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The Sunshine Fix – Future History and the Irrelevance of Time

Bill Doss, the man behind The Sunshine Fix as well as co-brain trust of The Olivia Tremor Control and the Elephant 6 collective, left us yesterday. Doss brought his love of psychedelic pop together with Will Cullen Hart’s experimentation to create The Olivia Tremor Control. He toured and recorded with fellow E6-er Robert Schneider’s project Apples in Stereo as well as spending some of his younger years in the military. It is with a heavy hard and saddened head that we bid this man adieu.

Just for fun, here’s a song Doss wrote for The Powerpuff Girls:

WUOG's Beloved and Well-Respected Station Engineer for 35 Years

They say that in order to fully understand where you are and where you’re going, you have to know where you came from. In other words, know about your history and what led you to the position that you are in now. As WUOG celebrates 40 years on the air, there are two things that have remained a part of WUOG’s storied history, the Highland Carolina Urban Legend and undisputed #1 fan, Richard Worley, and the man that really started it all, and very much is a legend in his own right, Mr. Wilbur Herrington.  Sadly, on the morning of March 29th, 2012, we here at WUOG received the unfortunate word that arguably the Heart and Soul of this station had passed on. Wilbur T. Herrington, or simply “Wilbur” as he preferred to be called, died in the early morning hours of that Thursday due to a brain tumor.

While the newer generation of Wuoggers may not have had to chance to see or directly work with Wilbur (as he officially retired as our station engineer in 2011), to the hundreds of WUOG alumni as well as current staffers that did interact with Wilbur at some capacity, he was an integral part of our lives at WUOG, that unfortunately is no longer here…but only in the physical sense.  See, Wilbur had such a beautiful soul that he was more than just our station engineer, or some person that our lobby was recently dedicated to. He was a true inspiration to the many people he came in contact with, dating back to when the station first came on the air in October 16, 1972, that will last for forever and a day. Whether it was his undying love for his wife and children, the many priceless stories/experiences that he shared with Wuoggers over the years, or his undeniable passion and pride for all that he has done for this station through the triumphs and hardships, all in order for it to be the local, national and even internationally-recognized organization that it is now and will continue to be, Wilbur, you and your family have touched many lives, left an incomparable and irreplaceable legacy, and forever will be the proverbial patriarch and Heart and Soul of  this WUOG family.

Below you will find the links to the official obituary where you can post your tributes, photos, videos, etc. and an article that was published in this week’s Red & Black featuring words from Wilbur’s colleagues and friends. Also below, you will information about Wilbur’s memorial service that will be taking place next Thursday, April 12th, and finally, in lieu of flowers/gifts, the family requested that all donations be made to the American Cancer Society.  Forty years is a long time on the air, but the actions and influence of one man will last for a lifetime. You will be missed Wilbur, but you will remain in all of our Hearts and WUOG will continue on in your honor. Rest in Love!

RED & BLACK ARTICLE (Published April 3, 2012)

WILBUR’S OFFICIAL OBITUARY

Wilbur Herrington Memorial Service

Thursday April 12th, 2012 @ 11AM

Smoke Rise Baptist Church

5901 Hugh Howell Road

Stone Mountain, Georgia 30087

Have  you heard? WUOGFest- 90.5fm’s annual music festival- is happening right here in Athens GA from Oct 31st until Nov 6th! The week will feature a multitude of diverse shows as well as a spooky Haunted House at Farm 255, a film screening and discussion at Cine, and a CD release party at Go Bar!

This year, each evening of the festival will highlight a different WUOG specialty show or area of programming:

Monday @ Farm 255
Equinox’s Spookfest Haunted House of Infinity
[http://www.facebook.com/ev ent.php?eid=18703106137695 8]

Tuesday @ The Melting Point
Bluegrass Junction

Wednesday @ Caledonia Lounge
Philosophy Rock

Thursday @ the Georgia Theatre
Matter of Jazz
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Friday @ Go Bar
WUOG Bands Live + Live in the Lobby CD Release
[http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=217916894942853&context=create]

Saturday @ The 40 Watt Club
Halftime Hip Hop Show

Sunday @ Cine
FriendlyFolk
[http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=231600106900166&ref=ts]

Featuring: Grogus, Kenosha Kid, Bird Names, Hope For AGoldenSummer, Richelle L. Brown, Hazel and Henry Slaughter (mbr Wolf Eyes), DIP, AIDS Wolf, Nancy Kay, Ruby Kendrick, Figboots, Velocirapture, Basshunter 64, and MANY MANY MORE.

For more information and a complete schedule (including door times and ticket prices), visit http://wuogfest.wordpress.com/ or follow our links under each show listing to find the individual facebook event pages (**the rest should be posted soon**).

Can’t wait to see you there! Come dance with us!.. or mope around and look at your feet, or do a jig, or square dance- it really depends on which day you come out. So just come out for all of them! Hooray!

Hey check out these photos from the Carnival!  We had a blast hanging out and raising a few hundred bucks for Nuci’s Space and we were lucky enough to work with the Music Business Program to put the whole thing together!
All photo credit goes to LeahAndMark who are available for Wedding photography, check out their site for booking inquiries and also cause there’s a butt-load of beautiful pictures to look at: http://leahandmark.com/2011/09/26/wuog-photobooth/

The ladies of the evening- Promo Director Sarah Lawrence (left) and Programming Director Caroline Marchildon (right)

One of the bands of the evening- Grinnin Bear- decided to get in on the photo booth action- gee what a fun group!

check out their reverb nation page here: (http://www.reverbnation.com/grinninbear)

Station heart-throb Sam Macon shows off his PBR and his poor depth perception. And hey ladies, I hear he’s on the market- grrrrowl!

And what’s this? A forbidden love emerges between GM/Puppeteer Mama Nate and News Director Daniel LoPilato? Woah boys, save some for the rest of us!
(From L to R: Alfred the golf enthusiast, Mama Nate, Daniel, Lizzie the.. um..)

Even our pizza delivery guy got in on the fun! But uh-oh, looks like somebody didn’t tip him well- look out!!! ;p