A recent report by VPM brings attention to police surveillance in Richmond. The world imagined by George Orwell in 1984 has become less fictional as technology advances. For residents of Richmond, Virginia, the reality of increased surveillance grows as the city moves...
The curtain doesn’t rise on my life. This is because in a black box theater, there is no curtain. But the opening scene, an unmade bed presiding over the ruble of crumpled PBR cans and scattered records, pizza boxes and bourbon bottles, Robert Redford straddling his motorcycle and the American Dream, grinning from the Easy Rider poster on the...
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Another year has passed, and Best Friends Day 8, "The Ocho", is gearing up for the weekend of August 20-23. This year we have a South of the Boredom theme, a scavenger hunt that is the closest thing to Double Dare you will ever do, and a world record bike jump over 40 square feet of nachos. The weekend has been extended back to four days like it...
In the early 80's there was a time when every minute of everyday was spent on my skateboard. The board was fused to my body and the Tony Hawk graphic told the other kids the deal. In the early 80's there was a time when every minute of everyday was spent on my skateboard. The board was fused to my body and the Tony Hawk graphic told the other...
I have been pepper sprayed and clubbed in the afternoon. I have been jailed in the evening. But it took an official from VCU to threaten me with arrest before 9:00 in the morning. I have been pepper sprayed and clubbed in the afternoon. I have been jailed in the evening. But it took an official from VCU to threaten me with arrest before 9:00 in...
Jonny Z was the kind of person who could walk into a room and change the mood from ho-hum to high fives and laughter in a matter of minutes. He was always working on eighty things at once to make the community better and more creative. On May 7, 2007 we lost one of the best and brightest people I've ever encountered. Jonny Z was the kind of...
On any given weekday around noon or one, I make my way from the RVA compound to All Star for breakfast. In an anomaly of urban navigation, the shortest route is also the most scenic, and consists mostly of a stroll down one of Richmond’s better cobblestone alleyways, right past what I will always call Geometry Park. On any given weekday around...
Our plan was simple. We would find a big house that we could all move into. We would do shows out of our gigantic soundproofed basement. Our neighbors would be young music enthusiasts who would not only tolerate and encourage our efforts, but they would praise us, beg us for more. The city council would catch wind of our operation, and begin...
All it takes is a spark. I’m an authority on the matter. My house burned down last month. To a crisp. Lots of ashes. Lots of soot. Google it if you don’t believe me. All it takes is a spark. I’m an authority on the matter. My house burned down last month. To a crisp. Lots of ashes. Lots of soot. Google it if you don’t believe me. I was on tour...
