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Circulatory System Returns

The Struggle and the Triumph p. 22

Faust

Krautrock Innovators on Rare American Tour p. 17

Jon Guthrie

A Tribute to a Beloved Local Musician Taken Too Soon p. 18

Brent Weinbach p. 10 · Oktoberfest p. 11 · Rain Machine p. 21 · Folk Festival p. 23 · Rita Dove p. 26

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pub notes No Parking Seth Hendershot owns the Jittery Joe’s Tasting Room, a coffee house located within the same building that houses Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company on lower East Broad Street. Charlie Mustard is coffee roaster to the world at Jittery Joe’s. You can’t find two more personable and hard-working entrepreneurs than Seth and Charlie, and all who walk, bike or drive to their coffee emporium are made to feel welcome and encouraged to hang out to work or visit on the porch or inside at one of the tables. The environment is rustic: unheated in winter and uncooled in summer, but that just makes it even more special. On one side Seth and Charlie have a commercial neighbor that will tow you away at the drop of a hat if you park outside the roaster building’s easement big enough for four cars. On the other side, the owner of the vacant lot rents it out to football fans on game days, and Charlie provides water and electricity for RVs and anybody else who needs a hookup. In return, the lot owner allows Charlie’s and Seth’s customers to park there during the week. When news got around toward the end of last week that the Athens-Clarke County government had declared the parking lot illegal and ordered it closed, such an action seemed unthinkable and the height of disregard for just the kind of small businesses we want. Government procedures outline a process to apply for a special-use permit that would allow parking on the lot, but that process takes several months while the application goes to the Planning Commission and then to the ACC Commission. Meanwhile, everybody wondered why the businesses couldn’t continue to use the parking until the specialuse process is completed. That everyone included a majority of the ACC Commission, with six commissioners at press time having signed a memorandum call…the long-range, ing on the city government staff to allow a temporary permit that comprehensive would keep the parking lot open. I am a daily patron of the land use plan is Tasting Room, where Seth personagainst them. ally pulls me a cup of whatever he thinks I’ll like best, and I am pulling for him to succeed, but as of this writing the odds are against his getting any more parking than the four spaces already alloted. The reason is that the long-range, comprehensive land use plan is against him. We voters made the decision a long time ago that we want a dense, walkable downtown area that is pedestrian- and bikefriendly and discourages stand-alone surface parking lots. If the commission, when the issue reaches that body, decides to grant a special-use permit to the coffee business, there are going to be a lot of other people who own vacant lots in the downtown area lining up to get their special-use permit for a parking lot. And Planning Director Brad Griffin says that if he grants a temporary-use permit to the owner of the lot where Seth’s customers park so that they can continue to park during the permitting process, a lot of other people are waiting to apply for their own 90-day permits every September to turn their lots into parking lots for the football crowd. That would make a lot of people happy that they can earn enough off their lots to pay the taxes, but the rest of the year those spaces would just be eyesores. Griffin reminds us that is not what we asked for in the land use plan, not the vision for downtown that we chose. We could choose to change that plan to one that allows all the little graveled parking lots all over downtown, and that’s probably what it will take to make parking legal at the Tasting Room. Either way, by changing the land use plan or by granting exceptions to it, we get the little parking lots all over downtown. Griffin says that only by following the land use plan in regard to the coffee house parking lot can we preserve the character of downtown that we said we want. This hard, tough question comes down to whether we want Griffin to make an exception for Charlie and Seth and thereby for everybody else with a lot and a truckload of gravel, or whether we want him to maintain our vision for downtown and curtail Seth’s business. It’s a terrible decision to have to make, but Griffin says he has to make it based on what is best for the whole community. Stay tuned: it’s not over yet. Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

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

Even the Humane Society is after Paul “Polar Bear Killer” Broun now!

To Helen and Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 A German’s Take on Helen’s Oktoberfest

Flagpole intern Fabian Poth samples beer and brats in the North Georgia mountains.

Arts & Events Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Humans and Hybrids

Sarah Jane Airgood brings a small menagerie to Mama’s Boy with her paintings of the natural world.

Film Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 News of Athens’ Cinema Scene

The EcoFocus Film Festival series continues with a screening of The Cove at Ciné.

COVER DESIGN by Kelly Ruberto featuring a photograph of Circulatory System by Jason Thrasher

Music The Return of Circulatory System . . . . . . . . 22 Triumph Over Chaos and Adversity

Signal Morning proves well worth the eight-year wait.

North Georgia Folk Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 25th Anniversary Celebration

Featuring live music, artisan classes and handmade crafts.

LETTERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CITY DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CITY PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 CAPITOL IMPACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ATHENS RISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ART NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BRENT WEINBACH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 OKTOBERFEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 MOVIE DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 MOVIE PICKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 FILM NOTEBOOK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 THREATS & PROMISES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

FAUST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 JON GUTHRIE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 RECORD REVIEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 RAIN MACHINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 NORTH GEORGIA FOLK FEST. . . . . . . . . 23 THE CALENDAR!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 BULLETIN BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ART AROUND TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 COMICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 REALITY CHECK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 EVERYDAY PEOPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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cocktail parties with costs of as much as $1,000 a plate. (This information was compiled by the nonprofit Sunlight Foundation While Blue Dog Democrats pretend to be [www.sunlightfoundation.com], which funcconcerned about our escalating national debt, tions to facilitate greater transparency in it’s their own silk purses they are actually fret- government.) ting about. More than half of their political Since the greatest cause of bankruptcies contributions regularly come from the health has become the back-breaking cost of medical care and pharmacare, particularly in ceutical industries, cases of catastrophic and they are looking illness, most of us BUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK: out for Number One have known of people when they block poswhose lives have sibilities for average been destroyed by What? Send your sticker sightings to letters@ citizens to awaken these tragic circumflagpole.com or call 706-549-9523. Thanks. from the nightmare stances. Every other that our health care industrialized nation situation has become. has put this country Not only do insurance and pharmaceutical to shame by making it possible for all their industries contribute to the Blue Dogs, but citizens to receive health care at affordable hospitals and nursing homes also favor them. rates. We can hardly assert the claim of being The Georgia Blue Dogs, including Reps. the foremost world leader when we treat our Jim Marshall, John Barrow, David Scott and own citizens as dispensable. Sanford Bishop, have been the beneficiaries of Judy F. Brouillette over $2.1 million from these special-interest Columbus, GA groups. Now, whose interests do you think they are looking out for? It should be obvious to us all that insurance, health care and pharmaceutical companies are running a strong campaign to defeat On a recent Saturday morning, six canoes government-run health care options, since slid into the calm and sun-dappled waters these companies operate on a basis of obtainof the North Oconee River just north of ing the most profit for themselves, regardless downtown Athens for a historical, cultural of the quality of care or the affordability of and environmental tour of this beautiful river. Flagpole’s own Ben Emanuel and Janet their coverage. Clark, a local historian and tour guide for These corporations are meeting with the Classic City Tours, led the tour, one of 13 Blue Dogs for fundraising breakfasts and

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that comprise the Athens Heritage Walks tour series sponsored by the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation (www.achfonline.org). The walking tour series celebrates Athens-Clarke County’s designation as one of the 2009 Dozen Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We traveled the length of downtown, from the end of College Avenue to the former Athens Factory (now the Interim Medical Partnership Building, aka the O’Malley’s Building). Only the metallic echo of cars crossing the occasional bridges overhead and the waves of the homeless living under them gave evidence to the fact that we were hugging the edge of downtown Athens. We glided along the surface of the river, savoring the overhanging trees and the joy of discovering what lay around the next bend. We floated by the pillars of the former railroad trestle in Dudley Park and underneath the sites of covered bridges long since gone, learned about the mills and factories which harnessed the river’s water power to make Athens an early economic engine and stood on the dam of the Athens Factory, a former textile mill, which will serve yet another life educating our state’s future doctors. We learned about the birds, turtles and other wildlife that still make the river their home; we passed by the county’s champion Eastern Cottonwood tree; we saw the shells of an invasive Asian mollusk and we paddled to the banks of the old city landfill where layers of unsightly debris still lined the banks. As sad as it was to see the damage that we have wrought to the river, it heightened

our awareness of the need to protect our water resources and to encourage the public’s enjoyment of the river through venues such as Athens’ North Oconee River Greenway. Thank you to Mel Cochran, Athens-Clarke County Greenway Coordinator, for providing canoes and logistical support and thank you, especially, to Janet and Ben for their knowledge and insight and their overall enthusiasm for one of Athens’ greatest assets, the North Oconee River. Amy Andrews Trustee, Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation

SOY SORRY This is another Tofu Baby hate mail. I will say this, you can punch me in the face every single day of the week if you never ever publish another one of those abominations to comics everywhere. I walked downstairs a few minutes ago and read my roommate’s copy of Flagpole. This week’s one was beyond stupid. I am sorry that I am a sucker for the written word. I guess you sometimes have to pander to the intellectually devoid people, but come on. Tofu Baby must only take five minutes to draw. Notice I mention nothing about writing. I believe the curse to comics, Missy Kulik, simply makes them up as she is drawing. I offer you again. One punch to my face every day if you never, ever, ever publish that awful horrendous turd ever again. Tom Bagby Email

city dope Athens News and Views On That Downtown Scene: Mayor Davison and ACC Commissioners probably felt they needed a drink after getting the news last week that a state Supreme Court ruling might wipe away a key provision of the revised alcohol ordinance they put so much legislative work into two years ago. It’s not that our elected officials were so set on prohibiting 18-to20-year-olds from working at bars—that was Police Chief Lumpkin’s idea—it’s just that it took a laborious, unorganized process before the suite of ordinance revisions including that rule was finally passed in September ’07. Now the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled, on the basis of fair employment access, that a group of 18-to-20-year-old women should have been allowed to work at an Atlanta strip club, and the ruling probably applies to the alcohol laws here and in other Georgia cities. In the end, it probably won’t make a huge difference to the whole of the bar scene, but here’s hoping the good folks at City Hall don’t spin their wheels for months again in getting it sorted out. [Ben Emanuel] Rachel Bailey

Planning for the Arts: City Dope was intrigued by an audience member’s suggestion at a recent Federation of Neighborhoods panel discussion on the arts: Why not convert vacant big-box stores or strip malls into studios for artists? Why not, indeed, since landlords are sitting on buildings without tenants, while artists need studios and musicians need rehearsal spaces. “I believe there are plenty of artists, performance companies, etc. who could use empty spaces for their craft,” Athens Area Arts Council president Laura Nehf told City Dope in an email. (The Bottleworks is already working on such an arrangement with Rose of Athens Theater, which needs, says director Lisa Ferguson, “a space to call home—with performance space, box office, offices, classrooms and storage.”) There are many underutilized industrial and retail spaces in Athens these days, says ACC planner Bruce Lonnee. Some—mostly intown, like the Chase Street Warehouses—have been successfully converted to studio space. From a zoning viewpoint, there’s no reason This Week’s buildings farther out Progressive Calendar: couldn’t be adapted, If it’s Tuesday, Oct. too: “If you took 6 and you’re reading the old Wal-Mart at this, remember that Perimeter Square, the tonight the new “Pull zoning that’s in place the Plug on Paul on that particular Broun” PAC is holdpiece of property is ing a small town hall Commercial-General, meeting on President which has a whole lot Obama’s health care of latitude in terms of plan starting at 7 p.m. uses… That piece of at Ciné. And if it’s a property is about as little later on Tuesday appropriate as anyand you’re reading thing you could find.” this, the after-party at The cranes at the Georgia Theatre in recent weeks Daniel Collins, have been there to help stabilize the exterior walls Ciné starts at 9 p.m. owner of PigPen and remove the charred roof trusses, owner Wil Learn more online at Studios off Chase Greene reports. He’s planning to ask for a green www.paulbrounjr.com. Street, doubts that light for the full renovation from the ACC Historic Then on Thursday, bands need more Preservation Commission on Oct. 21. Oct. 8, the Athens rehearsal spaces—not Women in Black that they can pay for, (whom you might know from Tuesday eveanyway. He originally built 24 band rehearsal nings at the Arch) are hosting anti-war rooms but eventually reduced them to 11 activist Ann Wright for a pair of talks on spaces, some rented to visual artists. “There U.S. policy abroad. Wright is a retired Army weren’t enough bands,” he says. “I’m not sure colonel who spent 16 years in the U.S. Foreign there actually is more demand for it.” But Service before retiring on the eve of the there is a need for theater performance space, Iraq invasion in 2003, and is the author of he thinks, and sometimes for rehearsal space Dissent: Voices of Conscience—Government for larger touring bands that visit Athens. Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq. “That’s something that’s lacking.” [John Huie] She speaks on Thursday from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the ACC Library about U.S. policy in Paul “Polar Bear” Broun: Now for an excerpt Afghanistan—in which realm it’s encouraging from an email alert by the national Humane to see Obama now seeming to move forward Society Legislative Fund. “Dear Friend: In only cautiously—and from 7–8:30 p.m. at the 2008, the polar bear was listed as a threatPresbyterian Student Center (1250 S. Lumpkin ened species under the Endangered Species St.) on U.S. policy in Israel and Palestine. At Act, halting the importation of sport-hunted the very least, both topics are timely! Learn polar bear trophies from Canada. However, more about Wright’s Georgia visit from the Congress is currently considering legislaGeorgia Peace and Justice Coalition at www. tion… that aims to undermine this listing georgiapeace.org. [BE] and allow hunters to import polar bear heads and hides… You may be shocked to learn that Surveying the Road: In working towards putyour U.S. Representative, Paul Broun, is one ting together next year’s “Northeast Georgia of the biggest trophy hunting advocates in Regional Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan” (yes, Congress, and he has been vocal in promotregional!), the planners at the Northeast ing the trophy killing of these vulnerable and Georgia Regional Commission kindly ask that threatened animals…“ Actually, we’re not you go ahead and take the first of two online shocked at all here, but we appreciate the surveys they’ve created. They say it’ll only email, since Congressman Cloun could always take 10 minutes or less, and they need it back use a good backup nickname. [BE] by Friday, Oct. 30. Find the survey online at http://tinyurl.com/mn3vam. [BE] Ben Emanuel & John Huie

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city pages Officials Set to Work on Bars’ Recycling Athens-Clarke County officials worry about your downtown drinking habits. Not how drunk you got (unless you drove), or whom you went home with, but the sloppy state that bags of empty PBRs are in when they’re hauled out of downtown. Contaminants such as food waste and un-recyclable plastics find their way into recycling bins when they should be headed for the landfill. The commingling causes efficiency problems at the county sorting facility and budget problems at the recycling office. So, in an effort to help drinkers differentiate between trash and recycling, and to create a unified recycling look, the ACC Recycling Division rolled out 50 new recycling bins in 15 bars over the summer, with plans to reach 35 more bars and restaurants by the end of the year. “Wherever you go, if you’re downtown, you look for this green-domed bin, and that’s where you put your can or bottle,” says Kristine Kobylus, program education specialist for ACC Recycling. “We just want to collect those recyclables,” says Suki Janssen, ACC waste reduction administrator. “If all the bars are more proactive and have the bins visible, right there, it’s going to be a no-brainer even for a person who may have had a little too much to drink.” The bins are a donation from Leon Farmer and Co., and ACC Recycling has teamed up with the local beer distributor as well as UGA green groups to organize a pub crawl on Oct. 15 to promote the bins and raise awareness of proper recycling etiquette. Participants in the event, called “Bin There, Done That,” will be able to purchase T-shirts to get drink deals at participating bars. Proceeds will go towards buying more recycling bins and other recycling education programs. The issue isn’t just the availability of recycling bins—most bars already have self-service bins for their customers—it’s whether bars and their patrons correctly dispose of their drinks and waste, and whether the patrons know if their plastic cups are recyclable or not. These late-night decisions have large fiscal repercussions. When a bag of recyclables drops onto the conveyor belt at the ACC Materials Recycling Facility, a sorter quickly eyes the bag for contaminants. If trash—food waste or un-recyclable plastic—is in the mix, he’ll chuck the bag into a truck headed for the landfill, and the county loses out on the money it makes selling processed recyclables. Because the sorting facility is part of a public/private partnership, the contracted factory pays fees at the landfill just like everybody else. If trash is discovered once the bag is ripped open on the line, the entire system is shut down while the contaminants are sorted from the recyclables by hand. Whether it’s in the form of lost revenue or inefficient labor, a contaminated recycling stream costs money, Janssen says, and her office is just as budget-conscious as the next. “One way of making recycling economically viable, other than relying on tax dollars to fund the process, is to make sure the burden that those recyclables are clean and in the right state for the processor is on the person using the recyclables,” Janssen says. Early reports on the bins’ effectiveness are mixed. Barcode managers say that the

clear instructions on the green domes make it harder for their customers to mess up. But at Allgood Lounge, it’s a different story: they’re leaky, annoying to handle and two bins’ bottoms busted out, owner Damon Krebs says. “I wish they’d gotten together with us and asked us what we needed,” says Krebs, who says his bars do a good job of separating recyclables, and only use plastics on high-volume game days. Joey Tatum’s Little Kings and Manhattan bars aren’t currently using the bins, but he says a unified look might work okay, as long as customers have a trash option next to the bin. “Half the time they’re drunk, so it’s not 100 percent foolproof,” he says. Having bartenders and busers clear tables is the best way to keep recyclables sorted, Tatum says, but he’s aware that “the bigger you get, the more difficult it is to get a handle on it.” Are people actually looking for the triangle under the cup? Sure, it’s plastic; but is it recyclable? Tatum would like the city to help him find a wholesaler that carries Number 1 and 2 plastic cups, which are the types of plastic the county accepts for recycling at this time.

Empty Statistics Not to state the obvious, but downtown Athens drinkers drain a lot of glass bottles, aluminum cans and plastic cups in a regular weekend. Let’s get fancy with the numbers to make it exciting: 3.5 tons of bottles and cans are sucked down over a typical three-day bender. That’s 14,000 Bud bottles or 462,000 Pabst cans—enough crushed empties to fill an eight-yard Dumpster. [Andre Gallant]

Numeric codes and leaky bins aside, Janssen says the awareness campaign is much-needed downtown. Although the yearly recycling audit isn’t yet finished, she’s seeing more contaminants in the recycling stream from downtown and elsewhere. “We get a lot of contamination downtown,” says Janssen. “The later it gets, the more inebriated people get and they’re not paying attention to what’s a trash can, what’s a recycling bin.” Talking at a café table downtown, Kobylus is reminded of how much recycling education is still needed in Athens. A young man steps out from behind the Barnette’s railing and stuffs three Bud Light bottles into a garbage bin not four feet from where she’s sitting. “It’s not easy,” she says. Andre Gallant

Neighbors Take On Exotic Plants at Memorial Park A grassroots effort to weed out the invasive “bad boy” flora at Memorial Park began on Saturday, Oct. 3, but organizers don’t for a moment believe the exotic plants such as English ivy, Chinese privet and Nepalese browntop grass will bite the dust anytime soon. The park, between Milledge Avenue and

Lumpkin Street at 293 Gran Ellen Dr., includes 72 acres of land, “and my guess, excluding the trees, is that 90 percent of the biomass is exotic,” says nearby resident Linda G. Chafin. “It’s really bad.” Chafin is a botanist and one of the people in the area who has taken shovel, trowel, weed wrench and gloved hand to bully the nuisance plants out of their comfortable surroundings. Most of the plants identified as exotics started out as landscaping plants or by accidentally being introduced from their native lands through trade or other routes. The problem with them is they have no natural predators, so native species are forced out, Chafin says. The exotics get the sunshine, the nutrients and water, and eventually insects, birds and mammals are forced out, too. She says insects don’t feed as much on non-native plants, so there is less food for the birds. The birds will eat the berries, and in so doing, carry and drop the seeds, which spread the invasives. Clearing is a never-ending job, according to Chafin, Dorothy O’Niell and Sue Wilde, who claim that stalking and eradicating these weeds can become a fixation. Wilde and her husband Ed moved from Oconee County to Five Points in 1999 and discovered a “monoculture” of English ivy in their backyard. “That’s what got me started,” she says. That interest spread to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia and overgrowth there. “I have this reputation,” Wilde says. “I see it everywhere. It has become an obsession.” Wilde and Chafin decided together to tackle Memorial Park, she says. “At first, I said, ’Oh, no, the park is huge.’ We walked around and said, ’We have to do something. There’s no way we’ll get 10 percent cleared, but at least we’ll be doing something.’” O’Niell says eradicating the invasive plants will allow the red oaks, black cherry, beech, tulip poplar, short-leafed pines and other native canopy trees to thrive. She says Wilde is an inspiration. “She’s shown me what one person has been able to do out there,” O’Niell says. “She has inspired me to take on a patch of woods behind my house.” The women hope people will see they can take care of their own yards, maybe a patch of roadside, or anywhere there’s ivy, privet or other exotic takeover. Chafin says there’s also kudzu in Memorial Park, “but it’s not as much a concern. Kudzu has to be out in the open. The other three are happy to live in the shade on the forest floor. Our goal is to restore the forest floor and save the canopy.” Volunteers for future efforts at Memorial Park are asked to wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants, closed-toe shoes and gloves. Some tools will be available, but people with shovels or clippers should bring them. Once the plants are pulled, other native plants will be needed to fill in the spaces left behind, Chafin says. Nurseries or anyone who can donate native shrubs like buckeye, azalea, trilliums and native grasses such as river oats may email O’Niell at doniell@bellsouth.net. Clearing will continue from 9 a.m. to noon the first and third Saturdays of each month, rain or shine. Meet in the parking lot in front of Memorial Park’s administrative building. To let organizers know how many people might participate, contact Wilde at suewilde@hotmail.com if interested. Cathy Mong

capitol impact Phone Books Finished? The telephone book was once a familiar part of everyone’s household. Everybody would use one to look up a neighbor’s number or just check to make sure the phone company had listed their own name and address correctly. But the white pages directory of residential telephone numbers is another cultural artifact that will soon become obsolete, just as the buggy whip became unnecessary when Americans shifted from horses to automobiles as their favored form of transportation. AT&T-BellSouth, which publishes millions of directories every year, has asked the Georgia Public Service Commission to exempt the company from its regulation that requires phone companies to provide a printed residential directory to all customers. Business and yellow pages directories are still widely enough used to justify their continued printing and distribution, according to AT&T, but most consumers just don’t consult their residential white pages anymore. A major factor in the decline of the printed directory is that more people have desktop or laptop computers. It’s usually quicker and more convenient to look up a telephone number online than to drag out a bulky directory and flip through page after page of listings. The phone company has also made it all but impossible for a large segment of society to be able to read their white pages directories. Older people, who don’t see as well and tend not to use computers as frequently as younger people, would continue to use the printed white pages if they could. But AT&TBellSouth has shrunk and condensed the typeface of listings so much over the years that printed directories are no longer readable for senior citizens. During a recent PSC discussion of the directory issue, Rockdale County retiree Cynthia Babb said of seniors like herself and her friends: “They don’t use the telephone book because they can’t read it. They have to go out and get a magnifying glass.”

Another factor is that many subscribers, especially younger ones, don’t use landline telephones the way they once did. A growing number of Georgians rely on cellular telephones for all their personal communications needs. There is also an environmental issue: discarded phone books comprise a large part of the solid waste that is dumped into landfills across the state. AT&T did a trial run last year by eliminating the printed white pages for a portion of its metro Atlanta customers. The company gave them instead a CD-ROM computer disk that included all of the residential phone numbers. Those customers were told they could still get a printed directory from AT&T simply by requesting a copy. Only 1 percent of the customers who received the CD-ROM subsequently called the phone company to request a printed copy of the white pages, and fewer than 2 percent actually used the computer disk to look up a residential phone number, AT&T said. “Based on the diminishing use of the printed residential white pages directories by customers and the growing reliance on and desire to use technological applications to retrieve directory information, change is in order,” the company said in a PSC filing. “It no longer makes sense for AT&T Georgia to distribute residential white pages directories to every customer every year.” The PSC will vote soon on doing away with the printed phone book requirement, at least in the metro Atlanta area. The white page directories will hang on for a while in the more sparsely populated rural communities, but clearly this is a cultural institution that is on the way out.

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more uninviting to pedestrians, as does the general location on a highway in the suburbs. Dudley Park, which has the potential to be a successful urban park, is cut off by the river and Trail Creek, limiting its potential. The proposed rail-trail, which will connect downtown to Dudley Park via a bridge over the river, could re-enliven this park.

