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AthensMusicJunkie

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Writing in circles. Music. Cats. Video games. Books. Muppets. “Some Townie” athensmusicjunkie.com

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Atlanta Black Star@atlblackstar.bsky.social · 15h ago

OTD in American History - The Montgomery Riverfront Brawl. May you take a moment to remember what sparked the brawl, the cap that set it off, the swimmer that dispelled myths, and the chair that now lives in infamy. atlantablackstar.com/2023/08/08/s...

Site of Alabama Riverfront Brawl Has a Dark, Racist History. Some See the Melee As a 'Full-Circle Moment'

The brawl that broke out in Montgomery, Alabama, on Aug. 5, at the Riverfront Park happened near a historical site with a racist past. Downtown Montgomery

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AthensMusicJunkie@athensmusicjunkie.com · 16h ago

I’m doing Radiohead karaoke on Friday so I’ve had my song on repeat for…a while. It was already depressing enough but knowing that a song from Hail to the Thief has only gotten MORE relevant has me in the depression pits.

Lisa Kadonaga@tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 2d ago

Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o 'clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The morning house lay empty. The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness. Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine! In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses of milk. "Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake. "Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." Source: https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf
AthensMusicJunkie@athensmusicjunkie.com · 2d ago

Today is going to be deeply unpleasant so I’ve already set up a reward station for myself. A sweet treat, a pack of Pokemon cards, and a freshly washed blanket. Sometimes all you can do is ride through a storm but you can at least lessen the impact for yourself a little.

Stereogum@stereogum.com · 3d ago

Athens, GA’s beloved Now It’s Overhead released three albums in the early ‘00s before breaking up in 2007. Now it’s overdue for the Andy LeMaster-led indie band to return. Today they announced their first-ever vinyl reissues, some new music, and a reunion show. stereogum.com/2507133/now-...

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AthensMusicJunkie@athensmusicjunkie.com · 3d ago

There’s a scene in My Name is Earl where the title character’s father (played by Beau Bridges) decides to get even with his wife for cheating on him by also having an affair. He then drives to a bank, a diner, and a pharmacy where he believes the women working there are into him.

a_walker@annewalker.bsky.social · 4d ago

In which #AthensGA meets the #TourDeFrance with a side of rock'n'roll. An indepth look at the advent of Athens' role in the international cycling community, featuring Dixon's Bicycles and Greg LeMond. www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...

Fried chicken and Nowhere Road: Greg LeMond’s forgotten fall spent in Athens, Georgia (Gift Article)

1987 was a tough year for the first American to win the Tour de France, but it ended on a high note in the Deep South

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Sarah IS LOOKING FOR WORK!!!@killianfantasy.blacksky.app · 5d ago

I've said before, the obsession with southern belle culture is bc it's the closest US white women will get to being princesses. We don't have an official noble class so plantation owners filled the spot.

Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 5d ago

They raised their daughters to be lil princesses. Hence the debutante balls, and lusting after the latest expensive fabrics and patterns and European hoop skirt fashions and shit. The inbred Cletus stereotype he's invoking describes the white indentured servants they hired as overseers!