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pub notes CAMP HELL When I was a kid, an older first-cousin got married in South Georgia at the same time as Boy Scout camp in North Georgia. My mother and father and sisters were driving down to the wedding, but, uncharacteristically, they let me choose whether to go with them or go to camp with my friends. It was a hard choice, because I looked up to my cousin, who, though I was nowhere near old enough, let me drive when he visited and basically treated me as an adult. I also wanted to go along with my family, because we always went places like that together, and they were going by the beach for a few days after the wedding. Nevertheless, faced with this unaccustomed choice, I opted to go to the mountains with the Scouts. As soon as the school bus pulled away from the curb, I knew I had made the wrong choice (as I certainly would have felt, too, had I gone with my family). A devastating homesickness seized me, but there was no turning back. A highlight of any camp trip—Scouts, 4-H, etc.—was a stop at some roadside stand that sold, in addition to candy bars and Cokes, specialties of the area, like rattlesnake eggs or fresh apple juice. You could buy a gallon jug and try to make it last all week at camp. At this particular stop, the jug I purchased with my spending money turned out to be “hard” cider, that is, fermented—alcoholic. And many of us bought a particular kind of cigar for furtive smoking, soaked in rum and wavy: “rum-dipped crooks.” I should add here that our Scoutmaster was not able to accompany us to camp this time. His place was filled by a couple of college boys, who kindly consented to pick up the slack, which no doubt accounts for the cider and smokes. Those amenities were meant for after-hours. The real purpose of Scout camp was classes to earn merit badges, along with athletic competitions, swimming, campfires and weaving lanyards and bracelets from those long strands of plastic purchased at the camp store along with our Zeroes and Milky Ways. Soon after we arrived, though, we realized that our collegiate keepers didn’t really care whether we attended merit badge classes or anything else. So, faced with the “Most of us took the choice between classes and nothing, most of us path less traveled by.” doing took the path less traveled by. Merit-badge classes would have occupied my mind, but the empty time that enveloped us merely gave free range to my morbid fantasies. My father was a notoriously fast driver, which helped make missing my family grow into the certainty that they would be killed in a fiery crash. Perhaps if I were with them, I would see the oncoming car and warn my father in time, but I was not there, and they would die. There were no cell phones, so I imagined how some Scout leader or state patrolman would come looking for me at camp with the news, if anybody alive even knew where I was. Not even the pornographic playing cards somebody produced could erase the foreboding from my mind: in fact, they made it worse. We sat around the tent at night with our crooks and our cider peering at naked women by flashlight. These cards were what would now be called “vintage porn.” The hairstyles were the same as those in my mother’s college yearbooks from the 1920s, which, along with the cider, no doubt accounted for the blunt shock of recognition the night I turned over a seven of spades and saw through the smoky haze my mother as a young woman, the spitting image of her picture in the yearbook. Heartsick on top of homesick, I wandered aimlessly, unable to grasp this new realization but determined that my Methodist mother’s death would seal her secret with me. The week finally played out, and I was now sure that the authorities were waiting to tell me when I got home. The long, dread-filled return trip ended when the bus turned the corner and my anxious eyes spotted, instead of the authorities, my father, leaning against our still-intact car. He was okay. It had all been a nightmare. None of it was true. The realization flooded me with relief, followed immediately by guilt for the wasted week. I had chosen to go off with the Scouts, but I had earned no merit badges to show for it. I couldn’t even tell my father about the one terrible lesson I now realized I had learned at camp: that it is absolutely true what they say about an idle mind being the Devil’s playground, and all. Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com
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letters OPEN LETTER TO UGA We are writing to you on behalf of the Student Historic Preservation Organization at UGA in regard to UGA’s plans to demolish Rutherford Hall. As much as we hate to see any historic building demolished, Rutherford is particularly disturbing because of its significance to South Campus. UGA is known for the beauty of the North Campus quads, but in some ways the real heart of the university is south of Tate. South Campus is where the majority of classes take place and where the students, especially the undergrads, experience life at UGA. Rutherford Hall and Myers Quad are integral parts of that experience aesthetically, historically and emotionally. Part of the beauty of Myers Quad is the way that the scale, massing and style of all the residence halls are in balance and compliment each other. Demolition of Rutherford Hall would destroy that balance, and the Myers Quad would never be the same. The university states that a new residence hall would be built to house more students, in order to be economically viable. Your letter to the state indicates that the new building would have an “expanded footprint,” which of course means larger, and therefore out of scale with the rest of the quad. You also state that the new design will be “contextual” with the other buildings on the quad. Does that mean it is safe to assume that it will be another “faux classical” monument covered in “lick and stick” ornamentation? That architecture has worked well for buildings like the Tate Center expansion, MLC and the new Hargrett Library, as they are massive, stand-alone buildings and are not meant to be part of a larger system. Myers Quad, on the other hand, is special in that the system of buildings is already in place. Why not leave it alone instead of building something new that has to try to be something that it isn’t? Beyond the aesthetics of Rutherford Hall, there is also a tremendous amount of history represented in that building. It is one of a handful of PWA buildings constructed on campus during the Great Depression. It was part of a controversy between the state of Georgia and the Federal Government surrounding federal influence based on funding. It was the third dorm built to house women on campus at a time when women, including some of our grandmothers, were just beginning to seek college educations at UGA in large numbers. Probably most importantly, the Myers Quad housed Charlayne Hunter when she
CONTACT US AT P.O. BOX 1027, ATHENS, GA 30603, LETTERS@FLAGPOLE.COM OR VIA THE “TALK BACK TO US” LINK AT FLAGPOLE.COM Mexico. How did a county an hour outside and Hamilton Holmes integrated the univerof Atlanta, with the oldest public university, sity in 1961. The legacy of that time period top hospitals and medical care, median home at UGA is invaluable to current and future prices in line with the national average, and generations of students, and we would argue a city consistently ranked as one of the best that it is far better represented in a building places to retire by Money, Fortune, Kiplinger’s complex that actually housed Hunter, alone in and others, win the unfortunate title of higha sea of white faces, rather than in a building est rate of poverty? on North Campus that simply bears her last Athens’ high poverty rate didn’t come name. Rutherford Hall is a fantastic teaching all of a sudden. The county has hovered in tool and a touchstone to history—one that the top five for more than 10 years. While it becomes all the more valuable as the generacould be said that the high rate of poverty in tions who lived through those events are lost Athens is due to the student population at the and they become entries in a history book. University of Georgia, the data available does It seems strange that two reports, done not support this claim. According to the U.S. two months apart, would have such striking Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community discrepancies in the condition of Rutherford Survey, 34.1 percent of all families in Clarke Hall and its future viability. We are not arguCounty with children under 18 years old have ing that there are not issues with the structure, because any building that old is bound incomes below the poverty level, which is still nearly twice the state average of 18.5 percent. to have things come up. However, the uniIn addition, 38 percent of all families in Clarke versity prides itself on being the oldest state chartered school in the country, and the archi- County with children under five years old have tects’ office has proven time and again that incomes below poverty. This, and the fact that they are up to the challenge of making our 98–99 percent of the student populations at historic structures useful for the 21st century. three Clarke County elementary schools were So, why not here; why tear down Rutherford on the free-and-reduced lunch program last Hall to add some extra beds? Why ruin the year, it’s impossible to point the finger at the Myers Quad, where so much money has already university population. As a result, it’s difficult been expended for renovations, because the to entice companies and corporations to move university feels Rutherford will be too expento a county with a high poverty rate, with sive, yet according to the state gives no real public schools that are improving but are not where they should accounting of the costs. Why demolish be performing, and BUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK: a cherished piece of with a severe lack of affordable housing. thousands of women’s All My Children Have Paws Every day, our college experience staff works with because it is just Send sticker sightings to letters@flagpole.com. not just the poor, easier for you? The but the very poor, Bulldog community in our county, and awaits your answers. Athens Area Habitat has done a lot over the Dr. Crass expressed it best in his letter: “The demolition of this historic building is not last six years to try to solve this problem. We’re targeting high-poverty areas in which justified.” The Student Historic Preservation to build our homes. We have moved into Organization at UGA offering affordable rental units to be used as Athens a stepping stone to homeownership, which has never before been done by a Habitat for Humanity affiliate. We are building emergency handicapped ramps onto existing homes to help the sick and disabled access their homes As Executive Director of Athens Area easier. We are going into homes that are in Habitat for Humanity, I would like to comdesperate need of repair and fixing roofing mend Kevan Williams for bringing to light and structural issues so homeowners on fixed the staggering statistics regarding poverty incomes can stay in their houses rather than in Athens-Clarke County. What Kevan’s article be forced to move to a shelter or assisted livdidn’t mention, however, is that the four ing. Athens Area Habitat for Humanity is a counties that follow Athens with the highest huge, important part of the solution to our poverty rates are all found in southern Texas, problem of poverty, but a major shift in recwith three out of four of them bordering ognizing and addressing the overall problems
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needs to occur if we are ever going to significantly reduce poverty in Athens, GA. The problem of poverty in Athens affects us all, and both our state leaders and our community should be outraged. As residents, we all have a responsibility to work together to invoke change. Athens Area Habitat is leading the charge to increase the availability of affordable housing in Athens, and we are hopeful that others will answer the call as well. Spencer Frye, Executive Director Athens
Re: Rutherford Hall I read with interest the story in the June 29 Flagpole about Rutherford Hall and the university’s reluctant decision to bring the wrecking ball as the best choice for the site. Is not feasibility always the problem with restoration/preservation? Does not historic value trump feasibility where it really matters? I wonder what made Myers Hall worth renovating 30 years ago? What about Soule Hall? We could go on and on. Stories about Housing’s struggles to meet its needs inspire little confidence in the value of its input. They sound like they are no more than step-n’-fetchits for admissions, which tirelessly mines the Klondike stream known by the little people as the Hope Scholarship, and which apparently eyes enrollment levels as mere functions of Hope cashflow. Decades from now the Myers quad will perhaps be more of an example of what campus once looked like. I am not an architecture critic, but I do have a naïve sense of buildings that are pleasing. The SLC, for instance, towers like some grandiose, Roman, overdone brick monument, dwarfing its surroundings. The new Hargrett special collections building is equally self important and “too much sugar for a dime.” East Campus Village stands like one of those condominium monstrosities on the Gulf Coast. Oh, and lest I forget, why did Stegeman Coliseum not get state historic review before that hideous “addition” was stuck onto the north face? It has all the charm of an Oglethorpe County redneck’s vinyl-sided exterior closet added to his engineeredmanufactured home. It positively blasphemes the original structure. I am sure the original designers must be turning like Foosball dummies in their respective graves. Jim Baird Comer
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city dope Athens News and Views Amateur Experts: Has anyone else noticed that the moment somebody brings up the idea of reconfiguring city streets from four lanes to three—especially if bike lanes are involved— people start coming out of the woodwork to fuss about how incapable of making rational decisions anyone associated with the government is? The conversion of Hawthorne Avenue from four fast, narrow, winding lanes to a much less stress-inducing three with—travesty of travesties!—bike lanes in each direction has remained, for almost 10 years, a brightred sore spot for letter-writers and online commenters, who bring up the “disaster” (of occasional rush-hour back-ups at stoplights, apparently) resulting from that endeavor every time a similar project is proposed.
Make It Fit: “It’s like government-funding Tetris,” says Commissioner Kelly Girtz of the challenges inherent in figuring out a way to pay for a downtown master plan. It’s a wonderful comparison: with all the intractable and rigidly boundaried potential sources for funds, the trick is going to be to get them all turned in the right direction so they can interlock to form something solid—a baseline, if you will, upon which future, higher-reaching pieces of the downtown infrastructure can fall cleanly into place. And speaking of infrastructure, how hard would it be to argue that a master plan qualifies to be categorized as an investment in such, and thus to be funded, at least partially, by SPLOST revenues? If one imagines that a master plan would function as a source
Frequent lane changes made necessary by the current four-lane configuration of Pulaski Street downtown can make things challenging for drivers and cyclists alike. The Athens-Clarke County Commission’s vote last week to three-lane two of three streets that are about to be repaved has been no exception. (Each was considered in accordance with a policy set in 2005; the remaining four-lane stretch of Hawthorne between Oglethorpe and Prince avenues was rejected because projected traffic counts were higher than the policy’s specified maximum.) The decision to three-lane Athens West Parkway (a lightly travelled connector that will never see a backup) and Pulaski Street from Prince to Broad (a downtown border that currently forces motorists to change lanes multiple times in four blocks and sees especially frequent use by cyclists) was met by a barrage of outrageously negative comments on the Athens Banner-Herald website, not to mention some rather surprising dissent from within the commission itself. Harry Sims’ reasoning in voting against the Pulaski re-striping was particularly puzzling: though he didn’t seriously dispute county staff’s reasoning on toofrequent lane changes, he objected to giving cyclists the “gift” of bike lanes, because he often sees them disobeying traffic laws. We all see too many irresponsible cyclists endangering themselves and others by taking liberties with the rules of the road (as we also do many drivers and pedestrians), but isn’t Sims still cutting off his nose to spite his face? Normalizing bike travel, especially in such cost-effective ways, can only help alleviate that situation. And as for the chorus of amateur traffic engineers, the Dope will take the real ones’ word for it, along with the findings of their painstaking, objective studies. Guess that must be the Kool-Aid talking— right, anonymous online commenters?
of clarity and guidance on planning and design issues associated with SPLOST projects like, for instance, the Classic Center expansion, then it follows that said plan would be of at least similar value to such a project as, say, several months of slogging through fruitless public input sessions with high-dollar architects on the clock and deadlines getting deadlier. It’s not the Dope’s idea, but it’s one worth pressing with the legal eagles. And if it can’t work, then we sure better hope Girtz and his fellow commissioners are banging on every door they can find to get this thing done— before history repeats itself again. Bursting in Air: Speaking of Girtz, the superdistrict commissioner has been talking of late about putting our civic Fourth of July fireworks display together for next year, after this year’s was cancelled due to lack of funding. The idea he’s floating involves moving the event from Bishop Park to someplace more central—Lay Park, perhaps—and having the celebration spill into downtown, where he imagines a small street festival could be organized. It’s a terrific idea; Bishop has been a wonderful location for the fireworks, but Lay Park is just as accessible—probably to more people, whether driving or walking—and comes with a benefit Bishop doesn’t: close proximity to a dense, diverse business district. With downtown businesses standing to receive a boon from the influx of a few thousand potential customers on a night that’s usually dead, it’s a little easier to imagine folks ponying up to sponsor the ‘splosions—and maybe more. Dave Marr news@flagpole.com
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city pages M&C Approve CC Plan, Three-Laning Measures With a few reservations, Athens-Clarke County commissioners last week approved a schematic plan for the long-debated expansion of the Classic Center. Concerns that the sprawling building will block circulation downtown were met (somewhat, at least) by the Classic Center’s promise to maintain pedestrian access through the building between Thomas and Foundry streets, even after a roofed atrium is added. (The atrium will be open between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m., Monday through Saturday.) An alternative route will be an existing pedestrian walkway over Foundry Street that leads to an elevator and stairwell to the Multimodal Transportation Center. That aerial walkway is “easy to use, if you know where it is” Commissioner Alice Kinman noted, but she also said signs need to be added to mark the route. Commissioner Jared Bailey voted against approval. “I still feel like the design is incomplete,” he said. “I don’t think that the design company or the people proposing this project have really addressed the issues that we brought up about pedestrian access through this block, and how they’re going to address the front side of the building—how it’s going to interact with downtown.” The commission also voted to revise downtown’s sidewalk cafe ordinance for the third time since outdoor tables became legal in 1979; the change expands the allowable width of outdoor table areas to half the sidewalk’s width wherever the sidewalk is more than 10-feet wide. Most existing downtown outdoor cafes won’t change, but the revision will allow wider table areas outside the new mixed-use
parking deck along Washington and Clayton streets. And while three-laning of county streets has been contentious in the past, no citizen spoke for or against proposals to three-lane Athens West Parkway and the non-residential section of Pulaski Street downtown. Both streets, presently four lanes, were approved for three-laning on 8-2 votes; both will be restriped with a center turn lane and four- to five-foot bicycle lanes in both directions. ACC policy is to evaluate four-lane streets for three-lane conversion whenever they are about to be repaved; where traffic volume is not too heavy, three-laning improves safety and permits bike lanes to be added. The four-lane portion of Hawthorne Avenue (from Prince to Oglethorpe) was also evaluated, but that road’s traffic volume could exceed 20,000 cars per day by 2021, and “should not be considered for conversion,” county transportation staffers said. Commissioners Doug Lowry and Harry Sims voted against three-laning Pulaski, while Lowry and George Maxwell opposed the Athens West measure. Sims said ACC spends “a lot of money” (including $6 million proposed for the T-SPLOST vote) on bike lanes, yet bicyclists often disobey traffic laws. “If people are not going to follow the rules,” he asked, “why should we give them this gift?” He called for better enforcement of traffic laws. “If you’re a cyclist, you need to follow the rules of the road,” added Commissioner Ed Robinson. “You can’t have a bicycle-friendly city if you are allowing cyclists—just a few bad apples—to violate the rules… We’re not going to have a bike-safe town until we have people safely cycling.” John Huie
athens rising What’s Up in New Development Why doesn’t our community look like we want it to? Why are we so far behind comparable communities in the country and the region? Why is there so little opportunity here, the poorest county in the nation? As we burrow deeper into issues that often manifest themselves outwardly as design and planning questions, the answers become more and more fundamental to what Athens is. At the center of the whole series of Russian dolls, though, there’s that old tension between city and county, rural and urban. Is Athens merely a small urban blip of a college town on the otherwise rural and suburban radar of Northeast Georgia? Or is Athens the center of a growing metropolitan region whose population, when including adjacent counties, could easily comprise a half-million citizens in the next five to 10 years?
