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port group for women who hew# been sexualy
assaulted, harassed or staked The group meets
every Monday from 6:30-6:30 pm. For the loca
tion or other information, cal 353-1912
UGA Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Student
Union. Meets every Monday at 7 p m In Room
213 of Memorial Hdl For more information, call
549-9366
Athens Tutorial Program needs volunteers to
tutor children in grades 2-12 in the Athens area,
one to two hours per week Call 354-1653 for
more information
Survivors of Incest Anonymous This 12-step
program for survivors of childhood sexual abuse
meets Mondays at 7 p m. at Tuckston United
Methodist Church. Lexington Rood, and Thursdays
at noon at the Catholic Center on Lumpkin Street
For more information, call Susan at 725-7559
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Youth Group. This peer
group is forming now For more detads, call 549-
9366 Complete confidentiality is assured
Spiral Dynamics Women's Exchange A mem
bership organization networking women in the
arts and professions It publishes a professional
Women's Directory and Resource Guide and quar
terly newsletter Cdl 725-2610 for more info
FAPT (Fathers ore Parents Too) Members
share and understand concerns about custody
and child support problems and meet monthly
Membership open to all parents and grandpar
ents. For information call 546-1425 or 353-1328
Unity Church Unity of Athens services are held
every Sunday at the Presbyterian Center. 1250 S.
Lumpkin St . at 7:30 p m.
Dfeorce Adjustment Group. Open to any inter
ested separated or divorced persons Cal The So-
marrtan Center at 369-7911 for more information
or an interview
Mutual Help Support Group. First and third
Thursdays of each month at the Unitarian Umver-
salist Fellowship of Athens. 760 Timothy Rd For
more info, call 549-5577
Somoritan Counselling Center irrterfaith Pasto
ral Counseling Cal 369-7911 for more info
Teen Therapy Group For teenogers experienc
ing significant difficulty with family, school, peers,
changes Somoritan Counseling Center CoH 369-
7911 for more info
Men's Issues Therapy Group, for men who want
to grow outward instead of upward Samaritan
Counselling Center Cal 369-7911.
Adult Women Survivors of ChRdhood Sexual
Abuse. For those who need guidance and therapy
in moving from Victim' to 'survivor' Samaritan
Counseling Center Cal 369-7911.
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Somebody gave me tickets to the big Alternative
Rock show this week: Elvis Costello and the Attrac
tions with the Crash Test Dummies.
When l found out how much my ticket would
have cost if I’d have paid for it, I finally realized why
they call it “alternative rock." There are many alternative things you can do with $35:
buy 17 black bean bumtos, or put a down payment on a new Hyundai, just to name two.
I’d never heard the Crash Test Dummies before, but you can imagine how pleasing it
was to find out that they are not a "new" band at all, but actually a supergroup comprised
of Kenny Loggins, the Indigo Girls, Dan Fogelberg, a herd of endangered bighorn sheep
who were rescued from a vicious shearing by Natalie Merchant and Generation X author
Douglas Coupland, who anchored their gorgeous folky melodies with a flurry of ironic
yet poignant pop-culture references.
Their fresh, exciting, anthemic sound was accentuated by the stage antics of
Coupland, who, obviously dizzy with alienation, attempted suicide with a letter opener
at least six or seven times dunng the set, until finally, as the band revved into a droning,
buzz saw cover of Christopher Cross’ late 70s hit “Sailing," the young auteur collapsed
in a pool of vomit. As the house lights came up, the crowd seemed awed by the Dum
mies, who are without question on the vanguard of modem music
Costello and his Attractions followed soon afterward In recent years, Costello has
re-tooled his image from that of curmudgeonly young misanthrope to curmudgeonly
middle-aged misanthrope, a shift that has not left many fans bewildered. The question
on everybody’s mind was whether the 40-year-old Elvis - recently reunited with his
longtime backup group the As — could still do the straight-ahead rock thing, after
wandering for the last few yean into more difficult stylistic termor y (a penod that seemed
to come to a head with his recent collaborations with the Brodsky stnng quartet). ^
Elvis did his best to answer yes, opening the show with the dnving "No Action 1
from Tks Year’s Model, following it up with a number of up-tempo, if somewhat muddled
tunes from the new LP, Brutal You*. The sound was classic Attractions, frenzied and
difficult, defined mainly by Costello’s coarse scrumming and the ever-wonky, frenzied
noodlings of keyboardist Steve Nieve.
But Costello is 40 yean old, and these attempts to re-capture the vibrant anger of his
youth teemed a little contrived next to the dower number. (“London 1 . Bnlliant Pa
rade " “Patty Glrt,“ “Deep Da* Truthful Minor”) that better revealed Elvis sublime
penchant for merging brilliandy twined lyric* with odd and original melodic*.
And although the Attraction* were competent, I think I'd have been happier seeing
Elvis sitting in a chair alone, re-working them in a new light, catching nuances that
were hidden back in the days when the young man was spitting out bn 11.am e in nuni.
overdrive. As it was. the Attraction.' predictable sonic, smacked a little too much of
no«algia; I'd wager that Elvis pounng his heart out over a beat-up acoustic guitar would
be about as “alternative as you d ever get Richard Fausset
Ekns Costello and the Attractions and the Crash Test Dummies will play ( hastam ! ark
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