Episode 452 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing).
This week, I talk to historian Grace Elizabeth Hale about how Athens, Georgia helped launch an indie music revolution with the B52s, REM, Pylon, and other bands, and the art and college scene that spawned them.
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Episode 452 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing).
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Did I just hear ‘Oh, my gosh?’ (26:56)
I had always thoguht the B52’s didn’t do well in the US, but they were very popular here in the antipodes and 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. One hit per decade, but they spread them over the decades. But from this show, it appears that they were both popular and influential. The other bands you talked about I’d never heard of, except REM, and the only thing I can think of about them is the mandolin, and that leads me to ‘Maggie May’.
These bands, these Athenian bands, are for people who get their CDS off the pavement. For a man who’s ‘picky’, you certainly pick a lot.
So, what do I know about music? I mainly listen for the occasional discussions on books I might want to read, and the round table discussions, and the craft discussions which are always instructional and happy-sounding.
But ‘Oh, my gosh’? Not you, too 😦