Blog Topic: ICYMI

In the Loop: Creature Comforts, Five & Ten, Old Pal Among ACHF Preservation Award Winners

By Stella Smith | June 4, 2014 11:07am

Creature Comforts Brewery.

The Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation hosted its 45th Annual Preservation Awards at the historic Morton Theatre on Monday, June 2.

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In the Loop: NSA Chief Uses UGA Speech to Recruit Students

By Chris Dowd | April 15, 2014 11:08am

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper expressed discontent that many college applicants are starting to mention Edward Snowden as their personal hero, describing his leaks as "the most massive and damaging theft in our country's history." Clapper defended the right of whistleblowing but contended that Snowden does not deserve the label because he did not report his concerns up the chain of command, to Congress or to the Justice Department.

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In the Loop: Former Athens City Councilman Jailed

By Blake Aued | February 18, 2014 2:17pm

Matthew Ware, a Lithonia accountant and former Athens city councilman, recently started serving a six-year prison sentence for laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars for cocaine traffickers.

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In the Loop: The Most Popular Flagpole Stories of 2013

By Blake Aued | December 31, 2013 4:27pm

Here's what y'all thought were the most 10 interesting stories of the year.

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Culture Briefs: More on Chris Conley's Plans to Film an Epic Lightsaber Duel

By Blake Aued | December 20, 2013 2:54pm

Image credit: ducksizedhorses via reddit.com/r/uga

Like the Force, Flagpole's man-crush on University of Georgia wide receiver Chris Conley grows stronger every day.

The self-described nerd recently sat down with the Macon Telegraph's Seth Emerson to talk… and talk… and talk about his Star Wars fandom and plans to shoot an epic light saber duel on campus sometime next year.

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Culture Briefs: Terrapin Beer's Cameo on 'The Walking Dead'

By Blake Aued | October 14, 2013 2:57pm

Apparently folks quit drinking after the zombie apocalypse.

On last night's Season Four premiere of "The Walking Dead," Daryl and a crew of prison newcomers raid a grocery store for supplies. The store was full of prominently-placed cases of Georgia craft beer, including Athens' own Terrapin Rye.

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Homedrone: Video: Mumford & Sons Try to Snap Pics at Clermont Lounge, Get the Ol' Heave-Ho

By Gabe Vodicka | September 12, 2013 11:41am

This hilarious bit of news is being picked up by everyone from Creative Loafing to TMZ, but it's worth noting that the original scoop came from Starcasm, whose source was none other than Athens' Uncle Pizza, aka Jubee of Jubee and the Morning After. Because he was there, for some reason.

After earnest, old-timey-ish folk-rock outfit Mumford & Sons played Centennial Olympic Park Tuesday night, they did what all celebrities visiting Atlanta do: they ate at Antico went to the Clermont Lounge, that dimly lit bastion of middle-aged stripperdom.

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In the Loop: Watch Oconee Street Methodist's Steeple Topple

By Blake Aued | August 29, 2013 12:49pm

Joe Dennis, the PR coordinator for Oconee Street United Methodist Church, submitted this video of theburned church's steeple being torn down.

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Culture Briefs: New York Times Profiles Athens' 'Downtown Renaissance'

By Gabe Vodicka | July 12, 2013 10:34am

Photo Credit: The New York Times

The World Famous

In the slim chance it's not the only thing on your Facebook timeline right now, we thought we'd alert you to this new New York Times travel feature titled, "In Athens, Ga., a Downtown Renaissance."

The six-frame slideshow cites several local businesses—including The World Famous, Community and The Branded Butcher—as evidence of Athens' cultural uprising. The town "feels like your favorite, secret neighborhood, where iconic locales dovetail with new and resurrected music spaces, boutiques, lounges and restaurants," reads the intro.

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Homedrone: Titus Andronicus' Stickles: 'I Don't Need the People of Athens'

By Gabe Vodicka | June 6, 2013 10:44am

Titus Andronicus' Athens show last month ended with singer/guitarist/weight-of-the-world-carrier Patrick Stickles (who, by the way, seems like a really fun guy who would not at all ruin your BBQ) berating audience members and ranting about slavery. It was weird.

Shortly after, Impose Magazine caught up with the outspoken frontman to ask about the show, where a concertgoer passed out mini-Confederate flags in an apparent attempt to troll the politically-minded group, whose breakthrough album The Monitor was based on the Civil War.

Stickles, who spends a fair amount of time in the interview talking about how "Irish" and "punk" he is, casts his ire far and wide, complaining about the Georgia Theare staff (they "weren't giving me the things I needed to do my job effectively and give the kids their money's worth"); the crowd ("by the end of the show it's a bunch of fucking bros beating on each other in some kind of weird, homoerotic ritual"); the perpetrator ("I was ready to choke him out. I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't been tied down to the guitar."); and a host of others.

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