Gordon Lamb, Staff Writer
Recent Stories
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El Hollín: Holey Smokes
Athens Horse Party
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Scott Creney: The Flagpole Q&A
The local musician and prolific novelist talks about his work.
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Don Chambers Gets 'Romantic'; Eric Hernandez Benefit
Threats & Promises
Plus, more local music news and gossip.
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Jim Willingham Saves Students from Drowning
Threats & Promises
Plus, Dead Dog record/tour, The Honey Sliders' "warm, fat sound" and more local music news and gossip.
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Dangfly!: Good Luck, Curiosity
Independent Release
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R.I.P. Matt Kiritsy
Threats & Promises
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The Birdhouse Collection, Unmasked
The nebulous and prolific local collective speaks.
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El Hollin Drops New Album; Kurt Wood's Record Sale
Threats & Promises
Plus, The Normaltown Flyers reunite, new Pretty Bird and more local music news and gossip.
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The Athens Hip Hop Awards Aim to Connect
Organizers talk about the first annual ceremony, which celebrates hip hop and the culture that surrounds it.
Recent Blog Posts
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Photos: Jason Aldean's Night Train Tour at Sanford Stadium
Blog: Homedrone
Jason Aldean headlined an historic concert at Sanford Stadium this past weekend. Flagpole was there. View a selection of photographs below.
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SXSW: A Slight Return and Some Crystal Ballin'
Blog: Homedrone
The truth is that SXSW doesn’t slow down. It goes and goes and goes and stops. When it’s over you feel you’ve been tossed from a train. So with that in mind let me tell you about some things in order of importance.
I decided to not risk getting thrown out of Depeche Mode, so I left my camera behind. But then once I was inside I realized it would have been no problem at all. It was OK, though, because I gotta admit it was the best to stand chest-flush against a barricade in front of a three foot stage and a mere five feet or so from Depeche Mode. Am I making this clear enough? Depeche Mode.
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SXSW: The Gospel of Nick Cave, aka Damn the Doorman
Blog: Homedrone
"Some people say it’s just rock and roll/ Oh, but it gets you right down to your soul."
–Nick Cave, "Push The Sky Away"Every year I’m out here at SXSW, this being the fourth, I have a new plan in my head of how to schedule reportage and updates. So basically, thank God for Twitter, because finding time to actually sit down and write anything is a goal lofted up there with saving the ice caps. That is, you can only do one thing at a time and there’s always a billion factors getting in your way.
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SXSW: A Quick One While I'm Away
Blog: Homedrone
Maserati
To quote Nirvana, "Wouldn't you believe it? It's just my luck." We just lost around 600 words here in the mobile Flagpole newsroom because some pushy person tried to gank my connection in the SXSW press suite causing everything to come unplugged. So here we go again…
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SXSW: Hello, Austin! How Ya Been?
Blog: Homedrone
Skaters
After a crazy flight delay and this weird confusion surrounding press credentials that took 28 hours to correct, I'm glad to report that SXSW is still cacophonous, occasionally confusing to the point where it starts to feel intentional and packed beyond any reasonable comprehension with a billion characters suffering from what I like to call "Me-Too!"-ism.
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SXSW 2012: Let's Get Massive, Part 3
Blog: Homedrone
Kid Congo Powers, Rick Ross, Trash Talk and More! Positive ending, too!
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SXSW 2012: Let's Get Massive, Part 2
Blog: Homedrone
Jesus & Mary Chain, Charli XCX, Little Roy, The Cult, Tom Morello Occupying Austin and More! PLUS: Cute Dogs!
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AthFest Headliners Announced
Blog: Homedrone
Reptar, Atlas Sound, The Glands and Yacht Rock Review sign on to play the main stage