What a week it’s been for local tunes. Corsair killed it on Monday at the Tea House (pick up C-VILLE in a couple weeks to read more about that show), Caribou filled the Jefferson with joy on Tuesday, and last night Arbouretum and Pontiak delivered some deadly riffage. Too much music? What’s that? No seriously—I can’t hear anything.
Here’s some notes on other happenings.
- His books have been made into movies and plays. Now local spinner of bestselling legal yarns John Grisham is trying to get his 1991 blockbuster "The Firm" on TV, the media outlet that will outlast the rest. Apparently, Grisham didn’t write the script, but has been heavily involved as executive producer. The last time Grisham made it onto the small screen was with "The Client," which ran for one season in 1995-’96. Here’s hoping round two goes better for you, Johnny.
- Variety reports that another local top dawg, Dave Matthews, has with his ATO Pictures "joined the indie scene." That’s to say that ATO has "moved into domestic distribution," and will work with IDP—the Independent Distribution Partnership, now IDP/Samuel Goldwyn—to release independent features domestically. It’s good news for the indepedent film world, where buyers have been shuttering in recent years, according to the article.
- Music attacks again! If you caught Lost Highway at Live Arts last month (read C-VILLE’s review here), you might be as jazzed as I am to learn that the band is taking the best part of that show—Williams’ music, naturally—on the road. Dallas Wesley and the Driftin’ Cowboys have two shows confirmed so far: next Saturday at Rapunzel’s, and on June 15 back at Live Arts. Keep your eyes on the Live Arts calendar and this blog for info on ticket sales.
Dallas or Hank? Will the real Hank Williams please stand up?
