Starr Hill Presents announced some nice upcoming shows, and all I have to say is this: April 30 is going to be a tough night for 14-year-old girls who also happen to be blues afficianados. That’s right—Parachute will bring their saccharine, Maroon 5-tinged pop to the Jefferson Theater on the same night that globe-trotting blues legend Taj Mahal will tear down to the Paramount Theater.
Go see UVA grads in ‘Chute, né Flaw, and request "She=Love," the song that launched a thousand cases of skin cream. More after the videos
Or this bandwagon-hopper who named himself after that building in Slumdog Millionaire.
Of Montreal will play May 31 at the Jefferson; Robert Earl Keen’s there on April 1. Check out the website for full details on ticket sales, etc.
I’ve been slowly plugging away on a feature story for this paper about why Bob McDonnell wants to grow Virginia’s movie industry by offering grants or tax credits. So I checked in with some local filmmakers at the new Virginia Production Alliance office, on the Elliott Ave. side of the Ix Building. Inside was like a microcosm of Los Angeles, or how I imagine certain parts of it. People were running around with clipboards, screaming into their iPhones—there was even a handbag dog with crimped hair, yelping at a bleached blond. All of the excitement was on account of a film that’s going into production early next month, called House Hunting, written and directed by local Eric Hurt. You may recall that Hurt won the National Health Care Reform Video Challenge with this video:
Health care policy can be grim, but House Hunting looks like a darker affair. More after this.
Locals have apparently been cast in the minor roles, but they’re flying in the leads from Tinseltown—it’s too early to announce them. (I don’t even know!) You’ll be hearing more about this on this blog. And don’t forget that the production alliance is having a party this weekend.