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I laughed out loud when I finally got a look at Rep. Doug McKillip’s plan to redraw Athens-Clarke County commission districts—now called “Clarke County Dious 2.” McKillip has been threatening for weeks to present his own plan for local districts and, at the last minute, threw in with local attorney Ken Dious, who produced a map drawn by a civil rights group in Atlanta. McKillip says the Dious map was pretty close to what he had in mind, so he deferred to Dious or combined with him, and the result is a 10-single-member-district map that does away with the superdistricts but creates their own districts for the present supercommissioners. That’s why I had to laugh. In all our discussion of the pros and cons of doing away with the superdistricts, everybody assumed that would mean that the present supercommissioners—Mike Hamby (District 10) and Kelly Girtz (District 9), would be drawn out of their jobs, making such a plan in part a political vendetta, Hamby and Girtz being opponents of both McKillip and Mayor Nancy Denson. But, lo: as the map unfurled on the computer screen, there were Girtz and Hamby along with all the rest: all the current commissioners ensconced in their own weirdly shaped singlemember districts that even create an extra “majority-minority” district, i.e., with an African-American majority. McKillip took the Dious sketch to the legislative map drawers at the Capitol, and one of their guys produced what has to be considered a masterpiece of puzzle construction. [See it in Pub Notes at flagpole.com.] McKillip says that the map drawer told him he had to be kidding that so many of the commissioners live so close “I respect together. Alice Kinman, Kathy Hoard, the process.” Mike Hamby and George Maxwell could practically toss a football to each other from their front yards; Kelly Girtz, Harry Sims and Jared Bailey could punt back and forth. To put them all in separate districts called for some strange shapes, but they are all there, well within the population and race parameters. Hats off to Brian A. Knight, map specialist in the Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office. Why did McKillip do it? Do we need it? Do we want it? That debate rages now. Dious, himself an African American, says he did it because he owes it to African-American voters—a sentiment that did not affect his efforts to inject the RaceTrac gas station into the Colima Avenue neighborhood against the unanimous wishes of the African-American residents. McKillip says he did it so that there would be other options to consider, to open up the discussion, to help conservatives get elected and to provide better representation with more local control. McKillip also says he doesn’t think this plan changes the charter, since the charter provides for 10 commissioners. Moreover, he says he has “no intention” of taking this plan to the Legislature over the heads of local government. “I respect the process,” he says. This plan succeeds admirably as a conversation starter, even if it’s a conversation nobody except Dious and McKillip wanted to have. The recent charter overview commission didn’t consider single-member districts, nor were they an issue in the latest mayor and commission races. There has been no outcry for changing our present structure, and, indeed, citizen opinion in last week’s public hearings on redistricting ran heavily to keeping things pretty much as they are. McKillip says, though, that the voting rights law requires that if you have the ability to enhance majority-minority voting strength, you should. There’s a lot to be said for single-member districts. They’re smaller (at least in population), which should make them less expensive for campaigning and more representative. They can be tailored more closely to minority voting strength and can be less confusing about who is somebody’s commissioner. The present superdistrict configuration, on the other hand, means that every commissioner has a backup commissioner, every citizen has a second commissioner to contact if the other one is unresponsive, and supercommissioners provide liaison to address problems that cross district lines, such as drainage. Of course, if we’re really going to talk about single-member districts, we may want to consider starting over from scratch, instead of drawing these awkward districts for the future just because they reflect where present commissioners happen to live today. Does anybody want to have that discussion? Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com
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Running for It: The 10th Congressional District got carved up worse than Athens-Clarke County in the recent bloodletting at the Capitol known as reapportionment. Looks like there’s no love lost among the Republicans in the Legislature for our congressman, Paul Broun, Junior. No wonder, since Broun trounced a prominent state senator in his first campaign and a prominent state representative in his second. To show there are no hard feelings, the legislators cut a couple hundred thousand voters out of Broun’s stronghold up in far northeast Georgia and replaced them with a bunch of people south of Atlanta. Most of Broun’s former supporters ended up in a new congressional district centered around Gainesville, and there was some speculation that Broun would simply run in the new district, which also now includes part of Athens-
A Message for the Citizenry: The Middle Oconee and North Oconee rivers have been low all summer, and they’re showing extreme drought conditions now. Both rivers are very, very low. This week, the Middle Oconee is setting lowflow records for this date, based on almost 80 years of stream gauge records. (To clarify: it’s not setting On Sunday, Sept. 11, at 6:30 p.m. there will be a ceremony at the 9/11 all-time low-flow records, Memorial Trail in memory of those who were killed that day 10 years ago. but it was the lowest it has ever been on Aug. 31 of any year since record-keeping started, 77 Clarke. He ended that by announcing last week years ago. And this is very, very low.) Now that he’s sticking with the 10th District. So, that Athens is drawing on its back-up supply we win some; we lose some. The northeast at the Bear Creek Reservoir rather than the portion of Athens-Clarke escapes from Broun. rivers, the lake’s level is dropping, too. The rest of us are still his subjects. At least Athens knows how to conserve water—we Krazy Korner won’t have to move. showed that in 2007 and 2008—and it is absolutely time to do it again. Short of prayIn re: redistricting: if you really want to ing for the perfect hurricane that makes a understand what is going on with the various redistrictings, especially in Oconee County, soft landing on the coast and then brings us soaking rains, we’ve got to get serious about you need to keep up with Oconee County Observations, the political blog run by jourwater conservation. nalism prof Lee Becker at oconeecountyobThe ACC Public Utilities Department has all the information online about rules and regula- servations.blogspot.com. Lee is a voice of reason, and he looks at the facts and analyzes tions as well as the best practices—just look them. As you will see when you go to his for Water Conservation on their section of the blog, he gets out the redistricting maps and ACC website. compares them to the census tracts and the A lot of the information online is from voting precincts and historical voting trends— last year’s Georgia Water Stewardship Act. a very refreshing just-the-facts approach in It’s state law that you can’t water between 10 a.m and 4 p.m., no matter the day of this day of shouting “commentators,” which the week or your street address (with some sometimes even Substitute Dope is guilty of exceptions for things like new sod, but many being. We’ve been so focused on Athens-Clarke of those situations can be avoided by smart that we’ve practically overlooked what was planning). done to Oconee County in order to create a Hopefully, our culture shift will reach a safe district for the new Republican rep forpoint where no one—not even a few uninmerly known as “Democrat Doug.” formed property managers—is planting new shrubs and sod in August, and that’s just The Political Bug: Dan Matthews made a outdoor watering. What we need to do, right credible though losing effort in his run for now, is be diligent about all of our water the old state representative seat in Oconee use, indoors and anywhere else. It is also County and a small portion of Athens-Clarke. well worth wondering if state environmental Now, Dan has qualified to run for Mayor officials shouldn’t be just about ready to of Watkinsville. Since the majority of his begin issuing a brand-new statewide drought strength in the legislative race came from declaration. Athens-Clarke, Dan must know something the Navy showers, everybody! Friends don’t Substitute Dope doesn’t. let friends plant sod in summer—especially in a drought. [Ben Emanuel] Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com
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capitol impact athens rising Legislators will tell you that they have to redraw the boundaries of Georgia’s election districts every 10 years to account for shifts in population. There are times when these new boundary lines will force an incumbent politician out of office, but lawmakers will tell you that is just one of those unfortunate things they can’t do anything about. “It’s not political. It’s not personal,” House Majority Whip Edward Lindsey (R-Atlanta) said during the special session on redistricting. “It’s simple math.” Lindsey is a smart lawyer, so he knows that what he’s saying is bogus. When it comes to deciding which officeholder will be allowed to keep a safe district and which one will be thrown to the wolves, it’s almost always personal and political. Redistricting is a time when the folks in power at the General Assembly use that power to punish their enemies and settle some personal scores. That’s the way the game is played. Ten years ago, House Speaker Tom Murphy detested Rep. Bobby Franklin, a nutcase from Marietta who taunted the old man at every opportunity. Murphy had Franklin’s district redrawn so that Franklin was shoved into a new district with another Republican lawmaker. The expectation was that Franklin would lose the primary and depart from the Legislature. Franklin upset that scenario by winning the Republican primary and continuing to serve in the House for another decade. Two incumbents who found themselves on the outs with the legislative leadership this time around were a pair of Republicans from southeast Georgia, Rep. Mark Hatfield of Waycross and Rep. Jason Spencer of Woodbine. Hatfield supposedly caused some embarrassment for the House leadership by introducing a bill that would have thrown Barack Obama off the election ballot next year unless the president could “prove” he was a natural-born citizen. House leaders decided to deal with
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the problem by putting Hatfield in the same district with Spencer, a Tea Party activist from Camden County. The real sin committed by Hatfield and Spencer was this: they opposed a sweetheart bill that slid through the House last session and will mean millions of dollars in tax rebates to some influential developers. When the sponsors of that tax rebate tried to sneak it through the House by hiding it inside another piece of legislation, Hatfield and Spencer loudly objected to the maneuver. Hatfield called the proposed tax giveaway “legalized extortion” during the floor debate. Spencer said: “I don’t think it is the government’s role to be essentially a bank. Once we start butting into the free market like this and complicate our tax code, it is usually not a good thing for the free market.” Hatfield and Spencer very nearly succeeded in killing the tax bill. For endangering the interests of wealthy developers, they were put in the same district. Then there was the case of Rep. Pedro Marin (D-Duluth), one of the first Latinos elected to the Legislature back in 2002. Marin spoke out strongly against the passage of the state’s controversial immigration law, which he said discriminated against persons of Hispanic descent. You could bet that Marin would be punished for going against the leadership on such a sensitive issue, and he was. When the lines were redrawn, a House district was created in Gwinnett County that had a majority Latino population. Marin’s residence was not included in that district, however. Instead, he was placed in a district that is predominantly Republican, where he probably will be defeated if he runs for reelection in 2012. Marin is the not the first to find himself on the wrong end of redistricting. He won’t be the last. That’s how the game is played. Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com
What’s Up in New Development Normaltown is on its way to being a very different place, heralded by those new UGA Health Sciences Campus signs that have popped up in the area. There are plenty of commercial ramifications, as large-scale medical businesses cluster in the area, like the complex going up between West Broad and Old Epps Bridge. One study from 2007 predicts that 10 or so years after the campus is up and running, 1,350 people will work on the campus with another 1000 private jobs created. The pressures of shifting demographics on housing in the area are the focus of this column, though. That same study predicts that the community’s housing demand will increase
seeming so modest from the outside. Even though they are quite well-scaled, they aren’t without detail, and Holman Avenue has a particularly eclectic and unusually crafted collection of stone and brick homes mixed in with the repeated floor plans more common to the neighborhood. The only point against these structures in my mind is the low ceiling height, which arrived along with central air conditioning. The same principles which drove the design of these starter homes for returning soldiers (the nests in which the baby boomers were hatched) are especially relevant now, as we have our first opportunity to contemplate Kevan Williams
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Low-slung ranch houses nestle behind an allée of water oaks on Holman Avenue. by around 2,400 households as a result. Already, the area is becoming a haven for student rentals, as rents and property values go up in Boulevard, Pulaski Heights, Cobbham and other areas west of Downtown. Residents in the historic Buena Vista neighborhood (one of the oldest in the area, predating better known Boulevard) have anticipated some of these changes and recently completed a historic structures inventory, with the hope of designating a local historic district. Postwar neighborhoods south of Prince are starting to hit the right age for considering their historicity, and the fate of these GI starter suburbs is one worth contemplating. Typically, the age of 50 years is a benchmark for considering whether an area is historic, and neighborhoods built in the ‘40s and ‘50s are well past that mark. So, what exactly can we expect in the area as the Med School ramps up? Portions of Five Points may be a good comparison, with its similar neighborhoods of small cottages on fairly generous lots. Tear-downs became a big concern there, as those small houses were replaced by much larger craftsman cottages out of scale with their neighbors. If the area shifts too rapidly, could we see a pattern of well financed medical professionals taking down these cottages on fairly affordable lots and putting up Neo-Craftsman behemoths? It’s already happened across the street in Buena Vista in several spots. Areas like SunsetHolman could be next as the market returns and employment in the area increases. Those efficient little ranches of the area ought to be a lesson in times when sustainability is on everyone’s mind. Living in a house of this vintage, and having visited many others, I’m always amazed at the sense of spaciousness that they offer, while
whether this architecture is historically significant. Figuring out how to do more with less is a lot easier if we retain effective examples. While these ranch bungalows do have many endearing qualities, they can’t stay exactly as they are, and tearing down is one solution to adapting life in that neighborhood to modern concerns. It’s worth investigating how the houses might be enlarged, extended and otherwise altered to provide a more contemporary experience, while retaining the integral scale and character of the architecture. The ranch as we know it is a simplification of courtyard structures of the Southwest; pushing wings out from these house in similar fashion might be a good way to retain their character while taking advantage of the deep lots common in the area. One last point worth mentioning is the greater historic landscape into which these homes are nested. Allées of water oaks along the northern blocks of both Holman Avenue and Sunset Drive rival Boulevard in terms of the scale and grandeur of the tree canopy. Those oaks are slowly dying out, and that distinctive landscape will be gone forever if we don’t consider its future now. The corner of Best Drive and Holman is home to Oak Point Park; one resident told me that the mini-park used to be a gathering spot in the days when the neighborhood was home to many young GI families. A few blocks away on Millard, between Sunset and Clover, is a house which used to be a neighborhood grocery. The attention that the med school and affiliated efforts will bring to the area may have some unintended consequences, but it will also open up some new and old design and planning questions to consider. Kevan Williams athensrising@flagpole.com
grub notes New in the ‘Hood Localism, Part 2: Considering what was on the corner of Boulevard and Chase Street before, a long-closed gas station that was a real eyesore, almost anything would have been an improvement, but Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market (815 N. Chase St.) seems tailor-made for the location. With a focus on locally grown foods, the pedestrian-friendly spot is aiming to work with the neighborhood (serving beer and wine but not too late) and seems to be pitched pretty well to its audience. The main complaints heard so far mostly consist of griping about the prices and carping that its owners, a father and daughter, must need to pay back the loan they got to renovate the corner and build the restaurant. Well, yes. Appropriate prices for carefully crafted dishes do enable a restaurant to stay open. That’s not a bad thing. Heirloom is not McDonald’s, and it becomes progressively more expensive throughout the day, but its food can be very good, and it is always thoughtful, with its heart in the right place. The space is very cute, with good art on the walls and a great patio rimmed with flowers planted in galvanized aluminum tubs around its edge. A chalkboard lists local sources currently on the menu. On the whole, lunch may be the weak spot, but lunch is hard to do well and cheaply if you have Heirloom’s goals. The Southern Belle, a non-mayonnaisey chicken salad that incorporates peaches and toasted pecans, is a good variation on a classic, and it’s not too sweet, but the croissant on which it comes is squishy, bland and …caramelized onion overwhelmingly bready. The meatloaf sandwich comes and bacon risotto… with good tomato confit, but—and it pains me to say this—the bacon in which the meatloaf is wrapped is a discredit to its family. Flabby and tough, it detracts from the sandwich rather than adding to it. Here, too, the bread doesn’t suit, being more appropriate for a Sloppy Joe. Those complaints noted, there is an intelligence to the way the kitchen combines ingredients and flavors. There are problems, too, with both a coleslaw of beets, carrots and apples and a dish of pasta salad that incorporates chickpeas, but both are pretty and fresh, composed with the same regard for ingredients. No one here is dumping a packet of generic seasoning supplied by the large-scale food industry into a dish, and each order is accompanied by Phickles pickles. Dinner and breakfast have more highlights. The omelet, the fillings of which change regularly, depending on what’s in season, is the best one I have had in Athens. It splits the difference nicely between the flat French variety and the puffy American style and doesn’t skimp on fillings. The muffins available from the glass case are really more like unfrosted cupcakes, but they’re lovely, with a crusty exterior. The prices here, too, are better. As opposed to a $10 sandwich that isn’t huge, you can get yogurt and granola for less than half that. Dinner is more in the realm of fine dining and priced as such. The way the cheese plate is set up ($4 a cheese) is weird, but the offerings are nice. Some dishes need work, like the watermelon caprese, which could really use some salt. The gazpacho is good but unexciting. A North African-inflected chicken dish contains superlative grilled carrots, sliced thin on the bias and beautifully caramelized. A fried sheepshead is delicate but could use more pizazz, and the waiter shouldn’t assume everyone knows it’s a fish. A grilled Moonshine Meats pork chop, however, is excellent: perfectly cooked, with a zingy sauce and a gorgeous caramelized onion and bacon risotto. It might set you back $20, but it’s worth it. Dessert is nicely executed, too, with a cute ice cream sandwich and a plum tart that sings. Heirloom is adding a market component that will retail prepared foods as well as pastries, beverages and dry goods. It offers breakfast, lunch, dinner and brunch and is closed Sunday evenings. It has a good small list of wine and beer, and takes credit cards. What Up? Stuffed Burger, an independent business despite its chain-like name, is coming to the former Falafel King on Baxter in September. Espresso Royale Caffe downtown has become a Jittery Joe’s, but the differences are minimal, with the same staff, baked goods and coffee (ERC has been serving the JJ blend for about six months). Keba #2 is open on Epps Bridge Parkway near Trader Joe’s. Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com
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9/11 Blind Pt. 1 Ten Years Past the Twin Towers Attack We’re Still Fighting Wars in Its Name
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fter witnessing the first jetliner crash into the Twin Towers on that Sept. 11 morning, a friend of mine’s wife and seven-year-old daughter fled to their nearby Manhattan loft and ran to the roof to look around. From there, they saw the second plane explode in a rolling ball of flaming fuel across the rooftops. It felt like the heat of a fiery furnace. Not long after, the girl was struck with blindness. She rarely left her room. Her parents worked with therapists for months, trying various techniques including touch and visualization, before the young girl finally recovered her sight. “The interesting new development,” my friend reports, “is that she no longer remembers very much, which she told me when I asked her if she would be willing to speak with you.” That’s what happened to America itself 10 years ago this Sunday on 9/11, though it might be charged that many of us were blinded by privilege and hubris long before. But 9/11 produced a spasm of blind rage arising from a pre-existing blindness as to the way much of the world sees us. That in turn led to the invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq, Afghanistan again, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia—in all, a dozen “shadow wars,” according to The New York Times. In Bob Woodward’s crucial book, Obama’s Wars, there were already secret and lethal counterterrorism operations active in more than 60 countries as of 2009. From Pentagon think tanks came a new military doctrine of the “Long War,” a counterinsurgency vision arising from the failed Phoenix program of the Vietnam era, projecting U.S. open combat and secret wars over a span of 50 to 80 years, or 20 future presidential terms. The taxpayer costs of this Long War, also shadowy, would be in the many trillions of dollars and paid for not from current budgets, but by generations born after the 2000 election of George W. Bush. The deficit spending on the Long War would invisibly force the budgetary crisis now squeezing our states, cities and most Americans. Besides the future being mortgaged in this way, civil liberties were thought to require a shrinking proper to a state of permanent and secretive war, and so the Patriot Act was promulgated. All this happened after 9/11 through democratic default and denial. Who knows what future might have followed if Al Gore, with a half-million popular-vote margin over George Bush, had prevailed in the U.S. Supreme Court instead of losing by the vote of a single justice? In any event, only a single member of Congress, Barbara Lee of Berkeley-Oakland, voted against the war authorization, and only a single senator, Russ Feingold, voted against the Patriot Act.
