
Homeless Encampment, HIV in Older Americans, Johnny Cash
Season 2023 Episode 138 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Homeless encampment lawsuit, HIV in older Americans, Johnny Cash museum exhibit
A lawsuit over the largest homeless encampment in Phoenix. A look at treatment options for older HIV patients. The chandler museum is opening a new exhibit dedicated to Johnny Cash's concerts at Folsom State Prison.
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Homeless Encampment, HIV in Older Americans, Johnny Cash
Season 2023 Episode 138 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
A lawsuit over the largest homeless encampment in Phoenix. A look at treatment options for older HIV patients. The chandler museum is opening a new exhibit dedicated to Johnny Cash's concerts at Folsom State Prison.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, THE LATEST ON THE CORE CASE INVOLVING A LARGE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX.
A LOOK AT TREATMENT OPTION FOR OLDER AMERICANS WITH HIV AND A NEW PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT LOOKS AT A PIVOTAL YEAR IN THE LIFE OF JOHNNY CASH.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."
>> Announcer: THIS HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS MADE POSSIBLE BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FRIENDS OF PBS.
THANK YOU.
>> Ted: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."
THE F.D.A.
APPROVED THE FIRST OVER-THE-COUNTER BIRTH CONTROL PILL.
MEDICATION IS CALLED "OPILL" THAT THE F.D.A.
SAYS IS SAFE AND EXPECTED TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN CURRENTLY AVAILABLE NON-PEDIATRICIAN CONTRACEPTION METHODS.
MEDICATION WILL LIKELY BE AVAILABLE FROM A VARIETY OF STORES AND ONLINE RETAILERS AND NO WORD ON MOISTURE IT ONLINE MEDICATION WILL COST.
>>> THOSE WITH VISUAL PROBLEMS WERE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP DEMENTIA AND IT DEVELOPED THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE OVER 71 AND 12% SHOWED SIGNS OF DEMENTIA AND INCREASED TO 20% FOR THOSE WITH DISTANCE IMPAIRMENT AND 33% WITH SEVERE IMPAIRMENT OR WHO ARE BLIND AND EVEN MILD VISION PROBLEMS INCREASE RISK.
RESEARCHERS ARE NOT SURE IF DEMENTIA HAPPENED TO BE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
>>> THE CENTRE FOR DISEASE CDC USE THAT MARIJUANA IS LANDING MORE PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL AND IT'S KIDS, TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH A LARGE INCREASE AMONG KIDS LESS THAN TEN YEARS OF AGE AND IT DIDN'T LOOK SPECIFICALLY AS TO WHY THE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING, BUT RESEARCHERS DID SUGGEST THAT INCREASED USE OF CANNABIS AS A COPING MECHANISM FROM THE PANDEMIC-RELATED STRESS PLAYED A PART ALONG WITH HIGHLY CONCENTRATED THC PRODUCTS.
>>> ECONOMIC NOTE, GAS PRICES ARE CREEPING UP DESPITE A DROP IN DEMAND AFTER JULY 4th AND PRICES UP ARE 3 CENTS A GALLON AT $3 AND THE 5 $3.55 A GALLON AND AT LES TEN CENTS BELOWLESSTEN CENTS.
>>> AMAZON HAD THE LARGEST PRIME DAY IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY WITH $12.7 BILLION AND A 6% INCREASE OVER A YEAR AGO AND SHOPPERS POINT 375 MILLION ITEMS AND THAT'S UP 300 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR AND ALL TOLD, A RECORD TWO DAYS OF ONLINE SHOPPING WITH OTHER RETAILERS USING THE DATES TO PROMOTE THEIR OWN SALES.
>>> PHOENIX'S LARGEST HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT KNOWN AS "THE ZONE" KNOWN AS A TRIAL IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA CLAIMING THAT THE ENCAMPMENT IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND PHOENIX HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE ISSUE AND JOINING US IS JULIET RILE AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
BROWN VERSUS CITY OF PHOENIX.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
>> IT'S OWNERS AND RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BUSINESSES AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE ZONE IS LOCATED.
IN AUGUST, THAT GROUP SUED THE CITY OVER THE PUBLIC NUISANCE SAYING THE ENCAMPMENT CAUSED DAMAGE AND SUBJECTED THEM TO VIOLENCE AND CRIME AND BASICALLY THAT BECAUSE IT'S ON CITY LAND, THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING IT.
>> Ted: THE CITY WASN'T DOING ENOUGH TO FIX IT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Ted: WHERE IS THIS LOCATED?
