Posted August 31, 201212 yr ITT we go shakin through...athens, georgia - enjoy! :banger: (1801; 118 sq mi; pop. 120k city-county)* *note its pop. more than doubled between 1990-2000 ^ because of the merger? i dk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens,_Georgia athens pop music sites map: http://athenswelcomecenter.com/docs/CCTAthensMusicTour1.pdf athens, ga inside/out documentary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092591/ “the pilgrimage has gained momentum...” R.E.M. - Pilgrimage [Murmur] first things first. hmm, now where is it...? :wtf: ahh here it is! :wink: rem murmur album cover site (released 4/13/1983) park on hiawassee st at chattooga intersection walk left along the railroad tracks -- be careful of trains! its formerly a powerhouse, on your left just past these old factory bldgs oh nothing to see here - just some local rockstar’s house somewhat less well known former bandmate’s ostentatious manse :roll: white tiger bbq http://www.whitetigergourmet.com/ nom nom nom! murmur trestle dudley park enter on s. poplar st near oconee http://ga-athensclarkecounty.civicplus.com/facilities.aspx?RID=27&Page=detail rem murmur album back cover historic view from 1905 -- it was abandoned in 1984 the trestle is seriously deteriorated and likely soon to be torn down unfortunately :whip: :-( http://onlineathens.com/stories/053111/new_837379446.shtml fka st. mary’s episcopal church - 1st rem performance -- at a party 4/5/80 steeple remnant; church torn down 1990, pic on rt is church prior to teardown 394 oconee st the restored by rem block -- fka 11:11 kaffee club, now it’s the caledonia lounge first public show as rem 4/19/80 one on right is first hq, then band practice space, now empty side entrance to the caledonia http://caledonialounge.com/ foundry st/e. broad st site of tyrone’s o.c. club - burned down in 1982 -- 5/6/80+ farmers exchange lofts http://www.rampartnersllc.com/Apartments/module/property_info/property[id]/18607/ more kudzu :laugh: & old factories automatic! -- and i even chatted with weaver d :mrgreen: 1016 e. broad st http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-athensside15jun15,0,3020426.story too bad someone stole weaver d’s old spikey sign not long after this record came out condo on site of stitchcraft factory - was many local bands practice site 9/30/83 new athens transit center in back: http://www.athenstransit.com/our-services/information-center.html “...Firehouse, firehouse. Why do the heathens rage behind the firehouse Where Peewee sits upon the wall to preach? This boy and girl that gather pearls Of wisdom falling from his mouth Wash off the blood wash off the rum...” broad st at spring st & south st, behind firehouse package store (so that wasnt a fire station, it was a liquor store) “...lets go crash that party down in normaltown tonight...” :wink2: “...let’s go down to allen’s for a 25cent beer, and the jukebox playin real loud, 96 tears...” - yep thats moar B52s 1294 prince st med center on site of the original allens last call at allen’s -- this was new years day 2004 former site of the 2nd allen’s in this strip plaza, opened by uga alumni fans 2007-11 city hall (1845) http://athensclarkecounty.com/index.aspx?nid=84 yes the double barreled cannon is still pointed north, yet rather comically as it never worked :wink: http://athensclarkecounty.com/index.aspx?NID=86 indigo hotel n.jackson st at strong http://www.indigoathens.com/ interesting idea - an art gallery in the indigo hotel - it had a fun skateboard art show sooo an eames skateboard? :laugh: one of the great independent record stores going strong since 1975 -- wuxtry records -- for rem fans -- where stipe met buck -- show 6/6/80 197 e. clayton at college http://www.wuxtry-records.com/ back of wuxtry bldg yogurt shop and a waffle house in a car park? yessss presenting the 5 lives of the 40watt club: #1 - 1979 -- on top floor on left 171 college ave ‘In 1979 Curtis Crowe, drummer for Pylon, hosted a Halloween party on the third floor of this building. This floor was a single room where everyone congregated. A guest commented on the one 40-watt light bulb that lit the entire room, calling it a "40-watt club," and thus the 40 Watt name was born.’ #2 - 1980 -- on top floor 7/9/80 100 college ave #3 & #5 -- 1982-84 -- 1/14/82 1987 - now caledonia lounge - see above 256 e. clayton st #4 - 1984 -- now uga architects 382 e. broad st #6 - current since 1990 -- on left 285 w. washington st http://www.40watt.com/ the georgia bar 159 w. clayton st “it was ‘round about midnight. hipster town. it was ‘round about midnight. hipster town...” ted’s most best 254 w. washington st http://tedsmostbest.com/ fka the uptown lounge - now copper kettle brewpub 2/12/85 140 e. washington st georgia theater 215 n. lumpkin st http://www.georgiatheatre.com/ shiny happy people video filmed there ^ there was a fire a couple years ago and the theater was renovated - it reopened recently - with a rooftop bar :clap: dead letter office? rem hq office upstairs 170 e. college at clayton madhatter club 6/3/80 400 e. clayton at wall late sun window reflections the grit -- since 1990 -- stipe’s unhealthy veg restaurant is great! 