September 2008
27 posts
Well, at least the art's good
Local folk artists Peter Loose (I mentioned his “Bongo’s Yard Sale” a few weeks back) and Harold Rittenberry have seen their art doing some time on the big screen this week. An art director for “Nights in Rodanthe” purchased a bunch of Peter’s works and parts of his and wife Sandy’s folk art collection — including some quilts and baskets, and pieces...
Thinking pinkish
For our upcoming ThinkPink breast cancer series in October, I opted to have my first post-40 mammogram so I could write about it for the peoples. In looking up info on the interwebs, I found this uh, cartoooon, which didn’t make me feel so good about having decided to do this.
But then I went today, and it wasn’t bad at all. I’ll be transcribing my experience for the Oct. 8...
I received this press release this morning, a good...
Hi Julie,
Jackie O sunglasses? The Hillary Clinton pantsuit? Now, with Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate, rimless eyeglasses are the new political fashion craze. It seems that everybody is looking for the same sleek rectangular rimless frames that Palin is wearing. However, Sarah Palin’s eyeglasses, designed by Japanese designer Kazuo Kawasaki, retail for over $500.
How...
“We’ve certainly experienced our fair share of war-mongering, unfair...”
– Obamarad.com
Shameless plug for a columnist
Ryan Lewis — he being my favorite bearded columnist (who supplies Marquee’s wildly popular bi-weekly pop culture fix, the Action 5) AND one-fourth of one of Athens’ coolest bands, The Buddy System — has yet another endeavor.
Obamarad.com is a Web site selling exclusively cool Obama tees, and donating 25% of the proceeds to everybody’s favorite democratic presidential...
Speak Out for Whales
I tried watching this film last night, but once any abuse or torture of animals starts, I’m out. It fills me with too much rage toward animal-abusing humans.
That said, I much appreciate and admire the efforts of the very cool-headed Eric Griffith and Speak Out for Species at UGA. They’ll be screening the film tomorrow night. When I told Eric I’d had to stop watching, he assured me the part I...
Bongo's Great Big Yard Sale
Peter Loose came to see me recently — if you’re not familiar, he’s the folk artist and illustrator of the “Bongo” the dog children’s books. Peter’s one of my favorite people I’ve gotten to interview and know in my 11(!) years at the paper. He and his wife Sandy are great people all the way around. The first time I interviewed Peter and met little...
Feeling Panic
I’ve had the great honor over the past couple of weeks to work on our special Sunday Living section which is dedicated to Widespread Panic.
The band will be inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on Sept. 20, so we’ve been looking back at the band’s career, interviewing the members and the people behind the scenes.
These are all incredibly nice, nice people who I really...
Darius Rides Again
Got a note today from filmmaker extraordinaire Logan Smalley that he and the crew left town this morning on their next quest. The crew of 12, being he, Darius and the 10 Athens guys who set out three years ago for the West Coast, have joined together again, this time to raise $17 million in one year for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, by selling one million DVDs of their award-winning...
“They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and...”
– The George W. Bush Cover Band from the tune “Mission Accomplished”
Speaking of presidents
The George W. Bush Cover Band, an Athens trio consisting of Dave Spivey (guitar), Brent Hedrick (drums), Matt Giordano (bass) has written tunes around lyrics consisting exclusively of excerpts from the bumblings of our Commander in Chief.
I expected the music to be satirical and corny, but upon visiting the band’s myspace, found instead thoughtfully crafted songs with a truly oddly sincere,...
Corn is best when it's ground by Luke
Mills Farm is home of Luke the Mule, he being the mule of the local goodness, Red Mule Grits, Polenta, etc., Sunday, the Farm holds its annual Brunch on the Farm with local chefs cooking up some goodies featuring Red Mule products.
It’s 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Mills Farm, 150 Harve Mathis Road in Athens. The cost is $10 for adults and $6 for children 12 and younger. Additionally, those...
