Southern college city is alternative rock’s hometown By Steve Hendrix THE WASHINGTON POST July 2 — It all began with a cocktail. Just one cocktail. One really enormous punch bowl of a cocktail. And five straws. “I think of it as the Night of the Flaming Volcano,” says Cindy Wilson of the B-52’s. She’s the blond one, with the yearling eyes. ‘There were always eccentrics in Athens, but we took …Continue Reading