Single-Use: The proposed SPLOST tennis center is an interesting issue that has been stirring up passionate NIMBYism. The tennis center is designed to attract tournaments and is likely to include around 18 courts, depending on budget. It also is an example of the main flaw in how we treat parks around town. Athens has an interesting relationship with its open spaces and public places, and this center seems to be part of a pattern that ought to be ended. That pattern is the singleuse recreational complex. Satterfield Park, Sandy Creek Nature Center and the Holland Youth Sports Complex are all examples. These

Community Parks: If any particular component of these parks is eliminated so that a single use comes to dominate, they don’t work as well. I’m skeptical of any attempt to break those parks by turning them into single-use recreation complexes. Taking away Bishop Park and creating the Bishop Tennis Complex or doing the same to the Southeast Clarke Park results in a net loss in parks for the community. The talk of economic impact is especially silly, when the cost associated is the end of a lively community park. The real criterion for locating this tennis center should be how it can supplement and improve a neighborhood. Pete McCommons

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A couple of weeks ago, we talked about smaller neighborhood parks which are walkable and in the smaller range of two acres or less in size. This week, I’d like to look at the bigger parks around town and how they are treated here. Athens’ sense of what parks should do works neither on the small scale nor the large scale.

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Jittery Joe's Roaster loses its parking just as it begins to jell as a great place to hang out. single-use facilities are suburban, primarily reached only by automobile and often used only by a certain segment of the population. They are not particularly dynamic places. At the opposite end of the spectrum we have places like Memorial Park, Bishop Park and the Southeast Clarke Park. The UGA Intramural Fields complex is another successful place, even though it falls under a different jurisdiction. What all these places have in common is a variety of uses, attracting a variety of people. There is a mix of programmed and unprogrammed spaces and active and passive uses. Putting dog parks and playgrounds with ballfields and nature trails really makes these places lively all day long.

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Easy Access: Another key feature of these successful parks, Memorial and Bishop Parks in particular, is that they are easily accessed by pedestrians and serve as the closest we’ve got here to true urban parks. Southeast Clarke Park’s lengthy fence and gate do make it a bit

The good news is that we’re getting to draft a new set of SPLOST programs, so we might be able to shift the focus, and finally start building true city parks. That means thinking less about numbers of courts, fields or raw acreage and more about how to make well-designed places which are usable by all of the community. No Parking: In other news, the word on the street is that Jittery Joe’s Roaster may be without parking due to lots on either side of it being closed off (see Pub Notes in this issue). If you haven’t been to this amazing place on East Broad Street, it’s one of the most interesting homegrown businesses in town. It would be a shame if parking technicalities killed a great local institution, especially since the coffee house sits right next to the future rail-trail, with its hikers and bikers who might enjoy some coffee.

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art notes Humans and Hybrids Myth and Mystery: Casting down a leather messenger bag, its pens and laptop spilling out onto the ground, a man embraces a woman in a long, diaphanous blue gown. Emotionless and goddess-like, the woman’s garlanded head looks straightahead. Opposite her is a thin, naked man who hunches over, supporting his sparse weight with a wooden staff. Just like a dream, Terry Rowlett’s “The Refuge” is a world of not-so-subtle symbols— like a cast-off gourd near the nude man’s feet (think cigar). It’s a place where the heavyhanded enigma of the 19th-century Symbolist or the melodrama of a Pre-Raphaelite meets the kudzu-encrusted landscape of the South. This melding of the enigmatic and the commonplace pervades much of Rowlett’s “Moments and Time” up at Ciné through Oct. 19. Alongside the myth and mystery, there is a sense of skepticism underlying his work, as is true of the handful of paintings Rowlett also has up at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. The Body Electric: One of the five artists’ work included in “The Figure in Form: Contemporary Representations of the Body,” Rowlett’s “The Wisdom of Eve” presents a skepto-mystical approach that is based largely on his rejected, but still influential, Christian upbringing. In his modern-day remake of Eden,

in its stance, Pettersson’s image is of a tall, lithe woman clasping the hilt of a sword that has the decapitated head of a man hanging from its blade. Disconcertingly, the sharp, bloodied sword looks as if it’s slicing through the woman’s shoulder as well, and like the countless baroque “Judith and Holofernes” paintings upon which this painting is predicated, one must wonder if such a sexualizing, castrating image of a female is empowering or, like the sullied blade that she wields, mutually destructive. But such concerns are not at the heart of “The Figure in Form.” Instead, Pettersson’s larger-than-life, virtuosically rendered drawing highlights the central role the human form plays in contemporary art. Accompanying Pettersson’s “We Are No Longer in the Land of Kings” is an 18-minute film that reveals a similar aesthetic, though it lacks the dramatic impact of her drawing. Opposite Pettersson’s work is a pair of paintings by Athens painter Andy Cherewick, whose approach to representing the figure is the least realistic and his approach to painting the most intuitive—indeed, the figures are often difficult to find. Unlike Pettersson’s colossal female or Rowlett’s existential heroes, Cherewick’s bodies are fragmented and fragile things. In “For an Unpaid Debt,” a buried corpse gives life to a tree hung with white kerchiefs. In “Born Remembering,” a hauntingly obscured face is reflected in a pool of water Narcissus-style, but in lieu of an embodied person is a blue feather that seems to emblematize hope and the promise of regeneration. Curatorially, the inclusion of Cherewick is a smart finish to what verges on an overly ambitious theme.

The Birds and the Bees: While people dominate “Moments and Time” and “The Figure in Form,” Sarah Jane Airgood populates her paintings with animals and Sarah Jane Airgood’s painting “Watchman and Pistol” is on display at insects. But it’s not quite Mama’s Boy restaurant through Oct. 20. the natural world as we might expect it. Painting a single creature Michelangelo’s God and Adam are recast as a such as mouse or a bee, Airgood paints only shrouded beggar and young man in Central the animal, eliminating the flowers and trees Park. Yet in this version, hope lies with a and people from the scene. Moreover, with cool-faced Eve who holds a grocery sack full closer inspection, it becomes clear that there of fruit and whose gaze draws attention back are subtle manipulations to these creatures: to the beggar, who, on second look, seems an elephant’s back leg is partially erased or a more charlatan than divine. Rowlett’s work is mouse tail seems to belong to another animal nicely paired on an adjacent wall with Dennis altogether. In “Watchman and Pistol” two sea Harper’s tempera paintings that, in a similar creatures seem to merge into another thing spirit, imbue scenes from the artist’s own life altogether, and my guess would be that these with the supernatural, such as his “Untitled hybrid life forms reflect the current debate (Encounter in a Foyer),” which pictures the regarding genetically modified organisms. Yet artist, much to his surprise, coming upon a this miniature menagerie doesn’t really offer a guru figure in his own house. final judgment on the ethics of these merged Two sculptors offer three-dimensional and manipulated, half-and-half beings for interpretations of the figure. Kinzey Braham’s works read as well-crafted, Rodin-esque formal its viewer. Are these the villains that organic products are meant to fight? Or are they the studies. Jorie Berman’s ceramic sculptures championed hybrids of feminist author Donna offer more meditative, abstract representaHaraway’s FemaleMan Meets OncoMouse: tions of a universal form. Her “Threshold” is Feminism and Technoscience? Ultimately, I a humanoid torso decorated with an abstract think, these paintings waver in a safe zone pattern, and true to its title, suggests notions of indecision, reminding us of the already of formation and becoming. prevailing presence of this type of organism: Despite the variety of work, the centermaybe it’s nature after all. piece of the show is Miami artist Christina Pettersson’s oversized “We Are No Longer Rebecca Brantley in the Land of Kings.” Unabashedly feminist l

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ne of the crying shames of our culture is that anything not easily digestible is dubbed “weird.” San Francisco comedian Brent Weinbach embraces the label, though, because there’s just no getting around it. “I aim to not make it difficult for an audience to get me,” says Weinbach. “It’s really just silly, random humor and I think that certain audience members try too hard to understand it when really, it’s a lot stupider than they think… I can only be myself onstage, and I guess people might think that’s weird. I can’t act more “normal” or do more “normal” comedy, because I’d feel phony about that. So, being myself, I think people aren’t used to that and that can be a challenge sometimes. I don’t know, I guess weird is in the eye of the beholder.” When Weinbach does observational comedy, it’s not so much that he sees things his audience doesn’t see, but he’s quicker to articulate. (His response after being told his pants are too tight by a high school student? “Oh, yeah? Your pants are so baggy it looks like you have a really big, curvy penis. Go to the office.”) Of course, the quoted line above is just part of a bit he does, but he delivers with such a clear, flat style, that it’s difficult to tell whether he’s reading a diary or making it up. “I want my sets to be tight, so I try not to say anything that isn’t essential to the joke I want to make. But also… I’m more interested in sounds and visuals than I am in ‘jokes,’” he says. “As far as building a rapport with a crowd, I think it’s similar to ‘Hey, how ya doin’,’ because that sets a certain tone and certain expectations. But starting the show with something more deliberate and deadpan or abstract, that sets a certain tone, too, and it sets an expectation of not knowing what to expect.” Some of his material, especially from his newest album The Night Shift, is immediately accessible and imminently quotable. Bits such as “San Francisco Phone Call” and “The Russian Alphabet,” the latter in which he utilizes the entire English alphabet in a Russian accent to form 26 ways to say “Get the fuck off my house,” are total ringers. “Once… this woman was drunk and kept calling me racist. I finally lost control and called her some names… what was bad was that I lost control. I think that’s the worst thing a comedian can do. I let the woman get to me.” There’s the good, too, though. “There was this one time in Spokane… the audience consisted of around 40 or so freshman and a lot of them seemed to be religious… essentially, they seemed really uptight and squeamish at the opening comedians. I did about two minutes of material and received absolutely zero laughs. But somehow, by improvising a few things, I started to get them on board. Gradually, I won them over. That was amazing to me and really gratifying to turn the show around like that.” Gordon Lamb

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To Helen and Back in memoriam A German’s Take on Helen’s Oktoberfest

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It is tapped! These three little words spoken in the typical Bavarian dialect, along with the tapping of a giant keg, kick off the annual Oktoberfest in Munich, which all Germans longingly anticipate. For a period of two weeks beginning in late September, Munich will find itself in exceptional circumstances. During this time, beer is all that matters, which helps us Germans to forget about the financial crisis for at least a short while. Because Oktoberfest is such an integral part of being a German, I feel a duty to participate in Oktoberfest, even if I am thousands of kilometers away from home, as I find myself now, here in

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of drinking this beer, but then it nearly stopped when I saw the waitress come towards us with a pitcher of some weirdlooking, brownish liquid. I hoped it wasn’t for us, but sure enough, she put the pitcher of brown stuff at our table. It tasted… okay. Disappointed, I had to explain to my colleagues that this liquid that they were drinking was not a real Oktoberfest beer. To be honest, I have never seen anyone with a beer of that color at the Oktoberfest in Germany. There, only golden Pilsners (which we call “Pils”) are served. To get ourselves into a real Oktoberfest mood, we decided to go to the “Festhalle” down the street. When we got there, we encountered only a few dozen people, none of them dancing, seated at tables while listening to a “German” band wearing the traditional Lederhosen. I tried to pick up some of the lyrics, which were sung in a language that was supposed to be German, but due to the lead singer’s strong nonGerman accent, were nearly impossible to decipher. These ”German“ songs did not resemble the typical music at Munich’s Oktoberfest. At the real Oktoberfest, all kinds of music, including international hits, are played by live bands, and played loudly. This gives the festivities a more exciting, party-like atmosphere. Ironically, you’re more likely to hear the White Stripes at the Oktoberfest in Munich than at the one in Helen. At the Helener tent, it seemed that everyone showed up at around 8 p.m. and comfortably sat at the many tables available to them. The opposite takes place in Munich around this time of year. If you want to have the slightest chance of entering any tent—where the live bands play—you have to be outside of it at 7 a.m, just so that at 9 a.m. you have the chance to get a table. (If you come as late as noon, don’t bother trying to get into a tent.) Once the tent opens at 9 a.m., the people who have been waiting and drinking since the early morning charge in and will literally leap onto and lie down on a table,

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It was no Germany, but we were excited upon arrival. Athens, GA, USA. This is especially true considering that all I am hearing from back home around this time are the euphoric, envyinducing Oktoberfest stories of my German friends. Let me tell you how happy I was when I learned that there was an Oktoberfest—well, at least an imitation of it—in a little town called Helen, only an hour and a half north of Athens. Surprisingly, this Oktoberfest imitation lasts for a full two months, rather than the two-week festival back home. I knew I could not resist the temptation of partying, Pilsner and bratwurst during this special time of the year, so I hit the road with some As the night went on, disappointment only deepened. folks from Flagpole—where I am doing my internship—with the American “Alpendorf” of Helen as our destination. Just the thought of Oktoberfest gave grasping the sides with their arms and spreading their legs out me the feeling of being home. Indeed, the curvy road which to prevent anybody else from having it. It’s a madhouse. The led us to Helen reminded me of an Alpine pass. band begins playing at 11 a.m., and all rise from their hardWhen we arrived, I expected a little cheesiness, to be sure, earned seats, stand up on the benches, and with arms linked but nothing prepared me for how cheesy this place really is. with the fellows next to them, dance, drink and sing for hours I found myself in a Disney World-like theme park. The only and hours. I admit that this type of celebration is partly due thing missing was Mickey Mouse in a pair of leather pants! to the beer that is being served from 9 a.m. on, in one liter Everything here is “Bavarianized.” Even the phone booths are glasses—which is the typical serving size there. built in the same “Bavarian” style as the surrounding buildIt should be mentioned that at the Oktoberfest in Munich ings. These must be the only phone booths in the world that there is no entrance fee, while at Helen’s Festhalle, the look like this, because there certainly aren’t any of these entrance fee is $9. This was also the reason why we opted to things in Germany. Souvenir shops are everywhere. Two of spend the rest of the night at a karaoke bar. them even offer “Swiss Alpine” souvenirs. I wondered what All in all, I have to say that despite the fact that there was Switzerland is doing here. Sure, Germany and Switzerland share nothing really German about Helen, our little trip was a great the Alps, but that’s about it. How would you feel if you saw experience, because it was interesting to see how other counCanadian flags being sold at a Fourth of July festival? tries see us as Germans. Now that I have seen the American After some sightseeing, we were left with a huge appetite version of Oktoberfest, I’d like to invite everyone to Munich to that led us to a “German” bar. This time, I was pleasantly come see the German Oktoberfest next year. But don’t forget to surprised. The Brat with Kraut was exceptionally delicious. To get up early! make the meal complete, we ordered a pitcher of Paulaner’s “Oktoberfest.“ My heart was beating hard just at the thought Fabian Poth

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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week. ASTRO BOY (PG) Osamu Tezuka’s comic series comes to life. In Metro City, young robot Astro Boy (v. Freddie Highmore, Finding Neverland), is built by brilliant scientist Dr. Tenma (v. Nicolas Cage) in the image of his dead son. My only knowledge of Astro Boy comes from a superior Gameboy Advance game. Featuring the voices of Kristen Bell, Charlize Theron, Samuel L. Jackson, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy and Nathan Lane. From the director of Flushed Away. BRIGHT STAR (PG) Jane Campion, the Oscar-winning writer-director of The Piano, returns with a period romantic drama about the short-lived relationship between poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw, one of the Dylans in I’m Not There), who died at 25, and Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish, StopLoss). Nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes. CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (R) Documentary firebrand Michael Moore returns with a film sure to be more controversial than his nearly bipartisan Sicko. Could his new doc be Moore’s biggest hit since Fahrenheit 9/11? He’s already picked up a Little Golden Lion and an Open Prize from the Venice Film Festival, where he was also nominated for the coveted Golden Lion. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (PG) When inventor Flint Lockwood (v. Bill Hader) devises a machine that delivers food, on order, from the heavens, the town of Chewandswallow rejoices. Kids will too, as Judi and Ron Barrett’s 1978 children’s classic comes to life on the big screen. Parents won’t be disappointed either. Cloudy gets a little gross towards the end—a giant

meatball expelling gaseous clouds of all-you-can-eat buffet—and overuses clichéd complications to pad its already short (81 minutes) running time. But the movie’s easily entertained demographic won’t mind, and neither will most adult chaperones. COCO BEFORE CHANEL (PG-13) Before Coco Chanel was Coco Chanel, she was Gabrielle Chanel. Amelie star Audrey Tautou is drawing raves— and Oscar buzz—for this biopic of the famous French designer, who started out in an orphanage. Coco Before Chanel is writer-director Anne Fontaine’s second buzzy release of the year. (The Girl from Monaco garnered some nice pub back in July.) With Benoit Poelvoorde (Man Bites Dog), Alessandro Nivola (Junebug), Marie Gillain and Emmanuelle Devos (A Christmas Tale). COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS (NR) Codirectors Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod’s sampling documentary feature everybody who is anybody in the biz. We’re talking George Clinton, Chuck D., Humpty Hump, Mix Master Mike, Harry Allen, Matt Black, De La Soul, Don Joyce, DJ Qbert, Pam the Funkstress, Eclectic Method, El-P, Eyedea & Abilities, Sage Francis, Bobbito Garcia, Miho Hatori, Mark Hosler, Richard McGuire, Paul Miller (AKA DJ Spooky), Mr. Len, Prefuse 73, RJD2, Aesop Rock, Pete Rock, Shock G, Hank Shocklee, Clyde Stubblefield and Saul Williams. It’s a list long enough to make you wonder who didn’t make the cut. Part of the ACC Library’s iFilms series. COUPLES RETREAT (PG-13) Four couples (Vince Vaughn and Malin Ackerman, Jon Favreau and Kristin

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Want to see what I learned in sex education? THE COVE (PG-13) Director Louie Psihoyos used state-of-the-art technology to capture the injustice and abuse an activist group led by dolphin trainer Richard O’Barry (he worked on “Flipper” until one of the dolphins, Kathy, died in his arms) find in a hidden cove near Taijii, Japan. The website describes the film as “an intelligent/ action/adventure/Ocean’s 11-like horror film.” Nominated for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, The Cove won the Audience Award for best documentary. You’ll best remember producer Fisher Stevens from his Short Circuit days.

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EARTH DAYS (NR) Oscar-nominated writer-producer-director Robert Stone (Radio Bikini) charts the rise of the modern environmental movement, from Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring to the crying Indian to Apr. 22 (Earth Day since 1970). Honored as the Closing Night Film at the Sundance Film Festival. Part of the second annual EcoFocus Film Festival presented by the Odum School of Ecology.

The Ecofocus Film Festival continues through Oct. 30. Complete film and event schedule online at www.ecofocusfilmfest.org. The Cove (NR) 5:00, 7:00, 9:30 (starts F. 10/9) (add’l times Sa. 10/10–Su. 10/11: 1:15 and 3:00) (no 9:30 show Su. 10/11) Earth Days (NR) 7:30, 9:45 (Tu. 10/6 and Th. 10/8) End of the Line (NR) 5:30 (F. 10/9 and Sa. 10/10) 7:30 (Tu. 10/13 and W. 10/14) Examined Life (NR) 7:30 (F. 10/9–M. 10/12) (add’l times Tu. 10/13: 9:45) Lorna’s Silence (R) 8:00 (ends Th. 10/8) Milking the Rhino (NR) 5:30 (Th. 10/8) Ponyo (G) 5:45 (Tu. 10/6–Th. 10/8) 3:15 (F. 10/9) 1:00 (Sa. 10/10–Su. 10/11) The Room (R) 10:00 (add’l times F. 10/9: midnight) (no show Tu. 10/13) The Soloist (PG-13) 6:00, 8:15, 10:15 (W. 10/7) Tapped (NR) 2:00 (F. 10/9) 5:30 (Su. 10/11 and W. 10/14)

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m AN EDUCATION (PG-13) Teenaged Jenny (Carey Mulligan) comes of age in the ‘60s suburban London upon the arrival of David (Peter Sarsgaard), a playboy nearly twice her age. Mulligan is winning raves and positioning herself on the shortlist of potential Oscar dark horses. Director Lone Scherfig also helmed Italian for Beginners and bestselling novelist Nick Hornby (High Fidelity and About a Boy) adapted the Lynn Barber memoir. Winner of the Dramatic World Cinema Audience Award, Cinematography Award, as well as a Grand Jury Prize nomination from Sundance. END OF THE LINE (NR) This major documentary investigating the impact of overfishing on our oceans had its premier at Sundance this year and runs this week as a part of the EcoFocus Film Festival. EXAMINED LIFE (NR) Astra Taylor, the director of Žižek!, hits the streets with some of today’s premier thinkers—K. Anthony Appiah, Judith Butler, Michael Hardt, Martha Nussbaum, Avital Ronell, Peter Singer, Sunaura Taylor, Cornel West and Slavoj Žižek. From Fifth Avenue, San Fran’s Mission District and a garbage dump, these great minds wax philosophical while visiting places of great personal resonance. A Q&A with Taylor follows the 7:30 screening on Tuesday, Oct. 13. FAME (PG) Fame really does live forever. This remake of the popular 1980s musical centers on a new batch of talented students going broke for their dream at the New York City High School of Performing Arts. FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (R) 1998. Terry Gilliam turns his twisted vision to Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo story of oddball journalist Raoul Duke’s (Johnny Depp) search for the American Dream. THE FINAL DESTINATION 3D (R) The Final Destination 3D is too silly to be scary. After another bland, pretty teen (Bobby Campo, the poor man’s James Franco) saves his pals from Death’s masterplan, said bland, pretty teens must figure out a way to stop the unstoppable, unseen Grim Reaper. The 3D performs as advertised. It adds

another dimension to deaths that are still creative in a half-assed sort of way. Death used up his most inventive kills in Final Destination 2 and 3. This direct-to-DVD cast is also the weakest; Mykelti “Bubba Gump” Williamson is the big name. The rest of the pretty dead babes are either CW castoffs or potential CW castoffs. The casting director of “One Tree Hill” must love movies like FD4, which totally cut their work load in half. GOOD HAIR (PG-13) Chris Rock executive produced, co-wrote and stars in this documentary about AfricanAmerican hairstyles. Rock talks with hair-care pros, beauty shop devotees and celebrities like Ice-T, Nia Long, Paul Moony, Raven Symoné, Maya Angelou, Salt n Pepa, Eve and the Reverend Al Sharpton. Winner of a Special Jury Prize and a Grand Jury Prize nomination from the Sundance Film Festival. Directed by two-time Emmy winner Jeff Stilson (“The Osbournes” and “The Chris Rock Show”). THE HANGOVER (R) When three buddies—married schoolteacher Phil (Bradley Cooper), emasculated dentist Stu (Ed Helms), and strange Alan (Zack Galifianakis)—take their pal, Doug (Justin Bartha), to Las Vegas for his bachelor party, all hell breaks loose. The fifth feature from Todd Phillips, The Hangover is a perfect comedic convergence that’s funnier than it deserves to be. THE HOLIDAY (PG-13) Writer/director Nancy Meyers (What Women Want, Something’s Gotta Give) comes down the cinematic chimney with just about the best present a gal could hope for on a cold winter’s night. I have no difficulty seeing how people could find The Holiday insulting and obnoxious. Affluent, brokenhearted beauties bemoaning their unluckiness in love while waltzing through a 3D magazine layout for Town & Country has been known to induce vomiting. The Holiday’s denouement holds no surprises, but underneath all the urbane trappings beats a strong heart. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL (R) Based on Tucker Max’s New York Times bestseller, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell sounds like The Post-Hangover. Narcissistic Tucker Max (Matt Czuchry, “Gilmore Girls”) surprises his best pal, Dan (Geoff Stults, “7th Heaven” and The Break-Up), with a bachelor party. But after leaving Dan bloody and bruised, Tucker is disinvited from the wedding. Can he get back in Dan’s good graces before the big day? I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF (PG-13) With his latest, I Can Do Bad All by Myself, Tyler Perry continues preaching to the choir. The unconverted will be as unimpressed and uninterested in the latest faith-based, tonally bipolar dramedy starring himself in drag as mad matron Madea as they were the previous four features. Perry’s cast, outside of the leads and the appealing kids, is awful. Big-voiced divas Gladys Knight and Mary J. Blige shouldn’t give up the mic for the movies. Perry excels at broad humor; the scene where Madea “teaches” Jennifer about prayer and the Bible is as funny as Ricky Bobby’s prayer in Talladega Nights. It’s the trite, message-driven dramatics that fail the super successful über-hyphenate.

