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Keep It Simple

City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

April Webb stood up and asked why wouldn’t we disturb as few people as possible with local redistricting. Her question came at the first redistricting public hearing at Gaines Elementary School, and it cut right to the heart of the competing plans to slice and dice Athens-Clarke County. Her question provided a moment of clarity that made you stop and think: why indeed would we shift all these people around when we don’t have to?

There’s something about redistricting that makes people go crazy. We’re required to have voting districts that are equal in population and don’t discriminate against racial minorities. But redistricting also seems to be open season for righting every wrong in government or wronging every right.

April Webb looked at the redistricting committee’s maps and its percentages and totals, and she noticed that Linda Meggers, probably the most experienced redistricting consultant in the state, has shifted lines to bring districts back into relative population equality as required by law without diluting minority voting strength. Then, April Webb looked at the committee’s other plan, which equalizes districts while increasing minority strength in some and decreasing it in others. She noticed that this second plan, in order to accomplish changes not much different from the first plan, relies on massive voter displacement into new districts—in some districts half or more of the citizens would be voting in new districts and Why indeed cause new precincts. April Webb compared the two plans that 43,000 people accomplish basically the same (twice that if you thing—except that one relies include superdistrict on massive voter dislocation—and asked “Why?” reassignments) to Why indeed cause 43,000 people (twice that if you have to vote in new include superdistrict reaspolling places…? signments) to have to vote in new polling places, instead of only 4300 under consultant Linda Meggers’ plan? People have enough trouble remembering where to vote now. A massive dislocation on the scale of 43,000 voters is a needless disruption of voting patterns—which of course hits hardest on those who are working two jobs and taking care of a house full of kids and have trouble keeping up with where their voting booth will be this year. Such a plan disenfranchises the very minority voters it aims to enhance.

Meanwhile, speaking of minority voters, our newly minted Republican representative Doug McKillip has been lurking on the fringes of the redistricting debate, promising to produce his own plan that will enhance Republican voting in our nonpartisan local elections. [See City Dope, p. 4.] McKillip showed up at the Gaines Elementary hearing and cross-examined Linda Meggers like a trial lawyer, trying every trick to get her to say that she had been instructed to protect incumbent commissioners in her redistricting plan.

But that’s not all. Word came at that redistricting hearing that local lawyer Ken Dious has produced his own plan to enhance minority voting by eliminating our superdistricts and creating 10 smaller commission districts. Before the local redistricting committee could even sit down to examine the Dious plan, Rep. McKillip expressed so much admiration for it that you would think he wrote it himself. McKillip is even submitting the Dious plan to the district designers in Atlanta as the starting point for his own still awaited plan to redo ACC. So now, as our local redistricting committee is winding up its business with public hearings, we’ve got a last-minute plan that would re-write the structure of our local government, and McKillip is sending it to Atlanta with his blessing.

There are many good arguments to be made for and against superdistricts, but behind closed doors in Atlanta is not the place for those arguments about Athens.

April Webb nailed it. Redistricting Athens-Clarke County can easily be effected with minimal disruption of voting patterns, and that’s the way we should do it. All the rest is politics, which should be debated in the proper forums and addressed by our citizens, with changes made to our government as they see fit, not foisted upon us by clandestine interests purporting to be fair and balanced.

Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

News & Features Athens News and Views

Students protested the Board of Regents’ ban on undocumented students at the Arch last week.

Google That Sh!t . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Search: Haiti minimum wage

Don’t expect the standard of living to rise here as long as the U.S. is enabling wage slavery in Haiti.

Arts & Events Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Surprise the Sky

Trace Gallery’s current exhibit features three artists who explore transformative processes.

Reality Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Matters of the Heart and Loins Yes, you should try online dating.

Music Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Music News and Gossip

Donations collected for musician Tim White! New music from Vespolina, Gripe and Ken Will Morton! And more…

FLT RSK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 This Is the RMX!

Local electronic wonders celebrate the release of their remix album featuring some of Athens’ best DJs.

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LETTERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CITY DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CITY PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CAPITOL IMPACT. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ATHENS RISING . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 GOOGLE THAT SH!T . . . . . . . . . 8 ART NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 MOVIE DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 THREATS & PROMISES. . . . . . 11

RECORD REVIEWS . . . . . . . . . 12 FLT RSK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ. . . . . . . . 14 THE CALENDAR!. . . . . . . . . . . 15 BULLETIN BOARD. . . . . . . . . . 20 ART AROUND TOWN . . . . . . . . 21 COMICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 REALITY CHECK. . . . . . . . . . . 23 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 EVERYDAY PEOPLE. . . . . . . . . 27

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letters OFFENDED BY PICTURE My husband and I recently visited Athens last week and received a copy of your Flagpole Guide to Athens 2011–2012. We were both very offended by the photo in the middle of pp. 8 and 9. It is neither inviting nor polite, and I do hope you will have it removed as it does not promote a positive image of your town or the school’s sportsmanship.

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A WORD FROM ATHICA Keeping a nonprofit arts organization afloat during these uncertain economic times truly takes broad public support. Athens Institute for Contemporary Art is fortunate to have earned that backing—both locally and nationally. Locally, ATHICA is currently running a fundraising exhibition, called ATHICA “Mystery Triennial” (AMT), and its opening night last Saturday drew a terrific response— both in attendance and in purchase donations.

Funds generated by the sale of local artists’ donated work will help pay for the nonprofit gallery’s operating expenses: rent, phone/dsl and the like. ATHICA has become the place in Athens to see provocative and exciting contemporary art, largely due to the talents and tireless efforts of its founding director, Lizzie Zucker Saltz.

ATHICA mainly functions through the efforts of volunteers, but it’s Lizzie who beats the drum and single-handedly keeps it going.

For years, she worked without compensation and still only draws a tiny fraction of what such a position of responsibility would demand in Atlanta or elsewhere. ATHICA is a vital asset of this art community and after 40 engaging shows over the past decade, we, the Board of Directors of ATHICA, are indebted to her for her vision, persistence and sacrifice in fulfilling it.

We put on AMT to start the slow process of growing this organization so it can continue to operate for decades to come. We want to thank Lizzie for her dedicated service and to

CONTACT US AT P.O. BOX 1027, ATHENS, GA 30603, LETTERS@FLAGPOLE.COM OR VIA THE “TALK BACK TO US” LINK AT FLAGPOLE.COM thank everyone who has volunteered or contributed art over the years and for this event.

This tangible support is a real boost for our small, but important, contemporary art gallery.

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to a corrective, restorative one. He believed we will never have a substantial change to our environment for the good unless big business gets on board. He saw industrialists like himself as the biggest polluters and the only institution powerful enough and wealthy enough to change it. Mr. Anderson, who was an engineer, stated that changing people’s attitudes towards green manufacturing was often more difficult than inventing the new Ray Anderson is one of the heroes of our technology to do it. His colleagues thought state. Sadly, he died recently. If you did not he had lost his mind and that the company’s know about him, you should. He was CEO of a profits would spiral, but they didn’t; the comglobal, billion-dollar company called Interface, pany actually made more money. founded right here in Georgia. At a time when He became known as the greenest CEO in our state is yearning for a new brand of ecoAmerica and won numerous global awards, nomic development, every business person, but not for just environmental concerns. His college professor and student should learn company was often considered one of the best and be inspired from his example. He proved companies to work for in America because through theory, formula and practice if you he cared about people. In fact, if you look put people and the environment first, you on the Interface website right now, there is actually make more money, not less. a picture of Mr. Anderson, and it reads, “Our When you talk with executives about adored chairman.” So, it turns out that the environmental concerns, they often say it’s folks at Interface were working with a pioneer, just too expensive perhaps the leader and that you have of the new industrial to make a choice revolution.

BUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK: between profits and Ray Anderson the environment. I wrote some great know that phrase all books, and you too well. The thing should read them. He is, environmental was one of Georgia’s Thanks, Ben. Send your sticker sightings to groups can talk all brightest stars and letters@flagpole.com. day, and often not one of our greatmuch gets through, est business minds. but when an industry He worked under leader talks and proves that you can turn a the equation that our lives are what’s most polluting company around profitably they lisimportant, with a bowing respect for all living ten. G.E., Walmart, etc., were listening to Ray things. John Sibley called it love, like nothAnderson. That was the key: he was one of ing he had ever seen before. Ray Anderson them, or so it seemed. Paul Hawken eloquently proved you can change a polluting, billionpointed out in his eulogy that Ray looked like dollar global company (carpet making is a a conservative Southern gentleman whose toxic, nasty business)—make it sustainable gentle nature made it easier for people to take and more profitable—and he did it through in new ideas, even radical ideas. He once told practice, not marketing. In fact, he loathed a large audience of college educators they corporate “greenwashing,” which he defined were teaching their students to destroy the as “letting words get ahead of deeds.” His Earth, and he got a standing ovation. success won him the attention of corporate Paul Hawken’s book, The Ecology of heads, U.S. presidents and world leaders. I Commerce, inspired Anderson to turn his comwish the story of this Georgia native was a pany around from a massive polluting machine headline in every Georgia newspaper, to serve

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A BOATLOAD OF THANKS So nice to see a canoeist on the cover of your June 15 issue! You should know how happy the Paddle Georgia paddlers were when they arrived in town to see Flagpole featuring the river so prominently. Richard Milligan’s article in that issue captured the spirit of river travel and the passion behind Paddle Georgia well.

On behalf of the board and staff at Georgia River Network, I’d like to thank Flagpole and everyone in Athens who made our paddlers feel at home for their stay here in town this summer. Our participants had a great time paddling the Middle Oconee and Oconee rivers and enjoying the sights, sounds and tastes of Athens.

Georgia River Network thanks the AthensClarke Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, Big Dog’s on the River, Clarke Central High School, Athens Downtown Development Authority, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Griffeth-Jones Partners, Gilbert Milner, Friends of Scull Shoals, Celestea Sharp, Russ Page, Lisa O’Steen, Stream Techs, Half-Moon Outfitters, Broad River Outpost, Barberitos, Bee Natural, Earth Fare, DePalma’s Italian Café, Jackson Spalding, The National, Jeremy Tarver and the many other local volunteers who helped us get organized, get around dams and get downriver from Athens.

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city dope Athens News and Views Update on Guess Who?: Doug McKillip tells the Dope he’s forwarded a proposed map of Athens-Clarke County’s commission districts drawn up by local attorney Ken Dious to the state reapportionment office to be used “as a starting point” for McKillip’s own redistricting proposal for ACC. The composition of Dious’ map—10 geographical districts; no superdistricts—is an awful lot like what McKillip himself proposed at an Aug. 14 town hall meeting

Herald blog and Johnathan McGinty’s post on the Peach Pundit blog (the latter two of which linked to the story here). Cunningly pointing out that he “never said anything about redistricting in the post,” Mabry posited that the Dope was engaged in “wishful thinking” to imagine Hamby’s resignation could do anything to prevent McKillip and Mabry from imposing their “fair” districts on Athens—or something like that.

Reached by phone and asked if he cared to clarify what he had actually meant by “drastic actions,” Mabry elegantly demurred. “Not really,” he said, and hung up.

Nor did McKillip care to speculate on what Mabry could have meant by the impenetrably cryptic reference, which was posted on the day the two were scheduled to meet for an ACC mapdrawing session in Atlanta, and which concerned a particular commissioner with whom both have had very public disagreements. “You can interpret and Members and supporters of the Georgia Undocumented Youth Alliance, conjecture it any way you wish,” protesting the Board of Regents’ ban on undocumented students atthe legislator told the Dope last tending state universities, assembled for a “graduation” at the UGA week. “It’s politics.” Indeed it Arch last week. For more information, find the group on Facebook. is, and few are better versed in it than McKillip and Mabry. on redistricting, at which Dious spoke in favor As for those of us who continue to misunof eliminating superdistricts, which he said derstand the innocent words of the political decrease the chances of African Americans consultant placed in charge of redesigning being elected to the commission. Where that our local government by a politician with leaves whatever map McKillip had purportedly a well-earned adversarial relationship with been working on with his consigliere… er, the elected officials of that government and “consultant,” Bo Mabry, which had the primary the power to maneuver a few of them out of goal of increasing Republicans’ chances of office, there’s no need to sit around scratching being elected, is anyone’s guess—unless our heads. In the absence of a clarification they’re so similar no one could tell them apart. from Mabry himself, or a rebuke from McKillip, Speaking of Mabry, the Facebook post by why not ask his colleagues on the local McKillip’s right-hand man referring to “drastic Republican delegation—Sens. Bill Cowsert actions” that might be avoided by the resigna- and Frank Ginn and Rep. Chuck Williams—if tion of Commissioner Mike Hamby were apparthey’d care to hazard a guess? After all, ently quoted out of context in this space last McKillip—at least technically, and despite all week. At least, that’s what Mabry seemed to appearances—doesn’t belong to a party of be saying in three almost identically worded one. online comments at the Flagpole website, Blake Aued’s Athens BannerDave Marr news@flagpole.com

city pages Redistricting Panel’s Recs Up in the Air At the Athens-Clarke County reapportionment committee’s last meeting before a series of public input sessions (the second and third of which take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 at Clarke Central High School and 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 31 at Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School), county commissioners, school board members and activists selected two potential ACC Commission district maps to be presented to citizens at the forums. The committee, appointed by Mayor Nancy Denson to oversee the process of redrawing the local electoral map to reflect population changes according to the 2010 Census, will meet in early September to review public comments and make any final revisions it deems necessary before submitting its recommended plans to the mayor and commission Sept. 9. The committee will then present its recommendations at the mayor and commission’s public work session Sept. 13. The commission will approve a final map at its regular meeting Oct. 4; that map will be given to the local legislative delegation with the request that it be ratified by the General Assembly in early 2012.

But the local redistricting process has been steeped in uncertainty from the very beginning. Three school board members were appointed to the committee—one-third of its nine members, as many as are ACC commissioners—despite the fact that the ACC Unified Government has no jurisdiction over the Clarke County School District, nor vice versa. Denson has said that she appointed the school board members in hopes that the committee would consider reconciling the school board’s districts with those of the ACC Commission, but that would have required a major electoral

reorganization of one body or the other, if not both—CCSD has nine geographical districts while ACC has eight—and has not been discussed by the committee.

And though ACC Commissioner Harry Sims, the chairman of the committee, has said the group will vote to approve a single map to recommend to the commission, other committee members—as well as commissioners—have been surprised to learn that. Since Republican Party representative Regina Quick (who, along with Democratic Party representative Shaye Gambrell and “citizen-at-large” Pilar Pages, rounds out the committee) brought forth a map that would significantly alter the existing districts as a counterproposal to a map drawn by professional consultant Linda Meggers containing far more modest changes, two widely disparate approaches to redistricting have been considered, which it is doubtful citizen input will resolve. While the committee’s recommendation would not be binding, the prospect for commissioners of being asked to approve or reject the choice of a citizen panel many of them were not aware was being assembled until it had already been selected may not be an appealing one. Denson says she gave the committee no instructions with regard to how many maps to produce.

State Rep. Doug McKillip’s involvement has also clouded the picture. The Republican has said he will submit a map that would contain 10 geographical districts, eliminating ACC’s two “superdistricts,” each of which covers half the county, giving each citizen two representatives on the commission.

The local committee has so far decided not to discuss eliminating superdistricts, and neither option on view at the public forums contains that provision.

Dave Marr news@flagpole.com

Paul Broun, Jr.’s Krazy Korner Congress is on a well-deserved holiday right now, so Congressman Broun’s kraziness is largely confined to the homestead. So, I thought it would be a good opportunity to take stock of some of Broun’s predictions and see how they’ve turned out: Prediction: The “Marxist” Obama’s “steamroller of socialism” was coming.

Result: The workers’ paradise has yet to materialize. In fact, middle- and working-class conditions are arguably worse than they were in 2008, while Wall Street bonuses and corporate profits soar.

Prediction: Obama’s “Gestapo-like security force” would enforce the president’s will.

Result: Obama’s secret police, were he to have them, would be more likely to show up at your house, help with your crime and then call it “compromise.”

Prediction: The brutal nutritional arm of Obama’s regime, Atlanta’s Centers for Disease Control, would “force you to eat more fruits and vegetables” and conduct surveillance to that end.

Result: Again, there’s no visible sign of the monitoring. But isn’t that how Obama’s Nazi-like government would operate—in secret? So, just in case, every time I pick up a produce item in the supermarket, I hold it up toward the ceiling’s cameras, so I’m on record. “Are you happy now?!” I yell. [Matthew Pulver]

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capitol impact Anti-Tea Party vs. Tea Party The battle over the T-SPLOST election date during this special legislative session has been described as a showdown between the anti-tax Tea Party and the various chambers of commerce who supported the transportation tax. That analysis was accurate as far as it went but does not give enough credit to another major player: the state’s local governments, which are represented by the ACCG (Association County Commissioners of Georgia) and the GMA (Georgia Municipal Association).

ACCG and GMA lobbyists worked against the deal that was nearly made to move the date of the transportation tax referendum from the July 31 primary to the November general election. The Tea Party appeared for a while to be successful in their demand that the T-SPLOST vote could only be moved if all future tax votes were also held in conjunction with general elections.

Tea Party members figured that such a move would make it easier for them to campaign against the passage of local tax increases.

Local governments prefer to hold their tax votes on other dates, however, and their lobbyists worked the capitol hallways effectively to shoot down that Tea Party compromise.

