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Intro

Coffee Sponsor: Bold Bean Coffee Roasters

Special Guest: George Akel of Mesh Magazine

Joey’s infected, crushed and stabbed

Mesh Magazine

online publication
since 2004
UNF photography degree
cover arts scene
“the real deal”
less commercial than Arbus
focus on local, independent artists
create a personal portfolio and expose artists
meshmag.com
Why Mesh? mesh=fusion art, music, dining

Isn’t Print Dead?
kind of, but more in-between
online advertising is a hard sell
TU still does 85% from print

Kickstarter
Donate to Mesh Magazine
minimum donation $2
goal = $1800 for 1000 copies

Coming Soon
new Jags beat writer, Jimmy Sal (former editor of Vibe/Spin), Tom Essex (Skinny Records), Jay (Bold Bean)

Recommendations
Jack: Pet Walk @ Art Walk
Jonathan: dilbert.com/blog
George: Famous Sandwiches, Pulp Juice Bar (San Marco)
Joey: Krung Fu – graphic design battle (Intuition Ale in the place, free cup!) $10 for non-AIGA members
Tony: RAM – free ice cream!

No audio this week thanks to the tech gnomes and Tony’s bumbling hands. We do have the video below so tune in, sit back and relax.

Special Guests

Jimmi Bayer and Nick Schoeppel of Infintesmal Records
Show Sponsor: EU Jacksonville
Coffe Sponsor:Bold Bean Coffee Roasters

Part 1

Part 2

Urban Jacksonville Weekly LIVE
Guests:
Melissa Ross
Watne Wood
Steve Lovett
Sneak preview of the new Banksy flick.
After the Bomb Baby!
giveaways!
After party at Underbelly featuring The Great Working, Single White Herpe

Infintesmal Records
based out of Jacksonville (Springfield)
Westside v. Eastside
just wanted to help local bands
about 20 bands including side projects
wax? – Wudun coming soon
split 7″ series late summer/fall
myspace.com/infintesmalrecords
infintesmal.com coming soon

New Project – Big Announcement
July Concert Series at the Snyder Memorial Church
sponsored by COJ and the Mayor’s Office
Ian Chase lighting
every Friday in July
Jim Draper hooked it up
great patron of the arts
Beware the electronic poltergeist
City/DVI is helping promote
Infintesmal bands
Antarctic, After the Bomb Baby! and Spider + Octopus will also play
there will be beer
big props to the Mayor’s Office
entry – $10
hopefully be able to continue it in the future
broadcast???

BBQs
no date set for the next one (maybe Underbelly)
free food, free show
different locations
around 10 bands

Joey spoke at FSCJ
Tony has his first commencement speech
ain’t y’all proud?

Where to Buy?
some on iTunes
merch at the shows (go out!)
coming soon to The Letter Shop
mailorder will be on the website

Jacksonville Music
no homogenous sound
lots of unique bands
get involved by going outr and seeing shows
network with other bands
play, play, play

Business side
book shows
help put albums together
provide support
looking for distribution

Upcoming Releases
Dig Dog
Honey Chamber (CD Release next Saturday)
The 2416

Recommendations:
Joey – Mesh Magazine Kickstarter
Tony – Juggling, Knitters, and French people at RAM
Jonathan – 48 Hour Film Fest at the Landing, World Cup visualization at The Guardian
Jimmi – Infintesmal Wednesdays at Shantytown
Nick – Ian Chase art show at Nullspace June 18th
Jack – Sew Vicious Open House

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Special Guest – Maxwell Lee and Terrance Patterson (Ritz Chamber Players)
Show Sponsor – EU Jacksonville
Coffee Sponsor - Bold Bean Coffee Roasters

UJW LIVE – 5P Theatre
Wayne Wood
After the Bomb Baby!
Banksy’s Exit Through the Giftshop preview

Ritz Chamber Players
Maxwell Lee – Program Coordinator
Terrance Patterson – Artistic Director

Mission Statement

To foster the appreciation of chamber music through performances and educational outreach featuring preeminent African-American musicians and composers, with an emphasis on building audiences and arts inclusion that reflects our diverse society.

less than 2% Black participation in orchestras
international touring schedule
door-opener to exposing chamber music?
getting people into cultural arts
together for eight years (Feb 22, 2002)

Chamber Music
classical music written for 2-9 instrumentalists
began in Salons at home (intimate setting) in the 17-1800s

African diaspora, not just African-American
great introduction to classical music
harpist, winds – unconventional ensemble
content available on the website – www.ritzchamberplayers.org

Upcoming Performances
St. Augustine Music Festival – June 14
Juneteenth Celebration – June 19

affiliated with the Ritz Theatre
The players get the name around the country
performed at Lincoln Center, National Gallery
Secret Service couldn’t handle Terrance

video from Trinity Church on Wall Street on the website
YouTube Channel

Selection
by accomplishments
maintain a high standard
trailblazers within the industry