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. THE INFORMANT! (R) In Steven Soderbergh’s newest film, Mark Whitacre, a higher up in agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland, reports corporate conspiracy to the FBI, becoming the first person ever to willingly step forward and cooperate in a price-fixing investigation. But Whitacre has some secrets of his own. From the trailers, The Informant! appears to be a riotous shakedown of corporate scandal and sputtering federal agents, all of whom are at the mercy of a naïve, childish liar. THE INVENTION OF LYING (PG-13) See Movie Pick. IT MIGHT GET LOUD (PG) An Inconvenient Truth Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim’s new documentary tackles the electric guitar through the points of view of three pretty big names in rock and roll: Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, U2’s The Edge (né Dave Evans), and The White Stripes’ Jack White. Any self-respecting rock doc fan is drooling at the thought, whether or not they like any or all of these guitar gods. LORNA’S SILENCE (R) 2008. A band of Eastern Europeans scheme to make money and achieve citizenship in the new film from the two-time Palme d’Or winning Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc (Rosetta, Le Fils, and L’Enfant). Winner of the Best Screenplay Award and a Palme d’Or nomination from Cannes and the Best French Language Film from the Lumiere Awards. LOVE HAPPENS (PG-13) While watching “Mad Men” the other day, I saw a preview for the newest romantic dramedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart and wondered how I’d missed this late-’90s/ early-’00s flick. Then I realized it was new. With Judy Greer, Dan Fogler and Martin Sheen. MILKING THE RHINO (NR) 2008. An exploration of community-based conservation in Africa, this documentary distinguishes itself from so many wildlife documentaries and their forecasts of doom by focusing the lens on rural Africans and their roles as poachers turned protecters. Part of the EcoFocus Film Fest. 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). NO IMPACT MAN: THE DOCUMENTARY (NR) Watch as one Manhattan family tries not to impact the environment for a year. No soda cans, no bottled water, no magazines, no newspapers, no airplanes, no subways, no taxis, no elevators! Will Colin Beavan sacrifice his family to the gods of green? An official selection at Sundance, Silverdocs and the Los Angeles Film Festivals. PANDORUM (R) With Paul W.S. Anderson producing, comparisons to his much better horror sci-fi hybrid, Event Horizon, are inevitable and deserved. Loud, cacophonous, jitteringly shot and edited, and nearly impenetrable (take one guess whether that’s due to design or incompetence), Pandorum made me wistful for the terrible Hellraiser: Bloodline, but I’d prefer to spend time playing EA’s spook-tacular, haunted ghost ship video game, “Dead Space.” PONYO (G) Goldfish Ponyo wishes to become a real girl after falling in love

with a boy named Sosuke. Her father, self-hating human wizard Fujimoto, disapproves, but Ponyo combines her magical emotion with his magical potion to become, as Disney’s Ariel put it, “part of [our] world.” Too bad this act dooms the world unless the love of a five-year-old boy proves true. THE PROPOSAL (PG-13) I was worn out by the trailer for this Sandra Bullock-Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy way back in April. An unlikable career woman, Margaret Tate (Bullock), is about to be deported to her native Canada. Her quick fix requires her put-upon assistant, Andrew (Reynolds, whom I can’t help but like), to marry her. Naturally, a trip to meet his family—Mary Steenburgen, “Coach” Craig T. Nelson and Betty White as the loopy grandma—in Alaska is the next step. THE ROOM (R) 2003. I’ve wanted to see writer-director-star Tommy Wiseau’s personal cinematic atom bomb since reading an article in Entertainment Weekly about the prominent billboard for the would-be auteur’s debut, an awful picture beloved by two of my favorite ensembles, “The State” and “Arrested Development.” Wiseau’s film is supposedly THE new cult phenomenon. You definitely want to see this flick in its Athenian debut on the big screen. My Must-See Pick of the Week. A SERIOUS MAN (R) The Oscarwinning Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan, return with a black comedy set in the late 1960s. Midwestern prof Larry Gopnik’s (Michael Stuhlbarg) life starts to fall apart after his brother (Richard Kind) takes up semi-permanent residence in his home. His wife, Judith (Sari Lennick), is preparing to leave him; his son is stealing his money for pot; and his daughter is stealing to finance a nose job. The trailer is a true work of art. I’m really excited about this one.

THE SOLOIST (PG-13) Robert Downey, Jr. brings all his powers to L.A. Times reporter Steve Lopez, who befriends homeless, schizophrenic musician Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Jr. (Jamie Foxx). Mental Health America of Northeast Georgia and the Georgia Nurses Association present Wednesday’s screening as a benefit for the local chapter of MHA. SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPKIN (G) 2004. The animated film based on Joe Troiano’s children book tells the familiar tale of the ostracized square peg, taking the phrase quite literally. ST. TRINIAN’S (PG-13) A smash hit in its native Britain, St. Trinian’s stars Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace’s Strawberry Fields) as the ringleader of a gang of private school girls that plan a heist to save their rundown institution. Nominated for an Empire Award and four National Movie Awards, including Best Comedy. SURROGATES (PG-13) It may be a big dumb action movie, but it’s a big dumb action movie with big ideas. A revolutionary, anti-robot underclass, called Dreads, has amassed in sovereign reservation under the leadership of a man called the Prophet (Ving Rhames). A fake future in which people don’t just log on, they jack in, holds a bevy of Big Brother-ish opportunities for the government. For what amounts to the fall version of a blockbuster, Surrogates will not disappoint anyone whose expectations have been appropriately lowered. TAPPED (NR) Director Stephanie Soechtig and the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car? take on the bottled water industry in this documentary revealing the damaging effects of our obsession with “pure” water. Part of the EcoFocus Film Festival. TRUCKER (R) A carefree trucker, Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan),

looks to settle down after taking in her 11-year-old son (Jimmy Bennett, Star Trek). Then again, Trucker does have Nathan Fillion in it, so it can’t be all bad. Winner of an Excellence in Acting Award (Monaghan) from the Vail Film Festival and the Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature Film from the Woods Hole Film Festival. Written and directed by James Mottern. 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. 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. UP (PG) Pixar doesn’t make kids’ movies anymore (if they ever did); they make family films. While kid-friendly, the latest Disney-Pixar film, Up, deals with some serious issues upfront (infertility, old age, death) before unleashing a most fantastic, fantastical adventure film. 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. WHIP IT (PG-13) See Movie Pick. ZOMBIELAND (R) It’s hard to complain about Zombieland. It’s funny, surprising, violent, gross; if horrorcomedy fans can name it, Zombieland’s got it. Its action-packed destination may strike one as rote, but the living dead-cluttered road there is as entertaining as any since Shaun of the Dead. Drew Wheeler

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THE INVENTION OF LYING (PG-13) An adult fable, The Invention of Lying, the new film from British “Office” creator and star Ricky Gervais, posits a world in which everyone tells the truth. Not only is everybody honest to a fault, nobody keeps any secrets. If you think it, you say it. Don’t like your date because he’s short, fat, poor, and has a snub nose? Tell him. That’s what beautiful, shallow Anna McDoogles (Jennifer Garner) does while dining with said fat, snub-nosed date Mark Bellison (Gervais). But soon Mark makes a discovery. You do not always have to tell the truth. His friend, Frank (Louis C.K.), doesn’t quite understand what Mark is doing. Mark’s boss, Anthony (Jeffrey Ricky Gervais Tambor, “Arrested Development”), has no clue when the recently fired Mark turns in an absurd new screenplay he discovered while wandering in the desert. Suddenly, he has money, power, and everything else he needs to win Anna, except for the non-fat, non-snubnosed genes of his major rival screenwriter, Brad Kessler (Rob Lowe). Lying is a hilarious film, powered by Gervais’ awkwardly likable onscreen persona.

Mark is also the film’s deepest character. Apparently, lies give us depth; the truth makes us shallow. It does not hurt that Gervais must have called in every marker he has accumulated over the past few years. The film practically rains cameos. Still, Lying may wind up the most boringly shot film of the year, and the high key lighting is sitcom abysmal. Gervais and his co-director, Matthew Robinson, show no particular behind-thecamera talent. But Lying is not about camera angles, movements or lighting: the comedy is about ideas. When man learns how to create fiction, man creates religion. To comfort his dying mother, Mark tells a tiny lie about what happens after we die. Soon he is weaving an entire mythology about a man in the sky. He even writes down a set of rules on tablet-like pizza boxes. The film never descends into an atheist screed, but it does confront the concept of religion and its creation, especially regarding mankind’s need to create a creator. Drew Wheeler

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WHIP IT (PG-13) Whip It, the grrl-powered directorial debut of Drew Barrymore, personifies the sunny star. Uncomplicated, funny, cute and ultimately nonthreatening, this is the most fun I’ve had at a movie since last fall’s Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist. Bodeen, TX native Bliss Cavendar is the sort of independent-minded teenage girl in which star Ellen Page specializes. She’s the kind of girl who proudly wears her mom’s old Stryper tee. Bliss’s ideas are too big for her small town. Her mail carrier mother, Brooke (Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden), wants Bliss to make her mark on the world through beauty pageants. Her dad, Earl (Daniel Stern), wishes she played football. Bliss knows there is more to life than Bodeen and the Oink Joint, proud servers of the Squealer. But Bliss has other ideas after sneaking to the big city of Austin to watch a roller derby match. Soon, she’s hauling her Barbie skates out of the attic toy box and trying out for the winless Hurl Scouts. Led by exasperated, jortsclad coach Razor (the third Wilson brother, Andrew, who directed The Wendell Baker Story) and fan favorites Smashley Simpson (Barrymore) and Maggie Mayhem (Kristen

Wiig), the Hurl Scouts need some new blood if they are ever going to overtake the undefeated Holy Rollers, captained by league pinup Iron Maven (Juliette Lewis). Bliss’ O-positivity is just the type needed to power the Hurl Scouts to victory after victory. Barrymore and screenwriter Shauna Cross, who also wrote the novel upon which Whip It is based, fly around this exhilarating rink, thanks to their fleetly terrific cast. Page could not be Page-ier. She is the real deal, an amazingly gifted young actress who deserves every bit of the accolades she receives. Page may be the foundational cake, but everyone else—and I do mean everyone—is the sweet, sweet icing. Always funny and rarely serious, the wistful, ironic, and sweet Whip It might be too light and fluffy for some moviegoers. Every dilemma works out a little too easily, but sometimes a lack of complications is nice. Every movie does not need to be an agonizingly tragic explication of the human condition. Sometimes, roller-skating girls in fishnets pounding on one another is enough. You can’t fault the soundtrack, either. Drew Wheeler

film notebook News of Athens’ Cinema Scene Triple Helping of Tough Noir: Turner Classic Movies’ late-September “Salute to Phil Karlson”—a Friday night triple bill (plus the early Marilyn Monroe musical Ladies of the Chorus, which my DVR somehow failed to capture) of 1950s crime thrillers from the acclaimed B-movie director—was a perfect illustration of why it’s a good idea to supplement your 5-for-5 rentals and Netflix queue management with frequent, thorough scans of the TV listings. The indispensable Atlanta cable channel broadcast Scandal Sheet (1952), The Phenix City Story (1955) and The Brothers Rico (1957), none of which are available on DVD but which all offer ample justification for Karlson’s reputation as a master of gritty, realistic noir. Location shooting and deep, bustling studio sets lend an air of realism to Karlson’s grim, claustrophobic worlds. The

Schein’s film chronicling the efforts of author Colin Beavan and his family to live for one year with as little environmental impact as possible. Friday, Oct. 9 will bring two events to Ciné: a free matinee of Tapped, a doc about the bottled water industry, and a panel discussion and reception for The Cove, Louie Psihoyos’ Sundance Audience Award-winning documentary about… well, dolphins. It’s a complex story that sounds very captivating. A panel discussion on End of the Line, Rupert Murphy’s documentary about the dire consequences of overfishing, will be held Tuesday, Oct. 13 at Ciné, which will also host the Geodome Film Project Multimedia Event and Party on Saturday, Oct. 17, with food from The National and music by Our New Silence. There’s lot’s of other stuff happening as well— the schedule is very full and very complicated,

The EcoFocus Film Festival series continues with a screening and panel discussion of The Cove at Ciné on Oct. 9. director shows a keen touch with actors, too, eliciting a quietly tortured performance from the often-overwhelming Broderick Crawford in Scandal Sheet, as well as some painfully authentic, hard-worn emotions from dependable non-stars like Richard Kiley (The Phenix City Story), Richard Conte (The Brothers Rico) and Kathryn Grant (both). The Brothers Rico is especially notable for its deceptively open public spaces, in which it is impossible for former mob accountant Conte to hide from the “friendly” strangers and acquaintances who track his every move as he scurries across the country trying to save his brothers from their inevitable doom at the hands of an allbusiness, all-powerful syndicate. It’s one of the brightest noirs I’ve seen, with a deeply paranoid vibe that can’t be dispelled by its tacked-on happy ending. In Karlson’s unyielding reality, there is no escape for the guilty or the innocent, and each can expect equally to be punished. EcoFocus Is Underway: The second annual EcoFocus Film Festival, sponsored by the Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology, began the weekend of Oct. 2 at Ciné with Robert Stone’s documentary Earth Days and Milking the Rhino, a documentary about wildlife preservation in Africa directed by David E. Simpson. Both continue through Thursday, Oct. 8. This year’s festival is spread over the entire month of October, with events held in a number of different venues. Wednesday, Oct. 7 is a free screening at the UGA Tate Center of No Impact Man, Laura Gabbert and Justin

and I’ve just plugged the “special events” here. I recommend very highly that you go to the festival’s website, www.ecofocusfilmfest. org, to straighten out all the details. Ciné’s website will help, too: www.athenscine.com. Last Bits: Be There for Me: Collective Memories of LGBTQ Youth in High School, a new documentary produced by UGA professors Corey W. Johnson and Anneliese Singh that addresses problems of anti-gay discrimination and violence among adolescents and teens, will have its premiere screening on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in Room 148 of UGA’s Miller Learning Center. The film, directed by Jyoti and Rishi Kaneria, was filmed primarily at Athens’ Clarke Central High School… A scheduling conflict has eliminated the Oct. 8 screening in the ICE-Vision series at UGA; the next screening will be Victor Erice’s mysterious, sublime 1973 Spanish feature The Spirit of the Beehive on Oct. 15. The series is held Thursday nights at 8 p.m. in Room S150 of the Lamar Dodd School of Art… The ACC Library’s iFilms series presents Copyright Criminals, a doc by Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod about the legal ramifications of sampling throughout the history of hip-hop music, on Oct. 8, and American Farm, James Spione’s film about his family’s generations-long struggle to maintain their upstate New York farm, on Oct. 15. All iFilms screenings are Thursdays at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the main library at 2025 Baxter St. Dave Marr film@flagpole.com

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Another Kick: The Winter Sounds have a hell of a time coming off as a local band. That’s probably because they’re simultaneously from Chicago and always on tour. Still, there are at least a few of you out there who consider them local, so their inclusion in the space is warranted. Well, they’ve started a Kickstarter campaign (haven’t we all?) for their new album which will be recorded in January 2010 and a donation of $30 will get you an early release of the album, a t-shirt, signed tour poster, stickers and Wayne Sawyer with buttons. I’m not too hot on the autograph thing (I mean, seriously, right?), but the rest is cool and usable. Other pledge amounts will net you a handmade book of lyrics, knitted logo scarves and other stuff. Truth be told, I’ve kind of bagged on this band in the past, but I’ve seen them in recent months and they’ve improved a vast amount. One of their newer tracks was playing in a local club recently, and I asked who it was, and when they told me, “The Winter Sounds,” I said, “No way!” So, yeah, even I can come around a little. The band next plays locally at the Caledonia on Oct. 12. A link to their Kickstarter project can be found over at www. thewintersounds.com. The Lights Went Out in Georgia: The Downtown Athens Recording Company (DARC) is closing its doors for good, says owner Eric Friar. The popular in-town studio plans on shuttering all operations in October. Any clients that need their master tapes backed up or need to finish an ongoing session must get in touch ASAP at 706-552-0745 or downtownathens@bellsouth.net. Also, the entire studio infrastructure is for sale with a generous lease agreement intact. Co-owner Asa Leffer will be available for freelance work and plans to establish a project and mixing studio in his home. He can be reached via asaleffer@hotmail.com. Friar plans to establish a new studio named Outer EAR (Outer East Athens Recording) in his 1,400 sq. foot basement, and it’ll be a fully functioning tracking facility. DARC had a very good run in its six years, and it’s sad to see them close, but it’s also good to know that neither Leffer nor Friar is totally burned out and will continue to create and document new projects.

New Views: The next two installments of the Elf Power & Vic Chesnutt European tour videos are available for viewing over on YouTube. Just do a search for “Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power–European Tour / Episode 2” and then do the same thing but plug in “Episode 3.” New Release: The still fairly new to town Laminated Cat released its album Umbrella Weather last week via label Garden Gate Records. Bill Doss and W. Cullen Hart, both of Olivia Tremor Control, created the album’s cover art. Garden Gate Records is co-owned by siblings Craig Morris (Thee American Revolution) and Marci Schneider, wife of Apples in Stereo main man Robert Schneider. Morris also engineered the record at the Garden Gate Studio. For more information, please see www.myspace.com/ laminatedcatt. Seriously Kinda Not Joking: Those rockers’n’-pranksters in Je Suis France have a new EP available by way of a free download. Titled The France Plays with Itself, Volume 1: Shitcraft, the EP is described by the band as “…a new, non-reoccurring series of releases in which members tell Jasper the dog each other via email what notes to play and words to sing without specifying tempo, time signature, or any other musical terms we never bothered to learn.” And the thing is… this has almost a 100 percent chance of being totally true or totally false. That’s like a 200 percent of it being anything at all. That’s just the France way. In any case, head over to www.jesuisfrance.com and grab the six-song thingamabob before it disappears. Well, Move on In, Why Don’t Ya?: Drive-By Truckers front man Patterson Hood will undertake a residency at the Caledonia Lounge in November as part of the venue’s ongoing 10-year anniversary celebration. He’ll play three shows over the course of three weeks, each with its own theme. The first, on Nov. 4, is titled “Onward Out the Window (New and Used Songs— Stripped Down to Piano and Guitar)” and will feature Jay Gonzales as a special guest. Nov. 11 will be “Bullets or Brains (Weirdo Country Sounds)” with Hood, John Neff and Brad Morgan. Finally, on Nov. 18, Hood will host “Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)” which will be performed by The Belvederes. The More Things Change…: Word is out that Caledonia Lounge owner Kaya Yamashita has plans to sell the club in the new year. Ownership will be taken over by Caledonia talent buyer Bryant Williamson, who has been on staff for about five years now. Beyond the change in owners, though, expect it to be business as usual at the venue with no major shifts in booking or aesthetics. [Michelle Gilzenrat] Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

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here are certain groups whose names fall reverently, effortlessly and equally from the lips of both classically trained musicians and forward-thinking rock and rollers. Among the best of those is Faust. The 38-year-old group has, through the course of its recorded history and legendary status, never ceased to be truly avant-garde. That is, the group’s work literally advances the art. Although Faust’s reputation as a “noise band” is generally the first one we’ll hear of them, it’s actually quite inaccurate. Although never following standard pop structure, the group’s work is never grating or irritating. It remains highly melodic, albeit in a sense that some won’t immediately recognize or appreciate. The key behind Faust’s visit to Athens is local musician and AUX arts organization founder Heather McIntosh. Her relationship with Faust’s music is a deep emotional bond, and this event is the culmination of several years of, for lack of a better term, wishful thinking. “I was thinking about doing stuff for AUX for the festival, and I always have my wish list of folks. I was concentrating on getting Tony Conrad for the spring, and I had a friend who knew his booking agent so I had that initial contact,” she says. “Then, I found out that Zach Gresham (Summer Hymns) was recording

with Faust’s soundman. He told me Faust was touring, so I got in touch with Faust’s booking agent, and it was the same person who books Tony Conrad!” This visit is coming even sooner than McIntosh had hoped. “Faust was always on my big ‘wish list’ of bands, and I wanted them for the fourth AUX Festival, but once I found out this tour was happening I started trying to get them here now.“ In addition to the group’s performance at the 40 Watt, Faust will conduct a special workshop in the lab of arthouse theater Ciné the following day. Conceived as a sort of casual master’s class, the workshop is open to approximately 30 musicians who want to play with Faust. Ideally, McIntosh says, those chosen to participate will posses several different levels of skill. “I’d love it if someone only knows how to play a kazoo but gets involved because they love Faust,” she explains. “It will be selective, but there’s more than just musicianship taken into consideration.” The lineup of Faust that will be in Athens includes founding members Jean-Hervé Péron and Werner “Zappi” Diermaier joined by James Johnston (Gallon Drunk, Lydia Lunch, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and visual/video artist Geraldine Swayne. The group has only twice before visited the U.S., briefly in 1994 and 1999. Although it’s not really conscionable to

Orange Twin’s Fall Show! On Friday, Oct. 9, the fine folks out at Orange Twin are putting together another big hoo-ha in conjunction with AUX, the semi-regular local experimental music and arts festival. Orange Twin? Yeah, that record label-slash-conservation community a few miles north of downtown. AUX is behind the whole thing, helping bring Faust to town [see main story], but then there’s a bevy of performances out in the woods, too. Acerbic comedian Neil Hamburger will have his tuxedo matched well with his corrosive bon mots. Gerbils frontman and Neutral Milk Hotel hornblower Scott Spillane performs with some pals as Scott E. Spillane EXP. Nana Grizol and Elf Power both offer up the rock and the roll, while Vic Chesnutt, the gem of Athens, performs a set of tunes as he prepares to

head out on tour in support of his astounding new success At the Cut. Camping is available at Orange Twin if that’s your thing, and after seeing Faust at the 40 Watt on Oct 10, hit up the band at its songwriting workshop out at Orange Twin the following day. Tickets to the music event cost $12. “Parking is free for full cars, $5 if there are 3–4 people in the car, $10 if there are 2 people, and $20 if there’s only one person in the car,” says Orange Twin, with parking proceeds going to the Orange Twin ACE Foundation. There will be ride share coordinating information at the Orange Twin E6 Townhall message-board at www.e6townhall.com, and tickets and more info about the show are over at www.orangetwin.com. [Chris Hassiotis]

think of Faust as a group that tours in support of an album, their latest release is C’est Com… Com…Compliqué, released by label Bureau B in March of this year. For the uninitiated, even if you’ve never heard Faust, you’ve heard them. Their influence, particularly with regard to heavily rhythmic, continually rolling and tuneful structures, loose and open arrangements and many other innovations have been heard through artists as diverse as Stereolab and Athens’ own Japancakes. For the classical and 20th-century composer fan, Faust represents a continuum that includes Terry Riley, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Tod Dockstader, among many others. Unique, perhaps, to this group, who coincidentally coined the term “Krautrock” on its 1974 album Faust IV, is its clearly populist agenda. At least inasmuch as Faust has an agenda at all. That is, this is not concert hall music. It’s meaty and sweaty. Neither, however, is it a music that should be absorbed only by its record-collecting fan base. McIntosh concurs by saying, “I agree. A lot of people are record snobs, but if you were to go to a warehouse space or the 40 Watt you’d find it a lot more inviting than a concert hall. But it should be inviting for those who are used to a concert hall, too. In theory, it’s a rock music show but performed by artists, for lack of a better term.” So much physicality can be lost in a more traditional, formal setting, too. “The hands-folded style of seeing a concert, I don’t know, I like seeing shows in traditional settings like concert halls, but it’s a bummer that the audience is lost a lot of the time because of the somewhat sterile environment.” McIntosh has intentionally kept ticket prices very low in an effort to really reach the population with this performance. It seems she shares in a practical sense what Faust presents in a musical one. “In the end,” she says, “that’s kind of the goal, to bring the music to the people.”

