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pub notes And Now… We’ve had a week of mourning and celebration for Ben Teague, Marie Bruce and Tom Tanner: the Town & Gown stalwarts gunned down at a theater gathering Apr. 25. Their three lives intertwined in so many ways with so many people throughout Athens that their loss goes community-wide. Their deaths are a reminder to us that whenever someone dies, others are affected, even though we may not read about them in the newspapers. The loss begins at the point of impact and radiates outward in immeasurable collateral damage. The more the fallen are involved in the community, the greater the reverberations. Ben and Marie and Tom were close to their families and friends and were vital in their work and other pursuits, including the theater.

We grieve them, wondering what impact their deaths will have on the theater. Had terrorists determined to cripple Town & Gown, they probably could not have selected three more central targets, whose talents and accomplishments within the theater meant all three were close to the heart of the company.

That they cannot be replaced is a given; that others will carry on in their place is a certainty.

To have such friends! The players come forward, embracing life. In the face of their own personal loss and the devastation of their theater they laugh and sing and read and lift our spirits, so that we transcend We need its power to death and feel the life that unites us all and keeps us prick our conscience going. The players, trained to lift up their voices even when and save us from their hearts are cast down, memorialize their friends and complacency, to help heal us all. irritate us out of Now, they will turn to the work of assuring that their the unexamined life, theater prevails. Only they can do this, and inexperito goad us toward enced in such an exigency, authenticity. they don’t have a script.

All they have is their time together in the theater and their knowledge that Town & Gown is worth their efforts to save it and strengthen it. They will do this for themselves, for the theater and for the community that encompasses them.

For, one thing we have seen most strongly this week is that in the midst of death, this theater is still filled with life and with people whose greatest pleasure is to take us willingly to another place and reveal there who we are.

We need this revelation, and we depend upon these actors to throw their stardust upon us, that we may see more clearly what life is all about. Make no mistake: we’re not talking about the sensationalism that masquerades as theater on television, in the movies and on some stages. We’re talking about players who aren’t playing, but are mounting works that make us confront ourselves and the intricacies of life.

Thus, at bottom, Athens depends on the Town & Gown Players and all the other local theater companies as it depends on the churches, as the locus for taking on the problematical exigencies of human life and walking us through the mysteries to the beginning of understanding. Theater, which originated in religion, has this power to lift us out of ourselves and make us more human.

That’s why we all have a stake in this theater’s recovery.

It is in one sense a small group of people who enjoy the work that it takes to put on a play. In a larger context this theater, like the others, is among the special places of Athens. We need their power to prick our conscience and save us from complacency, to irritate us out of the unexamined life and goad us toward authenticity.

Meanwhile, the players will, in time, be getting back to basics: cutting boards, painting partitions, running lines, aiming lights, making costumes and printing tickets. Slowly, the theater will awaken, once more using illusion to show truth, to entertain us as it instructs us and to make willing accomplices of all who gamble the price of a ticket against an evening’s magic.

Our beloved community theater will be up and running, doing what theater has always done to help us catch the vision, to see life clearly and see it whole.

Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

THIS WEEK’S ISSUE: News & Features City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Athens News and Views

Well, gang, the county budget is out, and it’s more or less the doozy we expected.

Georgia’s Urban Drought History . . . . . . . . . . 9 Who Knew?

The state’s drought years in 1925, 1941 and 1954 looked a lot like 2007. But what did we learn?

Arts & Events The Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Just Like Burgess Meredith’s Blues

So many books! This week it’s China, Paul the Apostle, and rock stars on drugs: lots to read.

Film Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 News of Athens’ Cinema Scene

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the floor since commissioners have presumably caught flak for it from constituents.

Meanwhile, the commish was set to make changes to gray water regs and to affirm recent changes to outdoor watering rules (see www.accpublicutilities.com). [Ben Emanuel] News of the News: City Dope failed to update readers last week as to the latest news on Morris Publishing Group, the parent company of the Athens Banner-Herald. There’s not a whole lot new, just that on Apr. 24 the company negotiated yet another forbearance—its fifth—with the bankers to whom it owes millions in already late interest payments on a mountain of debt. The new payment deadline

Just the Facts: County department heads asked for 13 new staff positions this year (court clerks, bus drivers and police detectives to focus on property crimes), but Mayor Davison’s budget recommends filling none of them.

Department heads were asked to submit two different budgets: one slightly larger than last year, another 5 percent smaller. Of the $4 million in reductions they suggested, $1.1 million were actually cut. They proposed over $800,000 worth of “new initiatives,” but only $65,000 of those were funded.

Sales-tax collections are expected to be down by 6 percent this year because of “the impact of the national financial crisis,” and the county’s tax digest rose only 2 percent this year, mostly from new Seen around town: ACC crews are making good progress on the development. Franchise fees from overhaul at Reese & Pope Park, just west of downtown. utilities that use the public rightof-ways (Georgia Power and other cable, gas, phone and power companies) will is May 28, but given the way things have rise a bit to $8.7 million; insurance premium been going for Morris, it’s nearly impossible to taxes will contribute nearly $6 million, excise envision the company clearing its ledgers by taxes on alcohol another $3 million, and court then. Perhaps, then, within the month of May and parking fines $3 million. Business taxes, we’ll see some path of less resistance found? downtown parking fees, leisure services fees Will bankruptcy prove to be Morris’ only and probation fees will also contribute signifi- option? What would that mean for the Bannercant amounts to the budget, which commisHerald? Stay tuned. [BE] sioners will vote on in June. [JH] Late & Breaking: Once and future mayoral canBut for Now, at City Hall: At press time, the didate Charlie Maddox called just before press Mayor and Commission agenda for Tuesday, time to let City Dope know that on Tuesday May 5 foretold probably not too late of a morning, May 5, he’d be announcing his 2010 night, with few if any fireworks, but then campaign from the county courthouse steps. again some parts appeared to be in motion Along with Tax Commissioner Nancy Denson, as the meeting approached. Basically, by the that makes two declared candidates in the time you’re reading this Flagpole it will have race. More to come? [BE] been interesting to watch whether or not commissioners went down swinging on the Gotta Ask: Has anybody seen “Parks and matter of hiking both bus fares and water Recreation” yet on NBC? It’s not the best rates in the same night. show on TV (not that City Dope keeps curOn the bus fares, there was apparently rent enough on his pop culture to know), but (and appropriately) input from those who’d anyone who’s spent appreciable time working worked on transit issues through OneAthens, with local government—from the inside or and last week Athens resident and new voice the outside—will find a few good laughs in its Michael Smith was laying out for officials his presentations of such familiar elements as the own detailed alternatives to the more or less community meeting gone awry, the disaffected across-the-board increases proposed by Athens intern, the city department head who doesn’t Transit, but City Dope knew little about how believe in government, and more. Not that receptive commissioners might be to his ideas. any of it remotely resembles local government The increase in water rates appeared around here, of course. [BE] somewhat more inevitable than the bus fare hikes, but was a topic ripe for discussion on Ben Emanuel & John Huie

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Enter the Budget: Last year’s ACC budget was tight, with minimal increases—but this year’s is the first to really hold the line, denying ACC employees their accustomed cost-of-living raises and reducing (instead of adding to) the number of county government employees. The proposed budget from Mayor Davison—made public last week—includes proposed increases in water rates, bus fares and some license and permit fees. Despite a 2 percent increase in the property tax rate (about $12 on a $150,000 home), it includes “limited increases and a number of reductions,” and few new programs. Contingency funds are minimal and balances carried over. And “if recurring revenue does not increase significantly during FY10, balancing the general fund budget will become more challenging,” says the document, available on the ACC website. [John Huie]

city pages Schools May Cut Parapros; Many Parents Unhappy State-required public hearings mandated Could “instructional coaches,” another by the “taxpayers’ bill of rights” are usually citizen asked, be eliminated? How about only a formality, but the Clarke County School reducing the two high schools’ half-millionDistrict’s proposal to cut paraprofessionals dollar athletic budget: “That’s a huge, huge (classroom assistants) from all first-grade budget,” one said. Supplying cell phones and classes has raised passionate concerns. Over Blackberries to all administrators must cost 60 people attended a recent budget hearing “quite a bundle,” suggested another. And sugat Alps Road Elementary School—one of three gestions from an earlier public meeting are such meetings held to answer questions about being considered, Gilbert said: like eliminating the school system’s proposed budget. Money the “grandfathering” provision for the new from the state provides over half of that budschool attendance zones (which would bring get, but that money has gone down in recent bus costs down more quickly); or requiring years, putting local school systems in a bind. short furloughs of teachers (but that may not To weather “the storm that we’re in right be legal, he added); or sharing kindergarten now,” Associate Superintendent Ted Gilbert parapros with the first grades (which would told the crowd, employees need the state’s O.K., but will have to start paying it’s being looked into).

“You’re getting rid of some of their own health Most school districts don’t insurance costs. “We’ve even have parapros in one of the most vital been funding it comfirst-grade classes, Gilbert things in the classroom.” said—Clarke County has pletely—100 percent—for a very long time,” he said, them in pre-K, kindergarunlike most Georgia school systems. Seven ten and special education as well—but many central-office positions will also go unfilled at the meeting believed they are important. (saving over $500,000), textbook purchases “Only the teachers know how little things will be cut, and some employees will be asked can affect our classroom,” said Helene to take up to five days of unpaid furloughs, McLane, a Barnett Shoals Elementary teacher. among other proposed cuts. But the biggest Because of the parapro, “instead of having item cut from the original budget are the 59 mediocrity in my classroom, I have excelfirst-grade parapros. lence… You’re getting rid of one of the most Some citizens suggested other places to vital things in the classroom.” The school cut: “I would like to see something higher district expects to receive over $8 million in up, some redundancy in administration taken federal stimulus money, Gilbert said, that will out,” said one parent to applause, “before enable it to add several “interventionists” to we look at cutting what’s in our classrooms.” each elementary school, but the money can (Reducing administrative costs, Gilbert told only be spent according to strict guidelines.

Flagpole, has been a priority of interim (Interventionists can write lesson plans and do Superintendent James Simms; those costs other tasks parapros can’t.) Six school board have dropped from 6.4 percent in 2003 to 4.1 members attended the meeting; the board will percent at present, he said. That’s lower than vote on the proposed budget June 4. the state average, but still a bit higher than in “comparable” districts of similar size.)

John Huie jphuie@athens.net

Green Building: Local Standards Coming “I just don’t understand why we don’t require solar water heaters in all [new] buildings,” Commissioner Ed Robinson told his colleagues on the Government Operations Committee last month. “By pushing for higher-quality development, we’re making ourselves a higher-quality town.” The ACC government already builds its own new buildings to meet LEED resource-conservation standards, but it puts no such requirements on private developers. And energy-efficient buildings save money in the long run, Robinson said, in lower heating and cooling bills: “It’s the renter that has to pay those costs.”

To build to LEED standards adds something over 5 percent to a building’s costs, ACC Manager Alan Reddish estimated; getting the building certified costs a couple of thousand dollars, too. “The Mayor wants [standards for private builders] in place within a couple of

months,” ACC Environmental Coordinator Dick Field said. But given the perception among some builders that Athens-Clarke County is “hard to work with,” the committee hesitated to recommend efficiency standards for new home construction; instead, standards for new commercial buildings will likely come first.

“It’s that walk-before-you-run approach,” Reddish said.

ACC staffers will consider how any proposed standards will affect builders, and Athens may set its own standards, rather than use LEED requirements that change from time to time.

“I really want to provide for builders as many avenues as possible” to meet any new standard, Commissioner Kelly Girtz said. Chamblee, Conyers and Doraville, GA already require LEED certification for some private buildings.

John Huie jphuie@athens.net

Smog Season Begins; Local Air Graded “F” In March of 2010, the air in Athens will fail Clean Air Campaign press release. “Air quality to meet new U.S. Environmental Protection is a statewide concern. It used to be that we Agency (EPA) air quality standards, officially could just blame it on Atlanta, but that’s not putting the area into “non-attainment” the case. Every metropolitan area is part of of the standards. Air quality in Georgia is the problem,” Waters says. tracked by an Air Quality Index issued by the Meanwhile, Gov. Sonny Perdue estabstate Environmental Protection Division. The lished the last week in April of this year as color-coded chart is broken down into five Air Quality Awareness Week in Georgia. But categories: “good,” “moderate,” “unhealthy because of the Clean Air Campaign’s recent for sensitive groups,” “unhealthy” and “very move into areas such as Athens, representaunhealthy.” The change in the standards tives are still trying to “work with employer means that during the “smog season,” which programs and businesses… [and to] get the lasts from May 1 to Sept. 30, there will be a word out through things like media supgreater percentage of days when the air qualport,” Waters says. “We’re trying to tackle ity falls under the “unhealthy for sensitive this issue little by little.” Although the Clean populations” category.

Air Campaign did not sponsor any events for “There will be some days when sensitive the week, it recently issued a press release individuals will want to avoid breathing outencouraging citizens to take its “One-Ton side air because it may affect their health,” Challenge,” based on the concept that comsays ACC Environmental Coordinator Dick Field. muting via alternative transportation one day Air pollution is separated into two cata week for a year will eliminate one ton of egories: particulate matter and ground-level pollution from the air. The Clean Air Campaign ozone. Field says that also promotes carpoolthe majority of Athens’ ing by paying people “We hope to be meeting pollution comes from who carpool or commute transportation, specifithe new standards in three using alternative transcally the emission from portation, based on varyto five years, if not sooner” ing criteria. Although it engine tailpipes, which creates ground-level may seem like a “cheap ozone. Another less local source stems inditrick,” Waters says, “we don’t mind paying rectly from the amount of electricity consumed people to get pollution out of the air.”

by Athens’ citizens, as coal-fired power plants With talk of potentially more stringent elsewhere contribute pollutants to the air. emissions regulations on vehicles, Athens is As a response to the new EPA revision, expected to see more attention given to the many air quality-focused agencies have issue in the future. “We hope to be meeting increased their efforts across the state. The the new standards in three to five years, if not Clean Air Campaign, a nonprofit organization sooner,” Field says. Despite not yet knowing that collaborates with state government agen- what specific policy actions may be taken to cies and employers to improve air quality and control emissions, Field and Waters both agree reduce traffic congestion, has recently taken that there are efforts every citizen can underits efforts to metropolitan areas like Athens, take to improve air quality.

Augusta and Rome. “This year is more impor“Everyone can make a change by comtant than ever. We can still do something muting habits, whether it’s through carpool, about it,” says the Clean Air Campaign’s Sarah vanpool, public transit or even tele-work, Waters. which eliminates [a] commute altogether,” At the same time, the American Lung Waters says. “If people can just pay attention Association’s newly released annual “State of to things like idling—when you’re picking up the Air” report has issued Athens an “F” ratyour kids up from school, just turn the car off. ing for overall air quality, and it lists Atlanta You don’t want to just have your engine runin the “Top 25 Worst Metro Areas” for both ning, especially around small children. ground-level ozone and particle pollution. It ”Also,“ Waters notes of small ways to help is based on information like the latter that improve air quality, ”things like turning your Waters feels a majority of the focus in the car off and going inside the restaurant instead past has been solely on Atlanta, whose air of the drive-through will help.“ quality received “fewer ozone violations” in 2008 than in the year before, according to a Christina Downs

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Congressman Nathan Deal stepped up in front of several hundred supporters Friday morning in Gainesville to declare that he too will run for governor next year, a decision that probably closes out the field of candidates in the Republican primary. There don’t appear to be any other major GOP prospects on the horizon, which raises this interesting point of discussion: it seems as if the strongest two candidates in the Republican Party stable will not be running in this campaign.

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston are sitting it out for different reasons (Cagle has back problems that required surgery, while Kingston’s friend Eric Johnson decided to run for governor). Kingston would have been an attractive candidate to the hardcore Republican base that still likes George W. Bush and wants to say a big loud “no” to anything proposed by Barack Obama. Cagle would have run strongly among the more moderate Republicans and could have brought in swing voters as well.

Their absence from the race means a weaker candidate could emerge with the Republican nomination. That’s not such good news for the GOP, but it provides some encouragement to the underdog Democratic Party.

In handicapping the Republican field, state insurance commissioner John Oxendine is the frontrunner now, but not by much. Secretary of State Karen Handel is the establishment candidate with backing from Gov. Sonny Perdue, master fundraiser Eric Tanenblatt and other party heavyweights.

Deal will probably have the backing of Republicans in the state House of Representatives. Johnson will try to ride his private school voucher proposal to the governor’s mansion even though his success at getting vouchers enacted would possibly mean the end of the state’s public school system.

State Rep. Austin Scott is evidently serious

about running, but he is not as well known statewide as his four opponents.

They all have separate challenges to overcome. Oxendine has won four statewide campaigns for political office but has some embarrassing incidents in his past to explain.

Handel is an attractive female candidate for the Republicans, but Cathy Cox can tell her how difficult it is for a woman to run for governor. Deal will find out, as Bo Ginn did in 1982, that living in Washington for all those years cuts you off from the concerns and issues of the folks back home. Out of sight, out of mind, as they say. Johnson will have spirited opposition from teachers if he pushes hard for private school vouchers.

On the other side of the partisan aisle, the question waiting to be answered is what will former governor Roy Barnes do. Barnes is still touring the state talking to party activists about a possible bid, but has indicated he could wait until as late as June 1 to decide. If Barnes gets in, the race for the Democratic nomination is essentially over. Attorney General Thurbert Baker can be a nuisance by drawing off black votes in the primary, but Baker did not help himself by working so hard to keep black youth Genarlow Wilson in prison, a legal stance that angered African American community leaders.

House Minority Leader DuBose Porter would have a better chance running for lieutenant governor, thereby clearing out the Democratic gubernatorial primary for Barnes. David Poythress has a commendable record of public service over the years, but with Barnes in the race he becomes basically a vanity candidate.

That’s who you’ll have to choose from in the 2010 governor’s race. Choose wisely.

Tom Crawford Tom Crawford is the editor of Capitol Impact’s Georgia Report, an Internet news service at www.gareport.com.

Abraham Baldwin —Articles of agreement and cession, Apr. 24, 1802 his exclusive 1802 compact between the federal government and the state was the bitter antidote to Georgia’s long illness: anxiety over its vast western territorial claims. Failing to establish counties or colonies anywhere west of the Oconee River, and confronted by the legacy of President Washington’s 1790 treaty with the Creek Nation, Georgia aimed to weaken if not abrogate the hated U.S./Creek treaty. The treaty had defined Georgia’s western boundary at the Oconee River; west was American Indian country, a nascent Indian state.

Georgia’s western claims (today they include Alabama and Mississippi) had proven more trouble to the state than they were then worth. Georgia actions after the Revolution had provoked a war with the Creek Nation over the Oconee valley, caused a diplomatic crisis in Spanish/U.S. relations, and ignited a political war inside the state over attempts to sell these vast claims to private real-estate interests. Meanwhile, in 1795, the federal government had quietly gained, by treaty with Spain, recognition of its authority over the region north of the 31st parallel. South was the Spanish colony of West Florida. As the Adams administration subsequently moved forward to organize a territorial government, Georgia denounced the action as an intrusion on its territorial rights—there was little more which the state could do.

Congressional legislation to organize the territory was tied to the settlement of Georgia claims. President Adams selected cabinet members to conference with state delegates.

Abraham Baldwin, founder and first president of the University of Georgia, was chosen one of three commissioners to negotiate on behalf of the state. His notes from the first meetings in the spring of 1800 reveal widely divergent views. The Federalist stamp of the U.S. commissioners is obvious from their first proposal to Georgia: Relinquish state claims west of the Chattahoochee River, and the United States will withdraw federal claims to the east—the shadow of New York here is apparent. By treaties, both the Creeks and Cherokees held federal land guarantees, which were at odds with Georgia’s claim of sovereignty over lands beyond the Oconee River. Baldwin, knowing his state, rejected the premise on which the offer was based. Negotiations were suspended, while Georgia leaders hoped for a Jefferson victory in the upcoming election.

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ith Jefferson in power by 1801, negotiations resumed. The new president weighed in with his own private offer, which Baldwin, aware of his state’s tender sensitivities, may not have even shared with his fellow commissioners. Jefferson offered to purchase from the Creek Nation (he wrote repurchase) the lost county of Tallassee—a region south of the Altamaha River which the Creeks retained in the New York treaty—in consideration to the state for ceding west of Chattahoochee. Joined by James Jackson and John Milledge, Baldwin had better success with Jefferson’s appointees.

The Mississippi territory was conclusively lost to Georgia in this 1802 compact, giving the state its familiar shape today, but leaders took solace in what they attained: money, which both Washington and Adams viewed as ridiculous, and most importantly, a counterweight to the federal treaties with the Cherokees and Creeks. Although not a treaty in the technical sense, the state used this new diplomatic weapon aggressively. Over the next 25 years, Georgia’s legislative body made perennial demands on successive administrations to execute its pledge to “extinguish the Indian title to all the other lands within the State of Georgia…”

unraveled, and economic, military and diplomatic options were curtailed, debt, poverty and civil war threatened Native America. These were conditions ripe for land cessions, but which for Georgia were not occurring aggressively enough.

Emerging from this 25-year crisis, and to the horror of Georgia leaders, was a Cherokee nation achieving a political rebirth which launched a direct bid for constitutional reality.

Characterized by Georgia leaders as a late insurgency on their own soil, they reacted with vicious legislative assaults while covering for a lawless degree of thuggery against Cherokee families.

These were the contours of conflict as Andrew Jackson was inaugurated President of the United States in March of 1829.

Previous administrations had extended a measure of protection to check Georgia aggressions, but Jackson was the man the state had been looking for—in violation of U.S. treaty obligations he withdrew federal troops stationed to protect the Cherokee borders. A final solution was in view, which even the weight of constitutional law and a Supreme Court order would not halt. And as the state neared its long goal of a territory without Indians (Georgia today has no American Indian reservations), the more desperate it was to complete the proj-

thorough accounting of the legislative achievements of Abraham Baldwin will continue to bring to light his significant contributions to Georgia—few would achieve the confidence in which he was held by his fellow citizens. In the context of Georgia’s tumultuous relationship with both the Creek and Cherokee nations, his role, though hidden from Native-American leaders, would prove decisive. Abraham Baldwin loaded the legal weapon which Andrew Jackson fired.

In June 1825, as the controversy over Indian removal in Georgia was receiving national and international attention, a message to Andrew Jackson from a Native American elder was published in the Washington Gazette:

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Whither must we go now? Must we leave the home of our fathers, and go to a strange land, beyond the great river of the West? That land is dark and desolate—we shall have no pleasure in it. Pleasant are the fields of our youth. We love the woods where our fathers led us to the chase. Their bones lie by the running stream, where we played in the days of our childhood. When we are gone, strangers will dig them up.

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“That the United States shall, at their own expense, extinguish, for the use of Georgia… the Indian title to the country of Talassee, to the lands left out by the line drawn with the Creeks… and to the lands within the forks of Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers… and that the United States shall, in the same manner, also extinguish the Indian title to all the other lands within the State of Georgia…”

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The Southeast in 1800. ect. There is no reason to believe that Abraham Baldwin had “forced removal” in mind when he helped broker the 1802 compact, although there is a hint of this thinking in a 1786 letter reporting on the Creek-Georgia war which halted his University of Georgia project that summer (wherein he wrote, “The result of what I have told you is, that we shall push our red brethren further out…”). Relinquishing American Indian land titles in the state was the wording of the contract, but in the end, ethnic cleansing was its execution.

It was an odd transformation of culture and land—a crude formula of American Indian removal and African-American bondage. And on this issue as well, the 1802 compact was explicit. A successful lobby by slaveholders modified the federal settlement model for the new Mississippi Territory. Unlike settlement of federal lands of the Ohio valley and the old Northwest, slavery in the new territory would not be forbidden.

An institution which many had hoped would be restricted to the older southeastern states and would fade in time was revitalized by this contract. North and South were divided all the more, and the nation lurched toward a national crisis.

Brother! The Great Spirit made us all. You have land enough. Leave us, then, the fields of our youth, and the woods where our fathers led us to the chase. Permit us to remain in peace under the shade of our own trees. Let us watch over the graves of our fathers, by the streams of our childhood…

The removal of Native American communities from Georgia had a corresponding legacy in the presentations of state history. Another removal from the historical narratives continues in our day: the exclusion of the central role which Native Americans played in the creation and the success of Georgia.

These are the metaphorical bones of American Indian history buried in the story of Georgia, from its humble beginnings in Savannah to the final gunpoint eviction at New Echota.

Steven Scurry Find links to more of Steven Scurry’s articles about early Georgia history and the Creek Nation along with this one at Flagpole.com.

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the reader Just Like Burgess Meredith’s Blues I’ve been a fan of “The Twilight Zone” since I was 10 and saw my first episode, the one with Telly Savalas and the creepy talking doll, and it scared the living piss out of me. Back when it actually meant something to be a writer in Hollywood, the Holy Triumvirate of Rod Serling, Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont were nonstop human factories of some of the smartest ideas on TV, and the episodes hold up to this day. William Shatner and the monster on the wing of the airplane. Donna Douglas getting the bandages off and finding she’s (gasp!) still hideous. The kid from “Lost in Space” who’d send you to the cornfield. “It’s a cookbook!” I’ll drop you like a bad habit to watch some Zone.

But the one episode that gets me like no other is “Time Enough at Last.” That’s the one (by Serling) with Burgess Meredith as the guy who just wants to read. His job at the bank’s a stone drag, his wife’s a hectoring bitch and he has no time to read—until the day he’s inside the vault when the nukes come down and he emerges to find that everyone else is gone. At last he has all the time he wants.

I won’t give away the ending.

The hazard of being an avid reader (and by the way, The Reader is the name of the column, like the McGuffey’s Reader— it’s not me; people have asked) is that you know you’re never going to be able to read everything you want to. I’m fortunate in that this gig gives me access to books I might not otherwise have discovered, but on the other hand, I’m often forced to set aside other books in order to meet my deadlines. I’ve taken to reading several books at the same time, depending on where I am. At this particular moment, for example, I’m reading Ken Smith’s Junk English, The Daily Show’s America, the short stories of Flannery O’Connor, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (an excellent horror novel, the vampire done right for once) and volume one of The Essential Howard the Duck (don’t laugh—Marvel comics from the ’70s were freakin’ surreal). And still it’s not enough. The monster just gets hungrier and more demanding.

Here, then, are a few recent books that made their way into my hands but not into the column. All are highly recommended.

Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China by James Fallows (Knopf, 2009): Despite its place as the most populous nation on Earth and the world’s third largest economy (and closing in fast on number two), for most Westerners getting a handle on China is like the seven blind men feeling up the elephant.

We know certain aspects of China—their food is yummy, their Hong Kong martial-arts flicks kick ass, their gymnasts are suspect, their baby formula sometimes contains the stuff cheap ashtrays are made of—but most of us have no real idea what life is like for the Chinese at ground level. This collection compiles Atlantic Monthly reporter Fallows’ dispatches from 2006 to 2008 as he lives among the Chinese people and travels to all parts of the country, from the gambling dens of Macao to the hinterlands bordering the Gobi Desert. He interviews factory workers in the plants that produce basically everything we use and spends time with one of China’s new billionaires, reports on their most popular reality show and fills us in on the continuous information war going on behind the Great Firewall of China. While not comprehensive by any means—nobody could capture all of China in one book—Fallows’ missives point out again and again that we have more to be wary of but less to fear from the new China than most of us in the West believe.

The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church’s Conservative Icon by Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan (HarperCollins, 2009): Pope Benedict XVI declared the span from June 2008 to this June as “The Year of Paul,” a time to reflect and reconsider the work of the second

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most important figure in the New Testament after Jesus.

From his early days as Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee who led the Sanhedrin’s persecution of the radical new cult of Christ until receiving an ecstatic vision of the risen Jesus while on the road to Damascus, to his continuous travels throughout Asia Minor, Greece and Rome building the community of followers that would eventually become the Christian Church, Paul’s letters (which predate the Gospels themselves) were an instruction manual on how the life and teachings of Jesus were to be interpreted and institutionalized. But Paul has always been a controversial figure, as many of his letters appear to advocate slavery, the subjugation of women, and a level of prejudice that has fueled much of the popular perception of Christianity as intolerant and hopelessly patriarchal.

