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THIS WEEK’S ISSUE:

The Election That Was

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Remember, the next time you hear your state senators or representatives extoll the virtues of voting in our great democracy: they are lying through their well insured teeth.

This election is the proof. We were jerked around and redistricted again by the Legislature barely before the election and for purely political purposes, as usual. If we did not have a highly professional Board of Elections supervisor and staff, we’d all be wandering around with no idea where or how to vote. Even so, it is still confusing, particularly because a lot of voters will be asking for the unfamiliar ballots of the political party they don’t usually vote for.

There’s a lot of interest in our two contested state House races. In the Democratic primary, District 118 pits challenger and former mayoral candidate Spencer Frye against 20-year incumbent Keith Heard. I have endorsed Spencer, because I think he’ll bring fresh energy to the representation of AthensClarke County. Whoever wins the Democratic primary on July 31 will face the winner of the District 118 Republican primary: Carter Kessler or Chris Perlera. I have endorsed Chris, because he is bright and intelligent and is the son of Salvadoran immigrants and has solid connections to our large Hispanic population. Perlera will make an attractive Republican candidate in the general election on Nov. 6, though the 118th is heavily Democratic.

State House District 117 is the one with the drama. There is no Democratic candidate, because this district was meticulously massaged by the Republicans in Atlanta to construct a safe seat for our darling liberal Democrat Doug “Obama’s the Man” McKillip, who won election last time as a yellow dog Democrat and then immediLet your conscience ately turned into a suck-egg mongrel Republican, as it be your guide. were. As if he’s afraid he might change back at the next full moon, McKillip has wrapped himself in the afterbirth of the extreme anti-abortion movement by sponsoring legislation that inserts state law between women and their doctors at the most critical point of their pregnancies. Moreover, deftly utilizing all the money heaped upon him by lobbyists and PACs, he is busy portraying his opponent, real Republican Regina Quick, as a liberal abortionist and (whisper, whisper).

This is the same Doug McKillip who caused the redistricting of our local government by the Legislature and the re-writing of our charter, overruling the decisions of local citizens.

The only recourse left to Democratic voters in House District 117 is to ask for a Republican ballot and vote for Regina Quick—a straight-talking, honest, old-fashioned conservative, who says exactly what she thinks, even if you don’t agree. But she will be hard-pressed to win against McKillip’s Atlanta money and his lies. She will get a good vote among Republicans in Oconee and in Athens, but Democrats in the 117th have no contested races in the Democratic primary, so they can ask for a Republican ballot and at least have a choice.

They don’t have to register as a Republican, just vote like one for a change. As a bonus, they can also vote in the Republican 10th District Congressional primary race for Stephen Simpson, U.S. Rep. Paul Broun’s opponent.

Among the other contested primary races, that leaves the non-partisan Athens-Clarke County Commission elections in District 6 and District 4. Jerry NeSmith is eminently better qualified in District 6 than Ron Winders (see Carl Jordan’s letter on p. 4), and Allison Wright, in District 4, is way ahead of David Ellison in experience and service to the community.

In State Senate District 47, might as well vote for the incumbent, Frank Ginn, as a known non-entity rather than the loose cannon from Barrow County, Danny Yearwood.

U.S. Congress 9th District is just a race to the right.

Sunday sales seem to be a no-brainer. Why not have the choice to pick up a six-pack at Bell’s on a Sunday afternoon?

Straw polls: they’re non-binding. Let your conscience be your guide.

Finally, T-SPLOST is the only plan on the table that will start building bike lanes and increasing bus frequency and maybe even building sidewalks here, in addition to the usual auto-heavy stuff we’re going to get under whatever plan may or may not follow if T-SPLOST is defeated. I say take the money and pedal: vote yes.

Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

News & Features Athens News and Views

In defense of Paul Broun, and another look at Quick-McKillip.

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Movie Pick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 A Hero’s Reckoning

The Dark Knight Rises is smashing entertainment and restores hope that there’s still life in the superhero subgenre.

The Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Hillbilly Brando

If UGA ever gets around to teaching the art of holding forth, The Billy Bob Tapes should be a standard textbook for the advanced class.

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Music Threats & Promises . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Music News and Gossip

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letters Jordan Endorses NeSmith I’ve become far too cynical to make yet another political endorsement. But Jerry NeSmith, running for my old District-6 ACC commissioner seat, is different. And here’s why.

Yes, I‘ve been burned far too often to waste more money and energy on mostly well-meaning folks wanting my election support. I’m cynical, because all too often in my 50-year voting lifetime my enthusiasm for a political candidate has been disappointed by the elected reality—and no place more grievously than locally by our city/county mayors and commissioners.

I attribute no particular fault to the good intentions of most elected officials—all genuinely desiring to serve both their community and themselves. But good intentions are not enough.

One problem is that most candidates embody more arrogance than humility, being hugely under-qualified. Indeed, they are not well-versed in public issues and governmental functions, and underestimate the intelligence, initiative, independence, time and learning commitment necessary to be productive.

Thus, as cover, they become dependent upon the staff experts, rubberstamping the recommendations that best serve their bureaucratic employees, rather than the electorate whose money they spend.

Oddly, moreover, elected service seems only to diminish the capacity for improvement— any likelihood that decisions will reflect,

CONTACT US AT P.O. BOX 1027, ATHENS, GA 30603 OR EMAIL US AT LETTERS@FLAGPOLE.COM increasingly and foremost, the public’s interestablishing and sustaining the Saturday farmest—as politicians bask in the pleasurable ers market at Bishop Park, plus this year’s notoriety of liking and being liked, accomWednesday-evening supplement adjacent to modating community “leaders” whose business City Hall. As the market’s treasurer, Jerry has is getting other people to pay for the things done it on a shoestring—unlike the M&C, who that they want. rarely spend public money as if it were their I make no guarantees. But if anyone is own. That is a demonstration of the innovalikely to break this mold, it would be Jerry. tive, visionary and dedicated public accomFirst, he is even more knowledgeable about plishment that I seek of a commissioner. governmental functions and bureaucratic Finally, Jerry is not a short-termer or this machinations than were States McCarter and year’s product of political partisans. He has a myself when we ran against the establishhistory of involvement in public service—all ment back in 2000, his life, everywhere as neighborhood he has lived—in and environmental addition to his conBUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK: advocates. siderable professional Smile If You’re Not Second, Jerry has accomplishments, not only served on most recently at UGA. Wearing Underwear the planning commisIt is in his blood. sion for nine years, He’s the real deal.

Thanks, Ben. Send your sticker sightings but his diligence and He is knowledgeable, to letters@flagpole.com. constructive scrutiny genuinely cares and earned him a reputais sufficiently comtion as being difficult to work with—to the mitted to act on it. Check out Jerry’s informapoint that his reappointment to a second tive website at http://jerrynesmith.com/ to term was not a slam-dunk. But as the only see for yourself. For me, he can’t get started county commissioner regularly attending plan- soon enough. ning commission meetings, I can attest that Jerry’s contributions were always constructive Carl Jordan and informed, if discomforting. He was the Athens best—knowledgeable, deliberate, independent and always focused on the public interest. He asked the tough questions, sought the right answers and voted with integrity.

I disagree with your endorsement and urge Third, Jerry’s public service extends far everyone to support Keith Heard for Georgia beyond the planning commission. Most House District 118. In a town known for its notable has been his quiet and effective work

Smith Endorses Heard

non-profit generosity, Frye brags about no community accomplishments or volunteer associations besides his paid work at Habitat.

He hides behind an opinion from Habitat International when asked about the ongoing and serious potential conflicts between running a charity and regularly engaging in partisan political activity. Habitat International can protect the charity, but who will protect Athens voters from the General Assembly’s aggressive lobbyists?

Either Spencer doesn’t know or doesn’t care about the truth. The number of misstatements Frye backtracked from at the East Friendship forum Monday night should have embarrassed Frye’s supporters, including the false assertions that the Georgia Federation of Teachers supports all incumbents and endorsed McKillip. Frye’s selection and misinterpretation of a handful of votes from among the thousands cast by Heard proves that he is either dishonest or not prepared to be a legislator. For example, the education tax credit that Heard supported represents less than one percent of the $7 billion K-12 annual Georgia education budget. The billboard brush-cutting vote was supported and opposed by half the Democrats in the House—hardly a barometer of party loyalty.

It is odd that in the face of all of this Pete McCommons and the Flagpole could make an endorsement so short on facts, based primarily upon the one qualification that apparently trumps all others—Spencer happens to be white.

Teresa Smith Winterville

We cannot afford to keep a representative in our last Democratic seat who is voting with Republicans on everything from cutting education, to restricting abortions, to Voter ID laws, to predatory lending, to the Republican budget, to restricting early voting and to increasing your electric bill.

Mark your calendar. Call your friends and family.

Set up a carpool.

Vote for Spencer Frye, a REAL Democrat, in the July 31st Democratic primary.

Because if we fail to put Spencer Frye, a true Democrat, into this seat in this Democratic primary, we stand to lose much more than just an election.

ENDORSED BY GEORGIA EQUALITY, GEORGIA PROGRESS AND PETE McCOMMONS OF FLAGPOLE MAGAZINE

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city dope Athens News and Views Election Day: The Christmas of political junkies is right around the corner! Next week’s Flagpole goes to press on Monday, so we won’t have any election results for you in print.

However, I’m teaming up with our pals at WUGA 91.7 and 97.9 FM—home of “Athens News Matters”—July 31 to bring you live results over the airwaves and on Flagpole.com.

You don’t have anything better to do on a Tuesday night, so be there and be square.

know about the deal until just before it was announced.

The Caterpillar ad is guaranteed to tick off Oconee County officials and business leaders who really did work hard to lure the company.

While they may not come out and endorse Quick, they are using their influence behind the scenes. The negative tone of McKillip’s campaign also smacks of desperation. It’s not the type of race a safe incumbent would run.

Still, the question remains, how many Oconee County voters are really paying close attention to this race? If they show up to the polls and all they know about the candidates is from McKillip’s ads, of course they’ll vote for him over the demon spawn of Nancy Pelosi and a coat hanger. As with most primary challengers, Quick has little money of her own to counteract the charges. And no matter how many Athens Democrats cross over for her, the math says Quick still needs Oconee Republicans to win.

Round Three: Last week’s column discussed some of the factors in the closely watched race between state Rep. Doug McKillip, R-Athens, and Republican challenger Regina Quick. Initially, I was concerned about the accuracy of our cover—McKilliptron should be landing an uppercut on Optimus Quick, not the other way around—but my concerns may have been unfounded.

Word has reached the Dope’s ear that a number of Oconee County citizens are growing increasingly frustrated with McKillip’s scorched-earth campaign. First came an overBlake Aued’s Krazy Korner: Since their districts the-top mailer depicting a sonogram of a overlap, many of said Athens Democrats who fetus. Sample text: pull a GOP ballot to “We cannot trust vote against McKillip Regina Quick. She’s will also be tempted a liberal who will to vote against not protect innocent another liberal life.” In a radio ad bogeyman, U.S. Rep. apparently aimed at Paul Broun. Don’t do seniors, an elderlyit, I say! sounding woman Sure, Broun’s the calls Quick a “fibber.” guy who’s compared The real headPresident Obama to spinner though, is Hitler, Stalin, Castro, an ad that appeared Hugo Chavez… Am recently in the I leaving any dictaOconee Enterprise. tors out? Gaddafi, “Obama is Killing maybe? Yeah, he Jobs,” it says. “Doug thinks Obama is turnMcKillip is Creating ing Teach for America Jobs.” What a state into a private army representative can do to take your guns to stop a president, and enforce marI haven’t a clue, but shal law. He calls forget for a second Democrats traitors, that he’s running for literally, and this the Georgia legislamost likely offends ture, not Congress you.

Seriously, why would you want to get rid of this guy? or president. The ad But it’s also a goes on to say: “This great source of year Doug Championed [sic] efforts to pass lulz, if you don’t take his musings too seritax reform that lowers taxes and is already ously. There are enough kooks and cranks on attracting new jobs for our families. Because both sides of the aisle to keep Jon Stewart of Doug’s efforts, Caterpillar is building a employed for the rest of his life. What can new plant that will create 3,500 new jobs.” it hurt to keep Broun around? It’s not like The legislature did pass a tax reform package Berkeley on the Oconee over here is ever beneficial to industries earlier this year that, going to get a rep most of Athens agrees among other things, eliminated sales taxes on with. We even had a Democrat in John Barrow energy. A joint committee rolled it out Mar. represent us back in the day, and look how 19. It passed the House the following day, that turned out. You could hardly tell the difthe Senate three days later, and Gov. Nathan ference, right? Might as well go for the enterDeal signed it Apr. 19. Caterpillar announced tainment value. its new plant in Athens on Feb. 18. State Economic Development Commissioner Chris Nothing New to Report: Some readers are Cummiskey does say the energy tax cut helps wondering what’s become of Selig Enterprises’ lure industry, but the timeline just doesn’t proposed Walmart-anchored development make sense. on the edge of downtown. Selig continues to In addition, McKillip and other state tweak the design and still has an option to legislators really had nothing to do with buy the former Armstrong & Dobbs property, recruiting Caterpillar. Credit goes to the state but when it expires is confidential, spokesDepartment of Economic Development with man Brian Brodrick says. Athens-Clarke a big assist from Athens-Clarke and Oconee Commissioner Kelly Girtz says he thinks the County staff. Gov. Nathan Deal and local option is up soon, at the end of this month, elected officials were involved and had the but Selig can extend it. good sense to stay out of the professionals’ way. Legislators, though, didn’t even Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

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city pages of different people,” Tribble told the group.

But “there are going to be some toes that are stepped on” when the task force reaches conclusions about who should do economic development, and how it should be funded.

A task force former Mayor Heidi Davison “We are not properly funding our economic appointed to reform Athens-Clarke County’s development efforts” compared to other places lagging economic development efforts saw its that have been more successful at it, said task recommendations ignored, but members of the force member Alex Patterson. task force that Mayor Nancy Denson appointed “I think we know the status quo is not in January hope their recommendations will be going to do it,” added attorney Mike Morris. taken more seriously.

In some places, local businesses contribute Politicians and businesspeople alike have money to fund business recruitment efforts; long criticized ACC’s efforts to lure new busisome large industries have made significant nesses and jobs to Athens as fragmented and land donations or endowments to such efforts. insufficient. Until Caterpillar picked Athens There is not a single organizational structure for a new plant that will employ up to 1,400 that works, task force members said; in some people—a rare and exhilarating success for places, the Chamber of Commerce leads the local leaders—the only bragging seemed to effort. “Many of them say it’s personalitybe about big-box retail jobs. Better-paying driven,” said Georgia Power representative industrial and bioscience jobs seemed always Rope Roberts. to go elsewhere.

One of the group’s recommendations is Davison’s task force warned in 2005 that likely to be about perceived foot-dragging by the Athens region “is missing out on hunACC departments (especially planning) that dreds if not thousands of private-sector jobs discourage new development. Those criticisms per year” because Athens-area counties and echo persistent earlier ones, such as the 2010 development agencies don’t work together to Charter Review Commission, said Carl Parks. present a single face to interested industries.

The task force may recommend “creating a That earlier report’s central recommendation— method that keeps planning and development to partner with adjacent counties on industrial staff on the promised schedule,” he said. recruitment efforts—has gone nowhere. Some “People need help and a leg up” in dealing ACC commissioners feared that the other with county requirements, not “an impediment counties would make all the decisions and and a costly procedure” that is unaffordable proposed to partner only with Oconee County. except to large developers. Recommendations Then Oconee commissioners rejected even that of the task force are still under discussion, but proposal, fearing the new jobs would all go to they could also include: Athens.

• less stringent Aware of regional design requirements in Until Caterpillar picked officials’ reluctance industrial zones, such as to cooperate, the new allowing parking lots in Athens for a new plant that 26-member task force front of buildings and asked ACC commissionnot requiring developers will employ up to 1,400 ers for a signed letter to build sidewalks. people… the only bragging of support, which it • gaining governreceived, before beginment control of indusseemed to be about bigning work, co-chair and trial land, perhaps near Athens Regional Medical box retail jobs. BetterAthena Drive, that could Center CFO Grant Tribble be offered to prospects. told Flagpole at a task • changing the paying industrial and force meeting. The name of the EDF to group has been meeting bioscience jobs seemed “Athens-Clarke: Open for since January, studied Business.” always to go elsewhere. the job recruitment • hiring an “ombudsefforts of a dozen other man” to help applicants cities and will soon hear recommendations navigate planning and zoning requirements from the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce and auditing the process for efficiency. and the Athens-Clarke Economic Development Interviews with local industries indicated they Foundation. do not feel encouraged to expand, but instead Those recommendations will form a “startfeel that ACC impedes their desire to expand. ing point” for the task force’s discussion about • hiring an “industry steward” to travel how economic development efforts should and talk to potential industrial prospects and be organized. The task force has no apparent existing industries. plans to talk to other economic development • countering “a general perception that groups in the Athens region. the community’s K-12 public education system The 2005 report saw a strong regional is subpar.” chamber of commerce as a natural center for • establishing apprenticeship programs economic development efforts, but the Athens between local industries and schools. chamber mostly supports existing businesses, • reducing duplication of services among and the Economic Development Foundation ACC’s 600 nonprofit agencies, by encouraging is charged with attracting new employers to nonprofits of similar missions to “collaborate Clarke County but has no regional responsior even merge,” said a committee report. bilities. There’s also the county’s Industrial “Administrators with Community Connection Development Authority, which issues bonds and with the Athens Area Community for industrial and commercial developments, Foundation have encouraged collaboration and Department of Human and Economic among nonprofits with similar missions, and Development, which offers loans to small have met with some success, while other startups. efforts have not succeeded.”

