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Taking Off With Spacebomb Records
RVA Staff | January 6, 2020
Topics: Andy Jenkins, angelica garcia, Fight The Big Bull, Fruit Bats, Hiss Golden Messenger, Matthew E. White, Reggie Pace, richmond music, Richmond music scene, RVA 38, Sinkane, Sleepwalkers, Spacebomb Records
RVA Mag #38 is on the streets now! Here's another article from the issue, in which Spacebomb Records founder Matthew E. White and his longtime musical compatriot Reggie Pace discuss the label's path to its current status. Journey into the world of professional record-making with White as he discusses the journey of founding Spacebomb.
The final months of 2019 have a lot in store for local record label Spacebomb Records: from their Richmond Folk Festival album to the Andy Jenkins EP that dropped earlier this month, and with upcoming releases through the rest of the year, founder Matthew E. White has a label that stays busy.
Moving further into the season, Spacebomb Records is releasing Sinkane: Alive at Spacebomb on December 6. Angelica Garcia's album is set to debut in 2020, along with Nadia Reid's latest album and plenty more in store for the River City. To learn what's behind the doors at Spacebomb and ahead in its future, Reggie Pace sat down with White to kick off his podcast (appropriately called "The Pacecast" until its forever-name is settled) and talk local music.
Check out Reggie's interview with White below, and head over to spacebombrecords.com for more releases in Richmond.
Reggie Pace. Photo by Lauren Serpa
Reggie Pace: You were playing music. But on the other side of town — not together.
Matthew E. White: Yeah, I was playing with The Great White Jenkins a little bit, and then Brian Hooten and Pinson and I started Fight The Bull Trio. And that was my first thing that was the instrumental free-jazz kind of music. And that grew into Fight The Big Bull.
RP: Do Fight The Bull have records?
MEW: Yeah, I guess we did. We did have one record, but that was as homemade as it got.
RP: I mean, aren't they all in a way? Not anymore.
MEW: Yeah, but that was great. And we put together a tour for Tony Garcia's music business class. That was my final project — to put together a tour for five people. So we did that, and it was great. That was really the beginning of everything that I'm doing now, it was that moment to decide to make it. It kind of went from there a little bit.
RP: And then Fight The Big Bull was an extension of Fight The Bull. A bigger ensemble?
MEW: Yeah, it was. Originally it was kind of like an extension, but it very quickly became "The Thing." It was the main thing almost immediately, once that gelled into a group of people. That was cool. It's funny, you know — those moments where you don't know it's happening. You look back and you're like, "Oh, man. That's when it happened." Everything for me happened when Brian and I put together Fight the Big Bull. And I thought, "Okay, I'm going to start writing for this." We did that first Dying Will Be Easy record, and that got on NPR. Then David Carson Daniels heard about it, and that brought me into the Durham music scene, then that brought us into Sounds of the South. People ask me all the time what happened, but I don't know, man… for me it was just all about creating energy. Trying to make and do and go.
RP: There's there's something to be said about timing.
MEW: Yeah. Good timing. But I think when you look back, me and you — and there's several other people — that was a special time in Richmond. It still is a special time, but for us, that was our 20s. That was my youth. And there were several people that made the decision to say "I'm going to stay here. I'm going to make stuff from here." It's not that we planned it… I didn't ever talk to you about it, it wasn't a coalition. It was just in the air. And I think big picture-wise, it had a lot to do with the internet. That breaking down of geographical barriers in the music industry.
I definitely didn't think about it like that at the time. I just sort of thought, "These are great people. Who's better than these people?" I still say that, you know? People ask what's the deal with Richmond — there are better players [here] than anybody. And that is what it is, man. There are more unique musicians here… not even per capita. Just period, it's incredible. I guess I had an inkling of it then, but I'm rock-solid sure of it now. And I was just lucky to cast my bet.
RP: So, tell me about what you've got going on [at Spacebomb Records] right now.
MEW: Right now, Andy Jenkins just released a new EP. Sleepwalkers have just released a record.
RP: What's the scene with that? Are they on Spacebomb?
MEW: Yup!
RP: Are you releasing records they made?
MEW: Yeah, we had nothing to do with [the recording process].
RP: I feel like that's a big change. Someone came to you with the finished record.
MEW: Yeah, yeah. And we just signed with Angelica Garcia, she's released a couple singles and she has a record coming out.
RP: She's a badass. She's fucking outta here, bro.
MEW: She's unbelievable.
RP: She's got this fighting spirit. Every time I see her, I'm just… I'm happier. You know?
MEW: Yeah, she lights it up. We saw her play when we did the show in Austin for South By Southwest — that was a lot of Spacebomb artists, and people who came in from production that were associated with Spacebomb in one way or another. And it was five hours of music with the house band backing people up, it was sort of insane. But she did a solo set of her loop stuff, and it tore the house down… it was crazy, man, it was crazy. I was just like, "Oh my god, Angelica." Just effortless. Effortless. It was amazing, so I'm very happy about that. And it's nice that they're local — that's cool, but we're not signing them because they're local.
RP: I always thought that that was the thing y'all were missing in a way, local signings. And people who look different, you know? Different types of music in different backgrounds… less beards, less indie-ness.
MEW: Well, to be fair, there's only one beard [laughs]. Sleepwalkers are really great, Angelica's really great. What else? Like I was saying before we turned on the mic, we have the Alive at Spacebomb series that allows us to work with friends in the industry who aren't necessarily signed to the label. So we did something with Hiss Golden Messenger and Sinkane. We did something with Fruit Bats and Vetiver earlier this year.
RP: Fruit Bats. That's a fun band. They're definitely out of left field, but they sound so good that it doesn't matter.
MEW: Yeah, it's great. And it's funny, the whole Spacebomb world has grown tremendously. Like I was saying before, we have our own studio. I am involved, but it used to be more like… I was the founder, and I was the driver of it. Now it has its own things rolling. I'm in there occasionally, but I've been focused as much, if not mostly, on Matthew E. White as a solo artist. Anything I produce goes through Spacebomb, but Spacebomb is a real record label with people that work in an office from nine to five every day. 106 Robinson. Go see 'em if you want.
RP: I gotta go by there. They're a great team, you know? I feel like it works well because you have a team full of go-getters, like Trey. Trey is a go-getter. He's getting it done. And Alan, and Cameron is a deep artist. Pinson is a very deep artist.
MEW: It's a lot bigger and a lot more energy, and a lot more work than just me. I think people kind of project it [a certain way]… sometimes in the interviews, I'll read things as if it's a Matt White thing. And at this point, it is just partially a Matt White thing. Like Merge.
RP: You got it off the ground. Merge is always going to be Mac, it doesn't matter what he says.
MEW: It's the label that goes, man. And that's cool. I'm proud of that. I'm proud of those guys — Dan, Jesse, Dean, and Trey — and all those guys that work their asses off day-to-day to make it go. And hopefully, the idea is, we all kind of work it. And it all goes a little bit back into the same pot.
Listen to the full interview on Spotify below (or launch it in your app from mobile here) with Reggie Pace and Matthew E. White on The Hustle Season Podcast sponsored by RVA Magazine.
Matthew E. White photos via Spacebomb Records.
VA Shows You Must See This Week: December 26 – December 31
Marilyn Drew Necci | December 26, 2019
Topics: Alcindor, Altria Theater, Bloat, Cary Street Cafe, Copperhead, Cybernetic Warkrab, Deli Kings, Demons, Fuzzy Cactus, High Voltage, Invaluable, Jouwala Collective, Kurtis Blow, Lord Nelson, Loud Night, Nervous System, No Mas, Organ Trail, Plaque Marks, Prabir, Prayer Group, Riffhouse Pub, Seraph, shows you must see, Sleepwalkers, Song of Praise, Special Ed and the Shortbus, Spiral Fracture, Taphouse Grill, Tauk, The Broadberry, The Hip Hop Nutcracker, The Hot Seats, The Trongone Band, The Vegabonds, Tinnarose, Wonderland
Saturday, December 28, 10 PM
The Return of Sp***** Ed and the Sh****** @ Cary Street Cafe – $10
This week's show column is entirely focused on that weird end-of-year week between Christmas and New Year's Day — that week we all are so sure will be a total loss that plenty of businesses shut down entirely until the new year rolls around. We're still here, though, and while this whole week might feel like a goofy, lackadaisical lead-up to the big New Year's Eve throwdown, make no mistake, there are some interesting things afoot around town.
One of the most interesting is this reunion show taking place at Cary Street Cafe on Saturday night. And it's a great example of the way that, every once in a while, something from the recent past will spring to mind in a manner that reminds you how long ago the past actually was. This reunion of a local bluegrass band that was a Richmond music staple less than a decade ago is just such a reminder, in that they were both a really fun band that drew a following with a very original approach to what can be an extremely conservative music form… and a band whose efforts to be goofy led them to an extremely insensitive and inappropriate name.
