ATLRetro

by Melanie Crew
Managing Editor/Contributing Writer

Hey kiddies! Check out what we’ve found for you this week! We’ve got all the swell shenanigans your mischievous little hearts could desire, from rockin’ ‘billy to funky grooves to the blues to a whole lotta foot stompin’ pandemonium! So, get off that couch and get Retro!

Monday, August 11

“Psychobilly Freakout” is delivered tonight to your ‘billy lusting ears at Camelis Gourmet Pizza Joint with Kool Kat Rev. Andy, broadcasting a spitfire night of rockin’ rockabilly and psychobilly live on Garage71 Internet Radio! Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, especially cult comic legends, Monty Python! So come on down and catch them on the big screen at Lefont Theatre, as the Lafont Film Society presents, MONTY PYTHON LIVE (MOSTLY) (2014) at 7 pm! Get funky and groove on down to Café 290 every second and fourth Monday of the month for a taste of Bumpin the Mango, ‘The groove that makes you want to move!’ Blues on down to Blind Willie’s and get a taste of Bill Sheffield’s acoustic roots and blues! Boogie on down to the Northside Tavern and spend an evening with Lola at her famous Monday Night Northside Jam!  Come on down and help celebrate our pals, Petite Auberge’s 40th birthday the entire month of August, with food and drink specials! Tonight’s special, $10 bottles of wine (any bottle of Coastal Wine – Cabernet, Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot or White Zinfandel) runs through August 16 (see our Happy Hour & Supper Club Review here)! And blues on down to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a side of Dry White Toast and some finger lickin’ BBQ!

Tuesday, August 12

Let Kool Kat Katherine Lashe and Syrens of the South spice up your naughty little hearts at the Red Light Café at their Tease Tuesday: Summer Heat event! Stomp on down to Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs for a night with Smoke Rise! For a night of old-time Americana, make your way to Blind Willie’s for the Boohoo Ramblers! The Bob Page Trio delivers a night of rockin’ blues at Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint! Make your way to Big Tex for a night with Moira Nelligan & The Dixie Jigs and their old-fashioned Americana! Boogie on down to The Star Bar and get groovy at The Funk Godfather, DJ Romeo Cologne’s Funk Royale featuring DJ Quasi Mandisco every Tuesday! Jam it up with Joe Gransden and his jazz jam session at Twain’s in Decatur every Tuesday at 9 pm! Or boogie on down to Darwin’s Burgers & Blues in Marietta for a taste of Bill Sheffield’s acoustic roots and blues! The Entertainment Crackers get bluesy with their folksy Americana at the Northside Tavern. Rock out ‘90s alt-rock style as Weezer puts on a free show at Turner Field after the Braves game! Join the adventure at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern as they screen Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) during their Summer of Adventure series at 7:30 pm!

Wednesday, August 13

Smith’s Olde Bar delivers a night of old-time, foot-stompin Americana and bluegrass with the Rumpke Mountain Boys, Sans Abri and Old SaltUnion! Get your psyche-rock fix at The Earl with Weary Heads, Hot Fudge and Weird Sin! Kool Kat Scott Glazer’s Mojo Dojo rocks out with some blues, jazz and southern soul at Blind Willie’s! The Mike Veal Band gets funky and rocks out at the Tin Roof Cantina! Get the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack with Frankie’s Blues Mission! Or make your way to the Northside Tavern as Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires it up with his rockin’ blues! It’s Ladies Night at Johnny’s Hideaway which plays hits from Sinatra to Madonna for a generally mature crowd.  Skip school and spend the day with Elliott and his alien pal at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern as they screen Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) during their Summer of Adventure series at 11:30 am!