With the Legislature’s Democratic caucuses becoming politically powerless in the face of strong Republican majorities, ACCG and GMA have essentially stepped into the breach to become the “anti-Tea Party” group at the capitol. It’s a role they were playing before the Tea Parties were even formed. Four years ago, when Speaker Glenn Richardson and his House colleagues were trying to pass a “GREAT” tax plan that would have stripped local governments of their ability to collect tax revenues, ACCG and GMA helped stop that initiative, too (and earned the undying hatred of Richardson, who’s no longer a legislator).

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being elected to the General Assembly. Many of these lawmakers decided to run for the Legislature after Richardson nearly succeeded in passing the “GREAT” tax bill. Sen. Steve Gooch (R-Dahlonega) is a former county commissioner, as are Sen. Jim Butterworth (R-Cornelia) and Sen. Rick Jeffares (R-Locust Grove). Sen. Frank Ginn (R-Danielsville) worked as a county manager before he was elected to the Senate. Sen. Charlie Bethel (R-Dalton) is a former city councilman, while Sen. Buddy Carter (R-Pooler) and Sen. Jesse Stone (R-Waynesboro) are former mayors.

Over in the House, Rep. Lynne Riley (R-Johns Creek), Rep. Jan Tankersley (R-Brooklet) and Rep. Lee Anderson (R-Grovetown) were county commissioners before running for the General Assembly. Rep. Susan Holmes (R-Monticello) and Rep. Jay Powell (R-Camilla) were once the mayors of the cities they represent. Other former mayors include Rep. John Meadows (R-Calhoun) and Rep. Brett Harrell (R-Snellville). Rep. Matt Hatchett (R-Dublin) and Rep. Katie Dempsey (R-Rome) were once city council members.

“They understand how local government works, and they understand inter-governmental relationships,” said an ACCG lobbyist.

“When you put an idea out there, they can think it through to reality.”

That sounds about right. County commissioners and mayors know that many of their constituents will expect to have roads paved, schools built and parks opened. The only way local governments can pay for such things is by collecting taxes—and sometimes a tax increase is required.

If the fight over the T-SPLOST election date should be renewed in the regular session next January, you can bet that both the Tea Party and the anti-Tea Party will be right there in the middle of it.

Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com

athens rising What’s Up in New Development The mayor and commissioners have expressed a bit of wariness regarding the risk involved in the financing of something like the proposed river district. Twenty-five million dollars is a lot of money to wager, and while the benefits of the project seem generally to be good for the community, there’s some skepticism about whether or not this amount of money is a good investment, or a sure one. The best place to begin to address this might be to look at how this project stacks up to other efforts with which we are all too familiar.

For comparison, the government will spend about $12 million on the new parking deck, half from SPLOST and half from meter revenues, and $23.7 million on the Classic Center expansion, borrowed from future SPLOST revenues. The Classic Center expansion is forecast to create 200 jobs. Meanwhile, the river district is forecast to create around 2,500 jobs for this community, according to a feasibility study, with a $3 billion economic impact. Those 2,500 jobs, on a $25 million investment, would be created at $10,000 apiece. We’re buying those Classic Center jobs at around $120,000 each. Assuming both sets of jobs predictions are fairly accurate, and using job creation as a measuring stick, the river district is a much better use of taxpayer dollars. Even if the actual yield of river district jobs Kevan Williams

constrained economic development projects within that area.

Projects proposed on West Broad or near Hotel Indigo on the north end of downtown could contribute to a “phase one” near the river now, with the next phase focusing on a different catalyst project in a different part of the downtown district.

Although the vetting of the project has been a little slow out of the gate, it’s worth asking whether there might be other, smaller projects that fit the theme but wouldn’t require the borrowing of money that the river district does. The appeal of that site was the cluster of public property around key private parcels. Another such cluster is located along Dougherty Street, which includes three Athens Downtown Development Authority parking lots, low-rise offices and a fire station, among other things. A concerted effort along that corridor could apply the same incentives model designed to attract offices to the river district, but without the need to build new roads or buy much land.

With existing money, this part of town could easily be jumpstarted in a way that out of town firms are looking for.

The area already has a world-class hotel, an art museum and a park a block from one another. That part of town could be marketed today; with the ADDA deck coming online, there’s no reason to retain surface parking. How about commissioners send a memo over to the Economic Development Foundation to put the lots on their website and start looking for interested parties? In the meantime, they’ll do just fine as parking lots.

Improving the streetscape along Dougherty, and perhaps creating a public square as a focal point for the area, could be another easy step toward pumping some life into what now feels like a dead end of town. One SPLOST project approved in 2005 that has perpetually fascinated me is the $7.7 million for “Business Corridor Infrastructure Improvements.” As of yet, that money hasn’t been used for anything but staff analysis. How’s that coming?

Here is the project’s current status, according to the SPLOST website: “The project concept was approved by the mayor and Dougherty Street, currently a risky proposition for pedestrians and cyclists, should be upgraded commission on Apr. 7, 2009. The approved into an attractive boulevard as part of an effort to attract businesses to repurpose city-owned concept included a four-step methodolparking lots in the area. ogy to be utilized for identification and development of recommended priorities of forecast was only a third of what was predicted, it would still locations for infrastructure improvements prior to initiating be more than double what the Classic Center expansion was preliminary design. The implementation of the methodology supposed to bring in terms of economic development. is in progress. On Apr. 6, 2010, the mayor and commission Speaking of the Classic Center, developers of a proposed approved the central business district corridors for further hotel adjacent to the convention hall claim that they’ll be evaluation completing step one and step two of the concept building soon after the expansion is underway. Assuming that methodology. The mayor and commission authorized staff to that hotel building (located within the river district boundarproceed with step three and step four of the concept methodies) is worth $15 million (comparable to the other two hotels ology to determine priority recommendations for infrastructure built downtown recently), it would reduce the river district’s improvements. These steps are in-progress.” risk to taxpayers by around $5 million or so, by my conservaThis is not the way to deliver a simple and compelling tive math. Each project built within a river district tax allocaproject that can contribute to economic development, as tion district would produce an increase in property taxes that you might expect from a project called “Business Corridor would help pay down the bond of $25 million borrowed to Improvement.” Basically, the objective seems to be to look build the initial infrastructure. While the big report produced for the worst spots and patch them up. What we could really by the Bleakly Advisory Group focuses on some more complex use, if economic development is what we’re after, is a big, versions of this sort of math, what’s interesting here is how transformative project that serves as a catalyst for a given area the tax revenues produced by an essentially unaffiliated develof town. Spreading that money around into isolated projects opment could be captured and used as part of this economic won’t produce anything with much punch. If we were to take development effort. on something like Dougherty Street, perhaps turning that into What other projects might be on the horizon that would a tree-lined boulevard with on-street parking, it could not reduce the project’s riskiness? A recent proposal for a five-story only address immediate traffic concerns, but serve as an eyeapartment building on East Broad Street across from the Jittery catching reminder to out-of-town folks looking to invest here Joe’s Roaster, if similar in cost and scale to 909 Broad (a $17 that we’re a town that invests in itself. million building) could knock another $2–3 million off that If the appetite for bigger risks isn’t there yet (though it calculation of riskiness. If all else fails with the River District, ought to be, considering we’ve already hit statistical rock$25 million worth of debt becomes only $20 million if two bottom in terms of poverty), we should be looking at how we projects of that scale are built. can create some smaller wins that build momentum for bigger Those two projects are located within the river district projects. Using existing money to tackle some low-hanging boundary as initially proposed, but suppose we broaden the fruit—and then capturing that success to reduce the risk of definition and think of a downtown economic development something bigger and bolder—could be the way for an idea zone as a wider area, ringing our established commercial core. like the river district to become a reality.

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Hi there, young American. Would you like to know why your generation will be the first in this nation’s history to experience a lower standard of living than that of your parents? And why it will continually get worse during your lifetime? Would you like to know what no politician dares admit, that even if the unemployment crisis is remedied, we will still be on a downward economic trajectory?

It’s called capitalist globalization. The expansion of the so-called “free market.” Here’s the secret: it’s not “free” at all.

Never was intended to be. It’s only a myth that government is at odds with the free market. Governments work in the service of corporations. That’s the way it’s always worked, really.

Washington’s guiding concern during the early days of Hitler’s reign was not the increasing abuse of Jews, but Germany’s outstanding debts to American banks. The Mexican debt crisis of 1982 (Google that shit!) was another instance of Wall Street determining the direction of politics and further concentrating its wealth at the expense of an entire nation. The whole thing came home to roost in 2008 with our own economic crisis. The Tea Party crowd couldn’t be more off the mark when they moan about the dangers of government regulation on corporations: the problem is the corporations’ regulation of governments.

The good folks at Wikileaks provide a small window into the functioning of this system. Uncovered in a series of leaked State Department memos, it can now be seen that the United States government, doing the bidding of a number of massive transnational corporations, overrode Haiti’s democratically (and unanimously) decided minimum wage increase to ensure more profit for the corporations with factories in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country.

We’re talking Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, Levi’s and others— companies that used to employ unionized U.S. citizens at fairly decent wages. Over the past 35 years or so, those companies and many others strategically moved their factories to countries whose citizens were desperate, poor and not protected by unions. So-called “free trade” deals were arranged so that products and materials (but not people) could move freely across borders. (Google “Free enterprise zone” or “FTAA” for more.)

The great coup (so to speak) was that, while being called “free” trade, the newly arranged circumstances were often predicated on the power of the United States government to ensure permanently desperate, permanently powerless and poor workers in those countries. We Americans, then, were forced to compete with the citizens of countries whose leaders kept them poor and relatively powerless, willing to work for anything. For many years, and continuing into the present, attempts by workers to challenge their conditions have often been met with “death squads,” some of which are U.S.-trained in Columbus, GA, of all places. Google “killer Coke” to find harrowing accounts of Colombian paramilitary forces gunning down union organizers at Coca-Cola plants in that country.

Colombia’s guerrilla killers are in some cases both U.S.funded and -trained, ostensibly to curb the cocaine trade. But the guerrillas are now in the business of killing hundreds of union organizers who dare challenge the orthodoxies of “free trade.” The Washington-backed coups in Venezuela in 2003 and Haiti in 2004 suggest that this decades-long story is not over. (Google “Jacobo Arbenz” or “Salvador Allende” for a brief introduction to some of that history.)

Controlling the economies of countries like Haiti, Honduras, Chile and Nicaragua is ultimately a way of controlling our own. In a global economy, workers in the United States are ultimately competing against everyone else. By forcefully maintaining poor conditions for citizens and workers in these countries, corporations tamp down global wages. Manufacturers will never repatriate factories to U.S. soil as long as Washington is helping to maintain wage-slave environments in places like Haiti. So, when you hear politicians talk about their “jobs plans” in the coming months, pay attention to what they’re not saying.

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Zuzka Vaclavik’s graffiti-like Gallaspy says that in her choice paintings and multimedia works are of subject matter she explores “the also reminiscent of organic systems idea of femininity as a liminal posiseen up close. Her “bioscience fiction, a sort of endless threshold, tions” include flora and fauna, often both literal and metaphorical. I am stylized or decorated in glitter and continually drawn to species that rhinestones, creating conglomerates skirt the edge of civilization like that are both “natural” and “syndogs, birds, deer, bats, bear, even thetic.” Incompletely erased pencil the occasional transgressive reptile, marks on some of the paintings and our affectionate, frightened, emphasize the idea of images which sublime, violent, sometimes even are still in process and transforming fatal, emotional and physical entanbefore your eyes. Vaclavik counts glements with them.” her experiences living in other counHer drawings are both organic tries as essential to her work. and controlled, with precise black She says, “I have gathered a lot lines and details, like white gouache of rich visual information from varihighlights on the diamonds encrustLauren Gallaspy’s drawing “Surprise the Sky” is on display at Trace Gallery ous cultures that come together in ing “Blood Diamond Dog,” a hybrid the works. Even though we have through Sept. 23. creature that is part beagle and part resources like the Internet, there is gemstone. Gallaspy’s drawings illustrate the a big difference between looking at images work on paper that has been painted, pasted multi-faceted worlds we inhabit where the and taped in so many layers that it buckles online and experiencing them in the actual animal, vegetable and mineral are intricately and undulates, enhancing the perception place.” I agree. Go see the exhibition in perconnected, calling out our sometimes symbithat there is something alive captured in the son at Trace Gallery, on view through Sept. 23. otic and sometimes exploitative relationships frame. The spectacular “Measureless Oceans of with nature.

Space” is a large piece of peach-colored paper Hot for Teacher: The Lamar Dodd School of Erin McIntosh is also interested in ininto which an intricate pattern of crisscrossing Art presents the “MMXI: Faculty Exhibition.” between states and evolving systems. Her lines has been cut to create something like an Faculty in the studio art program share recent water-based media and cut-paper works egg-shaped ball of string. artwork with their students, colleagues and combine pastel shades of pink and peach “It was a challenge, not only in terms the public. Painting, sculpture, photography, with white and black; sinewy lines and soft of stamina but also in terms of treating my ceramics, multi-media, video art and more are smudges vie with geodesic doodles to crework with an increased level of precision,” all on display through Sept. 14. ate images that appear like something alive says McIntosh, “and the influence of preciunder a microscope. “Fortuitous Fusion” is a Caroline Barratt arts@flagpole.com sion has since influenced my drawings.” The

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The show title is a line from an Emily Dickinson poem which describes a “curious cloud” rolling across the landscape and changing shape from a “sheet with horns” to a regal queen in robes. Lauren Gallaspy’s drawings are much like finding shapes in clouds. Her intricate ink-and-graphite drawings on tracing paper combine recognizable images like animals and flowers with organic shapes and lines that recall webs, vines and ropes. In “Strain” a woman crouches beneath the weight of animals balanced on top of her back. A bear, fox and cockerel pile on top of one another, linked by bits of thin rope tied in knots like a net. “Swamplandia” also features a woman, here lying naked and supine, with an alligator-like creature emerging from her torso. She seems to be part of the swamp and a generative force for the animal that grows from her body as the rest of her recedes into the watery bracken.

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• indicates new review 30 MINUTES OR LESS (R) 30 Minutes or Less, the second movie from Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer, starts off pretty poorly thanks to bad writing and a focus on its two least appealing characters, unfortunately played by the top-billed Jesse Eisenberg and Danny McBride. A slacker (is that term valid for this generation?) who drives like Mario Andretti (is that reference too dated as well?), Nick (Eisenberg, who’s a long way from his Academy Award nomination) is forced by two fledgling criminals, Dwayne (McBride) and Travis (Nick Swardson), to rob a bank after they strap a bomb to his chest.

A GOOD OLD FASHIONED ORGY (R) A 30-something dude (Jason Sudeikis) uses his parents’ empty house in the Hamptons to hold an impromptu end of summer orgy with his old high school pals. Sudeikis, Tyler Labine, Lake Bell (so surprisingly funny on “Childrens Hospital”), Martin Starr, Will Forte; I do like this cast.

APOLLO 18 (PG-13) Decades-old NASA footage reveals the existence of alien life on the moon. Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov is producing this quickie sci-fi flick from the Weinstein Company. The success of B-movies like Apollo 18 is hard to predict (see The Fourth Kind and Skyline), but the combination of a viral marketing campaign and Bekmambetov’s guiding hand bode well. Director Gonzalo López-Gallego is an international award winner; his Nomadas and El rey de la montana sound intriguing.

• BEGINNERS (R) Mike Mills, who wrote and directed the excellent Thumbsucker in 2005, returns with his sophomore film, a wonderful, sad ode to love, both hetero and homosexual, and loss. Oliver (Ewan McGregor) recently lost his father. The perpetually glum Oliver meets a pretty young actress, Anna (Melanie Laurent), but he’s not very good with girlfriends, thanks to his parents’ less-than-loving 44-year marriage. Oliver’s dad, Hal (Christopher Plummer), is gay and was gay throughout his entire marriage. This lovely film is easily one of the year’s strongest despite being a tad twee (a subtitled Jack Russell; a costumed, laryngitic meet-cute; historically conscious vandalism; etc.).

• COLOMBIANA (PG-13) Gallic actioneer Luc Besson has hit several

targets and an occasional bull’s eye—Taken, the Transporters, District B13—as a writer/producer (he leaves the heavy lifting to Transporter 3 helmer Olivier Megaton), but he misses completely with Colombiana. A revenge potboiler about a hottie assassin should be exploitation cake. Instead, stale dialogue, terrible music cues and perhaps the year’s worst plot device (a cell phone pic sent to a sister-in-law at the police department breaks the case) far too often breaks up the often exhilaratingly stealthy action. Revenge is a dish best never served boring.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN (R) Conan (Momoa) seeks revenge against the baddie, Khalar Zym (Avatar’s Stephen Lang), that murdered his loving barbarian papa (a heavily hirsute Ron Perlman). Fortunately, Conan gets an assist from his Malcolm JamalWarnerbe pal, a pretty priestess (Rachel Nichols) and a thief (Saïd Taghmaoui).

Conan might be content with living, loving and slaying, but a movie needs more than buckets of CGI blood and topless extras. Howard purists may not love John Milius’ 1982 Conan, but everyone’ll abhor the 2011 version.

CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG-13) Steve Carell stars as Cal Weaver, whose wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), suddenly bombs him with a divorce pronouncement that leads him to a local bar where Cal meets inveterate womanizer Jacob (Ryan Gosling).

While Cal the nice guy is learning to objectify women, Jacob the man-whore is falling for law student Hannah (Emma Stone).

