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pub notes Get Creative Many of the places on the Athens music history walking tour aren’t there anymore: Tyrone’s O.C., St. Mary’s Church, Stitchcraft, The Mad Hatter, Rockfish Palace and The Station are gone with the wind: burned or knocked down for development, as so often happens in the vagaries of the urban scene. Other places are still there, but it takes a good imagination to see what they must have been like back in the day. A few, like the Murmur Trestle, still hang around awaiting their fate. The Morton Theatre was on the hit list and was saved by a tremendous community effort—cleanup days, fund-raisers and creative financing. A non-profit corporation rescued it with state and federal funds, and ultimately our local government accomplished its renovation with the special-purpose, local-option sales tax. Athens-Clarke County now provides the staff, and the non-profit Morton Theatre Corporation runs the theater. Within the downtown scene the absence of the Morton is unthinkable. Even as “The Morton Apartments” it would be only a visual cue, and as a parking lot with a historical marker it would barely register. Athens was lucky that people with vision and energy refused to let the Morton go, even though the owner didn’t have the resources or the will to renovate it and operate it as a theater. The people and their government cared about saving the Morton enough to come up with creative solutions, and it remains a visual, viable, historical and integral part of the downtown synergy. Now it’s time to do It worked for the Morton. the same thing with Something can work for the Georgia Theatre. Anybody who knows its the Georgia Theatre. owner, Wilmot Greene, and all those who heard him speak so eloquently and movingly about the Theatre at the Flagpole Athens Music Awards show wish him well in his efforts to keep the Theatre going. That will take a lot of money, and even though there are thousands of loyal fans willing to give money and buy t-shirts and attend fund-raising concerts, that probably won’t be enough to bring back the Theatre as a new music venue within the skin of the old building. This job is going to take the same kind of creativity that saved the Morton, and it is going to take the same kind of commitment from our local government. If there is anybody among the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commissioners who doubts the value of saving this prominent downtown landmark, please speak up now, so that your misgivings can be openly discussed. The ACC Mayor and Commission will be pivotal in assuring that the Theatre comes back as a music venue and continues to anchor the downtown scene. Whatever our government’s role turns out to be, we need right now the assurance that our Mayor and Commission will do whatever they can to support the effort to resuscitate the Theatre. Then it’s time to get creative. Wilmot is already talking about establishing a non-profit corporation like the ones for the Morton and the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Now’s the time for brainstorming. Maybe the UGA Terry College of Business music business program can be a player. Maybe the Classic Center can use the Georgia Theatre, instead of expanding its present site, and run trolleys back and forth through downtown to the Georgia Theatre. If Wilmot decides he needs to bow out, maybe the Mayor and Commission can float a bond issue to buy it and renovate it and contract with AthFest to run the Theatre. The success of AthFest, incubated with local government support, every year reminds us just how valuable music is to Athens, and maybe the AthFest board is ready for a new challenge. All that brainstorming aside, our local government is already in the process of building a massive parking deck that will embrace the Georgia Theatre. It wouldn’t take much imagination or additional money to add the renovation of the Theatre to those plans. The Theatre sits right there in the middle of the project. The same architects could draw up the plans; the same construction company could rebuild the Theatre. If Wilmot were willing and local government committed, the deal could be beneficial to him and to the community, however it might be structured. It worked for the Morton. Something can work for the Georgia Theatre. All it takes is commitment and creativity. Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com
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Oak Grove’s strip mall nears approval, downtown parking rates ’n fines go up July 1, cat news and more.
The Homeless Shelter That Is Homeless . . . . 7 For Barbara and Richard Andersen, Another Winter Already Looms
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city dope Athens News and Views Heads Up, Car-Parkers: No, seriously—heads up! On July 1, downtown street parking will cost 50 cents an hour. This is the longoverdue increase that Athens has avoided for so many years, and which ACC Commissioners approved in March. It’s all so long overdue, in fact, that the old $3 parking tickets will now jump up to being $10 tickets. Also, meters will run until 7 p.m. Don’t say you weren’t warned. Meanwhile, note that almost all of the meters downtown now run for two hours, with a few exceptions at places like the post office. Slouching Toward Sprawlsville: Inexorable appears now to be the only word for it. After ACC Commissioners tabled the rezone request from the new Oak Grove developers at their June meeting, a handful of them and Mayor Davison spent some quality time with the developers, tweaking the site plan to move boxes here and there, save trees and cut down on overall building footprints. That’s all fine and good, and it shows a good enough governmental process at work, but none of it changes the fundamental problem with Oak Grove: its location in Athens’ greenbelt, the relatively undeveloped ring of open space just inside the county line. Nonetheless, the rezone is headed for easy passage at the July 7 Commission meeting, according to all accounts. The thing is, the location was precisely the problem back in 2000, when citizens rose up en masse to oppose the Jefferson Road development that was contrary to the new land-use plan Photoshop don’t lie. then in the works. The concern is no less relevant now, even if our commissioners are hearing more (a lot more) from westsiders desirous of a grocery store than from the smart-growth advocates who elected them all. The irony is that the present Commission most likely wouldn’t have approved the original planned development for Oak Grove in 2000, and absolutely wouldn’t have approved the partial rezone to Commercial-Neighborhood in 2004. Now commissioners feel stuck, like they have to grant the developers’ requests because of what came before. But why not see Oak Grove for what it is? The present owners’ purchase was a bad investment in a community that values its greenbelt. And in Athens, at least, bad investments don’t deserve bailouts. A grocery store for the west side is a good idea. Drawing cars outward along Jefferson Road toward the Jackson County line is not. Word on the street is that there are a handful of big parcels available in the neighborhood— closer into town, of course—and surely some of their owners would love to sell to a strip-mall developer eyeing a lease to Publix. And that’s not to mention redeveloping the Homewood shopping center, a project that would be true to Athens’ principles if ever there were one. Instead, our well-thoughtout and valuable land use principles are held hostage by developers’ bottom lines and the
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apparent desires of big-box corporate grocery store chains. “Welcome to Athens,” that strip mall will say to visitors coming in Highway 129. Welcome to Athens. Oh, Cats: It was only a matter of time before these pages became inflamed again with word of Athens’ feral cat controversy. This latest development—see City Pages for the news—is truly unfortunate, because it puts the local government in a difficult position at a time when, financially speaking, it can probably least afford it. That said, a criticism of the local government as being unresponsive to a slow-burning, long-in-coming crisis might not be too far off the mark in this case. Still, it is a shame to see the Athens Area Humane Society act so drastically and suddenly. The Humane Society’s decision to quit right away taking in feral cats—after saying early this spring that they’d do it for one more year— strikes an observer as truly bad behavior. However, it appears also that the citizens trapping large numbers of cats (according to Humane Society director Crystal Evans) would be able to improve the situation by taking a more cooperative stance. Of course, those citizens might be more willing to look toward the long term if Athens’ problem with high numbers of feral cats hadn’t already become long-term. Still, if all concerned parties would just chill out, only improvement would result. It is clear in this case that certain groups of citizens have deep differences of opinion. They are all to be commended for acting on their beliefs to better the community, but a more productive problem-solving approach—on the part of citizens, non-profits and the ACC government alike—is long overdue. Here’s to seeing that happen, even if it takes a crisis to bring it about. On Track, on the Trail: Here’s a pat on the back for John Devine at the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission (the new name for the area’s Regional Development Council, FYI) and all the folks involved in the planning for what’s being called the Firefly Trail, a wonderful rails-to-trails concept that will follow the old (very old) rail line from Winterville eastward into Oglethorpe County and on south to Union Point. With both this trail and the ACC rail-trail project one day built (from the 10 Loop at Lexington Road to the Multi-Modal bus station downtown), all it will take is filling in the gap from the Loop to Winterville before you’ll be able to head out from downtown Athens for a day’s worth of cycling and not a car to worry about. These trails will be great routes for commuters, too—muchneeded infrastructure given that Athens is smoggy and getting smoggier, with the EPA about to designate our air as officially dirty. Go bikes! Go trails! No cars! Build it now! Ben Emanuel ben@flagpole.com
city pages Athens Humane Society Quits Taking Feral Cats Options have suddenly been narrowed the shelter held those animals for five days for homeowners who trap wild or stray cats in case someone claimed them. But “we only (and sometimes neighbors’ pet cats) in their have 24 cages. We have been making emeryards, often to prevent the cats from killgency cage space out of dog crates and rabbit ing birds and other wildlife. The Athens Area cages.” Humane Society announced last week that it “Removing just a few cats from one particwill no longer accept the unsocialized “feral” ular area does not work” anyway, Evans says; cats (most of which it euthanizes), but only others will just take their their place. But healthy, adoptable ones. The Athens-Clarke she argues that a properly run “trap-neuterCounty animal shelter won’t accept them, release” program can be effective. On the UGA either. campus, she says, such a program has “greatly For some time, the local Humane Society lowered the number of cats that they have on has planned to become a “no-kill” shelter campus.” (See the flurry of letters to Flagpole that only accepts animals it can find homes last fall and winter for differing viewpoints on for. (A story in the Mar. 18 Flagpole detailed the controversial trap-neuter-release method.) those plans; find a link Homeowners are “certo it from this article at tainly within their rights” It will be up to ACC Flagpole.com.) But it had to trap cats on their own been under contract with Commissioners whether land, ACC Animal Control the county government director Patrick Rives to expand the county’s says—the county will even (until the end of June) to operate a cat shelter that supply a humane trap—but own animal shelter to accepts all cats. Last week, it’s illegal for homeowners county officials were caught start accepting cats. to kill a trapped cat themsomewhat by surprise when selves. “People can’t just the society decided not to renew its $94,000 indiscriminately kill animals that are inconvecontract for one more year (as it had said it nient to them—besides which, those animals would do), but to quit accepting non-adoptmay belong to somebody,” Rives says. able animals right away. It will be up to ACC The ACC animal shelter only accepts cats Commission whether to expand the county’s if they are sick or injured strays, or are susown animal shelter to start accepting cats. pect for rabies, Rives says. With the Humane “Killing animals is not necessarily the misSociety’s decision, “it is clear that something’s sion of the Humane Society,” director Crystal going to change pretty dramatically,” he says. Evans tells Flagpole; and lately, people have “I’m sure the commissioners are all discussbeen bringing in more feral cats than adopting that now.” County managers asked him to able ones. “Trappers have stepped up their supply a list of possible options and costs for efforts” since hearing of the society’s plans to expanding, Rives told Flagpole. He wouldn’t quit accepting feral cats; some 50 cats a week say what they were, but said “our facility is were being brought in. “These trappers are at capacity,” so any additional services would not trapping on their own property, and are require more space. capturing many owned and friendly animals,” as well as feral ones, she says via email; so John Huie johnphuie@gmail.com
Workforce Housing Committee Sets to Work An Athens-Clarke County “workforce houswould like to see is a regional bus system,” Herod adds. ing development” committee—one of the recommendations of the OneAthens antipovACC Commissioners will soon begin voting on rezone applications every month (instead erty initiative—has met “five or six times” so far, says District 8 ACC Commissioner Andy of every other month) to make it easier for Herod, who chairs the committee. “When we builders to apply for housing grants, Herod says. “But the biggest problem really is just talk about workforce housing, we’re talking the price of land,” he says. about housing for people “The price of a lot here in like cops and firefighters, “But the biggest teachers and nurses,” Herod Athens is very high.” tells Flagpole. “A lot of the Mayor Heidi Davison is problem really is just also on the committee, along essential service workers our the price of land.” with a private builder and local economy needs can’t representatives of the ACC afford to live close to where Planning Commission, the ACC Department they work.” Meanwhile, having to commute to Athens brings other problems, he says: like air of Human and Economic Development, pollution. (Athens-Clarke County expects soon the Athens Housing Authority, Habitat for Humanity and the Athens Land Trust. to be designated a “non-attainment” area by the federal Environmental Protection Agency John Huie johnphuie@gmail.com for smog and dirty air.) “One of the things I
capitol impact State Pinches Pennies… Georgia’s recession has put state government in the same position as a penny-pinching old geezer who searches under the sofa cushions for lost dimes and quarters. The state’s search for loose change has intensified in recent weeks because the end of the fiscal year is approaching, and Gov. Sonny Perdue is constitutionally required to make sure that the books balance on June 30. Perdue can use the $500 million or so that remains in reserves. He also ordered state agencies to spend only 75 percent of the money available to them for the month of June. Those are the actions you would expect from a chief executive who’s trying to cope with hard times. The state, however, is also resorting to financial actions that are downright mean-spirited towards cities, counties and local school systems. Local government officials charge that the state is holding back or delaying the payment of funds that belong to their jurisdictions. “I understand they’re grabbing at every last straw they can, but it’s our money,” said Jerry Griffin, executive director of the Association County Commissioners of Georgia. The state revenue department collects sales tax proceeds from retailers and distributes the funds back to local governments on a monthly basis. The department formerly distributed these revenues to local governments by the 20th of each month. Several weeks ago, however, local government officials were informed that the checks they normally would have received in June would not be sent to them until sometime in July. That delay would have allowed the state to keep $367.9 million on its books through the end of the fiscal year, June 30—thus making it easier for Georgia to meet its constitutional obligation of not running a budget deficit. The delay would have caused huge problems for local governments, who also have to balance their books at the end of the fiscal year.
After local governments protested, the revenue department told cities and counties they would receive their June payment by the end of the month. Reg Lansberry, a revenue spokesman, said there was a misunderstanding caused by a letter the department sent to local governments three weeks ago. Cities and counties are still tangled up in a dispute with Perdue over a separate aspect of local sales tax collections. Of the more than $4 billion in local sales taxes collected by the state each year, technical glitches and processing errors make it impossible to identify which local government should receive a portion of the revenues. For 2008, these “unidentifiable” sales tax funds totaled about $18 million. That portion of the sales tax proceeds would normally be distributed to local governments under a formula that all parties had agreed to. But this year, local officials said the state decided to keep that $18 million rather than distribute it to local governments. “That’s money that local voters approved for local projects like building schools, paving roads and building water and sewer lines,” said Amy Henderson of the Georgia Municipal Association. Perdue spokesman Bert Brantley said the problem was caused by a temporary gap in the state law, but added, “From here forward, the unidentifiable sales taxes will be distributed based on the law that was passed this year and signed by the governor.” Things haven’t gotten as bad here as in California, where the state is on the edge of bankruptcy, but you know times are tough when the state government is chiseling its local governments. It is not an encouraging sign for Georgia. Tom Crawford Tom Crawford is the editor of Capitol Impact’s Georgia Report, an Internet news service at www.gareport.com.
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william orten carlton = ort A Sylva Trip, Part One cancer only a few months after I was there— on Jan. 11, 2007—and is deeply missed in Sylva. She was ill for only three months. “We’ve got three Heinzelmannchens,” Eli offered, handing me a menu card. “Which one do you want first?” I opted for the lightest. 1) Heinzelmannchen Ancient Days Honey Blonde. “Little hop character, loads of flavor,” I wrote. “Amazing taste for so light a beer.” I drained the dregs of the blonde and yelped for something new. It proved to be: 2) Heinzelmannchen Weise Gnome Hefeweizen. “Ooh! A little clove in there,” I wrote uncompletedly (I finished it here). The beer was good, hardly tasteless, but I’d’ve preferred Weihenstephaner, had it been available. Regardless, I drank local and was glad to have what I had. “Don’t really like it?” Eli asked. “Well, I was expecting more cloviness,” I offered. “Let it warm,” she suggested. “It’s better that way.” So I did, watching the last threads of daylight fade away through the window as my pint warmed suitably. Eli proved herself right: it was better warm; quite enjoyable. I finally drained this, and Eli brought me their third offering. 3) Heinzelmannchen Gnutty Gnome Gnut Brown Ale. “Yes! Really, really gnice!” I wrote in still-decipherable writing. This brew is up there with Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan Ale (from Kiln, MS!) and Matt Buley’s Nut Brown
Ale at Copper Creek Brewing for sheer quality of product… that’s the highest recommendation I can give it. As I was slowly savoring the gnuttigness, Eli suggested I next head down the street to Mill & Main to see what they had on tap: “I know they’ve got something we don’t,” she allowed. “At Mill & Main,” I wrote, “they have two more.” 4) Heinzelmannchen Middleworld Brown Ale. This was excellent as well, and would go well with wurst on pumpernickel bread mit kraut and mustard. Ach Ja! 5) & 6) Heinzelmannchen Kilted Gnome Scottish Style Ale. “This is so good I wish I could mail some back to John Gayer,” I scribbled. “This pint of beer was worth the trip up here.” A Scottish Ale is decidedly unhoppy and assertively malty, sort of a flip-flop of the description of a good India Pale Ale. This one proved to be soooo mellow and relaxing that I up’d and ordered another. About that time, Guitar Slim came on the piped music, singing “The Things That I Used to Do.” Wonderful! “Yeah, I really like the blues channel on this service,” the cook told me. “Guitar Slim… didn’t he die in, like, 1959?” I spilled every bean I could think of about the man (Eddie Jones in real life), his cherryred suits, his standing in the middle of Canal
Street in New Orleans with his guitar while inside the club the band played on, Slim never missing a beat out there, traffic whizzing by, missing him by inches. The follow-up to that monster 1954 hit was “The Story of My Life,” in which he first really plays the high, loud guitar sound he created on record. To hear “Story” on a 78 is utterly mind-jarring; it is as if Jimi Hendrix came to life for an instant in 1954 in the endless steambath that is New Orleans only to disappear and finally re-emerge some 10 years later at Fort Campbell, KY and Clarksville and Nashville, TN… but that’s a whole ’nother story, that is. I understand that Slim’s grave in Thibodeaux, LA is now marked, although you’ll play whaley trying to find it down those trackless sand streets! Now let me get back (to Sylva), Loretta! In spite of the preparing-to-close-ness of the kitchen, I was still hungry, so I ordered something the cook said was easy: spaghetti and sausage. The serving of spaghetti was so enormous that it was all I could do to finish it; if only I had thought of it, my motel room had a refrigerator; I could have taken half of it with me for a midnight snack! I let my belt out a notch, paid up, and oofed my way slowly down Main Street to my room, where I plopped down on the bed and dreamed of sugarplum fairies, we can suppose. More to come. (30 for now.) William Orten Carlton Find more on Ort’s Sylva trip soon at Flagpole.com.
holy land sojourn Early, Early Morning in Ramallah; Sunset with a Hookah At around 3:45 in the morning, a song sliced through the still air outside and darted in through the open window, yanking me out of sleep. A man was singing in Arabic over some sort of powerful loudspeaker. The dawn prayer. This early? Just as I was doubting the accuracy and sanity of the prayer scheduling, a rooster cock-a-doodle-doo-ed in the distance after respectfully waiting for the song to end, which was marked by a loud “beep” of a dial tone. I guess these things are done over a speakerphone. (My Swiss friend tells me that once, in another Palestinian town, she heard the song of prayer interrupted by the sound of the performer’s cell phone going off.) Sure enough, the black of the sky began to lose its boldness and purity, and gave way to the creeping light. Dawn comes early here. Ramallah is not as conservative as the larger West Bank city of Nablus to the north, but it is still a predominantly Muslim city, which means that one can expect to hear prayers sung five times a day from each major mosque in the city. The dawn prayer is called fajr, or in real, written Arabic: رجفلا. Arabic is an interesting (and daunting) language. It is read right to left, and like cursive, the shapes of letters change when they are linked to others. There is a dizzying array of different Arabic dialects—for example, there are sizable portions of Egyptian Arabic that are incomprehensible to Palestinian Arabs, and vice versa. Buying an introduction-to-Arabic book is practically useless without some sort of accompanying audio, as the anglicized Arabic words leave little clue as to their pronunciation, which is vitally important. The Arabic language is tied heavily into the Islamic faith, the phrase “inshallah” (“God willing”) being much more heavily used than a simple “aywa” (“yes”)—much to the annoyance to
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internationals having difficulty pegging natives to a definite time and place to meet. The importance of time is not as pronounced here, which I’m at first tempted to guess evolved as a survival mechanism of the Palestinian psyche in response to being occupied by the Israelis for decades upon decades. How depressing it would be for a Palestinian to count off the days that he has been ruled by a foreign power, to count off the minutes and hours that he is waiting at an Israeli checkpoint. The view from the apartment’s porch, with the sun setting over the valley below Ramallah. As seductively clever as that idea may be, however, I have a feeling that Palestinians have been people are always looking at their watches, so worried about this way long before modern Israel was even dreamed of. the future that they are incapable of enjoying the moment that While sharing an argeela (what Americans call a “hookah,” is right in front of them; because everything is rigidly schedor what Britons seem to call the “hubbly bubbly”) on the uled in advance, there is little room for the moments of sponbalcony, my British roommate and I discuss the implications taneity that are the most likely to create lasting memories that of time-obsession. He points out there is no better example are looked upon with fondness and excitement. of the difference between the West’s and East’s emphasis on So while sitting on the porch, watching the sunset over time than in the English and Thai languages. English features the valley, drinking a Taybeh (the Palestinian beer), talking multiple different tenses to describe the past and future—had with my roommate, the urge to maximize my productivity, to gone, have gone, will have gone, will go, should go, did go, do something, is understandably—and gratefully—weak. Of etc.—while, according to him, Thai only features one tense (“I course, there is much work to be done… but not right now. go to Boston 20 years ago; I go to Boston tomorrow”). Time, in many respects a social necessity, still has enormous Jeff Gore potential to be utterly enslaving. One only needs to look at the Blackberry-addled, time-is-money culture of America in which Follow Jeff Gore’s journal of his summer in the Holy Land at Flagpole.com.
