September 11th, 2003 issue #0236

September 11th, 2003

  • Horrors: How George Garrett met his Space Monster

    Renowned author and educator George Garrett has helped put Charlottesville on the literary map. Over his 50-year career, this esteemed UVA professor has published 30 books and launched countless young careers. But unlike the kudos his many accomplishments have garnered, a project he launched on celluloid earned him catcalls, bad reviews, and perhaps even a few rotten vegetables.   Of his malformed cinematic brainchild, Garrett is not afraid to reminisce. Unashamedly.  

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4Better Or Worse

  • The week in review

    Worst sticker shock for taxpayers: President George W. Bush asks Congress for $87 billion to pay for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Worst addition to U.S. 29 north: Anothe...

The Dish

  • Take it easy: Slow Food creeps into town

    If you're a fan of the homegrown bounty on display at the City Market, of locally grown produce bursting with flavor, of deliciously varied artisanal cheeses, or of leisure...

Essays

Real Estate

  • Foreclosure auctions

    September 11, 2003, at 9:55am at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 4620 President's Road, Scottsville Debtor: Daniel J. Tinsley Amount owing: $91,800 Bidder brings...

Real Estate - $old

  • $old!

    ALBEMARLE 6/13  Garland T. Hicks and Linda Major to Preston E. and Susan B. Morris, 49.41 acres near State Route 621 near Eastham, $51,000. Michael G. and Kathryn F....

Real Estate - Off the Block

  • Off the block

    What happened to "On the Blocks" of the past? APPEARED IN THE HOOK: January 30, 2003 in issue #0204 ADDRESS: 1700 Rugby Avenue ASKING PRICE: $498,000 SELLING PRICE: $455,00...

Real Estate - On the Block

  • Too cool: Only the hip need apply

    ADDRESS: 2520 Williston Drive ASKING: $650,000 SIZE: 5000 fin. sq. ft., 300 unfin. YEAR BUILT: 1966 NEIGHBORHOOD: West Leigh CURB APPEAL: 5 out of a possible 10 LISTED BY: ...

Movie Reviews

  • En garde: Matchstick Men strikes two chords

    If you walked out of Confidence humming "Won't Get Fooled Again," you're all primed for Matchstick Men. You know all the tricks con men and movies about them can pull, and ...

Music Reviews

  • Alignment: Bands respond to planets' vibes

    Foundation Stoneat Garden of Sheba Homemade Breadat OrbitSaturday, September 6 Mars is closer to earth than it has been in a long time. I don't believe in a lot of the n...

  • Dulcet tones: Ezra's voice steals the show

    Ezra Hamiltonat Michael's Bistro Wednesday, September 3 "It's sweet music to make love to"– or so said one particular art student in my vicinity as Ezra Hamilton an...

News

  • Critical mass: Cyclists hog to unclog

    "We are one large vehicle," came a shout from the crowd of bicycles near the Downtown Mall on the last Friday of August. At 5:30pm, presumably when most people were getting...

  • Dimming light: Galleries claim Kinkade's a fraud

    There's a dark side to Thomas Kinkade, painter of light. At least that's the claim being made in a lawsuit by Jeff Spinello, owner of the Main Street Gallery on the Downtow...

  • Hair-ried: State eyes braiding, abuse

    Hair stylist Jeff Burton of Intrinsic salon used to braid hair when he was a kid in Queens, and he remembers watching his aunt braid his cousin's hair. "It's something that...

  • Sign of the times: Slave block commemorated

    Charlottesville has a wealth of history, but not all of it is proud. At 00 Court Square, a new marker commemorates the site that once served as an 18th century slave block....

  • Sobering: Booze-serving parents resentenced

    That some parents allow underage drinking in Albemarle County isn't news. That parents who do so can be sentenced to eight years in jail sent shock waves throughout the com...

  • Unswung: McIntire boots Sunday golfers

    For the second year, Charlottesville has claimed the McIntire Park Golf Course for the general public on Sunday afternoons, a move that signals changes ahead for the funkie...

  • Zoned out: Is techy tax break fair?

    When the City declared Charlottesville a "technologoy zone" in January 2000, the idea of giving tech companies a tax break encountered little opposition. After all, the so-...

The Brazen Careerist

  • Work smartest: Being a chameleon isn't bad

    Everyone stop working right now. Ask yourself these questions: 1. Does my boss like having one-on-one meetings with me? 2. Do my co-workers like going to lunch with me? If ...

Strange But True

  • Fingerplay: Tickle a chimp with care

    Q. Could you tickle one of your pets? ­J. Fariello    A. Probably yes, if you've got a dog or cat, though it's tough to identify the associated behavior ...

Facetime

Hotseat

  • Paul Garrett: Boring and proud of it

    When Charlottesville's clerk of the Circuit Court, Paul Garrett, was asked to sit on the Hot Seat, he insisted that he was boring and dull, and that The Hook might want to ...

Letters

  • Deep-six Trunk

    The Hook's column "The Brazen Careerist" should be called the brazen columnist. I think you've been had by a salesman for a syndicate that was had by a glib babe. First, in...

  • Grabowski's got no talent

    I read with amusement the article by Mark Grabowski in the August 28 issue of The Hook [Music Review: "Winning combo: Hot Lunch satisfies the crowd"] (http://www.readthehoo...

  • Orgasms: Nice not naughty

    I submitted an ad to The Hook's Personals and was told it would have to be run in "Wildside," not Males seeking Females– or its reference to "prolonged, multiple fema...