August 29th, 2013 issue #1235
August 29th, 2013
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2013 Fall Music Preview
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Feedback loop: Red Light turns on at the Southern
For four years now, the Southern Cafe & Music Hall has survived in the shadow of Coran Capshaw's Jefferson Theater on the Downtown Mall, competing every week for a share of the music show-going crowd. While founder Andy Gems admits he hasn't gotten rich doing it, he says he hasn't lost money either, and more importantly— he's kept the small-venue music scene alive. "I've invested a lot of time and money in the local music scene," says Gems," more than anybody else I know." -
Sky high: Local heart-throbs come back home
It might seem as if Parachute were an overnight success— but that would be selling their story short. The hometown heroes have gradually risen through the ranks, from a rascally high school band initially named Sparky's Flaw in the early 2000s to a pop rock outfit re-branded as Parachute, to, today, a slick, confident, and mature ensemble that's heard their songs in Nivea advertisements, shared the stage with artists including the Jonas Brothers, Kelly Clarkson, and Taylor Swift, and performed on Good Morning America and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Biggest anniversary: Fifty years after the March on Washington, thousands flood the Mall and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool August 24 where Martin Luther King made hi...
The Dish
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Game Day ready for game day
It's hard to believe that someone hadn't thought of this before. A sports bar on Fontaine Avenue offering tailgate catering for UVA football games just a half-mile from Sco... -
Secret tasting society?
Last week, we brought news of the opening of Crozet Pizza at the Buddhist Biker Bar & Grill. In a stroke of luck, just before our visit to the popular pizzeria, Dish d... -
Wine and paint pairing on Market Street
If you like wine, and you think you'd like to paint, there's actually going to be a place to enjoy both at the same time on East Market Street in the old Michie Building. W...
Essays
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SWAT overkill: Our military weaponry is now aimed at us
We Americans are a fearful lot. Whenever a politician wants our vote, all he has to do is scare us. The candidate who creates the most fearsome boogeyman and proposes harsh...
Real Estate - $old
Real Estate - On the Block
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Phoenix rising: Second incarnation better than first on Lexington Avenue
Area: CharlottesvilleYear built: 1919Square footage: 2,377 finished, 600 unfinishedAcreage: .14 acresAssessment: $601,200Asking Price: $729,000Curb Appeal: 8 out 10 Listing...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
August 29 at 11:30am at the Albemarle CourthouseProperty: 1646 Seminole Trail Debtor: WSG Charlottesville LLC Original amount owing: unknown Bidder brings: $100,000 Info: M...
Movie Reviews
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Violent mess: Sequel doesn't Kick Ass
By Richard Roeper Jim Carrey played THIS character in THIS movie, and he was troubled by the violent content only after the fact? Flashback: About six we...
Contents
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Table of contents
COVERFall music previewCharlottesville's music scene is an embarrassment. An embarrassment of riches, that is. There's so much musical awesomeness going on in and around th...
News
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'The Birds': Tippi to tell all at Virginia Film Festival
A movie that terrified a generation will screen again on its 50th anniversary at the Virginia Film Festival, which is bringing Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and its star, Ti... -
Appeal to higher power for missing teen
The sign in front of the Nelson United Methodist Church in Arrington on U.S. 29, a.k.a. Thomas Nelson Highway, reminds that 17-year-old Alexis Murphy, missing since August ... -
No bond: Abduction suspect to stay behind bars
The man accused of abducting 17-year-old Nelson County teen Alexis Murphy will stay behind bars, a judge ruled Thursday, August 22, in Nelson County Juvenile and Domestic... -
Scant evidence? Prosecutors trump Taylor's request for open hearing
Anyone hoping to get more information about the evidence prosecutors might be mustering against abduction suspect Randy Allen Taylor would likely feel disappointed after an... -
Self-defense: Cop cleared in Afton shooting
The officer who fired five bullets and killed 21-year-old Greg Rosson had "reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury" and will not face criminal charges, according ... -
Survivor's end: Bradley dies 54 years past Piedmont plane crash
The sole survivor of one of the most perplexing air crashes in American history and a celebrated visitor to the Crozet area, where he would memorialize the last flight of P... -
The Landmark: Still here
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Wrecking ball: EconoLodge and other buildings going down
Not many will mourn the passing of the EconoLodge on Emmet Street. Even in a town that values preservation of its historic past, the now-underway demolition of the 1962 mo...
Facetime
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Chenoweth's 'Doubt': The summer you're glad you didn't have
Several drafts of Avery Chenoweth's new book, Radical Doubt, had been sitting on a shelf when a dire event at the gym made it imperative for him to get it published. "About...
Black and White
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Prohibited signs
One of my early jobs was stapling placards for “International Productions” in Richmond. There is wisdom in hiring juveniles to do the illegal work. ~Commentator Bill...
Cultural preview
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Get Out! events, shows, things to do
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust Trying To Be Cool