Were we not blinded by what happened on 9/11? Are we still? Let’s look at the numbers we almost never see.
Fog of War As to American casualties, the figure now is beyond twice those who died in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., on 9/11. The casualties are rarely totaled, but they are broken down into three categories by the Pentagon and Congressional Research Service. There is Operation Enduring Freedom, which includes Afghanistan and Pakistan but, in keeping with the Long War definition, also covers Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Second, there is Operation Iraqi Freedom and its successor, Operation New Dawn, the name adopted after September 2010 for the 47,000 U.S. advisers, trainers and counterterrorism units still in Iraq. The scope of these latter operations includes Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
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Sticker Shock of War Among the most bizarre symptoms of the blindness is the tendency of most deficit hawks to become big spenders on Iraq and Afghanistan, at least until lately. The direct costs of the war, which is to say those unfunded costs in each year’s budget, now come to $1.23 trillion, or $444.6 billion for Afghanistan and $791.4 billion for Iraq, according to the National Priorities Project. But that’s another sleight-of-hand, when one considers the so-called indirect costs like long-term veterans’ care. Leading economists Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes recently testified to Congress that their previous estimate of $4 to $6 trillion in ultimate costs was conservative. Nancy Youssef, of McClatchy Newspapers in D.C., in my opinion the best war reporter of the decade, wrote recently that “it’s almost impossible to pin down just what the United States spends on war.” The president himself expressed “sticker shock,” according to Woodward’s book, when presented cost projections during his internal review of 2009. The Long War casts a shadow not only over our economy and future budgets, but our unborn children’s future as well. This is no accident, but the result of deliberate lies, obfuscations and scandalous accounting techniques. We are victims of an information warfare strategy waged deliberately by the Pentagon. As Gen. Stanley McChrystal said much too candidly in February, 2010, “This is not a physical war of how many people you kill or how much ground you capture, how many bridges you blow up. This is all in the minds of the participants.” David Kilcullen, once the top counterinsurgency adviser to Gen. David Petraeus, defines “international information operations as part of counterinsurgency.” Quoted in Counterinsurgency in 2010, Kilcullen said the military officer’s goal is to achieve a “unity of perception management measures targeting the increasingly influential spectators’ gallery of the international community.” This new “war of perceptions,” relying on naked media manipulation such as the treatment of media commentators as “message amplifiers” but also high-technology information warfare, only highlights the vast importance of the ongoing WikiLeaks whistle-blowing campaign against the global secrecy establishment. Consider just what we have learned about Iraq and Afghanistan because of WikiLeaks: tens of thousands of civilian casualties in Iraq never before disclosed; instructions to U.S. troops not to investigate torture when conducted by U.S. allies; the existence of Task Force 373, carrying out night raids in Afghanistan; the CIA’s secret army of 3,000 mercenaries; private parties by DynCorp featuring trafficked boys as entertainment; and an Afghan vice president carrying $52 million in a suitcase. The efforts of the White House to prosecute Julian Assange and persecute Pfc. Bradley Manning in military prison should be of deep concern to anyone believing in the public’s right to know. The news that this is not a physical war but mainly one of perceptions will not be received well among American military families or Afghan children, which is why a responsible citizen must rebel first and foremost against The Official Story. That simple act of resistance necessarily leads to study as part of critical practice, which is essential to the recovery of a democratic self and a democratic society. Read, for example, this early martial line of Rudyard Kipling, the English poet of the white man’s burden: “When you’re left wounded on Afghanistan’s plains and the women come out to cut up what remains/ just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains/ And go to your God like a soldier.” Years later, after Kipling’s beloved son was killed in World War I and his remains never recovered, the poet wrote: “If any question why we died/ Tell them because our fathers lied.” Tom Hayden After more than 50 years of activism, politics and writing, Tom Hayden is a leading voice for ending the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan and reforming politics through a more participatory democracy. Pt. 2 of his editorial will be published next week.
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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week. • 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. 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. THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 (NR) The Black Power Movement is pieced together by contemporary Swedish filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson (Am I Black Enough for You?) from footage shot by a team of Swedish journalists between 30 and 40 years ago. An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival and winner of their editing award, The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 features all of the major players: Stokely Carmichael, Harry Belafonte, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis—plus today’s perspective from Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, etc. BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (R) Nerdy Bucky Larson (the very funny Nick Swardson) leaves his home in Northern Iowa and travels to Hollywood after he learns that his parents were ‘70s porn stars. (Un) Fortunately, Bucky meets up with a down-and-out director (Don Johnson) who thinks the young man might be his second generation ticket back to the top. Tom “Not the two-time Super Bowl MVP” Brady directs a script written by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert and Swardson. With Christina Ricci, Stephen Dorff and Edward Herrmann.
CASABLANCA (PG) 1942. Thought by many to be the greatest film ever, Casablanca retains its cinematic power to this day. A perfectly written, acted and directed, Casablanca stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick, an American expatriate who owns a bar in Morocco. In the early days of World War II, Rick’s life is complicated by his former love, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), and her husband Victor (Paul Henreid), a Czech Resistance fighter wanted by the Nazis. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. With Claude Rains and Peter Lorre. COLOMBIANA (PG-13) 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. Zoe Saldana makes for one badass, gun toting chica (though she could stand to catch up on a few meals), who is seeking the drug lord that killed her parents. 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. CONTAGION (PG-13) Steven Soderbergh’s newest film has assembled the boatload of stars you’d expect—Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet— for his latest, a medical thriller about the Centers for Disease Control’s attempts to contain an airborne virus threatening to spread around the globe. Screenwriter Scott Z. Burns wrote Soderbergh’s last collaboration with Matt Damon, The Informant! Joining the above-the-title names are Bryan Cranston, John Hawkes and Elliot Gould. CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG-13) What a crazy, stupid idea! Write a mature comedy script. Cast pretty,
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talented, appropriately aged stars. Direct them with care, humanity and simplicity. Who would ever think those actions would develop into the summer’s most charming wide release? Only almost everyone who doesn’t greenlight studio projects. 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 (PG-13) An above-average old people action-thriller that could have been so much more, The Debt boasts an Academy Award nominated director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love), a script by X-Men: First Class’s Matthew Vaughn, music by Thomas Newman AND a cast of Helen Mirren, “It Girl” Jessica Chastain, Sam Worthington, Ciaran Hinds and Tom Wilkinson. Still, the film didn’t get pushed back to near September for no reason. The action may be taut and thrilling as a two-man, one-woman Mossad team attempts to kidnap Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen, Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace), the feared Surgeon of Birkenau who performed sadistic experiments on Jewish prisoners during the Holocaust, from Sovietcontrolled East Berlin. Too bad David, Stephan and Rachel’s predictable human frailties—everyone suspects a love triangle—detract from the high tension stoked by any scene including Christensen’s Vogel. He’s a truly chilling sociopath with the medical insight of Hannibal Lecter. He’s just not in the film enough. Thankfully, the modern day denouement, during which an aged Rachel goes all Salt (and pepper), has a lot of Helen. That woman can truly do no wrong. 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 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 in Lovecraft’s very own Providence, RI. No shocker here; Sally’s depression does not improve when ancient little creatures that can’t stand the light escape from the basement. 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. Lantern’s ring is energized by the green power of will, which allows him/her/it to create any construct imaginable. The movie could use a little more creative pizazz; judging by his constructs, this Lantern is a preteen boy (I kept waiting on the fart construct).
THE GUARD (R) Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle star in Ned Kelly writer John Michael McDonagh’s feature debut, an ‘80s-sounding buddy cop-com. He’s an unorthodox Irish policeman (Gleeson); he’s an uptight FBI agent (Cheadle). International cocaine smugglers better watch out when they begrudgingly team up. This Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee won the Berlin International Film Festival’s Honorable Mention for Best Debut Film and the Audience Award from the Sarajevo Film Festival. With Liam Cunningham, Fionnula Flanagan and Mark Strong. 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) An audiencewooer à la The Blind Side, this ‘60s Mississippi set melodramedy will draw raves from your mother, grandmother, aunt, the ladies of the church, etc., but 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. She collects the stories of long-serving maids Aibileen (the wonderful Viola Davis), Minny (Octavia Spencer, who shines as a lead rather than her typical small supporting player) and more into an illegal (in 1960s Mississippi) tome that scandalizes the gentry represented by Hilly Holbrook (Bryce Dallas Howard). A well-meaning movie, The Help serves up two-plus hours of laughter and tears with a pinch of moral outrage, mostly thanks to the top-notch source material and performances. LAUGH AT MY PAIN (R) Familiar funnyman Kevin Hart (Soul Plane, The 40 Year Old Virgin, “Party Down,” Little Fockers and more) went on a tour in 2011. Laugh at My Pain captures the funny on film. Director Leslie Small is a veteran of the comedy show movie, helming several for Mike Epps, Eddie Griffin, DeRay Davis, Bruce Bruce, Earthquake, Aries Spears and several All-Star Comedy Jams. Hart is funnier than two-thirds of the comics just mentioned, but paying to see something that belongs on Comedy Central just doesn’t feel quite right. 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, an actor I’m too bored by to actively dislike) meet on their graduation night and spend most of their lives engaged in an unrequited love affair. Unfortunately, she’s boring; he’s boorish. I have no clue how my wife made it through an entire 435 pages with Em and Dex. I could barely stand the 148 minutes I had to spend with them. Nicholls’ script could use an injection of Nick Hornby-an humor and mundane likability. This is One Day I’d like to have back, thanks. 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 (early for good behavior), 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 with his chronic honesty and guilelessness. 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 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) The apes return in this remixed mash-up of Escape from the Planet of the Apes and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. I loved The Planet of the Apes series when I was growing up. Just ask the Ape bust watching over my DVD collection. While Tim Burton’s damned dirty apes disappointed heavily, this new Apes prequel has my inner Dr. Zaius all a flutter. 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. 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. Revelers on a lake near the Louisiana Gulf are attacked by freshwater sharks. Director David R. Ellis is a B-movie vet (Final Destination 2, Cellular, Snakes
on a Plane, The Final Destination). Hopefully, this movie will generate proper cheesy thrills à la Piranha 3D. Lay on the genre cameos, please! 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 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. Thanks to the clumsy plotting via Clumsy Smurf (v. Anton Yelchin), Papa Smurf (v. Jonathan Winters), Smurfette (v. Katy Perry), Gutsy Smurf (v. Alan Cumming), Grouchy Smurf (v. George Lopez), Brainy Smurf (v. Fred Armisen) and Clumsy are chased to New York City by Gargamel (Hank Azaria) and his cat, Azrael. 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. Hopefully, Abrams won’t allow human stars Kyle Chandler and a bunch of kids, including Elle Fanning, to be swallowed up by what is sure to be a special effects spectacle. Number one on my list of must-see summer movies. THE TRIP Steve Coogan really doesn’t mind coming off as an asshole (see also Our Idiot Brother). Playing himself in The Trip, 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—the first inn only has one room with a double bed available—but amidst the silliness are moment 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. WARRIOR (PG-13) A former Marine, Tommy Riordan (Tom Hardy, Inception), seeks to win the top prize at an MMA tournament. To reach the top, he will need the help of his dad (Nick Nolte), an alcoholic former coach, and have to defeat his older brother, Brendan (Joel Edgerton). Hollywood keeps trying to turn mixed martial arts into a box office smash, but they have yet to find the right vehicle. Could this flick from Pride and Glory’s Gavin O’Connor be it? 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. X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG-13) X-Men: First Class is what the third X-movie should have been. A prequel to the preceding cinematic issues, X-Men #0 explains how Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr aka Magneto (Michael Fassbender) came to be friends and then mortal enemies. ZOOKEEPER (PG) Kevin James seems like a nice enough guy, and Paul Blart: Zookeeper rides that nice train for a little over 90 minutes. James is Griffin, a nice guy who nicely takes care of nice animals for a nice living. A pretty girl, Stephanie (Leslie Bibb), broke his nice heart. Drew Wheeler
the reader I Am, I Am Superman A famous story has Eric Clapton, the artist formerly known as God, going into a club and seeing Jimi Hendrix for the first time, whereupon Clapton’s stunned reaction was, “What do I do now?” I always imagine that to be the reaction of the creators of American comics in the late ‘80s, when a horde of British writers led by Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison showed up and started taking over, ripping up tired old conventions and injecting the funnies with a potent cocktail of mature dialogue, punk attitude and thematic psychedelia that gave us such groundbreaking comics as Watchmen, The Sandman and The Invisibles, all books that we funnybook fans inevitably shove into our friends hands as proof that “comic books aren’t just for kids!” For those of us who’d become bored with the same old tired hyperthyroid punch-‘em-outs in mainstream comics, suddenly here were heroic stories with brains, funnies that challenged us, and—perhaps most importantly—comics our girlfriends read, too. For those who aren’t familiar with these writers, I’ll give you an example of what the Glaswegian punk shaman Grant Morrison does for a living. In his breakout title, Doom Patrol, he took a fourth-tier DC comic about a misfit superhero team and introduced a hero with 64 different personalities, each with a different superpower; revealed a loving gay relationship between two bad guys who happened to be a talking gorilla and a brain in a jar; created a team of villainous Dadaists who sucked Paris into a painting; and gave us Danny the Street, a hero who was literally a street (philosophy professor Steven Shaviro used Morrison’s work as the jumping-off point for his amazing and highly recommended collection of essays on postmodernism, Doom Patrols). And that’s just one book. Since then, Morrison has emerged as one of the top comics writers in the industry, lending his unique, mind-expanding perspective to projects that range from the ridiculous (Animal Man) to the sublime (New X-Men, Superman). Morrison is the Elvis Costello of comics—even his throwaway ideas are spun gold; not always successful, perhaps, but smarter than funnybooks have any right to be. What makes Morrison’s work so powerful is not a rejection of the traditional superhero idiom but the embrace of its potential. In that way, it’s punk as punk was always intended, not as a condemnation of institutions but of their failures. While mainstream comics had for decades worked hard to humanize their heroes, giving them mundane problems and soap-opera crises, Morrison views superheroes as exemplars of something greater, more “super” than “man.” Heroes are heroes because they step up, go beyond, do what all of us would do if we could. That gives their
stories power to inspire us and imbues them with life beyond their creators, injecting them into the collective unconscious as surely as myth. This is the point behind Morrison’s remarkable book Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human (Random House, 2011). Part history of superhero comics, part autobiography and part Joseph Campbell-esque meditation on the resonance of archetypes, the book examines a lifetime spent in the company of men and women who save the world in their underwear, how they contributed to his extraordinary life as writer, musician and intrepid explorer of higher consciousness and how we all might do the same. While Morrison’s analyses of comics heroes (Superman as socialist hero vs. Batman as defender of capitalism, the paradox of Wonder Woman as both feminist ideal and fetish object, DC’s paternalism vs. Marvel’s radicalism) have all been expressed many times before, the author infuses his narrative with a curiously effective mixture of wide-eyed gee-whiz and knowing cynicism that’s a real pleasure to read. Moreover, Morrison works with a wide canvas, continually working his subject into the context of history and pop culture at large, imbuing his discussion of funnybooks with a proper appreciation of them as cultural artifacts and touchstones of modern Western civilization. This sounds a bit pompous, but Morrison’s enthusiasm and accessibility make it work. More importantly, Morrison uses his own experiences as a scenester, musician, occultist and journeyman writer to build his thesis about the idea of superheroes, if not always the execution, as an archetypal lodestone toward the development of our potential. Simply put, if stories and myths inspire us to greatness, then stories and myths about idealized figures who fight for the greater good and never give up should inspire us most of all. Rather than viewing superheroes as mere wish-fulfillment fantasies, Morrison asserts, we should be looking at just how good the wish is and how we might fulfill it. As a template for living, aspiring to work for justice and the common well-being isn’t half bad. Word: It has been a while since I’ve posted anything about poetry in town, but it does happen all around us. Athens Word of Mouth is an open-mic poetry event held on the first Wednesday of every month at The Globe (on the corner of Lumpkin and Clayton). Local poets are invited to come do their thing this Wednesday, Sept. 7, when the featured reader will be Bob Brussack. For details, check out their website: www.athenswordofmouth.com. John G. Nettles
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One Billion Tastes and Tunes: All you want for Christmas is the upcoming Neutral Milk Hotel boxed set. Pretty much bargain priced at $88, the set includes both LPs (On Avery Island and In the Aeroplane Over the Sea) in gatefold sleeves, the Everything Is 10-inch EP, a bonus 10-inch EP Ferris Wheel on Fire full of previously unreleased studio tracks, the once eye-teeth commanding Holland, 1945 7-inch picture disc, a 7-inch containing early versions of “You’ve Passed” and “Where You’ll Find Me Now,” a 7-inch with two versions of “Little Birds” and two posters. This set is self-released by Neutral Milk Hotel, and, if you’ve read the information above closely, it’s an entirely vinyl set. Once this set is released, Mangum & Co. will make the previously unreleased songs available via Bandcamp.com as pay-what-you-want downloads; so if you’re broke, or just cheap, you don’t have to repurchase anything you already own just to get the new stuff. You think Aerosmith would do that? The set is available for pre-order as we speak and will ship on Nov. 22. Dig it over at www.walkingwallofwords.com.