Sponsors
Blue Cross Blue Shield
CSX
Cultural Council
Weaver Family Foundation
Drummond Press

Recommendations

Joey – Refresh Jacksonville
Tony – RAM Report: DJ Dance Yoga Party, Jacksonville Beardsmith Society Beard and Mustache Contest
JB – 1) FCC throwdown 2)The Guardian iPad app for photography
Terrance – Back Alley Blend!!! (we dig it too!), try the cultural scene, Pillars of the Earth
Maxwell – WORLD CUP!
Jack -Shantytown for C&W, Suns Game, Surfer Blood

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Special Guest – Ian Chase and Jeffrey Shalev (Null Space)

Show Sponsor – EU Jacksonville
Coffee Sponsor – Bold Bean

while Jack babysits the dishwashing crew from the Fox

Show Notes

6/18/2010 – Ian Chase at Null Space
multimedia
3D
tonal
weird
interactive
through August Art Walk
electricity, movement, audio/video

Working with Bands
more projects this summer
band project with Tom P
video work: National Dairy, C&W. Kevin Lee Newberry
give love to get love
feel the vibe
new century – show love

Art
past painting
self-trained not untrained
building confidence
work hazards

Null Space Gallery
heard about Off the Grid (DVI)
shared vision
diverse shows/area
video room and gallery space
TV in the bathroom!
not stopping anytime soon
when it’s done, find a new space

Sponsor Break – EU Jacksonville
June is Summer Activities issue

Music Video Fest
First Friday in August at 5P Theatre
local music videos
FREE
support it!

Recommendations

Joey – new blog gridsketch.com
Jeffrey – art shows: Madeleine Peck at Underbelly, R. Roberts Gallery
Tony – Yo-Yo master Jack Ringca in the place, WJCT day at RAM
Jonathan – Photos of the “oil stuff” www.boston.com/bigpicture
Ian – Celebrity Deathwatch
Jack - BMX Double Feature at ZOMBIE

Joey Thate and Kim Barry. Photo by Ezra Marcos

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Special Guests: Joey Thate and Kim Barry of Suite 106 + Ezra Marcos

As always, coffee provided by Bold Bean Coffee Roasters (Back Alley Blend bay-beeeee)

Ezra Marcos
wedding/lifestyle photographer
former social worker

Please take a moment to read about Ezra’s upcoming fundraiser for Compassionate Families:

The live shoot will be based around the theme of diversity…but that’s all I’m going to say, b/c I don’t want to spoil the surprise! After the shoot is over, I will post process the images right there on the spot…and my goal is to have a large print on display before the end of the night!!! That print will be auctioned off…100% of the proceeds will go to Compassionate Families. Additionally, once I’ve completed the post processing…around 7pm…I will be doing portraits for a $10 donation…and you’ll get your print right then!

Kim Barry
artist
model
manager of Clothing Warehouse

Joey Thate
artist at Suite 106
mixed media

Suite 106
studio/gallery at the Landing
OTG
good (artificial) lighting, concrete floors, trash service
shows every Art Walk

Jacksonville Art Scene
lots of talented people
close circle
need help getting more exposure
with photography, niche helps
push each other to do more creative things
able to make a big splash

Ezra’s Photography
how does he get people to do what they do
let people be comfortable
showing at Suite 106 for June Art Walk
collabo/live shoot with Suite 106
auction photo as fundraiser for Compassion Families

The Landing
is it challenging to bring people out?
lots of cultural happenings going on now

Reccomendations
Joey M – Krung Fu (AIGA) May 28th
Jonathan – RAM
Ezra – Pad Thai with Peanut Sauce
Kim – Underbelly and Imagination Squared
Joey T – Avondale ArtWorks
Jack – anti-rec Montgomery Gentry

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Special Guest – Al Letson (SOTRU)
Producer’s note: Al is “responsible” for every flight that has ever been cancelled on me

Show Sponsor:
Walk A Mile In Their Shoes March 27 benefitting the Sulzbacher Center
walk, run or sleep in
Coffee Sponsor:
Bold Bean Coffee

State of the Re:Union

• Applied for PRX Public Radio Talent contest 3 years ago
• idea: losing local flavor, homogenization
• Clear Channel owns EVERYTHING!
• lo-fi garage band submission made Top 10
• 3 out of 6 shows made the cut
• NPR picked up the show
• PRX (Public Radio eXchange) = distributor
• CPB = $$$
• NPR = distributor + network
• PRX and NPR had never worked together before
• SOTRU only crossover show between PRX/NPR
• Black History Month program
• public radio needs a dose of fresh air
• not a news show
• rich media
• inspired by Ira Glass (This American Life) *spot-on impression*
• stateofthereunion.com
• Twitter – @alletson
• video content as well
• audio content allows you to do other things while you participate
• this (ujw) is “serious business” – T
• carried by WJCT (yay!)
• 150 stations

