tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53220712011-12-14T21:40:21.713-05:00David McNairwriter, editorCville Centralnoreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-23371913552861456292007-01-11T10:49:00.000-05:002007-01-11T10:52:44.524-05:00That's it...I've finally had it with Blogger. I've moved my blog to Wordpress. Click here to check it out.Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1167701477660321352007-01-01T20:20:00.000-05:002007-01-01T20:46:42.423-05:00Anatomy of a police shootingOn October 20, 2006 Charlottesville Police shot and wounded Elvis Gene Shifflett after a three-hour manhunt involving over 60 officers, two helicopters, police dogs, and ATVs. Here’s my coverage of events so far...11/30/2006Riddled: What happens after police shootings? (2nd part of two-part story)While the fallout from the Robert Lee Cooke shooting continues after two Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1162227265140389082006-10-30T11:52:00.000-05:002006-10-30T16:18:33.406-05:00Alex's 11th Halloween Birthday Bash! Cole Hits a line drive at his Dad! Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1156387479504820692006-08-23T21:37:00.000-05:002006-08-23T21:59:52.646-05:00Ah, pictures say a thousand words. My son Cole's first day of kindergarten, August 22, 2006....riding the bus for the first time with his big brother, AlexCville Centralnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1145799769401573242006-04-23T08:40:00.000-05:002006-04-23T08:42:49.410-05:00The South Lawn debate..Had quite an interesting time exploring the architectural debate over the proposed South Lawn project at UVA...who would have guessed that architecture has the old red-state vs blue-state dynamic. Yet another example of how us Americans love to polarize an issue. Of course, the issue about how to build at UVA is more complex than that, and I hope I’ve captured some of that Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1143267817353129172006-03-25T01:13:00.000-05:002006-03-25T01:23:37.363-05:00Confessions of a slacking bloggerDamn, I'm not sure if there's anybody reading this thing, but if you are....I apologize for not posting that often. Mainly, I saw it as a way to post and collect writings I was relatively proud of....but I realize a blog is kinda stagnate if you don't keep writing in it. Anyway, I'll try to do better. I've been doing an awful lot of writing for the Hook and Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1136352072962599382006-01-04T00:11:00.000-05:002006-01-04T00:21:12.980-05:00The InterviewFrankly, I thought you wouldn’t show up. Busy man that you are. Who has the time or the inclination anymore to sit down, talk, listen, read, look beneath the surface of their lives and the civilization we’ve created? Good to see your curiosity got the better of you.Well, thank you. It’s nice to know I enjoy that kind of status....You did? Yes, that was fun... I got an Oscar for that Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1131837127666153712005-11-12T18:02:00.000-05:002005-11-12T18:28:40.546-05:00Stilled life: Remembering Spudnuts' owneroriginally published in the HookNote: Spudnuts is a very well-known donut shop (although potato flower is used, hence the name) in Charlottesville, Virginia.It's early Tuesday morning at Spudnuts, the iconic doughnut shop at the southern tip of the Belmont Bridge, and a group of regulars are remembering their old friend, Richard Wingfield, the shop's ownerCville Centralnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1130105706257980892005-10-23T17:00:00.000-05:002005-10-23T17:15:06.280-05:00Note: In September 2004, I published an earlier version of this article under the title "Dave, fame, and Haines: Celebrity, suicide, and the etiquette of envy" in The Hook, a arts weekly in Charlottesville, Virginia. Since then, I’ve revised the article to include stuff I had to cut out of The Hook article, new stuff I learned after the article came out, and stuff about celebrity in general. MarkCville Centralnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1127743233492520002005-09-26T08:56:00.000-05:002005-09-26T09:36:06.410-05:00Dave & Alex's Big WeekEnd!First off, Manny and Poppy make some Orioles pitchers cry....(boy, did we have good seats this time!)http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/6931/10707482iz.jpgBoomer throws a few knee buckling curve balls....http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/4360/10707502kv.jpgAlex & Dave are happy...http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/2555/10707512xk.jpgAnd the Sox Win!http://img319.Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1120754793696366352005-07-07T11:37:00.000-05:002005-07-26T23:10:46.810-05:00The Writing on the WallWhat the community chalkboard will really do...Published in The HookBesides real estate and the latest DMB disc, one hot topic in town is provoking heated debate: the community chalkboard and monument to free speech. (Or as it has been formally titled, Charlottesville's Community Chalkboard and Podium: a monument to the First Amendment.) Paving its way are eight years of Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1119368022313108952005-06-21T10:31:00.000-05:002005-07-07T11:36:54.393-05:00Ready to rumble!UVA alum pens a unique history of pro wrestling published in the CVILLE Weekly Local author Steven Johnson has an impressive resumé. He has a PhD from UVA in government and foreign affairs. He wrote about politics for The Daily Progress for many years. And he’s interviewed corporate heavyweight Jack Welsh, religious conservative Jerry Falwell, former Secretary of State Alexander Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1117769457862560942005-06-02T22:23:00.000-05:002005-06-02T22:56:57.646-05:00My Two Ways To Play Hooky in Charlottesvillepublished in the C-Ville Weekly Richmond is the land of the free, home of the BravesSometimes the only sure way for us Charlottesvillians to go unseen is to get out of town. Think about it: Where can you go here and be absolutely sure you won’t see anyone you know? (Like your boss or an ex).Well, if you’re a baseball fan (or even if you’re not) there’s Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1106976748345199562005-01-29T00:29:00.000-05:002005-01-29T00:37:48.256-05:00New short, short fiction
Elevator
As the elevator doors finally started to open, the baby began to squirm and cry, making it difficult for Jake’s wife to hold on to him. She turned to him in frustration. They were late for work again, having not yet mastered the strategic necessities of parenthood, which for both of them was like preparing for a camping trip everyday. Down fifteen flights into Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1106017183169629242005-01-17T21:55:00.000-05:002005-01-17T22:02:36.070-05:00The President of Everybody
Of course, every Bush interview is a feast of folly that stirs the faithful to defend the defenseless and the faithless to rant about the obvious....the new Washington Post interview is no exception.
57,355,978 American voters sigh and shake their heads in disbelief...
President Bush said the public's decision to reelect him was a ratification of his approach toward Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1104531132919744682004-12-31T17:03:00.000-05:002004-12-31T17:20:14.280-05:00Best thing any of us can do to ring in the new year is try to help the tsunami survivors ...here's how:
Doctors Without Borders provides medical assistance and assistance with clean water and sanitation systems. You can donate online here.
Telecoms San Frontieres brings satellite phone lines and other communications equipment to help other relief organizations get organized. Send donations to: Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1098119331049453742004-10-18T09:59:00.000-05:002004-10-18T12:10:49.723-05:00Big Circle - "Things May Change"
Mark Roebuck (who was featured in my article about Dave Matthews and Haines Fullerton ) and his band Big Circle have just released a new CD on Not Lame Records. It includes a beautiful version of a song written by Haines Fullerton called "Sister Redemtion." Here's the copy from the Not Lame Records website:
"Deal leader Roebuck has unleashed a new project under Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1096996638049658252004-10-05T11:54:00.000-05:002004-10-11T00:08:11.156-05:00InterviewCulture Warrior or Anti-Christ? An interview with Reverend Barry Lynn This interview originally appeared in OldSpeak Magazine
by Dave McNairIf Barry Lynn had his way, he’d go fishing and see more movies. But as long as the Religious Right keeps trying to turn America into a theocracy, the 54-year-old executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU) says Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1096576230278335382004-09-30T15:14:00.000-05:002004-09-30T15:30:30.276-05:00Letters to the Editor
Haines' sister Claire Fullerton and Lisa Olsen, the mother of one of Haines' daughters, throw daggers at Hook editor Hawes Spencer, me, and Mark Roebuck (though not at Dave Mathews, curiously enough) and call the article "beyond sloppy" and "recklessly irresponsible" in these letters to The Hook. Others call it "Pulitzer" quality...Go figure.
Claire Fullerton:
When Hawes Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1095870616245796672004-09-22T11:18:00.000-05:002004-10-02T17:45:01.010-05:00If you liked the article on Dave and Haines....
You might be interested in an article I wrote for Oldspeak Magazine called "Celebrity Culture in America: Has personality finally replaced reality?" It delves deeper into the phenomenon of celebrity....
Thanks for stopping by....