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Let’s Build: Several Athens’ artists and bands have contributed to the Wounded Warrior benefit album, the proceeds of which will go to build The American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial. Slated to be built on a spot across from the U.S. Botanic Gardens near the U.S. Capitol, the memorial is in tribute to “the over three million living disabled American Veterans, including 53,000 who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the countless hundreds of thousands who have died.” The exclusively Athens album features R.E.M., Futurebirds, Dead Confederate, Drivin’ N Cryin’, Gift Horse, Hope for Agoldensummer, The Whigs, Ruby Kendrick, Bloodkin and the Widespread Panic/ Vic Chesnutt collaboration Brute. For more information, please see www. woundedwarrioralbumcharity.com Who’s to Blame?: I saved my favorite bit of news for last this week because I know folks tend to read the beginning and end of this column. It just happens. So, I’m tickled pink to let you know that former Athens scenester and instigator Chip Shirley has uploaded the first episode of his 1985 television show
“Partyline,” which means all of you can see a truly neat piece of Athens history. The show was an hour-long program produced in the TV studio of The Athens Observer newspaper (where The Arch Bar is now) and featured interviews, monologues, musical performances, etc., and the overwhelming feeling of kids being cut loose with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of analogue TV equipment. As Shirley describes it, “Believe me, we were partying on ‘Partyline.’ And guess what? It’s not illegal to get wasted on live TV! Y’all should do one like it! Go Partyschool!” In all, 17 shows were produced, but the process of digitizing them has been slow going, so don’t look for any more in the near future. On the first episode you’ll see a baby-faced Brian Cook (Is/Ought Gap, Time Toy, Thumb), a 35-year-old William Orten Carlton, an interview with Los Lobos at Legion Field, a segment on things to do with food besides eating it and, really, general mayhem. The show was produced live on Saturday nights at 1 a.m. (back then, and up until not terribly long ago, Athens bars—both of ‘em!—had to close at midnight on Saturday), so the crew was stewed and ready to crack the boredom. Want to know more about Observer TV and The Athens Observer? Ask Pete McCommons. Want to see a fine slice of Athens scene history from the days of penny parking meters and tumbleweed-rolling downtown nights? Please go see www.chipshirleyshow.com. Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com
Driving Songs: Morris vs. McIntosh Plan on hitting the road this weekend? You’ll need some tunes to keep things moving and to keep you alert, so we’ve enlisted the help of multi-instrumentalist/composer Heather McIntosh (The Instruments, Circulatory System, AUX Festival) and singer/songwriter Hunter Morris (Gift Horse) for this month’s driving-themed Mixtape War. Although Gift Horse has stayed put this past month with a residency at the 40 Watt Club, Morris is no stranger to the road, as his band has traveled up and down the coast on tour this past year. McIntosh has played music all over the world in numerous projects, and her most recent roadtrip took her away from Athens (boo!) and off to her new home in Los Angeles. We miss you already, Heather! But we know what to put on the stereo when we drive out to visit…
Heather McIntosh’s Driving Songs Mixtape 1. “I’m Ready” by Royal Trux Heather McIntosh on why she picked this tune: This is a fairly nostalgic jam from my early days touring and hanging out with Elf Power. There’s something about the cloven hoof on the gas pedal on the cover that just screams, “And we’re off!” Hunter Morris’ Reaction: My apologies for getting started with such a dirty mouth, but FUCK. YES. I love Royal Trux. I’m already speeding.
HM: “Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream.” I think that’s about as good as it gets for a driving song, right? 7. “Nothing Ever Happened” by Deerhunter HMc: This song kinda fits that space between Krautrock and MBV that I am always trying to hang out in. It’s so nice for the driving. HM: Great song off a great album. And it’s a perfect followup in keeping with the downhill churning momentum from “Tomorrow Never Knows.” 8. “Meteoroid from the Sun Strikes a Dead Weirdo” by Gerbils HMc: So worth hollering along to. I am also feeling a bit homesick, so Gerbils fit the bill. HM: Another band that I almost put on my list. I was gonna put “Are You Underwater,” but this one is a better driving song.
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2. “Jack the Stripper/ Fairies Wear Boots” by Black Sabbath HMc: One might argue that these are two separate songs, sure, but they can’t live apart! I had the Paranoid cassette as a permanent fixture in my old Econoline, and it is still in my current car. Three cheers for the working cassette player in the Subaru Forester! HM: OK, now I got a freakin’ speeding ticket. And the cop is asking why I was trying to write on my knuckles. 3. “I’m So Green” by Can HMc: I kind of went for the “jamming, go down the highway” variety of songs, whereas Hunter has nicely filled out the “sing it out” side of the mixtape coin. As a team, I think we have a pretty good mixtape coin! HM: I was like this close to putting “Mushroom” on my list, so I totally agree with Can making a driving songs mixtape. This song is awesome. 4. “Amassakoul ‘N’ Ténéré” by Tinariwen HMc: Wait for it; it’s when the bass happens that makes it so good. HM: I’ve heard a little of the back story of Tinariwen, but I have to admit I had never listened to any of their songs. Part of the experience of listening to music while driving is to let your mind wander off into some beautiful faraway place, and this song takes you about as far away as you can go on this planet. 5. “Psalter” by Faust HMc: I’ve covered this song with my band, The Instruments, before, and on first listen it seems too tricky to groove out to, but once you figure out the claps, it’s quite the jammer. I am pretty sure the English translation is something like: “I am not afraid to lose my teeth. I am not afraid to waste my time.” I love it! HM: I had never heard this Faust song either, very cool song and very trance-y. Pass me that shit, dawg… 6. “Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles HMc: I’ve always liked this song, but on our last Circulatory System tour, I really fell in love with this one all over again. That bass! That tambo!
9. “Crittin’ Down to Baba’s” by Icy Demons HMc: Every time this song comes on, I am shaken out of any road delirium. I am pretty sure this song is strictly about getting tacos at a restaurant in Chicagoland. Awesome. HM: Had I not seen Icy Demons live, I wouldn’t get this song as much. But I like how unique of a sound they have, and it’s the kind of song that you’re trying to wrap your ear around until it’s over, and you wonder what you just heard.
10. “Better Change Your Mind” by William Onyeabor HMc: Again, it’s when the bass happens… but also the keyboards. Well, OK, it’s the whole dang song. HM: Great way to take it home. You don’t ever want the groove of this song to end.
Hunter Morris’ Driving Songs Mixtape 1. “At Dawn” by My Morning Jacket HM: Driving is the time when I feel the most keenly aware of the passage of time, so it seems appropriate to start the drive with this one. HMc: Granny’s never actually listened to this band… and yes, I must live in some sort of cave. 2. “Turnstile Blues” by Autolux HM: Awesome driving song… the drums are the hook of the tune to me. If played on the air drums by the driver, the ensuing knee-driving can help keep passengers awake and alert. HMc: I’ve never listened to these guys before. Is that weird? Those drums fit the driving bill for sure, as do the bendy guitars! 3. “Heart Cooks Brain” by Modest Mouse HM: One of the best songs about the passage of time and how we move through the world that I’ve ever heard. I think the lyrics are brilliant. HMc: It’s got a good beat, and you can really drive to it! Sorry, that was real dorky on my part. 4. “Tell Me Now” by Daniel Johnston HM: In the case of this song and the next two, the movement is with respect to another person. This song is blissful because of its innocence… even though you want to tell Daniel that it’s not gonna happen, you realize you just have to let him enjoy the moment. HMc: Daniel! Yay! Yes, how I really love him. Biggest testament to the nooks and crannies of SXSW… I saw him play
5. “Brand New Love” by Sebadoh HM: This song is kind of a “moving on” anthem. Super sloppy and rough, and that’s kind of how moving on usually goes; so it’s just perfect in all its imperfections. HMc: Totally not related to driving at all, but I do feel that Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock is one of the better record titles ever. It’s really good to go back and take a listen to those guit-fiddles. They still sound pretty shreddingly great. 6. “Delta Dawn” by Tanya Tucker HM: I love how Tanya sounds like a woman who’s forgotten things that most people will never know—even though she was, like, 13 when this was recorded. Also, I’m pretty sure the character in this song is batshit crazy, if that’s the kinda thing you’re into. HMc: God, these are good ones. I could listen to this song a million times and just keep trying to blast out each harmony. I love the magical verbed-out sound of this recording. I know I am behind on my country trivia, but, dang, she was 13 when she recorded this? What? Amazing. 7. “Ambulance Blues” by Neil Young HM: Maybe my favorite Neil song. When he says, “An ambulance can only go so fast,” it’s hard to imagine a thought on the passage of time that could work on more levels than that. HMc: Ahh… Mr. Young. I heard this record for the first time two years ago. Just lovely. One of my favorite album covers (and gatefolds) ever on the Earth. Who would have thought you could ever make the tambourine sound so lonesome? You’re making me want to crack out this whole record right now! 8. “Motörhead” by Motörhead HM: I mean, if you can’t get where you’re going listening to this song, you shouldn’t be listening to music. Or driving. Or breathing. OK, now I’m pissed. HMc: For some reason this Motörhead jam fills a similar space to the Royal Trux jam I picked. One cloven hoof on the pedal all the way to our destination! 9. “Where Is My Mind?” by Pixies
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HM: My favorite Pixies song. And one of those songs that, for whatever reason, just sounds all the more captivating when you’re driving. HMc: Aww, sweet, the Pixies! You can really get your holler on to this one. The “getting of the holler on” is such an important aspect to a proper driving mixtape, especially good for a mid-tour driving lull. I would imagine this mix would be perfect for shaking the van out of the ol’ Minneapolis to Seattle death march! 10. “Today Was a Good Day” by Ice Cube HM: Perfect closer when you know you’ve almost made it to where you’re going. And who doesn’t get that warm, fuzzy feeling when they realize that the day is coming to an end and they didn’t even have to use their darn A.K. even one darn time? HMc: There is something super great about driving around to this song on any sunny day anywhere, but it resonates super well out here in my new homeland. Excellent mixtape arc. We’re coming home!
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ohnny just bought a vintage Marshall Super Lead off eBay for $600, his first tube amp. It has some dings in the tolex, but the seller said that it was mechanically OK. Johnny unwraps it and plugs in, cranks the volume knob to 11 and strums a power chord. Ah, bliss: the sound of hot resistors munching on electricity. But then, suddenly, the sound stops. What is Johnny to do?
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“It doesn’t sound any different from a normal kit,” he says, “It’s just loud as hell.” Another Athens tech builds more amps than he repairs. Nick Greer started building effects pedals when he was 14 years old, and at age 19 began his own company, Greer Amps. Greer’s line of 15 amplifiers and more than 30 pedals are hand-built out of a single room in his house called “the cave.” The 29-year-old wears a beard that is prematurely gray, possibly due to the thousands of volts that have surged through him during his 15-year career. Despite a nearly threemonth waiting list and the high cost of using custom components in his amps, Greer insists on placing quality before quantity and affordability before profit: “My goal is to make a product that a 19 or 20-year-old that’s working a part-time job can save up and afford to buy.” Greer’s business philosophy isn’t a profitable one, but it has garnered him worldwide distribution and endorsement deals with artists such as Miranda Lambert, Five Eight and Easter Island. Of all the techs in Athens, perhaps Steve Hunter is the most prolific, having worked with Drive-By Truckers, R.E.M., Widespread Panic and “just about anybody who is anybody in Athens.” Like Greer, Hunter works out of his home. Although only a single room in the house is dedicated to his repair business, Thee Electrick Church, every other room is furnished with amps that Hunter either built or worked on. His prize, a 200-watt Marshall Major, is safely kept in his bedroom plugged to a series of vintage effects that seem to feed it intravenously.
For many musicians the first place to go is a music store. But what happens when Johnny leaves his steaming pile of broken electronics in one of these stores? It could be shipped back to the manufacturer where it will be repaired with the same components that failed originally. Or the store may act as a middle man, contracting out to a local technician. Often with vintage gear or nonwarranty repairs, the latter takes place. So, why not just take the gear directly to the tech? Well, many techs work out of their homes and advertise only by word-of-mouth. While this encourages a strong tech-client relationship, it can alienate newcomers like Johnny who don’t know where to turn when their gear goes to crap. John McNeece, owner of McNeece Music, recently moved to Athens from Tallahassee, FL. In addition to running a repair business, McNeece is also chief assembler for Electric Amp Innovations, a Spokane, WA company that builds amps tailored for low and fuzzy tones. “I first got into this because I was playing too loud and screwing up my amps,” he says. “So, I started to focus on making amps for people like me Steve Hunter who want to play too loud.” Located in the Chase Park warehouses, his shop houses stacks of speakers and amps and a bench covered in “These amps are like my children,” he says. And sometimes the instruments of his practice: blueprints, wires, wrenches, his children don’t play nice; Hunter has been shocked over a electronic probes and spinning gauges. He pulls back a black hundred times. “It hasn’t happened in a long time,” he says. curtain to reveal the practice room where he stores an impos“The worst time was when a 100-watt Hiwatt zapped me right ing drum set that looks as if it were made for a giant to play. in the forehead.” Other techs like Roger Scoggins, owner of Kitchen Table Stereo, work on everything from Nick Greer stereos to PA systems (Scoggins will even do a house call if you ask him nicely). His philosophy is: “You can’t just work on one thing. You can’t just work on tube amplifiers.” McNeece, Greer and Hunter, however, prefer to specialize in vacuum tube amplifiers, and even on specific brands: McNeece with Electric, Greer with his own builds and Hunter with Vox. This creates a conundrum when choosing an amp tech: whether to spend time searching for a specialist or to use an all-rounder like Scoggins. Although the all-around tech will probably be able to repair a more diverse array of gear, he may not be able to compensate for inherent design flaws. A specialist, however, will know how to work around these flaws and not only fix the gear, but make sure that it stays fixed.