we really need to be talking about is whether executive power in this county should continue to be wielded by an unelected manager, or whether the community’s chief executive should be held accountable to the people in regular elections. Other aspects of the ABH editorial bring the central and unspoken tensions into clearer focus, citing concerns about rural and suburban representation, and a desire to focus on those sorts of issues. Of course, suburban issues are really issues of bad urban planning, and in regard to rural concerns: well, there just aren’t that many people “out there” in what’s left of our hinterlands to warrant much more representation. This is an urban place, and we need to confront that. Unfortunately, our local government’s structure still reflects our rural heritage, with a commission-manager form that is ineffective, and produces a lot of friction. While 20 years ago during unification, an apolitical manager dealing with the ins and outs of a small county might have made sense, today’s reality is much different. Athens is becoming a big, diverse city, with complex problems, like the highest urban poverty rate in the country. It’s time to acknowledge we’re in the big leagues, and modify our government to look more like the mayor-council system that is common for communities of a larger size. In suggesting the elimination of the role of mayor, proponents may be reading the narrative backwards. In 2006, we finally acknowledged the importance of the mayor by making it a full-time job. The next step is to invest some executive power in the position, and to fund it in a way that makes sense. Another idea thrown out in the ABH editorial was to eliminate the two superdistrict commissioners. Maybe that’s a good idea, and maybe it isn’t, but if it were a budget-neutral way to put a competitive salary on the table to attract higher-quality mayoral candidates, it would certainly help. The fact that the Mayor of AthensClarke County only makes about a third as much as Manager Alan Reddish—her employee—is just silly. We ought to be paying the mayor the type of salary that will draw the attention of local professionals who are actively getting things done, rather than offering a salary so low as to be attractive mainly to retirees like current Mayor Nancy Denson. The commissioners are a busy bunch, too, and the work those folks do approaches being a full-time job; if we want serving on the county commission to become more than an extra-curricular activity, we need to look at their salaries, too. You get what you pay for. Many of the current conflicts in our government seem to come from those remnant rural-county government structures being applied to a highly urban city. The types of decisions which might Athens is growing increasingly urban and complex, and needs to consider adopting the have seemed like relatively minor concerns in a less governmental structures common to larger cities. populated and more homogenous rural county have I can’t help but scratch my head at some of the recent become major political issues in our more complex and urban “talk” trumpeted by the Athens Banner-Herald about eliminatenvironment. Recent examples include planning questions ing the position of mayor in Athens-Clarke County. That the like those regarding the Sandy Creek sewer line, management ABH chose the day after the Fourth of July to suggest eliminat- decisions like the breakup of the Natural Resources Division of ing our local executive branch just seems a bit un-American. Leisure Services, and most recently, the design of the Classic It’s an interesting issue to bring up, but ultimately, it touches Center expansion. The role of the manager’s office has hardly on a conversation that we often dance around here in Athens, been without political agenda in these recent situations, with but can never quite seem to discuss openly. the significant influence of that position used to shape policy It’s not that the position of mayor is vestigial, as the folks in ways that are wholly unaccountable to voters. at the Banner-Herald suggest. The whole commission-manager If anything, it’s the Strong Manager, not the Weak Mayor, system of government, with its figurehead mayor, is what’s that is obsolete in Athens-Clarke County. We need people who no longer working for us. The relationship between the three are accountable running our local government, and the way to players (mayor, commission and manager) is at odds with the achieve that is to put more of the day-to-day executive decicommunity’s scale and its vision for itself. The suggestion sions in the hands of an elected mayor. Getting there might that the position of the mayor is vestigial and unnecessary require tweaking our charter, but it’s something that we’ve got only works if you view the job of a mayor as a legislative to consider if we want a responsive government that’s serious one; around here, we sort of assume that’s how it is, with the about the problems facing the community. Of course, we’ve got mayor’s primary role being to set the commission’s agenda, to be willing to pay competitive salaries that attract innovasort of like the majority leader or speaker of the house in the tive leaders to elected positions, too. We can’t afford not to. upper and lower chambers of Congress. But a mayor traditionally isn’t a legislative role; it’s an executive one, and what Kevan Williams athensrising@flagpole.com
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Scandal Shows School Problems
Murdoch’s Troika
You could cite many reasons for the cheating scandal that has blown up the Atlanta public school system and given Georgia another black eye in the national media. The major reason, however, was probably the ego and arrogance of the now-departed superintendent, Beverly Hall, and the culture within the school system that she perpetuated. Hall evidently cared little about actually providing children with an education. She wanted the ego gratification that came with “reforming” an urban school system and figured the best way to do it was by boosting student scores on standardized tests. It didn’t matter how those test results were achieved, either. Many administrators and teachers, under enormous pressure to bolster scores, took part in schemes to erase and change answers on test forms so that they could bring the results up to Hall’s standards. The report compiled by state investigators expressed it this way: “APS became such a ‘datadriven’ system, with unreasonable and excessive pressure to meet targets, that Beverly Hall and her senior cabinet lost sight of conducting tests with integrity… In sum, a culture of fear, intimidation and retaliation permeated the APS system from the highest ranks down,” the report said. The final tally: 178 educators, including 38 principals, took part in cheating. More than 80 of those educators confessed. Cheating was confirmed at 44 of the 56 schools that were investigated. In some ways, the Atlanta school system mess is an outgrowth of bad policy decisions made at the federal and state levels more than a decade ago. George W. Bush, first as governor of Texas and then as president, initiated an education reform program now called “No Child Left Behind” that requires extensive testing of students in grades K-12. Schools whose students do not achieve federally
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mandated test scores can be penalized or shut down. Roy Barnes was enamored of the Bush school program and used it as the model for his own “A-Plus” education reform proposal that he pushed through the General Assembly while he was governor. School testing is important as a way of measuring a student’s improvement, or lack of it, and pinpointing areas where more teaching might be needed. But programs like “No Child Left Behind” put so much emphasis on testing that educators are driven to “teach to the test” rather than focus on the subject matter students really need to learn. When you take an egotist like Beverly Hall and combine her with an education program where so much of your success depends upon test scores, you wind up with cheating scandals like the one that has all but destroyed the Atlanta school system. This is not a problem isolated just to Atlanta. State investigators are still examining similar curriculum test cheating allegations in the Dougherty County (Albany) school system. School systems in other states have been caught up in cheating scandals, including Baltimore, Houston, Michigan and Florida. In Washington, D.C., Michelle Rhee was praised for the improved test scores that were seen at some underperforming schools while she was the superintendent there. Questions were raised and schools were flagged for high numbers of test questions that were changed from the wrong to the right answer. Elected leaders at both the federal and state levels should take a hard look at getting back to a system that puts more focus on teaching subjects like reading, math and science and less emphasis on getting students ready for tests. Our kids deserve much better. Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com
The troika hurtles across the frozen plain. The wolves are close behind, and from time to time a peasant is hurled from the sleigh in the hope of letting the more important people escape. But nothing distracts the pack for long, not even when the occupants of the sleigh move up the pecking order and throw a couple of minor aristocrats to the wolves. Wait! What’s this? They have thrown a newspaper to the wolves? An entire newspaper, with two hundred full-time employees and hundreds more freelance contributors? How do they think that that will help them to get away? The troika is called News International, the newspaper wing of Rupert Murdoch’s globespanning media empire. The paper that has just been sacrificed is the News of the World, a Sunday tabloid that claims to have more readers than any other paper in the Englishspeaking world. The NoW makes a tidy profit, but this Sunday’s edition will be its last. After 168 years, the institution that pioneered the art of persuading the emerging class of semi-literate English people to buy newspapers has been shut down by its owners. Semi-literates were consumers too. If it took a steady diet of salacious and scandalous stories about the rich and/or famous to get them to read a newspaper, the publishers of the NoW were always willing to provide it. The advertisers flocked in and the “News of the Screws,” as the magazine Private Eye dubbed it in the 1970s, flourished like the green bay tree. It used to get its salacious and scandalous stories by paying celebrities’ friends to betray them, or just by going through celebrities’ garbage in search of letters, receipts, etc. Starting as long ago as the late 1990s, however, the NoW also started hacking new communications technologies, even though that was against the law. Over the past decade the NoW has paid various shady characters to hack the voice-mails, emails and other electronic data of literally thousands of people, from members of the British royal family to Z-list celebrities. A few of them, suspecting they had been hacked, launched lawsuits against the paper, and the whole shabby enterprise began to unravel. The first peasants to be thrown from the troika were the NoW’s royal correspondent, Clive Goodman, and the private eye he had paid to hack into the royal family’s phone messages, Glenn Mulcaire. Both men went to prison in 2007. The management at the NoW insisted that they were just a couple of “bad apples”—but it paid their legal expenses, and probably much more besides, in order to buy their silence about any further hacking. The stone-walling worked for a while, as the police soft-pedaled the investigation (the NoW had been paying them for stories, after all). But details of the hacking continued to leak out anyway, and during this year several more senior NoW journalists have been arrested for questioning, including former editor Andy Coulson. James Murdoch, the 80-year-old Rupert’s son and heir apparent, was moved from
London to New York in March, at least partly to put him beyond easy reach of the British legal system. (He was ultimately responsible for the NoW at the time of the crimes.) Last week it was revealed that the NoW had been hacking not only celebrities’ voice-mails, but also those of a murdered schoolgirl, of the grieving families of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan and of victims of the terrorist attack in London in 2005. Public disgust was intense, and it was clearly time to throw the wolves a really big meal. The obvious candidate was Rebekah Brooks, who was the editor of the NoW in the early years of phone hacking (2000–03). She is now the chief executive of News International, and a close personal friend of Rupert Murdoch, so firing her would create the impression that Murdoch’s empire was serious about cleaning house. Instead, Rupert Murdoch closed the News of the World itself down.
His son James made the announcement, lamenting the loss of a paper with a “proud history of fighting crime, exposing wrongdoing and regularly setting the news agenda for the nation.” How true. Why, in its last edition it had a front-page story about Florence Brudenell-Bruce’s revelation that her new boyfriend, Prince Harry, was “fantastic in bed.” The only picture they could find to illustrate the story, alas, showed her in her underwear. News International isn’t really going to lose money by closing the NoW. It will be replaced almost immediately by a new Sunday edition of its weekday stable-mate, the Sun: new web addresses for thesunonsunday.com and TheSunOnSunday.co.uk were registered last week. As British Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said: “All they’re going to do is rebrand it.” But why didn’t they just blame it all on Rebekah Brooks and fire her? Because if Rebekah Brooks goes down, the next person in the line of fire will inevitably be James Murdoch himself. That cannot be allowed to happen, because he is leading News Corporation’s bid for control of British Sky Broadcasting, which would give it utter dominance in the British media and huge profits. So, leave Brooks out there to draw fire at least until the British government approves the BSkyB takeover bid. Then, if necessary, she can be thrown out of the troika, too. Gwynne Dyer Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
grub notes FILL ‘ER UP Speedy Eats: I’m a big fan of eateries that set up shop in or right next to gas stations. Charminar, Sr. Sol, Taqueria La Rosita, Pupuseria El Coquito: these are just a few of the many that have served superior eats in less-than-sparkling surroundings. Expectations are almost always low, which lays the groundwork for nice surprises. Honey B’s Deli (1428 Prince Ave., 706-549-3709), which connects to and is owned by the same people as the FastTrac gas station and convenience store at the corner of Satula, doesn’t rise to the highest of heights, but it does supply a good, quick option to the area. The restaurant is only a deli in the regional sense, meaning it does breakfast and closes at 3 p.m. It doesn’t make sandwiches or sell sliced meats. What it really is is a meat-and-three with a steam table that also happens to do breakfast. If you’re trying to pick between the two meals, steer toward lunch. Breakfast isn’t terrible, but it seems like most of the food has been heated more than cooked and supplied by Sysco rather than slaved over by an old granny. The hash browns are majorly greasy. The eggs lack flavor. You can get biscuits with a large array of meats (bacon, steak, chicken, pork loin, gravy) or with honey, and the store does open at 6 a.m., when it’s hard to find much else to eat in Athens. You’d think lunch would be about the same, but it’s considerably better, if not up to the standards of the absolute best Southern-cooking places in town. The pork chops are impressively tender, not the chew toys one usually gets. The fried chicken is juicy and a bit salty, but that’s the way I like it. The macaroni and cheese has lovely crackly browned bits on its edges. Fried okra, corn and mashed potatoes and gravy acquit themselves just fine, and the tea is delicious. The prices are good, too. You can get four vegetables to go for a mere $4.99, and if you want chicken, you’ll pay just $5.99. The atmosphere at Honey B’s is lacking—a few tall tables and stools, a spartan room—but it’s not really a place to linger unless you have to. The restaurant is open for breakfast and lunch Monday through Saturday, does take-out primarily and accepts credit cards. Yogurt Report: With yogurt places multiplying like rabbits in Athens, it’s hard to keep them straight. The two newest to open are Polarberry (2080 Timothy Rd., in the shopping center also occupied by Agua Linda and DePalma’s) and Menchie’s (196 Alps Rd., in Beechwood Promenade). The former is an independent shop and functions more along the lines of downtown’s Yoguri, i.e., you ask the nice people behind the counter for what you want, and they’ll get it for you, toppings and all. Menchie’s, on the other hand, is a franchise, with another location due on the Eastside in the Georgetown Square shopping center, and is a self-serve operation, like Five Points’ Yoforia. Which of these models you prefer probably depends on how much yogurt you can eat. If you’re easily filled up, you probably want Menchie’s, where you can ignore the size of the bucket-like cup you’re allotted and swirl yourself a reasonable amount, benefiting at the cash register, where you pay by the ounce. If, on the other hand, you could always eat more yogurt, it might be worth your while to go for Polarberry, which has three sizes (Baby, Mama and Papa Bear) that may work out to a better price. Menchie’s has more flavors, including its dairy-free and, therefore, vegan sorbet, which is really refreshing and a major attraction, even if you love dairy. It’s also nice to be able to grab a little bit of several different flavors. On the other hand, Polarberry is a lot less stressful. There’s something that ramps up the tension when you’re waiting for an opening at Menchie’s and your’re surrounded by excited children. There’s a great relief to just walking up and having someone else make your food, which is after all why we go to restaurants. The yogurt at both is plenty good, although tart fruit flavors tend to be more true to life than ones like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup and red velvet cake. It doesn’t vary much at any of these places, which is why location is probably the primary factor in determining which you’ll frequent, although if you want specifically vegan or lowcarb froyo, Menchie’s is your place. Polarberry is open from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. Menchie’s is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., except Fridays and Saturdays, when it’s open until midnight. Both take credit cards.
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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week. • indicates new review BAD TEACHER (R) As very bad teacher Elizabeth Halsey, Cameron Diaz reminds the moviegoing public that there was something about Mary, and she had a lot to do with it. Forced to return to a job she hates at which she is not very good, Elizabeth treats her students and coworkers, including overachiever Amy (Lucy Punch, whom I love), docile Lynn (Phyllis Smith of “The Office”) and laidback gym teacher, Russell (Jason Segel), with equal disdain, until she sets her sights on wooing rich, new sub, Scott (Justin Timberlake), with a boob job she must rather questionably finance. BRIDESMAIDS (R) Considering its competition, calling Bridesmaids the funniest movie of 2011 may be as much an insult as a compliment to this hilarious comedy, written by and starring Kristen Wiig. This female-driven flick needs to be judged and compared to its raunchy, hearty brothers, all raised under the banner of the House of Apatow. CARS 2 (G) Cars 2 is an aboveaverage children’s cartoon. Unfortunately, an above-average children’s cartoon is way below Pixar’s capabilities. Any other animation house can make a Cars or a Cars 2; Pixar should leave the kiddie entertainment to DreamWorks/Sony and concentrate on singular masterpieces like WALL-E. CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (NR) 2010. A lot has been said and written about legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog’s documentary, filmed in France’s Chauvet Cave, where the oldest known pictorial representations of mankind can be found. Closed to the general public, Herzog had to receive special permission to film inside the cave. CHOCOLAT (PG-13) 2000. Ciné’s Summer Classic Movie Series kicks off with… Chocolat? Johnny Depp stars alongside Juliette Binoche in this five-time Academy Award nominee from director Lasse Hallstrom. A woman (Binoche) and her young daughter open a chocolate shop in and the tightly bound morals of a tiny, repressed French town.
