BFA II Exit Show: Fabric Design, Printmaking and Graphic Design Tonight was Lamar Dodd School of Art’s second Bachelor of Fine Arts Exit Show of the semester. This Exit Show featured work by students who are graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with emphasis on Fabric Design, Printmaking, and Graphic Design. Although the opening [...]

Athens dream pop darlings Venice is Sinking gave ampersand a glimpse into its musical appetites. “We go on tour for a couple of things. We like to see places. But really … we just like to eat at these places,” says Lucas Jensen, drummer. The entrance … Jensen answers the door with a La Playa [...]

Eastern philosophies hold that we absorb part of the consciousness of the things we eat. But too often, musicians have treated these things lightheartedly, relegating them to the sugary status of novelty songs. Yet these bold songs have used food in darker ways as potent metaphors to register their discontent with the world.   Strange [...]

Seeing dead people may be a rare thing, but hearing them is disarmingly common. We hear them in cars, in clubs and arenas and especially when alone. Their presence is preserved in full, and it’s preserved through music. There is something particularly eerie about listening to the ghost voices of dead musicians. Their bodies are [...]

With Halloween creeping around the corner, we figured it was time to take a look at a few local bands that treat fashion just as seriously as their music ­— or not that seriously at all.   Casper and the Cookies SOUND LIKE  B-52s, Apples in Stereo, Flaming Lips DRESS LIKE  A macabre cast of [...]

Not every Athenian takes advantage of all Athens has to offer. Get rid of the déja vu feeling and go ahead and get lost! ARTinis Art Lounge Even if you’re no Picasso, there’s no reason to limit your artistic horizons. Grab a buddy and hit downtown art studio ARTinis, which offers group painting classes for [...]

This month’s theme puts spirits on our brains. So we thought we would ask the staff a question. Here’s the answer. What’s the best Halloween costume you’ve ever dressed up in?   Rachel G. Bowers Editor in chief Answer: “I was Ron Burgundy? It was so hot. It was a bad choice.” Rachel is a [...]

Ryan Engleberger, bass William Kennedy, keys Graham Ulicny, guitar/vocals Andrew McFarland, drums   How would you describe the “Reptar experience” in one sentence? William: Imagine — you are in a Siberian greenhouse orbiting the second moon of Jupiter and the artificial clouds just erupted with Gak or slime, multicolored slime in very small microscopic mini [...]