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A IS PLAYING AT B ON C
Attention Remember tn get vital infor
mation about live performances to
Flagpole foi the "A is playing at B on C’
listings every week Contact the music
department (706) 549-9523. voice mail
(706) 549-2360. fax to (706) 548-8981.
email at music@:iagpole com; sent post
to P 0 Box 1027, Athens, GA 30603
Deadline is Monday at 11 a.n\
Thanks'
Wednesday. July 17
“BATTLE OF THE BANDS 2002
(AMF) Round Two witf' Packway
Handle Band Oeja Vu Oblio and
Emily Boyd 9pm
BAXTER STREET BOYS (Tasty
World) Jordan Noel (BreakhearVBeat)
and David Matysiak (Jet By Day) spin
what could be called intelligent dance-
able rock music
MARK BELL (Boneshakers) The long
time DJ about town. Boneshakers pro
prietor and sharp-tongued politico
spins a mix of '80s and '90s dance
music at every Wednesday's 'Retro
Disco Inferno *
THE FUGITIVES (DTs) The newly-
formed funky bluesy rocky act featuring
members of local band 400 North
DAVID HARRISON (Molly O'Sheas)
Acoustic solo singer-songwriter
“HAPPY HOUR BLUEGRASS
(Tasty World) Local pickers and
singers perform in this ‘open jam"
from 5-9 pm
“HUMP DAY HIP HOP” (Insomnia)
All your favorites, spun by the Classic
City [Us
MOTHER OF THE YEAR (DTs) A
young quintet that plays a catchy style
of alternative pop-rock
THE PIEDMONT CHARISMA Tasty
World) Angular but danceabie alterna
tive rock stuff from Asheville. NC in the
vein of Gang Of Four arid The Famt
“POPSYNTHOLOGY Mean Mike's)
DJs Aquanet and Jordache spinning
80s retro
ROADSIDE PROJECT (Boars Head)
This local six-piece band plays pri
marily bluegrass-oriented material,
mixing in nuggets with originals.
SELDOM (40 Watt) The melancholic
Seattle trio led by vocalist-keyboardist
and main songwriter Yuuki Matthew and
drummer Casey Foubert (Pedro The
Lion) The band plays a lilting but
sturdy style of Wurtitzer-driven retro pop
with hints of Ben Folds, Paul Weller and
the entire West Coast mope-core scene
CURTIS SMITH (Wild Wing Cate)
Acoustic folk rock, covers and originals
ED SMITH (Jittery Joe’s. Eastside) The
Athens classical/jazz guitarist plays a
solo set of classical and improv 8-9.30
pm 354-8000
SPLATSMEAR TRIO One Love) Sets
of jazz standards, originals and free jazz
from Gary Hartle, Seth Hendershot Seth
Gamba 7-10 p.m
SUMMER HYMNS 40 Watt) Formed
in 1997 by singer guitarist Zach
Gresham and drummer Philip Brown
(both formerly of Joe Christmas) the
Athens band plays psychedelic-tinged
pop-rock with obtuse lyrics and lovely
meiodies The band s second album, A
Celebratory Arm Gesture, is available on
the Misra label Look tor a new iine-up
tonight with Matt Dawson (of local band
real Nice Time) on bass guitar See Box
Thursday. July 18
CARTER MCMULLEN TRIO
(Compadres) Pianist Carter McMullen,
drummer Marlon Patton and bassist Jeff
Green play a set or two of jazz standards
and originals from 9pm Til midnight
CASPER & THE COOKIES
(Caledonia) Athens pop aficionado
Jason NeSmith and his long-running
project recently released the joyfully lo-
fi How$ Your Hand?