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Taken Too Soon: A Tribute to Jon Guthrie

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on [Guthrie] was one of the most genuine examples of kindness and grace I’ve ever met,” said Vigilantes of Love bandmate Bill Mallonee in a recent email. “The loss to his family and friends and the Athens, GA community is immeasurable.” Guthrie passed away in a fatal car accident on Sunday, Sept. 27. The sudden loss sent shock waves through the Athens music community, where he was admired and celebrated for his big heart and raw talent. Guthrie inherited a passion for music from his parents, and began performing live as a teenager. Along with his father Michael and uncle Herb, Guthrie toured the world playing bass in the Michael Guthrie Band—just one of his many musical endeavors. His boundless energy and warmth touched many people in this town. Accounts of his unwavering kindness have poured in since we learned of his passing. What follows are just a few of those fond remembrances. “Jon will be missed, but now is the time to celebrate his life. His legacy will live on in all the people he touched. Now is the time to heal and grow. Remember, his life was not in vain. Few people have the courage to live the life they want to live, and Jon did that. Jon was a great musician and a wonderful friend. Love and peace be with you, brother.” [Jon Bird]

obsolete reel-to-reel tape machine down three flights of stairs. He asked for nothing in return. He knew we couldn’t do it alone. He was a good person in a world where that is all too rare… I will never forget his generous spirit.” [Eric L. Friar] “Gentle soul” is probably the most accurate description I could think of for Jon Guthrie. He was a true and loyal friend who shared his gift of music with the world. I am proud to have known him and my prayers are with his family now.” [Matt Sapp]

“When I started to think about Jon Guthrie and the Guthrie family and music and our community, it’s really very much a romantic and noble Old World family story to me. The father and the uncle were passing on their art and profession to the younger generation in the family, and Jon was carrying on the torch brilliantly. The Guthries perform for the love of the music and family, which is not always the case in the music business… so this was quite a special story. As for our community,

“I only met Jon once. My band was sharing a bill with a band that he was filling in for. I remember loading in and being passed by several musicians performing that night as I rolled in some gear, none of them holding the door or even saying hello. Jon stopped, held the door, commented on the gear and helped me walk it up the stairs at Tasty World. Jon proceeded to introduce himself to me and stood stage-side during several of our songs. My first impression of Jon was great, and we would occasionally send messages on Facebook about music. I was looking forward to seeing him rock again.” [Gerren Fish] “I first met Jon when we were running illegal shows at the .357 Warehouse. He was then playing in Community Chaos. He was always pretty quiet, certainly not the rowdiest of some of the crowds we had out there. I remember liking him very much from the first day we ever met… My last best memory of Jon will always be this: When it came time for DARC to leave the third floor of Tasty World, we needed a lot of help moving some pretty heavy equipment. Jon was an employee of Tasty World at that time. He was the very first one to offer his help. I will never forget sweating back to back with him as we lugged an

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“I’ve known you since 2000. Met you the day of my SAT. We went to Little Italy for some pizza. You have been on my mind every day since. I can never forget you, I couldn’t even try. My heart belonged to you first, and you took a large piece of it with you. We just chatted the other day. You told me I had a beautiful son. I told you that I was jealous of your overseas adventures. Please watch over all of us, Jon. I miss you and love you more than words could express.” [Marlana Phillips] “The first show I saw in Athens was MGB at the 40 Watt several years ago. I was blown away by the crisp power of the band and clearly remember wondering who that kid was, absolutely tearing up the bass with the older guys. It was a major influence on my move to Athens. Luckily, I actually got to rock with Jon a few times. He was always the best player in the room by far.” [S.G.] “The Guthrie family has always been a part of my Athens experience. In the late ‘90s, I used to love going upstairs to Michael’s guitar shop during breaks at work. I never felt unwelcome there, even though I couldn’t afford to buy anything! That’s probably where I met a teenage Jon. I’ve worked the soundboard many times for Jon’s various musical projects over the years and was always glad to see him… I’ve always thought very highly of the Guthrie family, and I just can’t believe Jon is gone. I’ll miss you, man.” [Kevin Lane] “I’ve known Jon for almost a decade, and he’s always been one of the good guys. If you saw him out and about town, you know it’s gonna be a great day. And if you saw him smile, it was gonna get better. I feel like I lost a brother.” [David Lallemand]

“Jon was one of those rare people who rivaled his tremendous talent only with kindness and benevolence. What an irreplaceable loss for Athens, GA. I will miss our passionate conversations over peanut butter pretzels and beer. Jon, you were a Prince and a Brother to many, and you will be badly missed.” [Daniel Marler] “I always knew Jon to be an amazing friend, always concerned with the other person. I had been playing with Jon in Vigilantes of Love since October/November of 2008. Being an outsider of the Athens scene (I live in Greenville, SC) but playing in an Athens band was odd at times, but Jon always made me feel at home… Jon and I formed that ‘mythical’ rhythm section comradeship (which incidentally doesn’t always occur)… I’m sad and pissed off that I will never get that chance again. I love you, Jon, and will always think of you when I either play, pass through or hear Athens, GA again.” [Kevin Heuer]

and resolve my predicament. Jon always gave good advice to me. Knowing him as a teenage rebel, it is still amazing to me to piece together the timeline of his maturity in my head. Jon became the man I envisioned he would be, with a style you would be hard-pressed to match. I looked forward to seeing him settle down. I miss you so much. You will always be with me. I love you, Jon.” [Sean Paolino]

“Vanda was my guitar teacher a few years ago. I always admired the bond she had with her family. They were so welcoming, loving and gracious. They radiated such warmth to everybody. I am so sorry Jon passed away so soon.” [Bridgette Duffield]

the Guthries have provided the Athens music scene with a lot of infrastructure support just as the music scene was developing…And to the heart of the matter, not only was Jon a stellar musician, he was an exceptionally kind and nice person and it was my honor to be his friend.” [Kathy Kirbo] “Jon, in a melody, you were the music behind the words. Your life was the perfect analogy to a good song: one that doesn’t say too much, yet touches all who dare to listen. Jon, may the songs of your brief stay here echo into the generations. We’ll miss you terribly.” [Adam Bradley] “Jon was a real person and always sensitive to others. We learned guitar side by side playing Beatles and Who songs. Although he will be remembered as an Athens musician, he was just a guy from some town who found his love of music through his fathers’ record collection (which included MGB of course), not really aware of the music scene that was a stone’s throw away from him until he was already an avid musician. Jon, Mike, Vanda, Julian, I will always love you Guthries.” [Owen Staley] “I don’t know if you could mistake Jon for anyone else in this town. Even though I am older than him, I still try to emulate how Jon handled things. Whenever I tried to convey a problem I had, he never took sides for anyone. In his own nonbiased way of looking at things, he would always try to find middle ground to any stupid problem I may have had personally. Calmly and quietly, he would suggest other options to try

“A tremendous loss to the world. I’ve known Jon since he was a little kid and was there at what I think was his first gig (with Mike). I remember him teaching himself how to play “Ticket to Ride” at Athens Music and his ever-present skateboad. Such a cool, kind, unassuming young fellow and a pleasure to know. A class act and genuinely good person, just like all the Guthries…” [Sean Sexton] In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been set up in honor of Jon at the National Bank of Georgia. Contributions may be mailed to 1901 Broadlands Dr., Watkinsville, GA 30677.

From the Guthries On behalf of all the Guthrie family, we want to extend our sincere gratitude for the phenomenal outpouring of love and sorrow at Jon's memorial on Sunday. He was our pride and joy, and we knew he had many friends, but no one was prepared for the respect he was given. Every inch of the Salvation Army Church was taken, and over 100 people were not able to get in but stayed anyway. The amazing number of people touched by his music and soul have touched ours, returned the love, given us the strength to carry on and at last made us proud to feel like brothers and sisters of Athens music. Long live Jon, Mike, Vanda, Julian Guthrie

record reviews banjo. Good luck telling the difference between the old and newly penned, because the members of Curley Maple are true pros when it comes to embodying the charm, sentiment and warmth of folk music’s treasured past. Michael Andrews

SHONEN KNIFE Super Group Good Charamel No, they haven’t merged with Cibo Matto. Shonen Knife’s just added a permanent (and new) bass player to recreate itself as a full-time power trio and released this new missive that is both thoroughly rock and adorably pop at the same time. “Muddy Bubbles Hell,” for example, is pretty ragin’ and demands to be played loud. “Pyramid Power” is strongly riff-based, while “Deer Biscuits” is a countrified bit of novelty weirdness with a two-step beat. “BBQ Party” merges the two, starting out quietly and building in volume and tempo as the girls chant “pig out, pig out, pig out.” The group’s cover of the Wings song “Jet” may be the best example of where the rest of the record falls: enthusiastic, in love with guitars and music—stadium rock, at least in aspiration. Super Group is a touch more polished than some of Shonen Knife’s efforts, but don’t expect the personality to have been bleached out. It’s a fine introduction to the joys of making music, and it’s nice to know the band hasn’t become jaded. Hillary Brown

CURLEY MAPLE Shawneetown Old Time Idiots Named for a type of instrument wood popular among fiddlers, Athens’ Curley Maple waltzes stringband music into the modern age on its debut album. Comprised of longtime local fiddler David Blackmon, singer/string player Noel Blackmon, bassist Chris Enghauser and vocalist/mandolinist Christian Lopez, the group lays down an abbreviated overview of old time ingenuity on Shawneetown. What’s most remarkable about the album is Curley Maple’s ability to switch from the Appalachian mountain stomp of tunes like “Seventeen Cents” to the intricate old-world sound of “Monroe’s Farewell/ Elzic’s Farewell” on a dime. They deftly avoid getting stuck in one repetitive theme or style as Shawneetown bounces from rousing instrumentals (“Jeff Davis,” “Forked Dear”) to heartfelt ballads like “Across the Blue Mountains,” on which Lopez and Noel Blackmon’s vocals harmonize seamlessly with David Blackmon’s tender, slow-drawn fiddle. Both revamped staples and original twists on traditional themes come alive on this hospitable, potluck recording, which welcomes both bouzouki and

THAYER SARRANO

One could call the non-dance tracks ballads, but a HEALTH ballad is more like the lull of being suspended above a volcano before indigenous pagans begin their sacrificial chant. Yeah, if that reminds you of some other band’s visitation to “Mt. Heart Attack,” you’re probably familiar with HEALTH’s stylistic conundrum. This is to say, if nothing else, the existence of Get Color legitimizes the hype around Brooklynvia-Germany-via-L.A. noiseniks Liars, whose watershed album Drums Not Dead provides most of the tonal and textural cues for HEALTH’s admittedly successful pastiche. Regardless of influence, HEALTH’s blitzkrieg of industrial dance-punk cool and sheer visceral intensity makes for an exhilarating listen. Christopher Benton

King Independent Release Even if you didn’t know Thayer Sarrano recorded this album in her own home with a bunch of friends and no heat on several winter mornings, you might well be able to guess. From its opener, “Without Warning,” King recalls nothing so much as Matthew Houck’s work, measured, winding, pretty, moaning songs full of soft, Gothic touches that are undeniably Southern. Even without the steel guitar that sings throughout these tunes (resembling Daniel Lanois’ work), you could peg it easily as originating in a specific region: this one. Sarrano’s rooted in place, as is clear from her work with many another band in Athens and her plan to produce 1,000 copies of the CD, numbered and ornamented with handmade artwork—and so is her music. If you’re not feeling patient, or mopey, you might want to skip to track six, “Nightlife” or track nine, “Hear the Same Song,” which have a little more pep to them, but the rest are good for a drizzly day when you want nothing more than to be inside. Yes, they blend together a bit much, and it’s been done better before, but there’s something about the way they sound that brings to mind some of the romance of artistic poverty and the hyperlocal focus that is Athens’ blessing and curse. Hillary Brown Thayer Sarrano is playing at Ciné on Sunday, Oct. 11.

HEALTH Get Color Lovepump United After its HEALTH//DISCO remix album, the band probably best known for its Crystal Castles remix embraces the boombap BPM with a collection of mostly abrasive dance tracks. The vocals are again a My Bloody Valentine mindfulness-breathing-exercise type of airy disaffection. Such smooth vocals provide due tension, as juxtaposed against Brillo-padded and buzz-sawed guitar textures and tribal drum patterns.

SUPERCLUSTER Waves Studio Mouse Productions There is probably no better name for this band than Supercluster. Featuring members of Pylon, Olivia Tremor Control, Deerhunter, Casper & the Cookies and many, many more, the group is only about three members short of having every band in Athens involved in some way. Waves could have become a study on what happens when too many indie chefs are in the experimental kitchen. Instead, Supercluster’s debut record is a tightly knit community project with only small hints to the musical lineage of the members of the band. It only sounds a tad like Pylon because Vanessa Briscoe Hay is singing. But instead of her usual short, yelped phrases, there’s a melody at work, calling you further into the song. Fellow Pyloner Randy Bewley contributed guitar, but it’s an evolved sound unlike any other he recorded. If there’s a single band that Supercluster sounds like, it would probably be Casper & the Cookies, but even that is a bit of a stretch. Songs like “Anyone” and “Mermaid’s Tale” have a more distinct pop feel like a Cookies cut. Then a song like “Sunflower Clock” comes along and demonstrates how a cello should properly support a droning vocal. The album is pleasantly confusing with a criss-cross of traditional rock instruments like guitar and drums holding down the song while oboes, cellos and even a paper bag are tossed into the mix. Waves does lack a standout single, but that may be a good thing in this case. All of the songs sound unique, but there is still a cohesive element that helps the album flow. The record is dedicated to the memory of Bewley, whose artwork adorns the cover of Waves. There’s no doubt that he would’ve been proud of the record. It’s a jumble of different parts and people coming together to create something new and interesting. And if anyone has the talent and heart to do it right, Supercluster does. Jordan Stepp

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ain Machine doesn’t seem a stopgap measure for Kyp Malone, guitarist and covocalist for the taking-a-break TV on the Radio. In fact, the solo gig and the selftitled debut album that came out last month seem less like a side-project indulgence and more like an elaboration of an aspect of that stellar band. Malone’s lost none of his soulfulness in the new approach, and the similar lyrical cadences won’t seem too foreign to those accustomed to TV on the Radio’s fevered offerings. That band’s same sense of playfulness and experimentation with influences remains, and Rain Machine, recorded over the course of a year with producer Ian Brennan, brims with guttural guitars, freaked-out blues howls and knotty, compelling intricacies. The grandeur of some of the full-band arrangements is lacking, but what hasn’t changed is the urgency and yearning in Malone’s voice. TV on the Radio is currently taking a breather so that the individual members can concentrate on their separate concerns, Malone says. And while TV on the Radio has been his focus since before that band’s attention-grabbing EP Young Liars, Malone has always written songs meant to be his own. “For the most part everything I’ve written specifically for TV on the Radio is written in the studio and with the idea that we’re going to record in the studio,” says Malone. “So, I’ll be working with Dave [Sitek] on beats and such, and have ideas about different layers. And even if I have a song with TV on the Radio, it gets put through so many different filters.” Rain Machine both exposes Malone and allows him to reap greater rewards, he says. “I’m a lot less self-conscious about the end result of a TV record, and we have each other’s backs. Whereas with this [solo album], anything that exists on this record I have to take responsibility for.” Rain Machine isn’t as stripped down as Malone’s solo shows over the past years might suggest. While he’s primarily chosen to go onstage accompanied only by a delay pedal and his guitar, Rain Machine is just as intricately assembled as a TV on the Radio album, packed with counterintuitive influences and tendencies: the handclaps and female upbeat backing vocals on “Give Blood” push against the song’s guitar effects, for instance, or the slow buildup between the different suites in “Smiling Black Faces.”

Malone also contributed the artwork to his album. Though he denies a direct link, the dreamlike, shamanic imagery on Rain Machine does invoke some of the same thoughts, as do Malone’s contemplative, sprawling, ethereal tunes. “It’s kind of a bastardized mandala form,” says Malone, “and also [it comes from] really liking a lot of the Art Nouveau painters. I like to draw and paint but I don’t do it. You know, seriously, or often enough. Or to tie it into the content of the album. By degrees, yes, it ties into it, but it’s not a visual narrative or anything like that.” For this current tour, Malone’s recruited a quartet of NYC pals to back him up, including members of White Magic. TV on the Radio performed in Athens back in April of ‘07 to a packed, packed house, and while this performance probably won’t rival that show’s wall of sonics, Malone says it won’t be a low-key solo thing either. “Oftentimes when I play solo instead of with a band,” he says, “it’s always because of what has to happen. [But a full band] can also reveal exciting possibilities. I feel like the show’s going to be a little of both.” Besides the current tour, Malone’s taken full advantage of the opportunity for some time away from TV on the Radio: he recently produced the second album for Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, and has been contributing to the recordings of other Brooklyn acts. “It’s great,” he says of his home borough and its vibrant arts community, “but I want to move someplace cheaper. I love it, but I don’t want to keep paying exorbitant rents and move into a gentrifying area just to have the rents go up and have to move again and gentrify another neighborhood. It’s just not a system I want to keep being a part of.” And the solution to existing entrenched in that system? “I feel like the solution is smashing the state and overturning the system we live under—maybe move to the country.”

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The Return of Circulatory System Triumph Over Chaos and Adversity

(We Remembered Everything)” are electrified by the space between Hart’s pop melodies and the just as vital esoteric sonics, sound collages and ambient constructions.

irculatory System is putting the finishing touches on its second album, which at last mention was to be called Blasting Through. It’s also a bit darker and heavier than the previous album and just as—if not more—experimental than the group’s debut album… And with years of work on this project, expect Will Cullen Hart and the crew to deliver a strikingly memorable album.

netime Athens resident Charlie Johnston, who still plays with Circulatory System and who had a band here in town called The 63 Crayons, contributed a lot of work to Signal Morning, helping Hart edit together a number of the tracks and work through much of the multi-tracked decisions. Hart attributes most of the album’s cohesion and success, though, to his friend

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o said Flagpole way back in 2004, three years after the release of Circulatory System’s first album. Five years from that statement, the Circulatory System album that was right around the corner way back then finally greets its public. “That was John [Fernandes], my other half, kind of announced that,” says Will Cullen Hart, the chief organizer and songwriter for the band. “And it was getting there, but not exactly, really. He didn’t know the full extent of my situation. And I didn’t either! Going to the doctor, brain scans. That wasn’t like me to not do finished stuff before.” A few years back, Hart was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The disease had been affecting him for years before he or anyone else was aware of it, and lesions growing on the surface of his brain had a serious impact on Hart’s mood, actions and ability to process information. Hart is receiving steady treatment for his condition now, and has reasserted control over many aspects of his own life. He has to inject himself every day to treat his multiple sclerosis, and he’ll have to do so every day for the rest of his life. He says it can be annoying, but that it doesn’t bother him much anymore—it’s become part of a routine for a guy who didn’t have any routines for a long time. He’s been painting more—his artwork has always adorned the covers of albums from Circulatory System and Olivia Tremor Control, his previous band which was at the core of the Elephant 6 music collective. What was tentatively called Blasting Through is now Signal Morning, released last month on Hart’s own Cloud Recordings label. It’s a tight album, surprisingly rocking but still heavily psychedelicized and, according to Hart, it’s able to fit into just 45 minutes “all these pop songs, but the buzzies and spacies, too.”

producing an album that clocked in at well under the hour mark. “I had all these songs in bits and I didn’t know what to do with them,” says Hart. “He and Charlie and the band helped me pick and edit them. I said to him, ‘Can we have a 45-minute record?’ Which was shorter than anything I’d ever been involved in. Which was a crazy [goal]. Because of all the stuff! Could we include all the stuff?” Says Gallons, “There were easily a hundred songs, and a lot of different versions of the same songs, and they all had great things about them. For me it was just some kind of

reshly back from an East Coast tour, Circulatory System is invigorated by its time on the road. Two shows earlier this year—a summer set at Farm 255 and a Nuçi’s Space performance during AthFest—were straight-up knockouts, and Hart calls them some of his favorite shows ever. “Just stand up and play!” Hart told himself at the time. “Project better!” Those two sets presented a united front not seen from Circulatory System for a long time; a few years back, even, a lot of people around the music scene wondered about the continued viability of the band, as performances like the improvisational “Circulatory System Phase Two” devolved into an inaccessible mix of half-mad cacophony.

he whole Elephant 6 crew gets tagged with overt Beatles emulation, with the Olivia Tremor Control in particular drawing on the band’s White Album-and-beyond period. It’s not quite an easy formula to shoehorn the bands into, but if that is the case, then consider Circulatory System, and much of Hart’s songwriting, to be some sort of nightmare-world version of McCartney’s pop sensibilities and surfeit of melodic ideas—the second half of Abbey Road given over to the growling demons instead, or Wings’ output minus the good cheer and drenched in existential spelunking. Of the two main Olivia Tremor Control songwriters, Hart often got pegged as the sonic experimenter with Bill Doss the pop genius. But as is the case with most collaborations between groups of fiercely creative people, nothing’s really as simple as all that. To give Signal Morning a listen is to descend into depths of layered sound, sure, and an almost giddy shunning of convention, but tunes like “Particle Parades” and “This Morning

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Heather McIntosh, the band’s erstwhile cellist, says of the album after Gallons’ contributions, “I think it needed to have some fresh perspective on it. I think it was the only way. Will heard us say a million times how awesome it was, and we always meant it. But it was good to have someone new [work on it].” She adds, “This record has been such an incredibly long time coming. Some of the songs we’ve been working on since the ‘90s. Early, early stuff. There’s so many layers going on there it’s just such a relief to have it done. We made it to the other side of the last record! [Signal Morning] is really dense and awesome, but there’s a lot of room in there.” A lot of the overdubs and new additions to Hart’s original tracks were laid down last fall, as the Elephant 6 gang practiced downtown for the Holiday Surprise Tour, a revue-style show that ran through songs from Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, The Gerbils, Elf Power and more. As the individual members would get together to work on the show, Gallons would recruit people as necessary to record tracks for Signal Morning. Hart willingly gave up a lot of the decision-making, but found that to be liberating. “Every single stupid bit, every crash of a cymbal, had to be a decision,” he says about Circulatory System’s self-titled 2001 debut. “It’s hard for me to give up that control, but it’s getting less and less. When I put the album on… I don’t usually put my own albums, on… I mean, God! But this one I can! I don’t feel bad or selfconscious. And a lot of times I’m listening and rocking out and something happens that I don’t know is going to happen, and it’s like [makes a whooshing noise], and that’s great!”

“I Nesey Gallons. In fact, throughout most of our interview, Hart often complimented Gallons in the middle of statements about the specific songs, turning to him and saying “You’re so cool! Thank you!” Gallons, an on-and-off Athenian for the past eight years who also plays in the Music Tapes, met Hart and the Olivia crew when he was a 15-year-old music obsessive in Vermont. He moved to Athens the next year, in the spring of 2001. Hart approached Gallons about editing together and producing the new Circulatory System with the explicit hope of

feeling that just guided everything that made it incredibly easy to do, and to express what I felt could be expressed in the frame of a 45-minute album.” The tracks for Signal Morning come from much of Hart’s songwriting career, and both the writing and the recording span the past 16 years. The album’s opening track “Woodpecker Greeting Worker Ant” comes from 1993, with newer overdubs added, while the album’s title track was written and recorded with the intent of working it onto Olivia Tremor Control’s ‘99 album Black Foliage: Animation Music.

had the honor of living with Will Hart,” says A Hawk and a Hacksaw bandleader Jeremy Barnes, also the former drummer for Neutral Milk Hotel, “and it was immensely enjoyable to go to bed at night and listen to what he was recording in the next room. He was a big inspiration for me, in terms of finding what you love and just doing it, whether or not anyone was interested in it.” Signal Morning invites interest, and rewards it accordingly. Chris Hassiotis

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North Georgia Folk Festival

25th Anniversary Celebration The

North Georgia Folk Festival will return to Athens’ Sandy Creek Park Saturday, Oct. 10, for its 25th anniversary event. The annual all-day festival has long provided a stage for a rich array of local folk musicians, as well as for area folk artisans and artists.

Folk Festival is the music. Each year, the festival organizers in the Athens Folk Music and Dance Society bring sounds of the back porch and parlor room to the festival’s stage, offering a chance to see a wide range of the area’s mostly acoustic talent in tandem. This year’s lineup includes old-timey husband and wife duo Hawkproof Rooster, the kid-friendly Pam Blanchard &

multi-instrumentalist, folk-music historian and hammereddulcimer player, is known for penning songs geared toward both children and adults. During his over 30-year career in music, McCutcheon has become known for his uncondescending brand of kid-appropriate music reflected by such songs as “Kindergarten Wall,” “If I Ran the World,” “Happy Adoption Day” and McCutcheon’s version of folk maverick Woody Guthrie’s greet-happy “Howjadoo.” McCutcheon is also recognized as an astute interpreter of folk’s rich, storied palette, from the Appalachian high lonesome sound of the Stanley Brothers to the interwoven cache of old-world English/Scottish ballads brought to America by 18th-century travelers and immigrants. From 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday the North Georgia Folk festival will also offer a series of music workshops featuring lessons and jams from two-finger banjo man Chip Arnold and Irish fiddler Moira Nelligan, among others. Consult the accompanying full-day schedule for more information on what the festival has to offer.

