Blog Topic: Drunken Mayhem

In the Loop: Liquor By the Drink on Oconee Agenda

By Lee Becker | July 28, 2014 3:51pm

Discussion of a liquor-by-the-drink referendum tops a busy agenda of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners Tuesday night that also includes consideration of contracts for three roadway projects, at least one of which has been controversial in the past.

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Culture Briefs: We're Live-Tweeting the USA-Belgium World Cup Game

By Blake Aued | July 1, 2014 1:40pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones

USA! USA!

In a rare moment of national pride and in celebration of our socialist roots, a mostly bewildered Flagpole staff has decided to live-tweet this game other countries mistakenly call "football."

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In the Loop: Drunk Man Gored by Bull at Athens Rodeo

By Blake Aued | June 24, 2014 2:41pm

Photo Credit: Matt Millham

An off-duty Athens-Clarke County police officer had to pepper-spray a panicking crowd after a man was gored by a bull Sunday at an indoor rodeo at Athens Arena.

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Culture Briefs: 'Party Down South' Is the Worst Thing Ever

By Blake Aued | June 6, 2014 11:45am

For the past few months, Flagpole Music Editor Gabe Vodicka and I have been having a really good time blogging about and making fun of "Party Down South," the CMT reality show about eight self-described rednecks slowly killing themselves with alcohol, Leaving Las Vegas style.

We sent writer Rashaun Ellis to find out what indignities the cast had inflicted upon themselves and our fair city while filming season 2 in Athens, which Rashaun (jokingly, I thought) treated as some kind of punishment. Gabe and I thought we'd recap each episode, starting with the first one on Thursday. "It'll be fun!" we told ourselves. No. Because "Party Down South" is the single most depressing and cynical thing I've ever seen in my whole life, and this will probably be the last thing we ever write about it. Seriously. It's that bad. Don't watch it. Not even ironically.

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In the Loop: Liquor by the Drink? In Oconee? It's Complicated

By Lee Becker | May 14, 2014 2:39pm

Photo Credit: Lee Becker

Bishop House.

At a time when Oconee County officials are considering a referendum to allow the sale of liquor by the drink to entice restaurants to the area, the city of Bishop is going in the opposite direction by considering a rezone request to convert a historic home into a restaurant that will not be allowed to sell even beer and wine.

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Culture Briefs: Cooter Blasts 'Party Down South' as 'Sleazy'

By Blake Aued | May 6, 2014 11:58am

Ben Jones, the actor who played Cooter in "The Dukes of Hazzard," is on a crusade to get "Party Down South" taken off the air.

The CMT reality show, which is currently filming in Athens, is "the sleaziest" thing on television and stereotypes Southerners, says the guy who co-starred on a show set in South Georgia with a character called Boss Hog, a car with the Confederate flag on the hood and cousins who constantly flirted with each other.

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In the Loop: Where Can You Drink and Not Get Shot?

By Blake Aued | April 24, 2014 10:49am

Gov. Nathan Deal signed House Bill 60, the "guns everywhere" bill, on Wednesday.

Starting July 1, guns will be allowed in bars (unless the owner specifically, uh, bars them), schools (if school boards arm employees), churches (if congregations say so) and government buildings (unless local governments provide security). And convicted felons who are carrying guns illegally can invoke "stand your ground" if they shoot you.

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Culture Briefs: Here's Your Official 'Party Down South' Live-Update Post

By Gabe Vodicka | March 31, 2014 2:13pm

Yesterday we brought you the news that "Party Down South," the CMT series that features eight under-brained young adults with nicknames like "Daddy" and "Lil' Bit" living together for a couple months and terrorizing whatever unlucky locale happens to be playing host while destroying their minds and bodies with insane amounts of alcohol, has chosen our unlucky locale to film its upcoming second season.

Already, tales of horror have started to filter in, with folks reporting sightings of cast members riding through downtown in trucks and imploring female bystanders to bare their breasts for the cameras.

And that was Monday morning. We have a feeling it will get much worse before it gets better.

So, as a public service, we'll track further tales of menace (or, y'know, just let you know where they are so you can stalk/harass/avoid them) in this post, which we'll update as tips come in. Send us your sightings on Twitter at @FlagpoleMag, or via Facebook.

More after the jump.

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Culture Briefs: CMT's 'Party Down South' Is Coming to Athens

By Blake Aued | March 30, 2014 1:06pm

The CMT reality show "Party Down South" will film its second season in Athens, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

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Homedrone: Chillin' the Most with Packway Handle Band: Day Four

By Packway Handle Band | March 7, 2014 1:32pm

Editor's note: Local bluegrass group Packway Handle Band is currently sailing the high seas on Kid Rock's Chillin' the Most cruise. Thankfully for us, they'll be blogging about their experiences all week long.

Andrew Heaton: Yesterday was the big outdoor concert at Norwegian Cruise Line’s private island in the Bahamas. Things happened, I suppose, but nothing so grand as the 3-and-a half-foot-around-in-diameter platter of chicken Biryani that appeared at the main dining hall for dinner back on the ship. The Biryani was really good, and I guess I did briefly wonder who was supposed to eat it all. I ran to get my camera to get proof of the massive pan of Indian food, which had become the highlight of my day, and when I returned, the shot I got of it became the new highlight of my day (see photo after the jump).

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