“We’ve had a good time looking at a lot • encouraging “green” energy-efficient of different things, and hearing from a lot building and alternative energy use.

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The task force will also look at the role of local restaurants and entertainment in economic development. A vibrant downtown is “one of the pieces that brought Caterpillar here,” attorney Jim Warnes said.

John Huie

Downtown Master Plan Moves Forward A long-awaited downtown master plan is almost a reality. The Athens Downtown Development Authority voted last week to spend up to $30,000 on a master plan for growth through 2030 overseen by University of Georgia College of Environment and Design professor Jack Crowley. The scope of the plan—such as whether it will include a marketing study and what the boundaries of downtown will be—is still up in the air, though, as ADDA officials negotiate a final contract. The ADDA board will vote on approving the contract Aug. 14.

Athens-Clarke officials and neighborhood activists have been calling for a downtown master plan for years, especially since Selig Enterprises proposed a massive development anchored by Walmart on Oconee Street last year. Cost was a barrier, but Crowley agreed to take no fee for himself, instead working for a fraction of what private consultants had bid.

For more, check In the Loop at Flagpole.com Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

New Recycling Law Will Be Pushed Back The Athens-Clarke Commission may delay a mandatory recycling policy for local businesses and apartment complexes. The policy would require businesses and apartments to provide recycling facilities—many now do not—but some business owners and property managers have raised concerns about how they’d fit

those receptacles onto their properties. “If this thing is made mandatory, many (property owners) are not going to be able to comply with it,” Commissioner Doug Lowry said at a July 19 agenda-setting meeting. “It’s physically impossible to put … Dumpsters in some of these parking lots.”

If recycling receptacles replace ones for trash, it shouldn’t be a problem, Commissioner Kathy Hoard said. County employees will work with property owners before the law takes effect. “It’ll be challenging, but it’s the type of challenge we should be doing in this community,” Commissioner Kelly Girtz said.

Hoard floated the idea of pushing back the law’s implementation date from May 1 to Aug. 1 or Sept. 1, which won broad support. The commission is scheduled to vote Aug. 7. For more, check In the Loop at Flagpole.com.

Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

Roundabout Likely Coming to Westside Athens-Clarke commissioners indicated last week they’re likely to support a $2.8 millionroundabout at the intersection of Whitehead and Tallassee roads over a traditional signalized intersection. Mayor Nancy Denson said she’s gotten more feedback on the issue than any other but a downtown Walmart, much of it opposed to a roundabout. “It seems to be a very divisive issue in my district,” said the neighborhood’s representative, Jared Bailey.

The circular intersections can be confusing for some drivers, but statistics show they’re safer and keep traffic flowing more smoothly.

“I think it is very likely an education issue,” Denson said.

Other commissioners, including Bailey, urged worried constituents to look at the facts. “I think this is the perfect design for this intersection, and I can’t imagine we’d put a stop light here instead,” Commissioner Alice Kinman said.

Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

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Do you have strong feelings about gambling, abortions or the influence of lobbyists?

If you do, there’s a straw vote question on the July 31 election ballot that will give you a chance to make your voice heard. Both parties have placed several non-binding questions on their primary ballots that will serve as statewide surveys on those particular issues.

These are the questions on the GOP ballot: Should Georgia have casino gambling with funds going to education?

Do you support ending the current practice of unlimited gifts from lobbyists to state legislators by imposing a $100 cap on such gifts?

Should active duty military personnel who are under the age of 21 be allowed to obtain a Georgia weapons license?

Should citizens who wish to vote in a primary election be required to register by their political party affiliation at least thirty (30) days prior to such primary election?

Should the constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that the paramount right to life is vested in each innocent human being from his or her earliest biological beginning without regard to age, race, sex, health, function, or condition of dependency?

The questions on the Democratic ballot: Should the Georgia constitution be amended to allow the state to override locally elected school boards’ decisions when it comes to the creation of charter schools in your county or city?

Do you support ending the current practice permitting unlimited gifts from lobbyists to state legislators?

Should Georgia adopt an income tax credit for home energy costs to support the economic security of our families?

Should Georgia reduce sales taxes on made in Georgia products so as to support the growth of small businesses in our state?

Both parties offer different versions of

the question about capping the amount of money that lobbyists can spend to entertain legislators. Even if a majority of voters should support this limitation, the leadership of one chamber of the General Assembly has indicated it will ignore them.

While some of the Senate leaders have said they are open to the idea of a cap on lobbyist spending, House Speaker David Ralston remains opposed to the idea. Several of the most powerful state officials on the ballot have credible opposition on July 31.

This list includes state Sen. Don Balfour, the chairman of the Senate Rules Committee (Travis Bowden and Steve Ramey are running against him); Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers (he’s opposed

by Brandon Beach); and Public Service Commissioner Stan Wise (who is being challenged by Pam Davidson).

Balfour, Rogers and Wise are three of the heaviest lifters at the Capitol when it comes to raising money from lobbyists and political action committees.

Wise also gets a large portion of his campaign funds from people who either work for or represent the utilities that the PSC regulates. A recent example occurred on June 19, when Wise reported contributions totaling $10,000 from attorneys with the Troutman Sanders law firm, which represents Georgia Power in rate cases before the PSC. Two days after receiving those campaign funds, Wise cast the deciding vote to give Georgia Power a $3.2 million financial benefit by allowing the utility to charge off some disputed expenses resulting from nuclear plant service outages to its customers.

If voters on July 31 should defeat one or two members from that trio of Balfour, Rogers and Wise, they would definitely get the attention of the power structure at the state Capitol.

Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com

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Election Preview: Get Out and Vote W

ith new candidates, new districts and, in some cases, a new election date, Athens voters can be forgiven if they’re a bit confused about Tuesday’s primaries.

So Flagpole presents this handy-dandy guide—culled from interviews, articles, candidate forums and the candidates’ websites—to help readers make decisions in the voting booth.

Visit Flagpole.com for more info, including maps of the redrawn districts.

And be sure to vote. In Georgia’s open primaries, voters can pull either party’s ballot regardless of their own party affiliation. The primaries are the main event for most of these races because only one party is fielding candidates or the district is skewed to one side of the political spectrum. Athens-Clarke Commission races will be decided Tuesday, too, because of a new state law moving up nonpartisan elections from November to the summer.

House District 117 The marquee race in Athens this year is state Rep. Doug McKillip, R-Athens, versus Republican challenger Regina Quick, a lawyer specializing in property taxes and family issues. Like a couple of Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, just mash the button and watch them go at it.

There are no Democrats in the race, so local liberals, angry about McKillip leaving the party just weeks after colleagues elected him to a leadership post in 2010, are lining up behind Quick, even though she is, on some McKillip issues, further to the right. That support is perhaps boosting her chances of winning in Clarke County, but it’s given her headaches in other, more conservative parts of the newly redrawn district.

When he’s not attacking Quick as a closet liberal, McKillip is touting his three terms of experience under the Gold Dome serving on the Appropriations Committee, arguing that he’s better positioned to bring home the bacon to Athens.

Quick labels McKillip an unreliable opportunist and says she’ll vote her conscience, even bucking party leadership when necessary. She has criticized a tax reform bill McKillip Quick supported as a sales tax hike on car buyers, while McKillip defends it because it gets rid of the “birthday tax” tag fee. Both are anti-abortion, but they disagree on McKillip’s controversial bill cutting back the time when women can end pregnancies.

McKillip has skipped two of three candidate forums in Athens, opting instead to use his almost $250,000 war chest to bombard voters with negative mailers about Quick.

House District 118 In another contentious race where the candidates have been at each others’ throats, 2010 mayoral candidate and Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Spencer Frye is challenging state Rep. Keith Heard, D-Athens.

Frye dug up dozens of Heard’s votes on issues ranging from charter schools to voter ID to raising Georgia Power rates and accused him of voting with the GOP. That’s true to an extent, but Heard’s defense is that other Democrats voted for those bills, too. Heard says Frye doesn’t understand the legislative process, while Frye says the 10-term incumbent is out of touch.

Speaking of Atlanta, Heard’s Heard residency has come into question as well. His family owns homes in both Clarke and Fayette counties, leading to questions about where he actually lives.

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In response, Heard has emphasized his record of community service. Unlike Frye, he’s also an Athens native. But unlike Heard, Frye sends his children to local schools.

Wait—there’s more! Two young Republicans are also running for the right to be knocked silly by the Democratic nominee in the leftleaning district. Carter Kessler is a libertarian Ron Paul acolyte who believes in a severely limited government, the gold standard, unlimited gun rights, getting rid of the Federal Reserve, lifting zoning restrictions Kessler and decriminalizing drugs. He also has two DUI convictions on his record. Chris Perlera is a banker who serves on the boards of the Sandy Creek Nature Center and Athens Latino Center for Education and Services. He wants to boost funding for education and cap the amount of money lobbyists can spend on meals, trips and gifts for lawmakers.

Senate District 47 State Sen. Frank Ginn, R-Danielsville, represents the eastPerlera ern half of Clarke County. Sen. Bill Cowsert, R-Athens, who represents the western half, is unopposed.

Ginn, first elected in 2010, has been a leading advocate for cracking down on illegal immigration, even causing a stir when he confronted a local high school student about her immigration status at a community forum on the issue. Having lost his son in an accident, he expressed qualms about a version of McKillip’s abortion bill that would have forced women to carry a fetus to term even Ginn when it had died or couldn’t survive outside the womb, although he voted for the final bill when that provision was removed. The former city and county manager considers himself an advocate for local control and tried but failed to get locally drawn commission district maps passed earlier this year.

Ginn’s opponent is Barrow County Commission Chairman Danny Yearwood. The used-car salesman presided over stark budget cuts in Barrow County driven by the recession and crashing property values. He often clashed with other commissioners over whether the county should Yearwood hire a professional manager—he said no—and the budget. Yearwood is running to Ginn’s right, criticizing him for supporting a transportation sales tax referendum and wavering on the abortion bill.

Commission District 4 Lawyer David Ellison, who serves on the county’s Hearings Board, and Allison Wright, a medical illustrator and Clarke County Board of Education member who says she “gets Athens,” are the choices to replace Commissioner Alice Kinman in this Five Points-centric district. Kinman has endorsed Wright.

Ellison has criticized the school board’s response to a state audit and grand jury investigation into the school district’s budget that found accounting problems and money misplaced. Wright says the board pushed to fix the problems, and they were, but Ellison says she didn’t do enough, Ellison and he would provide more oversight.

Parking in Five Points is another big issue. Ellison clerked for the judge who ruled against Athens-Clarke County in a

lawsuit that put Lumpkin Street parking in private hands, at least for now, leading to a parking war of attrition among neighborhood businesses. Both candidates say they would broker deals among businesses so that one could use another’s lot while it was closed. Ellison also raised the possibility of combining small lots behind businesses or a small parking deck funded by a public-private partnership or a special tax district.

Like Kinman, Wright is very focused on transportation issues and says she would push to expand Athens Transit bus service and finish the North Oconee River Greenway.

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Commission District 6 Longtime Athens-Clarke Planning Commissioner Jerry NeSmith, a founder of the Athens Farmers Market, faces political newcomer Ron Winders, a social-worker-turned-businessconsultant, in this race to replace Ed Robinson in the westside seat. The district’s former commissioner, Carl Jordan, has endorsed NeSmith. (See the letters page for deets.)

Both candidates are worried about a planned outdoor mall in Oconee County siphoning off businesses from Atlanta Highway, an issue that prompted Mayor Nancy Denson to appoint a committee to study ways to improve the corridor. They want NeSmith to streamline the process of opening a business and tweak laws like one requiring sidewalks in front of new developments, which they say makes sense intown but not in suburban commercial areas.

Where they differ is on the role of the planning commission, which advises the Athens-Clarke Commission on zoning decisions.

Winders says they take too long to make decisions, holding up projects and costing developers money. He wants to revamp the board or even do away with it, which NeSmith says is ludicrous because it puts zoning decisions in the hands of politicians.

Winders NeSmith also denies throwing up roadblocks in front of developments; planners work with applicants to get the designs right, and at its most recent meeting, the planning commission moved on 10 of 11 items, he says.

9th Congressional District Three Republicans—Gainesville pundit Martha Zoller, former state Rep. Doug Collins of Gainesville and White County educator Roger Fitzpatrick—are running for this new Zoller seat, created last year when Georgia added enough people for another congressional district.

Collins and Zoller have spent the past few months slinging mud at each other about their past records. Zoller is criticizing Collins’ votes in support of T-SPLOST, which he now opposes, and a hospital “bed tax” that supporters claimed was really a long-term tax cut for wealthy retirees and others. Collins, meanwhile, combed through thousands of Zoller’s columns and on-air comments to find instances when she seemed to support gay marriage, abortion or President Obama.

Collins They sound, though, as if they’d vote about the same way moving forward, with the GOP’s tea party faction. The choice comes down to whether you want an

outsider (Zoller) or an establishment guy with experience in government (Collins). Fitzpatrick has no money, no campaign infrastructure and no chance of winning.

10th Congressional District U.S. Rep. Paul Broun is running against fellow Republican Stephen Simpson, a retired Army officer whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s served stints in military intelligence, on Capitol Hill and as a contractor in the private sector.

Since barely squeezing into office in a 2007 special election, Broun has annihilated all his political foes, but Simpson might stand a puncherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chance since more than half the district has changed. Rather than running from Augusta through Athens north to the state line, it now heads west into Gwinnett County and south to Simpsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hometown of Milledgeville.

Simpsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s platform is a familiar one: Broun is ineffective, more interested in getting on Fox News and impressing the black-helicopter crowd than legislating. After all, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even wait until President Obama was sworn in to break Godwinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Law. Broun is clearly sensitive to this argument, since his press office has Broun made a big deal out of a couple minor spending amendments he got passed and a recent Politico article detailing his quest to stop the steamroller of socialism.

Campaign money is another issueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Simpson doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much, and Brounâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been accused of using it to line his pockets. Broun loaned his first two campaigns $300,000, claiming them as personal loans in FEC filings and later paying himself $30,000 in interest.

When questioned, he said he used the money to pay interest on a bank loan. The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint with Simpson the Federal Election Commission.

Broun blamed an inexperienced staffer and said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s submitted documentation to the FEC, but he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t release it to the public, and the agency wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rule until after the election.

T-SPLOST A proposed 1 percent sales tax for transportation would raise $1 billion and pay for 70 road, transit, airport and bike projects in the 12-county Northeast Georgia region, as well as 11 regions around the state. For more info about T-SPLOST, see last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Flagpole or go to Flagpole.com.

Sunday Sales Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a drunk, a teetotaler or just believe in freedom, this one is probably a no-brainer. Should Athens grocery, convenience and package stores be allowed to sell wine, beer and liquor from 12:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Sundays? The legislature started allowing local communities to vote on ending the long-standing blue law in 2011, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already passed in dozens of cities and counties. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a bit behind the curve because Athens-Clarke County had only a low-turnout education sales tax on the ballot in 2011. Officials wanted to wait until turnout would be higher and avoid footing the bill for a special election, but they thought November was too far away.

Ballot Questions Both the Republican and Democratic ballots include several nonbinding questions put there by party officials to gauge votersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opinions. Republicans are asking about outlawing abortion, legalizing casino gambling, giving weapons permits to young military personnel and requiring voters to register their party affiliation. Democrats want to know if the state should be able to overrule local school boards on charter schools, sales taxes on Georgia-made goods should be cut and individuals should get tax credits for home energy use. Both parties are floating a cap on lobbyistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gifts to lawmakers.

wth? athens Anonymous and Angry Athens is a town whose residents, left jobless and destitute by illegal immigrants, huddle terrified at their computers all day, hoping to be spared from marauding hoards of thugs who shoplift, shoot each other over drug deals gone bad and steal taxpayer dollars to fund public art at the local jail. At least, this is what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think if all you knew of our town was what you learned reading the online comments to certain Athens Banner-Herald articles. But, of course, this is an inaccurate snapshot of our city. There is no public art at the local jail.

Who are these anonymous commenters, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve often wondered, who daily log on to our paperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website to tell other anonymous commenters theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wrong? What motivates them to spend their time and energy this way? Are these the same people I see feeding ducks with their kids at Memorial Park or wolfing down Golden Bowls at the Grit? Or is there another, angrier Athens that can only be seen in the light of a computer monitor? I called Joel Kight, the ABHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online news editor, to find out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Actually, the commenters on ABH stories are a crosssection of people, all different types. A lot of them have jobs where they feel they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak out. And many of them are disabled or elderly people who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get out as much as others.

This gives them an opportunity to be heard.â&#x20AC;?

Joel knows this, because he hosts regular lunches with these commenters, events where they tell him â&#x20AC;&#x153;what readers are looking for.â&#x20AC;? (The caps lock button, maybe?) This sounded to me like a foolhardy idea, bringing together in person and in the presence of sharp cutlery people who spend their days attacking each other online, Are you new to online but Joel insisted these meetcommenting and ings are civil and valuable. donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to get The folks who take the time started? Use the guide to comment care about below to craft your issuesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;particularly crime first post, and let the and politicsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and though heady debate begin. they may not represent everyone in Athens, he fully You are wrong supports their right to voice because you are: their opinions.

