This piece is one in a series of opinion pieces by Jon Baliles about the proposed Richmond Grand Resort and Casino. You can read his other pieces HERE. The Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial Board and reporters sat down this week with the casino opponents who said the...
The Gods of the Bobble Heads is a new radio show coming out of Ashland. Its pretty damn funny and RVA is a proud sponsor. We will be posting a new episode every week on RVAMAG.com. Be sure to check it out live every Saturday on WHAN1430AM and download all the past broadcasts at www.bobblegods.com. CLICK HERE FOR THE GODS OF THE BOBBLE HEADS The...
In the last ten years Richmond has evolved into a college town. Sure, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)has been here for forty years, and the University of Richmond has been here longer, they were not central to the culture here. VCU is now one of the largest public universities in the state and as a result it has physically grown too,...
In this summer of sequels, a title most summers could sport in this day and age, I thought it would be nice to take a look back at the finest sequels of all time. One of the things I noticed when composing this list was that sequels that utilized elements of the first feature to tell an entirely new story faired better than those which basically...
Presents ▷▷::Rockin Them Dirty Ass Beatz::◁◁ FEATURING:: ▶▶[DJ Rent] x [DJ Saxe] x [DJ Staccato] x [Alex Eljaiek]◀◀ http://listn.to/DJRent http://www.facebook.com/deejay.saxe (Richard C) http://www.wix.com/captainbeats/djstaccato (Daniel Tesfaye) http://www.myspace.com/alexeljaiek ::ROCKING YOU WITH THAT:: :: progressive | house | electro |...
We have 2 WEIRD parties coming to New York Deli in July. First is Iggy Plop (local favorite - Iggy Pop cover band - do an INSANE live show!!!) and DJs Sara & Greg on July 17th followed by Wednesday the 21st featuring Nashville's Pujol along with Black Girls. Its a free show but you must be 21+ to enter. Check out the video flyer. WEIRD Satellite...
The want and the need is clearly here in RVA for a skate park. However, the city has shown little interest in representing their people in this way. Which brings the question.... if the city will not build it, who will? Close to 400 people showed up at Go Skate Day sponsored by Dominion Skateboards among others at Chimborazo Park. Chimbo is...
Who knew? 10 consecutive sold out weeks of craziness rolls on with RVALUTION 13 and is only getting stronger. Check the pics from last week below. Come out tonight for straight on club/burner/electro madness and keep coming back to rvamag.com for your RVALUTION information as there are some big things in the mix as we approach Halloween. Imagine...
(the science of getting f*cked up all the time and living through it) Science is looking for answers in Ozzy’s DNA, and they’re not trying to determine why he can sing clearly even when his speech is all but incoherent. Osbourne, 61, is one of the music industry’s most celebrated troublemakers, a man whose legacy of deplorable behavior is second...
No one was killed in Richmond in June 2010. Going back to at least 1980, Richmond has only had three months without any homicides. Each of these quiet months has come in the last 8 months, and 2 of them have come in 2010. Murder in Richmond, VA 1971-2009 Until 2008, 1981 had seen the fewest killings in Richmond since 1971 (with a count of 51)....