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Blue Ridge Rounders This year’s festival is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Saturday with craft-making activities for kids. Craftspeople will have their booths set up around the park, where they will be giving demonstrations and selling their work. Some of the artisans expected to be in attendance are silversmith Jim Richardson, folk artist Peter Loose, broom-maker Rosa Hall and the homespun quilt-makers of the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild. A prefestival kickoff dance and acoustic jam at Memorial Park will officially get the festival proceedings underway Friday evening, Oct. 9, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Of course, a folk festival could not exist for 25 years without having plenty of folks in attendance each year. One of the main things that draws attendees back to the North Georgia

the Sunny Side Up Band, veteran mountain singers Mary Lomax & Bonnie Loggins and the red clay country sounds of the Normaltown Flyers, among several others. Festival regular, artist, art professor and Grammy Awardwinner Art Rosenbaum will again be a part of the proceedings with his old-timey banjo licks in tow. In what has become a festival tradition, Rosenbaum recently issued his annual commemorative sketch featuring fellow festival performers the Georgia Mudcats (Patrick Shields, John Grimm, Lisa Deaton and Tom Ryan) harmonizing amidst the great outdoors. Minnesotan troubadour John McCutcheon will headline this year’s festival and is scheduled to close out the event beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday night. McCutcheon, a noted

2:00 p.m. Pam Blanchard and 1 the Sunny Side Up Band 12:45 p.m. Earl Murphy and Hawkproof Rooster 1:15 p.m. Jean-Paul and Dominique Carton 2:00 p.m. Mary Lomax and Bonnie Loggins 2:30 p.m. Blue Ridge Rounders 3:15 p.m. Darien Geechee Shouters 4:00 p.m. Art Rosenbaum 4:45 p.m. Young Goodman Brown 5:15 p.m. Normaltown Flyers 6:15 p.m. Tony Bryant 7:00 p.m. Georgia Mudcats 8:00 p.m. John McCutcheon

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EVENTS: Elberton 12-County Fair (Elbert County Fair, Elberton) Experience the true Carnival of the South where vegetables and tweens alike compete for 1st place ribbons. Sadly, no demolition derby this year, but funnel your love for the extreme into Ultimate Elberton Idol or enter your tiny baby in the Diaper Derby. See full schedule online. Oct. 5–11. www.elbertonfair.com PERFORMANCE: Open TOAD Comedy (Flicker Theatre & Bar) A unique open mic experience. The audience gets to pelt the performers who go over their six-minute time limit with foam rocks. Performers get in free but must sign up by 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar 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: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Beginning readers in grades 1–4 read aloud to an aid dog. Trainer always present. 3:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: French Group (1000faces Coffee, 588 Barber Street) All-level French conversation group. Informal, welcoming and très bon! Every Tuesday. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com MEETINGS: Orgullo Hispano (UGA Campus, Miller Learning Center) Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by taking part in this discussion of the successful journeys of highly honored Latino men and women. Open to all. 8 p.m. FREE! www.lacsi. uga.edu MEETINGS: Pull the Plug Social Hour (Ciné Barcafé) First meeting of Pull the Plug, a local political action committee working to defeat Congressman Paul Broun in 2010. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.paulbrounjr. com MEETINGS: Pull the Plug Townhall (Ciné Barcafé) Pull the Plug, the local PAC working to defeat Paul Broun in 2010, sponsors this “small town hall.” Afterparty with refreshments and live music follows. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.paulbrounjr.com MEETINGS: The Fringe Collective (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios, 159 Jackson St.) First monthly meeting of local photographers’ group. Ages 18 and up welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-540-2727 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

EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Phi Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog! 5–7 p.m. www.athensdowntownhotel.com EVENTS: Elberton 12-County Fair (Elbert County Fair, Elberton) Experience the true Carnival of the South where vegetables and tweens alike compete for 1st place ribbons. Oct. 5–11. www.elbertonfair.com EVENTS: Kings and Queens Drag Show (New Earth Music Hall) Athens’ finest drag show! 10 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall.com 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: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Halloween Door Hangers. Make a plush pumpkin, bat or skeleton to hang from your doorknob. Ages 11–18. Space is limited. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Amnesty International (Espresso Royale Caffe, Downstairs) Meet with others to campaign for human rights worldwide. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensai. blogspot.com GAMES: Movie Trivia Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Where movie trivia meets performance art. Sign up at 8 p.m. Trivia starts at 8:30 p.m. Hosted by Jeff Tobias. FREE! www. myspace.com/flickerbar GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1920 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? 9:30 p.m. 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia Wars (283 Bar) Chris Creech hosts general knowledge trivia with different themes each week. Check the Facebook group “Trivia Wars!” for weekly updates and online question of the week. 8:30 p.m. (sign up) 9 p.m. (game starts). FREE! 706-208-1283

Thursday 8 EVENTS: Elberton 12-County Fair (Elbert County Fair, Elberton) Experience the true Carnival of the South where vegetables and tweens alike compete for 1st place ribbons. Oct. 5–11. www.elbertonfair.com EVENTS: Night of the Ruanas (Lyndon House Arts Center) Traditional Ruana garments, handwoven by students of Erika Lewis, are on display at this Weavers Web sponsored fashion show. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623

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EVENTS: Opening Reception (UGA Main Library) For Measuring Deliberate Speed and With All Deliberate Speed, two archival exhibits examining the desegregation of public schools in Georgia and the news media’s response to 1957’s Little Rock Crisis. 3–6 p.m. FREE! 706-542-5788 PERFORMANCE: “Cyborg Nation” (Ciné Barcafé) In her most recent performance piece, interdisciplinary artist Clarinda Mac Low wears an outfit that is also a portable media environment with a built-in camera, amplifier and projector to help her provide a modern version of the Socratic dialogue. If you have a similar vision and want to participate, send an email to scope@ culturepush.org. 6–9 p.m. 646-2297895 www.athenscine.org PERFORMANCE: Flying Home (UGA Hodgson Hall) A salute to Lionel Hampton’s music. 8 p.m. $15. 706-542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac* THEATRE: Junie B. Jones (The Classic Center) First grade is tough. Take it from Junie B. Jones, the spunky protagonist of this children’s musical. Based on the books by Barbara Park. 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. 706-357-4444, www.classiccenter.com* THEATRE: Vampire Lesbians of Sodom and Dr. Horrible’s Singa-long Blog (Athens Community Theatre) Leave the kids at home for this stage adaptation of internet sensation Dr. Horrible alongside drag legend Charles Busch’s campy off-Broadway hit. The Town & Gown Players and Boybutante AIDS Foundation team up for this special Halloween double feature. Oct. 8–9, 8 p.m. Oct. 10, 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Oct. 11, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. $8–$12. www.townandgownplayers.org KIDSTUFF: Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Every Tuesday and Thursday elementary school-aged children meet in the lobby to read aloud and share thoughts about books. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Parent/Child Workshop (ACC Library, Storyroom) For children ages 1–3 and their caregivers. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “How Does a Shadow Shine?” (Morton Theatre) The Georgia Review hosts a reading from Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate Rita Dove. 7 p.m. FREE! www.thegeorgiareview.com See Calendar Pick on p. 26. LECTURES & LIT.: Ann Wright (Presbyterian Student Center) Retired U.S. Army Colonel and Diplomat, anti-war speaker, activist and author Ann Wright speaks on “U.S. Policy in Palestine/Israel.” Also speaking at the Athens Clarke County Library today. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiapeace.org

Michael Wilson’s photography series “We Are So Lightly Here” is on exhibit at the Circle Gallery at UGA’s College of Environment and Design through Oct. 30. LECTURES & LIT.: Ann Wright (ACC Library) Retired U.S. Army Colonel and Diplomat, anti-war speaker, activist and author Ann Wright speaks on “U.S. Policy in Afghanistan.” Also appearing at the Presbyterian Student Center tonight. 12–1:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiapeace.org MEETINGS: Coffee Cupping (1000faces Coffee, 585 Barber Street) Join those seeking to move life from commodity to culinary. Taste and learn about coffees from around the world with Benjamin Myers, Presidente of 1000faces. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com MEETINGS: Milledge Avenue Extension (Sandy Creek Nature Center, ENSAT Building) Drop-in community meeting educating citizens about the multi-use path that will connect Milledge Avenue Extension with Milledge Avenue. 7–8:30 p.m. 706-613-3615, www. athensgreenway.com MEETINGS: Spanish Group (1000faces Coffee, 588 Barber Street) All-level Spanish conversation group. Informal, welcoming and fun! Every Thursday. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com GAMES: Trivia (El Azteca) Every Thursday. Prizes! 8 p.m. 706-5492639

Friday 9 EVENTS: Down-N-Derby (The Max Canada) Dance party and carnival presented by the Classic City Roller Girls! 9 p.m. www.classiccityrollergirls.com EVENTS: EcoFocus Film Fest Panel Discussion and Reception (Ciné Barcafé) The National sponsors this discussion and reception following Cine’s premier screening of The Cove. 7 p.m. $8. www.ecofocusfilmfest.org EVENTS: Elberton 12-County Fair (Elbert County Fair, Elberton) Experience the true Carnival of the South where vegetables and tweens alike compete for 1st place ribbons. Oct. 5–11. www.elbertonfair.com

EVENTS: Pre-Folk Festival Party (Memorial Park) Can’t wait for tomorrow’s festivities? You don’t have to! Come out for contra dancing and an acoustic jam session to warm up for the 25th annual North Georgia Folk Festival. 7:30–11 p.m. FREE! www.athensfolk.org EVENTS: Sacred Harp Singing (First United Methodist Church) Traditional shape-note singing. Songbooks available to borrow on site. Beginners welcome. 7–9 p.m. FREE! 404-731-0162, www. fasola.org EVENTS: Sock Hop (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Do the twist, the shag and other popular dances of the 1950s 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 PERFORMANCE: Fall Cabaret (East Jackson Comprehensive High School) One-act performances and vocal entertainment from East Jackson Comprehensive High School’s chorus and drama department. 7 p.m. $5, $4 (students). aware@jackson12.ga.us PERFORMANCE: Neil Hamburger (Orange Twin Conservation Community) “America’s Funnyman” performs his usual brand of offbeat humor plus numbers from his recent album Neil Hamburger Sings Country Winners. 8 p.m. $12 (camping available upon request). www. orangetwin.com PERFORMANCE: Brent Weinbach (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Weird standup comedy that is both characterdriven and physical. For fans of the absurdly brilliant. Weinbach names Harpo Marx, Rowan Atkinson and Joe Frank as influences. 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar See story on p. 10. THEATRE: Vampire Lesbians of Sodom and Dr. Horrible’s Singa-long Blog (Athens Community Theatre) Presented by Town & Gown Players and Boybutante AIDS Foundation. See Theatre Oct. 8. Oct. 8–9, 8 p.m. Oct. 10, 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Oct. 11, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. $8–$12. www.townandgownplayers.org

LECTURES & LIT.: “Café au Libris: An Evening with Rita Dove” (ACC Library) The Georgia Review hosts a conversation and book signing with Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate Rita Dove. 7 p.m. FREE! www. thegeorgiareview.com See Calendar Pick on p. 26. MEETINGS: Happy Hoop Hour (Canopy Studio) Hooping fun with friends. 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 10 EVENTS: 2nd Annual Heart Walk Carnival (St. Mary’s Wellness Center, 2470 Daniels Bridge Road) This fundraiser boasts low cost health screenings and appearances by members of UGA’s Gym Dogs along with the typical carnival delights. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. 706-389-3355. EVENTS: 4th Anniversary Party (Z-Dog Bakery and Pet Supply) Celebrate with pet photos, food and fun. Proceeds benefit Athens Canine Rescue. 1–4 p.m. 706-354-1804, www.zdogbakery.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 (Call for location) Winterville mayor pro tem Mary Quinn leads this walking tour of Winterville’s Historic District. Space is limited; call to reserve spot. 10 a.m. $15. 706-3531801, www.achfonline.org EVENTS: Elberton 12-County Fair (Elbert County Fair, Elberton) Experience the true Carnival of the South where vegetables and tweens alike compete for 1st place ribbons. Oct. 5–11. www.elbertonfair.com EVENTS: Fall Plant Sale (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Exciting new cultivars as well as proven garden favorites. Droughttolerant plants will be featured. 8 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! 706-542-1244

EVENTS: Family Fun Day (Athens Association of Realtors, Bogart) Carnival atmosphere with activities and games for all ages. Benefitting Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! 706-353-1126 EVENTS: North Georgia Folk Festival (Sandy Creek Park) A day of folk music, arts, craft demonstrations and music workshops. Come out early for Kids Fest at 11 a.m.! See full schedule online. 10:30 a.m.–9 p.m. $10 (adults), $5 (students), FREE! (children under 12). www.athensfolk.org EVENTS: Saturday Stroll (Oconee County Courthouse) Geoff Seila, owner of Art Masters gallery in Watkinsville, leads an informal, hour-long walking tour focused on the founding of Watkinsville. 9 a.m. $5. www.oconeedemocrats.org ART: One Day Art Show (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) The Athens Art Association celebrates its 90th anniversary with an art show and sale. Browse through the selection of paintings, prints, fiber art, photographs and more or participate in the silent auction. 10 a.m.–8 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655 THEATRE: Vampire Lesbians of Sodom and Dr. Horrible’s Singa-long Blog (Athens Community Theatre) Presented by Town & Gown Players and Boybutante AIDS

Foundation. See Theatre Oct. 8. Oct. 8–9, 8 p.m. Oct. 10, 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Oct. 11, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. $8–$12. www.townandgownplayers.org GAMES: Shadowfist Tournament (Tyche’s Games) Take Feng Shui to the street and compete. Noon, $1. 706-354-4500, www.tychesgames. com

Sunday 11 EVENTS: Athens Heritage Walk (Call for location) Longtime Athenian and retired UGA professor Allen Stovall leads a tour of the historic Boulevard district. Space is limited; call to reserve spot. 2 p.m. $15. 706-353-1801, www.achfonline.org EVENTS: Elberton 12-County Fair (Elbert County Fair, Elberton) Experience the true Carnival of the South where vegetables and tweens alike compete for 1st place ribbons. Oct. 5–11. www.elbertonfair.com EVENTS: Grace’s Birthday Party (Ashford Manor, Watkinsville) Luauthemed benefit for UGA Vet Hospital and local animal advocacy groups. Featuring costumes, art, games, picnic supper, adoptions and more. Guests are encouraged to donate an unopened bag of dog food for rescue groups. 2–5 p.m. $5 (adults), FREE! (dogs). www.gracesbirthday.com

THEATRE: Vampire Lesbians of Sodom and Dr. Horrible’s Singa-long Blog (Athens Community Theatre) Presented by Town & Gown Players and Boybutante AIDS Foundation. See Theatre Oct. 8. Oct. 8–9, 8 p.m. Oct. 10, 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Oct. 11, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. $8–$12. www.townandgownplayers.org OUTDOORS: 27th Annual Road Skate (The Classic Center) Cheer on the Athens to Atlanta Road Skaters as they depart from the Classic Center parking lot this morning! 7:30 a.m. www.a2a.net GAMES: Full-Contact Trivia (Allen’s Bar & Grill) Sports-themed rules with diverse categories. 9 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill.com GAMES: Legend of the Five Rings Tournament (Tyche’s Games) Help direct the storyline in this Celestial Edition tournament. Banzai! 2 p.m. $1. 706-354-4500, www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Wild Wing Café) Every Sunday. 9 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com

Monday 12 PERFORMANCE: Last Comic Standing (New Earth Music Hall) Round 3 out of 4! Aspiring comedi-

THU. OCT. 15

Titus Andronicus, The Agenda! The So So Glos

SAT. OCT. 17

Strawberry Flats $10

DubConscious

with Heavyweight Dub Champion $10 adv. / $15 day of show

THU. OCT. 22

THU. OCT. 8

FRI. OCT. 23

Telepath

TUE. OCT. 27

with Priceless and Agobi Project

FRI. OCT. 9

WED. OCT. 28

Larry Keel and

$8 adv. / $12 day of show

Signal Path

with Uprise Dub MON. OCT. 12

$6 adv. / $8 day of show

Bubba Sparxxx Warpaint

with Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson

Caspa UK Dubstep LFO YEAH! pt. 2

$8 adv. / $10 day of show

Natural Bridge SAT. OCT. 10

Zach Deputy

$8 adv. / $10 day of show

$10 adv. / $12 day of show

Last Comic Standing

THU. OCT. 29

52 Girls B-52’s Tribute Band

FRI. OCT. 30

Cosmic Charlie

SAT. OCT. 31

Halloween Sin Ball presented by Phungus Group

FRI. NOV. 13

Pink Floyd Tribute Band featuring members of Maserati, sts9 and Fuzzy Sprouts

Pigs on the Wing

Round Two

TUE. OCT. 13

WED. OCT. 14

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Mean Mic Tuesdays

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Caledonia Lounge Titus Andronicus intrigue set in for me while thumbing through a recent issue of The New Yorker in the waiting room of a local attorney’s office. The rich description of the Jersey-based band, within the restraining confines of a little blurb, prompted the purchase of their debut The Airing of Grievances soon thereafter. Less than a minute into opening track “Fear and Loathing in Mahwah, NJ” guitarist/vocalist Patrick Stickles, with an overwrought warble, gently disembogues, “The world screams out in agony and you don’t Titus Andronicus care, but should the shit hit the fan, I just pray you will not be spared,” before exploding into a furious, “Fuck you!” At that instant it became apparent that more blurbs are needed to spread the literate, gloriously angstaddled gospel of Titus Andronicus. Welcome to this one. Punk rock is the soundtrack of disaffected youth. Angry, not old, man jams. Generally the genre doesn’t age well, but Titus exemplifies a juvenescent exuberance while simultaneously chronicling their life-defining (or forgettable) exploits with the informed acumen of more senior citizens. Stickles had his entire life from which to cull the experiences that became the songs on Grievances. Will the future be as compellingly ferocious, or will the band suffer from an imaginative slump associated with cramped touring conditions, thousands of highway miles and boorish tales of backstage? “Well,” says Stickles via poor cell connection somewhere in the Arizona desert, “We don’t have too many songs about tail chasing and our debauchery is pretty tame, when compared to Def Leppard. I don’t write songs in the van on the road… I need a lot of leisure time to be creative.” The blogosphere agrees: Titus Andronicus’ live performances are raucous affairs not to be missed. So, how can a novice prepare? “You should have between eight and 12 dollars,” says Stickles, adding, “You should bring a lot of enthusiasm and a willingness to enjoy—leave behind inhibitions and self-consciousness. Maybe a few beers, if that’s your thing—and a big smile.” [David Eduardo]

with Flight Risk and T8R(tot) $12 adv. / $15 day of show

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 Evening of Motown with

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12

CUBATA

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 Dave Matthews’ tour saxophonist

JEFF COFFIN MU’TET

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 A night of BLUES with

DELTA MOON with SETH WALKER

Tickets $8 adv • $10 at the door

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

BEARDS OF COMEDY CD Release Show with

HEY, REVOLUTION! Tickets $8 adv • $10 at the door $8 at the door with UGA ID

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

MIKE DOUGHTY

The Question Jar Show with acoustic cellist ANDREWS “SCRAP” LIVINGSTON Tickets $15 adv • $18 at the door

COMING SOON 10/17 - MODERN SKIRTS with THE FEATURES 10/21 - GABRIEL KELLEY & THE REINS with AMERICAN AQUARIUM 10/22 - MIKE DOUGHTY: The Question Jar Show (an acoustic evening) 10/24 - TINSLEY ELLIS + THE GEORGIA HEALERS CD RELEASE 10/28 - COWBOY MOUTH with THE ELMS 10/29 - ERIN McKEOWN with TRINA HAMLIN 10/30 - KENOSHA KID CD Release with TREY WRIGHT TRIO 11/4 - MARCY PLAYGROUND 11/6 - BLOODKIN & FRIENDS with JOSHUA JAMES

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ans compete for a cash prize in this bi-weekly series. Hosted by Chris Patton. 8 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.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.: Infinite Fall (1000faces Coffee, 585 Barber Street) Join Athens’ endurancebibliophiles in reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest this fall. Every Monday with author, educator and jester Spenser Simrill. 6–7 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com MEETINGS: Greenway Planning (Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School) ACC Leisure Services hosts public meetings this week regarding the Greenway planning along the Middle Oconee River. 6:30 p.m. 706-613-3615, www.athensgreenway.com 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. Every Monday. 10 p.m. 706-5485187 GAMES: Ping Pong (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Get your paddle ready for a round of table tennis. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/flickerbar 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: Trivia (Transmetropolitan) General knowledge trivia. Every Monday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706613-8773 GAMES: Tune Trivia (Alibi) Test your knowledge of music trivia. Hosted by Bobby Nettles. 9 p.m. FREE! 706549-1010

Tuesday 13 EVENTS: EcoFocus Film Fest Panel Discussion (Ciné Barcafé) Hang around after the credits for a panel discussion on Ciné’s premier screening of End of the Line. 7:30 p.m. $8. www.ecofocusfilmfest.org THEATRE: The Grapes of Wrath (Seney-Stovall Chapel) The University Theatre presents John Galati’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Dust Bowl classic. Oct. 13–18, 8 p.m. Oct. 18, 2:30 p.m. $10, $7 (students and seniors). 706542-2838, www.drama.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 MEETINGS: Coffee Cupping (1000faces Coffee, 585 Barber Street) Taste and learn about coffees from around the world with coffee scholar Erin McCarthy. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com

MEETINGS: French Group (1000faces Coffee, 588 Barber Street) All level French conversation group. Informal, welcoming and tres bon! Every Tuesday. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com GAMES: Board Game Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Choose from the classic assortment provided or bring your own! 6 p.m. FREE! 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

Wednesday 14 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Phi Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog! 5–7 p.m. www.athensdowntownhotel.com EVENTS: Charles Band Full Moon Horror Show (Tasty World Uptown) Get in the mood for Halloween with this traveling horror special effects museum featuring a presentation and Q&A with the artist. 8 p.m. (Early show!) $10. www.myspace. com/tastyworlduptown EVENTS: Girls’ Rock Camp Benefit Dinner (Earth Fare) Chef Michael Perkins prepares an Italian dinner accompanied by a five wine flight. Vegetarian meal upon request. Space is limited; call to reserve

your spot. 6:30 p.m. $40. tickets@ girlsrockathens.org, www.girlsrockathens.org EVENTS: Kings and Queens Drag Show (New Earth Music Hall) 10 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com THEATRE: The Grapes of Wrath (Seney-Stovall Chapel) A University Theatre production. See Theatre Oct. 13. Oct. 13–18, 8 p.m. Oct. 18, 2:30 p.m. $10, $7 (students and seniors). 706-542-2838, www.drama.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: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Meet the Service Dogs! Ages 11–18. Meet Debra Brenner and her dogs from The Guide Dog Foundation. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “Beyond Landscape” (UGA Student Learning Center, Room 148) As the founder of Stoss Landscape Urbanism, Chris Reed has sought to hybridize public works projects rooted in infrastructure, functionality and ecology. Reception follows lecture. 6 p.m. FREE! pardue@uga.edu GAMES: Movie Trivia Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Where movie trivia meets performance art. Sign up at 8 p.m. Trivia starts at 8:30 p.m. Hosted by Jeff Tobias. FREE! www. myspace.com/flickerbar GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 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 GAMES: Trivia Wars (283 Bar) Chris Creech hosts general knowledge trivia with different themes each week. Check the Facebook group “Trivia Wars!” for weekly updates and online question of the week. 8:30 p.m. (sign up) 9 p.m. (game starts). FREE! 706-208-1283 * Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line KIDSTUFF: Parent/Child Workshop 10/15 (ACC Library, Storyroom) For children ages 1–3 and their caregivers. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 THEATRE: The Grapes of Wrath 10/15 (Seney-Stovall Chapel) The University Theatre presents John Galati’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Dust Bowl classic. Oct. 13–18, 8 p.m. Oct. 18, 2:30 p.m. $10, $7 (students and seniors). 706542-2838, www.drama.uga.edu EVENTS: Fall Classic Century Bike Ride and Fall Festival 10/17 (Terrapin Beer Co.) Presented by Habitat for Humanity, Jittery Joe’s and Terrapin Brewery, the second annual Fall Classic Century ride will wind through scenic Oconee County. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. 706-208-1001, www.active.com KIDSTUFF: “If You Were a Parrot” 10/17 (ACC Library, Storyroom) Meet live parrots, learn about these intelligent creatures and do a craft. For ages 5 to 8 years. Call to register. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650, www.koppskritters.com

Thursday, October 8 & Friday, October 9

Rita Dove Various Venues In the convoluted anatomy of the body politic, the hands are growing weaker as they have fewer tasks to do, the belly is shrinking as sustenance becomes costly, the feet are moving with less purpose than they once did and the decision-making parts of the brain are positively riddled with parasites. That’s why it is more important than ever that the heart be preserved and nourished. Never mind that public funding for the arts barely registers on the national budget, it is in everyone’s best interest to support the arts and arts education, as it is in artistic expression that we find the greatest and most eloquent exercise of our freedoms and our higher purposes. Far from being a mere ceremonial honor, the job of Poet Laureate of the U.S. is a serious undertaking and a holy chore reserved for our best and brightest literary lights. That’s why it is a great privilege and a very cool thing to have Rita Dove coming to town. Poet Laureate from 1993–1995, Dove is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, a playwright, a Fulbright scholar, a distinguished professor and a member of the advisory board of The Georgia Review, which is sponsoring two days of talks and readings on- and off-campus. Dove’s work is masterful, powerful and vital, informed by the breadth of her experiences and the depths of her insight. To meet and listen to her will be a rare opportunity—and especially good for the heart. She’ll be at the Tate Center Theater on Thursday Oct. 8 at 3:30 p.m. for a Q&A and book signing, then she’ll give a reading entitled “How Does a Shadow Shine?” at the Morton Theatre at 7 p.m. On Friday, Oct. 9, after addressing students and faculty at Clarke Central High School, Dove will be the guest of the ACC Library’s Café au Libris group, for conversation and more book signing. All events are free and open to the public. [John Nettles]

PERFORMANCE: Robert Belinic 10/17 (UGA Hodgson Hall) Renowned Croatian guitarist performs. 8 p.m. $18. www.uga.edu/ pac* PERFORMANCE: Taikoza 10/18 (UGA Hodgson Hall) Internationally acclaimed Japanese dance and drum ensemble featuring a 6-foot long ancestral Taiko drum. 3 p.m. $20–$25. 706-542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac* EVENTS: The Art of: Music 10/20 (Stan Mullins’ Studio) The Georgia Museum of Art presents Grammy Award-winner Art Rosenbaum in this old time and bluegrass music performance. Part of GMOA’s “The Art of…” series. Call to RSVP. 6–8 p.m. $20. 706-542-0830, www.uga. edu/gamuseum LECTURES & LIT.: Michael Fried 10/20 (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Rm S151) The poet, art historian and art and literary critic speaks as part of the Visiting Artist/Scholar Series. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu THEATRE: An Evening’s Jest with Anton Chekhov 10/21 (SeneyStovall Chapel) Classic City Arts presents two short romantically comedic plays, The Bear and The Proposal. 8 p.m. $5. 706-850-1755, www.classiccityarts.com EVENTS: UGA Observatory Open House 10/23 (UGA Observatory) The 24-inch telescope is open for public viewing on the roof of the UGA physics building. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-542-2870 EVENTS: REEL Rock Film Tour 10/24 (Active Climbing) This rock climbing film tour comes to Georgia for the first time. 5 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www.halfmoonoutfitters. com, www.activeclimbing.com, www.reelrocktour.com* PERFORMANCE: Lynn Harrell 10/24 (UGA Hodgson Hall) Awardwinning cellist performs as a part of UGA Performing Arts Center’s Music Series II. 8 p.m. $23–$28. 706-5424400, www.uga.edu/pac* EVENTS: Fall Wine Fest 10/25 (Ashford Manor) Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation fundraiser features food/wine tasting from local and regional vineyards and restaurants and a silent art auction. 3–6 p.m. $30 (advance), $35. 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com* PERFORMANCE: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 11/5 (UGA Hodgson Hall) Conductor Robert Spano conducts Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 and Stravinsky’s Nightingale. 8 p.m. $37–42. 706542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac* EVENTS: Observatory Open House 11/16 (UGA Observatory) The UGA Observatory hosts its monthly open house viewing. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-2870 EVENTS: Annual Christmas Tour of Homes 12/5 (Monroe) Tour an eclectic mix of homes throughout Monroe. Proceeds benefit the Monroe Art Guild. 12–6 p.m. $10 (advance), $15 (day of). 770-2078937, www.monroeartguild.org* * Advance Tickets Available

Live Music Tuesday 6 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KLASSIC KARAOKE DANCE PARTY Every Tuesday. Borders Books & Music 7 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 KYSHONA ARMSTRONG Local songstress Kyshona sings soulful ballads over acoustic guitar.

