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by BRAD EVANS

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got a letter from Jason Howard over Christmas. Most of you probably know that name by now. I say this because we get phone calls, emails and we get stopped on the street continuously about the pages from his notebooks that we’ve been publishing under the headline “In My Head.” I’d written Jason to tell him how much response we’d been getting. What I got back, while pretty typical from Mr. Howard, was too good not to share.

“Mr Brad Evans, I found your letter suspicious for the following reasons…1) It wasn’t on company letterhead. 2)It’s been almost three years since my arrest. People couldn’t still be interested in me. 3) It was not mailed in business size manila envelope. 4) The line ‘I hope you are well.’ sounded like you lifted it from a cartoon. Are you a cartoon Mr. Evans?” He went on to explain that he feared I was posing as Brad Evans to try and get information from him about the Liberty County incident for which he has been charged. He goes on to say that he has been one hundred percent honest with investigators. And that he did not

kill or bury “those people” in Liberty County. Those people were his mother and stepfather, though he never mentions that in his letter. He also claims that he was never a fugitive in Macon. This in itself is suspicious since he was on Americas Most Wanted Fugitives list for over four years. He claimed that the past three years in county jail have altered his character and his mind and his health has suffered, while he has awaited trial. He claims that many documents he needs for his defense have not been given to him by the DA. He’s worried that because the Public Defender and the DA know each other that they are colluding against him. “After about 2 years of living on the levee in Macon I quit calling myself homeless because I had much of what I needed. I very much miss Macon, it’s home and where my heart is, when I think of a better place, I think of Macon.” Keep enjoying his rants and neurotic scribblings, we’ll print one page from his journals every issue. See the new installment on page 26. Enjoy!

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The things making our world just a little bit better | by brad evans

I’m really still not sure who is better looking, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or Daniel Craig. But that movie was the best thing I’ve seen this year. I didn’t read the book, because it had the word “Girl” in the title and I automatically assumed “Chic Lit.” Man was I wrong. Serial killers, journalism, and a bad ass café racer that I’m too big to ride but can still long for. I’m not a huge Derek Trucks fan. What the guy has in guitar licks, he lacks in personality, in my opinion. But the super group he formed with his wife, Susan Tedeschi is pretty bad ass. The song “Learn How to Love” is my favorite. Check it out if you haven’t.

Every few years, I face a long journey to Michigan for Christmas. Driving through snow and rain 16 hours to sit at my sister –in laws house for a week. The worst part of this is that I have to leave my dogs Kazi, Bandit, Lulu and Dr. Pickle behind. Dr. Debbie Gadd at Animal Doctors of Gray makes this all better. The attention they pay to our animals surpasses the care that I often get at my human doctors office. If you have to go out of town, there really is no better place to kennel your pets, and believe me, I’ve tried them all. At Animal Doctors of Gray, you can bring along your dogs bones, toys, bed and food to help make them as comfortable as possible, and all the techs greet each furry friend as just that. Check them out, their office is just 10 minutes from downtown Macon.

I’ve been re-reading one of the first books I recommended in the column. C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. It’s one of the most captivating pictures of the American West I’ve ever read.

Jan 3 - Jan 18, 2012

15DAYS FAMILY FRIENDLY Macon-Bibb County Parks & Recreation Department Presents the

MACON-MADDEN XBOX 360 CHALLENGE

1st Round Local Competition January 7th & 14th. Open to age groups: 7-8; 9-10; 11-12; 13-15; 16-18. Single Elimination Tournament – Awards to the Winners, Cost $5.00 per person. Local Winners will move on to the 2nd round City-Regional Competition on January 21st. The Winners at Regionals will compete in the City-wide Macon-Madden 2012 XBOX 360 championships on Jan 28, 2012!!! Free admission to watch!!! Concessions, Music, Door Prizes Available. Call 751-7638 for more information – www.CityofMacon.net January 7th Rosa Jackson Park, Freedom Park, L.H. Williams School Gym, Bloomfield Park January 14th East Macon Park, Frank Johnson Park, Memorial Park, North Macon Park

STARBASE ROBINS CALLS FOR LEGO CREATIONS

The FIRST LEGO League Super Regional robotics tournament sponsored by STARBASE ROBINS and the Museum of Aviation will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2012. To celebrate the FIRST LEGO League Tournament, STARBASE ROBINS is inviting students to build a creation using LEGO (or similar) bricks and parts. The creations should be E-mailed to museumofaviationinfo@gmail.com with the following information. First Name, Age (over 18 will be “adult”) Title of creation, School/Grade (if applicable) City, State, Country STARBASE ROBINS staff and volunteers will post the pictures of each creation two times per week on the STARBASE ROBINS Facebook page. STARBASE ROBINS offers a hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) curriculum to students from local school systems as well as several area private schools. STARBASE ROBINS is a Department of Defense educational program sponsored through a partnership with the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), the Museum of Aviation, and the Museum of Aviation Foundation. The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League is an international program that couples hands-on robotics activities with a competition like environment. A team is allowed a maximum of 10 players ages 9-14, with a major focus on team building, creativity and problem solving skills. Each year’s competition consists of a challenge with a different theme. Students use Lego MINDSTORM kits for the competition. In addition to the robotic portion, the competition also requires the teams to complete a research project relevant to the theme.

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Community Supported Art Program to Launch in Macon

arlier this month, The 567 Center for Renewal and the Macon Arts Alliance teamed up on a new project to promote local artists and foster new collectors within our community. The program is called "Community Supported Art: Macon" and it is based on a Springboard for the Arts program model first introduced in Minnesota. That model was patterned after "Community Supported Agriculture," a program in which local farmers sell "shares" of their harvest to "shareholders" who receive a box of produce and goods at the end of the growing season. The shareholders What is a CSA? Over the last 20 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) don't know exactly what they will has become a popular way for consumers to buy seasonal food directly from receive, but they know it will be local farms. With the same buy-local spirit in mind, the 567 Center and the Macon grown locally and come from a Arts Alliance has joined forces for a similar endeavor to support local art, artists list of crops the farmers have and collectors. They are seeking Macon artists, of all disciplines, to participate. agreed to grow. Agriculture can be unpredictable, so the process gives consist of one work from each of the selected artists farmers money up front and shareholders good, quali- (5 total), will be pre-sold for $150 each. ty foods to eat later. Eating locally grown food is good for several ou might be thinking that it’s a bit strange not reasons. If you don't know them, look it up. Then to know exactly what you are purchasing stop by the farmer's market on Mulberry Street on before your buy it, but that's only partially any given Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. and get some true. The list of selected artists will be announced radishes or milk or whatever you like. By the way, I before the shares go on sale. They will all be local have a great recipe for roasted radishes. Seriously, artists and the work will be exclusive to this project. I'll post it on the Macon Arts Alliance blog just as You can't get it anywhere else. There is some uncerthis goes to print. Visit www.maconartsalliance.org tainty, but the gamble is half the fun. and click on "blog." The other half is the satisfaction of supporting A recipe may seem off topic, but it's not. local artists, enjoying the exclusive pick-up event Community Supported Agriculture is about supportand gaining five pieces of original art. I realize that ing local farmers, and that's why I'm giving you a some people don't enjoy taking chances in life, but great recipe and encouraging you to try it out using for those of us who do, the reward is almost always local produce. Community Supported Art works in a worth the risk. very similar way. There’s also a nifty logo design contest to get Here's an overview: Five (5) artists will be things started. To raise awareness and fulfill the misselected through a juried call to artists, which will be sion of the program, we've added our own spin to it. announced in the second half of January 2012. Each Because CSA: Macon needs a logo, we’ve decided of the five selected artists will create 50 "shares" of the best way to stay true to the spirit of CSA is to art for the program. A typical share will consist of a have an open call to local designers. The winning work of art/ object of artistic production. Multiples designer will receive a $500 stipend for the logo and are encouraged, however creative ideas that translate will be honored at the official announcement of the into this format or connect to themes like sustainabili- call to artists for the CSA program. The deadline for ty, farm or food are also welcome. For example, a the logo design contest is January 17, so there is still limited edition of vinyl 7", a run of screen-prints, a plenty of time to submit your ideas. All the details series of small tea cups, a run of photographs, tickets can be found at www.the567.org/contest. to an upcoming performance or event, letterpress ediCommunity Supported Art: Macon is a project of The tions of a poem or short story, or even 50 small origi567 Center for Renewal and Macon Arts Alliance nal paintings. with funding from the Community Foundation of Collaborations between artists or work by collec- Central Georgia. This local project is modeled on tives are welcome and encouraged. Each of the five Community Supported Art in Minnesota, created by selected artists/collectives will receive a $1000 mnartists.org and Springboard for the Arts. stipend for producing the shares. Interested consumers/collectors will purchase a share – 50 total Jonathan Dye is the Director of Communications for shares will be sold – and in return receive a box of Macon Arts Alliance, a non-profit organization comlocally produced artwork at the end of the "season." prised of more than 60 arts and cultural organizations The pick-up event will be held at a local art site and throughout central Georgia. Visit www.maconartsalfeature music, food and entertainment. Shares, which liance.org for more information.