THE DEBT (R) Back in 1965, Mossad agent Rachel Singer (Helen Mirren) hunted a Nazi war criminal known as the Surgeon of Birkenau. Flash forward to the present when a Ukrainian man claims to be the convicted killer, leading Singer to travel to Eastern Europe in search of the truth. The new film from Shakespeare in Love’s John Madden (based on the film, Ha-Hov) intrigues, especially with a script cowritten by Kick-Ass’s Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman. With Sam Worthington, Ciarán Hinds and Tom Wilkinson.

• DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (PG-13) Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark isn’t a hard command to follow while watching the Guillermo del Toro written and produced update of the 1973

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TV movie. The horror movie opens with some of the worst parenting I’ve ever seen. Off-screen mom sends her depressed little girl, Sally (Bailee Madison), to live with daddy (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend, Kim (Katie Holmes), in the old, dark house they’re restoring. No shocker here; Sally’s depression does not improve when little creatures that can’t stand the light escape from the basement.

FRIGHT NIGHT (R) This remake of the 1980s horror comedy classic is good. It’s better than good even.

Former geek Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin), who is dating lithe hottie, Amy (Imogen Poots), has hit the high school lottery until his old friend “Evil” Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) confides that Charley’s strapping new neighbor, Jerry (Colin Farrell), is a vampire.

GREEN LANTERN (PG-13) The movie version of DC’s second-line 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 world-devouring baddie who uses the yellow power of fear to turn Peter Sarsgaard from a John Carpenter doppelganger into an evil, bloated alien John Carpenter.

THE HANGOVER PART II (R) The Hangover Part II sidesteps the landmines that blow away the humorous limbs from most comedy sequels.

Lobbing critical grenades at the movie’s lack of creativity ignores the ingenuity that fashioned a funny facsimile without simply recycling wholesale gags from the 2009 blockbuster.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG-13) It’s over. The final battle rages over and through the hallowed halls of Hogwarts as Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) attempt to end Voldemort’s (Ralph Fiennes) evil reign.

The last few Horcruxes must be found and destroyed if Harry is ever to truly defeat You-Know-Who. THE HELP (PG-13) The whitewashed world of The Help lacks the proper depth to feel real. Every black servant is a saint; every white employer a demon.

Thankfully, college-educated Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan (the extremely likable Emma Stone, who grows into her accent) comes home to Jackson to save its minority population through bestselling pop fiction.

KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) However much I dug the first Kung Fu Panda, the second adventure of Dragon Warrior Po (v. Jack Black, who is better heard than seen) and the Furious Five has more visual inventiveness than it does comic or narrative combined.

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).

ONE DAY (PG-13) One Day, adapted by author David Nicholls from his own novel and directed by An Education’s

Lone Scherfig, is a thoroughly unappealing romance about two Brits whose entwined lives we see on the same day, July 15, each year. Emma (Anne Hathaway, wasted as yet another ugly duckling waiting to blossom) and Dexter (the bland Jim Sturgess) meet on their graduation night and spend most of their lives engaged in an unrequited love affair. Unfortunately, she’s boring; he’s boorish.

• OUR IDIOT BROTHER (R) Is there anyone as charming as Paul Rudd?

(I’m not actually asking; the answer is clearly no.) As beatific, honest and kind to a law-breaking fault Ned, Rudd beams and “aw, man”’s his way through a twee indiecom from former Lemonhead Jesse Peretz (he also directed The Ex). After being tricked by the douchiest dickhead cop ever, Ned goes to prison. Once he’s released, his organic girlfriend (Kathryn Hahn) kicks him out and keeps his dog, Willie Nelson. Forced to live with his sisters—homemaker Liz (Emily Mortimer), professional Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) and free-spirited lesbian Natalie (Zooey Deschanel)—he wreaks havoc on their lives. I enjoy these kinds of genial independent comedies much more than their more riotous, raunchy, plentiful kin. Our Idiot Brother glides lazily along on the heavily hirsute Rudd’s massive charisma and little else.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG-13) You would think Johnny Depp’s Captain

Jack Sparrow would soar to the surface now that he’s shed of the dead weight that was Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley).

Instead, the fourth adventure of Captain Jack is terribly unexciting and, worst of all, boring, as he canters frantically about for no reason more dramatically pressing than box office booty.

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13) A super smart chimp named Caesar (Andy Serkis in yet another motion capture performance) leads a primate revolution. James Franco stars as the human scientist that created and raised him. With Brian Cox, Freida Pinto and John Lithgow.

SAVING PRIVATE PEREZ (PG-13) Huh? A Mexican crime lord infiltrates Iraq to recover his missing brother per his mother’s instructions. It’s doubtful you’ll see that plot repeated in another movie this year. Writer-director Beto Gomez won a couple of awards for his El Sueño del Caiman. With Miguel Rodarte, Jesús Ochoa (Man on Fire and Quantum of Solace) and Joaquín Cosio (“Eastbound & Down”).

SHARK NIGHT 3D (PG-13) I wish this SyFy-sounding flick had kept its original working title, Untitled 3D Shark Thriller, and gone for an R rating. PG-13 sounds like a waste of time.

This genre movie could be an in-spirit sequel to the surprisingly effective, kind of dumb Deep Blue Sea. SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD (PG) Robert Rodriguez’s family espionage franchise is reborn,

and Miramax is hoping for this flick to be a big hit. A former spy (Jessica Alba) returns to battle the villainous Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven) who is plotting to rule the world. Expect appearances from series regulars, the Cortezes (Antonio Banderas, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara) and Machete (Danny Trejo).

THE SMURFS (PG) The live action/ CGI hybrid version of The Smurfs is not as bad as its atrocious trailers would imply, thanks largely to the smurfish talents of Neil Patrick Harris.

Intriguingly, the scripters throw in unnecessary but welcome nods to the Smurfs’ Belgian roots and creator Peyo, a cleverness undercut by their own poor gags and the blandly unattractive movie.

SUPER 8 (PG-13) J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg team up for an homage to the sort of wide-eyed, wonderful extraterrestrial adventures that made Spielberg a box office sensation in the ‘70s and ‘80s. This retro take on the found footage subgenre is set in 1979 when an alien being transported cross country from Area 51 escapes.

• THE TRIP Steve Coogan goes on a dining tour of northern England with his buddy, Welsh comic Rob Brydon.

The duo get into all the typical road movie shenanigans but amidst the silliness are moments of weighty clarity, regarding aging, stardom, fleeting greatness and friendship. Originally a six-episode BBC program, acclaimed filmmaker Winterbottom must have kept all the brilliant bits when he cut it down to a compact sub-two-hour sojourn because The Trip is funny enough to produce tears.

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.

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I’ve read a lot about each of these guys, and I wish I could say more, but the fact is that I am woefully ill equipped to comment on this type of stuff. You’re unlikely to find as ardent a music fan as me who also knows so little about musical equipment. Mea culpa, y’all. Even so, the truth is that even I recognize how cool it is that people with high-end skills like these want to move to Athens and be part of our community. I’m quite certain you recognize this, too. Here’s to each being a valuable addition to our already rich assortment of specialty repair guys, knowledgeable gear hounds and behind-the-scenes magicmakers. Visit each individually via www. mcneecemusic.com and www. eadycustomfinishing.com, and look for Flagpole’s story on amp repair in next week’s issue.

So, Tell Me about This Name: By the time you read this, Grape Soda will have just pulled back into town from its pun-ily dubbed “Minitour” (like minotaur, get it?), which was basically a straight shot up and down the East Coast. Although the band has established a decent footprint in town over the past couple of years, there’s always a chance some of you have not heard them yet. Well, did you ever wonder what Suicide would sound like if Martin Rev and Alan Vega had actually embraced 1960s pop?

No, I don’t guess that’s ever come up, but maybe that will plant the seeds of curiosity that inspire you to head over to www.grapesodaath.bandcamp.com and stream the full length, Form a Sign—and maybe throw down a whopping three bucks for it.

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Bottle of Wine, Fruit of the Vine: Americanaish band Vespolina has had one track from its new album posted for streaming over at www.athensvespolina.bandcamp.com for a handful of weeks, but now the whole album is officially released, which means you can download it for the price of a t-shirt ($15, t-shirt included) or you can go shirtless for the price of two gallons of gas ($7.99). The group is also seeking to raise $1,000 through Kickstarter to press the record on vinyl, which is both ambitious and conservative, depending on how you look at it. I really hate to use the term “Americana” because it’s such a cheap catch-all sometimes, but Vespolina has a noticeable debt to Bob Dylan, The Band and, occasionally, The Decemberists—the latter of which makes use of the term all the more confounding. You be the judge over at www.facebook.com/Vespolina or read our full review of the album on p. 12.

Welcome to Athens: I want to take a moment here to welcome two newcomers to Athens who have each made his mark independently and out of the stage spotlight. John McNeece (Electric Amps, Matamp USA) just established his shop over at the Chase Park warehouses and has a rich history of building customized amps, pedals, circuit bent gear and other heavily abused items. The other is master luthier Matt Eady (Gibson Custom Shop, Benedetto Guitars), who moved to town earlier this year and set up his custom finishing shop that “focuses on doing finishing work for small builders, players and manufacturers.”

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Well That’s Just Beachy: Athens Singer/songwriter Ken Will Morton will have a new addition to his family of recorded work soon in the form of an acoustic album he has recorded for Ghostmeat Records. The new record, titled Contenders and slated for a November release, was recorded and produced by Ghostmeat’s Russ Hallauer, who also plays on it. Morton was also joined by his regular sidemen Dean Johnston and Andrew Vickery as well as guests Rob Keller, Adam Poulin and Scotty Nicholson. No stranger to the road, Morton will play several dates out of town between September and October—most notably the Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival in Florida. For more information, please visit www.kenwillmorton.com and see what’s up.

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The three-year-old band took its time releasing its debut, As Far as Blindness Could See, but various changes in lineup and location give the result a context of mature patience.

The seven-song EP is a studied, careful construction of layers that sound anything but belabored. At first listen, the post-rock instrumentation, the lolling, echoing vocals and the mini-epic statements feel a little dated. Singers who slowly and casually observe micro details to express macro disappointments and joys suggest an it’s-someaningful kind of sadness that current music seems to be leaving behind for the moment.

But everyone knows that first listens can’t be trusted. The name of the band refers to a fable about the importance of doing the right thing even if the reward is not evident, of relinquishing one’s mythical control over one’s fate and allowing life to come without getting in the way. The songs are titled with eternal, peaceful ideas, such as “Forgiveness,” “Eulogy,” “The Creek That Ran Behind Our House.” When the songs are reinterpreted through the fable, the singers suddenly do not sound bored at all—they sound content to understand nothing about everything. It’s as if they’re telling their own fable of which the moral is that life is not always a party and not always a hassle, and that one sees further when one stops looking.

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successfully shifted the perspective from one of rote acceptance to one of new possibility.

Nine of the 10 tracks run less than two minutes, some less than a minute.

The relatively epic-length “History of Violence,” clocking in at two-minutesand-one-second long, sneaks a fat Black Sabbath bass riff in the middle, which may be the band’s smirking nod to what, for them, is a ploddingly long track. Pommerville spits seethingly misanthropic lyrics, albeit at mostly obvious and predictable targets.

However, as John Lydon sang in 1986, “Anger is an energy” and, of course, this can be creative or destructive. With Gripe, so far, it’s the former.

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ADAM NEWMAN Not for Horses Rooftop Comedy Productions Like any record, a decent comedy album needs to invite multiple listens.

And Adam Newman’s Not for Horses does just that.

Newman’s style is highly narrative, and he seamlessly works in his punchlines. His fantastic storytelling, funny audience interactions and uncanny knack for improvisation make for a focused yet casual tone. The tracks/ bits “Late Shift” and “The Worm” refer, respectively, to Newman’s experiences working as a grocery store clerk and substitute teacher here in Athens.

My only criticism concerns the last bonus track. It’s supposed to be an ironic impression of two douches from New Jersey—an act that Newman and his collaborator Trevor Williams call “The Nice Brothers.” I get the joke, but it lasts way too long and is just damn annoying. To their credit, Newman and Williams do fantastic douche impressions.

The album’s best bit is one about the “Fresh Prince” theme song— mainly because it’s such a funny topic to go in-depth about (and Newman goes very in-depth). His unique take on pop culture, hilarious personal anecdotes and flagrant irreverence make Not for Horses worthy of repeat spins.

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GRIPE The Future Doesn’t Need You Independent Release One of my favorite Athens records of the year is already an artifact. The Future Doesn’t Need You, recorded earlier this year, features founding lead singer DJ Pommerville, who has left the band for other pastures. So, beyond a handful of shakily recorded live videos, what’s left of this era of the band is this 10-track face slap of an incredibly creative, genre-literate album. It’s nigh impossible for any group to carve a distinguishable sound within the decades old arena of grindcore/powerviolence. Gripe doesn’t tear down the walls—the cornerstones of this sound are present—but they have

titled, tellingly, “The Song.” Here, Aaron addresses explicitly what is apparent throughout the album: that each song, to varying degrees, acknowledges the act of songwriting.

This approach may represent a selfconscious engagement with form, but too often it gives a bland, paint-bynumbers quality to the record.

Aaron clearly understands songwriting conventions, particularly country music’s admiration for the clever turn of phrase and the extended conceit. Impressive wordplay marks the first two verses of opener “Between You & Me,” but the descriptions of heartache and loss that follow are, frankly, generic. There is no joy in Vespolina’s treatment of these conventions, nor is it complex enough to offer any real commentary.

The music is more than wellexecuted and good enough to salvage the lyrics’ lack of specificity. This is poor consolation, however. A chorus crescendos into a plaintive violin solo, but the emotion this evokes feels canned; your response seems as pro forma as the steps the band has taken to produce it. The album is a highly enjoyable listen, but that enjoyment comes with a twinge of uneasiness.

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VESPOLINA Vespolina Independent Release “I wrote a song about writing songs,” Daniel Aaron sings on Vespolina’s debut album on a song

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MARK TULK Central State Small House Mark Tulk wants people to dig past the surface. Beyond the deceptively stark album cover art you’ll find, inside, a sleeve featuring a terrifying shot of a cemetery with thousands of unmarked graves. This unsettling photo is a direct tie-in to the theme of Central State; it’s a ride through a gothic musical landscape that has as much beauty and clarity as it does artsy weirdness.

Tulk, who plays every instrument on the album except cello (handled by his wife Niki) and bass (Joshua Stamper), sings with a sort of calm tension that never turns abrasive but also doesn’t fully smooth out.

More specifically, Tulk was inspired by Central State Hospital, an insane asylum in Milledgeville—and the photo of the graves was taken in its cemetery. As such, the mostly pianodriven music maintains a ghostly, haunted feel. Even in its melodic moments, otherworldly elements abound, as in the bleeding drone textures of “Rain.” The back-to-back “Over You Go” and “Fellowship Cult Blues” provide a noted contrast in tone, both oddly jaunty Elvis Costello-ish pieces that briefly let up on the gloom.

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Rise on Up and Melt Slo Pro I was first exposed to Efren when I witnessed the band’s opening set before Pink Floyd tribute band Pigs on the Wing at New Earth. Though Efren’s music is steeped in folk and Americana, I could instantly see a Floydian similarity, with intros and instrumental breakdowns that got wildly atmospheric and psychedelic.

Compared to 2009’s Thunder and Moan, Rise on Up and Melt contains far more of that Floyd influence—most notably the epic “Mr. Greene”—but the emphasis remains on dark storytelling and gentle acoustic patterns. Still, the airy elements shine through the delicate framework, with washes of reverberated guitar and organ permeating tracks such as “Like a Coat” and “Dress Blues,” and vocal harmonies adding majesty to “Frogbird.”

Lyrically, the tone is brooding and somber, as bandleader Scott Low weaves tales of isolation, despair and remorse around mostly subdued instrumentation. The energy does rise to a boil in places, as in “Over Our Borders,” yet it never quite explodes.

The anger beneath the surface is palpable, but the skeletal acoustic guitar and the drone-like textures make you dig for it on your own.

Low’s voice has a druggy, almost monotonous quality. It’s really the hypnotic instrumention that pushes the music into the ether, and the spacey elements serve as coloration for the haunting folk songs scattered throughout the album, which makes Rise on Up and Melt a sharply focused affair.

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FLT RSK People and Places Independent Release On their debut album, the members of FLT RSK are in propulsive sync, slipping in and out of electronic subgenres like warm baths via some bizarre form of musical osmosis. The IDM raver “Mishka” is an early standout, and the hip-hop flavored “Mass Transit” is sure to get the dance floor jumpin’, but this group can just as easily dial things back as is evidenced on more ambient, experimental tracks like “The Realm.” Adding to the digital gumbo , the band also brought in Lera Lynn, who lends her platinum pipes to the soulful, smoldering, trip-hoppy “For Real,” and had Atlantan MC Priceless the Kid put his two cents in on the club jam “Fe’zed.” Indeed, where other electronic acts aim to put you in a trance, FLT RSK takes you on a journey, and it’s one well worth taking.

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“And the remix album is a real testament to the plethora of talented DJs/producers in the Southeast,” Woolley chimes in, noting that the remixers include several Athens talents like Immuzikation, Up Until Now, Feral Youth and Triz, to name just a few. “I hope this compilation can help the contributors gain some exposure. We decided to release an EP that will contain five remixes of “For Real” (Lynn’s contribution) in addition to the roughly 16-track People and Places remix comp that we are naming Our Peoples. We’ll be releasing both as a free download at www.FLTRSK.com.”