Rock-star theologians Borg and Crossan come to Paul’s rescue with an in-depth piece of historical, textual and contextual scholarship that separates the seven letters actually written by Paul from the others written in Paul’s name, and demonstrate that the inauthentic letters were disseminated in an attempt to rein in some of Paul’s more revolutionary ideas into a form more palatable to the doctrines of the early Roman church. As the scholars—one Lutheran, one Catholic—pick through the writings of Paul in his times, we get a clearer picture of Paul than the archconservative, misogynist crab his reputation has suggested, and thus we get a more lucid idea of what Christianity was supposed to look like from the get-go.

Everybody Must Get Stoned: Rock Stars on Drugs by R.U. Sirius (Kensington, 2009): Here is one of my favorite jokes: “What does a Deadhead say when the acid wears off? ’What’s this shit we’re listening to?’” No discussion of rock and roll (or hip-hop or country or jazz, for that matter) can proceed without bringing drugs into it. Without drugs we would have no Beatles, no Stones, no Dead, no Dylan, no Jimi or Morrison, no Lou Reed or Bob Marley, no Johnny Cash or Snoop Dogg. On the other hand we also wouldn’t have Elvis face-down in the bathroom or Brian Jones facedown in the pool, Syd Barrett in the loony bin or Kurt Cobain eating the shotgun (Courtney conspiracy theorists, start your engines). Drugs are incredibly stupid, but they’re also fun, and the indispensable fact is that half if not most of the music you listen to was written, performed, and/or recorded by people whose brains were baking, frying or sauteeing in butter at the time.

R.U. Sirius, the twisted mind behind the late great magazine Mondo 2000, presents this compendium of quotes, anecdotes and trivia about the long dysfunctional relationship between rock stars and their chemicals. Here’s David Crosby defying anyone to produce the music he has before condemning his drug use, and here’s Frank Zappa refusing to do drugs and firing anyone in his band who does. Here are the ridiculous commercials for Rock Against Drugs, the favorite form of community service for musicians caught holding. Here are the best albums made on drugs and the best albums to listen to while on drugs. And it has my new favorite quote this week, from the decidedly anti-drug Henry Rollins: “You can survive it; look at Keith Richards. But, you know, LOOK at Keith Richards.”

Sirius, to his credit, doesn’t come out for or against drug use—he states from the outset that his book is simply about the way it is. All he does is draw from 50 years of the convoluted history of popular music and the various monkeys on its back, and the result is a book that’s light on conclusions but funny and interesting. Astute readers of this column know that I have no problem recommending bathroom reading, and as toilet books go, this one is pretty entertaining.

John G. Nettles

Georgia’s Urban Drought History

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ccording to some indicators—including Georgia’s state climatologist, David Stooksbury—the state’s drought is over. Thankfully, the rain has indeed resumed. But before county commissions, lobbyists, regulators and politicians consider opening the faucet, they should all consider some Georgia drought history.

Urban droughts that have affected city dwellers and commercial interests—as opposed to more memorable agricultural droughts that afflicted farmers—are more common than state residents might realize. In fact, the green South—and Georgia in particular—weathered three particularly brutal droughts within a 25-year span before the federal government and taxpayers bankrolled the region’s massive federal reservoirs. And each drought also convinced “survivors” that technology—the age-old American solution for all problems—could eliminate future droughts. But the new technologies only worked for so long, and this old thinking will not continue to work in the future. Technology—such as dams—will never make rain fall from the sky or create economically sound storage capacity. Rather than remember Georgia as a humid place subject to flooding from rain or tropical storms, we should also remember Georgia as an equally drought-prone place. Historically, Georgians built dams to store flood waters and promote economic growth for over 150 years. But nature always knocked the eternally “too busy” and growing region back a few notches.

systems could beat droughts. During this drought, Georgia Power’s Lake Rabun plummeted 65 feet after “only one-half the normal supply of rain” fell from the sky in the first five months of 1941. The Chronicle soon ran photos of depleted reservoirs with mudflats, and dark Atlanta streets. The Georgia Power Company took out nearly full-page Atlanta Constitution advertisements to remind customers how reduced natural rainfall decreased water levels in artificial Lake Rabun and thus diminished electrical generation. The region was also dealing with an uptick in industrial demand as war-related industries ramped up before the nation’s entry into World War II. Combined, these events, ads and photos easily reminded people about the links between water supply and energy consumption.

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1925 (and in language similar to 2007’s), the Atlanta Constitution sounded the alarm that only “four weeks’ supply of water” remained in Northeast Georgia’s artificial reservoirs.

By that year, some of the nation’s most successful electrical utility companies could call the American South’s waterscape their own. These companies—including one of the Georgia Power Company’s ancestors—all manipulated the region’s rivers to produce electricity for streetcars and factories. Two of the nation’s most continuously developed rivers at the time included the Tallulah and Tugaloo rivers, where the Georgia Power Company had raised five new dams and lakes. The company stored water behind dams like Tallulah, ran the water through turbines to generate electricity, and then transmitted electricity 80 miles to consumers in Atlanta.

But after nearly three years, a statewide drought caught up with the New South in August, 1925. After the Georgia Power Company announced that a limited water supply remained in the Tallulah-Tugaloo’s multiple “giant hydro-electric reservoirs,” one Atlanta Constitution letter-to-the-editor suggested that the city council issue an “order” to stop the “watering of lawns and washing of automobiles.” To reduce electrical consumption—and thus conserve water for continued electrical generation—Georgia Power executives consulted with regional “managers of textile mills, brick, marble, granite mining and other industries” known to consume “large quantities” of power, according to another Constitution article. These companies agreed to reduce energy consumption and production “as much as possible” during the water supply “crisis.”

These conservation measures worked, but the region also managed to pull through the drought for another, more technological reason: power lines. One of the nation’s first major multi-state interconnected power grids enabled drought-free and water-rich areas in Alabama and Tennessee to share power with water-poor neighbors, and thus rescue New South consumers increasingly dependent on a renewable yet inconsistent energy source. Determined to never again be trumped by a fickle supply of “white coal,” utility companies like Georgia Power and Duke Power began building more coal-fired steam plants to generate electricity. Using “black coal,” these new plants still required water to generate electricity for cooling, but could typically generate more electricity with less water than could hydroelectric dams and facilities.

Whereas Georgia Power only had to manage diminished artificial lakes during the 1925 drought, the company now had to juggle electrical generation at the dams and the new coalburning Atkinson Plant in 1941. Georgia Power “was compelled to operate” the Chattahoochee River coal plant “at reduced efficiency,” according to a Congressional report published six years later. Residents were also “requested to refrain from all unnecessary use of water to conserve the inadequate supply” derived from the Chattahoochee. Again, residential, commercial and industrial customers were impacted when power companies “rationed” electrical service. Street lights, elevators, air

conditioning and factory machinery all felt the pinch until the interconnected national power grid saved the region again in November. And after technology saved urban and industrial consumers, “heavy rains” fell from the sky in the spring of 1942, according to the Constitution.

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ut the rains soon stopped again in the 1950s, leading Georgians to “Pray for Rain” during the driest year in Georgia history since 1925, according to the Augusta Chronicle. As a multi-year national drought, this one hit Georgia’s farmers and small towns hardest in 1954. Governor Herman Talmadge personally led a Macon service on a Sunday designated as a “day of prayer for rain.” Atlanta officials did restrict city departments’ water use, and then planned for, but did not, ration the municipal water supply. Fayetteville was not so lucky. This city of 1,200 had to cancel school for all 700 county students because the town had no water. Georgia Civil Defense officials set up two miles of fire department hose to import water from neighboring counties because they had already deployed metal pipe in six other Georgia communities that had depleted their own municipal water supplies.

What about the farmers? The crop and truck farmers suffered the worst as their crops withered. While poultry farmers lost chickens to the heat, cattle farmers did not lose animals for lack of water. But overall, the state’s increasingly diversified agricultural economy took a reported $80,000,000 hit from a drought that Atlanta Journal editors said did not “make as much noise as fires and floods” or “move as fast,” but was “just as deadly.”

Despite calls for a culture of conservation, most cities and farmers again turned to technological solutions: more deep wells to increase water supply, and more reservoirs to provide storage capacity. Farmers got a hand from the Department of Agriculture in the form of loans to build the thousands of farm ponds that now dot the state’s countryside and to purchase irrigation equipment. Urban dwellers raised local taxes to finance new municipal dams and wells, or leaned on politicians to make sure Army Corps of Engineers projects like Hartwell, West Point and other major federal dams received full funding. And, of course, it did not hurt that the rain began falling in 1955 to replenish parched watersheds.

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what’s the best course of action today?

Given that urban drought has been a part of the region’s history and will likely occur again in the future, individual conservation behavior must become second-nature. Second, if municipalities turn to technology for solutions, they should promote water efficiency by repairing and upgrading existing delivery systems as opposed to building new infrastructure that only encourages more consumptive behavior. Third, another shift can come from the commercial side. For example, the green industry has justified itself on claims of re-greening the mass-graded suburban landscapes that many Georgians eventually call home. As such, the suburban and brick-and-tan developers must change the way they prepare building sites, and the green industry should only encourage drought-tolerant plant and tree species. Rain collection systems and drip irrigation are good technological solutions, but these systems should not support drought-intolerant species on a large scale. If neither the building nor the green industries can change their business models and customers’ expectations, history tells us that future urban drought conditions will likely reemerge again with a vengeance, require more top-down arm-twisting, and further stifle economic growth for everyone. Finally, meaningful water restrictions—which can be modified—remain the best course of action now and in the future for a region that is looking a lot more like the arid American West.

Chris Manganiello Chris Manganiello is a UGA graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. and studying the South’s water management history. He can be reached at chris_mango@hotmail.com.

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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week.

17 AGAIN (PG-13) Mike O’Donnell (Matthew Perry) is an unhappy 37-year-old on the verge of divorce.

So, when a mystical janitor (Brian Doyle-Murray) offers Mike a chance to return to his hotshot days as a teenage basketball star who looked like Zac Efron, he says yes. The unimaginative casting and several giant, unnavigable plotholes hide a charming performance from the young lead. Efron may still be too lightweight for heavier fare, but he proves he’s more than Disney’s song-and-dance man. Alas, 17 Again has nothing new to offer the bodyswitching canon but Efron. Make your ticket-buying decisions accordingly.

ASK NOT (NR) 2008. Award-winning director Johnny Symons (he co-produced the Academy Award-nominated Long Night’s Journey Into Day, and his Daddy and Papa was nominated for Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize) reveals the personal side of the military’s controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Ask Not was a Golden Gate Award-nominee, won the Audience Choice Award at the Spokane LGBT Film Festival and screened at L.A.’s OUTFEST. Part of the ACC Library’s iFilms series.

BATTLE FOR TERRA (PG) With the Earth destroyed, humanity is searching for a suitable replacement. The peaceful, albeit inhabited, planet of Terra would be perfect. Now space explorer Jim Stanton (v. Luke Wilson) must choose between his people and his new friends, two rebellious teens, Mala and Senn (v. Evan Rachel Wood and Justin Long). This animated flick sounds a lot like fall’s already forgotten Delgo.

THE BIG LEBOWSKI (R) 1998. The Dude (Jeff Bridges) abides, while seeking recompense for a pissed-on rug from a millionaire with whom he shares a name in a Coen Brothers’ comedy that keeps getting funnier every single time I see it. The Big

Lebowski was somewhat of a critical and commercial disappointment when it followed on the heels of the Coen Brothers’s Oscar-winning breathrough, Fargo; what a difference 10 years make.

With John Goodman, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Sam Elliot as “The Stranger.”

CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC (PG) Out-of-control fashionista Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) gets a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine, where she meets potential love interest in Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy). Muriel’s Wedding director P.J. Hogan helms this adaptation of the Sophie Kinsella bestseller. With a whole slew of familiar faces, including Joan Cusack, John Goodman, Kristen Scott Thomas and Lynn Redgrave.

EARTH (G) Films don’t come much more beautiful than DisneyNature’s first release, Earth. Breathtaking natural vistas of deserts—sand and ice—and oceans and rainforests trump exploding explosions and computer-generated armies any day. Three mothers—polar bear, elephant, humpback whale—and their children dangerously trek through their native environments. James Earl Jones narrates Mother Nature’s plot with the proper gravitas; too bad a little anthropomorphism slips in every once and a while. As with most nature documentaries, boredom steps in occasionally, only to be dismissed by 30 lions taking down an elephant in the African dark. Also, monkeys, as we all know, are hilarious. Stay through the credits to get a glimpse into the incredible means by which this impossible footage was obtained. I’m already excited about next Earth Day’s release, Oceans.

FAST & FURIOUS (PG-13) The fourth model of the Fast & Furious franchise knows exactly what it is and doesn’t try to be anything else. It is graphic vehicular pornography with

the ultra-softcore sexuality of a bikinifilled car mag. On the lam con Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and FBI agent Brian O’Conner (the inexplicably appealing Paul Walker) are reunited by the death of a friend as they seek revenge against the drug lord responsible for her death.

No one should mistake this article-less edition of F&F for a work of cinematic art; it’s upfront and honest about its lowbrow ambitions.

FIGHTING (PG-13) Fighting has a lot more going for it than you might believe, judging from its Neanderthalic one-word title and trailer. Alabama native Shawn MacArthur (Channing Tatum) is struggling in the Big Apple.

Selling shoddy merchandise on the street, Shawn draws the attention of easygoing hustler, Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard), after besting some punks trying to steal Shawn’s inventory.

Harvey guarantees the young pugilist big money for doing what comes naturally, and a relationship/plot arc is born. Fighting doesn’t rise above the clichés and stereotypes of its genre.

Instead, the movie embraces them, nurturing the underdog nobody with good writing and better performances.

GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST (PG-13) Fashion photographer Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) is the definition of a lady-killer. The most beautiful supermodels in the world swoon and fight over this caddish hunk of beefcake. But Connor gets his comeuppance at his younger brother’s (Breckin Meyer) wedding when he’s visited by the ghost of dead Uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas). Uncle Wayne taught Connor everything he knows about seducing women, but being a non-corporeal, eternal bachelor isn’t what’s advertised in Bachelor Pad Quarterly. Wayne leads a trio of ghost girls (dominated by the usually funny Emma Stone) giving Connor the whole Christmas Carol shock treatment. If he fails to repent and settle down with his soulmate, Dr. Jenny Perotti (Jennifer

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17 Again (PG-13) 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 Earth (G) 5:00, 7:10, 9:25 Fighting (PG-13) 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (PG-13) 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Hannah Montana: The Movie (G) 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola (NR) 12:30 (Sa. 5/9) Obsessed (PG-13) 4:25, 7:10, 9:40 The Soloist (PG-13) 4:05, 7:00, 9:35 Star Trek (PG-13) 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 (add’l time F. 5/8–Su. 5/10: 1:00) (starts F. 5/8) State of Play (PG-13) 4:00, 7:05, 9:50 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PG-13) 4:30, 5:15, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15

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The Big Lebowski (R) 11:15 (F. 5/8 & Sa. 5/9) Gomorrah (NR) 7:00, 9:45 (add’l time F. 5/8–Su. 5/10: 4:00) (no 9:45 show Su. 5/10) Sunshine Cleaning (R) 7:15 Timecrimes (R) 9:15 (add’l time F. 5/8–Su. 5/10: 5:15) (no 9:15 show Su. 5/10)

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Confessions of a Shopaholic (PG) 4:10, 7:15, 10:00 Gran Torino (R) 4:05, 7:20, 9:55 He’s Just Not That Into You (PG-13) 4:00, 9:45 Hotel for Dogs (PG) 7:25 Paul Blart: Mall Cop (PG) 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Taken (PG-13) 5:15, 7:35, 9:55

Garner), a lonely eternity awaits Connor as well. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past isn’t funny, and I’m not talking “30-year-old male not laughing at silly romcom jokes” unfunny. Frankly, not even McC’s ample charm could make me give a damn.

GOMORRAH (NR) See Movie Pick.

GRAN TORINO (R) A retired Ford employee and Korean War vet, Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) still lives in the same Michigan neighborhood in which he and his now deceased wife, Dorothy, raised two ungrateful sons.

But the old neighborhood has changed.

Immigrants have invaded Walt’s shores.

The film paints a poignant portrait of entrenched racial hatred overcome by human kindness and interaction. Walt’s transformation proves you can teach an old dog new tricks. Gran Torino proves Eastwood is already a master of them all.

HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE (G) It’s highly doubtful any Hannah Montana fans will leave this supersized, big screen episode of the hit Disney series unsatisfied. As hard as it might be to believe, Hannah Montana: The Movie is a charmer.

HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU (PG-13) Based on the self-help/ chicklit bestseller by Greg Behrendt (a “Sex and the City” story editor) and Liz Tucillo, He’s Just Not That Into You is too long, cinematographically desolate, and fashioned solely out of genderdefined traits and hang-ups. A bunch of Baltimoreans, representing every white, hetero demographic, navigate the stormy waters of love.

HOTEL FOR DOGS (PG) Nickelodeon Movies’ new doggie flick is no Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and that is not a compliment. The gadget-enhanced antics of Hotel for Dogs, based on a novel by Lois Duncan, will please the tykes; adults must fend for themselves as foster kids, Andi and Bruce (Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin), join forces with the teens at the local pet store to save the city’s strays. The kiddies’ sedated happiness is all that really matters with a movie like this.

METROPOLITAN OPERA: LA CENERENTOLA (NR) Elina Garanca portrays the title character of Rossini’s bel canto Cinderella story, and Lawrence Brownlee is her Prince Charming.

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS (PG) Rather than tying the knot with selfinvolved local TV weatherman, Derek Dietl (Paul Rudd), Susan becomes the 49 foot, 11 inch (get it?) Ginormica.

Captured by General W.R. Monger (v.

Kiefer Sutherland), Susan/Ginormica meets her fellow monsters. Meanwhile, the earth is being threatened by foureyed squidling, Gallaxhar (v. Rainn Wilson). Unsure of what to do, the namby-pamby president (v. Stephen Colbert) takes General Monger up on his offer of unleashing the monsters on the aliens. The ensuing battle over San Francisco is the film’s visual watermark. The wonderfully animated MvA may be remarkable for its major action set pieces but lacks the charm and wit of more memorable family films.

NEXT DAY AIR (R) A delivery man, Leo (Donald Faison, “Scrubs”), mistakenly leaves a shipment of drugs at the wrong apartment. Now the sender, the intended recipient, and the dudes with the drugs are at war over what happens next. Next Day Air lacks the distinct

buzz it needs to succeed against the summer big boys. With Mos Def, Mike Epps, Wood Harris (“The Wire”), Omari Hardwick, Darius McCrary and Yasmin Deliz. Directed by music video vet Benny Boom.

OBSESSED (PG-13) It’s great to see how far women have come. In Obsessed, a flick that would’ve felt more comfortable in the early ‘90s, Sharon Charles (Beyoncé Knowles) and temporary office temptress Lisa (Ali Larter, “Heroes”) duke it out like true feminists over successful V.P. Derek Charles (Idris Elba), who’s also Sharon’s hubby. At least Fatal Attraction had the decency to implicate the dude.

PAUL BLART: MALL COP (PG) Paul Blart: Mall Cop delivers mild, unobjectionable humor. The beginning of the year usually suffers through flicks much less funny and much more painful than this. Paul Blart: Mall Cop is as likable and funny (more the former than the latter) as its star.

THE SOLOIST (PG-13) Two great actors, a hot director and an Oscarwinning screenwriter don’t guarantee a great film. Robert Downey, Jr. brings all his powers to L.A. Times reporter Steve Lopez, who befriends homeless, schizophrenic musician Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Jr. (Jamie Foxx). Ayers’ supposedly enlightened love for music is nothing more than a Windows Media Player visualization. Wright hammers his message home with hundreds of homeless extras and location shooting on L.A.’s Skid Row. The problem, especially its roots in mental illness, is hard to ignore when they’re staring back at you from the big screen.

Nonetheless, admirability only goes so far at the movies; at some point, craft and/or entertainment should take over.

The Soloist is a little pitchy where both are concerned.

STAND-UP 360 (NR) A different lineup performs stand-up at a New York City comedy club in each of the seven parts of this series hosted by Caroline Rhea. The featured comedians include Roz G, Judy Gold, Godfrey, Poppi Kramer, Wali Collins, Eric Rivera, Adam Hunter, Vanessa Hollingshead, Mike Yard and Michele Balan.

STAR TREK (PG-13) The trailers for director J.J. Abrams’ reboot of Gene Roddenberry’s beloved sci-fi utopia have excited a wide array of moviegoers. Longtime Trekkies and newbies alike are jazzed for the maiden voyage of the Starship Enterprise and her original crew—James T. Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto, “Heroes”), Bones (Karl Urban), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Sulu (John Cho), Chekov (Anton Yelchin) and Scotty (Simon Pegg). Star Trek is shaping up to be a cross-generational box office behemoth.

STATE OF PLAY (PG-13) State of Play may not be the best film of the year, but it is a well-made political thriller starring actual actors, some of whom own Oscars. Newspaper reporter Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe) is a dinosaur on the verge of extinction. But when a sex scandal rocks the political/ personal boat of his college roommate, Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck), Cal gets another shot at glory.

With the help of his paper’s political blogger, Della Frye (Rachel McAdams), Cal uncovers a deeper conspiracy, one full of twists and turns too juicy to spoil here.

SUNSHINE CLEANING (R) Maid Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) needs some quick cash so she can send her unique son, Oscar (the expectedly cute Jason Spevack), to private school, where all his authority-related issues will magically disappear. Rose teams up with her screw-up sister, Nora (Emily Blunt), to start a biohazard removal and crime scene cleanup service. Everything goes swimmingly for a while. But the house of cards comes fluttering down in unsurprising fashion after Nora fulfills her role as familial destroyer. Yet nothing fulfills its role more than Sunshine Cleaning.

TAKEN (PG-13) Recently retired “preventer,” Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), has given up his dangerous, globetrotting profession to be closer to his teenaged daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace, “Lost”). Shortly after turning 17, Kim asks her dad for permission to travel to Paris for the summer. You can easily imagine how this vengeful mission goes, but director Morel makes the trip feel fresh and new. It’s a quick, tough movie that your parents might even enjoy thanks to the toned-down, PG-13 violence.

THEY CALL IT MURDER (NR) 1971.

Based on characters created by “Perry Mason” creator Erle Stanley Gardner, “They Call It Murder” is a mystery about small-town District Attorney Doug Selby (Jim Hutton), who is saddled with a number of unsolved cases including a dead gambler, a suspicious car accident and an insurance scam. Featuring a non-intrusive track for visually impaired viewers.

TIMECRIMES (R) Time travel, were it possible, is a risky proposition. The smallest action could disrupt your entire timeline. In his first feature, writer-director Nacho Vigalondo tackles the narrative challenge head on, creating an exciting, surprising sciencefiction film about one man’s struggle to correct the temporal felonies he has committed. No matter how much I thought I knew about what was going to happen, I was pleasantly surprised by what unfolded. Ask too many questions and you risk ruining the ride.

Instead, focus your queries using the film’s code of chronological conduct; the trip is worth it.

UNNATURAL CAUSES (NR) The 2009 Unnatural Causes Film and Discussion Series will address the inequities and discrimination that exist in American healthcare. Episode 7: “Not Just a Paycheck” continues the seven-part series with a look at the socioeconomic factors shaping diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and infant mortality. Participate in the discussion that follows and stick around for the reception.

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (PG-13) In a post-Iron Man/Dark Knight/Watchmen world, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an unevolved comic caveman. The X-Men trilogy has been going downhill since X2, and since 20th Century Fox’s rights predate Marvel’s new and improved property handling, no one should expect great things from subsequent Origins pics.

Wolverine fills in the pre-X team gaps in the hairy, tri-clawed mutant’s long, long life. James/Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) joins a military strike force, loses his pretty girlfriend, and has his bones bonded with adamantium, the hardest made-up metal on the planet. Along the way he fights fan favorites Victor Creed AKA Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber), Wade Wilson AKA Deadpool (a too brief Ryan Reynolds), and Remy Lebeau AKA Gambit (Taylor Kitsch). The credits, summing up Logan’s century-spanning military experiences, are the movie’s high point.

The “Snikt”-ering you hear during the movie ain’t the right kind, bub.

Drew Wheeler

movie pick An Offer You Shouldn’t Refuse GOMORRAH (NR) Based on Robert Saviano’s exposé of the Camorra, director-cowriter Matteo Garrone’s film follows a handful of southern Italians living under the reign of the world’s deadliest criminal organization. Don Ciro (Gianfelice Imparato) delivers money for one of the gangs; the teenaged Totò (Nicolo Manta) is captivated by the flash and excitement he sees on the streets; poor tailor Pasquale (Salvatore Cantalupo) is caught moonlighting for a Chinese factory competing with Italian-owned companies under Camorra protection; Roberto (Carmine Paternoster) works in waste disposal for the smooth Franco (Toni Servillo); small-time crooks Marco (Marco Macor) and Ciro (Ciro Petrone), young and dumb enough to fire machine guns and grenade launchers while dressed only in briefs, are two flies in the local camp’s ointment.

The title Gomorrah (Gomorra in Italian) obviously refers to the ancient immoral city destroyed by the wrathful Old Testament God. Fascinatingly, the high-rise apartment building that serves as the epicenter of Camorran activity looks like a Mesopotamian ziggurat.

Yet God seems uninterested in punishing the sinners residing in this modern Gomorrah.

He’s apparently content to let them kill each other off, and they happily oblige. The police, or Carabinieri, show equally little interest in quelling the violence.

The Camorra resemble nothing more than a bunch of paunchy “Sopranos” extras. No one drives a flashy car, lives in a palatial villa or wears expensive suits. The rulers of this Italian ghetto live among their subjects/victims, much like Fernando Meirelles’ City of God’s drug dealers resided high atop Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. At the the same time, the true measure of Gomorrah as a film can be best assessed by comparison to Meirelles’ 2002 masterpiece. Garrone’s tremendous achievement won Cannes’s Grand Prix and the European Film Award for Best Film.

Still, Gomorrah will not supplant the aforementioned world crime drama measuring stick, but it could and would take the stick and beat the crap out of its cinematic peers. It would be criminal not to see this fierce film.

Drew Wheeler

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Good Morning: Instead of writing this column last night, I stayed up late watching David Lean’s 1954 comedy Hobson’s Choice. Recently released by Criterion in (of course) a gorgeous new transfer, it’s further evidence that Lean’s most interesting and rewarding work as a director may have been done before he embarked on the series of huge-scale epics— The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago—for which he is now best known. As marvelously entertaining as those films are, I fall head over heels (or, in the words of Charles Laughton’s Hobson, “ass over tip”) for the deep, dense, meticulous period mise-en-scène of Lean’s twin Dickens adaptations, Great Expectations (1946) and

Gluck will be in attendance to introduce the screening and answer questions afterward. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Main Library at 2025 Baxter St. Go to www. athensjff.org for more information.

Ciné Action: Now that their busy month of April is over, the dedicated folks at Ciné are getting to work on their long-fermenting plans to initiate a series of classic films of all stripes: recent and ancient, foreign and domestic, mainstream and “indie,” without restrictions of genre. There should be a preliminary list of titles on their website by the time this sees print; some of my favorites, right off

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Ciné is set to screen the Swedish period piece Everlasting Moments.

Oliver Twist (1948), as well as his unusually sensitive handling of mature romantic heroines in Brief Encounter (1945) and Summertime (1955). Both are on display here, in the story of a bootmaker’s eldest daughter in Victorian Lancashire who brilliantly conspires to thwart her father’s plans to marry off—or not—her sisters and her. Laughton and Brenda De Banzie, as father and daughter, match devious wits and verbal blows in one of the most satisfying DVD reissues of the year.

A Further Reminder: Word comes from wellconnected sources at FILM::ATHENS that the Teenscreen Filmfest is still accepting— indeed, soliciting—admissions for its 2009 festival, which is set to go at the end of June, concurrent with the AthFest 2009 music and arts festival. The Teenscreen festival, which will also feature new films produced by this year’s PROJECT::TEENSCREEN workshop team, accepts short films of any genre from filmmakers under the age of 18. For submission guidelines and more information, go to www. filmathens.net.

