Last Thursday, James “Prince” Hughes, owner and sole proprietor of the legendary and phantasmagorical punkutopia Atomic City, passed away from complications of lymphoma.
. The sort of possibly, presumably multidimensional mystery shop that only appears out of the corner of your eye when the moon is full and rocketeers inexplicably kitted out in riotously colorful Hawaiian shirts battle Japanese– literally “giant strange beasts” – overhead. It was a kind of Heaven for the right sort of person and eventually became Austin Punk Rock HQ for wont of a better word.
“I first went in to Atomic City not long after Prince opened it and thought, Wow, this is a really cool store! I liked the fact that as I grew up I could always stop in and say hi to Prince, hang out in that cool old house, and just bask in all the amazing stuff he had in there, going all the way from the very bottom of the floor to the very top of the ceiling and evenChris Gates, Musician, Bassist in Seminal Punk/Funk Band the Big Boys, Austin...
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