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Welcoming Our Autonomous Overlords

The future the 1950's thought we’d have is about to happen. We’ve got our talking watches, microwave ovens and color TVs. The robots have voices and their bodies are on the way, including disturbing sexy—and sexless—robots. We have trouble with ... more

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Metalworking With Mont Overton

A treasure trove of delightful mixed media copper sculptures are being made right here in the Chattanooga area by local artisan Mont Overton. These fascinating pieces walk a tightrope between folk art and fine art, ranging from playful cartoon ... more

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The Show Must Go On

A recurring theme in a number of pieces I’ve written for The Pulse over the years concerns what seems to be a rising tide of performers who complain endlessly about their lack of instant money, adulation and respect and the nagging fear that my ... more

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The Frightening Ass Film Festival

It’s almost that time of year. The older I get, the more I realize that there are only two real holidays. One is Christmas, with its gift wrapped, red and green, peppermint-flavored consumerism. The other, is, of course, Halloween. more

Features

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Commuters from Lookout Mountain to downtown are used to seeing Wheland Foundry rising on their left, iconic but empty. Trespassers have seen the structure floating above them, dim and airy as Monet’s Gare Saint-Lazare. With the extension of the ... more

Sep 20, 2017 12:05 PM City Life

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Late last week, one of humanity’s most valiant emissaries, the Cassini Probe, met its end in the crushing atmosphere of Saturn. Cassini scientists dove the bus-sized robot into Saturn’s atmosphere on Friday, ending it’s almost 20-year mission in ... more

Sep 20, 2017 12:05 PM Just A Theory

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I’m going to let you in on a dark secret about my past: racing is in my blood. I came of age on the West Texas dirt tracks way off in the coyote brush amidst the stadium lighted islands that float far out in oil-field country. The roar of large ... more

Sep 20, 2017 12:05 PM Game On!

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It’s that time of the year again, when the mornings and nights are starting to show some chill here in the Tennessee Valley, but the first true sign of Fall can be seen as all the fall favorites start to roll out and, most importantly, the reign ... more

Sep 20, 2017 12:05 PM Mixology

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Art House Theater Day this Sunday celebrates the legacy of independent theaters as advocates for cinema arts. In an age where media has become more digital than tangible, more solitary than social, art house theaters remain the physical spaces ... more

Sep 20, 2017 12:05 PM News & Notes

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