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t’s not easy to define New Orleans-based band MUTEMATH’s hybrid of alt-rock, Southern soul and synth-pop. When the band is at full-blast onstage, there’s an awful lot going on all at once. If MUTEMATH used to get maximum mileage out of high-powered dance beats and chilled-out atmospherics, the group veers into new sonic territory with its latest effort, Odd Soul. Led by charismatic singer/keyboardist Paul Meany, the band independently produced the new 13-song collection earlier this year. It’s due for national release on Oct. 4. It rocks with more grit and blues than anything they’ve ever released. “This is the first record we’ve self-produced,” says Meany. “We had a pretty clear idea of how we wanted this record to sound, and we knew how to get there. We’ve recorded enough and learned enough about our band to feel confident about it. We locked down in my house in New Orleans and went for it.” Meany and his bandmates—bassist/guitarist Roy Mitchell-Cardenas and drummer Darren King—were eager to dig deeper into their musical roots. They avoided the distraction of label and financial affairs and concentrated on playing and writing. “We were trying to amplify it all more than before,” says Meany. “There are some elements of what we came up from in New Orleans. The songs ‘Odd Soul’ and ‘Blood Pressure’ have a touch of soul. They’re all cut from the same tree. These are songs we are honest about, and we unearthed a lot of themes that we’ve wanted to talk about for a long time.” Some touched on spirituality and religion—topics Meany has dealt with since his days in the 1990s and early 2000s as a member of Earthsuit, a New Orleans-based contemporary Christian rock group. “Much of it is about our experience growing up and what I’d call eccentric Christianity,” Meany says of the new songs. “Darren and I were in the throes of all that during the late 1980s and ‘90s. We’ve gathered a lot of stories and anecdotes over the years. It’s the central theme of this Odd Soul of ours.” While they prepared for sessions last year, MUTEMATH found themselves dealing with a major adjustment in the lineup, too. In April, the band announced that longtime guitarist Greg Hill was no longer with the band. Hill had actually given notice last fall. “Greg left the band last year, right as we started recording this new record,” says Meany. “We were certainly in a head-space where we all needed a change. Things couldn’t keep going the way they were. I think [2009
album] Armistice took a toll on us. Greg was ready to go. I think changing up the scenery was good as we went into a new record.” MUTEMATH carried on with studio work as a trio, with Mitchell-Cardenas handling most of the guitar duties. They wanted to focus on creating a vibrant new set of songs. “It wasn’t a vast change for us, after all, but it certainly was an ex-factor,” admits Meany. “The guitar became a new instrument for the three of us in a lot of ways. We didn’t have the opportunity to pick up a guitar and express our ideas like this before, so it was a new method. Roy played most of the guitar, but we all participated.” MUTEMATH enlisted Todd Gummerman as the new guitarist for the band, just in time for a quick summer tour of Japan. Gummerman’s technique and performance style fit nicely into the group’s sound and stage show. “We prefer to perform as a four-piece,” says Meany. “Todd’s such a great musician, so it’s worked out great. I’d like to think that this is an important new chapter for us.” Compared to previous works, the new songs on Odd Soul are less hectic. On Armistice, electronic effects and ambient guitars played a large role in the sound. The upbeat tune “Spotlight” scored big with fans. Critics compared the music to Radiohead, Muse and New Order. Old Soul bypasses some of the familiar dance-rock and pop elements. There’s newfound energy to the music. Maybe it’s a collective step into a new maturity. “I think this record is probably our most high-spirited album we’ve ever done,” says Meany. “It’s very dynamic and energetic. We certainly didn’t talk ourselves out of much in the studio, which was a big change. We played around a lot more. I think the music benefited from that. We had to create something that was moving us now. We wanted to cut to the chase and play the music we’re most moved to play. Anything that popped up and came close to sounding depressing got nixed. We just weren’t interested in that. I don’t feel we’re very good at being dark, so we didn’t waste any time being dark. We wanted to make something that was glaringly bright.” T. Ballard Lesemann
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leader of long-running rock group/ sonic godhead Earth— formed in 1989—Dylan Carlson has done what great artists are supposed to do: innovate and move on. Operating alongside myriad luminaries of the Pacific Northwest scene in the early ‘90s, Carlson essentially created an entire genre out of sheer sound, and then, 10 years later, almost completely abandoned it. “I’ve always tried to do something different with each record. I don’t know why the idea of doing the same record over and over has never appealed to me,” says Carlson from his home in Seattle. “It’s weird, because my writing style has never really changed all that much. It’s just that I was trying to do something more; I wanted to see if we could get the same effect without all the extra overdrive and dirt and whatnot.” The “effect” Carlson is speaking of is encapsulated on Earth’s first full-length album, Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version, released on Sub Pop Records in 1993. Three cuts, an hour plus in duration, that defined a sound—drone metal or doom metal, depending on what kind of semantic trip you’re on—and inspired legions of imitators. Incorporating the principles of minimalist composer La Monte Young (who claimed as a Midwestern youth to be inspired by the high, lonesome sound of power lines) with the thick depth of Black Sabbath (from whom Earth cribbed its name), Carlson and his collaborators found a combination without any true precedent. With nearly no percussion, and even less vocals, Earth’s original goal seemed to be to bully the air through brute wattage. “We didn’t have a lot of stuff going on onstage,” says Carlson. “I sat down to play; there was one or two members, sometimes three, so the volume and the speakers were sort of part of the show. Now that we’re an actual band, we don’t need to [be so loud].” Which brings us to the contemporary state of Earth. After three albums’ worth of fullon drone punishment, Carlson went through a period of personal reconciliation, putting down the guitar and committing himself to rehabilitation from drugs. (“I had some downtime,” he laughs). He returned to the instrument with an infinitely nuanced approach to the same goal of existing in a realm of both saturation and space. “I think you can be full-sounding without having to, like, hurt people,” he says. “When I came back to playing guitar again, I got really obsessed with Tele[caster] players like Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton, Roy Nichols and those guys. I had improved as a player once I started practicing again, too; that’s what I like about the Tele, it sort of forces you to be
more on your game. It’s not a super forgiving guitar.” Eschewing his band’s seemingly signature element—oppressive overdrive—Carlson was able to wipe away tonal distractions and find a Zen-like peace in his newfound country influences. The resulting album, 2005’s Hex; or, Printing in the Infernal Method, staked a new claim for Earth, one that the band has occupied with increasing comfort ever since. Taking a page from Cormac McCarthy’s novel Blood Meridian, the landscape Earth inhabits now is a barren but beautiful one, with all the tasteful negation suggested by its drone work but with an added cinematic component. Carlson has been joined since Hex by drummer Adrienne Davies, who sustains an impossibly glacial pace that always seems to hang in mid-air while underscoring a sort of implicit heaviness—without the excessive volume. On their latest album, Angels of Lightness, Demons of Darkness, Pt. 1, Carlson and Davies are joined by bassist (and Microphones/ Mt. Eerie member) Karl Blau and cellist Lori Goldston. The addition of the acoustic stringed instrument further necessitated continued notches towards sound moderation. “My attitude is: one, I don’t like carrying about that much equipment anymore. And two: let the P.A. do the work. Especially now, since we’re playing with a cello—she does play it through an amp, but there’s a certain level of volume that she begins having problems with. I still think we’re loud and a loud rock band, but sometimes I have to convince soundmen: ‘Okay, we’re not SunnO))), we’re not doing “Earth 2” anymore.’ “And plus, it’s just like—it’s done, you know what I mean?” Carlson continues. “I did it, and I liked it then, and I like SunnO))), more power to ‘em, but I don’t feel the need to compete in that arena. When I started Earth, all the bands were trying to be as fast as possible. And now it seems bands are trying to be as slow as possible. When you put that ahead of anything, it sort of, to me, turns music into a sporting event instead of a musical event.” Jeff Tobias For more on Earth, visit Homedrone at Flagpole.com, where Carlson breaks down a list of his favorite guitarists.
WHO: Earth, Mouth Eerie/The Microphones, Dead in the Dirt WHERE: Caledonia Lounge WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 p.m. HOW MUCH: $8 (21+), $10 (18+)
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Fuzzy Sprouts A Warm Warm and and Fuzzy Fuzzy A 20th Anniversary Anniversary 20th wo decades ago, when Athens was not yet coming down from the binge of an era that put the city and its music on the national pop culture radar, the underground rock scene was thriving. A recent art school graduate from Massachusetts named Timi Conley drove south in a rusty 1979 Toyota Corolla seeking a place for his college band to take off in a new direction. His first stop was Athens, and from here he planned to spend some time in Austin. After arriving in Athens, Conley ran out of gas—and never left. A few months later, Conley’s bandmates, bassist Dave Domizi and his brother, drummer Scott Domizi, also made the migration from Massachusetts to Georgia. The three rented a small house in Five Points that Dave says was “just close enough to code to legally rent.” A few weeks later, in the summer of 1991, Fuzzy Sprouts plugged in and played their first Athens show in the depths of Club Fred, a gritty, basement punk club below Fred di Toronto’s Pizzeria. While the zappy, psychedelic funk-rock didn’t quite call in the masses at first, it did catch the ear of Club Fred booking agent Ripley Keller, and it wasn’t long before the guys were regulars. Opening for Athens hardrock favorites such as Hayride and Lagerhead, Fuzzy Sprouts quickly became a familiar name throughout the underground club circuit and earned the band its rightful place in the local scene. “Athens gave our music, and us as players, a chance to grow,” says Dave. “We learned how to use spatulas to pay the rent, how to survive on the road, sleep in vans and on floors, and how to score killer deals at thrift stores.” Conley and the Domizis spent their days working jobs as restaurant kitchen staff, telemarketers and any other work they could find to pay the bills while they fostered their craft. Conley notes that even in their day jobs, they were able to soak up inspiration that affected the development of their sound. “We came to Athens and got dishwashing jobs listening to James Brown and George Clinton,” says Conley, “We were from New England—it ain’t got that soul like here… We got gritty and scrappy and added that to the fluff.” Over the next 10 years, Conley, Dave Domizi, guitarist/vocalist Michael Wegner— who joined the band in 1993—and a rotation of drummers including Scott Domizi, Scott Nutt, Tim Payne and Seth Hendershot, released three independent albums: Hey Buddy (1996), Live & Sassy Picture Show (1999) and Liquid Light (2000). Fuzzy Sprouts played
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numerous shows locally, toured often and quickly became known for their miscellany of onstage pranks and stunts, including highwire tricks and assorted pyrotechnics. Among their list of show memories are a flaming birthday cake, live llamas, a sold-out show in which patrons of Atomic Music Hall drank the bar out of beer, and an event referred to simply as The Naked Party. “If you have to ask,” says Conley, “you weren’t there.” Fast-forward 20 years from that first fateful night at Club Fred, and the building that once held Fred di Toronto’s Pizzeria is now home to Chelsea’s Gentleman’s Club. Several classic venues—The High Hat, Tasty World and Atomic Music Hall—have all fallen to the wayside. The downtown area has seen dozens of openings, closings, facelifts and changes, but the Sprouts are still banking on one certain fact: the kids love to party. Although the band called it quits in 2001, after 10 years of full-time recording, touring and painting the town with hard rockin’ party tunes, they have yet to fully conclude their career. Members of the band have continued to collaborate in several other local projects, including Abbey Road Live, The Magictones, Cosmic Charlie, Conley’s own project Kite to the Moon and Wegner’s group Whisper Kiss. The Sprouts are also known for their sporadic reunion shows—the last of which Dave jokingly calls the “17th annual farewell concert.” Now, in honor of their 20th anniversary as a part of the Athens music scene, Fuzzy Sprouts are hosting a special reunion show in the newly re-opened Georgia Theatre. As a band renowned for their tricks and shenanigans, it’s hard to envision what the guys might have up their sleeves on such a momentous date. Though Conley, Dave Domizi, Wegner and Hendershot are all now fathers of children aged three to nine, do not expect a tame or toned-down performance. “The Georgia Theatre, being so brand-new and unspoiled, makes one wish to defile it in some glorious fashion befitting its grand majesty,” Conley says. After 20 years on the scene, it’s unlikely that Fuzzy Sprouts will ever really change their partying ways—and we’re OK with that. Carrie Dagenhard
WHO: Fuzzy Sprouts, Hayride WHERE: Georgia Theatre WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 p.m. HOW MUCH: $10
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Wednesday 7 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 museum docents in the lobby for an afternoon 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
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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. FREE! 706-542-1127 LECTURES & LIT.: Global Health Symposium (UGA Coverdell Building) Two-day symposium 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 different nature writer as a guest speaker. Every Wednesday. 4:30–5:30 p.m. $5. patricia.priest@ yahoo.com LECTURES & LIT.: Word of Mouth (The Globe) Monthly open poetry readings every first Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenswordofmouth.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. Dealing 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 8 EVENTS: Film Screening: Green Fire (UGA Forestry Building, Room 100) A screening of the first-ever full-length documentary about conservationist Aldo Leopold, author of A Sand County Almanac. Screenings at 4 & 8 p.m. FREE! www.calendar. uga.edu
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EVENTS: Grand Opening (Treppenhaus) Grand opening party with plenty of drink specials. 706355-3060 EVENTS: Jeannette Rankin Women’s Scholarship Fund’s Annual Dinner (UGA Tate Center) Festivities include a steel drum band and Mediterranean food to celebrate 35 years of empowering women. Dr. Elizabeth Kiss, president of Agnes Scott, is the keynote speaker. 5:30 p.m. $65. 706-208-1211, www. rankinfoundation.org EVENTS: Screening: The American Soldier (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S150) Ricky, a cold-blooded German-American contract killer, returns home to Munich to eliminate a few problem crooks. 8 p.m. FREE! www.ideasforcreativeexploration.com ART: Drawing in the Galleries (Georgia Museum of Art) Open hours for visitors to sketch in the galleries using graphite or colored pencils. 5–8 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Visual Culture Colloquium (Lamar Dodd School of Art) “Exuberance of Meaning: The Patronage of Catherine the Great,” presented by Asen Kirin. 5–6 p.m. FREE! artinfo@uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Second Thursday Scholarship Concert (UGA Hodgson Hall) Conductor Mark Cedel leads the UGA Symphony Orchestra. 9 p.m. $5 (students), $15. 706-542-3331, aflurry@uga.edu OUTDOORS: Circle of Hikers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Exercise your mind and body every Thursday morning with nature hikes and readings from nature-inspired stories and poems. 8:30 a.m. FREE! 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden KIDSTUFF: Baby Music Jam (ACC Library) Children ages 1-3 and their caregivers get to play instruments, sing and dance together! 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 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 LECTURES & LIT.: Global Health Symposium (UGA Tate Center) Two-day symposium for exchanging information about the globalization of health care. 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $5 (students), $15. 706-542-8607, www.globalhealth.uga.edu/2011 MEETINGS: Green Drinks Athens (Hotel Indigo) An open, free-form get together for anyone interested in meeting and networking with other eco-minded folks about business, academic or government initiatives. 5:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! bartonking@ charter.net GAMES: Beer Pong (Alibi) The classic tournament-style game. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
Toro y Moi plays the 40 Watt Club on Friday, Sept. 9.