1. A socialist But do things ever get 2. A Republican out of hand?

3. A racist â&#x20AC;&#x153;I get contacted regularly 4. An idiot by commenters upset about some other posterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behavior.

I am right because I: But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to ban 1. Fought a war anyone unless they violate 2. Own a business our terms of service. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Being a 3. Earned a PhD jerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is not the same thing as 4. Carry a pistol libeling someone.â&#x20AC;?

Joel spends a good part of every day herding virtual cats on the forums, keeping things as clean and on-topic as he can. And in spite of persistent questioning, he refused to say that his job is stressful or that the level of discourse in the comments makes him weep for humanity, which indicates to me that he is either an extremely tolerant professional or very heavily medicated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do get concerned about personal attacks and how polarized people are. But I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interesting and exciting to hear from our readers.â&#x20AC;?

Hoping to talk to the readers myself, I logged on to Athenstalks.com (thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Athens Talks, not Athen Stalks) and created a new discussion topic asking about their experiences.

Among the jokes about feminism and candy bars, and some mild â&#x20AC;&#x153;newbieâ&#x20AC;? hazing, there were some thoughtful responses about the entertainment and educational value of the online forum, and about the need to support the local newspaper.

For the most part, the comments were well thought out and reasonable. And so, what about the rage? What about the personal attacks and partisan vitriol? Are these the same commenters who make me look twice at my fellow Athenians when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in line at Kroger?

E.J., one of the ABH commenters, had perhaps the best answer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be a mistake to judge an area by its commenting site. People with better things to do are doing those things.â&#x20AC;?

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

• indicates new review THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG-13) Were The Amazing SpiderMan the first Spider-Man movie, critics and fans would hail it as spectacular.

Following Sam Raimi’s surprisingly poorly aged films, this fourth film is the unfortunate epitome of unnecessary.

Where Christopher Nolan did us an outstanding service reinterpreting the world of the Dark Knight, (500) Days of Summer’s Marc Webb and his trio of scripters rely on lazy, convenient plotting to rehash Spidey’s origins with a few cosmetically mysterious changes. No longer a simple orphan, Peter Parker’s parents abandoned him as a result of papa Parker’s top secret genetic experiments, which produce the (no longer radioactive) spider that turns Pete into a superhero and Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans) into the film’s villainous Lizard. Ten years ago, mass audiences accepted the idea of a teenaged crime fighter with the powers of an arachnid. Too bad these filmmakers didn’t just jump straight into the webhead’s world as their super-blockbuster excels once it gets the mythology revising out of the way and allows new Spidey Andrew Garfield, who nails the wall-crawler’s smart-alecky, costumed persona, to use those powers to patrol the streets of NYC as your friendly neighborhood web-slinger.

AMERICAN COMMANDO NINJA (NR) 1988. David, a ninja who is not American or commando, as far as can be determined, must rescue the stolen secret formula to a “bacteriological” weapon. He and another ninja, who happens to be a master of the ancient art of “Hocus Pocus” take on the KGB and hook up with two kung-fu sisters, one of whom actually wears a skirt with the Confederate flag on it. Part of Bad Movie Night.

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG-13) No better Avengers counterprogramming could exist than this British dramedy starring Oscar winner Dame Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Oscar winner Maggie Smith and Oscar winner Tom Wilkinson and directed by Shakespeare in Love Oscar nominee John Madden. A bevy of Brits travel to the subcontinent to stay at the posh, newly renovated Marigold Hotel, but the adverts prove misleading.

Still, the hotel does begin to charm its English patrons. Based on the novel by Deborah Moggach.

BRAVE (PG) A good, not great, Pixar film, Brave strays into traditional Disney territory after a tremendously magical first act. Headstrong Scottish Princess Merida (wonderfully voiced by the lovely Kelly Macdonald) wants to choose her own destiny. She does not want to marry the first-born of one of the clans allied with her father, the Bear King, Fergus (v. Billy Connolly), but her mother, Queen Elinor (v. Emma Thompson), will hear none of her complaints. In typical stubborn teenage fashion, Merida short-sightedly asks a wood-carving witch (v. Julie Walters) for a spell to change her mother. The aftermath of the spell leads to some heartwarming and charming derring-do, but the sitcom-ish mix-up is a bit stock for what we’ve come to expect from the studio that gave us Wall-E and Up, two animated features that transcended their cartoonish origins.

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Still, Brave is leaps and bounds more impressive than Cars 2 and would have fit nicely in the Disney Renaissance of the 1990s.

CITY LIGHTS (G) 1931. Ciné’s Summer Classic Movie Series, Comedy Classics Division, continues with Charlie Chaplin’s wonderful City Lights. The Tramp falls in love with a blind girl (Virginia Cherrill). With the help of a wealthy acquaintance, the nameless hero tries to assist the girl and her destitute family. Chaplin gambled and won, releasing this silent comedy after the arrival of talkies. The film ranks highly on several of AFI’s movie lists; the organization named Chaplin’s masterpiece the number-one romantic comedy of all time.

DAMSELS IN DISTRESS (PG-13) Whit Stillman has not been heard from since 1998’s The Last Days of Disco, but his comeback pic supposedly shows the filmmaker picking up where he left off. Three coeds (Greta Gerwig, Megalyn Echikunwoke and Carrie MacLemore) attempt to help their peers at Seven Oaks College get out of their funk via good hygiene and musical numbers. Then some boys (including Adam Brody) get in the way.

I enjoyed Stillman’s trio of ‘90s efforts (the Oscar-nominated Metropolitan, Barcelona and the aforementioned Last Days of Disco) and am rather looking forward to catching his latest.

• THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (PG-13) Fanboy expectations of alltime greatness aside, The Dark Knight Rises concludes filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy as satisfyingly as one can hope. Having taken the fall for the murder of Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight, Batman is no longer welcome in Gotham City, which is all right with shut-in Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), the eccentric billionaire who continues to mourn the death of his love, Rachel. (Interestingly, The Joker is never mentioned.) But a new evil, the muscle-and-respirator-clad Bane (Tom Hardy, finally doing the great Batbreaker justice), has risen, requiring Batman to return to action. Meanwhile, a pretty cat burglar named Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway, making audiences forget both Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry) has targeted Gotham’s elite.

Nolan delivers the dense blockbuster we expect after TDK and Inception. He plays a masterful game of cinematic chess, knowing how to perfectly place every piece—script, actors, action set pieces—on the board. A brilliant blockbuster, TDKR cannot best its immediate predecessor; the threequel lacks the Ledger zeitgeist and shockingly needs more Batman. Still, The Dark Knight Rises darkly comicbookends the movie summer that blissfully began with Joss Whedon’s candy coated Avengers. I’m sad Nolan’s time in Gotham is over.

DARK SHADOWS (PG-13) Sadly, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s reconception of the gothic soap opera merely delivers a pretty-looking, rather dull oddity. (Burton’s output has become increasingly miss-and-hit.) Tossing much of the soap’s suds and upping the camp, the big screen Dark Shadows still involves many of the series’ major players. Depp produces another entertaining character, a la Jack Sparrow,

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but as the movie approaches the two hour mark, his Barnabas Collins grows as tedious as the blockbuster he is solely supporting.

HAYWIRE (R) The athletic, graceful action choreography skillfully executed

by MMA fighter and former American Gladiator Gina Carano and captured on camera by the always surprising Steven Soderbergh knocks out all its current action competitors. Black ops agent Mallory Kane (Carano) is burned by the head of the private agency for which she works, a skeezy guy named Kenneth (Ewan McGregor). Mallory must clear her name, but who can she trust? Her dad (Bill Paxton)? One of several other government employees (Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas)?

C-Tatez (Channing Tatum)? The action’s cool, the visuals even cooler (think the euro-class of The American but more muscle) and Carano’s hot (and surprisingly up to the dramatic task).

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (PG) Manny (v. Ray Romano), Diego (v. Denis Leary) and Sid (v. John Leguizamo) return in a fourth adventure, which is good news for the millions not waiting for this fatigued franchise to go extinct. The trio get separated from the herd, which

cannot get here fast enough), Jessica Chastain and the reliably funny yet equally annoying Martin Short. But a crazed French animal control officer, Captain Chantel Dubois (v. Frances McDormand), is hot on the animals’ trail. No one should be coming into Madagascar 3 blind. This third entry proffers more cute fun in a long first act chase than either of its predecessors, and that’s before any of the appealing new characters are introduced.

MADEA’S WITNESS PROTECTION (PG-13) Perhaps because Madea’s Witness Protection possesses the silliest plot of any previous entry in the franchise, Madea’s latest adventure is a bit less forcefully message-driven than previous movies. A New York family, headed by Eugene Levy and Denise Richards, move in with Madea (Tyler Perry) and her brother Joe (Perry again) to help Joe’s federal prosecutor son, Brian (Perry a third time). The fish out of water meets the South jokes are not as bad as one might imagine, and the movie focuses on what has always been the series strength: Madea.

MAGIC MIKE (R) Judging from Friday’s raucous matinee crowd at Beechwood, I cannot imagine the catcalls unleashed by a late show audi-

Affirmative. The nerd detector is fully functional. includes Manny’s wife, Ellie (v. Queen Latifah), and daughter, Peaches (v.

Keke Palmer), and meet a pirate crew led by Captain Gutt (exceptionally voiced by “Games of Thrones” Emmy winner Peter Dinklage). Nothing unpredictable happens (Sid messes things up, but no one cares), and the suspense is even less harrowing than your typical television cartoon. The rest of the celebrity voices are a mixed bag as well. Wanda Sykes brings the funny as Sid’s toothless granny, but Drake and Nicki Minaj are non-starters. Aziz Ansari is wasted, and J-Lo is present.

This kiddie flick is only for children that don’t want to watch Brave or Madagascar 3 again.

MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (PG) By now, franchise fans know what to expect from the adventures of Alex the lion (v.

Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (v. Chris Rock), Melman the giraffe (v. David Schwimmer) and Gloria the hippo (v.

Jada Pinkett Smith). These four former denizens of the New York Zoo team up again with those wacky penguins and some nutty Lemurs (voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer and Andy Richter) in an aborted attempt to return home. This time, the gang is waylaid in Europe by a circus featuring animals voiced by Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad” season five

ence, lubricated by several cocktails at nearby Rusan’s. Acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh’s peek beneath the thong that barely covers the underworld of Florida’s male strippers is a thoroughly entertaining and humanistic slice of life flick; imagine a less polyester-clad Saturday Night Fever.

MOONRISE KINGDOM (PG-13) Wes Anderson provides summer 2012 with its charmer, a twee coming of age tale about Sam and Suzy (wonderful newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward), two tweens that learn about love after running away from their tiny island home. Any moviegoers not already enchanted by Anderson’s previous whimsies will not be won over by his newest, extremely eccentric romance. Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand and Harvey Keitel are among the adults that inhabit Anderson’s isolated, stagy island. Murray is quixotic as ever and Norton is a perfect fit.

THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (PG) You could do a lot worse than The Pirates! Band of Misfits when choosing animated flicks to see with your kids.

Aardman Animations, the British folks that brought you Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run, hit the high seas with the Pirate Captain (v. Hugh Grant) and his oddball crew. While seeking the coveted Pirate of the Year Award,

the Pirate Captain runs into Charles Darwin (v. David Tennant, the tenth, and my personal favorite, Doctor), who wants the scurvy rascal’s feathered mascot, a thought-to-be-extinct dodo.

The jokes are funny and often smart, and the stop-motion clay animation refreshingly different.

ROCK OF AGES (PG-13) Adam Shankman directs a musical comedy film adapted from Cheis D’Arienzo’s 2006 rock jukebox Broadway musical. In 1987, small town girl Sherrie Christian (Julianne Hough) travels to L.A. to pursue becoming a famous singer and meets city boy Drew Boley (Diego Boneta) while working as a waitress at the Bourbon Room on Sunset Strip. Their rock and roll romance is told through the its of Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Joan Jeff, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, Foreigner and more.

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R) The producers of Little Miss Sunshine unleash another potential charmer.

Three magazine employees (Jake M. Johnson of Fox’s twee “New Girl,” Aubrey Plaza of NBC’s sublime “Parks and Recreation” and Karan Soni) investigate a mysterious classified ad about time travel. The situation inevitably complicates when they meet Kenneth (Mark Duplass), the eccentric guy who placed the ad. Duplass, the writerdirector who stars on FX’s dirty, funny “The League” is having a great year so far; he could become a household name were this film to hit it Little Miss Sunshine big.

SAVAGES (R) When did Oliver Stone become such a boring filmmaker? His ‘80s and ‘90s works were transgressive—stylistically, violently, politically. All Savages, his new crime drama based on the novel by Don Winslow (which is sure to read better than Winslow’s film adaptation), transgresses is patience. The trailers for this tale of two pot dealers, Ben and Chon (Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch), and their shared girlfriend, O (Blake Lively, playing a 10 years younger Kate Hudson playing O), running afoul of the Mexican cartel run by a ruthless matriarch (Salma Hayek) and her sleazy muscle (Benicio Del Toro, resembling an evil circus clown Brad Pitt) promises so much more violence, blood and exploitation than the actual film delivers.

SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (PG-13) 2012’s second Snow White movie (she’s also a television star on ABC’s “Once Upon a Time”) tweaks the fairy tale with the pale beauty (Kristen Stewart, Twilight) and the huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor), sent by Charlize Theron’s Evil Queen to kill her, instead teaming up to overthrow her majesty. Director Rupert Sanders is an unknown entity; thankfully, the cast includes the familiar faces of Toby Jones, Ian McShane, Ray Winstone, Nick Frost and Bob Hoskins.

Written by Drive’s Hossein Amini.

STEP UP REVOLUTION (PG-13) Who can tell these dance flicks apart any more? According to the franchise’s formula, the fourth Step Up will include the proper ratio of incredible dance moves to cardboard characterizations and soggy, retread plots to ensure a bad, ultimately entertaining movie experience. Fans of “So You Think You Can Dance” will definitely recognize some faces. Scott Speer directed

several episodes of “The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers” and the feature, The LXD: Secrets of the Ra, so he’s no stranger to capturing unbelievable choreography on film.

TED (R) I’m not sure what it says about Ted, the funny feature debut of “Family Guy” creator Seth McFarlane, that I, an admitted “Family Guy” detractor, laughed more than anyone else in the theater. Despite the overflowing gay jokes and some poor setups (the introduction to Giovanni Ribisi’s antagonist was awkwardly random), the fairy tale of 35-year-old John (Mark Wahlberg) and Ted (v. McFarlane), the teddy bear he was given on Christmas Day 1985 that came to life via wish, hits the mark more than it misses so long as the talking teddy is involved.

TO ROME WITH LOVE (R) Woody Allen’s latest love letter to a classic European city is not as magical or well-written as his Oscar winning billet-doux to Paris, but the 76-yearold auteur still knows how to craft a lightweight summer charmer. Several lives intersect in the titular Eternal City.

An American couple (Woody Allen and Judy Davis) meet their daughter’s (Alison Pill) new Italian beau (Flavio Parenti) and his parents; a newly married, provincial Italian couple (Alessandro Tiberi and Alessandra Mastronardi) are tempted by the sexy wiles of the city (quite literally and lustily embodied by Penelope Cruz in a painted on little red dress); a famous American architect (Alec Baldwin, ready and coiffed for an HBO Christopher Hitchens biopic) gives unheeded dating advice to a younger proxy (Jesse Eisenberg), torn between two women (Greta Gerwig and Ellen Page, likeable but ill-fitted to a role perfect for Woody’s muse, ScarJo); and a middle class Italian nobody (Roberto Benigni) becomes bewilderingly famous for nothing. Overlong by about 15 minutes, this Roman holiday is a lively tour of benignly annoying plots that are saved by Allen’s dual abilities to attract big talents and write zingy dialogue. l THE WATCH (R) Ben Stiller headlines a cast that includes Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayouade as a group of dads escaping their families via community service.

But their man-plans go awry when they discover a plot to destroy the Earth. This sci-fi comedy is directed by Lonely Island resident Akiva Schaffer, who directed fellow Islander Andy Samberg’s Hot Rod. Superbad’s Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg provide the script. Expect cameos. The movie was shot in and around Georgia.

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING (PG-13) Expecting a cinematic extinction level event on par with Garry Marshall’s star-whoring Valentine’s Day/New Year’s Eve, What to Expect When You’re Expecting pleasantly met my vastly lowered expectations. What to Expect would have been a decent Apatow/Bridesmaids knockoff had it slimmed down to one main plot.

Still, I expected little, and the romantic dramedy delivered a bundle of tiny, intermittent joy.

THE WIZARD OF OZ (G) 1939.

Ciné’s Summer Classic Movie Series, Family Classics Division, concludes with arguably Hollywood’s most magical, legendary film. Judy Garland shines as Dorothy, who treks to meet the Wizard with her dog, Toto, the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), the Tin Man (Jack Haley, stepping in for Buddy Ebsen and the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr). But Dorothy and friends must watch out for the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton), who blames the young girl from Kansas for her sister’s demise. The Friday screening will be followed by a Canopy Trapeze performance.

