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pub notes Dean Tate, Pt. 2 As recounted in the Aug. 12 Pub Notes, my college career began in a mob presided over by UGA Dean of Students William Tate. The next mob I was in, also on campus, had the Dean back in the forefront. This crowd involved the racial integration of the University of Georgia. After a week of angry groups racing around campus waving Confederate flags at the two African-American students admitted to the school, a big, rockthrowing mob gathered outside Myers Hall one night. I was not in that one, but rather in front of it, in the direction of the rocks. That week may have been Dean William Tate’s finest hour. Whatever his own sentiments were, the federal court had ordered the integration of the University of Georgia, and he saw his duty as Dean to protect those two students and to protect the university.

By day during that week when the news media descended and the legislature swore they would close the university, Dean Tate went about his duty, escorting Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes around campus with a steely glint flashing behind his wire-rimmed glasses.

Busting student panty raids was one thing, but this was serious business, and Dean Tate got right out there in it, instead of sending underlings from the safety of his office.

To tell the truth, nobody but the To tell the truth, Dean could have done what he did. nobody but the I later left town, and by the time I got back, Dean Tate was Dean could have nearing retirement, due to what done what he did. he called “statutory senility.”

After legal changes meant that he could no longer act as parent for students, Dean Tate became their friend and, wreathed in love beads, sat in with the crowd protesting the killing of students at Kent State University, while the university president hid from his own students.

Then there was the time he went back in the rain at night to the scene of a wreck and found a student’s ear, that had been severed, and brought it back to the hospital, where it was successfully re-attached.

By the time I got into the newspaper business, I witnessed a transformed Dean-Emeritus. The once-fierce runner-down of fleeing miscreants and the stern figure behind the gruff voice demanding entry into dens of student iniquity had morphed into an eccentric, genial old man, the glint in his eye replaced by a twinkle.

This Dean Tate began writing columns for our newspaper, The Athens Observer. Every week he came chuffing up the long flight of steps to our second-floor offices, clutching his latest screed, hand-written on leftover stationery bearing his name as Dean of Students. He took his writing duties seriously and wrote like he talked, in long, rambling sentences. That made his pieces easy to edit, which was fortunate, because they were frequently too long. Dean Tate never complained about what was cut, he just put it back into his column the following week. He was a faithful contributor and wrote his last piece from his hospital bed the week he died.

While he was writing for the Observer, Dean Tate, in spite of his retirement, was allied with university faculty who were fighting what they accurately saw as the increasing corporatization of the university, replacing the traditionally collegial, departmental management with the top-down corporate style that eventually won out. Dean Tate had no use for the president or his top echelon of administrators, and he made himself a thorn in their corporate side. At the same time, he seemed more at ease and more informal, especially around our young staff. One day when he had delivered his column, he was chatting with a circle of Observer staff, commenting shamelessly on the president’s coterie, when he fixed our young office manager with that steely glint of old and asked him, “Son, do you know what a revolving son-of-a-bitch is?”

“No, sir, Dean Tate.”

“A revolving son-of-a-bitch, the Dean intoned, ”is a son-ofa-bitch no matter which way you look at him.“ I will let that particular SOB remain nameless here, but in that flash, I saw again the fire that drove Dean Tate when actions offended him.

Look closely at that sculpted likeness of his face hanging in the Tate Student Center on campus, and see if you can determine whether that’s a twinkle or a glint in his eye.

Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

THIS WEEK’S ISSUE: News & Features City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Athens News and Views

Which pols will show at Saturday’s health care protest rally in Watkinsville? Also, Roy Barnes visits…

Athens Rising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 What’s Up in New Development

A partial “reboot” of sorts for Athens Rising, two years into its Flagpole run. What’s ahead?

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Music Happy Happy Birthday to Me . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Local Record Label Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary A decade of silly music and silk-screened record sleeves.

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LETTERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CITY DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CITY PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 CAPITOL IMPACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ATHENS RISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 WILLIAM ORTEN CARLTON = ORT. . . . . . 9 FOODIE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 FILM NOTEBOOK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 MOVIE DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 MOVIE PICK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 THREATS & PROMISES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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RECORD REVIEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. . . . . . . 17 HERE COMES A BIG BLACK CLOUD. . . . 18 THE LOVE LANGUAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 THE CALENDAR!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 BULLETIN BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 ART AROUND TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 COMICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 REALITY CHECK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 EVERYDAY PEOPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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letters HEALTH CARE I would like to respond to last week’s Pub Notes. Though Mr. McCommons’ column made it sound absolutely insane to question the president’s initiative, I do not necessarily agree with him that caution to larger government interference in private sector concerns should not be of concern to the public.

The government as a whole has proven to be a paragon of inefficiency and incompetence, and as a rule the larger the government bureaucracy the larger those inefficiencies. I think that if the government truly wants to start managing the health care system then they need to show the public that they can properly manage their existing entitlement programs of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Reform needs to begin with existing programs before such a huge endeavor as government-sponsored health care is launched.

There are also many initiatives that can and should be enacted that will start the process of at least alleviating some of the health care cost issues at hand today. If the government wants to increase competition in this field then they should deregulate the industry as far as regulations pertain to a ban on interstate crossover among private companies. The current thought being bandied about, that the government’s entry into the field will create another player and spur competition, is, I believe, false. A government-run health care system will actually reduce competition due to the fact that the government has an unfair edge—they have unlimited access to tax

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CONTACT US AT P.O. BOX 1027, ATHENS, GA 30603, LETTERS@FLAGPOLE.COM OR VIA THE “TALK BACK TO US” LINK AT FLAGPOLE.COM dollars, budgets are never an issue and they had a fire it would be replaced for the maxido not post a profit but rather run deficits, mum policy amount of $200,000. In the same borrowing from future taxpayers. way, most Americans can afford to pay for a Tort reform should and must be considered visit to the doctor for strep throat or even a immediately so that the burden of excesbroken arm but would certainly need help for sive insurance on the medical profession any surgery or extended hospital stay. can be mitigated, thus lowering the overall Ultimately health care is a finite commodcost of health care. Nurse Practitioners and ity that costs money. Whether it’s the governphysicians’ assistants should be accorded far ment paying for it or private individuals, we greater ability to treat patients for mundane the public will still end up paying for it. Can and common ailments, further lowering bill it be better than it is? Sure. Are there things expense as well as we can do before the load on docrushing head first off tors in general. As a cliff just because BUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK: to helping extend a political firestorm coverage to the milhas been raised for lions who are curthe imminent nuclear rently uninsured, the option of government government should takeover? Yes. So Send your sticker sightings to ben@ level the playing field let’s all calm down flagpole.com or call 706-549-9523. Thanks. in passing a law to and take baby steps allow for a health and start to solve insurance expense tax the problem, the deduction, thus according the same monetary main culprit of which is Medicare—a problem subsidy to the self-insured as they currently that was created over 40 years ago, by the give to those insured through employers. government, for the people. I for one have Part of the problem with health care today little faith in any large bureaucratic solutions, is that people use it indiscriminately for any whether they be Democrat or Republican. and every ailment, when ultimately it should David Cappi be used more similarly to the way we use Winterville home insurance. One can insure a $200,000 home for less than $800 per year. If we were to submit claims every time we broke a window or had to re-roof and expected the insurThe Board of Regents of the University ance company to pay for 80 percent of it, our System of Georgia recently made reckless and rates would most assuredly be many times irresponsible changes to graduate insurance. greater. But we don’t, and yet if the house

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The maximum out-of-pocket expenditure has been quadrupled from $2,500 to $10,000. In addition, the maximum benefit for dependents has drastically decreased from $300,000 to $50,000. Students with debilitating illnesses will incur an out-of-pocket expense of $10,000 each year, which means that students will likely have to take out student loans in order to cover medical procedures. Graduate insurance was supposed to protect students from catastrophic illnesses, but the Regents’ changes have taken a basic policy and turned it into a catastrophe waiting to happen.

While the Board of Regents made these changes in light of the economic malaise, they were done without student input and were not communicated to graduate students effectively. (The Board of Regents has no student representatives, as do many other boards of regents across the country.) This failure left open the possibility for students to find out about these changes in the emergency room.

The Board of Regents could have increased premiums 12 percent in order to maintain the same level of coverage. However, even with last year’s level of coverage, the University System of Georgia lags behind peer institutions that subsidize graduate insurance for students on assistantship at 100 percent. This means that the University of Georgia is losing its competitive advantage to rival institutions.

Please write your state legislators on the Higher Education Committee and communicate the dangerous consequences that will result from this policy change.

William Rooks President, UGA Graduate Student Association

city dope Athens News and Views Dog Days, in a Bad Way: It’s been a bad couple of weeks for Athens dog lovers.

Just on the heels of the tragic news from Oglethorpe County, where a pack of neglected dogs attacked and killed Sherry and Lothar Schweder, came the upsetting incident Aug. 18 in East Athens in which an ACC police officer on foot patrol shot and killed a pet dog.

Chris Grehan and Margot Dorn were working on a Hillside Street house they own when Officer Lou Pasqualetti, checking the neighborhood for suspected burglars, was approached in the street by their two dogs, running loose and reportedly barking and growling as they ran towards him. Pasqualetti reported that he shot their dog Pie, said to weigh about 30 pounds, as she lunged at him with her mouth open.

ACC Police protocol is to begin an investigation any time an officer fires his gun on duty; at press time this investigation was still ongoing. And while second-guessing of the officer’s split-second decision-making could go on interminably, what is clear is that the incident has touched a nerve in town, and with good reason. Even assuming the officer’s action is found to have been justified, the incident is understandably upsetting for those involved.

our legislators could do would be to meet in special session to deal with the budget like grown-ups—and show us straight up how much they do or don’t value education and its benefits to the state. As it is, we’re left to make our own assumptions…

Georgia Theatre Update: News came in last week that the non-profit Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation will help out with fundraising toward restoring the Georgia Theatre by setting up a dedicated rehabilitation fund for the effort. “Donations received by The Georgia Trust are tax-deductible and will be placed in a restricted account to be used solely for the purposes of rehabilitating the historic theater,” according to a press release.

“The Trust will disperse funds to the owners of the Georgia Theatre upon receiving invoices showing actual costs of the rehabilitation.

These costs will include construction costs and architectural and engineering fees.”

Those costs are still unknown, Theatre owner Wil Greene reports, but he’s working hard to put the numbers together. And, he says via email, “So far the designs are looking great, but we have a ton of work to do.” Donations to the Georgia Theater Rehabilitation Fund can be sent to: The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Georgia Theatre Rehabilitation Fund, Attn: Kate Ryan, 1516 Peachtree St., NW, Atlanta, GA 30309.

Here in Our Healthy Democracy: Area Republicans are planning a rally on health care reform at Oconee Veterans Park in Watkinsville for this Saturday, Aug. 29, and City Dope is curious to see not only which of the invited area About Them Dawgs: politicians will show, How time flies. It’s but also what they’ll been six years since have to say. More to the fiberglass bullthe point, if Rep. Paul dog statues of the Broun, Jr. has time for “We Let the Dawgs Behind the construction fences at UGA’s New College, Out” exhibit first a partisan rally like renovation has morphed into an archaeological dig, this one, City Dope graced the sidewalks if you haven’t heard. They’re finding rad old stuff. hopes he has time of Athens, GA. Six for an informational years! This is pertievent in the Athens area too. Meanwhile, City nent because on Sept. 1, the ACC Mayor and Dope hears talk of a calm counter-presence at Commission are set to approve another threethe park from local Democrats, and he hopes year extension of the Athens-Oconee Junior sincerely that folks on both sides will be cool Woman’s Club’s permission to display many of on Saturday. Progress on reform is critically the dogs on city property (some are on private important, but so is at least trying to get property). Sure, the little kids love ’em, as along if we can manage it. do tourists, and according to John Huie the mayor had glowing things to say about the Let the Barnestorming Begin: In other dogs at last week’s commission agenda-setting political notes, the UGA Young Democrats session, calling the exhibit “a tremendous say they’re hosting former governor and curpublic art project that so many of our citizens rent gubernatorial candidate Roy Barnes at and our guests have enjoyed.” their first meeting of the new school year, And so it appears that the collection of Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the South public bulldogs, originally an ostensibly temPsychology/Journalism Auditorium on the UGA porary thing, will just slide into becoming a campus. Question number one for Roy: Do you permanent part of the local landscape. That’s really want to inherit this state budget? fine if most people like them, and—while it’s always been clear that the dogs have their Furlough Town: It might just be this writer’s detractors—most people probably do. But let impression, but folks around town seem to be it be said on the occasion of this three-year taking the news pretty well, all things considcontract renewal that a derivative display ered, since details came out about this year’s based on a sports mascot and ripping off a furloughs at UGA. That’s a good communitypop song title doesn’t add up to art. That’s all. minded approach at a time like this, but it So rather than decades of dogs, is it not time doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be thinking of yet for more thought-provoking artwork in the 2010 elections (see above note) as we Athens’ public spaces? reckon with the state budget’s impact on our town. Yes, revenues are down, but the least Ben Emanuel ben@flagpole.com

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city pages Commish Looking Closely at Historic Preservation At a meeting of their Legislative Review Committee Aug. 18, Athens-Clarke County Commissioners re-started an examination of how to prevent demolitions and removals of buildings that may have historic value. (In 2008, Athens had 74 complete or partial demolitions.) “Those of us who have lived here a long time are tired of seeing our historic resources hauled down the road,” Commissioner Kathy Hoard said. Some ACC neighborhoods are protected as historic districts—limiting exterior changes to buildings, and barring most demolitions—but most neighborhoods have no such protections. That means buildings there, regardless of their age or significance, can be removed at the owner’s discretion. Historic buildings are typically defined as those older than 50 years (which includes some subdivision homes).

To prevent losing more historic buildings, ACC Planning Director Brad Griffin suggested, proposed demolitions could be reviewed, and—at the mayor’s discretion, if preservation seems warranted—the immediate neighborhood could be studied for possible designation as an historic district. That might happen even if the homeowners don’t want it, some commissioners suggested. And it would cost money, Griffin told the committee: perhaps $5,000–$10,000 per neighborhood studied.

In the past, homeowners have been polled to gauge whether a neighborhood is interested in becoming an historic district, but that is not a legal requirement for designating one, Griffin noted. The proposal now goes to the full commission for consideration.

John Huie johnphuie@gmail.com

New York City, Meet Jittery Joe’s Fifteen years after it first opened its doors Watkinsville, Savannah, Kennesaw and Macon.) on West Washington Street, Athens-based According to Jittery Joe’s president Michael Jittery Joe’s Coffee has opened another set of Ripps, the company is already eyeing a couple doors far, far from home—in New York City, to of locations in Dallas. Of the just-opened be exact. The new café, located in midtown Manhattan store, Ripps is optimistic: “This is Manhattan at the Laboratory Institute of a way for us to grow outside of Georgia, have Merchandising—known as “the college for the a strong partner [in Follett], and also have a business of fashion”—opened quietly earlier captive student audience.” He judges that by this month. A formal grand opening is schedthe end of this year, they’ll have a good idea uled to coincide with dedication of the L.I.M’s of whether Jittery Joe’s in New York is a susnewly renovated Maxwell Hall—the building tainable venture. “If it does well, certainly I which houses the café—in October. think it could be a great avenue of growth for New York’s first Jittery Joe’s is in the us,” he says. familiar environment of a campus bookstore, Even considering the opportune nature of but has the major perk of having an entrance the New York opening, the move might appear open to the general public along 45th Street, brash for locals who may have been following allowing it to stay open longer and to capitalthe company in the news. Around the same ize on the hefty amount time last month as the of human traffic that soft opening at L.I.M., “If it does well, certainly frequents the sidewalks of Googe told the Athens America’s most populous I think it could be a great Banner-Herald that due city. to financial hardship, he avenue of growth for us.” would exercise the comBringing Jittery Joe’s to New York was not the pany’s legal option not to realization of some long-sought ambition, raise the hourly pay of Jittery Joe’s employees but merely an opportunity that would have (who receive tips) to $7.25 in accordance been foolish to pass up, says Bob Googe, CEO. with the new federal minimum wage. Could “There’s no big plan to take New York City by a flow of capital towards the New York store storm,” he says. The opportunity came about have had anything to do with the decision through an offer from the Follett Corporation, on wages? “Nothing whatsoever,” says Googe. which is estimated to operate 80 percent of “The commitment and the loans and everythe college campus bookstores in America. thing that we needed to do it were exercised According to Googe, Follett’s VP of marketing eons ago. The decision to stick at $6.55 an for the southeast not only lives in Athens, but hour—we struggled with that until practically happens to be a huge fan of Jittery Joe’s. the last day, the last hour, because we didn’t Given Follett’s commanding hold the of want to do it.” campus bookstore market, and assuming that Of the company’s current financial health, at least one Follett higher-up remains a fan Googe says: “We’re not falling anymore, but we of Jittery Joe’s coffee, the Athens-based franhaven’t come back up…. In Athens, two stores chise could have many more opportunities to out of four are making money. I’m basically set up shop outside of Georgia. (In addition to running an employment agency right now.” the Athens stores, there are now two Jittery Joe’s cafés in Alpharetta and one each in Jeff Gore

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Trees and Taxes in City Hall Chatter Athens-Clarke County’s tree ordinance of trees, rather than scattered trees.” There requires developers to save some percentage also need to be periodic inspections of the of existing trees on a site: in commerciallytrees that have been retained and planted to zoned areas, for example, 10 percent of the make sure they are healthy, the group said. lot’s area must be shaded; in larger subdiviACC Planning Director Brad Griffin told the sion lots, it’s 30 percent. Additional young committee at its Aug. 18 meeting that staffers trees must be planted too and, under the do not presently have time to make followup ordinance, they must be protected for life. checks to see if planted trees are healthy.

But the trees that get saved are often at the The committee also discussed how to rear of developed lots, county arborist Melanie design so-called “circuit breakers”—exempGraham tells Flagpole. “I’ve found that a lot of tions to reduce property taxes for some times it’s easier for people to put a 20-foothomeowners. ACC Commissioner Kathy Hoard wide strip at the back, if it’s wooded, and said she is sympathetic to homeowners who, save that—because those trees tend to be like herself, have seen their homes skyrocket healthier and provide better habitat than one in value over the years, meaning their taxes single tree that [during construction] they’re increase too. “Should I be forced out of my going to be all over with trucks,” she says. home because my income makes it impossible Compaction of roots beneath a tree can kill to pay property taxes?” she asked at the meetit. Athens-Clarke’s building regulations work ing. “We’re not talking about million-dollar against saving trees near the street too, she homes.” But Commissioner Andy Herod sugsays. In accordance with New Urbanist design gested that exemptions should depend on a principles, the county test of wealth, not just typically requires buildincome, because some “Should I be forced out ings to be located at the homeowners with modof my home because my front of lots, close to est incomes actually the street. valuable assets. income makes it impossible own “I think the projects “It’s easy to just do it that have kind of gotten on income,” Herod said, to pay property taxes?” everybody upset,” she “but I’m not sure that’s adds, are the new CVS drug store on the corner necessarily the fairest way.” of Hawthorne and Oglethorpe avenues and the At present, all ACC taxpayers who live in new Social Security office on Prince Avenue at their own homes get a “homestead exempSylvia Circle. CVS originally wanted to save no tion” on the first $25,000 in value of those trees, but by expensively building its stormhomes—one of the state’s more generous water infrastructure under the parking lot, it homestead exemptions. Homeowners over 65 saved 10 percent tree cover at the rear of the years old can also freeze their school district lot, she says. taxes, which make up about half the bill, at On the Prince Avenue site, existing buildtheir 2002 level. (Both exemptions must be ings had to be removed, so some trees would applied for, but only once for a given home.) have been hard to save, Graham says. “I’ve But adding a new tax exemption means other found it’s much easier to save groups of trees taxpayers will have to make up the difference, than individual trees,” she says, because they ACC Deputy Manager Bob Snipes pointed out are less likely to be damaged during conat an earlier meeting on the topic—and might struction. Builders are required to fence off even require raising the millage rate, which tree-save areas during construction, but the determines property tax rates. Meanwhile, ACC fences tend to get knocked down, she says, Tax Commissioner Nancy Denson and other and sometimes builders illegally store supplies officials have been taking pains to point out beneath the trees. She can issue a stop-work that this year’s property tax bills have taken order until those problems are fixed. a big jump upwards because state legislators The ACC Community Tree Council, a countydeclined to fund the “homeowner’s tax relief sponsored citizens’ group, has suggested in grants” which have provided an additional a letter to the Legislative Review Committee homestead exemption for the past several of the ACC Commission that there should be years. Discussion will continue in committee “some way to weigh the ordinance toward on both items. preservation vs. replanting” and “a mechanism to encourage planting/preservation of groups John Huie johnphuie@gmail.com

capitol impact The Health Care Discussion The push to revise America’s health care system is one of those rare events that can dramatically change how our society works.

The approval of Social Security in the 1930s was one such turning point, as was the passage of civil rights legislation in the 1960s.

Whether you oppose or support the current effort, this is an important issue that should be getting serious discussion among the members of Congress and the people they represent. Sadly, there isn’t much intelligent discussion taking place. At town halls across the country, people are shouting and screaming so loudly that many of the events have effectively been shut down. Some of the protesters have even come to these events armed with handguns and assault rifles.

The one encouraging trend I’ve seen in the past few weeks has been the behavior of people at the town halls in Georgia.

The attendees have been passionately outspoken about the health care bill, but the meetings have generally proceeded without violence and there have been no reports of people bringing automatic weapons. It is also commendable that our congressmen, whether they oppose or support the health care bill, have been willing to acknowledge that there are two sides to this contentious issue.

Rep. Hank Johnson is a DeKalb County Democrat who supports the idea of universal coverage, but at a town hall in Clarkston he set aside time for the head of the Medical Association of Georgia, which opposes the health reform proposal, to explain why he thought it was flawed legislation.

Rep. Phil Gingrey is a Cobb County Republican who strongly opposes health care reform, but he conceded that there are still problems with the country’s current system of paying for medical care through private insurers.

“It’s too expensive and we need to do something about those who, through no fault

of their own, are high-risk,” Gingrey said at a town hall meeting in Kennesaw.

Some opponents of the health care bill have spread the false report that it will set up “death panels” that require elderly patients to be euthanized when their cost of medical care becomes too prohibitive. In reality, there is no such provision anywhere in the bill—it would have provided Medicare coverage for patients who voluntarily decide to seek counseling from their physicians about such end-of-life issues as a living will or an advance directive.

Although Sen. Johnny Isakson opposes the Democrats’ health care proposal, he has long been a supporter of living wills and advance directives. When former Alaska governor Sarah Palin made her highly publicized accusation about the alleged “death panels,” Isakson said this about Palin: “How someone could take an end-of-life directive or a living will as that is nuts. You’re putting the authority in the individual rather than the government. I don’t know how that got so mixed up.”

