The No Pants Players will be performing this weekend, Aug 17 and 18 at 8pm, at the  Labelle Theater, 311 D Street in South Charleston.  There will be live music by current Radio Free Charleston guests, InFormation.  There will also be concessions and NPP clothing for sale.   Admission is six dollars.  Call 1-877-IMPROV9 for more details. 

It’s nostalgia time, folks. I’ve been thinking about the old radio incarnation of Radio Free Charleston lately, and I’ve learned some surprising new details about one of my old RFC cohorts with whom I’d lost touch.  Let me share the story with you.  This is the wild and happy story of what happened to Bridget, the second jingle singer for RFC.  (more…)

As I’m writing this on Saturday, August 11, I do not know what the results of the referendum on table games here in my home of Kanawha County will be, but it doesn’t really matter.  I’ve gone from being an enthusiastic supporter of the idea to being so turned off by the promotional campaign that for the first time in my life, I am deliberately not going to the voting booth.  I’ve reached a point where I can’t support either side. (more…)

This week we kick out the arty jams with a celebration of my birthday.  To commemorate being older than I feel, I have Warholed myself, sort of.  This is a picture I took last week for the Radio Free Charleston MySpace Page, and since I’d digitally-assaulted it out the wazoo, I decided to combine the different versions of me into one big tapestry of Rudyness.  The joke here is that I shaved off the goatee right after I took this photo, so it’s not really current. 

As always, click the image to enlarge (if you want to break your computer monitors, that is). The Monday Morning Art Cafepress store is still be re-worked, so this image, which no sane person would want anyway, won’t be for sale until later this week.

Tonight at the Blue Parrot, future RFC guests Doctor Senator and the band Freak Tent take the stage around 10:30 PM.  Five dollars gets you in the door. The first 50 fans will receive a poster for the event.  It’ll be way cool, so get out and support the local scene. 

In Formation, fresh from appearing in the latest episode of Radio Free Charleston, takes the field tonight at 6PM at Appalachian Power Park to play before the “buck night” ball game by The Power.  Curtis Chittendon, Shane Durham, Luke White, and Craig Boyd are one of the most creative young bands on the Charleston music scene, and this will be a cool chance to catch the band and a ballgame for only one measly dollar.  

You can also see In Formation August 17 and 18 opening for The No Pants Players at the Labelle Theater in South Charleston. Of course, you can also click on over to watch them on the new RFC, where you get to see me call Craig “Chris” by mistake in their introduction.  Sorry Craig–it was a very trying host segment shoot. There were bugs and UFOs and winged monkeys and the then we had to call a tow truck. 

The 24th episode of Radio Free Charleston is online now!  This was sort of the “getting back on the horse” episode after the long summer delay. With music from In Formation and Seven Minutes To Midnight, a bit of animation from Frank Panucci, and “Cooking With The Atrocity” by the folks at Crowza TV, this is our strong statement that we’re back. Oh, and I’m topless for most of the show. I was so eager to get this show to you, the viewing public, that it’s chock full o’ mistakes!  The details are below.  This is also the first episode of RFC that was rejected by your esteemed Gazz editor.  A few extra bleeps later, and all is fine with the world.

You can still go watch Episode 23 of Radio Free Charleston, featuring the reunion of The Feast Of Stephen, but that was a departure show that was entirely taped back on May 12.  It was a great show, but this latest episode is the first one where we get back into our groove (or rut, if you prefer) with our normal format.

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Inspired by the Summer heat, here’s a shot of Summer’s Street, digitally-assaulted to make it look the way it feels out there right now.  Click the image to enlarge.  The Monday Morning Art Shop is down for maintenance this week.

I’ll be there, and you can see some of the IWA East Coast wrestlers in the next Radio Free Charleston.  More details on both IWA EC and RFC to come later tonight.