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by BRAD EVANS

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t’s been a pretty busy week. Last Thursday I attended a sold out Driveby Truckers show at the Cox Capitol Theatre. Then I saw a sold out Ron White speak at the City Auditorium the next night, then I barely limped to a nearly sold out Drivin’ and Cryin’ show back at the Cox on Saturday. I spent Monday with the Bragg Jam Board, shelling out $35,000 to deserving organizations and announcing plans for a new festival, Fly South Fest on December 5, that will take place at Luther Williams Field. A headliner will be released soon, and it’s going to be big, and we’re getting a Memphis in May sanctioned BBQ festival to go along with it.

As you’ve probably already noticed from this issue’s cover, yet another festival, though small for now, is coming September 11 and plans on being annual.

The streets here will come alive with college students, something we’ve been wanting and needing for a long time.

And Thriller practice is right around the corner (though we’re still looking for space, and will use a parking lot if we have to). We have a feeling it’s going to

be bigger and better than ever.

Thanks for all the response from “The Street People Get Names.” The article sparked much needed conversation. And no, I don’t go around strangling people, but my feelings are an example of how many of us down here feel. It’s a mixture of frustration and of compassion, and that’s just human. I just happen to be lumberjackish, and I can’t help that. At any rate, the next in the series is coming soon.

But it can’t be all good, Macon lost something last week too, as Mike the Hat, a beloved cab driver that has been there for many of us when we couldn’t even limp home, passed away. I’ve spoken with bar owners all over town who have shared memories of Mike with me from his many fans. His brothers brought some of Mike’s hats around to his old haunts this past week to hang in barrooms for eternity, right where they belong. Buddy, we love you, and we will miss you. Sometimes it takes a loss to see what you’ve got, and Macon, we’ve got a lot. Get out and enjoy it. I hope you have a great Labor Day weekend, I’ll see you at the Downtown Look-around Concert.

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Columnist Karen Rogers: For over fifteen years Karen Jones has been a military spouse and a stay-at-home mother of two. Last year, she began writing after a suggestion from a professor at Macon State College.This has evolved into a “second career” and love outside of her domestic dalliances.

Columnist Bill Knowles is a lifelong Conservative who has lived in the Macon area for over 20 years. He got his first taste of the political process when at age 9 he proudly handed out buttons for then President Richard Nixon and has been hooked ever since. Bill has held campaign positions for various local, state and national candidates, including President Ronald Reagan, Steve Forbes, Senator Fred Thompson and most recently Senator John McCain. He is currently a member of the Bibb County Republican Party’s Executive Committee and the Georgia GOP’s State Committee. He and his wife Bridget have one son,Teddy.

Columnist Debra McCorkle began writing liberal commentary when she turned forty, the same year that George W. Bush was first elected president. She has spent the last decade in respectful disagreement with various aspects of the government as well as pondering the rapidly shifting social climate. McCorkle has written for The 11th Hour for the past six years. Her work has also appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, Hip Mama, and on Georgia Public Radio. The south Georgia native has owned a shop for twenty years and is the proud mother of two daughters.

Freelance writer Jenny Murr has lived in Middle Georgia for 30 years.A recent college graduate, Jenny loves to write, read and make graphic art. She currently freelances for several online publications and is diligently working on her first novel.

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Milledgeville author writes about his childhood that still haunts his dreams, and hopes to inspire others that there is a way out

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nformally Educated is a true story of severe child abuse and murder in a small southern town. People ask me all the time how I wrote this book. My sister, who went through this with me, says she could never have done it, says it doesn’t even come close to how bad it was. I agree, there are no words in the English language to describe the truth as we know it, as it lives in our hearts until death do us part. We are married to this story. It’s funny to us how people read this book and look for things to doubt. We know that if the whole truth were to be written no one would read it. People don’t want to really know the whole truth. Right now they can still sleep.

We were denied our education, our childhood, our dreams. On the day Jack Cooper was killed we were set free, allowed to live until adulthood.

We thought we were done with all he imposed on us. However, once you experience this kind of trauma as a child, it doesn’t go away. In the dark, the stillness, and the quiet the doubt and guilt comes creeping up, whispering in your ear, you are not worthy, you never were, you never will be.

I knew I would write this book on the day a well placed bullet changed our lives forever. First I had to Book Signing educate myself to do it.

September 12 It took many years, then I tried to write it Golden Bough out in longhand and Bookstore had hundreds of false starts. Once I bought

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Fireflies

ireflies fascinate me. When the first fireflies of the season appear I find myself asking the question: “How do they light up like that?”

Some of my Mercer and Wesleyan professor friends could explain the mechanics to me, no doubt, but I prefer to think that it is magic.

For a period of 3 or 4 weeks at the beginning of the summer, fireflies are in their mating season. They go crazy in a quiet sort of way. Since their lifespan is only 2 months, their whole being is pointed to this one brief open window, so to speak. And when they are done, they are done.

As in the BIG DONE. Fireflies do not eat during this time. Not a nibble.

Every ounce of energy they can muster is pumped into frenetic flying, flashing, and transforming themselves into a love bug.

Both male and female fireflies flash. Each flash is either a “comeon” or a “forget it.” Males fire off their show and females respond with “tonight is the night” or “I’ve got a headache.” All of this communication takes place in firefly morse code through the flashing.

These little creatures which light up our backyards are actually beetles… not flies. They are magical signs of the playfulness of God. There is mystery. When they are gone, I wonder to myself whether I have spent enough time watching the fireflies.

And perhaps this is what Jesus was talking about when he said “Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, care-less in the care of God. And you count far more to him than birds.”

(Matthew 6:26) He constantly questioned our propensity to get caught up in “making a living” and accumulating stuff. He encouraged us to watch fireflies.

Consider the fireflies… they are silent and passionate. They are a delight. Watch them. Let them inspire you. Then fall in love again… with the moon or the moment, with a song or a silence, with a dad or a daughter, with a friend or a lover. When you are loving you light up the place.

my first computer I had the tools and skills.

Tools and skills, you’d think they alone would be all that’s needed to write a book, wrong. I sat at my computer for a year and looked into the distance, remembering all those long repressed memories, memories that do not visit but haunt. I cried on my keyboard late into the night as I typed. I relived The 411 on Bibb County Crime my childhood that year and it affected every moment of every day. In the end that year healed Auto theft suspects arrested me in a way that all the years of alcohol and drug Adrian Lovell Brown, Jr., and a 14-year-old male were arrested on August abuse were never able to. Writing such a book is 21 for Theft by Receiving Auto and 2 counts of Entering Auto. Both suspects similar to ripping out your soul and flinging it onto were in possession of a stolen Green Honda Accord.They had attempted to the paper, it leaves you drained. steal a 1990 Honda Accord from the 2300 block of Berthadale Ave. and a When you start, you see the possibility of money. Honda Accord from the 100 block Corbin Ave.The juvenile was taken to When you write, you see the reward of getting it out. RYDC and Adrian Brown was taken to the Bibb County Jail.

When you publish, you find out that the message is so much more than money. It turns out there are so Wendy’s employee arrested for stealing many of us out there. I get tons of eMacon Police arrested 33-year-old Demetrish Lashon mails every day from people who just McAllister on August 21 for three counts of Financial Transaction Card Theft and thirteen counts of Financial want to tell their story to someone Transaction Card Fraud. McAllister, an employee of who understands. Keep them coming, Wendy’s on Gray Hwy., kept the debit cards of customers it gives me strength to know you’re and used them for her own use. McAllister is currently in out there, kennesawt@gmail.com the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center.

I hope all of you will take the time to meet me at the Golden Ballard Place resident arrested Bough Bookstore on Cotton Avenue On August 22, Ballard Place resident Traci Harris, 18, was in Macon on September 12th. I do arrested for Aggravated Assault after shooting into the book signings yes, but they are so vehicle in which 18-year-old Keisha Johnson was sitting. much more than that. I meet the Johnson was not injured during the incident. Harris is Join the 11th Hour people who need to hear this story, being held in the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center.

Online Community, the people who know it’s true. The comment on articles, people who struggle to pull their Woman sets rug on fire, arrested for Arson create forums for souls from a depth that many will Glenda Fay Corbin, 44, was arrested on August 23 after discussion, blog y never know. Come speak to me, she removed the door knob from the front door of her our news and know I understand, help me make a Lamar St. residence and set fire to a rug in her apartment. views, all at... difference in the world.

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I think partnering with the Creek Indians to bring a casino to Macon is a great idea. Macon needs something like this to shock its economy.

Our location is also great for this. I wonder what the economics professors at Mercer would think of this idea?

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Now on to the hot topic... the Mayor wanting to stop alcohol sales at 1:30am, instead of 2 to help decrease crime... We heard about the statement one day before press, but had enough time to get over 20 responses in one afternoon online.

The question of impact and influence: Are the late night Macon bar scene crowd registered voters? That's the demographic that often hits home with political decisions. An opportune time for 11Th Hour voter registration drive. - John Griffin I don't think this is aimed at the downtown bars, they would just be collateral damage if such a resolution were to miraculously pass...the problems they cite have been mainly occurring at bars not downtown. Seems like there are much better ways to stem such problems. - Jake Carpenter Will 30 minutes really make that big a difference in the number of bar fights? Are there police reports, hospital admissions? I wonder what the tax revenue losses from sales in those last 30 minutes would add up to?

- Lynn Smith Quit worrying about what time the bars are closing and funnel your energy on the real problems in this town...wasn’t a hard working clerk murdererd 2 nights ago by a couple of worthless thugs who see nothing wrong with taking a life over a few bucks to go buy crack or to be initiated into a gang !!!

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he complaint plays like a broken record around the City Council conference table. “All the new development goes to unincorporated Bibb County. Macon gets nothing.”

Rightly or wrongly, the infamous “$1.5 million grant vote” became the public epitome of why developers bypass city limits. We’re nearly impossible to deal with.

The Resolution to apply for this DCA grant to establish a revolving loan fund passed on a second try –thanks in part to 11th Hour readers who deluged us with emails and showed up in Council Chambers for the vote. But the project listed on the Resolution – Atlantic Cotton Mill Lofts – is not an assured recipient of these potential funds. They have to apply. And Council members who initially voted “no” amended the Resolution so they can control who gets a piece of the pie.

We are assured by the Regional Commission, who wrote the application, that the Atlantic Mill project meets the loan criteria. But why do the developers need this loan, considering it’s a fraction of the $12.5 million project? And can local governments muster the political will (i.e. votes) to approve their application?

Atlantic Cotton Mill is located right behind the PioNono Kroger. Just look for the tall brick chimney. (What you won’t see is a small lake behind the building.)

Vineville Christian Towers, a retirement community, and single family residences are visible from the Mill’s entrance.

The McCommon family of Macon bought this plant in the early 1900’s when it was called Manchester Manufacturing.

They changed the name to Atlantic.

According to tax records, the original building dates to 1890. The mill operated at capacity – employing several hundred – until the late 1970’s. It temporarily closed, then re-opened on a far smaller “niche” scale. It stayed in the family until 2005, when it was sold to a local individual who considered redeveloping it. After about a year, he gifted Atlantic Cotton Mill to Mercer University.

The developer now bringing this project to Macon’s doorstep -- Landmark Group -- has a proven track record for redeveloping historic structures in seven southeastern states, plus Texas and Washington.

(For more background on Landmark, go to www.landmarkdevelopment.biz.) If it can step in now before the building deteriorates further, there are beautiful floors, beams and bricks that can be preserved.

But it’s a high risk project. It’s in a blighted neighborhood that lacks a proven market; and the historic preservation component adds risk. The private market will front only about 70% of the development

Development is how we propel ourselves forward as a progressive city; and it’s how we fund police cars, fire trucks, recycling, landfill closure, a pay scale, and everything else on our “wish list.”

costs under these circumstances. The remaining “gap” financing can be achieved through historic property tax credits and this low interest revolving loan fund our local governments have applied for.

The potential benefit to our community is high. With the transformation of this brownfield, the project could revitalize a transitional neighborhood, increase surrounding property values, reduce crime, spawn more development, increase home ownership, preserve city population, and that’s just the beginning. As the saying goes, “rising tides lift all ships.”

If financing is secured, Landmark will invest $12.5 million into the project, of which over $8 million is hard construction. 106 market rate apartments will be offered initially to satisfy the five year historic tax credit compliance period.

Conversion to home ownership is expected to occur in year six.

Lease rates will range from $750 to $1,000 per month. There will be 15 onebedroom units, 83 two-bedroom units, and 8 three-bedroom units. Of these, 11.5% will be designated for low income residents.

