Sound Menu August 12 2000 Tues

NOTED ACTS

DEKE DEAN'S ROCKABILLY OPEN MIC NIGHT — Blue Avenue bandleader/guitarist Deke Dean rides herd on a host of rowdy rockabillies each Tuesday evening during these open mic nights at the Northside. The Dean Machine plays a few numbers with the house band and then invites various cats from the crowd to hop up onstage and join and the fun. Northside Tavern (Nicoll)

MICHAEL MAGNO — A cheerful, cherubic acoustic rocker from Florida, Magno mixes up Latin rhythms and sugar-coats the results with his citrus-sweet singing voice. He's opening tonight for Sally Smithwick, who is emphatically not a member of Smithwick Machine. Eddie's Attic (Nicoll)

SHIPPING NEWS — Fans of Rodan, June of 44 and various Louisville art-punk outfits will certainly appreciate this muscular, mostly instrumental, mostly emo-ish trio (which features members of all of the above). Echo Lounge (Sarig)

THIRD EYE BLIND — From their bland, reprocessed brand of alt-pop to lead singer Stephan Jenkins I-am-rockstar-hear-me-roar attitude, there's no shortage of reasons to hate these guys. That being said, "Anything," the two-minute burst of power-pop that opened their otherwise forgettable (and mostly forgotten) recent album, Blue, is still ringing around my brain, nine months after I first heard it. Not enough of a reason to spend 15 bucks to stand through the rest of their dreck, but at least a sign that when they bother, these guys are actually capable of something worthwhile. Tabernacle (Peisner)

ALSO PERFORMING

513 CLUB: Slick Shoes, Cooter, Jersey

BILLY'S: Blue Collar Allstars Bluesrock Jam

BLACK REPERTORY GROUP: Black Film Classics

BRIDGES: Bruce Stanforth

CJ'S LANDING: Open Mic Night

CHILI PEPPER: Red Hot Tuesdays dance party w/DJs Farenheit, Mars, Trauma, Jaycee and Cowboy spinning hip-hop hits, hosted by Tai Boogie

CHURCHILL GROUNDS JAZZ CAFÉ: The Jazz Jam Session

COBALT : Old School featuring live jazz, R&B and hip-hop

DARWIN'S: Slim Fatz

ECHO LOUNGE: Sonny Sixkiller, Fiver, Shipping News

EDDIE'S ATTIC: Sally Smithwick & Joel Eckels, Michael Magno

FADO IRISH PUB: The Charms

FAT MATT'S RIB SHACK: Rough Draft

FUZZY'S: Ricky Fargo

GOLDFISH RESTAURANT: Showtyme Jazz Duo

KAYA: House Arrest w/DJs Chris Leclair and Dale

KIVA: Moonlighters Jazz Band

LASETER'S: Trivia Night

NORTHSIDE TAVERN: Rockabilly Jam hosted by Deke Dean

THE PEASANT UPTOWN: The Steven Charles Duo

POPPERS: Blues Jam w/Bones, College Night

RAY'S ON THE RIVER: Mina

SMITH'S OLDE BAR: Yeti

WHISKERS-DUNWOODY: Brad Large

WILD WING CAFÉ: Intact