Best Jacksonville blog & Urban Jacksonville party @ Shanty Town
10/16/07 • Posted in: Events, News, Springfield by Joey Marchy 21 Comments »
Finally, blogging has paid off! Urban Jacksonville won the Best Blog in Folio Weekly’s annual Best of Folio awards. I couldn’t have done it without you, so I’m saying thanks by throwing you a party! A reader appreciation party this Saturday night, October 20th, at Shanty Town.
Party starts at 9pm with The Snacks blues band. We’ll have a free keg of Yuengling, compliments of Shanty Town! After The Snacks,DJs Deadtank (Inertia), Biggie Tea (Urban Core) and Herb-ane (Urban Jacksonville) will be rocking turntables and laptops for the rest of the night. Thats right, it’s the triple blog attack crew!
Urban Jacksonville Reader Appreciation Party
October 20th, 2007
Shanty Town (map)
9pm-2am
Free Yuengling
Get to the party early and stop by the best independent record store in Jacksonville. Inertia Music and Books at 1520 Main Street. Then walk next door to Shanty Town.
If you are are visiting Urban Jacksonville for the first time, here’s what we’re all about:
How Government Regulation Forces Americans Into Their Cars
10 things that will make Jacksonville more fun in the next three months
Dan May - Jacksonville’s new bad-ass artist
Solutions for Gentrification in Springfield
Black Kids and Burritos
Urban Jacksonville Podcasts and Interviews
Want to contribute?
If you’re a writer and you’re interested in contributing, send me a sample blog post. I am especially looking for someone to blog about the Riverside/5-Points/Brooklyn area.
Ahhh JoeMar… I remember when you were just a big eyed kid using blogger and calling homeless guys interesting!
Congrats my friend!!!
I am so bummed that I’ll be in Louisiana this weekend. I hope the partay rocks. Let’s have a post-celebration celebration when I get back, Joey! Congratulations, again.
Congrats, Jo Jo!
Much deserved! We lurkers love ya too Joey, congrats.
Congrats Joey, too bad I’ll be in NY. I was looking forward to the party.
Congrats Joe!!! We’ll be seeing ya Saturday brutha!!!!
Way to go honey. You continue to make me a proud mama :)
way to go!
i’ll see ya saturday.
ps. we are celebrating my birthday friday.
if you and kenz can make it out, let me know!
Big ups! I don’t even live in Jax anymore and UJ is still one of my first stops on god’s honest interweb.
herb-ane? is that anyway for a father to speak?
Herb-ane!!
Hell yes! That DJ is smokin!
…and now it’s time for you to take it to the next level, Joey.
To a great three years of continual awareness in the community, congratulations.
To the next three, it’s simply preparation for City Council.
Best and honest admiration.
Herb-ane, huh?
Gimme a pound of your sweetest cheeba– doctor say I need a backiotomy.
I want a shot at campaign manager.
I think we got opposition research covered…
visibiliti, web and street…yup….kitchen cabinet…
just gotta find the donors.
and buy joey a Norelco.
I’ve been reading daily and thanks for keeping me updated…school and work keep me busy. Just drop some info on bike events (like alleycat races) when ever you get them.
thanks again
congrats joey! much deserved. you got my vote.
Awww! I’m going to be in NY this weekend (like half of Jacksonville, it seems). Have fun, and I wish I could be there.
joey!!! i was so excited you won! i had a feeling!!! i wish we could be at the party but we have to go to atlanta for a family thing. we’d MUCH rather be partying shantytown!
Cograts Joey!!!
I was trying to post a pic of you from the party and it wouldn’t let me : (
I’ll be posting pics and linking to you set later today!