Blog Topic: Great Job

Culture Briefs: Check Out Photos and Video from the Parade of Lights

By Blake Aued | December 5, 2014 11:34am

The Downtown Parade of Lights last night featured more than 60 floats, among them Monsoon rockin' out on the Flagpole/40 Watt Club/AthFest Educates: Athens Music float. But the talk of the town was Victory Chapel's rappers and crucified Jesus. (The church is best known for its legendary "rotisserie Jesus" float a few years back.)

Here are more photos from Flagpole intern Randy Schafer:

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Culture Briefs: Yawn. Athens Made Another Best-Of List

By Blake Aued | November 21, 2014 2:41pm

Another day, another list.

This time, it was Travel & Leisure that named Athens one of "America's Best College Towns." in an attempt to get poor saps like me to reblog it and reap the clickbaity benefits. Here's their totally generic description of our city (R.E.M. blah blah Bulldogs blah blah lotsa bars) that could have been written by anyone with 15 minutes and an Internet connection.

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Culture Briefs: The Gurley's-Back Hype Video is the Zenith of the Hype Video Era

By Gabe Vodicka | November 12, 2014 3:24pm

Consider the college football hype video.

Designed to get crowds pumped up for a big home game, and released weeks in advance of said game in order to maximize the potential for Internet virality, it is often short, crisply shot, with a soul-stirring soundtrack.

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Grub Notes: Creature Comforts Launches Cans, Is Already Expanding

By Blake Aued | November 12, 2014 11:24am

Creature Comforts Brewing Co. launched its can line on Monday and already is planning to expand, CEO Chris Herron told reporters at a media event on Monday.

The downtown Athens brewery plans to expand its capacity from 4,000 barrels to 8,000 barrels annually in February. That's an increase of 1.3 million cans (a barrel is two kegs or 31 gallons).

Herron said the expansion is ahead of schedule. "We knew Athens drank, but we didn't know Athens drank that much," he joked.

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Grub Notes: Free Waffle House in Athens Wednesday, Nov. 19

By Hillary Brown | November 11, 2014 3:40pm

Photo Credit: Sam Howzit/Flickr

As if you needed more reasons to root against Auburn, there is now free food riding on this Saturday's game, which kicks off at 7:15 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN.

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Homedrone: Nuçi's Space Launches 'Reconstruction of the Steeple' Campaign

By Gabe Vodicka | November 3, 2014 11:04am

Photo Credit: Jason Thrasher

Rising high above Oconee Street just east of downtown, the red-brick steeple seen above has long been known as a beacon of Athens music. The structure, on the site of the Steeplechase condominiums, is all that remains of the 145-year-old St. Mary's Church, the site of R.E.M.'s first-ever live performance in 1980 (and, at the time, the home of Peter Buck, Michael Stipe and Bill Berry).

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Culture Briefs: AthHalf Photos and Results

By Blake Aued | October 20, 2014 11:06am

Photo Credit: Randy Schafer

AthHalf—AthFest Educate's 13-mile run to benefit music and arts education—drew nearly 3,000 people this year. Here are a few pictures our photo intern, Randy Schafer, took of the event.

Click here to see results.

Flagpole news intern Stephanie Talmadge, who wrote about training for the half marathon in last week's issue, finished with the very respectable time of 2:24:53. Go, Stephanie! See, you didn't die after all.

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In the Loop: You Can Vote on a Sunday in Athens Now

By Blake Aued | October 7, 2014 3:34pm

Photo Credit: Blake Aued

The Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections unanimously approved this afternoon an additional day of early voting on Sunday, Oct. 26

Voters will be able to cast ballots from 1–5 p.m. that day at the Board of Elections office at 155 E. Washington St.

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Homedrone: Stream The Glands' Entire 36-Song Comeback Show via Southern Shelter

By Gabe Vodicka | October 6, 2014 2:28pm

Photo Credit: Mike White

Beloved local rock and roll institution The Glands returned to the stage Saturday after a two-year hiatus (which was preceded by a one-year hiatus, which was preceded by a seven-year hiatus…), and they played. Boy, did they play. Thirty-six songs, in fact.

The setlist, which spanned the band's career and teased unreleased material from a long-awaited third record, which frontman Ross Shapiro confirmed to Flagpole will be out within the year, is now streamable via Southern Shelter. Check it out below.

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In the Loop: UGA Is Replacing Its Coal-Fired Boiler

By Blake Aued | September 24, 2014 1:07pm

Photo Credit: Blake Aued

The University of Georgia is finally getting rid of its coal-fired boiler, President Jere Morehead announced today.

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