PopCult

The PopCulteer
April 10, 2026

Today I am going to take you back more than twenty years.  However, this is not a flashback to a post from twenty years ago today in this blog.

This is a photo essay that has never previously been published in PopCult.

But…it’s photos of my office, where, at the time, I was less than six months into my career as a blogger. I had this tucked away in a back-up image blog, and forgot about it until this week. I thought my readers (and my old GI Joe collecting buddies) would get a kick out of seeing these.

I made these to share in the old alt.toys.gijoe “The Sandbox” newsgroup. This was actually before my mother passed away, and I was still a full-time caregiver. Her bedroom was right next to my office, which I’d moved upstairs after my dad passed away almost three years earlier. I was just showing off some of my collection to my fellow collectors. This was back when I was still on dial-up.

The scary thing is, maybe sixty percent of the walls are still like this, with the action figures on display unmoved in more than two decades.

That’s going to change soon. I’m in the middle of a fairly extensive rearrange of the office, which will likely take months. That’s why I’m not doing “before and after” photos yet. Right now my office looks like a cyclone hit a toy warehouse.

Maybe later this year I’ll revisit this idea. For now, you get to see what my office looked like in January, 2006, back when times were simpler. We only had access to a couple hundred cable channels. Phones flipped open and had real buttons. Failed businessmen with TV shows were still only on TV. Disney hadn’t bought Lucasfilm and Marvel yet. Flying cars were just a pipe dream. Foolish people were still waging senseless wars in the Middle East. And people who were born after 9 11 weren’t in first grade yet.

The rest of the copy here is adapted from what I wrote for the Sandboxers back then…

WELCOME SANDBOXERS! THE OFFICE TOUR

Okay, so I was a bit bored, and decided to share some detailed shots of my office with you guys.

Here’s about a dozen pics I took just standing in the middle of my work space, spinning around. Just enough pictures to kill the batteries in the digital camera. Please note that the office is quite messy, due to me not having cleaned up after Christmas yet (this was first posted in January, 2006).

First up, we have a shot of what lurks behind the door, as you can see this is mostly Timeless Collection Joes, with a few odds and ends tossed in.

Aside from the TC guys, you’ll find the 35th set, John F. Kennedy, an Early Dragon dude, and an Honor Guard figure.

Looking a bit more floorward, we find even more TC Joes, plus the Hall Of Fame Rapid Fire, a cheap-o Target Classic Collection Joe, boxes from the 40th Anniversary line, and the Monty Python Knights from Sideshow. Just barely visible is the top of the Action Man croc hunter set. Under the mound of debris is my scanner. On top of the scanner you can see the side of the Billy Yank that went out to Charlie Bury the next day.

On the rest of the East Wall, we see my GI Joe Club convention sets and Club Reproduction figures. Also mixed in amongst the throng are the Playing Mantis Captain Action and Dr. Evil, A Classicos Falcon Piloto that I forogt I had, the Target Duke, and some clear and multi-colored figures from the club. That’s a Sigma Six set in the very corner of the office–the Ninja Showdown.

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The PopCult Toybox

I was eight or nine years old when I first saw the ad.

It ran in comic books, and it was for a new line of snap-together model kits from Aurora called Monster Scenes. These were a combination of figure kits and diorama scene kits that could all be fitted together to create an endless number of cool story scenes.

Among the eight initial kits were one licensed from Universal (Frankenstein), one licensed from Warren Publications (Vampirella, which was a shock to the system to see her advertised in a DC comic book) and six “original equity” creations that were created by Aurora.

But I saw this full-page ad…here it is…

Looking back, even the dialogue was hilariously inappropriate for a comic book for kids.

…and it was instant toy lust. I wanted them, but I knew it’d be damned near impossible for me to get these model kits.

My mom was a little too picky about what we, as kids, were allowed to enjoy entertainment-wise.

Now, she wasn’t a complete hardass. I was the third of four kids, and my older brother, Frank, was a first-generation Monster Kid, so she had been de-sensitized to much of the classic horror stuff that us kids found so cool. We could watch anything we wanted on Chiller on channel 13 because she couldn’t stay up late enough to tell us not to watch it. But she tried her best to protect us from the brain-rotting influence of popular culture.

At one point she was cool with us reading Casper the Friendly Ghost, but Hot Stuff, the devil boy was just a little too demonic for her tastes.

