It was another Sunday at the local Pub Hub, aka The Buffalo Mountain Brewery. The Pub Hub Club this week was a group of hikers who had, fittingly, just come down off the Buffalo Mountain, the highest peak in the county. I went to to hear my friend and neighbor Bob Grubel play some tunes […]
My friend Kamala and I signed up. We went to add our voices to the writing on the wall. The backdrop was a Trump merchandise store in Christiansburg, complete with propaganda filled billboards. Someone counted 50 protesters. There were five anti-protestors when we got there. As an adult I’ve not been much of an organized […]
Joe drove me down Bent Mountain yesterday for a medical procedure in Roanoke that was already rescheduled once and it would be months to get another one. It’s a good thing he brought his chainsaw! The main roads were plowed but the ice weighed down trees, and when the temperature rose and the ice started […]
After a 10-year hiatus (and a slight change in line-up), our loved local band The Deer Run Drifters are back on stage. I had seen them back in the day at Dogtown Roadhouse and on the main stage at Yoga Jam. They also played Floydfest in 2014 but I missed that. The nice thing about […]
I missed The Kind’s 39th anniversary bash Friday night at Parkway Brewing, but in a gestalt move I caught the Grateful Dad’s at the Buffalo Mountain Brewery Saturday Night. Their more official name is T H C and Friends. There are three Wills in the band. I suggested they call the band The Traveling Wills. […]
You can immerse yourself in the magical fantasy world of Narnia at the June Bug Center’s black box theater today, Saturday January 25 and tomorrow at 2:00. The live performance will also be presented next Friday January 31st at 7:00, Saturday at 2:00 and 7:00 and Sunday at 2:00. A cast of young actors with […]
We closed out 2024 with an epic Dogtown dance party. It’s a tradition! The line-up included soul+ with Solacoustix, reggae with Father Sun and the driving dance beats of what I like to claim as my home family band, Music Road Co. Our community has watched Nyo Allen, son of MRCO bandmate Janiah and nephew […]
It looks like a scene from Where’s Waldo, Keith. I think it was the biggest crowd yet for the Dogtown Roadhouse annual community Thanksgiving. It took three Dogtown turkeys – BBQ, Hawaiian and Cajun – to feed the crowd, and they went fast. First come, first self-served. There was plenty of gravy and rows of […]
There are two distinct languages: “There is the verbal, which separates people… and there is the visual that is understood by everybody.” Yaacov Agam In times of trouble make art, or at least view it. So, Katherine, Jody and I headed down the mountain to the Taubman Museum to see Eternally New: The Art Nouveau […]
I didn’t see any trick-or-treaters for Halloween but I did meet a pig named Louie wearing a cow costume. Floyd is such a cool place that we had two Halloween parties to go to. What a treat! First, we met up with some friends at the Buffalo Mountain Brewery for beer and to hear our […]
They served up Cranberries singing about Zombies. But I think she’s been watching Janis Joplin videos. They even have a song called Phat Anchovies. I think it’s an original. I hope they come back soon.