While most of Georgia’s congressmen have been willing to have an honest debate about this issue, there have been some notable exceptions—such as Rep. Tom Price, a Republican from Roswell. Price appeared on a CNN news show and made the false accusation that under the proposed health care bill, government will “mandate” these discussions between patients and physicians about end-of-life care. As Isakson noted, the choice remains with the individual patient.

There are questions that urgently need to be answered about this proposal to revise our health care system—such as how the government would pay for it. It’s hard to talk about that when the opposition is screaming, waving guns and telling lies about death panels. Here in Georgia, we’ve at least been able to hold the discussion.

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athens rising What’s Up in New Development Two years, give or take a few weeks! To mark the approximate anniversary of this column’s beginning, I figured I’d stop and look a little bit at where it’s been and where it’s going. There are some new things I’ll be trying out soon which ought to build on what’s gone on here so far. That’s not to say that the regular Athens Rising stuff is going anywhere, just that it will have some company.

and calling or emailing commissioners. Still, are there other ways to improve Athens which connect more people in the process?

For example, in lobbying government, the intent is to create policy that will change action. (Think: a push for bike lanes in the hopes that more people ride bikes.) On the other hand, action can create a need for policy. If people start riding bikes, then the need for more bike lanes becomes evident.

Expect to see more “action items” in this column which, when carried out, can accrue into something measurable.

Continuing on the example of bike riding, I recently came across an interesting solution to the problem of visually illustrating the presence of cyclists on particular routes. Online, I discovered an article about bicycle-mounted

On the Interwebs: The big way to test some new ideas out is online, and I’ve already started this up at Flagpole.com. Newsprint is often a fairly rigid platform for communication, but there are a lot of tools online which can really further the discussion of local planning topics. Interactivity is possible to a much greater degree there, and that’s something I hope to take advantage of. Expect to see some new topics which don’t necessarily work well in print, such as: links to cool things other folks are doing outside of Athens, links to blogs that folks around town are already writing about their neighborhoods, photo- and map-heavy pieces which don’t fit in print, and who knows what else.

Athens-Clarke County started its Neighborhood Notification Initiative (NNI) as an alternative to true Neighborhood Planning Units, but the program is a one-way dissemination of information from the planners to the people. The NNI doesn’t leave much room for people to share their own ideas about their community, which is the real point of NPUs. My hope is that this online project might pick up some of that slack. Already there are Sights around town like the wall of TVs on MLK Drive serve as examples of folks around town who are the kind of homegrown creative spirit that makes Athens what it is. How do blogging about how they’d we bring that spirit into local planning discussions? like to see their neighborhoods and the community in general improve. Compiling those efforts chalk dispensers which, when mounted on and connecting those writers to more readers many bikes, created a rainbow of lines that could really help get people involved. highlighted highly used bike routes (check the blog for more info on this). One person’s line A “Reboot” of Sorts: People feel more didn’t do much, but added together, the effect attached to a place where they leave their was impressive, and it illustrated where a bike mark—where they feel that they belong to route was needed. The point is that just riding the place in a meaningful way. The ways in and living could make an impact, without any which people can do simple things to connect formal community participation. More of that to one another and to their place fascinate creativity, which allows for living purposefully, me. It’s a topic this column has been drifting is what we need. toward for a while. We live in one of the most The news and the updates and all of that mobile societies in history, and connection will stick around and be just as prominent as to place is often a casualty of that mobility. they always were, but I felt that I ought to The ability of newcomers to become involved give some notice about what’s to come. It in varied participatory civic processes is part could be a lot of fun, and that’s what’s really of what gives Athens such a strong sense of been missing. Some folks think this is the community. most boring column in the boring part of the I’ve felt it a bit silly in recent columns paper. I’m all right with that, but maybe this to recommend large-scale physical changes will get some folks involved who might have which require government money and effort. discounted civic participation, or who might In a time of budget deficits, those sorts of have been discounted by the powers that be ideas are a bit too pie-in-the-sky. Even in as uninterested in or unaffected by the decigood times, they aren’t particularly empowersions they make. ing, although I wouldn’t want to discourage or discount the folks who are writing letters Kevan Williams athensrising@flagpole.com

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places, like Kendene Street (off Cleveland Avenue) and Trilby Street (off Oconee Street on Carr’s Hill). I’ll tell y’all about my old house on Trilby Street (circa 1980) another time.

The map says that the street that runs off campus at the first traffic light on South Lumpkin south of Broad Street is Babcock Street… wrong-o! It’s Bocock Street, named for Willis Henry Bocock, professor of Greek at UGA from 1889 until his retirement in 1945 and first dean of the graduate school, which was created in 1910. He was born in Halifax Court House, VA on Jan. 5, 1865 and died in Richmond, VA on Oct. 31, 1947. His wife was the former Bessie Friend (1866–1954).

Their daughter, Miss Natalie F. Bocock (1897–1985), was a supply teacher when I was in high school.

Among reasonably well-known streets, we have both an Easy Street (in Normaltown) and a Best Drive (not far away, off Holman Avenue). Now, have y’all ever heard of Lakeview Street?

Ah, I thought not. That street is dear to me because my late friend Cynthia Jarvis lived in an old mill house thereon. (She

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n the way into town one day last week, I did my fieldwork… all five minutes of it. I drove in on Sunset Drive, took Holman Avenue to West Broad Street, headed toward downtown until I hung a right on South Rocksprings Street, then I bore left at Waddell Extension. Clarke Central High School loomed up, its addition utterly devouring the street, so to keep from being eaten, I turned left onto South Billups Street. In only a few yards, there it was: Wanassed Street.

Yes, Wanassed Street. Pronounced “wanna said,” as it were… and in all probability it is the only so-named street in the universe. It merits 18 hits on Google, and all of ’em come right back to good old 30601-land.

I drove the entire one-block, cul-de-sac length of the street, noted that there were five houses thereon, and that the back door of Mt. Zion Church of God Holiness opened to it. I turned around and returned to Billups, then made a right to Dearing Extension, followed that until it became Dearing Street, crossed Milledge Avenue, paused for a sec at our old oaken friend The Tree That Owns Itself (Jr.), and rumbled down South Finley Street’s cobblestoned hill at a pace slow enough not to shake too many bolts from Van Ella Fitzgerald. I then came on to where I am now, the UGA Library.

But I digress a tad.

“Wanassed Street… where do ya suppose such a name came from?” I hear all 9,637 of you mutter in unison. Well, local historian Milton Leathers suggested in an Augusta Chronicle article in 2001 that an old plat recorded it as “Unassigned.” I had heard this before years ago, who knows where. It’s a fair bet that the plat-recording person’s penmanship was anything but exceptional: stands to reason. But now I’ve said all that needs to be said about Wanassed; I have other locales to visit to graze my verbal cow.

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nique Athens street names abound, as they do in any sizeable city. Forbstein Alley in the Newtown section is actually a misspelling: Casper Farbstein, born Jan. 1, 1889 in Athens (and died in May 1978 in Beaufort, SC) apparently owned quite a bit of rental property in that section of Athens; we can presume that the street was named for him. It is the closest street to the Athens-Clarke drinking water treatment plant, by the way.

We have a Rear First Street over in East Athens.

(It is indeed behind a block of First Street just before that morphs into Strickland Street.) Athens possesses a Little Oak Street that runs parallel to Oak Street on the other side of the old Georgia Railroad track. There is also a Little Oconee Street that runs for a short block up on Carr’s Hill. I remember delivering a pizza there years ago, and the guy on the phone was amazed that I knew where it was.

I mentioned First Street (and Rear First Street, Wanassed Orten Carlton = ORT? too!). Well, there also is a Second Street, a Third married my friend John Seawright; both of them left us far too Street, a Fourth Street and a Fifth Street. In amongst those, soon and will surely be the subject of future writing.) There between Third and Fourth, lies Odd Street. Yes, it is odd that is no lake in evidence on Lakeview Street, but there used to it is there, but it apparently was cut through after the others be one there… its spillway provided power for the Athens already existed.

When the Seaboard Air Line Railroad trestle across the North Electric Street Railway Co. cars that ran from downtown out Barber Street to Boulevard and west. You can still see the Oconee River was rebuilt sometime circa 1920, Fifth Street was “turnaround” tracks in the pavement on Boulevard if you know cut in half. The northern end was rerouted into North Avenue; where to look. the orphaned townward section later became Tiller Court (after Nine hundred-plus words written and I’m only scratching a family who lived there), but it is now abandoned, and rather the surface. Gee. Well, I’ll leave you with one more special resembles a kudzu patch. little street, because it’s the last unpaved (partly) city street nother such abandoned-but-visible street is Maria I know of: Kesler Street, which runs from Boulevard back to Street, which ran from Arch Street to Vine Street Yonah Avenue between Satula Avenue and Buena Vista. Go between Herman Street and North Peter Street. My old enjoy its gravelled crunchiness for yourself/ves. schoolmate Myron White lived in the two-story house that Next installment (whenever I write it!), I’ll regale you was then numbered as on Maria Street… I suppose it’s a Vine regards Valley Street, Cloverhurst Place, Hill Chapel Street, Street address now.

Pottery Street and a dozen others. But by now I’ve done said Not far from there is Rear Arch Street. It seems like a very what I Wanassed, and that’s that. (30.) insignificant street from all appearances, but I’ll bet it isn’t to local cab drivers, who get paid to know all these obscure William Orten Carlton

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A Foo die’s Farewell

Saying Goodbye to Athens, and to Eating Here Editor’s note: Just before moving with her family from Athens to Indianapolis at summer’s end, food blogger Katy Carter posted the top 10 edible things she will miss about Athens on her website, Thought for Food. A shorter version of her post follows.

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ver the past few years, when we’ve been traveling and have been asked where we’re from, the answer Athens, GA, elicits a typical response: Oh, Athens— great music scene. Or perhaps it’s the football team that people assume we’d be cheering on. While both of those things are crucial to the identity of this town of 100,000, they haven’t defined the place for us. Too old to appreciate the late-night shows and too invested in other Southern schools to care much about UGA sports, our story here will be defined by what we ate. It’s always been hard for me to say goodbye; so instead, I’ll say: Cheers, Athens. We pledge to raise glasses in your honor for years to come. And as a final toast here to the city we’ve called home for seven years, I give to you my personal Top 10; these are the things I will miss most: the things I definitely won’t find in our new place.

10) The Four Coursemen. I know. We only went once. But it was just so much fun, knowing that I lived in a town where something so remarkably cool existed. Please, someone go, and tell me about it.

9) Terrapin Beer. Loyal to the local microbrew, I am. I was a rabid fan of Highland, too, when we lived in Asheville (there is still a special place in my beerloving heart for their Oatmeal Porter—but only in cold months). Terrapin has given me both the Rye Pale Ale and the Big Hoppy Monster. I can only hope Indiana can hold its own in the microbrewery department.

6) The Grit. Oh, Grit. Can’t live without you, but man do you make the relationship hard. Yes, we continue to overlook your bad service and irritating policies (why, oh why, would it be so hard to split a check?). All because there’s no other place like you. You’ve given us a new perspective on tofu, one we’ll take with us for the rest of our lives. A mental image of your cake display will make my mouth water, and you’ve given me recipes for wonderful vegan desserts to feed my dairy-free three-year-old. You are truly quintessential Athens, and I can’t leave this town without feeling a Grit void. Long live, indeed.

5) Earth Fare. Granted, Earth Fare isn’t exactly a local dive. It’s a regional chain of health-food grocery stores; ours in Athens just happens to be right down the street. For about three years now, I’ve been taking my children grocery shopping

than shopping at the grocery store, but not everything, and if you’re like me, when you buy something at the farmers’ market you are much more likely to make sure it gets eaten. There will be several farmers’ market options for us once we get to Indiana, but I will still miss the Athens crew.

3) Athens Locally Grown. We have loved participating in this, and it is such a fantastic setup. Many of the farmers who sell their wares at the farmers’ market also sell through Locally Grown (plus many more who don’t set up a booth on Saturdays). More than the vegetables, though, I have loved having access to local dairy products, not to mention the eggs, plants and meat. All you do is order online early in the week, and pick it up on Thursday: a fantastic way to shop local in one place (and great for those folks who don’t want to hit the farmers’ market at 8 a.m. on Saturday in order to get the best selection).

2) Our garden. We didn’t plant much this spring, only tomatoes. But we got them in late, so they were late turning red. We bartered some vegetables from a farmer friend for some baby things we wouldn’t be taking with us. We ended up with a bagful of plum and cherry tomatoes, and I was set to make a tomato pie, even among our boxes and packing tape. But then I realized that all the pie plates had been packed, and I was actually able to conclude that it would be just plain foolish to dig out a pie plate to make a tomato pie.

They will have tomatoes in Indiana. Won’t they?

1) The National & Five and Ten. Big surprise, I know. I even tried to come up with something else to take the “number one” spot, just to avoid being so darned predictable. But I can’t. When I think of There will be several farmers’ market options for us once we get to Indiana, but I will still Athens and eating, these are the places I will think of.

8) Cali-‘n’-Tito’s. When we first moved to Athens, miss the Athens crew.

Tim and I were able to eat a “farewell dinner” at Five there was an outdoor restaurant on the west side of and Ten. They happened to seat us at the very same town called Caliente Cab. It was described as “Cuban,” but it every Monday. The great thing about Earth Fare is that it’s a table we sat at six and a half years ago, at our first dinner was really more generically Central and South American. The small store, and there’s not a lot of employee turnover. So my there, and the evening was everything we could ask for in a menu was unique, but the reason you went was because it felt kids have made friends. “Mr. Dan” is the guy who runs the bulk farewell dinner. Hugh and his team have changed the way we like a nonstop party. Caliente Cab shut down, but the owner department; “Ms. Emily” used to be in charge of store samples, eat out; they inspired us to stop settling for expensive, yet took up restaurant residence at a new place near campus, and and is now a cashier; “Ms. Tammy” runs the vitamin and average food. Expensive food should be really, really good. renamed it Cali-’n’-Tito’s. In my humble opinion, the food is health/beauty section; “Ms. Cheryl” slices up our lunchmeat The National: well, that place is a little coming-of-age better. Most of the seating is still outside, and it still has a and cheese. All of these people have entertained and doted story, isn’t it? Our farewell at the gorgeous dining room next party feel, but a little more family-friendly. on my children; they have cheered them when grumpy and to Ciné was actually a breakfast. The best-kept secret on an soothed them when injured. I will miss the feeling of having Athens weekday morning is the National. They serve coffee, 7) Jittery Joe’s. I know that there are plenty of local cof- a neighborhood grocery store, and will miss these four lovely juice, pastries and slightly heavier egg dishes, all at the bar. fee roasters in these United States, and there’s no reason to people in particular.

An unbelievable deal, this food is shamefully inexpensive, think we won’t find one in Indy, but we’ve become big fans of especially considering the quality. Like Five and Ten, it just Joe’s, especially since Tim started roasting our coffee. The guys 4) The Athens Farmers’ Market. There is somefeels good to be there; in my fantasy world, I am the girl at the roaster not only sell him green coffee beans, but they thing so rewarding about taking food from the hand that grows behind the bar making people happy with delicious breakfasts. will also talk to him at great lengths about roasting coffee. it, and it was a lovely Saturday morning event, something I They love what they do, and do it well. looked forward to every week. Yes, some of it is more expensive Katy Carter

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film notebook News of Athens’ Cinema Scene A Truly Modern Film Column: As those of you who read the “paperless Flagpole” may have noticed, Film Notebook is now breathlessly hurtling towards the 21st century with onlineonly updates that have begun to appear in the virtual space that used to house this stoically unchanging column for two weeks at a time. At least twice a week, I’m now composing a fresh, quaint little missive to you, the technologically-enabled reader. Subject matter is mine alone to decide upon; I’m just as likely to supply you with a barely coherent tirade against commercials before previews (note to self: great topic for next online “update!”) as helpful information about a screening I forgot to mention in the magazine. You’ll just have to read it on the computer to find out.

Gorky on the Seine: I’ve been on a little Jean Renoir kick lately, reading his autobiography and working my way through the silents on that cool, cheap Lionsgate box set that came out a couple of years ago. Tonight I decided

panel discussion and coffee/dessert reception presented by P.L.A.C.E., Farm 255, and 1000 Faces Coffee. The EcoFocus festival proper, while we’re on the subject, will take place over the entire month of October, largely at Ciné but also spreading out over assorted other venues as well. More on this in the weeks to come—keep yourself posted at www. ecofocusfilmfest.org.

Coming Attractions at Ciné: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, probably the final film of Ciné’s Summer Classics series, will have a limited weekend run Aug. 29–31. Should be a fun thing to see on the big screen… Former Athenian Astra Taylor is bringing her new documentary Examined Life back for a weeklong engagement after selling out a one-off screening in late July. The filmmaker will be present on opening night, Friday, Sept. 4…

On Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7, the Economic Justice Coalition presents a special screening of Made in L.A., Almundena Carracedo

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Jacques Tourneur’s 1943 classic I Walked with a Zombie screens Thursday, Aug. 27. to jump ahead to 1936 and watch The Lower Depths, which I’d never seen despite its having been paired with Kurosawa’s later adaptation in a beautiful two-DVD Criterion set. Of course it’s exquisite, with Renoir’s boundlessly generous view of humanity easily trumping the source play’s fatalism (which I know only by reputation—I’ve just read bits of it), and the whole proceedings infused with the director’s unique blend of good humor and pathos.

Jean Gabin, as the striving thief Pepel, is ably matched—no mean feat—by Louis Jouvet as the gamely dissolute Baron. Their scenes together are an absolute joy, with both actors perfectly attuned to the wry humor in Renoir and Charles Spaak’s screenplay. Renoir’s discreetly intelligent camera glides and turns among the denizens of his beautifully realized tenement set, effortlessly binding the characters to the world around them. And remember: “My organism has been poisoned with alcohol!”

EcoFocus Approaches: Robert Kenner’s muchheralded documentary Food, Inc., a dire exposé on industrial food production in the U.S., opened Aug. 21 at Ciné. On Tuesday, Aug. 25 the EcoFocus FilmFest will host a special screening of the film followed by a

and Robert Bahar’s documentary about three Latina women’s struggle for worker rights in the sweatshops of Los Angeles’ garment industry… For further information on these events and more, go to www.athenscine.com.

Thursdays Get Crowded: UGA’s Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) announces ICE Vision, a free weekly film screening series at the Lamar Dodd School of Art that will show “unpredictable, interesting titles, drawing on foreign and independent cinema, as well as avant-garde or just generally overlooked” films. The series kicks off Thursday, Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. with Jacques Tourneur’s ultra-atmospheric 1943 classic I Walked with a Zombie…

And lest we forget about the ACC Library’s iFilms series, the next two screenings are God Grew Tired of Us, Christopher Dillon Quinn’s 2006 documentary about three young refugees from the Sudanese civil war, on Aug. 27, and D tour, Jim Granato’s new documentary about Pat Spurgeon, a rock musician persevering through chronic kidney failure. All iFilms screenings are Thursdays at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the main library at 2025 Baxter St. www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us.

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

(500) DAYS OF SUMMER (PG-13) Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a boy. Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel) is a girl. The film’s narrator lets you know from the get-go their story does not come from the happy ending department. Boy meets girl; girl breaks boy’s heart into tiny pieces. (500) Days of Summer brilliantly shows us their entire relationship, from cute beginning (an office romance ignited by karaoke and alcohol) to whiskey-drowned end.

ADORATION (R) For an assignment, high school student Simon (Devon Bostick) weaves the story of his parents (Noam Jenkins and Rachel Blanchard), both killed in a car accident, with a news story about a terrorist. Controversy arrives when his fact-meets-fiction tale goes viral.

AWAY WE GO (R) Burt and Verona (John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph) are searching for a place to raise their yet-to-be-born child after Burt’s selfish parents (Catherine O’Hara and Athensborn Jeff Daniels) announce their plan to move to Belgium. Away We Go, written by novelists Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius) and his wife, Vendela Vida (cofounder and co-editor of The Believer), reads like a quirky, literarily humorous National Book Award finalist.

BANDSLAM (PG-13) Outcast Will Burton (Gaelan Connell) woos the school’s popular loner, Sam (High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens) with music. They form a rock band with blond Charlotte (Aly Michalka) and enter the biggest battle of the bands in the country. Distributor Summit is trying to sell tickets by promising a sneak peek at fall’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Such a move cannot bode well

for Bandslam. Director Todd Graff also helmed the musically similar Camp.

With Lisa Kudrow.

BIG FAN (R) The writer of The Wrestler (and former editor-in-chief of The Onion), Robert D. Siegel, makes his directorial debut with another sports drama, this time starring Patton Oswalt (?!). The comedian plays Paul Aufiero, a giant New York Giants fan coping with getting the crap kicked out of him by his favorite player.

With Kevin Corrigan (Budlofsky from Pineapple Express), Michael Rapaport and Marcia Jean Kurtz. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

BRÜNO (R) Like a modern day Rabelais, Sacha Baron Cohen, creator of the infamous Borat, unleashes his latest satirical persona, flamboyant Austrian fashionista Brüno, on America. Brüno is as clueless and self-unaware as Borat, and like Borat, Brüno is as shockingly, graphically hilarious and feels fresh, not reheated.

Flaunting homosexuality in the faces of those who fear and hate it most, SBC literally and figuratively proves how big a pair he’s got. Only the brilliantly talented, even clad in a shiny mesh tee and butt-less lederhosen, could dream up farcical garbage like this.

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (NR) 1969. Ciné screens one of my favorite films as they continue their Summer Classics series.

A perfect script by William Goldman and underrated director George Roy Hill’s sharpest direction combined with the beautifully photogenic Paul Newman and Robert Redford in this Western masterpiece. Butch Cassidy (Newman) and his gunslinger pal,

Sundance (Redford), flee to Bolivia to escape a posse of cowboys. With Katharine Ross. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay.

CASI DIVAS (PG-13) A big hit in 2008 in Mexico, Casi Divas finally reaches the States. Four women (Daniela Schmidt, Ana Layevska, Maya Zapata and Diana Garcia) from different corners of Mexico converge at the open casting call for the next film from esteemed producer Alejandro Mateos

I was thinking brick and tan.

(Julio Bracho). When Mateos’ onagain-off-again lover, movie star Eva Gallardo (Patricia Llaca), fails to get the role, the competition between the four wannabe stars heats up. Written and directed by Issa López.

DISTRICT 9 (R) I will not fill your minds with ringing, hyperbolic endorsements such as, “District 9 Is the Best Movie This Year!” Instead, I’ll go with, “District 9 Is the Freshest Sci-Fi Since Pitch Black.” For the past 20 years, insectile aliens, derisively

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operation by his corporate exec fatherin-law. While attempting to get alien signatures on the proper forms, Wikus contracts an alien virus that mutates his DNA. Single dad Christopher needs Wikus’ help to get his kid, the cutest alien since E.T. phoned home, off the planet.

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).

THE FINAL DESTINATION (R) The most successful post-’80s slasher franchise returns with a 3D installment.

