For Dean Martin, the moon was a complicated metaphor representing love and pizza, but for The B-52’s, “that tacky little dance band from Athens G-A,” the moon in the sky is just “called the moon,” and no matter how many times fans may ask, a “tin roof, rusted” only refers to a rusty tin roof. This week, we talk with LSU professor Michael Bibler about how The B-52’s fashioned an internationally renowned music act out of a queer, campy, thrift store aesthetic and how their lyrical literalism might offer listeners a way to think about the tacitness of southern queerness.

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| Co-Producers: Gina Caison & Kelly Vines |

| Music: Brian Horton | www.brianhorton.com |