The Amethyst Initiative is a movement backed by college chancellors and presidents to lower the drinking age to 18. While the University of Virginia President, John T. Casteen, doesn’t know “whether eventually [he] will sign this initiative or not,”  it is an interesting debate, nonetheless.

In a statement released yesterday, Casteen explained:

We know for example that since the national 21-year drinking age was adopted, traffic deaths involving young people and alcohol have gone down. It’s not often said that they went down for the decade before that also. It’s not often said that such deaths have gone down nationwide. It’s very hard to judge cause and effect.

As far as we’re concerned, it’s not about age, it’s about having the responsibility and understanding of the risks of drinking.  We do know that back in the day it was culturally acceptable to drive drunk, but today it’s not.  L

Let’s look at some numbers…

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I was just reading an article in the WSJ about bars shrinking their beer output by some rather nefarious means…smaller glasses, more foam, etc…While I don’t do as much social drinking as I used to (damn kids) I know there’s more than a few folks on cVillain who would want to be on the lookout for skimping at our local watering holes. Of course, I do know that a few bars I used to frequent didn’t offer the wide array of brews the taphandles would lead you to believe they did (ever wonder why that Bud Light tastes a lot like Natty?). But at least you were getting a full 16 0z. of stale pisswater.

Have any of the other villains, both bartenders and bar lovers, seen this happening around town? Besides thinning margins it seems breweries around the country are facing a shortage of hops, which means we have to drink as much at South Street on Tuesdays as we can. Watch this video to learn more:
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Yay for Friday! What a week! We told you how to donate some organs, a fire broke out, echo died, while finding new iphones we met some newbies, we discussed some teaching woes, and apparently here and there some of us worked at our places of employment.

No more work. Time to play! Get your red panties on, sit out in the sun, call your neighbors to come play, and have yourself a firecrotch:

Check out Art/Music over at MUSE.

Fridays After Five-Tonight!

All American Bluegrass Jam-Thursday, Friday. Saturday in Orange

First Colony Winery Pig Roast-Saturday a 11:00 a.m. in celebration of Dad. Jimmy O will be playing.

The Moses, Raquellos, The Vamanos-These bands will be tearing it up at Saxx Lounge on Saturday. Doors at 8pm/Music 9pm - $5 (this is my last music steal from MUSE-promise)

Here are links to the band pages:

The Moses Band
Raquellos
The Vamanos

Eighties Prom Party-Saturday Night beginning at 8:00 p.m.

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We need to hear some crazy/exciting/courageous/drunk/audacious/naughty/lively villain stories. I missed the “drunk posting” thread so much I had to recreate a similar post. What did you guys do last night? Saturday night?

I’ll start. I was strolling down the mall after watching a movie (it was to freaking hot to be anywhere that didn’t have AC) when I stumble upon Kiki’s replacement. I wander in for a quick drink. I make my way to the bathroom after the drink and wait a good 15 minutes. I am not the biggest fan of waiting. Finally a girl stumbles out of the bathroom with a sneaky grin. I head for the door and as I touch the handle a boy leaves the room. Oh my. What fun they had on a Friday night. Wait it gets a little better! I walk in the bathroom to not only discover they have a cool TV that allows you to view what is going on at the bar, but also the girl’s panties.

What an interesting drink I had.

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This is the weekend to be hip, why? We have music, dancing, plays, bike rides and more. BTW Lu Sid sent in a lot of these, be sure to buy Lu Sid a drink tonight. Follow the rabbit hole:

• the X Lounge is having their “Xpansions” monthly dance experience Saturday night. DJ Lemoor will supposedly entertain all of you. Lemoor if you are listening, cVillains strongly advise if people make non-house recommendations to NOT play house remixes of old sings, mix it up!;
• Le Comptoir Zinc is now open on Sundays beginning this coming weekend. Also, they will begin airing the Europe 2008 Soccer Championships starting this Saturday;
• Nels Cline Singers at the Paramount on Friday;
• Fridays After Five: The original Charlottesville Allstars;
• Envy Dance Party at Wild Wings Cafe on Friday night;
• Blues Jam @ the Gravity Lounge on Friday;
• Midsummer Night’s Dream as part of the Virginia Renaissance Faire in Spotslyvania on Saturday;
• National MS Society Tour De Vine Ride 2008 on Saturday
• Clay workshop at Sun’s Traces Gallery on Saturday and Sunday
• Rivanna Trails Clean Up on Saturday

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Charlottesville has a new club! It seems some thirsty people got together and combined their drinking efforts. Apparently, the club was created for those that like to “catch up” with friends in the middle of the week. The club has over 100 fans on its facebook page and a pretty neat little web site. This club started March 28, 2008 and is growing like a wild fire.