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movie pick A Hero’s Reckoning THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (PG-13) Besides Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings series, no modern cinematic trilogy has examined heroism better than Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight movies. By the time the British director took over the Caped Crusader franchise, Batman was in dire need of a revamp. Tim Burton brought the comic book character to the screen with the first two installments, the sterile Batman and the more creatively macabre Batman Returns, and then Joel Schumacher upped the camp and ran the series into the ground with three wretched movies. Nolan, owing a huge debt to Frank Miller’s ‘80s revisionist comic books, refashions Batman as a brooding, humorless avenger compelled to spectacularly clean the fabled Gotham City of crime one thug at a time.

Batman Begins reexamined the origin of the crime fighter, giving Batman (Christian Bale) the grand canvas he deserved. It’s rich in mood, and Bruce Wayne’s struggle to reinvent himself and understand the path he’s taken is impressive. But while Nolan diligently served popcorn thrills, you could sense he wanted to dive deeper into the dark id of the character in a manner anathema to Hollywood norm. With The Dark Knight, Nolan offered up

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something thematically deeper, delivering a bona fide grim crime epic. Though fascinating on a number of levels, The Dark Knight nevertheless felt overreaching. Excising the fantastic for Michael Mann-like “realism,” the movie transformed Gotham back into Chicago/ New York. Nolan’s designer nihilism approach shoved Batman to the shadows.

The Dark Knight Rises raises the dramatic stakes to a colossal level, satisfactorily completing Batman’s character arc in an appropriately mythic manner. The movie strikes a perfect tonal balance between the first entry’s dark fantasy and the second’s intense darkness. It feels like a cohesive comic book movie, and the new villain, Bane (Tom Hardy), makes for a terrifying foe. Hardy dominates his scenes with imposing ferocity yet manages to evoke a savage grace. His line readings are eccentric and he manages to exude traces of humanity in his beast. It’s a brilliant performance. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as idealistic cop John Blake is also outstanding.

The Dark Knight Rises is smashing entertainment and restores hope that there’s still life in the otherwise moribund superhero subgenre.

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threats & promises record reviews Music News And Gossip All Rise: Many years ago, before cassette tapes were deemed retro-cool (I don’t care, they’re still not, but that’s another point for another time), Athens bands had pretty much no choice but to use them, and eager fans just wore the best ones out. Case in point is mighty 1990s Athens powerhouse Bliss. I wore out that Bliss demo twice. (Thankfully, the 7-inch survived.) After many years of wishing and hoping, pretty much everything the supremely creative, tastefully angular, Touch & Go/SST-influenced—and believe me, that’s a gross over-simplification—trio ever recorded is finally available at blissband.bandcamp.com. The group was composed of Andy Baker, Joe Rowe and Will Lowe. Filmmaker Lance Bangs appears on the track “Gaining Weight,” performing spoken word as he often did during Bliss performances back in, you know, “the day.” It’s all available for streaming and downloading at a rate of name-yourown-price, but don’t be a creep. Throw some bucks towards it.

Pop Enforcement: In semi-related news, Joe Rowe’s current band The Goons has a new digital-only record out that I really should have mentioned earlier, but you know, time and tide and all that. The band proper is made up of Rowe, Jim Hix (Casper & the Cookies) and Andy Gonzales (Marshmallow Coast), though the record also features Derek Almstead (The Glands, The Olivia Tremor The Goons Control) and Emily Growden. Although these guys gig as regularly as possible, it’s not like they play out all the time, so the best way to get to know them is to sink your teeth into this softly psychedelic, traditionally indie self-titled album. Some tracks seem tailor-made for summer, too, like “Tokyo Secrets” and “Friends and Lovers.” Other tunes will surprise you with some heavy guitar work that makes more sense with repeated listens. Check it out over at thegoonsband.bandcamp.com.

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Yankees in Georgia? Who Let ‘Em In?: Although dormant when project manager Jeff Tobias—a native New Yorker who is busily indulging that part of his heritage—is out of town, the jazzy, experimental-ish Nutritional Peace cranks up again whenever he returns

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Forward Motion Will Not Be Stopped: The new full-length album from Muuy Biien has been released. The 11-track album is titled This Is What Your Mind Imagines, and it’s a mindblower. Working from the notion that well placed, well constructed ambient pieces are just as powerful as speedy, old-school hardcore punk, the album mixes the two in such a crafty and seamless way, it’s almost like the band has created its very own thing.

Which, really, they have. It’s been a long time since I was as unabashedly enthused about a local band. Who knows? It could all fall apart tomorrow, but for now, we’ve got muuybiien. bandcamp.com to get us through the rest of the summer. And since we’re not a selfish bunch, let’s not ask for too much more, OK? New Avenues: Hopefully, you’ve noticed the ramping up of posts on our music blog, Homedrone (at Flagpole.com). Well, we recently introduced a feature that’s the

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to the Classic City. In a communiqué, he said, “Nutritional Peace is still a band, and we’re gonna keep doing shows and stuff every once in a blue moon. I’m not putting together another version in New York, because I really like the sound of the musicians in Athens, and they’re pretty much my best friends.” What a pal! Nutritional Peace is regularly updating its Bandcamp page with different live sets featuring different lineups—from a simple three-piece group to the “double quintet + 1” (i.e., 11-piece), all of which render the material in wildly divergent ways. Satisfy your curiosity over at nutritionalpeace.bandcamp.com.

Close Enough: Although no longer really an “Athens band,” so to speak, The Music Tapes have solid enough roots in town to get a free pass—at least occasionally. Which means I can tell you about the group’s new track, “The Dark Is Singing Songs (Sleepy Time Down South).” It’s from the forthcoming LP Mary’s Voice, which comes out Sept. 4 on the group’s longtime label, Merge Records. The track is a four-minute-and-41-second cocktail of inner-worldy, wide-eyed wonder that takes melancholy as a garnish and nostalgia as a chaser. So, pretty much what you’ve come to expect from The Music Tapes. Dig it over at soundcloud.com/mergerecords/the-musictapes-the-dark-is.

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Grass Giraffes has quickly risen to the top of the Athens music scene, due in part to its intense live performances. With Transportation, the band has decided to allow some of its more experimental and psychedelic tendencies to come through.

The five-song recording is filled with some of the most driving and anthemic guitar-rock since the early ‘90s, but it’s also laced with elements of ‘60s psych-pop and shoegaze atmospherics. It opens with the one-two punch of “Backstories” and “Better Alone.” Both start off slow, with infectious guitar riffs building up to an anthemic conclusion.

Pay attention to the background, where layers of atmospherics add depth to the songs. The already psychedelic vibe of “On a Subway” is increased by the dreamy, effects-laden vocals.

Transportation manages to show that there’s still some inventive music being made by guitar-centric bands.

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You don’t have to be a fan of The Misfits to like Los Meesfits. You don’t have to speak Spanish, either. You may feel you have to ask yourself if the band is serious, but it’s unnecessary. Just sip your drink and let your puzzlement melt into pleasure.

It may help to have seen a few Tarantino and Coen Brothers movies— the album’s warm desert horns and sand-scratched vocals wouldn’t be out of place on the soundtrack to one of those films, and the band boasts a similar attitude. These songs have the same paradoxical air of creative pastiche and sincere parody that makes The Big Lebowski great.

Opener “Cárcel Londres” (“London Dungeon”) sets the tone. The record keeps up the pace through nine tracks, pausing only for a (pretty fantastic) timbales solo on “Un Tipo de Amor.”

Wu-Tang-style sound bites inject some levity. But instead of “Kung Fu” clips, it’s “Ren and Stimpy”—an appropriate reference for a record that’s both as joyful and serious as the smiling skull on its cover.

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The supergroup is not a foreign concept around these parts; it seems every other week, there’s another band to file under the “Featuring Members Of” category. (The Goons’ debut features members of The Glands, Marshmallow Coast, The Olivia Tremor Control, Casper & the Cookies and more.)

Glands fans, in particular, will delight in The Goons’ understated sharpness. “Friends and Lovers” is a three-minute exercise in pop pleasure, warm and casually instinctive and bearing shades of Yo La Tengo, Real Estate and Elf Power. “Anything” is a successful rocker, a washed out and road-weary track.

That The Goons manages to avoid falling into chaos is a testament to those involved, and in fact, the album is very well formed—the work of a steady and singular ensemble.

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THE CORDUROY ROAD

BARONESS Yellow & Green Relapse Savannah’s Baroness has always been tough to pin down, taking an irreverent approach to metal that makes room for classic-rock guitar heroics, post-punk atmospherics and a lot of psychedelic weirdness in between.With the double LP Yellow & Green, the band has taken a bold step away from metal entirely. And, perhaps for the first time, it seems a little out of its element.

There are magnificent moments to be found, from the instrumental intro that runs into “Take My Bones Away” to the haunting “Eula” to the songs on Green that marry the folksy interludes and angular riff-fests that occupied separate spaces on earlier albums.

But then there is the bland poprock of “Little Things,” which begins a series of toothless cuts that sink the middle of Yellow. Green has the same problem. It doesn’t help that the production is so drowned in reverb that it obscures the skillful guitar work and rids John Baizley’s vocals of nuance.

There’s a solid 40-minute album buried within Yellow & Green, but in its reluctance to self-edit, Baroness has left listeners to make it for themselves.

Derek Wells

EASTER ISLAND Frightened Independent Release Frightened benefits from Easter Island’s diverse talents, which range from pop-smooth sensibilities to powerful punk drumming; soaring guitar work to heart-wrenching vocals.

“You Don’t Have a Choice” is a look at uncertainty that evokes all the times you’ve been in a corner, thinking about what to do—and wondering whether you really have a choice. That theme continues throughout the album, an ongoing glance into a world where no one seems to know what comes next.

At least the soundtrack is comforting. The best way to describe Easter Island’s music is with a lengthy string of adjectives, mostly synonyms for “incredibly majestic.” Here are 14 apt descriptors: sweeping, bold, ethereal, lush, driving, haunting, commanding, dreamy, layered, methodical, atmospheric, triumphant, glassy and lovely. In the end, the best way to describe Frightened is, simply, damn near perfect.

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Two Step Silhouette Independent Release It takes three songs to find the heartbeat of Two Step Silhouette. The Civil War-era fiddle ballad “Elzic’s Farewell” is a gorgeous instrumental piece that stands out as the first original moment on the release—despite being a cover.

Where “Elzic” is upbeat, complex and layered with harmony, tracks like “My Dear Odessa” feel like bluegrass paint-by-numbers. This divide exists throughout, from the longing “Love You Can’t Shake” to the repetitive “Heaven’s Own.” “Open Your Eyes When You Sing” features the local fivepiece at its strongest, with a strippeddown sound that trades the whirlwind of finger-picking for gentle harmonies .

There are two distinct halves to The Corduroy Road: the half that pushes the envelope and knows when to let a certain sound shine, and the half that seems determined to write filler songs void of personal connection.

Still, despite the album’s faults, it’s unfair to poke and prod too much. For every song that seems shallow or halfhearted, there are two better than most everything else around.

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The zine, says Rønnenfelt, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is not something that should be analyzed too much.

That zine was pretty much me being bored at school, sitting and drawing in class, and going to the photocopy machine and copying it and releasing it. It was just drawing collages of things I had around: newspapers, or things I was drawn to. Showing a picture of a race war is not the same thing as endorsing it. If people analyze the stuff, they should [also] analyze the lyrics.â&#x20AC;?

In past interviewsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;particularly with the oft-hysterical British rock pressâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the band has emphatically and repeatedly disavowed any fascist or racist tendencies. The members have also insisted that their work is apolitical.

Throughout his conversation with Flagpole, Rønnenfeltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s answers are often preceded by what might be his artistic mantra: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job to define his or her workâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that would lie with the audience (or, um, Flagpole). But whether this is Rønnenfeltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempt to quell the firestorm of his invention or a genuine reluctance to qualify his own work, is unclear.

If the former is true, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shame. The imagery in question might well be a comment on Islamophobia in Iceageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s native region, but if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the case, the band is entirely unwilling to enter a submission into that dialogue.

If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the latter, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine as well, although a bit greenhorn.

At best, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a submission into punkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rich shock-tactic history. At worst, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trolling. But for all its complexity and obfuscation, Iceage has succeeded in being a truly interesting punk band in the 21st century, and the rarity of that sort of occurrence can be assessed with a certain degree of objectivity.

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Nowadays, bands are raised not in the too-small worlds of local communities, but in the infinitely expansive universe of the Internet.

And so, like a reverse Big Bang, distinct styles that were once provincial to the point of yielding inbred nonsense have gradually come back to their center. For punk rock and associated loud sounds, this means a reaction against the micro-genre and a cumulative wealth of influences. Black-metal, punk and noise acts, once cliquish to the point of violence, now rub elbows, share bills and are all the better for it.

Based in Copenhagen, Denmark and explosive in its newness, Iceage bleeds influences but succeeds in generating an exciting punk perspective. Grounded in the chilly darkness that is common among Scandinavian groups, Iceage represents some of the best qualities of aggressive music. The young quartet melds the gloomy distance often associated with Joy Division and The Fall with the runaway immediacy of American hardcore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like punk rock. I like certain punk bands,â&#x20AC;? says vocalist and guitarist Elias Bender Rønnenfelt. Speaking quietly, in almost-broken English with a deep voice that belies his youth, he continues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like classical music, and I like noise music and folk music.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so much about the style of playing, but the content of the music.â&#x20AC;?

Though the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first EP came out in 2009, Iceage had existed in various incarnations three years prior, when the members were all around the age of 13. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were just searching and playing a few shows with punk bands,â&#x20AC;? says Rønnenfelt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was pretty noisy; we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really figure out how to write songs or play them together.â&#x20AC;?

Iceageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2011 full-length, New Brigade, is full of sloppy, tumbling drum fills and memorable refrains. While the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s use of quasi-pagan imagery is often grim, the nearjoyous bounce of songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Broken Boneâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Blessedâ&#x20AC;? is undeniable. Tuning and tightness are forsaken; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excusable, thanks to the thrilling sense of frenetic energy.

Accounts of live Iceage shows attest to the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-business approach to creating a chaotic space wherever they goâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;20 minutes or less, thanks, goodbye.

It seems too good to be true. It may be. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh,â&#x20AC;? says Rønnenfelt dryly, â&#x20AC;&#x153;youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about the fascist accusations.â&#x20AC;?

Yes, there is the matter of the fascist accusations.

The issue stems from two sources. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the video for the single â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Brigade,â&#x20AC;? in which bandmembers wear masks that obscure all facial features, save for the eyes, and come to points at the top. They also bear torches.

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nearly 35 years, the name Jandek (né Sterling Smith) has been synonymous with mystery. With nearly 70 titles in Jandek’s catalog, each bearing the mark of his self-run label Corwood Industries, Smith’s fans and curiosity seekers have hung on every warped note that has emanated from his guitar, every mangled thought he has blurted into the ether, all of it suspended in a dense aural atmosphere.

Evoking human feelings like ecstasy, anxiety, sleep-deprivation and psychosis, Jandek has found the key to a musical fourth dimension, reveling in all of these psychological states without revealing a thing about himself. This dichotomy has pushed Jandek beyond the typical realm of music consumption, as the existentially wasted qualities of his songwriting—and the absent persona behind it—snare listeners with their irresistible allure.

In reality, Sterling Smith is to Jandek what Debbie Harry is to Blondie; his likeness is inseparable from the myth. What sets him apart is that Smith permits no insight into his character whatsoever. (He has only ever granted one interview, a cryptic phone conversation with John Trubee for Spin magazine in 1985.)

This behavior lends itself to outrageous speculation. Some have said Jandek is a corporate executive. Others claim he’s a bail bondsman. Still others have said that he’s a psych-ward patient or a recovering addict using his support group as a backing band.

“I’ve always liked entertaining the notion that Jandek may be an alien who arrived on Earth fully formed, and this was his attempt at making pop music,” says Elf Power frontman Andrew Rieger, who, along with Orange Twin cohort Laura Carter, is responsible for bringing Jandek to Athens.

“Other than the occasional similarity to blues or folk music structures, or even a slightly Dylan-esque lyric, his music doesn’t seem to be influenced by anything that came before it,” Rieger says.

Over the years, certain albums have become staples of the Corwood catalogue; the records that hooked Rieger were Chair Beside a Window and Blue Corpse. With their warped stagger, songs like “Down in a Mirror” “European Jewel” and “I Passed by the Building,” glow with the humid ghosts of blues artists like Blind Willie McTell.

But it’s not all broken blues strumming.

Jandek’s records have even wandered through a cappella terrain, and his latest, Maze of the Phantom, is a collection of modern chamber music. Whether he performs on Phantom or conducts a cast of players is unclear; there seem to be no rules when it comes to Jandek.

“My initial reaction to the music was that it was chaotic and random. But much like Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica… repeated listens revealed a sense of organization to the music, which was unique and beautiful in an atonal, somewhat painful way,” Rieger says, adding that his interest was rekindled after watching the 2004 documentary Jandek on Corwood.

“I saw his Atlanta concert in 2007 and was expecting a cacophonous guitar freak-out or a somber, detuned, solo acoustic guitar performance. I was blown away when he played a meandering piano concert with amazing, poetic lyrics spouted over the top… It defied my expectations.”

