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entertaining u newspaper free weekly guide to entertainment and more | october 5-11, 2006 | www.eujacksonville.com 2 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper table of contents on the cover: cover art by Mark George feature Conmoto Trench Festival ...... PAGES 15-18 movies The Science Of Sleep (movie review) ...... PAGE 6 Movies In Theatres This Week ...... PAGES 6-10 Seen, Heard, Noted & Quoted ...... PAGE 7 The Turning (interview) ...... PAGE 9 The Departed (movie review)...... PAGE 10 at home The Proposition (DVD review) ...... PAGE 11 Brothers And Sisters (TV review) ...... PAGE 12 Video Games ...... PAGE 12 Johnny Cash: The Biography (book review) ...... PAGE 19 food Hot Shots Bakery ...... PAGE 14 music Shawn Mullins (Freebird Live)...... PAGE 20 Chris McCarty Band (Freebird Live) ...... PAGE 21 Dirty Gringos (Twisted Sisters) ...... PAGE 22 Music Calendar ...... PAGES 22-26 Chase Capo (interview) ...... PAGE 23 Chroma (interview) ...... PAGE 24 Shrug Records (interview) ...... PAGE 25 arts / theatre / on stage Dorothy The Dinosaur (interview) ...... PAGE 13 Grossology (MOSH) ...... PAGE 13 Anomoly Craft Revolution (interview) ...... PAGE 19 Menopause: The Musical (FCCJ Artist Series) ...... PAGE 26 Arts Calendar ...... PAGES 27-28 Murder Mystery Theatre (Dave & Busters) ...... PAGE 27 The Brothers Tummy (Screen Arts Gallery) ...... PAGE 28 Mikolean Morgan Longacre (art exhibit) ...... PAGE 29 columns and stuff The Jock ...... PAGE 29 NASCAR news & notes ...... PAGE 30

eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 3 THE CHEETAH GIRLS WILL BE AT THE JACKSONVILLE VETERANS thisweek MEMORIAL ARENA THIS MONDAY. OCTOBER 5 - 7 thursday OCTOBER 5 Violin virtuoso Midori with the Jacksonville Symphony The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will be joined by one of the premier artists of our time, as Midori takes center stage with the JSO in the Brahms Violin Concerto. One of the most anticipated events of American Devils -The Mourning the season, this will be Midori’s fi rst appearance with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. “This Wood - The Raygun Girls- Pale is an opportunity to see one of the most talented Horse THE TOSSERS prodigies, now matured into a complete artist The Raygun Girls have currently joined forces of deep musicianship,” said JSO Music Director with Pale Horse to lay waste to the East The Tossers and Principal Conductor Fabio Mechetti. Coast on The Tour of Northern Aggression. Raised on the South Side of Chicago which is known for its huge Thursday - 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday - 8:00 The two bands make a unique package, with Irish Catholic community, The Tossers emerged in the early 90¹s p.m their differing styles. Pale Horse is a rough with their own brew of Celtic music fueled by a love of traditional Jacoby Symphony Hall at the Times-Union edged kill-em all Hard Rock/Metal band. The folk songs and punk rock fury. Center, Info: 662-6731 Raygun Girls is a sleek, tight, sexy Hard Rock/ Fuel Coffeehouse – 8 pm Industrial group. Both groups have crunching Info: 425-3835 Comedian Alex Reymundo guitars, blazing solos, melodies to sink your Alex is most remembered as one of the Original teeth into, along with in-your-face vocals. The The 5 Browns Latin Kings of Comedy along with George Lopez , show appeals to all types of Rock audiences, Since deciding to cast their lot together as a piano quintet, the Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez and Joey Medina. with the power, sweat and groove of NY Metal. young, charming and talented Brown siblings have sparked interest THE RAYGUN GIRLS Alex just landed a deal to have his Television The French Quarter - 8 pm in fans of all ages and musical persuasions with their renditions of Special “Hick-Spanic” air on Showtime and Comedy Central. classical favorites played on fi ve Steinway grand pianos. Florida The Atlantic Theatres Comedy Club – Thursday - 8 pm, Friday Theatre - 7:30 pm First Friday Art Walks in St. Augustine & Saturday – 9 pm. Info and tickets: 249-PLAY Enjoy the latest exhibits, music, entertainment and refreshments Info: 355-2787 (7529) at more than 20 participating galleries. Tours begin at Rembrandtz Fine Gifts for Fun People, 131 King Street. Galleries are open from 5 Trace Adkins, Billy OCTOBER 5 - 8 to 9 p.m. Free shuttles run on a continuous loop every 30 minutes. Info: 829.0065 or visit www.staugustinegalleries.com. Currington And Fall Home & Patio Show Jason Aldean A huge building full of people and businesses showing CMT On Tour Returns For off their wares. Record Release Party for Shana David Its Fifth Consecutive Year Prime F.Osborn Convention Center New Label Shrug Records is having a record release party for With Another Blockbuster Info: 630-4000 Shana David’s new record, “Terminally Bourgeios”. Special guests line-up which launches in Heavy Flow and Dumptruck. The new 7 inch disc Jacksonville. will be available for sale and comes with a free Jacksonville Arena - shrug tee. Read story on page 25. 7:30pm Yesterday’s Social Club - 10p.m. Tickets: 353-3309 friday OCTOBER 6 Chroma OCTOBER 6 - 8 Chroma is a band The Vibrators dedicated to creating The Ninth Annual Greek Festival The Vibrators are a long-lived British The festival features a delicious assortment of honest, free-spirited punk rock band, formed in 1976. In Greek foods, pastries and beverages and non-stop music. Their musical styles their long career the Vibrators have entertainment with live Greek music by the Hellenic range from funk/fusion to TRACE ADKINS toured with the likes Of Iggy Pop, Ian Band of Jupiter and traditional Greek dances by the folk and electronica. The band recently relocated to Philadelphia, Hunter, The Flaming Groovies, Die Toten Nisiotes dance troupe. St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Pennsylvania from Jacksonville. to see Read story on page 24 Hosen and are now celebrating 30 years of Friday, 4 - 9 p.m., Saturday, 11 am -9 pm and what’s happened since they left Jax. They will back in town playing making records and touring. Sunday, noon - 6 p.m, Info: 823-5906 or visit at Sun Dog Diner on the 5th at 9:30 pm, The Green Turtle Tavern in Jack Rabbits – 8 pm www.holytrinitygoa.org/greekfest/. Fernandina Beach on the 8th at 4 pm and Ocean 60 at Atlantic Beach on the 12th at 9 pm. THE VIBRATORS

4 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper NOW IT’S OVERHEAD saturday OCTOBER 7 sunday OCTOBER 8 Surf Jam Surf Contest Jacksonville Jaguars vs. New York Jets Family-oriented surf contest at the Jacksonville Pier, Jacksonville Alltel Stadium 4:05 p.m. Beach, 8 am – 4 pm Contact: 904-633-2000 Info: 249-1201

Bust Busters, Inc. Annual Hat Extravaganza and 3rd Family Fest at UNF Brunch This fun-fi lled event is hosted by UNF Child Development You will enjoy the latest fashions in women and men hats and Research Center and the UNF Nature Trails. Activities include: accessories, a hat parade, gourmet brunch and silent auction. All 12:30: A talk by Andrei Codrescu, nationally known author while supporting breast cancer education and support services. and NPR commentator, 1:30pm - 4pm: An interactive musical

“Wear your favorite Hat” door prizes and awards will be given for experience with Bella Voce; Frances Keiser, author of the Now It’s Overhead The indie rock band based in Athens, GA, is fronted by singer/ the best hats in the parade. Ticket donation $25 in advance $35 at “Pelican Pete” children`s books; and local children`s author songwriter Andy LeMaster, who has long lent his talents to Bright the door. Gigi Morales David; storytellers; craft and nature projects; Eyes. Now It’s Overhead are currently on tour supporting their third The Haskell Building - 111 Riverside Avenue 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. canoeing; games; nature scavenger hunt; parachute activity; album, “Dark Light Daybreak” released on September 12. Info: Mary Williams - 705-3618 pinata; and face painting. Suggested donation: $3/child, $5/ adult, or $10 for the entire family. Cafe Eleven, St. Augustine - 8:30P Info: 469-9311 University of North Florida Nature Trails (rainy day location also Conmoto Trench Festival available) 12:00 noon - 4:00 pm One ticket gets you into all the venues with 40 local bands Info: 620-2372 performing. This is the seventh Conmoto Trench Festival OCTOBER 10 since 1994 and it is still Jacksonville’s largest local tuesday music festival. Featuring Jacksonville’s best bands LOVE ARCADE in downtown’s hottest clubs, this is your chance to Lennon with Vagabond and Locust Grove experience the culture that hides in the trenches of Lennon Murphy is a voluptuous teenage vixen with a penchant for this fi ne city. The Trench Festival benefi ts Habijax, the bawdy lyrics and dark metal riffs. Jacksonville branch of Habitat for Humanity. Venues Jack Rabbits – 8 pm included: TSI, Burrito Gallery, Moon Colony Razorblade, Ticket Price:$10, Info: 398-7496 London Bridge, and Dive Bar - 1 pm-10 pm. Tickets $12 advance at Moon Colony Razorblade Downtown, Inertia Records in 5 Points and Vinyl Frontier in San Marco. See WWE Smackdown See Smackdown Superstars Including: WWE Main Event, Batista complete schedule of events on pages 15-18. www. & Lashley vs. “King” Booker & Finlay, Gregory Helms, R. Kennedy, trenchfest.com. William Regal Plus Your Favorite ECW Superstars: RVD, Big Show, Sabu, Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, Paul Heyman. WWE presents Emma Concert Series – “Carmen” two exciting televised shows live under the same roof on the same Enjoy the story of the passionate gypsy Carmen brought night at the Veterans Memorial Arena - 7:30 pm. to life by William Soleau’s choreographed dramatic ballet set to Love Arcade Tickets: $60, $40, $30, $20, Call: 353-3309 or www. the beautiful and evocative music of George Bizet. Flagler College Evoking comparisons to everyone from Beck and Weezer, to Ticketmaster.com, Auditorium on Granada Street in St. Augustine - 8 pm. Tickets: $18. The Flaming Lips and Supergrass, Love Arcade’s debut is a Info: 797-2800. self-made explosion of style and creativity fused with an ability to never take itself too seriously. In fact, Snowhite is even An Evening with Garrison Keillor – Lake known to rock a white suit and some fl uffy white angel wings Wobegon Days while on stage – funny and satirical without every being too Spend an intimate evening with this best-selling author, humorist jokey. and radio personality as he shares his wit and wisdom. Keillor is Jack Rabbits – 8 pm best known as the founder and host of “A Prairie Home Companion” Info: 398-7496 and subject of the recently released feature fi lm by award-winning director, Rober Altman. Times Union Center, Moran Theatre 7:30pm Tickets:$27.50 to $75.00 Call: 632-3373 or order online at www.artistseries.fccj.org. monday OCTOBER 9 The Cheetah Girls with Special Guest Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana wednesday No, they are not a group of strippers (i.e. Pussycat Dolls). In fact, they are another Disney creation based on a best selling series of young adult books, “The Cheetah Girls” by Deborah OCTOBER 11 Gregory. The book series is about a girl singing group who Charlie Musselwhite It’s Charlie’s mix of wild country abandon seasoned by years of The Last Stand: Round 2 Fighting Game Tourna- seek to be discovered and become famous which was made into a fi lm about four teenage girls in New York seeking a playing urban electric blues in Chicago that spurs the likes of Ben ment record deal. Due to the popularity of the fi lm, Disney formed Harper, Tom Waits and Gov’t Mule to welcome Musselwhite onto Jacksonville-based fi ghting game tournament, where players from a singing group with three of the lead actresses, also named their stages and records. That same brash, blues/rock rebel vibe all over the southeast will compete in games such as Marvel Vs “The Cheetah Girls”. Unfortunately if you don’t already have was Dan Aykroyd’s inspiration for his Elwood Blues persona, and rd Capcom 2, Street fi ghter 3: 3 strike, Guilty Gear Slash, and Cap- tickets and are not willing to shell out big bucks to a scalper, it’s what has won Musselwhite a pile of blues awards and earned com Vs SNK 2. Signups are at 10am, and the cost to compete is 10 then you will not be witness to this spectacle. the admiration and respect of his own heroes: Howlin’ Wolf, John st rd dollars per-game. This price will go toward the 1 through 3 place Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena – 7 pm Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. Read more on page 21. winnings, which will be split 70/20/10 per game, and it includes Cafe 11 Info: 469-9311 entry to the bar and lunch. eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 5 movies opening this week Gondry created a metaphysical world in which to place his characters and only asks his audience to keep an open mind. If anyone could relate to Stepha- THE DEPARTED This is Martin Scorsese’s tribute ne’s surrealistic consciousness, it’s Stephanie. But / remake of Hong Kong fi lmmaker Felix Chong’s Wu she is more pragmatic than Stephane, who seems jian dao –a classic of the genre. The story deals with too emotionally sensitive to pull off a long term two men from opposite sides of the law. They are relationship with Stephanie. He walks that fi ne line each undercover for their organizations. One agent is between sanity and madness–yet, his creative en- undercover for the Irish Mafi a with the Boston State ergy saves him from himself and keeps him loosely Police and one agent is undercover with the Irish Mafi a. connected to Stephanie. There’s a rat in the police unit and the Irish Mafi a. The Charlotte Gainsbourg’s keenly insightful por- two moles are dispatched to fi ne the moles in their trayal of Stephanie compliments Bernal’s joyful trips organization. Of course, they are the moles. It stars into fancy and imagination as Stephane, who grows Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon as the moles and on the viewer after his richly developed dream world Jack Nicholson as the mob boss. Rated R enhances his charm. The fi lm is interspersed with some delightful animations which pop up when you EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH At a large warehouse style superstore, employees strive to win the least expect them. “Employee of The Month” award with minimal benefi ts, The characters speak French and English with like a picture on the wall. Zack Bradley (Cane Cook) Bernal mixing Spanish with his French and English, who is a box boy and Vince Downey (Dax Shepard) which is sometimes confusing, but overall, adds an a cashier are two competitve employees. Vince has international overview to the fi lm. It’s doubtful that won EOTM seventeen consecutive times. Zack is a Stephane and Stephanie could have an emotion- slacker but popular with his colleagues. Amy (Jessica ally satisfying relationship. His bizarre behavior Simpson) is a new cashier who only dates EOTM the science of sleep gives Stephanie cause for concern and puts a wall winners. Zack and Vince compete to get Amy’s between her real affection for him and her acting on attention. Zack suddenly realizes that Vince is winning this feeling. Amy’s heart, so he knows that the only way to win Many artists and writers creatively exist in their Amy’s attention is to win EOTM.. Comedic situation movie review altered states of consciousness when they paint ensue. Rated PG-13 or write. But Stephane lives in this world 24/7. For BY RICK GRANT [email protected] him it’s a line he crosses daily, making working a THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING regular job extremely hard for him. His mind is off How many TTCM can New Line crank out? There is B+ Rated R 105 min Although his work-a-day world is not what he on creative tangents while he is supposed to being no limit. This prequel tries to explain the killer’s lust for A kaleidoscope of surrealistic images charac- imagined, he meets the girl next door, Stephanie productive and fi nishing his work. People like this blood splatter as hapless travelers are on a trip prior terize this art fi lm, written and directed by Michel (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and falls in love with her. But need caretakers and friends who understand them to going to Vietnam– Taylor Handley and Eric Bomer, Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ). he is so strange and his conversation is so discon- and protect them from the outside world. Stephane’s with their girlfriends Diora Baird and Jordana Brewster. Gael Garcia Bernal (Motorcycle Diaries) stars as an nected, at fi rst, he alienates Stephanie. However, stunning art comes from that world, which gives him Suddenly, the car crashes and the group call the town artist, Stephane Miroux–a Mexican living in Paris. after a few more encounters, Stephanie is intrigued his images and ideas. sheriff, (R. Lee Emrey) a ringer who feeds the killer Stephane exists on the outer fringe of full-scale by this eccentric artist. Nonetheless, Stephanie has Indeed, Stephanie could play that role if she victims. Varoom, the chainsaw cranks up and blood schizophrenia. He lives in a dreamworld that is diffi - a hard time communicating with Stephane, who says was willing to love Stephane, unconditionally-- truly splatters. Get the plastic sheets, this is going to be cult to distinguish from his reality. In fact, Stephane’s inappropriate things out of the blue, which freaks her understanding the unique way his mind worked. But messy. Rated R dream world crosses over into his creative artistic out. can she overcome her doubts and have enough pa- now showing consciousness. Bernal masterfully portrays Stephane’s child- tience and selfl essness to play Stephane’s lover and When Stephane’s mother gets him a job in like persona and odd but enthusiastic behavior. protector? This is the fundamental question Gondry Paris, Stephane is shocked to learn it’s a mundane Ultimately, Stephane’s charming whimsy captivates asks in his screenplay. Since Stephane hovers on the ALL THE KINGS MEN Based on Robert Penn Warren’s classic novel, this remake involves a thinly position in a girlie calendar company, where he is Stephanie, who loves his imaginative inventions that brink of schizophrenia and could crossover at any veiled chronicle of Huey Long’s long corrupt reign as relegated to pasting-up the lettering for the calendar. only work is his dream world, like his time machine time, Stephanie would have to understand that she Louisiana’s Governor disguised as the character Willie Stephane shows his boss his artistic idea for the and electric razor creature. Stephanie is also an art- could lose him to this insidious mental illness. Stark. Sean Penn plays Stark, with Jude Law, Anthony calendar using his art work, which depicts shocking ist. She crafts original stuffed toys, which Stephane In every connotation of the term, “art fi lm,” this Hopkins, Kate Winslet, and Mark Ruffalo playing the images of various disasters. His boss dismisses robotizes with motors. In many ways, like their movie is thought provoking and will please devotees principal characters. Directed by Steven Zaillian from his art as depressing and not suited for calendars. names, Stephane and Stephanie have a lot in com- of this esoteric genre of cinema. Hopefully, other an adapted screenplay by Robert Penn Warren. Rated Shattered and discouraged, Stephane retreats to his mon–a tendency to dwell in a special ethereal realm mainstream moviegoers will take a chance and see PG-13 dream world where he controls his own destiny. apart from the consensus reality. it.