FARMAGEDDON (NR) 2010. This film documents the unseen war on family-owned American farms as the FDA, FBI, etc., invade and seize their homegrown goods. The proceeds from this benefit screening, held by Athens Locally Grown, will go to Wholesome Wave Georgia, and the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund. FAST FIVE (PG-13) As the “plot” goes, Dom (Vin Diesel), Brian (Paul Walker) and Dom’s sister/Brian’s squeeze, Mia (Jordana Brewster), are on the lam after a daring, non-fatal prison break. In Rio, the trio runs afoul of super drug lord, Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida). They also have to outwit federal bounty hunter Hobbs (a more gigantic than usual Dwayne Johnson). Other stuff goes on to set up the Ocean’s 11 on wheels heist that climaxes the movie. GREEN LANTERN (PG-13) The movie version of DC’s secondline superhero, a ring-equipped intergalactic policeman, lacks the nostalgic baggage checked by the big two, Supes and Bats. Test pilot Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) is chosen to join the Green Lantern Corps just in time to battle Parallax, a worlddevouring baddie who uses the yellow power of fear to turn Peter Sarsgaard from a John Carpenter doppelganger into an evil, bloated alien John Carpenter. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG13) The end is finally here. Harry, Ron and Hermione (Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, for the final time in the roles they have grown up in) are after the final Horcruxes. Plus, the magical forces of good and Voldemort’s Death Eaters engage in the climactic battle of Hogswarts. Thankfully, the filmmakers haven’t given in to the 3D craze; it was close with the last film. • HORRIBLE BOSSES (R) Nick (Jason Bateman) works for an evil corporate shark played perfectly by Kevin Spacey. Dale (Charlie Day of the best sitcom on TV, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) is getting seriously sexually harassed by his seriously
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hot dentist boss (Jennifer Aniston). Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) answers to a cokehead douchebag that resembles a balding Colin Farrell (Farrell). With the help of a murder consultant with a very blue name (Jamie Foxx), these three friends decide the solution to their employment problems is to murder each other’s boss. This dark, dirty comedy does everything right in the most wrong sort of way. LARRY CROWNE (PG-13) Tom Hanks steps back behind the camera—and stars in—this comedy about out-of-work Larry Crowne who enrolls at his local college, where he connects a group of outcasts and falls for Mercedes Tainot (Julia Roberts), one of his teachers. This movie sounds a lot like NBC’s hilarious “Community.” Hanks teamed up with My Big Fat Greek Wedding phenom Nia Vardalos on the screenplay. LIFE, ABOVE ALL (PG-13) After the death of her infant daughter, rumors shatter a family living in a village near Johannesburg, forcing young Chanda (Khomotso Manyaka) to leave the village on a journey to find her mother. Shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Life, Above All won a Leo for Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Drama and placed second at the Dubai International Film Festival. LIMITLESS (PG-13) In Limitless, the new film from Illusionist director Neil Burger, writer Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) stumbles upon a designer drug that opens up the limitless potential of the human brain. Soon, Eddie is making millions from the stock market and drawing the attention of a Wall Street bigwig (Robert De Niro). But with all shortcuts, a catch comes in the drug’s habit-forming, deadly side effects. MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (PG-13) Having written, directed, produced and/or starred in 11 movies since 2005, Tyler Perry has become predictable. The broad, slapstick antics of mad matriarch Madea (Perry) are jarringly meshed with a faith-based melodramatic family drama. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG-13) Owen Wilson stars as the latest Woody stand-in, Gil, a Hollywood hack trying to finish a novel while on a family business trip to Paris with his fiancee’s (Rachel McAdams) family. On a magical midnight walk, Gil runs into Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald (Tom Hiddleston and Alison Pill), gets writing advice from Papa Hemingway (Corey Stoll) and Gertrude Stein (Kathy Bates) and falls for Picasso’s girlfriend, Adriana (Marion Cotillard). This funny, heartwarming charmer should please anyone looking for an intelligent breeze to freshen up the stagnant romcom genre. MONTE CARLO (PG) While on a not-so-dream vacation to Paris, three young women—Grace, Meg and Emma (Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy)—live the Princess Diaries experience (paparazzi, fancy dresses, fairy tale love) in Monte Carlo after one girl is mistaken for a British heiress. Director Thomas Bezucha’s last film was the OK The Family Stone, released six years ago. Adapted from Jules Bass’ tween lit hit, Headhunters. MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (PG) Calling Mr. Popper’s Penguins an adaptation of Richard and Florence
Atwater’s 1938 Newberry Honor Book is a stretch. Tom Popper (Jim Carrey) is a ruthless real estate somethingor-other, who’s a rather sorry husband (to Carla Gugino) and father (to Swing Vote’s wonderful Madeline Carroll and Maxwell Perry Cotton), that is, until he becomes the best poppa a penguin or progeny could pray for. PIERRE DAURA (NR) The life of artist Pierre Daura is documented in this 28-minute biopic by Agnes de Sacy. Daura (1896–1976), who divided his life between Catalonia, France and the United States, produced artwork, both abstract and figurative, that was colored by his active engagement in historic events, such as the Spanish Civil War, that took place during his long lifetime. The Pierre Daura Curator of European Art, Lynn Boland, will introduce this documentary. RIO (G) Another week, another average animated children’s movie that won’t quite pain the adults forced to accompany them. After Rango, 2011’s animated output has some minor big, quirky boots to fill. SILENT LIGHT (NR) 2007. Writerdirector Carlos Reygados’ highly acclaimed film about a Mennonite man who struggles with his love for a woman that is not his wife returns to Athens. SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN (PG-13) Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club, Smoke) returns with a film set in modern day Shanghai
and 19th-century China. Two friends, Nina and Sophie, become intrigued by the story of Snow Flower and Lily, two seven-year-olds bound for eternity as laotang, or “old sames.” Loosely based on the novel by Lisa See, as a character played by Hugh Jackman has been added. SOUL SURFER (PG) The second release from new distributor FilmDistrict, Soul Surfer is based on the true story of teenaged surfer Bethany Hamilton (AnnaSophia Robb), who lost her arm but not her desire to hang ten to a shark attack. SUPER 8 (PG-13) In J.J. Abrams’ new summer crowdpleaser, a group of junior Spielbergs witness a train crash that unleashes some mysterious and destructive events on their small Ohio town. The film’s dramatic core and primary means of propulsion are its dual mysteries: one fantastical, one tragically mundane. Without giving too much away, but to establish a point of reference, Super 8 is a Close Encounter with Jaws and E.T. TABLOID (R) Master documentarian/ manipulator Errol Morris reveals the hard to believe, true story of Joyce McKinney. The former Miss Wyoming was charged with the 1978 kidnapping of a Mormon boy with whom she had become infatuated. The British tabloids ran away with this story of kinky sex, a beauty queen and Mormons. It’s hard to imagine Tabloid not winding up as one of the hottest docs of the year.
THOR (PG-13) After a raid on the Frost Giants goes awry, a petulant Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is put in timeout by his Allfather, Odin (Anthony Hopkins). Until he learns to use his godlike powers selflessly, he is forced to exist as one seriously cut, regular dude who gets to woo Natalie Portman as astrophysicist Jane Foster. When Odin goes down for the Odinsleep, Thor’s trickster brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), assumes the throne while his banished bro cools off. TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG-13) What exactly did Michael Bay think was wrong with the last Transformers movie? Whatever he fixed made Transformers 3 cringingly bad and the worst of the bunch. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (NR) 1948. Humphrey Bogart stars as a down on his luck fella who finds gold in Central Mexico with his partner and a grizzled old prospector. But what happens once they find the treasure they seek? Winner of three Academy Awards—Best Director, Best Writing and Best Supporting Actor. WINNIE THE POOH (G) Disney brings Winnie the Pooh and all the other denizens of the Hundred Acre Wood back to the big screen in the hand-drawn animated tradition of old Walt himself. House of Mouse. X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG-13) X-Men: First Class is what the third X-movie should have been. • ZOOKEEPER (PG) As if a critic’s opinion on Zookeeper really matters to the family comedy’s target audience. Kevin James seems like a nice enough guy, and Paul Blart: Zookeeper rides that nice train for a little over 90 minutes. James is Griffin, a nice guy who nicely takes care of nice animals for a nice living. A pretty girl, Stephanie (Leslie Bibb), broke his nice heart because he’s a nice zookeeper.
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kiddie dope NEWS FROM THE JUICE BOX SET Summer “Fun”: Crap, it’s hot outside. But as parents, at some point we need to suck it up and leave the house. Besides, if we don’t, hours of television make our kids as intolerable as the sweltering sun. Which leaves us with the question: Where do you go? Kids are pretty good about playing outside, no matter the temperature. My only prerequisite in a good playground, though, is shade. There’s nothing that annoys me more than a cute playground located in what could otherwise be a desert. So, my daughter and I took a tour of the dozen or so parks around Athens to figure that out. Not only were we looking for places where kids could play—where I grew up, we called them “playscapes”—but also shade, KRISTEN MORALES
hours. Bishop Park has paved trails, a covered tennis area and a neat little grove of trees near the playground that make for good treeclimbing. And you almost need multiple days to do everything at Memorial Park, between visiting the duck pond, walking through Bear Hollow Zoo and hiking the Birchmore Trail. Each park also has a community swimming pool (and Memorial Park’s is nice and shady). The playground at East Athens Community Center (400 McKinley Dr.) is brand-spankin’ new, which means it has zero trees to shade it. But two other playgrounds offer up the typical slides, bridges and climbers with a little bit of shade. Lay Park (297 Hoyt St.) and Rocksprings Park (291 Henderson Ext.) have some trees that mercifully cover portions of their playgrounds. Lay Park also is across the street from another (very sunny) community pool; you can enjoy free frozen treats at the park, courtesy of ACC Leisure Services’ summer “Popsicles and Playgrounds” program, from 10–11 a.m. Saturday, July 16. Rocksprings lacks seating for parents, but Leisure Services will have its popsicle operation up and rolling there the morning of July 23. Two other parks have playgrounds that seem more like afterthoughts than the main draw. At Sandy Creek Park (400 Bob Holman Rd.) and Satterfield Park (3028 Cherokee Rd.), the playscapes are simply plopped in an open, sun-drenched area. Then again, at Sandy Creek, I’d opt for swimming in the lake, anyway. And Satterfield’s playground seems mainly intended for younger siblings waiting for baseball or softball practice to end (the park has several ballfields). My favorite park, though, is a The World of Wonder at Southeast Clarke Park includes a mazeshady little gem tucked into an like castle and a nearby dragon, perfect for climbing. But when in-town historic neighborhood. it’s sunny, most parks—including this one—leave kids hot and Reese and Pope Park (375 Pope dry. One shiny, hot metal slide out of five. St.) is surrounded by old trees and, seating, tables and places to run around. at the top of a hill, seems to catch even the (Note that we only visited parks in Clarke slightest breeze on a hot day. True, it’s hard County—Oconee County has three—and to top Memorial or Bishop parks in terms of we didn’t visit the 17 playgrounds at Clarke amenities, but that’s also what makes this County schools.) But among the county’s parks park so charming: it’s just a simple playscape and rec facilities, it turns out the biggest isn’t on a rubbery surface, flanked by some covered always the best. Here is what we found: picnic tables. Parks with Playgrounds: The amazing World of Wonder castle and corresponding dragondominated play area at Southeast Clarke Park (enter off Whit Davis Road just south of Lexington Road) has to be the most interesting place to play, except for one thing: it’s darn hot out there. It’s one of ACC’s newest parks, and the trees around the sprawling castle structures are pretty paltry, leaving parents and kids few places to escape the sun. But check it out in the evening—the long shadows cool the playground down, and once the sun dips below the trees, the temperature is more tolerable. I’m going to lump Bishop Park (705 Sunset Dr.) and Memorial Park (293 Gran Ellen Dr.) into the same group because the playground at each park is pretty similar. While each is surrounded by trees—giving parents a good place to sit and read while the kids play—the playgrounds themselves are parched. But since each park has so many other offerings, it’s not necessary to keep your kids out in the sun for
Open Spaces for Play: There are several other parks with just greenspace, and if you can stand to pack a lunch after peeling yourself off the couch, these shouldn’t be missed. Specifically, check out North Oconee River Park East and West, which flank the river between Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway and Willow Street. The West park, bordering the Greenway on Willow Street, has lovely rolling, grassy hills dotted by trees and tables, perfect for a packed lunch. You can explore along the river or take bikes along the wide sidewalk and paved paths leading out of the park. Yes, I said “bikes.” I know it’s hot. I know it’s nice and air-conditioned inside. But, I promise, once you get out of the house, it’ll be worth it.
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william orten carlton = ort Examining the Spoils from Kurt Woods’ Front Porch Gracious sakes, am I as overdue for a column as a mother gerbil who’s been preggers for 37 days?! (If she doesn’t drop that litter of little squeaks soon, she’s gonna be in trouble!!) Likewise, if I don’t come up with some readable words—and anon—I may forget how to write and have to sit on a downtown corner selling pencils out of a cup until I croak from sheer boredom. And that just won’t do. Like a pilgrim on a hajj to a religious shrine, I whizzed to Kurt Wood’s famed Front Porch Record Sale back on Apr. 23 and 24. “Thin out those dollar 45s in the garage,” Kurt entreated me. “I’m tired of hauling them around to shows.” Since I hadn’t been through them in over a year, I went to work and succeeded not only in scarfing up six long boxes of singles, but also ultimately in cramming them into Van Ella without her blowing a piston en route home. This column will concern a whet of what I found, with sequels doubtless to follow. As in the way I file them, the “A”s come first.
terrorize the waiting masses with it on my radio problem… and I’ll mention that at the end of this column. 6) “A Grain of Sand”—Susan Barrett (RCA 47-8888). This is the first of her four RCA singles and was issued in roughly June, 1966. She also had an LP on RCA issued in March, 1967. All of her records are decent enough, but for some reason European collectors want her third single. (I’m not sure if I have it or not.) A copy recently sold online for $169.38. (Why such an odd figure? Gee, I guess the collector doesn’t exercise enough.) You can find her photo online… I did. 7) “Without You”—The Bay Ridge (Atlantic 2520). Sort of a second take on the style of The Young Rascals, these guys (who really were from Bay Ridge in Brooklyn) issued two
in Houston on the tiny Ovide label are well documented: their second single for the label was the local smash hit “Dog Eat Dog” (Ovide 228). To create a backside for it, they enlisted the assistance of their compatriot local group The T.S.U. Tornadoes (their hit was “Getting the Corners” [Atlantic 2579]) and came up with a jam that conveniently filled the flipside. “Dog Eat Dog” sold so well that Ovide couldn’t handle distribution, so Ovide leased the masters to Atlantic: they issued the disc as Atlantic 2478. I don’t remember the specifics, but several disc jockeys at once discovered that “jam session” B-side (which had been recorded in one take!), flipped the disc, and began playing that instead. The result? “Tighten Up” took off like a pre-season hurricane in early 1968 and is still selling and still being played worldwide. The group had 10 or 11 subse-
1) “I Believe I’ll Find Happiness”—Johnny Adams (Watch 6330). Known as “The Tan Canary,” Johnny Adams had near-countless local hits in New Orleans as well as several national successes: other than his massive hits, my research led me to list some 50 singles by the man on such labels as Ric, Ron, Hep’ Me, Pacemaker (from Texas) and even nationals like S.S.S. International (Nashville), Modern (L. A.) and Atlantic. My record here, produced and arranged by that Creole Beethoven Wardell Quezergue, dates from, say, 1962. I haven’t played it yet, but if there’s to be a surprise, it will be to find it anything but top notch. Mr. Adams passed in September, 1998 at the age of 66 after an illustrious 40-year career.
4) “What Now My Love”—Richard Anthony (V.I.P. 25022). If any of you are familiar with a French go-go singer by this name, well, here is his excursion into American popdom. It was released in August, 1965 and sank like an anvil. How Motown got ahold of this master (V.I.P. was a Motown subsidiary) is beyond me. Gad. 5) “Kellogg’s Presents the Banana Splits” (Decca [Special] 34578). They’re primarily known for their theme song (below). This EP (Extended Play 45) contains that ditty and three others. (Another EP contains four more songs: I’ve already found a good copy of that.) Although I still need the group’s lone chart entry, the theme song “The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)” on Decca 32429, at least I have the cut here and can
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12) “Mother Dear You’ve Got a Silly Daughter”—Sharon Black (Philips 40290). This is an answer to Herman’s Hermits’ hit “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” and came out in 1965 to marginal notice. Well, it’s a good obscurity to file away for eventual airplay… be forewarned. 13) “I’ve Got That Feeling”—Cornell Blakely (Mable 0020). This Newberry, SC native seems to have had an interesting and varied career. He seems to have been left fielder for The Greenville Black Spinners, an old Negro Leagues team; he recorded both pop and gospel music; and he owned a radio station. This 45 is from 1965 or 1966, and is one of at least 10 the man issued out of Detroit (where he lived for a time) and South Carolina. Some things (like this) just look interesting; I won’t know what it is until I put it on the air blind. Stay tuned. 14) “Keeper of the Keys”—(Michael) Brewer & (Tom) Shipley (A&M 905). This early 1968 disc is the duo’s first record. They went on to have the well-known “One Toke Over the Line” in 1971, as well as my favorite of theirs, “Tarkio Road” (whose name evokes a small Missouri town). Jerry Garcia often guested on their sessions: he might even be in on this 45. 15) “He Made You Mine”—Brighter Side of Darkness (Magic Touch 9011). This 1978 disc is by the same Chicago group that gave us the million-selling hit “Love Jones” in 1972. Their career output consisted of five singles and an LP. Now I only lack their Starvue 1028 single “Because I Love You” from 1974 to have it all. “Love Jones” is a tender little masterpiece: they wrote it themselves. Here it is now 38-plus years later (these guys are, like, 53 or 54 now) and it still sounds fresh. That’s a leading criterion for good pop music.
2) “Both Sides Now”—Aerial Landscape (RCA 47-9520). This group from Sacramento (California, not Kentucky!) was originally known as Forth & Main. They had another RCA 45, “Proposition 13,” which I think I have as well. It’s from 1967; mine was issued in ’68. This is their entire discography. I even found a photo of the group online! 3) “I Like to Party”—Alpaca Phase III (Atlantic 3038). These folks were an Atlanta studio group and hit the R&B charts with this in 1974. A subsequent single on Clintone Records (which I lack) followed in 1975. Both of these discs are in demand in England, though, so our obscurity becomes their treasure.
is anthologized in Japanese and Italian collections! Mine is a store stock copy, so someone somewhere bought it: that means some radio station somewhere (like maybe KQV in Pittsburgh or WISE in Asheville) must have played it. I’m at a loss for further facts.
singles for Atlantic in 1968. Mine here was quite the hit on WKLO in Louisville in its day, and that’s a far journey from the hills of West Brooklyn (and there ARE hills there, thank you!). BTW, I think I have the other one, too. 8) “Jambalaya”—Jimmy Beasley (Modern 1009). Beasley, a prolific recording artist, could imitate Fats Domino even better than Fats could imitate himself. I located seven singles and three LPs by the man, who incidentally hailed from Kansas City. None of his discs made the national charts, but all of them received much notice and sold widely and steadily. It is a tribute to Beasley’s talent that he mastered the Ninth Ward accent, which the still living (born 1928) Mr. Domino has spoken all his (so far) 83 years. Hey, where y’at? 9) “I Just Want to Fall in Love”/ “Love at First Sight”—Archie Bell & the Drells (Atlantic 2793). This is the hardest of Bell’s Atlantic singles to find on a red label store stock copy, and here one is! The group’s beginnings
quent Atlantic singles (plus three albums), then signed with Glades Records for a couple of singles, and finally lit with T.S.O.P. in Philadelphia. I list both sides here because each was a hit in separate markets (which often happened with the group’s discs). Not bad… to create something on a whim and have it still danceable and playable after 43 years. My single, almost forgotten by comparison, is from 1971. 10) “Happy New Year”—Beverly (Deram 7502). This disc features an early Beverly Martyn (English folk performer) along with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Nicky Hopkins. It’s a virtual unknown and rarer than operatic Toyotas. My copy is so far gone that I may have to send out for a faith healer to get it to play, but I really don’t care. I grabbed it because it looked interesting. So there. 11) “I’m Gonna Show Him”—Calie Bitetti (Susan 4200). Now we REALLY get obscure! It’s a girl group single from June, 1963, and
I’ll pick up later where I’ve left off, but I wanna tell you about my radio problem. Y’see, I was the original oldies deejay on WUOG when it went on the air in October, 1972, and the station has brought me back (for the summer, anyway… maybe longer if there’s audience support). My show (Ort.’s Oldies Radio Problem) airs Fridays from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. (for now) on 90.5 FM, WUOG. For those of you too far removed to receive a clear signal (say Sylva, NC or St. Simon’s Island), WUOG streams online. Oh, your poor computer… now it can get a headache just like yours from listening to me play useless old records and prattle on about them as if someone might be even remotely interested. Vinyl collecting isn’t dead; neither is gonzo radio! (Nor am I!) Now I gotta think of writing columny about this year’s Classic City Brewfest and a road trip I took to Flowery Branch, GA to revel in the glories of Toasted & Tapped, a brewpub in a most unlikely spot… but not tonight. I’m signing off for now. Pffft. (30.) William Orten Carlton = ORT. Weird Old Records Editor for Flagpole.
