Bill Doss in remembrance
Music born out of love. There was nothing fashionable, or self-conscious, or uptight about them — they just loved playing music.
Song of the day – 466: Helen Scott
So here we are again. Back in Athens, GA. A town rich with an embarrassment of melody and weirdness.
Oh-Ok – The Complete Reissue (HHBTM)
In 1981, Oh-OK were already creating songs of child-like wonder laced with a hint of darkness.
The B-52’s @ The Classic Center, Athens, Ga, 09.02.12
It just makes you want to smash up a mic stand. It just makes you want to dive into the drum kit. It just makes you want to scream and whoop and holler and call up the dead.
Song of the day – 370: The New Sound Of Numbers (a love song to Athens GA, part four)
Is that a cow bell? No.
Song of the day – 363: Supercluster (a love song to Athens GA, part one)
This sound is so glorious! It’s like if (early) B-52s and Pylon remained the best-known bands from Athens instead of … goddammit, what was that band’s name again? Coldplay?
Crystal Stilts @ Farm 255, Athens GA, 24.04.11
Somewhere along the line, apparently, Crystal Pepsi and I developed different ideas of what rock music could/should/would do.