There’s a good chance you’ve seen the photos: packs of people in flowing kaftans, chunky jewelry, red wigs, and not a single damn given. These are the Mrs. Roper Romps—a growing national trend where folks gather to honor Helen Roper, the brilliantly nosy landlady...
Seeing whoop-ass bluegrass on NYE has become somewhat of a Richmond tradition. Last year, The Hot Seats (formerly, Special Ed and the Short Bus Bluegrass Band) and Jackass Flats teamed up, and this year is no different. The show starts at 8:30 at The Camel and is sure to be a dancing-on-tables whiskey drinking kind of night. $20 gets you through...
There is a recipe for a guaranteed good time in Richmond, and it involves two main ingredients- the NO BS Brass Band, and... and... wait, sorry. A live performance by NO BS is the only thing you need to have a blast. If you've never seen them live, do so immediately. Their music is high-energy, new-school brass music, with a fantastic catalog of...
This is one of the greatest songs in American history, in my unimpeachable opinion. Joel's biggest hit, and considered by many to be his signature song, speaks deeply to my heart. This video, shot in classic black and white, is rarely seen on modern music television networks, and I'm very glad I found it earlier today. Previous Daily Fix music...
Most car reviews focus on things such as handling, price, gas consumption, reliability, and other essentials of new car purchases. But Top Gear's review of the new Ford Fiesta, which should be available some time next year, goes above and beyond, asking extremely important questions such as What if I get into a car chase with a badguy in a...
There are fresh tracks. There are fresh videos. And then there's this, Jackin' My Fresh by Black Noise. If you like dope rhymes, great integration of animation into live film, and electro, this video is for you. And for the love of deep bass, check out their myspace (linked above) for more tracks, and if you spin, they're on BeatPort, too....
There are few pieces of serial art I love as much as I truly adore every last one of the three thousand, one hundred and sixty comic strips of Calvin and Hobbes. The humor, lessons in zen, honesty, acceptance and simplicity, and easily the finest watercolors ever to grace the sunday edition. Watterson himself changed the sunday comics format...
After digesting his fill of psychedelic drugs, the music of the Carter Family and some heavy riffage from AC/DC, John Bellows released an album in 2005 called Clean Your Clock on a handful of CD-Rs and head full of ambition. Now several years later Moniker Records has found the recording and has decided to put it out as a re-issue. After...
RVA Radio bringing the best deejay sets of the interweb to bounce to. We find em and post em. RVA Radio bringing the best deejay sets of the interweb to bounce to. We find em and post em. Big timer Frankie Chan is a one man wreaking crew and promotions machine. An audio rumble full of bangers, grinders, and anthems sprinkled with tribal. Check...
Dubstep, a form of electronic music that we here at RVAMAG absolutely love, is starting to take over, it would seem. We've seen dubstep tracks on car commercials, for crying out loud, and we all know what happens when the popularity rises for electronic music. To make sure everyone is on the same page, here's an instructional video on how to...