Going Out Of Business Sale!

The recession is hitting Athens like a noo-cue-lar bomb. Big chains and local spots are going under. Most recently, we lost two of Athens favorites: Mean Bean and Zim's. Very sad indeed. Less sad are the losses of Johnny Carino's and Johnny's Pizza. The lesson? Don't open a business with Johnny in the name.
I know it's old news, but here's a story about the closing of Barnett's Newsstand last year, one of our oldest downtown businesses. The bad part is that I don't even know what replaced it.

All music, all the time... for now.

Since we're on the subject of Athens music history, here's a great listing of lots of the historic places to know in town, including Buckhead Beach, Rockfish Palace and the 800 locations of the 40 watt.

www.athensmusic.net/newsdesk_info.php?newsPath=3&newsdesk_id=84



Here's a bit by Deirdre Sayre with some insight to the mid 90's music scene in Athens. Remember Kincaid, the Atomic Music Hall and 1,000 jam bands?
dresugi.googlepages.com/harrycarey



And thanks to Adrian over at http://www.athensworld.com/ for letting me join his team of bloggers! My mediocrity is catching on.

Athens Georgia: Inside/Out

If you haven't seen this mini documentary about the Athens music scene, you need to. It's great to see the old bands (a lot of these people still live in town), but you also get some good footage of Athens scenery in the mid 80's. You might see your house!

1986 documentary of the music scene in Athens, Ga. Features interviews with Peter Buck of REM, members of the B-52's, other figures in the Athen's art scene, and the film's director and editor, Tony Gayton and Adam Wolfe, respectively.

It also features rare early performance footage of REM, the B-52's, as well as other local bands including Time Toy, The Squalls, Pylon, Love Tractor, Flat Duo Jets, Dream So Real, The Bar-B-Q Killers, Kilkenny Cats, and Limbo District.