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The Beat

Rankin' Rob doesn't remember the English Beat concert at Legion Field in Athens, and has requested a memory jolt. Now, I was an aficianado of narcotics myself at the time, and it is utterly plausible that Rob wasn't there after all, but I find the concept of seeing the Beat without him implausible. But here goes:

1982, as I recall. I was visiting my sister in Macon, and remember telling my mother I didn't trust myself behind the wheel of my car, and may I borrow hers instead? She relented, for some reason, and The Bride and my brothers wheeled over to Athens.

It had rained for several days before this, and Legion Field, being a sunken punchbowl anyway, was a ghastly mudpit. The Beat came on anyhoos, and played in the drizzle, and I seem to recall Stand Down, Margaret was the high point. One had to climb the slope to cop a urination, and I remember slipping down the slope several times attempting a whizz. I was covered in mud by the end of the show, muttering she rankin full stop...

I think we hit the Varsity after that, because the opportunity to pass out and shit chili cheese fries in one's pants is a compelling thing, not to be denied.

None of this rings a bell, Rob? Sure?