The AJFF Continues: On Tuesday, May 12, the Athens Jewish Film Festival will present a special screening of Divan, an award-winning 2004 documentary directed by Pearl Gluck, at the Athens-Clarke County Library. The film follows Gluck, a secular Jewish New Yorker who was raised in a Hasidic community in Brooklyn, as she undertakes a pilgrimage to her family’s native Hungary to retrieve a treasured family heirloom: an historic antique couch on which esteemed rabbis once slept.

During her journey she meets a wide array of characters who shed light on, and add context to, her family history and Hasidic heritage.

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the bat, are The Last Picture Show, Ran, The Big Sleep, Chinatown and The Conversation.

Your input is much appreciated: weigh in on their selections or offer your own ideas by email to info@athenscine.com. Ciné has also recently revived its “late show” thing with $5 screenings of The Big Lebowski Friday nights at 11:15 and is thinking of expanding that over the summer with a series of horror and action pictures. …Slated for late May are Jan Troell’s Everlasting Moments and Paris 36 by Christophe Barratier. Check www.athenscine. com for more info.

More Library Stuff: The ACC Library’s iFilms series continues on May 7 with Ask Not, Johnny Symons’ 2008 documentary that examines the effects of the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gay and lesbian soldiers since its enactment in 1993.

The May 14 screening is The Trap, a Serbian drama from 2007 by Srdan Golubovic. It’s a wrenching fable about a man who must choose whether to commit murder-for-hire in order to pay for his gravely ill young son’s medical treatment. All iFilms screenings are at 7 p.m. Thursdays in the auditorium of the Main Library. This month’s Cinema Classics described movie, Thursday, May 7 at 2 p.m. in the Main Library auditorium, is They Call It Murder, a 1971 Erle Stanley Gardner adaptation featuring Jim Hutton and Edward Asner.

Go to www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us for more information.

See You on the Other Side: That’s it for this week; send polite inquiries and foul diatribes to film@flagpole.com.

Dave Marr

threats & promises Music News And Gossip OK, we’ve got one week left until Athens takes its shoes off for a few months. In the interest of preventing ringworm, please heed the warnings posted below…

Go, um, Dogs!: The folks from True Love Canine Rescue will host a benefit show at the Georgia Theatre on Friday, May 15. Performers will include Bloodkin, Heavy Feather, Todd Nance, Sunny Ortiz, William Tonks, John Neff, Jon Mills and Dave Barbe, plus more to be announced. True Love Canine Rescue was founded, and is run by, local folks Chris and Michelle Rabold and the care and attention they show each of the dogs entrusted to them before adoption is just beautiful. Please take a look at www.truelovecaninerescue.com to see the good work they do.

Daniel Peiken

Rockin’ After the Bell: This year AthFest has expanded its community service component by beginning the AthFest AfterSchool program.

According to a press release, the program is “a series of educational performances for children in the Athens area with a goal to expose students to all aspects of music, from various genres, to the range of career choices in the music field.” The events take place during current after-school programs at local recreation centers, but AthFest has plans to bring the program into actual school buildings. Looking to expand the program regionally and beyond, Fritz Gibson the impetus for the program is directly related to continuing cuts in arts and music education. For more information, please see www.athfest.com.

Ship to Shore: Sailor Winters (AKA Ryan Cox) has announced a new Sailor Winters EP is to be released June 1 on his Black Noise label.

Apparently branching out from his previously released work which focused exclusively on noise-based compositions, Cox describes the new material as being “experimental pop” in the vein of Steve Reich, Paul Altor and Philip Glass. Yes, Cox’s definition of pop includes Steve Reich! In other news, Black Noise recently released a full-length recording by Pennsylvania-based black metal outfit Thorazine Gaze and a split release between Montana-based noise project Zebulon Kosted and neo-classical group Terre & Neige from Morocco. I swear Cox is a patron saint to all that is nearly unlistenable for 99 percent of the world. It’s good to have him around. For more info, please see www.sailorwinters.com.

The Vote Is On: In this week’s paper you’ll find the ballot for the 2009 Flagpole Music Awards, and a few things have changed. First, gone is the category “Americana,” new is the presence of actual nominees in the “Upstart” category. In the “DJ” category you won’t find any more of our beloved “party” DJs. That is, only DJs that create their own mixes, perform as turntablists, etc. are considered here. I bet there’ll be a slight roar over this one. At any

rate, voters this year are strongly encouraged to vote online at Flagpole.com and, just like in years past, I’ll be reminding you all the way until it’s over. The 2009 Flagpole Awards ceremony is Thursday, June 25. Since the annual Sprockets video competition isn’t happening this year, Flagpole has incorporated a local video competition of its own in this year’s event. So, look at the ballot on p. 14, vote, and if you have any questions, let us know.

Most Deaf: Athens’ hip-hop foursome Deaf Judges will release its debut album, All Rise, on June 30 via label Emerald City Ruins.

The 15-track recording was recorded by Joel Hatstat (Pegasuses-XL) at The Bakery here in town. Featuring Deaf Judges’ creative mix of found sound, street recordings and selective use of samples, here’s to it standing a shoulder above the same old loop-driven mush hip-hop has slid into. In other news, Deaf Judges is hosting its own remix contest whereby one lucky remixer will get his work featured on an upcoming Deaf Judges remix EP, also due out on Emerald City Ruins.

The deadline to enter a remix is June 5, and the track (along with some nifty extras) is available over at www. rclique.org. For other things you can look at www.myspace.com/ deafjudges.

Pop. 8,035: Local rocker Fritz Gibson will play his final show in Athens on Friday, May 8 at Nuçi’s Space.

Gibson currently plays bass in both Lake City and Don Chambers + GOAT, both of which are on the bill. Also performing is Still, Small Voice and the Joyful Noise. Gibson is moving to Montpelier, VT, which is not only that state’s capital but a stunningly gorgeous piece of land. Good luck, Fritz. Travel safely. l

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Please visit our website at www.athfest.com and click on Volunteering or contact Sandii Brimble for more information or to sign up at athfestvolunteering@gmail.com or 706-296-2801.

Volunteer information and sign up will also be available at the AthFest CD launch party on Friday May 15th at Tasty World featuring The Quick Hooks, Holy Liars and Brave New Citizen.

Hand in Hand: Atlanta’s Creative Loafing has teamed up with retailer Criminal Records to present Mixt A, a limited-edition vinyl LP featuring Atlanta-based artists Zoroaster, Predator, The N.E.C., Grip Playaz, Mums FP, Stanzas and more. Two release shows are scheduled, the first being at Atlanta venue Eyedrum on Thursday, May 7, which costs $10 but you get a copy of the record included in that price. A free show will happen Sunday, May 10, also known as Mother’s Day, at Criminal Records, but you’ll have to buy the record there if you want it. In the interest of assuaging the mouse clickers and lazybones everywhere, the publication has made the mix available as a free download over at www. clatl.com/music.

Correction: Due to some confusion based on a release by PBS, the news concerning Cedar Shoals High School student Ibanda Ruhumbika, while true, was also impossibly dated. Ruhumbika is now 19 years old and attending Julliard in New York City. I apologize for any confusion or time-warpedness.

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The show kicks off AthFest, Athens’ annual music and arts festival, and will be held at the Morton Theatre on Thursday, June 25. You, the local music fan, will choose the local performers you wish to recognize by filling out this ballot. All awards are decided by a majority people’s choice vote, so YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. A panel of local music judges has selected this year’s finalists; just check the box next to your choice or write-in your own candidate in the space provided. You do not need to vote in every category. Please mail form to Flagpole Magazine, PO Box 1027, Athens, GA 30603; drop it off at our office at 112 S. Foundry St., or submit an online ballot at www.Flagpole.com.

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o Brantley Gilbert o Colt Ford o Corey Smith o Daniel Mack and the Pickn’ Coop o Holman Autry Band o Kaitlin Jones and the County Fair (May ‘08 - Apr ‘09)

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Kuroma

The Music and the Spectacle K uroma has the feisty and arrogant swagger reserved for the glossiest pages dedicated to rock and roll reportage. For the time being, we’ll stain your fingers with that antique called ink. Listeners will enjoy discovering Kuroma and its membership in the exclusive club each of us call “my music” will prove non-revocable for a pair of reasons: the document called Paris, the band’s independently released, familiarly fluorescent debut, and founding member Hank Sullivant’s appreciation (and cultivation) of the intangible called Spectacle. The album is an unapologetic pastiche-rock record of disparate influences disseminated deliberately. Sullivant, joined in live environs by Alfredo Lapuz (analog bass), Joaquin Cotler (keys) and Nick Robbins (drums), transmits a confident mash-up of Led Zeppelin, new jack swing, lysergic ‘60s pop,

Elton John, Brian May, volume, fuzz and fearlessness, making an immediate, positive impression. As for Spectacle, it can be described as Tourette’s syndrome-inspired performance art posturing—or maybe it’s the bold, punk rock jolt a seemingly stoic and somewhat segregated scene lacks? Impressions vary.

For more on (recent and local) Spectacle and Kuroma, visit Flagpole’s music blog Homedrone. For an abridged version of a recent conversation we had with Hank Sullivant, read on…

Flagpole: Kuroma wears its influences on its sleeve. Talk about inspirations and motivations. What’s running through the mind of Kuroma?

Hank Sullivant: We’re kinda just rolling with it. At this point, at least with this album, James [Richardson] and I listened to so much stuff and there definitely was a conceptual framework, with, like, using people’s stuff—you know, on your sleeve and all that—but it also kinda charged all the energy of the recording. We were laughing at a lot of these songs because of how disgustingly flagrant some of the parts were.

I remember watching James doing the bass line for “Alexander Martin” and just thinking it was hilarious—not just because it was so obviously Zeppelin, but because he could actually play it. That’s something. You can’t just copy somebody; you have to actually know how to do it with your fingers. You know? You have to be knowledgeable enough to find the sound, find the tone and then you have to be good enough as a musician to do it with your fingers, and so that’s always been a big thing for me…

FP: Flagrant is a strong word… Does that borrowing make it easier for the other players in Kuroma to flesh out the songs you bring to the band?

HS: You know there’s always this generational mindmeld thing that goes on…

FP: You mentioned people that were shocked and puzzled by your decision to leave The Whigs. What are they saying now—or have these puzzled folks even bothered with Paris, and Kuroma?

HS: They hadn’t heard anything. I don’t think that many of them know that I’d even recorded an album.

FP: To abandon a creative endeavor so obviously on the fast track to success—in a society where people seemingly hang on to their jobs, good or bad, for dear life…

HS: People seem to have a very simple idea of what you want.

FP: In your time with The Whigs, MGMT and now Kuroma, you’ve had the opportunity to share bills and rub shoulders with contemporaries you admire. Next month at Bonnaroo you’ll get your basketball signed by The Beastie Boys. Has there been a singular, fanboy experience?

HS: The first night of the Primal Scream tour in L.A.—and I had a vague fantasy that this would happen, but I didn’t actually believe it—I met up with some friends on the smoking deck before Primal Scream went on… and Jennifer Herrema of RTX [Royal Trux] came up to me, and she’s just the shit; RTX is the shit.

To me they’re number one; seriously, JJ Got Live is number one.

And she came up to me and said that she’s been keeping up with me. She said my video is fucking rad, that song is fucking rad, your shit’s awesome. So, that was one of the coolest things that ever happened to me. Nothing really compares to that one, though.

FP: How do you respond to critics that suggest your present success is a direct function of your having been involved with The Whigs and MGMT? HS: When members of Pavement go off and do their own shit and it sucks, no one cares. It still has to be good… It’s something I’m pretty proud of—to have been in those bands… One of the first people I started doing business with is my booking agent Heather, who also books MGMT, and I told her when she sends the music to anybody, don’t mention my past. For example, she sent a link of my music to the head editor of Fader, and nothing else, and said just check this out—and within a few minutes he got back to her and was like, “What the hell is this?” Basically that right there led to me getting on that Green Label Sound [Mountain Dew] stuff and doing the video [for “In New York, Everything Is Tropical”]. So, the music did it.

FP: So, the cynics should rest assured that these doors would be open regardless of your recent work history and friendships?

HS: One thing I’d like to say to that: Primal Scream doesn’t know who the fuck The Whigs or MGMT is. Heather sent them my music and they listened to it and they put Kuroma on direct support. They don’t give a shit about MGMT or The Whigs, or maybe even us, but they heard it and were like, “This is worthy” and it was just us and them. That [the cynical perspective] is bullshit.

David Eduardo

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upstart roundup Introducing Athens’ Newest Talent ATTEST Hardcore/Metal/Experimental Lineup: Robert Saye, Daniel Jordan, Lloyd Ferguson, Joel Penn and Zack Walker. Formerly of: Kill LeBaron, Paradise Boulevard and Carabelle. Influences: Poison the Well, Norma Jean, Hopesfall, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Shai Hulud, Twelve Tribes, The Chariot, August Burns Red, At the Drive-In, The Bled, Thrice, Thursday and Misery Signals.

Attest came together in the summer of 2008 and have plans to head into the studio very soon with Anthony Lunn of Rising Tide Recordings to record a new EP. Lunn had worked previously with Kill LeBaron, which Attest refers to as its “brother band.” In fact, singer Robert Saye used to play in Kill LeBaron, and his brother is currently the frontman. Attest first paired up with Lunn toward the end of last year, recording its first track,

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“A War of the States.” The song is an emotionally and politically charged barrage of hardcore vocals, metal riffs and mature arrangements, which seems to be the direction the band is heading overall. “We began collaborating and writing in a style that encompassed all of our ideas,” says the band, “sending us in a direction that has us questioning exactly where our influences lie. Blending ideas from every corner of hardcore, post hardcore and metal, we began to see that we’d stumbled across something that was definitely our own.” You can hear the debut single online at www.myspace.com/attestath.

Next show: AthFest, Caledonia Lounge. Date and time TBA. PREZ THE BOXER Rock/Pop/Indie Lineup: Mark Vaughan, Davis Bacon and Austin “Powerhouse” Theodore. Formerly known as: Moon Unit. Influences: The Mountain Goats, Elliott Smith and Colour Revolt.

After one of Moon Unit’s founding members hit the road, the band went through something of an identity crisis at the end of last year, but they’ve refocused and regrouped, emerging with the new name Prez the Boxer. The name itself is taken from Kerouac’s On the Road. These boys have been working overtime—building their own studio space, piecing together a record company to help distribute their music and writing

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as much new material as possible. The band’s Apr. 16 show at the Caledonia was something of a debut, and this upcoming gig is only the second the band has played with the new lineup, name and material. The first new track posted online, “Astronaut,” suggests a quirky college rock sound somewhere between Pavement and Spoon. Have a listen at www.myspace. com/preztheboxer.

Next show: May 14 @ Caledonia Lounge CANDY MALDONADO Indie/Rock/Experimental Lineup: James Pendley, Jon Crandall, Wade Gunter and Joshua Evans. Former members of: Polemic. Influences: Sonic Youth, Joan of Arc, Animal Collective, Red House Painters and Talking Heads.

Crandall rocked the drums for locals Polemic for about two years before starting this band with James Pendley (who was also, briefly, in Polemic). Candy Maldonado has only existed for about three months, but the band is ready to celebrate the release of its debut EP, tentatively titled Me to Your Right. While about half of the tracks are instrumental, Pendley does lend his vocals to a number of songs as well, with propulsive if slightly abrasive energy.

Candy Maldonado embraces both folk music and ambient textures, but the mood is tense and unpredictable, which adds a unique edge to the otherwise lumbering melodies. The band is looking for help booking an extensive tour throughout May, so check out the schedule at www. myspace.com/candymaldonado and let ‘em know if you have some contacts in those cities.

Next show: May 11 @ Tasty World (EP release) ASHUTTO MIRRA Rock/Alternative/Indie Lineup: Scott Rainwater, Josh Birmingham, Doyle Williams and Patrick Yoe. Influences: Kings of Leon, Rage Against the Machine, 311, Led Zeppelin, Death Cab for Cutie, OutKast and more.

This alternative rock four-piece has been busily recording at local Shade Tree Studios.

Rainwater, Birmingham and Yoe got their start in Macon as founding members of alternative soul group The Revival. With that band they shared the stage with such noteworthy acts as Little Richard, Morris Day and the Time, Oteil and the Peacemakers, Randall Bramblett and more. The three met Williams when he was playing guitar with Demun Joes at the 40 Watt.

Williams has his share of impressive credits as a guitarist as well, having played with the likes of Warren Haynes, Dickey Betts, Tim Brooks and Chris Hicks (Marshall Tucker Band). Look out for the album release and a tour to follow later this year. For sounds and more, see www. myspace.com/ashuttomirra.

Next show: May 12 @ Tasty World PLUME Pop/Classic Rock/New Wave Lineup: Will Goss, Charlie Key, Greg O’Connell and Ben DuPriest. Former members of: Freeze Tag, Telenovela, Ice Cream Socialists, Bubbly Mommy Gun, Quiet Hooves, The Pendletons, Kuroma. Influences: Todd Rundren, Fleetwood Mac and Talking Heads.

This group of experienced musicians got together in February and are currently at work on a new album to be titled Corsage. Plume is an exceptionally melodic pop band that would be well-matched on a bill with someone like Ham1 here in town. The melodies are sung with a smile and the bright guitars seem to ooh and ahh along with the back-up vocals.

Will Goss has lots of songs on his website at www.williamcgoss. com.

Next show: Check website for updates.

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record reviews at the relative sacrifice of what earned Mastodon its global worship in the first place: scope, balance and tasteful belligerence.

Bryan Aiken Mastodon will play Center Stage in Atlanta on Friday, May 15.

MASTODON Crack the Skye Reprise Once upon a time-space, there was a paraplegic boy who used astral projection to transport his soul into the thermosphere. But the sun severed his metaphysical umbilical cord, and his spirit was thrust to early-20th-century Russia, where a recently assassinated Rasputin bound their souls in confluence and sent the boy back through the sky, across Hell, and into his own body in the future. Then everyone partied and did guitar solos for an hour.

Give or take a few creatures and mythological allusions, this is the principle arc of Mastodon’s fifth and strangest album, Crack the Skye. And with it, Atlanta’s premier stoner-metal quartet has honed certain aspects of their typically diverse sound to become the world’s premier prog-rock magicians.

Also worth noting, the album includes such staggeringly rad lyrics as “I have walked on many other planets” and “afraid of psychic eyes, with faith in mystic power.” None of it rhymes, but none of it has to. It all rhymes with awesome.

This flattering shift to a classic style, however, is not without cost.

Gone are the guttural moans, replaced

by King Crimson croons, while Mastodon’s signature, damn-nearpatented riffage is almost non-existent here. The playing is acrobatic for sure, but this is an hour-long “Hearts Alive” without its “Blood and Thunder,” “Pendulous Skin” without a “Crystal Skull.” What made Mastodon’s prog tangents work so well were the monstrous riffs that surrounded them.

Without those, it loses context, and the album becomes a blur in its final movements. It’s a shame for an album so well written to feel so incomplete.

Crack the Skye is easily Mastodon’s greatest album, but not quite its best. It’s accomplished, literate, epic, everything it means to be, but

PRINCE LotusFlow3r / MPLSound / Elixer NPG Three new albums, all at once?

Prince, you’re the giving lover you always promised you were. Much of the guitar-heavy and cosmically minimal LotusFlow3r has a live feel, and rather than going it alone like he usually does, Prince here makes use of a top-notch backing band, including A-listers like Maceo Parker, Michael Bland and Greg Boyer. It’s a playful and frequently successful disc, with the sort of anything-goes spirit of a mid-’70s Funkadelic album.

The tight track “Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful” is a funky strut, while Steely Dan jazz chords and a heavy Hendrix influence litter the moonscape. A reverbed-out version of Tommy James & the Shondells’ “Crimson and Clover” doesn’t come close to Joan Jett’s take on the song, but it’s fun nonetheless. Ultimately, LotusFlow3r’s puzzling moments of genre experimentation (the Italian “77 Beverly Park” is out of place, though “Love Like Jazz” and its mellow HerbAlpert-conjuring samba oddly works) are offset by bouncy winners like “Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful.”

Prince handles all production and instrument duties on his next disc, and MPLSound opener “There’ll Never B Another Like Me” immediately summons 1987’s Sign o’ the Times, a return to the Minneapolis party funk of Prince’s club days with a little bit of narrative triviality not unlike R. Kelly.

“Chocolate Box,” with a guest spot from Q-Tip, is a high point of the disc, a heavy, funky dance track. And then

there’s the bewitching “Valentina,” written to Salma Hayek’s daughter, where Prince moans: “Tell your mama she should give me a call.” That omnipresent, charismatic libido is thrilling, and all the more curiously gleeful when held up against the cranky-old-funkster hectoring in the lively “Ol’ Skool Company” (the guy’s 50, after all) or his inevitable return to the Almighty (most of the tracks, at some point or another). “Better with Time” is a surprisingly mature, romantic ode to Prince’s Under the Cherry Moon costar Kristen Scott Thomas.

The third album in the set is Elixer, the studio debut of Prince’s new protégée Bria Valente, the latest in a predictable line: she’s foxy, racially ambiguous and overwhelmingly dull.

Prince’s production sometimes livens up the bedroom R&B tracks, but mostly Elixer is skippable, generic and inessential, an example of Prince’s generous but indulgent tendencies towards the prolific.

The whole three-disc bundle is available for less than $12 at Target stores or via a $77 subscription to Prince’s website www.lotusflow3r.com (you also get access to tons of videos that Prince has hoarded over the years, and a bunch of other stuff). That’s nothing out of the ordinary, though, for the idiosyncratic artist who’s so often both teased and satisfied, swinging seamlessly, frequently and always unexpectedly between thrift and bounty.

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Unfortunately, the track that is likely to receive the most attention, the “interpolation” of The Cure’s “Close to Me” rewritten here as “So Human” is also one of the weakest. This is not because it’s weakly played, but because it’s so unnecessary and feels like filler.

Conversely, the title track is one of the strongest. Sovereign takes control of a bass-heavy, rock-’n’-cello arrangement and relinquishes, to a large degree, her street urchin vocal styling.

She confidently handles the lyrics concerning, mundanely, a breakup.

Significantly, there’s nothing radical or strange about Lady Sovereign.

Although she’s a fine lyricist, her delivery does nothing to make a listener care about what she’s talking about. The album is a fine party or club record, and there’s a certainty she intended this, but it fails at delivering the gut punch that was promised.

Without sounding too sanguine about it, all of that is OK. I can take enjoyment from her dance beats and clever arrangements without caring to peer into her soul. Which is, apparently, exactly what I have done.

Gordon Lamb

Jigsaw Midget Records Lady Sovereign’s sophomore album is better than it’s supposed to be. Generally speaking, sophomore albums by gimmicky (e.g., side-ponytail, etc.) artists in marginalized genres tend to be weak replays. Jigsaw, on the contrary, is hooky, genre-crossing and features Lady Sovereign (born Louise Harman) branching out into singing.

In Limbo, Panto Domino

Voice of Saturn Terminal Doom

GAY AFRICA Without waxing too naïve, one of the best things about Athens music is the inclination and open-mindedness of artists to cross-pollinate with other artists and genres—to take chances, so to speak. And without riding their junk too much, no one is taking those chances, those big leaps, quite like the Dark Meat people.

Gay Africa is a few of them recording improvisational, Indian-influenced psychedelia when the mood strikes.

This CD-R, Pizzaze!, is a 20-minute set recorded at the 40 Watt in early 2008 featuring drums, trumpet, flute and guitar, and the mood that night was clearly way outside the cosmos and left-brained thought processes.

What begins as a pleasant, lumbering, flute-laden raga number goes full tilt at the eight-minute mark into a freejazz freak-out that gets the dog barking.

The trumpet blasts as the guitarist shreds, nay, slices, and in less than

With Southern metal maligned for so long, it’s great to see such an innovative (but not obsessively so), rip-roaring and excellent album from a band with its head clearly well attached to its shoulders. You’re gonna need to make sure of the same for all the headbanging this album brings.

Scott Reid

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a minute, it’s a 13th Floor Elevators psych-jam. Several minutes of this ensues before a second blast of steaming tea kettle free-jazz energy: more psych-rock, up and down, a pulsating noise wave, cresting continuously. The final three minutes are sparse, intermittent instrumentation, a cool down after the triathlon. What occurred cannot be replicated; it’s the way it should be.

Many in Athens may not see the appeal in improvisational exercises, but their existence keeps the collegetown music scene microcosm operating. And when others want to join up, inserting more influences and gobbling up lifetimes of experience, Athens will continue to release great music.

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Oh, damn. Ambition is the name of the game in modern metal, and Atlanta’s Zoroaster has it in spades.

The trio’s third album, Voice of Saturn, is epic in scope and accomplished in execution.

An ethereal minute-long intro kicks into the thunderous, down-tuned “Seeing the Dark,” and vocalists Brent Anderson and Will Fiore growl their throats raw before a lone piano plink leads the track into ambient doom.

The band’s previous full-length, Dog Magic, was often bogged down by experimentation and needless instrumentation, but Voice of Saturn is doom-metal with a capital “D.” To headbang as hard as this album deserves would require the Earth’s orbit to slow to an septuagenarian’s shuffle.

Most experimentation, as it is, is courtesy of an Atlanta-made synthesizer kit dubbed the Voice of Saturn.

It shouldn’t matter much, really, but to add to the album’s selling points, Brent Hinds of Mastodon contributes vocals and a guitar solo to “White Dwarf.” A strange but great solo it is. The piano, this time soothing, returns in closer “Lamen of the Master Therion.” What follows is four minutes and 20 seconds of silence to do whatever it is that needs to be done before some truly excellent tribal drumming with more tasteful synth noodling.

Although much of the music on this disc has been available for a couple of years now (through various singles and EPs; this being the “debut”), it is important that In Limbo, Panto be mentioned here if only in love for Athens, music mecca that it is.

We, in our open-heartedness, need not miss a good thing because of strange business activities. Yet had it not been for another of our planet’s indomitable musical representatives’ (the venerable Domino Records—current home of Animal Collective and Four Tet, among other innovative artists) signing of these lads, and the subsequent placement of their logo boldly upon the cover of an unusual-looking disc, this music might still be unduly obscure.

My deep appreciation for upperregister crooners like Morrissey and Jeff Buckley truly helped pave the way for these British youngsters’ journey from the streets of Kendal, UK to the center of my affection, but it wasn’t solely the rich tenor of singer/ guitarist Hayden Thorpe that commandeered my soul: this group plays pop music that unfolds like some funky Frankenstein built from Dirty Projectors-like weaving, arpeggiated guitar riffs and Whigs-esque dynamic percussion. The occasional guttural howl punctuates lyrics beautifully sung that find me without precedent for comparison—internal rhymes and ambiguous sexuality unify the disc under a banner of detached egoism and humor the band rightly recognizes is both a great strength as well as its “greatest vulnerability.” But that doesn’t mean In Limbo, Panto lacks; in fact, this is boldness. Originality is risky, but sometimes it pays off big.

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Secular Sounds Steeped in Faith “Hey there, brother, let me see your hand.”

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opening line like that, sung from a voice like Josh Wootton’s, is immediately arresting. It’s an invitation and a command, and it’s abstract. It’s at once open-ended and affable, but suggesting a specific, oblique intent. That’s how “Eleven and One,” one of the 10 tracks on Marriage’s third album, Ebenezer, begins, and it fits in pretty perfectly with the band’s duality of face-value straightforwardness and left-field mystical streak.

“Really one of the biggest things that shaped my writing was in high school. I took a creative writing class,” says Wootton in a Mississippi drawl. “And it helped me understand the idea of being, to me, anyway, provocative with what I write and not so transparent.” As thoughtful in conversation as he is in song, he continues: “I like to hear what kind of lines are interesting as far as how they interact with the music and what kind of emotion and reaction can be drawn from [that].” And that’s very much in step with Marriage’s modus operandi: the band can be confusing, but it’s always deliberate, no matter how radically it swerves and oscillates.