In fact, the band once known as Special Ed And The Shortbus not only changed their name in 2012 to The Hot Seats, they are using stars to disguise that name in all promotion for this show that will reunite one of the band's earliest and goofiest lineups to recreate their early-00s days as Cary Street Cafe's Wednesday night house band. Their name has certainly not aged well, but their music and antics are still as entertaining and fun as they always were, so if you miss the days of their onstage hijinks even as you recognize that their name is culturally unacceptable in these modern times, you should definitely head down to Cary Street Cafe this Saturday night and catch the one-time return of Sp***** Ed and the Sh******… minus 11 letters.
Thursday, December 26, 7:30 PM
The Hip Hop Nutcracker, feat. Kurtis Blow @ Altria Theater – $37 – 67 (order tickets HERE)
People sing that old song without understanding its meaning all the time, but Christmas is technically a 12 day celebration that doesn't end until nearly a week into January. Therefore, the fact that the Hip Hop Nutcracker won't reach the Altria Theatre until tonight isn't inappropriate at all. Tonight, there's no reason for you not to shake off the food coma from yesterday's dinner and celebrate the second day of Christmas with two turtle doves and a whole lot of great hip hop dancing set to Tchaikovsky's classic Nutcracker Suite.
For the real old-school heads, there's a bigtime bonus to this show as well — Kurtis Blow will be in the house. Blow is so old school, he released one of the first rap records ever; what's more, it was a Christmas single, so Blow's connection to this holiday has lasted his entire career. Before the official Nutcracker kicks off, Blow will begin the evening with a short solo set, and if, like me, you're old enough to remember the days when "Basketball" and "The Breaks" were jams that always got the party started right, you'll definitely want to be here and see Kurtis Blow strut his stuff.
Friday, December 27, 8 PM
Seraph, Spiral Fracture, Alcindor @ Wonderland – $10
It's been five years since Richmond deathcore warriors Seraph released their mini-album, Embrace Your Demise, and they've been through a hell of a lot since then. At one point, a member's overseas military deployment led to a lengthy hiatus; at another point, a member passed away unexpectedly. Most recently, one of their founding members has battled cancer; this Wonderland performance marks the first time he's been healthy enough to play a show in nearly a year.
However, you have to admire any band with the tenacity to endure through all the tough times that have come Seraph's way and keep going strong. Not only are they returning to action in the live arena once again, they've been working on new music that will eventually take the form of a long-awaited followup to Embrace Your Demise. If you love punishing, brutal death/metal/core, it's hard not to be stoked about that. Celebrate Seraph's return to action this Friday night at Wonderland, and enjoy two other Virginia heavy hitters — Spiral Fracture and Alcindor — in the bargain. Nothing about this will not rule.
Saturday, December 28, 9 PM
The Trongone Band, The Vegabonds, Lord Nelson @ The Broadberry – $15 in advance/$18 day of show (order tickets HERE)
As we have previously discussed, the holidays are prime time for jam bands. Their music has a spiritual kinship with those laid-back evenings we all associate with holiday times, when there's no specific agenday, punctuality isn't a factor, and the main things people are interested in are relaxing, having fun, and seeing where the night takes them. What musical ensemble could be more apropos to take us on that sort of journey than a jam band?
Where the loose arrangement of prog, folk, and Southern rock that makes up the jam-band universe is concerned, Richmond's own Trongone Band and their compatriots for this evening, Tennessee's Vegabonds, are concerned, they're significantly closer to the Southern-rock axis. And there's nothing wrong with that — the Trongone Band's soulful, Muscle Shoals-influenced take on prime Allman/My Morning Jacket sounds is a whole lot of fun, and the Vegabonds' slightly tougher Drive-By Truckers-ish approach is certainly welcome anytime. If you need a fun way to spend your post-Christmas/pre-New Years weekend, these two bands have just what you're looking for.
Sunday, December 29, 9 PM
Plaque Marks, Prayer Group, Copperhead @ Wonderland – $10
The holidays don't usually see a lot of touring bands coming through, but that just makes the few who buck the trend and hit the road all the more welcome. Philadelphia's Plaque Marks is battling the post-Christmas traffic full of tired families on the way back from Grandma's house this weekend to bring Richmond a heaping helping of noise for dinner, and it's sure to be a treat.
So far, this quartet featuring members of Fight Amp, Creepoid, and others has only brought us one EP, 2017's Anxiety Driven Nervous Worship. That EP's sludgy, abrasive mix of anti-social punk and Jesus Lizard-style noise-rock is, however, enough reason on its own to head to Wonderland and catch these freaks. And by now, there's no way they don't have a few new songs with which to spice things up as well. Local metallic faves Prayer Group and newcomers Faucet, who feature members of Fat Spirit, Gumming, Among The Rocks And Roots, and more, will give us a full evening worthy of the beautiful punishment Plaque Marks dishes out.
Monday, December 30, 7 PM
Tauk, Jouwala Collective @ The Broadberry – $15 in advance/$18 at the door (order tickets HERE)
New Year's Eve is the very next night, but that's no excuse to spend your Monday evening holed up at home, bored out of your skull. And that's doubly true in light of the fact that Tauk is coming to town. This New York-based instrumental combo has some excellent sounds to deliver to this city, sounds that are sure to expand our minds and get us thinking way outside the box — regardless of whether that box has a bow on top.
On last year's Shapeshifter II: Outbreak, Tauk mingled guitars with synths and danceable beats to create a genre hybrid with appeal for post-rock nerds, jazz cats, and funk heads alike. The album was spawned by the group's thoughts on the rise of artificial intelligence, but rest assured, no computer could come up with the riffs Tauk lays down. Get a glimpse for yourself, up close and personal at the Broadberry, and prepare for your New Year's Eve with a thought-provoking night spent somewhere other than your couch.
Tuesday, December 31, 7:30 PM
NYE 1979, feat. Tinnarose as Blondie, High Voltage as AC/DC, Sleepwalkers as The Rolling Stones, Loud Night as Motorhead, Deli Kings as The Ramones, Prabir as Elvis Costello @ Fuzzy Cactus – $30 in advance/$40 day of show (order tickets HERE)
As we've discussed many times, punk rockers and metalheads often see holidays as an excuse to bust out some tribute bands. This celebration at Fuzzy Cactus is the first time I've seen this Halloween tradition extended to New Year's Eve, though, so congrats to Fuzzy Cactus for breaking new ground in the punk-holiday-tribute game.
What's even better about this show is that it has a unifying concept for its evening of tributes, bringing us an evening full of the sounds of 1979. It's not just first-wave punk bands, either; with indie-folk crew Tinnarose bringing the sounds of Blondie to life, rock n' rollers Sleepwalkers invoking the Rolling Stones, indie mainstay Prabir bringing the sounds of Elvis Costello, and more, this is an evening that will cover a lot of musical ground, even as it reminds us all that things were actually pretty great 40 years ago.
Demons, Song of Praise, Invaluable, Nervous System @ Taphouse Grill (Norfolk) – Price TBA
Punks and jam bands don't have a monopoly on the holidays. Noise-rock bands can certainly bring the heat at Christmastime just as easily, and that's exactly what Norfolk's Demons are choosing to do with their post-holiday throwdown at Norfolk's own Taphouse Grill. If you haven't caught on with what Demons, the post-Mae project of singer-guitarist Zach Gehring, are up to just yet, you really should fix that.
In recent years, this quartet has followed up their abrasive 2017 debut LP, Embrace Wolf, with a pair of hard-hitting EPs showing their political side. Made In The USA and the "Uglier Americans" single show that it's not just musical influence that they take from intelligent post-hardcore bands like Fugazi and Quicksand. The resulting sound is raw and furious, with an undeniable undercurrent of melody that keeps things catchy and memorable. This is one party you're going to want to show up for — especially since Demons have invited a few other equally talented Tidewater bands to join in.
Tuesday, December 31, 9 PM
Organ Trail, No/Mas, Cybernetic Warkrab, Bloat @ RiffHouse Pub (Chesapeake) – $5
OK, so picture this: It's New Year's Eve. There are more parties happening than you can shake a stick at (that's a phrase my mother says, I have no idea what it means). All of them are full of champagne toasts, photobooths, and assorted other gimcracks and geegaws. You, on the other hand, don't feel like dealing with a bunch of ballyhoo — you really just want to rock. Well, I know where you need to go.
Your destination is deep in the land of Tidewater, in the municipality known as Chesapeake, where RiffHouse Pub is bringing us the sort of no-frills affair that is so refreshing on the most overhyped party night of the year. Pennsylvania's Organ Trail and DC's No/Mas will be on hand to blast you with some gore-soaked death metal (the former) and hyperspeed grind (the latter), along with some local ragers from Cybernetic Warkrab and Bloat. There will be a toast at midnight, but it'll be with PBR, because you don't need all that frou-frou bullshit and neither do any of these bands. Leave the novelty glasses at home; bring your steel-toed boots for this one.
Sleepwalking Through The Ages
Jimmy O'Keefe | June 25, 2019
Topics: Ages, Austin York, Greenwood Shade, indie, Matthew E. White, Michael York, Sleepwalkers, Spacebomb Records
With their forthcoming album on Spacebomb Records, Richmond's Sleepwalkers demonstrate their mastery over many eras of musical evolution.
Having established themselves as leaders of Richmond's retro-inspired indie rock scene on their 2014 debut album, Greenwood Shade, the river city's own Sleepwalkers are back with a new album that confirms their status as a band that shouldn't be ignored.