This Saturday, Rieger and Carter will join a small but growing list of promoters who have presented Jandek in concert. His first appearance came in October 2004 with a set at the Instal Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. The show was unannounced, and “The Man from Corwood” was backed by experimental artists like bassist Richard Youngs and drummer Alex Neilson. The appearance sent tremors throughout avant-garde music circles, and more shows soon began popping up throughout Europe and the U.S. This partial emergence has only deepened the mystery. Sometimes, Jandek plays solo, but he usually has promoters put together a backing band. For the Athens show, Rieger and Carter assembled a formidable lineup: Heather McIntosh (The Instruments, Gnarls Barkley) on cello; Eric Harris (Elf Power, The Olivia Tremor Control) on drums; John Fernandes (The Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System) on bass clarinet and violin; and Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound) on guitar.

“I’m fortunate to have played with everyone in this crew—except Jandek,” McIntosh says from her home in Los Angeles. “As far as improvising with people I don’t know, I love it. It helps if everyone is into listening as much as they’re into playing, but I like the adventure of not knowing what you’re about to jump into.”

At the heart of it all, this instinct is what drives the Jandek experience. How this show will unfold is Jandek’s own private mystery.

Chad Radford

WHO: Jandek WHERE: Orange Twin Conservation Community WHEN: Saturday, July 28 HOW MUCH: $12 (adv., from Wuxtry Records and Orange Twin), $15 (door)

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Tuesday 24 EVENTS: West Broad Market Garden Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden, 1573 W. Broad St.) Seasonal and naturally grown produce. Cash paying neighbors of the West Broad Garden get a 30% discount on produce. EBT payments will be accepted in the future.

Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

FILM: Bad Movie Night (Ciné) David the Ninja uses the ancient art of hocus pocus to retrieve a stolen secret formula for a “bacteriological” weapon in American Commando Ninja. 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine. com GAMES: Trivia (Shane’s Rib Shack) (College Station) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-543-0050 GAMES: Trivia (Chango’s Asian Kitchen) Learn facts, eat noodles.

Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706546-0015 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 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 9–11 p.m. 706353-0305 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: Spanish Storytime (ACC Library) Led by UGA student volunteers from the Department of Language and Literacy Education.

4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Little STEM Scientists (Madison County Library) Conduct fun experiments and learn how real-world scientists, engineers and farmers use technology. All ages; under 6 accompanied by an adult.

6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Gamer Haven (Madison County Library) Learn some tips and tricks from a game programmer. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES AND LIT: Taste Your Place (Ciné) Janisse Ray, author of The Seed Underground speaks about the health, food security and sovereignty that may be at stake as seeds disappear. Light and local refreshments provided by Heirloom Cafe. RSVP online. 7 p.m. $5. www. cineathens.com LECTURES AND LIT: Book Signing: Janisse Ray (Avid Bookshop) Janisse Ray, author of The Seed Underground, a chronicle

of the current food revolution and the importance of saving our seeds, signs copies of her book. 4:30–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES AND LIT: Special Collections Library Tour (UGA Russell Library) Explore interactive kiosks with access to oral history interviews, historical film, video and sound recordings. Look for familiar faces from the state’s political history in Art Rosenbaum’s mural, “Doors.”

Every Tuesday. 2 p.m. FREE! 706542-8079 OUTDOORS: Gardening at Night (State Botanical Garden) Water, weed and harvest by the light of the moon.

Discussions on lunar planting, biodynamics and plant lore. 6-8 p.m.

FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu SPORTS: Street Hockey (YMCA) Street Hockey (on foot, no blades) for all skill levels. Every Tuesday and Thursday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! athensfloorhockey@gmail.com

Wednesday 25 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 CLASSES: Genealogy 102: Census Records Online (Oconee County Library) This class covers navigating the genealogy databases Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online. Participants must have basic computer skills.

Registration required. 3–4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (City Hall/ College Avenue) An afternoon market featuring local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Live music at every market.

4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo) (Madison Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog!

Every Wednesday. 5-7 p.m. www. indigoathens.com EVENTS: Farmers Market (790 Gaines School Rd.) Fresh produce, eggs, grass-fed beef, honey, homemade cakes and breads, cut flowers, herbs, jams and relishes. Every Wednesday and Friday. 4–7 p.m.

706-254-2248 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Five Points location) Open your piehole for a chance to win! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706850-7424 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892

GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? Test your knowledge every Wednesday night.

8 p.m. (Baldwin St. & Broad St. locations). 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 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: Frankentoys (Oconee County Library) Create new creatures by reassembling dolls, plush animals and old toys. Craft supplies, body parts and snacks provided to help construct new, terrifying monsters. Ages 11–18. 6-8 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 2–5.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Storytelling Concert (Oconee County Library) Kim James, Children’s Specialist at the ACC Library, shares stories, music and fun. All ages. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Knee-High Naturalists (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A program of age-appropriate nature exploration, animal encounters, hikes and crafts. For parents and children. Every other Wednesday.

3:30–4:30 p.m. $24. 706-613-3515, www.athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter KIDSTUFF: Storytelling Concert (Madison County Library) ACC Library Children’s Specialist Kim James tells stories using music. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES AND LIT: Buddhist Book Study (Body, Mind & Spirit) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-351-6024.

LECTURES AND LIT: Oconee Democrats Book Group (Piccolo’s Italian Steak House) The community book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats will discuss Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451. 7 p.m. FREE! patricia.priest@yahoo.com MEETINGS: Greenway Information Meeting (ACC Planning Department Auditorium, 120 W. Washington St.) The ACC Department of Leisure Services

The Kopecky Family Band plays the Melting Point on Thursday, July 26. hosts a meeting to gather public input on proposed revisions to the Greenway Network Plan. July 25 & 26, 6–8 p.m. FREE! melinda. cochran@athensclarkecounty.com MEETINGS: Federation of Neighborhoods Meeting (Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation) The ACC Commission Candidate Forum hosts a panel to focus on the pros and cons of the proposed T-SPLOST for the Northeast Georgia region.

Each panel member will present a two-minute summary of his or her viewpoints, after which questions will be taken. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. accneighborhoods.org SPORTS: Capoeira (UGA New Dance Theatre) (Room 274) The UGA Capoeira Club invites the Athens community to try capoeira, a type of Brazilian martial arts. Mondays and Wednesdays during the summer. 7 p.m. FREE! capoeira@uga.edu

Thursday 26 ART: Walk ‘n’ Talk (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (ATHICA)) Curators and local artists lead a tour of the exhibit “Emerges V: The Synthetic Mind.” 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org 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 EVENTS: Taste Your Tapas (Ciné) A silent auction and presentation ceremony for the Athens Local Food Awards. 6:30–8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12. www.localplace.org EVENTS: Reiki Circle (Healing Arts Centre) A Japanese massage technique for stress reduction, relaxation and healing. Every Thursday. 7–8 p.m. 706-338-6843 GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your beer and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:309:30 p.m. 706-354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (El Azteca) Every Thursday. Check the restaurant’s Facebook page for weekly updated categories. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. tinyurl.com/d5dp2qq GAMES: Trivia (The Volstead) Every Thursday! 7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-5300 KIDSTUFF: Singalong and Music Jam (Clarke Central High School, Auditorium) Folk songs and music from around the world. Sing, dance and play instruments from the library

or from home. All ages. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library) Bring your pajama-clad kids in for a set of stories and a bedtime snack. 7–8 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Library Crew (Oconee County Library) The library is seeking volunteers ages 9-12 to assist with projects and take care of the library! Thursdays. 10:30 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES AND LIT: Book Signing: Joseph Scott Morgan (Avid Bookshop) Joseph Scott Morgan, author of Blood Beneath My Feet: The Journey of a Southern Death Investigator, signs copies of his true story of a boy born into a poor Southern family and his adulthood in the grim modernity of the New South. 6:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com MEETINGS: Clarke County Democratic Committee Meeting (Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation) Candidates on the general primary election ballot will speak, including David Ellison, Spencer Frye, Keith Heard, Jerry NeSmith, Ron Winders and Allison Wright. All interested persons welcome. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-202-7515, ccdc.communications@gmail.com MEETINGS: Greenway Information Meeting (ACC Planning Department Auditorium, 120 W. Washington St.) The ACC Department of Leisure Services hosts a meeting to gather public input on proposed revisions to the Greenway Network Plan. July 25 & 26, 6–8 p.m. FREE! melinda. cochran@athensclarkecounty.com SPORTS: Street Hockey (YMCA) Street Hockey (on foot, no blades) for all skill levels. Every Tuesday and Thursday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! athensfloorhockey@gmail.com

Friday 27 ART: Art Reception (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) For artwork by Teh Reaver, Jr. Live music by The Dictatortots. 6 p.m.–12 a.m. FREE! 706-353-3050 COMEDY: Stand-up Comedy (Go Bar) Mat Lewis and Luke Fields tell jokes. Followed by live music from Los Meesfits and Drinky Poo. 9 p.m. 706-546-5609 COMEDY: All Star Comedy Night (The Pub at Gameday) Brought to you by Drafts and Laughs. 9:30 p.m.

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EVENTS: Farmers Market (790 Gaines School Rd.) Fresh produce, eggs, grass-fed beef, honey, homemade cakes and breads, cut flowers, herbs, jams and relishes. Every Wednesday and Friday. 4–7 p.m.

706-254-2248 EVENTS: Zumba After Dark (40 Watt Club) Zumba fever continues. 7 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com KIDSTUFF: Own Your Media (Madison County Library) Film and edit a movie with Windows Movie Maker. Create, print and mail a zine.

Learn basic video filming, editing, sound technology, typesetting, layout and more. Ages 12–18. 4 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 OUTDOORS: Friday Night Paddles (Sandy Creek Park) Experience nighttime on Lake Chapman and paddle around the moonlit waters.

Every other Friday night through summer. Participants may bring or rent a canoe or kayak. For ages 12 & up. Call to pre-register. 9–11 p.m. $5–12/family. 706-613-3631, www. athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreekpark THEATRE: Comic Book Artist (The Morton Theatre) A musical theater production by campers of Athens Creative Theatre’s summer camp. 7 p.m. $6. 706-613-3628, www.athensclarkecounty.com/act

Saturday 28 EVENTS: Retro Run 5K (Oconee Veterans Park) Runners are encouraged to dress in costume for this retro-themed, late evening race.

All proceeds benefit local children and adults with developmental disabilities. Prizes awarded for best costumes. 7 p.m. $12–20. www. oconeecivitan.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts.

Live music at every market. (See Live Music.) Every Saturday through mid-December. Cooking demonstration by Whitney Otawka of Farm 255.

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EVENTS: Starlight Gala (Oconee County Civic Center) Fashion show, live music and open bar. Special guest Vivica Fox and music from Jon B., Verse Simmonds and The Splitz Band. Black and white attire requested. 6:30 p.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 a.m. $45. 706-540-7803 EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (Oconee County Courthouse) Fresh produce, meats and other farm products. Every Saturday. 8 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. www.oconeecountyobservations. blogspot.com EVENTS: Team Clermont Record Fair (Little Kings) Vinyl from Vinyl Rites, Gypsy Farm, Merge Records, Kindercore and more. Live music from Grape Soda, White Violet and Slaw & Order. 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. FREE! www.teamclermont.com FILM: Diner (Georgia Museum of Art) The 1982 film follows a group of 20-something men in 1959 who reunite for a friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wedding in their hometown diner. Part of the Georgia Museum of Art summer film series in conjunction with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;John Baederâ&#x20AC;? exhibit. 7 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.com KIDSTUFF: Harry Potter Birthday Party (Madison County Library) Celebrate the Boy Who Lived with a costumed birthday party, cake and by watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Back to School Bash (Lay Park) Family activities, holy hip hop, haircuts, school supply and clothing giveaways and more. Ages 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;17. 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. FREE! 706613-3596 KIDSTUFF: Pool Party (East Athens Community Center) Part of Leisure Servicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; month-long celebration of â&#x20AC;&#x153;July Is National Park and Recreation Month.â&#x20AC;? 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. $1.

706-613-3593, www.athensclarkecounty.com/parkmonth KIDSTUFF: End of Summer Party (ACC Library) Bring your finished book log to the party and celebrate with t-shirt decorating, refreshments and music. 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 KIDSTUFF: End of Summer Party (Oconee County Library) Meet Star Wars characters, make street art, eat Dunkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Donuts and get a coupon for free ice cream! Bring reading logs.

All ages. 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950

Sunday 29 EVENTS: Flying Trapeze Show (Leap High-Flying Trapeze School) Bring a chair or blanket to sit on and watch as aerial artists soar through the air. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.leaptrapeze.com GAMES: Trivia (The Capital Room) Every Sunday! Hosted by Evan Delany. First place wins $50 and second place wins $25. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.thecapitalroom.com GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Amici) Every Sunday. First place receives $50 and second place receives $25.

9 p.m. www.amici-cafe.com GAMES: Trivia (Buffaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Southwest CafĂŠ) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inquisition,â&#x20AC;? trivia hosted by Chris Brewer every Sunday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-3546655, www.buffaloscafe.com/athens GAMES: Trivia Sundays (Blind Pig Tavern) At the West Broad location. 6 p.m. 706-208-7979 PERFORMANCE: NO SHAME! Staged Reading Series (Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar) Hosted by Rose of Athens Theatre. This month

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features a reading of Guilford Blakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Cindy Variations by Patterson Dempsey Valdez Starring Cindy Peshek as Herself (A Comedy).

Email for details on participating in the show. 7-8 p.m. FREE! noshame@roseofathens.org, www. roseofathens.org.

PERFORMANCE: The Classical Saxophone (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Athens native Hart Linker and pianist Misun Chun present an afternoon recital of classical saxophone music, performing selections by Fernande Decruck, Paul Hindemith, Piet Swert, Pierre Sancan and Jacques Ibert. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu

Monday 30 GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Every Monday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706543-8997 KIDSTUFF: 500 Days of Summer (Oconee County Library) Chill out on a hot day with popcorn and other snacks while watching Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer, rated PG-13. Ages 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;18. 6-8 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to bedtime stories. Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 KIDSTUFF: Baby Music Jam (ACC Library) Children ages 1-3 and their caregivers play instruments, sing and dance together! 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 SPORTS: Capoeira (UGA New Dance Theatre) (Room 274) The UGA Capoeira Club invites the Athens community to try capoeira, a type of Brazilian martial arts. Mondays and Wednesdays during the summer. 7 p.m. FREE! capoeira@uga.edu

Wednesday, July 25

Nightmare Boyzzz, Koko Beware, The Rodney Kings

Tuesday 31 EVENTS: West Broad Market Garden Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden, 1573 W. Broad St.) Seasonal and naturally grown produce. Cash paying neighbors of the West Broad Garden get a 30% discount on produce. EBT payments will be accepted in the future.

Tuesdays, 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m.

GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (Changoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Asian Kitchen) Learn facts, eat noodles.

Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706546-0015 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 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11 p.m. 706353-0305 GAMES: Trivia (Shaneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rib Shack) (College Station) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-543-0050 KIDSTUFF: Gamer Haven (Madison County Library) Learn some tips and tricks from a game programmer. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Back to School Storytime (Oconee County Library) Fun stories and crafts for kids getting ready for school. All ages. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES AND LIT: Obesity Seminar (UGA Coverdell Center) (Room 175) Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D., Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health and State Health Officer, will provide an update on adult and child obesity in Georgia as well as current local and state initiatives to address the epidemic. 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. FREE! thasting@ uga.edu

LECTURES AND LIT: Special Collections Library Tour (UGA Russell Library) Explore interactive kiosks with access to oral history interviews, historical film, video and sound recordings. Look for familiar faces from the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political history in Art Rosenbaumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mural, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doors.â&#x20AC;?

Every Tuesday. 2 p.m. FREE! 706542-8079 SPORTS: Street Hockey (YMCA) Street Hockey (on foot, no blades) for all skill levels. Every Tuesday and Thursday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! athensfloorhockey@gmail.com

Wednesday 1 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 EVENTS: First Saturday Contra Dance (Lay Park) Live music and calling. Free lesson beginning at 7:15 p.m. No experience or partner needed. 7:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10:30 p.m. FREE! (under 18), $7 (adults). www.contradanceathens.com EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo) (Madison Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog!

Every Wednesday. 5-7 p.m. www. indigoathens.com EVENTS: Farmers Market (790 Gaines School Rd.) Fresh produce, eggs, grass-fed beef, honey, homemade cakes and breads, cut flowers, herbs, jams and relishes. Every Wednesday and Friday. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m.

706-254-2248 EVENTS: Customer Appreciation Day (Multiple Locations) Aromas Wine Bar, 5 Points Growlers and both locations of Five Points Bottle Shop offer drink and food specials, raffles, giveaways and pizza. Power 100.1 will provide music at the Five Points location of Five Points Bottle Shop and Magic 102.1 will rock the Westside. 4 p.m. www.fivepointsbottleshop.com

Matt Garlick

THE CALENDAR!

Farm 255 Within a few seconds of listening to any recent Nightmare Boyzzz tune, one thing is immediately apparent: these guys are all about having a good Nightmare Boyzzz time. While this could surely be said about many bands, few are actually able to distill that sentiment into memorable, hook-filled music with such effortlessness. On Wednesday, the boys of Boyzzz will swing into town to share with us their anthemic power-pop.

