Tag Archives: Appomattox

Punk in Context

Posted on October 12, 2019 by dust exchange

“What good fortune for those in power that people do not think.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Counterculture, Punk | Tagged Appomattox, Collages, Counterculture, Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra, Kroger, Major Label, Maximum Rocknroll, Nashville, Punk, Punk Rock, Scissors and Glue, Selling Out | Leave a comment

In Front of People

Posted on September 6, 2019 by dust exchange

In high school, the senior play for the class just ahead of me was Bye Bye Birdie. I ran sound. Brian Hudson, who played the lead role, was a good friend. My first instrument was bass, and the first guitarist … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Performance | Tagged Appomattox, Baine's Books & Coffee, Harrisonburg, Live Music, Nashville, Pigs (Three Different Ones), Pink Floyd, Rip Snap Meow, Robby Phillips, Talking Heads, The LIttle Grill, The Mushroom Factory, Zines | Leave a comment

Ill Manners and Hope

Posted on August 12, 2019 by dust exchange

My mouth was terribly dry. I was waiting for family at El Cazador, the only true Mexican restaurant in town. I figured that, when my family got there, I could go inside and order an iced tea. In front of … Continue reading →

Posted in Morality, Society | Tagged Appomattox, El Cazador, Hip Hop, Kroger, Loud Music, Manners, Morality, Nice, Obscenity, Profanity, Rap, Redemption | Leave a comment

Theft and Hope

Posted on August 12, 2019 by dust exchange

I went to the bank for a roll of quarters. As I handed him the ten-dollar bill, the teller asked if I was going to wash my car or do laundry. There was a teller I liked standing behind him, … Continue reading →

Posted in Morality, Society | Tagged Appomattox, Bank, Confederate Boulevard, Crime, Drink Machines, Five Dollar Bill, Five Dollars, Laundromat, Laundry, Manners, Morality, Poor, Redemption | Leave a comment

High School Biometrics

Posted on February 27, 2019 by dust exchange

A long time ago, I graduated from Appomattox County High School. Things were simpler then. Not better, but simpler. Maybe different is the right word. This was before the horrors of Columbine, before the War on Terror, before internet bullying, … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Information, School | Tagged Appomattox, Beer, Biometrics, Fingerprint Scanner, Fingerprints, Microchip, Prank Calls, Senior Class, Senior Skip Day, Smartphones, Technology, Times-Virginian, Truancy | Leave a comment

In the Shenandoah Valley

Posted on October 17, 2013 by dust exchange

I went to visit friends in Williamsburg, Virginia. There was a lot of American Revolution history there. They had the neatest visitor center—they even had a movie in a theater. The woman at the help desk was perfect—she gave me … Continue reading →

Posted in Harrisonburg, Mountains | Tagged Appomattox, Blue Ridge Mountains, Book of Kills, Brian Temples, Dustin Bugg, Fall Colors, Government Shutdown, James Madison University, Jim Shelley, Port Republic Road, Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Williamsburg | 1 Comment