Odetta
How Charlottesville has changed. Ten years ago, the idea of hearing a 20th-century musical icon at a small club on a Downtown side street, not to mention on a Monday night in January, was inconceivable.
Practice round
The laws of pop music are beginning to resemble the laws of reproduction. Thousands of spermatozoa swim desperately to an egg to fulfill their destiny, but only one will get […]
Stumped at the pump
Q: Hey Ace hole, I have an auto with a diesel engine and all’s been lovely ’til recently. Diesel has always been cheaper than gasoline, or about the same as […]
Making light of herself
It’s another busy morning in the Casey household on Rugby Road. John Casey, a celebrated local novelist and UVA creative writing professor, is already out back in his writing shed. […]
Charlottesville’s Internet tendency
Q: Dear Ace, I went to the City’s website the other day and clicked on a new little icon that sent me to this page that had advertisements on it, […]
Take your time
No doubt about it, the next few years will not be easy ones for American progressives. The Republican Party’s perceived “mandate” is likely to produce increased international belligerence and militarism, […]
The pungent truth
Q: Dear Ace, What’s that smell?—Patchouli Clark A:Wake up and smell the roses, Patchouli, because that would be you. Naw, Ace kids because Ace loves! But in all seriousness. Given […]
Butt Out
“I haven’t had a cigarette in 15 years,” says Dr. David Hazelip. Prior to 1990, Hazelip was smoking an average of one pack a day. Now, as a smoking cessation […]
Schools out early
Q: Dear Ace, I heard somewhere that the average Albemarle County school day is 20 minutes shorter than the most other schools in the state. That adds up over time […]
Cheap Shots ’04
Every year at about this time, we take a special look back at the news that was. And yes, we’re looking for the gaffes, the missteps, the you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me’s. Thankfully, 2004 […]