Pluckin’ good [with video]Pokey LaFarge revisits his musical roots in Charlottesville We Are Star Children Straight Punch to the Crotch; Self-released Summer in the city The Charlottesville Municipal Band takes its annual concert series to the Paramount Telecaster roadmaster [with video]Bill Kirchen brings his honky-tonk hammer to Crozet A not-so-new dawn fades [with audio]After four […]
Pluckin’ good [with video]Pokey LaFarge revisits his musical roots in Charlottesville We Are Star Children Straight Punch to the Crotch; Self-released Summer in the city The Charlottesville Municipal Band takes its annual concert series to the Paramount Telecaster roadmaster [with video]Bill Kirchen brings his honky-tonk hammer to Crozet A not-so-new dawn fades [with audio]After four […]
1408 (PG-13, 94 minutes) Somebody found another unadapted Stephen King short story. By law they’ve all got to be made into movies before his death, so here we go again. John Cusack plays an author who specializes in debunking claims of the paranormal. To those ends, he checks into the infamously haunted Dolphin Hotel, whose […]
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“Hidden Palms”Wednesday 8 & 9pm, CW We need a good summer soaper. It’s been how long since we’ve had a delicious guilty pleasure that we can really sink our teeth into? Sadly this…is not it. Poor Kevin Williamson—who peaked way too soon with Scream and “Dawson’s Creek” in the ’90s—is back on TV, this time […]
The other night at Saxx, I overheard a guy shouting at his friend, “This is the first time I’ve been in here. This place is really unbelievable. Normally I would only tell my closest friends that it is here.” Imagine owning a place so good, that your patrons want to keep it secret. Saxx you […]
“Rescue Me”Wednesday 10pm, FX Last season Dennis Leary’s firefighter drama got pretty dark, what with controversial abusive sex scenes, the lead character’s girlfriend essentially date-raping him and even more death in the life of Tommy Gavin (Leary). Here’s hoping the producers turn it down just a touch, because the show is actually quite good when […]
28 Weeks Later (R, 99 minutes) 2002’s apocalyptic zombie flick 28 Days Later was a shot in the arm to a stagnant horror film industry. Unfortunately, director Danny Boyle isn’t back for this follow-up. Substitute Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intacto) can’t quite replicate Boyle’s kinetic camerawork; but he does O.K., adding a few honest jump scares […]
Local band Under The Flood gets an upstairs appearance at Starr Hill this month, and lead singer Dave Nadolski offers up some advice for up-and-coming bands on how to get there. “If I had one piece of advice to give, I’d say get good management. You’ve got to know people. If you don’t know anyone, […]
You know that nightmare about being onstage in your underwear? Shentai promises to be every bit as startling and surreal,
“Cash Cab”Weekdays 10 & 10:30pm, Discovery Channel Oh, I love this stupid show! Ben Bailey is a comedian and, for the purposes of this show, a taxi driver. He picks up “unsuspecting” (on this part, I’m dubious) passengers, and as soon as the car doors close the interior roof turns into a laser light show […]