Marriage has oscillated plenty since arriving in Athens from Hattiesburg, MS in April of 2004. The group moved between severe dynamics—from its Melvins/Neurosis-inspired debut (packaged in between two thin pieces of wood, with a screw and bolt holding it together) to its haunted-house-acoustic follow-up (which was sewn into quilt-like fabric on all four sides—you needed scissors to get at the disc), and back into heavy volumes with Ebenezer. Marriage also expanded, recruiting bassist/multi-instrumentalist Ted Kuhn to bolster the original duo of Josh, who plays guitar and sings (and howls, and jokes, and croons and shrieks) and drummer Brent Blalock, he of the wild-eyed precision/power approach. They’d been everywhere at once and then, without warning, disappeared.

“In the last band we were in… I was just a dude in a band that sounded kind of like Mr. Bungle,” says Blalock. “And at that time, we were not happy with the standard rock and roll. And that’s the same aesthetic that carried on to Marriage, except we had God intervene in our lives and give us a new direction.” And that’s what may be the biggest twist in Marriage’s story: this band, weaned on Metallica and Danzig and studied in the fields of jazz and the avant-garde, is, in its own terms, absolutely a Christian rock band.

“If anybody at all is going to be reached by music, it’s going to have to be music that they like,” Blalock says. “And if it’s something that we make—a bizarre kind of rock and

roll—then there’s that opportunity for that person to have a chance to find out about Christ and not in a church setting.” The band’s faith-driven aesthetic is particularly surprising considering that its music is not meant as a grab-all, universally appealing “praise and worship” effort, and it isn’t a “Christian hardcore” band by any stretch of the imagination.

“When it comes down to it, we consider ourselves to be a very Christian band, but when it comes to music, we identify with secular music and bands a lot more,” Wootton admits.

But while the band’s message almost always relates to its faith, albeit in Wootton’s highly interpretive lyrical fashion, it avoids being pigeonholed or tagged as purely proselytizing because it’s less a giant yellow “JESUS: COMING SOON” billboard on Highway 316 and more an extension of who the three guys in the band are. “My lifestyle is one that tries to be worshipful,” says Kuhn. “And that derives from Romans 12 when it talks about living as a living sacrifice. It’s not like, ‘Well, we went to the service and we played for an hour and that was our worship.’”

The worshipful lifestyle of Wootton, Blalock and Kuhn has always been imbued in everything they do; it led the band from ambitious plans of widespread touring to an abrupt period of silence. “Best laid plans, you know?” laughs Wootton. “Those were our plans, but it turned out that, I don’t know how to say it…

God had other plans for us, and we ended up not playing for two years.” Their absence from the local music scene—resultant of a reluctance to perform at any venue that served alcohol—was surprising, but fruitful: “That’s where the acoustic album fit in,” says Blalock.

Now that Marriage has returned with Ebenezer in hand, it would behoove any fan of the weird and the loud to catch them in this period of live activity. The album—available digitally (bring an MP3 player to the album release show for a direct download)—frankly slays, all John Bonham kick drum and bizarre harmonic choices. Even now, new material is gestating, which the band mysteriously terms as theme- and mood-oriented. “We’re not trying to plan too far into the future,” says Wootton, “and right now our plans are: Every chance we get, every opportunity we have, we want to execute it excellently.”

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The Presidents of the United States of America

Serious Fun That Doesn’t Take Itself Too Seriously P eaches, kitties, tumor metaphors—these aren’t thought of as typical rock song fare of the ‘90s or of any decade.

However, for the humbly named Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA), objects—both average and offthe-wall—inspired one double-platinum and one gold record, numerous charting singles and a career that, though now semi-shrouded from the public eye and mainstream radio play, continues on today.

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For those who thought The Presidents called it quits shortly after their final release for Columbia, the 1998 rarities collection Pure Frosting, you were right …kinda. PUSA drummer Jason Finn explains that the band’s future was pretty much up in the air from late ’98 ‘til 2000.

“At that time, we were doing what we now call ‘taking a break,” says Finn. “We didn’t know what was going to happen after that. It was open-ended. We’d been too busy for too long and had lost perspective a bit. People gave us really good advice to just take a break for a while. Obviously, that didn’t last.”

For a trio whose cassette-only debut album ended up earning them a major-label deal, a couple of Grammy nods and the approval of TV cartoon patriarch Hank Hill, the surprise success was rewarding, but greatly unexpected.

Nobody in the band thought word of the selftitled album would venture far outside the group’s home of Seattle, much less make The Presidents a household name—thanks to its oddly instrumented songs heavy on self-deprecating humor and cranium-infiltrating hooks.

“Like every band that’s sold a bunch of records, you get attacked and called out for ‘selling out’ or being corporate or whatever,” says Finn. “My God, I don’t know who would listen to that first album and think we were in the basement going ‘This is our master plan! We’re gonna cash in on this one!’ We run a weird little show here, and I think the way we do it nowadays is much more how it was meant to be. We always felt like intruders who didn’t have an invite to the party but got in somehow. Like security was gonna come up at any moment and say, ‘Sir, I’m sorry, but your songs are really weird. You’re going to have to leave now.’”

Return to Power After getting back together in 2000, The Presidents quietly released Freaked Out and Small, their first full studio release since 1996’s Presidents II. By that time, at least a

dozen musical trends had come and gone, as had some of The Presidents’ casual fans who dug “that song about peaches” or “the one about the golf clubs” (“Toob Amplifier”). However, for those who really connected with the band and its oddball, anthemic garage rock, it was like the fellas were picking up where they left off—though without as many label commitments and a more relaxed touring schedule.

“The labels aren’t really as in-charge as they’d like to think,” quips Finn. “You’re always free to go, ‘Hey, we don’t wanna work anymore.’ If anything, the band had started being less of a priority for us. You try to say to yourself, ‘I’m taking time off, not gonna tour or whatever.’ But, the phone keeps ringing, and people keep asking you when you’re going to get back out there again.”

For original “guit-bassist” Dave Dederer, one of the founding Presidents, the reformed PUSA didn’t quite have the zing

of the original. Dederer kindly bowed out in 2004. “He just got tired of touring. Like a lot of people who become adults, he just didn’t want to live out of a suitcase anymore,” says Finn of his friend and former bandmate.

Bassist Andrew McKeag joined singer/bassitarist Chris Ballew and drummer Finn shortly thereafter and is still a sitting President. Dederer remains close with Finn and Ballew, even making the occasional guest appearance. “He’s still kind of around,” says Finn of Dederer. “We still have a lot of contact with him because he’s a big part of a lot of our catalog stuff and things like that. We’ve even had him up for guest spots.

But, he doesn’t like to stay up late, really. Plus, he’s allergic to a lot of food items, so he’s better off staying in Seattle, anyway. It all worked out best for everybody.”

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Good Times Abound The Presidents’ latest, 2008’s These Are Good Times, People, will be of interest to those who preferred the first PUSA album’s faultlessly catchy bug, animal and girl songs over the slightly beefed-up rock of follow-up PUSA II. It begins with Ballew singing of a “Mixed Up Son of a Bitch,” who happens to be a woman, and ends with “Deleter,” a hornaccompanied jaunt that bookends songs that cover French girls, ghosts and a thermonuclear double entendre.

The group’s spazz-elastic, bass-heavy sound is as sharp as ever, and Ballew continues to be a genuinely engaging narrator whether he’s up on love or singing, once more, about bugs. It’s pretty much business as usual, but who wants to hear these guys sing about politics or why their woman’s up and gone? In today’s musical climate, PUSA are the AC/DC of good-time rock bands that never take themselves too seriously.

The only remotely sad song from …Good Times, “Poor Turtle,” is actually about the famed, and recently stolen, “bassitar” (half guitar/half bass) that put the oomph in “Lump.” However, Finn says that the joke is actually on the culprits because the comfy old mutant bass was ready for the retirement shed, anyway.

“They thought they were getting away with something valuable, then opened up those cases to see busted up old Sears guitars that were only worth about 100 bucks a piece.

Whenever we play ‘Turtle’ now, we turn down the lights and offer anyone in the crowd that might have one of the guitars to bring it back, no questions asked. So far, no luck with that!”

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He digs it,” says Finn. “We’re at the end of a really long tour right now. Probably the longest sustained period we’ve done since the ‘90s. We’re in the middle of this Northeast swing right now and we’ll have a week off before we come back to the Southeast. I know that doesn’t sound like the most hectic schedule. A lot of bands work harder than that, but we don’t!”

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don’t miss OUR MUSIC EDITOR’S WEEKLY PICKS Before we dive into this week’s highlighted events, there are a few things I want to make sure you “don’t miss” at www.flagpole.com.

First of all, it’s time to start voting for the 2009 Flagpole Music Awards! The ballot is online now, and if your favorite band didn’t make it to our list of nominees, remember that there is a space to write in your vote in every category. We are also looking for your input for the next Flagpole Guide to Athens! Look for the “Guide Poll” on our site, and leave us your suggestions on your favorite activities in the Classic City. Finally, there is an online exclusive story on locally designed website www. gorankem.com. If you are a music nerd who loves over analyzing the work of your favorite artists, you can kill lots of time ranking their songs and exploring the site. There is definitely room for improvement, and your feedback is needed! For an invitation to Rank’em, see our story online for an access code.

Electa Villain: I’ve returned to this band’s MySpace many times this week to hear “Blue Lips.” These local rockers have an operatic frontman with a killer range and tons of

more traditional topics like representing their home town. Even when the pair gets more lyrically serious, like the references to crime and poverty in Chicago in “The Life Here,” the mood still manages to stay light. Just watch the music video for that track—as Kid Static says, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, “You’ll probably get almost killed,” Yea Big is out prancing about town in gym shorts and knee-high socks. Overall the duo is smart and playful with a quirky indie aesthetic that makes you smile, rap along and even bust a move. Also on the bill Saturday are the similarly talented but silly Pegasuses-XL and The Buddy System.

(Caledonia, Saturday 9) Little Country Giants: This Americana duo features Russell Cook on guitar and mandolin and Cameron Cook on upright bass, with both lending their vocals. Based in Oakman, GA (that’s a couple hours northwest of here, near Rome), Little Country Giants blend folk and bluegrass with classic country harmonies.

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Yea Big+Kid Static power. “Blue Lips” in particular sounds like sexy ‘70s classic rock as done by Muse. After some time away from the stage, it’s been exciting to see the trio get back into gear, with live shows happening about once a month so far in ‘09. (Caledonia, Wednesday 6)

a little bit of Loretta Lynn and Gram Parsons among their many influences. The duo at one time called both Athens and Atlanta home, so it’s fitting that they are celebrating the release of their new CD in both towns. (Little Kings Shuffle Club, Friday 8)

Shpongle: British group Shpongle is based around the core collaboration of Simon Posford and Raja Ram, but its full live shows often feature a colorful array of supporting musicians and dancers. Tonight Athens gets just a taste of that magic, with a solo DJ set from Posford. You can expect an electronic rainbow with ribbons of psychedelia, synth and South American flavor. I imagine all of the Theatre will be reverberating under the weight of pounding bass lines while the crowd is in a mystical trance, moved alternately by house beats and Latin guitars. It’ll be like a tropical rave! (Georgia Theatre, Thursday 7)

Mary Sigalas Trio: It’s Mother’s Day this Sunday! If your mama happens to be in town this weekend, consider taking her out to a special brunch at the Melting Point. There will be a buffet of deliciousness served on the patio, and she will certainly be impressed by the sweet and sassy jazz stylings of Mary Sigalas. Sigalas pays tribute to a diverse range of numbers from the 1920s through the ‘50s. Rand Lines will be joining Ms. Sigalas on piano and guitar. Both Sigalas (Baby’s Blue Swing Set) and Rand Lines are up for a Flagpole Music Award, by the way, so if you haven’t experienced much local jazz, this might be a nice introduction! (Melting Point, Sunday 10)

Yea Big+Kid Static: This nerdy, fun hiphop duo from Chicago has songs about things like Mega Man (hear that, Bit Brigade?) and

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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Deadline for getting listed in the calendar is every FRIDAY at 5 p.m. for the issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

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KIDSTUFF: Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Every Tuesday and Thursday elementary school-aged children meet in the lobby to read aloud and share thoughts about their favorite kids’ books. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-7955597 KIDSTUFF: Hooray for Worms Storytime (ACC Library) This week’s storytime at the library includes a visit from some recycling worms, a wormy craft and the showing of Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin. Ages 18 months to 5 years.

9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650 MEETINGS: Great Decisions Discussion Group (ACC Library) This library group meets every Tuesday through June 9 to discuss U.S. foreign policy and global issues. Space is limited. Please contact Jeff Tate to sign up. 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650, jtate@athenslibrary.org MEETINGS: Mommy Mingle (Young Harris United Methodist Church) Group for new and expecting moms. Meets first Tuesday of every month. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-549-6001 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature a general trivia night every Tuesday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com

EVENTS: Compost Bin Sale (ACC Solid Waste Department) Take waste reduction to the next level by purchasing a compost bin. All proceeds benefit Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful. 5–7 p.m. $45 each. 706613-3501 ART: Jewelry Show (Kaleidoscope—1072 Baxter Street) Presented by local jewelry artist Robin Weinrich. 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

706-613-9899 ART: Opening Reception (Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design) For “Seeking Symbiosis Between Markers and Maya: The Integration of Hand and Computer Graphics.” In the exhibit, local architectural illustrator Steven Arnold examines the divide that exists between hand graphics and computer graphics. 5–7 p.m. FREE! 706-542-8292 ART: Reception (ACC Library) For exhibit of artwork created by the seniors of the ACC Senior Center.

10:30–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650 KIDSTUFF: Hooray for Worms Storytime (ACC Library) This week’s storytime includes a visit from some recycling worms, a wormy craft and the showing of Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin.

Ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Spanish Storytime (ACC Library) Led by UGA student volunteers from the Department of

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Language and Literacy Education. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Make washable body paint. Ages 11–18. Space is limited. 4 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) This month the craft group works on knitting with skewers and toothpicks.

Newcomers welcome. 1–3 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 MEETINGS: Mindfulness Sitting Group (Mind Body Institute) Silent meditation every Wednesday. 12:30– 1 p.m. FREE! 706-475-7329 GAMES: Rock Star Game Night (Wild Wing Café) Try your luck as a virtual musician! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. www.wildwingcafe.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Play for prizes every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920

Thursday 7 EVENTS: Charity Wine and Focaccia Pairing (Earth Fare) Wine tasting will showcase four wines and how they pair with four different topped focaccia. Led by Chef Michael Perkins. Space is limited; call to reserve spot. 5:30 p.m. $15 suggested donation. 706227-1717

Cheri Wranosky’s artwork is at the Lyndon House Arts Center through May 9.

EVENTS: Thursday Night Throwdown (Red Eye Coffee) Friendly competition to bring together and create coffee community.

Anybody, whether a coffee professional or home barista, is welcome to participate in the coffee competition. Limited to 30 competitors. 7:30 p.m. $5. 706-369-6850 EVENTS: Totally Awesome Ball (The Melting Point) 100.1 The Bulldog hosts a night filled with all

the music, fashion and fun that made the ‘80s so rad. 7 p.m. www.meltingpointathens.com ART: Jewelry Show (Kaleidoscope—1072 Baxter Street) Presented by local jewelry artist Robin Weinrich. 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

706-613-9899 ART: Thursday Painters (Lyndon House Arts Center) Join members of the Athens Art Association for an afternoon of painting. Bring your own

paints and supplies. 12:30–3:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623 PERFORMANCE: Classic City Kings (Blur) Athens’ first and only drag king troupe performs live. Not to be missed! 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/blurathens KIDSTUFF: Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Every Tuesday and Thursday elementary school-aged children meet in the lobby to read aloud and share

Friday 8 EVENTS: Sacred Harp Singing (First United Methodist Church) Traditional shaped-note singing.

Songbooks available to borrow on site. Beginners welcome. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! 404-731-0162 EVENTS: Grady Fest (UGA Tate Center—Theater) Showcase honoring the best in student video production at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Brief awards ceremony follows. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.grady.uga.edu ART: Jewelry Show (Kaleidoscope—1072 Baxter Street) Presented by local jewelry artist Robin Weinrich. 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

706-613-9899 ART: Opening Reception (Oconee County Library) For “Home and Away: Fine Art Photography from the Athens/Oconee Area and the World,” an exhibition featuring work by Sally Ross. Meet the photographer, enjoy light refreshments and purchase photographic prints. 6:30–8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950, www.sallyrossphoto.com ART: Opening Reception (Monroe Art Guild) For “Project 365,” an exhibition featuring photography by Stephanie Roberts. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.monroeartguild.org ART: Reception (Lamar Dodd School of Art—Gallery 101 & 307) For BFA fabric design and jewelry exit show.

7–9 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Athens Symphony Pops Concert (The Classic Center) Featuring soloist Adam Frey on the euphonium.

Tickets are available in sets of four while supplies last. May 8–9, 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-357-4444 PERFORMANCE: The Cody Rivers Show (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) A kinetic and unpredictable comedy duo that pushes the envelope of dance, music and theatre. Latest show, “Meanwhile Everywhere,” uses unexpected juxtapositions to disarm audiences and lead them into absurd realms. 8 p.m. $10. calclements@yahoo.com, www. codyrivers.com* PERFORMANCE: Oconee Youth School of Performance Spring Showcase (The Classic Center) OYSP, named “Best Studio” four years in a row at the Access Broadway regional talent competition, presents its annual showcase.

The studio’s dance and musical theatre classes and companies perform. May 8–9, 7 p.m. May 9–10, 3:30 p.m. $18. 706-769-2667, www. oypoysp.com THEATRE: Trying to Matter (Historic Elbert Theatre) A mother fakes a heart attack in a desperate attempt to matter more in the lives of her family members. Mike Fernandez directs. May 8–9, 8 p.m. May 10, 2 p.m. $10 (advance), $15 (door).

706-283-1049 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. This month’s

themes include Mexico, Mother’s Day, elephants and author/illustrator Jan Brett. Ages 2–5. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 MEETINGS: Mindfulness Practice Group (Mind Body Institute) Meets the second Friday of every month.

5:30–6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-4757329 GAMES: Friendly Friday Night Checkmate (Red Eye Coffee) Bring a board and make a friend. Chess players of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels welcome. Game play lasts until closing. 5 p.m. Minimum purchase of $5. 706-369-6850

Saturday 9 EVENTS: Athens Farmers’ Market (Bishop Park) The first market day of 2009. Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Live music, cooking demos and educational classes, too. Every Saturday. 8 a.m.– 12 p.m. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Mother-Daughter Tea (T.R.R Cobb House) With special guest Ronda Rich: radio and TV personality, syndicated columnist and “Dixie Diva.” All proceeds benefit the Friends of Oconee Hill Cemetery for the restoration of the Cobb-Lumpkin Family Plot. RSVP. 2–4 p.m. $25.

706-369-3513 EVENTS: Woman Appreciation Event (Earth Fare) All-day event featuring massage, facials, chocolate tasting, truffle making, health and body care demos, aroma therapy and free gifts. FREE! 706-227-1717 ART: Opening Reception (Don Byram Art—Commerce) The Athens Photography Guild presents its 2009 juried exhibition. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-336-8080 PERFORMANCE: Athens Symphony Pops Concert (The Classic Center) Featuring soloist Adam Frey on the euphonium.

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thoughts about books. 4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Beginning readers in grades 1–4 read aloud to an aid dog. Trainer always present. 3:30–4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Beginning readers in grades 1–4 read aloud to an aid dog. Trainer always present.

Children should choose and supply their reading material for “Rover.”

3:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950 MEETINGS: Oconee Rivers Audubon Society (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Dr. Kevin Keel, a research scientist at UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine, presents a program about recent outbreaks of salmonellosis in backyard birds. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-9875

Opening day for 2009 at the Athens Farmers’ Market is this Saturday, and it should provide plenty of reasons to get up early. Last summer was this organization’s first market season, and it proved so popular that produce often sold out within two hours. This year, the market has expanded its offerings considerably, adding food vendors, freerange and local poultry, live music and a larger crafts section. Almost twice as many farmers will be selling produce, and they’ve increased their productivity and the amount they’ll bring to the market to meet the demand for locally grown food. (In other words, be sure to bring extra reusable bags for this year’s harvest.) Bishop Park is again the venue, and it will host the Farmers’ Market from 8 a.m. ’til noon each Saturday from May 9 through Nov. 14.

“Local and sustainable” is not only the guiding principle of the Athens Farmers’ Market, it’s also part of the official name of the nonprofit organization’s LLC. Farmers come from within a 100-mile radius of Athens, and all goods for sale will be homegrown and handmade. Local artists and craftspeople also adhere to these guidelines. Opening day will showcase even more diversity this year. Food vendors’ offerings include freshly brewed coffee by 1000 Faces Coffee (the local roaster of direct-trade beans), baked goods from Big City Bread Cafe and, for the first year, Daily Co-op, selling its addictive “sammies.” In addition to the numerous vegetable growers, the market’s organizers are pleased to welcome Nature’s Harmony Farms, a pasture-based sustainable farm in Elberton with free-range poultry and grass-fed beef. Live local music enhances the community spirit; acoustic, folk or bluegrass bands will play each week. This week, it’s Carl Lindberg and Friends at 8 a.m., and Grogus at 10 a.m. [Deb Chasteen]

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THE CALENDAR! while supplies last. May 8–9, 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-357-4444* PERFORMANCE: Drag Night (Blur) Every Saturday featuring music

by DJ Isaac M before and after the show. 9 p.m. $5. www.myspace. com/blurathens PERFORMANCE: Oconee Youth School of Performance Spring Showcase (The Classic Center) The studio’s dance and musical theatre classes and companies perform.

See May 8 Performance. May 8–9, 7 p.m. May 9–10, 3:30 p.m. $18. 706769-2667, www.oypoysp.com THEATRE: Trying to Matter (Historic Elbert Theatre) A mother fakes a heart attack in a desperate attempt to matter more in the lives of her family members. Mike Fernandez directs. May 8–9, 8 p.m. May 10, 2 p.m. $10 (advance), $15 (door).

706-283-1049 KIDSTUFF: Jam Up and Jelly Tight! (Flicker Theatre & Bar) This event will include kids dance music, games and snacks. 1–5 p.m. $2. www.myspace.com/flickerbar KIDSTUFF: Second Saturday Storytime (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join Center staff for nature stories. 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-6133615 KIDSTUFF: Spring Craft Daze (Sandy Creek Park) An afternoon of craft activities in tune with the season. Ages 5–12. Call to register.

3 p.m. $4. 706-613-3631 KIDSTUFF: Winnie the Pooh Stories and Theatre Games (ACC Library) Ben Reed from Rose of Athens Theatre reads Winnie the Pooh stories and plays theatre games. Children of all ages welcome. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Health Presentation (Earth Fare) Health kinesiology presentation. 2 p.m.

FREE! 706-227-1717

Sunday 10 EVENTS: Unnatural Causes (ACC Library) Film and discussion series focusing on the social and economic factors that shape disease concludes. Final episode, “Not Just a Paycheck,” explores how policies could make a difference in the lives of American workers in discouraging economic times. Panel discussion and light reception follow. 3 p.m.

FREE! 706-542-5788, jlevinso@ uga.edu ART: Opening Reception (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) For Ted Mikalsen photography exhibition. 1:30–3:30 p.m. FREE! 706542-1244 PERFORMANCE: Mother’s Day Concert (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) The Classic City Band performs a program of classical and contemporary music, marches and show tunes inside the tropical conservatory. Featuring soloists Tom Cooper on clarinet and Beth Baile and Alan Horne on flute. 3 p.m.

FREE! 706-542-1244 PERFORMANCE: Oconee Youth School of Performance Spring Showcase (The Classic Center) The studio’s dance and musical theatre classes and companies perform.

See May 8 Performance. May 8–9, 7 p.m. May 9–10, 3:30 p.m. $18. 706769-2667, www.oypoysp.com* THEATRE: Trying to Matter (Historic Elbert Theatre) A mother fakes a heart attack in a desperate attempt to matter more in the lives of her family members. Mike Fernandez directs. May 8–9, 8 p.m. May 10, 2 p.m. $10 (advance), $15 (door).

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MEETINGS: Circus Banquet (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) Practice circus skills, perform and jam with musicians. Every Sunday. 7 p.m. FREE! www.rubbersoulyoga.com GAMES: Full-Contact Trivia (Allen’s Bar & Grill) “The lord of all that is trivia,” Bobby Nettles, commutes from Duluth, GA to pick your brain. Sports-themed rules with diverse categories. 9 p.m. FREE! www. allensbarandgrill.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Wild Wing Café) Every Sunday at Wild Wing!

FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com

Monday 11 EVENTS: Monday Night Cupping (Red Eye Coffee) Explore a selection of single-origin, organic, eco-conscious coffees in a cupping led by a master taster. Coffee enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-369-6850 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) Bedtime stories. 7 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 GAMES: APA Pool (Alibi) Pool league events every Monday. 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-1010 GAMES: Ping Pong (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Get your paddle ready for a game of table tennis! 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar GAMES: Trivia (Taco Stand) Every Monday night at the downtown location. 9 p.m. www.thetacostand.com GAMES: Trivia (Transmetropolitan) New! Every Monday at the downtown location. Prizes include house money and passes to Terrapin Brewery.

9–11 p.m. 706-613-8773 GAMES: Trivia (Beef O’ Brady’s) Get a team together, order some burgers and test your knowledge of the trivial. Every Monday! 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916

Tuesday 12 EVENTS: Craft Beer Week Dinner (The Melting Point) Owen Ogletree hosts a beer dinner in celebration of American Craft Beer Week. Includes food courses and five of the best U.S. craft beers. All attendees get a Terrapin pint glass, free admission to Terrapin Tuesday Bluegrass after the dinner and Craft Beer Week literature. 6:30 p.m. $45. www.meltingpointathens.com* EVENTS: Pearl Gluck (ACC Library) The Athens Jewish Film Festival presents a special event with filmmaker Pearl Gluck introducing her first documentary feature, Divan.

In the film Gluck travels from her Hasidic community in Brooklyn to her roots in Hungary. 6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athensjff.org PERFORMANCE: “Singing Happily Ever After” (UGA Hodgson Hall) Presented by the Georgia Children’s Chorus. 7 p.m. $5. 706-542-8711* KIDSTUFF: Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Every Tuesday and Thursday elementary school-aged children meet in the lobby to read aloud and share thoughts about books. 4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) For children aged 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: AfricanAmerican Authors Book Club (ACC Library—Small Conference Room) This month members can read any book they choose and discuss with the group. Last meeting

until September. Newcomers welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Great Decisions Discussion Group (ACC Library) 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, jtate@ athenslibrary.org GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com

Wednesday 13 KIDSTUFF: Eatin’ with the Critters (Sandy Creek Nature Center—ENSAT) Bring a sack lunch for an hour of learning about “Past to Present.” For ages 3–5 with an adult. Call to register. 12:30 p.m. $0–$13 (scholarships available).

706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Spanish Storytime (ACC Library) 5 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) For ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Art Workshop with Keith L. Thurman.

The local artist talks about how he creates paintings and shares his techniques. Ages 11–18. Space is limited. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650.

MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) This month the craft group works on knitting with skewers and toothpicks.

Newcomers welcome. 1–3 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 MEETINGS: Mindfulness Sitting Group (Mind Body Institute) Silent meditation every Wednesday. 12:30– 1 p.m. FREE! 706-475-7329 GAMES: Rock Star Game Night (Wild Wing Café) Try your luck as a virtual musician! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. www.wildwingcafe.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

706-850-1916 GAMES: Stan’s Famous Trivia Nite (Alibi) Get a team together and test your knowledge of the trivial.

Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Play for prizes every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 * Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line EVENTS: Charity Dinner: The Foods of Peru 5/14 (Earth Fare) Chef Michael Perkins prepares a four-course Peruvian meal, with four different wines paired with each course. Proceeds benefit local non-profit Volunteer and Educational Network Peru. Space is limited; call to reserve a spot. 7 p.m. $20 suggested donation. 706-227-1717, www.venperu.org EVENTS: FARA Benefit Bash 5/15 (The Georgia Club—Statham) Dinner, drinks, auctions, raffles and music by the Dirk Howell Band.

