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JUNE 11-17, 2014 • VOLUME 28 • NUMBER 11
WIN THE WAR ON COAL
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06 MAIL FIGHTIN’ WORDS COVER STORY Q&A
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OUR PICKS MUSIC LIVE MUSIC THE KNIFE
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MOVIES ARTS ARTS LIST DINING
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inally, action — or something approximating it. Last week, after years of congressional dithering, the Obama administration proposed new regulations on coal-fired power plants that would reduce the nation’s carbon emissions by 22 percent by decade’s end, and by 30 percent by 2030, over 2005 levels. (Florida’s utilities would have to achieve a 38.3 percent reduction.) This is both dramatic and not: It’s far less than the carbon reductions candidate Barack Obama (and, for that matter, candidate John McCain) proposed in 2008, and much less ambitious than what environmental groups wanted, but nonetheless could be the most significant concrete action on the looming climate crisis this country has ever taken. Republicans, quite predictably, reacted with their by-now-patented admixture of apoplexy and head-up-ass denial. This was, we were told, part of a nefarious War on Coal (like that would be a bad thing), and would kill jobs and cripple the economy (like climate-related catastrophes won’t do the same). The American Public Power Association, of which JEA is a member, voiced objections, too, to “regulations that call for too much change too fast” and “unnecessary coal-plant retirements.” The local utility, meanwhile, warned that it may have to spend as much as $100 million to bring its coal plants up to the new standards, which could mean higher electricity rates. Roughly two-thirds of the electricity JEA generates comes from coal. That mixture will have to change, probably in favor of natural gas — which, while still a fossil fuel, emits about half the carbon pollution as coal. There are other solutions beyond natural gas and retrofitting coal plants: a cap-andtrade system; taking advantage of the state’s abundant solar energy; a greater emphasis on conservation. But these require leadership — a quality sorely lacking in Tallahassee, where no one seems to give a damn about climate change or clean energy whatsoever. Not the Legislature, which steadfastly refuses to join 38 other states in setting standards or even ethereal targets for renewable energy. Certainly not Gov. Rick Scott, who can’t even decide if climate change is a real thing, and who repealed a law passed under Charlie Crist to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Under Scott’s watch, Florida — the Sunshine-freaking-State — has fallen to 18th in the nation in solar capacity, and renewable sources account for a pathetic 2.2 percent of the state’s energy supply. Perhaps the EPA will snap the state out of its blissful ignorance. (The Obama administration’s proposal, which will be finalized next year, requires states to set up their own carbon-reduction schemes. If they fail, the feds will step in.) More likely, however, we’ll see industry-types caterwauling and the politicians they’ve bought foot-dragging and threatening lawsuits. To which I say: Bring it. This country — and this state — have postponed an actual, inevitable war on coal for far too long. It would be naïve to say there won’t be downsides. So what? Every war has casualties. Even if electricity bills tick up, even if jobs are lost, even if the economy slows down, the long-term benefits far outweigh the short-term costs. The price of inaction is much, much greater. This is a war we have to fight. This is a war we have to win. Our future depends on it. Jeffrey C. Billman twitter/jeffreybillman jbillman@folioweekly.com
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MAIL Truth Sounds the Best
This story was written with a little misinformation to the average reader in Jacksonville [Cover Story, “Trial by Fire,” Susan Cooper Eastman, May 28]. First, the first class of black firefighters took place in January 1972, not the late 1980s, and many hundreds more were hired prior to the class of ’88. Second, the name Otis was common in the JFRD; it was never a racial slur in any form or fashion. It was used at a Westside fire station for a particular firefighter who had an “O” as his middle initial. The Otis name started in the early fall of 1972, and the name was used by many Westside firefighters. They called everyone Otis. I am not sure what information Folio Weekly used to write the article, but the truth usually sounds the best. Mickey, via folioweekly.com
Right on Point
The first group of black firefighters actually happened in 1988 and not 1972, because I was in that first class. They may have hired a few blacks in 1972 and thereafter, but the real hiring came in 1988. When I showed up to my first assignment, I was told by my officer that they had not seen this many blacks hired at one time. This article is right on point [“Trial by Fire”]. I know many probably won’t like it, but that’s just the way things were. I do believe things have gotten better, but we still have a way to go. Dickey, via folioweekly.com
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
OK, I have read this entire article [“Trial by Fire”] and have to admit some of this may be true. Some facts I’ve read are that the department’s early hiring practices were definitely on the unfair side; when the original African-Americans were hired, the treatment may not have been the best and there was racism. [But] this doesn’t touch the fact that when many white firefighters tried to apply in the early ’90s, we were met with a sign stating, “White Applicants Need Not Apply.” A little-known fact: this same Brotherhood fighting for fair promotion of AfricanAmerican firefighters — and claiming that when they leave, there will be few officers to take their places — sent a letter to the General Counsel’s Office trying to stop promotions. The letter stated there was no need to promote 12 rescue lieutenants to rescue roving captains, replacing the current roving lieutenants and giving them permanent positions. Out of those 12 positions, six were minorities. Out of the minorities, three were African-American, two male and one female. There were also two white females and one Asian male. How can this organization that claims to be fighting for equality for minorities choose the minorities they represent? If this is the case, then are they not just as guilty as the original crews they’re complaining about? Is this not discrimination? When there is constant complaining of racism and unfair treatment by the same group of African-Americans, don’t you think it might be time to look in the mirror to see if they might be the problem and quit pointing fingers? I have countless African-American friends, both retired and still on the job, who know I’d give them the shirt off my back. I’ve spoken to them; they’ve told me they were never treated unfairly. Regarding the Fire Department’s promotional process, how is it unfair when the test is announced, everyone finds out the same day, everyone signs up the same time, and everyone finds out what the reading material is at the same time? You then have the same 4 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 11-17, 2014
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amount of time to study (a minimum of 60 days) and you all take the test the same day. You claim Steve Gerbert had study sessions for whites, and that’s unfair, but how is it different from claims that the Brotherhood meetings were study sessions for African-Americans? The fact is, the harder you study, the higher you are on the promotional list. As Rodney King once said, “Can’t we all just get along?” When is enough going to be enough? All of this suing and bantering back and forth is ruining a great job. The past is the past; let it go and please stop feeding the younger generations with the dislike and anger you currently are exhibiting. BLAHBLAH, via folioweekly.com
Brown, Mischaracterized
Mayor Alvin Brown, as he said during the press event and multiple prior announcements, repeatedly emphasized the administration’s role is preventing crime [Fightin’ Words, “The Police State Wins,” AG Gancarski, June 4]. While Mr. Gancarski fails to accurately characterize what Mayor Brown did and continues to support, I will. Mayor Brown has consistently and specifically said his role as mayor is to support law enforcement and lead efforts to prevent crime. That is why the city under his leadership has stepped up with the Youth Initiative that includes hundreds of summer jobs for kids, an enhanced teen court program to support youths, and an expanded civil diversion program with significant investment and participation by the state and nonprofit organizations, as well as the Sheriff’s Office and local authorities. In fact, the initiatives were discussed at the announcement with the sheriff, and at previous events. The day that [Brown] supported Operation Ceasefire, he also announced more private sector support to provide jobs to our kids. Just this week, Brown and City Council members also announced enhancements to urban park recreation programs, including several within the boundaries of Operation Ceasefire. I encourage readers, and Mr. Gancarski, to visit coj.net to learn more about what actually is occurring. David DeCamp Director of Communications, City of Jacksonville
Corrections In last week’s Pet Lovers’ directory, the operating hours for St. Francis Animal Hospital were incorrect. The San Marco nonprofit is open daily, able to provide emergency care until 8 p.m. Also, last week’s Editor’s Note incorrectly reported that Atlantic Beach only allows leashed dogs on the beach before 9 a.m. and after 5 p.m. In fact, leashed dogs are allowed on that city’s beach at any time. If you would like to respond to something that appeared in Folio Weekly, please send an email with your address and phone number (for verification purposes only) to mail@folioweekly.com.
FIGHTIN’ WORDS
THE BLOODLETTING Why five Action News anchors are getting the ax
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ay sweeps are over, and WJXT-TV Channel 4 resoundingly conquered the local ratings, establishing dominance in the Wagnerian Ring Cycle that is the morning news, as well as noon, evening and late-night broadcasts. There were times when The Local Station had as many viewers as the other two local outfits combined. What’s the secret? I asked Bob Ellis, general manager of The Local Station, what he thought. Calling from Reagan National Airport in D.C., Ellis thought the formula was quite straightforward: continuity. “We’ve had two main male anchors in 65 years,” he says. Tom Wills, for instance, has been with the station for four decades. And given what people in this market seem to expect from their local news operations — a large helping of comfort food — that kind of stability is essential. Continuity enables a news operation to build relationships, which can mean the difference between winning and losing the ratings war. In Jacksonville, the hierarchy is clear: WJXT, then First Coast News, then, well, an operation that seems intent on divesting itself of all institutional memory. Action News’ performance in the ratings wasn’t its big story for May — the report of the massive staff turnover was. It’s been rumored that, by summer’s end, the station will divest itself of five major anchors who have been central to their branding in recent years: Lynnsey Gardner, who heads up the morning broadcasts; Mark Spain, whose move from First Coast News some years back seemed to legitimize the Action News operation; Paige Kelton, whose low-key approach imbued her telecasts with credibility; and Tera and Mike Barz, a husband-and-wife team who’ve been branded aggressively in this market as a “two for one” deal who yearned to put roots down locally, with Mike even getting to do some everymanstyled editorial segments in recent months. All of these folks soon will be gone, and their respective Facebook pages have been blowing up with messages of condolence from aggrieved fans who might not have read my
recent column “Why Local TV News Sucks” [April 16] and therefore did not realize that while local TV news is locally produced, the business operations by and large are dictated from elsewhere — as with Action News, which is owned by Cox. Which means that everyone onscreen serves at the pleasure of the far-away parent company. I caught up with a highly placed onair talent within Action News who offered insight into how Cox enters a market and then revamps operations; the source says that people should not be surprised by the bloodletting: “I think people are wanting it to be more scandalous than it is. It’s all about the money for these businesses that own media outlets. From what I know of Cox, they are serious about their research and focus groups. [In other markets,] they researched everyone before hiring them. They were unable to do that with our anchors until they took over. Cox doesn’t own No. 3 stations, and that’s what we’ve been for so long. I’m assuming they put some or a lot of the blame on the anchors. It’s a business decision.” After buying Action News in 2012, the Atlantabased company — which owns dozens of daily and weekly newspapers, 15 TV stations and 86 radio stations nationwide — spent the next year making upgrades and conducting market research. “They have a formula,” the source tells me, “and if they don’t see ratings turn around after such investments, then they move on to the on-air talent. Isn’t Cox known for cleaning house at any station they purchase?” Indeed it is — and anchors cost the most and have the greatest impact. And so Cox will turn to a new generation to pull Action News out of the ratings basement. What you can bank on: younger, less costly talent, mostly imported from smaller markets, eager young go-getters who mispronounce the names of local neighborhoods and streets because they just moved here. But at least they’ll look good doing it.
“Cox doesn’t own No. 3 stations, and that’s what we’ve been for so long.”
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What happens when local punks grow up, mellow out and procreate By John E. Citrone PHOTOS BY DENNIS HO 6 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 11-17, 2014
CHAD AND CARLOS JASMINE
sk parents anywhere, and they’ll tell you: Raising children is the most harrowing, most difficult, most rewarding experience of their lives. The anxiety, the exhaustion, the never-ending cycles of elation followed by meltdown followed by further elation — it’s like you’ve been admitted to a mental institution ruled by tiny people, and there’s no escape for at least 18 years. For a musician, the prospect of having children can be deeply unsettling. The fear of loss of independence is paralyzing. I know. I experienced it when my wife became pregnant. Even before. Though we had planned to have a little one — two years of discussion, compromise and preparation accompanied by five months of trying — the arrival of our daughter was no less daunting. It was 2 a.m. and I was putting the final coat of paint on the walls of the recording studio we had built in our backyard, when my wife burst in, exclaiming, “My water broke.” The studio was the manifestation of a lifelong dream. And now that it was complete, I was convinced that I would have no time or creative energy left to use it. This was an unfounded fear, of course, but right then, I was consumed by the notion that every waking moment would be spent caring for a child. I have since discovered a new kind of freedom, one that involves a fulltime career in music — and one that often includes my kid. We spend time in the studio together, recording and experimenting. I also have an unpaid roadie at my disposal, as she is quite good at setting up my drums. But as a dad, I’ve also found myself trying to reconcile my obstreperous rock-’n’-roll attitude with a sensible approach to parenting. That seems, at times, to be the biggest challenge: trying to instill in my daughter a healthy respect for authority while encouraging her to remain an independent and critical thinker, and to know when to buck convention. I wanted to investigate this paradox further, so I contacted a few friends who have grown up in the underground music community in Jacksonville. The men featured in this article spent their teen and early adult years making alternative and punk rock. Now they’re dads, at times still making music, but with a new perspective on life, art and rebellion.
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LEGOS, MOOGS Legos litter the roof of Chad Jasmine’s Ponte Vedra home. There are 30, maybe 40 of the colorful plastic building blocks spread low on the shingles, where little Carlos Night Jasmine has tossed them from the backyard deck. He points to the roof with pride and shouts something almost intelligible and obviously boastful. He’s got a black eye, the result of running into and knocking over his basketball hoop with his roller-coaster car. He’s proud of that, too. Father and son set up for a quick demonstration of Carlos’ batting ability, with Carlos taking his place in a taped-off batter’s box. A makeshift baseball diamond rounds the in-ground pool. Mom Sheila watches from right field as the family pugs run amok, barking and panting. “Three-year-olds don’t do this,” says Chad, pointing out that a child Carlos’ age would normally be hitting from a T. “The wind up,” shouts Chad, “and the pitch!” The kid wiffs it with a strong but too-low swing. Two more pitches result in two more strikes (but no one’s counting). Then Carlos connects with the fourth pitch, and it’s a doozy. He runs, crazy but determined, as Chad tosses several smaller plastic balls at him, trying to “tag him out.” He makes it home, bats again, and knocks it over the pool. We all throw balls at him as he runs. “Since he’s been born,” says Chad, “my life’s purpose is elevated. All of a sudden, you go from thinking it’s really important to be a performer, write songs, organize shows. But when you have a kid, you have an audience of one. And I swear to God, dude, nothing’s better. It’s been so beautiful.” Chad Jasmine came to Northeast Florida in the mid-’90s from California, where he founded the alternative band National People’s Gang. His arrival in Jacksonville was accompanied by a wonderfully productive time in the Downtown music scene, and he took advantage of it. He soon established himself as a cutting-
edge songwriter, singer and performer. He would bring melons to shows, cut them up and share them with the audience. Sometimes the fruit would end up all over his shaved head and shirtless torso. He wrote songs titled “I Like to Shit” and “Music for Fucking” (later changed to “Music for Continuous Love,” so he could sell copies to his massage therapy clients). He founded The Christ Brothers, a bizarre looping project that took aim at organized religion, commercialism and conservative American values. He once “repossessed” countless election signs he had removed from grassy medians all over Jacksonville and displayed them at a concert
“When you have a kid, you have an audience of one.” he held at Freebird Live. A guerilla artist to the core, Jasmine was always looking for new ways to both entertain and offend. Then he met Sheila, a petite natural beauty with an anti-authoritarian streak all her own. In 2008, they got married in a rainy ceremony at the beach, accompanied by Sheila’s young daughter, Raven. Three years later, Carlos was born. He’s a bright kid, full of energy and mature beyond his three years. At one point during my visit, he clamors into the room with his shirt pulled up over his head, leaving his face exposed through the neck hole. He’s been watching Beavis and Butthead and wants us to join him. We do, and Chad asks aloud, “Th is is quality, right?” Carlos chides all of us to tug our shirts over our heads. We happily oblige. The kid is named after Chad’s brother,
Charles, who died of a heart attack while surfing six years ago in California. “He was the most fantastic songwriter I have ever heard. He was a true artist,” says Chad of his sibling. He recalls his brother’s ability to compose songs on the spot, with just an acoustic guitar, only to forget them and move on immediately thereafter. Not unlike the Buddhist sand mandala — the elaborate sand art that is instantly destroyed after its completion, symbolizing the impermanence of all things — the music would come and go, there only for the moment. It’s the fleeting essence of life that has inspired Chad, now 51, to create a video library for Carlos, which features Chad doing a number of different things — playing basketball, composing music, talking about his favorite bands, philosophizing, remembering his past — accompanied by various life lessons. He’s capturing those moments that so often pass us by for his son to watch in his teen years as Chad enters his twilight. Sheila recently posted a Facebook video of Carlos playing his father’s Moog synthesizer, an instrument given to Chad by his late mother. To the casual observer, it’s just another of the millions of kid-vids posted on social media. But to the Jasmines, it’s yet another piece of the larger family picture, a lineage of creative minds, open to the possibilities offered by Moogs, backyard baseball and Beavis and Butthead.
SARCASM, SPRAY PAINT “I was never a good punk rocker. I was too happy.” So says Scott Leuthold of his teenage years. One might expect something a little more angular from the guy who played guitar and sang and wrote twangy songs for Jacksonville’s most recognizable “speed folk” band, The Beggar Weeds. But it sort of makes sense. Good-natured and mellow, Scott enjoyed a comfortable childhood, attended college at JUNE 11-17, 2014 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 7
VIOLET, SCOTT AND BETTY LEUTHOLD the University of Florida as an architecture major, and married one of Jacksonville’s most important club owners in the heyday of the city’s alternative underground. But somehow, this relatively content, upwardly mobile professional found the time, desire and inner angst to create some wonderfully raw cowboy punk. The youngest of four boys, he was turned on early to Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Blind Faith. By college, he was invested in the regional punk scene, namely Gainesville all-girl punk band the Mutley Chicks, who turned him on to Miami punks Charlie Pickett and the Eggs. By the mid-’80s, he had moved back to Jacksonville and joined Horsechild Breakfast, a short-lived precursor to The Beggar Weeds. From ’86-’92, The Beggar Weeds became a Jacksonville staple while Scott began working steadily to build his career as an architect. Aside from a five-year jaunt to New York with then-girlfriend Shannon Wright (a singersongwriter who was at the time a member of the iconic Crowsdell) followed by a quick stint in bands called Fist City and Sawzall, that was it for Scott. He met and in 2000 married Lisa Buchheimer, who in the mid-’90s owned and operated one of the hippest clubs in Downtown Jacksonville, the Moto Lounge. (She now owns the San Marco children’s store Hey Day.) Scott and Lisa are now mom and dad to Betty, 8, and Violet, 10, two lovely girls who share their mother’s bolt-straight black hair and their father’s calm disposition. For Scott, parenting has been a strange journey, a flipped scenario as his parents were quite liberal. Loving, but liberal. “My parents weren’t very good disciplinarians. I was spanked once, I think, with a shoe brush,” he says with a laugh. But for Scott, there were few rules, which meant he 8 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 11-17, 2014
could be cavalier in his approach to work and relationships. Scott hopes to offer more structure for his girls — more than he had, anyway. “I wish that [my parents] had been stricter in certain areas, so that I would have had a sense of discipline and work ethic that I could have applied to my punk rock career,” he says. “I would have been a better businessman, and looked at songwriting as work instead just us guys having a good time hanging out.” Scott says his girls have a stronger sense of discipline than he had growing up. Betty and Violet do their homework with little urging. They get along quite well, and are courteous and respectful. And though they have their own rooms, they choose to sleep together in Betty’s bed. When it comes to the hard times, though, Scott says he falls back on his passiveaggressive nature, resorting to sarcasm as a way of repressing his anger. He’s working on that.
