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My General Life Blog
11/5/2009 -- Easy Street has closed.
Buttercup has broken up. T-Bone got married. The band will reorganize as Loversville and debut Sunday, Nov. 15 at the Commercial Taphouse. 11/2/2009 -- James River Bus Lines is sending a bus to Charlottesville for the Jimmy Buffett concert on Nov. 17. Seats on the bus are $40-$56. Every 11th person you book is free. Contact Barry Shapiro, Carey Transportation, 877-422-1105. 10/28/09 -- Blue Line Highway's CD added to the CD Gallery.
10/26/09 -- Meade Skelton's new 45 rpm single, "From the Outside Looking In" and "Sweet Tea" is for sale on vinyl at Plan 9. 10/20/2009 -- Tobacco Company is looking for a piano player with a Las Vegas feel for one weeknight a week. Call 782-9555, ext. 209.
10/6/2009 -- Fieldcrest Live Weekly reports that Nancy Bohannon, owner of A Major Music, died of cancer last week with her sons, Buster and Travis Bohannon, by her side. Contributions can be sent to the VCU Massey Cancer Center, Thomas Palliative Care Fund, P.O. Box 980037, Richmond, 23298-0037.
Nancy was one of the first advertisers in the Richmond Music Journal and stayed in until the end, with her $25 quarter page ads that challenged me to learn design. She paid faithfully and was always a place I could leave the paper and it would not be thrown out or covered over by other papers. For a long time she had the West End to herself as far as musical supplies. Then Don Warner Music came in less than a mile away and we talked about how much that was going to hurt. Then Don Warner was gone, but Sam Ash and Guitar Center came in, and we talked about how much that was going to hurt, but she hung in. After her husband died, it probably got harder. She was always happy and in a good mood in her little music store.
9/26/09 -- Another page gone. I'm no longer doing the Top 30 Hot List because I haven't been keeping up with all the local publications, and so much is online now. 9/20/2009 -- Red, Hot and Blue BBQ on Broad has closed. I've only heard of one band that ever played there, one that had a standing Wednesday night gig, but that may have stopped and they never told me. Please look at the weekly recurring events calendar and if you see any you know aren't going on anymore, let me know. 9/18/2009 -- Cary Street Cafe now has stone oven pizza. They're recycling and turning their fryer oil into biodiesel fuel. They're composting the kitchen waste. They're delivering food, beer and cigarettes from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday and 5-10 p.m. on Sundays. Starting Oct. 18, Jeremy Simmons of Gray-v and Black Cash will host an open mic variety show every Sunday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday is still karaoke night, Thursday is X-box 360 Rockband, and the rest of the schedule is on the Calendar page.
9/15/2009 -- Busted Soul sends a shout-out to everyone that came to see them at The National on Sept. 12. Photo added to the Band Photos.
The complete 11 years of print copies of the Richmond Music Journal are available on microfilm at the State Library of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University library for your researching pleasure.
Spay and neuter your pets, your neighbor's pets, and any animals you can catch and release. rmjournal@mindspring.com
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