Somewhere in an afterlife watering hole right now, Truman Capote is probably perched on a barstool still giving director Blake Edwards hell for bastardizing his novella, “Breakfast At Tiffany’s.” Hollywood, after all, has a storied tradition of mercilessly screwing with the words of Southern writers. So, it’s only natural then that for fans of the […]
Editor’s Note from Rich: The first time I met John Kiran Fernandes, I needed a token for the clue bus. I was in Wuxtry Records in Athens, poring over the new local releases. I asked the guy behind the counter if he could make any recommendations. He grinned, pushed a shock of black hair out […]
Note From Pylon vocalist and July Eldredge ATL Guest Editor Vanessa Briscoe Hay: Athens, GA native Brigette Adair Herron and writer Scott Creney are founding members of the indie project called Tunabunny that formed in Athens, Georgia in early 2008, and, more importantly, are the parents of an amazing little boy. Other members of Tunabunny […]
As Stan Getz’s bossa nova period drifts out of the speakers overhead, Go Bar bartender Tom is enjoying the calm before the storm this Saturday night. It’s a few minutes after the club, located at 195 Prince Street, has opened its doors. This is when Vanessa Briscoe Hay and her musician husband Bob Hay usually […]
Note From Pylon Reenactment Society vocalist and Eldredge ATL July Guest Editor Vanessa Briscoe Hay: Memory is an interesting thing. Spaces are compressed while time can be compressed or expanded. You find yourself moving through a city and down a highway that doesn’t exist in the same way anymore, but you can still see what […]
Acting, perhaps, on behalf of fans everywhere, when Curtis Crowe heard the fantastical tale of how Henry Owings managed to track down the masters of what would become the band’s first-ever live album, the Pylon drummer grabbed Owings by the face, kissed him on the lips and said “Thank You!” Says Owings: “As a kid […]
Vanessa Briscoe Hay first became acquainted with the Manhattan Cafe when she ducked into the bar in 2005, attempting to ditch an overzealous Pylon fan who had followed her from the 40 Watt club. Recalls Hay, laughing: “I walked over to the table where Michael and Curtis were drinking PBR tallboys and said, ‘Oh, look! […]
Note From Eldredge ATL guest writer Maureen McLaughlin, the B-52’s first manager: I probably wouldn’t have agreed to write this article except that Eldredge ATL July Guest Editor Vanessa Briscoe Hay pitched an appealing idea — contact people from the Atlanta and Athens music scenes of the 1970s and 1980s and ask them three questions. […]
Eldredge ATL July Guest Editor and Pylon vocalist Vanessa Briscoe Hay on why she selected Little King’s Shuffle Club, 223 W. Hancock Ave. as one of her favorite downtown Athens spots: “The third incarnation of Pylon began here in 2004. The bar wasn’t even officially open yet. Randy had said, ‘I wanna play together again, […]
Editor’s Note: Guitarist and singer Bob Hay co-founded the legendary Athens act The Squalls in 1981. The band is immortalized, along with R.E.M., Pylon, Love Tractor, B-52’s, Howard Finster, Flat Duo Jets and Kilkenny Cats in the Jim Herbert-shot 1987 documentary “Athens, Ga. Inside/Out” and the band opens and closes the doc’s soundtrack on I.R.S. […]