Buffalo’s Southwest Café 6–10 p.m. $5 (includes lessons). 706354-6655 DINE & DANCE NIGHT Beginners and advanced dance lessons every Tuesday from 6–7 p.m. followed by open dance until 10 p.m. Tonight: swing dancing hosted by Bugg. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com CALTROP Chapel Hill band offers heavy, riff-based rock that takes cues from Sabbath but presents them in a series of modern arrangements. HOT BREATH Thrash trio featuring members of experimental local acts Garbage Island and S.V.A. MUSIC HATES YOU High-energy and higher volume, Music Hates You plays a dirty kind of punk metal. There’s red clay under the fingernails of this fist raised against authority. YAAL H’USH Brand new hard psych band featuring Aaron Jollay on bass and vocals, Drew Smith (Chrissakes) on drums, Kemp Stroble (Part Bear) on guitar, Kris Deason (Dark Meat) on guitar, keys, noise, and Curtis Vorda (Dark Meat) on oscillator. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DAN NETTLES Celebrated local jazz musician known for his work fronting Kenosha Kid. Flicker Theatre & Bar 11 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar LITTLE TYBEE Hip-hop with intriguing lyrics and futuristic beats that were probably sent back in time to kill John Conner. Follows the comedy show. Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub DAFFODIL Trio Daffodil‚ Derek Wiggs, Zack Kennedy and Max Talkovich‚ plays fuzzed-out, early-’90s sounding heavy rock and roll. JIMMY KIND BUD Christopher Ingham’s new band, formerly Liverty, featuring KateR on bass and Sarah T. on drums. The Melting Point 7 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens. com* COLT FORD CD RELEASE PARTY Come out and listen/watch the CD/ DVD release followed by a performance by Lonesome Traveler and many surprise guests! New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com MEAN MIC ENTERTAINMENT Weekly hip-hop event hosted by Elite tha Showstoppa, featuring rap battles, breakdancers, DJs, and beatmakers. DJ Tunes will be spinning.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

JAMEY JOHNSON doors open at 8pm twenty one dollars and fifty cents adv.*

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Love & Theft doors open at 9pm • twenty dollars

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

DJ VADIM

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FAUST CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

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RAIN MACHINE

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SHARON VAN ETTEN doors open at 9pm • twelve dollars adv.**

DRIVIN’ N’ CRYIN’ THE RATTLERS

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Wednesday 7 8e’s Bar 10:30 p.m. 706-613-1764 DJ KILLACUT Spinning ‘80s and early ‘90s hip-hop every Wednesday. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $6 (21+), $8 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE AGENDA! Back after a six-year hiatus, the short-lived but internationally acclaimed in-your-face punk rock ensemble known as The Agenda! features a high-energy show that’s both reckless and wildly entertaining. The lineup features Dan Geller (Ruby Isle, I Am the WTC), Mat Lewis and Ryan Lewis (both Grape Soda), and Justin Robinson returns on lead vocals. THE SO SO GLOS Two parts punk, one part beach volleyball, hold the angst. From Brooklyn. TITUS ANDRONICUS Reckless, spirited punk rock stomps with grungy undertones inspired by bands like Minor Threat and Galaxie 500. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DAFFODIL Trio Daffodil—Derek Wiggs, Zack Kennedy and Max Talkovich—plays fuzzed-out, early’90s sounding heavy rock and roll. HOT AND COLD Brand-new local duo featuring Chase Prince (Spring Tigers) and Joseph Campbell playing raw, blues rock. MAXIMUM BUSY MUSCLE Local tech-metal trio featuring Jay Roach on guitar, Mary Joyce on drums and Kris Deason on bass. UNSTOPPABLE DEATH MACHINES Bass-heavy instrumental barrage from Brooklyn. Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 8 p.m. FREE! www.harrybissetts.net GRAINS OF SAND This cover band performs classic Motown, soul and R&B hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub DUSTY LIGHTSWITCH Described as “one of the most exciting and satisfying live bands in town” by our own Gordon Lamb, this revolving cast of local eccentrics delivers rock and roll with epic possibilites. YE OLDE SUB SHOPPE New band headed by Christopher Ingham (Christopher’s Liver). Locos Grill & Pub 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Westside) JOHN KEANE AND NATHAN SHEPPARD Acclaimed producer and rocker John Keane will be joined by local acoustic stalwart Nathan Sheppard for a set of rock and Americana numbers. KAY TINSLEY Acoustic singersongwriter. The Melting Point 9 p.m. $12 (adv), $15 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* DAVE BARNES Pop-oriented Nashville singer/songwriter. ANDREW RIPP Chicago native plays music reminiscent of Bob Dylan and Otis Redding in the ‘70s. The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Every Wednesday (and sometimes Friday!) with Stan.

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Rye Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens PATRICK ATWATER First solo performance for this local bassist. He’ll combine original and cover tunes, all intertwined with live looping and drum & bass grooves. Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/tastyworlduptown DEATH ON TWO WHEELS Blistering classic rock from Atlanta with fierce lead guitar, gravelly soulful vocals and catchy choruses. THE FOUR KICKS Guitar-driven, melodic rock from Nashville that’s long on heart and short on pretension. SEQUOYAH PREP SCHOOL Southern rock from Florence, SC with subtle twang and a heavy coat of pop gloss.

Thursday 8 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $6 (21+), $8 (18+). www.40watt. com THE HEAVY PETS Jam rock from the desk of Dispatch, via Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The band’s live show is a powerful explosion of jazz-infused funkreggae and rock that is never the same experience twice. LAISSEZ FUNK Local up-and-comers play funk-jam fusion plus a variety of covers. THE MANTRAS Part jam band with Phish-style guitar licks and part funk band with a raging rapid-fire slap bass. Alibi Thursdays, FREE! 706-549-1010 OPEN MIC/JAM Hosted by Tracy Carroll and Matt Joiner of The Rattlers. Open to all musicians. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com GARBAGE ISLAND The challenging, interesting Athens improvisational group soldiers on despite lineup shifts. Loud, metallic and edgy, the band dips into krautrock and progressive thought, earning it the “experimental” tag. THE SUBLIMATOR Atlanta native who specializes in spoken word lyrics with plenty of reverb over a bed of rolling synths. Club Chrome 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-9009 KARAOKE Hosted by Blueberry Bill. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com BUBBLY MOMMY GUN Raucous psychedelic explorations led by members of Sleeping Friends, The Lickity-Splits and Ice Cream Socialists. QUIET HOOVES Increasingly poporiented experimental psych-folk from here in town featuring toy instruments and creative arrangements. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar EFREN AND FRIENDS Local band plays lo-fi indie swamp folk “for the feelings in you.” Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar “DR. FRED’S KARAOKE” Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers, every Thursday, following the live music.

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GRAPE SODA Local band featuring the brothers Lewis (Mat and Ryan) formerly of The Buddy System on vocals, organ and drums, playing reverb-heavy garage psych-rock. THE WARM FUZZIES Weezerinspired quirky local pop-rock outfit with adorably nerdy tunes. Magnolia’s at Tasty World Uptown 5–8 p.m. FREE! www.magnoliasbar. com JASON FULLER Local piano man plays blues, jazz and country. The Melting Point 9 p.m. $15 (adv.), $17 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE GOURDS Austin’s Roger Millerlovin’ The Gourds have a penchant for quirkiness, twang and unexpected covers. SHINYRIBS Soulful folk troubadour from Austin with a bit of Southern twang. New Earth Music Hall 10 p.m. $10 (adv) $12 (door). www. newearthmusichall.com AGOBI PROJECT This Ashevillebased three-piece electronica outfit incorporates elements of jazz, electro, drum ‘n’ bass, hip-hop, funk and IDM. PRICELESS THE KID Experimental hip-hop. TELEPATH Asheville, NC zone-out trio that blends live instrumentation, deejaying and electronic compositions. The mellow new album, Fire One, draws on dub, dancehall, Indian and Arabic sounds. Roadhouse 9 p.m. 706-613-2324 THE CURL The original Athens surf rock act is back! Guitarists Brian Smith and Peter Keane are reunited to play some old school surf tunes as well as a few surfed up populars. Backed by Dean Johnston on drums and Jason Lansing on bass. DAMIAN CHURCHWELL AND THE OMENS The popular Atlanta songwriter gets a bit more rockin’ with the help of drummer Dean Johnston and bassist Blake Nolan. Rye Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE TRIBUTE BAND Love Rage but can’t afford the exorbitant fees to time-travel back to 1995? This may be the show for you. Square One Fish Co. 8 p.m. FREE! www.squareonefishco. com THE DIRK QUINN BAND Philadelphia jazz-funk sextet. FREE LUNCH Dynamic jazz-oriented jam band with lots of funky slap bass, saxophone and fun sing-along melodies. Top Dawg Activity Bar & Nightclub 10 p.m. 706-870-6563 DJ RICH ROCK Weekly hip-hop dance party. 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!” Don Chambers will perform on the college radio station’s twice weekly

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Thayer Sarrano, tUnE-yArDs, Daniel Clay, Brer Paladin Ciné Freedom of choice is nice and all, but no one ever wants to make the wrong choice. If you enjoy terrifying yourself, Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs trace your path backwards and look at those pivotal moments where you zigged where you might have zagged; where is your moment of irony that changed everything? No telling, but here’s something concrete: after watching the “Hatori” video for Merrill Garbus’ solo project, tUnE-yArDs, on YouTube, it’s hard to believe that she almost dodged her righteously inevitable career: employing her ecstatic voice in song. “I think it saved my life, so I don’t know,” says Garbus when pressed for an idea of where she may have traversed without tUnE-yArDs (whose wonderfully abstract polyrhythmic pop music I enjoy in exact inverse to how much I enjoy typing its name). A possible life in highbrow theater, potentially as a puppeteer, was in rebellion to her musical upbringing: “My mom’s a piano teacher and my dad was a professional musician for a small time. They’re musicians in a slightly different way than I’m a musician now, I guess, but they met playing music. There was always music and musicians around, more in the folk and classical genres,” she says. Whatever the genre, music seems impressed into Garbus’ tissue, and her work in tUnEyArDs is beautifully natural. The sound-collage of her 4AD debut bIrD-bRaInS leaps and bounds from place to place with wildly varying compression levels suggesting travel and space beyond the standard studio. “I limited myself to this little digital voice recorder, just a handheld thing,” explains Garbus. “I really wanted to be able to capture sound wherever I was and use those exact sounds to create rhythms, to create melodies, whatever I was doing. I would pretty much just take the recorder wherever I was, and that’s why you hear some kids talking and pots and pans and chainsaws coming from far away… those are all from me just walking around, taking snippets of sound.” The show starts at 7 p.m. [Jeff Tobias]

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Friday 9 40 Watt Club Georgia Theatre Presents. 9 p.m. $21.50 (adv). www.40watt.com* BASSNECTAR The experimental hip-hop project of DJ/producer/ musician Lorin Ashton of San Francisco. His heavy basslines throb under an eclectic mix of electronica and acoustic instrumentation that crosses and blends many genres. DJ VADIM This Russian DJ is a true innovator, combining hip-hop with soul, reggae and electronica. Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 GRAINS OF SAND This cover band performs classic Motown, soul and R&B hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Allen’s Bar & Grill 9 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill. com NORMALTOWN FLYERS This Athens roots-rock institution plays a set of good-time rock and roll with a Southern leaning. Caledonia Lounge Wuxtry Presents! 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com HOT CHA CHA CHA With husky, sultry rock vocals like Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), this all lady quartet from Cleveland mixes moody postrock guitars with new wave sass and edgy rhythms. MYSTERY OF TWO Ohio-based indie-rock trio that combines unique instrumentation with vocals reminiscent of ‘80s punk bands. TUNABUNNY Experimental local act featuring hazy and warped ex-

perimental psychedelia. Dual female guitarists/vocalists are backed by synthesized percussion and a wall of noise. WEREWOLVES Quirky and minimalist rock from Wyatt Strother. The Classic Center Help Rebuild the Georgia Theatre! 8 p.m. $19-24 (adv). $100 (VIP). www. classiccenter.com ABBEY ROAD LIVE! The ultimate Beatles tribute! Tonight the show includes orchestral brass and string accompaniment in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Abbey Road. Special guests include Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Mike Mantione (Five Eight), Vanesssa Briscoe Hay (Pylon) and more! 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 SNARKY PUPPY Denton, TX group that jams on soulful nu-jazz sounds.

Animal Collective and Talking Heads teaming up to travel back in time and fight Napoleon. Dance shoes recommended. Jot ‘Em Down Country Store & BBQ 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-2110 THE RICK FOWLERS Local guitarist Rick Fowler (of Lonely White Boys, Ralph Roddenbery, etc.) specializes in a classic sort of British blues rock. Little Kings Shuffle Club Celebrating John Lennon’s Birthday! 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub THE KNOCKOUTS Local act featuring Steve Casadont, Kevin Sims, Charles Greenleaf, Ned Gardiner, Bill Oglesby and Alliene Bouchard that plays an array of traditional music‚ from polka to bluegrass to Irish folk music‚ in a rather nontraditional, punk-inspired way. VINYL STRANGERS Timelessly charming classic-sounding pop rock reminiscent of early Beatles and Byrds.

The Globe 10:30 p.m. $5. 706-353-4721 MELVIN MATHURIN JAZZ QUARTET Essential and original jazz compositions.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE COMMON PEOPLE BAND Local group pays tribute to Motown’s greatest hits.

Go Bar 8 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DEARLING PHYSIQUE Electronic ambient music. 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. REPTAR This up-and-coming local quartet sounds like the result of

New Earth Music Hall 8 p.m. $8 (adv), $12 (door). www. newearthmusichall.com LARRY KEEL AND NATURAL BRIDGE Two-time national flatpicking champion brings his blazing fingers and progressive mountain sound to Athens. 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. Orange Twin Conservation Community 8 p.m. $12 (camping available upon request). www.orangetwin.com* VIC CHESNUTT One of Georgia’s most acclaimed singer/songwriters. Chesnutt’s rich, melancholic voice and often brooding, enigmatic lyrics inspire and enchant. Chesnutt will be joined by Elf Power to play a set off their collaborative album Dark Developments. ELF POWER This local band never ceases to explore new sonic territories–always experimenting with unconventional instrumenation and arrangements behind its driving folk-rock. Elf Power will play two sets—one featuring the band’s own material and one with Vic Chesnutt, featuring songs off their collaborative record Dark Developments. NANA GRIZOL Punk band from here in town that plays songs about shooting stars, fancy cars and red guitars. Tonight you’ll get a preview of the band’s upcoming album Ruth. SCOTT E. SPILLANE EXP Brandnew band featuring Gerbils frontman and Neutral Milk Hotel alum Scott E. Spillane. Rye Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens BLACK BELT PATRIOTS Athens rock trio that plays original music and covers ranging from the Rolling Stones to Band of Horses. Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/tastyworlduptown DON CHAMBERS This local favorite’s whiskey-soaked bootstomps capture a certain dusty closing-time chic. Rough and tumble vocals scratch and howl over rootsy guitars, banjo and pedal steel. CORDUROY ROAD Although rooted in classic Americana, with lots of foot stomping, banjo plucking and pedal steel, The Corduroy Road also has a knack for endearing pop melodies. Wild Wing Café 9 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com JAY EDWARDS Acoustic singersongwriter.

Saturday 10 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $10 (adv). www.40watt.com* CIRCULATORY SYSTEM Led by main songwriter Will Cullen Hart alongside various former Olivia Tremor Control bandmates, Circulatory System blasts through psychedelic, elliptical pop songs rich with strings, keys and layers of guitar. Eight years in the making, the sophomore release Signal Morning is out now! See story on p. 22. FAUST The inventors of Krautrock, still going strong after 37 years. Faust will also be hosting a workshop at Ciné on Sunday. See story on p. 17. Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 DAMIAN CHURCHWELL Atlanta songwriter whose soothingly mellow acoustic rock is tricked out with electro bells and whistles. Athens Farmers Market 10 a.m. FREE! 706-296-8000 TIN CUP PROPHETTE Local artist Amanda Kapousouz blends genres as she switches instruments and

loops her airy vocals and violin around guitar and drums, backed by percussionist Jeremy Wheatley and others. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com JOHN PARR JONES Local band formerly known as Beef Silence. Club Chrome 9 p.m. $5. 706-543-9009 LANEY STRICKLAND AND THE BLOODTHIRSTY COWBOYS Classic Southern rock with bluesy riffs, wailing organ and soulful vocals. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com KYSHONA ARMSTRONG Local songstress Kyshona sings soulful ballads over acoustic guitar. She has been compared to the likes of Tracy Chapman, Diana Krall and Dionne Farris. The Globe 10 p.m. 706-353-4721 BREATHLANES Led by guitarist/ composer John Miley, Breathlanes features atmospheric, organic tones built around guitar, drums and stand-up bass. Tonight’s performance features special guest Lefty Hathaway on keys. Go Bar 10 p.m.–12:30 a.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/gobar DJ CARLOS A mix of world rhythms and grooves from the host of Tasty World’s Latin Night. 12:30 a.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar “LATE NITE DISCO” The house deejay and occasional special guests spin a cool mix of disco, new wave and modern dance tunes for a sweaty and energetic closing-time crowd. Dance party begins after the live music every Saturday. Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub KEN WILL MORTON Athens’ own Ken Will Morton is an engaging and prolific songwriter with several fulllengths under his belt. His soulful rasp and sharp lyrics encompass both the heart of folk and the rough and tumble vitality of rock. MOTHER JACKSON Local band offering a heavy dose of raw, bluesinfluenced, ‘70s rock and roll. You’ll also hear some songs that singer Paul McHugh originally played with his other band Sweetbox. UP WITH THE JONESES Peppy, upbeat melodic rock four-piece out of Chattanooga featuring some country-style vocal harmonies and energetic stage antics. New Earth Music Hall 8 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. newearthmusichall.com SIGNAL PATH One of the pioneers of electronic music, this influential act is known for its powerful live show. UPRISE DUB Live dubstep/electronic duo from Atlanta featuring danceable vibes. Sandy Creek Park 10:30 a.m.–9 p.m. $10 (adults), $5 (students), FREE! (under 12). www. athensfolk.org NORTH GEORGIA FOLK FESTIVAL Bluegrass music, local art and more. Featuring performers John McCutcheon, Art Rosenbaum, The Georgia Mudcats, The Blueridge Rounders, Earl Murphy and Hawk Proof Rooster, The Darien Geechee k continued on next page

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Shouters, Tony Bryant, Young Goodman Brown, The Normaltown Flyers, Pam Blanchard and the Sunny Side Up Band, Jean-Paul and Dominique Carton, and Mary Lomax and Bonnie Loggins. See story on p. 23. Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/tastyworlduptown BIZKAIA Live electronics: dub, hip-hop, club, and drum & bass. Featuring the production stylings of Eric B. LSDJ Get your psychedelic dancing on. TURBINE NYC band with songs that are part blues, part country and part traditional rock. ZOOGMA This Oxford, MS group lays down electro-driven funk and rock jams that feature smooth improvization and sampling. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com TENT CITY This local four-piece fuses elements of jazz, funk, blues and world music.

Sunday 11 Ciné Barcafé 7 p.m. $5. www.athenscine.com BRER PALADIN Athenians Corey Loomis and Roy Coughlin draw equally from their respective catalogs as they trade between acoustic guitar, keyboard, harmonies and a rare South American tribal instrument known as the omnichord. DANIEL CLAY Decatur songwriter Daniel Clay plays folk and Americana tunes. THAYER SARRANO Local singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist with lovely, airy vocals singing dark, gentle melodies over guitar while backed by lap steel, bass and drums. Celebrating the release of her debut record, King. TUNE-YARDS Experimental is a moniker applied to many bands these days, but few deserve it like tUne-YaRdS. Expect nonconventional beats, melodies and instruments, all performed by one person, Merrill Garbus. See Calendar Pick on p. 28. The Melting Point 8 p.m. $6 (adv.), $8 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com RADIOLUCENT Local band Radiolucent falls somewhere between bluesy Southern rock and the poppier side of alt-country. TEALVOX Local teenage indie-rock band that draws inspiration from acts such as Coldplay, U2 and The Beatles. 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. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com B-SIDE REVOLUTION Local piano pop-rock fronted by Kyle Rogers.

Monday 12 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $12 (adv). www.40watt.com RAIN MACHINE Brand new side project from Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio. See story on p.21. SHARON VAN ETTEN Brooklyn folk singer with a dulcet, gossamer voice

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accompanied by equally delicate guitar picking. Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com CRUMBLING ARCHES Melodic rock from Atlanta/Athens with a passion for theater, over-the-top vocals, concept albums, big guitars and electronic flourishes. JOY IN TOMORROW Atlanta alternative band with power chords galore. THE CLOUDS ARE GHOSTS Austin indie rockers whose amazingly catchy and well-orchestrated melodic lines make every song sound like it’s part of a soundtrack for a sci-fi thriller. THE WINTER SOUNDS Local band that infuses elements of new wave, punk and synth-pop into its carefully crafted and lyrically inspiring songs. 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. Go Bar 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar ELECTRIC TICKLE MACHINE A garage rock take on ‘70s psych. Recommended for fans of The Dandy Warhols, Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Velvet Underground. See Calendar Pick on p. 30. EUREKA CALIFORNIA Recently expanded from the solo project of Jake Ward to a full band, Eureka California is a local indie band

influenced by American indie that sounds like British indie influenced by American indie. Also, it rocks. FASHION KNEE HIGH Jangly local garage rock with some more playfully indulgent guitar sounds and an emphasis on chance-taking, all topped off by disaffected vocals. SOAPBAR Local group plays shaggy, diverse alt-rock informed by its lo-fi and folk peers. WEREWOLVES Quirky and minimalist rock from Wyatt Strother. Sharing a set tonight with Eureka California. The Melting Point 6 p.m. $3 (adv), $5 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com CUBATA Formerly knowns at Athens Latin Jazz Quintet, this progressive ensemble infuses the Athens music scene with the cutting edge of Afro-Caribbean music through its vibraphone-laden melodies and percussion-rich syncopations. ¡MOYUBA! This unique percussion quintet offers a modern twist on Haitian and Cuban music. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com CLARKE COUNTY LINE Local band plays classic country covers. Top Dawg Activity Bar & Nightclub FREE! www.athenstopdawg.com KARAOKE Every Monday.

