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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
EVENTS
Jittery Joe’s Coffee
9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/jit-
teryjoeseast
MUSIC MOVIE NIGHT (Eastside) A
different music movie is screened
every Tuesday. This week: Talking
Heads—Stop Making Sense.
LIVE MUSIC
Farm 255
8 p.m. www.farm255.com
KENOSHA KID Part avant-jazz noise,
part hillbilly string band, Kenosha
Kid offers compositional-instrumen-
tal-improvisational music that has
never been to Ipanema. doesn't take
the A train, and won't play Misty
for you.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m $5. www myspace.com/
flickerbar
ANIMAL ELECTRIC Local folk duo
featuring Tess Brunet on auto-harp,
vocals and percussion, and Kat
Roman on bass and vocals.
full of intimate, heartfelt acoustic
ballads.
PET VOLCANO Rock band featuring
Spencer Frye, bassist Tommy Jones
of Ralph Roddenbery Band and
Jason Beckham
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. $5 www myspace com/
flickerbar
KAITLIN JONES Local folk guitarist/
vocalist Kaitlin Jones (Fine Line.
Porch to the People) performs a set
of Americana-tinged tunes.
COY KING Local songwriter Coy King
often performs his poetic country-
tinged ballads under the moniker
Nightingale News. You can also
catch him playing upright bass and
piano for Americana band Timber.
MOTORMOUTH & THE SOFT-.
SPOKEN BAND Local troubadour
Ryan Hetrick debuts his full band
tonight. He promises a more rock-
tinged Americana sound compared
to his solo material. Members of
HEAP and The Starter Kits make up
the Soft-Spoken Band.
THE STARTER KITS Local rock band
with multi-instrumentalist frontman
Mikey Dwyer, bassist Jamie Coulter
(The Help) and drummer Chris
Ellenburg (Tony Tidwell).
Rose of Athens Theatre presents The Taming of the Shrew through July 13 at the Georgia Center.
Deadline for getting listed in the calendar is every FRIDAY at 5 p.m. for the issue that
comes out the following Wednesday. Email calendar@flagpole.com.
who've signed up beforehand, with a
dance p^ty afterward
OPEN MIC
Alibi
9 p.m.-1 am. FREE! 706-549-1010
“STAN’S ALMOST FAMOUS
KARAOKE" Karaoke ladies Lynn
and Vickie are your energetic hosts
for fhe night. Every Tuesday and
Thursday.
Wild Wing Cafe
10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com
KARAOKE Every Tuesday night at the
downtown wing chain's upstairs
space.
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LECTURES S LIT.
Oconee County Library
12.30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950
“MAKING YOUR HEIRLOOMS
SPEAK" Dana Anderson will
discuss how your family treasures
and antiques can aid in genealogical
research.
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The Melting Point
7-10-p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens.
com
RIVERBEND This Boulder, CO band
infuses more mouern styles of
music—from disco to ska—into
its unique interpretation of tradi
tional bluegrass. Performing on the
Melting Point patio as part of the
weekly bluegrass series.
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.
Tasty World
DOWNSTAIRS. 10 p.m. $5. www.
tastyworld.net
DANCEFORMERS Atlanta dance
band that describes itself as
“electro-techno-ghetto-crunk-funk-
disco.’ Sounds like a party any way
you look at it.
FALSE FLAG No information avail
able.
UPSTAIRS. 10 p.m. $2 (men), FREE!
(women), www.tastyworld.net
“TASTY TUESDAY” This event on
the second Tuesday of each month
starts out as a social mixer with
relaxed beats and the sounds of
jazz, R&B, soul, funk and hip-hop
in the background with a house
deejay providing the mix. At around
11 p m., themic opens up to any
LIVE MUSIC
40 Watt Club
9:30 p.m. $5(21+), $7(18+).
www.40watt.com
DUSTY LIGHTSWITCH Eccentric
poelries. bright vocal harmonies,
and sporadic tap dancing will make
all the kids dance.
HANDSOME SWEATER Expect
quirky synth pop from this
Lawrenceville duo.
HOT PINK MONEY SHOT Drawing
on mid-'90s “alternative" radio hits,
Hot Pink Money Shot comes from
Atlanta and simmers with a subur
ban sort of temper.
VIALKA A “turbo folk micro-orchestra"
joining us all the way from France.
See box online at www.flagpole.com
for more info.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $6 (21+), $7 (18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
JASON BECKHAM Beckham moved
to Athens in 2005 to see what
could be cultivated in this fertile
musicscene, and he sends out
blues-influenced acoustic stuff that
should appeal to fans of both Van
Morrison and Kevn Kinney. Tonight
he will be celebrating the release
of his new album, Union Park and
Magnolia Street. .