I knew that, if I really wanted to get these, I’d have to bide my time and wear her down.

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Easter is in our rear-view mirror, but that’s okay because, in addition to leftover peanut butter eggs,  we have more cool STUFF TO DO all over and just beyond the borders of the state, to tell you about, noted as briefly as possible.  This ought to take you through the next week, folks.

Again, I’m just scratching the surface here. Please don’t think this is all we have to offer.

Our featured event this weekend is our old friend, Lady D, AKA Doris Fields, performing a no-cover show at The Roq with her band, MI$$ION, below the recently-revitalized Quarrier Diner in Charleston.

As always, you should remember that THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS.  It’s just a starting point, so don’t expect anything comprehensive, and if you feel strongly about me leaving anything out, feel free to mention it in the comments.  Also, if you have a show that you’d like to plug in the future, even if your promotional graphic uses cruddy AI art, contact me via Social Media at Facebook, BlueSky , Spoutible, Instagram or Twitter.  I dont charge for this, so you might as well send me something if you have an event to promote.

We are very happy to remind you that Cristen Michael has created an interactive calendar that is way more comprehensive than this list of STUFF TO DO, and you can find it HERE. Just click on the day and the event and you’ll be whisked away to a page with more details about loads of area events.

Most weekends you can find live music at Taylor Books. There is no cover charge, and Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 PM.  Many Sunday afternoons at 2 PM they also have live music. This weekend they have music from Steve Himes on Friday and Travis Vandal on Saturday. Sunday afternoon stop in for Charlie Murphy.

You can find live music in and around town every night of the week. You just have to know where to look.  Keep in mind that all shows are subject to change or be cancelled at the last minute.

Among the notable music venues in town are The World Famous Empty Glass Cafe, Live at The Shop in Dunbar, Louie’s, at Mardi Gras Casino & Resort, In Huntington, there’s local institution, The Loud (formerly The V Club),  The Wandering Wind Meadery is on Charleston’s West Side, Plus there’s music in Charleston at The Blue Parrot, Sam’s Uptown Cafe and Fife Street Brewing.

You might also find cool musical events at Folklore Music Exchange in Charleston.

To hear music in an alcohol-free enviroment, see what’s happening at Pumzi’s, on Charleston’s West Side. We have a graphic for Thursday’s William Matheny show below.

You can also visit Coal River Coffee in Saint Albans for live music in an alcohol-free environment.

For cutting-edge independent art films, downstairs from Taylor Books you’ll find the Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema by WVIFF. Each week they program several amazing movies in their intimate viewing room that you aren’t likely to see anywhere else.

Please remember that viral illnesses are still a going concern and many people who have very good reasons are still wearing masks, and many of us, understandably, are still nervous about being in crowds, masked or not. Be kind and understanding  while you’re out. And if you’re at an outdoor event, please remember that it’s awfully inconsiderate to smoke or vape around people who become ill when exposed to that stuff. If somebody asks you to refrain, please respect their weishes and don’t be a jerk about it.

Keep in mind that all shows are subject to change or be cancelled at the last minute.

Here we go, roughly in order, it’s graphics for local events happening over the next several days that I was able to scrounge up online…

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Almost every Tuesday is NEW RFC DAY on The AIR  and today it most certainly is again as we bring you a brand-new, three-hour episode of Radio Free Charleston to excite and delight you and yours. To listen to The AIR, you simply have to point your cursor over and tune in at the website, or you could just stay here, and  listen to the cool embedded player found elsewhere on this page.  

You can hear Radio Free Charleston Tuesdays at 10 AM and 10 PM, with boatloads of replays throughout the week.

Radio Free Charleston brings you a new show with THREE FULL HOURS of newly-assembled free-format radio. No “encores,’ gimmicks or theme hours for you guys this week. It’s all the primo-big meaty musical goodies for the entire show.

We feature new tracks by SkyFlake, Blue Twisted Steel, The Moon My Twin, The Heavy Hitters, AJ Rosales, Jim Lange, Flea and many others. Plus we have a few bands making their debut on our show.

This week, for a change, I didn’t have any other pressing issues, so we have three full hours of new Radio Free Charleston, living up to whatever the hell it is that we’ve been doing on and off since 1989.