Hailing from Muscle Shoals, AL, the group has been keeping busy. The Boyzzz are currently on their third tour of the year. (The previous jaunt brought them to Athens a few months ago for two consecutive nights of jubilant rock and roll.) A split 7-inch with fellow Alabama rockers Younger Siblings was released in February, and a full-length record is set to be unleashed sometime later this year.

That split, and the handful of Boyzzz singles available online, have more meat to them then the past few years of anemic indie-pop combined. One would have to look back to groups such as Big Star, or at least that bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acolytes, like The Replacements, to find a similar kind of melodic bombast.

Like those bands, the Boyzzz use catchy melodies to disguise the occasionally dark lyrical content of their songs. But by keeping things short and sweet, the band deftly avoids allowing these darker aspects to turn its music into something depressingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or, worse, boring. Live, the group displays passion and enthusiasm for its material. The end result is a truly unique experience: a rock show where the audience has as much fun hearing the songs as the band does playing them. [Brian Veysey]

EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (City Hall/ College Avenue) An afternoon market featuring local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Live music at every market.

Every Wednesday through the end of October. 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Word of Mouth Open Poetry Reading (The Globe) Sign up, mouth off, pay attention. 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-353-4721, www.athenswordofmouth.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? Test your knowledge every Wednesday night.

8 p.m. (Baldwin St. & Broad St. locations). 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia (Willyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every Wednesday. 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Five Points location) Open your piehole for a chance to win! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706850-7424 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Atlanta Puppet Theater Show (Madison County Library) The daredevil cousin of Puss-in-Boots soars through a hoop, unicorns dance, and unique puppets of different styles dazzle and delight in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty, Wonder and Amazing Puppetry.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES AND LIT: Buddhist Book Study (Body, Mind & Spirit) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-351-6024.

SPORTS: Capoeira (UGA New Dance Theatre) (Room 274) The UGA Capoeira Club invites the Athens community to try capoeira, a type of Brazilian martial arts. Mondays and Wednesdays during the summer. 7 p.m. FREE! capoeira@uga.edu

Down the Line ART: Opening Reception 8/2 (Town 220) For â&#x20AC;&#x153;Uncommon Threads: Four Fiber Artists,â&#x20AC;? featuring textile work

by Jennifer Crenshaw, Margaret Agner, Tressa Linzy and Elizabeth Barton. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! www.madisonartistsguild.org CLASSES: Audition Workshop 8/2 (Athens Creative Theatre) Staff members share techniques and tips about the audition process to prepare participants for a big audition.

Ages 8 & up. Call to register. 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. $15/person, $25/family. 706613-3628, www.athensclarkecounty. com/act MEETINGS: Hospice Volunteer Day 8/2 (Odyssey Hospice) A virtual volunteer conference sponsored by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. No experience required. 10:30 a.m. 706-549-5736 EVENTS: Citizen Advocacy Open House 8/3 (The Leathers Building) (Ste. 1900) The staff and board of directors for Citizen Advocacy

Athens-Clarke host an open house and meet-and-greet to show how Athens residents can protect people with disabilities. 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. FREE! citizenadvocacy.athensclarke@ gmail.com EVENTS: Men of the Classic City Bachelor Auction 8/3 (The Melting Point) The American Cancer Society presents a fundraiser in which 25 of the Classic Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most eligible bachelors are auctioned off for dates. Live music by the Holman Autry Band. 7 p.m. $15. www.meltingpointathens.com THEATRE: Lysistrata 8/3 (Town and Gown Players) Aristophanesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bawdy play tells the story of Athenian and Spartan women hoping to end the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from the men until they stop fighting. Aug. 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 & 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11, 8 p.m. & Aug. 5 & 12, 2 p.m. $8-15. www. townandgownplayers.org EVENTS: 15th Annual Baby and Maternity Fair 8/4 (The Classic Center) Information about maternal, child and family community resources, educational sessions, retailers selling products, health institutions, social service agencies, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities and a silent auction. 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. FREE! 704996-4230, schewitz@uga.edu EVENTS: Pet Care Clinic 8/4 (Pet Supplies Plus) The Athens Area Humane Society hosts a monthly pet care clinic where pets can receive low-cost services such as a rabies vaccination, flea treatment, microchip identification and more. 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. www.athenshumanesociety.org

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 24 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com I COME TO SHANGHAI â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bong-waveâ&#x20AC;? duo moved to Athens from Oakland, CA. This show celebrates the release of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brand new album Eternal Life Vol 1 & 2.

MOTION SICKNESS OF TIME TRAVEL Rachel Evans plays minimalist, ambient, bliss-inducing drone.

GRANT EVANS Formerly known as Nova Scotian Arms, Grant Evans uses tape loops and electronics to create whirling soundscapes.

Georgia Theatre Rooftop Dance Party! 11 p.m. $2. www. georgiatheatre.com HANK & CUPCAKES Pop duo from Brooklyn mixing aggressive vocals with catchy electronic beats.

IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. hosts a dance party featuring high-energy electro and rock.

Go Bar 10 p.m. $4. 706-546-5609 KATE AND COREY This couple performs acoustic indie, alternative and country music.

THE DANIELS BROTHERS Southern rock duo from Atlanta.

JOSHUA FLETCHER AND THE SIX-SHOT ROMANCE This Atlanta act plays heartfelt Americana.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee. com IKE STUBBLEFIELD AND FRIENDS Soulful R&B artist Ike Stubblefield is a Hammond B3 virtuoso who cut his teeth backing Motown legends like the Four Tops, The Temptations,

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THE CALENDAR! Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.

Featuring Seth Hendershot on drums. Every Tuesday!

Highwire Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com RYAN MOORE Member of local band Brothers plays classical guitar.

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday Series. 7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.com BLUEBILLY GRIT Live bluegrass.

Performing originals and some surprising covers including The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin and even Alanis Morissette.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 TRIZ Local electro mainstay sets up shop all summer every Tuesday at Nowhere Bar, collaborating live with other acts to “show people how eclectic electric music really is.”

THE CATANISE/MILHAS EXPERIENCE New project featuring members of Save Grand Canyon.

The Volstead 9 p.m.–1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

Wednesday 25 Athens City Hall Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net SPIDERGOATS FAMILY BAND Folky, playful family band from California.

Tuesday, July 24 continued from p. 17

Farm 255 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DIAL INDICATORS Local act featuring Jeremiah Roberts on guitar and George Davidson on tenor saxophone playing cool jazz.

11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE RODNEY KINGS Scuzzed out garage-punk trio.

NIGHTMARE BOYZZZ High-energy, raw garage pop from Alabama. See Calendar Pick on p. 16.

KOKO BEWARE Local surf-rock outfit will release its debut album next month.

Georgia Theatre At Sunset on the Roof. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiatheatre.com KINKY WAIKIKI The tiki torch bearers of the R@R movement. Every Wednesday in July!

and drummer Marlon Patton.

The group is packed with music, mischief and mayhem, and offers a sound that serves noise-rock fans and jam band listeners equally.

Every Wednesday!

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

The Winery 7–11 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0095 LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter performs solo folk and country.

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Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 YOUNG BENJAMIN Solo project of guitarist/banjoist Matt Whitaker (The Premonitions, Emergent Heart).

Featuring swirling, looping guitars and lush layers of moody melodies.

BRETT VAUGHN Songwriter with a sound comparable to M. Ward, Jeff Buckley and Sam Cooke all rolled into one boomy voice.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $10 (21+), $12 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com ICEAGE Quasi-controversial punk rock band from Copenhagen. See story on p. 13.

MERCHANDISE Fast-rising punk act out of Tampa.

THE ULTRAS S/C Scrappy supergroup featuring members of Be Your Own Pet, Soledad Brothers and The Immortal Lee County Killers.

VINCAS Energetic, erratic garage punk with growling guitars, howling vocals and a bit of rockabilly swagger.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid also features bassist Neal Fountain

DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Rd. location) MC BLUEZ Blues trio fronted by Jim Cook and Bill Mitchell with Bill Whitley on percussion. Strong vocals and smoking slide guitar.

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Georgia Theatre Team Clermont Summer Showcase. 9 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL Prominent local indie rock band that reformed in 2009 after a hiatus plays psych-pop with experimental tendencies.

DENT MAY Ukelele ballads with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and a whole lotta charm.

CROOKED FINGERS Ex-Archers of Loaf frontman Eric Bachmann sings brooding, world-weary Americana with the help of some Athens friends.

See Calendar Pick on this page.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com THE ODD TRIO One of Athens’ finest original jazz ensembles, this innovative group often incorporates looped audio into its compositions.

Highwire Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com 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. Every other Thursday!

Team Clermont Summer Showcase and Prom with Bear in Heaven, The Olivia Tremor Control, Crooked Fingers, Akron/Family and more

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $6 (adv), $8 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com KOPECKY FAMILY BAND Sixmember band plays orchestral alternative rock.

LOWER CALLING Local band mixes dusty desert-country with synths and understated vocals.

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After several years of dormancy, the Team Clermont Summer Showcase and Prom returns this week with some of the biggest names in independent music. And it’s not just any old showcase; this one marks the local promotional firm’s 15th anniversary.

“We tapped into… a lot of people we’ve worked with over the years,” in order to put together this year’s event, says Team Clermont radio promoter Steve Hendriksen. “We’re pretty stoked… This is gonna be the biggest one we’ve ever done.”

The two-night Showcase lineup of bands at the Georgia Theatre seems to confirm that sentiment. Bear in Heaven, the Brooklyn-based electro-psych group with Georgia ties, is currently enjoying a massive wave of success, while names like Akron/Family and Dent May are likewise instantly recognizable in indie circles. Other out-of-towners performing include Philly mathpoppers Pattern Is Movement and breezy Houstonians Wild Moccasins. Local acts Crooked Fingers and The Olivia Tremor Control will also play rare hometown gigs.

At Saturday’s Back to the Bear in Heaven Future-themed Prom at the Melting Point, DJ Mahogany will spin a dance set after Atlanta’s Yacht Rock Revue does its beloved ‘80s-covers thing.

Publicist Alyssa DeHayes explains that the goal is balance. “We work on a national scale and have clients abroad. But we also work with a ton of Athens artists… To me, it’s a really cool way to balance the things we’re doing nationally [with] the things we’re doing here at home.”

The Showcase is an only-in-Athens sort of event that owes its return, in part, to the reopening of the Georgia Theatre. “It was just kind of this perfect match,” says Hendriksen. “Taking a couple years off, getting to re-form the Showcase and change things up, and [doing] it at the biggest, most premier venue in town—it seemed like the perfect fit.”

Both Hendriksen and DeHayes stress that both Showcase and Prom are open to the public. “We’re hoping to get a massive turnout,” says Hendriksen. Chances are, with that lineup, they will. [Gabe Vodicka]

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com TUNABUNNY Local act featuring hazy and warped experimental psychedelia. Dual guitarists/vocalists are backed by synthesized percussion and a wall of noise.

LAME DRIVERS Power-pop indie rock with punk and psychedelic elements.

EUREKA CALIFORNIA Melodic, guitar-driven indie rock influenced by alternative rock bands like Guided

by Voices.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 KIDSYC@BRANDYWINE Savannah rapper teams up with a live band to perform “fun, experimental, thoughtprovoking, life-changing, blow your mind music.”

The Office Lounge Blues Night. 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 THE SHADOW EXECUTIVES Get your fill of straight-up, authentic blues covers from this skilled Athens five-piece. This is an open jam and guests are welcome!

Terrapin Beer Co. Tomatoes at Terrapin! Athens Nurses Clinic fundraiser. 5:30 p.m. $20 (adv.), $24 (door). www.athensnursesclinic.com PACKWAY HANDLE BAND Packway’s “gather around the mic” approach to bluegrass provides sly, hearty original songs and renditions of classic tunes. This show is a benefit to support the Athens Nurses Clinic and its community health efforts. Donation includes eight beer tickets and fresh tomato sandwiches.

Tomatoes donated by the Athens Farmers Market.

Your Pie 8–Midnight. FREE! www.yourpie.com (Downtown location) LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter performs solo folk and country. Every Thursday in July!

Friday 27 Buffalo’s Southwest Café 7 p.m. $5. www.buffaloscafe.com/ athens BUTTERMILK REVIVAL Traditional bluegrass tribute, including songs by the Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe and many others.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com DIARRHEA PLANET Anthemic rock from Nashville with a sense of humor.

GRASS GIRAFFES Driving, melodic pop painted with lush shoegazeinspired washes of psychedelic atmospherics.

LORD BALTIMORE Formerly known as The Falcones, this alt-rock band features anthemic choruses and layered vocal harmonies.

The Classic Center 8 p.m. $48.50-$63.50. www.classiccenter.com ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION The legendary, genrespanning songwriter with her famed backing group, Union Station. See Calendar Pick on p. 19.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com TALKING HEADS Talking Heads covers.

THE SHITTY BEATLES Members of Mouser and Bubbly Mommy Gun perform a set of Beatles covers.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com GREY MILK This edgy folk-rock outfit recently relocated to the Classic City from New England.

THIS MOUNTAIN From Johnson City, TN, this mountain plays harmonyladen roots-rock similar to Band of Horses or The Avett Brothers.

WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN Former Vestibules frontman deals in edgy Americana.

Georgia Theatre Team Clermont Summer Showcase. 9 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com BEAR IN HEAVEN Nostalgic spacerock with catchy hooks and fingercurling bridges.

PATTERN IS MOVEMENT Duo from Philadelphia; self-described as “indie-cabaret.”

AKRON/FAMILY Experimental psychrock collective known for using improvisation along with folk and electronic elements.

WILD MOCCASINS This Houstonbased band offers fuzzy power-pop tunes with a country rock edge. See Calendar Pick on this page.

about and trash the night with postgrunge grooves. Reception for Teh Reaver, Jr.’s painting exhibition.

Highwire Lounge “Friday Night Jazz.” 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com RAND LINES Original compositions of pianist Rand Lines with drummer Ben Williams and bassist Carl Lindberg.

Max 10 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392 DJ TAYROXX New local DJ drops soul/funk/hip hop and R&B vinyl cuts to get your booty bouncin’.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $12 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com BACK IN TIME An evening of beach and soul music from the ‘60s and ‘70s.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 DWIGHT WILSON AND THE CLASSIC CITY SOUL Famous for Motown and R&B sound, this group offers soulful R&B.

Saturday 28 40 Watt Club Kids’ Show. 3:30 p.m. $3. www.40watt. com LIKE TOTALLY! Local kindie rock band plays family-friendly songs featuring costumed characters and interactive skits.

9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www.40watt.com CARLA LEFEVER AND THE RAYS Playing old-school funk, sweet pop and sweaty rock covers and originals. The Rays feature Kenny “K.B.” Brawner, Dan Roth, Wade Newbury, Bobby Patrick and Benjamin Scott Whitener.

MURDER THE DAY Heavy rock band from Cornelia, GA. Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net LAVON, NANCY & FRIENDS Local songwriters play folk music. (8 a.m.)

MARION MONTGOMERY Local songwriter offers bluesy guitar picking. (10 a.m.)

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com TRIANGLE FIRE Local crust-punk band.

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

RODENT LORD Four-piece DIY punk group out of Pennsylvania.

WALK THE PLANK Hardcore band from D.C. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7561 KARAOKE With “The Queen of Karaoke,” Lynn Carson.

Go Bar 9 p.m. 706-546-5609 LOS MEESFITS Misfits covers done Cuban salsa style!

DRINKYPOO Athens locals play originals and primitive blues ranging from Albert King to Tom Waits.

DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com FREE TOMORROW Eclectic alternative pop accented by classical and hip-hop. Music that makes you move.

DANA SWIMMER Stripped down, straightforward project featuring members of The District Attorneys and Lord Baltimore.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com THE DICTATORTOTS These longtime Athenian chaos-cultivators stomp

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com KATE MORRISSEY Best known for her dark, velvet voice, Morrissey’s songwriting is literate and sincere,

instrumentation and ethereal female vocals.

THE LOPEZ Pittsburgh synth/guitar duo plays noisy garage-pop.

Friday, July 27

Alison Krauss & Union Station The Classic Center They say a good rule of thumb is to keep your rĂŠsumĂŠ whittled down to a single page. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell that to Alison Krauss; she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even fit her â&#x20AC;&#x153;awards and achievementsâ&#x20AC;? in such a small space. At 40 years old, Krauss has proven that if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be one of the most highly decorated voices around, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to also be one of the most diverse.

From her genre-spanning solo work to her collaborations with rockers, pickers and crooners from any and every walk of life, her stats are impressive: 12 million records sold, 27 Grammy awards, eight Country Music Awards and multiple honors from the International Bluegrass Music Association, Gospel Music Association and many more.

Throw in more than a few film collaborations and soundtrack appearances, and you might wonder when this powerhouse finds the time to sleep.

Of course, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all Krauss: behind the angelic voice has been the long-standing support of Union Station, her talented band of high-octane pickers headlined by renowned dobro player Jerry Douglas. The groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2011 record, Paper Airplane, the follow-up to the highly acclaimed 2004 release Lonely Runs Both Ways, showcased 11 new tunes with the signature stylistic mixture of folk, bluegrass and country that has helped plant Union Station near the front of the collective music consciousness.

Seven years between records is a long time, and while the communal nature of these genres ensures that Krauss and company have been (and will be) anything but idle, it will be interesting, nonetheless, to see how far Krauss flies her Paper Airplane. But if history repeats itself, one thing is for sure: she might want to start building a bigger trophy case. [Alec Wooden]

and her conversational live shows have an offbeat sense of humor.