“If you have a kid and nothing changes except that you have a kid, you are hardly a father.”
He and the girls have a deal: Scott has to give them a quarter every time he’s sarcastic. The girls say he owes them about $5. “I always saw myself as a nice guy,” he says. “But as I get older and look back, I was maybe not so nice.” Scott never fully embraced the punk lifestyle, and says he found an outlet for his aggression in music. And he admits to one act of vandalism. One. “I spray-painted an underpass once, ’cause the city had decided to come down on graffiti artists. They painted over all the graffiti on the underpass, so I spray-painted, ‘Let Us Speak Idiots.’ Everybody gave me a hard time about [the missing comma]. We ended up writing a song about it. Called ‘Let Us Speak Idiots.’”
GIZZARDS, DJEMBES Sean Irwin wants to be everything his parents weren’t. His folks split up when he was 12. “It was real weird,” he says. “They weren’t friendly with each other. It caused a good bit of stress in my life. I don’t want that for my kids.” As he speaks, his youngest, Nina, a spritely 5-year-old, climbs on his shoulders and tumbles into his lap. Sean doesn’t miss a beat, receiving her with a warm embrace as he continues. “I’m always gonna try to make sure my kids feel good about themselves. I’ll do what I feel is necessary to make myself available to them. I don’t think my parents were available to me at a young age. I want more for them. Especially in their teenage years.” After his parents’ separation, Sean relocated from Ohio to Jacksonville with his mother.
Following high school, he spent most of his time skateboarding until he connected with the local music scene. “Once I found that community of people, it was more about getting together and creating music,” he says. A drummer, Sean bounced around a number of notable underground and alternative bands throughout the ’90s, including Gizzard, Common Thread, Dampading, Bad Pills, Bojack and Hand of the Host. But eventually, he and his longtime on-and-off girlfriend, Kristyn, married and settled down. They had Toby, who is 7, and then Nina. “I had my time in bands,” says Sean. “Had all the fun playing in bands, riding in a van to a city in Georgia or to Gainesville or whatever, but I think I got to a certain age when traveling was not attractive anymore. So I just thought I’d do my own thing.” A former mathematics major at what is today Florida State College at Jacksonville, Sean now works in the restaurant business, and spends his downtime hanging out with his children and making music in his garage. There, among the typical sundries of suburban life, the bicycles and lawn tools, reside dusty keyboards, guitars, amps and recording equipment. Inside the house, there is an upright piano and an assortment of hand drums, on which Toby bangs out a series of patterns he’s learned. Toby bakes, too, and likes fairies and Spider-Man. “Like what you like,” says Kristyn. The family welcomes oddness. Sean is an avid collector of obscure music, and it’s rubbing off on his kids. Toby, when asked what he likes to listen to, says without hesitation, “Pete Seeger.” Nina is currently into Wings’ “Uncle Albert.” There’s no mention of Katy Perry. Sean and Kristyn embody liberal parenting, shunning corporal punishment and
encouraging experimentation and openness. “We don’t spank. It’s always positive reinforcement. [They] can talk to us about anything. We’re very honest about things,” says Kristyn. “One thing I want to say about Sean is, with the kids, he’s super-sweet and positive. I’ve never heard him yell at them or insult them. All he does is uplift them. Very, very sweet.” Sean is that kind of guy. Soft-spoken and contemplative, he exudes a patient air. Even when the kids break into our conversation, he’s receptive and attentive. “I can’t yell at them,” says Sean. “They’re still learning how to make decisions. I don’t want to negatively affect their decisions by yelling at them.” Sean hopes that his kids will find their own way, even if that means investigating the party atmosphere both he and Kristyn enjoyed so many years ago. They’re most concerned about the company they might keep while dabbling, but want to keep lines of communications open and free of judgment. “We’re always honest with the kids,” Sean says. “If we thought they were getting into something dangerous, we would tell them what we thought was dangerous about it.” At the same time, Sean and Kristyn are happy to entertain the notion that their children may not subscribe to middle-of-theroad conservatism, especially in their choice of clothing, music and art preferences, sexual orientation or fashion. “I would not be upset at all with them if they rebelled with fashion,” says Sean. “If my kids have those traits, I would find it to be a compliment.”
DIAPERS, DISTRO “If you have a kid and nothing changes except that you have a kid, you are hardly a father.” Those are the words of Josh Jubinsky, who more than a decade ago established Dead Tank Distro, a Jacksonville-based distribution label for punk, hardcore and metal bands. Back then, Josh could be found in the parking lots or merch corners of local and national shows with boxes of CDs, vinyl records and fanzines till the wee hours. He was in hardcore bands, too, loading into smelly vans and driving up and down the coast. His last project, Civilization, was a brutal face-melter on which he played drums and screamed a lot. All of this changed in 2011, on the day his daughter, Mabel, was born. “I did very little of both for the first year,” he says. “The label was totally backburner. I sold off a lot of the distro to some other people in town who want to start their own thing. I didn’t distro because I didn’t go to many shows. All part of a bigger picture — a balance. I’m back in the game now.” Josh has always been a visible part of the Northeast Florida underground, not just as a musician, record distributor, record store owner and zine creator, but as a promoter of environmental consciousness and literacy. As an employee of the Jacksonville Public Library Main Branch, he’s brought much of that to bear in his work in the children’s department. He hosts guitar classes for youngsters, and incorporates his love of music into his storytimes. He also offers zine-making classes and has created a deep archive of a wide variety of DIY zines for kids to peruse. It all stems from his youth. “I grew up on small farm [in Daytona]. Lots of hard work and outside time,” says Josh, who of late has created an elaborate woodworking shop in his backyard. “I start playing guitar in
high school, basic garage-band fun stuff. Some older hardcore punk people in Daytona booked lot of touring acts. Totally DIY at some rented plumbers’ union hall-type stuff. It was such a great way to see a small slice of some other city and subculture drive in, totally kill and leave you like, ‘We have to do more of that.’ “I moved to Jacksonville for UNF and a vehicle for sharing music,” he continues. “I started selling music at shows. Set up a card table, box of records, box of CDs. Being part of the driving force in this community was important to me. Actually being in bands — yeah, that was great. Playing local shows to U.S. and European tours were just brilliant times. It’s a large part of who I am today. The time and effort was so fun and worthy, but is also restricting to other relationships. I don’t want to be gone half the week and a few months out of the year anymore.” Josh and his wife, Amber, are expecting another child in November. Though Josh doesn’t expect his kids to join his bands anytime soon, he’s certainly making it a point to share his passion with them. He and Mabel jam on his instruments and spin vinyl from her personal collection. Getting out to shows, however, is a little more difficult. “She’s seen live bands, and I get her out to a good deal of that,” says Josh. “Hardly anything super-abrasive. She’s 2 years old. Obviously, staying out late at some house show or bar all night isn’t really appropriate. We listen to a lot of music in the truck or at home. I try to instill a love of music in general. Right now, some ideological diatribe of an independent punk band with all the right lyrics and ideas would just be interrupted with her asking me to jump on the bed with her as the song plays.” As an educator, Josh balances his academic approach to music with his own visceral attraction. Punk is, after all, a gutbucket art form, and Josh has spent his life cultivating an appreciation for it, even in the hallowed halls of the public library system. But when it comes to his own children, how to convey this without being overbearing is a central question. “I’m not sure how I envision steps to learn about and appreciate certain forms of music,” he says. “But I’ve thought about it more in the last two years than ever. Like, ‘This record will just sound like a mess of noise until she sort of comprehends this other record a bit.’ Blastbeats and a lot of hardcore are just noise to her. It’s interesting, and she can get through a couple tracks but, ultimately, she’s just focusing on something else before long. The vocals mean a lot. It’s how most people connect to music — especially a 2-year-old. She likes to sing along. Exposing her to a variety, often something new, is important to me.” As conventional as being a parent may seem, Josh is an unashamed flagwaver for parenthood. He comes from an extended and close-knit family, and believes it’s important for open-minded and independent adults to keep populating the world. (“People who are awesome should make time to have and raise kids who are awesome,” he says.) But he emphasizes that parents should remain individuals, too, to give both themselves and their children distinct identities. “It’s paramount to not lose yourself in having kids,” he says. “If someone asked me what I did, mentioning I’m a dad, for sure, is a big part of it. But running a label, distribution, woodworking, it all makes me who I am. Parents are a guide for children. As much as I might hate some corporation, system, president or whatever, that never extended to my parents. A mutual respect here seems easy. It’s parenting, not some alienating, warmongering, soul-sucked business practice.” mail@folioweekly.com JUNE 11-17, 2014 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 9
WHISTLEBLOWER We chat with Sean Hurd — father, husband, youth league coach, Jax Beach native and, oh yeah, one of only three American refs at the World Cup in Brazil
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ocal youth soccer coach Sean Hurd, born and raised in Jacksonville Beach, is a married father of two daughters. He’s a graduate of Fletcher High School and the University of Florida. As a college football fan (he played for Steve Spurrier), Beaches resident and weekend honey-do warrior, Hurd is the very embodiment of First Coast living. Oh, and did we mention he’s about to referee the freakin’ World Cup? From reffing youth leagues as a high school student to officiating Major League Soccer during his college days to being one of only three Americans to referee the once-everyfour-years international tournament — the biggest single-event sporting competition in the world — his rise in the referee world has been meteoric. Hurd sat down with Folio Weekly days before hopping a plane to Brazil to explain how he made it there, what his role will be, how he keeps the game fair and square — there’s big money down, and always the threat of chicanery — and to give us a glimpse into aspects of the Cup most outsiders never even think about, much less get to see. The World Cup kicks off June 12 and concludes with the championship match on July 13, and Sean Hurd will be there. Folio Weekly: How did you get involved in soccer? Sean Hurd: It really started at the young level. I was a player — not a very good player, a mediocre player at best, but I was a player — so I was out on the field every weekend, played through high school, started reffing in high school a little bit to make a few extra dollars in cash on the weekends. I would play, then I would referee. What was your high school career like? In high school, I actually was a three-sport athlete. I played football in the fall, wide receiver, then I went right into track, I was a middle-distance runner, and then in the spring, I would play soccer. Why did you decide to stay with soccer?
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When I got out of high school, I went and actually walked on for University of Florida at wide receiver for Steve Spurrier for a couple of years, so one would naturally gravitate toward college football being my sport — and I love it but, again, I was a marginal athlete. When I finished college, obviously I wasn’t going to be playing football professionally anywhere, and I always found myself coming back to the soccer fields. That’s where I’ve gravitated. You’ve got Florida vs. Alabama on one channel and USA vs. Brazil on another. Which one are you watching? I’m probably going to watch USA vs. Brazil. But it’ll be at an establishment where there’ll be multiple TVs, because I do have a passion, obviously, and a loyalty to the University of Florida. But I have more passion and more loyalty to this game as a whole. Not a particular team; it wouldn’t matter. It doesn’t have to be USA vs. Brazil. It could be two other countries that are not even well-known for soccer, and I would probably still attempt to watch it if I can. Did you play soccer in college? [UF] did not have a Division I soccer program. They only had an intramural program, so I played intramurally, and I continued refereeing. By that time, I was then refereeing high school, youth, amateur, kind of the whole nine yards. Why did you become a referee? I got out of college, got a little more serious with refereeing, played for a few more years in the amateur leagues, and then kinda [decided] I was probably a little safer on my body and [would have a] little more longevity if I refereed versus playing. So I started down that path, I was in the right place at the right time, migrated to professional games, then I started getting into Major League Soccer a couple years later. CONCACAF [the governing body that oversees soccer in North America, Central America and the Caribbean] nominated me for the panel along with U.S. soccer, so in 2009, I joined the international panel as an assistant referee. What is it about Sean Hurd that got the
attention of professional soccer? I think they were looking for a balance of ability, personality, confidence and instances when I exhibited all three of those. I think somebody saw an innate ability in me to develop me as a referee, so over the years, I got coaching as a referee, I got input, I made mistakes, I did some things very well, and I got that feedback to help me make adjustments for the next level. How did they find you? I was refereeing locally here, and at the time, we did not have a professional soccer team; there’s a few teams that are semiprofessional down in the Cocoa Beach area, Orlando, Tampa, so I was doing some of those games. I was a national referee at that point in time, which basically means I can do a game anywhere in the country. How did you start refereeing games beyond the high school level? It starts at the state level. So the state can say we have 30,000 referees, whatever the number is, and most of them are probably only ever going to be in the first one, two or three [levels] because of their age or ability, their lack of dedication or whatever the case may be. And then you’re going to have a very small segment of the population that will advance and make it to the middle levels. When I was in college, I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to a lot of places to referee. So proximity was a part of it, having some flexibility as a college student, so I could do a game at 2 p.m. in Orlando if I had to. I got to do some games that were above my level simply because I was available. I was approached during my last set of feedback sessions. They said, “We really like what you did today. We’ve seen you all weekend, we think you should be a candidate for a national referee badge, and we’d like your permission to nominate.” How old were you when you became a national referee? I was 25 years old. I thought, “This is great. I’ll be able to travel all over the country and they’re gonna pay for my flight!” Well, the
reality is, that’s not the way things are set up. What was your first big gig? When I was a young referee, I got a phone call to work a game; it was in South Florida, a closed-door game on a Tuesday at 2 p.m. [in 2001], so there would be no fans, and I had to find my way there. I figured I’d fly or drive, whatever, I’d come up with the money, it was worth it to me. And by the way, the money I was making via the game fee was not as much as it was going to cost me to travel, so I was losing money, and I was working at the time, so I had to take a day off, too. Well, it turns out the game was the U.S. Men’s National Team against an MLS team, the Miami Fusion. The U.S. Men’s Team was getting ready to go to a World Cup qualifier somewhere in the Caribbean, so this was their last tune-up session. So now all of a sudden I’ve gone from [refereeing] guys that had half-jobs during the day and played soccer at night for $50 a game to people who are paid professionally to play and who are now playing for my country. I was a little star-struck. When did you find out you were gonna be a World Cup referee? Middle of January. It was a Tuesday, I believe. I wake up like I do every morning, my phone’s next to the bed and I have 30 text messages and 30 emails, which I never have at 6 o’clock in the morning. So I’m thinking something big has happened. Well, apparently there are people who have less of a life than I do, and they follow soccer all day, all night long. FIFA, which is based in Zurich, made their announcements of who was going to referee the World Cup at about 2 a.m. our time. So all of these people I know who are into soccer started texting and emailing me and congratulating me on what I didn’t even know, like cryptic messages like “Hey congratulations,” and so I’m working backwards and I finally get the email that was the official notification. It was an amazing day; nothing could have happened that would have been bad that day. What’s your role going to be? My role is as an assistant referee. There’s a referee, two assistant referees and a fourth official or an alternate official. That’s our discipline; I’ll always be an assistant referee. I will never at the professional or international level be the head referee. Never? Never. The game has evolved and gotten so technical with the players and their athleticism and skill level that they’ve asked us to come up with a discipline. So you’re either a referee or you’re an assistant referee. There very rarely is any crossover, and usually if there is, you have to come off of the international panel for a year and then requalify as a head referee in two years. What kind of calls do you make as an assistant referee? My primary responsibility is going to be judging when a ball is in or out of bounds and letting the referee know. Sometimes it’s very obvious; sometimes it’s not so obvious if it’s very close to the line. I’m also responsible for offside, determining when a player is closer to the opponent’s goal than a set number of defenders, which is, a lot of times, a splittinghairs decision, very tight, especially with these gifted, speedy players. And then the final thing is kind of a catchall: helping the head referee when he needs assistance. Not one person can see everything, which is why there are four of us out there at a time. I can make decisions about fouls; I give the referee information about giving out a yellow card or red card. I can’t physically give [the card], but I can give the referee information. How’s your Portuguese? Not very good. Not very good at all.
Non-existent. I do know a little bit of French, a decent amount of Spanish. Have you been told you have to speak a certain language on the field? No. The official language of FIFA is English. And at the international level, the majority of the players actually speak English in some capacity. Some good, some not so good. Do you have any fear of tampering or being approached or pressured? No. I’m pretty comfortable with my understanding of ethics and my approach to the ethical nature of the game. We get training specifically in that field. At various seminars, we’ve had a lot of international bodies like Interpol or the FBI come to our sessions to give us information on match-fixing, gametampering — it’s called a lot of different things — gambling in general. It’s a very big deal, and in some of the places in the world it’s very prevalent, so FIFA has taken a very strong approach to try to stamp it out, and part of that is educating us as referees about what some of the signs are. So if we were approached directly or indirectly, or if we witnessed a situation, we’d be able to make an educated decision about whether we should report it. You usually hear about it when it goes very, very badly, so FIFA
“I’ll always be an assistant referee. I will never at the professional or international level be the head referee.” is trying to work with the governing bodies [to get those] who are fixing matches banned from the game. How much time do you have before you know which matches you’re officiating? At the most, 72 hours. At the least, 24 hours. If it’s a game where we have to travel by plane for a couple hours, we’ll probably get two or three days’ notice. If the game is in Rio, we’ll probably have as little as 24 hours. The rule of thumb is, when they’re ready for it to be released to the press, then they’ll tell us. Are you allowed to ref U.S. National Team games? I am not. The one rule to keep everybody [neutral] is you don’t referee your own country or any match that has any particular influence for your country, at least in the group stages. When it gets out of the group stages and gets into the quarterfinals and semifinals, the dynamics change, things change a little bit, but I’d still never do a U.S. game. Do refs already have their travel arrangements for coming home? They took the entire referee pool and they booked everybody’s flight coming back on the same date. It’s in early July. Sometime right around the quarterfinal stages, what they’ll do is, depending on the teams that advance, performance on the field, and whatever other environmental variables there might be, they will make a selection that says, “These referees will stay through the duration of the tournament.” They’ll modify the flights for
those select individuals to stay through the end of the tournament, and the rest of those folks who were not selected to stay will stick to their original itinerary coming home. What happens when you return? I get back in five, six, seven weeks potentially, it puts a big strain at home. My immediate plan when I get back is to take care of my family first, take care of the things I wasn’t able to do while I was gone. I’m sure I’ll have to clean the pool and do some painting and yard work and stuff like that. Spend some time with my kids; it’ll still be summertime for them. A couple weeks after that, I’ll probably find myself refereeing in Major League Soccer or doing a game somewhere to kind of get back into the domestic game versus the international game. I’ll start coaching; the fall season starts in September. Where are you in your referee career? There’s a mandatory retirement age from FIFA at 45, so when I’m 45, I will no longer have an option to referee at the international level, at least not with an international badge. We’ll see where it goes from there. Is the mandated retirement age because of conditioning? Part of it, yes. There are a lot of 45- and 46-year-olds who can keep up; we see that in every sport. Runners do it. The majority of us, though, when we hit a certain age, we lose speed and fitness and become more injuryprone. So by the numbers, I think it makes sense to put a cap on it. Do you have to do fitness testing for FIFA? We absolutely have to. We do four fitness tests a year on a track with certain types of exercises, and we have to send in our fitness results. So every time I train, five days a week, I have to wear a heart-rate monitor and I have to send in my results every two weeks. We work with a nutritionist, so it’s very high-tech. Do you watch game film of yourself? Every game that I do that is recorded or that’s on TV or otherwise available on the Internet, I watch it at least once. The first time I watch it in normal speed. A lot of times, that might be on the plane coming home, or when I get home, or sometimes even back at the hotel after the game if there’s something I really want to look at. Then usually, if I have the opportunity, I’ll make notes during the first viewing and look at specific things. Does that ever cause self-doubt? No. I like to think that I have a split-second to make a decision, and I have to use all the tools in my arsenal to make that decision, and then I’m done with it. The worst thing that can happen is for us to make a decision in a game and then to question whether it was right or not because, almost invariably, you will miss that next important decision. Is it unethical for you to say you want to meet a particular player? There’s nothing unethical about recognizing players. I think we’re all humans, so if there’s people we all look up to in the game or any aspect of life, I think we’re driven to know those people or meet those people or somehow attach ourselves to those people. Executing it is a little bit [of a] different scenario. You’ll never find us — or you shouldn’t find us — going into the locker room and saying, “Hey, can I get your autograph? Hey, can I have your shirt?” Those types of things are a way to get a quick ticket back home. Do you have a day job? I work at Merrill Lynch. I have a very accommodating set of people I work with and work for; obviously, they are allowing me this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Are you used to calling soccer “football”? Ummm … [Laughs.] No. dho@folioweekly.com JUNE 11-17, 2014 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 11
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HILLBILLY CRUNCH THE ROUGH & TUMBLE
Nashville duo The Rough & Tumble describe themselves as “ambient folk chord-organ-driven hillbilly crunch,” but there’s an element of sugary innocence to Scott Tyler and Mallory Graham’s ramshackle Americana. Aside from some aesthetic peculiarities, including a perpetually drowsy English Mastiff named Butter who shares the stage, an authentic Nashville twang is what truly sets TR&T apart. Tyler picks out minimal, but effective, acoustic notes, keeping time with a foot-strap tambourine while Graham’s smooth, delicate voice soars. Their sincere songwriting and innate melodic sense strike just the right balance between precious and profound. 8 p.m. June 17 at Burro Bar, Downtown, $5.