Again, some numb nut disappoints unseen, ever-present Death by way of a prophetic vision, this one about a deadly accident at a stock car race.

I really hope Halloween II slaughters FD4 at the box office. Still, the silly, scary Final Destination flicks know exactly what they are and should please the segment of the horror audience rubbed raw by Zombie’s meaner film.

FOOD, INC. (PG) Fast Food Nation’s Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, peek inside the pantry of America’s corporate kitchen, analyzing the effects of a corporate-controlled food industry on the country’s farmers and the health of its citizens.

G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA (PG-13) Knowing G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra doesn’t suck is half the battle.

In the not too distant future, G.I. Joe is no longer merely a real American hero; he’s now a real global hero led

by General Hawk (an appropriately stiff-jawed Dennis Quaid) and backed by the most talented soldiers from the world’s top militaries. The lineup includes popular characters like Snake

Eyes, Scarlett, the lesser-known Heavy Duty and Breaker, recruited to battle a new threat: the world’s largest arms dealer. Where Transformers is clearly a blockbuster of the 2000s, G.I. Joe remains boxed in its original packaging from the late 1980s, to which my inner eight-year-old bellows a hearty, “Yo, Joe!” G-FORCE (PG) G-Force is being touted as über-producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s first 3-D and family film.

The heroes may be furry, well-animated guinea pigs voiced by Sam Rockwell, Penelope Cruz, Tracy Morgan and Nicolas Cage, but the loud, busy action movie definitely hails from Bruckheimer’s gated Hollywood neighborhood. It’s as good—or as bad—as any old Bruckheimer production.

GOD GREW TIRED OF US (PG) Christopher Dillon Quinn, the International Documentary Association’s Emerging Documentary Filmmaker of 2006, and executive producer Brad Pitt capture the journey of three Sudanese boys—John Bul Dau, Daniel Abol Pach and Panther Blor— from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States. Nicole Kidman narrates. Winner of the Canal+ Award at the Deauville Film Festival as well as Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award.

THE GOODS: LIVE HARD, SELL HARD (R) The Goods, from producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, neither lives nor sells hard, and you won’t laugh hard. The “comedy” fails to bring said goods. Jeremy Piven stars as Don “The Goods” Ready, a traveling car salesman come to Temecula to save a local car dealership. The Goods soundly proves it doesn’t matter how many funny people you hire if the writing is bad. No amount of Piven (who, we learned in the 1990s, should stick to supporting work), Ving Rhames, David Koechner, Ed Helms, Craig Robinson, Tony “Buster Bluth” Hale, Ken Jeong (every big comedy since Knocked Up), Alan Thicke or James Brolin can make up for the lack of witty stupidity expected from a Ferrell and McKay-approved movie. In his brief scenes, Ferrell goes for and gets the biggest guffaws. Even fans of the dumbest, lowest common denominator comedy (i.e., those friends who’ll laugh at anything) should wait for DVD or cable.

HALLOWEEN II (R) Writer-directorrocker Rob Zombie’s reinvention of bogeyman Michael Myers continues in what trailers promise to be the last installment. (Riiiiiiiight.) Authorities never discovered the body of the hulking masked killer (ginormous Tyler Mane), and Haddonfield, Illinois has lived scared ever since. Meanwhile, Michael’s sis, Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) isn’t quite adapting to her role as sibling to the spawn of Satan. Malcolm McDowell returns as Dr. Sam Loomis. This flick looks genuinely scary.

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALFBLOOD PRINCE (PG) In his sixth year at Hogwarts, young wizard Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his pals, Ron and Hermione (Rupert Grint and Emma Watson), must contend with Death Eaters, a puffed-up new Potions prof and love potions. In his second Potter film, director David Yates gets what makes the books so special and translates that quality to the big screen unlike any of his predecessors; five-

time screenwriter Steve Kloves has perfected extracting only the essentials from Rowling’s doorstops. Half-Blood Prince is the prettiest Potter film as well.

ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (PG) Don’t expect any surprises in the third installment of the mammoth animated franchise that isn’t Shrek or produced by Pixar. Ice Age: DotD is just for the kiddies. If you’ve got to see it, be sure to pay a little extra for the 3D version. It’s worth it.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (R) See Movie Pick.

JULIE & JULIA (PG-13) I’m afraid I don’t “get” Meryl Streep. I certainly understand how talented she is, and I feel it’s just and deserved if the Academy chooses to reward her for a record 16th nomination. It’s less her acting prowess that boggles me than her mystique, the power she holds over women over 45. As I watched Streep gloriously honk her way through Nora Ephron’s delicious new film as the famous TV chef Julia Child, I was pleasantly entertained; much of the decidedly older crowd was in hysterics. Julie & Julia is the twin culinary tales of Julia Child and Julie Powell (the delightful, cute Amy Adams), a lowly government employee who finds meaning—and a book deal—in cooking all 524 of the recipes in Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 365 days and blogging about it. You might think the Sleepless in Seattle auteur is breaking up with her longtime partner, the romcom, but J&J is still about couples—three to be exact: Julia and Paul Child (Stanley Tucci); Julie and Eric Powell (Chris Messina); and Julia and Julie—in love. Julie & Julia isn’t a fancy French delicacy; it’s Hollywood comfort food prepared with love and laughter.

MY ONE AND ONLY (PG-13) I am at a loss for words after learning that My One and Only is based on the life of the tan one, George Hamilton. I wasn’t expecting that. Renée Zellweger stars as Anne Deveraux, a glamorous ‘50s vixen who cruises the eastern seaboard seeking a new husband and daddy for her two boys, George (Logan Lerman, set to hit it big in 2010’s first Percy Jackson & the Olympians flick) and Robbie (Mark Rendall). With Chris Noth, Kevin Bacon, David Koechner, Eric McCormack and Steven Weber.

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN (PG) 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.

POST GRAD (PG-13) Alexis Bledel, billed as “the star of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” but known and loved as Rory Gilmore, takes the solo reins in Post Grad. Recent college graduate Ryden Malby (Bledel) can’t find a job, so she moves back in with her parents (Michael Keaton and Jane Lynch). Ryden also has to choose the right guy between the reliable friend (Zach Gilford of “Friday Night Lights”) and the bespectacled neighbor (Rodrigo Santoro). With Carol Burnett as the grandmother.

PUBLIC ENEMIES (R) Filmmaker Michael Mann’s latest crime drama, Public Enemies, is the biggest cinematic disappointment of 2009 to date.

Starring Johnny Depp as infamous bank robber John Dillinger and Christian Bale as pioneering G-Man Melvin Purvis, this film musters less intrigue about a fascinating period of American history than a History Channel documentary. The film isn’t a massive epic about the ‘30s crime spree that led to the creation of the FBI. It could be. All of the pieces have been placed on the board, but the gangland games never begin.

RATATOUILLE (G) Remy (the surprisingly deft voice of Patton Oswalt)

dreams of being a top chef were he not a rat. Garbage boy Linguine (v.

Lou Romano) doesn’t want to lose another job. Together the rat and his boy become the gastronomic sensation of all Paris, much to the chagrin of head chef Skinner (v. Ian Holm), while winning the heart of Colette (v.

Janeane Garofalo) and the approval of Remy’s father (v. Brian Dennehy). A gorgeous dish lovingly created from the freshest ingredients (no more rehashed life lessons here; stick that up your tailpipe, Cars), Ratatouille lacks the timelessness of Toy Story and the heart wrenching tragedy of Finding Nemo but is textured and nuanced to the point of live action (and beyond) without sacrificing any of its pleasurable punching power.

SHORTS (PG) See Movie Pick.

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 (R) How many times can John Godey’s novel be made into a movie? Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw played cops and robbers in a 1974 version, and Edward James Olmos and Vincent D’Onofrio took over in a 1998 TV movie. Now megastars Denzel Washington and John Travolta hop on this express thriller about a hijacked subway train. Adapted by Oscar-winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential and Mystic River) and directed by Tony Scott, who has teamed with Washington for the fourth time. l TAKING WOODSTOCK (R) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee and his longtime writing partner, James Schamus, take on Woodstock. After the festival’s plug is pulled, a young man, Elliot Tiber (comedian Demetri Martin), helps the organizers get a new permit and a perfect plot of land, belonging to dairy farmer, Max Yasgur (Eugene Levy). The great cast includes Dan Fogler, Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen), Paul Dano

(There Will Be Blood), Kelli Garner, Mamie “Meryl’s daughter” Gummer, Emile Hirsch and Liev Schreiber as Vilma.

TETRO (NR) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Tetro is the legendary filmmaker’s first original screenplay since 1974’s The Conversation. Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich, who resembles a raven-haired young Leo) travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-lost older brother (the infamous Vincent Gallo). Bennie hopes to find the key to understanding his sibling in the once promising writer’s nearly finished play. Its monochromatic style conjures comparisons with FFC’s underrated Outsiders follow-up, Rumble Fish. With Maribel Verdú of Y Tu Mamá También and Klaus Maria Brandauer.

THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE (PG13) I won’t speak for fans of Aubrey Niffenegger’s beloved bestseller; I have no clue as to whether or not it’s a good (i.e., faithful) adaptation of the love story of Henry (Eric Bana), a regular guy with a genetic predisposition for time travel, and Claire (Rachel McAdams), the lovely lady who falls in love with grown-up naked him at the age of six. As critics and sci-fi nuts love to point out, Niffenegger’s time travel premise is flawed, paradoxical and perfect for her passionate story.

Bana and McAdams are pretty. Tears will be shed. The Time Traveler’s Wife should please romance junkies pining for their next chance to pine.

TYSON (R) Controversial filmmaker James Toback (Black and White) returns to documentaries for the first time in a decade with this chronicle of his pal, former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. Tyson’s legendary infamy ever increases; maybe Toback, who’s known him since the late ‘80s, can shed actual illuminating light on one of modern sports’

most mercurial figures. With Tyson’s recent cameo in June’s smash hit, The Hangover, what better time to reflect than the present? Winner of the Regard Knockout Award at Cannes.

THE UGLY TRUTH (R) Why does anyone care whether or not an unappealing neurotic beauty (Katherine Heigl) and a charming, Neanderthalish brute (Gerard Butler) fall in love? A dirty version of Cyrano de Bergerac where Cyrano falls in love with Roxane while helping her woo Christian, The Ugly Truth cashes in on the naughty comedy trend with some f-bombs and masturbation gags yet keeps censoring itself so as not to actually offend the old people and prudes for whom Judd Apatow is akin to Lenny Bruce.

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, 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. In Dug, the worn-out anthropomorphic animal sidekick is imaginatively reinvented to produce the film’s freshest, biggest laughs.

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INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (R), SHORTS (PG) Once upon a time, the world was at the mercy of a madman. Then “The Basterds,” a gang of Jewish-American soldiers led by a Southern mountain man, swept across Nazi-occupied France. The world lived happily ever after.

The hyperbolical trailers are right. You’ve never seen war until you’ve seen it through the eyes of Quentin Tarantino. Judging from QT’s WWII fairy tale, the filmmaker has a future as an alternative historian, should his ardor for the cinema ever be exhausted.

J’adore Tarantino. I have not seen a film of his I did not enjoy. However, ever since Jackie Brown, QT has been cinematically stunted. His most recent films—both volumes of Kill Bill and Death Proof—were movies he wanted to watch rather than films that show any artistic growth. And the critical throngs that once hailed QT as the video store clerk messiah of modern American cinema bawled their discontent. The larger moviegoing public seemed tired of his bloody genre mash-ups and threehour exploitation homages, too.

Inglourious Basterds is the film both critics and moviegoers have been waiting for since the ‘90s trifecta of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. Anyone only exposed to the previews will be shocked to hear that Basterds is QT’s most mature film, despite its graphic, gratuitous violence and howling hilarity.

How he saw this multifaceted film in Enzo Castellari’s blah 1978 spaghetti war movie demonstrates the depth of his cinematic love and moviemaking Brad Pitt talent. The two films share nothing more than similar titles. Basterds owes more to The Dirty Dozen, especially the theatrical climax, whose set bears more than a passing resemblance to Dozen’s chateau.

The opening sequence, extensive dialogue delivered across a table, should be familiar to any QT devotee, yet the iron grip of the urbane conversation between Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz), the “Jew Hunter,” and the poor dairy farmer believed to be hiding Jews tightens more and more as it continues.

You’ve never seen a Tarantino film this suspenseful. Not even Death Proof was this tense, and that’s because it lacked Nazis, moviedom’s all-time-greatest villains. SS officers, Gestapo and enlisted men all conceal an unpredictable penchant for brutal violence beneath a facade of politesse.

The second of the five chapters introduces us to “The Basterds,” as they’re known to the Nazis they are frightening, slaughtering and scalping. Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) orders his Basterds—headlined by baseball bat-wielding Sergeant Donny “The Bear Jew” Donowitz—to get him “one hunnerd Nat-zee” scalps.

QT does backslide into ‘70s exploitation tropes, albeit entertainingly, in the introduction of former Nazi killer Sergeant Hugo

Stiglitz (Til Schweiger), whose name appears in giant blaxploitation font and whose exploits are recounted by Samuel L. Jackson.

The third leg of QT’s plot triumvirate involves cinema owner and Jew-in-hiding Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent), who plans to avenge her family when the entire Nazi high command, including a grotesquely cartoonish Hitler (Martin Wuttke) and Goebbels (Sylvester Groth), attends the premiere of the Minister of Propaganda’s latest cinematic tribute to the fatherland.

QT is so lauded for his writing, with both words and visuals, that his attention and devotion to his actors is oft forgetten. As outlandish as his scenario can stray, he never lets his cast, save an understandably campy Pitt, get lost as they blaze a trail through the black-as-Nazi forest. The beautiful, sad Laurent deserves more attention than she’s getting. The filmmaker also makes a rare exception and does not resurrect a forgotten icon of the ‘70s. (Mike Myers’ cameo does not count.) Instead, he focuses his exceptionally astute acting spotlight upon Waltz (a two-time winner of Germany’s Emmy, the Adolf Grimme Award), who has already won Best Actor at Cannes and should be considered an Oscar frontrunner. Waltz’s Landa disarms his potential victims with a Brüno-ish Austrian giggle and smile before dropping the Nazi jackboot.

QT’s film closes on a character claiming, “This may be my masterpiece.”

Pulp Fiction is certainly more ground-breaking and presumably influential, but the tough, strong, wickedly fun Inglourious Basterds reveals a filmmaker possessing such extraordinary talent and deliberation that his masterpiece may be yet to come.

By some strange fate of release dates, QT’s Grindhouse pal, Robert Rodriguez, has a new movie out as well. RR’s new feature, Shorts, continues the filmmaker’s kiddie movie mania.

It’s easily his worst yet, even by childish standards. A town is thrown upside-down with the discovery of a rainbow-hued wishing rock.

Kids make dumb wishes. Adults make worse ones that can only be corrected by their kids.

Respectable adult stars—William H. Macy, James Spader, Jon Cryer and Kat Dennings— cash paychecks for disreputable work. The child performers, including Star Trek’s Jimmy Bennett and Rodriguez’s own brood, give worse performances. RR’s cinematic joy rivals QT’s in purity, and the former’s manic energy can be channeled into excellent adult films and creative kids movies (Spy Kids). However, he’s got to stop writing his own stuff. He is no QT. Adapting another’s high-quality story is the way for RR to go. We’ve been waiting for RR to grow up as long as we’ve been waiting for his cinematic kith and kin, QT, to mature.

Inglourious Basterds and Shorts prove RR still has some catching up to do.

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threats & promises Music News And Gossip Ah, another fall semester in Athens. I always like this time of year and how our town gets a shot in the arm of cool, new folks.

So, here’s to hundreds of new kids forming hundreds of new bands. Hell, at least a few of them have gotta be good, right? Anyway, this week’s news is below…

Compelling Evidence: While in Europe supporting their collaborative album Dark Developments, Elf Power and Vic Chesnutt managed to capture themselves on several hours of videotape courtesy of Chesnutt’s own camera.

After going through the miles of tape, Elf Power member Jimmy Hughes (Folklore) knew he had too much footage to edit into one piece. So, he decided to cut it down into digestible pieces for what he called “the YouTube generation.” The first edition of this accidental tour diary Elf Power is available over at www. youtube.com/user/Folkloreon. Now, normally things like this bore me stiff because they’re full of uninteresting footage of sound checks, driving, etc. The magic here is in Hughes’ editing. He weaves a narrative with this footage while the band’s music provides the soundtrack. Future volumes are going to be up there soon, too, so check back. The first video follows the band from New York to Den Haag, Netherlands. Hughes says about eight episodes are planned, and he’ll post them at intervals of approximately one month each.

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For the New in Town: Just wanted to give a brief introduction to Threats & Promises for those who may be reading it for the first time.

This is Flagpole’s weekly music news and opinion column. Got something music-oriented happening? Let me know. Even things you might not consider newsworthy may be of interest to our readers. I’ll cover anything having to do with Athens music from middle school band performances to major label, Classic Center jam fests. The only requirement is that it’s local. Sometimes I won’t like it all, and will generally be very clear about this.

Those are the breaks. Deadlines for consideration are no later than the Monday before the following week’s issue. Flagpole publishes on Wednesdays, so that would mean the

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Calling All Quiet: Singer/songwriter/philanthropist Ricky Fitzpatrick has put the call out to solo artists in the North Georgia area. He’s currently putting together what he will only refer to as “a very special concert” that will be “unique, exciting, entertaining and something that the entire community will be thrilled to see and hear.” Although I suspect the show in question will have something to do with the Fitzpatrick-founded Healing Power of Music, which presents free shows at hospitals and care facilities, he has revealed nothing.

Anyway, if this has piqued your interest, please note that it consists of solo artists only playing acoustic guitar, banjo or mandolin.

Accepted genres are: country, folk, bluegrass, Americana, middle-of-the-road-pop, etc.— nothing loud or vulgar. Drop a line to ricky@ rickyfitzpatrick.com before Oct. 1, and visit www.rickyfitzpatrick.com for more information.

remixes from its last full-length LP, Inventions for the New Season and a couple of bonus tracks and videos. Maserati will tour the U.S. Sept. 17 through Oct. 31, doing some dates on their own, a ton with Japan’s Mono and a handful with STS9. Maserati next plays Athens on Sept. 19 at the 40 Watt. For further info, please see www.temporaryresidence.com.

Yeah, You Want It: Instrumental monsters Maserati have long been one of those Athens bands you can never really place your finger on. For months at a time it will seem the guys have been doing nothing at all, only to find out they’ve been working behind the scenes very quietly. Also, not all the members live in town anymore. But a new album is on the horizon for 2010. To bridge the gap between now and then, their Temporary Residence label is releasing a new collection of rarities from the band, titled Passages, that will contain all Maserati’s tracks from its split-release with Pittsburgh, PA’s Zombi, as well as the

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More Hardcore: Local dudes Wes Fritts, Al Daglis and Jon Lukus have formed another hardcore band. Hilariously named Cop Dope, the band has a handful of shows under its belt and, reportedly, was last recording an album that may come out this week. Check them out over at www.myspace.com/copdope706 and, if you’ve missed them thus far, don’t sweat it.

My gut tells me they’ll be playing a lot.

You Mean, Like, Words ‘n’ Stuff?: Many congratulations go out to third grade teacher Crystal Huau Mills of Nicholson, GA, only 12 miles north of Athens, for her success with her ironically titled, perhaps, Grammar Jammar DVD which features music written by Mills and is an aid in helping young folks learn the rules of grammar. Lots of information is available over at www.grammarjammar.com.

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record reviews SHELLEY SHORT A Cave, A Canoe Hush A voice like Shelley Short’s, innocent and childlike, could easily veer into the saccharine, but her brand of indie folk is far too poignant and sophisticated for that. The arrangements on A Cave, A Canoe are sparse and delicate, as if the the other instruments are afraid of overshadowing Short’s captivating vocals. Even during the instrumental breaks, the drums are just gingerly brushed, and individually plucked guitar strings tremble with muted harmonics. Only occasionally does the music swell, strings and horns proudly underlining Short’s more climactic lines. It’s refreshing to hear a record with so much space. Short’s melodies flow with uncanny freedom, unencumbered by trite verse-chorus-verse structures.

It’s all so deceptively simple; these stripped-down tunes feature only Short’s ringing vocals and a few notes of accompaniment, and yet each track is adventurous just the same, with nary a predictable moment.

The recording is also breathtakingly intimate. On the track “Tap the Old Bell,” you don’t hear Short’s guitar as much as you hear her playing the guitar. You hear her fingertips slide down the strings and buzz against each fret. You can hear the plectrum strike each note and hear her breaths in between verses. A Cave, A Canoe gives the illusion that Short is sitting on your couch performing a private concert just for you. It’s a privileged performance to be sure.

Michelle Gilzenrat Shelley Short is playing Flicker Theatre & Bar on Tuesday, Sept. 25.

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There’s something about The Winter Sounds that sounds very familiar. Maybe it’s the ghostly vocals and piano/ light guitar-picking combo or perhaps the very inherent “indieness” of the band, but I feel like I’ve heard this all before on the soundtrack to Juno or something.

It just seems that The Winter Sounds aren’t doing anything too outside of your typical indie rock band routine. “Candlelight” is the worst offender with the line “Maybe I’ll get

struck by a car/ and lie face down in the streets of Atlanta.” If there ever was a line to describe the fringe of indie culture, that would be it: part tragedy, part apathy. Throw a pair of Vans in there and you’re done.

That’s not to say that Church of the Haunted South isn’t a good record.

The Winter Sounds know what they’re doing when they go into songs like “Pinebox,” one of the more upbeat tunes. It’s an instantly catchy melody with a fairly recognizable riff behind it.

The album itself has a pretty good flow between songs, never lagging behind or forcing too much on a listener.

The influence of the ‘80s is all over the record. The vocals seem to come straight out of the British new wave, complimented by whirring keyboards and a dance beat. Even the slower songs contain a bit of new wave nostalgia.

If you’re looking for an instantly listenable group of songs, Church of the Haunted South is your record. It’s nothing out of the ordinary, but sometimes that’s all you really need.

Jordan Stepp

A POSTWAR DRAMA The Fishous Carriage Independent Release Newly formed in Athens, A PostWar Drama offers a fresh sound to the local scene. With songs that range from raucous barroom howls to rootsy folk and accordion-driven gypsy swing, this is a young band that isn’t afraid to take some risks. There is a raw energy buzzing through these tracks which sometimes culminates with heart-on-sleeve confessions and other times more chaotic catharses.

Singer William Chamberlain holds nothing back as he groans and pleads, his snarling, theatrical baritone recalling Man Man’s frontman Ryan Kattner.

It’s as if The Pogues recruited Tom Waits as lead vocalist and tried their hand at Americana. And that’s just Chamberlain’s songs. Add to that the equally emphatic, bounding rock and roll penned by Zack Clayton and, well, you’ve got a lot going on here, and for a debut release that’s exciting.

