Urban Jacksonville

Join us Monday morning on Urban Jacksonville Weekly at 9:30am. We’ll be talking with Jon Bosworth about the Conmoto Music Festival, Jacksonville’s largest local music festival. Proceeds from this year’s festival will benefit Habijax (Jacksonville’s Habitat for Humanity).

There is a massive line up of bands and an art show component too. Watch the show, ask questions via Twitter and Facebook, tell your friends. You can find Conmoto on Twitter and Facebook.

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Monday, November 16th at 9:30a.m.

Conmoto Art & Music Festival – Jacksonville Florida – Complete Film from JonBosworth on Vimeo.

Friday » Florida Theatre (7:00pm-12:00am)

kLoB
Shangrala
SPECIAL GUEST
Lazerstar
Rob Roy

Saturday » Burrito Gallery (7:00pm-12:00am)

7:00 – Jameyal
7:45 – Strange Fires
8:30 – Fountain
9:15 – AC Deathstrike
10:00 – Manatella
10:45 – Thumbnail Sketch
11:30 – Rusholme Ruffians
12:15 – Airport Factory

Saturday » TSI (7:00pm-12:00am)

7:00 – Business Casualties
7:45 – Single White Herpe
8:30 – Sephiroth Chorus
9:15 – Rich and Mindy
10:00 – Crash the Satellites
10:45 – Lazerstar
11:30 – After the Bomb Baby

Saturday » The Sinclair (7:00pm-12:00am)

7:00 – Scared Rabits
7:45 – When Tides Collide
8:30 – Eugene
9:15 – Tuffy
10:00 – Rails
10:45 – Pine and Bone
11:30 – Lackawanna Carriage Works

Saturday » Cafe 331 (7:00pm-12:00am)

Hip-Hop with Mas Appeal, Mr. Al Pete, And more

Saturday » Dive Bar (7:00pm-12:00am)

7:00 – I Hope You’re a Doctor
7:45 – Pilar Arevalo
8:30 – East China Sea
9:15 – The Heyday
10:00 – Christina Wagner

Saturday » London Bridge (7:00pm-12:00am)

7:00 – Grabbag
7:45 – National Dairy
8:30 – Locust Grove
9:15 – Dig Dog
10:00 – Chicken & Whisky
10:45 – X Sister Z
11:30 – Status Faux
12:15 – SkatterbrainThe Lineup

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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.

Jacksonville’s biggest hip hop event is taking place this Friday and Saturday around the urban core. If you want to know what’s happening, look no further than the Urban Jacksonville Summertime in the City page.

I’ve gathered schedules and artist profiles complete with videos and mp3s. I made this page a one stop shop for all STITC information. I hope this page will serve as a resource for people on the go, at least providing a schedule people can access online with their mobile.

This year’s Summertime in the City triples the number of venues from last year starting TSI on Friday the 31st:

Day 1: Friday, July 31st @ T.S.I.

Headliner: EDAN with Dahga

Where: 333 E. Bay St. (Downtown) Jacksonville, Fl. MAP
When: Doors @ 9pm show @ 10pm
Price: $10.00 21-up, $12.00 18-20

Edan is known for his unique/unlikely take on hip hop culture, where traditional rap songs are often skewed by 60’s rock samples, tape echoes, and foreign language choruses, not to mention the off-beat humor and surrealist imagery incorporated via his lyrics.

Performing live with:

Willie Evans Jr, Paten Locke, Dillon and Tough Junkie. Also featuring The $Big Bucks$ DJ Crew on the 1’s and 2’s all night.

Day 2: B-boys, parties and final blowout

Day 2 of Summertime in the City kicks off with a B-Boy battle at the Riverside Arts Market stage. This is sure to be one of the highlights of the 2-day event.

After that head over to Springfield to continue Summertime in the City with a party at the BBB Complex at 1520 Main Street:

FREE KEG from Shantytown Pub (while it lasts)! Cheap pizza slices! Live mural painting by: THURSTO, KIDD YZER, KENSKI and crew. Rotating DJs including $The Big Bucks$, DJ Buttered Cup, Spacemikespace, and more. BICYCLES AND SKATE BOARDS! MAD RED BULL and HIP HOP! PRODUCT GIVEAWAYS!

The big blowout at Shantytown starts at 10pm. For $5 you can see performances by: Larry Otis (aka Blakhart), Mr. Al Pete, The Elevated Hip Hop Experience, Heavy Flow, The N Word, Dr. Sam Beckett, Dope Sandwich (Savannah Ga.), Steadfast (DC ) and more!

Become a fan of Summertime in the City on Facebook and listen to the Urban Jacksonville Weekly interview with Tough Junkie where we talk tons of Summertime in the City.

Edan is known for his unique/unlikely take on hip hop culture, where traditional rap songs are often skewed by 60’s rock samples, tape echoes, and foreign language choruses, not to mention the off-beat humor and surrealist imagery incorporated via his lyrics.

Edan use to like to wear a wig, but he’s grown his hair out since. From an interview with the Gossiping Bitches blog:

GB: You often wear a wig on stage. Did you run that by Kool Keith first?
EDAN: I deaded that wig shit a long time ago…I actually grew my shit out to accurately replace the wig…that was my scheme the whole time! Cats still think I’m rocking some bullshit wig…but thats part of the punchline.

Edan’s just a Rap Beautician:

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Edan cuttin and rhyming, at the same time!

Credit: Nathan Wind as Cochese

Day 1 – Friday July 31st @ T.S.I.

Where: 333 E. Bay St. (Downtown) Jacksonville, Fl. MAP
When: Doors @ 9pm show @ 10pm
Price: $10.00 21-up, $12.00 18-20

Edan performing live with:
Willie Evans Jr, Paten Locke, Dillon and Tough Junkie. Also featuring The $Big Bucks$ DJ Crew on the 1′s and 2′s all night.

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Complete STITC 2009 schedule and more artist profiles at the Summertime in the City 2009 page. Join the Summertime in the City fan page on Facebook.