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threats & promises Music News And Gossip New Crew Revue: Chris McKay has reformed his Critical Darlings after a long break predicated by the exit of founding bandmember Frank DeFreese. The new lineup is McKay, Ash Miltiades (Guff), Adam West, Kate Powell (Zaka) and Alex Grizzard. The new lineup made its debut in late June but will next play locally Friday, July 22 at the 40 Watt Club. For more information, please see www.facebook.com/thecriticaldarlings. PAGE WHITE
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Green Screen King: Website developer Jay Braver finished a new video for Timi Conley (Kite to the Moon) and his song “Words Must Die” a few weeks ago. In many ways (well, most ways), it’s a celebration of the green screen and, as such, you can see Conley involved in all sorts of impossible scenarios and hi-jinks. Find it over at www.youtube. com/user/ShurFynePro. The Fabric of Your Life: The gently melancholic Vespolina now has a deal: if you buy one of the group’s newly printed t-shirts, you get its digital EP, Heckler, for free. If you’re not the t-shirt type, you can still get the EP, but it’ll run you $5. The shirt is $13. The EP is a sixsong collection of demos that should appear on the group’s debut LP. The t-shirt is a black screen print of a little horse looking up at a big horse. Self-described as “baroque American pop/rock,” this isn’t too far off the mark, but don’t expect, you know, The Left Banke or anything like that. Vespolina’s sound is much more along the lines of a more earnest Leonard Cohen or a less pop-oriented Pernice Brothers. One song from Heckler is available for preview over at www.athensvespolina. bandcamp.com, and another one, not from the EP, is available at www.reverbnation.com/ vespolina. Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust: Athens hardcore/grind pulverizers Gripe played their last show with D.J. Pommerville as lead singer at a local house venue last week. The band will continue with a new singer, though, who will be featured on its upcoming second full-length album that is due out next year. Pommerville is leaving Athens to travel across
the country to the West Coast before settling down in New Orleans. During this time, he’ll be shooting footage for his upcoming documentary based on his often hilarious and almost totally tongue-in-cheek website www.latfo.com (Look at This Fucking Oogle). Wondering what an oogle is? Well, basically, it’s a poseur (or, to be more gracious, merely a newcomer) in the traveling kid/crusty/gutter punk/train-hopping scene. The term is almost universally disparaging (except when used among and toward friends) and actually has a few variations in meaning depending on its usage, but I don’t have enough space here to really get too far into it. Click over there and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Warning: don’t look at this at work. It’s got the occasional nudity that will raise eyebrows as much as the fact that you can basically smell the funk from these photos coming through your screen, and you can vaguely hear a voice somewhere that says “Hey, spare any change?” If you do hear this plea, come on, have a heart. How would they ever buy all those Nausea and GBH patches without your help? You can follow the action over at the website above or via www.facebook.com/latfo and www. twitter.com/latfo. Gripe’s latest album, The Future Doesn’t Need You, is still available for free over at www.grindcorekaraoke.com/album/the-futuredoesnt-need-you, and it totally rules, so get it now Impressive: A traveling exhibit of classic and modern concert posters from Nashville’s world-famous Hatch Show Print will open at the Georgia Museum of Art on Aug. 27. In business since 1879 and now owned by the Country Music Hall of Fame, Hatch Show Print turned the normal, generally unremarkable, letterpress poster into a real work of art. The exhibit will stay in town until Nov. 6, so you’ve got plenty of time to get rid of any excuses you might make for not seeing it. For more information, please see www.georgiamuseum.org/art/exhibitions/upcoming. Have a Cigar: OK, this is gonna be the last thing I’ll write about Reptar for a while, but, come on, this is the news pretty much everyone knew was coming. After several months of speculation, it was announced late last week that the Athens booty shakers have signed to California’s Vagrant Records, and the label, through a special arrangement with Ben Allen’s Make Records, Not Bombs production squad, will have a hand in releasing the band’s upcoming Oblangle Fizz, Y’all EP due out Aug. 2. Vagrant was best known as the home of The Get Up Kids, Dashboard Confessional and Saves the Day, but has spent the last several years really expanding its roster to include artists from a wide variety of styles. Reptar will play Chicago’s Lollapalooza Festival in early August and will take off on a month-long tour from Sept. 15–Oct. 18, with most of the dates featuring Cults and Foster the People. The closest this tour comes to Athens is Atlanta, where Reptar will play the Masquerade on Sept. 21. Congratulations, guys. Now go make good records and be good boys. For more information, please see www.facebook. com/reptarmusic. Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com
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alking on the phone with the members of Burns Like Fire while they’re on the road is strange. It’s hard to imagine the scene on the other end of the line. They’re probably sitting outside a smelly van, exhausted and hungry, waiting to play for the sixth night in a row. But when you hear the little chuckles and jabs at each other between responses, that image is totally obscured by another: four guys driving around the country, playing music and genuinely enjoying life. “I love hangin’ out with these dudes,” says lead guitarist Josh Smith. “They’re a pain in my ass, but I love every single moment.” Smith and Co. have been out on the road since July 1, hitting bars and small clubs across the Southeast, in preparation for the release of their first full-length in August. That path is pretty well worn for the Burns Like Fire guys. Reading the list of BLF members’ previous bands—Guff, Community Chaos, Celerity, Karbomb—is like reading a “Best Athens Punk Bands of the 2000s” ballot. But projects come and go, and in 2009 the soonto-be members of Burns Like Fire found that their current projects were sort of stalling. “The flame was dying on ‘em,” says Smith. “So, we just found a new project.” That “we,” includes Smith, former Celerity drummer Parker Bradshaw and Karbomb guitarist Web Couch. A couple of months later, Guff’s Charley Ferlito joined temporarily to fill in on bass. Or, if you fast-forward to 2011 while the guys are wandering around Mobile, AL, you can get Ferlito’s version: “Their bass player sucked, so I was like, ‘Hey, let me play bass,’” he says laughing while his bandmates undoubtedly snicker in the background at his smartass comment. Ferlito quickly corrects himself. He hopped onboard initially as a short-term member and, as he explains, “I liked it so much I wanted to stay, and they were nice enough to let me stay.” While this may seem entirely too sappy for
a punk band, it’s hard to ignore that these guys really do enjoy hanging out together, and that’s why they keep playing and play so well together. But it’s not their friendship that books shows. No, for that a punk band needs years of experience on the road, musical chops and a kick-ass live show. Oh, that’s right, Burns Like Fire has all that, too. “You have to play the really crappy show,” says Smith, speaking on something everyone in BLF has done many times. “Get to play that first one, then everybody knows who you are and then you make friends, and the more you’re able to do that, the more you can get out on the road.” With years of touring experience, each of Burns Like Fire’s members have made connections like that. And with their amped-up alt-pop-punk and energetic, unpredictable live shows, they can make the most of those connections. That means booking shows with bands like old-school punk rockers Sloppy Seconds later this month and getting the opportunity to work with big names like Roger Manganelli (Less Than Jake), who produced their upcoming LP, and Stephen Egerton (Descendents, All), who mastered it. But don’t worry, they’re not getting big heads. Burns Like Fire is still a good ol’ bunch of Athens punks enjoying every show they get to play. “We’re all smilin’ at the end of the night,” Smith says. “Or throwing up on something.” Chris Miller
WHO: Burns Like Fire, Karbomb, The Atom Age, So It Goes WHERE: Caledonia Lounge WHEN: Friday, July 15, 10 p.m. HOW MUCH: $5 (21+), $7 (18+)
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here’s a poster of Otis Redding, sweaty and screaming and on his knees, available on the Internet for a dollar from artist Jason Lazarus; two words are scribbled in red over the black-andwhite image: “Try Harder.” It’s an inspirational message and especially important to bear in mind as a musician playing in a genre—rock music—that is mostly designed to look natural. Many lead singers risk forgetting they’re on a stage in their effort to look cool. Chloe Tewksbury, lead vocalist and guitarist for Green Thrift Grocery, strikes a perfect balance: you can tell she’s putting effort into her performance, but it never looks anything less than real. Leading her band through scrappy, verging-on-chaos, art-punk songs, she hollers, jokes, dances, shrieks, croons and bangs away on her electrified acoustic guitar. In short, she does what a frontperson is supposed to do: she actually engages the audience. The band formed upon drummer Dain Marx (formerly of self-proclaimed “evil gay space clowns” Zumm Zumm) and bassist Hana Hay’s return to Athens this past Halloween after an extended stay in Portland. A reoccurring theme for Green Thrift Grocery is a certain proclivity for the spontaneous: Dain and Hana were traveling with the Portland-based indiepop band Foot Ox, but after a weekend running around Athens during the late-October Next to Last Festival, they decided to let their band soldier on while they remained. “To me, the whole Portland thing seemed surreal in a sense—like it wasn’t real life,” recalls Marx. “It was way too safe—it’s a completely different world out there, and I missed the South. I just wanted to get back here for a little bit, not [with] much intention of staying.” The pair ended up crashing with Tewksbury at her home in Arnoldsville, where along with guitarist Ryan Donegan, the group began to navigate its way through some punky improvisation. The band shaped its improv into some truly catchy songs, whipped up some stylish, elven/sci-fi-themed outfits and started playing out. The colorful quartet is poised to contribute to what is basically Athens’ legacy: the collision of art and fun. The latter comes up often while talking to the band. “I guess the fact that we have a dynamic and entertaining frontperson takes the pressure off of me; it allows me to have a good time while doing what I’m doing,” says Donegan, whom
audiences may have previously spotted ringing bells and coaxing tones from singing saws with The Music Tapes. “It’s really fun; I just started playing bass when we started jamming together. I like playing and getting better at it and learning,” says Hay, who also contributes video-making skills to the group. (Take note of her stop-motion clip for “My My My My.”) Beyond the simple joys of noisemaking, Tewksbury’s subtle jabs at consumer culture are a large part of what makes the band so interesting; her sense of conviction may be the source of her electric performances. Although Green Thrift Grocery nicked its name from a Flagpole article about a fictitious produce store as a goof, there are genuine ideas being discussed in the songs. “It kinda turned into this opportunity to create some kind of commentary on the strange consumer environment we live in,” Tewksbury says, “which I think permeates a lot of levels of consciousness and creates who we are in a lot of ways. “It is a set of characters in a way,” she adds, referring to her band’s costumed personas. “They’re not defined characters, but it’s this tongue-in-cheek thing where I feel like it’s turning up the volume on that part of us: the way that we just take on all these different roles, and we’re forced in all these different directions with all these different messages we get through media and the way we experience culture… And it turned us into these twisted kind of beings,” she says, laughing, “where we don’t know who we are, and everything’s in conflict. And the costumes are fun—we do it because it’s fun to do, but it’s also a way of taking our stage show out of the context of the ordinary person. I mean, everybody wears costumes to some degree in their normal life that can be changed… and you can change who you are and how you’re perceived by what you’re wearing. That plays into it to a certain degree.” Jeff Tobias
WHO: Green Thrifty Grocery, Dead Dog, Nucular Animals WHERE: Farm 255 WHEN: Wednesday, July 13, 11 p.m. HOW MUCH: FREE!
The Art and Business of Songwriting Over the span of three decades, songwriters Mike Dekle (Athens) and Byron Hill (Nashville) have written enough charttopping tunes to soundtrack a trip from here to Nashville and back again. And the key to their longevity is their willingness to be malleable and adapt to the ever-changing music business. They both speak eloquently and with disarming modesty about their careers, rattling off dates and chart placements with the precision of statisticians. They are gifted storytellers and shrewd businessmen with an unwavering passion for their work. This Friday the pair will be joined by Nashville songwriters John Ford Coley and Wil Nance in an intimate “in the round performance,” at the Rialto Room during which each artist will get a turn in the spotlight and a chance to share the stories behind their songs. In the spirt of that format, we present to you a sort of “Interview in the Round,” giving Hill and Dekle an opportunity to share their insights. On their history together as friends and collaborators… Byron Hill: I’ve known Mike since about 1981 or ‘82. I was producing records in Nashville for a company called ATV, and Roger Bowling was a friend of mine and one of our staff writers. He said he met this guy in Athens, GA named Mike Dekle who had a song that he really liked, and Mike wanted to cut a record. So, the original plan was to cut one of Roger Bowling’s songs as the A-side and Mike’s song as the B-side… So, we went to cut the record, both songs, and I called Roger Bowling and I said, “Well, you won’t believe this, but I think Mike’s song is the A-side and your song is going to be the B-side!’” We all agreed that Mike’s recording of “Scarlet Fever” was really a magical moment, and it remains a magical recording. So, Mike put it out, and I believe it charted in Billboard. It didn’t really have a lot of national coverage, but it got a lot of coverage in Athens, GA through radio, and it got to Kenny Rogers. So, Kenny recorded it, and it became a hit for Kenny. So, Mike and I became friends through that whole experience, and we started writing together. And through the years I produced all of his CDs and have worked with Mike constantly ever since— he’s just one of my closest friends in the business and we have had a number of recordings together that have done well… numerous Kenny Rogers cuts together as well as songs for Joe Nichols, Rhonda Vincent and quite a few things.
Byron Hill Mike Dekle: Let me talk about the similarities between Byron Hill and me in terms of being writers. He was pretty much raised in the same type home environment that I was. His educational background is very similar to mine. He got into music very early on, and I got into music when I was 16. So, we’re very much alike. He’s a guy who always spoke well of his parents. He was never poor in his lifetime, nor was I, so most of our songs that we’ve written over the years have a really positive background to them because there is not a lot of negative in our lives. On the changing business of songwriting…
BH: Back when I started, the songwriter was a little bit of a different animal. For the most part, songwriters wrote and artists sang… The staff songwriting business then was big… but now publishers have had to sign artist-writers. Artist-writers (artists writing their own material) make up about 80 percent of the business as far as I can tell… in Nashville, anyway… So, if you’re an artist-writer you’ve got so much more to bring to the table because all of a sudden you can record masters; the record company can work with the publisher—it’s more marketable. It’s kind of been a perfect storm leading to that situation through the years. There’s just been a huge influx of talent coming through Nashville because some of the other markets have closed up… They really don’t have anywhere to go in L.A. because L.A. is mostly urban music and some pop rock. And New York is all rock and pop, and it’s just becoming a licensing center. It’s not the same. So, Nashville really is, in the world, the last hold-out for great songs and great development of singer-songwriters. The other aspect of this perfect storm is the drop in physical product sales. It’s really made the recording companies start restructuring their deals. The record companies have moved to various forms of the “360 deals,” as they call it, where they get a piece of the action on the songwriter’s royalties. On evolving to fit the new music business model… BH: So, what do people like me do to adjust? Well, I have to write with artists almost all the time. I have to spend about 80 percent of my time writing with artists, and it’s a good thing in some ways if you’re able to do it. Some of us are surviving with that change, and others Mike Dekle aren’t. You have to be creatively willing to change what you do. as a waltz! So, that would have to be the biggest shocker I’ve MD: Byron is exactly on track. It sort of derailed our coseen… but I was extremely proud. I think that speaks well of writing arrangements, but it was difficult to get something the song and speaks well of people’s ability to see how the done with the best songs that we could write. So, that’s why song can be used. we both diverted our careers and tried to associate ourselves with young, up-and-coming artists and try to write songs with On deciding who should or shouldn’t record their songs… them, with the hopes of getting songs on their albums. I’ve been working with young artists here in Georgia: Brantley BH: It used to be that you had to be very, very careful who Gilbert, for one, who has one of our songs got your songs because you could blow a potential smash by currently on the radio at number 25 in getting it recorded by a smaller artist. But these days it’s really Billboard that seems to be climbing, and strange out there, and a huge number-one hit can come out of looks like it will be a big hit for Brantley nowhere. And I worry a lot less about who cuts my songs these and for me… I’ve also been working for days, because if the recording is good and they’ve got a good three years with a young artist named team behind them, it can happen just out of the blue… Rachel Farley from Lawrenceville, GA. She MD: There has never been a time that I didn’t want somejust turned 16 back in March, and she’s one to record my song, whether it be a star or someone totally got her a record contract with Average Joe unknown, because that unknown person can become a known, Entertainment. and they will remember that you gave them a good song to try I have learned from these young artists to start their career. as much as they have learned from me. When you walk into a room to write songs On what makes a great song… with a 15-year-old young woman or a 50-year-old man, you sort of have to check BH: There are certain elements that need to be in a good your ego at the door and face the fact that song. Some of them are really obvious: the song has to hook, you need to accept their ideas to be valid there has to be a certain amount of repetition in the song even though they may not have had a hit. so people will remember it, and, of course, there has to be some sort of melody that really sticks in people’s minds. All On the most surprising interpretations of of those elements have tended to be watered down a bit with their songs… the influx of writer-artists… they are not as experienced at the craft, so a lot of songs end up going out there that are BH: I had a number-one with Alabama, sort of re-hashed ideas, lines that you hear a zillion times in a song called “Born Country,” and the songs, melodies that are kind of hard to latch on to. And, you original demo on that I thought was great. know, it seems to be working, but it’s not the same as it was… I thought it really illustrated what the I don’t think a lot of songs these days are making history. I song could do, and I thought it was a good template for a hit think songs are going to the top of the charts and making a record, as it was. I thought anyone should be able to cut the short-term career for the artist, but we’re not making history song just the way it is and make it happen. But the song fell as often as the market did before. into the hands of the band through me pitching it. I actually gave it to Teddy Gentry on the street one day here. And his Michelle Gilzenrat producers took it to another level, and it just blew my mind when I heard it. WHO: Mike Dekle, Byron Hill, John Ford Coley, Wil Nance MD: There was a Kenny Rogers song that Byron and I wrote WHERE: The Rialto Room together called “Someone Must Feel Like a Fool Tonight” that WHEN: Friday, July 15, 8 p.m. has been recorded probably at least 40 times by other artHOW MUCH: $15 ists… and someone had recorded it as a bluegrass song and it was being used as a square dance call… and it was written
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Tuesday 12 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Drafts & Laughs (The Pub at Gameday) Five beers, five comics, five bucks. $5. 9:30 p.m. 706-353-2831 EVENTS: Under the Rainbow Drag Show (Max) A drag show to raise money for Athens Pride Weekend. 10 p.m. $5. undertherainbow706@ yahoo.com EVENTS: Under the Rainbow Speed Dating (Max) For men seeking men and women seeking women. 8–9:30 p.m. $3. undertherainbow706@yahoo.com KIDSTUFF: Felt Mascots Workshop (Oconee County Library) Create Japanese-inspired characters out of felt. For teens 11–18. All