The recording itself feels a bit more like a demo than a final product, though. And really, for a new band just finding its footing, that’s to be expected. I think with the luxury of more studio time some loose ends could have been tightened up. The violin is sometimes just slightly abrasive and often competes with the flat, metallic tones of the lead guitar. In almost the same way, some of the backing oohs and aahs miss the mark, and the result is more jarring than complimentary. When Ashley Floyd really opens her throat and softens her delivery on the verses, though, (her performance on “Blue Flame of Passion” is a perfect example) she provides an elegant, breathy counterpoint to the more aggressive vocals of her male bandmates. Overall, warmer production and more nuanced arrangements would

do a lot to enhance these tracks, but The Fishous Carriage does succeed in showcasing A PostWar Drama’s great potential.

Michelle Gilzenrat A PostWar Drama is playing at Flicker Theatre & Bar on Saturday, Aug. 29.

EYEDEA AND ABILITIES By the Throat Rhymesayers Entertainment “I’m not shit; I’m champagne.” An inauspicious start for a mostly inauspicious record. Eyedea and Abilities’ By the Throat is an odd combo of indie rock, white-boy rap and trashy electro rock beats that occasionally flirts with worthiness but more often sounds like an Eminem knock-off or a Beastie Boys parody. This may be harsh, but as far as white rappers go, Vanilla Ice was more fun, and we still remember his name almost 20 years later. That might have been plausible for E & A if they had spent more time crafting tunes like “Sky Diver,” which sounds like rap by way of dark, dreamy Portishead grooves, or “This Story,” with its likable Jay-Z-meets-suburban-teen cadence layered over electro-dance rap. Instead, they waste their energy on cynical, silly, pseudo-philosophical lines like, “Empathy is the poor man’s cocaine,” from “Burn Fetish,” and “Time Flies When You Have a Gun.” (The title is the only thing it’s got going for it.) There’s so little originality that I can’t listen to a single track without immediately being reminded of someone else. But at least from start to finish they never again approach the low levels of that opening line. That’s something.

Jennifer Gibson

PRIDE PARADE Dose Independent Release The second full-length release from Athens’ dirty rockers, Pride Parade, is unabashedly in your face and ready to brawl. This latest amalgam of punk, grunge, stoner metal and blues rock is chock full of abrasive, jarring guitar hooks, blistering bass lines and pummeling percussion. At first listen, comparisons to Dead Confederate, Mudhoney and even Alice in Chains come to mind, but these influences are minimal at best. Pride Parade seems to

be reformulating ‘90s grunge-era music rather than copying it. A live show from the five-piece would probably be pretty comfortable sharing the stage with bands such as Music Hates You and The John Cougar Training Camp.

Recorded by Harvey Milk’s drummer/producer, Kyle Spence, Dose picks right up where Descendents left off, albeit in a much more cantankerous mood. The production is clean and crisp, despite the sludgy-ness of having three guitars hammering away. “Just as God Made Me” is one of the best tracks on the album—a slinking, head-banging track that kicks and reels and kicks in all the right places. “Fishers of Men” is a great, slow-building, wall-of-sound piece that gives into its lighter side with a plunge into psychedelia every now and then.

Andrew Praters’ vocals manage to be menacing and sarcastic all in the same breath. This album is for the defeatist in us all, for the little man who’s tired of being the little man, and for all the cynics in desperate need of a sardonic anthem. Dose is just what the doctor ordered.

Charley Lee

MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS Under the Covers, Vol. 2 Shout Factory As power-pop man-child Matthew Sweet teams up with former Bangles frontwoman Susanna Hoffs for a sequel to the duo’s eclectic 2006 mish-mash of vinyl-era covers, “Sid ‘n’ Suzy” display their serious ‘70s fixation by picking up where the first volume’s pastiche of ’60s sounds left off.

Somewhere between tribute disc and high-end karaoke act, the turntable-obsessed two don’t drastically retool inclusions like Fleetwood Mac’s “Second Hand News” as much as they bash ‘em out like a couple of high school misfits making mischief in the basement. Hoffs takes the mic on most of the tracks, lending her syrupy purr to such cuts as Derek and the Dominoes’ forlorn “Bell Bottom Blues,” a remake loyal to the original’s boozy, lovesick plea, and Little Feat’s stoned trucker anthem “Willin,” which doesn’t come off as well as it could had Sweet kicked in with some more pronounced vocals.

This is obviously meant to be a fun listen and it succeeds at that, for the most part. Some tracks just seem to have the wrong singer in front, and one would think more emphasis would be put on the duo’s ability to create soaring vocal harmonies and duets.

However, that aspect is downplayed greatly in favor of one voice dominating a track and the other being pushed to the background. Still, the sprightly Under the Covers, Vol. 2 is looser and livelier than the average tribute album, and sing-alongs will be impossible to avoid unless you’re a complete malcontent or hater of all things AOR. Michael Andrews

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xtra, extra. You may have already The label boasts a roster saturated not heard about it a time or two before: only with Athens bands (e.g., The Visitations, there has been a seismic digital shift Marshmallow Coast, Casper & the Cookies), but in media. A newspaper, movie or book also with intra- and international acts. Some, fits in a phone. Six thousand record music col- like Lancaster, England’s The Lovely Eggs, will lections fit in a cargo pocket. Here they are, make the trip for the party, in addition to these media-makers, in restless fits of recontouring with label mates Cars Can Be Blue. sidering the medium and the business model.

While some have ascribed a blanket “twee” And then there is also Happy Happy Birthday or pared-down indie-pop aesthetic to the to Me Records. collective output “There’s a huge of HHBTM bands, difference when the label serves as Mike Turner people would listen a home to a rather in their room with diverse lineup. Turner an LP and read the finds commonality liner notes and really and a unifying thread love that record, that in a playfulness and physical interaction a sense of humor with the media,” says among the artists.

Mike Turner, the drivThis trait is readily ing force behind the apparent in Cars Can Athens-based label.

Be Blue, known for For the past 10 its bawdy lyrics and years, HHBTM has hyper-charged antics. stuck closely to its By party time, implicit central tenet the label will have of do-it-oneself put out 115 releases craftiness. The label in its decade-long celebrates its 10th existence. This figanniversary this sumures in at something mer, demonstrating a like 10 or 11 HHBTM laudable feat in and records a year, Turner of itself, considering calculates—very the simple long-term little to sneeze at. survival of a business The more calculations in the business of selling records. That this Turner completes, the more concrete are the essentially one-person act has weathered a opportunity costs involved in the dedication decade of economic and technological turmoil, to this particular kind of hobby. For instance: in an industry struggling to convince custom“I kind of figured the amount of money that’s ers to even pay for its product—all while been spent on the label—wow, that could maintaining a highly personal, handmade have been a small house paid out.” aesthetic—is pretty extraordinary.

In addition to dollars, Turner also invests As such, HHBTM will throw itself a birthday a considerable amount of time and physical party spanning a handful of days, begineffort into the label, its bands and records— ning Thursday, Aug. 27 and culminating on sometimes up to 40 hours a week, but with Saturday, Aug. 29. While the party comes a typical average near 24 hours. HHBTM has equipped with four to five bands playing per continuously derived for Turner a singular night, Turner still laments that the entire pleasure in the hands-on acts of spray-paintHHBTM family could not somehow be wrangled ing or silk screening album sleeves, or includfor a super blow-out event, which he acknowling extras like buttons, artwork and patches edges “would stretch a week.” with the records.

A downturn in the amount of direct contact with the records last year resulted in a burned-out label head. “I didn’t understand where the label fit in personally,” Turner says.

“There wasn’t involvement beyond contacting distributors and stores to carry a record.

Thursday, Aug. 27 I need to be more involved with the records Cars Can Be Blue than I have been. It came off more of the The Lovely Eggs label as a bank in a way that was loaning The Visitations money to put records out.”

Tunabunny The birthday party will afford the reinTitans of Filth vigorated Turner another opportunity to get Friday, Aug. 28 pumped about Happy Happy Birthday to Me. Marshmallow Coast “I’ve been wanting to do party hats for a Oh-Ok while. I could hand draw some party hats.”

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Fear and Loathing Across America

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he dream was as follows: I was beyond Thunderdome. Beyond, beyond Thunderdome, even: a desert wasteland with no manmade structures to speak of, save for some brittle, long-abandoned railroad tracks. I was alone, with the notable exception of the cadre of brutes who had just taken me hostage. They struck an image of being a little ridiculous—kinda glam, even?—yet thoroughly serious and with only the most malevolent of intentions. Basically, they had guns. Then, the incredible occurred. Though apparently unused since the Taft administration, the train tracks started to vibrate with the harbinger of approaching help. I waved frantically at the passing locomotive like a shark-bitten child in Swimmies, but no such luck. The train continued apace to its destination at the opposite end of the horizon,

uncaring of my fate. I was trapped. I was in the clutches of Here Comes a Big Black Cloud.

This, based on listening to some spinning wax and looking at some photographs on a website. The band’s website, MonkeyFuckLove. org (I’m sure I’m on some kind of list now) suggests a trashy kind of terror is coming to our innocent town. Here Comes a Big Black Cloud is said terror: having learned their instrument-trading trades in New Orleans, the band now stomps formidably around Portland, OR. But their appearance in Athens is less an invasion and more a glorious homecoming for two of the band’s members. Dain Marx and Travis Wainwright, two of the band’s five multi-instrumentalists, have put in some years here in the Classic City. “I came to Athens in early 2000… I think I moved away in 2004 or ’05. So, about five years,” Marx says. “I’m

originally from Louisiana, but I moved around a lot.” While in town, Marx joined up with local punks Zumm Zumm (“mean, drunk, evil, gay space clowns” as per their MySpace page).

But the itinerant lifestyle continued, leading to a weird coincidental meeting of the hiveminds in 2005.

“When I left Athens, I did a bunch of traveling and I ended up in Indiana for about six months,” Marx says. “That was around the time of Hurricane Katrina, and my bandmembers, they all lived in New Orleans at that time. They had to relocate to Portland, and I had just been thinking about moving to Portland for a while. I had actually never even met them. We all met and formed eventually.”

A history of life in streets stained by voodoo wasn’t the only thing the group shared in common, although it likely shaped these commonalities. Here Comes a Big Black Cloud united under the collective goal of bad vibes: messed-up garage rock with murky, surfy undertones. Theremin-driven, doom-dance party stuff basically, and a good bit better sounding than a lot of the bad-time stuff coming off the West Coast these days. The New Orleans themes of celebration and death are mixed in hearty equal doses, hammered home by the band’s onetime freakish onstage presence. Costumes, dancers and general insanity were key, totally key to the band’s first phase.

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“We kinda broke away from the dancer/ costume thing lately to change our sound and write more songs. It was a lot harder to coordinate writing new material when we had to constantly teach new dancers how to do the moves,” says Marx. The band is also focusing attention towards its new-ish label, Stankhouse Records. Marx is enthused about its upcoming release of material from classic Athens punks the Carrie Nations, as well as a split release with fellow former Atheniansturned-San-Franciscans Long Legged Woman.

As for their new shit? “I guess it’s a lot sicker and heavier and louder. I didn’t think that it could possibly get louder, but we managed to make it louder. It’s a lot darker.” In other words, you can put Here Comes a Big Black Cloud up there with Chinese food and horror movies as things best consumed well before bedtime. But in general, very much recommended for consumption.

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rom sprawling piano ballads to fuzzedup guitar pop, The Love Language’s self-titled debut disc runs the gamut of sounds and emotions. Story is that Stuart McLamb, the band’s primary songwriting engine, used to play in a band called The Capulets up in North Carolina. He drank so much he got kicked out of the band after a destructive incident, moved in with his girlfriend, broke up with her after too many broken bottles, woke up in jail one morning and moved back in with his parents to get his shit straight. Sobered up, got a job.

Then he wrote some songs. Some really terrific ones. For all its turbulent origins, The Love Language is a surprisingly efficient pop disc, though those events were essential. “Of course they shaped the album and of course the album wouldn’t have happened had those events not,” says McLamb. “I think almost every songwriter takes their inspiration from their own troubles and joys. I just happened to be more open about the details.” The disc’s ever-present distortion brings Sebadoh or Guided by Voices to mind, though McLamb also shares Bob Pollard’s knack for a hooky melody and an indebtedness to ‘50s songwriting. The deft layering of instrumentation may also call to mind a more desperate Arcade Fire. The tune “Sparxxx” may even appeal to those looking for a revival of R.E.M.’s early jangle.

McLamb says his album’s lo-fi aesthetic was less of an active choice and more the result of necessity and the gear available. “I was genuinely pleased with the tones,” he says. “I’d like to think of the record more as a extremely hi-fi record using extremely shitty gear. I used one condenser mic and a digital 8-track I bought off Craigslist for a total of $300. That’s it. And I mixed the whole thing on headphones, for better or worse. I think for better.”

The disc’s rough-around-the-edges sonics complement the ragged emotions on display and are a product of McLamb’s enthusiasm for his ideas. “I wasn’t thinking too far ahead at the time,” he says. “I was just interested in getting songs out of me whichever way I could and recording by myself seemed to make the most sense. I’m the type of songwriter who sits on ideas for a while and lets them stew until I have the perfect arrangement for them.

As soon as a song was finished I would usually

start recording that day and finish it shortly after.”

The album-opener “Two Rabbits” was the first song written, and proved a guiding light for the rest of The Love Language. McLamb says, “I wrote ‘Two Rabbits’ shortly after the break-up on my parents’ piano. I didn’t have any recording gear at the time, so I borrowed a friend’s digital eight-track and recorded it the next day. That was the first recording I had made in about eight months since recording with my last band, and that’s the recording that set the mood for what would become the album. I love how shaky and desperate my voice is. It’s the first time I had sung in a while so it’s inevitably a little rough, but I love the honesty. After that song I decided I was going to start a new project called The Love Language, and I started saving my money up and bought a similar eight-track to my friend’s, sleigh bells, tambourines and maracas. I borrowed a drum kit and micro genie keyboard from my brother, a bass from a friend and rented out a storage unit to start recording.”

Though the album was something of a solo affair, McLamb’s currently performing with a band of seven or eight other folks, some of whom he played with in The Capulets. “With this band I’ve really just let it all happen naturally. I never demanded that anyone commit to the band,” he says. “I felt if I gave everyone the freedom to decide, then that would make us a stronger unit in the end and not unhappy coworkers.” In fact, The Love Language just wrapped a tour with Cursive, a band whose own album Domestica came from the same troubled waters of true stories and broken hearts and homes. Misery, meet company? But no, The Love Language, released in February on the Bladen County record label, is no wallower. It’s honest, and it’s stronger for it.

Chris Hassiotis

WHO: Modern Skirts, The Love Language, ExcaliBrah WHERE: 40 Watt Club WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 29 HOW MUCH: $10 (advance), $12 (door)

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LABOR Day DeadlinE: The deadline for getting listed in the Calendar will be WEDNESDAY, Sept. 2 at 5 p.m. for the issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

Tuesday 25 EVENTS: Dine & Dance Night (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Beginners and advanced dance lessons every Tuesday followed by swing, tango or hip-hop on the dance floor. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! 706-354-6655 EVENTS: Swing Dancing (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) Beginners welcome, no partner necessary. Lesson starts at 9 p.m.

Social dancing continues until midnight. Tuesdays. $5. www.rubbersoulyoga.com LECTURES & LIT.: Brown Bag Lunch: “After the Bailout: What’s Next?” (ACC Library) Financial advisor Todd Emily shares investment tips for today’s troubled economy. Feel free to bring a lunch to this 45-minute program. 12:15 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 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. 8 p.m. (sign up at 7:30).

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Wednesday 26 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) For ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Copycat Art. Learn the ancient art of Chinese paper cutting. Ages 11–18.

Space is limited. 4 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Young Adult Book Discussion (Madison County Library) This month’s book is The Wind Singer by William Nicholson.

4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT.: Oconee Dems Book Group (Five Points Deli & More, Epps Bridge) Communitywide book group hosted by the Oconee County Democrats. This month: Fire in a Canebrake, a book about the lynching of two black couples in nearby Walton County in 1946. Newcomers from any county and of any political affiliation are welcome. 6 p.m. FREE! ppriest@ charter.net, www.oconeedemocrats. org LECTURES & LIT.: VOX Reading Series (Ciné Barcafé) An evening of readings from the new M.F.A. and Ph.D students in the UGA Creative Writing Program: Lily Brown, Jeff

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8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. 8:30 p.m.

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Thursday 27 EVENTS: Benefit for Project Safe (Ciné Barcafé) This Puppet Promotions-hosted event includes performances by Pet Volcano, One L and DJ Mahogany, special guest appearances by LuLu the Puppet and members of Venice Is Sinking and The Ginger Envelope. Hosted by Zom B. Arthur. Project Safe Benefit. 7 p.m. $5. www.athenscine.com PERFORMANCE: “The Funniest Man in America” (Winder Cultural Arts Center) Comedian James Gregory brings his laughs to the heartland on his “Whistle-Stop Tour of the Southeast.” Call for tickets. 7 & 9 p.m. 678-425-6884, winderculturalarts.com* 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: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library) Snuggle in your jammies with your favorite stuffed animal and listen to bedtime stories. Light snack provided. All ages are invited. 7 p.m. FREE! 706795-5597 LECTURES & LIT.: “Colorenergetics and Healing with the Mayan Calendar” (Earth Fare) A presentation by certified color therapist Elizabeth Alder. 7 p.m. FREE! www.iriseabove.com MEETINGS: Clarke County Democratic Committee (Clarke County Courthouse, Grand Jury Room) Monthly meeting of the CCDC. All interested persons are invited to attend. 6 p.m. FREE! 706202-7515 MEETINGS: Spanish Conversation Group (1000faces Coffee, 585 Barber Street) Practice Spanish conversational skills every Thursday.

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GAMES: Trivia (El Azteca) Every Thursday. Prizes! 8 p.m. 706-5492639

Friday 28 EVENTS: Groovy Nights Benefit for Project Safe (The Classic Center) Dust off your polyester and boogie on down to this Project Safe benefit, where you’ll hear your favorite disco tunes. Ticket price includes dinner. Enter the costume contest for a chance to win two tickets to see U2. 7 p.m. $50. www. projectsafe.com EVENTS: The Pearl Jam (Ciné Barcafé) Kickoff fundraiser for the Little Pearl Foundation featuring performances by Rebecca Parrish, Worn Through Blue, Reid Garner, Emily Hearn, Timothy & Jonathan Riordan, Carson Hand and Flatwater Junktion. 7 p.m. $8 (door), $5 (if you wear pearls) 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 ART: Opening Reception (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) For 7th Annual Perspectives Pottery Invitational, an exhibition featuring the work of over 50 Georgia artists.

6–9 p.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. Ages 2–5. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT.: Novel Journeys (Borders Books & Music) New group for fiction writers of all experience levels and genres. 5 p.m.

FREE! clonedturtle1@hotmail.com MEETINGS: Happy Hoop Hour (Canopy Studio) Unwind from the week and chat while practicing your hoopdance skills. No formal instruction is provided. 7–8 p.m. $5. www. athenshoopdance.wordpress.com

Saturday 29 ART: Perspectives Pottery Demonstrations (OCAF) As part of the Perspectives Georgia Pottery Invitational, participants will demonstrate wheel-thrown pottery techniques. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers’ Market (Bishop Park) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Every Saturday. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Athens Heritage Walks (UGA Main Library) New series sponsored by the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation continues with

Robyn Waserman’s photographic series of Antarctica is on display at The Grit through Sept. 13. a tour of UGA’s Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library with Steven Brown. Space is limited; call to reserve spot. 2 p.m. $15. 706-3531801, www.achfonline.org* EVENTS: Gnat’s Landing 2nd Anniversary Party (Gnat’s Landing) Bring your beach chair or a towel and relax on the sandy beach outdoors. Musical performances

by Blossom Creek Breeze, Tongue + Groove and Tropical Breeze Steel Band. 3 p.m. 706-850-5858, www. gnatslanding.net EVENTS: “National Gymnastics Day” (Bishop Park) Gymnastics activities and information about Athens Leisure Services’ gymnastic program as well as an obstacle course, nutritional tips and demos from competitive gymnasts. 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

FREE! www.accleisureservices.com EVENTS: Rags to Riches (Wild Child Arts, Monroe) Fourth annual silent art auction benefiting Helping Paws Rescue. Enjoy an evening of art, wine and music. 7–9 p.m. www. wildchildarts.net EVENTS: Saturday Stroll (Oconee County Courthouse) Jim Luken, the mayor of Watkinsville, leads an informal, hour-long walk in downtown Watkinsville. 9 a.m. $5. www. oconeedemocrats.org EVENTS: YWCO Class Marathon (YWCO) YWCO instructors will be teaching various half-hour classes and collecting donations for Project Safe. Full list online. 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. 706-354-7880, www.ywco.org ART: Opening Reception (Lyndon House Arts Center) For “Surrealist

Tropical Pop,” an exhibit featuring the work of visual artists Stanley Bermudez and Carlos Solis. 7–9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623.

KIDSTUFF: Family Fun Day at Bear Hollow (Memorial Park) Enjoy the end of summer with games, crafts, animal encounters and fishing at the zoo. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3616

Sunday 30 ART: Opening Reception (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) For “The Wonders of Nature,” an exhibit featuring silk painting, watercolor, oil painting, sculpture, photography and more. 1:30–3:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-1244 ART: Perspectives Pottery Demonstrations (OCAF) As part of the Perspectives Georgia Pottery Invitational, participants will demonstrate wheel-thrown pottery techniques. 12–4 p.m. FREE! www. ocaf.com LECTURES & LIT.: Donny Bailey Seagraves (Borders Books & Music) Reading by Athens native’s debut effort, a young adult novel entitled Gone from These Woods, published by Random House this month. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 GAMES: Full-Contact Trivia (Allen’s Bar & Grill) Sports-themed rules with diverse categories. 9 p.m.

FREE! www.allensbarandgrill.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Wild Wing Café) Every Sunday. FREE! www. wildwingcafe.com

Monday 31 PERFORMANCE: LoftComedy presents “MunDanish” Comedy Showcase (Tasty World Uptown) Featuring local and nationally touring comedians. This month, Tim Northern headlines. Also featuring Nick Ross’ show about surviving cancer treatment. 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $8 (18+). www.mundanish.com OUTDOORS: Bike Ride (Main Street Yarns) A leisurely ride to Bishop (8ish miles) and back. Every Monday.

6:15 p.m. FREE! 706-769-5531 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Sean Astin (UGA Tate II, Grand Hall) The actor gives a speech entitled “Leadership and Fellowship: What I Learned as a Goonie, as Rudy and as a Hobbit Named Sam.” 7:30 p.m. FREE! (UGA students), $5 (non-students). www. uga.edu/union* LECTURES & LIT.: Last Monday Book Group (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) Title to be announced. Newcomers welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Zen Meditation and Book Discussion (Email for Location) The Key by Cheri Huber.

Meets every Monday. 7:15 p.m.

