Archive for April, 2009
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Live @ the Lyric: Who’d you like to see?
I had some feedback from a previous post that The Lyric no longer brought good bands to play anymore. Several things have changed over the years: first, there are more venues for music. Floyd County has added several new venues, the Jefferson Center has created several popular showcase series, other counties are refurbishing old theatres, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Live Event News by John Borman
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Gran Torino
I had seen part of Gran Torino while cleaning up after the Juxtaposition concert last Friday. Well. it looked okay although some of the characters were a bit wooden. But I thought I would hang around after volunteering Tuesday night anyway. I am glad I did.
Gran Torino is like an old friend. Clint Eastwood [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Film News by John Borman
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Is the Lyric Theatre still Relevant?
Is the Lyric Theatre still a relevant part of Blacksburg and the New River Valley? After ten years, does it still make sense as a part of, even centerpiece for, Downtown Blacksburg? With art galleries, new music venues such as The Lantern and Gillies, the new black box theatre going up across the street, Awful Arthurs, the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Theatre News by John Borman
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
The Wrestler
A popular saying in the late 60s and early 70s was live fast, die young and leave a beautiful corpse. A lot of people followed that advice and are now old, worn out and still kicking. So is Ram the Wrestler.
The Wrestler is a movie about broken people with broken lives. The acting in this [...]
