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Anyone who visited the site yesterday may have noticed that things were amiss. We were indeed hijacked by the old robot porn pirates but thanks to our crack web enforcer Bob at TehCompany.com things are back to normal now so feel free to wander around the site and if the urge strikes why not visit the SHOP and pick up new stuff from The Buddy System or a comic while you wait for the upcoming release of Ruby Isle’s full-length “Night Shot.”

Thanks to everyone who let us know about the problem, here’s to hoping we can dodge the roboporn uprising next time!

Full Festival Schedule
www.Athenspopfest.com

CINE 8.12.08
8:00 - Fish Schticks
8:35 - Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars
9:10 - Allison Weiss
9:45 - Titans of Filth

LITTLE KINGS 8.13.08
2:00 - Boy Genius
2:35 - the Hotwalls
3:15 - Amo Joy!
4:00 - Afternoon Naps
4:45 - Nervous Systems (not confirmed yet)
5:30 - Oh Sanders
(Break time!)
8:00 - Supercluster
8:35 - Blondie-Grunt
9:10 - Nana Grizol
9:45 - Hot Pants Romance
10:20 - the Coathangers
11:00 - Whistling School for Boys
11:30 - Judi Chicago
12:00 - Spring Tigers
12:35 - the Selmanaires
1:15 - We Versus the Shark

LITTLE KINGS 8.14.08
2:00 - That’s My Daughter
2:40 - Little Birds
3:20 - A Faulty Chromosome
4:00 - Panda Riot
4:45 - Averkiou

FLICKER 8.14.08
6:00 - Night Driving in Small Towns
6:45 - Good Graces
7:30 - Mary O Harrison

CALEDONIA 8.14.08
8:30 - the Ocelots
9:30 - the Besties
10:30 - Twin Tigers
11:30 - Dead Confederate

40 WATT CLUB 8.14.08
8:00 - Patience Please
8:30 - Velcro Stars
9:00 - Bunnygrunt
9:30 - Cars Can Be Blue
10:15 - Great Lakes
11:00 - the Love Letter Band
11:45 - Dark Meat
12:30 - Roky Erickson & the Explosives

LITTLE KINGS 8.15.08
2:00 - Railcars
2:40 - Tendaberry
3:20 - One Happy Island
4:00 - Hat Company
4:30 - Fat Planet

FLICKER 8.15.08
6:00 - Oh Fortuna
6:45 - Noisycrane
7:30 - Gospel Gossip

CALEDONIA 8.15.08
8:30 - Laminated Cat
9:30 - Ham 1
10:30 - My Teenage Stride
11:30 - Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies

40 WATT 8.15.08
8:00 - Cryptacize
8:30 - Secret History
9:00 - the Faintest Ideas
9:30 - Ruby Isle
10:00 - the Buddy System
10:30 - the Lolligags
11:00 - Fishboy
11:30 - the Apes
12:15 - Boyracer
1:00 - TBA

LITTLE KINGS 8.16.08
2:00 - Lognhalsmottagningen
2:15 - Bad Animal
3:00 - the Young Untold
3:30 - Bright Lights
4:15 - American Cheeseburger

FLICKER 8.16.08
6:00 - Oh Fortuna
6:45 - Marc with a C
7:30 - Hot Lava

CALEDONIA 8.16.08
8:30 - Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned
9:30 - Thrushes
10:30 - the Sterns
11:30 - Man Factory

40 WATT 8.16.08
8:00 - the Smittens
8:30 - Big Fresh
9:00 - Thee American Revolution
9:30 - Pipes You See Pipes You Don’t
10:00 - Andy from Denver
10:30 - Casper & the Cookies
11:00 - Circulatory System
12:00 - Elf Power
1:00 - the Music Tapes

Tickets available HERE.

“Comedian Lewis Black filmed a “rant” against the greed of these “Buyout Barons.” Indie rock band Radio 4 contributed a great track for it too. Go to http://www.july17action.org to check it out, and find out how you can get involved by signing a petition or registering to attend an action on July 17, 2008 in your area.

BUSINESS / WORLD BUSINESS | June 4, 2008
Union Takes Anti-Buyout Campaign Worldwide
By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED
The Service Employees International Union, one of the country’s biggest unions, will call upon people to attend protests against buyout firms in July in 100 cities in 25 countries.”

Buy tickets HERE and check out the full lineup:

5th Annual Athens PopFest Artist Lineup

Roky Erickson & The Explosives, The Music Tapes, Elf Power, Dark Meat, Boyracer, The Apes, Bunnygrunt, Thee American Revolution, Circulatory System, My Teenage Stride, The Faintest Ideas, We Versus the Shark, Casper & the Cookies, Cryptacize, Ruby Isle, The Great Lakes, Fishboy, Cars Can Be Blue, Love Letter Band, Andy From Denver, The Buddy System, The Smittens, Supercluster, The Coathangers, The Selmanaires, Spring Tigers, Dead Confederate, Violet Vector & the Lovely Lovelies, Velcro Stars, Red Pony Clock, Big Fresh, the Lolligags, Secret History, Judi Chicago, Hot Pants Romance, Nana Grizol, The Sterns, Thrushes, Laminated Cat, Fat Planet, The Ocelots, The Besties, Twin Tigers, The Afternoon Naps, Boy Genius, the Hotwalls, Amo Joy!, Oh Sanders, That’s My Daughter, Little Birds, A Faulty Chromosome, Panda Riot, Patience Please, Railcars, Tendaberry, One Happy Island, The Hat Company, The Young Untold, Bad Animal, Oh Fortuna, Good Graces, Night Driving in Small Towns, Umbrella Tree, Noisycrane, Bob Hay & the Jolly Beggars, Allison Weiss, Whistling School for Boys

…& 16 more bands still to be announced!

We are back from a quick swing through the state that “Cops” built and we had a blast despite our Friday show being cancelled! Deciding to make the best of a bum sitch, the whole gang spent the day at Disney World! We made it through all 4 parks in a single day and had about as good a time as one can imagine.

I posted pics on my Flickr page and will most likely post some more on our MySpace page when I have a chance.

Big thanks go out to all of our Florida friends both new and old! The Buddy System’s big list of good dudes continues to grow: Jesse & Nethie, Jack at Aestheticized Presents, and Curtis from Summer Birds in the Cellar!!

This Saturday we will be sharing the Georgia Theater stage with this grab bag of killer acts: Venice is Sinking, Casper and the Cookies, Deaf Judges, Fairmont Fair and Matias. The doors are at 9 and we are on second so come early and stay late! Chances are we might have something special up our sleeves for the show, come find out!

We leave you with this gem of a band photo taken after Lauren and Craig convinced Mat and I to face our crippling fear of heights and ride the Magic Kingdom’s “Splash Mountain”… as you can see it worked out great, our fear = comedy gold.

THNX
The Buddy System!