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The B-52's in Concert


I always wanted to see the B-52’s in their early years. My first big push into really getting into all the Athens bands was from, incredibly, my church organist. Without him, I would have never been introduced to B-52’s, Pylon, and REM. He also turned me on to the Violent Femmes, The Ramones, Galaxie 500, Robyn Hitchcock, and so much more. Hard to think about all the stuff I would have missed out on otherwise.

Hope I Die on Monday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcb6REtkhug
I think it was Mr. Hoke, my 11th grade English teacher, who gave me the advice that I shouldn’t die on a Friday; you’re too late to make the Friday edition of the paper, and no one will notice you’re gone once Monday rolls around.
As an example, note that today’s big story is the death of Stuart Scott, but if you dig back through your feeds, you’ll see that we also lost a country music legend in the form of Little Jimmy Dickens. While “Bird Of Paradise” is probably his best known song, I was always partial to “Old Cold Tater”

My Top 10 for 2014

According to my stats, these are the artists who I listened to the most in 2014:
Iron & Wine 269
Cat Power 257
Bon Iver 243
Fleet Foxes 205
Feist 169
The National 165
Great Lake Swimmers 161
Grizzly Bear 159
The Shins 149
Arctic Monkeys 149
Pixies 147
The Walkmen 145