SUMMER RHYTHMS COMMUNITY FIRST SEAWALK MUSIC FESTIVAL
Rock-reggae quartet Sidereal (pictured), still glowing from the juried music prize and that five-figure check at One Spark, unleashes those island vibes once again, leading a pack of seven of the hardest working bands in Duval – Woody & the Peckers, On Guard, Ivey West Band, JacksonVegas, Herd of Watts, Corbitt Brothers Band, S.P.O.R.E. and The Band Be Easy – as the summer tunes reverberate early at the Community First Seawalk Music Festival. Noon June 14 at the SeaWalk Pavilion, Jax Beach, free.
THE LOOKING LAB DIRT ALTAR
Jim Draper, as well-known for his landscape painting as his strong views on land use and water responsibility [Cover Story, “The Natural,” Kara Pound, Dec. 11, 2012], collaborates with New York artist Casey James and curator Staci Bu Shea on Dirt Altar, a project on themes of devotion. Examining spiritual narratives as well as ecclesiastic and secular iconophilia from their disparate geographical perspectives, the artists have prepared this installation over the past year. It’s the fourth and final installment in The Looking Lab – a Cultural Council Spark Grant initiative created and directed by Joy Leverette [Cover Story, “The Big Empty,” Carley Robinson, March 26, 2014]. Reception, 6-9 p.m. June 13, with readings of fictional stories by Draper 7 p.m. June 18 and June 25 at 107 E. Bay St., Downtown, free. The readings are accompanied by a live score by Robin Rutenberg.
MUSICAL LES MISERABLES
For the first time ever – seriously – Inspector Javert’s hunt for Jean Valjean, Prisoner 24601, in post-Revolutionary France is making its way to a local stage, as Theatre Jacksonville concludes its season with the uplifting epic Les Miserables. Set against the backdrop of class warfare, in which men go to jail for stealing a loaf of bread, this most famous of stories offers intrigue, theft, love triangles and ultimately redemption. No need to worry: This cast has better pipes than Russell Crowe. The production continues 7:30 p.m. June 12 and 19, 8 p.m. on June 13, 14, 20 and 21 and 2 p.m. June 15 and 22 at Theatre Jacksonville, San Marco, $20-$25.
FILM TROY LUKKARILA
Riverside resident Troy Lukkarila gets more than his share of Internet death threats. They range from the simple “I hope you die” to the more visceral “I’m going to pop your stupid head off, you idiot.” That anger is in response to his can-Ipiss-you-off YouTube series, Your Magical World with Percy, including “Trolls Are Real,” “Fairies Are Real” and “God Is Real.” Lukkarila says he’s surprised that the most negative feedback comes from him murdering fairies, not stabbing a pig-squealing, tentacle-armed God. His videos are a mix between Mr. Bill, Tim and Eric Awesome Show and a satanic version of The Doodlebops – as campy as they are disturbing. For one night, Lukkarila screens a selection of short films. 7 p.m. June 12 at Sun-Ray Cinema, 5 Points, $5. 12 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 11-17, 2014
EVERYTHING AFTER COUNTING CROWS
Some of our music-snob friends cast aspersions on our ongoing affection for Counting Crows, the Berkeley outfit that basically reimagined Van Morrison and The Band for the preciously earnest postgrunge era. Sure, that radio-please-play-us cover of “Big Yellow Taxi” was obnoxious. And yeah, so are Adam Duritz’s 49-year-old-white-guy dreads. And OK, we see how lyrics that always circle around Duritz’s mental issues and/or relationship dysfunction (although, dude reportedly sacked both Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox in their primes, not to mention Emmy Rossum) could get tiresome. And that last LP of originals, 2008’s Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings, wasn’t exactly a peach. But scrape past the hits – some good (“Round Here,” “A Long December”), others not so much (“Accidentally in Love”) – and occasional misses, and we’d argue that few ’90s mainstays have albums that hold up so well for long, deep-cut albums that are layered and spacious and intricate and, yes, preciously earnest. With Toad the Wet Sprocket 6:30 p.m. June 14 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, $40-$80.
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WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY? Cincinnati glam-rockers Foxy Shazam grow up and get personal
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take any elaborate production.” ver dreamed of discovering a latter-day Sweetening the deal, Foxy Shazam also reincarnation of Freddie Mercury or Elton chose to release Gonzo independently (the last John? Foxy Shazam frontman Eric Nally two albums were released on Sire and I.R.S. is your guy. For years, the Cincinnati native Records) — and completely free. “We wanted was famous for his mascaraed mustache, his to make sure we broke down that wall between outlandish outfits, and his propensity for the business of the music and the passion of smoking (and then eating) 10 cigarettes at once, doing push-ups and headstands on stage, the art form,” Nally said. “We’re not in this to make money, so for this record to be free — no and putting a borderline schizophrenic face on ifs, ands, buts or catches about it — was very the strutting glam-rock of his five-piece band. important for me. I wanted to make sure our Foxy’s brash, boisterous 2012 album hardest efforts could be heard by people no The Church of Rock ’n’ Roll represented the matter how much money they have.” pinnacle of the band’s arena-sized reputation. Of course, Nally has always put forth the The video for lead single “I Like It” featured hardest effort ever — you don’t collect Nally firing a gun while riding a motorcycle comparisons to Freddie Mercury and Elton into the aforementioned church, which is John (or work with Meat full of bootylicious backup Loaf) by half-assing it. “I’ve dancers and Gatsbyesque had this in my heart since I revelers. Foxy Shazam’s 2014 FOXY SHAZAM was born,” Nally says. “It’s album, Gonzo, might sound with LARRY & HIS FLASK and SPEAKING CURSIVE the only thing I’ve ever felt like it’s up the same insane 8 p.m. June 13, like I was supposed to do. alley, yet it actually represents Freebird Live, Jax Beach, And I’ve always been an a complete 180. $16, 246-2473, eccentric, blowing things Yes, Nally still puts his freebirdlive.com out of proportion. So being limber falsetto through onstage gives me the excuse countless acrobatics, and or the permission to do extreme things like trumpeter Alex Nauth and keyboardist eat cigarettes or punch myself in the face. I do Sky White still jazz up Foxy Shazam’s whatever comes to mind because I trust that driving boogie rock. But Gonzo is a deeply that’s the right thing for me to do — even if it’s personal record; Nally hints that his father’s goofy or wild or weird. That’s just who I am.” deteriorating mental state was a major Even with a decade of such flagrant songwriting motivation, and songs like “Tragic individualism under its belt, Nally believes Thrill” and “In This Life” are far more subdued Foxy Shazam is still evolving — and Gonzo than anything the band has ever released. represents just the abrupt creative and sonic Much of that can be attributed to Foxy shift that can allow the band to break out of its Shazam’s leaving the lustrous studio sheen glam-rock box. “When you’re a young artist of The Church of Rock ‘n’ Roll or 2010’s Foxy or a young band, people are always trying to Shazam in the dust in favor of live-recorded, pinpoint you,” he says. “The beautiful thing everyone-in-the-room takes. about Foxy Shazam is, we’ve found our own “This is the biggest feat our band has path as a band. For me, there’s a path I’ve achieved,” says Nally. “We were able to find seen very clearly throughout my career, and something so deep and personal inside of I’ve been following that path no matter what. ourselves for this record, and it’s the thing I’m Now it’s just a matter of staying there and most proud of as an artist. So I didn’t want to going for it every time. It might make people hide behind anything. I wanted people to see uncomfortable at first, but they start to realize the power of this band in its rawest form. The that we’re just doing our own thing.” way records are made and sold nowadays, it’s hard to see the core of what attracts people to Nick McGregor a band. If you’re doing it right, that shouldn’t mail@folioweekly.com
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CONCERTS THIS WEEK TREEHOUSE!, SUN DRIED VIBES, WHO RESCUED WHO, DANKA 8 p.m. June 11 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $8, 398-7496. BEARTOE, PALEFACE 9 p.m. June 11 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, 353-6067. THE EVERYMEN, THE VIVID, THE DULL BLADES 8 p.m. June 11 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown, $5, 353-4686. JONATHON SCALES FOURCHESTRA 9 p.m. June 12 at Underbelly, $5, 353-6067. ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY 8 p.m. June 12 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., $29-$39, 209-0399. MOVE LIVE 8 p.m. June 12 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $38.50-$68.50, 355-5661. SLAUGHTER DAUGHTERS, SNAKE BLOOD REMEDY 8 p.m. June 12 at Burro Bar, $5. WAR OF AGES, BEYOND THE SHORE, ME & THE TRINITY, THOUGHT OF REDEMPTION, NEVERENDER 7 p.m. June 12 at Murray Hill Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., $10-$12, 388-3179. FOXY SHAZAM, LARRY & HIS FLASK, SPEAKING CURSIVE 8 p.m. June 13 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, $16, 246-2473. DOUBLE SHOT, NATALIE NICOLE GREEN 8 p.m. June 13 at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, free, 353-1188. OTTMAR LIEBERT, LUNA NEGRA 8 p.m. June 13 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $40-$46. MIDNITE, 100% ST. CROIX ROOTS 8 p.m. June 13 at Jack Rabbits, $20. THE CORBITT BROTHERS, LEFTY WILLIAMS BAND, APPLEBUTTER EXPRESS 9 p.m. June 13 at Underbelly, $13-$15. HUSERE GRAV, BURNT HAIR, MASS CONTROL, CAYS 9 p.m. June 13 at Karpeles Manuscript Library, 101 W. First St., Springfield, $5, 356-2992. LASTWATCH, URSA MINOR, CLC 8 p.m. June 13 at Murray Hill Theatre, $8-$10. FLORIDA COUNTRY SUPERFEST: LUKE BRYAN, JASON ALDEAN, ERIC CHURCH, MIRANDA LAMBERT, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, LITTLE BIG TOWN, BIG & RICH, EASTON CORBIN, COLT FORD, JOE NICHOLS June 14 & 15 at EverBank Field, Downtown, $35-$275 single day, $60-$500 two-day, 630-3900. SEAWALK MUSIC FEST: WOODY & THE PECKERS, SIDEREAL, ON GUARD, IVEY WEST BAND, JACKSONVEGAS, HERD OF WATTS, THE CORBITT BROTHERS, S.P.O.R.E., BE EASY Starts at noon June 14 at SeaWalk Pavilion, 75 First St. N., Jax Beach, free, communityfirstseawalkmusicfest.com. BLACK TAXI, GOOD GRAEFF 9 p.m. June 14 at Underbelly, 353-6067. AMB, PRAY, RAZORZ EDGE 9 p.m. June 14 at Aqua, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, $10, $20 VIP, 997-2063. SHAUN PEACE BAND 8 p.m. June 14 at Jack Rabbits, $8. ROD MacDONALD 7:30 p.m. June 14 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 352-7008. COUNTING CROWS, TOAD THE WET SPROCKET 6:30 p.m. June 14 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., $40-$80, 209-0367. JORDAN-MORGAN LANSDOWNE, TROPIC OF CANCER, MONICA DA SILVA, CHAD ALGER June 14 at Riverside Arts Market, 715 Riverside Ave., free, 389-2449. GUTTERMOUTH, BOREDOM, T.J. HOOKERS 9 p.m. June 14 at Landshark Café, 1728 Third St. N., Jax Beach, $15 in advance, $17 at the door, 246-6024. SYLENT VYLENTZ, GRAYSON GIBSON 8 p.m. June 14 at Freebird Live, $8. THE GOOTCH 8 p.m. June 15 at The Jacksonville Landing, free. BANE, CODE ORANGE KIDS, GIVE, RHYTHM OF FEAR 6:30 p.m. June 15 at Underbelly, $15. WHISKEY DIABLO 8 p.m. June 15 at Burro Bar, $5. BIG SMO 8 p.m. June 17 at Mavericks at The Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, $10-$15, 356-1110. PLASTIC PLANETS 8 p.m. June 17 at Jack Rabbits, $8. BEACH DAY, TELEPATHIC LINES, THE LIFEFORMS, TOMBOI 9 p.m. June 17 at Underbelly, $5. THE ROUGH & TUMBLE 8 p.m. June 17 at Burro Bar, $5. COMMON KINGS, SAMMY J, THE JIMMY WEEKS PROJECT 8 p.m. June 18 at Jack Rabbits, $15. TERRAVITA, J. RABBIT, COMBUSTIBLE 8 p.m. June 18 at Freebird Live, $15.
UPCOMING CONCERTS GYPSY STAR, REBECCA ZAPEN June 19, Mudville Music Room GOO GOO DOLLS, DAUGHTRY, PLAIN WHITE T’s June 19, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ZOSO (Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience) June 19, Mavericks HUMMING HOUSE June 19, Jack Rabbits ANDY GRAMMER, JENNI REID, ANDREW RIPP June 19, Freebird Live IN DYING ARMS, MY TICKET HOME June 19, Aqua GERI X, KEVIN LEE NEWBERRY June 19, Burro Bar EARPHUNK, GREENHOUSE LOUNGE June 19, 1904 Music Hall KID SLIM, ZERO CALORIES, CONFESSION KILLS June 20, Jack Rabbits VACATION CLUB June 20, Underbelly OKOA REFUGE BENEFIT: GREY PALUSZYNSKI, BE EASY BAND June 20, Murray Hill Theatre SONS NOT BEGGARS, DUKES OF GLYNN, HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE June 20, Freebird Live LOVE MONKEY June 20, The Jacksonville Landing PROFESSOR WHISKEY June 21, Underbelly HATERFREE SOUNDCLASH 2 June 21, Rain Dogs MERCYGIRL, WHOSOEVER SOUTH June 21, Murray Hill Theatre ANDY KING’S SUMMER SOLSTICE SOIREE June 21, Mudville Music Room WORLD’S FAIR, TWO 9, DENVER June 21, Jack Rabbits DIXIE RODEO, SIDETRACK, MIKE KING, PAM AFFRONTI June 21, Riverside Arts Market VACATION CLUB June 21, Shanghai Nobby’s FLOWTRIBE June 21, 1904 Music Hall FOLIO WEEKLY’S FESTIVAL OF BEER: BE EASY, SPLIT TONE June 22, Riverside Arts Market PAUL McCARTNEY June 22, Veterans Memorial Arena THEY CAGE ANIMALS, LAST CHANCE FOR SARAH, DIRTY AUTOMATIC June 22, Jack Rabbits BEN’S MEMORIAL BENEFIT/HOPE FOUNDATION: MR. AL PETE, DIALECTABLE, MJ BAKER, MAS APPEAL, DILLON,
FF JB, CHEECH, WILL FRAZIER, JEREMY BAKER June 22, Freebird Live CRANFORD HOLLOW June 25, Jack Rabbits SUMMER HORNS: DAVE KOZ, MINDI ABAIR, GERALD ALBRIGHT, RICHARD ELLIOT June 26, The Florida Theatre JIM CARRICK, MAJA GIATANA June 26, Mudville Music Room REBELUTION, IRATION, THE GREEN, STICK FIGURE, DJ MACKLE June 27, St. Augustine Amphitheatre SHOT DOWN IN FLAMES (AC/DC tribute) June 27, Freebird Live FLAGSHIP ROMANCE CD RELEASE CONCERT June 27 & 28, Mudville Music Room SEVEN HANDLE CIRCUS June 27, Jack Rabbits MR. NATURAL June 27, The Jacksonville Landing HOT DAMN June 27, Underbelly JACKSONVEGAS, PILOTWAVE, BIG SHOALS, DR. SIRBROTHER June 27, 1904 Music Hall SHARKMUFFIN June 27, Rain Dogs DAVID DONDERO June 28, Shanghai Nobby’s SOSOS June 28, Jack Rabbits THE WHOLETONES, THE WILDER SONS June 28, Freebird Live BLUE MUSE, CLARAN SONTAG, TOM KAY June 28, Riverside Arts Market RADIO 80 June 28, The Jacksonville Landing PJ MORTON (of Maroon 5), FUSEBOX FUNK, JOY DENNIS June 28, 1904 Music Hall THE VIOLENT 5, THE WOODGRAINS June 29, Jack Rabbits DAVID DONDERO, CHRISTINA WAGNER June 29, Rain Dogs THE COATHANGERS June 30, Underbelly I AM THE WITNESS, SECRET KEEPER, AMONGST THE FORGOTTEN, I AM KING, AS ALICE SLEEPS, OUR WALKING DECEPTION July 1, Murray Hill Theatre CHRIS HENRY July 3, Mudville Music Room SALTWATER GRASS, BONNIE BLUE July 3, Freebird Live FLAGSHIP ROMANCE, THE 77D’s July 4, Riverside Arts Market THE PURE ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE July 4, Freebird Live CANARY IN THE COALMINE, THIS FRONTIER NEEDS HEROES, RICKOLUS, THE LITTLE BOOKS, FOUR FAMILIES, AL POINDEXTER & RIVER RISE July 5, Riverside Arts Market GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH, WET NURSE July 5, Underbelly SHINOBI NINJA, VIKTR July 5, Jack Rabbits
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ALL THE GAMES FROM THE PLAYOFFS
GROUP A
Date
Stage
Results
49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64.
