Excuse me but I was wondering if anyone had any Idea why Athens seems to have a vivacious music scene. R.E.M came from their, the band Sneakers was formed their between members of the dBs and Lets Active, as well as being what I believe to be a strong foothold for the Elephant Six Collective and being, at least at one point, the home of Jeff Mangum, from Neutral Milk Hotel and several other bands which stem from Elephant Six and the Orange Twin Label.

So...Any Ideas? Anyone know anything about this place that they might want to share? Is it a mythical land where ambrosia flows like water or merely just a place that just by coincidence had such musical influence?