Blog Topic: Drunken Mayhem

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

By Packway Handle Band | March 6, 2014 12:40pm

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.

Michael Paynter: It was a long day. Started out with too much breakfast and too much coffee. Then I headed to downtown Key West. Hit up a few souvenir shops and then found Sloppy Joe's, what looked to me like a good representation of the town. Had a local beer and then found an outdoor patio where I was able to witness a few groups of pub crawlers. We were told Key West has more bars per capita than Manhattan, and I believe it. One lady exclaimed, “This is so much fun! I’m so wasted!” It sounded like the pub crawling was working. Got back to the ship and ventured onto the pool deck for a Piña Colada and buckets—yes, plural—of beers. Way too much time in the sun breaking it down to miscellaneous party hits. Opted not to take a nap and push through to the evening. We started up playing in the elevator and then moved on to specific cabins. At one point, Zach was lying on the bed with his bass while we played a Peaches song.

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

By Packway Handle Band | March 5, 2014 12:48pm

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.

Tom Baker: Don’t worry. I’m alive. I somehow missed day one of the blog, but I think others have covered the basics. The cruise is mostly what you would expect: drunk and loud. Lots of hamburgers and Bud Light and Skynyrd covers. I’ve never heard the word “motherfucker” used in greater frequency. I was surprised that we are among the youngest people on the boat. We are major outliers in terms of body mass index. I am one of the few people not yet seriously sunburned.

Day one was great. We played music in random corridors and stairwells and elevators. People LOVED it. Near the end of our “set” on day two, one of the organizers came up to our tour manager and said, “Hey, these guys want to hear you up here.” We followed him into a suite, where Kid Rock greeted us with a big smile and said, “Hey, I’m Bob.”

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

By Packway Handle Band | March 4, 2014 1:20pm

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

Day One: Monday, Mar. 3

Josh Erwin: "Traditional absurdist experience" was a term coined by Flagpole many years back explaining Packway Handle Band’s sound. Anyway, to us, that’s the appealing part of playing the Kid Rock Cruise. Any gig that could be ridiculous—we want first dibs and front row seats.

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In the Loop: Drunken Mayhem on the UGA-App State Homecoming Game Weekend

By David Schick | November 11, 2013 3:53pm

After every UGA home football game, Flagpole news intern David Schick will be checking the police blotter to find the weekend's strangest drunken antics. Here's the fifth installment:

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Culture Briefs: What to Do in Jacksonville (Other Than the Georgia-Florida Game)

By Joe VanHoose | October 31, 2013 12:02pm

With thousands of Athenians headed down to Florida this weekend, we asked Athens writer, Jacksonville native and Flagpole Senior Jean Shorts Correspondent Joe VanHoose to fill us in on what to do down there besides tailgate. His opinions—specifically that Athens is not the the greatest city in the Southeast—do not reflect the opinions of Flagpole Magazine.

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In the Loop: Drunken Mayhem on the UGA-Missouri Game Weekend

By David Schick | October 14, 2013 4:52pm

After every UGA home football game, Flagpole news intern David Schick will be checking the police blotter to find the weekend's strangest drunken antics. Here's the fourth installment:

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In the Loop: Drunken Mayhem on the UGA-LSU Game Weekend

By David Schick | October 1, 2013 1:12pm

After every UGA home football game, Flagpole news intern David Schick will be checking the police blotter to find the weekend's funniest drunken antics. Here's the third installment:

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In the Loop: Drunken Mayhem: UGA-North Texas Weekend

By David Schick | September 24, 2013 10:07am

After every UGA home football game, Flagpole news intern David Schick checks the police blotter to find the weekend's funniest drunken antics. Here's the second installment:

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In the Loop: Drunken Mayhem on the UGA-South Carolina Game Weekend

By David Schick | September 10, 2013 10:06am

After every UGA home football game, Flagpole news intern David Schick will be checking the police blotter to find the weekend's funniest drunken antics. Here's the first installment:

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