The club meets every Wednesday night. They even offer to text your cell phone with location and updates. Also where ever they happen to meet offers drink specials to club members. It cost nothing to join and attendance does not seem to be required. Check out their site below!

The Web Site

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It seems like almost every year the police make a huge deal about how this year is going to be different, about how Foxfield will ruin your career if you break the law.  Well, unless I have been living blind, in a shelter, veiled in secrecy, a huge number of people break the law at Foxfield.

Of the 24,000 people who visit Foxfield each spring, only 85 people were arrested.  If anyone does the math on that means that less than 0.4% of the people out there were caught breaking the law.  84 of those people were in the student section.  So, let’s figure this one out.

Let’s say half of the 24,000 are in the Foxfield section, and about half of those are underage.  That means about 6,000 people will be illegally drinking at Foxfield.  If 84 of 6,000 arrests were made,  that means about 1.5% of those breaking the law were caught. This doesn’t include people who are DUIing or people who are doing public intoxication type things.

Hmmmmm….seriously?!

So, if you get arrested, please note: you are REALLY unlucky.   Breakdown of those trying to arrest you:

81 Albemarle County Police

31 ABC Agents

17 Officers from the Sheriff Department

3 Bicycle Offices

110 RMC Private Security Officials

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Grand Total: 242 People Trying to Get You

On another note, don’t resist arrest like this guy!  People, the bottomline is this:  We know you are going to break the law, but don’t drink and drive, don’t act like an asshole and you will be alright.  Remember to read our great Foxfield preview!

[via InRich. Pic.]

DISCLAIMER: We don’t encourage or support any illegal activities during Foxfield. 

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Making moonshine seems to be a continued pastime among Southerners old and young alike. When I first moved to the area I was introduced to the awful substance. The West Coast has its “microbrew in your basement” fad and the southern part of the east coast can boast liquor making skills that can kill. This recipe came up when I googled bacon, so random. I thought since a couple weeks ago parlie called us all out on having slightly alcoholic tendencies, I would assist in taking us all the way to the border of needing AA. I see no better way to achieve that than by making an alcohol (moonshine style) you can drink with your morning eggs?

Cheers villains.

Bacon Vodka

Makes up one pint:

• Fry up three strips of bacon
• Add cooked bacon to a clean pint sized mason jar. Trim the ends of the bacon if they are too tall to fit in the jar. Or you could go hog wild and just pile in a bunch of fried up bacon scraps.
• Optional: add crushed black peppercorns.
• Fill the jar up with vodka. Cap and place in a dark cupboard for at least three weeks.(No need to refrigerate)
• At the end of the three week resting period, place the bacon vodka in the freezer to solidify the fats. Strain out the fats through a coffee filter to yield a clear filtered pale yellow bacon vodka.
• Decant into decorative bottles and enjoy

***I almost forgot…TGIF!

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I cannot stand waking up on Sunday morning. Sunday morning generally involves some sort of nausea and pounding in my head that can only be compared to having your head jumped on repeatedly by a 300 pound screaming girl. I have tried many a remedy to cure my Sunday morning woes. I have a weird fix of toast and apple juice, but it is far from reliable. I know people try greasy food. This might work, but is useless if you can’t keep it down for more than six minutes. Egg McMuffin’s are just not as tasty coming back up.

My complete misery prompted a google search for cures. None seem that great, but I did get some entertainment out of this article. Apparently, I am not the first and far from the last to get a hangover.

A History of the Hangover

Maybe my fellow villains will now help me out with some hangover cures? I can only imagine what you all must do (not that we are a site full of drinkers…uhmmmm).

PS-Yes, my having a hangover most every Sunday may make me an alcoholic, but I successfully quite drinking for lent, that has to clear my name a little, right?

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Thanks to the little birdie that sent this in…Are drugs in Charlottesville drinking water? A recent AP investigation makes me think so.

A recent AP investigative report found that drugs like steroids, narcotics and birth control were found in drinking water which feeds over 41 million Americans. Water providers are very reluctant to disclose pharmaceutical drug screenings, but here is what the AP found in major metropolitan areas:

Officials in Philadelphia said testing there discovered 56 pharmaceuticals or byproducts in treated drinking water, including medicines for pain, infection, high cholesterol, asthma, epilepsy, mental illness and heart problems. Sixty-three pharmaceuticals or byproducts were found in the city’s watersheds. »Read More

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