Tuesday 13 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $6 (21+), $8 (18+). www.40watt. com MICAH DALTON Alternative soul singer from Atlanta whose vocal

style was influenced by such diverse acts as Marvin Gaye and Paul Simon. DREW HOLCOMB & THE NEIGHBORS Folk-rock with a Nashville vibe. PAUL SMITH Easy listening acoustic tunes. Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KLASSIC KARAOKE DANCE PARTY Every Tuesday. Buffalo’s Southwest Café 6–10 p.m. $5 (includes lessons). 706354-6655 DINE & DANCE NIGHT Beginners’ and advanced dance lessons every Tuesday from 6–7 p.m. followed by open dance until 10 p.m. Tonight features Tango. Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com COME WHAT MAY Indie rock that often takes a swing to the hardcore side. FEEDING THE FOXES Screaming. Rapid-fire guitar riffs. Grindcore at its best. FRANKLIN GROVE Local metal band with a new demo on the way. SHE CAME FROM ABOVE Half screaming, half pleasant singing, all metal. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CARL LINDBERG Groove-loving local jazz bassist Carl Lindberg (Grogus, Squat, Kenosha Kid, and more) performs standards, originals and some surprising tunes from divergent styles.

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Electric Tickle Machine, Fashion Knee High, Eureka California, Soapbar, Werewolves Go Bar The Go Bar recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary, and ever since Tom Hedger and Mark Wallace turned Wallace’s vintage rummage shop Go Clothing into the dance-anddrink-and-dance-some-more hotspot, it’s been attracting and actively cultivating a retroglam vibe. There’s always been something adorably sleazy about the ‘70s Euro softcore and horror Electric Tickle Machine flicks dominating the television above the bar, and thanks to the bar’s easily stumbled-to location between the downtown bars and many walking-distance homes, Go’s been the site of countless questionable detours. We’re at a high point in the bar’s on-again-off-again relationship with live music, with a new stage and sound system making performances easier on the band and more accessible for the crowd. That said, a lot of Go’s recent booking has veered towards the crustier DIY punk end of the spectrum, sometimes at odds with the glittery disco, silver streamers and coke-den vibe. Brooklyn’s Electric Tickle Machine, however, playing at Go on Monday, bridges that gap ably, providing a lusty kind of rock and roll, vibrantly fromthe-gut but no less stylized and retro-leaning for it. Pregnant synth lines and suggestive guitar riffs litter “Women Are the New Men,” a slinky tune featuring guest vocals sung in Welsh by the band’s pal Mared Lenny, with more than a little Velvet Underground. Like the VU, too, Electric Tickle Machine balances a garage rock jangle with a more artful tone—T-Rex, Bowie before he got really Bowie, that sort of thing. “Honest Injun” gets all masculine and conjures thoughts of Brian Jonestown Massacre. Think local band Puddin’ Tang, but less ‘50s rock and roll and more early ‘70s psych-glam. Oh, and good for dancing, too. Go Bar’s got something going on this Monday night. [Chris Hassiotis]

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com* STEEL STRING SESSION A dynamic group of professional acoustic and plugged-in musicians from the Southern Appalachian Mountains playing Americana, jazz, bluegrass and “jazz grass.”

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10/16 Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ (40 Watt Club)* 10/16 Mr. Blank’s Carnivale of Black Hearts (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 10/16 A PostWar Drama / Bambara / Holly Belle / Page Campbell (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 10/16 Laura Meyer / Treedom! (Rye Bar) 10/16 Bearfoot Hookers / Adam Payne / Nathan Sheppard (Tasty World Uptown) 10/17 J-Roddy Walston & The Business / Jonny Corndog (40 Watt Club) 10/17 Singing the News (ATHICA) 10/17 Reptar / Spring Tigers (Caledonia Lounge) 10/17 Nirvana Cover Band (Farm 255) 10/17 Harp Unstrung (Georgia Bar) 10/17 Dubconcious / Dubmutation / Heavyweight Dub Champion / Seadub (New Earth Music Hall) 10/17 Ghostfinger / Kite to the Moon / Lona / Ocha La Rocha / Raised by Wolves (Winterville Farm) 10/18 Will Rock 4 Food (Taylor Grady House) 10/19 Lera Lynn / Packway Handle Band (Ashford Manor) 10/19 American Cheeseburger / Filth Mattress / Jimmy Kind Bud (Go Bar) 10/20 Built to Spill / Disco Doom / Violent Soho (40 Watt Club) 10/20 Curley Maple (The Melting Point)* 10/21 Groove Stain (Tasty World Uptown) 10/22 Dufus / Mouser (Farm 255) 10/23 Social Distortion / The Strangers (40 Watt Club)* 10/23 UGA Veterinary School Benefit (Tasty World Uptown) 10/24 Dead Confederate / Meat Puppets (40 Watt Club)* 10/24 Ricky Fitzpatrick (Borders Books & Music) 10/27 The Black Heart Procession / The Mumlers (40 Watt Club)* 10/27 Carl Lindberg (Farm 255) 10/27 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson / Pigs on a Wing / Warpaint (New Earth Music Hall) 10/27 Cinemechanica / So Many Dynamos (Tasty World Uptown) 10/27 Buck & Nelson (The Melting Point)* 10/28 Junior Boys (40 Watt Club)* 10/29 Puddin Tang (Farm 255) 10/29 Dusty Lightswitch (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 10/30 An Albatross / Dark Meat (40 Watt Club) 10/30 The Granfaloons (Farm 255) 10/30 Kenosha Kid / Trey Wright Trio (The Melting Point) 10/31 Faith and Paige Carmichael / William Tonks and Friends (Athens Farmers Market) 10/31 Packway Handle Band / Venice is Sinking (Farm 255) 11/2 The Vic Chesnutt Band (40 Watt Club)* 11/2 American Cheeseburger / The Jack Burton Experience / Savagist / Snack Truck (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 11/3 The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show (The Melting Point) 11/4 American Cheeseburger / Jimmy Kind Bud / Necro Hippies (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 11/5 Nanny Island / Pearl and the Beard / Jeremy Wheatley (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 11/18 Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm / The Dirty Streets / Lucero (40 Watt Club)*

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New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com MEAN MIC ENTERTAINMENT Weekly hip-hop event hosted by Elite tha Showstoppa, featuring rap battles, breakdancers, DJs, and beatmakers. DJ Tunes will be spinning. Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/tastyworlduptown PUDDIN’ TANG Upbeat, quirky and stripped-down, Puddin’ Tang plays rootsy garage rock in the vein of Von Bondies. Celebrating their CD release tonight! TRASHCANS Nate Mitchell of the duo Cars Can Be Blue heads up this garage-rock project that’s selfdescribed as “lo-fi, blown-out scuzz punk.” TV GHOST Indiana post-punk band with psychedelic influences. WIZZARD SLEEVE Murky psych rock with goth tendencies, powered by Casio. WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org “LIVE IN THE LOBBY!” The Winter Sounds will perform on the college radio station’s twice weekly program. Listen over the air or drop by the station to watch!

Wednesday 14 40 Watt Club Georgia Theatre Presents. 8 p.m. $21.50 (adv). www.40watt.com* JAMEY JOHNSON Country music “bad boy” who has penned hits for such legends as George Strait and Trace Adkins. Johnson has come into his own as a performer as well, with his tear-in-your-beer, introspective album The Lonesome Song. 8e’s Bar 10:30 p.m. 706-613-1764 DJ KILLACUT Spinning ‘80s and early ‘90s hip-hop every Wednesday. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com ANTARCTIC St. Augustine’s answer to A. Armada, featuring supremely tight, progressive instrumental rock with epic, thrashing climaxes. Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 8 p.m. FREE! www.harrybissetts.net MILLIGAN Performing a set of cover songs from CSNY to Johnny Cash to Jack Johnson to Maroon 5, this band reworks both classic rockers and more recent hits. The Melting Point 9 p.m. $12 (adv), $15 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com JEFF COFFIN MU’TET Saxophonist for Bela Fleck & The Flecktones and The Dave Matthews Band, Jeff Coffin shows off his skills with guests Jeff Sipe, Kofi Burbridge and Felix Pastorius.

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ART Call for Artists (Downtown Washington) The Washington Wilkes Arts Foundation seeks submissions for ArtFest, taking place Nov. 7 & 8. www.washingtonwilkesarts.org Call for Artists (Call for location) Seeking artists/bands to participate in Phoenix Rising, a commemorative art quilt celebrating the Georgia Theatre, to be auctioned off on behalf of the theatre. No sewing required. Deadline Oct. 23. 706540-2712, www.MamaInTheMoon. blogspot.com or on Facebook. Call for Artists (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Seeking artists for Halloween art show and sale. $15 entry fee. Deadline is Oct. 21. 706-540-2712, www.mamain themoon.blogspot.com

AUDITIONS Grease (Oconee Youth School of Performance) The Oconee Youth Playhouse will hold auditions for their January production of the popular musical. For grades 1 through college. Call to schedule audition. Oct. 7, FREE! 706-769-2677, www. oypoysp.com.com/playhouse

CLASSES African-American Genealogical Research (ACC Library) The Clarke-Oconee Genealogical Society explores African-American family history research experiences and methodology. Oct. 24, 1 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650, loutome@aol.com Argentine Tango Essentials (YWCO, Eastside) Workshop taught

by Clint Rauscher of Atlanta’s Tango Evolution. No experience or partner necessary. 4:15–6:15 p.m. $15 (students), $20 (non-students), 706-613-8178, cvunderwood@ charter.net Art and Music Classes (UGA Center for Continuing Education) Open to all. 706-542-3537, www. georgiacenter.uga.edu/ppd Beginning Golf (UGA Center for Continuing Education) Take a swing at this class for beginners. Open to all! Through Nov. 2, 706-542-3537, www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/ppd Bellydance Basics (Athens YMCA) Wednesday mornings. 10:45 a.m. www.athensymca.org Bellydance for Fitness (Floorspace) Women of all sizes and experience welcome. New 6-week sessions begin Oct. 7. Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. $60/6 weeks, $12/class. www.floorspaceathens.com Booty Camp (Sangha Yoga Studio) A low-impact core fitness course led by Mary Imes. Tuesdays, 5:30–6:45 p.m. Fridays, 10:30–11:45 a.m. $60/6 weeks. 706-613-1143 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 Computer Class (ACC Library) Introduction to Word. In the Educational Technology Center. Call to register. Oct. 8, 10–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Computer Classes (ACC Library) Introduction to the Internet. In the Educational Technology Center. Call to register. Oct. 15, 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Craft Classes (Main Street Yarns, Watkinsville) Offering instruction in knitting, crocheting, wheel spinning and more. Full schedule online.

706-769-5531, www.mainstreet yarns.com Earthen Plaster and Finishes Workshop (Earthsong) Learn to apply claybased plasters and finishes to cob walls. Bring water and lunch to share. Registration required. Oct. 10, 10 a.m. will@redclaynb.org, www. redclaynb.org Fall Container Planting (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn principles of landscape design and get 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 GEN Homeschool Program (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Garden Earth Naturalist program for homeschoolers. Nov. 23–Dec. 11, 9–11 a.m. (ages 6–8), 1–3 p.m. (ages 9–11). $22–$36. 706-5426156 Gentle Yoga (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) Bring your own mat or towel and wear loose clothing. Julie Horne, instructor. Tuesdays, 5:30–7 p.m. $9/class. 706-354-1996 Getting Started with Genealogy (ACC Library) Monthly informal class to walk you through the basics of researching family history. Bring a pencil and paper. In the Heritage Room. Oct. 15, 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Hatha Yoga (Sangha Yoga Studio) Candlelight traditional Hatha Yoga. Beginners welcome. 706-613-1143, www.healingartscentre.net Homebuyer Education Workshop (ACC Library) Athens Land Trust offers a two-day workshop to prepare prospective buyers for homeownership success. Space is limited; call to register. Oct. 8, 4:30–8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0122

The paintings of Lamar Dodd are on exhibit at the Lyndon House Arts Center through Oct. 24. 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. Laugh-a-Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Laugh your stress away. Oct. 9 and Oct. 23, 5:30 p.m. $5. 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@ armc.org Life Drawing Sessions (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios, 159 Jackson St.) Bring any supplies/ equipment that you may require. Ages 18 and up. Call to reserve a space. Thursdays, 6–8 p.m. $20/5 classes, 706-540-2727

Mama-Baby Yoga (Mind Body Institute) For mamas and their babies. Six weeks old to crawlers. Every Wednesday. 10:30–11:45 a.m. $60/6 classes. 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@armc.org Mindbody Bootcamp (Five Points Yoga) Chant, breathe, sweat and meditate in this two-week session of daily, early-morning yoga. Pre-registration required. Oct. 12–23, weekdays, 6–7 a.m. $135/2 weeks, $75/1 week. 706-355-3113, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Open Art Studio (Art School, Watkinsville) Led by Tracy Jefferies. Open to all experience levels. Mondays, 12:30–2:30 p.m. $190 for 8 classes (includes supplies). artschoolstreet@gmail.com, www. artschoolwatkinsville.com

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (Top of the Stairs Gallery) Paintings by Craig Hawkins. Through October. ATHICA “Free Press in Free Fall” features the work of 13 artists addressing the current state of the American news media. Lectures and receptions on Nov. 8. Ciné Barcafé “Moments and Time,” featuring paintings by Terry Rowlett, examines the human occupation of the planet from a historical perspective. Through Oct. 19. Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design “We Are So Lightly Here: Putting Contemporary Musicians in Their Place,” a photographic exploration of musicians within their landscapes by Michael Wilson. Through Oct. 30. Reception Oct. 1. Custom Styles (698 Baxter Street) “Athens from a Different Angle,” a collection of black and white photographs by Alan H. Icard. Earth Fare Work by Lisa Goodwin. Through October. Good Dirt Halloween-themed pottery by Mike Klapthor, Sarah Visser and Jeff Williams. Through October. Hair Therapy Studio Work by Pain & Wonder’s Graham Bradford. Through Nov. 14. Healing Arts Centre “The Divine Beloved” features Charlie Gard’ner’s paintings and drawings of self-proclaimed “Avatar of the Age” Meher Baba. Through November. Just Pho…and More Work by Bob Hart. Through October. Work by Jill Leite. Through Oct. 30. Lamar Dodd School of Art “Contemporary

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Perennial Symposium (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Discover which plants are best suited to Georgia’s gardens: maintain a sustainable landscape in this daylong seminar. Oct. 14, 8:45 a.m.–3 p.m. $50. www.uga.edu/botgarden Pilates Classes (Balance Pilates and Wellness Studio) Schedule and details online. Private lessons also available. 706-546-1061, www. balancepilatesathens.com Prenatal Yoga (Full Bloom Center) Get ready for birth and beyond. Every Thursday. 5:30 p.m. $14/class or $60/6 classes. 706353-3373, www.fullbloomparent. com Prenatal Yoga: Couples Workshop (Five Points Yoga) Practice yoga poses together and

Representations of the Body,” an exhibit featuring figures by Kinzey Braughn, Andy Cherewick, Dennis Harper, Andy Nasisse, Christina Pettersson and Terry Rowlett. Through Oct. 15. Perpetual Art Machine is a living archive of 21st-century international video art. Through Oct. 15. Last Resort Grill Work by Ainhoa Canup. Through October. Lyndon House Arts Center “Lamar Dodd: A Tribute Exhibition 100 Years After His Birth” features work from the collections of C.L. Morehead, Jr. and Annie Laurie Dodd. Through Oct. 24. “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. “Surrealist Tropical Pop,” features paintings by artists Stanley Bermudez and Carlos Solis. Through October. Madison-Morgan Cultural Center “Reflections on Water, Earth & Sky,” featuring work by Lucinda Bunnen. Through Oct. 11. Mama’s Boy Acrylic and oil aintings by Sarah Jane Airgood from her “Meek” series. Through Oct. 20. Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation “Profess,” an exhibit featuring the work of Gainesville State College’s art faculty. Through Oct. 31. “Table d’Art: Place Matters,” an exhibition of textile works by the Athens Fibercraft Guild. Through Oct. 31. State Botanical Garden of Georgia “Intimacy,” an exhibit featuring the photography of Don Byram. Through Oct. 18. White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates An exhibition by local Latina pottery collective Casa de Cultura. Through October.

learn comfort measures for pregnancy and birth. Call to register. Oct. 10, 1:30–3:15. $25/couple. 706-3553114, info@5pointsyoga.com, www. athensfivepointsyoga.com/events Prenatal Yoga: Intro Workshop (Five Points Yoga) Learn how yoga supports healthy pregnancy and birth. Oct. 18, noon– 2 p.m. $20. 706-355-3114, www. athensfivepointsyoga.com/events Scottish Country Dancing (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Introductory classes. No partner necessary! Thursdays, 7–9 p.m. $25/12 weeks, $3/class. 706255-1010, info@thistleandkudzu.net Spanish Classes (Email for Location) Beginner and intermediate classes for spoken or written Spanish. Classes are taught in Spanish. 706-372-5570, kwindley@ uga.edu Swing Dancing (Dancefx) Social swing dancing, with advanced and beginner lessons. 9 p.m.–12 a.m. $3–$5. www. athensswingnight.com Tae Kwon Do & Jodo Classes (Live Oak Martial Arts, Chase Street Warehouses) For kids and adults, beginner through advanced. Mondays–Thursdays, 3:30-8:30 p.m. 706-548-0077, www.liveoak martialarts.com UGA Swing Club (UGA Memorial Hall) Learn the Lindy Hop or the Charleston. No partner necessary. Every Monday, 7–8 p.m. www.uga. edu/ugaswingclub Veil Dancing (Five Points Yoga) Open to all! 1:30–3:30 p.m. www. fivepointsyoga.com Yoga and Tai Chi Classes (Athens Wellness Cooperative) For beginners through experienced. $14/ drop-in, $60/6 classes, $108/12 classes. www.wellnesscooperative. com Zumba at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves. Wednesdays, through Oct. 28, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $10/class, $48/session. www.uga.edu/botgarden

HELP OUT! American Red Cross (Red Cross Donor Center, 3525 Atlanta Hwy.) Seeking donors for all blood types. 706-546-0681, www.redcrossblood. org Athens Pagan Pride Volunteers (Bishop Park) Now seeking Pagan and Pagan-friendly vendors, educators and entertainers for the upcoming annual festival on Oct. 24. athenspaganpride@gmail. com, http://athenspaganpride.org AthFest Volunteer Opportunity (Email for Location) The AthFest Education Committee seeks year-round volunteers to assist them in their mission to connect local music to local schools. education@athfest.com Become a Mentor (Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens) Volunteer one hour per week to make a difference in the life of a child. Training provided. 706-546-4910, mentor@ athensbgca.com, www.fflife.net Bike Recycling Program (Chase Street Warehouses) Join BikeAthens volunteers as they clean and repair donated bicycles for local service agencies. Sunday, 2–4:30 p.m. Monday & Wednesday, 6–8:30 p.m. www.bikeathens.com Scare Up a Harvest: Help the Hungry (Lyndon House Arts Center) Design scarecrows for a display at the Lyndon House! Proceeds benefit Food 2 Kids program. Through Oct. 17, 5 cans of 15 oz ravioli (individual), 15 cans (group), 706-613-3623, www.accleisure services.com

Tailgate Raffle (Athens YMCA) Tailgate4kids is looking for organizations to help with sponsorship and ticket sales. 706-613-9098, tailgate4kids@gmail.com.

KIDSTUFF Creative Movement (Floorspace) Ongoing class for ages 3–5. Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Wednesdays, 1 p.m. 706-850-5557, www.floorspace athens.com Family Yoga Sprouts (Full Bloom Center) Come enjoy yoga as a family! Third Sunday of every month. 1:30–2:30 p.m. Call for fees. 706-353-3373, www.yogasprouts. com Homeschoolers Chapter Book Review (Madison Baptist Church) Elementary school-aged homeschoolers gather at the library to read a book together and talk about it. Every Thursday. 1 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 One-to-One Reading Program (East Athens Community Center) Read with the librarian and volunteers. For ages 6 and up. Monday–Thursday, 3:30– 5:30 p.m., FREE! 706-613-3657 Stories, Songs & S’mores (Sandy Creek Park) Gather around the campfire for some hot cider, s’mores, songs, stories and more. 6–7:30 p.m. $2. 706-613-3631 Sweet Pea Club (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Puppet shows, storytelling, learning games, nature crafts and garden explorations. Ages 3–5. Pre-registration 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 and up. Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m. $14/ single class, $60/6 classes. 706353-3373

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SUPPORT Emotional Abuse Support Group (Call for location) Demeaning behavior and hateful words can be just as harmful as punches and kicks. Childcare is provided. Call Project Safe hotline at 706-543-3331 for location. Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m. Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Informal and supportive 12step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org 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

ON THE STREET 27th Annual Road Skate (Various Locations) Now registering for Athens to Atlanta Road Skate on Oct. 11. Deadline is Oct. 7. 404806-7251, www.a2a.net 4e Dungeons & Dragons Game New weekly D&D game in Athens looking for players. All levels of experience welcome. athensDnD @hotmail.com Fall Classic Century Bike Ride (Jittery Joe’s Watkinsville) Register for ride, presented by Habitat for Humanity, Jittery Joe’s and the Terrapin Brewery, that will wind through scenic Oconee County on Oct. 17. Course lengths are 62 miles and 31 miles. Registration: $30 (before Oct. 10), $35 (after Oct. 10). 706-208-1001, www.athens habitat.com f

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Matters Of The Heart And Loins I’ve found myself in a particularly shitty position. I recently found some things that would lead any woman to believe her boyfriend is messing around (i.e., sleeping with his ex). However, I found these things in a less than honest manner (i.e., snooping through his personal messages out of curiosity). We’ve been together for over two years and, for the most part, he’s acting completely normal. Is there any way to go about confronting him about it that won’t put me in the position of the crazy-jealous-snooping girlfriend? I still want to be with him, and he seems like he still wants to be with me, but I’m afraid if I admit what I’ve been doing, I’ll drive him further away. Help. Anonymous Liar in Love So, he’s banging his ex, and all you can think about is not wanting him to be mad at you for being “crazy” and “jealous”?! This sounds like a lovely arrangement with a solid foundation and a bright future. So, how many kids will you be having, then? After all, misery loves company, right? Look, liar, you have no excuses to make. I would tell you to just dump this guy and forget about, but since I know you won’t take that advice, I will tell you to confront him ASAP and admit that you were snooping. How can you expect your relationship to be honest if you aren’t willing to be honest yourself? Besides, unless there’s something you aren’t telling me, you are on slightly higher moral ground than he is, so you shouldn’t be expected to grovel over your snooping. Your suspicions were right, after all. There is this guy, and I have been seeing him for a couple of months, very casually. It’s all very innocent, too. But he is great. I mean, he hasn’t like swept me off my feet or anything, but I adore him and I think I can see myself falling in love with him. So, the issue is that I am not physically attracted to him. He’s not unattractive really. We’ve kissed a little bit, and he is not the best at that, and I can only imagine it won’t get better if we get more physical… Sometimes when I think about him in that way, I kind of find him attractive in my mind, even picturing him exactly the way he is, but I just can’t trick myself when I am with him, unless I am drunk. I really like him and would like to be in a relationship with him, but I don’t think I can do it without the physical. Do you have any advice? Not Feeling It First thing’s first, NFI: Are you sure he’s the one who is a bad kisser? I have to ask, r make ent it clear hone a letter yo because you laterain the that you can only seem to do that when you’re drunk, and I’m not sure that your judgment can be trusted.

Regarding the physical attraction issue, I understand where you are coming from, but I don’t really have a quick answer for you. If I were you, and I liked this guy as much as you say you do, I would try to make it work. And by “try” I don’t mean drink until he’s more alluring. I mean take some time and have some dates and try kissing him when you are both sober (or at least only slightly tipsy). Maybe if you practice a little you will get it down (you can teach him, if you’re so good at it) and then you can take things further if you are so inclined. If it doesn’t work then it doesn’t work, but I think you’d be crazy not to at least try. You said you adore him. That’s a pretty big statement. So, make a move. Give this thing a real try! Forget about love at first sight and instant attraction. That’s not always how things work. Being swept off your feet is overrated. Too often it lands you on your ass. After going through a couple years of barely finding a date, much less a boyfriend, I am now faced with the choice between two guys that I can’t possibly make. One of them is a friend of a friend who is extremely attractive, a total gentleman and seems very into me. We met at a party, and he has since asked me on a date. He had to cancel at the last minute (for a very acceptable reason), so we rescheduled for dinner in about 10 days. In the meantime, there is a guy that I work with. He is not a person whom I see every day, because our departments are on different floors, but we do occasionally sit in on the same meetings. He is fairly new to town and asked me out to lunch a couple weeks ago. We finally had that lunch yesterday, and it was fantastic, and he emailed me that he would like to see me again soon. I would also like to see him again, but I am not sure how to deal with the fact that I like both of these guys equally and I feel like I have to make a choice. Can you help me? Double Dipping

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This is not an awful problem to have, DD. What you need to do is continue to get to know these guys slowly and see which one you like more. Since you have virtually just met them both, you owe nothing to either of them except honesty and decency. You don’t have to talk to them about each other straight away, but don’t lie about it when the time comes, either. I would think that after a bit more time spent, this thing will sort itself out. In the meantime, enjoy the fact that you are getting to know two really great people, and don’t rule either of them out for friendship if the romance doesn’t end up happening. Jyl Inov Got a question for Jyl? Submit your anonymous inquiry via the Reality Check button at www.flagpole.com.

