.
Guntersville
Boondock’s
Sammy T’s Music Hall
Live Music
The Corner
Karaoke
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Lacey Atchison
Friday
July 15
Athens
801 Franklin
Lake Ida Pub & Grill
Frog Mountain Symphony
Cheers Pub & Grill
Greg Chambers & Keith Taylor
Alabama Roadhouse
Decatur
Karaoke w/Joel Mullins
Iguana Party
Bama Babez
Hard Dock
The Brick
Bo & Will
American Legion Post 176
Benchwarmer
5 O’Clock Charlie
Part 1: How to download
content to your cell phone
Most people don¹t know how to
download content to their cell
phones. Nowthey can know.
Depending on your cell phone
service and handset, there are
different ways of getting content
to your phone. We will use the
GSM carriers in this area Cingular,
T-Mobile, and Corr Wireless as
examples. These carriers offer
internet service that allows you
to browse the web and download
content.
You must first subscribe to your
carrier’s internet service. Most
carriers have content available that is
specifically provided by them. If you
download their content, a
corresponding charge will show up
on your monthly bill.
On Nokia Series 40 phones, click on
the menu button then scroll down to
services and select your “carrier
service.” Next, click on the options
button and select “bookmarks.” Then
click on the options button, scroll
down to “new bookmark,” select
it, add the address, and click “ok.”
Finally, enter a title and click “ok,”
and your bookmark is added.
On the Sony Ericsson phone, click on
the features button then, select your
carrier service button. Next, click on
the more button, select “bookmarks,”
select “new bookmark” and click on
add. Finally, enter a title and click
“ok,” then enter an address and click
“ok,” and your bookmark is saved.
Werd Interactive is a locally based
cell phone content provider. You
can bookmark on your cell phone
http://bango.net/!9373662453 to
download games from Werd
Interactive. For further information
on this topic please visit http://www.
werdinteractive.com/howto.html.
On Nokia Series 60 phones, click on
the carrier service button, then click
on the ‘options’ button and select
“bookmarks.” Next, click on the
options button and scroll down to
“add bookmark,” select it, then add
the name and address. Finally, click
on “options,” then “save,” and your
bookmark is added.
BOONDOCKS
Now let us talk about getting content
from other companies that might not
be available on your carrier. When
downloading content from sites that
aren¹t specifically tied to your carrier,
you will need to pay at the time of
download. For this article we will
talk about how to bookmark an
address on various cell phones
making it easy for you to download
content from companies other than
your carrier. The following are phone
handsets used by the local GSM
carriers:
Benchwarmer too!
Karaoke
Hopper’s
Donnie Cox & Company
Factory
Half Brass
Lacey Atchison
Coppertop
Humphrey’s
Rocket Scientist/The Swing Shift
Fly By Radio
Crossroads
Jazz Factory
Dance Here
TBA
Kaffeklatsch @ Night
Halfdown Thomas &
Witchdoctor’s Opera
Flying Monkey Arts
LickSkillet Music Barn
Country Gold Express Band
The Corner
Dave Anderson
Moody Monday’s
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Big Daddy Kingfish
Chocolate-Tini Night
TOY SHOP
DJ
Grab Ass Charlestons, The
Soviettes, Magazine Love
Furniture Factory
Short Bus
Goal Post
John Mitchell & Square One
HDK Karaoke
Olde Towne CoffeE
Shoppe
Alan Backer
Rockabilly’s
Sports Page
Athens
Greendoor Books
Barry Kay
Richie & Deemer
Decatur
Hard Dock
Iguana Party
The Brick
Roosevelt Franklin
Guntersville
Adrian’s
Marsha Morgan
Lynam
Blackeyed Susan
Russell Gulley
The Station
Blue Parrot
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Dr. anarcho
I guess this old stuff still sucks. Music
has, or had the power to change the
world. We all know that, and have
known it for a long time. It’s my hope
that this is still true.The recent “Live8” concerts held simultaneously
around the world gave small hope
to the belief that rock as a vehicle for
social and political change didn¹t die
completely after the 60s..
In a redeux of his “Live Aid” concerts
of twenty years ago Bob Geldof
managed to bring together many
of the world¹s top acts to perform
to raise awareness of needed debt
relief for third world countries. Note
that these concerts weren¹t telethons
to raise money, you aren¹t asked to
donate anything. They just want to
make you aware of some hard, cold
facts.
The hope is that if African nations
were forgiven the staggering debt
load owed to the G-8 powers the
world¹s leading economic powers
of the world that they could use the
money saved to fight famine, poverty
and diseases that ravage so many
countries in that part of the world.
Here’s something for you to ponder.
Due to civil wars, and AIDs, 50%
of the population of many Africa
nations are now under the age of 16,
and most of them go to bed hungry
every night.
Let me repeat that, in case you think
it is a mis-print. 50% of the
population is under age 16. Child
labor is rampant because there aren’t
enough healthy adults to work to
support a family. Education for those
children is practically unheard of, so
the vicious cycle continues.
How much good will it do? Who
knows. When it comes to the jack,
Floyd had it right when they sang
“keep your hands off of my stack.”
Maybe the top governments of the
world can find a heart somewhere
among them and do something
besides pour money into the
military-industrial complex and start
wars.
A growing number of people
- Republicans and Democrats
alike - are now realizing the more
than $80 Billion per year the Bush
administration is spending to start a
civil war in Iraq would go a long way
toward relieving famine and disease
worldwide not to mention relieving
suffering here at home.
Call me cynical, but I have little
hope that the world’s G8 economic
powers give a damn about anything
but more, more, more.
Again, I want to reiterate that the
purpose of this entire thing is not
to shame you into sending money.
No one asks you to donate anything
other than a few moments of your
attention. Sally Struthers’ elephantine
ass did little to diminish famine in
Africa. No one wants your money
for this, they simply want your
awareness of the problem.
America, as usual, will be called
upon to spearhead the help effort.
Maybe one day, African countries can
be prosperous, and can stand on their
own feet and hate us like everyone
else we¹ve helped throughout the
world.
Hats off to Bob Geldoff and
everyone involved in the “Live8” project. The effort reached
an estimated 5.5 billion people
throughout the world. 5.5 billion is
a lot of people. We could give them
all a dollar apiece and still have $75
billion bucks left over to spend in
Iraq in the year 2005 alone.
Conservative Christians have a
ready-made issue to practice what
they preach here, plus it might divert
them out of people¹s bedrooms for a
while.
For this issue, Dr. Anarcho has no
recommendation for you to listen to
anything other than your heart
and conscience. Be aware of what’s
happening in this world. Be aware of
what your country and government
is doing. That would be priceless
music to my ears.
Journalist Goodman to speak in Huntsville
Submitted By Linda Haynes
Amy Goodman, internationally
acclaimed journalist and host of the
nationally broadcast daily radio/TV
news hour Democracy Now! will
speak in Huntsville the evening
of Friday, Sept. 16. The time and
location is to be announced.
Her subject will be on “the lies
of politicians and the corruption
of media monopolies.” These are
also the topics of her best-selling
book, “The Exception to the Rulers:
Exposing Oily Politicians, War
Profiteers, and the Media that Love
Them.”
The editors of Publishers Weekly
chose the book as one of the Top 50
Nonfiction books of 2004, and www.
Booksense.com chose it as the top
non-fiction book of the 2004 election
season.
Goodman, a frequent guest on
MSNBC’s Hardball and on CNN, has
struck a nerve with the American
public. Last year, she spoke to
sold-out crowds during her 100-city
tour.
Her talk in Huntsville will be her
first Alabama appearance. On the
following evening, she will speak in
Birmingham.
She will discuss the role of the
media during war and compare
corporate-owned media with the
work of independent media. She
presents a compelling argument
for the importance of independent
media in fostering dialogue that is
Friday
(Cont’d)
Saturday
July 16
DJ naught & DJ SullenChoirBoi
with special guest DJ Valis
Minivan Blues Band
The Crawlers
Open Delta/Charlie Lyle Quintet
Boondock’s
801 Franklin
Coppertop
Crossroads
Cletus Puckett Experience
Live Music
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Karaoke
Madison
11th Frame Bar
Karaoke Contest
Marsha Morgan
Alabama Roadhouse
Crossfire
Benchwarmer
Second Hand Lincoln
Benchwarmer too!
Club Ozz
Shawn Mullins, Lacey Atchison &
Tim Tucker
Flying Monkey Arts
Crash Boom Bang
Furniture Factory
After Hours w/Mike Mitchell
Goal Post
7th Annual CZC Krewe Shrimp
Boil/Blame Johnny
Factory
Big Daddy Kingfish
Hopper’s
vital to a healthy democracy.
Democracy Now! is an awardwinning, national, daily news hour,
pioneering the largest public media
collaboration in North America. It is
broadcast nationally on more than
300 radio and TV stations in North
America, including Free Speech TV,
channel 9415 of the DISH network
(satellite TV), Link TV, channel 375
Direct TV and channel 9410 DISH
network. The show also
can be viewed at
www.democracynow.org.
For more information about
Goodman’s upcoming appearance
here contact Linda Haynes at
[email protected] or 256-4893884.
Humphrey’s
Jazz Factory
Aephobic
Rockabilly’s
Marge Loveday
Roller Coasters
Duane Walker & the Desperado
Band
Heartland
Pulling Teeth
Baseball. We all know it’s
called America’s Pastime
because it passes time till
football season. And we
wait and wait and wait. It
feels like the waiting is as
long as reading War and
Peace.
Once we get to the
middle of July there is
and responds by putting on that baby
bib on like that is going to somehow
prevent all that is wrong with my
mouth and me. Then they lean you
back and you can’t help praying with
that standard ‘I’m scared’ prayer.
“Please God, help me! I promise God.
If you get me out of here I promise
I’ll be a better person. I’ll enjoy
watching cycling on TV whatever
By STEVE MOULTON
It’s summer time again. To
most people it’s a time of vacations,
beaches, and fun, but it’s also the
worst time of the year if you are a
football fan..And something tells me
that there are a couple of football
fans out there.
The Summer just seems
to brag on and on seemly lasting
forever. You count down the days.
. . literally. All you can do is dream
about College Gameday visiting your
campus and of course getting set for
kick off.
To Football fans summer
time is like going to the dentist. We
all know we have to go through it,
but we really don’t want to. The
waiting seemly lasts forever, like
a pain I had in my mouth about a
month ago. Summer to the football
fan is where your imagination is
really worse than reality.
The waiting is the hardest
part. Just like in the dentist’s office.
You wait. And wait. And as you wait
you imagine in your head screams
coming from the back of the dentist’s
office like in a horror movie by
Wes Craven. You just want it to go
away as soon as possible, but pain is
persistent. It just won’t go away.
The anxiety. As football fans,
we suffer through the basketball
playoffs with the National Basketball
Association better known as the
NBA. Then comes America’s Pastime;
Sports Page
Pla’ Station
The Coffee Tree
open mic night
nothing on TV. We suffer
through countless hours of baseball
and baseball, and more baseball.
After all, when one baseball game
seems to last forever, just imagine
one game after another, after another.
It’s as if we as football fans are made
to suffer.
Yea, mini camps are starting
in the National Football League, but
it’s not enough. It’s maddening. This
part of the summer is like sitting
in the chair of the dentist, the calm
before the storm. You sit back in the
dentist chair. You admit the anxiety
to the assistant. The assistant smiles
Decatur
Hard Dock
Short Bus
The Brick
you want.”
Then my dentist walks in.
He tries to calm me down, just like
sportscenter does with those in depth
“behind the scene” stories about
rehabbing some free agents’ knee.
Clearly I must have a comedian for
a dentist because when I, always
interviewing, ask, “So how many of
these have you done?” He replies,
“At least two or three.” As I’m about
to be some crazy guy with a numb
mouth running out of dentist office
in Jones Valley, he remarks, “I’m
kidding,really about two of three
hundred.”
Madison
Scottsboro
The Crawlers
Karaoke Contest
Roseberry’s Pub & Grill
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Guntersville
Wasted Mason
Adrian’s
The Loft
Shelly Williams, saxophonist
TBA
Sunday
july 17, 2005
Boondock’s
Alabama Roadhouse
Hal Reed/Browns Creek
Blue Parrot
Athens
Live Music
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Richie & Deemer
Karaoke
Karaoke
SoulShine
TBA
The Pressbox
with Steve Moulton
3-6pm on ESPN 1400/
11th Frame Bar
The Corner
TBA
Whew, moving on. Then the
dentist begins putting these metal
things in my mouth. “Just knock
me out Doc,” is all I’m thinking.
When my dentist then begins
working on you, he also likes to
talk to you at the same time, which
I’m sure looks and sound like a bad
Improv act on open mic night. And
before you know it your mouth is
numb, and he’s about to take that
tooth out. In ten minutes time
and you’re stitched up and leaving.
You get up and begin to
leave and all your thinking is, “Wow,
that wasn’t that bad.” Dentists clearly
have made getting a tooth pulled a
much less painful event. I can only
wish that they could do the same
thing to the summertime as we all
count down the days till football
season.
Pulling teeth is one of those
old sayings that needs to be changed
because clearly pulling teeth today
isn’t nearly as painful as the heat
and humidity of the summer and
the waiting. Now we are waiting on
football season coming..It just seems
to last forever. It won’t go away.
Hazy, Hot, and Humid. The
waiting is the hardest part. We all
know we have to go through it, but
we really don’t want to.
Now, when is football
season? Oh, we need a little help
here please. After all if my dentist
can make pulling teeth less
painful I’m willing to give him a try
during the NBA and Major League
Baseball seasons.
Marge Loveday
Benchwarmer
Freestyle Face Off
Benchwarmer too!
Naughty Girl Contest
Coppertop
Crossroads
Willie Heath Neal
Goal Post
King Karaoke
Hopper’s
Karaoke
Jazz Factory
Jazz Jam Session/The Swing
Shift
Blues Jam hosted by Freddie
Earle
continued on Next Page
Vinny Rottino,
a Huntsville Star
By
JIM SANDOVAL
Come and have a nice
chat with us.
Sunday
cont’d
Moody Mondays
Race Day Cookout
Rockabilly’s
Jammin’ Blues on the Patio
Sports Page
Ben Trussel
The Corner
Open Mic Night w/Scott Morgan
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines
UTILITY as capable of serving as a
substitute in various roles or positions.
Huntsville Stars player Vinny Rottino
has often been called a utility player,
but he is much more than that. He is
a starter with the rare ability to play
5 different positions on the field, left
and right field, first and third base
and catcher. His versatility may be his
ticket to the major leagues.
Rottino was born April 7, 1980 in
Racine, Wisconsin. He graduated from
St. Catherine¹s High School in Racine
and then attended the University
of Wisconsin La Crosse. He was
named an All American, hitting .410
as a senior. Rottino finished third in
the 2002 voting for National Player
of the Year for NCAA Division III.
A Chemistry major Vinny was also
named an Academic All American.
Each year in June major league
baseball holds its first year player
draft. About 1,500 players are selected.
Monday
July 18
Vinny was not one of
them and chose to
atend pharmacy school.
Not giving up the
dream he continued
to play baseball in the
semi-pro Land of Lakes
league. His coach Jack
Schiestle wanted to give
major-league teams one
more chance to sign
Rottino.
Schiestle help arrange
for Rottino to attend
tryouts in Arizona
in February of 2003.
