I just read your article on DMB “The once and future fan” [J. Tobias Beard, September 19, 2006]. What a sad story you feel, as do a lot of fans from that time period. It’s hard to wrap my head around your thoughts, because when I listen to this band and go see them live, […]
I just read your article on DMB “The once and future fan” [J. Tobias Beard, September 19, 2006]. What a sad story you feel, as do a lot of fans from that time period. It’s hard to wrap my head around your thoughts, because when I listen to this band and go see them live, […]
I am slightly confused by Mr. Fitzgerald\’s review of the She Wants Revenge concert at the Satellite Ballroom last friday [Reviews, November 14]. I was also present and though he says, “The enthusiasm seeped out of the evening, and the crowd trickled to the back, reopening the chasm in the middle of the ballroom,” I completely disagree.
Kay Slaughter’s excellent essay encouraging women to enter politics [Opinionated, November 7] had one misstep. She said the 1984 Democratic Convention supported a No First Strike Policy, “360 degrees from the current administration’s strategy of ‘pre-emptive’ wars.” We know what she meant, but that number is 180, not 360. Rey BarryCharlottesville Thanks for the article […]
While many conservative-thinking people might think that the sky has fallen in Massachusetts since the legalization of civil same-sex marriage [“Virginia is for losers,” October 31], it has not. Life has been pretty much the same as it was. I find it quite interesting that so many people find me (and my husband) such a […]
I write to set the record straight regarding a recent story about the University’s future arts center.The proposed center was not “stalled over donor’s $22 million” as the headline proclaimed. Nor was the “theater space scrapped” because the gift is “on hold.”Had the reporter done a bit more homework for the story she would have […]
Nice article of some foods, etc. But you left out one of the most talked about soups in Charlottesville: The “She Crab Soup” at Rhett’s River Grill and Raw Bar.Herb CraddockCharlottesville CORRECTIONDue to a lack of editorial vigilance, the photo used to illustrate Miyako’s Unagi (fresh water eel) in last week’s “Great Tastes” issue actually […]
Calling the interaction between Rob Marshall and Evan Wolfson a debate [“Gay marriage ban debated,” Government News, October 10] is generous indeed. Essential elements of debate are refuting the points your opponent has made and responding to questions he raises. Delegate Marshall did neither. Instead, he treated the crowd to outrageous pronouncements, including the news […]
The old college tryRegarding your DMB trivia quiz [“Dave Digger?,” September 19]: My son did not drop out of high school! Before he’d even completed his junior year at Tandem, he’d auditioned for—and been accepted into—the jazz studies program at VCU. He then took the GED and passed, which got him through admissions. However, approximately […]
WE HAVE A WINNER!The winner of last week’s “Ultimate DMB Quiz” prize drawing (and the proud owner of a brand-new 2 gigabyte iPod nano) is Thomas Makover. Congratulations, Tom—and thanks to everyone who took the time to enter. Here, for those of you who’ve been puzzling over it all week, are the correct answers to […]
I think that Daniel Stern missed the point of my original letter [“Macaca defined”, Mailbag, September 19]. If I thought for half a second that Mr. Sidarth were genuinely offended by Senator Allen’s comments, I might take a dimmer view of the Senator’s off-the-cuff remarks. However, I have a hard time believing that Sidarth went home and cried himself to sleep that night. More likely, he was overjoyed to have fulfilled his mission by obtaining a new 30-second sound bite for the Webb campaign. Pretending to be offended is utterly PC, and is, in itself, offensive.