Urban Jacksonville

Live Urban Jacksonville Weekly 50th Episode

Saturday January 23rd we’ll be having the first ever, but not the last, LIVE Urban Jacksonville Weekly. It will be on the back patio of the Burrito Gallery at 1:30pm. There will be food and drink specials, giveaways, live performances by Tough Junkie and we’ll be taking your questions.

Join Tony, Jonathan, Jack and Ian Ranne, owner of Shantytown Pub and Hip Hop Hell Records. We’ll be talking Downtown, Springfield, Hip Hop and taking your questions.

If you want to sponsor the show with giveaway items please let me know. We’re also looking for an ongoing show sponsor to help us buy new microphones and headsets for the studio.

Other Cool January Events In Your City

All of a sudden the 5 Points Theatre is the venue of choice.

Cinema Sounds 5 Jacksonville is 4 bands playing a movie soundtrack

• CIVILIZATION Duval’s premier punk-sludge duo does Destroy All Monsters
• WUDUN dynamic fuzz pop does Metropolis
• DIAMOND HYMEN lo-fi electro does Jesus Christ Superstar
• BRIGHT ORANGE ambient / ethereal / warm drones does Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan

Pecha Kucha #7 is fast-paced presentation fun with beer on tap
I’ve seen Corey’s Failure to Succeed and it’s awesome. Worth the trip.

• Carl Smith – “From mess to success, getting my kids to keep their rooms clean.”
• Florence Haridan – Hope and Help
• Corey Grusden – Failure to Succeed
• Tiffany Manning – The Girl Next Door
• Luis Casillas – How to have 26 hours of fun in one day

Midnight Movie Schedule at the 5 Points Theatre for January

• 2001: A Space Odyssey plays January 15th. Because it’s a long one, we’re starting it at 11 pm
• The Breakfast Club play at midnight on January 22nd.
• Labyrinth is midnight on January 29th.
• Back to the Future Part II will be February 5th.

Screening of “$100 and a T-Shirt” by the Main Library Zine Collection
Main Library » Experience the ups and downs in the zine publishing world as it was experienced by Joe Biel and the rest of the staff at Microcosm Publishing. Refreshments will be provided.

Urban Jacksonville Weekly: Tony Allegretti, Joey Marchy, Jonathan Bennett, Tough Junkie and Jack Diablo (not pictured)

First Coast Connect, Friday at 9:00

I’ll be on WJCT’s First Coast Connect this morning talking about Mayor Peyton lobbying members of the City Council for about $23 million in downtown improvements to increase public access and spruce up amenities on the St. Johns River. Listen here »

Live Urban Jacksonville Weekly, Saturday January 23rd at the Burrito Gallery

To celebrate our 50th Episode of Urban Jacksonville Weekly we’ll be doing a live show at the Burrito Gallery on Saturday January 23rd at 1:30pm. There will be lunch specials, giveaways and live performances by Tough Junkie.

Our special 50th Episode guest is Ian Ranne. Shantytown owner and one of the hardest working entrepreneurs in the Urban Core. We will be taking questions from the audience and there may be a few more surprises in store so don’t miss it. More information to come.

Want to Sponsor the Show or Get Involved?

We are looking for a show sponsor and additional giveaway items. If you want to get involved contact me at joeymarchy@gmail.com

Tune in to Urban Jacksonville Weekly on Monday for Content Design Group

Photo courtesy of Metro Jacksonville and Content Design Group

Greg and Jason from Content Design Group will be in studio on Monday January 11th to talk about the Metro Jacksonville article Is Springfield Ready for a Car Wash? and the role they played in the architecture of the revised plans:

Can a car wash be a part of an urban revitalization plan? After heated opposition and misinformation dominating discussion about the 4th & Main project, owner Silas Jones has modified development plans to better integrate the project within the community. Can common ground be found that will finally lead to project approval and new life along the Main Street corridor?

View Uptown Market in Springfield photoset

Looking through the window at Uptown Market in Springfield, Jacksonville’s newest urban market and deli. If you want to hear more, listen to this episode Urban Jacksonville Weekly about Uptown Market. You can also read First major project on Main Street in Springfield in 40 years.

Serving begins around 10:30. $5 frozen drinks all night.

Download Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #9

Dennis Eusebio from Thought & Theory sent me a message about a week ago. It was simple: UJ + TT Mixtape. This is the result of our collaboration. We’re planning a mixtape release party downtown at the Burrito Gallery Friday July 10th. More details to come.

Thought & Theory specializes in creating, designing, talking about and developing simple and beautiful web applications.

1. Bulletproof (UJ) – La Roux
2. Make This Work (TT) – Magistrates
3. Julia – Cocaine (The Knocks Remix) (UJ)- Andrew W.K. and DJ B-Roc
4. Deli (UJ) – Delorean
5. I’m The Shit (TT) – DJ Class Feat. Kanye West & Estelle
6. Red Dress Turnin Me On (TT) – The Hood Internet (Keri Hilson vs The Glitch Mob vs TVOTR)
7. Help Im Alive (The Twelves Remix) (UJ) – Metric
8. Warm Heart Of Africa feat Ezra Koenig (UJ) – The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit)
9. I’m Good f/ Pharrell (Produced by The Neptunes) (TT) - CLIPSE
10. Get it right now! (UJ) – Del The Funky Homosapien
11. Colours (UJ) – DJ Sega (The Brick Bandits)
12. The Reeling (TT) – Passion Pit

Download Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #9

Past Mixtapes
Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #8 (download)
Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #7 (download)
Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #6 (download)
Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #5 (download)
Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #4 (download)
Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #3 (download)
Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #2 Halloween Edition (download)
Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #1 (download)

I didn’t mix or create any of these tracks myself, they haveall been downloaded from various MP3 blogs. Thanks to all the MP3 blogs and artists who mixed these tracks*.

MP3 Blogs
The Hood Internet
Hype Machine
Palms Out Sounds
Fluo Kids
Discobelle
IHEARTCOMIX
Gorilla vs. Bear
Mad Decent blog
Ruckus Roboticus
White Folks Get Crunk
versus-3.blogspot.com and more….

*If you want me to take down a track, just let me know. In case you missed it: Download Urban Jacksonville Mixtape #9

Another short-lived ArtWalk institution has come to an end. The basement at the Library has hosted it’s last show and will not be open for ArtWalk this month. What will the next spot be? You can expect the Burrito Gallery to be packed tonight.

I hear from a little bird that a gang of bikers will be meeting at the Northbank Riverwalk under the Fuller Warren for an Obama-tastic ride down to Metro Park. Should be fun!

When the rally is done I’m sure people will be riding back into Five Points for the NEXT Art and Design show at Flux Gallery. I also hear people will be heading to the Burrito Gallery to party after the rally.