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A hip-hop state of union
Photo courtesy of T.I.
November 24, 2008
West Virginia has a certain image that isn't necessarily helping it in the global economy where talented, skilled people can live and work anywhere they want. Studies show that young people and professional people value diversity and want to live where they can enjoy diverse cultural offerings — and that includes hip-hop.
West Virginia, being the least ethnically diverse state in the nation, struggles with its image in the area of diversity and the state’s low percentage of a diverse population makes it difficult to attract different cultural and entertainment options.
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W.Va.: The start of it all
November 24, 2008
The WWVA Jamboree opened at midnight on April 1, 1933 in the Capitol Theater in Wheeling and was broadcast on WWVA from the nearby Hawley Building. WWVA 1170AM is the only 50,000-watt radio station in the state of West Virginia, and it reaches 18 nor
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Anthology: Leaving W.Va. to write about home
November 24, 2008
Cheyenna Weber hails from Roane County, but lives in New York City now – and that is one of the seminal facts that defines her. The daughter of activist parents who were part of the “back to the land” movement, she herself has becom
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Fat City, U.S.A.: Stereotypes meet statistics
November 24, 2008
They got us again. “They” being that mean old mainstream press that keeps coming to West Virginia for yet another real life horror story.
This time, we’re monstrously fat, toothless cretins who jar the earth with
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Top Headline Poll
Which West Virginia stereotype do you find most offensive?
All West Virginians are inbred
37%
We're all just a bunch of ignorant rednecks
28%
Watch out for banjo music (even though that's technically in Alabama, but whatever)
0%
There's nothing to do in West Virginia, we're culturally inept
14%
I find them all to be pretty much true
21%
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Tue, October 28, 2008 @ 11:01AM
"Dear Science" TV on the Radio I've often wondered what people see in Prince. Maybe it's a generational thing, but the only image I conjure up is that of Dave Chappelle with a basketball in hand and a plate of pancakes playing the Artist Formerly Known As ... on his hit Comedy Central show. I've seen the fascination, but I've also not listened to much of his music, aside from the singles I heard on the radio as a pre-teen. That said, Prince seems to be the new Beach Boys/Beatles/The Band in terms of inspiration du-jour. Bands like Animal Collective, Dr. Dog, etc. have been channeling these seminal group's harmonics for a few years now. Now, bands like My Morning Jacket and TV on the Radio are looking to the funk-infused music of Prince for influence. And I must say I like what I hear. Of course, I've been a big fan since the debut and this release, the group's third LP, only solidifies my positive feelings. Easily the most accessib
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More Q & A With Zombie Writers
Mon, October 20, 2008 @ 9:36AM
There just wasn't enough room in the magazine to run all of the great questions! So the interview with Mark Henry, Carrie Ryan, Cherie Priest and Joe Schreiber continues... QUESTION: What is your favorite zombie movie and why? Ryan: "Oh, I'll probably upset a lot of zombie purists by saying that my favorite zombie movie is the remake of Dawn of the Dead. I can't help it! It's the first one I ever saw and it's the movie that sparked my love of zombies! After I left that movie with my fiance I could not stop talking about it - I wanted to know what happened next, how they survived, what the world would look like in a year, ten years, a hundred years. Of course after that I devoured every other zombie movie (and book) I could find!" Henry: "I'd like to say that it's Night of the Living Dead, because that's the first one I'd seen and really have a soft spot for, but it's not. The one I can watch over and over again is Peter Jackson's Dead Alive, originally released
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Into The End...
Thu, June 12, 2008 @ 10:23AM
Into The End: I was born in Oxford but grew up in Marietta, Why Douglas Adams will always speak for me (even in death), or Why I haven't slept since January 2005 There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. - Douglas Adams I was born in Wheeling, West Virginia at four o’clock in the morning on September 10th, 1984. I moved to Cincinnati when I was two and then moved to Martins Ferry, Ohio at 5. At 18, I went away to college for my first year, came back home over the summer, and then moved my family to Parkersburg, West Virginia. In the fall I returned to Oxford to finish college, lived a summer in London, England, and then spent a y
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Video game football
Tue, August 19, 2008 @ 11:09AM
Sometimes i wish there was a version on madden where you didn't have to be the quarterback. I'd like to be a diva wide receiver. You know, so i wouldn't have to play every down. I could take snaps off, blow my blocking assignments and have to go back and get lectured by the QB. You could have mini-games where you see how many bench presses you could do in your driveway for reporters. Or be an offensive lineman. I play as the New England Patriots and keep accidentally falling down so i could get a front seat view of some ugly sacks on Tom Brady. After the game have to face questions from one reporter who got there too late to talk to the running back. But, ideally I'd be a kicker. I could watch TV while playing and only have to pay attention enough to see if i need to trot out there for a quick boot. If you make it, all your virtual teammates slap your helmet. If you miss, you just have to stand out there a little extra time and hit the "Feign Disbelie
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