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No one knows a HIP HOP PIONEER lives in Atlantic Beach — and that’s just fine with him STORY BY JOSUÉ CRUZ PHOTOS BY DENNIS HO
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WILL THE PENSION TAX WORK?
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BY AG GANCARSKI Questions associated with ability of SALES TAX EXTENSION to cure Jacksonville’s pension woes
LOCKED AND LOADED
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BY CLAIRE GOFORTH Massive increase in GUN SELLERS indicates Northeast Floridians pack some SERIOUS HEAT
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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUETS TO CYNTHIA “CYNDY” TRIMMER OF ANSBACHER LAW. On Feb. 11, local celebrities and do-gooders, including FWM Person of the Year Antonio “Tony” Allegretti, amassed at bestbet Poker Room on Monument Road for a charitable poker tournament benefiting K9s for Warriors. Trimmer was the guiding force who made the event happen. BRICKBATS TO JAX MAYOR LENNY CURRY. According to several sources, the mayor’s behind-the-scenes moves convinced several councilmembers to agree to withdraw the HRO expansion, leading bill cosponsor Tommy Hazouri to preemptively withdraw it. Guess it’s only One City – One Jacksonville for straight cisgender folks. BRICKBATS TO THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION. On Feb. 9, the T-U published an article referring to “mentally ret**ded” people. Newsflash: T-U, you might still be using hot type, but the rest of the world refers to these unique individuals as “intellectually disabled.” DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DESERVES A BOUQUET? HOW ABOUT A PROVERBIAL BRICKBAT? Send your submissions to mail@folioweekly.com. Submissions should be a maximum of 50 words and concerning a person, place, or topic of local interest.
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HEART AND SOUL CHARLES BRADLEY & HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES
Charles Bradley is among the most fascinating artists on the contemporary soul scene. In his early teens, Bradley was inspired to take his own shot at the stage after witnessing James Brown in concert. Decades were spent working as a chef, sometimes drifting, sometimes homeless – yet he eventually landed on the savvy Daptone Records label and made an immediate impact. How many R&B and soul artists have been sampled by Jay-Z and also released a boss cover version of Black Sabbath’s sole ballad, “Changes”? In recent years, 67-year-old Bradley’s earned a deserved following of devotees, and he and his whip-sharp band The Extraordinaires have been rocking the flock left and right. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24 with opener DJ 3CLOPS, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $33 advanced; $38 day of, pvconcerthall.com.
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PICKIN’ AT IT PALATKA BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL Commence to grinnin’ as you enjoy the pickin’
at the 12th annual Palatka Bluegrass Festival. This family-geared event features performances by The Steep Canyon Rangers (pictured), the Penny Creek Band, Special Consensus, Feller & Hill & the Bluegrass Buckaroos, Lonesome River Band, The Spinney Brothers, Rhonda Vincent, Ron Thomason & Dry Branch Fire Squad, The Grascals, and The Bluegrass Brothers. Thursday, Feb. 18-Saturday, 20, Rodeheaver Boys’ Ranch, 380 Boys’ Ranch Rd., Palatka, 706-864-7203, $35/day in advance; $40 at gate; $85 advance three-day pass; $90 at gate; ages 7-13 $15/day; $45 advance three-day pass; $50 at gate. Bring lawn chairs; no high-back chairs or rockers. Schedule and ticket info at adamsbluegrass.com/Palatka-Bluegrass-Festival.html. THU
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APlaywright, COLORFUL LIFE BARBARA COLACIELLO @ MOCA actress, spoken word artist, raconteur, educator, creative cognoscenti – Barbara Colaciello fills a lot of roles. At her upcoming Art and Ideas appearance, she discusses a unique chapter in her life: the ’70s and ’80s NYC art scene, the six years she spent working with Andy Warhol and her time at groundbreaking Interview magazine. 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Downtown, free, mocajacksonville.unf.edu.
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Read all about it! The 15th annual Amelia Island Book Festival features more than 100 writers, including bestselling authors Greg Iles, Andrew Gross (pictured), Steve Berry, and Brenda Jackson, as well as a kick-off luncheon, workshops, gala dinner, and expo featuring meet-and-greets, food, and prizes. Proceeds benefit Nassau County schools’ Authors in Schools Literacy Program. Thursday, Feb. 18-Saturday, Feb. 20 at various locations, Fernandina Beach. For ticket prices and all the details, go to ameliaislandbookfestival.org.
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RETRORAMA If your eBay quest for that certain Jessica Fletcher Murder She Wrote action figure looks hopeless, go to Retrorama. The annual collectibles show features more toys, dolls, comic books, posters and movie memorabilia than you can shake a stick at (or light saber, for that matter), along with appearances by Cindy Morgan (Tron, Caddyshack), Mark Chiriboga (Caddyshack) and Kent and Veronica Wagner and Tm Proctor (all from The Walking Dead), and a special effects zombie walk. Also, you can bring in items for appraisal. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, Ramada Inn Conference Center, Mandarin. Free parking; admission $12; one complimentary child admission for ages 12 and younger; $5 for each additional child; $20 early-bird admission 9-10 a.m., $1 for 12 and younger; jaxretrocon.com.
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THE MAYOR HAS ON SATURDAY, FEB. 13, MANY AROUND Jacksonville were shocked by the news that Councilman Tommy Hazouri was going to voluntarily withdraw his human rights ordinance expansion bill. Hazouri, through a spokesperson, says that his withdrawal of the bill, which would protect LGBTQ people from workplace, public accommodation and housing discrimination, is temporary, and he plans to resubmit it to the council in a matter of months. For the time being, legalized discrimination against LGBTQ people in Jacksonville remains the law of the land. Hazouri telegraphed his disappointment with his fellow councilmembers and Mayor Lenny Curry Saturday afternoon, writing, “I believe that passing this legislation, 2016-002, is imperative if we are truly to be One City — One Jacksonville. It defines who we are as a city — a city that is inclusive and competitive. Today, we are stuck in the past, frozen in time, when it comes to human rights.” Many are asking why Hazouri is withdrawing the bill if it’s so important. The answer is simple: Mayor Curry, in a series of behind-the-scenes moves, possibly through a proxy to avoid Sunshine Law’s regulations, convinced several members of City Council to agree to vote to withdraw the legislation, reportedly by promising them funding for capital and other projects in their districts. This is according to numerous sources close to the matter who asked not to be named. The councilmembers, whom these sources independently named, are Reginald Brown, District 10; Katrina Brown, District 9; Garrett Dennis, District 8; and Anna Lopez-Brosche, At Large Group One. All four of these councilmembers are on record with The Florida Times-Union supporting HRO expansion during their campaigns last year. Unsuprisingly, all four categorically deny the allegations. Katrina Brown further said via email that she hadn’t taken a position supporting HRO; when FWM asked in a follow-up if the T-U incorrectly quoted her as saying “yes” when asked whether she supported HRO expansion in its Meet the Candidates feature last year, she gav the sort of sputtering, non-answer typical of politicians. The mayor, through his spokesperson, also denied that he had influenced council in any way, calling the allegations “absurd.” But Hazouri insists he withdrew the legislation because the opposition had enough votes to kill it. Jimmy Midyette, legislative director of the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality, responded to Hazouri’s decision in a written statement, saying, “This is a setback to be sure, but by no means a defeat. Councilman Hazouri has been a steadfast champion for equality and we know that he remains committed to passing a fully-inclusive amendment to our human rights ordinance … Today’s news should serve as a clarion call to the LGBT 8 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | FEBRUARY 17-23, 2016
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ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. and allied community in Jacksonville that our work continues. We must continue to hold our leaders accountable to the commitments they’ve made.” But what good is rallying the community if the establishment is willing to go to any lengths to oppose HRO expansion? How can you expect people to keep showing up for community conversation circuses and public comment debacles if the process is rigged against them by a mayor who will resort to any means necessary to get what he wants, which apparently is no expansion of HRO while he is in office? Mayor Curry stalled and hemmed and hawed about HRO expansion from the moment he was elected until January 29, when he finally admitted what most of us already knew: He doesn’t believe Jacksonville needs to expand the HRO. It was a disappointment for some, but those who have been listening to Curry since the mayoral debates — when he said with a straight face that he doesn’t think the good people of Jacksonville would evah deign to discriminate against another person. He even wrote a letter to the T-U explaining his position on HRO thusly, “our city’s people are loving and inclusive.” (P.S. Mr. Mayor: please Google “Ax Handle Saturday” for an example of just how “loving and inclusive” those ‘good people’ can be.) As a consolation prize, Mayor Curry cheerily issued a departmental directive requiring City Hall and vendors who do business with the city to stop discriminating against LGBTQ folk in hiring and firing, apparently out of the goodness of his heart — if you are to believe most press coverage. Clearly it is better for at least some LGBTQ workers to be protected from discrimination. But was it really an altruistic move, a demonstration of the mayor’s “commitment to defending individual rights and promoting respect and equality in our workplace,” as he told the T-U? Nope. See, boys and girls, here’s the thing: The city has to comply with Equal Employment Opportunity laws prohibiting discrimination against people on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. Because if it doesn’t, the federal government could deny Jacksonville’s funding. (The mayor denies this, saying through his spokesperson that his decision to comply with EEO requirements was based on community conversations and, further, that the city was never out of compliance, which plainly isn’t true.) Either way, we know Mayor Curry, the accountant, is motivated by dollar dollar bills, ya’ll. By refusing to endorse HRO expansion, he made it clear he doesn’t really care about equal rights for LGBTQ people. If Hazouri is to be believed, neither does a majority of the city council, campaign promises notwithstanding. Claire Goforth Claire@folioweekly.com
FIGHTIN’ WORDS Questions associated with ability of SALES TAX EXTENSION to cure Jacksonville’s pension woes
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PENSION TAX WORK? THAT’S THE QUESTION JACKSONVILLE MAYOR Lenny Curry was asked last week by a House Committee in Tallahassee. They asked it differently than that in the State Affairs Committee. Rep. Michael Bileca, R-Miami, said that the bill, in its consideration of a sales tax extension, “is the window to look at benefit levels” and the obligation “shouldn’t only be on the back of the taxpayer.” His contention was that the estimated $60 million in annual tax proceeds wouldn’t make a big enough dent in the $200 million burden that Curry says the pension obligation imposes on the city. Bileca was right, of course. The explanation of how the tax will actually work is rarely, if ever, presented completely. This is what might really happen if the bill were to get out of Tallahassee this session: The $2.6 billion unfunded liability would be amortized, and the money to pay it off would come whenever the Better Jacksonville Plan is finally paid off … which optimists say could be just a decade away. Interest rates are basically flat right now. And there are many reasons why. One reason: We are hurtling into a global recession, at the very least. Further, China’s markets are a wreck. The Eurozone is, likewise, in deep, deep doo-doo. Petro-economic superpower Russia is hurting because oil is cheaper than bottled water. These are not auguries of some economic boom. The strong numbers the One Percent benefitted from during the funny money policies of the Obama years were predicated on inflation of the money supply; this currency manipulation has been global in nature, and it’s been a Band Aid on a heart wound. Obama is headed out of office in less than a year. No matter who replaces him, though, the next president isn’t going to get to rely on the tricks that Obama was able to use for most of his eight years (a response to the 2008 crash) or the ones that George W. Bush got away with between 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. This will trickle down into every local economy that doesn’t have a unique value add … and that includes Jacksonville. Aggressive state and local incentives have helped to bring corporate businesses here, even as folks like City Councilman Aaron Bowman of JaxBiz will tell you that some didn’t come here because we lack an HRO to protect LGBT employees. Bowman is going to face a hard right challenge in the 2019 election for his candor. But he and others are keenly aware that business has to be accommodated, now more than ever, because
bad times are ahead and we need all hands on deck to mitigate them. Will the pension tax work? If interest rates stay low, if the tax base keeps expanding … in other words, if the so-called boom keeps booming. Maybe. At least as long as Sam Mousa and Mike Weinstein are in City Hall. Another interesting committee moment: Dwayne Taylor, ranking committee Democrat, cited “major, major, major concerns” with closing the defined benefit plan, which he described as “turning off the water faucet.” Taylor’s issue is that no one will be paying into that plan after a while, except for taxpayers who, even though Their Taxes Aren’t Getting Raised, will be spending a certain percentage of their walking-around money on the pension largesse of politicians from bygone eras. Taylor likened this bill to the “shell game they played with the Florida Lottery,” regarding claims that gambling proceeds would go to education funding. Taylor and Bileca were the only two to vote against the bill in that committee. It got through; perhaps because Travis Cummings, the bill’s primary sponsor, did a really good job selling it. And Mayor Curry and his main lobbyist on this one, Marty Fiorentino, know the players and knew how to make the sale. For Curry, this bill is everything. He has said on multiple occasions that he’s betting all of his political capital on it if he has to, using language reminiscent to that which W used in 2005, saying, “What good is political capital if you don’t use it?” If the bill passes, the roads will be fixed, cops will be hired. If the bill fails, Curry has said, a nightmare scenario awaits Jacksonville, which would be choking on its unfunded liability for decades to come, perhaps even needing state intervention (as Detroit experienced in Michigan) to get through. Curry, in selling a bill that he described as “the best in a series of bad options,” related to “bad decisions … ” made “way before my time,” seems to be blaming former Mayor Alvin Brown. But also in the blamedistribution mix are every previous mayor, every City Council, and the Police & Fire Pension Fund. The pension tax is going to be sold to you by the mayor and council leadership as a silver bullet. The question that needs to be asked, by policymakers and the public, is: To what degree is it a half-measure? And when will we start seeing tangible benefits? And what if it doesn’t work? A.G. Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com twitter/AGGancarski FEBRUARY 17-23, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 9
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LOADED Massive M assive iincrease ncrease in GUN SELLERS indicates Northeast Floridians pack some SERIOUS HEAT
Rocky Rukab, Vice Pres. of St. Nicholas Guns & Sporting Goods, says many customers buy guns for protection. IT’S AN OPEN SECRET THAT NORTHEAST Florida is, in many ways, Southeast Georgia’s long-lost twin: conservative, Christian and gun-toting. Of the three, locally, gun-toting seems to have exploded in recent years. Utilizing Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms and U.S. Census data, BuildZoom reports that there has been a 68 percent increase in gun sellers in Jacksonville since 2009, outpacing population growth by a factor of 4.7. Currently, there are 13.8 gun sellers for every 100,000 Floridians; there are 15 gun sellers for every 100,000 Jacksonvillians. BuildZoom also reports that Jacksonville has had the third-largest increase in gun sellers of all metropolitan areas with populations of more than a million. The two urban areas with the greatest percentage increase of gun owners per capita are also in Florida — Tampa/ St. Petersburg/Clearwater is No. 1; Orlando/ Kissimmee/Sanford is No. 2. So it’s no surprise that, of all the states, Florida, with a 46.9 percent increase, experienced the greatest increase in gun sellers per capita in that time period. Historically, most gun owners reported that their weapons were used for hunting, but in recent years, more people have been getting locked and loaded with self-protection in mind. According to Pew Research Center, in 1999, nearly half of the people cited hunting as their reason for owning a gun, 26 percent for protection; in 2013, nearly half said they owned a firearm for protection, 32 percent for hunting. “[My] typical customer is usually someone who’s scared about all the violence and looking for a way to protect themselves,” says Rocky Rukab, vice president of St. Nicholas Gun & Sporting Goods. Fears of violence are not unfounded in Jacksonville, which has a statistically high rate of violent crime. According to Florida Department of Law Enforcement records, in 2014, the most recent year for which statistics are available, the city was the state’s murder capital. And from 2013 to 2014, the violent crime rate increased an astonishing 9.8 percent. This year is already off to a bloody start, with 14 murders in January alone. As of this writing, there have been at least 20. The thirst for weapons shows no signs of slacking. This year is already blasting away 2015 in terms of gun demand. The FBI reports that there were 2.5 million firearms background checks performed in January, an increase of 773,008, or 44 percent over, January 2015. The Crime Prevention Research Center reports that Florida has issued the most concealed-carry permits of all the states: 1.28 million. 10 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | FEBRUARY 17-23, 2016
Many believe that the gun culture, as evidenced by increased numbers of gun sellers, ownership and concealed-carry permit holders, increases rates of violence. “If you look at the people that possess guns on a regular basis, there’s a point where the gun or the power or the fear or whatever it is starts to possess them, and it becomes their great equalizer,” says attorney John M. Phillips. Phillips, a firearms owner who has represented many families who have lost a loved one to gun violence, including Jordan Davis’ parents Ron Davis and Lucia McBath, believes that politicians, particularly Republicans, have made fear into a platform. “Unfortunately, we’ve gotten to a society where now the American election is going to be won or lost on promulgating fear, at least by the GOP. And it sells firearms, it changes behaviors,” he says. Some may be surprised to learn that increased numbers of citizens packing heat — at least legally — has not consistently been found to correlate to higher rates of gun violence. While gun demand and ownership exploded, the national firearms homicide rate remained relatively steady from 2000 to 2014, according to Pew Research Center. In 2014, the per capita rate of gun-related homicides was 3.4, a decrease of 50 percent from the 1993 rate of 7.0. The center also reports that nonfatal gun victimizations decreased 63 percent from 1993 to 2000, and have remained relatively steady ever since. Perhaps there is some truth to gun advocates’ argument that making guns illegal would consolidate ownership in the hands of criminals. As Rukab puts it, “Most gun violence is perpetrated with guns obtained illegally as opposed to legally obtained firearms … just because there’s an increase in legally obtained firearms wouldn’t necessarily lead to an increase in gun violence.” He’s probably right. Although it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to accurately track the precise percentage of violent crimes committed with illegal weapons (because most weapons involved in crimes are never recovered by law enforcement), several sources, including PBS’s Frontline and PolitiFact, have reported that the vast majority of weapons used in crimes were obtained illegally. If some members of the state legislature have their way, Floridians with concealedcarry permits won’t have to tuck their guns into their belts, shoulder holsters, or “Holdster,” purse-meets-backpack-meetsholster submitted by a 2015 One Spark
creator. Instead, they’ll be able to carry firearms right out in the open. “It just harkens back to the Wild, Wild West to me,” says Phillips. Like many, Phillips believes that laws like open carry and Stand Your Ground have disproportionate negative effects on minorities. “Those in charge, you know, culturally or whatever, can strap a gun to their hip and show that they’re in charge; meanwhile, a lot of the disenfranchised population either has felonies or has domestic violence, or they’ve doggone been arrested for a couple of weed offenses,” he says. “If the law were written so that massive numbers of minorities would be able to open carry, they wouldn’t [pass] it.” Another bill before the state legislature would allow people with concealed-carry permits to pack heat on campus. This legislation has alarmed many across the state. Mark Judson, a University of North Florida senior, says, “I think in its current legislative form, it is not really appropriate.” Judson points out that only five of the 28 public universities and community colleges in Florida have police officers on campus who carry firearms; allowing students to carry guns on campus would necessitate increasing security at the 23 institutions where campus cops do not currently carry guns. Michael Brawer, Association of Florida Colleges CEO, told the Miami Herald last October that increasing security at Florida’s public universities and colleges would cost the state an estimated $74 million. This, in addition to the common-sense increased risk of on-campus shootings, be they accidents at parties or intentional homicides, have likely led Senate Judiciary Chairman Miguel Díaz de la Portilla, (R-Miami), to refuse to even put the legislation up for consideration. He’s also indicated that it isn’t likely he’ll schedule open carry for consideration by the Senate (it passed the House last week). That doesn’t mean this is the last time Florida will hear about on-campus carry or open carry. Both have been before the legislature numerous times in years past. There are passionate voices on both sides of the debate about how far the right to bear arms should go. And, with surging demand for more guns in addition to the 270 to 310 million firearms that were already in the U.S. in 2013, according to Pew Research, in the words of the late, great, Charlton Heston, Americans will give up their guns only when they’re pried from their cold, dead hands. Claire Goforth Claire@folioweekly.com
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here’s a treasure hidden in a quaint corner of Northeast Florida in the heart of Atlantic Beach. A member of The Bomb Squad lives there, and not some local law-enforcer, covered head-to-toe in metal plating, but one of the most seminal hip hop production teams to emerge from what is today referenced as “The Golden Age of Hip Hop.” Eric “Vietnam” Sadler was one quarter of the team responsible not only for much of Public Enemy’s masterful catalog, but for albums and tracks that range from Ice Cube’s monster solo debut, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, all the way to Bell Biv Devoe’s inescapable jam, Poison. The route from Hempstead in Long Island, New York to Atlantic Beach, Florida is not one taken by many, especially those who detoured into Manhattan during one of the most influential periods in American music since jazz was born. The dearth of intel about him available online reveals that Sadler does not like talking about himself. But convincing him to open up wasn’t as difficult as one might imagine; and, over the
No one knows a HIP HOP PIONEER lives in Atlantic Beach — and that’s just fine with him
course of two interviews, he did just that. (Photos, however, were a no-go. That part of his life is in the past.)
