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DAMN RIGHT, I’VE GOT THE BLUES BUDDY GUY
The fiery guitar-playing and soulful delivery of blues legend Buddy Guy has influenced a veritable legion of players. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Keith Richards are just a few of the artists who’ve cited Guy’s protean rock-and-blues sound that scorched sessions on the late ’50s/early ’60s heyday of Chess Records. Known for wielding his signature Fender Strat, Guy continues to whip out an unmatchable guitar attack, and remains a bridge between the history of the music and the present day scene. 8 p.m. Oct. 23, The Florida Theatre, Downtown, $39.50-$69.50, floridatheatre.com.
SONG FROM THE SIREN
ANAÏS MITCHELL At the age of 21, progressive folk artist Anaïs Mitchell recorded her debut album, The Song They Sang When Rome Fell, in a single day. That kind of momentum has propelled her ahead through a career that has earned much critical praise for her eight albums and opened the door for inventive collaborations with fellow forward-thinking musicians including Ani DiFranco, The Haden Triplets, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, and Greg Brown. With a sound comparable to some of the best, from Gillian Welch to Leonard Cohen, Mitchell remains in the vanguard of the contemporary singer-songwriter scene. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Riverside, $25; $10 students, riversidefinearts.org.
CULINARY CAUSE CARING CHEFS FEST
Since 1902, the Children’s Home Society has been providing much-needed services for children and families with their proven adoption, foster care and educational programs. Now you can support this noble organization while enjoying an evening of fine dining. The largest food-tasting event in the area, the 32nd annual Caring Chefs, lets you sample food and drink from nearly 70 area restaurants, caterers, and wine vendors. Proceeds benefit the CHS. 7-9:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at The Avenues Mall, 10300 Southside Blvd., 493-7739, $70, chscaringchefs.com.
HONKY TONK WOMAN MARCIA BALL & HER BAND
Since 1972, Marcia Ball has been doling out a heavy dose of boogie woogie, barrelhouse piano, revealing her roots that run deep in the New Orleans-style of 88-key elders like James Booker and Professor Longhair. Ball has issued more than 15 albums of her potent blend of Zydeco, stomping blues, and straight-up swamp rock. A favorite of the international festival circuit, she’s been nominated for a Grammy and racked up a slew of honors, most recently with this year’s “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player” award. 8 p.m. with opener Amy Speace Oct. 23, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $40-$50, pvconcerthall.com. 6 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 21-27, 2015
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KEVIN MEANEY Funnyman Kevin Meaney first displayed his wacky, comedic sensibilities in 1986 in a much-lauded HBO comedy special. Known for catchphrases “That’s not right” and “I don’t care,” Meaney has also appeared on the talk show circuit on shows like The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, and Conan. Meaney spent five years touring with the musical Hairspray and is featured on an upcoming episode of 2 Broke Girls. 8 p.m. Oct. 22 and 23; 8 and 10:30 p.m. Oct. 24, The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, Southside, $10-$28, jacksonvillecomedy.com.
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RE: “STRUCK DOWN IN HER PRIME” BY CLAIRE GOFORTH, OCT. 7 Dear Folio Weekly, Thanks so much for your brave coverage of the murder of transgender activist Terrianne Summers. Claire Goforth did a spectacular job and we can all hope that Jacksonville’s old reputation will fade as HRO ordinance is passed, and we all join the human race. There are so many things that are RIGHT. LET’S MAKE IT UNANIMOUS. Your fan, Rainbow Williams Via email If you would like to respond to something that appeared in the pages of Folio Weekly, please send an email (with your name, address and phone number for verification purposes only) to mail@folioweekly.com.
BRICKBATS & BOUQUETS BRICKBATS TO GEORGIAPACIFIC A recent report found that the relocation of the wastewater discharge from the company’s Palatka-based paper mill to the St. Johns River has coincided with a significant decline in the river’s biodiversity (especially among small organisms, like worms and crustaceans), according to the St. Johns Riverkeeper. The scientist who filed the report, meanwhile, asserts he was pressured by Georgia-Pacific to remove from his report any recommendations calling for more monitoring of the dumping. BOUQUETS TO THE HISTORIC ST. FRANCIS INN for earning a bevy of first-place ribbons for garden-variety “beauties” entered in the 2015 Home & Garden Show (Horticultural Exhibition) – from the University of Florida/St. Johns County Extension. Jill Ziebell, the Inn’s Master Gardener, qualified for the awards with a Florida-inspired garden recognized by the National Wildlife Federation as a Certified Wildlife Habitat. BOUQUETS TO ANN AND DAVID HICKS The longtime community leaders, philanthropists and University of North Florida supporters donated $7 million to establish the Hicks Honors College – UNF’s sixth academic college – formerly known as the UNF Honors Program. BOUQUETS TO SULZBACHER CENTER The comprehensive homeless facility announced plans for a new community that will provide permanent, subsidized housing as well as temporary shelter for homeless women and children. The $18.5 million plan for Sulzbacher Village includes facilities for up to 340 people. DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DESERVES A BOUQUET? HOW ABOUT A PROVERBIAL BRICKBAT? Please send your submissions to mail@folioweekly.com. Submissions should be a maximum of 50 words and directed toward a person, place, or topic of local interest.
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MAN-ON-MAN MANICURES PROHIBITED
Although a word-of-mouth reference took Glenn Rosenblum to Imperial Nails & Spa, his experience was less than what he considered praiseworthy.
Local salon’s PHOBIC POLICY nails the fact that Jax and SoCal are literally and figuratively miles apart JACKSONVILLE MAY BE ON THE PRECIPICE of becoming an urban center but, according to one recent visitor, at least some parts of the city are still stuck in the past. Two weeks ago, Glenn Rosenblum traveled from his California home to visit family in the area. His sister-in-law and mother had raved about their recent manicures and pedicures at Imperial Nails & Spa in Jacksonville Beach. So on Friday, Oct. 9, Rosenblum, 56, says he settled into a chair at the salon and waited to be amazed by Mim, the male technician who had so impressed the ladies. When a female technician began preparing water for his feet, Rosenblum says he asked whether he should wait to tell Mim his preferences. He says the woman said he could tell her and, upon inquiry, confirmed that Mim would not be doing his mani-pedi. “[I said], ‘I’m so disappointed, they raved about Mim … Is he not here today?’ [She said], ‘Oh, he’s here,’” says Rosenblum, president/owner of Celebrity Access Inc. Rosenblum says he offered to wait until Mim was available, which resulted in “a lot of uncomfortable looks” and “giggling” between the female technicians. Then, he says, both women went into the back of the shop, from where he overheard them speaking in a foreign language. “Tom [Nguyen, the owner] came out … shook my hand and said, ‘The woman is going to do your thing,’ and I said, ‘Oh, no, I’d really rather have Mim,’” Rosenblum says. Rosenblum says that Nguyen’s attempts to explain why that wasn’t possible only made things worse. “I said, ‘Is this a cultural thing?’ [He said], ‘Oh, no, not cultural at all, very uncomfortable for them to work with a gay man [sic],’” says Rosenblum. “Next to me was a man working on a woman … he goes, ‘Oh that’s OK, the women do men and women, the men only do women.’” Rosenblum says that in spite of his horror, he kept trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, but after repeatedly being told that male technicians wouldn’t feel comfortable working on a gay man, he concluded that he was the victim of the very type of homophobic discrimination that would be illegal if Jacksonville Beach had enacted a Human Rights Ordinance prohibiting employment, housing and public accommodation discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. So he left the salon.
“They seemed very nice, they were very polite. They asked me to stay … It was so matterof-fact for them, that’s what took your breath away,” he says. Folio Weekly spoke on the phone with a man who identified himself as Tom Nguyen, owner of Imperial Nails & Spa. Nguyen explained that his policy is for male technicians to provide manicures and pedicures only for women, while female technicians provide the service for both sexes. This, he says, is common practice in the business, and is based on customers’ and technicians’ preferences. “Almost every man come in to get a pedicure, manicure, don’t like a male technician [sic], so they always prefer the female technicians … most of the male technicians feel very uncomfortable to take care of male clients,” Nguyen said. Nguyen further said that Rosenblum had left before he could fully explain the matter. Separately, two local men who regularly get manicures and pedicures — but wish to remain anonymous — confirmed to Folio Weekly that it is standard in the nail care industry for male customers to be served exclusively by female technicians. But some would believe policies such as this merely allow local businesses to mask discrimination with legitimate business concerns. (Not to mention that it could also be viewed as misogynistic.) “You want to move forward, you want to make [Jacksonville] a major city … people sometimes apologize for being from there. You wouldn’t have to apologize if [discrimination based on sexual orientation] was taken seriously,” says Rosenblum, who has been a regular visitor to the city since the ’60s and worked at Alhambra Dinner Theatre for about a year in the ’80s. Nguyen also denied discriminating against Rosenblum based on his sexuality. “We did not even know that he was gay or anything,” the shop owner said.
Asked what he hopes to gain from publicizing this incident, Rosenblum says, “I would like a public apology and a change in policy. If not, I would like for them to be shut down. Jacksonville is moving forward — this is not forward.” Asked if he would publicly apologize to Rosenblum, Nguyen said, “I do apologize.” After we spoke to Nguyen, an individual identifying himself as Min from the salon left Glenn Rosenblum a message in which he said: “I would like to call you again just to apologize for the unpleasant feeling that you experienced at my nail shop ... I would just like to say that, um, I know I wasn’t quite right that I didn’t really greet you or do anything. But again we don’t have the discrimination policy at our shop and, um, didn’t mean to at all. All we wanted was to usually, to follow the regular routine that we usually have... we didn’t really know about your background and so on so it was very unintentional that we caused that unpleasant feeling. So now on behalf of the nail store I would like to call you again to give you my apology.” When asked repeatedly by Folio Weekly whether he would reconsider his policy regarding restricting male technicians from providing services to men, provided that all parties were comfortable with the situation, Nguyen suggested instead that the salon might post a sign informing customers of the policy. “At this point, I will put up a poster and put a notice,” Nguyen said. Claire Goforth mail@folioweekly.com
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NEWS
DEAD WRONG
After giving ineffective counsel in more than one death penalty case, the PUBLIC DEFENDER’S SECOND-IN-COMMAND may no longer be allowed to do his job
Raymond Morrison [left] and Michael Shellito [center] were both represented by Refik Eler [right] before he was the homicide division chief under Public Defender Matt Shirk. Both men have had their death sentences thrown out. A WOMAN FROM MEALS ON WHEELS FOUND Andrew Dwelle dead on the bedroom floor of his Jacksonville apartment on Jan. 9, 1997. Dwelle was 82 years old and needed help bathing, dressing and preparing meals. He’d been stabbed twice in the neck. One of the wounds was five inches deep. Jacksonville police arrested Raymond Morrison the next day. He confessed he’d killed Dwelle during a fight after he’d grabbed some of the old man’s money. Morrison even led police to the knife. It sounds like an open-and-shut case. A jury found Morrison guilty of first-degree murder in 1998 and sentenced him to death. But in September 2015, a circuit court judge threw out the verdict and the death sentence and ordered a new trial. Judge Henry Davis said Morrison’s attorney failed to present key evidence. One omission: Morrison had an alibi. Three witnesses said he wasn’t even in Jacksonville when Dwelle was murdered. Though Morrison, intellectually, is barely functional, and he’d previously confessed to and spent time in prison for a crime he did not commit, no expert testified as such. The actual perpetrator would have testified, but Morrison’s attorney never put him on the stand. Morrison’s attorney was Refik Eler. And this is the second time a court has ruled the Jacksonville attorney gave ineffective assistance of counsel in a death penalty case. It’s a big deal. Under a law enacted in 2013, a defense attorney with two ineffective counsel findings is disqualified from representing death penalty clients for five years. Also, Eler is Public Defender Matt Shirk’s chief assistant public defender, leading the public defender’s homicide division. State Attorney Angela Corey may be Florida’s death penalty queen. Since she took office in 2009, she’s secured more death sentences than any other prosecutor in Florida, and more than most other places in the United States. On the other side of the bar, Corey and her prosecutors face a chief assistant public defender with a history of providing such inadequate lawyering that it violated his clients’ constitutional rights to a fair trial and to legal representation. 10 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 21-27, 2015
In a third case, the court criticized Eler’s performance but did not overturn the death sentence. Currently, two other cases of Eler’s are under court review. Gung-ho prosecutor. Failed defense. “It’s a deadly combination,” says Stephen Harper, of Florida International University’s Death Penalty Clinic. Though no one seems to know quite how it will work, the Timely Justice Act of 2013 disqualifies a defense attorney with two ineffective assistance of counsel rulings in a death penalty case from those kinds of cases for five years. The Timely Justice Act does not, however, address whether it’s applied retroactively. Though the ineffective judgments were issued in 2013 and 2015, Eler’s cases went to trial in 1995 and 1998, more than a decade before he joined the public defenders office in 2009. While it’s common for someone convicted of a crime to blame his lawyer, filing an ineffective counsel motion is one of the few ways to fight bad lawyering. And it’s not easy to win a judgment. The U.S. Supreme Court requires a finding of both deficient representation and that an attorney’s omissions might have changed the jury’s decision. The Innocence Project found that 81 percent of the first 255 defendants exonerated by DNA lost ineffective assistance claims. In an evidentiary hearing, Eler testified he decided not to present expert testimony on another death penalty defendant’s mental illness and hospitalizations, suicide attempt and brain abnormalities as a strategic decision, as a jury weighed whether to recommend life or death for Michael Shellito. Eler thought such information might make the jury less sympathetic. The Florida Supreme Court disagreed. It threw out Shellito’s death sentence in 2013 after reviewing what the court described as a “a plethora of evidence” from multiple experts on Shellito’s substantial mental health problems, possible organic brain dysfunction, childhood sexual and physical abuse and neglect, and history of alcohol and drug
abuse. The court ruled Eler’s failure to fully investigate mitigation in the case deprived the judge and jury of information it needed when considering life in prison or death. An adequate defense is critical in rendering justice, Harper says. “It shortchanges the jury in making a fully intelligent and fully informed decision, when making the most important decision any person can make,” Harper says, “a life and death decision.” And there’s more. A third ineffective assistance of counsel claim was made against Eler by death row inmate Luther Douglas, though it did not result in Douglas’ death sentence being overturned. But in its 2012 decision, the Florida Supreme Court criticized Eler’s lack of mitigation work for the penalty phase of the trial. Douglas was found guilty of firstdegree murder and sentenced to death in 1999 for the sexual battery and murder of 18-year-old Mary Ann Hobgood. Attorney Rick Sichta has appealed the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. And in June 2015, the Florida Supreme Court “made it abundantly clear,” according to The Florida Times-Union, the lawyers representing a fourth death penalty defendant, Thomas Bevel, failed him. Eler was the lead attorney. A jury found Bevel guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death in 2005 for the murder of his roommate Garrick Strickland and Strickland’s 13-year-old son. In oral arguments, one justice said it was hard to argue the defense had done a competent job during the penalty phase because it never hired anyone to investigate mitigating circumstances in Bevel’s life. Attorney Rick Sichta described Eler’s mitigation as an “Eleventh Hour” investigation that failed to uncover a host of mitigating factors. Glossing over mitigation seems to be a pattern with Eler. Wilton Manors attorney Linda McDermott, who prevailed in arguing both Shellito’s and Morrison’s claims of ineffective
representation, questions Eler’s knowledge of death penalty defense. “In dealing with Mr. Eler between these two cases,” McDermott says, “it’s clear to me that he doesn’t understand the defense available to someone facing the death penalty. “He is the second person in charge in the public defender’s office, and he doesn’t seem to understand what the U.S. Supreme Court has said is a [legitimate] defense in a capital case.” Neither Shirk nor Eler returned multiple calls from Folio Weekly requesting comment on whether Eler would continue to lead the homicide defense unit. Both Sichta and Harper say Shirk should remove Eler from his role as top defense counsel now. Sichta says leaving him in charge will only lead to more claims and ultimately cost taxpayers. “He may be a good administrator and he may be an improved attorney [than when he defended Shellito, Morrison, Bevel and Douglas],” says Harper, “but if I were the public defender, I would not want someone found deficient [three] times heading up my death penalty defense.” Harper and others say it’s not just Eler. An American Bar Association article in 2009 reported on an ABA study that concluded public defenders nationally had too many cases and too little funding to mount an adequate defense. It described the defense of indigent clients as a crisis, where ineffective counsel was the most frequently raised and too often legitimate claim. While Duval County might be among the deadliest counties in the state and in the nation, Harper predicts the county might also lead in death sentences overturned because of bad lawyering. “They may be first in death sentences, but they will also be [first in] getting reversals,” McDermott predicts. “Constitutional rights are being overlooked in that county because of overreaching of the prosecution and inadequacy of the defense bar.” Susan Cooper Eastman sceastman@folioweekly.com
SHAD: RUN YOUR DAMN TEAM
Jags a CIVIC BLIGHT at 1-5 “THE LOSSES ALL SUCK EQUALLY.” That was the phrase with which Blake Bortles closed his press conference after the fourth ignominious Jaguars loss in a row. I’m not sure if I believe him. All parents don’t love their children equally. And all defeats don’t feel the same. Losing the way the Jags did, throwing the game away in the last quarter-and-a-half after taking a 14-to-10 lead, would have hurt plenty. But knowing that this is yet another season where everyone got their hopes up, looking for reason to believe amid a nice drive, play, or even a motion in preseason, only to find that, yet again, the hope is so much BS for another year. That’s a bigger sucker punch by far. Knowing that it’s another six months or so before you can reasonably get hyped for the draft, because the season, at 1-5, is over, is another big sucker punch.
It’s not a particularly slow elevator. I’ve taken it, game after game, for as long as Gus Bradley has been here. 8-30 in his Jags’ career, 1-5 this year. With interim coach Doug Marrone waiting in the locker room to clean up this mess, the question is: How long can Shad Khan let this charade continue?
