December 2010
35 posts
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass (via hyperallergic)
Dec 27th
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Indentured Servants →
Let’s look at the numbers and see what I mean. What is the average salary for a Wal-Mart associate (the label is such a joke in itself)? Maybe he or she earns $9.00 an hour. OK, let’s make it $10 an hour for argument sake. They work 40 hours, meaning a gross of $400 a week. Take out the approximately 7% for FICA and then federal withholding and the take home is what?  About $300 a week, just for...
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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“We have been gradually disempowered by a corporate state that, as Huxley...”
– Chris Hedges (via azspot)
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 21st
Five Points Deli in Athens has closed →
I suspect a lot of people are going to be very sad about this.
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 17th
“I feel like at least it’s over. Now we can get back to doing what we do.”
– Bob Sleppy, executive director at Nuci’s Space, following the state Supreme Court ruling that the nonprofit musicians’ resource center isn’t required to pay property taxes. GOOD NEWS.
Dec 17th
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Dec 15th
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Vote for Athens as one of the top 25 arts...
American Style magazine is holding its annual contest — Athens has been in the top 25 since 2002, and as we all know, continues to up the ol’ arts ante. Vote here
Dec 14th
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Happ, happiest Hoot of the year
Alright y’all, if you still need to get your holiday on, for sure you can do it tonight at the Christmas Hoot — it’s a carol sing-along that can’t help but spread good cheer, as friends and neighbors huddle in, kids running around, the whole happy she-bang. The eve gets started at 7 p.m. at Little Kings Shuffle Club at the corner of Hancock Ave. and Hull Street in downtown...
Dec 13th
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ListenA little folk action from Athens’ Yo Soybean...
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Dec 9th
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Robert Osborne's Classic Film Fest canceled this...
This just in: Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival, an annual non-profit event of the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, will not be held in 2011 due to the state of the economy.
Dec 8th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
NEW ON SALE DATE FOR B-52s SHOW AT THE CLASSIC...
The on-sale date for tickets to the Feb. 18, 2011 B-52s concert at The Classic Center has been moved to Friday, Dec. 10 at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ClassicCenter.com, by phone at 706.357.4444 or at the box office, located at 300 N. Thomas St. in Downtown Athens.
Dec 1st
A note from Patterson Hood
This will be posted shortly to the Truckers’ website Y’ALL: Just so everyone knows, Cooley’s ok. I’m ok. Everyone’s ok. It’s been a rough as hell one, a triumphant and great bunch of shows, successful across the board as any tour ever. As good as some parts were it has also been a brutal tour, I got sick around Manchester and have pretty much felt like shit...
Dec 1st
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