Pluckin’ good [with video]
On the second day of spring, a Saturday night, Feedback wandered into the smoke-laced red glow of Miller’s and happened upon the sounds of Pokey LaFarge.
Yellow Crystal Star with Dickhearse: A Discourse on Dick Horse and Myceum
On a muggy but bearable Wednesday evening, the sun set sharply through the windows of The Bridge, and the music started. After the framed photos of Nubar Alexanian’s recreated Abu Ghraib were removed from the walls, the fairly fledgling local act Myceum—consisting of Scott Ritchie, a crickity keyboard and an orchestra of pedals—flooded the room […]
We Are Star Children
We Are Star Children sounds like it’s from the ’80s. That statement could refer to an embrace of the decade’s frequent gaudiness, from Cyndi Lauper and other girls who just want to have fun to Men With Hats’ synthy bounce for safety. Or it could point towards the less pop-indulgent sounds of post-punk groups of […]
Summer in the city
On a rainy and sticky Tuesday evening Feedback joined a stream of people heading into the Paramount Theater for the first performance of the Charlottesville Municipal Band’s (free!) Summer Concert Series. We snagged a program and found ourselves a comfortable seat on the balcony. “Man, it’s nice in here,” we thought to ourselves while waiting […]
Three Cavs drafted for MLB
Three UVA baseball players have been selected in this year’s Major League Baseball Draft, reports the Daily Progress. David Adams, who played second base for UVA, was picked up by the New York Yankees in the third round of the draft. In the fifth round the Baltimore Orioles picked up shortstop Greg Miclat and the Atlanta Braves selected pitcher Jacob Thompson. The players, all third-years, will pass up their final year of eligibility at UVA once they sign contracts with their respective teams.
Meals on Wheels feels pressure at the pump
Meals on Wheels of Charlottesville- Albemarle is finding it difficult to recruit volunteer drivers for its meal delivery service, according to a press release sent out today. The program is trying to keep costs down by splitting delivery routes, but that requires an increase in volunteers.
Updated 12:39pm: Man charged with murder of 11-year-old on 6 1/2 Street
Eleven year old Azizi Damar Booth was found shot and killed in the kitchen of a house in the 300 block of 6 1/2 Street just after midnight this morning, according to a Charlottesville Police Department press release. Police were directed to Booth by 23 year old Rueben Lewis III, who they found shot. Booth was pronounced dead at the scene. Lewis was taken to the University of Virginia Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries.
Telecaster roadmaster [with video]
I’m in a big row of semis in the Allegheny Mountains,” Bill Kirchen tells Feedback when we ring him up. “Let me get over in the right lane. It’s kind of gnarly but I think we’ll be all right.”
Bo Diddley, recent Paramount performer, dies at 79
Rock ‘n’ roll forefather Bo Diddley died today at the age of 79, reports The New York Times. The guitarist, singer and songwriter was an innovator in almost every aspect of his music. He was known for the signature “Bo Diddley beat” (bomp, ba-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp), his unmistakable rectangular guitar and a revolutionary sound that jumped out of blues and R&B traditions just as Diddley himself (born Ellas Bates) would often jump around on the stage.
A not-so-new dawn fades [with audio]
A change of speed, a change of style, a change of scene, with no regrets,” Joy Division’s Ian Curtis once sang. The Dawning, Charlottesville’s long-running local goth and industrial dance night, might take those words as a motto, since it will be joining Satellite Ballroom and 214 Community Arts Center in the search for a […]