Do you end it after London, during the bye week? Do you drag it out all the way into the holiday season? Do you, inexplicably, give it another year? Charles Griggs, former journalist and current community leader, posted this on Facebook after the game. “It had been about 10 years since I occupied a seat in the press box for a Jaguars game. All in all, not much has changed … the
JAGCITY people, atmosphere and culture of the media remain the same. However, I don’t recall the overwhelming feeling that the team will eventually find a way to lose.” Shad: There’s your product’s perception now. Get out of your 24-karat-gold spa for a second and run your damn team. It’s being run into the ground. AG Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com twitter/AGGancarski
What are Jags’ fans expected to do? Do you figure this team, with all the underperformance swirling around it, the fingerpointing and the squabbling, is going to hit London and win one for the Gusser? Based on what? Gus and Blake, despite their known affability, were notably out of sync during their Sunday pressers. “What did Blake say a week ago? It’s time for me to will this team to win,” Bradley said, was an example of players “pressing” too hard. When asked if he was “pressing,” Bortles then said, “I would hope that every player has the mindset to will the team to victory,” adding, “I wouldn’t say I was pressing, trying to do too much.” Bortles, without a running game, attempted to ball out. He’s not a perfect quarterback. And you can tell he’s frustrated. He can’t solve this on his own. And he doesn’t seem to have the coaching that creates a team, or a scheme, or both, to unburden him of the responsibility of being Superman. Because he can’t handle it. Consider how predictable the collapse was on Sunday. Taking the elevator down to the press conference during the fourth quarter, I told the attendant everything had happened but the Pick 6. By the time I’d gotten off the elevator, that had happened. OCTOBER 21-27, 2015 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 11
FROM THE EDITOR
THE MAYOR’S BRAGGADOCIO
HIP-HOP WAS DEAD LONG BEFORE LENNY CURRY — a 45-year-old former accountant turned mayor of Jacksonville, Florida — used a line from a Jay Z song to slam his perceived rival, in an interview with the Florida Times-Union’s editorial board. “He’s loud as a motorbike,” Curry said of the former mayor, current City Council member and septuagenarian Tommy Hazouri. “But wouldn’t bust a grape in a fruit fight.” It’s a cringe-inducing image. Yes, the lyrics are from a song that came out a dozen or so years ago, just three years before Nas pronounced “Hip Hop is Dead.” Yes, the genre’s definitive edge was blurring at least a half-decade prior to that, slowly but surely becoming synonymous with pop to the point where pop-radio stations play almost exclusively hip-hop. And despite the fact that Twitter holds evidence that Curry rocked a 10-gallon hat and a chambray shirt to the Tim McGraw concert in August (he did a song with Nelly, y’all), Curry’s internalizing of Jay’s lyrics may not be that extraordinary. After all, Sean Carter (aka Jay Z) is the same age as the mayor, 45. And, as I noted, hip-hop, pop, pop-country: All are synonymous in today’s musical climate. And with stations across the country switching to an old-school hip-hop platform, it’s now classic rock, too. So … Mayor Curry: a student of Hip Hop? Certainly, he has an ear for diss tracks. His comments to the T-U board were sharp if for no other reason than they forced Hazouri to Google the song lyrics, a demonstration of one politician more in-touch than another. But there was nothing substantive about what Curry said. And mostly, the mayor just sounds like a bully. It’s relatively easy to imagine Curry with his frat bros, Council Prez Greg Anderson and Jax Chamber Prez Daniel Davis, busting out a few reps on the benchpress as The Black Album thumps in the background, just before Curry mouths the now infamous “99 Problems” line to an annoyed Hazouri, who’d simply wandered in to politely tell the boyz to the keep the music down. (His bros undoubtedly erupted with laughter, cupping their mouths with one hand as they threw misappropriated gang signs with the other). Yes, Tommy Hazouri is a former mayor himself. But today, he’s one Democrat in a sea of Republicans. Curry, on the other hand, is someone who’s been accepted into the Good Ol’ Boys club. Less than a half-year into his first term, Curry’s found jobs for Sam Mousa and Tom Petway (pending council approval). It’s the popular kid, trying to shame an outsider. To many observers, that’s how it read. Like jazz and rock ’n’ roll before it, Hip Hop culture was at one time counterculture. From b-boys to graffiti artists to DJs to MCs, it was a community of outsiders. That’s a far cry from what it’s like to be a Republican in the city of Jacksonville. For anyone in my generation, Conservatism has always been the popular brand among the elite here. Indeed, the mayor has been emboldened by the lack of impediments to his partisan purge. Aside from Lisa King and Joey McKinnon (and the 40 or so public commenters who stood up to support them last Tuesday), the mayor has huffed and 12 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 21-27, 2015
puffed and blown everyone down in his path. Along the way, Hazouri has been critical of Curry when asked, but a marginalized voice nonetheless. And in the face of an increasingly spineless local Democratic party, the mayor is channeling another hip-hop pastime, braggadocio. He’s gotten everything he wants thus far, and with his comments about Hazouri, Curry’s flashing his gold chain, driving a Ferrari, and making it rain (top down, screaming out money ain’t a thang). But aside from diss tracks, and increasingly absurd braggadocio, Hip Hop also has a rather strong record of addressing social issues. From Grandmaster Flash’s “The
Message” to Ice Cube arguing that the members of N.W.A. were really “underground street reporters” to anything Chuck Dee ever said, Hip Hop was as much a product of social unrest as anything else. Which makes you wonder how much Mayor Curry, if he is indeed a fan of rap, really internalized those lyrics. Hip-hop is filled with references to the deplorable living conditions in many public housing complexes across the country. Notorious B.I.G., before his untimely death, after all, was “celebrating every day” for myriad reasons, “no more public housing” being chief among them. In fact, public housing plays such a huge role in Hip Hop, Mike Ford (aka the Hip Hop architect) lectures on whether the genre could have emerged independent of inner-city architecture. A few months ago, however, after local activist Denise Hunt invited the mayor to take a look at Eureka Gardens — a 400-unit Westside public housing complex — the mayor emerged “sweating, and pale,” shocked by what he had seen. Now, the mayor should certainly be applauded for his willingness to go, and his swift response after going — which included writing letters to federal officials. However, a simple Google search for “Global Ministries” would’ve returned several virtually identical news articles from multiple cities that may as well have been prepared as Mad Libs, the only differences being the names of the housing complexes and name of the pale, sweaty mayor. Obviously, Mayor Curry’s appreciation of Jay Z’s classic album could never have prepared him for what he saw at Eureka Gardens. But it is troubling to think that the former chair of the Republican party of Florida — someone responsible for a whole network of strategy and policy decisions with far-reaching implications — would be so caught off-guard by the state of certain public assistance programs for which his party consistently tries to cut funding. Or, maybe, in his role as party boss, he was supposed to be just as loud as a motorbike. When in reality, he is just a scared bully. Matthew B. Shaw mshaw@folioweekly.com twitter/matthew_b_shaw
FIGHTIN’ WORDS Talk the local language; hit opponents BELOW THE BELT
HOW TO WIN THE
HRO FIGHT I HAD A TALK WITH A DEMOCRATIC JACKSONVILLE city councilmember earlier this month. Off the record, so no names here. But here’s what this legislator said about the HRO: There was skepticism. Which boiled down to a matter of whether there was discrimination that could be quantified in the manner that it is with those who bear the burden of physical or mental disabilities. I had a talk with a Republican councilmember about the HRO. On the record: It was Aaron Bowman. Regarding the HRO, Councilmember Bowman said it — and the discrimination it seeks to stop forever in our city — is “in his fabric.” This is to say, that when it comes down to this issue, it isn’t as simple as checking voter registration statuses. We saw an example of a cross-party push on that issue in the May election, when people voted for Tommy Hazouri and Anna Brosche because they were both pro-HRO. Now? One of them is talking about it. The other has quieted down. Maybe she has other things to focus on. And maybe there’s a secret agreement to offer quiet support. Wouldn’t be the first October Surprise. Politicians fall off like rappers on their second album. There are pressures inside the game we don’t see in the papers, on the blogs, or on the TV. Lobbyists, donors, party people, pastors, PACs, polemicists. Collect them all! The key to getting the HRO through a Council that may have campaigned a certain way is not by using the righteous stemwinding emotionalism of the left. It is, rather, to frame the effort in the language and the trappings of the Center-Right. To beat the atavists at their own game. Because it is the only game in town. If I were advising Equality Florida, I’d tell them to wrap the whole damned thing in one of those American flags the Jags bring out for home games, and I’d have the preachers make the sale for me. Not the cats on the Northside, and not the Youngbloods, and not the dudes deep out in BFE Westside. Rather, get the Methodists and the folks at the United Church of Christ, the Episcopalians and maybe one of those angelic hipsters from those guitar-solo-and-goatee churches. Work them in. Wrap the whole thing up in the language of faith, family, and flag of the greatest country in the whole damned world (or at least one of the top three in NAFTA). I like a recently unveiled lobbying move: The influential folks at Southern Strategy Group are pushing for the bill.
They’re a step up from the other registered lobbyists in this effort, from the Human Rights Campaign, for an obvious reason. Both SSG guys, Matt Brockelman and Deno Hicks, are from here. They speak the language. They have that most important of all currencies when it comes to networking with Council: the ability to speak their language. Look at the good lobbyists in town. Take the master of Ex Parte, Paul Harden, for example. Comes into committee meetings looking like 1985, in one of his Polos, and true to the form of 1985, he’s already sold the bill before most folks even knew it was there. He’s pushing a strip club zoning allowance through Council right now. The Planning Commission spiked it. And quelle surprise, they’ve gotten spiked themselves. Blowback? Coincidence? No need to ask. You don’t win the game in the press. Hell, half the media isn’t even from here. You win the game by employing a a soothing Southern accent, in quiet conversation, making it seem like what you want was inevitable all along. You win by defining the moral high ground, and making it seem like the present tense, not like it’s a way to get Jacksonville out of the realm of satirists and into the modern world. Learn a lesson from Jaguars Coach Gus Bradley. A hallmark of his time here has been the inability to change game plans to target the weaknesses of opponents. This is why the only coach he beat this year got fired, maybe. The HRO opponents can’t get fired. Instead, they have to be marginalized, just as happened with the anti-integrationists a few decades back. Whup ’em with brass knucks. Hit them below the belt. Play the game as ruthlessly as they do. AG Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com twitter/AGGancarski
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In the midst of what many see as a partisan purge of the city’s volunteer service boards, LISA KING and JOEY McKINNON are refusing Mayor Curry’s request for their resignations
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POLITICAL PURGE
Potholes, it is said, don’t have political party affiliations. In other words, the issues that concern us at the city level — libraries, roads, downtown development, even backyard chickens — aren’t partisan ones. Jacksonville’s newly elected mayor, Republican Lenny Curry, appeared to embrace a local, non-partisan approach at his inauguration, in an overt bow-and-curtsy to unity. “One city,” the mayor called out, cuing the crowd to respond with the second half of his campaign slogan. “One Jacksonville,” the audience roared back. Then he exited, stage right. Hard right. Curry’s decision to scrub the city’s volunteer service boards to make room for perceived political cronies has triggered a spontaneous response from local progressives, many of them young. Concerned citizens were galvanized in particular by one woman’s refusal to acquiesce to Curry’s demands: Planning Commission Chairwoman and former Democratic candidate for City Council, Lisa King. Curry’s stated reason for wanting to replace King on the planning commission was “lack of shared vision.” But King doesn’t buy it. Arguing that the mayor incorporated her planning suggestions into his transition plan, King says the move is about partisan politics. 14 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 21-27, 2015
“It’s working out so well in Tallahassee and Washington,” she jabs. “Why not bring it here?” “Somebody has to stand up and say that they’re making a mistake,” King says, referring to the mayor and his administration. “What they’re doing is inconsistent with their stated goal,” she adds, acknowledging the mayor’s enunciated campaign vision of smart growth and job creation. She regrets she hasn’t had the opportunity, despite several attempts, to sit and talk with Curry, in the same spirit that he had asked the JEA board members — who’d receive their own share of scrutiny from the mayor’s office shortly after King was asked to resign — to come visit him, individually. “I reached out to [the mayor] multiple times,” King says. “I reached out to him after the election … I just want to serve my city.” King refused to resign when the mayor asked. Two days later, even in the wake of Curry’s move, King’s peers on the quasijudicial and highly technical planning commission voted her in as chairman. Commissioner Tony Robbins, who nominated King for the leadership spot, declined to be interviewed for this feature article. “I don’t know if it makes all the sense in the world to oust a new chairman,” Councilman Jim Love said of the mayor’s resignation request to King. Love, a Republican, serves District 14, which includes Riverside and Avondale.
SCRUBBING THE PLANNING COMMISSION King, who has served on the planning commission since 2012, says the mayor’s request for her resignation makes no sense. Commission member Lara Diettrich has already resigned from the body at the mayor’s request, and Nate Day’s and Marvin Hill’s terms have expired. Adding King and Joey McKinnon to the exit list will enable the mayor to appoint five new members — a majority — to the nine-member board. Atlarge member Jerry Friley has not been asked to resign.(Two additional commissioners, Tyler Loehnert and Matthew E. Schellhorn, are ex-officio members from the school board and the military, respectively. While they advise the board, they don’t vote.) “With all those people trying to get up to speed at the same time,” King says, “what kinds of mistakes will they make that won’t hold up in court?” King explained that the board is often the last stop for city planning decisions, and in those cases, appealing the board means going to state or federal court. “It’s not enough to make the right decision,” she says. “You have to make the right decision based on the right evidence, and you have to be sharp enough to get that on the record so the city can defend it in court.” The board hears citizen, business, and developer input on a variety of issues:
from zoning exceptions for home-based dog groomers, to proposed regulations for backyard chickens; from future dispensary sites for medical marijuana, to the environmental impact of borrow pits. “Diverse backgrounds [of board members] are a strength,” King says. “But the subject area is so detailed — and the process. If you mess up, you set the city up for a lawsuit.” And when the city goes to court, King says, “It costs the taxpayers money.” The borrow pit issue is instructive on that point: McKinnon’s extensive hydrogeology background enabled him to explain to a homeowner why his backyard wetlands could not have been affected by a nearby borrow pit. To replace the hydrogeologist on the planning body, the mayor wants banker and former Alvin Brown staffer Abel Harding. McKinnon and Harding are residents of Jacksonville’s least-populated residential planning district, comprising mostly Downtown and Springfield. The mayor, it seems, has pitted neighbor against neighbor. To fill Nate Day’s recently vacated atlarge planning seat, Curry has tapped Nicole Padgett, chief administrator for Summit Construction Group Inc. Between July 2014 and last May, Summit Construction contributed $69,000 to Curry’s PAC, Together for a Greater Jacksonville, according to Duval County Supervisor of Elections records.
And that PAC contributions list reads like a “who’s who” of developers and financiers in Jacksonville. Names like Petway, Rummell, Weaver, Foley, Burr, and Haskell appear frequently, with generous donations to match. Overall, Together for a Better Jacksonville raised $2.77 million to help elect the man who is now overhauling the Planning Commission. Summit’s owners, Padgett and her husband, Marc, each contributed $1,000 to Curry’s campaign, as well. They also gave $1,000 each to Ferraro, King’s opponent in the District 2 City Council race. In District 2, one of several known “safe” Republican districts in the city, King, a Democrat, nevertheless garnered 43 percent of the vote. Councilman Matt Schellenberg, District 6, wrote in a letter to the Florida TimesUnion that King shouldn’t now be eligible to serve her city on this volunteer board because she lost in District 2. In a twist of logic, Schellenberg wrote that the longtime public servant would have had to step down if she had won the council seat and, for that reason, being voted in by her board to serve as chairman of the Planning Commission somehow constituted “hypocrisy.” Curry wants to replace King, an experienced land developer and grassroots organizer, with Donald “Marshall” Adkison, a tow-truck business CEO. According to the Supervisor of Elections website, the various Adkisons, including the family business, Adkison Towing, contributed more than $4,000 to Ferraro’s campaign. Adkison Towing also gave $2,000 to the Curry campaign. Observers say Adkison will serve as a proxy for Ferraro on the Planning Commission.
UNPRECEDENTED IN THE HISTORY OF CONSOLIDATED JACKSONVILLE
“As a former mayor, I don’t recall anyone ever doing it,” says Tommy Hazouri of requesting midterm resignations from volunteer board members. Hazouri is now serving in his newly elected position as atlarge City Councilman. Hazouri says having members with differing views on the city’s independent boards and commissions is “the essence of the decision-making process.” The city charter calls for staggered terms for just this reason, he explains. Some previously elected board members will stay on in order to preserve institutional knowledge during political transitions. (Recently, Schellenberg has called for city council members to be able to serve three consecutive terms instead of two, to preserve “institutional knowledge” in that body only.) Historically, new mayoral board nominations are made for seats that are coming open at the same time the new mayor is elected. “I would be willing to have [Curry’s] team in place,” Hazouri says, “but this is not his team — the independent authorities and commissions.” “Independent means independent. Even though the mayor appoints, they’re on their own to make decisions as if it’s their own business. They go with what they think is the right thing to do and it may not be what the mayor or governor wants.” “He’s not the chair of the Republican Party anymore,” Hazouri says of Curry. In addition to opposing the move to have King resign, Hazouri bemoaned the ouster of JEA board member Lisa Strange
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Weatherby, who served as acting chair of that body last year. Weatherby is on record calling Curry’s board nominations a “paranoia-induced purge.” “It’s wrong to have them step down,” Hazouri says, in the absence of “malfeasance or corruption.” “If the [mayor’s] intent was team-building, they [would] have had the new appointees coincide with the term of the new mayor,” Hazouri says. “It’s clearly political.” While Hazouri may be right on good governance grounds, Councilwoman Lori Boyer, District 5, has a different perspective on replacing commission members midterm: She sticks closely to municipal code, as it reads now. “It doesn’t say they [board members] have to be removed for cause,” Boyer told Folio Weekly. When it comes to putting in whomever he wants, “The mayor has the right to do it,” Boyer says, echoing the widely circulated public statements of her colleague, Councilman Reginald Brown. “That doesn’t mean we [the council] don’t have the right to approve,” Boyer adds. McKinnon agrees that the final decision is in the hands of the council, but disagrees with the notion that commissioners serve at the pleasure of the mayor. “The mayor makes a recommendation,” McKinnon says. “We are not wrong to not want to resign. When the City Council makes a decision, I’ll respect that.” The mayor has the “perfect right” to nominate whomever he wants, according to Councilman Love. “It’s new to us, but it’s perfectly legal what he’s doing,” Love says. “We [the city council] also have the perfect right to approve or disapprove, depending on how we feel about the nominee. The city council gets the last word.” Love says he’ll vote against replacing King. “She’s shown me a lot of leadership qualities,” he says. “I’d like to see her continue until her term is up in 2017.” The Planning Commission, Love says, entails much more complexity than other policy boards. Issues from his district are especially complex, given the historic zoning overlays that must be considered. Love puts stock in the board’s vote of confidence in King, “Now she’s been voted in as the next chair. They also see that she’s done a good job.” Boyer says she has not made a final decision about the mayor’s nominations, and was complimentary about King’s performance on the commission. “My recall is that she was an engaged member,” Boyer says. “She obviously has subject matter background and knowledge.” “I applaud her service,” Boyer says. “She’s done a great job in her role and has been very valuable to the city.” The councilwoman adds that she thanks King for her willingness to serve on the commission. “She’s done an excellent job,” Boyer reiterated. While Boyer says she’s open to any new information that might influence her vote on the mayor’s appointments on Oct. 27, she refers back to the written parameters for choosing planning commissioners. Currently, for better or worse, Boyer explained, the code doesn’t say anything 16 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 21-27, 2015
about subject matter expertise. Rather, the requirements for serving are purely geographical. “They [members] bring unique knowledge of their part of our consolidated city,” Boyer says. “The staff is supposed to have all the technical expertise.”
THE MAYOR’S DOG-GROOMER
But King says that relying too heavily on the city’s planning department, which serves as staff for the planning commission, would be a mistake. “They weren’t right about the mayor’s doggroomer,” she quips. At a planning commission meeting on Oct. 8, the staff recommended denying a zoning exception to dog-groomer Missy Groves, who runs her business out of her Lakewood home. “If we had agreed with the mayor’s staff, she could have appealed to the council,” King says. “We do a lot of that work — it saves the council time.” The staff ’s denial was based on a series of complaints received by the city, alleging barking dogs and increased traffic to the home. Twenty friends, customers and neighbors showed up at the commission meeting to counter the recommended denial, which would have put Groves out of business. The evidence they presented proved that the complaints came from a single source and were unfounded. “We take additional information and testimony and make decisions based on competent, substantial evidence,” King says. In this instance, it kept a woman’s livelihood intact. In the case of a cellphone tower, on the other hand, doing the job right could prevent a federal lawsuit against the city. The individuals who appeared on Groves’ behalf organized exhibits and affidavits for the board, which disproved the staff ’s basis for denial. Only later did the body learn that Groves grooms the mayor’s dogs, too. On Oct. 4, Groves posted photos of Curry and his canines on her Facebook page, with the caption, “Our GREAT MAYOR just picked up his pups. Lenny Curry is a GREAT GUY.”
Joey McKinnon (above), a geologist, was appointed to the City Planning Commission just four months before Mayor Curry asked for his resignation.
“Twenty people showed up in the middle of the day, took time off from work, paid to park — they chose not to make income and go stand up for their neighbor,” King says of Groves’ supporters. “Sometimes,” King adds, “individuals oppose a big business interest.”
“IT’S MY JOB TO HEAR THEM.”
“It’s a sacred honor to hear this,” King says. “People are coming to their government to be heard. It is my job to hear them; to acknowledge that they are a part of a decisionmaking process.” Often, as with pilot programs for henhouses, potential dispensary sites for medical marijuana, or new restaurants in historic districts, King says, board members have to ask the right questions to get to the right solutions. Having tenured members on the board, she says, helps “people see it’s not what they think.” Contrary to popular belief, for example, hens are clean animals. They don’t make noise. And you don’t need a rooster to get eggs. “It was the most disparate coalition I’ve ever seen,” she says about the people who came together regarding the backyard chicken issue. “Tree-huggers, from the vast greenwing conspiracy, and religious conservatives who were interested in chickens.” The pilot program that was ultimately passed by the City Council, granting 500 permits for henhouses, and requiring applicants to take a class, was not something the planning commission favored in the beginning. Backyard chickens passed the commission with a split vote, after King “advocated vigorously” for it, and was recommended to the City Council. Former Councilman Don Redman sponsored the bill. When, after two years, the city counted zero complaints regarding chickens, King reports, “My colleagues were amazed. They couldn’t believe it.”
