This Just In

Videos of the Day – week of 9/1

9/1 – here’s hoping you have/had a safe & sound holiday weekend!  This band is on Julian Casablancas’s Cult Records & the video features actress Michelle Williams…

9/2 – a brand-new TV on the Radio song has debuted today!  New album out in Nov.  Check out the lyric video…

9/3 – Saint Rich is at The Southern tonight.  Here’s their big video from last year, “Officer” (be advised, there is a naughty word towards the beginning)…

9/4 – Diane Cluck is at The Southern tonight. Here’s a video from her latest album, Boneset

9/5 – Lockn’ 2014 is by now underway…here’s a lovely recap of last year’s inagural festival!

 

Latest News

5 hours ago in Charlottesville City, Local

$3 million mistake on agenda prompts City Council to add special meeting

Bond authorization for $7 million listed only for $4.3 million

10 hours ago in Entertainment

Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, with ‘Sold’ topping the list

Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, according to the American Library Association. And efforts to have titles removed have never been more coordinated or politicized.

10 hours ago in Entertainment

South Korean police seek to arrest K-pop mogul behind BTS

South Korean police said Tuesday they are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they expand an investigation into allegations that he illegally gained more than $100 million in an investor fraud scheme.

10 hours ago in Lifestyle

What to know about psychedelic retreats, a booming business with few safety guardrails

Surging interest in the purported benefits of psychedelic drugs has given rise to books, documentaries and conferences dedicated to the mind-altering substances. Now add one more business to the list: psychedelic retreats.

10 hours ago in Trending, World

Late Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy still looms over British monarchy 100 years after her birth

Queen Elizabeth II lives on at the Cool Britannia gift shop across the road from Buckingham Palace. Four years after the queen's death, the shop is doing a brisk business in mugs, tea towels and key rings bearing the likeness of Britain's longest-reigning monarch as the nation marks the centenary of her birth on Tuesday.