199 prince st http://www.thegrit.com/ outsider folk artist r.a. miller’s artwork in the restaurant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Aaron_Miller get the golden bowl rem trivia - the grit was formerly a small late-night café in the late '70s - early '80s. boat of, a band featuring michael stipe and a naked drummer, performed once or twice. front of the grit and the redeveloped bottleworks bldg gremlins! :laugh: morton theater - was 1st black owned & run theater 195 w. washington http://www.mortontheatre.com/ former el dorado/bluebird cafe in the corner of the morton this is where the B52s band girls worked and they all met in the mid-1970s the last resort - early B52s 184 w. clayton st driveby of 653 n. milledge st....i think?? site of the 1st public performance of the B52s, who played a valentine’s day party 2/14/77. ‘the band performed planet claire, killer Bs and an early version of what would be their hit rock lobster. the crowd was so enthusiastic the band played the same set all over again.’ below -- very hard to find for rem fans -- no one was sure, but i found it! its 556 meigs st -- near the bottleworks bldg & the grit -- vic chestnut lived there later: Life and How to Live It by R.E.M. - This song is about Brivs Mekis, a man who built a wall in the middle of his house. He would live on one side for a while, then switch to the other when he got bored. When he died, they found huge piles of a book in his closet that he wrote and had published, but never gave to anyone. The book was titled Life - How To Live. so here it is - fka brivs mekis house would be funny if it was still divided in half! :-o uga campus (1785; enrollment 33k+) -- old college is oldest bldg on right (1801) http://www.uga.edu/ many rem shows all over campus jackson st cemetery on uga campus (1810-56) campus bell tower skinny squirrels! :laugh: herty field in front = site of 1st football games in the south (1892) “heading down the atlanta highway...” that would be west broad st an american folk legend -- via ripley’s believe it or not the tree that owns itself :laugh: s. finley st at dearing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_That_Owns_Itself technically it is the son of the tree that owns itself stipe’s house in college 169 barber st peter buck’s house in college is next door both of these look like single family homes now, not sure 181 barber st athen’s ‘street of stars’ is up the street -- the story is - local bands all wrote in some wet concrete following a party in 1981 barrow st & barber st rem -- written by micheal stipe stipe strikes again love tractor -- many more bands, etc. too john keane’s home recording studio house 165 hillcrest ave http://johnkeanestudios.com/ seney-stovall chapel 201 n.milledge at reese http://www.cviog.uga.edu/chapel/history.php rem videos athens best western -- pool is the site of rem nightswimming video s. milledge at broad the so-called 2nd buck mansion was a rawkstar party house as you might imagine - once rem first made some $ 125 s. milledge at broad lots of old mansions/frat houses here on milledge -- its the cobbham district fka kingpins bowling alley in the plaza 10/8/05 2451 jefferson rd formerly walter’s bbq 1660 w. broad st at hogdon dr & w. hancock http://jimcofer.com/personal/?p=1440 rem at walter’s was rated as one of the top rock band photos of all time *** i hope you enjoyed the brief musical tour+ of athens, ga ---> file under kudzu ***
August 31, 201212 yr Sweet, sweet thread! I can just see renting one of those bungalows with a bunch of fellow students or post grads and throwing house parties (which used to happen in Lexington, KY, alot...in fact there are tastes of Lex in these pix). Inside/Out...heh...i used to own that documentary! Back when i was a big indy music fan. I think Athens was the first of the "local music scenes" of the US post-punk era to become widely known....(outside of the usual suspects of NYC & LA & SF just a bit). Before Seattle, before Porltand, before Chicago/Wicker Park, and all that stuff (but maybe not before Minneapolis?)....there was Athens. Also took a road trip there on a gloomy winter day with my sister, from Atlanta..."out on/the Atlanta Hi-way"....just to see this famous place... while there visited that record shop shown..."wuxtry"...maybe that restaurant or one like it, too. Southern college towns, and college towns in general (but not all of them), are sort of islands of bohemia in seas of clampdown mentality. You really get that feel in Athens. For this part of the US, Bloomington Indiana and Athens Ohio have something similar going on...sans music...though I think the Ohio Athens has been influencing the Dayton music scene. One would be tempted A place that is a college town and emphatically NOT like Athens is Norman, OK.
August 31, 201212 yr Athens, Ohio > Athens, Georgia, though they're obviously both great party towns that happen to have universities in them.
August 31, 201212 yr Athens, Ohio > Athens, Georgia, though they're obviously both great party towns that happen to have universities in them. only in terms of mass group partying. in terms of music, bars or livability no and its not even close.
August 31, 201212 yr One of the best SEC college towns, if not the best. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 1, 201212 yr Very interesting looking town. Pretty funny that little Athens was able to manage a parking garage with a Waffle House and Yoforia (ugh), while a plain parking garage is the best Columbus (of the Ohio variety) was able to get on Front St and in Downtown no less.
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