Vinny, already enrolled
in his second semester
of pharmacy school,
gave it a shot. Making
a strong impression he
signed a professional
contract with the
Brewers scouts Harvey
Kuenn Jr. (Midwest
area scout) and Brian
Johnson (Arizona area
scout).
Vinny began his professional career
in 2003 with Helena of the rookie
level Pioneer league, hitting for a .311
average. 2004 saw him promoted
to Low A level Beloit, where he
played for current Stars manager
Don Money. He hit .304 with 17 hrs
and a Beloit record 124 runs batted
in. He was named as a starter in the
Midwest league all-star game. At the
end of the season he was selected as
Beloit¹s most valuable player. The
Milwaukee Brewers recognized
Vinny in 2004 as the Robin Yount
Award winner, their minor league
player of the year.
A shortstop in college Vinny played
a variety of positions throughout the
season in Beloit. In the last game of
the 2004 season Vinny demonstrated
his versatility playing all nine
positions on the field in a single
game.
He has no preference defensively,
feeling very comfortable at the corner
positions (left and right field, first
and third base). Having caught only
a few games he finds that is the
Hopper’s
Karaoke
Humphrey’s
Scott Morgan
Boga Funk
Welcome to Margaritaville!
Crossroads
open mic night
Goal Post
open mic night
Free Pool
Beef O’Brady’s
Tuesday
July 19
Steak Night
Coppertop
Madison
11th Frame Bar
Moody Mondays
Benchwarmer too!
Karaoke
Tickets can be purchased in advance
of games on that site or by phone at
882-2562
---Mr. Sandoval is a history teacher and
freelance baseball writer. He is the
Co-Chairman of the Society for
American Baseball Research’s (SABR)
Scouts committee. He can be reached
at [email protected]
Barry Kay
Acoustic Showcase
Karaoke
The Huntsville Stars website can be
found at www.huntsvillestars.com
<http://www.huntsvillestars.com/>
Benchwarmer
Poker Tourn. (Free to Play)
toughest transition to make. The
ability to catch is a valuable skill that
could speed his progress towards
the major leagues. His biggest
adjustment to the pro game is
adapting to the increased speed of
the game, needing to react quicker
than he had to at lower levels of play.
Vinny credits Brewers roving
catching instructor Charlie Greene
with help in the mental part of the
game. Rottino quoted Greene as
saying “baseball is not just about
being successful but how you deal
with the failures.” Handling the
mental challenges in baseball is often
tougher than the physical ones.
Rottino sees Brewers center fielder
Brady Clark as a baseball role model,
someone to use as a guide on his
path to the majors. Clark was also a
non-drafted free agent whose
perseverance and work ethic brought
him to the major leagues over players
more physically talented.
Vinny is an intelligent young man
with a strong work ethic. He has
kept a book on opposing pitchers to
be better prepared to face them. In
workouts he is constantly trying to
improve, often spending time with
Stars skipper Don Money getting tips
on how to improve his infield play.
Rottino has spent an off season as a
substitute teacher. Asked his
favorites Vinny chose Italian food,
the book The Godfather, The Seinfeld
show, and the movie Field of
Dreams. His musical choice is rather
unusual compared to his teammates.
Players choose the song to be played
as they prepare to hit. The most
popular style of player music is rap.
As he comes to home plate to bat,
U2’s song Vertigo rings out.
On July 31st he will be honored by
his former club the Beloit Snappers
with Vinny Rottino Bobble Head day.
Sports Page
The Corner
Dave Anderson
3rd Base Grill
Live Trivia
Benchwarmer
Guntersville
Karaoke w/Craig
Texas Holdem Tournament
Karaoke
Cheers Pub & Grill
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Benchwarmer too!
Karaoke
A
Rememberance
Harrison Brothers Hardware 124 South Side
‘Just as I was told,
this is one fine city
with fun traditions’
By Gary Adams, Madison
My wife Becky, our two sons, Matt
and Preston, and I came through
Huntsville once prior to moving
here. We were passing through
because a friend of mine, with whom
I had worked when we lived in
Orlando, had told us he moved here
and thought it to be a great place to
raise a family.
We were on vacation at the time
and thought we would
drive by and chat with
my old friend. On our
way through town we
stopped at the Chamber of
Commerce to pick up some
information about the city,
the sights, any activities
that might be going on and
such. We received a list of
places to see and visit.
Number One on the list
was the Space Center, but
since we lived in Orlando
and had gone to Kennedy
Space Center numerous
times, we decided to forego
that one.
As I recall, Number Two was
Harrison’s Hardware Store. We got
a big charge out of a hardware store
being an attraction. Then we really
got excited when we saw Maple Hill
Cemetery on the list of attractions. At
that point, we just called my friend,
chatted a bit and drove on our merry
way to wherever it was we had been
heading on vacation.
We look back now and say, “First
impressions are not always good
indicators.”
Since moving to this area, we have
Holy Cow!
When Bruce eventually finds
himself back in Gotham City to fight
crime, the plot pits him against the
Scarecrow (Cillian Murphy) whose
weapon is a hallucinogenic drug.
This weapon seems weak and too
based in reality even for a story
about humans that take on alternate
identities. Thus, the film must find
larger guns, as it were, in the form
of samurais. The story of how a
hero becomes one is of paramount
interest to the film and to me. The
threat of impending danger seems an
afterthought that gives personas to
the attributes of evil, fear, and hate.
All in all, “Batman Begins” delivers
your typical summer fare, easily
digestible and forgettable.
Wednesday
July 20
Dave Anderson
3rd Base Grill
DJ Butch Mefford
Guntersville
801 Franklin
Country Dance Lessons
Sattelite Poker
Benchwarmer
Factory
By Julie Blair
Batman has always been my
favorite superhero. So, watching
the most recent Batman movies
was sometimes painful for me. I
sometimes cringed, sometimes
laughed at the terrible one-liners
produced by Mr. Freeze and had
a hard time accepting Val Kilmer
as anything other than a polished
actor. Finally, I have a Batman I can
accept and a premise that pleases me:
how Batman came to be. Without
superpowers, the story of what
Coppertop
Crossroads
TOY SHOP
Goal Post
King Karaoke
Hog Wild
Hopper’s
DJ
Humphrey’s
Absylom Rising
Jazz Factory
Jim Cavender
Rockabilly’s
Acoustic Open Mic w/Katherine
Harris
The people are friendly, kind and
helpful. And the Old South is alive
and well in Huntsville. I love the
family atmosphere, the traditions, the
belief in God, motherhood and apple
pie. I have told many of my relatives
from the far north that rednecks may
not always be right, but they are
entertaining and they know how to
watch your back.
Yep, all things considered,
Huntsville is a great place to live and
I am happy to be here! With any luck
coupled with the blessings of the
Lord, I may live long enough to see
some grandkids raised here, too. In
the meantime, I will just have to keep
on enjoying the people, places and
peculiarities that make up this great
city and surrounding areas. Long live
Harrison’s Hardware Store and
Maple Hill Cemetery!
processes Bruce Wayne, a grown
rich man, to fight crime while
dressed in a bat suit interests me.
Yet, even with a pleasing plot and
acceptable actors, “Batman Begins”
still fell short.
There is very little chemistry between
Batman (Christian Bale) and his
co-star the idealistic district attorney
he’s known since childhood played
by Katie Holmes. Eventually the film
admits this failure in less than
satisfactory terms. Michael Caine is
steller as Alfred. Morgan Freeman
plays a scientist peon at Wayne
industries in his typical convincing
and playful manner. Liam Neeson
plays a sword wielding sage, his
increasingly tired role.
Another Batman Movie-- ‘Batman
Begins’
HDK “Jackpot” Karaoke
found that my friend was right when
he said that Huntsville is a great
place to raise a family. We have been
here for more than 16 years and plan
to retire here, God willing.
Sports Page
Chad Reeves
The Corner
Scott Morgan
Athens
Fat Tuesday Night
Adrian’s
5 O’Clock Charlie
Mid Summer Nights Patio Party
Blue Parrot
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Karaoke
Marsha Morgan
Karaoke
Benchwarmer too!
Karaoke
Coppertop
Crossroads
Furniture Factory
The Scratch Band
Goal Post
Hog Wild
Hopper’s
Humphrey’s
Kenny Acosta
Jazz Factory
Microwave Dave
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Atlanta
Percussionist
to Perform at
Flying Monkey’s
Acoustic
Cabaret
Spotlight On
Music
The Great Van Cliburn Concert
The concert that never was!
By Billy Joe Cooley
A serious thunderstorm was
headed our way, said the man on
the 5 o’clock news, but I bravely
joined about a thousand others
in Big Spring Park for the regular
Monday night concert.
At starting time sprinkles
started and the sky was stormy
black, the stage manager
announced that there would be a
delay. We didn’t mind a delay,
because acoustic guitar work by
bluesman Jerry McAllister would
be worth the wait. He would
be followed by another of my
favorites, the Huntsville Concert
Band playing classical and pop.
But the rainclouds turned nasty
and started shooting lightning
bolts and thunder, followed by a
downpour. We all scuttled back
to our cars and trucks and made
a hasty retreat. As I sat in my
vehicle, I remembered another
concert that was weathered out.
I was 25 and was editor
of the Weatherford (Texas)
Daily Herald. I had bought
tickets to Van Cliburn’s big
hometown concert at Will Rogers
Auditorium in nearby Fort Worth.
On performance day the
weather was awful. Sleet and
snow hit Texas as if there was
nothing between there and Alaska
except a barbed-wire fence. I
attended the concert, despite
Wednesday
(Con’td)
TBA
Rockabilly’s
Jim Cavender
Sammy’s Sports Bar &
Steakhouse
WZYP Patio Party
Sports Page
Pla’ Station
The Corner
Tim Tucker
treacherous road conditions. I’m
glad I did, because for one instant
that evening I gained a lifetime of
laughter.
Van Cliburn, as you may know,
was celebrated worldwide as
the most colorful and youthful
classical pianist in the business.
He won all major competitions
back then.
Arriving at the auditorium an
hour before showtime, it was
clear that the concert would be
canceled. Only a dozen people
were there and the weather
continued to worsen. Finally, the
dapper Van Cliburn strolled
onstage and reported that the
concert would be postponed
until spring, and that our money
would be refunded.
As he turned to walk behind
the curtain, a well-dressed
gentleman seated behind me
stood up and hollered: “Mr. Van
Cliburn, sir!” at which the great
pianist stopped and turned
around.
“What is it, sir?” asked Van
Cliburn. Having overheard bits
of conversation between the man
and his wife, I deduced that she
was the classical music fan and
that he was probably more
comfortable with the Grand Ole
Opry.
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Marge Loveday
Athens
All You Can Eat Crab Legs!
Decatur
The Brick
Mike Johnson
Guntersville
Boondock’s
Karaoke
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Karaoke
By Catherine Shearer
“Me and my wife Carolyn here
have slid all the way here from
LaMarque, down Galveston way,
on a sheet of ice,so before you
leave the stage, sir, would you
please sang at least one song?”
Here is a complete list of this
summer’s remaining Monday
night concerts in Big Spring Park.
All concerts are free and start at
6:30. They end at 8.
July 18 -- Buckler (original rock)
and West Virginia National
Guard Band (followed by
fireworks).
July 25 -- Rocket City Chorus
(barbershop harmony) and Olde
Towne Brass (historic American).
Aug. 1 -- The Songbirds
(bluegrass/country) and Madison
Mountain Top Band (bluegrass).
Aug. 8 -- Assurance (Southern
gospel) and Onward (Christian).
Aug. 15 -- Island Soundrz
Carribbean Band (latin) and The
Ms Johnie Blues Band (blues).
Aug. 22 -- Juice (dance and funk)
and Heart & Soul Blues Brothers
Showband (R&B).,
Aug. 29 -- Abstract Band (jazz)
and The Valley Cats (variety
cover songs).
Sept 5 -- (Labor Day finale is from
6 to 9) -- Margie Cumbie (Patsy
Cline tribute), Tina Turner Revue
(rock ‘n’ roll, Rocket City Brass
(contemporary brass), Charlie
Lyle’s Orchestra (big band).
Scottsboro
Scooter’s
Trey, KB, & Coach
Thursday
July 21
3rd Base Grill
Edgar & All you can eat
spaghetti!!!!!
Benchwarmer
Benchwarmer too!
draft!
Master percussionist Jerry Fields
will team up with guitarist Phil
Weaver for the Flying Monkey Arts
Center’s (Lowe Mill, 2211 Seminole
Dr.) popular Acoustic Cabaret on
Friday, July 29 at 8 p.m. Admission
to the show is $7 for adults and $5
for students. Audience members
can bring wine and their own
hors’douvres or soft drinks and
snacks will be available at the
Monkey.
Fields, of Atlanta, has a wide range
of performance experience. He
toured the United States in the early
70’s as a member of the Hampton
Grease Band. They had a release
on Columbia Records and shared
the stage with Frank Zappa, Dave
Brubeck, the Grateful Dead, Captain
Beefheart, and the Mahavishnu
Orchestra.
He went on to recieve a Bachelor of
Music degree, Summa Cum Laude,
from Kennesaw State University.
His orchestral and chamber music
work includes performances with the
Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, the Cobb
Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta
Chamber Players, Consonare, and
Thamyris.
Currently Fields is music director
and timbalero for the critically
acclaimed Latin band Vecinos del
Mundo (they opened the City Lights
Series at Burritt this season).
He also works with the group
Passion Flamenca, and was the
drummer for jazz pianist Ted Howe’s
CD on Summit Records, which was
just released nationally.
The show at the Flying Monkey will
team Fields with local guitarist Phil
Weaver, the originator of the Acoustic
Cabaret and founder and artistic
director of the City Lights and Stars
Concert Series at Burritt. The concert
will feature Latin American and
Spanish music and will be their first
performance one-on-one.
Both of these musicians are virtuoso
performers and both have ‘wacky’
senses of humor, so this show is not
to be missed!
Karaoke
Coppertop
Dan Harding
Crossroads
Family Groove Company
Goal Post
King Karaoke
Hog Wild
Hopper’s
Factory
Humphrey’s
The Nighthawks
Jazz Factory
The Crackerjacks
When the Crisler Brothers (Jamey
and Justin), a.k.a. The Alabama
Brothers, claim they’re the only
Blues impersonators in the state
and, to their knowledge, the only
impersonators nationwide who are
actual brothers, its hard to dispute
it -- especially when it’s said with a
stern expression topped with nightblack Ray-Bans.
Unlike the characters musicians/
actors John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd
made famous by the 1980 movie
that sets the record for most cars
wrecked in one film, the Crislers
never spent time behind bars. Justin
Crisler, 25, has an associate degree
in criminal justice and now performs
the Blues full time. He is in charge
of marketing and is co-founder
of J. Crisler Productions. Jamey
Crisler, 33, is a Psychiatric Nurse at
Decatur General Hospital. He is a
webdesigner and commercial graphic
artist when not promoting “The
Band”. Jamey is also Co-Founder and
is the booking agent for the act and
handles the contracts and details.
Once in their Blues outfits, all that
changes.
Jamey had an idea to show-off
their look. He bought a 1976 Dodge
Coronet from a junkyard, slapped on
black-and-white paint to make it look
like the movie’s worn police car, and
convinced Justin to join him on a visit
to the Hard Rock Café in Nashville
in 1998. “We were just going to walk
in and see what kind of reaction
we’d get, just for fun,” Jamey said.