>> WEST OF DOWNTOWN AND THE BORDER VARIES AND IT'S 15th 15th AVENUE AND JEFFERSON.
>> Ted: SOUTHWEST OF WHAT WE CAR THE BUSTLE PART OF DOWNTOWN.
>> CLOSE TO THE CAPITAL COMPLEX.
>> Ted: HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE AREA?
>> THE MOST RECENT ARE BETWEEN 700 AND 900 AND IMMEDIATELY IN THE ENCAMPMENT AS WELL AS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND THOSE VARY ON WEEK-BY-WEEK BASIS.
>> Ted: THERE ARE BUSINESSES DOWN THERE AND RESIDENTS DOWN THERE?
>> YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
THERE'S A CASKET AND FUNERAL SUPPLIER AND THERE IS A HOAGIE SHOP.
>> Ted: THERE'S DRUG USAGE AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS?
>> THEY'VE DESCRIBED WITNESSING PEOPLE INJECTING DRUGS, DEFECATING ON THEIR PROPERTY AND ENGAGING IN SEX ACTS OUT IN THE OPEN AND SO THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS.
>> Ted: I KNOW THAT THE CITY -- THERE'S ALL SORTS OF LEGAL ASPECTS AND QUITE CONVOLUTED AND RIGHT NOW, NEAR IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING UP THE ZONE AND IT SEEMS LIKE ONE SIDEWALK AT A TIME AND SOMETHING IS GETTING DONE AND IS THIS IN RESPONSE TO THE LAWSUIT?
>> EXACTLY.
SO BACK IN MARCH, THE JUDGE PRESIDING OVER THIS LAWSUIT ISSUED AN ORDER TO THE CITY BASICALLY SAYING THAT THEY NEED TO CLEAR UP THE ZONE AND SHOW PROGRESS BY THIS WEEK'S TRIAL.
AND SO, IN MAY, THE CITY BEGAN CLEARING OUT THE ENCAMPMENT.
AS YOU SAID, BLOCK BY BLOCK AVENUEANDTHEY TACKLE WITHIN ONE BLOCK.
SO THEY CAN HAVE AN INDOOR SHELTER SPACE TO OFFER EVERYONE TO MOVE, WHICH, OF COURSE, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE 900 SHELTER BEDS ANY ONE GIVEN TIME.
THIS GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY, IN THEIR WORDS TO OPEN NEW SPACES UP.
>> Ted: IS THAT WORKING?
>> SO FAR, YES.
THE CITY OPENED ONE HOTEL SHELTER ON MONDAY WITH 50 BEDS AND ANOTHER HOTEL TURNED SHELTER AT THE END OF LAST MONTH AND SO SLOWLY BUT SURELY, THEY'RE ABLE TO FIND SPACE.
>> Ted: BACK TO THE TRIAL, WHAT WAS HEARD AND WHO TESTIFIED AND TAKE US THERE?
>> SO TWO PLAINTIFFS WHO ARE BUSINESS OWNERS TESTIFIED DURING THE TRIAL AS WELL AS EXPERT WITNESS FOR THE PLAINTIFFS NAMED JUDGE GRO CH AT THECH AND CONSERVATIVE LEARNING THINK TANKS AND A LOT OF RESEARCH ON HOMELESS POLICY AND HIS MAIN POINT WAS THAT WITHOUT ENFORCING URBAN CAMPING LAWS, CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY INCLUDING PHOENIX ARE NEVER REALLY GOING BE ABLE TO TACKLE THE STREET HOMELESSNESS ISSUE.
ON THE CITY SIDE, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE CITY'S OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS WHICH OPENED LAST YEAR WHO TESTIFIED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO CLEAR OUT THE ZONE AS WELL AS A POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE CRIME UNIT THAT POLICES THE ZONE WHO SAID THEY HAVE CHANGED SOME OF THEIR PROTOCOLS AND THEIR WAY OF ENFORCING LAWS THERE THAT HAS CAUSED CRIME TO DECREASE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THREATENTHENAN EXPERT WITNESS, DR. SHEILA HARRIS, THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE ARD ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.
>> Ted: YOU'RE THERE AND DID ANY SIDE HAVE THE UPPERHAND OR ADVANTAGE?
>> WHAT'S INTERESTING, THE CITY AGREED TO CLEAR OUT THE WHOLE ZONE AND AGREED TO DO WHAT THE PLAINTIFFS ARE ASKING.
