Beat Happening was an American indie pop band formed in Olympia, Washington, in 1982. Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis, and Bret Lunsford have been the band's continual members. Beat Happening were early leaders in the American indie pop and lo-fi movements, noted for their use of primitive recording techniques, disregard for the technical aspects of musicianship, and songs with subject matters of a carefree or coy nature.
Beat Happening in 1988. Clockwise from top: Calvin Johnson, Bret Lunsford, Heather Lewis.
Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and most populous city of Thurston County.
From top, and left to right: Old Capitol Building, East Olympia, Interstate 5 at the junction of U.S. Route 101, Port of Olympia, Downtown from Capitol Lake, Washington State Capitol, Salmon sculpture, Mount Rainier, Percival Landing Park, Olympic Mountains and Swantown Marina
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The Old Capitol Building in 1906
Astronaut photograph of Olympia, Washington, taken from the International Space Station (ISS)