Check out this playlist, with links to the artist’s page…

RFC V5 265

hour one
SkyFlake “Unbeknown”
Blue Twisted Steel “Reason”
The Moon My Twin “Martyr”
The Heavy Hitters “90 Degrees”
AJ Rosales “Thunderclouds”
The Paranoid Style “It’s A Dog’s Breakfast”
Jim Lange “Astral Beacon”
Frenchy & The Punk “War on War”
The Holler Hounds “There’s A War”
Time And Distance “War”
Hello June “War”
The Cast of Paradise Park “There’s Always Another War”
The Jam “War”
Crack The Sky “Brain Police”

hour two
Best Dressed Ghost “Garbage Day”
The Settlement “Lift (live)”
Free Whenever “Day One”
Flea “Frailed”
Miya Folick “Love Wants Me Dead”
Tape Age “Bizarre Love Gun”
June Swoon “Working Dog (remastered)”
Brian Diller “All Right Tonight”
Spencer Elliott “The Beacon”

hour three
Payback’s A Bitch “Always On The Lookout For My Next Ex (2026 remaster)”
Samuel S.C “Get Red”
Novo Combo “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
David Synn “Art Imitating Crime”
The Postal Service “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Persistent Beat Mix)”
ASIA “Video Killed The Radio Star (live)”
Moron Police “Cormorant”
Emmalea Deal & The Hot Mess “Rhinoplasty”
Massing “Chemicals”
The Crystal Ark “Tusk”
U2“Scars”
Vinto Van Go “Ziggy Is An Alien”
Gardenn “NeeNee’s Prayer”

You can hear this episode of Radio Free Charleston Tuesday at 10 AM and 10 PM on The AIR, with replays Wednesday at 9 AM,  Thursday at 2 PM, Friday at 9 AM, Saturday at Noon and Midnight, Sunday at 8 PM and  Monday at 11 AM, exclusively on The AIR. Now you can also hear a different classic episode of RFC every weekday at 5 PM, and we bring you a marathon all night long Saturday night/Sunday morning.

I’m also going to  embed a low-fi, mono version of this show right in this post, right here so you can listen on demand.

After RFC, stick around for encores of last week’s episodes of  MIRRORBALL at 1 PM and Curtain Call at 2 PM.

At 3 PM get ready for two classic episodes of The Swing Shift.

 You can hear The Swing Shift Tuesday at 3 PM, with replays Wednesday at 8 AM, Thursday at 9 AM,  Friday at 10 AM and 8 PM and Saturday afternoon, only on The AIR . You can also hear all-night marathons, seven hours each, starting at Midnight Thursdays and Sundays.

A few weeks weeks ago your humble blogger and his lovely wife drove North on I 77 for our visit to Kraynak’s, which you might have read about here in recent weeks.

On the way up, somewhere between Ravenswood and Parkersburg, if I remember correctly, to the left of the Interstate we saw a gigantic helicopter, pulling something heavy on a line beneath it. We never saw whatever it was lugging around raise above the treeline, so I honestly don’t know what the hell was going on.  It sure looked cool, though.

I grabbed a series of photos on my phone, and the painting you see above is based on a composite of several of those. It’s acrylic on a large piece of illustration board, and it took a couple of weeks to finish, in spurts, thanks to that ole’ Myasthenia Gravis.

If you want to see this image larger, click HERE.

Meanwhile, over in radioland, Monday beginning at 2 PM on The AIR,  we bring you a classic episode of Psychedelic Shack, and then at 3 PM we do the same with Herman Linte’s weekly showcase of the Progressive Rock of the past half-century, Prognosis.  You can listen to The AIR at the website, or on the embedded radio player elsewhere on this page. Psychedelic Shack can be heard every Monday at 2 PM, with replays Tuesday at 9 AM, Wednesday at 10 PM, Friday at 1 PM,  and Saturday at 9 AM. You can hear Prognosis on The AIR Monday at 3 PM, with replays Tuesday at 7 AM, Wednesday at 8 PM, Thursday at Noon, and Saturday at 10 AM.

Tonight at 8 PM, tune in for a classic edition of The Comedy Vault. That’s followed by two-hour blocks of Curtain Call and Beatles Blast at 9 PM and 11 PM, and then an overnight assortment of our Haversham Recording Institute programs at 1 AM.

For the sixth year in a row your humble blogger is slacking off by running the same post on Easter Sunday.

