Today, I’m getting a drink with a politician. Coffeeshop, lunch spot, in-studio - those are perfectly fine places to get to know someone, but there’s nothing like a good whiskey to loosen up a conversation. Garrett Sawyer is meeting me at The Camel for happy hour on a...
This week the Ghost Owls stopped by Radio Rubber Room. With instruments in hand, they played some excellent original selections from their new EP, Home Remedies. In addition to conversation, banter, immature humor and intelligent discussion concerning the Richmond music scene, the guys also force fed them chocolate milk while Dan (the mean one)...
Since late 2005, World Hoop Day has been dedicated to bringing dance, exercise and toy hoops to under-privileged children living in extreme poverty and the under-developed neighborhoods of our world. Founded by Annie O'Keeffe, her husband Kevin, and Groove Hoop friend Stefan Pildes, World Hoop Day is a not-for-profit organization that uses a...
Here's a big one for you beer-drinkers out there: on Saturday November 12, starting at 5 PM and running all the way until closing time at 2 AM, The Camel will be presenting a Tap Takeover by Charlottesville's Starr Hill Brewery. Mark Thompson founded Starr Hill brewery in 1999. The company has grown from a small storefront location to a larger...
In the wake of the Penn State scandal, it seems fitting to run this interview with Amalia Pizzardi, director of local non-profit Colors Of Life, and passionate advocate of stopping child abuse in every corner of the world. Colors Of Life has teamed up with international program Every Child Matters, and together they are doing their part to bring...
It's been 10 weeks since we kicked off the first Open Stage Night at Cafe Diem and a lot has happened since then. We've met some really cool people, been introduced to some great local music from bands we had never heard of and had the opportunity to make some cool friends with regular faces every Wednesday. When we approached Cafe Diem and...
“God, I hate to think of the forests I've felled, just to pay the rent . . . When it comes to literature, I'm a furnace. I'm a wildfire. I'm the inferno of American Fiction.” --Harry Bloch Each fall, VCU's English Department and Cabell Library put on a festival in honor of a first novel that has come out the previous calendar year and been...
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In this episode of Radio Rubber Room we were joined by Tabb Justis of The Metro Richmond Music Council as well as journalist Sarah Lindsey who owns and runs Sounds of RVA. After witnessing the tmblr/twitter conversation between Sarah and a former guest, Johnny Hugel, where Johnny warned Sarah about a little game we play called "What Am I...
Our correspondent Marc Cheatham brings you a photo report from the October 28 Richmond Comedy Coalition event at Gallery 5, RCC Must Die!, in which our favorite local comedy improv group solved a murder mystery in which they were the victims! Marc also tells a cautionary tale of costume-related cowardice that should strike fear into the hearts of...
This week, Radio Rubber Room played host to Dem 360 Boyz hot off the heels from their most recent release, Recession Proof. We chopped it up about the newest album, their last mix-tape Back On The Job, the Richmond music scene, etc.. Donnie was out with an illness but Red and Billz held it down and schooled us on how they use social media to...
