(Thinking about Food Not Bombs today lead me to search for mention of "Better than Television," in Charlottesville. I don't think they exist anymore. Does anyone know? Anyway, that lead me to Slingshot "a quarterly, independent, radical, newspaper published in the East Bay since 1988 by the Slingshot Collective." [And I take issue with the first person's statement that cervical cancer is easily cured if detected early--what about people who do not have access to annual cervical exams?])
Finally, on two totally unrelated notes, I am in the midst of a cold and had my first nose bleed ever today and I'm reading "Remembrance of Things Past" and thought I would share this passage,
At this time of life one has already been wounded more than once by the darts of love; it no longer evolves by itself, obeying its own incomprehensible and fatal laws, before our passive and astonished hearts. We come to its aid, we falsify it by memory and by suggestion. Recognizing one of its symptoms, we remember and recreate the rest. Since we know its song, which is engraved on our hearts in its entirety, there is no need for a woman to repeat the opening strains---filled with the admiration which beauty inspires---for us to remember what follows.
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Better Than Television is alive in Cville. We don't have a space, but we do have some events planned for the coming months, such as the Head-Roc show at the Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative on Friday October 5th, as part of the Columbus Day Syposium those dudes are putting on. Check out http://columbusdaycville.com/schedule/
Also, the collective is currently involved in negotiations to start putting on activities in a new downtown community space, but that is still in the works.
Hey John,
Thanks for the info. I'll come check you guys out sometime. And good luck on the community space.
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