Blog Topic: Media Matters

In the Loop: Help ABH Reporter Joe Johnson Beat Cancer

By Blake Aued | March 27, 2017 11:40am

Those of you who are regular readers of the local daily will recognize the name Joe Johnson. He's been the paper's ace crime reporter for about 15 years—the guy who not only writes those hilarious blotter items, but covered dozens of murder trials, hung out with gang members when police denied Athens had gangs, exposed wrongdoing at the county jail and broke countless other big stories over the years.

The tough-as-nails New Yorker was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and underwent surgery earlier this month. He doesn't know yet whether the tumor is malignant or what other treatments he may need, but they're bound to be expensive, and it's unlikely he'll be able to return to work full-time for a while.

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Homedrone: WUOG's 10 Most-Played Recordings, Mar. 15–21

By Gabe Vodicka | March 21, 2017 12:42pm

1. Thundercat: Drunk (Brainfeeder)

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Culture Briefs: Jason Thrasher Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for 'Athens Potluck' Book

By Gordon Lamb | March 15, 2017 2:00pm

Photo Credit: Jason Thrasher

Jill Carnes, from the "Athens Potluck" series.

Photographer Jason Thrasher has already had a lot of success with his "Athens Potluck" project. He's exhibited at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and opened at the Georgia Theatre. It seems everyone in town has heard of his series of local-music photos, the central conceit of which is that each person photographed suggested the next subject, and on and on.

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Homedrone: 'Georgia Reads' Series Kicks off Saturday With Party Out of Bounds Panel at Avid

By Gordon Lamb | March 14, 2017 11:32am

Avid Bookshop and the University of Georgia Press are teaming up with Georgia Public Broadcasting and National Endowment for the Humanities affiliate Georgia Humanities to launch a "virtual book club" called Georgia Reads. And they're launching it in the coolest possible way for us Athens music history buffs.

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Homedrone: WUOG 90.5 FM's 10 Most-Played Recordings, Mar. 1–7

By Gabe Vodicka | March 7, 2017 2:35pm

1. Vagabon: Infinite Worlds (Father/Daughter)

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Homedrone: WUOG 90.5 FM's 10 Most-Played Recordings, Feb. 22–28

By Gabe Vodicka | March 1, 2017 11:02am

Homeshake's Fresh Air

1. Homeshake: Fresh Air (Sinderlyn)

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Homedrone: WUOG 90.5 FM's 10 Most-Played Recordings, Feb. 8–14

By Gabe Vodicka | February 14, 2017 4:40pm

Foxygen's Hang

1. Foxygen: Hang (Jagjaguwar)

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Homedrone: WUOG 90.5 FM's 10 Most-Played Recordings, Feb. 1–7

By Gabe Vodicka | February 8, 2017 10:20am

Ty Segall's Ty Segall

1. Ty Segall: Ty Segall (Drag City)

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Grub Notes: Rebecca Lang to Sign Books at Avid Thursday

By Hillary Brown | April 5, 2016 10:53am

Photo Credit: Jennifer Davick

Last year, Athenian Rebecca Lang had a book out about fried chicken. (Read our feature on Lang from May 2015.) This year, she's done a 180 and is taking on veggies, in The Southern Vegetable Cookbook: A Root-to-Stalk Guide to the South's Favorite Produce, put out bySouthern Living. Divided into the four seasons, the book is accessible, beautifully photographed and full of nice tips (e.g., how best to preserve excess from your garden, how to make a corn broth with leftover cobs, celery leaves can add good flavor to salads).

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Homedrone: Athens-Music Doc Premieres at Atlanta Film Festival Saturday

By Gabe Vodicka | April 1, 2016 10:39am

Photo Credit: Matthew MacCarthy

Jorge Torres-Torres

A Peculiar Noise, a free-flowing documentary about the Athens music scene, will have its official premiere Saturday, Apr. 2 at the Atlanta Film Festival, when it screens at 7 Stages Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

Directed by onetime Athenian Jorge Torres-Torres, the film takes its name from an Olivia Tremor Control song and "documents the past and present of DIY underground music in Athens, GA," according to the festival's blurb.

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