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Circa 1994, audiophiles
and art house enthusiasts
were mesmerized when they
caught a glimpse of the ser
endipitous, albeit uncanny,
synchronization of Pink
Floyd's Dork Side of the Moon
to The Wizard of Oz. More
than a decade later, Athens'
own Dave Douglas-inspired
composer Dan Nettles was commissioned by the Golden Isles Arts and Humanities
Association to resurrect another film classic—Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill Jr., a 1928
silent film that was received as a "gloomy comedy" by The New York Times. Although the
film witnessed poor box office results, Kenosha Kid's jazzy blend of delta blues, blue-
grass, avant-garde and indie rock colorfully enlivens the black and white screen while
creating the perfect entry point for the jazz layman.
By the time the film has gotten underway, the jaunty vaudeville accompanying the
score of Steamboat Bill Jr. views more like Fantasia for the jazz sophisticate. "Out the
Window" creeps in with eerie Stratocaster loops, underscoring the meandering bass
clarinet that yearns to break into "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." It's shortly thereafter that
William Canfield Jr., the film's squeamish Mickey Mouse-like protagonist, finds himself
caught in the midst of a nightmarish gale rainstorm. Here, Nettles succeeds in eliciting
the pathos of the filra-with compositional wizardry, conjuring his 10-piece jazz-orchestra
like an army of reanimated broom handles. Not to say that Nettles views himself as a
puppet master—"The people I play with are my biggest influences," Nettles admits.
As much a fan of Miles Davis as Music Hates You, Nettles aspires to represent a hybrid
generation of musicians to contend with, asking himself, "What is it that jazz musicians
are missing out on?" For the skeptics of the clinical jazz tradition, Kenosha Kid hopes to
answer that question at the band's live .film-score presentation at Cine this weekend, where
it'll also release the dual CD/DVD of Steamboat Bill Jr. on Nowt Records. [Ryan Monahan]
Saturday, September 20 &
Sunday, September 21
Kenosha Kid
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Rye Bar
10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
ryebarathens
JAZZCHRONIC Five-piece band
exploring Ireaky, lunky, psychedelic
fusion jazz while incorporaling rock,
R&B, heavy beats and more into
the stew.
Sandy Creek Park
10:30 a.m-9 p.m. $10 (adults), $5
(students), FREE! (under 12). www.
athensfolk.org
NORTHiGEORGIA FOLK FESTIVAL
Bluegrass music, local art and
more. Featuring performers Pam
Blanchard & the Sunny Side
Up Band, Mother Fleela
Mitchell & Trio. Tabby Crabb,
Splinter Belly, Cary Fridley
& Down South, Mary Lomax
& Bonnie Loggins, Doug &
Telisha Williams. Hope for
Agoidensummer, Lizzy Long &
Llegacy, The Corduroy Road.
Phil Tanner & the Skillet
Lickers and Packway Handle
Band. In addition. Earl Murphy
and local painter and folk musician
Art Rosenbaum will teach a banjo
and fiddle workshop. See calendar
pick p. 15.
Tasty World
10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net
C-FRESH Athens rapper C-Fre$h puts
himself forward as the “Prince of the
Classic.* He also performs with the
group Untame and recently released
the mixtape Self-Made, showcasing
a talent for rhyme flow (if not for
variety) and onstage presence.
LIL’ REESE Local teen rapper Lil‘
Reese’s MySpace page features his
slow-drawl style on tunes like “In Da
Trap" and “Model Mouth.’
PEELANDER-Z Japanese punk band
based in New York City. Like a comic
book come to lile, expect the band
to be in color-coordinated costumes
(which the band claims to be its
“skin") and wild stage antics.
OUAFF Japanese powerpop that
blends modern rock with an ap
preciation for traditional Japanese
culture, language and music.
White Chapel
7 p.m. FREE! 240 Fifth Street
GOSPELFEST Tonight’s gospel
festival is hosted by the Economic
Justice Coalition. It will feature live
music from Common Enemy,
Debra Favors and Company.
Heaven Bound Youth Dance
Team & more! First 30 families in
need will receive a donated bag of
groceries.
Wild Wing Cafe
10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com
BRANDON BOWER BAND Bluesy
Southern rock with an extra helping
of soul.
DJs & DANCING
283 Bar
10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283
DANCE CONTEST! $25 prize for 1st
place, chosen by a panel of local
celebrities. Anyone can compete.
Music starts around 10 p.m., contest
around midnight. Music provided by
local DJ Immuzikation (Alfredo
Lapuz, Jr.).