CAREER DAY
Sometime in the mid-1970s, Eric Sadler’s middle school held its annual career day. Doctors, lawyers, carpenters and the like came in to share their trade with the young students. Included among the adults visiting that day was a bass player, who, once he plucked a few notes of Just Don’t Want to
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Be Lonely by The Main Ingredients, had the young girls swooning. Young Eric had his career path decided that day. That Christmas he asked his parents for a bass guitar. The middle-class household could support a love of music, but not a brand-new $100 instrument. So, instead, there were a pair of bongos under the tree that holiday morning. “They weren’t even tunable,” Sadler says, “you had to light a match underneath them to get any sort of high pitch out of them.”
Still, owning any instrument was reason enough to start a band. “Everybody had a band in the neighborhood. It was just what you did,” Sadler says. He decided to hold band rehearsals at his house and invited his band mates to store their instruments there, knowing that when the band wasn’t rehearsing, he could practice playing bass, guitar and keys. He taught himself to play all three and eventually bought his own bass. The band played Commodores and Earth, Wind & Fire covers around town at parties. Another famous Long Islander would MC the parties and tell jokes between sets. That funnyman eventually landed a prominent role on Saturday Night Live and the rest of the world got to know Eddie Murphy. But to Sadler, he was just another dude from the block. Simultaneously in the same neighborhood, DJs were starting to rock the parties, too. Sadler crossed paths with a few guys who would have a major impact on both his life and the future of music. Calling themselves Spectrum City, the DJ crew consisted of
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TREASURE <<< FROM PREVIOUS brothers James Boxley, aka Hank Shocklee, and Keith Boxley, aka Keith Shocklee, and Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known as Chuck D. Sadler eventually tired of the flippant and flaky musicians who cycled in and out of the few bands he was in, so he and decided to call it quits. In 1981, a 21-year-
old Sadler and his friend Charles Cassius pooled all of their equipment and opened a rehearsal space in a back area of a building owned by a dentist who was also the Sadlers’ neighbor. For $200 a month, Cassius and Sadler opened Cassad Studios, a name they created by combining their surnames, at the now-infamous 510 South Franklin Street. This nondescript building would deliver Public Enemy to the world.
510 SOUTH FRANKLIN AND BEYOND
Changing the face of music didn’t happen overnight, but it did happen rather quickly. The Shocklees had worn out their welcome at their parents’ house and needed a space
Sadler agreed to be interviewed. Photos, however, were a no-go for the Atlantic Beach resident. These are pics of photos from his memorabilia collection, many of which contain Sadler with celebrity friends, like this shot with a pre-famous Flava Flav (top).
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to practice and record, so they asked Sadler to put in a good word with the dentist and subsequently moved in upstairs at 510 South Franklin Street. By then, Sadler was spending more and more time programing drum machines and sequencers between card games of Tonk and Spades. Based off Chuck D’s radio show success on Adelphi University’s station, WBAU, the Shocklee brothers, Chuck D and Professor Griff, another Spectrum City partner, were upstairs, grabbing the attention of Def Jam Recordings. Sadler was a multi-instrumentalist by this point, and quite adept at operating the recording equipment upstairs. It was also around this time Sadler got his nickname from Chuck D. In a rare interview archived in a brief YouTube clip, Chuck D says that Sadler would show up to 510 South Franklin wearing huge, black glasses, as if he were coming back from the war in Vietnam. The name stuck. In the fall of 1986, Sadler was recruited to play on and program what would become Public Enemy’s debut Yo! Bum Rush the Show. Sadler made $100 a song. He says
In early 1987, Def Jam released Yo! Bum Rush the Show to critical acclaim. The erratic beats melded well with Chuck D’s empowerment lyrical content. After a taste of success, Def Jam wanted more. For their second album, which Sadler tells me was the only one that all four members of the Bomb Squad (Sadler, the Shocklees and Chuck D) worked on together, Sadler moved into Manhattan two blocks away from another cornerstone of hip hop, Greene Street Recording studios. For 30 days, the Bomb Squad holed up together, pre-producing at 510 South Franklin Street, then laying the album down at Greene Street’s much nicer digs. At the end of the 30 days, they emerged with It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. With a Manhattan apartment, a danceinstructor girlfriend, money coming in, and
his work on one of the most anticipated albums in hip hop history, Sadler was ecstatic with the direction his life was taking. And things were only going to get better. When the Bomb Squad released It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, the album sold 500,000 copies in its first week. It was a groundbreaking, monumental success. Hank Shocklee knew to strike when the proverbial iron was smoking, so he started to market the Bomb Squad as a full-on production team. The industry came calling, opening wallets as they walked in the door.
FEAR, POISON AND AN ICE CUBE
The next phase of Sadler’s career with the Bomb Squad was his most prolific, lucrative and final. Keith Shocklee had essentially gone
MIA after the album release and Chuck D was on the road constantly with Public Enemy, which was facing internal turmoil, due in part to Flavor Flav and his beef with another group member, the straight-laced Professor Griff. (Sadler now says that’s a whole other story. He simply recalls Rico [Flavor Flav] as a talented drummer and musician and a neighborhood dude in a band.) Still, an ever-touring Chuck D and absentee Keith left Sadler and Hank to bear the brunt of producing Public Enemy’s third album. Fear of a Black Planet was to be Public Enemy’s magnum opus and, though it did sell a million copies its first week, the experience of recording it exhausted Sadler.
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“I was spoiled,” Sadler says. “When you start your career with CHUCK D, LL COOL J and SLICK RICK, there
isn’t much else you need to accomplish.”
his main concern was being paid before Christmas, so he could buy gifts for his loved ones. The production of the album set the blueprint for future Public Enemy albums and the production crew that would become known as the Bomb Squad. Sadler says he and the crew meticulously listened to hundreds of albums and pinpointed small but important details to sample. Those snippets — a snare drum off this album or a shout from that album — became integral parts of the beats they crafted. Chuck D laid scratch vocals (a vocal take used mainly for reference and later recorded over) and then the real work began. The team listened to the lyrics and deconstructed the beats created, only to rebuild them to accentuate the rhymes. Music production like this had never been done. FEBRUARY 17-23, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 13
Today, Sadler lives a quieter, simpler life. His legendary career is a distant, fond memory upon which he rarely dwells.
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After the remnants of the New Edition boy band scattered, three former members took their last names as a new band name. Bell Biv Devoe (BBD) was about to drop its debut album, Poison, on the strength of the title track. Sadler recalls the night he mixed the song by himself, waiting for the rest of his crew members, who never showed. While he worked on the song, the BBD boys were across the street partying at a club. When they stumbled into the studio at 3 a.m. to hear the mix, they panned it. Sadler says he really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to do with the signature snare hits that open the song and repeat throughout, so he just left them out front, mixed at very high volume. The song
became a runaway success and cemented the careers of BBD. Some of the additional songwriting that Sadler did on the album paid a handsome return as well. It was a simultaneous project, though, that would be a high-water mark for Sadler and the Bomb Squad. Rapper Ice Cube was rushing to one-up his former group, N.W.A., by releasing his debut album before they could release theirs. After meeting Chuck D in passing, Cube took him up on his invitation to fly from Los Angeles to New York and record his album with the Bomb Squad. Sadler recalls how uncertain he felt about what lay ahead when he picked Ice Cube up at the airport. “He got off the plane with his Jheri curl and L.A. accent and two of the biggest dudes I’ve ever seen,” Sadler says. Intimidating. Ice Cube held the reins of production tightly and wanted no second wasted. The Bomb Squad, still scattered about on other endeavors, left Sadler to handle Cube’s brusque expectations. He delivered Cube’s highly successful album, AmeriKKKA’s Most Wanted, and to this day humbly insists that the other members of the Bomb Squad played their parts as well.
A former Def Jam employee who’d married a Northeast Florida girl and since relocated to this area invited Sadler to visit Atlantic Beach for the holiday. Within a week of his visit, he’d purchased a home. “I wanted to get away from all of the entourages and bullshit,” Sadler says, “plus, Atlantic Beach reminded me of Long Island in the ’60s. I happily traded it all in for quiet and peace of mind.” Since then, Sadler has run a few businesses in Northeast Florida. But he rarely takes part in any music industry melee. “I was spoiled,” he answers when asked if he misses the music industry. “When you start your career with Chuck D, LL Cool J and Slick Rick, there isn’t much else you need to accomplish.”
Today, the ever-humble Sadler refers to himself as a good drum programmer who worked hard and who was at the right place at the right time, which seems a bit of an understatement in light of the fact that the music he worked on forever changed the face of the industry. He insists he could have never achieved what he did without the other members of the Bomb Squad. Once in a while, he thinks he’d like to live in Paris someday, but it’s hard to think of leaving Atlantic Beach. “You know, every day, no matter what, since I arrived here almost 20 years ago, every day still feels like I’m on vacation.” Josué Cruz mail@folioweekly.com
“I wanted to GET AWAY from all of the entourages and bullshit,” Sadler says, “plus, Atlantic Beach reminded me of Long Island in the ’60s. I happily traded it all in for QUIET AND PEACE OF MIND.”
Sadler, not one to boast, can’t select his favorite songs from all those he helped create. But he perks up a little bit when he talks about AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted.
VACATION EVERY DAY
By the mid-’90s, Sadler was a married, successful father of two, but the wear and tear of New York City and the changing landscape of hip hop was signaling a change in the wind. The Bomb Squad was nothing more than a name at this point — the fellas barely talked to each other. Independence Day 1997 brought a breezy shift. FEBRUARY 17-23, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 15
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itchcraft, thought nearly undefinable and rarely practiced now in any recognizable form, is still a topic of fascination and fear for many. And it’s the focus of many books, plays and films. The most famous of these may be Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, an allegory for McCarthyism in its historically fictitious (but damn close to historically accurate) portrayal of the Salem witch trials. The 2014 WGN America series Salem is a well-produced adventure of suspected witches, albeit one tainted by a cheeseball romance scenario. And there’s Wicked, a very popular, upbeat Broadway musical casting Oz witches as sympathetic. Last year, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff published The Witches: Salem, 1692, a comprehensive study of a bizarre episode in American history. We’ve renounced public execution but, despite intellectual advancement, we’re still frightened of those thought to be witches. Most who hold this view are religious zealots or simply mistake the nature religions, such as Wicca, for witchcraft and sorcery. In developing countries, innocent people are still stoned to death for practicing “witchcraft,” so there’s a way to go. Of more concern is the overwhelming sexism that goes with the idea of witchcraft. Most of those executed during the Salem trials — and all of those stoned to death even today in places like South Africa — were women. Indeed, women are the most often accused, for several reasons: economic disparity, outsider lifestyles, and a belief in something other than the Christian god. More often, though, it’s a show of power, strength and independence by women that earns the epithet “witch.” We can all agree that the word never applies to males. They’re called “warlocks,” a slanderous if now romantic term that never quite made it into common discourse. These themes play into the new film, The Witch, a brilliant atmospheric set piece by
CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON THE DECADE OF THE 1950S WAS THE GOLDEN Age of Westerns, on both the big screen and television. Three lesser-known films of the period typify the originality, range, and intelligence of the genre, usually typified at its zenith by such classics as The Searchers, High Noon, and Shane. Though quite different in style and plot, these next three minor luminaries in the Western constellation share a unique device: In each, the hero relies on a weapon other than the trusty six-shooter. The Last Wagon (1956) stars Richard Widmark, his blonde hair accentuated by buckskin duds, as Comanche Todd, a white man raised by Indians, now on a mission of revenge against the men who killed his family. A familiar-enough plot in itself, the vengeance motif is settled at the film’s beginning, then the single-minded hero is chained to the wheel of a wagon belonging to would-be homesteaders. When the wagon train is all but annihilated by a band of Apaches, Comanche Todd is looked to as leader of the few survivors. The chain still hanging from his wrist becomes a rather useful weapon when he’s forced into a duel with the hostile tribe. The Last Wagon wears its well-intentioned clichés about racial prejudice and justice openly (mostly within the supporting cast), but Widmark has never been better or more impressive-looking. The film also displays spectacular scenery, and old pro Delmer Daves is the able director. Daves’ other Westerns of the decade include James Stewart’s influential classic, Broken Arrow (1950), Jubal and the original 3:10 to Yuma, both with Glenn Ford. 16 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | FEBRUARY 17-23, 2016
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ROGER EGGERS’ directorial debut is a potent blend of atmospheric chills and provocative horror This question isn’t really answered, only newcomer writer/director Robert Eggers. cunningly teased by Eggers and his talented Foregoing opening credits (à la Francis crew, creating an intense environment of Coppola’s Apocalypse Now), The Witch opens hysteria, doubt, shame and brutality. The with a simple title card that reads, “A New cast, relatively unknown here and even a bit England Folktale.” Through shots of chill obscure in their native England, is saddled with Massachusetts wilderness, we meet banished awkward Early American dialogue, English farmer William (Ralph but they do wonders. (Eggers pulled Ineson). He and his family have THE WITCH from period documents for his been driven from his village for, **** dialogue, often quoting directly from apparently, interpreting scripture Rated R historical sources.) Realism, amid differently than the other colonists. supernatural themes, is paramount, The family’s newborn child is lending to an undercurrent of uncertainty abducted while under the watchful eye of that makes The Witch so compelling. It rolls Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy). out, as promised, like a folktale, so farfetched A blood ritual, shot beautifully in ominous in relation to our modern sensibilities, yet so shadows cast by flickering firelight, is hauntingly believable. stunning and horrific, setting the tone for the This could happen to any of us. Not unlike rest of the film. the way Jack and his family collapse under the Isolated in gray, cold woods, with fears weight of isolation and dread in The Shining, of Satan nearing, the family begins to disintegrate. Their goat, Black Philip, is a so too does to this frontiersman and his clan in prime suspect; its accomplice a defiant hare. the New England timberland. Religious fervor, Then, as crops fail and son Caleb (Harvey shame and guilt, fear and suspicion — it’s a Scrimshaw) falls ill after being lost in the deadly cocktail, leading to the commission of forest, Thomasin becomes a target to blame. horrible acts in the name of God. Is she in league with the devil, or is the John E. Citrone family losing its collective mind? mail@folioweekly.com Directed by Henry Hathaway, another old Western pro, From Hell to Texas (1958) pits Don Murray against a vengeful land baron and his sons. The plot is not particularly original: Todd Lohman (Murray) is a peaceable guy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and he’s now running for his life. He doesn’t want to kill the bad guys, but they just seem to keep forcing his hand. A likable actor, Murray’s best and most famous film was Bus Stop two years earlier, playing another kind of cowboy opposite Marilyn Monroe. What sets him apart in this film is his weapon of choice, a Winchester rifle, which he wields with deadly accuracy. (Coincidentally, the pilot for the popular TV show The Rifleman with Chuck Connors aired three months before From Hell to Texas on the anthology series, Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater, the Connors series earning its own place on the small screen seven months later. Then Steve McQueen got into the action that same year, with a sawed-off Winchester carbine, on Wanted — Dead or Alive. Villains with traditional pistols didn’t have a prayer. In addition to featuring Murray’s nifty rifle, From Hell to Texas is distinguished by its outstanding supporting cast, including Diane Varsi, Chill Wills, R.G. Armstrong, and a young Dennis Hopper. This was the film which, according to Hollywood myth (probably apocryphal), almost cost Hopper his career. Hopper was asserting his artistic bent, like his pal James Dean had done, and wouldn’t do what director Hathaway wanted. Hopper did more than 80 takes for one scene, until finally following orders. The sad tale of Varsi, another rebellious actor who
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should have had a glorious career, is unfortunately too true, but she’s radiant in this film. The third of our trio is easily the oddest, and one of the most uncommon Westerns ever. The last feature film directed by Joseph H. Lewis, whose Gun Crazy (1950) is a noir classic, Terror in a Texas Town (1958) features Sterling Hayden as a Swedish whaler who, in the film’s final shootout, faces a pistol-packing villain (decked out in black with two gloved hands, one of which is made of metal) with a harpoon! Scripted by Dalton Trumbo under an alias, the miniscule-budgeted movie (shot mostly on what look like TV sets) is a fascinating character study, particularly of the bad guys (Sebastian Cabot as the portly boss, Ned Young as the gunman). Always an interesting actor to watch, Hayden (The Killing, Johnny Guitar, Dr. Strangelove) does an unconvincing Swedish accent but is still riveting as a man on a mission. There you have them: three unjustly overlooked Western gems well worthy of your consideration.
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13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI Rated R A U.S. compound in Libya is attacked and one of the American ambassadors is killed. A military security team tries to keep themselves and the personnel around them alive. Costars Toby Stephens, John Krasinski, Freddie Stroma and Pablo Schreiber. THE BIG SHORT **** Rated R This takes the mortgage crisis that precipitated the fallout and breaks it into small, digestible pieces easy to comprehend. Strong performances by A-list actors, creative flourishes and a few squirmy laughs. Based on Michael Lewis’ nonfiction bestseller, it’s about three groups who see the meltdown looming, even though the mortgage industry was flourishing. In 2005, San Jose money manager Michael Burry (Christian Bale) looked where others weren’t and saw adjustable rate mortgages were going to price regular folks out of their homes in a few years. Wall Street banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) enlists hot-headed hedge fund manager Mark Baum (Steve Carell) and his team so they can all make millions. Money managers Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock) and Charlie Geller (John Magaro) bring in ex-banker Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt) for guidance. — Dan Hudak THE BOY Rated PG-13 A young American woman (Lauren Cohan) is hired as nanny to an English family – but the child she’s to tend to is a doll. A doll. And the adults have some seriously weird rules she must follow. I don’t know about you, but I’d get the first wagon outta town. Costars Rupert Evans and James Russell. CAROL ***G Rated R Writer-director Todd Haynes set this story in ’50s America – a repressive, maledominated time of intolerance and exclusion. Cate Blanchett is Carol, mother to Rindy (Sadie Heim), bored wife to Harge (Kyle Chandler) – they’re divorcing. It’s Christmas, so Carol goes to New York to shop. In a store, she meets Therese (Rooney Mara), a shy clerk and aspiring photographer. Therese’s boyfriend, Richard (Jake Lacy), wants to take her to Europe and marry her, yet she hesitates. — DH THE CHOICE Rated PG-13 Young love by the sea … it’s something most of us here can relate to. Except usually we don’t encounter comas, pregnancy, and other life-altering challenges. Usually. Costars Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Alexandra Daddario and Tom Smallville Welling. CONCUSSION Rated PG-13 Will Smith is Dr. Bennett Omalu, a forensic neuropathologist who finds an anomaly in a pro football player’s brain during an autopsy. He meets seemingly insurmountable obstacles when he tries to get the truth about the violence and damage associated with concussions suffered by playing contact sports. Costars Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Paul Reiser and Arliss Howard. DEADPOOL Rated R Another ultramilitary type goes rogue and gets powers we don’t have. BFD. Costars Ryan Reynolds, T.J. Miller. DIRTY GRANDPA Rated R We like Robert De Niro and Zac Efron, despite this goofy unnecessary movie. And we really like Aubrey Plaza, whose deadpan delivery is great. Costars Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Hough and Zoey Deutch. FIFTY SHADES OF BLACK Rated R It’s Marlon Wayans and Fred Willard in this comedic spoof of those allegedly sexy stories everyone was drooling over last year. Costars Mike Epps, Jane Seymour, Florence Henderson – wait, what? Florence Henderson? THE FINEST HOURS ***@ Rated R This harrowing story of death-defying heroics, teamwork and bitter, frosty, wet, nasty cold tells of Coast Guardsmen who went through a blizzard, pounding ocean waves and pouring rain more than 10 miles offshore to rescue the crew of a shipwrecked oil tanker. Fear and true grit kept them going. Costars Chris Pine, Holliday Grainger, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Kyle Gallner and John Magaro. — DH HAIL CAESAR! *G@@ Rated PG-13 This comedy, set in the early 1950s, has movie studio boss Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) trying to find star Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) after Baird’s kidnapped. There’s one production day in Baird’s big-budget epic,
and he needs to do his big speech. Communists took him, trying to brainwash him. It’s a clever send-up of filmdom’s stereotypes, but not clever enough. Costars Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, the great Frances McDormand (married to one of the Coen brothers, who wrote and directed this), Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, and Christopher “Highlander” Lambert. HOW TO BE SINGLE Rated R The pressure’s on for single people in NYC. Costas Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, Damon Wayans Jr., Colin Jost and Anders Holm. JANE GOT A GUN Rated R Natalie Portman plays a woman whose husband, a criminal, is being threatened by a gang. So she implores her ex-boyfriend to help save hubby. Uh, what’s in it for him? Costars Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor. JOY **@@ Rated PG-13 Jennifer Lawrence stars as Joy, a single mom who lives with her mother Terry (Virginia Madsen) and grandmother Mimi (Diane Ladd). Her father Rudy (Robert De Niro) breaks up with his girlfriend and moves into Joy’s basement, where Joy’s ex Tony (Édgar Ramírez) currently resides. Only Joy’s best friend from childhood, Jackie (Dascha Polanco), is a confidante in her chaotic daily life. Joy’s always been smart and creative, but never able to realize her dreams or ideas. Then she invents “Miracle Mop,” a self-wringing, washable contraption unlike any mop ever slung around a kitchen floor. She goes to her father’s new girlfriend, Trudy (Isabella Rossellini), for financial help, but is unprepared for the hardships she will face – concept design, production, intellectual property, etc. Director David O. Russell captures the plight of the small business owner well. — DH KUNG FU PANDA 3 **G@ Rated PG Po (Jack Black) is still a disaster of a panda bear. He’s a kung fu master who saved his village from dastardly villains more than once, yet he’s still an unorthodox klutz man-child who seems to destroy everything in his path. Po has no idea how to take over training duties when Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) retires. Cohorts Monkey (Jackie Chan), Crane (David Cross), Mantis (Seth Rogen), Tigress (Angelina Jolie) and Viper (Lucy Liu) help, but there are bigger issues at hand. — DH NORM OF THE NORTH Rated PG Norm, a lovable polar bear, and his lemming friends have travelled to the Big Apple instead of their usual habitat, the Arctic Circle. Norm is swept up in a large corporation involved with profi ting from that same frozen land. Voices by Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Bill Nighy, Colm Meany and Loretta Devine. RACE Rated PG-13 The struggle to become the greatest track and field athlete on Earth is profiled in this historical drama about the peerless Jesse Owens (Stephan James), whose accomplishments in the sport catapulted him to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Adolf Hitler ruled that sphere – and hated all non-Aryans. Jesse showed him how a black man could not only compete against Der Fürer’s fair-haired automatons, but beat them decisively, with grace and poise. Costars Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt and Carice van Houten, as filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. Luz Long (David Kross), a German runner, embraced Jesse after his victories and they became friends. Which no doubt pissed off ol’ One-Ball Hitler. THE REVENANT **G@ Rated R There’s not one scene, or moment, with even a hint of anything pleasant. Based on a true story, it’s a glum exercise in survival. Leonardo DiCaprio is fur trapper Hugh Glass, out hunting under threat of attack by natives and French hunters. Hugh is mauled by a grizzly bear in a frightening, brutal and horrifying scene. His group tends to him, but it slows them down. Thinking Hugh is near death, the captain asks two men to stay with young Hawk (Forrest Goodluck) and dying Hugh – and bury Hugh. One man panics, kills Hawk and buries Hugh alive, then splits. Nearly two hours of Hugh struggling to find the bastards follows. — DH RISEN Rated PG-13 This is the story of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ – from the viewpoint of a nonbeliever. Costars Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth and Cliff Curtis. ROOM Rated R Brie Larson is mother to Jack (Jacob Tremblay). They’ve been kept in a room all of Jack’s short life and he is beginning to wonder why. We are too. Costars Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers. STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS **G@ Rated PG-13 Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) has vanished. First Order wants to reclaim the Galaxy from the Republic. General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) sends a pilot (Oscar Isaac) to planet Jakku to find Luke. The heroes are Rey (Daisy Ridley), droid BB8, and ex-stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega). Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) join in. Costars Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Lupita Nyong’o. — DH WHERE TO INVADE NEXT Rated R Michael Moore’s at it again. This time he’s in Finland, among other countries, having “invaded” the cold but welcoming land. Whatever. THE WITCH **** Rated R Reviewed in this issue. ZOOLANDER 2 Rated PG-13 The one we’ve been waiting for is here! Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are back doing their little turns on the catwalk because a rival wants to shut them down. Just The Look alone will get me in the megaplex. Costars Penelope Cruz, Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Ferrell, Justin Theroux, Macaulay Culkin (no kidding), Billy Zane, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato.
