...like Charlie here and his little friend Jackie Coogan, I'm sad.* Working on reviews for Mas, Eppies, Bizou, and Baggby's to name a few (yeah I know, I know - this is why I ain't PAID to review, 'cause I can't keep a frikkin' deadline evidently). But taking a minute here to get on my soapbox and explain.Why am I sad? I just read at cVillain that Kyle is leaving for various reasons to pursue other opportunities. After reading his post, I can't blame him one bit. But it still makes me sad. He's looking for someone to replace him, but if he doesn't find anyone the site will shut down July 30th.
This is a damn shame because cVillain offers a fresh, unique, sometimes scathing perspective on events and news here in Charlottesville. If we lose it, we'll have to go back to pretending to trust everything we see in our local weeklies, our poor excuse for a daily paper (sorry, just my humble opinion) and on our local news, which sometimes seems like it's all UVA, all the time. We need fresh. We NEED scathing.
There's a great group of people posting over there at cVillain - not only have I learned of events other publications seem to have missed, or chosen to ignore, but I've read some damn fine restaurant reviews. Reviews that made me go, "Oh crap, why haven't I eaten there yet!" and "Sigh. Someone ELSE who writes better than me, why do I bother? AAAGGGGH!" Not to mention how they rallied around me when I went through what I like to call "the troubles" last December. I'll be forever grateful to Ed Ible. He's one helluva guy :0)
Don't let cVillain go away - support free speech. REALLY free speech. Instead of revealing your undying love for Mandy on the free speech wall in pink chalk, post at cVillain. Better yet, email Kyle and tell him you'll help. There's room for EVERYONE in Cville - room for more than one weekly, more than one local food magazine, and room for all opinions whether you agree with them or not. That's what makes Cville interesting, and what keeps it culturally fresh.
Email Kyle if you're interested in managing this rowdy group of folks - they're minding Cville's p's and q's, burning the midnight oil, keeping us real. They're opinionated, sometimes a little intimidating, all the time hysterically funny, but so worth keeping around. Thank you......stepping lightly off soapbox, removing derby, twirling derby in hand, turning on one heel, waddling quietly into the sunset...*
*forgive me, but I'm pouring over Glen David Gould's novel, Sunnyside, and currently obsessed with all things Charlie...damn he was cool. Tweet
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Libby, thanks for the kind words. We've had a strong number of people already step up and I'm looking forward to figuring out how to keep this thing alive in one way or another.
:0) You're more than welcome Kyle. You guys were beyond welcoming and supportive of edible cville, and to someone new to the Cville community, something I'll never forget. Cvillain just needs to stick around, pure and simple. It's that good...something of which you can be PROUD.
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