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July 25 - 31, 2020—3 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN July 25 - 31, 2020 — 3 2 x 3.5" ad a) greene cnty farmers b) swango's 2 x 4" ad williams electric 2 x 1.5" ad ymca 2 x 1.5" ad doughty stevens 2 x 1.5" ad midway const. By Jay Bobbin Music endures, as do many of the artists who have created it ... as The Go-Go's are proving anew. Though the all-female band that emerged from punk rock to yield such early-1980s pop hits as "We Got the Beat," "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "Vacation" famously broke up, the members have reunited. Their latest concert tour has been postponed by the coronavirus pandemic, but their history is traced in director Alison Ell- wood's ("Laurel Canyon") documen- tary "The Go-Go's," which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Its Showtime debut Saturday, Aug. 1, comes the day after the release of the group's new single "Club Zero." At the band's peak, the central Go- Go's were lead singer Belinda Carlisle, guitarists Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin, bass player Kathy Valentine (whose memoir, "All I Ever Wanted," was published recently) and drummer Gina Schock. For this article, several of them spoke about their shared past and present, encompassing one of the rare debut albums to reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts ("Beauty and the Beat"). Q: What effect did watching the documentary have on you? Caffey: We got an advance copy before Sundance, and Alison asked us, "Please just play it all the way through. Take it in as a total thing." I did exactly that, and at the end, I felt the biggest surge of warmth and com- passion and love for my bandmates. I'm an open book about my (former) drug addiction, because I feel that maybe it will help somebody. Q: The rise of The Go-Go's paral- leled that of MTV. How do you look back on the channel's role in the group's popularity? Valentine: We faced such resistance from radio, but college stations and rogue DJs who had the power to slip in a song were playing us. And there was the power of MTV putting us in people's living rooms. It was a fan-driven and sales-driven thing that made us start getting added to those playlists that (radio) program directors were dominating. Q: What's your take on how the music of The Go-Go's has endured? Wiedlin: The proudest thing for me is that some of the greatest music of the latter half of the 20th century was influenced by The Go-Go's. I mean, music by Kurt Cobain and (Green Day's) Billie Joe Armstrong ... how many more accolades do you need after that? Q: What professional advice do you give others? Schock: (Music has) got to come from your soul and from your heart, and that's the way I've played. No one showed me how to play; I just had my own style, and it's worked. I say to anyone, "Just play an instrument. You never know until you try." Celebrity Scoop Celebrity Scoop Their lips aren't sealed: The Go-Go's speak out on Showtime Cover Story Cover Story By Jay Bobbin "Work from home" has much deeper meaning for many people these days, including Rachael Ray. Known as much for her cooking skills as her lively personality, the talk-show host (who's approaching the 15th season of the syndicated, weekday "Rachael Ray") has been creating new episodes of her epony - mous program from the home she maintains in upstate New York, mixing those with studio shows taped pre-pandemic. Currently, her lone crew member is someone she knows extremely well: her husband, John Cusimano. "It's lovely to be kind of stripped down," Ray says of doing her series with ... well, the bare neces - sities. "I'm not naked, but I'm in sweatpants; for people who work in television, that is the equivalent of being naked. You're just stripped right down to who you are, and Checking in with Rachael Ray with many of the episodes, it's liter- ally just me and John." Mourning the recent passing of her beloved pit bull Isaboo, Ray — who also continues her work for Food Network with her "30 Minute Meals" revival, recently nominated for two Daytime Emmys (in addition to the bid "Rachael Ray" earned) — has given thought to when she'll return to the studio full-time. She knows there are many considerations, though, such as how the areas for staff members and waiting audience members will be organized. "You talk briefly about different contingencies," Ray allows, "but it's gonna be a while before there is a contingency. We don't know what it's going to be until it actually comes to be. We do a touch-base thing with (CBS Television Distri - bution executives) now, but that's all I can take the time to do. Because I have to work." Birthdate: Aug. 25, 1968 Birthplace: Glens Falls, N.Y. Current residences: New York City and upstate New York Marital status: Married to musi - cian and lawyer John Cusimano Other television work includes: "Crashing," "Match Game," "Hawaii Five-0," "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life," "The $100,000 Pyramid," "Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris," "Rachael Ray's Kids Cook-Off," "30 Rock," "Sesame Street," "Food Network Star," "Rachael vs Guy: Kids Cook-Off," "Ra - chael Ray's Week in a Day," "Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off," "Rachael Ray's 3 in the Bag," "Thanksgiving Live!," "The Apprentice," "Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels," "Rachael's Vacation," "I Get That a Lot," "Who Wants to Be a Million - aire," "The Biggest Loser," "Mil- lion Dollar Password," "Dancing With the Stars," "$40 a Day" Movie work includes: "The Emoji Movie" (voice only) Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home 423-638-4141 www.doughty-stevens.com 1125 Tusculum Blvd. Greeneville, Tennessee Established 1892 Serving the community for 127 years! One Y. One Community. 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