Tsunami of Love

Got this from the Plan9 weekly email...

1) Sunday, January 30th music lovers of all ages can enjoy a day of live music from some of Richmond’s best bands while also donating money to the victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunamis in South Asia. It's “The Sound of Help: A Benefit Concert for the Red Cross International Tsunami Relief Fund,” at the Canal Club downtown. Doors open at 2:00 pm, with live music from 2:30pm-8pm. Tickets, sold at the door, are $20, $10 for kids 14 and under; children under 3 get in free. Cash, checks and credit cards are welcome. Live performers include: The Susan Greenbaum Band, Page Wilson and Reckless Abandon, Plunky and Oneness, Robbin Thompson, The Taters, The Honky-Tonk Experience, The English Channel, Janet Martin Band, Lee Harris 3, Steppinstone, Farewell, Dave Pahanish. There'll also be a silent auction featuring art, jewelry and recorded music by a wide range of local artists.

2) FUSION JAZZ LOUNGEShockoe Slip, 109 S. 12th St.Saturday, January 22, 1:00 PM TO MIDNIGHT This benefit concert is a gift from Fusion and the musical Community to the Red Cross Tsunami Aid Fund. Jared Stone has moved quickly to put together an amazing lineup of over a dozen groups of local and regional musicians for this event from different genres of music, from jazz to funk, from blues to swing, to pop-rock.Scheduled to appear: The George Melvin Experience, Stone Stew with Jared Stone on drums and Alan Parker on guitar, the John D'earth Band, Howard Curtis & the Percussion Discussion, the Modern Groove Syndicate, D.J Williams (funk), Terry Garland (blues), Susan Greenbaum (acoustic pop-rock), Chez Rouee' and others
For more information call (804) 249-2338

Sweet Richmond

Christians sitting around informally talking… the Richmond hobby that
became a national phenomenon.

http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=9703

http://sweetmonday.com/

PS -- Ladies can go to the World's Largest Tea Party May 16 at the University of Richmond’s Robins Center. No Boys Allowed, apparently.

The Future is Now

People from all over Richmond watching plays about faith and then going somewhere to discuss them. Not A pipe dream. It's happening right now. Get involved.

http://www.actsoffaith.org/
http://www.actsoffaith.org/cs.htm

PS Thanks MonAve. Thanks for introducing the world to my theory of coagulation... also known as Modular Assembly Theory. More later...

"Radio for the Rest of Us."

Richmond's indie radio launched today after an extensive testing phase.

97.3 on your FM dial.

http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/

"If I had a radio /for every time you loved me so/ I wouldn't have a radio at all" - One Ring Zero

Coffee Talk

Three bits of News:
1) Upper Room Cafe (in Carytown) recently announced that they wil no longer be open on Saturdays. New hours are Tues- Fri from 8 a.m. to noon. What will people do after going to the Byrd?

2) Two cafes reopen this week in Shockoe Bottom after the flood. Cafe Gutenburg's entire first main floor was essentially destroyed along with what was at the time the largest antique book collection in Richmond Support them by buying good books. Visit http://www.cafegutenberg.com/ Also 17.5 cafe opens Wednesday. They're a little bit more cramped but it's eclectic for sure.

3) Other cafes in Richmond can be found at at http://www.restaurant-info.us/coffee/VA/Richmond.asp

Hallmarks of the Underground: Chinese Food

Every Tuesday, my bible study gets out at about 9:30 PM. At this
point, I usually haven't had supper so I get Chinese from China Panda
in the Museum District. I have been doing this so long that they now
recognize me in there. The owners remarkably friendly. They gave out
Christmas presents this year -- I got a bamboo 2005 calendar with
Chinese art on it.

Some interesting observations about the calendar I got:
1) Their hours indicate they close early on Saturday nights and an
hour later than usual on Sunday mornings. Hmm...I wonder what they do
Sunday Morning.
2) They have a fax number. Who faxes in orders for Chinese? Interesting.
3) They cater? Who gets their parties catered with Chinese food?
Perhaps this is an idea for my next birthday...


Full text of the calendar says:

China Panda
For the New Millenium
Healthy and Delicious Chinese Cuisine

Tel:355-6888
Fax:359-0346

616 North Sheppard St.
Richmond VA, 23221

(the letters 'MSG' with a ghostbusters-like 'no' sign around it)

Free Delivery
(minimum $9.00/Limited Area)

Open Hours - seven days a week
Monday - Thursday 11 AM - 11 PM
Friday 11AM - Midnight
Saturday 11:00AM - 11:30 PM
Sunday Noon - 11:00 PM

Catering For any occasion
Vegetarian Menu Available

Purpose-Driven Blog

Let there be no doubt: I still believe that blogs are for narcissists. Blogs are all talk and ultimately do nothing but propagate gossip. HOWEVER, I see real value in the internet as a virtual town square. I don't want this to be a one man soapbox as much a moderated discussion. This site will lose its mojo someday soon, but before it gets boring (estimated boring time = Summer 2005), it will serve as a launch pad for several purposes:

• Young Adults can post things here about what's going on in Richmond Christian Scene. I'm thinking in terms of: your friend's band playing at The Upper Room cafe OR your church is having a concert OR you found a cool web link OR an obscure film is playing at the Byrd. The first guidance about this is it should be the kind of thing that appeals to people in the age 20-30 college-career demographic. The second guidance is that while it doesn't necessarily have to be Christian event, it probably needs to not be evil. I think that's clear enough guidance for now
• People can come here to learn about what's going on in the Richmond Christian Scene
• People can learn about the Scene One Richmond Newsletter project and how they can contribute
• People can subscribe the the Scene One Richmond Newsletter by requsting subscription at sceneonerichmond at (@) gmail dot. com (I think you get the point)

http://wikipedia.org. The word of the year for 2004 is blog. That's cheesy. Let's redefine blog in 2005 so it means more than 'what the young kids use nowadays to get their news.' This must be a group effort in order to work.

Put the 'we' back in weblog. (Yeah, that's cheesy too. )

Peace on Earth.