THE GOINGS ON IN THE CITY TUESDAY

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ONGOING

TECH GETTING TO KNOW YOUR iPAD AT PEACH MAC You have just purchased the coolest, newest, greatest device Apple has ever created. Learn how to maximize your iPad’s capabilities. Please join us for an hour of hands-on experience with your new iPad 2. While not necessary, you are invited to bring your iPad along with you. Jan. 3, 10, 17 (Tuesday, 56pm) Free and open to the public. Peach Mac is located in the Shoppes at River Crossing.

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Intro to Mac at Peach Mac of Macon, Saturdays thru January: If you're new to the Mac, or to OS X, this workshop is for you. You'll learn your way around the desktop and how to use preferences and settings to make your new computer work the way you want it to. You should walk away from this class feeling comfortable with the basics of your new computer and be ready to discover the remarkable things you can do with your new Mac. Every Saturday from 10-11am, Peach Mac in the Shoppes at River Crossing.

Middle Georgia Art Association: Free and open to the public. Gallery open Tuesday - Friday, Noon 5 p.m. Saturday, Noon - 3 p.m. 478.744.9557. MiddleGeorgiaArt.org. 2330 Ingleside Ave.

THURSDAY

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TECH INTRO TO iOS5 and iCloud AT PEACH MAC We’ll lead you through many of the great new features introduced in iOS 5, Apple’s latest update to the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. You'll also get an introductory look at the new cloud-based syncing service - iCloud. Dates: Jan. 5, 12, 19 (Thursday, 5-6pm). Free and open to the public. Peach Mac is located in the Shoppes at River Crossing.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17

MERLE HAGGARD IN CONCERT AT THE MACON CITY AUDITORIUM

In the ever-expanding array of country music stars, hitmakers and idols, Haggard walks in no man’s shadow. Instead, he casts a far-reaching shadow of his own. Rare is the country balladeer that has mastered the idiom at so many different levels as has he. His accomplishments would lead some to sum him up with a catchall cliché like “legend,” but legends are about the past, about those who are about to be swept off into some dusty corner record bin somewhere. Haggard can’t be pinpointed in the past. And he won’t be found rockin’ and whittlin’ with a shoebox full of yesterday’s memories. His music speaks to country audiences today, while his mind and talents flirt with a new millennium. Tickets $35 and up. Charge-by-phone 800.745.3000

THURSDAY

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COMEDY LEWIS BLACK AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE Prolific funny man, actor, author and standup comedian/ranter Lewis Black will be live onstage at The Grand as part of his 'In God We Rust' tour. His live performances provide a cathartic release of anger and disillusionment for the audience. He is a passionate performer and enraged optimist. Lewis is the rare comic who can cause an audience to laugh themselves into incontinence while making compelling points about the absurdity of our world. Lewis Black rose to national prominence through appearances on 'The Daily Show' and subsequent specials on Comedy Central. In 2001 he won the Best Male Stand-Up at the American Comedy Awards. This performance is Rated R. Tickets are $40 to $65. Call the Box Office 478-301-5470.

CONCERT IVAN NEVILLE’S DUMPSTAFUNK at the Cox Capitol Theatre, Doors at 8 p.m. / Show at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 Advance/$12 Day of Show. “Dumpstaphunk is the best funk band from New Orleans right now.” -New York Times The members of Dumpstaphunk have recorded and performed with a veritable who’s-who of popular music over the years including the Rolling Stones, Dave Mathews, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer, Trey Anastasio, Emmylou Harris and, yes, even the Neville Brothers.

FRIDAY

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THEATRE DOUGLASS PLAYERS PRESENT “THE HEART OF MONTENEGRO” 7:00pm, A play by Winsphere Jones, A Comedy about a band of rogues with a plan to steal the most famous jewel in the world. General Admission $15.

SATURDAY

FRIDAY

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FAMILY FUN PUBLIC ICE SKATING AT THE MACON CENTREPLEX Doors open 30 minutes before the beginning of each session. Each session is 2.5 hours long. Non-skating guests are admitted free and are welcome to watch the skaters and enjoy the winter wonderland ambience and themed concessions. Thru Sunday! 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM and 8:30 PM - 11 PM Ticket Prices: $10 per person, including skates! 11 a – 1 p session: $8 per person

THURSDAY

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THEATRE ‘TREASURE ISLAND’ AT THEATRE MACON January 14 - 22. For Reservations call 478746-9485 $20 for general admission, $18 for seniors, and $15 for students.

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CONCERT ALMOST ELTON JOHN AT THE COX CAPITOL THEATRE Tickets $15 an up, reserved seating available. Craig A Meyer has traversed all four corners of the entertainment industry, making strong impressions in theatre, film, television and music. In music, Meyer has toured internationally and recorded with music legends Barry Manilow and Frankie Valli, and has headlined for Princess Cruises around the world.Throughout Meyer’s busy career, he was repeatedly approached about his striking resemblance to Elton John and his uncanny ability to sound like the rock and roll legend. Meyer was eventually persuaded to expand his repertoire and began impersonating Sir Elton John. THEATRE METROPOLITAN OPERA AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE 1:00 PM showing the “The Enchanted Evening”. General Admission $24, Students/Seniors

$20. The Metropolitan Opera’s Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD continues for its sixth season. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at your local movie theater! In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are shipwrecked on his otherworldly island of The Tempest. Running time: 3 hours, 35 minutes.

TUESDAY

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CONCERT JAIMOE’S JASSZ BAND AT THE HISTORIC DOUGLASS THEATRE 8pm, admission $25, a benefit for the Big House Museum. As many of you know, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jaimoe is one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band, and 43 years later is still one of the drummers in the group. The locale of this show has very special meaning to Jaimoe, as he played the Douglass Theatre countless times in the 1960s. Jaimoe played with many R&B greats such as Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, Joe Tex, Sam & Dave, and many others before being the first person Duane Allman officially invited to join what would become the Allman Brothers Band Tickets are $25, available for purchase at the Douglass Theatre box office [478-742-2000]. $5 discount with student ID

WEDNESDAY

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THEATRE ‘IN THE HEIGHTS’ AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE Part of the Broadway Series. IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards including ‘Best Musical’, is a sensational new show about chasing your dreams and finding your true home. ’In the Heights’ is an exhilarating journey into a vibrant Manhattan community - a place where the coffee is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. Showing Wednesday and Thursday 7:30

For a complete listing of events, including ongoing exhibits, musuem hours & more visit 11thHourOnline.com

Macon Arts Gallery The Gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is always free. For more info call 478.743.6940. 486 First St.

Open gallery exhibits at Contemporary Arts Exchange. Resident and guest artist exhibits every First Friday, 7 - 10 p.m. MySpace.com/CAEMacon. 2nd Floor, 590 Mulberry St.

