Tickets to see Neutral Milk Hotel (and more!)

THE PRIZE
An amazing Athens, GA weekend getaway on October 24-27, featuring Neutral Milk Hotel. The prize package is valued at $1,000. Not-to-mention, 100% your purchase goes directly to support Nuçi's Space, a non-profit health and resource center for musicians and artists.
Hotel
Three (3) nights stay at the Foundry Park Inn & Spa in downtown Athens, GA. (check in 10/24 and out 10/27) Foundry Park Inn & Spa
295 E. Dougherty Street
Athens, Georgia 30601
Phone: 706-549-7020

Entertainment

Thursday, October 24th 2 Tickets to the Neutral Milk Hotel "locals" show at the 40 Watt Club on October 24, 2013.

Friday, October 25th

2 Tickets to the J. Roddy Walston and The Business show at the Georgia Theatre on October 25, 2013.

Saturday, October 26th

2 Tickets to the Father John Misty show on Saturday, October 26th at the Georgia Theater on Octobter 26, 2013.

The Wild Rumpus Parade & Spectacle is a giant costume party parade, and this year's event will benefit Nuçi's Space. The parade will take place on the evening of Saturday, October 26th. It is open to the public, so we highly suggest that you attend this event, whether it is as a costumed participant or a spectator. RAWR, the 2013 Wild Rumpus post-parade rock show, will be at the 40 Watt Club, featuring Ghost Owl, Timi and Kite to the Moon and Space Trucks. The Wild Rumpus is a truly unique opportunity to capture how Athens, GA celebrates Halloween.

Dining and Extras

Brunch for 2 at Mama?s Boy (voted Athens' Best Brunch and Breakfast) Meal for 2 at The Grit (voted Athens Best Vegetarian Food and the most Uniquely Athens Restaurant)
$250 Cash for transportation or spending money
Autographed Poster from the NMH Show
Orange Twin Records and Nuci's Space swag

Athens Soundies: Eikon Productions

Athens Soundies is the latest project from Eikon Productions and Jason Miller, Ethan Payne and Jason Luttrell. The project is a series of short "one take, low-fi, live sound music videos."

Based on Vincent Moon's incredible website TakeAwayShows, the Athens Soundies have got a great lineup of local and not-so-local talent playing acoustic shows in untraditional locales. So far, Soundies videos include songs from Nate Nelson, The Corduroy Road and Ted Franklin.

Check out the Athens Soundies Myspace page for all their regular videos, plus songs by Drakkar Sauna featuring their cousins Claire and Page Campbell (Hope For Agoldensummer) on backing vocals.

Depression and Suicide Awareness Week: Schedule of Events

CHECK WITH OUR FLICKR PAGE DAILY FOR PHOTOS OF OUR EVENTS.

Monday April 14th
10am: Tate Plaza
Information Tables and Awareness Poster Exhibit

7pm: Student Learning Center
Room: 213
Screening of AFSP’s “The Truth About Suicide: Real Stories of Depression in College.” Followed by a presentation by Dr. Chuck Zanone and Dr. Gayle Robbins of CAPS.

Tuesday April 15th
12pm: Conference Rm. A, University Health Center Presentation for Faculty and Staff by Dr. Gayle Robbins and Dr. Chuck Zanone from Counseling and Psychiatric Services: “Depression and Suicide Among College Students.”

4-6pm: Reed Quad
Stressbuster Event featuring live music, free food, a volleyball tournament, and other stress relieving activities.


Wednesday April 16th
7pm: Student Learning Center Room 213
“Many Faces Panel Discussion”
Guest Speaker: Linda Phillips (Founder of Nuçi’s Space)
Followed by a Multicultural Panel Discussion Featuring
Zoe Minor (Disability Services)
Dr. Chuck Zanone (CAPS)
Esther Williams
Patricia Searels (counselor in the Athletic Department at UGA)
**Bring a Friend and both of you get T-Shirts!**

Thursday April 17th
7pm: Ciné Lab
Nuçi’s Space Screening Night
Free!

Tonight's event includes videos and documentary work done by local students.
Featuring:

"Terry Hinkle's Story" by UGA student David Hill.