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It is hideously muggy as I write. With the heat outside today practically as oppressive as (if not more than) the military regime in Myanmar, I am moved to think of mountains and of a trip thereto I recently took. No, I didn’t catch the noon balloon to Rangoon; I motored to Sylva, NC on Apr. 23 and stayed until Monday, Apr. 27. The 118-mile trip up was utterly uneventful but wonderfully scenic. My first stop when I arrived, naturally enough, was the Blue Ridge Inn in the very shadow of the Jackson County courthouse, which is exactly 107 steps up from the curb below. It is because of this fact that North Carolina Highway 107 leaves Sylva and climbs to Cashiers. Innkeeper Rakhi Patel remembered me from my previous stay in 2006. I checked into my favorite room (#115) and then lit out for the not-yet-twinkling lights of town, two blocks or so up the street… I wanted some Heinzelmannchen beer! My first stop was the brewery itself. Alas, proprietor/brewer Dieter Kuhn had gone home for ze night (he’s German originally: from Heidelsheim, near the Black Forest), so I slurked off up the hill to Guadalupe Café to see what was on tap. “Ort! You came back!” rang out a cheery voice the instant I stepped in the door. It was my old friend Eli, whom I met on my previous visit when she worked at the sadly departed Karen’s, which was across Main Street and up a ways. On my earlier trip, I had savored both the brews and the camaraderie there; proprietor Karen Martar died at age 50 of pancreatic
The Homeless Shelter That Is Homeless
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othing illustrates Athens’ overwhelming problem of homelessness better than a homeless shelter that cannot find a home. In a town where rent and mortgages are high relative to wages, and in a time of deep recession, affordable housing is scarce. No one understands this better than Barbara and Richard Andersen, whose ongoing attempts to find a permanent space for their community shelter mirror the struggle of the people they serve. Ever since retired nurse, Barbara, and retired soil scientist, Richard, returned to the Athens area in 1999, they have dedicated their time and energy to helping the homeless. What started as an overflow winter shelter first organized by St. James United Methodist Church eventually became The Bigger Vision of Athens, when the Andersens incorporated it in 2007. Since then, the shelter has moved to four different locations— none of which became permanent because they either couldn’t fit inside the spaces, couldn’t get a zoning variance in order to remain there, or simply couldn’t afford to stay.
What results is a community homeless shelter with an open door policy. “They’re very open, and they don’t ask questions,” says Mills. Asking questions and documenting everyone who walks through the door is a key requirement for qualifying for government funding, so funds for Bigger Vision comes from individuals, churches and private-sector grants.
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Andersens have so far been unable to operate Bigger Vision year-round; it has sheltered the homeless from mid-October to mid-April since they started. However, last season the Andersens were unable to secure a space until Nov. 21, when the temperature was expected to dip to 17 degrees, at which point the Athens-Clarke County Planning Department granted them a 90-day permit on an emergency-zoning basis for renting the basement space from the United Methodist Church, for which they were able to get a one-time extension. “The planning commission and the fire marshal bent over backwards at that point,” says Richard.
guests. The downtown location was ideal for their guests, too, especially the disabled who find it difficult to get around town. The space wasn’t large enough for everyone, though. Barbara estimates she turned away an average of 5–10 people every night, not counting those she didn’t know about. The Andersens’ goal is to find a shelter with room for all those who have nowhere else to go—a space for men, women and children. Because they’ve historically only had one room for Bigger Vision, they haven’t been able to accept children. “One man with a three-year-old boy called on a cold night, and it broke my heart to say, ’I can’t take you,’ and I couldn’t even refer them anywhere,” says Barbara. Athens Area Homeless Shelter Executive Director Alison Spiers says that while her shelter does accept both men and women with children, the waiting list at her shelter is long. “When they [the Andersens] were delayed in opening last winter, we noticed an impact,” says Spiers.
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another fall approaches, the Andersens wonder if their shelter will find a home. They wish the city would grant them a space in an abandoned building close to town, but after years of wishing, they’re not naïve about their options. “A lot of people believe that something should be done [about homelessness], but somebody else should take care of it and in somebody else’s neighborhood,” says Barbara. Currently the shelters, clinics, day care centers and other social services available for the homeless in Athens are spread all over town. The Andersens’ vision, and that of other local service providers, is to have all homeless services in a central location. That vision of a “onestop-shop” may actually come to fruition if Athens’ Local Redevelopment Authority puts the Navy Supply Corps School reuse plan into action. The LRA is working with a collaborative force of homeless assistance providers endorsed by the Northeast Georgia Homeless Coalition to fund transitional shelter and supportive services for homeless families, to be centered in the neighborhood of North Avenue near some existing services. Unfortunately for the Andersens, the housing planned for this project is targeting families with children, according to Mills. The Andersens speculate this is due to a shortage in federal funding available for homeless shelters that accommodate individuals. The Andersens understand the unintended consequences of rules and regulations. They’ve sheltered adults forbidden by law to stay with their families who live in Section 8 housing. They remember two brothers with a mother in subsidized housing who could no longer take care of herself, so they would sneak in to care for her. “If they got caught, mom would get thrown out,” says Barbara. Barbara and Richard Andersen have labored for years to care for Athens’ homeless during wintertime, but without a permanent location for a shelter, the They’ve also assisted plenty of working homeless over future of their efforts is unknown. the years (according to HED, 19 percent of the homeless individuals in the 2009 point-in-time count reported The Andersens felt like they’d found an ideal location in the During their shorter-than-usual season, Bigger Vision employment)—some who work nights and can’t crash at the basement of the United Methodist Church on North Lumpkin accommodated 115 different people for a total of 2,083 bed shelter until 6 a.m. “We have to move them out at eight. Then Street downtown, where they operated last winter on an emernights and 5,900 meals served, according to Richard. The they fall asleep somewhere they shouldn’t during the day, they gency-zoning permit. But when the permit expired in April, Andersens don’t just count, however. They serve. Barbara get arrested and lose their job,” bemoans Barbara. Bigger Vision was thrown back out on the street. Homeless thinks they might have missed four days at the shelter last For the homeless who find employment, if they don’t have again, the Andersens are in a race against time to fulfill their season; otherwise, the two were always there during the an address, they can’t get a bank account. “You’ve got to get dream of establishing a year-round homeless shelter in a shelter’s operating hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. coordinating rid of your money as soon as possible, or you will lose your permanent location to accommodate the growing number of volunteers, providing a hot dinner when nobody else could, life,” says Barbara. “We have attended funerals that attest to procuring breakfast and beverages from the Northeast Georgia unsheltered homeless in Athens. that.” Currently, there are 88 shelter beds available in Athens Food Bank, and spending the night along with the 16 homeless Such depressing realities motivate the Andersens to persist for a homeless population that has grown to at least 454, people they were permitted to pack into the basement room. in their mission. They admit they’re not fundraisers and could For 76-year-olds, that’s a lot of hard labor, but the according to the Athens-Clarke County Human and Economic use all the help they can get in their search for a space. They Development’s (HED) 2009 Annual Point-in-Time Homeless Andersens consider it a blessing to do what they love in retirealso know the day will come when they are no longer able Count. “We’re losing shelter bed options,” says community ment. “I get much more out of it than I put into it,” says to direct The Bigger Vision. “We’re not getting any younger,” Barbara. “I would rather do this in my retirement than play development specialist Evan Mills. “When we started countBarbara concedes. ing in 2004, we counted 59 unsheltered persons. That numgolf or bridge.” Mills is not ready to discuss the void the Andersens will ber increased to 206 by 2009. Shelters have closed down, In return, they receive gratitude and respect from those leave when they can no longer run Bigger Vision. “I don’t changed focus or are charging rent. The funding just isn’t there they serve. The burly men covered in layers of grimy street think anybody could ever fill their shoes,” he says. Rather anymore.” clothes look like giants standing beside the petite Barbara than think about it, he is trying to help them get through yet Andersen. She knows that some of them are drug dealers, but Mills says that Bigger Vision fills the void of an emergency another shelter season: “We’re going to keep trying to marshal shelter for homeless individuals. Since 2007 the Athens Area she hugs them just like she’d hug anybody else. They borrow resources and support through the summer for the homeless Homeless Shelter has only housed homeless families, and the her cell phone. shelter that is homeless.” Salvation Army maintains 48 beds with a maximum stay of 15 The Andersens say that business owners balked when they nights per individual. While most shelters serve only certain first opened the shelter downtown last fall, but soon realRamsey Nix ized that there were fewer homeless panhandlers outside genders, require residents to work and have strict rules regarding substance abuse, the Andersens see their mission differtheir storefronts at night thanks to Bigger Vision’s 8:30 p.m. For more information on The Bigger Vision, see www.claymorgan.com/bigently. “I’m not here to judge people,” says Barbara. lock-down policy for the first-come, first-served 16 overnight gervision or call 706-340-6062.
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the reader Odds and Sods Crosseyed and Swagless: After 10 years of semi-professional literary criticism, I have come to one inescapable conclusion: I am just not enough of a whore. Don’t get me wrong, book reviewing has been rewarding intellectually and spiritually, but materially it sucks rocks. I’m speaking specifically of swag, merch, promo gimmes and perks, none of which seems to find its way into the great PR game when it comes to books. Music critics get CDs, T-shirts and guest-listed; movie critics get screeners, premiere passes and goodie bags. Book critics get… well, books. That’s it. Because I review new books I am a de facto shill for the publishing industry, the big-box bookstores and Amazon and yet, after a decade, book reviewing has yielded me exactly one T-shirt. I am chagrined and deeply dissatisfied. What I’m saying, publishers, is let’s do some business. Send me swag. I take a size L T-shirt, I like baseball caps and coffee mugs, and I never turn down electronics. In exchange I’m willing to plug whatever you’ve got—astrology guides, vampire porn, how-to origami, whatever. I’ll trick this column out like it’s NASCAR. Don’t worry about my journalistic integrity—I’m no Edward R. Murrow. Hell, I’m not even David T. Lindsay. This space can become the newsprint equivalent of “The Billy Dilworth Show,” and you in turn will reap all the myriad benefits of a mention in the book column of a small Southern hippie socialist alternative newsweekly. Win-win all around. Think about it. In the News: There are few things in the bookstore quite as odious as the pastiche novel, the work that purports to be a sequel to a beloved classic or the “further adventures” of a popular character. There have been countless takes on Sherlock Holmes, for example, from teaming him up with other detectives to cryogenically freezing him and shooting him into space. Unofficial sequels to Huckleberry Finn and Wuthering Heights have come and gone over the years, and at the moment there are at least six different sequels to Pride and Prejudice on the bookstore shelves. Aside from the sheer presumption it takes to suggest that one is good enough to rewrite the ending of a classic novel—if the original author saw no need for a sequel, it should be assumed that the story is over and done—the pastiche author faces the same problem as a tribute band. If you are good enough to write as well as Jane Austen, why aren’t you writing your own novels? And if you’re not as good, why invite a comparison you can’t live up to? Usually the pastiche writer circumvents questions like these by taking on something in the public domain, free from potential litigation from authors’ estates. Not so Fredrik Colting, a Swedish publisher writing under the name “John David California,” who has put out his own sequel to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye called 60 Years Later. The book envisions an old and broken-down Holden Caulfield reflecting on an adult lifetime of disillusionment since the adventures of his younger foul-mouthed self. If anything could bring the notoriously reclusive Salinger
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out of hiding, this could, and it has. Salinger has brought every one of his enormous legal guns to bear on Colting in order to recall all copies of the European edition of 60 Years Later and to prevent its U.S. release, scheduled for September. Colting claims his book is a parody and thus proof against censure, much as Alice Randall’s epic joke The Wind Done Gone survived a challenge from Margaret Mitchell’s estate a few years ago. If he’s going to rouse a sleeping beast like Salinger, not to mention three generations of devoted fans, however, this parody had best be awfully damn funny. Here in Town: A revised and updated edition of Frances Taliaferro Thomas’ book A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County, with pictorial research by Mary Levin Koch, has just been released by UGA Press. As this issue hits the street, Thomas will be signing at the Taylor-Grady House, so unless you’re psychic, you missed it, but expect more events surrounding the book to come. The book is a welcome sight in the local market. While there is no end to the panoply of available books on the University of Georgia and especially the Bulldogs, books about our fair town, its environs and its rich history are few and far between. For residents of Athens, past and present, this is a big deal.
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For those of you who are less interested in what happened around here in the past than about outfitting your hipster selves in the here and now, The Junkman’s Daughter’s Brother rated a slot in consultant George Whalin’s new book Retail Superstars: Inside the 25 Best Independent Stores in America (Penguin, 2009). Whalin’s book looks at 25 non-affiliated stores around the country, including our Junkman’s, the original store in Atlanta, and one of my all-time favorite places on Earth, Powell’s Books in Portland, OR. Books about the success stories of megachain stores abound, but it’s gratifying to see someone giving props to independently owned and operated retail businesses that are still standing despite the worst intentions of the WalMarts, the Gaps and the various wrong-headed Chambers of Commerce hither and yon. John G. Nettles
film notebook News of Athens’ Cinema Scene Why Do I Do This to Myself?: So, like pretty much everyone else, I thought The Sixth Sense was terrific; an important part of Bruce Willis’ semi-reinvention of about 10-15 years ago and a really nicely done, intelligent and unusually poignant chiller. I really liked Unbreakable, too, with its loving riffs on comic book mythology and another sturdy, sensitive performance by Willis (okay, so I’m a fan). But the cracks in M. Night Shyamalan’s talent were starting to show—the twist was twistier and felt a little like a gimmick. With Signs, a stupid, boring, ill-advised vehicle for that prick Mel Gibson, it was clearly over, but for some reason I went ahead and saw both The Village and Lady in the Water. Now, thanks to 7,000 channels of digital cable, I’ve seen The Happening, and I have to ask myself: why do I think this guy’s ever going to make another decent movie? He apparently has no skill with actors other than Willis and Haley Joel Osment—Mark Wahlberg’s obviously a capable performer and Zooey Deschanel was good in All the Real Girls, anyway (speaking of oncepromising American directors, wherefore art thou, David Gordon Green?)—but they both
surfacing on the horizon are West Side Story, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Pink Panther. These will all be projected in 35mm, unless the prints acquired are in unpresentable condition (which, knock wood, should happen very rarely), and that makes it extremely worthwhile to go to see even a film you’ve watched multiple times on video. I know these are all pretty well-known films, and I would hope that increasing awareness and allegiance from the public will pave the way for more adventurous programming. Growing up in Chicago, I was accustomed to having multiple venues that were doing this kind of thing, but it just hasn’t been happening here since the end of the golden era of the Tate Center. Go to www.athenscine.com for more info. iFilms Rocks: Rhiannon Eades continues to bring in exciting and obscure independent and foriegn films as curator of the Athens-Clarke County Library’s free, weekly iFilms series. This month’s schedule begins July 2 with the 2007 Lebanese feature Under the Bombs, directed by Peter Aractingi. It’s the story of a Christian taxi driver and a Shiite woman from
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Ciné will screen Chinatown starting July 3 as part of its summer classics series. look like idiots in this. Worse yet, Shyamalan’s writing has been badly exposed. I’m reminded of the “SNL” Stephen King skit in which the Master of Horror insists that “anything can be scary”—here it’s a gentle summer breeze. I’m sorry; no. Summer Classics Roll On: With the dog days slowing everything down around here in general, and even the brief adrenaline shot of AthFest now behind us, I’m especially glad Ciné has at last commenced its longhoped-for series of classic films. Beginning with Annie Hall and Chinatown a few weeks ago, the Athens art cinema has taken up the part-time mantle of revival house, a development I and, I’m sure, many of you enthusiastically applaud. Turnout has been good so far, and owing, I assume, to the public’s strong response during its especially frenetic initial week, Chinatown is being brought back for another week-long run beginning July 3. Next comes Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai, beginning July 10 and opening the series, hopefully, to many more non-Hollywood “classics.” That will be followed on July 17th, in a neat trick, by its 1960 American remake, John Sturges’ The Magnificent Seven. Other titles
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Beirut, and the bond that develops between them as they search for the Shiite woman’s son against the real-life backdrop of the 2006 Lebanese-Israeli conflict. July 9 brings Manda Bala, Jason Kohn’s 2007 documentary about the confluence of corrupt politics, exploitation of the poor, and the modern kidnapping industry in Brazil. Screenings are Thursdays at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Main Library at 2025 Baxter St. Check www.clarke.public. lib.ga.us for more details. Latest in a Series of Pleas for Help: As I said, summer can be a pretty slow time for film culture in Athens. At this time more than any other, I implore you, dear readers, to drop me a line whenever you know of something interesting and local that deserves to be covered in this space. I’m obviously happy to use this column as a forum for my personal observations and obsessions, but it’s really more important that it should be a bulletin board of sorts for the dissemination of news about what film people are doing in our town. If nothing’s happening, make something happen and tell me about it at film@flagpole.com. Dave Marr
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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week. 17 AGAIN (PG-13) 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. ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS (PG) My nostalgic love for the Chipmunks lowered my expectations for the their live-action/ CGI debut, which was a good thing. ANVIL (NR) 2008. In the early 1980s, Anvil was scheduled to be the next big thing in metal. The “demigods of Canadian metal” influenced everyone from Metallica to Slayer. School chums Steve “Lips” Kudlow and Robb Reiner planned to rock forever, and they still do in the obscurity of tiny clubs and tiny audiences. Anvil! The Story of Anvil is no Spinal Tap mockumentary; this hilarious account of the band’s last-ditch revival is the reality of rock and roll. THE BROTHERS BLOOM (PG-13) Depending on personal taste, The Brothers Bloom either flourishes or wilts from its quirky, eccentric preciousness. This screwball farce begins when the Blooms, elder Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and younger Bloom (Academy Award-winner Adrien Brody), were pre-teens being shuffled from foster home to foster home. Along the way, they learned the confidence game, which they perfected under the tutelage of the Fagin-esque Diamond Dog (Maximilian Schell). At 35, Bloom, who has never lived a life not written by his master manipulator and con architect
brother, wants out. Before Stephen, perpetually seeking the perfect con will let him quit, he plans one final scheme targeting lonely, rich beauty Penelope Stamp (Academy Award-winner Rachel Weisz), collector of hobbies and yellow Lamborghinis. Soon the Blooms, their explosive henchwoman Bang Bang (Academy Award-nominee Rinki Kikuchi, Babel) and Penelope are on a steamer bound for the Continent. In Europe, the Bloom gang seamlessly moves from con to con until not even they are sure what is scheme and what is screw-up. Foreseeing how the story will end is impossible through the layers of conning and scheming. Yet Johnson never loses his grip on a slippery tale that could easily have gotten away. Anyone who saw Brick knows the filmmaker covets artifice. Outside of the location shooting, everything from the 2000-Roaring ‘20s setting to the costumes to the performances and direction is affectation. Such willfully conceit-filled filmmaking often leads to a smug, unlikable film. The Brothers Bloom is anything but. CHINATOWN (R) 1974. Including Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winning ode to film noir, incest and everything Jack (Nicholson) in Ciné’s summer series of classic movies was a no-brainer. On a run-of-the-mill adultery case, P.I. Jake Gittes (Oscar-nominee Nicholson) discovers a murder scheme that has something to do with water. With a classy cast including Oscar-nominee Faye Dunaway, John Huston and Diane Ladd, Chinatown remains not only the most revered film in Polanski’s worshipped oeuvre but Robert Towne’s most quotable script. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards.
