The New York Times spends 36 hours evaluating Charlottesville
So, let’s spend a few minutes evaluating the New York Times’ work on our city.
A freestyle preview of Jay-Z’s JPJ gig
Because sometimes it’s fun to write a rap about Jay-Z then put it on the Internet.
The name of this Republican band is talking heads
Paste Magazine compiles the best band names from the speeches of McCain and Palin. Add your own!
C-VILLE Minute! [with audio]
Brendan Fitzgerald also writes Feedback, c-ville.com’s music blog, and Curtain Calls, C-VILLE’s weekly arts and music column.
Danny Shea's greatest hits
Every gig that Danny Shea books in Charlottesville is a labor of love. From amp-melting metal from Japan to indie hip-hop to a batch of Swedish Led Zeppelin freaks, Shea’s concerts—within the Satellite Ballroom and beyond—exposed us to phenomenal bands that might’ve never reached us. They also provided Shea, the epitomal fan, with his […]
Behind the music
The Girl Talk concert at Satellite Ballroom in September 2007 had all the makings of a Danny Shea-promoted event: an artist with more critical buzz than record sales; a total of 500 tickets that vanished before you could say, “Sold out;” a crowd that danced like a single, soaking wet mass. And the promoter himself, […]
Mr. Love meets Mr. Justice
For all of his luck managing artists like The Clash and signing musicians to the Charisma Records label, Peter Jenner
The Roots and Yoda: Who are the old-school masters?
What records of yesterday will you buy again tomorrow?
DJ AM to spin for Jay-Z at JPJ
And you thought that great big “A.M.” image to the right had to do with time. Shame on you.