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Woe​*​Be​*​Gone - 'Towson, St. Patrick's Day, 1997'

from Various Artists - Towson​-​Glen Arm Freakouts: 1992​-​1999 by Nuns Like To Fence

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January 1997
(originally self released by Woe*Be*Gone on their self-titled debut tape, spring 1997; reissued as a cdr/download by Lou Thomas, summer 2005; this song is also known as 'Towson, St. Valentines Day, 1998')

Conflicted feelings about Towson were a problem for Baltimore County's teenage avant-garde. On the one hand it was a home base for much of our activity, therefore a familiar comfort zone. On the other hand it was a cookie cutter American suburb which existed and thrived as a result of the commercial excess that many TGA kids claimed to hate. 'Towson, St. Patrick's Day, 1997' was Lou Thomas' tribute to this dichotomy, a song that encapsulated everything that was joyous, insufferable, and ridiculous about his own awkward place in Towson's socio-political context. The tune was written while Thomas was a member of the eccentric songwriters' collective Woe*Be*Gone who formed in January 1997. The other members of this group were Chris Teret and Scott Gilmore, though Chris' younger brother Walker Teret often performed as a side musician at their shows and appeared on their later recordings. Woe*Be*Gone also counted Ex-Preschooler Stephanie Rabins as member of their collective in '99 and early 2000... - Mike Apichella (more info on Woe*Be*Gone, including a longer version of this article, appears as a part of the 40 pg. booklet which accompanies the double tape version of Towson-Glen Arm Freakouts)

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from Various Artists - Towson​-​Glen Arm Freakouts: 1992​-​1999, released February 28, 2013

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