Blog Topic: Great Job

In the Loop: ACC: Beware of Ice

By Blake Aued | February 13, 2014 2:04pm

A tauntaun is no longer necessary to get around Athens.

The worst of the Icepocalypse passed about 30 miles south of us, and Athens is starting to thaw out, but Athens-Clarke County officials are still urging people to stay off the roads and be careful when walking.

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Grub Notes: Where to Eat (and Drink) During the Icepocalypse (now with Thursday update)

By Hillary Brown | February 12, 2014 11:22am

If you were not among the throngs treating local grocery stores like a cloud of locusts, and you somehow missed planning for the Snow/Ice/Sleetpocalypse that is now upon us, what can you do to fill your belly and get your drink on? Here are the places we know of that are open Wednesday.

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Homedrone: Watch Yip Deceiver's Terrifying New Video

By Gabe Vodicka | February 7, 2014 11:42am

Tonight's Turquoise Jeep show at New Earth comes with a bonus in the form of openers Yip Deceiver, the local synth-pop outfit still riding high on its 2013 LP Medallius (Flagpole review). After the jump, watch the new video for that album's "Lover," a remarkably well executed if slightly nightmarish clip courtesy of director Brett Vaughn.

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Grub Notes: Farm Cart Is Coming Back from the Dead

By Hillary Brown | January 27, 2014 2:36pm

Does it still bring a tear to your eye every time you think about the poor old Farm Cart, no doubt rusting away in someone's backyard, unused and unloved? Well, dry your face because the cart is coming back, at least to the Athens Farmers Market. Michael Farfour and his wife, Iwalani Farfour, both of Full Moon Farm Coop, plus mother-in-law/mother Carole Brucato, of Backyard Bread, which was already a regular vendor at the market, have rescued it and are trying to get it up and running when AFM opens up again in April.

Details after the jump.

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In the Loop: Watch Hitler React to the ABH Paywall

By Blake Aued | January 27, 2014 10:48am

Genocidal dictator Adolph Hitler throws a fit over the Athens Banner-Herald's new paywall in this video by one Garry Moon that's going viral locally.

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Homedrone: Exploring Ciara's 'Body Party'

By Will Cash | February 5, 2014 11:22am

With the semi-regular feature .ext e n s i o n, Will Cash reaches deep into the Internet to map electronic sight and sound.

Photo Credit: © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com

Ciara's "Body Party," based on Ghost Town DJ's 1996 juicy jammer "My Boo," was one of the best tracks of last year, no matter how you heard it—and it came a lot of ways. These were my five favorite takes on the euphoric, Grammy-ineligible record.

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Homedrone: Watch Athens Songwriter Sam Burchfield On 'American Idol'

By Gabe Vodicka | January 24, 2014 10:56am

Last night, "American Idol" hit Atlanta for another round of auditions (What? You're not watching "American Idol?" GET WITH THE PROGRAM), and like most episodes of the now 13-year-old show (!), it was tense, emotional television. Who would make it to HOLLYWOOD? Who would have their hopes and dreams squashed like so many tone-deaf cockroaches?

Among the contestants who sang and/or played their hearts out for judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. (who is so great in this role BTW) was Sam Burchfield, an Athenian who gigs regularly around town under his own name and with his band Street Rhythm and Rhyme. Burchfield sang Louis Prima's "I Wan'na Be Like You"—yes, the song from The Jungle Book—but did he make it through to the next round?

Hit the jump to find out.

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In the Loop: Chase Street Elementary Wins National Honor

By Blake Aued | January 23, 2014 12:02pm

Photo via CHD Construction.

Chase Street Elementary School has been named a National Title 1 Distinguished School for academic achievement and improvement in academics—one of only 59 in the nation.

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Homedrone: Live Review: Against Me! at 40 Watt Club, Tuesday, Jan. 21

By Dan Mistich | January 22, 2014 3:15pm

Pardon me in advance for forgoing a lengthy discussion of Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace and her recent gender transition. That story has been told and re-told hundreds of times by now. Grace’s coming out is simultaneously relevant and yet irrelevant to how the band’s new record, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, will be received by the public.

More after the jump.

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Grub Notes: Three Athens Bars Named Best in the South

By Blake Aued | January 22, 2014 1:40pm

Normal Bar, The National and The World Famous are among the 100 best bars in the South, according toSouthern Living.

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