The release show for Our Peoples on Saturday will feature several of the remixers as guest performers, and FLT RSK will attempt to recreate the remixed versions of their tunes live.

If that sounds like a lot for one year, don’t tell FLT RSK. This band has no time for laurel-resting. “We actually already started recording for the next EP,” Lawrence says. “All of the songs [on People and Places] were written over two years ago, when I first started writing music on my own with [computer software] Ableton. I think it shows. Not to say that I’m not really proud of the album, but there are songs that didn’t make it that I wish we could’ve gotten on there. But it’s also exciting to know that we’ve got four new songs that come to mind right away that are really gonna pop, and this EP is gonna be done in the fall. We’re thinkin’, like, October.”

So, there you have it. Behold, the band behind the curtain. From humble beginnings to a banner year that’s still only two thirds of the way over, this act has made one hell of a trip. Remixed and reloaded, with the red clay trails and sun-baked interstates of the Southeast thoroughly covered, the men of FLT RSK have nowhere to go but up.

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LT RSK has been getting a significant amount of press here at Flagpole lately—multiple live write-ups, a preAthFest Calendar Pick, not to mention their inclusion in the Flagpole Music Awards’ Best Electronic category—but through that fog of adulation, Athens has yet to learn who these guys really are. Sure, drummer Matt Woolley and bassist “Matty G” Mansfield are nearly Classic City royalty, thanks to the success of New Earth Music Hall and their longrunning act DubConscious, but the origins of the FLT RSK project remain shrouded in mystery. With a remix album of the band’s debut LP People and Places due out Aug. 30, it seems time to cut through the maze of wires and samples and see how this skyrocketing trio began its ascent.

“Well, I guess the first band I was ever in was the Polyester Pimptrap, a little funk outfit in Florida,” begins JB Lawrence, FLT RSK’s indefatigable producer/keyboardist. “We opened for DubConscious years ago—they have a real presence in Tallahassee—and we became good friends. I’d played one show as FLT RSK with another drummer [Josh Harris], and then we booked the second Purple Hatter’s Ball, but he had to back out because he had a commitment doing Last Comic Standing. (He’s hilarious.) I started freakin’ out, so I called Matt Woolley and asked if he’d want to fill in. He said, ‘Yeah, and why don’t we get Matty G to play, too?’ I loved the idea, so I was drivin’ up from Tallahassee like three weekends in a row to rehearse four songs, and the second Purple Hatter’s Ball was our first show. That was really special to me because the Purple Hatter’s Ball is a memorial for my good friend Rachel, who Matt Woolley also knew. It’s something really special, and I think about it every time I think about her. I honestly don’t think FLT RSK would exist right now as it does if it weren’t for her. We actually just played the fourth Purple Hatter’s Ball, and it just keeps growing and growing. It’s really cool.”

That collaborative spirit from which the band was born has grown exponentially with the recording of both its first LP (which features local chanteuse Lera Lynn and Atlanta MC Priceless the Kid) and its subsequent remix project. “Working with them has been wonderful,” Lawrence effusively continues. “Priceless came up and recorded with us when we played with Lotus—real professional. He’s a great guy. And Lera’s just… that girl is goin’ places.

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usician and songwriter Vieux Farka Touré is a true son of his homelands.

Hailing from the Mopti region of Mali in West Africa, which has long served as a meeting point and intersection of numerous ethnic groups (including the desert Tuareg, Bambara, Dogon and nomadic Fulani, or Peul herds-people), Touré’s music blends styles and ages, setting driving electric rock, blues and even funk against a backdrop of traditional instrumentation and sounds.

His new record and third studio album, The Secret (Six Degree Records), is an important achievement for the young artist and a dazzling collection of the finest of the desert blues and Mandé music of southern Mali. The record features a number of collaborations with prominent American musicians including guitarist Derek Trucks, singer/songwriter Dave Matthews, jazz guitarist John Scofield and producer Eric Krasno of Soulive.

But the heaviest hitter of all is the most subtle. An ailing Ali Farka Touré, Vieux’s father and celebrated pioneer of Mali’s desert blues, joins his son on their final collaboration, the title track “The Secret.” The looping interplay of the Tourés’ guitars, pulsing beat, warm flute and low-in-the-mix, jumping ngoni lute, captures the quintessential style and sound which has brought worldwide attention, acclaim and interest to the music of Mali’s delta.

Athens-based singer/songwriter Adam Klein, who recorded an album of original Mandé songs in Bamako, Mali in early 2010 and produced a making-of-the-record documentary film, both currently unreleased, spoke with Vieux about his work, Malian music, the community of the north desert blues bands, politics and more in a choppy conversation mixing French and Bambara.

Adam Klein: What is the significance of Malian music?

Vieux Farka Touré: We have a grand culture here. Our culture is vast. You can make a lot of music here. We make it and make it until… it doesn’t end [laughs]. The music has many different subjects.

AK: Why do you think it translates and resonates so well with European and North American audiences?

VFT: Because what we say in our music is very important. We don’t sing about junk.

When we sing a song, we sing real songs. We give advice. Our music is like school.

AK: Your music has served as a bridge, balancing traditional and modern sounds, channeling the music of your people’s past into new sonic territory. You come from the North, from Niafunké, from the Sonrai tradition…

VFT: Yes, I sing in Sonrai, Bambara, Peul [ethnic groups/languages in Mali].

AK: You create a blend of all these musical traditions in your music…

VFT: Voila. Because I represent the North in person. I even represent all of Africa.

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AK: How does The Secret break new ground or further advance your sound?

VFT: I’ve placed all types of [Malian] traditional music in The Secret, just like in Fondo.

When you make an album… Fondo, it’s not something that began overnight. It started

much earlier. There are things on it that I started four or five years ago. It took time to prepare. The time to prepare, the time to make it good, have good ideas, have good words, that’s the difference between Fondo and this album.

AK: What was it like recording both in Bamako and Brooklyn? What basic tracks did you record in Bamako? What was added in Brooklyn?

VFT: There are plenty of instruments in Bamako, like ngoni, which I can’t find in Brooklyn. In Brooklyn we mixed, added some sounds; that’s it.

AK: How has being a percussionist helped to enhance your guitar playing and song production?

VFT: The drums aid many things. Drums stabilize the music. They set the time well. So, if you play drums and then learn guitar, you understand the rhythm and it keeps you from having a problem.

AK: You have always featured collaborations in your recordings, sometimes surprising ones.

What draws you to these collaborators, and what was it like working with these musicians?

VFT: It gives you an opportunity to [learn about] the music of the world. It gives you a lot of experience if you live with people much older than you and if you work with people who know more music than yourself.

AK: What is the meaning, for you, of your father’s legacy?

VFT: It’s everything for me because he’s the one who brought me into the world. That’s clear. It’s my very own music. I’m just continuing what he has done. It’s very important for Ali Farka to have a successor who can continue his work.

AK: The lyrics to “All the Same” and “Watch Out” seem to speak of international travelers to Mali who visit for a brief period, become enamored by the romance and simplicity of village life, express love for the people and culture, make unfulfilled promises and then simply depart. These foreigners are “all the same” and they’re there for “diamonds” and “gold,” you sing. You warn Malians to be “careful” of those who come and go. Can you elaborate on this?

VFT: It’s not [a message] only for Mali. It’s for Africa. It’s something between Africa and Europe, U.S.A., everywhere. Because there are many people that come to our place and say we have many problems: there’s war, don’t go

to Africa, there’s this and that… I’ve found that this is not normal. So, that’s what I’m saying. But the people who say “there’s always war,” “Africa is bad”—they’re the ones that come here all the time. It’s not good. I said that we, all people, should be united, and we should respect each other.

AK: The music of bands like Tinariwen, Tamikrest and other Tuareg music groups emerged from either refugee camps or extremely remote communities and have been politically charged against Mali’s government. Do you connect with their messages? Their lyrics have been quite political…

VFT: Yeah, that’s right; that’s politics. But I don’t do that because it’s none of my business. I sing for my society, for the people, you see, but I don’t do politics.

AK: What can the audience expect at your Georgia Theatre show?

VFT: It’s a surprise. You won’t know until I’m there.

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AK: What are your thoughts about the sustainable development in Mali at this time?

VFT: Really… that’s a question about the politics of Mali. Truthfully, I don’t really know all about these things. But I know that Mali is developing a lot—very, very quickly. It’s the most peaceful country in this area at least, that’s for sure. But the unemployment rate is very high.

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Wednesday 31 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 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org KIDSTUFF: DIY Craft (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Detailed projects for ages 6–10 like sewing, printing, bookbinding, jewelry-making and more.

Wednesdays, 4 p.m. $10. 706-8508226, www.treehousekidandcraft. tumblr.com KIDSTUFF: Open House (Institute for Wild Intelligence) Find out about year-long programs. 5–8 p.m. FREE! 706-224-2490, www.wildintelligence.org KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Fabric beads! Make a unique fabric bead necklace out of scraps. For ages 11–18. 4 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Community Snapshots (ACC Library) Martha Phillips, author of Written on a Rock, will present “Writing in Retirement.”

Part of “The Boomers: Reflecting, Sharing, Learning” grant program.

12:30 p.m. FREE! www.boomersinathens.org LECTURES & LIT.: Genetics Seminar (UGA Coverdell Building, S175) “Using Population Genetic Analyses to Understand Patterns of Seed Dispersal,” presented by Jim Hamrick. 4 p.m. FREE! whites@ uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Journalist Q&A (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 150) A session with award-winning journalist Chandra R. Thomas. 7 p.m. FREE! melali14@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Nature Writing Group (Athens Land Trust) Examine some great nature writing and take walks outdoors. Each week features a nature writer as a guest speaker.

Every Wednesday. 4:30–5:30 p.m. $5. patricia.priest@yahoo.com LECTURES & LIT.: Oconee Democrats Book Group (Oconee County Library) Discussing The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers and the Great Credit Crash by Charles Morris. 7 p.m. FREE! patricia.priest@yahoo. com MEETINGS: Public Forum (BurneyHarris-Lyons Middle School) Discuss the recommendations of the local redistricting committee. 5 p.m.

FREE! richard.white@athensclarkecounty.com GAMES: Dart League Tournament (Alibi) Meet up with other sharpshooters. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-5491010 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Poker night every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at 6:30 p.m. Begins at 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.interstatepokerclub.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Broad St.) Think you know it all?

Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. 706-5483442

GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Test your trivia knowledge for prizes every Wednesday! 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-548-1920

Thursday 1 EVENTS: Sweet Smell of Success (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S150) Powerful Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister’s romance with a jazz musician. 8 p.m. FREE! www. ideasforcreativeexploration.com ART: Athens Art Association Monthly Meeting (Lyndon House Arts Center) A program featuring local wire sculptor Noah Saunders, followed by refreshments and a brief business meeting. Newcomers welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623 LECTURES & LIT.: Computer Tutorials (ACC Library) Choose from a list of topics for personalized instruction. Call to register. 9 a.m.

706-613-3650, ext. 354 MEETINGS: GLOBES (Georgia Center) Monthly meeting for UGA LGBTQ employees and allies. 6 p.m. cwjohns@uga.edu GAMES: Beer Pong (Alibi) The classic tournament-style game. 9 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-1010

Friday 2 EVENTS: BikeAthens Group Ride (UGA Tate Center) Meet at the Plaza across the stadium for BikeAthens’ monthly, casual-pace bike ride around town. Bring a helmet and water. 6 p.m. FREE! www.bikeathens. com EVENTS: BikeAthens Social (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Join BikeAthens after the ride around town. 7–8 p.m.

FREE! bikeathens.com PERFORMANCE: Dana Skelton (Canopy Studio) “Chasing the Sun: A Movement Play and Flow Arts Showcase” includes hoops, poi, aerial fabrics, bungee, sword and more. 8–10 p.m. $10. www.canopystudio.com KIDSTUFF: Junior Cupcake Designer Program (Rocksprings Community Center & Park) Design winnning gourmet cupcakes just like on Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars.”

First Friday of every month. 4 p.m. $2. www.athensclarkecounty.com/ rocksprings LECTURES & LIT.: First Friday EATS (UGA East Campus Village, Joe Frank Harris Commons) Susan Varlamoff of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and Kate Austin of Athens Land Trust speak about regional, local and national community garden

of Montreal plays the Georgia Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 1. projects. 12–1:30 p.m. FREE! 706542-3152

Saturday 3 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 (Lay Park) The Athens Folk Music & Dance Society presents live music by Beverly Smith and Friends and Deena Kushner calling. Free lesson beginning at 7:15 p.m. No experience or partner needed. 8–11 p.m.

FREE! (under 18), $7 (adults). www. athensfolk.org EVENTS: Joshua Reeves Memorial 5K (UGA Journalism Building) Army and Air Force ROTC host this run to remember a Watkinsville native who was killed in Iraq. Meet behind the Journalism Building on Hooper Street. 7:30 a.m. $25. 706-542-2612, goldbar@arotc. uga.edu EVENTS: Weekend A’Fair (Charmar Flower and Gift Shop) Rent a table for $10 or come check out what other artists, craftspeople and local farmers have in store. First Saturday of every month. FREE! 10 a.m.–5 p.m. weekendafair@gmail.com 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: Storytime & Craft (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Make a craft inspired by the book. For ages 2–5. Saturdays, 10–11 a.m. $10.

706-850-8226 www.treehousekidandcraft.com

Sunday 4 EVENTS: It’s a Labor Day Miracle!

(Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Because you work so hard, Hendershot’s offers a night of music and magic, with tunes from The Lanes and Old Smokey, a magic show from The Fabulous Franceschini and DJ Other Voices, Other Rooms spinning

tracks in between. 9 p.m. $5. www. hendershotscoffee.com ART: Gallery Talk (OCAF) Join Michael Pitts for a discussion covering pottery styles, clays, glazes, firing techniques and general information about the pieces in the current exhibit. 1 p.m. FREE! www. ocaf.com KIDSTUFF: Yoga & Craft (Treehouse Kid and Craft) For ages 3–8. Sundays, 2:30 p.m. $10. 706850-8226, www.treehousekidandcraft.tumblr.com

Monday 5 OUTDOORS: Race for the Dream 5K (Milledge Avenue Baptist Church) Find the finish line at lovely Memorial Park Lake. Proceeds benefit the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity. 8 a.m. $20 (adv.), $25. www.active.com, www.athenshabitat. com KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to bedtime stories. Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 GAMES: Adult Trivia (Jack’s Bar) Test your (carnal) knowledge. 9–11 p.m. 706-548-8510 GAMES: Pool Tournament (Alibi) Win prizes every Monday! 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-1010 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Baldwin St.) Think you know it all?

Mondays, 8 p.m. 706-548-3442

Tuesday 6 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: Tuesday Night Food School (Gymnopedie) Knife skills, bread baking and a coffee tasting with Craig Page (PLACE), Charlie Mustard (Jittery Joe’s Roasting Co.) and Sarah Dunning (Gymnopedie).

Class includes a light supper and wine. Email to reserve space. 6–8

p.m. $60. happydunning@gmail. com, www.gymnopedie.posterous. com OUTDOORS: Golden Sneakers (Lay Park) Fitness program for senior adults to walk and talk their way around the park. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. $3. 706-613-3596, www.athensclarkecounty.com/lay KIDSTUFF: Exploring Craft (Treehouse Kid and Craft) For children 2–5. Material exploration and a craft. Tuesdays, 4–5 p.m. $10 706-850-8226, www.treehousekidandcraft.com KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 & 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 7 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org KIDSTUFF: DIY Craft (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Wednesdays, 4 p.m. $10.

706-850-8226, www.treehousekidandcraft.tumblr.com KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Beginning readers in grades 1–4 read aloud to an aid dog. Trainer always present. 3–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Genetics Exit Seminar (UGA Life Sciences Building, Room B118) “Genetic Analysis of Polyadenylation in RNase E-mediated Messenger RNA Decay in Escherichia Coli,” presented by Nikki Dubose. 4 p.m.

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THE CALENDAR! for exchanging information about the globalization of health care.

3:30–4:30 p.m. $5 (students), $15.

706-542-8607, www.globalhealth. uga.edu/2011 LECTURES & LIT.: Nature Writing Group (Athens Land Trust) Examine some great nature writing and take walks outdoors. Each week features a nature writer as a guest speaker.

Every Wednesday. 4:30–5:30 p.m. $5. patricia.priest@yahoo.com GAMES: Dart League Tournament (Alibi) Meet up with other sharpshooters. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-5491010 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Broad St.) Think you know it all?

Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. 706-5483442 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Test your trivia knowledge for prizes every Wednesday! 8 p.m.

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ART: Opening Reception 9/9 (ThisWay-Out (T-W-O)) AthensHasArt! presents “Arguing with the Inevitable,” a collection of photographs and zines by Stacey-Marie Piotrowski and Patrick Denker.

Music performed by Colby Carter.

6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenshasart. blogspot.com KIDSTUFF: Athens Water Festival 9/10 (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Learn what you and your family can do to help preserve drinking water for future generations. See a fly-fishing demonstration, explore the water cycle and be a scientist’s assistant in checking out the health of lake water.

Build a boat from recycled materials to race in the Recycled Boat Regatta.