THE CIVIL WAR LEGENDS: LINCOLN AND LEE (NR) 1989. The Civil War Legends is a series of 30-minute documentaries on four luminaries of the Civil War: Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and Stonewall Jackson. The series travels to battlefields and historic sites, while utilizing period photographs and artists’ renderings to recreate the past. The ACC Library is screening two of these videos that trace the lives and careers of the 16th President of the United States and the famed Confederate General. DRAG ME TO HELL (PG-13) While trying to get a promotion, sweet loan officer Christine Brown (Allison
I’m even smug at the movies. Lohman) shames an old gypsy hag, Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver). After a rousing attack in a parking garage, Christine is cursed. The demon Lamia will stop at nothing to torture her and carry her soul to hell for all eternity. Raimi digs deep into his bag of frenetic camerawork and joyously revels
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Due to production deadlines, Beechwood movie times are only accurate through June 30. Visit www.Flagpole.com for updated times. Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) 10:00 a.m. (Th. 7/2) The Hangover (R) 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:35 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (3D) (PG) 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 (starts W. 7/1) My Sister’s Keeper (PG-13) 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (PG) 1:00, 7:05 The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie (G) 10:00 a.m. (Th. 7/2) The Proposal (PG-13) 1:15, 4:05, 7:10, 9:55 Star Trek (PG-13) 4:15, 9:40 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (R) 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 9:40 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PG-13) 12:15, 12:30, 3:30, 3:45, 6:45, 7:00, 10:00, 10:15 Up (PG) 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00 Up (3D) (PG) 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Year One (PG-13) 12:10, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 9:50
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Due to production deadlines, Carmike movie times are only accurate through July 2. Visit www.Flagpole.com for updated times. Drag Me to Hell (PG-13) 7:40, 10:05 The Hangover (R) 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (PG) 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:30 (starts W. 7/1) Imagine That (PG) 12:00, 2:30, 5:00 My Sister’s Keeper (PG-13) 1:45, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45
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in revolting foley work (an oft mis/ underutilized horror device) in the most scary fun I’ve had at a horror film in a long time. EASY VIRTUE (PG-13) A young Englishman, John Whittaker (Ben Barnes, Prince Caspian), brings his American wife, Larita (Jessica Biel), home to Jolly Olde England to meet the stuffy fam. I’ll give you three guesses as to who’s playing his parents. Wow, you got Colin Firth on the first try. Don’t feel bad; Kristin Scott Thomas, who’s been nominated for two Best Supporting Actress awards for the role, was a little less obvious. Directed by Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (PG) 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:10 The Proposal (PG-13) 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Public Enemies (R) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 (starts W. 7/1) The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (R) 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PG-13) 12:30, 1:30, 3:45, 4:45, 7:00, 8:00, 10:15 Up (3D) (PG) 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 Year One (PG-13) 12:45, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:05
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Anvil (NR) 10:30 (ends Th. 7/2) The Brothers Bloom (PG-13) 8:15, 10:35 (new times F. 7/3: 9:45) (no shows Su. 7/5) Chinatown (R) 7:00 (add’l time F. 7/3–Su. 7/5: 4:15) (starts F. 7/3) Easy Virtue (PG-13) 6:15 (ends Th. 7/2) TeenScreen Film Festival (NR) 6:00 (ends Th. 7/2) Whatever Works (PG-13) 7:30, 9:30 (add’l time F. 7/3–Su. 7/5: 5:30) (no 9:30 show Su. 7/5) (starts F. 7/3) The Wrecking Crew (NR) 8:00 (ends Th. 7/2)
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Due to production deadlines, Georgia Square Five movie times are only accurate through July 2. Visit www.Flagpole. com for updated times. 17 Again (PG-13) 7:35, 10:05 Hannah Montana: The Movie (G) 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Monsters vs. Aliens (PG) 12:30, 1:15, 3:00, 4:10, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Obsessed (PG-13) 12:45, 4:20, 7:25, 9:55 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PG-13) 12:50, 4:15, 7:20, 9:55
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I Love You, Man (R) 8:00, 10:00 (M. 7/6 & W. 7/8)
GOOD NEWS (NR) 1947. Another Hollywood classic from the ACC Library, Good News stars Rat Packer and Kennedy in-law Peter Lawford and Golden Globe-winner June Allyson as crazy college kids getting ready for the Big Game. If star player Tom Marlowe (Lawford) makes the grade, with the help of the studious Connie Lane (Allyson), Tait College will win the game. The song, “Pass That Peace Pipe,” was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. THE HANGOVER (R) The summer’s most relentlessly funny comedy may have arrived. When three buddies— married schoolteacher Phil (Bradley Cooper), emasculated dentist Stu (Ed Helms) and strange Alan (Zack Galifianakis)—take their pal, Doug (Justin Bartha), to Las Vegas for his bachelor party, all hell breaks loose. Too bad none of these guys can remember one moment of it. Peppered with familiar funny faces, The Hangover is a perfect comedic convergence that’s funnier than it deserves to be. 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. I LOVE YOU, MAN (R) An Apatow film in spirit if not in name, I Love You, Man stars the always entertaining Paul Rudd as Peter Klaven, an LA realtor who realizes he has no male friends after popping the question to his girlfriend, Zooey (Rashida Jones, “The Office”). In search of a best man while selling Lou Ferrigno’s mansion, he meets Sydney Fife (Jason Segel), a carefree slacker. Rudd sacrifices none of his superior timing or wit playing the pleasant guy, and it’s nice to see Segel being someone other than the lovelorn softie. This bromance is real.
ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (PG) Manny the wooly mammoth (v. Ray Romano), his pregnant wife, Ellie (v. Queen Latifah), Diego the saber-toothed tiger (v. Denis Leary) and Sid the sloth (v. John Leguizamo) run into trouble in an underground world populated by dinosaurs. Prepare for more adventures of the beloved, acorn-hording Scrat, who finds love with a flying squirrel. The first film’s co-director Carlos Saldanha returns for his third prehistoric animated adventure. Featuring the voice of Simon Pegg as the new critter, a oneeyed weasel named Buck. IMAGINE THAT (PG) On the scale of Eddie Murphy’s recent movies, his latest, Imagine That, ranks somewhat higher than last summer’s Meet Dave or the flabby Norbit. Still, the fam-com does no favors to the comedic legacy of the former Axel Foley. Murphy stars as financial wiz Evan Danielson, a workaholic guilty of neglecting his super-cute daughter, Olivia (the charming Yara Shahidi). Evan’s imagination is rekindled once he meets Olivia’s make-believe princess pals, who just so happen to pass on extremely prescient insider tips. As usual, the parental-controlled Murphy mugs a lot. Kids were amused; I was not. Thomas Haden Church steals a few giggles as Evan’s pseudo-Native American competition. 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. MY SISTER’S KEEPER (PG-13) Writer-director Nick Cassavetes, son of acclaimed independent filmmaker John Cassavetes, should stick to weepies. As interesting as his teen crime noir Alpha Dog was (and it wasn’t nearly as intriguing as Brick), it was The Notebook that revealed his adroit ability for audience manipulation via source treacle. A teenage girl, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), is dying. Her 11-year-old sister, Anna (Abigail Breslin), was genetically engineered to save her older sister. Now Anna doesn’t want to be poked, prodded and cut any more so she hires lawyer Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin) to sue her parents, Kate and Brian (Cameron Diaz and the undervalued Jason Patric), for medical emancipation. An overstuffed pepper of melodrama (a dyslexic brother, a grieving judge, etc.), My Sister’s Keeper never lets one tragic ingredient overwhelm the tear-inducing whole. Rather than one big contrived knockout punch (complete with swelling music), Cassavetes sticks and moves, unleashing an episodic flurry of sorrowful jabs like a teen cancer romance (Say Anything with chemo). The wonderfully acted, written and directed My Sister’s
Keeper proves that a little (or a lot of) emotional manipulation is not always a bad thing. Criers, beware, this tearjerker requires a whole boxful. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN (PG) Spending a second Night at the Museum with former security guard Larry Daily (Ben Stiller) and the cometo-life exhibits isn’t the creatively bankrupt, money-grubbing experience you’d expect, largely thanks to talented new guests Amy Adams, Hank Azaria and Bill Hader (“SNL” and Superbad), a trio that breathes hilarious life into Amelia Earhart, Kahmunrah and General George Armstrong Custer. Everything about NatM:BotS improves on the lifeless original, especially the thankful lack of monkey antics of which there are a mere toned down few. 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, “The Wire”’s Stringer Bell), who’s also Sharon’s hubby. At least Fatal Attraction had the decency to implicate the dude. THE PIRATES WHO DON’T DO ANYTHING: A VEGGIE TALES MOVIE (G) Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt and Pa Grape leave the Pirate Times Dinner Theater to have morallycorrect, biblically-based adventures on the high seas of the 17th century. ‘Nuf said. THE PROPOSAL (PG-13) I was worn out by the trailer for this Sandra Bullock-Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy way back in April. An unlikable career woman, Margaret Tate (Bullock), is about to be deported to her native Canada. Her quick fix requires her put-upon assistant, Andrew (Reynolds, whom I can’t help but like), to marry her. Naturally, a trip to meet his family—Mary Steenburgen, “Coach” Craig T. Nelson and Betty White as the loopy grandma—in Alaska is the next step. l PUBLIC ENEMIES (R) Michael Mann’s gangster film, starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, is one of the fastest risers on my list of most anticipated films of the year. The F.B.I., represented by Special Agent Melvin Purvis (Bale) and Director J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup), pursues original gangsters John Dillinger (Depp), Baby Face Nelson (This Is England standout Stephen Graham) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum) as they perpetrate a cross-country crime spree. With Academy Award-winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose). STAR TREK (PG-13) Director J.J. Abrams brings Gene Roddenberry’s idyllic, stodgy creation to warp speed. Abrams and writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman revive the franchise with a breezy, action-packed matinee abandon never before seen in this often sober universe. Abrams, Orci and Kurtzman make the Enterprise’s tricky, high-profile refitting—not to mention the successful construction of a summer blockbuster—look easy. Amazingly, an entirely new, unknown Star Trek universe lies uncharted, to be mapped, one hopes, by Captain Abrams and his creative crew. Space may be the final frontier, but Star Trek should just be the first of many missions for this particularly talented team. THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 (R) A schlubby MTA employee, Walter Garber (Denzel Washington), becomes embroiled in New York City’s News Story of the Day when a mysterious hijacker (John Travolta) attempts to ransom a subway car for $10 million. This remake of the 1974 Walter Matthau-Robert Shaw film (already remade for TV in 1998) bops along the tracks with the electric energy expected
from director Tony Scott. Academy Award-winner Brian Helgeland adapts John Godey’s novel into a crackerjack modern crime thriller that’s real but not too real so as to really spook anyone. But it’s not Scott or Helgeland that people are paying to see. Excitingly suspenseful as Pelham is, the film grows exhausting by the time the case is closed by its unlikely hero. TEENSCREEN FILM FESTIVAL (NR) Festival features a lineup of short films made by the next generation of Athens filmmakers. TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (PG-13) See Movie Pick. UNDER THE BOMBS (NR) 2007. Zeina (Nada Abu Farhat) and her cab driver, Tony (Georges Khabb), attempt to find the woman’s son in the wake of Israel’s 2006 bombing of Lebanon in director Philippe Aractingi’s film. Winner of two Muhr Awards from the Dubai Film Festival, two prizes from the Venice Film Festival (the EIUC Human Rights Award and the ARCA Prize for Youths), Under the Bombs was nominated for the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize. UP (PG) Seventy-eight-year-old Carl Fredricksen (v. Edward Asner) and his late wife, Ellie, always dreamed of traveling to South America. After Ellie’s death, Carl floats his house to the fabled Paradise Falls via several thousand helium balloons. Carl and a young stowaway, lonely Wilderness Explorer Russell (v. Jordan Nagai), confront the wilderness for the first time, encountering a mythical bird, a talking dog named Dug (voiced
by co-director and screenwriter Bob Peterson), and Carl’s childhood hero, lost adventurer Charles Muntz (v. Christopher Plummer). With its odd old protagonist, Up is bound to be the year’s most unconventional blockbuster. Every minute of the film, co-directed by Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.) and Peterson, bursts with creativity and ingenuity. WHATEVER WORKS (PG-13) After a couple of age-appropriate cinematic liaisons, Woody Allen returns to the May-December romances he favors. “Curb Your Enthusiasm”’s Larry David stands in for the Woodster as he woos Marilyn Manson’s girlfriend, Evan Rachel Wood. After the Oscarnominated Match Point and the Oscarwinning Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Allen’s hot again. Hopefully, Whatever Works leans more toward those films than the recent Cassandra’s Dream and Scoop. With Henry Cavill (“The Tudors”) and Patricia Clarkson as the mother of Wood’s Melodie. THE WRECKING CREW (NR) Watching Denny Tedesco’s labor-oflove documentary, The Wrecking Crew, one begins to acquire a new sense of the interconnectedness of American pop music from the 1960s. That this common thread, which ties Dean Martin to The Beach Boys, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, and Alvin and the Chipmunks, arises from the fact that the hit songs by all these disparate artists were played by the same extended group of musicians might be cause to see the pop music industry as even more regulated, market-tested and homogenized than we already knew it
was. But in the context of this personal and revealing film, it becomes something to celebrate and a reason to enjoy the songs on a new, and richer, level. 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 merely fills in the pre-X team gaps in the tri-clawed mutant’s life. YEAR ONE (PG-13) The world’s first self-aware cavemen, Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Michael Cera), embroil themselves in the biblical soap opera of Sodom and Gomorrah to rescue the cavegirls (Juno Temple and June Diane Raphael) they want to lie with. Über-producer Judd Apatow’s first true misfire, Year One, written and directed by Harold Ramis, isn’t awful, but it isn’t funny either. As solidly deadpan as ever, Cera hoards laughs, while a mid-manic Black, 20 years older than his wunderkind costar, humorously starves. As history’s first murderer, Cain, David Cross reverts to obnoxious form (R.I.P. Paul Rudd’s Abel; you left us too soon). As a mincing High Priest, Oliver Platt probably earns more laughter than anyone besides Cera. Year One unfortunately brings to mind Mel Brooks’ A History of the World, Part I, another anachronistic historical comedy that’s less bad than not funny. Drew Wheeler
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reciprocal jive talk and illiteracy, earn the superlative of the most obvious, offensively un-PC characters. With so many interchangeable Bots, the twins get blessedly little face time; unfortunately, the same goes for interesting characters. I’d trade a few unnameable new Bots for more time to flesh (metal?) out Megatron and his cowardly lackey, Starscream. Too bad the humans—Sam, his hot girlfriend (Megan Fox), his nauseatingly needless roommate (Ramon Rodriguez) and parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie
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White), and the plastic army men—won’t get out of the way. Director Michael Bay’s approximation of human emotions and interactions are inconsequential in a Transformers movie. Most criticisms of the über-action auteur are valid, but he knows how to capture meaningless excitement on film. Please don’t mistake Transformers: RotF for a good movie. But as childhood wish fulfillment, the new Transformers can’t be beat. Drew Wheeler
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threats & promises Music News And Gossip Hopefully, all of you have recovered from this past weekend. If not, then keep sippin’ on the tomato juice and catch up on this week’s news. The Definition of Badass: Athens faced the news of the tragic Georgia Theatre fire on the morning of June 19. Although the entire scene, not to mention Athens at large, suffered a huge loss that day, it’s reasonable to say that owner Wilmot Greene was suffering most immediately. That morning he was awakened with news of the fire and headed down to see his extensively renovated building being destroyed. By any reasonable standard he should have had at least a day to himself to clear his head and deal with police, fire and insurance people. But what did he do? He immediately got on the phone and started arranging places for the bands booked at the Theatre to play. He took care of the bands first. I am having a hard time expressing just how incredible this is. In the midst of what would
Warehouse. Please direct sympathy notes to www.myspace.com/nationale706. Shiny and New: Eikon Productions, the people behind the Athens Soundies short-form videos and a good number of local music videos, have reworked their entire website which should streamline the process of clients organizing their various projects. You can check out all the new stuff, and see what’s up their sleeve, too, over at www.eikonic.com. Get Well Soon: Acclaimed local hip-hop artist Elite Tha Showstoppa suffered a heart attack on the night of Monday, June 22 and was rushed into emergency surgery. Thankfully, the prognosis is good, and doctors expect him to make a full recovery, although he will have to take it easy and avoid the stage for a few months. Elite began experiencing chest pains on Friday after pushing through two shows in one night. Considering the man’s amazing fortitude, there is little doubt he’ll come back
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Elite Tha Showstoppa shake anyone, his devotion to the music never took a backseat. As of this week, you can make donations to the Theatre online at www. georgiatheatre.com via PayPal payments. Email inquiries about fund-raising efforts can be directed to chan@georgiatheatre.com. Hell Froze Over: As y’all saw last week during AthFest, David Barbe has come out of his retirement from touring and completed a month-long tour with Patterson Hood & the Screwtopians. The last time Barbe hit the road was about 15 years ago when he was the bassist with the Bob Mould-led Sugar. In the interim, Barbe has excelled as one of Athens’ premier recording engineers and, from what I understand, is teaching an entire new generation to appreciate the minutiae of baseball fanaticism as well as coaching the actual game. The Screwtopians have a few shows in July, too, but unless you’re in San Francisco, Seattle or Portland, OR this won’t affect you much. Hats off, Dave. Hope you had a blast. Dammit: After a couple of years of blasting some of the most gut-wrenching, from-theheart hardcore in town, Nationale is calling it quits because vocalist Carrie Jones is moving to New York City. The band still has plans to tour through July in the Northeast and Midwest. Nationale will throw in the towel July 20 in Atlanta at the Wells Street
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stronger than ever. Here’s to a speedy recovery! You can send your well wishes to www. myspace.com/elitethashowstoppaga. [Michelle Gilzenrat] Gotta Catch ‘Em: Olympia, WA label People in a Position to Know Records is now taking pre-orders for the double LP version of Casper & the Cookies’ latest album, Modern Silence. The run is limited to 500 copies with the first 200 on red vinyl. Also, the first 50 orders will receive a bonus 5” (yes, 5”) single. The vinyl is mixed differently than the CD version, so all you super fans will want both. For ordering and more info, head to www.piaptk.com. The Work Never Stops: Bill Mallonee has released the latest volume in his ongoing series “Works (in) Progress Administration,” and this one is WPA Volume 4. The recording features six new songs, full band arrangements and a live version of the Vigilantes of Love tune “String of Pearls.” With themes influenced by the story of 1971 airline hijacker D.B. Cooper to Spanish poet Pablo Neruda, Mallonee has once again set his sights high. You can hear the tunes and download them for a mere $5.50 over at www.volsounds.com. For more information on Mallonee, please see www.billmallonee.net. Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com
Jenny Lewis No Rules A cid Tongue, the second solo record from Jenny Lewis (whose other gig is with the band Rilo Kiley), has generally been seen as a much more confident and assertive work than her first solo effort, Rabbit Fur Coat. Ironically, Lewis says she faced more uncertainties in making 2008’s Acid Tongue than in making the first album. “Rabbit Fur Coat was a very small record, and I knew exactly what I wanted,” Lewis says. “I knew the songs were done. The arrangements, I could hear them in my mind. I could hear the background vocal parts. I could hear everything. So, I knew how it would turn out. This one was a lot different because I really didn’t know what was going to happen in the studio. So, my expectations, I think, were a little different.” The variables that surrounded the making of Acid Tongue largely were a function of the differences in how Lewis approached the project. Rabbit Fur Coat was done in a fairly controlled manner. The songs were tracked instrument by instrument digitally, and the vocals were recorded separately after the instruments had been tracked. Acid Tongue, though, was recorded live in the studio, with Lewis singing the vocals as the musicians laid down the basic tracks for the songs. The entire proceedings were recorded to tape, as opposed to using a digital system such as Pro Tools. Lewis chose this approach for Acid Tongue because she wanted to sing live with the backing musicians. “I think for my vocals, specifically, [recording live] works for me very well because I’m just not in my head as much if I’m singing while the band is tracking,” Lewis says. “You know, if I’m playing piano and playing guitar while I’m singing, there’s just something that frees me up, and it’s more emotional.” The live approach worked, and the entire album was essentially finished in a single three-week session, an unusually short amount of time by normal standards. “It all just kind of went down really naturally,” Lewis says. “Some songs were definitely harder than others, and we had to re-cut them a couple of times. But for the most part, there was an incredible flow out there.” On a musical level, Acid Tongue ended up being as different stylistically from Rabbit Fur Coat as it was in the recording process used to create it. The first solo album, which was released in 2006, was an acoustic-centered country-ish work that leaned strongly toward ballads and mid-tempo material and put the lead vocals of Lewis (with Watson Twins Chandra and Leigh providing harmonies) at the center of the proceedings.
Acid Tongue, by contrast, is nothing if not eclectic. Only the title song recalls the country-ish acoustic songs of the first solo album, and what really stands out are three brisk rockers: “The Next Messiah,” “See Fernando” and “Carpetbaggers.” Between the acoustic and electric extremes fall several pop-based mid-tempo songs, including “Black Sand,” a song built around piano, vibraphone, cello and violin, and the stark ballad “Pretty Bird,” which is marked by a stinging electric guitar solo from guest musician M. Ward. The musical variety of Acid Tongue has opened up plenty of new musical avenues for Lewis to pursue, but she says not only doesn’t Acid Tongue necessarily set any direction for her solo career, she doesn’t know what the future will bring for her on subsequent solo albums. “You know, it’s so early in my solo career, it’s even funny to put it that way because I never assumed I would be able to make my solo records,” Lewis says. “But I truly haven’t really discovered exactly what it is I do on my own aside from collaborate with people and kind of use their mojo and inspiration to create a sound. But I think there are aspects of Rilo Kiley that I am personally responsible for, and there is a sensibility there that I felt I had to abandon with Rabbit Fur Coat. It was almost like an apologetic [statement] like, ‘I’m making my own record, but I’m not going to tread on anyone’s toes.’ But I think with this record it was just about making what I thought sounded right at the time, not limiting myself and putting any rules on what I do.” Lewis’ current tour, not surprisingly, features material from her two solo albums, but a Rilo Kiley song or two might also work its way into the shows on various evenings. “I’ve definitely thrown in a couple of songs that I have written over the years for Rilo Kiley,” Lewis says. “It’s been really interesting to re-arrange those songs. And they’re my songs, and to hear them in a different context with a different band is always really fun or to simply strip them back and just play them completely by myself, which isn’t something I get to do in Rilo Kiley. It really just returns me to the moment when I wrote them.”
