Face For Radio: Open Source RVA and Radio Wowsville

My two radio shows are still going strong. Thanks for asking.

Open Source RVA, the weekly news-talk program that I co-host on WRIR 97.3 FM in Richmond airs Fridays at noon. 

WRIR is available online by clicking this spot, and you can hear previously-aired Open Source RVA podcasts by going to the program's nifty Soundcloud page here. 

The Source is WRIR's omnibus news hour, where we talk to area newsmakers, politicians, community activists, artists, nonprofit leaders, musicians and, yes, pro wrestlers. Thanks to producer Krysti Albus for keeping it sounding cohesive. 

Radio Wowsville, the music show that I co-host (on alternate weeks) with Rick Clark, can be heard Sunday nights at 11PM on the mighty WTJU 91.1 FM in Charlottesville. 

The freeform, "anything goes" Wowsville has been haunting the air since 1995 (or 1996) and is, as the promo claims, broadcast live from a cave/sound lab in Grottoes, Virginia. 

Listeners can tune in to the Wow by following this link, and can listen to past broadcasts of the show -- and all of the other great WTJU music programs -- by going right here. 

It's a fascinating listen, I think. But I'm a little biased. 

 

Richmond Magazine: Shelf Life

My feature article on local author David Robbins -- and the growing brouhaha over his deal with Amazon.com's new publishing division -- is now online at Richmond Magazine's website.

David Robbins spent two years working on his forthcoming novel, The Devil’s Waters. The Sandston native traveled the world on military vessels and freighters to research the modern-day espionage adventure involving an elite team of rescuers, Somali pirates and a ship full of valuable U.S. contraband.

But his book’s most interesting clashes may be occurring off the page. “Battle lines are being drawn,”Robbins sighs, echoing a Stephen Stills lyric.

After publishing his first nine books with traditional publishers such as Random House, the co-founder of the James River Writers group will be releasing his 10th in November through a newly formed imprint called Thomas & Mercer, which is owned by leading e-retailer Amazon.com.

Click here to read the rest of "Shelf Life."

I'm all over Rich Mag this month. In addition to the David Robbins article, I also wrote a large piece on Virginia's single-sex colleges for the magazine's College Guide... and Chris Dovi and I got a nice shoutout from Kate Andrews about the new Open Source RVA radio show on WRIR. Thanks Kate!

Curtain Raising Time

A super theatrical bear hug goes out to David Timberline, who gives me some nice props (and not stage props) on his excellent blog.

Timberline is, of course, the award-winning theater critic for Style Weekly, but he augments his great work at the newsweekly with "Dave's Theater Blog," which is a must-have bookmark for keeping up with Richmond's vibrant theater scene.

When I was the arts &culture editor at Style, it was a treat to have Dave's theater reviews come in. And it's still a pleasure to read him (whether he's saying nice things about me or not).  Thanks Dave!

Richmond Arts and Culture Gurus Unite!

A big thank you to Amy Ritchie, my former Style colleague and the empress behind the fantastic Richmond Arts Review blog. She sent a sweet shoutout to me yesterday   

If you haven't bookmarked it yet, make Richmond Arts Review a part of your life. If you care to know what's happening around town, that is.

And here's Amy's more recent Style Weekly piece, on the new Avery Lawrence exhibit at 1708 Gallery. (That's Lawrence's "Arranging Suitcases," pictured above).

Thanks Amy!