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Athens Music Scene
October 9, 2008
Well, the sun shines bright in my Athens County home, wherever that may soon be. As one era comes to a close for me, another is most certainly opening up. Change is in the air as winter begins pressing toward this lovely fall. I feel that I am turning a brilliant color much like my perennial favorite, the maple.>>
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Plenty of tickets left for Ben Folds concert at OU Wed.
October 6, 2008
Alternative rock artist Ben Folds will perform this Wednesday at Ohio University’s Memorial Auditorium, along with Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins.>>
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Athens Music Scene
October 2, 2008
To be a solid stone among the shifting sands. That is my goal. I suppose you could get biblical with that statement if you wanted. Jesus is the stone the builders rejected; then there were those fools who built their houses upon the sand, biblically speaking. So, am I saying I want to be my own personal Jesus? Or am I saying that I need to go and find the Man from Nazareth? I’ll leave that to the psychiatrists, or I’ll ask Jesus the next time we chat.>>
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This could be the luckiest year for annual fall Hookah celebration
October 2, 2008
Organizers of this fall’s Hookah in the Hills are hoping that seven is their lucky number. The outdoor music festival celebrates its seventh installment this weekend at Poston Lake near Guysville.>>
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Fur Peace Ranch… Stars to shine at blues fest
October 2, 2008
The Fur Peace Ranch has been selling out just about every time they have a show, though as luck would have it, they still have seats open for a star-studded Acoustic Blues Festival this Saturday night.>>
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Local theater troupe to present Dali play
October 2, 2008
The Athens-based theater company Limehouse Theater will present the U.S. premiere of their show “Hallucinogenic Toreador,” a performance about painter Salvador Dali.>>
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Independence and activism: Indigo Girl Amy Ray’s own words
October 2, 2008
For Amy Ray, college was a time of really finding who she was, both artistically and politically. During those years, Indigo Girls, her band with longtime friend and collaborator Emily Saliers, had just begun to take off, and she fell in love with the independent college music scene and the politics, ideals and activism that came with it.>>
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Museum reopens with new look
October 2, 2008
The Athens County Historical Society & Museum (ACHS&M) debuted new walk-in, interactive exhibits Wednesday night at its grand re-opening.>>
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Athens Music Scene
September 25, 2008
Distractions are the coolest thing ever — unless of course you are trying to get something done. Fortunately, I might be working on things with a mind toward completion, but I can rarely be said to be trying (except people’s nerves). As I labor onward toward being the King of Avoidance Techniques, I begin to revel and marvel at my ability to find distractions everywhere I go. I want to be clear, however; this is not related to the ADD-like inattention that is spreading like wildfire across our society. Mass media continue to clog the cognitive airwaves that infiltrate our brains and make things like concentration a ...make it ...hey look — a chicken!>>
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Stuart’s makes a party out of ‘Mischief’
September 25, 2008
Stuart’s Opera House kicks off its brand new Final Fridays Film Series with the 1985 movie “Mischief” – filmed in Nelsonville –this Friday at 8:30 p.m.>>
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MTV newsman to speak at Mem Aud
September 25, 2008
Gideon Yago, MTV News correspondent, will speak at Ohio University’s Memorial Auditorium on Monday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m., according to a news release.>>
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Meigs festival hopes to reclaim late September for live music
September 25, 2008
This Saturday’s third annual Reclaim Music Festival, an annual community event in Meigs County highlighting the Athens area music scene, will include several national and regional performers in addition to bands with ties to the region.>>
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Athens Music Scene
September 18, 2008
Creativity can be such an elusive mistress; so can sleep. Tuesday night as I tried to sleep, the brain that would not work for me during waking hours composed, over the course of the whole night, a story of such subtlety and complexity I was continually amazed during my nightlong doze-and-wake cycles.>>
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Local band hopes hot-label affiliation will propel them to fame, fortune
September 15, 2008
While the raspberry-wheat beer flowed continuously on tap at Casa Cantina, the up-and-coming local band Wheels on Fire performed its top hits while fans watched from the crowd.>>
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Opera House offers another free outdoor show this week
September 15, 2008
Stuart’s Opera House will host a free outdoor concert with The Carpenter Ants and special guests The McGovern Brothers this Thursday at 6:30 p.m.>>
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Athens Music Scene
September 11, 2008
Well, I learned today that Mac computers, no matter how superior to PCs, are not impervious to failure, as I lost an almost complete article to my Mac’s foibles (although I must give kudos to Microsoft Word over the Mac Pages. I would have been saved by Microsoft, quite literally. Save and save often!). This is my first hate toward an otherwise delightful machine. Now I begin again with a heavy heart and tired fingers and an increased sense of stress related to deadline issues.>>
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Appalachian gold: Rediscovering riches of the ‘poor man’s banana’
September 11, 2008
A boy stands beneath the tropical-leaved tree, peering at the mottled-skinned fruit pods. Alien-like, they hang from multiple limbs, singularly or in clusters. With his stick, he takes a swipe at the nearest group — down they fall. Quickly realizing that his new shoes (with added traction and support) are perfect for the job of smashing, he stomps on the fruit with much gusto. Gargantuan seeds and golden pulp squelch onto the forest floor. Disgusted, he walks away. Flies soon swarm in to feast upon the meal that has been so graciously provided.>>
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Seattle band leads lineup of free show in honor of bar’s renovation
September 11, 2008
In celebration of the Union’s reopening following months of remodeling, a free show will be held this Saturday featuring Intelligence from Seattle and local bands Spooktober and Submarine Spaceship.>>
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The Athens NEWS Fall Arts Calendar
September 9, 2008
Quarterly arts calendar.>>
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It’s not human - and it wants your garbage!
September 8, 2008
It started during spring break 2004, a time Travis Irvine “remembers like it was yesterday.” While he was camping with the OU Surf Club, raccoons started stealing food. And it wasn’t just your average mammalian plundering. The raccoons staged a cooperative effort to distract the campers from different positions and work together to achieve the goal, Irvine recalled.>>
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