Charlottesville
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This is the question asked by Andrew Cedermark, songwriter and recording artist/rock journalist, in the current issue of C-Ville Weekly. The reasons are social, cultural, and historical – stretching back to constraints on women’s ability to be “alone” in public spaces, to ongoing girlhood socialization as quiet and non-aggressive. The article covers the experiences of…
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A colleague of mine commented today on facebook that it is better to give than receive, and this is particularly true during exams. But I often find myself nervous to see how my students perform. Did my intentions for their learning get realized? This semester I taught a new course on Community Arts that had…
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The Secret We were driven back underground by the local economy. Or was it local politics? Organizers of noise shows have always had a hard time securing venue spaces, but recently in Richmond and Charlottesville, art galleries, particularly small non-profit or grassroots galleries have become reliable partners. Yet in this economy, such spaces are having…
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Today was the first day I tried commuting via bike to school from Belmont. As a kid, I was not allowed to bike in the road. That street, Salmon Falls Rd., was once a country road that has now become a dense cut through where cars drive like they are in the country – with…
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This week seems to be filled with the angst and anticipation of a new year as the kids (and lifelong learners) head back to school. My first day was today, and after holding my first class with bright students eager to learn more about sociology and media, I remembered why I love the classroom and…
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The Scene Article, written by avant-jazz musician Matt White of Richmond, provides thoughtful commentary on what it takes to build a local music scene. White modestly claims to know little about music scenes, but as this post and his scene-building work with Patchwork Collective shows, active people who know some and do much is perhaps…
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Austin, TX March 18-22, 2009 After missing a flight and hitching a ride from Dallas, Wendy and I finally made it to South by South West, an indie music festival in Austin where she followed several of her dissertation informants (Thao, Asobi Seksu, Airborne Toxic Event…) and I followed my field sites, the local scenes…
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Stackboy Ent., an organization of seven young MCs, lyricists and producers, entertained a crowd of over fifty at the Outback Lodge in Charlottesville back in November 2007. Stackboy Ent is on stage with DJ XSV, the crowd is pushing up to the stage, hands in the air, and the whole building is buzzing with sound…
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February 16th Surround Sound is the third show in a series of that showcases Charlottesville musicians at Satellite Ballroom. The first FreakFest, featured fringe rock, and the second Noble Savages, featured Rock, Hip-Hop and Pop. Surround sound features experimental, ambient and jazz music. This line up posed a mind bending challenge for sound engineers –…
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On stage, four men in blue shirts and blue jeans played a solid 12 song set early Saturday afternoon at LaTaza’s Low Country Broil, a fundraiser for coffee growers in Guatemala. As the morning fog broke into sticky afternoon sunshine, sweat dripped into their eyes as they sang and onto the stage as they moved…
jacob alden sargent 