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From Christine Lavin

Dear Bob: You heard Jeff Daniels with me on xm a few months back — well, I have another scoop — I didn’t want to tell you about it til it was scheduled to air — and now it is. Steve Wozniak, the guy who invented the personal computer and co-founded Apple, has a new […]

John Paul Jones Arena

What’s in a Name? The name of the new 16,000 seat arena at the University of Virginia has people wondering. Where did that name come from? Is it named after the Revolutionary War Hero? Did the Led Zeppelin Bassist have ties to Charlottesville? Neither. The new state of the art facility is recognition and a […]

Box Office Report-10/13/06

Virgin Festival: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Who, The Killers, Gnarls Barkley, The Raconteurs, Wolfmother, Kasabian, Flaming Lips, Scissor Sisters, Thievery Corporation, Brazilian Girls, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The New Pornographers, Drive-By Truckers… Pimlico Race Course – Baltimore, MD/Saturday 9/23/06Gross: $3,476,962Sold/Capacity: 34,714/60,000Tickets: $250.00/$97.50 Enough with the Virgin brand meaning that much. The self-hype of […]

The Feeling At The Key Club

Now THAT was confusing. For those of you lamenting the end of personalization, the end of human contact, let me suggest you go to the live gig.  Then again, the hoi polloi now think a live gig is some spectacular where people ready for embalmment trot out replicas of their hits to tape, with a […]