Visiting Athens
 

I'm going to stay in Athens from Dec, 28 till Dec, 31. Is there anything I shouldn't miss in terms of concerts/exhibitions? Any nice clubs/pubs?

Thank You

nefeli might help you out with this

R.E.M. and The B-52s are from there... maybe one of them will play a local show?

you mean athens, ohio?

he could still change his mind and travel to Prague instead

... or Holland for that matter.
Rotterdam for instance is a "nice place to live!".

On a serious note, this is what my last.fm event recommendations say for Athens, GRRRRR.


Friday 14 January 2011
Giuseppe Ielasi
Knot Gallery
Athens, Greece


Thursday 3 February 2011
Om
Gagarin 205
Athens, Greece


Saturday 12 February 2011
Jooklo Duo, Blood Stereo, XYSM
Knot Gallery
Athens, Greece


Saturday 9 April 2011
Electric Wizard
Gagarin 205
Athens, Greece


Thursday 14 April 2011
Swans
Gagarin 205
Athens, Greece


The dates aren't very useful to you of course, but maybe check out the venues listed to see what else they have on.

Alright, thanks for your replies. Concerning the last.fm hint - I could have guessed myself and will take a look.

Concerning the strike issue - I'm not too worried about it at all. If they strike on the 31., we'll just stay another day or two. We have stand-by tickets.

Looking forward for warmer temperatures!

oh.. wrong Athens.. I thought you meant Athens, California, the city that gave birth to the Bloods ;)

by the way, did you notice by coincidence that Athens Park blockboi was throwin up the Westside? Why would he throw up westside on the westside? Thats because that whole 90s Westside vs Eastside was a misunderstanding. It initially had nothing to do with westcoast vs eastcoast, rather it was a localized LA gang culture thing, westside vs eastside los angeles. The westside (areas west of 110 fwy) tend to largely be blood neighborhoods and other indy black gang sets, and the eastside (east of the 110 fwy) tend to be Crip neighborhoods but mostly sureno mexican gang hoodz. In the 80s and early 90s the Crips and Bloods were notoriously feuding with an unimaginable murder rate (this is because firearms suddenly and mysterious became more widely available, around the same coincidental time the Contra scandal about secret govt arms running was around and the crack scandal.. hmm?!) and so there was heavy westside vs eastside beef here in LA.

Rappers like Tupac (who was affiliated largely with westside pirus, athens and other bloods via suge knight etc) really misunderstood this local situation initially, and it blew up in the media in the wrong direction. Once it caught momentum it evolved into a coastal rivalry and became unavoidable and self-defining, but initially it was a local thang..

this has been street science..

Thanks for the kind, detailed answer. Will use the information for my next Athens trip :) It was quite nice, so I plan to go there again anytime. We've been to Psiri and Monastiraki. Near the Acropolis I found a record store, which offered Perverted by Language by the Fall for € 14,90, but in the end the record shop guy only asked me to give him € 12 without any requests for my part, which was quite nice. The LP itself looks and sounds new. Are you living in Athens, Nefeli?

SSSMMIIILLLEEE !!!

Hey,
long time, no see no hear. How are you?
I hope everything is fine.

Fine, thanks.
Maybe we'll see each other in about two weeks at http://turnonmytheta.blogspot.com/, introduced by Eric from Primordial Undermind at their last concert at the rhiz in December.

Yes, I'll be there.
Sounds like a promising night.


You were there too? Strange, I didn't see you.


Sorry for hijacking this thread, I'm sure Athens is beautiful and all.

ps
check your pms