10 a.m.–2 p.m. $2. www.athenswaterfest.com KIDSTUFF: Second Saturday Storytime 9/10 (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 ART: Gallery Talk 9/11 (OCAF) Join Michael Pitts for a discussion covering pottery styles, clays, glazes, firing techniques and general info about the pieces in the current exhibit. 1 p.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com EVENTS: Drafts & Laughs 9/20 (The Pub at Gameday) Five beers, five comics, five bucks. $5. 9:30 p.m. 706-353-2831 EVENTS: 2nd Annual Hop Harvest Festival 9/24 (Terrapin Beer Co.) This year’s festival features 12 casks of ale, each with a different variety of hops, educational guest speakers, food and the harvesting of Terrapin’s hop garden. 4:30–8:30 p.m. $10. www.terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: The Mystique of the Automobile: A Festival of Cars, Art and Fashion 9/24 (Lyndon House Arts Center) For the classic car enthusiasts, a broad array of vintage motor cars will be displayed. A fashion show (2 p.m.) will showcase attire contemporary to the automobiles. Kids’ activities, live music and an artist exhibition until the concluding awards presentation. 12–5 p.m.

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Live Music Tuesday 30 Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid also features Robby Handley (bass) and Marlon Patton (drums). Every Tuesday.

Little Kings Shuffle Club “Athens Farmers Market.” 4:30 p.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net DAVE HOWARD Local singersongwriter plays mellow acoustic guitar tunes.

10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub COLD ONES Local punk band featuring members of Christopher’s Liver, among others. Skuzzy and straightforward, with riffs and rough vocals, but not without melody.

KATER MASS New local pop punk band with an interest in the Balkans (the place, not the band).

PUNK DJ NIGHT Introducing DJ Dumpster Jeff pulling primecuts from the rubbish bin of society.

REVERSE THE CURSE Post-punk/ rock from Ohio.

The Loft Dance Lounge 9 p.m. 706-613-7771 ATHENS 2 IBIZA DJ BangRadio presides over a special Girls’ Night Out, for which he remixes current pop radio hits with fistpumping beach party beats. Every Tuesday.

The Melting Point “Terrapin Bluegrass Series.” 7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.com NORTH GEORGIA BLUEGRASS BAND An eclectic blend of traditional and contemporary acoustic music.

New Earth Music Hall “S.uper H.ot I.ndustry T.uesdays.” 9 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com DJ PLOYD Dubstep DJ with a “takeno-prisoners” approach.

IMMINENT SHOCK Dubstep and electro from Sarasota, FL. WUOG 90.5FM “Live in the Lobby.” FREE! 8 p.m. www. wuog.org ANDREW MAKEPEACE Andrew Makepeace will perform on the college radio station’s weekly program. Listen over the air, stream online or drop by the station to watch!

Wednesday 31 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.

Farm 255 Jazz Night. 8 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.

11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com ALAK California-based band that dabbles in both experimental melodic instrumentals and anti-pop thuds and droning.

NEW SOUND OF NUMBERS Experimental pop and post-punk project led by Hannah Jones, visual artist and percussionist for Supercluster.

PREGNANT Vocal layering tops a collage of electronics, pedals and various instruments.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.40watt. com GIFT HORSE Swirling reverb and dark psychedelic textures with an alt-rock edge. The last Wednesday in the band’s month-long residency at the 40 Watt Club!

HARDY MORRIS AND WALKER HOWLE The frontman and guitarist from Dead Confederate play a set of guitar-driven rock with some folky undertones.

THE INTERNS Local band that shares several members with Futurebirds.

Instead of Americana, this configuration plays dreamy, guitar-driven indie rock with just a hint of altcountry.

RUBY KENDRICK Local singersongwriter with a sweet voice and prodding, poignant lyrics.

Z-DOG Zack “Z-Dog” Hosey spins dance classics, punk, ‘80s hits and more.

George’s Lowcountry Table 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706-548-3359 RACHEL O’NEAL Local singer/ songwriter who plays a mix of soulful acoustic originals and an eclectic blend of indie rock, jazz and Southern-tinged Americana covers.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com* ZOSO Led Zeppelin covers performed with stunning accuracy. Expect a mix of hits and deep cuts for the band’s triumphant return to the Theatre.

Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 CLUB BEASTS LIVE MIX DANCE PARTY With your hosts DJ S.O.S. spinning a mix of Japanese music of all genres: J-pop, rock, punk, hiphop, ska, reggae, metal and video game compositions.

La Fiesta #2 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-5933 TRE POWELL This local songwriter sings soulful, acoustic R&B numbers.

Locos Grill & Pub 7 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com (Timothy Rd. location) THE VIBRATONES Local scene vets perform an original take on swing and jump-style blues.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* THE VAN MORRISON TRIBUTE A birthday celebration for the king of Irish pop rock.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

Porterhouse Grill 7–10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT Every Wednesday! This week features Steve Key and Friends with Bill Baker, Jeremy Roberts and Nic Wiles. Stop by for live jazz and drink specials.

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood

HANDS OF TIME

Flagpole was, for a moment, disappointed to receive word through his agent at Paradigm that Chris Robinson “is unfortunately not doing interviews” to complement the current U.S. tour of his new band, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood.

The sometimes surly, generally stoned musings and rants of the veteran frontman, best known for his work in The Black Crowes, make for some of the most interesting quotes in recent music mag memory. Now, questions we have about life before and after Kate Hudson will go unanswered. Readers will never know if Robinson believes the heart of rock and roll is still beating nor hear inspired ramblings about being a recent inductee to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame or what it was like attending Walton High in hyper-conservative east Cobb County.

What do we know about the recently assembled quintet? For starters, the name is rather ironic. It was Robinson’s contentious relationship with biological brother Rich that often distracted and derailed the commercial and creative progress of their flagship band. Now, none of the guys are really related, they’ve been gigging out since the beginning of spring 2011, and their relationship is strong enough to be described as a brotherhood? That’s pretty fantastic. We’d love to learn the secret to their gold bond, but alas Robinson, guitarist Neal Casal (Ryan Adams and the Cardinals), keyboardist Adam MacDougall, drummer George Sluppick (Sha Na Na) and bassist Mark Dutton were not available for comment.

Research suggests the band’s set-lists are composed of classic covers like “Sugaree” and “Never Been to Spain,” deep cuts from the Crowes catalog and originals—mostly psychedelic, hippie-friendly affairs like Dead-inspired “Tulsa Yesterday” and ethereal lounge jam “Vibration & Light Suite.”

Robinson hasn’t been completely silent about his latest project. Recently, he posted this note on the web: “Glad tidings, freaky friends of the brotherhood! Mother California has launched us from our gentle Redwood nest!… Can’t wait to see your smiling faces (and dancing feet), so bring your best vibes! Share and care together, keep it between the lines, only take what you can handle, and let’s let the music play! The future is forever, so let’s soak up some NOW!” [David Eduardo]

Thursday 1 Amici Italian Café 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 THE WELFARE LINERS Bluegrass band with upright bass, banjo, mandolin, guitar and fiddle, featuring the founder of Ghostmeat Records.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE ACORNS Rough-and-tumble folk rock.

TASTE LIKE GOOD Local band mixes alt and classic rock into a loud and rhythmic soundscape.

THIEVES MARKET Local alternative rock band.

DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Rd. location) OPEN MIC Contact Ben to sign up!

Email timothy@depalmasitaliancafe.com or call. Accepting familyfriendly entertainment acts. Advance sign-up required.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com FUTURE APE TAPES Local twopiece creating psychedelic, experi-

mental music driven by loops, beats, guitars and synths.

TOM (B) TELEVISION Hip-hop and indie-rock songs over looped instrumentation from Thomas Valadez, Future Ape Tapes co-founder and bassist for Moths and Superfighter.

TWO SEA EYE Bass-heavy DJ duo bringing the party with dance beats, mashed tracks and ill flavors from deep down South.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com EUGENE WILLIS Local hip-hop that leans away from crunk towards more melodic backing in the Kanye style.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com* THE GOLD PARTY This local band plays danceable new wave originals and synth-driven glam.

OF MONTREAL Let your freak flag fly with this increasingly outrageous Athens pop band.

YIP DECEIVER An infectiously fun blend of feel-good radio pop and noise-bending electro from right here in Athens. Featuring of Montreal’s Davey Pierce.

Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net NEXT BEST FRIEND Hook-heavy acoustic rock and pop covers and originals.

Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred”

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Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. $10 (glass). www.terrapinbeerco.com CHANNING AND QUINN Sparse, quirky tunes driven by the strong voice of singer Channing Lee and sometimes backed by a diverse array of instruments including banjo and violin.

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Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffeebar.com OL SKOOL TRIO Jazz, blues and boogie woogie standards from Jason Fuller, Carl Lindberg and Seth Hendershot.

The Melting Point 7:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $8 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* THE SOLSTICE SISTERS Threepart vocal harmonies from Maggie Hunter (host of WUGA’s “Just Folks”), Susan Staley (who organizes the monthly Hoot) and Anna Durden.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com FUNK YOU A mix of funk and jazz from Augusta.

NEW SNEAKERS Five-piece Southern jam-rock fusion formerly known as The Blekers.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. $4. 706-546-4742 GIMME HENDRIX Locally based Jimi Hendrix tribute band featuring authentic look and gear.

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.

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THE CALENDAR! Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. $10 glass. www.terrapinbeerco.com TRE POWELL This local songwriter sings soulful, acoustic R&B.

Friday 2 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 THE HANDS OF TIME Rock covers featuring Charles Burgess (The Common Peoples Band) on vocals and keys, Amy Pritchett (Forward Motion) on keys and vocals, JC Plant (Blue Flame) on guitar and vocals, Kenny Brawner (The Grains of Sand) on bass, Danny Anthony (The Grains of Sand) on sax, Jeff Hammond (The Soul Pleasers) on trombone, Bill Oglesby (The Soul Pleasers) on sax and Larry Freeman (The Soul Pleasers) on drums.

The Bad Manor 9 p.m. FREE! (21+), $5 (18+, before 11 p.m.), $10 (18+, after 11 p.m.). www. thebadmanor.com FERAL YOUTH Banging electro house, dubstep, with a dash of top 40 remixes.

Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 JUICE BOX Local band lays down some smooth, funky jams.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com BLACK SKIES Heavy, scruffy rock and roll out of Chapel Hill, conjuring thoughts of Sabbath.

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GUZIK Titanic sludge metal.

ORDER OF THE OWL Heavy rock featuring members of Zoroaster and Terminal Doom.

SAVAGIST Impressive Athens metal band featuring fine folks from punk/ metal bands 300 Cobras, Hot Breath and The Dumps.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com AMERICAN ANODYNE Americanacountry under a coat of rusty Southern rock. Making their Athens debut!

JOHN KING BAND Young Southern rock band with a little twang.

40 Watt Club 10 p.m $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.40watt.com FUTURE VIRGINS Catchy pop punk.

MATT HUDGINS & HIS SHIT-HOT COUNTRY BAND The local band plays classic country and honky tonk that goes down well with a shot of whisky or an ice-cold beer.

NEVER Psychedelic, swirling guitars care of Kris Deason and Ryan Vogle plus Peter Alvanos on drums and Chris McGarvey on bass. Melissa Colbert fronts the band with howling, cathartic vocals.

WITCHES Local rock band featuring Cara Beth Satalino on lead vocals backed by a drummer and bassist.

Influences include The Breeders and Neil Young.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $20. www.georgiatheatre.com* THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD A side project of Robinson (Black Crowes) that

sounds like “psychedelic filling in a folk blues pie.” See Calendar Pick on p. 17.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 COOMBS BOT Jason Coombs’ robotted self playing electro folk music.

IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. hosts a dance party featuring high-energy electro and rock. Dance party follows the live music!

RAH-SHOEY-RAH-RAH Greg O’Connell from off-kilter local pop band Bubbly Mommy Gun. RENE LE CONTE Joe Kubler’s French-style electropop.

ROBERTA & CHARLENE Tonguein-cheek country vocals backed by synth beats.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffeebar. com CARL LINDBERG AND ROB MCMAKEN Lindberg (Grogus) on bass and McMaken (Dromedary) on mandolin/guitar offer some of the most extraordinary musical talent in Athens, as well as maybe the broadest range of styles.

Johnny’s New York Style Pizza 6 p.m. FREE! 706-354-1515 TRE POWELL This local songwriter sings soulful, acoustic R&B. Every Friday!

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. 706-369-3144 THE ARCS Having solidified their place in the Athens music scene, The Arcs bring years of collective rock and roll experience to the table.

Friday, September 2

Del Yeah Terrapin Brewery If you see the Del McCoury name, you know you’ve found the best of bluegrass.

Del started his illustrious career playing with the Father of Bluegrass himself, Bill Monroe, in the early ‘60s. He has gone on to front one of the most awarded The Del McCoury Band bands in bluegrass, an ensemble featuring his sons Ronnie and Rob along with bassist Alan Bartram and fiddler Jason Carter.

Del’s signature vocals are practically synonymous with classic bluegrass, and yet he’s also a pioneer in the field, always searching for modern twists, like his 2010 “Mardis-grass” collaboration with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Back in 2008, the first festival held under Del’s name, DelFest, launched in Cumberland, MD, where it has continued every Memorial Day weekend.

So as not to leave out everyone’s other favorite three-day weekend, Del’s bringing bluegrass magic to Labor Day as well, and Athens is lucky enough to be part of the celebration. Del Yeah spans two nights—one here and one in Black Mountain, NC—and features The Del McCoury Band plus some of the best in the scene, including rootsy rock band Cornmeal, innovative mandolin player Drew Emmitt, banjo slinger Danny Barnes (“What a great entertainer!” says Del) plus local talent The Welfare Liners and The David Mayfield Parade.

So, why Athens? Well, it seems we’re building a reputation as a hospitable place for bluegrass—with special thanks to the Melting Point with its weekly bluegrass series sponsored by Terrapin. McCoury, in fact, played the venue’s grand opening six years ago.

“I always thought Athens was a great town for this,” says the amiable McCoury. “We hope folks will be entertained!”

Del also says that while everyone has their own set planned, we can expect members of his band to hop onstage with the other headliners for lots of impromptu jams and surprises. He also hopes to play at least a few songs by his earliest mentor, as this September would have marked Bill Monroe’s 100th birthday. In fact, you can look forward to an album of Monroe covers from the McCoury Band later this year. [Michelle Gilzenrat]

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MARIO SPEEDWAGON Formerly Beef Silence, John Parr Jones and Never Ending Pasta Bowl. The worst tunes of all time treated with tender, loving care.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $6. www.meltingpointathens. com THE SPLITZ This band’s impressively wide range encompasses classic Motown, funk, disco and both oldschool and contemporary R&B. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $6. www.newearthmusichall. com JANE JANE POLLOCK Experimental indie that utilizes a variety of broken toys, dishware and the occasional actual instrument to play a sort of Southern gypsy music.

THICK PAINT Graham Ulicny (Reptar) experiments with loops, lights and his voice in his new ambient-psych solo project.

VIRGIN PULP Melancholy “ambientspacenoise” from Asheville, NC. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

The Roadhouse 11 p.m. FREE! 706-613-2324 CARLA LEFEVER AND THE RAYS Playing old-school funk, sweet pop and sweaty rock covers and originals. The Rays feature Kenny “K.B.” Brawner, Dan Roth, Wade Newbury, Bobby Patrick and Benjamin Scott Whitener.

Terrapin Beer Co. 4 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door), $50 (VIP). www.terrapinbeer.com* DEL YEAH FEST The second annual Labor Day weekend fest featuring bluegrass and country jams from The Del McCoury Band, Cornmeal (from Chicago), locals The David Mayfield Parade and Welfare Liners, plus a whole bunch of special guests. See Calendar Pick on this page.

WUGA 91.7 FM 3 p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org “ITS FRIDAY!” Mad Whiskey Grin will perform on the local radio station’s weekly program. Tune in at 91.7 FM or University Cable Channel 15.

Saturday 3 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy!

TEALVOX Alternative rock band with a hint of classic British rock.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CO CO RI CO Angular, guitar-driven rock that melodically meanders through post-rock soundscapes featuring technical drums, wandering bass and glockenspiel.

MOUSER Exuberant garage-pop that experiments with noise jams.

SLEEPING FRIENDS Unpredictable experimental garage pop featuring members from Bubbly Mommy Gun and Quiet Hooves.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com HELEN SCOTT Dark folkish pop rock.

VESPOLINA Baroque pop-rock band featuring lush arrangements, clever wordplay and fronted by Daniel Aaron.

YE OLDE SUB SHOPPE Big-hearted pop music played on tiny instruments.

40 Watt Club 9:30 p.m. $8 (adv.) www.40watt.com EASTERN BLOCK Nashville band that channels the pop sensibility of The Killers through a grungy Southern rock screen.

MATRIMONY Indie folk from Charlottte, NC whose captivating arrangment of propulsive strings (banjo, violin, mandolin, bouzouki), keen lyrical prowess and big choruses have earned them comparisons to acts like Bowerbirds and Arcade Fire.

MODERN SKIRTS One of Athens’ most treasured and acclaimed local pop acts, this foursome went from piano-driven darlings to more experimental electronic-inspired dance pop on its recent album, Gramahawk.

Georgia Theatre 11:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre. com THE CORDUROY ROAD Although rooted in classic Americana, with lots of foot stomping, banjo plucking and pedal steel, The Corduroy Road also has a knack for endearing pop melodies.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ TRIPLE XXX Wyatt Pless of Geisterkatzen.

TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop.