materials supplied. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com
Wednesday 13 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Madison Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, vaccinated) dog! This week: salty dogs
and greyhounds. 5-7 p.m. www. indigoathens.com EVENTS: Taste Your P.L.A.C.E. Supper (Roots Farm CSA) Bring a potluck dish or vegetable and join your neighbors to share a pot of stone soup, stories and good times. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.localplace.org PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret (Little Kings Shuffle Club) A unique drag show featuring performances by local drag artists. 10 p.m. $3. www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub PERFORMANCE: Comedy Night (40 Watt Club) Feautring comedians Rory Scovel, Gilbert Lawand, Chris Patton, Harold Kizzapps, Jonathan Lowder, and David McDaniel. 8 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com KIDSTUFF: Amelia Bedelia Show (Oconee County Library) Amy Beauchamp brings this storybook character to life in a high-energy, interactive show as she acts out the outrageous antics of Amelia Bedelia. 3 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950
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KIDSTUFF: Magic Show (Various Locations) With magician and ventriloquist Keith Karnok. 10:30 a.m. (Oconee County Library), 2 p.m. (Madison County Library). FREE! 706-342-4743 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916
Thursday 14 EVENTS: iFilms: Silent Light (ACC Library) Johan, a hard-working father and husband in a Mennonite community in Northern Mexico, falls in love with another woman and must face the conflict his affair creates. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 ART: Screening: Pierre Daura (Georgia Museum of Art) A biographical film introduced by Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art. 7 p.m. FREE! 706542-4662 ART: Sewing Class: Vintage Re-Design (Community) How to redesign vintage clothing to make it modern and wearable. 6:30–8:30 p.m. $20. 706-316-2067, communityathens@gmail.com ART: Walk & Talk (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (ATHICA)) Discuss the exhibition’s works with guest commentator Brian Hitselberger, curator Lizzie ZuckerSaltz, assistant curator Ashley Westpheling and artist Maxine Youngblood. 7–8 p.m. FREE! www. athica.org PERFORMANCE: Mother Goose in Music and Dance (MadisonMorgan Cultural Center) Free family concert with a live string quintet and the Lee Harper Dancers. 10:30 a.m. (bike parade), 11 a.m. (concert). www.mmcc-arts.org THEATRE: Once Upon a Mattress (Crawford School) A musical comedy based on The Princess and the Pea. July 8–10 & 14–16. $12 (adv.), $15. www.artsoglethorpe.org KIDSTUFF: Big Kids Only! Storytime (ACC Library) Children in 1st-4th grades are invited for stories. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Family Music Jam (ACC Library) Join Rebecca Ballard for a sing-along involving instruments, singing and dancing. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Harry Potter Mania (Oconee County Library) In celebration of the release of the latest movie, the library hosts an afternoon of crafts, snacks and games. Costumes encouraged. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Screening: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1 (Oconee County Library) Harry races against time to destroy the Horcruxes, uncovering the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 MEETINGS: Athens Pride Committee Meeting (Hotel Indigo) Help plan events for the LGBTQ community. 6–8 p.m. FREE! athensprideweekend@yahoo.com, facebook.com/athensgapride
Friday 15 EVENTS: Libations and Lyrics (Hotel Indigo, Presidential Suite) The Macon Music Project hosts a meet and greet. The first 12 artists to arrive with an original music sample will receive free admission
to Songwriters in the Round later in the evening. 6:15–7:45 p.m. RSVP: macon.music@gmail.com EVENTS: Native American Rain Dance and Drum Circle (Thyme After Thyme) Local Muscogee-Creek Native American John Winterhawk and his wife Anne-Marie will lead several ceremonies, including a rain song, full moon ceremony and drum circle. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-742-7149 PERFORMANCE: Madison Chamber Music Festival Finale (Madison-Morgan Cultural Center) Violinist Susie Park, pianist Elizabeth Pridgen and cellist Christopher Rex perform a concert of Russian music. 7:30 p.m. $5 (students), $25. 706-342-4743, www. mmcc-arts.org THEATRE: Once Upon a Mattress (Crawford School) A musical comedy based on The Princess and the Pea. July 8–10 & 14–16. $12 (adv.), $15. www.artsoglethorpe.org OUTDOORS: Full Moon Canoe Ride (Sandy Creek Park) Paddle a canoe or kayak on Lake Chapman guided by the full moon. Participants may use one of the park’s canoes/ kayaks or bring their own. Ages 12 & up. Must pre-register. 9–11 p.m. $8, $5 (with own canoe/kayak). 706613-3631 KIDSTUFF: Books & Bites (ACC Library) Read without interruptions. Bring your books or come in early to look through the library’s selection. Comfy chairs, quiet and snacks! Ages 11–18. Registration requested. 5:30–10 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: “Cherokee Legends” (ACC Library) Join local storyteller and librarian Jackie Elsner for Native-American stories based on Cherokee legends. 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 2–5. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597
Saturday 16 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Every Saturday. 8 a.m.–noon. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Contra Dance (Memorial Park) Athens Folk Music & Dance Society offers a free lesson at 7:30 p.m. No experience or partner needed. Rob Maggie Cowan will be calling and live music will be provided by Mike Robinson, Brian Baker & Garland Hurt. 8–11 p.m. FREE! (under 18), $7 (adults). www. athensfolk.org EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (Downtown Watkinsville) Visit the back lawn of the Eagle Tavern Museum for locally grown produce, meats, dairy and handcrafted goods. Every Saturday, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. www. oconeefarmersmarket.org EVENTS: Pancake Breakfast (Fatz Café) The Cedar Shoals Band hosts a pancake breakfast. 7:30–10:30 a.m. $7. 706-353-7267 EVENTS: Taste Your P.L.A.C.E. Pie Contest (Athens Farmers’ Market) Best sweet and savory pies will win prizes. If you want to enter a pie into the contest ($5 per entry), try to use as many local ingredients as possible and bring it to the Market by 10 a.m. 10 a.m. $5 (to taste all pies). www.localplace.org EVENTS: WMI Farms Produce Market (Mama’s Boy) Natural and locally grown organic produce fresh from the Winterville farm. Located at the lot next to Mama’s Boy. 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
EVENTS: Zumba After Dark (40 Watt Club) Zumba, the dance-aerobics craze that’s sweeping the nation, is too good to only be enjoyed in the daytime and sober. This event will rectify that great injustice. 7:30 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com ART: Dreamwheel Workshop (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Create collages with Moon Mama. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $10. 706-5402712, www.MamaInTheMoon. blogspot.com ART: Family Day (Georgia Museum of Art) Visit the Samuel H. Kress Gallery to learn about the Kress Project. Make Renaissance-inspired picture frames in the first floor classroom. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org ART: Farmington Depot Gallery Dog Days (Farmington Depot Gallery) An arts festival with kids’ activities, music, artists’ booths and more. July 16, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. & July 17, 12–6 p.m. FREE! www. farmingtondepotgallery.org THEATRE: Once Upon a Mattress (Crawford School) A musical comedy based on The Princess and the Pea. July 8–10 & 14–16. $12 (adv.), $15. www.artsoglethorpe.org OUTDOORS: Full Moon Canoe Ride (Sandy Creek Park) Paddle a canoe or kayak on Lake Chapman guided by the full moon. Participants may use one of the park’s canoes/ kayaks or bring their own. Ages 12 & up. Must pre-register. 9–11 p.m. $8, $5 (with own canoe/kayak). 706613-3631 OUTDOORS: Lake Exploration (Rock Eagle) Collect and identify common organisms found in Rock Eagle Lake. 9:30 p.m. $5. 706-4842862, mhammons@uga.edu OUTDOORS: Naturalist Walk (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join SCNC staff for a walk around the property. Bring a camera or binoculars. All ages. Call to register. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Christmas in July Pool Party (Lay Park) See Santa in his swim trunks hoping to surf the waves at this holiday-themed pool party. 3–5 p.m. $1 (entry), $1 (photo w/ Santa). www.athensclarkecounty. com/aquatics KIDSTUFF: Meet Elmo (Georgia Square Mall, Learning Express) Stop in for a hug and a picture with the “Sesame Street” star. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! KIDSTUFF: Nature Trading Post (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Trade one or two objects found in nature for points or other nature objects in the center’s collection. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Popsicles and Playgrounds (Thomas N. Lay Park) Free popsicles to celebrate National Park and Recreation Month. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3596
Sunday 17 ART: Farmington Depot Gallery Dog Days (Farmington Depot Gallery) An arts festival with kids’ activities, music, artists’ booths and more. July 16, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. & July 17, 12–6 p.m. FREE! www. farmingtondepotgallery.org GAMES: Trivia (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Weekly Trivia! 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655, www.buffalos.com/ athens
Monday 18 ART: Sewing Basics: Basic Alterations/Fitting (Community) Learn the basics of fitting and bring a shirt, dress or skirt to take in. Basic machine knowledge required.
Every Thursday
Blues Jam with the Shadow Executives Office Lounge The band may be singing the blues, but there sure are a lot of smiling faces at the Office Lounge on Thursday nights. Local four-piece The Shadow Executives—featuring veteran players Kenneth The Shadow Executives “KB” Brawner, Adam Funk, Paul Scales and Brett Tatnall—kick things off with a set of wailing electric blues covers, and then, once enough liquid courage is flowing, the stage is open to any and all who want to jam. In between sets, the Office Lounge sounds like some kind of funky orchestra tuning its instruments as a motley crew of musicians add their names to the sign-in sheet. There might be a clarinet player practicing his scales at the bar, a guitarist shuffling in with a box of pedals, or a shower-stall singer looking to really get his feet wet in the music industry. The Blues Jam is a great networking opportunity for blues players of all skill levels, and it’s quickly becoming a home-base for some of Athens’ finest, with the likes of Hammond-wizard Tim White (Rick Fowler Band) and bass legend Crumpy Edwards dropping in, among others. If you feel intimidated by the prospect of playing with and among some real pros, know that you won’t meet a friendlier bunch than these cats—and they have the skill to keep the music flowing even if you falter. Every tune is met with warm applause, and self-proclaimed “blues-head” Scales may even give you a few pointers to work on for next time. In addition to the feel-good vibe onstage, Flagpole also noticed something unprecedented in Athens as of late: college-age couples dancing. Not the usual sloshed, latenight groping and grinding, but twirling, dipping, honest-to-goodness dancing by a group who Scales says have become a regular fixture at the club. And the Blues Jam could always use some more regulars. So, if you love the blues, love to groove or love to move, make your way to the Homewood Hills shopping center next Thursday. [Michelle Gilzenrat]
6:30–8:30 p.m. $20. 706-316-2067, communityathens@gmail.com KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to bedtime stories. Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 KIDSTUFF: Open Playtime (ACC Library) For children ages 1–3 with their caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 GAMES: Adult Trivia (Jack’s Bar) Test your (carnal) knowledge. 9–11 p.m. 706-548-8510 GAMES: Dart League and Pool Tournament (Alibi) Meet up with other sharp-shooters. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
Tuesday 19 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Check out the afternoon market in its convenient downtown location! Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Now accepting EBT cards. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Bad Movie Night: Stone Cold (Ciné Barcafé) Former NFL rabble rouser Brian “Boz” Bosworth is a play-by-his-own-rules cop, ordered by the FBI to infiltrate a biker gang and perhaps even fall in love. 8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ badmovienight EVENTS: Screening: Farmageddon (Ciné Barcafé) Hosted by Athens Locally Grown. Benefits Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund and Wholesome Wave Georgia. 7 p.m. $10. www. localplace.org EVENTS: Screening: Around the World in 80 Days (ACC Library) A British inventor, Chinese theif and French artist go on a worldwide adventure. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-6133650
PERFORMANCE: David and Julie Coucheron (Madison-Morgan Cultural Center) Sibling sensations David and Julie are joined by Christopher Rex for a special concert celebrating the Cultural Center’s 35th birthday. 7:30 p.m. $5 (students), $25. 706-342-4743, www. mmcc-arts.org KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com
Wednesday 20 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Madison Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog! This week: salty dogs and greyhounds. Every Wednesday. 5-7 p.m. www.indigoathens.com KIDSTUFF: Native American Tales (Madison County Library) Join Jackie Elsner for inspirational stories. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Splashdown (Bishop Park, Bishop Park Pool) Celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the lunar landing with an evening of swimming, arts and crafts, astronomy and song. Toast the brave astronauts with a cup of Tang and experience nearweightlessness in the pool. 7–9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3580 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages
18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Talking about Books (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) This month’s title is Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 * Advance Tickets Available
Down the Line EVENTS: 4th Annual Athens Local Food Awards 7/21 (Ciné Barcafé) P.L.A.C.E. presents awards for educators, businesses, advocates and excellence on the farm. 8 p.m. www. localplace.org EVENTS: Taste Your Tapas and Silent Auction 7/21 (Ciné Barcafé) Taste and vote on your favorite local foods from participating restaurants. Part of Taste Your P.L.A.C.E. 7–8:30 p.m. $20. www.localplace.org EVENTS: Mom Prom 7/23 (Oconee County Civic Center) Relive your old prom memories and dance the night away. The tackier the dress the better! Proceeds will benefit the Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support. 7–10 p.m. $25 (adv.), $30. momprom.athens@gmail.com PERFORMANCE: Athens Showgirl Cabaret 7/27 (Little Kings Shuffle Club) A unique drag show featuring performances by local drag artists. 10 p.m. $3. www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub PERFORMANCE: Athens Brass Choir Concert 8/7 (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Come inside the air-conditioned Conservatory for marches, popular tunes and classical pieces during this instrumental k continued on next page
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THE CALENDAR! brass concert. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden KIDSTUFF: Second Saturday Storytime 8/13 (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join the SCNC staff for stories about the woods and its resident creatures. 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615, www.accleisureservices.com * Advance Tickets Available
Live Music Tuesday 12 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+) $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com BLIND BY SIGHT Local Christian grunge band with raspy vocals and crunchy guitar. KORBAN Georgia-based metal sevenpiece with loads of guitar and turntables. Influences include Slipknot, Korn and Rob Zombie. SPACE VIKINGS Galactic voyagers, currently based in Athens, pillage and plunder their way through growling metal. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar SAM COFFEY AND THE IRON LUNGS Garage rock and roll from Waterloo, ON. TIMMY TUMBLE Tim Schreiber (Dark Meat, The Lickity-Splits) howls and spasms over garage rockanthems and pop songs. His new backing band features members of local bands Mouser, Bubbly Mommy Gun, All City Cannonballers and The Humms. Highwire Lounge 8–11 p.m. www.highwirelounge.com KENOSHA KID Every Tuesday! Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid also features Robby Handley (bass) and Marlon Patton (drums). The new originals spark like Booker T & the MGs mixed with 20th-century harmony; the new covers include musical twists of Willie Nelson, The Beach Boys and Radiohead. The Melting Point Terrapin Bluegrass Series. 7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.com THE FAREWELL DRIFTERS Rootsy Americana featuring shimmering vocal harmonies, honest, personal songwriting and a lineup that includes guitar, mandolin, fiddle and upright bass. No Where Bar 9 p.m. 706-546-4742 JAMES JUSTIN & CO. Captivating Americana roots-rock band from Charleston that draws from bands like My Morning Jacket, The Avett Bros. and Band of Horses.
Wednesday 13 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy! Blue Sky 5–10 p.m. www.blueskyathens.com VINYL WEDNESDAY Bring your own vinyl and be a DJ for the night. Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC NIGHT Welcoming singer-songwriters every Wednesday.
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Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com BOMBSBOMBSBOMBS Local, quirky pop rock. HUMAN LIKE ME Dynamic, angular indie rock with a vast array of breakdowns and abrupt, catchy choruses plus the occasional free jazz trumpet solo. NATIVE KID Local indie band whose lo-fi sound and country undertones are somewhat reminiscent of Silver Jews. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DEAD DOG Local band delivers frenetic, spunky lo-fi punk with a pop smile. GREEN THRIFT GROCERY New band featuring Ryan Donegan, Chloe Tewksbury, Hana Hay and Dain Marx. Playing “noisy, hooky songs about dancing, science fiction and consumer culture.” NUCULAR ANIMALS Grungy folkpop four-piece from Portland touring behind a new self-titled release. Primals Night. 9 p.m. FREE! www. farm255.com RYAN MOORE Solo set from local musician. Moore also plays bass in theatrical rock band Hans Darkbolt. George’s Lowcountry Table 6 p.m. FREE! www.georgeslowcountrytable.net KIP JONES Many of Jones’ tunes split between the reflective acoustic territory of Harvest-era Neil Young and the country-infused rock of ‘80s-era Steve Earle. Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com (Timothy Rd. Location) THE VIBRATONES Local scene vets perform an original take on swing and jump-style blues. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com EFREN Local indie-folksters along the lines of Iron and Wine and Bonnie “Prince” Billy. RETRIC Ryan Hetrick plays propulsive Americana, a blend of twangy rock and roll with a punk edge. SHOVELS AND ROPE Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent playing “sloppy tonk” music. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke! Every Wednesday. Porterhouse Grill 7–10 p.m. 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT Every Wednesday! Stop by for live jazz bands and drink specials. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. $10 glass. www.terrapinbeer. com DAVE FORKER Percussive, acoustic rock with some folk influences.
Thursday 14 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 PARTY NIGHT Dance to the music of ‘80s and ‘90s. DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Rd. location) ADAM KLEIN Local singer-songwriter and collaborators offer a blend of the finest elements of folk, Americana
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and country with poetic lyricism and striking imagery to create engaging, well-crafted songs. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com BROTHERS Classical-leaning side project from Soapbar’s Ryan Moore. MAJOR LOVE EVENT A Nord-anddrums duo comprised of Rebecca Van Damm singing and playing lovelorn, introspective songs with rich, sultry vocals that dance over whimsical chord progressions, backed by the dynamic and eclectic percussive stylings of CK Koch. Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858 TRE POWELL This local songwriter sings soulful, acoustic R&B. Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com CARL LINDBERG TRIO Beloved local latin-jazz bassist performs a mix of standards and originals, tonight featuring Seth Hendershot himself on drums. Hilltop Grille 7 p.m. FREE! 706-353-7667 MILLIGAN Acoustic duo reworks both classic rock and more recent hits from CSNY to Johnny Cash to Jack Johnson to Maroon 5. Hotel Indigo “Live After 5 on the Madison Patio.” 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.indigoathens. com LERA LYNN This local songwriter has a haunting, smoky voice that glides over tender, original Americana tunes. Lynn recently took home top prize in the Chris Austin songwriting competition at Merlefest. No Where Bar 10 p.m. $3. 706-546-4742 TRIZ Celebrated local electroturntablist DJ Triz will be playing a marathon three-hour set, no breaks, featuring guest appearances by: Produceman (ex-Deaf Judges), Ricky Barrett (Suex Effect), Jeff Reusche (3 Foot Swagger) and Doyle Williams (Ashutto Mirra). The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 BLUES NIGHT The Shadow Executives host an open, all-night blues jam, kicking it off with a set of their own originals. Sign up at 8 p.m. See Calendar Pick on p. 18. The Roadhouse 11 p.m. FREE! 706-613-2324 CONNECTED HOUSES Funky, local blues four-piece.