The board then voted unanimously to recommend to the council that hens be allowed in all residential neighborhoods except those that opt out. With the medical marijuana proposals, King says, there were some underhanded maneuvers by a potential grower in Gainesville who encouraged a moratorium on medical marijuana in Jacksonville. He was trying to knock out his potential competition. “I was incensed,” she says. “I don’t want our city to have stood in the way of patients getting this medicine because we didn’t do our job. Getting the zoning codes ready is our job.” “I suggested to the planning commission that we hold workshops.” Her colleague on the board, Chris Hagan, arranged meetings in conjunction with the council’s land-use committee in an effort to be proactive on the issue of medical marijuana. “We’re dealing with a non-euphoric medication for kids having 10 seizures a day, or ALS patients with horrible muscle spasms,” King says. She favors medical marijuana, but not legalized marijuana in general. The proposal regarding medical marijuana sites will come before the council soon. “There’s a lot of fear about this — that this is the camel’s nose coming in under the tent. Limiting [potential dispensaries] to six, citywide, should allay some of those fears.” King says the most logical dispensary locations will be near hospitals, where people go to get prescribed medicines. The process was difficult, King says, because of people’s tendency to conflate noneuphoric medical marijuana with controlled substances like alcohol. It’s a process, she says, that’s open to any citizen. And it’s analogous to the council’s decision-making process that will ultimately keep or reject King’s service on the Planning Commission. But at least one observer fears that most council members had made up their minds
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about the mayoral nominations before they even heard from citizens on Oct. 13.
CITIZEN PUSHBACK
“I’m not sure that public comment [at the City Council meeting] is a real avenue to persuade council members,” Kristellys Zolondek tells Folio Weekly. Zolondek is a 28-year-old Venezuelanborn citizen who’s lived in Florida since she was seven years old. She’s a community
engagement specialist at a Jacksonville healthcare organization. During the public comments portion of Oct. 13’s council meeting, approximately 40 citizens turned out to oppose the mayor’s legislation that would remove King and McKinnon from the Planning Commission and replace them with Adkison and Harding, respectively. (Padgett has been tapped to fill former commissioner Day’s vacated seat; one potential at-large nominee is still up in the air.) “We already know that only a few are going to support Lisa and Joey. They made up their minds a long time ago,” Zolondek says. She echoes the sentiments of observers who’ve said that districted council members fear retaliation from the mayor that could impact future legislation affecting their districts.
MAYOR CURRY’S PURGE The list of the people who have resigned, or who have been asked to resign, from the city’s “independent” boards and commissions in the middle of their service terms is growing:
Reason cited for resignation request: “In the best interest of the administration.” (Note: Bishop’s husband, Bill, also a Republican, opposed Curry in the first-round mayoral election.) Resignation date: Aug. 18
ERNIE ISAAC, JACKSONVILLE AVIATION AUTHORITY Party affiliation: DEMOCRAT (appeared in campaign commercials for Alvin Brown) Appointment details: Appointed to the board in 2009. Reason cited for resignation request: No reason cited. Resignation date: Aug. 11
NANCY SODERBERG, JACKSONVILLE PORT AUTHORITY Party affiliation: DEMOCRAT Appointment details: A former ambassador under President Clinton, Soderberg was appointed by Mayor Alvin Brown. Reason cited for resignation request: No reason cited. Resignation date: Aug. 28
MELODY BISHOP, DOWNTOWN INVESTMENT AUTHORITY BOARD Party affiliation: REPUBLICAN Appointment details: A former architect, Bishop was appointed to the board in 2012, then reappointed in 2014. Her term was set to expire in 2018.
PETER BOWER, JACKSONVILLE ELECTRIC AUTHORITY Party affiliation: DEMOCRAT Appointment details: A co-founder of an investment firm, Bower was appointed to the JEA board in 2012 by Alvin Brown. Reason cited for resignation request:
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Eddie Diamond Jr. (left) and approximately 40 other citizens turned out to Oct. 13’s council meeting to oppose legislation that would remove Lisa King and Joey McKinnon from the Planning Commission. “I’d suggest just for the fun of it, you tell the Mayor ‘No, you can’t have your way,’” he said. “We do a lot of the work. It saves the City Council time,” King says of the Planning Commission’s work that kept Curry’s (right) dog groomer in business. Zolondek says democracy is a “two-lane system, built for citizen feedback.” “There’s obviously enough community feedback to make a decision based on what citizens want,” Zolondek says, referring to the Oct. 13 public comment session. Zolondek was one of the 40 who showed up to oppose the mayor’s replacements for King and McKinnon, and one of about 20 who addressed the council directly. Her objections are less partisan than practical, she says. “It only has to do with knowledge and skills for the Planning Commission.”
Refused to meet with mayor in closed-door setting. Resignation date: Sept. 24 LISA STRANGE WEATHERBY, JACKSONVILLE ELECTRICAL AUTHORITY Party affiliation: DEMOCRAT Appointment details: A vice president at Wells Fargo, Weatherby was appointed to the JEA board in 2012 by Alvin Brown. Reason cited for resignation request: Refused to meet with mayor in closed-door setting. Resignation date: Oct. 5 LARA DIETTRICH, JACKSONVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION Party affiliation: DEMOCRAT Appointment details: A former city planner, Diettrich was appointed to the commission late in Alvin Brown’s term. Reason cited for resignation request: Along with Lisa King and Joey McKinnon, her vision was said to not align with the mayor’s. Resignation date: Sept. 16
JOEY McKINNON, JACKSONVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION Party affiliation: DEMOCRAT Appointment details: City Council approved then-mayor Alvin Brown’s appointment May 12, 2015. Reason cited for resignation request: McKinnon’s vision was said to not align with the mayor’s. Resignation date: Has not resigned. LISA KING, JACKSONVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION Party affiliation: DEMOCRAT Appointment details: King was appointed to the Planning Commission in 2012 by Alvin Brown. Reason cited for resignation request: King’s vision was said to not align with the mayor’s, despite the adoption of her suggestions in the mayor’s transition plan. Resignation date: Has not resigned.
Despite Boyer’s contention that the staff will provide all the institutional knowledge the board needs, Zolondek fears the turnover on the planning commission will hurt the city. “It will slow down the planning commission and might even stop what they’re doing,” she says. She says she expects the council will support the mayor, in the end, and that the damage of that vote will go beyond planning and land development in Jacksonville — it will hurt the cause of civic engagement. “I want public comment to mean something,” Zolondek tells Folio Weekly. “I don’t want it to be just a show.” Voting against King and McKinnon over the public’s objections is not democracy, she argues. “That’s not really representative government. That’s [the council is] a self-serving body. It doesn’t encourage civic engagement and it diminishes democracy in our city.” That sentiment has found resonance with McKinnon and King. In his public statement to the City Council, McKinnon decried the chilling effect the mayor’s nominations process will have on those who might otherwise volunteer for board service: If I share one important thing, it’s this: Although I appreciate all the people that came out today, this issue isn’t about myself or individuals. By placing volunteer board members and commissioners under this level of scrutiny, this new precedent will diminish the pool of quality applicants to boards and commissions in the future. I’m happy to do the considerable volunteer time it takes, but people have jobs, families, class, bills and so on and won’t be willing to commit their specific professional expertise so willingly with this kind of treatment and public scrutiny. King, on the other hand, was more blunt about the mayor’s partisan actions and the City Council vote that will likely back him up on Oct. 27. “It’s so destructive to public service in this town,” she says. Julie Delegal mail@folioweekly.com
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GHOSTOF A CHANCE GUILLERMO DEL TORO’s latest is a … wait for it … “spooktacular” bore
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arly in Crimson Peak, a gothic horror pic from writer/director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy), a little girl is warned by a ghost to “beware of Crimson Peak.” Ten years on, the same ghost appears to the girl, Edith (Mia Wasikowska), to remind her to “beware of Crimson Peak.” Not sure about you, but if I were the girl, there’s no way in hell you’d ever get me around anything remotely resembling anything like a peak, or anything even hinting at crimson, ever. And yet, Edith does not take caution. Completely ignores the warning, really. You’d think she wouldn’t marry someone who operates a red clay mining company, let alone live with him in a creepy mansion where the red clay is mined, but that would make sense. And very little of this movie makes sense. It’s the early 1900s, and Edith lives in upstate New York with her industrialist father Carter (Jim Beaver). Siblings Thomas (Tom Hiddleston) and Lucille (Jessica Chastain) come to town seeking financing for their family-held mining company. After a serious of tedious scenes that run far too long, and subplots of social tension that
mean nothing, we’re left with this: Although Indeed, the film looks slick and gothic and local doctor Alan McMichael (Charlie vivid. The production design has an aged Hunnam) is in love with her, Edith decides to authenticity that feels era-appropriate, and marry Thomas who, to be honest, did a much the costumes suggestively reflect the innocent better job of sweeping her off her feet. They or sinister motivations of the characters move to Thomas’ family estate in England, wearing them. There’s also artistry in the which is cold, drafty and dreadful. There’s cinematography: Note the scene in which little light, some forbidden rooms, ghosts Thomas and Lucille, while standing in a everywhere, and a gaping hole in park, reveal they’re scheming CRIMSON PEAK the roof. But worst of all: Lucille against Edith. The siblings are in lives with them. Why a newlywed the foreground enshrouded in **@@ Rated R couple would want a nagging shadow, symbolizing a darkness sister around is inconceivable, to their actions. Meanwhile, the but it’s clear that Thomas and Lucille have blitheful Edith is in the background, basking ulterior motivations. in sunlight, ignorant of the nefarious plot that awaits her. This is smart filmmaking; we The fact that these motivations — and other subconsciously register these elements and secrets — take too long to be revealed is one become more invested in the characters. negative issue among many. The violence isn’t excessive but it is graphic. The film earns its Too bad Crimson Peak didn’t have more of R rating even though it probably should’ve this craftsmanship. As appealing as it looks, the story doesn’t do the artistry justice, and been toned down for a PG-13. The ghost without a better story, the visual pleasures story is underdeveloped (and not scary), the ultimately fall flat. Find something else to love story isn’t believable, and the resolution watch this Halloween season. isn’t satisfying. Narratively, the plot fails to Dan Hudak generate interest, which is a disappointment, mail@folioweekly.com considering the lavish production.
PIONEERING REALITIES AT THE TIME OF HIS ACCIDENTAL DEATH FROM a drug overdose in 1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder had already directed 40-plus films, some landmarks not only in the New German Cinema but in 20thcentury film as a whole. He was 37 years old. In the two years just before he died, he made what are arguably his best films: Berlin Alexanderplatz (a 13-hour TV series in 10 parts) and The BRD Trilogy (Lili Marleen, Lola and Veronika Voss) in which he confronted Germany’s Nazi past. Though his earlier 16 features (TV and movies) had marked him as something of a wunderkind in Europe, it was Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) that catapulted Fassbinder to international acclaim. The year before, though, on the cusp of his breakthrough feature, Fassbinder directed a two-part, nearly four-hour TV miniseries (mostly unseen apart from its 1973 debut on German TV, later aired in the ’90s) that has only just made its debut on Blu-ray and DVD, thanks once again to Criterion Collection. Adapted from the 1964 novel Simulacron-3 by American author Daniel F. Galouye, World on a Wire is unique in at least two ways as a Fassbinder film. It’s his only science-fiction movie, and it’s one of his very few films to feature a happy ending (of sorts). In other ways, it’s typical Fassbinder at his best – fascinating, stylish, thought-provoking, and (oh, yeah, nearly forgot!) entertaining. The film’s central character is Fred Stiller (Klaus Lowitch), a top associate at a research institute where, thanks to a supercomputer, scientists 22 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 21-27, 2015
have created an alternate reality (now called virtual reality) that they can access by plugging into the mainframe. Doing so, they can actually interplay with the constructs or inhabitants of the computer’s artificial world. The sudden death of his boss and the disappearance of a trusted colleague, whom no one else seems to even remember, thrusts Stiller into the director’s chair as well as a world of uncertainty and suspense. Part One concludes as he learns he himself is a computer construct, his own world a creation of “those above.” In Part Two, Stiller tries to cope with this discovery while on the run from his immediate bosses and police. The bosses perceive him as a threat to their economic plans; the cops are convinced he’s a murderer. Both are fairly sure he’s insane. In addition, Stiller becomes the target of his alter ego in the alternate world above, who would just as soon delete him from the program. Certainly not the first of the European “art” directors to utilize sci-fi, Fassbinder makes a direct tribute to Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville (’65) with a cameo by that film’s star, Eddie Constantine. There’s a subtle allusion to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 in terms of a musical cue at one point that fans of A Space
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Odyssey cannot possibly miss. Other forerunners include François Truffaut’s Fahrenheit 451 (’66) and Chris Marker’s La Jetee (’62); that last one was adapted by Terry Gilliam in 12 Monkeys (’95). Employing mirrors and reflections in nearly every scene, Fassbinder offers visual flourishes that aren’t just flamboyant gestures but rather serve to highlight the film’s themes of multiple realities and identities. Making a movie as well as watching it involves entering another dimension, not unlike Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. In effect, like reality in World on a Wire, the film experience itself is merely another construct of perception and imagination. Years in the future, Blade Runner and The Matrix used massive budgets and spectacular special effects to explore the nightmare side of artificial intelligence. Fassbinder was there first, and with a pretty nifty take of his own. Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com
FILM LISTINGS FILM RATINGS
ROY HARPER **** ROY ROGERS **@@
ROY CLARK ***@ ROY COHN *@@@
SCREENINGS AROUND TOWN
SUN-RAY CINEMA The Martian, The Wicker Man and Goodnight Mommy screen at 1028 Park St., 5 Points, 3590049, sunraycinema.com. Steve Jobs starts Oct. 23. Attack on Titan Pt 2 runs Oct. 22. THE CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ The Thing, The Seven Five screen at 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. Fifth Element, noon Oct. 22; House, noon and 9:30 p.m. Oct. 23. LATITUDE 360 MOVIES Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension run at CineGrille, 10370 Philips Hwy., Southside, 365-5555. PICTURES IN THE PARK Florida Blue presents free movies every Friday in October. Guardians of the Galaxy starts at 7 p.m. Oct. 23 in Hemming Park, 135 W. Monroe St., Downtown, 556-7275, hemmingpark.org.
being approved nationwide. That may be so. It also may just be a marketing tool. Regardless, on its own terms — and not necessarily as a sociopolitical statement — it’s an emotional drama that allows us to invest in its characters and root for the right thing.— D.H. GOOSEBUMPS Rated PG Jack Black returns in this timely spooky-but-not-too-spooky romp based on R.L. Stine’s books. Costars Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush and Ryan Lee. Stine himself sneaks in for a bit, too. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 Rated PG In this sequel, Dracula (voice of Adam Sandler) tries to emphasize the half-monster side of grandson Dennis (Asher Blinkoff) to keep up the fear factor in the hospitality business. Costars voices of Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key, Fran Drescher, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, Mel Brooks, Andy Samberg, Kevin James … just about anyone who was on SNL in the ’90s and beyond. THE INTERN Rated PG-13 Robert De Niro is a great actor, with an intensity that can be terrifying. Here, he’s retiree Ben, who’s paternal, kind, calm. Jules (Anne Hathaway) has started an online fashion site that’s on the fast track. Ben is bored with retirement, so he signs up to intern at Jules’ company. He’s the voice of wisdom and experience in an otherwise chaotic, millennial-driven company, and all that that implies.
THE MARTIAN **** Rated PG-13 Matt Damon’s film is great storytelling, great visuals, solid performances. While exploring the surface of Mars, scientists are caught in a violent storm. Melissa (Jessica Chastain), Rick (Michael Pena), Beth (Kata Mara), Chris (Sebastian Stan) and Alex (Aksel Hennie) escape on their shuttle, but Mark (Matt Damon) is hit with debris, presumed dead and left behind. But he’s alive, abandoned, unable to communicate with NASA, and low on oxygen, food, and other supplies. He knows it’ll be four years before the next mission to Mars reaches him. Mark doesn’t panic. He uses his background as a botanist to grow food on a planet on which nothing grows naturally, and even creates his own water. His intelligence, ingenuity and inspiration are a joy to watch. — D.H.
PAWN SACRIFICE Rated PG-13 Chess is a game of patient, intelligent study, without the trappings – and dangers – of more violent sports. Usually. In the ’60s, though, chess was an instrument of pre-détente maneuverings for superpowers daring each other to drop the bomb. American Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) was a genius at the game, but his genius came at a price. Liev Schreiber plays chess master Boris Spassky, the Soviet Fischer challenged to a game. Costars Peter Sarsgaard and Lily Rabe.
MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS Rated PG-13 The sci-fi action thriller costars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. Patricia Clarkson and Barry Pepper, who were both in The Green Mile, are in this futuristic goodversus-evil film directed by Wes Bell.
THE WALK **** Rated PG “It’s impossible, but I’ll do it,” says Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, mastering a French accent) about walking a high wire between the twin towers of the World Trade Center Towers in the summer of 1974, four years after the first tenants moved into the brand-new buildings. There’s 140 feet between them. Putting aside the audacity/insanity needed to walk on a thin high wire way up high, the sheer mechanics of setting it all up are mind-boggling. Costars Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley.
PAN Rated PG The versatile Hugh Jackman is back, this time as the dread pirate Blackbeard. Garrett Hedlund is Hook, Levi Miller is the stubborn manchild Peter, Rooney Mara is Tiger Lily and Adeel Akhtar is Sam Smiegel, aka Smee.
SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE Rated R Jake (Jason Sudeikis) is a nice guy who’s also quite the rake. Lainey (Alison Brie) is a not-so-nice gal who cheats. They begin a platonic relationship. Costars Adam Brody, Amanda Peet, Adam Scott.
IMAX THEATER Kids’ Halloween movies, The Walk, Galapagos 3D and Humpback Whales screen at World Golf Village Hall of Fame IMAX Theater, St. Johns, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com.
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BIG STONE GAP Rated PG-13 There’s rom-com in them thar hills. Small-town shenanigans include Ashley Judd, Whoopi Goldberg, Jane Krakowski, Chris Sarandon, Jenna Elfman, Jasmine Guy, Patrick Wilson and Anthony LaPaglia. BLACK MASS ***@ Rated R Johnny Depp is real-life Boston Mafioso James “Whitey” Bulger, who was No. 2 on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list, in this well-played crime drama. It’s the story of how the FBI allowed Jimmy to commit drug trafficking, racketeering and murder in exchange for information about Boston’s vast criminal underground. Costars Joel Edgerton, Kevin Bacon, Adam Scott, David Harbour, Rory Cochrane, W. Early Brown and Jesse Plemons. Dakota Johnson is Whitey’s squeeze Lindsey. — Dan Hudak BRIDGE OF SPIES **@@ Rated PG-13 Reviewed in this issue. CRIMSON PEAK **@@ Rated PG-13 Reviewed in this issue. EVEREST ***@ Rated PG-13 Amateur climbers follow experienced guides in an effective action/adventure pic based on a true story. Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) is a guide who puts safety first; he’d better – his wife Jan (Keira Knightley) is pregnant back home in New Zealand. Beck (Josh Brolin), Doug (John Hawkes) and Jon (Michael Kelly) are travellers in this May 1996 expedition, while Helen (Emily Watson) and Guy (Sam Worthington) keep an eye on them from afar. Rob’s group joins old friend/nemesis Scott (Jake Gyllenhaal) – safety in numbers – but even the bestlaid plans can go awry. — D.H. FREEHELD ***@ Rated PG-13 Detective Laurel Hester (Moore) is a valuable member of the Ocean City, New Jersey Police Department. Her partner Dane (Michael Shannon) is a womanizer, but cares for Laurel and genuinely likes her as a person. Laurel’s secret is that she’s a lesbian; after a cute meet with Stacie (Ellen Page) at a volleyball game, they fall in love, buy a house together, get a dog, etc. They are as settled as any married couple can be, but it’s 2002 and gay marriage is not yet legal. This becomes a pertinent issue when Laurel is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, and the local government says her pension cannot be passed on to Stacie. Without the help of the pension, Stacie will lose their home after Laurel dies. Freeheld is based on actual events, and it’s being promoted as a story that was a precursor to gay marriage
“Hey, Mac!” Michael Fassbender portrays the visionary tech-tycoon and Apple icon, Steve Jobs.
