Two recent stories have been popping up around the vablogosphere over the last couple of days. A group of folks recently signed a letter of intent to buy the National Theatre on Broad Street. They will work with the folks who own the NORVA to book shows. This could finally be the mid-sized (1,500) venue [...]
Tonight at the Raygun, 7pm, PharrOut is sponsor its first musical event! This one happens to be an insane Patchwork Collective rock show featuring An Albatross. Get ready to rock, remember THE LAZER VIKING. Seriously, come out and melt your face off. Technorati Tags: music, Richmond
From an anonymous public school teacher’s email: Teachers, You will be unable to make any copies until further notice. I am sorry to tell you that the school is out of paper. Once again, the Warehouse pays no attention to what you tell them. The order was placed before break with a LARGE note stating [...]
CNN says: RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — Two men were captured Saturday and charged in the brutal killings of seven people from two Richmond families, slayings that police hadn’t publicly tied together until now. Police Chief Rodney Monroe said Ray Joseph Dandridge and Ricky Gavon Gray, both 28, were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and [...]
RTD article. No reason given other than the people in charge of NASCAR huff rubber cement. I kid, but seriously that makes me m/sad. Although I’m not a big NASCAR fan, thousands of people are — an not just good ol’ boys either. It is a sport with a growing audience and popularity. Richmond would [...]
Whoa. So I just finished House of Leaves, by one Mark Z. Danielewski. It was craaazy and pretty awesome. It’s a (postmodern) horror book, mostly, and that’s where you’d find it in the bookstore. To give you a brief synopsis: it’s about a guy who discovers that the interior of his house is 3/4 of [...]
World of Mirth a few days after the Harvey murders: While I was out taking this picture three people came by in tears. It was powerful. As with the Taylor Behl murder, The Dark Side is the place to be for news/speculation/insight. Currenty speculation points towards a drug related crime — as in the killer [...]
A family of four was found murdered yesterday in Woodland heights — husband, wife, and two daughters (nine, and four). They were found in the basement bound with their throats slit. The wife co-owned World of Mirth, which some of you may be familiar with. It’s so surreal and crazy I don’t even know what [...]
I just realized that there are 50 blogs over on RVABlogs. That’s a lot. So way to go everyone. It has been pretty interesting to watch the site evolve. Early on political bloggers dominated the scene — which does interest some people, but bores the snot out of a good percentage of the population. Latley [...]