“The manager ran to the back, threw
on ‘Soul Man,’ and announced that
the Brothers were there. Next thing
we know, we’re standing on top of
the tables dancing to it. The place
went wild.” Then, in Courtland,
where Jamey lives, they entered the
town’s Christmas parade. This had
no holiday ring to it, but after all,
who could turn down two big guys
Dave Anderson
Andy & Sven
Rockabilly’s
Open Mic Blues Jam
Ladie’s Night
Sports Page
5 O’Clock Charlie
The Corner
Donnie Cox
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Lacey Atchison
in dark
suits and
sunglasses?
They
practiced
some
moves by
watching
the movie
and old
episodes of “Saturday Night Live” in
which the musicians appeared, put
together a sound system with backup
tracks of Blues tunes, and printed
some business cards in black-andwhite. “One venue would lead to two
or three others,” Jamey said.
Now The Alabama Brothers have
performed to over 600 audiences and
have been reviewed as two of the
most realistic Blues Impersonators in
The Nation.
Where did all this showmanship
spring from? Justin was involved
in theater in high school and Jamey
sang in Church choir. That’s it. “The
odd thing was we were both raised
real conservative and had never done
anything edgy, just straight down the
road kind of guys,” Jamey said. “This
was a new kind of thing.” Dressed in
their suits, the brothers do the same
thing as their movie heroes, riding
the streets, barking out about their
show in shameless self-promotion.
And wherever their shows take them,
they drive the newly restored 1974
Dodge Monaco, and exact replica
from the movie.
For larger shows, the brothers are
able to book their six-piece band to
accompany them. “For some of the
smaller parties, we couldn’t afford
to split the pay eight ways, so we
wanted to do those just ourselves.”
Justin said. In 2000, they found
saxophonist Jim Nelson, who has
since been part of their act. Jim has
performed with The Artists of The
Decade, Alabama and appeared on
multiple albums with them. When
needed, members of his band, Soul
Society, join the group. Riding in
the back seat of the “Bluesmobile,”
surrounded by speakers and other
Athens
sound equipment, staring at the
silhouettes of the Crislers is like
watching one long extended scene
from the movie, Nelson said. On the
road, he said he sometimes feels he’s
experiencing things that might have
ended up on the movie’s cuttingroom floor.
Jamey has the lead vocals and
Justin usually croons low in the
background. Their show staples
include “Soul Man,” “Hey,
Bartender,” “Stand By Your Man”,
“Give Me Some Lovin” and
“Rawhide.”
The Alabama Brothers have
performed around the Nation.
Some of their clients have included
Jeff Cook of The Group Alabama,
The United States Army, Beale St.
in Memphis, multiple Corporate
events from Florida to Baltimore,
and many festivals including The Big
Spring Jam, Huntsville, Alabama,
The South Carolina Tobacco Festival,
The Gopher Hill Festival, Ridgeland,
South Carolina, Blue Hill Maine,
Boston Massachusetts just this year.
They’ve also performed for fundraisers including campaigns for the
national World War II memorial,
American Cancer Society, American
Red Cross and the Children’s
Miracle Network to name a few.
“When we perform, it’s a clean act
that all ages can enjoy.” Saying that,
while wearing the suits and dark
sunglasses, you have to believe them.
Taken from The 2001 Feature Story in
The Decatur Daily -by Jim Lawley
Reprinted with permission from
Justin Crisler of the Alabama Blues
Brothers.
Announcing The Only concert with
the full showband in North Alabama
this year!!! The Brothers are
returning from their 2005 World Tour
in August to the Princess Theater
in Decatur, Alabama to celebrate
the 25th Anniversary of the Blues
Brothers Movie and Soundtrack.
The night will feature many of the
performers that you have seen over
the years with the Brothers and
many special guests. Tickets are on
sale as of June 20, 2005 and can be
ordered by calling the phone number
above on the flier. Also, tickets
may be purchased via email at
[email protected]
This will be a power packed show in
one of the southeast’s finest music
halls, The Princess.
Sponsors include Bramlett
Automotive Group, WAAY TV, and
the ARC of Morgan County.
Some proceeds from the event will
benefit Children’s charities of North
Alabama.
Don’t wait, get your tickets now,
as the seating is limited to this
exclusive, one night performance.
Full Moon Party sponsored by
Miller
Friday
July 22
Short Bus
Decatur
801 Franklin
Apple-tini Night
Alabama Roadhouse
5ive o’Clock Charlie
DJ
Benchwarmer
Push
Benchwarmer too!
Factory
The Brick
Tom Cremeens
Guntersville
Boondock’s
Live Music
Cheers Pub & Grill
Karaoke
Anita Lynn Palmer
Bama Babez
DV8
Madison
Short Bus
Bookem Dano
Peacemaker
The Station
Buffalo’s Café
Coppertop
Crossroads
Dance Here
Furniture Factory
Goal Post
Hopper’s
‘Party of One: The Loners’ Manifesto’
is ‘four star’ Written by Anneli S. Rufus
By HOLLY DAWN HUNTER
BOONDOCKS
I had spent the morning shopping for a small gift (for myself ), gone to lunch (alone),
and was enjoying a pensive, quiet afternoon in the bookstore (by myself ) when I
spotted The Loners’ Manifesto. Like Rufus, I regularly get grief from friends and
relatives about the breadth of activities I undertake by myself, from eating out to
going on vacation
(not that I’ve ever been able to afford more than a day trip to Birmingham, Mobile, or
Nashville, but the point is the same.)
In her Manifesto, Rufus takes on the entrenched cultural notion of the loner as halfcrazed and dangerous. The notion seems to be that someone comfortable enough
in his own company to engage in a “social” activity like eating out while deliberately
alone is probably comfortable enough in his own company to kill you in order to avoid yours. It sounds ludicrous
when phrased that way, but the looks and comments that a loner gets from a more social person upon stating that, for
example, she lives alone, without a television, and likes it, seem to indicate that being relatively comfortable alone is a
very, very, very odd thing. Odd, and possibly dangerous.
The Loners’ Manifesto takes on all of the cultural junk that casts aspersions on loners and offers a verification reassurance is too strong of a word - for loners that there is nothing wrong with them or their temperament. Rufus can
strike a tone of defensiveness at times and borders on snobbery at others, something that has been seized upon
by her critics to argue that being a loner is conducive to unhealthy levels of introspection and arrogance. This
argument (found on a number of book review sites on the web, in particular) rings hollow - people write 2,000 words
insinuating that you’re unhinged because you like your own company, and then cite your defensive on the subject as
proof that you are unhinged? Whatever.
The recent coverage of Wichita serial killer Dennis Rader’s confession and plea of guilty in the BTK murders
has poked a number of holes in the serial-killer-as-crazed-loner image. Rader was a Boy Scout leader, married
father of two, municipal employee and President of his church congregation. Will congregation presidents or Boy
Scout leaders come under suspicion for the next unsolved set of serial murders? No. The veneer of normalcy Rader
maintained for the world is too palatable for that. I will think of Rader the next time I get the evil eye from some
Perfect Family while sitting alone at The Olive Garden, and I will remember the profilers who insisted BTK would be
an unhappy, unmarried, isolated “loner,” and I will laugh.
If you are a “loner,” you’ll love the Manifesto. If you’re not, it’ll leave you feeling somewhere between
creeped-out and picked-on, but you may understand a bit more the next time the table across from you is
occupied by someone whose only dinner company is a novel, and who seems to like it. Four stars.
Decatur
Friday
(Cont’d)
Toy Shop
Hard Dock
Rockabilly’s
Big Daddy Kingfish
Humphrey’s
Sports Page
Adrian’s
Eric Rhodes Band
Jazz Factory
Marge Loveday/Swing Shift
TBA
Moody Monday’s
HDK Karaoke
Ollde Towne CoffeE
Shoppe
Rita Maya
Lacey Atchison
Black Label
The Corner
Dave Anderson
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Jim Cavender
Guntersville
Redletters
Blue Parrot
Lipstick
Boondock’s
Live Music
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Athens
Karaoke
Barry Kay
11th Frame Bar
Greendoor Books
Tim Daley
Madison
Karaoke Contest
Scottsboro
Scooter’s
Big Nose Roy
Saturday
July 23
801 Franklin
Marsha Morgan
Alabama Roadhouse
Crossfire
Benchwarmer
Lonesome Moe
Benchwarmer too!
Karaoke
Peacemaker
Coppertop
Mike & Lee
Crossroads
Absylom Rising
Flying Monkey Arts
Benchwarmer too!
Karaoke
Coppertop
The Crawlers
Crossroads
Coppertop
Crossroads
TOY SHOP
Goal Post
King Karaoke
Hog Wild
Cue, Whitey Herzogs,
Bytchwater
VALLEY PLANET 2ND BIRTHDAY
PARTY
Furniture Factory
4 Door Ramblers
Goal Post
King Karaoke
DJ
Goal Post
Hopper’s
Karaoke
Eric Rhodes Band
Hog Wild
Pla’ Station
Jazz Factory
Jazz Jam Session
“Frank Sinatra”
Hopper’s
Factory
Earle
Harris
Humphrey’s
Muddy King
Moody Mondays
Race Day Cookout
Chad Reeves
Jazz Factory
Rockabilly’s
Sports Page
Fat Tuesday Night
JazzTronic/Charlie Lyle Quintet
Glenn & Libba
Ben Trussell
Hopper’s
Humphrey’s
Jazz Factory
Rockabilly’s
Sports Page
Athens
Guntersville
Adrian’s
Sattelite Poker
Monday
July 25
Rockabilly’s
Benchwarmer
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Jerry Fordham
Marge Loveday
Roller Coasters
Blame Johnny
Sports Page
5 O’Clock Charlie
The Coffee Tree
open mic night
The Corner
Benchwarmer too!
Karaoke
Karaoke
Coppertop
Crossroads
TBA
open mic night
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
open mic night
Athens
Karaoke
Free Crab Boil 3pm/Tim Daley
8pm
Lacey Atchison
Dave Anderson
Decatur
Hard Dock
Blue Flame
Goal Post
Hopper’s
Humphrey’s
Acoustic Showcase
Moody Mondays
Steak Night
Sports Page
Guntersville
Boga Funk
Moon Pocket
Dave Anderson
Adrian’s
The Corner
Blue Parrot
Jerry Fordham
Karaoke
Wednesday
July 27
3rd Base Grill
5 O’Clock Charlie
801 Franklin
501 @ 801 Franklin
Benchwarmer
Benchwarmer too!
Cajun/Zydeco Night
Karaoke
Coppertop
Crossroads
Dave Anderson
Furniture Factory
T.A. Miller
Goal Post
Guntersville
DJ Butch Mefford
Boondock’s
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Karaoke
Blue Parrot
Lipstick
Live Music
Karaoke
Cheers Pub & Grill
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Madison
Madison
11th Frame Bar
Karaoke Contest
Beef O’Brady’s
Scottsboro
Barry Kay
Big Nose Roy
Tuesday
July 26
11th Frame Bar
Scooter’s
Sunday
July 24
Alabama Roadhouse
Marge Loveday
Benchwarmer
Freestyle Face Off
Free Pool
3rd Base Grill
Live Trivia
Benchwarmer
Karaoke w/Craig
Benchwarmer too!
Karaoke
Hog Wild
Hopper’s
Factory
Humphrey’s
4 - Door Ramblers
Jazz Factory
Microwave Dave
TBA
Rockabilly’s
Jim Cavender
Steakhouse
WZYP Patio Party
Sports Page
Pla’ Station
Wednesday
(Cont’d)
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Reese Rushton
athens
Decatur
The Brick
open mic night
Guntersville
Humphrey’s
Li’l Brian & The Zydeco Travelers
Jazz Factory
Toy Shop
Sports Page
5ive O’Clock Charlie
Trey, KB, & Coach
Scooter’s
The Corner (Hampton
Cove)
Thursday
July 28
Lacey Atchison
Benchwarmer too!
draft!
Karaoke
Coppertop
Dan Harding
Crossroads
Billy Joe Shaver/Kevin Kinny
Goal Post
King Karaoke
Athens
Frog Mountain Symphony
Guntersville
Adrian’s
Browns Creek
Boondock’s
Live Music
Cheers Pub & Grill
Karaoke
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Karaoke
Friday
July 29
801 Franklin
“Frank Sinatra”
Alabama Roadhouse
Hog Wild
Hopper’s
Bama Babez
Factory
Olde Towne CoffeE
Shoppe
Rockabilly’s
Scottsboro
Benchwarmer
Coppertop
Ladie’s Night
spaghetti!!!!!
HDK Karaoke
Andy & Sven
Sandy’s Roadhouse
3rd Base Grill
Moody Monday’s
Gryphon
Open Mic Blues Jam
Karaoke
Dave Anderson
Boondock’s
Karaoke
Benchwarmer too!
Karaoke
Benchwarmer
Absolute Zero
Chocolate-Tini Night
Crossroads
Robert LaSalle
Dance Here
Mojo Rising
Flying Monkey Arts
Lacey Atchison
Furniture Factory
Blackeyed Susan
Goal Post
Blood River
Hog Wild
Dave Anderson
Hopper’s
TBA
Boneponey
DJ
Phil Weaver & Jerry Fields
The Scratch Band
Band
Factory
Humphrey’s
Li’l Brian & The Zydeco Travelers
Jazz Factory
Dog & Pony Show/The Swing
Shift
The Victrolas
Rockabilly’s
Sports Page
The Corner
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Athens
Greendoor Books
Barry Kay
Richie & Deemer
Decatur
Hard Dock
Juice
Karaoke
Coppertop
The Crawlers
Crossroads
Movie Night
The Brick
Mike Roberts/Miller Girls
Crossfire
Hopper’s
Factory
Humphrey’s
Tim & The Trutones
Jazz Factory
Jim Cavender/Charlie Lyle
Quintet
Marsha Morgan
TBA
Rockabilly’s
Marge Loveday
Roller Coasters
Blackeyed Susan
Sports Page
Lonesome Moe/Witchdoctor
Opera
The Coffee Tree
Goal Post
King Karaoke
Hopper’s
Karaoke
Jazz Factory
Jazz Jam Session
Earle
Moody Mondays
Race Day Cookout
Rockabilly’s
Sports Page
Ben Trussell
Monday
August 1
Benchwarmer
Benchwarmer too!
open mic night
Karaoke
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Dave Anderson
Athens
Coppertop
Crossroads
open mic night
Continued on next page
Richie & Deemer
Decatur
Hard Dock
Push
The Brick
Tim Tucker and The Uh-Huhs
Guntersville
Adrian’s
Wasted Mason
Blue Parrot
Guntersville
Adrian’s
Stranded
Blue Parrot
J. Hawkins
Boondock’s
Live Music
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Karaoke
madison
11th Frame Bar
Karaoke Contest
Scottsboro
Scooter’s
Southern Flight
Saturday
July 30
801 Franklin
Lindsey Hinkle
Alabama Roadhouse
Benchwarmer
Karaoke & Soft-Tip Dart
Tournament
Benchwarmer too!
Government Warning
Gryphon
Club Ozz
DJ Naught & DJ SullenChoirBoi
with Special Guest DJ Geisha &
DJ Panzer Soldat
Coppertop
The Crawlers
Crossroads
This is Goodbye/My Vulpine
Flying Monkey Arts
VocanoVulture,MyAbraham,Capt
ainPerry,RitaMayaBurkholder
Furniture Factory
Anita Palmer
Goal Post
Hog Wild
Electric Voodoo “CD Release
Party”
Boondock’s
Live Music
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Karaoke
Madison
11th Frame Bar
Karaoke Contest
Scottsboro
Scooter’s
Southern Flight
Sunday
july 31
Alabama Roadhouse
Marge Loveday
Benchwarmer
Freestyle Face Off
Benchwarmer too!