The economic impact this could have on Macon is remarkable. The labor portion of the construction contract would spur over $10 million in additional local spending while the job is in process – spending on hotels, restaurants, supplies, fees, etc. It would also spur 238 jobs and $6.5 million in household income.

Once the apartments are converted to home ownership, we would enjoy a property tax increase of over $150,000 per year.

The City would add revenue from garbage service; Macon Water Authority would pick up 106 customers; and the list goes on (electricity, cable, phone, gas, etc.).

The prospect absolutely energizes me.

I wish construction started tomorrow. It is a win-win for all parties, but most of all for every citizen of Macon. Development is how we propel ourselves forward as a progressive city; and it’s how we fund police cars, fire trucks, recycling, landfill closure, a pay scale, and everything else on our “wish list.” Please keep the Atlantic Mill Loft project on your radar screen, and throw your support behind it when it reaches the next juncture of its journey.

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tis Redding has sat looking watch over Gateway Park for nearly a decade. For the next few Sundays he’ll have plenty of entertainment as the 10th Annual Rhythm & Jazz on the Docks opens. If you’re looking for entertainment on a Sunday evenings grab your kids, lawn chairs and a picnic basket and head down to Macon’s Gateway Park at the intersection of Riverside Dr. and Martin Luther King Blvd. As always admission is free.

In year’s past as many as 1,500 guests have reclined on the banks of the Ocmulgee River as they listened to musical guests such as the Freddie Cole Trio, Harold Thomas and the Danger Zone, Dubshack, Tom Brown, Bo Ponder, J.J. Walker, and Calvin Arline and the AllStar Blues Band.

Founder of the event Bob Fickling say’s Macon is known for its musical talent and

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Written by Academy Award nominee Karen Black with songs by Grammy nominee Harriet Schock, Missouri Waltz stars Ms. Black as one of two sisters who inhabit an old family home along the Mississippi River, it is a heartwarming comedy set in the 1970's. General admission balcony seating just $15, Reserved floor seating with a southern dinner buffet $35. Sunday matinee $27.50. Evening performances begin at 7:30, dinner service beginning at 6p.m.

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why not continue the tradition with this event.

“This is the perfect place for this event it’s open and the backdrop of the river is a beautiful setting and its always been a free venue, ” Fickling said.

Mike Ford, C.E.O. of Newtown Macon says the organization, focusing on Downtown Macon’s sustainability, is glad to be a part of this annual event.

“Rhythm & Jazz on the Docks brings various musical artists to downtown on Sunday’s when there isn’t a lot of activity, the possibility of bringing in up and coming artists is great. To provide inspiration to them is also good. It’s something we’ve been a part of for a number of years.”

We’ll see you at Gateway Park Sundays, at 6 p.m. sharp and for the next eight Sunday’s thereafter.

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The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame will celebrate the arrival of the traveling exhibit Linedrives and Lipstick: The Untold Story of Women’s Baseball with an opening reception on Thursday, September 3rd.

In addition to the previously announced activities, the Little League Softball World Series Champions from Warner Robins will also be recognized.

The exhibit which includes over 60 artifacts and images will be open to visitors beginning at 5:30 followed by a presentation to the championship softball team and a Irene Ruhnke, 1946 special screening of a major motion picture at 7:10. Tickets are $10 per person and are available now in the Locker Room Gift Store or by calling 478.752.1585.

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Wesleyan College,Taylor Hall Peyton Anderson Amphitheater 4760 Forsyth Road, Macon. Free and open to the public. (478) 757-5134.

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On Saturday, August 29th, Central City Park was transformed into Central City Bark as many Middle Georgians turned out in support of the American Cancer Society’s first annual Bark for Life. With all proceeds going towards the Relay for Life event total, a wonderful crowd turned out with their pets to take a one mile stroll along the scenic Ocmulgee Heritage Trail.

Games such as the Frisbee toss, hula hoop jumps, and largest and smallest dog competitions helped keep all moments of the morning filled with fun.

When groups such as the American Cancer Society team with local organizations like the Animal Shelter, it at first seems like a great way to raise money.

However, when one pauses to think about it, the pairing of our pets with the devastation brought on by cancer makes perfect sense. Canine caregivers can be Guide Dogs, Therapy Dogs, Cancer Survivor Dogs, or any number of Service Dogs. As man’s best friend, dogs represent unconditional love and support, and canine companions show us strength that we can all

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Events such as Bark for Life are fun ways to come together as a community in a pet friendly environment to celebrate life through a simple walk with friends.

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Art Openings:

• "Sip, Shop and Stroll" opening art reception 6:00-9:00 pm (FREE). New Works by Peter Nishanian at Joycine’s Gallery, 333 Cotton Ave. • Macon Arts Opening reception for artist Jim Carson, ceramist Lora Rust, 5 to 8 pm • Contemporary Arts Exchange houses over 30 local artists in a modern, loft style atmosphere, buy local art!

• Reception with wine & appetizers! Second Street Ceramics, a new gallery space at 362 2nd St.

Live Music:

• Live acoustic music at the Greek Deli with Shane Couillard • The 567 Cafe will host Oh Brother & Dignan in an intimate, listening room atmosphere, 7-10pm, free admission, all ages show!

• Live music outside on the patio of Luigi’s Bistro with Josh Campbell & Jared Wright • The legendary Charlie Brown performing drag at Synergy, no cover all night in the Martini Room

Dinner Specials:

• Molly’s Cafe $10.95 Prime Rib Special, open at 5p.m., Cherry Street • Market City Cafe is open for dinner every Friday & Saturday, nightly specials

Other Activities

• Cox Capitol Theatre $1 Night! One dollar admission, pizza slices and select drafts, screening the movie, “Ghostbusters” 7pm.

• GA Children’s Musuem First Friday fun, bring the whole family! 382 Cherry St. • Treasure Vintage, 352 Cotton Avenue First Friday sales • Come out to Tattnal Square Park, 8:30p and join the College Hill Corridor where filmmaker Roger Beebe will be showing his films in person. Many of the films he will show can only be seen using multiple projectors all focused at the same screen. If you have never seen experimental film before, this will be a fantastic introduction!

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Located at Steak n Shake/Office Depot. Fee $20 for all cars. For more info 956-4306.

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Have you visited all 7 levels of Hay House?

This 2.5 hour tour includes an in-depth look at the fascinating technology and hidden workings of the house. The 360-degree panorama of Macon from the Cupola catwalk is unrivaled! 9:30-11a.m. $20 per person. 742-8155.

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Fri Sept 4

It’s $1 Night at Cox Capitol Theatre.

Showing “Ghostbusters” 7p.m. $1 admission, $1 slices of pizza and select draft beers. Also, Macon’s own Ghostbusters will be on hand in case someones “Afraid of a ghost!”

downtown Macon and ends in Central City Park. Enter a team competition for even more fun!The 5K starts at 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Vineville Ave. & Pio Nono Ave. The 10K starts at 8:00 a.m. at Forsyth Rd, and Wesleyan College. The Fun Run starts at 9:15 a.m. at Macon Central City Park Track. Bus transportation will be provided back to the start line after the race. Cost $20.

Tues Sept 8

Sidney’s Salons presents:

Experimental Films at Tattnal Square Park Come out to the park and join the College Hill Corridor where filmmaker Roger Beebe will be showing his films in person. Many of the films he will show can only be seen using multiple projectors all focused at the same screen. If you have never seen experimental film before, this will be a fantastic introduction to a genre of filmmaking that has a rich history and a broad influence over many areas of pop culture from Hollywood cinema to music videos, to commercials. 8:30p.m.

5:30 pm reception followed by a Poetry reading by Anya Silver at 6:00 pm. Anya Silver has published a chapbook of poetry entitled Saints of Autumn. Anya will read some of her original poetry evoking the upcoming autumn season. Come spend a relaxing evening with your friends at the Sidney Lanier Cottage, 935 High Street. Admission is free for Historic Macon members, $5 for non-members and $3 for students. Refreshments will be provided.

Advance Auto Parts/JDRF Golf Tournament at Bowden golf course 8:00

(1948)” Doors open at 5:30 p.m., movie at 6:30. Tickets $5, or ticket and dinner for $17.50. 478.257.6391. 382 Second St.

Sat Sept 5

a.m. 2-person team 2-person scramble fee is 35.00 per person or 70.00 dollars per team prizes and givaways. Call 755-0099.

Stand-Up Comedy Night at Rivalry’s

on Northside, hosted by Macon’s own funny man Big Jammin’ with touring regional comedians. Show starts at 9p.m. Just $5 admission.

Wesleyan Market, 9am to 1pm Wesleyan College, Front Campus.

This fun outdoor community event features a variety of locally grown and produced items ranging from flowers, artisanal cheeses, baked goods, and organic fruits and vegetables to fresh shrimp, hand-made soaps, gourmet salts, and work by local artists. Vendors vary monthly. Music performances, plus fun educational displays and art demonstrations will be offered. Free and open to public. 757-5233.

Sun Sept 6

Cox Capitol Theatre presents Sunday Supper: “Bee Movie (2007).” Doors open at 5:30 p.m., movie at 6p.m. Tickets $5, Pizza slices are $1 (children only), Select draft beer $1(adults). 478.257.6391. 382 Second St.

Douglass Theatre Presents: The Return of “Jazz In The Courtyard”

7:00 PM, Admission $5. For more information call 742-2000.

Mon Sept 7

Macon Labor Day Road Race

Come join us for the 33rd running of this family-friendly, Macon Labor Day tradition. The fast, point-to-point course leads through

Wed Sept 9

Cox Capitol Theatre presents Dinner and a Classic: “Sorry, Wrong Number

Fri Sept 11

19th Century Domestic Life Through the Eyes of House Servants

The house servants who worked at the home now known as the Cannonball House made a significant contribution to the family. See historians clothed in period attire tell their story.

Adults $6, students/kids free. 10am - 3pm, 856 Mulberry Street. For more info 745-5982.

Rockin’ The River for Imagine a Cure Benefit, featuring live music with Pkyk

Nyne and 2 Finger Jester. Proceeds benefit the search to cure children’s cancer.

Preview Ken Burns Film National Parks: America's Best Idea

Preview of Ken Burns Film on the National Parks: America's Best Idea. A 60 minute preview from the 12 hour documentary. At Cox Capitol Theatre Presented Ocmulgee National Monument Association. Free event, but donations are appreciated. 6p.m. 382 Second St.

Sat Sept 12

Cox Capitol Theatre & the Big House present the Indigo Girls in Concert: A

benefit for the Big House Museum set to open in December, with Caroline Aiken, Randall Bramblett, Shane Bridges and Molly Stevens.

Music starts at 7p.m. Reserved floor seats $75, balcony $35. Call 257-6391 for tickets.

Road Rebels Open Car Show

19th Annual car show with proceeds to benefit Abused and Battered Children of Central

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Macon’s historic homes come alive this weekend with Behind the Scenes tours in period dress at the Cannonball House & Hay House.

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Join neighbors, friends and family at Washington Park for Second Sunday Brunch, a concert series presented by the College Hill Corridor every second Sunday of the month.

Featuring live music by Bo Ponder & friends, boxed lunches ($5) by Michael’s on Mulberry and mimosas and bloody mary’s for sale, or just bring your own!

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ART ON THE AVENUE Fine Art Gallery presents the artwork of Tana Selby in September. Selby is an award winning wildlife artist whose work can be seen in numerous public and private collections.

Take the opportunity to meet the artist at the opening reception Tuesday , Sept 15, 6-9 pm, at the gallery. 2368 Ingleside Avenue.

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Thur Sept 17

the NewTown GetDown is a networking event that takes place on the third Thursday of each month from 5 - 7 p.m. in some of downtown Macon’s most unique venues. When the doors open to the public at 5:30 p.m., the community will have a chance to mix, mingle and network with other business professionals while enjoying live music and a cash bar. The first Capital City Bank NewTown GetDown will be at the GA Music Hall of Fame with music by the Crankin’ Daddies.

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Opening of “Missouri Waltz” a play

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For more information call 257-6391.

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Macon’s Midnight Rider, Trolley Bar Crawl 8pm until 2:30am, a $5 wristband is

your ticket to ride all night long! Two trolleys will run from Wager’s to downtown, a second will stop at MLK an d Cherry and to CJ’s and back. Stop and enjoy a drink at some of Macon’s best bars including The Bird, Envy, BJ’s, the Nowhere Cafe, and CJ’s.

