May 19th, 2005 issue #0420

May 19th, 2005

DMB in NYC: Everything's coming up Roseland (a roadtrip exclusive)//The Rolling Who: Will DMB surpass the masters?

PHOTOS BY VIJITH ASSAR Suzanne Meukow, the Dave Matthews Band's travel coordinator, is sitting in the Charlottesville airport awaiting her departure to catch the Band's CD release show in New York. "I've worked with them since day one," she says, indistinguishably proud and sentimental. She may be marveling at the contrast between the days when tour accommodations consisted of a cluttered Ford van and today, a sweet world in which no venue is too large. Or too small.

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The week in review

Best vindication for Mark Spicer: The former Albemarle fire marshal, fired for attempting to erase a video of him hugging an arson suspect, successfully appeals a misdemean...

Staff shift-o-rama

This issue marks several turning points for the Hook. * We welcome a spring intern, Emory University student Nora Fleming. * As mentioned a few weeks ago, longtime music re...

Found! Tucked-away Aromas worth the hunt

Dish just returned from a weekend on the Northern Neck (that little sliver of land between the Rappahannock and Potomoc rivers), where it took a lot more than a good map to...

Looking back: 61 years later, Pvt. Hatcher's last day

Private Kenneth Hatcher was killed in action in Normandy, France. He was one of 7,920 casualties of the 83rd infantry division during July of 1944. Private Hatcher was bur...

Are you gonna buy the new DMB CD?

Andreas Gaynor: "I won't be buying it myself because I'm fiscally strained at the moment, but I wouldn't mind it as a gift." Sandy Mathis: "It's sounds good. I'd like t...

$old

ALBEMARLE 3/28 James J. Gangemi and Bonnie J. Lepold to Alfredo J. and Deborah M. Hernandez, 0.203 acres at 1032 Hayrake Lane, Redfields, $215,000. Thomas J. Scanlin and ...

Commercial construction permits

CHARLOTTESVILLE 4/27 Wade Apartments LLC, 216 14th Street NW, temporary office trailer, $6,000. 4/29 City of Charlottesville, 203 Ridge Street, adding maintenance,...

REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Classy dame: Old farmhouse outshines rivals

ADDRESS: 1900 Cobblestone Lane NEIGHBORHOOD: Candlewyck ASKING: $711,000 YEAR BUILT: 1915 SIZE: 2,728 fin. sq. ft. LAND: 2.30 acres CURB APPEAL: 9 out of 10 LISTED BY: Bets...

SALE WITHDRAWN

Published March 24, 2005 in issue 0412 of The Hook SALE WITHDRAWN ADDRESS: 2306 Highland Avenue ASKING: $455,000 LISTED BY: Trish Owens, Montague Miller & Co. 951-7164...

Property auctions

May 26 at 10am at the Albemarle County Courthouse Property: 926 Royer Drive, Willoughby Debtor: Yvonne B. and Felix B. Carey Amount owing: $240,000 Bidder brings: $20,000 ...

Itchy, scratchy: Leave yeast for bread baking

I love musicals. I know every Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and every obscure song they wrote. If you ever hear me sing Karaoke, you will know what I mean. "I can name an...

No whimpers: Lucas goes out with a bang

Star Wars is over! Well, except for myriad new DVD configurations, the videogames, TV series, graphic novels and– can you doubt it?– Broadway musical. Never say...

Two sides: For every fan, there's a nay-sayer

For every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. In Charlottesville, there are two definite reactions to the success of the local Dave Matthews Band. On the one ha...

'Net losses: Gov, critics talk Internet taxes

Virginia Governor Mark Warner supports the efforts of 40 U.S. states to create an agreement– the streamlined sales-tax project [SSTP]– designed to increase the ...
Cross to bear: Heated debate over Mall access

Citing slumping sales and sagging fortunes at the east end of the Downtown Mall, downtown business owners asked City Council on Monday, May 16, to consider a second permane...
No gag: Judge denies Clifton's request

Tongues wagged freely on Wednesday, May 11 after a federal judge shot down Clifton Inn's request for a gag order in the multimillion-dollar civil suits stemming from the fa...
Publicity bunt: Collins first arrestee in House race

A politician on his soapbox in the town square– it's a Norman Rockwell image that evokes an era when Americans did their nuts-and-bolts business on Main Street. What ...
That's the ticket! Get some Stones satisfaction

With ticket prices climbing to as much as $350 each, getting yer ya-yas out on October 6 will not be cheap. But wild horses couldn't keep many fans from buying tickets this...
White Elephant: Massive house squeezes neighbor

When she bought her home last summer, Gertrude Fraser knew a house would eventually be built next door. What she didn't realize, she says, was just how close and how big it...

Gal pals: Network everywhere you go

One of the reasons the glass ceiling persists is that networking is key to getting ahead, and women are not as effective as men at building a network. For one thing, men mo...

Baby dreams: What will little bundle be?

DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK Q. You just learned you're pregnant. How might this "dream come true" affect you at night– in your dreams? –M. Esselman

Wynn's win? Success surprises city songstress

Unless you plan to join the celestial choir, a Winchester church may not be the best place for your musical debut. But that's where Robin Wynn, up and coming acoustic rocke...

Teen beat: 'Annoying' is not a disorder

For a while this spring, clinical psychologist Peter Sheras flirted with the idea of tossing his hat into the 57th District ring. He figured the contentious legislature cou...

Cover house really green

It's unfortunate that the Hook chose to feature a photograph for its cover story on SUV houses ["April 14: McMansion expansion: Is the SUV of home here to stay?"] an Albema...
Desai did something right

I used to visit Yogi Desai's ashram in Pennsylvania from time to time and remember my sadness at learning of his indiscretion [April 21: "Guru's past: Yogaville visit opens...
Gary Grant pulled me over

Having served with Gary Grant on the Albemarle County School Board, I was delighted to see that he's running for the supervisor's seat from my district. As your article [Ma...
LETTER- Hey, I wrote the score

While I appreciate very much the nice short piece on the film "When Love Walks In" [May 12: "Paladin's progress: Local film lands awards"], I must confess that as the compo...
Profs must be careful

About Professor James Sofka [May 5 cover story, "Did Sofka cross the line?"], every properly devoted teacher knows that teachers are, and should be, held to a higher ethica...

Cultural calendar, May 19-26, 2005

THURSDAY, May 19 ART Too Much?: "Emerging Creativity in a Media Storm. How Much is Too Much?" a discussion in the McGuffey Art Center's "Spotligh...