P.ATH

I'm Frank: A Guilty Pleasure

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:04:15 -0500

There’s this movie that came out a while ago, around in August that I saw because….well, it was August and there was fuck-all to do. That movie was G.I. Joe. This is that story (because it’s late and I’m bored).

Let me get this off of my chest: yes, I like it. I haven’t seen it since it came out,…

Again, this is a video someone shot at the ofMontreal show I...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:27:47 -0500

Again, this is a video someone shot at the ofMontreal show I went to at the beginning of this month. I Loved every second of this cover.

James Husband: Little Bit (Lykke Li) on Vimeo

This is probably the “best” song ever written…...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:03:23 -0500

This is probably the “best” song ever written… right?

I have a headache now.

If these guys ever some to Athens, I’m totally there—to watch the world slowly die.

“Shine” by Final Placement on Vimeo

Want to support Relay for Life? Like yoga?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:31:32 -0500

Then you should come out to Yoga Night tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 25th, in Myers Hall on the UGA campus!
Everyone is welcome (students and non-students) and all you are asked of is to bring your own mat/towel and donate $2. You can donate more if you’re feeling generous; all funds go to the Myers Community Relay for Life team. Relay for Life is an organization that raises money to aid research in the fight against cancer.
The yoga will be taught by a Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution instructor who is donating her time to such a good cause.
It all starts at 7:30pm in the Myers Programming Room (off of the lobby on the first floor, where you walk in) and it should last for an hour.

Relaxing while fighting cancer, can it get any better than that?

I long for those warm, sunny days of summer.

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:03:00 -0500

I long for those warm, sunny days of summer.

jenniferteeter: andgoodbye: bonerparty: i cant tell if this...

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:51:24 -0500

jenniferteeter:

andgoodbye:

bonerparty:

i cant tell if this is a confident woman or a confused boy.

i think it’s pretty odd that Wes Anderson movies have become so de-facto in our little enclave of our society. dating someone who isn’t into the whole Mumble/Sweater/Feelingscore is like dating someone with a desktop PC, or really bad table manners.

it’s rather sad, because i’ve hung out with “normie” women before and they’re really nice people. they like shitty bands like The Fray and think that “Chuck Klosterman” is something you get from sleeping with guys with leather jackets. they’re nice people, though. i just know that we can never be together. we are too fundamentally different. she says tomatoes, and i say that i liked tomatoes better before “everybody else started liking them”.

the only thing that overlaps normies and scene kids is Trader Joes, bad television, and the underlying reality that “i hate her because she owns a camera and calls herself a photographer” and “she hates me because i own a MacBook and call myself an artist”.

on their side of the bro-coin is the ever popular but ultimately waning sport of “hipster bashing”, something that’s been going on for many years under the alternate name of “Real Life”. sure, you might call yourself a card carrying member of the counter culture, but if you trade out American Apparel for Old Navy, Wes Anderson for James Cameron, Pabst Blue Ribbon for Corona, you’ll understand that we are but the same people divided by a simple philosophy: scene bros embrace poverty, normal bros discard it. scene kids are nostalgic for the unremembered past, put off by the overwhelming sense of the present, and fueled by the mystery of what may happen in the future. normal bros view the present as the most important - and rightfully so. thats sort of it.

now lets see. i forgot to include a joke in the last paragraph. did you hear the one about the hipster pizza? it cuts itself. did you hear the one about the normie pizza? it hates minorities. wakka. no but really, they do.

at least that’s what i hear.

(picture via mel829)

Hm.

Wait really? REALLY? People talk like this? People believe in this?

People say “normies”?

Please tell me the above was satire. If it was, ignore the rant below. It will just seem foolish.

Listen, I rarely drink Corona or PBR because they both kind of suck. I shop at Old Navy because they have plus sizes and American Apparel doesn’t. I own a Chuck Klosterman book, but I haven’t read it. I am capable of liking Wes Anderson movies and Grey’s Anatomy. Because…

I’m a fucking person. Because we’re all people, and we’re not in fucking high school anymore. I’m certainly not a hipster (although I did see the Room ironically, and I own Doc Martens), so does that make me normy? Or perhaps that makes me a greaser? A jock? A nerd? I don’t want to say that I don’t live within the normative boundaries of blah blah blah de blah because that sounds douchey. But seriously, nobody does. Everyone just does what they do, and for some of us that looks a lot like what our friends do and for some of us (like Ed Gein) that means we keep a shoebox full of dead ladies vulvas.