Art on the Avenue Fine Art Gallery New monthly gallery shows. 2368 Ingleside Ave, 478-743-3720

The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame’s newest exhibit, From the Ball Field to the Battlefield: Georgia’s Athletes in World War II, is now on display in the museum’s rotunda. Featuring photographs, gameworn jerseys, sports equipment, and military paraphernalia, the exhibit examines the impact that the Second World War had on sports in Georgia. Many of the state’s greatest athletes who served in the Armed Forces during World War II are profiled in the exhibit including Georgia Tech running back Clint Castleberry, University of Georgia running back Frank Sinkwich, and Macon’s own Middleweight champion boxer D.T. Bell. On display through March 3, 2012.

farmer’s markets

City Market on the Green, 9am - 1pm. Every Saturday morning in Poplar Street Park, middle Georgia merchants, craftsmen and artisans set up booths of locally grown produce, plants, delicious bakery items, art, crafts and more! Wesleyan Market every second Saturday 9am - 1pm. Held monthly, this fun community event features a variety of locally grown and produced items ranging from flowers and organic fruits and vegetables to baked goods. Music, fun & educational events also offered. Free and open to the public. (478) 757-5233. Mulberry Market every Wednesday. 4:30-7pm. The Mulberry Street Market is part of the Macon Main Street Program's efforts to bring life and business to Downtown Macon, and is directed by vendors dedicated to the people of Macon. Find a variety of all things fresh and local, from honey to breads, seasonal vegetables to grass-fed beef.

museum hours

Museum of Arts & Sciences. Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m. $4 - $8. Free for students & Bibb Co. residents the last Friday of each month, 5 – 8 p.m. 477.3232. 4182 Forsyth Rd.

Georgia Children’s Museum: Tuesday – Saturday 10:30 -5:30, $4 per person, 2 and under free. Free admission on Tuesdays from 10:30 -1:30 for City of Macon residents and First Fridays from 5:30-8:30.

The Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House in Macon. This house-turned-museum was where members of the Allman Brothers Band, their roadies, friends and families lived between 1970 and 1973.Call for hours. 741.5551. 2321 Vineville Ave. Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Tuesday-Saturday, 9am-5pm (admission $8 for adults; $6 for seniors, college students, & military; $3.50 children).

The Hay House, 934 Georgia Ave. Open TuesdaysSaturdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. - 4. Tours are on the hour with the last tour at 3 p.m. $8 adults, $4 students. Children under 6 free.

The Sidney Lanier Cottage House Museum, 935 High Street in Macon, is the birthplace of noted poet, musician & soldier, Sidney Lanier (1842-1881).

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AND THE NOMINEES ARE... COMMUNITY The Best Thing about Macon The History Downtown The Peopl The Music College Hill The Worst Thing about Macon The Homeless Problem The Crime The Size of City Council Poverty Favorite Local Politician Rick Hutto Larry Schlesinger Lauren Benedict Robert Reichert Favorite Local Celebrity? Ben Jones Terrell Sandefur Jubee Webb Mark Ballard Alan Walden Best Annual Event in Macon Bragg Jam The Cherry Blossom Festival MAGA Film Festival Skydog Fest Best Local Shopping Karats and Keepsakes The Golden Bough, Rodeo Beach Ginger Michelle, Fabrik Best Local Hair Salon William Alexander Amanda Jane Chadwick Hudson Signature Salon Macon’s Best Radio Station? 89.7, 97.9, 106.3, 105.5 Favorite Local News Personality? Ben Jones Frank Malloy Chace Ambrose Portia Lake Kenny Burgamy Favorite Local Blogger? Angel Collins Chris Horne Jessica Walden Anthony B. Harris Favorite Person to Follow On Twitter? Floco Torres Terrell Sandefur Shawty Slim Erik Erikson Favorite Local Church? Mulberry Street Methodist New City Church Downtown Ingleside Baptist Centenary Methodist

Favorite Local Photographer Robin Gatti Cook Maryann Bates Zack Robinson Adam Smith Favorite Local Artist Charles Ladson Craig Hamilton Eric O’Dell Mark Ballard

NIGHTLIFE Macon’s Best Singer Songwriter Abby Owens Justin Cutway Shane Bridges Chelsea Hughes Matt Moncrief Nick Malloy Macon’s Best DJ Shawty Slim, Laylo Lopez Dirt Dog, Roger Riddle Best Local Rock Band Homeless Hill, Psyk Nyne Xavii, Citizen Insane Gringo Grande Back City Woods Magnificent Bastard Best Local Cover Band? Uncle Earle and Friends 2 Finger Jester Great White Lion Snake Radio Cult, Tokyo Spa Macon’s Best New Band in 2011 Whale Bone Back City Woods Homeless Hill Trendlenberg Band Macon’s Best Band Name? Big Mike & the Booty Papas Great White Lion Snake Dirty Sound Professors Magnificent Bastard Best Experimental band? Cult of Riggonia Truffelina The ONE God the Pigeon Xavii Blood of Charney Best Hip Hop Artist? Jubee and the Morning After Floco Torres Young R The Stixx Al King Best Local Album This Year? Back City Woods Trenlenberg Magnificent Bastard Oh Dorian Floco Torres Shane Bridges Nick Malloy

Macon’s Best Overall Band? Jubee and the Morning After St. Francis Back City Woods Xavii Psyk Nyne Citizen Insane Trendlenberg

Best BBQ in Macon Finchers BBQ, Georgia Bobs Fresh Air. Satterfields

Macon’ s Best Dance Club? Envy, Asylum Bottoms Up, Element

Best Mexican Food Acapulco, El Sombrero La Parilla, Margaritas

Macon’s Best College Bar? The Hummingbird Bottoms Up, Element Asylum, Bearfoot Tavern

Best Southern Cooking The Bears Den, The Cox Café Dawson’s Kitchen Jeanene’s on Pinebrook AP’s Hidden Hidwaway

Macon’s Best Overall Bar? The Hummingbird, Element Bottoms Up, Wild Wing, The Hangar Best Restaurant with a Bar Scene? The Shamrock, The Rookery Wild Wing, Locos, Tic Toc Room, Downtown Grill Best Drink Specials Locos, The Hummingbird Bottoms Up, Roasted CJ’s Sports Bar, Wild Wing Favorite Bar off the Beaten Path Billy’s Clubhouse AP’s Hidden Hideaway The Back Porch Lounge The Hangar 20’s Pubs and Subs Macon’s Best Promotor The Blue Indian Insomniac, DSEL Promotions Best Place to Sing Karoake 20’s Pub, Billy’s Clubhouse The Back Porch AP’s Hidden Hideaway

Best Place to Watch the Game CJ’s Sports Bar, Locos, Hooters Bearfoot Tavern, Wild Wing Best Waitstaff in Macon Bonefish, The Shamrock Wild Wing, Locos, The Rookery Macon’s Best Lunch Spot? The Rookery, Wild Wing, Railside Diner, Dolce Vita, Ingleside Village Pizza, Between the Bread, J Christophers Best Ethnic Food Papoulis, The Greek Deli Metropolis, Pho Saigon Macon’s Best Burger The Rookery, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, The Players Club Loco, Cj’s Sports Bar Macon’s Best Pizza Mellow Mushroom, Dolce Vita, Ingleside Village Pizza Guisseppis

Best Local Bartender Jeff Payne-The Bird Sherry-The Back Porch Roger Riddle- The Rookery Amanda Irons-The Bird Andy Howorth Shogun Amber Whitley-Element Favorite Place to See Live Music The Golden Bough The Cox Capitol Theatre The Rookery, The 567 The Hummingbird

DINING Best Overall Restaurant Downtown Grill The Tic Toc Room Natalia’s, Marcos Best New Restaurant In Macon The Bearfoot Tavern Ninja Japanese Restaurant Fowl Play, Greek Corner Pizza Roasted Café

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with the owner of The Downtown Grill, Richie Jones The Downtown Grill is an English Steakhouse that specializes in prime cut Black Angus steaks, fresh pasta dishes, fish filets and decadent desserts. This fine dining restaurant also features a well stocked bar that includes a vast array of scotches and bourbons, an extensive wine list and a large oak cigar humidor. Open Monday-Saturday 5pm-Until with Happy Hour Drink Specials in the bar from 5-7pm. 562 Mulberry Street Lane

How long have you been at Downtown Grill? In April, it will be four years. How did you get started in restaurant industry? I was in college and I was about to move into a house and so I wanted to learn to cook, and I needed a job as well so I decided I'd get paid to cook. I liked the fast pace of a restaurant and so I kept going back to it.

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Richie Jones is the hard-working and innovative proprietor of the Downtown Grill. Richie is a Macon native who is a graduate of First Presbyterian Day School and UGA.

