In April of 1974, the Cherry Blossom Music Festival promised two full days of music. Performances from the Steve Miller Band, Kool & the Gang, Dr. John, Mandrill and the Funkadelics, to name a few, were set at Richmond’s City Stadium. On the festival’s first day, according to news reports, a plainclothes police officer drew his gun and tried to drag a man from the stands after arresting him on a drug charge… read more >

permission slip to be lazy
Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count