Band
Monday
(Cont’D)
Goal Post
open mic night
Hopper’s
Karaoke
Acoustic Showcase
Moody Mondays
Steak Night
Sports Page
Benchwarmer
Benchwarmer too!
Karaoke
Karaoke
Coppertop
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Goal Post
Lacey Atchison
Hog Wild
Boondock’s
DJ Butch Mefford
Dave Anderson
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Karaoke
Madison
11th Frame Bar
Free Pool
Beef O’Bradys
Sports Page
Crossroads
Dave Anderson
Hopper’s
Cheers Pub & Grill
Ladie’s Night
5ive O’Clock Charlie
GuntersvillE
Rockabilly’s
Open Mic Blues Jam
Boga Funk
The Corner
Andy & Sven
Factory
Guntersville
Live Music
Cheers Pub & Grill
Karaoke
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Jazz Factory
Karaoke
Friday
August 5
Microwave Dave
Donnie Cox & Company
Rockabilly’s
Jim Cavender
Steakhouse
801 Franklin
“Frank Sinatra”
Alabama Roadhouse
Barry Kay
WZYP Patio Party
Tuesday
August 2
Pla’ Station
Bama Babez
Nickel Band
3rd Base Grill
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Marge Loveday
Benchwarmer
Athens
Karaoke
Live Trivia
Karaoke w/Craig
Benchwarmer too!
Karaoke
Karaoke
Sports Page
Guntersville
Boondock’s
Karaoke
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Coppertop
Karaoke
Crossroads
Scooter’s
TOY SHOP
Goal Post
King Karaoke
Hog Wild
Hopper’s
DJ
Jazz Factory
Jim Cavender
Rockabilly’s
Harris
Sports Page
Chad Reeves
Athens
Fat Tuesday Night
Mojo Rising
Buffalo’s Café
Short Bus
Dance Here
DJ
Flying Monkey Arts
Thursday
August 4
Factory
3rd Base Grill
spaghetti!!!!!
Benchwarmer
Benchwarmer too!
draft!
Karaoke
Crossroads
King Karaoke
Goal Post
Hog Wild
Karaoke
Wednesday
August 3
Hopper’s
Factory
3rd Base Grill
The Crackerjacks
801 Franklin
Dave Anderson
501 @ 801 Franklin
Benchwarmer too!
Trey, KB, & Coach
Sattelite Poker
5 O’Clock Charlie
Benchwarmer
Scottsboro
St. Somewhere
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Poetry Open Mic Night
guntersville
Adrian’s
Jazz Factory
Goal Post
Hopper’s
Jazz Factory
Ganz & the Geezers/The Swing
Shift
Adam Hood
Moody Monday’s
HDK Karaoke
Olde Towne CoffeE
Shoppe
Drum Circle (open to the public)
TBA
Rockabilly’s
Lacey Atchison
Sports Page
Redd Letters
The Coffee Tree
open mic night
The Corner
Dave Anderson
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Lisa Busler
Athens
Blue Parrot
Greendoor Books
Tattoo Da Baby
Live Music
Barry Kay
Live Music
Boondock’s
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Decatur
Karaoke
Hot Mixx
11th Frame Bar
Hard Dock
madison
guntersville
Karaoke Contest
Tattoo Da Baby
Scooter’s
Blue Parrot
Boondock’s
Live Music
Sandy’s Roadhouse
Karaoke
Madison
11th Frame Bar
Karaoke Contest
Scottsboro
Scooter’s
Big Nose Roy
Scottsboro
Big Nose Roy
Open Mic Jam at Rockabilly’s
Rockabilly’s becomes
full-scale bar and grill
By PETER ABBOTT
Saturday
August 6
801 Franklin
Lacey Atchison
Alabama Roadhouse
Crossfire
Benchwarmer
DCX
Benchwarmer too!
Sister Luck
Mojo Rising
Flying Monkey Arts
Midsummer Night Event
Goal Post
Hopper’s
Factory
Jazz Factory
Jerry McAllister/Charlie Lyle
Quintet
TBA
Rockabilly’s
Marge Loveday
Roller Coasters
Short Bus
Sports Page
Black Label
The Corner
(Hampton Cove)
Dave Anderson
Athens
Live Music
Decatur
Hard Dock
Y,T & T
Guntersville
Adrian’s
3rd Annual Birthday Party,
Reddletters, Browns Creek & Hal
Reed
A motorcycle and pinball machine
hang overhead as you sip and dine
in the city’s newest full-service
restaurant/bar with liquor and beeron-tap.
It is a new bistro concept in Five
Points and it’s called Rockabilly’s
Smokehouse Bar and Grill -- it
originally opened in 1996 -- and is
situated in that ultra-mod structure
near the corner of Pratt and Meridian
in Five Points.
Owner Jonathan Giles, a native
Huntsvillian, opened Rockabilly’s in
1996, but has been in the restaraunt
business for 18 years. He also
heads up a rock band called The
Crackerjacks.
“We have the potential to be a
landmark, from a different angle,”
he says, “sort of a Hard Rock Cafe
changed to roots music and vintage
pop culture. I think it is the only one
of its kind.”
The guitar-shaped bar is in keeping
with it’s music motif. The overhead
hangings, explains bartender Jeff
English, are a 1949 Hungarian racing
bike and a 1960’s Strike Zone pinball
machine. Also from the ceiling are
other vintage decor.
“And we boast the coolest juke box in
town,” says Giles, who is a Lee High
grad. He notes that the outdoor patio
is always open and has live music on
Sundays, weather permitting.
Otherwise, they have an ample
indoor stage.
Rockabilly’s Schedule
Includes:
The indoor stage accomodates
local bands on most nights. And
Thursdays are “open mike” nights
for those who want to display their
talents.
Thursday nights
Giles is proud of the establishment’s
food, which is served as long as the
bar is open. He prepares “Real
Southern BBQ, Texas style brisket,
a variety of wing flavors, veggie
burgers and salads, and a large
appetizer menu, in addition to
sandwiches and chicken.
Jim Cavender
Wed nights
Open Mic
Lacey Atchison
Fri nights
Marge Loveday
Sat. nights
Blues Jammin on the
patio
Sun nights
“Tell them that catering is always
available,” he says, “and to call in
orders (489-1831) for fast take-out
service or the drive-thru window.”
He adds that full service is offered
after 4:30 in bar area. Quick service
at counter is always available
A Look inside Rockabilly’s
They’re Here!
The
Deep
End
To Her
by: Sam Sanderson
Wanting every thing there is to know
about you wanting to feel everything
you have to touch
I draw near my lips leading me
toward yours
Leading me as we become one
one entity one being one soul.
I did not search for you hard nor did
i find you easy
it was easy enough in the end and i
am happy once again
the good the bad the tough the
unberable are all in the past
yet in the present the hindsight
makes us strong as we march one
inch by inch
learning touching kissing laughing
breathing breathing breathing
breathing deeply and drinking each
other through your eyes and mine
through the plastic straws we’ve
collected
In our minds only the road north
is ahead of us and a tank of gas is
below us along with the pavement
as we look ahead neither to the side
or behind but ahead ahead to the joy
the trials and success.
The setting sun casts a beautiful aura
around you and you ask if we are
there.
We have been there and we will
always be there as we are here
as sure as we breathe we will be
there.
My lips near closer to yours but they
do not touch, instead our minds
embrace sharing what we already
know in an embrace stronger than
anything of this world or any other.
And the tires spin and the traffic
thickens and thins and i remain and
you reamain we remain in silence.
Knowing that nething that can be
said is understood.
By
Milton A.
Lamb Jr.
I was driving up the parkway a
couple of weeks ago and I saw it.
A weird little creature has moved
into our neighborhood. A brand
new species of road kill for these
parts. They weren’t here a few years
ago, but now the armadillo calls
the Tennessee Valley home. The
phenomenally rapid expansion of
this creature’s range has amazed
biologists and is just plain weird. The
nine-banded armadillo has expanded
its range at a rate 10 times faster
than would normally be expected by
a mammal of its size. There are 20
species of armadillo still alive today,
living in Central and South America,
but the nine-banded is the only one
present north of Mexico.
The first time I saw the nine-banded
armadillo, other than in a zoo, was in
Texas in the 70s’. A smashed carcass
lying beside the highway, this is
the way most of us will experience
an armadillo. They are slow and
have poor eyesight, so highways are
especially lethal for these guys. They
also tend to jump, amazingly high,
when threatened to scare off the
intruder, but this doesn’t even faze a
Honda.
In 1994 we were living in Marion,
Arkansas, (shut up) when I noticed
my garden and flowerbed were being
destroyed each night. So, I got my
flashlight, went out the front door,
snuck around back, waited, listened
and shined the light. Armadillos are
almost blind, but a bright light in the
dark must have reminded him of his
aunt’s bedtime story about his uncle’s
demise out on route 43 and the
strange creature began to run, well,
not really run, more like a waddling,
hopping scuttle. He barreled straight
into the fence, recovered and finally
found his way out of my yard.
This was when I started keeping
tabs on this fascinating animal. In
1849, there were no armadillos north
of the Rio Grande, which borders
Mexico and Texas. By 1905, they had
made it into New Mexico and most
of Texas. But they kept marching on.
By the early 1900s’ they had crossed
the Mississippi on their own and
had become established in Florida
through human introduction. By
the 80s’, far earlier down south,
armadillos had made it as far north
as Birmingham. The first one I saw
was road kill west of Florence on
72 in 2000. And, now, having made
it across the Tennessee River, they
are surely all over the state. It is
estimated that in the next several
years they will be found as far north
as Nebraska in the west and possibly
all the way to New York along the
milder Atlantic Seaboard.
There are several theories about the
armadillo’s remarkable expansion.
More than likely, several of these
factors contributed to its recent
wanderings. First of all, as Europeans
settled this country, they cleared
the forests (nearly every tree east
of the Mississippi). This opened up
millions of square miles of prime
armadillo habitat. Also, we built a
lot of bridges. Rivers, like the Rio
Grande and Mississippi, that had
once made quite a swim for the
little guys, were now easily crossed.
A third explanation is the bobcat,
cougar, wolf and alligator all enjoyed
eating armadillos, and we had
hunted most of these predators to the
brink of extinction by the mid 1900s’.
And finally, dare I say it? Global
warming. Armadillos can’t survive
prolonged periods of below freezing
temperatures, can’t find food in the
snow and do not hibernate.
known to do so. This makes the
armadillo very important for leprosy
research. The only proven way to
contract leprosy from an armadillo,
however, is to eat undercooked,
infected armadillo meat. So don’t.
Armadillos almost always have
four babies, each identical to the
other. They are the only mammals
known to do so. Armadillos are not
related to opossums and are not
marsupials, nor are they rodents.
Their closest relatives are anteaters,
and armadillos do like eating ants
and termites. And they do munch on
fireants!
So, keep your eyes open while
driving down the road and you
will see, mixed in amongst the cats,
dogs, raccoons, skunks, coyotes,
opossums, wood chucks and rats, a
brand new type of road kill. Welcome
our newest neighbor, the ninebanded, or, all to often, the flattened
armadillo.
chat with us. Post
topics and get
responses
from people totally
unquallified, but
opinionated.
Armadillos have gotten a bad
reputation, some deserved, some not.
One of the armadillo’s nicknames is
gravedigger. I t has been said that
armadillos dig up human graves
and eat the corpses. It is true that
armadillos dig for food and it is
true they will eat carrion, but, more
than likely, they were digging
fresh graves for bugs, not human
remains, in the loosened soil. It
is true that armadillos carry the
bacterium responsible for leprosy
and armadillos are the only creatures
Valley Planet
Calendar of Events
July 14 - Aug 5
June 5 - January 16, 2006
Huntsville Museum of Art
From Red Clay to Rockets: A
Bicentennial Look at Huntsville’s
Artistic Legacy
The Huntsville Museum of Art is
pleased to be part of the citywide
bicentennial celebration. This
exhibition presents a selection of
work by artists from various periods
of our City’s history.
July – August
WATERWORKS II at the Huntsville
Botanical Gardens bring the family
and the towels to enjoy the water
displays. FUN! FUN! FUN!
July - August
To celebrate Huntsville’s
Bicentennial, a collection of Alabama
Constitution Village paintings by
HAL exhibiting artist Ed Starnes
will be on display this summer.  The
exhibit, “The Village – Window to the
Past”, will be at the Village through
August 6.  Many collectors who own
Mr. Starnes paintings of the Alabama
Constitution Village are allowing
their artwork to be exhibited along
with new pieces that will be for
sale.  A portion of the sales will go to
benefit the Village and the Huntsville
Art League.  For more information,
call Constitution Hall Park at 5648100.  
July 11- August 30
“The Huntsville Seven”
The MVAC Gallery
300 Gunter Ave in Guntersville.
Gallery hours are Tues-Friday, 10
- 4 p.m. Saturday: 10 - 3 p.m. Seven
Huntsville Artists display their work
Call 256-582-1454 for more
information.
July 14
Coffee Tree & Brew
7900 Bailey Cove Rd
Wellness Group Meeting; 6pm
Fri Jul 15 - Jul 17
“The Foreigner”
VBC Playhouse
Join us for the first of two back-toback hilarious comedies by the late
playwright, Larry Shue! Tickets $14 - Adults; $12 - Students, Seniors,
Active Military with I.D. Group
Rates available! Information: (256)
536-0807 and www.theatrehsv.org.
July 16
Coffee Tree & Brew
7900 Bailey Cove Rd
The Mah Jong Players; 10am-2pm
July 16
Pauli’s Gourmet Food and Wine Co.
Wine Tasting 3pm-5pm. For more
information please call 722-0071
JulY 16
Tennessee Valley Raptors – arena
football
Von Braun Center Arena
For ticket info contact the VBC ticket
office.
July 16
Contra Dance
Live music by Steve Nix & Chip
Gulbro with Calling by Vicki
Herndon of Chattanooga.  All ages
welcome. 7:00-7:30 pm Admission
$7.00/$4.00 students/12 & under free.
In gym of Faith Presbyterian, corner
of Airport Rd. & Whitesburg Dr. For
more info. visit http://secontra.com/
NACDS.html or call 837-0656.
July 17 – July 23
Alabama Ballet Summer Residency
–on Gorham’s Bluff in Pisgah,
AL. Gorham’s Bluff is proud to be
the second home to the Alabama
Ballet. Breathtaking performances
and fantastic dinners are planned
that will include the Heart of the
Lake District as the natural stage.
Admission charged. For more
information, call 256-451-ARTS
(2787). Also see www.gorhamsbluff.
com.
July 17
Burritt On the Mountain
On Sunday July 17th, Burritt on the
Mountain will be open FREE to the
Public. Burritt on the Mountain is
Huntsville’s first museum and will
be sharing its exhibits, mansion,
barnyard, historic park and featuring
a Folk Music Concert from 2:00 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m. Held in and around the
Gazebo area. Musicians play and
sing folk, traditional and old time
songs. Bring a lawn chair or blanket
and a picnic lunch and enjoy an
afternoon of music on the mountain.
Snack and drink machines available.
July 17
Coffee Tree & Brew
7900 Bailey Cove Rd.
Chess Club; 6pm
July 17
July 19
Exhibition closes: John James
Audubon and the Birds of America,
Huntsville Museum of Art, 5 p.m.