Rally for the Cure Golf Tournament

This is a co-ed tournament that benefits the local affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Your entry fee includes: 18 holes of golf, range balls for practice, cart, lunch, goody bag, magazine subscription, pink ribbon pin, small gift. Oakview Golf & Country Club, $80 per person. (478) 972-0217.

Sat Sept 19

Ocmulgee Indian Celebration

Largest gathering of Native Americans in the Southeast. Around 300 Native Americans perform traditional dances, music, storytelling, and demonstrations. There will be a clay table for children to make pottery. There will be food vendors as well. Ocmulgee National

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On Labor Day, Sept. 7, Macon Roots will hold an Eat-In potluck, titled “Time for Lunch,” for those interested in promoting healthy, sustainable and locally grown food in school lunch programs.The event begins at 1 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Centenary United Methodist Church, located at the corner of Ash Street and College Street in Macon, 1290 College St. Bring your favorite dish and your ideas for making food in our schools better for the children and better for the planet. For more information, e-mail maconroots@gmail.com or call 478-971-2550.

The event is part of a national campaign supported by Slow Food USA that includes more than 200 Eat-In potlucks across the country. Congress is preparing to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act later this year and this event provides an opportunity to discuss proposals slated for both Macon and the United States. Focusing discussion on the future of local food in Middle Georgia’s school system, the community potluck will explore the important role for Georgia-grown foods in local schools. According to the Georgia Department of Education, the state’s schools currently serve 1.5 million meals per day as part of the National School Lunch Program.

Yet these meals often are nutritionally compromised.With nearly 32 percent of children ages 2 to 19 considered obese or overweight and one-in-three born since 2000 in jeopardy of developing diabetes in his/her lifetime, providing schools with real food is a national priority.

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Sat. Sept 12 Sept 18-26

Monument, 1207 Emery Hwy. 13 and over $5, kids $2. Saturday-Sunday, 10am-6pm.

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Poetic Peace Open Mic: Y-O on the 1’s and 2’s

every Tuesday at 567 Cafe, 567 Cherry St. 8-10 p.m.

Live Music Every Friday Night on the Patio beginning at 7:00pm at Edgar’s Bistro. Please call (478) 471-4250 for music line-up.

Free concerts at the Golden Bough Every Tuesday: Come hear some of Macon’s best musi-

cians and songwriters in an intimate listening room atmosphere. 9p.m. 371 Cotton Avenue, Call Eric for music line-up, 744-2446.

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City Market On the Green, every Saturday 9 until 1pm. The market is open to producers, growers, artists and other creative art vendors. Taking place on the block where farmers would bring their goods in horse drawn wagons, the center park of Stay & Play Poplar St.

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Concert Buddhist presents Book Club Tuesdays 7pm at Series Golden Bough Vintage Books, 371 Cotton Ave. Macon. For more info call 744-2446.

Indigo Girls

Big House Foundation presents The Indigo Girls in Concert with special guests Molly Stevens and Shane Bridges, Oh Dorian, Caroline Aiken and the Randall Bramblett Band.

General Admission & Reserved Seats.

Concert at 7pm. $75 reserved seats on floor / $35 balcony

Written by Academy Award nominee Karen Black with songs by Grammy nominee Harriet Schock, Missouri Waltz stars Ms. Black as one of two sisters who inhabit an old family home along the Mississippi River, a heartwarming comedy set in the 1970's.

Performances 7:30pm. Tickets start at $15.

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Dinner service at 5:30 Movie begins at 6:30 Tickets $17.50

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$5 admission without dinner

9: Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) $17.50, 6:30p.m.

6: Antz (G) $1 pizza, $1 drafts

16: closed for rehearsals, Missouri Waltz

13: closed for rehearsals, Missouri Waltz

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FRI, SEPT 4

$1 Night

“Ghostbusters” SAT, SEPT. 12

Indigo Girls Live in Concert

Over 20 studio spaces fill the second and third floors above Michael’s on Mulberry. Everything from painting, printmaking and sculpture.

Contemporary Arts Exchange: Mulberry Street

Macon Arts presents “Art Uncommon: Paintings

by Michele Treesong,” and “Pots for the Table and Garden: Ceramics by David Morgan.” 486 First Street, Gallery open Mon- Friday 11am-5pm.

Tubman Africal American Museum presents Wini McQueen The History of the Dream Project. In 2001 the Tubman Museum commissioned artist Wini McQueen to create textile panels to be installed in the artrium of the new Tubman Museum. The finished commission chronicles the history of the tubman as well as significant people, events and memories from the macon and Middle Georgia community.

Endure: Large Installations by Artist Mandi Felici September 1- October 30, Opening reception: Tuesday, October 6, 2009; 6–7:30 PM. Cowles Myles Collier East Gallery, Wesleyan College, Porter Fine Arts Building, Gallery hours: M-F 10AM-12PM & 12:30-5PM. Large sculptural pieces created with felt, the oldest form of fabric known to humankind.

Free and open to the public. (478) 757-5189.

Thru Sept. 29 – Museum of Arts & Sciences presents, “The Pieper Power Collection: Photorealistic Watercolors.” Part of the Wisconsin company’s large private collection. Included in regular admission, $4$8. 4182 Forsyth Rd.

Beverly Buchanan — Through Sept. 20, Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road. Buchanan’s

expressionistic drawings and paintings of rural Southern architecture feature bright patchworks of color. 477-3232. $4-$8.

Thru Sept. 30 – Georgia Music Hall of Fame presents, “Johnny Mercer: Too Marvelous for Words.”

Celebrate the Savannah native’s 100th birthday with the exhibit that covers his 5-decade career. Tue. – Sun., 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 478.751.3334.

GeorgiaMusic.org. 200 M. L. King, Jr. Blvd.

Joycine's Art, Attitude & Accessory Gallery Costume jewelry, art and so much more!

333 Cotton Ave.

Art Classes and workshops begin at the Barbara Barry Creative Studio -Beginners adult drawing, with Peter Nishanian -Painting butterflies, with Peter Nishanian -Soulscapes creative expressions in acrylic, -Assemblage, with Tim Hedden.

-Custom lampshade workshop -“Weekends for Women” with Barbara Barry and Sherry Cox. For schedule and information contact Barbara at 478-743-3144.

Gallery 51, Open -Mon- Fri 8am to 4:30pm and

Sat. 10am-2pm. Fine art, handcrafted jewelery, art glass sculptures, stained glass, woodturned bowls, photography, carved stone. 51 W. Adams St. Forsyth Restoration Exhibit at the Hay House. Features up-to-date photographs and research on the history and restoration of the 7-storyNational Historic Landmark. Included in regular admission, $4-$8.

478.742.8155. HayHouse.org. 934 Georgia Ave.

Middle Georgia Art Association Gallery, 2330 Ingleside Ave. 744-9557. Middle Georgia Art Association new exhibit/sale @ Market City Café.

Thru Sept. 24, 5:30-9 p.m. 478.744.9557.

MiddleGeorgiaArt.org. 502 Cherry St.

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“Sky Over Macon”, Fridays at 8p.m. Mark Smith Planetarium 4182 Forsyth Rd. Weekly, live star talk explore the constellations and far away celestial objectsvisible from Middle Georgia. Admission by donation. 477-3232.

Live music for kids every First Saturday at Georgia Music Hall of Fame Children love Pam Blanchard, the award-winning musician from Athens who performs music “for little kids and their adults.” Every first Saturday from 12 noon until 2 p.m., Program included with museum admission, $3.50 ages 4-17.

Moonwitch thru November 28 at MAS Ever wonder why the moon seems to follow you home? This entertaining show answers that question and more, Saturdays at noon in the Planetarium.

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highlighting middle georgia’s local talent “If I had to describe my own music I guess I'd say it has alot of soul mixed with a little twang and a hint of the gospel,” says Molly. Her musical inspirations range from her grandfather Jimmy Waters and mother, Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin, Indigo Girls, Otis Redding, Johnny Lang, Aretha Franklin and Susan Tedeschi.

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Molly Stevens Band Opens for Indigo Girls band members: Molly Stevens- vocals, guitar Shane Bridges- vocals, guitar Carling Schatzman-Drums Dave LeTendre- Bass

“I began singing at age 2. I guess really ever since I knew how to talk I started singing. It was almost like a second language for me.

My grandfather produced a TV show here in Macon that aired on 13 WMAZ on Christmas Eve and Christmas day called the ‘Jimmy Waters Christmas Special.’ It was a 30 minute program that my entire family was involved in. My first time singing was in front of the giant Christmas tree at the Macon Terminal Station singing Jingle Bells. The program aired until I was about 16 years old and even though I complained and felt a slight (well big!!) embarrassment for the show then, now I look back and understand that that kind of thing was my foundation for singing and performing. I grew up singing old gospel hymns at revivals

in small churches around the southeast and I'd say my roots lie there.

At least once a week, when I would get off the bus my mother was waiting at the door with a dress (I hated dresses) and a hymnal and said ‘pick a song out. We're headed to a revival.’ I would pitch a fit on those days! I would have much rather been playing kickball in the culdisac than having to put on a dress and sing "I'll fly away" for a bunch of old people who pinched my cheeks.

My parents Mark and Deborah Stevens exposed me to the arts and culture at birth! Even when I was too young to be cast in a community theatre production, my second home was the green room backstage as I waited on my parents and my sister to finish up a rehearsal or performance. Jim Crisp was practically my other dad and watched me grow up and along with that, cast me in many unforgettable roles. So, I guess I have always been exposed to music.

I haven't known anything different!

Who has been your biggest influence? My grandfather was the biggest influence on me with music and was my hero. He still is. When he passed away about 6 years ago I

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picked up his old 1965 Gibson guitar and started playing it and then I began to just write. And that's where it took off and that's where I am now. My songs are just stories of my life and about people along the way that brought me here, where I am today.

What has been your favorite Macon music moment so far?

Definitely the Indigo Girls concert coming up. The Indigo Girls are one of my favorite bands of all time and I am so excited they will be in Macon.

I have seen them several times in Atlanta and lyrics like theirs just don't get much better than that...Their songs represent truth and every time I listen to them I get that feeling that I've been to church or something.

Give us your perspective on the music scene here.

The local music scene is what sets us apart from other towns. People know us here for our music. Everybody seems to support everybody in the music scene here and I want all the local musicians around here to keep creating, keep dreaming, and keep playing! It seems like we have something to sing about in Macon!

Indeed. See Molly September 12.

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Nikki & Jay El Azteca,Tom Hill Sr. Blvd.

Lewis & Matt CJ’s Sports Bar, 2910 Riverside

Ourformation The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry

Live Acoustic Music Tara’s Tavern, 2455 Emery Hwy Jessica Atkinson Macon Mellow Mushrom

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Big Mike & Booty Papas 20’s Pub & Subs, 3076 Riverside O’Brother & Dignan 567 Cafe, 567 Cherry Street Shane Couillard Greek Deli, Cherry Street

Live Music tba Nowhere Cafe, 3780 Northside Stealing 3rd El Azteca, 169 Tom Hill Sr Blvd

Death on Two Wheels The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry Local 478 Show Rivalry’s, 3986 Northside Dr

DJ Jiggy June CJ’s Sports Bar, 2910 Riverside

The Skeeterz Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono Loose Skrews The Shamrock, 342 Rose Ave Josh Carson Macon Mellow Mushrom

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Tim Brooks CJ’s Sports Bar, 2910 Riverside Scott Pallot Macon Mellow Mushrom

Live Music tba Nowhere Cafe, 3780 Northside Stand-Up Comedy Rivalry’s, 3986 Northside Dr

B Keith Williams The Shamrock, 342 Rose Ave

The Skeeterz Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono

Josh Carson Wild Wing Cafe, 5080 Riverside

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Scott Pallot on the Patio Wild Wing Cafe, 5080 Riverside

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Southbound Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono

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Shotgun Lover The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry Jason Hobbs Macon Mellow Mushrom

Ashley & Ross El Azteca, 169 Tom Hill Sr Blvd

Southbound Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono Lewis & Matt CJ’s Sports Bar, 2910 Riverside

Scott Sanders on Patio Wild Wing Cafe, 5080 Riverside

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MONDAYS

Happy hour til 7pm, jam & rehearse 7-10pm, 20’s Pub 8-Ball Tournament, 8pm BJ’s Billiards

11 friday

Project 77 20’s Pub & Subs, 3076 Riverside Soulshine Backporch Lounge, Riverside Dr Moby Dick El Azteca, 169 Tom Hill Sr Blvd

Macon Greyson The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry

Tommy Crain & Crosstown Rivalry’s, 3986 Northside Dr Craig Morgan Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono

Sun Domingo Wild Wing Cafe, 5080 Riverside Union South The Shamrock, 342 Rose Ave

12 saturday

Deacons of Disaster 567 Cafe, 567 Cherry Street Indigo Girls Cox Capitol Theatre

The Boss, A Tribute The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry Caleb & Bo Show Rivalry’s, 3986 Northside Dr

Gaylon Crader The Shamrock, 342 Rose Ave

Southbound Whiskey River, 4570 Pio Nono

Outshyne Wild Wing Cafe, 5080 Riverside

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Scott Pallot on the Patio Wild Wing Cafe Chris Bartlett Macon Mellow Mushrom

Even Stevens Band Tara’s Tavern, Emery Hwy

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DRINK SPECIALS/ SPECIAL EVENTS

Happy Hour 4-7p El Azteca

$1.25 Bud til 8p, 35¢ Wings 8-11p The Hole Thang

Tim Brooks & ???, 8:30 Backporch Lounge

Ladies Night, free cover and $1 drinks for gals, guys $1 drinks until 9:30pm Whiskey River $5 Bud Light Pitchers Mellow Mushroom, WR

THURSDAYS

LADIES NIGHT, 3-for-1 Drinks, $2 shots & beer with free pool & poker lessons, BJ’s Billiards

$1 Wells all night, The Bird

College Night, music with Matt & Lewis, 2-4-1 wells, Jagerbombs CJ’s Sports Bar

$1.50 Dom. Beer, Free Pool Tara’s Tavern

$1.25 Rolling Rock & PBR The Hole Thang

Free Pool Hud’s Bar & Grill Happy Hour open to close Rivalry’s Sports Bar

$2 Coors Light, $1 Coors Draft Wild Wing Cafe

$8 Pitchers, $2 Pints Blue Moon Mellow Mushroom, WR

TUESDAYS

Open Mic, Poetic Peace, 567 Cafe

2-4-1 Wells, dom. bottles & drafts Mellow Mushroom, WR Ladies Night, 241, Nowhere 2-4-1 Margaritas all day at El Azteca Bud Bingo, win prizes!

Friend’s Bar & Grill 8-Ball Tournament, 8pm BJ’s Billiards

Live music with B Keith Williams The Shamrock

241 wells, margaritas, martinis, Nowhere Bar

College Night, 241 Wells w/ID Club Envy Skirts, $2 drinks all night Rivalry’s Late Night Happy Hour El Azteca

Ladies Night, $4 martinis, $2 cosmos, $3 tic tacs, Wild Wing

Free Pool, 25¢ Wells, 25¢ cans Bud 7-9:30p, 2-4-1 select beer Whiskey River Thirsty Thurs: $3 Bombs Mellow Mushroom, WR

FRIDAYS

Happy Hour prices for poker players, BJ’s Billiards

WDEN Live Remote during Happy Hour 5-7p, El Azteca

Ladies Night, Tara’s Tavern

$1.25 Bud Light til 8pm The Hole Thang

WEDNESDAYS

Drag Show, Club Synergy

2 fer Tuesday: Happy hour 10p-2a, Wild Wing Cafe

Laugh at the Comedy Club get in to Whiskey River for free!

$3.50 Jagerbombs, $10 buckets, $4 Firefly, Wild Wing Cafe

SATURDAYS

1/2 off select bottles of wine The Downtown Grill

Ladies, 1st drink free until 10pm, Live music and DJ Don, $10 Whiskey River

New Karaoke at 8pm!

BJ’s Billiards

2-4-1 Jagerbombs during Trivia, Happy Hour 4-7p El Azteca $7 Drink or Drown The Hole Thang

Drag Queen Bingo every 1st & 3rd Wed, free wells for the gals The Hummingbird Open Mic, 10pm, Rivalry’s

Free Pool, Steak Night at 6pm, Tara’s Tavern

Free pool until 7p, BJ’s Billiards

SUNDAYS

Nascar, drink specials, 20’s Pub n’ Subs

Nascar, drink specials Friend’s Bar & Grill

Nascar, Poker at 2:30pm Rivalry’s Sports Bar

Acoustic music, $2 drafts Wild Wing Cafe

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local and regional bands performing over the next two weeks

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Outformation @ The Bird

DANCE PARTY / DJ

Sexy Saturdays, Dress to Impress, Coaster’s Nightclub

DJ Darkshadow on Wednesdays and Saturday nights at Club Envy

Drag Show & Dance Party, Synergy Dance night coming to CJ’s,Wedn.

Insomnia Promotions Presents... every Friday night at Club Envy

DJ Don, biggest dance party in Mid GA, Saturdays Whiskey River

In response to Outformation’s auspicious entrance to the music world, the rising stars were named “Best New Band” of 2005 by Honest Tune Magazine’s reader’s poll, and Tennessee Before Daylight was nominated for “Best Album” by the editorial staff of the same publication. Armed with an arsenal of story-based, workingman songs, ever-increasing moments of magic on stage, and growing pockets of fans across the country, Outformation is clearly on the move.

Friday, 4

Death on Two Wheels @ The Bird

Death On Two Wheels makes rock ’n’ roll dangerous again, with slurry-blurry lyrics, halfcocked dreamspeak of portents and regret, and a formidable guitar attack that recalls the nasty duels Allen Collins waged with Gary Rossington before Skynyrd’s final plane ride.

Following the same bumpy trail as Kings of Leon, this Atlanta foursome seems to be in pursuit of darker mysteries on the band’s selfreleased debut.

Josh Carson @ Wild Wing Café

Every Thursday, Club Synergy

The Beatles, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Sammy Loggins are just a few of the names that you could list as influences on this Native Maconite’s resume. Though many remember him from his days with Acoustic Workshop, he’s a great songwriter on his own, and he also plays the tunes you love to sing along with too.

Every Wednesday, 7-until Mellow Mushroom, WR

What began as a side project from each member's original music endeavors, 90's/New Rock cover band Stealing 3rd has since become one of the Atlanta area's most sought after bar and nightclub acts. A good timing, hard partying, yet inclined group of musicians, and friends, who thoroughly enjoy the simplicities of playing the music that has influenced them over the years.

Hey it’s what the crowd wants right?

KARAOKE

Wed,Thursday & Sat, 8p, Sundays, Tuesdays at 6pm, 20’s Pub NEW,Wednesdays at BJ Billiards Every Wednesday, Macon Shroom Every Friday 7:30, Mondays at 5pm, Friends Bar & Grill Every Wednesday, Hud’s Every Monday, Rivalry’s Thursday - Saturday at Tara’s Sundays with Brad, 9pm The Backporch Lounge

TRIVIA

Every TUES 8:30p, CJ’s Sports Bar Every Wednesday, El Azteca Every Tuesday, Macon Shroom Team Trivia every Mon, Red Eye Every Tuesday Night, Rivalry’s Every Wednesday 9p, 550 Blues

Thursday nights 9p, The Shamrock Tuesday nights with Jason Hawk, cash prizes, Wild Wing Cafe Tuesday nights, Buffalos, WR

POKER

Texas Hold ‘Em 7:30,Tuesdays, AP’s Hidden Hideaway Nightly Poker 7:30p, Friends Bar

New Poker tournaments held every Wed,Thur & Sat upstairs at Envy Texas Hold ‘Em Tuesdays, Huds

Sunday Poker League 2:30, Rivalry’s Nightly Poker 7:30p, Friends Bar Nightly Poker 8p, BJ Billiards

Texas Hold ‘Em, The Hole Thang

Texas Hold ‘Em Wedn., Brewskeez Poker Tournament 7pm every Mon, Wed,Thur & Fri, 6pm Sat & Sun, Whiskey River Sports Bar

Stealing 3rd @ El Azteca

Big Mike and the Booty Papas @ 20’s Pub One of the hardest working

bands in Macon, Big Mike and his boys have been playing forever, and people still love em!

Blues based, they write some good solid songs on their own, but they play the stuff you love to dance to and they play it well. If you want to have a good time, go see a Booty Papas show.

Oh Brother and Dignan @ 567

Since 2005, O'Brother has been delivering energetic rock that commands attention. Their EP, In Comparison to Me was released on Favorite Gentlemen in 2007. Ranging from Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire, to grandparents who specialize in lounge music, to their hometown of McAllen with a 95% Hispanic population, the band had a wide variety of experiences and sounds in their repertoire to choose from.

Thursday, 10

Shotgun Lover with The Only Sons @ The Hummingbird

Music is for the people, Shotgun Lover is for the people. If art is a take on one's perception or reaction to existence, than that is what Shotgun Lover shoots for. The band steams straight ahead for the listener with it's take on youth in America and Rock and Roll . But the listener can only go as far as the writer is willing to stick to his guns. This is genuine American Rock meant to be enjoyed, listened to and danced to.

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Macon Greyson @ The Bird See Editor’s Pick, top

Somewhere between early Son Volt and Lynyrd Skynyrd there’s a band called Macon Greyson, playing the Hummingbird, Friday, September 11

Let’s get something out of the way. Macon Greyson, is not a band from Macon, nor is their anyone in the band named Macon Greyson. “...But the bands album 20th Century Accidents is actually the Texas band’s third full-length album, and it’s getting attention all over the southeast for some of the best Southern-styled rock as you will come across this side of the 1970s. With a sound falling somewhere between early Son Volt and classic Lynyrd Skynyrd, 20th Century Accidents excels at dirty, working class rock and roll with an ear toward the barroom riff.” (Amplifier Magazine)

The Southeast’s premier power rock trio, Sundomingo takes the stage at Wild Wing Cafe

Sun Domingo, known for their powerful energetic live shows and songwriting to back it up, will be playing North Macon’s premier stage on Friday, September 11. This band has already secured a spot with loyal music fans around the world and have proven themselves on large stages in front of highly critical audiences, Sun Domingo is taking off at a tremendous, blurring speed. Releasing their debut full length album through MBM/Racket Records in 2009 ' The World's Alive' has already sold over 5,000 copies and is topping the charts at CD Baby and iTunes. Constantly on the road and gaining fans with their DIY attitude, Sun Domingo is on a very direct path to something bigger

Moby Dick @ El Azteca

Featuring Dozer on lead vocals, Bake on lead guitar, Jimmi B on bass, Funkytown on drums, and Dr. Tongue on keys and guitar, the band is simply sofa king kool!The key is: they play songs we love, and that the crowd loves. As you're driving away from the Moby Dick show that night, you'll catch yourself saying: "I can't believe they played that. Get your devil horns ready!

Craig Morgan @ Whiskey River

This guy has paid his dues, from a sheriff’s deputy to a Wal-mart assistant manager, before hitting the CMT charts with “Redneck Yacht Club!” From the evocative and instantly familiar single "Love Remembers" to the rural rally cry of "Sticks" to the church-choir epic "Ordinary Angels," it’s the sound of an artist soaring to new heights as both a vocalist and songwriter, but with his steel-toed boots still firmly on the ground. Might want to get advance tickets to this one, Whiskey River’s concert series have been steadily selling out.

Sundomingo @ Wild Wing Cafe See Editor’s Pick, top

The Dexateens and Incredible Sandwich at the Downtown Student Invasion Free outdoor concert, open to the public, see all the details on page 23. Presented by the College Hill Corridor Commission and The 11th Hour, don’t miss this chance to see a great concert on an outdoor stage with the incredible Terminal Station as the backdrop!

Soulshine @ The Backporch Lounge

A group of guys from Fitzgerald, GA, that have been playing together in different bands for years, finally got together and said, “Hey, let’s give our auience what they want, more Allman Brothers!” The band plays all ABB covers, and they play them well.

Sunday, 13

Chris Bartlett @ Macon’s Shroom Singer/songwriter and teacher, Bartlett will

play an acoustic set at North Macon’s newest live music venue. Great Sunday afternoon...

Read more about it...

Bandography online with MP3s of upcoming bands

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Music We Like

This issue was created while listening to... it’s been that kinda week!

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edding, Allman, Penniman, Brown: the royalty of Macon’s astounding musical past that began hundreds of years ago with the music of the Creek natives who settled on the sound-rich shores of the Ocmulgee.

This place we call home has always carried on its winds the sounds of music.

Sidney Lanier was not only a poet but a musician who regularly had jam sessions with the great musicians of his day in the parlor of his High Street cottage. His music mixed with the everpresent rhythm of horse hooves and carriage wheels on brick streets. These are the names that draw tens of thousands of music-loving tourists to Macon every year.