Friday 15 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 BOBBY COMPTON The first Redneck Idol, Bobby Compton sings hard rockin’ country. Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. 706-369-3040 CONNOR PLEDGER Singersongwriter from Conyers, GA who is currently studying at UGA. Pledger’s mostly acoustic sound is influenced by acts like Dave Matthews, John Mayer and Jack Johnson.
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Revien Hendershot’s Coffee Bar It’s amazing what a little instrument swap can do. Phil Snyder of the Georgia Guitar Quartet decided to temporarily put down the guitar and focus on his first love, the Revien cello, and that seemingly small change has opened up a whole new world of sonic opportunities. Joined by his Georgia Guitar Quartet bandmates Brian Smith (also of Odd Trio) and Kyle Dawkins (also of Maps and Transit), the trio are debuting their new collaboration, Revien, this weekend. The name Revien (French for “back” or “backsliding”) is itself a reference to Snyder’s return to the cello, which he first picked up as a young student and continued to play through college. The phrase comes from the text of the first piece the ensemble played together, “After a Dream,” by Gabriel Fauré. It is also a reference to group’s return to its roots, performing a wider variety of styles. This flexibility is due in large part to the unique, sustained lines that can be coaxed from a cello, which Smith says can more easily mimic vocal melodies than the classical guitar. “We can do more of the pop stuff now because the cello is like our singer,” says Smith. Next to classical numbers by Vivaldi and Bach, Revien will be performing instrumental interpretations of songs by Grizzly Bear, Led Zeppelin, Portishead and more. The challenge of taking on these modern compositions, especially in a live setting, is that the recordings have so many rich layers. Smith provides an example: “On that Portishead tune [“The Rip”], there are eight or 10 people onstage. We have to figure out how to reinterpret that and get the same spirit of their live performance. Luckily, we have resources we can utilize…” Those resources include the kind of electronic beats and looping that Dawkins has used with his band Maps and Transit. “We wanted to be able to perform songs that we could take to clubs just as easily as to concert halls,” says Smith. [Michelle Gilzenrat]
Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE ATOM AGE Punk rock and roll from Berkeley, CA with a blaring horn section. Members include The Queers’ drummer, Ryan Perras. BURNS LIKE FIRE Stewed, screwed, tattooed punk rock that will leave you flat on your face. Also playing tomorrow night at Go Bar. See story on p. 13. KARBOMB Local quartet plays highspeed, erratic and angry punk not dissimilar to early-’90s Orange County stuff. SO IT GOES Socially conscious punk rock band that infuses elements of Spanish rock, folk and ska.
NIGHTINGALE NEWS Coy Campbell King plays folky Americana with warm, smoky vocals and a lot of soul.
Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE BUZZERDS All-star lineup of Scott Baxendale, Clay Leverett, Bo Bedingfield and Jon Mills plays blues-peppered Americana. MORGANDDALE New country band featuring Scott and Pam Baxendale along with Kimberly and Brad Morgan.
Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858 MIKE ARMSTRONG Vocalist, acoustic guitarist and harmonica player from local easy-listening cover band, Blossom Creek Breeze.
Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com DAVID DONDERO All-American troubadour David Dondero hails from Wilmington, NC. His gift for combining rich storytelling with memorable melodies has been compared to artists like Townes Van Zandt. EMILY LYNCH Sweet-voiced, upbeat country from Atlanta. MARK CUNNINGHAM AND THE NATIONALS Performing songs from Mark Cunningham’s upcoming solo album The Dimestore Redemption. Soulful, heartfelt Americana featuring Daniel Marler on dobro and Coy Campbell King on upright bass. CD release party!
40 Watt Club 8:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.40watt.com CARLA LEFEVER & THE RAYS Playing old-school funk, sweet pop and sweaty rock covers and originals. The Rays feature Kenny “K.B.” Brawner (bass), Dan Roth (keys), Wade Newbury (drums), Bobby Patrick (guitar) and Benjamin Scott Whitener (trumpet). THE GEORGIA HEALERS Athens’ premier blues band for over 20 years.
Go Bar Benefit for Be the Change Youth Convergence. 10 p.m. $5. www. myspace.com/gobar THE DECORATIONS Synth-infused, marching band dance music with extra drums and featuring members of The Buddy System. DESERT CULT RITUAL New band featuring members of local punk rock band Chrissakes. DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves. Late night dance party after the bands. NUTRITIONAL PEACE Local “vegan ambient” duo featuring Jeff Tobias and Amy Whisenhunt creating lush, hypnotizing soundscapes using sax, guitar, keys, autoharp and various percussion. TUNABUNNY Local act featuring hazy and warped experimental psychede-
lia. Dual female guitarist/vocalists are backed by synthesized percussion and a wall of noise. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com BRIAN CONNELL Local musician whose original songs are in the classic spirit of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. Highwire Lounge 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge. com RAND LINES TRIO Pianist Rand Lines performs original compositions with the help of drummer Ben Williams and bassist Mike Beshara. Every Friday! Hilltop Grille 7 p.m. FREE! 706-353-7667 STEVE SHIVER BAND Georgia band influenced by Southern rock and jam. Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub PORCH LLAMA Chunky, new-school alternative rock with crunchy guitars, hollered hooks and splashy drums. TASTES LIKE GOOD Local band mixes alt and classic rock into a loud and rhythmic soundscape. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com THE 25TH HOUR Newly relocated to Athens, this band plays a funky mix of psychedelic blues. DJ DREAMDAWG Zack Hosey and Nate Nelson tag-team behind the decks spinning indie, electro, rock and more. THE HEAP Funky local indie-soul band based here in Athens with a
killer horn section and fronted by Bryan Howard’s low, bass growl. SAVE GRAND CANYON Emotional and dynamic, this tenderfoot local band plays what it calls “organic alt-rock.” The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! Facebook.com/ OfficeAthens WILDCARD Local four-piece rock and roll band. The Rialto Room 8 p.m. $15. www.indigoathens.com SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Some of Nashville’s finest songwriters—Byron Hill, John Ford Coley and Wil Nance—join Athenian Mike Dekle will perform “in the round” in the beautiful, intimate Rialoto Room setting. Expect a mix of country and folk marked by poignant storytelling, wistful ballads and a lot of heart. See story on p. 15.
Saturday 16 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy! Bishop Park “Athens Farmers Market.” 8 a.m.– noon. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net HALF STITCHED Country-covered Delta blues. (10 a.m.) KATE MORRISSEY Best known for her dark velvet voice, Morrissey’s songwriting is literate and sincere, and her conversational live shows come punctuated with an offbeat sense of humor. (8 a.m.) Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com COLLOSUS Raleigh, NC arena metal sounds like the mythological gods of rock wielding their mighty axes in a trans-oceanic guitar dual for the ages. HOT BREATH Intense thrash trio featuring members of Savagist and Rectanglers. LAZER WULF This avant-metal instrumental trio mixes in prog, thrash as well as more eclectic influences for a high-energy live show. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com INCENDIARIES Ladies of pedigree enforcing angular sensibilities. Featuring local musicians Mandy Branch-Friar, Mary Joyce, Erika Rickson and Erica Strout. WADE BOGGS New band featuring Ian McCord (Hot New Mexicans, Carrie Nations). GRAY YOUNG Raleigh three-piece creates textured, melodic rock with sparse vocals that are largely used as musical layers on top of rumbling bass, shimmering guitars and intense drums. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com STAR SLAMMER New rock band dishes out the good vibes with drums and wires, keys and croons. Features ex-members of Wickets, Iron Hero, Casper & the Cookies and Shitty Candy. WEREWOLVES Local band featuring quirky lo-fi rock with bright, bouncy flourishes, unique instrumentation and emotive lyrics. XTRAMEDIUM Folky pop-punk trio. Front Porch Bookstore 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-1236 THREE 4 ALL BAND Country and bluegrass featuring members of the North Georgia Bluegrass Band.
Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858 TONGUE AND GROOVE The acoustic quartet of Henry Williams, Don Henderson, Jason Peckham and Amy Moon plays lively covers and originals. Go Bar Happy Birthday, Lesley Cobbs! 9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/gobar BLONDE ON BLONDE ACTION John Nettles and Bill David (Supercluster, North Georgia Bluegrass Bad) perform a set of Dylan covers! In keeping with the theme of the evening, audience members are encouraged to come dressed as characters from their favorite Dylan lyrics. BURNS LIKE FIRE Stewed, screwed, tattooed punk rock that will leave you flat on your face. So, be in the mood for that sort of thing. MATT HUDGINS Tonight he will be performing a solo set of acoustic Bob Dylan covers! TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop. Dancing starts at midnight! Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com REVIEN New trio featuring members of the Georgia Guitar Quartet on classical guitar, cello and electronics playing everything from Bach to Radiohead. See Calendar Pick on p. 18. Little Kings Shuffle Club 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY AND STRAWBERRY JULIUS The DJ duo will be hosting a special screening of John Waters’ film Hairspray outside (weather permitting). After the movie, they will spin their finest selections of vintage 45s from the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s with a special emphasis on mashed potatoes, hully-gullies, flops, slops, twists, freezes, slipped backbones and shaking tail feathers. Expect rock and roll and soul and R&B and dancin’. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! Facebook.com/ OfficeAthens BREATHLANES Led by guitarist/ composer John Miley, Breathlanes features atmospheric, organic tones built around guitar, drums and stand-up bass. Miley will be joined by Dave Spivey (keys, vocals), Steve Abercrombie (bass/vocals) and Nathan Hale (drums). The Roadhouse 11 p.m. FREE! 706-613-2324 J.B. AND THE COMEBACK BOYS That’s right, not only does he make the best sausages in Athens, but he also busts out some mean soul and R&B cover tunes.
Sunday 17 Highwire Lounge “The Evening Service.” 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com DAVID BARBE Acclaimed local producer and former member of Sugar and Mercyland, David Barbe excels as a solo artist. His driving rock songs feature full-throttle electric guitars that venture from indie psychedelia to twangy blues. DODD FERRELLE Former Tinfoil Stars frontman and longtime Athenian Dodd Ferrelle pours heart and soul into his sweeping, anthemic ballads and alt-country rockers.
Monday 18 Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE!, $3 to play. 706-3533050. OPEN MIC Mondays! Hosted by local soulful singer Kyshona Armstrong. New Earth Music Hall Athens DubSTOMP Summer Dance Series. 9 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall.com BADMAN Straight from the Virgin Islands, this reggae crew promises dance-ready beats and driving melodies. GRAHAM’S NUMBER Hard Rock Cafe’s National Battle of the Bands winners playing a progressive style of rock and roll/blues/bluegrass/ funk with a reggae feel.
Tuesday 19 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com CLEAN BREAK Lo-fi indie rock trio based here in Athens. REGARDING SUNSHINE First perfomance by this Athens, GA trio. The leading ukulele and glockenspiel fit perfectly with this group’s naturally goofy and sweet demeanor. Performance will feature some choice covers interspersed with originals. SUNLIGHT ALCHEMISTS New local rock band featuring members of Revo. The alternative-leaning group names Switchfoot and Alanis Morissette among its influences. X-RAY VISIONARIES High-energy guitar and keytar rock with a quirky and melodic pop sensibility akin to They Might Be Giants or Atom and His Package. 8e’s Bar 9 p.m. FREE! facebook.com/tecropolis TECROPOLIS Join your fellow citizens of Tecropolis, capital of the United States of Electronica and hear your favorite techno, trance, house, drum & bass, dubstep and more. This week feat. DJs andyredrum, xb, D:RC and more. Highwire Lounge “Jeff Reilly Roast.” 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com KENOSHA KID Jeff Reilly returns to Georgia to share the stage with Marlon Patton, Dan Nettles, Neal Fountain and NYC trumpet player Jacob Wick. That’s right; two drummers onstage at once as Reilly and Patton battle it out! The Melting Point Terrapin Bluegrass Series. 7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.com MANDOLIN ORANGE Harmonyfocused contemporary folk. THE WELFARE LINERS Bluegrass band complete with upright bass, banjo, mandolin, guitar and fiddle, featuring members of 6 String Drag.
Wednesday 20 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the infamous Singing Cowboy! Blue Sky 5–10 p.m. www.blueskyathens.com VINYL WEDNESDAY Bring your own vinyl and be a DJ for the night. Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC NIGHT Welcoming singer-songwriters every Wednesday.
Farm 255 Primals Night. 9 p.m. FREE! www. farm255.com DIAL INDICATORS Background sounds for dinner and cocktails. This quiet jazz duo features Jeremy Roberts on guitar and George Davidson on tenor sax playing odd covers and improvising on familiar themes. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com MARY SIGALAS Visiting standards & not-so-standards from the ‘20s thru the ‘50s. Performing at a duo tonight with Stuart Pittman on jazz guitar.
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Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com (Timothy Rd. Location) NORMALTOWN FLYERS This Athens roots-rock institution plays a set of good-time rock and roll with a Southern leaning. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com THE ARTIFACTS Old-school b-boy and graffiti-inspired hip-hop crew, reunited after solo and collaborative projects with big names like The Weathermen and Del the Funky Homosapien. CESAR COMMANCHE Justus League founder has been around the block a few times, but he’s still flowing with a funky mix of B.I.G.era style and newer, Mos Def-like rhythm.
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GILBERT LAWAND CHRIS PATTON • HAROLD KIZZAPPS JONATHAN LOWDER • DAVID McDANIEL
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Carla LeFever & THE RAYS
The Georgia Healers doors open at 8:30pm
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The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke! Every Wednesday. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. $10 glass. www.terrapinbeer. com MCNARY Three-piece pop band playing a blend of up-tempo cover songs and soulful originals. * Advance Tickets Available
Down the Line 7/21 Party Night (Alibi) 7/21 Juice Box / The K-Macks / Matt Kabus (40 Watt Club) 7/21 Guzik / Order of the Owl / Savagist / Sourvein (Caledonia Lounge) 7/21 Borderhop Trio (DePalma’s Italian Cafe) 7/21 Four Eyes / The K-Macks / Zoo (Farm 255) 7/21 Dr. Fred’s Karaoke (Go Bar) 7/21 Megaphone Man (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 7/21 Milligan (Hilltop Grille) 7/21 Graduate Guitar Quartet (Hotel Indigo) 7/21 DJ Mahogany / Eureka California / Grape Soda / Mr. Blank / Tendaberry (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 7/21 Americana Songwriter Showcase and Song Pull / The Hawkeyes (New Earth Music Hall) 7/21 Blues Night (The Office Lounge) 7/22 Casper & the Cookies / Chris McKay and the Critical Darlings / The Shut-Ups (40 Watt Club) 7/22 The Agenda / TaterZandraZandra / Turf War (Caledonia Lounge) 7/22 Jane Lane Pollack / Loud Valley / New Madrid / Sam Sniper (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 7/22 8-track Gorilla / Jazy Gonzalas and Friends (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 7/22 Rand Lines Trio (Highwire Lounge)
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Matt Kabus THE K-MACKS JUICEBOX
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FRIDAY, JULY 22
THE SHUT-UPS CASPER & THE COOKIES CHRIS McKAY & THE CRITICAL DARLINGS
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SATURDAY, JULY 23
DARIUS GOES WEST BENEFIT 7TH ANNUAL
BUBBA SPARKXXX • NAPPY ROOTS ELITE THA SHOWSTOPPA THE GEORGIA GURLZ • DARIUS WEEMS
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WEDNESDAYS IN AUGUST: GIFT HORSE RESIDENCY AT 40 WATT **8/6 KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS 9/14 OKKERVIL RIVER 9/21 LOW ANTHEM All Shows 18 and up • + $2 for Under 21 * Advance Tix Available at Schoolkids Records and Wuxtry Records ** Advance Tix Sold at www.40watt.com
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Call for Artists (Sandy Creek Nature Center) The Sandy Creek Nature Center is seeking artists for a commissioned mural outside the new planetarium. Those Interested must attend an artist meeting on July 14 at 5 p.m. Call 706-613-3615, ext. 235 or contact edith.hollander@ athensclarkecounty.com, www. athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter Call for Artists The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center seeks artists who live and work in Georgia to particpate in “Day Job: Georgia,” an exhibition examining the relationship between day jobs and artistic practice. Deadline Aug. 1. www. thecontemporary.org/exhibitions/ day-job-geogia
Dracula (Athens Community Theatre) A fun adaptation of Bram Stoker’s gothic horror classic. Town & Gown auditions consist of cold readings from the script. Rehearsal begins mid-August and performances will be held Oct. 7–16. Aug. 8 & 9, 7 p.m. wstevencarroll@gmail. com, www.townandgownplayers.org
CLASSES Beginning Sewing (Athens Technical College) Students must bring machine to class. Class size limited; call to register. July 25–29, 5–7:30 p.m. $159 (materials included). 706-369-5763, bmoody@ athenstech.edu
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Open every day except Wednesday 10am-4pm This small, slim gentleman Terrier mix is has a wiry golden coat and very quiet manners. He feels overwhelmed by his strange and noisy surroundings, but is glad to be with people and is comfortable being carried around. Cute tri-colored pup may be a Shepherd mix. He sits as close as he can to the door of his kennel, hoping for attention.
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Classes for Seniors (Various Locations) The City of Winterville in cooperation with the Athens Community Council on Aging offer classes in social networking, scrapbooking, computers, Zumba, ballroom dancing, line dancing, quilting, gardening, yoga, tai chi and more. Check website for details. www.accaging.org/winterville.php Clay Class One on One (Happy Valley Pottery) Learn the basics, starting with hand building and working up to the wheel. Email for details. holly.justholly@hotmail.com Concrete Leaf-Casting (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn how to use large leaves to cast concrete forms that can be used for bird baths or creative garden accents. Registration required. Aug. 11, 6–8 p.m. $27. 706-542-6156, www.uga. edu/botgarden
Very sweet young Lab mix is ready for fun and she really wanted to play with some of the other dogs. She is new to a leash but ready to learn because she wants to be loved. She has a very short gold and white coat and may grow to be a big girl.