Don’t miss your last chance to see
works by revered artist and naturalist
John James Audubon. General
admission charged to non-members.
2005 LAKESIDE SUMMER
CONCERT
River Choir & W.A.T.C.H. - Gospel &
Christian drama & song
The concerts will be held on Tuesday
nights, 6:30 p.m., at the Civitan Park
in Guntersville, Alabama.
July 17-22
July 19
The Huntsville Art League is
sponsoring a juried art exhibit
entitled “Unique Views of
Huntsville” to be shown at the
Huntsville Museum of Art. This
event will be held in connection with
the celebration of the Huntsville
Bicentennial.   The Huntsville Art
League’s Plein-air group is painting
in each of the Huntsville districts
prior to the exhibit and the artwork
will be on display as well.  For more
information, call the Huntsville Art
League at 534-3860.
Jul 18 - Jul 24
Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion
Von Braun Center West Hall
For more information contact the
VBC ticket office.
Armed Forces WeekVon
Braun Center East & West Hall
CombinedFor more information
contact the Von Braun Center.
July 19 - Jul 20
US Army Soldier Show
Von Braun Center Concert Hall
For more information contact the Von
Braun Center.
July 20
Soldiers Breakfast
Von Braun Center North Hall 1, 2 & 3
Combined
July 20
July 18
Coffee Tree & Brew
North Alabama Woodcarvers
Association; 7pm
July 18
“The Foreigner”
Join us for the first of two back-toback hilarious comedies by the late
playwright, Larry Shue! Tickets $14 - Adults; $12 - Students, Seniors,
Active Military with I.D. Group
Rates available! Information: (256)
536-0807 and www.theatrehsv.org.
Concert in the Park @ Big Spring
Park, downtown starting at 6:30
bring a chair or a blanket to enjoy
the concerts. This week is Buckler,
original rock and the 249th Army
Band of the W. Virginia National
Guard with Fireworks to follow the
concert!
The Art League of Madison will
meet to paint during concerts in the
park at the Gazebo in Downtown
Madison, every Monday night !!!
Anyone interested in painting with
the Art League during the concerts is
welcome to join us!!! Please look for
the tent with the Art League Banner
in the park!
July 21 - July 23
July 21
Coffee Tree & Brew
7900 Bailey Cove Rd
July 22
Coffee Tree & Brew
7900 Bailey Cove Rd
July 22
Classic Movies in the Park,
Huntsville Museum of Art, 8 p.m.
Join The Art Krewe of the Huntsville
Museum of Art under the stars to
see Some Like it Hot. The film will
be shown on the back wall of the
Museum at sundown. Free to all;
donations accepted.
July 22
The Filmaker Co-op presents
“Brother Outsider: The Life of
Bayard Rustin” at 8pm at the Flying
Monkeys Arts Center. Admission
is $5 and $3 for co-op members.
This documentary is about a
pioneer of non-violent protest in
the pursuit of justice. A hero of the
Civil Rights movement, Bayard
Rustin coordinated the Journey of
Reconciliation in 1947, advised the
leaders of the 1956 Montgomery
Boycott, helped found the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference,
and was the chief organizer for the
1963 March on Washington. So why
haven’t you heard of him? Because he
was gay. Soulforce will lead an open
discussion following the film.
July 22
The Burritt Museum hosts the City
Lights and Stars series with the Ken
Watters Group Advance tickets for
the City Lights and Stars Concerts
are $10 for adults and $6 for students;
at the gate all tickets are $12. Tickets
may be purchased at the Burritt
Museum Store, AB Stephens Music,
the Fret Shop, and the Market Place.
To order tickets by phone, call Burritt
on the Mountain at (256) 536-2882.
Concertgoers may also order an
elegant picnic supper.
July 23
July 24
Denise Schiber Exhibit at the Clay
House Museum
The Clay House Museum is hosting
Denise Schiber‚s art exhibit for the
month of July. You may come meet
the Artist at a reception for Denise
Schiber on Sunday July 24th at 1 - 3
PM in the Clay House Museum, 16
Main Street Madison, AL. Schiber‚s
vivid watercolors of garden gates,
windows and unique homes are
brilliant renderings.  Come enjoy
her beautiful paintings and meet the
Artist herself.  For more information
please call Robin Hall Brewer 3251018.
July 25
Nashville Songwriters Workshop
Country Club Apartments Rec Rm.
1000 Airport Road
6:30 p.m.
The North Alabama NSAI workshop
is an official Nashville Songwriters
Association International (NSAI)
regional workshop. The workshops
are designed to further the
knowledge and craft of songwriting;
to provide songwriters who live
outside Nashville with a network
of other songwriters, lyricists and
composers; to keep songwriters
informed about issues and
changes in the music industry; and to
establish unity among songwriters
everywhere. Workshops are the 4th
Monday night of each month.
July 25
Coffee Tree & Brew
Chess Club
6:00 PM
July 25
the concerts. This week is the Rocket
City Chorus, barbershop harmony
and the Olde Towne Brass, historic
American. Come join the Huntsville
Bicentennial Celebration!
July 25
welcome to join us!!! Please look for
the tent with the Art League Banner
in the park!
July 26
CONCERT
Jim Parker & Company -Songwriters Showcase
The concerts will be held on Tuesday
nights, 6:30 p.m., at the Civitan Park
in Guntersville, Alabama.
July 25 - July 26
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Conference
Von Braun Center North Hall 1 & 2
Combined
Braun Center
July 26
Hsv. Rotary Club Luncheon
July 26
Spoken word open mic at PB’S
in the Green Room on Jordan Ln.
These events are hosted by the artist
Award author of Paradox Lost and
Lost Dayz. Starting at 7pm with a $5
charge, this is open to the public so
bring it on.
July 27
Coffee Tree & Brew
Association; 7pm
July 28
Coffee Tree & Brew
7900 Bailey Cove Rd
July 29 - July 31
Grease
Von Braun Center Playhouse
VBC ticket office.
July 29
Coffee Tree & Brew
7900 Bailey Cove Rd
July 30
Wiggles
Showtimes are 1:30pm & 5pm in
the VBC arena. Tickets are available
at the local box office or through
Ticketmaster by calling 800-277-1700.
Tickets range from $30-$15. Special
“Hot Potato” seats are available
which include a gift bag from The
Wiggles!
July 30
July 30
2nd Annual Summer Latino Festival
– On the lawn at North Alabama
Community College from 11 a.m. till
3 p.m., Powell, AL. Featuring Live
Entertainment, Arts & Crafts, many
children’s activities, delicious Latino
food, free soft drinks & ice crème,
piñatas, and much, much more. Free
admission. For more info in English
or Spanish: (256) 996-9825, (256) 6382957, or (256) 228-0021.
July 30
Huntsville Botantical Gardens
Federated Flower Show
July 30 - July 31
Bodyart Convention
Von Braun Center East & West Hall
Combined
Braun Center.
July 31 – October 23
Local Color
Come see what local artists are
creating! This exhibition presents
a selection of works by more than
10 artists who call North Alabama
home. By visiting this show, visitors
will get look at new talent and
discover which artists to watch in the
coming years.
August 1
Coffee Tree & Brew
Chess Club
6:00 PM
August 1
the concerts. This week is The
Songbyrds, bluegrass/country and
the Madison Mountain Top Band,
bluegrass.
August 1
welcome to join us!!! Please
look for the tent with the Art League
Banner in the park!
August 2
Hsv. Rotary Club Luncheon
August 3
Coffee Tree & Brew
Association; 7pm
August 4
Coffee Tree & Brew
7900 Bailey Cove Rd
August 4
Rison-Dallas Reunion
The annual Rison-Dallas school
reunion will be Saturday, Aug. 7 in
dining hall at Jackson Way Baptist
Church. Attendees are asked to bring
a covered dish.
Honored guests will be the 1948-49
baseball team.
Registration begins at 10 a.m., lunch
will be at noon and the program
starts at 1:15. Persons are asked to
bring their recipes for the cookbook,
A pre-reunion party will be at
Mullin’s Restaurant at 5:30 p.m. on
Thursday, Aug. 4.
explored. For more information ,
contact Meridian Arts Center at 256534-7475 or go to www.MeridianArts.
net.
August 6
August 6
August 4 - August 6
Contra Dance
Live music by Jim & Inge Wood
& Tabitha Mowen with Calling by
Chrissy Davis-Camp of Nashville. 
7:00-7:30 pm Beginner’s Lesson,
7:30-10:30 pm Dance.  Admission
$7.00/$4.00 students/12 & under free.
In the gym of Faith Presbyterian,
corner of Airport Rd. & Whitesburg
Dr. For more info. visit http://
secontra.com/NACDS.html or call
837-0656.
August 5 - August 7
Bicentennial Celebration
Von Braun Center Concert Hall
VBC ticket office.
Grease
Von Braun Center Playhouse
For ticket info contact the VBC ticket
Office
Beledi Club
Von Braun Center, Salon 3
The Beledi Club, north Alabama’s
premier Middle Easter dance
organization, is sponsoring their
annual dance seminar with Margo
Abdo O’Dell. Ms O’Dell is an
exceptional dance teacher, performer
and motivational speaker. There
are vendors bringing wonderful
costumes, jewelry, and music.
August 5
Coffee Tree & Brew
7900 Bailey Cove Rd
August 5
Burritt on the Mountain
Sacred Harp Singing,6:30 p.m. - 9:00
p.m. Held in the Madison Baptist
Church on the Museum grounds. No
admission fee.
August 5
Free First Friday: Huntsville
Museum of Art, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Admission waived to all visitors
on the first Friday of every month.
Please visit www.hsvmuseum.org to
see which exhibitions are on view.
August 5-7
The Figure in Pastel
A 3-day workshop with Margaret
Dyer, PSA. The workshop will be
held at the Meridian Arts Studio,
370 Little Cove Rd., Gurley, AL
35748. The fee for the workshop is
$275. Learn the traditional technique
of pastel painting. Work from a
live model. Drawing, anatomy,
proportion, value and color will be
August 6
August 6
18th Annual Sand Mountain Gospel
Music Festival – 6:30 p.m. – Tom
Bevill Lyceum, Powell, AL (On
the campus of Northeast Alabama
Community College) – Featuring
the best gospel music groups in the
South. Admission $ charged. For
Info: 256-228-6001
August 6
CONCERT
Special Romance & Dance Season
Finale Local Jazz legend, Lee Cox &
Friends, Barbeque dinner and more!
The concerts will be held, 6:30 p.m.,
at the Civitan Park in Guntersville,
Alabama. Tickets required for this
concert.
August 7
Twickenham Winds
in concert Aug. 7, tour of Italy is set
The Twickenham Winds will perform
a pops concert on Sunday, Aug. 7,
at 6 p.m. at Good Shepherd Church,
corner Chaney Thompson and Hobbs
roads.
The band is also preparing for a
musical tour of north Italy next June
(2006). They will perform in Rome,
Milan, Florence and Venice. Director
of Twickenham Winds is Dr. David
Spencer and Marsha Asquith is
associate. She is also director of the
Huntsville Concert Band.
Great
Expectations-
The Deep End
Backpacking
Subject: my way
Down the sidewalk a spot of purple
bobs,distinctive marking on the dull
plumage of a woman,
gray like the morning itself,
plodding along in a heavy fog of
purpose.
Life is full of turmoil
few of whom are spared.
Experiance a virtue,
but so willingly is shared.
For a crazy moment, she’s my
grandmother–
she must be someone’s grandmother–
who culled my backpack from the
trash when I grew too old for purple.
Circumstance indifferant
who am I to judge?
Making it aint easy,
Yet theres those who will begrudge.
Lumbering along on her morning’s
journey, she wears the backpack
like a carapace, stooped against the
thickening of years, the cargo of a
lifetime.
The pack will tire her well before the
end of day.
Already she sags, her mouth droops.
From time to time she will sink down
onto a bench or even a curb, but never
long enough.
Fellow day-trippers advise her to put it
down, but she worries she will lose it
or worse: some stranger looking
for a clue to her could stare into its
emptiness, turn it upside down, shake
out her secrets.
Then his knowing eyes would meet her
indignant ones, and she’d have to push
him back, zip away the phantoms.
No, she won’t put it down; she’s grown
one with carrying.
As we pass, she looks directly at me.
Can she see herself in the plate glass
of my eye, how the backpack is
wearing her out, how, like her shoes
battered by restless feet, she is creased
and cracked and down-at-the-heels?
Her nod is blunt. She sees right
through me, knows the dark cache of
my own backpack.
Susan Martinello
I do not know the answers
to the questions that remain
I search from top to bottom
and I really wrack my brain.
How quickly “they” are to think me
of bein quite neive but looking from
the outside, they are easily decieved.
My path has not been sheltered,
My way not paved of gold,
Allthough most memories are
painful they are all that I hold.
I may not have seniority when it
comes to years,
But I exceed by gallons when it
comes to tears.
Theres moments I’ve been happy,
times I’ve had the blues, many
of times I been known to walk in
someone elses shoes.
On a grey day in our nation’s capital, I sat on the concrete steps in
front of the National Gallery of Art and listened to a friend recite the This isn’t
Where I Expected I’d be at 30 speech. Silently I thought, “That’s the problem with
expectations.”
The more friends I welcome across the bridge into 30Land, the more I
believe that the price of admission is the What I Expected speech. They lament
over their jobs, their singleness, their weight, their finances, and so the list goes.
It seems at some point in their youth they thought by the time they turned 30,
life would be simple: good job with great pay, loving spouse (or significant
other), a child, an active metabolism, and a stable bank account. These things
would make their lives complete. However, as they hit 30, life isn’t what they
expected, and they feel let down.
I remember when I was 21, I recited the How My Life is Going to Be
speech to several older co-workers. They all laughed and said don’t bet on
it. By the time I was 30 (which was so old), my life would be dull and I’d be
married and probably have a kid. During my 20s, my life was filled with
adventure and the “ marriage with kids” expectation didn’t become a reality.
As 30 crept up, I looked at my life and recalled that speech from nine years ago.
Instead of lamenting over unmet expectations, I simply laughed and thought,
“Man, I was dumb.”
When I turned 30, I threw a big party. Eighteen months later, people
are still talking about it! I don’t remember wasting time worrying about the
conflict between expectations and reality. I remember laughter, friends, and a
few too many strong cosmopolitan martinis. I certainly didn’t expect that to
happen.
While some people use expectations as a way to guide their lives, the
majority of expectations we set on our lives rarely happen. It doesn’t even have
to be where you expect to be when you hit a certain age. It could be a job offer,
a night out on the town, your car’s reliability, your pet’s undying love, etc.
When we expect to be offered a job, and we’re not, we are disappointed. When
you and your friends head out for a night on the town and you secretly expect
to meet a new potential but don’t, you’re let down. When your treasured car
starts sputtering or dripping oil, you feel betrayed. When your dog has found
a bone that he’d rather play with than meet you at the door, you feel a sense of
loneliness. While we might be in control of our lives, the truth is, we have very
little control over the world around us. You can’t expect the world to change to
better suit your wishes.
Your life isn’t what you expect it to be, it is what you make it to be.
Stop being let down by the fact that reality isn’t living up to your expectations.
Start enjoying the life you lead. Realize that by setting high expectations, you’re
setting yourself up for disappointment. But remember that giving up high
expectations doesn’t mean lowering your standards. Use your expectations as a
motivator for you to take steps to create the life you’d like to lead. If you expect
to get married, go out and find someone to marry. If you expect to find a better
job, go apply for one. Don’t stop fighting until your expectations become a
reality.