How did you acquire DTG? I was looking at a few different restaurants in Macon as well as other cities and this restaurant just seemed to be a good fit for me. I liked the downtown vibe and just the history of the building and the atmosphere. What do you enjoy most about running a restaurant? I enjoy meeting people and getting

to know them. I also like working with a great staff. (Editor’s Note: Downtown Grill has consistently won Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Waistaff and Best Overall Restaurant.) How do you feel about owning a business downtown? Downtown is great. There is a great vibe downtown and there are so many people who support downtown and want to see it grow and prosper. I lived downtown in Athens and loved being able to walk to everything and I think that's the direction Macon is headed with more and more business here. What is your favorite thing to order at Downtown Grill? Hmmm, very tough question. I would have to say one of our weekly specials, the goat cheese and cranberry stuffed filet.

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The Wrecks and Effects of 2011 What’s Next for Macon in 2012?

by JESSICA WALDEN

The Lofts at Mercer Village opened this fall, welcoming Mercer students to its loft-style living spaces and new businesses to its ground-level retail shops.

University and West Georgia University. There’s speculation that the institution will magically reappear in Atlanta. Downtown Macon now has another empty property on its unwanted list in 2012, but in the meantime, NewTown Macon secured the Capricorn Recording Studio property on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard that sat vacant for years. Plans are underway to turn it back into a working recording studio, Macon music museum and historic marker. The Allman Brothers Band Museum, Grant’s Lounge and Rock Candy Tours are also working hard to preserve Macon’s rich music heritage and make it a viable part of Macon’s heritage and cultural tourism.

SPLOST Passes (But Not Without a Fight) Who knew pitching a penny could cost a city so much debate. By the time the SPLOST went to ballot in November, you were either for Macon or against it. Lucky for all of us, the majority was in our favor. The $190 million Special Purpose Local Sales Tax referendum, which will increase Bibb County’s sales tax from six percent to seven percent on April 1, 2012, is funding a wish list of projects that are intended to increase the quality of life for all of Bibb County for years to come. Some are necessary for public safety. Others, such as a new animal shelter and new recreation center, were necessary for a good community. But on the multi-million dollar laundry list of repairs, developments, improvements, upgrades, debt retirement and purchases, it was the $2.5 million it allocated to finishing the Tubman African American Museum that was the favorite bone to pick against the sales tax. Mayor Reichert said that kind of decision-making was like “not buying your dream home because you didn’t like the curtains in the kitchen.” With the penny coming into play this year, we just got the keys and stepping up to that house’s welcome mat. According to Mayan prophesy, New Age scholars, numerological and astrological gurus, 2012 is the year the world either makes it or breaks it. Life as we know it could either undergo a positive physical and spiritual transformation or face global catastrophe from an epic event like colliding with a black hole. One small speck on our endangered planet is a town located in the heart of Georgia that has had its fair share of successes, failures and close calls over the past year. Whether or not the stars align, the numbers add up or the Mayans were right, this is the year it counts for Macon, Georgia. Here in 2012, we’ve finally reached a tipping point to becoming the town we always wanted or cataclysmic failure in spite of progress. Let’s look back at the top 11 events of 2011 and see what the past might mean for our near future.

Four More Years of Mayor Reichert Well, the Jack came back . . . the very next election he qualified. Former Macon Mayor C. Jack Ellis narrowly lost to the incumbent Macon Mayor Robert A.B. Reichert in a heated runoff race. The low side? The race was socially divisive. The bright side? There was record attendance at the polls. Ellis retreated once again to consulting obliv-

ion, and Mayor Reichert wiped his brow and went back to the job he’s got to love . . . or he wouldn’t be doing it again. He’s got crime perceptions (and realities) to fight, consolidation to bush hog and dreams of a Second Street gateway that echoes Macon’s prettier stepsister city of Greenville, South Carolina to make happen. But his biggest hurdle ahead? The same one that has been a hurdle all along – will this be the year where Macon City Council cuts him some slack?

The Georgia Music Hall of Fame Packs Up & Leaves It had a storm cloud over it before it ever opened its doors. After almost 15 years, it finally quit threatening rain and just washed the state music museum away. In June 2011, the lights went off at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in downtown Macon. The artifacts were either returned or sent to other music archives at the University of Georgia, Georgia State

Mercer Village Creates a College Town The Lofts at Mercer Village opened this fall, welcoming Mercer students to its loft-style living spaces and new businesses to its ground-level retail shops. Barnes and Noble at Mercer University, Fountain of Juice, Designer Tan, Margaritas Mexican Grill and Rodeo Beach are the newest kids on the College Hill Corridor business block, joining Mercer Village neighbors Ingleside Village Pizza, Jittery Joe’s Coffee and Francar’s Wings. Construction immediately began on Phase II of the Lofts at Mercer Village, which involved the monumental moving of three historic homes within the neighborhood. And it was announced near the end of the year that Mercer’s journalism school would occupy the bottom floor. The Macon Telegraph and Georgia Public Broadcasting would also be joining them 11thHourOnline.com

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– locating some of their staff to the school’s new location to provide real-life learning experiences in an unprecedented media-teaching model. You couldn’t ask for a better blend of students, reporters and businesses that cater to their need of coffee, pizza, wings, Mexican food, beer, books and Patagonia and flip-flops in one condensed area. But Mercer Village is also going to need customers from the entire community in order to survive, thrive and continue creating a college town vibe in this tough economic climate. The College Hill Corridor remains the area of town leading the charge in making Macon into a college town. This is also the year that the College Hill Alliance, the administrative arm of the Corridor’s master plan, is set to sunset on its original Knight Foundation grant. While the Corridor effort has been declared a bona fide success, two of the biggest items from the public meeting planning process – Tattnall Square Park renovations and a neighborhood grocery store – have limped along. With the Alliance turning its focus to its “College Hill 2.0” plan for job creation through tech business recruitment, it’s up to the community to help the Corridor continue what it started.

Mercer Gets Ready for Football They claim to be “undefeated since 1942,” the last time they had a football team. Mercer is now ready for a rematch. Last November, the college broke ground on a new football and lacrosse complex that will soon see a new breed of Bears. The facility is expected to be completed this fall, with the non-scholarship program signing players in February. It won’t be game on until 2013, but that doesn’t mean the pep rally hasn’t already begun. This is the year when the community has its chance to show its support for a sports team that will actually stick around. Now’s the time to get your orange and black in tact, start searching for the perfect tailgate spot and get your season tickets for something that could truly transform our town.

The Atlantic Cotton Mill Burns to a Crisp There were high hopes for the high cotton appeal of the $13.5 million plan to turn the Atlantic Cotton Mills property into residential lofts. But that all changed in March 2011 when a fire ravaged the historic property and left it a total loss. The fire was one of the most massive and dangerous blazes our fire department has seen in some time. Nobody was physically hurt, but many found it painful to watch such cruel fate take over the reclaimed historic development. But out of the ashes came good news later in the year. The $1.5 million in state grant funds originally slated for the Cotton Mill was shifted to the Dannenberg Building development to create apartments in downtown. Construction will begin in

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February. The 100,000-square-foot building at the corner of Third and Poplar Streets will house 69 apartments and additional retail spaces. More residents living in downtown only means more business development. Hope is now restored.

Mercer Law Student is Brutally Murdered When news broke that recent Mercer Law grad Lauren Giddings had been brutally murdered, with just her torso discovered in a trash bin outside her apartment, she became everyone’s daughter, sister, friend, neighbor. The town was instantly seized by shock and awe that such a horrific incident could happen in our backyard – in an area like the College Hill Corridor that was fighting crime perceptions and encouraging student residents, nonetheless. Just when it couldn’t have gotten any worse, Giddings’ classmate and apartment neighbor Stephen McDaniel was soon arrested and remains the prime suspect. There’s not much more to say about this crime that hasn’t already been strung out in the local media, who has exhausted just about every angle possible. But if there is anything that hasn’t been talked about it enough, it is the resilience and grace of the Giddings family. While questions remain unanswered and an ugly trial process looms ahead, the family remains close to Giddings’ life in Macon. They don’t fault our fair town for such a terrible nightmare. They appreciate the place where Lauren lived her dream.

