In Defense Of The RVA Music Scene: Craigslist Edition
Our friend Sarah Moore Lindsey over at Sounds Of RVA recently penned this eloquent and well-reasoned defense of the RVA music scene after being inspired by a negative Craigslist post claiming that the...
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First Friday RVA, March 2013: Coming In Like A Lion
It's the beginning of the third month of the year, and the weather has no idea what it's doing. Rain yesterday, sunshine today, cold and cloudy tomorrow? It'll all settle into place eventually, I'm...
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DAILY RECORD: Inter Arma
Inter Arma– Sky Burial (Relapse Records)In the eight years since their inception, Inter Arma has proven themselves one of the more fascinating and frustrating extant metal bands - the former resulting...
View ArticlePaint The Music Combines Art Forms At Gallery 5
Live performance painting is an art form that has been around way before Bob Ross painted his first “happy little tree”, and has grown as medium ever since, distinctly separating itself from plain old...
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Win Tickets To See Justin Jones At The Camel!
Washington DC singer-songwriter Justin Jones, who made waves last year with his debut full-length release, Fading Light, will be bringing his passionate brand of bluesy rock n' roll Americana to The...
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3Doodler Allows You To Draw In The Air
My first encounter with the 3D pen was through a gif on Tumblr that showed a cube being drawn OUT OF THE PAPER in three dimensions (on an endless loop obviously). Like many things on the internet, it...
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Netflix Nerdery with Brian Charlton
I have been trying to start this blog for awhile now, ever since starting at RVA Magazine. It has proven difficult only in that I wanted to figure out a structure for it. But now I've decided on more...
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Theater Preview: H.M.S. Pinafore at the Henrico Theatre
H.M.S. Pinafore, one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most famous operettas, is set to sail for Henrico Theatre on March 8-9. The story takes place on a British ship H.M.S. Pinafore. The captain’s daughter,...
View ArticleThe Million Dollar Question: Where is Richmond's Public Art Funding?
About a month ago, I was at a reception with a number of the city's movers and shakers. At one point, I was speaking with a high-ranking city official about the upcoming Richmond Mural Project, which...
View ArticleTHE CHEATS MOVEMENT: Breaking Down Community--A Conversation For All Of RVA
Marc Cheatham of The Cheats Movement posted a fascinating article on his site yesterday, kicking off a week's worth of discussion surrounding the issue of community and how it is defined here in RVA,...
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WRIR's Spring 2013 Fund Drive Focuses On Live Music
Fans of local radio and of live musical performances should be equally excited about this year's WRIR Spring Fund Drive, which kicks off this Friday, March 8, at 5 PM. Beginning with a live launch...
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ROA Kept A Promise And Is Coming Back To RVA
ROA was telling me he would be back. He had just finished the triple stacked turtles on Have A Nice Day Cafe and we were sharing a cigarette when he mentioned he liked Richmond. It was a bit cold that...
View ArticleBREAKING: Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe Acquitted Of All Charges In Czech...
Randy Blythe is coming home. The Lamb Of God vocalist has been in the Czech Republic for the past several weeks, appearing before a court to determine his guilt in a manslaughter case stemming from the...
View ArticleWin This Bike And Get Ready For Spring With Agee's!
Springtime is right around the corner and we have teamed up with Agee's Bicycles to give one lucky Richmonder a new set of wheels to enjoy it. All you have to do is enter our giveaway and you have a...
View ArticleWin Tickets To See Pinback At The Canal Club!
Yes, it's true--Pinback, the long-running collaboration between math-rock heavyweights Rob Crow (Heavy Vegetable, Thingy, Goblin Cock) and Armistead Burwell "Zack" Smith IV (Three Mile Pilot, Systems...
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One Way Richmond's Must-See Show Previews 3/6-3/12
FEATURE SHOWThursday, March 7, 10 p.m.Lost Tribe (photo by Sarja Hasan), SGNLS, Hot Guts, Buck Gooter @ Strange Matter - $7/18+ (late) Right off the bat, this is a Show of the Year candidate. I don’t...
View ArticleD'Angelo Played A Surprise Show With Questlove In Brooklyn (VIDEO)
We've been waiting a long, long time to get another album out of RVA R&B superstar D'Angelo, who dropped his all-time classic Voodoo back in 2000, killed the world with his abs in the video for...
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DAILY RECORD: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds– Push The Sky Away (Bad Seed Ltd.)Those artists who have defied probability and stuck around for a few decades, especially those who were able to carve out a recognizable...
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RVA Magazine's Weekend Preview 3/8-3/10
VCU is on spring break and it is snowing outside. The weather has a sense of humor, I see. Here are some things worth digging out your car for this weekend (assuming it isn't 70 degrees by Friday, of...
View ArticleFrame Nation and RVA Magazine Present The #ALLDAYRVA Instagram Contest
Do you love RVA? Do you have an Instagram account? If you answered yes to both of these questions (and if you didn't answer yes to the first one, I'm not sure what's going on with you) then we have a...
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