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Notes: Junkie on the keys.

Jon Getting married in Denver because it isn’t Jacksonville
Junkie made a selection of theme songs: Listeners’ Pick (Voting)

credit: omatix an awesome Jacksonville photographer

STITC Recap

• Joey- Great show, Expansive, Junkie’s hair on display. TSI – 247 in attendance
• Tony- Riverside Arts Market area filled up and out, BBBC/Mellow Mushroom Mini Kitchen
• Late Night Shantytown Show-Full house, Good Vibes, Being creative

Jaguars Training Camp

• Get a Jaguar Tattoo.
• Go to a game or two this year.
• We are not selling the team
• Jaguars are for the babies, yo.
• Where were you in 1995?
• Fave Player- Jennings, Jones
• Twitter Fantasy Football

~Junkie replacing Diablo? (junkie says no)~

Uptown Market Mid Septemberish Opening

• uptownmarket.tumblr.com
• City Kids Ice Cream is open
• Tony- “We got the breads!”

Budget Suggestions, What’s up with the budget

• budgetsuggestions@coj.net Send them in
• Oct 1st budget balancing
• Peyton shot for 12 mil
• It is a tricky topic, with so many
• Tony: I will eat shoes if I am wrong. Sent a letter to Folio
• Not sure if I did. And it was edited.
• “Google me, I’m Famous!” Was there any fowl play?
• Not made to be published.
• Wrong blog spot and misdirected traffic

Zines at the Main Library
Josh Talks About The Jacksonville Library's Zine Collection

• video interview With Josh Jubinski (of inertia records) on jaxscene.blogspot.com for ‘zine’ program
• Having a Zine Symposium
• Big props to Tom Pennington
• Section 8 is the Grandfather of Jacksonville Zines
• Section 8 is shooting for a Sept Release

Recommendations:
Joey – metrojacksonville/neighborhoods and The Sinclair this Friday
Junkie- Take a second or five to dance. (so you won’t go crazy)
Jon Ben- Southern Pecan Beer/ new npr.org / The green monster in the river.
Tony – August 29th International Dog Day @ Riverside Arts Market/ Art Walk on Wednesday

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Episode #26
Special Guests: Joel Cook and Tom Pennington of REAX Magazine

REAX/JaxScene Merger
Joel – REAX is music/culture mag for FL out of Tampa
cover local and national bands
interested in Jax since HoH
Emily (sales) stationed here in Jax
Jax is very welcoming
Tony – FL cities have their own cultural identity but share a bond
bands are getting love in other FL cities thanks to REAX
Joey – Jax somewhat isolated music-scene
will REAX help build a repuatation?
Joel – spotlight what’s already going on
catalyst for exposure
bring artists together
Joey- REAX divided into regional areas
Joel – very niche magazine
a lot of attention put into design
great staff
Jonathan – how will JaxScene work into it?
Joel – REAX is lucky to be in Jax
REAX + JaxScene = like-minded

Tom is the jam!
Joey – How will JaxScene change?
Joel – starting slow, we’ll find out together
geosites – end of August – localized content
Tony – perfect match
Tom – content-wise, no major changes
keeping the culture side intact
Joel – every city feels like the grass is greener
Tony – not that Jax lags but that people just don’t know
tearing down the demographics

Web Presence for Print Publications
Joel – magazine is a roadmap
web important to get info out fast
tangible paper is still relevant
print supports the web

Music

Wednesday July 29
Club TSI
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (NYC)

The Sinclair
City Lights Bloom (Jax)

Thursday July 30
Shantytown
Dark Castle (St. Augustine)
Bloody Panda (NYC)

Friday July 31
Club TSI – Summertime In the City!

Saturday Aug 1
Shantytown – Summertime In the City!

Recommendations
Jack – Chiaroscuro, Baby trailer
Tony – Summertime In the City
Joey – Thursto Mural Painting
Tom – Indie Endeavors radio show 89.9 11pm on Tuesdays
Joel – River Terrace stage at RAM
Jonathan – BBB Pizza Party 5pm 1520 N. Main St (Burro open house)

REAX Magazine is Tampa based culture and music magazine and it has arrived in Jacksonville. Published by Joel Cook, REAX features music reviews, news and interviews. REAX recently solidified a relationship with the JaxScene blog in what some might see as match made in new media heaven.

