Toronto-based Metric delivers fans’ fantasies
Cosima Storz Contributing Writer Canadian new-wave band Metric rolled through Richmond this past Monday, Oct. 25 at The National. Toronto-based Metric, currently touring with Muse, was heard recently in the summer film “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” with their single “Black Sheep.” Their current tour features their fourth album titled “Fantasies,” which was released last April. The Richmond-based band, […]
Women’s basketball cautiously confident heading into the season
VCU women’s basketball head coach Beth Cunningham’s roster this season is split, half returning, half new. Her proverbial glass – her outlook on the season – is not all too dissimilar, either: half-full.
Gallery5 dons costumes early, for better or for worse
A widely accepted tenet of modern 20-something aesthetic thought is that better isn’t always better. Think “shabby chic”, alley alerts and secondhand stores, questionably styled facial hair – or, in more mainstream venues, something called “pre-distressed jeans.”
What about Afghanistan?
John Richardson Columnist With the midterm elections next week, candidates are bringing forward the most pressing issues of concern for Americans. But what are these pressing issues? According to a recent CNN poll, 45 percent of Americans said the economy should be our legislative priority, 12 percent said the national deficit, 11 percent said health […]
Green taxi service set to expand
Emily Fox Contributing Writer Joey Anderson was flipping burgers at Wendy’s two years ago and started to wonder where all of the french fry grease was going. The leftover grease sparked Anderson’s interest in biodiesel leading to the conception of a bio taxi. Anderson and his brother Jeff run their taxi service, Bio Taxi, purely […]