BARNYARD: THE ORIGINAL PARTY ANIMALS Down on the farm when the land owner is away the animals play. As things escalate out of control, someone has to take charge of the animal house. Otis (voiced by Kevin asleep at the switch James) gets the job of taming the wild barnyard bunch. Rated PG Can it be a surprise that the quirky writer/di- been expressing my voice rector Michel Gondry of got alongside somebody else’s, Based on the sensational The Science of Sleep THE BLACK DAHLIA his start fi lming Björk music videos? Like Spike and felt the need to put more unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short in the 1940s Los Lee and David Fincher, he parlayed his music Angeles. Smart was a wannabe actress who lived off of myself out there…One of the kindness of others, and attended Hollywood parties video experience as a director into work on feature the reasons I really wanted trying to make contacts. Her grizzly murder caused a fi lms as a director. His fi rst fi lm, Human Nature to do The Science of Sleep sensation and she was dubbed the Black Dahlia by the got largely tepid reviews in 2001, but his second was not to have to question press. Based on James Elroy’s novel, Brian De Palma try at feature length directing was Eternal Sun- my ideas on an intellectual directed the fi lm with Josh Hartnett playing the primary shine of the Spotless Mind, which was critically level. When I work with other detective in the case, Dwight Bucky Bleichert. Bucky acclaimed. The script worked well with Gondry’s people, I have to use words. discovers that his girlfriend Kay Lake (Scarlett cinematic tricks and ability to play with the view- It’s more limiting to the pro- Johansson) had ties with Short. Then his investigation er’s perceptions. The Science of Sleep is fi rst fi lm cess to have to convey my leads him to uncover corruption within the police that Gondry both wrote and directed. When asked ideas that way. If you want to department. Rated R what took him so long to present a fi lm that came create something, hoping it purely from his own vision of the world Gondry will go beyond yourself, you THE COVENANT Directed by Renny Harlin, this horror replied that he’d only just gotten the confi dence can’t question every step of tale involves four young men who are associated with but that “as I went along and did more work, I the process. It may seem contradictory, but the fact to be more in control and my intellect to be less in a supernatural force. They are tasked with stopping realized I had things to say and wanted to go that I’m the only one to make the decisions allows control, allowing me to have ideas, images, and deeper into expressing my own voice. I’d always me to have control of things. I want my instinct concepts without having to justify why.” (continued on pg 7) less

6 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper the evil force they released into the world years earlier. Complicating their mission is their confl icts among each other when jealously and suspicion infect the seen. heard. noted. and quoted. group. Rated PG-13 CROSSOVER Noah Cruise (Wesley Jonathan) is a talented basketball player who is determined to WHO’S YOUR DADDY? become a doctor using his basketball scholarship to Paparazzo Larry Birkhead fi led a paternity suit against Anna UCLA, rather than succumb to the lure of a pushy Nicole Smith, demanding that she return to California with sports agent, Vaughan (Wayne Brady) who wants him newborn daughter Dannielynn Hope to submit to paternity to sign with the NBA. His best friend, Tech, (Anthony and drug tests. In his petition, Birkhead alleges that Smith Mackie) took the fall for Noah, doing hard time for an was addicted to methadone and that her lawyer Howard assault charge. Tech is also an outstanding player, K. Stern--who announced last week that he was the father but has less lofty ambitions. He wants to win an of the TrimSpa spokeswoman’s child--was facilitating her underground street ball game against his nemesis, Jewelz (Philip Champion) But their lives change habit. . when they fall in love with two local girls Vanessa Lily and Eboni Jackson and take an ill-advised trip to Los BOURNE TO BE WILD Angeles. Rated PG-13 Producers of The Bourne Ultimatum, the third installment of the Matt Damon-as-amnesiac spy fl ick, have extended an offer to Gael Garcia Bernal to become the fi lm’s bad guy, per the . Hollywood Reporter EVERYONE’S HERO This animated fi lm involves a The story centers on Jason Bourne discovering an unknown connection to his past and becoming young boy’s thousand-mile journey to help Babe Ruth tangled up with a rival super killer. Deja vu? and the New York Yankees win the World Series. The fi lm’s theme was inspired by Christopher Reeve’s QUEER EYE FOR THE CANDLE GUY struggle and perseverance to lead a meaningful life Elton John teamed up with Bath & Body Works to launch his own Advanced Ticketing available at MovieWatcher.com against all odds. Rated G line of candles and home fragrance products for the store, dubbed or (904) 264-3888 the Fireside Collection. Proceeds will benefi t the Elton John AIDS AMC SELECT - Special films for select tastes. FACING THE GIANTS A high school football coach Foundation, with reps saying the signature fragrance will be based A.M.Cinema - All seats $4 before noon (played by actor/director Alex Kendrick) uses some on Fri., Sat., Sun., & holidays - denoted by ( ) on vanilla bean, smoky cedar wood and a heaping helping of gay. unorthodox methods to motivate his team in FACING ORANGE PARK 24 THE GIANTS. A devoted Christian, the coach turns to GEORGE LOONEY Wells Road and Blanding God for inspiration, with amazing results. Rated PG George Clooney told Vanity Fair of his plan to either thwart paparazzi THE DEPARTED (R)  (11:15 @ $4), 12:00, 12:35, 2:45, 3:30, 4:05, credibility or live out every man’s fantasy: “I want to spend every 6:15, 7:00, 7:35, 9:45, 10:25, 11:00 FACTOTUM Henry Chinaski considers himself a EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH (PG13)  (11:10 @ $4), 12:05, single night for three months going out with a different famous ac- 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 5:30, 7:15, 8:15, 9:55, 10:55 writer, and on occasion writes. Mostly he quests for TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING (R)  the booze and women that sidetrack and seduce, tress. You know, Halle Berry one night, Salma Hayek the next, and (11:00 @ $4), 12:30, 1:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:30, 6:30, 8:00, 9:00, 10:30 then walk on the beach holding hands with Leonardo DiCaprio.” THE GUARDIAN (PG13)  (11:55 @ $4), 1:00, 3:30, 4:15, 6:45, rather than inspire greatness. When he falls for Jan, 7:30, 9:55, 10:50 the soulful connection fails to save either from their Hey, not Elton John? OPEN SEASON (PG)  (11:05, 11:45 @ $4), 12:30, 1:30, 2:15, 3:00, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 10:15 self-destructive ways, and the relationship totters SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS (PG13)  (11:30 @ $4), 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 between earnest connection and refl ective loathing. SUDS SOURED ALL THE KING’S MEN (PG13) 4:05, 10:25 Starring: Matt Dillon, Marisa Tomei, Lili Taylor, Didier Weezer fi led suit against the Miller Brewing Company, alleging the ale makers unlawfully used their FLYBOYS (PG13) (11:55 @ $4), 3:45, 7:00, 10:20 Flamand, Karen Young. Rated R name in a string of print ads in 2004 that were “grossly misleading and deceptive” and that the group JACKASS: NUMBER TWO (R) (11:15 @ $4), 12:00, 1:45, 2:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:45, 7:30, 9:15, 10:00 suffered millions in damages as a result. The band also said they initially thought the ads were kind of JET LI’S FEARLESS (PG13) (11:10 @ $4), 1:55, 4:45, 7:25, 10:10 Supposedly, this is Jet Li’s last martial hot, but now they say Miller is not less fi lling. THE BLACK DAHLIA (R) 7:10, 10:05 FEARLESS EVERYONE’S HERO (G) (11:45 @ $4), 2:20 arts fi lm. Li plays a real-life kung-fu fi ghter Huo GRIDIRON GANG (PG13) (11:00 @ $4), 1:00, 4:10, 4:40, 7:05, 10:10, 10:45 Yuanjia, who became the most famous fi ghter in all DO THE CRIME–DO THE TIME THE COVENANT (PG13) 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 of China at the turn of the20th Century. Hou faced Joseph Yacteen, the man who shot and wounded “Walking in Memphis” singer Marc Cohn during a INVINCIBLE (PG) (11:05 @ $4), 1:40 incredible personal tragedy but ultimately fought his STEP UP (PG13) 2:00, 7:50 2005 carjacking was sentenced to 36 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted fi rst-degree BARNYARD: THE ORIGINAL PARTY ANIMALS (PG) way out of darkness and into history. Rated PG-13 murder. (11:30 @ $4), 2:00, 4:30 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST (PG13) 12:45, 7:05 FLYBOYS In 1917, before America entered WWI, CUTTING REMARKS $AMC SELECT% adventurous young men from the States went to Neck tattoo-sporting Project Runway fi nalist Jeffrey Sebelia FACING THE GIANTS (PG) (11:35 @ $4), 2:20, 5:05, 7:55, 10:40 France and joined the fl ying squadron, the Lafayette spoke out on allegations that he cheated in the show’s fi - THE PROTECTOR (R) 9:40 PM Espadrille to fi ght the Germans. Aviation was only THE ILLUSIONIST (PG13) 4:25, 7:20, 10:05 nale by enlisting outside help to sew up his garments in his 14 years old and the men were pioneers using the runway collection, calling them “unfounded” on a posting to REGENCY 24 airplane as a tactical weapon. However, after a crash his MySpace page. Sebelia also warned fans to “be careful Behind Regency Square Mall course in fl ying, the young pilots were sent up on what you read and also of what is presented in the press.” THE DEPARTED (R)  (11:25 @ $4), 12:25, 3:00, 3:55, 6:15, 7:15, dangerous missions facing superior German pilots and 9:50, 10:30 aircraft. The planes were made of wood and fabric and EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH (PG13)  (11:15 @ $4), 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 parachutes had not been invented. Thus, the average GOT NO LOVE FOR KNOWLES TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING (R)  U.S. District Court dismissed the copyright infringement (11:50 @ $4), 12:45, 2:15, 3:15, 4:40, 5:45, 7:05, 8:15, 9:40, 10:45 life span of these pilots was a week. Rated PG-13 THE GUARDIAN (PG13)  (11:10 @ $4), 1:00, 3:25, 4:25, 6:30, lawsuit brought against Beyoncé Knowles, Jay-Z, Sean Paul 7:35, 9:45, 10:40 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars and the fellow creative types behind the hit single Baby Boy. OPEN SEASON (PG)  (11:00 @ $4), 12:15, 1:25, 2:35, 3:40, 4:45, GRIDIRON GANG 5:50, 7:10, 8:10, 9:25, 10:25 as a juvenile jail counselor who promotes a football Singer-songwriter Jennifer Armour claimed that the crew SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS (PG13)  (11:55 @ $4), 2:40, ripped off her song which she 5:10, 7:45, 10:10 team to teach life skills to young offenders. Based Got a Little Bit of Love for You, ALL THE KING’S MEN (PG13) 12:30, 6:20 on the true story of Sean Porter, the juvenile felons supposedly submitted to Mathew Knowles on a demo tape FLYBOYS (PG13) 12:40, 3:50, 7:10, 10:15 join the team and work out their aggressions on the in 2003. The court ruled that the songs were “substantially JACKASS: NUMBER TWO (R) (11:40 @ $4), 1:55, 4:15, 6:45, 7:40, 9:15, 10:15 gridiron against high school teams. Rated PG-13 dissimilar” and that Beyoncé is “substantially famouser.” JET LI’S FEARLESS (PG13) (11:45 @ $4), 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 Does that mean that being famous gives an artist more THE BLACK DAHLIA (R) 2:05, 4:55, 7:45 EVERYONE’S HERO (G) 1:05, 3:10, 5:15 THE GUARDIAN Kevin Costner stars as veteran credibility. Like she wouldn’t steal a song from a no-body! GRIDIRON GANG (PG13) 1:30, 3:20, 4:20, 7:20, 9:20, 10:20 THE COVENANT (PG13) 1:15, 7:00 rescue diver Ben Randall, who loses his crew in a CRANK (R) 5:05, 10:35 terrible helicopter accident. He takes an instructor job CROSSOVER (PG13) 3:45, 9:35 TIL DEATH DYING BARNYARD: THE ORIGINAL PARTY ANIMALS (PG) at the Coast Guard training center. His star student is Fox’s ‘Til Death extended its production hiatus by another week after star Brad Garrett took issue with (11:05 @ $4), 1:20, 3:35, 5:55 swim star Jake Fischer (Ashton Kutcher) Like Ben, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S the latest script, thereby making it a top contender for fi rst cancellation of the fall season. CHEST (PG13) 1:45, 7:20 Jake is suffering from survivors guilt from losing his $AMC SELECT% swim team in an accident. The two men form a shaky SOUP NAZI SIT-DOWN FACING THE GIANTS (PG) (11:30 @ $4), 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10:05 bond, and travel to a duty base in Alaska, which is a Jerry Seinfeld was tapped to perform a new piece of stand-up and have a sit down on Fox’s fl edgling THE PROTECTOR (R) 8:05, 10:30 rescue rich environment due to the large Bering Sea THE ILLUSIONIST (PG13) 1:50, 4:35, 7:25, 10:00 Talkshow with Spike Feresten Oct. 21. Feresten is a former Seinfeld writer who penned the infamous IDLEWILD (R) 10:35 PM fi shing fl eet. Life and death situations develop that test “Soup Nazi” episode. Sure he’ll be there, but no soup for him FACTOTUM (R)  (11:20 @ $4), 2:20, 4:55, 7:50, 10:20 the men’s friendship and rescue skill. Rated PG-13 LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (R) 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 8:00, 10:25 Times for Saturday, October 7, 2006 Times for Saturday, -SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT No passes or discount coupons (continued on pg 9)