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A&E // FILM Steven Spielberg’s Cold War courtroom drama is a CLOSED CASE
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ridge of Spies is a tale of two halves, the Jim comes across as a lone bastion of justice first better than the second, and neither facing the harsh invectives of protesters and very good. For director Steven Spielberg naysayers made paranoid by the Red Scare. It’s and leading man Tom Hanks, this should be an interesting dichotomy that should’ve been a disappointment. explored in greater detail. The problems are twofold: Pacing and story Jim, of course, loses in court. Act two tells structure. At 142 minutes, Bridge of Spies is far of his attempt to negotiate the exchange of Abel too long; 20 minutes could and should have for an American fighter pilot (Austin Stowell) been excised to tell a crisper, more suspenseful and an American student (Will Rogers). For story. As is, it’s a tedious watch, meandering this, Jim goes to East Berlin, catches a cold, and and repeating the obvious that we already know, deals with a floundering German government seemingly insistent on driving home points that trying to assert itself as a legit power apart from we learned 15 minutes earlier. the Soviet regime. Here, Jim’s actions don’t have clear motivations and the bureaucracy he Still, story structure is the bigger flaw. encounters is annoying, even boring, leading to The script by Matt Charman and Joel a weak narrative that lacks tension. and Ethan Coen (that’s right — the Coen Bros.) is divided in half like a theatrical Hanks does what he can to make the production. Beginning in 1957, the first story palatable and engaging, but his charm and more interesting segment and welcome comic relief can follows insurance lawyer take the film only so far. The BRIDGE OF SPIES production design, costumes and Jim Donovan (Hanks) as he **@@ defends accused Russian spy cinematography are solid, and Rated PG-13 Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) there certainly is a compelling from charges of treason and story to tell, it just wasn’t told espionage. Jim is an insurance counselor here well enough. For Spielberg, whose War doing a defense attorney’s job, which makes Horse (2011) and Lincoln (2012) also felt too no sense, but this is based on a true story, so long, this is an unfriendly trend. Given that his we play along. next film, The BFG, due July 2016, is a family adventure and not a historical drama, one hopes What’s interesting in this section is that Jim’s it will not drag on endlessly. law partners (Alan Alda, John Rue), the CIA, FBI, the judge (Dakin Matthews) presiding Talk of Bridge of Spies as an Oscar contender over the case and — I kid you not — even Jim’s should end right now. Yes, the Academy own wife Mary (Amy Ryan), daughters and son sometimes nominates the pedigree rather than want it all to be for show and for Rudolf to not the product, but the emotional investment receive a fair trial. To the USA, Jim is trying to which Spielberg usually generates so expertly free a Communist spy caught in America. Jim, is largely void here, and it’s hard to receive however, stands by his client’s constitutional nominations if the audience isn’t emotionally rights and does his absolute best for the Russian. stirred. Let’s chalk this one up as a misfire and If this film had been released during the Cold eagerly look forward to what the great Hanks War, Jim would without a doubt be the villain and Spielberg do next. and dubbed a “Red sympathizer.” Because it’s Dan Hudak screening roughly 25 years after the Cold War, mail@folioweekly.com
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A&E //ARTS
AN ENIGMATIC ENDEAVOR
New exhibit at the Cummer highlights a captivating 20TH-CENTURY WOMEN’S POTTERY program
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stablished in 1895 as an educational Exposition Universelle de 1900 in Paris, the experiment of H. Sophie Newcomb Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901, Memorial College, the women’s coordinate Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in college at Tulane University, Newcomb Pottery 1904, and the 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial was a quasicommercial venture that offered Exposition in Portland. Southern women an opportunity to support “The pieces that are in the exhibition come themselves financially during and after their from a variety of institutional and private training as artists. collectors,” Keris says. “Many pieces are “The Pottery also was founded to attributed to certain artists, mainly through give women hands-on experience that artist’s maker marks and other date marks would translate into jobs, income and from the Pottery itself.” independence,” explains Holly Keris, chief In 2013, The New York Times described curator at Cummer Museum of Art & Newcomb Pottery’s unique program. Gardens. “Women were getting on-the“Young Southern women flocked to the job training in addition to the educational New Orleans classrooms of the Newcomb Art experience. The commercial aspect of the School in the early 1900s to learn how to mold Pottery was only part of its intended goal.” clay teacups, carve vases, embroider tablecloths Now through Jan. 3, Women, Art & Social and hammer silver chalices. The results of Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise is their grueling work at the school … appealed on view in the Cummer’s Mason Gallery, to tastemakers like Louis Comfort Tiffany, featuring about 180 one-of-a-kind pieces museum curators, and retail distributors from including pottery, needlework, metal work, Boston to Los Angeles, and they ended up in drawings, and jewelry. elite collections.” “Newcomb Pottery is One of Keris’ favorite WOMEN, ART & SOCIAL CHANGE: unique among American pieces on display is a tyg THE NEWCOMB POTTERY ENTERPRISE art potteries of the last (large, three-handled Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, century in that they drinking cup, above) Riverside, cummermuseum.org. married the design designed by Harriet On display through Jan. 3 aesthetics of the arts and Coulter Joor in 1902. crafts and art nouveau “She filled the surface movements with imagery inspired by the Gulf of the cup with a pine grove motif, but it has South,” explains Keris. been simplified into a series of vertical trunks,” Pieces in the exhibition include florashe explains. “There are many examples of inspired earthenware decorated with her work in this exhibition, even some of magnolia, live oak, Spanish moss, and her preliminary study drawings from nature, dogwood, to name a few. where you can track the design progression “Despite the fact that nearly 100 women from immediate study into abstracted motif.” worked as designers during the Pottery’s Joor established herself as one of existence, its designs are really very Newcomnb Pottery’s most noted designers. recognizable,” says Keris of the show that was After receiving her B.S. from Newcomb organized with the help of Tulane University’s College in 1895, Joor completed its graduate Newcomb Art Gallery and the Smithsonian program and had a career as a designer and Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. teacher — helping other craftswomen hone Newcomb Pottery is considered one of the their aesthetic and technique. most recognizable American art potteries of “Newcomb Pottery was a unique venture,” the early 20th century. From 1895 to 1940, says Keris. “As its parent organization, the program included craftswomen like Newcomb College at Tulane University had an Sadie Irvine, Cynthia Littlejohn, Mary Given educational mission — education was one of Sheerer, Aurelia Arbo, and Juanita Gonzales. the main drivers of its existence.” The ladies also found success in various Kara Pound exhibitions and expositions, including the mail@folioweekly.com OCTOBER 21-27, 2015 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 25
ARTS + EVENTS PERFORMANCE
MURDER, MYSTERY & MAYHEM The Amelia Island Book Festival and Fernandina Little Theatre present an interactive murder mystery dinner, 7:15 p.m. (cocktails 6:15 p.m.) Oct. 24 at Golf Club of Amelia Island, 4700 Amelia Island Parkway, Fernandina, 624-1665, $99.95; proceeds benefit the festival’s literacy program, ameliaislandbookfestival.org. THE BFG (BIG FRIENDLY GIANT) For grades 1-6, the play, about a gentle giant and an orphan, is staged 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22 and 10:15 a.m. Oct. 23 at Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750, $12, thcenter.org. THREADS OF SILVER & GOLD: WOMEN OF THE PANAMA CANAL A Classic Theatre presents the story of women who came from the West Indies, England, and America during the canal construction, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22-30 at Pioneer Barn, Ft. Menendez, 259 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, $21.50, aclassictheatre.org. FETISH Jason Nettle’s humorous one-man show, about various sexual fetishes, is staged 8 p.m. Oct 22, 23, and 24 at Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, 249-0289, $15; strong language and sexual content, playersbythesea.org. A CREATIVE FALL READING Douglas Anderson School of the Arts students present a reading 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at 2445 San Diego Rd., San Marco, 346-5620, duvalschools.org/anderson. THE CHRISTIANS Limelight Theatre stages the faith-based drama 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 and 24 and 2 p.m. Oct. 25 at 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, 825-1164, $26; $24 seniors, $20 military/students; through Nov. 15, limelight-theatre.org. THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Amelia Musical Playhouse stages a campy musical, of a young couple seeking shelter at the home of a mad transvestite scientist, and his Frankenstein-like creation, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22-24, 29-31 at 1955 Island Walkway, Fernandina, 277-3455, $20; ameliamusicalplayhouse.com. ANYTHING GOES Alhambra Theatre & Dining presents a musical comedy of madcap antics on an ocean liner, set to the words and music of Cole Porter, through Nov. 22. Dinner 6 p.m.; brunch at noon, themed menu by Executive Chef DeJuan Roy; 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, $38-$59 plus tax, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Top 10 finalists from season 12 of the Emmy-winning show strut their stuff, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at T-U Center’s Moran Theater, Downtown, 633-6110, $38.50-$68.50, ticketmaster.com.
CLASSICAL, CHOIR & JAZZ
CLASSICAL MUSIC UNF Wind Symphony and Concert Band Fall Concert is 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at University of North Florida’s Lazzara Performance Hall, 1 UNF Dr., Southside, 620-2878, unf. edu/coas/music/calendar.aspx. CLASSICAL IN FERNANDINA Dr. Marc Dickman conducts the Nassau Community Band, 6 p.m. Oct. 22 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 505 Broome St., 261-3472, nassaucommunityband.com. CLASSICAL TRIO AT JU Pianist Myron Silberstein, baritone Jay Ivey, and soprano Kimberly Beasley perform works by Persichetti, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at Jacksonville University’s Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7386, $10; $5 seniors, military, students, arts.ju.edu. ANAÏS MITCHELL Progressive folk artist Mitchell performs, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton St., Riverside, $25; $10 students, riversidefinearts.org. PIANO DIALOGUE Vladimir Kulenovic conducts pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton and the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra in a concert of works by Shostakovich, Mozart, and Stravinsky, 7:30 and 8 p.m. Oct. 22, 23 and 24 at Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Jacoby Symphony Hall, Downtown, 354-5547, $25-$74, jaxsymphony.org. ST. AUGUSTINE ORCHESTRA The community orchestra performs at 8 p.m. Oct. 23 at Lightner Museum, 75 King St., 824-2874, staugustineorchestra.org. FALL VOCAL CONCERT Douglas Anderson School of the Arts students perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the school, 2445 San Diego Rd., San Marco, 346-5620, duvalschools.org/anderson. SYMPHONIC SPOOKTACULAR The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra presents a family-geared concert, with Lemony Snicket’s The Composer is Dead and other favorite Halloween tunes, 3 p.m. Oct. 25 at T-U Center’s Jacoby Hall, 354-5547, $10-$26; wear Halloween costumes, jaxsymphony.org. CLARINET CONCERT Clarinetist Sunshine Simmons performs at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, 620-2878, unf.edu/coas/music/calendar.aspx. THE FALL ORCHESTRA CONCERT Jacksonville University students perform, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at JU’s Terry Concert Hall, 256-7386, $10; $5 seniors, military, students, arts.ju.edu. JAZZ COMBO NIGHT Jazz performance, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, 620-2878, unf.edu/ coas/music/calendar.aspx. OCTUBAFEST RECITAL Tuba music, featuring tubaist Joanna Hersey, is presented 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at UNF’s Fine Arts Center, Rm. 1404, 620-2878, unf.edu/coas/music/calendar.aspx.
COMEDY
KATT WILLIAMS Funnyman Williams returns with his signature standup style, 8 p.m. Oct. 24 at Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., Downtown, 630-3900, $47.50-$125, ticketmaster.com. KEVIN MEANEY Meaney, who’s been on Late Night with David Lettermen, appears 8 p.m. Oct. 22 and 23; 8 and 10:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, $10-$28, jacksonvillecomedy.com. ARIES SPEARS Spears, principal cast member on Mad TV, is on 8 p.m. Oct. 22 and 8 and 10 p.m. Oct. 23 and 24 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, $22-$27, comedyzone.com. TERRY T. HARRIS Comic Harris, who’s been on Comic View, performs 7:30 and 10 p.m. Oct. 23 and 24 at Latitude 360, 10370 Philips Hwy., Southside, 365-5555, $15, latitude360.com. HOT POTATO COMEDY HOUR Local comics, 9 p.m. every Mon. at rain dogs., 1045 Park St., Riverside, free, 379-4969.
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The opening reception for an exhibit of new works by MORRISON PIERCE (pictured) and LOREN MYHRE is held 6-8 p.m. Oct. 27 at FSCJ Kent Campus Gallery. The exhibit is on display through Nov. 17.
CALLS & WORKSHOPS
MUSICAL THEATER JAZZ CLASS Jocelyn Geronimo teaches youth-geared classes on preparing for musical productions for beginning and experienced dancers, 4-5 p.m. every Wed., through Dec. 9 at Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, 249-0289, $200, gary@playersbythesea.org. ARTS IN THE PARK SUBMISSIONS The 13th annual Arts in the Park festival, a limited, juried event at Atlantic Beach’s Johansen Park, is accepting artists’ applications; coab.us. ADULT ACTING & IMPROV CLASSES Gary Baker teaches acting and improv basics, 5-6:30 p.m. (acting) and 6:30-8 p.m. (improv) every Sun., through Nov. 15 at Players by the Sea, Jax Beach, 249-0289, $100/class; $150/both, gary@playersbythesea.org.
ART WALKS & MARKETS
WEDNESDAY MARKET Local produce, arts/crafts, food, live music, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Oct. 21, St. Johns Pier Park, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, free, 347-8007, thecivicassociation.org. COMMUNITY FARMERS & ARTS MARKET Baked items, crafts, art, jewelry, 4-7 p.m. Oct. 21, 4300 St. Johns Ave., Riverside, 607-9935. DOWNTOWN FRIDAY MARKET Arts & crafts, local produce, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 23, Jax Landing, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188. RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local/regional art, food, farmers’ row, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. every Sat. – Ciaran Sontag & the Safari Band, Savanna Leigh Bassett, UNF Jazz Ensemble 3, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 24 – under Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.
MUSEUMS
AMELIA ISLAND MUSEUM OF HISTORY 233 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach, 261-7378, ameliamuseum.org. It Came from the Attic: Local War Memorabilia Collections, through November. Open daily; $7 adults, $4 students/active military. AMERICAN BEACH MUSEUM Community Center, 1600 Julia St., Fernandina, 277-7960, nassaucountyfl.com/facilities. The Sands of Time: An American Beach Story, celebrating MaVynee Betsch, “The Beach Lady,” is on display. BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org. Naval Station Mayport: Guardian of the Southern Frontier Exhibit, through Feb. 12. CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. Women, Art and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise, 20th-century ceramic pieces inspired by flora and fauna of the Gulf South, through Jan. 2. British Watercolors through Nov. 29. Public garden tours 11 a.m. every Tue. & Thur. Free admission 4-9 p.m. every Tue., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every first Sat. KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992. Drew Edward Hunter’s exhibit Spectrum II, through October. Baseball: Origins and Early History, through December. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911, mocajacksonville.com. Avery Lawrence: Live in Jacksonville, through Nov. 22. Smoke and Mirrors: Sculpture & The Imaginary, illusion-inspired 3D and installation works by sculptors Chul Hyun Ahn, James Clar, Patrick Jacobs, Ken Matsubara, Daniel Rozin, and Kathleen Vance, through Jan. 24. Unmasked: Art with a Heart in Healthcare, through Dec. 6. Project Atrium: Joelle Dietrick, through Oct. 25. THE RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 807-2010, ritzjacksonville.com. Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight is on display Oct. 24-Jan. 17.
GALLERIES
ADELE GRAGE CULTURAL CENTER 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-5828, coab.us. The Promise to Kate Foundation displays works of varying mediums by local and worldwide artists including Randy Rhodes, James O’Brien, Jennifer Graham, Annelies Dykgraaf, Ivan Shaping Stars, Professor Hinson, Lucie Sterbova, Jayda Willis, Liz Bryant, Karen Wheeler, through October. ALEXANDER BREST GALLERY Jacksonville University, 2800 N. University Blvd., Arlington, 256-7371, ju.edu. Erin Colleen Johnson: Tell Me All About It, Jefferson Rall: No Hope To New Hope, and Margi Weir: Recent Works, through Nov. 4. AMIRO ART & FOUND 9C Aviles St., St. Augustine, 824-8460, amiroartandfound.com. Nicolette Matt and Shelia Lewis are October’s featured artists. ARCHWAY GALLERY & FRAMING 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-2222, archwaygalleryandframing.com. Latitude 360 Degrees, by Jax Artist Guild members, through mid-November. THE ART CENTER COOPERATIVE Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 139, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 233-9252, tacjacksonville. org. The Wildlife Jury Show is on display Oct. 22-Dec. 28. BUTTERFIELD GARAGE ART GALLERY 137 King St., St. Augustine, 825-4577, butterfieldgarage.com. Jan Miller’s gourd sculptures and Laura O’Neal’s paintings, through Nov. 3. CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu/news-events/crisp-ellert-art-museum. Edgar Endress: Finding Baroque (terre florida), through Nov. 28. FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928. An opening reception for Russ Wilson’s recent works is 7-9 p.m. Oct. 23. The exhibit displays through Jan. 6. FSCJ DEERWOOD CENTER CAMPUS 9911 Old Baymeadows Rd., 997-2500, fscj.edu. An opening reception for Mind, Body, Soul, and Spirit – A Celebration of the Arts, student-made mandalas, is 6-8 p.m. Oct. 20; through Dec. 4. FSCJ KENT CAMPUS GALLERY 3939 Roosevelt Blvd., 646-2300, fscj.edu. An opening reception for an exhibit of works by Morrison Pierce and Loren Myhre is 6-8 p.m. Oct. 27; through Nov. 17. FSCJ NORTH CAMPUS GALLERY 4501 Capper Rd., 632-3310, fscj.edu. Express Your Selfie, by patient artists of Wolfson Children’s Hospital, through Oct. 29. FSCJ SOUTH CAMPUS GALLERY Wilson Center for the Arts,
11901 Beach Blvd., 646-2023, fscj.edu. An opening reception for the printmaking exhibit Blocktoberfest, works by print artist David Menard, workshops, T-shirt printing, and large-scale block printing with a steamroller, is 7-9 p.m. Oct. 23; the exhibit displays through Nov. 12. HASKELL GALLERY JIA Central Courtyard, 2400 Yankee Clipper Dr., 741-3546, jiaarts.org. Face Forward, self-portraits by Adrian Pickett, Bill Yates, Chip Southworth, Christie Holechek, Daniel Wynn, David Engdahl, Doug Eng, Dustin Harewood, Enzo Torcoletti, Franklin Ratliff, Hiromi Moneyhun, Jason John, Jim Benedict, Jim Draper, John Bunker, Kevin Arthur, Larry Wilson, Laurie Hitzig, Louise Freshman Brown, Mary St. Germain, Mindy Hawkins, Overstreet Ducasse, Paul Ladnier, Robin Shepherd, Sara Pedigo, Shaun Thurston, Steve Williams, Susan Ober, Thony Aiuppy, and Tony Wood, through Dec. 28. HAWTHORN SALON 1011 Park St., Riverside, 619-3092, hawthorn salon.com. Lily Kuonen’s Playntings [Un]Covered through Nov. 21. HUBLEY GALLERY 804 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 4299769, hubleygallery.com. 3D art by Valerie Pothier-Forrester and paintings by Natalia Andreeva, through October. J. JOHNSON GALLERY 177 Fourth Ave. N., Jax Beach, 4353200, jjohnsongallery.com. Bloom, nature-inspired works by Joan Bankemper, Carolyn Brady, Nathalia Edenmont, Mira Lehr, Joseph Raffael, and Robert Zakanitch, through Nov. 5. LUFRANO INTERCULTURAL GALLERY 1 UNF Drive, Student Union, 620-2475, unf.edu/gallery. Lida, Paintings by Franklin Matthews, through Dec. 11. MONYA ROWE GALLERY 4 Rohde Ave., St. Augustine, 2170637, monyarowegallery.com. Out of Place, by Larissa Bates, Natasha Bowdoin, Vera Iliatova, Giordanne Salley, Dasha Shiskin, through Dec. 20. PLUM GALLERY 10 Aviles St., St. Augustine, 825-0069, plumartgallery.com. Works by Sara Pedigo, James Quine, Mary Williamson, and Mary Lou Gibson, display through October. SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 201 N. Hogan St., Ste. 100, Downtown, 553-6361, southlightgallery.com. Emerging Artists and UNF Student Exhibition display through October. Renee Faure, Princess Rashid and Overstreet Ducasse are featured. SPACE:EIGHT 228 W. King St., St. Augustine, 829-2838, space eight.com. Extended Playbook, works by Atlanta artists George Long, Jessica Caldas, Mario Schambon, William Downs, Adrian Barzaga, Mike Stasny, Erin Michelle Vaiskauckas, through Dec. 3. X.NIHILO GALLERY956 N. Liberty St., Springfield, galleryxnihlo@gmail.com. The exhibit Other Criteria, works by Kelly Long and Mark Creegan, is on display through Oct. 30.
