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Depression in Seniors' as part of
Mental Health Month.
LIVE MUSIC
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m $6 (2H), S7 (18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
CEX Loquacious MC/laptop wun-
derkind Rjyan Kidwell helms this
project which recently expanded into
a three-piece Electronic beats and
jarring synlh underscore Kidwells
candid talk-sung lyrics.
ECSTATIC SUNSHINE Co-founder
Dustin Wong recently left the band
to play in art-rock project Ponytail,
and since his departure Ecstatic
Sunshine has actually grown more
cohesive Instead of dueling, erratic
guitar notes, the bright riffs have
melded into a drcney collage
GIFT HORSE Athens Gift Horse is as
dark and brooding as it is sensual.
The ominous yet sparse tones creep
and ache with tingling reverb.
Farm 255
1015 p.m FREE 1 www.farm255.com
ROMANENKO New local band
influenced by everything from folk
standards and classic country to not
grrrl and 70s pop. Romanenko has
been compared to everyone from
Elliott Smith and Paul Simon lo Liz
Phair and Luscious Jackson.
ELISA VICTORIA Sultry vocals
swoon over iazz rhythms from this
young West Hollywood-based artist
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. $5. wvrw.myspace.com/
flickerbar
JESSE AUCEL No info available
SARAH TOLLERSON Young local
singer/songerwriter who has been
compared to artists like Sheryl Crow
She is known for her engaging and
charismatic stage presence.
Georgia Theatre
9 p m. $21 www georgiatheatre.com
GULLY BANK SOUND Dub reggae
straight from Jamaica with hip-hop
beats.
STEPHEN MARLEY A member of
the celebrated Marley sibling group
The Melody Makers since the age
of seven, the Grammy-winning
producer, singer, songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist has also been
the driving creative force behind the
music of his brothers. $1 of each
ticket goes toward the Ghetto Youths
Foundation.
Girasoles
6- 8 p.m. FREE' 706-310-0410
II-V7-I Local jazz group ii-V7-l, featur
ing James Goudhand (bass). Andre
Mikailovic (guitarV George Davidson
(tenor sax) and Karl Friday (drums),
plays swing and Latin jazz standards
for the dinner crowd every Thursday
Little Kings
Early 8.30 pm and 10 pm FREE 1
www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuf-
lieclub
KEN WILL MORTON Athens own
Ken Will Morton has been strum
ming and singing for over 20 years.
With his gritty, soulful rasp. Morton
trudges through Americana's roots
with rock and roll swagger and a folk
singer's heart Performing two sets
tonight.
LATE. 11 p.m. FREE 1 wwwmyspace.
com/littlekingsshuffleclub
LIVE WELL Southern acoustic duo fu
eled by Jack Daniel and taking cues
from artists like Waylon Jennings
and Son Volt.
The Melting Point
7- 10 p.m. $3 www meltingpointa-
thens.com
TINY JAZZ ARKESTRA Experimental
yet accessible, the Tiny Jazz Arkestra
plays music influenced by the last
half century of jazz: from the golden
age of Blue Note to the postmodern
sounds of The Knitting Factory
No Where Bar
10 p m 706-546-4742
FREE LUNCH Dynamic jazz band with
lots of funky slap bass and fun sing-
along melodies.
Rye Bar
10 p.m FREEtwww.myspace.com/
ryebarathens
DON AUBER AND FRIENDS Finger-
picking. slightly dark folk music
transplanted to Athens from West
Virginia.
SPLINTER BELLY This Athens band
calls its driving sound electric
blue(s)grass.' Soulful, rootsy
Americana songs that employ min
ers. bootleggers, thieves and
gamblers in tales of struggle and
redemption from Appalachia to the
Dust Bowl
Tasty World
DOWNSTAIRS. 10 p.m. $5. www
lastyworld.net
CELERITY Punk-inspired hard rock
KARBOMB Local trio Webster Couch.
Nick Skillman and Jesse Messer
play high-velocity, erratic and angry
punk not dissimilar to early-'90s
Orange County stuff
WRISTBANDITS Energetic new teen-
pop-punk trio rocking out in the vein
of Millencolin or NOFX.
