On the first day after Christmas [Updated December 28]
Details are emerging about a murder/suicide at the Westhaven housing complex last night.
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On the first day after Christmas [Updated December 28]
Tragic murder/suicide attempt at the Westhaven housing complex
Details are emerging about a murder/suicide at the Westhaven housing complex last night.
UVA still a long shot, and getting longer [December 26]
Even though UVA recently went out touring with Harvard and Princeton in an effort to open its doors to more low-income high school students…
Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
cd First off, the title of this collection of odds and ends from the Weezer frontman is disingenuous. Some of the songs were recorded in studios, most notably the segments of a rock opera called The Black Hole, tracked in a German studio, and the cover of Dion’s 1961 song "Little Diane." (Suggested by big […]
I'm Not There
cd Todd Haynes’ film I’m Not There is a Bob Dylan fan’s dream: six different actors representing six different sides of the rock ‘n’ roll chameleon, replicating familiar scenes from his life and myth, all set to the music of the master of words himself. In a particularly effective maneuver, we get many of Dylan’s […]
Forgit about it
O.K., so there’s a little thing in this business that we call "bad timing." It’s like when Al Gore scheduled a major global warming speech in New York, and it just happened to fall on one of the coldest days of the year. Or when the Ford Motor Company introduced its space-shuttle-shaped Aerostar minivan—complete with […]
Greene acres
Dear Ace: I was out at Greene Meadows Tree Farm in Stanardsville, and I wondered, do the owners make enough money during the holidays to sustain them for the year?—Fraiser Firbank Fraiser: Ah, the holiday season. There’s nothing Ace likes more than nonstop holiday music radioplay, unwrapping and rewrapping presents (to himself), and the yearly trip […]
Correction from December 11 issue
Due to a reporting error, in "Locals up for Grammys" [7 Days, December 11, 2007] one big name was missing: Batesville resident Mary Chapin Carpenter, who was nominated for "Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album" for The Calling.
Other News We Heard Last Week
Tuesday, December 18 One vote for solid waste Only one member of a five-person board was able to vote to fund solid waste services in the city and county, reports today’s Daily Progress. Because of conflict of interest concerns, four of the five members abstained, allowing local builder Michael Gaffney to offer his own motion, […]
The year of the blueprint (not the bulldozer)
Just because homes sat on the market an average of 92 days and sales dropped to 2003 levels didn't mean there was nothing to report in 2007.
Nukes, Fines, C.A.R.S., Pigs and parks
More 2007 year in Review The year of the blueprint (not the bulldozer)2007 development news in review Rape, murder, kiddie porn and more2007 courts and crime news in review One new school, gobs of cash, but no A&S dean2007 UVA news in review Our government—federal, state and local— made its usual range of controversial decisions […]