FREE! meditateathens@gmail.com GAMES: Darts (Broad Street Bar and Grill) Blind Draw Darts Tournament.

10 p.m. 706-548-5187 GAMES: Live Trivia (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Every Monday with

EVENTS: Dine & Dance Night (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Beginners and advanced dance lessons every Tuesday followed by swing, tango or hip-hop on the dance floor. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! 706-354-6655 PERFORMANCE: UGA Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Michael Heald, violin. 8 p.m. FREE! www. music.uga.edu 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: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 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: Pool Tournament (Alibi) APA Pool League. 8 p.m. FREE! 706549-1010

Wednesday 2 EVENTS: Night of Color (8e’s Bar) Haircolor expo hosted by Karma Salon. Win prizes and receive discounts. 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-3538515, www.karmacolor.com PERFORMANCE: UGA Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Spencer Smith, percussion. 3:35 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Eatin’ with the Critters (Sandy Creek Nature Center, ENSAT) Bring a sack lunch for an hour of learning about our world and the animals that inhabit it. For ages 3–5 with an adult. Call to register. 12:30 p.m. $0–$13 (scholarships available). 706-613-3615 MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) The craft group resumes meetings after summer sabbatical. Newcomers welcome. 1–3 p.m. FREE! 706795-5597 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916

* Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line MEETINGS: GLOBES Fall Reception 9/3 (UGA Founders Memorial Garden) Reception to welcome new and returning faculty, staff, students and community members to campus for the new academic year. 5:30–8 p.m. FREE! cwjohns@uga.edu OUTDOORS: Courteous Mass 9/4 (Athens City Hall) A casualpace bike ride around town with BikeAthens. Bring a helmet & water.

6 p.m. FREE! www.bikeathens.com EVENTS: Second Annual Harvest Moon Dinner 9/5 (Athens Land Trust, 685 N. Pope St.) Five & Ten’s Hugh Acheson and The National’s Peter Dale prepare a four-course meal with wine to benefit the Athens Land Trust. 6:30 p.m. 706-6130122, www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: The Celebration of Workers’ Rights 9/7 (Various Locations) The 5th Annual Labor Day celebration organized by The Economic Justice Coalition, Inc. features a light dinner, speakers, a documentary film, music, art and more. Call for tickets and information. 706-549-1142 GAMES: Team Trivia 9/7 (Beef O’ Brady’s) 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-8501916 LECTURES & LIT.: Jim Fiscus 9/8 (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Rm S151) Award-winning advertising & editorial photographer speaks. Part of the Visiting Artist/Scholar Series.

5:30 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu EVENTS: PROBE College Fair 9/9 (The Classic Center) Over 75 institutions attend this annual event to discuss admissions, scholarships and housing with parents and students. 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! www. gaprobe.org ART: Gallery Talk 9/10 (Lyndon House Arts Center) Paul Manoguerra, curator of American art, leads a public tour of “Lord Love You: Works by R.A. Miller from the Mullis Collection.” 2 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623 EVENTS: Volunteer Service Expo 9/10 (The Classic Center) Pick your cause and volunteer with over 100 local nonprofits to choose from.

12–7 p.m. www.athensvolunteerserviceexpo.org EVENTS: Classic City Rollergirls Bout 9/12 (Skate-A-Round USA) The Classic City Rollergirls take on the Dixie Derby Girls from Huntsville, AL. 7 p.m. $10 (adults), $5 (ages 6–10), FREE! (ages 5 & under). www.classiccityrollergirls. com* ART: Gypsy Artist Market 9/19 (Lyndon House Arts Center) Outdoor art sale featuring eclectic wares by artists of all ages. Art Expo, which features local artists demonstrating their craft, held simultaneously. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623 ART: Opening Reception 9/19 (ATHICA) For “Free Press in Free Fall,” featuring the work of 13 artists addressing the current state of the American news media. Sept. 19, 7–9 p.m. www.athica.org ART: Athens Artists Clearance Sale 9/26 (Chase Street Warehouses) Young, Foxy & Free magazine and local artists team up to sell their wares. Sep. 26. 12–7 p.m. mattblanksart@gmail.com * Advance Tickets Available

Live Music Tuesday 25 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com CAPTAIN #1 This band spins grand tales of death, love and life through low-key acoustic pop.

LULLWATER This local rock band offers high energy and solid melodies that pull from both alternative music and acoustic folk.

SHAUN PIAZZA Americana with a twangin’ banjo and a rollicking drum line.

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GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m.

FREE! 706-548-1920 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) 9:30 p.m. 706-548-3442

Lexington Rd.

Trivia Joe. Winning teams have a chance to qualify for a $200 cash prize. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655 GAMES: Ping Pong (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/flickerbar 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: Team Trivia (Beef O’ Brady’s) Get a team together and test your knowledge. Every Monday!

8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Fat Daddy’s) Every Monday. 6 & 9 p.m.

706-353-0241.

GAMES: Trivia (Fat Daddy’s) Every Monday with Stan. 9 p.m. 706-3530241.

GAMES: Tune Trivia (Alibi) Test your knowledge of music trivia. Hosted

by Bobby Nettles. 9 p.m. FREE! 706549-1010

Gaines School Rd.

new hours mon-sat 11am-2am

Tuesday, August 25

KARAOKE WITH LYNN BEST IN TOWN 9pm wednesday, August 26

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DAN NETTLES Celebrated local jazz musician known for his work fronting Kenosha Kid.

OPEN MIC NIGHT! FEATURING AVERY DYLAN

Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 KARAOKE Huge karaoke dance party hosted by Lynn every Tuesday.

KARAOKE WITH LYNN BEST IN TOWN 9pm POOL TOURNAMENT

Go Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/gobar CLOAK AND DAGGER DATING SERVICE With melodies sewn throughout the hard-hitting rock, this Snellville six-piece offers male/ female vocals and a dark mood punctuated by intricate guitar solos.

DAYS OF HYSTERIA Local metal band formerly known as Stereo Gun. JEEBUS Guitar-driven alternative rock from Brooklyn with a sense of humor.

REEKS OF FAILURE This three-piece punk band takes its cues from bands like Bad Religion, Jawbreaker, Minor Threat, The Descendents and Face to Face.

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FOWARD MOTION BAND 9pm SATUrday, August 29

BIG DANCE PARTY

AND DRINK SPECIALS ALL NIGHT • 9pm

MONday, August 31

TRIVIA w/STAN 9pm TEXAS HOLD ‘EM 6pm & 9pm

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coors light, coors original & blue moon

now on draft!

now serving food! lunch • dinner • late night

nathan’s FAMOUS hotdogs angus cheeseburgers chicken wings sliders BBQ sandwich taquitos corn dogs chicken & cheese quesadillas cheese & pepperoni pizzas

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* STRING THEORY Traditional, oldtime Appalachian music.

Square One Fish Co. 8 p.m. www.squareonefishco.com ROBBY WELLS Vocalist for the Savannah-based jam band Mellow Motion plays a solo acoustic set with loops, Keller Williams-style.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia 7 p.m. $15. 706-542-1244* GROGUS The local and long-running Grogus ensemble plays jazz and salsa accentuated with reggae, hiphop and Afro-Cuban styles.

Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. FREE! www.tastyworld.net JACOB’S LADDER Prog rock finds a funky and weird home with this Raleigh-based Rush cover band.

ODIST This local three-piece weaves layers of dark, reverb-laden guitars for a sound that’s somewhere between prog and shoegaze. Odist names Mars Volta and At the DriveIn as key influences.

REPTAR This up-and-coming local quartet sounds like the result of Animal Collective and Talking Heads teaming up to travel back in time and fight Napoleon. Dance shoes recommended.

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The Budweiser Select Music Series at The Classic Center Theatre

Theatre

COREY SMITH Special Guests American Aquarium

Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 8 p.m.

Tickets $25 ($30 day of show)

Call, click or stop by the Box Office 706.357.4444 • www.ClassicCenter.com 300 N. Thomas St., Downtown Athens Co-Presented By: The Budweiser Select Music Series at The Classic Center is brought to you by:

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

Wednesday 26 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.40watt. com 3 FOOT SWAGGER Local band featuring musicians Dave Cardello, Jake Cohen, Scott Lerch, Charlie McCoy and Jeff Reusche. The Swagger plays dynamic, high-energy rock and roll with a lot of funk.

HARP UNSTRUNG This local act gives melodic, alternative rock a bluesy, Southern twist.

XG1 Brand-new Athens band plays straightahead rock and roll informed by eclectic influences.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-456-0840 BROKEN GLASS Jam rock band from Atlanta.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com EMMIE BARETTA Local multiinstrumentalist with a silky smooth voice and eclectic, moody songs that swing from jazz to blues to rock. You may have seen her front local band Goodbye Donovan.

THE IBILISI TAKEDOWN This Athens band plays energetic Southern rock and sultry blues punctuated by fiddle, harmonica and guitar.

ROB VEAL Rob Veal (currently of Jack Logan’s Monday Night Recorders and Todd McBride’s Cooler Heads, and formerly of The Dashboard Saviors, Liquor Cabinet and Little Oconee) is a songwriter whose casual performance style can sometimes hide a pointed focus on lyricism.

WE’RE INTO SURVIVAL Raw, distorted garage punk from Mississippi.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com ALLIGATOR Angular and loose punk rock from St. Augustine.

DREAM DADS Brand-new band featuring Jim McHugh (Dark Meat), B.P. Helium (Of Montreal), Jason Robira (ex-The Ginger Envelope) and Rob Peterson (Dan Hole Pond) performing psychedelic, experimental jams.

This is their live debut!

HERE COMES A BIG BLACK CLOUD With a sound that seems to combine lo-fi grunge with ‘60s surf music, this Portland outfit is good fun for fans of either genre.

THE WINSLOWS Reckless and spirited power pop-punk.

Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 OPEN MIC Every Wednesday featuring Avery Dylan.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar VIGILANTES OF LOVE Newly reformed Athens staple with bluesy, folk roots infused with gospel and Southern rock.

The Globe 8 p.m. 706-353-4721 CAROLINE AIKEN AND JOHN MILEY Celebrated, soulful folk artist Aiken performs in a duet with local composer Miley of the band Breathlanes.

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voice and sings earthy folk rock that isn’t afraid to boogie He’ll be accompanied by upright bass. This is Hammond’s first ever Athens show, but you can get a preview at 4 p.m. on WUGA. Gnat’s Landing 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858 DAVID 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 CLOAK AND DAGGER DATING SERVICE Local six-piece ensemble plays loud and loose straightahead rock with dueling male/female vocals.

DIVIDED LIKE A SAINTS Local envelope-pushing rock band.

FAHRI Female fronted indie-rock band influenced by acts like Pavement, Sonic Youth and Superchunk.

HOT GARBAGE Fun and experimental grime rock from Illinois.

Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 8 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1193 THE COMMON PEOPLE BAND Local group pays tribute to Motown’s greatest hits.

Locos Grill & Pub 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 RICK FOWLER TRIO Local guitarist Rick Fowler (of Lonely White Boys, Ralph Roddenbery, etc.) specializes in a classic sort of British blues rock.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* THE ERIC CULBERSON BLUES BAND John Straw’s Monthly Blues showcase. Culberson (formerly known as Erok) hails from Savannah and plays energetic, authentic blues.

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

Rye Bar 9 p.m. FREE! (706) 354-6629 TRIBAL ZINE Local band with a classic rock/jam band sound featuring live improvisation.

Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. FREE! www.tastyworld.net DANIEL PUJOL AND SOME BEANS Enjoyable garage pop from a Nashville native.

DENNEY AND THE JETS Nashville group that plays ‘60s garage soul with songs about drugs and gals.

FREON FIGHTERS Members of the Futurebirds change things up with this brand-new side project.

Thursday 27 283 Bar 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 DJ ELTON COUGAR Join DJ Elton for Ladies’ Night featuring your favorite dance hits.

40 Watt Club Presented by GA Theatre. 9 p.m. $10.50 (adv). www.40watt.com AMAN AMUN Local artist Brian McGraw combines elements of trip-hop, electronic, and psychedelic music into a truly unique live experience featuring interactive media. See Calendar Pick on p. 24.

BOOMBOX Alabama duo Zion Godchaux (guitar, vocals) and Russ

Randolph (turntables, samples) create atmospheric, light rock influenced by hip-hop and electronic music.

Alibi 9 p.m. 706-456-0840 OPEN JAM NIGHT Come jam with fellow local musicians. Drums and PA will be provided. Special guest every week!

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.

Caledonia Lounge Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records 10th Birthday! 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com CARS CAN BE BLUE Quirky and sometimes naughty local duo that sounds like “Sarah Silverman fronting Dressy Bessy: bubblegum pop with raunchy, satirical lyrics.”

THE LOVELY EGGS Hailing from the UK, this duo combines upbeat and occasionally wacky lyrics with traditional indie/alternative guitar and, in their own words, “other stuff.”

TITANS OF FILTH This local band combines droll Southern voices with easy-rolling, efficient and uncomplicated indie-pop rock about the ups and downs of young love.

TUNABUNNY Experimental local act featuring hazy and warped experimental psychedelia. Dual female guitarists/vocalists are backed by synthesized percussion.

THE VISITATIONS Electronic folk featuring a rotating cast of local musicians and a heavy touring schedule.

Ciné Barcafé Project Safe Benefit. 7 p.m. $5. www. athenscine.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.

ONE L Afro-Cuban-inspired music that blends rock, funk and soul with clave patterns and electric guitar.

Featuring Afro-Cuban percussion, a searing horn section and authentic Cuban instruments.

PET VOLCANO Rock band featuring guitarists/vocalists Spencer Frye and Jason Beckham, bassist Tommy Jones of Ralph Roddenbery Band, keyboardist Bart King and percussionist Eddie Glikin.

Club Chrome 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-9009 KARAOKE Every Thursday night!

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DON CHAMBERS AND FRIENDS Rough and tumble vocals scratch and howl over rootsy guitars, banjo and pedal steel. Playing every Thursday in August at Farm 255.

Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 KARAOKE Hosted by Lynn!

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar THE AWESOMELIES Third and last show! The awesome duo of Ian Rickert (bass) and Becky Lovell (keys) sing silly, irreverent pop songs.

WEREWOLVES Quirky and minimalist rock from Wyatt Strother.

Thursday, August 27

Benefit for Project Safe Ciné Like your favorite episode of “Sesame Street,” tonight’s show features live music and puppets—all for a great cause! Erin Thompson is one of 10 finalists for the “People’s Choice” slot in this year’s Dancing with the Athens Stars, a benefit for Project Safe. As part of her campaign efforts, she has put together this stellar show to help pick up votes and, Puppet performers LuLu and Zom. B. Arthur more importantly, donations for Project Safe! “Votes” are counted for every dollar donated in the contestant’s name.

For this show Thompson teamed up with good friend and former colleague Elizabeth Taxel of Puppet Promotions, who has been a Project Safe volunteer for six years. Taxel says she discovered her love for puppets as a law student at UGA, performing with celebrated puppeteer Steve Miller at the law school talent shows. Says Taxel: “Erin wanted puppets for this because… who doesn’t want puppets?!”

Taxel’s puppet LuLu will be “DJ-ing” the event, playing light, funky music starting at 7 p.m. Early attendees can also enjoy complimentary catering from Harry’s Pig Shop.

Zom B. Arthur, as voiced and manned by Miller, will join LuLu for a puppet show starting around 7:30 p.m. This will be followed by live music from local rockers Pet Volcano.

After a puppet intermission, One L will play its unique brand of Afro-Cuban inspired sounds. Up next is a free-for-all puppet jamboree featuring guest appearances by members of Venice Is Sinking, The Ginger Envelope and more. LuLu will spin another set, and DJ Mahogany will close the night with a full-on dance party.

A suggested $5 donation will make you eligible for an array of door prizes, including gift certificates to local businesses, art, gifts and children’s books. Project Safe is a nonprofit organization that provides shelter, crisis support and educational services to victims of domestic violence. Last year Dancing with the Athens Stars raised more than $90,000 for the cause, three times the amount it raised in 2008. Thompson says that increase was “in large part due to the introduction of the ‘People’s Choice’ contest.”

[Michelle Gilzenrat]

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.

Gnat’s Landing 6 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net TONGUE AND GROOVE The acoustic quartet of Henry Williams, Don Henderson, Jason Peckham and Amy Moon plays lively covers and originals.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar THE COMMUNICATION CORPORATION This Brooklyn trio features keytar, bass and drums on its quirky, sometimes lyrically vuglar, pop songs. Like a mean Hot Chip.

“DR. FRED’S KARAOKE” Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers, every Thursday, following the live music.

NUCLEAR SPRING Athens natives Nuclear Spring sound like a cassette tape of Woody Guthrie that’s been left in the sun and is now warped and melted; the band’s folky undertones are twisted and distorted by experimental effects and overdubs.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub DJ INCUBUS Dance party featuring electro/progressive house/’80s industrial and complimentary beats.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $27.50 (adv.), $32 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* SAM BUSH BAND Kentucky mandolin virtuoso and “King of Newgrass” combines bluegrass with rock and roll grooves.

No Where Bar 11 p.m. 706-546-4742 JAZZCHRONIC Local five-piece band JazzChronic explores freaky, funky, psychedelic fusion jazz while incorporating rock, R&B, heavy beats and more into the stew.

Rye Bar 9 p.m. $2. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens DJ EPR Colby lays it down.

Square One Fish Co. 8 p.m. FREE! www.squareonefishco. com DREW DIXON This UGA student plays classic blues licks with a lot of soul.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com MARK ALLEN WOLFE BAND Lawrenceville native plays electroacoustic jams.

Wild Wing Café 9 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.

WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org “LIVE IN THE LOBBY” Efren will perform on the college radio station’s weekly program.

Friday 28 40 Watt Club 10 p.m. $12 (adv). www.40watt.com GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE Polished, radio-friendly major label rock that’s as anthemic as it is innocuous.

GRIFFIN HOUSE On House’s latest record, Flying Upside Down, the 27-year-old sings deeply emotional, personal songs about “spirituality and trying to find your place in the world.”

NEEDTOBREATHE Emotional alternative rock with a subtle Christian message—for fans of Switchfoot and the like.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! (706) 549-1010 THE RATTLERS Athens’ own energetic Southern rockers with a guitardriven sound and an exciting show that often features surprise special guests.

Allen’s Bar & Grill 9 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill. com THE GRUNTTONES Say the Grunttones: “If you enjoy bluesy rock and roll music played by unique individuals in unconventional fashions,” a Grunttones show may be for you.

American Tavern 10 p.m. FREE! (706) 543-7170 DJRX Brian Gonzalez delivers his own original mixes of current pop and dance with accents ranging from old-school to country.

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Broad Street Bar and Grill 10 p.m. FREE! 706-548-5187 BUNNY CARLOS Longtime Athenians Doug Pynn (guitar, vocals), Bill Bokas (drums, vocals) and Mike Flynn (bass), formerly of Barking Charlie, play “rock and roll the way it was meant to be played.”

REDSTONE RAMBLERS Country and old time bluegrass originals and covers. This local three-piece features members of Samurai Trout.

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Caledonia Lounge Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records 10th Birthday! 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE LOLLIGAGS Danceable yet dark electro tunes fill The Lolligags’ latest record, Out of Perversity Join Hands.

LOS MEESPHITS Salsa Misfits cover band featuring members of American Cheeseburger and Eric Hernandez.

MARSHMALLOW COAST Local group that once featured smooth and airy, swirly indie-pop recently turned up the funk on Phreak Phantasy.

OH-OK Linda Hopper (Magnapop) and Lynda Stipe (Flash to Bang Time) reunite their former band. Influential and much-loved in the early –80s, Oh-OK was notable for its driving rhythm section and childlike vocals.

Ciné Barcafé The Pearl Jam Child Cancer Benefit.

7 p.m. $8, $5 (if you wear pearls). www.athenscine.com FLATWATER JUNKTION This Athens band plays a mix of Southern rock, blues and soul.

REID GARNER Guitarist and vocalist of Southern rock band Stone Phoenix.

CARSON HAND Guitar-wielding singer-songwriter pens inspirational tunes.

EMILY HEARN Young singer-songwriter performs sweet, innocent, melodic acoustic ballads. She’s joined

by Timothy and Jonathan Riordan.

REBECCA PARRISH Young songwriter based in Georgia.

WORN THROUGH BLUE Featuring Scott Welborn, Michael Mansfield and Chris Pethan singing acoustic rock originals and covers.

Club Chrome 9 p.m. FREE! (ladies), $5 (guys). 706543-9009 ELI CARLAN BAND Bluesy Southern rock out of Commerce, GA, tearing through tunes from the ‘50s up to today’s country hits.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com HEAVY PETTY Former members of Masters of the Hemisphere and The Possibilities rock through the back catalog of Tom Petty.

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 FORWARD MOTION BAND Rock covers and originals.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar A TALE OF TWO CALEYS The quirky lyrics address meta- and astrophysical concerns, and feature a heavy amount of French and Greek wordplay.

FACE Tender acoustic rock trio featuring locals Jay Kellom on vocals, guitar and piano, Cole Keese on upright bass and Tad Wilder on drums.

MATT HUDGINS Former member of The Visitations, Matt Hudgins plays his own brand of electronic folk.

The Globe 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 MELVIN MATHURIN & FRIENDS This quartet plays jazz essentials and original pieces. Featuring Mathurin on sax, Mitch Rothstein on piano, James Goodhand on bass and Joe Ellison on drums.

Gnat’s Landing 6 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net KINKY WAIKIKI Featuring members of Kenosha Kid, Birds+Wire, Big C and the Ringers, Vigilantes of Love and Pride Parade, this group plays

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modern arrangements of traditional Hawaiian music, with a little Western swing thrown into the mix. Call it steel guitar cocktail music.

LEAVING COUNTRIES Warm, inviting folk rock from here in Athens featuring tender violin, aching harmonica and melodic acoustic guitars.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz Jr.—also known for his over-the-top Daft Punk tribute act—mashes up high-energy electro and rock.

MISFORTUNE 500 Hook-heavy, mid-tempo local rock with a strong melodic backing and an enthusiastic stage show.

MONAHAN Ryan Monahan backed

by Josh McMichael on bass and Lemuel Hayes on drums. Ryan has a gorgeous, expressive Jeff Buckleyesque voice that soars and sighs with equal grace.

Harmony Grove Grille 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.harmonygrovegrille.com CHINUA HAWK AND CHRIS BLACKWELL This duo performs R&B soul.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B, and a whole lotta unexpected faves as

DJ Mahogany dips into his bag of goodies from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $8 (adv), $10 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com* TOTALLY ‘80S DANCE PARTY WITH THE HIGHBALLS Athens music vets The Highballs will perform a totally awesome set of ‘70s and ‘80s dance hits.

New Earth Music Hall Welcome to New Earth Grand Opening. $20. www.newearthmusichall.com* AMON TOBIN This internationally acclaimed beatmaking Brazilian expat recently turned his attention to songs crafted using field recordings.