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MARK HOSLER and NEGATIVLAND still defy and detonate pop culture conventions
DIGITAL DISOBEDIENCE
we live in,” explains Hosler of their methods. “And to me, it’s almost paradoxical that’s it’s actually more honest. You’re using the actual ‘stuff ’ to talk about the stuff.” Perhaps the band’s most infamous recording was 1991’s two-song U2 EP. Both songs were anchored by a sample of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” while the radio edit mix included a vulgarity peppered blooper reel of radio DJ Casey n the so-called Information Age, Mark Kasem losing his shit. The cover art for the Hosler continues to volley his thoughtrelease featured a giant U2 logo, along with provoking and assaultive mockery of media, the word Negativland and the image of a one blast at a time. As a founding member of Lockheed U-2 spy plane. The Irish-fourNegativland, Hosler helped create music that piece and their label Island Records moved merged humor, digital sampling, commentary quickly, threatening the band with all kinds and criticism of the media that rendered of legal delights. While U2 allegedly told their the band peerless. At his upcoming Feb. 22 label to cease and desist their legal attack on appearance at Sun-Ray Cinema, Hosler will Negativland, the band eventually discovered explain Negativland’s history and influence that was not the case. “They absolutely did not on the deepest levels of underground music. tell Island to drop the case,” says Hosler. “The “It’ll be a combination of a lecture, a standup band’s manager and label were just the ‘bad comic, a storyteller, and an experimental guys’.” Negativland survived the experience film festival all mixed into one,” says Hosler. and the case became an early example of “I’ll talk about pranks, hoaxes, ethics … all the sometimes-contentious of that stuff. If you’re a fan of our convergence of trademark law, work, it’ll be interesting and if MARK HOSLER intellectual property, sampling, you’re not, it’ll be interesting, too.” presents the and the world of art. In 1995, Interspersed among his stories, film/lecture Negativland documented the full Hosler screens the films Favorite ADVENTURES Things, Gimme the Mermaid, No IN ILLEGAL ART: saga in the magazine-and-CD release, Fair Use: The Letter U Business, and Christianity is Stupid CREATIVE MEDIA and the Numeral 2. (Mashin’ of the Christ). RESISTANCE AND Nearly 40 years into While still in his teens, Hosler NEGATIVLAND their patented commandocofounded Negativland with 7 p.m. Feb. 22, Sun-Ray style multimedia collagism, Richard Lyons, David Wills, Cinema, Riverside, $5, Negativland continues to be a and Peter Conheim in Concord, sunraycinema.com viable entity in experimental California in 1979. The band music. The band recently took its name from a song by recorded an album featuring their self-made ’70s German experimental band NEU!, and Booper, a feedback device similar to a clock self-released an eponymously titled debut radio amplifier that emits nearly uncontrollable in May 1980, a month before Hosler’s high sounds. Their back catalog lists more than 20 school graduation. “We were really naïve, thank studio and live releases, as well as videos. And goodness. Because a lot of interesting things their website is an exhaustive online codex of happened because we didn’t know any better.” past and current digital guerilla uprising. Hosler and the band arrived on the scene While Hosler and Negativland have never in the wake of DIY-driven punk, but there performed here, they’ve already made some was something that he felt was lacking in that kind of impact on the area. sphere. “I liked found sound; taking things “In the ’80s and early ’90s, we used to get out of their original context and reusing them; bits and pieces of TV shows and commercials, fan mail all the time from Jacksonville. And answering machines records, and radio,” it confused us, because it seemed like an odd says Hosler. “And then mixing them with place where people liked what we did,” says noises and tapes of sounds, but with kind of Hosler. “But we figured that it was people like a sensibility that you’re doing experimental us, maybe other likeminded weirdos in their music but you also like pop music.” bedrooms making weird music. So maybe it The band described this approach as was also a kind of sign that we were kind of “culture jamming,” redirecting facets of ‘making it’.” [Laughs.] media back into itself to create art. “We can Daniel A. Brown use the culture itself to talk about the culture dbrown@folioweekly.com
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+ EVENTS ARTS ARTS + EVENTS The Jacksonville International Airport features works by Jeff Whipple and Raymond Gaddy, (pictured, Chevy) through March.
PERFORMANCE
SHANGHAI CIRCUS ACROBATS OF CHINA The fearless, gravity-defying performers, well-versed in 2,000 years of Chinese acrobatic traditions, perform 4:30 p.m. Feb. 21 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Wilson Center for the Arts, FSCJ’s South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd., 646-2222, $19.20-$41.65, fscjartistseries.org. STUPID F*CKING BIRD The 5 & Dime presents Aaron Posner’s play that’s “sort of adapted from Anton Chekov’s The Seagull,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 20, and 22 at 700 E. Union St., Downtown, $15 before Feb. 18; $20 after, Feb. 22 performance is donation-based at the door only, first-come, first-served; play runs through Feb. 27, the5anddime.org. SLEEPING BEAUTY The Moscow Ballet Festival presents Marius Petipa’s and Tchaikovsky’s ballet, based on Charles Perrault’s well-known fairy tale, about a cursed princess who can be awakened only by a prince’s kiss, is staged 3 p.m. Feb. 21 at Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750, $43-$63, thcenter.org. ADAM TRENT – THE FUTURIST Adam Trent, star of The Illusionists show, described as partmagic, part-concert, and part-standup comedy, performs 3 p.m. Feb. 21 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $19-$39, floridatheatre.com. MOTHERS AND SONS Players by the Sea stages Terrence McNally’s critically lauded drama, about a mother’s attempted reconciliation with her late son’s partner, 8 p.m. Feb. 18, 19, and 20; 2 p.m. Feb. 21 at 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, 249-0289, $23; through Feb. 27, playersbythesea.org. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Based on Gaston Leroux’s novel, Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Tony-winning musical, about a beautiful soprano and the disfigured musical genius who longs for her love, is staged 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and 18; 8 p.m. Feb. 19; 2 and 8 p.m. Feb 20, and 1:30 and 7 p.m. Feb. 21, at Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Moran Theater, 300 Water St., Downtown, 442-2929, $38.50-$98.50, artistseriesjax.org. PICNIC Amelia Community Theatre stages William Inges’ atmospheric drama, about dysfunction and romance at a family picnic, 8 p.m. Feb. 18, 19, and 20 at 207/209 Cedar St., Fernandina Beach, 261-6749, $22; $10 students, ameliacommunitytheatre.org. BIG RIVER Roger Miller’s Tony-winning musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic, Tom Sawyer, is staged Feb. 18-March 20. Dinner 6 p.m.; brunch at noon, with Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menu (chicken gumbo, dirty rice, Southernstyle fried catfi sh, pork osso buco, maple glazed chicken, eggplant parmesan, Mississippi mud pie, strawberry shortcake); Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, $35-$55 plus tax, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com.
CLASSICAL, CHOIR & JAZZ
DOVER QUARTET The award-winning, internationally renowned chamber ensemble performs 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at Amelia Baptist Church, Buccaneer Trail, Fernandina Beach, $45, ameliaislandchambermusicfestival.com. BABY BOOMERS: MUSIC OF THE SIXTIES The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and guest vocalists perform favorite ’60s pop hits, including tunes by The Four Seasons, The Beatles, Burt Bacharach, and the Beach Boys, 8 p.m. Feb. 19 and 20 and 3 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Times-Union Center’s Jacoby Symphony Hall, Downtown, 354-5547, $25-$74, jaxsymphony.org. WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT JU Wind Ensemble and First Coast Wind Ensemble play 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at Jacksonville University’s Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7386, $10; $5 seniors, military, students; arts.ju.edu. JERUSALEM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conductor and cellist Dmitri Yablonsky leads one of Israel’s premier orchestras, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Flagler College’s Lewis Auditorium, 14 Granada St., St. Augustine, 797-2800, $40, emmaconcerts.com. GERSON YESSIN MUSIC SERIES Friends of the Ponte Vedra Library present Lisa Kelly/JB Scott Quintet performing 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Ponte Vedra Library, 101 Library Blvd., 273-3990, friendspvlibrary.org. A TRIBUTE TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH Dr. Gordon Brock, Wind Symphony conductor, and Dr. Ann Adams, Concert Band conductor, lead the UNF Wind Ensemble and Concert Band in a tribute to Black History Month, featuring narration by former UNF president Dr. Adam Herbert, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at University of North Florida’s Lazzara Performance Hall, 1 UNF Dr., Southside, 620-2878, $10; students free, unf.edu/coas/music/calendar.aspx. JAZZ GUITAR IN ATLANTIC BEACH Guitarist Taylor Roberts is featured 7-10 p.m. every Tue. and Wed. at Ocean 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., 247-0060, ocean60.com. JAZZ IN FERNANDINA BEACH Miguel Paley performs every Fri., Sat., and Sun. evening at La Mancha, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646.
COMEDY
MICHAEL FELDMAN’S WHAD’YA KNOW? LIVE Humorous host Feldman holds the reins on this raucous, popular NPR trivia quiz show, featuring audience interaction
and live music, 11 a.m. Feb. 20 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $25-$65, floridatheatre.com. COMEDY ALL-STARS AT THE COMEDY ZONE Local funny folks The Comedy All-Stars, with Stephanie Gel and David Emanuel, appear 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17; Sid Davis and Spike are on 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24, at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, $10, comedyzone.com. JOHN HENTON Laidback funnyman Henton, veteran of the sitcom Living Single and Premium Blend appears 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 and 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Feb. 19 and 20 at The Comedy Zone, 292-4242, $25, comedyzone.com. COMEDY ON TAP IN ST. AUGUSTINE Ancient City Brewing presents local comedy, featuring host Brian Thomas, craft beer and food, 8 p.m. Feb. 20 and every third Thur. at 3420 Agricultural Center Dr., 429-9654, ancientcitybrewing.com.
CALLS & WORKSHOPS
PLAYERS BY THE SEA NEW VOICES PROJECT Players by the Sea accepts submissions of original works by local playwrights for New Voices. Two winners are chosen; winning playwrights work with a dramaturg to develop their pieces, which are then featured in a stage production. Prize includes a $2,000 stipend. Deadline is March 1. For more info, go to playersbythesea.org/new-voices.html. THE ELBOW SEEKS BANDS Downtown’s official entertainment district accepts artist submissions for its local music compilation, Amplified Vol. 2. Deadline March 1. All local bands, any genre can submit original works to theelbowjax.com/amplified-artist-submission. (NEU) SONICS MUSIC INITIATIVE Experimental saxophonist-composer Jamison Williams offers a six-week course of workshops with local and visiting improv musician-instructors, at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 101 W. First St., Downtown; neusonics.org. VINTAGE PLAYERS SEEKS OLDER ACTORS Senior theater company The Vintage Players seeks actors ages 50 and older for upcoming local theatrical productions. For more info, contact Gary Baker at 616-1568. ARTS IN THE PARK ENTRIES The annual limited, juried April event held at Atlantic Beach’s Johansen Park seeks applications; coab.us. 2016 ART & COMMUNITY GRANTS NOW OPEN The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida has posted grant applications for categories including Early Childhood Nonprofit Organizations, Individual Artists (Art Ventures), Small Arts Organizations (Art Ventures), and Visual Arts in St. Augustine (Dr. JoAnn Crisp-Ellert Fund). Deadlines vary; for more info and to apply, go to jaxcf.org/apply.
ART WALKS & MARKETS
WEDNESDAY MARKET Produce, arts, crafts, food, live music, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Feb. 17, St. Johns Pier Park, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 347-8007, thecivicassociation.org. COMMUNITY FARMERS & ART MARKET Art, crafts, jewelry, 4-7 p.m. Feb. 17, 4300 St. Johns Ave., Riverside, 607-9935. JAXSON’S NIGHT MARKET Street food vendors, craft beer, local farmers, and artisans and craft makers are featured from 5:30-9 p.m. Feb. 18 and every third Thur. at Hemming Park, Downtown, facebook. com/jaxsonsnightmarket. NORTH BEACHES ART WALK Galleries of Atlantic and Neptune beaches open 5-9 p.m. Feb. 18 and every third Thur. from Sailfish Drive in Atlantic Beach to Neptune Beach and Town Center, 753-9594, nbaw.org. WINTER RAM Some of Riverside Arts Market’s artists, food artists and local, seasonal produce are featured, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 20 and 27 under Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com. ORANGE PARK FARMERS & ARTS MARKET Fresh produce, sauces, honey, and handmade gifts are featured 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 21, and every third Sun., at Town Hall Park, 2042 Park Ave., opmarket.weebly.com.
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BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum. org. The exhibit Lights Up: 50 Years of Players by the Sea opens with a reception held 6-8 p.m. Feb. 25; $5 donation nonmembers; free for members. CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. Archipenko: A Modern Legacy, featuring 80 works by modern sculptor Alexander Archipenko, is on display through April 17. Conservation, Beautification, and a City Plan: Ninah Cummer and the Establishment of Jacksonville Parks is on display through Nov. 27. Julien De Casablanca: The Outings Project displays through May 1. Rockwell Kent: The Shakespeare Portfolio exhibits through May 15. David Hayes: The Sentinel Series, sculptures of geometrically abstract, organic forms, through Oct. 2. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. Art Ideas: Barbara Colaciello, featuring local creative maven Colaciello telling stories of her days working with Andy Warhol and time at Interview magazine, is held 7 p.m. Feb. 18. The Other: Nurturing a New Ecology in Printmaking, works by women printmakers, is on display through April 10. In Living Color: Andy Warhol & Contemporary Printmaking and Time Zones: James Rosenquist & Printmaking at the Millennium display through May 15. Project Atrium: Ian Johnston, Johnston’s Fish Tales, themes of consumption and material waste, exhibits through Feb. 28. Allegory of Fortune: Photographs by Amanda Rosenblatt, runs through March 27. RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 807-2010, ritzjacksonville.com. Through Our Eyes 2016: Sensory Perception, featuring 60 works by 18 African-American artists, runs through Aug. 14.
GALLERIES
ADELE GRAGE CULTURAL CENTER 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-5828, coab.us. The exhibit By the Sea, new paintings by Linda Olsen, is on display through March 4. ALEXANDER BREST MUSEUM & GALLERY Jacksonville University, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7371, arts.ju.edu. An opening reception for Landmark: Alternative Views of the Landscape, works by Ryan Adrick, Tracy Longley-Cook, Rachel Girard Reisert, and Janelle Young, and Phillip Scarpone’s Fragments of Recollection: Building a New Whole, is held 5-7 p.m. Feb. 18. The exhibits run through March 16. THE ART CENTER Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 139, Downtown, 233-9252, tacjacksonville.org. The group show Food Cravings is on display through March 14. BUTTERFIELD GARAGE ART GALLERY 137 King St., St. Augustine, 825-4577, butterfieldgarage. com. Metal, Stone, Canvas: The Art of Carlyle Gibbs, featuring innovative, handcrafted jewelry, is on display through March 1. CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu/newsevents/crisp-ellert-art-museum. Holly Hanessian conducts an artist’s talk, 5 p.m. Feb. 18. Her Touch in Real Time pop-up project is featured noon-2 p.m. The exhibit Layout, featuring recent works by sculptor Krysten Cunningham, is on display through Feb. 27. THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, 280-0614, ccvb.org. Celebrate 2016: Artist Member Exhibition is on display through Feb. 19. FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928, firststreet galleryart.com. The exhibit Mermaid Magic is on display through April 5. FLORIDA MINING GALLERY 5300 Shad Rd., Southside, 535-7252, floridamininggallery. com. Visual Artifacts Part Two – One Mind Two Realities, featuring recent works by multimedia artist Ambler Hutchinson, is on display through March. GALLERY725 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 5, Atlantic Beach, 345-9320, gallery725.com. Works of the winners of the Local Exposure photography contest are displayed. JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Central Courtyard, 2400 Yankee Clipper Dr., 741-3546, flyjax. com. Haskell Gallery features the exhibit, The Weirdness and Beauty, works by Jeff Whipple, through March. Connector Bridge Cases feature The Spirit of Jacksonville, through March. Concourse Cases mount the exhibit Tall Tales, works by Raymond Gaddy, through March 21. J. JOHNSON GALLERY 177 Fourth Ave. N., Jax Beach, 435-3200, jjohnsongallery. com. Friends, a group show featuring prints, painting, photography, and sculpture, is on display through March 17. KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992, rain.org/~karpeles/ jaxfrm.html. The exhibit Evita, a selection of the letters and journals of Eva Perón, the First Lady of Argentina, 1946-’52, displays through May 1. Bright Interiors, Landscapes and Hauntingly Surreal Figures, acrylic and mixed-media works by Troy Eittreim, is on display through Feb. 28. SPLIFF’S GASTROPUB 15 Ocean St., Downtown, 844-5000, facebook.com/ spliffsgastropub. The exhibit 3D Paintings by Jessica Becker is currently on display. ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., 824-2310. The exhibits Black, White and Shades of Gray, Mythos & Fauna, and Our Native Past: First Peoples are on display through Feb. 28.