Friday 9 EVENTS: Back to School Bash (American Black Belt Academy) Watch demonstrations and meet instructors. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www. americanblackbelt.org EVENTS: Bear Hollow Zoo Fundraiser (Terrapin Beer Co.) Sample beers and get a tour of the brewery. Proceeds will fund the expansion and renovation of the current black bear exhibit at Bear Hollow. 5:30–7:30 p.m. $12. www. athensclarkecounty.com/bearhollow EVENTS: Emergency Preparedness Information Fair (UGA Tate Center) Displays and demonstrations (10 a.m.–12 p.m.) and “A Time to Remember, A Time to Prepare: Remebering the 9/11 Attacks” with lecturers Andrew Young, FBI, and David Walker, Dept. of Homeland Security (11 a.m.). FREE! 706-542-5845, osep@uga. edu EVENTS: MMA Fight Night (The Bad Manor) See the next starts of Mixed Martial Arts. Presented by Fight Fusion. 7–10 p.m. $15. www. thebadmanor.com EVENTS: Tailgating Party (Little Italy) Pepsi and Dr. Pepper team up to give away drinks and other goodies. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! 706613-7100 ART: Happy Hour Creations (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Paint a picture of the interior of The Grill. All supplies and full instruction provided. 6–9 p.m. $35 (single), $60 (pair). 706-424-0195, www. wholemindbodyart.com ART: Opening Reception (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. $1. www.athenshasart. blogspot.com PERFORMANCE: Athens Cabaret Showgirls (Little Kings Shuffle Club) A unique drag show featuring performances by local drag artists. 10 p.m. $5. 706-369-3144 OUTDOORS: Full Moon Canoe Ride (Sandy Creek Park) Paddle a canoe or kayak on Lake Chapman guided by the full moon. Participants may use one of the park’s canoes/ kayaks or bring their own. Ages 12 & up. Must pre-register. 8–10 p.m. $12, $8 (with own canoe/kayak). 706-613-3631 KIDSTUFF: Superhero Workshop (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Local artist George Marston leads kids through drawing their own superhero. 6–8 p.m. $25. 706-424-0195, www.wholemindbodyart.com LECTURES & LIT.: Lunch with Leaders: Wanda Wilcox (UGA Memorial Hall) This month: Wanda Wilcox, an academic advisor, instructor in women’s studies and religion, Sunday school teacher and out member of the queer community. 12–1:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-4022 MEETINGS: Mindfulness Practice Group (Mind Body Institute) Beginners and experienced mindfulness practitioners welcome. Meets the second Friday of each month. 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@armc.org
Saturday 10 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Every Saturday. This week: “Bakery Extravaganza,” a wide selec-
tion of donuts, cookies, pastries and baguettes. 8 a.m.–noon. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Daisy Dukes in Cowboy Boots (Alibi) Sexy cowgirl contest! 9 p.m. 706-549-1010 EVENTS: WMI Farms Produce Market (Doctor’s Car Care) Natural and locally grown organic produce fresh from the Winterville farm. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. ART: Art Reception (Earth Fare) AthensHasArt! presents a familyfriendly interactive reception for photography by Patrick Denker. 6–7 p.m. FREE! www.AthensHasArt. blogspot.com OUTDOORS: Full Moon Canoe Ride (Sandy Creek Park) Paddle a canoe or kayak on Lake Chapman guided by the full moon. Participants may use one of the park’s canoes/ kayaks or bring their own. Ages 12 & up. Register. 8–10 p.m. $12, $8 (with own boat). 706-613-3631 KIDSTUFF: Athens Water Festival (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 (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join the SCNC staff for stories about the woods and its resident creatures. 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-6133615, www.accleisureservices.com 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
LECTURES & LIT.: Book Signing (UGA Bookstore) Book release and signing of Damn Good Dogs!: The Real Story of UGA, the University of Georgia’s Bulldog Mascots. 12–1 p.m. FREE! 706-369-6158
Sunday 11 EVENTS: 9/11 Ceremony (Memorial Trail) View a monument created by Bob Hart, former director of information technology at UGA’s College of Education. 6:30 p.m. www.bodhartart.com EVENTS: 9/11 Commemoration: Community Singing (Athens First United Methodist Church) The Athens Choral Society and the Music Ministry of AFUMC hold a performance of Gabriel Faure’s “Requiem.” 6:30–7:45 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1442 EVENTS: WMI Farms Produce Market (Doctor’s Car Care) Natural and locally grown organic produce fresh from the Winterville farm. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. 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 ART: Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 3 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org KIDSTUFF: Yoga & Craft (Treehouse Kid and Craft) For ages 3–8. Sundays, 2:30 p.m. $10. 706850-8226, www.treehousekidandcraft.tumblr.com
Monday 12 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to bedtime stories. Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Nurture language skills. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Federation of Neighborhoods (Fire Hall No. 2, 489 Prince Ave.) This month, an information session on the upcoming Education SPLOST. All interested parties are welcome. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-2912, contact@accneighborhoods.org 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 13 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: Cooking in the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This session: Handmade Pastries. Learn how to prepare basic pie dough and a lemon custard filling. Call to register. 6–8 p.m. $36. 706542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden 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 ART: Visiting Artist/Scholar Lecture: Nicola Lopez (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S151) Artist Nicola Lopez discusses her work in printmaking, drawing and installation. 5:30 p.m. FREE! artinfo@uga.edu 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 LECTURES & LIT.: AfricanAmerican Authors Book Club (ACC Library) This month’s title is The Devil Is No Friend of Mine by J.D. Mason. Newcomers welcome. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Athens Area Fibercraft Guild (Lyndon House Arts Center) Meet up with other fibercraft enthusiasts the second Tuesday of each month. Bring a dish to share at this “eat and greet” potluck lunch. 12:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623 MEETINGS: Mentor Training (Athens Area Chamber of Commerce) Training session for new mentors. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-3532288, www.clarkecountymentorprogram.com 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
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Wednesday 14 EVENTS: 24 Hours of Reality Viewing Party (Ciné Barcafé) The Georgia Climate Change Coalition hosts a multimedia presentation created by Al Gore. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.climaterealityproject.org, www. georgiaclimatecoalition.org 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 EVENTS: Family Frenzy (Lay Park) Compete against other families in several skills-based relays. 6:30–8 p.m. $1. 706-613-3596, www.athensclarkecounty.com/lay EVENTS: Georgia Gold Medal Plant Sale (State Botanical Garden) Master gardeners will help guide you through the selection of annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, native plants and groundcover vines. Part of the Georgia Gold Medal Plant Symposium. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden EVENTS: Gold in Your Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) All-day Gold Medal plant symposium, including a plant sale, speakers, book signing, raffle and lunch. 8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. $48. www. georgiagoldmedalplants.org k continued on next page
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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: 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.: Genetics Seminar (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 102) “Evolution of Darwin’s Finches: The Role of Genetics, Ecology and Behavior,” presented by Peter and Rosemary Grant. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-542-1127 LECTURES & LIT.: Georgia Gold Medal Symposium (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Featured speakers include Rita Randolph, Coach Vince Dooley and Wilf Nicholls. Shop for gold medal plants at the plant sale or walk through the display gardens during the lunch break. 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. $48. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden 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. Dealing 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) Come test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday night at 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
Down the Line EVENTS: Drafts & Laughs 9/20 (The Pub at Gameday) Five beers, five comics, five bucks. More than five laughs? $5. 9:30 p.m. 706353-2831 EVENTS: 2nd Annual Hop Harvest Festival 9/24 (Terrapin Beer Co.) This year’s festival features 12 casks of ale, each dry-hopped with a different variety of hops, educational guest speakers, food and the harvesting of Terrapin’s very own 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 vin-
tage 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 fill out the afternoon until the concluding awards presentation. 12–5 p.m. FREE! www. boomersinathens.org KIDSTUFF: Second Saturday Storytime 10/8 (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join the SCNC staff for stories about the woods and its resident creatures. 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615, www.accleisureservices.com * Advance Tickets Available
Live Music Tuesday 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 a colorful mix of 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.
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Bright Eyes, First Aid Kit Georgia Theatre As a longtime critics’ darling, pop songwriter Conor Oberst always seems to have something to prove whenever his main project, Bright Eyes, readies a new release. Since his days fronting the Omaha band Commander Venus in the mid 1990s, Oberst’s melodic sensibilities and distinctively emotive singing style have been on the radar. Bright Eyes began as a solo thing, but Bright Eyes the project soon evolved into a full-band affair. The band made big splashes in the indie underground in the late ’90s with releases on the Saddle Creek label (a company Oberst helped establish in Omaha), and the songwriter and bandleader landed on the top of many music writers’ and fans’ lists. Oberst and his Bright Eyes team—anchored by multi-instrumentalist Nebraskans Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott—hit the road last spring behind their seventh studio album, People’s Key, the long-awaited follow-up to the lush 2007 collection Cassadaga. In recent years, Oberst recorded and toured with several side projects and collaborations, including the Mystic Valley Band and the Monsters of Folk. He recorded People’s Key in Omaha at the band’s own ARC Studios with Mogis and longtime Athens fixture and studio partner Andy LeMaster (Now It’s Overhead) at the helm. A slew of guest musicians helped out, too, including Matt Maginn (Cursive), Carla Azar (Autolux), Clark Baechle (The Faint), Shane Aspegren (The Berg Sans Nipple), Laura Burhenn (The Mynabirds) and Denny Brewer (Refried Ice Cream). The People’s Key is a melodic, snappy gem with a rich sound: an autumnal blend of dreamy guitar pop, brilliant lyrical play and hesitant euphoria. There’s a sense of yearning in Oberst’s voice, from the staccato singing on lead-off single “Shell Games” to the pounding of danceable “Jejune Stars” and the drowsy hypnotic “Approximate Sunlight.” Longtime fans surely approve. [T. Ballard Lesemann]
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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 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. 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com 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, Bubbly Mommy Gun, All City Cannonballers and The Humms. TUNABUNNY Local act featuring hazy and warped experimental psychedelia. Dual female guitarist/vocalists are backed by synthesized percussion and a wall of noise. Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE HEAP Funky local indie-soul band based here in Athens with a killer horn section and fronted by Bryan Howard’s low, bass growl. 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.
Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop. 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 “extending the boundaries of traditional pop music.” Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub LAND MINE This is the third show for local band Land Mine featuring a new and dynamic line up. 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 Expect a slew of Motown hits and loads of R&B classics. The Melting Point 6 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Greg Reese (Redneck GReese), Ken Will Morton, Scott Low (Efren) and Holly Belle will gather onstage to share songs and stories. 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. 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.
Thursday 8 Amici Italian Café 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 THE WELFARE LINERS Bluegrass band complete with upright bass, banjo, mandolin, guitar and fiddle, featuring the founder of Ghostmeat Records and members of 6 String Drag, The Burning Angels and The F-Holes. Blind Pig Tavern “Live on the Patio.” 8 p.m. FREE! 706548-3442 (West Broad St.) CORRY PARKER This local singer/ guitarist is inspired by classic rock and folk. Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 CONNOR PLEDGER TRIO Pledger’s mostly acoustic sound is influenced by acts like Dave Matthews, John Mayer and Jack Johnson, now with a rhythm section.
Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com EMPEROR X Low-fi “speed folk” one-man band with elements of electronica. FOUR EYES Jace Bartet and Erin Lovett lovingly mingle gentle melodies with bombastic shredding. THE FRONT BOTTOMS Pop punk vocals layered on acoustic indie rock. GRAPE SODA Local band featuring the brothers Lewis (Mat and Ryan, also of The Agenda), on vocals, organ and drums, playing reverbheavy garage psych-rock. DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Rd. location) THE BURNING ANGELS Sweet, male/female harmonies sharing wisdom over soulful Americana. Bring blankets, chairs and snacks for this outdoor, family-friendly show. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com JESSI TEICH R&B/blues/pop/rock singer-songwriter/pianist born in New Jersey and raised in the New York jazz scene. Also playing Saturday at Little Kings Shuffle Club. VINCENT THE DOG Athens rock power trio informed by classic rock, blues, funk, jazz, hard rock and progressive rock. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $30. www.georgiatheatre.com* BRIGHT EYES Doe-eyed troubadour Conor Oberst backed by Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott has added a bit more grit and raw rock power behind his famously incisive and engaging lyrics. His new album, The People’s Key, was released earlier this year. See Calendar Pick on this page. FIRST AID KIT Swedish sisters playing big-hearted indie-folk, dripping with harmonies and charming simplicity. Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $3. www.hendershotscoffeebar. com EMILY DAVIS Young singer/songwriter who has been at it for the majority of her life. Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub ANTLERED AUNT LORD Fuzz-pop guitar/drums duo featuring featuring local producer and songwriter Jesse Stinnard. GREEN GERRY Particularly dreamlike and subtly electronic local artist. LOS MEESFITS Cuban salsa Misfits cover band includes locals Geoff Terry and Selana. Translated by Eric H. TATERZANDRAZANDRA Brand-new local band playing angular, often dissonant, but catchy grunge that maintains a distinct sense of melody. Max 9 p.m. $5. 706-254-3392 KITE TO THE MOON Local band led by Timi Conley and featuring a stimulating live show with jubilant, rowdy pop music accompanied by spontaneous video mixing, trapeze girls and more. THE WOODGRAINS Local band that plays a blend of funk, rock and soul
THE GRIT
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Toro y Moi, Unknown Mortal Orchestra
vegetarian restaurant 199 prince avenue 706-543-6592 • theg rit.com open 7 days
40 Watt Club Unknown Mortal Orchestra is masterminded by one Ruban Neilson, and while it fits neatly into the crate-digging/ Unknown Mortal Orchestra Mediafire-raiding lo-fi times we live in, the band strikes some really singular chords. One of the important things about UMO (which is the mandatory abbreviation for any band ending its name with “Orchestra”) is the impressive summation of its individual parts. The first aspect of a song like “How Can You Luv Me” that hits the listener is the androgynous lead vocals; beyond his puckishly soulful voice, Neilson also boasts a talent for distinctive electric guitar finger-picking. While the recordings are all Neilson, live, bassist Jake Portrait ably pulls off the low end with James Jamerson-influenced fluidity, and young drummer Julien Ehrich provides back-up falsetto vocals as well as Go Team-style big-beat. Taken together, live footage of the band suggests a cool effortlessness that stands in odd contrast with UMO’s oftentimes spastic take on psychedelic soul. Neilson, a native of New Zealand, moved to Portland, OR with his previous band, The Mint Chicks. Following the dissolution of that group, he moved forward with a set of home-recorded indie pop. What followed was an ascent that is Internet-age specific. He launched a profile on the Bandcamp website (coming up with his unwieldy pseudonym at the very last minute) and almost immediately the song “Ffunny Ffriends” became a passed-around tune. Before long, the one-time side project was signed to Fat Possum Records, and its self-titled LP saw a release this past June. The trio has, throughout this upward trajectory, toured with fellow newly widespread names such as the Smith Westerns, Yuck, and Toro y Moi. This all started, it seems, in 2010! Which isn’t to sell Neilson and Co. short: the fact that a group of talented and ambitious individuals can throw a great song on the Internet and get their hard work into the ears of the masses within two years is a good case for how the Internet has, in fact, done music a favor. [Jeff Tobias]
featuring three vocalists and charismatic harmonies. The Melting Point 7:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* MARK MAXWELL GROUP Two sets from this seven piece, the first featuring a mix of solo and ensemble arrangements of classical and popular songs, and the second breaking into the world of jazz. New Earth Music Hall Midnight! www.newearthmusichall.com ATHENS DUBSTOMP Late night dance party! No Where Bar 10 p.m. $4. 706-546-4742 EDDIE AND THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS Local blues-funk trio. The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 BLUES NIGHT The Shadow Executives host an all-night blues jam, kicking it off with a set of their own originals. Sign up at 8 p.m. Sideways 9 p.m. 706-319-1919 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.
Friday 9 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 SOUTHERN SOUL Lively rock, funk and new covers plus originals. Amici Italian Café 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 GRANNY’S GIN August band influenced heavily by classic rock, but
mixing in a variety of styles on their originals, with a few covers thrown in for good measure. 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. Join him every week for Feral Fridays! Following the MMA Fight Night! Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com THE DESARIOS Local upbeat rock band with a singer who sounds a bit like Elvis Costello. For fans of Phantom Planet, Rooney or The Cars. OCEAN IS THEORY Atlantans who combine post-rock melodies with hardcore-lite vocals. SANTAH Psychedelic pop rock out of Chicago with equal amounts of twang and fuzz. SLOWRITER Electro indie-pop that gets into the darker, more experimental side of things. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com VELVETEEN PINK This quartet of funksters (including DJ Alfredo of Immuzikation) plays electrobased, groove-laden, upbeat stuff in the Prince, Stevie Wonder and Jamiroquai style. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com PANIC MANOR Genre-hopping pop-punk with three lead singers. The band is currently working on split-EP with Athens punk band So It Goes. ROMANENKO Local trio draws from ‘70s pop and folk with a modern
rock edge, like Mary Timony fronting the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Reunited after a brief hiatus!
