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Kyle’s Criterion Corner: Fox and His Friends (1975)

With friends like this, who really needs enemies? Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1975 stunningly devastating Fox and His Friends is among the German auteurs strongest social and political film mixing a tragic tale that is provocatively progressive, darkly funny, and...

Kyle’s Criterion Corner: Heart of a Dog (2015)

To sum up artist Laurie Anderson would be a task onto itself; having been a pioneer in electronic music, a film-maker, an inventor, an avant-garde multi-media artist, pop star of sorts, but perhaps what she also wants to be known as well is a dog lover. To sum up...

Lurid Lanzetta – RVA Mag’s new relationship advice column

Sammi Lanzetta is the front woman of Venus Guytrap, a radical feminist and generally a RVA rabble rouser who deserves your attention - so we gave her a platform here at RVA Mag to dispense advice on love and everything else you need help with. Sammi Lanzetta is the...

Kyle’s Criterion Corner: The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Divorce is hard. The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach’s 2005 semi-autobiographical film about a Reagan-era, bohemian Brooklyn family dealing with a painful and confusing separation, is a humorous composition of a wounded family in denial of martial dissolution....

‘Love Me When I’m Gone’ A Tribute To Ross Harman

Ross Harman was one-half of The Gaskets, a quirky electro-pop duo who were active in the Richmond scene throughout the past decade. Sadly, he took his own life last year. At his memorial service, music from his little-heard solo project The Ballpoint Pens was played, and blew everyone away. Inspired by the reaction, Gaskets manager Nate "Igor"...

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Richard Rocks: Branson Comes to Richmond

Richmond, “Untied,” yet United. I waited a while to digest the Richmond Unite conference on September 9 before I wrote, simply because I could not believe that, in my long yet brief lifetime on this planet in this microcosm of Richmond, I would ever see this happen. I still find it hard to fathom. Richmond is moving ahead. Screw the trolley...

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DaybyDay’s Nowhere Movie

Two RVA guys, Will & Dave took their act to LA almost 3 years ago once they secured some work with Fuel TV producing skits for a show called Stupidface. Two RVA guys, Will & Dave took their act to LA almost 3 years ago once they secured some work with Fuel TV producing skits for a show called Stupidface. The guys quickly got noticed and they...

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Richmond Famous & The Craigslist Show

RVA's premier spot for alternative comedy, the Richmond Comedy Coalition, is bringing you two hilarious shows this January at Gallery 5. Event 1: Richmond Famous with Kevin Clay Kevin Clay, editor and publisher of GayRVA.com—the city's go-to for LGBT news and entertainment—is a native of Richmond and a VCU School of Mass Communications graduate....

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DAYBYDAY: PUMPKIN and BUBBA discover nature.

Finally a video from daybyday that's not owned by a large network and can be shown here. Dave and Will took their act to LA almost 3 years ago once they secured some work with Fuel TV producing skits for a show called Stupidface. The guys quickly got noticed and they secured a management agency that got their videos into the hands of Will...

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The Music Ross Left Behind.

In early September 2010, Richmond lost one of its brightest creative sparks. Ross Harman—musician, visual artist, and one half of the beloved indie-pop duo The Gaskets—took his own life after a long and private struggle. For those who knew him, Ross was more than his talent. He was a friend with a sharp mind, a generous heart, and a complicated...

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RVA NO.2 | The Pharrell Williams Interview

It is around 3:30PM and we're in South Beach Studios in Miami Beach, Florida, shooting a music video with Pharrell Williams. Alex Germanotta, the DP of the video and I began talks with VA natives Clipse a little while ago. We wanted to shoot a video off of their album Till the Casket Drops, which features Pharrell, and fellow Virginia native...

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Pharrell Interview by Shahan Jafri_RVA Magazine 2010-14