http://www.readthehook.com/music Music News and Events for Charlottesville, Virginia Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:24:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Despite the gray scale, experimental rock quartet Gang Gang Dance sees color in sound. PUBLICITY PHOTO Dreamy Manhattan experimental rock quartet Gang Gang Dance fits nicely in the lineage of New York blog bands like the Black Dice and definitive 2009 critical darlings Animal Collective, but just a few years ago they ... http://www.readthehook.com/music/index.php/interview-gang-gang-dance/ Spring shows in the form of Stonehenge Avenue daffodils, or jonquils as some like the call these floral harbingers (but technically called Narcissus), in the Belmont neighborhood. Saturday's weather will continue sunny, but clouds are expected Sunday with showers Monday as a front moves in. (photo by Don Neuland) http://www.readthehook.com/music/index.php/snap-spring-in-belmont/ Brightman arrived at UVA in December, 2004. HAWES SPENCER PHOTO; UVA PHOTO INSET Christopher Brightman, the man at the helm of UVA's investment arm--- which lost a billion dollars during the 2008 market turmoil--- has suddenly resigned for "personal reasons" unrelated to the group's operations, according to a published report. Brightman, who, a ... http://www.readthehook.com/music/index.php/personal-reasons-uvimco-chief-brightman-inexplicably-departs/ John Yoo was in Charlottesville to explain the torture memos-- and talk about his new book. PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE The Miller Center of Public Affairs has a long tradition of luring influential people to speak to engaged citizens, but this genteel practice degenerated on Friday, March 19, at an appearance ... http://www.readthehook.com/music/index.php/uncivil-discourse-protesters-disrupt-yoo-at-miller-center/ Rex Bowman of the Roanoke Times has the story of the German embassy's quest to bring home Jens Soering, the UVA Echols Scholar convicted of double murder in 1990. http://www.readthehook.com/music/index.php/new-twist-germans-press-for-soering-release/ Patricia "Pat" Jones Edgerton, daughter of eponymous foundation founder W. Alton Jones and wife of renowned UVA plastic surgeon Milton Edgerton, died March 16 at age 87. She had Alzheimer's disease, according to her obituary. For more than 20 years, she chaired the philanthropic foundation with a $400-million endowment that ... http://www.readthehook.com/music/index.php/w-alton-jones-heiress-dies/ Will Texas push Jefferson back to Monticello? FILE PHOTOS BY HAWES SPENCER Because one influential education board is swayed by Christian fundamentalists, all American students may soon receive a smaller dose of the Sage of Monticello. That's the concern, after the Texas Board of Education voted Friday, March 12, to replace Enlightenment-guided ... http://www.readthehook.com/music/index.php/kod-in-texas-why-new-textbooks-may-shun-jefferson/ John Casteen's two decades in the presidency of UVA have been honored with an invitation to serve as the 2010 Commencement speaker. According to a release, the speakers committee usually forwards a list of ten prospective speakers, but this year, they forwarded only Casteen's name. Last June, the man ... http://www.readthehook.com/music/index.php/casteen-to-be-uvas-commencement-speaker/ Charlottesville area resident and SNL Financial reporter Nick Gorski appeared on--- and nearly won--- the March 15 airing of Jeopardy! He was in the lead going in to the final round: "In 1875, she wrote, "Jesus of Nazareth was the most scientific man that ever trod the globe." "I recognized ... http://www.readthehook.com/music/index.php/snl-worker-goes-on-jeopardy/ A February sunset over Fashion Square. FILE PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Two of the bolder allegations in the recent brawl-at-the-mall that temporarily shut down Charlottesville Fashion Square were that brawlers arrived ready to rumble and traveled for that purpose via public transportation. However, a schoolmate of some of the alleged fighters claims ... http://www.readthehook.com/music/index.php/brawl-overblown-teen-disputes-fashion-square-claims/