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KELLY RUBERTO
MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Yes, it's here! Summer in Athens. Yeah,
OK, look, I know I've been going on about
this each week for the past few weeks, but
those of you who know need no explanation.
For those who will experience their first sum
mer here this year, all I can say is live a little
freer. A rough field guide to a few diversions
is available below...
I Saw You Dancing with Roxanne: Both ses
sions of Camp Amped at Nup's Space for
2009 are filled, so no more applications will
be accepted for this year. Camp Amped is
a two-week summer camp for middle and
high school students ages 11 to 18 who
receive musical instruction and mentoring by
Athens-based musicians. At the end of each
session, the students perform a grand finale
show. This year's shows will happen June 20
and July 18 at Nutji's Space. This year's Camp
Amped instructors are Dan Nettles (Kenosha
Kid), Carl Lindberg (Grogus, Squat), Claire
Campbell (Hope for Agoldensummer), Betsy
Franck (Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle
Band), Joel Byron (Wrong Way, Grogus), Ben
Mize (ex-Counting Crows, Ben Mize Band),
Thayer Sarrano (Thayer Sarrano Experience)
and Peter Alvanos (Fabulous Bird). If you're
interested in being added to the Camp Amped
e-mail list for 2010, please drop a line to
laura@nuci.org.
Women in the Evening: Athens art gallery
ATHICA (Athens Institute for Contemporary
Art) will present "Wine, Women and Song"
on Saturday, May 23 from 8-9:30 p.m. The
performance will feature Charlotte Lee, Jana
Michelson, Mandy Jane and the Jaws of
Life and to-be-announced guests. The event
is affiliated with ATHICA's current spring
exhibition titled "Crafting Romance." ATHICA
describes the current show thusly: "Taking on
the age-old theme of love, this show addresses
how love is expressed, focusing especially on
how it is part of the domestic and decorative
arts—realms traditionally thought of as sepa
rate and lesser enterprises than the fine arts
despite the legacy of over 30 years of feminist
art practice." The suggested donation for the
performance is $9-$13, but no one is turned
away at ATHICA for lack of funds. Still, if
you've got it, cough it up. For more informa
tion, please see www.athica.org.
Silence Means Security: Athens-based entre
preneur, inventor and producer Ryan Dowd
is the man behind Silent Events. The most
famous of these happenings is the Silent
Disco at Bonnaroo where late night revelers
slip on wireless headsets to hear the music
being spun live by DJs. Dowd recently tried
this same concept with a live band on the
Jam Cruise with much success, and the silent
live band concert will make its debut on dry
land at Perpetual Groove's annual Amberland
concert on May 22 in Lafayette, GA. The way it
works is all the musicians run directly into the
soundboard and the mix is broadcast locally
to the headphones. It seems the potential
for such technology is endless, not to men
tion an incredibly inventive way to stay on
the safe side of any noise ordinances that
might impede a late-night event. Although at
Bonnaroo Dowd must use headphones made
by a certain manufacturer under contract with
the festival, he has designed his own head
phones for use at other events that include a
mute button, a right channel
button, a left channel button
and volume control. Dowd
got his start here in Athens
working for the Georgia
Theatre, Drive-By Truckers
and Widespread Panic. For
more information on all of
this, please see www.silente-
vents.com. For information on
Amberland, please see www.
myspace.com/pgamberland.
< Freak Out Hard on Me: After
almost eight years to the
day, Circulatory System will
release a new album. Titled
Signal Morning, the album
was constructed from several
hours of recorded material and
assembled at several different
studios. I can attest firmly,
having heard it, that it's a
stunner. Containing some of
the most singularly gorgeous
harmonies I've ever heard the
players perform, along with
uncharacteristically muscular
jams, the album hits high at
every imaginable level. Signal Morning features
the membership of band leader Will Cullen
Hart's older outfit Olivia Tremor Control as
well as Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel)
and Julian Koster (The Music Tapes). The
band plans to tour in support of the 17-track
album, which will be released by local label
Cloud Recordings on LP, CD and digital formats
on Aug. 4. Circulatory System's last full-length
release was its self-titled debut, which came
out in August of 2001. Please see www.clou-
drecordings.com for more information.
Voting Still Open: Just a reminder that vot
ing is still open for the 2009 Flagpole Music
Awards. Head to www.flagpole.com/awards to
cast your ballot! Remember, you can write in
any artist for their appropriate category if you
don't favor any of the nominees. What you
cannot do is attempt to get your bluegrass
band the award for Best Jazz Artist.
Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com
Circulatory System
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