The Bad Manor 9 p.m. FREE! (21+), $5 (18+, before 11 p.m.), $10 (18+, after 11 p.m.). www. thebadmanor.com DJRX DJ-remixer Brian Gonzalez delivers original audio/video productions that focus on pop music of this generation, with forays into rock, old school, country and electronica. The hits are synced with videos projected on the big screen.

Little Kings Shuffle Club “Hollerin’ Hootennany.” 10 p.m. $5 (proceeds benefit Classic City Rollergirls). www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves, tonight including a slew of hoedown tunes to make you dance like there’s a snake in your boots.

THE VARMINTS Get your hootennany on with some real country tunes.

Bishop Park “Athens Farmers Market.” 8 a.m.– noon. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net JAY BROOKS Singer-songwriter performing at 10 a.m.

Max 10 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392 MAX AFTER DARK 2 With DJs BangRadio, DMN, Killacut and Normal Guy spinning electro and all kinds of dance music.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com ELEVATION Epic, sweeping alternative pop from Atlanta.

SPACE GHOST Expect keyboarddriven pop from this local four-piece outfit.

The Melting Point “Tailgate party for UGA vs. Boise State!” 6 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.com THE BEARFOOT HOOKERS This rowdy local band performs funky, good-humored country. It’s beerdrinkin’ gospel.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $7. www.newearthmusichall. com FLT RSK A funky blend of electronica and space rock featuring members of DubConscious. Celebrating the release of their new remix album!

See story on p. 13.

GREENHOUSE LOUNGE Electronica-heavy dub from Florida with deep bass pulses and spaceage, video game sound effects.

HEROBUST Heavily twisted samples and digi-beats.

T8R “Think Flying Lotus and Autechre had a baby but they let Luke Vibert and Squarepusher babysit him at Scott Heron’s flat in Atlanta that he does not use anymore and you’re there.”

UPRISE Paul Knight creates unique mixes of dub and drum and bass.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 BREATHLANES Led by guitarist/ composer John Miley, Breathlanes features atmospheric, organic tones built around guitar, drums and stand-up bass.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. $10 glass. www.terrapinbeerco.com MATT KABUS BAND Atlanta-based singer-songwriter has a sweet pop voice and delivers heartfelt acoustic ballads.

Sunday 4 Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $12 (adv.), $14 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com* GROGUS The local and long-running ensemble plays jazz and salsa accentuated with reggae, hip-hop and Afro-Cuban styles.

VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ Son of the great Malian guitarist and Grammy award winner Ali Farka Touré, Vieux proves that traditional western Saharan roots can be blended into Western rock and Jamaican dub. See story on p. 14.

Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net RISING SUN Acoustic rock covers and originals.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com DJ OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS Wyatt Nicholson hosts an evening of tunes, skillfully blending whatever’s turning his ear at the moment. Sometimes good for dancing, always good for listening.

THE LANES New project featuring brothers Kevin and Matt Lane with Richard Mikulka on guitar and Chuck Bradburn on bass playing powerpop in the vein of The Possibilities.

OLD SMOKEY New band featuring members of Ham1 doing spaghetti western-style numbers.

Monday 5 Ashford Manor 7 p.m. $15, $12 (w/student or military ID), $5 (kids under 12), FREE! (kids under 6). www.amconcerts.com HALF DOZEN BRASS BAND This local, Louisiana-style brass band gets the crowd all riled up with loads of horns and a percussive frenzy.

Big Dogs On The River $20 for kayak, food and music, $5 for just food and music. www.bigdogsontheriver.com REPTAR Recently signed to Vagrant Records, this highly praised local

ing the boundaries of traditional pop music.”

Monday, September 5

Shaved Christ, The Men, Gripe Go Bar The Men take what they want. The Brooklyn quartet’s influences are unabashedly pilfered but uniformly solid, blurring the borders between ‘80s-style hardcore, psychotic garagepunk reactions, surfy guitar alohas, nihilistic sludge and krautrock The Men repetition. Additionally, the title of their latest album, Leave Home, might strike many as familiar.

“Well, I mean, part of it’s a little bit tongue in cheek, because, obviously, everyone knows that it’s a Ramones title,” says guitarist Mark Parro, who, speaking via cellphone as the band travels en route to Missoula, MT, sort of sounds like a Ramone himself. “Part of it is a little bit of a joke to just blatantly steal that from them, part of it’s an homage to them, part of it’s just, I don’t know—we’re leaving home symbolically in a sense.

We’re on a big six-week tour now; we quit our jobs; we’re just focusing on this full-time now. So, in a way, we’re leaving home ourselves.”

A commitment like that—the lifer-status-affirming never-ending tour—can be grueling. But for The Men, a sprawling, 45-date U.S. tour makes perfect sense in support of an album as strong as Leave Home. Produced by Ben Greenberg (Zs, Pygmy Shrews), the recording sounds massive, nasty and raw; the approach in the songwriting appears to have been to cherry-pick the most exciting moments in aggressive music’s history and to blast them back at the listener, blown out tenfold.

“We like to take influences and kind of turn ‘em up and turn ‘em into something different,” says Parro. Was it hard to make the decision to leave home? “No, it was pretty easy,” Parro says, definitively. “I think we’ve reached a point in our lives where that decision, it wasn’t even a decision. We had no other option, really.” [Jeff Tobias]

synth-pop band offers fun, irreverent tunes with angular rhythms and danceable beats in the vein of Vampire Weekend and Talking Heads.

Buffalo’s Southwest Café 6–9 p.m. $5. 706-613-5386, www.buffaloscafe.com/athens SHAG NIGHT Bring your dancing shoes for shag dancing in the BBR. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 GRIPE Local grindcore/powerviolence.

THE MEN This Brooklyn band sludges through hardcore and garage punk.

See Calendar Pick on this page.

SHAVED CHRIST New local grinder/ punk band featuring members of American Cheeseburger, Witches, Dark Meat and Hot New Mexicans.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE!, $3 to play. 706-3533050.

OPEN MIC Mondays! Hosted by local soulful singer Kyshona Armstrong.

Tuesday 6 Farm 255 9 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DELETED SCENES Eclectic indie rock that shares a lot with The Shins and a little with Vampire Weekend.

The soaring vocals and swirling guitars are accented by colorful vibraphone, trumpet, organ and piano.

PRETTY BIRD Heavy on percussion and tribal-style hollering/chanting/ panting, expect an avant-garde performance that’s equal parts weird and fun.

SPIKED PUNCH Reggae band from Austin.

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.

Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid also features Robby Handley (bass) and Marlon Patton (drums). Every Tuesday.

The Loft Dance Lounge 9 p.m. 706-613-7771 ATHENS 2 IBIZA DJ BangRadio presides over a special Girls’ Night Out, for which he remixes current pop radio hits with fistpumping beach party beats. Every Tuesday.

The Melting Point “Terrapin Bluegrass Series.” 7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.com STRING THEORY Traditional, oldtime Appalachian music.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $3. www.newearthmusichall. com GHOST LIGHTS Local psych-rock three-piece that likes to get loud.

MAN/MIRACLE San Francisco four-piece that weds powerful postrock and gentle, country-tinged harmonies.

Wednesday 7 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the red-hot Singing Cowboy!

Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC NIGHT Welcoming singer-songwriters to the mic every Wednesday.

Farm 255 Jazz Night. 8 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.

10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com GREEN GERRY AND THE GELLYFISH Electronic local artist with layers of mind-bending layers coming from his backing band.

ROYAL BATHS Droning psych-rock from San Fran.

TIMMY TUMBLE Tim Schreiber (Dark Meat, The Lickity-Splits) howls and spasms over garage rock-anthems and pop songs. His backing band features members of Mouser and The Humms.

George’s Lowcountry Table 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706-548-3359 THE HANDS OF TIME Rock covers featuring Charles Burgess (The Common Peoples Band) on vocals and keys, Amy Pritchett (Forward Motion) on keys and vocals, JC Plant (Blue Flame) on guitar and vocals, Kenny Brawner (The Grains of Sand) on bass, Danny Anthony (The Grains of Sand) on sax, Jeff Hammond (The Soul Pleasers) on trombone, Bill Oglesby (The Soul Pleasers) on sax and Larry Freeman (The Soul Pleasers) on drums.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffeebar. com SCOTT BAXENDALE Guitar dynamicism from the owner of Baxendale Guitars. Classic bluesy riffs and a lot of soul.

DUSTIN EDGE Widely traveled New York songwriter focused on “extend-

Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub LANDMINE New rock and roll band featuring Alison Divine (ex-Wet, ex-Bunny, ex-Mother), Joe Rowe (The Glands, The Goons, LWOW, ex-Bunny), Creston Spiers (Harvey Milk, Magic Missile, ex-Bunny, exMother) and Jeff Matthews (ex-JackO-Nuts, ex- Daisy, ex-Hall of Fame).

THE MOANERS Two Chapel Hill ladies play slide-guitar-led rock that sounds like the grungy, beachy side of The Breeders stripped down to its core.

THE STONE BREAKERS Local act playing straight-up rock and roll with influences like Elvis Costello and The Who. Locos Grill & Pub 7 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com (Timothy Rd. location) CLASSIC CITY SOUL Motown and R&B classics.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

Porterhouse Grill 7–10 p.m. FREE! 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.terrapinbeerco.com MCNARY Three-piece pop band playing a blend of up-tempo cover songs and soulful originals.

Down the Line 9/8 Corry Parker (Blind Pig Tavern) 9/8 Emperor X / Four Eyes / The Front Bottoms / Grape Soda (Caledonia Lounge) 9/8 The Burning Angels (DePalma’s Italian Cafe) 9/8 Bright Eyes / First Aid Kit (Georgia Theatre)* 9/8 Emily Davis (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 9/8 Antlered Aunt Lord / Green Gerry / Los Meesfits / TaterZandraZandra (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 9/8 Kite to the Moon / The Woodgrains (Max) 9/8 Athens DubStomp (New Earth Music Hall) 9/8 Eddie and the Public Speakers (No Where Bar) 9/8 Mark Maxwell Group (The Melting Point) 9/8 TaterZandraZandra (WUOG 90.5FM) 9/9 Toro y Moi / Unknown Mortal Orchestra (40 Watt Club) 9/9 The Desarios / Ocean is Theory / Santah / Slowriter (Caledonia Lounge) 9/9 Velveteen Pink (Farm 255) 9/9 Gary Clark Jr. / Futurebirds (Georgia Theatre)* 9/9 Cowtown String Band (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 9/9 Tre Powell (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) 9/9 Guzik / Hot Breath / Lazer/ Wulf (New Earth Music Hall) 9/9 Big Kitty / Holopaw / Witches (The Globe) 9/9 Dyrty Birds / Grains of Sand (The Melting Point) 9/10 Mute Math (40 Watt Club)* 9/10 Earth / Mount Eerie/The Microphones (Caledonia Lounge) 9/10 Heavy Petty (Farm 255) * Advance Tickets Available

Eat. Drink. Listen Closely.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring

NORTH GEORGIA BLUEGRASS BAND

$5 Admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 Van Morrison Birthday Celebration with

THE VAN MORRISON TRIBUTE FEATURING GREG

HESTER

$7 adv. • $10 at the door

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

THE SOLSTICE SISTERS

Tickets $5 adv • $8 at the door

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Evening of Motown and R&B featuring

THE SPLITZ

Tickets $6 adv • $8 at the door

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Tailgate Party featuring

THE BEARFOOT HOOKERS

Live Music 6-8pm • $5 admission — FOLLOWED BY—

UGA vs. BOISE STATE ON THE BIG SCREEN!

All Ages! Free Admission to Watch the Game! $2 Bud & Bud Lights

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring

STRING THEORY

$5 admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 An Evening with

THE MARK MAXWELL GROUP Music at 7:30pm Tickets $10 adv • $15 at the door

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

GRAINS OF SAND Tickets $10 adv • $12 at the door

PRESENTS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 @ TERRAPIN BREWERY DEL YEAH! featuring

DEL McCOURY BAND CORNMEAL, DREW EMMITT & DANNY BARNES, DAVID MAYFIELD PARADE, WELFARE LINERS $20 adv. • $25 at the door • $50 VIP

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 @ GEORGIA THEATRE

COREY SMITH

AMERICAN AQUARIUM $21 adv. • $25 at the door

UPCOMING EVENTS 9.10 DAVE MATTHEWS TRIBUTE BAND 9.13 JP & THE GILBERTS 9.14 DYRTY BIRDS WITH DANNY HUTCHENS & ERIC CARTER 9.16 SONS OF SAILORS 9.17 THE ORKIDS, THE BEAUVILLES 9.20 HIGH STRUNG STRING BAND 9.22 ADAM KLEIN & THE WILD FIRES, LITTLE COUNTRY GIANTS 9.23 THE HIGHBALLS 9.25 MEAT PUPPETS, HAYRIDE 9.26 SNARKY PUPPY 9.27 HOMEGROWN REVIVAL, JONATHAN BYRD 9.28 GEOFF ACHISON & THE SOULDIGGERS LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF

9.30 SAINT FRANCIS, VON GREY 10.2 MARTIN SEXTON, CHRIS TRAPPER 10.4 THE HOBOHEMIANS 10.7 TIM REYNOLDS & TR3 10.14 CHICKASAW MUDD PUPPIES, BURNING ANGELS 10.19 FRONTIER RUCKUS 10.22 MATT JOINER BAND, EMILY McCANNON 10.25 DANGERMUFFIN 10.27 MADSEN (from GERMANY) 11.3 JARON AND THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE, JOE FIRSTMAN 11.6 SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN TOUR WITH ED ROLAND AND KEVIN GRIFFIN 11.11 STEWART & WINFIELD 11.12 TIM MILLER BAND 11.16 CHARLIE HUNTER 11.19 JORMA KAUKONEN 295 E. DOUGHERTY ST., ATHENS, GA

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bulletin board DO SOMETHING; GET INVOLVED! LABOR Day Deadline: The deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board will be Thursday, Sept. 1 at noon for the issue of Sept. 7. Email calendar@flagpole.com. Listings are printed based on available space.

ART 3rd Annual Penumbra Halloween Art Show (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Drop off Halloween-themed pieces by Oct. 10. Opening reception Oct. 22. $15 (for three pieces). 706-540-2712, jenniferschildknecht@gmail.com Call for Art Submissions (Old Barrow County Court House) Peace Place, Inc. is seeking domestic violence-themed art to display in October. Email for application. afaircloth@peaceplaceinc.org Call for Artists (Farmington Depot Gallery) Seeking dedicated local artists interested in becoming members of the gallery. Contact cheriwra@gmail.com. www.farmingtondepotgallery.net Call for Artists The ACC Library and Lyndon House Arts Center are looking for an artist to design trophies for “The Mystique of the Automobile: A Festival of Cars, Art and Fashion.” 706-255-7039, info@mystiqueoftheautomobile.org, www.boomersinathens.org

Indie Craftstravaganzaa Holiday Market (Downtown Athens) Seeking artist vendors for craft fair on Dec. 3, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

Application deadline Oct. 24. $110. athensindiecraftstravaganzaa@ gmail.com, www.athensindiecraft stravaganzaa.com Lickskillet Artists Market (Lyndon House Arts Center) Call for artist vendors for market on Oct. 22, 2–4 p.m. Applications due Oct. 8. $25 (indoor), $15 (outdoor). 706613-3623, ihartsfoundation@gmail. com, www.lyndonhouse.org Popstravaganzaa (The Classic Center) Seeking artists for a craft fair at Athens Popfest, Oct. 15, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Applications due Sept.

15 and must include three.jpegs of your work. $50. popstravaganzaa@ gmail.com, www.athensindiecraft stravaganzaa.com

CLASSES Bellydancing (Sangha Yoga Studio) Beginner (7 p.m.) and Intermediate (8:30 p.m.) bellydanc-

ing every Wednesday. $14. 706552-2660, belllydancebody@gmail. com, www.healingartscentre.net Certificate in Native Plants Orientation (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Introduction to the overall CNP program led by Anne Shenk and Cora Keber. Sept.

15, 9–10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-5426156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Classes at Floorspace (Floorspace) Contemporary lyrical dance, Capoeira Angola & Maculele, performance theatre, hoop dance, Nia dance, creative movement and improv dance, bellydancing and yoga. Check website for schedule. www.floorspaceathens.com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potter’s wheel every Friday from 7-9 p.m.

“Family Try Clay” classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2-4 p.m.

706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Dance Classes (East Athens Educational Dance Center) Now registering for fall classes for beginners through advanced dancers.

Hoping this fellow doesn’t get overlooked 45 Beaverdam Rd. • 706-613-3540 because he only Open every day except Wednesday 10am-4pm has one good eye and he has been This is a sweet young shaved so his coat looks Pug and Boston Terrier Mystery Terrier thin (check out his tail and mix. She’s very small, puppy is crazy see it will grow back long confident and social, and red). He has STELLAR cute with her great on a leash and she wiry hair. She’s manners, and a quiet, makes tiny piggy noises. a happy 5 attentive She also has one puppy pound girl who attitude. here with her that will probably looks just like her but always be a even tinier. small size.

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Alan MacTaggart’s drawing “The Cows of New York” is on display at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center through Oct. 15.