Dave
Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1095443331782788592004-09-17T12:46:00.000-05:002004-09-17T12:50:51.480-05:00Post on nancies.org, a popular DMB fan site:
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updated 09.17.2004
On Haines Fullerton In September of 1996, after a slow slide downward, Charlottesville musician Haines Fullerton took his life. Fullerton's band The Deal had come a heartbeat away from making it big in the mid 80s, and met Dave Matthews in 1991 while tending bar at a popular Charlottesville bar. He became a strong, Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1095420896285996102004-09-17T06:25:00.000-05:002004-09-17T06:49:56.910-05:00Read the cover story in this week's Hook!
Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1094240625243019662004-09-03T15:11:00.000-05:002004-09-06T11:57:04.350-05:00Religion
The Reverend Sun Myung Moon: The "King of Peace" or the "King of Hustlers?"
By David McNair
This was originally published in OldSpeak Magazine.
In March 2004, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his wife were crowned the "King and Queen of Peace" in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. At least a dozen members of Congress, religious leaders from all major denominations, U.SCville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1086300121726294032004-06-03T16:39:00.000-05:002004-10-18T12:13:44.920-05:00
This just in!... Mark Roebuck (who is featured in the article below) and his band Big Circle have just released a new CD on Not Lame Records. It includes a beautiful version of a song written by Haines Fullerton called "Sister Redemtion."
In the Shadow of a Spiritual Crisis:
Celebrity, Suicide, and the Etiquette of Envy
By Dave McNair
Dave Matthews took a careful sip of his coffee. He’d Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1084979339258400712004-05-19T10:07:00.000-05:002004-05-19T10:24:54.956-05:00Worse Than Watergate:
The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush
By John W. Dean
Little, Brown; 253 pages.
Reviewed by David McNair for OldSpeak Magazine
Joining the growing line-up of “Bush Bashing Books” on the best-seller lists, which now include Bob Woodward’s Plan of Attack, Richard Clarke’s Against All Enemies, Craig Unger’s House of Bush, House of Saud, and Kevin Phillip’s American DynastyCville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1082405000422375142004-04-19T15:03:00.000-05:002004-06-25T13:52:19.600-05:00
After the terror attacks of 9/11, President Bush was quick to remind Americans and reassure Muslims that we were not at war with Islam. In fact, the President went out of his way to reassure Muslims that America was a friend of the Islamic religion. On numerous occasions in the months following 9/11, in front of largely Muslim audiences at places such as the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C., Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1067611273533290232003-10-31T09:41:00.000-05:002004-06-25T13:42:45.806-05:00
Celebrity Culture in America
Has personality finally replaced reality?
By David McNair
Published in OldSpeak Magazine
In 1961, historian and social critic Daniel Boorstin argued in his book Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America that our nation was threatened by a “menace of unreality” which was replacing the authentic with the contrived in American society. “We need not be theologians,”Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1064254438766520762003-09-22T13:13:00.000-05:002004-06-25T14:02:52.320-05:00
12 Years of Diplomacy
Was the invasion of Iraq really a last resort or just unfinished business?
By David McNair
In a speech to the United Nations on the day after the first anniversary of 9/11, President Bush officially demonized and targeted Saddam Hussein in the war on terror. He called the dictator a "grave and gathering danger" to world peace and security and demanded that the nations of Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-1061834906636161202003-08-25T13:08:00.000-05:002004-05-19T10:00:57.126-05:00Crusaders in Alabama
Judge Roy Moore and Governor Bob Riley are two Alabama crusaders. One is fighting to keep a 5,300-pound stone monument of the Ten Commandments installed in the Alabama Judicial Building; the other is fighting to save Alabama from financial ruin. Like good Southern Baptists who believe in the "priesthood of all believers," both men have proudly and publicly cited their Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-949383842003-05-27T08:21:00.000-05:002003-10-31T09:48:35.436-05:00
Can Capitalism and Real Democracy Coexist?
A review of Greg Palast's book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
By David McNair
There's a temptation to dismiss Greg Palast's whistle-blowing theatrics and meticulous, conspiratorial fact-gathering by pointing out that powerful corporate and political insiders have always run the show and will do just about anything to keep running it. So tell me Cville Centralnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-938069372003-05-05T11:15:00.000-05:002004-06-25T13:50:09.403-05:00Visit OldSpeak Magazine and read Welcome to the Age of AnxietyCville Centralnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322071.post-932517502003-04-25T12:46:00.000-05:002003-04-25T13:11:55.000-05:00Visit OldSpeak Magazine and read The Wreckage of Desire:
An interview with the Anti-Christ
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