Aldean, Jeezy, Leavell, McDuffie: the country, rap, rock and classical music that is our present. These artists discovered music in our midst and are now enjoying international acclaim for their work.

They’ve all returned to town playing to packed houses. Mercer’s Townsend School of Music named their celebrated strings program after McDuffie, who returns each Labor Day Weekend for a series of concerts and workshops with students - a rare and amazing opportunity to hear world-class music free of charge.

The present musical reality for Macon is that we are surrounded by such musical riches: outstanding music departments at local universities, our own Macon Symphony Orchestra (rare even for cities 3 times our size), plus dozens of small but outstanding choral groups and new concert programs that bring the best musicians to town. Thanks to The Big O Foundation, the soon-to-open Big House - Allman Brothers Band Museum, and Georgia Music Hall of Fame, the legacy of our past and present are helping to draw some major names to Macon.

Bridges, Evans, Kemp, K!ng, Malloy, Stevens, Torres, Valentine: the list of amazing Macon musicians at the jumping off point with their careers right now is staggering They are making the rounds,

The new Macon-based Random Family Records steps on the broad shoulders of the Walden legacy and will spread the word and the music of Macon’s talent even further.

playing venues steeped in amazing musical history like The Douglass Theatre, Grand Opera House, and Grant’s Lounge; as well as new hot spots like the Cox Capitol Theatre, Hummingbird and the Macon Venue Project‘s ever-moving venues, as well as incredible music events like Bragg Jam. Ripe audiences of university students and a new crop of Macon natives who’ve discovered that downtown Macon rocks provide willing, discerning and loyal ears for these rising musical stars.

Opportunities for these local legends to open for bigger names allows even greater exposure to their work, and greater chance that they’ll be given the opportunity to be discovered by a wider audience. The new Macon-based Random Family Records steps on the broad shoulders of the Walden legacy and will spread the word and the music of Macon’s talent even further.

The natural “music” of the river and brick streets of our town; the existing tourism draw for music-lovers; outstanding music education; and venues and events combine to make the perfect storm for Macon to become THE “Music City” of the future. It’s laying there like Willie Wonka’s golden ticket, ready for us to pick it up and play it for all its worth: drawing a fresh wave of tourists (and the tax revenue that comes with the them), artists and energy for Macon. Do you hear what I hear?

- Cindy Hill

ICE CUBE The Predator

New Releases Music writer David Higdon selects his favorite new releases to review

Wilco (The Album) Released: June 30, 2009

Sky Blue Sky was an album that came out nowhere as a continuous spinner based on the working ingredients that comprise the ever evolving Wilco.

On Wilco (The Album), Jeff Tweedy and the band have nailed the formula down once more.This release really finds the band embracing their Beatles comparisons in production, pacing, and lyrical content.These songs won’t change the world like a Lennon-McCartney number, but they will let you know that things are going to be alright.

Wu-Tang Chamber Music Released: June 16, 2009

Wu-Tang’s unique blend of sparse beats battling it out against the lethal use of lyrical swords returns to form on Chamber Music.The mastermind of this unique style, RZA, is joined by the live musical backbeats of the The Revelations and of course, a slew of old school kung-fu sound bytes.While GZA and Masta Killah are noticeably absent, the album still kicks with energy.WuTang is fo tha children. RIP ODB.

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From salads to an omelette station, fried chicken to sausage gravy, it’s upscale mama-style ntil recently, only the most random of Sundays found me eating brunch. There just isn’t a place that serves up breakfast and lunch goodness on the holiest of days that’s close to my loft. That changed recently, as the on-again, off- again Sunday Brunch at the Ramada Plaza turned back on.

As you walk into the hotel, to the left sits a cozy nook of a restaurant, and the lobby is turned into a spread fit for a king.

Silver, chafing trays filled up with everything from fried chicken and mashed potatoes, collards, turkey and dressing, squash casserole, accompanied by a great salad and fruit bar adorn the linen-draped tables. For those still seeking breakfast, an omellete station with fresh vegetables awaits your order, with other morning staples like biscuits and gravy, bacon and sausage.

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peppers, shredded, cheddar cheese and sliced ham, and I actually put a fried chicken Breast right beside it on my plate.God I love brunch. Fresh, sliced herb-encrusted turkey breast, squash casserole, biscuits and great sausage gravy, and collards all found their way to my plate and eventually my stomach. The Southern-style buffet was fresh, hot and perfectly diverse. I was told by our server that the meat options change weekly, beef tips and fried fish are just as likely to be offered.

Once the clock finally struck noon our dining friends all ordered a round of bloody mary’s and mimosas to sip on while the afternoon meal digested. By the time I was done I could barely move, and I took my spot on the couch, where I spent the afternoon awaiting the next episode of True Blood. Thank you Ramada Plaza for bringing back brunch to downtown Macon! Meal ticket for two $28.95 (but we ate for four!).

Enjoy fresh-cut steaks hot off the grill every Wednesday night at Tara’s Tavern on Emery Highway. Get there at 6pm sharp, cause there’s already a line-up at the door for this manly feast at a great, affordable price.

CJ’s Sports Bar is now offering their full menu options at a discounted price for all college students.Try their signature chicken nachos or refried hot wings for just $4.95! They’ve got the best bar food in town!

Meritage Lounge now open!

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BAR FOOD / AMERICAN

The Rookery There isn’t a place downtown that has been serving us longer.The Rookery offers some of the best comfort food in Macon. Burgers, Nachos, Sandwiches and daily lunch specials that can’t be beat. LD BAR $ 543 Cherry Street, 746-8658

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Hud’s Bar & Grill Hamburgers,Wings, Bar appetizers, homemade stone-baked pizza (new item), homemade Barbecue and brunswick stew. LD • BAR • $ 2213 Gray Hwy, 330-6046

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20’s Pub n’ Subs Boasting freshly prepared sandwiches, salads and dinner specials in a well-lit tavern-like setting.

LD • BAR • $ 3076 Riverside Dr.

5 Guys Burgers & Fries The best burgers in Macon is what our readers say, serving dogs and peanuts too. LD • $ 120 Tom Hill Sr., 474.0445

Wild Wing Cafe Newly opened franchise at the Shoppes at River Crossing, fantastic wings in over 30 flavors, over 20 brews on tap, great salads and one of the few dining options in North Macon that offers live music on the weekends.

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CJ’s Bar & Grill You can’t really call this bar food. Is it fried, yes, but it’s fresh and so, so good! Sloppy nachos, great burgers and chicken wraps. LD • BAR • $ 2910 Riverside Drive, 757-3262

Rivalry’s – The only place in town where you can order Atomic Buffalo Turds and wash them down with a giantsized bottle of Monty Python’s Holy Ale. 3986 Northside Dr., Macon 474-0606 LD BAR $

Nu-Way Weiners Open since 1916, this original store with its neon sign is one of America's oldest hot dog stands and they serve secret recipe chili sauce, famous hot dogs, hamburgers, and other sandwiches. BLD • $ 430 Cotton Avenue, 743.1368

SOUTHERN / BBQ

Fresh-Air Bar-B-Que Award winning BBQ known for its tangy tomato and vinegar style pulled pork, ribs and baked beans. Don’t skip out on the Brunswick Stew neither. LD Open 7 days a week • $ 3076 Riverside Dr., 477-7229

Satterfield’s Serving hickory smoked meats, seafood, vegetables, daily specials and salads. L • $ 120 New Street, 742.0352 AP’s Hidden Hideaway Serving home cooking all day long and specialty dinners at night, enjoy their large patio.

Seriously good food. LD BAR • $ 4274 Broadway.

Good to Go There is a slightly different menu available every day, offering the best in the Souths lunchtime favorite, “the Meat & Three”. Full catering services also available. LD $ 1019 Riverside Dr. 743.4663 Sticky Fingers Ribhouse Choose your flavor; Memphis style Wet or Dry, Tennessee Whiskey, Habanero Hot or Carolina Sweet. Served with sweet corn bread muffins! Fresh salads and lunch specials. LD • BAR • $$ 5080 Riverside Drive, Open daily at 11am.

Dawson’s Kitchen You can’t beat southern cooking like this, you can see for yourselves the fresh ingredients in their market next door.

LD • $ 3360 Brookdale, Payne City

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HALFOFFDEPOT.COM handle it, get the MOAB… if not, there’s always the Thrilla From Tha Grilla, which is just right. LD • $ 6255 Zebulon Road El Azteca One of Macon’s best patios, serving all your favorite Mexican dishes, voted Macon’s best margarita. LD BAR • $-$$ 169 Tom Hill Sr., 475.9199 Margaritas I hear that camarones a la diabla doesn’t mean ‘shrimp of the devil’ but I don’t care—it’s hot and spicy, and probably is what Satan eats when he’s feeling a hankering for Mexican.

LD • BAR • $ 6012 Zebulon Road, Macon 477.2410; 4696 Presidential Parkway, Macon 757.1300; 2400 North Columbia, Milledgeville 453.9547

SEAFOOD

Jim Shaw’s Casual dining with Macon’s best seafood, tuna tidbits, scallops, wild Georgia shrimp. Seperate bar area with smoking. D • BAR $-$$ 3040 Vineville

Fish n’ Pig Spectacular views of Lake Tobesofkee. Patio or inside seating serving both barbecue and seafood. D • BAR $-$$ 6420 Mosely Dixon, 476.8837 Nowhere Bar & Cafe Casual dining featuring fresh oystesr and shrimp specials, along with great burgers and steaks. LD • BAR $-$$ 3780 Northside Drive, 476-0554

PIZZA / ITALIAN

Giuseppi’s Pizza & Pasta Casual, fun atmosphere with everything from soup and salads to hot wings, pizza and their signature sandwich creation, the Weggie. Daily lunch specials. LD • BAR • $ 120 Tom Hill Sr. Blvd, 477.7400 Luigi’s Bistro Casual Italian cuisine in a hip, swanky atmosphere. LD • BAR • $-$$ 401 Cherry Street, 743.4645

Macon Pizza in the Alley Serving NY style pizza, grinders, pasta, salads and wings; hot, fresh and affordable! LD • BAR • $ Mulberry Street Lane, 742-5555

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On Friday, September 11, the College Hill Corridor hosts the First Annual Downtown LookAround, an all-evening event that kicks off late afternoon, 4 p.m., on top of the NewTown Macon parking deck (at the corner of Poplar Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.).

Now’s the Time to be Loud & Proud

Don’t get your panties in a twist Townies, this isn’t just for college students!

The FREE Downtown Look-Around; Concert & Games Sept. 11 Imagine: Free rock concerts in the park. Outdoor games worth playing. A reason to get on your bike and ride.

And a rip-rocking live music show in the downtown square to welcome you back to town.

Yes, students, this is the city in which you’re living.

Downtown Macon does love you. And we missed you while you were gone.

On Friday, September 11, the College Hill Corridor hosts the First Annual Downtown Look-Around, an allevening event that kicks off late afternoon, 4 p.m., on top of the NewTown Macon parking deck (at the corner of Poplar Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.).

The event begins for the first-timers. All . . . . i.e. not just Mercer . . . new college and grad students (first years and transfers) are invited to join in on an innovative scavenger hunt that works like a cross between a pop quiz and crash course in downtown Macon’s hip factor. Teams of four register, receive clue cards, a hip tshirt and a keepsake Macon map and set out on a concrete-pounding quest to bring back the answers. The top teams to discover the treasures and unlock the clues are being awarded up to $2,000 in “downtown dollars” to redeem at downtown retail and restaurant businesses, courtesy of the College Hill Corridor.

“These are some of the largest prizes I’ve heard of,” says Sarah Gerwig-Moore, College Hill Corridor CoChair and Association Professor at the Mercer School of Law, who adds this just may be the first ever multi-collegiate scavenger hunt for freshmen and new graduate students. “And the best thing is that all the dollars go right back into our downtown restaurants and shops. The winners can get anything from lunch or dinner to designer shoes or schoolbooks, and it’s important for students to know what they can have a personalized shopping experience that supports our local retailers, without having to resort to the big box stores.”

But that’s not all, Macon. This will never be a college town if we all can’t get in on the fun. In the tradition of towns that support a live music scene, there’s going to be a rock concert. And whether you have a student ID, Macon zip code or just happen to be in town that day, the show is free and open to all. All together now – the show is free and open to all.

The music starts at 6:30 in downtown’s Cherry Street Plaza. Macon’s own hip hop/rock/funk talent pool and Random Family recording artists Floco Torres, Al K!ng and City Council get things going before Athen’s favorite The Incredible Sandwich and headliners The Dexateens take the show into the night.

