- posted by Mail Clerk @ 2:41 PM | Permanent Link

IT HAPPENED IN ATHENS:
(My version of a gossip column, here goes...)


This Week:
-The Glands played two sets at a frat party attended by Dave Schools, Hayride, and most of the 40 Watt staff. At said party, Kevin Sweeney (of Hayride - above, center) was mistaken for Mr. Schools repeatedly and was even accused of lying by saying that he wasn't, in fact, the famed Panic bassist (Was it the hair? Or perhaps the aura of rock?).
-J Mascis used all the wattage at his disposal to deafen the masses.
-The greatest living comedian performed at the 40 Watt Club, consumed 5 (or more?) single malt scotch-on-the-rocks (mostly by giving into repeated peer pressure from the crowd and chugging them), and continued to perform incredibly nuanced bits of comic genius.
-Conor-haired hipsters hit the town in search of love and in hopes of making the local gossip zines.
-Rumors leaked that Will Oldham will be playing at Orange Twin's summer festival in June and that Lona will actually tour this summer - opening for Seven Mary Three (I'm sure they're getting paid well).
-Thunderstorms threatened to suppress human rights and bathe hippies.

Who knows what'll happen next week...
For more happenings around Athens, here's a site I just stumbled on: Athens World.
(Note: Click the Conor link - it's funny!)