Blog Topic: Say What

Homedrone: Red Bull Tour Bus Hits Athens Tuesday

By Gabe Vodicka | October 14, 2013 1:45pm

The Red Bull Tour Bus, a roving, sugar-and-taurine-powered display of musical talent that is literally a tour bus with a stage built into it, will stop in Athens tomorrow, when it will set up shop outside the 40 Watt Club on West Washington Street downtown. The show will feature four acts and start promptly at 6 p.m.

From the press release:

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Homedrone: Here's a Photo From Last Night's Aaron Carter Show

By Gabe Vodicka | October 11, 2013 10:26am

Presented without comment.

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Homedrone: Peter Buck On Life After R.E.M.

By Gabe Vodicka | October 10, 2013 1:36pm

It seemed like everything occurred at once. I remember I felt really sorry for myself for a day or two, and then I thought, well, this is bullshit. I have got a million friends; if I was broke I could just call them and stay on their couches for 10 years. I still have whatever ability I had, which isn’t a lot. I’ve got great family, great friends. You know, I don’t have to work for a reason; there’s no need.

I love those songs. But I never want to play “Losing My Religion” again. “Man on the Moon,” it’s a great song. But it’s five minutes long and I’ve played it a couple thousand times.

—From a very long Salon interview with Peter Buck, which the former R.E.M. guitarist (playing the 40 Watt on Thursday, Nov. 14) hints will be his last.

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In the Loop: Watch CNN's Wolf Blitzer Take It to Paul Broun

By Blake Aued | October 10, 2013 12:45pm

Broun believes (or is cynically implying to the Republican base that he believes) that Obama is actually going to bring about a revolution that ends the United States of America as a nation.

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Homedrone: Win Tickets: Former Teen Star Aaron Carter Plays Melting Point Tonight

By Gordon Lamb | October 10, 2013 11:34am

“Here's a little bit of old school for ya that goes a little something like this”
—"Aaron's Party" (Come And Get It, 2000)

It's a hard thing to wrap one's mind around the idea that a pop star can make his comeback at the relatively tender age of 25, an age when a lot of pop stars are only just getting their first shot at fame, but turn-of-the-21st-Century sensation Aaron Carter is doing just that. Best known among his Generation Y fans (aka “millennials”) for his hits “Aaron's Party (Come Get It)” and “That's How I Beat Shaq,” Carter hasn't released an album proper for 11 years.

More after the jump.

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In the Loop: UPDATE: Georgia Lawmakers Want to Tax Bikes

By Blake Aued | October 8, 2013 10:55am

Credit: Suriya Donavanik/fotopedia.com

A group of Gainesville Republican lawmakers are coming after all you freeloading bike riders.

House Bill 689, introduced to little fanfare last year, has its first (and likely only) public hearing tonight in Gainesville. It would require bicycle owners to pay $15 for a tiny little license plate similar to a car's.

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In the Loop: Drunken Mayhem on the UGA-LSU Game Weekend

By David Schick | October 1, 2013 1:12pm

After every UGA home football game, Flagpole news intern David Schick will be checking the police blotter to find the weekend's funniest drunken antics. Here's the third installment:

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In the Loop: Spying Scandal Villain James Clapper Speaks at UGA

By Blake Aued | September 26, 2013 12:04pm

James Clapper, President Barack Obama's top advisor on national security and known liar, is coming to the University of Georgia to speak.

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In the Loop: Drunken Mayhem: UGA-North Texas Weekend

By David Schick | September 24, 2013 10:07am

After every UGA home football game, Flagpole news intern David Schick checks the police blotter to find the weekend's funniest drunken antics. Here's the second installment:

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In the Loop: Paul Broun Named One of Most Corrupt Congressmen

By Blake Aued | September 18, 2013 12:27pm

The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has named Senate candidate and Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) to its list of the 13 most corrupt congressmen for his failure to adequately explain hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal loans to his campaign.

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