On Ages, set to be released on July 19 via Spacebomb Records, Sleepwalkers revive the best sounds of the 70s and 80s, keeping their music original with a tasteful modern flair added to the mix. A pop record at its core, Ages wouldn't be complete without fuzzed-out melodies and lush instrumentation that allows for plenty of repeat listens without ever failing to capture the listener's attention.
Ages by Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers' retro sound is influenced by "all the greats," according to Austin York, who plays bass and sings in the band. The band cited Prince, The Beatles, and Genesis as having played a part in inspiring the sound that came out on the record.
"We take inspiration from people like Quincy Jones," said Michael York, brother of Austin, who plays guitar and sings in the band. Jones is a legendary producer who has worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald. That the band draws inspiration from a producer is telling; Ages was produced by the band all by themselves, allowing for complete creative control.
"I think the thing we are most proud of is the fact that we are a self-contained production group," said Alex DeJong, who drums and engineers sound for the band. "We tried to push ourselves using the studio as a tool more than we did with the first record."
Michael and Austin York in the studio.
Whereas Sleepwalkers' booked the release show for Greenwood Shade before the album was even complete, forcing them to finish by a certain date, the band decided to give Ages the proper studio treatment. "This one was more taking our time, figuring out what sort of tones we wanted, which vibe we wanted," said Austin.
Chock full of various melodies and rhythms that stack on top of each other, Ages is a maximalist record, one that allows space for the sounds of different time periods to shine through.
"We are doing these different time periods of music and the production changes with each one. It's kind of like moving through different time periods," Austin said. "It's the Ages concept — moving through time."
The band's debut album, Greenwood Shade, was self-released, but for Ages, they've hooked up with Spacebomb, a Richmond-based record label co-founded by well-known local musician Matthew E. White. With Spacebomb's track record of releasing music by not only White but Natalie Prass, Andy Jenkins, and Bedouine, some might feel that Sleepwalkers' time-traveling sound has found the perfect home. But for Sleepwalkers, the Spacebomb connection is really about friendship.
"Matt White brought us on tour a few years ago, and we just became good buds," DeJong said. "It's kind of a neat thing having a label in town."
Sleepwalkers are embarking on a tour in support of Ages. They'll kick things off on July 13 in Richmond, alongside local favorites Camp Howard at The Broadberry.
"Live shows are different," Austin said, explaining that it's difficult to replicate the complex sounds of the studio live on stage. DeJong mentioned that the band will stack a variety of keyboard tones onto a single keyboard, allowing for one instrument to sound like multiple synths.
"It's kind of hard to replicate a lot of the stuff, but we do make up for it with theatricality, or heavier vocals," Michael added.
Forging a new, unique sound by blending the music of the past with modern pop sensibilities, Sleepwalkers are notable for their ability to pay homage to the musical greats of earlier decades while maintaining a sound that is distinctively their own.
This is a big challenge for any band, but it seems to come naturally to Sleepwalkers. The band is correct to be proud of the feat: "We did it all ourselves," Austin said.
Photos via Sleepwalkers/Facebook
VA Shows You Must See This Week: May 29 – June 4
Marilyn Drew Necci | May 29, 2019
Topics: American Television, Amy Klein, angelica garcia, Bacchae, Ben Katzman's DeGreaser, Big Baby, Black Plastic, Blue Streak, Camp Howard, Dead Format, Decide By Friday, Deer Eats Birds, Diseased Earth, Doll Baby, Fat Spirit, gallery 5, Garden Grove Brewing, Justus Proffit, Kristeva, Lobby Boy, Matron, McCormack's, Mojo's, New Lions, Newscaster, Organ Trail, Phobia, SameStory, shows you must see, Sleepwalkers, SLOGAME, Strawberry Moon, The Broadberry, The Camel, The Cryptkeeper Five, The Firnats, The Golden Pony, The Great Noise, The Vansaders, Tired All The Time, W I S H, West Beach Tavern, Wolcott's Invisible Hand, Wonderland, Wring Out
Friday, May 31, 8 PM
New Lions, Doll Baby, Fat Spirit @ The Camel – $6 in advance/$8 day of show (order tickets HERE)
Remember when Trump won and, alongside everyone who fucking hated it, there were a few people babbling about how "at least there'll be some good angry music again"? Let me just say right now: it wasn't worth it, especially for all the women, people of color, and LGBTQ people who've found themselves in the crosshairs. But if the return of New Lions is any indication, I'll go ahead and grant it to those people — y'all were right.
New Lions, which is what Clair Morgan and his band are calling themselves now that they've accepted their past several years of existence as a full band, are celebrating the release of their latest EP and first new record in three years, End Story, at The Camel Friday night. With a band name drawn from the final Clair Morgan album, New Lions and the Not-Good Night, they're clearly building on what has come before. But where previous Clair Morgan LPs mixed Clair's mathy post-hardcore guitar style with melodic indie riffing, End Story finds this band writing in a decidedly more aggressive vein, with political lyrics and a harsher vocal sound that pushes them almost all the way to the border between post-hardcore and outright screamo.
If the Trump era can get an indie band this upset, imagine what it can do to all the marginalized communities the administration is taking aim for (though actually, you don't have to imagine — it's reality). At least we'll have a killer soundtrack for the battle lines. Or for a Friday night at the Camel, trying to forget it all and enjoy a truly positive thing for this city — the return of one of the city's leading musical lights to full-throated action. Doll Baby and Fat Spirit will open this one up, and you should definitely bring some extra cash to grab yourself a copy of End Story. You're gonna need this one by your side this summer.
Wednesday, May 29, 8 PM
Tired All The Time, SameStory @ McCormack's – $?
Tired All The Time have given themselves the perfect name for this era of millennial burnout and rapidly increasing income inequality. If you're not one of the rare elites driving a $100,000 European sports car to your fantastically outfitted corporate office, you're part of the vast assemblage of the rest of us, driving a used 10-year-old European sedan for Uber and panicking at the thought of an unexpected car repair. Is it any surprise that so many of us are, yes, Tired All The Time?
This DC band who wryly uses corporate-style text and iconography to send up the aforementioned elites, may not be able to keep you from having to replace your water pump in six months, but they sure can rock away your cares for one night. Tonight at McCormack's, down in lovely Shockoe Bottom, they'll bring their keyboard-laced postpunk sounds, displayed adroitly on last year's Be Well EP, to the upstairs stage. And it won't be long before you're moving your feet with a big smile on your face. Don't worry about tomorrow morning — just this once, you can wait til 9:30 to sign into the app. We promise.
Thursday, May 30, 9 PM
Ben Katzman's DeGreaser, Newscaster, The Firnats @ Wonderland – $6
Rock n' roll never goes out of style, and that's why the arrival of Ben Katzman's DeGreaser at another Shockoe Bottom mainstay, Wonderland, is a very welcome fact. Katzman has a Florida metal background and it comes through in spades on 2018's Quarter Life Crisis, a true wailer of an album whose best tracks would have fit right in next to Van Halen and Judas Priest on early 80s hard rock radio.
But hot licks and killer riffs aren't the only things Katzman's DeGreaser have to offer the discerning patron of rock power. Their songs are incredibly well-constructed and have a subtle intelligence at work underneath all those Trans Am-rattling anthems. You can really tell when you check out the lyrics to songs like "Too Old For Retail," "Goodbye Wi-Fi," and "Cool Points Don't Pay The Rent" — these guys know the struggle. And they're coming to town Thursday night so we can all put it aside for just one night, and rock! You know you need it; let your hair down for this one.
Sleepwalkers, Wolcott's Invisible Hand, Angelica Garcia @ The Broadberry – $12 in advance/$15 day of show (order tickets HERE)
Sleepwalkers have been an active force on the Richmond music scene for years now, but recently, with their debut full-length, Greenwood Shade, five years in the rearview, it has started to feel like they were fading a bit. Thankfully, that has all turned around in the last few months, with the group signing to Spacebomb and preparing to end the five-year drought of new Sleepwalkers tuneage with a new LP, coming later this year.
It's not out yet, but the group is celebrating this weekend nonetheless. The first single from the new LP, "Fault Is Me," came out a couple months ago. Now, Spacebomb is releasing a limited-edition cassette containing remixes of the single by noteworthy local producers including DJ Harrison and Giavos, and Friday night's show at the Broadberry is your first chance to grab it for yourself! It's also sure to give you an opportunity to familiarize yourself with some of the other material Sleepwalkers have in store for their full-length Spacebomb debut later this year. Be there and get in on the ground floor.
Saturday, June 1, 9 PM
The Cryptkeeper Five, The Vansaders, Decide By Friday, Dead Format, American Television @ Mojo's – $5 suggested donation
You might think this is the band Bobby "Boris" Pickett was singing about back in 1962, but no — that was actually the Crypt-Kicker Five. The Cryptkeeper Five are actually a quartet, and they play rollicking punk n' roll tunes that are sometimes augmented by a Springsteen-style expanded band, complete with horn section. The stage at Mojo's can't accomodate all that, but the original four-piece will rock you all the same this Saturday night.
