About Flagpole. (Athens, Ga.) 1987-current | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1988)
more "liberal" position. Seems they're always the scapegoats, doesn't it? "In loco parentis" lives on in a small way yet. Well, it hasn't been all that long since I was underage. I never attempted to buy alcohol before I turned 21 and became magically ligal in all 50 states. Oh, once in Ohio, where the drinking age for beer was 18,1 bought one in a resturant... just to celebrate my legalness, as it were. Actually my Dad or maybe My Uncle Archie bought it for me. It was in Stow,Ohio,in 1968.1 felt that I was in the middle of something terribly "wrong"-- not my action, but the whole doggone "system" that made the consumption of alcohol at age 19 a criminal act.Yeah, I digree; but what's Ort- writing without digression? I am really thankful that 18- year-olds are allowed in clubs to see music: the fact that this city is one of the major outputs of progressive music in this country is no sercet. I commend, in absentia, the wisdom of our governing body meansd that fake i.d.’s are less necessary here than in, say, Nashville, where nearly everyone I know under 21 has one - not to buy alcohol,but to be able to hear music. Hey, Flagpole • July 13, 1988 Page 7 when has gone to hear music in and of itself become a heinous crime? Shrill voices won't help accomplish great change: gentle pressure helps alot more. The adage that the squeaking wheel is the one that gets the greese rings only partially true; truer yet is the one that says that you can kill a lot more files with honey thjan you can with vinegar. Maybe we should rejoice in being in Athens, folks...we could all sure think of a lot of places that would be alot worst. Sure, Athens has its shortfalls, but where else would you be able to hear much mostly original music any night of the week (but Sunday,and there's no excuse for all -ages places not being open Sunday nights during the summer anyway) in a city anything like this size 7 Hey, New York we aren't but who wants to get swallowed up like Jonah inside a whale? This is Georgia's classic City, and even though it's quite traditional(as the saying goes), I find it quite progressive, even if it's in its own way. Keep playing folks...Igor Stravinsky was right ...there are a lot more notes out there that deserve to be played that haven't even been thought of yet. Keep thinking. And, bartender- keep those odd brands of beer coming, would ya?