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40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $11 (adv.). www.40watt.com* TORO Y MOI South Carolina native and frontman of The Heist and The Accomplice, Chaz Bundick plays deeply layered electropop tunes with understated vocals. UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA An engaging mix of break beats, ‘60s pop rock and krautrock. See Calendar Pick on this page. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $12. www.georgiatheatre.com* GARY CLARK JR. Rocking soul that combines deep Mississippi blues with an appreciation for hip-hop and contemporary soul. FUTUREBIRDS Critically acclaimed local folk-rock band with a tattered, raspy edge and sweet harmonies… but they aren’t afraid to get rowdy, too. The Globe Southern Vision Presents. 9 p.m. $5 (suggested donation). 706-3534721 BIG KITTY Old-school country from Chattanooga with a vibe that’s more Portland indie than Nashville twang. HOLOPAW Enchanting indie-folk band from Florida with bright, occasionally twangy guitars, pedal steel and tender 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. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ GRAVEROBBERS Winston Parker spins high-energy electronic, dance and rock music. k continued on next page
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THE CALENDAR! Eat. Drink. Listen Closely. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring
STRING THEORY
$5 admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Songwriters In The Round featuring
GREG REECE, KEN WILL MORTON, SCOTT LOW (of Efren) and HOLLY BELLE Tickets $5 adv • $7 at the door • EARLY SHOW! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 An Evening with
THE MARK MAXWELL GROUP Early Dinner Show @ 7:30pm Tickets $10 adv • $15 at the door
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
GRAINS OF SAND Tickets $10 adv • $12 at the door
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 AFTER THE UGA vs. USC GAME
DAVE MATTHEWS TRIBUTE BAND Tickets $7 adv • $10 at the door
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring
JP & THE GILBERTS
$5 admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
DYRTY BIRDS
SAM HOLT
featuring of Outformation with Special Guests DANNY HUTCHENS and ERIC CARTER (of Bloodkin) Tickets $5 adv • $8 at the door
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Jimmy Buffett Tribute featuring
SONS OF SAILORS Tickets $10 adv • $13 at the door
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
THE ORKIDS THE BEAUVILLES Tickets $5 adv • $7 at the door
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AMERICAN AQUARIUM $21 adv. • $25 at the door
UPCOMING EVENTS 9.18 STAWBERRY FLATS - Benefit for Tim White & Family 9.20 HIGH STRUNG STRING BAND 9.21 CONSCIOUS FOOD & CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT - Yoga & 3 Course Vegan Dinner 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 9.30 SAINT FRANCIS, VON GREY 10.2 MARTIN SEXTON, CHRIS TRAPPER 10.4 THE HOBOHEMIANS 10.7 TIM REYNOLDS & TR3 LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF
10.14 CHICKASAW MUDD PUPPIES, BURNING ANGELS 10.18 TYLER RAMSEY (of Band of Horses) 10.19 FRONTIER RUCKUS 10.21 CHARLIE GARRETT CD Release 10.22 MATT JOINER BAND, EMILY McCANNON 10.25 DANGERMUFFIN 10.27 MADSEN (from GERMANY) 10.29 RICH ROBINSON, DYLAN LeBLANC 11.3 JARON AND THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE, JOE FIRSTMAN 11.4 DEJA VU - Tribute to CSN&Y 11.6 SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN TOUR WITH ED ROLAND AND KEVIN GRIFFIN 11.11 STEWART & WINFIELD 11.12 TIM MILLER BAND 11.16 CHARLIE HUNTER 11.18 SHAWN MULLINS 11.19 JORMA KAUKONEN 12.23 RACK OF SPAM 295 E. DOUGHERTY ST., ATHENS, GA
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SAM SNIPER Southern jungle rock that holds together firmly with big rhythms and harmonies, despite joyful bouncing between genres. ANDREW KLEIN Sam Sniper’s lead singer busts out a solo set. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $3. www.hendershotscoffeebar. com COWTOWN STRING BAND Bluegrass from Carollton, GA featuring Matthew Williams of The Granfalloons. Johnny’s New York Style Pizza 6 p.m. FREE! 706-354-1515 TRE POWELL This local songwriter sings soulful, acoustic R&B. The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10. www.meltingpointathens.com GRAINS OF SAND This cover band performs classic Motown, soul and R&B hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s. New Earth Music Hall “Metal Earth.” 10 p.m. $6. www.newearthmusichall.com GUZIK Titanic sludge metal. HOT BREATH Intense thrash trio featuring members of Savagist and Rectanglers. LAZER/WULF This avant-metal instrumental trio mixes in prog, thrash as well as more eclectic influences for a high-energy and highly entertaining live show. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 THE GEORGIA HEALERS Athens’ premier blues band for over 20 years. VFW 8:30 p.m–12 a.m. $10. 706-542-5978 DIRK HOWELL BAND Party band featuring ‘60s-style R&B, disco and beach music. The Winery 10 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0095 DJ SIFI This DJ’s selection runs the gamut from rap and hip-hop to rock and country. WUGA 91.7 FM 3 p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org “IT’S FRIDAY!” The Flares will perform on the local radio station’s weekly program. Tune in at 91.7 FM or University Cable Channel 15.
Saturday 10 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy! Amici Italian Café 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 BORDERHOP FIVE This bluegrass quintet sums up its sound in two words: “high” and “lonesome.” 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. Bishop Park “Athens Farmers Market.” 8 a.m.– noon. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net CALICO JIG Celtic and traditional Irish music. (10 a.m.)
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TRE POWELLL This local songwriter sings soulful, acoustic R&B. (8 a.m.) Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $8 (21+), $10 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com DEAD IN THE DIRT Savage wrecking crew from Atlanta merging blinding hardcore fury with metallic might. Tonight the band celebrates the release of its new 7-inch EP out via Southern Lord. EARTH Mostly instrumental pioneers of drone/doom metal who have ventured off into more eclectic territory at a reduced volume, drawing from jazz, country and blues. See story on p. 16. MOUNT EERIE/THE MICROPHONES Multiinstrumentalist Phil Elverum creates lo-fi yet ambitiously layered tunes featuring first-person storytelling and lyrics that often make the mundane seem sacred. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com HEAVY PETTY Former members of Masters of the Hemisphere and The Possibilities rock through the back catalog of Tom Petty. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. www. flickertheatreandbar.com DARK RIDE Featuring members of Hidden Spots and Future Virgins. DEAD DOG Local band delivers frenetic, spunky lo-fi punk with a pop smile. DIRTY MARQUEE West Coast jangly pop punk with unconventional melodies. GNARX Howling bluesy punk featuring the fierce growl of Chelsea Ray Lea, Christopher Ingham on guitar and Dain Marx on drums. 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $21 (adv.). www.40watt.com* MUTEMATH Anthemic pop-rock band with experimental tendencies. On this tour, the band is unveiling its new record, Odd Soul. See story on p. 15. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com FUZZY SPROUTS Reunited once again! The classic line-up featuring Tim Conley, Dave Domizi, Seth Hendershot and Michael Wegner returns to celebrate 20 years in Athens. The Sprouts will play a high-energy set packed with old favorites, so expect the usual “schizophrenic-poprock-psychedelic-country-metal. See story on p. 17. HAYRIDE This long-running Athens trio has maintained a steady output of melodic, prog- and metal-influenced rock. Go Bar 8 p.m.–Midnight. FREE! 706-546-5609 DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Midnight. FREE! 706-546-5609 TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop. Dance party begins after karaoke. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $3. www.hendershotscoffeebar. com KEN WILL MORTON With his gritty, soulful rasp, Morton trudges through Americana’s roots with rock and roll swagger and a folksinger’s heart. He’ll be joined by Dean
Johnston on drums. Look out for his new acoustic album, Contenders, out this fall. Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub PALEFACE A veteran musician with 12 records under his belt, Paleface was schooled personally by Daniel Johnston and has since become something of a neo-folk icon. He’s appeared on a couple of Avett Brothers records as well. See Calendar Pick on p. 23. SMOKEY’S FARMLAND BAND This Atlanta band plays a fun mixture of bluegrass, funk, reggae, Eastern European tunes and acoustic jazz. JESSI TEICH R&B/blues/pop/rock singer-songwriter/pianist born in New Jersey and raised in the New York jazz scene. The Melting Point 9 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* DAVE MATTHEWS TRIBUTE BAND DMB hits, with room left for improvisation from this talented band. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 THE VINYL STRANGERS Timelessly charming classic-sounding pop rock reminiscent of early Beatles and Byrds. Sandbar 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m. 706-548-1988 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.
Sunday 11 Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 7-8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-3050 NO SHAME! Open mic hosted by Rose of Athens Theatre. Every Sunday! Viva! Argentine Cuisine 9 p.m. FREE! 706-850-8284 MR. TONKS AND MR. JORDAN Two of Athens’ favorite pickers, Tommy Jordan (String Theory) and William Tonks (Barbara Cue), will perform a mix of bluegrass, Americana and folk tunes.
ganizers Tommy Joran and Susan Staley opening up the night.
Tuesday 13 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com BETWEEN NAYBORS Local duo Greg Benson and Melanie Morgan play folky acoustic tunes. 10 a.m.) Go Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-5609 SONGWRITER INVASION Manic Heaven presents a bedazzling array of solo and almost-solo performances by local songwriters with various musical styles. Free CD giveaway from Geoffrey Weaver! 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 CLAY LEVERETT AND FRIENDS One of this town’s finest country frontmen, Leverett has a new band featuring members of The Chasers. 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3144 PUNK ROCK NIGHT DJ Lozo will spins punk rock hits. 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 JP & THE GILBERTS Brooklynites playing accordion- heavy, Texasplains-at-dusk country. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com THE STONE FOXES Big bluesy rock with a bombastic live show featuring big guitars, biggers rhythms and plenty of hand-clap hollerin’ to go ‘round.
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Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $20. www.georgiatheatre.com BRANTLEY GILBERT This Jefferson country-rock songwriter plays the kind of rags-to-riches, small-towndreamin’ songs that aggressively go for the heartstrings. THOMAS RHETT This 21-year-old from Valdosta is a rising country star who names Merle Haggard, Rolling Stones and Hanks Jr. and Sr. as influences.
Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy!
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE!, $3 to play. 706-3533050. OPEN MIC Mondays! Hosted by local soulful singer Kyshona Armstrong. The Melting Point 8 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens. com THE HOOT This month’s installment of the Folk Society’s monthly music variety show will feature bluegrass standards from Bill Ashley and The Kitchen Pickers, Celtic/ old time band The Triskelion, old-school country from Beverly Smith & Friends, and festival or-
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 RYAN MOORE Solo set from Hans Darkbolt bassist. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com DON CHAMBERS + GOAT This local band plays rootsy, Southern gothic rock framed around Chambers’ wry storytelling. REAL LIVE TIGERS Soulful, expeirmental folk rock that names everyone from Fugazi to Nina Simone as influences.
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Paleface Little Kings Shuffle Club New York folk-rock singersongwriter Paleface has been putting out records since 1991, and his somehow simultaneously buttersmooth and gravelly voice has graced over a dozen original solo albums. His former roommate, an indie artist who calls himself “Beck” (maybe you’ve heard of him?) cites Paleface as an early influence, and over these past 20 years, the unique and prolific Paleface has toured with the likes of Regina Spektor, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Billy Bragg—just to name a few. Avett Brothers fans will certainly recognize Paleface’s distinct voice from the albums Emotionalism and Four Thieves Gone: The Robbinsville Sessions, but they may not realize that their enjoyment of the song “Dancin’ Daze” made them de facto Paleface fans (he wrote that one). The artist has so many songs and collaborations under his belt, one could spend hours researching his material and background, the latter being full of fascinating, unexpected little factoids. Nowadays, Paleface tours with girlfriend/drummer Monica “Mo” Samalot, forming a band they call “Paleface.” Together, they play stripped-down shows that highlight his honest songwriting and unmistakable voice, underscored by Samalot’s beautiful harmonies. The duo’s latest album, 2010’s One Big Party, is the subject of a short documentary called The Making of One Big Party. In this doc, Paleface describes his ideal relationship with an audience: “I’m not one of those people that believes the artist should be led around by the audience… or cater to the audience, so to speak. All of the music I like the most, the artist seemed to have the attitude of ‘I’m telling you what to do—you’re not telling me.’ And I think if the audience just goes with that, they’re going to receive something they’ve never imagined.” Well, Paleface, Athens is ready to receive. [Kevin Craig]
WORLD HISTORY Folk duo sings ecstatic lyrics and corrals wayward instruments into tiny sound armies with orchestrated abandon. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $16 (adv.). www.40watt.com* OKKERVIL RIVER Big, dramatic indie pop rock that’s done its time on the circuit and recently released a sixth full-length, I Am Very Far. WYE OAK This Baltimore indie band integrates straightforward acoustic instruments such as mandolin and banjo into its experimental vocal harmonies and noisy, distorted guitar-driven sound. George’s Lowcountry Table 6 p.m. FREE! 706-548-3359 KIP JONES Many of Jones’ tunes split between the reflective acoustic territory of Harvest-era Neil Young and the country-infused rock of ‘80s-era Steve Earle.
mashed tracks and ill flavors from deep down South. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $3. www.hendershotscoffeebar. com HANK WOJI Singer/songwriter who channels Arlo Guthrie and Cat Stevens with his intimate style. Locos Grill & Pub 7 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com (Timothy Rd. location) REDNECK GREECE Local artist sings swingin’ hillbilly honky tonk about “folks that grew up on the wrong side of the tracks” with both an earnest conviction and a biting sense of humor. The Melting Point 9 p.m. $5 (adv.), $8 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com DYRTY BIRDS Rocky mountain rock and roll band cools it off a bit with a “songwriters in the round”-style set, tonight featuring Danny Hutchens and Eric Carter of Bloodkin and Sam Holt of Outformation.
Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $20. www.georgiatheatre.com PONDEROSA Quartet fronted by Kalen Nash (ex-Gabriel Young) blasts through fiery classic rock, working some pedal steel into the mix and drawing heavily from bluesinfluenced Texas rock. ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND An eponymous multicultural funk and soul band fronted by the pedal steel guitarist.
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Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 ANTLERED AUNT LORD Fuzz-pop guitar/drums duo featuring featuring local producer and songwriter Jesse Stinnard. 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. TWOSEAEYE Bass-heavy DJ duo bringing the party with dance beats,
9/15 Zumba After Dark (40 Watt Club) 9/15 Jim Cook (Blind Pig Tavern) 9/15 Qurious / Street Violence / TaterZandraZandra / Tumbleweed Stampede (Caledonia Lounge) 9/15 The Welfare Liners (DePalma’s Italian Cafe) 9/15 Katie Grace / Jeff Webber / Yo Soybean (Farm 255) 9/15 American Aquarium / Corey Smith (Georgia Theatre)*
Porterhouse Grill 7–10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT Every Wednesday! Stop by for live jazz bands and drink specials.
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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 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) Call for artist vendors for market on Oct. 22, 2–4 p.m. Applications due Oct. 8. $25 (indoor), $15 (outdoor). 706-6133623, 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 Bellydance for Fitness (YWCO) Have fun and exercise at the same time. Mondays & Wednesdays, 6–7 p.m. susiefaye@hotmail.com Bellydancing (Sangha Yoga Studio) Beginner (7 p.m.) and Intermediate (8:30 p.m.) bellydancing every Wednesday. $14. 706552-2660, belllydancebody@gmail. com, www.healingartscentre.net Certificate in Native Plants Orientation (State Botanical Garden) Introduction to the overall CNP program. Sept. 15, 9–10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-542-6156, 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. 706613-3624, www.athensclarkecounty. com/dance Donation-Based Yoga Classes (Red Lotus Institute) Ongoing classes in ashtanga, flow, hatha, kundalini, sivananda, triyoga, yin and more. 18 classes a week, Sunday through Friday. 706-2483910, theyogashala.athens@gmail. com, www.rahasya.org/theyogashala Fall Classes (Good Dirt) Now registering for clay classes, fused-glass workshops, kids’ out-of-school
Jessica McVey’s paintings are on display at Republic Salon through October.
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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 Illustration (Athens Technical College) Seven-week class starting Oct. 7. Learn about illustration using various media with instructor Bettie Miller. 12:30–3:30 p.m. $129. 706369-5763, bmoody@athenstech.edu Introduction to Excel (ACC Library, Education Technology Center) Registration required. Sept. 13, 10–11:30 a.m. 706-613-3650 Iyengar Yoga (StudiO) Focusing on strength, flexibility, stamina and balance. Every Tuesday, 5:30–6:50 p.m. $10/class, $50/6 classes. www.chetthomasyoga.com Ladies’ Non-Contact Cardio Boxing (Lay Park) Build muscle strength, endurance, balance, agil-
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$45. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden Safety Third Circus Classes (Canopy Studio) Weekly juggling workshops covering the basics of juggling, balancing, unicycling and more. Every Sunday, 5–6 p.m. $5 (donation). www.safetythirdjuggling. com 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 Soap Making (Athens Technical College) Learn about ingredients, blending, saponification and molds and cutters. Go home with your own bar of handmade soap. Oct. 6, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $45. 706-369-5876, bmoody@athenstech.edu 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
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 (Sangha Yoga Studio) For all skill levels. See full schedule online. 706-613-1143, www.healingartscentre.net You can CAN (State Botanical Garden) Step-by-step instructions on safe methods for food preservation. Oct. 6, 2–4 p.m. $17. 706-5426156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Zumba at the Garden (State Botanical Garden) Latin rhythms comprise this dynamic fitness program. Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $10/class, $80/session. www.uga. edu/botgarden
HELP OUT! Athens, GA Half Marathon (Athens, GA) Currently seeking volunteers to assist with runner packet distribution, expo operations, course directing, hospitality and race day operations. Race is on Oct. 22–23. Sign up online. www.volunteer.truist. com/hng/volunteer/home Drivers for Veterans Volunteers needed to drive veterans to Athens and Augusta hospitals.
