APRIL 1994 | VOLUME 1 | ISSUE 8

CRYING IN MY CUP Richmond: Chained by Nonconformity. By Adam Dawson | We're Through Being Cool. By Killer Montone.

STRAIGHT, NO SUGAR (news you can use before it hamstrings you)

• Tour du Caffeine: A look at caffeine and bike racing in time for the reverential Tour DuPont. By Mary Reynolds.
• Earth Day '94: It's not about recycling anymore; it's about the adaptive reuse of all that trash already being recycled. By Jim Johns.
• Smokefree Party: Hempfest '94. Dude, it's going to be rad. By John Sarvay.
• Punk Rock Variety Store: If ISBN Records has its way, there soon will be a new source for alternative and independent records in Richmond. By John Sarvay.
• Creative Expressions: Steve's House presents three evenings of performance and dialogue with a strange blend of Richmonders. By John Sarvay.

KNOW YOUR LEADERS As the Richmond City Council prepares for this spring's elections, Caffeine takes a look at the handful of candidates foolish enough to want to attempt governing this madcap town we call "home, sweet home." By Mary Reynolds and Greg Ritter.

CAFFEINE FOR COUNCIL One of Caffeine's editors, Richard Sebastian, throws his hat into the ring as a write-in candidate for City Council. Read his inspirational platform and join the Caffeine March of Democracy before it's too late.

YOU ARE GETTING SLEEPY You don't want to take a pill and psychologists won't tackle your problems? No problem. There are simple solutions to life's muddled moments. Why do you think God created palm readers and astrologers? By Richard Sebastian.

WORD: Nun Watch: Nun's Sweep Richmond Prior to Holy Week | Postcards from the Edge | Horoscope Noir