706-613-3624, www.athensclarke county.com/dance Dance Classes (Dancefx) Ballet, tap, hip-hop, contemporary, ballroom, Latin, swing, karate, clogging and exercise classes like Pilates and body sculpting. Check website for schedule. 706-355-3078, www.dancefx.org Fall Classes (Good Dirt) Now registering for clay classes, fused-glass workshops, kids’ out-of-school workshops and afternoon Raku firing classes. Classes begin the week of Sept. 11. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net High Flying Trapeze Classes (Leap Trapeze) Flying trapeze classes for all ages and abilities.

Check website for schedule. www.leaptrapeze.com Introduction to Excel (ACC Library, Education Technology Center) Registration required. Sept.

13, 10–11:30 a.m. 706-613-3650 Learn to Love the Sedges (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) An introduction to Georgian sedges with both field and laboratory exercises. Sept. 10, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $45. 706-542-6156, www.uga. edu/botgarden Lyengar Yoga (StudiO) Certified Iyengar teacher leads a class focusing on strength, flexibility, stamina and balance. Every Tuesday, 5:30– 6:50 p.m. $10/class, $50/6 classes. www.chetthomasyoga.com Metalsmithing (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) “Forged from Nature” artist Andrew Crawford demonstrates techniques on forming, hammering and finishing.

No experience necessary. Call to register. Sept. 17, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. $85. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden

Plant Families (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Study flower structure and other diagnostic characters of 10 of the most common plant families in Georgia. For people who have taken Plant Taxonomy.

Sept. 24, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $45. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden Safety Third Circus Classes (Canopy Studio) Weekly workshops covering the basics of juggling, balancing, unicycling and more. Every Sunday, 5–6 p.m. $5 (donation). www.safetythirdjuggling.com Secrets to a Sensational Room (Athens Technical College) Learn how to redecorate your home using what you already own. Sept. 2, 9 & 16, 9:30–11:30 a.m. $75. 706369-5876, bmoody@athenstech.edu Seed Saving (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Get tips for saving seeds from year to year. Sept.

8, 9–11 a.m. $16. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Supernova Yoga (CrossFit Athens) Light class focusing on Asana, anatomy and Pranayama. All levels welcome. Every Tuesday and Thursday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.crossfitathens.com Tai Chi for Seniors (Rocksprings Park) Increase strength and balance at your own pace! Every Thursday.

11 a.m. $3. 706-613-3603 Thistle and Kudzu Scottish Country Dancers (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) No partner or experience necessary.

Bring your dancing shoes. Every Tuesday, 7–9 p.m. $3. www.thistle andkudzu.net Yoga Classes (Total Training Gym & Yoga Center) Classes offered in tai chi, vinyasa flow, yoga for athletes, integral hatha yoga, power flow,

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HELP OUT! ACCA Auxiliary Membership Wine & Cheese Hour (Athens Community Council on Aging) Learn about volunteer opportunities. Aug. 31, 5:15–6:15 p.m. FREE! 706-5435016, accaging.org American Red Cross (Red Cross Center, 3525 Atlanta Hwy.) Seeking donors for all blood types. 706-5460681, www.redcrossblood.org BikeAthens Bike Recycling (Chase Street Warehouses) Join BikeAthens volunteers as they clean and repair donated bicylces for local service agencies. BikeAthens is also seeking donations of used kids’ and adult bikes in any condition.

Mondays & Wednesdays, 6–8 p.m. and Sundays, 2–4:30 p.m. www.bikeathens.com Drivers for Veterans Volunteers needed to drive veterans to Athens and Augusta hospitals.

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Meals on Wheels (Athens Community Council on Aging) Volunteers needed 1–1.5 hours per week. Must use own vehicle for delivery. 706-549-4850, www.acc aging.org/hdm.php Soccer Coaches Needed (Southeast Clarke Park) Volunteers needed to coach ages 4–11 for upcoming season. 706-613-3871, www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure Trail Guide Training (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Help lead discovery hikes with small groups of

elementary school students. Ages 18 & up. Aug. 25–27, 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. 706-613-3620, leslie.boby@ athensclarkecounty.com

KIDSTUFF Baton Twirling (Bishop Park) Dance-twirling, strutting, marching techniques and more for ages 5 & up. Tuesdays, Sept. 13–Nov. 15, 5:45–6:45 p.m. $65. 706-613-3589, www.athensclarkecounty.com/bishop Classic City Tutoring (Classic City Tutoring) Summer programs with flexible scheduling for students pre K–12. 678-661-0600, www.classiccitytutoring.com Mommy/Daddy and Me Spanish (Email for Location) Learn Spanish with your preschooler through songs, stories and games!

Email sehlers@uga.edu Out of This World (Memorial Park) A day off school program for elementary students. Explore the solar system, space travel and the possibility of other life forms. Register

by Aug. 31. Sept. 6, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. $15. 706-613-3580, www.athensclarkecounty.com/memorial

SUPPORT Emotional Abuse Support Group (Call for location) Demeaning behavior can be just as harmful as punches and kicks. Call the Project Safe hotline: 706-5433331. Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m.

Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Informal and supportive 12-step program. Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org Project Safe An online support group for male survivors of domestic violence. Mondays, 8–9 p.m.

706-543-3331 PTSD Support Group (Call for location) Ongoing support group for family and friends of soldiers who have PTSD. Meets third Wednesday of each month. 770-725-4527, www.georgiapeacegivers.org Sapph.Fire Support and volunteer organization for lesbian and bisexual women in Athens. Sapph.fire@ yahoo.com, www.facebook.com/ sapphfire.athens Survive and Revive (Call for location) Domestic violence support

ART AROUND TOWN Amici Italian Café (233 E. Clayton St.) Abstract paintings by Corey Wall. Through September. • Manda McKay paints still lives of assembled natural objects as satire of ideals of beauty and sexuality.

Through August.

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 Christine Bush Roman. Through September.

Athens Academy (1281 Spartan Dr.) “A Round Show” features works by Ana Anest, Lorretta Eby, Leigh Ellis, P.M. Goulding, Peter Loose, Jeff Jackson, Bonnie Montogmery and Lawrence Stueck. • Photography by Bill Zorn and Alan Olansky. Through Oct. 7.

Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) ATHICA’s “Mystery Triennial” includes 245 different works by local artists displayed anonymously. Closing reception Sept. 18.

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.) Midcentury-modern-style paintings by Lou Kregel.

Through August. • Paintings by Ruth Allen. Through September.

Ciné Barcafé (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Five Men, Three Dogs and a Cat,” paintings by Jennifer Hartley.

Through Sept. 12.

Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design (Caldwell Hall) “The Art of Unbuilding: Material Re-Use in the Crescent City.” Through Sept. 16.

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 John Cleaveland, Lawrence Stueck, Matt Alston, Michael Pierce and more.

Five Star Day Café (229 E. Broad St.) Paintings by Will Eskridge.

Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by James Greer and Chris Parry. Through August. • Artwork by Lindsey Jane Haddad and Emileigh Ireland. Through September.

Floorspace (160 Tracy St.) Quilts by Sarah Hubbard. Through August.

Georgia Museum of Art (90 Carlton St.) “American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print” contains 120 original posters and 20 handcarved wooden printing blocks. Through Nov. 6.

• “Horizons” includes 12 androgynous, life-sized cast-iron figures by Icelandic artist Steinunn Dorarinsdottir. Through August. • “Hot Metal and Cool Paper: The Black Art of Making Books” presents works by private presses. Through Nov. 6. • “Introduction to the Centers” features prints, drawings, letters and photos relating to Pierre Daura and

group. Second and fourth Tuesday of the month in Clarke County. First and third Monday of the month in Madison County. 6–8 p.m. Project Safe: 706-543-3331 Tuesday Night Debtors Anonymous Meeting (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Weekly 12-step meeting for compulsive debtors, over-spenders and underearners. 7 p.m. FREE! www.debtorsanonymous.org

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15, 2011. www.ecofocusfilmfest.org Free to Breathe Run/Walk (Sandy Creek Park) Raise vital funding for lung cancer research; register for this 5K run or one-mile walk.

Nov. 13, 7 a.m. $15–$20. 608-3163786, www.freetobreathe.org Open Call for Writers and Poets Stray Dog Almanac seeks local authors to contribute. Deadline Sept. 28. www.straydogalmanac. com/submit f

Alfred Heber Holbrook (founder and first director of GMOA). Through Nov. 20.

The Grit (199 Prince Ave.) Photographs by Eric Murphy. Through Sept. 11.

Healing Arts Centre (834 Prince Ave.) “Life” includes paintings by artist Ainhoa Bilbao Canup.

Through August.

Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market (815 N. Chase St.) Pen and ink drawings by David Hale.

Through Sept. 3.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar (1560 Oglethorpe Ave.) Paintings, assemblages and collages by Charley Seagraves. Through August. • Works by Thayer Sarrano and installations by Dana Jo Cooley. Through September.

Highwire Lounge (269 N. Hull St.) Urban landscape paintings by Nash Hogan and mixed-media pieces by Charlie Key. Jittery Joe’s Coffee (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) “Birds!” is a collection of 10 birds painted by fiber artist Rene Shoemaker.

Just Pho…and More (1063 Baxter St.) Artwork

by Michele Ladewig. Through September.

Lamar Dodd School of Art (270 River Rd.) “MMXI: Faculty Exhibition.” Through Sept. 14.

Last Resort Grill (184 W. Clayton St.) “Revelation,” large-scale paintings by David Barron.

Through Oct. 2.

The Local Jam (1650 S. Lumpkin St.) Paintings, drawings and mixed-media works by Kate Lloyd.

Madison-Morgan Cultural Center (Madison) “The Cow Show,” a bovine-inspired exhibition includes new works based on the humble, yet majestic animal. Through Oct. 15.

Mama’s Boy (197 Oak St.) Artwork by Mary Barton.

Through August.

OCAF (34 School St., Watkinsville) “Perspectives” showcases the best works of 50 Georgia potters in the Main Gallery, and a special exhibition of the works of Jose Luis Yamunaque and his former student Kate Tremel in the Members Gallery. Through Sept. 14.

Oconee County Library (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Abstract oil paintings by Pam Congrove.

Through August.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) “280 Seasons” is a collection of watermedia paintings by Judy Bolton Jarrett. Through Sept. 1. • “Forged from Nature” is an outdoor series of sculpted garden gates by artist Andrew T. Crawford.

Town 220 (Madison) “Gary Hudson: Art Lives, Works from the ‘70s, California and New York.” Through Oct. 30.

Trace Gallery (160 Tracy St.) “Surprise in the Sky,” paintings by Erin McIntosh, Lauren Gallaspy and Zuzka Vaclavik. Through Sept. 23.

Transmetropolitan (145 E. Clayton St.) Large, bedazzled, psychedelic spaceship stools and sofa paintings by Jaime Bull.

White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates (217 Hiawasee Ave.) New paintings by Bob Davis.

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Matters Of The Heart And Loins I and 28 and gay. I grew up in Southeast Asia, raised in a family that gave me a strong spiritual and cultural up-bringing. Since sixth grade, I have known myself to be gay, been pretty comfortable with it from adolescence, and, at this point, “out” to most of my family and friends, and they have accepted me lovingly. No complaints on that front.

I started seeing people (as in dating) since 22, which in the East is a fairly normal age to start dating. I dated two people and went into a two-year-long relationship with the third one when I was 24. We broke up four years back when I came for grad school to UGA, and the long distance did not work.

The problem is, I have never been someone to go out and openly seek out dates and sex.

When I find mutual interest in someone I know, I am pretty good at going forward and playing the dating/flirting/romance game and then sex happens.

After my break-up, my circle of acquaintances has dwindled, and I don’t know a lot of single gay people. So, I haven’t had much luck with relationships and haven’t had much sex in the past four years, either. I have a pretty active social life and lots of hobbies that keep me occupied, and I am rarely bored.

I am becoming very worried of late because a lot of my friends have been pointing out that I need to go and seek out people, get laid a lot, etc., etc. Last month, I fell in love with a very close friend. He reciprocated my physical advances for almost three weeks, but then became cold saying that “he is not my last resort” and is dating someone else now. I feel like I am coming across to people as someone with no dating skills and desperate (since I fell in love with a dear friend)… I am not sure if that is true.

They have not seen me around with anyone and so they assume so. But I do feel like I am a loser and terrible at seeking out people and dating…

How should I move forward and establish a normal dating lifestyle? Online/Internet? Date frequently? Attempt one-night stands? I do feel I am not a totally lost cause because in night clubs and dancefloors I do attract quiet a bit of attention and have made out occasionally with random people… but there my interest ends…

I feel like I am out of my element in this modern dating game and don’t know where to start.

But my being perceived as old-fashioned and incompetent in dating is really bothering me, especially since this was even used as a reason by someone to dump me.

Much thanks, An Old-fashioned Dater Well, AOFD, congrats on having a fantastic relationship with your very supportive family, as well as a group of friends who aren’t afraid to be honest with you. The answers you seek are yes, yes and no. Yes, you should try online dating. The nice thing about profiles is that you can say a lot to somebody before you even meet them, and you get a chance to find out a lot about them beforehand as well.

If you’re not looking for just a hook-up, you can signal that and avoid a lot of potentially

awkward situations. Letting people know you’re kind of old-fashioned in advance will take some of the pressure off. Finding somebody who is more your speed is easier if you use that kind of filter.

And to your second query: Yes, you should definitely try to date more frequently. Use the Internet dating sites to find several people that you find interesting, and then start communicating with them all. Don’t get too hung up on one person at first. Start by getting to know at least a few people, so you don’t focus too much on (and then obsess over) one of them.

And finally, the big N-O: If you’re not a one-night stand kind of guy, then don’t try to make yourself that kind of guy. Trying to be somebody you’re not is not the way to meet Mr. Right. You may want to enlist the help of some of your friends on this project.

Let them know that you hear them loud and clear, and that you are finally going to take their advice and try to get out and meet some people. Then ask them to help you take some pictures and edit your profiles. It sounds like they are concerned about your well-being. Don’t be afraid to ask for their input.

My girlfriend of two years just told me she wants us to see other people. We’re both going to college now and we’re in different places, and there is no way we are going to be able to see each other more than once every month or two. I am very much in love with her and totally opposed to this idea, but I’m afraid if I say no she is going to break up with me, or worse: go and see other people behind my back. She is adamant that we not stay exclusive.

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Confidential to the Usual Hag: I would love to answer your question, but it simply isn’t possible because I can’t get past the sentence wherein you describe your gay (male) friend’s regular (male) fuck-buddy as straight (!?!). I have read your letter over and over again, and I can’t for the life of me figure out if you are confused about the definition of “straight” or if I have simply had one too many highgravity beers tonight (Damn you, Maine Brewing company!). Or perhaps you’re running for office as a Republican? How about a little clarification, and I’ll take another whack at it next week?

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245 Robinhood Ct. 3BR/2.5BA. CHAC. Large fenced yd. Pets OK, no pet fees! Tons of space, nice quiet area. Other homes avail. $875/mo. (706) 254-2569.

2BR/2.5BA townhouse across from UGA golf course. 9 ft. ceilings, HWflrs., $790/mo. Call (770) 725-1555 for an appt.

2BR/1BA. Near UGA, LR, DR, den, HWflrs., all appl., fenced yd., garbage p/u, carport, electric A/C, gas heat, no pets. $550/mo. 117 J o h n s o n D r. O w n e r / A g e n t .

Stan, (706) 543-5352.

2BR/1BA Historic Cottage.

Sept. 1 move-in. $750/mo.

Contact Trail Creek, (770) 363-0187. Extremely clean, total electric, HWflrs., covered porches. Easy access to Loop 10.Flr. plan & photos avail. upon request.

2BR/1BA+utility room, storage shed, rear deck & privacy fence.

Very spacious, great location. $800/mo. + dep. Pets OK. (706) 254-3450.

2BR/1BA “A-Frame” house on Freeman Dr. 2 mi. from campus. Huge loft area, on bus route, total electric, CHAC. $495/mo. $400/dep.

(706) 202-0147.

2BR/1BA country cottage off Danielsville Rd. 3.5 mi. from UGA. 3 acre lot, wood burning stove, $495/mo. $400 dep. (706) 202-0147.

3-4BR house, Carrs Hill n'hood, 1 mi. from Dwntn. & UGA. Organic garden on property next to Rwood studio. $1000/mo., avail. now. (706) 613-8525.

3BR/2BA home. FP, deck, W/D, CHAC, Cape Cod, 2-car garage, wooded lot w/ stream.

5 min. to campus. Eastside.

Walk to Whit Davis School. $734/mo. (706) 206-6090.

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3BR/2BA house. Univ. Cir.,1 m i . f ro m U G A . A l l a p p l s . , W/D, lg. fenced yd., carport. $1100/mo., $800 dep. (404) 983-7063.

3BR/2BA remodeled house w/ bonus room. 320 Conrad Dr., DW, W/D, all electric, 1 mi. from Dwntn. Athens. $900/mo. + dep.

Avail. now. Contact Brian, (706) 613-7242.

3BR/2BA farmhouse! 8 mi. from bypass. CHAC. New carpet, fenced yd. Pets OK, no pet fees!

Nice quiet area. $750/mo. (706) 254-2569.

3BR/3BA house, huge LR & kitchen w/ bar area. 1 acre lot!

Fenced back yd. Pets welcome!

Lawn maint. & W/D incl. $900/ mo., $450 deposit. Stephanie, (770) 633-8159.

3BR/3BA house Dwntn. Great p r i c e ! Wa l k t o e v e r y t h i n g !

New HWflrs., extra lg. BRs, covered porch. W/D incl. $1200/mo. Avail. now!

Aaron, (706) 207-2957.

