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MONDAY 5
Friday, May 2
"AthFest CD Release Party”
Tasty World
Being a college town, Athens is
particularly prone to cyclical ritual on
an annual schedule, and so when the
college kids burrow away to study for
finals and then start trickling out of
town as their summer break kicks in,
the town moves with a lighter spring
in its step. The annual festivities of
Boybutante and the Twiliyht Criterium
just wrapped, and it's time to gear up
for AthFest, the summer's tentpole
music and- arts festival.
The first step towards that late-
June event lands in early May, when
Tasty World hosts a free show to
celebrate the release of the AthFest
CD. The annual albums compile 20 or
so tracks from local bands, most of
whom have been active in the scene
over the past year, and the disc, Packway Handle Band
assembled by Ghostmeat Records,
usually offers a varied sampling of local styles. The 2008 comp looks to have a more folk-
flavored lineup than years past, with previously unreleased tracks from Madeline, Hope
for Agoldensummer, Bicycles & Gravel and William Tonks, although Athens guitar-rock,
old and new, remains well represented by Five Eight, Lona, Russian Spy Camera and Dead
Confederate. Local favorites Haml, Perpetual Groove and The Inflatable Orchestra, among
others, also contribute tracks.
Three bands who appear on this year's album—the bluegrass pros Packway Handle
Band, the scrappy pop nostalgiacs Titans of Filth and the country-leaning group
Timber—perform at Tasty World tonight. The free show starts at the earlier hour of 8
p.m., and copies of the album will be available for sale at the show and then in stores on
Tuesday, May 6. p or more information on the compilation or the AthFest festival itself,
hit up www.athfest.com. [Chris Hassiotis]
DJs & DANCING
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DJ ISAAC MCCALLA
Boneshakers,' Kuitur Lour aee ay
Isaac McC3da mixes lomgrts elec
tro dance house tunes
Flicker Theatre & Bar
6 30pm $5 w*ww my space com
tlickerbar
DJ MAHOGANY Freaky fun*
sultry soul, righteous R&B and
a whole lolta unexpected faves as
DJ Mahogany dips into his Pag ot
goodies trom the 60s. 70s and '80s
Go Bar
11 p m F5EE' .v.v.v myspacr com;
gobar
"LATE NITE DISCO" The house
deeiay spins a cool mix ot disco
New Wave and modern dance tunes
Every Saturday
The Loft Dance Lounge
10 30 p m FREE 1 www Iheloftathens.
com
DJ SIZZLE Every Wednesday and
Saturday
Tasty World
UPSTAIRS. 11pm. Price varies www
lastyworld net
SALSA NIGHT Dance the night away
to Latin rhythms.
SUNDAY 4
EVENTS
Downtown Athens
May 3.10 a m.-11 pm, May 4.2-11
p.m FREE! wwwathenshuman-
rightslest org
30TH ANNUAL ATHENS HUMAN
RIGHTS FESTIVAL (College
Square) Featuring issue-oriented
speakers. Athens music, poetry
into 'aties. street theater and kids
iciivit es See May 4 Live Musi an3
v jture on p 10
Memorial Park
2-4 p m FREE'706-613*3616 aw/.
accie i sureservices com
BIRCHMORE TRAIL DAY Meet Fn :
Birchmore. hike the park's Buchmore
Trail tor a prize get your face
painted and more
THEATRE
Historic Elbert Theatre
May 1-2 and 9-10 8 p m May 4
& 11 2pm SlO/adv SI 2/door
706-283-1049
OKLAHOMA Ere jre Produ ‘ r;
presents the classic musical
Oklahoma directed by Johnny
Hallman Dinner and a Show on May
2& 10 for $25
Winder Cultural Arts
Center
May 2-3.7 30pm May 4 3 p.m SI7
aww wmderbarrowlheatre org
(Colleen 0 Williams
Theatre) The Winder-Barrow
Community Theatre presents
M'A'S'H, a comedy in two acts by
Tim Kelly See May 2 Theatre
LIVE MUSIC
ACC Library
3 p m FREE! 706-613-3650
LIVE! AT THE LIBRARY A string
quartet will play music popular in
Beniamin Franklins lifetime. A briel
business meeting ol Friends ol the
ACC Library will precede the con
cert Relreshments follow
Farm 255
8pm wwwfarm255com
KATE MORRISSEY Morrissey s
warm, soulful voice and rhythmic
p-ano spice her original songs,
which nave ten described as ur
ban tables and Ta-.ry ta es Her new
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ous vocals
Human Rights Festival
Downtown Athens 2-10 30 p m FREE 1
Full schedule at www athenshuman-
rightsfest org
DUBCONSCIOUS Athens pol' : .
minded reggae heacyhitters are back
with a new EP Stereotype a follow
up io last years double-disc album
Realization travels the bass-heavy
reggae path while borrowing the best
from dub. funk and iazz.
