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RVA magazine was started to showcase the talents of Richmond, VA to the rest of the world... as WE see it. We pull the best media fom the region and build each issue from the most current and exciting contributions. Vibrant, unique, and with enough creative juice to redefine the city, RVA is the physical manifestation of our citywide conversation. Every issue is packed with local music, art, political commentary, fashion, and independent film coverage.

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Landis Wine | Image by Brandon PeckUPGRADE AND AFTERLIFE

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Brandon PeckPreston Duncanil lustrations

Kevin HennesseyDavid KenedyEll ie BoltonNestor DiazPj SykesKaren SeifertPreston DuncanHassan Pittsphotography

Clifton FreiR. Anthony HarrisKatie McbrideThe GallaghersCasey LongyearLandis WineLauren Vincell iAdam LacyTalia Mi l lerAlina ShabashevichCurtis GrimsteadJameson PriceDave BrockiePreston DuncanChris Bopstwritings

10 Obama Victory14 Kevin Hennessey20 Amanda Wachob26 Henry / Valentine Collaboration30 Noah Scalin’s Skull-a-day36 Pulp Tones: Upgrade & Afterlife38 Man Man44 Hot Lava50 Broken Social Scene54 The Fest 758 Weird Science Mix59 Nathan Joyce CD Release62 WTF?64 Indian Summer70 Don’t Eat Off the Gri l l74 I’ve Been Dreaming Since I Woke Up Today

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VOLUME 4 ISSUE 8 ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN cover by Amanda Wachob

R. Anthony Harrispublisher

Parker editor-in-chief

Scott Whitenermanaging editor

Adam Sleddombudsman

Ben MuriRVA TV manager

Brandon Pecksenior designer

Mi les Qui l lenyoungblood

Casey Longyearfashion

R. Anthony HarrisAshley YorkJohn Reinholdadvertising team

Kat StewartIntern

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Landis Wine | Image by Brandon PeckUPGRADE AND AFTERLIFE Last month, we got the news

that we had won 2 American Graphic Design Awards for 2008.

Thank you to everyone that has supported us in the community.

Thank you to my team on RVA who put everything into this project every month. We love what we do and these awards are just icing on the cake. -Tony

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Obama VictOry:a repOrt FrOm Grant parkClifton Frei

Now, like most of the readers of RVA Magazine and the 249,999 or so other people in Chicago’s Grant Park that Tuesday night, I hate change. I also hate puppies. I love war, oil and rich folk, and I wrote in a vote for God’s chosen leader, George W. Bush. I long for the days when a restroom was a little on the lighter side if you know what I mean.

Naw, I’m just joshin’ you, but let me tell you about one of the more amazing things I did feel in Grant Park Tuesday night: the absence of hate. Well, the drunk girl next to me shouted, “John McCain can eat my pussy,” but I think she was more drunk than malicious, and surprisingly much more the exception than the rule of behavior.

The people in Grant Park clapped – not ironically, but respectfully – during Mc-Cain’s concession speech. Like the silence felt after the bombs stopped falling on November 11th 1918, signaling the end of the Great War, the palpable lack of hate touched everyone of us and seemed to signal, well, something great. Scores of people will try to define that something in the coming months and years, but there won’t be any clear idea of what it was until I’m grey, if we get that far. If we don’t, and there are but a few ragtag resistance fighters huddled in caves, hiding from machines that look like Austrian bodybuilders, we will speak of November 4th 2008 as they used to speak of November 11th 1918, the last pause before we REALLY tried to kill everything.

I, and the rest of the 249,999 or so people in Grant Park, tend to think we’ll live that long.

I arrived at about 7 p.m. and was apprehensive because I was worried about what would happen if he lost. Having lived in Chicago for a little while now and experienced what Cubs fans do when they lose (damage proper ty, brain cells and each other; paralyze Sox fans), I was looking for the fastest means of egress.

However, the thing about Cubs fans is that the majority of them seem to be frat-house refugees, uniformly white and with a tad too much disposable income. The thing about those gathered in Grant Park was that there was no one thing about them. I stood next to African-American, African-African, white, Hispanic, Philippino, European, gay, straight, male, fe-male, children, teenagers, middle-aged and two elderly Bel-gian women. All at once.

If the 300,000 or so who marched on Washington in 1963 were on a mission as they overwhelmed the streets of a major metropolis, we were on our way to the after par ty. The late, late, late, late, late after par ty, but a par ty nonetheless. On downtown streets, normally flushed with a powerful feeling of anxiety, with suits power walking to meetings, eating Subway and drinking lattes, worrying about moving around little green pieces of paper that have value simply because we are all forced to agree that they do, thousands of people smiled and laughed and wore buttons and covered every square foot of concrete with light and hope and all the things that Christmas movies try to make us feel are possible. We were a large and surging, flesh and blood Christmas movie walking the same streets they used to film Batman. Christopher Nolan is going to have to shoot in Detroit now, because we went and ruined all the hopelessness.

When we got there most of us gathered around three jumbo-trons broadcasting jumbo-CNN, while only 65,000 or so were in the area where President-elect Barack Hussein Obama (goosebumps) would speak. As jumbo-Wolf Blitzer and jum-bo-Anderson Cooper 360 announced state after state going

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to Obama, the crowd gave one raucous cheer after another, prompting me to send a mass text message, “Me, my girlfriend, Barack Obama, and all your liberal friends are in Grant Park. The mood is jubilant and peaceful. I’ve never felt anything like this before.”

Sometime after 9 or so there was a bit of a lull. Many of the few thousand people in front of me sat down on the grass. It was like we were all on the straightaway of a roller coaster, waiting for the last mind-boggling dip. I was waiting for Virgin-ia. A few days ago I talked with a friend of mine in Richmond, a gay black man, some of whose white friends said they were voting for McCain because they were “protecting Obama from being assassinated.” These strike me as the same kind of people who would say things like, “he’s a credit to his race,” “now I’m not prejudiced, but…,” and other such not-so-thinly veiled expressions of racism. This, coupled that with the fact that Virginia hadn’t voted for a Democratic president since a Kennedy lived to see his election day, is why I mailed my vote for Obama back home (as was my legal right, since I lived in Virginia for par t of 2008), as opposed to registering here in Chicago.

I have known many Virginians. I’ve had the oppor tunity to work with, befriend and love Virginians of all colors, creeds and income levels, and the quality of the people I meet never seems to match the perception of them. One-on-one we are all such good, caring, strong people, but as a whole we seem so intolerant and fearful. My hope was that we would come to our senses, that fearmongering and distrust would fail and that conservative Virginia would find a way to see beyond color and par ty lines.

When jumbo-Wolf announced that Barack Obama had taken Virginia, thousands of people sitting in front of me leapt into the air at once. I screamed and my eyes became wet. Moments later we were all jumping up and down as though we were try-ing to move the ear th because of the jumbo-words “Barack Obama elected President of the United States.”

Now, normally I’m a cynic. Normally I believe that true, positive change in our government can only come from a fundamental change in the capital driven, two-par ty system of competing elites. Normally.

For 15 or 20 solid minutes we screamed and cheered and jumped. I kissed my girlfriend many times. The commentary from jumbo-CNN even-tually reasser ted itself as we quieted down, waiting for our new leader to address us. The crowd around my jumbotron began to get restless and noticed that the two other jumbotrons had already switched to a shot of the podium in the ticketed area where Obama would speak. As one we turned and began walking towards the closest of the other two mega-TVs. “Fuck CNN,” I said.

I’m not sure how may of you have par ticipated in a stampede before, but there is usually a moment before everyone star ts running when everyone is thinking, “Should I star t running?” and wondering if they personally will be the cause of the stampede and thus responsible for the trampling of little children. This moment was entirely bypassed by a general feeling of, yaaay!!!! and we just ran.

I ended up next to the aforementioned elderly Belgian ladies who were be-ing interviewed by Belgian TV repor ters. They were quiet, but expressive, and seemed close to tears. We were all a little overwhelmed, listening to the public address speakers sing, “Here I am, signed, sealed, delivered, I’m yours,” and as cliché as it sounds, we all truly felt that he was ours when President–elect Barack Hussein Obama walked to the podium. Later my girlfriend, Christy, and I would reveal that we both had the same horrible image play in our heads when he first stepped out, a vision of a bullet going through his head. As he spoke, however, we found that fear was an emotion we were incapable of feeling.

The crowd cheered. We cried a bit. We became as still as sons and daughters listening to Dad read us a bedtime story when our new Presi-dent began to speak of the 106-year-old woman who voted today. As he led us through history we aged with the nation until we found ourselves in a frightening present with a shrinking future, but we were not afraid. We must have felt as those who heard John F. Kennedy tell them to not ask what your country can do for you. There was a bit of straightening up in the crowd; we all seemed to get taller. Some shouted, but most spoke the words in somber tones of responsibility and faith: “Yes we can.”

Generally I feel a bit dir ty when someone says God Bless America. It is such a smug and close-minded thing to say. It reminds me of Bob Dylan singing through wars by way of identifying who “had God on their side.” So imperial, so manipulative. I’m also very aware of the mob men-tality and it’s power to supersede rational thought and implant emotions that aren’t truly felt by an individual.

However, Barack Obama was not a preacher that night, nor was he an insurgent. I can’t really describe it, but it was a prayer that wasn’t religious; it was patriotic yet global, jubilant yet reserved, understanding of the very ear thbound responsibility we have for our own fate and cheered on by jubilant individuals, not a mindless horde.

We poured out into the streets, an undulating mass of people as peaceful and calm as sleepy puppies, occa-sionally yelping in glee. Christy and I got on the train, and I put my arm around her as though we were relaxing on the couch at home. Walking home through the de-ser ted streets of our quiet Nor th Side Chicago neighbor-hood, there was a cer tain feeling in the air. It is best described as the polar opposite of what I felt after the last major transformative event, September 11th. The dread that was felt then was in equal propor tion to the hope I felt Tuesday night. The air was cool and leaves rustled, and in the immor tal words of Boston (the band), I think it was “more than a feeling.”

Just before we left the park the Belgians interviewed us. This is more or less what I told them:

“I am overwhelmed. My parents were born into a seg-regated Virginia, and now, to have elected an African-American president, I can’t properly describe how I feel. Every day I wake up afraid. Afraid of global warming, afraid or war, afraid of the economy. This is the first time I haven’t been afraid in a long time.”

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Kev in Hennessey, pho togr apher, i s an i nd i v idua l . H i s educa t ion a t VCU and wor k ing as a l ow ly i n te r n i n Ne w Yor k has r e f i ned h i s sens ib i l i t i e s some wha t bu t no t t aken the edge o f f h i s wor k . I guess hang-ing ou t w i th ska te k ids , d r unks , t a t tooed punks , ange l s and assho les can de f i ne a pe r son . I t comes ou t i n h i s wor k – a s t y l i zed human i t y tha t i s h i s wor ld b r ough t i n to m ine . I am in to i t . So we sa t down in the bac k ya rd , and I asked h im a f e w ques -t i ons.

R . A n t h o n y H a r r i s : Wha t yea r d id you g r adua te , and wha t d id you ge t i n to a f t e r tha t?

K e v i n H e n n e s s e y : I t was December 2007 . As soon as I go t done – my g i r l f r i end l i ves ou t i n Ne w Yor k – I s ta r ted shoo t ing ema i l s ou t to a f e w peop le . I go t i n touch w i th one guy a t V i ce magaz ine and wen t up the r e to ge t co f f ee . We j us t s ta r ted ta l k -i ng, and he b r ough t me on board as an i n te r n .

R A H : How i s Ne w Yor k fo r an asp i r i ng wor k ing pho togr apher?

K H : I t was a l o t o f f un , bu t I don’ t know how I f ee l abou t Ne w Yor k , because e ve r ybody wan ts to be the r e r i gh t now ; i t ’ s l i ke the mos t “ i n” th ing r i gh t now to be i n Ne w Yor k C i t y. Typ i ca l l y when someth ing becomes tha t popu la r I wan t no th ing to do w i th i t . So I wou ld l ove to be the r e , bu t you have to ba t t l e e ve r yday w i th a m i l l i on peop le fo r s tu f f t ha t you take fo r g r an ted , you know, s imp le p leasur es.

R A H : Do you fee l you have to be the r e to be v a l i da ted as a p r o fess iona l , o r can you make your mar k ou ts ide o f Ne w Yor k?

K H : I t h ink the impr ess ion tha t a l o t o f peop le have i s tha t you have to be the r e to become known and to be success fu l and to be par t o f t ha t com-

NY, RVA, And Finding Yourself mun i t y o f a r t i s t s . Bu t you can be anywher e as l ong as you pu t your se l f a r ound the r i gh t peop le and s tay p r oduc t i ve .

R A H : How do you fee l abou t your oppor tun i t i es com ing bac k to R i c hmond?

K H : I f ee l l i ke R i c hmond i s j us t wa i t i ng to be taken ove r, and i t needs a l o t o f peop le to take tha t i n i t i a t i ve and bu i l d upon th i s commun i t y o f a r t -i s t s , because a l o t o f peop le s l eep on i t e ve r yday. T her e ’ s a l o t go ing on , bu t I f ee l l i ke i t ’ s much harder he r e to f i nd a j ob wor k ing fo r an agen -c y. T her e ’ s a l ac k o f c r ea t i ve j obs a r ound her e I guess , un l i ke Ne w Yor k , bu t the r e ’ s de f i n i t e l y j us t as much oppor tun i t y. I t ’ s j us t a ma t te r o f do ing i t your se l f and no t j ump ing on to somebody e l se ’ s p r o jec t .

R A H : D id you have “your” s t y l e be fo r e go ing up to Ne w Yor k?

K H : Yeah , I de f i n i t e l y d id . I ’ ve a lways done the same th ing, and I ’ ve a lways s tuc k p r e t t y much w i th f i lm th r ough i t a l l . A t f i r s t I was down on my f i -nances and cou ldn’ t go buy a n i ce d ig i t a l camer a , so I was k ind o f fo r ced i n s tay ing w i th f i lm and

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made the dec i s ion tha t i t wou ld be my l i t t l e n i c he . I ’ ve a lways been r ea l l y i n to por t r a i t u r e , and tha t ’ s k i nd o f wha t I s tuc k w i th . I guess a f e w year s ago when I f i r s t s ta r ted

look ing a t V i ce I d idn’ t f ee l myse l f t r ans fo r m ing wha t I was do ing to f i t i n . I t appea led to me so much

because i t was wha t I l i ked . I wou ldn’ t say i t ’ s c hanged a t a l l s i nce I ’ ve go t ten assoc ia ted

w i th them, bu t w i th tha t sa id the r eason I do l i ke the magaz ine so much i s because i t ’ s wha t I en joy, i t has tha t l ook tha t ap -pea l s to me .

R A H : Wha t pho togr aphy i n f l uences and i n te r es t s you r i gh t now?

K H : I k i nd o f don’ t neces -sa r i l y d r aw my insp i -

r a t i on f r om jus t p h o t o g r a p h y,

and I ’m p r e t t y

b a d

a t f i nd ing a l o t o f ne w wor k and becoming ob-sessed w i th one per son’s s t y l e . I ’ l l k i nd o f d r aw l i t t l e t i ny p i eces f r om e ver y th ing. I ’ ve a lways been d r aw ing and pa in t i ng and do ing m i x med ia t ype wor k , bu t the r e ’ s a l so a l o t o f c l ass i c pho-togr apher s tha t have tha t s t y l e . I t h ink I ’m k ind o f n i t p i c k y abou t tha t ; I ’ l l f i nd one th ing abou t one ce r ta in a r t i s t t ha t I en joy, and then usua l l y t he r e ’ s ha l f o f i t t ha t I don’ t l i ke .

R A H : Your wor k i s t r ad i t i ona l i n the way i t i s se t up, bu t the sub jec t ma t te r i s your own th ing. Can you ta l k abou t tha t fo r a m inu te?

K H : I t ’ s a lways j us t been k ind o f t he commun i t y I ’ ve i nvo l ved myse l f i n . I t ’ s my gener a t ion , you know, and your s . K ids nowadays j us t have the i r head i n a l l d i f f e r en t d i r ec t i ons and don’ t t h ink abou t any th ing. T hey a r e usua l l y ge t t i ng i n to t r oub le and hav ing a good t ime , and i t ’ s j us t my own way to document and shar e wha t was go ing on i n my l i f e , t he peop le tha t I c hoose to spend

my days w i th .

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R A H : Does R i c hmond have i t s own vo i ce?

K H : I mean the r e ’ s a l o t o f heavy sh i t he r e tha t ’ s gone on tha t k i nd o f i sn’ t , we l l I ’m no t go ing to say i t i sn’ t go ing on i n o the r p laces , bu t R i c hmond de f i n i t e l y has th i s l ook , and i t ’ s been taken ove r by l i ke a l o t k ids tha t a r e un ique he r e .

R A H : T he cu l tu r e i s a un ique vo i ce tha t i sn’ t Ne w Yor k and tha t i sn’ t LA . I t may be b i t s and p ieces o f e ve r y th ing, bu t i t ’ s k i nd o f me l t i ng i n to i t s own th ing, and I l i ke see ing peop le g i ve a l i t t l e b i t o f a t t i t ude abou t R i c hmond . We a r e l i ke the l i t t l e r edheaded s tepch i l d o r the bad r e l a t i onsh ip you don’ t wan t , t hose k inds o f t h ings a r e synony -mous w i th R i c hmond .

Do you see your se l f s tay ing i n R i c hmond? Do you see your se l f w i th enough oppor tun i t i es he r e tha t w i l l g r ow?

K H : Yeah , and tha t was k ind o f my d r i ve w i th com ing bac k . I wen t to Ne w Yor k and though t th i s i s awesome , bu t i t ’ s no t m ine . And w i th com ing bac k to R i c hmond i t ’ s so fuc k ing d i r t c heap her e compar ed to Ne w Yor k , and i t ’ s j us t be -ing bu i l t upon w i th a l l t hese th ings. I mean , one , they a r e r e v amp ing the who le c i t y s low ly, and i t ’ s becoming n i ce . And j us t th r ough the schoo l the r e a r e a l l t hese a r t i s t s

com ing ou t o f i t , and the r e ’ s a l o t o f k ids w i th d r i ve to do wha t they wan t to do. I t ’ s w ide open , and I f ee l

l i ke he r e I have tha t oppor tun i t y to j us t k i nd o f r i de tha t wave and hope fu l l y f i nd myse l f i n a good s i t ua t ion . I ’m happy w i th i t r i gh t now. I n Ne w Yor k I f ee l l i ke I have tha t impr ess ion wher e no th ing

wou ld e ve r be good enough fo r me the r e , bu t he r e I f ee l l i ke I have a l l t he s tu f f r i gh t i n f r on t o f me , and

I can j us t do wha t I wan t w i th i t .

I can see b r ing ing someth ing i n to Ne w Yor k , bu t as f a r as s ta r t i ng someth ing ou t , I f ee l l i ke tha t ’ s a hor r ib l e

p lace to do i t , because the r e ’ s tha t compet i t i on and r en t i s r i d i cu lous. Bu t he r e , t he r e ’ s a l l

t he oppor tun i t y i n the wor ld , i t j us t t akes the mot i v a t i on to do i t . I t ’ s easy to f a l l i n to a t r ap ; when I was a t sc hoo l I found myse l f j us t no t go ing to c l ass and no t g i v i ng a sh i t abou t any th ing, because i t ’ s so easy to l ose mot i v a t i on . Bu t i f you s tay on top o f i t t hen you ge t so much mor e ou t o f i t . I f ee l l i ke the r e a r e so many oppor tun i t i es to ge t the ba l l r o l l i ng and do someth ing. L i ke the who le Rec yc les c r e w, the tw ins , She l l y and E r in , be tween the two o f them and

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“ I w e n t t o N e w Y o r ka n d t h o u g h t t h i s i s a w e s o m eb u t i t ’ s n o t m i n e . ”

Ev an , and a l l t he s tu f f t hey ’ ve done w i th Books on Whee l s , t he b i ke l o t , Bes t Fr i end ’s Day, S l augh -te r ama… they a r e a huge par t o f wha t goes on w i th tha t . T hey d id tha t ou t o f t he i r own pass ion and they a r e l i v i ng o f f o f i t , and i t ’ s the i r ca r ee r now. I f ee l l i ke i f t hey wan ted to do any th ing i n th i s c i t y they ’ d know the r i gh t peop le to make i t happen . And i t ’ s r e ward ing, too ; they a r e g i v i ng bac k to the commun i t y and r i d ing b i kes e ve r yday. Peop le l i ke tha t i nsp i r e me to j us t con t i nue wha t I ’m do ing.

R A H : Ta l k i ng a l i t t l e b i t abou t your educa t ion a t VCU – do you th ink co l l ege p r epar es you fo r the “ r ea l wor ld”?

K H : Yeah , i t he lped me deve lop my c r a f t because i t ’ s j us t tha t l i t t l e k i c k i n the ass to do wha t you have to do. I f I we r e do ing i t on my own t ime I wou ldn’ t have my f ace i n a book as much as I d id i n schoo l , and I wou ldn’ t have the answer s to some o f my ques t ions when I wan ted them, l i ke I d id i n schoo l . I t was de f i n i t e l y bene f i c i a l , bu t I ’m no t gonna say you need to go. I t can be se l f - t augh t , bu t the mot i v a t i on i sn’ t t he r e l i ke i t i s when you ’ r e i n a c l ass , when the r e ’ s tha t l i t t l e b i t o f compet i -t i on and teacher s egg you on to do g r ea t th ings.

R A H : Ke v in , wha t do you see i n your near f u tu r e? Wha t a r e you wor k ing on? A r e the r e any concep ts o r shor t f i lms o r a pho to shoo t go ing on?

K H : R igh t now we ’ ve been do ing some sc r een p r in t -i ng, and we though t we wer e go ing to ge t s l apped w i th a bunch o f l i t t l e baseba l l t eams o r bands , bu t we ’ ve been fo r tuna te enough to know enough peop le to wher e we can p r in t . . . i t ’ s k i nd o f l i ke we a r e he lp ing them ou t they a r e he lp ing us ou t . Guys who own c lo th -i ng l i nes and a r e do ing g r aph i c des ign fo r our bus i -ness , i t ’ s k i nd o f ge t t i ng th i s b ig commun i t y o f a r t i s t s toge ther. I wou ld l i ke to j us t p r ogr ess i ve ly wor k w i th mor e and mor e peop le tha t i nsp i r e me and ge t o the r wor k and adv i ce , o the r pub l i ca t i ons and do a ‘ z i ne . I ’ d

l i ke to ed i t a Ge t Loose C r e w v ideo, and I ’ ve go t a l l t hese d i f f e r en t th ings go ing on ; i t ’ s j us t f i nd ing the r i gh t peop le to he lp me do i t a l l . I t ’ s a l l r e l a t i ve to me in one way o r ano ther.

R A H : Wha t was the name o f the sc r een p r in t i ng com-pany?

K H : Ho tbox . We ca l l ed i t Ho tbox . I t seems to be wor k -i ng ou t so f a r. T ha t ’ s my job r i gh t now ; I cou ldn’ t have asked fo r any th ing be t te r. I ’m no t pour ing d r inks fo r some d i c khead a t a ba r, e ven though I ’m tha t d i c khead f r om t ime to t ime . T ha t ’ s the ba t t l e w i th e ve r ybody

i n do ing th i s s tu f f, because you wan t to f i nd a n i c he to wher e you ge t to do wha t you love to do. T ha t ’ s why I ’ ve taken i t as se r ious ly as I have , because a ma jo r i t y o f peop le g i ve up a t some po in t and ge t s tuc k i n the i r j ob. I ha te too many peop le to have those jobs. I ’ d l i ke to wor k fo r myse l f and l e t peop le en joy wha t I do. And you can do tha t i n R i c hmond . I ’ d l ove to be bac k i n Ne w Yor k fo r numerous r easons ; e ve r ybody knows why i t ’ s so g r ea t , bu t i t ’ s g r ea t he r e , too. I t ’ s l i ke you can’ t have e ve r y th ing, and tha t ’ s the th ing, i t ’ s j us t l i ke one p lace and e ve r ybody has to be the r e . I t ’ s l i ke , why don’ t mos t o f you peop le move bac k to R i c hmond and we can make th i s be t te r than i t a l r eady i s , t ha t ’ s how I f ee l abou t i t . T he po ten t i a l i s t he r e .

R A H : T hanks fo r t ak ing the t ime .

To see mor e wor k f r om Kev in Hennessey, c hec k ou tknuc k lesandw i t c hes.b logspo t . com

To f i nd ou t mor e abou t Ho tbox Sc r een P r in t i ng, Ema i l ho tbox r v a@gma i l . com

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ART NON-STOP! A n i n t e r v i e w w i t h A m a n d a Wa c h o b K at i e McBr ide and the Ga l l agher s

Amanda Wachob is an upsta te New Yor k based pa in ter and ta t too ar t i s t . She br ings her i conoc las t i c and de l i ca te s ty le to R ichmond th is December. Check her out a t Ghostpr in t Ga l le r y s tar t ing on Fr iday the 5th .

Th is i sn’ t your f i r s t t ime showing in R ichmond, what ’s your connect ion to the c i t y?

Thea Dusk in’s Ghostpr in t Ga l le r y i s my connect ion to the c i t y. Thea has brought someth ing r ea l ly c lassy to R ichmond. Ghostpr in t i s a h igh-end ar t ga l le r y combined w i th the h ighest le ve l o f ta t too ing. I ’m thr i l l ed to be assoc ia ted w i th her enter -pr ise .

How is your r ecept ion here in R ichmond d i f fe r ent f rom other mar kets?

I ’ ve so ld wor k in R ichmond, so I ’m g lad to see that the ar t mar ket seems to be thr i v ing.

The sub jec t mat ter in your pa in t ings a l l seem to be in for med by a 1960s i l lus t r a t ion aesthet ic . What dr aws you to that aesthet i c and sub jec t mat ter?

I am fasc inated w i th magaz ines and ephemer a f rom the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s. I love pour ing over the candy-co lor ed photogr aphs and ads. I love how I fee l ent i ced and subt ly man ipu la ted by them. I l i ke the idea o f br eath ing new l i fe in to outdated pr in t .

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You ar e more cons is tent in sub-jec t mat ter w i th your pa in t ings, whereas your ta t toos show a gr eater v ar ie ty, perhaps be-cause i t i s a more co l labor a-t i ve process. Do you en joy the sor t o f co l labor at ions that ar e invo lved in ta t too ing or do you pr e fer pur su ing more per sona l wor k? Is ther e one process you fee l more inc l ined to?

I l i ke both med iums equa l ly. Tat too ing and pa in t ing both sat is fy d i f fe r ent aspects o f me. My ta t too wor k is most ly cus-tom, so i t i s a co l labor at ion w i th my c l ient . I t i s a combi -nat ion o f the i r idea and mine , and the end r esu l t shows that . Un less I ’m do ing a commiss ion , my pa in t ing is jus t for me. I t ’ s when I need to express my own ideas or when I need to wor k through my own emot ions.

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I s ta t too ing that d i f fe r ent f rom cr eat ing ga l le r y wor k (other than, c lear ly the phys ica l med ium)? Your abst r ac t br ush pa in t ings on paper t r ans la te to ta t too incr ed ib ly we l l , how d i f fe r ent ar e the two processes? How do they over lap?

In my op in ion ta t too ing is much harder than pa in t ing. There ar e so many var i -ables that you have ver y l i t t le cont ro l over. Pa in t ing is pr e t ty s t r a ight forward . Br ushes, pa in t , o i l . . .and your canvas doesn’ t move around on you wh i le you ar e t r y ing to wor k on i t . I use f la t br ushes to pa in t the abst r ac t wor k , and I th ink par t o f that i s because I use Mags to ta t too i t ; they ar e shaped the same.

Wh i le ta t too ing is obv ious ly becoming much more soc ia l ly acceptable ( i t ’ s not jus t for sa i lor s and He l l s Ange ls anymore !) than i t was even 10 or 15 year s ago, do you f ind that peop le ar e shocked and p leasant ly sur pr ised by your por t fo l io – that ’s i t ’ s not a l l sku l l s and danc ing lad ies and dr agons? Do peop le express shock that i t looks so much l i ke “ar t”?

That i s the f i r s t th ing that peop le comment on. . . that my ta t too wor k looks so “pa in ter ly” . And I ’ ve got ten a huge r esponse w i th my abst r ac t ta t too wor k , peop le f ly in to NYC f rom a l l over the wor ld to have me ink i t . I th ink peop le ar e ver y used to see ing As ian dr agons and t r ad i t iona l gypsy heads, so yes, they ar e sur pr ised when they see someth ing that goes aga ins t the gr a in .

What has been the r eact ion to your wor k w i th in the ta t too communi ty? Ar e peop le exc i ted to see the med ium growing and at ta in ing such a broad degree o f s ty l i s t i c v ar ie ty, or ar e some peop le put o f f by i t because i t i s so d i f fe r ent f rom the t r ad i t iona l s ty les o f ta t too ing?

So far, most o f the peop le that I have met w i th in the ta t too communi ty th ink the abst r ac t s tu f f i s pr e t ty out ther e . Th is indust r y i s conser vat i ve and I th ink change can be in t im idat ing for some peop le . But the r eact ion that I get f r om my c l ients i s ver y pos i t i ve , and u l t imate ly, those ar e the peop le that I a im to p lease .

Is ther e such a th ing to you as low ar t vs. h igh ar t? Is ther e any v a lue in keep-ing these th ings separ ate?

For me the idea o f h igh ar t or low ar t i s b lur r y. I ’ d r a ther not be e l i t i s t and put someth ing in a categor y o f “h igh” or “ low” . I t a lmost sounds l i ke say ing one is good qua l i t y and the other i s bad. There ar e th ings a l l a round me that I fee l insp i r ed and moved by, and I don’ t a lways see the va lue in labe ls , espec ia l ly when i t comes to ar t .

I f you cou ld ta t too anyone in h is tor y who wou ld i t be and what wou ld you put on them?

I ’m jus t bummed that I d idn’ t get to do Popeye’s anchor s.

So what ’s nex t?

Var ious commiss ions, exh ib i t ion dead l ines and a p i le o f custom ta t too dr aw ings that need to be a t tended to. Ar t non-s top!

Ghostpr in t Ga l le r y (www.ghostpr in tga l le r y.com) is located a t 220 W. Broad St . , R ichmond, VA 23220. Hour s ar e Wednesday-Saturday f rom 1 p.m.-7 p.m. or by appo intment . (804) 344-1557

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You p r oba b l y know t hem bes t f o r t he i r ex t ens i v e co l l e c t i on o f spec i a l t y s neake r s and t he i r a b i l -i t y t o f i l l d ance pa r t i e s pas t c a pac i t y, bu t B i l l y Manzana r es and Rudy Lopez o f Hen r y have a ne w p r o j e c t t ha t r e ca l l s R i c hmond ’ s r oo t s . T hey ’ v e t r ans fo r med h i s t o r i c R i c hmond i n t o l im i t ed ed i t i on a r t i s t i c s t r ee t wea r. I f you r hea r t be l ongs t o t h i s c i t y, hu r r y o ve r t o 212 Wes t B r oad S t . I t s hou l d come as no su r p r i s e t ha t t he owne r s o f Hen r y, a s t o r e named a f t e r t he adve r t i s i ng a gen t w ho co i ned t he t e r m “ sneake r ” bac k i n 1917 , wou l d v en t u r e i n t o a f a sh i on co l l a bo r a t i on w i t h t he i l l u s -t r i ous Va l en t i ne R i c hmond H i s t o r y Cen t e r.

T he Hen r y boys f i r s t me t B i l l Ma r t i n , t he d i r e c t o r and h i s t o r i c a l c onno i s seu r o f t he Va l en t i ne R i c h -mond H i s t o r y Cen t e r, and Les l ey B r uno, e s t eemed d i r e c t o r o f pub l i c r e l a t i ons , a t a S t y l e Week l y pa r t y a t t he fo r me r I n f u z i on . T he two i nnov a t i v e t eams had immed i a t e i n t e r e s t t o co l l a bo r a t e and l i n k t he d i s t i n c t i v e a r t o f R i c hmond pas t w i t h t he p r e sen t g a l l e r y s cene . Wh i l e many m igh t j udge t he ex i s t i ng a r t s cene t o be d i s connec t ed , t hese two r e pu t a b l e R i c hmond en t i t i e s a r e wo r k i ng t o

R igh t : G r ee t i ngs sh i r t des ignAbove : Souven i r Fo lde r o f R i c hmond , V i r g in i a pos t ca r d se t by R i c hmond Ne ws Company c . 1925

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b r i dge t o ge the r a r t i s t i c c r ow ds t ha t c us t om-a r i l y do no t o ve r l a p. A s t he seasons c hange and w i n t e r t empe r a t u r e s s t r i k e , t h i s f r e sh co l l a bo r a t i on su r f a ces a s Novembe r ’ s F i r s t Fr i day fo cus a t Hen r y.

A f t e r a g r ea t dea l o f b r a i n s t o r m ing , Rudy, B i l l y and B i l l d e c i ded t o des i gn a t - sh i r t l i n e based on spec i f i c a l l y s e l e c t ed i t ems f r om t he Va l en t i ne R i c hmond H i s t o r y Cen t e r. A s an u r -ban museum , l o ca t ed a t 1015 Eas t C l ay S t . , t he Va l en t i ne has w i t nessed c hange i n s ens i -t i v e a r eas o f r a c i a l and c l a s s d i v i s i on and i s k nown fo r i t s a b i l i t y t o d i sp l ay exh i b i t i ons and fo r m pub l i c p r o g r ams t ha t r e p r esen t an en t i r e c i t y ’ s c u l t u r e . T he Va l en t i ne showcases mo r e t han a m i l l i o n p r e se r ved pho to g r a phs , t ex -t i l e s and a r t i f a c t s t ha t i n t e r p r e t 400 yea r s o f R i c hmond ’ s h i s t o r y t h r ough i t ems o f e ve r yday l i f e . Because o f t he ex t en t o f t he a r c h i v e s , c hoos i ng t he exa c t p i e ces t o r e p r oduce t ook weeks o f d i g g i ng t h r ough end l e s s co l l e c t i ons o f c ove t ed base ba l l c a r ds , c r ea t i v e t obac co adve r t i s emen t s and pho tos o f down town .

T he des i gne r s beh i nd t h i s co l l a bo r a t i on , B r i -an V i l l a l on , Mau r i c i o Pa t a r r oyo, M i l e s Qu i l l e n and Rudy Lopez , c r ea t ed 20 o r i g i na l g r a ph i c s t ha t , a f t e r muc h d i s cuss i on , we r e na r r owed down t o f i v e f i n a l de t a i l ed des i gns t ha t ha ve

R igh t : Bases Loaded sh i r t des ignAbove : THOSS R i c hmond C iga r e t te Ca rd O ld M i l l C iga r e t tes c . 1910 . G i f t o f Mr. Henr y Wa l l e r s te in , J r. and Mr. Edward I . Wa l l e r s te in

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been p r i n t ed on t - sh i r t s a s an ex c l u s i v e , l im i t ed p r i n t c o l l e c t i on a v a i l a b l e on l y a t Hen r y. T he des i gne r s ke p t t he en t i r e p r o cess l o ca l , by p r i n t i ng t he t - sh i r t s i n R i c hmond a t Adven tu r e s i n T- Sh i r t L and . Fr om i n i t i a l i n t e r e s t , t o de ve l oped conce p t , t o amp l e comp l e t i on t he en t i r e Hen r y & Va l en t i ne Co l l a bo r a t i on has t a ken p l a ce i n R i c hmond , exemp l i f y i ng t he end l e s s po -t en t i a l o f t h i s c i t y. A s t he Va l en t i ne R i c hmond H i s t o r y Cen t e r ’ s e voca t i v e s l o g an s t a t e s , “H i s t o r y w i l l n e ve r be t he same , ” Hen r y i nv i t e s u s a l l t o a l t e r i t now.

R igh t : Ease Bac k sh i r t des ignAbove : Emp loyees o f un iden t i f i ed s l augh te r and mea t pac k ing f i r m c . 1915 Fr om R i c hmond : A P i c to r i a l H i s to r y f r om the Va len t i ne Museum and Dement i Co l l e c t i ons

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Landis Wine | Image by Brandon PeckUPGRADE AND AFTERLIFE

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Ten seems to be an adequa te number a t wh i c h to s top. I was i n i t i a l l y a im ing to wr i t e an o ld - f ash ioned Year i n Rev ie w, bu t a t t h i s po in t , w i th the e lec t i on c yc l e end ing, v i ny l r e tu r n ing to b ig box s to r es l i ke Bes t Buy and p rom inen t on l i ne r e ta i l e r s l i ke Amazon , the d ig i t a l mus i c r e vo lu t i on has happened . We a r e now l i v i ng i n the shadow o f i t s s ta tus quo. I ’m ce r ta in ly no t pos ing the po in t tha t the r e ’ s no th ing i n te r es t i ng happen ing i n mus i c , bu t I f ee l l i ke Pu lp Tones has s imp ly come fu l l c i r c l e and accomp l i shed the task o f a l l ow ing me to so r t ou t my cu r r en t r e la t i onsh ip w i th pop cu l tu r e i n a pub l i c fo r um. So, be fo r e we go, l e t ’ s s i f t t h r ough the r ubb le .

I n a r ecen t V i l l a ge Vo i ce i n te r v i e w w i th TV On T he Rad io, t he wr i t e r casu -a l l y no ted tha t the band cu r r en t l y had a mass i ve h i t on the i r hands under the gu i se o f K anye Wes t ’ s “Love Loc kdown” , whose lone p iano, po ly rhy thms and a f f ec ted voca l s wer e huge ly i n deb t to the pa ths g r azed by the fo r mer. I vo i ced the idea tha t h ip -hop was becoming f a r mor e f asc ina t i ng and p rogr es -s i ve than any o the r pop mus i c fo r m fo r a wh i l e now, bu t the pas t yea r has made i t pa in fu l l y easy fo r me to d r own ou t any d i ssen t . T he genr e tha t g r e w up w i th punk i n Ne w Yor k has now bo th absorbed and beau t i f u l l y cann iba l i zed a b r oader spec t r um o f mus i c than anyone cou ld have e ve r imag ined , and mor e and mor e a r t i s t s i n the genr e a r e toy ing w i th ne w mus i c t echno log ies , t he I n te r ne t and f an pa r t i c i pa t ion . Meanwh i l e , we have the d inosaur o f Guns N ’ Roses r e leas ing an a lbum tha t i s a punch l i ne a t th i s po in t (and on ly a t Bes t Buy) and AC/DC r id ing on the success o f t he i r ne w r ecord (av a i l ab le exc lus i ve ly a t Wa l -Mar t ) , j o i n ing the r anks o f t he Smash ing Pumpk ins i n de l i v -e r i ng a b ig FUCK YOU to any and a l l i ndependen t r e ta i l e r s who hope to cap i -t a l i ze on , you know, se l l i ng r ecords. Meanwh i l e , t he p r ess sa l i v a ted ove r the i nnov a t i ve son i c t echn ique and l i f e -a f f i r m ing (and dea fen ing) pe r fo r mances o f My B loody Va len t i ne , who seem ing ly r eun i ted to show e ve r yone tha t they a r e do ing i t ho r r ib ly, ho r r ib ly w rong. Desp i te my love fo r bands l i ke My B loody Va len t i ne , I can’ t he lp bu t th ink tha t th ings a r e i n a r e v i l i ng r u t when ne w “ i t ” g r oups V i v i an G i r l s , Deerhun te r, No Age , C r ys ta l S t i l t s , e t a l a r e r i d ing h igh on ap ing a t r end tha t peaked ove r a decade ago. And though peop le can

lodge mor e than a f e w v a l i d po in t s abou t the occas iona l v ap id i t y o f h ip -hop, a t l eas t they ’ r e t r y i ng. T hey ’ r e push ing fo r someth ing and exp lo r i ng hybr ids , and , though the r esu l t s can somet imes be s t i l t ed , t hey ’ r e s t i l l exp lo r i ng te r -r i t o r y tha t so many o the r a r t i s t s seem to be a f r a id to t r ead .

T he r ecords f r om o ther genr es tha t have s tuc k ou t to me th i s yea r have been much mor e t r ad i t i ona l l y song based . G immic ks a r e easy to peek th r ough and d i sman t l e , bu t the so r t o f sp r aw l i ng songwr i t i ng e v idenced i n r ecords l i ke Sun K i l Moon’s Apr i l , wh i c h came ou t ea r l i e r th i s yea r, makes the pe r fec t case fo r the f ac t tha t qua l i t y songwr i t i ng, under any gu i se , a lways s t i c ks . T he a lbum i s by no means a casua l l i s t en , as the f i r s t two songs c loc k i n a t twen ty m inu tes comb ined , bu t the r e ’ s a dep th to the songwr i t i ng tha t ’ s near ly absen t f r om so much o f wha t has c r ossed my pa th th i s yea r. Rum ina t ions on the dea th o f a muse a r e never pa r t i cu la r l y soo th ing, bu t the sub t l e t y on the r ecord i s abso lu te ly zen .

O f cour se , tha t r i ng ing endor sement cou ld j us t be a s ign o f me los ing my edge . I had a conver sa t ion w i th a f r i end two year s ago, who had been an av id r ecord co l l ec to r fo r yea r s , abou t wha t he had l i s tened to tha t yea r. And h i s answer? He had been l i s ten ing to a co l l e c t i on o f ea r l y Wi l l i e Ne l son demos w i th l i t t l e to no concer n fo r ne w mus i c . I ’m s low ly me tamor phos ing i n to the same , a ided i n no sma l l pa r t t ha t by v i r tue o f p lay ing shows, r ecord ing and book ing shows fo r o the r bands , my i t c h fo r ne w mus i c i s sc r a t c hed i n to a so r e on a week ly bas i s . Even so, h ip -hop, the r esur gence o f v i ny l and the s l i ve r s o f l i gh t tha t appear i n the fo r m o f g r oups l i ke Ba t t l es and exper imen ta l e l ec -t r on i c r ecords keep me cap t i v a ted .

T hanks to e ve r yone fo r the encour agement and k ind words abou t Pu lp Tones and the pa t i ence o f t he r eader sh ip w i th my pub l i c exo r c i sm o f i deas. I ’m s ign ing o f f fo r now.

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S i n ce 2003 , Man Man has been mak i ng man i c , hea r t b r eak i ng , hea r t a c h -i ng mus i c pe r f e c t f o r t h i n k i ng , d r i n k i ng and danc i ng l i k e a l una t i c . T he i r l a t e s t a l bum , R a b b i t Ha b i t s (An t i Re co r ds ) , has r e ce i v ed muc h c r i t i c a l a c -c l a im . You ’ l l f i nd t he c l e ve r, t ongue - i n - c heek l y r i c s and t he u sua l a s so r t -men t o f w ac k y i n s t r umen t s you g r e w t o l o ve i n p r e v i ous a l bums , bu t R a b -b i t Ha b i t s shows a ne w k i nd a ma tu r i t y f o r t he band and h i gh l i gh t s a k i nd o f o r g an i za t i on w i t h i n ea c h song t ha t w as no t a s a ppa r en t i n t he pas t .

A s fo r t he o r g an i za t i on o f t he a l bum as a w ho l e , i t ’ s a b i t o f a r o l l e r coas t -e r. T he s t eady r o l l i ng “M i s t e r Jung S t u f f ed” s t a r t s o f f t he a l bum l ead i ng i n t o t he mo r e f r enz i ed “Hu r l y /Bu r l y ” and “Bu t t e r Beans , ” w h i c h p l ay s l i k e a v i n t a ge ca r t oon w i t h x y l ophones tw i s t i ng up a r ound you . One o f t he bes t t r a c k s on t he a l bum , “B i g Tr oub l e , ” w a i l s l i k e a ha phaza r d f une r a l ma r c h i n t o you r ea r. “Wha t e ve r makes you t i c k / i s w ha t makes me c r aw l / t hough t he mud , t he b l ood and t he memor i e s / and t he wo r s t o f i t a l l . ”

T he r e s t o f t he a l bum i s f u l l o f f i r e wo r k s , s u r p r i s e s , s hoc ke r s and bomb-she l l s , j e r k i ng you f r om danc y j oy t o emo t i ona l , pens i v e r e ve l a t i on . Kee p an eye ou t e spec i a l l y f o r t r a c k s “Poo r J a c k i e ” and “Top Do g. ”

R a b b i t Ha b i t s w i l l c on j u r e up t he bes t and wo r s t c ha r a c t e r s on a f l i c k e r -i ng s c r een i n you r head . L i e on t he f l oo r and l i s t en t o t h i s a l bum tw i c e a s l oud l y a s poss i b l e . L e t t he i r hype r, g r i z z l y, j a z z y, g yps y, c a veman c l ang i ng f i l l up you r r oom , and I t h i n k you ’ l l a g r ee i t i s one o f t he bes t a l bums o f 2008 .

Adam Lac y, my co l l e a gue and co -hos t w i t h t he WDCE 90 .1FM r ad i o p r o g r am E l R adon , w as a b l e t o s co r e an i n t e r v i e w w hen Man Man r e cen t l y p l ayed T he Na t i ona l . He found ou t w hy R a b b i t Ha b i t s i s “ t he t r i a l ” f o r Man Man and w hy t he band i s mo r e t han j u s t mus i c a l c a vemen bang i ng on sh i t .

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down time is just putting together our psyches pretty much. It’s funny this is the first time we have ever played Richmond in all the years that we’ve toured.

: With you guys constantly changing lineups from record to record to record, you and the drummer have both been around (since the beginning). Is it difficult having people come in and want to do something different or do you just kind of pick and choose and say we’re going to do it this way?

: You know, I mean, people have been coming and going because it’s a hard lifestyle. Just being on the road all the time you have to forego a lot of things. I’m not complaining at all, because we’re lucky that we can be a band and go (tour) and people will come out and see us. We’re thankful for that. We could be touring our asses off and no one would come out and see us. It’s a blessing.

: I know the audience goes kind of nuts at your show. How do you feed off of that energy? Do you just bust ass every night or do you just go with the feel of the crowd?

We go for it every night. If the crowd is reacting, and we definitely want it to be a genuine reaction and people are feeling it, freaking out and they don’t really care what the people next to them think, that is like, the best crowd. We’ve played some shows on this tour where people just stand there with their arms crossed and you know, we’re not going to dial it in. It bums us out. We’re just going to play the set the way we were going to play it. We might get more aggressive in the way we’re playing because we get vibed out with those people watching us. Although, we understand that for first timers it can be a lot to take in. We understand that when people are just watching they could be just processing. You know, they’re not walking out.

As far as where the style for Man Man came from, people try to compare you to a lot of other things. I try to explain to people what exactly your style is, and I have a hard time. When you were sitting down to come up with a concept did you say I want to make music like this, or did you just come together with the people you were around at the time?

I wanted to make music. I watched this film many years ago called The Holy Mountain (1973). It’s by (Alejandro) Jodorwosky. I watched all his films, but The Holy Mountain

I showed up to The National ear ly, hoping that I could knock out this interview and stay out of everyone’s hair. As I walked around the side of the venue to the load-in door, I noticed something peculiar. There were no vans, trailers or other obvious signs of a bustling backstage one would expect a mere one hour to the doors opening out front. I approached a staff member to inquire as to where my interviewee might be found.“Fat chance! The band’s not even here yet. They won’t be ‘til around 7 either,” I was told by a scruffy stagehand.

I went off to make a couple of phone calls and regroup, not letting this minor setback keep me from getting what I came for. A great show and an interview with Ryan Kattner, otherwise known as Honus Honus, the lead singer/keyboard player for Man Man.

After skulking about for a bit I finally saw a large box van pull up and a road-weary crew piled out. I walked up and introduced myself to my intended target. I was a bit apprehen-sive, at the same time I wanted to stay as unobtrusive as possible.

After load-in was complete and the band had shaken off the road miles of the day, I caught up with Honus Honus on the way out to smoke a cigarette. Upon finding a couple of chairs and a lighter, we were able to find a quiet spot on 7th Street between a plate glass window and a couple of dumpsters.

: With your constant touring schedule, do you guys ever get some sor t of vacation or is touring like vacation for you guys?

: It’s definitely not vacation for us. Any down time we have between tours is just us gearing up for another tour. So we’ve been doing that for the past three and a half years, and it’s kind of wearing us out so we’re going to have to remedy that and take a little break after this tour.

: I know with the frenetic sound you guys have, just constantly going, constantly writing songs, do you think you will be able to take some down time and just rearrange things?

: We just want to write new material. The past year has been hard because we’ve just been on tour forever, so we haven’t had any time to work on anything new really. Our

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specifically. When I saw that film, it was just so beautiful and just violent and crazy and moving at times, and I wanted to do a musical equivalent to that film. Now when people ask me to describe the band I say it’s like Elton John buried alive, with a microphone and search dogs.

: Excellent. Coming from that style and that sor t of explanation and the way things move you, you’re definitely a very feeling kind of person from what I’ve heard. Where do you draw your lyrics from? Is that just objective, seeing what goes on around you or is it kind of a subjective experience from you life?

: I wish I had an easygoing life. I wish that I was a laid back person. I wish that things weren’t always spiraling in some direction. But I feel that if these things weren’t happen-ing it would definitely affect the lyrics. The lyrics are an amalgam of personal experience, stuff that has happened to other people, direct references, abstract references. It’s funny ‘cause the good thing about writing a pop song is that there is a level of objectivity that someone can identify with. If it’s too me, me, me, personal, it’s like, you know, who gives a fuck about you? You’re just whining. There’s times when I’ve written a song, and I think it’s relatively objective and that I’m only putting a little of myself into it, and then I’ ll hear the song three or four years later and it’s like a time warp right to where I was. I’m like oh my God, you were fucked up (laughs).

: Going from lyrics on the differ- ent albums, with this new one, Rabbit Hab-its, it star ts out really strong. The first set of lyrics, you’re putting out

a message there. Is there any specific way you choose the song order, the flow to the albums?

: Yeah, it’s the same way we do a live set.

There’s got to be an ebb to everything. It’s funny because putting together Rabbit Habits was so hard as far as sequencing the album, because you want it to be some sor t of narrative trip. It star ts off, and it grabs you and it pulls you in and by the end you’re almost at a melancholy outro. It was crazy putting our two longest songs last. It works. I l

That’s excellent. I like that idea there. I

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from the new album, where a lot of bands are moving to Philly, going and coming, I can’t really say I have been up there a whole lot. No one has really been able to pigeonhole one Philly sound, but I know with your sound, “El Azteca,” that’s a great song, and it’s one of my favorite songs on the album. It really catches people off guard. I wouldn’t necessarily expect to hear that from a

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There is a conch shell. If our boys were Lord of the Flies we would have killed Piggy immediately and then wrote a sad song about it. That’s the one thing that we’re trying to work on more and more. Our live shows they’re kind of full tilt; a lot of times the subtle-ties of the arrangements get lost in the hustle and bustle of the show. So we’re trying to work more of that in there. Trust me, if I thought we could get by this long by just banging on shit and screaming like cavemen, we would have done that from day one. But I don’t think people would stick around. It’s crazy, people come out and see us four of five times, and I don’t know how they can do it. But then again, I see us every night.

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I have to con fess , I hea rd abou t Ho t Lav a long be fo r e I saw them. Bu t when I f i na l l y d id , I r ea l l y w i shed I hadn’ t wa i t ed so long ! T he band ’s sound i s unden iab ly ca t c hy – th ink ‘60s pop sens ib i l i t i e s mee ts ‘90s lo - f i i nd ie r oc k . Lav a logy , the i r debu t a lbum, was o f f i c i a l l y r e l eased on Bar /None Records ea r l i e r th i s month and i s ga r ner ing much p r a i se th r ough -ou t the mus i c wor ld .

A f t e r a t tend ing a hand fu l o f shows to ge t an idea o f how the band p layed toge ther, I wen t to the i r p r ac t i ce to conduc t the i n te r v i e w. Wha t s t r uc k me mos t was wha t an i nc r ed ib ly n i ce , f un g r oup o f peop le they a r e . W i th appear ances a t CMJ and Sou th by Sou thwes t i n the nex t f e w months , you ’ d

be w i se to ca t c h Ho t Lav a now be fo r e they exp lode .

Tal ia M iller : Te l l me the band c r ea t ion s to r y !

All ison Apperson (vocals/gu itar) : I t ’ s so no t g lamorous. I was a j un io r i n i n te r ac t i ve des ign , and i ns tead o f do ing wor k I was s ta r t i ng to mess a r ound in

Ga r ageBand , and I made a l l t hese funny i ns t r umenta l songs w i th the i r p r epac kaged loops. I j us t dec ided to s ta r t s i ng ing ove r those when I was r ea l l y d r unk one n igh t

and d id tha t fo r abou t s i x months. Randomly one day I bough t a gu i t a r, and I t r i ed to ge t J a r ed to teach i t t o me , and he sa id no.

Jared Sosa (drums/vocals ) : Yeah , I s t i l l have 10 MySpace messages i n my i nbox…

All ison : I t was l i ke teach me gu i ta r, t each me gu i ta r, because he was the on ly gu i t a r p laye r I kne w, and he was l i ke j us t use the In te r ne t , so I d id . I l ea r ned a bunch o f songs I l i ked . A f t e r a wh i l e my f r i end B i l l and I s ta r ted mak ing r ea l songs , k i nd o f by acc iden t . Bu t then B i l l moved away, and I ca l l ed Ja r ed on a n igh t be fo r e a show and was l i ke wanna p lay bass i n my band? He d id and mag i ca l l y he s ta r ted p lay ing d r ums, too, and then a long came these two ! (Po in t s to Andr e w Mowe and Mat t Deans. )

Tal ia : How d id you guys mee t Andr e w and Mat t?

Andrew Mowe (bass/vocals ) : I was a f an o f Ho t Lav a . I wou ld go see the i r shows e ve r y t ime they p layed . I t hough t they wer e r ea l l y f un . I l ea r ned to p lay bass a l i t t l e b i t so they asked me to j o in and f i gu r ed i t was a good f i t s i nce nobody r ea l l y kne w wha t the he l l t hey wer e do ing.

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Tal ia : So i t was j us t J a r ed and A l l i son a t f i r s t?

Jared : We had a bunch o f peop le be fo r e Andr e w and Mat t .

All ison : T her e wer e l i ke se ven peop le i n the band be fo r e th i s happened . I t was a bunch o f f r i ends and then we s topped p r ac t i c i ng toge ther.

Tal ia : And you came in (po in t i ng a t Ma t t )?

Matt Deans (keyboard/gu itar/vocals ) : I ’m l as t . I was i n a band ca l l ed Ho-Ax , and I had never heard Ho t Lav a be-fo r e . My f r i end f r om tha t band sa id we shou ld p lay a show w i th Ho t Lav a , and I ’ d ne ver heard them so we wen t to see them p lay, and I i ns tan t l y wan ted to be i n the band . T hen the r e happened to be an open ing i n the band .

Tal ia : How long have you been p lay ing i n th i s i nca r -na t ion?

Jared : A lmos t s i x months.

Tal ia : And you guys a r e s ta r t i ng to do b ig th ings now, ( s ign ing to r ecord l abe l ) Bar None , (p lay ing Ne w Yor k mus i c f es t i v a l ) CMJ…

All ison : T ha t ’ s go ing to be i n te r es t i ng…I mean i f I we r e a t CMJ I ’ d go see Geor ge C l i n ton , and we can fo r f r ee !

Jared : You ’ r e no t go ing to see Coheed and Cam-br ia?

All ison : I don’ t wanna see them, no ! T ha t ’ s r e -a l l y coo l t ha t we ge t to do tha t s tu f f. I t hough t

MacRock was r ea l l y coo l when we go t to do tha t , because I a lways wan ted to go and tha t was my f i r s t t ime go ing.

Tal ia : T he a lbum Bar /None r e leased , you r ecorded i t and r e leased i t your se l f ea r l i e r. I s i t t r ue you

used Gar ageBand to r ecord the who le a lbum?

Jared : Yep. I l i ked the way A l l i son’ s songs wer e , and I d idn’ t r ea l l y wan t to make them too d i f f e r en t f r om tha t .

All ison : P lus , i t ’ s too f r ee no t to take fu l l adv an -tage o f !

Tal ia : So they j us t took i t and r epac kaged i t ?

Andrew : When I f i r s t j o i ned the band we p layed w i th Oppenh imer a t Hyper l i nk . Ba r /None has them

on the i r l abe l , and they asked A l l i son i f we wan ted to p lay a show w i th them.

All ison : Yeah , I guess we wer e the on ly poppy band they cou ld f i nd i n R i c hmond . We p layed w i th them in May o f 2007 , and i t was k ind o f a bad show

bu t they wer e s t i l l i n to i t . I guess we ’ r e so endear -i ng when we ’ r e r ea l l y aw fu l ! I g ave them a r ea l l y

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bad demo and then when we r e leased th i s one I sen t i t t o them, and was l i ke , do you s t i l l l i ke i t ?

And they wer e l i ke yeah we r ea l l y do !

Jared : I t was we i r d , we d idn’ t know wha t they wer e up to because they kep t ema i l i ng.

All ison : Yeah they ’ d ema i l me a l l t he t ime and be l i ke we r ea l l y l i ke your a lbum, and I was l i ke

okay thanks , we do too I guess?

Tal ia : Okay, t hanks , buy a hundr ed cop ies ! And tha t o f f i c i a l l y came ou t l as t Tuesday on Bar /None ,

and you ’ r e p lay ing Bar /None ’s showcase a t CMJ?

All ison : A t m idn igh t !

Tal ia : I s t ha t l i ke , t hey ’ r e b r eak ing you guys as the ho t ne w band a t m idn igh t?

Jared : I don’ t know i f i t ’ s gonna wor k ou t . You know how i t i s when i t ’ s l a te and peop le wan t to

go home…

Tal ia : I know you p lay a r ound town f r equen t ly. Does i t ge t exhaus t i ng? A r e you s ta r t i ng to p lay l ess shows?

Matt : We l l , peop le kep t ask ing us to p lay shows, and i t snowba l l ed and we d id i t fo r a l i t t l e wh i l e

and go t r ea l t i r ed , because we had to go to wor k and f i nd the t ime to wr i t e some ne w mate r i a l . I t ’ s

been hard to sc r ape tha t t ime toge ther and now we a r e t r y i ng to knoc k some o f tha t ou t .

Tal ia : Yeah , bu t i t ’ s coo l , t oo, because I f ee l l i ke e ve r y t ime I see you p lay the r e ’ s a to ta l l y

d i f f e r en t c r ow d , and they ’ r e a l l r ea l l y i n to you !

Jared : Yeah , tha t ’ s why I l i ke do ing i t . T hey ’ r e no t go ing to show up i f t hey ’ ve a l r eady seen i t so

hope fu l l y t he r e w i l l a lways be ne w peop le the r e .

Tal ia : When you make mus i c , do you e ve r th ink abou t the peop le who a r e l i s ten ing to i t , wha t

you ’ r e t r y i ng to ge t ac r oss , t h ings l i ke tha t?

Andrew : My 5 -year-o ld cous in i s r ea l l y i n to the a l -bum. She and her f r i ends p layed i t on he r boombox i n

the f r on t l awn and danced a r ound .

All ison : My l i t t l e cous ins l i ke i t , t oo !

Andrew : I t h ink i f we had to p i c k a ta r ge t aud ience , i t ’ d be c h i l d r en .

Matt : I ’m f i na l l y i n a band tha t doesn’ t make my par en ts wan t to ba r f !

Jared : My dad s t i l l comp la ins though , l i ke “ I can’ t under -s tand the l y r i c s ! ”

Tal ia : I t h ink tha t ’ s an age-o ld pa r en t th ing.

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Tal ia : You j us t wan ted to say b r eas t f eeder s i n the i n te r v i e w !

Matt : No, no, they ’ r e g r ea t . T hey ’ ve r ea l l y i n f l uenced wha t I wan ted to do l a te ly ; t hey make me wan t to sound mor e l i ke the ‘60s.

All ison : I t h ink we ’ ve r ea l l y bonded ove r ELO, too.

Tal ia : I f you cou ld each p lay mus i c w i th any -one i n h i s to r y, who wou ld i t be?

All ison : I wan t K im Dea l to be i n the band . I t h ink she ’ d take us fo r a c r azy r i de !

Andrew : I t h ink we shou ld do a Dav id Bow ie due t .

Jared : Yeah , he seems f r i end ly !

All ison : And r ea l l y w i se !

Tal ia : Wha t ’ s your f unn ies t show memor y? Te l l me some good ones !

Jared : Someone go t i n a f i gh t when we wer e p lay ing i n G r eenv i l l e !

All ison : And we ’ r e so happy !

Tal ia : No ! Was i t c l ose to the s tage?

All ison : Once you ’ r e 38 you can’ t under -s tand any th ing anymor e !

Tal ia : As f a r as your own mus i c , wha t a r e bands you l i s ten to and th ink a r e awesome?

Matt : I don’ t know i f we ’ r e go ing to sound any th ing l i ke these bands , bu t Devo has a l -ways been a b ig i n f l uence on me , bu t I ’m a keyboard ne rd . As f a r as bands tha t p lay now, Enon , the Sad Cobr as f r om Roanoake who we ’ r e f r i ends w i th…

Andrew : R igh t now we ’ ve been p lay ing as a P r e tender s cove r band , and I t h ink we sound l i ke them in some ways. I a l so r ea l l y en joy l i s ten ing to Pavement and l a te ly a l o t o f Deerhoo f.

All ison : I as a k id r ea l l y, r ea l l y l oved No Doub t , and T he Pr e tender s , and Enon and the Sad Cobr as ; we a l l l ove them, I t h ink i n a c r eepy way. T hey ’ r e our band c r ush .

Jared : I l i s t en to a l o t o f 98 .9 L ibe r t y, be -cause they ’ ve go t some r ea l l y dumb mash-ups , l i ke Dave Ma t the ws Band nex t to Bob Mar ley, I t h ink i n ten t iona l l y…

Matt : Oh , the r e ’ s a band f r om Mont r ea l ca l l ed Les Br eas t f eeder s who have…

Jared : I t was a t a house show…what was i t ca l l ed?

All ison : T he Turduc ken house ! We p layed the r e , and they ’ r e r ea l l y f un . I t ’ s the on ly th ing to do i n G r eenv i l l e fo r ECU s tuden ts . I guess someone go t r ea l l y mad dur -i ng our se t and s ta r ted th i s c i r c l e p i t t h ing, and these k ids go t i n a f i gh t and we j us t kep t go ing !

Andrew : I d idn’ t e ven know wha t was happen ing !

All ison : I d idn’ t e i t he r un t i l I saw a f i s t i n the a i r !

Tal ia : Do you have fu tu r e p lans w i th Bar /None?

All ison : We s igned on fo r 3 a lbums w i th them, bu t they ’ r e op t iona l . So we have to s top p lay ing shows a l l t he t ime so we can wr i t e songs !

Matt : T her e ’ s a l so a J apanese r ecord l abe l , Kuro fune , tha t ’ s go ing to be d i s t r i bu t i ng Lav a logy i n December.

Tal ia : So does th i s mean you ge t to do a Japanese tour?

All : I hope ; we go t ta go !

Jared : Wou ldn’ t you go?

Tal ia : Yes ! Espec ia l l y r ead ing abou t the aud iences ove r the r e f r eak ing ou t fo r you !

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Jared : Even i f t hey d idn’ t , I ’ d be l i ke bye guys , l e t ’ s ge t some beer !

Tal ia : Any th ing you wan t me to ask , t h ings tha t you w i sh peop le wou ld ask you?

All ison : I don’ t l i ke i t when peop le say we sound l i ke the beach ! I t ’ s j us t tha t one damn song !

Andrew : O r psychede l i c !

Tal ia : I t h ink you guys sound r ea l l y su r f y… is tha t beachy?

All ison : I t ’ s d i f f e r en t ! I ’m t i r ed o f hear ing abou t the beach ; I don’ t l i ke i t t ha t much ! And fu tu r e p lans , go to J apan… and Sco t -l and ! We ’ r e t r y i ng to ge t our r ecord pu t ou t the r e , too.

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SOmetHinG FOr aLL OF US I n t e r v i e w w i t h B r e n d a n C a n n i n g

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Broken Soc ia l Scene’s i con ic fu l l , spr aw l ing sound is a t t imes in tense , a t t imes jov ia l , but cons is tent ly thought fu l , so i t came as no sur pr ise that Bren-dan Cann ing wou ld be the same way. Comfor table and open, Brendan s tood outs ide h is tour bus in the Toad’s par k ing lo t . We came upon h im watch -ing peop le exc i ted ly s t r eam in to h is concer t , as he wa i ted unnot iced , s t r umming a smal l gu i tar, jus t a few feet f r om the concer t door s. We went look-ing for bet ter l ight ing, descend ing in to the wa lkway a long the cana l . Br endan had an easy ga i t and accompan ied out wa lk by s t r umming. He was im-media te ly f r iend ly, but not too f r iend ly. There was noth ing r ehear sed or banter y about i t a l l . I t was the k ind o f conver sat ion dr i ven by organ ic pens i ve moments o f s i lence , mak ing i t comfor table to ask a hodge-podge o f quest ions.

A l i n a S h a b a s h e v i c h : I wanted to s tar t by ta lk -ing about your a lbum. How d id that come about? What prompted the Broken Soc ia l Scene Presents ser ies?

B r e n d e n C a n n i n g : I t was jus t a natur a l cour se o f ac t ion that was happen ing. Kev in had been r e-cord ing a r ecord , we l l he had been r ecord ing some songs, and I had done a coup le a t our f r iend Ohad’s s tud io, who is a somet imes member, but then most o f what he seemed to be do ing seemed to be more Kev in-cent r i c . We had f in ished a b ig hunk o f tour ing in 2006 and p layed our las t show as i t were . Then at the beg inn ing o f 2007 my next -door ne ighbor, he has a s tud io not f ar f r om where we both l i ve , so we s tar ted r ecord ing there . What was gonna come

out o f that seemed to be more o f a Brendan-cent r i c k ind o f r ecord . We weren’ t r ea l ly sur e what was go-ing on then, and then i t was, oh , we ’ l l do th is Bro-ken Soc ia l Scene Presents k inda th ing. I r ea l i zed , oh yeah, I was th ink ing about that a wh i le back , but mine was more I pr esent Broken Soc ia l Scene or Kev in pr esents Broken Soc ia l Scene. I don’ t know. That ’s jus t k ind o f how i t wor ked out .

A S : So what de f ines i t as your own? What makes i t Br endan-cent r i c?

B C : I t ’ s more that I wou ld have the f ina l say, as op-posed to i f we ar e a l l wor k ing on a song together, and we want to make sure ever yone is as happy as can poss ib ly be w i th the t r ack . In th is case I can say, you know, I th ink i t ’ s done.

PJ Sy k e s : So is the idea that ever yone adds the i r own f lavor and i t becomes a Broken Soc ia l Scene song?

B C : Yeah. I mean there is no r ea l for mula . The band does the i r own th ing ; we each do our own th ing, but we p lay the tunes f rom my r ecord , the tunes f rom Kev in’s r ecord in our set , and we cou ld have jus t as eas i ly put those under a Broken Soc ia l Scene tag. I don’ t th ink anyone wou ld be s i t t ing in the aud ience say ing hey, wa i t a minute that sounds r ea l ly d i f fe r-ent , because u l t imate ly i t ’ s not r ea l ly d i f fe r ent .

A S : Wou ld you say that when you guys a l l wor k as Broken Soc ia l Scene, as a who le , that consensus is the ma in ob jec t i ve?

B C : No, I th ink hav ing a good tune is the ma in ob jec t i ve . There ’s lo ts o f moments a long the way where we’ l l a r gue about how a tune is go ing to come together, but u l t imate ly, i t ’ s not that we sat -is fy ever yone, i t ’ s the f ac t that you can l i s ten to i t f r om top to bot tom and say i f i t ’ s a good tune or not . That ’s r ea l ly the ma in ob jec t i ve .

A S : Wou ld you say you take one o f the more lead ing pos i t ions in that process?

B C : I wou ld say, yeah. I guess i t depends. A l l over the cour se o f our car eer i t ’ s been r ea l easy a t lo ts o f junc tur es, but ther e ’s been a few spots t r y ing to comple te the past two Broken Soc ia l Scene r ecords where i t has been more d i f f i cu l t s ince you have th is many peop le invo lved. You do what you can.

A S : I r ead a BSS in ter v iew where Kev in Drew s ta ted ‘ I f you’ r e go ing to get down to s ta t ing bands as r ip-o f f bands, then no one shou ld make any more mus ic . Or ig ina l and d i f fe r ent ar e for the pompous ones – there ’s noth ing or ig ina l or d i f fe r ent out ther e . I t ’ s jus t d i f fe r ent takes, d i f fe r ent op in ions, d i f fe r ent words, d i f fe r ent l ips. A l l the chords, a l l the songs have been wr i t ten thousands and thou-sands o f t imes. I t ’ s jus t pr esentat ion now. ’Wou ld you say what ’s le f t i s r emix ing, l i ke G i r l Ta lk?

B C : What d id G i r l Ta lk do?

A S : He makes mashups.

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B C : Be ing a DJ on the s ide , I f ind mashups ar e in ter est -ing for about for the f i r s t 20 seconds. When I D J I jus t p lay songs, so when I was p lay ing house mus ic I wou ld wor k on mix ing t r acks, but my ob jec t i ve was qu i t d i f fe r -ent . Coming at i t as a DJ, my ob jec t i ve was I ’m go ing to put on th is r ecord , and now I ’m go ing to put on that r ecord and mash the beats up and hope that whatever I come up w i th w i l l be l i ve and on the spot . You know, i t ’ s not the most compl ica ted th ing be ing a house DJ somet imes, but you’ r e do ing that r emix ing on the spot . I jus t f ind that I l i ved through maybe a coup le more scenes and genres than some o f the newer crop o f bands, so I ’m more in ter ested in bands that jus t come and p lay – not so Amer ican Appare l . That seems to be a f ash ion . The h ips ter s jus t look l i ke Amer ican Appare l ads. They do our t -sh i r ts , but I don’ t necessar i ly subscr ibe . I don’ t pay a t tent ion to too many new bands un less they ar e r ea l ly rock ing my socks o f f.

A S : What bands ar e rock ing your socks o f f r ight now?

B C : New bands? Ar thur and Yu, I thought they were a good band. I heard the i r r ecord because i t was ly ing around the o f f i ce one day, so I gr abbed i t and took i t home. We thought they wou ld be a gr eat suppor t ing ac t so we took them on tour las t year. We have Land o f Ta lk on th is tour. They ’ r e good. They ar e p lay ing two r i f f s w i th L iz s ing ing over the top o f that . That one tune where they were l i ke (makes descr ip t i ve gu i tar sounds)… I a lso l i ke Dr. Dog.

A S : Ar e you p lann ing to come out w i th more o f your own a lbums?

B C : We l l , you know, I probably have a long car eer as a mus ic ian ahead o f me. I ’m in good hea l th and a l l that . So, yeah, we’ r e jus t get t ing s tar ted .

A S : I s ther e anyone s la ted next on the Presents ser ies?

B C : No, but Char les, he ’s go ing to showcase a l i t t le someth ing. Our gu i tar p layer has h is Apost le o f Hust le pro jec t that he does. We l l , band, not pro jec t . Ohad, a t the s tud io where I r ecorded some o f my r ecord , he ’s got h is own r ecord . So those ar e coming out on the l i t t le labe l we got out in Canada,

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Ar ts and Cr a f ts , but noth ing under the Presents th ing. We had ta lked about do ing some l i t t le b i t o f f i lm wor k here and there . Score s tu f f. We had ideas o f r e leas ing some f i lm wor k we’ ve done. Jus t d idn’ t r ea l ly take a h igh pr ior i t y. There was some s tu f f on a hard dr i ve that f ina l ly got opened. We’ r e s i t t ing on mus ic that ’s e i ther here or ther e or ther e or ther e , so i f someone r ea l ly wanted to spearhead i t , but r ight now we’ r e between keep ing th is tour go ing and f igur ing out how we’ r e go ing to s tar t mak ing a new r ecord . S tar t ing a new r ecord is the pr ior i t y r ight now r a ther than a bunch o f in ter est ing in t rospect i ve p ieces that were meant to be put to f i lm, even though i t ’ s in ter est ing l i s ten ing. Our s tu f f gets p ic ked up for l i cens ing a l l the t ime. Ha l f Ne lson is where i t got the most notor ie ty, but la te ly we jus t keep on get t ing p ic ked up, f r om a Ch i lean documentar y to Ander son Cooper us ing i t for some CNN s tu f f.

PJ S : What do you th ink about how we ar e head ing toward the download ing age? I jus t r ead an ar t i c le that some major labe ls were put t ing out mus ic on a phone card .

B C : T he ind ie labe ls w i l l a lways do the “buy the v iny l and you can get a f r ee download” th ing. I t ’ s good i f you’ r e a v iny l buyer. I am. But I don’ t have an iPod, so I ’m not the best per son to ask , but The Ver ve sent the i r new a lbum on a phone. The guys f rom Vice Magaz ine were say ing cute idea , but I haven’ t l i s tened to i t , because I got the a lbum on a phone. I th ink ma jor s ar e jus t t r y ing to do whatever they can to keep the boat a f loat , but f r om when I s tar ted p lay ing mus ic and s ign ing r ecord dea ls in 1992 i t ’ s a who le d i f fe r ent ba l lgame. There ar e a lo t less labe ls than there were back then.

CDs wou ld a lways get los t in the house. You wou ld lend them out w i th less o f a car e . I pr e fer jus t s i t t ing a t home and l i s ten ing. They have a l i t t le b i t more w id th and br eadth to them. For some k ids r ight now the concept o f go ing out and buy ing mus ic i s for e ign to them.

That ’s a l l you can hope for, that peop le suppor t mus ic in ever y way, shape that ’s comfor table for them.

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Ga inesv i l l e , a sma l l l i t t l e town in Nor th Flor ida that has opened i t s door s up to thousands o f peop le tha t love punk rock to come to i t ’ s own fes t , dubbed The Fest , e ver y October. T he on ly th ing impor tant I l ear ned ther e was the d i f fe r ence o f Budwe iser Amer ican A le and Amer i -can Lager, but my g lasses a lso broke in ha l f w i thout a good s tor y, I managed to not get a hangover, and I saw and missed a sh i t ton o f good bands.

Th is Fes t began w i th a poo l par ty ( i t ’ s no Hadads) a t the Ho l iday Inn , the same one that got t r ashed las t year. T hey had th is hote l on lockdown. You had to have a separ ate pass f r om The Fest pass jus t to be in the hote l a f te r the par ty. I a r r i ved around 4 p.m. and r an in to a nes t o f my f r iends who had a l r eady got ten wasted , ha l f naked and b lacked out be for e a band had even p layed . I r an in to one o f these ca ts around 9 that n ight , and he had a l r eady passed out and was hav ing a hangover a l r eady.

The f i r s t band on my l i s t was Boston’s R inger s, who p lay Jawbreaker-esk pop punk that has more energy that ever y o ther band that sound any th ing l i ke Jawbreaker. Once R inger s s tar ted p lay ing, one o f the th ings I love about The Fest happened: you get to see a band that wou ld p lay R ichmond to maybe 50 peop le who bop the i r heads, p lay to a room f i l l ed w i th 500 peop le who know

the ly r i cs to ever y song and r age for i t . A f te r R inger s and Ch i -nese Te lephones I made my way to the At lant i c , wh ich i s probably the coo les t venue in Ga inesv i l l e , to check out Ghast ly C i t y S leep. GCS cons is t o f member s f r om C i t y o f Ca ter p i l l a r, Ma jor i t y Ru le , and ¡Apesh i t ! , bu t sound c loser to Rad iohead than Bor n Aga ins t . T he band packed the At lant i c and p layed the i r bes t show that I have seen to date – k ids wer e s toked . Nex t up was Br a inwor ms a t the venue , 1982. 1982 is sma l le r than the At lant i c , wher e Br a inwor ms have p layed the past two year s, but i t d id not s top k ids f r om pack-ing in the bar, and whoever cou ld not get in watched f r om the outs ide . Even a t a sma l le r venue ther e was no lack o f energy when they p layed compared to the pr ev ious year s. Tr y ing to ca tch Tuber s was imposs ib le s ince so many bands p lay c lose together a t d i f fe r ent venues, and th is was the case for Tuber s and Br a inwor ms. I got to the At lant i c and thought I was go ing to see Tuber s, see ing that they wer e on s tage . I got s toked and r ea l i zed 10 minutes la ter tha t they had jus t p layed and were not about to p lay aga in . So f a r I had missed the chance to see my f r iends in the i r assor ted bands f r om St . August ine p lay thr ee t imes.

I then took the dr unken quest on foot to the new venue for th is year ca l led the K ic ks tand. T h is was the spot . I t was l i ke the B ike Lot in the f ac t tha t i t was a b ike spot in a war ehouse ar ea . My homeboys Dynami te Ar rows were p lay ing, and i t was t ight to see them p lay what was probably go ing to be the i r las t show for a wh i le . A f te r Dynami te Ar rows I wa lked a long a im less ly and looked for bands to see but was a l r eady bur nt out for the n ight .

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I got word o f what was probably go ing to be the coo les t th ing o f the who le Fes t . Pa in t i t B lack wer e go ing to be p lay ing a show in the back o f a U-Hau l t r uck in the par k ing lo t across f r om the ma in venue a f ter tha t show was over. I wa lked over to the par k ing lo t , r an in to a bunch o f dudes I knew and r ea l i zed th is sh i t was fo ’ r ea l . A U-Hau l r o l led up and was opened. Ly ing ther e was a l l the equ ipment to do th is sh i t . A t the same t ime between 300-500 k ids came and gather ed around the t r uck . Pa in t i t B lack began to p lay, and not even one minute in to the f i r s t song a l l the power b lew and i t became jus t the dr ums. Her e i s the awesomeness that i s punk rock : the dr ummer kept p lay ing the song and ther e wer e hundreds o f k ids s ing ing ever y word o f the song even though i t had gone to sh i t . Peop le s tar ted to jump o f f the top o f the t r uck in to the c rowd, even a f ter the f i r s t song. Peop le s tar t s ing ing in un ison another Pa in t i t B lack song but then a bunch o f cops came and ended i t . T her e shou ld be some s tu f f on l ine about th is so check i t out . Come thr ee in the mor n ing I am dr ink ing a mi l kshake f r om Steak and Shake , and I have no c lue how and why.

Saturday, i t ’ s 10 in the mor n ing, what the fuck am I do ing up? Tur ns out ther e i s a badass house show across town fea tur ing none o ther than Br a inwor ms, P ink Razor s, Ampere and Cu l t R i tua l . T her e were so many peop le ther e as soon as P ink Razor s p layed (who were f i r s t ) tha t I and maybe 50 other peop le cou ldn’ t even f i t in the house . Ins tead o f beer and p izza , ever yone had co f fee and bage ls. I t

c lear ed out jus t enough a f ter P ink Razor s p layed to get an a l l r ight spot for Br a inwor ms. I t wasn’ t as w i ld as the n ight be for e , but I wou ld say that k ids wer e as equa l ly s toked about see ing Br a inwor ms a t th is show. T her e was a co f fee shop a b lock f r om the house and the g i r l s wor k ing had these looks on the i r f aces l i ke they had never seen th is k ind o f bus iness be for e . I don’ t th ink that they had ever seen so many d i r t y wh i te peop le in l ine for co f fee in the i r s tor e ’s ex is tence . Ampere and Cu l t R i tua l p layed , k ids went c r azy and my head wasn’ t r eady to hear mus ic tha t loud a t the moment , so I jus t ch i l l ed outs ide . Her e came the r ea l sur pr ise . T he band Cheeky showed up and ended up p lay ing. I had never seen them, but they wer e the sh i t ! Cheeky ar e compr ised o f a younger group o f g i r l s and a dude, and p lay more so l id punk rock then most bands that ar e 10 year s o lder than them. Apparent ly they broke up though, wh ich sucks.

Back down to the ac tua l Fes t , peop le wer e a l l over the s t r eets o f Ga ines-v i l l e in assor ted bar s and r es t r a in ts , s low ly mak ing the i r way in to venues. Mouthbr eather was p lay ing down the s t r eet f r om the pub I was in , so I got to see them p lay probably the i r bes t se t as a band. A f te r them i t was count -less bands that sounded l i ke the o ther bands, and I honest ly d idn’ t g i ve a fuck unt i l Coa lesce p layed . Coa lesce ar e/were a band that I have been t r y ing to see for 10 year s, th is i s one o f the bands I wou ld p iss my par ents o f f w i th by l i s ten ing to i t to loud ins tead o f do ing my homewor k . In the 90s Coa lesce se t themse lves apar t f r om your aver age hardcor e or meta l band w i th un ique voca ls and bass dr i ven jams. The band a t The Fest was

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as heavy and p issed o f f as I wou ld o f ever hoped. A t one po in t voca l i s t Sean Ingr am (who was chugg ing Jack in between songs) jus t thr ew h is m ic s tand down and jumped out in the c rowd and got jus t as rowdy w i th ever yone as he shou ld have . I t k inda summed up how p issed the i r mus ic i s . T he band p layed a good co l lec t ion o f songs f r om the i r car eer, and one that i s go ing to be on a new a lbum apparent ly. S toked !

A f ter get t ing that out o f my sys tem i t was t ime to check out Ar ma l i te and P ink Razor s. Ar ma l i te for those who ar en’ t f ami l ia r w i th them ar e Atom and H is Package and Dan Yemin’s (L i fe t ime, K id Dynami te) pop punk band. T hey had some r id i cu lous s tage banter tha t I w ish I cou ld r emember, but gu i ta r i s t M ike McKee d id a vegan r ap that you shou ld t r y to f ind on YouTube or someth ing. P ink Razor s wer e up nex t ; i t was spectacu lar get t ing to see these guys p lay aga in . T he band p layed a bunch o f new songs o f f the i r new LP and ended w i th “F ine Food,” wh ich made the c rowd go nuts. I t r ied to make i t to the K ic ks tand to see A l l iga tor, wh ich i s some o f my budd ies f r om St . August ine . I got ther e jus t in t ime to see two songs and success fu l ly m issed a l l the bands f r om St . August ine pr e t ty much. By the t ime they wer e done i t was o f f to 1982 to see Cata lys t and Ant le r s. Ca ta lys t seemed to p lay more new songs than o ld songs – R ichmond be pr epared , these new songs r ip. Ant le r s p layed a so l id se t tha t I have seen on many Best o f Fes t l i s ts. I r an out wh i le Ant le r s wer e p lay ing to go ca tch Mun ic ipa l Waste , wh ich as you expect was c r azy as sh i t . I had broken my g lasses the n ight be for e and wasn’ t ab le to comple te ly make out what was go ing on , but I know that Tony jumped on top o f the PA, wh ich was probably

a good 10 fee t p lus h igh and dove in to the c rowd. I t was pr e t ty badass ; k ids wer e lov ing i t .

One o f the ma in h igh l igh ts o f The Fest i s see ing D i l l i nger Four p lay. I had nev-er seen them at The Fest , and th is i s probably the i r bes t show ever y year f r om what I ’ ve heard . T hey s tar ted p lay ing and i t looked l i ke ever y k id in the room knew ever y word to ever y song, even the new ones ! T hey outd id themse lves f r om the show in R ichmond the week be for e , p lay ing an even more d i ver se se t o f songs that spanned the i r who le car eer. T her e was a huge dog p i le o f k ids jus t s tor ming the s tage , f igh t ing for who got to be in the f r ont . O f cour se , when they p layed the i r b ig z inger “Doublewh iskeycokeno ice” sh i t went insane .

Pr e t ty much a f ter see ing D4, The Fest was made for me. I t r ied to watch some more bands but jus t d id not have i t in me anymore . So ins tead o f wa i t ing for a r ide to the hote l I went for the 30-block wa lk , wh ich k inda sucked, but i t bu i lds char ac ter. On Sunday I on ly got to ca tch thr ee bands s ince we had to leave ear ly th is year. Re l ig ious as Fuck p layed a t a p lace that looked more l i ke the Fes t Hause a t Bush Gardens than a c lub. I t e ven had some s i l l y l igh t tha t moved w i th the mus ic . Apparent ly a band ca l led Jawesome p layed be for e them, and they p lay spr ing br eak hardcor e . Th is m ight be someth ing wor th look ing in to. Josh Sma l l p layed a huge show in Common Grounds that even though ther e wer e hundreds o f peop le ther e i t was s t i l l as ch i l l as i f he was p lay ing in your l i v -ing room. Las t ly I got to see the Ar r i v a ls , wh ich ar e probably one o f the best bands around r ight now, and they wer e a gr eat way to c lose The Fest for me.

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1 . T hey M igh t Be G ian ts “Why Does the Sun Sh ine?” Why Does the Sun Sh ine , EP2 . Beu lah “Ma t te r vs . Space” When Your Hear t s t r i ngs Br eak3 . A r r ah and the Fe r ns “Sc ience Books” Ev an i s Vegan4 . R i l o K i l ey “Sc ience vs . Romance” Take O f f s and Land ings5 . K imya Dawson “Chemis t r y” My Cu te F iend Swee t P r incess6 . K ings o f Leon “Gen ius” You th and Young Manhood7 . J awbr eaker “Chemis t r y” Dear You8 . D i l l i nge r Four “Our Sc ience i s T igh t” Hope less ly Devo ted to You , Vo l . 39 . Dead Kennedys “We l l Pa id Sc ien t i s t ” P las t i c Su r ger y D i sas te r s - I n God We Tr us t , I nc .10 . T homas Do lby “B l i nded me w i th Sc ience” T he Go lden Age o f W i r e less11 . Does i t O f f end You , Yeah? “We i r d Sc ience” We i r d Sc ience12 . B lac ka l i c i ous “Chemica l Ca l i s then i cs” B laz ing A r r ow13 . Gor i l l az “Ne w Gen ius” ( f ea t . B r o the r ) Gor i l l az14 . Je r u the Dama ja “Sc ien t i f i ca l Madness” Wr a th o f t he Ma th15 . Mos De f “Ma themat i cs” B lac k on Bo th S ides16 . T he C inemat i c Or ches t r a “Sc ience F i c t i on Jazz” Mo t ion17 . I n te r po l “Res t My Chemis t r y” Our Love To Admi r e18 . Tokyo Po l i ce C lub “Na tu r e o f t he Exper imen t” A Lesson i n C r ime19 . Sou l Cough ing “So Fa r I Have No t Found the Sc ience” Ber l i n /Ams te r dam 199720 . O ingo Bo ingo “We i r d Sc ience” Bes t O ’ Bo ingo

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November 22nd wi l l be a CD release and memorial show for our dear fr iend Na-than Joyce. Nathan’s fr iends and fe l low music ians wi l l gather together to per for m covers of songs he wrote during his l i fe . Because Nathan has had such a profound presence in our l ives we (his fr iends) re -fuse to a l low his death to go unnot iced. This show is not just a memorial , i t i s about cont inuing his legacy, a l lowing Na-than to l ive beyond his physical body. He wi l l cont inue to be as long as we l isten to his music , watch him in r id iculous Day by Day skits and remember the amazing person he is . So jo in us November 22nd at Gal ler y 5 at 8 p .m. ( for real) as we raise g lasses and voices to our fr iend. Even i f you never met Nathan, come, take a CD and get to know someone who is tr uly wor th know-ing.

- Jameson Price

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For the l as t coup le weeks I have been t r y i ng to f i gu r e ou t exac t l y wha t the he l l my month ly co lumn i s go ing to be abou t . I wan ted to do a month ly “ r an t” th ing bu t then though t tha t was a p r e t t y l ame idea… I mean , my nex t a r t i c l e was gonna be abou t Uk r op ’s . Eve r ybody knows tha t Uk r op ’s i s Sa tan , and e ve r ybody b i t c hes abou t them, and e ve r ybody shops the r e anyway, because they don’ t wan t wor ms in the i r food . So sc r e w tha t i dea . T hen I t hough t i t m igh t be cu te i f I d id a GWAR tour d ia r y, because r i gh t now I happen to be ou t on tour w i th GWAR , and I happen to be the i r l ead s inger, so coo l , l e t ’ s do an -o the r f r i c k in’ tou r d ia r y ( I ’ ve done abou t 10 a l r eady) a l l abou t how someone took a dump in the bog (a no-no ! ) o r how our gay bus d r i ve r has gou t i n h i s foo t ( the one on the acce le r a to r ) . Bor ing ! Her e I was , a day a f t e r dead l i ne , and s t i l l no th ing to b i t c h (o r w r i t e ) abou t . T ha t ’ s j us t no t me !

Las t n igh t we b las ted De t r o i t a t t he c l ass i c venue Har pos (ac tua l l y bu i l t ou t o f d r i ed puke) . A f t e r the show I s tayed i n town to go see my be loved Redsk ins p lay the L ions a t the team’s b r and ne w s tad ium, Ford F ie ld . I n l as t month ’ s

co lumn I b i t c hed abou t the Redsk ins name . Sudden ly, t he r e I was , i n De t r o i t , a t t he ‘Sk ins game , and an idea b loa ted l i ke a phosphor escen t mushroom in the dank cave r ns o f my m ind . T her e , on the spo t , I appo in ted myse l f RVA Magaz ine ’ s exc lus i ve Redsk ins r epor te r. So f r om now on , th i s i s a spor t s co lumn ! A t l eas t fo r th i s month . Okay, he r e we go !

De t r o i t has on ly one decen t pa r t – the downtown a r ea . T he av a i l ab le f unds wer e c hanne led he r e and the r es t o f t he c i t y was l e f t to s lump in to r u in . One o f the co r ner s tones o f t he downtown’s r eb i r th i s the ne w home o f the L ions , Fo rd F ie ld . Ge t t i ng to the s tad ium was easy, and once you ge t the r e you a r en’ t i n the m idd le o f nowher e . Eve r ywher e you looked the s t r ee ts wer e fu l l o f peop le hang ing ou t a t v a r ious ba r s be fo r e the game o r j us t s t r o l l i ng a r ound , en joy ing the ea r ly f a l l sunsh ine . I n f ac t , I cou ldn’ t e ven see the s tad ium! T he bu i l d ing i s des igned to l ook j us t l i ke the su r r ound ing war ehouses and b lends i n pe r fec t l y. T h i s l eads to a l -Qaeda su i c ide b l imp-bomber s ge t t i ng to ta l l y con fused ! Assur ed tha t th i s was i ndeed a s tad ium, I fo l l owed the hordes o f b lue and s i l ve r f ans and en te r ed Ford F ie ld…

Wi th in f i ve seconds o f ge t t i ng i n I r ea l i zed th i s p lace was un l i ke any s tad ium I had e ve r been i n . T he f i e ld i s i ndoor s and i s l ower than s t r ee t l e ve l , so i t ’ s l i ke a bow l has been scooped ou t o f t he ea r th w i th the p lay ing su r f ace a t the bo t tom. Sea ts su r r ound the f i e ld i n t yp i ca l f ash ion , bu t the r e wer e w ide a r eas wher e you cou ld j us t hang ou t be fo r e tak ing your sea t and s t i l l see the game . I was tak ing i t a l l i n when a guy wear ing a L ions sh i r t came up to me . . . me wear ing my Coo ley j e r sey. Bu t i ns tead o f a to r r en t o f ve rba l abuse , the guy gave me two f r ee t i c ke ts to the spec ia l “C lub” l e ve l , wh i c h he had won f r om a loca l r ad io s ta t i on and d idn’ t need . Wow ! De t r o i t peop le a r e coo l ! I f I had been i n Ph i l l y wear ing Redsk in co lo r s I wou ld have go t ten s tabbed !

So I t ake my sea t and i t h i t s me… th i s p lace i s amaz ing ! T hough i t ’ s i ndoor s , t he ce i l i ng i s made o f t r ans lucen t pane l s tha t l e t i n much o f the na tu r a l l i gh t . T he sea t i ng i s we l l p l anned : no b l i nd spo ts o r b loc ked s igh t l i nes . A t

F e d E x F i e l d S u c ks !Dave Broc k ie

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each end o f the f i e ld , a huge TV hung, o f f e r i ng an immacu la te r ep lay o f each down . I o f t en found myse l f s ta r i ng a t them fo r l ong per iods o f t ime , comp le te ly ob l i v i ous to the ac t i on o f t he f i e ld . T h i s p lace was g r ea t ! T hey e ven had one o f t hose awesome “he lme t cams” . And then , the capper… cup ho lde r s on e ve r y sea t ! I t ’ s the l i t t l e th ings tha t show you ca r e .

T he on ly th ing tha t d idn’ t make sense (bes ides the L ions no t hav ing c heer -l eader s ) was tha t they had th i s s tad ium! Because the L ions a r e a bunch o f bums ! Win less th i s season , de vo id o f hope o r r edempt ion , the L ions ge t one o f t he n i ces t s tad iums in foo tba l l . Bu t tha t ’ s no t r ea l l y wha t p i ssed me o f f. Eve r y team deser ves a good s tad ium… i t ’ s j us t tha t the Redsk ins don’ t have one !

T he ‘Sk ins p lay a t FedEx F ie ld . I ha te FedEx F ie ld . I ha te i t a lmos t as much as I ha te the name o f the team. And I d idn’ t r ea l i ze j us t how much I ha ted i t un t i l I v i s i t ed the L ions ’ s tad ium. Because i t r u l es !

T her e a r e many r easons to ha te FedEx F ie ld . T he f i r s t i s t he loca t ion . Landover, Mar y land? Excuse me . T hese a r e the WASH INGTON Redsk ins , no t the Mar y land Redsk ins ; t h i s i sn’ t t he Ravens , fo r god ’s sake . P lus , Landover i s a scum ho le , a c r us t y scab o f bu i l d ings and debr i s c l i ng ing to D.C . ’ s eas t -e r n be l tway. I used to go to games a t RFK S tad ium, and tha t p lace ROCKED. RFK was loca ted i n D.C . , and was a t r ue r e f l ec t i on o f t he c i t y ’ s v ib r an t and d i ve r se cu l tu r e . Landover i s a cesspoo l , and none o f the peop le who go to the games l i ve the r e . So the c r ow d has tu r ned i n to a bunch o f yupward ly mob i l e j oc k dumbasses tha t th ink no th ing o f u r i na t i ng r i gh t i n f r on t o f you . A f t e r a l l , THEY don’ t l i ve the r e . P i ss on !

To make mat te r s wor se , i t ’ s r ea l l y ha r d to ge t the r e ! You can d r i ve and ge t caugh t i n hour s o f t r a f f i c , and then pay tons o f cash to pa r k abou t a m i l e f r om the s tad ium… or take the Me t r o, ge t d r opped o f f abou t a m i l e away and have to wa l k up a h i l l a l l t he way to the en t r ance . Fo r ge t b r i ng ing your

e lde r ly mom or whee l c ha i r -bound f r i end… they ’ l l d i e ! Bu t cou ld they make tha t e ven mor e i nde te r m inab le wa l k up the h i l l e ven mor e annoy ing? Yes ! By d r ap ing our s tad ium in g igan t i c t apes t r i es dep i c t i ng the co r por a te co lo r s o f Feder a l Exp r ess… not the c l ass i c bur gundy and go ld o f one o f t he N .F.L . ’ s mos t i l l us t r i ous f r anch i ses , bu t the b r own , pur p le and puke (a r en’ t t hose the Ravens ’ co lo r s?) o f ou r co r por a te mas te r s ! You can con temp la te your team’s whor edom to b ig bus iness as you push your c r ipp led mother a l l t he way up tha t c r app ing h i l l !

Once i ns ide , the s tad ium has one l as t p r ob lem, and i t ’ s a doozy. I n the Red-sk ins owner ’ s ques t to se l l as many t i c ke ts as poss ib le , t he p lace i s l a id ou t i n r i ngs o f sea ts s tac ked a top each o the r, and i f you a r e un luc k y enough to s i t c l ose to the bac k o f one o f t hese r i ngs , your v i e w i s go ing to be l im i ted by the ove rhang ing l i p o f t he r i ng above you . No t to ment ion the suppor t i ng p i l l a r s s tac ked r i gh t i n f r on t o f you , comp le te ly obscur ing the f i e ld . Bu t wa i t , t he r e ’ s a g ian t TV you can wa tch… NOT ! Sur e , t he r e i s ONE , mean ing tha t i t ’ s on ly v i s ib l e to 70% o f the c r ow d , and a l o t o f t hem a r e go ing to be v i e w ing i t f r om a comp le te ly i nadequa te s ide ang le . I t hough t they pa id a r c h i t ec t s a l o t o f money to des ign bu i l d ings tha t d idn’ t suc k ! Because FedEx F ie ld does !

T h i s m igh t seem l i ke a l o t o f b i t c h ing abou t no th ing, bu t fo r Redsk ins f ans i t ’ s a r ea l bu r ner. Mos t f ans a r e no t season t i c ke t ho lde r s and r a r e ly ge t the c hance to go to the games. I t ’ s a b ig e ven t and fo r many a once- in -a - l i f e t ime oppor tun i t y. So you cou ld spend a l o t o f money, t ime and e f fo r t to go to the game , and conce i v ab ly end up w i th a sea t tha t you can on ly see abou t 50% o f the f i e ld f r om and none o f the g ian t TV ! I n Landover no l ess ! Benea th the ba r f y banner s o f co r por a te whor edom! Wi th no hand i cap access ! And a l l t he wh i l e Dan Snyder and Tom C r u i se a r e mak ing-ou t i n the sk ybox , FedEx ing p las -t i c bagg ies o f t he i r sper m to o ld l ad ies ! And i f t h i s comp le te ly unaccep tab le cond i t i on i sn’ t enough to make you gag on your e igh t -do l l a r p r e tze l , j us t r e -member tha t the De t r o i t L ions , t he pe r pe tua l l y ce l l a r -dwe l l i ng, c r app ies t t eam in the N .F.L . , has a s tad ium tha t pu ts our s to shame ! WTF?

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Indian Summert r e m b l i n g r e f l e c t i o n s o f a l o n g , w e t r i d e w i t h S e v e n H i l l s S c o o t e r c l u b

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I c l ose my eyes Sunday n igh t to the l i nger ing echoes o f r e vv ing eng ines d r i f t i ng l i ke b lue smoke f r om the s tu f f o f Ma in S t r ee t and d r eams. Shou ts mu f f l ed by he lme ts and c l i nk ing g lasses sp i l l ou t f r om the subconsc ious e the r and sca t te r l i ke duc kp ins ac r oss the sp r aw l i ng panor amas o f r ecen t memor y and R i ve r s ide Dr i ve . I t ’ s been two days s ince the mee t and g r ee t a t Popk in’ s Tave r n , and a l though I ’m sur e I ’ ve s l ep t , t h i s i s the f i r s t t ime I can r emember l y i ng down s ince the 7 H i l l s Scoo te r C lub ’ s 3 r d Annua l I nd ian Summer Ra l l y began .

I ge t to Popk in’ s ea r ly Fr i day n igh t w i th $20 and no r a in gear, t he on ly ce r -ta in t i es fo r the weekend be ing r a in and beer. As a f a i r l y ne w scoo te r r i de r, t he concep t o f a r a l l y i s s t i l l amor phous , i n fo r med on ly by abbr e v ia ted bar speak and a v ague i t i ne r a r y pos ted on the 7 H i l l s web page . T he o r gan iz -e r s have r ese r ved the second f l oo r o f t he tave r n fo r us , a decen t space w i th a poo l t ab le and b ig couches. By 9 p.m . the r e a r e some wher e a r ound 30 b i kes ou t f r on t and a good buzz abou t a n igh t r i de and e ven tua l t r i p to Av a lon . T he c r ow d i s a s t r ange m i x o f subcu l tu r a l i den t i t i es and gener a t ions : R i c hmond h ips te r s toas t i ng w i th m idd le -aged gear heads and mod-movement th r owbac ks i n pa r kas , suburban i te gas m i l eage en thus ias t s l ean ing aga ins t the ban i s te r w i th a r t s tuden ts , r i de r s f r om Nor fo l k , Nor th Ca ro l i na and Penn -sy l v an ia c ha t t i ng w i th Manches te r l o f t dwe l l e r s and Fan k ids who jus t as eas i l y cou ld have wa l ked . By 10 :30 p.m . he lme ts a r e be ing ho i s ted f r om the i r pos i t i ons on the w indows i l l and r ep laced by empty p in t g lasses as the g r oup mot i v a tes fo r the f i r s t r i de o f t he weekend . Rou te o f t r ave l : unknown . My med ium o f pa r t i c i pa t ion : a r us t y 1981 Vespa P200E w i th 198ccs and a temper amenta l c l u t c h .

