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If you were around the Charlottesville music scene in the ’90s, you’re definitely familiar with Baaba Seth. The world jam outfit was one of the region’s most popular bands throughout the decade—mixing a potent ensemble concoction of funk, jazz, rock, African rhythms, and Latin grooves. The high-energy sound was put to good use during the [...]
Road bikers have to be on alert at all times for idiot drivers, but it’s true that some road bikers, due to vast bad experiences, are on hyper-alert.
Hyper-alert=hyper-defensive=chip on shoulder.
I was driving down a narrow road through my neighborhood today when I met a hyper-defensive road biker who practically flung himself into a [...]
In the spirit of complete disclosure and unrepentant bias, I must admit to being an unabashed Trent Wagler fan.
Adrienna Valentine, the 2009 release from Wagler and Jay Lapp, last year earned the distinction of being, at any given moment, the record most likely to be found in my CD player and it was, by [...]
This gear won’t be in shops until the spring or next fall. But here’s a peek at a few innovations and out-there items coming soon to an outdoors store near you.
Glowing Sandals — Never trip in the dark again. A small LED light is built on the tow strap of the Teva Illum sandals, which [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I work for an office equipment company selling copiers, fax machines, computers and printers. Each year new models come out making old ones obsolete. As a result, we have loads of trade-ins with nowhere to go. What can we do with this old equipment? — Jeff P., Worcester, MA
Electronic waste, or “e-waste” as [...]
Let me state this unequivocally. There is no “purity” of ultrarunning. Why am I even stating this?
As the Winter Olympics end, and with the Summer Olympics over two years away, some people who love this international gathering of athletes and the spectacle (good and bad) with which it brings, have made clamoring about the possibility [...]
Cyclists pursue ultramarathon speed records
Last summer, when most guys his age were on the golf course, 64-year-old Gerry Eddlemon set 10 state cycling speed records. Eddlemon, an extreme road biker from Knoxville, Tenn., is part of a small niche of ultracyclists who like to post the fastest times for pedaling across states from one end [...]
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