EVENTS
SEA AND SKY AIR SHOW The aviation extravaganza, featuring daily performances by The Blue Angels Geico Skytypers, F15, and P51, simulators, military vehicles, live music, and kidgeared activities, is held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 24 and 25 at Jax Beach oceanfront, between First Avenue North and Sixth Avenue North, 630-3690, for a full schedule, go to jaxseaandsky.net. AUTHORS AT MAIN LIBRARY Steve Noll and Dave Tedeger, authors of Ditch of Dreams: The Cross Florida Barge Canal and the Struggle for Florida’s Future, appear at 1 p.m. Oct. 24 at Main Public Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, 630-2665, jaxpubliclibrary.com. OCEANWISE: AN EVENING FOR THE ESTUARIES The sixth annual fundraising dinner, featuring sustainable food from area restaurants, drink, live music, and a silent auction, is held 6-9 p.m. Oct. 24 at GTM Research Reserve, 505 Guana River Rd., Ponte Vedra Beach, 823-4500, $50; proceeds support the GTM’s mission of protecting and preserving ocean and estuary resources, gtmnerr.org. CARING CHEFS This annual gastronomical favorite, with food and wine samplings from nearly 70 of Northeast Florida’s restaurants and wine vendors, is held 7-9:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at The Avenues Mall, 10300 Southside Blvd., 493-7739, $70; proceeds benefit Children’s Home Society of Florida, chscaringchefs.com. AMELIA RIVER CRUISES Held every Fri. and Sat., with live music – Larry LeMier Oct. 23, Jim Barcaro Oct. 24 – from Amelia River Cruises, 1 N. Front St., Fernandina Beach, 2619972; for fees and details, go to ameliarivercruises.com. AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS/ALATEEN When you don’t know where to turn because someone drinks too much. Al-Anon and Alateen can help families and friends of alcoholics. Daily meetings throughout Northeast Florida. Call 904-350-0600 or go to jaxafg.org. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS If you think you have a drug problem, Narcotics Anonymous might be able to help. Daily meetings throughout Northeast Florida; go to serenitycoastna. org or firstcoastna.org. NICOTINE ANONYMOUS This support group for smokers wanting to kick the habit and live smoke-free is held at 5:30 p.m. every Mon. at Trout River Club, 9745 Lem Turner Rd., Northside, nicotine-anonymous.org. DEPRESSION/BIPOLAR SUPPORT The local chapter of the nonprofit Depression Bipolar Support Alliance meets 6-7:30 p.m. every Tue. at Baptist Hospital Pavilion, fifth floor, Rm. 3, 800 Prudential Dr., Southbank, dbsalliance.org. DAILY EVENTS AT HEMMING PARK Free yoga, group fitness and live music, across from City Hall, 117 W. Duval St., Downtown; hemmingpark.org/hemming-park-events.
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BACK IN ACTION
Once forgotten, now reinvigorated, Nebraskan poli-punks DESAPARECIDOS are still fired up
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t takes cojones grande to be a white, announced its first tour in 10 years. The Nebraska-born singer/songwriter who starts following year, Desaparecidos made its overtly a punk band named for the Chilean political liberal second act obvious with “Anonymous” dissidents who were “disappeared” under and “The Left is Right,” which addressed August Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the the notorious hacker group and the Occupy ’70s and ’80s. But that’s what Conor Oberst movement. In 2015, the band released its first did in 2001, joining forces with little-known new album in 13 years, Payola, on landmark Midwestern rock-’n’-rollers Landon Hedges, punk label Epitaph Records, digging deeper into Matt Baum, Denver Dalley, and Ian McElroy weighty social issues like injustice, corporate even as his pained emo-folk project Bright Eyes greed, and domestic surveillance. was rocketing to indie fame. In the aforementioned Noisey interview, drummer Matt Baum insisted the newly Desaparecidos’ debut album Read Music/ reformed Desaparecidos weren’t that political, Speak Spanish was a gritty, incisive, hardcorethough. “I don’t think we’re saying anything influenced skewering of materialism, vitriolic,” he said. “There [are] bands out there consumerism, conformity, religion, and that are way, way more angry and political politics. Because it was recorded the week of than us. Propagandhi, for example. Those the Sept. 11 attacks and released just a few guys didn’t give a shit what you thought months later in February 2002, however, the about their politics, and they were pissed off. fierce, unrelenting album was a commercial And we’re sort of poking fun at stuff we don’t bomb, especially with Bright Eyes’ widely like, and making pop punk songs about it. celebrated Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil … which dropped a few months later. We’re not coming out and putting targets on But Read Music/Speak Spanish quickly anyone’s head — we’re just saying, ‘Hey, this became a cult favorite among discerning fans isn’t very cool, we should pay attention to this.’” of what Entertainment Weekly accurately Regarding his own history with the astute described as “howlingly tuneful Midwestern eye of someone whose every move has been punk that disappeared with Hüsker Dü.” dissected for the last 15 years, Oberst added, Desaparecidos’ mythic “If you can’t laugh, you’re profile only increased gonna cry. I’ve spent too DESAPARECIDOS with when the band abruptly much time crying, so now THE SO SO GLOS, BANDROIDZ called it quits in 2002, I’m into laughing.” 8 p.m. Oct. 27, Underbelly, Downtown, leaving Oberst to embrace But give the band $18, underbellylive.com his role as the tortured boy credit: Even with genius-cum-adventurous Oberst at the helm, American musical hero. Desaparecidos insisted on booking small clubs like Underbelly in Jacksonville in advance A decade passed, Oberst and his band mates of what will probably be an earth-shaking drifted apart, and no one thought Desaparecidos performance at legendary punk summit The would be anything but a beloved footnote in Fest in Gainesville on Halloween weekend. indie rock history. And then, in 2010, as Omaha Which speaks to the unabashedly DIY nature was considering a blatantly anti-immigrant bill of this project, even 13 years and many orbits similar to the one Arizona’s state legislature of the celebrity moon later. had acrimoniously passed (and then rescinded in the wake of severe economic impacts), “We’re definitely a band,” Oberst told Oberst organized a Concert for Equality and, Noisey. “We are five equal parts; we get surprisingly, got the band back together. together, and we make the music together, and everyone has to be involved for it to sound the “Other than an occasional drunken way we sound, and I think that resonates with conversation of ‘Oh, we should play again,’ different people than my other projects. I think [that was] the first time I was really like, ‘Let’s that’s great … So it makes perfect sense that not do this,’ and everyone was right there on everyone is gonna want to hear the things that board,” Oberst told Vice magazine’s online we’re singing about in our songs when they’re music outlet Noisey this past July. “We ended just trying to cool out with their bros and up playing a concert, and it was such a great cruise down the street with the windows down. experience all around. I think we played our I completely appreciate that, and I would say tightest show to date, and it felt really good to that our band is not for you.” play that music again with those guys.” Two years later, the band released one old Hammering that brash point home, Oberst song, “Backsell” (about the dying major label added, “The nice thing is we didn’t give a fuck system), and one new song, “MariKKKopa” back then, and we don’t give a fuck now.” (about the infamously anti-immigrant Nick McGregor mail@folioweekly.com Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio), and OCTOBER 21-27, 2015 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 27
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SHAKING IT AND
MAKING IT Bounce ambassador BIG FREEDIA brings New Orleans’ freaky, empowering hip-hop offshoot to the big time
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fire template, exhorting listeners to “Rock to hough her widespread fame took years to da beat!” and “Wiggle work!” and “Jump on arrive, Big Freedia has called herself Queen da booty!” But it also expanded the usual Big Diva since the late ’90s, when the New Easy production palette to include R&B and Orleans native first started heating up the city’s EDM influences. That’s helped Freedia build a underground bounce scene. And Freedia, who successful touring repertoire of major festival identifies as a gay man (born Freddie Ross) dates and bigger venues (like three-in-a-row while expressing a preference for the feminine House of Blues dates on her current jaunt). pronoun, is now living a true diva lifestyle: a But it’s Freedia’s willingness to open up reality show, Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce, on about her family, her sexuality, her work Fuse Television, an in-depth autobiography (as an interior designer), and her roots and an emotional Pitchfork documentary, a in New Orleans that have provided an dance instruction DVD and a video game, unprecedented look at a complicated regional a Guinness World Record for twerking, and artist navigating delicate, rapidly shifting a current Fall Bounce Shakedown Tour coterrain. During Season 2 of her reality show, sponsored by concert behemoth Live Nation. Freedia’s beloved mother died, and the vibrant Freedia definitely put in the hard yards jazz funeral gave one episode a tender beating before becoming New Orleans’ de facto heart; in Seasons 3 and 4, Freedia’s breakup ambassador of bounce, though. Defined by with longtime boyfriend Devon is put on bass-heavy break beats, sexualized call-andprominent display, along with her growing response chants, frenetic ass-shaking, and profile as an LGBTQ advocate. influences as broad as Southern rap and “I don’t expect to be this iconic person out Mardi Gras Indians, bounce was nothing there trying to relieve things,” Freedia told The more than a hyper-localized micro-genre for New Orleans Times-Picayune last month. “But nearly two decades. Throughout the 2000s, [the show] has helped a lot of people on their local promoters tried in vain to break bounce journey just to look at me be on a bigger scale, but record myself … I know that the world label executives, radio DJs, and BIG FREEDIA, will continue to change, because venue owners all said the same HIBOU, BOYFRIEND over the course of my career thing: too fast, too loud, too 8 p.m. Oct. 26, Jack Rabbits, and my time in New Orleans, vulgar, too hardcore. San Marco, $20, jaxlive.com I definitely helped change the Flamboyant Big Easy icons persona and the perception [of] accepting gay like Katey Red (who first hired Freedia as people. If it [can] be done in my hometown, it a backup dancer), Vockah Redu, and Sissy definitely can be done all around the world.” Nobby had some success exporting the bounce Yet for all of Freedia’s increased gospel around the Southeast, especially in opportunities and broadened horizons, she the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s forced exile remains committed to the one thing that gives of thousands of people. But bounce fully hit bounce unrivaled visceral power: its sweaty, the big time thanks to Miley Cyrus’ infamous sultry, wildly uninhibited live show. “There 2013 VMAs twerk-fest. Plenty of think pieces skewered the white super-celeb for exploiting are so many things you can do with music,” a very specific racial and cultural performance Freedia told the Times-Picayune. “So many style. But Freedia saw that misappropriation opportunities out there to create new sound. as a two-way street, never missing a beat The world is so big and so many people like so to criticize Cyrus or offer the poor girl many different things. I’ll definitely be testing twerking lessons while using the controversy out [some new EDM-influenced material] on as a platform to pursue her mission of this new tour [to] see if my fans like it. [But] “transforming one twerker at a time,” as she I’m totally prepared if the EDM world doesn’t told Out Magazine in 2013. work on stage.” “To see someone else come in, trying And that’s because the original Freedia to jump on something that’s hot, it’s very sound and the original Freedia spectacle — offensive to me, and it’s very offensive to my groups of women asserting their collective audience who know where twerking comes power on the dance floor while men mostly from,” Freedia said. “But it also helps the game clear out and watch in awe — is so tried and true. As Freedia says, it’s all about “getting out. It’s kind of a two-part situation: Some those asses clacking.” After one bounce show, people feel it’s disrespectful, and some people even the most prudish among us won’t be able feel it can help us get more attention.” to argue with that. And therein lies Freedia’s complexity as Nick McGregor an artist. 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Punker dude faves LAGWAGON (pictured) perform with RUNAWAY KIDS, PEARS, and INSPECTION 12 at Freebird Live Oct. 28 in Jax Beach.
LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK
SPADE McQUADE 6 p.m. Oct. 21 at Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176, Downtown, 374-1247. DENNY BLUE 6 p.m. Oct. 21 & 28 at Paula’s Beachside Grill, 6896 A1A S., Crescent Beach, 471-3463. THEORY of a DEADMAN, POP EVIL, ARANDA 6 p.m. Oct. 21 at Mavericks Live, The Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 356-1110, $27. JEREMY PORTER & the TUCOS, FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL 8 p.m. Oct. 21 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St, Downtown. JOEY BADA$$, BISHOP NEHRU, DENZEL CURRY, NYCK CAUTION 8 p.m. Oct. 21 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, 246-2473, $22. OLD SALT UNION, 5 CENT PSYCHIATRIST, The SNACKS 8 p.m. Oct. 21 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $8 advance; $10 day of. BILLY BUCHANAN 6 p.m. Oct. 22 at Pusser’s Bar & Grille, 816 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach, 280-7766. PLAIN WHITE T’s, MATT McANDREW, BETA PLAY 7 p.m. Oct. 22, Freebird Live, $22 advance; $25 day of. JASON ALDEAN, COLE SWINDELL, TYLER FARR, DEE JAY SILVER 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 A. Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown, 630-3900, $30.25-$60.25. THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $39-$59. !MAYDAY!, KAP KALLOUS, LEGIT, JUSTICE JPHI 8 p.m. Oct. 22, Jack Rabbits, $8 advance; $10 day of. FREE WEED, UNKLE FUNKLE, COLLEEN GREEN 8 p.m. Oct. 22 at Shanghai Nobby’s, 10 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 825-4959. The BAND BE EASY 8 p.m. Oct. 22 at Latitude 360, 10370 Philips Hwy., Southside, 365-5555. TAB BENOIT 8 p.m. Oct. 22 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, $25-$35. GRANT PEEPLES 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008, $10. KING EDDIE & PILI PILI 8 p.m. Oct. 23, Pusser’s Bar & Grille. BREAKING THROUGH, URSULA, CRASHMIR 8 p.m. Oct. 23, Jack Rabbits, $8 advance; $10 day of. FORTUNATE YOUTH, STRANGER, SENSAMOTION 8 p.m. Oct. 23, Freebird Live, $15 advance; $20 day of. BUDDY GUY, SHEMEKIA 8 p.m. Oct. 23, The Florida Theatre, $39.50-$69.50. MARCIA BALL, AMY SPEACE 8 p.m. Oct. 23, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $40-$50. SWORDZ, KING SIMBA, DJ DOUBLE & 20/20, SLABDABA the ROCCSTARR, DJ CHEF ROCC 9 p.m. Oct. 23 at rain dogs, 1045 Park St., Riverside, 379-4969, $7. BREAK EVEN BAND 9:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at Whiskey Jax, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Southside, 634-7208. HARD ’NUFF 10 p.m. Oct. 23 at The Roadhouse, 231 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park, 264-0611. THE DRUIDS 10 p.m. Oct. 23 & 24 at Flying Iguana, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680. Riverside Arts Market: CIARAN SONTAG & the SAFARI BAND, SAVANNA LEIGH BASSETT, UNF JAZZ ENSEMBLE 3 10:30 a.m. Oct. 24 at 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449. CALEB JOYE 7 p.m. Oct. 24, Pusser’s Bar & Grille.
CAVERN, SHADOW HUNTER, ALMITRA, CREEP CITY, ENCOUNTERS 8 p.m. Oct. 24, Burro Bar. TREMONTI, ALLELE, MINDSLIP 8 p.m. Oct. 24, Freebird Live, $10 advance; $15 day of. COMFORT ZONE 10 p.m. Oct. 24, The Roadhouse. CHRIS WILLIAMS & The SOUL REVIVAL, KIA NICOLE, MR. AL PETE 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at The Ritz Theatre & Museum, 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 632-5555, $25. BARB WIRE DOLLS 8 p.m. Oct. 25, Burro Bar. THE TOASTERS, GENERAL TSO’S FURY, ELLAMENO BEAT 8 p.m. Oct. 25, Jack Rabbits, $12 advance; $15 day of. BIG FREEDIA, HIBOU, BOYFRIEND 8 p.m. Oct. 26, Jack Rabbits, $20 advance; $25 day of. MARK KNOPFLER 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., 209-0367, $39.50-$99.50. DESAPARECIDOS, The SO SO GLOS, BANDROIDZ 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, 353-6067, $18 advance; $20 at the door. CROCODILES, DARK TUNNELS, MEMPHIBIANS, BURNT HAIR 8 p.m. Oct. 27, Burro Bar. JONATHAN RICHMAN, TOMMY LARKINS 8 p.m. Oct. 27, Jack Rabbits, $15. RYAN CRARY 6 p.m. Oct. 28, Pusser’s Bar & Grille. LAGWAGON, RUNAWAY KIDS, PEARS, INSPECTION 12 8 p.m. Oct. 28, Freebird Live, $20 advance; $23 day of. BUTCHER BABIES 7 p.m. Oct. 28, Jack Rabbits, $15 advance; $20 day of.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
TKEPI GHOULI, MEAN JEANS, LIFEFORMS (as Nirvana) Oct. 29, rain dogs TWO COW GARAGE, The MUTTS Oct. 29, Jack Rabbits STUBBILY MUG, KID DEAD, STRIFE, CRY HAVOC, LETHAL SKRIPTUREZ, GEEXELLA Oct. 29, The Birdhouse
The WINTER PASSING, HAVE HOLD, TEEN DEATH Oct. 29, Burro Bar The BAND PERRY, COREY SMITH, SISTER HAZEL, JON LANGSTON Oct. 30, Metropolitan Park CHARLIE & the FOXTROTS Oct. 30, Burro Bar Suwannee Hulaween: STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, PRETTY LIGHTS, PRIMUS, CHANCE the RAPPER Oct. 30-Nov. 1, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park LEE BAINES III & the GLORY FIRES, PUJOL, ELECTRIC WATER Oct. 31, Burro Bar SOUL ASYLUM, MEAT PUPPETS Oct. 31, Freebird Live The UNDERACHIEVERS, POUYA, KIRK KNIGHT, BODEGA BAMZ Nov. 1, Underbelly STRANGE WILDS Nov. 1, Rain Dogs BOZ SCAGGS Nov. 4, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts LITTLE RIVER BAND Nov. 5, The Florida Theatre LEFTOVER SALMON Nov. 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall AMERICA’S GOT TALENT LIVE Nov. 6, The Florida Theatre MARY J. BLIGE Nov. 6, Veterans Memorial Arena TOMBOI, INSEL Nov. 6, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens PRONG, APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP Nov. 6, Jack Rabbits The BROTHERS COMATOSE Nov. 7, Jack Rabbits ALL HANDS on DECK Nov. 8, The Florida Theatre REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND, BRYCE ALASTAIR BAND Nov. 8, Jack Rabbits BEACH CREEPS, NOTEL, The MOLD Nov. 9, Burro Bar SLOW MAGIC Nov. 11, The Original Café Eleven TEXAS in JULY, REFLECTIONS, TO the WIND, INVENT, ANIMATE Nov. 11, Underbelly KNUCKLE PUCK, SEAWAY, SORORITY NOISE, HEAD NORTH Nov. 11, 1904 Music Hall ADRIAN LEGG, DAVID LINDLEY Nov. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CHASE BRYANT Nov. 12, Mavericks Live at the Landing BLENDED BREW Nov. 12, Jack Rabbits
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SO.ILLAQUISTS of SOUND, BLUEPRINT, DUMBTRON, E-TURN, GRAMMAR TREE, GRAYSKUL Nov. 27, 1904 Music Hall SCOTT BRADLEE’S Postmodern Jukebox Nov. 28, The Florida Theatre THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER Nov. 29, Ritz Theatre & Museum RONNIE MILSAP Nov. 29, The Florida Theatre DAVE KOZ CHRISTMAS TOUR Dec. 1, The Florida Theatre MAC MILLER, EARTHGANG, MICHAEL CHRISTMAS, REMEMBER MUSIC Dec. 2, The Florida Theatre LUCERO Dec. 3, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BRIAN WILSON, AL JARDINE Dec. 5, “Roadrunner, Florida Theatre Roadrunner”: Founder NICHOLAS PAYTON Dec. 5, Ritz Theatre of The Modern Lovers, & Museum legendary singerBig Ticket: TWENTY ONE PILOTS, OF songwriter JONATHAN MONSTERS & MEN, WALK the MOON, The NEIGHBOURHOOD, GLASS ANIMALS, RICHMAN performs ANDREW McMAHON, MUTEMATH, PVRIS, with longtime drummer ROBERT DeLONG, COLEMAN HELL, BORNS, TOMMY LARKINS at BOOTS on BOOTS Dec. 6, Metropolitan Park Jack Rabbits on Oct. 27 KANSAS Dec. 6, The Florida Theatre in San Marco. D.R.I. Dec. 9, Harbor Tavern LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, MELISSA FERRICK Dec. 11, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall AMERICA Nov. 13, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Dec. 11, Piuspalooza: TELEPATHIC LINES, ALLIGATOR, QUEEN Veterans Memorial Arena BEEF, The RESONANTS, BROWN PALACE, SCAVUZZOS Nov. KEVIN GRIFFIN Dec. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall 13, Shanghai Nobby’s BRIAN REGAN Dec. 13, The Florida Theatre JAKE SHIMABUKURO Nov. 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall RISING APPALACHIA Dec. 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall GABRIEL IGLESIAS Nov. 13, The Florida Theatre LEON RUSSELL Dec. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall KRISTIN CHENOWITH Nov. 14, T-U Center BOWZER’S Rock ’N’ Roll Holiday Party: The TOKENS, Salt Marsh Brewgrass Festival: GRANDPA’S COUGH FREDDY BOOM BOOM CANNON Dec. 17, Florida Theatre MEDICINE, THE APPLEBUTTER EXPRESS, THE FIREWATER MATISYAHU Dec. 18 & 19, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall TENT REVIVIAL Nov. 14, North Florida Land Trust Talbot MICHAEL McDONALD Dec. 19, Thrasher-Horne Center House, Big Talbot Island The TEN TENORS Dec. 22, The Florida Theatre JAMES McMURTRY Nov. 15, Jack Rabbits CHRIS DUARTE Dec. 22, Mudville Music Room CANDLEBOX Nov. 15, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall DONNA the BUFFALO Dec. 30, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall STRAIGHT NO CHASER Nov. 17, The Florida Theatre SOJA Jan. 1, The Florida Theatre The DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND, NEW BREED BRASS JOHN SEBASTIAN Jan. 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BAND Nov. 21, Ritz Theatre & Museum STEVE FORBERT TRIO Jan. 9, Mudville Music Room SWAMP RADIO EARLY THANKS Nov. 21, St. Augustine THE OLATE DOGS Jan. 11, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Amphitheatre YO YO MA Jan. 14, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival THE SWORD Nov. 21, Freebird Live TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE Jan. 15, PVC Hall This is Not a Test Tour: TOBYMAC, BRITT NICOLE, The TEMPTATIONS, The FOUR TOPS Jan. 21, Florida Theatre COLTON DIXON, HOLLYN Nov. 22, Veterans Memorial Arena JESCO WHITE, SNAKE BLOOD REMEDY, GRANDPA’S
COUGH MEDICINE Jan. 23, Jack Rabbits ANA POPOVIC Jan. 28, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JOHNNY MATHIS Jan. 31, Florida Theatre COLIN HAY Jan. 31, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall 2CELLOS Feb. 2, The Florida Theatre YANNI Feb. 3, T-U Center Southern Soul Assembly: JJ GREY, ANDERS OSBORNE, MARC BROUSSARD, LUTHER DICKINSON Feb. 4, The Florida Theatre ALAN PARSONS PROJECT Greatest Hits Tour, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Feb. 10, Florida Theatre ROBERT RANDOLPH & the FAMILY BAND Feb. 11, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PATTY GRIFFIN, SARA WATKINS, ANAIS MITCHELL Feb. 13, Florida Theatre The JAMES HUNTER SIX Feb. 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SUN RA ARKESTRA Feb. 20, Ritz Theatre ADAM TRENT Feb. 21, Florida Theatre GARY CLARK JR. Feb. 21, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall VINCE GILL, LYLE LOVETT Feb. 25, The Florida Theatre IL VOLO March 3, The Florida Theatre BLACK VIOLIN March 3, Ritz Theatre ROGER McGUINN March 4, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall HERB ALPERT & LANI HALL March 4, The Florida Theatre JASON ISBELL, SHOVELS & ROPE March 5, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JANET JACKSON March 8, Veterans Memorial Arena GET the LED OUT March 17, Florida Theatre JOHNNY CLEGG & HIS BAND March 18, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JOE SATRIANI March 19, The Florida Theatre THE FAB FOUR: The ULTIMATE TRIBUTE March 19, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CECILE McLORIN SALVANT March 31, Ritz Theatre NAJEE April 9, Ritz Theatre & Museum LET IT BE: Celebration of The Beatles April 10, The Florida Theatre WANEE MUSIC FESTIVAL April 14, 15 & 16 THE BRONX WANDERERS April 16, Florida Theatre One Night of Queen: GARY MULLEN & the WORKS April 20, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN April 21, The Florida Theatre ELLIS PAUL May 13, The Original Café Eleven 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER July 20, Veterans Memorial Arena
LIVE MUSIC CLUBS
AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA
GREEN TURTLE TAVERN, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Buck Smith Thur. Yancy Clegg Sun. Vinyl Record Nite every Tue.
