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Why Kevin Craig will miss 2010 and love 2011Published in Athens Banner-Herald on December 30 as part of “MQ’s Year-end Review”

We've got two years to cover, so let's jump right in with my five favorite item

! Album: "Get Him to the Greek" Soundtrack - While the film is a relatively

follow-up to 2008's "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," its music is unexpectedly p

Presented as a full-length album by the movie's fictitious band Infant Sorro

soundtrack parodies modern rock with its Coldplay-esque, rocking Brit-pop

often confuses the listener by being silly, even hilarious at times, but alway

strangely good. As a songwriter and unapologetic Weird Al fan, I'm fascina

style parody - it's a rigid art form, like the sonnet. Turning an arguably funn

solid modern rock album can't be easy, but in doing so, the soundtrack's s

produced one of the most interesting musical exercises of 2010.

! Band: Yo Soybean - With their high-energy brand of modern folk, these

(and gal) have found their way into my calloused heart. If you find Bright Ey

pretentious and The Avett Brothers too simple, you should settle nicely into

Soybean's growing fanbase. I've heard a lot of innovative genre blending, s

sensibilities and generally impressive new folk this year, so choosing one a

seems meaningless; in 2010 I discovered locals Lera Lynn Dromedary Ka



Georgia Theatre benefit March 29. Most exciting of all, NOFX plays a rare

show Feb. 1 at The Masquerade in Atlanta.

!Electric cars - The futuristic society we currently inhabit is scheduled formonumental upgrade in 2011. After years of barely placated confusion ove

nonexistent electric car industry, we're finally going to see mass-produced,

electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt next year. Here's to h

transforms our society into a super-cool sci-fi robot world.

! Georgia Theatre's grand reopening - According to the temporarily slain

recent marquee listing, business will resume sometime in 2011. I knew tha

2009 fire couldn't hold her down forever, but I also assumed that rebuilding

devastation would take a staggeringly long time. As long as two years seewill be worth the wait. Like most Athenians, I long to safely/legally walk thro

doors again. I must admit, however, that I'll miss the ever-changing whims

listings like "Ouch," "Men at Work," and "Will You Marry Me, (lady's name)

building's personality really seems to have shone without all of those conce

the way.

- Kevin Craig, Correspondent



That guy from 'The Comedians of Comedy'By KEVIN CRAIG - Correspondent

Published Thursday, February 10, 2011 Brian Posehn w/T.J. Young, Joe Pettis

When: 8 p.m. SaturdayWhere: New Earth Music Hall, 227 W. Dougherty St.Cost: $17Call: (706) 543-8283Online: newearthmusichall.com

Brian Posehn is one of those "that guy from ..." types. He has a memorable face, appeared in various sketch shows, sitcoms and films since the mid-1990s. He wa

on HBO's acclaimed sketch series "Mr. Show," a regular on NBC's "Just Shoot Merecently, a main character on Comedy Central's "The Sarah Silverman Program."Throughout his work writing and acting, Posehn has been steadily performi

narrative style of stand-up around the country. In 2005, the documentary "The CoComedy" followed Posehn as he toured and performed alongside comics Zach GPatton Oswalt, Maria Bamford and others at various rock venues around the coun

The shift that these so-called alternative comics made from comedy clubs tcoincided with a burgeoning stand-up presence here in Athens, probably becausedevoid of comedy clubs and has no shortage of music venues.









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