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Q&A With Howe Gelb
Photo Credit: Jane Mingay
Arizona-based musician Howe Gelb is no stranger to Normaltown Hall. He’s made a couple of visits to the cozy venue since his last record, The Coincidentalist, was released on New West. The enigmatic songwriter will enjoy an extended stay in the Hall this week, playing there Nov. 19 & 20, with Wednesday’s show featuring Mothers and Don Chambers performing Thursday. Both nights will also feature Grant-Lee Phillips.
Flagpole caught up with Gelb via telephone.
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Tonight in Athens: Lonesome Leash, Swarming Branch
Lonesome Leash
It's relatively slim pickings tonight in live music land, but there are a couple notable gigs to get you hot and bothered:
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Green Room is For Sale
Photo Credit: Photo via Facebook
Nearly two years to the day it opened, Lumpkin Street music room and watering hole Green Room is on the marketplace.
Owner Wilmot Greene says he is offering it up for sale as of now and, in any case, will not be renewing the liquor license currently held in his name, which expires Dec. 30.
More below.
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The Weekly Three: Parkay Quarts, Mark McGuire, Bedhead
This week's new finds from the great beyond:
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Live Review: Big Star's Third on College Square
Photo Credit: Randy Schafer
Total obscurity seems unlikely for any band in our increasingly archived world. For the Memphis-born Big Star, though, that very fate seemed inevitable for quite a long time. Thanks to the hard work of UGA’s Willson Center for the Arts and Humanities and the Slingshot Festival, plus the help of star-studded guests from Athens and beyond, the band's legacy was kept alive on College Square Saturday evening.
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Tonight in Athens: The Deslondes, Charlie Megira
In addition to Creature Comforts' can-release party at the Georgia Theatre, there are a couple notable concerts happ'nin' in town tonight:
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Photo Gallery: Spotlight + Slingshot Concert on College Square
The Spotlight + Slingshot concert on College Square Saturday featured headliners Big Star's Third, as well as locals Blacknerdninja, New Madrid, The Glands and Ruby the Rabbitfoot. Check out a selection of photos from the concert below:
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Watch an Epic New Dictator Video
Classic City MC Travis "Dictator" West's 2013 Circus EP was one of the more memorable local hip hop efforts in recent years, an ornate, nine-song collection of steel-edged street-rap. Now West has teamed with Atlanta-based production team Krewsade Films for an epic, nine-minute video for "Watered Down," Circus' sleek closing track.
Watch the tense, cinematic clip below:
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