SIMON B UK-native brings his rubbery electronic beats stateside.

WELDER San Francisco native delivers warm, tuneful electronica.

The Office Lounge 7 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 BLOSSOM CREEK BREEZE This duo plays upbeat guitar tunes.

Rye Bar 9 p.m. (706) 354-6629 JASON BECKHAM’S INNOCENT Although he’s known for his acoustic ballads, his band isn’t afraid to rock, kicking out edgy Americana.

COY KING Nightingale News frontman performs an acoustic solo set of his poetic country-tinged ballads.

Square One Fish Co. 9 p.m. FREE! www.squareonefishco. com THE HYPSYS Prog-rock jam band from Tuscaloosa.

Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. FREE! www.tastyworld.net BEARFOOT HOOKERS This rowdy local band performs funky, goodhumored country. It’s beer-drinkin’ gospel.

WOODGRAIN Austin, TX foursome that mixes electronic sounds with metal drums.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com 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.

Wild Wing Café 9 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com DEEPSTEP This country rock band out of Dublin, GA is equally adept at both old-school country sounds and newer pop-rock Nashville tunes.

WUGA 91.7 FM 4 p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org “IT’S FRIDAY!” The Half Dozen Brass Band and Jesssica Ulrich will perform on the local radio station’s weekly program. University Cable Channel 15 will also broadcast the show.

Saturday 29 40 Watt Club 9:30 p.m. $10 (adv). www.40watt.com EXCALIBRAH Boastingly tongue-incheek, Je Suis France member D.J. Hammond performs hip-hop with an experimental, almost psychedelic

Thursday, August 27

BoomBox, Aman Amun 40 Watt Club Aman Amun is more than just a band—it’s a cutting edge computer programming feat. Brian McGaw, the solo mastermind behind this project, is a fourth year “art x” major at UGA, meaning his work is not attached to any medium. “I can experiment in sculpture or drawing,” he says,” but what I end up using it for most is to practice with interactive art and finding new ways to compose, perform and visualize music.”

In fact, all of Aman Aman Amun Amun’s performances in Athens thus far have been limited to exit shows on campus, so Thursday’s performance marks his club debut. Even McGaw isn’t sure what his target audience will be. His songs have organic, acoustic elements but are driven by electronics. “It’s more like In Rainbows Radiohead than Kid A,” he offers as a comparison.

What sets Aman Amun apart, however, is his unique and highly visual electronic interface. He has written a program that allows him to trigger samples and instruments by interacting with a screen projection. He also has a program running that creates colorful visualizations of the music on a larger projection screen. So, on one screen his music is manipulating the artwork, and on another he is manipulating the images to create music.

“I want to take the hidden part of the performance that’s usually done on the laptop and put it in front of the audience,” he says. Oh, and he’s got a bluetooth-powered wireless pedal that he handmade, too. Pretty sweet.

For the lucky few who saw Aman Amun’s earliest incarnations on campus, you’ll be in for a treat, as he has written a whole album’s worth of new material and completely recoded the back end of his program in order to make the flow more seamless and cohesive. Look out for a special guest performance by an iPhone as well, which McGaw says will be “introduced in an unexpected way.” [Michelle Gilzenrat]

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slant. His new album, ExcaliBrah ‘09, is chock full of songs about wangs, hanging out with Robocop, “sippin’ dranks,” and other fun, jokey topics.

THE LOVE LANGUAGE Moody piano ballads and lo-fi guitar pop. See story on p. 19.

MODERN SKIRTS This piano-driven foursome has become one of Athens’ most acclaimed pop acts.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 GIFT HORSE Athens’ Gift Horse is as dark and brooding as it is sensual.

The ominous yet sparse tones creep and ache with tingling reverb.

Allen’s Bar & Grill 9 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill. com FREE BALLOONS No info available.

Athens Farmers Market 8 a.m. FREE!www.athensfarmersmarket. net HIGH STRUNG Ramblin’, upbeat, bluesy folk on acoustic guitar and mandolin. (On at 10 a.m.)

DAVE HOWARD Singer-songwriter performing mellow folk music.

Caledonia Lounge Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records 10th Birthday! 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com AFTERNOON NAPS Boppy indie handclappers and intimate, ‘50sinfused pop tunes that read like the soundtrack to a light, happy afternoon—punctuated by a nap, of course.

BUNNYGRUNT Indie pop with a sense of humor and the kind of jangle we’ve come to expect from Happy Happy Birthday to Me artists.

Bunnygrunt is based in St. Louis and has been rocking intermittently for over 13 years.

CASPER & THE COOKIES Increasingly experimental but always rooted in pop sensibilities, this local act presents a danceable mix of quirky fun driven by keyboard and guitar.

THE HIGH WATER MARKS This Lexington, KY, band is composed in part of former Apples in Stereo members, and it shows. Expect lo-fi, pleasantly crashy pop and rock.

SEX ROBOTS This St. Louis threesome plays tight, punky power pop about girls and dancing.

Club Chrome 9 p.m. $5. 706-543-9009 GEORGIA WHISKEY Athens locals know their way around bluesy Southern rock.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com PATRICK CAREY The Ginger Envelope frontman plays slowrolling countryish pop marked by breezy, melodic sounds with chiming acoustic and electric sounds and vocal melodies.

JACOB MORRIS Acoustic, ‘70sinspired folk rock. Morris also plays in Moths and Ham1.

TOMMY TELEVISION Moths bassist performs hip-hop improv.

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. 706-353-0241 BIG DANCE PARTY Spinning your favorite dance tunes all night.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar A POSTWAR DRAMA Local act plays folk-rock with an occasional eastern-European bent. Dramatic tales of loss and hardship are mixed with driving, upbeat stomps. See Record Reviews on p.16.

BESIDES DANIEL Inspiring indiefolk band from Atlanta with songs about “life, faith, daydreams and adventure.”

EFREN New, local folk-rock band makes its live debut! Efren’s broad appeal targets “the new outlaw to the songwriter fan.” Tonight is the band’s live debut!

Gnat’s Landing Gnat’s Landing 2nd Anniversary Party.

3 p.m. 706-850-5858 BLOSSOM CREEK BREEZE This duo plays relaxed, upbeat guitar tunes. (3 p.m.)

TONGUE AND GROOVE The acoustic quartet of Henry Williams, Don Henderson, Jason Peckham and Amy Moon plays lively covers and originals. (5:30 p.m.)

TROPICAL BREEZE STEEL BAND A spicy, tropical band whose melodic emphasis is entirely in its proficient steel drum section. Expect jazz and reggae influences, dipped in their own brand of salsa. (7:30 p.m.)

Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar 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.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub CHRISSAKES Local hardcore band with haunting, brooding guitar riffs and explosive, screaming vocals.

LAMB HANDLER This Charlotte band takes Southern rock to a new level like an Eagles of Death Metal and Johnny Cash sandwich.

MATT KURZ ONE One-man rock machine Matt Kurz literally plays drums, keyboard, guitar and bass, by himself, all at the same time.

Expect a mix of garage rock stomps and bluesy croons.

UP WITH THE JONESES Peppy, upbeat melodic rock four-piece out of Chattanooga, incorporating some country-style vocal harmonies and heavy on energetic stage antics.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $17 (adv), $20 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com FRANCINE REED AND JAVA MONKEY Known mostly as Lyle Lovett’s duet partner and backup vocalist, this Chicago-born singer also has collaborated with Marvin Taylor, Willie Nelson and Delbert McClinton. Now based out of Atlanta, Reed continues the soulblues tradition of Carla Thomas, Irma Thomas and Etta James.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com LSDJ Get your psychedelic dancing on.

ZOOGMA This Oxford, MS group lays down electro-driven funk and rock jams that feature smooth improvization and sampling.

The Office Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 HARP UNSTRUNG This local act gives melodic, alternative rock a bluesy, Southern twist.

Rye Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6629, www. myspace.com/ryebarathens SACRED HOLLOW Athens/Atlanta hard rock band naming Tool, Chevelle and Sevendust among its many influences.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 John Straw’s Monthly Blues showcase featuring

ERIC CULBERSON BLUES BAND (FORMERLY EROK) Tickets $5 adv. • $7 at the door

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SAM BUSH BAND

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 Totally 80s Party with

THE HIGHBALLS Tickets $8 adv. • $10 at the door

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Soulful Songstress

FRANCINE REED & JAVA MONKEY Tickets $17 adv. • $20 at the door

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HALF DOZEN BRASS BAND

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BEN DEIGNAN Tickets $5 • Music at 9pm

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HOLMAN AUTRY BAND Tickets $7 adv. • $9 at the door

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

MARTY WINKLER featuring MITCH ROTHSTEIN on piano with special guests JAZZ ENIGMA Tickets $6 adv. • $8 at the door

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9/10 - SQUAT & KINKY WAIKIKI 9/11 - SONS OF SAILORS: Jimmy Buffett Tribute 9/13 - Evening with MINDY SMITH 9/14 - THE HOOT “ANNUAL FOLKFEST PREVIEW” 9/16 - HIGHTIDE BLUES 9/18 - MISSING CATS featuring JOHN ”JOJO” HERMANN & SHERMAN EWING 9/23 - INGRID MICHAELSON with GREG HOLDEN 9/24 - A HAWK & A HACKSAW with DAMON & NAOMI 9/25 - THE JESTERS 9/30 - SUMILAN with LINGO 10/1 - SAM & RUBY with YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN 10/2 - Athens’ Original RACK OF SPAM All doors at 6pm and all shows 18 + up.

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The Budweiser Select Music Series at The Classic Center Theatre presents

The Derek Trucks Band Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 8 p.m.

With Very Special Guests JJ Grey and Mofro Call, click or stop by the Box Office 706.357.4444 • www.ClassicCenter.com 300 N. Thomas St., Downtown Athens The Budweiser Select Music Series at The Classic Center is brought to you by:

Square One Fish Co. 8:30–11:30 p.m. FREE! www.squareonefishco.com INCATEPEC A combination of traditional tunes from South America and Cuba with a unique jazz twist.

This evening’s performance features Aramis from Grogus.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens THE EPIC OPEN MIC NIGHT Athens Blur Magazine and Rye Bar present a six-week open mic challenge. It’s like March Madness, only with more guitars and less basketballs.

Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. FREE! www.tastyworld.net POWERLOAD AC/DC tribute band.

Tuesday 1

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com VINYL STRANGERS Timelessly charming classic-sounding pop rock reminiscent of early Beatles and Byrds.

Wild Wing Café 9 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com MR. FERNANDO This Atlanta-based alt-grunge band’s sound calls to mind Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots.

Sunday 30 Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company 4 p.m. 706-227-2161 PICKIN’ ON THE PORCH This month, Georiga alt-country band The Granfalloons graces the porch of Jittery Joe’s roaster. The Grandfalloons have a new album on the way in September!

Jot ‘Em Down Country Store & BBQ 3–6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-2110 BETSY FRANCK & THE BAREKNUCKLE BAND Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility.

Square One Fish Co. 1-4 p.m. FREE! www.squareonefishco. com SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH Rotating local jazz artists play Sunday afternoons on the patio. This week: Carlton Owens Trio.

Monday 31 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com MERCURY VEIL Formerly known as The Children of Desolation, local band Mercury Veil plays emotional alternative rock with crunchy guitar riffs, male and female vocals as well as an obvious affinity for bands like Tool and Smashing Pumpkins.

THE ORKIDS Local electropop group guaranteed to get you dancing.

THE NEW UP Sparkling female vocals lead smart and sleek pop rock that infuses harder guitars with airy elements of new wave and trip-hop with this San Fran band.

TWENTY NINE Local alternative rock with mainstream-leaning vocals and grungy guitars along the lines of Fuel, Incubus or Stone Temple Pilots.

Ciné Barcafé 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine. com OPEN JAZZ JAM Calling all jazz musicians. Now you can join local jazz group Sonny Got Blue every Monday for an open mic jam.

Half Moon Pub 11 p.m. FREE! 706-208-9712 THE PRIDE Local musician Lon Martin creates experimental melodies using synth, samples and noise.

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Buffalo’s Southwest Café 6–10 p.m. 706-354-6655 SWING NIGHT WITH BUGG Learn to swing dance! Open dancing with live music from Bugg.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com THE DESPISED This Atlanta outfit plays straightforward, “I’m-going-topunch-you-in-the-face” hardcore.

THE SETTING Pop rock filled with energetic melodies and catchy hooks.

UTAH Head-banging three-piece featuring Wil “Mantooth” Smith on guitar, venturing through rapid tempo changes and monster riffs.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com JOHNNY ROQUEMORE & THE APOSTLES OF BLUEGRASS This Atlanta trio plays a rowdy blend of bluegrass that is full of quirky humor and riotous one-liners.

Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5. 706-543-0797 AMERICAN NIGHT Host Clay Leverett presents local Americana artists Bo Bedingfield and Ibilisi Takedown.

Wednesday 2 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com CELERITY Punk-inspired hard rock.

DAYS OF HYSTERIA Local metal band formerly known as Stereo Gun. LEADING EDGE The local band formerly known as Mudra has gotten a bit more upbeat since the name change—channeling alternative rock and pop sounds from across the decades.

SOMEDAY STATIC Female-fronted rock band that’s a little bit Avril and a little bit Evanescence.

Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 8 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.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com HALF DOZEN BRASS BAND Highly praised local ensemble, and Athens’ only New Orleans-style brass band, claims Rebirth, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Youngblood Brass Band as influences.

LEFTY HATHAWAY Local singersongwriter Lefty Hathaway plays rock and roll soul with turbulent piano jams reminiscent of the late, great Lowell George and fellow Tulsan JJ Cale. He’ll be joined onstage by openers the Half Dozen Brass Band, combining forces under the new name “Yokozuna” for the first time.

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 A DARKER SHADE This local duo performs smooth, acoustic folk rock with an appreciation for pop arrangements.

MATTHEW POP Melodic rocker who names The Beatles, Cheap Trick and Weezer as key influences. * Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line 9/3 Very Disco (40 Watt Club) 9/3 Bambara / Hammer No More the Fingers / Marriage (Caledonia Lounge) 9/3 Holiday Shores (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 9/3 Curley Maple (Terrapin Beer Co.) 9/3 Ben Deignan (The Melting Point) 9/4 Normaltown Flyers (Allen’s Bar & Grill) 9/4 Emancipator / Pretty Lights (Athens Arena) 9/4 Redstone Ramblers (Broad Street Bar and Grill) 9/4 Ginger Envelope ‘ The / Magic Missile / Now You See Them (Caledonia Lounge) 9/4 The Big Don Band (Club Chrome) 9/4 BlueBilly Grit (Harmony Grove Grille) 9/4 A PostWar Drama / Timber (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 9/4 Laissez Funk / Tropical Breeze Steel Band (Square One Fish Co.) 9/4 The John Sosebee Band (Tasty World Uptown) 9/4 The Holman Autry Band (The Melting Point) 9/5 A. Armada / Antarctic / The Bronzed / Chorus (Caledonia Lounge) 9/5 Daniel Lee Band (Club Chrome) 9/5 Choptop / Daffodil / Dead Dog / Liverty (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 9/5 Dead Rabbits / Kalvinova / This Piano Plays Itself / Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun (Tasty World Uptown) 9/5 Super Lucky Cat (Terrapin Beer Co.) 9/6 Sunday Jazz Brunch (Square One Fish Co.) 9/7 Dirk Howell / Adam Klein (Ashford Manor)* 9/7 The Epic Open Mic Night (Rye Bar) 9/8 Fire Zuave / Richard Sherfey and All God’s Children / Truckstop Coffee (Caledonia Lounge) 9/8 The Suex Effect (No Where Bar) 9/8 American Night (Tasty World Uptown) 9/8 The Driftwood Band (The Melting Point)* 9/9 Lona / The Rejects / Still, Small Voice & the Joyful Noise / Workhorses of the Entertainment/Recreational Industry (40 Watt Club) 9/9 Dusty Lightswitch / Slow Claw / Spring Tigers / The Tenant (Caledonia Lounge) 9/9 Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Fri3nds (The Melting Point)* 9/10 Michael Bellar/AS-IS Ensemble / Tea Leaf Green (40 Watt Club)* 9/10 Casper and the Cookies / Dish / Matt Butcher (Caledonia Lounge) 9/10 Futurebirds / Mr. Falcon (Tasty World Uptown) 9/10 Kinky Waikiki / Squat (The Melting Point) 9/11 Eric Church (40 Watt Club)

Friday, August 28

“Welcome to New Earth” feat. Amon Tobin, Welder and Simon B New Earth Music Hall On Friday, a new era in Athens music will begin! In the space formerly occupied by Blur, New Earth Music Hall will open its doors.

Although the changeover came at the beginning of the month, Amon Tobin this Friday serves as a more formal launch party, celebrating the club’s new beginnings. Adrian Zelski, DubConscious frontman and New Earth talent buyer, has pulled out all the stops for this opening night, bringing in some of the best international DJs to headline the event.

“This will be a magical night,” says Zelski. “We hope all dancers can make it.”

Brazil native Amon Tobin will spin his heady, high-energy fusion of hip-hop, jazz and jungle beats. Tobin’s career spans over a decade, having achieved international acclaim after he recorded the soundtrack to a Tom Clancy video game, Splinter Cell 3. He is also credited with helping to usher in the “trip hop” sound of the ‘90s and utilizes an innovative mix of samples and field recordings.

Also on the bill Friday is Brendan Angelides, AKA Welder, a writer/producer/artist/ photographer who has been writing electronic music since 1999. His style spans many genres of dance, including house, techno and downtempo as well as more ambient projects. Generally, he uses the pseudonym “Eskimo” for his more aggressive drum-and-bass compositions whereas “Welder” is reserved for more downtempo, melodic trip-hop-meetsworld-music fusions.

The opening act for the night is Simon Baring, an eclectic DJ who has performed literally all over the world, from Ibiza to Costa Rica. He refers to his current sound as “minimal mayhem,” a psychedelic and unpredictable mix of electro, techno and progressive sounds.

Advance tickets are highly recommended and can be purchased online at http://www. etickets.to/buy/?e=3156 for $20. Tickets will be on sale at the door for $25. Doors open at 8 p.m. Says Zelski: “Tell everyone the NEW EARTH has arrived!” [Michelle Gilzenrat]

9/11 Dusty Lightswitch / Rollin’ Home / Sailor Dawn (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 9/11 The Domino Effect (Square One Fish Co.) 9/11 Bearfoot Hookers (Tasty World Uptown) 9/11 Sister Hazel (The Classic Center)* 9/12 Kate Herzig / Will Hoge (40 Watt Club)* 9/12 Repent at Leisure / Mary Sigalis (Athens Farmers Market) 9/12 Black Skies / The Jack Burton / Pride Parade (Caledonia Lounge) 9/12 Eddie and the Public Speakers (Tasty World Uptown) 9/15 The Black Hollies / Benjy Ferre (Caledonia Lounge) 9/15 Smokey’s Farmland Band (The Melting Point)* 9/16 Cross Canadian Ragweed (40 Watt Club)* 9/16 Milligan (Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill) 9/16 Tent City (Square One Fish Co.) 9/16 A.A.Bondy / Sean Bones (Tasty World Uptown) 9/16 Derek Trucks Band ‘ The (The Classic Center) 9/17 Bloodkin / Leon Russell (The Melting Point)* 9/18 Animals That Will Kill Yer Ass / Besides Daniel /Efren (Rye Bar) 9/18 The Films / Golden / The Incredible Sandwich / The Interns / Mercury’s Landing / Ponderosa / Tent City (Tasty World Uptown) 9/18 The Border Lions (Terrapin Beer Co.) 9/18 Missing Cats (The Melting Point)* 9/19 Maserati / Ruby Isle / Still Flyin’ / Venice Is Sinking / The Yes of Course / The Young Sinclairs (40 Watt Club) 9/19 Caroline Aiken / Athens Folk Society Band (Athens Farmers Market)

9/19 The Films / The Interns / Ponderosa (Tasty World Uptown) 9/21 Lera Lynn / Packway Handle Band (Ashford Manor)* 9/22 Birds of Avalon (Caledonia Lounge) 9/23 Guff / Romaneko / Tendaberry (40 Watt Club) 9/24 Ian Thomas (Terrapin Beer Co.) 9/24 A Hawk and a Hacksaw / Damon & Naomi (The Melting Point) 9/25 Perpetual Groove (40 Watt Club)* 9/25 Harrison Hudson / The K-Macks / Andrew Nelson / Radiolucent (Caledonia Lounge) 9/25 The Blekers (Tasty World Uptown) 9/25 Mercury Veil / Jon Roniger (Terrapin Beer Co.) 9/25 Corey Smith (The Classic Center)* 9/25 The Jesters (The Melting Point)* 9/26 Perpetual Groove (40 Watt Club)* 9/26 Entropy (New Earth Music Hall) 9/26 High Strung / Rachel O’Neal (Terrapin Beer Co.) 9/26 The Decemberists (The Classic Center)* 9/27 Eagle Twin / Sunn O))) (Seney-Stovall Chapel) 9/28 The Felice Brothers (40 Watt Club)* 9/29 The Baseball Project / The Minus 5 / Steve Wynn IV (40 Watt Club)* 9/29 The North Georgia Bluegrass Band (The Melting Point)* 10/1 Randy Rogers Band (40 Watt Club)* 10/1 Punch Brothers (MadisonMorgan Cultural Center)* 10/2 State Radio (40 Watt Club)* 10/2 B. B. King / Rachael Cantu (Classic Center)* 10/2 Rack of Spam (The Melting Point) 10/3 Dan Deacon / Nuclear Power Pants / Wavves (40 Watt Club)*

10/6 Lonesome Traveler (The Melting Point)* 10/7 Titus Andronicus (Caledonia Lounge) 10/9 Bassnectar / DJ Vadim (40 Watt Club)* 10/10 Circulatory System / Faust (40 Watt Club)* 10/10 Thayer Sarrano / Tin Cup Prophette (Athens Farmers Market) 10/13 Steel String Session (The Melting Point)* 10/14 Jamey Johnson (40 Watt Club)* 10/16 Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ (40 Watt Club)* 10/17 Heathens / Mike Eudy and Sean Arington (Athens Farmers Market) 10/18 Will Rock 4 Food (Taylor Grady House) 10/20 Built to Spill (40 Watt Club)* 10/20 Curley Maple (The Melting Point)* 10/23 Social Distorrion / The Strangers (40 Watt Club)* 10/24 Dead Confederate / Meat Puppets (40 Watt Club)* 10/24 Fiddle DW / Ryan Monohan (Athens Farmers Market) 10/24 Harp Unstrung (Terrapin Beer Co.) 10/27 The Black Heart Procession / The Mumlers (40 Watt Club)* 10/27 Buck & Nelson (The Melting Point)* 10/28 Junior Boys (40 Watt Club)* 11/2 The Vic Chesnutt Band (40 Watt Club)* 11/3 The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show (The Melting Point) 11/14 Rachel O’Neal (Terrapin Beer Co.) 11/18 Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm / The Dirty Streets / Lucero (40 Watt Club)* 12/3 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert (MadisonMorgan Cultural Center)* * Advance Tickets Available

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bulletin board DO SOMETHING; GET INVOLVED! LABOR Day Deadline: The deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board will be Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 5 p.m.

