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Esquire Does a Cross-Reference on Charlottesville, Manhood and a boxing legend:

I was at a party in Charlottesville, Virginia, about ten years ago with Muhammad Ali. My wife was out there dancing. Everybody was dancing. Only the two of us were left at the table. Muhammad said, “Tell me, can you still get it up?” I said, “Yeah, not great, but from time to time, yes.” He said, “Just curious.” I was charmed by the moment. — David Brown, producer

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If there were a test of legitimacy as a blogger on the Charlottesville social scene, these three questions would definitely be on it. Passing score is a 60, because nobody likes a know-it-all, right?

1. Is IY a cult?
2. Did you stop telling your/your friend’s/your ex’s awesome story about meeting Dave Matthews more than five years ago?
3. Are you on Stevie Jay’s e-mail list?

Meet Stevie Jay.

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(At hipster-doofus’ request, no captions.)

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Please note the cVillain Meetup Additional Details (original post here):

TIME CHANGE! 9:15PM at Zinc on Thursday, December 6th for our next cVillain Meetup.

DJ Ross will be spinning. He doesn’t have a website. Maybe he reads this site.

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Ok folks, I figured it was about time to tell you we have penciled in 9:15PM at Zinc on Thursday, December 6th for our next cVillain Meetup. Keep reading for the deets and RSVP in comments.

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In preparation for what promised to be the “party of the year” at Live Arts, I began lubricating a little early at X.

Lilith is/was right - X seems jam packed with hotties lately. Table after table filled with nothing but gorgeous women. From my vantage point leaning up against the front window, I overlooked a vast sea of wondrous beauty. Nary a douche to be seen among them.

I also had a great view of the performance art piece that went on in front of X. I never would’ve thought that such a small woman could expel so much so forcefully. I’ll assume she just had a bit too much to drink, and it wasn’t the fine food at X that caused her discomfort (the home-made chips with aioli dipping sauce we had was excellent, and neither of my Hefe’s had any trace of skunkiness).

After that, it was off to Live Arts for the main event!

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Last year, nymphs swung over our heads and danced on illuminated platforms. Who knows what the sandman has in store for Live Arts’ 16th annual gala and after-party this Saturday…

Link to party site is here: http://www.dreamnight07.com/

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I won’t help you win, but I will help you not look like an idiot when you go for your first time.

1: Go early, but not that early.
If you’re going with a group of four or more and want to sit at a table, you should arrive by 7:00. I’ve had friends be so committed to trivia night that they’ll save a table by drinking by themselves until friends arrive. The friends are so appreciative that they buy the staker-outter drinks. Then they’re too drunk to play. Just make your friends go with you.

2: Make up a funny team name, but don’t expect anyone to laugh at it.
Bunny rabbits die when the team names are announced. They’re disgusting. Do not think you can come up with the funniest team name ever. Trust me. You can’t. Start out with something simple like, “I [did] K-Fed and now my [crustaceans with pincers] have [STD that rhymes with slurp]. Don’t look at me like that.

3: Don’t wait for the TV.
The questions get called out over a loudspeaker and you submit your answers on paper. It’s not Damon’s. Go to the table in front of the TV and collect one score sheet and way more answer sheets than you need. (I don’t have to tell you to do this. You’ll do it anyway.)

4: Make your table shut up while the questions are being asked.
You might feel rude, but how do you plan to dominate Trivia Night if you can’t hear the question? Once the question is out, they can go back to singing Toto.

5: Know how to score.
Three categories are announced before each round, and you’re supposed to decide then whether to assign 1, 3, or 5 points to each category, based on your confidence in knowing the answers. The antes are upped in the second half. Once you write your answer down, the table “bitch” brings it to the front to be scored.

I’ve learned over “the years” that Trivia Night is neither for the weak of intellect nor weak of liver. So unofficial #6: Keep track of what you’re drinking. Lame? Well, if you like having your boss still be able to smell beer on your breath at 5pm Thursday, go ahead and drink two pitchers of Blue Moon. If you want to avoid Rule 6, invite your boss to join your team, but let them make up the team name. Good luck!

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John Turturro

The 20th annual Virginia Film Festival takes place November 1-4 with the theme “Kin Flicks.” Over the past 20 years, the festival has paid homage to classic and cult films, shocked audiences with experimental art, and imported Hollywood’s finest talent. This year, it does it again with a focus on the fam.

The goal is to educate as much as it is to entertain. As part of 1999’s Technovisions program, audiences experienced Odorama with John Waters’ Polyester. Every year, a film’s production is broken down in a shot-by-shot presentation by someone who contributed to its making or who should know. In 2003 I was captivated listening to Frank Pierson, then the president of the Academy, talk about recreating a bank robbery in Dog Day Afternoon. Roger Ebert did it with Antonioni’s Blowup in 1998. The stars who come always teach, from Sydney Pollack (2001) to Sandra Bullock (2004).

Of course, people do love the stars who show up.

What do I recommend? Everything, because there’s something for everyone. Be the first to see Honeydripper, with John Sayles. See Dirty Dancing on the bigscreen. Ask Alan Berliner talk about his inner demons. Bring your kids to see Charlie Chapman in The Kid with live musical accompaniment on Sunday. Tickets are $6 and $9 (day and evening). Buy online at www.vafilm.com. Charlottesville, we’re lucky to have this.

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cVillains - It’s on. If you don’t know where South Street is, then you don’t deserve to join us at the meetup. I’m open to more ideas, but here is what we were thinking..

Not everyone has flashing lights, because we aren’t all cool like that
Not everyone will feel comfortable (at first) with the meetup
Not everyone wants to strip naked and run around the bar

Given these limitations, we were thinking (with your approval) that everyone could do something silly.

Here is our idea and if it sucks you say so and we can do something else.

Go to the steps in the middle of the bar exactly at 9PM. Look at your neighbors and ask “What time is it?” If your neighbor answers “it’s cVillain time” then you know you found the right person. It should be pretty funny if we have a bunch of people asking what time it is at the same time. Be merry and drink…

Everyone is invited. If you have better ideas then let us know!

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