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Tuesday
January 15
EVENTS
UGA Arch
IRAQ WAR PROTEST The Women in
Black, an international peace move
ment, holds a silent vigil for peace
All are welcome
• 706-546-5237 Tuesdays, 5-6 p m
UGA Chapel
KATE WINSKELL Kate Winskell kicks
oft the 3rd 'Global Diseases: Voices
from the Vanguard" lecture series at
UGA. Winskell and her husband run
“Scenarios Ircm Africa." a program
that teaches participants to separate
fact from fiction about HIV/AIDS and
be better prepared to reduce their
own risks. Open to the public
• wwwgrady.uga.edu/knighthealth
FREE 1 6 pm.
LIVE MUSIC
Georgia Theatre
MUGWAMPS A new band featuring
Cameron Williams (guitar, vocals)
for a tour of the Southeast that the
band's about to head out on
• www.georgiathealre.com $5.8 p.m
Little Kings
HOT NEW MEXICANS Vocalist-
guitarist Patrick Jennings and drum
mer Joe Dakin moved to Athens and
recruited Carrie Nations' Ian McCord
to play bass, creating catchy, punk-
inlluenced, boozy power pop The
band's new vinyl 7” is called Wah ..,
and it's a follow-up to another re
lease from earlier in 2007
THE MAH KURZ ONE Bomb the
Music Industry! musician Matt Kurz
makes good on the one-man-band
promise, playing garage-punk songs
on bass, guitar, drums, keyboards,
harmonica and singing, often all at
the same time
THE MONOCLES Rock band troin
Texas
• www.myspace com/littlekings FREE 1
10 pm
The Max Canada
2013 WOLVES Charlotte, NC, venue
The Milestone Club spawned both
of tonight's acts; 2013 Wolves is
the duo of club owner Neal Harper
and sound guy Robert Childers
The instrumental duo churns out
abstract, melodic and thrashy garage
punk peppered with time-signature
playfulness.
ANDY THE DOOR BUM Bearded
Milestone door guy Andy the Door
Bum recently released Ml. Holly
Sessions, an album overflowing with
hell-raising, bare-bones, acoustic
have been pursuing solo endeav
ours. so show on up to see what the
ouys have in store.
• 706-543-6666 FREE! 10 p.m.
The Melting Point
MAYHEM STRING BAND This
five-piece bluegrass band from
Mississippi performs as part of the
Melting Point's weekly bluegrass
series
• www meltingpointathens.com. S3
7-10 p.m
KARAOKE, ETC.
Walker’s Coffee & Pub
“KARAOKE” In the caf6/ bar's down
stairs room, every Tuesday and
Thursday night
• 706-543-1433 FREE' 10 p m
Wednesday
January 16
EVENTS
UGA Chapel
EXPERIENCING HIROSHIMA
Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor
Takashi Teramoto speaks about
his experience of the bomb and its
aftermath. Accompanying him will
be the chairman of the Hiroshima
Peace Culture Foundation and
world-renowned antinuclear activist
Steven Leeper, who will be discuss-
Oconee Youth Playhouse presents the musical, Bugsy Malone Oconee County Civic Center. Jan 18-20.
and Jess Franklin (guitar, keys, and
vocals) from Tishamingo, Terence
Higqms (drums) from The Dirty
Dozen Brass Band. Benji Shanks
(guitar) from Captain Soularcal
and Ron Johnson (bass) from Karl
Denson's Tiny Universe and New
Monsoon. Funky Southern rock and
roll Tonight's show is a fundraiser
for the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society, and it's also the kick-off
punk rock He joins his boss and
coworker in 2013 Wolves on tour
COMMANDER CHAMELEON
Incorporating punk-ish pop rock ca
lypso, pop. rap and spacey surt ma
nia, the local band's self-titled debut
album is full of both sly and sopho-
moric humor, a little like a Georgia-
fied Dead Milkmen. There've been a
number of lineup changes over the
past several months, and members
mg tne Hiroshima Peace Culture
Foundation's ongoing mission to
eliminate all nuclear weapons pro
grams in the world
• 706-878-0879 FREE' 6.30 p.m
UGA Student Learning
Center
NATASHA TRETHEWEY Natasha
Trethewey, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize
winner in poetry and a UGA gradu
Opening reception for “Ingest" features work by Margaret Delima and more than 30 other artists. ATHICA on
Jan. 19,7-9 p.m.
ate, will give a reading Her most
recent collection is the Pulitzer-
winnng Native Guard. Presented
by the Georgia Review, open to the
public. See Box
• davidi@uga.edu FREE! Room 171,
4 pm
PERFORMANCE
Diverse Universe
POETIC CONFESSIONZ Student
and community forum presented by
The Dreaded Mindz Family. Share
through poetry, emceeing, singing,
acting or any talent. Or just come to
watch Every Wednesday
• undergroundathens2@yahoo com
FREE'9-11 pm
LIVE MUSIC
40 Watt Club
THE BROKEN BITS Local songwriter
Aaron Gentry has released tw^ al
bums of Magnetic Fie!ds-y pop
songs morose and charming and
quirky but Gentry is just now step
ping into the live performance arena
Check him out
NOMENCLATURE Pop ad cut c!
