Blog Topic: Video

Grub Notes: Lil' Ice Cream Dude Featured on Zagat.com

By Hillary Brown | October 16, 2014 12:31pm

These days, Zagat is a lot more than slim, crowd-sourced, wine-colored restaurant guides. The Atlanta version of the site has been doing some pretty fun videos, like this one on Gainesville's goofball law agin' eating fried chicken with a knife and fork. After being featured in the site's 30 Under 30, earlier this year, Beau Shell, a.k.a., Lil' Ice Cream Dude, who was the subject of a Flagpole profile here, now gets interviewed on video.

Ice cream season is winding down, but we're sure he'll be back next year. And, as he points out, "Apparently people from the North are not all that concerned about the weather when they are eating ice cream."

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Homedrone: Watch a Fiery New Video from Chief Scout

By Gabe Vodicka | October 15, 2014 4:25pm

Chief Scout, the pet project of Athens-based songwriter and guitarist Trey Rosenkampff, has been steadily gathering buzz, earning high marks from in-the-know locals for its scrappy guitar pyrotechnics and energetic live shows.

A two-song single is scheduled for release Oct. 28, with a five-song EP to follow next year. To tease the new material last month, Rosenkampff offered a stream of "Run Away From Home," the single's high-octane A-side with an impossibly catchy chorus.

Now there's a flame-filled video, directed by Andrew Schwab, to accompany the tune. Check it out below:

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Homedrone: Behind the Scene: Mokah and Knowa Johnson

By Dan Mistich | October 14, 2014 10:40am

Welcome to Behind the Scene, a monthly series where Flagpole and DTproductions profile the people who work offstage to make Athens music matter.

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones

Knowa and Mokah Johnson present at the 2014 Flagpole Athens Music Awards show

WHO: Mokah and Knowa Johnson

WHAT THEY DO: Athens Hip Hop Awards co-founders; hosts, Athens Hip Hop Industry Night and Open Mic at Max, first Saturdays starting Nov. 1

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In the Loop: Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Sept. 29

By Blake Aued | September 29, 2014 12:11pm

Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.

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Homedrone: Watch Members of Sad Dads Try To Eat 13 Raw Onions

By Gabe Vodicka | September 16, 2014 12:05pm

Last month, we brought you news of a Kickstarter campaign from local band Sad Dads, which offered a slew of unorthodox rewards to those who donated, including, at the $25 level, the ability to force bassist Michael Jefts to eat an entire raw onion.

Not only did the band meet its $500 goal, it exceeded it by $100—and the final onion tally sat at 13.

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Homedrone: Drive-By Truckers Release Trailer for New Live Film

By Gabe Vodicka | September 10, 2014 2:48pm

Photo Credit: David McClister

In February, the Drive-By Truckers kicked off their annual series of "homecoming" shows at the 40 Watt Club with a special, invitation-only concert where they performed their then-new record, English Oceans, in its entirety.

The show happened to coincide with the worst winter weather Georgia had seen in years. But that didn't stop the band from taking the stage, nor did it dissuade fans from coming out. An upcoming concert film, titled Black Ice Vérité, documents the English Oceansperformance, as well as the Icepocalypse that swirled just outside.

In addition to the film, the band announced it is re-releasing English Oceans as a "deluxe edition" with an additional disc of eight live songs. The whole package is out Nov. 18 viaATO.

Watch the film's trailer below:

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Homedrone: On the Rise: Watch a New Oak House Video

By Gabe Vodicka | September 10, 2014 12:39pm

Photo Credit: Elliot Fuerniss

Songwriter Gresham Cash cycled through a couple other names for his new alt-rock project—Sehrmann, Cedar Waxwing—before settling on the pleasant, placid Oak House. The band, composed of Cash as well as members Slade Adams, Wes Gregory and Wes Kent, is set to release its debut album, Plastique Cash, next Tuesday, Sept 16.

In advance of the record's release, the group has posted a fancy-looking music video for one of the record's tracks, the reverb-laden, Jeff Buckley-esque "Little Queen."

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In the Loop: Watch Stephen Colbert Skewer Athens Congressional Candidate Jody Hice

By Blake Aued | September 5, 2014 11:42am

In Athens, voters are used to being embarrassed by their current congressman, Paul Broun. Now our future congressman, Jody Hice, is drawing national ridicule.

Stephen Colbert devoted a segment to Hice last night, noting that he has compared being gay to alcoholism, said women can enter politics "if they're within the authority of their husband," and believes Muslims don't deserve First Amendment rights.

"Muslims don't deserve freedom of speech," Colbert joshed. "They'd just use it to offend women and gay people, and Jody Hice has already got that covered."

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Homedrone: Behind the Scene: R.E.M. Manager Bertis Downs

By Dan Mistich | September 4, 2014 11:27am

Welcome to Behind the Scene, a monthly series where Flagpole and DTproductions profile the people who work offstage to make Athens music matter.

Welcome to Behind the Scene, a monthly series where Flagpole and DTproductions profile the people who work offstage to make Athens music matter.

Photo Credit: Jason Thrasher

WHO HE IS: Bertis Downs

WHAT HE DOES: Lawyer and manager, R.E.M.

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Homedrone: Watch a Mind-Melting New Future Ape Tapes Video

By Gabe Vodicka | September 2, 2014 1:00pm

The music of local experimental crew Future Ape Tapes is difficult to categorize but easy to lose your mind to: on the group's new album, Pyramirrormid (from which you can hear some samples here), noise-blasted hip hop beats sit comfortably alongside psychedelic sound collage and damaged electronica.

On Friday, Tiny Mix Tapes premiered the video for "Man With the Eagle Eye," a typically mind-melting track from the new tape, which you can nab at the band's show on the UGA campus Wednesday evening or via Hooker Vision starting Sept. 4.

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