“You hate your boss at your job/But in your dreams you can blow his head off/In your dreams, show no mercy”
– The Flaming Lips, “Bad Days”

40 WATT CLUB (549-7871)

· Friday: The Delrays/The Stoutbeats. With the recent rise in the popularity of Ska music, you would think someone just invented the trumpet. Well, little boy blue go blow your horn, because the sheep is in the meadow and The Delrays are in the 40 Watt Club. Oh yeah, and Rod Stewart is in the meadow too.

· Saturday: The Cramps/Amazing Royal Crowns/The Bomboras. From what I understand, you shouldn’t drink when The Cramps are in town because you’ll get really drunk.

· Monday: Skoidots/Thumper/ Inspector 7. Inspector 7 has been in your pants, you just don’t remember.

· Tuesday: Buckdancer’s Choice/ Astroglide. Astroglide has been in your pants too, but you’ll never forget.

· Wednesday: Hobex/Albert Hill.

· Thursday: Revolvers/Jackson Hunt. Guitarist Eric Britt and keyboardist Paul Hart are former members of Hazel Virtue. From what I hear, they have abandoned the wall of sound approach of Hazel Virtue and turned to a more structurally oriented version of rock ‘n’ roll.

ALLEN’S HAMBURGERS (353-9341)

· Friday: Normaltown Flyers.

· Monday: Will Rehberg & Jim Garland.

· Tuesday: Jeff Andrews & Gary Andrews.

· Wednesday: Mark Wiggins.

· Thursday: The Field Trip.

ATHENS BREWING COMPANY (549-0027)

· Friday: International Dance Party. Learn how to dance like a drunken Irish cop.

· Saturday: Randy Anderson Jazz.

· Sunday: Christy Sauffer/Chris Cates.

BLUE SKY COFFEE (354-0880)

· Thursday: Brian Perry. This acoustic singer-songwriter from North Carolina is just passing through after a recent tour of New England for his second stop in Athens this year. The End.

BOARS HEAD DOWNTOWN BAR (369-3040)

· Saturday: Walking for Daze.

· Monday: Karmic.

· Tuesday: Tornado Bait.

· Wednesday: Absolute Fence. Wednesday is rouge beer night at Boars Head. What time is it when someone drinks too many rouge beers and sits on Absolute Fence? Time to get a new band. I used to tell all sorts of dumb jokes like this one to the daughter of ex-Falcons head coach, June Jones. What time is it when Lincoln Kennedy sits on a fence? Why did Deion Sanders cross the road? How many members of TLC does it take to burn down Andre Rison’s house?

· Thursday: Ode To Abbey.

DT’S DOWN UNDER (543-9276)

· Friday: Josh Joplin Band. Acoustic rock area code-404 style. Joplin, coincidentally, once dated staff writer Josh Massey’s younger sister, and Massey hasn’t forgotten about it. Better watch your back, Joplin.

· Saturday: Homemade Jam.

· Monday: One-Eyed Jacks.

GASOLINE ALLEY (354-6760)

· Friday: The BTU’s.

· Saturday: Affordable Lawncare.

· Thursday: Greg & The Grunt Tones.

GEORGIA THEATRE (549-9918)

· Friday: Mishap/Beth Wood.

· Saturday: Kinchafoonee Cowboys. Country music covers by people who know what country music should sound like. There’s just one thing I don’t understand. Since all country music sounds exactly alike, why doesn’t the band just play originals and sing about their own damn dog.

· Wednesday: Breakfast Club. If you see some random red-haired woman outside the Theatre next Wednesday, it’s not Molly Ringwald. It’s just someone who wants to see great covers of the ’80s. By the way, don’t tell my mom about her. You see, she always wanted me to be her red-haired girl. In order to fulfill her mission with a type of Sutpen-esque determination, she desperately longs for a red-headed granddaughter and has always pounced on any opportunity to potentially breed me with someone who fits that genotype. Luckily for me (and much to the chagrin of my mother), I am in love with someone whose red streaks are about as permanent. Oh yeah, and it’s okay for a cover band to play ’80s material, because unlike country music, pop-music of the ’80s can’t be composed by your random Jack (no offense to all you Jonathans out there) with an acoustic guitar and an alcohol problem.

· Thursday: Yahblo Canyon/Jump Steady.

HIGH HAT MUSIC CLUB

(549-5508)

· Friday: The Fountains/Plastic Nebraska.

· Saturday: Todd McBride/The Healers/Poor Little Fools. McBride will be performing a smoke-free show at 8 p.m., then it’s on to the healin’, you poor little fool.

· Monday: Ovation Guitar Clinic with Preston Reed/The Wires/ Shake Appeal.

· Tuesday: The Wide Receivers/ Head Gaskets. The Head Gaskets is my grandmother’s favorite band.

TASTY WORLD (543-0797)

· Tuesday: Bajo Del Soul.

TATE CENTER (54-UNION)

· Sunday: Third Day/Grammatrain/ Silage. Christian rock.

THE WINERY (613-0095)

· Friday: Nowhere Fast.

· Tuesday: Legitimate Businessman’s Association.

– Daniel Pulliam