"Space to Live" - a look at the history of Nuçi’s Space by James Albert McGaw.

Friday April 18th
10am-2pm: Memorial Plaza
Outdoor Concert featuring: TBA

8:30pm: Nuçi’s Space
Benefit Concert Featuring Hope for Agoldensummer
Opening acts feature UGA student bands.

Featuring:

Joanie Musselman
John Youngblood and Greg Woodward
B-side Revolutions
$5
Raffle tickets: $2 for the chance to win signed records from The Whigs, Drive By Truckers, an acoustic guitar, local memorabilia, gift certificates, etc.

I never want to go home!

OLD NEWS

The Dark Meat Vomit Laser Family Band gets profiled in the Athens Banner-Herald's Marquee

SPIN Magazine put R.E.M. on their April 08 cover - here's a sneak peak at the story.

Jim White was Paste Magazine's Artist of the Week!

Exclusive showing of The Bridge

The Nuçi’s Space Student Organization is proud to offer an exclusive, one-day-only screening of the powerful documentary, THE BRIDGE.

This will be the kick-off event for our 3rd annual Depression and Suicide Awareness Week and will benefit Nuçi’s Space, a non-profit resource and support center for musicians.

The director, Eric Steel, was inspired by a 2003 New Yorker article written by Tad Friend called “Jumpers” and set off on a journey to document the alluring beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge and the individuals who are drawn there as a means of ending their pain.

When: Wednesday April 2nd, 2008
Three Showings: 4pm, 7pm, 9:30pm
Followed by an open discussion on topics ranging from journalistic responsibility, film ethics, bridge barrier controversy, etc.

How Much: Pre-Show Sales $5
$6 for matinee and $8 for evening showings

Where: Ciné
234 W. Hancock
Between Pulaski and Hull.

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Also - here's an interview with Steel, the director.

PART 1

PART 2

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL ALYSSA BERNSTEIN

Caledonia Happy Hour Thursdays to benefit Nuçi's Space

Matt Hudgins and the Caledonia Lounge present Thursday Happy Hour shows: early and cheap - plus the money goes to Nuçi's Space!
The Happy Hour shows will be $2 and will start at 5 pm.
So far the schedule is:
Christopher's Liver (3/27)
Diego Catalan (4/3)
Paul McHugh (Mother Jackson) (4/10).

Anyone interested in playing can contact Matt here.

Face the Music: Panel Discussion on digital media downloading

Today (March 25th), the Do It Legally campaign will ask University of Georgia students to rethink their remixes at Face the Music: A Panel Discussion on Digital Media Downloading as part of a weeklong campaign to reduce illegal downloading on campus. The panel will consist of guests from the university administration and faculty, the student body and the music industry. Panelists will address the issues surrounding the illegal downloading of music, movies and television shows and provide information about legal downloading alternatives. For more information about this campaign, please visit www.uga.edu/doitlegally.

What: Face the Music: A panel discussion on digital media downloading
When: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Student Learning Center Room 248 on the UGA campus
Hosted By: Do It Legally Campaign
Sponsored By: UGA Committee on Digital Media Downloading and the UGA Music Business Program
All media outlets are invited to attend the panel. No RSVP is necessary.

About the panelists:
· Nelson Wells: Co-founder of Team Clermont, a music industry Public Relations firm
· Mike Dekle: Singer and songwriter whose songs have been recorded by some of country music’s greatest artists
· Matt Winston: Assistant to the President at the University of Georgia
· Matthew Grayson: Senior Reporter at the Red and Black
· Chris Utah: Director of Subscriber Acquisitions for Ruckus
· Dr. Bill Lee: Professor in the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
· Imaad Rasheid: UGA student who faced repercussions for illegally downloading

Already young.

(Erin Gillin and Jeff Miller: photos)

Esquire loves The Whigs: it's true. They handed drummer Julian Dorio an "Esquie" as the World's Best Drummer... this year it's this review from SXSW:

"The Whigs are hands-down the best band playing at SXSW this year. They bring it hard. They bring it fast. They bring it in the middle of the day when you least expect a band to bring it. They're the reason why SXSW exists. Go buy their record. Go see them live. "

Check out the rest of Esquire @ SXSW here. (Thanks Katie!)

