Hello, people. Welcome to this week's batch of news. This is my favorite time of year in Athens. When the weather just starts getting just nippy at night, I always think about those scenes in Athens, GA: Inside/Out and get momentarily nostalgic. But nostalgia is a killer, and we've got plenty happening right now! Look below for the now sound…

A Full Year of Pulling Rank: The 40 Watt Club and Nuçi's Space have coordinated for a very cool promotion and benefit partnership. Since this year marks the 12th anniversary of Nuçi's Space, which has made such an impact that our current community seems unimaginable without it, the 40 Watt is hosting a raffle whereby the winner receives a “Golden Ticket” to the club for all of 2013. This means the winner will get in free (with a guest, even!) to every single show that happens at the club between Jan. 1, 2013 and Dec. 31, 2013. Raffle tickets are $10 each. There are a few rules, though: You gotta be 18 or older to enter, and if you win, you can't just slide your free pass to someone else for a single show. However, you can assign the entire prize to someone else. But why do that? The drawing will be held Friday, Oct. 12. Purchase tickets at nuci.org/40watt. Questions? Drop a line to [email protected].

Bar-lotte's Web: Speaking of the 40 Watt, go check out the new website at 40watt.com. Damn, that looks good.

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?: Longtime Athens musician Adam Payne is hosting a songwriter series each Tuesday in October at Nowhere Bar. The free event is dubbed “Tuesday Night Confessional with Adam Payne and Friends,” and each show runs from 9 p.m. to midnight. Payne and the other songwriters will play separate sets and then perform as a group. The series includes William Tonks, Scott Low and Jordan Armstrong on Oct. 2; Dave Griffin and Sean Clark, Oct. 9; Betsy Franck, Fester Haygood and DJ Triz, Oct. 16; Josh Perkins, Brad Downs and Kelly Fuller, Oct. 23; and Chris Moore, Ty Manning and Mark Cunningham on Oct. 30.

Beats with Klay: Local producer and mad record enthusiast DJ Other Voices, Other Rooms released a new mixtape with local rap duo Redklay. It's titled The Fire Next Time, and its seven tracks feature samples from sources such as Kraftwerk, Millie Jackson, David Bowie, Panda Bear and Pink Floyd. Listen over at redklay.bandcamp.com. If you click the “info” tab next to each song, you'll get some good annotation regarding source material, etc. The raw material was recorded this past May, and Other Voices, Other Rooms mixed it this summer while simultaneously working on another new mixtape. You can download it all for free, or just play in the stream. Your choice.

Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space: In even more Nuçi's Space news, the UGA Music Business Program is throwing a series of benefit shows for and at the Space over the next few months. The students have titled the series “2012: A Space Jam.” The first show happens Thursday, Oct. 4 and features Grape Soda, The Viking Progress and Brocoder, the last of which is described as “a psychedelic jazz fusion collaboration between Kris Deason, Ryan Vogel and Eric Harris.” So, that's that.

Public Service Announcement: After reading my own columns for the past several weeks, I realized it might seem like the only charity anyone ever does benefits for in Athens is Nuçi's Space. There sure are a lot of them, aren't there? Of course, this isn't true, but the fact is that the folks organizing these benefits are generally pretty dialed into the music scene—and the print deadlines for Flagpole. There are many wonderful, worthwhile events I can't cover in this column because I'm alerted to them too late. As a weekly publication, most of the material you find in Flagpole is produced a full week before it's published. That means I need the information on your event no later than Monday before the week of publication. I'm eager to cover any and all musical events happening in Athens, especially those benefiting worthy causes. Non-traditional venues—churches, meeting halls, etc.—are more than welcome to pitch me ideas! The only stuff I'm not hype to cover are religious and political charities. Everything else with an Athens music connection is welcomed via [email protected]. If you miss the print deadline, you can always send stuff to [email protected]; there's a good chance we can get it covered online-style. This is a publication for the community, and even though I only write one column a week, I want everyone to feel welcome here. Of course, your stuff is still open to criticism, but I'm generally a big softy when it comes to benefits. So, you know, take the rough with the smooch.

On Sale Now: Tickets are on sale now for the inaugural Athens Intensified. It runs Oct. 11–13 at the Caledonia Lounge and features more than 20 bands and performers, with Silver Apples headlining Friday, Oct. 12 and The Queers headlining Saturday, Oct. 13. Full festival passes are a mere $20, and tickets for the Friday and Saturday shows are $12 each. Yes, this is an event of my own creation. Sometimes my tasks overlap, and nobody is more embarrassed by this than I am. If I have to deal, so do you. Please see facebook.com/athensintensified for all other information and online ticket sales. Paper tickets are available at Wuxtry Records downtown.