When it comes time for you to cross the bridge into a new decade, the
acknowledgement that you’re responsible for your life’s station will get you
much further than the What I Expected speech. So stop lamenting and enjoy the
walk over, the view is much better on this side.
I am only human therefore I must
cope, and hang on to the knot
in the end of my own rope.
Now I am a survivor, the victem in
me died
And when my life is finished
They will say that I’ve tried.
Brandy Dean Genung
Allison Gregg is an eternal optimist who
has never had it so good.
E-mail Allison at
[email protected].
My introduction
to Huntsville
By GARY JAMES BRIDGE
It may have taken me 31 years to ‘brain hit’ with what my first
thoughts of Huntsville were.
Stepping off the airliner from Washington, D.C., I experienced a
version of Rod Serling’s incredibe “Twilight Zone” in living color.
Huntsville was so very high technology it was almost scary. And yet, 5 or 6
miles away - in downtown - are encompassed dozens of marvelous Ante
Bellum homes and newer architecture. I learned that John Hunt, who settled
the town, had Huntsville and Huntland, Tenn., named for him.
There were more nightclubs here than I had ever experienced in a city of
this size. And my dear father and mother, Charles & Louise Bridge, and my
brother Wayne Bridge, were all involved in the entertainment field.
I, too, soon had my little share of Huntsville nightlife, operating a couple
of bars geared for ‘alternative’ lifestyles.
Our town had some of the best restaurants in the country. Then came
the 1974 tornadoes and how phenomenol it was to see all of Huntsville and the
surrounding areas instantly become ‘family.’
________
D&L BISTRO
7500 SW Memorial Pkwy, Huntsville,
256-881-7244, located in Main St. South
Mon-Sat. Lunch & Dinner.
THE DOCKS
Goosepond Colony, 417 Ed Hembree, Scottsboro,
256-574-3071. Casual Fine Dining Restaurant & Bar on
the banks of the Tennessee River. Free live entertainment
on weekends.
EDEN’S EAST
2413-B Jordan Lane, Huntsville, 256-721-9491
Vegetarian fare, M-Thu: 11am-6 pm; Fri: 11am-3pm
FURNITURE FACTORY BAR & GRILL
619 Meridian Street N, Huntsville (just north of
Downtown), 256-539-8001. Live music on the patio. SEE
CALENDAR for details.
LAGNIAPPES COFFEE CAFE
119 East Moulton, Decatur
Coffee, Espresso, Bakery & Deli.
OLDE TOWNE COFFEE SHOPPE
511 Pratt Ave NE, Huntsville, 256-539-5399
SEATTLE SOUTH
2113 Whitesburg Drive S, Huntsville,(Whitesburg Medical
District), 256-534-0513
WEST SIDE COFFEE PLACE & CAFE
2699B Sandlin Rd., SW, Decatur, 256-353-2025
WILD ROSE CAFE
121 North Side Square, Huntsville, 256-539-3658
GREEN HILLS GRILLE
5100 Sanderson Street NW, Huntsville (corner of Wynn
and University), 256-837-8282.
HUMPHREY’S BAR & GRILL
109 Washington Street, Huntsville (Downtown, corner of
Washington and Clinton), 256-704-5555. 11 am – 2 am
everyday. Live music every night – SEE CALENDAR
PO BOY FACTORY
815 Andrew Jackson Way, Huntsville (in Five Points) 256539-3616.
TIM’S CAJUN KITCHEN
114 Jordan Lane, Huntsville, 256-533-7589.
JAZZ FACTORY
109 North Side Square, Huntsville (Downtown on the
Square), 256-539-1919. Live Music, Full Bar & Extensive
Wine List.
K C’s COYOTE CAFE
410 Old Town St., Guntersville, 256-582-1676
LE BISTRO DU SOLEIL
300 Franklin Street, Huntsville (Downtown on the
Square), 256-539-7777
PAPOU’S
110 South Side Square, Huntsville, 256-534-5553
Greek Restaurant, Lunch & Dinner, Full Bar.
SAZIO
Corner of Pratt & Russell, Huntsville, 256-327-5555
Mediterranean Cuisine, Full Bar, Patio Dining
LOGAN’S ROADHOUSE (2 Huntsville locations)
4249 Balmoral Drive, Huntsville, 256-881-0584
University Drive NW, Huntsvile
2315 Beltline SW, Decatur, 256-432-2746
PAULI’S BAR & GRILL
Note - Mr. Bridge now lives in West Virginia
entertainment. 7:30am-5pm M-Th. Til midnight F&S.
Closed Sundays.
7143-C Hwy 72 W, Huntsville (corner of Slaughter Road
& Hwy 72), 256-722-2080. Full Bar & Extensive Wine List.
Reservations Suggested.
www.paulisbarandgrill.com
PAULI’S CHOPHOUSE
109 Washington Street, Huntsville (Downtown, corner of
Clinton and Washington), 256-704-5555. M-Th 5 – 10 pm,
F-Sat 5 – 11 pm, Sun 11 am – 2 pm. Full Bar & Extensive
Wine Selection. www.washingtonsq.com/chophouse.htm
PILOT HOUSE RESTAURANT
200 South Main St., Tuscumbia, 256-389-9551
Sun-Thur: 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Fri-Sat: 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
PRINCETON’S CEDAR MILL GRILLE
1208 Beltline SW, Decatur, 256-351-6247
Alabama Famous Chicken Tenders, Hickory Smoked Baby
Back Ribs. In the Lounge, LIVE MUSIC Tu-Fr night, Monday
Night Football.
STARFISH
Corner of Pratt & Russell, Huntsville, 256-327-5555
Fresh Seafood , Full Bar
TGI FRIDAY’S
4935 University Drive NW, Huntsville
256-830-2793, www.tgifridays.com
BELLACINO’S PIZZA & GRINDERS (2 locations)
4851 Whitesburg Dr, 256-880-8656
8572 Madison Blvd, Madison, 256-774-1918
BIG ED’S PIZZERIA
721 Clinton Avenue, Huntsville, 256-536-2872
CHEEBURGER, CHEEBURGER (3 locations)
5000 Whitesburg Dr., Huntsville, 256-885-3700
300 Hughes Rd, Madison, 256-464-9990
Providence Main, Huntsville
DUFFY’S DELI
2324 Whitesburg, Huntsville, 256-533-4179
McALLISTER’S DELI (2 Huntsville locations)
4800 Whitesburg Drive S, 256-880-1557 and
1480 Perimeter Pkwy, 256-425-0034. Appetizers, Salads,
Sandwiches, Spuds & Desserts. Kid’s Menu.
TONY’S ITALIAN DELI
119 James Madison Drive SW
Huntsville, 256-772-4448
SCHLOTZSKY’S DELI (2 Huntsville locations)
4319 University Drive NW, 256-830-6400
11120 Memorial Pkwy SW, 256-650-6300
8969 Hwy. 20, Madison, 256-464-5300
SOUL BURGER
TOP O’ THE RIVER
2900 Triana Blvd. SW, Huntsville, 256-534-8585
WEST END GRILL
605 Jordan Lane, 256-837-7220
602 Governors Drive, 256-536-6585
7004 Val-Monte, Guntersville, 256-582-4567
6610 Old Madison Pike, Huntsville, 256-722-8040. Steaks,
chicken and seafood.
WILD FLOUR BISTRO
600 Jordan Lane NW, Huntsville (shopping center, corner
of Holmes and Jordan). 256-536-0939.
STANLIEO’S SUB VILLA (2 Huntsville locations)
TERRY’S PIZZA (3 Huntsville locations)
9034 Memorial Pkwy S, 256-881-5987
3612 Governors Dr, 256-536-3389 and
2514 Memorial Pkwy N, 256-539-3467
WINGS SPORTS GRILLE
4250 Balmoral Dr. SW, Huntsville, 256-881-8878.
www.wingssportsgrille.com
BB PERRINS
608 Holly St, NE, Decatur, 256-355-0980
CLEM’S BBQ & FISHERY
3700 Blue Spring Road NW
Listings
ALABAMA BREAD COMPANY
DREAMLAND
975 Airport Rd., Huntsville, 256-882-2010.
3855 University Dr., Huntsville 256-539-7427
CAFE BABA
GIBSON BARBECUE (3 Huntsville locations)
5000 Whitesburg, Huntsville, 256-519-2323. Coffee
Hotspot. Specialty coffees, sandwiches, salads, desserts.
CAFE DOMAIN
6585 Hwy 431 S, Ste. C, Huntsville, 256-882-6747
Creperie & Patisserie
COFFEE CREATIONS
616 HWY 31, S ATHENS, AL 35611
COFFEE TREE BOOKS & BREW, THE
7900 Bailey Cove Rd., Huntsville, 256-880-6464
BISTRO LA LUNA
3RD BASE GRILL
7904 Memorial Pkwy S, Huntsville, 256-882-9500. Great
Food for Lunch and Dinner. Mondays $0.35 Wings, Family
Atmosphere, Live Music on Wednesday & Thursday. NFL
Ticket on Sunday. Open 11 pm – 2 am, Mon–Sat, open at
noon - 2 am on Sundays.
801 FRANKLIN
801 Franklin Street, Huntsville (Downtown by Medical
Center), 256-519-8019. Lunch: M-F 11-2, Dinner: M-W 5-10
pm & Th-Sa 5 pm-1 am. Lounge opens 4 pm M-F. Full Bar
& Extensive Wine List. www.801franklin.com
BEAUREGARD’S (3 Huntsville locations)
1851 University Dr. , 256-512-0074
511 Jordan Lane, 256-837-2433
975 Airport Rd. SW, 256-880-2131
BENNIGAN’S
1009 Memorial Pkwy, Huntsville, 256-534-6141
Every day is St. Patrick’s Day at Bennigan’s
www.bennigans.com
Covenant Cove Lodge & Marina, 7001 Val-Monte Drive,
Guntersville, 256-582-0930. Lunch & Dinner www.
covenantcove.com
Buffalo Wild Wings
2750 Carl T. Jones Dr.
256-650-4115
CAHOOTS
114 West Market Street, Fayetteville, TN.
931-433-1173. Dine in old jail cells.
CHILI’S (2 Huntsville locations)
4925 University Drive, 256-722-9620
2740 Carl T. Jones, 256-882-1230
COTTON ROW MARKET
109 Washington Street, Huntsville, 256-704-5555.
(breakfast & lunch). www.washingtonsq.com/cottonrow.
htm
GREEN DOOR BOOKS
121 S. Marion St, Athens, 256-216-1005, Books, Coffee,
Music and More. The coolest little book store in Athens.
Live music Friday nights.
JAMO’S CAFÉ
413 Jordan Lane NW, Huntsville, 256-837-7880.
Mediterranean Fare, Sandwiches & Specialty Coffees.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
JAVA JAAY CAFE
3319 Memorial Pkwy., Huntsville, 256-881-4851
8412 Whitesburg Drive, Huntsville, 256-882-0841
735 Hwy 72 E, Huntsville, 256-852-9882
1715 6th Ave., SE, Decatur, 256-350-6969
MERIDIANVILLE BAR-B-QUE
11537 Hwy. 231N., Meridianville, 256-828-3725
OLE HICKORY PIT BBQ
5061 Maysville Road
New Market, 256-859-2824
ROCKABILLY’S SMOKEHOUSE GRILL
255 Pratt Ave., Huntsville, 256-489-1831
Smokey’s Barbeque
8073 Hwy 72, W, Madison
256-721-0300
Thomas Pit BBQ
Hwy 72 ,W, Madison
256-837-4900
BLUE PLATE CAFE
3210 Governors Drive, Huntsville, 256-533-8808
COPELAND’S
2004 Airport Road SW, Huntsville
256-650-3131
1713 6th Ave. SE, Decatur, 256-351-8555.
Espresso, Mocha, Coffee, Freezes, Smoothies, Sandwiches
& Baked goods. M-Th: 6am-6pm. Fri: 6am-7pm. Sat: 8am2pm.
CRAWMAMMA’S
KAFFEEKLATSCH
G’S COUNTRY KITCHEN
KENNY MANGO’S COFFEE SHOP & GALLERY
MULLIN’S
5000 Webb Villa, Guntersville, 256-582-0484
Seafood & Steak
103 Jefferson Street, Huntsville, 256-536-7993.
119 N Side Square, Huntsville, 256-755-6559. Featuring
coffee drinks, smoothies & desserts. Live music &
ERNEY’S
1605 Pulaski Pike NW
Huntsville, (256) 533-5734
2501 Oakwood Dr., Huntsville, 256-533-3034
607 Andrew Jackson, Huntsville, 256-539-2826
HUMPHREY’S BAR & GRILL
109 Washington Square, Huntsville, 256-704-5555. Beef,
seafood, sandwiches. Come for the food – Stay for the
Fun. Best Patio in Huntsville. Happy Hour every day 11 am
– 6 pm. Live music every night, no cover. Open 11 am – 2
am everyday.
JEMISON’S EATERY & PUB
350-A Market St. NE, Decatur, 256-351-0300. Open from
10:30 am Mon-Sat. Sandwiches, Pizza, Salads, Happy
Hour: Mon - Fri, 3 pm - 6:30 pm.
JUDGE CRATER’S PUB & GRILL
110 Southside Square, Huntsville 256-534-6116
KAFFEEKLATSCH @NIGHT
Live Music nightly.
LAKE IDA PUB &GRILl
101 Lindsay Lane S., Athens, 256-232-2330. A quaint
restaurant on the edge of a beautiful, small lake.
LICK SKILLET MUSIC BARN
1801 Charity Lane, Hazel Green, 256-828-5666. Live music
Fri. and Sat. Alcohol-free environment. Concessions available. www.lickskilletmusicbarn.com
THE MAIN OFFICE
Hwy 231/431, Hazel Green, 256-829-9100
MARTINI’S OF MADISON
MIWON JAPANESE RESTAURANT
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ROLO’S CAFE
505 Airport Rd., Huntsville, 256-883-7656
TROTTER’S
3021 Thornton Taylor Pkwy., Fayetteville, TN (inside Best
Western Hotel) 931-433-3871
404 Jordan Lane NW
MIYAKO
Restaurant & Sushi Bar
10013 South Parkway
256-880-9879
NIKKO JAPANESE RESTAURANT
(4 locations)
7830 Hwy 72 W, Ste 230, Madison 256-864-0360
140 Browns Ferry Rd, Madison 256-464-6044
7900 Bailey Cove Rd, Huntsville 256-883-4447
1802 Hwy 72 E, Ste D, Athens 256-771-0130
EL PALACIO
2008 Memorial Pkwy SW, Huntsville 256-539-6075
Garibaldi’s
2107 Old Blue Spring Rd. Hsv
256-851-7394
GUADALAJARA MEXICAN RESTAURANTS
11208 Memorial Pkwy S, Huntsville
256-882-7311 &
8572 Madison Blvd, 256-774-1401
LITTLE ROSIE’S TAQUERIA
4781 Whitesburg Dr S, Huntsville, 256-882-0014
PEPITO’S
3508 Mem. Pkwy. S, Hsv
256-858-0059
QDOBA MEXICAN GRILL
4800 Whitesburg Drive, Huntsville 256-489-1367
ITALIAN PIE
5000 Whitesburg Dr, Huntsville, 256-883-9112
LA STRADA
12824 Hwy 431, Guntersville. European cuisine. 256-5822250. www.lastradabama.com
LUCIANO
964 Airport Road SW, Huntsville, 256-885-0505
RICATONI’S ITALIAN GRILL
PHILBY’S POURHOUSE
BLUE PARROT MARTINI & CIGAR LOUNGE
ROCKABILLY’S SMOKEHOUSE GRILL
SURIN OF THAILAND
975 Airport Rd SW, Huntsville, 256-213-9866
THAI GARDEN RESTAURANT
800 Wellman Ave. NE, Huntsville, 256-534-0122
CHINA MOON
10000 S. Memorial Pkwy. 256-489-3333.
Lunch & Dinner, full bar,great atmosphere.