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East Exit 6300 Blanding Blvd. CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORY OR CALL FOR SOUND INFORMATION AND SHOWTIMES 800-FANDANGO #680 800-FANDANGO #188 998-2020 757-9880 771-2300 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT NO PASSES OR DISCOUNT COUPONS ACCEPTED THE ILLUSIONIST (PG-13) DIG (110 405) 645 935 LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (R) - ID REQ'D DIG(135 435) 700 1005 Times For 10/7/06 ©2006 8 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper Set during Prohibition in the American directed and produced himself. The fi lm runs a little IDLEWILD South, where blacks run a speak easy managed by Big over an hour making it a feature length fi lm, rather Bo a.k.a Rooster, who must contend with gangsters catch a jacksonville unusual choice for a fi rst time director. “A lot of peo- who are trying to take over his club. Yes, it’s a musical ple when they start out, they start by making shorts. with crime, music, and the wild jitterbug dancing. My goal is to write fi lm and probably do it from L.A. Rooster’s piano player and partner, Percival (Andre and I know that the fi lm industry as a whole isn’t Benjamin) must choose between his love, Angel necessarily interested in shorts.” Abrams wore quite (Paula Patton) and his obligation to his father (Ben fi lmed fl ick a few hats while making the fi lm, to both cut costs Vereen). Rated R and gain valuable experience in the world of fi lm. “I knew I wanted to be a fi lmmaker as a whole, to THE ILLUSIONIST Set in Vienna, an experienced san marco theatre gives us director scott write, direct, produce and shoot the fi lm…To do magician Eisenheim (Edward Norton) uses his magic each one of these things on other people’s project to win the love of a woman Sophie (Jessica Biel) of would take forever. So I decided the easiest way noble linage. She ignores Eisenheim’s machinations Abrams fi rst to do it would be to make a fi lm of my own and do and gets engaged to a prince. Now, Eisenheim must every piece of it myself. Initially, the idea was would win her back by any means necessary–using his be the only one [on this project]—that became to magic and cunning. Rated PG-13 BY ERIN THURSBY [email protected] daunting a task…There’s only three other people both in the cast and the crew. The four of us did INVINCIBLE Based on a true story set in every aspect of the fi lm ourselves.” Abrams wrote, Philadelphia, Mark Wahlberg stars as a down on his actor has always been to jump luck teacher, Vince, who loses his part time teacher’s directed, shot, produced and starred in Turning. from the theater to fi lm, but the job and has to take a job bartending. Then his wife deeper I got into fi lmmaking the When asked about his choice in genre, Abrams leaves him, taking everything in his house. His only more I realized that behind the replied “Horror is, I think, reliable because people are forgiving…Sometimes it’s formulaic, it’s a bag of salvation is playing sand lot football with his friends. camera seemed to be not only He excels at all positions and dominates the games. tricks. Every horror fi lm is kind of the same…and the more satisfying…but I seem to Meanwhile, the Eagles hire a new coach, Dick Vermeil hope is to add a few tools to piece that you’re work- have greater strength for it.” (Greg Kinnear) who is charged with turning the losing ing on… As I looked at my scripts, my horror fi lm The fi lm was shot entirely in team into a Superbowl contender. Vermeil recognizes digital format, using a consumer was the easiest to produce.” The fi lm is purported to Vince’s talent and football spirit and Vince makes grade camera because, as Abrams be a “a little bit suspenseful, a little social commen- the team. He works hard to make the cuts on special says “we couldn’t afford a profes- tary.” teams. It’s a well written, character driven inspirational sional grade camera.” After only Abrams has brought a commercial grade story. Rated PG three months of fi lming and editing, camera since doing this production and is planning the fi lm is already on DVD and to shoot a number of humorous “how-to” shorts, JACKASS: NUMBER TWO Ah yes, sadly Johnny will be shown Friday 13th at the like “How to Combat Zombies” in order to get used Knoxville is back with another asinine version of San Marco Theatre at midnight to the equipment before he shoots another feature. adolescent pranks with Steve-O, Bam Margery doing and again on 15th at 2pm. Two He plans to move on to L.A. after he fi lms this next outrageously stupid stunts for twelve year old boys opening parties will be held, both project. to emulate. “Don’t try this at home” is the movie’s at Common Grounds, one at 10 mantra. Rated R pm prior to the Friday show and after the show on Sunday. Cop- “ THE LAST KISS Zach Braff stars in this character ★★★★ driven drama about a man (Braff) who is lost and ies of the DVD will be available to confused about romance at 30. So, he settles down purchase, including such extras as to marriage and domesticity, but his anxieties threaten a commentary, blooper reel and A NEW AMERICAN CRIME the future of his relationship. Penned by Paul Haggis a “making of” short. The digital CLASSIC... ALL THE ACTORS and directed by Tony Goldwyn, it co-stars Jacinda video hasn’t been converted into Barrett, Rachel Bilson, and Casey Affl ect. Rated R fi lm, something that compromises BRING THEIR ‘A’ GAMES TO THIS the quality of the fi lm, especially LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE The Hoover family treks when shown on a large screen, but TRIUMPHANT BRUISER OF A FILM.” from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant makes for a cheap way to have the Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE in Redondo Beach, California, to fulfi ll the deepest WHAT: Turning experience of fi lmmaking without the wish of 7-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with WHEN: Oct. 13th @ midnight & Oct. 15th @ 2pm huge cost. “We make some mistakes,” says Abrams big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with WHERE: San Marco Theater “but we told the story and the music was amazing.” crushed dreams, heartbreaks, and a broken-down ADMISSION: $7.50 The soundtrack of the fi lm, written especially for the VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine On a budget of less than a thousand dollars, production, will also be available for purchase as competition itself. On their travels through this bizarre Scott Abrams, the ex-director of Improv Jackson- well. “Sherry Chung,” says director Abrams “is my landscape, the Hoovers learn to trust and support ville shot a horror themed fi lm called Turning. Says fi lm composer and we have made a pact: any fi lm I each other along the path of life, no matter what the Abrams of his shift from stage to screen: “Personally make where I have control over who makes the mu- challenge. Starring: Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, Toni I think that… [fi lm]the next step from theater…I fi nd sic, it will be her…Her goal…was to become a fi lm Collette, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano. Rated R. telling my own stories is more accessible through composer, she knew this as a child.” fi lm than it is through live performance. I also fi nd This is Abram’s directorial debut as a fi lm- MONSTER HOUSE In this computer generated that you have a lot more control…You can fi x the maker, although he’s been “involved in fi lms off and image movie, there is something strange happening things that go wrong…you can’t always do that on for the past ten years” and has “written numer- in this neighborhood. Three kids discover that their when you’re live on stage…My ultimate goal as an ous scripts…” it’s the fi rst one that he has written, neighbor’s house is a living, breathing monster that eats the mailman, the cops, and anyone who comes near it. But, no one will believe them. Rated PG

OPEN SEASON A domesticated 900 pound grizzly bear, Boog (voiced by Martin Lawrence) is stranded in the woods 3 days before open hunting season. Having no survival skills, Boog relies on Elliot, a wisecracking mule deer who helps Boog adjust to life in the wild. MOBILE USERS: For Showtimes - Text DEPARTED The two rally the other forest creatures to form a rag- with your ZIP CODE to 43KIX (43549) tag army against the hunters. Rated PG STARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 Regal Cinemas DIGITAL Napels Drive-In Hollywood Theaters AVENUES STADIUM 20 PLAYTIME DRIVE-IN RIVER CITY MARKETPLACE 14 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST Phillips Hwy N off I-95 6300 Blanding Blvd 12884 City Center Blvd 800/FANDANGO #680 904/771-2300 904/757-9862 Disney, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Johnny Depp make a Regal Cinemas AMC Cinemark BEACH BOULEVARD 18 REGENCY SQUARE 24 TINSELTOWN power team for the second installment of this pirate 14051 Beach Boulevard Outside Regency Mall Southside Blvd & Gate Pkwy 800/FANDANGO #188 DIGITAL 904/264-3888 904/998-2020 tale. Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) owes an unpaid AMC ORANGE PARK 24 CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORIES SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS Blanding Blvd & Wells Rd OR CALL FOR SOUND INFORMATION NO PASSES OR DISCOUNT 904/264-3888 AND SHOWTIMES COUPONS ACCEPTED (continued on pg 10)

eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 9 debt to Davy Jones and his army of sea-phantoms. Now, he must fi nd a way to save himself from Costello. Nicholson realizes that by now, any charac- becoming one of themr. Rated PG-13 ter he portrays will have certain self parody aspects to him that will wax funny. So he uses that typecast THE PROTECTOR Kung-fu fi ghter, Kham’s elephant to embellish Costello with street savvy wisdom with is stolen and shipped to Australia. Outraged, he travels humor and his vast vocabulary of facial expres- to Australia with a Thai born Australian detective sions. Yes, we laugh at him because of all he’s done to retrieve his elephant. Once there, he must fi ght before, but he comes off as a deeply disturbed char- members of a gang led by an evil woman and her two acter. “In a case like this, I would kill everyone,” he deadly bodyguards. Rated R tells Billy alluding to his suspicion that there’s a rat inside his crew. SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS Jon Heder plays a The complex scenario is multidimensional in young guy with no confi dence in matters of romance. that Costello is playing the ends against the middle He turns to Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton) to help him win and has ties with the FBI, which further complicates over the girl of his dreams. Dr. P’s advice becomes the Task Force’s investigation. Meanwhile, the two complicated when his teacher has the same agenda. moles are getting much closer to fi nding out about Rated PG-13 each other, which builds the already explosive ten- sion created by Scorsese’s taut orchestration of the Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) is a rebel STEP UP scenes. The result is riveting as the satellite charac- from the wrong side of the tracks of Baltimore. But Tyler has dreams of one day making it out of this lowly ters revolve around Costello, their orbits gradually life. Nora (Jenna Dewan) is a talented ballet dancer degrading into an ultimate collision of bodies. attending Baltimore’s Maryland School of the Arts. Martin Sheen portrays Captain Oliver Queenan, When Tyler runs afoul of the law and is sentenced to who has secretly placed his mole, Billy in Costello’s public service work at the school, his skills as a street trusted inner-circle. When Colin is put in an unten- dancer are noticed by Nora, as the two become dance able position of fi nding himself, he casts suspicion partners and lovers. Rated PG-13 on Captain Queenan, and has him followed. Ah yes, at this point in the scenario, bodies are piling up TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY and instant karma is reaching a crescendo. When it This is writer/director Adam McKay’s biting satire of the departed comes to the yin-yang of good and evil this story , NASCAR starring Will Farrell as Rick Bobby who is melds them into one concept. “When you’re facing the number one driver on the circuit. His best friend a loaded gun, cops or criminals–what’s the differ- and supporter, Cal Naughton, Jr (John C. Reilly) eggs movie review ence?” says Costello, who knows that he is playing Bobby on. But when a French Formula One driver a deadly game and it’s only a matter of who kills him enters NASCAR and is a threat to Bobby, he falls apart BY RICK GRANT [email protected] fi rst--the cops or his crew. from the stress of staying on top. Rated PG-13 Like Gangs of New York, this fi lm showcases A Rated R 149 min are their tough backgrounds as Southies (South Scorsese’s master directorial genius of creating special showings Chicago residents) and their love of a police shrink, bloody realism on the streets of a big city, where Martin Scorsese returned to his gritty Mean Gwen (Kristen Dalton). the police and criminals try to outsmart each other. LAUREL & HARDY The Laurel & Hardy Appreciation Streets (1973) roots with his remake of a 2002 The story is character driven, allowing the The story explores the gray area between law and Society will host a free screening of Laurel & Hardy Hong Kong fi lm Wu jian dao. Set in present day Bos- viewer to understand the deeper motivations of both lawlessness, in that, both moles are damaged goods fi lms @ Pablo Creek Branch Library on Oct 9 at 6:00P ton where the Massachusetts State Police formed an moles, who coincidently, have much in common. from growing up on the streets, but the lines of mo- organized crime task force to bring down an Irish- Kristen Dalton deftly portrays the pivotal psychiatrist rality are blurred when each has to face his karma. JMOMA’s Fall Film Series American crime gang headed by Frank Costello (Jack character, Gwen who is, at fi rst, infatuated with Co- Colin has aligned himself with Costello’s mur- WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN (2004), Directed by Nicholson). This script, adapted by Alan Mak from lin, then she meets Billy and falls for his vulnerability. derous rampage, in which his killing is his method of Hong Sangsoo, Color, In Korean with English subtitles. Felix Chong’s original screenplay inspired Scorsese So she is juggling two men with similar backgrounds justice. Each murder puts Costello deeper in karmic As the fi rst snows fall on Seoul, two childhood friends to recreate a hardcore crime scenario that years ago who have vague knowledge of each other. Colin sus- debt. Billy is faced with divided loyalties between his reunite over food and drinks at a local noodle shop. launched his directorial career. pects there is a rat inside Costello’s group, and initi- police undercover duties and his association with Hunjoon (Kim Taewoo) is a fi lm student just back from The heart of the story involves a mole inside ates measures to fi nd him. It becomes a high stakes Costello, who is like a father to him. Therefore, Colin school in the United States, and Munhoo (Yoo Jitae) the State Police task force, Colin Sullivan, (Matt game of two moles fi nding each other. To confuse and Billy share the blurred lines between their double has become a university arts professor with a beautiful Damon) who is feeding information to Costello so matters further, Colin is put in charge of fi nding the identities. In this case, moral ambiguity affects both home and family. As the two old friends chat about the he can avoid getting pinched. On the other hand, the mole inside the State Police task force. So, he in- moles like a virus, causing them to make irrational years gone by, the drinks continue to pour and their State Police place an undercover agent, Billy Costi- vents a ruse to take the suspicion off him. decisions. As their faulty moral compasses send musing inevitably evokes the memory of their shared gan (Leonardo DeCarprio) inside Costello’s organiza- Jack Nicholson created one of his most memo- them off course, bad things happen, bullets fl y, and former love, the beautiful Sunhwa (Sung Hyunah- tion to inform on the kingpin. Uniting the two moles rable characters with his characterization of Frank bodies fl y off roofs. Pay back is a bitch! former Miss Korea). They decide to track her down and embark on a spur-of–the-moment drunken quest to surprise her. October 11, 7pm. Box offi ce opens at 6 pm. Seating is limited- arrive early! $5 members/ students, $7 non-members, INFO: 366-6911 EXT. 204. with an actor’s touch

GRIND2SHINE The World Premiere of the eagerly Was the star-studded set of The Departed full of joy and light? Or studio displeasure and confl ict anticipated hip-hop documentary, “GRIND2SHINE”. between actors and director? In August of 2005, the buzz was that the perfectionist director Scorsese “GRIND2SHINE” features many of the Duval hip-hop had pushed the fi lm way over-budget and behind schedule, according to industry insiders. The studio did scene’s most promising artists and personalities, employ one cost cutting measure; they shot most of the Boston set fl ick in New York instead of Boston, in including DJ Bigga Rankin, Young Ca$h, Swordz, order to get New York tax breaks. About 75% of the movie was fi lmed in New York, with key scenes shot Whole Wheat Bread, Tough Junkie and more. The in Boston to give it that Beantown feel. fi lm is produced by Jacksonville fi lmmakers, Chad The excessive takes reportedly had DiCaprio frustrated, when it took over six hours to shoot a scene Hendricks and John W. Sloan, Jr., Florida Theatre, on the court-house steps. It’s diffi cult to say whether the actor continued to be frustrated when strippers October 14th, 2006 at 7:00pm. came looking for him on the set. Co-star Matt Damon relays, “We had one night where we were shooting all night next to a strip club. And there’s just this point where we’re driving to the set and like 20 girls in TURNING The Premier of the fi rst feature length G-strings with dollar bills coming out were like, ‘Where’s Leonardo?’ I’m like, ‘Yes, my friend, this is my fi lm by local writer/director Scott Abrams. The movie home. Welcome.” has a cast and crew of 4 including Rick Spruiell, Jack Nicholson’s rewrites of his part had Scorsese fi lming two versions of every scene Nicholson Della Weaver & Sherri Chung. It is a horror/social was in: the original script version and the one with his re-writes. A source told the New York Daily News, commentary. Music by Sherri Chung. DVD’s, “Jack didn’t feel there was enough Jack in his character. Jack actually did some of the writing himself.” soundtrack, and signed posters will be sold at both The source also mentioned that Nicholson also wanted to spice up his sex scenes: “Jack suggested using shows. San Marco Theatre at midnight on Friday the a [prosthetic appendage]. He also wanted to dust the a** of one of the actresses with cocaine. Marty 13th of October and again on Sunday, October 15 at said, ‘Go for it!’” A Warner Bros spokesman added that “It’s not at all uncommon for dialogue to be fi ne- 2pm. Info: 472-4928. Read story on page 9. tuned during production. Everyone is extremely pleased with the way this shoot is proceeding.”