Sounds of the Re:Union

• local music of the locations featured
• video podcast
• separate but affiliated

UJW jocked SOTRU intro music (at first) ;)

$$$
funded by huge grant from CPB
responsible for raising own money as well
hitting up locals
donate on the website
Can’t spell LOCAL without “AL” – T

Upcoming
shows on Brooklyn, Greensburg, KS, New Orleans, Oregon, Milwaukee (May 1)
writing a book on grassroots solutions to American problems

Lyricist Hour tonight at nerdysouth.com

Next Week: Citrus Cel

Recommendations

Jack – Speed Mechanics
Tony – Saturday = River Day at RAM also March is River Month
Jonathan – beta.jacksonville.com
Al – Citrus Cel Animation Festival also, Nerdy South
Joey – Justified on FX

Other Events

Bike Porn
Warehouse Show
Art Friends Electric
Sulzbacher Benefit at Underbelly
TSI B&W Ball

All this month we’re supporting Walk a Mile In Their Shoes 5K

Walk a Mile In Their Shoes 5K – Sulzbacher Center
Saturday, March 27. Walk with Joey and Tony, we’re doing the one mile fun run with the kiddies! Abel is doing the 5K and Jack is sleeping in.

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A special thanks go to Abel Harding for joining us in the studio. Abel actual set the record for least amount of comments during the show. We love you man!

Coming Up on Urban Jacksonville Weekly

• March 15th – Josh Jubinsky talkin’ ’bout Zines
• March 22nd – Al Letson talkin’ ’bout State of the Re:Union
• March 29th – Shane Douberly talkin’ ’bout Citrus Cel Animation Film Festival

NEW coffee sponsor

Bold Bean Coffee
sippin on: Mexico Altura Chiapas

Return of RAM

• remarkable entertainment
• huge turnout
• Fringe did great
• insane pottery
• magic wands
• Dutch/Italian bikes
• Abel saw penguins instead

C&W Tour/Burro Sales Trip
went awesome!
best show in Houston
Burro stuff being carried in new shops

Recommendations

Jonathan – keep on talk of budget talks
Abel – Penguins at the Zoo
Joey – Pecha Kucha 8 and The Warriors at the 5 Points Theatre
Tony – Gum Bunch Pub after RAM
Jack – shows!

TONIGHT – East of the Wall, Goes Cube, Galactoid and a surprise! @ The Devil’s Playground (Facebook Event)
MONDAY – Caspian, Antarctic, Arms & Sleepers @ Warehouse 8B (Facebook Event)

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Special Guests – Trey Csar (Jacksonville Public Education Fund), Mary Kelli (Education Reporter)

Upcoming School Board Town Hall Meetings

Thursday, March 11
Sandalwood High School, 2750 John Prom Blvd, 32246

Tuesday, March 16
Frank H. Peterson Academies of Technology, 7450 Wilson Blvd., 32210

Thursday, March 18
Jean Ribault High School, 3701 Winton Dr., 32208

Tuesday, March 23
Mandarin High School, 4831 Greenland Rd., 32258

Jacksonville Public Education Fund

• new group
• help school district realign and refocus as a system
• ___ Collaborative
• “critical friend” of school board

• if half the dropouts had graduated last year, we’d have an additional $$$???
• not enough money
• school day reduced by 45 minutes
• what needs to be done with the little money available
• another brutal year
• anticipated shortfalls will not be pretty
• fairly progressive with local revenue
• member of state consortium
• lack the patience to allow the value of education to bear fruit
• Urban Education Symposium
• Twitter – @jaxpef
• elected v. appointed officials
• more important who’s there rather than how they get there
• school board is paid
• give leaders freedom but accountability and they will be able to change schools
• “visionary leader”
• no excuses!
• takes more than a year to move a school
• plateaus are common
• change takes time
• judging teachers based on how well students do
• work with state and union to ratify ____ memorandum
• no appointed board members in FL
• food fight
• no one is happy with education quality
• John Delaney
• JTA appointed, JEA appointed (crappy beauracracies)
• Constitutional issue

Recommendations

Joey – Ritz Theatre Thu Feb 25 “Panel of Pros”
Tony – Last week fro FRAM, RAM starts again Mar 6 “Riverwalk to RAM”
Jonathan – Toxic past haunts future of Jacksonville’s Hogans Creek
Trey – Cozy Tea Indian Dinner once a month
Mary – School Board Town Hall meeting dates
Jack – my mind is GONE, sorry

Coming Up on Urban Jacksonville Weekly

• March 1st – Walk a Mile In Their Shoes with Tom McManus and Kelly DeGance join us to talk about Walk a Mile In Their Shoes, a 5K to benefit the Sulzbacher.
• March 15st: Josh Jubinsky from the Jacksonville Public Library will join us to talk about the Zine collection.