June 28 June 28 June 29 June 29 June 30 June 30 July 01 July 01 July 04 July 04 July 05 July 05 July 08 July 09 July 12 July 13
Round of 16 Round of 16 Round of 16 Round of 16 Round of 16 Round of 16 Round of 16 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Semifinals 3rd Place Final Game
1A-2B 1C-2D 1B-2A 1D-2C 1E-2F 1G-2H 1F-2E 1H-2G W49-W50 W53-W54 W51-W52 W55-W56 W57-W58 W59-W60 L61-L62 W61-W62
GROUP C
Round of 16
Quarterfinals Semifinals
Final
1A 2B
1C 2D 1E 2F
FINAL
1G 1H
THIRD PLACE
1B 2A
1D 2C 1F 2E
1H 2G
GROUP E
SOURCE: FIFA
GROUP G
DATE
MATCH
TIME
DATE
MATCH
TIME
DATE
MATCH
TIME
DATE
MATCH
TIME
June 12
Brazil vs. Croatia
4 p.m. ET
June 14
Colombia vs. Greece
Noon ET
June 15
Switzerland vs. Ecuador
Noon ET
June 16
Germany vs. Portugal
Noon ET
June 13
Mexico vs. Cameroon
3 p.m. ET
June 14
Ivory Coast vs. Japan
6 p.m. ET
June 15
France vs. Honduras
3 p.m. ET
June 16
Ghana vs. United States
6 p.m. ET
June 17
Brazil vs. Mexico
3 p.m. ET
June 19
Colombia vs. Ivory Coast
Noon ET
June 20
Switzerland vs. France
3 p.m. ET
June 21
Germany vs. Ghana
3 p.m. ET
June 18
Cameroon vs. Croatia
3 p.m. ET
June 19
Japan vs. Greece
6 p.m. ET
June 20
Honduras vs. Ecuador
6 p.m. ET
June 22
United States vs. Portugal
3 p.m. ET
June 23
Cameroon vs. Brazil
4 p.m. ET
June 24
Japan vs. Colombia
4 p.m. ET
June 25
Honduras vs. Switzerland
4 p.m. ET
June 26
United States vs. Germany
Noon ET
June 23
Croatia vs. Mexico
4 p.m. ET
June 24
Greece vs. Ivory Coast
4 p.m. ET
June 25
Ecuador vs. France
4 p.m. ET
June 26
Portugal vs. Ghana
Noon ET
DATE
MATCH
TIME
DATE
MATCH
TIME
DATE
MATCH
TIME
DATE
MATCH
TIME
June 13
Spain vs. Netherlands
3 p.m. ET
June 14
Uruguay vs. Costa Rica
3 p.m. ET
June 15
Argentina vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina
6 p.m. ET
June 17
Belgium vs. Algeria
Noon ET
June 13
Chile vs. Australia
6 p.m. ET
June 14
England vs. Italy
6 p.m. ET
June 16
Iran vs. Nigeria
3 p.m. ET
June 17
Russia vs. South Korea
6 p.m. ET
June 18
Spain vs. Chile
6 p.m. ET
June 19
Uruguay vs. England
3 p.m. ET
June 21
Argentina vs. Iran
Noon ET
June 22
Belgium vs. Russia
6 p.m. ET
June 18
Australia vs. Netherlands
Noon ET
June 20
Italy vs. Costa Rica
Noon ET
June 21
Nigeria vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina
6 p.m. ET
June 22
South Korea vs. Algeria
Noon ET
June 23
Australia vs. Spain
Noon ET
June 24
Italy vs. Uruguay
Noon ET
June 25
Nigeria vs. Argentina
Noon ET
June 26
South Korea vs. Belgium
4 p.m. ET
June 23
Netherlands vs. Chile
Noon ET
June 24
Costa Rica vs. England
Noon ET
June 25
Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran
Noon ET
June 26
Algeria vs. Russia
4 p.m. ET
GROUP B
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Game
GROUP D
GROUP F
GROUP H
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GOOD & GOOD FOR YOU: Whole Wheat Bread (pictured) joins Electric Water & the Super Funky Funk and SPP for a Connection Festival Backers Bash at 10 p.m. on June 13 at Burro Bar, Downtown. A preparty, with DJ Chef Rocc and Tough Junkie, is 7-10 p.m. at Burrito Gallery. The festival is to be held Sept. 12-14. SUPERVILLAINS July 5, Freebird Live BACKTRACK, HARM’S WAY, EXPIRE, TURNSTILE, SUBURBAN SCUM, DOWNPRESSER, IRON MIND, FREEDOM July 6, Underbelly ZAK WATERS July 7, Jack Rabbits AARON LEWIS July 11, Mavericks KOOL KEITH, TOUGH JUNKIE & THE FFJBMUSIC TEAM, TWINKI July 11, Underbelly LITTLE BOOKS, COUGAR BARREL, AMYTHYST KIAH July 11, Jack Rabbits LIL BOOSIE, WEBBIE July 12, Prime Osborn Convention Center LEGIT, G MAYN FROST, ASKMEIFICARE, ALCATRAZ, PINKYKILLA, SYLENT VYLENTZ July 12, Freebird Live KALIYL FAREWELL SHOW: KALIYL, SUMERLIN, I ANTHEM July 12, Murray Hill Theatre MISTER PETERSON’S NEIGHBORHOOD July 12, 1904 Music Hall IMMERSION, MY FIRST CIRCUS July 12, Jack Rabbits RX BANDITS, THE DEAR HUNTER, FROM INDIAN LAKES July 13, Underbelly DAVE MATTHEWS BAND July 15, Veterans Memorial Arena RAY LAMONTAGNE, JENNY LEWIS, THE BELLE BRIGADE July 15, The Florida Theatre DJ CLAY, ZUG IZLAND, RAZORZ EDGE July 17, Aqua BEACH DAY July 17, Underbelly I LIKE I LIKE, SURVIVING SEPTEMBER, FIRE AT PLUTO, URSA MINOR, DEATH IS UPON US July 18, Jack Rabbits RITUAL UNION CD RELEASE PARTY July 18, Deep Search Records SIDEREAL, HOURS EASTLY, CLOUD 9, RESINATED July 18, Freebird Live THI’SL, BRINSON, SECKOND CHAYNCE July 19, Murray Hill Theatre LICENSE 2 LAUGH: LAVELL CRAWFORD, SHERYL UNDERWOOD, TIM MURRAY, LAVAR WALKER July 19, T-U Center
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GROUNDATION July 19, Freebird Live SURF FEST II July 19, Underbelly THE BLACK CADILLACS, THOMAS WYNN & THE BELIEVERS July 20, Underbelly ALL NEW ATMOSPHERE July 20, Jack Rabbits AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! July 20, St. Augustine Amphitheatre OPOSSUMHOLLER, POOR RICHARDS, THE SENSES, SNAKE BLOOD REMEDY July 24, Jack Rabbits JOHN LEGEND July 25, St. Augustine Amphitheatre CULTURAL PROFETICA July 25, Freebird Live YING YANG TWINS July 25, Jack Rabbits EMMYLOU HARRIS July 26, T-U Center CARRIE UNDERWOOD July 26, EverBank Field SARA BAREILLES July 26, St. Augustine Amphitheatre FALL OUT BOY, NEW POLITICS July 27, St. Augustine Amphitheatre THE SOULSHINE TOUR: MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, SOJA, BRETT DENNEN, TREVOR HALL July 30, St. Augustine Amphitheatre GAVIN DEGRAW, MATT NATHANSON July 31, St. Augustine Amphitheatre QUINCY MUMFORD July 31, Jack Rabbits DIRTY HEADS, PEPPER, AER Aug. 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JAKIEM JOYNER Aug. 2, Ritz Theatre THE EARLY NOVEMBER Aug. 2, Jack Rabbits MAXWELL Aug. 3, T-U Center CRANFORD HOLLOW Aug. 7, Jack Rabbits ELLIS PAUL, DONNY BRAZILE Aug. 8, Original Café Eleven SEAWAY, STICKUP KID, CANDY HEARTS, DRIVER FRIENDLY Aug. 8, Underbelly ULTIMATE ELVIS BASH Aug. 9, The Florida Theatre CROSBY, STILLS & NASH Aug. 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BAM MARGERA Aug. 12, Underbelly OUTLINE IN COLOR, INDIRECTIONS, SYCAMOUR, HOLLOWEATH Aug. 12, Jack Rabbits
ROCK ’N’ BLUES FEST: JOHNNY WINTER BAND, EDGAR WINTER BAND, VANILLA FUDGE, PETER RIVERA (Rare Earth), KIM SIMMONDS (Savoy Brown) Aug. 14, The Florida Theatre PANIC! AT THE DISCO, WALK THE MOON, YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE Aug. 16, St. Augustine Amphitheatre THE OFFSPRING, BAD RELIGION, PENNYWISE, FEAR Aug. 19, St. Augustine Amphitheatre THE FRESH BEAT BAND Aug. 22, St. Augustine Amphitheatre CASSADEE POPE Aug. 23, Mavericks at the Landing BOB WEIR, RATDOG, CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD Aug. 24, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JEFF LORBER FUSION Sept. 6, Ritz Theatre THREE DOORS DOWN ACOUSTIC Sept. 7, Florida Theatre ZZ TOP, JEFF BECK Sept. 7, St. Augustine Amphitheatre FORTUNATE YOUTH, THE STEPPAS, ASHES OF BABYLON, EASE UP Sept. 12, Freebird Live CONNECTION FESTIVAL: KERMIT RUFFINS & THE BBQ SWINGERS, LESS THAN JAKE, SURFER BLOOD, WHOLE WHEAT BREAD, TREME BRASS BAND, ORQUESTRA EL MACABEO, LA QUILOMBERA, THIS FRONTIER NEEDS HEROES, JACKIE STRANGER, WEEKEND ATLAS, NORTHE, EGO KILLER, JAH ELECT & THE I QUALITY BAND, UNIVERSAL GREEN, ORANGE AIR, ALEXIS RHODE, RYVLS, PROFESSOR KILMURE, RUFFIANS, THE GOOTCH, ASKMEIFICARE, DIRTY AUTOMATIC, WOVEN IN, GARRETT ON ACOUSTIC, TOM BENNETT BAND, MONDO MIKE & THE PO BOYS, ARTILECT, OSCAR MIKE, KANA KIEHM, PARKER URBAN BAND, KNOCK FOR SIX, NEVER ENDING STRUGGLE Sept. 12-14, Downtown Jacksonville 1964: THE TRIBUTE (Beatles tribute band) Sept. 13, The Florida Theatre SHERYL CROW Sept. 14, The Florida Theatre THE PRETTY RECKLESS, ADELITA’S WAY Sept. 18, Freebird Live KYLE KINANE Sept. 24, Jack Rabbits EUGE GROOVE Oct. 4, Ritz Theatre THE VIBRATORS, POWERBALL Oct. 12, Jack Rabbits MOTLEY CRUE, ALICE COOPER Oct. 19, Veterans Memorial Arena CROWDER, ALL SONS & DAUGHTERS, CAPITAL KINGS Oct. 19, Christ’s Church, Greenland LOS LONELY BOYS Oct. 21, The Florida Theatre ANDY McKEE Oct. 23, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MIKE WATT & IL SOGNO DEL MARINAIO Oct. 23, Jack Rabbits ANJELAH JOHNSON Oct. 24, The Florida Theatre AMON AMARTH, SABATON, SKELETONWITCH Oct. 25, Freebird Live MAYSA Nov. 1, Ritz Theatre SUSAN BOYLE Nov. 6, T-U Center’s Moran Theater CASTING CROWNS Nov. 6, Veterans Memorial Arena MATISYAHU Nov. 12, The Florida Theatre CELTIC THUNDER Nov. 15, The Florida Theatre MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS Nov. 15, T-U Center A PETER WHITE CHRISTMAS: PETER WHITE, RICK BRAUN, MINDI ABAIR Dec. 16, The Florida Theatre JOE BONAMASSA Dec. 17, The Florida Theatre ARLO GUTHRIE ALICE’S RESTAURANT MASSACREE Jan. 20, The Florida Theatre KATHLEEN MADIGAN Jan. 22, The Florida Theatre GET THE LED OUT March 25, The Florida Theatre
CLUBS AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH
DAVID’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, 802 Ash St., 310-6049 John Springer every Tue.-Wed. Aaron Bing at 6 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. DOG STAR TAVERN, 10 N. Second St., 277-8010 Working Class Stiff at 9:30 p.m. every Tue. PALACE SALOON, 117 Centre St., 491-3332 Buck Smith every Tue. THE SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 491-8999 Dan Voll on June 11 & 18. Brent Byrd at 6 p.m. on June 12. DJ Roc every Wed. Honey Badgers every Sat.
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CASBAH CAFE, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores at 9 p.m. every Wed. Live jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave., 387-3582 DJ Keith every Tue. DJ Free every Fri. DJ SuZi-Rok every Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200 Grandpa’s Cough Medicine at 9:30 p.m. on June 12. Live music every Sat. MOJO NO. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670 Live music every Fri. & Sat.
BEACHES
(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)
200 FIRST STREET, Courtyard, Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Bread & Butter on June 13. Just Jazz on June 14 BILLY’S BOATHOUSE, 2321 Beach Blvd., 241-9771 Billy Bowers at 5:30 p.m. on June 12. Jetty Cats at 6 p.m. on June 13. 4Play at 6 p.m. on June 14. Incognito at noon, The Splinters at 5 p.m. on June 15. Open mic at 5:30 p.m. every Wed. Live music every Thur.-Sun. CANTINA MAYA, 1021 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-3227 Live music on June 13 CASA MARINA HOTEL, 691 First St. N., 270-0025 Charlie Walker at 2 p.m. on June 15 CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595 Irish music at 6:30 p.m. every Sun. PROMISE OFBlvd., BENEFIT FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Neptune Beach, 8535680 Dirty Gringos at 10 p.m. on June 13 & 14. Red Beard & Stinky E at 10 p.m. every Thur. FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB, 177 E. Sailfish Dr., Atlantic Beach, 246-4293 Wes Cobb every Thur. Charlie Walker every Mon. FREEBIRD LIVE, 200 N. First St., 246-2473 Foxy Shazam, Larry & His Flask, Speaking Cursive at 8 p.m. on June 13. Grayson Gibson, Sylent Vylentz at 8 p.m. on June 14. Terravita, J. Rabbit, Combustible at 8 p.m. on June 18. Andy Grammer, Jennni Reid on June 19 ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 108 First St., Neptune Beach,
SloMo Suicide on June 13. Earphunk, Greenhouse Lounge 372-0943 Live music every Fri. & Sat. at 9 p.m. on June 19. Live music every Thur.-Sat. & Mon. JAXON SOCIAL, 1161 Beach Blvd., 595-5660 Spade BURRO BAR, 100 E. Adams St., 353-4686 The Everymen, McQuade at 9 p.m. on June 13. Dan Evans at 9 p.m. on The Vivid, The Dull Blades at 8 p.m. on June 11. Slaughter June 14. Live music every Sat. Daughters, Snake Blood Remedy at 8 p.m. on June 12. LANDSHARK CAFE, 1728 Third St. N., 246-6024 Whole Wheat Bread on June 13. Whiskey Diablo at 8 p.m. Guttermouth, Boredom, T.J. Hookers at 9 p.m. on June 14. on June 15. The Rough & Tumble at 8 p.m. on June 17. Geri Open mic every Wed. Matt Still 1-4 p.m. every Sun. X, Kevin Lee Newberry June 19. Live music every Wed.-Sat. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Fat Cactus DIVE BAR, 331 E. Bay St., 359-9090 Mama Blue at 10 p.m. at 10 p.m. on June 13 & 14. Barrett Jockers every Wed. on June 13 Split Tone every Thur. Dirty Pete every Sun. Be Easy every DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 DJ NickFresh at Mon. Ryan Campbell every Tue. 9 p.m. every Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 N. Third St., 246-1500 Ryan FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jax Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1247 Crary on June 11. Catfish Alliance on June 12. Wes Cobb Spade McQuade 6-9 p.m. on June 11. Braxton Adamson on June 13. Ivey West Band on June 14. Dr. Sirbrother on 5-8 p.m., Chris C4Mann 8:30 p.m. on June 13. Spade June 19 McQuade 8 p.m. on June 14. Spade McQuade from 6-9 MEZZA RESTAURANT & BAR, 110 First St., Neptune p.m. on June 18 Beach, 249-5573 Neil Dixon 6-8 p.m. every Tue. Gypsies JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 Ginger 6-9 p.m. every Wed. Mike Shackelford & Steve Rick Arcusa Band 6-10 p.m. on June 12. Double Shot 4-8 Shanholtzer 6-8 p.m. every Thur. p.m., Natalie Nicole Green 8 p.m.-1 a.m. on June 13. X Hale MOJO KITCHEN, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636 Live music 8 p.m.-1 a.m. on June 14. The Gootch 5 p.m.-mid. on June every Fri. 15. Live music every Thur.-Sat. NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 247-3300 MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Roy Cloud 9 at 6 p.m. on June 11. King Eddie & Pili Pili at 6 p.m. Luis every Wed. DJ Vinn Thur. DJ 007 every Fri. Bay Street on June 12. Aaron Koerner at 6 p.m. on June 13. Richard every Sat. Smith on June 14. Les Duo, Chilly Rhino on June 15. Leslie MAVERICKS, Jax Landing, 2 Independent Dr., 356-1110 Baptiste on June 16. Kevin Ski on June 17. Fat Cactus at 6 Ryan West at 8 p.m. on June 13. Big Smo at 8 p.m. on June p.m. on June 18. Live music every Wed.-Sun. 17. Zoso (Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience) June 19. Joe NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Buck, Big Tasty every Thur.-Sat. Beach, 372-4105 MaryAnn Hawkins at 7 p.m. on June 12. UNDERBELLY, 113 E. Bay St., 353-6067 Beartoe, Paleface Rebecca Day at 7:30 p.m. on June 13. Billy Bowers at 7:30 at 9 p.m. on June 11. Jonathon Scales Fourchestra at 9 p.m. on June 14. Job Meiller at 7 p.m. on June 19 by12.KL Checked SalesBand, Rep SUPPORT ASK Blvd., FOR Atlantic ACTION p.m. on June The Corbitt Brothers,by Lefty Williams RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Beach, Produced Applebutter Express at 9 p.m. on June 13. Black Taxi, Good 241-7877 Billy Bowers at 7 p.m. on June 11. Rough Mix on Graeff at 9 p.m. on June 14. Bane, Code Orange Kids, June 12. Monkey Wrench at 9 p.m. on June 13 & 14 Give, Rhythm of Fear at 6:30 p.m. on June 15. Beach Day, THE SHIM SHAM ROOM, 333 First St. N., 372-0781 Live music every Mon. & Thur. DJ Nick Fresh every Fri. Telepathic Lines, The Lifeforms and Tomboi at 9 p.m. on WIPEOUTS GRILL, 1589 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, June 17 247-4508 Crazy Daysies at 7:30 p.m. on June 12. Vinnie at FLEMING ISLAND 9:30 p.m. on June 13 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., DOWNTOWN 541-1999 Live music every Fri. & Sat. 1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N. Jamie Screamer, MERCURY MOON, 2015 C.R. 220, 215-8999 Live music at
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friend and I were talking the other day about music, specifically the recent Jacksonville Jazz Festival. We both had played the festival, I with a world music ensemble, he with a pop cover band. I was astonished that a self-proclaimed worldclass jazz festival allowed a band to play pop, much less pop covers like Pharrell Williams’ “Happy.” Yes, “Happy” at a jazz festival. I was incensed. This is the problem, I said, with American music consumers. No sense of adventure, a fear of the unknown, a complete lack of desire to experiment. I likened the phenomenon to walking around the same block every day of one’s life. You see the same people, pet the same dogs, enjoy a level of familiarity synonymous with security. And how freakin’ boring is that? I prefer to find new neighborhoods, walk interesting streets and get into trouble in dangerous parts of town. I may not enjoy every journey but, more often than not, the experience is worthwhile, opening me up to a world of ideas and concepts I may not have otherwise considered. It is in this spirit that I revisit Crawfish of Love’s 1995 release septober … octember. Crawfish of Love, a folky performance art group, was unusual at its core. Founded by outsider schoolteacher and songwriter Dave Roberts, the “band” featured a number of Jacksonville’s old guard. Musicians like Craig Spirko, Randy Judy, Andy King, Lauren Fincham, Nancy Cohen, Ed Richardson and Scott Sisson would come together for recording sessions or live shows under Roberts’ command. Musicians not necessarily known for getting “out there” would be asked to do weird and wonderful things. Even better, every Crawfish performance was its last. Roberts would announce before a gig that the ensemble would disband following its next gig, the end of an era that lasted but a few hours. Then, somewhere down the road, a week or a year later, he’d pull them together again for another farewell performance. Was it a comment on the fleeting nature of our existence, or a total mind blow for his
audience? Probably both. Septober … opens with the bizarrely poetic “Merengue Podium,” a narrative involving an exploding ICEE machine and pipe wrench on a linoleum kitchen floor. Backed by atmospheric jazz, Roberts’ spoken word rolls out innocuously enough, but hides a menacing air. The jazz continues with the Tom Waitsesque “Bourbon Street Monster,” featuring “big green titties … flippin’, flappin’, floppin’ in the Creole sun.” Those titties belong to a big, ugly junkie who has sex with tourists. I think. It’s hard to know what the eff Roberts is talking about as the album plays out. More whacked poetry in the freakout “Opie, Eat the Gazelle.” A lyric sampling: “Be the sea lion deep within your pilgrim hat mind.” The music backing the poem is equally odd, a mix of beatnik jazz and evil surf music. It comes in bursts and lasts only a moment. “We Must Collect Our Lips” is a brief distorted noise experiment, a nonsensical rambling that ends with the urgency with which it began. “She Colors the Noodles Blue,” “Fierce Bubble Initials” and “Horrible Mall” — all trippy adventures not for the faint of heart. Dave Roberts lives in a dangerous sonic neighborhood. But know that it’s an exciting one, too, should you decide to visit. A few years ago, Roberts released Darkest Show on Earth, a circus-set song cycle just as disturbing as septober … octember. Both albums are available at the Global Recording Artists website (gragroup.com/crawfish). It may be the only way you’ll get to hear this material. Then again, Crawfish of Love may have a show on the calendar, one we don’t yet know about, one that will surely be their last. Again. John E. Citrone theknife@folioweekly.com
Crawfish of Love’s septober … octember (1995) and Darkest Show on Earth (2011) are available at gragroup.com/crawfish and iTunes.