Golf tournament at 1:30 p.m. Fee is $120 (includes entrance to evening’s event). Proceeds benefit FARA, a non-profit dedicated to helping treat and find a cure for Friedreich’s ataxia. 7 p.m. $60. 706-202-8241, www.benefitbash.org THEATRE: Winnie the Pooh (Seney-Stovall Chapel) Rose of Athens Theatre presents a stage adaptation of A.A. Milne’s classic stories. 7 p.m. $15 (adults), $10 (ages 25 & under). 706-340-9181, www.roseofathens.org*

ART: “Art on Wheels” 5/16 (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Join the Georgia Museum of Art’s collectors for a gala evening featuring a silent auction and several vehicles from the golden age of vintage automobiles. Proceeds benefit GMOA. RSVP. 6–8:30 p.m. $100, $175/ couple. 706-542-0830 EVENTS: Marigold Festival 5/16 (Downtown Winterville) All-day event featuring juried arts and craft vendors, games, demonstrations, food, music, an author’s corner, a children’s area and more. All proceeds go toward improvement projects in Winterville. 9 a.m.–8 p.m. FREE! www.cityofwinterville. com/marigold GAMES: Cornhole Competition 5/16 (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Single-elimination tournament with a trophy for the winners and t-shirts for all competitors. Benefits Mental Health America of Northeast Georgia. 7 p.m. $30/two-person team. 706-549-7888, www.fightthestigma.com PERFORMANCE: Effie’s Club Follies 5/16 (Blur) This local “slapstrip comedic burlesque” troupe combines the best elements of sketch comedy, musical theatre, drag and striptease. 9 p.m. $8 (21+), $10 (18+). 706-543-8283 THEATRE: Before the Bell Rings 5/16 (Morton Theatre) A substitute teacher and school custodian try to open the eyes of the students in a study hall class while forcing them to put on a black history program for the school. Presented by HWF Productions. Discounted tickets: $15 (children ages 7–12), FREE! (ages 6 & under). 7 p.m. $20 (advance), $25 (door). 706-613-3771* EVENTS: Farmer for a Day 5/17 (Roots Farm CSA—Winterville) Athens Locally Grown hosts first of six monthly tours highlighting the benefits of sustainable agricultural practices. Lunch provided.

Carpooling available. Limited space, email to register. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

FREE! farmerforaday@gmail.com EVENTS: Athens Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Banquet 5/18 (The Classic Center) Adults and students are recognized for their athletic accomplishments on high school, college and professional levels. 6 p.m. $35. 706-357-4444, www.classiccenter.com*

Mikulka, Jef Whatley and sometimes other guests. The tunes are more song oriented than the riff-based rock of Mother Jackson.

SYBRIS This psychedelic indie-pop band from Chicago, IL showcases the slow jams from its highly acclaimed latest album, Into the Trees, and more.

* Advance Tickets Available

Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com KARAOKE Every Tuesday night at the downtown wing chain’s upstairs space.

Live Music

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CARL LINDBERG Jazz bassist Carl Lindberg (Grogus, Squat, Kenosha Kid, etc.) performs standards, originals and some surprising tunes from divergent styles.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar CINCO DE MAYO WITH CLAY LEVERETT The Lona front man spins classic country and western.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B, and a whole lotta unexpected faves as DJ Mahogany dips into his enormous bag of goodies from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com NORTH GEORGIA BLUEGRASS BAND An eclectic blend of traditional and contemporary acoustic music. Part of Melting Point’s weekly bluegrass series, the Terrapin Tuesday Bluegrass Series.

Sideways 11 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ sidewaysbar DJRX Brian G. delivers his own original mixes of current pop and dance with accents in a special Cinco de Mayo session.

Tasty World 9 p.m.–2 a.m. FREE! www.tastyworld. net TASTY TUESDAY Now a weekly event hosted by Athens’ “Hip-Hop Ambassador” Mon2, the first Tuesday of every month features DJ Bulldawg Pup scratching and mixing old-school and contemporary hits, and an open mic for artists to perform, or producers to play tracks.

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Alibi 8 p.m.–12 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 DJ JOHN Country Rock DJ spins every Tuesday for Bike Nite.

40 Watt Club 10 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com* ANDY DAVIS Alternative pop songwriter with a soaring falsetto and piano-driven melodies.

PAUL SMITH Acoustic singer/songwriter from Gutyon, GA with a strong Christian message.

Blur 10 p.m.–2 a.m. FREE! www.myspace. com/blurathens CINCO DE MAYO Celebrate the Mexican holiday with DJ Machete.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com BAMBARA Citing both dreamy and aggressive bands as influences, this local band has a sound that is truly right in between—Slowdive-like atmospherics matched occasionally with Fugazi ferocity. This is the band’s farewell show before departing on its European tour.

SWEETBOX New local band featuring Paul McHugh, Jim Wilson and Richard Mikulka from Mother Jackson plus Jacob Morris, Kate

Alibi 8 p.m.–12 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 OPEN MIC JAM A call to any musicians out there—groups or solo performers—bring your instruments, gear and voices for an open jam!

Blur 10 p.m.–2 a.m. www.myspace.com/ blurathens DJ ANDYREDRUM Atlanta-based deejay spins his own groove of progressive house and trance music, emphasizing fluid mixes and dark, tribal beats. k continued on next page

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285 W. Washington St. Athens, GA • Call 706-549-7871 for Show Updates

CHEAP DRINK SPECIALS EVERY NIGHT BEFORE 11PM • 18 + UP

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6

ANDY DAVIS PAUL SMITH

doors open at 9pm • five dollars adv. **

FRIDAY, MAY 8

PRESIDENTS OF THE USA

DUSTY RHODES AND THE RIVER BAND CRUMBLING ARCHES doors open at 9pm • fifteen dollars adv. **

SATURDAY, MAY 9

THE WALKMEN KUROMA

doors open at 9pm • ten dollars adv. *

THURSDAY, MAY 14

VIGILANTES OF LOVE TIM EASTON TODD McBRIDE doors open at 9pm • five dollars * *

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Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com ELECTA VILLAIN With a soaring falsetto that’s equal parts Lennon and Buckley, local band Electa Villain offers a glam-infused blend of dramatic, high energy rock that only occasionally breaks for piano ballads.

IDIOT SLOWDOWN The band names Radiohead as a key influence, so the name is probably taken from the OK Computer closing song “The Tourist.” Sound-wise, though, Idiot Slowdown has more in common with the alternative rock found on Pablo Honey.

THE WARM FUZZIES Weezer fans should definitely pick up this local band’s deliciously scratch and sniffscented Bubblegum EP for a set of fun alternative rock numbers.

Farm 255 9 p.m. & 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255. com RAND LINES TRIO Jazz standards and originals from this trio led by Rand Lines, who also played in nowdefunct pop group Freeze Tag. He’s backed by bassist Jason Cheek and drummer Dennis Baraw.

Georgia Theatre 10 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com HIGHTIDE BLUES This Auburnbased modern Southern rock band delivers acoustic and electric guitars backed by a hard-hitting rhythm section.

RADIOLUCENT Local act that falls somewhere between bluesy Southern rock and the poppier side of alt-country.

Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1193 MILLIGAN Performing a set of cover songs from CSNY to Johnny Cash to Jack Johnson to Maroon 5, this band reworks both classic rockers and more recent hits.

Kingpins Bowl & Brew 8 p.m.–Midnight. www.kingpinsbowlandbrew.com NORMALTOWN KARAOKE Every Wednesday night in the Terrapin Grill and Tap Room.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub TREES ON FIRE Melodic pop that bounces over bubbly synth and staccato bass lines. This group isn’t afraid of world music, either, frequently adding eclectic instrumentation—from sax to accordion—into the fold.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com FREE LUNCH Dynamic jazz-oriented jam band with lots of funky slap bass, saxophone and fun sing-along melodies.

JAZZCHRONIC Local five-piece band JazzChronic explores freaky, funky, psychedelic fusion jazz while incorporating rock, R&B, heavy beats and more into the stew.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Every Wednesday.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net EUREKA CALIFORNIA Recently expanded from the solo project of Jake Ward to a full band, Eureka California is a local indie band

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influenced by American indie that sounds like British indie influenced

by American indie. Also, it rocks.

ONLY LIVING BOY This Jersey garage band plays ‘90s hard rock and alternative-influenced sets.

ROMANENKO Local trio draws from ‘70s pop and folk with a modern rock edge—like Mary Timony fronting the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

SOAPBAR Local group plays shaggy, diverse alt-rock informed by its lo-fi and folk peers.

Tasty Bar. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www. tastyworld.net KAOS House music every Wednesday!

Thursday 7 Alibi 9 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 “STAN’S ALMOST FAMOUS KARAOKE” Karaoke lady Lynn is your energetic host for the night.

Every Thursday.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com PASTOR OF MUPPETS Local Metallica cover band.

SUPERNAUT This Black Sabbath cover band features members of guitar-reverent local acts Maserati, Cinemechanica, Producto and 300 Cobras.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THAYER SARRANO Local singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist with lovely, airy vocals singing dark, gentle melodies over guitar while backed by lap steel, bass and drums.

Currently in residency at Farm.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar MELISSA COLBERT You’ve seen Colbert strut her stuff in local bands Creepy and Everybody Everybody.

Don’t miss her always energetic performances and rich, powerful vocals.

NANNY ISLAND New local band featuring SJ Ursrey and Shauna Greeson playing dreamy, tropical melodies.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $15 (adv), $20 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com DR. FAMEUS VS DJ DRIZNO Two DJs colaborate to lay down IDM beats sure to get everyone moving.

SHPONGLE Combining their computer geekdom with pseudo-mysticism, this UK electronica group cranks out strange ambient and trance music.

DJ TRIZ This DJ spins classic hiphop, dance and funk.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar “DR. FRED’S KARAOKE” Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers, every Thursday, following the live music.

Roadhouse 9:30 p.m. $2. 706-613-2324 CARLA LEFEVER Local hard-rocker Carla LeFever and her band play covers of AC/DC, Dio as well as some of her more “hard-grooving” and dancey originals in the same vein.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net JOKER Local modern hard rock band, plain and simple.

SONIA LEIGH Edgy folk-rock musician from Atlanta with a lot of soulful, raw energy in her smoky, power-

ful vocals. Fans of Melissa Etheridge will find a lot to love here.

LEVI LOWERY AND THE COMMUNITY HOUSE BAND Dacula-dweller Levi Lowery and his band churn out blues-inflected electric stomps, harmonica-wailing sadsack ballads and fiddle-bouncing campfire country in roughly equal parts, highlighted by honeysuckle harmonies.

Terrapin 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com HILLS ROLLING DIY psychedelic pop-rock from Atlanta singer-songwriter Trey McGriff.

Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com JUSTIN BROGDON Rock vet Justin Brogdon puts a lot of Southern soul into his epic songs—drawing from artists like The Black Crowes and Tom Petty. His all-American sound owes a lot to his all-star backing band: drummer Carlton Owens (Squat); bassist Stephen Spivey (Tishamingo); keyboardist/guitarist Jess Franklin (Tishamingo); and lead guitarist Benji Shanks (Last Waltz Ensemble).

Friday 8 283 Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 IMMUZIKATION “Kickin’ graduation party for Courtney Albert and friends.” Local deejay Immuzikation is Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. He just wants you to know that “he mixes music together.”

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $15 (adv). www.40watt.com CRUMBLING ARCHES Melodic rock from Atlanta/Athens with a passion

Friday & Saturday, May 8 & 9

Colt Ford Georgia Theatre Colt Ford is really just a big ol’ Southern teddy bear. He’s got an inviting personality, and his songs are filled with humor and celebration. It’s no wonder the kids like him. Even if he sings (or, more accurately, raps) about late-night drinking, rowdy tailgate parties and trailer trash, it’s all delivered with a smile on his face and self-effacing sincerity.

When Ford, born and raised here in Athens, had a CD signing at Wal-Mart back in January, the lines were long and packed with young fans eager to meet and greet the rising country star.

According to Georgia Theatre owner Wilmot Greene, that event was the inspiration for booking an all-ages show. “We had already discussed doing two shows, Friday and Saturday nights, so an all-ages matinee just seemed appropriate,” says Greene. “We have never done [a matinee show] before, at least not in the last five years, so we are not really sure what to expect. The plan is to have one bar be the parents’ bar and one bar be the kiddie bar. At the the kiddie bar we plan to sell Shirley Temples, soft drinks, glow sticks and candy.” There will be three concerts total, a 9 p.m. show on Friday, the kid-friendly 1 p.m. show on Saturday and a 9 p.m. gig later that night.

Athens is just glad to have Ford back home, and safe and sound at that. Just a couple of weeks back, a tour bus carrying his band and crew blew a tire outside of Atlanta on the way home from Florida where they played with Jamey Johnson and Montgomery Gentry. The driver lost control, and the bus weaved across traffic before crashing in the median. Luckily nobody on board was seriously hurt, and the double-header Colt Ford weekend will go on as scheduled. [Michelle Gilzenrat]

for theater, over-the-top vocals, concept albums, big guitars and electronic flourishes.

DUSTY RHODES AND THE RIVER BAND Symphonic, high-energy anthems that draw on a vast range of influences—from prog rock to bluegrass—delivered with lots of heart and invigorating energy.

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA This band’s sound has greatly evolved since its novelty band heyday in the mid-’90s.

No longer singing about “lumps” in their heads, the band now delves into variations of the punk-pop genre. See story p. 20.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 TURNSTILE This Atlanta cover band plays synth-aided renditions from ‘70s rock to ‘90s alternative.

Allen’s Bar & Grill 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill. com THE BORDER LIONS Rock and roll trio that plays ‘70s-inspired songs, with styles ranging from beachy to bluesy.

Blur 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/blurathens FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY DJ Shin[y] spins an eclectic mix of danceable favorites.

Caledonia Lounge EARLY SHOW! 8 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com HENRY BARBE The next generation of local rockers debuts tonight as David Barbe’s son prepares for his first solo show.

DAVID BARBE AND THE QUICK HOOKS Legendary local producer David Barbe (R.E.M., Son Volt, Truckers, etc.) and his band will have a unique set tonight, having to play their sludgy, psychedelic blues without drummer Kyle Spence, who is out touring with Harvey Milk.

Ciné Barcafé 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.athenscine.com LAZER/WÜLF This local avant-metal trio mixes in prog, thrash, and more eclectic influences into its highenergy instrumental numbers.

MARRIAGE Truly unclassifiable local Christian sludge-rock trio will release its third, untitled album tonight! See story on p. 19.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com MASS SOLO REVOLT Noisy, angular post-punk based here in town and influenced by acts like Pavement and Built to Spill.

POMEGRANATES Cincinnati’s indie outfit Pomegranates plays edgy dream-pop led by female vocals.

WYE OAK This Baltimore indie band integrates straightforward acoustic instruments such as mandolin and banjo into its experimental vocal harmonies and noisy, distorted guitar-driven sound.

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 SOUTHERN SOUL Lively rock, funk and new covers plus originals.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar DANIEL LAWSON The singer and guitarist from Venice Is Sinking plays a solo set.

JEREMY WHEATLEY You may have seen Jeremy Wheatley perform as a member of Tin Cup Prophette, The Low Lows and Je Suis France, but tonight is a special solo performance.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com* COLT FORD A little bit country, a little bit… rap. Somehow Ford makes this unusual pairing of genres sound natural with his Southern charm and urban style. It’s not often you get to hear a bit of fiddlin’ between rap verses. First of three shows at the Theatre this weekend. See Calendar Pick p. 26.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DANCE OFF! Host DJs Mahogany and MB invite you and your crew to bring your tunes, your costumes and your best moves to compete for the title of “Best Dancer/Crew in the Classic City!” The crowd will determine the victor. Get there early to sign up, and if you want to dance to a specific jam bring a CD-R. J.R.’s Baitshack 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-208-9100 BEATLES FOR SALE Local musician Ryan Monahan has assembled this new Beatles tribute band. The lads will perform pre-’67 Beatles tunes on authentic instruments and dressed in authentic mod garb. Fab! Kingpins Bowl & Brew Happy Hour. 5 p.m. FREE! www.kingpinsbowlandbrew.com BILLIE DAVIS & CLARKE COUNTY LINE Classic country covers.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingshuffleclub LITTLE COUNTRY GIANTS Stellar old-time folk, country and blues from Rome. CD release party!

Madison County Library 7 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 MARION MONTGOMERY Traditional blues singer and slide/steel guitarist extraordinaire.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* DROMEDARY QUARTET Featuring Rob McMaken of the jazz collective Kenosha Kid, this quartet democratically culls from Eastern European, West African and other wide-ranging world influences for transporting acoustic interplay.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE DANCE PARTY Lynn hosts Karaoke and dance this Friday!

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens GRANT MITCHELL & FRIENDS The former WILX lead guitarist debuts a set of originals.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net GUFF This non-stop local punk quartet’s style harkens back to the Lookout Records sound of about a decade-and-a-half ago, with a sense of fun amid the noise.

SO IT GOES Socially conscious punk rock band that infuses elements of Spanish rock, folk and ska.

THUNDERCHIEF Punk influenced by classic rock.

WRISTBANDITS Energetic teen-poppunk trio rocking out in the vein of Millencolin or NOFX. Terrapin 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com KEN WILL MORTON AND ANDREW VICKERY Athens’ own Ken Will Morton is an engaging songwriter and performer. His soulful rasp captures the rough and k continued on page 29

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Give the Gift of Spa to Grads & Moms

Eat. Drink. Listen Closely.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6

FREE LUNCH

with JAZZCHRONIC

$5 at the door • Music starts at 8:30pm

THURSDAY, MAY 7

100.1 The Bulldog’s

TOTALLY AWESOME BALL

Listen to 100.1 The Bulldog to win tickets or find us as we drop tickets around town.

Hang on to that ticket because it could score you $1,000 in cash from Papa John’s the night of the Ball.

FRIDAY, MAY 8

World Music Masters

DROMEDARY QUARTET Tickets $10 adv • $12 at the door

SATURDAY, MAY 9

Bluesy Southern Rockers

THE RATTLERS Tickets $5

Join us earlier from 3–6pm • Free

JUSTIN BROGDON SUNDAY, MAY 10

MARY SIGALAS TRIO

Music at 7:30pm • FREE Show!

Craft Beer Week

MULTI-COURSE BEER DINNER

Beers will include a special cask of Terrapin’s new 90 Shelling Scotch Ale on dark oak and the best offerings from Stone, Bell’s, Sweetwater and Dogfish Head! Four passes to the coveted 2009 Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting will be given away and all attendees get a free Terrapin pint glass, free admission to Terrapin Tuesday Bluegrass after the dinner and Craft Beer Week literature. All this for only $45+ Tax & Tip.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13

FOUNDER & THE INVISIBLES

with THE INTERNS

Tickets $5 adv. • $5 at the door

THURSDAY, MAY 14

Monthly Jazz Spotlight

CACHAÇA

SATURDAY, MAY 16

Tickets $8 adv. • $10 at the door

TUESDAY, JUNE 2

Tickets $30 adv. • $35 at the door

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

COMING SOON 5/28 - Athens 441 taping with DEAD CONFEDERATE 5/29 - STRAWBERRY FLATS 6/2 - Evening with LITTLE FEAT 6/6 - A night of blues featuring DELTA MOON with EG KIGHT

All doors at 6pm and all shows 18 + up. Bring in this ad for 2 for 1 admission!

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Terrapin Tuesday

BLUEGRASS SERIES

$3 All the time • Every Tuesday 7-10pm

$2 TERRAPINS

(India Brown Ale, Rye Pale Ale, Golden Ale & Sunray Wheat) WE PROUDLY POUR TERRAPIN’S SIDE PROJECTS MONK’S REVENGE & WAKE AND BAKE. LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF

MAY 5 THE NORTH GEORGIA BLUEGRASS BAND MAY 12 SMOKEY’S FARMLAND BAND MAY 19 THE MUDFLAPJACKS MAY 26 THE DROVERS OLD TIME MEDICINE SHOW

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Annual

Mother’s Day Buffet

Join us again this year for our Mother’s Day Celebration complete with all of your favorites!

Seatings will be from 11:30am until 3pm with live jazz with the Mary Sigalas Trio.

Sunday, May 10th $29.50 for adults $12.00 for kids under 12 FREE for kids 5 & under tax & gratuity not included

Freshly Mixed Spring Greens, Cherry Tomatoes, Bleu Cheese, Croutons, Greek Olives, Carrots, Onions presented with Trio of Dressings & Vinaigrettes

Fresh Fruit Display

Sliced Melons and Pineapple, Berries, Bananas, Blood Oranges, Apples & Pears

LITTLE FEAT

5/20 - John Straw’s Wednesday Blues featuring BILL LUPKIN 5/21 - BRANDI CARLILE - SOLD OUT 5/22 - Totally 80s Party with THE HIGHBALLS 5/23 - RICK FOWLER BAND 5/24 - All Ages Show with TEALVOX 5/27 - THE INCREDIBLE SANDWICH w/ LINGO

Bring your friends and family to celebrate with us Saturday night with

Spring Salad Station

Music at 7:30pm • FREE Show!

THE BIG DADDY’S BAND

706.425.9700

Celebrate Graduation! Saturday, March 9 FREE Show from 3-6 Lunch Reservations Welcome

MONDAY, MAY 11

TUESDAY, MAY 12

At Foundry Park Inn

JUSTIN BROGDON

11:30am-3:30pm - Call 706-549-7020 to make your reservation now!

Buffet Brunch including desserts, pork loin, seafood & more $29.50 for adults, $12 for kids under 12 and free for kids 5 + under

KIDS’ HOOT

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on the patio at the Melting Point

Mother’s Day Jazz Brunch at the Foundry Park Inn featuring

Annual

Ask about our Mother/Daughter May Specials

Carving Station

House Smoked Turkey with Country Gravy Honey & Orange Glazed Ham with Homemade Yeast Rolls & Whipped Butter

The Main Buffet

Chicken Supreme with Champagne Caper Sauce Dijon Mustard Crusted Boneless Pork Loin with Tarragon Brandy Sauce Seafood Newburg with Pearl Onions and Saffron Basmati Rice Rosemary & Butter Poached New Potatoes Mom’s Lasagna with Basil Pesto and Marinara Sauce Sweet Corn & Lima Beans Succotash Sauteed Carrots & Peas

Sweet Endings

Key Lime Pies, New York Cheesecake, Chocolate Cakes Chef Martin’s Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding with English Creme Vanilla Custard with Angel Cake & Strawberries in Martini Glass

for reservations please call

706.549.7020 295 E. DOUGHERTY ST. www.foundryparkinn.com

THE CALENDAR! tumble rock edge of Springsteen and the keen lyricism of Dylan. A fresh young gem in the folk scene, Vickery plays acoustic songs on guitar and harmonica.

Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com RESERVOIR DOGS Four-piece cover band handling a wide range of classic rock anthems, alternative rock staples and some R.E.M. for good measure.

WUGA 91.7 FM 4 p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org “IT’S FRIDAY!” Mad Whiskey Grin will perform on the local radio station’s weekly program. University Cable Channel 15 will also broadcast the show.

Saturday 9 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $10 (adv). www.40watt.com* KUROMA Hank Sullivant’s band, now featuring Alfredo Lapuz, Joaquin

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Squat, Kenosha Kid, etc.) performs standards, originals and some surprising tunes from divergent musical styles.

Blur 9 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/blurathens DJ ISAAC M Spinning dance music before and after Drag Night.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE BUDDY SYSTEM Local group that features the adorable projected animation of Lauren Gregg’s illustrations along with the gently grooving indie-pop tunes delivered by Kindercore stalwarts.

PEGASUSES-XL Absolutely huge electro-doom featuring the entirety of We vs. the Shark and local producer Joel Hastat. These local smartasses blend the lines between rock, rap and unhinged sonic experimentation.

YEA BIG+KID STATIC Fun spirited hip-hop duo from Chicago.

HENRY FLOWER Trey Fowke, the lead vocalist and guitarist from Night Nurses, performs a solo show under the moniker Henry Flower.

Georgia Theatre 1 p.m. (all ages) & 9 p.m. (18+). $15. www.georgiatheatre.com* COLT FORD A little bit country, a little bit… rap. Somehow Ford makes this unusual pairing of genres sound natural with his Southern charm and urban style. It’s not often you get to hear a bit of fiddlin’ between rap verses. See Calendar Pick on p. 26.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar “LATE NITE DISCO” The house deejay and occasional special guests spin a cool mix of disco, New Wave and modern dance tunes for a sweaty and energetic closing-time crowd. Dance party begins after the live music. Every Saturday.

THE MATT KURZ ONE One-man rock machine Matt Kurz literally plays drums, keyboard, guitar and bass, by himself, and all at the same time. Expect an eclectic mix of garage rock stomps and some bluesy croons.

Jess Franklin (Tishamingo); and lead guitarist Benji Shanks (Last Waltz Ensemble).

8 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com THE RATTLERS This four-piece Southern rock band continues to build an impressive local following as its sound has evolved from straight blues to edgier rock.

Blazing guitar solos call to mind acts like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joe Bonamassa.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 MIKE WATSON A solo artist from Georgia, Mike Watson sings and plays the blues.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens YANKEE SLICKERS Blues rock jams delivered with good bit of twang.

Terrapin 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com JANGO MONKEY Folk vocals with quirky lyrics offset this Atlanta band’s proggy classic rock-inspired instrumentation. It’s “indie rock meets thinking man’s jam.”

Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com STEVE SHULER Singer-songwriter with a tremendous vocal range who plays creative yet poppy songs with an Americana feel.

Sunday 10 The Melting Point Mother’s Day Brunch. 11:30 a.m. $29.50 (12+), $12 (under 12). www. meltingpointathens.com* MARY SIGALAS TRIO Vocalist Mary Sigalas pulls out all the stops in this classic jazz, swing and blues band.

This Mother’s Day show features members of Rand Lines Trio on piano and guitar.

Buy Smart • Buy Used

Monday 11 Hightide Blues will play the Georgia Theatre on Wednesday, May 6.

Cotler and Nick Robbins, has a big rock sound, fueled by Queen-esque guitar solos, dreamy vocals and an affinity for stage theatrics. See story p. 15.

THE WALKMEN With the release of their fifth album, The Walkmen have taken a less straightforward rock approach, opting for a more atmospheric guitar sound and hesitant, often drowned-out vocals. See Calendar Pick.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 51 RISING The Southern rock threepiece based out of Hartwell plays a blend of blues, rock and country.

Allen’s Bar & Grill 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill. com BLACK ACRE Elijah bassist Tyler Lathem lends his funk grooves to this new jazzy blues outfit.

The Athens Farmers Market 10 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net GROGUS The local and long-running Grogus ensemble plays jazz and salsa accentuated with reggae, hiphop and Afro-Cuban styles.

8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net CARL LINDBERG AND FRIENDS Jazz bassist Carl Lindberg (Grogus,

Farm 255 11 p.m. $5. www.farm255.com GASLIGHT STREET Tightly arranged, soulful blues-rock from Charleston with strong vocals, swirling Wurlitzer and an appreciation for rootsy Americana.

WILX Local rock band with alternative and grunge roots, soaked in Southern styling. The band’s interactive live show tends to be more progressive or jam-based than the recordings.

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 DIAMONDBACK South Georgia/North Florida band Diamondback has spent years touring the area, spreading its Southern biker sound.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar WILLIAM BLACKART Folk singersongwriter from Arkansas inspired by “gravel and bourbon and hope and despair.”

WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN A Postwar Drama guitarist and singer plays a solo show.

ADAM FAUCETT This acoustic folk artist from Little Rock sings with great passion and emotion, his lyrics replete with well-crafted metaphor and imagery. He takes his cues from artists as diverse as Tim Buckley and Lou Reed.

TWIN TIGERS Loud and lush at the same time, this local rock bands combines jarring guitar riffs with sweeping melodies and heavy percussion.

Las Conchitas Caliente Metal & Punk Night. 9 p.m. $6. 706353-2500 THE FACT Latino punk rock based here in Athens.

STYGIAN APOTHEGM Local fourpiece that creates heavy-ass stonermetal in leather pants, drawing on bands like Pantera and Opeth for ideas.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B, and a whole lotta unexpected faves as DJ Mahogany dips into his bag of goodies from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s.

The Melting Point 3–6 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens.com JUSTIN BROGDON Rock vet Justin Brogdon puts a lot of Southern soul into his epic songs—drawing from artists like The Black Crowes and Tom Petty. His all-American sound owes a lot to his all-star backing band: drummer Carlton Owens (Squat); bassist Stephen Spivey (Tishamingo); keyboardist/guitarist

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com DARSOMBRA Brian Daniloski, former guitarist of Meatjack, takes a heavy approach to ambient noise. If you like the more atmospheric haze of bands like Harvey Milk, you’ll probably dig this solo project.