UGA Hodgson Hall
8 p.m. FREE' 706-353-2075. www
athenschoralsociety.com
ATHENS CHORAL SOCIETY
Presents the Athens premiere of
Puccini's opera. Messa di Gloria
Wild Wing Cafe
10 p.m FREE! www.wildwingcafe com
KIP JONES DUO Many of Jooes' own
tunes split between the reflective
Little Kings Shuffle Club
Friday, May 16
Ben Stevens,
Kyshona Armstrong,
Trav Williams
Within the space of a
year and a half, former law
student, now lawyer, Trav
Williams has developed
from a promising talent
with some notable draw
backs into one of the most
accomplished rappers in
Athens. When Williams put
out Reparations: The Rape
Tape, Vol. 1, The Official Mix
Tape, it showed potential
in its lyrical concerns with
issues more interesting than
the same-old same-old stew
of respect, bitches and ice. Trav Williams
When he issued Lean on Me,
a mixed tape created with Crazy DJ Bazarro, more recently, clear growth and development
were evident. Williams had learned to lay back a little bit, to put forth the effort, but let
the audience come to him, to leave the politics to the side occasionally. Now, with The
Trickle Down, his first proper full-length album, he's put it all together, joining forces
with producers from all over the country (Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Michigan,
Fort Lauderdale, and of course, Athens) to create a tight, impressive set of 11 tracks.
The rhythms are interesting, the samples well chosen, the production nearly at big-
label level, and both the lyrics and vocals smart, sure-footed and eminently listenable.
"The Anthem," for example, is a story of the working poor from the inside out, relating
the difficulties of washing one's clothes in the sink, working for minimum wage and rid
ing the city bus, but it never drags or becomes depressing; it is, in fact, an anthem, of
the kind folkies like Phil Ochs used to write, and it's got a wonderful shuffly beat that
makes you pick your chin up in pride that's reinforced by the class consciousness of the
song. It's not easy to inspire and hook the ear, but, by doing so, Williams has vaulted to
the top of the heap and will, hopefully, only keep improving his game. [Hillary Brown]
acoustic territory of Harvest-eta Neil
Young and the country-infused rock
of 80s-era Steve Earle His newest
album is called Downright.
DJs & DANCING
Blur
10pm FREE!(2U).$3(under21).
www myspace.com/blurathens
RETRO DISCO INFERNO Every
Thursday you can dance along to
your favorite hits from the 70s. '80s
and 90s
The Loft Dance Lounge
10 30 p m FREE'www.theloftathens
com
DJ RIXX Spinning danceable top
40 jams, hip-hop and more every
Thursday
Mercury Lounge
10 p m FREE 1 www.mercuryathens
com •
IMMUZIKATION Alfredo Lapuz
handles electronics and backing
vocals for the local party funk band
Velveteen Pink, but he also deejays
as Immuzikation, featuring his own
grooving remixes.
OPEN MIC
Alibi
Every Tuesday and Thursday. 9 p.m-1
a m FREE! 706-549-1010
“STAN'S ALMOST FAMOUS
KARAOKE" Karaoke ladies Lynn
and Vickie are your energetic hosts
for the night.
Go Bar
10 p m FREE' www myspace.com/
gobar
“DR. FRED'S KARAOKE" Hosted
by karaoke fanatic John Dr Fred"
Bowers, every Thursday night
Knuckleheads
8pm FREE' 706-208-1105
KARAOKE This South Athens restau
rant hosts karaoke every Thursday
night
Walker’s Coffee & Pub
10 pm FREE' 706-543-1433
KARAOKE In the cafe/bar's downstairs
room, every Tuesday and Thursday
night.
FRIDAY 16
EVENTS
Clayton Street Gallery
6-8 p.m www.athensartgroup.com
DAVID AND GALEN BURKE
Opening reception for exhibit with
work by David and Galen Burke.
This father/son duo covers a range
of artistic expression through pho
tography, instruments, stop-motion
animation, installations and more.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
7 p.m. www.myspace.com/flickerbar
TIFFANY TUNNO Opening reception
for “Ode to Gaia" featuring artwork
by Tiffany Tunno. Live performance
by Broken Bits, Hola Halo, and
Will Eskidge See May 16 Live
Music.
Lyndon House Arts
Center
5-7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623
"IMMERSION—EXPLORING THE
DEPTHS OF WATERMEDIA"
Opening reception for “Immersion-
Exploring the Depths of Watermedia''
featuring work by Celia Brooks.
Nyambi Mwaura. Par Ramey and
Elizabeth Vitale.
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