DISCLAIMER Copious pre-show banter. Might actually be better than the real show.

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Special Guest – Abel Harding
Program helps some find jobs (worst headline ever TU!)
partnered with SHANDS
internship

Chicken & Whiskey Tour
FL to TX
straight DIY
new video by Ian Chase

Burro Bags Move
The Letterpress on Forsyth
combined with new record shop
Ian from Royal Treatment + Cash from Moon Colony Razorblade
soft opening whenever, grand opening mid-April or May Art Walk

Lomax Lodge Opens
opens today at 4pm for Ian’s b-day
new bar in 5 Points unnecessary? – hell no!

Laura Street Groundbreaking
revitalization and more walkable street
moving the Jackson statue into the street – roundabout
2-way street

Jacksonville.com Cinemania Film Club
for lovers, fans, and filmmakers
Tonight at 5P Theatre
Doorpost Film Project – Jax to Nasheville
$100,000 prize
showing top 4 short films
first people to show up get free jacksonville.com t-shirt
FREE!

JPEF returns next week to talk education
Walk A Mile in Their Shoes 5K for Sulzbacher

Recommendations
Jonathan – Moon (movie)
Abel – Hipster Puppies
Joey – Lyricist Hour via Nerdy South 7pm
Tony - riversideartsmarket.com, Fringe, Riverwalk to RAM (red carpet event)
Jack – Chicken & Whiskey Pre-Tour Throwdown

Monday, February 8

Freebird Live ($24)

a little emo/pop-punk blast from the past
New Found Glory
Saves the Day
Hellogoodbye

Tuesday, February 8

Black Pearl Warehouse (free.99)

1971 Dobbs Rd. St. Augustine Fl. 32086
Pre-International Noise Conference
bands from across Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas and more converge on their way to Miami for the International Noise Confernence
biku (Baltimore, MD)
AG Davis (Palatka, FL)
Bright Orange (Jacksonville, FL)
Chicken Jolt (Jacksonville, FL)
Dark Inside the Sun
Drums Like Machine Guns (Philadelphia, PA)
ECM3 (St. Augustine, FL)
Hex Apparatus (St. Augustine, FL)
Hot Mess (Jacksonville, FL)
How I Quit Crack (Alief, TX)
Marlo Eggplant (Seattle, WA)
Mincemeat or Tenspeed (Philadelphia, PA)
minim (Gainesville, FL)
Mr. Lazari (Philadelphia, PA)
Oddknock (Gainesville, FL)
Pony Payroll Bones (GA)
Scared Rabbits (Jacksonville, FL)
Sphinxes (Jacksonville, FL)
Stress Ape (Chicago, IL)
Terror Probe (St. Augustine, FL)
The Lady of Situations (Gainesville/Tallahassee, FL)
The Suicide Magnets (Philadelphia, PA)
Trapbomb (Jacksonville, FL)
Waterdigger (Tampa, FL)

Facebook Event Page

Thursday, February 11

TSI ($5)

infintesmal record’s weekly sirens night
Thumbnail Sketch
Memphibians

Dustin Harewood’s Portraits Exhibit

Art Institute

From the Ai Event Page:

Dustin Harewood’s large-scale portraits explore the complexity of the common gaze; a gaze that can magnify both expression and vacancy. These never-seen-before works are a shift from the popular abstract paintings that have become a signature of Mr. Harewood.

Friday, February 12

Warehouse 8B ($3-5)

support the movement!

DigDog
AC Deathstrike
Thee Tsar Bombas
Sunday Cervix

Super Wonderful (free.99)

1992 San Marco Blvd.

Exhibition featuring works by:
Matt Allison
Clay Doran
Barrett Fiser
Dustin Harewood
Tonya Lee
Kyle Lemstrom
Jen Morgan

Listen to Kyle talk about the show from UJW.
Facebook Event Page

Facebook Event Page

Saturday, February 13

Pass the Mic ‘N Bike II (free.99)

the first event was a much-talked about success, not to miss. meet at memorial park at 7:45. on your bike of course.

Premadonnasaurs (St. Augustine)
Staring Daggers
Civilization
Devil Runs the Truckstop

Facebook Event Page

The Red Affair ($15 Donation)

Karpeles Manuscript Museum
101 W 1st Street

spoken word, neo-soul and poetry hosted by Tough Junkie