7001 Val-Monte Drive, Covenant Cove Resort,
Guntersville, 256-582-0930. Happy Hour, Tu-Thr 4-7pm.
Great drinks and a walk-in humidor! Live Music, see
calendar for details. www.covenantcove.com/parrot.htm
BOBBY G’S PLACE (2 Huntsville locations)
1009 Henderson Road, 256-837-4728 and 4070 Memorial
Pkwy S, 256-880-2590. Steaks, seafood, chicken and
wings. Live music & Karaoke.
BRICK DELI & TAVERN, THE
DING HOW II
BROILER STEAK & SEAFOOD
4800 Whitesburg Dr., Huntsville, 256-880-8883
JADE PALACE
4925 University Drive NW, Huntsville,
256-830-2458
TAI PAN PALACE
2012 Mem. Pkwy, S, Hsv
256-539-5797
209-A 2nd Ave. SE, Decatur
256-355-8318. Live Music
2322 Memorial Parkway S.
256-536-2121.
CHARLOTTE’S PLACE
1117 Jordan Ln.
Huntsville, AL 35816
CHIPS & SALSA CANTINA
10300 Bailey Cove Rd SE Huntsville, 256-880-1202.
Full Mexican menu, dart tournaments.
CLUB MIRAGE
DEUTSCHE KUCHE
418 Jordan Lane, Huntsville, 256-534-4807. Authentic
German Foods & Beverages.
4701 Meridian Street, Huntsville, 256-851-2920. Chicken,
steak, pasta and seafood.
COPPER TOP BAR & GRILL
2357 Whitesburg Dr., Hsv
256-512-9776
200 Q Oakwood Ave., Huntsville, 256-536-1150
Formerly Zesto’s in Five Points. Appetizers, sandwiches &
more. Karaoke & Live Music
OL HEIDELBERG CAFÉ
CORNER GRILL & PUB, THE
HILDEGARD’S
6125 University Drive NW E14, Huntsville, (shopping
center next to Rosie’s), 256-992-0556.
TASTE OF D’ISLANDS
2105 Mastin Lake Road, Huntsville, 256-851-9262.
Authentic Caribbean Cuisine
CASA MONTEGO INTERNATIONAL LOUNGE
2117 Jonathan Drive, Huntsville, 256-858-9187.
Your source for Authentic Caribbean & American
Food. Salsa, Rock, Reggae, Hip-Hop, R&B, Soul,
Merengue.
HEAVEN’S FARMACY
2413B Jordan Lane, Huntsville, 256-721-5949
(2 Huntsville locations)
10300 Bailey Cove Road SE, 256-880-2103.
129-A Old Highway 431,Hampton Cove
Burgers, steaks & sandwiches. Great food, live
entertainment nightly. Great neighborhood atmosphere.
CROSSROADS, THE
721 Clinton Ave, Huntsville, 256-533-3393. Live Music 7
nights. www.crossroadsmusic.biz
DUGOUT SPORTS BAR, THE
1550 6th Ave., Decatur,256-350-7390. Karaoke, Live Music,
NTN Trivia.
EMBER CLUB
903 Memorial Pkwy NW, Huntsville, 256-534-7092.
Burgers, sandwiches and steaks.
Live entertainment.
255 Pratt Avenue, Huntsville, 256-489-1831.
BBQ, ribs, chicken & burgers. Full Bar & LIve Music
ROSEBERRY PUB & GRILL
Hwy 67 Scottsboro
256-574-4231
RUGGBY’S
4820 University Drive, Huntsville, 256-895-0795.
Deli sandwiches, TVs, darts.
SAMMY T’S MUSIC HALL
116 Washington Street, 256-539-9974.
Best Live Music in Huntsville Thu – Sat. Open 6 pm – 2 am.
www.sammytsplace.com
SANDY’S ROADHOUSE
(formerly Manhattans) Keep reading the Planet for
grand opening news.12740 Hwy. 431 S, Guntersville, 256571-0450. Happy Hour 10am-7pm. Patio for the bikers,
karaoke, jams.
THE SHACK
105 Swancott Road, Triana 256-461-0227. The bar that
never closes! Live music Friday & Saturday.
SPORTS PAGE LOUNGE & DELI
9009 Memorial Pkwy S, Huntsville, 256-880-9471. Plate
lunches, deli sandwiches. Live entertainment
THE STATION
8694 Madison Blvd., Madison, 256-325-1333. Live
entertainment. Lunch specials. Happy Hour 3 – 8 pm.
Open 7 days a week 11 am – 2 am.
STEVE’S BILLIARDS & LOUNGE
2322 Memorial Pkwy, Huntsville, 256-539-8919.
TABU & THE VIP ROOM
7200 Governors West, Huntsville, 256-830-1233.
www.theentertainmentcomplexhsv.com
T-BIRDS CAFE
1792 Hwy. 72 East, Huntsville, 256-852-9191.
TWILIGHT ZONE
2140 Gunter Ave. in the Holiday Inn,Guntersville, 256582-2220
UPSCALE
10131 Memorial Pkwy S, Huntsville, 256-882-1670. Live
Music.
2021 Golf Rd, Huntsville, 256-881-8820
Dining & entertainment complex. Huntsville’s only openminded night spot. www.clubupscale.com
END ZONE, THE
WINGS SPORTS GRILLE
Sandwiches, steaks, and ribs. 22 TVs, 8 Satellites. Lunch &
Dinner every day.
FINNEGAN’S PUB
3310 Memorial Pkwy S, Huntsville, 256-881-9732
4250 Balmoral Dr. SW, Huntsville, 256-881-8878.
www.wingssportsgrille.com
VISIONS
6404 University Dr. NW, Huntsville, 256-722-8247
FURNITURE FACTORY BAR & GRILL
3RD BASE GRILL
7904 Memorial Pkwy S, Huntsville, 256-882-9500. Great
Food for Lunch and Dinner. Mondays $0.35 Wings, Family
Atmosphere, Live Music on Wednesday & Thursday. NFL
Ticket on Sunday. Open 11 pm – 2 am, Mon–Sat, open at
noon - 2 am on Sundays.
619 Meridian Street N, Huntsville (just north of
Downtown), 256-539-8001. Live music on the patio. SEE
CALENDAR for details.
GOAL POST, THE
3305 Bob Wallace Ave, Huntsville, 256-489-0055. 11am2am daily.
ADRIAN’S
HARD DOCK CAFE
ALABAMA ROADHOUSE
HALF TIME BAR AND GRILL
1405 Sunset Drive, Guntersville, 256-582-3106
EDO JAPANESE RESTAURANT
7908 Memorial Parkway S.
256-880-2525
MIKATO JAPANESE STEAK HOUSE & LOUNGE
ALLEN’S GRILLE & GROG
4061 Independence Dr. NW, Huntsville, (one block N. of
University on Jordan Ln.), 256-830-1700.
9076 Madison Blvd, Madison, 256-772-8514.
MIKAWA RESTAURANT
2510 Ready Section Road, corner of Pulaski Pike, Toney
1010 Heathland Dr, Huntsville, 256-837-7440.
Authentic Japanese Restaurant.
Pool tables, full menu.
11700 S Memorial Pkwy, Huntsville, 256-880-2626
Take Out or Eat In. Open 7 days.
Lunch Buffet Mon - Sat.
5901 University Drive, Huntsville, 256-722-4770
104 N. Intercom Drive, Madison, 256-772-0360
OTTER’S
BLACK WATER HATTIE’S
1105 Wayne Road, Huntsville, 256-217-1719
ROMANO’S MACARONI GRILL
Authentic Gourmet Italian Cuisine.
11505 S. Memorial Pkwy, Huntsville, 256-881-7746
2704 Johnson Road, Huntsville, 256-880-3714. Live
entertainment. Sunday is NFL & Race Day.
TOKYO JAPANESE STEAK HOUSE & SUSHI BAR
107 N. Court St., Florence, 256-718-1002
TELLINI’S CAFE & GRILL
4855 Whitesburg Dr. Hsv
256-881-9155
VILLA FIORE
OL’ BREWTAHN TAVERN
PEANUT FACTORY BAR & GRILL
ROSIE’S MEXICAN CANTINA
(2 Huntsville locations)
6125 University Drive, 256-922-1001
7540 S. Memorial Pkwy, 256-382-3232
Mon–Sat. Lunch & Dinner.
718 Church St, Huntsville, 256-533-4005
BILLIARD STREET CAFE
LA ALAMEDA
3807 University Drive NW
BENCHWARMER, TOO!
MOODY MONDAYS
SHO GUN JAPANESE STEAK & SUSHI BAR
EL MARIACHI (3 locations)
14450 Hwy 231/431 N Hazel Green, 256-828-1466 1836
Winchester Road, Huntsville 256-851-7255
7193 Hwy 72 W, Madison, 256-890-0900
2998 University Drive, Huntsville 256-539-6268.
Lunch buffet, steaks, sandwiches. Live music, 12 ft. TV
screen, 7 big screens, 22 TVs. NASCAR Sundays, Dart
Tourneys (plastic & steel), Thursdays College Night w/DJ.
Open 7 days 10 am to 2 am. Dinner nightly.
www.benchwarmersportsbar.com.
Marriott Hotel, 5 Tranquility Base, Huntsville
256-830-2222.
3017 Governors Dr SW, Huntsville, 256-534-0866
208 Main St., Madison, 256-461-8999
CASA BLANCA MEXICAN RESTAURANT
BENCHWARMER FOOD & SPIRITS
6565 Hwy. 431, Hampton Cove, 256-536-3690
Hibachi Tables & Sushi Bar.
BANDITO BURRITO (2 locations)
Ramada Inn, 8716 Madison Blvd, Madison,
256-772-0701.
THE BARN
3755 U.S. Hwy. 31, Decatur, 256-340-9234
8873 Highway 72 W, Madison, 256-430-0266
5 POINTS GALLERY
401 Pratt Ave. NE, 256-539-9658
Tues-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Featuring original
art by local/regional artists, handmade jewelry, antiques,
prints and custom framing.
801 FRANKLIN
801 Franklin Street, Huntsville, (Downtown by
Medical Center), 256-519-8019. Dine with fine art.
www.801franklin.com.
ATHENS ST. STUDENT UNION ART GALLERY
300 N. Beaty St., Athens, Athens State University,
800-522-0272
HOOTERS
ARTISTIC IMAGES
4730 University Drive, Huntsville, 256-722-0166. Wings,
seafood and sandwiches.
2115 Whitesburg Drive, Huntsville, 256-534-3968.
www.artisticimagesgallery.com
HOPPER’S
Holiday Inn-Research Park, 5903 University Drive,
256-830-0600, Karaoke and Live Music.
CAROLE FORET FINE ART
HOG WILD SALOON
206 West Market St., Downtown Square, Athens
256-232-2521. www.caroleforet.com
DRAGONFLY GALLERY & DESIGN
125 Main Ave. S., Fayetteville, TN, 931-433-3024
HUNTSVILLE ART LEAGUE GALLERY
3005 L&N Drive, Suite 2, Huntsville, 256-534-3860.
Monday-Saturday 10 am - 6 pm; Sunday 1-4 pm.
www.huntsvilleartleague.org.
HUNTSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART
300 Church Street So. in Big Spring International Park,
Huntsville. Gen. admission fee is $7 for non-members.
Discounts for seniors over 60, military, students with a
valid ID, and groups of 10 or more. Admission is half-price
for non-members on Thurs nights. Members & children
<6 free. Hours 1-5pm. Sunday; 10am-5pm. Mon-Sat;
extended hours on Th 5-8 pm. Call 256-535-4350 or
1-800-786-9095, or visit www.hsvmuseum.org.
KP ARTS
100 North Main, Fayetteville, TN (on the square). This
gallery is a co-op. The showing artists work at the gallery
once or twice a month. Come in, check out some great
art and meet an artist. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.
LADAGE ARTISTRY
321 S. Jefferson, Athens,256-216-0039. Original artwork
by national artisits. Tue-Sat, 9 am-7 pm. http://ladage.
dews.net.
MERIDIAN ARTS (2 locations)
305-A Jefferson Street, Huntsville, 256-534-7475.
M-F: 10 am – 6 pm, Sat: 10 am – 4pm; and 370 Little Cove
Road, Gurley, AL, 256-776-4300. Tu-F: 10 am – 6 pm, Sat: 10
am – 4 pm. www.Meridianarts.net.
MONDO DE TATUAGE GALLERY
Corner of 6th Ave. and 7th St., Decatur
256-306-9099. Fine art with a lowbrow twist. Submission inquiries welcome. Open Noon till 10 p.m., Tue-Sat.
Located inside Ink City Tattoo.
MVAC FINE ARTS GALLERY
300 Gunter Ave.,Guntersville, 256-582-1454.
Hours: Mon-Fri 9-4, Sat 10-3.
http://mountainvalleyartscouncil.org
HUNTSVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN
4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville,
256-830-4447. The 110-acre garden is open year-round.
Summer Hours, Memorial Day through Labor Day: M-Sat,
9am-8pm; Sun, 1–8pm. $8 Adults, $6 Senior or Military, $3
Children ages 3-18.www.hsvbg.org.
HUNTSVILLE STARS
HUNTSVILLE HAVOC
Professional Hockey, Eastern Hockey League. 700 Monroe
Street. Huntsville, AL 35801 (256) 518-6160.
THE LAND TRUST TRAILS
Bankhead Pkwy., Huntsville, 256-534-LAND
Year-round hiking on 547 acres of Monte Sano preserve.
www.landtrust-hsv.org
MONTE SANO STATE PARK
5015 Nolen Ave., Huntsville, 256-534-3757
SCI-QUEST
102-D Wynn Drive, Huntsville, 256-837-0606.
An exciting hands-on science center.
www.sci-quest.org
TENNESSEE VALLEY RAPTORS
Arena Football, American Conference Southern Division.
700 Monroe St, Huntsville, VBC, 256-551-3240. www.
vipersaf2.com
THREE CAVES
Directions: Off California St., turn onto Hermitage, left
onto Kennemer Dr. Call The Land Trust at (256) 534-5263
to reserve your spot on a public cave tour or to arrange a
private tour for your group.
US SPACE & ROCKET CENTER
1 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, 256-837-3400. Open 9am5pm year round except for Thanksgiving, Christmas
Eve and Day, and New Year’s Eve and Day. Admissions:
Museum only – Adults $12 & Child 3-12 $8, www.
spacecamp.com
VON BRAUN CENTER
2364 Whitesburg Drive S, Huntsville,
256-536-1960.
