Think about a happy place...

...and it may look like Athens, GA.

I mean, where else can you get a PBR and end up watching "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (the 1935 version) while listening to some indie-pop ?

Where else could you run into friends just past midnight, and find yourself in a restaurant attending a show from New Sound of Numbers ? That was Fri. 02/01 evening. Pretty good show, actually. Randy B. is a perfect addition to the band, bringing a more organic aspect to the music. And they sounded great !

And then, there are the local dens. Sat. 02/02 at Caledonia brought us The Buddy System, The Young Sinclairs and 63 Crayons.
Great show of TBS, as usual. With the upcoming free Jammy Jamm gig at the 40W next Friday (08/02), that'll be their fifth show, the third in barely two weeks. With such a busy schedule, they couldn't give us any new song this time, but they're working on one for Friday, the goal being to have a 20 min set for SXSW. The night's surprise was the introduction of the guitar hero controller to control some of the animations...
The Young Sinclairs, from Roenoke, VA, play some awesome 60es British invasion / psychedelic pop à la Kinks. They have already three albums behind them, none being distributed yet. And yet is the operational word here. The show itself was great, if you forgot some sound problems, the voices being far too in the foreground. And between us, I'm no big fan of the singer's voice. He must have heard this one fairly often, as one of their songs start with the lines "I know you don't like the way I sing my songs / But does it mean we cannot get along ?". Rest assured that we can, mate. Anyway, I can urge you enough to go and check them out. The lead guitar/singer used to drum for the next band:
63 Crayons broke their sampler as they were going on stage, which created yet more confusion soundwise, so much that I left relatively early. I liked what I heard, or could hear should I say. Yep, there are nights like these.

Or afternoons like today that remind you that in Athens, GA, springtime can be right around the corner. And before leaving, have a look on Saturday's pictures on Mike W.'s site. You'll get an idea of what you missed.