watching expired appliances align

glimpses of youth

One of tonight’s other “blast from the pasts” (in addition to watching college pal, Gina Main, on “Fear Factor”) included the watching of the video for Calla’s “Televised.” It aired this past weekend on “Mixtape Mixdown - Indie Rock” on Fuse. The video is a collage of various live clips and photographs. It all works well together, but the most exciting thing was catching a few images from the town where I grew up – Fredericksburg, VA. About three quarters of the way into the video, there are a few shots of Allman’s Bar-B-Q. The video, directed by Moh Azim (with pictures by Bobby Barocci), includes wintry, ethereal images of the one-story brick barbecue joint that’s been around for decades. While watching the video again, I noticed that a few shots of the Twi-Lite Motel were also featured. The Twi-Lite Motel sits alongside Route 1, two blocks from Allman’s and has that classic “motel” look. It’s that kind of place where you would’ve taken your girl in high school to lose your virginity (if you were both into that pseudo-retro-hipster thing yet always high out of our minds on some kind of low-grade heroin – so out of our minds that grime becomes cool). The other thing I should note is that I’ve never eaten at Allman’s, even though it’s a Fredericksburg institution. I don’t really like barbecue. I’ll make a point of eating there the next time I’m in town, though.