THE QUESTION IS, ON WHAT TIMELINE?
SO THE CITY IS ASKING FOR NINE MONTHS TO CONTINUE TO GO AT THIS PACE AND OFFER RESOURCES.
THE PLAINTIFFS ARE ASKING FOR THEM TO HAVE IT DONE BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, WHICH, OF COURSE, IN PHOENIX, WHO THOSE WHEN THAT IS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE JUDGE SAID DURING THE TRIAL, HE IS WORRIED WITHOUT PUTTING AN ORDER IN PLACE COMPELLING THE CITY TO CONTINUE DOING IT AND WITHOUT GIVING THEM A SET DEADLINE, IT WON'T GET DONE.
>> Ted: THAT WOULD BE THE RULING HERE AND THE DECISION MOST LIKELY EXPECTED HERE, GET THIS DONE BY THIS DATE.
>> THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH.
THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THE JUDGE COULD, YOU KNOW, REVERSE HIS PREVIOUS ORDER, COMPELLING THE CITY TO DO THIS AND UNLIKELY WHAT HE SAID AT THE TRIAL.
>> Ted: THIS IS NOT THE ONLY LAWSUIT AND A LOT OF LEGAL ENTANGLEMENTS AND THE ACU AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON HOW THEY HANDLE THIS AND A LOT GOING ON HERE.
>> AND THE CITY HAS SAID IT'S MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE AND THAT CAME UP DURING THE TRIAL.
THE CITY IS UNDER A SEPARATE COURT ORDER IN THE ACL LAWSUIT THAT DICTATES RULES AS TO HOW THE CITY CAN CLEAR OUT THE ENCAMPMENT.
THEY HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE ADVANCED NOTICE AND STORE INTENDED PROPERTY FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND TRYING TO THREAD THE NEEDLE WITH THESE COMPETING COURT ORDERS.
>> Ted: LAST QUESTION ON THIS AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THE ZONE IS CLEARED ONE SQUARE INCH AND WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE GOING?
>> THAT'S THE QUESTION I GET ASKED MOST OFTEN ABOUT THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE GREAT COMPREHENSIVE DATA ON WHERE EVERYONE HAS GONE.
I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT 80% OF PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S NUMBERS, WHO THE CITY HAS ENGAGED WITH HAVE ACCEPTED SHELTER.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE PEOPLE LIVING DOWN THERE WHO MAY HAVE HEARD THEIR BLOCK IS THE NEXT ONE CLEARED AND TAKE OFF AND MOVE TO ANOTHER BLOCK WITHOUT EVER ENGAUGING WITH THE CITY.
THEY'RE GOING TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SHELTERS, HOTELS AND MANY OF THEM ARE SIMPLY MOVING TO ANOTHER BLOCK OF THE ZONE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP CAMPING THERE.
>> Ted: DO WE HAVE A TIME TABLE FOR THE DECISION, JUDGE'S RULING?
>> THE JUDGE HAS ASKED ALL PARTIES TO SUBMIT THE FINAL DOCUMENTATION BY AUGUST 11th AUGUST 11th AND HE WILL RULE SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
I WOULD ASSUME IN AUGUST WE SHOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
>> Ted: GOOD STUFF AND ARIZONA REPUBLIC AND ACREPUBLIC DEPUTY.
.COM.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ted: ADDRESSING OLDER PATIENTS WITH HIV.
IS IS >> THE CDC REPORTS MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS LIVING WITH HIV ARE ABOVE 50 AND BY 2030 THAT NUMBER COULD REACH 70% WITH AN ADDED EMPHASIS ON IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> Ted: GROWING NUMBER OF HIV AND IT'S LIKE THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW WELL HIV IS TREATED.
>> IT IS.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE MUCH BETTER MEDICATIONS AND A LOT OF MEDICATIONS THAT ARE SINGLE TABLET REGIMENS AND WHEREAS OTHER YEARS PEOPLE WERE TAKING A LOT OF MEDICATIONS AND LESS SIDE EFFECTS.
SO THAT'S SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE AS MANY PROBLEMS.
>> Ted: MANY, IF NOT OLDER PATIENTS, DIAGNOSED IN YOUNGER YEARS?
>> YES.
SO 50% OF THE POPULATION WITH HIV ARE OVER THE AGE OF 50.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE STILL DON'T HAVE YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING DIAGNOSED IN ARIZONA.
ABOUT 60% OF THE NEWLY DIAGNOSED ARE UNDER 35.