THE EVERYMEN with THE VIVID and THE DULL BLADES June 11 at Burro Bar
10 p.m. on June 13 & 14 WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Go Ask Alice at 9:30 p.m. on June 13. Persona Non Grata at 9:30 p.m. on June 14. Open mic 9 p.m. every Thur. Deck music at 5 p.m. every Fri. & Sat., 4:30 p.m. Sun. DJ BG every Mon.
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CLIFF’S BAR & GRILL, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Big Engine at 9 p.m. on June 13. White Rhino on June 14. Live music every Wed., Fri. & Sat. Open mic every Tue. SALSA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 13500 Beach Blvd., 992-8402 Live guitar music 6-9 p.m. every Tue. & Sat. YOUR PLACE, 13245 Atlantic Blvd., 221-9994 Clayton Bush at 9:30 p.m. on June 11
MANDARIN, JULINGTON
GATORS DOCKSIDE, 485 S.R. 13 N., Ste. 1, 230-4353 Live music every Fri. & Sat. HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-3040 Open mic: Synergy 8 p.m. every Wed. World’s Most Talented Waitstaff 9 p.m. every Fri. MONKEY’S UNCLE, 10503 San Jose Blvd., 260-1349 Live music at 10 p.m. every Sat.
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THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells, 272-5959 John Michael every Wed.-Sat. PREVATT’S SPORTS BAR, 2620 Blanding Blvd., 282-1564 DJ Tammy 9 p.m. every Wed. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Circle of Influence at 9 p.m. on June 13. Rusty Shine at 10 p.m. on June 14. DJ Corey B 7 p.m. every Wed. Live music every Fri. & Sat.
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ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 820 A1A N., 834-2492 Live music every Fri. & Sat. PUSSER’S GRILLE, 816 A1A N., 280-7766 Aaron Koerner at 6 p.m. on June 11. Stephen Carey at 6 p.m. on June 12. Darren Corlew at 8 p.m. on June 13. Rhythm Remedy at 7 p.m. on June 14. Jimmy Parrish & the Waves at 3 p.m. on June 15. Live music every Wed.-Sun. TABLE 1, 330 A1A N., Ste. 208, 280-5515 Deron Baker at 6 p.m. on June 11. Gary Starling Jazz Band at 7:30 p.m. on June 12. Ryan Crary & Johnny Flood at 7:30 p.m. on June 14. The Rubies at 6 p.m. on June 18. Live music every Wed.-Sat.
RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE
KICKBACKS, 910 King St., 388-9551 Ray & Taylor 8:30 p.m. every Thur. Robby Shenk every Sun.
MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., 388-7807 War of Ages, Beyond the Shore, Me & the Trinity, Thought of Redemption, Neverender at 7 p.m. on June 12. Lastwatch, Ursa Minor, CLC, Red Black Main at 8 p.m. on June 13. Live music every Fri. & Sat. RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Old Time Jam at 7:30 p.m. every Tue. RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449 Jordan-Morgan Lansdowne, Tropic of Cancer, Monica Da Silva, Chad Alger starting at 10:30 a.m. on June 14
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A1A ALE WORKS, 1 King St., 829-2977 Live music every Fri. & Sat. ANN O’MALLEY’S, 23 Orange St., 825-4040 Go Get Gone at 8:30 p.m. on June 13. Lonesome Bert & the Skinny Lizard at 8:30 p.m. on June 14. Brent Byrd at 4 p.m. on June 15. Open mic with Smokin Joe every Tue. THE CELLAR UPSTAIRS, 157 King St., 826-1594 The Mix at 7 p.m. on June 13. Deron Baker at 2 p.m., Rick Levy & the Falling Bones at 7 p.m. on June 14. Vinny Jacobs at 2 p.m. on June 15 THE CONCH HOUSE, 57 Comares Ave., 829-8646 King Eddie & Pili Pili from 3-7 p.m. on June 15 HARRY’S SEAFOOD, 46 Avenida Menendez, 824-7765 Billy Bowers 6 p.m. on June 18 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040 Live music every Fri. MILL TOP TAVERN & LISTENING ROOM, 19-1/2 St. George St., 829-2329 The Mike Hart Trio at 9 p.m. on June 13 & 14. John Winters at 1 p.m., Murphy & Essery at 5 p.m. on June 15. Aaron Esposito 9 p.m. every Thur. David Strom at 9 p.m. every Mon. Donny Brazile 9 p.m. every Tue. SANGRIA’S, 35 Hypolita St., 827-1947 Live music at 8 p.m. every Thur. THE STANDARD, 200 Anastasia Blvd., 274-2090 The Hip Abduction, S.P.O.R.E., Love Chunk, DJ Raggamuffi n at 8:30 p.m. on June 21 TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Those Guys at 9 p.m. June 13 & 14. Matanzas every Sun.-Thur. Elizabeth Roth at 1 p.m. every Sat.
p.m. on June 11. Midnite, 100% St. Croix Roots at 8 p.m. on June 13. Shaun Peace Band at 8 p.m. on June 14. Plastic Planets at 8 p.m. on June 17. Common Kings, Sammy J, The Jimmy Weeks Project at 8 p.m. on June 18. Humming House on June 19 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Mike Shackelford, Matt Bailie, Jesse Murphy, Steve Shanholtzer at 7:30 p.m. on June 11. Toots Lorraine & the Traffic at 7:30 p.m. on June 12. Rod MacDonald at 7:30 p.m. on June 14. Gypsy Star, Rebecca Zapen at 7:30 p.m. on June 19
SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS
AQUA, 11000 Beach Blvd., 997-2063 AMB, Pray, Razorz Edge at 9 p.m. on June 14. In Dying Arms, My Ticket Home June 19 ISLAND GIRL, 7860 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 115, 854-6060 Live music every Fri. & Sat. LATITUDE 30, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555 VJ Didactic at 9 p.m. on June 12. Blonde Ambition at 9 p.m. on June 13 & 14. Live music every Thur.-Sat. MELLOW MUSHROON, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955 Live music every Fri. & Sat. MY PLACE BAR & GRILL, 9550 Baymeadows Rd., 7375299 Aaron Sheeks on June 11. Dirty Pete on June 12. Don’t Call Me Shirley on June 13. Carl & the Black Lungs on June 14. Fat Cactus every Mon. Chuck Nash every Tue. WILD WING CAFE, 4555 Southside Blvd., 998-9464 Chris Brinkley on June 11. Chilly Rhino on June 12. Kurt Lanham at 5 p.m., Contraband at 9 p.m. on June 13. Love Monkey on June 14 WORLD OF BEER, 9700 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 551-5929 DiCarlo Thompson at 8 p.m. on June 12. Who Rescued Who at 8 p.m. on June 13
SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE
HWY. 17 ROADHOUSE, 850532 U.S. 17, Yulee, 225-9211 Live music at 9 p.m. Fri. & Sat. THREE LAYERS COFFEEHOUSE, 1602 Walnut St., 3559791 Open mic at 7 p.m. on June 12. Mama Blue at 6:30 p.m. on June 17. Live music every Sat.
ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER
BLACKFINN GRILLE, 4840 Big Island Dr., 345-3466 Live music 5 p.m. every Wed., 9 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. SUITE, 4880 Big Island Dr., 493-9305 Live music 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat.
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JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Treehouse!, SunDried Vibes, Who Rescued Who, Danka at 8
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can’t wait for the day when James Franco finally comes out of the performance-art closet and reveals that almost everything he’s done in the past, oh, 10 years or so has been part of an intricate ongoing practical joke to yank celebrity culture and our knee-jerk worship of those who are famous. His turn as the charlatan man behind the curtain in Oz the Great and Powerful was a big clue, I think. He’s waiting for someone — anyone — to debunk the smoke-and-mirrors of the fame that allows him to churn out increasingly ridiculous pontifical junk. And no one does. (Well, I’ve been trying.) And so here comes Palo Alto, yet another effort to get someone — anyone — to say, “You’re not really serious with this, are you?” Now, I haven’t read the collection of Franco-penned short stories this is based on, but I’m going to assume this pretentiously pensive, meandering film is a fairly accurate representation. Because else bother? I’m © why 2014 going to take it as a given that Franco in fact concocted conversations among teenaged stoner guys that revolved around questions such as “If you were gonna kill yourself, how would you do it?” and “Would you rather be gay or a girl?” (Why not have them debate who would win in a fight, Superman or Mighty Mouse? These things need to be discussed!) I’m going to accept that Franco in fact came up with the pretty “class virgin” character of April (Emma Roberts), who’s kinda into stoner Teddy (Jack Kilmer) and also kinda into her soccer coach, Mr. B (ahem, Franco), who’s also kinda into her. Which is more risible? 1) The notion that there would be only one “class virgin” in high school (no fiction that pretends to be an honest exploration of modern American adolescence, as this one does, should fall into the adolescent trap of presuming that absolutely all teenagers, with
few rare exceptions, are having sex all the time); 2) the conceit that the only other female character in the film, April’s best friend, Emily (Zoe Levin), is a dirty slutty slut who will blow any guy at any time for any reason (thanks, Franco, for perpetuating the idea that “virgin” and “whore” are the only two states in which a human woman can exist); or 3) the fact that Franco let himself be cast as Mr. B. It’s a trick question. Clearly, all are risible — desperate cries for Franco’s artistic fakery to be exposed. It gets better: Franco’s stories are adapted for the screen and directed by Gia Coppola, granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola. Her only previous significant credit — apart from “playing” a baby or a toddler in a couple of Grandpa’s movies — is as “costume staff assistant” on 2010’s Somewhere, written and directed by her aunt Sofia Coppola. This is Hollywood nepotism run rampant, and it’s resulted in such insight- and entertainmentfree nonsense as gauzy slo-mo visuals of Emily turning sexy-lazy cartwheels while a teenaged boy describes, in nostalgia-tinged narration, how a whole buncha guys once screwed her at a party. How Franco arranged to get his stories up on the screen through such an avenue remains a mystery, but his brilliance in adding a new layer to his critique of the infinite influence of fame, even only by proxy, must be applauded. If, on the other hand, Palo Alto (ironically, also where Franco was born in 1978) is offered in all seriousness as a meditative contemplation of the boredom of overprivileged, under-aspiring, unthinking, shallow, spoiled kids with nothing to do and all the time in the world to do it ... nah, that can’t possibly be the case. Who on earth would want to watch that? MaryAnn Johanson mail@folioweekly.com
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atching Bogie and Bacall in The Big Sleep at WJCT’s 3x5 Classic Film Festival this spring, I was inspired to check out all the other film incarnations of writer Raymond Chandler’s private detective Philip Marlowe to see which one best fit the bill. Taking my homework and pleasure with equal seriousness, I first re-read Chandler’s six Marlowe novels, written between 1939 and 1953 and now considered bona fide treasures of American literature. As for the movies: Murder, My Sweet (1945) marked Marlowe’s first film appearance, though two 1942 films were based on Chandler’s novels, changing the main character’s name. Former song-and-dance-man Dick Powell reinvented his on-screen persona in a terrific switch, playing the tough-guy hero, quick with the quips and the dames. The film was based on the novel Farewell, My Lovely, and the producers changed the title, lest audiences think it was another Dick Powell musical. They needn’t have worried. Then came The Big Sleep, completed in 1945 but held back and re-edited for release in 1946. Capitalizing on the chemistry between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, the revisions by director Howard Hawks resulted in a classic, even though the complicated script (co-written by William Faulkner) features one famous unexplained murder. Just as seasoned but more decent than Sam Spade of The Maltese Falcon, Bogie in a trench coat created a paradigm every bit as iconic as Clint Eastwood in a serape. The Lady in the Lake, released in 1947, was directed by Robert Montgomery, who also played Marlowe. It’s a one-gimmick take on the film noir ethos, most of it’s from the subjective viewpoint, and we only see Marlowe reflected in mirrors or on polished surfaces. More curious than good, the technique is clunky, as is Montgomery. That same year, George Montgomery (no relation to Robert) played Marlowe in The Brasher Doubloon, based on Chandler’s The High Window. Less flashy and famous than Robert’s experimental effort, Doubloon is better, though hard to find today. After a 22-year hiatus, Chandler’s hero returned in 1969 with James Garner taking on the role in Marlowe, an adaptation of the book The Little Sister. Likable and laid-back, just like Bret Maverick and the later Jim Rockford, Garner is fun to watch in this late-’60s crime drama, but the most memorable scenes belong to villainous enforcer Winslow Wong, played by Bruce Lee, fresh off Green Hornet but yet to hit it big with Enter the Dragon. The oddest — and one of the best — Marlowe films has to be Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye (1973), with Elliott Gould as the hound-faced, chain-smoking shamus who gets screwed over by just about everyone, up to the surprising, even shocking, end. More Altman than Chandler, The Long Goodbye continues to grow in critical stature. Finally, we have the only actor to portray Marlowe in more than one film. In Farewell, My Lovely (’75) and The Big Sleep (’78), Robert Mitchum (at ages 57 and 60, respectively) was clearly too old for the role. But no other actor ever looked better in the part, not even Bogart. Mitchum may not have been in his prime, but he’s still damn good … and the movies aren’t bad either. Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com
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OTHER FILMS SUN-RAY CINEMA Locke, The Lunchbox and A Million Ways to Die in the West show at 1028 Park St., 5 Points, 359-0049, sunraycinema.com. Ratatouille kicks off Summer Kids Series at 11 a.m. June 11 and 14; a kidcentric film runs every Wed. and Sat. through July 19. Troy Lukkarila’s short films are on 7 p.m. June 12. Palo Alto opens June 13. LATITUDE 30 MOVIES The Lego Movie and Divergent are on at Latitude 30’s CineGrille Theater, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555. WGHF IMAX THEATER Maleficent: An IMAX 3-D Experience, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar and D-Day Normandy screen at World Golf IMAX, St. Augustine, worldgolfimax.com.
NOW SHOWING 22 JUMP STREET Rated R The first was a delightful surprise; buzz is that this may be even better. So what, right? The only Tomatometer score you care about is the one for the Jonah Hill Apology Tour. It’s a B+. Woulda been an A, had Hill kept it to “I don’t deserve or expect your forgiveness.” But he had to toss in the self-indulgent “I used a word that I don’t use in my personal life, that’s not part of my vernacular.” Listen, Jonah, and anyone else who cares: If a word leaps effortlessly from your mouth when you’re in a moment of stress, that word is part of your vernacular. In fact, it must be damn high on the list. What you want to say in an apology is that you’ve realized you harbor some prejudices and knee-jerk associations that go against everything you want to be on an intellectual level. And you’re working on it, and you appreciate everyone’s patience. Then, nobody has a right to stay mad, because who among us has the leeway to damn somebody else for not having overcome his worst impulses at age 30? But the old show-biz narcissism got in the way, and now we have to pretend Hill’s repentant when he’s really just been protecting his image in a slightly less self-aggrandizing way than is crisis-management norm. Sheesh! Actors. (Oh, uh, the movie looks damn good.) — Steve Schneider
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 **@@ Rated PG-13 Complaints for this one range from an overstuffed cast of villains to allegedly cheap, cut-sceney FX to the unreality of casting a black actor as a guy who throws thunderbolts from his body. Maybe Marc Webb has committed a colossal blunder in rushing toward a Sinister Six movie and maybe he hasn’t; judge for yourself. — S.S. BELLE ***@ Rated PG The historical drama blends a critical legal moment in England’s abolition of slavery with forbidden romance and Austenesque characters, like Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and Lady Mansfield (Emily Watson) and Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the mixed-race daughter of a slave and Royal Navy officer John Lindsay (Matthew Goode), and her sister-cousin Elizabeth “Bette” Murray (Sarah Gadon). When Belle’s mother dies, her father sends her to live with her great-uncle, Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of England, who paved the way to abolish slavery. — David Johnson
BLENDED Rated PG-13 When she was in the Memento“inspired” romcom 50 First Dates, Drew Barrymore played a woman whose lack of short-term memory kept her from remembering she’d already gone out with Adam Sandler. Life imitates art: the real Drew seems to have suffered a similar cranial trauma, since she can’t recall she’s made three movies with the guy. — S.S. CHEF Rated R Director/writer/star Jon Favreau has made a tasty comedy-with-a-heart about Chef Carl Casper (Favreau), who gets the axe from the chichi restaurant where he works. To start over from scratch, he goes the route of many local food artisans: food truck! While working on the traveling dining car, Carl tries to keep his family intact, or at least get them on friendly terms. Costarring Scarlett (Christ-her-again?) Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr., Oliver Platt. — M.D.