KYSHONA ARMSTRONG This engaging local songwriter and music therapist performs a unique fusion of acoustic folk and soul.

Front Porch Book Store 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-1236 REASPEC This band plays a unique blend of music with influences from jazz, R&B, fusion, rock, hip-hop, neo soul and alternative rock.

Georgia Theatre Jerry Garciaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 70th Birthday Bash! 9 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com COSMIC CHARLIE Grateful Dead covers like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never heard before.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 ANGIE GRASS & CAL CLEMENTS New project from these two local artists.

DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com GRANFALLOONS Georgians playing sunny Americana with twangy guitars and the occasional accordion backing.

The Melting Point Team Clermont Summer Prom! 9 p.m. $10 (adv), $12 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com YACHT ROCK REVUE Atlanta-based smooth-jam cover band society performs an all-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s set of hits for whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being billed as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reagan Rock Prom.â&#x20AC;? Part of the Team Clermont event. See Calendar Pick on p. 18.

DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 PENTE TRIO Funk-rock/fusion trio.

Oconee County Civic Center 9 p.m. $45. 706-540-7803 THE SPLITZ BAND This bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s range encompasses Motown and funk.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 TANGENTS This country-fried rock group from Watkinsville carries Lynyrd Skynyrd licks.

Orange Twin Conservation Community 9 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. orangetwin.com JANDEK A legendary figure in avantgarde circles, Jandek released atonal, often blues-tinted anti-music.

See story on p. 14.

Sunday 29 Highwire Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com SHE WOLF All-female acoustic pop trio featuring members of Romanenko.

FACE Jay Kellom of Karbomb plays a solo set.

Ten Pins Tavern 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-8090 SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE BOWLING ALLEY BLUES BAND Featuring locals Paul Scales, Randy Durham, John Straw, Dave Herndon and Scott Sanders playing blues jams.

Monday 30 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com GROOVE STAIN This alternative rock septet out of Atlanta plays frenzied,

groove-filled, hard rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; originals that incorporate blasts of brass.

ORANGE GROVE Beachy, rhythmic rock from the Netherlands.

THE CURRENT RISE Local band.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com VISITATIONS Electronic folk featuring Davey Wrathgabar and a rotating cast of local musicians.

FUTURE APE TAPES Local group creating psychedelic, experimental music driven by synths.

KADE KAHL Lyrically focused acoustic tunes Ă la The Mountain Goats.

NEW GOD Indie-pop band from Maryland.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DAYMOTHS Minnesota band plays stripped-down texture-pop.

The Grotto 6 p.m. FREE! 140 E. Clayton St. THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR Every Monday. Smooth jazz played by DJ Segar from WXAG 1470.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Local songstress Kyshona Armstrong hosts.

Tuesday 31 Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop! 11 p.m. $2. www.georgiatheatre.com REPTAR Local pop superstars perform a DJ set.

LE BLORR Florida act blends psychrock and electronica.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 EL HOLLIN This Athens band plays haunting pop music with minimal

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee. com IKE STUBBLEFIELD AND FRIENDS Soulful R&B artist Ike Stubblefield is a Hammond B3 virtuoso who cut his teeth backing Motown legends like the Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.

Every Tuesday!

Highwire Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com RYAN MOORE Member of local band Brothers plays a set of classical guitar.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com DAVID LEINWEBER & THE SILVERBIRDS David Leinweber and Bob McMillan have a repertoire that stretches for miles, tackling classic country, rock, folk and singer-songwriter favorites. CD Release Party for their brand-new disc.

No Where Bar Trizâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eclectric Tuesdays. 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 TRIZ Local electro mainstay sets up shop all summer every Tuesday at Nowhere Bar, collaborating live with other acts to â&#x20AC;&#x153;show people how eclectic electric music really is.â&#x20AC;?

SHEHEHE Vanguards of New American Jet Rock. Punk back beats and indie gang vocals all overlaid with arena leads.

The Volstead 9 p.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

Wednesday 1 Athens City Hall Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVAN & AVERY LEIGH Local folk duo plays covers and originals.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com THE LAW No information available.

ITCHY HEARTS Brooklyn-based folk-pop band thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both earnest and playful.

THE NICE MACHINE Local instrumental rock with surf undertones.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com CRAIG LIESKE AND FRIENDS Experimental musician Craig Lieske curates a forward-thinking show at Flicker every Wednesday in August.

This week features Ether Frolic, Killick and George Davidson.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid also features bassist Neal Fountain and drummer Marlon Patton.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul and righteous R&B. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

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

CLASSES Beginners Sewing Course (Community) A six-week beginner class that covers how to thread and use sewing machines and make simple projects. Sewing machine required. Wednesdays, July 11–Aug. 18, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $120, 706316-2067 Bellydance & Bollywood Classes (Floorspace) Basic and advanced bellydance for women of all ages. Thursdays, 5:45 p.m. & 7 p.m. Bollywood class. Sundays, 3 p.m. $12 (drop-in), $60 (6 classes). www.floorspaceathens.com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” classes ($20/person) every Friday from 7-9 p.m. “Family Try Clay” classes every Sunday from 2-4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Computer Tutorials (ACC Library) Choose from a list of topics for personalized, one-on-one instruction. Call for times and to register. 706-613-3650 Dance Classes (Dancefx) Ballet, tap, hip-hop, Zumba, contemporary, foxtrot, Western dancing, strip aerobics, pilates and more. Check website for schedule. 706-355-3078, www.dancefx.org Drawing Workshop (Georgia Museum of Art) Artist and educator Hope Hilton teaches a drawing workshop for adults in conjunction with the exhibition “The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection at the Snite Museum of Art.” Learn basic drawing techniques using materials like carved sticks and ink, graphite and ink washes and #2 pencils. Materials provided. No experience required.

Call to register. Sep. 20, 5:30–8:30 p.m. 706-542-4662

Fall Art Class Registration (Lyndon House Arts Center) Art classes for children and adults of all levels are available in a variety of disciplines. Registration begins July 28, 9 a.m. 706-613-3623 Fall Dance Class Registration (East Athens Educational Dance Center) Registration opens for fall dance classes on July 28. Parents should bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate, a utility bill for proof of residency, a photo ID and the child’s ACC Leisure Services Scholarship Card if applicable. Scholarship applications due prior to registration. July 28, 9 a.m. www.athens clarkecounty.com/dance Gentle Hatha Integral Yoga (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) All levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m. $9/class. 706-543-0162, mfhealy@bellsouth.net, www.mind fuliving.org Lori’s Boot Camp (Fitness at Five) Get in shape in time for summer. Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. & Saturdays, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 706353-6030, www.fitnessatfive.com SALSAthens (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa dance classes. Every Wednesday, 6:307:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $8 (incl. $3.50 drink). 706-338-6613 Sangha Yoga Classes (Healing Arts Centre) Several types of ongoing yoga classes are offered for various levels, including therapeutic yoga, beginner and Movement into Stillness yoga. Visit website for details. www.healingartscentre.net Yoga Teacher Training (Athens, Ga) Yoga teacher and RYT200 certification course.

Saturdays, Aug. 11–Dec. 15, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $1450. www.yoga fulday.com

ACC ANIMAL CONTROL

HELP OUT BikeAthens Bike Recycling Program (Chase Street Warehouses) BikeAthens Bike Recycling Program (BRP) needs bicycle repair help of all degrees.

Wednesdays, 6-8:30 p.m. (beginners), Mondays, 6-8:30 p.m. & Sundays, 2-4:30 p.m. bikeathens. com/brp Donate Blood (Red Cross Donor Center) Give the gift of blood! Check website for donor locations. 1-800RED CROSS, www.redcross.org Foster Dog Parent Program (The Athens Area Humane Society) Foster a dog, taking it from a euthanization center before placing it in a permanent home. All supplies for the dogs are provided. Email or visit website for more information. dogs@athenshumanesociety.org, www.athenshumanesociety.org Georgia Museum of Art Shop Volunteers (Georgia Museum of Art) Volunteers are needed to help staff the GMOA gift shop. Activities include maintaining store displays, ringing up sales and basic customer service. 706-542-0450, millera@ uga.edu, www.uga.edu/gamuseum/ info/shop.html.

Media Drive (Oconee County Library) Now accepting donations of gently used books, DVDs and CDs until Sept. 14. Books can be left in the lobby. All proceeds benefit the library.

Peace Place (Athens, Ga) Volunteer training in September to help victims of domestic abuse. Opportunities include babysitting, court escorting, donating goods, working in a thrift store and more. Applications online.

706-755-1100, sbruckner@peace placeinc.org, www.peaceplaceinc. org/volunteer_intern.html

Yes, MORE kittens! Sweet and very fun but not currently in the best situation since Animal Control is very, very full and not many folks have been coming by. By adopting, you will be saving a life, and gaining a friend and fuzzy, mobile entertainment center.

150 Buddy Christian Way • 706-613-3887 JUST A FEW MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN

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ACC ANIMAL CONTROL 39 Dogs Received, 23 Dogs Placed 27 Cats Received, 9 Cats Placed ATHENS AREA HUMANE SOCIETY 2 Animals Received, 6 Animals Placed, 0 Healthy Adoptable Animals Euthanized

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Albrecht Dürer’s print “Ecce Homo” is on display at the GMOA through Aug. 12.

KIDSTUFF ACC Leisure Fall Program Registration (Athens, Ga) Fall youth sports and after-school programs open for registration July 28. Visit website for list of programs.

July 28, 9 a.m. www.athensclarke county.com/leisure Arts in the Afternoon (East Athens Community Center) Afterschool program teaches arts and crafts and allows children to create original artwork. Ages 6–15.

Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30– 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3593 Babies and Beasties (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Toddlers ages 18 months to two years and their parents are invited to discover nature with hands-on activities. Thursdays in August. 10–10:45 a.m. $12–18.

706-613-3615, www.athensclarke county.com/sandycreeknaturecenter Back to School Bingo (Rocksprings Community Center) Play bingo and win school supplies!

Ages 6–13. Call to register. July 26, 2:30–4 p.m. $2. 706-613-3603 Craft Club (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Wednesday (4 p.m.) craft club for ages 6–10, Thursday craft club (4 p.m.) for ages 3–5, Saturday Mama, Papa & Me classes (10 a.m.) for ages 1–3 and Saturday Crafterdays (4 p.m.) for ages 3–6.

Sign up per month or call the day of to drop in. 4 p.m. $10–35. www.treehousekidandcraft.com Half-Pint Summer Art Camp (Pints and Paints) Week-long camps for ages 5-8 and 9-13. Participants will learn basic painting techniques

and show off their masterpieces on the last day of the session. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $45 (day), $255 (week). www.pintsand paints.com Nature’s Night Life (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join one of the center’s naturalists for a night hike to see what creatures can be stirred up.

Register by Aug. 2. All ages. 8–9:30 p.m. $7. 706-613-3615 Park Scavenger Hunt (Athens, Ga) Athens’ public parks participate in a city-wide scavenger hunt. Visit the parks’ Facebook and Twitter pages for clues and prizes through the month of August. FREE! www. tinyurl.com/7opdk5w, www.twitter. com/accleisure Pop-In Playtime (Pump It Up) Children ages 11 & under can bounce around and have a jumping good time. Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. $3 (ages 2 & under), $6 (ages 2 & up). 706-613-5676 Sports Time (Athens, Ga) For kids ages 4–5 and their parents. Children learn games, drills and relay races to introduce them to basketball, football, golf, kickball, lacrosse, soccer and more. Registration opens July 28. Mondays starting Aug. 27 at Bishop Park or Wednesdays starting Sept. 5 at Southeast Clarke Park.

4:30–5:30 p.m. $65. 706-613-3589, www.athensclarkecounty.com/sports Summer Camps (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Now registering for camps offered in natural crafting, DIY, weaving, animation, creative play, knitting and more. Check website for dates, age requirements and costs. $125 (ages 3–5), $165 (ages 6–12). www. treehousekidandcraft.tumblr.com

Summer Reading Program (Clarke Central High School) Students and families can sign up for the summer reading program to read books and earn prizes.

Meetings held in CCHS auditorium due to construction. Thursdays, May 24–Jul. 26. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Tween Time (Madison County Library) Funky arts and crafts for tweens ages 8–12. Call to pre-register. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 Where’s Waldo in the ATH? (Avid Bookshop) City-wide scavenger hunt! For the entire month of July, customers can search for Waldo at 20 participating local businesses, including Avid Bookshop.

Participants who find 16 out of the 20 Waldos can be entered into a raffle to win a boxed set of Where’s Waldo? books and other Waldo prizes! FREE! www.avidbookshop. com Zoo Exhibit Hall (Memorial Park) The community can explore Bear Hollow’s exhibit hall and visit some of the animals used in programs, such as amphibians, reptiles, fish and more. Saturdays, 1–4 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3616, ext. 22.

ON THE STREET 4th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta & World’s Fastest Cardboard Kayak Challenge (Oconee Performing Arts Society) The cardboard boat race is on again! Compete for fastest boat, longest-floating boat, people’s choice award and to see if any boat

can beat the current record of 20 mph in the village pond. See website for complete list of rules. Register

by July 27. Aug. 11, 2–6 p.m. FREE! www.opas.org Free Chair Massages (Foundry Park Inn & Spa) Sit down for a midweek massage break at The Spa. Call to reserve spot. Every Wednesday in June and July, 12-2 p.m.

706-425-9700 Friends of the Garden Flea Market (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Accepting donated items Aug. 13-17. No clothing. Sale Aug. 18, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. 706-542-6138 Humane Society Pet Calendar Photo Contest (The Athens Area Humane Society) Submit a photo of your pet to be voted on for inclusion in the 2013 calendar. Each submission is $10.

All proceeds benefit the AAHS. Submit by July 31. www.athens humanesociety.org OLLI Newbies Social (River’s Crossing) (Rm. 112) Osher Lifelong Learning Institute welcomes anyone age 50 or older. OLLI hosts classes and outings for the continued

informal education of retirees. Email to RSVP. Aug. 9, 2–4 p.m. FREE! ssinclairr@gmail.com.

Open Table Tennis (Oconee Veterans Park) Equipment provided.

Wednesdays, 6–9 p.m. FREE! (Oconee Co. residents), $5.

706-769-3965 Primp Your Pit(bull) (The Athens Area Humane Society) Discounted spays to bully-breed dogs in August, including pit bulls, pit bull terriers or distinct pit bull mixes. Call to make an appointment. $20. 706-769-9155, www.athens humanesociety.org Tomcat Tuesdays and Puppy Packages (The Athens Area Humane Society) Discounted male cat neuters and discounted puppy neuters. Through July. www.athens humanesociety.org

SUPPORT Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, Ga) If you want to stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, www.athensaa.com

ART AROUND TOWN A. LAFERA SALON (2440 W. Broad St.) New artwork

by Perry McCrackin. Through August.

AMICI ITALIAN CAFÉ (233 E. Clayton St.) New illustrations by Matt Bahr. Through July.

ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Mary Porter, Christine Shockley, Dorthea Jacobson, Lana Mitchell, John Gholson, Greg Benson and Ainhoa Bilbao Canup. Art quilt by Elizabeth Barton and handmade jewelry by various artists.

ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (1011B Industrial Blvd., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass.

ARTLAND LOFT GALLERY (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) “Through the Red Door,” colorful narratives, self-portraits and imaginary worlds by Lisa Freeman. Through July.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) In “ATHICA Emerges V: The Synthetic Mind,” nine artists explore how they perceive and experience the world around them.

Through Sept. 9.

AURUM STUDIOS (125 E. Clayton St.) Two- and three-dimensional artwork created by MFA students from the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through July.

THE BRANDED BUTCHER (225 N. Lumpkin St.) Paintings and drawings by Sanithna Phansavanh.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Justin and Jul Sexton. Through July.

ETIENNE BRASSERIE (311 E. Broad St.) Paintings by Andy Cherewick. Through July.

FARMINGTON DEPOT GALLERY (1011 Salem Rd., Farmington) Owned and staffed by 16 artists, the gallery exhibits paintings, sculpture, folk art, ceramics, fine furniture and more. Permanent collection artists include John Cleaveland, Leigh Ellis, Cindy Jerrell, Matt Alston and more.

FIVE STAR DAY CAFÉ (229 E. Broad St.) Paintings on tin and wood and drawings by Rick Littlefield.

Through July.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Mixed-media works using found objects by Jessica Smith and vibrant, heavily textured abstract paintings

by Ben Rouse. Through July.

GALLERY @ HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “The Board Room,” part of the 2012 Summer of SPOA (Skatepark of Athens), includes skateboard decks designed by 56 artists. Through Sept. 9. • In The Glasscube, an installation by Deanna Kamal, “Collosphaera,” is a hybrid of interior design and marine biology. Through Sept. 9.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings.”

Through July 29. • “Victory Lap: Time-Based Winners of the Kress Project.” Through Sept. 7.

• “Defiant Beauty: The Work of Chakaia Booker” consists of large-scale sculptures created from tires.

