ATLRetro

By Zohra Yaqub
Calendar Editor

Monday, Nov. 19

Check out ’80s supergroup, Asia, at Variety Playhouse at 8 p.m.  The 30th anniversary tour will feature all of the original members and tickets are $40. Northside Tavern hosts its weekly Blues Jam featuring blues and southern soul singer, Lola Gulley. Head over to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack for a hearty serving of BBQ and Dry White Toast followed by Pead Boy & The Pork Bellys.

Tuesday, Nov. 20

Make your way down the yellow brick road to catch this week’s retro cinema classic, THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. Directed by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan and Ray Bolger. Contraband Cinema presents DOUBLE TAKE (2009), a film by Johan Grimonprez, about the life of Alfred Hitchcock, his double, the cold war, space race, sexual politics and television’s attack on cinema at the Plaza Theatre. Come out to Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint to listen to classically-trained trumpeter and pianist and “History of Jazz” lecturer, Dave Scott, play at 6:30 p.m. Slim Chickens rustle their feathers at The Five Spot at 10 p.m. Recent Kool Kat Calu Cordeira mixes tiki libations at Mai Tai Tahitian Tuesday starting at 9 p.m. at the Dark Horse Tavern. Grab your horn and head over to Twain’s in Decatur for a Joe Gransden jazz jam session starting at 9 p.m. The Crosstown Allstars are rocking the blues at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack or you can blues it down with Nathan Nelson & Entertainment Crackers at Northside Tavern.

Photo courtesy of Yacht Rock Revue.

Wednesday, Nov. 21

Atlanta’s own Angie Aparo is playing at Eddie’s Attic at 8 p.m. Give Thanks to the 80s with VJ Anthony playing New Wave 80s music and videos all night long at The Shelter. Get there early for free admission until 11 p.m. Smith’s Olde Bar is the place to be if you miss the sweet sounds ’70s light rock. Yacht Rock Revue will be taking the stage at 8 p.m., and $20 will get you a ticket to a rock show that is simultaneously a tribute, an original act and a comedic troupe. Head over to The Five Spot at 9 p.m. to catch a rare glimpse of country-folk singer, Adam Klein & the Wild Fires, perform West African inspired music. Whiskey Belt will also be playing some boot-stomping honkytonk covers of Grand Ole Opry classics. When Mel Gibson was young and cool, he starred in THE ROAD WARRIOR, his second time playing loner drifter Mad Max and one of the greatest road chase movies of all time set in a post-apocalypse Australia. Read our Retro Review by Andrew Kemp and be thankful for the rare opportunity to see him take on Wez and The Toadie again at the Plaza Theatre.Get ready to rumba, cha-cha and jitterbug at the weekly Swing Night at Graveyard Tavern. Disco in the Village at Mary’s is your midweek neighborhood dance party! Frankie’s Blues Mission is on a mission to bring the blues to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack and Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck brings the gospel blues to Northside Tavern.

Thursday, Nov. 22  Thanksgiving

Wake up from your food-induced coma and dance off those turkey calories at Off Yer Head: Britpop + Indie at Mary’s. Catch another screening of this week’s retro cinema classic, THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) at Northlake Festival Movie Tavern. The Breeze Kings and Chickenshack bring on the blues respectively at Northside Tavern and Fat Matt’s.

Friday, Nov. 23

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are playing at The Buckhead Theater with The Whigs, Lera Lynn, and Kool Kats The District Attorneys. Col. Bruce Hampton & The Pharaoh Kitchen are playing Smith’s Olde Bar with Frankie’s Blues Mission at 8 p.m. The Plaza Theater‘s Hitchcock Month continues withe VERTIGO (1958), playing all weekend. Read our Retro Review by Aleck Bennett on why this one of Hitchcock’s greatest. The Ron Kimble Band plays southern rock at Cooper’s Corner in Grayson and Leonard Blush is at Fat Matt’s. Head over to Big Tex Cantina to enjoy a fun night of 60s music with Cruise-O-Matic or head over to Northside Tavern if you are looking for a night of blues with Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck. Electromatics will be performing a lively combo of Chicago and West Coast blues, blue-eyed soul and an essence of standard jazz and Sinatra under the dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History Martinis & IMAX.

Saturday, Nov. 24

Kool Kat Mon Cherie presents CHAMBER REUNION 2 in Hell at The Masquerade. Fetish and Burlesque performances, aerial artists and an adult playground celebrate the legacy of the iconic Atlanta nightclub, all for a $12 advanced ticket, which will also get you a free raffle ticket. Mannheim Steamroller’s annual holiday tour will roll into town at the Fox Theatre at 8 p.m. Keep on moving at the ROCK AND SOUL DANCE PARTY at The Basement at Graveyard Tavern. DJs Jacob Jones and Reno Bo spin a variety of soul, 50s and 60s rock, funk, Motown, blues, and deep cuts from the best era of music since Chuck Berry sang “Johnny B Goode” and “Rock Around The Clock” started riots. Catch rare screenings of legendary cult vampire film GANJA AND HESS (1973) and ERASERHEAD (1977), David Lynch’s first feature-length film and starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart and Allen Joseph, as part of the ongoing Saturday MOMA AMERICAN INDIES series at the High Museum of Art.  Enjoy a night of great live music at the Drunken Unicorn with Tedo Stone, England in 1819, and Absence of Ocean. Check out the Tommy Dean Trio at Big Tex Cantina as they play favorites from The Rat Pack, classic soul and great American songbook standards. Catch Sly Dog at Fat Matt’s Rib Shack or head over to Northside Tavern if you are looking for another night of blues with Mudcat. And as usual, DJ Romeo Cologne transforms the sensationally seedy Clermont Lounge into a ’70s disco/funk inferno late into the wee hours of the night.

Sunday, Nov. 25

Tony Bryant plays the blues at Fat Matt’s. His music represents four generations of family Georgia blues going back to the turn of the 20th century when music was an expression of life. Uncle Sugar blues it down at Northside Tavern, and enjoy some bluegrass with Cedar Hill at Big Tex at noon. Enjoy some hangover-friendly live music with Little Tybee playing dunch at 1 p.m. at The Earl.

Ongoing

The Plaza Theater presents Hitchcock Month! Classic Hitchcock movies are remastered in high definition. Movies play every weekend in November thru December 2. Read our exclusive preview here.

Every Tuesday and Thursday night is Retro Cinema at Movie Tavern. Check out these classics on the big screen weekly at 7:30 p.m.

Visit the High Museum of Art to see the Fast Forward: Modern Moments exhibit featuring artistic development from the past 100 years, 1913-2013. Artists include Henri Matisse, Salvador Dalí, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jeff Koons. Closes January 10, 2013

Take retro to another level at the Genghis Khan special exhibition at Fernbank Museum of National History.  Closes January 21, 2013.

If you know of a cool happening coming up soon, send suggestions to ATLRetro@gmail.com.