On their latest LP, The Stronghold — which was released on local powerhouse Say-10 Records, not coincidentally the label putting on this entire show — The Cryptkeeper Five come across like a strange combination of the Smoking Popes, Alkaline Trio, and Titus Andronicus, and if you dig any of that (or, for that matter, the subtle Springsteen mention above), you're sure to have a blast when they hit the stage. Tourmates the Vansaders are actually from Asbury Park, but their acoustic folk-punk sound is a bit less Boss-ish and more reminiscent of The Waterboys or The Pogues. Both of these bands and some killer local groups as well will be combining powers to make this Saturday night musical extravaganza one to remember. Bring cash for the donation pot, and bring your card to buy a cheesesteak — they're delicious.
Sunday, June 2, 6 PM
Matron, Kristeva, Deer Eats Birds @ Garden Grove Brewing – Free!
Free shows to end your weekend are always fun, and there are multiple places around town willing to hook us up with such things on a near-weekly basis. It's just another wonderful thing about living in RVA. Matron are not from RVA — they come to us from New Orleans — but they're bringing some wonderful sounds to our town that are sure to wrap up your weekend right. Their latest EP, Standing Water, shows off their unusual hybrid between energetic, mathy post-hardcore and synth-driven alt-rock weirdness, and the group is sure to blow us all away with it once they hit the stage.
We're lucky enough to get some wonderful local sounds on this bill too — in fact, one or more of these local bands may play after Matron (I'd put one before and one after, but I stopped booking shows a while back due to a permanent case of exhaustion so I may not be the one to ask). No matter when these bands perform, we can be sure that the brilliant, epic post-rock of Kristeva and the complex, melodic alt-rock of Deer Eats Birds will add additional spice and flair to our weekend's all-too-imminent end. And that's wonderful.
Monday, June 3, 7 PM
Amy Klein (Photo by Orlando S. Gondar), Black Plastic, SLOGAME, Strawberry Moon @ The Camel – $5 in advance/$7 day of show (order tickets HERE)
You might know Amy Klein from her days in Titus Andronicus — she played guitar on the band's early high-water mark, The Monitor — from her politically-informed online writings, or from her 2016 solo debut, Fire. But Klein is taking things to a whole new level with her upcoming sophomore LP, Winter/Time. Not only does the LP's lead single, "Nothing," show both a driving punk energy and some serious postpunk/new wave melodic chops, the album as a whole will apparently tackle complicated narratives constructed from an imaginary world that Klein nurtured in her mind as a child, known as a paracosm.
That might sound like pretty insane stuff at first blush, but album-as-high-concept-fantasy-novel is a familiar trope across the history of intelligent, unorthodox rock n' roll, from Rush's 2112 to The Who's legendarily unrealized Lifehouse. With the album on the eve of release, it seems likely that Klein will go the way of the Rush classic rather than the Who's nervous-breakdown-fueling collapse, and that's certainly a great thing. If nothing else, it offers us the tantalizing possibility of a whole album full of songs as good as "Nothing" — which will certainly be a lovely treat for us all this summer. Get ready by heading down to the Camel and rocking with Amy Klein this Monday night. It's a great way to start your week.
Tuesday, June 4, 7 PM
Justus Proffit, Camp Howard, Big Baby, Lobby Boy @ Gallery 5 – $10 in advance/$12 day of show (order tickets HERE)
You know, I can't say I'm familiar with memorably-named LA singer-songwriter Justus Proffit, but he's apparently somewhat of a prodigy, having played in touring bands since he was 16 or so. Now he's 25, and if you're thinking, "Oh, is this kid the next Jay Reatard then?" you're not entirely on the wrong track. His new album, LA's Got Me Down, is full of psychedelic garage tunes, doused in noisy guitar distortion that can't quite hide the brilliant melodies at its heart.
Proffit's tunes of LA struggle reference drugs, death, and a culture of false allegiances, but they're kept aloft by his flawless ear for pop melodies. There's an ever-present psychedelic weirdness as well, just to keep the whole thing glowing with the sunlight of a slightly overexposed photograph. The combination is unique, arresting, and memorable, and if Proffit carries on in this fashion, he'll be hugely famous before you know it. Get in on this movement before the rest of the world catches on, and spend your Tuesday night at Gallery 5. You won't regret it.
Phobia, Diseased Earth, Organ Trail @ The Golden Pony – $12 (order tickets HERE)
Legendary California grindcore ragers Phobia have been around for damn near 30 years now, and despite many different trials and tribulations over that time, they continue rolling along at full speed — their forthcoming LP, Generation Coward, is something like their 16th release, and that's not even counting the million split EPs they've done over the years. They've still got the fire in their bellies, though, as is clear from the new LP's advance single, "Internet Tough Guy." We've all known a few of those, am I right?
Anyway, Phobia are coming to Harrisonburg's Golden Pony tomorrow night, and they're going to rock the place like crazy. Roaring, growling vocals, grinding thrash guitar riffs, and super-fast blast beats aplenty await the fortunate souls who stumble into the Golden Pony. It's going to be awesome, especially with regional powerhouses Diseased Earth and Organ Trail (not the computer game you played in middle school — oh my, no) dropping a bomb loaded full of death-metallic grind power on you to kick this night off. Be ready to bang your head, because you're going to be doing a lot of that.
Blue Streak, The Great Noise, Bacchae, W I S H, Wring Out @ West Beach Tavern – $10 (order tickets HERE)
Hardcore isn't just a sound, it's a culture. Want proof? Check out hardcore bands like Angel Du$t, or Culture Abuse — bands that are both beloved in the scene and bear no resemblance to Minor Threat, Black Flag, Bad Brains, or any of the other agreed-upon touchstones of the sound. But their members have played hardcore music before, so hardcore kids are willing to check them out. Blue Streak might be another one of those bands; featuring members of Give, Red Death, and — sure enough — Angel Du$t, this group nonetheless brings a sound that comes much closer to indie pop and alternative rock than anything approaching hardcore.
Will the kids love it nonetheless? It's an open question with this relatively new band, who've only released two singles thus far. However, considering the quality of the songs on offer, they certainly should. And those of you who couldn't care less about hardcore might want to consider doing so as well. Fans of everything from Sloan to Braid to The Breeders are going to hear things they really like in this band's sound — regardless of cultural affiliation. They'll be playing with a bunch of other melodic indie, alt-rock, and shoegaze groups as well, so you're sure to have a full night of joy with fellow DC power-poppers Bacchae, Hampton Roads killers The Great Noise, and even Richmond's own hazy-guitar maestros, W I S H. What are you waiting for? Get down with it.
RPAA's Parking Lot Party
John Reinhold | April 24, 2019
Topics: Parking lot party, party, RPAA, Sleepwalkers, The Congress
Meet us at Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts for RPAA's Parking Lot Party – an afternoon and evening of bands, brews and bites! Hosted by Richmond Performing Arts Alliance's (RPAA's) Associates Board, proceeds from this event benefit the artistic and educational programs of RPAA. Special performance by headliner SLEEPWALKERS, special guest star The Congress, and guest star The Whiskey Rebellion. #rpaaplp
About the Parking Lot Party:
– Family-friendly**
– SLEEPWALKERS (headliner)
– The Congress (special guest star)
– The Whiskey Rebellion (guest star)
– DJ Diesel Music & Entertainment LLC
– Growlers To Go
– Slideways Mobile Bistro, Goatocado, Pizza Nostra RVA, and King Of Pops – Richmond
– Arts Activities provided by ART 180, Art on Wheels, and Visual Arts Center of Richmond (with Artist – Amelia Blair Langford)
– and MORE!!
$15 in advance and include one (1) beverage ticket ($20 at the gate)
$10 non-drinking ticket
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*This event is rain or shine. No refunds.
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HomeAgain Works to End Homelessness and Get Families Back On Their Feet
Prabir Mehta | December 22, 2017
Topics: gallery 5, HomeAgain, homelessness in richmond, Horsehead, Jolinda Underwood, Prabir Mehta, Sleepwalkers, The Trillions
My earliest memories are of life in India in the 1980's. In Ahmedabad, Gujarat all walks of life live together in very dense concentrations. The extraordinarily wealthy and the extremely poor and homeless all share the same walkways, parks, and public spaces. I grew up wondering how it was possible for me to get meals and water anytime I wanted, while other children my age were clearly unable to meet their daily needs. When I turned eight, my parents moved us to the United States. Initially I was mesmerized by the relative cleanliness, calm, quiet, and peaceful order that life seemed to operate under. Living in the suburbs of Richmond, VA also gave me the impression that in the United States, the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth, everyone could live comfortably and did not have to worry about the bigger woes of life, like homelessness. I was wrong.
My teenage and college years would bring me into the city more often for trips to museums, seeing a symphony on a field trip, and beginning to play music with my friends in small venues downtown. This is when I was able to see the reality; the fact that not only did we have homelessness here but it was not a concern to most people I knew. Life in the suburbs created a sort of bubble mentality. Since no one really ever saw homelessness in their cul de sac, it made one feel like homelessness did not even exist. However, this could not be further from the truth. While in college, I studied Urban Studies, and started to approach homelessness as an issue that we could address with the right minds working on the right projects, big and small.
