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Bright Eyes stuns with sincerity, sweeps fan off her feet

Bright Eyes might as well have sold out Thursday night’s performance 10 years ago. “I haven’t actually listened to Bright Eyes since I was in 8th grade,” a girl told her friend a few minutes before the six-piece took stage at the Georgia Theatre. “I have no idea what they even sound like now.” That [...]

Fashion Show Crosses Canines, Charity

The Cheeky Peach Fashion Show will feature trends for fashion-loving humans and dogs alike to drool over. The event features Cheeky Peach, a fashion boutique in downtown Athens called. Money raised will be donated to the local nonprofit organization True Love Canine Rescue. Katie Jacobs, owner of Cheeky Peach, said this will be the first [...]

Review: Iron & Wine at the 40 Watt

A bearded man with a fine, crisp white shirt and a black jacket played to an overflowing audience at the 40 Watt, leading an orchestration of 11 musicians beneath glittered, cutout stars and an array of flashing lights. He belted out his passions with closed eyes, clinching a cherry red electric guitar while layers of [...]

Video game ratings require human judges

If you’re afraid a student may bring a loaded gun to school, point the finger at Pac-Man, Gallaga and Mario Kart. Let’s be real —  a yellow monster eating ghosts? Space ships blowing each other up with an onslaught of missiles? Go-kart racers driving over the speed limit, recklessly hopping lanes while littering boxes of [...]

25 YEARS OF SOUL: Weaver D’s remains a ‘staple’ in Athens

Dexter Weaver has spent 25 years watching downtown Athens blossom with high-rise apartments and parking decks. “I feel good ’cause I’m right in the midst of growth,” said Weaver, who owns and operates Weaver D’s Delicious Fine Foods off Broad Street. “I like what I do.” Weaver’s soul food has become a staple for students [...]

A call to arms for the virtues of littering

Go ahead, flick your cigarette butt to the ground. Stomp out the cherry or let it fizzle out in a slow, dramatic fashion — the choice is yours. Why am I urging students to litter the University with shriveled, cancerous leftovers? Well, what other choice do we have? On Monday the “brainpower” of the University [...]

Our Take: Lives on the line

It had all the makings of a high-suspense action film. Jamie Hood, accused of killing Athens-Clarke County police officer Elmer “Buddy” Christian and wounding Senior Police Officer Tony Howard, was held in an intense standoff at Creekstone Apartments on Friday night. Hood had eight hostages. Helicopters were circling above. Snipers were present, watching every move. [...]

Listen up! — Bowling For Soup

Bowling For Soup’s 11th studio album “Fishin’ for Woos” is a melting pot of tantalizing post-’90s pop-punk sound that never seems to reach its boiling point. There’s an immediate lull in the opening track “Let’s Pretend We’re Not In Love,” which is about as cookie-cutter as it gets for the Texas foursome — steady, distorted bar [...]

APPETIZING APPS

Text messages and phone calls are so 2010. ‘HeyTell,’ puts you in immediate contact with your friends and foes with the mere push of a finger. Have a friend on study abroad in Italy? No problem. The app works as a walkie-talkie, with communication saved like messages so you can play them over again. — [...]

APPETIZING APPS

If your mind is in the gutter, it has every right to be there. “Ow My Balls” combines everything that makes a 5-year-old laugh in the movie theater and puts it on your iPhone or iTouch — farts, falling and sore testicles. Ignite fart jetpacks as Joe the Juggler flies across the city, knocking his [...]

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