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EVENTS
Alpha Omicron Pi
Sorority House
6:30 p.m. $16. 706-549-7888, office®
fightthesligma.com
MENTAL HEALTH BANQUET (1190
S. Milledge Ave) Athens Area
Chamber of Commerce President
Doc Eldridge is the keynote speaker.
Madison County High
School
6- 9 p.m FREE! 706-797-3501
CANDIDATE FORUM Meet the candi
dates running for office in Madison
County. Questions from the audience
begin at 7 p.m. Moderated by Dr.
Louise Wicker.
LECTURES & LIT.
ACC Library
12:15 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650
BROWN BAG LUNCH Kristi Greer
presents “First Time Home Buying."
Bring a lunch to this 45-minute
program.
LIVE MUSIC
Call for location
12 p.m. $30 706-342-4743, www
madisonmorgancultural.org
STRING FLING LUNCH CONCERT
Presented by three original members
of Vega Quartet in one of Madisons
historic homes. Box lunch included.
Part of the Madison Chamber Music
Festival.
The Melting Point
7- 10 p.m. $3. meltingpointathens.com
THE FLATPICKERS Guitarist and
Oxford College of Emory associate
professor of history David Leinweber
leads this group. He specializes in
Old World folk music from across
Great Britain. Part of the weekly
Terrapin Tuesday bluegrass series.
Nugi’s Space
9 p.m. $5. www.nuci.org
BICYCLES AND GRAVEL Sincere,
organic indie pop from heie in town.
The group's focus has gradually
risen from melancholy to uplifting
lyrics, but the overall sound still re
calls artists found on K Records.
RADIOLUCENT Local band
Radiolucent falls somewhere be
tween bluesy Southern rock and the
poppier side of alt-country.
THE STICK'EM UPS Soulful lo
cal foursome claims influences
as diverse as traditional country,
Irish folk, Southern rock and even
hip-hop. The resulting mix has a
smooth, breezy feel with husky,
lonesome vocals.
Rye Bar
9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
ryebarathens
DUB REGGAE Soulful reggae, hyp
notic riddims, heavy dub selections
interspersed with toasters, guest vo
calists and instrumentalists to spice
it up. Hosted every Tuesday night
by AZ-IZ, Dubconscious frontman
Adrian Zelski.
State Botanical Garden
of Georgia
Sunflower Music Series. 7-9 p.m. $15,
$10 (members), $5 (children 6-12).
706-542-1244
SCOTT MILLER Sugar Hill Records
recording artist Scott Miller is the
the quintessential heartland rocker
He made his debut as the frontman
for pop/rock band The V-Roys, but
his solo career is certainly flourish
ing thanks to his wit, honest delivery
and rock and roll swagger
THE WYDELLES If Springsteen had
followed up Nebraska Georgia.
it might've sounded something like
The Wydelles' last releases, the
debut album The World Is Ending.
Show Some Decorum or the follow
up EP The Cleargreen.
Tasty World
DOWNSTAIRS. 10 p.m. $5 www
tastyworld.net
CITY RIOTS It makes sense that these
Aussies have opened up for The
Academy Is... and Cobra Starship
back home, as City Riots' sound fits
in nicely with the Fueled by Ramen
label. Their energetic, melodic yet
angular pop rock lives just outside
the mainstream.
PONDEROSA Local quartet fronted
by Kalen Nash (ex-Gabriel Young)
blasts through fiery classic rock,
working some pedal steel into the
mix and drawing heavily from blues-
influenced Texas rock.
SKI CLUB Ski Club has gathered
inspiration from the surf and garage
rock sounds of the '60s, and then
rocketed the mix to outerspace fu
eled by post-rock atmospherics.
Members come to us from a mix of
Atlanta bands including Kill Gordon,
Sovus Radio and Variac.
Wow Cafe &. Wingery
8 p.m. FREE! 706-543-5510
NATHAN SHEPPARD The local
acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is
known for his emotive singing style
and his modern reworkings of clas
sic tunes, from Dylan and Young to
Van Morrison.
OPEN MIC
Alibi
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.
Kim Deakins' work, “Prisma Peak." will be at ATHICA through July 16.
out in a flurry of blips and White
Denim-style guitar lines.
UUVVWWZ Lincoln four-piece garage
band with a striking, oblique rhythm
section. The punchy tracks sound
like The Slits, although they some
times float into psychedelia
The Melting Point
8-11 p m. $5 www.meltingpointathens.
com
TIPSY AND THE TRI-TONES Atlanta
group featuring Chris Kramer on
guitar and vocals, Matt Pollock on
vocals and harp, Fred Fister on bass
and Bob Rice on drums. Tipsy and
the Tri-Tones draw from American
roots music with a particular empha
sis on the blues
Rye Bar
10 p.m FREE! www.myspace.com/
ryebarathens
MARK GILLEY Doctoral student of
music Mark Gilley plays a mean sax
ophone. His style ranges from jazz
improvisations to rollicking rockers
You may have seen him perform with
The Peabodies, The HEAP. Project,
UGA Big Band or one of his other
many projects.
