ITT we go shakin through...athens, georgia - enjoy!
(1801; 118 sq mi; pop. 120k city-county)*
*note its pop. more than doubled between 1990-2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens,_Georgia
athens pop music sites map:
http://athenswelcomecenter.com/docs/...MusicTour1.pdf
athens, ga inside/out documentary:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092591/
fitting music? “the pilgrimage has gained momentum...”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRsDWdNAMVA
first things first.
hmm, now where is it...?
ahh here it is!
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
white tiger bbq
http://www.whitetigergourmet.com/
nom nom nom!
murmur trestle
dudley park
enter on s. poplar st near oconee
http://ga-athensclarkecounty.civicpl...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
http://onlineathens.com/stories/0531...37379446.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/Apartm..._info/property[id]/18607/
more kudzu
& old factories
automatic! -- and i even chatted with weaver d
1016 e. broad st
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-...,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-ser...on-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...”
“...let’s go down to allen’s for a 25cent beer,
and the jukebox playin real loud, 96 tears...” - 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
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?
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
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!
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!
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!
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
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
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