As I may have mentioned five previous times in this space, hardly anybody is going to read this blog on Easter Sunday. So…why knock myself out, right?

Once again I’m going to drop a fifty-plus-year-old Rankin-Bass stop-motion animated special, “Here Comes Peter Cottontail,” which is based on a song that was written by Keyser native, and WVMHOF Class of 2011 indutee, Jack Rollins.  As I mentioned, this is the sixth year in a row that I’m doing this.

Since I did an original video on Easter Bunny Lane at Kraynack’s last week, I’m going to run it again this week as a bonus at the bottom of this post.

Consider it an Easter Egg.

Enjoy, and Happy Easter!

This week we go back to March, 2013, for a very special Radio Free Charleston episode devoted to one music/dance group, The Snake and The Pot, which was the performing duo of Amanda Jane and Duane Swanson III. In this video they have combined their talents into an experimental dance/music/art collective.

In December, 2012, during an ArtWalk, I was invited to an “Interactive Paint & Dance Performance with Live Music and Photography at Apartment Earth Studios.” I was intrigued. I’d featured The Snake and The Pot on one of the 2012 FestivAll shows, but I’d been wanting to capture more of this wild experience on RFC. This was an event with dance and music, plus also the art of Nik Botkin and Elizabeth Turner and the photography of Todd Griffith.

So Melanie Larch and I went by and recorded an entire dance piece, where Amanda painted on a canvas on the floor while she danced to music by Duane and a special guest, Jordan Trent, sitting in on bass. It was a very cool performance, almost hypnotic, and I knew it deserved special treatment.

I had the idea to enhance the video with visual effects, and processed two short segments with paint programs to sort of tie the dance to the canvas even more. I also made the decision to present the piece without truncating it any, which meant that it pretty much had to take up an entire episode of RFC. The music is incredible. To describe it, I’d have to call it “Ambient-progressive-electronic-bellydancing music.”

You can find the original production notes HERE.

The PopCulteer
April 3, 2026

The PopCult Toybox

This week we have a topic of utmost importance in the world today:  Just what IS the difference between a Labubu and a Lafufu?

The Labubu is a small plush toy with a vinyl face made and sold by Pop Mart.  Last year these nifty little critters, formally known as “The Monsters,” part of the every growing empire of Pop Mart’s small plush and bag clip creations, became a massive worldwide pop culture phenomenon.

There was a level of hysteria not seen since the heyday of the Cabbage Patch Kids in the 1980s. Pre-teens and adults alike went to ridiculous extremes to get rare collectible variants. Some fell victim to a mania and there was even a gambling element as some of these little plush dolls were sold only in claw machines that took hundreds of tries to obtain.

There were interventions and concerned psychologists and of course we had the usual right-wing looney preachers declaring them to be demonic because of their appearance.

But what captured my attention was the emergence of The Lafufu.  These are knockoffs of the Labubu, sold in kiosks, convenience stores and other establishments that definitely aren’t Pop Mart, and to an unsuspecting person (or parent), they look exactly like a Labubu.

But they aren’t. There are rumors and conspiracy theories floating around out there:  Maybe these were made by Pop Mart to create a “budget line” to capture the market share that would normally be lost because the original Labubus are not cheap (most go for around thirty bucks). There is also a theory that these are made by Pop Mart, but only to be sold in territories where they don’t have a retail presence.  If they aren’t made by Pop Mart themselves, maybe they’re made by one or more of their suppliers (this would not be the first time this happened). Perhaps these are part of a worldwide organized crime operation that got involved because these are just as lucrative as drugs, but not as risky.

Most likely these are the product of one or more companies based in China that devote all their efforts to creating bootleg knockoffs of whatever is a hot product that they can pass off to less demanding retailers who just want to get in on the act cheap.

Being a connoisseur of knockoff toys, over the last year I picked up a few of the Lafufus during my travels. What struck me as interesting was how the retailers who did sell these made no effort to hide the fact that they were knockoffs. They were either clearly labelled as “Lafufus” or I was told by the person behind the counter when I was paying for them.

Pixie

I should interject here that I was turned on to the whole Labubu phenomenon by my friend Pixie, who filled me in on all the pertinent details about Labubus and Lafufus and added more background, like the fact that all Labubus are female, save for one, who is their brother and is extremely rare.

I suppose this makes breeding them rather ill-advised.