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Lamar Dodd’s paintings and drawings are on display at the Georgia Museum of Art through Aug. 28. Cooking in the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This session: Summer Salads and Pickling. Learn how to make delicious and healthy dishes with the help of Dean Neff, sous chef of Five and Ten. Call to register. Aug. 2, 6–7:30 p.m. $27. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Custom Facebook Pages (Community) Social media specialist and writer Jami Howard will focus on marketing and how to socially network. July 17, 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. $79. 706-316-2067, jamihoward.com/facebook Free Tai Chi (Mind Body Institute) Spend a spring morning outside in the park on Talmadge Drive. Saturdays, 9:30–10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@ armc.org Garden Explorer’s Camp (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Participants will engage in the artistic aspects of nature. Activities include plant collecting, journaling and exploring natural history. For rising 4th–7th graders. July 18–22, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $155. 706-542-6156 Getting Started with Genealogy (ACC Library) Genealogy for beginners. In the Heritage Room. 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Intro to Facebook Workshop (Community) Social media specialist and writer Jami Howard will start with the most basic principles and lead you through building a Facebook page. July 13, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $59. 706-316-2067, www.jamihoward.com/facebook Line Dancing (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Lessons with Ron Putman. Alternate Thursdays through July 21. 6 p.m. $5. www.ronputman.com
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Tai Chi for Seniors (Rocksprings Park) Increase strength and balance at your own pace! Every Thursday. 11 a.m. $3. Call 706-613-3603 for more details. Watercolor Painting (Lyndon House Arts Center) Class for beginners and intermediates covering wash methods, glazes, wet-into-wet, brushstrokes and correcting mistakes. Register by calling. Thursdays, July 14–Aug. 18, 5:30–7:30 p.m. 706-613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty.com/ lyndonhouse WordPress for Websites (Stylized Portraiture) A workshop covering plug-ins, social media integration, creating graphics, ecommerce options and other tips and tricks for maintaining your own website. July 24, 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. $149. www.shockingreadlife. com/Athens Yoga & The 7 Sacred Centers (Five Points Yoga) Learn how the 7 main chakras affect the body and how knowing the body’s energy can help you move more fully into your power & health through asana, journaling and meditation. July 23, 2–4 p.m. $30. 706-254-0200 Yoga Classes (Total Training Gym & Yoga Center) Classes offered in tai chi, vinyasa flow, yoga for athletes, integral hatha yoga, power flow, power lunch Pilates and power lunch yoga. Check website for dates and times. On-going. 706-316-9000, www.totaltrainingcenter.com Zumba at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves comprise this dynamic fitness program. Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $10/class, $80/session. www.uga. edu/botgarden
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ART AROUND TOWN Amici Italian Café (233 E. Clayton St.) Paintings by Matt Bahr. Through July. Art on the Side Gallery and Gifts (1101B Industrial Blvd., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings, fused glass, jewelry and mosaic belt buckles. Artini’s Art Lounge (296 W. Broad St.) Paintings by Matt Bahr. Through July. ATHICA (160 Tracy St.) Large-scale oil paintings by Maxine Youngblood. Through July 24. Ben’s Bikes (670 W. Broad St.) Permanent mural by Ainhoa Bilbao Canup on the back wall of the building. Big City Bread Cafe (393 N. Finley St.) Smallscale works on paper by Emmanuel Taati. Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design (Caldwell Hall) A display of exemplary student work from the past academic year. Through Aug. 5. Dawg Gone Good BBQ (224 W. Hancock Ave.) “Jewish, Gypsy, Irish Music” Photography by Barbara Hutson. Through July 15. Espresso Royale Caffe (297 E. Broad St.) Paintings by Lea Purvis. Etienne Brasserie (311 E. Broad St.) “Across the Pond” is a collection of photographs taken in France and Italy by Ian McFarlane. Through July. Farmington Depot Gallery (1011 Salem Rd., Farmington) Owned and staffed by 16 artists, the gallery exhibits paintings, sculpture, folk art, ceramics, fine furniture and more. Permanent collection artists include Phillip Goulding, Leigh Ellis, Peter Loose, Susan Nees and more. Five Star Day Café (229 E. Broad St.) Works by Alice Serres, Tess Strickland and Jared Collins. Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) Works by Chelsea Lea. Through July. Floorspace (160 Tracy St.) “Alien Still Lifes” is a series of oil paintings by Manda McKay. Through July. Georgia Museum of Art (90 Carlton St.) American watercolors from the mid-19th century to the 1970s. Through Aug. 7. • “The Art of Disegno: Italian Prints and Drawings” is a selection of 53 works on paper produced in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Through Aug. 8. • 100 paintings and drawings by Lamar Dodd. Reception Aug. 19. Through Aug. 28. • 14 small works in stone and steel by sculptor Beverly Pepper. Through July 29.
pre K–12. 678-661-0600, www.classiccitytutoring.com Creative Journaling for Kids (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Week-long summer camps for ages 9 & up. Pre-registration required. 9 a.m.–12 p.m., Monday– Friday. $125. 706-540-2712, www. MamaInTheMoon.blogspot.com Mermaid Days (Lay Park) Proficient young swimmers are invited to experience life under the sea at this four-day aquatics program. Activities include pearl-diving, seashell crafts, edible aquaria and other typical mermaid/merman recreational fun. For children ages 8–12. July 18–22, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $40. 706-613-3580, myla.neal@ athensclarkecounty.com New Moon Summer Camp (New Moon Learning Environment) Experience the great outdoors by traveling to state parks and nature areas. Activities include hiking, swimming, boating and a ropes course. For ages 6–12. July 18–22. 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. $150/week. 706-310-0013 Summer Reading Program (ACC Library) Read books and earn prizes! Sign up in the Children’s Area of the library. Program ends Aug. 7.
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Hendershot’s Coffee Bar (1560 Oglethorpe Ave.) Artwork by Stephanie Grey Reavis. Through Aug. 1. Jittery Joe’s Coffee (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) “Birds!” is a new collection of 10 birds painted by fiber artist Rene Shoemaker. Through July. Jittery Joe’s Eastside (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) Functional fiber artwork by Mary Ann Mauney. Through July. Just Pho…and More (1063 Baxter St.) Artwork by Michele Ladewig. Through July. Lamar Dodd School of Art (270 River Rd.) “Continental Drift,” new works by Matt King. Through Aug. 4. Last Resort Grill (184 W. Clayton St.) New and recent works by Ainhoa Bilboa Canup. Through Aug. 20. Lyndon House Arts Center (293 Hoyt St.) “Kaunakes: Ghosts of Mesopotamia” includes an installation by Glen Kaufman and performance by Andrea Trombetta. Closing reception Aug. 6. • An exhibit celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Studio Group. Through July 30. Mama’s Boy (197 Oak St.) Photography by Ryan Myers. Through July. OCAF (34 School St., Watkinsville) “Paper Moon” features paintings by Claire Clements. Through July 15. Oconee County Library (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Artwork from Robin Fay (mixed-media paintings with handmade paper), Sarah Hubbard (quilts) and Rene Shoemaker (fabric paintings). State Botanical Garden of Georgia (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) Paintings depicting scenes around the garden by Earl Miller. Through July. • “Forged from Nature” is an outdoor series of sculpted garden gates by artist Andrew T. Crawford. The Grit (199 Prince Ave.) New and recent mixedmedia works by Meghan Morris. Through July. Town 220 (Madison) “Two Women of Substance” features art by Katie Bacon and Maggie Mize. Through July 31. Trace Gallery (160 Trace St.) Paintings by Carol John and photographs by Carl Martin. Through August. Walker’s Coffee & Pub (128 College Ave.) Paintings by Lainey Dorsey. White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates (217 Hiawasee Ave.) “Off the Grid” is a group of new mixed-media sculptures created from reclaimed materials by Reid McCallister. Through July.
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I don’t know how old your boyfriend is, but he is clearly not a grownup and he is clearly not ready for a grownup relationship. I’m guessing that you guys are youngish, and that maybe this is his first “real” relationship, and that perhaps his friends aren’t living with their significant others, and he feels like he’s missing out on something. The idea that he acts shocked and cries when you suggest breaking up is just ridiculous. He is obviously trying to get caught. Pack your shit and get out. You don’t need this kind of emotional abuse, and he doesn’t deserve you. I know you’re going to read this and think that I’m right and try to figure out the next step, and he’s going to cry and beg and throw a fit and convince you to stay, and then this is going to start all over again. So, do me a favor, OK? Mark this day on your calendar with a big red X. This is the day you
should have left, IWNH. But you won’t. (If you can and do, then good for you. I just doubt it.) After you forgive him, tell him that you are not going to forgive him again. Then have a plan for the next time, because you know that there will be a next time. Figure out where you are going to go when you leave (your mom’s house, your best friend’s, whatever) and how you are going to get him out of your house. Think about what happens when you break the lease. Are both of your names on it? What about bills? Don’t leave him with anything he can use against you. Make a list of phone numbers (power company, water, etc.) of the bills you are responsible for so you can cancel the services when you leave. Look at places you can afford to live on your own. Have a bag packed with some clothes and a few essentials. Think of it like hurricane or earthquake preparedness. Then, the next time Hurricane Douchebag comes and you have to have this conversation with him (I give it a month, maximum), go to your calendar, make another big red X, and walk out the door. This is not behavior that is going to change. There’s a guy at work who is always making inappropriate sexual jokes. It’s not just me whom he makes them with, but I seem to be the only one who cares. Everybody else laughs and thinks it’s funny, and I feel like the odd woman out because I am more conservative. But I can’t help it. I think of sex as a private thing. I don’t want to be a stick in the mud, and I don’t want to cause problems, but this is really getting to me. I don’t think he is a bad person; I just think he doesn’t know when to stop. How should I deal with this? I don’t want anybody to be mad, but I am so uncomfortable. Prude The only way to deal with it is quickly and directly. Pull the guy aside one day and have a very calm, very honest conversation with him. Tell him what you told me. You aren’t being mean or prudish, you just aren’t comfortable with that kind of talk, and that is perfectly OK. Make note of the date that you have the conversation with him in case you need it later. Hopefully, he will be apologetic and grown-up about it and the comments will stop. If they don’t, then you go to his boss or supervisor and tell them that you have already talked to him about it and it isn’t stopping. That’s when it becomes sexual harassment, and it is very serious. But if you don’t tell him that you’re uncomfortable, then he doesn’t have the opportunity to correct his behavior on his own. Confidential to Flaming Cherries: It seems that cheating can, indeed, run in families. Check out this article (http://www.dailymail. co.uk/sciencetech/article-1334932/Thelove-cheat-gene-One-born-unfaithful-claimscientists.html) in the Daily Mail for details. Unfortunately, this will not help with your binocular situation, though. Rather than shooting her, perhaps you could look on Craigslist for a replacement for both?
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2BR/1BA. Small, quiet apt. complex, perfect for grad students! 225/245 China St., $500–550/mo. incl. water & trash! Walk to campus, Dwntn., Mama’s Boy! One avail. now, a few avail. 8/1. Extremely efficient w/ minimal util. bills, laundr y mat on premises (no hook-ups in units), cats OK, no dogs (sorry). Chris, (706) 202-5156 or chris@ petersonproperties.org.
2BR/2BA, off College Station near UGA, $575/mo. Nice, spacious, updated unit w/ FP, deck. Ideal for students seeking quiet environment. Avail. now! Call Dan, (706) 248-7475.
Downtown loft apartment. 144 E. Clayton St. 4BR/4BA, exposed brick wall in LR, avail. immediately. Won’t last! Call Staci, (706) 296-1863 or (706) 425-4048.
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2BR/2BA condo apt. Eastside, on bus line. Lg rooms, W/D, swimming pool on grounds, no pets. $575/mo. + $250 dep. (706) 207-3427.
Eastside quadraplex, 2BR/2BA, $500/mo. & 2BR/1BA, $475/ mo. Eastside duplex, 2BR/1BA & FP, $475/mo. 3BR/2BA & FP, $650. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 353-2700 or cell (706) 540-1529.
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Commercial Property 5 0 0 s f . w a re h o u s e , 1 6 ’ ceiling, 14’ x 14’ roll-up door, bathroom. Bands OK! $225/ mo., avail. Aug. 1. 125 Collins Industrial Blvd. Contact (706) 224-3167. Athens executive suites. Offices avail. in historic Dwntn. bldg. w/ on–site parking. All utils., internet & janitorial incl. Single or multiple offices avail. Call Stacy, (706) 425-4048 or (706) 296-1863. Eastside offices, 1060 Gaines School Rd. Rent 1200 sf. $1200/mo., 750 sf. $900/mo., 450 sf. $600/mo. (706) 5461615 or athenstownproperties. com. For Sale/Lease: Historic L e a t h e r s B u i l d i n g o ff i c e condo. Amazing location on Pulaski, highly trafficked. Shared kitchen, conference room, bathrooms. Exposed brick/timber. $975/mo. (706) 461-1009. Paint artist studios. Historic Boulevard area artist community. 160 Tracy St. Rent: 300 sf. $150/mo., 400 sf. $200/mo. (706) 546-1615 or athenstownproperties.com Retail, bar, or restaurant for lease at Homewood Shopping Center. 3000 sf. Call Bryan Austin at (706) 3531039.
Condos for Rent $1000/mo. Woodlands of Athens. Cottage, 3BR/3 private BA, lg. BRs & closets, HWflrs., lg. kit., W/D, front porch & p a t i o , g a t e d c o m m u n i t y, tremendous amenities: lg. pool, fitness center & much more! 490 Barnett Shoals Rd., Unit 109. Avail. 8/1. Call Robin, (770) 265-6509.
Cedar Bluff: 2BR/2.5BA townhouse, $630/mo. 1BR/1.5BA townhouse, $530/ mo. Limited time leasing special. Large apts., small apt. community. Perfect for grad students, young professionals. Joiner Management, (706) 353-6868
Condos For Sale Safe, quiet condo tucked away. Convenient Eastside location near shopping. Handicapped accessible, one story brick w/ FP, HWflrs. Beautiful landscaping. $164,000. (706) 255-3012. Just reduced! Investor’s Westside condo. 2BR/2BA, FP, 1500 sf., great investment, lease 12 mo.s at $550. Price in 40s. For more info, call McWaters Realty at (706) 353-2700 or (706) 540-1529.
Duplexes For Rent $675/mo. Blocks from UGA & Dwntn. 2BR/1BA, patio, kit. w/ DW, W/D. Lg. LR w/ FP, water & garbage incl. in rent, 167A Elizabeth St. Avail. 8/1. Call Robin, (770) 265-6509. 2BR/1BA duplex, Boulevard area, wood flrs., convenient to UGA & town, 863 N. Chase. $595/mo. Call Tom, (706) 2541634. S. Milledge Duplex - Venita Dr.: 4BR/2BA, W/D, DW, fenced back yd.! Close to everything yet private. $950/mo. negotiable. (706) 310-0096, (404) 558-3218, or bagley_w@ bellsouth.net. Electronic flyers avail. Westside duplex. Immaculate, friendly, convenient, wooded, 2BR, FP. W/D, $550/mo. (706) 207-9436.
Houses for Rent $ 5 5 0 / m o . 3BR/1BA. 121 E. Carver Dr. Fenced–in yd. Tile & HWflrs. CHAC, W/D hookups, DW. Pets welcome. Avail. now! (706) 614-8335.
2BR/2BA condo w/ bonus room/office. 1 block from campus. 6 mo. lease possible! All appls incl. W/D. Pet friendly. Avail. 8/1. $750/mo. (478) 6091303.
$185 per BR! South Lumpkin 3 to 5BR/2BA. $900/mo. Yd. maint. & W/D incl. On bus line, band space, fire pit. Avail. Aug. 1. Call Kelly, (706) 340-1535. Leave msg.
3BR/2BA townhome off R i v e r b e n d P k w y. P o o l & tennis incl. Walk to campus. Only $900/mo. Avail. Aug. 1st. Aaron, (706) 207-2957. AtlasRealEstateAdvisors.com.
$ 1 0 0 o ff 1 s t m o . ’s re n t ! Boulevard area. 3BR/1BA, renovated, HWflrs., HVAC, DW, W/D, fenced yd., pets OK. Close to campus. Avail. Aug. $1050/mo. Contact Christian, (706) 254-1273.
$ 1 2 5 0 / m o . G re a t f o r entertaining! Avail. 8/1. 3BR/2BA, ‘04 gut renov. ¼ mi. to Dwntn./campus. Front porch, private fenced-in back yd. w/ 2 decks. House & yards wired for sound. Unique details, alarm, W/D, D/W, ceiling fans, screen doors/ windows, CHAC. Pets OK. Contact for photos. (917) 671-8158 or 135oakridge@ gmail.com. $100 off dep.! 4 & 5BR pads completely renovated. All new inside & out! Next to 100 acres of woods in 5 Pts. On Jolly Lane off S. Lumpkin. $1100/mo. (706) 764-6854, leaseathens.com. $1050/mo. 3BR/1BA. Amazing location in Normaltown. Fullfenced yd., pet friendly. Near new Med School & bus line. 1 mi. from Dwntn./UGA. 155 Buena Vista. Alex, (706)-5400961. 1 mi. from Arch. 462 Ruth St. 4BR/2BA house, all appl., lg. fenced yd. Avail. 8/1. $1200/ mo. Pets w/ dep. Call for photos. (706) 202-9507. 1BR/1BA cottage, 385.5 Cleveland Ave. Avail. Aug 1. $425/mo. CHAC, Pets OK. Call Paul, (706) 714-9607. 137 Virginia Ave. Boulevard area. 2BR/1BA house for rent. HWflrs., fireplace, A/C, W/D hook-ups, cats OK, no dogs. Grad students or professionals pref'd. $750/ mo. Avail. July 10. (706) 202-9805. 1 a c r e , p e t f r i e n d l y, 3BR/1.5BA, wood flrs., high ceilings, CHAC. Consider lease/purchase. $695/mo. 715 Whitehead Rd. Call Tom, (706) 254-1634. 1 7 5 Va l l e y w o o d D r . 4BR/2BA. CHAC, sun room, deck, creek! Fenced yd., pets OK, no pet fees! Other homes avail. $950/mo. (706) 254-2569. 2BR/1BA, Woody Dr. $680/mo. Great house, beautifully renovated, all electric, HWflrs., nice quiet street zoned f o r T i m o t h y E l e m e n t a r y. Perfect location for working in town or out, located in middle of everything you need. boulevard propertymanagement.comor (706) 548-9797. 245 Robinhood Cour t. 3BR/2.5BA. CHAC, lg. fenced yd., pets OK, no pet fees! Tons of space, nice q u i e t a re a . O t h e r h o m e s avail. $875/mo. (706) 2542569.
