It's Super Rock Time; The Fleshtones; Raven Records

 It took an Australian label to bring back the early recordings of a New York band that thrived in the ’70s and ’80s punk scene and yet was never really of it. The Fleshtones—unlike many other garage revivalists—were not interested in finding common ground between decades or in creating a “pure” authenticity. They had to […]

Another brick in the Mall

 Dear Ace: I hear the CCDC is running an exhibition about the history and design of the Downtown Mall. What’s up with that?—Pedestrian-Mallrat-in-Charlottesville Good question. Nowadays Ace basically lives at the Mudhouse, having learned to sustain himself on a diet of dried coffee grounds and free Wi-Fi, and like you, he wonders about what exactly […]

UVA lax believes in life after Love

 After his team’s 18-4 dispatching of Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday evening, UVA men’s lacrosse coach Dom Starsia told reporters how important it was for his team to “stay together for a while more.” For last Saturday’s 18-4 defeat of Mount St. Mary’s, the UVA men’s lacrosse team donned shirts honoring slain fourth-year student-athlete Yeardley […]

Cuccinelli sniffs for fraud in UVA climate research

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s fight against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) turned personal in late April, when Cuccinelli demanded UVA turn over documents, computer code and correspondence related to the research and grants of Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist at UVA from 1999 to 2005.  Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli may have pushed UVA too […]

Goode battles "illegal invasion"

Pundits throughout the media realm are pontificating on Arizona’s new immigration law, and Virgil Goode recently added his voice to the fray. Will former congressman Virgil Goode throw his hat in for a third-party run? Seems unlikely, but he can still combat political correctness around the Fifth District. Goode, the Fifth District’s former Republican congressman, […]