It was making a short video unboxing for Pixie that led to this column. You see, last December, when Mel and I were in Chicago, we visited a real, honest-to-god, Pop Mart. While there, I picked up a real Labubu in the “Exciting Macaron” assortment. I already had a Lafufu from that assortment that I’d picked up in Nitro last year. I’d intended to compare them, but life got in the way, and I didn’t get around to opening the real Labubu until yesterday.

When I did…I was struck by how close the Lafufu copied the original, but also how many major differences become obvious when you look at them side-by-side.

And that is what this photo essay is about. It’s the Battle of “The Monsters,” as we compare the real Labubu with the bogus Lafufu. I realize that there are likely hundreds of thousands of videos on this subject available on Tik Tok, but being an old fart means that I haven’t seen any of those yet. So this is all new to me.

Prepare for a lesson in Labubury as we dive into the photos…

The Labubu is on the left, the Lafufu is on the right. Note that the Lafufu box is noticeably smaller, and is colored differently. It looks like they scanned the original box, color-corrected it badly, and shrunk it down slightly.

A close up indicates that they may have just darkened the artwork, and possibly even not on purpose.

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Today’s post has been delayed a bit thanks to the thoughtful intervention of Appalachian Power.

On this day in PopCult, exactly twenty years ago…I didn’t have a post.

I wasn’t posting at least once a day back then. However, the first week of April, 2006 was pretty interesting, so we’re going to look back at it all today. Actually, April 2 and 5 were the only days that week without a fresh post.

We had two posts on April 1, and neither was an April Fool’s joke.

We offered up a preview of an IWA East Coast show, Shoots and Ladders, which was headlined by a battle between El Drunko and Sandman, and also featured Dick Togo, Chris Hero, Mad Man Pondo, Mickie Knuckles, Juggulator,  Bull Pain, and Trik Nasty, plus others. Amazingly enough, the Fight For Fattawn show, just a few weeks ago, also featured El Drunko and Trik Nasty.

As I recall, it was a supremely entertaining show, although there was a little bit of “card subject to change” in play.

On that same day, an Animated Discussions post co-written with my now wife, Mel Larch, offered up a preview of Ice Age 2. Mel and I had continued our animation column, which had run in The Charleston Gazette since 1991, as a weekly feature in PopCult for a while.

We still revive it once in a while these days.

It is somewhat mind-blowing to realize that every movie that we reviewed for The Charleston Gazette back in our animation columnist days is at least 21 years old, and some of them are more than 35 years old.

While we miss doing the column regularly, these are some depressing days in the animation industry, with media consolidation and AI combining to threaten the possibility of making a living as an animator.

On April 3, it was time for Monday Morning Art, and I brought you this digitally-assaulted photo:

This was about ten years before I’d been diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis, but at that point the disease was already advanced enough that I was exclusively producing digital art because I didn’t have enough control over my fingers to work with physical art.

Happily, I’ve regained the ability to make physical art now that I’m getting treatment.

On April 4 I posted a Song From Three Bodies that I co-produced with Spencer Elliott back in the early 1990s. This one’s bittersweet because while that was a wonderful experience, we just lost Brian Young, who was the drummer for the band late last year. A tribute video episode of RFC is in the works.

Here’s what I wrote then…

Three Bodies laying down on the job

As promised here, this week’s Song Of The Week is “Shingles And Tar” by Three Bodies, one of the mainstays of Radio Free Charleston. From a batch of demos co-produced by Three Bodies, Spencer Elliott, and me, this one was my baby. I contributed ideas for the backing vocals, effects, and arranged the starts and stops near the end. Despite my contributions, the song was yet another mini-masterpiece by Kris Cormandy, Brian Lucas, and Brian Young. There is a story behind the lyrics, but it’s faded from my memory over the last 16 years.

The image is taken from flyers I did for the band back in 1991. The image at left shows that, before the days when I assaulted photographs digitally with my computer, my weapons of choice were Xerox machines and Sharpees.

April 6 saw a review of a show by The No Pants Players, West Virginia’s original Improv troupe. The spirit of The NPP lives on at The Alban Arts Center with Factory Reset, featuring many former No Pants Players.

Also on April 6, I posted a short review of the MEGA Bloks Pyrates line, which was a bit of an obession of mine for a few years. I think mine are all in the attic now.