Alibi
9 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
DANCE NITE DJs spin danceable
grooves until last call.
Blur
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/blurathens
DJ ISAAC MCCALLA Longtime
Boneshakers/ Kultur Lounge deejay
Isaac McCalla mixes tonight’s elec
tro dance house tunes for a night
Blur calls “Home."
Go Bar
11 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
gohar
"LATE NITE DISCO” The house
deejay and occasional special
guests spin a cool mix of disco. New
. Wave and modern dance tunes for a
sweaty and energetic closing-time
crowd. Every Saturday.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
11 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
littlekingsshuffleclub
DJ BABY PANDAS Bring a glide in
your stride and a dip in your hip as
DJ Baby Pandas, former Flagpole
music editor Chris Hassiotis, spins a
funk dance party on the patio.
Rubber Soul Yoga
Revolution Studio
8-10 p.m. $3-$5. www.rubbersoul
yoga.com
SWING NIGHT Beginners welcome,
no partner necessary. Lesson starts
at 7 p.m.
Rumor
11 p.m. FREE! www.rumorathens.com
DJ RX Rumor’s house deejay delivers
his own original mixes of current
pop and dance with accents ranging
from old-school to country.
Tasty World
10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net
THE KING DJ Spinning in between
Mantooth Music acts all night.
SUNDAY 21
EVENTS
Ashford Manor
3-6 p.m. $15 (adults), $5 (children).
www.gracesbirthday.com
GRACE S BIRTHDAY PARTY
(Watkinsville) Mardi Gras-themed
benefit for UGA Vet Hospital and
local animal advocacy groups.
Featuring costumes, portrait studio,
games, picnic supper, adoptions
and more.
Athens Academy
2-4 p m. FREE! 706-549-9225
RECEPTION (Myers Gallery)
Reception for exhibit featuring paint
ings by James Richard, photographs
by Thomas Wittenberg and furniture
works by Kipley A Meyer.
Skate-A-Round USA
7 p.m. $10 (adults), $5 (ages 6-10),
FPIE! (ages 6 & under), www.clas-
siccityrollergirls.com
CLASSIC CITY ROLLERGIRLS
BOUT The Classic City Rollergirls
will take on the Columbia Quad
Squad. Featuring intermission enter
tainment from Elijah.
THEATRE
Athens Community
Theatre
4 p.m. FREE! 706-208-8696
THE LINE IN THE SAND Athens
theatre group La Compaflia presents
a staged reading of The Line in the
Sand: Stories from the U S./Mexican
Border. The play, created by Catholic
Relief Services, is a collection of
monologues based on interviews
conducted on the Arizona/Mexico
border in 2006. Images will illustrate
the story during the presentation and
a Q&A will follow.
LECTURES & LIT.
1120 Mitchell Bridge Road, Athens
www.myspace.com/luckydawgathens 706-354-7829
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Borders Books & Music
I p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647
THE BEST OF THE
MOMMYBLOGGERS Meet lo
cal blogger and columnist Mir
Kamin. Three of Kamin’s pieces are
featured in the compilation Sleep
Is for the Weak: The Best of the
Mommybloggers.
LIVE MUSIC
ATHICA
8- 9 p.m. $6-9 suggested donation.
www.athica.org
EASY IN THE WATER, A PINBALL
• FfcTE Improvisational music
inspired by pinball from Atlanta’s
Colin Bragg, Portland's id m theft
able and Zepublcle, a new local
project featuring Killick, Marshall
Marrotte and Jeff McLeod.
Cin6 Barcafe
CD/DVD release. 4 p.m. $10. www.
athenscine.com
KENOSHA KID Band leader Dan
Nettles, Neal Fountain and Jeff
Reilly, who is flying in from Los
Angeles for tonight’s performance,
score Buster Keaton’s silent film
Steamboat Bill, Jr. “It’s a jazz
concert, it’s a film, it’s a chamber
ensemble, it’s a comedy, it's a rock
band. It’s all these things rolled into
one." See calendar pick p. 19.
Farm 255
II p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
EXTRA LIFE Tense, moody and re
lentlessly precise post-prog experi-
mentalism that is remarkably vast in
scope and technical prowess.
MARRIAGE Experimental Athens
band Marriage is back. The band's
sophomore record, II, was released
earlier this year and features a more
melodic, acoustic approach as op
posed to the sludge metal of the first
record. The band will play two sets
tonight—one acoustic and one elec
tric. See calendar pick p. 20.
Kingpins Bowl & Brew
9- 11 p.m. FREE! www.kingpinsbowl
andbrew.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.
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