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EVENTS
RODNEY HURST DISCUSSIONS Civil Rights activist/historian Hurst discusses his awardwinning books, It Was Never about a Hot Dog and a Coke!, a personal account of 1960 sit-in demonstrations in Jacksonville, and Ax Handle Saturday, 5 p.m. Feb. 17 at Bradham Branch Library, 1755 Edgewood Ave. W., 765-5402. Hurst also appears at 5 p.m. Feb. 23 at Brentwood Branch Library, 3725 N. Pearl St., Springfield, 630-0924. Books are available at both events, jpl.coj.net. AMELIA ISLAND BOOK FESTIVAL The 15th annual Amelia Island Book Festival features more than 100 writers, including bestselling authors Greg Iles, Andrew Gross, Steve Berry, Guy Jennings, Curtis Brown Jr., Parker Francis, and Brenda Jackson, as well as a kick-off luncheon, workshops, gala dinner, and expo featuring meetand-greets, food, and prizes, Feb. 18-20 at various locations in Fernandina Beach. Proceeds benefit Authors in Schools Literacy Program for Nassau County schools. For tickets and details, go to ameliaislandbookfestival.org. MLK JR. LUNCHEON with TERRY McMILLAN The Intercultural Center for PEACE presents the 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Luncheon, with speaker McMillan (How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Waiting to Exhale, 11:30 a.m. Feb. 18 at University Center Ballroom, 12000 Alumni Dr., Southside, 620-2878, $30; first 50 UNF students free; proceeds fund four scholarships for undergraduates each year in Dr. King’s name, unf.edu. FCAP NETWORKING MEETING The First Coast Administrative Professionals meets 6 p.m. (5:30 p.m. check-in/networking) Feb. 18 at Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital, 3933 University Blvd. S., Southside. To RSVP, call 318-7677; ask for Shirley D. CELEBRATION OF RICHARD DURHAM Award-winning radio producer Sonja D. Williams, professor of Media, Journalism & Film, Howard University, Washington, D.C., discusses the life and times of Richard Durham, an African-American radio and TV dramatist of the ’40s and ’50s, 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at Flagler College’s Solarium, 74 King St., St. Augustine, 819-6339, flagler.edu. PFLAG MEETING The next PFLAG (Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays) meeting, with assistant chief Adam Pendley discussing “Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and Community Engagement,” is held 7 p.m. Feb. 18 (share and mingle 8-9 p.m.) at Christ Church of Peace, 1240 S. McDuff Ave., Westside. Bring food products for JASMYN (Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network), providing nonprofit youth services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth ages 13-23; and donations for Necessities for Living, providing basic needs for those living with HIV/AIDS. 737-3329, pflagjax.org. NATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN READ-IN Attendees may prepare a poem or prose selection by an African-American author to read aloud, also features a performance by the West Nassau Mass Choir, 6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at Hilliard Branch Library, 15821 C.R. 108, Yulee, 845-2495, nassaucountyfl.com. UNF VS. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY The UNF Ospreys’ baseball team takes on George Washington University, 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at UNF’s Harmon Baseball Stadium, Bldg. 27, 1 UNF Dr., Southside, 620-2473, ticket info at ticketreturn.com. KINGSLEY HERITAGE CELEBRATION Performances by Caribbean Dance Theater, storyteller Mama Koku, and a Kids Corner are featured, 1 p.m. Feb. 20 at Kingsley Plantation, 11676 Palmetto Ave., Northside, 251-3537, nps.gov/timu. FILMMAKER DEBATES EBONICS Scholar/filmmaker Jonathan Gayles shows his documentary, The E Word, 2 p.m. Feb. 20 at Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, 630-2665, jaxpubliclibrary.org. A Q&A follows. RETRORAMA POP CULTURE SHOW The annual collectibles show is held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 21 at Ramada Inn Conference Center, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin. Toys, dolls, comic books, posters and movie memorabilia are featured; as well as appearances by Cindy Morgan (Tron, Caddyshack), Mark Chiriboga (Caddyshack) and Kent and Veronica Wagner and Tim Proctor (all of The Walking Dead) and a special-effects zombie walk. Bring in items for appraisal. Parking is free; admission $12; one complimentary child admission for ages 12 and younger, $5 for each additional; $20 earlybird admission 9-10 a.m., with $1 for kids 12 and younger, 880-4281, jaxretrocon.com. ALL THAT JAZZ FOR KIDS Kids ages 6-12 and their families celebrate African-American History with a jazz party and performance by UNF Jazz Band (Jazz Band Ensemble III), 3:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at Pablo Creek Regional Library, 13295 Beach Blvd., Southside, 992-7101, jaxpubliclibrary.org. FREE TAX PREPARATION HELP AT THE LIBRARY Jacksonville Public Library and its partners United Way of North Florida-Real$ense and American Association of Retired Persons provide free tax preparation assistance through April 16 at nine libraries throughout the county: Beaches, Bradham Brooks, Main, Pablo Creek, Regency Square, South Mandarin, Southeast Regional, University Park, and Webb Wesconnett. For a schedule of dates and times, go to jaxpubliclibrary.org. PING PONG TOURNAMENT Green Room Brewing hosts a ping pong tournament every Tue., entries cut off 7:30 p.m. start time. $10 entry fee gets you one beer/beverage ticket; tickets awarded to top four finishers. Double elimination, games to 21. USATT-rated opponents must give 5 points to unrated opponents. Green Room Brewing, 228 Third St. N., Jax Beach, 201-9283.
A+E // ARTS Popular NPR quiz show WHAD’YA KNOW? returns to The Florida Theatre with live music, the most interesting man in Jacksonville, and maybe even pythons
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something. That’s not what we do.” n the grand scheme of nationally syndicated When Whad’ya Know? returns to Northeast radio shows broadcast on NPR, Whad’ya Florida for the third time, the standard quiz Know? is a grand dame. Created in 1985 by show format will be supplemented by local host Michael Feldman as a call-in audience luminaries like Chef Tom Gray of Moxie quiz show, Whad’ya Know? is famous for its Kitchen + Cocktails; retired optometrist, gentle sarcasm (the show’s website? NotMuch. local historian, award-winning author, and com), its friendly snark, and its celebration of self-coined “arts agitator” Dr. Wayne Wood; insignificant knowledge. herpetologists Bob and Liz Schumaker; and Aside from the quiz portion of the show, celebrated folk artist Katie Grace Helow. which pairs up one studio audience member “I’m very much excited about going back to (Whad’ya Know? is taped most weeks at Monona Jacksonville, as much for being in The Florida Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin) and one listener, Theatre as for the weather,” Feldman says. “If other segments include “All the News that Isn’t,” it’s above 18 degrees, I’m there.” Feldman says a list of fictional headlines crafted out of real he’s looking forward to finding out if Chef current events; disclaimers, including the famous Gray is a master of food and drink (“I want one, “All questions used on Whad’ya Know? to find out if that’s true real quick”), while he have been painstakingly researched, although the hopes Dr. Wood will reveal “the real working answers have not. Ambiguous, misleading, machinations of life in Jacksonville.” Will Katie or poorly worded questions are par for the be backed up by the Whad’ya Know? Trio? course. Listeners who are sticklers for the truth “If she needs them, but I don’t should get their own shows”; think she does,” Feldman laughs. “Thanks for the Memos,” which “She’s really great.” And how features actual notes from MICHAEL FELDMAN’S about Bob and Liz Schumaker, actual listeners about typos and WHAD’YA KNOW? LIVE 10:45 a.m. Feb. 20, The who call themselves the Gator bloopers; and “Town of the Florida Theatre, Downtown, Week,” which is selected by an Snatchers? Will they have live $25-$65, floridatheatre.org audience member throwing a baby alligators on stage? “We’re dart at a map of the U.S. looking for something in the Sprinkle in a few choice python department,” Feldman interviews with writers, actors, comedians, deadpans. “Something you can wrap around a academics, and other members of the bass player. At least 12 feet long should do it.” intelligent American cognoscenti, and you’ve So how did the host of Whad’ya Know? got everything that the educated, slightly luck into a 30-year job that allows him to sardonic public radio fan requires from their have so much fun? He chalks it up entirely Saturday morning entertainment. Best of to happenstance: After graduating from the all, Feldman brings his live Whad’ya Know? University of Wisconsin with an English degree Trio and accompanying staff on the road six in 1970, he taught at Malcolm Shabazz City to eight times a year, giving fans across the High School for a decade before wandering into country the chance to sit in on a taping — and a volunteer gig at Wisconsin Public Radio in perhaps feel the blaze of glory that comes from Madison. “I thought, ‘This is something I could winning the famous Whad’ya Know?? quiz. do,’” Feldman laughs. “All I had to do was speak “It’s a very audience-friendly show,” Feldman into a microphone. It was better than teaching tells Folio Weekly Magazine. “Audiencebecause there were no papers to correct. They dependent, even. Most of the show is driven neglected to fire me somewhere along the line, by the audience — not the people up on stage. so here I am! If you can fly under the radar long If there’s anything to explain our 30 years of enough, you can keep going forever.” success, that’s the nature of it. They bring more Forever, of course, is relative; Feldman jokes that he has a contract until the year to the table than I have personally.” 2525, and that if WPR doesn’t honor it, he’ll Just to be clear, though, Whad’ya Know? be due several centuries’ worth of refunds. In is not about mere trivia — it’s more a test all seriousness, he counts his blessings every of general knowledge, with the categories year — especially in a year like 2016, when the Current Events, People, Places, Science, political satire flows like wine: “Donald Trump Odds & Ends, and Things You Should Have is a godsend to anyone who does humor,” Learned in School (Had You Been Paying Feldman says. “You just have to quote him. It’s Attention). “Significance is in the eye of almost too easy.” So how much longer does the beholder,” Feldman says. “I don’t know Whad’ya Know? have? “I could easily do it for Marlene Dietrich’s shoe size, but accumulating another 30 years,” he says. “Standing on my a lot of little knowledge can add up to make head, too. I’ll probably be buried that way.” some pretty interesting big things. I don’t Nick McGregor do trivia nights at local bars like a lot of my mail@folioweekly.com friends. 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THE NEED FOR SPEED
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
Kick it into high gear with a worldwide tradition and milestone event. The 75th annual Bike Week at Daytona International Speedway features seven days of heavy-duty wheel-driven action, including high-flying Monster Energy AMA Supercross, Amateur Supercross, Four-Wheeled ATV, Flat Track Race, The Daytona 200, and a midway packed with vendors, displays, attractions, and sponsors. Saturday, March 5-12, 1801 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona; for a full schedule of events, go to daytonainternationalspeedway.com.
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CHROME GETS YOU HOME 75TH ANNUAL BIKE WEEK
Riders unite! The global phenomenon known as Daytona Beach Bike Week turns 75 and we’re geared up for the approaching celebration. Each year, the event that some have called Biker Heaven attracts hundreds of thousands of motorcycle riders, manufacturers, enthusiasts, and suppliers from around the world. And this year’s no different, with a line-up of live music, races, exhibitions, revelry, and more. For your complete guide and information source for everything going on Thursday, March 3-10, go to daytonabikeweek.com.
REASONS TO ATTEND THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF DAYTONA BIKE WEEK
HIT THE STRIP MAIN STREET Tap into the heart of the Bike Week action on Daytona Beach’s internationally renowned Main Street. Check out live music from local and national touring acts like Great White, Hairball, Vixen, The Razorbacks, Bobby Friss, Jasmine Caine, and Rockit Fly, along with a variety of food favorites and a plethora of adult beverages. All the details are at daytonabeachmainstreet.com
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RIVERFRONT PARK ACTION Ride in style showing off your official gear — clothes and accessories from the only licensed Bike Week vendors. Then check out live music at the Tiki Bar with performances by Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash Tribute), Halo Violation (pictured), Kings of Chaos, Sniper, and Psycho Magnets. Get your photo taken with TV biker star Michele Smith from American Thunder and TV Thunder, meet the Fireball Girls and then hit Builder’s Row for all the latest swag in bikes and accessories. All at Riverfront Park, corner of Beach and Main Streets, Daytona Beach; for a full schedule of events, check out officialgearpromotions.com.
LIVE & LOUD ROCK WEEK Get ready to kick out the jams at Jesters Live, Daytona Beach’s
premier music club, as we celebrate Bike Week with a concert line-up of biker-friendly bands sure to satisfy your urge to rock. On March 4, Buckcherry and Blackberry Smoke bring modern rock and Southern rock vibes. Black Label Society and Big House Pete deliver a night of metal and blues rock swagger on March 5. Classic rock legends Creedence Clearwater Revisited with Chris Hennessy perform on March 10. And Southern rock legends Charlie Daniels Band (pictured) and The Marshall Tucker Band play on March 12. All shows at 1653 N. U.S. 1, Ormond Beach; for show times and to score tickets, go to jesterslive.com.
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Formed in 1971, cerebral folk-rockers AZTEC TWO STEP, favorites of beat poet Allen Ginsberg, perform at Mudville Music Room in St. Nicholas Feb. 18.
LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK
SPADE McQUADE 6 p.m. Feb. 17 at Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176, Downtown, 374-1247. BRIDGING THE MUSIC SHOWCASE 6 p.m. Feb. 17 at 1904 Music Hall, 19 Ocean St., Downtown, $10. DAN VOLL 6:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at Alley Cat Seafood, Beer House & Wine Boutique, 316 Centre St., Fernandina Beach, 491-1001. MELISSA ETHERIDGE 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750, $43-$93.
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MARTY FRIEDMAN 8 p.m. Feb. 17 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $20 advance; $25 day of. 12th Annual Palatka Bluegrass Festival: PENNY CREEK BAND, SPECIAL CONSENSUS, FELLER & HILL & the BLUEGRASS BUCKAROOS, LONESOME RIVER BAND, SPINNEY BROTHERS, RHONDA VINCENT, RON THOMASON & DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD, The GRASCALS, The BLUEGRASS BROTHERS, STEEP CANYON RANGERS Feb. 18-20, Rodeheaver Boys’ Ranch, 380 Boys’ Ranch Rd., Palatka, 706-864-7203, $35/day advance; $40 at gate; $85 advance three-day pass; $90 at gate; kids 7-13 $15/day; $45 advance three-day pass; $50 at gate; schedule, tickets at adamsbluegrass.com/Palatka-Bluegrass-Festival.html. SATURATE 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at The Green Room in Harmonious Monks, 310 First St. N., Jax Beach, 246-2650, $8-$15. LOCUST HONEY STRING BAND 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at Blue Jay Listening Room, 412 Second St., Jax Beach, 834-1315, $80. AZTEC TWO STEP 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008, $10. ROXY ROCA, HERD OF WATTS 8 p.m. Feb. 18, Jack Rabbits, $8 advance; $10 day of. BROCK BUTLER (PERPETUAL GROOVE) 8 p.m. Feb. 18, 1904 Music Hall, $8 advance; $10 day of. 3 the BAND 9 p.m. Feb. 18 at Flying Iguana, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680. MAYFIELD BLUEGRASS 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at Slider’s Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., Fernandina Beach, 277-6652. St. AugustScene!: THE FUNERAL PORTRAIT, VANITY STRIKES, THE KNOWING WITHIN, A MATTER OF HONOR, AUNT ACID, CAMROSE 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at Planet Sarbez, 115 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 342-0632, $5 advance; $8 day of. GITLO LEE 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19, Alley Cat Beer House. PROTOMARTYR, SPRAY PAINT, UVTV 7 p.m. Feb. 19 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., 209-0367, $10 advance; $12 day of. MIKE SHACKELFORD, STEVE SHANHOLTZER 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, Mudville Music Room, $10. APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION (G’N’R Tribute), MEDAL MILITIA 8 p.m. Feb. 19 at Mavericks Live, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 356-1110, $10 advance; $15 day of. JOSHUA POWELL & the GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, COMMUNITY CENTER 8 p.m. Feb. 19, Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown. ANDREW SCOTCHIE & the RIVER RATS, PARKER URBAN BAND 8 p.m. Feb. 19, 1904 Music Hall, $10 advance; $15 day of. RUNAWAY GIN (PHISH TRIBUTE) 8 p.m. Feb. 19, Jack Rabbits, $10 advance; $15 day of. ST. PAUL & the BROKEN BONES, PATRICK SWEANY 8 p.m. Feb. 19 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, $25 advance; $28 day of. WHOLE WHEAT BREAD 9 p.m. Feb. 19 at The Roadhouse, 231 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park, 264-0611. CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE 9:30 p.m. Feb. 19 & 20 at Whiskey Jax, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Southside, 634-7208. BRITE SIDE BAND 10 p.m. Feb. 19 & 20, Flying Iguana. DAVIS TURNER 6 p.m. Feb. 20, Slider’s Seaside Grill. SEAN DANIELSON (SMILE EMPTY SOUL), J. LOREN (HURT) 7 p.m. Feb. 20, The Green Room, $10-$20. LE ORCHID CD RELEASE, CANARY in the COALMINE, FORT STORIES, MARATHON RUNNER 7 p.m. Feb. 20, Jack Rabbits, $6 advance; $8 day of. BROTHER BROTHER (ANDERSON BROTHERS) 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20, Mudville Music Room, $10. ZANDER, BLIND MASON 8 p.m. Feb. 20, 1904 Music Hall, $5 advance; $8 day of. FOREIGNER: THE HITS UNPLUGGED 8 p.m. Feb. 20, Florida
Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $32.50$59.50. IVEY WEST BAND 9 p.m. Feb. 20, The Roadhouse. MARTIN SEXTON 7 p.m. Feb. 21, Jack Rabbits, $25 advance; $27 day of. GARY CLARK JR., MUDDY MAGNOLIAS 8 p.m. Feb. 21, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $38. HUNTER VALENTINE, TOMBOI 8 p.m. Feb. 22, Jack Rabbits, $10. SEAN DANIELSON (SMILE EMPTY SOUL), J. LOREN (HURT) 8 p.m. Feb. 23, The Original Café Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311, $20 advance; $24 at the door. ROBERT DELONG, COLOURS 8 p.m. Feb. 23, Jack Rabbits. MURIEL ANDERSON 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24, Mudville Music Room, $10. O.A.R.: YOU PICK THE SET TOUR 8 p.m. Feb. 24, The Florida Theatre, $35.50-$45.50. CHARLES BRADLEY & HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES, 3CLOPS 8 p.m. Feb. 24, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $33 advanced; $38 day of.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
CREED BRATTON (from The Office) Feb. 24, 1904 Music Hall VINCE GILL, LYLE LOVETT Feb. 25, The Florida Theatre JON STICKLEY TRIO, GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE Feb. 25, 1904 Music Hall Experience Hendrix: BILLY COX, BUDDY GUY, ZAKK WYLDE, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, JONNY LANG, DWEEZIL ZAPPA, KEB MO, ERIC JOHNSON, CHRIS LAYTON, MATO NANJI, NOAH HUNT, HENRI BROWN Feb. 26, Florida Theatre THIS FRONTIER NEEDS HEROES, CRUSHED OUT Feb. 26, Burro Bar PETER CASE Feb. 26, Mudville Music Room VON STARNTZ, COUGAR BARREL Feb. 26, 1904 Music Hall DAVID COOK Feb. 27, Mavericks Live JUAN WATERS Feb. 27, rain dogs. SWMRS, The FRIGHTS, PALM TREES & POWER LINES Feb. 27, 1904 Music Hall MADBALL Feb. 27, Burro Bar RICHARD MARX Feb. 27, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SeaWalk Music Festival: GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE, CORBITT CLAMPITT EXPERIENCE, FLAT LAND, HERD of WATTS, PARKER URBAN BAND, SPICE & the PO BOYS, SMOKESTACK, BRYCE ALASTAIR BAND, FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL, CAT McWILLIAMS BAND Feb. 27-28, SeaWalk Pavilion, Jax Beach ALABAMA Feb. 28, St. Augustine Amphitheatre NEW FOUND GLORY, PROTAGONIST Feb. 28, 1904 Music Hall THE OH HELLOS March 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Backyard Block Party SWIMM, SOMEDAY RIVER, COMMUNITY CENTER March 2, 1904 Music Hall The ZOMBIES March 3, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SOUTHERN CULTURE on the SKIDS March 3, Colonial Quarter IL VOLO March 3, The Florida Theatre BLACK VIOLIN March 3, The Ritz Theatre JOE JACK TALCUM, COOLZEY, D&D SLUGGERS, DIGDOG March 3, rain dogs. WHETHERMAN March 3 & 4, Blue Jay Listening Room DAN + SHAY March 3, Mavericks Live ROGER McGUINN March 4, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall STEVE MILLER BAND March 4, St. Augustine Amphitheatre COREY SMITH March 4, Mavericks Live HERB ALPERT & LANI HALL March 4, The Florida Theatre Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival: MUMFORD & SONS, KENDRICK LAMAR, SKRILLEX, BASSNECTAR, ROBERT PLANT & the SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS, ODESZA, DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES, The AVETT BROTHERS, FUTURE, MIGUEL,
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Protomartyr’s DETROIT-BORN PUNK is sharp and abrasive – but packs an everyman HEART OF GOLD
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he music of Detroit quartet Protomartyr is frantic, unflinching, often dark, sometimes brutal, and always as taut as razor wire. But beneath the piercing guitar shards of Greg Ahee, the roiling bass lines of Scott Davidson, the Motor City-fueled drums of Alex Leonard, and the postpunk sneer of lead singer Joe Casey lies a refreshing blend of narrative compassion. Casey might bark about depressing dive bar scenes, but he does so through the wide-eyed gaze of children who watch their parents struggle. The band might craft cohesive concept albums about mortality and the ancient philosophical dilemma of how the mind operates in relation to the self, as they did on 2015’s The Agent Intellect, their third record in four years. But every song packs hope for the future as well as broken-hearted longing for the past. Those dualities are precisely what deviates Protomartyr from the lowbrow garage-rock norm. Here’s a humble band from The D, playing uncompromising music while achieving success on a national stage. Here’s a group of relative nobodies — Casey didn’t even sing or write lyrics until he joined the band in 2008, and he insists that Protomartyr comprises normal dudes still “flailing” through their shows — completely owning every stage they take. Folio Weekly Magazine chatted with Casey about the band’s unconventional style, its evolving persona, and its stilluncertain future.