Jolinda Underwood has been working at HomeAgain for a decade now. For years, I've been working with Underwood, putting on annual events at Gallery5 to bring awareness to the work HomeAgain is doing and raise some funds along the way. A little over a decade ago, the Richmond area had thousands of homeless individuals. Now, thanks to the work of Underwood and others, our homeless population is under 900. And with our collective help, it will continue to get smaller.
Underwood told me about how they try to approach the turnaround from homelessness to a permanent stable living situation. "The goal is 30 days," she said. "We want rapid exits from the shelter to permanent housing."
"Housing is a right," she continued. "Whether you are in recovery, whether you have mental health diagnosis, whether you have income or not, there are still ways that we can work with you."
HomeAgain's staff works 24 hours a day to address the needs of our homeless, regardless of their situation. Women escaping abusive relationships, single fathers and mothers down on their luck, veterans, and individuals with mental health or addiction issues are all able to take advantage of this shelter-to-permanent-housing trajectory that HomeAgain gracefully provides to all of the folks that walk through their doors. The goal is to not only end homelessness by taking people off the street, but to also prevent homelessness for people that are at risk of ending up on the streets. This requires a lot of energy and work, but luckily for our city we have individuals like Underwood and her colleagues at HomeAgain to work on this huge mission which will ultimately benefit the entire community.
Underwood recalled one of the more difficult times in her career, when she was working with a young pregnant woman on the autism spectrum. The woman was not able to take her medication due to the complications it would bring to the pregnancy. She and her on-and-off boyfriend were living in a small tent behind a building near the HomeAgain offices. "I've been in this field for a long time, and that was the first time I got really choked up," Underwood said. "To see all their belongings, food, and whatnot was outside a tent, and it had rained the night before." This is just one of the complicated scenarios that has played out in front of Underwood's eyes in her decade-long mission to fight homelessness.
"I had to work with a family that was living in their car for two months," she said. "They were scared; they could not tell anyone they were living in a car. You can't get a job, and you can't tell anyone about it, because your children will get taken away. Their son was in high school. It's tough."
After a decade in the industry, Underwood has seen homeless families transition from stressful, unstable daily living situations to becoming homeowners with stability and a chance to move forward in life. But the work continues regardless. Families move into the HomeAgain network all the time, and our Richmond community can help make their lives a little easier by providing daily needs such as beds, sofas, food, and children's educational and recreational items. The organization could benefit from fridges, vehicles, bus tickets, and obviously more funding.
"The goal is housing, but that's not all we do," she said. "There's more to a person then just getting them connected to a house." Education, employment, health services, and community interactions are vital components of life for each and every person in our city. Underwood's team at HomeAgain is working towards bringing hope to those that may not think hope is possible. That hope will be made more potent and powerful if more individuals are aware of the many ways they can contribute to this greater issue.
I'm thrilled to be a part of an event that will be raising funds for HomeAgain this Saturday at Gallery 5. We'll have a lot of Richmond's best musicians, including members of Sleepwalkers, The Trillions, Horsehead, and more, on hand to ring in the holidays with some Christmas songs and fun covers. The money from the door will go to HomeAgain. This is a great chance for the Richmond community to meet the staff, as they will be at the event to let folks know about how we can get involved. And you'll get to enjoy some music along the way, too.
Gallery 5 is located at 200 W. Marshall St. This event begins at 8 PM. Tickets are $5, and can be purchased here. Click here for more information.


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What a puppy's life is worth
Kevin is an OxyContin addict.
He's a father to two kids who says, after his girlfriend upped and left him because of the drugs in January, he turned to shoplifting to feed his habit.
But that's not all he stole.
On Jan. 11, Kevin went to a SuperStore, loaded up a grocery cart with $460 worth of stuff — mostly food, diapers and baby formula — and tried to leave without paying.
He was nabbed by a loss prevention officer. He's arrested and released on a promise to come to court.
The items were fully recovered. It's as simple as retracing his steps in the store and replacing the items on shelves.
By Jan. 25, he and another guy had hatched a different plan to score.
Driving around in a van, they'd pull into Safeway parking lots and dispatch Kevin to the store. At the first, he stole diapers; the second, about $120 worth of razor blades.
At the third, another $140 of blades were nicked.
Problem was, The LPO at that store took down the plate of the van as it drove away. Kevin and his buddy were nabbed not long after.
The $200 or so of razor blades were recovered. It could be that you are using one to shave right now. Who knows.
Kevin's arrested, but this time held in jail until he posts bail a few days later.
All's quiet with Kevvie until May 18, when he goes to a home on College Avenue where the homeowner is selling puppies.
He sees one — it's worth about $800 or more — and tells the owner, "I'll be right back."
He never returns.
What ever happened to the dog, no one seems to know. The homeowner ID's Kevin from a photo mug pack shown to her by the cops.
June 15: Kevin walks into a Safeway and stuffs packs of fish fillets down his pants.
He gets in a scuffle with the LPO at that store and runs. Cops pick him up in front of Polo Park.
For all this trouble and theft, Kevin's handed a 104 day-sentence today. He's been in since his arrest and got 1:1 credit for the dead time.
His lawyer says Kevin believed the "dog looked sick" and he passed it off to some people he knew.
It seemed that way, to me anyways, that the dog was dead but no one wanted to say it.
It could not be replaced.
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Man, dog attacked by raccoon in Orlando
Updated: 11:40 PM EST Feb 7, 2018
WEBVTT IS ON TOFIND THE RACCOON.KELLY: IT'S A NIGHTLY ROUTINEFOR MANY PEOPLE IN THISNEIGHBORHOOD TO WALK THEIR DOG,BUT ONE MAN ENDED UP AT THEHOSPITAL AFTER ENCOUNTERING ANAGGRESSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PEST. >> A LARGER RACOON, PROBABLYABOUT 40 POUNDS, JUST CAMECHARGING ACROSS THE STREET.AND I MEAN CHARGING.IT TERRIFIES YOU.KELLY: DENNIS JENKINS AND HISDOG, P.B., HAD JUST STEPPED OFFOF THE FRONT PORCH WHEN THERACOON CHARGED.IT TURNED INTO A NIGHT OF PHONECALLS TO VETS, DOCTORS, ANDULTIMATELY HOURS AT THE HOSPITALGETTING RABIES SHOTS.JUST LAST MONTH, A 6-YEAR-OLDORLANDO BOY DIED OF RABIES AFTERBEING SCRATCHED BY AN INFECTEDBA>> AND I HAVE TO SAY FOR THEAMOUNT OF PAIN THAT IT INFLICTSON YOU, IT'S WELL WORTH IT.KELLY: JENKINS GOT 6 SHOTSAROUND THE DEEP SCRATCH THERACOON LEFT BEHIND.P.B. ALSO GOT SHOTS AND HAS TOSTAY AWAY FROM OTHER DOGS FORTHE NEXT 45 DAYS.THIS IS THE SECOND REPORTEDINCIDENT WITH A RACOON IN THELAKE COMO AREA.>> THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO LIVES ONTHIS SIDE OF THE LAKE WHO ALSOHAD BEEN ATTACKED.ANIMAL CONTROL SAID, INDEED,THEY'RE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THERACOON COULD'VE TRAVELED OVERTHERE EASY.KELLY: THIS HAS MANY IN THE LAKECOMO COMMUNITY ON ALERT, BUT NOTCHANGING THEIR ROUTINE.>> I WALK THESE TWO EVERY NIGHT,I'LL HAVE TO KEEP MY EYES PEELEDA LITTLE BETTER.I SHOULD'VE BROUGHT MY LIGHTTONIGHT.KELLY: ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL
For many people in the Lake Como neighborhood, it's a nightly routine to walk the dog after the sun goes down, but one man ended up at the hospital after encountering an aggressive neighborhood pest."A larger racoon, probably about 40 pounds, just came charging across the street," said Dennis Jenkins. "And I mean, charging. It terrifies you."Jenkins and his dog, PB, had just stepped off the front porch when the raccoon charged."Thirty seconds of terror," Jenkins said about the encounter as the raccoon tried to get to his dog.Those 30 seconds turned into a night of phone calls to vets, doctors, and ultimately, hours at the hospital getting rabies shots.Just last month, a 6-year-old Orlando boy died of rabies after being scratched by an infected bat.That incident encouraged Jenkins to seek medical attention immediately."Everybody knew about it at Orlando Health. And they're like 'Hey, good idea.' I have to say for the amount of pain that it inflicts on you, it's well worth it," he said.Jenkins got six shots around the deep scratch the raccoon left behind.PB also got checked out and must stay away from other dogs for the next 45 days.This is the second reported incident with a raccoon in the Lake Como area."There's somebody who lives on this side of the lake who also had been attacked, but Animal Control said, 'Indeed, they're close enough that the raccoon could've traveled over there easy,'" he said.This has many in the Lake Como community on alert, but not changing their routine."I walk these two every night," said a neighbor, who walked by around the same time the raccoon attacked the night before. "I'll have to keep my eyes peeled a little better. I should've brought my light tonight."Orange County Animal Services confirms they've been out to the neighborhood because of these calls.No word yet on what could be done about the aggressive animal.
