POSTS BY Jerome Spencer
Jerome Spencer was not born, but certainly raised in Nashville, TN. He doesn’t have a Southern accent, but wishes he did. He resides in Norfolk because that’s where his beautiful daughter is. By day Jerome wears a tie and vanishes into a sea of beige cubicles and khaki pants. Writing is what he likes to do in his free time. He wrote about music and had a weekly column for Portfolio Weekly, but defected to AltDaily before that ship went down. He still mostly writes about music. Jerome thinks life would be simpler if we all spent less time getting lost in our own perspectives and writing our own internet bios (in third-person, no less) and spent more time wholly sharing experiences with one another.
Two Post-Break-up Pitfalls: Drunk Texting and Cogan’s Pizza
By Jerome Spencer
In his latest installment of “Reinventing Norfolk,” Jerome Spencer blames the holier-than-thou-tattoo’ed-hipster-elite of Cogan’s Pizza (and its Megatouch) for him sending a bad drunk text.
Groove Advisory: This Week in Concerts (January 5-11)
By Jerome Spencer
Go on, get your post-holidays groove on. And, lucky for you, there are plenty of opportunities to do just that this week and start 2011 off right.
Local Review: Minus the Bear @ The NorVa
By Jerome Spencer
Oh, Norfolk, how I love to watch you dance.
Who is K Scott?
By Jerome Spencer
Virgnia Beach’s K Scott reps VA to the fullest. Just listen to the amazing “Central VA” – her love song about coming up in Farmville – and just try to fight the urge to throw two up, two down.
Shaolin versus Norfolk
By Jerome Spencer
Even on his busy schedule reppin’ the greatest rap crew of all time, Cappadonna will be performing at Norfolk’s own 37th and Zen this Friday, September 24th. That’s right, I didn’t say The NorVa, I said 37th and Zen.
Wale @ The NorVa
By Jerome Spencer
Let’s do it for local hip hop, regional pride and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
In Defense of Hip Hop: Fresh Fest @ Ntelos
By Jerome Spencer
As misunderstood as it is, real hip hop music is love. And a real hip hop show is a family reunion with people you’ve never met.
Rogue Wave @ The NorVa
By Jerome Spencer
“It’s like selling your record player,” I heard the kid behind me tell his friend, “for a day’s work.”
Local Review: Passion Pit @ The NorVa
By Jerome Spencer
I was really feeling the love in that place… sometimes a little too much. (Husky Bearded Guy and Red Dress Girl: Get a room).
Preview: Campus Chaos at ODU
By Jerome Spencer
This is, without any hyperbole and/or journalistic exaggeration, a truly impressive roster not to be missed. (Pictured here, one of the performing bands, indie darlings Ra Ra Riot.)
Preview: Jedi Mind Tricks at JewMa this Sunday
By Jerome Spencer
If you were to Google “Jedi Mind Tricks” right now you would get three results (not including videos) having to do with the rap trio of the same name before you got to anything about “The Force” from Star Wars.
The Sea Level Singer/Songwriter Festival Continues
By Jerome Spencer
Those of you who caught Ben Taylor and Julie Clark at The Naro last night are no doubt aware of The Sea Level Singer/Songwriter Festival popping off in Ghent as we speak.
Preview: Lucero @ JewMa
By Jerome Spencer
I won’t call them punk-country or “cowpunk” because both of those terms are stupid and conjure images of bands that just suck. Let’s just call it Lucero.
The Sporting Life: A Night at the Admirals
By Jerome Spencer
Jerome seeks out the magic of sports at an Admirals game.
Reinventing Norfolk: The Beginning of the Getting-Over-Her Process
By Jerome Spencer
“My bucket of fries is now a bucket of loneliness.” Day One of The Old Adventures of New Jerome takes him back to Velvet, where the hip-hop and french fries haven’t changed…but maybe his heart will.
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