Urban Jacksonville

One of the reasons why I photograph street art, this is gone now.

Update: one DJ drops out. Rescheduling the Patio Party for next week!

Tomorrow Night at Marks! Special guest DJ with Biggie Tea and I. There will be (as the flyer says) funk, soul and hip hop on the sidewalk. As always there will be $1 PBR, $2 Drafts and $3 Jagers. You probably missed last week’s guest appearance by the Black Kids. You don’t want to miss this week’s guest.

This is a pretty hilarious look at tomorrow’s DJ explosion at Mark’s via The Urban Core. FORECASTER TEA, WITH FRESH RESIDENT JOE E DOOKIE DAD, GUESTS TRICLOPSI, CHAKA, AND THE IPODS OF CARACAS!

There will be an art show this Saturday, August 23rd at Three Layers in Springfield. It will feature more fabulous work from Sarah Kay (show above). There’s supposed to be one or two more artists and free wine and beer. 6pm-9pm. You should go, here’s a map. There’s also word that Three Layers will begin serving lunch soon.

SPAR says, Mama Mary’s at 4th and Market is also growing in popularity. I also have a first-hand recommendation from Tony Allegretti to try the breakfast-in-a-cup.

Main Street Construction is on Schedule from SPAR

It is a pleasure to see the progress on Main Street. They are on schedule, and we hope the weather and all other things are on our side for a quick completion. The inconvenience the project is causing business owners is something that we cannot control. As the old, worn out infrastructure is replaced, the top area must be dug up.

This is not long term, but it does cause a temporary inconvenience. SPAR would like to remind everyone to be sure and support our local businesses during this difficult time. Restaurants include A to Z Restaurant at 4th and Main, Chan’s at 5th and Main, Carl’s at 8th and Main, Jerome Brown’s Barbeque and 9th and Main Restaurant at 9th and Main, and Cotton’s at 11th and Main.

In a strange turn of events old media embraces new media in the name of good content. Jacksonville.com is running a series of posts from Metro Jacksonville called 30 Days of Plight.

Have you jumped on the bus lately? Stephen Dare, co-editor of MetroJacksonville.com, made the Jacksonville Transportation Authority his only method of transportation for 30 days.

I have been very impressed with Jacksonville.com ever since our meeting with them a few months ago. They have been using Twitter like crazy and actually listening to me. Which is probably the most important step of all if they want to do anything to fix this.

If you’ve made it this far you’ll be pleased, or maybe displeased, to hear a new Von Tiny Paige column is dropping tomorrow.

Ze Links
Felt Fun at Tuesday Craft Night at Anomaly (Anomaly Blog)
Graffiti artists arrested for no reason (The Outer Box)
Downtown Construction Update – August 2008 (Metro Jacksonville)
Eat Up Downtown (Jacksonville Confidential)
North Riverside Town Hall Meeting Wednesday (RADO)
Partisan the Sea adds additional artists to the show (Partisan the Sea)

This Tuesday Biggie Tea and I (Joe E Fresh) will be laying down the entire Black Kids album at Mark’s. It’s probably going to start late (around 11) since I have a work function that night, but expect it to be live, as in awesome! Not sure if we’ll play the whole thing all the way through or throw some other jams on in between.

$1 pbr $2 draft $3 jager all night.

Check out this article from Rueters that’s running on MSNBC: Black Kids are all right with blog buzz (thanks for the tip Jason!).

Building a long-lasting career out of a Web phenomenon won’t be easy, but Columbia plans to put significant muscle behind the record. Black Kids will be highly visible around street date, including appearances on “Late Show With David Letterman” (July 24), “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (July 30) and noncommercial KCRW Santa Monica, Calif.’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” (July 28).

and finally

A proper North American tour begins September 19 in Jacksonville.

Also I’d like to address a comment left on Sunday that, in part, reads:

the black kid’s aren’t the makings of any “modern musical legend” and i don’t think they’ve set out to be. they’re good at what they do, but no need to overly gush because they’re from jacksonville. that doesn’t really say much for the actual music.

I think there is every reason to gush. They’re bringing much needed positive press to our city. Especially in a segment where we get little if no press, lifestyle publications like music magazines and late night television shows. Anything we can do to generate buzz and show people that Jacksonville isn’t all greyhound racing and sprawl is fine by me and deserves attention and notice from the people in this city.