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record reviews PRINCESS IDIOT Perfect Independent Release The rock and roll scream is a tricky thing. It can be an impassioned burst of intensity, crystallizing all the strengths of a singer into one forceful moment. It can be primal (Lennon), anguished (Cobain) or ecstatic (Prince). But it’s something that with the wrong voice can expose all the flaws of its employer, and in the case of local trio Princess Idiot, vocalist Alex Prestia just sounds strained, weak and ineffectual. That’s a shame, because on the few songs on the band’s thoroughly unremarkable new disc Perfect (just asking for a snide comment, no?) where the guys slow things down and Prestia sings, his voice is at least competently melodic rather than reedy and small. Most of the time, though, Princess Idiot plays around with lyrical clichés (“I don’t know what’s going on, I think I’m going crazy,” etc.) and uninspired guitar assaults, while Prestia sounds like he’s yelling from down the hall. Borrowing some of the energy of Florida and Southern California punk, the guys at least use a few interesting stuttery guitar effects here and there. But just because a song is written doesn’t mean it’s good. In fact, on an album packed with predictable clichés, it’s so depressingly unsurprising that Princess Idiot wraps up a punk-leaning rock album with the jokey acoustic number “I Got Legs,” a tongue-in-cheek reworking of ZZ Top’s most recognizable tune. If Princess Idiot had placed this song somewhere in the middle of the album, at least it would’ve broken up the monotony, but at the end? It’s been done hundreds of times before, and better, and just underscores the complete dearth of original thought on Perfect. Athens has always had its share of faceless, empty, unnecessary acts; at least we’ve got them around to remind us how good some of our other bands are. Chris Hassiotis
RALPH RODDENBERY BAND For So Long Independent Release Former Athens, now Atlanta singer/ songwriter Ralph Roddenbery isn’t a paid motivational speaker, but he very well could be. Roddenbery’s songs often focus on the perseverance of life’s
scrappers and underdogs, which bring to life much of his self-titled band’s new release, For So Long. Former Grapes guitarist Ted Norton, drummer Richie Jones, bassist Tommy Jones and additional vocalist Samantha Alessi-Jones join Roddenbery here. The filled-out group brings a more up-tempo and rocking sound than was heard on the intimate, mostly acoustic release Live from Tree’s Sound Studios. Some songs are longtime concert staples, while others arrive fresh from the looseleaf. Throughout, the group keeps the show rolling with a sharp blend of roots and jam rock, blues, Americana and country inflections. One of Roddenbery’s greatest strengths as a lyricist and singer is that although he often comes across as sentimental or unshakably positive, he never sounds schmaltzy, preachy or trite. On a revamped “Fix Myself,” Roddenbery, in his raspy country tone, suggests he’s trying to do better, trying “to fix myself, but it’s getting pretty hard to find the parts.“ The country-flavored “HDL Walken” documents the many hard-earned “hundred dollar lessons” that inspired the song, while “Paper Doll in a Forest Fire” is a driving, lovedamaged ballad that many of modern rock’s emotive crooners couldn’t touch. For So Long may reflect a bit more polished version of the Roddenbery Band than most are used to hearing in joints around Athens and Atlanta. But, it’s still a solid and diverse representation of they way they work live onstage, the forum in which Ralph and the gang shine brightest. The album, which finally captures some of Roddenbery’s strongest and most requested tunes on tape, is a perfect take-along for roadtrips or short drives around the immediate outdoor universe. Michael Andrews
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foray into alt-country, is slow, soft and heart-achingly beautiful. Maybe it’s better to let Griffin shy away from the hook and experiment with weird dance tunes. Hearts would litter the streets if he wrote like this all the time. Jennifer Gibson Better Than Ezra is playing the 40 Watt Club on Saturday, July 18.
SILVERSUN PICKUPS Swoon Dangerbird This new Silversun Pickups record is killing me. It’s not a total loss, but neither is it a clear winner. At times, the songs on Swoon sound like they were written by some skinny-jeaned, shaggy-haired teen with a scar in the shape of a girl’s name on his arm. However, there’s also a strange kind of beauty in this record. At first listen, these 10 tunes rush at you with a faux heart-on-the-sleeve yearning that has yet to discover some thoughts and feelings are best left unspoken. And the guitar riffs on this, ostensibly, rock and roll record occasionally sound like they were crafted electronically, to the point that the guitars can come off sounding fake. Combine it all with the androgynous vocals and it’s not hard to feel like you’re listening to a band full of misunderstood kids. However, despite the flaws— including the slick over-production that makes the songs sound like they just traveled here from 1994—there’s an odd sincerity to it. Swoon is ultimately like the high school art geek who tries a little too hard to channel incomprehensible angst into art, but nevertheless does it better than anyone else in class. Jennifer Gibson
Paper Empire Red Distribution Better Than Ezra’s lead singer and primary song writer Kevin Griffin sure can write a catchy hook. Songs like “Good” and “Desperately Wanted” are proof of that. The main problem for him, though, and the new record Paper Empire, is that he doesn’t do it often enough. There are certainly a few great songs on here—if there’s any justice in the world “Absolutely Still” will rule the summer air waves—but there are also a couple of clunky dance pop numbers, with one, “Nightclubbing,” sounding a bit like a mid-’90s Blur cast off. (It’s a little embarrassing to listen when Griffin adopts his presumably unintentional Damon Albarn impression.) Unfortunately, there’s only some trace of what made the band so good in the first place. The clunky tracks dominate this record. All could possibly be forgiven, though, considering that the brightest spot on the record is a blinding one. “I Just Knew,” perhaps BTE’s hesitant
is a studied looseness that makes it all work. It is difficult to talk about Manners without referencing ‘08–’09 buzzwords like “Cure-esque,” “post-punk” (see “Make Light”), “videogame NES-core” (see “Little Secrets”) and “’80s new wave” (see all), but one man’s stale is another man’s mannered zeitgeist— yeah, Manners is very much of the moment. Passion Pit’s cotton candy pop is surprisingly filling and lasting, and the sugar high, is, well, some good shit, even when they slow it down: album closer/climax “Seaweed Song” is just waiting to be in every other commercial and movie trailer—remember, I called it. No doubt, Passion Pit has become 2009’s most bloggable band because the group actually writes good songs. Yeah, the band’s a DO: Manners is sweet, summery and a lot of fun. Christopher Joshua Benton
PASSION PIT Manners French Kiss Extremely trendy and obnoxiously hip, Passion Pit is like one of those ambiguous photographs on Vice that you’re not quite sure if it’s a DO or a DON’T. What I mean is, Manners is great despite itself. Michael Angelakos’ high-pitched falsetto is quintessential love-it-or-hate-it, residing somewhere between helium air balloon and whippit charger. The samples are heavyhanded and the synths are cheesy. This amounts to aural decadence, but there
CANDY MALDONADO Me To Your Right, Like Meteorite Independent Release With nothing original to say or to play, Candy Maldonado looks back to the guitar-heavy indie rock of the turn of the millenium. It would’ve sounded fourth-tier even on WUOG’s 1999 rotation, but now that folk has freaked and rock has gotten way more weird, this local band’s lack of creativity isn’t just derivative, it’s downright perplexing. Opening track “Throw Off the Yoke” is a straight Modest Mouse rip, borrowing the chiming guitars and off-kilter rhythms of that band’s earlier days. But if a band’s going to ape another band, why choose to go the most direct route, ignoring all the progress that that earlier group has made in lyricism, song structure and adventurousness? That’s just the song’s music, though; lead vocalist James Pendley’s piercing bleat kills any sort of tension and propulsion the instruments might’ve created. Nasal, high-pitched and unintelligible—and unlike anything else on the disc—it’s possible it’s a recording mistake, because if it’s a conscious choice on the part of the band, it’s for no discernible reason. A track like “Tea Time” keeps the Pacific Northwest of 10 years ago vibe going, tumbling drums and mellow guitar melodies copping the style of bands like 764-HERO and Red Stars Theory. Recorded, mixed and mastered by the crew at the local Japanski home studio, a normally reliable gang who’ve done good work with locals like Deaf Judges and Music Hates You, Me To Your Right, Like Meteorite doesn’t even sound consistent, with drums and guitars varying in levels from song to song, and not to any particular effect. Four dudes whose first names all start with the letter J borrow their name from an ‘80s baseballer, their sound from a millennial scene already faded. They’ve got the basic ideas of songs waiting for embellishment, not ready for release. Chris Hassiotis
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The 11th Annual Flagpole Athens Music Awards
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he Flagpole Athens Music Awards are always entertaining and unpredictable, and this year’s ceremony was no exception. Deaf Judges came decked out in beach attire, Brit Brit and Madge made a surprise guest appearance (yes, there was a kiss!) and the king of unpredictability himself, country rocker and YouTube legend Clay Leverett, made a few “too soon” jokes about the recently departed King of Pop. Sorry about that… such are the perils of improvisation. As we recognized the talents of today and tomorrow’s rising stars, there was also time for reflection and fond remembrances. Jeff Fallis’ opening poem, “The True Golden Era,” set the tone perfectly with its witty summation of Athens’ music history and that great local myth—held by every generation of Athenians—that their time in town represented the pinnacle of our music scene. While the bitter loss of the Georgia Theatre was still fresh on everyone’s mind, presenter Wilmot Greene was on hand to assure us of his dedication to rebuilding the burned landmark. It was comforting and inspiring to see Greene in such great form as he shared candid stories about his time in Athens and his love for our music scene and the Theatre. The acts that he presented awards to—jam, tribute, country and world—were all eager to show their support for the Theatre’s revival as well. Greene
even had a chance to take a swing at our co-MC: “The only thing left from the Georgia Theatre fire,” he quipped, “is Clay Leverett’s tab.” Big thanks go out to our surprise guest presenter, Dr. Rick LaFleur, a longtime Athens music fan and Ciné regular whom presenter Jeff Tobias pulled out of the audience to take his place as he rushed offstage to work the door at Farm 255. “I don’t know who this man is,” said bewildered co-presenter Joel Hatstat, “but we are going to have great chemistry.” Receiving special recognition this year was the UGA Music Business Program for its outstanding outreach and education efforts in the music community. We also introduced the the first Flagpole Award for Best Local Music video, which was won by acclaimed local directors Jason Miller and Ethan Payne. Even though we had some technical glitches while screening the films, the always impeccable pit band, Kenosha Kid, was quick to fill in the breaks by improvising the video songs. Live performances were especially strong this year across the board, from the Hoopdancers’ introduction to Lazer/Wülf’s blazing metal finale. AthFest got off to a great start, and that momentum was carried throughout the weekend. Michelle Gilzenrat
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the calendar! WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
July 4th DeadlinE: The deadline for getting listed in the Calendar is WEDNESDAY, July 1 at 5 p.m. for the issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Email calendar@flagpole.com.
Tuesday 30 EVENTS: Mental Health Awards Banquet (Milledge Avenue Baptist Church) State Representative Mickey Channell is this year’s keynote speaker. 6 p.m. $18. 706-549-7888, www.fightthestigma.com* ART: Opening and Sale (Earth Fare) Featuring cat art by Robin Fay, James Dean, Cecile Moore, Josh Payne, Cathy Dailey and more. Proceeds benefit the non-profit group Cat Zip Alliance. Wine and vegan refreshments. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-227-1717, www.catzip.org KIDSTUFF: Lap Puppet Show (ACC Library) “Go to Sleep, Gecko!”, a Balinese folktale adapted by Kim James from the book by Margaret Read McDonald. 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Book Signing and Reception (Taylor Grady House) For Frances Taliaferro Thomas’ A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County. Books will be available for purchase, with 50% of proceeds going to support the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation. Space is limited. RSVP by June 24. 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-1801 LECTURES & LIT.: Brown Bag Lunch: “Your Loved One is Slipping, Now What?” (ACC Library) Athens-Clarke County Probate Judge Susan Tate discusses guardianship and medical consent law. Feel free to bring a lunch to this 45-minute program. 12:15 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Athens Green Drinks (The Royal Peasant) The group’s first mixer is open to all who are interested in local green building, transportation and environmental sustainability. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athensgreendrinks.org GAMES: Drunken Bingo (283 Bar) Great prizes and fun all night long. 10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 GAMES: Flicker Poker Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Last Tuesday of every month! 8:30 p.m. www. myspace.com/flickerbar 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 GAMES: Movie Trivia (Ciné Barcafé) With drink specials and prizes every Tuesday. Sign up at 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com GAMES: Pool and Dart Tournament (Alibi) APA Pool League and Dart League tournament night. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
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series called “Ingmar Bergman’s Trilogy and ‘The Seventh Seal’: Questions of Faith and Spirituality in Film.” Sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art. 7 p.m. FREE! www. uga.edu/gamuseum EVENTS: Young Athenians Launch Party (D.O.C. Unlimited, 585 Barber St.) Celebrate the launch of Young Athenians, a new graphic design studio, with live music, DJs, live art performances, food, drinks and more. 7 p.m.–midnight. FREE! www. youngathenians.com/party KIDSTUFF: Imitation Ocean (Bishop Park) Explore the pool’s underwater wonders and swim with the fish. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. & 3–5 p.m. $3. 706-613-3580 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) For ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “Abraham Lincoln: Growth to Greatness” (ACC Library) Dr. Emory Thomas, Professor Emeritus of History at UGA, discusses the growth Lincoln demonstrated in both his public and private life. 7 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Clueless (Oconee County Library) Mystery book discussion group. This month’s featured title is In the Woods by Tana French. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 GAMES: Rock Star Game Night (Wild Wing Café) Try your luck as a virtual musician! Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. www.wildwingcafe.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Play for prizes every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920
Thursday 2 EVENTS: Ladies’ Night Wine Tasting (Boutier Winery, Danielsville) Featuring free hors d’eourves and 10 wines for sampling. 6:30–8:30 p.m. $10. 706789-0059, www.boutierwinery.com EVENTS: Swing Night with Bugg (The Melting Point) Daddi-O Productions presents a night of swing dance, hosted by Bugg. The host will hold lessons in the first hour, followed by open dancing from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. 7 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com ART: Walk and Talk (ATHICA) Hear the thoughts of the curators and artists of “Emerges III: Journeys.” Event continues at 8:30 p.m. at ATHICA’s satellite space in the Bottleworks complex, where Robert August Peterson’s multimedia art installation is set up. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athica.org 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
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KIDSTUFF: Imitation Ocean (Bishop Park) Explore the pool’s underwater wonders and swim with the fish. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. & 3–5 p.m. $3. 706-613-3580 KIDSTUFF: Sing-a-Long (ACC Library) Sing with Linda Walker and Lorraine Holahan as they play your favorite children’s songs. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Lunch & Learn: Water Conservation (ACC Library) Natalie White from ACC Stormwater discusses water conservation and shows how to make a rain barrel and non-toxic cleaners. 12:15 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Club Chrome) Every Thursday night at the new dance club off Atlanta Highway across from Sam’s Club. 9 p.m. 706543-9009 GAMES: Trivia (WOW Café & Wingery) Every Thursday. 706-5435510
Friday 3 EVENTS: Meet and Greet with Mayoral Candidate Brandon Shinholser (Memorial Park) Shinholser and others will speak starting at 7:15 p.m. Pizza and drinks served on a first-come, firstserved basis. 6:30–7:45 p.m. FREE! www.brandonforathens.com EVENTS: Sock Hop (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Do the twist, shag and other popular dances of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Wear your poodle skirt, saddle shoes, penny loafers or pedal pushers to win a prize. Every Friday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655 EVENTS: Watkinsville Oconee’s Wonder4th (Downtown Watkinsville) Friday’s festivities include an art tour with free shuttle service (call for tour times) and a kids’ zone. 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706769-5197 PERFORMANCE: Independence Day Concert and Picnic on the Lawn (Madison-Morgan Cultural Center) An old-fashioned celebration of our nation’s independence with patriotic music by the Athens Classic City Band. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-342-4743 OUTDOORS: Courteous Mass (Athens City Hall) A casualpace bike ride around town with BikeAthens. Bring a helmet & water. 6 p.m. FREE! www.bikeathens.com KIDSTUFF: Imitation Ocean (Bishop Park) Explore the pool’s underwater wonders and swim with the fish. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. & 3–5 p.m. $3. 706-613-3580 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. This month’s themes include feeling grumpy, France and the letter B. Ages 2–5. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597
Bishop Park hosts the July 4th celebration “Star Spangled Classic,” with fireworks at sunset. KIDSTUFF: Tikes, Trikes and Strollers Independence Day Parade (Greenway) Deck out the little ones and their wheels in red, white and blue. 10 a.m. Call for fees. 706-613-3614 MEETINGS: Drinking Liberally (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Informal, inclusive and progressive social group that gives left-leaning individuals a chance to talk politics. First and third Friday of every month. 6:30 p.m. athens@drinkingliberally.org
Saturday 4 EVENTS: 4th of July with Terrapin (Terrapin Beer Co.) Celebrate the 4th with a pre-fireworks tour and a new cask release. 5:30–7:30 p.m. $8/ tasting glass. www.terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers’ Market (Bishop Park) 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: Film Screening (Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, 100 Newton Bridge Rd.) Part of a series of Holocaust movies in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Month. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-244-5308 EVENTS: Star Spangled Classic (Bishop Park) Featuring inflatables, old-fashioned family games, a dunking booth, children’s art activities, music and concessions. Culminates with the popular annual fireworks display. No pets, grills, alcohol or smoking. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-6133589
EVENTS: Watkinsville Oconee’s Wonder4th (Downtown Watkinsville) Two-day event continues with a heritage celebration at Eagle Tavern. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! 706-769-5197 PERFORMANCE: Classic City Comedy Show (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Local and national comedians perform the first Saturday of every month. 9 p.m. $10. 706354-6655, www.kinghproductions. eventbrite.com OUTDOORS: Naturalist Walk (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join SCNC staff for a walk around the property. Bring a camera or binoculars. All ages; children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes and Noble) A story and craft every Saturday morning. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-354-1195
Sunday 5 PERFORMANCE: Classic City Band (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Holiday weekend concert with seating inside the garden’s air-conditioned conservatory. 3 p.m. FREE! 706-542-1244, www.uga.edu/ botgarden LECTURES & LIT.: “Emancipation: Lincoln’s Second Thoughts” (ACC Library) Dr. Barry Schwartz, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at UGA, discusses Lincoln’s feelings of ambivalence about the Emancipation Proclamation. 3 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 GAMES: Full-Contact Trivia (Allen’s Bar & Grill) “The lord of all that is trivia,” Bobby Nettles, com-
mutes from Duluth, GA to pick your brain. Sports-themed rules with diverse categories. 9 p.m. FREE! www. allensbarandgrill.com GAMES: Legend of the Five Rings (Tyche’s Games) Celestial Edition Release Tournament. Entrance fee gets you promo cards and everything needed. 2 p.m. $25. 706-3544500, www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Wild Wing Café) Every Sunday at Wild Wing! FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com
Monday 6 EVENTS: The Civil War Legends (ACC Library) Screening of two documentaries (one on Robert E. Lee and one on Abraham Lincoln) narrated by Princeton University historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson. Part of the library’s Lincoln film festival. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) Bedtime stories. 7 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 MEETINGS: Meditation Group (Call for location) Open to new and experienced meditators. Meets every Monday. 7:15 p.m. FREE! 706-7141202, meditateathens@gmail.com GAMES: Live Trivia (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Every Monday with Trivia Joe. Lots of prizes available plus winning teams have a chance to qualify for a $200 cash prize. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655 GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge every Monday! 8 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub
GAMES: Sports Trivia (WOW Café & Wingery) Every Monday. 706543-5510. GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Fat Daddy’s) Every Monday. 6 & 9 p.m. 706-353-0241. GAMES: Tune Trivia (Alibi) Get a team together and test your knowledge of music trivia. Hosted by Bobby Nettles and APA Pool League. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
Tuesday 7 EVENTS: Athens Heritage Walks (Navy Supply Corps School) New series sponsored by the AthensClarke Heritage Foundation continues with a twilight tour of the Navy Supply Corps School, formerly the State Normal School, led by Danny Sniff. Tour-goers must sign up by July 2. 7 p.m. $15. 706-353-1801, www.achfonline.org PERFORMANCE: Open TOAD Comedy (Flicker Theatre & Bar) A unique open mic experience. The audience gets to pelt the performers who go over their six-minute time limit with foam rocks. Performers must sign up by 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar OUTDOORS: Full Moon Canoe Ride (Sandy Creek Park) Paddle a canoe on Lake Chapman guided by the full moon. Participants may use one of the park’s canoes/kayaks or bring their own. Ages 12 & up. Must pre-register. 9 p.m. $5, $3 (with own canoe/kayak). 706-613-3631 OUTDOORS: Full Moon Hike (Greenway) Experience nature in a different light. 8:30 p.m. Call for fees. 706-613-3614 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: “Pesky Critters!” (ACC Library) Barbara Dinnan tells cowboy stories and sings songs of the Old West. 2:30 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 GAMES: Drunken Bingo (283 Bar) Great prizes and fun all night long. 10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 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 GAMES: Movie Trivia (Ciné Barcafé) With drink specials and prizes every Tuesday. Sign up at 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com GAMES: Pool and Dart Tournament (Alibi) APA Pool League and Dart League tournament night. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
Wednesday 8 EVENTS: The Silence (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Dr. Janice Simon introduces the film, part of a summer series called “Ingmar Bergman’s Trilogy and ‘The Seventh Seal’: Questions of Faith and Spirituality in Film.” Sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art. 7 p.m. FREE! www. uga.edu/gamuseum KIDSTUFF: Carol’s Creative Capers (Oconee County Library) Carol Cain shares songs of adventure, zany folktales, family stories and award-winning historical monologues. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Spanish Storytime (ACC Library) Led by UGA student
volunteers from the Department of Language and Literacy Education. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) For ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Tribute to J. J. Reneaux (Madison County Library) Stories by Cajun storyteller J. J. Reneaux told by Jackie Elsner. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Young Adult Book Discussion (Madison County Library) This month’s book is Animal Farm by George Orwell. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 GAMES: Rock Star Game Night (Wild Wing Café) Try your luck as a virtual musician! Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. www.wildwingcafe.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Play for prizes every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 * Advance Tickets Available
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THE CALENDAR! The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com* BEVERLY SMITH AND CARL JONES The artists in this bluegrass duo harmonize voices, guitars and banjos for a classic, rootsy sound. No Where Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 ASHUTTO MIRRA This alternative rock quartet features members of alterna-soul group The Revival. Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net COCO RICO This new local post-rock trio performs over experimental samples and beats. ON WONDERFUL JONATHAN No info available. REPTAR Young rock trio influenced by acts like Animal Collective and Talking Heads. Reptar plays uptempo punk/funk with choppy guitar licks, melodic drumming and electronic loops and sound washes. Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com KARAOKE Every Tuesday night at the downtown chain’s upstairs space. WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org “LIVE IN THE LOBBY” Sailor Dawn will perform on the college radio station’s weekly program featuring local artists.