For many people in the Lake Como neighborhood, it's a nightly routine to walk the dog after the sun goes down, but one man ended up at the hospital after encountering an aggressive neighborhood pest.
"A larger racoon, probably about 40 pounds, just came charging across the street," said Dennis Jenkins. "And I mean, charging. It terrifies you."
Jenkins and his dog, PB, had just stepped off the front porch when the raccoon charged.
"Thirty seconds of terror," Jenkins said about the encounter as the raccoon tried to get to his dog.
Those 30 seconds turned into a night of phone calls to vets, doctors, and ultimately, hours at the hospital getting rabies shots.
Just last month, a 6-year-old Orlando boy died of rabies after being scratched by an infected bat.
That incident encouraged Jenkins to seek medical attention immediately.
"Everybody knew about it at Orlando Health. And they're like 'Hey, good idea.' I have to say for the amount of pain that it inflicts on you, it's well worth it," he said.
Jenkins got six shots around the deep scratch the raccoon left behind.
PB also got checked out and must stay away from other dogs for the next 45 days.
This is the second reported incident with a raccoon in the Lake Como area.
"There's somebody who lives on this side of the lake who also had been attacked, but Animal Control said, 'Indeed, they're close enough that the raccoon could've traveled over there easy,'" he said.
This has many in the Lake Como community on alert, but not changing their routine.
"I walk these two every night," said a neighbor, who walked by around the same time the raccoon attacked the night before. "I'll have to keep my eyes peeled a little better. I should've brought my light tonight."
Orange County Animal Services confirms they've been out to the neighborhood because of these calls.
No word yet on what could be done about the aggressive animal.


By: Andrew L. Hyams ~ September 28, 2016.
September 22 marked the first day of Fall and a successful end to the Spring/Summer 2016 medical license season for all of Andrew Hyams' clients who applied for licenses.
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine website states that due to the large volume of applications received during January – July, license applications with no legal, competency or good moral character issues can take 12 weeks to be processed. Most applications fall into this category. If your application is other than "plain vanilla," with anything that you need to explain, expect a longer wait and a likely interview with the Licensing Committee. Even a miniscule infraction – like being arrested when in high school for being in a local park after midnight – has delayed a license. No doctor should appear before Licensing Committee without first getting legal advice from an experienced licensing attorney.
A doctor who was unjustifiably fired from a residency program.
A doctor who received "Recommended for licensure with reservations" on the Board's uation form.
A doctor who was put on two probations during residency.
A doctor who was advised by an uator that he would do "all he could" to prevent licensure.
In one particularly difficult case, the Licensing Committee had already recommended a denial before the doctor hired Mr. Hyams. Mr. Hyams assembled additional evidence supporting licensure, and the doctor's license was approved unanimously by the full Board. Other situations included guiding clients through the licensure process where they had criminal and/or substance abuse histories.
Andrew L. Hyams, Esq. specializes in representing physicians and other health professionals in licensing and disciplinary matters before their respective regulatory boards. He served as the General Counsel at the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for five years. He has also been Deputy General Counsel at the Boston Public Health Commission. Mr. Hyams is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York. He can be reached at ahyams@kcl-law.com or (781) 997-1566.


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Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs Inquiry into 'The growing presence of inauthentic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 'style' art and craft products and merchandise for sale across Australia'
Altman, Jon
This Committee looks to inquire into and report on the growing presence of inauthentic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 'style' art and craft products and merchandise for sale across Australia. It is the perception of 'a growing presence' that appears to have caught the attention of the Minister for Indigenous affairs when referring this issue for attention. If it is indeed the case that inauthentic (or fake) Indigenous art sales are growing then there is a distinct possibility that the economic wellbeing of those Indigenous Australians that are dependent on this sector for cash income will be undermined; and that the cultural integrity of Indigenous arts generally will be jeopardised.
On equity grounds alone it is unchallengeable, in my view, that Indigenous Australians should benefit from their intangible property rights in cultural assets; and have the right to see these presented in the market with integrity. It is also unchallengeable that producers or retailers who behave unscrupulously or illegally and who might extract excessive economic rent (profit) from the sale of inauthentic Indigenous arts and crafts products and merchandise should be stopped and potentially prosecuted and penalised.
But the question of what is authentic Indigenous art is a deeply complex issue that has troubled stakeholders in the Indigenous arts sector, and especially the manufactured tourist art sector on which this Inquiry focuses, since its emergence alongside Australian tourism 50 years ago. However, it is extremely difficult to accurately assess the prevalence of this problem and so to develop regulations that can realistically address it.
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Submission to the Australian Government Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
In this submission to the Australian Government Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on their discussion paper Remote Employment and Participation, Professor Altman explains why the Community Development Program (CDP) won't work and what other challenges it'll create.
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Submission to Senate Select Committee Inquiry into the Future of Work and Workers
Jon Altman; Francis Markham
This Senate Select Committee Inquiry on the Future of Work and Workers examines the impact of technological and other change on the future of work and workers in Australia.
In this submission, the authors draw attention to the risk that mainstream employment will decline as automatable jobs are lost. They argue that even in the best-case scenario in which new jobs replace automated jobs, there is a risk that the skills and experience that new jobs require will not match those of the unemployed, meaning that a large proportion of the population will be unemployed and unable to be employed in new jobs. They highlight the potential disproprtionate impact upon one section of Australian society, Indigenous peoples, who are already in deep 'employment' difficulty.
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Submission to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs Inquiry: The growing presence of inauthentic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 'style' art and craft products and merchandise for sale across Australia
In this submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs, Professor Altman explains his concerns about the increasing presence of inauthentic Indigenous 'style' artwork and how it can damage Indigenous culture.
This submission looks into the inauthentic selling of Indigenous 'style' artwork and looks into the many different channels through which non Indigenous people are able to sell Indigenous art without the permission of the Indigenous artists. It also briefly mentions the Katter Bill 2017 in relation to the exploitation of Indigenous culture and also focuses on the Fake Art Harms Culture campaign.
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George Galloway speaking on 'Middle East Crisis' 12 July 2002
Middle East Crisis: What should Britain do?
Speech by George Galloway, M.P. in Palmerston Room, John's College Cambridge, Friday 12 July 2002, organised by Campeace
[Editorial comments are in square brackets like this. For technical reasons approximately the first 30 seconds of his speech went unrecorded]
How very different the world was when Lord Palmerston bestrode Whitehall like a colossus, when if Johnny foreigner stepped out of line, a gun boat could be dispatched to the farthest points to pound the enemy into submission. If the Chinese didn't want to take any of our opium - interesting that David Blunkett's reopening the question this week - Chinese don't want our opium we'll pound them until they ingest it through every orifice and take Hong Kong off them as a punishment for their cheek. If foreign leaders didn't do what they were told, brand them as mad dogs and then overthrow them. How very different indeed the world was, when Lord Palmerston ruled the roost.
Now the title of this meeting, what can Britain do? is a very important question and I shall as the others have, advance some views about what Britain can do. But we cannot separate that question from what Britain has done and what Britain is doing. Because these are not abstract questions, but are utterly at the heart of the crises in the Middle East that we are discussing here this evening. Both Palestine and Iraq were ours. We ruled them. In the building in which I work, I walk past every day the room in which the foreign minister of one people, ours, promised a second people the land of a third people, without asking any of the three people concerned.
Mr. Balfour didn't ask the British if they wanted to be in on this act of original sin. The zionist movement to which Balfour promised the land was not only not hegemonic amongst world Jewry at the time, but was opposed by the vast majority of the Jews of the world at that time who were in the vanguard of socialist and communist and and trade union and other liberal and progressive opinion around the world and the last thing on their mind was to go and live in the Middle East as settlers. And of course the third people, the people whose land it was, were consulted last and least of all. And that original sin is the sin which has delivered all of the agony which has been suffered by the Palestinian people, one of the greatest crimes of the twentieth century which stretches now into the twenty first. And we are deeply complicit in it.
Of course our culpability didn't end when ministers no longer wore beards and top hats. Our culpability continues to this very week. As was said by the chair, this very week Jack Straw, implementing the ethical foreign policy of New Labour, admitted to the House of Commons in writing - didn't have the guts to face us in person - that we were breaking our own laws on arms sales to areas of conflict where those arms might be used in repression or aggression against others and were to sell through the United States cockpit apparatus for f16 fighter jets knowing, for the first time explicitly, that those jets would be used to bomb and shell and strafe a captive refugee population quite defenceless in the face of those attacks and utterly abandoned by the international community in defiance of the international community's international obligation to offer protection to refugees in what is legally occupied territory.
And so the mask not so much slipped but was wilfully taken off his own face. And why? Because, said Jack, our strategic relationship with the united states of america was such that it was unrealistic for us to withhold military parts which the Americans wanted to buy in order to give to their friends, the Israeli occupier. And the culpability doesn't end there. I want to tell you and show you a story about a very brave little boy.
