Blog Topic: Last Night

In the Loop: Watch Video of Gov. Nathan Deal Telling UGA Students He Presumes They're Undocumented

By Blake Aued | August 27, 2014 12:06pm

From left, Kevin Ruiz, Carver Goodhue, Preethi Raja and Lizbeth Miranda. Photo via Sarah Young/Twitter

Last night, Flagpole broke news about four University of Georgia students who challenged Gov. Nathan Deal at a College Republicans meeting about the state ban on undocumented students attending UGA. We obtained video of the confrontation this morning.

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In the Loop: Counterpoint: Athens Is Nothing Like Ferguson

By Blake Aued | August 18, 2014 4:16pm

In May 2013, the Athens-Clarke County Commission, based on Police Chief Jack Lumpkin's recommendation, voted unanimously, bleeding hearts and all, to accept a $240,000 Lenco BearCat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.

The BearCat joins a cache of equipment and vehicles ACCPD has acquired from DHS over the past decade, including a $218,000 mobile command center and an $80,000 bomb-sniffing dog.

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In the Loop: Downtown Building Catches Fire

By David Schick | August 12, 2014 11:00pm

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Homedrone: Live Review: Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden at Aaron's Amphitheatre

By Gabe Vodicka | August 9, 2014 11:30am

A friend of mine once told a funny story, a through-the-grapevine anecdote about someone's mom running into a mohawked Trent Reznor at the neighborhood Kroger or whatever and a bashful Rez explaining that the hairdo was "for the kids."

These days, Reznor's fashion choices are honestly pretty MOR for a man who penned the lyric "hard line bad luck fist fuck"—shorts, muscle shirts, the occasional tasteful bit of leather—and his audience is no longer so much "the kids," but rather those kids who grew up with his nihilistic shut-in anti-anthems, kids now pushing 30, 40 years old but still eager to fist-pump along with steadfastly antisocial tunes like "Gave Up."

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In the Loop: More Student Housing Proposed Downtown

By David Schick | August 8, 2014 10:36am

Photo Credit: Niles Bolton Associates

At the top of the agenda for the Athens-Clarke County Planning Commission Thursday night was a plan for more student housing.

Campus Acquisitions, a company based in Chicago, wants to turn 165 E. Dougherty St. into a five-story mixed use development with retail spaces at ground level and student apartments above. Until recently, an office building on the property housed Advantage Behavioral Health Systems, and it's now occupied by the tech incubator Four Athens.

The biggest concern voiced by the public and the planning commission was the waiver for residential density. The plan would add 81 residential dwelling units, or 237 bedrooms, which is 27 bedrooms too many, according to the current zoning codes.

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Homedrone: Photo Gallery: 2014 FAMAs

By Joshua L. Jones | June 20, 2014 11:20am

The 2014 Flagpole Athens Music Awards took place last night at the Morton Theatre. Below, enjoy a photo gallery of the show. Check out a recap and the list of winners here.

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Culture Briefs: 'ARTifacts' Rocks UGA Special Collections Library

By Barbette Houser | May 2, 2014 12:34pm

Betsy Dorminey, Scott Brandeis and Jason Jones

The Art Rocks Athens Foundation opened its inaugural exhibit at the UGA Special Collections Library last night and, while the party never got quite out of bounds, it was an amazing evening. The foundation was created to celebrate the art and artists that were an integral part of the Athens music scene in its early days. “ARTifacts Rock Athens: Relics from the Athens Music Scene, 1975-1985” does just that with ample displays celebrating the art and music of bands like Pylon, Oh Okay, the B-52’s, Love Tractor and more.

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Culture Briefs: Here Are the Twilight Criterium Winners

By Blake Aued | April 27, 2014 2:09pm

Athens Twilight Criterium winner Daniel Holloway (left) and David Cueli (center) of Athens-based team The 706 Project turn the corner on a breakaway at the Novant Health Invitation Criterium in Charlotte, NC. Photo credit: Dave Gill/USA CRITS

For the second year in a row, Athens resident Frank Travieso, racing for the locally based 706 Project team, finished third in the Twilight Criterium on Saturday night.

Daniel Holloway of Athlete Octane Cycling won the 80-kilometer race with a time of 45:29.2. Ty Magner of Hincapie Sportswear Development trailed by a tenth of a second; Travieso was 0.7 seconds behind Holloway.

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Homedrone: Photo Gallery: The Zombies at Georgia Theatre

By Mike White | April 18, 2014 1:11pm

The Zombies played the Georgia Theatre Thursday, delivering a career-spanning set of psych-pop hits. After the jump, check out a selection of photos and videos from the show.

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Homedrone: Watch Michael Stipe Induct Nirvana Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

By Gabe Vodicka | April 11, 2014 10:59am

Photo Credit: Anton Corbijn

The 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony happened last night at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, where acts like Hall & Oates, Kiss, Cat Stevens, Linda Ronstadt and Peter Gabriel were bestowed with the designation (see the full list of this year's inductees here). But the biggest moment(s) of the night came when grunge pioneers Nirvana were honored, 20 years after Kurt Cobain's death.

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe was on hand to introduce the group, saying, "Nirvana were artists in every sense of the word. Nirvana tapped into a voice that was yearning to be heard. Nirvana were kicking against the mainstream. They spoke truth and a lot of people listened."

"They were singular and loud and melodic and deeply original," he continued. "And that voice. That voice. Kurt, we miss you. I miss you. This is not just pop music. This is something much greater than that."

Watch the video after the jump.

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