Wednesday 1 40 Watt Club Georgia Theatre Presents. 9 p.m. $15 (adv. at School Kids), $20 (door). www.40watt.com* THE GRENADINES Sweet, intimate lyrics pour out of The Grenadines’ ambient psych-pop and sultry girlboy vocals. HEARTLESS BASTARDS Cincinnati’s Heartless Bastards play distorted, mellowed out garage rock that features the Grace Slick-like vocals of Erika Wannerstrom. JENNY LEWIS Rilo Kiley singer breaks off into her solo act. See feature on p. 12. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com CITY OF IFA Progressive experimental screamo from Orlando. DAYS OF HYSTERIA Local metal band formerly known as Stereo Gun. Ask for the new self-titled EP! THE LIFE AQUATIC As its name suggests, the band’s aesthetic draws heavily from the Wes Anderson film’s
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soundtrack, often deconstructing Mark Mothersbaugh’s synth loops into guitar and keyboard noise. Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 OPEN MIC Every Wednesday featuring Avery Dylan. Gnat’s Landing 6 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net DAVE PRINCE This Athens staple and one-time member of The Jesters plays your favorite soul, rock and R&B oldies. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar SURFER BLOOD None of the members of this Florida band surf, but they do play trippy surf rock with a psychedelic edge to their strange lyrics, distant guitar and poppy, reverbed vocals. Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1193 KIP JONES TRIO Many of Jones’ tunes split between the reflective acoustic territory of Harvest-era Neil Young and the country-infused rock of ‘80s-era Steve Earle. Locos Grill & Pub (Westside location) 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 RAMBLIN MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS BAND Traditional bluegrass. The Melting Point 9 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com THE BROS. MARLER Brothers Drew and Daniel Marler are currently concentrating on bringing their brand of Neil Young/Elliot Smith/Allman Bros.-influenced music to the people as an acoustic duo. LIONZ Jam-rock from Athens. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Every Wednesday with Stan. Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net KAOS House music every Wednesday night!
Thursday 2 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.
Allen’s Bar & Grill 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill. com JON PENLAND This acoustic singersongwriter from Toccoa, GA is influenced by artists like Switchfoot, Creed and Jack Johnson. He has a “rare comfortableness in front of a crowd” thanks to years performing at his church. Buffalo’s Southwest Café 7:30 p.m. 706-354-6655* GRITZ AND JELLY BUTTER Jazz Thursdays feature a new jazz band every week. This week’s group hails from Atlanta. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com BETSY FRANCK AND THE BAREKNUCKLE BAND Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility. CLAY LEVERETT AND FRIENDS One of this town’s finest country frontmen, Leverett has led both The Chasers and Lona. He will perform with collaborators from those projects and others tonight. HELEN, DODGE Local Americana act that began as a songwriter-in-theround on a back porch and has now finally cemented into a full-fledged band featuring Neal Canup, Mark Cunningham, Roger Alan Wade and Corey Holland performing both original music and some obscure covers. WE ARE THE GOLD MACHINE Chris Ezelle’s solo act performs “raw guitar-based country blues.” Club Chrome 9 p.m. 706-543-9009 KARAOKE Every Thursday night at the new dance club off Atlanta Highway across from Sam’s Club. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CLAY LEVERETT One of this town’s finest country frontmen, Leverett has led both The Chasers and Lona. Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 BYRON Local songwriter Byron Adams leans heavily on his harmonica and Dixieland poetics throughout his acoustic tunes. Girasoles 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706-310-0410 SONNY GOT BLUE Local jazz group featuring James Goodhand (bass), George Davidson (tenor sax), Andrew Murdison (trumpet) and Karl Friday (drums) plays swing and Latin jazz standards for the dinner crowd every Thursday.
Saturday, July 4
Red, White & Brewgrass Festival Melting Point July 4 is always a tricky day for local clubs, as most folks spend their day grilling tofu and occasionally making a concession for their carnivorous pals down the block. Flags, The Corduroy Road fun, fireworks—that sort of thing. Drawing ‘em into a club is tougher, but the Melting Point’s offering up a full day of music that’s almost irresistible: 14 bands spread over 12 hours of bluegrass, folk, old-time country and Americana. The local old-time duo of Hawk Proof Rooster starts things off at 1 p.m., with the picking pros of the North Georgia Bluegrass Band bringing the mountain sounds down from the foothills and into the (relatively) big city. A lot of local acts have become regulars at the Melting Point’s Tuesday night bluegrass series, and some of those bands— String Theory, The Jumpin’ Jesus Christers, The Corduroy Road—join out-of-towners like Johnny Roquemore & the Apostles of Bluegrass or Atlanta’s Dappled Grays. The night closes out with the Packway Handle Band who, after hosting the event for nearly half a day and presumably consuming a number of the brews suggested by the festival’s name, should be raring for an opportunity to showcase its spirited four-part vocal harmonies and clever songwriting. The band has been a longtime favorite here in Athens and a constant winner of the annual Flagpole Athens Music Award, taking home the top prize again this year in the Americana/Roots category. Doors open at noon for this day-long event which runs until midnight. It’s an 18-andup show and is planned as the first installment of an annual throwdown. Tickets cost $17 in advance and $20 at the door on the day of the performances. A full schedule of performance times and more information is available at the venue’s site www.meltingpoint athens.com. [Chris Hassiotis]
Gnat’s Landing 6 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net DREW DIXON Classic blues licks with a lot of soul. 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. SMEGMA Featuring members of scrappy punk band Rockspring Destroyers. Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub NERO AND THE BURNING VIOLINS Athens band that borrows from Neil Young, Pavement and a little Velvet Underground. STEGOSAURUS Sometimes danceable and always raw, this trio plays songs about down-and-out characters who crash on “14 Couches,” don’t want to roll cigarettes or feel as ancient as a dinosaur. WILD FICTION No info available.
Roadhouse 11 p.m. $2. 706-613-2324 CARLA LEFEVER Local hard-rocker Carla LeFever and her band play unplugged covers of AC/DC and Dio, as well as some of her more “hardgrooving” and dancey originals in the same vein. Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens THE ADDITIVES This Chicago-based folk-pop group accompanies its loungey rock style with spoken-word vocals. COLORFUL QUIET Singer-songwriter Stephen Webster blends ambient and indie folk into a stripped-down experimental sound. PHILLIP MITCHELL Atlanta-based songwriter Phillip Mitchell plays mellow, soulful indie rock tunes with a theatrical edge. 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 3 Alibi 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 THE RATTLERS Athens’ own energetic Southern rock and rollers with a heavy guitar-driven sound and an exciting live performance that often features surprise special guest appearances. Barnette’s Midnight. FREE! 706-546-0966 DJ T8TR(TOT) Local beatmaster mixes trippy electronic laptop creations featuring dubstep, drum ‘n’ bass and funk.
ATHICA Emerges III: Journeys
June 20 - July 19, 2009 Mary C. Wilson, Curator Erin McIntosh, Assistant Curator Featuring:
Jennifer Desormeaux Layet Johnson & Charles Westfall Robert August Peterson* Robyn Waserman Affiliated Events: Thursday, July 2, 7:00 & 8:30 p.m. Artists & Curators Walk and Talk 7:00 at ATHICA, 8:30 at Bottleworks *Mr. Peterson’s work can be viewed at a new ATHICA satellite space at the Bottleworks complex at 286 Prince Avenue Special Hours: Mon.-Fri., 6:00-9:30 pm, Sat. 5:00-8:30 pm, Sun. 1:00-5:00 pm and by appoinment. ATHICA Gallery hours remain the same as during our regular season: Thurs: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m., Fri, Sat & Sun: 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. and by appointment.
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Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com CASPER AND THE COOKIES Reminiscent of bands like Talking Heads and The Beatles, local poprock superpower Casper & the Cookies plays a diverse set of songs built around one concept: fun. The band will celebrate the release of their new album Modern Silence. THEODORE Down-tempo Americana with rich instrumentation and hushed vocals. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com 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. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar GABE VODICKA & ROY COUGHLIN Former Long Legged Woman and An Epic at Best guitarists, respectively. Together this evening for a goth-folk performance. KEVEN GILBERT The Kilroy frontman performs a solo set. Gnat’s Landing 7 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net TJ MIMBS This local acoustic singersongwriter plays melodramatic pop in the vein of Dave Matthews. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DJ BABY PANDAS Genre goes out the window tonight as former Flagpole music editor Chris Hassiotis selects a wide-ranging array of gleeful dance favorites and obscurities, from garage rock to funk to pop. The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* SONS OF SAILORS This Jimmy Buffett cover band features members of the Tony Pritchett Band. Rye Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens ISIDRO Solo experimental noise project. SANDIA A progressive fusion of jazz, drum and bass, trip-hop and world music rhythms wrapped up in psychedelic ambiance. Wild Wing Café 9 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com TURNSTILE This Atlanta cover band plays synth-driven renditions of songs ranging from ‘70s rock to ‘90s alternative.
Saturday 4 40 Watt Club The Fourth at Forty. 10 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com* BEAR Acclaimed battle rapper and T-NEB star. GUS D Local teen rapper Gus Darnell performs with a precise, confident flow. DJ Will Waxx provides backing beats. KEELAN “FRESH” KNOX Lavoniabased artist raps clean lyrics over energetic hip-hop beats and a huge variety of vocal effects. MIKEY P Michael Patterson is a young artist in town with a really fun rap about a “Facebook Girl.” This is his big stage debut. PAPERBOY Brian Walker of experimental local rap band Future Ape Tapes. PROFOUND BREATH This local rapper has an especially poetric verse style and flow.
REDKLAY Southern rap in the vein of Scarface meets WuTang Clan. RICHIE RICH WITH HOT HAM & STR8 JACKET YouTube sensation Richie Rich is a comical rapper. He’ll be bringing along a multi-media filled show tonight! TOMMY VALENTINE Local rap sensation who infuses pop sensibilities into his songs. Expect a full backing band with melodic, sung choruses. See Calendar Pick on p. 22.
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Alibi 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 GRAINS OF SAND This cover band performs classic Motown hits. SOUTHERN SOUL Lively rock, funk and new covers plus originals. Ashford Manor 6 p.m. $15. www.ambedandbreakfast. com* GREG HESTER Hester performs songs by Van Morrison with a scaled-down band of just acoustic guitar, cello and drums. MAD WHISKEY GRIN Duo featuring masterful guitarist Frank Williams, who slides and finger-picks his way through bluesy and decidedly American sounds, plus the smokey vocals of Nancy Byron.
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The Athens Farmers Market 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net KATE MORRISSEY Best known throughout this corridor for her dark velvet voice that stands on its own, Morrissey’s songwriting is literate and sincere, and her conversational live shows come punctuated with an off-beat sense of humor. She is accompanied by upright bass and jazz drummer. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net CONNELLY CROWE BAND This young band features the rich, vibrant and velvety vocals of Connelly Crowe. She’s backed by fellow high school students Lewis Jones (guitar, drums) and Gus Boyd (bass) who play a soulful kind of acousticdriven rock. Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-9241 DANCE PARTY Get your groove on! Hosted by Lynn. Gnat’s Landing 7 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net LEAVING COUNTRIES Warm, inviting folk rock from here in Athens. The trio’s On the Journey EP features tender violin, aching harmonica and melodic acoustic guitars. Go Bar 8 p.m.–Midnight. www.myspace.com/ gobar “DR. FRED’S KARAOKE” Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers. Midnight. 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 Melting Point 1-11 p.m. $10 (students), $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com* RED WHITE AND BREWGRASS FESTIVAL This all-day Fourth of July event on two stages features Packway Handle Band, String Theory, The Corduroy Road, Mountain Heart and Curley Maple to name a few. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. k continued on next page
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THE CALENDAR! Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens KILL THE SCHOOL Metal four-piece based here in Athens. TEENAGE EYES This band’s caustic power pop comes in a surf rockheavy format with energetic, feelgood results. Wild Wing Café 9 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com DAVE FIRMIN Vocalist for Augusta’s alternative rock band Edison Project.
Sunday 5 Square One Restaurant and Bar 1-4 p.m. FREE! www.squareonefishco. com SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH Rotating local jazz artists play on the patio. Every Sunday!
Monday 6 Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 DUSTY & RYAN No info available.
Tuesday 7 Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DAN NETTLES Celebrated local jazz musician known for his work fronting Kenosha Kid. Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 KARAOKE Huge karaoke dance party hosted by Lynn every Tuesday. Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingshuffleclub PUNK ROCK DANCE PARTY Every Tuesday! Hosted by Randy Smyre. The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com* PAUL LOMBARD Backed by George Norman, Edward Hunter and Mora, Lombard performs a blend of folk, bluegrass, country and blues.
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Wednesday 8 Farm 255 Georgia Theatre Benefit. 11 p.m. $5 (suggested donation). www.farm255. com NAUTILUS Featuring James Feeney on drums, Andrew Haynes on bass and Chris Keesecker on keyboards/ synth, this band plays covers and originals inspired by hip-hop, jazz and electronic music. T’N’T DJ Triz and fellow beat aficionado t8r(tot) have “joined like Voltron” to form TnT and will be “unfolding a beat session before ye the likes of which have ne’er been seen.” Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 OPEN MIC Featuring Avery Dylan. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar FLASH TO BANG TIME Local new wave group finds a marriage between fun and somber, like a stormy beach party. Features Lynda Stipe (Oh-OK, Hetch Hetchy), Charles Greenleaf, Kevin Sims, Matt Tamesin and Ritchie WIlliams. SUMMER HYMNS Psychedelictinged Neil Young-y pop-rock that hinges more on simple chord progressions and vocal melodies; and if you’re a fan of the Flaming Lips, you’ll find much to like about ‘em as well. THE WESTERN FRONT With poetic lyrics and an extensive use of drum machine beats, the most obvious point of reference would be The Postal Service. However, this band’s sense of melody is even more diverse—with influences ranging from punk to twang to tropical. Gnat’s Landing 6 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net DAVE PRINCE This Athens staple and one-time member of The Jesters plays your favorite soul, rock and R&B oldies.
Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com KARAOKE Every Tuesday night at the downtown chain’s upstairs space.
Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1193 THE BACUPS Local cover band plays fun ‘60s tunes from The Beatles to The Temptations.
WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org “LIVE IN THE LOBBY” A Tale of Two Caleys will perform on
Locos Grill & Pub 7 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com CARLA LEFEVER Local hard-rocker Carla LeFever and her band play un-
plugged covers of AC/DC and Dio, as well as some of her more “hardgrooving” and dancey originals in the same vein. The Melting Point 9 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com EDDIE & THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS Local blues-funk trio led by frontman Eddie Speaker. 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. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Every Wednesday with Stan. Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens AUGUSTA WIND This five-piece plays ‘90s alternative-influenced rock with girl-boy vocals and hints of poppy soul. And yes, they are from Augusta! SUNSET SOUNDTRACK Manipulated yet poppy vocals overlay this local indie band’s trancesynth and guitar-driven math-rock sound. This band used to be called That’s What She Said. Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net KAOS House music every Wednesday! * Advance Tickets Available
Down the Line 7/9 “Stan’s Almost Famous Karaoke” (Alibi) 7/9 Domino Effect / Free Lunch / Lassiez Funk / Tent City (40 Watt Club) 7/9 Jon Penland (Allen’s Bar & Grill) 7/9 Sonny Got Blue (Girasoles) 7/9 Hills Rolling (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/9 Marcia Ball / The Rick Fowler Band (The Melting Point)* 7/9 Napoleon Solo (Wild Wing Café) 7/10 Baby’s Blue Swingset Feat. Mary Sigalas (Farm 255) 7/10 Ted Scallan Band (Fat Daddy’s) 7/10 Redneck GReece (Jot ‘Em Down Country Store & BBQ) 7/10 Founder and the Invisibles (Rye Bar) 7/10 Kate Morrissey (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/10 Deepstep (Wild Wing Café) 7/10 “It’s Friday!” (WUGA 91.7 FM) 7/11 The HEAP / Heavy Feather / The Help (40 Watt Club) 7/11 Hope for Agoldensummer / Nate Nelson (Farm 255)
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The Fourth at Forty 40 Watt Club “This show is our first solid chance at establishing not just a limited hip-hop scene, but perhaps something of a movement,” Tommy Valentine says enthusiastically about his big Fourth of July event. Two weeks in advance, the show had already sold upwards of 300 tickets, an unprecedented accomplishment for a local hip-hop lineup here in Athens. Valentine says the hip-hop scene has been scattered for too long, with just a small handful of names making their way into the public consciousness and the other indie artists tucked away in their individual studios, working on their craft without having the chance to perform their Tommy Valentine material live. Valentine is on a mission to change that. Since his highly successful comeback show in April, he’s been approached by numerous local hip-hop acts looking for a chance to shine. This 40 Watt party will serve as a showcase of Athens hip-hop talent, presenting an eclectic mix of hip-hop styles. Valentine says he was inspired by the movie Krush Groove, a film about the formation of DefJam. He liked the way the artists came together to maximize impact as a collective unit. In the same way, this holiday show gives each artist on the bill equal stage time with plenty of collaborations and cross-over in between. Tommy Valentine himself will be on at the end of the night, debuting his new backing band. Valentine says his brand of hip-hop is infused with pop sensibilities, catchy choruses and lyrics about life and love. Also on the bill is the hilarious Richie Rich (search for “hot ham” on YouTube for a preview), Keelan “Fresh” Knox, Profound Breath, Paperboy (Future Ape Tapes), Bear, RedKlay, Gus D and Mikey P. For more info on each artist, check out our Calendar listings. Admission is just $5, and doors open at 9 p.m. [Michelle Gilzenrat]
7/11 Harp Unstrung (Lansdowne Road Irish Pub) 7/11 DJ Mahogany (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 7/11 Harp Unstrung (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/11 Strawberry Flats (The Melting Point)* 7/11 The Unmetionables (Wild Wing Café) 7/12 Sunday Jazz Brunch (Square One Restaurant and Bar) 7/13 Connor Christian / Lazy B and the Recliners (Ashford Manor)* 7/14 Punk Rock Dance Party (Little Kings Shuffle Club)
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7/14 Karaoke (Fat Daddy’s) 7/14 Karaoke (Wild Wing Café) 7/14 Carl Lindberg (Farm 255) 7/14 The Broderick (Rye Bar) 7/14 Renee Arozqueta / Roy Coughlin / Shauna Greeson / Spider + Octupus (Tasty World Uptown) 7/14 Exception to the Rule (The Melting Point)* 7/15 Lost in the Trees / Romanenko (40 Watt Club) 7/15 Dave Prince (Gnat’s Landing) 7/15 Avery Dylan Project (Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill) 7/15 KAOS (Tasty World Uptown)
7/15 The Cornerstone / Nathan Sheppard (Rye Bar) 7/15 Holy Liars / Lullwater (The Melting Point) 7/16 Eureka California / Idiot Slowdown / Stegosaurus (40 Watt Club) 7/16 UFOs over Denmark (Rye Bar) 7/16 Dirk Quinn Band (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/16 Female Songwriters in the Round (The Melting Point) 7/16 Zach and Gary (Wild Wing Café) 7/17 The Deep Vibration / Eric Wilson and Empty Hearts /
Kaitlin Jones / Lera Lynn / Radiolucent (40 Watt Club) 7/17 Normaltown Flyers (Allen’s Bar & Grill) 7/17 The Humms (Rye Bar) 7/17 Groove Stain (Tasty World Uptown) 7/17 Celerity / So It Goes (Tasty World Uptown) 7/17 Rachel O’Neal (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/17 The Splitz (The Melting Point)* 7/17 Harp Unstrung (The Office Lounge) 7/17 17 South (Wild Wing Café) 7/17 “It’s Friday!” (WUGA 91.7 FM) 7/18 Better Than Ezra / Tyler Hilton (40 Watt Club)* 7/18 The Ginger Envelope / Madeline (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 7/18 Camp Amped Grand Finale: Session 2 (Nuçi’s Space) 7/18 Ben and Kurt (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/18 Kate Morrissey (The Athens Farmers Market) 7/18 16 Tons (The Melting Point) 7/18 Justin Brogdon (Wild Wing Café) 7/20 Reeks of Failure (Rye Bar) 7/21 A. A. Bondy / Connor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band (40 Watt Club)* 7/21 Dusty Lightswitch (Caledonia Lounge) 7/21 Ken Will Morton / Lovely Houses / The Viking Progress (Rye Bar) 7/21 Hoot and Hellmouth (The Melting Point)* 7/22 The Donkeys / Magnolia Electric Company / Thousand Arrows (40 Watt Club)* 7/22 Milligan (Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill) 7/23 Nightingale News / Timber (40 Watt Club) 7/23 Free Lunch (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/24 Adam Payne Band / Brad Downs & the Poor Bastard Souls / Theomataras (40 Watt Club) 7/24 Gunslinger / Jungol (Rye Bar) 7/24 “It’s Friday!” (WUGA 91.7 FM) 7/25 LSDJ (Rye Bar) 7/25 The Jonesplan (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/27 The Moaners / M.Ward (40 Watt Club)* 7/27 Grogus / Michael Mann (Ashford Manor)* 7/28 Tracy Shapiro / Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (40 Watt Club) 7/28 The Mudflapjacks (The Melting Point)* 7/30 Dangermuffin (Rye Bar) 7/30 Mercury Veil (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/30 The Sauce Boss (The Melting Point)* 7/31 Chrissakes / Descender / Ham1 / The Jack Burton (40 Watt Club) 7/31 Jon Roniger (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/31 Holman Autry Band (The Melting Point)* 7/31 Zach Fowler & the Essentials (Wild Wing Café) 7/31 “It’s Friday!” (WUGA 91.7 FM) 8/1 Harvey Milk / Torche (40 Watt Club)* 8/1 Harp Unstrung (Go Bar) 8/4 Late Night Killers / Teenage Eyes (Rye Bar) 8/4 The Incorrigible String Band (The Melting Point)* 8/6 Full Moon Roast (Square One Restaurant and Bar) 8/7 DJ Kurt Wood / Reigning Sound / The Thomas Function (40 Watt Club)* 8/8 High Strung (Terrapin Beer Co.) 8/10 Randall Bramblett / Amber Landress (Ashford Manor)* 8/14 Amy Ray / Von Iva (40 Watt Club)* 8/14 Monahan (Terrapin Beer Co.)