You may have seen this picture, an AFP picture of a 14 year old boy in Gaza, as the poster says, confronting Goliath. his name Farris Odeh. Farris in Arabic means knight, a knight on a charger. This boy confronted this tank, this Goliath with a stone, was pictured in the newspapers and then was hunted down by the Israeli soldiers for two whole weeks who searched for him everywhere so they could find him and murder him. He died at 14 for throwing this stone at this tank and parts of that tank were made here in the United Kingdom and sold to the armed forces of General Ariel Sharon a convicted war criminal. And we have founded the Farris foundation to raise money for his family and for the families of other martyrs and we're selling these posters and the T shirts that go with them and my comrade [] wearing the [unclear] scarf there will be selling them at the end of the meeting by kind permission of the organisers at the stall and I hope that you will buy them because Farris and his family have no breadwinner. They live in a rancid refugee camp in Gaza - which was described so eloquently by the chairman - a rancid refugee camp of a million people the most densely concentrated civilian population in the world under absolute siege where no person from Gaza has stepped foot out of the Gaza strip for more than one year including the most eminent, including members of the Palestine national authority who are supposed to be doing something about the security situation in the region. They live in that camp without breadwinners without support. Seventy five percent of the people in Gaza have no income at all have not worked throughout this intifada. And so I hope that you will support us.
Britain is selling more weapons to General Sharon during the intifada than we have sold to any Israeli government in history. We've stepped up the arms sales and even more we're stepping up the arms purchases. Not only are we selling weapons to General Sharon, we're buying weapons from general sharon. I know this intimately because, if I may so, it's my parliamentary questioning that has revealed most of it. And I have an Early Day Motion on the order paper for the banning of British arms trading with sharon's Israel and 107 members of parliament have signed it and your member of parliament isn't one of them, that's another early day motion she hasn't been able to sign and I hope that you will do your best to make her and other parliamentarians in the region see the light.
We are intimately involved in this crime against the Palestinian people. We, as I say, offered it with the Balfour declaration, we presided over its implementation through the British mandate and then we ran away and handed the control of the area to united states of america and its zionist auxiliaries. We didn't do it because we liked Jews. As a matter of fact, Mr. Balfour was a notorious anti-semite. he wanted Jews to go, and live in Palestine or anywhere - Uganda was one canvassed site, Patagonia another - anywhere but here. We didn't do it even because we hated Arabs. Because from the time of lawrence of Arabia there have been many in the English ruling class who actually rather liked Arabs in the Bedouin way of life. We did it for a very simple reason which I'll [inaudible] you straight with the fable, Aesop's fable about the scorpion and the dog.
The scorpion, coming upon a raging river asks the dog if it can climb on his back and be swum to the other side. The dog looks sceptical and says "but if you get on my back you'll probably sting me and".. "Don't be stupid" says the scorpion "I want to get to the other side why would I do such a thing?" and he climbs on the dog's back and the dog takes him across the raging torrents and just as they reach the other side the dog feels the sting and begins to die and dying turns to the scorpion and asks "Why did you do that?" and the scorpion shrugs and answers "because I'm a scorpion".
We did what we did in Palestine because we were imperialists, because we were determined to maintain iron control over economic, political and social developments in the Arab world because even then we knew of its strategic importance - its strategic importance which has only grown with time, the discovery of oil and the dependence, the absolute dependence upon middle eastern oil of the western capitalist economies. And so we embarked upon a policy of keeping the Arabs divided and weak, breaking them up into mini states, plucking puppet presidents and corrupt kings to sit on the chairs and the thrones of those countries, even inventing countries where we had to, which had never existed before and the purpose of these mini states and their potentates utterly dependent on us was to keep the Arabs divided and weak so that they could never attain control over their own future, their destiny and the world which god had given them and ultimate arbiter of imperialist power in the middle east is Israel. That's why I say when people say to me american policy has been hijacked by the zionist lobby on the hill, america has to see that Israel is a strategic liability rather than a strategic asset. It's all nonsense. Of course the zionist movement is very well organised on Capitol Hill and no doubt that helps, but america supports Israel because Israel is the ultimate guarantor of imperialist control of the middle east, which can polish off any and all the Arab enemies, their armies their navies and their air forces in an afternoon, which sits - as you say - on a mountain of weapons of mass destruction. Chemical weapons, biological weapons that would make your hair curl and we know - thanks to the brave Jew Mordechai Vanunu, now into his eighteenth year of solitary confinement in Israeli jail for telling us - that Israel has hundreds, hundreds of nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them to any and all Arab capitals in moments from the press of a button. That's why we support Israel, not because we like Jews not because we hate Arabs but because we're determined to control the strategically important heights which the economies and the societies of the Arab world represent and the result I can tell you as someone intimately connected over many many years with that part of the world that the result is a swamp of bitterness and hatred and rage and alienation against us in all the Arab countries, indeed all the moslem countries. A swamp which breeds the mosquitoes which took off into the blue skies of the United States on September 11th last year and stung the American people so very badly. And instead of draining that swamp of hatred by addressing some of the grievances felt by these people we have embarked upon policies and actions which are intensifying every day the number of people who hate us and the intensity with which they hate us.
I said in the house of commons on the recall of parliament right after September 11th that - forgive me quoting myself - that if you embark upon an indiscriminate attack on the poorest people in the poorest country in the world, Afghanistan - people by the way beggared in the first place by your support for the islamist obscurantists of bin ladenism against the socialist government which ruled in Afghanistan before that dark night - if you embark upon such an attack you may kill - as a matter of fact I was wrong they didn't - you may kill one bin laden but you will make ten thousand bin Ladens rise in his stead. Well they didn't kill him. They did launch a savage indiscriminate attack which is continuing to this day. An attack which reigns death on wedding parties, which massacres civilians living in mud houses ragged, hungry, [inaudible] poor people bombed from on high by technology they cannot even begin to imagine. And did they make ten thousand bin Ladens? They made ten thousand bin Ladens in every city in Afghanistan never mind the bin Ladens they've created in the minds of the 1.3 billion moslems around the world.
Did we address the issue which is at the very heart of that bitterness and rage? The issue of Palestine. Did we do anything to lighten the burden of the Palestinians living now decade after decade under occupation. No. Since September 11th sharon has launched a rampage in the occupied territories. I recently returned from Jenin where in a refugee camp one kilometre square 15,000 families have lived for 50 years, most of them from Haifa, a beautiful city, a shining city on the coast, which on a clear day, the refugees in the camp could see, could see their town, could see their lands could see their orange trees in which the occupier now lived, the occupier who had come from New York or London or Warsaw or Moscow, taken their house their land their trees, imprisoned them in a small, foul refugee camp and what happened the people who had kept them for 50 years in that refugee camp then massacred them over the Easter weekend of this year. The United Nations security council passed a resolution demanding the access of a fact finding mission, inspectors, no less, to go in to the refugee camp in Jenin and see what had happened there. Sharon told them to go and get stuffed. What did they do? They promptly went and stuffed themselves, disbanded their mission, packed their tents and went home. Anyone anywhere do you hear them demand the access of these inspectors to the refugee camp in Jenin where yesterday another small massacre of several Palestinian including an eminent Palestinian journalist took place. just in the last 24 hours. Sharon's rampage in territories has slaughtered hundreds, imprisoned thousands including some of the most important political leaders of the nationalist wing of the Palestinian resistance like mustafo sorry like Marwan Barghouti who they announced yesterday they intend to put on trial.
And what about Iraq? When bin Laden in his first video from a cave after September 11th highlighted the areas which he was cleverly, assiduously milking for the rage and bitterness I'm talking about he talked about Palestine and he talked about Iraq he said America will never have peace as long as the Palestinian people don't have justice. America will never have peace as long as the Iraqi children are being slaughtered by sanction and by war. He knew that the powerful in the west didn't care about the suffering of the Palestinian and the Iraqi children but he also knew that the moslem people did. And that's why he fired those darts, so cleverly in a video which had enormous impact across the Islamic world.
Have we done anything to minimise or lessen the suffering of the Iraqis since September 11th? As the chairman eloquently told you, far from planning on killing fewer Iraqi children, they're burning the midnight oil coming up with plans to murder far far more of them. The New York Times last Friday told us the scale of it. An invasion of an Arab moslem country while Palestine is in flames, while Afghanistan is in flames, by a quarter of a million western crusader army, preceded by 60 days and nights of massive aerial bombardment. One thousand air sorties a day for 60 days. Sixty thousand bombing missions of a country that is already in ruins and where a child dies every six minutes because of the punishment that the country has already taken. I know Iraq well now. I tell you I cannot begin to imagine what kind of targets there could be standing after 6 days let alone sixty of that level of bombardment. They intend to reduce Iraq to ashes so that their quarter of a million crusaders can go in without opposition. The New York Times even helpfully told us which countries alongside ruled by their puppet kings and corrupt presidents would be used as the military bases for this frenzied, crazed assault. One of them is one of the countries I talked about earlier a country that never existed that was invented by the British called Jordan. which was given a king who lost his job of king of Arabia and as a consolation prize was placed on the throne of a new country we created called Jordan. 65% of the Jordanian people are Palestinian. Many of the others and most of them live lives of absolute poverty and despair. And I warn here tonight as i did on the radio this morning there'll be nothing called Jordan they better buy a house for the dwarf who reigns there now because if this attack on Iraq takes place from Jordan, there will be no Jordan at the end of it. The explosion in that and other Arab countries complicit in this crime will be of earthquake proportions and the imperialists better know that if they turn Iraq the cradle of civilisation into a desert they may succeed in achieving regime change in Baghdad but it will not be the only regime change and the earthquake which it will trigger will reverberate as you said John for many years indeed generations to come.