22 JUMP STREET EDGE OF TOMORROW ***G Rated PG-13 Indie filmmaker Doug Liman directs this sci-fi action drama with Tom Cruise as a smarmy Army major, Brendan Gleason as a hardcore Army general and Emily Blunt as a soldier with a weird backstory, all embroiled in an alien invasion that brings out the worst in everybody. — MaryAnn Johanson
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS Rated PG-13 John Green’s novel about young cancer patients in love yields a date movie/weeper that’ll may sit on your shelf next to My Girl and Mask if it plays its cards right (and if you don’t slash your wrists with a Netflix coupon first). When the book came out, the critical praise it got was interrupted only by a Daily Mail pan that consigned it to the “Sick-Lit” subgenre of juvie fiction (yes, that’s a thing). One detail to watch: In the book, our heroes bond over a viewing of V for Vendetta, and if that made it into the movie, it means somebody is finally going to see part of V for Vendetta. — S.S. FOR NO GOOD REASON Rated R This documentary features Johnny Depp, for once not in whiteface, painted up like a marionette, being weird. OK, he’s still kinda weird, but in a theworld-should-worship-this-artist-because-I-do way. The artist is Ralph Steadman, who worked with Hunter S. Thompson, illustrating Gonzo adventures with his brutal, brilliant drawings. — M.D.
GODZILLA ***G Rated PG-13 This version updates the King of All Monsters nicely, in tandem with the global zeitgeist. Instead of nukes, global warming is the bugaboo behind today’s ’Zilla. Dr. Ichiro Serizawa (Ken Watanabe) works with a secret research group studying Godzilla since the ’50s – those Pacific nuke “tests” were efforts to kill the damn thing. Costars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Juliette Binoche, Elizabeth Olsen and Sally Hawkins. — M.J. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 Rated PG • Opens June 12 Trivia bit: Both wide releases this week feature Jonah Hill. He’s reprising his role as Officer Schmidt in 22 Jump Street, and again giving voice to Viking Snotlout Jorgenson in the second animated film culled from the How to Train Your Dragon books. Only four years have passed in the real world since the first one came out, but the story has zoomed ahead five, with the young heroes now enjoying newfound access to the Northern Hemisphere – thus being forced to adapt to “new cultures.” Good luck, Jonah Snotnose! For five bucks, we’ll shoot you a list of names the Northern paparazzi don’t like to be called.
He’s on the phone most of the 90-minute drive time; the costars are mere voices. It’s not a thriller, but it’s thrilling to see a filmmaker and an actor take a daring cinematic risk and have it pay off so solidly. — M.J. THE LUNCHBOX Rated PG There’s a mix-up in Mumbai. Young housewife Ila (Nimrat Kaur) puts a note in a lunchbox, which is delivered by mistake to Saajan (Irrfan Khan), a widower. Soon, notes are going back and forth between the two lonely people. The romcom is in Hindi and English. — M.D. MALEFICENT Rated PG When Wicked let a nation of gradeschool girls and middle-aged homosexuals reimagine The Wizard of Oz from the ostensible villain’s point of view, the Disney Company’s rodent ears shot up: “Hah! We’ve got a buttload of public-domain baddies,” they chortled. So we see the messy Sleeping Beauty deal played out according to its antagonist queen (Angelina Jolie) – the only character from the original you know. — S.S. MILLION DOLLAR ARM Rated PG In a perfect world, Jon Hamm would be on the set of Batman vs. Superman, in red booties, practicing “I like pink very much, Lois.” Instead, we live in reality, where we get only seven goddamn episodes of Mad Men a year, and they’re interrupted by promos for Million Dollar Arm, a Disney family sports flick about a baseball agent who goes to Mumbai to scout potential pitching talent. Aasif Mandvi is in this, too, instead of starring in a Comedy Central series about an embattled Al-Jazeera correspondent. — S.S. A MILLIONS WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST Rated R When you’re a fan of someone pilloried mercilessly by cognoscenti, you’re heartbroken watching him prove every rotten thing they said. (See: Clay, Andrew Dice.) Is that true of Seth MacFarlane, the standard-bearer of comedy too funny for folks with advanced degrees? Promos made it look just like the sort of frat-rape divertissement MacFarlane’s dimmest detractors expect. Please, God, let this just be boneheaded marketing drastically misrepresenting a modern-day inheritor to Support Your Local Sheriff, and not confirmation there really isn’t much daylight between Peter Griffin and Dane Cook after all. — S.S. NEIGHBORS **G@ Rated R New parents Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne) Radner have to put up with the Delta Psi fraternity buying the suburban house next door. They try to play nice with the party-hearty crew led by chapter president Teddy (Zac Efron), but escalating noise leads to a conflict. — Scott Renshaw
— S.S.
THE IMMIGRANT Rated R • Opens June 12 Marion Cotillard plays Ewa, a Polish woman newly arrived on our shores in the early ’20s. Alone in New York City, she meets suave pimp Bruno (Joaquin Phoenix), who lures her into prostitution. His sensitive cousin Orlando (Jeremy Renner) seems to be her salvation. — M.D. LOCKE **** Rated R Tom Hardy is Ivan Locke, driving from Birmingham to London as his life falls apart – the film starts out in the interior of his car and never leaves – and he’s trying to manage his collapse in a practical way that will never work.
PALO ALTO *G@@ Rated R • Opens June 13 at Sun-Ray Cinema Reviewed in this issue. THE RAILWAY MAN Rated R The war drama is based on a true story about Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), a WWII British officer tortured in Japan. Years later, he met one of his Japanese tormentors. Costars Stellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada. — M.D.
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST ***G Rated PG-13 Bryan Singer’s action-packed film costars Michael Fassbender and Nicholas Hoult.
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A&E // ARTS
TRINITY OF TALENT Actress Eva Matthews and artist Tony Wood join
Jennifer Chase to bring a Catholic girl’s story to life
LARS TUNBJÖRK: 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue, March 23, 1997. From “Assignment: Times Square,” published May 18, 1997. Courtesy the artist.
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ennifer Chase and Eva Matthews are real Renaissance women. They act, sing and write beautifully, and can manage a visual artist with the grace and elegance of a trumpeter swan. And everyone knows that working with artists is like herding stray cats. “All I’m really good at is painting and reciting Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven with my belly button,” quips local painter and funnyman Tony Wood. The visual artist is gearing up for Eva Chase Wood? — a collaboration at CoRK Arts District in Riverside with those leading ladies. The program features Chase’s memoirs, Matthews’ performance and Wood’s paintings. The subject is Chase’s coming-ofage story, set in the ’70s, of a Catholic girl dealing with life and all that goes with it. “Eva brings the character to life,” Chase says. “Many of the Catholic sacraments form a timeline of the voice of the narrator from about ages 7-13.” Chase stands in awe of Matthews’ talent, and the way they met was not unlike love at first sight (in an artistic sense). “One day, I noticed paintings of Eva in Tony’s studio,” Chase says. “Eva’s honesty as an actor, her ability to meld humor, truth, camp and drama, is a real gift.” And so she had to be the one to portray the young character, full of a Catholic guilt whose baggage is forever etched on the soul. “It became Tony Wood’s Confess Later a series of stories from the 1970s Catholic school, obligation, comingof-age — that awkwardness of trying to be in art history and my love for it. I do, however, something you’re not — all this stuff started connect with the paintings, as they relate to coming out,” says Chase. She’s surely secure the characters and how the spoken word and with her life at this point, but, true to her theatrical scenarios inspired them.” good Catholic girl-ness, the residual emotions When he’s not reflecting on his admiration emerge eventually. for and waxing poetically about his partners, Wood wasn’t initially keen on collaborating Wood is teaching at Stanton College Prep on the project; after all, it’s not an easy task and painting maniacally in his CoRK studio. to illustrate someone else’s story of preMany of his pieces are on display at Southlight pubescence — especially someone of the Gallery in Downtown Jacksonville. opposite sex. But the father of two daughters Matthews, a local actress also starring in relented and agreed to paint his idea of this Jennifer’s upcoming rock opera, La Caroline, particular phase of Chase’s growing up. was excited for the challenge of — well, being “At first, I was against illustrating Jenn’s someone else. “I have zero experience with work, but as the memoir developed, it guided Catholicism, but I do know a thing or two the paintings, and I knew I wanted them to about being a bratty teenager, so I think it add a direct narrative link to the play,” he says. wasn’t as hard as I expected.” “It was a true [collaboration], in that Jenn Still, as a milennial, “Some of the 1970s’ and I would talk about the iconography in her references were sort of lost on me as well. memoirs and that would spark more ideas in It’s definitely not without its challenges.” To the paintings.” combat that ignorance, she says she “had to utilize Google a No stranger to tough few times” but that subjects, Wood was up to “Jenn does a great job the task. “I can relate a bit EVA CHASE WOOD? explaining a lot of the to the characters because I Actress Eva Matthews performs excerpts references, and I think was a teenager in the ’70s from Jennifer Chase’s memoir, and Tony Wood the stories are pretty and listened to the same exhibits work inspired by Matthews’ acting and Chase’s writing. Music by Lauren Fincham, universally applicable, music that Jenn listened Holly Weum and Chase. no matter what decade to, the same music she has 8 p.m. June 13 and 14 at CoRK Arts North, you’re from.” added to the performance. Riverside, $10 in advance, $12 at the door, I can only relate to the Abigail Wright 312-857-5366, artful.ly/store/events/2806 Catholicism through my mail@folioweekly.com experience and education
A&E // ARTS
GET STIMULATED: Liz Gibson’s The Transformation of Ben Wa Betty, a 24-inch-by-48-inch mixed-media piece on wood (pictured), is featured in Stimulation/Manipulation, the perfect complement to Venus in Fur, staged through June 21 at Players by the Sea in Jax Beach.
PERFORMANCE
SHREK THE MUSICAL An ogre, a donkey and a princess set out to save a swamp, 7:30 p.m. (weekend matinees) through July 27 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, $38-$55, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. MOVE LIVE Brother and sister Julianne and Derek Hough offer solo, duet and group dance performances at 8 p.m. June 12 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $38.50$68.50, 355-5661, floridatheatre.com. VENUS IN FUR Comedy/drama about a playwright seeking a lead for his play-within-a-play adaptation; 8 p.m. June 12-14, 20 and 21 and 2 p.m. June 15 at Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, $20-$23, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org. OLIVER! Musical adaption of Dickens’ classic runs June 13-July 6 on Limelight Theatre’s Matuza Main Stage, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, $25, 825-1164, limelight-theatre.org. TICK TICK BOOM Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre stages a play about an aspiring composer, 8 p.m. June 13, 14, 20 and 21; 2 p.m. June 15 and 22 at Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd., $15-$20, 249-7177, abettheatre.com. PIRATES OF PENZANCE Comic opera, 8 p.m. June 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28, 3 p.m. June 15, 22 and 29, Orange Park Community Theatre, 2900 Moody Ave., $20, 276-2599, opct.org. THE FOREIGNER 8 p.m. June 12-28, Amelia Community Theatre, 209 Cedar Street, Fernandina Beach, $10-$20, 261-6749, ameliacommunitytheatre.org.
COMEDY
BRUCE BRUCE The comedian appears with Ashy Larry, Red Grant, Nod Rodd, Ms. Gin, Shay Clemons, Dr. Doom and PLO at 8 p.m. June 13 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $55-$65, 355-5661, floridatheatre.com. NIKKI GLASER The comedian appears at 8 p.m. June 12, 13 and 14; 10 p.m. June 13 and 14 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, $20-$25, 292-4242, comedyzone.com. KURT GREEN Comedian Green performs 8 p.m. June 13 and at 7 and 9:30 p.m. June 14 at Latitude 30, 10370 Philips Highway, Southside, 365-5555, latthirty.com.
CALLS & WORKSHOPS
CAMP-A-GO-GO One-week creative drama camp, for kids in grades 1-4, with theater games, storytelling, dress-up, singing and dancing. 9 a.m. June 16-20 at Players by the Sea, 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach, $175, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org. CAMP BROADWAY Singing, dancing and master classes for kids ages 10-17 taught by New York staff members of Broadway performers, choreographers and musicians, 8:30 a.m. June 16-20 at FSCJ’s Wilson Center for the Arts, 11901 Beach Blvd., Southside, $550, 442-2932, artistseriesjax.org. GET INTO THE CHARACTER ZONE This one-week camp, for kids in grades 5-10, builds listening, blocking and projection skills, 9 a.m. June 16-20 at Players by the Sea, 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach, $175, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org. IMPROV-A-THON The workshop, for grades 8-12, uses theater games and improv techniques, 9 a.m. June 16-27 at Players by the Sea, $425, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org. CREATIVE DRAMA SUMMER CAMP Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre’s camp, for grades 5-9, with theater games, music, dance, improv, storytelling. 9 a.m. June 16-27 at Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-7177, abettheatre.com. CHILDREN’S CHORUS AUDITIONS Jacksonville Children’s Chorus and Young Men’s Chorus of Jacksonville audition kids in grades 1-12 for next season, June 26. By appointment only, 353-1636, jaxchildrenschorus.org, youngmenschorusjax.org. SISTERS IN CRIME Crime books discussed 2 p.m. June 13 at Panera, 9301 Atlantic Blvd., Southside, floridasistersincrime.com. SCULPTURE WALK JAX Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville invites artists to submit work for a Spark Grant project and temporary juried exhibit of 10 large-scale sculptures for
Main Street Park. Deadline is June 30. sculpturewalkjax.files. wordpress.com/2014/03/sculpture-walk_calltoartists.pdf.
CLASSICAL & JAZZ
MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES The Chamber Orchestra with Carolyn Snyder on flute performs June 13 at All Saints Episcopal Church, 4171 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, free, 737-8488. ST. AUGUSTINE MUSIC FESTIVAL The eighth annual fest under artistic director Jorge Pena, a Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra violist, features performances by violinist Elissa Lee Koljonen, Astor Piazzolla, Andres Cardenes, guitarist Stephen Robinson, flautist Les Roettges and pianist Eugenio Urrutia-Borlando. 7:30 p.m. June 19-21 and 26-28 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, 38 Cathedral Place, staugustinemusicfestival.org.
ART WALKS, FESTIVALS & MARKETS
DOWNTOWN FRIDAY MARKET Arts and crafts and local produce, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. June 13 and every Fri. at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 353-1188. RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local and regional art, local music, food artists and a farmers market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 14 under the Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com. ARTRAGEOUS ART WALK Downtown Fernandina Beach galleries open for self-guided tours, 5:30-8:30 p.m. June 14 and every second Sat., 277-0717, ameliaisland.com.
MUSEUMS
AMELIA ISLAND MUSEUM OF HISTORY 233 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach, 261-7378, ameliamuseum.org. Larry Baker, Florida novelist, discusses his recent book, The Education of Nancy Adams, 6 p.m. June 24. Admission is free. CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM Flagler College, 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu/crispellert. Lily Kuonen’s exhibit PLAYNTINGSSGNITNALP continues through June 20. CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. Art collectors share inspiring pieces in Collector’s Choice: Inside the Hearts and Minds of Regional Collectors, through Sept. 14. The Human Figure: Sculptures by Enzo Torcoletti, through September. A Commemoration of the Civil Rights Movement: Photography from the High Museum of Art is on display through Nov. 2. KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992, rain.org. Revisiting French Light, Florida Light, an exhibit held in cooperation with the Sister Cities Association and Nantes, France, features watercolors, oils and acrylics by Gordon Meggison; through June 28. MANDARIN MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY 11964 Mandarin Rd., 268-0784, mandarinmuseum.net. The Maple Leaf, artifacts from the Civil War era, through December. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911, mocajacksonville.com. The exhibit New York Times Magazine Photographs, curated by Kathy Ryan and Lesley Martin, runs through Aug. 24. Recently named a fellow in the 2013-’14 Working Artist Project at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Scott Ingram exhibits a survey collection of drawings and objects through Aug. 24. Admission is free from 5-9 p.m. every Thur., through Aug. 24. MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Circle, Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. Uncovering the Past: Archaeological Discoveries of North Florida, through August. Cosmic Concerts every first Fri. (with rotating bands’ music).
Photographer and Candlestick Makers features works by Jessie Barnes, Jack Allen and Laird. Proceeds benefit ArtWorks for Freedom. Opening reception is held from 6-9 p.m. on June 19. AMIRO ART & FOUND 9C Aviles St., St. Augustine, 824-8460, amiroartandfound.com. By the Sea – an exhibit of works by Jeanine Maleno, Jim McBride, Nancy Hamlin-Vogler, Deane Kellogg and Wendy Mandel McDaniel – runs through June. CoRK ARTS DISTRICT 2689 Rosselle St., Riverside, corkartsdistrict.tumblr.com. Eva, Chase, Wood? – a collaborative exhibit of paintings and performance – features Eva Matthews’ acting, Tony Wood’s paintings and music by Jennifer Chase and Lauren Fincham, 8 p.m. June 13 and 14 at CoRK North Gallery, 603 King St., $10-$12, artful.ly/store/events/2806. THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, 280-0614. Under the Tall Sky, mixed-media artworks by Barbara Holmes-Fryfield and ceramic sculptures by Fay Samimi, through July 3. FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928, firststreetgalleryart.com. The 12th annual Sea Turtle Show – featuring clay, jewelry, paintings, photography, metal and glass in sea turtle theme – runs through July 7. The exhibit is a fundraiser for the Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol. FLORIDA MINING GALLERY 5300 Shad Rd., Southside, 425-2845, floridamininggallery.com. Diogenes The Dog & Ryan Rummel continues through July 3. HASKELL GALLERY & DISPLAY CASES JIA, 14201 Pecan Park Rd., Northside, 741-3546. Keith Doles’ Street Series and Street Corners, through June 29. Dorian Eng’s Chinese and Japanese art, Temari and Yubinuki, through July 7 in Connector Bridge Art display case. Marsha Glaziere’s Eclectic Coffee Spots in Puget Sound, a collection of paintings, photographs and impressions, displayed through July 5 in Concourse A and C display cases. J. JOHNSON GALLERY 177 Fourth Ave. N., Jax Beach, 435-3200. Ex Libris, works by Cara Barer, Doug Beube, Long-Bin Chen, Brian Dettmer, Jessica Drenk, Andrew Hayes, Alexander Korzer-Robinson, Guy Laramee and Francesca Pastine, through June 13. THE LOOKING LAB 107 E. Bay St., Downtown, 917-239-3772. Art in Empty Store Fronts features multimedia video art and sculptures by Crystal Floyd and David Montgomery. PLAYERS BY THE SEA GALLERY 106 Sixth St. N, Jax Beach, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org, deformanceart.com. Stimulation/Manipulation, Liz Gibson’s mixed-media work, is displayed during PBTS’s run of Venus in Fur, through June 21. PLUM GALLERY 9 Aviles St., St. Augustine, 825-0069, plumartgallery.com. American Craftsmen, featuring mixedmedia sculptures, fine handcrafted furniture, stained glass and linocut prints by Nicola Barsaleau, Meagan Chaney Gumpert, Jessie Cook, Duke Darnold and Rachel deCuba, through August. ROTUNDA GALLERY St. Johns County Admin. Building, 500 San Sebastian View. St. Augustine Camera Club’s third annual juried member Photography Show is on display through July 24. ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., 824-2310, staaa.org. In the annual Honors Show, artists who have won in past St. Augustine art exhibits are invited to display new works in the season finale, through July 6. SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 201 N. Hogan St., Ste. 100, Downtown, 553-6361, southlightgallery.com. Outside In opens with a reception, featuring music by Jennifer Chase and live painting by Kevin Arthur and friends, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tue.-Fri., through June 20.
