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Zoroaster bassist Will Fiore and drummer Dan Scanlan started Terminal Doom Records in the fall of 2007, not as a vanity project, but a business move.

“Me and Dan bankroll the band,” Fiore explains as he rattles off a laundry list of things they’ve paid for, including everything from recordings and equipment to a tour van. “Why spend all that money and energy on everything, and then just hand a finished record off to someone else? Why not see it all the way through?”

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Atlanta native Kris Gloer is still giving thanks for Turkey Day 1976. The Band played its Last Waltz on Thanksgiving more than three decades ago, but Gloer and a six-man band of Atlanta-based musicians keep the music and the spirit of that era alive.

As the Last Waltz Ensemble, the group emulates the show the Band performed that night, with significant differences. Gloer doesn’t call the outfit a tribute band, billing it as a concert celebration. “It’s not a re-enactment,” Gloer says by phone in Atlanta. “We do over 50 songs from different eras of the Band and Bob Dylan.”

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In a city full of transplants, ATL2Nite.com President Jimmy Jones is the go-to dude for urban nightlife. But his next venture, Sections in the City, could crown him king of clubs. The 877-4-ATLVIP hotline will give clubbers instant access to book VIP sections in Atlanta hot spots. The less endowed can catch him every Friday at Over Da Edge (483 Edgewood Ave., 404-681-3343) for Ladies Night Live. Just don’t expect to curry hometown favor unless you’ve experienced the following:

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