>> Ted: BEFORE WE GET TO CHRISTOPHER, DOES TREATMENT OF HIV CHANGE WITH AGE?
>> NO, IT DOES NOT.
>> Ted: INTERESTING.
>> IT DOES NOT UNLESS YOU HAVE -- YOU START A MEDICATION AND THAT THERE MAY BE -- YOU HAVE ANOTHER DISEASE OR CONDITION THAT COULD INTERACT AND THEN YOU MAY HAVE TO CHANGE TREATMENT, BUT OTHERWISE, IT MAINTAINS AND STAYS THE SAME.
>> Ted: DIAGNOSED IN YOUNGER YEARS?
>> YES, 1992.
>> YES FROM THEN >> Ted: WHAT CHANGES HAVE YOU SEEN?
>> IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
BACK THEN, I REMEMBER DIAGNOSED AND GIVEN A TWO-YEAR DEATH SENTENCE.
>> Ted: WOW!
>> AT THAT TIME, YOU GOT IT AND THOUGHT IT'S NONEXISTENT.
AS THE TRIALS WENT ON AND SOME OF US GOT ON EARLY LIKE MYSELF AND SURVIVED, THE MEDICATIONS GOT BETTER AND BETTER AND WE KEPT USING THOSE MEDICATIONS AND STAYED ON THEM AND KEPT OUR VIRAL LOAD LOW.
>> Ted: YES.
>> AND THE STIGMA WAS PRETTY BAD BACK THEN, OF COURSE, AND THEN THAT'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S STILL OUT THERE.
>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED WHEN FIRST DIAGNOSED, IT ALMOST FELT LIKE A DEATH SENTENCE.
AND BACK THEN, IF I RECALL, THE TREATMENTS THERE, THEY WERE OUT THERE AND WEREN'T SURE IF THEY WERE EXPERIMENTAL AND ALMOST REMINDS YOU OF COVID AND HOW IT WAS WORKING.
WAS IT CHALLENGING TO STAY ON THAT TREATMENT?
>> IT WAS BECAUSE I THINK THE MEDICATIONS WERE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE PHYSICALLY.
SO YOU HAD A LOT OF SIDE EFFECTS THAT WERE GOING ON AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO GUARANTEES.
SO HERE WE'RE TAKING MEDICATIONS THAT THERE WAS NO FUTURE, LIKE HOW WILL THIS WORK?
IT WAS MORE HOPE.
WHEREAS, TODAY, IT'S FACT.
>> Ted: IS THERE STILL THAT STIGMA AND THAT QUESTION AND IS THAT CERTAINLY INVOLVED?
>> THERE IS.
THERE'S STILL A STIGMA AND WHILE WE'RE HERE, THAT IF WE DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A STIGMA, WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW TO GET TESTED AND KNOW THEIR STATUS.
WE WANT TO DECREASE THE EPIDEMIC OF HIV AND THERE'S AN INITIATIVE OF 90%, DECREASED BY 2030.
SO WHAT WE WANT IN THAT IS 90% OF PEOPLE TO KNOW THEIR STATUS, TO BE TESTED AND OF THAT 90% TO BE IN CARE AND OF THAT 90% TO HAVE UNDETECTED VIRAL LOADS.
>> Ted: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 90% GOAL BY THE YEAR 2030.
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT?
>> WE ARE HOPEFUL AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HERE.
>> Ted: PLEASE.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT WITH STIGMA, TOO, TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HOW HIV IS TODAY AND WITH THE CDC DECLARING YOU EQUALS YOU AND DETECTABLE IS UNTRANSMITTABLE IS A HUGE STEPPING FORWARD POINT WITH HIV AND DECREASING THE STIGMA.
LIKE MYSELF, I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE, MY HUSBAND, WHO IS HIV NEGATIVE, BUT I KEEP MY VIRAL LOAD LOW, SO I CAN'T TRANSMIT TO HIM AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT.
>> Ted: WE SHOULD MENTION YOU HERE AND YOU, DOCTOR, THAT YOU HAVE -- THIS IS YOUR PHARMACIST AND YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP HERE.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> Ted: HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT RELATIONSHIP.
>> SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A TRIO, TRIFECTA AND YOU NEED A PHARMACIST HOW TO TREAT HIV AND THE VARIOUS THINGS AS YOU GET OLDER AND YOUR DOCTOR, OF COURSE.
SO WITH US, I MEAN, SHE'S LIKE MY FRIEND.