Folio Weekly Magazine: Given the fact that Protomartyr plays dark, sometimes antagonistic music, does its success feel natural? Joe Casey: Since this is my first band, I don’t really know what would be natural and what would be unnatural. To me, the success is surprising. But I don’t want to knock it. We put the work in — but I know tons of bands that put the work in.
So what sets Protomartyr apart? Early on, we decided that we were going to do as much realistic touring as possible. A lot of bands can’t do that because it’s a financial hole, but we were willing to put money into the band — really, to lose money — to tour.
You’d never sung before joining the band, but on The Agent Intellect, you seem to be really coming into your own. I don’t know if I’ve started singing yet. [Laughs.] Eventually, I’m going to hit a couple notes. I am starting to get used to being the “singer,” but it’s still a work in progress. How about Protomartyr’s live show? Is that another work in progress? Yes. We didn’t really know if we were doing it right or wrong when people told us, “You guys have a really weird stage presence.” We joke that we’ve been touring so much, we’re going to have to start WFCF 88FIVE FM PRESENTS
BACKYARD BLOCK PARTY: PROTOMARTYR, SPRAY PAINT, UVTV 6 p.m. Feb. 19, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Backyard, $10 advance; $12 day of, staugamphitheatre.com
working on our dance moves. But really, it’s just us flailing through the show — and me trying not to forget the words. That’s a result of once being a band that would play four songs and say, “Fuck off,” to now rising to the level of what people expect and playing for an hour. And occasionally doing an encore, which is a bizarre notion. Your lyrics pack such an evocative, detailrich punch. Have you always been a writer? No — getting the opportunity to write was one of the reasons I was excited to be in a band. I’m not a journal-keeper; I’ve tried
in the past but failed. I went to school for English, too, but was always too lazy to put pen to paper. Is it too simplistic to read your dark, oftendepressing lyrics — and the agitated, oftenaggressive atmosphere of Protomartyr’s music — as a response to living in Detroit? I didn’t think our music was particularly dark or depressing until people told us that. [Laughs.] I don’t think the city has that kind of affect on us. I like writing lyrics that are specific to Detroit because that’s what I know. People can take universal themes from them if they want, but if I aim for universal themes when I write, I end up writing shitty songs without even knowing it. The Agent Intellect dropped in October. Are you already writing new material? 2016 is going to be different, because our tour dates go well into the fall, and we’re not a band that can break out the ukulele on the road or sing in the shower. We also hate sound checks on principle, so we’re not going to hang out and jam. The good thing is, when we get back to Detroit, we’re all going to be unemployed. So, hopefully, we’ll be able to throw ourselves into writing new stuff. I’m already chomping at the bit. So the success of the band is finally affecting your normal lives? I know you’ve worked a regular job for years. Yeah, that’s new for us. We hung onto our jobs as long as possible. I was also disappointed to find out that our drummer, Alex, is almost 30. I used to think of us as an old guy [Casey is almost 40] and a group of young guys — but now the young guys are starting to feel the passage of time, too. Nick McGregor mail@folioweekly.com
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Sixty-five years on, The Sun Ra Arkestra continues to boldly go WHERE NO JAZZ BAND HAS VENTURED BEFORE or since
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aced with the prospect of writing 800 words about The Sun Ra Arkestra, my first thought was, “I could use 800 different adjectives that would all be equally appropriate.” Here are a few: mythical, outré, spiritual, futuristic, experimental, unhinged, ecstatic … The list goes on and on and on — much like the discography of the man born Herman Poole Blount in 1914. It includes more than 100 fulllength albums and 1,000 songs. Blount legally changed his name to Sun Ra in 1952, when he began relating a story of traveling to Saturn and back in a moment of spiritual rapture. Henceforth, he became among the more prolific songwriters, keyboardists, and bandleaders of the 20th century, leaving Marshall Allen (left) and his brass-blowing brethren of The Sun Ra Arkestra. strands of influence on musical improvisation, anti-JudeoChristian religion, electronic “This is still a show band,” he says. “All instrumentation, Afrocentric philosophy, and evolving into a 25-person collective these young guys who come to join, I make extraterrestrial performance, and jazz culture improvisation. Then, in the 1970s, the entire sure they can play well. But I also make as a whole. band decamped to Philadelphia, taking sure they can sing and dance and perform Sun Ra’s legacy lives on in The Arkestra, over a three-story house that Allen’s father and create. We play creatively and with which was originally formed in the early ’50s bequeathed them so they could rehearse and intuition, and that means playing outside of and has seen hundreds of musicians ebb and interact 24 hours a day. the square.” Allen insists that an Arkestra set flow from its ranks in the last 60 years. After “Sun Ra didn’t sleep much,” Allen laughs, list is a steadily shifting organism, with songs Ra died in 1993, the Arkestra crown was noting that The Arkestra is still based in the reflecting America’s musical evolution from passed to tenor saxophonist John Gilmore; same Philadelphia house today. “He wrote the 1930s to the present day: doo-wop, swing, upon his passing in 1995, alto saxophonist the music, he recruited the musicians, he bebop, free jazz, rock, psychedelia. “We’ve Marshall Allen assumed the throne, and, at rehearsed the band, he took care of the got so many different varieties and styles,” he age 91, still leads the band today. “After all the business, he watched over everyone and made legends passed away, I was left standing alone, sure they didn’t do too much running away… emphasizes. “Most nights, we can’t even make thinking, ‘Now what am I gonna do?’” Allen He didn’t take much time for himself, and I it through the 20 tunes I choose. They change tells Folio Weekly Magazine. “I figured I’d have can see why — he had so much music that it with each gig. It’s important to play to what to lead the band myself and show everyone took him 57 years to write it all. In the current people like, and I have to feel the audience out what Sun Ra taught me. He was a beautiful version of The Arkestra, we dig into it, but to know what that is.” artist who had a lot of gifts.” we’ll never get to play all of it.” Nearing the end of the interview with Although Sun Ra is gone, The Arkestra Allen, I hesitantly asked about how sorely still dispenses the same kind of spiritual Sun Ra was missed by the remaining veteran THE SUN RA ARKESTRA sonic freak-outs: recruiting ambitious young members of The Arkestra. Surprisingly, 8 p.m. Feb. 20, The Ritz Theatre & Museum, musicians, writing long-form improvisational Allen laughed and extolled the otherworldly Downtown, $40-$45, ritzjacksonville.com pieces, performing marathon sets at Siberian presence of his longtime friend and mentor: jazz festivals, exploring the intersection “When Sun Ra passed, people were all Ra’s gifts ranged widely, from an interest between the band’s theatrical legacy and the moaning and groaning and crying and in numerology to a passion for Disney show practice of contemporary art. As the current whining. But his spirit is still in the house tunes to a gig teaching a class called The bandleader, Allen delegates much of the and with us on stage. Sometimes it even Black Man in the Cosmos at University of business responsibilities to various Arkestra feels like he’s still around — like he was just California, Berkeley to an obsession with selfmembers. But with the ensemble still touring here yesterday playing music. That’s what I discipline. Musically speaking, The Arkestra the world — last year, 26 musicians, singers, dedicated myself to: continuing that tradition first developed its cosmic jazz style while and dancers toured throughout Europe, with of working hard to see where his music can based in Chicago in the 1950s. During a stint a 12- or 13-person group scheduled to appear go. And all these years later, I think it can still in New York City in the 1960s, it evolved for the Feb. 20 show in Jacksonville — Allen keep going.” into a much wilder, more experimental proudly remains in charge of the music and Nick McGregor outfit, incorporating synthesizers, tape delay, the stage setup. mail@folioweekly.com
LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC FETTY WAP, WEEN, more March 4-6, Okeechobee JASON ISBELL, SHOVELS & ROPE March 5, St. Augustine Amphitheatre GHOSTWITCH, INNER DEMONS, BLACK STACHE, COUGHIN, APPALACHIAN DEATH RAP, March 5, 1904 Music Hall Great Guitar Gathering: ANA VIDOVIC, BADI ASSAD March 5, Florida Theatre ROBERT PLANT & the SENSATIONAL SHIFTERS, The SONICS March 6, St. Augustine Amphitheatre HARUM SCARUM, TIGER FAWN, UNCLE MARTY & FRIENDS March 6, Planet Sarbez JEWEL March 6, The Florida Theatre BABY CHAM & LAWLESS BAND March 6, Mavericks Live CREEPOID, HOLLY HUNT, FEVER HANDS, LA-A March 7, Burro Bar GEORGE WINSTON March 8, PV Concert Hall The GODDAMN GALLOWS, MUDTOWN, SNAKE BLOOD REMEDY, CAINT NEVER COULD March 8, Burro Bar JIM BREUER March 9, PV Concert Hall CHEW, COSMIC GROOVE, PUDDLED, NIGHT WARS March 10, Planet Sarbez THE IGIVE March 10, Burro Bar SOMOS, PETAL, SUPERWEAKS March 10, 1904 Music Hall GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH, GOOCH PALMS March 11, Burro Bar MERLE HAGGARD March 11, Florida Theatre RESONANT ROGUES March 11, Blue Jay Listening Room MOODY BLUES March 11, St. Augustine Amphitheatre RIHANNA March 12, Veterans Memorial Arena BATTALION OF SAINTS, PHOBIA, CONCRETE CRIMINALS March 12, Burro Bar BLUE MAN GROUP March 12 & 13, Times-Union Center SAVING ABEL March 13, The Green Room EMMETT CAHILL March 13, Culhane’s Irish Pub DUBLIN CITY RAMBLERS March 15, Culhane’s Irish Pub GORDON LIGHTFOOT March 16, Florida Theatre The REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND March 16, Original Café Eleven Suwannee Springfest: JOHN PRINE, DEL McCOURY, JIM LAUDERDALE, DONNA the BUFFALO March 17-20, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park GET the LED OUT March 17, Florida Theatre Rock & Worship Roadshow: NEWSBOYS, JEREMY CAMP, MANDISA, PHIL WICKHAM, FAMILY FORCE 5, AUDIO ADRENALINE March 17, Veterans Memorial Arena JOHNNY CLEGG & HIS BAND March 18, PV Concert Hall JOE SATRIANI March 19, The Florida Theatre GREAT ATLANTIC FESTIVAL March 19, SeaWalk Pavilion The FAB FOUR: The ULTIMATE TRIBUTE March 19, PVC Hall ALAN DOYLE & BAND March 20, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ABSU March 20, Burro Bar BILL GAITHER & GAITHER VOCAL BAND: DAVID PHELPS, WES HAMPTON, ADAM CRABB, TODD SUTTLES March 20, T-U Center K. MICHELLE & FRIENDS March 20, The Florida Theatre SAOSIN March 22, Mavericks Live MOVEMENTS March 22, 1904 Music Hall CHICAGO, EARTH, WIND & FIRE March 23, Vets Memorial Arena SETH GLIER March 24, The Original Café Eleven ARETHA FRANKLIN March 24, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ONE-EYED DOLL, EYES SET TO KILL, VISIONS March 25, The Green Room The LACS March 25, Mavericks Live WET BRAINS, RUKUT, TWINKI, THE MOLD March 25, rain dogs. ONE EYED DOLL, EYES SET TO KILL, OPEN YOUR EYES March 25, The Green Room BOYTOY, TEENAGE LOBOTOMY March 26, Shanghai Nobby’s STRAND of OAKS March 26, Hemming Park MOPE GROOVES, TWINKI, UNITED TYLERS of TYLER, DJ REQUEST March 26, rain dogs. INTRONAUT, SCALE the SUMMIT March 26, 1904 Music Hall BYRNE & KELLY March 29, Culhane’s Irish Pub DURAN DURAN March 30, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BONERAMA March 31, 1904 Music Hall CECILE McLORIN SALVANT March 31, The Ritz Theatre COODER, WHITE & SKAGGS March 31, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ACE FREHLEY, GEOFF TATE April 1, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall AFROMAN April 1, The Green Room SPRINGING the BLUES April 1-3, SeaWalk Pavilion WHISKEY DICK April 1, Burro Bar Inaugural Fool’s Paradise: LETTUCE & FRIENDS, GRIZ, CHRIS ROBINSON’S SOUL REVUE (George Porter Jr., Ivan Neville, Nikki Glaspie, Eric Krasno, Neal Casal & the Shady Horns), GOLDFISH, The NTH POWER, VULFPECK April 1 & 2, St. Aug Amphitheatre OF MONTREAL April 3, Mavericks Live CHAD VALLEY, BLACKBIR BLACKBIRD April 4, 1904 Music Hall DAILEY & VINCENT April 7, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SUNN O))) April 7, Sun-Ray Cinema STICK FIGURE April 8, Mavericks Live REBIRTH BRASS BAND April 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LET IT BE: Celebration of the Beatles April 10, Florida Theatre CITIZEN & TURNOVER, SORORITY, MILK TEETH April 10, 1904 Music Hall AMY HELM April 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PEARL JAM April 13-16, Veterans Memorial Arena 12th Annual Wanee Music Festival: WIDESPREAD PANIC, GREGG ALLMAN, GOV’T MULE, LES BRERS, UMPHREY’S McGEE, BRUCE HORNSBY, STANLEY CLARKE, MELVIN SEALS & JGB, KARL DENSON April 14, 15 & 16 RITA WILSON April 15, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BILLY CURRINGTON, KELSEA BALLERINI April 18, St. Augustine Amphitheatre The BRONX WANDERERS April 16, Florida Theatre BARRAGE 8 April 17, The Florida Theatre JESSE COOK April 18, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall One Night of Queen: GARY MULLEN & the WORKS April 20, PV Concert Hall
A NIGHT with JANIS JOPLIN April 21, Florida Theatre
IRATION April 21, Mavericks Live BEN FOLDS April 22, The Florida Theatre RASCAL FLATTS, JANA KRAMER April 22, St. Augustine Amphitheatre SLEEPMAKESWAVES, MONUMENTS, ENTHEOS, The CONTORTIONIST April 22, 1904 Music Hall Legends of Southern Hip Hop: MYSTIKAL, JUVENILE, TRICK DADDY, BUN B, PROJECT PAT, TOO SHORT April 22, Veterans Memorial Arena NOFX April 23, Mavericks Live TOMMY EMMANUEL, The LOWHILLS April 28 & 29, PVC Hall OBN IIIs, BROWN PALACE April 29, Nobby’s JJ GREY & MOFRO April 29, Mavericks Live Anjelah Johnson Presents: BON QUI QUI, GROUP 1 CREW April 30, The Florida Theatre St. AugustScene! features Atlanta rockers THE ALABAMA SHAKES, DYLAN LeBLANC April 30, St. FUNERAL PORTRAIT (pictured) VANITY STRIKES, THE Augustine Amphitheatre KNOWING WITHIN, A MATTER OF HONOR, AUNT ACID Welcome to Rockville: ROB ZOMBIE, ZZ TOP, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, A DAY to REMEMBER, and CAMROSE Feb. 19, Planet Sarbez in St. Augustine. MEGADETH, LAMB of GOD, CYPRESS HILL, SEVENDUST, GHOST, ANTHRAX, CLUTCH, YELAWOLF, P.O.D., WE CAME AS ROMANS, MEMPHIS MMAY SALT LIFE FESTIVAL June 18, SeaWalk Pavilion FIRE, ISSUES, CROWN the EMPIRE, SICK PUPPIES, BEAR JUSTIN BIEBER June 29, Veterans Memorial Arena TOOTH, TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION, AVATAR, FROM ASHES to BARENAKED LADIES, ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES in the NEW, GLORIOUS SONS, WILD THRONE, DISTURBED, SHINEDARK, HOWARD JONES July 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre DOWN, 3 DOORS DOWN, BRING ME the HORIZON, SIXX:A.M., TWENTY ONE PILOTS July 3, St. Augustine Amphitheatre COLLECTIVE SOUL, PENNYWISE, POP EVIL, BULLET for MY SHAWN MENDES July 16, St. Augustine Amphitheatre VALENTINE, HELLYEAH, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, CANDLEBOX, 5 SECONDS of SUMMER July 20, Veterans Memorial Arena FILTER, ESCAPE the FATE, PARKWAY DRIVE, ENTER SHIKARI, WALK the MOON, MISTERWIVES Aug. 7, St. Aug Amphitheatre MISS MAY I, WILSON, RED SUN RISING, LACEY STURM, RAY LAMONTAGNE Aug. 14, St. Augustine Amphitheatre MONSTER TRUCK, CANE HILL April 30 & May 1, Metro Park BRIAN WILSON, AL JARDINE, BLONDIE CHAPLIN Sept. 10, St. The GIPSY KINGS, NICOLAS REYES, TONINO BALIARDO May Augustine Amphitheatre 1, St. Augustine Amphitheatre SAVION GLOVER Nov. 18, The Florida Theatre JBOOG, COMMON KINGS May 6, Mavericks Live The 1975, The JAPANESE HOUSE May 10, St. Aug Amphitheatre The FRONT BOTTOMS, BRICK + MORTAR. DIET CIG May 11, AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA Mavericks Live ALLEY CAT Seafood & Beer House, 316 Centre St., 491-1001 ELLIS PAUL May 13, The Original Café Eleven Dan Voll 6:30 p.m. Feb. 17. Gitlo Lee 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 MICHAEL CARBONARO May 13, Times-Union Center GREEN TURTLE TAVERN, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Buck Smith STYX, .38 SPECIAL, The OUTLAWS May 14, St. Aug Amphitheatre Thur. Yancy Clegg Sun. Vinyl Record Nite every Tue. NIGHT RANGER May 19, The Florida Theatre LA MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646 Miguel Paley jazz KING & the KILLER May 20, Mavericks Live show every Fri.-Sun. SALT-N-PEPA, KID ’N PLAY, ROB BASE, COOLIO, TONE LOC, SLIDERS Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 COLOR ME BADD May 21, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Mayfield Bluegrass 6 p.m. Feb. 19. Davis Turner 6 p.m. Feb. 20 HERE COME the MUMMIES May 26, PV Concert Hall SURF RESTAURANT, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Yancy MODERN ENGLISH May 26, Burro Bar Clegg every Tue. & Thur. Black Jack Band every Fri. ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO June 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LORD HURON June 14, Mavericks Live
LIVE MUSIC CLUBS
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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC Steve Shanholtzer every Thur. RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Billy Bowers Feb. 17. Rough Mix Feb. 18. Austin Park Feb. 19 & 20. Smith & Banks Feb. 21
DOWNTOWN
1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. Lyndon Feb. 17. Brock Butler Feb. 18. Andrew Scotchie & River Rats, Parker Urban Band Feb. 19. Zander, Blind Mason Feb. 20. Now in their 20th year, Maryland alt-rock faves Opposite Box Feb. 21 O.A.R. bring their “You Pick the Set Tour” (the fans BURRO BAR, 100 E. Adams Joshua Powell & the Great Train pick the songs, see?) to Downtown Jacksonville Robbery, Community Center 8 at The Florida Theatre Feb. 24. p.m. Feb. 19 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 BlackJack every Wed. DJ Brandon every Thur. DJs ARLINGTON spin dance every Fri. DJ NickFresh Sat. DJ Randall 9 p.m. Mon. CLIFF’S Bar & Grill, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Bill Ricci DJ Hollywood Tue. 5 p.m. Feb. 19. Live music every weekend FIONN MacCOOL’S, The Landing, 374-1247 Spade McQuade 6 p.m. Feb. 17 & 24. A Nice Pair Feb. 19. Jimmy Solari Feb. 20 AVONDALE, ORTEGA MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Dr. Doom CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores 10 p.m.-2 a.m. every Fri. DJ Shotgun 10 p.m.-2 a.m. every Sat. every Wed. Live jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Appetite For ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave. KJ Free 9 p.m. Tue. & Thur. Indie Destruction (G’N’R Tribute), Medal Militia 8 p.m. Feb. 19. Joe dance 9 p.m. every Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance every Fri. Buck, DJ Justin every Thur.-Sat. (All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)
BLUE JAY Listening Room, 412 Second St., 834-1315 Locust Honey String Band 7 p.m. Feb. 18 FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680 3 Feb. 18 & 19. Brite Side Band Feb. 19 & 20. Cody Nix Feb. 21 GUSTO’S Italian Restaurant, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925 Groov 7:30 p.m. every Wed. Monica DaSilva 7:30 p.m. every Thur. Murray Goff 7:30 p.m. every Fri. Under the Bus 7:30 p.m. every Sat. HARMONIOUS MONKS, 320 First St. N., 372-0815 Saturate 7 p.m. Feb. 18. Sean Danielson, J. Loren Feb. 20. Live music Fri. & Sat. Back from the Brink Mon. LYNCH’S, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Love Chunk 10 p.m. Feb. 19. General Patton Feb. 20 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 Third St. N., 241-5600 Three Feb. 17. Ajeva Feb. 18. Wes Cobb Feb. 19 MEZZA Restaurant & Bar, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573 Chilly Rhino 6 p.m. Feb. 23. Ginger every Wed. Mike Shackelford,
THE KNIFE SOME TIME AGO, I BUILT A SMALL PROJECT studio with the goal of capturing my own musical ideas and possibly producing a couple of albums of original material. But as word got out that I was dabbling in sound engineering, people began calling and asking if I would record them as well. The promise of a paycheck while learning the ropes of recording, mixing, and editing was too sweet to pass up. I have since recorded and produced several local, national, and international projects, all in what was supposed to be little more than a hobby studio. As I began working with other musicians from the “other side of the glass,” as they say (full disclosure: There is no glass in my studio), I started to realize how diffi cult the job of a sound engineer and producer is. And, looking back, I understood why the engineers I worked with had a number of rules we were expected to follow. Back then, I thought those rules were unreasonable. But I soon realized what an ass I was being, and how effi cient the engineer was trying to be. In the interest of helping local (and, more important, inexperienced) musicians smooth out their studio process, I offer some words of advice. Take ’em or leave ’em, but do so at your own peril. PRACTICE AND PREPARE Nothing is worse than getting in the studio with an unrehearsed, unprepared band. Though engineers usually get paid for the time they’re in the studio, it is wholly unappealing to sit at a mixing console waiting for a group of lunkheads to decide if they were supposed to go to the bridge or straight to the chorus. Have this shit worked out in advance. Granted, once in the studio, there will be minor tweaks to arrangements, new ideas like how solos are played and how vocal lines run, and instrument adjustments. But there have been several times when I’ve watched a band argue for a half-hour about how something was supposed to be played, sometimes leading to sessionending blowups. (Honestly, I’ve done it, too.) It’s a time and money waster. Get it together as much as possible before you press “record.” It’ll save you and your engineer a lot of headaches. 30 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | FEBRUARY 17-23, 2016
FLEMING ISLAND
WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Corbitt Clampitt Experience 9 p.m. Feb. 19. Sista Otis 5 p.m., Porch 40, Lisa & the Mad Hatters Feb. 20. Deck music Fri., Sat. & Sun.