HOT BREATH Thrash trio featuring members of Garbage Island and S.V.A. STINKING LIZAVETA Instrumental power trio known for its dynamic live show and eclectic style of music that incorporates post-rock, metal, sludge, prog, stoner and doom with jazz stylings and Eastern influences.

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Ciné Barcafé 7–10 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com OPEN JAZZ JAM Calling all jazz musicians. Now you can join local jazz group Sonny Got Blue every Monday for an open mic jam.

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 NATHAN SHEPPARD The local acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is known for his emotive singing style and his modern reworkings of classic tunes, from Dylan and Neil Young to Van Morrison.

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THE CALENDAR! Society, this event features promising young entertainers just getting their start on stage.

Rye Bar 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens OPEN MIC Every Monday night! Sign up between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. to join in.

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Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net CANDY MALDONADO Local indie experimental band that is a bit “bonkers, dude!” Celebrating the release of its debut EP tonight. See Upstart Roundup on p. 16 for more information.

DAFFODIL Trio Daffodil—Derek Wiggs, Zack Kennedy and Max Talkovich—plays fuzzed-out, early’90s sounding heavy rock and roll originals.

RAT BABIES Athens duo Rat Babies plays hit-you-in-the-gut dirt metal, care of Mux on bass, Chodd on drums, and an assortment of other collaborators.

UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES New politically minded band featuring members of metal/punk acts Damnesia, Social Awareness, Orchestra of Broken Toys and Jesus Christler.

Tuesday 12 Alibi 8 p.m.–12 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 DJ JOHN Country Rock DJ spins every Tuesday for Bike Nite.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com SMOKEY’S FARMLAND BAND This Atlanta band plays a fun mixture of bluegrass, funk, reggae, Eastern European tunes and even some acoustic jazz.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net ASHUTTO MIRRA New alternative rock quartet featuring members of The Revival. See Upstart Roundup p. 16.

THE HUMMS Local act plays what’s been described as “Happy Hippie Horror Rock.” Imagine the sunny side of ‘60s garage rock tainted lyrically by mischievousness and a quirky flirtation with evil.

SUBURBAN SOUL Funk- and soulinfluenced acoustic rock, incorporating both sung and breathy spoken/ rap vocals care of Andy Greene Ball.

“Singing along and dancing while consuming spirits and smoking herb” is what this Athens four-piece is “all about,” so says its MySpace blog.

SUNSET SOUNDTRACK Manipulated yet poppy vocals overlay this local indie band’s trance synth and guitar-driven math rock sound. This band used to be called That’s What She Said.

Tasty Bar downstairs. 9 p.m.–2 a.m.

FREE! www.tastyworld.net TASTY TUESDAY Now a weekly event hosted by Athens’ “HipHop Ambassador” Mon2, the second Tuesday of every month features DJ Chief Rocka mixing Golden Era, reggae and his own exclusive jams, plus an original song battle for artists to try for a cash prize.

Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com KARAOKE Every Tuesday night at the downtown wing chain’s upstairs space.

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Wednesday 13 Alibi 8 p.m.–12 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 OPEN MIC JAM A call to any musicians out there—groups or solo performers—bring your instruments, gear and voices for an open jam!

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com BON VIVANTS Lo-fi psych-folk from Atlanta with lots of jingle and jangle influenced by people like Syd Barrett and The Modern Lovers.

ECHO CANYON Local trio of Jim Wilson, Chuck Bradburn and Craig Lieske plays experimental music that is playful yet demanding with an other-worldly, delicate feel that evolves into metal power.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar BLUE STOCKINGS It’s been a couple years since this folk-tinged rock trio has hit the Athens stage.

HIGH STRUNG Ramblin’, upbeat, bluesy folk on acoustic guitar and mandolin.

Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1193 NAPOLEON SOLO This multitasking one-man rock band handles it all.

Kingpins Bowl & Brew 8 p.m.–Midnight. www.kingpinsbowlandbrew.com NORMALTOWN KARAOKE Every Wednesday night in the Terrapin Grill and Tap Room.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com* FOUNDER & THE INVISIBLES Local singer-songwriter and UGA students Drew Dixon’s band accompanies his John Mayer-like vocals with blues and soul-inspired arrangements.

THE INTERNS New local band that shares several members with Futurebirds. Look for their debut record soon.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Every Wednesday.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $12. www.tastyworld.net* DARK MEAT Super group of 10+ members playing psychedelic garage-rock rave-ups ranging from the tight and efficient to the expansively sprawling, drawing inspiration from free-jazz, punk and showboating funk.

GHOST This Tokyo band’s improvisation-heavy experimental music promises to be a “Japan psychexperience.”

MAGIK MARKERS Connecticutbased noise rock band Magik Markers experiments with grungy drone sounds against singer-guitarist Elisa Ambrogio’s haunting vocals.

Tasty Bar. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www. tastyworld.net KAOS House music every Wednesday! * Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line 5/14 Tim Easton / Todd McBride / Vigilantes of Love (40 Watt Club) 5/14 Slow Claw (Borders Books & Music)

5/14 Dusty Lightswitch (Caledonia Lounge) 5/14 Blueground Undergrass / Curley Maple / Stop Drop and Roll (Georgia Theatre) 5/14 JazzChronic (No Where Bar) 5/14 Great Society / Kochis / Misfortune 500 / The Warm Fuzzies (Tasty World) 5/14 TwentyNine (Terrapin) 5/14 Cachaça (The Melting Point) 5/15 Grains of Sand (Alibi) 5/15 Alexis Gideon / Shelley Short / Spirit of the Falcon-XL (Ciné Barcafé) 5/15 The Planet Riders (Fat Daddy’s) 5/15 Lucy Wainwright Roche / Sea of Dogs (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 5/15 Bloodkin / Heavy Feathers (Georgia Theatre) 5/15 American Cheeseburger / Crude / Unit 21 / Worlds (Go Bar) 5/15 Blues to Fight the Blues (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 5/15 The Garnet River Gals (Madison County Library) 5/15 Firework Child / The Humms / Owlphabet / Warren Steele Stylee (Rye Bar) 5/15 Brave New Citizen / Holy Liars / The Quick Hooks (Tasty World) 5/15 Samurai Trout (Terrapin) 5/15 DJ Speedy / Three 7s (The Office Lounge) 5/15 Deepstep (Wild Wing Café) 5/16 DJ Triz (Rye Bar) 5/16 Brue Crue (Allen’s Bar & Grill) 5/16 Dr. Ian Johnson (Borders Books & Music) 5/16 Half Dozen Brass Band / One L (Farm 255) 5/16 Betsy Franke and the Bare Knuckle Band (Fat Daddy’s) 5/16 Peter Erchick / Heather Heyn / Moths (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 5/16 Caroline Aiken (Georgia Theatre) 5/16 Super Lucky Cat (Terrapin) 5/16 Big Daddy’s Band (The Melting Point)* 5/16 Big Don Band (Wild Wing Café) 5/18 Nathan Sheppard (Fat Daddy’s) 5/19 Karaoke (Wild Wing Café) 5/19 Tasty Tuesday (Tasty World) 5/19 The Mudflapjacks (The Melting Point) 5/20 Kaos (Tasty World) 5/20 The R.I.B.S. (Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill) 5/20 Bill Lupkin (The Melting Point)* 5/21 Duke Fame (RPM) 5/21 Brandi Carlile (The Melting Point) 5/21 Justin Brogdon (Wild Wing Café) 5/22 Burning Nova / Lullwater / Sequoyah Prep School (40 Watt Club) 5/22 Clarke County Line (Allen’s Bar & Grill) 5/22 Ten Toes Up (Rye Bar) 5/22 Dead Stick Landing (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/22 The Highballs (The Melting Point) 5/22 Josh Ray (Wild Wing Café) 5/23 Birds+Wire / Hope for Agoldensummer (40 Watt Club) 5/23 Ram Jam Battle of the Bands (Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School) 5/23 Harp Unstrung (Terrapin) 5/23 Rick Fowler Band (The Melting Point) 5/23 Burning Nova (Wild Wing Café) 5/24 Teal Vox (The Melting Point) 5/25 Packway Handle Band (Ashford Manor) 5/26 Chrissakes / Thrones (Caledonia Lounge) 5/26 Tasty Tuesday (Tasty World) 5/26 The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show (The Melting Point) 5/27 Low End Honey / Uncle Lucius (Tasty World)

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Saturday, May 9

The Walkmen, Kuroma 40 Watt Club Sucking a beer and still uncertain about the story that would fill this box, a muse found me: A girl I had once seen wearing a powder blue corset sidled The Walkmen up to the bar and became envious when I explained the mission: Share The Walkmen with Flagpole readers. She gushed about one of the band’s songs she received on a mix-tape back circa 2002. The title eluded her, but she agreed that the track in question had a Roy Orbison vibe. Thank you Walkmen, for making me interesting in the mind of the corset girl. It’s too early to book the New-York-City-based five-piece for the wedding reception, but I’ll keep them in mind.

The Walkmen are on the road supporting Kings of Leon, but the 40 Watt gig is a headlining slot that’ll provide the group an opportunity to stretch its legs a bit. “We really look forward to the shows we’re headlining,” says lead singer Hamilton Leithauser via phone from sound check in Norfolk, VA. “We’ve got some new songs, five or six, and we really haven’t had an opportunity to play them. With the short sets’ time constraints, [receiving top-billing] is a more rewarding feeling.” So, the band won’t be back at the hotel in time for “American Idol?”

“Lately, we’ve generally been able to catch the end of the first [East Coast] NBA playoff game,” says Leithauser with a chuckle. As for playing much larger venues than usual, in front of mostly oblivious crowds searching for their seats, Leithauser admits that after an inauspicious start, “We sorta started to hit our stride. We know what’s worth trying, and we’ve gotten our act together.”

The band plans to return to the studio in September, but in the meantime continues to tour in support of 2008’s You & Me (Gigantic Music), an album that features the finest example of elegant bistro balladry (“Canadian Girl”) this side of Marc Lavoine. In English.

[David Eduardo]

5/27 Kip Jones Trio (Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill) 5/27 The Incredible Sandwich / Lingo (The Melting Point)* 5/28 3 Foot Swagger (Georgia Theatre) 5/28 Chris Demarco (Tasty World) 5/28 JazzChronic (Terrapin) 5/28 Dead Confederate (The Melting Point) 5/28 Napoleon Solo (Wild Wing Café) 5/29 Mama’s Love (40 Watt Club) 5/29 The Classic Bastards / Gaylord / Lazer/Wülf (Caledonia Lounge) 5/29 Scarlet Snow (Crossroads Community Church) 5/29 Impulse Riders (Fat Daddy’s) 5/29 Pat Shields and the Georgia Mudcats (Madison County Library) 5/29 Founder and The Invisibles (Rye Bar) 5/29 Dusty Lightswitch (Terrapin) 5/29 Strawberry Flats (The Melting Point) 5/29 Mr. Fernando (Wild Wing Café) 5/30 Bearfoot Hookers (Alibi) 5/30 Casper and the Cookies / The Lolligags / Marshmallow Coast (Caledonia Lounge) 5/30 Kinchafoonee Cowboys (Georgia Theatre) 6/1 A Storm of Light / Room / Wolves in the Throne (Caledonia Lounge) 6/2 Tasty Tuesday (Tasty World) 6/2 Little Feat (The Melting Point)* 6/3 The English Beat (40 Watt Club)* 6/3 Luke Bryan (Georgia Theatre) 6/4 Carla LeFever (Roadhouse) 6/5 Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (Georgia Theatre) 6/5 The Incredible Sandwich (Tasty World) 6/6 Rollin’ Home (40 Watt Club) 6/6 Holman Autry Band (Georgia Theatre) 6/6 Corleone (Rye Bar)

6/6 The Bridges (Tasty World) 6/6 Delta Moon / EG Kight (The Melting Point) 6/8 Sons of Sailors (Ashford Manor) 6/9 Tasty Tuesday (Tasty World) 6/11 All the Saints / Ted Leo & the Pharmacists / Titus Andronicus (40 Watt Club) 6/12 Steve Soto and the Twisted Hearts / X (40 Watt Club) 6/12 Abbey Road LIVE! (Georgia Theatre) 6/12 Fiction Family (The Melting Point) 6/13 Pattern is Movement / St. Vincent (40 Watt Club) 6/13 Wrong Way (Georgia Theatre) 6/13 Blue Flashing Light / Cornerstone (Rye Bar) 6/20 Hold Cell / The Rattlers (40 Watt Club) 6/22 The Highballs (Ashford Manor) 6/25 Athfest After-Awards Party (40 Watt Club) 6/26 3 Foot Swagger / Free Lunch / Grant Mitchell (Rye Bar) 6/26 “It’s Friday!” (WUGA 91.7 FM) 6/27 Marshall Stewart / Turtle Folk / Wormsloe (Rye Bar) 7/1 Jenny Lewis (Georgia Theatre) 7/2 The Additives / Colorful Quiet / Phillip Mitchell (Rye Bar) 7/4 Greg Hester (Ashford Manor) 7/13 Lazy B and the Recliners (Ashford Manor) 7/27 M.Ward (40 Watt Club) 7/27 Grogus (Ashford Manor) 8/10 Randall Bramblett (Ashford Manor) 8/21 Brett Dennen (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre) 8/24 Mama’s Love (Ashford Manor) * Advance Tickets Available

In the ATL 4/30-5/9 500 Songs for Kids (Smith’s Olde Bar)*

5/7 Lez Zeppelin—Tribute to Led Zep (The Loft)* 5/9 The Dexateens (The EARL)* 5/10 Jane’s Addiction / Nine Inch Nails (Lakewood Amphitheatre)* 5/13 Alkaline Trio (Center Stage)* 5/13 MC Chris (Drunken Unicorn)* 5/15 Little Green Chairs (Smith’s Olde Bar)* 5/15 Mastodon (Center Stage) 5/15 Dan Sartain (The EARL) 5/17 Coldplay / Pete Yorn (Lakewood Amphitheatre)* 5/22 Marcy Playground (The Masquerade)* 5/23 Mr. Lif (The EARL)* 5/27 The National (The Tabernacle) 5/28 Isis / Pelican (The EARL)* 5/29 Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (Variety Playhouse)* 5/29 Yo-Yo Ma (Woodruff Arts Center)* 6/2 PJ Harvey / John Parish (Center Stage)* 6/3 The Decemberists (The Tabernacle) 6/5 Gaelic Storm (The Loft)* 6/13 TV on the Radio (The Tabernacle)* 6/15 Andrew Bird / Calexico (Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre)* 6/15 Holy Fuck! (Drunken Unicorn) 6/16 The Meat Puppets (Drunken Unicorn)* 6/16 Sunset Rubdown (Drunken Unicorn)* 6/18 John Vanderslice (The EARL)* 6/19 Camera Obscura (Variety Playhouse)* 6/28 Lynyrd Skynyrd / Kid Rock (Lakewood Amphitheatre)* 6/30 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (529)* 7/1 Beyonce (Philips Arena)* 7/28 Vans Warped Tour (Lakewood Amphitheatre)* 8/21 O.A.R. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)* 10/4 Metallica (Philips Arena)*

Hundreds of courses starting at $129!

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Las Conchitas Peruvian Restautant presents

Metal & Punk Night Saturday

May 9

9pm • $6 1354 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606 706-353-2500

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bulletin board DO SOMETHING; GET INVOLVED! Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board and Art Around Town is every THURSDAY at 12 p.m.

Email calendar@flagpole.com. Listings are printed based on available space, more listings are online.

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Artists Needed (Five Points) Seeking artists interested in participating in Second Annual Five Points Art Fest in June. candicecourcy@ yahoo.com Call for Entries (ATHICA) Seeking work that addresses the embattled news media industry for upcoming show: “Free Press in Free Fall” exhibit (Sept. 19–Nov. 8). Deadline is July 6. See site for instructions. www.athica.org/callforentries.php

Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Now registering for summer classes, including a Portrait Painting Workshop with Leah Mantini, Painting with Charles, Low-Relief Casting and Feltmaking. Call 706613-3623, www.accleisureservices. com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” class every Friday from 7–9 p.m. and “Family Try Clay” every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. ($20/ person). Also now registering for four-week Maymester classes in stoneware, porcelain and earthenware. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt. net Computer Classes (ACC Library) “Digital Cameras: The Basics” (May 7, 10–11 a.m.) and “Mouse and Keyboard Skills” (May 12, 7–8:30 p.m.) In the Educational Technology Center. Call to register.

FREE! 706-613-3650 Cooking Class: Raw Foods (Earth Fare) Chef Michael Perkins helps raw foodies kick off a spring

AUDITIONS The Wizard of Oz (Historic Crawford Schoolhouse—325 Park Avenue) Arts!Oglethorpe holding auditions for its upcoming July production of the classic family musical. Auditions for elementary ages start at 4 p.m. Ensemble and principal role auditions at 5:30 p.m. May 7. 706-354-1339, www. artsoglethorpe.org

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library Exhibit of artwork created by the seniors of the ACC Senior Center. Through May 31. Reception May 6. Paintings by Keith L. Thurman. Through May. Antiques and Jewels “Athens Fine Art Gallery,” an exhibit featuring works by Mary Porter, Elizabeth Barton, Brandon Zinninger, Greg Benson, Jim StipeMaas, Taylor DuBeau, Judy Dudley O’Donnell and Susan Elizabeth. Through September.

Art Gallery La Place (Washington) “Fragile Balance,” featuring work by Athens artists Bob Hart and Will Eskridge. Through May 30.

ATHICA “Crafting Romance” explores how love is expressed through the domestic and decorative arts.

Featuring pieces crafted in a variety of media: jewelry, reconfigured telephones, drawing, photography, video and more. Through May 31. www.athica.org Brick House Studio Exhibit featuring new work

by Tim Adams, Andy Cherewick, Doug Makemson, Michael Pierce and Lamar Wood. By appointment only all summer. www.lamarwood.com Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design Steven Arnold, a local architectural illustrator, examines the divide between hand graphics and computer graphics in “Seeking Symbiosis Between Markers and Maya: The Integration of Hand and Computer Graphics.”

Through May 15.

Elements Hair Salon Abstract paintings by Meg McConnell. Through August.

Five Star Day Cafe—Eastside Paintings by Ruth Allen.

The Grit Image archivists Lou Kregel and Chris Purcell present “The Big Clip Art Show No. 1.” The exhibit features some of the artists’ favorite clip art images painted onto cut-out wood. Through May 10.

Work by Lauren Gregg. May 10–31.

Hampton Fine Art Gallery (Greensboro) “The Blue Green Earth Exhibition,” featuring works

by Lamar Wood, Melin Miller, Lisa Hampton-Pepe, RainDance and Cameron Hampton. Through May 30. www.artistcameronhampton.com Hawthorne House Antiques and Interiors New works by Margie Spalding.

Through May 24.

Lamar Dodd School of Art (Gallery 101 & 307) BFA fabric design and jewelry exit show.

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cleanse with an un-cooking class on quick and easy raw foods. May 13, 6 p.m. FREE! 706-227-1717 Cooking in the Garden: Lite in Spring (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Create light, delicate springtime dishes. Pre-registration required. May 21, 6:30 p.m. $27.

706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden Cool-Season Grasses (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Students will learn to recognize grass parts that are useful in field identification. 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $45. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden Craft Classes (Main Street Yarns—Watkinsville) Offering instruction in knitting, crocheting, wheel spinning and more. Full schedule online. 706-769-5531, www.mainstreetyarns.com Equine Extravaganza (UGA Livestock Arena—2600 S. Milledge Avenue) Educational seminar covering equine health concepts with live demos, hands-on activities and raffles. Lunch provided with admission. 8 a.m.–4 p.m. $25 (adults),

Through May 8. Reception May 8.

Lyndon House Arts Center 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, featuring work by area artists in a variety of media. Through May 9. “Mama Had One of Those,” an exhibit of selected pottery from the collection of Bill and Dorothy Paul. Through May 30. Eight winning designs from the Athens Area Arts Council’s “You, Me and the Bus” competition. Through May 9.

Madison-Morgan Cultural Center “The Houses of Madison: Pen and Ink Drawings,” featuring original works by Atlanta architect and artist Kemp Mooney. Through June 30. “The Many Faces of Madison: A History of Portrait Painting in the Piedmont” features 35 portraits dating from the late-18th century through 1985. Exhibit curated by Spalding Nix. Through June 30.

Mama’s Boy “Night Photos” by Brooke Easler.

Through mid-May. www.brookeeaslerart.com Marigold Cafe (Winterville) Abstract paintings by Meg McConnell. Through August.

Monroe Art Guild “Project 365” featuring photography by Stephanie Roberts. May 7–June 25.

Reception May 8.

Oconee County Library “Home and Away: Fine Art Photography from the Athens/Oconee Area and the World,” an exhibition of photographic prints by Sally Ross. May 8–29. Reception May 8. Acrylic cubes by Murrell Tyson. Through May. Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation 14th Annual Southworks Juried Art Exhibition features selected works in a variety of media produced by artists from around the country. Through May 9. www. ocaf.com The Point of Art Gallery (Union Point) “Rite of Passage,” featuring selected works by owner Anne Jenkins and eight local artists. Through May 23. www.thepointofart.net State Botanical Garden of Georgia Photographs of flowers by Ted Mikalsen. May 10–31.

Reception May 10.

UGA Aderhold Local artist and UGA faculty member Jamie Calkin helps the College of Education recognize its centennial year with “Celebration,” a rotating exhibit of original watercolors of the UGA campus and downtown Athens. Through Aug. 30.

Washington Historical Museum (Washington) Premiere showing of Herb Bridges’ collection of hand-painted movie poster boards from the ‘30s and ‘40s. Through May.

Christian Barre and Catherine Plaisance’s photography is part of “Crafting Romance” at ATHICA through May 31. $12.50 (students). www.crossroadsvetservices.com Fitness Boot Camps (St. Mary’s Wellness Center) Now registering for high-intensity fitness boot camps.

Program will feature strength training, agility and balance, plyometrics and calisthenics. Camps start June 1 and meet for two months on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Adult Boot Camp meets from 8–9 a.m. ($100/month). Teen Boot Camp meets from 2–3 p.m. ($30/week).

Registration ends May 29. 706-3893355, cwoodall@stmarysathens.org Genealogy on the Internet (ACC Library) A brief intro to Internet resources for genealogy. Databases in Galileo will be introduced. Registration required.

May. 14, 6–8:45 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 Hatha Yoga (Full Bloom Center) All levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. $14/drop-in, $60/5-class card. melkitch@gmail.com Laugh-a-Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Helps produce changes in mood, confidence and health. Fourth Friday of every month. May 22, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $5. 706-475-7329, www.armc.org/mbi Personal Statement Seminar (Earth Fare) Joey Freeman goes over the basics of how to present yourself effectively in your written personal statement when applying to medi-

cal, dental, graduate or professional school. May 11, 8 p.m. FREE! 706202-2224 Resumé Preparation Seminar (Earth Fare) Joey Freeman shows how to best select, present, organize and summarize job seekers’ education and experience on resumés. May 18, 8 p.m. FREE! 706-202-2224 Social Networking: Connect and Grow Your Marketing Reach (UGA Small Business Center) Learn about the power of social networking websites in marketing your business, service or product. May 13, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. $39 (includes lunch). 706-5427436, www.athenssbdc.org Swing Dancing (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) Beginners welcome, no partner necessary. Lesson starts at 9 p.m. Social dancing continues until midnight. Tuesdays. $3. www.rubbersoulyoga.com Tae Kwon Do & Jodo Classes (Live Oak Martial Arts) For kids and adults, beginner–advanced. Chase St. Warehouses, next to Canopy and ATHICA. Mondays–Thursdays, 3:30-8:30 p.m. 706-548-0077, www. liveoakmartialarts.com Tech Tips: Facebook (ACC Library) Learn the basics of one of the fastest growing social networking sites. May 13, 12:15–1:15 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650

Athens Area Humane Society

Tile Wall Works (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Workshop to create and install a major collaborative clay wall mural. Led by Jerry Chappelle. Offered in six sessions May 9–June 22, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $180. 706-769-4565, info@ ocaf.com Women’s Self-Defense and Personal Safety (AKF Itto Martial Arts) Six-week workshop covering social, psychological and physical aspects of safety. Led by Sarah Peck, second-degree black belt in Kyuki-Do. Thursdays, through June 4, 7:45 p.m.–9:15 p.m. $25.

706-353-7743, www.akfitto.com Yoga Classes (Om Town Yoga— 190 Park Avenue) Ongoing classes with detailed asana instruction.

Multi-class discounts. Mondays, 6:15 p.m. Wednesdays, 5:45 p.m. $10/drop-in. www.athensomtownyoga.com

HELP OUT! Volunteer ESL Teachers (Goodwill Career Center) Catholic Charities seeks volunteers to teach English as a Second Language to adults in the community on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Ongoing training provided. Eight-week commitment. Valerie Pflug, 706-2541371, vpflug@archatl.com

Gerbils available, too!

ADOPTION CENTER

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KIDSTUFF Auditions for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (ACC Library) Young Actors Studio is holding auditions for its summer production. Singing and dancing required for some roles. Come prepared with a one-minute song for Snow White and other major roles.

May 18, 6:30–8:30 p.m. youngactorsstudio@gmail.com Babies & Beasties Series (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Help your toddler discover nature. Ages 18 months–2 years, with adult.

Registration required. Spring session: Thursdays, May 7–28, 10 a.m. $7. 706-613-3615 Creative Movement (Floorspace) Ongoing class for ages 3–5.

Thursdays, 4:15 p.m. $40/4 classes.

706-850-5557, lisayaconelli@ yahoo.com Cyber Camp (Rocksprings Neighborhood Center) Learn basic computer skills, typing skills, Internet safety, the history of computers and take a trip to UGA to see on of the state’s largest CPUs in action. Guest speakers throughout the week. Register by July 24. July 27–31, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $11. 706613-3603 Freedom to Grow Unschool (Call for location) Holding meetings with parents interested in discussing innovative new school for elementary students that is forming in Athens. Call for meeting times.

The school will feature a democratic, homeschool-like learning environment. 478-718-1414, www.freedomtogrowunschool.com Garden Earth Nature Camp (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) In Garden Earth I (June 8–12 & 15–19) campers explore pollinators, soil critters and food chains. In Garden Earth II (July 6–10 & 13–17) they investigate water, insects and trees. Ages 5–8. Registration forms online. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $95. www. uga.edu/botgarden Karate Summer Camp (American Black Belt Academy) Offering three week-long sessions in June and July. No experience necessary. Ages 5–11. Space is limited, register early. 706-549-1671 Kids’ Art Camps (Good Dirt) Now registering for summer art camps.

Complete schedule info and registration forms at www.gooddirt.net.

706-355-3161 Movie-Making Workshop (ACC Library) Learn the basics of scripting, costuming, acting, production and editing. Everything you need to know to show your movie at library’s upcoming Teen Film Festival will be covered. May 26, 1:30–5:30 p.m. & May 27–29, 2–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 New Moon Summer Adventure Camps (Various Locations) Now accepting registration for summer camp that travels to different state parks and natural areas daily. Activities include hiking, swimming, boating and more.

Fee includes all activities and travel expenses. June 15–19, June 22–26, July 13–17 & July 20–24, 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. $150/week. 706338-2892, newmoonpreschool@ gmail.com Summer Art Camps (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Now registering for three June and July sessions. Children will explore a wide range of art media in each session. Each two-week session is from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. with a break in the middle for snack time. Ages 4–8 and 9–12. Complete schedule online. $240/session. 706-769-4565, www. ocaf.com.

