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Tasty World Upstairs
www.lastyworld.net. $5 10 pm.
GYPSIES KILLING UNICORNS
New Athens collective aspiring to
create a band-owned record label
and strengthen the loco 1 music
community Associated artists
include Polemic. Rat Babies. 696
Thunderchiet and Faraday Rage
UGA Ramsey Concert
Hall
www music.uga edu FREE 1
UGA RECITALS Matthew Anderson,
guitar (3 35 p m.). UGA faculty and
the Alessandria professors (8 p m.)
Washington Street
Tavern
706-613-7817. FREE' 7:30 p m
UNCLE DADDY & THE TIME
MACHINE REVIVAL This new
local band offers up acoustic old-
time and bluegrass rfiusic every
Wednesday night.
Wild Wing Cafe
www wildwingcafe com FREE! 9pm
SABO Hailing from Augusta. Jayson
Sabo, Michael Baideme. Brooks
Andrews and Russell Jarrett play
bluesy. '70s-influenced hard rock
drawing on The Allmans. The Doors
and Stevie Ray
Wow Cafe & Wingery
706-543-5510 FREE' 8pm
NATHAN SHEPPARD The local
acoustic guitanst-narmomcist is
known for n.s emotive singing style
and his modern reworkings of clas
sic tunes, from Dylan and Young to
Van Morrison Every Wednesday
DJ & DANCING
The Library
www libraryathens com 9 p m.
SPICYSALSA Salsa night hosted by
MK Experiences Every Wednesday.
Mercury Lounge
www mercuryathens com FREE' 10
p.m.
DJ SOPHISTADISIAC “I play seduc
tive & suggestive music from all
over the world.* says Sophistadisiac
“This includes soul, hip hop, reg-
gaeton. electronica. down-tempo &
anything else that is conducive to
luxurious wine lounging *
KARAOKE, ETC.
Foxz Tavern
www boybutante org. 10 pm
BOYBUTANTE KARAOKE Karaoke
following the screening of The
Witnesses at Cin6 Proceeds benefit
AIDS Athens.
Thursday
April 17
EVENTS
Cine Barcafe
www athenscine com FREE! 7pm
NUQI’S SPACE STUDENT FILM
NtTE 2nd annual student movie
screening for Depression & Suicide
Awareness Week. An evening of
short films themed “The Many Faces
of Depression *
Level 131
www tumornatofs.com/FOAM. $10
before 12 am
FUND IN THE FOAM Hosted by the
Tumornators to benefit the Childrens
Tumor Foundation Wear your water
proof best for a night of foam-tilled
dancing to the rap remixes ot DJ
Blaze Foam drops at midnight
UGA Broad Street
Gallery
706-542-0069 6-8 p m
SUSAN COFER Artist's reception
lor "Learning to Love the Species*
featuring work by Atlanta-based art- ’
ist Susan Cofer The first exhibit in a
series comprised of portrait busts of
fellow artists and art patrons either
living or operating in Atlanta.
UGA Livestock Teaching
Area
706-542-9374. www uga edu/bandb/
gssr $15 Gates 6pm. show 8pm
GREAT SOUTHLAND STAMPEDE
RODEO The 34th Annual Great
Southland Stampede Rodeo is back
in Athens Off South Milledge Ave
Discount tickets: $10-12 in ad
vanced, S10/UGA ID. $12/children
THEATRE
Athens Community
Theatre
wwwtownandgownplayers.org $18
Apr 17-19,8 p m Apr 20,2 p m
BEYOND THERAPYTom and
Gown Players presents Christopher
Durang's “screwball adult comedy
about sexual confusion, psychotic
psychiatry and sorry food service *
Discounted tickets $15/students &
seniors, $5 on Apr 17
UGA Fine Arts Theatre
www drama uga edu $15 Apr 16-19.
8pm Apr 20.2 30 p m
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM
The University Theatre presents
Shakespeare's whimsical comedy
www drama uga edu See Apr 16
Theatre
LIVE MUSIC
40 Watt Club
www 40wattcom $17 8 pm.
ANGIE APARO The sweet-voiced,
shiny-skulled Atlanta singer/
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Chrissakes
They're in small
pockets—-a few stal
wart kids in Athens,
one house in Atlanta
that I'm aware of, a
few sleepy rock towns
in North Carolina—but
the remnants of the
scenes that screamed
bloody murder in the
'90s remain, however few and far between. Chrissakes is an example of the enduring
tradition of bands that want it all: the scrape and grind of Chicago post-punk, the omi
nous lurch of metal, the white-knuckle effect of blown-out psych, and the uncomfortable
personal touch of what was "emo" before it became what "emo" is called today. And the
band members' status as aspiring torch-bearers is sort of funny when you consider that
most of these kids are, well, a hell of a lot younger than they sound.
And it's even funnier to consider the fact that despite their youth, they definitely
bear the mark of "scene vets": Drew Smith has done more than his share of time in the
Athens house show scene in bands like Life Is a Fight and (in)famous libido-themed
screamo band Love Potion Number Nine. After years behind the drums, he has effectively
taken on the role of guitarist, as evidenced by the badass guitar solo on the MySpace
jam "Granby." (More recently, he's been surfing dronescape oceans with highly-recom-
mended-enjoying-highly solo project Chartreuse.) Rob Thomason has been effectively
sneaking into clubs in Athens since his high school days, and after a brief crash course
in self-taught drum pummeling, is playing—to quote Cinemechanica's Mike Albanese—
"with authority." Bassist Helen Rhinehart has the kind of tone that sounds like every
thing on the amp turned completely to 10, but that's just because that's exactly what
she does.
After recording with local producer Joel Hatstat, Chrissakes is set to release a split
LP with an as-of-yet undisclosed band and, presumably, continue thrashing apart houses
and clubs alike. [Jeff Tobias]
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