June 2010
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Grape Soda's debut album on vinyl! — Kickstarter →
ryanetics:
Hey everybody! We just launched the Grape Soda Kickstarter campaign to release our album on vinyl! Click the link, watch the video and check out the awesome stuff you can get for contributing to the cause! We love you! Pass it on!
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“For some, (Sarah Palin) is the folksy, straight-talkin’ avatar of...”
– — Leonard Pitts regarding “journalist” Joe McGinniss’ moving in next door to Palin to write about her
Pitts has a point; that there are opportunists even more bent than Palin on manipulating the media is just gross.
WatchOxford American with a little shout out to Weaver D’s.
Got my copy of the magazine in the mail yesterday, the Best of the South edition, 2010. Can’t wait to dig in.
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D.O.C.'s latest house making its rounds on the...
Artists Carl Martin and Carol John are the masterminds behind Athens’ D.O.C., which is responsible for buildings like Cine and Big City Bread. Coolness doesn’t even begin. They also do home renovations and, as is the case here in this beautiful home, original designs.
More on this house here and on this Japanese blog here.
some idiots in the ol' backyard →
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“Rebecca St. Claire” by Modern Skirts....
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WatchAthens’ own Madeline performing her song “Dead Moon” at a recent private Slow Records party. So nice.
" I would like my life back" CEO of BP →
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constantflux:
(nakedgerman:38butterfliesandhurricanes:myblisslikethis)
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has announced a “criminal probe” to investigate whether BP “broke any laws.” That completely misses the point! Of course BP broke laws. But what everyone in the country wants to know from the Obama administration is whether the government will defend...
Tattoonomics →
crookedindifference:
According to a 2006 survey conducted by Pew Research, 40 percent of Americans between the ages of 26 and 40 have at least one tattoo; 36 percent of those age 18-25 report having a tattoo. Only 1 in 10 people older people have a tattoo.
In Athens, I suspect the stats would be better represented as what percentage of peoples’ bodies are tattooed.
Help Chris McKay and the Critical Darlings open...
I mean, what??? Are you kidding me? Vote for these guys! Here’s the deal from Chris:
We are now in the running to open up for KISS at Charlotte, North Carolina’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on August 28. Of all the bands up for the opportunity, we are currently # 7 and it won’t take much to get into the top 5. The top 5 bands are even odds for this show as KISS will choose...