10 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper four Australian Film Institute Awards (the Land Down Under’s version of the Oscars) and the Gucci Prize new on dvd at the Venice Film Festival for Cave’s screenplay. The United States fi nally got a chance to see the fi lm EDMOND (82 min.) when it was shown at various fi lm festivals across When a fortune teller says that he isn’t where he the country earlier this year. For those who missed belongs in life, Edmond Bruke (William H. Macy) the handful of screenings, The Proposition is now decides to leave his wife and make a new life available on DVD. for himself that includes lots of women, money The Proposition DVD is loaded with a number and power. His plan leads him down into the of terrifi c, informative bonus features. First is an depths of a world he’s never known. Rated R for optional commentary with director John Hillcoat and violence, strong language, and sexual content writer/composer Nick Cave. Five featurettes were including nudity and dialogue. also included covering the making of the fi lm, the story, script, characters, history and themes. Finally, LEWIS BLACK- RED, WHITE AND seven deleted scenes made the cut, running about SCREWED (60 min.) 12-minutes in length total, along side a photo gallery Comedian/author/pundit Lewis Black stars and the fi lm’s trailer. in his second HBO solo special, an all-new A modern-day western, The Proposition deliv- hour of frenetic, take-no-prisoners stand-up ers everything you might expect from the genre comedy, taped before a live audience at the including a gun fi ght or two, plenty of violence and Warner Theatre in Washington, DC. Supplements a fi nal showdown that is surprisingly bittersweet. include an addition 15 minutes of material, Thanks to the fi ne writing, the fi lm is both brutal and three featurettes, outtakes and a TV spot for the poetic, with enough blood and gore to make you special This fi lm is not rated. squeamish but enough depictions of human frailty and sacrifi ce to keep you riveted. The grisly violence Two-Disc Special may be too much to bear for some viewers, but un- THE LITTLE MERMAID- Edition (83 min.) like many fi lms we see today, the blood isn’t added Disney’s classic tale of the misadventures of a for needless shock value; it actually adds realism teen mermaid who falls in love with a human to what we know was a terribly horrifi c place to is now out of the vault and available to own on live at the time. The acting here is all around terrifi c Platinum Edition DVD. Supplements on the two- especially from those who play the Burns brothers; disc set include making-of featurettes, deleted Pearce, Huston and Wilson. As Charlie, Pearce is scenes, a new music video for “Kiss the Girl,” completely believable, donning plenty of scruff and set-top games and much more. This fi lm is rated the proposition personifying the term “brooding”. Huston pulls off G. the cool sadist Arthur beautifully and Wilson adds the heart and heartbreak as the mostly innocent (Three-Disc Mike, turning in an unforgettable performance that THE MALTESE FALCON dvd review Special Edition) (101 min.) could have easily been over the top in anyone else’s Humphrey Bogart is Dashiell Hammett’s hands. The story is a simple one and it works here, defi nitive private eye, Sam Spade, struggling to BY KELLIE ABRAHAMSON [email protected] gradually introducing the audience to this nearly keep his hard-boiled cool as the double-crosses “Oscar Buzz” is a term we hear a lot and there Huston; The Aviator) in nine days, both Charlie and forgotten time in history and to the sometimes despi- pile up around his ankles in this noir classic. was a time when it actually meant that the fi lm in Mike will go free. If he fails to return or complete cable, sometimes endearing, mostly tortured group Supplements include audio commentary with question was worth watching. Today “Oscar Buzz” is the task, his younger childlike brother Mike will get of characters. The pacing in nice, moving along at a Bogart biographer Eric Lax, 2 previous movie a catch phrase for any fi lm that has a large enough the hangman’s noose. With no other choice Charlie fairly rapid pace without feeling completely rushed. versions of the caper, a new documentary, budget to afford a really great publicist. Every now agrees and makes his way into the desert in search Gorgeous scenery of the Australian Outback further trailers, a blooper reel and more. This fi lm is not and then, however, a fi lm is legitimately worthy of of his brother and his gang. Meanwhile the town is draws the viewer into this sometimes strange little rated. the afore mentioned buzz and becomes an early out for blood and knowing that a member of the no- world on the other side of the globe. front-runner in the Oscar race. Flying just under the torious Burns Gang is in the jailhouse has everyone The Proposition is a remarkable fi lm that (92 min.) radar of most mainstream moviegoers, The Proposi- worked into a frenzy including the Captain’s own completely deserves the high praise it has received. THANK YOU FOR SMOKING This satirical comedy follows the maneuverings tion is one of those fi lms. The Proposition is now wife Martha (Emily Watson; The Life and Death of The fi lm manages to transport the viewer to a dif- of Big Tobacco’s chief spokesman, Nick available on DVD. Peter Sellers). In order to protect his own family, ferent time and place, a feat most movies today fail In the virtually lawless 1880 Australian Out- Stanley has to try and keep the lynch mob at bay un- miserably at. Drenched in blood, sweat and tears, Naylor (Aaron Eckhart), who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for back, Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone; The Chronicles til Charlie comes back while hiding the underhanded The Proposition is an emotional ride that embodies his twelve-year-old son (Cameron Bright). Rated of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) deal he made with him. the classic western feel while remaining distinctly R for language and some sexual content. apprehends two of the area’s most ruthless crimi- The Proposition was written by famed singer/ Australian, a nice twist on what we are used to from nals, brothers Charlie (Guy Pearce; The Count of songwriter Nick Cave who also provided most of the the genre. I suspect the fi lm’s riveting story, haunt- Monte Cristo) and Mike (Richard Wilson; Deck fi lm’s music. After its theatrical release over a year ing score and terrifi c acting will be up for an award THE WOODS (91 min) Dogz) Burns. Stanley makes Charlie a deal: if he kills ago, the fi lm garnered a ton of critical praise world- come Oscar season so be sure to check out this Heather (Agnes Bruckner), neglected teen sent to his older, far more dangerous brother Arthur (Danny wide and has racked up several awards including DVD so you’ll know what all the fuss is about. live in a remote boarding school, begins having horrifying visions that seem to coincide with the disappearances of several students. Something in the woods surrounding the school is taking her classmates and Heather is determined not to become it’s next victim. Rated R for horror violence and language, including sexual references.

X-MEN: THE LAST STAND- The Stan Lee Collector’s Edition (104 min.) When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men, led by Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier’s former ally, Magneto (Ian McKellen). Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence, some sexual content and language.

eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 11 good news for those who love good news (or, how the console gaming industry will take over the world this holiday season.) BY NORM STOVALL [email protected] As we zoom toward the year 2007, the video games industry is picking up steam and won’t stop with its constant barrage of amazing innovation and fun products designed to suck your bank account dry, leave you with no time for personal activities such as bathing, and make you a general outcast to society at large. If you are a video game fan or even a casual game player, your life and the amount of free time you have will soon drastically change. Everyone knows that the holiday season can make or break game companies, and this upcoming holiday season I’d expect nothing less than all out war between console manufacturers. With a strong lead, getting its next-gen offering onto the table a year ahead of Nintendo and Sony, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has a hell of a momentum going. Already with a ton of great hits on a new family on abc both disk format and available for down- load over Xbox live, MS has a strong hold on the American gaming market. Brothers & Sisters, a new series on sundays With the highly anticipated Gears of War coming soon, Tony Hawk’s Project 8, and the announcement of Guitar Hero BY RICK GRANT [email protected] 2’s Xbox 360 port complete with new This intelligently written hour-long drama is But, William encourages Kitty to make up with song downloads via Live, MS does GEARS OF WAR (XBOX 360) the brainchild of producer Ken Olin and playwright Nora. So, reluctantly, Kitty gives her mom a hug to indeed have a few tricks up it’s sleeve. In addition to games, the HD DVD player for Xbox 360 will be Jon Robin Baitz. The premise involves a large satisfy dad. Kitty has been offered a TV show on available this November, and will come with along with Peter Jackson’s King Kong remake on HD DVD prosperous family, The Walkers, William (Tom Sker- prime time television in Los Angeles, which she is disk. If you already own an HDTV, this is a great deal for the price. ritt) and Nora (Sally Field) who own a successful excited to take. Her boyfriend wants her to stay in Nintendo is not far behind, with its brand new Wii gaming console hitting the market next month. business. They have achieved the zenith of the NYC, marry him, and have kids. This will no doubt In addition to the Wii’s innovative controllers, Nintendo offers wireless gaming, wireless Internet over American dream, living in a large estate with all the cause a major rift in their relationship. your TV via the Opera Browser for Wii, and digital content downloads and local news via the Wii Net- accoutrements of wealth and privilege. The story Writer Baitz ascribes to the premise that blood work. focuses on the complex interaction between the is thicker than water and William’s death will bring Sony is taking an entirely different ap- elder Walkers and their five grownup offspring. All the siblings together to support mom. Sarah will proach with the release of the Playstation the siblings are fiercely independent, successful in probably take over the business. The inter-personal 3 in November, promising that gamers will their own right, but they embrace the sociopolitical relationships between the siblings and mom create be willing to pay more for the added value differences in each other. many juicy story possibilities and subplots. So far that the console’s Blu-Ray drive and HDMI The pilot episode sets the stage for the dra- so good–Baitz’s pilot script was full of snappy dia- ports will bring. If you follow the news matic development of the story arc and characters, logue and developing situations. about the consoles release schedule and as Kitty Walker (Calista Flockhart) flies in from Olin and Baitz are blessed with a dream cast, line-up, you are probably sick of hearing NYC for the party and a business meeting. She is a all of whom have stage, screen, and television about the console’s $599 price tag for the popular ultra conservative radio talk show host who credits. Since Ally McBeal wrapped, Calista Flock- standard model. If you live in Japan, you clashes with her mom’s liberal beliefs. The family’s hart has been busy on stage winning much critical are in luck, because the pricing over there idyllic bubble bursts when, at a family gathering acclaim for her acting prowess. As Kitty, her char- has gone down about 100 bucks. (But you celebrating a birthday, William suddenly dies of a acterization is completely convincing. Of course, don’t live in Japan, so too bad-you are heart attack, throwing the entire family into a frenzy comparisons to Anne Coulter will be rampant, but VIRTUA FIGHTER (PLAY STATION 3) gonna pay full price.) The console itself is of trauma and grief. Flockhart has imbued Kitty with a softer personal- impressive, and Sony promises to have a good bit of quality launch games available when the console Prior to William’s shocking death at the end ity, yet she can be a dragon lady when arguing her makes its debut, including Warhawk, Ridge Racer, NBA 07, and more. of the pilot, the viewers learn that William has passionate conservative political beliefs. There are Even Apple’s new iPod has games available for download, much like the up and coming cell brought Sarah (Rachel Griffiths) into the company hints that her liberal debating partner on the show phone platform, with new games available for download all the time. You will even be able to download as corporate VP. She took the position because her may be a new love interest, but it’s too early to tell. new games via iTunes to play on your iPod, just like you would a song or a movie. So, in summary, marriage is shaky and she will have more time to There is so much heady material within the great games are coming in from all angles this holiday season, so if you are at all a gamer, you’d better spend with her husband, played by John Pyper- large family structure to keep Baitz busy writing not make any big plans till around march or so, ‘cause you won’t be leaving your couch for a long time. Ferguson. Thomas (Balthazar Getty) is also working meaningful scripts. Each sibling has their own with his dad. When Sarah finds out that their uncle, separate life, but the tragedy has brought them Nora’s brother, company accountant, Sal Holden, together to help and heal the family. Then there is LOCAL GAMING EVENTS (Ron Rifkin) has locked her out of the company the business to worry about. What is Sal up to, accounts, she demands to know why. He brushes and can Sarah take charge, while trying to save her Don’t forget to check out The Last Stand: Round 2 this Saturday (October 7th) at the Pearl, lo- her off, making her livid. This is an ominous devel- marriage? Ah yes, these are intriguing questions. cated on the corner of 1st and main street downtown. The Last Stand is a Jacksonville-based fi ghting opment that suggests that Sal is either embezzling Indeed, if the future episodes are as riveting game tournament, where players from all over the southeast will compete in games such as Marvel Vs money or hiding the dismal financial condition of as the pilot, then this show should be a smash hit Capcom 2, Street fi ghter 3: 3rd strike, Guilty Gear Slash, and Capcom Vs SNK 2. Signups are at 10am, the company. over its run. It was encouraging when Studio 60, and the cost to compete is 10 dollars per-game. This price will go toward the 1st through 3rd place win- At the family party, viewers meet the other another deftly written high quality series, pulled in nings, which will be split 70/20/10 per game, and it includes entry to the bar and lunch. So far we have siblings–Kevin (Matthew Rhys) a gay lawyer look- 19 million for its pilot. This is a sign that TV view- over 50 people signed up, coming from as far as Miami and South Carolina, so if you are interested in ing for a permanent partner. In contrast, Justin, ers are hungry for quality series and are tired of competing, email me at [email protected] for more information- space is fi lling up fast. Specta- (Dave Annable) the baby of the family who went laugh-track sitcoms. Well, time will tell if Brothers tors are admitted for 5 dollars. There will be plenty of food, and drinks from the bar will be available. to Iraq after 9/11, is suffering from Post Traumatic & Sisters can hold up to the high quality standard Remember to bring your own PS2 controllers for this event, or Dreamcast controller for Marvel Vs Cap- Stress and dating a pretty young girl. Kitty is still it established in the pilot. B&S runs Sundays 10:00 com 2. I’ll See you there! not talking to mom over their last bitter argument. pm ET.

12 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper gagging me with science Grossology comes to MOSH BY KELLIE ABRAHAMSON [email protected] Getting most kids interested in science is nearly impossible. Thanks to some innovative thinking, writer Sylvia Branzei is doing her part to change all that. In 1995 Branzei wrote a non-fi c- tion children’s book called Grossology. The book, which is all about the yucky side of the human body, became a best-seller and spawned several sequels. To the delight of elementary and junior high school teachers everywhere, a highly popular traveling exhibition of grossness quickly followed suit. “Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body” has found its way to Jacksonville’s Museum of Science and History. The exhibit will be on display until December 31st. MOSH’s new exhibit is not for the weak of make way for the stomach. As you can imagine, Grossology is all about the bodily functions most of us don’t like to talk about. If you’re looking for the scoop on poop or some facts about farts, this should be your fi rst stop. The exhibit also talks about vomit, booglesaurus urine, burps and boogers. Charming. The good news is Grossology explains the science behind these bodily phenomenons while keeping it on the Jax kids get wiggly with Dorothy the Dinosaur children’s level. Kids can relate to and are inter- ested in this brand of science, which opens them up to learning more about anatomy and physiol- to essentially be eaten, digested and pooped out. BY KELLIE ABRAHAMSON [email protected] ogy. It may even prompt them to focus more on The equally large and icky “Tour du Nose” stands personal hygiene and nutrition. nearby. As you walk through the huge nostrils, Last year The Wiggles grossed more than are up and they’re dancing up and down in the aisles The Grossology exhibit features 20 interac- you trigger a giant sneeze and can get an up-close fellow Australians Nicole Kidman and AC/DC com- and if a theater down in the front has a bit of an or- tive games and displays that fi ll you in on every- look at nose hair and snot. Speaking of snot, bined. With their blend of educational content, catchy chestra pit we seem to have a little kiddie mosh pit in thing you ever wanted to know about just how Grossology’s mascot Professor Nigel Nose-It-All tunes and kid-friendly comedy, The Wiggles have the front which is quite funny. It’s great to see.” gross the human body is. After being greeted by gives visitors the lowdown on nose functions. The become legendary with tiny tots and their families. Songs like “Hot Potato” and “Fruit Salad” will “Her Grossness,” a large animatronic character faucet-for-a-head professor seems to have a bit The quartet will begin their US tour later this month certainly be performed by the honorary Wiggle and standing at the entrance, you walk through a of a cold these days though: he wears a bathrobe with no Jacksonville dates set as of yet. Luckily, the his familiar companions along with some snazzy mouth shaped entry way and into the exhibition and slippers and is in desperate need of a tissue! children of the River City will have an opportunity dance moves during the roughly hour-long per- area. The fi rst exhibit is all about burping. Visitors Other highlights include a large replica of human to experience a bit of The Wiggles World next week formance. The show was designed, arranged and pump soda into the Burp Man’s mouth and down skin that serves as a climbing wall (footholds are when their pal Dorothy the Dinosaur comes to town. produced by The Wiggles themselves, three of which into his see-through stomach until he releases a pimples, warts, moles and other blemishes), a Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Dance Party will be at the have degrees in Early Childhood Education, so it’s giant belch. Next is the GI Slide, a massive 3-D life-sized version of the board game Operation and Times-Union Center on October 12th. sure to be a fun experience with a little bit of learning model of the digestive system that allows children the Y U Stink station that allows you to match the The Wiggles have been performing for children thrown in. body odor to the part of the body it came from. for 15 years and were introduced to American audi- As for the group’s ever growing popularity with I brought my two-year-old and four-year-old ences in the mid-90’s. Today toddlers everywhere pre-schoolers and their parents, Clark suspects it’s with me to check out Grossology. They really liked know exactly who The Wiggles are and think of them all about the music. the GI Slide and the skin climbing wall. They also as rock stars. Because their star status requires “I think the songs are so catchy that you can’t got a kick out of a station called “Toot Toot,” which them to tour the world, The Wiggles send their help but feel happy once you’re hearing the songs is all about farts and why they make the noises friends on the road to visit with their fans when they and getting up and dancing around… Children are they do. While we were visiting, there were several aren’t able to do it themselves. So, Dorothy the Dino- very sincere with what they’re interested in and what school groups in the building as well. These older saur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus and Captain they’re not interested in and if you’re having a good kids really seemed to enjoy the experience, taking Feathersword have been traveling the United States time on stage then they’re going to have a good time in each and every exhibit and grossing each other performing for kids on behalf of their famous friends. and you keep them entertained. And the parents out with the stuff they had learned. While my kids Former “Red Coat Dancer” Brett Clark has been seem to enjoy listening to the songs… If they don’t had a good time, Grossology is really better suited working with The Wiggles for fi ve years and is one enjoy the songs then they’re the ones that are going for those who understand what they are looking of the two hosts of Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Dance to turn off the television or put something else on. at. Elementary and junior high school students in Party. So I think it has a lot to do with the music… The four particular will get the most out of this enGROSS- “It’s full of everybody’s favorite Wiggles Wiggles themselves are just genuine nice guys. I ing exhibit. songs… we basically have a lot of fun. It’s very think that comes across in the performance as well.” interactive with the children. We don’t get anybody Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Dance Party will take Grossology will be on display from October th up on stage, but of course we do encourage every- place Thursday, October 12 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 1st until December 31st at the MOSH. Admission body to get up out of their seats and dance, not just pm. Tickets range in price from $19-$30.00 plus is $8 for adults, $6.50 for seniors and military, the children but the parents as well to basically have applicable service charge and can be charged by $6 for children ages 3-12 and free for kids 2 and a lot of fun with us,” the 35-year-old actor said. ” phone: (904) 632-3373 or ordered online at www. under. For more information about Grossology or Some of the theaters that we’re performing in now artistseries.fccj.org. This is sure to be a very popular the museum itself, please call (904) 396-MOSH. don’t have a lot of room in the seating area so kids event, so be sure to get your tickets soon!

eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 13 is fl exible about placing the little chefs in the classes depending on their skill level and age. All skill levels, from would-be-master bakers to newbie novices are welcome. It isn’t just girls who are attending her classes, plenty of boys, according to Stoppelbein, also attend. “I’ve got a whole list of boys and most of them are twelve to fi fteen…A couple of them, their goal is to be- come a chef…They watch enough of the Food Network, I think that’s where their interest is coming from.” If you’re interested in signing up for a cooking class, call the bakery at 824-7898. Sherry will put you on a list and then will call you back when she gets a large enough group in that age range together. Make sure you let her know the age and skill level of your child so they can be put in the appropriate group. The class time is generally scheduled for Saturday at 11am. Cost is $10 per child. Classes last about two hours and Sherry takes up to ten in a class, although class sizes are generally about four to six students large. It’s great idea for a party, even for adults, and you get to eat the results.

get the kids to cook! Hot Shot Bakery Offers Baking Classes BY ERIN THURSBY [email protected]

Want to sign your kids up for an interesting activity? Try a baking class at Hot Shot Bakery (also known as Luvin’ Oven) in St.Augustine. The age range is from fi ve to teen, covering different baking projects depending on the age and skill level of the participants. Parents have the op- bakery background tion of leaving their children at the bakery or staying with them during the class, depending on the level of comfort the children and adults have. Baker Sherry Stoppelbein Hot Shot Bakery by Luvin’ Oven loves to teach baking and is delighted by the children’s enthusiasm. Says Stoppelbein, “The fi rst teaching class Luvin’ Oven is known I had was a group of eleven-year-old girls and they were for their use of Datil pep- just so well behaved and so into it so hungry for… [the pers in their baked goods. knowledge], it’s just neat.” They always sell out of their The class I dropped in on was at the fi ve-year-old well-known Datil Baguettes introductory level, in which the students got to decorate almost as soon as they make a pre-made mini doll cake. The dolls are plunged into the them. If you like the spicy and center of the cake, with the cake serving as a sort of skirt unique you’ll soon be stuck for the top. The class was small but the girls seemed to be on their pairing of sweet eats having a marvelous time decorating their little cakes and with the heat of the fl avorful dolls, placing their candy adornment with a laser-like con- peppers. I loved their Datil centration. Hope, an adorable little blonde girl with pigtail chocolate biscotti, which is braids, learned how to pipe on frosting with a professional excellent with coffee. More baker’s bag and piping tools. Some of the frosting ended conventional treats line the up on Hope, but she didn’t seem to mind. Baker Sherry bakery display case, like their Stoppelbein kept a sharp eye on her students, helping the brownies, Danishes, carrot ones that wanted extra guidance, and leaving the more independent students to their own creative devices. cake and assorted breads. Different types of sprinkles, frosting colors and candies are on hand so students can personalize their cre- Try their apple tart, with apple ation. Cakes are decorated on a white Styrofoam plate, on which the students can make a mess, and then the slices surrounded by pastry fi nished cakes are transferred onto a scalloped, golden presentation plate. The creations are then placed in a for a fl aky delight that depends small cake box for a neat transfer to home. Although students can eat their creations right away, most have on the lovely tang and sweetness of apple. Fill up on the dense apple raisin mini-loaf and snack on their put in so much in creating them that by the time they’re done, they don’t want to. tasty raspberry Danish. Their sweets aren’t at the pancreas-twitching sugar level you might fi nd at a Eight-year-olds can handle most of the challenges of the baking process, from measuring to mixing. Publix bakery, but they’re put together with an eye for making fl avors sing, and they don’t drown the Accurate measurement, Stoppelbein says, is “part of the class…I teach them about… [measurement] and well placed notes with too much sugar. why you do it. The way you put stuff together when you’re baking is not like cooking; there’s a system to it.” The bakery is also gaining fame from their recipe contests. The last contest they held, a recipe Sharing is also a lesson that the students learn, since students share a mixer. Students also get to see and competition for a romantic dinner for two, drew over a hundred entries from as far away as California, sometimes even use professional baking equipment. Says Stoppelbein, “They get to use the big trays and perhaps because the bakery’s contest was featured by AAA. The prizes were also a draw, including a ovens and they’re just fascinated by that.” romantic two-night stay at the Bayfront Westcott House, Romantic Picnic for Two, a gift pack of their The littlest children start out with just decorating, but the next level is a rocky road bar. Each student famed Datil B Good Sauces and other prizes. The contest is closed for now, but you can call to ask pours the layers into their own baking pan to form the strata of their rocky road bar. Muffi ns, which are easy what the next contest will be at (904)824-7898. Luvin’ Oven aka Hot Shot Bakery is located at 1962 US to over-beat are the project given to students at the third level skill. They hope to offer bread making classes #1 South in St. Augustine. for the most ambitious students, since bread making is one of the most challenging baking tasks. Stoppelbein

14 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 15 2.30-purple of cassius @ BG 6.30-jude & brian @ MCR $IVE"AR$IVE 2.30-hating hilary @ Dive 7.00-civilization @ The Bridge 3.00-jet fighter @ TSI 7.00-chinese horses @ TSI 3.30-fountain @ MCR 7.30-locust grove @ BG 3.30-bob maynard @ BG 7.30-hand of the host @ Dive 3.30-dollyweed @ Dive 7.30-applied communications 4.00-environmental youth crunch @ MCR @ The Bridge 8.00-the sleep pact ,ONDON"RIDGE 4.00-DANG! @ TSI @ The Bridge 4.30-ed diaz @ BG 8.00-julius airwave @ TSI Brought to Jacksonville’s Favorite 4.30-the geena davis all star jam 8.30-captain omen @ BG Your Ticket Gets You into You by... @ Dive Breakfast & Lunch Diner 8.30-da bigg boys @ Dive the Afterparty at 4.30-rickolus @ MCR 8.30-elephant see @ MCR 5.00-baker act @ The Bridge 9.00-the yusge @ The Bridge 5.00-my toy heart @ TSI Open 7 9.00-spacebar @ TSI 5.30-christina wagner @ BG 9.30-when tides collide @ BG Days A Week! 5.30-tuffy @ Dive 9.30-fire engine red @ Dive 5.30-mi capitan @ MCR 9.30-jess pillmore @ MCR 6.00-animal fight @ The Bridge 10.00-bojack @ The Bridge 6.00-kingsbury @ TSI Located in Historic Avondale 10.00-crash the satellites 387•2669 • 3580 Saint Johns Avenue 6.30-Alton Alvin @ BG @ TSI Shangrala plays the Urb Garden 6.30-steve @ Dive 10.30-shangrala @ BG at 10:30 pm 43) "URRITO'ALLERY"' *Dive Bar is 21 and hip hop hell @ TSI older only street performances by super pizza party. *Moon Colony Razorblade is the free stage.

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4HANK9OU#ONMOTONS $IVE"AR First and foremost, this event is dedicated to Dave This. Dave was always supportive of the festival, %"AY3TREET\  and this will be the first one of the seven he ever missed. In some ways I’m sure he will still be here. WWWMARKSJAXCOM I’d like to thank Ian and Mary Chase for being quick to sponsor the Trench Fest, as well as Marco, Eddie, and Tony. Marco has been telling me for years that I should do another one, and he didn’t think twice about helping me in every way he was able this year. Burrito Gallery and The Fox are two of the best restaurants in town and represent our local culture fantastically. It is like Jeremy Pafford told me the other day, so many people are ashamed of Jacksonville because they think we don’t have a culture, when in fact we have a very rich culture, as evidenced in this festival. A special thanks also goes out to Tim and Anne Hall who supported the festival even though Jack Rabbits wasn’t a venue this year and they weren’t necessarily floating in profits. Jack Rabbits has fallen in and out of favor with some musicians in town over the years, but they are truly the patriarch of Jacksonville’s music scene. Every band in town has Tim to thank for helping them get started and providing the best sound system in town. Before Jack Rabbits it was impossible to make money playing a local show. Thanks to EU Jacksonville, who didn’t even know me that well when I proposed them helping me with this event, and they agreed without question. As I always try to include only locally owned businesses in this event, EU is the perfect media partner. They are the only 100% locally owned and operated print media of their caliber and designation in town. Finally, I thank you for supporting humanity. All of these people are inspirational, encouraging, and a necessary piece of the event, but without the throngs of music lovers that like to get together for a good cause and have a good time, there would be no event at all. So toast to yourselves while you’re watching a band. Thanks for supporting humanity! -Jon Bosworth upcoming concerts 10/10-Locust Grove 10/15-Summer Obsession 10/20-Commander Chameleon 10/21-Hank Williams III The Patriarch of 10/25-Minus the Bear Jacksonville’s 10/26-Jucifer Music Scene 11/22-Ted Leo Stay up to date at www.jaxlive.com

18 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper apart from a legend, there was also a man Reading Streissguth’s Newest Cash Biography

BY ERIN THURSBY [email protected]

What’s most remarkable about Johnny Cash: The Biography, is that it gives us Johnny Cash as a man, not a legend, and though they are diffi cult to separate, Micael Streissguth tries to peel the two apart and present a portrait separate from the many manufactured legends. Cash has been many things for many people: the bad man in black, a story of redemption or a piece of Americana. As Streissguth says “It has not been an easy task. Cash’s legends are legion, and they are stubborn.” The bio starts with a short sketch of Johnny Cash’s father Ray Cash, a hard working, hard drinking man. Ray was raised by his brother Dave, who was better art through clothing coldly cruel but wealthy enough to help his brother during the hard times of the Depression. Ray did a stint in the Army and worked as laborer where ever Anomaly at Five Points he could. While out on one of these jobs clear cutting timber, Ray boarded with the Rivers family where their BY ERIN THURSBY [email protected] daughter, Carrie, caught his eye. The rough hewn man somehow won the heart of the graceful and young (she Urban boutiquing has come a long way since was only sixteen) Carrie Rivers. After their marriage, Anomaly opened in Five Points here in Jacksonville. Ray drifted from job to job scrambling to make a living The fashion forward store carries some of the larger to support their fi ve children, a nearly impossible task during the depths of the Great Depression. independent designers. Independent designers, who By 1934 the Cash family was one of the legions of desperate families taking government benefi ts. A don’t always have the fi nancing to mass-produce road to stability fi nally opened up for the Cashes when Ray Cash applied for a resettlement project in their goods, are typically found through word of Dyess, Arkansas, funded by the new deal. There, the government made plots of land available on easy mouth or by on-line shopping. The proprietor of terms for poor but hardworking farmers. All the folks participating in Dyess would form a cooperative, Anomaly, Emily Moody, gets those interesting fash- enabling them to compete with large commercial crop growers. ions under one roof (check out the Soundgirl line) so The Cash family moved while Johnny was still a baby, when Johnny Cash was still known as you don’t have to go hunting for them on-line. More J.R. As the story goes, he was known by those initials because when he was born, his mother wanted importantly, you can try them on in the store rather to name him John and his father wanted to name him Ray junior. His parents apparently compromised than worrying whether or not a piece of clothing by naming him simply by the initials J.R. Later, when Johnny joined the Air Force, the military wouldn’t will fi t after buying on-line. Anomaly’s selections of accept initials as a fi rst name and he ended up choosing John. youthful, hip clothes are a stylish distraction from Streissguth covers some of the early infl uences that later inspired Johnny Cash. The move to the main-line fashion at the local mall. Dyess saved the Cash family from poverty and they prospered, eventually outright owning the land and Moodys’ experience in the fashion industry buying adjacent plots of farmland. They even weathered a fl ood that chased them out of their home. began at trendy Fred Segal in L.A., where she man- Ray and his eldest son Roy stayed behind to herd all the animals into the house to save the livestock, aged the Emphatic. Since her position at Fred Segal, something that was very important since the fl ooding had already taken their crops. Memories of the Moody has managed production, distribution and fl ood and the family’s fl ight from the farm stayed with Johnny, later inspiring the song “Five Feet High design assistance at TROO in Atlanta and served and Rising.” The constant train themes that run through Johnny’s songs may have come from little as production manager for local clothing company, EMILY MOODY Johnny waiting for his father to return from the out of town jobs he took to earn extra money. KYDS. Anomaly is also offering free craft classes Johnny’s older brother, Roy spent time writing poems, songs and appeared in school plays. As an independent designer herself, Moody has through December. The fi rst class, on October 8th, Roy eventually played in a rock-a-billy band as the front man, which he eventually give up after the been creating a custom line of vintage purses, ap- will feature crafting felt pins. “We’re…going to do loss of a thumb. Steissguth cites Roy’s example as a reason Johnny was so interested in performing. propriately named HER Vintage, for about four years. either a mushroom a fl ower or an owl,” Moody says Johnny’s mother, also musically inclined, encouraged Johnny to sing. The bags are made from authentic vintage fabrics of their fi rst class. Other classes will include hand- The pious streak that was later to show up in Johnny Cash, may well have been as a result of his found at estate sales and other vintage sources. made cards, basic knitting, fl ower clips, handmade brother Jack. Before Jack’s tragic and early death in an accident caused by a Dewalt bale arm saw, They come in a variety of shapes, fabrics and pat- presents and creative gift wrapping. No need to bring Jack was slated to become a Baptist minister. His death affi rmed the presence of God for Johnny, terns. If you desire, you can choose from fabrics supplies, but if you have specifi c supplies you would but it also haunted him with a survivor’s guilt that often came through in some of his more tortured and shapes to make your own custom bag, although like to share or bring, feel free to. ballads. Anomaly stocks a wide selection of ready made HER Streissguth takes us through Johnny’s stint in the military, through his beginnings in the music Vintage bags that can be purchased on the spot. CRAFT! CRAFT! REVOLUTION! business, his marriage to Vivian and his later courtship of June Carter. We learn about Johnny’s But Anomaly has done much more than just association with Elvis and Bob Dylan and about his fi ght through addiction. Johnny spent time touring sell clothes. They’ve also been doing artist shows October 8th @3pm Create your own felt pin with Elvis, perfecting a funny imitation of Elvis that stayed in his act until the 1960’s. In the 1960’s at night that are so in demand that Moody says October 22nd @3pm Pick up fun ideas to make Cash and Dylan began a correspondence, although Cash later distanced himself from his association that they are booked into ’07. She opened the store homemade cards and create your own. with the protest singers of Greenwich Village. with her husband Adam Edgecombe in an effort November 5th@3pm Basic Knitting. Take home a Completing the detailed portrait of the man is a chronicle of his last days in the industry and to showcase local designers, but they’ve ended pair of knitting needles for FREE! of his partnership with Rick Rubin, who was responsible for Cash’s American series. We get a look up showcasing art as much as they have clothing. November 19th @3pm Bead a fl ower and turn it inside the decisions made toward the editing of the music video ‘Hurt’ Cash’s cover of the Nine Inch Check out the walls while you’re there and you might into a hair clip! Nails song. The music video quickly became an emblem of Cash’s own mortality. It was hard to guess fi nd something from almost-already-made-it artist December 3rd @3pm Great ideas for handmade that it would be June who would die fi rst, though Johnny soon followed her. The book chronicles Shaun Thurston, who has done shows in Atlanta and presents…revisits prior classes Cash’s last moments in his hospital bed, surrounded by family. all over Jacksonville. December 10th @3pm Creative Giftwrapping.

eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 19 shawn mullins excellent performer & songwriter at freebird live BY RICK GRANT [email protected] Hallelujah--suddenly established singer/song- ences but distinctive in that it’s an original gumbo writers are coming through town with high caliber of folk, country, blues, and rock with a slight Cajun shows and exemplary repertoires of original mate- fl avor. The album is dedicated to the brave people of rial. Ah yes, it has been a rare and magical time New Orleans. The radio single off the album Beautiful for this tired old journalist. It has lit a hot blast of Wreck has hit potential. And, Shawn has been get- nostalgia from deep in my consciousness. Then this ting radio play on many country and pop stations as Thursday night, I covered Shawn Mullins at Freebird well as satellite radio. Live, and again I was blown away by his catchy In 1998, Shawn penned a Top Ten hit single, songs and superb musicianship. Lullaby long before his association with Vanguard. I liked Shawn’s material so much from his So, he has high expectations for 9th Ward with MP3 samples, I downloaded his latest album from the promotional backing of a big record company. Rhapsody before his show. So, going into his set, I Shawn’s Freebird show had all the earmarks of a was at least familiar with his material, which crosses singer/songwriter intimately communicating with his over many musical genres. Shawn performed with a audience, who showed their appreciation with wild keyboardist who also played electric guitar. And, for abandon. Yes, he’s hovering on attaining household this Southern leg of his tour, he has been opening for word name recognition but he’s still comes across the Gin Blossoms, that headlined the Freebird gig. as a humble musician just trying to make a living in Shawn Mullins live show is a somewhat scaled the overcrowded genre of folk rock. down version of his latest album 9th Ward Picking After driving around for a few days with 9th Parlor. However, his live duo sound was the best I’ve Ward playing in my car, seeing Shawn perform heard in this showcase club in a long time. I could the songs live was a rare thrill. Twenty three years hear every nuance of his acoustic guitar and his as an entertainment journalist has left me cynical partner’s keyboard or electric guitar. I marveled at and jaded, but occasionally, I get turned on when I his perfect sound and the power of his songs. hear something new and intelligently conceived like For years, Shawn slugged away producing his Shawn’s latest music. own CDs until he fi nally signed with Vanguard Re- The bottom line: Shawn Mullins is a class act cords with the release of 9th Ward Pickin’ Parlor. The either on CD or live. He continues to write meaning- album and title are a tribute to Shawn’s friend and ful songs that hold up over time. His experience collaborator, Mike West who owned the studio where with the Katrina tragedy and his sensitive emotional Shawn recorded 9th Ward. Shawn and Mike made reaction to it are revealed in the lyrics and music of it out of the city before Katrina hit. Sadly, the studio his songs. This cat will inspire a new generation of located on Dauphine Street was a total loss. songwriters who choose this diffi cult path as a pro- Shawn’s music is inspired by eclectic infl u- fession and lifestyle. “Long may he run.”

20 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper chris mCcarty band showcase of savy songwriting BY RICK GRANT [email protected] Last Friday night, I crossed paths with these projects confi dence and connects with the crowd. Gainesville cats at Freebird Live. The Chris McCarthy Greg Riddle is an experienced lead guitarist with a Band has fused many different genres into a package large vocabulary of techniques and improvisational of melodic compositions that modulate time signa- expertise. His playing is always in context with the tures and keys, but hits the listener in the diaphragm band’s sound and he avoids self indulgent soloing, with grabby hooks. TCMB is fi ercely modern but which is a tribute to his professionalism. Julius Tobin has links to all that is gone before in terms of its is one of the few percussionists who can really play infl uences. More signifi cantly, the group has cleverly his Latin instruments with stylish vigor. Phil McCar- melded these infl uences into a unique trademark . thy holds down a funky and mean bottom end and The ensemble has remained in-tact for more grooves with drummer Tim Mulberry. years than the average modern rock band stays With countless legions of bands out on the together, which is a tribute to its professionalism and road all trying to get noticed, TCMB is gradually assures the band is tight in any live playing situation. building up its name and music into a nationally TCMB’s on-stage energy and ability to get audiences recognized act. There is no substitute for touring excited is its calling card. The band is touring to and continually writing new material. For over twenty support its latest self produced CD titled The Next years, I’ve covered innumerable aspiring bands, but One which contains some memorable works, includ- in a week I forget about them because they were not ing Agree to Disagree, So Beautiful, and the title cut, that remarkable. However, TCMB is different in that which can be sampled on the band’s MySpace web- its superb musicianship and intelligently conceived site ( www.myspace.com/thechrismccartyband ). songs leave a lasting impression in my mind. This The stalwart Chris McCarthy Band has made shows me the band is dedicated to its craft and the right moves to stand out and reach the next whatever happens, they will continue to do what plateau. They are relentlessly touring throughout the they do. Once a group of musicians put in the years Southeast and beyond. The lads put on a high ener- of hard work, there is no where else to go but up. gy show and has garnered a growing loyal fan base. So many musicians get discouraged that they didn’t The group’s Friday night Freebird show attracted an make it to the top in a specifi ed number or years. eclectic audience with many different age groups The players in TCMB have a positive attitude and represented. This proves that quality songwriting and know the realities of the business. That’s why this performance artistry appeals to everyone. group will be around as a musical force long after Frontman Chris is a charismatic performer. He many other bands have disappeared. click it. www.eujacksonville.com

eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 21 and blowing off steam. The band members include live music Rob Orndorff on drums, Mike Rallah on bass, Scott Slinger on guitar, and Todd Horn on lead vocals. These experienced musicians came from other now defunct bands like Spider Monkey, Rev 7, Haven, calendar and Mandorico. The group came together because they were THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 fed-up with band confl icts and unrealistic goals. The 5 Browns Florida Theatre, Jax (355-2787) TDG is all about danceable grooves while enjoying the experience and bonding with their audiences. At Trace Adkins Veterans Arena, Jax Twisted Sisters, the Gringos had brought in many of Open Mic w/Colleen Murphy Trade Winds Lounge, their friends and neighbors to party. Also, TS’s regu- St. Augustine (829-8646) lar hip young crowd was there to socialize and get Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart European Street, Jax an attitude adjustment with Jack and Bud. (399-1740) TDG’s repertoire is a potpourri of party favor- The Committee Cortesses, St. Augustine (825-6775) ites such as ACDC’s Big Balls and Highway to Hell, Cheap Trick’s I Want You to Want Me, Curtis May- Out of Hand Mercury Moon, Orange Park (215-8999) fi eld’s Pusher Man, The Cure’s Just like Heaven and Chroma Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune many other popular party songs which, when every- Beach (241-8221) one who has had a few drinks, wants to hear. By the Gutterboy Cecil’s, Jax (744-5132) time most people arrived at the Dirty Gringos little The Tossers, Kings of Hell Fuel, Jax (425-3835) shop of merrymaking inside TS, the late arrivals had a head start on reaching alcohol induced Nirvana. Oh Blistur Carribee Key, Neptune Beach (270-8940) yeah, let us not mince words. Until, as Huey Lewis Roger That Roadhouse, Orange Park (264-0611) recommends, a new legal drug is invented, booze is Ron Rodriguez Mellow Mushroom, Jax (997-1955) the drug of choice–in moderation of course. I especially liked the band’s satirical overview. Nathan Holley Bukkets, Jax Beach (246-7701) These cats defi nitely don’t take themselves too seri- Rick Arcusa Band Ragtime, Atlantic Beach (241-7877) ously. Hey after a hard week of working day jobs, Sugar Bear Aromas, Ponte Vedra (280-2525) they just want to raise a little hell and play some rock’n’roll. What better way to summon up the ‘3’ Lynch’s Irish Pub, Jax Beach (249-5181) demon of fun in the room than rocking until their Down Theory, AWOL Elixir, Orange Park (215-4400) fi ngertips bleed. Bob said that two of the members The Druids Aromas, Jax (928-0515) live in St. Augustine, and they have played gigs there Porcelain Black Brewsters, Jax (223-9850) as well as in Jacksonville. The lads of The Dirty Gringos boast of a com- Boogie Freaks Square One, Jax (306-9004) bined 1,500 fan base as part of their promotional E.T. Swings the Thing Band Amici Restaurant, St. dirty gringos plan. The lads post front page announcements on Augustine (461-0102) their www.dirtygringos.com website of upcoming Dana Salmela House of Jam, Mandarin (262-3377) gigs, and create fl iers stickers and other promotional material prior to their jobs. Christina Wagner Jack Rabbits, Jax (398-7496) party hardy at twisted sisters Not many bands that I know about are savvy Cornerstone The Mill Top, St. Augustine (829-2329) enough to help promote their own gigs for their em- Livid Legendz, Jax (997-8320) BY RICK GRANT [email protected] ployers. Based on what I observed, TDG’s fi lled up De Lions of Jah Twisted Sisters, Jax Beach (241-6453) These gringos ascribe to the theory that if the place on autopilot. Unabashedly, the Dirty Gringos TS with their friends and fans, which will bode well band is having fun, then the audience will join them. foster the idea of leading the club patrons to fun for them getting other gigs. This band is a party on Chuck Nash Band My Place, Jax (737-5299) That’s exactly what happened at Twisted Sisters last junction and keeping the energy level as high as the wheels, bringing the fun and party-people to their Little Green Men West Inn Cantina, Jax (389-1131) Saturday night when I visited this hip club. Vivacious Space Station. gigs. And that’s what it’s all about for clubs like Mr. Natural Whitey’s Fish Camp, Orange Park (269-4198) co-owners Tracy and Sunny were out on a cater- This 4 piece raunch-rock band has no hid- Twisted Sisters. “Have a little fun, do a little dance, ing job, but the joint was jumping. The gals had the make love tonight.” That sounds good to me. Those Guys The Oasis, St. Augustine (471-3424) den agenda except creating a party atmosphere

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 Postfaction, Raygun Girls, American Devils French Quarter, Jax (730-6789) Dixie Chicks Veterans Arena, Jax Nate Holley Mellow Mushroom, Jax (997-1955) George Aspinall, Dog & Pony Show The Landing, Jax (353-1188) Shana David CD Release Yesterday’s, Jax (387-0502) Cloud 9 Tom & Betty’s, Jax (387-3311) Crash the Satellites Club Fusion, St. Augustine (829-8333) Heavy Flow Yesterday’s, Jax (387-0502) Jose Lebron Legendz, Jax (997-8320) El Toro Loco Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune Beach (241-8221) Diario Vivir Latin Quarter, Jax (732-9550) Man Sized Rat, The Picture Show Freebird Live, Jax Beach (246-2473) Josh Bowlus Ritz Theatre, Jax

22 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper Jerry melfi Conch House, St. Augustine (829-8646) Eymarel Ocean 60, Neptune Beach (247-0060) from shed punk Dot Wilder Quintet Fletcher Park, Jax Jonathan Mays Borders, Jax Environmental Youth UNF, Jax Eros Endo Exo, Jax (396-7733) to synth pop Gary Starling Organization The Brick, Jax (387-0606) Stu Weaver Bridgeside Dining, Jax the musical journey of Chase Capo The Vibrators, Good Fortune Jack Rabbits, Jax (398-7496) Dead To Fall, 12 Tribes Thee Imperial, Jax (475-0488) BY JON BOSWORTH [email protected] Wes Cobb Twisted Sisters, Jax Beach (241-6453) Le Monde Quintet , Jax (928-0515) Punk was all about annoying pay to see me. I do the glam.” Chase points at the Aromas your audience, thus they rarely glitter peppered onto his face, “I like to give up as Tytus Hale Elmo’s Oyster Bar, Jax had one. But Chase is older now much personality as I can. I love performing because Hardwired Po’ Boys, Jax Beach (246-4121) and he is no longer interested in it’s the time that you can surrender to the other per- Kingsbury TSI, Jax (635-3024) annoying his audience. son in your brain.” “I don’t mean to be under- I interviewed Chase before Purple of Cassius Lauren Fincham Starlite Café, Jax (356-4444) ground, but that’s just how it performed at the Battle for Planetfest, but I asked Veronica’s Veil House of Jam, Mandarin (262-3377) goes. Laser Star is all about him why he wanted to be a part of the “Battle Melissa Aiuppy Perks! Coffeehouse, Jax (388-6950) getting people up and getting Royale” of new metal. them dancing. Music is the “Battle for Planetfest is bullshit. It’s such a Unky J Monkey’s Uncle, Jax Beach (246-1070) greatest frontier for getting scam. It uses [Jacksonville’s] artistic resources to Out of Hand West Inn Cantina, Jax (389-1131) people to be part of their com- promote Clear Channel. ‘Let’s see how much money Matt Collins Pauly’s Pizza, Jax (727-9101) munity. Getting people to dance you can make for a company you don’t even work My Last Year, Plenty , Jax (425-3835) is as good as getting them to for.’ Robert Goodman is the saving grace of Planet Fuel connect at the hip to someone Radio. No one breaks from Jacksonville because the Mathew Meng Solid Grounds, Neptune Beach else.” radio isn’t part of the local music scene.” Yager Dave My Place, Jax (737-5299) Chase has been booked under I’m not certain how it panned out, but his plan Second Wave Panama Hattie’s, St. Augustine the moniker Purple of Cassius was to follow up the standard fare of metal bands ever since he fi rst started book- with his one-man synth pop show and play happy Dial 9 Brewsters, Jax (223-9850) ing shows with his fi ve piece fun songs. In the middle of the set he hoped to in- Tropico Solo Steel 200 First St., Neptune Beach “Music isn’t changing in the mainstream, so I psychedelic pop band. form people that they were all tools being manipulat- Radio 80 Aromas, Ponte Vedra (280-2525) ask myself, my other egos, if they want to be part of “Purple of Cassius is a colloidal alloy that a ed by Clear Channel, then play a love song to close the revolution or the dying breed.” German Chemist made in the 40s. The original bass- out his set. So Chase Capo still has some shed punk Allana Southerland St. John’s Town Center, Jax I fi rst met Chase Capo when I was putting ist came up with it. I hate coming up with a name.” in him. He just went the Adam Ant route: converting together the 2000 Conmoto Trench Festival. He was But the band drifted apart from its center and from punk to new wave to pop. FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6-7 part of this strange misfi t ilk of punk rocker that they Chase just hasn’t made the effort to change the “Ryan Taylor, from Truckasaurus, and I have Ruckus , Jax (645-5162) were raising out in Middleburg or Keystone Heights name to his solo moniker: Laser Star. known each other since kindergarten. Our drummer, Cliff’s or Green Cove Springs. They were all wilted Mo- “8 Bit Hero is the working title for the new al- Josh Blanton, lives up in Atlanta. He’s an amazing Ocean Cliff’s at the Beach, Atlantic Beach hawks and cutoff jeans and they called themselves bum. It will be infl uenced by mid-seventies prog and songwriter now. Choose Your Own Adventure was The Company Cortesses, St. Augustine (825-6775) Shed Punk because they practiced in some ram- synthesizer stuff. It’s a departure from the serious the band that made me realize I wanted to do live Neurotic Butterfl y Mercury Moon, Orange Park (215-8999) shackle shed in the woods of Clay County. stuff. This album is going to be fun.” stuff. The guitarist, Jean Baker, taught me how to Chase was in a band called Truckasaurus (to Chase sees his performances as a sort of listen to music.” Don’t Tell Anne Fly’s Tie Irish Pub, Atlantic Beach (246-4293) date one of the better band names I’ve heard) and schizoidal release, surrendering to the other people Catch Chase Capo live on the Burrito Gallery Paul Lundgren Ragtime, Atlantic Beach (241-7877) the other Shed Punks included Grab Bag and Choose in his mind. He often takes on characters or dresses stage at the Conmoto Trench Festival on October 7th. Spanky Whitey’s Fish Camp, Orange Park (269-4198) Your Own Adventure. They coined anthemic slogans outrageously to underscore the performance itself. If you miss that early show, check TSI later the same such as “You’ve got a cell phone; you suck.” Shed “I bring a lot of equipment to satisfy those that day to see if he’s playing a secret show. Soulo Scarlett’s, St. Augustine (824-6535) Von Barlow & Longineau Parsons Simons Wine Bar, Jax (396-8088) Kevin Byrne Main Street Bakery, Jax (356-8877) Sugar Bear Roadhouse, Orange Park (264-0611) Livid Cap’n Odie’s, Mayport (241-8848) Kymystry Malabar, Jax (641-5033) Dial 9 Brewsters, Jax (223-9850) ‘3’ Square One, Jax (306-9004) Lisa & the Madhatters Champs, Ponte Vedra (285-7777) Jody & the Driveshafts Trade Winds Lounge, St. Augustine (829-8646) Roger That Lynch’s Irish Pub, Jax Beach (249-5181) Don David Trio The Mill Top, St. Augustine (829-2329) Pili Pili Caribbee Key, Neptune Beach (270-8940) Mr. Natural Cheers, Mandarin (262-4337) Blistur The Oasis, St. Augustine (471-3424)