Through Apr. 30. • An exhibition of 41 prints and drawings by Gerald L. Brockhurst. Through Sept. 16.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (East Campus Rd.) A collection of mounted game animals

Athens Mothers’ Center Support Group (St. Gregory’s Episcopal) Children welcome. Dads welcome on Fridays. Tuesdays and Fridays, 9:30–11:30 a.m. FREE! athensga.motherscenter.org Emotional Abuse Support Group (Athens, Ga) Childcare provided. Call for location. Every Wednesday. 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! 706543-3331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771.

Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program.

Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org GRASP: Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (Call for location) Free, peer grief support group. Call for location. Aug. 12, 2–3 p.m. 706-248-7715, www.grasphelp.org Survive and Revive (Athens, Ga) Support for survivors of domestic violence. Second and fourth Tuesdays in Clarke Co. First and Third Mondays in Madison Co. 6 p.m. (dinner), 6:30–8 p.m. (meeting). 706-543-3331 (hotline). f

featuring lynxes, African leopards, Alaskan bears, water buffalo and elk, as well as live corn snakes, tarantulas, and other live animals.

GEORGIA THEATRE (215 N. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Walker Howle (of Dead Confederate) and his father, William Howle. Through July.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Drawings by Andrew Barger and Erin Lovett. Through Aug. 4.

HEIRLOOM CAFE AND FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Modern paintings and mixed media works

by Will L. Through July.

HENDERSHOTS (1560 Oglethorpe Ave.) Teh Reaver, Jr. displays new works from the Partner Software Office series. Reception July 27. Through Aug. 2.

JITTERY JOE’S COFFEE EASTSIDE (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) Photography and integrated media by Jillian Carnes and Jamie DeRevere. Through July.

JITTERY JOE’S COFFEE FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) “Reflection” features sustainable art by Justin and Jul Sexton.

JUST PHO…AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Photography by Robert Lowery.

KUMQUAT MAE CAFE (18 S. Barnett Shoals Rd., Watkinsvile) “In the Woods There Grew a Tree” features six pieces of mixed photography and metalwork

by Elizebeth Tong, highlighting symbolism from the poetry of “The Maypole Song,” which tells the story of the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth. Through July.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Tiny Universe” includes works by Diana Behl, Scott Ingram, Andrew Kozlowski, Mark Leibert, Dayna Thacker and Andy Moon Wilson. Through Aug. 3.

LAST RESORT GRILL (184 W. Clayton St.) Paintings

by Bob Davis. Through July.

MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY (1315 Hwy. 98 W.) A wooden bowl created by Jack Hudson, leather goods

by Terry Brown and hand-blown glass vases by Paul Bendzunas.

OCAF (34 School St., Watkinsville) “From a Woman’s Hand” includes sculptures by Annie Evans, Cynthia Schoner and Dinah Stonis. Through July 27.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Paintings by Manda McKay. Through July.

SEWCIAL STUDIO (160 Tracy St.) Hand-dyed art quilts by Anita Heady and rust and over-dyed fabric on canvas by Bill Heady. Through July.

SIPS ESPRESSO CAFE (1390 Prince Ave.) Acrylic paintings by Johnny Gordon. Through August.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDENS (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) The Madison Artists Guild presents “Art Naturale Park 2,” an exhibit of 23 artists interpreting the natural world. Through July 29.

STRAND HAIR SALON (1625 S. Lumpkin St.) “Some of My Vacation in California” features black and white photography by Blake Smith. Through August.

TECH STOP COMPUTERS (3690 Atlanta Hwy.) Abstract expressionist acrylic paintings with bright colors and strong architectural themes by Frances Jemini. Through October.

TRANSMETROPOLITAN (145 E. Clayton St.) Prints

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WHITE TIGER GOURMET (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Paintings by Ainhoa Canup.

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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins So, I am recently divorced. It has been a few months, but, realistically, we have been done for a year, but now the ink is dry on the divorce papers. I am in my 40s, in good shape and not unattractive. I don’t know a lot of single people, don’t get out that much and I haven’t had a date in almost 20 years. Needless to say, I am a bit panic-stricken. I have decided, after a lot of harassment from my sister and my friends, to try Internet dating. It is overwhelming.

Terrible. But I’m trying. So, here’s the thing: What is with women all looking for tall guys? Even the tiny ones—there are women who list their own height as five-two— insist on a guy being at least six-two! Why is this so prevalent?

And what should I do?

I’m five-eleven, and I’m not really prone to bullshitting anybody.

Should I not bother to contact a woman if she’s asking for a guy who is six-two? Or should I contact her and tell her up front that I’m shorter? Maybe wait until we meet and let her figure it out herself? I know this sounds stupid, but I am totally new to this thing, and I don’t want to be a dick.

Too Short?

I think what you need to keep in mind here is exactly what kind of woman is that specific about who she wants to meet. Six-two?

Really?! You are resorting to digital dating and you’re going to rule out any guy who is not up to this arbitrary standard? I can understand a particularly tall woman wanting to be with a guy who is taller than her. One of my best friends is five-eleven, and she said she already feels like a freak all the time and she needs to date somebody taller than her so she doesn’t feel even worse about herself. Even though I don’t agree with her, I’ve never had to walk a mile in her flats (because she’s too tall for heels, get it?) and I know her well enough to know that this is about her, not about her potential dates. But anybody who is five-foot-one and insists on your being six-two is probably a shallow dimwit who is not worth dating anyway. Consider that they have done you a favor and narrowed the field.

I am in a very frustrating situation. There is a woman that I work with whom I really like.

We have been working very closely with each other on a project for the last year. We spend a lot of time socializing as well. We have talked about the fact that we are attracted to one another, but there is just no way that we can let this thing happen while we work together. It sucks. I am not exactly her boss, but her superior in a way that would make it really, really bad for my career if we started seeing each other and anybody found out. Also I am afraid she would be devalued and her work might be

taken less seriously if people thought that she was being rewarded because of our personal relationship.

I have mostly put it aside. I am very busy anyway, and I have basically decided to just sort of ignore my feelings for her because there is nothing I can do about them. I don’t socialize with her outside of work or work-related activities at all anymore. The whole thing is weird, and for awhile it was painful, but I am getting over it. Now I have a new problem. I met another woman whom I am interested in. She is a friend of a friend, nothing to do with my job, not connected to anybody I work with at all. Perfect.

And she is single, and she is interested in having a drink, which is great. But now I am not sure how to broach the subject with my co-worker. I feel like I am betraying her or cheating on her in some way, even though I know we can’t have a relationship. I don’t want to hurt her, but I don’t want to lie to her either, because I have too much respect for her. What is the best way to tell her?

Stand-Up Guy Don’t get ahead of yourself here, SUG. I don’t think you need to tell her anything right away. It’s very nice of you to want to be straightforward, but do you really want to make a potentially painful announcement when this thing might not last more than one drink? I’m not trying to be negative, just practical. If you tell her about the date and nothing happens, and then you tell her about the next person you ask on a date, and then the next, it may come off like you’re trying to rub it in, or worse, make her jealous.

Give it a minute. Go for the drink. If it goes well, meet up for another drink, or go to dinner. If you feel like this is a person you are going to actually start seeing, then you sit your coworker down sometime when you aren’t at work, and tell her what’s going on. Start with “I’ve met somebody.”

Explain to her that you feel awkward telling her, but that you don’t want to hide it from her, etc.

Tell her you wish things could have been different between you but that you don’t see any way around it. Then hope that she also meets somebody else and you can both move on and be happy and not have any regrets.

Confidential to Player, Hater: That book is stupid. The rules are stupid. And yes, sadly, they do often work. If you insist on reading that tripe, try not to use it as a manual for how to treat women as much as a kind of structure to use to keep social situations from becoming awkward for you.

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2BR/2BA condo at Baxter/ Milledge Courtyard condos. Walk to campus, city bus, or university bus. Newly redecorated, new carpet, pergo kitchen. Available 8/10. Can see in advance, pool on site. W/D in condo. $850/mo.

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3BR/2BA, 2077 S. Lumpkin, $1200/mo. W/D., DW, sec. sys. & ceiling fans. 3BR/2BA, 2071 Lumpkin, $1000/mo. incl. water, lawn maint. & garbage. W/D, DW. (706) 546-0300.

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Parking places for rent across from UGA. $30/mo. (706) 3544261.

Pre-Leasing Brand new 1BR/1BA. $595/mo.

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Archer on North, (706) 208-8888. www.archeronnorth.com.

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Pre-leasing for Fall. Take the bus to campus from Macon Hwy. 1055 Macon Hwy.: 5BR/2BA, $1495/mo. 625 Whitehall Rd.: 2BR/2BA, W/D, $695/mo. 1180 Whit Davis: 3BR/2BA, fenced yard, $725/mo. 322 Whitehall Rd.: 3BR/2BA, fenced yard, W/D, $795/mo. Visual tour online. nancyflowers.com. Call, text or email Nancy, (706) 540-1608. flowersnancy@bellsouth.net.

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Room is 13X13 & has personal sink. Call (678) 982-2703.

Male seeking roommate. $275/ mo. incl. utils. for policeman or public servant. $325/mo. otherwise. Nice 3BR home w/ deck in Winterville. No smokers.

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Roommate needed! $250/mo., 1/3 utils. in 3BR/2BA home.

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Rooms for Rent 2 mature female grad students, 1 cat & 1 small dog seeking 3rd housemate. Fellow nerds & freethinkers encouraged! Aug. 1st. 1BR in 3BR/3.5BA house, W/D, DW. Just blocks from Dwntn. & campus. $500/mo., 1/3 utils. Contact amyh75@gmail. com.

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August special: $15 off spay/ neuter. Pet must be current on vaccines. (706) 4255099. 298 Prince Ave. www. downtownathensvet.com.

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FT hair stylist position at Rocket Salon. Fun, laid back. Must have GA license. Commission. Apply in person or at rocketsalon@ gmail.com.

Opportunities Dependable person needed during the evening hrs. helping a young man confined to a wheelchair. In exchange for free rent in apt., food, utils. & other amenities. Call (706) 549-9456.

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the reader Hillbilly Brando It’s a shame that the University of Georgia, whose primary mandate for over two centuries has been the education of Southerners, has no courses in the vital art of holding forth.

For those who don’t know the term, to hold forth is to tell stories, mostly true ones, but with necessary embellishments to liven up those parts of the stories bogged down by pedestrian details and elapsed time. But it’s more than that. Holding forth requires a vast reservoir of related stories and segues that allow the storyteller to wander far afield and then deftly return to the main point. One must be able to name-drop casually, curse charmingly and make one’s audience care deeply for people they will never meet and probably don’t want to. It’s an art best performed in a bar and best executed by a Southerner.

Billy Bob Thornton, from Alpine, AR, holds forth like a champion. I’m not just saying that because I’m a fan, which I am. Billy Bob— actor, screenwriter, director, musician—is a walking example of everything Hollywood hates, a leading man with the face and voice of a character actor and a name like a used-car salesman.

His mental tics are legion, and he talks about them openly.

He’ll show up late to the red carpet and tell the interviewer he had to pull the car over to have sex in the backseat. He wins awards and critical acclaim for his work but couldn’t care less about what you think of him. In a town full of eccentrics, Billy Bob is a full-on freak.

If we had to pin a label on him, he’s a hillbilly Brando.

And like Brando, Billy Bob has great stories, which have been collected in the best possible way in The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts (HarperCollins, 2012).

Rather than write some self-serving autobiography, Billy Bob allowed his friend, author and Texas legend Kinky Friedman (himself no slouch at holding forth), to sit him down in front of a microphone to tell stories about his life and work and about the long and twisted back road to stardom.

Though edited, of course, the transcripts are as close as you will get to sitting in the same room with Billy Bob over a couple of cold ones, which is a fine place to be.

Here you’ll find Billy Bob discussing his childhood as the bucktoothed son of a middleschool coach and a part-time psychic, his teen years playing baseball and drums and going semi-pro in both, and his ass-backward fall into acting. Along the way he relates his adventures playing in a ZZ Top cover band, shoveling asphalt for the Arkansas DOT, his trip to New York to make it big and returning

home 12 hours later, and living in L.A. on a diet of tequila and powdered donuts while looking for his break into showbiz.

In one chapter, Billy Bob addresses the infamous array of phobias and obsessivecompulsive disorders that have become as standard to his biography as Sling Blade—his inability to read a paragraph that ends in certain letters of the alphabet or to say the words “tater tots” out loud, his fear of antiques and Komodo dragons and pictures of Benjamin Disraeli—with refreshing candor. To him, these neuroses come as standard equipment, the unique wiring of his brain that makes him who he is.

Interspersed here and there between Billy Bob’s narratives are sidebars by some of his friends, such as Robert Duvall, Dwight Yoakam and Tom Epperson, Billy Bob’s screenwriting partner from Arkansas. Angelina Jolie provides the book’s affectionate introduction, setting

the tone for the book. Given the free rein of these monologues, it would be tempting for Billy Bob to go all Night of the Long Knives and let his enemies have it, but he never does. This is at all times a friendly book and a pleasant conversation.

As with most autobiographical works by celebrities, your interest in this one depends on your interest in the subject, and Billy Bob Thornton is admittedly not everyone’s cup of tea. For those who find the artist and the man fascinating, however, his book will not let you down. And if UGA ever gets around to teaching the fine art of holding forth, I suggest The Billy Bob Tapes as a standard textbook for the advanced class.

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everyday people Cody McLaughlin, Event Promoter I go out to Southeast Clarke Park a lot and have seen how crowded it gets over at the skate park there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice complex, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even a pavilion and bleachers surrounding the concrete ramps and a giant bowl. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where I met Cody McLaughlin. Although heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not yet an Athenian, he and two of his friends are making the move here from Atlanta next month.

Actually, when I met them, they had just checked out their new place near downtown.

Flagpole: So, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re living in Decatur?

Cody McLaughlin: Yeah, East Atlanta area, like, right by Little Five Points. I live right off Moreland Avenue.

FP: So, you drive up here pretty often?

CM: Yeah, whenever thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good show, usually going on at, like, New Earth [Music Hall] or the [Georgia] Theatre. I got some friends that live up here and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll come up and go out to

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FP: So, you work for a few promotion companies?

CM: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, like, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the manager for one particular company, and a couple other companies will, like, contract the company I work for to do event promotions for events â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cause we have a pretty large-size promotions team. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, like, we just get the word out there pretty fast, and people know that, so they pay us to get the word out there for their events.

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FP: So, how did you get into that?

CM: Uh, me and my buddy got this crazy idea we wanted to throw parties for a living, so we did, and it actually ended up working out pretty well; like, the largest [event] weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve thrown so far had, like, 3,200 people, and we all made a good bit of money off that.

FP: So, do you own the company or something?

CM: No, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t own it in any way. [My friend] owns [the company], and I just work for it.

FP: Well, you skate, do you have any other interests or hobbies?

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FP: You do that?

CM: Yeah. Not right now, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cause I have a broken shoulder, butâ&#x20AC;Ś FP: Wait, really?

CM: I party for a living. I make money off of parties. I mean câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;monâ&#x20AC;Ś the bars with them and hang out. Plus, they got a lot of, like, scenic views and fresh air out here, so you know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, like, a good change from the city.

FP: Do you come out here a lot?

CM: The skate park? Uh, this is actually my first time here, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably be here a lot, since Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m about to move here.

FP: And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how you broke your arm?

CM: No, I broke my arm in a motorcycle accident in Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one of the things that helped me decide to move hereâ&#x20AC;Ś I just got ran off the road by some dumb lady who wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looking.

FP: So, you think in Athens it will be better?

CM: Well, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less people, less traffic; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just, like, less likelihood.

FP: So, what made you [and your friends] decide to move up here?

CM: We were all just tired of Atlanta, just looking to get away from that general area. Just, like, we grew up over there, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, like, you know, [you] just got to make a move away from home.

FP: What do you do to make money?

CM: Well, I hold a part-time job in Atlanta at a bakery, and I also do event promotions for a couple party companiesâ&#x20AC;Ś like, for concerts and stuff, like, if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a show at the Masquerade or the Tabernacle or Spring4th [Center].

FP: What kind of things do you do to promote events?

CM: Flyering, as well as I help a little bit with booking, as well as just, like, overall planning. Like, on the day of the

FP: So, you thought that [fire poi] would be a good party trick?

CM: No, I mean, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun. I saw it and I was like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;That looks cool. I wish I could do that,â&#x20AC;? and then I found out what it was and I studied it, and, like, the whole concept behind it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like a life routine. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like an art.

FP: You studied it. Did you just read up on it on the Internet?

CM: Yeah, I just read up on it on the Internet and just asked people, asked people I knew that already did it, went places where I saw people doing it, or I heard about people doing it, and just asked questions, you know. They taught me shit.

FP: Have you ever burnt yourself?

CM: Yeah, actually, last summer I got second-degree burns all the way down my chestâ&#x20AC;Ś I was spinning without a shirt on and I did something called a hyperloopâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;where you wrap the chains around and they do like a continuous circle where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just, like, it spins around really fastâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and it slung fuel all over me. I caught on fire and I just dropped them. I was at [Electric Forest] music festival, tooâ&#x20AC;Ś Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny.

FP: Did you get rushed to the hospital or anything?

CM: No, no. The whole experience was actually kinda terrible. I went to, like, the medical tent and they told me, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing we can do for you, unless you want to go to the hospital,â&#x20AC;? and I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go to the hospital â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cause, like, they were second-degree burns, but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that serious. It just hurt like hell, so I just had to walk back to my tent.

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