>> Ted: THAT'S IMPORTANT, TOO, TO HAVE THIS CIRCLE OF CAREGIVERS AROUND EACH HIV PERSON, CORRECT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
I DO THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PATIENT.
YOU WANT THEM TO BE HONEST, SO I ALWAYS TELL MY PATIENTS, I WANT THEM TO TELL ME IF THEY'RE TAKING A MEDICATION, BUT I ALSO WANT THEM TO TELL ME IF THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT THERE'S A REASON THEY'RE NOT.
ARE THEY NOT JUST TAKING IT BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK OR SIDE EFFECTS OR HAVE THEY DECIDED I DON'T NEED THIS.
TELL ME IF YOU'RE TAKING IT BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU STOPPED IT ALSO.
>> Ted: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A TRUE PHARMACIST, HOW PEOPLE REACT.
WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU WANT TO GET ACROSS?
>> AS FAR AS PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER, YOU KNOW, LIKE NOW, HIV ISN'T MY BIGGEST HEALTH CONCERN.
IT'S HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
AS YOU GET OLDER, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES AND BEING OVERWEIGHT AND GETTING IN THE GYM AND SO, I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT HIV IS SOMETHING YOU CAN SURVIVE FROM AND IF YOU ARE DOING ANYTHING AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO GET TESTED, GO GET TESTED BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET ON MEDICATION EARLY AND KEEP YOUR HEALTH GOING FOR A LONG TIME.
>> Ted: THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND SPREADING THE MESSAGE, THANK YOU.
>> JOHNNY CASH IS THE FOCUS OF AN EXHIBIT AT THE CHANDLER MUSEUM AND TITLED 1968, A FOLSOM REDEMPTION WITH PHOTO EASY MEMORIES FROM THE MEN IN BLACK CELEBRATED SHOWS AT THE FOLSOM STATE PRISON AND WE HAVE JODIE AND WE HAVE THE BIG MAN IN BLACK.
TALK TO US ABOUT THIS.
>> JOHNNY CASH WANTS TO DO IS LIVE ALBUM AT FOLSOM PRISON.
HE'S HAD A DRUG FOR BUST POSSESSION AND RUN-INS WITH THE LAW AND MOVED OUT OF CALIFORNIA.
BUT HE WANTED TO GET A NEW CONCERT AND A NEW START AND SO HE WANTED TO DO IT AT FOLLOWSOME PRISON.
IT AT FOLSOM PRISON.
MUCH OF HIS SONGS WHICH HE WROTE IN THE ARMY REALLY CONNECTED WITH INMATES AND HE WAS A STORY-TELLER.
MUCH OF HIS SONGS WERE A STORY-TELLING APPROACH TO THE SONG AND THOUGH HE CONNECTED WITH PRISONERS AND KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE PUT IN JAIL AND NOT KNOW WHAT YOUR FUTURE WAS AND HE WANTED TO BRING THAT ENERGY TO HIS MUSIC.
>> Ted: HOW DO YOU TELL THE STORY OF THE STORY-TELLER?
>> WELL, SO AT THIS CONCERT, AT TO TIME, HIS CAREER WAS ON THE DOWNSLIDE, RIGHT?
HE WASN'T HAVING THE NUMBER ONE HITS, THE MOST RECENT RECORDS WERE NOT AS SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST AND CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA AND PUSHED CAPITAL RECORDS.
I WANT TO DO THIS LIVE ALBUM.
AT THIS TIME, LIVE ALBUMS WERE NOT SUPER POPULAR.
BUT THEY FINALLY RELENTED WITH A NEW PRODUCER AND WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.
DURING A NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY, THE PRISON MINISTER WHO WAS A FRIEND OF JOHNNY CASH INVITED TWO JOURNALISTS, A PHOTOGRAPHER AND A WRITER TO DOCUMENT THIS, THIS THING, AND THEY WERE, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WE HAVE TO STOP COVERING JOHNNY CASH BECAUSE HE'S OLD NEWS.
THEY PHOTOGRAPHED THIS ARRIVING, GETTING READY FOR AND DOING THE CONCERT.
SO IT'S A PHOTOGRAPHED SHOW OF 32 PHOTOGRAPHS BEHIND THE SCENES AND DURING THIS RECORDING OF THIS CONCERT.
>> Ted: THEY'RE REMARKABLE AND THE ONLY TIME YOU SEE JOHNNY CASH IN THE DAY, IT'S REMARKABLE.