The question is what is to be done? As always. Well Britain, though a country complicit in many crimes, is also a country with many fine people in it, who are not fools and one of the most inspiring periods in my life in British politics has been the period since September 11th when a great mass movement against the war, the un-ending war, has been built time after time a hundred thousand people have taken to the streets of London and filled Trafalgar Square to state not in my name, to call for justice not war, to demand and end to the endless war. Not only have the numbers been huge, but the consciousness and the understanding of the people crystal clear. We now have an anti-war movement in this country which understands these issues very clearly and is not going away and the reason 161 of my parliamentary colleagues have now signed the motion against the war on Iraq is because of the anti-war movement in the country. They didn't sign before, and they wouldn't have signed unless, that movement had shaken the ground underneath their feet. And that's our first victory. We made 15 or 20 usual suspects into 161 members of parliament, sadly as I say not including, yet, your own. That mass movement which has developed in this country is now a material political factor in the decisions that the government will make. You may have noticed that from last Friday until this Friday in the words of Conan Doyle, the dog that did not bark was the British poodle. Not a word from Downing Street about the New York Times war plan. No spinners out there preparing us for our joining the invasion because they know that the labour party the parliament and the country will be split from top to bottom if such a decision is made. If we contribute our 25,000 to that quarter of a million which is what they 're demanding things will never be the same for Tony Blair in British politics again. If we enter that bloodbath and are stained in it things will never be the same in Labour politics again so the first thing to be done is to strengthen and build the anti-war movement in this country that means to be active with Campeace in Cambridge and it means to be on the streets of London on the 28th September for the next great national demonstration where that hundred thousand has to be hundreds of thousands. And that demonstration is the day before the British Labour party conference begins in Blackpool. If we have those delegates going to Blackpool with the cry of hundreds of thousands in their ears against the war, believe me we'll make a major political impact on the deliberations of the ruling party at that conference.
And we have to show our solidarity with the Palestinian people too. We have to stop selling weapons to Israel and we've got to stop buying goods from Israel we have to boycott Israeli products, Israeli goods, Israeli institutions have to be boycotted. It's not easy, sometimes leads to hard choices but they have to be made. No self-respecting civilised person would have bought apartheid products from South Africa when white racism ruled and Mandela was incarcerated in a dungeon on roman island and no self respecting civilised person should be buying Israeli products while Barghouti is rotting in an Israeli dungeon and whilst the Palestinian people are imprisoned in their millions.
There's a code, what is it []? 729 on the barcode means that it came from Israel. Sometimes they say its made in Israel, sometimes they don't but 729 is the give away. No one should buy any products marked 729 from this point onwards. Neither should they and it goes without saying be sunning themselves in Elat whilst the Palestinians are on their Calvary under occupation. No-one should be going on academic conferences which are a cover for legitimatising the occupation in Israel. No-one should be inviting Israeli academics any more than they would have invited apartheid academics to attend conventions and conferences here in this country. We have to establish in the public's mind that Israeli apartheid is every bit as abhorrent as south African apartheid was. We have a lot to do, we have little time to do it.
If the disaster overwhelms us, if the Palestinians are drowned in blood and expelled - as the [inaudible] said they may very well be - in their hundreds of thousands; if you wake up on morning soon to hear on the Today program, to hear that yasser arafat has been killed in his compound in Ramallah while resisting an attempt by Israel to deport him, ask yourself how safe you're going to sleep in your beds in the western world thereafter. If you wake up to the Today program telling you that the invasion of Iraq has begun, ask yourself how safe we in the western world are going to be thereafter. I tell you if it happens and if there are flames from the Mediterranean to the Hindu Kush, if there are flames from the Tora Bora to the Negev, none of us will ever be safe again. The bitterness and hatred and rage that we have seen and which the American people tasted so bitterly on September 11th will be nothing as to the deluge which will follow.
[ Audience questions followed. See "Related" below ]
George Galloway M.P. answers Cambridge audience questions12 July 2002, Cambridge Middle East Crisis: What should Britain do?
George Galloway speech in Birmingham after election 200512 June 2005, Birmingham Sports Centre, Balsall Heath Road
George Galloway's 2005 election victory speech6 May 2005, London
George Galloway speech at Iraq war demonstration19 March 2005 in Trafalgar Square, London
George Galloway speech on Kashmir in 2005 election campaign5 February 2005, Noshahi Kashmir Centre, Coventry Road, Birmingham
Speeches at Stop the War demonstration, London2 March 2002 in Trafalgar Square after march from Hyde Park


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Zika Virus Outbreak: Catholic Church Opposes UN's Call to Allow Abortion in Brazil
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Brazil's Catholic Church has rejected calls to allow abortion to expecting mothers infected with the Zika virus.
Zika is being linked to a birth defect called microcephaly, a condition where babies are born with abnormally smaller heads and incomplete brain development. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights have urged countries with surging rates of microcephaly cases to ease their laws and allow pregnant women with Zika to terminate their pregnancies, AFP reported (via Yahoo! News).
Brazil has restricted abortion except in some cases, which includes rape, when the fetus has no brain, or when the mother's life is in danger, the news outlet listed.
Auxiliary Bishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, secretary general of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference, rejected the UN's argument.
"Microcephaly has been occurring in Brazil for years. They are taking advantage of this moment to reintroduce the abortion topic," the bishop told the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper, as reported by AFP. "Abortion leads to eugenics, the practice of selecting perfect people."
Sergio da Rocha, Brasília's current archbishop, said society should "value life in whatever state it's in," adding that "less quality of life doesn't mean less right to live," AFP further reported.
A group of activists in the country has also petitioned the Supreme Court to alter Brazil's restrictive laws on abortion, the news outlet noted. Each year, the nation sees around a million illegal abortions.
Women's rights activists in Brazil are also preparing an appeal to the Supreme Court to consider giving the right to abortion in microcephaly cases.
"We have everything on hand - we have an epidemic, we have the historical negligence of the Ministry of Health, and we have women's needs on the table," said Debora Diniz, vice chair of the International Women's Health Coalition, as quoted by PRI.
Since October 2015, Brazil has reported 404 confirmed cases of microcephaly, while another 3,670 cases are still under investigation, the news outlet noted. Scientists said that the Zika virus, carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, can be transferred from a mother to the fetus in the womb.
The Centers for Disease Control has warned women -- both those who are pregnant and planning to conceive -- to avoid traveling to South America, Central America, and Caribbean countries like Puerto Rico, USA Today wrote.
The virus, however, is not considered as a major threat to the rest of the people, USA Today added. According to CDC Director Tom Frieden, 80 percent of those infected will not display any symptoms at all, while others will only have mild symptoms. Zika remains in an infected individual's blood for about a week.
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Arby's To Celebrate 50 Years In?Jamestown
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In celebration of 50 years of Arby's in Jamestown, the restaurant locations along Foote Avenue, Fluvanna Avenue and Mall Boulevard will offer $0.99 classic roast beef sandwiches during a one-day special Monday. P-J photo by Jay Young
Not long after Forrest and Leroy Raffel founded the first Arby's restaurant in Boardman, Ohio, in 1964, the franchise started to expand. It was just five years later that hungry diners in Jamestown had their first opportunity to try some of the now world-famous roast beef sandwiches in their hometown, with the opening of a new location on Fluvanna Avenue.
Fifty years later, Arby's is still going strong, and looking back to celebrate its history.
"The celebration is for Arby's being in Jamestown for 50 years," said franchisee Dana Hutchinson.
"The Fluvanna location was opened in 1969, I was told it was here before any quick-serve restaurants in the area."
Hutchinson and his wife Chris now own and operate all three Arby's location in the Jamestown area through Hutchinson Foods Inc., including the original Fluvanna restaurant as well as locations on Foote Avenue and Mall Boulevard in Lakewood.
In celebration of five decades in Jamestown, all three Arby's locations will have a one-day special offer on Monday for a $0.99 classic roast beef sandwich (limit ten per order).
"It is a great time of the year to do that, when it is the holidays and friends and family are nearby," Hutchinson said.
"We use a slow-roasted, lean roast beef that we cook in-house all day long, sliced to order. Our other products, our meats, are all top-quality and sliced every morning. Every time that someone comes in to get a roast beef sandwich, a turkey or a corned beef sandwich, they are getting a quality fresh product."
Arby's Foote Avenue location was opened in 1989, with the Hutchinsons taking over as franchisees in 1999. In 2003, the Lakewood location was opened, while the original Fluvanna Avenue location was acquired by Hutchinson Foods Inc. in 2007.
Hutchinson said credit for years of success goes to the efforts of a staff that is committed to customer service.
"It has been very rewarding," said Chris Hutchinson.
"We do try to get to know people on a first-name basis. I mostly work in the front-end of customer service, and I see that as being a positive. We have a longstanding investment with our management team, and they have supported us."


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