Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

<27> Qunt 1, 1994 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. Items that armm at our oftice by Thursday noon w§ be included in ihefoBoueng Wednesday's fksg- poh Fax your ink) 1548-89611. mol* (Box 1027. Athens. 306031. bring it by our office (112 5. Foundry St J. or in extreme emergencies. cat Pete at 549-9523 UNIVERSITY TOWER at the campus “The Place to Live” Studios 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom Penthouses All Furnished Leasing Now For ’94 & ’95 131 E Broad Street Athens. Georgia (706) 543-0132 Managed by Wathen Management. Inc. = ■ i \ ■ 1 UOf in«M> 1 Metier (rent Qlem Orleans 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 Amphitheater m Atlanta June 19. Above Gizmos and Junkman’s Daughter LOWERY’S 164 E. Clayton SU 548-7573 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1ST WARREN SOUTHALL FREE POOL ALL NIGHT THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND NICKEL NIGHT SIMPLETONS FREE POOL FROM 3-9 FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD SIMPLETONS FREE POOL FROM 3-9 SATURDAY, JUNE 4 T AFFLICTION FREE POOL FROM 3-9 MONDAY, I1INE6TH FREE POOL ALL NIGHT NO COVER TUESDAY, J U IN E 7T LADIES NIGHT GENE COOK FREE POOL ALL NIGHT OPEN AT 3PN EVERY DAY