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Richmond’s Ink Explosion: Festival Showcases the Best of the Best

Tattoos are no longer a piece of art that are occasionally seen on someone’s body around Richmond. Everyone from VCU students to musicians, teachers to soccer moms, seem to have collected at least one tattoo on their body. It’s become integrated into our culture and...

Kyle’s Criterion Corner: A Taste of Honey (1961)

Much like The 400 Blows which followed a young misfit coping with society, coming to terms with the outside world that doesn’t understand it, and the post-war milieu of it all, 1961’s A Taste of Honey follows a similar story of fledgling yearning, misunderstanding,...

Richmond’s Tattoo Culture Earns No. 3 Spot Nationally

Richmond, Virginia, might be an unexpected contender on a list of cities with the highest number of tattoo shops per capita, but the numbers speak for themselves. With an impressive average of 14.5 tattoo shops per 100,000 people within the city limits, Richmond stands as a testament to the enduring appeal of body art. This statistic becomes even...

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FILM REVIEW : Predators

It seems obvious from the title that the filmmakers behind Predators were, in some way, trying to channel the success of Aliens. The two franchises have always been closely related, and even though that relation culminated in the two abysmal Alien Vs. Predator movies, both series always garnered respect separately. They began in very much the...

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FILM REVIEW: Grown Ups

There are many things that go into making an enjoyable comedy. One of the most important is good chemistry between the lead actors. This is something that Grown Ups, the new Adam Sandler comedy has in spades. This is achieved in a rather simple way. The lead actors playing a group of friends are, in fact, all friends in real life. Sandler teams...

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Seven Years Later, Slaughterama Is Bigger Than Ever

What can one say about Slaughterama that hasn’t already been said? It’s loud, it’s rowdy, and most of the time, it’s the kind of muddy, beer-soaked fun that you can only have in Richmond, VA. Slaughterama started seven years ago with 60 kids in an Oregon Hill cul-de-sac. It has grown into an epic three-day weekend of bike events whose main event...

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Doug Stanhope Hates the Funny Bone, but Loves You!

His website describes him as such: Doug Stanhope is a stand-up comic. Has been since 1990. His material ranges from true-life graphic perversion to volatile social criticism. Doug is vulgar, opinionated, brutally honest and shockingly uninhibited and is certainly not for everybody. His website describes him as such: Doug Stanhope is a stand-up...

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Film Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

It is probably a safe assumption that most young men between the ages of 20 and 35 spent a great deal of their childhoods watching Transformers or G.I. Joe or both. Hasbro owned the children of the ‘80s and early ‘90s. It is probably a safe assumption that most young men between the ages of 20 and 35 spent a great deal of their childhoods...

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Film Review: Moon

Moon is that one film that science-fiction enthusiasts wait for. After an onslaught of commercial pictures in the genre, a film like this reminds us that science fiction can exist in an intelligent realm. Moon is that one film that science-fiction enthusiasts wait for. After an onslaught of commercial pictures in the genre, a film like this...

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Henrock Highs: Fill Bowne’s Epic Party Pics from January 2009

Meet Fill Bowne, the legendary photographer and all-around cool dude who's been making waves in the scene ever since our mag's inception five years ago. He's like a magnet for the most stunning ladies, and it's hard not to feel a tinge of envy. But here's the kicker – Fill's got this incredible talent for turning wild, debaucherous parties into...

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