CHRONICLE THE MAN (DTs) Newly-
formed Athens rock quartet handling
melodic, classic rock-tinged guitar
numbers
DAN K. THEORY (40 Watt) The bluesy
Athens bar-rock band recently added
Thomas “Dr V Terrell (ex-UltraSound)
to the lineup and is hard at work on the
follow-up to last year's debut. The
Discussion Begins (Root Cellar) Expect
a set of groovin' jams and re-worked
material—new and old “Look out for
some old Who and J J Cale." warns
guitarist Dan Roth
OJ KEVIN OISPAIN (Insomnia)
Atlanta-based DJ spinning during
another “drink and drown' night
DJ MASS I AMF) The local spinner
plays dance favorites all night during
“the back to school keg party ’
THE FUZZY SPROUTS REUNION"
(Georgia Theatre) They're back'
Guitarists Tim Conley and Michael
Wegner, bassist Dave Domizi and
drummer Seth Hendershot reunite this
week for two shows full of unpre
dictable, psycho funk-rock, Zappa-
esque we:rdness and heavy-ass iams
For nearly ten years this Athens trio cut
its grooves with hippie-like philosophy
and performed with an edge as sharp as
early Meat Puppets and Live At Leeds-
eraWho See p 20 for more
THE GREENLIGHT COUNCIL (Tasty
World) A six-piece from Northeast
Georgia plays jazzy grooves and
Southern rock
GROOVATRON Tasty World)
Stylistically schizoid, technically profi
cient, groove-rock sextet from Indiana
with a heavy funk base and a penchant •
for adding bits of prog-metal and reggae
into the mix
“GROOVE THERAPY" (Boneshakers)
A DJ “house" party sponsored by Dash
Promotions
KRILL (Georgia Bar) A newly-formed
power trio—guitarist Robert Herndon
AJ Hancock and drummer Leon
Campbell—biending funk, jazz, hard-
rock and other styles 11 pm
LIQUID JUNGLE (One Love) Funk
junk and soul
MILLER (Wild Wing) This local
acoustic duo plays mostly nu-rock and
pop covers plus a few original country
numbers
THE NEAT STRIPES (Caledonia)
Working from an acoustic starting point
that features double bass and an accor
dion. this Athens group plays quirky,
off-the-wall pop Tonight, Dusty and
Paul will play as a duo Look for the
forthcoming album. The End 01 That,
soon on the Tell Me Later label
PATRICK CONNELL BAND (Athens
Steam Co Pub) Athens electric/acoustic
guitarist and vocalist Patrick Connell
and his band play loose sets of original
country-rock tunes and rock covers
Music starts at sunset
•PENUMBRA MUSIC NIGHT"
(Penumbra. Lawrenceville) The new all
ages club hosts live performances
through the week Tonight's lineup fea
tures The Risk, KayleeS Morning Star
and others 9pm (404)641-3950
JASON POWER (Chip’s) Formerly a
Chip's regular, the singer-songwriter
comes back witn a bag of blues-rock
covers and old favorites
SHANK (40 Watt) The Athens multi-
mstrumentalist juggles rock, folk,
country and jazz styles around like
crazy He'll play an acoustic set tonight
ED SMITH (Jittery Joe's. Eastside)
The Athens strummer plays a solo set
of classical and improv 8-9 30 p m
354-8000
SON!*' BOOM (One Love) Local
groove-rock
“SOUTHERN GIRLS CONVEN
TION” (One Suit Wonder House) The
“pro-women activists’ kick off their
annual event this week with a series of
live music events starting with this one
tonight Featuring the quirky pop
sounds of Athens acts The Wau-Wau
Sisters One Suit Wonder and Aunt
Sugar The venue is located at 327
Atlanta Avenue (just up from Barber
Street) Call 316-1413 tor more infor
mation.
SUBJECT-TO-CHANGE (DTs) A five-
piece rock band out of the
Atlanta/Athens axis operating on “the
hip hop rock edge.’ Singers Robert Bell
and Chad Mcllvenna swap rhymes over
some noise from guitarist Johann
Greco, bassist Jay Beebe and drummer
Derek Amos
VIC VARNEY (Flicker) One of this
scene's most vital, early-era players
(with such bands as The Method Actors
and Go Van Gogh), singer-guitarist
Varney nowadays performs a hazy, cool
mix of folk and jazz with various guests
With accompaniment from violinist
Andrey Kurti (of "Victor & Andrey")
830pm
THE WORK (40 Watt) Working out of
Greenville. SC. this jam-rock ensemble
(guitars, keys, bass, drums and percus
sion) promises to deliver a smokin' set
of grooves in the vein of Moonshine
Still and Panic
Friday. July 19
ACE S 2NO ANNUAL BIKE RALLY
A SWAP MEET” (High Shoals)
Featuring live music from hard rock
band Seventh Angel Call 769-4083
for details
ALBEDO i Nugi's Space) Vocalist-
bassist Everett Adams, guitarists
Chesley Adams and Josh Erwin, and
drummer Matt Shumaker play what they
call “eclectic rock with a capital R'“
BLASTIC PUBBLE Nugis Space)
Matt Taylor, Shadd Scott. Gary Keilam
and Damian Kapcalor—all multi-instru
mentalists—comprise this unusual
psyche-pop band It sounds like _
Camper Van Beethoven playing the
Dead's “Uncle John's Band" on Fisher-
Price gear This is one of two “final'
shows with Scott, who's relocating to
Austin next month
BLUE SUNDAY (Chip's) A smokin'
collection of some of the best blues
players in the Athens/Atlanta area
DANCER VERSUS POLITICIAN
(Flicker) Local filmmaker and instru
mentalist Jorge Torres describes
tonight's event as “musicians coming
together to serenade with a tew drunken
antiquated waltzes" The assemblage
will play accordions, melodicas and var
ious other noisemakers Torres has a
Super-8 film of his own to screen
tonight as well 8 30pm
DJ OMAR Boneshakers) One of
Athens' favorite DJs spins the “best in
Top-40 dance tunes’ before and after
Stetson & The Cover Boys
DAN K. THEORY DTs) The “discus
sion" continues This Athens trio blends
bluegrass. classic rock, country, funk
and jazz tor a highly intoxicating
musical mixture
DJ BIG REVO (Insomnia) The spinner
from International Party People plays
dance stuff all night
Fairburn Royals play at Nugi Space on Friday. July 19
ADAM & EVE’S
NEW & UPCOMING
HAIR DESIGNERS
Corey Stevenson &
Brittni Malcom
offer
$10 off a $30 Haircut
(must bring this coupon - must use these stylists j
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