While it’s not obvious what the plans are for JaxREAX (JaxScene + REAX), I think the implications are major. JaxScene is the first top-tier Jacksonville blog to go official. This should definitely be viewed as quality blog getting it’s due via recognition by a larger media company. Tom and the JaxScene staff have executed their vision to a tee and this is their just reward.

To learn more about the plans for JaxREAX, tune in to Urban Jacksonville Weekly today at 5:30 for a chat with Joel from REAX and Tom from JaxScene. We’ll be talking about the importance of a web presence for print publications, the REAX / JaxScene merger and Summertime in the City.

This seems like the first collaboration between REAX and a culture blog like JaxScene, but the publication is no stranger to collaboration when it comes to driving culture. It’s REAXSpace in Tampa’s Ybor neighborhood has been called a major influence in sparking an arts center revival in the area.

As I browse the magazine I can tell it’s different than anything we have in Jacksonville. How? The ads. Seriously, stay with me a bit on this. I’m a big believer that to be effective, advertising has to be “content”. Each advertisement should bring some type of value to the reader. Advertising in REAX Magazine has this quality.

At least 90% of the ads I saw could be considered “content” by me. The Ads were funny or well designed or informative (about shows or retail spots). I feel like REAX is serious about the ads they sell and how this reflects back on the readers.

Consumers of music and culture are a fickle bunch and will call bullshit on you faster than you can say “hipster in cut-off jeans”. So keeping it up-to-date is important for REAX in everything they do from reviews to advertising. I think they have it down and I’m looking forward to the next issue.

Follow JaxREAX on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.

Tonight on Urban Jacksonville Weekly: To learn more about the plans for JaxREAX, tune in today at 5:30 for a chat with Joel from REAX and Tom from JaxScene. We’ll be talking about the importance of a web presence for print publications, the REAX / JaxScene merger and Summertime in the City.

School Number 4, credit: Matt Ferrell. Love it.

Google Reader helped me get a grasp on all my news sources. I’ve found a great new workflow with Google Reader that allows me to fly through 60-70 Jacksonville related posts per day. I enjoy using the share functionality for items I don’t have time to post on Urban Jacksonville. You can view my shared items page or subscribe to the RSS feed.

Jazz Festival to Offer Two Bike Valets Stations
Bike valet is growing in popularity, it seems the city really sees the value. Listen to Matt Uhrig talk about bike valet on Urban Jacksonville Weekly #14. This week’s show features guest co-host Tiffany Valla from the Office of Special Events. We’ll be talking about the Jazz Festival.

The The Jacksonville Observer launched this weekend. It’s a cool idea but there’s is too much syndicated content for me. I’d love to see more Jacksonville related stories. Tom Patton, who writes for The Jacksonville Observer, talks about the new site.

a business model is emerging up that has local people covering local stories and leaving the big national stories alone. With so many outlets devoted to the big national stories, local coverage sometimes seems to get short shrift. In hyper-local journalism, the marketplace may again be giving us insight as to what people want to read and understand. One might think that’s counter-intuitive on the “worldwide web”, and yet it speaks to a readership that is interested in their communities, and have found the web to be a perfect delivery vehicle for that content.

It’s revolutionary for Jacksonville and I commend Austin Cassidy for pulling it together. I have a plan like this too, but I’m laying back for a second to work on some other projects.

JaxScene posts some traffic numbers and reminds everyone they forgot to tell JaxScene happy birthday. Happy birthday on 1-year JaxScene. It’s a feat of dedication and love for the community, we’re lucky to have you.

Tough Junkie album out soon. Help Junkie reach 300 presales, via JaxScene

Shantytown Robbed via The Out Box.

Riverside Arts Market from Michael Walter on Vimeo.

UPDATE: Here is a fun, informal podcast with interviews and comments at the 3rd annual Jacksonville Tangerine Festival.

JaxScene posted some great photos from last weekend’s Tangerine Festival. It looks like there was a pretty good turnout despite the weather. Tangerine Festival Photoset

While you’re at it add JaxScene to your list of blogs to read daily. They’ve been pretty consistent about posting things to do in Jacksonville after work hours. The links in their sidebar tell the tale of what JaxScene is all about: Flickr, Nightlife, Bands.

Check out Owen and Reggie from Black Kids a few years ago when they played in the band Mata Hari. This was when TSI was still in Springfield. Ahh it seems so long ago… My how they’ve grown. Also Black Kids are playing at Coachella. Awesome.