In a surge of summer violence, Macon walked through the valley of the shadow of death. And it was quickly sensationalized into a Gangsta’s Paradise. But there was no doubt there was a serious spike in violence – and Macon’s youth was in the line of fire. Two teens were shot while waiting at a bus stop. More were shot at another teen’s birthday party. And a string of additional shootings took place over the course of one night. Multiple plans were presented in stopping the violence, but no one had the magical answer. While it seems Macon has lost a generation who are Godless, fearless and lawless, we’ve still got kids who are listening. This is the year to support Macon’s mentoring organizations, so we’re not still talking about this problem in 2014.

David to her Goliath, Chris Horne, a lifelong resident of Macon, former editor of the 11th Hour, contributing writer for the Telegraph, a jack-of-all-trades and Mr. Mom. He had no political experience, but he was creative, likeable, passionate, authentic and knew all the issues like the back of his hand from years of covering them as a writer and town observer. From mud slinging to scare tactics, the race got ugly . . . especially if you followed them on Facebook. The dirtiest name Lucas could call him? A Republican – even though Horne was a declared Democrat and had the local backing to prove its. In the end, it only came down to less than 150 votes, with Lucas keeping her title. We’re talking a mere matter of inches. If this has been a horse race, Lucas was the horse who stuck out her tongue just as she crossed the finish line. But even with the good, bad and ugly of Lucas vs. Horne, something changed in our community. The status quo was in danger. For all the young whipper-snappers like Horne who never fancied themselves in politics but care about the community, it was inspiration to step up and be a part of the change you want to see in Macon. The old political guard of Macon has been issued a warning shot. There’s a new guard on the next campaign forefront.

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The Gateway Initiative Turns Up the Heat

The race for the Ward 1, Post 3 seat on Macon City Council had everyone in Macon watching. And they got the fight they wanted. In one corner was the veteran incumbent Elaine Lucas, who’s held her seat on city council for 24 years and has been a crock pot of controversy with her outspoken nature and flare for facing drama wig on. In the other corner was a

Tired of the front porch columns and antebellum appeal that Macon has relied on too long in the tourism industry, the Gateway Initiative was launched to market Macon outside of Macon with the sexy ad campaign “It’s Hotter Here” that featured everything from martinis on fire to fire-eaters and pin-ups. They created a song and video “A Little More Soul” that

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used the talents of Macon’s local McDuffie Center for Strings, as well as our local Rolling Stone Chuck Leavell and local rapper Sonny Spoon, that not only won our community’s hearts but went on to went national awards in advertising. But they haven’t been done there. They’ve launched contests in movie-making, song-making and now mogul-making. Between attracting outside filmmakers, getting behind Macon’s own musician Floco Torres and now picking a winner that will leverage an economic impact and increase the cool factor, the Gateway Initiative has got to be dripping with sweat from the hot year they had. Now, let’s see the return of their hard work in 2012 – bring on the outside visitors, scouting filmmakers, more music stars and businesses wanting to come here.

Macon Music Goes Mainstream Somewhere a hipster cries each time a local artist goes “mainstream.” Well, sorry, dudes. You better break out the back-pocket hankie in 2012. Last year we saw two local acts get a nibble while fishing for a chance at stardom. Jubee and the Morning After got put on a plane to Seattle and played their hearts out on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Floco Torres now has an MTV-worthy video “Cherry Street” to shop his talents to the big dogs. And there is no doubt that the support system for our artists has amplified over 2011 as well. Just take a look at local event attendance lately – the Bragg Jam Festival, Second Sunday concerts, Levee Fest, even events like the “Thriller Dance” and Cherry Blossom Ball Drop – that have Macon out in masses. It’s up to our local artists to give these masses what they want and in 2012, they want more, more, more.

SEEING RED

Just What The Doctor Ordered? I want to preface this by stating the obvious: I am not a Ron Paul supporter. I am, however, a supporter of former Speaker Newt Gingrich. Now that I got my disclaimer out of the way I want to make comments about the Iowa Caucuses. BILL KNOWLES Active member of the Bibb Republican Party

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ver the past few weeks poll after poll have been taken in Iowa. For a while, Gingrich had a hefty lead there, but now it appears that Congressman Paul has surged to a top tier status in the Hawkeye state, even passing Romney and Gingrich in one poll. But how can this phenomenon be explained? Is it because Dr. Paul did so well in the last debates? (By most

accounts, Paul came off as nutty at best.) Is it because Dr. Paul wants to end the Federal Reserve as we know it? (The common voter could care less about The Fed and probably doesn't even know it's role in the economy.) Is it because Dr. Paul has bold fresh ideas like letting Iran peacefully coexist while developing a nuclear weapon? (Yeah, that should endear him to Iowa voters.) Or is it because Dr. Paul continues to rant that the Founding Fathers would be in favor of his foreign policy? (The Founding Fathers were hardly isolationists...Thomas Jefferson was the first President to send US forces to a foreign country when he send the Navy to modern-day Libya to attack the Barbary Pirates. James Madison tried to invade Canada and he annexed parts of Western Florida that were under Spanish rule.) Paul's meteoric rise has absolutely nothing to do with his ideas, but can on the other hand be accounted for due to the onslaught of negative advertising that the Congressman has done at the expense of Speaker Gingrich, inparticular an TV ad called "Serial Hypocrisy" that is being shown more often in Iowa than a Ron Popeil knife commercial. Congressman Paul should be ashamed of the tactics used in order to grasp at a nomination that he will in no way shape or form EVER get, though he is despirately trying to convince the voters of Iowa that he is the only true

Conservative voice in this race by any means possible, especially disregarding President Reagan's 11th Commandment that "thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican." Instead, Congressman Paul has chose to run a campaign of slash and burn that would make General Sherman blush. It's completely understandable that Congressman Paul doesn't remember a great deal about President Reagan, though, as when the President needed his vote, Paul left him standing at the alter in favor of leaving the GOP and becoming the Libertarian candidate for President in 1988. Let me remind all voters about some quotes that can be atributed to Congressman Paul: The Houston Chronicle reported on May 23, 1996 that: Texas congressional candidate Ron Paul's 1992 political newsletter highlighted portrayals of blacks as inclined toward crime and lacking sense about top political issues. Under the headline of "Terrorist Update," for instance, Paul reported on gang crime in Los Angeles and commented, "If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be." Paul, a Republican obstetrician from Surfside, said Wednesday he opposes racism and that his written commentaries about blacks came in the context of "current events and statistical reports of the time." ..."Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the `criminal justice system,' I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal," Paul said. ...He added, "We don't think a child of 13 should be held responsible as a man of 23. That's true for most people, but black males age 13 who have been raised on the streets and who have joined criminal gangs are as big, strong, tough, scary and culpable as any adult and should be treated as such." (Dr. Paul claims a ghostwriter did this for him in his newsletters....Even so, the man signed off on them.) Paul once said about Abe Lincoln:

"I don’t think he was one of our greatest presidents. I mean, he was determined to fight a bloody civil war, which many have argued could have been avoided. For 1/100 the cost of the war, plus 600 thousand lives, enough money would have been available to buy up all the slaves and free them. So, I don’t see that is a good part of our history. Besides, the Civil War was to prove that we had a very, very strong centralized federal government and that’s what it did. It rejected the notion that states were a sovereign nation." (Source: Rightwingnews.com ) On the 40th Anniversary of The Civil Rights Act, Paul said on the House floor: "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty; it also failed to achieve its stated goals of promoting racial harmony and a color-blind society. Federal bureaucrats and judges cannot read minds to see if actions are motivated by racism. Therefore, the only way the federal government could ensure an employer was not violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to ensure that the racial composition of a business's workforce matched the racial composition of a bureaucrat or judge's defined body of potential employees. Thus, bureaucrats began forcing employers to hire by racial quota. Racial quotas have not contributed to racial harmony or advanced the goal of a color-blind society. Instead, these quotas encouraged racial balkanization, and fostered racial strife." (Source Lewrockwell.com) These quotes certainly don't sound like someone who should be a nominee of our party do they? (They certainly don't to me and I know that I will be incurring the wrath of his supporters, which I have given an open forum.) Now I know that on the surface you might be thinking I'm breaking Reagan's Commandment myself. I'm really not as I don't consider Congressman Paul a member of the GOP. I doubt you will either if he runs as a third party candidate which will certainly guarantee another four years of King Barry I.