8/15 Chrissakes / GG King / Vincas (Farm 255) 8/15 Moon Taxi (Rye Bar) 8/15 Celeb Stine (Terrapin Beer Co.) 8/15 Strawberry Flats (The Melting Point)* 8/18 High Strung (The Melting Point)* 8/20 Dave Howard (Terrapin Beer Co.) 8/20 Sensational Sounds of Motown (The Melting Point)* 8/21 The Suex Effect (Terrapin Beer Co.) 8/21 Abbey Road LIVE! (The Melting Point)* 8/24 Mama’s Love / Grant Mitchell (Ashford Manor)* 8/25 String Theory (The Melting Point)* 8/26 The Eric Culberson Blues Band (The Melting Point)* 8/27 The Hypsys / JazzChronic (No Where Bar) 8/27 Sam Bush Band (The Melting Point) 8/28 Green River Ordinance / Griffin House / Needtobreathe (40 Watt Club)* 8/28 WILX (Terrapin Beer Co.) 8/29 Vinyl Strangers (Terrapin Beer Co.) 8/29 Francine Reed (The Melting Point) 9/3 Curley Maple (Terrapin Beer Co.) 9/7 Dirk Howell / Adam Klein (Ashford Manor)* 9/8 The Driftwood Band (The Melting Point)* 9/10 Tea Leaf Green (40 Watt Club)* 9/12 Will Hoge (40 Watt Club)* 9/15 Smokey’s Farmland Band (The Melting Point)* 9/17 Bloodkin / Leon Russell (The Melting Point)* 9/18 The Border Lions (Terrapin Beer Co.) 9/18 John “JoJo”Hermann (The Melting Point)* 9/21 Lera Lynn / Packway Handle Band (Ashford Manor)* 9/24 Ian Thomas (Terrapin Beer Co.) 9/25 The Jesters (The Melting Point)* 9/29 The North Georgia Bluegrass Band (The Melting Point)* 10/2 Rack of Spam (The Melting Point) 10/6 Lonesome Traveler (The Melting Point)* 10/13 Steel String Session (The Melting Point)* 10/20 Tasty Tuesday (Tasty World Uptown) 10/20 Curley Maple (The Melting Point)* 10/27 Buck & Nelson (The Melting Point)* 11/3 The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show (The Melting Point) 11/14 Rachel O’Neal (Terrapin Beer Co.) 12/22 Tasty Tuesday (Tasty World Uptown) * Advance Tickets Available
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CLASSES Aquatic Aerobics (Memorial Park) Low-impact exercise sessions with Kim Saxton on Saturdays (10 a.m.), and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays (6 p.m.). No preregistration necessary. $5/session. 706-613-3580 AWC Classes (Athens Wellness Cooperative) Offering community acupuncture sessions Wednesdays– Fridays from 1–5 p.m. ($25). Also, Yoga, Pilates, tai chi and salsa classes for adults and older teens. Full schedule online. $14/drop-in, $60/6 classes, $108/12 classes. 706-369-8855, www.wellnesscooperative.com Baby 101 (Evergreen Pediatrics, Watkinsville) Dr. Carrie Kelly covers the basics of taking care of a new-
born baby. July 27, 5:15 p.m. FREE! 706-769-9410, www.evergreenpediatrics.net Baby Signs Classes (Full Bloom Center) Workshop that teaches parents how to use the Baby Signs program at home (Aug. 1, 3–4:30 p.m. $55/person, $75/couple) and a 6-week Say & Play series where parents can practice signing with their babies (Saturdays, July 18–Aug. 22, 11–11:45 a.m. $130/child). 850653-5016, www.babysignsprogram. com/withtraceysummers Beaded Jewelry Workshop (Oconee County Library) Create original earrings with beaded jewelry. Hardware and beads provided. Pre-registration required. July 8, 7–8 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 “Beyond Memoir” (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Poet and essayist Dana Wildsmith provides instruction on how to focus on the facts of your life in your writing without merely recording family stories. All levels are welcome. July 11, 18 & 25, 9 a.m.–noon. $150. 706-7694565, info@ocaf.com Bradley Method Natural Childbirth Classes (Various Locations) Call or email Bobbi Jean Singleton for details. 706-474-4126, bj@innerbodyworks.net Business Classes (UGA Small Business Center) “Starting Your Own Business” (July 7, 6–9 p.m. $69), “Marketing Plan: Why You Need One” (July 8, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $29) and “Writing an Effective Business Plan” (July 9, 6–9 p.m. $69). Register online. 706-542-7436, www.georgiasbdc.org Canning the Summer Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Brenda Beckham and BJ Garrett lead an intro to the pressure cooker method of home canning. Preregistration required. July 16, 2–4
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Joyce Nagel’s pastel work “Waubonsee Winter” is on exhibition at the Lyndon House Arts Center through Aug. 15. Pre-registration required. July 9, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $27. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Genealogy on the Internet (Oconee County Library) Learn how to research your family online using GALILEO, Heritage Quest and more. Limited to 7 people, pre-registration required. July 11, 2–3:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Getting Started with Genealogy (ACC Library) Monthly informal class to walk you through the basics of researching family history. Bring a pencil and paper. In Heritage Room. July 16, 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Hoopdance Workshops (Canopy Studio) Locally made hoops available to borrow and buy. Space is limited. Registration required. July 11 & 25, 12:30–2 p.m. $25. 706-549-8504, info@ canopystudio.com Intro to Publisher (Oconee County Library) Learn how to create items like note cards and invitations in this two-part class. Pre-registration required. July 9–10, 4–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Intro to Word (Oconee County Library) Learn the basics of word processing. Pre-registration required. July 16, 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Job Searching in a New Economy (Oconee County Library) Joey Freeman leads a job search seminar on the personal qualities and thinking skills needed to flourish in the new economy. July 16, 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Maternity Aqua Shape-Up (Memorial Park) Aquatic aerobics class for expectant mothers. Saturdays, 11 a.m. $5/class. 706613-3580 MBI Classes (Mind Body Institute) Yoga classes for every ability level. Offerings include Therapeutic Yoga, Chair Yoga, Yoga for the Unbendable Man, Prenatal Yoga and more. Morning, afternoon and evening class times. 706-475-7329, www. armc.org/mbi Natural History of Georgia Plants (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Led by Jim Hamrick, a professor in UGA’s Department of Plant Biology, the course will introduce students to the diverse natural vegetation of GA. Pre-registration required. July 15, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $100. 706-542-6156, www. uga.edu/botgarden Open Art Studio (Art School, Watkinsville) Led by Tracy Jefferies.
Participants work at their own pace, and instruction is provided as requested. Reduced fee if you bring your own supplies. Open to all experience levels. Tuesdays, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $175 for 8 classes (includes supplies). artschoolstreet@gmail. com, www.artschoolwatkinsville.com Salsa Workshop (Madison County Library) Learn what to do with your extra tomatoes and peppers. Taste test some salsa recipes and also bring your own. July 11, 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 Singing Workshop (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Learn vocal technique with Elise Witt and sing group songs as an impromptu chorus. All levels of singers welcome. No music reading required. Contact Rosemary Woodel to register. July 19, 2–4 p.m. $20–$40. 706-769-0278, rwoodel@ yahoo.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 Trapeze Workshop (Canopy Studio) No experience necessary. Wear form-fitting clothing and no jewelry. Call to register. July 18, 12:30–2 p.m. $25. 706-549-8501, info@canopystudio.com Yoga Classes (Sangha Yoga Studio) Gentle Yoga (Tuesdays, 12–1 p.m.) and Prenatal Yoga (Thursdays, 10:30–11:45 a.m.) led by Bobbi Jean Singleton. $14/ drop-in, $60/6-class punch card. bjm_js@bellsouth.net Yoga for Beginners (Athens Wellness Cooperative) Slower paced class accessible to people of all sizes, ages and fitness levels. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. $14/drop-in, $60/6 classes, $108/12 classes. www. wellnesscooperative.com Yoga Teacher Training (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) 200hour training provided by the Vastu School of Yoga in early September that prepares students to be confident and competent instructors. $100 tuition discount for students who register before the end of June. $1000. 561-723-6172, vastuyoga@ hotmail.com YWCO Classes (YWCO) Offerings include Belly Dancing, Triathlon Training, Pilates and Yoga. Full schedule online. 706-354-7880, www.ywco.org
HELP OUT! American Red Cross (Red Cross Donor Center, 3525 Atlanta Hwy.) This month all donors will receive coupons from local restaurants and be entered for a chance to win a $1,000 gas card. 706-546-0681, www.redcrossblood.org Athens Farmers’ Market Volunteers (Bishop Park) Looking for people willing to help out anytime between 6:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on any Saturday through Nov. 14. Volunteers usually get fresh vegetable donations from the farmers. marketmanager@athensfarmersmarket.net Become a Mentor (Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens) Volunteer one hour per week to make a difference in the life of a child. Training provided. 706-546-4910, mentor@ athensbgca.com, www.fflife.net Bike Recycling Program (Chase Street Warehouses) Join BikeAthens volunteers as they clean and repair donated bicycles for local service agencies. Bike repair skills a plus, but not necessary. Sunday, 2–4 p.m. Monday & Wednesday, 6–8 p.m. www.bikeathens.com Book Donations (Oconee County Library) Collecting gently used books for the library’s annual fundraising book sale in September. Drop items at the library or call Pat Hallow, 706-310-0880, to arrange a pick-up. Foster Homes Needed (Athens Area Humane Society) AAHS is looking for dependable foster parents to take in cats/dogs for a limited time (often 2–4 weeks). Download an application at www. athenshumanesociety.org. foster@ athenshumanesociety.org
KIDSTUFF Be Creative @ Your Library (ACC Library) Calling all young authors and illustrators. Seeking short stories to include in a book that will be added to the library’s collection. Each child can submit one story up to four pages long. Participants will be invited to a book release party at the end of the summer. Ages 10 & under. Through July 30. FREE! 706613-3650 Belly Dancing Class (ACC Library) Clara Smith teaches the basics of belly dance. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a scarf to tie
around your hips. Classes culminate in a live performance at the library’s Teen Film Festival on July 25. Ages 11–18. Tuesdays, 2–3 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Book Club (Oconee County Library) Rising 4th–6th graders are invited to participate in a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book club. Must register by July 1 at the circulation desk. July 6, 2 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Calligraphy Class (Madison County Library) All the tools you’ll need will be provided, plus drinks and dessert. Bring a sack lunch. Preregistration required. Ages 11–18. July 18, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 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 one of the state’s largest CPUs. Guest speakers throughout the week. Register by July 24. July 27–31, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $11. 706-613-3603 EcoCamp (Georgia Nature Center, Watkinsville) Summer day camp for ages 4–16. Kids learn about solar power, organic farming, carnivorous plants and green building while exploring over 100 acres of fern grottos, springs, creeks and waterfalls. Upcoming sessions: July 13–17 & July 27–31. $49–$199. 706-7691000, www.ecocamp.org Family Fishing Day (Sandy Creek Park) Basic instruction, equipment and guidance provided. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required. July 11, 10 a.m. $4. 706-613-3631 Henna Hands (ACC Library) Learn how to apply temporary henna body art. Ages 11–18. Parents are encouraged to attend with their teen. Preregistration required. July 9, 2–4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650
Kids’ Art Camps (Good Dirt) Now registering for summer art camps. Camps for the week of July 6–10: “Sculptural Servers and Fantasy Foods” (ages 7–10) and “Folk Art” (ages 11 & up). Complete schedule info and registration forms at www. gooddirt.net. 706-355-3161 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. July 13–17 & July 20–24, 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. $150/ week. 706-338-2892, newmoonpreschool@gmail.com Pysanky Eggs (ACC Library) Learn the ancient Ukrainian art of Pysanky from Melody Ransom, an apprentice Pysanky artist. Students will decorate eggs using wax and colorful dyes. Ages 11–18. Must attend both days. Pre-registration required. July 1–2, 2–4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Summer Academy at UGA (UGA Campus) UGA Center for Continuing Education is now registering for its week-long summer programs for ages 11–17. This year’s offerings include Comic Book and Cartoon Art, Website Design, Film School, Mini Medical School and more. $149–$349. 706-542-3537, www. georgiacenter.uga.edu/summeracademy Summer Art Camp (Art School, Watkinsville) Painting and drawing camp for ages 6–13. All supplies and a snack provided. Family and multiple week discounts available. Also now registering for after-school program in the fall. July 13–17, 20–24, & 27–31, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $130/week. 706-255-1344, www. artschoolwatkinsville.com Summer Stretch Camp (Full Bloom Center) Now registering for summer camp featuring children’s yoga, arts, gardening and more. One week sessions (Monday–Thursday,
ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library “Forever Free: Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation,” a new traveling exhibition that traces Lincoln’s transformation from an antislavery moderate into “The Great Emancipator.” Through July 10. 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. ATHICA “Emerges III: Journeys,” featuring Jennifer Desormeaux’s documentation of her running routines, Layet Johnson & Charles Westfall’s simulated ocean journey and Robyn Waserman’s large-scale color prints from her expedition to Antarctica. Robert August Peterson’s multimedia installation will be set up at ATHICA’s satellite space in the Bottleworks. Through July 19. Ciné Barcafé An exhibit of posters highlighting drawings made by Art Rosenbaum of musical performers from the North Georgia Folk Festival from 1984 to the present. Through July 12. Earth Fare Cat art by Robin Fay, James Dean, Cecile Moore, Josh Payne, Cathy Dailey and more. Through July. Elements Hair Salon Abstract paintings by Meg McConnell. Through August. The Grit Music photography by Mike White and Jason Thrasher. Through July 12. Ice House Underground (Madison) Exhibit featuring landscapes by Sam Traina, abstract work by Shannon Candler and paintings inspired by Norse mythology by Liselott Johnsson. Through Aug. 22. Just Pho…and More Acrylic paintings by Leslie Moody. Through July 30. Lyndon House Arts Center A selection of needlework and a five-panel tapestry depicting flora, fauna and natural wonders of the U.S. that was created over a period of 6 years by over 1,000 artists.
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.) throughout June and July. Ages 3–12. $120/ week. summerstretch@gmail.com Swim School (Bishop Park) Now registering for lessons for levels I–V taught by an American Red Cross Certified Water Safety Instructor. Pre-school and parent/tot classes also offered. July 7–23. $33. 706613-3589 Teen Art Contest (ACC Library) Any size and media (except sculpture) are accepted. Enter your three best pieces to be voted on by other teens. Prizes will be awarded to the top three. Through July 24. 706613-3650 Yoga Sprouts (Full Bloom Center) Fun, playful yoga for kids ages 2–6. Builds strength and flexibility while enhancing relaxation and confidence. Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m. $14/single class, $60/6 classes. 706-353-3373
SUPPORT Domestic Violence Support Group (Call for location) Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and group at 6:30 p.m. Children are welcome for supper and childcare is provided during the group session. Call Project Safe hotline at 706-543-3331 for location. 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month in Clarke County. 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month in Madison County. 6–8 p.m. Emotional Abuse Support Group (Call for location) Demeaning behavior and hateful words can be just as harmful as punches and kicks. Childcare is provided. Call Project Safe hotline at 706-543-3331 for location. Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m. 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. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org f
Presented by the Dogwood chapter of the Embroiders’ Guild of America. Through July 18. “Light After Dark,” featuring a selection of dream-like landscapes by photographers Karekin and Ginger Goekjian. Through Aug. 15. A juried exhibition of works by members of the Southeastern Pastel Society. Through Aug. 15. Mama’s Boy A display featuring the original drawings of Mark Watkins’ “Cats Love Birds” zine. Through July 20. Marigold Cafe (Winterville) Abstract paintings by Meg McConnell. Through August. Oconee County Library Photographs by Jane Crisan. July 1–31. Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Annual Members’ Exhibit, featuring a diverse display of works, including sculpture, paintings, drawings, textiles, jewelry, pottery and photos, from a variety of skilled artists who are also OCAF members. Also includes an unpublished manuscript by author Terry Kay that has been fashioned into a one-of-a-kind piece by bookmaker Peggy Pitts. Through July 3. The Point of Art Gallery (Union Point) “On the Road,” featuring work by Del Sanders, Cameron Hampton and Anne Jenkins. Through July 4. State Botanical Garden of Georgia “Out on a Limb: An Artful Journey,” an exhibit featuring traditional watercolors and funky mixed media works by Judy Bolton Jarrett that focus on her love of trees. Through July 19. Transmetropolitan (Oglethorpe Ave.) Large charcoal pieces and smaller oil pastels by Mark Watkins in a style he calls expressive surrealism. July 1–31. 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. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens “Digital Collage,” featuring work by local artist Roger Moore. Through July 2.
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Matters Of The Heart And Loins I have a problem. I recently swore off men, at least for the time being, because there were several that were driving me crazy and with whom I had some unhealthy tendencies/“relationships.” For a short while it worked quite well. I started back to yoga class and did a bunch of girls-only stuff, but I am starting to get very bored. I know this sounds lame, but I like getting attention from guys. And I like being around guys more than girls. So, I’m missing my guy friends and I’m missing my normal social life. And now, I am about to be in a social situation with a guy that I have been f*%k buddies with in the past, and since I am so deprived, I am afraid of what I might do. It would be a seriously bad idea to get involved with or even hook up with him again, but my nerves are totally frayed and my hormones are running wild. What should I do? Anonymous and Desperate So, I assume that the quotes mean you were hooking up with some guy(s) and maybe getting attached to them and the feelings were not returned? Okay, then, getting away from them was a good idea. Swearing off of somebody is way healthier than, say, stalking them. But why blow off your male friends, if they were platonic friends, unless you’re just trying to make a big dramatic statement? You are behaving like a junkie who tried to go cold turkey. Or worse, like a person who decides to quit smoking, drinking and start going to the gym every single day for at least an hour. In other words, your expectations of yourself are unrealistic and are, therefore, doomed to fail. I think the better way would be to stop calling/stalking the guys who aren’t treating you well, and focus on friendships (both male and female) that are more positive. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying male attention, but if you make that the whole focus of your social life you are just going to irritate and alienate the people who you should be spending more time with. I also don’t understand the question about your former “fb.” You talk about yourself like an animal, like your primal need may just overtake your better judgment. This, of course, is horseshit. You are setting yourself up to go home with him just by writing that. And you are making excuses, in writing, to a total stranger, just to cover your ass. I think almost everybody would rather be having regular sex than not, AD, but that doesn’t mean we all make excuses to do things we know are patently stupid. If you really believe that you don’t have enough self-control to hang out with this guy and not sleep with him, then you should definitely stay home. But seriously, I think you just need to grow up, snap out of it, and stop being such a drama queen. Jerk off at
home and limit your drinking. Do what you have to do. But stop talking about it like you can’t help it or get your ass to a Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting. I can’t imagine how annoying you must be to your girlfriends. Ugh. I have a work function thing coming up. Not normally an issue for me, but I found out that my ex is going to be there. This should not be a big deal, even though said ex seriously broke my heart, because I am over him. Well, let’s say I am over him to the degree that I don’t want him back anymore, but my pride is still hurt and I am not over the fact that I was dumped in a fairly shitty way and that he went straight to another woman afterward. We work for the same company, but not in the same office, so we see each other very rarely, which is great. But I am friendly with a lot of people who do see him regularly, and they always update me on everything. I think that they think they’re being helpful, making lots of catty comments about the new girl, etc. But I would rather just avoid the subject. So, now there’s this event. And I have learned that he is bringing the new girlfriend. I don’t have a date and I’m feeling pretty crappy about it. Should I just skip it? Or is that wimpy? Am I an idiot for even caring anymore? It has been six months since we broke up. Sick Day You are making too big a deal out of this. I think the biggest problem is that your coworkers can’t seem to resist filling you in on the gossip about your ex. They probably have the best intentions, but you need to tell them to stop talking about it so much. Don’t say it in a defensive way, and don’t act like it’s hurting your feelings, because if you do, and if they don’t have the best intentions, you will simply be fueling the gossip fire. Just say that you know they mean well, but that you don’t harbor any ill will toward your ex or his new ladyfriend, and you have no wish to discuss him any further. As far as this “function” is concerned, you have to decide whether or not attending is important or not. You didn’t say what it was, so I can’t say for certain, but it seems to me that if you want to further your career you need to stop worrying about this guy and focus on yourself instead. I don’t work for a big company, but I do know a thing or two about how they work. I suggest you make an appearance at this thing and use it to your advantage. Say a polite hello to the guy if he approaches you, but more importantly, look fabulous and be confident because he is surely not the only one who will notice.
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Real Estate Apartments for Rent $ 1 2 7 5/ mo. The Woodlands. 3BR/3BA. All amenities. W/D, Gated, Avail. Fall. Owner/Agent. Call Mike (706) 207-7400. $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. Available i m m e d i a t e l y. O n M o r t o n Ave. between Pinecrest Dr. & Milledge Ave. (706) 354-6039, if no answer call David (706) 254-2526. $575/mo. Min. to UGA. 2BR/2 private BA. W/D. Safe n’hood. Rent incl. water, garbage & lawn maintenance. Avail. 8/1. 145 Sandburg St. Owner/Agent Mike (706) 207-7400. 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 apar tments star ting at $443.34, 2BRs $506.67, 3BRs $705! Deposit $150. Spacious, quiet community, pet friendly, on busline, recycling. June rent free on 2 bedrooms! (706) 549-6254. Restrictions apply. 1BR on Meigs St. Private porch, HWflrs, close to Dwntn. NS, no pets. $475/mo. Avail. Aug. Lv. msg. (706) 224-5273.
1BR/1BA + study/guest r m. Security gates, pool, fitness center, 1 mi. from campus. Excellent condition. $650/mo. Pets OK. Call Rob (706) 338-4984 or email robwimberly@gmail.com.
2BR/1BA. Central location off Broad St. at King Ave. 125 Honeysuckle Lane. Total electric. Water/trash incl. $450/mo. w/ $300 sec. dep. Lease/dep. Ref’s req’d. No pets. (706) 227-6000.
5Pts 3BR/2.5BA house for $1300/ mo. Separate 1BR/1BA for $500/ mo. Located at 159 Gran Ellen Dr. Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. Call Dave (706) 255-2552, or email daveesary@gmail.com.
1BR/1BA, 2 Blocks to town & campus, Lg. BR, CHVAC, great view of city, ceiling fans, some screen porches. Owner pays water & garbage. $475–525/ mo. Avail. for June, July or Aug. move–in. BoulevardProperty Management.com, (706) 548-9797.
2BR/2.5BA luxury townhouse. Gated community, great location. Country in the city. Woods, lake, pool, FP, deck, 2 car-garage. Pets fine. $975/mo. Great landlady! Call (706) 714-7600.
Avail. now! 2BR/1.5BA duplex on Eastside. $550/mo. Pets OK. Call (706) 338-0169.
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! 1BRs star ting at $599! Luxurious Apt. Community! 1, 2, 3BRs avail.! Pool, Fitness Center, Tennis Courts, & more! Don’t miss out, won’t last long! Call now (706) 548-7747. 2 or 4BR Riverbend Rd. Incl. CHAC, DW, W/D hookups. $650$1300/mo. Flexible move–in dates. Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www. ValerioProperties.com. 2BR Downtown Athens loft. Located N. Hull St. Controlled access, parking garage, elevator, 15 ft. ceil.! Rent incl. water, basic cable, trash, DW, & W/D. (706) 543-1910 or email becky@ landmarkathens.com. 2BR duplexes starting at $450/ mo. (706) 549-6070. 2BR/1BA apt. Water & trash incl. $695/mo. 4BR/3BA house, $2300/mo. Both close to campus, Springdale St. W/D & appls. Pets OK w/ dep. Avail. now! (706) 207-9295. 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.
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2BR/2BA Eastside condo. $950/ mo. All appls. incl. Only 3 yrs. old. 3 mi from campus. Avail. 8/1. Call (910) 876-1030 or email michael. leinwand@gmail.com. 2BR/2BA apt. at 238 Barber St. CHAC, W/D, HWflrs. & ceiling fan. Front porch w/ fenced–in yd. $750/ mo. incl. water & garbage. Avail. 8/1. Call (706) 208-1181 or email info@pirasdevelopment.com. 2BR/2BA apt. w/ FP. Just outside perimeter off Jefferson Rd. W/D connection. Big kitchen w/ breakfast area. Patio. $600/mo. RE/MAX Realtor Michelle Watson (706) 433-2712. 2BR/2BA condo. Screened porch, tennis & pool in complex, no pets, NS. $600/mo. (706) 540-2818. 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. 595 Nantahala. 1BR/1BA. $475/ mo. Cats OK, no dogs. 1 yr. lease. W/D. Private & cute, clothesline & old oak tree. Quiet person desired. (706) 461-0262, calclements@yahoo.com. 5BR/3.5BA. 1/2 off 1st mo. rent. Very lg. Excellent condition. Complete paint, new carpet. Must see! Avail. Aug. Great price. $825/mo. Eastside busline. Call (706) 548-2433. Best property in town! Woodlands of Athens. 3BR/3BA full of amenities. Gated community, great specials. Call Pete (706) 372-3319.
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 Downtown. 2BR/1BA apt. in house. HWflrs, DW, W/D, CHAC. $575/mo. Avail. 8/1. (706) 769-4779 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. Condo for rent. 3BR/2.5BA, close to UGA. Dep. req’d. Pool. $800/ mo. Call (770) 307-7003. 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. Directly next to campus, walk to 5 points, 2br, 2.5bath,fp,pool, private patio, dw, w/d, great in town location, lots of parking, Pets OK, 675.00 per month, half off first months rent. Oversize bedrooms and closets, walk to lake Herrick and dog park. call 706-338-9018 Eastside Cedar Shoals Dr. 4 min. to UGA. Preleasing for Fall! 5BR/3BA. Lg. rms. Total electric. W/D incl. Lawncare & trash p/u paid. $995/mo. Unbelievable! (706) 621-0077. For rent 8/1. 2 private duplex apts. in circa 1890s house on Oconee St. HWflrs, tile BA, cold AC, fenced backyd., W/D, nice covered porch, super clean & nice. Walk to UGA or town. $525/mo. each. Call Drew (706) 202-2712. Free month’s rent. Stadium Village 2BR/1BA gated community, close to campus. Water, trash, lawn incl. Pool, gym. $575/mo. (706) 549-6070.
Hill St. 2BR/1BA. All electric apt. W/D, water, trash, lawn incl. $575/ mo. Call (706) 549-6070. Large apartment in B o u l e v a rd . Avail. now! 2–3BR, W/D, DW, $1K/mo. (706) 742-2757. On the River. 12 ac. in Clark Co. Mins. from campus & mall. All w/ deck or porches. Incl. water, trash, W/D. Pets OK w/ approval. 1BR/1BA $350/mo., 1BR/loft $350/mo., 1BR/1BA $400/mo. Off Tallassee Rd. Call (706) 614-3252. Quiet 1BR/1BA apt. Walking distance to campus. In great n’hood. CHAC. All appls. Hwflrs. $620/mo. Cozy studio apt. also avail. in same n’hood. $480/mo. (706) 340-7531. South Milledge Area. Newly renovated. 4BR/2BA, W/D, DW, private fenced backyd. $975/ mo. Pamela, Property Manager (706) 247-1805. Go to www. azevedoproperties.com to see listings. Bruce Azevedo, Inc. Studio & 1BR apts. for rent. $495-525/mo., utils. incl. On the bus line. W/D avail., remodeled, quiet complex. Call Katie (706) 202-4777. Studio apt. in lovely Victorian house. On Hill St. Very close to Dwntn. N/S, no pets. Avail. 8/1. $485/mo. (706) 224-5273. Walk to 5 Points. 2BR/2.5BA. W/D, FP, pool, pets OK w/ fee. Close to dog park, on busline. Outdoor patio. Great location! $675/mo. (706) 202-4777. Westside condos. 2BR/2BA, $600/mo. 3BR/2BA, $700/mo. Converted clubhouse into a huge open flr. plan. 4BR/2.5BA, $1200/mo. 5 Pts. 2BR/2.5BA. lv. rm w/ FP. Corner lot. $700/ mo. Eastside quadraplex 2BR/2BA, $525/mo. 2BR/1BA, $490/mo. Call M c Wa t e r s Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 353-2700 or cell (706) 540-1529.
Apartments for Sale $89,900. Studio 40. 1BR/1BA. Tile & HWflrs., DW. Courtyds, w/in walking distance to Ramsey Center! Also for rent. Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 3724166, (706) 543-4000.
1305 Cedar Shoals. $121,900. 2BR/2BA condo. ReignSold.com or Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 372-4166, (706) 543-4000.
Commercial Property Amazing Office Spaces for lease above Dwntn Five Guys restaurant. No better location! Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty (706) 372-4166, or (706) 543-4000. 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. Charming historic cottage. 500 sq. ft., 2 rms. 2 FP, BA, ceiling fans, CHAC, Internet, parking, security, pine flrs., excellent condition. Flexible terms. Great retail store, office, studio, Therapist, etc. $650/ mo. 290 N. Milledge Ave. Pls. call Karen (706) 340-3717. Paint Artist Studio for rent. 300 sq. ft. $150/mo. 400 sq. ft. $200/mo. 160 Tracy St. Historic Boulevard Area, Artist/Crafts Community. (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 2BR/1BA duplex, off Beaverdam Rd. On the Eastside. All electric W/D hookups, DW, lg. wooded lot. $500/mo. Won’t last! Great price! 1 mo. dep. Call D.D. (770) 868-7198. $1050/mo. Remodeled 3BR/2.5BA. 2–story, spacious rms., 2–car garage, 30 ft. x 20 ft. deck, off Epps Bridge Pkwy, 170 Ridgeview Dr., Westside Athens. Mins from Dwntn & UGA. (678) 863-7575 more info www.infotube.net/135943 email meganlancaster79@hotmail.com. $300–$400/BR. 3–5BR townhome on Eastside. Double porches, HWflrs., ceiling fans, DW, W/D, trash incl., & new pool. Now leasing! (706) 543-1910 or email becky@landmarkathens.com.
$ 1 2 0 0 – $ 1 4 0 0 / m o . G re a t for entertaining! Avail. 8/1. 3BR/2BA. 2004 gut renovation. 1/4 mi. to Dwntn/Campus. Front porch, priv. fenced in backyd. w/ 2 decks. House & yards wired for sound. Unique details, alarm, W/D, DW, ceiling fans, screen doors/windows, CHAC. Pets OK. (770) 329-0409 or 135oakridge@gmail.com. $395 and up! 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.
2BR/1BA duplex Willow Run near ARMC. Incl. W/D hookups, D W, C H A C . $ 6 5 0 / m o . C a l l (706) 546-6900 or go to www. ValerioProperties.com.
3BR/1.5BA. HWflrs., CHVAC, W/D. University Heights on Eastside. On busline, convenient to East Campus. $950/mo. Call Dave (706) 201-9222.
2BR/1BA house. HWflrs., stove & fridge, furnished. $750/mo. Near Navy School. Call (706) 354-1276, (706) 540-7812.
3BR/1BA house at 235 Pearl St. CHAC, W/D, DW & lots of privacy. $825/mo. avail. 8/1. Call (706) 208-1181 or email info@ pirasdevelopment.com.
2BR/1BA in Five Points. HWflrs, tile BA, W/D. Great locations. Milledge Ct. 20. $625/mo. (706) 5 4 8 - 9 7 9 7 o r b o u l e v a r d propertymanagement.com.
3BR/1BA pet friendly home. Athens Regional area w/ fenced–in yd. $850/mo. All Hart Realty (706) 476-8262 or (706) 201-7363.
2BR/1BA. 1.5 mi from campus. Complete renovation. HWflrs., HVAC, W/D, new appls! Lg. fenced yd. Avail. now. Pets OK. $800/mo. + dep. (864) 901-9949.
3BR/1BA w/ alarm sys. apt. in house. One month rent free! Nice side yd. HWflrs, DW, W/D, CHAC. $800/mo. Avail. 8/1. (706) 769-4779 or cell (706) 207-2001.
$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.
2BR/1BA. 2790 Danielsville Rd. Wooded. Wide porch. CHAC, W/D hookup. Wood flrs., fenced yd., lawncare incl. $600/mo. + dep. (706) 546-5390, lv. msg.
3BR/2BA house on 3 acres. Quiet country location 9 mi. from Dwntn. Big kitchen, FP. W/D hookup. $1050/mo. (706) 540-8461.
$650/mo. Eastside. Nice 3BR w/ study rm., HWflrs., porch, W/D conn. Mins. to UGA/Dwntn. Avail 7/1. Call (678) 643-5851.
2BR/1BA. 280 Johnson Drive, off Barnett Shoals. $650/mo. Central HVAC, wood flrs., remodeled kitchen, carport, fenced yd, on busline. (706) 201-9222.
$725/mo. 3BR/1BA Westside ranch. Quiet street near loop, 78, 316. CHAC, fridge, range, DW, W/D hookup. incl. water, sewer, trash. Avail. 7/1 or sooner. (706) 353-0196, (706) 247-3499.
2BR/1BA. 2895 Danielsville Rd. Wooded. Wide porch. CHAC, W/D hookup. Wood flrs., fenced yd., lawncare incl. $600/mo. + dep. (706) 546-5390, lv. msg.
$750/mo. 5 Pts. townhome. Sleepy Creek at South Lumpkin. Quiet 2BR/2.5BA, W/D, DW, CHAC. Min to UGA. Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. Call (678) 777-6979, (770) 971-4733 for more info.
2BR/1BA. HWflrs, W/D, CHAC, FP, ceiling fans, close to Dwntn/ campus. Pets OK. Porches. $650/ mo. + dep. Avail. 8/1. 375 N. Billups. Email dmarklevitt@hotmail. com, (706) 424-9127.
$895/mo. 4BR/1.5BA. CHAC, W/D, lg. kitchen, quiet & safe n’hood, Eastside, 10 min. to UGA. Avail. now. 117 Crossbow Circle. Owner/Agent, Call Mike at (706) 207-7400.
2BR/2.5BA townhome for rent on Westside. Lg. lv. & din. rm. W/D. Ample storage. Private back patio w/ grill & lg. shared backyd. $800/mo. Pet friendly. Call (773) 805-5780.
$950/mo. 1060 Oglethorpe Ave. 3BR/2BA house, HWflrs., CHAC, lg. deck, pets OK, lg. fenced backyd. Great for dogs, walk to Transmet, Allen’s, Navy School. On busline. Avail. 8/1. Call Bill (770) 540-5896.
2BR/2BA In–town luxur y! Unique, immaculate, & huge! W/D. Quick, beautiful walk to Dwntn & UGA Arch. Must see to appreciate! $190K or $1100/mo. (706) 372-3957. Virtual tour & Info at www.athensloft.com.
$995/mo., 3BR/2BA, lg. house, only 5 min. to campus. Popular Eastside, safe n’hood, exc. cond., no pets. 475 Crestwood Dr. Call Mike at (706) 207-7400 or email mikejoyner@charter.net.
2BR/2BA in–town luxury! Unique, Immaculate, & Huge! W/D. Quick, beautiful walk to Dwntn & UGA Arch. Must see to appreciate! $1100/mo. (706) 372-3957. Vir tual tour www. athensloft.com.
135 Northview Dr. Next to campus, at UGA baseball field. 3BR/2BA. W/D, DW, CHAC, FP, HWflrs. $1275/mo. (706) 714-1100. 1434 E. Broad St. 1BR/1BA duplex. $475/mo. Walk to UGA. Renovated bungalow. W/D & yd. maint. incl. Pets OK. (770) 841-7090. 145 Woodcrest Dr. Avail. now! 3BR/2BA. CHAC. Fenced yd. Pets OK. No pet fees! Free W/D if needed. $825/mo. Call (706) 372-6813. 1BR big apartment in historic Boulevard house. I n c l . W / D h o o k u p s , D W, HWflrs, pet friendly. $625/mo. Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com. 2 & 3BR houses. Pre–leasing for fall. Close to UGA & Dwntn. Call (706) 255-0066. 2BR/1BA & 1BR/1BA apts. Great in-town n’hood. Walk everywhere. Water & garbage paid. $490$695/mo. Check out boulevard propertym 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. (706) 5489797 or boulevardp roperty management.com. 2BR/1BA Blvd. area duplex. Energy efficient, total electric, recently renovated, W/D, DW, HVAC, shared fenced yd, some pets OK. Avail. now. Lease/dep./refs. req’d. $650/ mo. (706) 227-6000.
2BR/2BA. Navy School area. Lg. covered front porch. All appls., incl. W/D. Excellent condition. Vacant & ready for occupancy. $600/mo. Owner/Agent (706) 540-0472. 2–3BR/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. $ 8 0 0 / m o . Wo n ’t l a s t ! ( 7 0 6 ) 369-2908. 3BR/1.5BA on quiet cul–de–sac off Oglethorpe Ave. 7 min. from Dwntn. CHAC, HWflrs., attached carpor t, lg. fenced backyd. W/D. Landlord mows lawn. Pets OK w/ dep. Avail. 8/1. $800/mo. Jared (706) 338-9019, or email athfest08@gmail.com.
3BR/2BA house. CHAC, DW, W/D hook-up. Pets welcome. 233 Glenhaven Ave. $900/mo. (706) 714-4603. 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 in Normaltown. HWflrs, CHAC, quiet street. (706) 549-2283. 3BR/2BA pet friendly home. Dwntn w/ fenced yd. $1200/mo. All Hart Realty (706) 476-8262 or (706) 201-7363. 3BR/2BA renovated house w. bonus rm. 1 mi. from Dwntn. CHAC, W/D, water & trash incl. 320 Conrad Dr. $1100/mo. Call Brian (706) 613-7242. 3BR/2BA. Renovated Bungalow, East Broad St. $875/mo. + all appliance options avail. (706) 2550659, or email odomappraisal@ gmail.com for photos. 3BR/2BA. Tiled, CHAC, W/D, DW, HWflrs, in–town, fenced yd., pets OK, carport, $960/mo. + dep. 260 Sunset Dr. Avail. 8/1. (706) 424-9127 or email dmarklevitt@ hotmail.com.
3BR/3BA Eastside. Quiet n’hood. $1100/mo. All appls. 213 Springtree St. Avail 8/1. (706) 713-0626. 4 or 5BR/3BA. Cottage + study. CHAC, HWflrs., front porch & back deck. DW, W/D, micro, & alarm sys. 1 mi. to Dwntn! Avail. Aug. (706) 543-1910 or becky@ landmarkathens.com. $370$450/BR. Call about our rent specials! 4BR cool houses. Walk to UGA & town. Renovated, lg. farmhouse, $1400/mo. or newer 2–story, 4.5BA, $1600/mo. Char ming character. CHAC, W/D, DW. Avail. now or 8/1. (706) 215-4496. 4BR/2 tile BA. Beautiful lg. Victorian. CHAC, W/D, DW, 10 ft. ceilings w/ fans, porches, FP, fenced yd., stainless appls. 550 Cobb St. Must see. $1280/mo. + dep. Avail. 8/1. Email dmarklevitt@ hotmail.com, 706-424-9127. 4BR/2.5BA beautiful plantation house on 3 acres. High ceilings, HWflrs., lg. kit. & rooms w/ a country setting. Front porch, screen porch & rear sun room. Pets welcome. 3–sided fence. 990 Double Bridges Rd. Avail. 6/1. $1200/mo. + dep. (706) 319-1846, or (706) 548-4819. GA. R, E, lic. 300830. 4BR/2BA renovated victorian home. 1/2 mi. from campus. W/D, DW, fenced yd., HWflrs, $1200/ mo. Huge rooms! Lots of character. Pre–leasing. Avail. 8/1. Pets OK. (706) 369-2908. 4BR/2BA renovated Victorian home. 1/2 mi. from campus. W/D, DW, fenced yd., HWflrs, $1200/ mo. Huge rooms! Lots of character. Pre–leasing. Avail. 8/1. Pets OK. (706) 369-2908. 4BR/3BA. Boulevard area, 686 1/2 Barber St., DW, W/D HWflrs., s c re e n e d p o rc h , l g . r m s . , renovated old church. Some pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $1280/mo. Lease, dep., ref’s. (706) 227-6000. 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. $1500/ mo. Convenient to Campus/ Dwntn. Avail. 8/1/09. HWflrs., porch, W/D & more. Solid Source Property Management (770) 4161444 ext. 305. 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. 5 Pts. duplex. 2BR/1BA. HWflrs., CHAC, W/D. Pets OK, no dogs. $ 6 2 5 /mo . Av a i l . n o w. ( 7 0 6 ) 202-9805. 510 Rustwood Dr. 2BR/1BA w/ fenced yd. on wooded lot. $695/ mo. Rent to own. Or for sale at $82K. Call Dennis (706) 255-1574. Affordable housing. Houses, condos, A-frame all $550/mo. or less. Various locations. Excellent cond. Pets permitted w/ dep. Call (706) 202-0147. All Amenities Incl.! 4BR/4BA on Eastside by Publix. Huge BR suites w/ walk–in closets. It’s the blue one! All Hart Realty (706) 476-8262 or (706) 201-7363. All Around Athens & near Campus! 105 Redstone Dr. 2BR/1BA, $525/mo. 4930 Mars Hill Rd. Oconee Co. 3BR/2BA, $875/mo. 597 Dearing St. off Milledge. 4BR/2BA, $1495/mo. 105 Whitehall Rd., 2BR/1BA, $675/mo. (706) 546-7946, Flowersnancy@bellsouth.net. See virtual tours www.nancy flowers.com. All Hart Realty has cool houses for Fall! New construction or historic renovations. All locations, all sizes, all prices. All Hart Realty (706) 476-8262 or (706) 201-7363. Amazing n’hood off Milledge Ave. Pet friendly, 4 & 5BR houses starting at $1260/mo. All Hart Realty (706) 476-8262 or (706) 201-7363. Avail. 8/1. Northwest Woods Subdivision, Oconee Co. 3BR/2BA. Lv./din. rm. combo, den w/ FP, bonus rm., fenced–in backyd. $1150/mo. 1 yr. lease. (706) 202-7566.