“When new students move to Macon, many of them rarely hear about the exciting opportunities available in the Macon area. We want to change that this year so that Mercer students will get plugged into the exciting revitalization of downtown Macon,” says Daniel Groce, a Mercer senior and chair of the Macon Connections

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local kid who lived in the north side of town who couldn’t wait to go further north. I moved to Atlanta for college and never intended to come back. After a journalism degree and a couple of years working the mailroom and answering the phones at my uncle’s Capricorn Records (which moved to Atlanta from Nashville in the late nineties), I received the perfect job offer – even if it was in Macon. In 2000, I returned to my hometown as the new Public Relations and Events Specialist at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. My mentor and immediate boss is now the Executive Director Lisa Love.

As much as I kicked and screamed and whined about being home from Atlanta, over time, Macon started to grow on me. Working downtown brought back childhood memories of living just a couple of blocks from the museum where my father, one to never give up on a good thing, retained a residence at 548 Broadway that connected to the Capricorn Studio. My little sister and I grew up playing in the ghost town alley ways of downtown, even going as far to ride our go-cart up and down Broadway (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.) and around the corners of Poplar, where the street always seemed vacant.

Slowly, too, I began to notice the potential in downtown Macon. And in turn, the downtown business community began to nurture and encourage my newfound commitment to stay in Macon and make something of it.

I later left the GMHF to work at the alt-weekly The 11th Hour as the editor (now a much bigger publication and trusted voice than this town ever knew was coming).

It was then my passion for downtown grew even greater. It became evident that progress wouldn’t just arrive in infrastructure but in our willingness to roll up our sleeves and commit ourselves to the work no one else wanted to do.

Somehow, along the way, I started getting my hands dirty. Most of it involved what is most familiar to me – music and the arts and entertainment scene-- working with the Bragg Jam Festival and the MAGA Film Festival. But there are also opportunities to widen the vision to include other causes that promote downtown development, social justice and community unity. The diversity of this town is the underlying current to all of our success – past, present and future – and every day I find myself acknowledging this more and more.

To go to work for the College Hill Alliance will allow me the professional opportunity to follow my heart. We need more jaded kids from Macon to come back to town and realize it’s not a bad thing . . . and with their help, it can be even better. We need fewer college kids to go home during the summer or leave Macon after gradua-

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Who’s Running The Show?

The Downtown Look-Around is one of many events you’ll notice this year from the front lines of the College Hill Corridor, a public-private partnership that recently received a $5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to transform and revitalize Macon’s historic Intown neighborhoods. The CHCC’s master plan includes recommendations for major community events like the Downtown Look-Around, as well as attracting additional businesses and creative residents to enhance the “college town” appeal. The Commission also hopes to improve the landscape and streetscape that connects the Mercer campus with the central pulse of downtown with beautified parks, bike and pedestrian paths and urban conveniences within walking distance.

Success of the master plan will become more and more evident over the next three years. That’s because Mercer is in the midst of staffing the College Hill Alliance to go to work full-time on the project. It just so happens that I am one of these hires.

Just a few days after the Downtown Look-Around, I’ll be taking my office found in the Mercer Village as the new Marketing and Outreach Director for the College Hill Alliance. So why College Hill? What does this have to do with my commitment to Macon?

“We want you to enjoy Macon enough to stay here – on weekends, during summer breaks, after graduation and into your old, old age. For someone who’s curious enough to look around, you’ll find places to hear live music, eat tasty food or relax on a Sunday afternoon. For those less bold, we’re here to help you find some of our landmarks and special places, to feel safe and welcomed to your new home,” says Gerwig-Moore. “Lots of kids come through town and miss all this wild and wonderful energy – under their noses all the time. Don’t be one of those naysayers. Your college years will be happier – and your community will be better for your engagement.”

Many years ago, I was one of “them” – a cranky

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Continued... tion. We need residents who are willing to invest themselves into their neighborhoods so it can become the place we all dream it can be. We need more members of the Creative Class--big dreamers and tolerant thinkers-- who are willing to put the brain and person power into making Macon happen.

Like many of you, I start this new school year with a good deal of hope and excitement. My new job will allow me to keep the line of communication open to the community and organize events to help fill our schedules. Most of all, though, I will be able to help maintain the momentum that has the full support of our city, Mercer University and the hopeful, committed members of our community behind it. True to form, College Hill is putting this event on with partners in Mercer staff and students, the City, this paper, NewTown Macon, and the Brainstorm Lab in addition to its own diverse membership. I look forward to hearing from you, to working with you and loving this city even more alongside you.

See you on September 11 at the Downtown Look-Around. Support your scene with something cool. And don’t be afraid to have a good time. After all, those who play together, stay together.

- Jessica Walden is the new Marketing and Outreach Director at the College Hill Alliance

If this is going to be a show for the college kids, townies and just about any live music lover off the street, then you can bet there is something for everyone in the Downtown Look-Around’s live music line-up.

Floco Torres, Al K!ng and City Council

The Random Family Records hip hop trifecta has proven over and over again that they are individually – and collectively – the bass line of Macon’s live music resurgence. The girls scream. The boys want Floco’s flow, Al’s suave and Jubee’s hair. Like an early OutKast, Arrested Development or Nappy Roots, these artists are the ones to watch if you want to be a part of their diverse fan base who will one day be able say, “I knew them then.”

impressing the discerning college kids and anyone who can appreciate a Latin jazz, funk, melodic and melodramatic beat that takes audiences on a little trip with them. And the lead singer/guitarist Matt McKinney is practically a local.

An Athens transplant, McKinney originally hails from Macon’s little sister city down south, Cordele.

If Athens loves them, then you know they gotta be good. Just ask the crowd at this year’s AthFest. The Incredible Sandwich has a knack for

If a band asks you “Can You Whoop It?” you know it’s gotta be good. And it also helps to have the blessing of the Driveby Truckers’ Patterson Hood,

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The Dexateens

who just so happened to produce their latest album. They say their music has a “sly mixture of 70’s-style Southern Stadium Rock.” If that doesn’t sound like they’ll fit right home in Macon, the self-proclaimed birthplace of Southern Rock, then what the heck will? The Dexateens are going to show us how the Muscle Shoals sound does it in the new day – blazing guitars, front porch-guzzling ballads and a double-barrel showstopping stage presence that proves, once again, that music from the south still has its swagger, even in the modern age.

They are on their way to Austin City Limits next week – that’s how good they are – so let’s give the Alabama boys of the Dexateens a proper send-off and make sure they leave their mark in Macon before Letterman and Leno start calling.

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I suppose that another few years of my expensive Blue Cross insurance policy (complete with a ten thousand dollar deductible) will not bankrupt me, provided that I earn enough to pay for it. It's always a challenge for the self-employed to stay insured. Most of my friends who work for themselves lack adequate health care coverage. While Republicans lament the cost of universal health care, I wonder whether they have any idea what a middle-aged person like me already pays annually. Forty dollar co-pays for office visits, tests which fall in the deductible category, prescription co-pays, and a cap on annual doctor visits. In the next twelve months I could easily pay five grand directly on health care (excluding kids) – and that care includes exactly twelve insurance payments, two doctor visits and a mammogram annually, with minimal drug benefits. And that figure could skyrocket if I developed a chronic medical problem. I can't imagine that Obamacare could possibly be worse.

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Compared to ten European countries, the U.S. has a higher prevalence of nine out of ten diseases, including cancer, stroke and heart disease, in its over-50 population.

Asthma in the U.S. was fifth highest of 25 reporting countries, with excessive hospital admissions for asthma patients. However, cancer survival rates in the U.S. are higher than in many European countries. When the researchers looked at the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. health system, there appeared to be a correlation between the compromised health care affecting the largest age group of uninsured individuals – i.e. under 65 and over 18, the least-insured group. These are the people (currently 48 million) who cannot afford doctor visits and prescription drugs.

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So we're not number one, y'all. We need to get over ourselves and admit that this current system is failing. It's inefficient, and the money spent simply on administrative costs exceeds $650 billion annually. The U.S. far outspends the per capita health expenditures of similar countries which provide universal health care.

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oday America is fighting a Civil War all over again, only this time it’s not taking place on the battlefields around the country, but instead in both chambers of Congress and in Town Hall Meetings across the nation. Instead of cannons and rifles, words, questions and speeches are being volleyed at opposing armies by citizen soldiers who are more passionate about their freedom of Health Care than any other issue known to the republic since Civil Rights.

At the heart of the battle is the question of who would be able to better supply health care: the health care system that has made the United States the greatest provider of health care in the world or a government-run plan that will cost an already cash-strapped nation somewhere between $1 and $2 trillion dollars.

President Obama has put forth yet another plan to take over another part of American lives. The United States is now in the insurance, banking and car business thanks to the first year of the Obama Administration. Now he wants to get the government’s nose in sensitive and personal decisions that should be left to individuals and families as well as affecting the quality of care that they are given.

The President denies his plan will do this, but a study by the Lewin Group, a health policy econometrics group, reports that legislation as it is written in HR 3200, the America’s Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009, would force over 83 million Americans out of their current health care plan and into a governmentrun plan. As for the quality of care, the Federal bureaucrats will have absolutely no choice but to ration your health care due to the sheer number of patients the government will then be responsible for as they will enact a “best practices” program to try and help defray the costs, or as President Obama told an elderly lady on his nationally televised Town Hall Meeting back in June who needed a pacemaker, “Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller."

Yeah. I want this guy in charge of picking my treatment and my doctor. I know I’m dating myself here, but every time I think of a hospital run by the government I think of The Three Stooges…..Remember: “Calling Dr. Howard….Dr. Fine….Dr. Howard….”?

I am not suggesting that the current state of health care in the United States is perfect. Far be it from that. But it is still the best thing going on the planet; unless you ask President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Stenny Hoyer, Harry Reid and Michael Moore who would much rather we go to

Cuba, France or Canada for models of how our system should be run (I do have to admit, though, Fidel’s doctors are fantastic as they amazingly keep him alive.

Or is he?). How can anyone who says that the government is the only way to fix our health care system keep a straight face? Has anyone heard of Amtrak?

Even Mussolini in Pre-WWII Italy could keep the trains running on time for goodness sake!

Yes, America is fighting another Civil War or as we Southerner’s call it “The War of Northern Aggression.” So far the citizen soldiers who have dared to stand up and speak out against this horrible act that Harry Reid said will “pass by ANY legislative means necessary”, have been called Swastika wearers by Nancy Pelosi, they have been called mobs by the mainstream press, they have had to listen as Rachel Maddow “reports” that Republican operatives are behind all of the dissent that they are showing and worst of all they have had to listen as their President calls them “fear-mongers” and then tell America that he has set up an email address (now defunct by the way) so that one American can rat out another who dares to criticize the President’s policies.

I fully expect that in Obama’s next crusade to stomp on individual rights he will be plagiarizing George Orwell from 1984 by stating, “We shall abolish the orgasm. Our neurologists are at work upon it now. There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent there will be no need of science. There will be no distinction between beauty and ugliness.” Be careful America……Big Brother has his eyes on you….To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, “Mr. Obama….Tear up this Health Care Act!”

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of The Indigo Girls Georgia is perhaps the most musically rich state in our country. With roots firmly established in gospel, southern rock, soul, and country, we have provided the musical harvest that other states pick from for their influences. The powerful vocal harmonies and emotionally honest lyrics of the Indigo Girls have made them one of Georgia’s enduring musical treasures.

Before their anticipated return to town on September 12th, Emily Saliers sits down with David Higdon to discuss this important musical heritage, their love of the Allman Brothers Band, and her passion of sometimes just turning the amp up.

This is the Indigo Girls first time playing Macon in quite a long time. I can remember seeing you play here in '90 and the Cherry Blossom Festival in '91.

This return is part of a fundraiser for the Big House Museum; how did this opportunity come about?

Caroline Aiken, our dear friend from way back in the Atlanta music scene first contacted me about the benefit.

Would you feel as though the music of Allman Brothers Band was an influence on you at all? I've heard that the Indigo Girls have covered "Melissa" from time to time.

Amy and I are both huge Allman Brothers fans. When we recorded our first CD for Epic, we made it out in LA and I’ll never forget listening to ABB music incessantly during that time. It made me less homesick. “Melissa” was one of the favorite cover songs we ever did. The chord progression is just killer!

The Georgia Music Hall of Fame is here in Macon, and as a 2003 inductee in the Hall of Fame, what does it mean to you to be a "southern" band and associated with all types of music from this state?

