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April 8, 1992
Flagpole Magazine
Page' 5
Really Important Stuff
Grow Hemp
Whether the hemp legalization movement
in f his country is actually gaining much
broader support in middle America, or its
merely the news that the Black Crowes have
decided to play there, it looks like Atlanta
officials are preparing for as many as 40,000
people to jam Piedmont Park for the Third
^ r nual Great Atlanta Pot Festival, this Satur-
day, April 11, Its sure to be a media circus
(MTV will be there, well be there thats at least
two), and all that media attention can only
help the hemp movement to further their goal
toward the eventual legalization of the much
maligned plant. (The fact that hemp could
virtually replace
timber as a
source for paper
is good enough
for me.) The
Grapes, Urban
Shakedancers,
and others will
provide addi
tional musical
backdrop to the
days events
which include
speakers: Dan
Veits (the Na
tional director of
NORML), James
Bell (Georgia
NORML Director), Gatewood Galbraith (at
torney-at-law and one-time candidate for Gov
ernor of Kentucky), Shan Clark (assistant
editor of The Emperor Wears No Clothes), Ed
Tant (Athens own activist and author), Joe
lonno (local writer and Southeastern Director
of Help End Marijuana Prohibition), and Kevin
Alpin (director of the New Orleans H.E.M.P.
office). The festivities are scheduled to last
from noon til 9 p.m. (rain-date. Sunday, April
12). So, if youre still unsure as what to do this
Saturday, let me tell you. Go to Atlanta. Have
some fun, participate in some open rebellion
against your fucked-up government and tell
George Bush what he can do with his so-
called Drug War.
Human Wrongs
If you remember last year when our troops
were in Iraq maintaining the status quo of the
world petroleum market, there was a lot of
bluster and bombastic oratory over the hu
man rights abuses of our enemies. All the
while, we were aligning ourselves with equally
notorious perpetrators of torture and impris
onment like Syria, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait and
(yes) Israel. Its interesting to note what little
difference there was in the number of re
ported human rights violations, before and
after the liberation of Kuwait. Those reports
were compiled by Amnesty International, a
world-wide organization founded in 1961 that
operates on the premise that public pressure
can force repressive governments to stop
human rights abuses. Amnesty International
chapters work to publicize human rights vio
lations, especially through letter writing cam
paigns and petitions to governments and
leaders. There are even chapters in other
countries that keeo an eye on our own
prisoners of conscience here in the U.S. (yes.
they do exist). This Thursday, April 9, local
bands Lenny, Go Figures and Hayride will
donate their talents for a benefit concert at the
40Watt. The proceeds will goto boththelocal
Amnesty International chapters: UGA and
Athens. Go and give.
Homeless Auction
A bunch of Athens merchants and friends
of the Athens Area Homeless Shelter have
gotten together
and are donating
things like art,
cars, trips, din
ners and even
Braves tickets,
for an auction to
benefit the Shel
ter. The auction
will be on Thurs
day, April 9 at
I Trumps Ball
room, and the
evening gets
started at 5 p.m.
hors'doeuvres
and a cash bar.
The auction itself
starts at 7 p.m. Advance tickets are $6. They
will be sold at Book Warehouse, Masada
Leather, Heerys, George Dean, Towne &
Country and Fosters. For additional info call
546-8972.
On the Bayou
Yearning for some Jambalaya, oppres
sive humidity, and thick, black swarms of
gnats and mosquitoes? Well maybe a little
Cajun music will suffice. This Friday, April 10
at the Unitarian Church on Prince Ave., the
Athens Folk Music & Dance Society is spon
soring a Cajun dance featuring the renowned
Milton Adams and the Midnight Playboys.
The 73 year-old Adams, a widely respected
Cajun accordionist is making a rare visit to
our neck of the woods, so you should take
advantage of the opportunity. Tickets are $5
for members and $6 for non-members, and
the dance starts at 8 p.m.
Book Your Band
It looks like the mid-size downtown venue
that weve been missing for so long since the
Uptown and the Rockfish closed, may finally
be filled. The Cclorbox, under its new owner
ship, is making an effort to book more bands.
Theyll still have dance nights, but live music
should fill at least half of their new schedule.
Now all local bands should lay siege to the
Colorbox and drive the new club manager
(Kenny Solomon) completely insane with
floods of phone calls (369-7315) and tons of
press kits and demo tapes. On-your-mark-
get-set-go. Stephen Crawford
Editor, Flagpole Magazine
Length Doesn’t Matter
Oh it’s wonderful to be a Woggle in this day and
age. Those aficionados of Rawk'n’Roll are soon to
reiaase a 7’ on Giant Claw, an Australian label, and
honor of honors, they will be travelling to that famed
grundge rock mecca of the Northwest, Seattle at the
end of the summer. There they will record what is sure
to be the penultimate album of 1992. (It'll be on Estrus
Records, by the way) For those of you who just can’t
wait that long, they will be playing with Hillbilly Fran
kenstein at the 40 Watt on Friday, April 10.
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