Thursday, January 05, 2006
double-shot of ex-Athenians in popular regional periodical
Two slightly semi-Athens related notes in this week's New Yorker:
1. A mention of Pioneer Bar-B-Q, owned by former Athenian and old chum Alan Corey, in an article about some architectural blog's birthday party.
2. A piece on former UGA history professor Bryant Simon and his research for a Fast Food Nation-style book on Starbucks. With his focus on labor and cultural history, his papers on Springsteen, and his long locks, greying slightly, prematurely, Simon was considered the "cool" professor. He wasn't too cool with me skipping class in order to stay home and play banjo, though, which was probably the second or third step in my slow stumble out of graduate school. (Actually, he was really nice, and fairly cool, and a great teacher for the five weeks I took his class.)
Two slightly semi-Athens related notes in this week's New Yorker:
1. A mention of Pioneer Bar-B-Q, owned by former Athenian and old chum Alan Corey, in an article about some architectural blog's birthday party.
2. A piece on former UGA history professor Bryant Simon and his research for a Fast Food Nation-style book on Starbucks. With his focus on labor and cultural history, his papers on Springsteen, and his long locks, greying slightly, prematurely, Simon was considered the "cool" professor. He wasn't too cool with me skipping class in order to stay home and play banjo, though, which was probably the second or third step in my slow stumble out of graduate school. (Actually, he was really nice, and fairly cool, and a great teacher for the five weeks I took his class.)