I fell totally humbled to be listed in the presence of so many southern legends. It is impossible to articulate the power of southern music. African American, Southern Gospel is some of my favorite music in life. The musical roots here just run so deep.

While Macon is excited about the preservation of the Big House and the subsequent opening of the museum, we are in dire financial straits of losing the GMHF to Atlanta. Do you have any thoughts or feelings about Atlanta obtaining the museum, or what Macon, as a city, could do to try to keep it here?

I haven’t studied this issue, so I can’t really comment.

You've been performing with Amy as part of the Indigo Girls for well over twenty years. What is your approach to being able to sustain your successful creative driving force while seeing so many industry trends fall by the wayside?

Amy and I have always just been who and what we are.

We’re a bar band. We’ve never tried to follow a trend or change our creative direction based on other peoples’ opinions. We have a strong working relationship and friendship.

We write our songs separately and arrange them together, and that has worked our well for us. We never really had to rely on radio play because our fans just kept coming back to the shows. Our fans are amazing. And we got a tremendous boost early on from R.E.M. who gave us an opening spot on their “Green” World tour. We’ve been very fortunate throughout the years, and we really trust our process.

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The Indigo Girls have an extensive musical catalog of songs, most of which are deeply personal. As an audience, it's a privilege that you share this emotional insight with us, but as the writer, what is the shape that these songs tend to take for you over time?

A song is both a snapshot of a certain time and marks and grows with a new time. Sometimes I think I have written a song about someone else and it turns out to be about me.

Sometimes the subject matter seems just as applicable in a current situation as it did when it was written in a different context years ago. I think the best songs are the ones that live and grow and shape shift. There are some songs that I never feel like playing again, usually because the lyrics could’ve been so much better. Those are my “Snapshot” songs. It’s a good excuse for having written a not-so-good song!

Is the meaning within the song affected further whether you're playing acoustic or with a band?

For me, it depends on the song. The few “rock” songs I have written always feel better with a band. Anyone can certainly “rock” on acoustic guitar, but there’s nothing like cranking it up an amp and playing with a rhythm section. I play so much acoustically, that playing with a band is a real nice break. But there are certain songs, particularly my ballads, that are best enhanced acoustically.

I ask because your new release, Poseidon and the Bitter Bug, contains two discs - the band recordings and the acoustic sessions? And what about the bonus track “Salty South?”

“Salty South” was almost like a bonus track and we had the great fortune of having Allison Brown play banjo on that song. We wanted listeners to be able to experience both renditions of the songs, but I also feel that the acoustic CD has a different identity from the band CD. This particular group of songs worked very well in both incarnations. Emotionally, in terms of whether the song was recorded acoustically or with the band, it feels the same to me. I played the same parts pretty much for both renditions of my songs, so they don’t feel worlds apart to me.

The album art for Poseidon is a version of Hokusai's "The Great Wave" series; is there a story behind choosing this to represent the album?

We have worked with a graphic artist, Denise Plumb, for a while now. It was her idea and the music and lyrical content led her to it. The title “Poseidon and the Better Bud” was our producer, Mitchell Froom’s idea.

Poseidon was released on IG Recordings. How does it feel to once again have your fingers on the entire creative process? Will you eventually sign other artists?

Right now, we have no plans to sign other artists, but it feels fantastic to be independent again. We signed a distribution deal with Vanguard, and they have been ideal partners.

Honestly, there is nothing signing a record deal can do for us any more. And we have a great team that has been with us for a long time, and we have great relationships out there in the concert and radio world. We’ve always had complete creative control when we were signed, but now we have absolute control over any decision we choose to make, and that feels liberating and appropriate.

Are there any up and coming artists that have really attracted your attention lately?

Bradi Carlile is amazing. So are the Weepies. SIA is one of my favorites, and the Ting Tings are pure fun. I also think Adele has a lovely voice and way of interpreting songs. Their is a rap artist named K’Naan whose work I really like. And I’m a sucker for a great voice and pop song, so I can never get enough of Rihanna or Beyonce, not that they are up and coming... but they’re just great.

Thank you for taking the time for this interview, and we are very excited to see you in Macon!

We can’t wait to get back to Macon. After that, we play Chastain in Atlanta on September 19th. So it’s Georgia month for us!

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In addition to the donations, it was announced that Bragg Jam presents the Fly South Festival in Macon’s Luther Williams Field on Dec. 5, 2009. The one-day festival will include a live music concert and Memphis in May-sanctioned barbeque competition.

Bragg Jam also presents an encore performance of T-Bird and the Breaks, an 11-piece soul revue out of Austin, Texas. T-Bird and the Breaks return to the Cox Capitol Theatre on Thursday, November 19, 2009. Tickets will be $10 in advance, $13 day of the show and go on sale through the Cox Capitol Theatre in the next two weeks. Opening for T-Bird will be another Bragg Jam alum, Macon’s hip hop act City Council and the Paper Street Band.

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s a child, I expected that I would live out my days in Peach County surrounded by fiery orchards and a heavy coil of railroad track above the mysterious Flint River. I also believed that the sky could fall, that a hole could be dug to China, and that the devil could beat his wife.

Children create the logic of dreams and we should take every chance we have to thank them for this. I had never seen a Mexican before my eleventh birthday. The five years following that birthday was all that was necessary to secure their omnipresence in Fort Valley. By then, I was a child no more yet miles shy of manhood. But I left home for good at seventeen and the luck of my acquaintance with one person or another took me across oceans and to faraway lands. I know the shooting stars over the dales of Yorkshire are as close as the fireflies you could not catch. I have learned that which yearns commences at birth and in earnest. I understand also that a living heart beats upwards. Let no science confuse you. And I have seen that the Mexicans brought more with them than the things they carried.

To Gabriel, who had entered the country only weeks before we met, I must have seemed like an ivory giant. He was a little more than five foot, agreed with most that he was probably about thirty five years of age, and a grandfather of nine. More grandchildren would come. I was fifteen, the high school quarterback and already a local legend in my own mind. The owner of the peach packing house had a daughter with whom I was more than friendly, and I came and went in the summers when school was out, choosing the shifts on the docks with the larger men and scouting the ripeness of the peaches in the orchards, my pointing finger a strange and powerful weapon I took for granted in my adolescence. Men three times my age transcended the specifics of the language barrier with the simple suggestion of my hand in a direction. My motion, like bird shot to a covey of quail in the autumn gray, could shift the direction of hundreds. I didn’t know that I was still a boy. It would be years before I was put in my place by a group of hoodlums in an alley in Lyon, France. I don’t know what they thought was in my nap sack.

Today, I can be shamed for thinking I was anything more than the sound of the fruit fly’s wings in my ear as I malingered on crates of stacked peaches in the refrigerated warehouses.

No one dared to wake me from my privilege.

To Juan Dominguez, who learned the English language on a ranch in Louisiana, I must have been a river that flowed to something larger, or an opportunity to enter the world of the white man in America. We would talk of the places where he came from, the broken English and the bastardized Spanish making a relationship that lasted a long summer for me during my sophomore year in high school. He told me that before the sun had a name, a counsel of man and animal came together and decided the sun was possibly a man. Its name in Spanish,

like the sounds of Babel, is lost to me now.

His aunt escaped the switches and the heat with my virginity that summer, the both of us glowing with grain alcohol to the sounds of the strange folk songs her family had brought with them from places I mockingly pronounced. We swapped sweat together in the moonlight there in those fields where she treated me like a small god. I deduced from her body that she felt honored of my gentleness and my nakedness, so soft and white to her. She explained that she was thirty years old, married, and a mother of five. Her Spanish whispers like her Spanish laughter were a riddle, yet it is possible that I approached honesty that night in a way that the years would soon make impossible. In a way that being an American has made impossible. Some shame, though, about this place I must have been born with, as if I knew I had already stolen something from a people that disappeared. Like the good that die young, being trustworthy to even yourself becomes a series of unexpected compromises. No one sane would proclaim that the good last forever.

Years later in a hotel in Gaffney, South Carolina, Juan described being a boxing champion when he was a boy. His friends all maintained his stories, though I knew they could verify his glories no better than I could. We all met each other in Peach County. How could they know who he really was? When I listened to Juan’s stories of women and adventure, it wasn’t the truth I was looking for, but the truth that the lie can tell. One night in the palmetto country near Charlotte, we were playing poker in a cheap hotel. The police knocked at the door and searched the room, removing dozens of guns from the ceiling tiles. That night, in the whirling blue police lights, I shook his hand for the last time. Out of respect, I shook his hand in Spanish.

The scratching of the hard, bare feet of the Mexicans on the tile at the Piggly Wiggly in Fort Valley was maddening to the butcher.

It was like the sound of high grade sand paper over a dove tail. Their inability to speak English forced him to cut off his thumbs in a deranged episode. Both of them.

Or perhaps he was simply raging at the imminent death of all butchers. The Hispanics appeared in huge numbers and seemingly all at once. And the fields became theirs in spite of any deed or claim, and because they did not worry about owning the land. The bankers and the masters of inheritance in their big lighted houses at night agreeably proportioning the whiskey and the emotion with careful thought, they were owned by the fields. Even their laughter was taxed, and polite. When the dirt and the blood mix, that meaning can become plain. I have heard that in the orchards with the burn of sweat and clay in the eyes that you can fever dream of God in July, you can feel like you are freezing and that you can watch the noon time sun open up the sky. They have told me it was infinite, then blinding.

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Pay no Attention Except in Times of Crisis that she dropped her freshly made latte on the sidewalk and exclaimed, “Oh, my God! I just dropped my Starbucks!”

She doesn’t have to worry about roaming rebel troops with their machetes or about what our troops are doing around the world to make worse lives better.

Recently, I ran across an American “rebel force” of demonstrators in Arlington, Mass.

There were two people involved in the street corner “melee”: a tallish and elderly, poorly-postured man and an overweight, middle aged woman with frizzy locks whose hair color was darker than her genetics had naturally provided. Each person held onto an opposite end of the flimsy, white tattered sign. The banner looked as if it gets rolled up all too often for toting to yet another gangbusters event. It was obviously handmade with its inconsistent, basic black lettering scrawled across the probable bed sheet. It plainly stated, “Get the U.S. out of Iraq & Afghanistan!”

After spending seven weeks this summer at Harvard University, this was the first public indication I had seen of anyone in the locale even being remotely interested in our military or even being on anyone’s mind, good or bad. (Of course, I am not omnipresent, but I have been on foot all over greater Boston.) I didn’t see any passers-by stop and inquire more about the demonstrators’ cause. Traffic was not impeded. No local police officers were needed to subdue the masses. Frankly, no one really seemed to care except the two holding the sign and even they looked disappointedly bored.

Truthfully, many of our troops don’t want America’s citizens to always be thinking of the military. For some, that is part of the job, to be there to protect America’s way of life and to do it inconspicuously and with grace---where our people can live their lives without constantly seeing real rebel forces, bloody machetes, and fearing for their lives.

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(CBS) An officers with the Carrollton Police Department, along with three civilian employees with the department, have been fired for egging a house. According to authorities, in May, police investigated a criminal mischief case in which the Carrollton home of Steven Benzer was pelted with eggs. The investigation determined that five adults were responsible for the act of vandalism, and four of them were police department employees. They include officer Jennifer Cackler and dispatchers Ashley Cackler, Laura Anderson and Laken Schifelbein.

New Yorks Narrowest House (AP) It's 9.5 feet wide and 42 feet long and is billed as the narrowest house in New York City. But there's nothing small about its asking price: $2.7 million. Located at 75 Bedford St. in Greenwich Village, the red brick building was built in 1873, sandwiched in a narrow space that used to be an alley between homes at 75 and 77 Bedford. The narrow house is considered a curiosity and is one of the neighborhood's most photographed homes. A small plaque on the house notes that poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once lived there; so did anthropologist Margaret Mead.

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Dear Mr. Macon Out It’s the girl who emailed you a few weeks ago about how your advice really isn’t meaningful.

In fact, it’s chauvinistic, childish, and plain dumb. You may remember you called me fat in your answer. I did find your list of manly movies enlightening, however, so I figured I’d ask, who are some of your favorite manly men?

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Dear Claire, First, I never remember fat girls.

Second, if you think that this is Dear Abby and you look at this column for some deep, meaningful revelation about your life, you’re not only fat, you’re stupid. But I like your question, so here goes, in no particular order.

1.Kerry King. Who, do you ask, is Kerry King? He’s the lead guitarist for friggin Slayer, that’s who. Tattoos, a goatee that could turn you to stone just by looking at it, and did I mention he’s the lead guitarist of Slayer?