Summer Camp (Canopy Studio) Now registering for three twoweek sessions in June and July for grades K–5. Activities include trapeze, dance, art, drumming and gymnastics. Email to reserve your spot. $150/week, $250/two weeks. ashowah@gmail.com, www.canopystudio.com Sweet Pea Club Camp (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Camp developed specially for young nature lovers. Programs involve puppet shows, storytelling, learning games, nature crafts, garden explorations and more. Ages 3–4. June 22–26, 9–11 a.m. $110. www.uga.edu/ botgarden Theatre Camp (Athens Creative Theatre) Learn theatre basics. Space very limited. Two sessions: June 15–26 & July 6–17. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $0–$173 (dependent on scholarship eligibility). 706-613-3628 Warnell School Summer Camp (UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources) Two summer camp sessions for students in grades 10–12 that will focus on “test-tube gardening.” Students must have a strong interest in science and a minimum GPA of 3.0. Application due by May 8. June 14–19 & June 21–26. FREE! 706-542-0879, www. warnell.uga.edu Yoga Sprouts Summer Stretch Camp (Full Bloom Center) Now registering for summer camp featuring children’s yoga, arts, gardening and more. One week sessions (Monday–Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.) throughout June and July. Ages 3–12. $120/week. summerstretch@gmail.com

Mother’s Day and graduation are just around the corner!

Get her a gift in time for summer!

Stephanie Weaver Classic Hair and Spa 1538 Prince Ave Athens, GA 30606

t) 706.227.1669 e) weaverglo@gmail

Stephanie Weaver Classic Hair and Spa 1538 Prince Ave Athens, GA 30606

SUPPORT Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Informal and supportive 12step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally.

Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-227-2354, www.emotionsanonymous.org Mental Health Support Group (St. Mary’s Hospital) Meets in the lobby conference room.

Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. 706-7835706, www.athensmentalhealth.org

ON THE STREET Benefit Golf Tournament (Lane Creek Golf Club) May 23 tournament is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Proceeds will benefit Lifespan Montessori’s childcare program.

Registration deadline is May 15.

706-224-1731, lifespanmontessori@gmail.com Choreographer Needed (Athens Creative Theatre) Athens Creative Theatre looking for a choreographer. Contact Terry or Cindy to schedule an appointment. Fee commensurate with experience. 706613-3628 Classic City Rollergirls Skater Boot Camp (Skate-ARound USA) Now recruiting new skaters. At the boot camp sessions you’ll learn derby basics and will later have the opportunity to try out.

Sessions on May 18, May 27 and June 1. Try-outs will be held June 15. Contact recruitment@classiccityrollergirls.com to register. www. classiccityrollergirls.com Running with the Dawgs 5K (The Classic Center) Now registering for 5K sponsored by the AthensOconee Junior Woman’s Club.

Proceeds benefit the various community projects. May 25, 8 a.m. $15 (before May 23), $20 (after May 23). www.active.com f

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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins I’m with a man who is too closed. He is a good listener, but he never reacts to anything I say, so I never know how he feels. Is he just polite or does he not really care? I can’t tell.

I can’t ever tell when he is mad or frustrated, until much later when he eventually says so. He is controlled to the point of being totally maddening. He warned me about this when we met.

I was not worried about it at the time. Part of me loves the fact that he is so completely OCD, because I am totally ADD and need some help in that department sometimes.

He is the kind of person who will stay with something until it is done, which is great when you’re talking about sex, for example, but maybe not when it is obviously time to throw in the towel and ask for directions, or call a plumber. He can fix a lot of things, though, which I am impressed by. I usually just pay other people to do stuff for me. He has an incredible memory for names and faces and connections. I do not. Sometimes he gets frustrated by me and refuses to explain because he thinks I’m pretending not to know what he’s talking about.

I find his impenetrability very sexy sometimes.

He has a way of just sitting there and letting heated discussions go on around him, letting people react to things he has said without getting emotional or even bothering to defend a point he has made. I do not have this sort of control. I get in heated discussions all the time and won’t let things drop until I feel that I have made my point. He is incredibly sure of himself, and I find it very sexy.

He is very measured in what he says, very precise and lawyer-like. Until it comes time to talk about our relationship, at which point things change. He has expressed deep feelings for me and apologizes for not making them more obvious. He swears that he has never let anyone in and that he is trying to figure out how. I know that he cares for me, but he has trouble showing it, and I am learning to appreciate the little ways in which he does.

However, I am very emotional and cuddly and I need more from him. When I get specific he simply refuses to answer, getting very theoretical all of a sudden. We are monogamous, and I don’t necessarily feel jealous of anyone else, but I am also not naïve enough to think that he wouldn’t cheat on me (or that I would know if he did). He is still married, after all, even though he is separated and in the process of a divorce. We met while he still lived with his wife, but nothing sexual transpired until after he moved out. He had an affair for several years, which is why he is getting a divorce.

So, I wonder, am I being ridiculous to think that this relationship can work? We have talked about it being open eventually, since neither of us is particularly interested in monogamy, but right now I am starting to wonder where I really stand. And the more I try to find out, the more he seems to evade me. It has gotten

to the point where I can’t even get him to give me a straight answer about what he wants for lunch unless I ask him a series of yes or no questions. How do I get through to this guy?

Anonymous

normaltown

(706)850-1580

IKE&JANE

cafe&bakery

The question is not how, but why. Why do you bother trying so hard to get close to a guy who obviously has no interest in getting close to you? I can’t decide if your Prince Charming is a full-fledged sociopath or a just an average asshole, but either way he is trouble. Does he drive an unmarked white van?

If you enjoy the sexual thrill of having a dominant male in your bed, find a guy who can play the role when you want him to and who is otherwise emotionally available. What do you imagine your future with this guy to hold? Can you picture marriage? A committed open relationship? What do think you will get out of it? I know you find a lot of his personality traits sexy right now, but those are exactly the kind of things that will eventually drive you crazy in a real relationship. And if he is already getting angry at your ADD while the relationship is still new and hot, how do you think he’s going to react in six months? Is this a guy you are going to bring home at Christmas? Get out now while you still have some self-esteem.

There is a guy I know socially who is always making comments about how hot my girlfriend is. He is not a close friend of mine, but is within a circle of my friends and around enough that it is getting annoying. I don’t think anything would ever happen between them or anything, but I can’t help being annoyed that he has to make that remark every time he sees us. I don’t feel threatened. His girl is also very attractive and they are very close. But I’m just getting sick of hearing how lucky I am. I finally told her that he was doing this and she just laughed it off, but it really bothers me. What should I do?

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More often than not, I encourage people to meet their problems head on, and communication and blah blah blah. But it seems like in this situation you might just be a bit too sensitive.

It would be one thing if he was a single guy and he was hitting on your girlfriend in front of you.

But it sounds like you’re saying he has his own special lady and he is happy with her, and he is just giving you a proverbial thumbs up as another Lucky Guy, and that maybe you just need to get over it. If he isn’t bothering your girlfriend and you don’t think he’s actually vying for her attention, just treat it like a compliment or, at very least, grit your teeth and get through it.

Jyl Inov Got a question for Jyl? Submit your anonymous inquiry via the Reality Check button at www.flagpole.com.

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Real Estate Apartments for Rent $300–$400/BR. 3–5BR townhome on Eastside. Double porches, HWflrs., ceiling fans, DW, W/D, trash incl., & a new pool.

Now leasing! (706) 543-1910. Go to www.landmarkathens.com. $450/mo. Alexi Apartments. 1 lg.

BR/1BA w/ lg. lv. rm. New laundry facilities. 18 unit complex, 1 block off Milledge w/ bus stop. (706) 207-9902, (706) 835-8401.

1BR Studios. East Campus Rd. $0 sec. dep. $625/mo. Incl. water, gas, pest & trash. City/UGA bus stop, built–ins, tile & HWflrs. Pets OK. Call today–only a few left!

Contact kaceyprice@hotmail.com, (706) 540-2829.

1BR/1BA. All elec., water furnished, nice! On bus line. Single pref. Avail. now! (706) 543-4271.

1BR/1BA. Next to UGA. Walk to campus & Dwntn. HWflrs., A/C, some utils. incl. Free parking for residents. Cats OK, no dogs. $475–$500/mo. Call (706) 3544261, 10am–2pm. Get a roommate & live w/ us!

2BR/1BA Riverbend Rd. Triplex.

Incl. CHAC, DW, W/D hookups. $675/mo. Flexible move-in dates.

Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

2BR/1BA renovated apts., perfect for grad students, nice & quiet, close to campus & Dwntn. 225 China St. 1 avail. now! Also preleasing for fall, $500/mo. Incl. water & trash, no dogs, laundry onsite. Chris (706) 202-5156.

2BR/1BA. $450/mo. FP, DW, CHAC. 418 Lexington Heights.

Dogs OK. (706) 749-9141.

2BR/2.5BA partially furnished condo. Milledge Next to Family Housing at James Town. 1400 sq. ft. W/D, FP, Wireless, UGA Bus. Avail. Aug 1. $850/mo.

2BR/2.5BA w/ W/D for $700/mo.

Lg. townhouse condo w/ pool view located less than 1 mi. from UGA & Dwntn. Pets welcome. (706) 839-8762.

2BR/2BA, Harris Place Apar tments. 1 block from Varsity! Incl. CHAC, DW, W/D. $695/mo. Flexible move–in dates.

Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

2BR duplexes starting at $475/ mo. (706) 549-6070.

2BR/2BA on College Station.

Huge apt., FP, deck, lots of closets, DW, W/D, CHAC. Avail.

8/1. Pre–leasing. Pets OK. $575/mo. (706) 369-2908.

2BR/1BA + study. Lg. kitchen, shady yard w/ creek. Quiet, safe n’hood. CHAC, DW, W/D, HWflrs.

Clean & well–maintained. $750/ mo. Call (706) 548-5869.

3BR/2.5BA townhouse on Milledge. Unique flrplan, W/D, pool, sand volleyball, on busline.

Great location, great value! Call Paul (678) 462-0824.

2BR/1BA Eastside on Cedar Shoals Dr. All electric, remodeled, W/D hookup. $550/mo. (706) 202-2466.

Avail. 6/1. 1BR apt. Walking distance to campus. In great n’hood. All appls., CHAC, HWflrs. $630/mo. Call (706) 340-7531.

Beautiful studio apt. Tile granite & stainless steel appls. W/D incl.

Fully furnished. Across from Family Housing/East Campus. 5 min. to dt. $695/mo. Contact Jill (678) 524-4112.

Best property in town!

Woodlands of Athens.

3BR/3BA full of amenities. Gated community, great specials. Call Pete (706) 372-3319.

Brick duplex. 2BR/2BA w/ all extras, ver y clean. Just off Mitchell’s Bridge Rd. 2 mi. from Publix. $500/mo. Grad students & professionals welcome. (706) 254-0478.

Cedar Shoals Dr. area. 4 or 5BR/4BA. Lg. rms., quiet n’hood, W/D incl. $1K/mo. + dep. req’d.

(706) 742-8555.

Close to Dwntn. 2BR/1BA apt. in house. HWflrs, DW, W/D, CHAC. $600/mo. Avail. 8/1. (706) 7694779 or (706) 207-2001.

Cobbham historic district. 1BR apt. Heart pine flrs. + ceil. fans.

CHAC, W/D, garage w/ auto opener. NS. No pets. Call (706) 340-1283.

College Station 2BR/2BA. All appls + W/D, FP, xtra closet space, water/garbage incl. $575/mo.

Owner/Agent (706) 340-2450.

DGH Properties Inc. 112 Foundry St. Now leasing for Aug. Dwntn. Close to everything but out of bar scene. 1 & 2 BR avail.

Enjoy living in the ambiance of a historic bldg. Call George at (706) 340-0987.

Fall Special! Best deal at The Lodge. 2BR/2BA. Incl. basic cable & Internet, clubhouse w/ pool, fitness center, & much more!

Sign up now for $695/mo. Athens Realty (706) 353-0708.

F i r s t M o . F re e ! $ 6 0 0 / m o .

2BR/2BA apt. off College Station Rd. W/D, DW, CHAC. Water, trash, & pest control are incl. in the rent.

2 mi. from campus. On busline, free w/ student ID. Avail. Aug. 1.

Call Elijah (706) 372-9937, lv. msg.

Free month’s rent. Stadium Village 2BR/1BA gated community, close to campus. Water, trash, lawn incl. Pool, gym. $575/mo. (706) 549-6070.

$119,000. 3BR/2.5BA Scarborough Place Condo For Sale. FP, pool, lawn maint., trash, water incl. in dues. 2nd Flr. Kitchen Appl. & W/D incl. Call Laurie (706) 540-7501.

Garage apt. in heart of 5 Pts. 1BR/1BA. Lv. rm., & kitchen incl.

No pets. HWflrs. $500/mo. Call (706) 548-4358.

$159,811. 3BR/2.5BA condo conveniently located on the Eastside. Priv. & less than 5 mi. to Dwntn. Athens. Close by 6/1 & receive 6 mo. paid HOA dues! See it online at ReignSold.com or Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 3724166, (706) 543-4000.

Hill St. 2BR/1BA. All electric apt.

W/D, water, trash, lawn incl. $575/ mo. Call (706) 549-6070.

Large apartment in Boulevard. Avail. early June.

2–3BR, W/D, DW, $900/mo. (706) 742-2757.

Lynn Rock Apts. 1BR/1BA $490/mo. On Bloomfield St. off Baxter, Near campus. DW, water, trash incl. Mention this ad & receive $100 off your sec. dep.!! (706) 353-6868 or www. joinermanagement.com.

On the River. 12 ac. in Clark Co. Min.’s from campus & mall. All w/ deck or porches. Incl. water, trash, W/D. Pets ok w/ approval. 1BR/ loft $350/mo., two 1BR/1BA $400/ mo. Off Tallassee Rd. Call (706) 614-3252.

Overlook Village at China & Little St. 2BR/1BA. $440/mo. Pls. call Dave (706) 207-2908.

Pre–leasing for fall. Townhouses at North Ave., approx. 2 mi. to campus. All 2BR/2.5BA. Lg. kitchens, DW, CHAC, W/D, $725/ mo., incl. pest control & garbage service. Call Matthew (706) 224-1544.

South Milledge Area. Newly renovated. 4BR/2BA, W/D, DW, private fenced backyd. $1050/ mo. Pamela, Property Manager (706) 247-1805. Go to www. azevedoproperties.com to see listings. Bruce Azevedo, Inc. Very cool layout! 3BR/1.5BA apt. in quadraplex. 2 blocks from campus. 5 Pts. area. W/D, CHAC, nice patio. $1050/mo. P re – leasing. Avail. 8/1. Pets OK. Call (706) 369-2908.

Apartments for Sale $104,000. 2BR/2BA Scarborough Place Condo For Sale. FP, pool, lawn maint., trash, water incl. in dues. Ground Floor. Kitchen appl. & W/D incl. Call Laurie at (706) 540-7501.

1305 Cedar Shoals. $121,900.

2BR/2BA condo. Call Reign (706) 372- 4166.

Commercial Property Athens Executive Suites.

Offices avail. in historic Dwntn bldg. w/ on–site parking. All utils., Internet, & janitorial incl. Single or multiple offices avail. Call Stacy (706) 425-4048 or (706) 296-1863.

Eastside offices for lease. 1060 Gaines School Rd. 1200 sq. ft., $1200/mo. 500 sq. ft. $625/mo., 150 sq. ft. $300/mo. (706) 546-1615 or athenstownproperties.com.

Retail Suites for lease at Homewood Village. 1K–12,500 sq. ft. avail. For more info. Call Bryan Austin at (706) 353-1039 or visit www.sumnerproperties.net.

Houses for Rent $1075/mo. OBO. Athens Regional Medical College area. Close to UGA. 3BR/2BA brick home.

HWflrs, granite counters, lg. rms.

Lg. yd. $135K. Purchase avail.

(479) 879-1541 or (479) 841-8039. $1200/mo. 3-4BR/2BA, near 5 Pts., Beechwood. 2400 sq. ft., lg. great rm., HWflrs, W/D, CHAC, FPs, porches, fenced yard, private lot, kids & pets welcome. Avail. 6/1.

650 West Lake. (706) 669-2241. $1250/mo. 4 – 5 B R / 2 B A w / o ff i c e . Great house, big fenced yard. 2 full kitchens, 2 lv. rms, laundry rm. W/D incl., deck, fenced yard, carpor t, completely updated. Big house, lots of storage. Close to Dwntn. & campus. Avail. July 1. Bobby (404) 849-6572. $1350/mo. $450/BR. Incl. utils. 5 Pts., 1 block to UGA. 3BR. Avail 6/1. CHAC, W/D, D W, h i g h c e i l i n g s . E m a i l hathawayproperties@gmail.com or call (706) 714-4486. $350–$1800/mo. 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, 4BR, & 5BR. Prices reduced!

Awesome walk & bike to campus & town! Pre–leasing for Fall! Many historical houses w/ lg. rms, high ceilings, big windows, HWflrs., old–world charm, modern amenities. Porches, & yds. Pet friendly. These go fast! Email for list: luckydawg96@yahoo.com. $500 lease–signing bonus!

4BR/4BA. New construction, all appls. incl. $450/BR. A view of Dwntn. Off North Ave. Avail. July.

(706) 202-4648.

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$485/mo. Quiet 1BR basement apt. in 5 Pts. Priv. entrance, off street parking, W/D access, full kitchen.

1 block from the Waffle House in 5 Pts. Shared utils. & cable. Avail. immediately. On Morton Ave. between Pinecrest Dr. & Milledge Ave. Call (706) 354-6039, if no answer call David (706) 254-2526. $600/mo. 2BR/1BA, pre-leasing for 8/1. Historic house. 386 N. Chase St. CHAC, W/D, DW, wood flrs., high ceilings. Pets OK. Email hathawayproperties@gmail.com, call (706) 714-4486. $725/mo. 3BR/1.5BA. 171 Kenwood Dr. CHAC. Lots of storage space! Fenced yd., wooded lot. Quiet n’hood. (706) 338-7740, (706) 549-4857. $750/mo. 3BR/1BA house on 2 ac. in Winterville. 5 mins from Athens.

Very safe n’hood. Wooded lot.

Pets OK. Call (706) 338-4669. $900/mo. 3BR/2BA house for rent 4 mi. from Dwntn. W/D, lawn maint. & trash pickup incl. in rent.

Call Rich at (706) 372-6426 or email hambowman2003@yahoo. com. Agent# 318245 $990/mo. 3BR/2.5BA Eastside house for rent. W/D & lawn maint. incl. in rent. Call Rich at (706) 3726426 or email hambowman2003@ yahoo.com. Agent# 318245 1/2 mi. from Downtown. 1, 2, 3, 4BR houses & apts. located in the historic Blvd. n’hood. Please check out boulevard​property​ management.com or call (706) 548-9797.

1/2 mi. to UGA. Nice 2BR/1BA. HWflrs., CHAC, W/D, fenced yd., pets OK. 1284 E. Broad, across from Chicopee apts. $690/mo.

Avail. 8/1. Rose (706) 540-5979.

145 Mell St. 5 Pts. Sm. garage efficiency apt. HWflrs., W/D. $400/mo. incl. utils. 1 block from UGA. Avail. 6/1. Email hathawayproperties@gmail.com, call (706) 714-4486.

180 O’Farrell. 5 Pts. house.

Great location, near UGA Baseball Field, lg. rambling house. Go to w w w. b o u l e v a rd ​p ro p e r t y​ management.com. Call today (706) 548-9797.

1BR Cottage in Blvd area.

F u l l y re m o d e l e d . I n c l . D W & W/D hookups. $695/mo.

Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

1BR homes avail. now! $465/mo.

Walk to Dwntn & campus. All Hart Realty. Tiffany (706) 476-3262 or Julie (706) 201-7363.

1BR up to 3BR houses. Preleasing for next school yr. Close to UGA & Dwntn. Call (706) 714-4486 or email at hathawayrichard@ hotmail.com.

1BR/1BA cottage. Westside, quiet n’hood, huge porch, fenced yd., all kitchen appl. + W/D. $600/mo. incl. all utils. (706) 353-0196 or (706) 247-3500. Avail. May. Owner/agent.

1st mo. rent free. Avail. Aug. 1st.

3BR/3BA, huge kit., lg. yd., back deck, pets welcome. $850/mo.

Call Teresa (706) 714-4000.

1BR/1BA historic home, preleasing. Close to Dwntn. & UGA. CHAC, W/D, DW, fenced. $500/ mo. hathawayproperties@gmail. com, (706) 714-4486.

2BR/1BA. 2785 Danielsville Rd. Perfect for Grad student. Wooded.

Total electric, CHAC, W/D. Wood flrs., fenced yd., lawncare incl. $550/ mo. + dep. (706) 546-5390, lv. msg.

1BR huge apt. in historic Blvd house, Incl. W/D hookups, DW, HWflrs, pet friendly. 2 to choose from! $675-795/mo. Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.Valerio Properties.com.

2BR/1BA. Avail. 6/1. Off Pulaski.

Close to Dwntn. Wood flrs., W/D, screened porch. $430/mo. Email hathawayproperties@gmail.com, call (706) 714-4486.

2 country houses. 3BR/2BA. Avail. now. 10 & 15 min. from Dwntn.

Athens. CHAC, all appls., 40 ac. fenced pasture for horses in absolute privacy. $900/mo. & $1K/ mo. Call (706) 340-7531.

226 Johnson Dr. Behind Carmike.

Stellar rental! Bamboo & tile flrs., all new appls, W/D. 2BR/1BA. $850/mo. Avail. 6/1. Pets OK. Call (706) 340-5054.

2BR/1.5BA East Athens Duplex for rent. Fresh paint, new carpet, W/D, DW, range, fridge, trash & yard service incl. Pets OK. Avail. now! $550/mo. Call Mike (877) 740-1514 toll free.

2BR/1BA $625/month.

Milledge Court #20. Avail. June 15. Great 5 Pts. duplex, tile BA, HWflrs. Great location! boulevard​ property​management.com.

Call today (706) 548-9797.

2BR/1BA & 1BR/1BA apts. Great in-town n’hood. Walk everywhere.

Water & garbage paid. $490$695/mo. Check out boulevard​ property​m anagement.com or call (706) 548-9797.

2BR/1BA Woody Drive. Newly renovated duplexes, beautifully landscaped, quiet dead–in street, perfect for everyone. Timothy school zone & close to every shopping need, 316 & the Loop.

(706) 548-9797 or boulevard​ property​management.com.

2BR/1BA duplex on Willow Run near ARMC. Incl. W/D hookups, DW, CHAC. $675/mo.

Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

2BR/1BA house in Blvd area, HWflrs, screen porch, W/D hookups, flexible move–in. $925/mo. Call (706) 5466900 or go to www.Valerio Properties.com.

2BR/1BA house in Blvd. area on Hiawassee. Avail. June 1! Lg. rms, big screened front porch, CHAC, W/D hookups. Pets OK. $925/mo.

Call (612) 799-0516.

2BR/1BA in Five Points. HWflrs, tile BA, W/D. Great locations, 417 Morton Ave., 230 O’Farrell, 12 & 14 Milledge Ct. $625/mo. (706) 548-9797 or boulevard​property​ management.com.

2BR/1BA renovated mill house on 1st St. High ceilings, HWflrs, chef’s kit. w/ all appls. Big priv. yd., front porch, rear deck, storage buildling. $850/mo. (706) 202-9507.

2BR/1BA w/ study, sunrm., priv. garden, shed, CHAC, W/D, new IKEA kit. 735 Little Oconee St. Walk to campus, Dwntn., Greenway. $825/mo. Avail. 1 yr. in Aug. or 15 mo. in May. Call Patrick (404) 295-8305.

2BR/1BA, pre-leasing. CHAC, W/D, DW, sec. sys., fenced. Pets OK. Close to Dwntn. & UGA. $300/ BR. Email hathawayproperties@ gmail.com, call (706) 714-4486.

2BR/1BA. 1/2 mi. to Arch. All appls., HWflrs, lg. wood deck overlooks priv. fenced yd. $700/ mo. (706) 202-9507.

2BR/2.5BA Condo on Eastside.

DW, microwave, fridge, W/D incl.

Trash & lawncare incl. Back & side yard. Avail. 5/1. $675/mo.

Call (770) 867-4928.

2BR/2.5BA. 254 & 256 Appleby Mews. Poolside, W/D, DW, porch, lg. BRs, on Oconee Hill close to Mama’s Boy & the Greenway! Lots of room for little money. $695/mo.

(706) 548-9797.

2BR/2BA 200 Cloverhurst Condo. Walking distance to c a m p u s . W / D , D W, C H A C , all electric. 1 of the best 5 Pts. locations avail. $850/mo. (706) 548-9797.

3 or 4BR/3BA. 136 Grove St. W/D, DW, HWflrs, lg. covered front porch, big yd. Inside the loop & close to UGA, Mama’s Boy, Waffle House & the Greenway! $1250/mo. boulevard​property​ management.com, (706) 548-9797.

3BR/1.5BA. 288 4th St. Pre– leasing for 8/1/09. Fenced yd.

DW, CHAC, big yd. W/D, FP, garbage disposal, HWflrs. Pecan trees. $800/mo. + $800/sec. (706) 254-2936.

3BR/1BA ARMC area. W/D, HWflrs., tiled kitchen, fenced backyd., carport. $750/mo. Credit check. Call Andy (215) 284-2503.

3BR/1BA home avail. for Aug.! $915/mo. In the Normaltown/ ARMC area. (706) 201-7363.

3BR/1BA. 1 mi. from Arch. Fenced yd. HWflrs. W/D incl. All appls. $900/mo. (706) 202-9507.

3BR/1BA. 1/2 mile to c a m p u s . Fenced backyd., HWflrs., DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Pre–leasing. Avail. 8/1. $975/ mo. Won’t last! (706) 369-2908.

3BR/1BA. Pets OK. $800/mo. 220 Habersham Dr. (706) 613-2317.

3BR/2BA Eastside. CHAV, front & backyd, liv. rm., din. rm., den. $800/mo. + $1000 dep. (706) 2065344, lv. msg.

3BR/2BA house. Cedar creek subdivision. Fenced backyd., gas grill attached to sundeck, FP, wooded lot. Quiet family n’hood.

S w i m m i n g c o m m u n i t y. 3 6 0 Sandstone Dr. Avail. 7/1. $1025/mo + dep. (706) 319-1846, or (706) 548-4819. GA. R, E, lic. 300830.

3BR/2BA off of Prince Ave. Avail. now! $750/mo. Call Anne Gilree (706) 206-3332.

3BR pre–leasing. 5 Pts., 1 block to UGA & Milledge Ave. Beautiful home. $1350/mo. $450/ BR. Includes utilities. Email hathawayproperties@gmail.com, call (706) 714-4486.

3–4BRs. 340 Barber, 247 & 255 Boulevard Heights, 3 9 0 P o u n d S t re e t , 1 8 0 O’Farrell, 135 Garden Court, 2535 Barnett Shoals, 160 Gilmer, 135 Glencrest, 1321 Dowdy Road. Check out these great houses online at boulevard​ property​management.com or call (706) 548-9797.

4BR/2BA renovated victorian home. 1/2 mi. from campus. W/D, DW, fenced yd., HWflrs, $1525/ mo. Huge rooms! Lots of character. Pre–leasing. Avail.

8/1. Pets OK. (706) 369-2908.

4BR/4BA brick home. Spacious BR w/ full BA. HVAC. Full kit., deck, lawn/pest control. W/D incl. $860/mo. (404) 274-0948.

4BR/4BA house. $900 special! W/D, sec. sys., 24 hr. maint. service, pets welcome, lawn & pest incl. (706) 552-3500. Go to www.hancockpropertiesinc.com.

4BR/4BA house. On UGA busline.

Community pool. $1900/mo.

Also avail. 2BR/1BA apt. Walk to campus. $595-$695/mo. Both have W/D, & appls. Water & trash incl. Pets OK w/ dep. Call (706) 207-9295.

5 Pts. 4BR/4BA. Won’t last!

Cloverhurst/Bloomfield area.

Luxury living. Walk 2 blocks to campus. DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Pre–leasing. Avail. 8/1. $500/BR. (706) 369-2908.

5BR/2BA built around 1900, in Blvd, huge open spaces, 14 ft. ceilings, custom kitchen & BAs, DW, & W/D, HWflrs, huge windows. Full renovation to be completed by 8/1. No dogs. $2000/mo. Chris (706) 202-5156.

Adorable 3BR/2.5BA house w/ fenced yard, 1–car garage, 1700 sq. ft. on .5 ac. Lawn care incl.

