Sound Menu August 22 2001 Wed week out

ARAB ON RADAR — Those familiar with this Providence, R.I., quartet like to refer to the music as “aural terrorism.” Not so sure about that. It looks and sounds more like neo-Marxist no-wave garage noise with potty-mouth lyrics and dabs of punk rock to spare. AOR also put on a kick-ass live show and deserve to be seen at least once. Electrosleep International and Hemogoblins round out this final installment of “Eyedrum Goes to the Star Bar.” Star Bar (Arieh)

ANDALUZ: Flamenco night

APACHE CAFE: Al Smith’s contemporary vocal jam session

BAYOU ROOM: Spanks

BILLY’S: Heather Luttrell

BLIND WILLIE’S: Houserocker Johnson & the Shadows

BRANDYHOUSE: Nitti Cunningham Trio

BRIDGES: Piano with Bruce

BUFFALO’S-PLEASANT HILL: Live entertainment

CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK: Off Montreux presents Wednesday Wind Down with Pan People Steelbnd

CHURCHILL GROUNDS JAZZ CAFE: Pursuance with Lee Hogan & Dan Furman

CLUB GENO’S: The Brethern

CLUBTEN27: Montreux Lounge

COMEAUX’S: Sal Gentile & Rick Bell

COWBOYS: Darrin Robbins, Kickback

DARK HORSE TAVERN: Exit Left, Muuhda, Kaiser Soze

DARWIN’S: Open Blues Jam

ECLIPSE DI LUNA: Bonaventure Quartet

EDDIE’S ATTIC: Amy Steinberg, Susan Schreer, Jonathan Byrd

FAT MATT’S RIB SHACK: The Electromatics

40 WATT CLUB-ATHENS: Great Lakes, The Late BP Helium, Scott Spillane

FUZZY’S: Mike Veal

THE GRAPE AT VININGS: New South Jazz

INNOVOX LOUNGE: Open-mic

KARMA: Cream

KAYA: Wind Down Wednesday - live jazz, spoken word, poetry

LUBY’S: Stuart Sullivan

METROPOLITAN PIZZA: Metropolitan Wednesdays

9 LIVES SALOON: Stuck On Evil with Scott Putesky & Daisy Berkowitz of Marilyn Manson - Benefit for Mickey of the Spectremen

NOMENCLATURE MUSEUM: Reunion - featuring dark wave, ether pop and trance

NORTHSIDE TAVERN: Donnie McCormick

POPPER’S: Karaoke

RAY’S ON THE RIVER: Waveform with Doc Samuels, Larry Jackson and Tom Woodruff

RED LIGHT CAFE: Open-mic

SMITH’S OLDE BAR: Natti Lovejoy, Uncommon Illusions

SOMBER REPTILE: Loligager

STAR BAR-L5P: Arab On Radar, Hemogoblins, Electrosleep International; Vinyl Lounge with J-Stroke, Gnosis, Dr. Fu Man Ju, Rasheed

THAD AND JOES: Trivia

VIOLETTE RESTAURANT: Jus Jazz featuring Dave Wallis, Eddie Taylor, Dan Coy, Shack Lewis, Rita Graham