2. Clint Eastwood said this in Unforgiven; “I've killed women and children. I've killed everything that walks or crawls at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you done to Ned.” Need I say more?

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4. Pat Tillman- I mean, I’m no Bush lover (I mean, I do love bush, but not W.) but still, the sacrifice Pat Tillman made for his country by giving up a lucrative NFL contract to volunteer as an Army Ranger, eventually getting himself killed.

5. Evel Knievel – I once saw a guy hit himself in the scrotum for a bag of Doritos on a dare. That’s pretty tough. However, I never witnessed anyone except for Evel try to jump 13 city buses, break a pelvis, then walk to the podium to address the fans.

6. Keith Richards – Jesus would have made this list because he rose from the Dead. Well, I’m pretty sure that Keith Richards has risen from the dead everyday for the last twenty years. Plus, he gave us Brown Sugar and (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.

This list is short. I may continue it, if you choose to continue bothering me with your fatness. As I started researching, I found that there a lot of real men out there that deserve our attention and a lot of pussies that need ignoring. I’m going to put Patrick Swayze on here because I think he is a centaur.

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(AP) A northwest Washington man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg while hunting an opossum that had been snatching his chickens. Larry Tenbrink of Mount Vernon was watching TV when he heard his chickens "carrying on" late Sunday. He figured the problem was the opossum that had already killed more than a dozen of his chickens over the past few months. Tenbrink grabbed his .22 caliber pistol, headed outside and spotted an opossum the size of a large cat wandering his property. But he accidentally pulled the trigger too early, sending a bullet through his lower right thigh.

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Jan Love, Dean of Candler School of Theology at Emory University, is an internationally recognized leader in church and ecumenical arenas and a scholar of world politics, particularly issues of religion and politics, conflict transformation, globalization, and ecumenism. Prior to coming to Emory in 2007, Love was the chief executive of the Women's Division of the United Methodist Church, and served on the faculty of the University of South Carolina from 1982-2004, teaching both in the departments of religious studies and government and international studies. She is the author of numerous articles and chapters, and of two books, one on Southern Africa in world politics and the other on U.S. AntiApartheid movement.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini is versatile, fickle, intelligent, creative, quick, neat, and curious. Gemini learns quickly and has the ability to get a good education. This can be a very lucky time for you especially the start of this week. After that it gets a little iffy until next Monday and Tuesday.

So make your plans accordingly and do something very important. Any auto or machinery problems that exist should finally be cleaned up this week.

Do not fall for any exaggerated stories, gossip or lies this week.

LEO (July 23-August 22): Leo is colorful, self assured, outgoing, impulsive and expansive. Jumping to conclusions about people is not your usual mode of operation so do not start now. The stars indicate that you may have a fight with depression for a couple of years. You will need to be very objective and practical. You will also need to learn patience and tolerance. New foundations will be built in your life during this confusing period.

You will say things without thinking.

You can be arrogant, presumptuous, and your own interests will come first.

For the next two years the planets will have a wonderful aspect to your sign which will be a welcome change. This means it will be the time to settle down into your chosen profession or perhaps to start your own business venture. This will be a good period in which to buy or sell property and build toward your future. Success will come very easily to you during this time.

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Cancer is intensely romantic and has a vivid imagination. Be very careful how you spend your money in the next few weeks because it will take a while to replace. Heavy expenses could be plaguing you now. Do not do any impulse buying and try not to jump to conclusions this week as they would be off base. Keep an eye on your property because someone may try to deceive or distract you to gain entry.

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SCORPIO (October 23-Nov 21): You are very intense, strong willed, determined and secretive. You can be willful and sarcastic, but a deep thinker with a fine mind. People are apt to lie or exaggerate their circumstances to you this week to give themselves an advantage with you. Do not believe everything you hear. Use your superior investigative skills to find the actual truth. Do not jump to conclusions. If you need help, do not be afraid to ask. Your thoughts are confused and mixed up now about your goals.

SAGITARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Sagittarius is warm and friendly. You like to talk a great deal making it difficult for others to get a word in edgewise. You are very good at making up stories and should give some thought to writing for magazines. Buy yourself a “how-to� book to learn and give it a try. You have talents you have not even tried out yet. You also should give some thought to a creative writing course at your local school or college. Start out small and then you can build on it.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Capricorn is very often politically minded. Capricorn is also patient, reserved, cautious, faithful and shrewd.. During the next two years you may find yourself working very hard in a brand new direction. You may need but not receive praise for what you do. You will have to be satisfied that you can accomplish so much with so little. After October you can start expanding again and expect to be successful. Cash can be at a premium now – which is nothing new to you!

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Independence and a feeling of freedom is necessary. Aquarius has a strong will, and is original, inventive, and will always enjoy doing the unexpected. Other people may be trying to manipulate you this week into doing what they want so do not be in a hurry to accommodate them.

Think it over first to be sure it is in your best interests. You cannot rely on other people right now because quite often they do not ‘follow through’.

Try to see the reality of things rather than the way you think or wish they should be.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): You are emotional, ultra-sensitive, easy going, and sociable. You may find your intuition or hunches growing much stronger as time goes on. Pay attention and it will help you out when it is least expected. Any hidden talents you have should also begin to surface along with a streak of independence and originality. Some courses of an artistic nature should intrigue you and set you on a brand new road.

ADVERTISER DIRECTORY | For more information see client ads APARTMENTS Ansley Village...........................................10 Twin Pines Apartments.........................12

EDUCATION Georgia College & State University.....35 Macon State College.................................7

EVENTS/VENUES 567 Cafe.....................................................28 6XGRNX 6ROXWLRQ Cox Capitol Theatre...............................10 Bragg Jam Music, Arts & Kids.................6 AUTO/TRANSPORTATION Drive-By Truckers Show.........................25 Five Star Hyundai...................................11 Second Sunday Brunch .........................17 BEAUTY/SPA/SALON HEALTH INSURANCE Amanda Jane Massage.............................5 Coventry One............................................9 Jennifer Jones Massage..........................30 Liberty National.......................................11 Vineville Spa & Salon.............................30 Miki, expert stylist.................................22 LODGING 1842 Inn.....................................................17 CHURCH SERVICES Ramada Plaza............................................20 Centenary Methodist..............................5 Spirit Life School ...................................28 ART Macon Arts Alliance...............................10

LANDSCAPING Beech Tree Supply....................................28 LAWYERS Mike Cranford...........................................35 Russell Walker...........................................34 MUSIC Music Masters...........................................28 NIGHTLIFE 20’s Pub n’ Subs........................................13 Backporch Lounge...................................10 Bibb Distributing................................cover BJs Billiards................................................35 Brewskeez..................................................27 Calvin’s Live...............................................27 CJ’s Sports Bar..........................................26 Club Envy...................................................29

Coaster’s Sports Bar...............................30 Cox Capitol Theatre...............................12 Friends Bar & Grill..................................36 Grant’s Lounge........................................13 Hud’s Bar & Grill....................................17 The Hummingbird...................................16 The Meritage............................................20 Rivalry’s Bar & Grill................................33 Tara’s Tavern.............................................24 Whiskery River........................................30

El Azteca ...................................................19 Greek Corner Deli..................................20 Ingleside Village Pizza...............................21 Margarita’s Mexican.................................32 Market City Cafe.....................................21 Mellow Mushroom..................................18 Nowhere Cafe..........................................12 The Shamrock...........................................21 Wild Wing Cafe..........................................2

REAL ESTATE Mindy Attaway, Coldwell Banker...........34

SERVICES Allen Morris Metal Roofs......................28 Ocmulgee Expeditions............................12

RESTAURANTS Buffalo’s,Warner Robins.........................21 Caliente’s Burrito Shop...........................23 Captain Jack’s Crab Shack......................36 Downtown Grill.......................................21

STOREFRONT Amanda Jane...............................................5 Chadwick-Hudson Salon.......................30 Music Masters..........................................28 Starship Fantasy Store............................29 SEPTEMBER 3 - 16, 2009 11thHourOnline.com 33

CLASSIFIEDS To advertise in our classifieds section, call 464-1840 or email your ad to macon@11thHourOnline.com. Just $20 for 2 weeks!

FOR RENT Great modern gallery space for rent in the heart of downtown Macon. Artists can rent gallery space and take all of the commission. Gallery space available November 1.

Please call Betsy at 478-737-5972 if you are interested and want to see space.

HELP WANTED Band Seeking Bassist: Former members of a regionally established band are seeking a dedicated, hard working, bassist for a new project. Vocal skills are optional but seriously considered. Must be open minded and have good people skills.

Must also be willing and prepared to play shows out of state and be proficient in the recording studio. Call for audition. Contact Sutton 478-278-2919.

Nationwide Construction Group has an immediate opening for laborers for a highway project in Macon, GA. On the job training (OT) program available. No construction experience necessary. Must be able to pass pre-employment physical and drug screen.

Interested candidates may fax resumes to (586) 749-6909, or fill out application at our website at www.nationwide-companies.com.

EOE/M/F/V/D

Part-time help wanted to help clean, break-down and set-up tables and chairs for an event facility in downtown Macon. Please call Betsy at 478-737-5972 if you are interested in some part-time work. Pay is $10/hour.

PERSONALS Friendly Attractive 44 Year old male seeks male 25-45 for tennis, friendship, road trip. If interested please call 478-454-7884.

Cooks, servers and bartenders needed.

Must have experience. For more information call 254-6011.

For Sale

by Owner

View details at www.HomesByOwner.com/51460

Lg master bath with clawfoot tub, dbl sinks and tile shower

4 Bedrooms - 2.5 Baths - 3 Acres

Beautifully restored home located just 20 minutes from Macon off of I-16. Built in 1850 with original stained glass doors, mantels, lots of historic charm and antique heart-pine floors throughout! New exterior paint in 2007, updated plumbing, electrical and new HVAC. Very large, open kitchen includes all stainless steel appliances. Large, well-maintained yard with pole barn and storage shed at the back of the property.

Priced WAY below the appraisal for quick sale to someone who will love and appreciate this historic, beautiful home.

Jeffersonville

(20 minutes from downtown)

$143,000 Interested parties call (478)320-7861 to schedule a tour

PRICE REDUCED! $15,000 BELOW APPRAISAL! SEPTEMBER 3 - 16, 2009 34 11thHourOnline.com

Fri & Sat

The biggest dance party in middle GA for 30 years! for more info 788-3000 www.whiskeyriver.tv

4570 Pio Nono Ave • Macon

Live Music Wed - Saturday!

SEPT 2-5 Les Richardson

SEPT 9-12 The River

WEDNESDAYS: LADIES NIGHT Free cover & $1 drinks for gals For a schedule of upcoming comedians, visit maconlaughs.com Fri 9p / Sat 9p / Sun 8:30p For reservations or VIP Packages call 785-3155

CHECK OUT OUR SPORTS BAR!

KITCHEN UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT! TUESDAYS

THURSDAYS

• 3 lbs. of Crablegs • Prime Rib & for just $22.95!

Snow Crab Legs Just $13.99!

NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH!

A special lunch menu now available in our Billiard Room just $4-$5!

4-8PM

Restaurant: Mon - Thurs 4pm - 10p Friday-Sat 4pm - 11pm

WEEKLY EVENTS INCLUDE: MONDAYS

NEXT CAR SHOW SEPT. 12TH

& THURSDAYS APA Pool League

LABOR DAY WEEKEND! Drink & Shot Specials!

Telephone 225-1165 1229 Russell Parkway, Warner Robins Lunch Served Daily 11-2 Meat & two sides with a drink $6.25

Billiards and Bar: Mon-Sat 3pm - until...

MONDAYS

FRIDAYS Blind Draw Dart Tourney In-House 8 Ball, 7p Karaoke w/Kenny, 9p

& TUESDAYS

Ladies Night!

Poker is back!

7:30pm Includes a FREE dinner!!!

Wednesdays: 50¢ Wells for the gals, guys get free pool with a bucket of beer!

Nightly Poker, 7:30pm

Tuesday thru Sunday!

FREE BUFFET!

Karaoke with Scott

Mon & Wed 5pm Fri & Sat 7pm

SUNDAYS!

7405 Industrial Hwy. • MACON • 784-9191

Labor Day Weekend Celebration !

D O O F E E R F lasts While it la ! starting at 5pm

THURSDAY, 9/3 Free Fried Catfish

FRIDAY, 9/4 Free Ray Oysters

Your Nascar Headquarters!

FREE FOOD!

KIDS YULE LOVE POKER TOURNAMEN T September 5, 1pm