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.