Last year Norfolk had its moment. Like the undead, our moment is back.

Remembering Relative Theory, CiCi’s Pizza, and The No Talent Show, and hoping for a better musical tomorrow for the 757, from YourMusicShow.net.

Earth Day, Clean Air Act, $1.1B for transportation in Hampton Roads, and much more in If You Read the Paper for Friday, April 22nd.

Solomon Douglas (formerly of the Glenn Miller Orchestra) brings his Swingtet to the Boot this Sunday night. Can you swing it?

Get to know one of your favorite local watering holes a little better through this live blog from Wednesday night.

Growing up I was always a big fan of hip hop, so when I moved to Norfolk from Fredericksburg I didn’t know what to expect. Being a freshman at ODU with no knowledge of the surrounding area, my music outreach was looking bleak. That was until…

Billed as the gayest and most outrageous comedy tour in the US, “Under the Gaydar” will be at the Boot tonight.

The One Not to Miss: CLIPSE, Tuesday at the Norva

Get to know the indie/dance/electro outfit from Atlanta, Georgia. Seven questions and one bad-ass video after the jump.

Green Drinks. Today, 5pm to 9pm. The Boot.

Highlights: Incubus, Satan and Adam, Over the Ocean, and Rusty Doves

Longtime 24SevenCities contributor Jerome Spencer confronts the ghosts of this town as he gets over a girl.

Farm wife and food writer Kathleen Fogarty reviews FOOD, INC., which debuted at The Naro with a panel of local farmers and foodies, including her husband, Farmer John Wilson.

Highlights: Dave Mathews Band, Lil’ Wayne and Michigan, Superior (the best local band you’ve never heard of)

Neko Case, Mercy Creek, Bob Dylan, Kid Rock, Nightmare of You, G. Love, Gogol Bordello, Crystal Method, and more…

What to do this fine weekend: Black Hollies, Loose Lips, Electronic Art Exchange.

For five bucks, its a great chance to see a band likely to get a lot bigger in the next few years at one of the best small venues in town.

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The band is technically amazing, each member doing his part and working perfectly with one another to create efficient melodies, powerful chords and some great songs. That technical prowess and potential is what made it even worse for me when that singer opened his mouth and sounded like Adam Sandler doing “Lunch Lady Land.”

Local label turns it up, brings the noise to the Boot.

It’s true; tomorrow’s going to be another dreary day. But stop crying about it, because The Boot’s got three compelling bands to revive the weekend.

Dave Allison runs Custom Made Music from right here. His hometown rock label will be presenting two bands, Ceremony and Screen Vinyl Image , as well as Florida friends Averkiou at the Boot on March 14th for an evening of brain buzzing shoegaze madness. He was kind enough to answer SevenQuestions for SevenCities.

Describe the transition from Relative Theory to The Boot. We were trying to have a better environment for live music. And also we wanted to expand our associations with local vendors, which had started with the little cafe we had at the record store.