Odes to Joy
Concept albums about places, people, and ideas worth singing about.
21 Cherokee Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30305
Albany, CA
Alkaloid, 691 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE, Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Brookhaven, GA
Cabbagetown — historic mill-village neighborhood in southeast Atlanta, named for the cabbage smell from worker housing kitchens
Castleberry Hill — loft / arts district just southwest of downtown, monthly art stroll, film backdrop
Decatur, GA — incorporated city in DeKalb County, locally considered an Atlanta neighborhood
East Atlanta Village (EAV) — gritty late-90s music-scene resurgence neighborhood, dive bars, indie venues
Edgewood — eastside Atlanta neighborhood, BeltLine connection, Edgewood Retail District
Fordite (layered automotive paint stone) — the metaphor for joy and accumulated color, sold at every OTJ festival event
Grant Park — historic neighborhood named for Lemuel P. Grant, home of Zoo Atlanta + the Cyclorama, Oakland Cemetery on the north edge
Inman Park — Atlanta's first planned suburb (1889), built by Joel Hurt, Victorian mansions, BeltLine eastside
Old Fourth Ward (O4W) — historically Black neighborhood, MLK birthplace, Ponce City Market, BeltLine origin
Sandy Springs, GA — incorporated city in Fulton County (incorporated 2005), locally treated as an Atlanta neighborhood
Sudbury, MA
Sweet Auburn
The lost performance venues of Atlanta — drag bars, strip clubs, music halls, dance clubs that shaped its nightlife
The lost restaurants, dive bars, gay community hubs, and themed destinations of Atlanta
The named Krogers of Atlanta — the nicknames Atlantans give their grocery stores and the lore behind each one
