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6 Thursday, June ai, 2007 | The Ked a Rl*ck_ Mk Your guide t 0... \ 1 MEISBP 1T Ath Rest Jflp Brought to you by The Red & down^ moting\oint MAIM \ \ \ 1 1 begins with the deliriously entertain- I VIM In wIHUL I 1 1 - % 1 ing duo, Cars Can Be Blue, followed SLEEPY HORSES % \ l 4 by Tennessee’s consistently catchy Saturday 8:40 p.m. 1 M ~llllll* I | ; e, Velcro Stars. The night comes to an The entertaining outfit with a dash V | | l end with two of Athens’finest pop of country that is true to its Texas % \ % \ \ artists, M Coast and Casper and the roots. One of the hidden gems of the X 11 ml 1 Cookies. —_— outdoor circuit. ill 11 11 % \ \ \ _p A\ \\ 1 THE 40 WATT CLUB I V WL ' < HR*** CINEMECHANICA, WE VS. THE SHARK, | 1 Saturday 10:30 p.m. * ** ~\i; It will take some comfortable \ jjgffiKffißl StakSS For \ \ * ,h k o, “^. ) ' nna fi . n Jl an ,f B# " d '&9£jHHpH| those not wanting to criss-cross 1 4 Text by WUOG General Manager Enka Frank downtown all night, look no further 1 1 and Local Music Director Evan Sheumaker than the Fabulous 40 Watt. Truly 11 Wjf Athens’ scene at its finest. *fA Cinemechanica members are also YM involved with Megaband and Club Crawl adds flavor, freebies, chill to AthFest By JENNIFER JACKSON jjackson@randb.com Even if the main outdoor stage AthFest bands aren’t appealing, the event has much more to offer. With more than 180 bands confirmed, there will surely be something for every ear. An AthFest wristband gets lis- teners into almost all venues without extra costs, in or out doors. “We’ve played the Club Crawl for the last few years and like to mix it up a bit to attract differ ent audiences,” said Kathy Kirbo of Jackpot City, an alternative rock band. This year, they play on the main outdoor stage, but it isn't their first time playing outside. “Our most exciting AthFest-related show was when we played on the top of a parking deck for 'Oood Day Atlanta’ to promote AthFest,” she said. “It was tons of Ain, almost like we were kids pretending to follow in The Beatles’ foot steps.” Playing the outdoor stages gives bands opportunities the indoor venues cannot. “The outdoor stage allows for younger peo ple that cannot get into a club at night to see your band,” Kirbo said. However, there are still many positive sides to the Intimacy of an indoor stage not to mention the air conditioning. Mantooth Music, the production, promo tion and recording of rap and hip-hop music, will put on a Friday night show upstairs at Tasty World for local rappers and MCs. "Mantooth, the owner, producer and engi neer, is Inspired by his family, by the drive he sees within MCs every day and by . , . _ 0 1.1.1 1..1 N CLUB CRAWL When: Thursday • Saturday More Information: Fun schedule at http://www.ath fest com/festival/mustc/ven ues.htm. excited to be able to give Athens an original event for Friday night’s Club Crawl,” Olbson said. Mantooth Music will give audiences more than something for the ears free CDs, T shirts, stickers and more will be flying around during the show. “Many people look at rap and hip-hop as a degrading underground music that never sends a positive message,” said Olbson. “However, the MCs we work with have so much love and hope for the world and the future that it is impossible for them to be a negative influence in our society.” his love for all things musical,” said Laura Olbson of Mantooth Music. The show has 11 rapper appearances confirmed and plans to be a good alternative to Athfest’s outdoor music scene. “Mantooth Music has never formally participated in Athfest, but everyone here has great mem ories of AthFest shows and are ATHFEST PREVIEW Local music magazine holds artist honors By VALENTINA TAPIA vtapia@randb.com Whether Outback Steakhouse pays its theme music contributors in steaks is debatable. Less uncertain is that even if Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes is the only person in Athens’s music scene making money, that doesn’t mean the rest of 2007’s notables should be overlooked, according to Chris Hasslotls. Hassiotis is set to host the Flagpole Music Awards tonight as he has for the past four years. The Flagpole music editor stressed the abundance of skilled musicians the show will highlight. "If you look at the list of finalists, there’s an overwhelming amount of talent in this town,” he said. "It really is something that not a lot of other places in the country can say they have.” The Flagpole Music Awards, now in what Hassiotis said is its ninth year, was original ly conceived from Flagpole's desire to give back to the music community. According to Hassiotis, Flagpole adver tising director and co-publisher Alicia Nickles envisioned pairing the awards with AthFest, as she had seen an Austin, Texas weekly do with the music festival South by Southwest. Flagpole’s show follows a format similar to larger scale awards shows, including live music and awards presented in between. However, the evening as a whole will be infrised with quintessential Athens particu larities. Local bands Grogus, Tin Cup Prophette, the New Sound of Numbers, Bear and Ben FLAGPOLE MUSIC AWARDS When: 7:30 tonight Where: Morton Theatre Cost: $4 with AthFest wristband. $8 without. More Information: http7ltagpote.com/Awards Stevens and the Empties will perform two songs each between awards. The Magictones will serve as the show’s house band, kicking off the evening from the pit of Morton Theatre. Award presenters and winners will find themselves escorted to and from the podi um by the Classic City Rollergirls. Even the awards themselves, handed out to winners, encompass Athens; they are made by once-local artist Pattiy Tomo. "She's built [the awards) out of CDs, out of concrete, one year out of marbles and one year out of vinyl that she stitched together,” Hassiotis said. Tomo’B art also appears around town in the form of the iconic guttering stars hang ing from the 40 Watt Club's ceiling. From start to finish and in every detail, the Flagpole awards show truly celebrates Athens's music community. "When you start out writing music, you start out with nothing, and you do it because it’s something you care about,” Hassiotis said. "It’s brave and inspiring, and hopefully once a year we can pause and say you guys are really awesome for doing that.” Finalists for major awards include The Shredders, Allison Weiss, Dark Meat and Modem Skirts.