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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the CAR companies are hipper than the record companies? In yesterday’s "Wall Street Journal" it was reported that "Scion is discontinuing the six-CD-changer option in its models and moving to iPod connectivity instead." You know the Scion, right?  That box that drives down […]