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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 Craft Club (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Four-week printmaking course for ages 8–14. Thursdays, Sept. 15–Oct. 6, 4–6 p.m. $90. 706-8508226, www.treehousekidandcraft. tumblr.com Knee-High Naturalists (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A program of nature exploration, animal encounters, hikes and crafts. Alternating Wednesdays, 3:30–4:30 p.m. $24. 706-613-3515, www.athensclarke county.com/sandycreeknaturecenter Mommy/Daddy and Me Spanish (Email for Location) Learn Spanish with your preschooler through songs, stories and games! New session soon. sehlers@uga.edu
SUPPORT PTSD Support Group (Call for location) Ongoing support group
ART AROUND TOWN Amici Italian Café (233 E. Clayton St.) Abstract paintings by Corey Wall. Through September. Art on the Side Gallery and Gifts (1101B Industrial Blvd., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass. Artini’s Art Lounge (296 W. Broad St.) Paintings by Christine Bush Roman. Through September. Athens Academy (1281 Spartan Dr.) 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.) 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. Earth Fare (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Photography by Patrick Denker, a UGA Robert Park Fellow. Reception Sept. 10. Through September. 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 Nick Joslyn, Anna Marino, Tom & Beth Phillips, Larry Hamilton and more. Five Star Day Café (229 E. Broad St.) Paintings by Will Eskridge. Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Lindsey Jane Haddad and Emileigh Ireland. Through September. Floorspace (160 Tracy St.) Nature studies in watercolor and acrylic by Bill Pierson. Opening reception Sept. 10. Through September. Georgia Museum of Art (90 Carlton St.) “American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print” contains 120 original posters and 20 hand-carved wooden printing blocks. Through Nov. 6. • “Edmund Lewandowski: Precisionism and Beyond” features 50 examples of the artist’s career. Through Dec. 4. • “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 Alfred Heber Holbrook (founder and first director of GMOA). Through Nov. 20. The Grit (199 Prince Ave.) Photographs by Eric
for family and friends of veterans and soldiers who have PTSD. Meets third Wednesday of each month. 770-725-4527, www.georgiapeace givers.org 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
ON THE STREET Call for Film Submissions The 2012 EcoFocus Film Festival, being held Mar. 23–31, is now accepting submissions. Deadline Sept. 15, 2011. www.ecofocusfilmfest.org Free to Breathe Run/Walk (Sandy Creek Park) Raise funding for lung cancer research when you register for this 5K run or one-mile walk. Nov. 13, 7 a.m. $15–$20. 608316-3786, www.freetobreathe.org Goddess-Centered Kirtan New informal group for female-centered songs. Email for information. greentarakirtan@gmail.com Open Call for Writers and Poets A new literary publication, Stray Dog Almanac, is seeking local authors to contribute to a chapbook. Deadline Sept. 28. www.straydogalmanac.com/submit f
Murphy. Through Sept. 11. Healing Arts Centre (834 Prince Ave.) “Life” includes paintings by artist Ainhoa Bilbao Canup. Reception Sept. 23. Through September. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar (1560 Oglethorpe Ave.) 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. LYNDON HOUSE (293 Hoyt St.) “Emeritus,” works by former UGA professors. Through Sept. 14. 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. 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. Republic Salon (312 E. Broad St.) Vibrant and surreal paintings by Jessica McVey. Through October. State Botanical Garden of Georgia (2450 Milledge Ave.) “Forged from Nature” is an outdoor series of sculpted garden gates by artist Andrew T. Crawford. This-Way-Out (T-W-O) (680 W. Broad St.) AthensHasArt! presents “Arguing with the Inevitable,” a collection of photographs and zines by StaceyMarie Piotrowski and Patrick Denker. Reception Sept. 9. Through Sept. 20. 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.) Works by Mary Porter. Through September. Whole: Mind. Body. Art. (127 N. Jackson St.) Artwork by Matty Goldstein.
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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins So, here’s the deal. I’m a girl who lives with a guy who is my friend but not my boyfriend and will never be. Why? My roommate is a sleazeball. Like really sleazy. He will date a girl, then a few weeks later start looking around, begin dating another girl and then break up with girl number one. Repeat cycle. He always tells me how much he adores girl number one a few weeks into their relationship, and then suddenly it’s not working and he needs advice on how to end it. He has even wept at the anticipation of the hurt he is going to cause girl number one. This process takes about a week or so, and I begin to notice the shoes and purses left in the living room overnight are unfamiliar, and suddenly he needs to tell me how much he is into girl number two. I finally confronted him about his skankiness on the cusp of this most recent round of lady-hopping, and he was hurt that I was no longer able to take his dating life seriously. For some reason, he needs my approval of these women. My problem is, I don’t want to form attachments to these girls when they’re only going to be around for a few weeks, and I have occasionally been blamed and bad-mouthed around town for their broken hearts. So, there’s problem number one: I get dragged into his issues without my consent, but if I don’t consent to have his back on these things, I hurt his feelings. And here’s problem number two: When he’s initially “gaga” (exact quote of his) he suddenly becomes downright stupid, especially with roommate/friend boundaries and common courtesies. Example: stealing condoms and (already opened, ew) lube from my own personal goody drawer, leaving said condoms and lube on the floor/bathroom/kitchen counter for me to find on days/mornings/nights I vary from my routine and come home early, forgetting to lock the door, forgetting to take our dog out, forgetting that our dog eats things that are left out (ew, again) and essentially letting these girls live at our place for the first few days of courtship. I’m sick of it. I’ve brought it up again most recently and was accused of being territorial. So, I’m out of things to do, save for kicking him out to douche around on his own time and bill, because I don’t want that to be an option. He really is a great friend and roommate when he’s not in a slut-heavy haze. So, having brought up my issues with his behavior (both morally and practically) and being rebuffed by him, what should I do now? I just want him to chase tail while still remaining responsible in his home/roommate obligations and to leave me out of his drama. And, ideally, to do his dogging at their place so I can stop fake smiling and chit-chatting with the flavor of the week on my way to the bathroom at 4 a.m. Frustrated Friend of Philanderer What should you do now? Kick him to the curb, woman! Your friend is a child and he is an asshole to women, and there is no reason why you should be forced to participate in his
constant drama. You say he’s a really great friend and roommate when he’s not being a slut, but you also say that this cycle is repeating itself very regularly. He obviously doesn’t respect any of these women, nor does he respect your dog nor any of your personal boundaries. (Stealing your lube? Really?!) It doesn’t matter how fabulous a roommate he is when he isn’t treating you like shit or neglecting the dog, FFOP: the fact is he is treating you like shit. (For the record, “He’s a really great guy aside from that” is the same thing that victims of domestic violence tell themselves.) Can’t you see that he’s treating you just like he treats them? When he feels like being your friend, or being a good roommate, that means it’s week one of the cycle. Then, when he finds another girl that interests him, you become “girl number one” to that girl number two, and he totally blows you off, takes advantage of you and makes your life miserable. This is not how friends behave. He sucks. Get him the hell out of there and, for the love of God, please do not let him keep the dog. Ugh. I am curious to hear your take on this: What are your thoughts doing research on a guy/ gal you’ve just started dating? As in, asking friends/roommates about him/her, maybe scoping out the Facebook profile? On the one hand, I feel like there is valuable information to be gleaned; on the other hand, in a small town like this where gossip prevails, I wonder if misinformation may cloud someone’s view of their new romantic interest. For example, if someone asked a friend of my ex about me, I have a feeling the feedback would be less than stellar as we had a messy breakup, etc. But I don’t think that past relationship defines me now. On the other hand, if I started dating someone new, I might want to know if there are things to look out for— like if a guy has a history of reckless behavior, etc. Is better to go into a relationship blind and see how things develop organically or is it a good idea to dig around first? If you don’t know anything about somebody, then maybe you might want to ask, just to make sure there aren’t any major red flags: criminal past, violent tendencies, GOP membership, etc. You wouldn’t want to wind up “dating” the guy described in the letter above, right? And his roommate could sure steer you clear of that disaster! But I wouldn’t delve too deeply. I don’t think it helps you to get too much information filtered through other people. Checking out a Facebook profile would at least get you information directly from them, but you don’t want too much, or else what are you going to talk about on those first couple of dates? Basically, just use common sense. If you’re worried, it’s worth finding out a little information just to make sure you don’t get into anything scary. Otherwise, trust your instincts and ask lots of questions and you should be fine.
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Real Estate Apartments for Rent 1BR/1BA. All electric. Nice apt. Water provided. On busline. Single pref’d. Avail. now! (706) 543-4271. 2BR/1BA. Basement apt. for rent, lg. living area, private entrance, N/S only, quiet Eastside family n’hood, utils. incl. $550/mo. Avail. now. (706) 369-8635. 2BR/2.5BA off Lumpkin. $949/ mo. Finished basement, bus route, W/D. Pets on case basis. Subletting negotiable. Section 8 welcome. Flexible lease terms. Easy access to 5 Pts., loop, eastside. Russ, (706) 372-5645. 2BR/1BA apt. for rent. 125 Honeysuckle Ln. off Broad St. near King Ave. Quiet secluded setting. Water & trash incl. No pets. $450/mo. Lease, dep., references req’d. (706) 5404752.
2BR apt. starting at $700/ mo. 3BR apt. starting at $ 1 0 0 0 / m o . All close to campus! Howard Properties, (706) 546-0300. Affordable 1BR/1BA Normaltown efficiency apt., water & garbage p/u incl. Move in today for just $450/mo. w/ only $99 security dep. Call (706) 788-2152 or email thomas2785@aol.com. Apt. in Victorian home on Hill St. 3BR/2BA, $950/mo. 4 blocks from Dwntn. CHAC. Lease & dep. req’d. (678) 7945414. Basement apt. 5 Pts./ Glenwood. Kitchen, BA, lg. entry hall, carpeted BR/sitting rm. w/ lg. closet. No pets. N/S. $470/mo. + dep. Utils. incl. (706) 543-8821. Eastside quadraplex, 2BR/2BA, $500/mo. & 2BR/1BA, $475/ mo. Eastside duplex, 2BR/1BA & FP, $475/mo. 3BR/2BA & FP, $650/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 353-2700 or cell, (706) 540-1529.
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Baldwin Village, across street from UGA. Free parking, l a u n d r y o n p re m i s e s , on-call maint., on-site mgr. Microwave & DW. HWflrs. 1, 2, 3BRs. $500 to $1200/mo. Contact (706) 354-4261. College Station 2BR/2BA on bus line. All appls. + W/D, FP, extra closet space, water/garbage incl. $550/ mo. Owner/Agent, (706) 340-2450. Downtown loft apartment. 144 E. Clayton St. 4BR/4BA, exposed brick wall in LR, avail. immediately. Won’t last! Call Staci, (706) 296-1863 or (706) 425-4048. Half off rent 1st 2 mos. when you mention this ad! 2BR/2BA apts. a few blocks from Dwntn. off North Ave. Pet friendly & no pet fee! Dep. only $150. Rent from $625675/mo. incl. trash. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 8 - 2 5 2 2 , w w w. dovetailmanagement.com. S. Milledge Duplex Ve n i t a D r. : 4 B R / 2 B A , W / D , D W, f e n c e d b a c k yd.! Close to everything yet private. $950/mo. negotiable. (706) 3100096, (404) 558-3218, or bagley_w@bellsouth. net. Electronic flyers avail.
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C. Hamilton & Associates
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Commercial Property 500 sf. retail space avail. between World of Futons & I Do I Do Bridal on the busiest street in town. 2041 W Broad. Call (706) 353-1212. 600 sf. bldg. for lease at 919 N. Chase St. 600 sf., $600/mo. Incl. water, Boulevard historic district, off street parking. Call Ron, (706) 247-5746. Athens executive suites. Offices avail. in historic Dwntn. bldg. w/ on–site parking. All utils., internet & janitorial incl. Single or multiple offices avail. Call Stacy, (706) 425-4048 or (706) 296-1863. Eastside offices, 1060 Gaines School Rd. Rent 1200 sf. $1200/mo., 750 sf. $900/mo., 450 sf. $600/mo. (706) 5461615 or athenstownproperties. com. Paint artist studios. Historic Boulevard area artist community at 160 Tracy St. Rent 300 sf. $150/mo., 400 sf. $200/mo. (706) 546-1615 or athenstownproperties.com. Retail, bar, or restaurant for lease at Homewood Shopping Center. 3000 sf. Call Bryan Austin at (706) 3531039.
Condos for Rent 3BR/2.5BA townhomes reduced! On Eastside. O n b u s ro u t e . F i re p l a c e . W/D incl. Spacious & convenient. Pets welcome. Avail. i m m e d i a t e l y. Now only $650/mo.! Aaron, (706) 207-2957. AtlasRealEstateAdvisors. com. Just now avail.: 2BR/2BA condo just renovated w/ new wood floors, new tile kitchen, n e w D W, W / D , p a r k i n g , ground floor, close to campus & Dwntn. Also comes w/ lg. screen TV! $625/mo. + 1 mo. dep. Call Lisa, (706) 207-2001 or (706) 769-4779.
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Condos For Sale Dwntn. Athens Luxury Condo – The Georgian. 1BR/1BA only 2 blocks from UGA’s N. Campus. HWflrs., granite countertops, 10 ft. ceilings, stainless steel a p p l s . S e c u re b u i l d i n g , parking. $199,900. (706) 5401150. Just reduced! Investor’s Westside condo. 2BR/2BA, FP, 1500 sf., great investment, lease 12 mos. at $550/mo. Price in $40s. For more info, call McWaters Realty at (706) 353-2700 or (706) 540-1529. Really nice condo. 2BR/2 full BAs. HWflr. downstairs, carpet upstairs. Close to mall. Re-conditioned 2nd BR. Priced to sell at $75K, $100K value. Please call for special reduced price! Call to see! (706) 3474747.
Duplexes For Rent 2BR Westside duplex. I m m a c u l a t e , f r i e n d l y, convenient, wooded, FP. W/D, $550/mo. (706) 549-6070. $600/mo. Blocks from UGA & Dwntn. 2BR/1BA, patio, kit. w/ DW, W/D. Lg. LR w/ FP, water & garbage incl. in rent, 167A Elizabeth St. Avail. now. Call Robin, (770) 265-6509.
175 Sylvan Dr. 3BR/1BA home w/ great location near ARMC. $900/mo. Avail. now! Pls. call (706) 540-1810, (706) 433-2072, or email cbolen@ upchurchrealty.com. One owner is a licensed realtor in the state of GA. 176 Magnolia St. 2BR/1BA house for rent. HWflrs., CHAC, W / D , s t o v e , re f r i g e r a t o r, storage, lawn maint. incl. $800/ mo. Avail. now. (804) 6788003. 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/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 Johnson Dr. Owner/ Agent. Stan, (706) 5435352. 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) 2020147.
Brick duplex, 2BR/2BA, very clean, all extras. Just 2 mi. to campus on north side Athens. Pets OK. $500/mo. + deposit. Call Sharon at (706) 201-9093.
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.
Eastside duplex for rent. 2BR/1BA, W/D hook-up, lg. lot. $500/mo. Call D.D. at (770) 868-7198.
2BR/2.5BA townhouse across from UGA golf course. 9 ft. ceilings, HWflrs., $790/mo. Call (770) 725-1555 for an appt.
East Athens. Great 2BR/1BA duplex. On city busline. Fresh paint, W/D, DW, range, fridge, trash & yd. service incl. Pets OK. Avail. now! $550/mo. Call Mike toll free: (877) 740-1514.
2BR/1BA+utility room, storage shed, rear deck & privacy fence. Very spacious, great location. $800/mo. + dep. Pets OK. (706) 254-3450.
N o r m a l to w n du pl e x n e a r medical school & ARMC. Convenient to everything. 2BR/1BA, water & garbage incl. in rent. Avail. now. $625/ mo. Call Mindy, (706) 7130527.
Houses for Rent 114 Alpine Way. Great house. 4BR/2BA. Close to Beechwood Shopping Center & Alps Rd. School. All appls. Lg. screened back deck. $1100/mo. + dep. Cell, (706) 206-3350. 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.
3BR/3BA house, huge LR & kitchen w/ bar area. 1 acre lot! Fenced back yd. Pets welcome! Lawn maint. & W/D incl. $850/mo., $425 dep. Stephanie, (770) 6338159. 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/3BA house Dwntn. Great price! Walk to everything! New HWflrs., extra lg. BRs, covered porch. W/D incl. $1200/mo. Avail. now! Aaron, (706) 207-2957. AtlasRealEstateAdvisors. com.
