Sound Menu September 09 2000 Mon

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FASTBALL — With always hummable and hooky tunes, Texas trio Fastball are on a mini-tour of small clubs to promote their forthcoming album, The Harsh Light of Day. Tonight, Smith’s circular stage should be the perfect platform for the poppers. If their radio single “You’re an Ocean” is any indication, the boys will be swimming to a bigger stage for their next visit. Die-hard fans should shout a drunken request for the Hoodoo Gurus’ “Like Wow, Wipeout,” a cover the band slipped into their HORDE Fest set a few years ago. Texas tunes played in the British pub-rock tradition, Fastball often throw a curve-ball to rowdy fans by playing crowd-calming ballads when necessary. Smith’s Olde Bar (Smith)

ALSO PERFORMING

9 LIVES SALOON: Monday Nite Football

40 WATT CLUB-ATHENS: 0% Vitamin CD-release party, Melancholy’s Child

ARCTIC CIRCLE: Trivia with DJ Rock Entertainment

CHURCHILL GROUNDS JAZZ CAFÉ: The Kebbi Williams Project

DARWIN’S: Jon McK Tak Trio

DOTTIE’S: Music Nerd Central

EDDIE’S ATTIC: Acoustic open mic night

FAT MATT’S RIB SHACK: The Kaiser Blades

FUZZY’S: Francine Reed with Henry Parrilla

LASETER’S: Pool tournament

MARY’S: Britpop music video night

MCDUFF’S IRISH PUB: Open mic hosted by Vicki Salz

NORTHSIDE TAVERN: Northside Blues Jam hosted by Larry Griffith

SMITH’S OLDE BAR: Fastball

WILD WING CAFÉ: Open mic with Stella Bluesgrass