AVONDALE, ORTEGA
CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores every Wed. Live jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave. KJ Free 9 p.m. Tue. & Thur. Indie dance 9 p.m. every Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance at 9 p.m. every Fri. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 3611 St. Johns, 388-0200 Whetherman Oct. 22. Live music every weekend
THE BEACHES
(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted) CULHANE’S, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595 DJ Hal every Sat. Irish music every Sun. FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680 The Druids 10 p.m. Oct. 23 & 24. Ryan Crary Oct. 25 FREEBIRD LIVE, 200 N. First St., 246-2473 Joey Bada$$, Bishop Nehru, Denzel Curry, Nyck Caution 8 p.m. Oct. 21. Plain White Ts, Matt McAndrew, Beta Play Oct. 22. Fortunate Youth, Stranger, Sensamotion Oct. 23. Tremonti, Allele, Mindslip Oct. 24. Lagwagon, Runaway Kids, Pears, Inspection 12 Oct. 28 HARMONIOUS MONKS, 320 First St. N., 372-0815 Live music Fri. & Sat. Dan Evans, Spade McQuade Sun. Back From the Brink Mon. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Roger That 10 p.m. Oct. 23 & 24 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 Third St. N., 241-5600 3 the Band Oct. 21. Ivey West Oct. 22. The Rips Oct. 23 MEZZA Restaurant & Bar, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573 Gypsies Ginger every Wed. Mike Shackelford & Steve Shanholtzer Thur. NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 247-3300 DiCarlo Thompson Oct. 25. Live music most weekends RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Live music every weekend WIPEOUTS GRILL, 1589 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 247-4508 Live music 7 p.m. Oct. 22, 9 p.m. Oct. 23
DOWNTOWN
1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N. JJF, Lee Blake 6 p.m. Oct. 21. DJ Spin Oct. 23. heart of the City Oct. 24. Eminence Ensemble Oct. 26 BURRO BAR, 100 E. Adams St. Jeremy Porter & The Tucos, Firewater Tent Revival 8 p.m. Oct. 21. Cavern, Shadow Hunter, Almitra, Creep City, Encounters 8 p.m. Oct. 24. Barb Wire Dolls Oct. 25. Crocodiles, Dark Tunnels, Memphibians, Burnt Hair Oct. 27
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DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 BlackJack every Wed. DJ Brandon every Thur. DJs spin dance music every Fri. DJ NickFresh Sat. DJ Randall 9 p.m. Mon. DJ Hollywood Tue. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jax Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1247 Spade McQuade Oct. 21 & 28. Jig to a Milestone 8 p.m.-mid. Oct. 23. Jimmy Solari 8 p.m.-mid. Oct. 24 JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 353-1188 The Gootch 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Oct. 23. Wester Joseph’s Stereo Vudu 4-7 p.m., Austin Park 8 p.m.-1 a.m., DJ Kevin Tos 7 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Oct. 30 MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay, 355-5099 DJ Dr. Doom 10 p.m.-2 a.m. every Fri. DJ Shotgun 10 p.m.-2 a.m. every Sat. MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Theory of a Deadman, Pop Evil, Aranda 6 p.m. Oct. 21. Joe Buck, DJ Justin Thur.-Sat. UNDERBELLY, 113 E. Bay St., 699-8186 Desaparecidos, The So So Glos, Bandroidz 8 p.m. Oct. 27
FLEMING ISLAND
WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Live music Fri. & Sat. DJ Throwback Thur. Deck music Fri., Sat. & Sun.
INTRACOASTAL WEST
CLIFF’S BAR & GRILL, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Bandontherun Oct. 21. Live music most weekends
MANDARIN, JULINGTON
DAVE’S MUSIC BAR & GRILL, 9965 San Jose, 575-4935 Bonnie Cylde, Krackers Oct. 24 HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine, 880-3040 Open jam 7 p.m. every Mon.
ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG
CLUB RETRO, 1241 Blanding Blvd., 579-4731 ’70s & ’80s dance 8 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. DJ Capone every Wed. THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Tue.-Sat. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Hard ’Nuff 10 p.m. Oct. 23. Comfort Zone 10 p.m. Oct. 24. Live music 10 p.m. Wed. DJ Big Mike 10 p.m. Thur.
PONTE VEDRA
PUSSER’S Grill, 816 A1A, 280-7766 Ryan Crary Oct. 21 & 28. Billy Buchanan Oct. 22. King Eddie & Pili Pili Oct. 23. Caleb Joye Oct. 24. TABLE 1, 330 A1A, 280-5515 Deron Baker Oct. 21. Gary Starling Oct. 22. Caleb Joye Oct. 23
STOP… JUST STOP AS IS THE INSPIRATION FOR MANY OF THESE columns, I’ve had a few conversations recently – both real-world and online – about new music and its relevance or lack thereof. Two online conversations in particular had me thinking seriously about the question: “Do we really need any more new music?” The arguments made by my musician friends made sense to me, and I’ll try to lay them out briefly before expounding. One artist, a Jacksonville jazz guitar wiz, created a series of sarcastic videos admonishing local musicians with the line “stop … just STOP.” The most interesting of the series rebuked new composers for, well, composing. His argument (not wholly genuine but poignant nonetheless) was that new composers were narcissistic, showing off their writing and performance expertise while resurrecting every musical idea since cavefolks banged out conversations on logs with sticks. Piggybacking on this notion, espoused in another forum, was the idea that new bands should pretty much give it up. It’s all been done before, there’s nothing interesting happening, and, as a bass-playing friend put it, “No one wants to hear your new stupid album.” So is this true? Would we be better off if the detestable new country artists, the derivative and overrated hip-hop “geniuses,” the overbearing Americana beardos, the quiffed pop stars and the bumbling rockers altogether ceased production and went back to their day jobs? Yes, of course we would. That shit is played, and there is no more progress to be made. The only reason it still exists is that the music-buying public is lazy, and they’ll eat anything they’re spoon-fed by the corporate knuckleheads who run the handful of media outlets that run the show. Depending on Spotify or Pandora or even that new shitty streaming service by that fancy hip-hop guy is a bad idea. Relying on an algorithm to make your musicpurchasing decisions for you is a fool’s game, and
LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC
RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE
ACROSS THE STREET, 948 Edgewood Ave. S., 683-4182 Live music most weekends MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood S., 388-7807 Jacob Hudson, Alexis Ehode, Jigsaw, Kenny Gregory Oct. 23. Holy Hip Hop Party DJ Will, Big Fil, Raphael Jones, Byron Hero Oct. 24. Capital Kings, Tedashii, Wolves at the Door Oct. 25 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Swordz, King Simba, DJ Double & 20/20, Slabdaba the Roccstarr, DJ Chef Rocc Oct. 23 RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449 Ciaran Sontag & the Safari Band, Savanna Leigh Bassett, Unf Jazz Ensemble 3 Oct. 24
Dire Straits frontman and guitar-pickin’ legend MARK KNOPFLER performs at St. Augustine Amphitheatre on Oct. 27.
ST. AUGUSTINE
CELLAR UPSTAIRS, 157 King St., 826-1594 Vinny Jacobs Oct. 25 PAULA’S GRILL, 6896 A1A S., Crescent Beach, 471-3463 Denny Blue open mic jam 6-9 p.m. Oct. 21 & 28 SHANGHAI NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., 547-2188 Free Weed, Unkle Funkle, Colleen Green 8 p.m. Oct. 22 TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Cotton Mouth Oct. 23 & 24
SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK
JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Old Salt Union, 5 Cent Psychiatrist, The Snacks Oct. 21. !Mayday!, Kap Kallous, Legit, Justice JPHI Oct. 22. Breaking Through, Ursula, Crashmir Oct. 23. The Toasters, General Tso’s Fury, Ellameno Beat 8 p.m. Oct. 25. Big Freedia, Hibou, Boyfriend 8 p.m. Oct. 26. Jonathan Richman, Tommy Larkins Oct. 27. Butcher Babies Oct. 28 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Sean McCarthy, Woody Mullis Oct. 22. Grant Peeples 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23. Gary Starling Oct. 27
SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS, ARLINGTON
LATITUDE 360, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555 Be Easy Oct. 22. Darrell Rae, DJ Dahn Oct. 23. Get It Hot, Anton LaPlume Oct. 24
you probably deserve the crap that pops up in your feed. Eat it up, people. It sucks and you know it, but you’re too indolent to make a change, to search for more interesting options, to actively pursue new (emphasis on “new”) music. But this doesn’t mean musicians should “stop … just STOP.” It means they should rise to the occasion and work harder to create pieces that break down walls constructed and maintained by the aforementioned lame-asses. Sure, these new artists have to wade through the muck of mediocrity, learn their craft by ripping off their forefathers and mothers (as did Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Jimmy Page, et al), but eventually they have to take responsibility and do something new. Tom Waits sang a bunch of cheesy torch and blues songs before he found his voice, but when he did, no one could touch him. He is his own and, yes, we are the better for it. Fiona Apple, love or hate her, is a commercial success on her terms, and she continues to redefine her definition of what music is. Corinne Bailey Rae, who experimented with punk in early on, now plays her own brand of acoustic-flavored R&B. Fledgling Boston band Bent Knee pulls from a variety of styles to create a new and gorgeous thing. Out on the fringe, composers like Steve Reich, John Zorn and Qigang Chen continue to demolish and reconstruct the old ways, challenging us to think differently about what sound means to us. But this is the highbrow position, and leaves out the millions of average schmucks who simply like to make music. What should their fate be? Yes, most of them will remain average schmucks, churning out four-chord rock or suicide-inducing hipster garbage. They’ll continue to rehash hip-hop rhymes and beats, perpetuate heinous pop, and fill the air with loathsome, noisome refuse. But they have a right – nay, an obligation – to do just that. And we’re obliged to let them. For only by treading in a sea of clichés can they reach the shores of originality. Some will drown on the way, and good riddance. Others will be told by
MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999 Charlie Walker Oct. 22. Darren Corlew Oct. 23. Sam Sanders Oct. 24 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows, 634-7208 Break Even 9:30 p.m. Oct. 23. Melissa Smith Thur. Mojo Roux Blues Sun. Kassyli jam Wed. WORLD OF BEER, 9700 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 551-5929 Angie Keilhauer Oct. 23
SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE
SHANTYTOWN, 22 W. Sixth St., 798-8222 Live music most weekends THREE LAYERS COFFEEHOUSE, 1602 Walnut St., 355-9791 Ao Mega Oct. 26
THE KNIFE
THE KNIFE
someone (a label exec, a Tidal CEO, an adoring, uninformed and tasteless public) that they should be millionaires, and several will become just that. But a lonesome few will slog onto the sand, reflect on their past and commit to something inspired and brilliant. Something that might span the ages, set a trend for a new generation of musicians and composers, or simply make a small coterie of fans very happy to have discovered the wonder of that artist. This is why musicians should never “stop … just STOP” making new music. It’s an important if ill-advised calling, and though unlikely in the face of what has come before – centuries of magnificent and untouchable pieces of music – one intrepid musician might rise above it all and give an active, adventurous listener a gift beyond measure. John E. Citrone mail@folioweekly.com OCTOBER 21-27, 2015 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 31
AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH
29 SOUTH EATS, 29 S. Third St., 277-7919, 29south restaurant.com. F In historic downtown, Chef Scotty Schwartz serves traditional regional cuisine with a modern twist. $$ L Tue.-Sat.; D Mon.-Sat.; R Sun. BARBERITOS, 1519 Sadler Rd., 277-2505. 463867 S.R. 200, Ste. 5, Yulee, 321-2240, barberitos.com. F Southwestern fare made-to-order fresh; burritos, tacos, quesadillas, salsa. $$ BW K TO L D Daily BEACH DINER, 2006 S. Eighth St., 310-3750, beachdiner. com. Innovative breakfast items: Eggs on the Bayou, fishn-grits; French toast, riders, omelets. Lunch fare: salads, burgers, sandwiches, shrimp & crabmeat salad. $$ BW K TO L D Daily BEECH STREET BAR & GRILL, 801 Beech St., 572-1390, beechstreetbarandgrill.com. In a restored 1889 home, Chef Charles creates dishes using fresh, local ingredients. Local seafood, handcut Florida steaks, housemade pasta, daily specials, small plates, street food. $$$-$$$$ FB D Tue.-Sat.; Brunch, D Sun. BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. F Southern hospitality, upscale waterfront spot; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ FB K L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo. com. F Family-owned spot in historic building. Veggie burgers, seafood, made-from-scratch desserts. Dine in or on oak-shaded patio. Karibrew Pub next door. $$ FB K TO R, Sun.; L D Daily CHEZ LEZAN BAKERY CO., 1014 Atlantic Ave., 491-4663, chezlezanbakery.com. Fresh European-style breads, pastries: croissants, muffins, cakes, pies. $ TO B R L Daily DAVID’S Restaurant & Lounge, 802 Ash St., 310-6049, ameliaislanddavids.com. Fine dining, historic district. Fresh seafood, prime aged meats, rack of lamb. $$$$ FB D Wed.-Mon. DICK’S Wings & Grill, 474313 E. S.R. 200, 491-3469. 450077 S.R. 200, Callahan, 879-0993. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.
ELIZABETH POINTE LODGE, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. F Award-winning B&B. Seaside dining, inside or out. Hot buffet breakfast daily. Homestyle soups, sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW B L D Daily JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444, jackand dianescafe.com. F In renovated 1887 shotgun house. Jambalaya, French toast, mac-n-cheese, vegan/vegetarian items. Dine in or on porch. $$ FB K B L D Daily LULU’S at Thompson House, 11 S. 7th St., 432-8394, lulusamelia.com. F Po’boys, salads, local seafood, local shrimp. Reservations. $$$ BW K TO R Sun.; L D Tue.-Sat. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moon riverpizza.net. F 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic Northernstyle pizzas, 20-plus toppings, by the pie or the slice. $ BW TO L D Mon.-Sat. THE MUSTARD SEED CAFÉ, 833 TJ Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassaushealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juice, herbal tea. $$ TO B L Mon.-Sat. PABLO’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT GRILL & CANTINA, 12 N. Second St., 261-0049. Authentic Mexican cuisine made fresh and locally. Chicken, carnes, fajitas, burritos, tacos, daily specials. Awesome margaritas. And there’s a real Pablo there. $$$ FB K TO L D Daily THE PECAN ROLL BAKERY, 122 S. Eighth St., 491-9815, thepecanrollbakery.com. F The bakery, near historic district, has sweet and savory pastries, cookies, cakes, bagels, breads, all made from scratch. $ K TO B L Wed.-Sun. PI INFINITE COMBINATIONS, 19 S. Third St., 432-8535, pi32034.wix.com/piinfinite. All bar service at New Yorkstyle pizza joint. Specialty pizzas, by pie or slice, topped with sliced truffle mushrooms, whole little neck clams, eggs or shrimp. Dine in or in courtyard, with fountain. $$ BW TO L D Wed.-Sun. PLAE, 80 Amelia Village Cir., 277-2132, plaefl.net. Bite Club. Bistro-style venue serves whole fried fish, duck breast. Outside. $$$ FB L Tue.-Sat.; D Nightly SALTY PELICAN Bar & Grill, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Second-story outdoor bar. Owners T.J. and Al offer local seafood, Mayport shrimp, fish tacos, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F Oceanfront; handmade crab cakes, fresh seafood, fried pickles. Outdoor dining, open-air second floor, balcony. $$ FB K L D Daily T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310. F 2015 BOJ winner. In an old gas station; blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L Mon.-Sat.