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• The New York Times takes a look at The B-52's and their new album.

• The AJC profiles the Savannah Music Festival - the Modern Skirts are one of the featured acts.

Athens repin' @ SXSW!!

(Stolen from The Day Jobs): Stream The Whigs show from SXSW here on NPR's website.

Check out the perspective from Austin!

Julie Phillips: Athens Banner-Herald.

Athensmusic.com

The Morning News reviewed over 700 mp3's here of bands.

Flagpole in Austin.

Daily reports from Pitchfork Media.

Drive-By Truckers: Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife on Conan

Drive-By Truckers

Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife

"Brighter Than Creation's Dark"
March 11, 2008

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

VIDEO REMOVED BY YOUTUBE

To see the video click here and then select the episode - March 11th - and then the segment.

Also in DBT news - the Truckers will hit Europe in July, starting in Norway and then working their way through England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Wales before finishing up in England again in mid-August.

GET OUTTA THE HOUSE!!!

Dark Meat does it big - in every facet.
A new charter bus the band got a great deal on will take them on a roughly three-month tour of the US - including 7 shows in 3 days at SXSW. Pitchfork Media tells you all about it here.

Check out Shane Harrison's blog on the Athens-In-Austin party yesterday at SXSW - featuring Dead Confederate, Modern Skirts, Elf Power and Dark Meat.

! Pitchfork also looks at this spring's upcoming Elf Power tour.

! Former UGA student and Athens resident Danger Mouse will be producing the new Beck album.

The Arts Connection

Here's a great article from Georgia Trend magazine that everyone should read on the relationship between the Georgia's economy and it's arts community.

The Arts Connection
What’s good for Georgia’s arts is good for the state’s economy.

Communities are using the arts to help spur economic development, and citizens have a growing menu of arts options. Full article is available here.

Also, here's an external sample of the people, organizations, institutions and venues that make up the state’s arts community, compiled by Georgia Trend’s editorial staff.

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DBT @ The Pagent, Tweedy on Migraines, NSSO film competition.

Due Date: April 4th
Screening Date: April 17th

Contact: Caity@nuci.org

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Check out Todd Owyoung's blog for his description and (incredible) set of photos from a 26-song Drive-By Truckers show at The Pagent in St. Louis.

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There's a very interesting column from Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy in this New York Times blog about how treating his depression and anxiety allowed him to beat a life-long battle with migraines.

REmix: Let's get the car and go somewhere...

You can download the new Russian Spy Camera album for FREE(!) at the band's Myspace page. The band is holding a CD release show for the new album at The Earl in the ATL on March 11th. You can also hear a live Russian Spy Camera track recorded at Nuçi's Space during last year's AthFest show on our Myspace page.


Drive-By Truckers will be appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on March 11th. Also - check out NPR's Fresh Air, reviewing the latest DBT album Brighter Than Creation's Dark.

Jim White's new album on Luaka Bop is called Transnormal Skiperoo - SPIN Magazine takes a look at it here.
SPIN Magazine also reviews the new R.E.M. album Accelerate.
Also, on the R.E.M. tip - Stipe, Mills and Buck chose 15 tracks for an upcoming Q Magazine compilation and one of those is a song from the upcoming Modern Skirts album. Check it out here.

Drive-By Truckers announce benefit for Nuçi's Space!

FROM PATTERSON HOOD:
(New album) BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK will be in stores (and download) CD and 2 Record Set Vinyl on Tuesday January 22, 2008 (Monday January 21, 2008 in Europe).

THE INTERNATIONAL HOME FRONT TOUR kicks off with an American Sneak Peak on January 10th when we will be playing the album live in its entirely (for maybe the only time, certainly a rare event at best) as a benefit for our most cherished cause, Nuçi's Space Musician's Resource Center in Athens GA.
The event will be held at The Fabulous 40 Watt Club in Athens.
There will be another band or two (TBA) and we will play the album live at Midnight.
All proceeds will go to the worthy cause (read about it at http://www.nuci.org/)
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON.