Weekend Calendar
Thursday 10/23
Joe Trippi: CBS political consultant and author of “Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” will discuss the upcoming political election. 4 p.m. Free. University of Richmond. Jepson School of Leadership Studies. Room 118. 28 Westhampton Way. 410-745-0404.
Interrupting all programmes: A discography of The Clash
“THE CLASH” (1977)
The Clash’s debut album is what righteous angry punk should strive for. Joe Strummer and Mick Jones’ angular guitars fight each other over lyrics about oppression, riots and living on welfare. Even here, the band is already beginning to dabble in reggae, with “White Man in Hammersmith Palais” and a “Police and Thieves” cover.
Comedy at VCU needs no name
Laughs and gasps–; cheers and tears – tears from laughing that is- – are all part of a new group that has emerged on the Richmond comedy circuit.
No Name Needed 7 is a new improvisational comedy group consisting of 12 members, eight of whom attend VCU.
The NNN 7 was created by group member, Timothy “B-Sounds” Brandon White earlier this year.
‘Live at Shea Stadium’: Classic Clash
Once billed as “The Only Band That Matters,” The Clash charged onto the London punk scene in the footsteps of The Sex Pistols in 1976. Fusing music and politics, the band was as adventurous with their music as they were with their message.
This album, “Live at Shea Stadium,” was recorded in 1982 in New York, while The Clash was opening for The Who.
Mexican choreographer inspires dancers
Miguel Mancillas founded the now internationally renowned Antares Danza Contemporánea in Hermosillo, Mexico 21 years ago. The dance and choreography department brought Mancillas and his talented dancers in for a week of workshops, which will culminate this weekend with two electrifying performances of “Tu Hombro” Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.
Indie band breaks onto Va. scene
Broken Social Scene put on an electrifying show Tuesday night at Toad’s Place.
The 14-piece group hailing from Toronto performed a masterful display of baroque pop incorporating a plethora of horns, guitars, woodwinds and string instruments.
Starting off with fan favorite “Late Nineties Rock For The Missionaries” and working its way into such songs as “7/4 (Shoreline)” and “Lovers’ Spit,” the Broken Social Scene kept the crowd mesmerized with fantastic instrumentation.
Letter to Editor
Dear Editor,
Much of the media time this campaign season has been focused on the economy, but with the election just around the corner, we need to think about another issue that affects us all-reproductive health.
The candidates have completely different stances on this issue.
Mortgages only a criminal could love
As the economy worsens, politicians will continue to debate prescriptions for the ailments on one hand, while casting blame on those who supported policies that now seem to have become injurious on the other.
What all can agree on is that mortgages are at the epicenter of the financial crisis that we are now dealing with.
VCU makes the green grade
VCU received a B- on the 2009 College Sustainability Report Card, improving from the C- the campus received in 2008. The grade is an evaluation of campus and endowment sustainability activities by the Sustainable Endowment Institute.
Focusing on eight main categories, the College Sustainability Report Card grades colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada.
Crime report differences confuse, insult
Two reports detailing crime at VCU in 2007 were released recently and contain statistics that conflict, but the differences are not a mistake.
Data found in the FBI 2007 Uniform Crime Report is collected differently from the data found in VCU’s 2008 Campus Safety Report and has caused some confusion among readers.