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Edited on Sun Aug-06-06 06:09 PM by tinfoil tiaras
As those who read the previous thread, I went to Athens, GA, this weekend, to, among other things, experience the little town that my favorite band, R.E.M., call home. I got more than I bargained for. Here's the (semi-detailed) play by play for each day;
Friday (evening); Took us forever to find our Holiday Inn, but eventually we found it. We got some maps and we were on our way. This is where the first and only R.E.M. sighting happens. I was walking up Hull fixing to cross onto Clayton when who do I see in a SHINY BLACK TOYOTA PRIUS...Mike Mills or as I like to call him, M -squared- (i can't do that little "2" thingy). I, of course, smiled like an idiot and of course, he probably just glanced at me or didn't see me. Oh well. We ate at this cool place called the Last Resort on Clayton and then after that we walked up and down the street, looking for places that were still open (it was about 6 EST), and amoung the places that were open was Wuxtry Records (were Peter Buck met Michael Stipe..:woohoo:). I got a shirt and a picture R.E.M. album that has "Nightswimming" (I'm quite famous around here for my impression of the song). Yaay. We had an early night.
Saturday; Got up around 9 and strolled more around Clayton, seeing the shops that weren't open last night. Then we went to lunch at Weaver D's ("Automatic for the People" :woohoo: ;this is where R.E.M. got their album name) and Weaver D himself came over to our table to ask us if the chicken was too salty or w/e. It was cool, and like always, I got a T-shirt =] Earlier that afternoon, we went into the Grit for just some drinks and whatnot. And oh, boy, there were SO many nice people, especially this one guy who told us where this building was that R.E.M. plays and possibly records in and the 40 Watt club. When we went by the 40 Watt, I only took a peek inside, but it was v. v. cool. Later that night, taking CottonBear's advice, we went to the Globe. It was cool, but, no Mills was to be found. Then we peeked into the Manhattan. We were gonna go in but no one was in there so we decided to go back to the hotel. I had a headache anyway... =(
Sunday (today); Got up, toured/took pictures of downtown one last time, went by Stipe and Mills's houses and ate brunch at the Grit. I got a t-shirt which is awesome and then, I guess we were on our way back to Jackson...
Hope I didn't bore you too much! :)
&&, BTW. I'm so going next year. AthFest baby! :woohoo:
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