CHRISTOPHER HENDERSON
Athens musician Chris Henderson
plays guitar, dobra mandolin, banjo,
melodica, harmonica and mere. You
can find his most recent release in
delightful homemade brown paper
bag packaging around town. It's
Go Bar
10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/gobar
HOLOGRAM Brooklyn trio douses its
folk rock in reverb and sets it aflame
with gentle cracks in the lead vocals
and occasional two-part harmonies
that repair them.
PALMS Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs,
formerly of The Finches, now plays
as Palms. Her voice and echoing
chamber of acoustic guitar, howling
and effects are all set to "hypnotize.’
WITCHES New local rock band
featuring Cara Beth Satalino on
lead vocals backed by a drummer
and bassist. Influences include The
Breeders and Neil Young.
The Melting Point
8-11 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointa-
thens.com
BLUE RHYTHM BAND Blue Rhythm
Band is a dynamic mixture of blues,
rock and funk that's different every
time you see it. Still, you can always
expect superb slide guitar and pow
erful vocal performances. Part of the
weekly blues series.
Rye Bar
10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
ryebarathens
ALEC WOODEN Wooden performs
jazz with his trio at Rye Bar every
Wednesday.
Tasty World
10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net
THE THEATER FIRE A Texan jambo
ree filled with smoldering folk tales
punctuated by mariachi horns.
THUNDERCHIEF Classic rock-
influenced punk.
DJs & DANCING
Go Bar
10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
gohar
OJS MANNEQUIN AND VISION
Spring Tigers' keyboardist Stephen
James (DJ Mannequin) and bass
ist Eli Barnard (DJ Vision) are the
.new hosts of Go Bar's Wednesday
night dance party. Expect classic
new wave, Britpop, electro and ‘80s
hits plus hot new tracks, remixes
and imports as well. This is an 18+
only event!
OPEN MIC
Foxz Tavern
9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-8209
KARAOKE The long-running karaoke
night continues every Wednesday.
THURSDAY 10
PERFORMANCE
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/
flickerbar
DISNEY HERPES Kevin Barnes.
David Barnes and John Skinner
performing a comedic, part-improv
“press conference for a group of
skeletal aliens who are famous.’ The
routine will introduce the Barnes'
cousin's band, Fire Zuave, and is
stylistically like the "Marx Brothers
meets The Man Who Fell to Earth."
THEATRE
Georgia Center
July 10-11,8 p.m. July 13,5:30 p.m.
July 12.1 p.m. $10—$15. 706-340-
9181, www.roseofathens.org
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Presented by the Rose of Athens
Theatre as part of "A Summer of
Love and Mischief... Shakespeare
Style." Set in 1950s Athens. GA and
directed by Kristen Kundert-Gibbs.
Special dinner package option in the
Savannah Room for $32-$37.
LIVE MUSIC
40 Watt Club
10 p.m. $2(21+), $4(18+).
www.40watt com
AUDITIONING ALICE Experimental
rock band from Atlanta
MISFORTUNE 500 Hook-heavy,
mid-tempo local rock with a strong
melodic backing and an enthusiastic
stage show.
STARBOLT 9 Space rock glam band
shows off their David Bowie-inspired
tunes.
Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $6 (21+). $7 (18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
LIVE WELL Southern acoustic duo
fueled by Jack Daniel's whiskey and
taking cues from artists like Waylon
Jennings and Son Volt.
LONA A dream team of a rock group
feaure Clay Leverett of Bright Eyes
and members of Japancakes,
Hayride, Drip, Tony Tidwell & the
Scalded Dogs and The Star Room
Boys. A reissue of their album To
The Nth was released earlier this
year.
LEVI LOWREY Rootsy foik-rock
about dealin' with the devil and the
church and getting caught between
the two. I've Held the Devil's Hand
is the Dacula, GA band's newest
release.
TY MANNING The singer/guitarist
from Athens’ The Bearfoot Hookers
and host of Rye Bar's “Open Mic
Night" plays a solo set with guests
tonight.
Farm 255
8 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
DROMEDARY DUO Rob McMaken
and Andrew Reissiger, co-founders
of Dromedary Quartet, play as they
did originally: as a duo.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.40watt
com
FIRE ZUAVE The lead singer of this
West Palm Beach trio is the cousin
of Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes,
but he sings a scratchier pop that
veers toward Americana. His voice
can channel Conor Oberst and Jeff
Tweedy, and the bassist and drum
mer buoy his melodies with clean
backing vocals.
Georgia Theatre
10 p.m. $5. wwwgeorgiatheatre.com
ANCIENT HARMONY Psychedelic
jam band based in Georgia. See box
on p. 13.
DR. LOUIS SULLIVAN Funky jam
rock band with members from
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RICH MERRITT