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Favorite local restaurant? H&H. I love the Fried pork chops, mac & cheese, okra & tomatoes, squash. Add a big glass of half lemonade/half sweet tea and it’s perfection. Favorite Macon dish? The white pizza from IVP, I also add tomato and bacon. Guilty Pleasure? I don't feel guilty about ANYTHING that gives me pleasure. Life is too short.

MEXICAN

Caliente’s Burrito Shop We’ve all had this style of big burrito by now, but Caliente’s does them the best. If you can handle it, get the MOAB… if not, there’s always the Thrilla From Tha Grilla, which is just right. LD • $ 6255 Zebulon Road El Sombrero Witha brand new outside dining patio, this is the place to get some fresh, authentic mexican cuisine in downtown Macon. LD • BAR • $ Located off Spring Street in the Baconsfield Shopping Center.

SEAFOOD

Jim Shaw’s Casual dining with Macon’s best seafood, tuna tidbits, scallops, wild Georgia shrimp. Seperate bar area with smoking. D • BAR $-$$ 3040 Vineville

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Ingleside Village Pizza IVP has the best pizza in town and the best beer selection. Keep it classy with the white pizza and a Stella Artois or, keep it real with a slice of the ultimate and a 24-oz. High Life. LD • BAR $ 2396 Ingleside Avenue, & downtown across from Mercer Univ.

Mellow Mushroom In 1974, three college students in Atlanta opened the first of what has now grown to 100 restaurants. Each one locallyowned and operated, with their own distinct, funkified flavor. Gourmet pizza, original sandwiches and a large drink menu. Family friendly! LD • BAR • $$$ 5425 Bowman Road, Macon. Guiseppi’s Pizza With fresh baked pizza and exclusive wedgies, pasta dishes and salads, this pizza place has a little something for everyone. Happy hour Mon-Fri 4-7pm. LD • BAR • $-$$ Tom Hill Sr. Blvd.

LUNCH SPOTS

Adriana’s Quick & delicious cafeteriastyle lunch, serving the most authentic Italian in town, including sandwiches, soup, salads, pasta, pizza. Mon-Thur 11-5, Fri-Sat 11-6pm. L • $ 359 Third Street Market City Café – Superb sandwiches, homemade soups, loaded salads, pizza and pastas. Unique breakfast menu including gourmet coffees and teas. Dinner now being served Fridays and Saturdays featuring seafood and steak specials. Full bar, excellent wine cellar. Full catering services on or off site. Open Tues-Thur, 7am-6pm; Friday and Saturday 7am-9pm. 502 Cherry St., Macon 257-6612 BLD • BAR • $-$$

SPECIALTY

Greek Corner Deli Serving delicious lamb gyros, monster greek salads, subs and specialty sandwiches 7 days a week. One of the few restaurants downtown open on Sundays and the only late night eatery on Saturdays 12:30am til 3am! LD • $ 587 Cherry Street, 254.3059. Second location; Greek Corner Pizza also offers calzones, pizzas, greek firies and plenty of ready-made desserts. Forsyth Street.

The Downtown Grill Slightly upscale dining serving specialties like Andouillecrusted rainbow trout, cranberry and goat cheese stuffed filets and desserts to die for. Also features an extensive wine list and it’s own humidor. D • BAR • $$-$$$ 562 Mulberry Street, 742.5999

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The Shamrock Dargan and his crew cook up some of the best homemade meals in Macon, including his legendary Shepard’s Pie. Plus, he’ll surprise you every week with some interesting seafood selections. D • BAR $-$$ 342 Rose Avenue, Payne City

Metropolis Cafe Offering Greek, Mediterranean and Indian Cuisine.Two locations:Warner Robins - 866 Hwy 96 (478) 988-8129 **Indian Cuisine served in W.R. on Wed. & Sat. only; Macon - 2460 Riverside Dr. (478) 464-0247; Hours of operation: Mon. – Sun., 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. $-$$

Ninja Japanese Steakhouse Newly opened in downtown Macon, enjoy their unique and delicious sushi options prepared by owner and 20-year chef, along side freshly prepared Japanese offerings. Open for lunch and dinner. Full bar available. Located in Mulberry Street Lane, across from Tokyo Alley. LD • BAR • $-$$

Mexican Pizza with marinated chicken, black olives & jalepenos

The Tic Toc Room Contemporary setting with a sophisticated menu, great wine selection. D • BAR • $$-$$$ 401Cherry Street, 743.4645

BREAKFAST

J. Christopher’s Open 7am-2pm daily, and their signature breakfast dishes all day long. Strawberry waffles to eggs benedict, fresh salads to innovative sandwiches. BL • $ 220 Starcadia Circle, Macon, 476-0220

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SCENE listen up Travis Denning: Emerging Talent in the Mid-State few months ago, I sat down with Homeless Hill and was treated to the company of a group of pretty cool guys, dedicated musicians each in their own right. The youngest among them, guitarist Travis Denning, was the most recent addition to the band and not so long ago a graduate of Warner Robins High School. When drummer, Danny Savage, said that Travis could play anything with strings I had no doubt the statement had merit. But then I listened to the tracks from his upcoming solo EP. You see, I knew Travis plays a lot and with a lot of different people, that he has a quality of self-contained discipline, but what I didn’t know when I met him then is that the evolution of his sound and ability as a songwriter is far beyond his years. While learning guitar at the age of ten, Travis was given the benefit of an intuitive teacher, and very encouraging parents. At that stage in the game, Denning’s song of choice was AC/DC’s Highway to Hell. But true to the form of an afficianado, he has since branched far outside of rock ‘n roll’s boundaries. These days Denning is exploring the deep and fertile roots of country music. You can often find him playing a cover of Luke Bryan’s “All My Friends” to the late night crowds at the numerous gigs he performs all over the state. One of his

Denning plays the Mellow Mushroom in Macon on January 13th

all time favorite HoCo spots is the Tavern at Southland Station which hosts music throughout the week and brings in a good crowd. “The place gets packed and the people who come to see the shows are great. The staff is really friendly and more like friends than people who work as your bartender or server. It’s a really great place to play at.” In Macon he has a soft spot for the Cox Capitol Theatre, where he played with Chris Hicks and had a great time. “But the Hummingbird is a lot of fun too!”, he mentions as an aside. Denning’s favorite song to listen to these days is, hands down, “Jolene” by Ray LaMontagne, a classic anthem of the rugged individualism that country music embodies. “Every time I hear it I think, damn I really wish I had written this!” On top of some heavy blues, found in songs Denning has written like “No Town” and the definite undercurrent of rock and roll that permeates his guitar style, these elements are found in his own songwriting. Lyrics like those found in Just Jaded, an off kilter melodic offering with a little bit of grit has Denning often compared to Niel Young “I have a story to tell. I want as many people as possible to hear it. I live for those moments when someone tells me how much hearing my song meant to them. It ‘s happened a handful of times and it drives me forward. I’m ready to do this.” Travis Denning's EP, “Everything That I Am” is available at the end of this month and consists of 7 songs. It can be purchased at $5 wherever Travis performs. For more information on show times and concert listings visit http:/travisdenning.com RACHEL HELIE

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Karaoke every Friday! AP’s Hideaway Matt Pippen Wild Wing Cafe

Shovels & Rope with Vic & Abby The Hummingbird Megan North The Opening Act, free

SAT 1/7

Good Ole Boys AP’s Hideaway

Sun Belt Revolution The Opening Act, free

Big Mike & Booty Papas The Hummingbird DJ Roger Riddle, Jubee & Clark After Dark Roasted Cafe & Lounge Gaslight Street The Rookery

B Keith Williams The Shamrock NSP Wild Wing Cafe

SUN 1/8

Big Mike & Booty Papas APs Hidden Hideaway, 3pm Live acoustic on patio Wild Wing Cafe

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John Stanley Band Backporch Lounge, no cover B Keith Williams The Shamrock

WED 1/11

Man in the Box Backporch Lounge Blameshift The Rookery

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THUR 1/12 Like the Stars The Rookery

FRI 1/13

B Keith Williams 20’s Pub, Riverside Drive

Karaoke every Friday! APs Hidden Hideaway Dueling Pianos Fowl Play Big Engine The Hummingbird

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Funk You (progressive funk) Roasted, 9pm-2am The Deacon Brandon Reeves The Rookery tba The Shamrock

