Anarchy in The VA

(MySpace photo)

I was wondering what was up with Liberty IV, an experimental punk/metal performance space in downtown Newport News. There are vague references to struggles on the club's MySpace page, but it appears to be still alive and kicking.
The following blog post gives details about an upcoming festival that sounds like it could be a make-or-break proposition for the joint.

What follows is the post in its entirety:

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"Here is the lineup and info for liberty 4 fest this year, hopefully everything goes well. I still have a few slots open if anyone is interested in playing.

Dates: August 29th, 30th, 31st. This is labor day weekend so most people hopefully will not have to work on monday, and can stay for the whole show on sunday.

Cost: The show is $10.00 for all three days, even if you only come to one day it is still $10.00 hopefully no one will have a problem with this, and this will help get us back on our feet.

Each day the show will start at 6pm except friday which will be 7pm there is no end time because the later it gets the less people we can disturb in the area. Apollo's will be open all three days, so please stop drinking in the parking lot, that is one thing that can definitly get us shut down very fast, and if we piss apollos off he can get us shut down immediatly. We will be selling drinks and chips, and 100% of the proceeds from that goes toward the rent, so please hook it up, 7 - 11 has enough money they don't need you.

the lineup us as follows so far, and change to this will be announced...

Friday August 29th
The Banner
Moutheater
Dead Thoughts Memory
Pushing On
Original Sin
Brain Damage

Saturday August 30th
Loss of Reason
Waiting Mortuary
Barefist
Macerated
Reckoner
Unknown Band

Sunday August 31st
The Unambomers
Naysayer
Parasytic
Plague The Suffering
Outrageous Rhinoceros

I am still waiting on a few bands, that have said they would get back to me, as you can see there is a good mix of bands, from hardcore, punk, and metal and we tried to mix them up each day so please come out and support these bands."

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