700 Monroe St. Huntsville, 256-533-1953. Check calendar
for events. www.vonbrauncenter.com
TWO FEATHERS NATIVE AMERICAN GALLERY
THE WEEDEN HOUSE
UNIVERSITY CENTER ART GALLERY
University of Alabama in Huntsville, 256-824-1000
UPTOWN GALLERY
1220 South Memorial Parkway, Huntsville 256-880-2044.
Custom framing, fine art, digital imaging & photography.
www.uptowngallery.com
WHITNEY DAVIDSON GALLERY
501 Church Street NW, Huntsville, 256-539-0063
WILLIS GRAY GALLERY
211 B Second Ave. SE, Decatur, 256-355-7616
ALABAMA CONSTITUTION VILLAGE
109 Gates Ave., Huntsville, 256-564-8100. Open daily, 9
am - 5 pm, except Sundays.
AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM
2003 Poole Drive NW, Huntsville, 256-852-4524. www.
american-indian-museum.com
BURRITT ON THE MOUNTAIN: A LIVING
MUSEUM
300 Gates Avenue SE, Huntsville, 256-536-7718
ARS NOVA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
7908C Charlotte Drive, Huntsville, 256-883-1105. www.
arsnovahsv.com
BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE
700 Monroe St. Suite 410, Huntsville
(all performances held at Von Braun Center)
256-518-6155. www.btleague.org
FANTASY PLAYHOUSE CHILDREN’S THEATRE
3312 Long Avenue SW, Huntsville, 256-539-6829
FLYING MONKEY ARTS CENTER
2211 Seminole Drive, Huntsville, 256-489-7000
Flying Monkey Arts Center is a not for profit community
arts collective that encourages, supports and promotes
the arts. www.flyingmonkeyarts.org
FOOTLIGHTS COMMUNITY THEATER
302 Hoffman St. Athens, 256-216-0903
www.footlightstheater.org
[email protected]
HUNTSVILLE BALLET COMPANY
800 Regal Drive SW, Huntsville, 256-539-0961
3101 Burritt Drive SE, Huntsville, 256-536-2882.
Summer Hours (April - Oct): Tues- Sat 9am to 5pm Sun
noon to 5 pm. Regular Adm. fee is $5 adult, $4 senior,
military & students, $3 child (children under 2, free). www.
burrittmuseum.com
HUNTSVILLE COMMUNITY CHORUS
CATHEDRAL CAVERNS STATE PARK
LOWE MILL
637 Cave Road, Woodville. 256-728-8193 Open daily at
10 am.
CLAY HOUSE MUSEUM
16 Main Street, Madison 256-325-1018. Tour this antebellum home with “A Walk Through Time”, 100 years of decorative style from 1850 - 1950 featuring Noritake Porcelain.
COVENANT COVE RESORT & MARINA
3312 Long Avenue, Fantasy Arts Center, Huntsville, 256533-6606
HUNTSVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
North Side Von Braun Center, Huntsville 256-539-4818.
2211 Seminole Dr., Huntsville, Art, Music, Film and Poetry.
See Calendar for Event Dates
RENAISSANCE THEATRE AT LINCOLN CENTER
1214 Meridian Street N, Huntsville, 256-536-3434.
www.renaissancetheatre.net
THEATRE HUNTSVILLE
7001 Val-Monte Drive, Guntersville
256-582-1000 or 888-288-COVE. Home of Blue Parrot
Martini & Cigar Lounge, Bistro La Luna & Wake Factory.
www.covenantcove.com
Business Office. 1701 University Dr, Suite 1, Huntsville,
256-536-0807. www.theatrehsv.org.
EARLYWORKS MUSEUM COMPLEX
GORHAM’S BLUFF
CARMIKE CINEMAS
1359 Old Monrovia Road, Huntsville,
256-430-0770.
607 Fourteenth Street, Decatur, 256-350-0935
www.carmike.com.
HARMONY PARK SAFARI
Funtasia Family Fun Ctr.
2016 N. Mem. Pkwy Huntsville
256-536-0676
HARRISON BROTHERS HARDWARE
MADISON BOWLING CENTER
8661 Hwy 72 W, Madison, 256-722-0015.
404 Madison Street SE, Huntsville, 256-564-8100.
Pisgah, 256-451-ARTS. The Gorham’s Bluff Institute is
a non-profit organization dedicated to providing arts
and cultural activities to Jackson County and Northeast
Alabama.
431 Clouds Cove Road, New Hope. 1-877-7ANIMAL. Drive
through animal exhibits. Open March through November.
MONARCH LANES
2009 Bob Wallace, Huntsville, 256-534-9439.
MADISON BOWLING CENTER
8661 Hwy 72 W, Madison, 256-722-0015.
Joe W. Davis Stadium, 3125 Leeman Ferry Rd, Huntsville,
256-882-2562.
SIGNATURE GALLERY
7529-A S. Memorial Pkwy, Huntsville, 256-882-0078.
Native American Arts & Gifts. “Walking the Path of our
People”
PLAMOR LANES
2404 Leeman Ferry Rd., Huntsville, 256-539-2785
DR. EDDIE’S STEREO OUTLET
6777 Highway 431 S, Hampton Cove,
256-539-5554 www.dreddies.com
THE DREAM MAKER
11220 S. Memorial Pkwy, Huntsville, 256-883-8446. Promoting Harmony & Health through Nature.
THE FRET SHOP
309 Jordan Lane, Huntsville, 256-430-4729. Guitar, Banjo,
Mandolin, Sales, Instruction and Repair.
www.thefretshop.com.
GREEN DOOR BOOKS
121 South Marion Street, Athens, 256-216-1005 Books,
Coffee, Music & More.
HAVEN: COMICS, ETC.
7185-H Highway 72 W., Madison, 256-430-0505
www.havencomics.com
HDK ENTERTAINMENT
North Alabama & Southern TN Premier Mobile DJ/
Karaoke Service. 256-509-2498
HIT VIDEOS & COLLECTIBLES
515 Jordan Lane, Huntsville, 256-830-6654
HUMIDOR PIPE SHOP
2502 S. Memorial Pkwy, Huntsville, 256-539-6431
Cigars, Pipes, Pipe Tobacco, Lighters, Accessories, Pipe
Repair. M-F 10-6.
www.humidorpipeshop.com
WERD INTERACTIVE
www.werdinteractive.com
Games for your cell phone
INTERIOR MARKETPLACE
Hwy. 431, Hampton Cove, Huntsville,
256-539-9113
LADAGE ARTISTRY
321 S. Jefferson, Athens,256-216-0039.
Hair Salon, Day Spa & Art Boutique. Tue-Sat,
9 am-7 pm. http://ladage.dews.net
MAIN STREET SOUTH
7500 Memorial Pkwy SW, Huntsville. Pick up the Valley
Planet inside, under the clock tower.
NAUGHTY & SPICE
7914 S. Memorial Pkwy, Ste E-14, Huntsville (The Village
Center), 256-880-4884. We cater to all your romance
needs.
NONESUCH GIFTS
804 Wellman in 5 Points, Huntsville. A gift shop for openminded people. Celebrating the diversity of cultures and
lifestyles. www.nonesuchgifts.com
OLDE TOWNE BREWRY
214 Holmes Ave. Huntsville
256-564-7404
PEACE PIPE
585 Hwy 231, S
Lacey’s Spring, AL
PEARLY GATES NATURAL FOODS
2308 Memorial Pkwy., Huntsville, 256-534-6233
RAILROAD BAZAAR (5 locations)
200 Oakwood Ave., Huntsville,256-536-1222
7950 Hwy. 72 W, Madison, 256-721-9303
936 US Hwy. 72, Athens, 256-216-9383
1801 Beltline, Decatur, 256-353-8121
RED JASPER SPA
211 A 2nd Ave. SE, Decatur, 256-584-0027
www.redjasperspa.com
RED LIGHT VIDEO
2900-E Triana Blvd. Huntsville. Huntsville’s newest “All
Ratings” Superstore. VHS, DVD, Novelties, Magazines.
256-536-0482
SHAVER’S BOOK STORE
2362 Whitesburg Dr, Huntsville, 256-536-1604
SOUND ON WHEELS
2807 University Dr. NW Huntsville
256-533-9422
STRINGS ‘N’ BRASS
409 Pratt Ave, Huntsville, (across from Sonic)
256-533-9088. www.stringsnbrass.com
SUNBURST RECORDS
4001 Holmes Ave., Huntsville 256-830-8079
T SHEPARD’S DISCOUNT MUSIC
1900 S. Memorial Pkwy, 256-533-7944. Buy-Sell-TradeConsignment
BOONDOCKS
124 Southside Square, Huntsville, 256-536-3631.
Alabama’s oldest hardware store.
Lead Story
The Jordan River, considered by believers to have been the gateway to the
Garden of Eden (and by Christians to have been where Jesus was baptized),
is now more than 50 percent raw sewage and agricultural runoff, according
to a Middle East conservation group spokesman interviewed by Reuters in
June. Together, Israel, Jordan and Syria have diverted away from the river
(and then treated) about 90 percent of the water flow over the years for their
own uses, though part of Jordan’s diversion was to create a clean-water baptismal site for pilgrims (some of whom, nonetheless, still bathe in the greenish, polluted part).
Chuck Shepherd,
Photo Bob Baggett Photography
Police Blotter
-- In an early-morning
shootout on June 4 in the Homewood
housing complex in Pittsburgh, two
undercover officers and suspect Keith
Carter, 19, exchanged a total of at
least 103 gunshots and missed every
single time. (On the other hand, in
March, Regina Jones-Peoples, 30, of
Warren, Ohio, survived 18 gunshots,
from her neck to her legs, allegedly
by her estranged husband, Marcus
Jones, 29, on whom police issued an
arrest warrant.)
-- In the course of a traffic
stop on Interstate 70 in Kingdom
City, Mo., in June, Missouri Highway
Patrol officers found a 3-foot-long
rocket with an electric launcher,
attached to an elaborate system of
pulleys in the trunk of the car of two
men, Michael Ray Sullivan, 41, and
Joseph C. Seidl, 39. The rocket, which
could probably be triggered from
the driver’s seat, was found stuffed
with methamphetamine, with more
(totaling about $145,000 worth) in
pipes alongside. The patrolmen who
arrested the pair believe the contraption was for quick disposal of their
inventory if they got cornered.
Government in Action
-- Ireland’s justice ministry
proposed rules changes for its prison
system in June, banning such “inhumane” treatments as restricted diets
and corporal punishment. On the
other hand, among the current practices that would soon be prohibited
are inmates’ bringing in their own
furniture, hiring maids, and ordering food and alcoholic beverages,
according to a dispatch from Dublin
published in The Australian.
-- Officials in Montgomery
County, Md., regard the feathery
green plant called the mugwort as
a weed, an “alien invasive plant,”
and periodically lament its presence in the county’s parks, according
to a June Washington Post report.
However, local Koreans, who call the
plant “souk,” consider it a delicacy
in seafood soup and rice cakes, and
have eagerly been digging it out
of the parks for free, except that it
is illegal to remove anything, even
weeds, from the parks. Consequently,
according to the Post, county officials
have simultaneously undertaken (a)
a pilot program to see if goats could
be trained to root out unwanted flora
and (b) a stepped-up program to
convince the Koreans to obey the law
against removing mugwort.
-- In May, Councilman
Manfred Juraczka in Vienna, Austria, proposed, in order to alleviate
the city’s growing problem with pet
droppings, to collect DNA samples
from all registered dogs so that the
soilers can be identified and their
owners fined. According to an Associated Press report, a similar proposal was made in Dresden, Germany,
in March, and News of the Weird
reported another, in 1996, in the
English village of Bruntingthorpe,
which at the time had a population of
200 people and 30 dogs. (Vienna has
about 50,000 registered dogs.)
News That Sounds Like a
Joke
(1) The support group
for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in
Nelson, New Zealand, announced
that it would support in principle
the illness-publicizing International
Awareness Day on May 12 even
though its members would probably
not participate in the commemorative
activities because they are often too
tired for such things. (2) The Rotary
Club of Chatham, New Brunswick,
announced in May that the grand
prize in its raffle to help build a new
environmental awareness center
would be a Hummer. (3) Federal
agents who were interviewing Gerald T. Williams, 34, about possible
child pornography at his home in St.
Louis, said that in the course of the
interview, a screen saver featuring
child-sex images happened to appear
on Williams’s computer. (Williams
pleaded guilty in June.)
First Things First
Juan M. Puliddo-Castaneda,
24, was arrested just as he was preparing to play a round at the Anchorage (Alaska) Golf Course on June
11. Police said he had just moments
before caused a two-car collision
that sent five people to the hospital
(but not Puliddo-Castaneda, who
walked away). Puliddo-Castaneda’s
passengers said he was speeding
because he said he had to make his
tee time. And, in June, describing the
moments immediately after a serious
auto collision the month before on Interstate 4 near Plant City, Fla., victim
Tracy Palmer (ankle shattered, lip
impaled on her teeth, according to a
Tampa Tribune story) said she could
hear tires rolling inches from her
head as other motorists crept through
the four-car wreck in order to be on
their way. “People were actually driving between us (victims),” she said.
Questionable Judgments
-- An 82-year-old man who
had locked himself out of his stillrunning car in Glen Burnie, Md., in
June, was hospitalized with first- and
second-degree burns after attempting
to siphon gasoline from the car using
an electric vacuum cleaner (a spark
from which ignited gasoline vapors).
He told police that he wanted to force
the engine to stop by removing the
rest of the gasoline.
-- In June, community leaders in a largely gay neighborhood
in Toronto unveiled a 13-foot-high
statue of Alexander Wood, one of
their historical heroes, who according to legend had been pressured out
of town in the early 1800s over a sex
scandal. As the story goes, magistrate
Wood, investigating a heterosexual
rape in which the victim claimed to
have scratched her attacker’s genitals,
rounded up numerous suspects and
zealously examined each for such a
scratch. Hence, the statue features
a 5-foot-tall image of Wood, seated,
“inspecting” a standing man with his
trousers down.
Names in the News
A Springfield, Ill., lawyer
was unsuccessful in his petition to
the judge to have his client tried for
DUI-reckless homicide under a false
name (in that the jury just could
not be fair if it knew her real name,
which is Doris Lush, and in fact,
she was convicted) (May). Another
woman who might have a similar
problem: Denise Coke, 25, charged
with possession of 33 pounds of
cocaine (Roseville, Mich., May). Not
so troubled: Mr. Emmanuel Innocent,
charged with attempted murder in a
bar fight (Ottawa, Ontario, May).
charge in Columbus, Ohio, was
found not guilty by a jury in May
(though the judge sentenced him to
five years in prison for being a felon
in possession of a gun). (News of the
Weird reported in 2003 that Jonathan
Harris, representing himself, not only
beat a murder rap in Philadelphia,
but also prevailed as his own counsel
in two felony trials, and then taunted
the prosecutor for threatening to
bring additional charges.)
Fetishes on Parade
(1) In the course of accusing
her estranged boyfriend of killing her
miniature collie in New York City in
March, according to the New York
Post, a woman said the man was
fond of having the dog watch while
the couple had sex. (2) In the course
of investigating sex-crime charges
against former Citrus County, Fla.,
judge Gary Graham, investigators
said a former girlfriend reported
that Graham was fond of having her
dress as a little girl, with hair in pigtails and freckles painted on her face,
according to a May Tampa Tribune
story.
Send your Weird News to
Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box
18737, Tampa FL 33679 or
[email protected]
or go to
www.NewsoftheWeird.com.
COPYRIGHT 2005
CHUCK SHEPHERD
chat with us. Post
topics and get
responses.
Recurring Themes
“Fool for a client” Timothy
Daniel, 25, who had fired his lawyer
and defended himself on a murder
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