Athens Townie McCool

Townie, musician, record store clerk, bartender

Esoterica, PBR, Volvos, bicycles, irony, being ironic, wearing horn-rims, vintage clothing, being in twelve bands

Chunklet (ok, it's a mag), Death on the Installment Plan, Lord of the Rings, Where the Wild Things Are, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Philip K. Dick, Elmore Leonard, Nietzsche(though I have no idea what it means... or how to pronounce it)

There all in that section at Vision Video on Broad that you've never seen... It's in the back... I've known all those guys for years... they're in seven of my bands... I'm the one who really draws the Flick Skinnys... Well, not really, but I buy them!!!

My THIRTEEN Bands, Beatles, Stones, Big Star, Neko Case, Nick Drake, Nick Cave, Brian Eno, Phillip Glass, Flaming Lips, Django Reinhardt, the rest you probably never heard of

The Muppet Show, The Muppets, Otherwise I really think TV is a waste of time

I am into esoterica way more esoteric than what you
consider esoteric.

You can see me riding around town in either my Volvo or on
my bike... well you can see me riding between Boulevard
and downtown, at least. In cool weather, I usually have on
my mechanic jacket with the breast inlay of a name
other than my own, my tobaggan cap and my best pair of
chucks. In the summer, about the same except no cap or
jacket so you can see my threadbare "INSERT NAME OF 70'S
OR 80'S CAMP TV SHOW,MOVIE OR OBSCURE BAND HERE" t-shirt
or my transparently thin cotton/poly short-sleeved plaid
button-up or spanish wedding
shirt.////////////////////////////////////////////////////
I have been making musical instruments out of fruits and
vegetables lately. My rhubarbaphone and pumpkinaspeil are
almost done. I have already perfected the clarrotnet and
the avacordian. I'll then record the album on my V-8 Track
(Sorry, couldn't resist). Any suggestions for an album
name? /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///Winter's coming. Anybody have any suggestions for
what's going to happen with townie fashion?? I tingle
with anticipation. IF THE GLASSES EVER GO, I
DO!!!!!!!!!!!//////////////////////////////////////////////
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Even as an Athens townie myself, or should I say THE
TOWNIE, I find it rather ironic that most of the townies
in Athens, who were misfits and outcasts as younger people
(and still are, in a sense), have inured and cemented
themselves into a cloistered and inflexible group that,
frankly, is reminiscent of the dynamic of the interactions
of the jocks and cheerleaders they so desperately despised
in high school. Makes you
think...///////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////BTW - IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY THIS PROFILE, OR
BEING CALLED A TOWNIE, YOU ARE MORE THAN LIKELY AN
UBERTOWNIE... A STRANGE PHENOMENON WHERE A TOWNIE SEES
THEMSELVES AS SO EXTRORDINARILY ORIGINAL AND
INDIVIDUALISTIC THAT ANY JOKES/COMMENTS ABOUT THEIR TOWNIE
STATUS WILL SEND THEM INTO A FRENZY OF COLD LOATHING
(Townies don't tend to fight... they just practice cold
loathing. I guess its cause they never know whose gonna be
in the next cool-band-du-jour and don't want to alienate
them.)

Fruits and vegetables with resonance. A hot, myopic
Towniette. Non-eliteist Townies (Mr. Rogers may have
convinced you you're special, but you're not THAT
special...)
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First name: Athens Townie
Last name: McCool
Email: athenstownie@hotmail.com
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