My point is, if you dress up a character from a Wes Anderson movie for halloween, that says to me that you like Wes Anderson movies. THAT’S IT. It doesn’t mean you smoke American Spirits. It doesn’t mean that you liked Zooey Deschanel before she was in Elf. And it certainly doesn’t mean that you know who the fuck Chuck Klosterman is.

We all learn a set of facts and customs for our teeny tiny mini-culture of friends, and it’s pretty easy to learn a new set. Your particular mini-culture is not special or alienating. However, if your mini-culture requires you to drink shitty beer and stop liking bands because lots of people like them, then fuck that. Go have a St. Bernardus and listen to The Shins. They’re good even after Garden State.

This just made Jennifer Teeter my favorite person ever.

if you were attempting to perform the perfect heist what would you want to steal and how would you do it?

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:48:54 -0500

I would probably steal a baby seal from the zoo. And, I would so with the zest and panache of a much classier man.

Nice evening to take a snowy walk along Lake Herrick.

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:29:04 -0500

Nice evening to take a snowy walk along Lake Herrick.

Snow! I haven’t seen this many people on the quad in...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:21:02 -0500

Snow! I haven’t seen this many people on the quad in months.

athensmusicandarts: downtown athens is all a-snow :) And there...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:00:50 -0500

athensmusicandarts:

downtown athens is all a-snow :)

And there is even so much more now!

Pop Lock and Talk It Episode 1: Sexting. In our pilot episode,...

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:17:00 -0500

Pop Lock and Talk It Episode 1: Sexting.

In our pilot episode, it’s all about sexting.

Zygote has landed by Tangible Interaction

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:01:07 -0500

Zygote has landed

by Tangible Interaction

Culturally Relevant: Hating America

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:17:36 -0500

This Wednesday, my culture talk show on WUOG 90.5fm will be discussing the trend of hating America as an American. Do you hate the USA? Do you love it? Is the trend of being down about our lovely country getting you down? Get in touch with us through our site or by messaging me on Project Athens to share your opinion. If you’re in the Athens area, we would love to have you on the show.

Archives:

Our first two episodes are up and available as podcasts on the site.

I Can See Your Tracks- Laura Veirs, July Flame If you went to...

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:45:00 -0500

I Can See Your Tracks- Laura Veirs, July Flame

If you went to see The Decemberists perform at the Classic Center in September, then you probably saw Laura Veirs and the Hall of Flames open for them. I had never heard of her before then, but I became an instant fan. Most of what she played that night was from her new album July Flame, which was just released in January.

Folksy and calm, the album is a pleasure to listen to. Check her out on iTunes, or at her site: http://www.lauraveirs.com/. You can also get two free songs from the album there.

artuga: Georgia Museum of Art’s Family Day: Pop-up...

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:54:04 -0500

artuga:

Georgia Museum of Art’s Family Day: Pop-up Valentines

Saturday, February 13, 2010, 10am-12pm at the Lyndon House Arts Center

Join the Georgia Museum of Art for a Valentine’s Day celebration. Use the works of art you see in the galleries to inspire your own pop-up Valentines. Heart-shaped treats will be provided. Co-sponsored by the Lyndon House Arts Center.

http://www.uga.edu/gamuseum/calendar/family.html

Family Days at the GMOA are always great events. If you have kids, or little brothers/sisters/cousins/whatever, you should definitely put Family Days on your calendar.

Wes Anderson's "The Amazing Spiderman"

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:00:09 -0500

Wes Anderson's "The Amazing Spiderman":

This is a fan-made parody of what a Spiderman movie would be like if directed by Wes Anderson. If you have seen any Wes Anderson movies, then you will definitely get a laugh out of this.

dver

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:52:07 -0500

dver

I’m going to see Of Montreal Wednesday night. To say I am...

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:20:55 -0500

I’m going to see Of Montreal Wednesday night. To say I am excited would be an extreme understatement. Here’s some acoustic Kevin Barnes to tide us all over until they play at the 40 Watt this week.

Kevin Barnes - “Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse”

This is my new bible. Join me?

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:09:14 -0500

This is my new bible. Join me?

Photo

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:59:07 -0500