GALLERIES
ABSOLUTE AMERICANA ART GALLERY 77 Bridge St., St. Augustine, 824-5545, absoluteamericana.com. Two collections of original works by John Pacovsky are on display through June 20. Exhibits are erotic in nature; age 18 and older for entry. ALLEN LAND GROUP GALLERY 7220 Financial Way, Ste. 400, Southside, artworksforfreedom.org. A Painter, a Printmaker, a
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THE CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966. F BOJ winner. Middle Eastern/Mediterranean fare. Patio, hookah lounge. Wi-Fi, bellydancers. $$ BW L D Daily CLAUDE’S CHOCOLATES, 3543 St. Johns Ave., 829-5790. F In Green Man Gourmet, this shop has wines, spices, fresh fruit ice pops and Belgian chocolates. See Ponte Vedra. $$ TO ESPETO BRAZILIAN STEAK HOUSE, 4000 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 40, 388-4884. F Churrascaria gauchos carve the meat onto your plate from serving tables. $$$ FB D Tue.-Sun. THE FOX RESTAURANT, 3580 St. Johns Ave., 387-2669. F Owners Ian & Mary Chase offer fresh diner fare: burgers, meatloaf, fried green tomatoes, desserts. Breakfast all day. Local landmark for 50+ years. $$ BW K L D Daily HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631. F Locally owned and operated for 20-plus years, the American pub serves 1/2-pound burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta. Local beers. $$ FB K TO L D Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 4530 St. Johns Ave., 388-8828. F See Mandarin. $$ FB K TO L D Daily
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MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200. F Bite Club. BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ BW K TO L D Daily MOJO NO. 4 URBAN BBQ & WHISKEY BAR, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $$ FB K TO L D Daily PINEGROVE MARKET & DELI, 1511 Pinegrove Ave., 389-8655. F BOJ winner. For 40+ years serving hearty fare: Cuban sandwiches, burgers, subs, wraps, homemade chicken salad, in a family spot. Onsite butcher shop cuts USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. $ BW TO B L D Mon.-Sat. SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., Ortega, 387-1000. F Down-home fare, from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D Mon.-Sat., B Sat.
BAYMEADOWS
AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ FB K TO L D Daily BROADWAY RISTORANTE & PIZZERIA, Ste. 3, 10920 Baymeadows Rd. E., 519-8000. F Family-owned-andoperated Italian pizzeria serves calzones, strombolis, wings, brick-oven-baked pizza, subs, desserts. Delivery. $$ BW K TO L D Daily INDIA’S RESTAURANT, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777. F Authentic Indian cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetable dishes, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L Mon.-Sat.; D Nightly LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 8206 Philips Hwy., Baymeadows Junction, 732-9433. F See Mandarin. $$ FB K TO L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., 737-7740. 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F See Orange Park. $ K TO B L D Daily PIZZA PALACE RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., 527-8649. F Relaxed, family-owned place serves homestyle cuisine. Local faves include spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones, ravioli, lasagna, parmigiana. Outside dining; HD TVs. $$ BW K TO L D Daily SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE, 8133 Point Meadows Dr., 519-0509. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ FB K L D Daily ZESTY INDIA, 8358 Point Meadows Dr., 329-3676. Asian methodology melds with European template to create dishes like tandoori lamb chops, rosemary tikka. Vegetarian items cooked separately in vegetable oil. $ BW TO L D Tue.-Sun.
BEACHES
(Locations are Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)
AL’S PIZZA, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Ctr., Atlantic Beach, 249-0002. F BOJ winner. Celebrating more than 20 years, Al’s is a repeat Best Pizza winner in our annual readers’ poll. New York-style and gourmet pizzas. All-day happy hour Mon.-Thur. $ FB K TO L D Daily BREEZY COFFEE SHOP CAFE, 235 Eighth Ave. S., 241-2211. F Casual, family-owned shop serves fresh-baked goods, espressos, locally roasted coffees, vegan and glutenfree options. Sandwiches, local beer. $ BW K TO B R L Daily BUDDHA THAI BISTRO, 301 10th Ave. N., 712-4444. The proprietors are from Thailand; every dish is made with fresh ingredients, beautifully presented. $$ FB TO L D Daily CANTINA MAYA SPORTS BAR & GRILLE, 1021 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-3227. F Great margaritas, great Latin food, burgers, sports on TVs. $$ FB K L D Tue.-Sun. CASA MARIA, 2429 S. Third St., 372-9000. F Familyowned-and-operated place offers authentic Mexican fare: fajitas and seafood dishes, hot sauces made in-house. The specialty is tacos de asada. $ FB K L D Daily CRUISERS GRILL, 319 23rd Ave. S., 270-0356. F BOJ winner. Locally owned and operated for 15+ years, this casual place serves half-pound burgers, fish sandwiches, award-winning cheddar fries and sangria. $ BW K L D Daily DELICOMB, 102 Sixth Ave. N., 372-4192. Beachfront spot’s sandwiches, paninis, wraps, kimchi, breakfast fare, espresso, seriously dank coffees are all made with natur al and organic ingredients.$$ B, L & D Tue.-Sun. ENGINE 15 BREWING CO., 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217, 249-2337. F BOJ winner. Gastropub fare: soups, flatbreads, sandwiches, including BarBe-Cuban and beer dip. Craft beers and brew groups. $ FB K L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680. F Fusion of Latin American and Southwestern-influenced fare: tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana sandwiches. 100+ tequilas. Outdoor seating. $ FB L D Daily LANDSHARK CAFE, 1728 Third St. N., 246-6024. F Locally owned & operated. Fresh, off-the-boat local seafood, fish tacos, houseground burgers, wings, handcut fries, tater tots; daily specials. $$ FB K L D Daily; R Sun. LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1222 Third St. S., 372-4495. F See Mandarin. $$ FB TO L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 N. Third St., 247-9620. F See Orange Park. $ K TO B L D Daily LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, 200 First St., Beaches Town Ctr., Neptune Beach, 249-2922. F Locally roasted coffee, eggs, bagels, fl atbreads, sandwiches, desserts. Dine indoors or out, patio and courtyard. $$ BW TO B L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1018 Third St. N., Ste. 2, 241-5600. F Bite Club. BOJ winner. Hoagies, gourmet pizzas: Mighty Meaty, vegetarian, Kosmic Karma. 35 tap beers. Nonstop happy hour. $ BW K TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1534 Third St. N., 853-6817. F BOJ winner. See San Marco. $$ R B L Daily
MEZZA RESTAURANT & BAR, 110 First St., Beaches Town Ctr., Neptune Beach, 249-5573. F Near-the-ocean eatery, 20+ years. Casual bistro fare: gourmet wood-fired pizzas, nightly specials. Dine inside or on the patio. Valet parking. $$$ FB K D Mon.-Sat. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT & BLUES BAR, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636. F BOJ winner. Funky Southern blues kitchen. Pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, Delta fried catfish, all the sides. $$ FB K TO L D Daily M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Ctr., Atlantic Beach, 241-2599. F BOJ winner. David and Matthew Medure flippin’ burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes, familiar fare, moderate prices. Dine inside or outside. $$ BW L D Daily POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637. F American gastropub named for the poet. 50+ beers, gourmet burgers, handcut fries, fish tacos, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. $$ FB K L D Daily RAGTIME TAVERN & SEAFOOD GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Ctr., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877. F For 30 years, popular seafood place has scored many awards in our BOJ readers poll. Blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily happy hour. $$ FB L D Daily SLIDERS SEAFOOD GRILLE & OYSTER BAR, 218 First St., Beaches Town Ctr., Neptune Beach, 246-0881. Beachcasual atmosphere. Customer faves: fish tacos, gumbo. Key lime pie, homemade ice cream sandwiches. $$ FB K L Sat. & Sun.; D Nightly SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE, 111 Beach Blvd., 482-1000. F BOJ winner. Full-service bar (with more than 20 beers on tap), TV screens covering entire walls and cheerleader s serving the food. Happy hour Mon.-Fri. $ FB K L D Daily
DOWNTOWN
AKEL’S DELICATESSEN, 21 W. Church St., 665-7324. F New York-style deli offers freshly made fare: subs (3 Wise Guys, Champ), burgers, gyros, breakfast bowls, ranchero wrap, vegetarian dishes. $ K TO B L Mon.-Fri. AMERICAN GRILL, Jacksonville Landing, 353-7522. Fullservice restaurant serves traditional fare: pot pies, steaks, burgers, pizza, pot roast, vegetarian dishes. $$ BW L D Daily BENNY’S STEAK & SEAFOOD, Jax Landing, Ste. 175, 301-1014. This steak-and-seafood house serves Continental cuisine with such signature dishes as the Filet Chris tian. $$$ FB K L D Daily CAFÉ NOLA at MOCAJax, 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911. F Shrimp & grits, gourmet sandwiches, fresh fish tacos, homemade desserts. $$ FB L Mon.-Fri.; D Thur. & ArtWalk CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth St., 356-8282. F Chef Sam Hamidi has been serving genuine Italian fare for 36+ years: veal, seafood, gourmet pizza. The homemade salad dressing is a specialty. $$ BW K L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. CASA MARIA, 12961 N. Main St., Ste. 104, 757-6411. F See Beaches. $ FB K L D Daily CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILL, Jax Landing, 354-7747. F Chicago-style deep-dish pizzas, hot dogs, Italian beef dishes from Chicago’s Comastro family. $$ FB K TO L D Daily CHOMP CHOMP, 106 E. Adams St., 762-4667. F Eats at moderate prices – most less than $10. Chef-inspired street food: panko-crusted chicken, burgers, chinois tacos, bahn mi and barbecue. $ L Tue.-Sat.; D Fri. & Sat. CINCO DE MAYO, Jax Landing, 329-2892. Authentic yet mild dishes: fajitas, tacos, burritos, enchiladas. Dine indoors or outside. $$ FB L D Daily FIONN MacCOOL’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT, Jax Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1547. BOJ winner. This pub offers casual dining with an uptown Irish atmosphere, serving fish and chips, Guinness lamb stew and black-and-tan brownies. $$ FB K L D Daily HOOTERS, Jax Landing, Ste. 103, 356-5400. The chain, popular for its waitresses, features wings, steamed shrimp, oysters, burgers, seafood, sandwiches. $$ FB TO L D Daily KOJA SUSHI, Ste. 222, Jax Landing, 350-9911. F BOJ winner. Owners John and Tony, in the sushi game for 10+ years, offer sushi, sashimi, and Japanese, Asian, Korean cuisine. Hard-to-find items like baby octopus salad, too. Dine inside or out. $$ FB L Mon.-Fri.; D Nightly VILLAGE BREAD CAFE, Ste. 175, Jax Landing, 683-7244. Locally owned; bagels, omelets, sandwiches on homestyle bread, salads, pizzas, pastries. $ TO B L Mon.-Sat. VITO’S ITALIAN CAFE, Jax Landing, Ste. 174, 355-3002. Traditional Italian, Mediterranean fare: pasta, steak, seafood. Homemade tiramisu, cannoli. Daily happy hour. $ FB L D Daily ZODIAC GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283. American favorites and Mediterranean fare in a casual atmosphere; panini, vegetarian dishes. Daily lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. Happy hour Mon.-Fri. $ FB L Mon.-Fri.
FLEMING ISLAND
GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 1915 East-West Pkwy., 541-0009. F BOJ winner. See Riverside. $ BW TO Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1571 C.R. 220, Ste. 100, 215-2223. F See Mandarin. $$ FB TO L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999. F Bite Club certified. BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ BW K TO L D Daily MOJO SMOKEHOUSE, 1810 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. F BOJ. See Beaches. $$ FB K TO L D Daily TAPS BAR & GRILL, 1605 C.R. 220, 278-9421. F 50+ premium tap domestic, imported beers. Starters, burgers, sandwiches, entrées, made to order with fresh ingredients. Lots of TVs for watching sports. $$ FB K L D Daily WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198. F Real
DINING DIRECTORY
KIDS EAT FREE! MONDAY NIGHTS LOCAL BEER NIGHT (Next to Target)
AWESOME FOOD! GREAT SERVICE!
Brittany Farina and Victoria Gad, of Aviles in St. Augustine’s Hilton Bayfront, present lobster risotto and warm water Florida lobster tail sautéed in white wine butter sauce, topped with haricot vert, and colossal crab salad with papaya mango salsa and poblano aoli. Photo: Dennis Ho fish camp serves gator tail, freshwater river catfish, daily specials, traditional meals, on Swimming Pen Creek. Outdoor Tiki bar. Come by boat, motorcycle or car. $ FB K TO L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly
INTRACOASTAL WEST
4 BONES BARBECUE, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 20, 419-9855. Classic Southern barbecue: Pulled pork, brisket, chicken, turkey, ribs, chorizo served market-style by the pound. Mac ’n’ cheese, baked beans, cole slaw, green beans. Specialty sandwiches, banana pudding. $ K TO L D Tue.-Sat. AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ FB K TO L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 14286 Beach Blvd., 223-0115. F BOJ winner. See Northside. $ FB K TO L D Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 14333 Beach Blvd., Ste. 39, 992-1666. F Tamales, fajitas and pork tacos are customer favorites. Some La Nops have a full bar. $$ FB K TO L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F See Orange Park. $ K TO B L D Daily THE TENT HOOKAH LOUNGE, 12041 Beach Blvd., Ste. 4, 551-2962. Authentic fare, hookahs and flavored tobacco, specials and live belly dancing and fl oor seating, in keeping with that authenticity thing. Open late. $ BW L D Daily TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL, 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5, 223-6999. F Locally-owned-and-operated grill serves hand-tossed pizzas, wings, wraps in a clean, sporty atmosphere. Daily drink specials, HD TVs, pool tables, darts, trivia. Late-night menu. $$ FB L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly
JULINGTON CREEK
DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 525 S.R. 16, Ste. 101, St. Johns, 825-4540. BOJ winner. See Northside. $ FB K TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F BOJ winner. See San Marco. $$ R B L Daily TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210 W., Ste. 314, St. Johns, 819-1554. F See Fleming Island. $$ FB K L D Daily
MANDARIN
AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ FB K TO L D Daily ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199. F From the dolmades (stuffed grape leaves) to the baby shoes (stuffed eggplant), Athens has all the favorites. G reek beers. $$ BW L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. DICK’S WINGS, 10391 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 1, 880-7087. F BOJ. See Northside. $ FB K TO L D Daily HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 30, 880-3040. F American-style steakhouse features Angus steaks, gourmet burgers, ribs, wraps. $$ FB K L D Mon.-Sat. KAZU JAPANESE RESTAURANT, 9965 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 35, 683-9903. The new place has a wide variety of soups, dumplings, appetizers, salads, bento boxes, sushi, entrées, maki handrolls, sashimi. $$ FB TO L D Daily LA NOPALERA, 11700 San Jose Blvd., 288-0175. F Tamales, fajitas and pork tacos are customer favorites. Some locations offer a full bar. $$ FB K TO L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 11365 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 3, 674-2945. F See Orange Park. $ K TO B L D Daily THE RED ELEPHANT PIZZA & GRILL, 10131 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12, 683-3773. F This casual, family-friendly eatery serves pizzas, sandwiches, grill specials, burgers and pasta dishes. Gluten-free friendly. $ FB K L D Daily RENNA’S PIZZA, 11111 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12, 292-2300. F Casual New York-style pizzeria serves calzones, antipasto, parmigiana, homemade breads. $$ BW K TO L D Daily
ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG
ARON’S PIZZA, 650 Park Ave., 269-1007. F Familyowned restaurant has eggplant dishes, manicotti, New York-style pizzas. $$ BW K TO L D Daily
DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 1540 Wells Rd., 269-2122. BOJ winner. See Northside. $ FB K TO L D Daily THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Road, 272-5959. Southern-style dining. Specialties: New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup, desserts. $$$ FB D Tue.-Sat. KRISTIN’S ON THE RIVER, 2511 Blanding Blvd., 389-9455. This newly re-opened spot serves seafood and American favorites. $$ FB K TO L D Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 9734 Crosshill Blvd., 908-4250. 2024 Kingsley Ave., 276-2776. F See Mandarin. $$ FB TO L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., 276-7370. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 15, 272-3553. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove Springs, 284-7789. F All over the area, they pile ’em high and serve ’em fast. Hot/cold subs, soups, salads. $ K TO B L D Daily THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611. F Wings, sandwiches, burgers, quesadillas; 35+ years. Pool tables, darts, foosball, TVs. 75+ imported beers. $ FB L D Daily
PONTE VEDRA, NW ST. JOHNS
AL’S PIZZA, 635 A1A N., 543-1494. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ FB K TO L D Daily CLAUDE’S CHOCOLATES, 145 Hilden Rd., Ste. 122, 829-5790. Hand-crafted in the onsite factory, with premium Belgian chocolate, fruits, nuts and spices. Cookies and popsicles. Claude’s will ship your order. $$ TO LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 830 A1A N., Ste. 6, 273-3993. F See Orange Park. $ K TO B L D Daily RESTAURANT MEDURE, 818 A1A N., 543-3797. Chef David Medure works with a range of global flavors. The lounge offers small plates, creative drinks and entertainment, including happy hour twice daily. $$$ FB D Mon.-Sat.