ARLINGTON, REGENCY
DICK’S Wings & Grill, 9119 Merrill Rd., 745-9300. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. LARRY’S Giant Subs, 1301 Monument Rd., 724-5802. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
THE STEAKHOUSE @ Gold Club, 320 Gen. Doolittle Dr., 645-5500, jacksonvillegoldclub.com. Lunch and dinner specials, free happy hour buffets Thur. & Fri. $$$ FB L D Daily
AVONDALE, ORTEGA
FLORIDA CREAMERY, 3566 St. Johns Ave., 619-5386. Premium ice cream, waffle cones, milkshakes, sundaes and Nathan’s grilled hot dogs, served in a Florida-centric décor. Low-fat and sugar-free choices. $ K TO L D Daily
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Arden’s Kafé and Katering in Avondale offers artfully prepared meals from its innovative menu. Photo by Dennis Ho
DINING DIRECTORY HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F Locally owned and operated for 20-plus years, the American pub serves 1/2-pound burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta. Local beers. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. MOJO NO. 4 Urban BBQ & Whiskey Bar, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. PINEGROVE Market & Deli, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. 40-plus years. Burgers, Cuban sandwiches, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher cuts USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. $ BW TO B L D Mon.-Sat. RESTAURANT ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurantorsay.com. 2015 BOJ winner. French/ Southern bistro; locally grown organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. Snail of Approval. $$$ FB K R, Sun.; D Nightly SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, simply saras.net. F Down-home fare, from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D Mon.Sat., B Sat.
BAYMEADOWS
AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. INDIA’S Restaurant, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajax.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. A variety of curries, vegetable dishes, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L Mon.-Sat.; D Nightly LARRY’S Giant Subs, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., 737-7740. 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. SEE MANDARIN. PATTAYA THAI GRILLE, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1, 646-9506, ptgrille.com. Family-owned Thai place serves traditional fare, vegetarian, new Thai; curries, seafood, noodles, soups. Low-sodium, gluten-free, too. $$$ BW TO L D Tue.-Sun. TEQUILA’S Mexican Restaurant, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 101, 363-1365, tequilasjacksonville.com. F New place has authentic Mexican fare, made daily with fresh ingredients. Vegetarian dishes; daily drink specials. Nonstop happy hour. $$ FB L D Daily THE WELL WATERING HOLE, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740, thewellwateringhole.com. Local craft beers, wines by the glass or bottle, champagne cocktails. Meatloaf sandwiches, pulled Peruvian chicken, homestyle vegan black bean burgers. $$ BW K TO D Tue.-Sat. WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows, Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. New gastropub has craft beers, burgers, handhelds, tacos, whiskey. $$ FB L D Sat. & Sun.; D Daily.
BEACHES
(Locations are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)
AL’S PIZZA, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0002, alspizza.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. New York-style,
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DINING DIRECTORY KEY
Average Entrée Cost $ = Less than $8 $$ = $8-$14 $$$ = $15-$22 $$$$ = $23 & up BW = Beer/Wine FB = Full Bar K = Kids’ Menu TO = Take Out B = Breakfast R = Brunch L = Lunch D = Dinner Bite Club = Hosted free FW Bite Club tasting. fwbiteclub.com. 2015 Best of Jax winner F = FW distribution spot
gourmet pizzas, baked dishes. All-day happy hour Mon.Thur. $ FB K TO L D Daily ANGIE’S SUBS, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S GROM, 204 Third Ave. S., 246-7823. F 2015 BOJ winner. Subs made with fresh ingredients for more than 25 years. One word: Peruvian. Huge salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. $ BW TO L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. ESPETO BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE, 1396 Beach Blvd., 388-4884, espetosteakhouse.com. Just relocated, serving beef, pork, lamb, chicken, sausage; full menu, bar fare, craft cocktails, Brazilian beers. $$ FB D Daily EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. FLYING IGUANA Taqueria & Tequila Bar, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680 F 2015 BOJ winner. Latin American, Southwest tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana sandwiches. 100-plus tequilas. $ FB L D Daily LARRY’S Subs, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F SEE O. PARK. LILLIE’S Coffee Bar, 200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922, lilliescoffeebar.com. F Locally roasted coffee, eggs, bagels, flatbreads, sandwiches, desserts. Dine inside or on patio, courtyard. $$ BW TO B L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1018 Third St. N., Ste. 2, 241-5600, mellowmushroom.com. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. Hoagies, gourmet pizzas: Mighty Meaty, vegetarian, Kosmic Karma. 35 tap beers. Nonstop happy hour. $ FB K TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1534 Third St. N., 853-6817. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MEZZA Restaurant & Bar, 110 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-5573, mezzarestaurantandbar.com. F Near-theocean spot, 20-plus years. Casual bistro fare: gourmet wood-fired pizzas, nightly specials. Dine inside, on patio. $$$ FB K D Mon.-Sat. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ Pit, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636, mojobbq.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Pulled pork, beef, chicken, Carolina-style barbecue, Delta fried catfish, sides. $$ FB K TO L D Daily NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 247-3300, nippersbeachgrille.com. The chef-driven Southern coastal cuisine has local fare and dishes with a Caribbean flavor, served in an island atmosphere on the ICW. Dine inside or on Tiki deck. $$ FB K L D Wed.-Sun.; D Mon. & Tue. POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637. Gastropub, 50-plus beers, gourmet hamburgers, ground in-house, hand-cut French fries, fish tacos, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. $$ FB K L D Daily RAGTIME Tavern & Seafood Grill, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F For 30-plus years, iconic seafood place has served blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily happy hour. $$ FB L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 1018 Third St. N., 372-4456, saltlifefoodshack.com. Specialty items: signature tuna poke bowl, fresh sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp, in modern open-air space. $$ FB K TO L D Daily SLIDERS Seafood Grille & Oyster Bar, 218 First St., Neptune Beach, 246-0881, slidersseafoodgrille.com. Beach-casual spot. Faves: Fresh fish tacos, gumbo. Key lime pie, ice cream sandwiches. $$ FB K L Sat. & Sun.; D Nightly SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE, 111 Beach Blvd., 482-1000, sneakerssportsgrille.com. 2015 BOJ winner. 20-plus tap beers, TVs, sporty waitstaff. Happy hour Mon.-Fri. $ FB K L D Daily SURFING SOMBRERO, 222 First St. N., 834-9377. New oceanfront place serves authentic fare – like paella. Drink specials. Dine in or outside. $$ FB L D Daily SURFWICHES Sandwich Shop, 1537 Penman Rd., 241-6996, surfwiches.com. New craft sandwich shop boasts Yankee-style steaks and hoagies, all made to order. $ BW TO K L D Daily
DINING DIRECTORY
DOWNTOWN
AKEL’S DELICATESSEN, 21 W. Church St., 665-7324, akelsdeli.com. F New York-style deli offers freshly made subs (3 Wise Guys, Champ), burgers, gyros, breakfast bowls, ranchero wrap, vegetarian dishes. $ K TO B L Mon.-Fri. THE CANDY APPLE CAFÉ & COCKTAILS, 400 N. Hogan St., 353-9717, thecandyapplecafe.com. Sandwiches, entrées, salads. $$ FB K L, Mon.; L D Tue.-Sun. CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth St., 356-8282. F Chef Sam Hamidi has been serving genuine Italian fare for 35-plus years: veal, seafood, gourmet pizza. The homemade salad dressing is a specialty. $ BW K L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. OLIO MARKET, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com. F From-scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L Mon.-Fri. SWEET PETE’S, 400 N. Hogan St., 376-7161. F Allnatural sweet shop has candy made of all natural flavors, no artificial anything. Several kinds of honey. $ TO Daily ZODIAC BAR & GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodiacbarandgrill.com. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Daily lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. Happy hour Wed.-Sat. $ FB L Mon.-Fri.
FLEMING ISLAND
GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 1915 East-West Parkway, 541-0009. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. MOJO SMOKEHOUSE, 1810 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteys fishcamp.com. F Real fish camp. Gator tail, freshwater catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. Come by boat, bike or car. $ FB K TO L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly
INTRACOASTAL WEST
AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. DICK’S Wings, 14286 Beach Blvd., 223-0115. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. LARRY’S SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F SEE ORANGE PARK. TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL, 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5, 223-6999, timeoutsportsgrill.com. F Locally-ownedand-operated. Hand-tossed pizzas, wings, wraps. Daily drink specials, HDTVs, pool tables. Late-nite menu. $$ FB L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly
ORANGE PARK
DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 6055 Youngerman Cir., 778-1101, dickswingsandgrill.com. 1803 East West Parkway, Fleming Island, 375-2559. 2015 BOJ winner. This NASCAR-themed restaurant serves 365 varieties of wings. The menu also features half-pound burgers, ribs and salads. $ FB K TO L D Daily THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959, hilltop-club. com. Southern-style fine dining. New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup, desserts. Extensive bourbon selection. $$$ FB D Tue.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., 276-7370. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding, Ste. 15, 272-3553. 5733 Roosevelt Blvd., 446-9500. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove, 284-7789, larryssubs.com. F All over Northeast Florida, Larry’s piles ’em high and serves ’em fast; 33+ years. Hot and cold subs, soups, salads. Some Larry’s serve breakfast. $ K TO B L D Daily METRO DINER, 2034 Kingsley Ave., 375-8548. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. SNACSHACK, 179 College Dr., Ste. 19, 682-7622, snacshack.menu. F The new bakery and café offers bagels, muffins, breads, cookies, brownies and snack treats. $$ K BW TO B, L & D Daily
PONTE VEDRA BEACH
AL’S PIZZA, 635 A1A N., 543-1494. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
DICK’S Wings, 100 Marketside Ave., 829-8134, dickswings andgrill.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. LARRY’S SUBS, 830 A1A N., 273-3993. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
RIVERSIDE, 5 POINTS, WESTSIDE
13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies. com. 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic Mediterranean peasant cuisine updated for American tastes; tapas, blackened octopus, risotto of the day, coconut mango curry chicken. $$ BW L D Tue.-Sat. AKEL’S Deli, 245 Riverside Ave., 791-3336. F SEE DOWNTOWN. AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., 388-8384. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANT, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, blacksheep5points.com. New American with a Southern twist; locally sourced ingredients. Rooftop bar. $$$ FB R Sat. & Sun.; L D Daily
WILLIAM J. “BILLY” HUTCHINSON
GRILL ME!
Pi Infinite Combinations Pizza Restaurant 19 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach BIRTHPLACE: Lake City
YEARS IN THE BIZ: 22
FAVORITE RESTAURANT (other than mine): Moon River, Fernandina BEST CUISINE STYLE: French GO-TO INGREDIENTS: Garlic, onion, freshly ground black pepper, fresh herbs IDEAL MEAL: Cheeseburgers! WON’T CROSS MY LIPS: Canned asparagus INSIDER’S SECRET: Consistent, simple, fresh ingredients CELEBRITY SIGHTING HERE: Chef Jacques Pepin CULINARY TREAT: Truffles
MANDARIN, NW ST. JOHNS
AKEL’S DELI, 12926 Gran Bay Pkwy. W., 880-2008. F SEE DOWNTOWN.
AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199. F Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant). Greek beers. $$ BW L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. DICK’S Wings & Grill, 10391 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-7087. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. FIRST COAST DELI & GRILL, 6082 St. Augustine Rd., 733-7477. Traditional diner fare: oversized pancakes and bacon, sandwiches, salads and burgers. $ K TO B L Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 11365 San Jose Blvd., 674-2945. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN Natural Foods MArket & Deli, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. F Organic soups, sandwiches, wraps, baked goods, prepared foods. Juice, smoothie and coffee bar. All-natural, organic beers, wines. Indoor, outdoor dining. $ BW TO K B L D Daily THE RED ELEPHANT PIZZA & GRILL, 10131 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12, 683-3773, redelephantpizza.com. Casual, familyfriendly eatery. Pizzas, sandwiches, grill specials, burgers, pasta, plus gluten-free-friendly items. $ FB K L D Daily
BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Stes. 1 & 2, 855-1181. F 2015 BOJ winner. Small-batch, artisanal coffee roasting. Organic, fair trade. $ BW TO B L Daily BREW FIVE POINTS, 1024 Park St., 714-3402, brewfive points.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Local craft beer, espresso, coffee and wine bar. Rotating drafts, 75+ canned craft beers; sodas, tea. Rotating seasonal menu of waffles, pastries, toasts, desserts to pair with specialty coffees, craft beers. $$ BW K B L Daily CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412, cornertaco.com. Made-from-scratch “Mexclectic street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free, vegetarian options. $ BW L D Daily. DERBY ON PARK, 1068 Park St., 379-3343. New American cuisine, upscale retro atmosphere in historic landmark building. Shrimp & grits, lobster bites, 10-oz. gourmet burger. Dine inside or out. $$ FB TO Wknd brunch. B, L D Tue.-Sun. EDGEWOOD BAKERY, 1012 S. Edgewood Ave., Murray Hill, 389-8054, edgewoodbakery.com. For 68+ years, full-service bakery has served fresh from-scratch pastries, petit fours, pies, custom cakes. Espresso/pastry café has sandwiches, smoothies, soups. $$ K TO B L Tue.-Sat. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. 2015 BOJ winner. 130-plus imported beers, 20 on tap. NYCstyle Reuben, sandwiches. Outside dining at some EStreets. $ BW K L D Daily GRASSROOTS Natural Market, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Juice bar; certified organic fruits, vegetables. 300-plus craft/import beers, 50 wines, produce, humanely raised meats, deli, raw items, vegan, vitamins. Wraps, sandwiches. $ BW TO B L D Daily
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DINING DIRECTORY HAWKERS ASIAN Street Fare, 1001 Park St., 508-0342, hawkerstreetfare.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic dishes from mobile stalls. $ BW TO L D Daily JOHNNY’S Deli & Grille, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055. F Casual spot; sandwiches, classic salads, homefries. One word: Reuben. $ TO B L Daily KNEAD BAKESHOP, 1173 Edgewood Ave. S., 634-7617 Locally-owned, family-run shop; made-from-scratch pastries, artisan breads, pies, sandwiches, soups. $ TO B L Tue.-Sun. LARRY’S Subs, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794. 7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 8102 Blanding Blvd., 779-1933. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MONROE’S Smokehouse BAR-B-Q, 4838 Highway Ave., 389-5551, monroessmokehousebbq.com. Wings, pulled pork, brisket, turkey, chicken, ribs. Sides: beans, baked beans, mac-n-cheese, collards. $$ K TO L Mon.-Sat.; D Fri. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. MOSSFIRE GRILL, 1537 Margaret St., 355-4434, mossfire. com. F Southwestern fish tacos, enchiladas. Happy hour Mon.-Sat. upstairs lounge, all day Sun. $$ FB K L D Daily O’BROTHERS IRISH PUB, 1521 Margaret St., 854-9300, obrothersirishpub.com. F Traditional shepherd’s pie with Stilton crust, Guinness mac-n-cheese, fish-n-chips. Patio dining. $$ FB K TO L D Daily PATTAYA Thai Grille, 1526 King, 503-4060. SEE BAYMEADOWS. rain dogs, 1045 Park St., 379-4969. 2015 BOJ winner. Bar food. $ D SOUTHERN ROOTS FILLING STATION, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Healthy, light vegan fare made fresh daily with local, organic ingredients. Specials, served on bread, local greens or rice, change daily. Coffees, teas. $ Tue.-Sun. SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafejacksonville.com. F Monster Roll, Jimmy Smith Roll; faves Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Indoor or patio. $$ BW L D Daily
ST. AUGUSTINE
SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK
BASIL THAI & SUSHI, 1004 Hendricks Ave., 674-0190, basilthaijax.com. F Authentic Thai dishes include Pad Thai, a variety of curries, tempuras, vegetarian dishes, seafood, stir-fry and daily specials. $$ FB L D Mon.-Sat. BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd., 398-1949, bistrox. com. F Mediterranean/French inspired cuisine; steak frites, oak-fired pizza, new raw bar of seasonal selections. $$$ FB TO L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 1610 University Blvd. W., 448-2110. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. EUROPEAN STREET Café, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. $ BW K L D Daily FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusionsushijax.com. F Upscale sushi spot serves a variety of fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, kiatsu. $$ K L D Daily THE GROTTO WINE & TAPAS BAR, 2012 San Marco Blvd., 398-0726. F Artisanal cheese plates, empanadas, bruschetta, cheesecake. 60-plus wines by the glass. $$$ BW Tue.-Sun. HAMBURGER MARY’S Bar & Grille, 3333 Beach Blvd., Ste. 1, 551-2048, hamburgermarys.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Wings, sammies, nachos, entrées, specialty drinks, burgers. $$ K TO FB L D Daily KITCHEN on San Marco, 1402 San Marco Blvd., 396-2344, kitchenonsanmarco.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Gastropub. Local and national craft beers, specialty cocktails, seasonal menu of fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Sunday brunch. $$ FB L D Daily
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SOUTHSIDE, TINSELTOWN
ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. USA’s longest-running dinner theater; Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus. Reservations. $$ FB D Tue.-Sun. BARBERITOS, 4320 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., Ste. 106, 807-9060. F SEE AMELIA ISLAND. DANCIN DRAGON, 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138D, 363-9888. BOGO lunches, Asian fusion menu. $$ FB K L D Daily DICK’S Wings, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., 619-0954. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. THE DIM SUM ROOM, 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138D,
363-9888, thedimsumroom.com. Shrimp dumplings, beef tripe, sesame ball. Traditional Hong Kong noodles, barbecue. $ FB K L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
MONROE’S SMOKEHOUSE BAR B-Q, 10771 Beach Blvd., 996-7900, monroessmokehousebbq.com. SEE RIVERSIDE. OVINTE, 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr., 900-7730, ovinte. com. 2015 BOJ winner. European-style dining influenced by Italy, Spain and the Mediterranean. Small plates, entréesize portions, selections from charcuterie menu. $$$ BW TO R D Daily TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Ct., 854-0426, tavernayamas.com. F Bite Club. Char-broiled kabobs, seafood, wines, desserts. Belly dancing. $$ FB K L D Daily
SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE
DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 12400 Yellow Bluff Rd., Ste. 101, 619-9828. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. HOLA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1001 N. Main St., 356-3100, holamexicanrestaurant.com. F Fajitas, burritos, enchiladas, daily specials. Happy hour; sangria. $ BW K TO L D Mon.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. SEE ORANGE PARK.