MANDARIN, JULINGTON
HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine, 880-3040 Live music most weekends. Open jam 7 p.m. Mon.
ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG
The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael Tue.-Sat. The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Chilly Rhino Feb. 17. Whole Wheat Bread, Flag on Fire, Running Rampant 9 p.m. Feb. 19. Ivey West Band Feb. 20. DJ Big Mike every Thur.
PONTE VEDRA
PUSSER’S, 816 A1A, 280-7766 Ryan Crary Feb. 17. Mark
RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE
ACROSS THE STREET, 948 Edgewood Ave. S., 683-4182 Happy Faced Mistakes, Twizted Psycho Feb. 20 MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., 388-7807 NF, Wrekless Abandon, Jigsaw Feb. 19. Chris August, Jenni Reid, Gabby Baglino Feb. 20 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Yamin Semali Feb. 19
ST. AUGUSTINE
ANCIENT CITY BREWING, 3420 Agricultural Ctr. Dr., Ste. 8, 429-9654 Blood, Sugar, $Ex, Magik 9 p.m. Feb. 19 ORIGINAL CAFÉ ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., 460-9311 Sean Danielson, J. Loren 8 p.m. Feb. 23 PLANET SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632 The Funeral Portrait, Vanity Strikes, The Knowing Within, A Matter of Honor, Aunt Acid, Camrose 6 p.m. Feb. 19
SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK
JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Marty Friedman 8 p.m. Feb. 17. Roxy Roca, Herd of Watts 8 p.m. Feb. 18. Runaway Gin Feb. 19. Le Orchid CD Release, Canary in the Coalmine, Fort Stories, Marathon Runner Feb. 20. Martin Sexton Feb. 21. Hunter Valentine, Tomboi Feb. 22. Robert Delong, Colours Feb. 23 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Aztec Two Step 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer Feb. 19. Brother Brother Feb. 20
SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS
MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999 Cameron Jameyal Feb. 18. Ken & Kelly Maroney Feb. 20 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows, 634-7208 Circle of Influence 9:30 p.m. Feb. 19 & 20. Country Jam Wed. Melissa Smith Thur. Mojo Roux Blues Sun. VETERANS UNITED CRAFT BREWERY, 8999 Western Way, Ste. 104, 253-3326 John Austill 7 p.m. Feb. 19 VIBE NIGHTCLUB, 5800 Philips Hwy. DJs Tony Faline and Supernaut, LRKSQD 9 p.m. Feb. 20
SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE
MOLLY BROWN’S Pub, 2467 Faye Rd., 683-5044 Chase Fouraker Music Feb. 19. Clinton Lane Darnell, Shayne Rammler Feb. 20 SHANTYTOWN Pub, 22 W. Sixth, 798-8222 Sex Knuckle Feb. 23
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THE BEACHES
O’Quinn Feb. 19. Savannah Leigh Basset Feb. 20 TABLE 1, 330 A1A, 280-5515 Robbie Litt Feb. 17 & 20. Gary Starling Feb. 18. Complicated Animals Feb. 19
BE SOBER Sure, you got into the business because you love the art, but oddly, that art came nicely coupled with a drinking and toking habit you just can’t shake. Fine; just keep it out of the studio. Getting bombed out of your skull may be great on the gig, when performance is secondary to the show. (Maybe that’s why your band rarely gets hired.) But in the studio, your full focus should be on recording the music with precision and feel. Real feel, not the fabricated buzz feel you’re on. And drunk musicians are typically belligerent musicians, and belligerent musicians make things difficult for all. Be professional, for crying out loud. Drink after the session.
THE KNIFE
LEARN TO PLAY WITH A CLICK TRACK This is especially important for drummers, but everyone in the band should be comfortable playing with a click. Click tracks are ubiquitous in today’s studios, as it makes it much easier to punch in, mix and edit. Unless you’re going for that loosey-goosey garage band feel, get familiar playing with and around a click. More experienced musicians will be able to do just that, play just ahead, just behind or right on top of the click track. This is how “feel” is created with a metronomic device. If you’ve never played with a click, and face an impending studio session, start practicing now. The click does not lie, and it will expose you for the horrible timekeeper you are. LEAVE THE FOOD AND DRINK OUTSIDE This may seem draconian, but there’s a good reason for this rule. You may enjoy chucking halffull beer cans all over your filthy rehearsal studio, but an engineer’s studio is his or her home. Respect it. And don’t ever, under any circumstances, put a drink on or near the mixing console. A client did this once at my mixing desk and guess what? Yes, it spilled onto the desk
and beneath the console. Luckily, the board is slightly raised, so no electronics were affected. Needless to say, now no drinks are allowed near my console – ever. SHUT THE HELL UP Yes, just shut up. You hired the engineer to do his job, so shut up and let him do it. And if you hired an engineer/producer, listen to what he has to say and seriously consider it. He’s been doing this a long time. If you don’t trust him to make these decisions, why did you hire him? Suck it up. Especially during the mix. If you can’t, leave the room. Engineers hate helicopter musicians. Hovering around the desk, pointing at the screen and saying, “Dude, can you bring up the solo here?” and “There’s no low end on my kick” only makes the engineer hate you and hope you slowly drown in a pool of vomit. He won’t tell you this, because you’re paying him to be professional and get the job done well. But he’s thinking it, believe me. Let go of your pride, shut the hell up, and listen for once. John E. Citrone theknife@folioweekly.com
WHISKEY JAX KITCHEN & COCKTAILS, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. Gastropub has craft beers, burgers, handhelds, tacos, whiskey. $$ FB L D Sat. & Sun.; D Daily.
BEACHES
(Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.) AL’S PIZZA, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0002, alspizza.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. New York-style gourmet pizzas, baked dishes. All-day HH Mon.-Thur. $ FB K TO L D Daily ANGIE’S SUBS, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S GROM, 204 Third Ave. S., 246-7823. F 2015 BOJ winner. Subs made with fresh ingredients for 25+ years. One word: Peruvian. Big salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. $ BW TO L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. ESPETO BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE, 1396 Beach Blvd., 388-4884, espetosteakhouse.com. Just relocated, serving beef, pork, lamb, chicken, sausage; full menu, bar fare, craft cocktails, Brazilian beers. $$ FB D Daily EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001, europeanstreet.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680 F 2015 BOJ winner. Latin American, tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana fare. 100+ tequilas. $ FB L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
Delicious down-home goodness in a friendly, casual atmosphere puts Salty Pelican Bar & Grill on the short list of Farnandina's local favorites. Photo by Dennis Ho
DINING DIRECTORY AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH 29 SOUTH EATS, 29 S. Third St., 277-7919, 29southrestau rant.com. F Chef Scotty Schwartz’s traditional regional cuisine has modern twist. $$ L Tue.-Sat.; D Mon.-Sat.; R Sun. BARBERITOS, 1519 Sadler Rd., 277-2505. 463867 S.R. 200, Ste. 5, Yulee, 321-2240, barberitos.com. F Southwestern fare; burritos, tacos, quesadillas, salsa. $$ BW K TO L D Daily BEACH DINER, 2006 S. Eighth St., 310-3750, beachdiner. com. Innovative breakfast: Eggs on the Bayou, fish-n-grits; French toast, riders, omelets. Lunch fare: salads, burgers, sandwiches, shrimp & crabmeat salad. $$ BW K TO L D Daily BEECH STREET Bar & Grill, 801 Beech St., 572-1390, beech streetbarandgrill.com. In restored 1889 home, Chef Charles creates with fresh, local ingredients. Local seafood, handcut Florida steaks, housemade pasta, daily specials, small plates, street food. $$$-$$$$ FB D Tue.-Sat.; Brunch, D Sun. BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. F Southern hospitality, upscale waterfront spot; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ FB K L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo.com. F Family-owned; historic building. Veggie burgers, seafood, made-from-scratch desserts. Dine in or on oak-shaded patio. Karibrew Pub next door. $$ FB K TO R, Sun.; L D Daily CHEZ LEZAN BAKERY CO., 1014 Atlantic Ave., 491-4663, chezlezanbakery.com. Fresh European-style breads, pastries: croissants, muffins, cakes, pies. $ TO B R L Daily THE CRAB TRAP, 31 N. Second St., 261-4749, ameliacrabtrap.com. F $$ FB K TO R, Sun.; L D Daily DAVID’S Restaurant & Lounge, 802 Ash St., 310-6049, ameli aislanddavids.com. Fine dining, historic district. Fresh seafood, prime aged meats, rack of lamb. $$$$ FB D Wed.-Mon. DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 474313 E. S.R. 200, 491-3469. 450077 S.R. 200, Callahan, 879-0993. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.
ELIZABETH POINTE LODGE, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. F Award-winning B&B. Seaside dining, inside or out. Hot buffet breakfast daily. Homestyle soups, sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW B L D Daily HOLA CUBAN CAFÉ, 117 Centre St., 321-0163, holacuban cafe.com. F $$ FB K TO R, Sun.; L D Daily JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444, jackanddianes cafe.com. F 1887 shotgun house. Jambalaya, French toast, mac-n-cheese, vegan/vegetarian. Porch. $$ FB K B L D Daily LULU’S at Thompson House, 11 S. 7th St., 432-8394, lulusamelia.com. F Po’boys, salads, local seafood, local shrimp. Reservations. $$$ BW K TO R Sun.; L D Tue.-Sat.
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DINING DIRECTORY KEY
Average Entrée Cost $ = Less than $8 $$ = $8-$14 $$$ = $15-$22 $$$$ = $23 & up BW = Beer/Wine FB = Full Bar K = Kids’ Menu TO = Take Out B = Breakfast R = Brunch L = Lunch D = Dinner Bite Club = Hosted free FW Bite Club tasting. fwbiteclub.com. 2015 Best of Jax winner F = FW distribution spot
MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriver pizza.net. F 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic Northern-style pizzas, 20+ toppings, pie or the slice. $ BW TO L D Mon.-Sat. THE MUSTARD SEED CAFÉ, 833 TJ Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassaushealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juice, herbal tea. $$ TO B L Mon.-Sat. PABLO’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT GRILL & CANTINA, 12 N. Second St., 261-0049. Chicken, carnes, fajitas, burritos, tacos, daily specials. Margaritas. $$$ FB K TO L D Daily THE PECAN ROLL BAKERY, 122 S. Eighth St., 491-9815, thepecanrollbakery.com. F Near historic district. Sweet and savory pastries, cookies, cakes, bagels, breads, made from scratch. $ K TO B L Wed.-Sun. PI INFINITE COMBINATIONS, 19 S. Third St., 432-8535, pi32034.wix.com/piinfinite. All bar service; NYC-style. Specialty pizzas, pie/slice, toppings: truffle mushrooms, little neck clams, eggs, shrimp. Courtyard. $$ BW TO L D Wed.-Sun. PLAE, 80 Amelia Village Cir., 277-2132, plaefl.net. Bite Club. Bistro-style venue serves whole fried fish, duck breast. Outside. $$$ FB L Tue.-Sat.; D Nightly SALTY PELICAN Bar & Grill, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesal typelicanamelia.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. 2nd-story outdoor bar. Owners T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, local shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F Oceanfront. Crabcakes, fried pickles, fresh seafood. Open-air 2nd floor, balcony. $$ FB K L D Daily T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310. F 2015 BOJ winner. In an old gas station; blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L Mon.-Sat.
ARLINGTON, REGENCY
DICK’S Wings & Grill, 9119 Merrill Rd., 745-9300. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. LARRY’S, 1301 Monument Rd., 724-5802. F SEE ORANGE PARK. The STEAKHOUSE @ Gold Club, 320 Gen. Doolittle Dr., 645-5500, jacksonvillegoldclub.com. Lunch and dinner specials, free HH buffets Thur. & Fri. $$$ FB L D Daily
AVONDALE, ORTEGA
FLORIDA CREAMERY, 3566 St. Johns Ave., 619-5386. Ice cream, waffle cones, milkshakes, sundaes, Nathan’s grilled hot dogs. Low-fat and sugar-free choices. $ K TO L D Daily HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F Locally owned & operated 20+ years. American pub. 1/2-pound burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta. Local beers. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. MOJO NO. 4 Urban BBQ & Whiskey Bar, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. PINEGROVE Market & Deli, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. 40+ years. Burgers, Cubans, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher cuts USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. $ BW TO B L D Mon.-Sat. RESTAURANT ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurant orsay.com. 2015 BOJ winner. French/Southern bistro;
locally grown organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. Snail of Approval. $$$ FB K R, Sun.; D Nightly SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, simply saras.net. F Down-home fare, from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D Mon.-Sat., B Sat.
BAYMEADOWS
AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. BELLA VITA RISTORANTE ITALIANO, 3825 Baymeadows Rd., 646-1370, bellavitajax.com. F Authentic cuisine. $$ FB L D Daily INDIA’S RESTAURANT, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajax.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetable dishes, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L Mon.-Sat.; D Nightly LARRY’S Giant Subs, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., 737-7740. 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
GRILL ME!
MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1018 Third St. N., Ste. 2, 241-5600, mellowmushroom.com. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. Hoagies, gourmet pizzas: Mighty Meaty, vegetarian, Kosmic Karma. 35 tap beers. Nonstop happy hour. $ FB K TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1534 Third St. N., 853-6817. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MEZZA RESTAURANT & BAR, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573, mezzarestaurantandbar.com. F Near-the-ocean 20+ years. Casual bistro fare: gourmet wood-fired pizzas, nightly specials. Dine in, patio. $$$ FB K D Mon.-Sat. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636, mojobbq.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Pulled pork, beef, chicken, Carolina-style, sides. $$ FB K TO L D Daily POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637, poestavern.com. Gastropub, 50+ beers, gourmet burgers, hand-cut fries, fish tacos, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. $$ FB K L D Daily RAGTIME TAVERN & SEAFOOD GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F For 30+ years, iconic seafood place. Blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily happy hour. $$ FB L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 1018 Third St. N., 372-4456, saltlife foodshack.com. Specialties: signature tuna poke bowl, sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp, in modern openair space. $$ FB K TO L D Daily SLIDERS SEAFOOD GRILLE & OYSTER BAR, 218 First St., NB, 246-0881, slidersseafoodgrille.com. Beach-casual spot. Faves: Fresh fish tacos, gumbo. Key lime pie, ice cream sandwiches. $$ FB K L Sat. & Sun.; D Nightly SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE, 111 Beach Blvd., 482-1000, sneakerssportsgrille.com. 2015 BOJ winner. 20+ tap beers, TVs. Happy hour Mon.-Fri. $ FB K L D Daily SURFING SOMBRERO, 222 First St. N., 834-9377. Oceanfront place serves authentic fare – like paella. Drink specials. Dine in or outside. $$ FB L D Daily SURFWICHES SANDWICH SHOP, 1537 Penman Rd., 241-6996, surfwiches.com. Craft sandwich shop; Yankeestyle steaks, hoagies, all made to order. $ BW TO K L D Daily
DOWNTOWN
AKEL’S DELICATESSSEN, 21 W. Church St., 665-7324, akelsdeli.com. F New York-style deli has freshly made subs (3 Wise Guys, Champ), burgers, gyros, breakfast bowls, ranchero wrap, vegetarian items. $ K TO B L Mon.-Fri. THE CANDY APPLE CAFÉ & COCKTAILS, 400 N. Hogan St.,
PETE GRAY
Texas Roadhouse 550 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park BIRTHPLACE: Kenosha, Wisconsin YEARS IN THE BIZ: 35 FAVE RESTAURANT (other than mine): Carmen's Pie House, Riverside FAVE CUISINE STYLE: Italian FAVE INGREDIENTS: Beef – it's what's for dinner IDEAL MEAL: Perfectly cooked prime rib and an ice-cold beer WON’T CROSS MY LIPS: Tofu CELEBRITY SIGHTING: Willie Nelson, Jerry Rice CULINARY TREAT: Ice cream! METRO DINER, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. SEE MANDARIN. PATTAYA THAI Grille, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1, 646-9506, ptgrille.com. Family-owned; traditional fare, vegetarian, new Thai; curries, seafood, noodles, soups. Lowsodium, gluten-free, too. $$$ BW TO L D Tue.-Sun. TEQUILA’S Mexican Restaurant, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 101, 363-1365, tequilasjacksonville.com. F Authentic fare, made daily with fresh ingredients. Vegetarian dishes; daily drink specials. Nonstop happy hour. $$ FB L D Daily THE WELL WATERING HOLE, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740, thewellwateringhole.com. Local craft beers, wines by glass/bottle, champagne cocktails. Meatloaf sandwich, pulled Peruvian chicken, homestyle vegan black bean burgers. $$ BW K TO D Tue.-Sat.
353-9717, thecandyapplecafe.com. Sandwiches, entrées, salads. $$ FB K L, Mon.; L D Tue.-Sun. CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth St., 356-8282. F Chef Sam Hamidi has served genuine Italian fare 35+ years: veal, seafood, gourmet pizza. Homemade salad dressing. $ BW K L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. OLIO MARKET, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com. F From-scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L Mon.-Fri. SWEET PETE’S, 400 N. Hogan St., 376-7161. F All-natural sweet shop has candy made of all natural flavors, no artificial anything. Several kinds of honey. $ TO Daily ZODIAC BAR & GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodi acbarandgrill.com. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Daily lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. Happy hour Wed.-Sat. $ FB L Mon.-Fri.
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GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 1915 East-West Parkway, 541-0009. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. MOJO SMOKEHOUSE, 1810 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteys fishcamp.com. F Real fish camp. Gator tail, freshwater catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. Come by boat, bike or car. $ FB K TO L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly
INTRACOASTAL WEST
AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. DICK’S WINGS, 14286 Beach Blvd., 223-0115. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. LARRY’S SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F SEE ORANGE PARK. TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL, 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5, 223-6999, timeoutsportsgrill.com. F Locally-owned-andoperated. Hand-tossed pizzas, wings, wraps. Daily drink specials, HDTVs. Late-nite menu. $$ FB L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly
MANDARIN, NW ST. JOHNS
AKEL’S DELI, 12926 Granbay Pkwy. W., 880-2008. F SEE DOWNTOWN.
AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199. F Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant). Greek beers. $$ BW L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. DICK’S WINGS, 10391 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-7087. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. FIRST COAST DELI & GRILL, 6082 St. Augustine Rd., 733-7477. Diner: pancakes, bacon, sandwiches, burgers. $ K TO B L Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 11365 San Jose Blvd., 674-2945. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. F Organic soups, sandwiches, wraps, baked goods, prepared foods. Juice, smoothie and coffee bar. All-natural, organic beers, wines. Indoor, outdoor dining. $ BW TO K B L D Daily THE RED ELEPHANT PIZZA & GRILL, 10131 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12, 683-3773, redelephantpizza.com. Casual, familyfriendly eatery. Pizzas, sandwiches, grill specials, burgers, pasta, plus gluten-free-friendly items. $ FB K L D Daily
ORANGE PARK
CHEERS PARK AVENUE, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855. $$ FB L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 6055 Youngerman Cir., 778-1101, dickswingsandgrill.com. 1803 East West Pkwy., 375-2559.
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Tuck into handcrafted NY-style pies at RENNA’S PIZZA
photo by Rebecca Gibson
PIZZA
PIE-PER FINDING PIZZA IS EASY; FINDING GOOD PIZZA
What I love most about this method is how the cheese and sauce slide off when you pick up a slice. This might seem like a weird reason, but there’s just something about having to catch your toppings and dump them messily back onto the crust. With NYC-style, it’s less about the crust, and more about how the dough serves as a palette for the artistry of the toppings. Word from the wise: Rather than choosing breadsticks for a side, opt for Renna’s garlic knots ($4.50 for 10). You I always come back to won’t miss the fussiness RENNA’S PIZZA. Or maybe RENNA’S PIZZA of deep-dish pizza after it’s Renna’s that comes 6001 Argyle Forest Blvd., Ste. 16, eating 10 of these little back to me. Long-standing Westside, 771-7677 delights! Our garlic knots restaurants have a habit of 11111 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12, were baked fresh – warm, staying with you, like that Mandarin, 292-2300 airy, and flavorful. Garlic little nudge in your mind 592 Marsh Landing Pkwy., and herbs infused each telling you that it’ll always Jax Beach, 273-3113 bite, and you just naturally be there. rennaspizza.com must dip each one in Renna’s has three marinara sauce. The knots locations: Argyle Forest, were the best part of the meal. I could eat 10 Mandarin and Jax Beach. I decided to cruise on of them. Oh, wait, I did. (Just kidding; I shared. over to Argyle, the pizzeria that’s been a presence Sorta.) there for more than 20 years. Giuseppe (aka Joe) We wrapped up the the scrumptious meal Renna left Bari, Italy in 1976 and opened his with dessert, in an effort to counteract the garlic first shop in the former Philips Mall – he’s been breath. My friend and I split a cannoli ($4.50). building on that successful venture ever since. Ricotta cheese and chocolate chips spilled out It has a casual and welcoming ambiance, so of a shell generously dusted in powdered sugar. it’s easy to assume that Renna’s offers the same If that image isn’t enough to make you want a strip-mall experience as its lesser competitors. cannoli, you’re crazy. Don’t make that mistake; Renna’s is a couple Renna’s is a Jacksonville staple, with a cuts above the typical pie house. thumbprint richer than even its cannoli. The As a creature of habit, I usually order the same pizzeria has three shops in the area, so you toppings: pepperoni, bell pepper, and banana have no excuse for not going. The next time a pepper. For this Renna’s excursion, I went all out, pizza craving hits, head to Renna’s. The friendly keeping my favorites and adding a few more. My folks will welcome you with pies of cheese, friend and I split the veggie pizza, but we made it toppings, sauce, and flavors that’ll linger on definitively non-vegetarian by adding pepperoni. We your taste buds until next time. also substituted banana peppers for the olives. Rebecca Gibson The veggie ($16.50 for a medium) includes mail@folioweekly.com Renna’s homemade-style sauce, mushrooms, ____________________________________ olives, onions, green peppers, fresh tomatoes, and garlic. These crunchy toppings are tossed Read about many more of Rebecca’s local dining over NYC-style thin crust and covered in cheese. adventures at somewhereinthecityjax.com.
is another ordeal altogether. I’ll admit, I thought I was pretty much done with gobbling pizza when I graduated from college. Sometimes, though, I still get the spark of a craving. Not for a greasy mound of cheese on puffy bread, but for slim, crunchy, New York-style pizza. Longtime Jacksonvillians might know where to go, but relative newcomers – like me – can easily become overwhelmed by the plethora of local pizzerias.
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2015 BOJ winner. NASCAR theme. 365 varieties of wings, half-pound burgers, ribs. $ FB K TO L D Daily THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959, hilltop-club.com. Southern-style fine dining. New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup, desserts. Extensive bourbon selection. $$$ FB D Tue.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., 276-7370. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 15, 272-3553. 5733 Roosevelt Blvd., 446-9500. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove, 284-7789, larryssubs.com. F All over the area, Larry’s piles ’em high, serves ’em fast; 33+ years. Hot & cold subs, soups, salads. Some Larry’s serve breakfast. $ K TO B L D Daily METRO DINER, 2034 Kingsley Ave., 375-8548. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. SNACSHACK, 179 College Dr., Ste. 19, 682-7622, snac shack.menu. F Bakery and café; bagels, muffins, breads, cookies, brownies, snack treats. $$ K BW TO B, L & D Daily
PONTE VEDRA BEACH
AL’S Pizza, 635 A1A, 543-1494. F ’15 BOJ. SEE BEACHES. DICK’S WINGS, 100 Marketside Ave., 829-8134, dickswings andgrill.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. LARRY’S SUBS, 830 A1A N., 273-3993. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
RIVERSIDE, 5 POINTS, WESTSIDE
13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic Mediterranean peasant cuisine updated for Americans; tapas, blackened octopus, risotto of the day, coconut mango curry chicken. $$ BW L D Tue.-Sat. AKEL’S DELI, 245 Riverside Ave., 791-3336. F SEE DOWNTOWN. AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., 388-8384. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANT, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, black sheep5points.com. New American, Southern; local source ingredients. Rooftop bar. $$$ FB R Sat. & Sun.; L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Stes. 1 & 2, 855-1181. F 2015 BOJ winner. Small-batch, artisanal coffee roasting. Organic, fair trade. $ BW TO B L Daily BREW FIVE POINTS, 1024 Park St., 714-3402, brewfive points.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Local craft beer, espresso, coffee, wine. Rotating drafts, 75+ can craft beers; sodas, tea. Rotating seasonal menu: waffles, pastries, toasts, desserts, specialty coffees, craft beers. $$ BW K B L Daily CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412, cornertaco.com. Made-from-scratch “Mexclectic street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free, vegetarian options. $ BW L D Daily. DERBY ON PARK, 1068 Park St., 379-3343. New American cuisine, upscale retro air in historic landmark building. Shrimp & grits, lobster bites, 10-oz. gourmet burger. Dine inside or out. $$ FB TO Wknd brunch. B, L D Tue.-Sun. EDGEWOOD Bakery, 1012 S. Edgewood Ave., 389-8054, edgewoodbakery.com. 68+ years, full-service. From-scratch pastries, petit fours, pies, custom cakes. Espresso/pastry café: sandwiches, smoothies, soups. $$ K TO B L Tue.-Sat. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. 2015 BOJ winner. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap. Sandwiches. Outside dining at some EStreets. $ BW K L D Daily GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Juice bar; organic fruits, veggies. 300+ craft/imports, 50 wines, meats, deli, raw, vitamins. Wraps, sandwiches. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS ASIAN STREET FARE, 1001 Park St., 508-0342, hawkerstreetfare.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic dishes from mobile stalls. $ BW TO L D Daily IL DESCO, 2665 Park St., 290-6711, ildescojax.com. Modern Italian cuisine. Handcraft cocktails. $$-$$$ FB TO K L D Daily JOHNNY’S Deli & Grille, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055. F Casual; sandwiches, classic salads, homefries. $ TO B L Daily KNEAD Bakeshop, 1173 Edgewood Ave. S., 634-7617. Locally-owned, family-run; made-from-scratch pastries, artisan breads, pies, sandwiches. $ TO B L Tue.-Sun. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794. 7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 8102 Blanding Blvd., 779-1933. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MONROE’S SMOKEHOUSE BAR-B-Q, 4838 Highway Ave., 389-5551, monroessmokehousebbq.com. Wings, pulled pork, brisket, turkey, chicken, ribs. Sides: beans, baked beans, mac-n-cheese, collards. $$ K TO L Mon.-Sat.; D Fri. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. MOSSFIRE GRILL, 1537 Margaret St., 355-4434, mossfire. com. F Southwestern fish tacos, enchiladas. HH Mon.-Sat. upstairs lounge, all day Sun. $$ FB K L D Daily O’BROTHERS Irish Pub, 1521 Margaret, 854-9300, obroth ersirishpub.com. F Stilton crust shepherd’s pie, Guinness mac-n-cheese, fish-n-chips. Patio. $$ FB K TO L D Daily PATTAYA Thai Grille, 1526 King St., 503-4060. SEE BAYMEADOWS. rain dogs, 1045 Park, 379-4969. ’15 BOJ. Bar food. $ D SBRAGA & COMPANY, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 114, 746-0909, sbragadining.com. Chef Kevin Sbraga has a contemporary approach to local influences. Go-to dishes: hog & hominy, fish fry, carrot ceviche. $$-$$$ FB TO L D Daily SOUTHERN ROOTS FILLING STATION, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. ’15 BOJ winner. Healthy, light vegan fare; local, organic ingredients. Specials, on bread, local greens or rice, change daily. Coffees, teas. $ Tue.-Sun. SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside, Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafe jacksonville.com. F Monster, Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. $$ BW L D Daily
ST. AUGUSTINE
AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. CARMELO’S Marketplace Pizzeria, 146 King St., 494-6658, carmelosmarketplace.com. New York-style brick-oven-baked pizza, fresh sub rolls, Boar’s Head meats & cheeses, garlic herb wings. Outdoor seating, Wi-Fi. $$ BW TO L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 965 S.R. 16, 825-4540. 4010 U.S. 1 S., 547-2669. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.
DINING DIRECTORY
THE FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridian staug.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Updated Southern fare. Vegetarian, gluten-free. Fried green tomato bruschetta, grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D Wed.-Mon. GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F Local mainstay 25+ years. Varied menu changes twice daily. Signature dish: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. Sun. brunch. $$ FB R Sun.; L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. ONE TWENTY THREE BURGER HOUSE, 123 King St., 687-2790. From Carmelo’s owners. Premium burgers, made with beef from NYC butcher Schweid & Sons. Wood-fired pizzas, ice cream bar, Old World milkshakes. $$ BW K TO L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 321 A1A Beach Blvd., 217-3256, saltlifefoodshack.com. SEE BEACHES.
SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK
BASIL Thai & Sushi, 1004 Hendricks Ave., 674-0190, basilthaijax.com. F Authentic Pad Thai, curry, tempura, vegetarian, seafood, stir-fry, specials. $$ FB L D Mon.-Sat. BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd., 398-1949, bistrox. com. F Mediterranean/French inspired; steak frites, oak-fired pizza, raw bar seasonal selections. $$$ FB TO L D Daily DICK’S Wings, 1610 University Blvd. W., 448-2110. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. EUROPEAN STREET Café, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. $ BW K L D Daily FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusion sushijax.com. F Upscale sushi spot serves a variety of fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, kiatsu. $$ K L D Daily The GROTTO WINE & TAPAS BAR, 2012 San Marco Blvd., 398-0726. F Artisanal cheese plate, empanada, bruschetta, cheesecake. 60+ wines by the glass. $$$ BW Tue.-Sun. HAMBURGER MARY’S Bar & Grille, 3333 Beach Blvd., 551-2048, hamburgermarys.com. F ’15 BOJ winner. Wings, sammies, nachos, entrées, burgers. $$ K TO FB L D Daily KITCHEN ON SAN MARCO, 1402 San Marco Blvd., 396-2344, kitchenonsanmarco.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Local, national craft beers, specialty cocktails, seasonal menu, fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Sunday brunch. $$ FB L D Daily MEZZE Bar & Grill, 2016 Hendricks Ave., 683-0693, mezzejax.com. Classic drinks, basil martinis, 35 drafts, local/ crafts, Mediterranean cuisine. Hookah. HH. $$ FB D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metro diner.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Original upscale diner. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. $$ B R L Daily MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. PIZZA PALACE, 1959 San Marco Ave., 399-8815, pizzapalacejax.com. F Family-owned-&-operated; spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones, lasagna. Dine outside. $$ BW K TO L D Daily SCORES, 4923 Univ. Blvd. W., 739-6966. $$ FB D Nightly. TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Ave., 398-3005, tavernasan marco.com. Chef Sam Efron’s authentic Italian; local produce, meats. Craft beers, craft cocktails. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily
SOUTHSIDE, TINSELTOWN
ALHAMBRA Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. USA’s longest-running dinner theater; Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus. Reservations. $$ FB D Tue.-Sun. BARBERITOS, 4320 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., Ste. 106, 807-9060. F SEE AMELIA ISLAND. DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., 619-0954. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. DIM SUM Room, 9041 Southside Blvd., 363-9888, thedimsu mroom.com. Shrimp dumplings, sesame ball. Traditional Hong Kong noodles, barbecue. $ FB K L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET Café, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. JC HOMEMADE PASTRIES Filipino Cuisine & Karaoke, 12192 Beach Blvd., Ste. 3, 619-4303. Authentic Filipino fare. $$ Fri.-Sun. TO. LARRY’S Giant Subs, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. MONROE’S Smokehouse BAR B-Q, 10771 Beach Blvd., 996-7900, monroessmokehousebbq.com. SEE RIVERSIDE. OVINTE, 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr., 900-7730, ovinte. com. 2015 BOJ winner. European-style, influenced by Italy, Spain, Mediterranean. Small plates, entrée-size portions, selections from charcuterie menu. $$$ BW TO R D Daily STICKY FINGERS SMOKEHOUSE, 8129 Point Meadows Way, 493-7427, stickyfingers.com. Memphis-style hickorysmoked ribs, wings, pulled pork, barbecue – five legendary sauces and a dozen sides. $$$ FB K TO L D Daily TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Ct., 854-0426, tavernayamas.com. F Bite Club. Char-broiled kabobs, seafood, wines, desserts. Belly dancing. $$ FB K L D Daily
SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE
DICK’S WINGS, 12400 Yellow Bluff Rd., Ste. 101, 619-9828. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. HOLA MEXICAN Restaurant, 1001 N. Main St., 356-3100, holamexicanrestaurant.com. F Fajitas, burritos, daily specials, enchiladas. HH; sangria. $ BW K TO L D Mon.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. SEE ORANGE PARK.
MOLLY BROWN’S PUB & GRILL, 2467 Faye Rd., 683-5044. F $$ FB TO L D Daily
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WHILE WINE PAIRING HAS BEEN IN VOGUE FOR centuries, beer has been unfairly relegated to a beverage best enjoyed solo. Pairings show off how a certain beverage interacts with different foods or even other drinks, and historically, beer’s been imbibed without any fancy accoutrements. All kinds of beers are gaining legitimacy as nuanced, complex beverages, and restaurants are scrambling to create dishes to complement a variety of beer flavors. And many package stores, cooking schools and weekend festivals pair beers with a dizzying array of dishes. While wine pairing tunes in to the acidity that settles salt and fat, beer has the advantage of taste profiles associated with sweet malts, bitter hops and yeast, ranging from mild to funky. The carbonation in most American beers scrubs fat from the palate, preparing for the next bite. Some beer pairings feature beers of a single brewery, a particular style or a particular region, but a common element flowing through all pairings is that beer is a versatile beverage that can accompany any dish, from savory to sweet. Pairing formats vary; from formal, sit-down dinners with a set number of courses served to all attendees simultaneously, to more casual, letting guests proceed through courses at their own pace. Still others present each pairing all at once, freeing the tasters to sample in any order they wish. For beer-lovers, a pairing can be discovery and delight, educating the mind and palate to new, interesting flavor combinations while boosting the idea that beer is worthy of thoughtful food pairings. Here are a few pairings held locally:
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Pucker Up Beer Dinner 6 p.m. Feb. 25, Kitchen on San Marco, 1402 San Marco Blvd.; $70 FWM readers said Kitchen on San Marco was Best New Restaurant in our Best of Jax 2015. The gastropub’s obvious love for beer is evidenced by the extensive list written on the wall. The knowing folks there delve into craft beer’s hottest emerging trend, pairing farm-to-table dishes with sour beers. Call 396-2344 for reservations and details. Intuition Ale Works 6-8 p.m. Feb. 23, 720 King St., Riverside, 683-7720, facebook.com/IntuitionAle; $40 A cheese and beer pairing led by reps from Cypress Grove Chevre and Intuition Ale Works. Cypress Grove is known for award-winning goat’s milk cheeses, and they’re bringing several to pair with IAW’s locally crafted beers; expect six cheeses paired with six brews. Publix Aprons Cooking School Beer Dinner 6:30 p.m. March 10, Publix, 10500 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin; $40 The pairing and cooking demonstration features dishes paired with Bold City Brewery brews, such as corn-and-bacon chowder with Barrel Aged Roxy’s Imperial Cream Ale and curry lamb stew and smoked basmati rice with Mad Manatee IPA. Call 262-4187 for tickets and more info. Get out to these beercentric events and contact your favorite watering hole and/or brewery to learn more about this new trend. Marc Wisdom mail@folioweekly.com FEBRUARY 17-23, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 33
UPCOMING PET EVENTS PET LIFE SAVER CLASSES A CPR and first aid course ($149) and a CPR, first aid, dental and preventive care course ($199) for dogs and cats are held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 20 at 2727 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 635-3665, petlifesaverjax.com. For each student who attends, Pet Life Saver will donate $50 to local nonprofit St. Francis Animal Hospital’s Helping Paws Fund. Registration recommended.
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Senior Gentleman Seeks Loving Companion Are you my backyard? ’Cause, baby, I dig you! (BOL.) When you’re a golden oldie like me, you get to use cheesy pickup lines. No bones about it, I’m a little gray in the muzzle, but since I’ve sniffed around the block a few times, I know what you like. I’m a good boy who sits for treats and gives great kisses. Let’s hop on up on the couch, watch a classic film, and call it a night. Don’t wait! For adoption information, visit jaxhumane.org PIT STOP A second anniversary party, recognizing the efforts of Pit Bull Rescue, is held 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20 at Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. Door prizes, raffles and auction are featured. Bring a new dog toy or treats or purchase a $5 ticket. RSVP on Pit Bull Rescue’s Facebook event page or email events@pspbrt.org. FCNMHP CASSAT CLINIC GRAND OPENING First Coast No More Homeless Pets celebrates the grand opening of its new clinic facility, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 at Cassat Avenue Clinic, 464 Cassat Ave., Jacksonville; tickets $103.49-$709.95, 5207900, fcnmhp.org, eventbrite.com. The event benefits the completion of the new Cassat Clinic, opening this spring. With the capability to serve three times as many pets, the new clinic is a significant milestone in spreading its no-kill mission.
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eating raw food. In fact, many veterinarians discourage this practice and say it raises serious health concerns. Canines no longer need a super-high protein diet to survive. Most wolves spend their days hunting and roaming, sometimes covering miles at a time. Most domesticated dogs have no need to hunt, and they rarely cover a fraction of that ground. A dog might experience joint and bone problems due to being overfed protein. Bones can cause choking, internal puncture, and chipped or broken teeth. If not done correctly, eating raw could make the animal sick due to vitamin or mineral deficiency, not to mention the risk of infection from bacterial contamination. Keep in mind that there’s no single right way to feed a dog. Both a balanced raw food diet and commercial dog food products lead to the same outcome. Feeding raw is a personal decision based on the health and welfare of the dog (or cat!), not the ingredients of the food. If you want to try the raw diet, select prepared raw food meals. This fare is regulated and offers a balanced diet with essential supplements that takes the guesswork out of feeding time. Want to learn more about raw feeding? There’s a free pet nutrition seminar 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at Salty Paws Healthy Pet Market, 677 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. A Primal Pet Foods representative will be on hand to answer questions. To reserve a spot, call 372-9433 or email absalty@gmail.com. Healthy eating to all! Davi mail@folioweekly.com _________________________________________ Davi is a brown dachshund with an appetite for adventure. He loves sweet potato treats, playing at the park with friends, and exploring the unknown.
GLUTEN GLUTTON: PET TIP OF THE WEEK DOES YOUR POOCH NEED TO GET ON A GLUTEN-FREE DIET?