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/2BA, $995/mo., Oconee Co., McRee Mill Lane, bonus room. Call (706) 769-5957. 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 house. Univ. Cir.,1 mi. from UGA. All appls., W/D, lg. fenced yd., carport. $1100/ mo., $800 dep. (404) 9837063. 4BR/4BA house Dwntn. Just reduced! Walk to everything! Stainless, HWflrs., whole house audio, covered porch. W/D incl. $1200/mo. Avail. now. Aaron, (706) 207-2957. AtlasRealEstateAdvisors.com. 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 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) 353-2700, (706) 540-1529. Cute, adorable 2BR/1BA in-town house. $650/mo. CHAC, W/D hook-up, fenced-in yd., pets welcome. Call Lance, (706) 714-4603. I heart Flagpole Classifieds! Let’s make a deal! Significantly lower than going rate! 4BR/4BA house at The Retreat. Pristine condition! Call or text me, (706) 380-1954. Reduced! 4BR/2BA, 845 W Hancock, HWflrs., CHAC, avail. now. Pets OK! 4 blocks to Dwntn. $1050/mo. Call (864) 784-3049. Rent your properties in Flagpole Classifieds! Call (706) 549-0301! 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) 247-1398. 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. 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) 3531750, 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) 201-8605.
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.
Parking & Storage UGA parking spaces. Across the street from campus, law & library. $25/mo. 6 mo. minimum. Contact Susan, (706) 3544261.
Rooms for Rent 4BR house in Normaltown to share w/ 2 females. 1BR/1BA, $ 5 0 0 / m o . + u t i l s . Av a i l . now–Dec. 31. Contact Taylor, (214) 502-3005 or Sofi, (423) 280-9262.
For Sale Furniture All new pillow-top mattress set from $139. Sofa & loveseat, $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. Go to A g o r a ! Awesome! A ff o rd a b l e ! T h e u l t i m a t e store! Specializing in retro everything: antiques, f u r n i t u re , c l o t h e s , b i k e s , records & players! 260 W. Clayton St., (706) 316-0130. Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition. Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College downtown. (706) 369-9428. 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.
Pets 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) 549-0301 or place an ad at www.flagpole. com. Merchandise only.
Want to Buy Wanted: A.O. Smith Harvestore Silos. (405) 240-5342.
Music Equipment Nuçi’s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are tax-deductible. Call (706) 227-1515 or come by Nuçi’s Space, 396 Oconee St.
Looking for a pianist, saxophone player, violinist? Looking for a band? Find your music mate w/ Flagpole Classifieds! Call (706) 549-0301. We buy musical instruments & equipment ever y day! Guitars, drums, pro-sound & more. (770) 931-9190, www. musicgoroundlilbur n.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 t o B i k e A t h e n s . Ye a r s o f 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 w o r k t o f u l l re s t o r a t i o n s . 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 Berr y, Abbey Road Live!, Squat. (706) 549-1567. Wedding bands. Quality, professional bands. Weddings, parties. Rock, jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityentertainment.com. Featuring The Magictones - Athens’ premiere wedding & p a r t y b a n d . w w w. themagictones.com.
Musicians Wanted ISO female drummer. Mo Tucker, Jesus and Mary Chain, Spiritualized. For signed band w/ new album out early 2012. Minimal playing/small kit preferred. Contact clayjay@uga.edu.
Services Classes Real Martial Arts! Kenpo, Kali, Silat, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, only 12 students accepted. 4th degree black belt instructor. Beginners/ advanced. Call (706) 3697045. steve@karatefire.com.
Cleaning My house cleaning clients say I am reliable, good & easy on their budget. I'm local, earth & p e t f r i e n d l y. L o c a l references on request. Text or call Nick: (706) 851-9087. Email: Nick@ goodworld.biz.
Financial Takeover pmts. on existing loans. 20-50% off 1000s of homes avail. No credit reqs. Call today, (805) 683-8600. Please no section 8.
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. C a l l 2 4 / 7 A b b y ’s O n e Tr u e G i f t A d o p t i o n s . (866) 413-6293 (AAN CAN).
Misc. Services H.S. diploma! Graduate in just 4 wks.! Free brochure. Call now! (800) 532-6546, ext. 97. www.continentalacademy.com (AAN CAN).
C a l l c e n t e r 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) 3533030. Dos Palmas is seeking FT experienced chef in Latin & Mexican cuisine. Send resume to mojammoul@gmail.com. No phone calls. FT or PT experienced pizza cook/cook wanted. Apply in person at 1550 Oglethorpe Ave. 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. Now hiring - Changos FT & PT front & back of house. Apply at restaurant. 320 E. Clayton St. next to Mellow Mushroom. Will hire by Aug. 28.
Looking for work? Need advice & support? Athens Career Coach is organizing a wkly. meeting group. Call Sean at Cook Coaching & Consulting. (706) 363-0539 or sean@higheredcareercoach. com.
Stuffed Burger is Athens’ 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.
Leaving town? Don't know how to get your wkly. Flagpole fix? Subscribe! Get Flagpole delivered to your mailbox! $40 for 6 mos., $70 for a yr.! Call (706) 549-9523.
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) 5481115.
New talent at Rage Hair Studio! Offering full services at 1/2 price under the supervision of a senior stylist. Call (706) 548-8178 & ask for Karly!
Pawn 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 L o s t P e t ’s B e s t C h a n c e . ” M i c ro c h i p y o u r p e t a t B o u l e v a rd A n i m a l Hospital! September S p e c i a l : M i c ro c h i p s $ 1 0 o ff ! L i f e t i m e re g i s t r a t i o n . Dwntn. on Prince Ave. www. downtownathensvet.com, (706) 425-5099.
Jobs Full-time Call center representatives needed to do lead generated business inquiry calls for technology companies. FT, Mon. – Fri., 8 – 5 p.m. $9/hr. Please email Mandy w/ Express Employment Professionals at mandy.whitlow@expresspros. com for more info.
UberPrints.com is h i r i n g ! We’re looking f o r g re a t p e o p l e t o j o i n our customer service & production teams. To apply for customer service, email your cover letter & resume to csjobs@uberprints.com. To apply for our production team, email your resume to productionjobs@uberprints. com. 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. FLAGPOLE BUSINESS/ SERVICE CLASSIFIED AD RATES: Advertise your business or service in the Flagpole Classifieds for $16/wk or $48/mo. 15% Discount for ad runs exceeding 8 weeks. Call Nico at 706-5490301.
Opportunities Actors/movie extras needed immediately for upcoming roles. $150-300/day depending on job reqs. No exp., all looks. (800) 560-8672, A-109 for casting times/locations. (AAN CAN).
Artist needed: must be able to create finishes such as rosewood, tortoise shell & faux bois. Contact Mimi at mimih@ hollandandcompany.com. 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. Disclaimer! Use at your own risk. Be careful giving out personal information. Flagpole does our best to scout out scams but we cannot guarantee. E a r n $ 7 5 - 2 0 0 / h r. ( n o w 25% off), media makeup & airbrush training. For a d s , T V, f i l m , f a s h i o n . 1 wk. class & portfolio. AwardMakeUpSchool.com, (310) 364-0665 (AAN CAN). Help wanted. Extra income! Assembling CD cases from home! No exp. nec.! Call our live operators now! (800) 405-7619, ext. 2450. www. easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN). 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 ‘93 Integra 2-door, manual transmission, 240k mi., runs g re a t , A / C n e e d s f i x i n g , needs radio fixed, clean Carfax! 30 mpg. (706) 3409507. $1900. ‘92 Volvo 240 Wagon. $3000. Well-maintained car. This car runs & looks great. This is a great buy. (706) 248-7644. Cash for cars. Any car/truck. Running or not! Top $ paid. We come to you! Call for instant offer. (888) 420-3808, w w w. c a s h 4 c a r. c o m ( A A N CAN). Sell Your Car, Bike, Van, Tr u c k , B u s , M o t o rc y c l e , B o a t , C a m p e r, S c o o t e r, etc—$28—Run ‘til Sold (Merchandise Only, Up To 12 Weeks). Call 706-549-0301 to place your ad!
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2001 Chevrolet G3500 15 passenger bus w/ wheelchair lift & 2 wheelchair tie-down areas. Diesel engine, A/C, automatic, white. No CDL license needed. $15,900 or OBO. (706) 549-9456. Ride your bike! Sell your auto w/ Flagpole Classifieds. Now w/ online pics! Go to w w w. f l a g p o l e . c o m today!
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Hiding in Plain View Bulimia Quietly Pervades College Campuses
If
you know, it’s obvious. Walk into a women’s room, see a closed stall, hear nothing at all. Perhaps it’s kindest just to walk out. But if you stay, you’ll glance under the door. Whether it’s a pair of espadrilles or scuffed Chucks, the shoes are facing the wrong way, toward the toilet. In the stall, their wearer silently begs you to leave. Whoever the trapped young woman is—in Athens it’s likely to be a student—she has sought out and chosen this restroom because it is safe: infrequently used or monitored. She probably drove there so her roommate or boyfriend/girlfriend wouldn’t find out what she is doing. She needs this safe space and needs you to leave, now. She needs to vomit up somewhere around 6,000 calories of “disgusting” food, types of food she would never let anyone see her eat: cake, chips, ice cream, doughnuts, every imaginable processed carbohydrate (except for brownies and peanut butter, which don’t come up easily), half-microwaved frozen pizza, whatever. She has to get rid of it. She is bulimic, and she is deeply ashamed. Once she can purge herself of the slurry of food and liquid she has consumed in practiced proportions—once she has reduced the output to bile or dry heaves or bloodflecks—whatever sign she needs of how she’s vanquished her body—she is okay. Until the next time. She swears there won’t be a next time. Yet, triggered by the merest bite of a friend’s dessert or a rationalization that after skipping lunch a large dinner will be all right, stress and addiction join to bring her once more to the bathroom stall. Her cycle of shame starts well before she gets there. She may feel she has to go from grocery store to grocery store, certain that she’ll be remembered as the girl who bought all of the carbs and sweets, chatting to the cashier that she needs all this food for a party. Some party; the point is always that no one will be home to catch her binge. She may drive through six fast-food windows in an evening, stashing bags, feeling that a car is a good place to hide eating, too. This type of weight maintenance is not only lonely, shaming and expensive; it doesn’t work.
No
matter what unpleasant sign of emptiness concludes self-induced vomiting, it is largely delusion. A bulimic’s body has already retained about 1,200 calories. It gets worse. Since one feels lightheaded and dizzy after purging, as befits a rapid plunge in blood sugar, the first biological impulse is to eat. It is here that the cycle can start over again, within an hour of the last one. Bulimics who vomit five times a day are not unheard of. As one local girl tried to explain to her boyfriend, whom she’d finally told the truth: “You’ve played guitar for nine years, and I’ve done this for nine years. I could have learned something, too, but no.” She had spent the nine years yawing between sociability and concealing food wrappers.
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Maybe another person who binges on vast amounts of food doesn’t vomit, but takes dangerous amounts of laxatives to “get rid of it.” This doesn’t really work for weight control, either. Laxatives work on the small intestine. By that phase of digestion, most calories have been extracted. (Colon problems commence quickly from laxative abuse.) Or, perhaps a young woman, having eaten far more than she thinks she should have, begins to exercise for hours to burn off the calories. All of these methods—self-induced vomiting, laxative abuse or over-exercising while not properly hydrated (over or under)—can be fatal. Purging, in any form, can deplete the body of electrolytes. These substances include potassium; when dissolved in body fluids, they conduct electricity through cells. The heart beats via electrical impulses. In short, bulimia can cause a heart attack. Although purging behavior should be addressed by a mental health specialist, it is vital that an M.D. know about any bulimic practices. Beyond heart failure, there
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bulimic’s life becomes hiding and shame. Blood vessels break in a bulimic’s face, or even eyes, from frequent vomiting. Her cheeks and jaw line also become puffy, as the surrounding salivary glands swell, unkindly perverting the desired slim look. There is even a little-known marker scar, usually on the bulimic’s index finger knuckle, called Russell’s sign. (Gerald Russell is the doctor who noted the cruel phenomenon of teeth scraping against finger, again and again and again.) And, anyone can see some very nasty photographs of the consequences of bathing teeth in hydrochloric acid—Enter “bulimia” and “teeth” into any search engine. Our stomachs are full of the stuff (along with electrolytes), and each time we vomit, we pour acid on our teeth. No bulimic has to end up with a mouth like those pictures. Post-purge tooth care is the immediate way in which any bulimic can help herself today, whether she can begin to stop gradually now or will stop later with treatment. First: one should not brush teeth after vomiting. Doing so uses two abrasives (brush and paste) in concert with stomach acid to scrape the enamel off the teeth. Instead, the best treatment is to rinse with baking soda and water and to swish this solution all around the mouth and between all teeth, using as much baking soda as possible. The alkaline baking soda neutralizes the acid, protecting the teeth to a large extent. No one wants to believe the cycle will occur again, but it is important to keep baking soda at hand: as with many addictions, recovery from bulimia is progressive and episodic. A box of baking soda in a water-tight plastic bag at home or in a car is a self-kindness that provides both current and future benefits. (Putting baking soda in a plastic bag, then traveling with it is not a good idea, for obvious reasons.) Bulimia is a serious illness and requires hard work to achieve recovery, but recovery is possible. (Also, men do suffer from this illness, though the majority exhibiting these behaviors are female.) There are local resources for help. Whether or not you are a student, you may get help at the University of Georgia Psychology Clinic, which treats clients with eating disorders (among other issues) on a sliding fee scale. The clinic can be reached at (706) 542-1173 or www.psychology.uga.edu/ clinic. If you are a UGA student, you may contact Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) at (706) 542-2273 or online at www.uhs.uga.edu/caps. In the community, psychologist Ann Weitzman Swain runs the Eating Disorders Recovery Center of Athens. The phone number is (706) 552-0450; the web address is www.eatingdisordersrecoverycenterofathens.com. Deb Chasteen
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She was successful in keeping her secret, in part, because of the inefficient nature of the disorder. Most bulimics are of normal weight or even slightly over. Also, the person who comes upon this solution for stress is often of a different personality type than the stereotypical anorexic (although she may have passed through a diet-anorexia-bulimia progression). Bulimics are likely to be gregarious people when not isolated by the binge-purge cycle. Evidence supports the idea that bulimics should seek mental health treatment for reasons beyond the eating disorder. There is frequently a relationship between bulimia and latent alcoholism, and possible links between bulimia and bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. An assessment to check for other life difficulties is crucial.
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FP: So, you focus mostly on children? BF: Yes; statistically, most of the kids in our program would be considered at-risk youth. So, we work with the kids who are on our sports teams and are in our tutoring program, but really our volunteers and staff—the whole family—end up getting involved. So, we’re very close, not only with the kids but with their brothers and sisters, moms. We’re in the neighborhoods a lot and spend a lot of time with the kids and their families, so they really become a part of our family, really.
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FP: How did you wind up in this line of work? BF: A friend of mine was coaching on the seniors football team, which is one of our age groups… He asked me to help him coach, and I said, “Yeah, I’d love to.” Got involved, and it just became a hobby. It became—when I was at work, I was thinking about the kids, and when I wasn’t at work, I was, you know, in the neighborhoods and spending time with the kids and their families. Really, it became—it was what I did. FP: Where were you working at the time? BF: Well, I was actually in sales and was kind of… I went to Presbyterian College. I graduated from Clarke Central, went into Presbyterian College, got a degree in political science, decided I didn’t want to have anything to do with politics and got into the building business. I was just trying to figure things out. I took a job with a friend doing sales. FP: What were you selling? BF: I was actually working selling police, fire and EMT supplies. It was interesting. It was fun, you know, but I was kind of in this process of figuring out what I was going to do with my life. But, I got involved [with Downtown Ministries], and I loved the kids. I loved to see just the fruit, just loving these kids and speaking truth in their life and offering them a different world view. And just to see the fruit and the kids just growing, it was just, I loved it. So, I coached for two years, and then the board actually came to me and asked me to come on full-time, and I said, “Absolutely.” So now, basically, my work is my hobby. FP: Had you ever seen yourself doing faith-based work before you got involved here? BF: No. I was raised in the church. My father is a pastor, but I spent a large part of my life trying to get as far away as I could from the church. But through coaching and other things are the things that brought me back to the church. And to see people out there serving and loving people had a huge impact
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eyes to just that: particularly children. There’s just a lot of kids that need a lot of love and a lot of encouragement and a lot of support. And the school system is great. Government organizations are great, but I believe that until people enter into people’s lives and get invested in their lives, that’s when you see real change.
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FP: Do you have any children? BF: I don’t; well, I’ve got 500. [Laughs.] FP: Do you think you ever will? BF: Yeah, I think so. My wife teaches eighth grade math at Burney-Harris. We both love kids. I had one of my—we’ve only been married about eight months—but one of the moms asked me the other day, she said, “Coach Ben, when are you going to have kids?” And her daughter said, “Coach Ben doesn’t need any kids; he’s already got about 500.” So, I just kind of laughed, but it’s true: they’re like family to me. But yeah, I’d love to have one or two kids, and I think my wife would, too, but we’ll just see what happens. I know if I do have a kid, it will be extremely spoiled. It will have about 50 different moms taking care of it. I look forward to that.
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