2 master BRs, walk to Dwntn. & campus, tiled kitchen & laundry room, off-street parking. W/D, DW, all electric. Avail. 8/1. $950/mo. Call Jeff, (706) 714-1807.
3BR/2.5BA house. Master on main in newer subdivision. Convenient to everything! Huge yd., lawn care & trash p/u incl. All appl. incl. W/D. Pet friendly. Only $895/mo. (678) 910-8008. 3 to 4BR house, Carrs Hill n'hood, 1 mi. from Dwntn. & UGA. Organic garden on property next to Rwood studio. $1000/mo., lease starts in Aug. (706) 6138525.
3BR/2BA ranch in Forest Heights subdivision. HWflrs., W/D, DW, microwave, fridge. Screened porch, deck, privacy fence in back yd. (706) 621-1543. 3BR/2BA remodeled house w/ bonus room. 320 Conrad Dr., DW, W/D, all electric, 1 mi. from Dwntn. Athens. $1000/ mo. plus dep., avail. Aug. 1. Contact Brian, (706) 613-7242. 3 BR/1.5 BA right near UGA. Avail. 8/1. Grad. students or family preferred. Huge porch/ fenced backyd, HWflrs., CHAC units. Now rents for $1125/mo. (706) 338-7031. 3BR/3BA house, huge LR & kitchen w/ bar area. 1 acre lot! Fenced back yd. Pets welcome! Lawn maint. & W/D incl. $990/mo., $495 deposit. Stephanie, (770) 633-8159. 3 houses: 3BR/1BA in natural paradise (Vesta), separate workshop, huge fenced yd. - $550. 3BR/1BA near mall, wooded back yd., $550. 3BR/2BA w/ all amenities, fenced yd., near Prince $825. (706) 549-4580. 3BR/1BA, 385 Cleveland Av e . Av a i l A u g 1 . $ 8 0 0 / mo. CHAC, DW, lawn maint. included, pets OK. Call Paul, (706) 714-9607. 3BR/2.5BA great simple house near GA Sq. Mall. Private & peaceful, woodland creek, generous deck, spacious flr. plan, gas FP, 2–car garage. Storage plus. Pets fine. $1100/mo. (706) 714-7600. 4BR/4BA. Reduced to only $400/BR! Convenient 5 Pts. location. Stainless, HWflrs., whole house audio, covered porch. W/D incl. Now $1600/mo! Avail. Aug 1st. Aaron, (706) 207-2957. AtlasRealEstateAdvisors. com.
2BR/1BA cash rebate w/ Aug. 1 move-in. Renovated cottage. CHAC, W/D hookup, DW, fridge, stove, HWflrs., great yd., covered porches, sec. sys. Lots of char m! $775/mo. To view photos & flr. plan, call (770) 363-0187.
4BR/4BA house Dwntn. Walk to everything! Stainless, HWflrs., whole house audio, covered porch. W/D incl. $1700/mo. Avail. Aug. 1st. Aaron, (706) 207-2957. AtlasRealEstateAdvisors. com.
223.5 Hiawassee Ave. Small house on bus line, 2 mi. from town. 1BR/1BA. Avail. to be seen now! Move in July 1. Call (706) 255-5174 or (706) 543-0682.
4BR, Five Points. 207 Gran Ellen. Avail. Aug. 1. Over 2600 sf. $1500/mo. Owner/Broker Herbert Bond Realty & Inv. (706) 224-8002. See at http://bondrealestate. org/.
4BR/4BA house. East Athens, Big Oak Subdivision. W/D, fridge, DW, new carpet & paint. Lawn service incl. $900/mo. + dep. Rob, (404) 421-4276, or Tim, (678) 431-1218. 4BR/2BA big house, big deck, big fenced yd. 2 flrs., 2 living areas, 2 kitchens, office, CHAC, W/D, carport & HWflrs. 214 Springtree Rd. $1200/mo. (706) 202-0858. 4BR/2BA, 493 Ruth St. Avail Aug. 1. $1200/mo. CHAC, DW, lawn maint. included, pets OK. Call Paul, (706) 714-9607.
4BR/2.5BA, Nice large house on East Side. Pets allowed w/ dep. Open house on 7/17, 1–4 p.m. Avail. immediately! Call Cynthia (540) 312-9555. 4BR/4BA units avail. 8/1. Several to choose from. Newer construction w/ HW & stained concrete flrs., granite counters, vaulted ceilings & i-Pod docking station. Shor t stroll to shopping, food & spirits. Plenty of parking, covered front porch, rear patio & sodded yds. 2 mi. to UGA. W/D incl. On bus line. $400–$450/mo. Call for showing. (706) 215-6848 or Bob@CallBobAllen.com. 5 Pts. Prime location on Mell St. 2BR/1BA, $720/ mo, all electric. W/D, DW, off-street parking, 1 block f ro m M i l l e d g e , L u m p k i n , 5 Pts., UGA bus stops! valerioproper ties.com for more details. (706) 5466900. 6 min. from Dwntn., 3 min. to Terrapin. 3BR/2BA. $1000/ mo. Huge front yd, fenced backyd. Great for students w/ pets. 1590 Newton Bridge Rd. (706) 202-2260. www. athenshomerentals.info. 6BR/3.5BA off Prince Ave. on King Ave. Avail. 8/1, fully renovated, 2 custom kitchens w/ granite, custom BAs, 2 dens, huge yd.! $2100/mo., no dogs, cats OK. Chris: chris@petersonproper ties. org, (706) 202-5156.
Amazing loft house. Old candy store beside the railroad tracks. 1 block from Dwntn. 2BR/1BA. $925/ mo., W/D, CHAC. (706) 5408461. Cedar Creek: 4BR/2BA, lg. fenced yd., $950/mo. 5 Pts.: Off Baxter St., 4BR/2BA, $1200/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 353-2700, (706) 540-1529. Cute little cottage in Oglethorpe County near Maxey’s, 22 mi. from East Athens. LR/BR combo, nice kitch., BA, CHAC, W/D conn., stove, fridge. On 2 acres, garden space. Quiet area. $400/mo. References, deposit req’d. (706) 207-6571. Deluxe 1BR on Oglethorpe, HWflrs., separate LR & study w/ built-ins & FP, laundry room, full kitchen, lg. BR & BA, covered porch, $710/mo. valerioproperties.com for more details. (706) 546-6900. I heart Flagpole Classifieds!
Multiple in-town properties for rent. 1, 2 & 3BR, $475–900/ mo. Pets OK, fenced-in yds., CHAC, W/D conn. Avail. now! Call Lance, (706) 714-4603. Pre-leasing for Fall. 1, 2 & 3BR houses. Close to campus & Dwntn. Call (706) 255-0066. Residential or commercial: very lg. older home on 1.5 acres, 10 rooms, 2 kitchens, 2BAs, lg. porch & deck. On busline. $1500/mo. David, (706) 247-1398. Student special! Near bus line. 4BR/2BA, ample parking, fenced yd. w/ storage bldg., $950/mo. + $950 dep. Call Rose, (706) 255-0472, Prudential Blanton Properties.
Houses for Sale 3BR/6BA loft. Living, retail, office, studio. 12,000 sf., $249K, MLS#: 919932. Buy or lease! snpathens@ gmail.com, (706) 248-1227. 3BR/2BA ranch house on Eastside. Fenced back yd., laundry room, eat-in kitchen, vaulted ceilings, fireplace, sidewalks, lg. living room. Call Anita for more info, (706) 338-4054. Charming, classic, updated cottage in Normaltown. 2BR/2BA w/ sunroom. $188,000, 248 Georgia Ave. Antique hear t pine, high ceilings. (706) 850-1175 or (678) 358-5181. By appt. only. Manufactured homes. Rent to buy. 2BR/2BA, some 3BR. 5 mi. to UGA. Owner financing. Call Bob, (706) 543-4883 or (706) 201-8051.
Parking & Storage UGA parking spaces. Across the street from campus, law & library. $25/mo. 6 mo. minimum. Contact Susan, (706) 3544261.
Pre-Leasing Aw e s o m e 3BR/2BA, close to campus. New master BA w/ double sink. HWflrs., fenced back yd. W/D, DW, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $1125/mo. (706) 369-2908. Shoal Creek: 2BR townhouses or flats, $675/mo. W/D, DW, ice-maker, pool. www. joinermanagement.com, text “shoalcreek” to 41513, or call Joiner Management, (706) 850-7727.
Students welcome. 1st mo. rent free! North Ave. 5BR/4BA. 4 car garage, 5 min. walk to Dwntn., on bus line. All appls. HWflrs. $400/ BR. Call Lynette, (706) 2024648.
Curry Electric Bike. Used 5 times. Prime condition. Listed on link below at $500+. Selling for $400 firm. Incl. helmet & lock. Call (706) 870-9094. http://www.amazon.com/gp/ product/B001PH4JH2.
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Go to Agora! Awesome! A ff o rd a b l e ! T h e u l t i m a t e store! Specializing in retro ever ything: antiques, fur niture, clothes, bikes, records & players! 260 W. Clayton St., (706) 316-0130.
$500/mo. on Eastside. Incl. utils. Personal kitchen, BR/BA, den, entrance. Share laundry, storage. Free application. 2 person limit. Damage dep. Avail. furnished. Cable & wireless negotiable. (706) 202-1541.
Rooms for Rent $ 3 7 5 / m o . t o s h a re n i c e 2BR/2.5BA townhouse w/ M PH.D. student in Appleby Mews. 1 mi. from UGA. Pool & laundry facilities. Excellent condition. More info, www. AthensApt.com. (678) 8874599. $450/mo. & $450/dep. All utils. incl. water, power, cable, trash, N/S, no pets. (706) 248-2615. Stuck in a lease you're trying to end? Sublease your house or apartment w/ Flagpole Classifieds! Visit flagpole.com or call (706) 549-0301. Seeking 1 to 2 mature house mates. 3BR/2.5BA great simple house near GA Sq. Mall. Private & peaceful, woodland creek, generous deck, spacious flr. plan, gas FP, 2–car garage. Storage plus. Pets fine. $400/mo. (706) 714-7600.
For Sale Businesses J B ’s P o l i s h S a u s a g e Business is up for sale. Incl. food bags, truck, grills, polish sausage & world famous Comeback Sauce recipe. Call JB, (706) 6173948.
Furniture All new pillow-top mattress set from $139. Sofa & loveseat, $499. 5-pc. bedroom set, $399. Pub table w/ chairs, $350. (706) 6128004.
Miscellaneous Bidders Buy Auction. New & used items, collectables, & antiques. Auctions every Fri. & Sat. 1459 Hargrove Lake Rd. in Winterville. Visit www. biddersbuyauctions.com or call (706) 742-2205 for more info.
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Fast-paced Dwntn. salon has several FT/PT positions avail. Looking for a stylist, assistant & receptionist (must have fall availability). E-mail resume to ragehair@bellsouth.net or drop off at Rage Hair Studio (132 College Ave). Mexicali Grille now hiring experienced servers. Day or night, FT/PT. Pls. call (706) 546-9200 or inquire at West Broad location from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Shenanigans Salon is now accepting applications for experienced hair stylists, clientele pref ’d. Email resume to admin@ shenaniganssalon.com or present in person. 1037A Baxter St. (706) 548-1115.
Internships E-Commerce “E Store”: web builder is seeking computer buffs to learn art & science of Amazon-type e-stores. Flexible hrs. Students OK. Fax qualifications to (770) 8680616.
Opportunities Actors/movie extras needed immediately for upcoming roles. $150-300/day depending on job reqs. No exp., all looks. (800) 560-8672, A-109 for casting times/locations (AAN CAN). Disclaimer! Use at your own risk. Be careful giving out personal information. Flagpole does our best to scout out scams but we cannot guarantee. Earn up to $750 by participating in research in the Depar tment of Kinesiology at UGA. Women 25-45 years of age a re n e e d e d f o r a s t u d y examining the effects of a nutritional product on how many calories you burn at rest. Contact the BCM Lab at 706-688-9297 or u g a p ro j e c t w a s a b i @ g m a i l . com. Earn up to $100 by participating in UGA research! Currently seeking 3 groups of par ticipants. If you meet ANY of these criteria, please contact the EDP Lab at (706) 542-3827 or ugafMRI@gmail.com. 1. Are you age 18 or above & eligible to have MRIs? 2. Are you age 18 or above & have a BMI of 30 or higher? 3. Are you a female age 18 or above who binge eats & induces vomiting/uses laxatives at least 4 times/ mo.?
Help wanted. Extra income! Assembling CD cases from home! No exp. necessary! Call our live operators now! (800) 405-7619, ext 2450, www. easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN). Little Prodigies is looking for an experienced music teacher for infants – 5 yrs. old. Experience teaching music to this age range, upbeat attitude, professional appearance & passion to introduce children to music a must. Send cover letter & resume to Wes at owner.littleprodigieschildcare@ gmail.com. No phone calls please! Mystery shoppers earn up to $100/day. Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail & dining establishments. No exp. req’d. (800) 743-8535. Paid in advance! Make $1K/ wk. mailing brochures from home! Guar. income! Free supplies! No exp. req’d. S t a r t i m m e d i a t e l y ! w w w. homemailerprogram.net (AAN CAN).
Part-time Child care needed for 3 children. Experience n e c e s s a r y. R e f e r e n c e s req’d. Prefer college or grad student w/ flex. hrs. 15+ hrs./ wk. Afternoons, evenings, weekends. Call (706) 2554339. Project Safe, a progressive non-profit organization that provides services to families affected by domestic violence, is hiring for the PT position of Night and Weekend Advocate. Responsibilities include evening and weekend hotline coverage and shelter operation. Send cover letter and resume to the Associate Director at P.O. Box 7532, Athens GA 30604. No phone calls please. EOE. PT help needed. A-OK Cafe. Apply inside at 154 College Ave. after 3 p.m. No phone calls.
Vehicles Autos For sale: 2005 Ford Focus SE. 119K miles. A/C, power windows & locks, CD player. $2500 OBO. (706) 461-3919. For sale: 1996 Acura Integra. 153K miles. A/C, 6-disc changer, moon roof. $2200 OBO. (404) 276-1446.
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Ella Grondahl and Tiffany Hines, Travel Agents Ella Grondahl and Tiffany Hines run Global Escapes Travel out of a stately, historic house on Milledge Avenue. Ella is Tiffany’s mother, and the two have been working together since they moved to Athens 23 years ago. Mother and daughter are passionate about travel. Adventurers in their own rights, they enjoy helping others plan their trips, no matter how quotidian or exotic those trips may be. They both admit to living vicariously through their clients. But no matter where their travels take them, they are always happy to return to Athens. Flagpole: How long have you been in business? Ella Grondahl: Twenty-three years this year. FP: Are you both from Athens? EG: I grew up in Franklin County, which is not far from here. It’s north of here, but Tiffany grew up in Atlanta and started to the university when we moved back here in ‘88. Tiffany Hines: Yeah. I was starting my sophomore year of college, actually. FP: So, you’ve been working here since you were in college? TH: Mm-hmm.
EG: I actually worked in an agency in Atlanta for a few months before I came to Athens, and when we decided to move to Athens and Tiffany started school, I was at the age she is right now, and I thought, “I want to do something on my own.” So, a travel agency business is a wonderful business! We’re selling fun and happiness. It’s a great business to be in. FP: So, Tiffany, you’ve worked here since college. Do you ever feel like you would like to do something else? TH: There have been times, like when I graduated from college, because I got a degree from Georgia in childhood education. And, there were times there in the beginning when—I think a lot of people go through this in any job—you kind of question, “Is this really what I want to do?” But, I think for probably the past 10 years, I really started focusing on honeymoon travel, and that’s something that I really enjoy—working with couples and planning their honeymoons… We really take the time to get to know our clients so that, first of all, we can help them better, but also because it is like an extended family.
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FP: What’s the strangest place one of your clients has ever wanted to go? EG: We don’t think of any place as strange, I guess. We’ve seen so many corners. [Laughs.] FP: Most remote? EG: Well, I do a lot of international travel for the university and [some clients] out of D.C., and they go to some little, bizarre places in Russia and Uzbekistan and Algeria and all these places that most people have never heard of, and I always worry about them when they’re going to places like that. FP: Does being a travel agent make you realize how big the world is, or does it make it seem more accessible? TH: I think it’s more accessible these days. There’s places that people have always dreamed of going that seemed so far-fetched, and now, I think, with the Internet, email, being able to contact people on the other side of the world—it definitely makes things seem more accessible. EG: I went to Spain last month, and we took a fourday trip over to Morocco, which was really interesting because most of the things you see in Europe are so much like what we have here and the way we live here. But then, to go into a country like Morocco, the culture is totally different. Those kinds of contrasts are really fascinating to see.
FP: Has the travel agency business changed a lot, especially since the advent of the Internet? EG: Tremendously. But the Internet has really been a big plus for the travel business. I think it has a lot of information that has educated the public… about travel, and given them more ideas of places they might like to go and things like that. TH: We use it as a tool. Where we really come into the picture is to help those people who don’t want to do it on their own, don’t have time to do it on their own, and think that they need some extra advice and tips and pointers when they’re traveling, especially to some of the more exotic destinations where things can get a little tricky. FP: What kinds of problems have you had to help people get out of in the past? EG: The volcano. TH: There was a volcano that erupted in Iceland last year. EG: We had people all over Europe. FP: How did you decide that you wanted to start a travel agency?
FP: What is working together as mother and daughter like? Has it ever been challenging for you? EG: Oh, very. [Laughs.] Not so much anymore. I think probably to start with, when she was still in college and had so many distractions from college, that might have been a little more difficult then. Actually, it’s been wonderful. I say I’m the luckiest person in the world. TH: We kind of do different jobs. We both work with our clients, and we both have regular clients who we work with, but in the other parts of our business, we’ve worked in separate areas. So, it’s been nice to have one another to kind of bounce things off of, because running a business can be… it’s hard, and it can be a very lonely job. And I’m an only child, so we’ve always been very close. FP: Since you’ve been in Athens so long—but you’ve seen so many other places as well—what do you think about Athens? EG: Oh, I love Athens. I think it’s one of the greatest cities anywhere… There are a few places I always say, “If I didn’t love Athens so much, I might want to live there,” but I really love Athens. Being a college town, I think it keeps you young. TH: Yeah, it is nice… You know, in Atlanta, there’s areas of Atlanta where you never see the same people. So, that’s kind of nice about Athens. I’ve said that just about every time I’ve ever flown back in to Atlanta. It’s fun and awesome to go explore places all around the world, but I always love coming home to Athens. Emily Patrick
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