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

ART Art Classes (Blue Tin Art Studio) Classes include drawing, painting, encaustic, comics, book making, jewelry and digital photography.

Classes begin Sept. 19. 404-5566884, www.bluetinstudio.com Call for Artists (Lyndon House) Spaces available at Gypsy Artist Market, an open air market featuring eclectic wares by artists of all ages. $15–$30. Register by Sept. 10. undergroundathens2@yahoo.com or visit Gypsy Market on Facebook.

Call for Artists (Chase Street Warehouses) Local artists are invited to participate in “Athens Artist Clearance Sale” in September.

Deadline: Aug. 31. Mattblanksart@ gmail.com.

Call for Artists (Downtown Washington) The Washington Wilkes Arts Foundation seeks submissions for ArtFest, taking place Nov. 7 & 8. www.washingtonwilkesarts.org Call for Entries (ATHICA) Seeking strong, focused proposals from curators, teams or potential featured artists who have missionappropriate installations for slots in 2010 and 2011. Deadline Sept. 19. www.athica.org/callforentries.php

AUDITIONS Dancefx Concert Dance Company (Dancefx) Auditioning talented, experienced and pas-

sionate male and female jazz and contemporary dancers ages 18 & up.

Sept. 4–5, 5 p.m. www.dancefx.org, 706-355-3078 FX2 and FX3 Dance Company (Dancefx) Auditioning middle and high school dancers for 2009-2010 companies. Sept. 3, 4:30 p.m. www. dancefx.org, 706-355-3078 Rose of Athens Theatre’s 2009/2010 Season (UGA Fine Arts Building) Now holding auditions for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Glass Menagerie, Christmas Spirits, Those Cooky Cobbs, Much Ado About Nothing and Charlotte’s Web. Prepare a 1–2 minute monologue and call to schedule audition. 6–8 p.m. www. roseofathens.org, 706-340-9181.

CLASSES Acting for Film Workshop (106 West Performing Arts Venue, Winder) Next five-week session of this ongoing workshop begins Sept. 8, but you can come anytime. Consistent class attendees will have the opportunity to work on a short film. Open to ages 16 & up. No experience necessary.

Tuesdays, 6:45 p.m. $95 (adults), $65 (students). 770-868-1977, beckytollerson@106west.com Art Classes (Lyndon House) Registration now open for fall classes. List of programs and descriptions online. 706-613-3623, www.accleisureservices.com

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (Top of the Stairs Gallery) Paintings by Teddy Johnson. Through Aug. 31.

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 Paintings by Andy Cherewick.

Big City Bread Cafe Abstract paintings by Michele Chidester. Through August.

Black Forest Bakery & Deli New floral paintings by Marshall L. Reddoch. Through Sept. 20.

Ciné Barcafé “A Handful of Dust,” featuring paintings and drawings by Adrian Cox and Lizzy Hinrich, explores the relationship between time, death and memory through the sublime landscape. Through Sept. 18. Reception Sept. 18.

Downtown Watkinsville Artscape 2009, an outdoor display of art boards created by 10 local artists that is sponsored by the City of Watkinsville and Grassroots Arts Program. Through Sept. 30.

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

Flicker Theatre & Bar Photography by Holly Brown. Through Sept. 3.

Good Dirt Work by Jeff Bishoff and Juana Gnecco.

Through mid-September.

The Grit Photography by Robyn Waserman. Through Sept. 13.

Jittery Joe’s Coffee (Five Points) Paintings by Elaine Oye. Through August.

Just Pho…and More Work by Stephen Humphreys. Through Sept. 15.

Lamar Dodd School of Art “Divergent Impressions,” the 2009 Printmaking Invitational,

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Basket Weaving (State Botanical Garden) Learn how to construct simple cane baskets for your fall flower arrangements. Cost of class includes materials. Pre-registration required. Sept. 8, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $27. www.uga.edu/botgarden Bellydance for Fitness (Floorspace) Women of all sizes and experience welcome. Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. $60/6 weeks, $12/class. floorspaceathens.com Bellydancing Class (Five Points Yoga) Two-hour introductory workshop. No experience required.

Sept. 5, 1:30–3:30 p.m. $20. www. athensfivepointsyoga.com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” class every Friday from 7–9 p.m. and “Family Try Clay” every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. ($20/ person). 706-355-3161, www.good dirt.net Clay, Glass Fusing, and Knitting Classes (Good Dirt) Now accepting registration for fall classes. All levels of experience welcome.

Computer Classes (ACC Library) “Intro to PowerPoint” (Aug. 27, 7–8:30 p.m.). In the Educational Technology Center. Call to register.

FREE! 706-613-3650 Dance Classes (Studio Dance Academy) Now registering for a wide range of youth and adult classes, from ballet and tap to swing and zoomba. 706-354-6454, www.studio danceacademy.com Deep Relaxation Workshop (Five Points Yoga) Call or go online

features the work of Sarah Bryant, Leslie Mutchler, Matthew Sugarman and Jason Urban. Reception Sept.

4. “Physical/Metaphysical” featuring work by Rocio Rodriguez, Don Cooper and Betsy Cain. Through Sept. 15.

Lyndon House Arts Center “Lord Love You: Works by R.A. Miller from the Mullis Collection” includes more than 75 paintings, drawings, sculptures and whirligigs created by the Georgia self-taught artist Reuben Aaron Miller. Through Oct. 24.

Madison-Morgan Cultural Center “The Reclamation of Memory,” an exhibit curated by renowned Atlanta mixed-media artist Lynn MarshallLinnemeier. Presented in conjunction with the 2009 National Black Arts Festival. Through Aug. 29.

Marigold Cafe (Winterville) Abstract paintings by Meg McConnell. Through August.

Monroe Art Guild Summer Members’ Show.

Through Aug. 26. www.monroeartguild.org O.K. Coffee New paintings by Amanda Trader and Liz Williams. Through Sept. 5.

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation 7th Annual Perspectives Pottery Exhibition features the work of over 50 Georgian potters. Aug. 29–Sept. 16.

Reception Aug. 28.

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.

Walk the Line Tattoo Co. “Don’t Tell Mommy,” an annual erotic art show, features work by Joe Havasy, Nash Hogan, Keith Rein, Lea Purvis and other local artists. Through September.

White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates Michael Lachowski’s “CHAD: Charleston Historical Art, Dude” explores U.S. history through Charleston’s unique story. Through August.

Stanley Bermudez’s painting “Oil Pipe Inspection” is on exhibit at the Lyndon House Arts Center, Aug. 29–Oct. 31. to pre-register. Aug. 29, 4–5:30 p.m. $15. 706-355-3114, www.athensfive pointsyoga.com Fall Container Planting (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Tips on potting mixers, choosing a container, spring bulbs and plant choices for sun or shade. Nov. 10, 5:30–7 p.m. $17. www.uga.edu/botgarden Garden Earth Naturalist Program (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Hands-on program for homeschoolers. Topics include pollination, air and water purification, pest control, soil production and recycling. Nov. 23–Dec. 11, 9–11 a.m. (ages 6–8), 1–3 p.m. (ages 9–11).

706-542-6156 Gentle Yoga (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) Julie Horne, instructor. Tuesdays, 5:30–7 p.m. $9/ class. 706-354-1996 Intro to Computers (Madison County Library) Alisa Claytor, computer specialist, offers an Introduction to Computers series.

Three weekly meetings, and you may attend one per week or all three. Preregistration required. 706-795-5597.

Tuesdays, 2–3 p.m. or 7–8 p.m.

Wednesdays, 11 a.m.–12 p.m.

Introduction to Pilates (Five Points Yoga) Pilates workshop led by Jennifer Griffith. Aug. 29,

1:30–3:30 p.m. $15. www.athens fivepointsyoga.com Knitting Classes (Good Dirt) 8-week knitting class starting Sept.

14. Weeks 1–3: Beginner Level: Beginning Stitches. Weeks 4–8: Intermediate Level: Reading a Pattern. Mondays, 7–9 p.m. 706355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Mama-Baby Yoga (Five Points Yoga) For babies 1–8 months old and their grown-ups. Every Monday.

11 a.m. $10. 706-355-3114, www. athensfivepointsyoga.com Mindbody Bootcamp (Five Points Yoga) Chant, breathe, sweat and meditate in this two-week session of daily, early-morning yoga.

Pre-registration required. Through Aug. 28, Mondays–Fridays 5:30– 6:30 a.m. $135. 706-355-3113, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Open Hoops (Canopy Studio) No instruction. Bring your own hoop.

Every Friday, 6–7 p.m. $5. 706-5498504, info@canopystudio.com Pottery Workshop (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Construction and glazing techniques taught by Katie McDougal and Jennifer Grall. Part of Perspectives GA Pottery Invitational. Sept. 5–6, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $65/day or $125/ both. 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com

Prenatal Yoga (Five Points Yoga) Get ready for birth and beyond with Jenni Derryberry Mann, RYT-200.

Every Sunday. 10:30 a.m. $10. 706355-3114, www.athensfivepoints yoga.com Prenatal Yoga (Full Bloom Center) Get ready for birth. Every Thursday. 5:30 p.m. $14/class or $60/6 classes. 706-353-3373, www. fullbloomparent.com Qigong (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Visitor Center, Great Room) Certified Qigong instructor Carl Lindberg leads class on the ancient Chinese art of self-cultivation that fosters health, relaxation and calm.

Mondays, Sept. 14–Oct. 5, 12–1 p.m. $50. 706-542-6156, www.uga. edu/botgarden Registration for Learning in Retirement Classes (Trumps on Milledge) Register for one of over 30 classes offered or join an interest group. Classes include “Operating a Computer,” “Economic and Financial Changes” and “The Creek Indian Nation.” Sept.

14, 9:30–11:30 a.m. 706-549-7350, athenslir.org Reiki Clinic (Pangea Herb Shop) De-stress with a 15-minute reiki tune-up. Sept. 12, 1–5 p.m. FREE! 706-549-6007

Tae Kwon Do & Jodo Classes (Live Oak Martial Arts) For kids and adults, beginner through advanced.

Chase St. Warehouses, next to Canopy and ATHICA. Mondays– Thursdays, 3:30-8:30 p.m. 706-5480077, www.liveoakmartialarts.com Tai Chi in the Park on Talmadge Drive (Mind Body Institute, Athens Regional Medical Center) Offering Tai Chi instruction.

Reserve a spot. Saturdays, 9:30– 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@armc.org Take One: A Fundamental Look at Screenwriting (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) An intro to screenwriting taught by veteran writer Terry Kay, a regional Emmy winner for his teleplay Run Down the Rabbit. Sept. 26 & 27. $150. 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com Watercolor Classes () New six-week session with instructor Jackie Slayton Methe begins Sept.

10. Thursdays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $80/6-week session. 706-548-5334, theloftartstore@aol.com Yamuna Body Rolling (Five Points Yoga) A complete routine of de-stressing and elongating. Call to register. Aug. 29. 10:30–11:30 a.m.

706-353-8799.

Yoga and Tai Chi Classes (Athens Wellness Cooperative) For beginners through experienced. See full calendar online. $14/drop-in, $60/6 classes, $108/12 classes. www.wellnesscooperative.com Yoga Classes (Mind Body Institute) Safe, effective classes for every body. Beginner and specialty classes with morning, afternoon and evening meeting times. 706-4757329, www.armc.org/mbi Yoga Classes (Om Town Yoga, 190 Park Avenue) Ongoing classes with detailed asana instruction.

Multi-class discounts. Mondays, 6:15 p.m. Wednesdays, 5:45 p.m. $10/drop-in. www.athensomtown yoga.com Yoga Crawlers (Full Bloom Center) For active babies 8–18 months. Every Tuesday. 10:30 a.m. $14. 706-353-3373, www.fullbloom parent.com Yoga Teacher Training (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) 200-hour training provided by the Vastu School of Yoga. $100 tuition discount for students who register before the end of June. $1000. 561723-6172, vastuyoga@hotmail.com Zumba at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves comprise this dynamic fitness program. Wednesdays, Sept. 9–Oct. 28, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $10/class, $48/session. www.uga.edu/botgarden

HELP OUT! American Red Cross (Red Cross Center, 3525 Atlanta Hwy.) Seeking donors for all blood types. 706-5460681, 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@athensfarmers market.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 Community Blood Drive (Oconee State Bank, 7920 Macon Highway, Watkinsville) Save a life; donate blood. Sept. 23, 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. 706-769-6611

Seeking Donations (H.T. Edwards Building, 440 Dearing Extension) The Office of Early Learning is seeking donations of new or slightly used clothes and shoes for Pre-K kids. 7:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m. 706-2277839, moona@clarke.k12.ga.us Tailgate Raffle (Athens YMCA) Tailgate4kids is looking for organizations to help with sponsorship and ticket sales in a raffle to send kids to summer camp. 706-613-9098, tailgate4kids@gmail.com.

Teach English as a Second Language (Various Locations) Catholic Charities seeks volunteers to teach adult English classes in the evenings. Training available. 706254-1371, vpflug@archatl.com

KIDSTUFF Insectival! (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Family festival with discovery stations, roach and beetle races, puppet show and lots of live insects. Butterfly release at 11 a.m.

Sept. 19, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $3/ person, $10 (family max), FREE! ages 2 & under. 706-542-6156 Sweet Pea Club (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Program involves puppet shows, storytelling, learning games, nature crafts and garden explorations. Ages 3–5. Preregistration required. Fridays, Oct. 16–Nov. 6, 9–11 a.m.$14. www.uga. edu/botgarden Yoga Sprouts (Full Bloom Center) Fun, playful yoga for kids ages 2–6.

Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m. $14/single class, $60/6 classes. 706-353-3373 Yoga Sprouts (Memorial Park) Now registering. Learn fun, playful yoga poses and breathing exercises.

Session II: Oct. 20–Dec. 8. Ages 3–6 & 7–12. Tuesdays. $0–$48 (scholarships available). 706-6133580, yogasprouts@gmail.com

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

Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org Mental Health Support Group (St. Mary’s Hospital) Meets in the lobby conference room.

Thursdays, 6:30–8 p.m. 706-7835706, www.athensmentalhealth.org

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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins Met her online. I know, I know—that sounds ridiculous, but it’s true. So, we live far away from each other. But we got along well and we had a lot in common, and we exchanged a lot of messages and then phone calls—months worth—and then finally decided to meet. We did, and it was good. Good enough that we planned to meet again. More calls, more messages, an actual relationship. Visits, plans, holidays, talks about the future, us, what we wanted out of life, and then… then I basically freaked out. She was perfect, but was she? Was she too perfect? Was she the only perfect woman? Could I actually settle down?

Yes, I could have.

But my ego and my bullshit got in the way. I crushed her.

It was bad. She was nicer than she should have been. I was weird and smug and “not that into her.” It was ridiculous. I was ridiculous. I wish I could blame it on youth or temporary insanity or depression or something, anything. I can’t.

I was dumb. And now I am not. And it is two years later and I would really like to see her and I don’t know what to say. I have sent her an email or two, just to see how she is. She has been polite but distant, telling me what she’s doing and who she’s dating and all about her great life and her great job. I’m dying. What should I do? Should I tell her I was an idiot and I would do anything for a second chance?

Is that stupid? Is it fair? Am I crazy? I feel like I could really do this now, I just don’t know how.

That Guy I’m tempted to tell you to suck it up and deal with the fact that you were a big jackass and you blew it, TG. Because you were and you did. But all may not be lost. The way I would put it to her is that you know you were stupid and that she was great and you sucked, and that you know that now, and that if she ever thought she might find it in her to forgive you

and possibly consider giving it another shot, she should get in touch and tell you. Consider telling her this in writing, as it will involve a lot of details. You need to make sure that she knows that you know exactly how (and how much) you blew it. But don’t keep bugging her. Be nice, be humble, be completely honest, grovel just a little, and then be completely hands off. Leave the ball in her court and leave her alone. Do this with the knowledge that you will probably never hear from her again. Then, cross your fingers that she calls, knowing that she probably won’t, and learn from this mistake. At least you’ll have that.

And don’t eff it up next time some nice young lady is kind enough to give you the time of day, you undeserving douchebag.

P.S. Maybe you should clip this out of the paper and send it to her also.

I think of my ex-husband everyday. We don’t talk or see each other, and I keep dreaming about him. I dream that I am always searching for him and never find him. He told me once that he couldn’t have anything to do with me because it hurt him too badly.

I was wondering if you think he will ever feel a need to hear my voice again. I think he wants to hear me but can’t because of his own issues. I saw a photo of him and he looked sad, lost, and had a drink in his hand. He looked bad, and I know pictures are just pictures. His look made me sad, and I want him to be happy.

I am constantly missing him and wondering about him. I can’t help myself, and my friends say that I just need to forget him and move on. I know I am not ready to move on because it only happened less than a year ago. He told me that there wouldn’t be any reconciliation on his part.

Do you think there would ever be a change of heart on his part? I have heard of divorced couples meeting again later in life and remarrying. He said NO to getting back together. I know sometimes that people change what they think.

What would you do in my situation? I am not looking for anyone to be with because I am still heartbroken. There are plenty of fish in the sea, but I can’t seem to bait my hook because of the traumatic experience with the last fish.

You give really great advice to people and I want to know what you think about this.

Thank You, Little Fishy in the Creek by the Sea Since I don’t really have any information about the why or how of your separation, Fishy, I’m going to have to go on what I do know. Your husband said that he is not interested in getting back together with you. Ever. Never, ever again. Do I think he might change his mind? I have no way of knowing that, but I do know that your best bet is not to count on it. I know that hurts, but you have no reason to believe that he is lying, which means you are going to have to listen to your friends and move on. This is not easy, and there is no time table. You can’t be expected to just snap your fingers and be over it. Give yourself time to mourn and time to heal, and try to focus on other things. Figure out what might be next. Don’t throw yourself into dating until you are sure you’re ready.

Just be yourself and take your time and get through it. You may be heartbroken for a long time. Just be patient with yourself. In the meantime, try to have some fun and do things you enjoy and spend time with your friends.

Try to think about him less, and eventually it will get easier.

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Call (706) 769-8781.

3BR/2.5BA Eastside townhome.

Spacious & convenient, on bus route. Pets allowed. Incl. W/D. Only $700/mo. Call Aaron (706) 207-2957. $725/mo. 2BR/2.5BA. 1 mi. from Dwntn. 139 Berlin Ct. Pet friendly! Spacious kitchen, balcony, DW, W/D, CHAC, free trash p/u. On busline.

Renovated exterior. No dep., no pet fee! Avail. Oct. (maybe earlier). Call Mark (615) 308-6275.

1BR/1BA + study/guest rm.

Security gates, pool, fitness center, 1 mi. from campus.

Excellent condition. Reduced $600/mo. Pets OK. Call Rob (706) 338-4984 or email robwimberly@gmail.com.

1BR/1BA. All electric, water furnished, nice! On bus line.

Single pref. Avail. now! (706) 543-4271.

1BR duplex on the Eastside, total electric, $400/mo., 2BR apt. in town, nice area, busline, $475/mo. Call for details. (706) 255-8277.

1BR apt. for $475/mo. 2BR apt. starting at $700/mo.

3BR apt starting at $1000/ mo. All close to campus!

Howard Proper ties (706) 546-0300.

2BR/2.5BA condo. Along river. Avail. now. HWflrs., W/D, DW, ceiling fans, deck, amenities galore, convenient to everything. Call Matt at (706) 248-9088.

2BR duplexes starting at $450/ mo. (706) 549-6070.

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Basement apt. 1BR/1BA. Lv. rm., kitchen, cable TV, utils, trash p/u incl. New carpet, fresh paint. Off–street parking.

Less than 10 mins from UGA. Non–smoker, no pets. $525/mo. + $400/dep. (706) 543-2783.

Best deal in town! El Dorado 2BR/1BA & studio apts. in Nor maltown. Free water, gas, basic cable & wireless Internet. W/D in 2BR units. Dog runs. $420–$675/mo. Joiner & Associates (706) 549-7371.

Cedar Shoals Dr. 5BR/4BA. Lg. rms, W/D incl., quiet n’hood. $1000/mo. + dep.

(706) 742-8555.

DGH Properties Inc. 112 Foundr y 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.

Duplex for rent. 2BR/1BA. Aiken Rd. Bogart. $575/mo.

(770) 307-7003.

Looking for fun M/F roommate to move into townhouse.

Private BA. $395/mo.

Wo o d s o n g n ’ h o o d . P e t s welcome! Lv. msg. (229) 343-3636.

Move–in special. Westside 2BR/2BA, $475/mo. Eastside 2BR/1BA, $475/mo. (706) 255-0385.

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 McWaters Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 353-2700 or cell (706) 540-1529.

Apartments for Sale Condo. 2BR/2BA. Near campus/busline. Community pool, low assoc. fees. W/D, FP, HVAC, ceiling fans, private patio, new paint, move–in ready. $96K. (706) 546-0290, (706) 296-3313.

FSBO. 1BR studio condo.

Broad St., Athens. HWflrs, appls incl. Private & secure. $94,900. (706) 474-1101.

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Commercial Property Athens Executive Suites.

Offices avail. in historic Dwntn bldg. w/ on–site parking. All utils., Internet, & janitorial incl.

Single or multiple offices avail.

Call Stacy (706) 425-4048 or (706) 296-1863.

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.

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.

Eastside offices for lease.

1060 Gaines School Rd. 170 sq. ft., $375/mo., 500 sq. ft., $625/mo., 1200 sq. ft., $1200/mo. (706) 546-1615 or athenstownproperties.com.

Westside office space for lease. Call owner for info. at (706) 552-0450 or (706) 206-5105.

Houses for Rent Athens & near Campus!

5 9 7 D e a r i n g S t . o ff Milledge. 4BR/2BA, $1495/ mo. 105 Whitehall Rd., 2BR/1BA, $675/mo. (706) 546-7946, Flowersnancy@ bellsouth.net. All w/ HWflrs., no carpet. See virtual tours www.nancyflowers.com.

3BR/3BA like new! Close to campus, perfect for students!

1 mi. from Dwntn Athens. Pets OK. Bridgewater Subdivision. $1200/mo. Call Barbara (770) 237-9148.

Affordable housing.

Houses, condos, A-frame all $550/mo. or less. Various locations. Excellent cond. Cats permitted w/ dep. Call (706) 202-0147, (706) 549-6070.

145 Mell St. 3BR/3BA, 5 Pts., 2 blocks to UGA, $500/BR. Free utilities.

CHAC, W/D, DW, wood flrs. hathawayproperties@gmail. com, (706) 714-4486.

3BRs. 180 O’Farrell, Check out these great houses in the heart of 5 Pts. Online at b o u l e v a rd ​p ro p e r t y​ management.com or call (706) 548-9797.

