Feature: Might of the Living Dead
Call it “The Gator Effect.” In the 1980s, Georgia ranked as the No. 3 state in the nation for film production, after California and New York, largely because of the roguish charm of Burt Reynolds, the era’s box-office alpha dog. Citing a “violent urge to get behind the camera” and “say some nice things about the South,” he committed to...
Athens Musicians Make A Difference
TIn February, amid public controversy surrounding a proposed 8.3 acre mixed-use development in downtown Athens, Patterson Hood, co-founder of the Drive-By Truckers, wrote “After It’s Gone,” a “love song” to the city and its vibrant downtown and recorded it during a 40 Watt gig. From