Watts has got the CULTIVATING JUICES that be captivating the beach
BITE-SIZED
GENUINE AND JUICE
THE MOTTO IS “ELECTRICIOUS,” AND IT’S not just the juice. WATTS JUICERY is doing more than a squeezing few fruits and veggies – it’s offering consumers a way to make positive choices. For owner Annie Tuttle, the new coldpressed juice bar in Jax Beach is about so much more than healthy eating. Ultimately, Watts is a tribute to Tuttle’s mother, whose energy as According to the label, the 36 contains 36 Watts of she struggled with breast cancer inspired her daughter to live a fuller life. Now, Tuttle hopes her “Hey, You Guyyyyys!” It also has apple, cucumber, juicery can offer the same vibrancy that electrified pineapple, lime, and mint, resulting in a light yellowher mother’s life. green hue. At my first sip, the pineapple flavor came out strongest, followed by the mint. All five Tuttle, who grew up in Jacksonville, first went ingredients blend into a tart quaff that Tuttle tells me to a cold-pressed juice bar in Atlanta. After that has the potential to be an excellent cocktail. experience, she began researching, and discovered that Jacksonville was among the very few big cities The 44 has “That’s What I’m Talkin’ ’Bout,” without its own cold-pressed juicery. Tuttle felt like plus grapefruit, orange, ginger, and cayenne. I was Jacksonville was ready to embrace the idea. skeptical about drinking cayenne, but the grapefruit hides it nicely. The bright orange juice was strong So what is cold-pressed juice? Imagine and spicy, giving my throat a grabbing an apple out of the slight burning feel. Like Ron fridge and squeezing it between WATTS JUICERY Burgundy’s Scotchy-Scotchyour hands until the apple is 1010-B Third St. N., Jax Beach, Scotch, it’s a good kinda burn. liquid. Most of us don’t have 372-0693, wattsjuicery.com Watts also serves a selection super-strength, but the presser of Watt-ers. The Alkaline Watt-er at Watts does. While other juicers tastes similar to spring water, and neutralizes acid heat the produce while it juices, which nullifies in the bloodstream for a fresh, deep cleanse. The some of the nutritional content, Watts’ presser Charcoal Watt-er is alkaline water, plus activated keeps the item cool, and doesn’t waste as much charcoal for an extra cleanse that, apparently, can rind or skin and pulp. whiten your teeth. Finally, the Spicy Watt-er (alkaline At Watts, all the recipes began with a bit of trial water, charcoal, cucumber, lemon, and cayenne) is and error. “I just sat there one night and looked said to be a toxin destroyer. at my favorite juice combinations,” Tuttle says. Her tinkering involved only 100 percent organic Compacting three pounds of nutrition into ingredients. She’s adamant about this, refusing a tasty 16-ounce drink is no easy task. Beyond to sacrifice quality, even at the expense of the that, getting Northeast Floridians to eat their fruits consistency of the juices. So sometimes a juice and vegetables is an admirable accomplishment. might include cantaloupe instead of watermelon, if For Tuttle, though, who says Watts Juicery is a the organic watermelon is unavailable. way to carry on her mother’s legacy of energetic Committing to 16 ounces of juice may be living, the products provide the ideal voltage for a intimidating, so Watts lets customers sample before nutritionally vibrant life. they buy. I tasted several before finally choosing the Rebecca Gibson 36 and the 44. Each bottle ($9) is a specific wattage mail@folioweekly.com ______________________________________ that denotes the veggie-to-fruit ratio within. The higher the number, the higher the veggie base; Follow all of Rebecca’s dining adventures and more the lower the number, the higher the fruit base. at somewhereinthecityjax.com
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AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. CARMELO’S Marketplace & Pizzeria, 146 King St., 494-6658, carmelosmarketplace.com. New York-style brickoven-baked pizza, freshly baked sub rolls, Boar’s Head meats and cheeses, stromboli and garlic herb wings. Outdoor seating, Wi-Fi. $$ BW TO L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 965 S.R. 16, 825-4540. 4010 U.S. 1 S., 547-2669. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. THE FLORIDIAN, 39 Cordova St., 829-0655, thefloridian staug.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Updated Southern fare of fresh ingredients. Vegetarian, gluten-free. Fried green tomato bruschetta, grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D Wed.-Mon. GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F Local mainstay 25+ years. Varied menu changes twice daily. Signature dish: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. Sun. brunch. $$ FB R Sun.; L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. ONE TWENTY THREE BURGER HOUSE, 123 King St., 687-2790. New spot from owners of Carmelo’s down the street. Premium burgers, made with beef sourced from renowned NYC butcher Schweid & Sons. Wood-fired pizzas, ice cream bar with Old World milkshakes. Outdoor dining. $$ BW K TO L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 321 A1A Beach Blvd., 217-3256, saltlifefoodshack.com. SEE BEACHES.
MEZZE BAR & GRILL, 2016 Hendricks Ave., 683-0693, mezzejax.com. Classic cocktails, fresh basil martinis, 35 draft beers, local/craft brews, Mediterranean cuisine. Hookah patio. Happy hour. $$ FB D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metro diner.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. The original upscale diner. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. $$ B R L Daily MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. PIZZA PALACE, 1959 San Marco Ave., 399-8815, pizza palacejax.com. F Family-owned; spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones, lasagna. Outside dining. $$ BW K TO L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Ave., 398-3005, taverna sanmarco.com. Chef Sam Efron’s authentic Italian; local produce, meats. Craft beers, craft cocktails. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily
LOOKIN’ FOR LOVE FOLIO
W E E K LY
FOLIO LIVING
PET
LOVERS’
GUIDE
DEAR DAVI
PAWS FOR THE CAUSE
I RAN INTO MAGGIE THE RAT TERRIER AT doggie daycare the other day and she barked up a storm about a Community Hospice of Northeast Florida program called Pet Peace of Mind. At first, I thought it sounded like a plan to stop dogs from yapping, but it wasn’t that at all. She said the program provides pet care services to pet parents who are ill and can no longer care for their pets, and she should know – she lived it. The day her mom got sick, Maggie panicked. She was afraid she would be taken from her mom or, even worse, abandoned at a shelter. But then, relief. Someone from Pet Peace of Mind stepped in and cared for Maggie while she stayed at home with her mom and, boy, oh boy, was this helper on the ball! Wait … ball? Where? Where was I? Oh, yes. She took Maggie on long walks to keep her fit, filled bowls with fresh food and clean water after visits, and scheduled regular veterinarianary trips to keep her feeling great. The helping hand that cared for Maggie put her at ease so she could spend more time with her furry friend until she no longer could. When that time came, Pet Peace of Mind relocated Maggie to a new home. She now lives with a loving family and fits right in with her new canine friends. When she misses her mom, she fetches a picture from her bedside and says goodnight before going to sleep. This bond shared between people and their pets is second to none. It’s good to know there is a program that protects this bond and
supports the needs of both. Chris Whitney, PPOM volunteer coordinator, totally agrees. “I believe this is a fantastic program and an asset to Community Hospice. By supporting the bond of our patients and their pets, we are treating the whole patient.” Here’s the scoop. Community Hospice of Northeast Florida works hard to support dogs like Maggie, and cats, too. They’re holding a Parking Lot Extravaganza on Oct. 24 to raise funds and increase awareness for their program. It’s sort of like a big yard sale; you can meet cool people while sniffing out some great deals. There will be dog baths, barks & crafts, and fun for everyone. I’ll be near the food trucks in the Community Hospice parking lot 9 a.m.2 p.m., so please stop by and join me for a treat! Davi mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ Davi is a brown dachshund with an appetite for adventure. He loves sweet potato treats, playing at the park with friends, and exploring the unknown.
BEASTS OF BURDEN: PET TIP OF THE WEEK O.P.P. (OTHER PEOPLE’S PUSSIES) There are 30-40 million “unowned” cats roaming the streets across America, according to the Humane Society of the United States. Attracted to food sources like unsecured trash cans, many of these cats end up on properties where they may not be wanted. If you’ve got unwanted felines on your premises, the Humane Society recommends finding a local group, like First Coast No More Homeless Pets (fcnmhp.org), that have trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs, rather than a total removal of the cats or the food source.
U P C O M I N G ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL Julington Creek Animal Walk and Julington Creek Animal Hospital hold their annual celebration 12:30-3 p.m. Oct. 24 on the hospital grounds, 12075 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, featuring costume contests, pet caricatures, dog treats, Son of a Butcher food truck, scavenger hunt, giveaways, book signing, tours, free nail trims and a parade. Pet adoptions are available. 268-6731, 338-9480, jcaw.com. PARKING LOT EXTRAVAGANZA Community Hospice holds the yard sale, with dog baths, barks & crafts, food trucks and lots of goodies, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 24 in the parking lot at 4266 Sunbeam Rd. Southside, 407-5204, communityhospice.com. DOGFEST WALK’N’ ROLL Canine Companions DogFest Walk ’n’ Roll is a community dog walk, held Oct. 24 at Riverside Arts Market, 715 Riverside Ave., that supports the mission of Canine Companions
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for Independence. Fundraisers who raise $100 get a DogFest bandana to sport at DogFest. Together we can change lives, one dog at a time. dogfestjacksonville@cci.org, kintera.org. ANIMAL RESCUE/ADOPTION There are groups organized for the rescue and eventual adoption of all kinds of animals – collies and shelties, corgis, westies, greyhounds, bassets, dachshunds, German Shepherds, Golden retrievers, cats, birds, poodles, akitas, big dogs, small dogs and toy breeds, rabbits, huskies, mastiffs, old dogs, the much-maligned pit bulls, shih tzus, reptiles – the folks involved in these groups are rabid … oops, not rabid rabid … very enthusiastic about the well-being of their particular breed or genus of animal, and most all animals in general. One website that’s a starting point is jaxanimals.com. Others to go to include jaxhumanesociety.org, nassauhumanesociety.com, starsofamelia.org, clayhumane.org, petrescue. org, sjcfl.us/animalcontrol/petcenter.aspx and staugustinehumanesociety.org.
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK, THOMAS EDISON, OSCAR WILDE & SONG LYRICS ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to an online etymological dictionary, the verb “fascinate” entered the English language in the 16th century. It was derived from the Middle French fasciner and the Latin fascinatus, translated as “bewitch, enchant, put under a spell.” In the 19th century, “fascinate” expanded to include “delight, attract, hold the attention of.” You’ll have experiences to activate both senses of “fascinate.” Get the most out of the attractions without slipping into bewitchment. Is that possible? It’ll require fine discernment, but it is. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): One of the largest machines in the world is a “bucket wheel excavator” in Kazakhstan, a saw that weighs 45,000 tons and has a blade the size of a fourstory building. If you want to slice through a mountain, it’s perfect. That’s what it’s used for in Kazakhstan. Right now, you have a metaphorical version of the equipment. You have the power to rip a clearing through a massive obstruction that’s been in the way. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock did a daily ritual to remind him of life’s impermanence. After drinking his tea each morning, he flung both cup and saucer over his shoulder, smashing to the floor. Don’t do a comparable custom for long-term use, but it may be healthy and interesting for now. Willing to outgrow and escape old containers? Would you consider diverging from formulas that have always worked? Any unnecessary taboos to break? Experiment with possible blessings that might come by not clinging to an illusion of “permanence.” CANCER (June 21-July 22): Terence was an ancient Roman comic playwright. He spoke of love in ways that sound modern. It can be capricious and weird, he said. It may provoke indignities and rouse difficult emotions. Are you skilled at debate? Love requires us to engage in strenuous discussions. Peace may break out in the midst of war, and vice versa. Terence’s conclusion: If you seek counsel regarding love arts, you may as well be asking for advice on how to go mad. Makes sense. In the weeks ahead, you’ll be excused from most crazy-making aspects. The sweet and smooth sides of love dominate. Uplift and inspiration are more likely than angst and bewilderment. Take advantage! Place chaos control measures for the next time Terence’s version of love appears. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the weeks ahead, you’ll have a special relationship with the night. When the sun goes down, your intelligence and knack for knowing what’s really important and what’s not intensify. In the darkness, you’ll have an enhanced capacity to make sense of murky matters lurking in the shadows. You’ll be able to penetrate deeper, and get to the bottom of secrets and mysteries keeping you off-balance. Even grimy fears may transform – approach them with a passion for redemption. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): New friends and unexpected teachers are nearby, with more on the way. There may even be potential comrades who may become flexible collaborators and catalytic guides. Are you available for openings they offer? Will you receive them with fire in and mirth? You may not be ready if you’re preoccupied with old friends and familiar teachers. Make room for surprises. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): More than any other sign, you have an ability to detach yourself from life’s flow and analyze its 36 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 21-27, 2015
complexities with cool objectivity. It’s mostly a good thing. It enhances your power to make rational decisions. On the other hand, it sometimes devolves into a liability. You may become so invested in your observer role, you don’t dive into life’s flow. You hold yourself apart, avoiding messiness and vitality. Not a problem in the weeks ahead. You’ll be a savvy watcher even almost fully immersed in dynamic flux. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you an inventor? Is it your specialty to create novel gadgets and machines? Probably not. But in the weeks ahead, you may have metaphorical resemblances to an inventor and an enhanced ability to dream up original approaches and find alternatives to conventional wisdom. You may be surprised with your knack for finding ingenious solutions to long-standing dilemmas. To prime your instincts, here are three thoughts of inventor Thomas Edison: 1. “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” 2. “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” 3. “Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.” SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Some unraveling is inevitable. What’s been woven must now be partially unwoven. Don’t think of this mysterious development as a setback. Consider it an opportunity to reexamine and redo any work that was hasty or sloppy. Be glad you get a second chance to fix and refine what wasn’t done right the first time. Preside over the unraveling yourself. Don’t wait for random fate. For best results, regard everything that transpires as a blessing. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “A waterfall would be more impressive if it flowed the other way,” said Irish author Oscar Wilde. I appreciate the wit, but don’t agree. A plain old ordinary waterfall, with foamy surges continually plummeting over a precipice and crashing below, is sufficiently impressive for me. How about you? In the next few days, will you be impatient and frustrated with ordinary marvels and wonders? Or enjoy them just as they are? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Years ago, I moved into a rental house with my new girlfriend, whom I’d known six weeks. As we fell asleep the first night, a song played in my head: “Nature’s Way,” by Spirit. I barely knew it and had rarely thought of it. And yet there it was, repeating its first line over and over: “It’s nature’s way of telling you something’s wrong.” Being a magical thinker, I wondered if my unconscious mind was telling me a secret about my love. But I rejected that; it was too painful to contemplate. When we broke up a few months later, however, I wished I’d paid attention to that early alert. I mention this because I suspect your unconscious mind will soon give you a wealth of useful information, through song lyrics and other subtle signals. Listen! Some of it will be good news, not cautionary. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When I advise you to GET NAKED, I don’t mean it in a literal sense. Yes, I’ll applaud you if you’re willing to experiment with brave acts of self-revelation. I’ll approve of your taking risks for the sake of raw truth. But getting arrested for indecent exposure might compromise your ability to carry out those noble acts. So, no, don’t really take off all your clothes and wander through the streets in your birthday suit. Instead, surprise everyone with brilliant acts of surrender and vulnerability. Gently, sweetly and poetically tell the Purveyors of Unholy Repression to take their boredom machine and shove it up their humdrum. Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com
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color; just passing through, mesmerized by your eyes. When: Sept. 2. Where: Bold Bean Riverside. #1557-0909 YOU LEFT ME … SPEECHLESS The Prince Party. Your purple face stopped my heart. Wanna see your moves, your lights, every night. Let’s meet again: you, me and Prince. We can be silent together. When: Aug. 28. Where: 1904 Music Hall. #1556-0909 60-YEAR-OLD HIPPIE CHICK You still believe in those 60s values, modern technology, bikinis, no money worries, meditation, humanism, being groovy. Me: Bearded, beyond cool beach bum. Us. Why wait? Let’s fall in love, live at beach. Anything’s possible. When: Aug. 20. Where: Mickler’s Landing. #1555-0909 NATURE’S OWN BY MY OWN! You: Tall, handsome Nature’s Own truck driver delivering bread to Burger King; most beautiful guy I’ve ever seen! Me: Ordering drive-thru breakfast. You smiled at me, our eyes met. Let’s meet 6:15p Sept. 5 @ BK. When: Aug. 29. Where: BK, Blanding/Kingsley. #1554-0902 EVERY SUPERWOMAN NEEDS A SUPERMAN You: Tall, dark, collared shirt buttoned to top, shorts, Jordans, drink, surrounded by ratchets. Me: Average height, slim, slacks, blouse, hair in bun, lured by lightskin man (insider); chose one another instead. 1 year, counting. Love you! When: April 30, 2014. Where: Jim’s Place. #1553-0902 TALL, DRUNK AND HANDSOME You: Hanging out in a sleeveless Budweiser shirt. I like your shitty leg tattoos. Me: Overgrown Mohawk and too many hooker shots. Bake me some bread and get pretty with me. When: June. Where: Your lap, Birdies. #1552-0902 I FOUND YOUR RENTAL CAR CARD ISU sitting with your family; you’re so good-looking I needed to keep something to remember you by. I took your rental car company frequent renter card. I’ll probably add lots of miles to account. When: Aug. 12. Where: Mellow Mushroom. #1551-0902 CAN’T STAND THE HEAT! You made me turkey/cheese sandwich; could listen to Philly accent all night! You loved my dimple; looked as I walked away. Committed to show you how hot a kitchen can get with spicy Latina! When: Aug. 12. Where: Hospital cafeteria. #1549-0902 BLIND DATE MOVIE ROMANCE Approaching slowly; tall, dark, handsome chocolate man! Me: Hello, nice to meet you. You: You, too. What’ll we see? Me: No idea; should be interesting! 10 years later, still together! ILY, baby! Your wife. When: 2005. Where: AMC Regency. #1548-0826 SUNNY & DARK You: The most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen. Me: Yearning for you. When you walked by, it took my breath away and the thought still does. Next lifetime! When: Every day. Where: Riverside. #1547-0826 PEAR-SHAPED MAINTENANCE MAN, EQUIPMENT BELT ISU pushing a cart of light bulbs. Me: Big-boned Russian at hallway end. Your slight limp as you walk is sexy; halfcocked smiled made my knees weaken. Please come over and light up my night! When: Aug. 5. Where: Hospital hallway. #1546-0819 BRILLIANT, AMAZING BLOND WITH DOGGY You: Simply, you’re brilliant, attractive petite blond, glasses, Jackie O personality. Walking small dog. Me: International guy Brit/ South African; falling in love. You’re the mint in my Julep. Attracted by your laugh, personality, Ms. Scarlett. When: Aug. 7. Where: Downtown Jax. #1545-0819
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OUTSOURCING Among the protesters at New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gay Pride Parade on the Sunday after the Supreme Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic gay-marriage decision was a group of men outfitted in Jewish prayer garments and representing the Jewish Political Action Committee, carrying signs reading, for example, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judaism prohibits homosexuality.â&#x20AC;? However, the men were very likely not Jewish, but in fact Mexican laborers hired for the day. A representative of the committee told The New York Times that the men were â&#x20AC;&#x153;supplementalâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; necessary because the committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rabbis would not permit their students (who usually staff such protests) to be exposed to the sights of same-sex exuberance typical for the parade. GOVERNMENT IN ACTION WOOD-TV of Grand Rapids, Michigan, seemingly uncovered an antiquity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if not a potential vulnerability â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the Grand Rapids public school system in June when it reported the heating and cooling systems at 19 schools are controlled using a Commodore Amiga computer (released in the 1980s, about the same time as Windows 2.0), operating on an early Internet modem. It had been installed by a computersavvy student and, according to the maintenance supervisor, still works fine. Fortunately, the supervisor said, the student still lives in the area and is available if problems arise. MADE IN TENNESSEE Government officials who redesign their departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s logo are ridiculed for wasting taxpayer money (design consultants still sell the illusion that a new logo can give a bureaucracy a refreshing rebirth). In May, Tennessee officials unveiled a new state logo (which cost only $46,000, not counting the expense of changing signs, cards, stationery, etc.), which consists of the letters â&#x20AC;&#x153;TNâ&#x20AC;? in white inside a red box with a blue trim underneath. (A Watchdog.org critic suggested a contest to design a superior one, but open only to kids age 12 and under, with a prize of a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate. THATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALESMANSHIP Adultery is illegal in Japan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; except, as a Tokyo District Court judge ruled in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;psychological distressâ&#x20AC;? lawsuit filed by the jilted wife, when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done by a company to retain a good customer.
A night club hostess whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d carried on with a married man proved she did so only as â&#x20AC;&#x153;makura eigyo,â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;pillow sales tactic.â&#x20AC;? Said the judge, â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long as the intercourse is for business, it does not harm the marital relationship at all.â&#x20AC;? The 2014 ruling was first publicized this year.
NEW WORLD ORDER In 1993, the owner of the iconic 5Pointz building in New York City began allowing graffiti artists to use the walls for their masterpieces, but by 2013 had grown weary of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look and had the walls whitewashed. In June 2015, nine of the artists filed a federal lawsuit demanding the owner compensate them, substantially, for destroying their creations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and they stand a good chance of collecting (under the Visual Artists Rights Act) if they prove their particular works are of â&#x20AC;&#x153;recognized statureâ&#x20AC;? and not merely art of an â&#x20AC;&#x153;ephemeral nature.â&#x20AC;? At its height, 5Pointz attracted more than 350 artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; works from around the world. CUCKOO WAYS The â&#x20AC;&#x153;parasitic waysâ&#x20AC;? of the cuckoo bird were remarked upon â&#x20AC;&#x153;as far back as Aristotle,â&#x20AC;? wrote a Wall Street Journal book reviewer in May, but some biologists may not have believed the behavior because it was so cold-blooded. The bird, according to Nick Daviesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; book Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature, lays its eggs in other speciesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nests to trick those birds into incubating the cuckoos, who then hatch and kick the eggs of their host out of the nest. The mother cuckoo, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said, times her mating schedule so her eggs mature just before the victimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eggs. Hence, according to Davies, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most notorious cheat.â&#x20AC;? CONSTIPATION BLUES Sy Allen, arrested in March in Colchester, England, on suspicion of possessing drugs with intent to sell, relied on a fairly common strategy: As officers burst into the room, he swallowed the â&#x20AC;&#x153;evidence.â&#x20AC;? As in the other cases, police decided to wait for nature to take its course in order to recover the suspected drugs. Unlike in the other cases, Allen managed to hold out, with no bowel movement, for 23 days â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but not a 24th. He was arrested. Chuck Shepherd weirdnews@earthlink.net
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