Thursday, August 14

Get mysterious and film noir’d at the Fox Theater as the Coca Cola Summer Film Festival presents Billy Wilder’s killing masterpiece, DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)! Rock out tonight at The Star Bar with Waking the Bates, CinemaNovo, R. Garcia and Dylan Michael! Get funky in The Basement with Voodoo Visionary, Loudermilk & Moon and the Soundmatics! Get some soul at The Earl with Jolie Holland and Shy Hunters! Stomp on down to the Red Light Café for a night with the Atlanta Bluegrass All Stars! The DarkStar Orchestra delivers a night of Grateful Dead jams at The Variety Playhouse! Surf on down to Trader Vic’s for a rockin’ beach party with KoolKat Joshua Longino with Andrew & the Disapyramids! Or rev on down to the Clermont Lounge and get your Ghost Riders Car Club fix with Kool Kat Spike Fullerton! Albert Castiglia delivers the blues at Blind Willie’s! Rock on over to the Tin Roof Cantina every Thursday from 10 pm to 2 am and catch Jukebox Fiasco! Stagger on over to Noni’s Bar & Deli for their Bitter Heroes event featuring DJ Brian Parris as he gets charmingly morose with a little New-Wave, The Smiths and The Cure! The Northside Tavern gets rockin’ with a little Chicago/Delta blues of The Breeze Kings! Get your boogie on at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack, as Chickenshack featuring Eddie Tigner, delivers some honky-tonk blues! Darwin’s Burgers & Blues gets down and dirty at their Blues Jam hosted by The Cazanovas! Get your boogie on at Mary’s, as the East Atlanta venue gets funky with their weekly Disco in the Village.  And it’s your last chance to catch Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) at the Northlake Festival Movie Tavern during their Summer of Adventure series at 7:30 pm!

Friday, August 15

Swing on by Smith’s Olde Bar’s Atlanta Room for DJ Doctor Q’s special event, Speakeasy & Rouge’s Electro Swing Summer Slam, featuring guest DJ Vourteque of Rouge, burly-Q performances by Kool KatTalloolah Love and Laci Neal and a little Go-Go with Nikki Nuke’m! Kool Kat Becky Cormier and Denim Arcade rock out to your favorite ‘80s hits at Craze Tavern in Deluth! Or stomp on over to the Music Room for a night Americana and bluegrass with TheWhiskey Gentry, Folk Soul Revival, Owner of the Sun and WWaylon & the Real Americans! The Star Bar gets retro ‘90s-style with Reuben’s Bell, Nine Times Blue, Nobody’s Darlings and My Ninja! ATL Collective dishes out a night of Sade’s 1992 album, “Love Deluxe” at Eddie’s Attic with two shows! It’s Madonna-Rama! tonight at Mary’s, so rock on down dressed as your favorite Madonna and pop out to your favorite music videos and a live show! Or make your way to Famous Pub for Kool Kat VJ Anthony’s ICON 80s: Madonna’s Birthday Music Video Dance Party at 10pm! Get rebellious and experimental at Ambient + Studio as Contraband Cinema presents Polish filmmaker, Zbigniew Rybczynski’s, MEDIA: Volume One (1972-1978), featuring ten short animated films!  Get jazzy at Callenwalde FineArts Center at their Jazz on the Lawn event! The Mulligan Brothers deliver a night of folk rock and Americana at the Red Light Café! Get your fill of the ‘60s and ‘70s at Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs with The Rainmen! Beverly “Guitar” Watkins delivers a night of rockin’ blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! Blind Willie’s gets bluesy with The Breeze Kings! It’s Salsa Dance Night at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s Martinis and IMAX event, so cha-cha under the dinosaurs with the Salsambo Dance Studio while sippin’ a few cocktails! It’s a night of swingin’ blues at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues with Dennis Gruenling & Doug Deming! Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck fires up the blues at the Northside Tavern with the Atlanta Horns! Get folksy at Big Tex with the Codey Bearden Band! Or rock out, folk-style at the Crimson Moon Café with Michelle Malone and Peachy Pyron! Stomp on down to the Red Clay Theatre for a night with Montana Skies! Spend the night with the tunes of the “Godfather of Go-Go,” Chuck Brown at Center Stage with The Chuck Brown All Star Band! Help the Gipsy Kings celebrate 25 years of their flamenco and Latin tunes at Chastain Park! Cow punk on down to the Elliott Street Pub for a night with The Punknecks! The Rockaholics deliver some rockin’ blues at Hottie Hawgs BBQ! And as always, Time-Warp it up and get naughty with some uber musically-inclined transsexual aliens at The Plaza Theater as they continue their tradition of screening THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) every Friday night, featuring the live cast of Lips Down on Dixie at midnight!

Saturday, August 16

Viva Las Vegas! Kool Kat “Big Mike” Geier delivers his Vegas-style extravaganza, Elvis Royale! at The Variety Playhouse, featuring DamesAflame! Then shake those hips on over to Big Tex for their Elvis Memorial Night, featuring the Pelvis Breastlies along with Elvis food and drink specials! Glam on down Bowie-style to the Drunken Unicorn for a night with JeromeNewton & the Ban Who Fell to Earth along with Kool Kat Aileen Loy with Till Someone Loses an Eye! Or shimmy on over to the Elliott Street Pub for Kool Kat Kitty Love’s Cheeky Belle’s Burlesque: Romantic Getaways show, featuring performances by Angelica Vice, JudyAnne Foxe, Valkyrie Jones, Rosie Palms and special guest, Chattahoochie Coochee-Mama!