Tasty World
DOWNSTAIRS. 10 pm. $5. www.
- tastyworld.net
95 LB. LAPDOG Local industrial
electronica group formed after mem
bers of “The Real CIA" (the Sickness
and jonAthan parKer) and DJ
Skorpion came together.
OH NO ITS HOWARD Electronic
artist whose recent release, Storm
Stories, was put out by interna
tional Internet-based label Sociopath
Recordings.
TERRA-PHI This Asheville, NC-based
artist produces electronic music
that could be filed under breakcore,
jungle or dubstep
UPSTAIRS. 10 p.m. $5. www.tasty-
world.net
GYPSIES KILLING UNICORNS New
Athens collective aspiring to cre
ate a band-owned record label and
strengthen the music community.
Wild Wing Cafe
10 p.m FREE 1 wwwwildwingcafe.com
JACOB BELTZ Athenian Jacob Beltz
_ delivers messages of optimism with
his gentle, tender voice There are
jazz undertones, but Beltz's classic
voice sounds a bit like John Denver
crossed with John Mayer
DJs & DANCING
• Go Bar
10 p m FREE! www myspace.com/
gobar
DJ NOISE RAGE Nick Karoglou has
switched up his set! Now every
Wednesday at Go Bar will be metal
and hardcore rock.
Level 131
www.level131.com
SALSA NIGHT Lessons at 9 p.m.
Open dance at 11 p.m.
The Loft Dance Lounge
10:30 p.m. FREE! www.theloftathens.
com
OPEN MIC
Foxz Tavern
DJ SIZZLE Spinning the dance num
bers for you every Wednesday and
Saturday
JULY 4th DEADLINE: The deadline for getting listed in the Calendar will be
WEDNESDAY, July 2 at 5 p.m. for the issue that comes out the following Wednesday.
Email calendar@flagpole.com.
TUESDAY 24
Walker’s Coffee & Pub
10 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1433
KARAOKE In the caf6/bar’s downstairs
room, every Tuesday and Thursday
night.
Wild Wing Cafe
10 p.m. FREE! www wildwingcafe.com
KARAOKE Every Tuesday night at the
downtown chain’s upstairs space.
WEDNESDAY 25
LIVE MUSIC
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $6(21+), $7(18+) www.cale-
domalounge.com
FEATHER SHEDS BIRD Local folk
singer Jon Lowell was inspired to
pick up the guitar after hearing Bob
Dylan and Lou Reed records. The
influence of both artists is evident in
Lowell's narrative style, guitar strum
ming and harmonica whistling.
THE FLOWERS OF EVIL This
intense, loud four-piece rock band
plays off-kilter, occasionally pierc
ingly intense acoustic numbers
drawing influence from the quirkier
underground singer/songwriters like
Jandek and Daniel Johnston.
NUCLEAR SPRING Athens natives
Nuclear Spring sound like a cassette
tape of Woody Guthrie that's been
left in the sun and is now warped
and melted: the band's folky under
tones are twisted and distorted by
experimental effects and overdubs.
Farm 255
10 p.m. www.farm255.com
CAROLINE MONROE Caroline
Monroe perlorms soulful and folk-
pop country originals.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8 30 p m $5 www myspace.com/
flickerbar
FAMILY TREE Quirky yet cozy indie
folk from Long Beach, CA.
THE FRENCH TOASTS Musician/
cartoonist Missy Kulik (ex-Sugar
Cookie) and musician/ craftsman
Raoul de la Cruz (Red Pony Clock)
perform a cute set of toe-tapping,
hand-clapping, toy-piano pop.
GEMINI CRICKET Local quartet
Gemini Cricket plays adorably hand-
hewn bedroom pop that's likably
comfy and sprinkled with kazoo and
accordion.
Go Bar
10 p.m. $5 (suggested donation), www.
myspace.com/gobar
NATIONALE Brand new local screa-
mo-punk hardcore band.
RUFF SPX Members of Bold Slug,
Witches, Pillow Fort, Nana Grizol
and American Cheeseburger.
THE SHOW IS THE RAINBOW
Darren Keen plays chaotic, one-man
band electro, rapping and spazzing
9 p.m FREE! 706-549-8209
KARAOKE The long-running karaoke
night continues every Wednesday.
THURSDAY 26
THEATRE
Memorial Park
June 26-28, 7:30 p m June 29,3
p.m $15, $12 (seniors, students).
706-613-3628
FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE
SAME DRESS (Quinn Hall) Dessert
theater presented by the Athens
Creative Theatre. Alan Ball's play is
a look into the lives of five women
thrown together by a wedding Not
recommended for children.
LIVE MUSIC
40 Watt Club
10 p.m. $5(21+), $7(18+).
www.40watt.com
GLOSSARY Southern to the core,
this Murfreesboro, TN, band rocks
out the down-home jams, poppy
Southern rock tunes accented by
jaunty piano lines and easy-going
vocals.
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