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There is only one week left to vote for Best of Atlanta 2009, so make sure your picks are counted for by voting at clatl.com/bestofatlanta, or through Facebook before July 31. We’ll publish the results on Sept. 23.

And don’t forget about the Filthy Rich Voting Party TONIGHT at the Masquerade. The party starts at 9 p.m. and admission is only $5, with beverages and food included (while the rations last). Attractive Eighties Women and Hardy Morris of Dead Confederate are on the bill, and you can vote onsite.

Below, check out our latest poll … and vote today!

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Cast your vote on all the grit and glitz that make this town so filthy rich when Creative Loafing hosts the Best of Atlanta Voting Party tomorrow (Thurs., July 23). Dead Confederate’s Hardy Morris unveils his new side project, and Attractive Eighties Women get the party started with a set of rousing anthems that draw from equal parts Lenny Bruce impious humor-made-local, and the power-trash jams of the Replacements circa ‘83. It’ll be a night that’s sure to scuff the pages of history books in the dirty and decadent big apple of the South.

Don’t forget to vote — onsite at the party, or at clatl.com/bestofatlanta.

$5 (admission includes beverage and food samples from Ru San’s, the Real Chow Baby, Mediterranean Grill, Widmer Brother’s Beer, Ozeki Sake and more). 9 p.m. The Masquerade, 695 North Ave. 404-577-8178. masq.com.

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A fire that ignited outside Atlanta’s Masquerade Music Park Saturday night has been extinguished, with no reported injuries. The fire did destroy a storage space separate from the music venue.

Around 10 p.m., three Atlanta Fire Department engines responded to the venue’s open-air music park.

Witnesses said they walked outside to find plumes of smoke billowing from the the rear of the venue. Another witness standing in a nearby parking lot said he saw smoke as well. He said he walked to the rear of the venue and found flames had already engulfed trees and were spreading to nearby booths.

Firefighters managed to contain the blaze to a fenced-in area that stored portable toilets. All of those toilets — an estimated 20 — appeared to be destroyed.

The main venue, which tonight was hosting a punk rock showcase, was not impacted.

Firefighters did not immediately know what caused the fire. The fire, witnesses said, appeared to have started in the portable toilet storage area.

CL attempted to take a photo of the damage but was told by firefighters we were not appropriately dressed to enter the scene. You know, because of the contents of the burnt portable toilets and the fact that we were in sandals. Tessa from Drive a Faster Car has Twitter pics of the blaze.

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1) Daniel Laufer and the ASO play Ahavath Achim Synagogue.

2) Fletcher Crossman continues at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.

3) Witch Hats perform at the Earl.

4) Canvas Art Bar hosts its weekly spoken-word night, Flowmatik Mondays.

5) A Girl a Gun a Ghost, Elysia, Full Blown Chaos and Shai Hulud play Masquerade.

(Photo courtesy Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

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1) New Paintings by Melissa R. Gann, Benn Johnson and Ritva Porter is on display at Lagerquist Gallery.

2) Slipknot, Disturbed, Mastadon and more perform at Mayhem Festival.

3) Noah Andre Trudeau discusses and signs his new book, Southern Storm: Sherman’s March to the Sea, at Decatur Library.

4) The Honorary Title, New Frontiers and Paper Rival play at Masquerade.

5) Food 101 hosts August Wine Dinner: Mamma Mia!

(Image by Ritva Porter)

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1) Damn Yankees opens at Aurora Theatre.

2) Mark Bauerlein reads and signs his new book at Decatur Library.

3) The Dear Hunter, Lydia, You Me & Everyone We Know and Eye Alaska are at the Masquerade.

4) The High Museum hosts Talk and Talk Back.

5) Laura Reed & Deep Pocket, Elli Perry, Leslie Barnett and Chris Unck & the Black Roses perform at Smith’s Olde Bar.

(Photo courtesy Aurora Theatre)

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1) The Dirtbombs perform at Variety Playhouse.

2) David Sirota will be reading and signing The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington at Manuel’s Tavern.

3) Enjoy the showing of 21 as part of Flicks on 5th.

4) The Freshly Dipped Tour starring Hieroglyphics, Souls of Mischief, Pep Love, Casual, Blue Scholars, Musab, Tanya Morgan and Knobody comes to Masquerade.

5) E. Lynn Harris reads and signs Just Too Good to Be True at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse.

(Photo courtesy the Dirtbombs)

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1) Stand! continues at Rialto Center for the Arts in conjunction with the National Black Arts Festival.

2) The XYZ Affair performs at the Earl.

3) Stephen Carter discusses his book, Palace Council, at Jimmy Carter Library and Museum.

4) The Pan African Film Festival opens at Woodruff Arts Center.

5) Dance Gavin Dance and A Static Lullaby perform at Masquerade.

(Photo by Bud Smith)

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O’ BROTHER AT MASQUERADE SATURDAY: “Are you ready to locally and independently rock?”

(Photo by Alex Gibbs)

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CAFÉ TACUBA LAST THURSDAY AT MASQUERADE: One of the band’s less-enthusiastic fans

(photo by Joeff Davis)

Even by the Masquerade’s high standards, the audience at Mexican quartet Café Tacuba’s one-night stand last Thursday was wildly enthusiastic. From dancing and cheering loudly for more than two hours, to rushing the stage, grabbing the microphone and shouting out lyrics while lead singer Ruben Ortega smiled approvingly, the band’s audience proved its devotion for all things Tacuba.

The Mexican quartet didn’t disappoint, either, offering up a poptastic mash embracing alternative-rock, ska and punk, while referencing Depeche Mod’s “Policy of Truth” and the Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows.” The band’s misstep: not setting up a merchandise table so fans could buy T-shirts and copies of its new CD, Sino. It would have made a killing that night.

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