Blog Topic: Say What

In the Loop: Magazine: Paul Broun Is a Moderate

By Blake Aued | February 6, 2014 3:11pm

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens) is the 196th most conservative House member out of 435, according to the National Journal, a conservative political magazine.

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In the Loop: Video: Paul Broun Wants to Impeach Obama

By Blake Aued | February 3, 2014 1:09pm

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens) indicated at a forum for Republican Senate candidates in Gilmer County on Saturday that he'd support impeaching President Barack Obama.

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In the Loop: Paul Broun Is Giving Away an Assault Rifle

By Tom Crawford | January 24, 2014 1:37pm

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun plans to hold a prize drawing in which he will award to the winner a semi-automatic Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle—the same type of weapon used to shoot and kill 20 young schoolchildren and six educators in Newtown, CT.

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Culture Briefs: Georgia's New Defensive Coordinator, Jeremy Pruitt, Has Never Heard of Asparagus

By Blake Aued | January 15, 2014 2:37pm

Jeremy Pruitt is probably a very man smart man who knows many things. Hopefully, Georgia's new defensive coordinator is an expert on special teams and batting down Hail Mary passes.

One thing he's not overly familiar with, though, is vegetables.

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Homedrone: Stream Gripe's Final Album via NPR (Yes, Really)

By Gabe Vodicka | January 6, 2014 10:39am

Back in June, we published a Q&A with local grindcore workhorse Gripe, wherein band members revealed that their upcoming album, In His Image, would be the group's swan song. On Jan. 14, that album will finally arrive (via North Carolina imprint Hygiene Records), but you can hear the whole thing early via NPR's First Listen.

More after the jump.

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Homedrone: Athens Luthier Scott Baxendale Chosen to Restore Elvis Presley's Guitars

By Gabe Vodicka | December 11, 2013 11:08am

Incredibly cool news this week as local musician and master luthier Scott Baxendale, who runs Baxendale Guitar and also operates the Athens Luthier Academy for aspiring guitar-makers, has been commissioned to restore Elvis Presley's guitar collection, which is housed up at Graceland. (There he is above, holding the King's 1956 Gibson J-200.)

More details—including another bit of cool news for Baxendale—after the jump.

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In the Loop: 10th District Congressional Candidate Mike Collins Is an Alabama Fan

By Blake Aued | November 18, 2013 2:42pm

Mike Collins, one of a jillion Republicans running for the Republican nomination for the 10th District seat Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens) is leaving to run for Senate, has a dirty secret that could kill his chances.

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Homedrone: Is R.E.M. Getting Back Together?

By Blake Aued | November 17, 2013 2:11pm

R.E.M. members' kids are trying to talk the band into getting back together again, The Onion reported Friday.

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In the Loop: No, Avid Bookshop Is Not Closing

By Blake Aued | November 14, 2013 2:10pm

The Red & Black set off a shitstorm today when, in an editorial decrying the failure of several local businesses, it falsely reported that the popular locally owned bookstore Avid is closing (it has since been corrected online).

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Homedrone: New Drive-By Truckers Album Set For February Release

By Gabe Vodicka | November 11, 2013 3:52pm

It's pretty diverse. But we recorded it as if it was an uptempo record even though some of it may not be; we just went in and did it and it worked out naturally. It definitely moves, and I think it captures where the band's at right now, which is in a really exceptionally good place.

—Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers on the group's new record, due out in February 2014. The comments come today in an interview with Billboard, which misspells David Barbe's name and calls DBT bassist Matt Patton "Mike."

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