1BR/1BA studio condo. Broad St. & UGA. HWflrs, appls incl.

Private & secure. $600/mo.

(706) 474-1101.

3BR/2BA house w/ fireplace & fenced yd. In a nice subdivision in West Athens.

Call (706) 549-7371. Joiner & Associates Realtors.

2BR/1BA. 2790 Danielsville Rd. Wooded. Wide porch.

CHAC, W/D hookup. Wood flrs., lawncare incl. $570/ mo. + dep. (706) 546-5390, lv. msg.

$1050/mo. 3BR/2BA house in country. 9 mi. from Dwntn.

W/D hookup, DW, FP. Call (706) 540-8461.

3BR/2BA. HWflrs., CHAC, DW, W/D, bonus room, fenced yd.

Pet friendly. Close to Dwntn & Riverwalk. $780/mo. Flexible lease. (646) 247-5646.

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

360 Sandstone Dr. Avail. 7/1. $1025/mo. + dep. (706) 3191846 or (706) 548-4819. GA. R, E, lic. 300830. $600/mo., $500/dep.

3BR/1.5BA A–frame cottage.

180 Nowhere Rd. Athens.

(770) 715-6168. Pets w/ extra dep. W/D, refrigerator. $900/mo. 4BR cool houses.

Wa l k t o U G A & t o w n .

Renovated, lg. farmhouse.

Also avail. newer 2–story, 4.5BA, $1000/mo. Charming character. CHAC, W/D, DW. Avail. now. (706) 215-4496. $670/mo + utils. 2BR/1BA, HWflrs, FP, CHAC, eat–in kitchen, DW, W/D, decks, great trees. (706) 543-2585, lv. msg.

149 Eaglewood Way. 5 Pts. 4BR/2.5BA end–unit condo o n b u s l i n e . H VA C , D W, W/D, decks, pool. Awesome location, great deal! $1K/ mo. + dep. Avail. now. Jimmy (706) 338-7257.

143 Ruth St. 3BR/1BA. Close to UGA/Dwntn/Greenway. Just completely redone. HVAC, W/D, all electric. Pets OK. Fenced yd. Avail. now. $800/ mo. + dep. (706) 338-7257.

1BR studio house off Barber St. $475/mo. (706) 353-3555.

2BR/1BA, 151 Marlin St. off North Ave. Split level duplex.

4 blocks from Dwntn, recently renovated. New kitchen, W/D, bamboo flrs., CHAC, fenced yd. $675/mo. Dave (706) 201-9222.

2BR renovated house in Paradise. 30 mi. to UGA. Hardwood floors, CHAC, huge front porch, separate workshop, fenced yard surrounded by 100 acres. $565/mo. (706) 549-4580.

3BR/2BA. 525 McWhorter, Five Points. HWflrs., tile BAs, FP, eat–in kitchen, study, master BR/BA w/ jacuzzi, bonus space/playroom.

Barrow elementary.

Call (706) 548-9797, b o u l e v a r d ​p r o p e r t y​ management.com.

3BR/2.5BA Lexington Estates, Eastside. 6 mi. to UGA. WD, DW, CHAC. 2–car garage & extra pad. Open plan. Master BA w/ dual vanities & sep. shower. Lg. closets, porch & deck. Lg. lot. Low utils. Quiet. $1000/mo., w/ dep. & ref.

Call (404) 402-4921.

3BR/2BA Renovated Bungalow. Close to Dwntn., C h i c o p e e - D u d l e y. G re a t Deal $ 7 5 0 / m o . , $ 2 5 0 / B R . For photos & info., w w w. 1 5 9 6 e a s t b ro a d . blogspot.com, (706) 255-0659.

3BR/1.5BA. 288 4th St. Pre– leasing for 8/1. Fenced yd, DW, CHAC, W/D, basement, tile flrs. (706) 254-2936.

3BR/3BA, 145 Mell St. 5 Pts. 2 blocks to UGA, $500/BR. Free utilities.

CHAC, W/D, DW, wood flrs. hathawayproperties@gmail. com, (706) 714-4486.

3BR/2BA w/ basement.

Fenced backyd., carport.

All electric. W/D. 1 mi. from Dwntn. $900/mo. 145 Conrad Dr. Call Brian (706) 613-7242.

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3BR/2BA renovated Victorian. Price reduced.

1/2 mi. to UGA. Lg. rms., high ceilings. HWflrs, front porch back deck. Nice yd. lots of parking.

W/D, DW, CHAC. Pets OK. $1000/mo. (706) 369-2908.

3 B R / 2 B A . 1 b l o c k f ro m Milledge. HVAC, HWflrs., tile BAs, fenced yd. Move–in ready. $900/mo. + dep. Call Mark (706) 202-5110.

3BR/1BA attractive brick house in quiet residential n’hood. Nice condition. CHAC, DW, W/D, & carport. $750/mo.

Call (706) 548-5869.

3BR/1.5BA attractive brick house CHAC, DW, W/D hookup, carport, yd. service incl. $650/ mo. Call (706) 548-5869.

3BR/2BA historic home near Dwntn, off Pulaski. Brand new renovations, energy efficient w/ lg. rooms & HWflrs., laundry.

Very clean/nice. $900/mo.

Avail. now. (706) 614-3557.

3BR/3BA. Modern style houses.

New construction! Only 1 mi. from Dwntn. Concrete & bamboo flring throughout.

En e r g y eff ici ent , u n i q u e materials. Over 1400 sq. ft.

Awesome opportunity to live in a brand new custom house by local design/build firm. (706) 425-9626 w/ any questions or to see houseplans.

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/2.5BA beautiful plantation house on 3 acres. High ceilings, HWflrs., lg. kitchen & rooms w/ a country setting.

Front porch, screen porch & rear sunroom. Pets welcome.

3–sided fence. 990 Double Bridges Rd. Avail. now! $1200/mo. + dep. (706) 3191846, or (706) 548-4819. GA. R, E, lic. 300830.

640 Tallassee Rd. 2br/1bA home for rent in a private setting. Just west of loop 10 on Tallassee Rd. Wood burning FP & “rocking chair” size front porch. CHAC, DW, & W/D connections. Your pet probably OK. Call Bill at Thornton Realty & Construction (706) 353-7700.

Avail. now! 3 & 4 BR cottages.

Individual leases. Close to campus! DW, W/D, micros, private BAs. $390–$485/BR. Call (706) 543-1910 or email becky@landmarkathens.com.

Av a ila b le n o w ! Newly renovated. Close to Dwntn, 3BR/1BA apt. in house, HWflrs, tile BA & kitchen. W/D, DW, CHAC. $750/mo. Call (706) 769-4779 or (706) 207-2001.

Cute 2BR/1BA. New electric, BA, HVAC, refinished oak flrs., lg. yd. 2–car carport, outbuilding great as studio. $750/mo. + dep. Call Mark (706) 202-5110.

Cute house on 1.6 acres. 3 rooms, kitchen & BA. 1/2 mi. from Athens Tech. 340 Calhoun Dr. $500/mo. or $69K. Call David (706) 2471398.

Duplex for rent. 2BR/1.5BA. Jolly Lane in Sleepy Hollow Subdivision. Near UGA, Memorial Park & Birchmore Trail. W/D, DW, CHAC, FP. $700/mo. Call April (706) 549-5006, go to www. athenscondosales.com.

Eastside 2BR/1BA split lvl.

Lg. lv. area splits BRs. Lg. kitchen. Private drive. Big backyd. Storage bldg. Appls. incl. $650/mo. + dep. Pet negotiable. (706) 248-7338.

First month free. Walk to campus! 2 & 3BRs from $625/mo. W/D, DW, priv. deck, pets welcome. Mention this ad & pay no pet fee! ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 8 - 2 5 2 2 , w w w. dovetailmanagement.com.

First mo. rent free! Close to Dwntn. New 4BR/3.5BA houses. 2 master BR’s & 2 private BA’s within house. New appls. Pets welcome. $1100/ mo. Call (706) 540-1257.

Lg. 3BR/2BA newly renovated historic home. New kitchen, BA, HVAC, W/D, DW. HWflrs, wrap– around porch. Less than 1/2 mi. from Dwntn. Pets welcome. $1000/mo. (706) 247-6469.

Normaltown/ARMC. 180 Willow Run. Very nice 3BR/1BA. HWflrs, DW, W/D, CHAC. Lg. fenced backyard. Pets OK w/ dep. (404) 210-7145.

Own your own rental proper ty!139 & 143 Strickland Ave. 4BR/3BA on each side of duplex. Each side for rent at $1200/mo. Entire duplex for sale $359,800.

Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty (706) 3724166, or (706) 543-4000.

Nor thside 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, (706) 540-1529.

Remodeled 3BR/2BA. New electric, plumbing, HVAC, refinished HWflrs., tile BAs, IKEA kitchen, fenced yd. $850/mo. + dep. Call Mark (706) 202-5110.

Unique small house. Clear story, open concept, 3–level cedar center post. W/D, AC, DW, huge yd. $650/mo.

769 Whitehall. Jason (706) 353-1750.

UGA/5 Pts. area. All w/ W/D. 200 Old Princeton Rd., 3BR/2BA, $800. 255 Springdale, 2BR/1BA, $700.

387 Waddell, 2BR/1BA, $700.

398 Pinecrest Dr., 3BR/1BA, $900. (706) 372-7300.

Houses for Sale 3BR/2BA country house. 9 mi. from Dwntn. FP. $138,000.

(706) 540-8461. $79,900. Cute 2BR/1BA cottage w/ fenced yd. CHAC, HWflrs. Centrally located. 405 Benning St. Michael Littleton (706) 255-8600.

2BR/1.5BA Condo W/D, DW, CHAC, landscaped.

Totally remodeled top to bottom! Must see! $51,000.

Affordable living. 3 0 7 Chalfont Drive. Call (770) 912-1577.

Downtown. Beautiful new construction. Key West–style home on hidden street next to Dwntn. Lush tranquil setting!

140 Hendrix. Photos at www. fullcircleathens.com. Michael Littleton (706) 255-8600.

In–town historic style cottages w/ 3 acres greenspace. Green bldg. practices. Homes can be customized. $150K to low $200K. Michael Littleton (706) 255-8600 or visit www. fullcircleathens.com.

Motivated Seller. Excellent move–in condition. 2BR/2BA, fenced yd., 2 mi. from UGA campus Eastside. Many upgrades. $118,900. Call for pics & appt. (706) 549-9382.

Lovely for sale by owner 3BR/2.5BA on large lot in quiet Lexington Estates on Eastside. Only 6+ mi. to campus.

Open plan w/ FP, 2–car garage.

Country porch & rear deck.

Private rear. Take advantage of first time buyers tax credit.

Parents w/ students may qualify.

Agents welcome. Please call Grace (404) 402-4921.

Romantic 1918 Victorian & historic 2–story guest cottage on 8 private acres. Excellent period restoration! Must see photos at www.fullcircleathens. com or Michael Littleton (706) 255-8600.

Winfield Chase on Prince Ave. 2BR/1.5BA. Right across from pool & laundry facility. Less than 2 mi. from UGA Campus. Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty (706) 372-4166, or (706) 543-4000.

Land for Sale Houses & Lots. Dwntn., 2BR/1BA House on corner lot.

2 lots w/ city sewer adjacent to the house. House currently cash flows $600/mo. Great starter home & investment opportunity. $162,900. For more info. call Jamie (706) 215-7078. ➤ continued on next page

Eastside. Nice, clean 2BR/1BA house, quiet n’hood. New carpet, new windows, new installation. Avail. now! Culde-sac, many extras. $625/ mo. Call (706) 340-4619.

599 W. Hancock Ave. Brand new construction 4BR/4BA. $1600/mo. W/D. Off–street parking, on busline, 2 blocks fro m D w nt n. A w e s o m e location! Call to see (706) 247-3147.

5 Pts. area. 3BR/2BA house.

CHAC, DW, laundry room w/ W/D, back deck, carport. Call (706) 255-0066.

Available immediately!

3BR/2BA in Nor maltown.

HWflrs, CHAC, quiet street.

Grad students pref’d. (706) 549-2283.

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Roommates 1BR in 2BR/1BA Eastside duplex. Grad student or professional pref’d. W/D, DW, CHAC. $263/mo. + 1/2 utils. + dep. Avail. now! (706) 2541534. Lv. msg.

M/F Grad student/professional.

2BR/1BA. $325/mo. + 1/2 utils.

Quiet n’hood. 5 Pts. Walk to campus/bus line. HWflrs, W/D, CHAC, DSL, med dog. Email thedobhran@hotmail.com.

Roommate needed. 2BR apt. w/ M student. $375/mo., incl. utils. Walk/bike to UGA/5Pts/ Dwntn. 2 blocks from busline.

Swimming pool, patio. Avail. now! (706) 410-5989.

Roommate needed 2BR/2BA apt. w/ M student. Walk/ bike to UGA. W/D, DW. On Cloverhurst. $400/mo + 1/2 utils. Avail. now! No pets.

Exterior patio. (706) 247-3949.

Two very nice rooms avail. now. Great house, historic n’hood. HWflrs, WiFi, CHAC, W/D, DW, screened–in porch.

No pets pls. $325/mo. + 1/3 utils. (706) 254-2991.

Rooms for Rent Spacious, furnished BR. Quiet, close to campus, kitchen, laundry privileges. Shared BA, priv. entrance. No pets. M students only. $275/mo. incl. utils. (706) 353-0227. Avail. immediately!

Room for rent in Bridgewater Sub. $460/mo. per person. All utils & cable/Internet/ alarm system incl. F needed ASAP! Lg. rm. w/ walk–in closet.

(678) 787-6327.

Sub-lease Aw e s o m e a p t . i n p r i m e location! Across from Butts– Mehre & Foley Field. On UGA campus, in 5 Pts. $425/mo. negotiable. (478) 552-0378 or email cbennett_2@charter.net.

For Sale Businesses Cheap restaurant/bar/pool room for sale. 243–A N. Broad St., Winder, GA 30680.

(678) 963-0794 or (678) 5228891. Ask for Doug, if he is not avail., pls. lv. a msg! Full bar, full kitchen, 7 top of the line pool tables. Business is up & running. This ad will do the business no justice, you really need to come out & see the place. It’s great!

We are selling & selling cheap due to death & now sickness in the family. We are asking $55K cash up front for everything! To see more about our daily activities (to get an idea of the business), go to www.myspace.com/ wewanttomeetyou. Thank you!

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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.

Computers Brand new laptops & desktops. Bad credit, no credit, no problem. Small wkly payments. Order today & get free Nintendo Wii game system! Call now (800) 8405439 (AAN CAN).

Furniture Ta b l e s , c h a i r s , s o f a s , 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.

Eat your veggies, don’t spend all your money, shop Mom’s Garage. Gently used furniture for frugal people. Sat. from 12–5pm & appts. Chase Park Warehouse on Tracy St. (706) 207-7855.

Gently used fur niture at AthensGaFurniture.com.

Sofas $100+, dining tables $50, bed sets $50, desks $20, loveseats $75+, chairs, accent tables, & much more. (706) 340-3969.

Pillowtop Queen Mattress set. Never used. Still in factory plastic. $260. Full size mattress set. Never used. Still in factory plastic. $160. (706) 769-1959. Delivery avail.

Miscellaneous Come to Betty for vintage quilted Chanel bags, just in for Fall! On the corner of Pulaski & Clayton, next to Agora. Open 1–4 daily. (706) 424-0566.

Baby piano $8500. Pop-Up camper $3200. Canoe $350.

NordicFlex $225. Gazelle $300. TotalGym $300. Ping Pong table $25. Van $2500.

Convertible $5900. Call (706) 850-1909.

Music Equipment Roland TD–10 V Drums. $1400, price negotiable.

Comes w/ extras: sound proofing tiles, drumming DVDs, teaching workbooks.

Contact (706) 202-7316 or email redhubcap@gmail.com.

Instruction 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.

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Guitar lessons taught by UGA Doctoral guitar instructor.

All styles. 18 yrs. exp.

Students have won several guitar competitions. 1st lesson free. Composition/theor y & bass lessons too. David Mitchell, (706) 546-7082 or www.mitchellmusicguitar.com.

Piano Lessons: All levels welcome. Taught on large artist concert grand piano in upscale Athens n’hood near UGA. Excellent teacher w/ Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance with Honors. Discounts for UGA students & families. Call (706) 549-0707 or email shane_ aldredge@bellsouth.net.

Music Services 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.

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.

Looking for a fun, classy alter native to the typical wedding band? If you are looking for “YMCA” than Squat is not your band.

If you want Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, & salsa, then visit www.squatme.com/ weddings. (706) 548-0457.

Wedding Bands. Quality, professional bands. Weddings, parties. Rock, Jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityentertainment.com.

Featuring The Magictones— Athens’ premiere wedding & p a r t y b a n d . w w w. themagictones.com.

Services Health

Hardman General Contractors. Major renovations & Major additions.

Completely Insured. Many references, Quality work for Commercial & Residential. For more info call Comus Hardman (404) 790-6996.

Legal Services Buried in credit card debt?

We can get you out of debt in months instead of yrs.

America’s only truly attorney driven program. Free no obligation consultation. (877) 458-6408 (AAN CAN).

Misc. Services Assigned parking spaces $ 2 0 0 / s e m e s t e r. South Thomas St., private lot, 1 block from Jackson St., UGA bus stops, & North Campus. (706) 548-9137, calls returned.

Tutors Tutoring for kids still learning English in after–school settings. All volunteers w e l c o m e . S e e C L A S E ’s website, www.coe.uga.edu/ clase/tutoring, for more info.

Jobs Full-time City Editor Needed.

Flagpole is looking for a City Editor. We need a strong manager w/ writing & editorial experience to work both in print & online. Knowledge of local government a +.

The editor must be able to find, train & direct freelance writers & edit their copy.

The editor is also part of the Flagpole management team w/ responsibilities for handling day–to–day details of getting out the paper & getting it online. This is a full–time job w/ benefits, starting at the beginning of Oct. Send cover letter, resume, published writing samples refs. to news@ flagpole.com.

Backyard Solutions.

Make your neighbors jealous!

Waterfalls, ponds, fences, decks, gazebos, porches, & more! Call Robin for free estimate! (706) 340-4492.

Dental Office Person needed for busy Athens practice. Ability to Multitask a must. Mon–Fri. Following on–the–job training, the right person will primarily perform dental assisting but also be asked to perform front office duties. Bachelors degree and min 3.5 GPA p re f e r re d . Must provide work references showing long-term employment per job. Computer literate.

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Curtis Page, Machinist For a generation depressed and bored by the sterile nature of the modern workplace, Curtis Page’s machine shop—Bob Hunt Machine Company, named after his grandfather—is like an industrial Eden. Glimmering, coiled steel shavings of different hues litter the floor, and every metallic surface seems coated in a fine film of golden lubricant. Here, in this hotbox of a warehouse, stately old lever-laden machines coexist with boxy-looking computer-controlled vaults, both united in the same purpose: cutting metal. Curtis, a large and instantly likable man, and four other machinists toil in this place with decades of know-how passed down from their fathers and their fathers’ fathers. When Curtis isn’t shaping steel, he volunteers with the local Elks Association. He’s also the father of Craig Page, who has been much of the force behind getting the Athens Farmers’ Market off the ground.

Flagpole: What does a machinist do, exactly?

CP: We just make parts. I mean it sounds kinda simple, but yeah, we just make parts to keep the local industry running…

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some money to get these plants back up, as long as we don’t keep shipping [jobs] overseas.

FP: You said that you’ve always been a machinist. What age did you start, exactly?

CP: I was born in ’54, so I guess I would say—I sure hope OSHA doesn’t hear anything about this, but back then it didn’t matter—we were 10 or 11, would just go in, my grandfather would have odd things that we could do, nothin’ that was gonna cause you to lose your fingers or anything.

You’ve either got it or you don’t, I mean, you either love it or you don’t. I guess it’s in our blood.

FP: Do you think you’re one of the few people out there that loves coming to work every day?

CP: I don’t know… I would hope that everybody that works enjoys their job. If they don’t enjoy their job they need to find another one, because like I said, you’re not here but one time, and this ain’t no dress rehearsal.

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FP: Going back to something you mentioned earlier… do you still have all your fingers?

CP: Actually I lost the tip of that [presents a left pinky]… something fell on it. When it cut it off it just pulled off the meat and all it had was a bone in there.

They gave me a prescription for some ointment. It was 600 dollars for a half-ounce of this ointment… this was about three years ago, I guess. And it literally grew skin back over the bone…

A lot of people come in and say “What are you making?” And I don’t know. I honestly don’t know. There’s so many parts that we make that I couldn’t tell you what they’re for or what they do. We get drawings; a lot of them have confidentiality statements on them…

FP: How do you make these parts?

CP: For the most part we’ll either work off of a sample part or an engineered drawing… the first part of doing the job is finding out what the raw material is going to cost… then you just figure out what it’s going to take to form that big block of steel or aluminum into a finished part that looks like that [points to a stainless steel filling valve on the desk].

FP: Do you enjoy the more computer-intensive nature of being a modern machinist?

CP: I preferred it the other way. I really did. It took more thinking; you’re more of a craftsman, doing manual machining. You take a lot of the thought out of it, doing it [with computers].

FP: Which local industries do you make parts for?

CP: Poultry’s a big customer of ours… we have a lot of food packaging companies in this town and we do a lot of work for them. We do some work for McCann Aerospace.

FP: How’s business lately?

CP: It’s probably the slowest I’ve ever seen it… it’s starting to pick up a little bit… sooner or later somebody’s gotta spend

FP: Have you been here in Athens your whole life?

CP: Well, my father was in the Marine Corps, so not my whole life—we traveled.

I used to tell everybody I went to 14 different schools in 13 years, but it was actually more than that. All over Florida, some North Carolina and some here in Georgia. I finished high school at Clarke Central in ’73, shortly after that joined the Navy for four years.

Got out of the Navy and came back to Athens, and partied a little bit—probably partied a bit too hard for a while—then I got married in 1980 to Craig’s mother.

FP: What kind of effect did that have on you, being at a different school every year?

CP: Well, you have to make a new set of friends—one thing I promised my kids was that they would finish school in the school they started [at], and they did… There have been a lot of friends that I wish I could get back in touch with, and I’m a new member to Facebook… the Internet and Facebook has helped with finding some people.

FP: How has Athens changed since your earliest memories of it?

CP: It’s grown up a lot. Used to be you knew a lot of people when you walked around… I guess it’s gone from a small town, where everybody knew everybody, to now—nobody knows anybody. That’s kind of disappointing to me. I can remember as a small kid on Saturdays we’d go downtown with my grandparents and sit in the car to see who we did know. Wasn’t fun to me at that time, but when you think back about it I can see how they enjoyed it…seemed like it was more laid-back, people had more time to socialize, and the family unit seemed to be a little bit better, but that’s not just Athens, that’s everywhere.

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