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3BR/2BA on Oglethorpe Ave. across from old Navy School.

Fenced-in back yd., pet friendly. $890/mo. Call (770) 725-1555 for an appt.

3BR/2BA, $995/mo., Oconee Co., McRee Mill Lane, bonus room. Call (706) 769-5957.

45 Robinhood Ct. 3BR/2.5BA. CHAC, lg. fenced yd., pets OK, no pet fees! Tons of space, nice quiet area. $875/mo. Other homes avail. (706) 254-2569.

4BR/4BA house Dwntn. Just reduced! Walk to everything!

Stainless, HWflrs., whole house audio, covered porch.

W / D i n c l . $ 1 2 0 0 / m o . Av a i l . now. Aaron, (706) 207-2957.

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Awesome house! 597 Dearing St., 4BR/2BA, $1095/mo. 4BR on Whitehall Rd., $795/mo.

Call Nancy Flowers & Co. Real Estate, (706) 546-7946. Or visit nancyflowers.com for virtual tours. You will love them!

Cute, adorable 2BR/1BA in-town house. $650/mo. CHAC, W/D hook-up, fenced-in yd., pets welcome. Call Lance, (706) 7144603.

Cute, adorable 1BR/1BA in-town house. $500/mo.

Water & trash incl. CHAC, W/D hook-up, fenced-in yd., pets welcome. Call Lance, (706) 714-4603.

Cedar Creek: 4BR/2BA, lg. fenced yd., $950/mo. 5 Pts.: Off Baxter St., 4BR/2BA, $1200/mo.

Call McWaters Realty, (706) 3532700, (706) 540-1529.

Great 3BR/2BA home for rent in East Athens. 2 story, on culde-sac, fireplace, deck & front porch. Nice n’hood. $895/mo.

Please call (706) 254-7523.

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Residential or commercial: very lg. older home on 1.5 acres, 10 rooms, 2 kitchens, 2BAs, lg. porch & deck. On busline. $1300/mo. David, (706) 2471398.

Reduced! 4BR/2BA, 845 W Hancock, HWflrs., CHAC, avail. now. Pets OK! 4 blocks to Dwntn. $1050/mo. Call (864) 784-3049.

Student special! Near bus line.

4BR/2BA, ample parking, fenced yd. w/ storage bldg., $800/mo. + $800 dep. Call Rose, (706) 255-0472, Prudential Blanton Properties.

Towny houses! 3BR/2BA: $900/mo., 2BR/1BA: $750/mo., 1BR/1BA: $550/mo. Call Paul, (706) 714-9607.

Unique mill house. 2 lg. BR, heart pine floor w/ 11 ft. beam ceilings. Sunny LR, new bath, W/D, DW, CHAC. 477 Whitehall. $700/mo. (706) 353-1750, ext. 104.

Houses for Sale 321 Dubose Street Historical House for sale. Will finance some of the price. $150,000. Only call if you are serious, (706) 2018605.

Beautiful Cape Cod on 2 acres! 3BR/1.5BA. Fenced yd., 2 car garage, porch & deck, creek. $119,900. East Athens. (706) 254-1634 or athenstownproperties.com.

Land for Sale

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Jefferson, Gabank ordered sale!

1.5 acres, $14,900. That’s just $108/mo.! Top-rated schools, beautifully wooded, private lake access, gated, pool, 100% complete, no time limit to build. 20% down, 6.99%, 15 yr./am.

Won’t last! Call Debra!

(855) 568-7200. www.

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Parking & Storage UGA parking spaces.

Across the street from campus, law & library. $25/ mo. 6 mo. minimum. Contact Susan, (706) 354-4261.

Rooms for Rent 4BR house in Normaltown to share w/ 2 females. 1BR/1BA, $500/mo. + utils. Avail. now–Dec. 31. Contact Taylor, (214) 5023005 or Sofi, (423) 280-9262.

Roommate to share lg. furnished house. 2 possibilities: 3 room suite w/ private BA, $350/mo.

Or 1BR, share a BA, $295/mo.

Utils. & internet incl. No pets or children. 5 min. to Athens Tech, 15 min. to UGA. (706) 369-1659.

For Sale Furniture All new pillow-top mattress set from $139. Sofa & love-seat, $499. 5-pc. bedroom set, $399.

Pub table w/ chairs, $350. (706) 612-8004.

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.

E A R LY C L A S S I F I E D AD DEADLINE! We will be closed Mon., Sept. 5 for Labor Day. All Classified ad placements or changes must be submitted before 11 a.m. on Fri., Sept. 2 to be included in the issue of Sept. 7.

G o t o A g o r a ! Aw e s o m e !

Affordable! The ultimate store! Specializing in retro everything: antiques, furniture, clothes, bikes, records & players!

260 W. Clayton St., (706) 3160130.

Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition. Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College downtown. (706) 3699428.

Loft bed, $150; lg. dresser w/ mirrored hutch, 9 drawers, $200; cherry kids bedroom suit, dresser w/ mirror, desk w/ hutch, sock drawer, $550; old Phillips stereo w/ turntable, 101 CD changer, cassette player & radio, $500. Pick up, cash only.

OBO! (706) 425-2472.

Yes, it's true! We have the lowest classified ad rate in town! Ask about our Run–til–Sold rate. 12 wks. for only $40! Call (706) 5490301 or place an ad at www. flagpole.com. Merchandise only.

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Pets

Great Pyrenees/Anatolian shepherd puppies. 9 wks., 1st round of shots, de-wormed, 1st flea treatment. Will make great livestock dogs. Looking for good, affectionate homes. $100.

Want to Buy Wanted: A.O. Smith Harvestore Silos. (405) 240-5342.

Music Equipment N u ç i ’s S p a c e n e e d s y o u r old instruments & music gear! All donations are taxdeductible. Call (706) 2271 5 1 5 o r c o m e b y N u ç i ’s Space, 396 Oconee St. We buy musical instruments & equipment every day!

Guitars, drums, pro-sound & more. (770) 931-9190, www. musicgoroundlilburn.com. Huge on-line inventory. We love trades!

Come visit Music Go Round soon...

Instruction Athens School of Music.

Instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more. From beginner to expert.

Instrument repairs avail. Visit www.AthensSchoolofMusic.com, (706) 543-5800.

Guitar Lessons: beginner through advanced, all styles avail.

Musician’s Warehouse. NTSU alumni, 20 yrs. pro experience.

Call Darrell to schedule, (770) 256-9629.

Music Services Amp repair! McNeece Music, 149 Oneta, Ste. 6C-7. Next to BikeAthens. Years of experience.

Buy-sell-trade, custom builds, strings & acc., electric amps.

(706) 548-9666, Tues.–Fri., 12–8 p.m.

Eady Custom Finishing offers everything from basic instrument set-ups & fret work to full restorations.

Experience incl. working for Gibson Custom S h o p . A p p o i n t m e n t o n l y. ( 6 1 5 ) 7 1 4 - 9 7 2 2 . w w w. eadycustomfinishing.com.

Fret Shop. Professional guitar repairs & modifications, setups, electronics, precision fretwork.

Previous clients incl. R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Cracker, Bob Mould, John Berry, Abbey Road Live!, Squat. (706) 5491567.

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

Featuring The Magictones Athens’ premiere wedding & party band. www.themagictones. com.

Do you want to make $$$ w i t h y o u r m u s i c re l a t e d business? Are you advertising in Flagpole? Call 706-549-0301 for details.

Rehearsal Space Looking for a pianist, saxophone player, violinist?

Looking for a band? Find your music mate w/ Flagpole Classifieds!

Call (706) 549-0301.

Services Child Care Leaving town? Don't know h o w t o g e t y o u r w k l y.

Flagpole fix? Subscribe!

Get Flagpole delivered to your mailbox! $40 for 6 mos., $70 for a yr.! Call (706) 549-9523.

Classes Real Martial Arts! Kenpo, Kali, Silat, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, only 12 students accepted. 4th degree black belt instructor. Beginners/advanced.

Call (706) 369-7045. steve@ karatefire.com.

Cleaning My house cleaning clients say I am reliable, good & easy on their budget. I'm local, earth & pet friendly. Local references on request.

Text or call Nick: (706) 851-9087. Email: Nick@ goodworld.biz.

Health Pregnant? Considering a d o p t i o n ? Ta l k w / c a r i n g agency specializing in matching birthmothers w/ families nationwide. Living expenses paid. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions, (866) 413-6293 (AAN CAN).

Massage Stressed? Let me help! Tina’s relaxing therapeutic body rub.

Call (334) 648-6358 or (334) MITMELT. hollyandsage2011@gmail. com.

Dos Palmas is seeking FT experienced chef in Latin & Mexican cuisine. Send resume to mojammoul@gmail.com. No phone calls.

Looking for licensed, experienced hair stylist to work 32-40 hrs./wk. Clientele a plus.

Laid back, fun atmosphere.

Email resume to rocketsalon@ gmail.com.

Mexicali Grille now hiring experienced servers. Day or night, FT/PT. Pls. call (706) 546-9200 or inquire at W. Broad location from 2 p.m.–10 p.m.

S t u ff e d B u r g e r i s A t h e n s ’ soon-to-be newest & best burger joint. Will offer high quality food, friendly & efficient staff, & a true Athens environment. Hiring cooks, food preps, shift mgrs. & GM. All w/ competitive wages.

Contact Brittain, (404) 9217077 to set interview.

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.

UberPrints.com is looking for experienced Embroidery Operators to join our team.

Great work environment.

Positions are FT w/ benefits. To apply, please send your cover letter & resume to embjobs@ uberprints.com.

Do you want to use a logo, graphic or border in your c l a s s i f i e d a d ? Yo u c a n with C l a s s i f i e d D i s p l a y Advertising!!! Call 706-5490301 for more information.

Opportunities Actors/movie extras needed immediately for upcoming roles! $150-300/day depending on job req’s. No exp., all looks. (800) 560-8672 A-109 for casting times/locations (AAN CAN).

Misc. Services

Artist needed: must be able to create finishes such as rosewood, tortoise shell & faux bois. Contact Mimi at mimih@ hollandandcompany.com.

H.S. diploma! Graduate in just 4 wks.! Free brochure. Call now!

(800) 532-6546, ext. 97. www. continentalacademy.com (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.

Pawn

Dependable person needed during the evening hrs. helping a young man confined to a wheelchair. In exchange for free rent in apt., food, utils. & other amenities.

Call (706) 316-2798 or (706) 549-9456.

Need cash, get it here. Top dollar for scrap gold, firearms, & other items. GA Dawg Pawn, (706) 353-0799. 4390B Atlanta Hwy, across from Sam’s Club.

Pets “A Lost Pet’s Best Chance.”

Microchip your pet at Boulevard Animal Hospital! September Special: Microchips $10 off! Lifetime registration.

Dwntn. on Prince Ave. www. downtownathensvet.com, (706) 425-5099.

Jobs Full-time Call center representative.

Join established Athens company calling CEOs & CFOs of major corporations generating sales leads for tech companies. $9/hr. BOS Staffing, www.bostemps.com, (706) 353-3030.

NEED A JOB? Full-Time and Part-Time opportunities are listed weekly in the Flagpole Classifieds.

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 KEBA Spitfire Grill is coming soon to Watkinsville!

Seeking experienced shift leaders & PT staff. Fill out our online application & email it to delan.ent@gmail. com.

Vehicles Autos ‘92 Volvo 240 Wagon. $3000.

Well-maintained car. This car runs & looks great. This is a great buy. (706) 248-7644.

‘93 Integra 2-door, manual transmission, 240k mi., runs great, A/C needs fixing, needs radio fixed, clean Carfax! 30 mpg. (706) 3409507. $1900.

Misc. Vehicles

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2001 Chevrolet G3500 15 passenger bus w/ wheelchair lift & 2 wheelchair tiedown areas. Diesel engine, A/C, automatic, white. No CDL license needed. $15,900 or OBO. (706) 549-9456.

Any car/truck. Running or not!

Top $ paid. We come to you!

Call for instant offer: (888) 420-3808, www.cash4car.com (AAN CAN).

Sell Your Car, Bike, Van, Truck, Bus, Motorcycle, Boat, Camper, Scooter, etc—$28—Run ‘til Sold (Merchandise Only, Up To 12 Weeks). Call 706-5490301 to place your ad!

EARLY CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE! We will be closed Mon., Sept. 5 for Labor Day. All Classified ad placements or changes must be submitted before 11 a.m. on Fri., Sept. 2 to be included in the issue of Sept. 7.

Help wanted. Extra income!

Assembling CD cases from home! No exp. nec.! Call our live operators now! (800) 4057619, ext. 2450. www.easyworkgreatpay.com (AAN CAN).

Mystery shoppers earn up to $100/day. Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail & dining establishments. No exp. req’d.

(800) 743-8535.

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everyday people Jazzmon Martin, Bank Teller Flagpole asked to speak with Jazzmon Martin on the spur of the moment while she was on break near the downtown bank where she works. Others might have been taken aback by such an abrupt interview solicitation, but Jazzmon welcomed the opportunity with effortless confidence and a “carpe diem” attitude. “Sit down,” she said. “Let’s do it now.”

Jazzmon has only lived in Athens for three months, but she is happily adjusting to her new home. She says Athens has welcomed her with open arms. She is exceptionally focused on work for someone in her early 20s, but when she isn’t on the job, she enjoys hot weather, tennis shoes, Shakespeare and Southern food.

Flagpole: So, what do you do as a bank teller?

Jazzmon Martin: It really all depends on the day. It really depends on how many people come in or how many change orders we have and stuff like that. It really just depends on the day.

FP: What kind of people do you usually meet on the job?

JM: We meet all kinds of people. Really interesting people.

Everybody’s different, and some people come in with tattoos from head to toe. Some people come in with suits. So, we get a wide range of people that come in.

Emily Patrick

FP: What did you do before you became a teller?

JM: Well, I got an associate’s degree in English, and that’s pretty much all I’ve done, schoolwise. And I don’t really know what I want to do with it.

FP: Where did you study?

JM: In Dallas, Texas.

FP: How did you wind up in Athens?

JM: My family is here. I’m from Texas, but my sister was out here; so I moved out here with her.

FP: Had you always lived in Dallas before that?

JM: Mostly. Most of my life I’ve been in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

FP: What was moving to Athens like for you?

JM: It was different… Moving from a big city to a small town is kind of strange, because everybody knows everybody. Like, around downtown, all the business owners, they know each other, like, on a first-name basis, and they know all the customers that come in by first name, and that’s kind of different than in a big city.

FP: Have you adjusted to the small-town feel?

JM: I have. I really like it. I feel welcome here.

FP: So, why did you choose to study English?

JM: Because math is really hard. [Laughs.] And I really like to read and to read about other people, and I like to write; so I figured, why not get some type of degree in it?

FP: What do you like to read?

JM: I like to read everything. If it’s telling a good story about someone interesting, I want to read it. I like Shakespeare a lot. So, I’ve read Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet.

I’ve read a lot of his stuff.

FP: Do you write stories?

JM: I think I write more poetry than I do stories because when I write stories, they get so far—like, if I tried to write a novel—they go far left, so I just kind of stick to the short and sweet.

FP: Do you think a lot of people who come into the bank would be surprised to know that you do something so creative?

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JM: I would think so. Like, if you don’t know me, if you saw me in the bank world and then you saw me outside of work, you would be, like, “Those are two different people.”

FP: It seems like you enjoyed being in school. Do you ever wish you were back there?

JM: No, I never wish I were in school. I do want to go back and get another degree; I just don’t know exactly what I want to go for yet. I might go for journalism. Nobody likes to be just in school. I think if I go back, I won’t go back full-time—only because I like to work. So, I would do part-time at school and then still have my job. But I do actually want to get another degree.

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FP: It seems like you have a great work ethic. What is your perspective on work?

JM: Works equals money, which equals happiness to me. I know money can’t buy happiness, but I like to be able to go into the mall and get anything I want, and you can’t do that unless you work for it.

FP: So, you must know what it’s like to be broke.

JM: Yeah, when I was in school.

FP: Was there a particular moment when you realized that earning money was important to you?

JM: As long as I’ve been old enough to have a job, I’ve always had one. And then I went to school for two years, and in those two years I didn’t work, and it drove me crazy because I couldn’t do exactly what I wanted, so that drove me insane. I was like, “I have to get a job.”

FP: Are you close to your mom?

JM: Yes! She lives here in Athens. She’s currently in California with my other sister.

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FP: So, you got left out?

JM: I had to work.

FP: Do you like to travel?

JM: I do like to travel. I like to see new places.

FP: Where have you been?

JM: I’ve never been out of the country, and I’ve never been north. Like, I’ve always travelled in the South. I’ve been to California; I’ve been to Texas; I’ve been to Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Georgia. And I want to say that’s it.

FP: Having spent so much time in the South, what do you think it means to be a Southerner?

JM: The only difference to me between people in the South and people in the North is cooking, climate and that’s pretty much it. Cooking and climate.

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FP: So, you said you live with your sister. Is she older than you?

JM: She’s older. I’m the youngest. I have two sisters and a brother.

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FP: What is something that makes you happy about your siblings?

JM: When my sister graduated from University of Oklahoma, we all were together in one place, and we all have a picture, and that picture, we all have somewhere in our house. And since me and my sister stay together now, we have two of them. And for us to be there at one time—we hadn’t been in the same house for a long time because everybody’s older, and everybody’s off doing their own thing, but that really stands out to me because we were all there at one time.

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