INCATEPEC Local musicians and
brothers Humberto and Nee
Mendoza make up incatepec. playing
a set of traditional Andean songs
and other pre-Colombian South
American folk music on guitar and
quena flute
PAUL LOMBARD Smger songwriter
Lombard has been part of the Athens
music scene for over two decades
He'll Pe performing a solo set that
blends together American folk blue-
grass. country and blues
GABRIELA MEJIAS Mejias opens the
Human Rights Fest Sunday at 2 p m
The 14-year-old musician will be
smgmg and playing guitar solo
MUSIC HATES YOU High energy
and higher volume. Music Hates
You plays a dirty kind of punk metal
There's, red clay under the fingernails
of this fist raised against authority
The latest album is Ihe powerful
Send More Paramedics.
SQUAT/GROGUS Jazz masters Squat
and Grogus team up for a lively per
formance of Latin-inspired jazz
STRING THEORY Traditional old-
time Appalachian music.
SURSIE Contemporary British-leaning
soul with a hint ol eleclronica.
Sursie features dynamic vocals
(Star Scott) and melodic drumming
(Shannon Sausser)
I
EVENTS
Cine Barcafe
7 pm. www.athenscme com
"THE BUSINESS OF BEING
BORN” In celebration of
International Midwives Day. Cme
will be screening Ricki Lakes
documentary Panel discussion fol
lows. including Susan Fisher, local
Certified Nurse Midwife and Sarahn
Henderson homebirih midwife
serving Allantas African-American
community Proceeds benefit a local
doula scholarship for a woman o'
color. See p. 9
LECTURES & LIT.
Presbyterian Student
Center
7 30 p.m FREE'
REVIEW OF THE 2008 GENERAL
ASSEMBLY SESSION Presented
by the Federation ol Neighborhood
Associations State Senators Bill
Cowsert and Ralph Hudgens and
Representatives Doug McKillip,
Keith Heard and Bob Smith wiil
participate in a panel discussion
Questions trom the audience follow
presentation Open to the public
LIVE MUSIC
Ashford Manor
7pm $12|adu'uts) $5(childrenun
der 12) FREE’(6 and under) www
ambedandbreakfasf com
ABBEY ROAD LIVE! In-1
cc.er bard delivers a starMo-timsh
per-ormance of The Beaties Abbey
« . ' . £ ....
of high-energy mostly later-era
Eeatles rockers
Caledonia Lounge
10p.m. $1 • ' • www : ■
donialounge com
THE BRIGHT LIGHTS 5' • . '*
The Bright Lights' lo-fi sound alter
nates between sweet twee-pop and
garagey pop-punk
FAIRMOUNT FAIR This deluxe
emcee duo' rocks the mics like tew
other locals Energetic and sincere
the duo proves that underground
hip-hop can be fun without having to
be ironic and pretentious
NANA GRIZOL
the mastermind ol DIY punk Dana
Zumm Zumm performs handmade,
enthusiastic and charming rock,
tunes under the name Nana Grizol
backed by members of Hot New
Mexicans, Eft Power and Folklore
The Melting Point
YWCO Cmco de Mayo Celebration
S25 (adv )/S2fl (door) www melting-
pointalhens com
RANDALL BRAMBLETT Longtime
Athenian Randall Bramblett will
• perform a special acoustic set. There
will be tood. drinks and a silent auc
tion with all proceeds going to the
Athens YWCO See www.yWco org
lor more info.
Tasty World
DOWNSTAIRS. 10 p.m. $5 www
tastyworld net
DAYS OF HYSTERIA The band tor-
merly known as Stereo Gun just fin
ished its new EP and will celebrate
ils release tonight.
KILL LEBARON First known as
October Falls, and then known as
Sincerely Yours, but now known as
Kill LeBaron, this local hardcore/
screamo band features five mem
bers.
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