According to the Hendersonville Times-News, Walter Clarence Kidd of Henderson county will have to hand over his collection of poisonous snakes and lizards after pleading guilty to 15 counts of possessing endangered animals and failure to properly label containers of poisonous snakes. The reptile collection is reported to be worth nearly $50,000. [Kidd] also received […]
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Video: Digitaldigi on red flags in dating
Local vlogger Digitaldigi talks about warning signs and red flags in the dating world. Mildly not work safe.
Busk Break: Ryan Barrington Cox
Local musician Ryan Barrington Cox—perhaps best known as a member of Asheville-based band If You Wannas—performs an original tune in front of the Iron sculpture.
Video: S*%t Sue Myers Says and S*%t Josh Michael Says
If you’re a regular listener to Star 104.3, you might find this friendly back-and-forth between hosts Sue Myers and Josh Michael amusing.
Video: Unifire starts Kickstarter campaign to bring their dragon to life
Although there’s no word on this from the group’s homepage or Facebook profile, this video shows that Unifire Theatre is planning on launching a Kickstarter campaign to create a “flaming, 7-man dragon.” Searches on Kickstarter also returned no results, so here’s hoping we haven’t let the flaming cat out of the asbestos bag by posting […]
Video: Digitaldigi talks ‘90s movies
Local vlogger digitaldigi talks about a “select few” films from his “massive” collection of ’90s flicks.
Busk Break: Lightning covers “Peggy-O”
Traveling busker John “Lightning” Aitchek covers this classic Grateful Dead song in front of Malaprop’s.
Video: Local vlogger digitaldigi on birthdays, Lindsay Lohan and The Woman In Black
Asheville’s most active video blogger is back with plenty of mildly offensive observational comedy for everyone. Discussing the most fabulous Lindsay Lohan and other articles and portions of my life that should really be kept to myself. Let’s just say I saw Lindsay Lohan and her Playboy pictures.
Busk Break: House With A Yard perform “Love Like A Cigarette”
Danville, PA-based band House With A Yard perform their original tune “Love Like A Cigarette” a very windy day.
Lone Free: Freelancing and SAHM-ing (A Sticky Situation)
Being a stay-at-home mom is challenging, but trying to juggle child-raising with freelance writing is like juggling cooking knives and kittens. Or that’s the impression I get from reading this post by local mommyblogger Melanie at Lone Free. My favorite freelancing-while-mothering mishap occurred last summer, when I met with interior designers at a historic manor […]
Break your curfew? Supermom lays down the law!
When your mom is a popular local parenting blogger, you break curfew at your own risk. When your mom is Michelle “Supermom” Lee, that’s more like doubling down on an already shaky bet. Staying out until 1 am so you can make out with your boyfriend isn’t showing us that we can trust you. Don’t […]
Video: Almost 10 minutes of poi
You might think that spinning a pair of ropes with weighted balls on the end is easy. You might not even really consider it to be much of a performance art. Sure, it might have been entertaining enough for the ancient Māori people — the people who invented the art of Poi — but they […]
Busk Break: John Andrew Green performs “I, The Crier”
Local musician John Andrew Green may be adamant that he’s not a busker—he’s simply “rehearsing in public”—but he’s still a common face in Asheville’s street performance scene.
Busk Break: Jessica Hester covers “Jolene”
Travelling busker Jessica Hester performs her variation on this classic Dolly Parton tune.
Anti-Valentine’s Day Pillowfight 2012
For the second year, a flash mob took over a downtown Asheville park, taking out their romantic frustrations through some good-natured fun.
Busk Break: Six songs about love from the Busk Break archive
In observance of Valentine’s Day, here are half-a-dozen songs about love, heartbreak and romantic skepticism from the Busk Break archive. Homepage Valentine image by Julie Wade.
Busk Break: Clarke Spencer and Ellerie Ballard cover “Skinny Love”
Two Busk Break alums join forces on this Bon Iver cover!
Busk Break: Mitch McConnell and Sara Lengel perform “Smoky Mountain Song”
Recently unearthed in the Busk Break archive, here’s traveling buskers Mitch McConnell and Sara Lengel.
Busk Break: Monica Bethelwood performs “Sail Away”
Albany, NY,-based busker Monica Bethelwood performs her original tune “Sail Away” in front of the Woolworth Walk in downtown Asheville. Subscribe to Busk Break on YouTube and “like” us on Facebook.
Video: Banjolin + Moogerfooger = ?
Old-time music meets analog-effects madness. Here’s the scoop. One day someone brought a Banjolin to the Moog Store and ran it through a MF-108M Cluster Flux, MF-102 Ring Modulator, and a MF-103 12 Stage Phaser. This is the result. Have an instrument you want to hear through our Moogerfooger Analog Effects Modules? Bring it to […]
Video: Highlights from Asheville’s Urban Arts Institute
Can one build a young person’s self-esteem, communication ability and academic skills through artistic expression? That’s the key concept that drives Asheville’s Urban Arts Institute. At a minimum, their ongoing work makes for some great video.