RIVERSIDE, 5 POINTS, WESTSIDE
AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ FB K TO L D Daily BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANT, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793. BOJ winner. New American favorites with a Southern twist, made with locally sourced ingredients. Awesome rooftop bar. $$$ FB R Sat. & Sun.; L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Stes. 1-2, 855-1181. F BOJ winner. Small-batch, artisanal coffee roasting. Organic, fair trade. $ BW TO B L Daily CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412. Made-from-scratch “semi-swanky street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free and vegetarian options. $ BW L D Tue.-Sun. DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 5972 San Juan Ave., Westside, 693-9258. BOJ winner. See Northside. $ FB K TO L D Daily GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 2007 Park St., 384-4474. F BOJ. Juice bar has cer tified organic fruit, vegetables. Artisanal cheese, 300+ craft/import beer, organic wines, produce, meats, wraps, raw, vegan. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS, 1001 Park St., 508-0342. The new spot is based on Asian street vendors. A collection of hawker recipes is served under one roof. $ BW TO L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794. 7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 5733 Roosevelt Blvd., Westside, 446-9500. 8102 Blanding Blvd., Westside, 779-1933. F See Orange Park. $ K TO B L D Daily METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., Ortega, 999-4600. F BOJ winner. See San Marco. $$ R B L Daily MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F BOJ winner. See Amelia Island. $ BW TO L D Mon.-Sat. THE MOSSFIRE GRILL, 1537 Margaret St., 355-4434. F Southwestern dishes like fresh fish tacos and chicken enchiladas are popular. Happy hour runs Mon.-Sat. in the upstairs lounge, and all day Sun. $$ FB K L D Daily O’BROTHERS IRISH PUB, 1521 Margaret St., 854-9300. F Traditional Irish fare like shepherd’s pie with Stilton crust, Guinness mac-n-cheese and fish-n-chips. Outdoor patio dining is available. $$ FB K TO L D Daily
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PLAYFUL FOOD Inspired by street food, Chew Chew owner Blake Burnett offers lobster corn dogs and so much more
L A MODERN DAY BURGER SHACK Town Center 904.642.5000 10281 Midtown Parkway Jacksonville, FL 32246
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ess than a year ago, Blake Burnett revved up the engine of his new food truck — and he hasn’t looked back. The owner and chef of Chew Chew describes his truck’s menu as “fresh and eclectic.” “I try to be playful with our food, but use quality ingredients and make everything from scratch,” he says. Offerings change about once a week, but lucky for you (and me!) several mainstays remain due to their popularity. Top-sellers include lobster corn dogs ($10), Korean BBQ short rib melt ($8) and a newer item, goat cheese polenta fries ($6). I’ve had the massive Korean melt on toasted sourdough several times — its tangy, salty homemade kimchi coleslaw adds another dimension to the savory shredded barbecue short ribs and melty smoked Gouda. (It’s perfect paired with the accompanying crispy homemade potato chips.) But lately my weakness has been the polenta fries, artfully arranged rectangles of polenta goodness topped with goat cheese crumbles, crisp bacon pieces and a scattering of diced scallions. The way the cheese slightly melts but doesn’t get liquid-y is what makes these so fabulous. And I could drink the creamy basil aioli dipping sauce. As for the Maine lobster corn dogs — where else in Northeast Florida can you get skewers of tender lobster pieces, battered and fried to a golden brown and served with a lemon Dijon honey mustard dipping sauce? Yeah, that’s what I thought. If burgers are your thing, go for the trio
of BBQ slider burgers ($8), which are nicely seasoned and then piled with bacon, white cheddar, fried jalapeños and homemade barbecue sauce. And vegetarians, don’t fret: Caprese grilled cheese ($7) on parmesan-crusted sourdough is for you. The mozzarella is marinated in a basil pesto and topped with juicy sliced tomatoes. Yum. Most items are served with a generous portion of Chew Chew’s homemade chips, which are just the right balance of crunchy and crispy, and perfectly salted (and ridiculously addicting!). After working for several years at Eleven South Bistro & Bar in Jax Beach, Burnett progressed from salad prep to executive sous chef. He then helped open the Speckled Hen on Philips Highway (since closed), and was most recently at Corner Bistro & Wine Bar in Tapestry Park. So why did he take the leap to run his own food truck? “Street food has always inspired me when I travel,” Burnett says. “It’s a great way to get to know the people and the culture. I’ve also always wanted to own my own small business, so it just made sense.” Caron Streibich biteclub@folioweekly.com facebook.com/folioweeklybitesized
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ASTROLOGY
A WEEKLY Q&A WITH PEOPLE IN THE FOOD BIZ
HAGGIS, DUCK DELAYS & CHARLIE CHAPLIN
NAME: Jeff Weisfeld RESTAURANT: The Pecan Roll Bakery, 122 S. Eighth St., Fernandina Beach BIRTHPLACE: Washington, D.C. YEARS IN THE BIZ: 36 FAVORITE RESTAURANT (other than mine): Amalfi Ristorante Italiano, Rockville, Maryland FAVORITE CUISINE STYLE: Italian GO-TO INGREDIENTS: Garlic, olive oil, basil, oregano, pecca Romano, more garlic IDEAL MEAL: Multi-course Italian: Soup, salad, meat, fish, shellfish, pasta, tiramisu, espresso, cognac WILL NOT CROSS MY LIPS: Raw oysters CELEB SEEN AT PECAN ROLL: Guitarist Steve Gibb (Barry’s son), singer Jeanie Bryson (Dizzy Gillespie’s daughter) CULINARY TREAT: Chocolate mousse
SUN-RAY CINEMA, 1028 Park St., 359-0049. F Beer (Bold City, Intuition Ale Works), wine, pizza, hot dogs, hummus, sandwiches, popcorn, nachos, brownies. $$ BW Daily
ST. AUGUSTINE
AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ FB K TO L D Daily AVILES RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, 32 Avenida Menendez, 829-2277. F Hilton Bayfront Hotel. Progressive Europeanflavored menu; made-to-order pasta night, wine dinners, chophouse nights, deluxe breakfast buffet. Sun. champagne brunch bottomless mimosas. Free valet. $$$ FB K B L D Daily CANDLELIGHT SOUTH, 1 Anastasia Blvd., 819-0588. F Brand-new on the island, the casual restaurant originally in Scarsdale, N.Y., offers fish tacos, sandwiches, wings, desserts and sangria. Daily specials. $ BW K TO L D Daily CARMELO’S MARKETPLACE & PIZZERIA, 146 King St., 494-6658. F New York-style brick-oven-baked pizza, fresh sub rolls, Boar’s Head meats, cheeses, garlic herb wings. Outdoor seating, Wi-Fi. $$ BW TO L D Daily CLAUDE’S CHOCOLATES, 6 Granada St., 829-5790. In The Market. Wine and chocolate pairings, soft-serve ice cream, a coffee bar, fresh fruit ice pops, cookies. $$ TO CRUISERS GRILL, 3 St. George St., 824-6993. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ BW K L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 4010 U.S. 1 S., 547-2669. BOJ winner. See Northside. $ FB K TO L D Daily THE FLORIDIAN, 39 Cordova St., 829-0655. Updated Southern fare: fresh, local ingredients from area farms. Vegetarian, gluten-free, too. Fried green tomato bruschetta, grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D Wed.-Mon. GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., Anastasia Island, 824-8244. F A mainstay for a quarter-century, Gypsy’s menu changes twice daily. Signature dish is Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ FB R Sun.; L D Daily HARRY’S SEAFOOD BAR & GRILLE, 46 Avenida Menendez, 824-7765. F New Orleans-style. Cajun, Creole, Southern flavors with a modern twist: fresh seafood, steaks, pork, jambalaya, shrimp. Daily happy hour. $$ FB K TO L D Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 155 Hampton Point Dr., 230-7879. F See Mandarin. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040. F Bite Club. BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ BW K TO L D Daily MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $$ FB K TO L D Daily PACIFIC ASIAN BISTRO, 159 Palencia Village Dr., Ste. 111, 808-1818. F BOJ winner. Chef Mas Lui creates 30+ unique sushi rolls; fresh sea scallops, H awaiian-style poke tuna salad. $$-$$$ BW L D Daily TEMPO, 16 Cathedral Place, 547-0240. Fusion spot offers healthy American fare with a Latin flair. $$ BW L D Tue.-Sun.
ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER
MOXIE KITCHEN + COCKTAILS, 4972 Big Island Dr., 998-9744. Chef Tom Gray’s place features innovative contemporary American cuisine – seafood, steaks, pork, burgers, salads, sides and desserts – using locally sourced ingredients when possible. $$$ FB K L Mon.-Fri.; D Nightly MSHACK, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-5000. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $$ BW L D Daily OVINTE, 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr., 900-7730. BOJ. Tapas, small plates of Spanish and Italian flavors: ceviche fresco, pappardelle bolognese. 240-bottle wine list, 75 by the glass, craft spirits. Outdoor dining. $$ FB R, Sun.; D Nightly
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CRUISERS GRILL, 5613 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 1, 737-2874. BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ BW K L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 1610 University Blvd. W., 448-2110. BOJ winner. See Northside. $ FB K TO L D Daily FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688. F Upscale sushi spot serves fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, kiatsu. $$ K L D Daily MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200. F BOJ winner. See Beaches. $$ FB K TO B L D Daily
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BASIL THAI & SUSHI, 1004 Hendricks Ave., 674-0190. F Pad Thai, curries, sushi, served in a relaxing environment. Dine indoors or on the patio. $$ FB L D Mon.-Sat. THE GROTTO WINE & TAPAS BAR, 2012 San Marco Blvd., 398-0726. F Varied tapas menu of artisanal cheese plates, empanadas, bruschettas, homestyle cheesecake. 60+ wines by the glass. $$$ BW Tue.-Sun. LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1631 Hendricks Ave., 399-1768. F See Mandarin. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MATTHEW’S, 2107 Hendricks Ave., 396-9922. Matthew Medure’s flagship. Fine dining, European-style atmosphere. Artfully presented cuisine, small plates, extensive martini/ wine lists. Reservations. $$$$ FB D Mon.-Sat. METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701. F BOJ winner. Original upscale diner in a historic 1930s-era building. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, homemade soups. $$ B R L Daily PIZZA PALACE 1959 San Marco Blvd., 399-8815. F See Baymeadows. $$ BW TO L D Daily
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360° GRILLE, LATITUDE 30, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555. F Seafood, steaks, burgers, chicken, sandwiches, pizza. Dine inside, on patio. $$ FB TO L D Daily ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212. Longest-running dinner theater. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s menus coordinated with stage productions. Reservations suggested. $$ FB D Tue.-Sun. CASA MARIA, 14965 Old St. Augustine Rd., 619-8186. F See Beaches. $ FB K L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., 619-0954. BOJ winner. See Northside. $ FB K TO L D Daily THE DIM SUM ROOM, 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138D, 363-9888. Dim sum favorites: shrimp dumplings, beef tripe, sesame ball; plus traditional Hong Kong noodles and barbecue. $ FB K L D Daily. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F See Orange Park. BOJ winner. $ K TO B L D Daily MANGIA! ITALIAN BISTRO & BAR, 3210 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 551-3061. F Chef/owner Tonino DiBella offers fine dining – fresh seafood, veal, steaks, New York-style pizza, desserts. Happy hour Mon.-Sat. Patio. $$$ FB K TO L D Mon.-Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 997-1955. F See Beaches. Bite Club. BOJ winner. $ BW K TO L D Daily SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY, 9735 Gate Pkwy. N., 997-1999. F Local seafood, steaks, pizzas. Brewer Aaron Nesbit handcrafts award-winning freshly brewed ales and lagers. Inside, outdoors. $$ FB K TO L D Daily TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Court, 854-0426. F Bite Club. BOJ winner. Char-broiled kabobs, seafood, wines, desserts. Belly dancing. $$ FB K L D Daily WATAMI BUFFET, 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138D, 363-9888. All-you can-eat sushi, plus choice of two items from teppanyaki grill. $ FB K L D Daily. WORLD OF BEER, 9700 Deer Lake Court, Ste. 1, 551-5929. F Apps and bar food: German pretzels, hummus, pickle chips, flatbreads. Craft drafts from Germany, Cali, Florida (Bold City brews), Ireland, Belgium. $$ BW L D Daily
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DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 12400 Yellow Bluff Rd., Ste. 101, 619-9828. F BOJ winner. NASCAR-themed spot has 365 kinds of wings, half-pound burgers, ribs. $ FB K TO L D Daily HOLA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1001 N. Main St., 356-3100. F Fresh Mexican fare: fajitas, burritos, enchiladas, daily specials. Happy hour daily; sangria. $ BW K TO L D Mon.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner, 764-9999. See Orange Park. $ K TO B L D Daily SAVANNAH BISTRO, 14670 Duval Rd., 741-4404. F Low Country Southern fare, taste of Mediterranean and French. Crowne Plaza Airport. Crab cakes, New York strip, she crab soup, mahi mahi. Rainforest Lounge. $$$ FB K B L D Daily.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In its quest for nectar, a hummingbird sips from about 1,000 flowers a day. As it flaps its wings 70 times a second, zipping from meal to meal, it can fly sideways, backward or forward. If it wants, it can hover or glide upside-down. It remembers every flower it visits, and knows how long it will take before each flower produces new nectar. To some Spanish speakers, hummingbirds are known as joyas voladoras, or “flying jewels.” Take all this info and use it as a metaphor for who you can be next week.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “You should be interviewing roses, not people,” says a character in Anne Carson’s book The Autobiography of Red. That’s sound poetic advice in the days ahead. More than you can imagine, you benefit from being receptive to and learning from non-human sources: roses, cats, dogs, spiders, horses, songbirds, butterflies, trees, rivers, the moon and other intelligences that make themselves available. Don’t ignore revelations people offer, but gather wisdom from life forces that don’t communicate with words.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1947, the super-wealthy Duke of Windsor went shopping in Paris to buy a gift for his wife, the Duchess. She already had everything she wanted, so he got creative. He commissioned luxury-goods manufacturer Hermes to build her a high-fashion black-leather wheelbarrow. I’m not saying to get something like that, but I do like it as a symbol for what you need now: a blend of elegance and usefulness, playful beauty and practical value, artistry and hard work.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): William Shockley was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and co-inventor of the transistor. He also helped launch the information technology revolution, and was called “the man who brought silicon to Silicon Valley.” Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. On the other hand, Shockley became a controversial advocate of eugenics, which damaged his reputation, led many to call him a racist, and played a role in his estrangement from friends and family. You’ll have to deal with at least one Shockley-type phenomenon in the next few weeks. Will you overlook bad stuff to take advantage of good?
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your brain absorbs about 11 million pieces of information every second, but is consciously aware of less than .001 percent of all that richness. At least that’s usually the case. Astrological omens suggest you might soon jack that figure up as high as .01 percent – a 10-fold increase! Can you handle that much raw input? Are you amenable to being acutely perceptive? What if the world is 10 times more vivid than usual? You won’t become a bug-eyed maniac freaking out on the intensity, but a soulful, wonder-filled explorer in love with the intensity. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You have a strong, intricate understanding of where you’ve come from. The old days and old ways still offer mysterious poignancy. You don’t love every past experience, but you love thinking about them and feeling how they changed you. Until the day you die many, many years from now, your history keeps evolving, providing an endless stream of new teachings. Yet, at this moment, your most important task is to focus on where you’re going. Temporarily forget everything you think you know about your past and get excited about the future. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1928, Bobby Pearce won a gold medal in rowing at the Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam. An unforeseen event almost sabotaged his victory. As he rowed along Sloten Canal, a family of ducks swam leisurely from shore to shore directly across his path. He stopped to let them pass, allowing an opponent who was already ahead of him to gain an even bigger advantage. Yet he won the race, rowing with such vigor after the duck incident, he finished well ahead of his challenger. I foresee a similar event in your life. Being thoughtful and expressing compassion may seem to slow you down, but in the end it won’t keep you from achieving your goal – it may even help. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In one of her “Twenty-One Love Poems,” Adrienne Rich writes about her old self in third person. “The woman who cherished / her suffering is dead. I am her descendant. / I love the scar tissue she handed on to me, / but I want to go from here with you / fighting the temptation to make a career of pain.” Make that passage one of your keynotes in the months ahead. According to astrological omen-analysis, you’ll have a great opportunity to declare independence from an addictive affliction. Are you willing to say goodbye to a signature form of suffering?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Novelist Herman Melville wrote that to create art, “unlike things must meet and mate.” Like what? “Sad patience” and “joyous energies,” for example; both are necessary, he said. “Instinct and study” are crucial ingredients, as well as humility and pride, audacity and reverence, and “a flame to melt” and a “wind to freeze.” Based on my astrological omen interpretation, you’ll soon need to meld opposites like these as you shape the supreme work of art – your life. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Haggis is a Scottish pudding. According to the gourmet food encyclopedia Larousse Gastronomique, it has “an excellent nutty texture and delicious savory flavor.” And yet, to be honest, its ingredients don’t sound tasty to me. To make it, gather the lungs, liver, small intestine and heart of a sheep, put it all inside the stomach of the sheep along with oatmeal, onions, salt and suet, then simmer the whole mess for three hours. Your work next week may have a certain metaphorical resemblance to making haggis. The process may be a bit icky, but the result can be tasty. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Almost 100 years ago, world-famous comedian Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest in San Francisco. He did his best to imitate himself, but it wasn’t good enough for the judges. He didn’t come close to winning. You’d have a different fate if you entered a contest like that in the next few weeks. No question you’d be chosen as the person who most resembles you. You’re completely yourself. You look like, feel like and are acting like your true self. Congrats! It’s hard to be authentic. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease,” said French philosopher Francois-Marie Voltaire. Invoke that principle in the weeks ahead. You need to be cured, though the “disease” you’re suffering from is primarily psychospiritual, not strictly physical. Your task? Flood yourself with fun adventures, engaging stories and diversions so nature can heal you without the interference of worries and kibitzing. Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com JUNE 11-17, 2014 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 29
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TRULIA WHAT A HUNK! You: Shirtless, by your truck in front of your house, on Trulia.com. Me: Heart m watching from across the street. WOW! Wish u would buy me a hamburger and a tea! When: May 15. Where: Arlington. #1368-0604 HE TALKED FIRST Wanted to speak with you when ISU in weird chef pants, pizza night. Your best friend talked first. Two years later, one broken engagement; still wonder. Really embarrassed myself with email, didn’t I? Here I go again. When: 2012. Where: Breakthroughs San Jose. #1367-0604 HATED CIDERS, LIKED YOUR SMILE You: Serving SweetWaters. Me: Green-eyed brunette drinking them. Met three times; I blushed in Fans & Stoves. ISU again same day, said hello. You said you were creeping. We exchanged names; didn’t ask numbers. When: May 17. Where: Eco-Fest. #1366-0528 ROGUE MEN MUSCLE HOTTIE Young Adonis-like dude in corner of Aardwolf with friends. Tight T-shirt, dark eyes, biceps. U guys were rockin’ but I caught you lookin’. Me: Tall guy, Jags cap. Hit me up or meet at next Rogue Men. When: May 16. Where: Aardwolf/Rogue Men. #1365-0521
STATUESQUE BEAUTY WAITING IN MIND In pharmacy line. You: Tall, gorgeous dress, flats. I asked if you wore heels. Beautiful laugh. Me: Not as tall, scruffy off work; clean up well. You left, said you’d be back. Date slightly shorter? I’m your RX. When: May 14. Where: CVS Blanding Blvd. #1364-0521 HOT-N-READY BABY You: Tall, bald, sexy; in white Mercedes. Enthralled when I saw your 10 pizzas. Love a man who eats. I’ll be waiting in a leopard shirt every Wed. 8 p.m. Forget pizzas; get Hot-N-Ready with me. When: May 14. Where: Little Caesars Pizza, Southside. #1363-0521 BEAUTIFUL BLONDE AT APPLEBEE’S ISU with fellow workers. I was at bar watching TVs above you, with my daughter and son-in-law. Our eyes met; I felt the attraction. I want to meet the lady who made my heart jump! When: May 9. Where: The Loft, Riverside. #1362-0521 I SAW U Connection Made!
SPACED-OUT CUT-UP SMURF SHIRT, RED CONVERSE ISU dancing your dance, apologized for male gender, took glasses off to dance. You: Retirement home server near Sawgrass; discussed labyrinth of suffering. Told me to wait; never returned. Me: Vest, purple shirt. When: May 9. Where: The Loft, Riverside. #1361-0514 TATTOOS & TRUCK You: Hot, tattooed boy, black truck. Me: Red lips, silver Rodeo. Drove side-by-side, JTB to Riverside. I turned on Park, lost you. Should’ve rolled my window down when you said hi at the light. Go for a drive? When: May 6. Where: JTB to I-95N. #1360-0514 I BOUGHT YOU A BUD LIGHT Met at the bar, you had a nice smile. Asked if I was in military, we complained about slow service. Told you I was married. Hope you’re interested in just friends. Let me know. When: May 3. Where: Acapulco’s. #1359-0514 HOT BUTCH GIRL Hey, black Incahoots cut-off shirt, name R_, #27 on back. Buff arms, legs; couldn’t take my eyes off u on rowing machine! You can row my boat anytime! ;-) Sincerely, Hot brunette femme, hot pink tank top. When: May 3. Where: Riverside YMCA. #1358-0507 MEET FOR BREAKFAST AGAIN? You: Detective, JSO Organized Crime Unit, PDDS Division. Me: Work from home for IT company. We sat beside each other at breakfast. Chatted; hoped you’d ask me out; you didn’t. Single? Meet for breakfast again? Get in touch. When: May 3. Where: U.S. 17 Waffle House. #1357-0507
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