Tantric Conversation

CJ the DJ as he was known in the 90’s when he spun records and CDs at the Metro and other places around Richmond. Now you may know him as DJ Curtis Strange if you know him at all. CJ … Continue reading →

Wren is one of the organizers of the Bill talks in Richmond. A counterpoint to the TED brand. Something maybe a little more egalitarian and affordable. She shares her inspiration for it and I am inclined to agree though I’m … Continue reading →

Beau Butler the Flava Flav of Avail is one of the most memorable characters I have known in this town. Regular followers of this podcast will note that I wasn’t much of a hardcore, hardcore punk or just plain punk … Continue reading →

Austin is one of those guys I originally encountered in the early nineties at VCU one of wave of people who’d come to Richmond for Art School at VCU formed a band while they were at it. Although Austin has … Continue reading →

Prabir Mehta musician,science afficianado, and biness man. Always I have known he was out there plying his craft making his sounds, cutting his swathe but I never until recently payed a whole lot of attention, my loss. Last summer I … Continue reading →

Chuck Wrenn is one of the most dynamic dudes I’ve ever known. When I was kid he seemed to have living the good life down to a science. I don’t know anyone who has made as much of a continuing … Continue reading →

Although I’ve known Scott for years I haven’t until this conversation linked together his, dare I say, legacy in the Richmond music scene. He has been in Brainflower, Slang Laos, Tulsa Drone and Hex Machine, to name a few…and that’s … Continue reading →

Parker is a ringmaster and ringleader of Gallery 5, the Carnival of 5 Fires and a founder of RVAMAG. He is painter in his own right and a “Burner”. I talked to him in the offices of Gallery 5 and … Continue reading →

Coby is a self-professed shaman, musician, actor, vagabond and Richmond icon. I have known him longer than I remember and maybe longer than that. He came over on a sunny fall Sunday and we got into some T.C. in the … Continue reading →

Mike”Sorvino” Bauer is a world travelling tour manager and local guitar hero. He’s played in many bands but his baby is Channel 43, who recently released a record from the vaults of their Ellwood days. Over the years Sorv hit … Continue reading →

Ricky is a versatile musician, engineer and guitar tech. He’s been in Richmond bands since his Benedictine days and experienced the trajectory of signed musician that seems to be shared by many others. I’ve been checking in with him since … Continue reading →

Marty Key is a musician, DJ and owner of Steady Sounds a fantastic record store in downtown Richmond, Va. We are contemporaries and yet I had forgotten about all the bands he’s played in from The Young Pioneers to Trixie … Continue reading →

Kevin is a founding member of Horsehead and one of my other favorite (now defunct) Richmond bands Dragstrip Syndicate. He’s a great guitar player and a hell of a guy. I don’t know too many people who are as relentlessly … Continue reading →

Here there be nerds. Chris is a writer and scholar of the comic book and graphic novel medium, Chris’ Website features interviews with creators of comic books and graphic novels going back decades and continuing up to the present. He … Continue reading →

James is the singer of Long Arms and formerly River City High. I’ve always liked the guy..well let’s be honest Ive also been a hater of his flirtation with the big time as a musician. He has enjoyed more success … Continue reading →

Look I’m not gonna front there are people probably more qualified to talk to Taylor Steele about his past as one of the more significant contributors to Richmond counterculture in the 80s and 90s. I wanted to know more about … Continue reading →

Chris and I have known each other a long time, the length of time where friendship becomes something more like family and therefore more contentious. Of all of my friends Chris has had the most profound effect on me. As … Continue reading →

Abby is an old friend and Punchline personality. I haven’t seen her since that era at the turn of the century in Richmond, Virgina. (That’s cool how we can say that and it means the year 2000.) We’ve both voyaged … Continue reading →

Dave Brockie obviously belongs to throngs of fans as Oderus Urungus in Gwar, but to me he’s a Richmonder I admired as a young long hair in the nineties and later enjoyed as a fellow lover of metal, punk and … Continue reading →

Kathleen Brady. My Yoga teacher and one of the hosts and organizers of Secretly Y’all at Balliceaux. We had a humid chat in her Monument Ave. apartment about Yoga, stories,travel, dance and gardening. Good times. I think KB is a … Continue reading →