Portland OR
PAPER TANKS Local bariG creating
spacious, atmospheric and moody
soundscapes punctuated by acoustic
guitar and open .ocals New release
out now. see p 27 for a review
SLEEPY HORSES Nic Goodsons
Land Sleepy Horses specializes in
West Texas, alt-country rockers and
feedback- and loop-laced shoegazey
soundscapes. The band s been
reworked again with a new lineup
Justin Gregg on upright bass, Dave
Forker on drums. Expect to hear
tracks oil the band s upcoming
release, which should be oul some
time this coming spring.
SUMMER HYMNS Zachary Gresham
Philip Brown. Chris Riser and Bryan
Nuse play psychedelic-tinged Neil
Young-y pop-rock that hinges more
on simple chord progressions anc
vocal melodies, and if you're a fan
of the Flaming Lips, you'll find
much to like about 'em as well That
killer new album is called Backward
Masks
• www 40watt.com FREE' 9 pm.
Caledonia Lounge
FASHION KNEE HIGH Jangly local
garage rock with some more play
fully indulgent guitar sounds and
an emphasis on chance-taking, all
topped off by disaffected vocals
NERO & THE BURNING VIOLINS
Athens trio Nero & The Burning
Violins plays some tunes which
sound a little like a rough-edged,
watery Guided By Voices or really
early Elt Power
STEGOSAURUS New local duo
featuring members from Nero & the
Burning Violins and Fashion Knee
High, both also playing tonight
• www caledonialounge com $5
(2L) $6(18+) 10 pm
Farm 255
TIMBER Lead singer Da.' e Aaron
and his band play wistkJ hery at‘-
COanlry pop The brand new album
is For Never A A ways
• www Iarm255 com FREE 10 pm
Flicker Theatr e &. Bar
CATAWBA New local four-piece play
ing mellow indie rock informed by
windswept Americana
MEGHANN JORDAN Magic Missile
. guitarist backing vocalist Meghann
Jordan (formerly of Cafeteria) per
forms a solo set
• www myspace com/fiickerbar 9 30
p m
Georgia Theatre
JIMI HENDRIX COVER BAND The
name should due you in on what
to expect
WRONG WAY Sublime cover band
• www georgiatheatre com. $5 8 p m
Kingpins Bowl & Brew
JAY GONZALEZ Nutria keyboardist-
vocalist Jay Gonzalez has a gig in
town as a “lounge singer" and piano
player, playing ihe standards and
covers of pop hits every Wednesday
• www kingpinsbowiandbrew.com.
FREE 1 8 p.m
The Melting Point
THE HEALERS Original Healer Donny
Ray Simonds (harmonica and vo
cals) re-forms his local blues group
with Jimmy Bolman (guitar), John
Davis (guitar) and Jeff Gill (drums)
on board fo play some deep, classic
sounding blues It’s this week's
installment of the Wednesday blues
showcase hosted by John Straw
• www.meltingpointathens.com. $5
7-10 p m
Tasty World
THE BRIDGE Bluesy Baltimore rock
band incorporating folk, funk and
bluegrass into its sound
ELIJAH Eric Melian moved to Athens
from Arizona in 2006 and set up this
tour-piece band which takes cues
from blues roc* funk jazz and even
some hip-hop to mix up an improvi-
sationa! stew
• www tastyw 1 ; $5 lOpn
Wow Cafe & Wmgery
NATHAN SHEPPARD The local
acoustic guitarist-harmonics; s
known for his emot've singing style
and Ins modern rewoikmgs of clas
sic runes. Iron . Dvtan ana Young to
Van M rnson Every Wednesday
• 706-543-5510 FREE' 8pm
DEEJAYS
Alibi
ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES
ONLY MUSIC Deeiay crew spin
ning dance hits
• 706-549-1010 FREE 1 9pm
KARAOKE, ETC.
Foxz Tavern
‘‘KARAOKE” The long-running kara
oke night continues
• 706-549-8209 FREE' 9pm
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