These days, there are more dog food options than breeds – unless you count mutts! Choosing among grain-free, gluten-free, raw (see Davi), and so on can be overwhelming. Lots of humans have gluten sensitivity or celiac disease, but the vast majority of dogs have no issue digesting gluten. Irish Setters are the lone exception. According to PetMD, a small number of the chestnut beauties have a congenital disease that results in gluten intolerance. For the rest of us: bring on the bread! (In small doses.)
UPCOMING PET EVENTS CONTINUED fundraising raffle, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. and Sun., Feb. 27 and 28, at Solomon Calhoun Community Center, 1300 Duval St., St. Augustine, $6 adults, $4 students with I.D., $3 for kids older than six, and free admission for children younger than three years old. Proceeds benefit Cats For K.E.E.P.S. and S.A.F.E. For details, call 829-0381. AWESOME SAFARI Extreme animal programs encourage learning with a totally customizable programs. Staff demonstrates topics related to life
sciences. 405-413-3174, 405-413-3157. DOGWOOD PARK This park offers off-leash hiking, swimming, agility course, and a special area for kids and dogs with playground equipment. Memberships, classes, dock diving, bathing and an area for special events. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. and Sun. For nighttime canine enjoyment, three lighted acres are available until 10 p.m. 7407 Salisbury Rd., Southside, 296-3636, jaxdog.com.
To see your pet event here, send event name, time, date, location with complete street address and city, admission price, contact number/website to print, to mdryden@folioweekly.com – at least two weeks before the event.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Old paint on a canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent,” said playwright Lillian Hellman. “When that happens, it is possible to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman’s dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea.” Why does this happen? Because the painter changed his or her mind. Early images were replaced, painted over. A metaphorical version of this is underway in your life. Certain past choices got supplanted by choices made later. They disappeared. But now those older possibilities reemerge for your consideration. I’m not saying what to do about them; just want to alert you to their ghostly presence so they don’t cause confusion.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Let’s talk about your mouth. Since words flow from it, use it to create and shape a lot of your experiences. Your mouth is also where food and drink enter your body, as well as some of the air you breathe. So it’s crucial to fuel every move you make. You experience the beloved sense of taste in your mouth. You use your mouth for kissing and other amorous activities. With its help, you sing, moan, shout, and laugh. It’s expressive, too. As you move its many muscles, you send out emotional signals. Celebrate your mouth. It’s time to enhance your appreciation of its blessings! GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Coloring books for adults are best-sellers. Tightly wound folks relieve stress by using crayons and markers to brighten up black-and-white drawings of butterflies, flowers, mandalas, and pretty fishes. I recommend you avoid this type of recreation in the next three weeks, as it may send the wrong message to your subconscious mind. Expend as little energy as possible working within frameworks others have made. You need to focus on designing and constructing your own frameworks. CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Old Testament book of Leviticus has a long list of forbidden activities, and declares that anyone who commits them should be punished. You’re not supposed to get tattoos, have messy hair, consult oracles, work on Sunday, wear clothes that blend wool and linen, plant different seeds in the same field, or eat snails, prawns, pigs, and crabs. (It’s OK to buy slaves, though.) We laugh at how absurd it would be for us to obey these outdated rules and prohibitions, and yet many of us retain a superstitious loyalty toward guidelines and beliefs that are almost equally obsolete. Now’s a great time to dismantle or purge fossilized formulas. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well,” said philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau. In accordance with your astrological constitution, use this declaration as your own almost any time you want. Make an exception to the rule in the next four weeks. In my opinion, it’ll be time to focus on increasing understanding of people you care about — even if it takes time and energy away from your quest for ultimate self-knowledge. Don’t worry: You can return to emphasizing Thoreau’s perspective by the equinox. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’re entering the inquisitive phase of your astrological cycle. A good way to thrive during the weeks is to ask more questions than you’ve asked since you were five years old. Curiosity and good listening skills will be superpowers you should strive to activate. For now, what matters most is not what you already know but what you need to find out. It’s a favorable time to get information about riddles and mysteries that have perplexed you a long time. Be super-receptive.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Poet Barbara Hamby says the Russian word ostyt can be used to describe “a cup of tea that is too hot, but after you walk to the next room, and return, it is too cool.” A little birdie told me this may be an apt metaphor for a current situation in your life. I understand if you wish the tea had lost less of its original warmth, and was exactly the temperature you like, neither burning nor tepid. But that won’t happen unless you try to reheat it, which would change the taste. So to do? One way or the other, a compromise is necessary. Do you want lukewarm tea or hot tea with a different flavor? SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Russian writer Ivan Turgenev was a Scorpio. Midway through his first novel Rudin, main character Dmitrii Nikolaevich Rudin alludes to a problem that affects many Scorpios. “Do you see that apple tree?” Rudin asks a woman companion. “It is broken by the weight and abundance of its own fruit.” Ouch! I want you to be spared a fate like that in the weeks ahead. Scheme about how you’ll express the immense creativity welling up in you. Don’t let your lush output go to waste.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Asking you to be patient may be akin to ordering a bonfire to burn more politely. But it’s my duty to tell about cosmic tendencies, so I ask for your forbearance. How about some nuances to make it more palatable? Here’s a quote of author David G. Allen: “Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” Novelist Gustave Flaubert: “Talent is a long patience.” French playwright Moliere: “Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” Writer Ann Lamott: “Hope is a revolutionary patience.” The best for last, from Russian novelist Irène Némirovsky: “Waiting is erotic.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “If you ask for help it comes, but not in any way you’d ever know,” said poet Gary Snyder. The weeks ahead will be an excellent time to think deeply about the precise kinds of help you’d most benefit from — even as you loosen expectations about how your requests for aid might be fulfi lled. Be aggressive in seeking assistance, but ready and willing to be surprised as it arrives. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): For a limited time only, 153 is your lucky number. Mauve and olive are your colors of destiny, the platypus is your power animal, and torn burlap mended with silk thread is your magic texture. This may seem odd, but it’s the straight-up truth. The nature of the cosmic rhythms are a bit erratic. To be in maximum alignment with irregular opportunities headed your way, make yourself magnifi cently mysterious, even to yourself. To quote an old teacher, this might be a good time to be “so unpredictable that not even you yourself knows what’s going to happen.” PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the longrunning TV show M*A*S*H*, the character Sidney Freedman was a psychiatrist who did his best to nurture the mental health of the soldiers in his care. He sometimes departed from conventional therapeutic approaches. In the series finale, he delivered this speech, which I believe is highly pertinent to your current quest for good mental hygiene: “I told you people something a long time ago, and it’s just as pertinent today as it was then. Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice: Pull down your pants and slide on the ice.”
Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com
NEWS OF THE WEIRD SNOW JOBS
An 80-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman were ticketed in separate incidents in Canada the week of Jan. 18 when police spotted them driving cars completely caked in snow except for a small portion of the windshield. The man, from Brussels, Ontario, was driving a car that looked like a “pile of snow on the road.” The Halifax, Nova Scotia, woman’s car was, a police statement said, “a snowbank with four wheels.”
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Fed up with the “pretense” of the art world, performer (and radio personality) Lisa Levy of Brooklyn, New York, sat on a toilet, naked and motionless, at Christopher Stout Gallery in January to protest artists’ “BS” by presenting herself in the “humblest” way she could imagine. Visitors were invited to sit on a facing toilet (clothed or not) and interact with her in any way except touching. Levy told the Bushwick Daily website too much “ego,” “like a drug,” “distorts your reality.”
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In January, the U.S. Department of Justice’s inspector general recommended closing down a program of the department’s Drug Enforcement Administration that paid employees of other federal agencies (Amtrak and Transportation Security Administration) for tips on suspicious passengers. The program apparently ignored that federal employees have such a duty even without a bounty. DEA was apparently interested in passengers traveling with large amounts of cash — which DEA could potentially seize if it suspected the money was from illegal activity (and then keep the money, under federal forfeiture law). According to the inspector general, the tipping TSA agent was to be rewarded with a cut of any forfeited money.
DUDE, WHERE’S MY TRUCK?
Christopher Lemek Jr. was arrested in Palmer, Massachusetts, in January and charged in a New Year’s Eve hit-and-run accident that took a pedestrian’s life. Lemek emerged as a suspect a few days after the collision when police, visiting his home, noticed freshly
disturbed earth in his backyard. Eventually Lemek confessed to literally burying the evidence — using a construction vehicle to crush his truck and an excavator to dig up his backyard and drop the truck into it.
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Chiropractor William DeAngelo of Stratford, Connecticut, was charged with assault in January after an employee complained she was ordered to lie down on a table and let DeAngelo apply electrical shocks to her back — as punishment for being the office gossiper, spreading rumors about colleagues. DeAngelo said he was reacting to complaints from patients and staff, but seemed to suggest in a statement to police he was only “re-educating” the woman on how to use the electrical stimulator in the office’s practice, though she felt the need to report to a hospital afterward.
JUST STAY HOME ALONE, DUDE
Britain’s North Yorkshire Police successfully applied to a judge in January for a “sexual risk order” against a man whose name was not disclosed publicly and whose alleged behavior wasn’t revealed. Whoever he is and whatever he did, he’s forbidden to enter into any sexual situation with anyone without providing at least 24 hours’ notice to the police — nor is he allowed to look at or possess any sexually oriented materials. According to the York Press, the order is temporary until May 19, at which time the magistrates may extend it.
NOW THAT’S AN IDEAL MARRIAGE
The 20-year New York marriage of Gabriel Villa, now 90, and Cristina Carta Villa, now 59, apparently had its happy moments, but as Cristina found out when things went bad recently, Gabriel had attempted to protect himself shortly after the wedding — by obtaining a Dominican Republic divorce and keeping it secret. Cristina found out only when she realized in a property accounting that her name wasn’t on the deed to their Manhattan apartment. She’s challenging that divorce as improper even under Dominican law. Chuck Shepherd weirdnews@earthlink.net
Love is in the air … just inhale, right? Hah! Let Folio Weekly Magazine clear your path to partnership and passion. Connect with that surfer hunk you saw at the Young Vegan Professionals meet-up, or the goddess at Target who “accidentally” dropped a jasmine-scented kazoo in your cart. Go to folioweekly.com/i-saw-u and fill out the FREE form correctly (40 words or fewer, dammit) by 5 p.m. Friday – next stop: Bliss! MY ANSWER IS YES You: Very shy. Me: Waiting by the phone. Please call again sometime; I really love your voice! I don’t have your number or I’d text you like I used to. That was fun, wasn’t it? When: Feb. 11. Where: Telephone line. #1595-0217
NEED TLC You: Raven-haired nurse; funky glasses, chatting with co-worker. Me: Curiously smitten; backpack, sling; visiting pre-op over year ago, saw you eating fresh. We have some FB friends in common. Who are you? When: Oct. ’14 & now. Where: St. Vincent’s Subway/FB. #1583-0106
ENAMORADA DE TI... Cada vez que puedo me escapo y regreso a donde tu y yo nos vimos por primera vez. Tu: Alto, distinguido. Yo: Chiquita, ojos grandes. Tu tenias un Polo negro, con tu pelo canoso muy buena combinacion. Espero seguirte viendo para siempre. When: Hoy, manana, siempre. Where: En mis suenos. #1594-0217
LET’S RIDE TOPLESS TOGETHER You: Sexy, dark, handsome, sideways ballcap-wearer, BMW convertible. Me: Hot pink, caramel-covered sweetness, MB convertible. Pressed my horn, blew a kiss. Like a real one in the woods? You know where I am. When: Dec. 26. Where: Leaving UNF Nature Trails. #1582-1230
PIERCED GIRL WITH DOG You: White SUV, cool shirt, septum piercing, pitbull Scout with heartworm. Me: Guy dressed too warmly for cold morning, with bull mastiff. You tried to talk; I’d been awake 20 minutes. Thinking about missed chance. Let’s meet. When: Feb. 9. Where: Baymeadows Animal Hospital. #1593-0217 TANGO FOR TWO Dance Shack free lesson night. You: Brunette, cute smile, gray booties. Me: Tall, dark eyes, black V-neck. You wanted to stay and tango; didn’t hear you. My friend told me later! Offer still stand? Lesson’s on me. When: Feb. 5. Where: Dance Shack. #1592-0217 RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE You: Looking fine, dressed sharp in sweater vest for Bible study. Me: In church parking lot, to go to Firehouse; did triple-take when I saw you. You make this girl want to go back to church. When: Jan. 27. Where: Southside Baptist Church parking lot. #1591-0217
JAX BEACH EARLY A.M. PHOTOS Enjoy sunrise near 34th Ave.; struck up conversation. Asked to take your photos. You: White shorts; got wet as waves caught you. Never gave you my card to send the pix. When: Sept. 28. Where: Jax Beach 34th Ave. S. #1581-1230 TATTOOED REDHEAD, ARCHAEOLOGY BOOKS After clarifying sweater was indeed women’s, you laughed at my remark about you fitting into clothes. Our interaction made my day. Judging from book cover, know carbon dating’s your thing. Coffee dating sometime? When: Dec. 11. Where: UNF Bookstore. #1580-1230 PUT MY FIRE OUT You: Cute fireman, glasses, looking at stuffed dinosaurs. Wish you’d put my burning desire for you out with your big fire hose. Me: Brunette, yoga pants, hoodie. Too shy to introduce myself. Wish I’d said hello. When: Dec. 9. Where: Publix off Kernan & Atlantic. #1579-1216 ALRIGHT NOW! You: Tall, handsome, sweet leaf. Me: Just a duck. Let’s play Jenga @ Across The Street! When: Dec. 1. Where: Post & Edgewood. #1578-1216
YOU: THE FIRE First saw you at Fat Kat, September 2003. You: Most beautiful woman I’d ever seen; still most gorgeous woman I know, my heart’s desire. Cannot wait for our lips to reunite! I love you most! Love, M.P. When: 2003. Where: Fat Cat. #1590-0217
GOOD LUCK CHARM TEACHER You: Blonde, glasses, long red skirt and shirt, wrist tattoo, near where I studied for final, grading papers. We talked, you said good luck, get sleep. Me: Gray sweater, white collared shirt. Coffee, talk again? When: Dec. 3. Where: Bold Bean Coffee Roasters Riverside. #1577-1209
PRETTY SMILE SAW U TWICE You: Blonde, pretty smile; in Publix, 4:30 p.m. Me: Black cowboy hat; cold outside. You smiled at me (think it was me) passing by. You passed again, smiling, caught me off-guard. Love to get to know you! When: Jan. 23. Where: Publix@Southside/Touchton. #1589-0217
GIFT WRAP MY HEART You: Beautiful, tall, brunette, green eyes, longest eyelashes ever. Me: Secret admirer. We chatted; fell for little freckle by eye, infectious smile. Could listen to you talk gift-wrapping all day. Burger and fries? When: Last week. Where: MOSH. #1576-1209
HAD ME AT GO ’NOLES! Seminole/Armada games, losing beer pong, Pub subs, laughs, cheek kisses = last “first date” I want. You stole my heart; don’t want it back. The start of something sweet? Say you agree; stay forever! When: Oct. 3, ’15. Where: The Garage/Baseball Grounds. #1587-0120 WATER AISLE You: Commented on water price; beautiful blond hair, jeans, sweater, very warm and kind. Me: Gray hair, blue eyes, shirt, jeans. We both drink coffee; would love to share a cup with you. When: Jan. 9, morning. Where: Walmart@foursquare/ U.S. 1 & Southside. #1586-0113
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BACKPAGE EDITORIAL
EPIPHANY IN A CHURCH BASEMENT LGBT community faces less discrimination than in the past, but there’s still MUCH TO BE DONE
THIS ALL OCCURRED IN THE EARLY 1980S, before LGBT terminology was in its currently acceptable form, so there may be anachronisms here and there. My boss was asked by a judge to speak to a church group in Downtown Jacksonville. Just a day before the event, the boss begged off and asked me to cover it. In my position at the time, this was fairly routine. Civic clubs, political groups and schools were common fare, and I would give an ad-lib version of the history of the public defender’s office and how the courts work in Duval County. I could talk for up to an hour without notes, and I truly enjoyed doing it. I was told that an officer from one of the Navy bases in town would also be speaking. I arrived at the church in the afternoon. Folks were coming in after leaving work, and I followed the early arrivals down a set of stairs on the side of the building to a large room in the basement. Folding chairs were set up to seat about 50 or so. A man came up and identified himself as the minister of the group that was gathering. He asked me if I knew anything about them, and I told him I didn’t. I had seen this church from the outside many times, but I had not even noticed the denomination. The minister informed me that the congregation was made up of homosexual men and women. As it turned out, there were also transvestites and at least one person who was in an early phase of changing his gender to female. The minister told me that the group would be interested in having a discussion about how the criminal justice system treated the homosexual community, and that they would like to know how to obtain equal treatment from law enforcement. I saw a man I recognized standing by a table laid out with snacks and soft drinks. When we made eye contact, he immediately came over and asked if we could move away from the crowd and have a word. He worked in a prominent business Downtown, and I knew he shared membership in a social club with my boss. He asked that I not tell my boss that I had seen him there, and I agreed. A moment later, a U.S. Navy officer in dress whites came in the room. I saw the minister greet him and then saw the officer back away and head for the door. He paused by me and said the minister told him I was going to speak to the group. I nodded, and he asked if the minister had told me about the congregation being homosexual. I told him he had. The officer asked if I was going through with it, and I said I was. He shook his head, looked around the room and said, “I can’t do this,” and promptly went out the door and away. I was introduced and stepped in front of the podium to speak without the microphone. I began by telling the people assembled that
I was nervous about speaking to them. I told them that I had not known about the nature of this group, and that I wasn’t sure I could offer any information that might be of use to them, but that I would try. And then it occurred to me that I should reverse the order of my usual presentation and allow them to ask questions up front. What I heard that evening in the basement of a church in Downtown Jacksonville was familiar to me, if only in another context. In the early 1960s, while attending the University of Florida, I met with and marched with other students and citizens of Gainesville who were seeking the desegregation of a local popular restaurant and who were trying to remove “colored only” signs from public buildings and private businesses. We were lucky in that we had only vegetables thrown at us when we marched, and I was never arrested or beaten. But I heard the first-hand stories of more violent reactions in Mississippi and Alabama. I saw the Klan and neo-Nazi fliers that were left on seats in the classroom buildings and heard the hateful shouts from crowds standing on the sidewalks as we marched. The people in this church were experienced in a life lived underground. Some were married to partners of the opposite sex as a matter of social acceptance. They were living in a town that had zero tolerance for homosexuality. A town that equated homosexuals with pedophiles, and a Sheriff ’s Office that seldom arrested anyone who attacked or assaulted a known homosexual. They could not have a drink at any bar or attend a dance at any nightclub that wasn’t set up exclusively for them unless they remained in the closet. They were subject to arrest for minor offenses they had not committed, at the whim of officers who had nothing but scorn for their lifestyle. They were as segregated, although often in plain sight, as African-Americans had been before the Civil Rights laws of the Johnson Administration. Discrimination against gays was the law of the land, and they asked me how this could be. What could I do about it? I was ashamed to say, “Not much.” I gave out my cards and told the minister that any member of the congregation could call me, and I explained how to get in touch with our office in case of an arrest. I promised to
speak to the sheriff about their concerns but, somehow, I never got around to it. Of that I am profoundly ashamed. This was about 30 years ago. I knew a few people at the time who, though not completely out of the closet, were gay. Several of them worked with me, and a couple had relationships with same-sex partners outside the office. The boss probably didn’t know he had gay employees at the time, though to his credit, when he later was made aware of it, it didn’t outwardly change his attitude about them, or cause them any difficulties at work. Things have gotten better, but we still have a core population who pick and choose their Bible verses to match their prejudices. Stoning is not in vogue outside the Middle East and parts of Western Asia, but some in our town stone their targets with words. The judge who had first approached my boss about the gathering had been scheduled to make the speech until learning, just before the event,
We were lucky in that we had only vegetables thrown at us when we marched, and I was never arrested or beaten. But I heard the first-hand stories of MORE VIOLENT REACTIONS in Mississippi and Alabama. that the congregation in the church basement would be made up of homosexuals. Someone gave the judge a “heads up” about it, but that wasn’t passed on to my boss until the day he asked me to go and speak in his place. The same person who told the judge told my boss. It says something about how we were then. I don’t really know how far we have come in 30 years. Indeed, we seem to have a large number of citizens who liked the closet. They want to put things back the way they were, when being gay was listed as a mental illness in psychiatric textbooks, and when gays were fair game for bullying, beating and worse. And yes, we need the Human Rights Ordinance to protect the LGBT community. The 15th Amendment gave all (male) citizens the right to vote, but enforcement of that right for African-Americans didn’t take place until the Civil Rights laws of the 1960s. Laws are often needed to protect even constitutional rights. The closet door is flung wide, but for the LGBT community, there is still much danger out in the open. Bill White mail@folioweekly.com ___________________________________ White is a former Duval County Public Defender. FEBRUARY 17-23, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 39