Esmel Meeks, VCU student, active member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and "Gen Y'er," works at VCU's department of social and behavioral health from nine to five throughout the week. On weekends he deejays under his alias Dj-Rockit. But, most impressively, he is the CEO of a growing Richmond-based clothing label Ancient Thread Empire, commonly known as ATE.
Volcanoes explode the earth quakes and crust shifts in the disaster-film "2012," but all of the apocalyptic mishmash leads to the same end: airplanes barely escaping plume clouds and limousines (or R.V.s) evading fiery deaths. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone familiar with Roland Emmerich's filmography.
Greetings from the old country, folks. Have you noticed a soft retreat of that great American pastime we used to call southern rock? The steady flow of yester-year's chatter and the twang of the howling moon is now plugged into the terrible web known as modern music.
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Like the late Velvet Revolver and more recent Monsters of Folk, Them Crooked Vultures has emerged as the newest contender in the ring of rock super-groups. David Grohl, former drummer of Nirvana and Queens of the Stone Age and current front man for The Foo Fighters has joined forces with fellow Queens of the Stone Age band-mate Joshua Homme, and legendary bassist John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.