Anna Mae Kersey The Opening Act, free Freelance Ruckus Wild Wing Cafe

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Papa Bear APs Hidden Hideaway Dueling Pianos Fowl Play

Hott with Hairy Leggs Hummingbird Freelance Ruckus The Opening Act, free

The Vineyard Roasted Cafe & Lounge Underhill Family Orchestra The Rookery Mike Brookshire The Shamrock Danger Zone Wild Wing Cafe

SUN 1/15

Big Mike & Booty Papas APs Hidden Hideaway, 3pm Jazz Brunch The Rookery

DJ set Featuring Ployd//ClarkAfterDark Roasted Cafe & Lounge

TUES 1/17

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John Stanley Band Backporch Lounge, no cover

WED 1/18

Man in the Box Karaoke Backporch Lounge Matt Pippen Wild Wing Cafe, 8:30pm

FRI 1/20

Midlife Chrysler 20’s Pub, Riverside Drive

Karaoke every Friday! AP’s Hideaway Justin Bridges The Opening Act, free Goodman Brown The Rookery The Heap The Hummingbird

SAT 1/21

Session Road AP’s Hideaway

Mystery Road The Opening Act, free B Keith Williams The Hummingbird Josh Gilbert The Rookery

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Happy hour til 9pm, jam & rehearse 7-10pm, 20’s Pub

Gals, $2 drinks all night Rivalry’s

MONDAYS

Ladies Night: 20’s Pub

Everyday 4-7pm: $1 beers and $6 domestic pitchers $2 Beers All day Everyday, Locos

Taco Rita Nite- $2 tacos, $3 margaritas, $6 Mega-ritas, $4 Irish Bombs, 2-4-1 Jager Bombs Wild Wing

$1 Wells all night, The Bird

FRIDAYS

Daily Happy Hour; 4-7pm. 241 drafts, house wine and well drinks Guiseppi’s Pizza $3.25 22oz Bud & Bud Lt Drafts • $13 Bud & Bud Lt Buckets • $2 House Vodkas Wild Wing Cafe

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2 for Tues- buy 8 wings and get 8 free! $2 domestic drafts Wild Wing

2-4-1 drafts Johnny’s Pizzeria

WEDNESDAYS

Country Fried Weds- $1.50 natty lites, $2 bud & bud LT drafts, $4 rodeo bombs and country fried chicken wings Wild Wing Cafe Ladies Night All Day: $1.50 House Wine, $4.50 Jager Bombs Macon Mellow

Everyday 4-7pm: $1 beers and $6 domestic pitchers $2 Beers All day Everyday, Locos 8-9pm: Free cocktails and Miller High Life Draft, Kaos Macon $5.99 Pitchers - Trivia Johnny’s Pizzeria

THURSDAYS

The Rookery 11-1am: $2 Bud Lt bottles, $4.50 well doubles, and 2 for 1 Jager.

$1.99 drafts, Johnny’s Pizzeria

BJ Billiards, $3 wells and $2 domestics, shots

Everyday 4-7pm: $1 beers and $6 domestic pitchers $2 Beers All day Everyday, Locos Happy Hour prices for poker players, BJ’s Billiards Karaoke Tara’s Tavern

Buy 1/Get 1 wells 8-until, Giveaways! AP’s Hideaway

The Rookery 11-1am: $2 BL bottles, $4.50 well doubles, $3 Sex on the Beach and 2 for 1 Jager. Everyday, Miller Lite buckets just $12! Wild Wing

SATURDAYS

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Happy Hour Special 3pm-6pm & 9pm-Close Mellow Macon

Game Day Specials: 2 for 1 bombs and $1 domesic drafts Billy’s Clubhouse

Game Day Specials: $3.25 Miller Lt & Coors Lt Stadium Cups • $13 Miller Lt & Coors Lt Buckets Wild Wing Cafe

NFL SUNDAYS

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Grag your guy or gal, this is a date night both sexes will appreciate with Macon’s own super-duo Vic and Abby opening for husband and wife act Shovels & Rope. Less is more. Make it work with what you've got. 2 Guitars, a junkyard drum kit (harvested from an actual garbage heapadorned with tamborines, flowers and kitchen rags), a handful of harmonicas, voices, and above all.. songs. Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent prefer to keep it simple. They have cleverly managed to take 3 separate recording projects and combine them into 1 cohesive, folk rock, sloppy tonk, harmonized, loose but tight, streamlined audience killing machine.

Hailing from Mobile, this group of musicians describes their music as Alabama swing and foot-stompin’ folk. With six band members and instruments such as a rifle, blunderbust, mandolin, pistol, tomahawk, and tambourine, one wonders how the band will fit on the Rookery stage, but you can be sure their set will be like nothing else seen in Macon before.

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Trivia every Monday night with Woody at the Backporch Lounge Tuesday night trivia with our own Jammin’ Rivalrys Wednesday nights, 7:30pm at Billy’s Clubhouse

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and hip-hop artist Jubee at downtown’s newest live music venue. Hookah’s, great drink specials and plenty of room to dance.

Rage Against the Machine, to name a few. Also playing The Opening Act for a free concert on Saturday, Jan. 14th.

Free concert in a listening-room atmosphere. Drinks sold on-site. Concert from 7-9pm. Megan North, a local singer-songwriter, has been making music around Macon for years. Playing renowned listening rooms like Eddie's Attic and opening for acts like Matt Nathanson, Wet Willie's Charlie Hall, St. Francis, Mike Ferris, and mother of folk Caroline Aiken, Megan is a staple in Macon's music scene. Her powerful voice and insightful lyrics attract attention, but it's her soulful undertones that keep bringing true music-lovers coming back for more.

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One weekend only! Come see the famous Dueling Pianos of Jose Piano, as seen at the New York, New York in Las Vegas. This traveling entertainment show will have you singing along, laughing and dancing to the requests of the audience members. Also playing Saturday, January 14th.

This party band’s members reside in both Nashville, TN and Milledgeville, GA and they’ve come together for a southeast tour. They promote themselves as a good time jam band, come take a listen.

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Big Engine is a super-charged, fully blown rock n' roll machine, playing over 300 shows a year for hundreds of thousands of fans! Their nitrous fueled, guitar driven, high-energy music leave the uninitiated singing along with their fists in the air to their catchy choruses and instantly memorable lyrics. This Jacksonville four-piece is in demand and we’re lucky to have them play in Macon, go check them out.

Megan North @ the Opening Act

Sun Belt Revolution @ the Opening Act Free concert in a listening-room atmosphere. Drinks sold on-site. Concert from 7-9pm. Hailing from Sandersville, GA and Formed in 2008 - Sunbelt Revolution has been slowly building a collection of past memories, experiences and revelations through music telling their tales one song at a time. They play original music that could be considered 'crossover' between modern/southern rock - alt country.

Gaslight Street at The Rookery Born in the musical bastion of Charleston, SC, Gaslight Street’s regional presence has grown behind the release of their 2011 sophomore album, Idle Speed. Featuring the unmistakably soulful lyrics and vocals of Campbell Brown, the follow-up to 2009’s Blue Skies For Fools strongly stakes the band’s place as worthy inheritors of the Southern soul tradition. Traipsing the boundaries of blues & funk, Southern rock never sounded so good.

Dueling Pianos at Fowl Play

Big Engine @ The Hummingbird

Freelance Ruckus @ Wild Wing This band from Haddock, GA has been playing to the Macon masses for a few years now, and y’all seem to just want more. Expect to hear song favorites from the Allman Brothers, 311 and

Hott with Hairy Leggs @ The Bird

The Vineyard at Roasted One of Macon’s newest bands on the scene, their music is described as genuine country and americana. A young band with an old soul, bringing back the sounds of traditional country & folk music with a new & unique spin. Features twangy steel peddle guitar, vocals that wail, heartfelt songwriting, lots of harmonies & that funky bass.

The Danger Zone @ Wild Wing Harold Thomas and friends will take over the Wild Wing stage for a night of blues and R&B. Danger Zone has been together over 25 years and their set covers every genre from jazz to country. Grab your friends and head to the Wing.