HOW WERE THEY COLLECTED, FROM THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS AND HOW WERE THEY CURATED?
>> THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND WRITER WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS.
THIS WAS FROM FOLSOM PRISON AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER WITH JUNE CARTER WHO BECAME JUNE CARTER-CASH AND THE WRITER WROTE THE CAPTIONS TO IT, DESCRIBING WHAT WAS GOING ON, DESCRIBING HIS PARENTS BEING THERE AND HIS MANAGER AND OTHER PEOPLE INCLUDING THE STATLER BROTHERS AND CARL PERKINS WHO GOT THE INMATES READY FOR IT AND, OF COURSE, HIS BACKGROUND BAND, THE TENNESSEE THREE.
>> Ted: WE SAW CARL PERKINS AND THE EXHIBIT ITSELF, YOU GOT THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE MEMORIES AND DO YOU PIPE IN MUSIC?
>> WE DO.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE A SHOW WITHOUT HEARING IT AND YOU HEAR THE CONCERT LIVE IN THE GALLERY AND WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE WHERE YOU CAN PLAY JOHNNY CASH TRIVIA, AS WELL.
>> Ted: THERE YOU GO AND THAT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION AND WHAT A MUSEUM IS FOR.
THE CHANDLER MUSEUM AND I DON'T THINK JOHNNY CASH, CHANDLER MUSEUM AND THIS IS FASCINATING TO SEE AND IS THIS WHAT A MUSEUM DOES.
>> WE'RE NOT A NORMAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AND THE FACTORS THAT HAVE AFFECTED THE COMMUNITY.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A FEATURED EXHIBIT CALLED "CHANDLER AND THE DUST BOWL" THAT CAME TO CHANDLER IN THE 1930'S.
HE MOVED FROM ONE PART OF ARKANSAS INTO ANOTHER INTO GOVERNMENT HOUSING AT THAT SAME TIME AND THAT MUSIC IS INFUSED FROM THAT TIME FRAME AND WE WANTED TO PAIR IT SPECIFICALLY WITH THAT EXHIBIT.
SO WE BROUGHT THAT HERE AND HE HAD A BIG IMPACT ON THE MUSIC SCENE IN ARIZONA.
>> Ted: HE SURE DID.
>> SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYED WITH JOHNNY CASH AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS A PERFECT TIME, PERFECT PLACE TO BRING IT AND PAIR IT WITH OUR CURRENT EXHIBITS.
>> Ted: RESPONSE SO FAR AND STARTED JUNE 20th?
>> RESPONSE HAS BEEN GREAT AND KNOW JOHNNY CASH AND LIKE JOHNNY CASH AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PIVOTAL CONCERTS.
IF THEY'VE SEEN THE MOVIE, "WALK THE LINE" AND PEOPLE LOVE TO SEE IT.
>> Ted: AS THE MANAGER, DO YOU LOVE TO SEE IT AND DO YOU WALK AROUND AND SAY, THIS IS REALLY COOL?
>> I LOVE TO HEAR PEOPLE'S RESPONSES AND PEOPLE WALK IN AND SAY, WOW, THIS IS GREAT AND THIS IS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HISTORY AND PART OF OUR CULTURE BECAUSE, YEAH, OUR TAG LINE IS CULTURE HISTORY ART BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THE WORLD IN THOSE THREE VEINS AND THAT CULTURE AND HISTORY AND THAT ART ALL MAKE UP WHO WE ARE TODAY AND JOHNNY CASH IS PART OF THAT.
>> Ted: SOMETHING LIKE THIS INSPIRING TO DO SIMILAR MUSIC THEMES?
>> WE'RE CHANGING OUR EXHIBITS AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT'S DIFFERENT, WE CHANGE EXHIBITS CONSTANTLY AND THIS IS RUNNING THROUGH AUGUST 13th, BUT AFTER THAT, THERE WILL BE A NEW EXHIBIT COMING IF AND A NEW EXHIBIT AFTER THAT AND YOU CAN KEEP COMING BACK WITH NEW AND DIFFERENT EXHIBITS.
>> Ted: WHERE IS THAT?
>> 300 CHANDLER VILLAGE DRIVE BY THE CHANDLER FASHION CENTER WITH THE TOUR OF THE 101 AND OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 2:00 TO 5 AND MONDAYS 2:00 TO 4:00.
>> Ted: "THE MAN IN BLACK."
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Ted: THAT IS IT FOR NOW AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
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