Eddie’s Attic gets retro with a little garage polka, absurdist bluegrass and a little ‘60s neo-tropical swagger with Eliot Bronson, Adron and the PackwayHandle Band! Get your second helping of TheWhiskey Gentry in the Music Room at Smith’s Olde Bar, along with Have Gun Will Travel and Anchor Bends! Stomp on down to the Masquerade for a night with the Starbenders, Brooklynn, Maggie Smith and Bring Back Atlas! Rock out at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre with Motley Crue and Alice Cooper! Jason Kenney delivers a night of rockin’ bluegrass at the Crimson Moon Café! Swing on by Kavarna for a night with Flat Rock Swing! Little G. Weevil gets the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack! The Family Dog gets stompin’ with TheWhipstitch Sallies! The Northside Tavern delivers a second night of Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck! Donna Hopkins rocks out roots-style at Darwin’s Burgers & Blues! Get real bluesy at Blind Willie’s with The Breeze Kings and Sandra Hall! Stomp on down to Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs for a night with the Blackfoot Daisies! Bluegrass it up at Terminal West with TheSteelDrivers! And as always, DJ Romeo Cologne transforms the sensationally seedy Clermont Lounge into a ’70s disco/funk inferno late into the wee hours of the night.

Sunday, August 17

It’s a night of musicals at the Fox Theater as the Coca Cola Summer Film Festival’s presents Robert Stevenson’s classic, MARY POPPINS (1964) and a sing-along at 2 pm! Rock on down to The Earl for a night with G.Green, Dasher and Hip to Death! The Desert Rose Band gets classically country at Eddie’s Attic! For some old-school rockin’ soul, make your way to Smith’s Olde Bar for a night with The Mobros and a little surf rock with Woven In! Swing on by Steve’s Live Music in Sandy Springs for Big Band Atlanta’s “The Band in Black” jazz brunch! Mercury Orkestar delivers some traditional Balkan folk at Pallookaville’s free Sunday Night Summer Concert Series!  Big Tex has their Bluegrass Brunch with In the Wheelhouse! Get jazzy at the Crimson Moon Café with their Jazz it Up Jam with Rick Harris! Bill Sheffield delivers the blues at The Family Dog! And Fat Matt’s Rib Shack gets bluesy with Tony Bryant!

Ongoing

Pallookaville delivers old-school vintage tunes during their free Sunday Night Summer Concert Series running through August 24 from 7-10pm!

The High Museum gets revved during their ‘Dream Cars; Innovative Design, Visionary Dreams’ exhibit, featuring forward-thinking auto designs from 1932 to the present, running through September 7!

Nerd Film Mafia screenings at the Diesel Fueling Station following NerdCore Trivia, every last Tuesday of the month!

ICON 80s: Music Video Dance Night rocks out at the Famous Pub every Friday night with a different 80’s theme!

The Star Bar gets groovy with The Funk Godfather, DJ Romeo Cologne and DJ QuasiMandisco every Tuesday!

Steve’s Live Music’s Gypsy Jazz Brunch offers up a plate of Hot Club jamming and Parisian Swing with Kool Kool Kat Amy Pike and the Bonaventure Quartet from 12:30 to 3:30 pm every 2^nd & 4^th Sunday!

Boogie on down into Disco Hell at The Family Dog as DJ Quasi Mandisco delivers a night of classic funk, soul and disco the last Friday of every month

The Plaza Theater Time-Warps it up as they screen, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) every Friday night, featuring the live cast of Lips Down on Dixie at midnight!

Every first and third Mondays are Big Band Nights at Café 290, featuring Joe Gransden and his amazing 16-piece orchestra playing jazz and swing standards in the tradition of The Glen Miller Orchestra and other legendary groups.  Second and fourth Mondays are Bumpin the Mango, ‘The groove that makes you want to move!’

Every first Wednesday is the Graveyard Tavern’s Graveyard Swing Night, featuring the swingin’ jazz and boogie-woogie sounds of the Savoy Kings!

If you have a suggestion for a future event that should be included in This Week in Retro Atlanta or see something we missed, please email us at atlretro@gmail.com.