Avail. Aug.! 3 & 4 Bedroom Cottages. Close to campus! Features incl. DW, W/D, private BAs, pool! Leasing special! $400–$485/BR. Call (706) 543-1910 or email becky@ landmarkathens.com. Barnett Shoals 2BR/2.5BA. The best at Stonecreek. $850/mo. Joiner & Associates (706) 549-7371 Best deal in town! El Dorado 2BR/1BA & studio apts. in Normaltown. Free water, gas, basic cable & wireless Internet. W/D in 2BR units. Dog runs. $420– $675/mo. (706) 543-1910 or www. landmarkathens.com. Best rentals in Athens! 1–5BR houses, apts., condos. In the heart of UGA/Dwntn/5 Pts. Going fast, call today! (706) 369-2908 for more info. Boulevard 2BR/1BA Great house in quiet n’hood. 1 mi. to Dwntn. Just renovated. Front porch, CHAC, W/D, carport, huge shaded fenced backyd. $800/mo. (706) 870-2111. Close to Dwntn. New 4BR/3.5BA houses. New appls. Pets welcome. $1300/mo. Call (706) 540-1257. Duplex for rent. 2BR/1.5BA. Jolly Lane in Sleepy Hollow Subdivision. Near UGA, Memorial Park & Birchmore Trail. W/D, DW, CHAC. Avail Aug. $715/ mo. Call April ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 5006, go to www.athens condosales.com. East Athens. F re e w a t e r, garbage. 2BR/1BA chalets. Quiet, CHAC, deck, pet OK. Avail. 7/1. $575/mo. neg. Owner/Broker (706) 340-4619. East Athens. Remodeled. Free lawncare, water, garbage. 2BR/1BA house on cul–de–sac. CHAC, extra insulation, ceiling fans. Deck. Pet OK. Avail. 7/1. $675/mo. Owner/Broker (706) 340-4619. Eastside 2BR/1BA split lvl. Lg. lv. area splits BRs. Lg. kitchen. Priv. drive. Big backyd. w/ storage bldg. Appls. incl. $675/mo. + dep. Pet negotiable. (706) 248-7338. ➤ continued on next page
3BRs. 180 O’Farrell, 1321 Dowdy Road. Check out these great houses online at boulevard propertym anagement.com or call (706) 548-9797. 3–4BR/4BA house. Great location! Walk to Dwntn. $1400/mo. All appls. 200 MLK Jr. Pkwy. Avail. 8/1. (706) 713-0626. 3–story 4BR/2BA condo for rent! All appls. W/D, carpeted, quiet n’hood, swimming pool, volleyball, basketball, on Milledge by Loop, near busline. Free water/garbage. No outdoor maintenance! $1K/mo. (706) 627-9053.
3BR/1.5BA. 288 4th St. Pre– leasing for 8/1. Fenced yd, DW, CHAC, W/D, basement, tile flrs. (706) 254-2936.
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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. $1250/mo. Call (706) 369-2908.
1 8 5 P o p l a r. $ 2 2 4 , 9 3 6 . 3BR/1.5BA. In–town classic Artisan home. ReignSold.com or Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 372-4166, (706) 543-4000.
Great 4BR/4BA houses. 1/2 mi. from campus. Front porch, back deck, nice yd., DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Pre–leasing Avail. 8/1. $1000/mo. (706) 3692908.
Best location for Downtowners! Pulaski Heights, 134 Hendrix Ave. Spacious & beautiful. Open flr. plan. 2BR/2BA. 20 ft. vaulted ceilings, bamboo flrs., tile BA, stain glass. Lg. professionally landscaped private yd., deck & patio, CHAC. $194,900. (706) 340-6221 or (770) 294-9063.
Half off first month. 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. Huge 5BR/4BA Nor maltown home. 2 lv. rms., FP, 2 kitchens. Safe parking, deck & patio w/ grill. RE/MAX Realtor Michelle Watson (706) 433-2712. $2K/mo. Pets OK. Incredible 4BR/4BA house. WiFi, Stainless, granite, pets OK. $1500/ mo. Dwntn. All Hart Realty (706) 476-8262 or (706) 201-7363. New 5BR & 2BR cottages 1 mi. from Dwntn. Lg. front porch. HWflrs., new appls incl. W/D. Lg. BR. & great location! $450/BR. Holly (706) 614-1333. Next to UGA. 836 Church St. 2BR brick duplex. All appls. Avail. 8/1. $650/mo. Owner/Broker Herbert Bond at (706) 224-8002. Northside 2BR/1BA, lg. lot, $600/mo. Hospital area Fenced–in yd. Avail. June. $800/ mo. Five Points 2BR/2.5BA, lv. rm. w/ FP, corner lot, $700/mo. Eastside 3BR/2BA. Lg. yd., on dead–end street. $1100/mo. 4BR/2BA w/ lg. yd. $1300/mo. 2 or 3BR/1BA w/ screened front porch, $800/mo. Cedar Creek 4BR/2BA $1100/mo. Oconee County 3BR/2BA. Lv. rm. w/ FP, din. rm., double garage, $1100/ mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 353-2700. Old & ugly, but cheap & close! 1BR/1BA on Oak St. $425/mo. Walk to campus & Dwntn. All Hart Realty (706) 476-8262 or (706) 201-7363. Professional pref’d. King Ave. brick cottage. 2BR/1BA. W/D connection, wood flrs., FP, screen porch, lg. private yd. w/ shed & garden space. 1 person, $690/mo., 2 people, $825/mo. (706) 546-0826.
Houses for Sale $149,900. Charming 2BR/2BA. Remodeled in 2006. 1.5 mi. to UGA & Dwntn. (404) 6264351, http://picasaweb.google. com/230JohnsonDrive. $79,900. Cute 2BR/1BA cottage. HWflrs., CHAC, fenced yd., butterfly garden. In town, on bus line, biking/walking distance to Dwntn & campus. Call Michael at Full Circle Realty, (706) 255-8600. FSBO. 1BR studio condo. Broad St., Athens. HWflrs, appls incl. Private & secure. $94,900. (706) 474-1101.
Historic Blvd n’hood. 224 Dubose. Meticulously maintained 4BR/2BA. New kitchen, new paint. HWflrs, pressed tin ceiling. Walk to Dwntn/UGA. $424,900. Patrick (706) 614-8007, go to www.fullcircleathens.com. More house for the money in Madison Co. 2–story, 3BR/2.5BA, 1807 sq. ft., 2/3 ac. EnergyStar appls w/ warranties. Fenced yd., gorgeous landscaping. $139,900. (706) 202-6119. New Construction Homes! 3BR/2BA, 4BR/3BA eco–friendly homes for sale. Featuring 3.5 ac. green space, walking trails, community garden, & rear alley access. 1.1 mi. to Downtown, .3 mi. to Greenway, HWflrs, custom kitchens, artistic tile, metal roofs, Energy Star certified, & more! $174,900 & $205,000. Call Jared at (404) 797-1034 or visit website at www.jwyorkhomes.com. Own your own rental property! 139 & 143 Strickland Ave. 4BR/3BA on each side of duplex. Entire duplex for $359,800. 1 side for rent $1600/ mo. Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty (706) 372-4166, or (706) 543-4000.
Land for Sale Texas land. Zero $ down! 20 ac. ranches, near El Paso. Beautiful mountain views, road access, surveyed. $15,900. $159/mo. Money back guarantee. Owner financing. (800) 843-7537, www. sunsetranches.com (AAN CAN).
Roommates 1 or 2 F roommates to share exceptional house in Normaltown/ARMC area w/ UGA student. $475/mo. incl. all utils., W/D, WiFi, TV, etc. Pet OK. (706) 614-8876 or cad126@ uga.edu. 2 roommates needed. 3BR/2.5BA at Milledge Place. UGA Athens busline. $300/mo. + 1/3 power. 3–5 min. drive to campus. No smoking/pets. Swimming pool. (909) 957-7058. Christian F seeks roommate to share townhouse. Call (706) 202-1553. F roommate needed, grad student or professional, to share 4BR/3BA condo off S. lumpkin. $335/ mo. + ? utils. Huge space. Email Clogeman@gmail.com or (404) 788-9682. M UGA student seeks roommate to share newly renovated 2BR/2BA condo for 2009–10 school yr. 1.5 mi. to campus, on bus line. Pool, volleyball, basketball. W/D, DW, water & garbage incl. No pets. NS. $360/mo. George (706) 3728960 or (706) 372-8962.
Mature student to rent suite in 3BR home furnished private BR/BA w/ study. Shared kitchen. Incl. utils., dish, Tivo, WiFi, quiet, safe, near UGA. (706) 296-6956. Responsible roommate needed in Normaltown house. 2BR/1.5BA. W/D & DW. $400/mo + 1/2 utils. Furnished rm. optional. Pet OK. Fenced in yd. (706) 614-8352. Roommate needed to share nice apt. in Appleby Mews. Near campus. $375/mo. (678) 8874599 or email markabuzzotta@ comcast.net or go to website at www.athensapt.com. Roommate needed. Brand new townhome, 3BR/2.5BA. HWflrs., vaulted ceilings, pool. No pets. $375/mo. + 1/3 utils. Dep. neg. Avail. now. (706) 714-8072. Roommates needed. Awesome house. Avail. 8/1. Huge rms, 12’ ceilings fans, HWflrs, HVAC, multiple entrances. 2 kitchens, 2 full BAs. W/D provided. Graduate s t u d e n t / p ro f e s s i o n a l . ( 7 0 6 ) 424-0901.
Rooms for Rent $425/mo + 1/2 utils.1900 sq. ft. beautiful house w/ woods & fields. 25 min from Dwntn. 2 private BR/ BA for roommate, shared huge great rm., kitchen/dining w/ all appls. Plenty storage, pet OK. (706) 372-9010. Charming country house. Fully furnished. 2BR’s avail. Female only. 15 min. from UGA, 5 min. from Athens Tech. $275/BR incl. utils./Internet access. W/D, DW, renovated kitchen. No pets. (706) 369-1659. Close to campus. M or F. Must be pet friendly. Rent $450/mo. + 1/2 utils. Avail. 8/1. Pls. call (706) 248-0738. Look! Beautiful house. M/F needed for 3BR/2BA. W/D, DW, FP, deck, fenced yds, garage, cool roommates. $310/mo.+ utils. 10 min drive to Dwntn. (352) 215-0056. Rm. avail. in 3BR/3BA condo. The Woodlands. W/D, appls, pool. $425/mo. Avail. 7/1. Mins. to UGA/ Dwntn. Mike (912) 223-4639. Rm. in lg. historic renovated Dwntn house w/ 2 females. Lg. yd., FP, porches, HWflrs, CHAC, pets OK. 1 mi. to UGA. $350/mo + dep. Call Carrie (706) 340-2314. Spacious, furnished BR. Quiet, close to campus, kit., laundry privileges. Shared BA, priv. entrance. No pets. M students only. $275/mo. incl. utils. (706) 353-0227. Avail. immediately!
Wanted to rent Female UGA grad student seeking Fall housing (August 1st). Can only do $300/mo. or less. No roommates please. Mold–free home. Total electric pref’d. Email rmstan8@uga.edu or call (770) 500-8224.
For Sale Art Antiques & Jewels Artist Appreciation Sale! Fabulous paintings by Mary Porter, Taylor Dubeau, Jim Stipe Maas, Judy Dudley O’Donnell, Greg Benson, Susan Elizabeth, & Art Quilts by Elizabeth Barton. New Gallery, great prices! Pls. visit 290 N. Milledge Ave. Tue.–Sat., 12pm– 6pm, by chance or appt. on Sun.–Mon. (706) 340-3717.
Businesses Great business in Winder. For sale due to death. Full kitchen, full bar, 7 top of the line pool tables! Price negotiable. (706) 255-5899.
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Electronics Akai 25” HDTV. Excellent condition. Go to http://www.flickr. com/photos/mcwhitefalcon/, call (706) 255-5225, $50. Panasonic 52”. Projection screen HDTV, excellent condition. Go to http://www.flickr.com/ photos/mcwhitefalcon/, call (706) 255-5225, $400.
Furniture It’s hot & we have hot prices. Bargains galore. At the old Charmar location. 790 Gaines School Rd. Special deals on home decor. Area rugs, home furnishings. Assortment of vendors & merchandise. Open house Fri. July 3rd until 7pm. Open July 4th & 5th. (706) 296-6928 or (706) 206-5888. Spring into Mom’s Garage for amazing deals! Gently used fur niture 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.
Miscellaneous Come to B e t t y for vintage quilted Chanel bags, just in for Summer! On the corner of Pulaski & Clayton, next to Agora. Open 1–4 daily. (706) 424-0566.
Yard Sales It’s hot & we have hot prices. Bargains galore. At the old Charmar location. 790 Gaines School Rd. Special deals on home decor. Area rugs, home furnishings. Assortment of vendors & merchandise. Open house Fri. July 3rd until 7pm. Open July 4th & 5th. (706) 296-6928 or (706) 206-5888.
Music Equipment Boss Chorus Ensemble $25. Boss Compression/Sustain $25. Go to http://www.flickr.com/ photos/mcwhitefalcon/, call (706) 255-5225. Ibanez AX. Double–Cutaway, Orange Sunburst. Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/ mcwhitefalcon/, call (706) 2555225, $150. Ibanez BTB5 Bass. Incl. guitar hardcase, Excellent condition. Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/ mcwhitefalcon/, call (706) 2555225, $150. Line 6 4x12 Amp Cab. Excellent condition! Go to http://www.flickr. com/photos/mcwhitefalcon/, call (706) 255-5225, $100. Line 6 HD147 Amp Head. 300W, 32 amp models, 12 effects MIDI, XLR output/input, flrboard incl. Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/ mcwhitefalcon/, call (706) 2555225, $300. M a r s h a l l 4 x 1 2 amp cab. Excellent condition. Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/ mcwhitefalcon/, call (706) 2555225, $150. Marshall 4x12. Amp cab. Excellent condition. Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/ mcwhitefalcon/, call (706) 2555225, $150.
Instruction Ash Raymond. Old Time, Bluegrass, & Folk. Fiddle, banjo, mando, autoharp, etc. (706) 255-5838.
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. 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.
Musicians Wanted Bass player wanted for classic rock. Alcovy River Band in Monroe. Background vocals a +. 1 gig/mo. Call Jeff Lewis (770) 267-9100. Check us out at www.myspace. com/Thealcovyriverband.
Services 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) 643-9772 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.
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. FT & PT front desk help. Comfort Suites. 255 North Ave., Athens. Customer service experience pref’d. Apply by calling Mr. Singh (706) 995-4000. Hardcore Sales Reps Needed. Hourly + commission. I need the best & forget the rest! Call Chris (770) 560-5653. Marketing Communication Specialist. Join an est. Athens company calling CEO’s & CFO’s of major corporations generating s a l e s l e a d s fo r te c h n o l o g y companies. $9/hr. BOS Staffing w w w. b o s t e m p s . c o m , ( 7 0 6 ) 353-3030.
Opportunities Now hiring! Companies desperately need employees to assemble products at home. No selling, any hours. $500/wk. potential. Info at (985) 646-1700 dept. GA–3058. Seeking Sr. law student or paralegal to help assist in divorce hearing. $120/hr. Call (706) 254-4185.
Part-time Hair stylist wanted for Sat. booth rental in private salon. Work alone, in beautiful setting. Centrally located. Call (706) 714-2592. Mystery shoppers earn up to $100/day. Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail & dining establishments. No exp. req’d. (800) 743-8535.
We d d i n g B a n d s . Quality, professional bands. Weddings, parties. Rock, Jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. (706) 549-1567. www.classiccityentertainment. com. Featuring The Magictones— Athens’ premiere wedding & party band. www.themagictones.com.
PT help needed. Apply within. A-OK Cafe. 154 College Ave.
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1995 Volvo 850 4 door sedan. New battery. Runs well. Asking $2500 OBO. Call Mon.–Fri. (706) 769-8334.
Child Care FT sitter avail. 9am–7pm all wk. Will sit w/ children. For refs. call Alvin Sheats. If interested, call Christine Simeon (706) 254-8899, email simeonchristine@ymail.com. New Moon Learning Environment. A small Montessori–style Preschool now enrolling 2–4yr. olds for Fall ‘09. Contact Cindy Jones (706 ) 338-2892.
Home and Garden Backyard Solutions. Make your neighbors jealous! Waterfalls, ponds, fences, decks, gazebos, porches, & more! Call Robin for free estimate! (706) 340-4492. Mural Painting. Residential, commercial, hand painted borders, & nurseries. Unbeatable prices! Quality guaranteed. Call or email for estimate. (706) 961-3633 or scarborough_78@hotmail.com.
Massage Revolutionary Massage & Wellness. Just 2 mi. from 5 Pts. 60 min. massage $40. Online booking avail.! Go to www. revolutionarymassage.com.
Jobs Full-time Looking for certified, experienced personal trainer. Email resumes to dmbrak@aol.com.
Vehicles Autos
2003 White Toyota Tacoma SR5 Xtracab. 2x4, 34,379 mi., manual, 2.4L, 4–cyl., bed-liner, new tires, P/W, P/D, AM/FM/Cass/CD. All paperwork. $9,700. Call (706) 255-3073.
Motorcycles ET4 2003 Vespa. Alabaster brown color w/ matching helmet. Rear rack w/ back/moto–tote for carrying or tralier hitch. $3K. Call (706) 353-8052.
Notices Lost and Found Found Sun. night on Oglethorpe near Forest Heights. Small, friendly female black lab mix, white feet & chest. (706) 614-3557, john@ redelectric.com. Lost since 6/24. F Rottweiler mix. Spayed, black/tan, 65 lbs., long tail. Red collar & leash from UGA Vet School. Gentle, about 3 yrs. Answers to Princess. Reward offered. (706) 254-2526, (706) 227-9312.
Messages Bell Acres Nudist Resort. 45 min. from Athens. Call (800) 432-1436 or visit www.bellacres.com.
Pets Going out of town? I’ll walk your dogs! Or feed you cats! Kind, responsible, & good w/ animals. Julia (706) 540-1153.
everyday people Ridwan Mahbub, Student something correct in the world. The spiritual aspect of it is important, and I do my prayers and all that, but to me it’s also the character and the morals that being a Muslim actually brings to you. …What this faith does, unlike some other faiths, is that this faith is very inclusive, it kind of links everything together; it’s very all-encompassing. Every aspect of your life comes back to the central question of Islam. Islam ties everything together—I mean, you can talk about economics, medical practices, business practices, being good with people, being good with your neighbors, whatever it may be; it all comes back to the faith and basically obeying God.
Flagpole: So, I understand that Muslims pray five times a day. Have you had to take time out of school to pray? Ridwan Mahbub: …Each prayer, they have a certain span of time. Like, the dawn prayer is only during that time before the sun rises. The afternoon prayer is from the afternoon to the midday. So, when the afternoon prayer starts, I’m still in school. But the school ends at 3:30, so I still have time to pray my [afternoon] prayer.
FP: What is America’s biggest misperception of Islam? RM: I guess it’s the whole “terrorism” thing; that’s what I think. Besides that… people who sometimes confuse Islam with, like, Hinduism or Buddhism. Like on TV they see some dances and, like… statues that people have, and they think that Muslims do that.
Ben Mostyn
Ridwan Mahbub is an 18-year-old who just graduated from Cedar Shoals High School and is planning to attend the University of Georgia in the fall. Although Ridwan was born in the bustling Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, he moved (or, more accurately, was moved) to Rhode Island when he was a baby, and at the age of eight, came to Athens. His father is the secretary of the Al-Huda mosque on South Milledge Avenue, so quite understandably Ridwan is a practicing Muslim himself. We spoke in the mosque’s adjoining schoolhouse building, where parallel tape-lines on the carpet indicate where to kneel during prayer in order to face Mecca, the holiest city in the Islamic faith.
FP: What about dawn? Since you’re a teenager still, I imagine you’d love to sleep in. RM: …Sometimes we might oversleep, some Muslim teenagers or even Muslim adults might oversleep, and that’s okay because we believe that God is easy on people, and if they make a mistake… but if someone wakes us up, or if we wake up at that time, then we have to pray, we have to get up… people always think of the prayer as very much for God… but you’re also praying for yourself. If you don’t wake up for that prayer, you’re just doing a disservice to yourself, because the prayer purifies you… [and] when you wake up in the morning, it’s a different experience than praying in the afternoon. The morning is a time of peace, a time when you can think about different things. FP: Is this the only mosque in Athens? RM: Yes. FP: What would you say if some other mosque popped up in Athens? RM: Aw, man. I probably would not support it… what that would do is that ends up dividing the community. For us, to be somewhat together is a better thing than to not be. FP: Is there a certain racial demographic that is dominant here at Al-Huda, or is it a big melting pot? RM: There’s so many different kinds of people [here]. You find people from Gambia, Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Jordan, Turkey, Sudan, Afghanistan, Indonesia… you can name a country and we have somebody from there. We also have African Americans and Caucasians, we have the [whole] spectrum… many of the people in this community are very different from each other—culturally, socially, materially, whatever—but this community is sort of a fabric that links all these different people together. FP: What does being a Muslim do for you personally? RM: For me, being a Muslim basically makes me a better person. It makes me someone who just won’t do all the bad things… it gives me a sense of assurance that I’m doing
FP: How do you like Athens? RM: I love this city; I love this place very much—the people, the atmosphere, the culture. I mean, that’s why I decided to go to UGA… because it’s in Athens. FP: Living in the South, have you ever borne the brunt of some racial or religious intolerance? RM: No, not that much. Very rarely, almost not at all. We live in a very “liberal” town, so you don’t see that much here. I’ve never been to a school where that stuff was really a problem. FP: What about 9/11? After that, were there some changes in the way people treated you? RM: I mean, like, on the news… there was. But personally, just talking with people and stuff, I don’t think it was that much. I mean, some people, they became a little bit more aware of the faith, and some people make jokes occasionally… but I didn’t notice that much change in my life, you know? …Although I could sense that there was a big change in the nation; the nation’s way of thinking about Islam and Muslims and all of that.
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FP: Do you have a job right now? RM: …I’m in an internship program called the Young Scholars Program at UGA. So, that’s pretty much my job. FP: What kind of music are you into? RM: I’m not a very big music guy at all… I’m not a big music fan, to be honest. FP: Well, what do you like to do for fun? RM: I like surfing the Internet, reading, thinking, cooking… FP: What kind of stuff do you like to cook? RM: Pretty much anything. My favorite food mostly is American-style food, Southern-style food: you know, like chicken, biscuits. I also like cooking Chinese food occasionally, like fried rice or stir-fry or something like that. I like big, hearty dishes… I like stuff with some meat in it and potatoes, stuff like that. Jeff Gore
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