FloydFest 7: This Weekend in Floyd, VA

As promised, FloydFest is on myScoper.com!Here are some highlights that you don’t want to...

To our SWVA Butter Roomies, Here's Your...

Hiya Friends! It looks like a great week in SWVA. Enjoy!MONDAY ::Hey, having a Monday ladies? No...

Doug and Telisha Williams in concert at...

country-folk artists Doug & Telisha Williams, a married couple from Martinsville, VA who tour...

The Black Crowes @ Charlottesville...

Last weekend, I caught another solid concert at the Charlottesville Pavilion. The Black Crowes were...

Good, Cheap, and Local / Nick's Seafood

Shhh…I’m going to tell ya’ll a local secret. But first, I’ll assert that...

Emmylou Harris at the Charlottesville...

Butter Room Sighting / The Alamo: Gary at the Alamo this...

Cheap, Good, and Local / Kids, Pork &...

I am starting a new column this morning about three things that I am always in search of when I am...

Butter Room Sighting / Graceland: Gary at Graceland this...

It’s Easy Being Green

How big is your carbon or eco footprint? That’s an excellent question; one that I decided to ask...

King's Grant Waterways Cleanup Results

Our neighborhood action to clean up our waterways by cleaning our neighborhood was a success…a...

Butter Room Sighting / Nags Head

A Meeting between Robert Plant, Alison...

The music from the lot grew louder and our anticipation built as we walked amongst the crowds...

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In The Butter Room / Ann McDaniel,...

The Butter Room is thrilled to interview Ann McDaniel, the Director of the Warehouse, the official...

Memorial Day Food Rundown

I was very excited leading up to this past Memorial Day weekend in anticipation of all the grilling...

Gary and his family decided to hike the Cascades Trail today...

Book Review: Blind Faith, by Ben Elton

From its release in 1949 through the end of the Cold War, George Orwell’s 1984 was a fixture...

Delicious Eye Candy

Networks of people tagging the URL: ...

Deserving of a Ticker Tape Parade: My...

Mark Evans wrote on his blog recently: If there was a way to post a “no vacancy” sign on my...

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Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration...

by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams, Penguin, 2006, 324 pages The advent of social media has...

Virginia Beach Neptune Festival Season...

The Virginia Beach Neptune Festival kicks off this weekend and goes all summer. It starts off with a...

Radiohead @ Nissan Pavilion in Bristow,...

The Butter Room was well represented at the Radiohead show from Nissan Pavilion last night...

Give the Gift of Meat

I want to tell ya’ll about a little treasure from Virginia called Edward’s of Surry. ...

In The Butter Room / Paul Rosner of...

Trees on Fire are set to play their second show in as many years at Charlottesville’s Fridays...

Van Halen @ John Paul Jones Arena in...

Diver Down was one of the first rock albums I ever owned. “Mean Street” was the first...

Google Earth Presentation

King's Grant Communities Waterways Clean...

WHO: Residents of King’s Grant Neighborhoods WHAT: Waterways Clean UpWHY: Look around. Our...

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band @...

I consider myself part-Jersey. You see, my whole family is from Jersey. My Mom and Dad were the...

ROFLcon ‘08 :: A Meet Up for Internet...

The first ever ROFLcon happened this past weekend as a two-day symposium on the MIT campus in...

Iron Man Debacle Shows Twitter's True...

Like many PR people, I’m still unsure of the best way for my industry to leverage Twitter. ...

Widespread Panic @ Landmark Theater in...

Last night I made the trek from Cville to see some old friends in Richmond and catch Widespread...

FREE stickers and buttons at this year’s first ever...

Butter Room Sighting / Which one should I have?: @ Sticky...

Butter Room Sighting / Graham, Julia, and Matt at the...

Twhirl + Friendfeed: Use, but use with...

I am a big fan of twhirl, a desktop client that up until last week allowed one to update their...

Butter Room Sighting / Fridays After Five: Lisa at Fridays...

Advertise / Blogging for Charity

We are blogging for charity, but only if we can get help from you. Half of the proceeds from...

In The Butter Room / John Spagnolo of...

This Friday in Charlottesville, Kings of Belmont will make their Fridays After Five debut. Who are...

The Most Musical Time of The Year

Have you checked the music calendar in Virginia over the next couple of weeks? If not, you better...

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The myScoper girls have arrived in Boston… This pic...

Butter Room Sighting / Times Square in New York City: Gary...

About Us

The Butter Room is where you will find the view from and of Virginia. A Virginian view on music,...

New Breed of Lobbyists Hail from Appalachia :...

Springtime at Monticello

While I fully understand that going to Monticello is one of the more cliched and tourist-laden...

Tea Leaf Green @ Satellite Ballroom in...

Last night I caught Tea Leaf Green in Charlottesville and it was a lot of fun. I have wanted to see...

In The Butter Room / Sam Wilson of Sons...

If you are a Charlottesville resident, you are more than likely familiar with the city’s favorite...

Baked Virginia Jams / The Concert For...

The Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Nas, and Phil Vassar put on a free concert at Lane Stadium on...

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I took a tour of the historic Rockwood Manor Bed &...

Butter Room Sighting / Does It Even Know?: My old Spring LG...

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I’ve always loved the view of downtown Lynchburg, VA...

There were a few hours this weekend in Albemarle County when...

For a dreary day very early in the growing season, there was...

Since it’s still very early in the growing season,...

By the time next year rolls around, my son will be able to...

Free goat cheese at the Charlottesville City Market this...

Butter Room Sighting / Charlottesville 10 miler: Todd about...

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Wilco @ 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. –...

Last night was the second of two consecutive sold out nights at Washington D.C.’s 9:30 Club...

Firefox Poised to Overtake IE in Browser...

Which Web browser do you use to surf the Web? According to the most recent statistics, more and...

In The Butter Room / Jane Copland,...

In The Butter Room / Jane Copland, Search Marketing Consultant Ah, so this is The Butter Room...

reconsidering late-period Bowie

With the recent release of the David Bowie Limited Edition Box Set CD, it seems like a good time...

You'd Prefer a... Cadillac?

If you’ve watched television in the last couple of months, there’s a good chance that...

In The Butter Room / Marco Arment, Lead...

(This was originally published on our old platform on January 23, 2008) Marco Arment is the Lead...

Twitter! What Is It Good For?

Absolutely ??? I am trying to figure out Twitter, and am giving it the old college try. If...

Well, I'm a Tumblr

Don’t you miss it, don’t you miss it. Some of you people just about missed it! Tumblr,...

The Beamer Legacy

It’s been a week since the Hokies disappointed thousands of Virginia Tech alums, students, and...

I Want my Apple TV!

I actually already own the much-maligned Apple TV. However, the latest software update delivered a...

Outsourcing Memory

One of the many things on which I pride myself is my memory. No, not the sweet 768MB of RAM inside...

3EB (still) Rocks!

(This show review comes a little late due to the Easter holiday, but I wanted to write it because...

Review: Gary Louris - Vagabonds

If you are a fan of the great alt-country band, The Jayhawks, then Gary Louris needs no...

What do you use as the nerve center of...

I discovered the tumblelog of Joe Lazarus this week. Why is that important? Well, Joe asked the...

In The Butter Room / Brad Serling,...

(This was originally posted on our old platform on 12/30/97) With the end of the year upon us, we...