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The African Diaspora — Introduction

May 16, 2008 - 10:23

Ok Ok Ok Ok. So I’m kind of a fake journalist IBH. I certainly don’t have what they call “experience” and even less “training,” but not withstanding, I am going to embark on an ambitious and most likely doomed-to-fail... (more...)

by Matt White | 3 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

The Eight Track show article

May 8, 2008 - 09:03

The Eight Track turned out really great. A fantastic little home away from home for those of us simultaneously in luv with the World Wide Web and Richmond’s music scene. To celebrate the Eight Track and its participants RVANews and its fly staffers... (more...)

by Matt White | 1 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

The Jason Stein article

May 2, 2008 - 08:41

OK. So last week I managed to pass off my own brainstorming and debriefing as an article which, thanks to the complete lack of oversight over here at the RVANews offices, is entirely possible. Currently I’m working on a John Cage-esque piece that... (more...)

by Matt White | 2 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

The scene article

April 25, 2008 - 07:35

In the grand tradition of the Internet I am going to talk about something I know little about and invite audience response. I spent the last week in Chicago. A band that I’m in, Fight the Big Bull, was invited there by avant-garde jazz luminary... (more...)

by Matt White | 4 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

Eight Track victors! They are victorious!

April 17, 2008 - 10:34

Download this Eight Track! This Eight Track has finished. The seasons have changed, and dear Eight Track has moved its feeding grounds to different pastures. Fortunately, in its wake is left a grand success - 16 wonderful artists, a small peek into a... (more...)

by Matt White | 3 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera, The eight track 

The Randy Newman Article

April 11, 2008 - 08:16

Ok, Ok, Ok. Randy Newman!!! I can’t stop gushing. I am pretty much in love with the man. The rub is that I have to make him interesting to YOU, the vaunted RVANews readership. Unfortunately for you guys the “higher-ups” over here have... (more...)

by Matt White | 7 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

Steve Reich’s “Double Sextet” at UR: Steve Reich is a big deal

April 3, 2008 - 08:30

Editor’s Note: The following is the heartfelt reaction of our bearded music enthusiast to a performance given last Wednesday, March 26 by Eighth Blackbird at University of Richmond’s Modlin Center for the Arts. Just a warning, you might read... (more...)

by Matt White | 6 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera 

With pride: Eight Track

March 10, 2008 - 09:06

Hello, dear RVANews readership. I am here to announce with great joy, a frightening sense of delight and a deep pride in our fair city… Eight Track! If you are not one of the 307 who have clicked through to our ad and read our clever blurb OR have... (more...)

by Matt White | 6 | Filed Under Entertainment, Features, Literally et cetera