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URBAN EXPLORER

What you should be getting into Looking back on 2011 and looking forward to another year in Macon, GA. Heres to council consolidation, a Fall Beer Festival and more music than ever, cheers! BY SEAN PRITCHARD

s one typically tends to do around this time of year, I spent a decent portion of my holiday break reflecting on the nearly completed year. 2011 was an impressive year for Macon, let alone our world. Out of the chaos and excitement, hard times and dark times, the thing that stood out the most to me was the astounding amount of progress that we've made as a city and community. At least a dozen new businesses have opened in the Downtown area, that number far exceeding that throughout our city limits and into the surrounding county. We were treated to live music from everyone from Grace Potter & The Nocturnals to Mix Master Mike to Lucinda Williams and much, much more. Gateway Macon announced their series of contests that are continuing to draw national attention to our city's arts and entertainment while groups like Main Street Macon and New Town are stronger than ever. The Mulberry Street Market has added a much need locavore flare to the lives of business owners, consumers, and residents and the College Hill Corridor project is well into its second phase. That's not to say we didn't have our share of upsets, confrontations, and disagreements but I think we're all getting a bit better at learning to understand and resolve our problems together. 2012 is sure to be an even more anticipated and progressive year for us and I look forward to spending it with you all. I'm particularly excited about these first few weeks of the year. I've invested in a pair of running shoes and I plan on wearing them in on the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail and around Rose Hill Cemetery. I made my only resolution this year to be more conscious

of how I treat my body and this, along with biking, should be a great way to get in the right mood for that. I'm planning on spending the first Friday of this new year at The Hummingbird Stage and Taproom singing and stomping the night away with sets from our own Vic & Abby (Owens) and the extremely talented husband and wife duo from Charleston, South Carolina, Shovels and Rope. Comprised of Michael Trent and Carey Ann Hearst, these two have put on some of the best sets I have ever seen. They're a true example of how music can create and nurture the bond between two people. For fans of country, bluegrass, folk, whiskey, women and America. Drink your share of water and take a cab home because you need to be at Roasted the following night for an art show featuring the works of James Hance and music from Roger Riddle, ClarkAfterDark, and JuBee. Roasted is proud to offer some of the best specials in town and if you're a fan of hookah, they'll get you set up with a table outside. The following night (you can do it) the bizarre and mind-blowing sounds of Trioscapes will be at NoSpace alongside Xavii, all this courtesy of Macon Noise Records. Trioscapes is the brainchild of Dan Briggs (bassist for internationally known math/metal group Between The Buried and Me), Matt Lynch (drummer for Macon/Warner Robins based Eyris) and saxophonist Walter Fancourt (Brand New Life). The group formed with the intention of covering Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Celestial Terrestrial Computers" and eventually wrote and recorded a set of songs. The bands sound is a unique blend of off-tempo, jazz fusion blended together by Zappa. Regardless of your musical background, if you have an appreciation for dedicated and intricate talent you should be here. I've got plans to spend the next night somewhere around town watching the NCAA National Football Championship. I'm hoping that The Rookery will be kind enough to open up that night but if not there's plenty of other places to catch the game at. After you spend long enough time in the South, you sort of have to stay up to date on football happenings and I actually have grown to really enjoy it over the past few years. The following weekend you should take the trip up to Atlanta to the famous Earl to see Modern Skirts, The District Attorney's, and Tedo Stone. Some of you may be familiar with Tedo Stone but if you're not, now's the time. The man has written some of the best music I've heard coming out of Georgia this past year and he'll be giving away his upcoming EP for free at the show. Saturday, January 14th. Macon resident and drummer for JuBee & The Morning After, Alex Scarborough has been playing drums with Stone for sometime now so you can expect a good crowd of locals. You can also start looking forward to seeing Netherfriends, a one man band from Chicago as he stops at The 567 Gallery with Pressed And and Macon's Amy Godwin. They'll be getting down on Friday, January 27th. And just as a friendly heads up, Rubblebucket will be coming to town for a show with JATMA, Baby Baby and Triathalon at the Cox Capitol Theatre on Thursday, February 9th. Get to know Rubblebucket now. I mean it. Both the International Cherry Blossom Festival and Bragg Jam 2012 are gearing up for another year of events that are sure to be conversation piece's that will take us well into 2013! I'm excited to be working with the Cherry Blossom Festival this year so you can expect plenty of updates on all their happenings. There's a reason Cherry Blossom is ranked in the Top 50 events in the United States and this year marks their 30th anniversary so you can be sure to expect the best festival yet. The festival is scheduled for March 16th - 25th and Bragg Jam 2012 is set for July 28th. Mark your calendars! Without sounding too much like Dear Abby, I just want to encourage everyone to strive to make this coming year better than the last. Try new things, meet new people, go places you've never been and respect where you are and who you're there with. I think sometimes Maconite's can be a bit impatient with the improvements and progress in out city. Compare Macon now to Macon 10 years ago and then think about where we can be in a decade more. I'm hoping for the consolidation, a Fall beer festival, more music than ever, new business, and many more good things. Thanks to everyone for 2011. Cheers.

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MATT MILLER I was lucky to see some great music around Macon in the last two weeks, but the standout event was getting a chance to meet the Macon-born and European-based opera singer Allan Evans during his short stop in town to visit his family. Evans was a classmate of Otis Redding at Ballard Hudson High School in the late 1950s, and by the time Redding was climbing the popular music charts in the early ‘60s, Evans was studying at The Juilliard School in New York, and planning a move to Europe to pursue his career. Since settling in Germany in the late ‘60s, Evans has become one of the world’s preeminent bass-baritone singers, and in 1996 he was awarded the title of chamber singer, which is one of the highest honors the German government bestows on distinguished performers. Despite Macon’s sterling record of celebrating hometown musical heroes like Redding, Little Richard, and The Allman Brothers, Allan Evans has never received the recognition he deserves here. Granted, it’s hard to imagine an opera singer garnering the adulation that a popular rock or soul musician would in Macon, but it is certainly high time that the city officially recognized Evans’ incredible life and career. On the 20th, I caught the ethereal trio Tanosweg along with the rhythmically progressive Xavii, at The Hangar Bar and Grill on Houston Road. The inscrutably named Tanosweg features vocalist Meghan Dowlen along with guitarists Dustin Murdock and Zack Matthews performing original compositions that often pair earthy vocal harmonies with unpredictable guitar lines, and a range of percussive effects. Stripped of the rhyth-

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Throughout his storied career, Macon native Allan Evans has performed many of what he calls “the monumental roles of operatic repertory.” From the brash Don Giovanni, to the jealous and violent Dr. Schön in Alban Berg’s Lulu, and the Norse god Wotan in Wagner’s Die Walküre, Evans’ stentorian bass-baritone and commanding acting skills have won him universal praise in his adopted home of Mannheim, Germany, and hero status in his hometown. mic and harmonic tumult inherent in much of their earlier work together in bands like Xavii and The Polygraph Event, Tanosweg focuses heavily on dramatic melodies building toward catharsis. I’m looking forward to hearing an album from them sometime soon. Xavii has firmly established its reputation as the foremost purveyor of rhythmically sophisticated rock music in Macon, and their set at the Hangar Bar was typical in its unrelenting drive and carefully crafted abstraction. Murdock and Matthews lead the band as composers and musical instigators -lending a mercurial edge to the group’s sound with their veering guitar lines and effects -- but the heart of the group’s rhyth-

mic power lies in the tandem of bassist Clark Bush and drummer Steven Ledbetter.

Moments after I arrived at The Hummingbird on an otherwise quiet Thursday evening last month, a succession of short, bass-laden samples erupted from PA as Floco Torres walked to the front of the stage and delivered a series of explosive rhymes. The samples were a warm-up for Torres, but his focused delivery certainly felt like the real thing. “We’re gonna take our time,” Floco remarked as the last sample faded out and his band joined him on the stage. Throughout their focused set, Floco and his band -- featuring new members Shawn Williamson on guitar and Justin Cutway on bass, along with drummer Travis Reeves and D.J. Montalban who have been with the group for over a year -- covered pieces from their latest album, Floco’s Modern Life with a freshness and intensity that is often absent when a group has been covering the same material for months. It has been a milestone year for Torres on a number of professional fronts -- the release of his album and an important collaboration with the organization Gateway Macon stand out -- and that has only added to his confidence and ability as a performer.

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