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Making Dead Wood Sing

by Namali Premawardhana When it first comes into the back of the store, it is only a roughly hewn tree-trunk, sometimes with the bark still on, but Jason Booth hears music in it. So he sets to work, to have

Making Dead Wood Sing

by Namali Premawardhana When it first comes into the back of the store, it is only a roughly hewn tree-trunk, sometimes with the bark still on, but Jason Booth hears music in it. So he sets to work, to have

History for Sanford Stadium only might be history for Athens.

by Namali Premawardhana There are yellow trucks parked on the field at Sanford Stadium. The sound of their beeping as they move around pierces through the hammering and whirring of machines as a construction crew sets up heavy rigging on the

History for Sanford Stadium only might be history for Athens.

by Namali Premawardhana There are yellow trucks parked on the field at Sanford Stadium. The sound of their beeping as they move around pierces through the hammering and whirring of machines as a construction crew sets up heavy rigging on the

MBus at Terry makes a home of Athens

by Namali Premawardhana   They’re everywhere. They are infiltrating nearly every music-industry-related business/organization in Athens. Some of them are here to stay. The Music Business Certificate Program at the University of Georgia, now in its seventh year running, is gathering

MBus at Terry makes a home of Athens

by Namali Premawardhana   They’re everywhere. They are infiltrating nearly every music-industry-related business/organization in Athens. Some of them are here to stay. The Music Business Certificate Program at the University of Georgia, now in its seventh year running, is gathering

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Luke Galloway, senior pre-medical studies major at the University of Georgia, talks about how his particular musical history makes his approach to the Music Business Certificate Program at the Terry College of Business different to that of his classmates. Click

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Luke Galloway, senior pre-medical studies major at the University of Georgia, talks about how his particular musical history makes his approach to the Music Business Certificate Program at the Terry College of Business different to that of his classmates. Click

The Village Voice!

The Village Voice is cool for very many reasons. The print and online publication gets its name from Greenwich Village in New York where it is located, a neighborhood that was (and still is, to an extent) known for its

The Village Voice!

The Village Voice is cool for very many reasons. The print and online publication gets its name from Greenwich Village in New York where it is located, a neighborhood that was (and still is, to an extent) known for its

Old Story, New Take.

The hottest news in the music industry these days is that it has finally stopped losing money. Online streaming Digital media is being heralded the savior. The story is already boring me. Jack Rivlin, with an entertaining almost-still-teenage angst, takes

Old Story, New Take.

The hottest news in the music industry these days is that it has finally stopped losing money. Online streaming Digital media is being heralded the savior. The story is already boring me. Jack Rivlin, with an entertaining almost-still-teenage angst, takes

Week’s Ledes Awards

Kevin Parker speaks to Flagpole from the future. Don’t anybody say they’re not intrigued, cus it’s got to be a lie. The lede continues like this: While we’re still wiping the sleep from our eyes, Parker is enjoying a night out with

Week’s Ledes Awards

Kevin Parker speaks to Flagpole from the future. Don’t anybody say they’re not intrigued, cus it’s got to be a lie. The lede continues like this: While we’re still wiping the sleep from our eyes, Parker is enjoying a night out with

Athens Business Rocks (draft)

Your teller at the bank, the receptionist at your doctor’s office and even your lawyer could be rocking the stage at the 40Watt, come Friday 23 Feb. Athens Business Rocks, a fundraising project for Nuci’s Space, brings together professionals from

Athens Business Rocks (draft)

Your teller at the bank, the receptionist at your doctor’s office and even your lawyer could be rocking the stage at the 40Watt, come Friday 23 Feb. Athens Business Rocks, a fundraising project for Nuci’s Space, brings together professionals from

Why I love the NYTimes

The New York Times is about the only publication that has writers this good. From Des Moines to Omaha to Kansas City — a region known more for its barns than its bandwidth — a start-up tech scene is burgeoning.

Why I love the NYTimes

The New York Times is about the only publication that has writers this good. From Des Moines to Omaha to Kansas City — a region known more for its barns than its bandwidth — a start-up tech scene is burgeoning.

Vinyl Climbing!

We all know vintage is cool, but we all tend to think we’re the only ones on this planet who know vintage is cool. Paul Resnikoff writes in this article that a lot of people are discovering that vinyl records are cooler than CDs.

Vinyl Climbing!

We all know vintage is cool, but we all tend to think we’re the only ones on this planet who know vintage is cool. Paul Resnikoff writes in this article that a lot of people are discovering that vinyl records are cooler than CDs.

Getting some flesh

Namali Premawardhana There’s a heap of us out here on the UGA campus that know Athens is a great place for music. There’s also a heap of us who know nothing more about it. I want to write for these

Getting some flesh

Namali Premawardhana There’s a heap of us out here on the UGA campus that know Athens is a great place for music. There’s also a heap of us who know nothing more about it. I want to write for these