We se t o f f i n s tagger fo r mat ion head ing wes t , t he l ong l i ne o f s coo te r s expand ing and con t r ac t i ng fo r s top l i gh ts and the usua l Fr iday n igh t pace o f B road S t r ee t , a snak ing j umble o f p las t i c and s tee l d r i f t i ng l az i l y ac r oss town in an e ve r e vo l v i ng cons te l l a t i on o f head l i gh ts and r e f l ec t i ve r i d ing j ac ke ts . By the t ime we s top o f f a t t he Comfor t I nn to l e t wear y ou t -o f - towner s to the i r beds , i t ’ s r a in ing, the sp la t te r i ng d r op le t s ca t c h ing r e f l ec t i ons o f r ed ta i l l i gh t s and s t r eak ing them ac r oss my he lme t v i so r l i ke some we i r d u rban -

i za t ion o f abs t r ac t exp r ess ion i sm. When we ge t to Av a lon the wa i t r ess se ts two s i x pac ks o f PBR on the tab le and te l l s us to en joy, and as the e ven ing beg ins to l ose i t s fo r m , the weekend s ta r t s t ak ing shape .

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I ge t to G lobe Hopper a r ound 10 :30 a .m . , ha l f an hour l a te and the th i r d to show. Dave “Munny” , one o f t he o r gan ize r s o f t he r a l l y, i s a l r eady the r e , comment ing i n a l l s i nce r i t y on my punc tua l i t y. I t i sn’ t r a in ing ye t , bu t the c louds a r e fo r m ing om inous congr ega t ions above Chur ch H i l l . An hour and a ha l f and two sho ts o f espr esso l a te r we gear up fo r the longes t r i de o f t he r a l l y, a 40-m i l e tour o f a l l t he r oads and scener y deemed as necessar y exper i ence fo r any b iped p i l o t to come th r ough R i ve r C i t y. T he sk y i s no longer mak ing the id l e th r ea ts o f i nc l emency as i t had when I a r r i ved , bu t

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se t t l ed i n to the k ind o f s low smooth d r i zz le tha t asse r t s a sense o f d r owsy pe r manence . As I pu l l a c heap p las t i c poncho ove r my a r mor ed j ac ke t , Munny looks bac k a t me f r om h i s c l ass i c Vespa 150 Super (known gener a l l y as the Super Pooper ) and says “You ’ r e gonna ha te tha t . ”

T he r i de l aunches i t se l f t owards Or egon H i l l , my poncho f l app ing i n the w ind beh ind me and sound ing l i ke a de ta i l o f ve r y l ow f l y i ng he l i cop te r s . We f i l e i n to Ho l l ywood Cemete r y l i ke some b i za r r e funer a l p r ocess ion , mov ing pas t so lemn c i v i l wa r r e -enac to r s and the i r m in i v ans , w r apped sudden ly i n the b lue c louds o f bur n ing two-s t r oke o i l and v ib r a t i ng i n s ide v i e w m i r r o r s l i ke waver ing g r aveyard appar i t i ons. T he pa th i s s l i pper y and cover ed w i th we t l eaves , wh i c h a r e l i ke o i l s l i c ks to a 10- inch whee l . I f you ’ ve e ve r wa tc hed a c l ass o f beg inn ing i ce ska te r s , you p r obab ly have some idea o f wha t i t l ooks l i ke when a g r oup r ide goes th r ough a tu r n and one per son g r ace fu l l y sk ids ou t .

Ev acua t ing the hazards o f t he cemete r y, we h i t R i ve r s ide Dr i ve , s t r e t c h ing ou t the space be tween us to sa fe ly t ake i n the ep i c l andscape o f h i s to r y a long the banks o f t he James. We end the r i de a t Scoo t R i c hmond in Manches te r. Che l sea , the p r opr i e to r and a r a l l y o r gan i ze r (who was f ea tu r ed i n a book ca l l ed Scoo te r s : Red Eyes , Wh i te wa l l s and B lue Smoke as an examp le o f t he qu in tessen t i a l “ scoo te r g i r l ” ) i s wa i t i ng w i th a v a t o f vegan c h i l i , a tub o f pu l l ed por k ba rbeque , and th r ee cases o f Yueng l i ng.

Scoo te r i s t s sa t i a ted , the s ta r t o f a d ig i t a l camer a scavenger hun t i s dec la r ed . I t eam up

w i th R i c k , a se l f -desc r ibed non- r ac i s t sk inhead w i th a ska f e t i sh and a ne w 50cc Buddy, and two guys named Dave , one o f wh i c h r i des a Buddy 150 . T he o the r, known by f r i ends and mos t ba r pa t r ons i n R i c hmond as Super Dave , i s on a ne w Ra t t l e r, a k ind o f d i r t b i ke i n f l uenced scoo t w i th a l l t he f l ashy f i be r g lass appea l o f t he moder n scoo te r scene . Super Dave was perhaps the f i r s t pe r son I e ve r kne w w i th a scoo te r. We met 6 year s ago, be fo r e a s tep- th r ough chass i s was a ub iqu i tous e lement o f our c i t y ’ s r oad-ways. A t the t ime I cons ide r ed h i s b i ke (and scoo te r s i n gener a l , c l ass i c showp ieces as ide) to be a bas i ca l l y geek y t r anspor t , an un f a thomable copou t f r om r id ing a moto r c yc le . Dave be ing o lde r, p r esumably w i se r, and an unassa i l ab ly coo l guy, seemed to pu l l i t o f f, bu t I assumed tha t to be the te r r i t o r y o f peop le whose popu -la r i t y p r eceded the i r s coo te r. A t t he t ime , I may have been r igh t .

We r e tu r n w i th a camer a fu l l o f p i c tu r es : us w i th a s t r i pper, w i th a cop, on our scoo te r s a t the top o f t he s ta i r s l ead ing i n to Ma in S t r ee t S ta t i on , a l l i t ems on a ve r y l ong and r andom chec k l i s t o f po ten t i a l (and occas iona l l y i l l e ga l ) t a r ge ts . We ’ r e a l so pac k ing a bus iness ca r d s igned by a guy who r ides w i th the He l l ’ s Ange l s , a fo r tune cook ie and a 40 o f PBR – th ings l i s ted under the “souve-n i r s” por t i on o f t he hun t l i s t .

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Sa tu r day n igh t beg ins a t Ros ie Conno l l y ’ s i n Shoc koe Bo t tom, and ends ac r oss the 17 th S t r ee t Fa r mer ’ s Mar ke t a t LuLu ’s , wher e Super Dave and a man known as T he Pro fessor f eed me “scoo te r shoo te r s” , a vodka/peach/c r anber r y concoc t ion and Ind ian Sum-mer d r ink spec ia l . T he r a l l y i s a t f u l l p i t c h now, no h in t o f t he ea r ly e ven ing moder a t ion tha t p lagued the Popk in’ s i cebr eaker. T he a i r i s t h i c k w i th smoke and nos ta lg ia . T he age ing mods a r e c r i t i qu ing the h i s to r i ca l accur ac y o f each o the r ’ s c lo thes ( f i r s t o f a l l , ya t r ouser s shou ldn’ t ma tch ya shoes , your l ape l s a r e en t i r e ly too w ide) , t he s te r eo s lu r s ou t a l ong l i ne o f Desmond Dec ker tunes and the Tr ask pa in t i ngs on the wa l l a lmos t sway w i th the h ips o f t he g i r l s a t t he ba r, and I have no idea wha t I ’m ta l k i ng abou t . I end up on top o f t he Manches te r Lo f t s , wa tc h ing the c i t y scape as though i t we r e the c l imac t i c foca l po in t o f a ve r y l ong f i lm . Wha t i s th i s s t r ange phenomenon tha t has sp i t me ou t soak ing we t and sav age ly d r unk? Some wher e be tween the r ea lms o f ca r shows, moto r c yc le r a l l i e s and env i r onmenta l conven t ions man i f es t s the scoo te r r a l l y, i nv igo r a ted by the dumb luc k o f f ash -ion and an imminen t f ue l c r i s i s , c l ogg ing the s t r ee t l i ke a p r o tes t

aga ins t SUVs and bor edom, a s low mov ing b loc k pa r t y fo r the r es iden ts o f a happen -s tance coun te r cu l tu r e .

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Sunday : the duc kp in ep i l ogue i s a b r unch and bow l mee t up a t Sou ths ide P laza . T he weekend ’s l as t f e w p i t c he r s o f PBR a r e c i r cu la ted w i th baske ts o f Fr ench f r i es and bow l -i ng shoes. T he gener a l mood i s one o f con ten ted exhaus t ion . Speech i s a l i t t l e so f te r and punc tua ted w i th end less B ig Lebowsk i r e fe r ences. As I g l ance ou t the w indow a t our l ong l i ne o f pa r ked scoo te r s , I wonder wha t the pub l i c pe r cep t ion ac tua l l y i s . A r e they symbo ls o f f r eedom and menace l i ke moto r c yc les? Env i r onmenta l savvy l i ke hybr ids? Or a r e they s imp ly a cu r ious n i c he , i nconsequen t i a l t o the gener a l l andscape o f Amer i can t r anspor ta t i on i conogr aphy? As I ask myse l f t h i s , an o ld man on a mob i l i t y s coo te r i nches down the r ow o f r a l l y b i kes , and fo r a m inu te I expec t h im to pa r k i t i n l i ne . He doesn’ t , and bes ides , i t ’ s too ea r ly on a Sunday fo r mean ing fu l con temp la t ion . I l ook down the l ane and r ea l i ze I ’m up. Fuc k i t dude , l e t ’ s go bow l i ng.

T he Ind ian Summer Ra l l y i s T he 7 H i l l s Scoo te r C lub ’ s yea r ly e ven t tha t occur r ed th i s yea r on Oc tober 24 th -26 th . Based in R i c hmond , the 7 H i l l s Scoo te r C lub i s made up o f d i ve r se member s who have a v a r i e t y o f v i n tage , moder n , cus tom, c l ass i c and r ace r t ype scoo te r s . Go to www.7h i l l s sc . com or www.myspace . com/powh i te t r ashsc fo r mor e i n fo r mat ion .

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Dont Eat Off The Grill!!By Chris Bopst

If everybody in the civilized world had to pull a couple of shifts as a dishwasher in a restaurant, this world would be a better place to live in. I seriously doubt that we as a culture can evolve to a higher state of collective being until each and every one of us embraces the ar t of dish-washing. I can hear some of the prudish amongst you scuffing at the idea, but the way that someone washes dishes speaks volumes about one’s character. On the dish table actions speak louder than words. There are no frivolous flights of fancy when there is an endless stream of filth coming at you that requires your im-mediate physical attention. Some people feel that they are above the job of washing dishes as if it is work of peasants. These people are holding us all back in the collective unconscious. The idea that one is above do-ing anything is tragically flawed thinking. I don’t respect anyone in the business (or otherwise) that hasn’t served admirably on the dish table or knows what it means to be the anus of the operation. In a restaurant, you can lose wait staff, cooks and managers and still function. But if you lose your dishwasher, the whole food service operation will come to a screeching halt. I just wish somebody would pay me $25 an hour to do it.

The good dishwashers are wor th their wait in gold. The bad ones aren’t around long enough for you to remem-

ber their names. Years ago, I worked with this skinhead kid from Florida who went by the name, “Froggy”, because of his harsh speaking voice. He was rail thin, and his milky white skin was cov-ered in self-inflicted cigarette burns and jailhouse tattoos. He was a beast as a dishwasher though. He could handle the demands of an 80-seat restaurant with ease working the primitive three-sink cramped cleaning quar ters like a whir ling dervish. One night after a par ticular ly brutal night of service, we were hanging out after work and he was drenched in the night’s grime. As he was changing his shir t, I noticed on his back a par ticular ly crude line rendering of a man in the act of giving fellatio to a well-endowed individual that took up the better par t of his left shoulder blade. When I asked him about it, he blur ted out, “Some asshole in jail did that because he thought it would be funny.” I assured him that it was funny as he looked at me like he wanted to punch me in the face. He disap-peared a couple of weeks after that, and I never saw him again.

A lot of the restaurant business is indentured servitude. The bar tabs and incidental living expenses borrowed from the company store by some employees ensure that every paycheck they get is spoken for before it is even written. With this type of arrangement, strange things are bound to happen. I was working with a cook one time that was not only a crack addict and an alcoholic, but he also was on dialysis. His bag of urine would sit right up on the line where I came to pick up food. As was usually the case with Craig, he was halfway through his second 40 oz. that he kept hidden in the trashcan and thought nobody knew about when I came to work. I noticed he was looking a little more flush than usual when I arrived, but the steady pace of business kept my attention on taking orders and filling drinks. About an hour or so into the rush, Craig star ts complaining to me as I pick up my orders that he isn’t feeling well. I figured that he was just star ting to get drunk enough to not want to work anymore. As I’m getting ready to step back out into the dinning room, I see Craig suddenly hit the floor. I turn just in time to see his full dialysis bag sail from it’s perch on the pickup line onto the searing hot grill smothered with grease and meat. Before the dishwasher and I could race around the line to help Craig, the plastic bag exploded with a sickly hiss filling the air almost instantly

with a caustic mixture of beef, plastic and piss. It is a smell I wish I could forget. I helped pull Craig away from the fouled grill that was now spitting scolding hot urine onto everything within a four-foot range of the appliance. As we waited for the medics to arrive, he asked me to not tell our boss that he had been drinking. “He’ll fire me, Chris. Just tell him I was sick,” he implored as he was carried out into the dinning room on a stretcher.

Within 20 minutes we were back in business with a new cook, though I encouraged people to not eat anything cooked on the grill for the rest of the night.

The cook that replaced Craig had a special skill. He could suck his own dick. It seemed all he had to do was to open his mouth and lean over ever so slightly, and he would have a mouthful of his own manhood. It was amazing. He made John Holmes look like a eunuch. Tom would put on little shows in the kitchen as word spread of his abilities. He would always say, “I wash my hands before and af-ter performance,” to quell any watchers sanitary concerns about his cleanliness. After the show, he would zip up and get back to cooking.

And I guess that’s why I never became a cook. I realized early in the game that cooks actually have to work. They can never get a day off and at times they can carry the burden of justifiably hat-ing everyone they work with. Everybody is stupid to a cook.

So about 20 odd years ago I star ted waiting ta-bles. It was the best par t-time job available.

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