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Real Estate Apartments for Rent 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Fireplace, dishwasher. Cedar Shoals Rd. Eastside. Rent $525/ mo., $525/dep. Call (706) 769-8781. Studio condo Downtown A t h e n s . On Broad St. & across the street from campus! $600/mo. Also avail. 2BR/1BA, rent negotiable. Won’t last! Call (404) 557-5203. 3BR/2.5BA. Incl. W/D & fridge. Great condition. At bus stop on S. Lumpkin. $900/mo. Call (404) 644-7983. Newly renovated 2BR/2.5BA townhome. Eastside. Near UGA. All new appls incl. W/D, DW. Off–street parking. NS, no pets. $650/mo. + utils. Sec. dep $650. (949) 463-3068. 1BR apt. for $475/mo. 2BR apt. starting at $700/ mo. 3BR apt starting at $1000/mo. All close to campus! Howard Properties (706) 546-0300. Best deal in town! El Dorado 2BR/1BA & studio apts. in Normaltown. Free water, gas, basic cable & wireless Internet. W/D in 2BR units. Dog runs. $420–$675/mo. Joiner & Associates (706) 549-7371. 1BR/1BA Historic Apar tments in historic homes. Avail. 1/1/10, 2 at 197 S. Milledge (W/D, DW) & 1 at 130 Grady Ave (DW). All have HWflrs., high ceilings, very unique units. Quiet graduate based bldgs., $525–$625/mo. incl. water/ trash. No dogs, cats OK. Pls. call Chris (706) 202-5156.

1BR/1BA + study/guest rm. Security gates, pool, fitness center, 1 mi. from campus. Excellent condition. Reduced $550/mo. Pets OK. Call Rob (706) 338-4984 or email robwimberly@gmail.com.

Beautiful 2BR/1BA apt. in historic house. ARMC area. high ceilings. HWflrs. Huge backyd. W/D. CHAC. Quiet neighbors. $820/mo. Water/ trash incl. Avail. 12/1. (706) 254-3619.

Paint Artist Studio for rent. 300 sq. ft., $150/mo. 400 sq. ft., $200/mo. 160 Tracy St. Historic Boulevard Area, Artist/Crafts Community. (706) 546-1615 or www. athenstownproperties.com.

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

B e s t p ro p e r t y i n t o w n ! Woodlands of Athens. 3BR/3BA full of amenities. Gated community, great specials. Reduced to only $1050/mo. Call Pete (706) 372-3319.

Creative workspace. $400/ mo. 800 sq. ft. Lights & power incl. Great for sm. business or artist. If interested call Matt at (323) 304-0720 or email mfpproductions@gmail.com.

1BR starting at $510/mo., 2BRs starting at $540.84/ mo., 3BRs starting at $705/ mo. Sec. dep. starts at $150. Pet friendly, on busline! (706) 549-6254. Restrictions apply. 1BRs starting at $605! Luxurious apt. community! 1, 2, 3BRs avail.! Pool, Fitness, Tennis Cour ts, & more! Conveniently located to all Westside shopping, dining, & entertainment. Lease now for only $99! Don’t miss out, won’t last long! Call now! (706) 548-7747. 2BR/1BA condo. Campus close. Security gate, pool, fitness center. Located at Stadium Village. Excellent condition. $600/mo. or $200/ wk. (706) 206-2347. 2BR/1BA Five Points Duplex on Mell St., total electric, DW, W/D hookups. (706) 546-6900 ValerioProperties.com. 3BR/2.5BA Eastside townhome. Spacious & convenient, on bus route. Pets allowed. Incl. W/D. Only $700/mo. Call Aaron (706) 207-2957. Athens’ nicest duplexes. 2BR/1BA. $525/mo. Eastside. Free month’s rent. Clean, quiet. Tile, good landlord, on busline. We show everyday. Rich (706) 5483045. Hendley & Associates. G re a t o p t i o n ! O v e r l o o k Village at China & Little St. 2BR/1BA. $480/mo. + sec. dep. Pls. call Dave (706) 207-2908.

G re a t h o u s e i n 5 P t s . 2 B R / 1 B A . H W f l r s , F P. Convenient to everything. Pets OK. Avail. Nov. 1. $775/mo. Call (706) 254-8572 or email racheltownes@gmail.com. White Columns Hall. 1BR/1BA, 1 block from Dwntn. Water, gas incl., laundry onsite. $465/mo. Call Joiner Management (706) 353-6868. 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.

Commercial Property Commercial/Residential. Lg. house on North Ave. $1500/ mo. Approved for shelter, group home, or possibly even restaurant or office. Call David (706) 247-1398. 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.

Houses for Rent 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. A ff o rd a b l e h o u s i n g . Houses, condos, A-frame all $550/mo. or less. First month’s rent free. Various locations. Excellent cond. Cats per mitted w/ dep. Call (706) 202-0147, (706) 549-6070.

3BR/2BA renovated home. Priced like a 2BR! 1 street mi. from Dwntn. in Chicopee/ Dudley area. $695/mo. Pest control, yard maint. incl. Photos & info www.1596eastbroad. blogspot.com, (706) 255-0659. 3BR/2.5BA. 1 mi. to UGA. $1200/mo. 1 yr. old house. Open floor plan, microwave, DW, W/D conn. Avail. now. (706) 410-6122. 3BR/3BA new home w/ all appls. Off–street parking, nice balcony, corner location. 5 mins from campus. Great n’hood. $950/mo. Special through October: Get one month free! Call (404) 512-7431. 3BR/1BA attractive brick house in quiet residential n’hood. CHAC, DW, W/D, & carport. Nice condition. $650/mo. Call (706) 548-5869. 3BR/2BA. Off Milledge. CHAC, W/D, HWflrs. $850/ mo. + dep. Call Mark (706) 202-5110.

$750/mo. Blocks to Campus. 4 B R / 2 B A . Ta l l c e i l i n g s , central air, DW, W/D conn., sunroom, pets allowed. 231 Elizabeth St. Owner/Agent. Call Mike (706) 207-7400.

3–4BR cottages. Now Leasing! Close to campus, HWflrs, private baths, W/D, & micros included. Call (706) 543-1910 or email becky@ landmarkathens.com.

2BR duplexes starting at $450/mo. 159 Gran Ellen, 3BR/3BA $1300/mo. 1BR/1BA $600/mo. 167 Tibbets, Normaltown house $650/mo. Pls. call (706) 549-6070.

3BR/2BA. 525 McWhorter, Five Points. HWflrs., tile BAs, FP, eat–in kitchen, study, master BR/BA w/ jacuzzi, b o n u s s p a c e / p l a y ro o m . B a r ro w E l e m e n t a r y . Call (706) 548-9797 b o u l e v a r d p r o p e r t y management.com.

3BR/1.5BA near UGA. Avail. now. Fenced yd, DW, CHAC, W/D, basement, tile flrs. $600/mo. (706) 254-2936. 3BR/2BA country house. 9 mi. from Dwntn. FP. $138,000. (706) 540-8461. 1BR/1BA gorgeous cottage. All new appls. HWflrs. 133 1/2 Chattooga Ave. $650/mo. Avail. 10/1. Call (706) 5466900 or email ValerioTeam@ aol.com.

3BR/2BA brick home. All appls. incl., fireplace, dining rm., lg. private back lawn, 2–car covered parking, storage rm., & back patio. Lawn & water incl. Dekle Reatly (706) 548-0580. 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) 319-1846, or (706) 548-4819. GA. R, E, lic. 300830.

5 Pts. area. 3BR/2BA house. CHAC, DW, laundry rm. w/ W/D, back deck, carport. Call (706) 255-0066. 70 White St., Watkinsville. 4BR/2BA. Basement, lg. yd. Quiet n’hood. $975/mo. incl. trash p/u. Go to www.johnivy. com, or call John JS Ivy Realty (706) 207-5649. Adorable 1BR/1BA home close to Dwntn Athens. Wood flrs., sunroom w/ Mexican tile flr., front porch, 3–car covered parking. Lawn & water incl. $600/mo. Dekle Realty (706) 548-0580. Cute 2BR/1BA. All electric, CHAC, W/D, nice yd. $600/ mo. + dep. Call Mark (706) 202-5110. Commercial/Residential. Lg. house on North Ave. $1500/ mo. Approved for shelter, group home, or possibly even restaurant or office. Call David (706) 247-1398. Five mins. from campus, Dwntn. 3BR/1BA home. CHAC, WD, N/S, fenced backyd., oak flrs. $750/mo. + deposit. (706) 338-1859. Email bro@athens.net. House in woods. Avail. 11/1. 2BR/1BA. Woodstove, no AC, w/ clothesline. No pets, no city slickers. $400/mo + utils. Dep. (912) 437-6102, lv msg. Northside 2BR/1BA, lg. lot, $600/mo. H o s p i t a l 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. Ce d a r Creek 4BR/2BA $1100/mo. Oconee County 3BR/2BA. Lv. r m. w/ FP, din. r m., double garage, $1100/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 3532700, (706) 540-1529. Now Pre-leasing for Januar y! 5BR + bonus room. HWflrs, ceiling fans, W / D , D W, m i c ro , b a c k deck! 1 mi. to Dwntn. Ask about our leasing specials! (706) 543-1910 or becky@ landmarkathens.com. New 3BR/2.5BA house. Near UGA. All appls incl. W/D. Wood flrs., lg. BRs, big backyd. Open flr. plan. NS. $975/mo. + utils. (949) 463-3068.

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Navy School/ARMC area. Lg. 1BR/1BA. All appls. incl. W/D, HWflrs., nice side yd. Perfect for grad students/ professionals. $550/mo. Av a i l . 1 2 / 1 . C a l l ( 7 0 6 ) 540-0472. 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) 372-4166, or (706) 543-4000. 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.

Houses for Sale $349,000. 3BR/2BA. 2.3 acres on 10 acre lake. Granite, stainless steel appls. Hardwoods, open flr. plan. 1–of–a–kind greenhouse. 5 mi. from Arch. 550 Scarlet Oak Dr. (706) 461-1009. 115 Hight Drive. $128,900. 3BR/1.5BA. Completely Renovated Oconee Co. home in Cedar Hills Subdivison behind Ashford Manor. Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty (706) 543-4000, or (706) 372-4166. 2BR Cottage on 3.5 priv. wooded acres. Trails, river, 2 lots. CHAC, WD, FP. By Kenney Ridge Conservation C o m m u n i t y. $ 9 9 , 0 0 0 . ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 3 - 1 1 7 0 , w w w. zubbo.com. 3BR/2BA. Min. from UGA & Dwntn. Bamboo flrs., stainless steel appls. & a tin roof. 459 Little Oak St. $162,900. (678) 770-8772. 4BR/2.5BA Brick Ranch on 1.3 acres. 2 lots, .88 acre open. CHAC, W/D, 2 FPs. Full basement w/ workshop. $130,000. (706) 543-1170, www.zubbo.com.

New town, $107,000! Charming house. 370 Cleveland Ave. Walk Dwntn/ Campus. 1 or 2BR/1BA. renovated bathroom, HWflrs, W/D connection. Private fenced yd., new HVAC, (706) 338-5581. Perfect artist home/retreat. Studio & sunroom, office, refinished, HWflrs. All brick. 206 Briarcliff Rd., Athens. $139K. Video at ScottNicholsRealEstate. com, (706) 202-2232. ReMax Associates Athens.

Roommates Roommate needed for 1200 sq. ft. 2BR/2BA on river. 2 mi. from campus, mall, & 316. Must like dogs. $325/mo. + utils. (706) 394-4283. 1BR avail. in 2BR/1BA. Furnished except BR, incl. office, fenced backyd & storage. Quiet n’hood near campus, 5 Pts. & loop, on UGA/ACC bus lines. $350/ mo. NS, grad student or professional preferred. (706) 424-6869. 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.

Rooms for Rent $350/mo. Grad student pref’d. Quiet n’hood, fenced yd., dogs OK. Off–street parking. Call (706) 247-3487. Roommate needed to share 3BR/2BA house on Eastside. Minutes from Dwntn, Walmart & dog park. $350/mo + utils. Call Eddie at (302) 354-8548.

Sub-lease Avail. end of December. 1BR/1BA apt. across from UGA baseball stadium. $460/ mo. Lease runs through 7/2010. Comes w/ free W/D & gas grill! (706) 614-1429 or jillhurst@gmail.com.

For Sale Appliances 24 cubic ft. Hotpoint refrigerator for sale. White, side–by–side doors. Only 4 yrs. old! $375 OBO. Call (706) 338-1661.

Flea Markets Weekend A’Fair at Charmar. Athens Premier Antiques, home interiors, rugs, art, collectibles & baked goods market on the Eastside. Please join us this weekend for our Antiques & Collectibles Sale & Fall Celebration”. Fri. 10/9– Sun. 10/11. Fri. & Sat. 10am– 5pm, Sun. 1pm–5pm. Stop by & see us & over 30 different vendor booths. Free samples of sweet memories, baked goods, apples, pumpkins & boiled peanuts are also avail. 790 Gaines School Rd. at the old Charmar location. (706) 850-5945.

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. 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.

Yard Sales Sat. 10/10. 847 Hill St. Cobbham District. 9am– 3pm. Music equip., clothing, kitchen stuff, CD’s & much more! No early birds.

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.

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.

Recruiting now! UGA Nutrition Study needs 9–13 yr. old participants. Up to $140 & free health screening. (706) 542-4918 or bone@uga.edu.

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.

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Looking for a fun, classy alternative to the typical wedding band? If you are looking for “YMCA” then Squatis not your band. If you want Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, & salsa, then visitwww.squatme.com/ weddings. (706) 548-0457.

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Musicians Wanted Acoustic Musicians Sought. Athens Pagan Pride Day, Oct. 24, needs musicians. Acoustic only. Must be Pagan–friendly. Contact AthensPaganPride@ gmail.com or go to www. athenspaganpride.org.

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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.

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2005 Bobcat T300 Track Skid Steer, 3 Attachments incl. Price $4200/mo. Need to sell fast, contact b4n35a@gmail. com (866) 762-4661.

8000 Hog Mountain Rd. $100K. 3BR/2BA. Lg. lot Oconee Co. Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty (706) 543-4000, or (706) 372-4166. Full renovation! 208 First St. 2BR/1BA millhouse. 1200 sq. ft., Tile & wood floors. 10 ft. ceilings. Metal roof. Custom kitchen–BR. Big yd. $179K. Call Drew (706) 202-2712, or Christy (706) 559-4520.

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Sports Martial Arts. Ladies Kickboxing, Kenpo Karate, Kali, Silat, Muay Thai, Tue. & Thu., 6pm–8pm. 4th Degree Black Belt. Call Steve (706) 410-0951, or email steve@ karatefire.com.

Jobs Full-time Hardcore Sales R e p s N e e d e d . Hourly + commission. PT & FT positions avail. I need the best & forget the rest! Call Chris (770) 560-5653. Busy Collection Agency looking for Fronters. Must have good phone voice. Salary, bonus, & commission. Call Eric (706) 552-2666.

Custom Surveillance is looking for an installer. Knowledge of surveillance equipment, networking, & professional customer service a +. Email resume to sales@ customsurveillanceinc.com or call (706) 316-0210. Clocked is looking for experienced servers in a fun, fast paced environment. R e s u m e s o n l y. 2 5 9 W. Wa s h i n g t o n S t . D w n t n , Athens. Dental Office Person needed for busy Athens practice. Ability to multi–task 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 preferred. Must provide work references showing long-term employment per job.Computer literate. Great oppor tunity for a great employee. $15/ hr. during training phase. Employer contributes 100% to retirement plan. Apply at DentalAthens@gmail.com.

Marketing Communication Specialist. Join an est. Athens company calling CEO’s & CFO’s of major corporations generating sales leads for technology c o m p a n i e s . $ 9 / h r. B O S Staffing www.bostemps.com, (706) 353-3030.

Opportunities Dependable person needed during the evening hrs. helping a young man confined to a wheelchair. In exchange for free rent in apt., food, utils. & other amenities. Call (706) 316-2798 or (706) 549-9456. Now hiring! Companies desperately need employees to assemble products at home. No selling, any hours. $500/ wk. potential. Info at (985) 6461700 dept. GA–3058. Are you tired of working for someone else? Have your own business inside of nice salon in Athens. Call Shannon for more details. (706) 255-1969. Earn extra income assembling CD cases from home. No experience necessary. Call our live operators now. (800) 405-7619 ext. 2450. http:// www.easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN).

Chronically anxious? You may be eligible for a 6–week exercise study. Compensation of $80. Complete screening (45 mins) at: https://www. surveymonkey.com/s.aspx? sm=whnwaViaanmyJpaadH NIfw_3d_3d, or contact Matt at mph8@uga.edu (URL has HN “capital i” fw_3d). E a r n g re a t p a y s e l l i n g merchandise from catalog! My company splits profit 50/50 w/ you! This makes it worth your time & energy! This is a great opportunity for eager & ambitious participants to earn a very generous profit w/ no investment needed! Call Gary for more info! (706) 526-7243.

Part-time Mystery shoppers earn up to $100/day. Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail & dining establishments. No exp. req’d. (800) 743-8535. Child care business needs loving caring person. Infant & toddler experience helpful. Will train. Great PT job for students! Call Sharon (706) 351-7343. Advertising & Marketing Sales rep needed for local company. Flexible hours, g r e a t p a y. E x p e r i e n c e preferred. Will train. Chris (706) 540-4020. Inoko Express is looking for cashiers. Apply in person from 2–4pm at Inoko Express, 3190 Atlanta Hwy. (706) 425-8828.

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Maintenance person needed w/ skill sets for carpentry, light electrical & plumbing, sheetrock repair, painting, roof repair, & everything else to maintain houses & apts. Pls. fax resume to (706) 316-2007.

Vehicles Autos One owner. 2005 PT Cruiser. Extra clean, 85K, auto, power windows, locks, AM & FM, cassette, spoiler. Death in family, need to sell. $6950. Call after 6pm. (706) 769-6208. 1 9 8 5 M B 3 0 0 D , 268, X X X m i l e s . B o m b p ro o f . Daily driver. PW/Pl/sunroof. Run anything combustible. New Greasecar kit, w/ 13-gallon tank. Free WVO everywhere! $2750 neg. (706) 621-0135. 1998 Nissan Altima. 179K mi. New tires, new brakes, good condition. $2500 OBO. Call (770) 880-9623. 2001 Isuzu Rodeo. Good condition, runs great. 92K mi. 2WD. Auto. Green/beige. AC. AM/FM, CD Changer. Tinted windows. Power windows & seat. U–Haul Hitch. $4K negotiable. (706) 548-8984. 2004 BMW M3. 2–door Coupe. Great condition, well maintained, 6 speed. m a n u a l , f a n t a s t i c c a r, Needs driver. Pics & info at: http://sites.google.com/ site/2004bmwm3forsale/.

Van for Band. 1997 Astro Cargo, 80,845 mi., safety cage, cruise, tilt wheel, cold air, automatic, new paint, uses gas or propane. $3200. John (706) 614-0306.

Motorcycles For Sale. 2007 250 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle. Black w/ red flames. Like new, only 14 mi. $2700 OBO. Call (706) 788-3160. Ya m a h a 6 5 0 V- S t a r Classic. 2001. 8K miles, black, excellent condition. New windshield, luggage rack, & tires. Ridden daily. $2950 firm. (706) 2546529, dbhoro@aol.com.

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everyday people ROGER BAILEY, Retired English Teacher way to have a productive influence in this world. [In] a lot of professions you don’t have that. FP: Do you think good student conduct comes naturally with loving your students and what you teach? RB: Yes, I think so… If students are aware that you like what you’re doing, and that you like them, and that you’re interested in their growth as human beings—they’re with you.

FP: I think that’s six. Oh well, changing the subject… since you’re from West Virginia, I’d like to get your opinion on “mountaintop removal” coal mining, which has become a bigger issue in recent years. RB: It’s despicable. The whole way of retrieving coal has been ecologically a disaster… it’s an absolutely gorgeous state, and especially the southern bell of that state has just been raped, and it continues to be that way.

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Roger Bailey grew up in Huntington, WV, a town on the Ohio River located at the nexus of three states, a place through which more tonnage of coal passes than any other inland port in the United States. Bailey stayed in Huntington for college, getting his degree from Marshall University, and was a doctoral teaching fellow at West Virginia University in the mid-1970s. In 1976 he moved to Athens and, before long, began teaching English at Oconee County High School, where he remained for the next 29 years until he retired last June. Having taught for nearly 40 years over the course of his lifetime, Bailey utters the words that younger folks can only hope to say with the same conviction later on in life: “If I had to do it over again, I wouldn’t do anything else.”

who like Jane Austen, and, I think, for seniors, Pride and Prejudice. I’ve enjoyed teaching that. But I also like books that are provocative in a contemporary context, books such as Catch 22… and I think my favorite book to have taught—and it’s a very demanding book for high school—is Light in August, by William Faulkner. I think that’s a terrific story, and it’s enormously complex. And Hamlet. It’s kind of a Rorschach, ink-blot test of plays: it adapts itself to whatever is happening in society; you see yourself through it.

FP: Why did you come here to Athens, of all places? RB: It was a mixture of reasons personal and geographic. The weather in West Virginia can be pretty relentless; winters could be difficult; the skies could be grey from October to February… and I came here for a personal relationship that I had. And I love Athens… because it’s changed: it is not today what it was in ’82, and so forth.

Flagpole: Looking back, how did students in your earlier classes compare to those in your later years? Roger Bailey: I began teaching in Oconee when it was a rural county. Early on, I would have students in the ag classes who would come in late in the morning because they had been castrating swine, that sort of thing. So, pretty much for 10 to 15 years it was very rural, and the concerns were very local. I loved it. Initially, it was plenty difficult to get a handle on, but I really did like it. FP: What about the quality of their work? RB: In the last 10 years I taught, students were more aware of all sorts of things simultaneously because of being online. I’m not sure that they are any better at critical thinking today, but they seem to have a kind of wider, more general base of knowledge… I’ve heard a lot of criticism that student writing has deteriorated: I didn’t find it true. My concerns had more to do with research and those kinds of processes. But I thought the computer lent itself really well to improvement in writing. FP: After 40 years of teaching, what advice can you give to those just starting in the profession? RB: A couple of things are really key in this. You’ve got to love young people. [In high school] you must like teenagers and understand that they are all over the place. And you must, I believe, love what you teach… and you need to make a connection from the classroom to the world outside. It’s a great

In 29 years of teaching at Oconee, I had only a handful of discipline notices that I ever had to give out. You just don’t make them adversaries. If you have a problem with a student, that problem is with that student. That’s something you two have to work out: you don’t do it with the arena of the class around you. If you shame a student, you’ve made an enemy. Sometimes it’s also the case that students’ discipline problems thrive when they’re given class-wide attention. FP: If students could only read five books throughout high school, what do you hope they’d be? RB: To Kill A Mockingbird is a terrific piece of Americana these days… I also like Huckleberry Finn, because it created a lot of conversation among the kids… I’m one of these people

FP: How has it changed? RB: I think it’s more diverse… there are more organizations. A real transforming thing for me living in Athens was in the middle ‘80s. I had a very close friend who came down with AIDS… I had a friend named Julia Straw, who was in the school of social work. And she and one of her professors, Peggy Cleveland, started an organization… AIDS Athens. I was one of the initial people with my friend Julia, who started the buddy program in the area… and today it’s a marvelous organization… I have trouble thinking of something that happened 20, 25 years ago as being anything but recent. Time goes by like crazy. FP: What have you been doing since you retired? RB: I’ve done things in a much less structured sort of way. There’s a tai chi group that I do Tuesday mornings, [I] do a little bit of yoga and here and there, and I’ve been writing. I have a couple of nephews who don’t know a lot about their family, so I’ve been kind of doing memoirs and prose and poetry about my family, the way I see it, and it’s probably more for my own therapy than anything else, but I needed an audience, so my audience is going to be my nephews. Jeff Gore

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