A chat with Asheville’s American Idol contender

Posted on January 17, 2010January 17, 2010 by Jason Sandford

Jesse Barry, the 17-year-old American Idol contestant from Asheville, got started as a singer at the tender age of 9.

Video a-go-go

Posted on January 16, 2010January 16, 2010 by Steve Shanafelt

Toilet humor, a guitar/cello duo, transport by goat, and arm wrestling have all risen to the top this week.

Asheville’s Idol

Posted on January 11, 2010January 11, 2010 by Alli Marshall

We’re not saying 17 year-old singer Jesse Barry is or isn’t a contestant on this season’s American Idol. We’re just saying tune in to FOX this Tuesday and Wednesday.

Angels Among Us

Posted on December 23, 2009December 23, 2009 by Alli Marshall

Students at Vance Elementary (with soloist Mars Mignon) perform Alabama’s “Angels Among Us.”

After the Storm video

Posted on December 21, 2009December 21, 2009 by Alli Marshall

Blogger/videographer Thunder Pig takes a snowy drive through Macon and Jackson Counties, following the weekend’s blizzard.

Video a-go-go

Posted on December 12, 2009December 12, 2009 by Steve Shanafelt

This week, we explore Asheville’s SantaCon, “As You Like It” reinterpreted as a Western (and a silent movie to boot), the writing of Nathanael Roney, how MindShapeFist keep their hard-rock dream alive … and more.

Video a-go-go

Posted on November 15, 2009November 15, 2009 by Steve Shanafelt

This week’s creme de la creme: World-class didgeridoo/drumming, a postmodern “how to pick up women,” clogging, a motorcycle vlog, the Asheville Community Band, plus Wayne Robbins & The Hellsayers.

The life of clouds: Craggy Garden sunrise, a video by revpictures

Posted on November 3, 2009November 3, 2009 by Jeff Fobes

Time-lapse video shots looking down from Craggy Gardens on oceanic clouds depict their energy and feel as they roil and flow up against the mountainsides and sometimes over the ridges. Audio track by Dep.

Video a-go-go

Posted on October 17, 2009October 17, 2009 by Steve Shanafelt

How Echo Mountain Recording Studio records a song, an historic look at Ben Lippen School, a comedy entitled “Homecoming Wars,” an absurdist, gypsy, metal, folk, funk, punk take on “Bella Ciao” … and more!

Video-a-Go-Go

Posted on September 26, 2009September 26, 2009 by Steve Shanafelt

The YouTube view of this week’s Asheville: belly dancing, vlogs, stand-up comedy, extreme urban mountain biking and … poetry.

Video-a-Go-Go: The local video roundup

Posted on September 20, 2009September 20, 2009 by Steve Shanafelt

Asheville’s weekly video roundup: Tomato Tuesdays (stand-up comedy) at the New French Bar, an Irish music jam at Jack of the Wood, Helen’s (haunted) Bridge by daylight, the recent Twestival explained, and the unfinite possibilities of the Ahleuchatistas.

Video a-go-go

Posted on September 6, 2009September 6, 2009 by Steve Shanafelt

High velocity wraslin’, an interview with Tourist baseball manager Chris Smith, Rastafarianism explained, a locally produced TV soap opera … and that’s not all!

Video a-go-go

Posted on July 11, 2009July 11, 2009 by Steve Shanafelt

Fireworks, a 48-hour Film Fest winner, hula hoops, a blacksmith musician — are some of this week’s video harvest.

Video-a-Go-Go: The local video roundup

Posted on June 9, 2009June 9, 2009 by Steve Shanafelt

This week: Jello-O wrestling, protesting a power plant, a tense moment at URTV’s board meeting, the Faces of Asheville and more.

Asheville video-blog log

Posted on May 31, 2009May 31, 2009 by Steve Shanafelt

Morris dancing, Pritchard Park drumming, Tommy “Trauma” Sauer fights Michael Hueser … and seeking a cool name for this weekly blog of Asheville-based videos.