Real Emotional Trash
Alright, local Pavement fans: If you want your local rock historian’s take on the new record from Stephen Malkmus…
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Real Emotional Trash
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks; Matador Records
Alright, local Pavement fans: If you want your local rock historian’s take on the new record from Stephen Malkmus…
The History of Anonymity
For one thing, the cover is nice. I know this should be an impertinent aside, but I still maintain that if you’re going to have a cover, you may as well make it passable, if not actively good. Here, you get the ocean and an overcast sky, with the title lined up perfectly on the […]
The future is now
In the next month, Albemarle County will establish its real estate tax rate and budget for fiscal year 2008-2009. Even in flush years, the final steps of this process are fractious. Parents of children in the public schools, teachers, advocates for social programs, environmentalists and others appear at public hearings and call for funding of […]
Hog wild!
There was a discordant chorus of queasy squealing earlier this year, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that “food from cattle, swine and goat clones is as safe to eat as that from their more conventionally bred counterparts.” Many carnivores, it seems, remain unwilling to munch on meat that’s been replicated with genetic […]
Home is where the meat is
We asked a couple of local restaurants to share some of their hot (and cold) ideas for incorporating bacon into food—and, as it turned out, drink. The Blue Moon Diner, in addition to a highly creative sandwich, gave us the recipe for something called a BLTini. And Revolutionary Soup showed us how to get on […]
Life beyond Oscar Mayer
More bacon features: Hog wild!That intoxicating smell, the siren- call sizzle—looks like pop culture has gone crazy for bacon Home is where the meat isCharlottesville is a prime source for fabulous bacon recipes For anyone with a few extra dollars in their wallets or a hunger to spend beyond their means, there’s something called “artisan” […]
City mulls allowing homeless shelters
After issuing zoning violations to several Charlottesville city homeless shelters that have or threaten to shut down their operations, the city is considering changes to the process that could make it easier for shelters to get special-use permits to operate.
Follow-up
To pay for an expanded local transit network, local officials were banking on the ability of a new regional transit authority to levy local taxes and fees. The Board of Supervisors and City Council had planned to ask Richmond for enabling legislation in the 2009 session. But that concept took a serious hit February 29 […]
Your tax dollars, at work
Worked for the county for: 10.5 years Resides in: Charlottesville Job title: As deputy court clerk, Minahan specializes in recording county real estate transactions, issuing marriage certificates and wills, and documenting court judgments. Her favorite duties include swearing in new policemen, sheriffs and preachers. Best of times: “One time while searching for someone else’s record, […]
Shooter sentenced to 12 years
As lawyers re-created it in Charlottesville Circuit Court a year later, March 2, 2007 was a tragic day for Javier Garcia.