Lots of storage, nice deck. W/D, DW, CHAC. 6 mi. from UGA in quaint Winterville on Twin Lane.

Avail. now or for fall move in. $1100/mo. Call April w/ Athens Condo Sales (706) 549-5006.

All Around Athens & near Campus! 322 Whitehall Rd., 4BR/2BA, $750/mo. 267 Atlanta Ave. 3BR/1BA, $675/ mo. 335 N. Pope St., 2BR/1BA, $675/mo. 739 Beaverdam Rd. 3BR/ 2BA, $850/mo. 276 Oak Meadows, 3BR/2BA, $995/ mo. 131 Rose St., 3BR/1BA $685/mo. 4930 Mars Hill Rd., Oconee Co. 3BR/2BA, $850/ mo. 597 Dearing St. off Milledge.

4BR/2BA, $1495/mo. (706) 5467946, FlowersRentals@bellsouth. net. See virtual tours www. nancyflowers.com.

Avail. August 1. 2BR duplex on quiet wooded lot. Eastside.

CHAC. Free garbage p/u. Pets upon approval. (404) 314-1177.

Avail. Aug. 2BR/1BA. Wood flrs., CHAC, DW, W/D. Water & trash incl. $750/mo. 1365 E Broad St. (706) 255-2493.

Avail. Aug. Eastside 3BR/1.5BA, lv. rm., dining area, sunrm., garage, lg. fenced yd. Ansley Dr. Lawncare provided. $1K/mo.

(706) 338-6716.

Avail. Aug. Spacious 3BR/2BA, lg. kit., lv. rm. area, HWflrs., W/D, close to Dwntn. & campus. Cleveland Ave. Lawncare provided. $1200/ mo. (706) 338-6716.

Avail. now! 1BR/1BA on Blvd.

Option to renew in Aug. Lots of space, extra rm. could be 2nd BR. HWflrs., high ceilings, big front porch, fenced yd. Pets OK. $525/ mo. (404) 617-6767.

Av a i l a b l e N o w . Eastside 3BR/2BA, large bedrooms, deck. Recently fully renovated.

120 Woody Lane. $825/mo.

(706) 207-4243 or (229) 263-2300.

Best rentals in Athens!

1–5BR houses, apts., condos.

In the heart of UGA/Dwntn/5 Pts. Pre–leasing for Aug! Call (706) 369-2908 for more info.

B o u l e v a rd a re a , 686 1/2 Barber St.4BR/3BA, DW, W/D HWflrs., screened porch, lg. rms., renovated old church. Some pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $1395/mo. Lease, dep., ref’s. (706) 227-6000.

Close to Dwntn. Apt. in house.

3BR/1BA w/ alarm sys. Nice side yd. HWflrs, DW, W/D, CHAC. $800/mo. Avail. 8/1. (706) 7694779 or cell (706) 207-2001.

Close to Dwntn. New 4BR/3.5BA houses. New appls. Pets welcome. Rent from $950–$1300/ mo. Call (706) 540-1257.

Duplex for rent. 2BR/1.5BA. Fenced yd. Sleepy Creek Dr. near UGA, Memorial Park & Birchmore Tr. W/D, DW, CHAC. Avail. Aug. $725/mo. Call April w/ Athens Condo Sales (706) 549-5006.

Duplex for rent. 2BR/1.5BA. Jolly Ln. in Sleepy Hollow Subdivision near UGA, Memorial Park & Birchmore Tr. W/D, DW, CHAC. Avail Aug. $715/ mo. Call April w/ Athens Condo Sales (706) 549-5006.

Pre-leasing for Fall! Walk to campus! 2 & 3BRs from $625/ mo. W/D, DW, priv. deck, pets welcome. Mention this ad & pay no pet fee! (706) 548-2522, www. dovetailmanagement.com.

Excellent renovated 4BR/3BA. 1/2 mi. to campus. Lots of character! Big rms. DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Pre–leasing, Avail. 8/1. $1595/mo. Call (706) 369-2908.

Houses for Sale

Extra lg. 1BR duplexes on Oglethorpe Ave. Quiet living w/ FP, HWflrs, CHAC, W/D hookups, pet friendly. Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

Five Points Duplexes. 2BR/1BA & 4BR/3BA. Close to campus/ bus stops, incl. W/D! $900–1325/ mo. Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

Great 4BR/4BA houses. Live next to your buddies! 1/2 mi. from campus. Front porch, back deck, nice yd., DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Pre–leasing Avail. 8/1. $1400/mo. (706) 369-2908.

Heart of 5 Pts. 3BR/2.5BA house w/ separate cottage in rear. Avail.

June 1. $2200/mo. Call Paul for details (706) 714-9607.

Heart of 5 Pts. 3BR/2BA. Lv. rm., din. rm., & kitchen. No pets.

Unfurnished. $1450/mo. Call (706) 548-4358.

House for Rent, Oconee County. Off Jimmie Daniel Rd. behind Sam’s Club. 3BR/2.5BA, pool & tennis courts. $1500/mo.

Lawn maintenance & HOA dues incl. (706) 308-5334.

Lg. 3BR/2BA house 1 mi. from campus. HWflrs throughout. All appls incl. Lg. fenced–in backyd. $800/mo. Pets welcome. (770) 995-6788.

Normaltown/ARMC. 180 Willow Run. Very nice, 3BR/1BA. HWflrs, DW, W/D, CHAC. Lg. fenced backyd. Pets OK w/ dep. Avail.

5/1. $900/mo. (404) 210-7145.

Now leasing & pre–leasing in–town properties. 3, 4, & 5BR’s.

Pls. call Garnett (706) 540-0093.

$68K. 3BR/1BA house w/ garage.

CHAC, lg. wooded lot. Owner financing, or rent to own. $595/ mo. (706) 549-4580. $82,900. 2BR/1BA house. Close to UGA & shopping on Baxter.

Fenced yard, CHAC, HWflrs., bonus rm. 405 Benning St. Photos at http://www.athenshome.com/ whats_new_1.html. Daniel (706) 433-2116. $89,900. Studio 40.

1BR/1BA. Tile & HWflrs., DW, courtyds, w/in walking distance to Ramsey Center! Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 372-4166, (706) 543-4000.

185 Poplar. $224,936. 3BR/1.5BA In town classic Artisan home Call Reign (706) 372-4166.

2-story condo in Drayton Square.

Mins. to Dwntn/Campus & off of Loop. 2BR/2.5BA w/ upgraded kitchen & BAs. FSBO. Call (706) 461-1840.

3BR/2BA house. Beechwood, 5 Pts. area. HWflrs, new appls. $335K. (706) 254-4343.

Adorable 3BR/2.5BA in Comer.

One owner, gorgeous landscaping, .67 ac., 1807 sq. ft. Fridge, W/D, DW, microwave, range w/ warranties. Built in 2005. Open flrplan. $139,900. (706) 202-6119.

Artistic Renovation of 1BR/1BA cottage w/ artist’s studio. 14ft. ceilings, reclaimed metal, reclaimed flrs., artistic metalwork throughout $129,900. Sarah Ellis w/ CJ&L (706) 559-4520, (706) 338-6265.

Cool 3BR/2BA home on largest lot in best part of Newtown. Fenced, CHAC, appls, HWflrs. 1/2 mi. from Dwntn. 166 Athens Ave. $159K. (706) 248-9095. Lv. msg. ➤ continued on next page

Amazing renovated 5BR/3BA. 1/2 mi. from campus. 2 lv. rms., 2 kitchens, big BRs, huge deck, plenty of parking. DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Pre–leasing.

Avail. 8/1. $400/BR. ( 7 0 6 ) 369-2908.

4BR/4BA brand new houses D w n t n & 5 P t s . Aw e s o m e locations! W/D incl. Now preleasing for Fall 09. $1800-1900/ mo. Call Aaron (706) 207-2957.

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Cute house for sale by owner.

3BR/1BA. 1 ac. private wooded lot.

Wood flrs. in entire house, HVAC & wood stove. Shop w/ electricity.

Double french doors. Lg. wrap around porch, open flr. plan. 858 Johnson Mill Road. Jefferson, GA 30549. For info call Billy & Mary Hayden. (706) 338-0265. $109K. Also avail. for rent. $950/mo.

Heart of 5 Pts. 3BR/2.5BA house w/ separate cottage in rear. 143 Greenwood Dr. $419,000. Brokers welcome. Call Paul for details (706) 714-9607.

Loft Condo on River. 1BR/1BA. Open flrplan. All appls. Close to campus. $109,900. Call Dawn at Keller Williams Realty (706) 207-0857.

New Construction Underway. 3BR/2BA. 1500 sq. ft. Frame house on Hebel block foundation. All the goods: Tile, HWflrs, IKEA Kitchen, energy efficient, metal roof, lots of storage rm. & more! Pulaski Heights near Downtown. Builder will customize for buyer! $199,900.

Call Drew at (706) 202-2712 or Christy at CJ&L at (706) 559-4520.

Westside off Whitehead. 3BR/2BA. 2 car garage, formal dining rm. $147K. Purchase or $1100/mo. lease. (706) 354-3212 or (757) 576-1706.

Land for Sale Residential multi-family building lot. Meigs St., 1 block off of Milledge. $75K. (706) 714-4486, hphelpwanted@gmail.com.

Roommates 1 or 2 roommates needed to share nice apt. in Appleby Mews.

Near campus. $375/mo. per person. (678) 887-4599 or email markabuzzotta@comcast.net.

Awesome house! 1 or 2 M/F needed for 3BR/2BA. W/D, DW, FP, deck, fenced yds., garage. Rooms open 6/1. $310/mo.+ utils. 10 min drive to Dwntn. (352) 215-0056.

F landscape architecture grad student needs M/F roommate beginning Aug 2009 to share 2BR/ 2BA newly remodeled townhouse.

Partly furnished w/ FP, W/D & DW. $425/mo. Email erfeagan@uga. edu or sashton@warnell.uga.edu.

F wanted to share 3BR/1BA house, Normaltown. W/D, DW, deck, fenced yd. $355/mo. + 1/3 utils. Lease starts Aug 1. Rm. avail. now through summer also. (410) 490-4686.

M/F for spacious rm. in great house.

Lg. closet, HWflrs, CHAC, WiFi, W/D, DW. $340/mo. + 1/3 utils. No pets. Avail. 6/1. (706) 254-2991.

Roommate needed ASAP for house off Pulaski St. Screened porch, W/D. Only a 10 min. walk from Dwntn. Only $250/mo. Call (706) 548-9744 today!

Roommate needed now for 4BR/2.5BA townhouse on Lumpkin between 5 Pts. & the Loop. 3 stories w/ nice back porch, pool, W/D, DW. $265/mo. + 1/3 utils.

Chris (678) 570-8124.

Summit 4BR/4BA cottage. Need 2 F tenants to join 2 current F tenants. W/D, clubhouse, pool. $475/mo. ea. (770) 429-8542 or email scproperties@bellsouth.net

Spring into Mom’s Garage for amazing deals! Gently used furniture for frugal people. Appointments & Sat. noon–5pm. Chase Park Warehouses (706) 207-7855.

Tables, chairs, sofas, antiques, clothes, records & players, retro goods, & more! Cool, affordable furniture every day. Go to Agora!

Your favorite everything store! 260 W. Clayton St., (706) 316-0130.

Rooms for Rent

Businesses

1/2 M/F to share luxury condo at The Woodlands. Beautiful grounds, sports mecca, pets f i n e . I n d u l g e n t l a n d l a d y. $450/mo. (706) 714-7600, madelienevandyck@gmail.com.

Dwntn Clothing Store for Sale. $50K OBO! Owner financing avail.

Very well known business. (770) 634-8241.

1BR/1BA w/ study. Share kitchen.

Utils incl. Parking. Free wireless/ Tivo! Totally furnished. Safe, quiet, close to UGA. Priv. entrance/deck. $700/mo. negotiable. Avail 6/1.

(706) 296-6956.

Furnished room in private home.

Avail early May. Near Alps Kroger.

Private entrance, bath, micro, fridge, A/C. No pets/smoking. $375/mo. Utils & cable incl. (706) 540-9913.

M, NS 1BR w/ BA at the Lodge of Athens. Lots of perks. $450/mo. + $400 dep. Pls. call for details at (706) 424-0029 or (706) 534-7000 if no answer lv. msg.

Spacious rm. avail. in historic Blvd. district. $375/mo. Priv. entrance & porch on quiet street. W/D. Avail. immediately. (606) 584-5231.

Sub-lease 1BR/1BA avail. in 4BR in Farmer’s Exchange Dwntn. DW, CHAC, HWflrs., $410/mo. OBO! Avail. mid May thru end of July. Call (843) 813-0627.

2BR/1BA sublease on Springdale. $550/mo. W/D, DW, CHAC. Avail. June 1 – Aug. 1. Call (706) 414-0750.

Reasonable priced Athens bar for sale. Located Dwntn. Bar has been established for 8.5 yrs.

Serious inquiries only. (706) 3406992 or email btbowman007@ gmail.com & make us an offer.

Miscellaneous Come to Betty for vintage quilted Chanel bags, just in for Spring! On the corner of Pulaski & Clayton, next to Agora. Open 1–4 daily.

(706) 424-0566.

Poker table & 4 chairs. Excellent cond. $500. (706) 540-7880.

Music Announcements Classic City Arts is pleased to be producing Shakespeare’s “Measure 4 Measure” Auditions May 4-8. For more info. visit www. classiccityarts.com or call (706) 850-1755.

Equipment Alvarez Stage Acoustic Rosewood fretboard. Mahogany back w/ case. $500/mo. (706) 351-9391.

Instruction

Avail. now thru end of July.

4BR/1.5BA. Walk to campus funky 2–story apt. in triplex. Great location. Historic n’hood. Pulaski near Prince. Remodeled tile, antique heartpine accents, W/D, CHAC. $500/mo. (706) 215-4496.

Athens School of Music.

Instruction in Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Voice, Brass, Woodwinds, Strings, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, & more. From beginner to expert.

Instrument repairs avail. (706) 543-5800.

For Sale

Guitar lessons taught by college guitar instructor. All styles.

18 yrs. exp. Students have won several guitar competitions.

1st lesson free. Composition/ theory & bass lessons too. David Mitchell, (706) 546-7082 or www. mitchellmusicguitar.com.

Antiques Antique french & english furniture, fine estate jewelry, oriental rugs, stain glass windows, original oil paintings, watercolors, fabulous quilts, sterling silver, designer clothing. (706) 340-3717.

Furniture G e n t l y U s e d F u r n i t u re .

Sofas $100, sofa chairs $50, coffee tables $20, side tables $15, dining chairs $15, bedside tables, bar stools, etc. www.

AthensGaFurniture.com or (706) 340-3969.

Love Guitar Hero? Quit playing the game & learn the real thing.

Teachers w/ decades of experience.

1–on–1 affordable, fun lessons. All styles & skill levels welcome. Music Exchange (706) 549-6199.

Musicians Wanted Seeking both an experienced bass player & singer/frontman to complete hard rock lineup. Original material. Serious musicians only.

Contact: forminghardrockband@ gmail.com.

Seeking dynamic drums, bass, lead guitar, keys, multi– instrumentalist for sonic texture.

Gig/studio–ready originals. Hear Wilco, Ween, PJ, GBV, Pavement, U2, the Nat’l, ElSmith. (706) 2543450, myspace.com/elitruett.

Services Classical Guitar, DJ Services.

Entertainment for weddings, parties & other various social occasions. Over 20 yrs. experience throughout the Southeast. Contact Neal (770) 560-6277.

Fret Shop. Professional guitar repairs & modifications, setups, electronics, precision fretwork.

Previous clients incl. R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Cracker, Bob Mould, John Berry, Abbey Road Live!, Squat. (706) 549-1567.

Guitar Repair, setups, electronics & fretwork by 20 yr. pro. Thousands of previous clients.

Proceeds help benefit Nuçi’s Space. Contact Jeff, (404) 6439772 or www.AthensGuitar.com for details.

Looking for a fun, classy alternative to the typical wedding band? If you are looking for “YMCA” than S q u a t is not your band. If you want Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, & salsa, then visit www.squatme.com/ weddings. (706) 548-0457.

We d d i n g B a n d s . Quality, professional bands. Weddings, parties. Rock, Jazz, etc. Call Classic City Enter tainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityentertainment.com.

Featuring The Magictones— Athens’ premiere wedding & party band. www.themagictones.com.

Jobs Full-time Blind Pig is now hiring experienced line cooks. Apply in person 485 Baldwin St. Booth rental avail. for Esthetician, Hairdresser, Massage Therapist, or Nail Technician in fun new salon on S. Milledge. Close to campus & Dwntn. Call (706) 255-1969.

Cozy salon in artist community seeks stylists for booth rent positions. Sense of environmentalism a must! Paul Mitchell Focus Salon. Email res. to jo@honeyssalon.com.

Dwtn. Clothing Store FT Manager, Buyer needed. Only serious, career people apply. Email resume to cilliesclothing@msn.com.

Hardcore Sales Reps Needed. Hrly + comm. I need the best & forget the rest! Call Chris (770) 560-5653.

Legal Assistant/Paralegal. Must have great people skills, be organized & express a willingness to learn. Position incl. various clerical duties as well as client intake interviews, trial preparation assistance & drafting pleadings & correspondence. Pls. send resume to mandyblalock@bellsouth.net or fax to (706) 549-8446.

Little Prodigies Child Development Center needs experienced, artistic & passionate teachers & caregivers.

Opening Sep. Exp. necessary.

Contract through website, www. athenschildcare.com. Send resume.

Lucky Dawg seeks vibrant, outgoing, & friendly bartenders to mix drinks & cook bar food. Go to 1120 Mitchell Bridge Rd., ask for Bob/Matt. Athens biggest & best pool hall.

Summer worker to paint interiors of rental houses. Exp. preferred. $10/hr. to start. Send email to hphelpwanted@gmail.com.

Mexicali Grille now hiring wait staff positions. Day or night, FT/ PT. Pls. call (706) 546-9200 or inquire at Eastside location from 10:30–12:00 or 2:00–5:00.

Marketing Communication Specialist. Join an est. Athens company calling CEO’s & CFO’s of major corporations generating sales leads for technology companies. $9/hr. BOS Staffing www.bostemps. com, (706) 353-3030.

Seeking FT & PT line cooks. Must have at least 2 yrs. exp. Pay based on exp. Apply in person.

323 E. Broad (upstairs) between 2-4pm. Ask for Stefano or Alex.

Summer worker to paint interiors of rental houses. Exp. preferred. $10/hr. to start. Send email to hphelpwanted@gmail.com.

Opportunities Earn extra income assembling CD cases from home. Star t i m m e d i a t e l y. N o e x p . n e c .

(800) 405-7619 ext. 150 http:// www.easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN). $600 wk. potential. Helping the gov’t. PT. No exp., no selling. Call (888) 213-5225 AD code L-5. Void in MD & SD. (AAN CAN).

Account Representative needed to work on behalf of our company.

Accounting exp. is not necessary to carry out the job, you must be computer literate & above 18 yoa to do it. You will earn up to $3000/ mo. Email me at reece.berg1970@ hotmail.com if interested.

DirectTV Satellite TV Special Offer.

Save $21/mo. for 1 yr. Free HD DVR, + 3 free mo. of HBO/Starz/ Showtime! Call Expert Satellite ( 8 8 8 ) 2 4 6 - 2 2 1 5 . C C re q ’ d .

(AAN CAN) DirectTV Satellite TV Special Offer: Save $21/mo. for 1 yr, Free HD-DVR, + 3 free mo. of HBO/ Starz/Showtime! Call Exper t Satellite (888) 246-1956. CC req’d (AAN CAN) .

Earn extra income assembling CD cases from home. Call Our Live Operators Now! (800) 405-7619 ext. 150 http://www.easyworkgreatpay.com (AAN CAN).

High School diploma! Fast, affordable & accredited. Free b ro c h u re . C a l l n o w ! ( 8 0 0 ) 532-6546. Ext. 97. Go to http:// www.continentalacademy.com (AAN CAN).

PT/FT positions as Movie Extras.

Register for a 90-day Guarantee.

Make up to $300/day. Call our agents 24/7 at (800) 605-5901 (AAN CAN).

Post Office hiring nationally. $21/ hr., 60K/yr. avg. incl. federal benefits & OT. UTEC assistance optional, not affiliated w/ the US Postal Service. (888) 334-5038.

Post Office now hiring. Avg. pay $21/hr. or $54K annually incl. federal benefits & OT. Paid training, vacations. PT, FT. (866) 945-0295 (AAN CAN).

Services Health Online Pharmacy. Buy Soma, Ultram, Fioricet, Prozac, Buspar. $71.99/90, $107/180 quantities.

Price incl. prescription! Over 200 meds. $25 coupon meition offer: #71A31. (888) 661-4957. tripharmacy.net (AAN CAN).

Suffering w/ anxiety or depression?

Think no one understands?

Lucinda Bassett does. Get her free tape that will stop suffering w/out drugs or alcohol. Call (800) 652-9619 (AAN CAN).

Home and Garden Backyard Solutions. Make your neighbors jealous! Waterfalls, ponds, fences, decks, gazebos, porches, & more! Call Robin for free estimate! (706) 340-4492.

Protect your family. Get a free GE alarm system w/ no installation fee & no equipment cost. Most homeowners will receive an insurance discount as well. Mention this ad & get 2 free keychain remotes! Promotional code: A02087.

Call (888) 951-5158 (AAN CAN).

Massage Revolutionary Massage welcomes Nathan Hale. Try our introductory special $40. Book online or call (706) 255-4443.

Tutors Prof. writer/instructor avail. for tutoring, or editing high school, undergrad, graduate students & non-students. All genres. Fiction, non-fiction, dramatic writing. (706) 543-9330.

Your Personal Tutor/Editor. PhD candidate (ABD) will help you w/ English skills: class papers, applications, proposals, resumes.

Bring ‘em on! Excellent rates. gradams2@hotmail.com or (706) 614-1035.

Misc. Services Owe 10K or more to the IRS? Need tax relief? Call Effectur now for a free consultation. We can help. (800) 989-0518 (AAN CAN).

Vehicles Autos Nissan Frontier. Red, 4–door, 2006. 6–speed, 38K. AC, AM/ FM, CD. PS/PB, power windows, power sunroof, fog lights, running boards, locking tailgate. $15,700 OBO. (706) 248-1441.

Notices Organizations Advertise your business in 111 alternative newspapers like this one. Over 6 million circulation every wk. for $1200. No adult ads. Call Rick at (202) 289-8484 (AAN CAN).

Lost and Found Found. Work satchel that fell off the back of a pickup leaving the Home Depot area on Epps Bridge Pkwy.

Mon. 4/13. Call (706) 340-2082.

Lost Family Heirloom!

Reward for irreplaceable pink ceramic garden gnome lost in Athens area. Approx. 3 in. tall. Any info. pls. contact me immediately at macgyverminded@yahoo.com.

Messages Ear n $18K-$30K for 6 egg donations w/ the largest, most experienced Agency in US. Call (800) 444-7119 or to apply online visit www.theworldeggbank.com (AAN CAN).

Personals Pregnant? Considering adoption?

Talk w/ caring agency specializing in matching birthmothers w/ families nationwide. Living expenses paid. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions (866) 413-6293 (AAN CAN).

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Lt. Chris Shutt, Navy Supply Corps School The country’s only Navy Supply Corps School has been located at the corner of Oglethorpe and Prince avenues in Athens for 55 years. I was lucky enough to be given a tour of the campus by Lt. Chris Shutt, who volunteered to be interviewed for this piece. After learning plenty of history and a little saluting etiquette, we sat down to discuss the nitty gritty of an Athens landmark.

Flagpole: Could you give me a description of what the Supply Corps actually does?

Chris Shutt: Sure. The Navy Supply Corps is responsible for logistics and financial management. We’re sort of like the businessmen of the Navy. We move stuff from one place to another.

That’s pretty much our job… we are a staff corps, which means we don’t command ships into battle. We are purely support.

FP: What is the common job after students graduate from here?

CS: Their first job is typically something basic. A retail operation of sorts, a food service operation… after they’re done with that, then they go on a short tour [on a Navy ship], where they learn another skill set… their first tour out of here is usually around two years.

started flying in the planes I got sick—I got sick a lot—and I just didn’t like it.

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FP: Seeing as you have two kids, how is it to have to leave for months, possibly years at a time?

CS: The kids understand that there’s a greater purpose involved. My wife knows it, too. And she keeps the homestead burning, that’s what she does. So, when I come home—yeah, I missed a few things, but she fills me in… and it’s not like there’s no communication—also, the Navy is really big on making sure you’re informed of any status change with your family.

FP: Any interesting military slang that you guys use around here?

CS: “Gouge” is a word we use… it means giving information, giving the low-down… [for example] “The instructor came back after class to give students the gouge on the exam.”

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THU, MAY 7th

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FP: What is your role here as a lieutenant?

CS: Rank really doesn’t dictate what I do. I came here to be an instructor; that’s what my orders are telling me to do. My job is to teach future department heads.

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FP: Do the students here get to draw straws to see who’s going to have to go to Iraq and who will end up on a safer tour, like, let’s say… Japan?

CS: Yes, technically, if you want to look at it like that.

We grade their exams and then give them a ranking order in the class of where they stand based on their grades… the higher the grade, the first choice. Then we give them a billet list that says “this type of ship, in this area” and help them decide which ship would be the best fit for them… for the most part, everybody in the class gets their first choice.

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THU, MAY 14th • 9pm

BLUEGROUND UNDERGRASS

FP: What do you think the gender ratio is among the students here?

CS: That’s a good question. I’d say 90/10, really.

Seventy-five to 95 percent are guys, and the rest of them are girls, for the most part.

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FRI, MAY 15th • 9pm

FP: I’ve heard there’s a rivalry between the Navy and the Marines… once I saw a bumpersticker that said “The Navy: the Marines’ Taxi” or something like that.

CS: Yeah, you get that… [but] it’s all in good fun…

In flight school, Marines and Navy both go through the same pipeline at the same time… we all got trained the same way.

FP: This school is moving to Rhode Island in a few years. Is there a definite date set?

CS: That’s going to come out in a press release.

FP: Will you be moving along with it?

CS: Once the school is closed, I’ll probably take orders somewhere else. I have to go back to sea to make myself promote-worthy; normally you have to do two sea tours in your career to be able to promote… when I came out of here as a student, I went to a submarine… there are no second-tour Supply Corps officers on a submarine. It’s either your first tour or no tour at all… and no women—no girls are allowed.

FP: Really? Why is that?

CS: I don’t know—ask a submarine fleet. That’s a Department of Navy regulation; that’s not me.

FP: Where were you before you got into this position?

CS: Well, outside of the Navy, I worked at a restaurant for six years, and then I was a department store manager, so I couldn’t think of a better fit for the Supply Corps [laughs]…

I’m fourth-generation Navy, my dad was an O-6, which is a captain—a pilot in the F-18 pipeline, and so when I joined the Navy I thought that’s what I wanted to do as well. But when I

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…I don’t know. Because I don’t look at it from an outside perspective, the words I’ve used are the words I’ve always used.

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FP: How do you think we’re doing in our wars overseas?

CS: I can’t answer that.

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FP: Gotcha. Sorry. What kinds of things interest you outside of the Navy?

CS: I’m a fencer. When I was here as a student, I fenced with the UGA Fencing Club for about two or three months… when I came back, I petitioned the commanding officer here to allow me to teach a fencing class.

FP: So, if you ever ended up in a swordfight somehow, you’d do well.

CS: Oh, yeah. I would win, hands down.

FP: [noticing a World of Warcraft placard above Lt. Shutt’s desk] You like World of Warcraft?

CS: Uh, yeah. As a matter of fact, I just quit for the third time. [Laughs.]

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SATURDAY, MAY 16

CAROLINE AIKEN MAD WHISKEY GRIN KATE MORRISSEY

COMING SOON 5/28 5/29 5/30 6/3 6/5 6/6 6/12 6/13 7/1

3 FOOT SWAGGER “RIOT OF SPRING” THE ARCS / GIFT HORSE KINCHAFOONEE COWBOYS LUKE BRYAN ACOUSTIC ZIGGY STARDUST HOLMAN AUTRY BAND ABBEY ROAD LIVE WRONGWAY JENNY LEWIS

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