We wrapped up the week with another installment of Animated Discussions, where Mel and I previewed five new shows that were coming o Adult Swim. Of note, those five shows were Metalocalypse, Frisky Dingo, Saul of the Moon Men, Lucy-Daughter of the Devil and Assy McGee.

I’m still trying to wrap my brain around the fact that those shows are all twenty years old.

That was our look back at 20 years ago in Pop Cult. I’m gonna crawl off and feel old now.

Easter happens this weekend, and that’s plenty for those of you who have family traditions and such to deal with. For the rest of you we have more cool STUFF TO DO all over and just beyond the borders of the state, to tell you about, noted as briefly as possible. Also, for anybody expecting April Fool’s Day stuff here…not this year. The world has been fooled enough for a while.

Again, I’m just scratching the surface here. Please don’t think this is all we have to offer.

Before we go on to the coming events, remember that this Friday is yet another Bandcamp Friday!

If you read PopCult regularly and/or listen to Radio Free Charleston on our sister internet station, The AIR, you know that my mantra for RFC is “Support the Local Scene. Support Independent Music. Buy your music in an ethical manner.”

One of the most ethical ways to buy music these days is by using Bandcamp, which on a normal day, passes along a much more equitable amount of the money you spend to the artists who make the music that keeps them in business.

On Bandcamp Friday, they waive their usual fees and the artists get to keep virtually ALL of the money spent on their music and merch that they sell through Bandcamp.

This is why I like to plug Bandcamp Friday. As I just explained, that’s the day when my favored streaming service, Bandcamp, foregoes their usual cut of the money and lets the artists keep all the money spent on their music and merch.

The artists get a much bigger cut of the proceeds.  If you scroll down and check out almost any post about an episode of Radio Free Charleston that has a playlist in this blog since 2023, you will find that the list of artists have links, many of which take you directly to that artist’s Bandcamp page.

As always, you should remember that THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS.  It’s just a starting point, so don’t expect anything comprehensive, and if you feel strongly about me leaving anything out, feel free to mention it in the comments.  Also, if you have a show that you’d like to plug in the future, even if your promotional graphic uses cruddy AI art, contact me via Social Media at Facebook, BlueSky , Spoutible, Instagram or Twitter.  I dont charge for this, so you might as well send me something if you have an event to promote.

We are very happy to remind you that Cristen Michael has created an interactive calendar that is way more comprehensive than this list of STUFF TO DO, and you can find it HERE. Just click on the day and the event and you’ll be whisked away to a page with more details about loads of area events.

Most weekends you can find live music at Taylor Books. There is no cover charge, and Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 PM.  Many Sunday afternoons at 2 PM they also have live music. This weekend they have music from Chris Quattro on Friday and Marcus Olgebay on Saturday.

You can find live music in and around town every night of the week. You just have to know where to look.  Keep in mind that all shows are subject to change or be cancelled at the last minute.

Among the notable music venues in town are The World Famous Empty Glass Cafe, Live at The Shop in Dunbar, Louie’s, at Mardi Gras Casino & Resort, In Huntington, there’s local institution, The Loud (formerly The V Club),  The Wandering Wind Meadery is on Charleston’s West Side, Plus there’s music in Charleston at The Blue Parrot, Sam’s Uptown Cafe and Fife Street Brewing.

You might also find cool musical events at Route 60 Music in Barboursville and Folklore Music Exchange in Charleston.

To hear music in an alcohol-free enviroment, see what’s happening at Pumzi’s, on Charleston’s West Side. We have a graphic for Friday’s Bob Marley tribute below.

You can also visit Coal River Coffee in Saint Albans for live music in an alcohol-free environment.

For cutting-edge independent art films, downstairs from Taylor Books you’ll find the Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema by WVIFF. Each week they program several amazing movies in their intimate viewing room that you aren’t likely to see anywhere else.

Please remember that viral illnesses are still a going concern and many people who have very good reasons are still wearing masks, and many of us, understandably, are still nervous about being in crowds, masked or not. Be kind and understanding  while you’re out. And if you’re at an outdoor event, please remember that it’s awfully inconsiderate to smoke or vape around people who become ill when exposed to that stuff. If somebody asks you to refrain, please respect their weishes and don’t be a jerk about it.

Keep in mind that all shows are subject to change or be cancelled at the last minute.

Here we go, roughly in order, it’s graphics for local events happening over the next several days that I was able to scrounge up online…

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