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eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 23 Second Wave Brewsters, Jax (223-9850) energy.” Kenhe The Tree Steakhouse, Atlantic Beach (241-5600) “We booked some gigs the fi rst week we were Nightowls, Go Ask Alice The Landing, Jax (353-1188) here at clubs similar to the Freebird. But there are Number One Contender, Broke Til Friday French many clubs set up like the Freebird in Philly. The Quarter, Jax (730-6789) standards are high, and we were respected for our Chroma Ocean 60, Neptune Beach (247-0060) original sound. We are getting by on gigs and we are all teaching individually. Also, we set up an ensemble 3 Way Street Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune Beach (241-8221) school for musicians who are accomplished on their instrument but need to learn how to play in an Disembodied Voices Eclipse, Jax (387-3582) ensemble. This has taken off really well. Some of us Lauren Fincham Perks! Coffeehouse, Jax (388-6950) have the credentials to teach in one of the colleges, Boxrockers Conch House, St. Augustine (829-8646) if we need to. We just played clubs called The Fire and World Café Live, which is associated with a Tytus Hale Saturn of Orange Park, Orange Park radio station WXPN. It plays a variety of music. We Dubwise Avondale Shoppes, Jax also entered a battle of the bands and won the fi rst Aaron Kelly Morocco Shrine Center, Jax round.” “The biggest difference between Jax and Philly Besinger Freebird Live, Jax Beach (246-2473) is the scene is much bigger in Philly with all origi- Colton McKenna San Sebastian Winery, St. Augustine nal clubs. There are no cover bands playing in the Out of Hand Fast Boys, Mandarin downtown quadrant. So, since we are an original band, and always have been, that was nice to fi nd Bliss Aromas, Jax (928-0515) out. We have started a new album just getting the Mike Shakelford The Homestead, Jax Beach (249-9660) songs recorded in our basement studio, and hoping JW Gilmore & the Blues Authority Pizza Garden, St. to record the material in a professional studio. When Augustine we fi rst arrived, we took some time to learn about Cupid’s Alley Country Club Lounge, MacClenny the city–what areas of town to avoid and where the best deals on a places to live were located. Man, Bernard, Cool Hand Luke Murray Hill Theatre, Jax chroma (388-7807) bring money. It was costly to secure the row house, but it was worth it. We ride our bikes everywhere. Will Pearsall Harry’s, St. Augustine (824-7765) But there is plenty of public transportation in the win- Jen Elliott & Bluestruck Twisted Sisters, Jax Beach back home from philly ter. The one thing we miss the most is the beach and (241-6453) its laidback lifestyle. In contrast, Philly is a vibrant Formatta Brewsters Pit, Jax (223-9850) BY RICK GRANT [email protected] city of mostly young people with many musicians, Stu Weaver Harry’s, Jax Beach (247-8855) artists, and other creative people living here. It will During my tenure in this business, I’ve met heard they were coming back to town to play a few be great to get back to Jacksonville Beach. We play Chuck Nash Your Place, Jax Beach (221-9994) countless musicians who told me they were fed up gigs, I called Alex to get an update of how things the Sun Dog Oct 5th and Ocean 60 Oct. 12th. We took Nathan Holley Bukkets, Jax Beach (246-7701) with Jacksonville’s lackluster live music scene, with were going. If you want to move to the big city–listen a big chance and it worked out for us.” Alex said. only a few clubs presenting original music. They up! Open Mic w/Larry Broussard St. Johns Pizza Grill, Jax (287-9900) would say that they were moving to New York City or “The experience in Philly exceeded our wildest Los Angeles. Months later, I’d see them still here and expectations. It’s been expensive but we found a row Jose LeBron & The LeMonde Quintet Aroma’s, still whining about Jax’s apathetic music community. house in West Philly and since we can get anywhere Ponte Vedra (280-2525) However, some musicians actually did pluck up the on our bicycles we sold our cars, but kept our van McKenna Coyote’s, Orange Park (269-6837) courage to move to big cities and most of them did and trailer. The fi rst thing we noticed was the vast well. number of live music clubs within walking distance SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 Some months ago, I covered Chroma at Free- from one another. There are 15 colleges in down- bird Live, where drummer Alex Hayward told me they town Philly so there is a big demand for live original Those Guys Sunset Grill, St. Augustine (471-5555) had decided to move to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania music. Young people go out to listen to music, and Jan Crawford & Friends Cortesse’s Flamingo, St. lock, stock, and barrel–the whole band. Well, they they want to hear new material. We made friends Augustine (825-6775) did it and found a row house in West Philly where with other musicians right away, and got plugged ‘3’ Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune Beach (241-8221) they set up a studio in the basement. So when I into the scene quickly. The city is alive with creative David Milam Mellow Mushroom, Jax (997-1955) El Toro Loco Mark’s Downtown, Jax (355-5099) Big Al & the Kaholics Whitey’s Fish Camp, Orange Park (269-4198) Colton McKenna The Mill Top, St. Augustine (829-2329) Mr. Natural Creekside Dinery, St. Augustine (829-6113) Billy Bowers Ragtime, Atlantic Beach (241-7877) 3rd Bass The Casbah, Jax (981-9966) Joshua Moyer Alltel Stadium, Jax Spade McQuade Fionn MacCool’s, Jax Beach (242-9499) Sugar Bear The Landing, Jax (353-1188) The Twilight Collective Thee Imperial, Jax (475-0488) Goliath The Brick, Jax (387-0606) Dave Massey Monkey’s Uncle, Mandarin (260-1349) Love Arcade Jack Rabbits, Jax (398-7496) Soulo All Stars, St. Augustine Vagabond’s Dream The Sandollar, Jax (251-3001)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 9 The Cheetah Girls Veterans Arena, Jax

24 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper download only [label]. Mp3s have made CD produc- tion unnecessary, but vinyl will always be needed.” Now It’s Overhead Café Eleven, St. Augustine (460-9311) In addition to starting Shrug, The Pit is being Aerial Tribe Square One, Jax (306-9004) converted into a recording studio. Seth Ramsdill Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune heavy white vinyl “The screening room is still there and now that Beach (241-8221) I no longer live there, I needed to fi nd someone to ASG Jack Rabbits, Jax (398-7496) use up the other 3/4 of the space. Scott Madgett has Shrug Records releases Terminally Bourgeois been itchin’ to do a studio, which is fantastic, and of Goliath Flores The Casbah, Jax (981-9966) course it will help Shrug in the long run.” Sam Pacetti The Mill Top, St. Augustine (829-2329) BY JON BOSWORTH [email protected] Primarily the function of the studio will be to Pili Pili Aroma’s, Ponte Vedra (280-2525) help Massett make ends meet at The Pit since he Tim Massett is one of those people that has he calls the label Shrug. Even things that really excite “put the kabosh” on the punk rock shows. Stu Weaver Harry’s, St. Augustine (824-7765) improved the culture of our town ever since he ar- him barely get more than a raised eyebrow. Except “I realized going to jail because others were Little Green Men Lynch’s Irish Pub, Jax Beach (249-5181) rived here from Texas more than fi ve years ago. You when it comes to a great fi lm, then his enthusiasm allowing 15 year olds to drink sounded not so fun. I may have met him at the San Marco Theatre, where peaks, but it still has his signature sarcasm. am not that punk rock.” he programs the midnight movies, or you may have “First up is the soundtrack to this fantastic TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 Look for Shana David’s debut release on Shrug even been to his warehouse in the Brooklyn area of fi lm by Jim Finn: Interkosmos. The fi lm is about the Records, , at the album release Lennon Jack Rabbits, Jax (398-7496) Riverside. It was called The Pit; a simple warehouse failed East German space program and it’s a musi- Terminally Bourgeois party at Yesterdays on October 6th, or fi nd it on the that served as the screening room for Subterranean cal. The score is provided by Colleen Burke and Those Guys Hurricane Patty’s, St. Augustine (827-1822) shelves of local record shops such as Cinema as well as many local punk rock shows. Jim Becker (of Califone, Red Red Meat Erik Wink Spare Time Grille, Jax Beach (246-8099) Inertia Records and Moon Colony Subterranean Cinema was the name for the fi lm fame). This is going to be engineered Razorblade in the coming month. Second String Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune screenings Massett would host, showing some of and pressed by the same folks that Beach (241-8221) his extensive private collection of rare movies and recently did Brian Wilson’s Smile. “I will also be working on get- John Waters The Oasis, St. Augustine (471-3424) shorts. It’s gonna’ be on some heavy 180g ting some distribution to get these “[Subterranean Cinema] has begun to cool its pink vinyl and these maniac design- Ace Winn Legendz, Jax (997-8320) [records] off my living room fl oor.” jets. I am still programming stuff for The Pit now and ers from Chicago-Dexterity Press are Matt Hall Aromas, Jax (928-0515) then, and it will always be fl oating around, but my handlin’ the jacket design. We will also Christina Wagner & Friends Mark’s Downtown, Jax (355-5099) programming has become a bit more focused on the be coming out with Shana David’s full length events and such I provide at the San Marco Theatre country LP with Howie (from local sissies, Tuffy) Lefty Cortesses, St. Augustine (825-6775) and with the fi lm festival.” strummin’ along. Then a split ten inch with Tuffy Will Pearsall The Mill Top, St. Augustine (829-2329) As Subterranean Cinema “cools its jets,” he and Cerberus Shoal’s new project. Then Endwell Fuel, Jax (425-3835) hopes to eventually open a local draft house. He’d a vinyl release of Daniel’s Who Is Bozo Soulo White Lion, St. Augustine (829-2388) prefer downtown, but he’ll settle for any spot he can Texino? Soundtrack.” fi nd and afford. Meanwhile, Massett is picking up a These am- Jimmy Solari My Place, Jax (737-5299) new torch by starting a record label he calls Shrug bitious projects are Sam Pacetti Creekside Dinery, St. Augustine (829-6113) Records. His debut release is a heavy white seven- only the beginning, Chuck Nash Your Place, Jax Beach (221-9994) inch by Shana David. David’s songs are simple and but Massett doesn’t witty. Her off-kilter voice skitters around the single- foresee a quick million Jose LeBron & The LeMonde Quintet Aroma’s, note keyboard melodies to sound like a young girl in the record business in Ponte Vedra (280-2525) singing profane but hysterical over the soundtrack to Jacksonville. Seth Ramsdill Fly’s Tie Irish Pub, Atlantic Beach (246-4293) an old Nintendo game. “I am not sure what kind El Toro Loco Square One, Jax (306-9004) “Shrug is something I have been itching to do of investment it is other than for a long time. Shana allowed me to give birth to turning my cash into vinyl Shrug.” gems. Yeah, it’s a vinyl invest- TUESDAY-WED., OCT. 10-11 When you meet Massett, you understand why ment. Shrug will be a vinyl/mp3 Gene Nordan Mackenzie’s, Ponte Vedra (543-9143) crash the satellites WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Charlie Musselwhite Café Eleven, St. Augustine (460-9311) Learning to Land leaps swinging out of the box and partner, Julia Gregory and bass player Heath Valdez Livid Snookers, Jax album review immediately takes you back to those young and fero- craft the rhythm section. Heath’s bass is solid cious days when indie rock was fresh. and yet mobile. It sets you fi rmly inside of these The Hackers Cortesses, St. Augustine (825-6775) Now fl ash-forward to the more vocal-oriented, spacious and complex songs, and then carefully The Cover Band Spare Time Grille, Jax Beach (246-8099) melody driven music that followed as record labels moves you through the experience to Julia’s styl- Fifth South Ocean Club, Jax Beach (242-8884) tried to take all of the punk bands and polish them up ish, snare-popping drums. Dave Massey My Place, Jax (737-5299) to sit in Kurt Cobain’s throne after his suicide. Bands Crash the Satellites write songs that shock like Offspring, Bad Religion, and Weezer emerged you and leave you to wonder. Their songs stay Wes Cobb Band Square One, Jax (306-9004) with their compressed, over-produced albums and with you long after you’ve stopped listening. They Crystal Stafford, Aerial Tribe Starlite Café, Jax (356-4444) robust vocal melodies. Paul Paxton’s voice has that resound like a friend throughout the day. And Conrad Oberg London Bridge, Jax (359-0001) solidity and his melodies are fl awless. Better than Paxton’s clever lyrics mix well with his articulate fl awless, they are carefully crafted over and above melodies. “Shake hands, tell me a story. Not too Stu Weaver The Mill Top, St. Augustine (829-2329) the instrumentation. long and not too boring” is the kind of line that Reggie Lee Legendz, Jax (997-8320) This widely varied album shows Crash the Sat- just keeps working in your mind, not because the Matt Rage The Brick, Jax (387-0606) ellites’ ability to craft songs that range from simple words are deep, but because the delightful melody Chris The Oasis, St. Augustine (471-3424) out of 5 acoustic and pop-punk garage hits to carefully tex- he sings them in is fun and plays like a loop in the 5 STARS tured songs rich with dense layers of guitars. Paxton head. Lemonde Group Aromas, Jax (928-0515) Crash the Satellites Artist: is a true songsmith, deftly creating sometimes gentle Without question the digital age is making Cary Austin Sun Cruz Casino, Jax Learning to Land and sometimes jagged guitar rhythms that are dis- quality recordings more accessible to everyone, Title: Out of Hand Buffalo’s, Orange Park (778-1101) Release Date: March 2006 tinct and articulate to match his wide vocal range. but it still takes a skilled ear to take a band that is Seth Ramsdill Ragtime Tavern, Atlantic Beach (241-7877) Label: Do It Your Broke Ass Self Records Even bereft of Paxton’s voice, songs such as accustomed to playing live (and this album is great, Corner of the Earth show this group’s instrumental but not nearly as great as a live performance) and The Mike Miller Band St. Nick’s Lounge, Jax (396-3396) Close your eyes and try to remember 1994. prowess. They are not just a pop rock band, they capture the dynamics of their style successfully. El Toro Loco Aromas, Ponte Vedra (280-2525) Nirvana was the voice of a generation, Seattle was have some serious chops. Lead guitarist Brian Terry Case has done a brilliant job of turning this bursting with thrusting rock bands that walked Blades seems to fi nd a harmonizing texture to layer widely spread landscape of music into Chuck Nash Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune Learning to Beach (241-8221) a line between the attitude and DIY style of punk into any of Paxton’s intricate rhythms, and Paxton Land. Purchase this album at Moon Colony Razor- rock and song compositions that were complex; is also not scared to fl y into a solo and duel with blade or on cdbaby.com. Check out www.myspace. Cloud 9 Fionn MacCool’s, Jax Beach (242-9499) more like metal than punk. This era was the hay Blades over the more intense parts of songs such as com/crashthesatellites for their upcoming show Pili Pili Fly’s Tie Irish Pub, Atlantic Beach (246-4293) day of Dinosaur Jr, Superchunk, Pavement, and Lighter Slash Knife. schedule or just catch them at the Conmoto Trench Dave Massey My Place Bar & Grill, Jax (737-5299) Swervedriver. Crash the Satellites’ debut album Drummer, and Paxton’s longtime songwriting Festival on October 7. - BY JON BOWSWORTH

eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 25 station except you won’t recognize the lyrics or the upcoming concerts titles. Smokey Robinson’s “ My Guy” becomes “ My Thighs.” “Puff, The Magic Dragon” becomes “Help, my anatomy is dragging” after an exercise routine Dorothy The Dinosaur’s Dance Party October12, to lose weight. You get the idea. Oh, the music and Times Union Performing Arts Center, , 632-3373 dialogue is done at full blast, so if you are hard of hearing, you can leave aids at home and save on October 12, Florida Theatre, Heather Headley batteries, I guarantee you won’t need them. 355-2787 I saw this show initially at the Wilson Center, two or three years ago, and I liked it, but I truly think Buju Banton Oct. 12, Plush, 743-1845 this production is better. Why? The talent on stage Atreyu Oct. 13, Plush, 743-1845 is exceptional. Four women with different looks and different voices are so well cast for the songs they Tracy Grammer Oct. 14, Café Eleven, 469-9311 sing. Lisa Rachel Harris as Power Woman is at her Hawthorne Heights, Relient K, Emory October 14, absolute best when she does a Tina Turner imper- Plush, 743-1845 sonation, which brought the house down. Patti Eyler as the Soap Star sizzles in a torch song version of Tim Reynolds Oct. 14, Freebird Live, 246-2473 “I’ m Having a Hot Flash.” Guys, if you are going, try to get a front row seat and Patti might wind up in October 14, Mary Ross Waterfront Blues Traveler your lap for a few moments. If Ms Eyler’s name is Park, Brunswick, GA familiar to you, it is probably because she has done a number of shows at the Alhambra Dinner Theatre Wolf Eyes Oct. 15, TSI, 333 E Bay, Jax over the years. Man Man Oct. 16, Café Eleven, 469-9311 Lynne Morris as Earth Mother (dressed in 60s clothing) blew us away when she sang “Sign of the Peter Frampton October 18, Florida Theatre, Times”. Ms. Morris loves to play directly to the audi- 355-2787 ence and is an excellent comedienne. Dyan Beder is an Iowa Housewife and sings an absolutely show Say Anything Oct. 19, Fuel, 425-3835 stopping number when she pays tribute to her bat- tery operated companion. She was equally hilarious Guns N’ Roses October 20, Veterans Memorial Arena, when trying to put on lingerie three sizes too small. 630-3900 The music is live and “The Band” consists of the well-known and always profi cient Laura Peden as October 20, Freebird Live, 246-2473 Sister Hazel menopause... the musical conductor and on the piano, with Kevin Perryman on Norma Jean Oct. 19, Martini’s Music Hall, 388-6269 drums and Joe Mackenzie on bass guitar. The show ends with the women in the audi- Eric Clapton October 21, Veterans Memorial Arena, fccj-gfour productions theatre review ence being invited up on stage to “perform” with the 630-3900 cast in a line kick number. What a fabulous show, and so educational too. Doobie Brothers October 25, Florida Theatre, BY DICK KEREKES [email protected] Men learn to be a bit more tolerant, and women are 355-2787 The FCCJ Artist Series opened Jeanie Linders’ Between 6 and 7 million people have seen this helped to validate a lot of things they had mistaken Menopause…the Musical at the Terry Theatre in the show since its modest start in a small theatre in Or- for insanity as just a part of going through the Corey Smith October 27, The Florida Theatre, Times Union Center last week. The show is sched- lando in 2001. There were at least a couple of dozen change. 355-2787 uled to run through December l7th with Wednesday guys at the performance I attended, and the chatter The show is at the small 600-seat theatre, to Saturday performances at 7:30 PM, and matinees in the men’s room after the show was all-positive! which may make it diffi cult to get tickets for some November 2, Freebird Live, Del McCoury Band Saturday at 4:00 PM and Sunday at 2:00 PM and They loved it!!! If you can buy stock in this show, do performances but on the plus side this space has 246-2473 5:30 PM. it, since it looks like it will be around for a long time. wonderful intimacy. You can see these talented is one of the hottest musicals in The plot is very simple and this is it in a nut- women up close and personal and hear their marvel- Third Day with David Crowder Band November 9, Menopause Veterans Memorial Arena, 630-3900 America playing in fourteen cities across the country shell. ous singing voices loud and clear. with more opening soon. In the foreign market, pro- Four women, over the age of 40 meet in the You can reserve tickets to this hilarious cel- Ratdog Nov. 14, Florida Theatre, 355-2787 ductions are up and running in Australia, Mexico, the lingerie section of a New York department store, ebration of Women and The Change by calling 632- Philippines and South Korea. and discuss and sing about their irritations and an- 3373. Outside Jacksonville call 1 888 860 2929. Mute Math Nov 14, Martini’s Music Hall, 388-6269 What’s the buzz? Why so popular? Of the 75 noyances going through the change of life. They not There are special rates for groups of l2 or more million baby-boomers, 38 million are women going only belt out 25 songs, but do a fashion show as the and I noticed many “Red Hat” ladies in the audience Carlos Mencia November 19, Florida Theatre, through menopause. Government researchers fi gure musical runs through 90 fast paced minutes without on opening night. I am not being “The Great Pre- 355-2787 that by 2008, menopausal women will be the largest intermission. tender” (one of the songs in the show) when I say I demographic in America!!!. (Are you paying atten- Most of the songs will be familiar to anyone thoroughly enjoyed this show, and you will too, so Blue Man Group November 19, Veterans Memorial tion, politicians?) over 40 or anyone who listens to an oldie radio don’t miss it. Arena, 630-3900

Mount Eerie Nov. 27, Café Eleven, 469-9311 L i m e l i g h t T h e a t r e Alan Jackson Nov. 30, Veterans Memorial Arena, 630-3900 Sept. 14 - Oct.8 Tickets: $22-$15 Delbert McClinton Dec. 1, Florida Theatre, 355-2787

Mofro Dec. 9, Café Eleven, 469-9311 A hilariously wild romp Johnny Winter December 9, Freebird Live, 246-2473 through 37 plays - all in Clay Aiken with the Jacksonville Symphone will less than 2 Dec. 21, Times Union perform a Christmas Concert hours! Center 354-5547 Directed by Bill Gaither and Friends January 26, Veterans Gary Cadwallader Memorial Arena, 630-3900 11 Old Mission Ave. in St. Augustine (904) 825-1164

26 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper culture & arts a policy of OCTOBER 5 The Heart Gallery: A Portrait Exhibit of Local Adoptable Children FCCJ, Jax 5 Workshop: Beginning Digital Photography w/Alex Quijano Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra murder 5 Free Tango Lesson Café Spain, St. Augustine 5 Pulp Fiction Theatre Boomtown, Jax 5 Reception: “Presence” The Women’s Center, Jax dave & buster’s mystery dinner theatre 5 Bank of America Symphony Showcase Preview Luncheon Karpeles Museum, Jax BY DICK KEREKES [email protected] 5 The 5 Browns-Riverside Fine Arts Concert Series Florida Theatre, Jax 5 “Open Gallery” Grand Opening Showcase Open Gallery, Jax The Murder Mystery Players have been pre- very capable of ad-libbing to 5-7 “Dog Sees God” , Gainesville senting intrigue, adventure and murder over the past comments made by the very Acrosstown Repertory Theatre fi ve years at Dave and Buster’s. Last Saturday I involved audience. 5-7 Masterworks Series-Triumphant Serenity, JSO Performing , Jax decided to rekindle my sleuth skills by attending their The Murder Mystery Arts Center current mystery offering, A Policy of Murder. Players provide the enter- 5-7 Comedian Alex Reymundo Atlantic Theatres, Atlantic Beach The premise has been the same since the start. tainment, and Dave and 5-7 Comedian: Wil Mafori The Comedy Zone, Mandarin As an audience member, you will witness a murder Buster’s provides the food. plenty of time to visit Dave and Buster’s famous 5-7 “Much Ado About Nothing” Theatre Jacksonville, Jax and have a chance to solve the crime, by listening to When you make your reservation, you will be asked game room with dozens of the latest electronic ma- 5-8 Art Exhibit: Jean Banas , St. Augustine the story unfold and later to question the suspects. A for your choice of three entrées . lemon herb grilled chines. For football fans that are may be interested in The Limelight Theatre prize is awarded to one of the tables correctly guess- chicken breast with béarnaise sauce or caesar the Madden Football Game, D&B has a giant version 5-8 “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare-Abridged” ing who done it. crusted salmon or linguini primavera. that was very popular. Limelight Theatre, St. Augustine Scott J. Smith casts and directs all the shows A third choice is a non-meat option: linguini In December, The Murder Mystery Players will 5-8 Fall home & Patio Show Prime Osborn Center, Jax for the Murder Mystery Players for each show that primavera. Side dishes and fresh dinner rolls accom- perform Murder by Mistletoe, a play that is avail- 5-8 Amelia Book Island Festival Amelia Island runs on Saturday nights over several weeks. The pany each meal. Your choice of coffee or Ice tea is able for your Christmas parties either at Dave and 5-9 “Bedroom Farce” Limelight Theatre, St. Augustine current show will close November l8th. In addition, included. I had the salmon and found it to be a very Buster’s or at the location of your choice. To book the group does shows for private parties at Dave and generous portion, with good fl avor and seasoning. a show at Dave and Buster’s Restaurant call 296- 5-14 Recent Works By Kathy Stark & Leigh Murphy Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra Buster’s as well as traveling to locations all over the The wait staff brings you a very crisp and tasty 1525. For booking a show outside, call 704-9599. state on occasion. caesar salad in Act I ( as the crime occurs),. Act II, My New Year’s resolution for 2007 is to catch 5-20 FCCJ Artist Series “Menopause the Musical” Performing , Jax Scott uses experienced local actors since the your dinner is served and the suspects assemble more of the Mystery Players at Dave and Buster’s. I Arts Center shows and the roles can be demanding. The shows and Act III the mystery is solved and fresh berry like the food at D&B, and I stop for lunch occasion- 5-31 “A Grave Mistake” Professor’s Plum’s Playhouse, Jax are done in a large banquet room, with no sets. pound cake with whipped cream is served for des- ally when in the area. Happy Birthday, Dave and 5-31 Exhibit: “Journey’s Edge” Kathe O’Donnelly Energy Lab The actors move around the room and between the ert. Buster’s and The Murder Mystery Players, here’s to Art Gallery, St. Augustine tables as the story unfolds, so as an audience you The show is over about 10 PM, leaving you another great fi ve years. 5-NOV. 12 Japan in Jacksonville: The Cummer Collection of get up close and personal with the performers. Japanese Prints Cummer Museum, Jax This play was different than others I have seen 5-NOV. 26 Weekend Art Activities for Children & Families JMOMA, Jax here. First, it was set in l923, and featured the cloth- 5-NOV. 26 “Oklahoma” Alhambra Dinner Theatre, Jax ing of that period with the ladies in fl apper dresses 5-JAN. 7 Bloom: Paintings and Constructions by Luis Cruz and men in double-breasted suits. Director Smith Azaceta JMOMA, Jax indicated that he has been using costumes more in recent shows. In addition, all the actors were miked, 6 FCCJ Intercollegiate Choral Festival Wilson Center, Jax which works well when the room is very full and the 6 Patrons of the HeARTS International Dinner/Auction Fogle actors move all over the place. Getting the audience Fine Arts & Accessories, Jax involved is encouraged, and having a mike for them 6 Jazz Vespers at the Cathedral Cathedral Basilica, St. Augustine to speak into allows untrained voices to be heard 6 First Friday Art Walk Various Venues, St. Augustine clearly. 6-8 Greek Festival St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine In A Policy of Murder we know from the pro- gram that Carl Manley (Kevin Langford) is going to 6-8 Barbershop Harmony Society Fall Convention Omni Hotel, Jax be shot and killed. He was a bootlegger who was 6-28 Into The Blue-Wallhangings By Nicola Henley Hibernia, involved with the rest of the cast in nefarious ways. Neptune Beach Kenneth Logsdon plays George Mercherle, 6-28 “Southern Baptist Sissies” First Coast Theatre, Jax founder of the Fidelity Home Insurance Company, 7 Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Castillo de San and the only character nowhere near Manley when Marcos, St. Augustine he is shot, so he becomes an unoffi cial detective 7 Marine Corps Half-Marathon Metro Park, Jax trying to fi nd the killer. 7 5th Annual Mustange Stampede To Benefi t Humane Society Angela Libbey is Lorraine, an attractive fl apper World Golf Village, St. Augustine who is Mercherle’s secretary but she has a past 7 Barbershop Quartet Finals & Show of Champions involving Manley and has a few dirty deals going Performing Arts Center, Jax with others as well. Alma Hofstedder is a wealthy widow, and 7 Downtown Dance Project Florida Theatre, Jax played by Layla D. Smith. She makes her money 7 EMMA Concert Series-Carmen Flagler College, St. Augustine selling a health tonic with a high alcohol content 7-8 17th Annual Colonial Folk Arts & Crafts Festival Colonial , which is as close to booze as you can get. She Spanish Quarter Museum, St. Augustine winds up with the gun that kills Manley, but did she 7-22 Bank of America Symphony Showcase The Guild, Jax do it and why? 8 Craft Craft Revolution-Make A Felt Pin Anomaly, Jax Jason Collins as Winston Merriwehter is also an insurance agent, but has an illegal sideline selling 8 Family Fest UNF Picnic Area, Jax moonshine, and he is buying or stealing it from the 9 Columbus Day MOSH, Jax now deceased Manley. 9 Leave ‘Em Laughing-Laurel & Hardy Appreciation Society Mecherle’s number one insurance salesman is Pablo Creek Branch Library, Jax Charles Wonderlin, played by Michael Smithgall with 10 An Evening with Garrison Keilor-Lake Wobegon Days-FCCJ a defi nitely Truman Capote swish. His style included Artist Series Performing Arts Center, Jax a lot of ad-libs and a lot of laughs along the way. 11 Fall Film Series: “Woman is the Future of Man” JMOMA, Jax In fact one of the pluses of this cast is that all are

eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 27 11 Free Tango Lesson Fontana’s, Jax 12 The Great American Jazz Series Featuring Diane Schuur UNF Fine Arts Center, Jax 12 Free Tango Lesson Café Spain, St. Augustine 12 Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Dance Party-FCCJ Artist Series Performing Arts Center, Jax 12 Cummer Café Night Cummer Museum of Art, Jax 12 Dorothy the Dinosaur Dance Party-FCCJ Artist Series Performing Arts Center, Jax 13 “Encore! Encore!” JSO Coffee Series Jacoby Symphony Hall, Jax 13 Douglas Anderson Fall Vocal Concert DASOTA, Jax 13 Film Screening “Turning” San Marco Theatre, Jax 13-15 Jax Agricultural Fair 4-H Show Equestrian Center, Jax 13-15 Amelia Island Jazz Festival Amelia Island 13-25 HalloWEE Zone Adventure Landing, Jax Beach/Jax 14 “Grind2shine” World Premier The Florida Theatre, Jax 14 Dukes of Dixieland Thrasher Horne Center, Orange Park 14 Blake Osner Cabaret Atlantic Theatres, Atlantic Beach 14 National College Fair Prime Osborn Center, Jax 14 Caribbean Carnival Metro Park, Jax 14 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Moonlight Martini’s 5 Points Theatre, Jax 14 Birds of the Area Tree Hill Nature Center, Jax 14 Women’s Health Experience Hyatt Regency, Jax 14-15 Second Seminole War Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine 14-15 Annual 4-H Horse Show Equestrian Center, Jax 15 Children’s Home Society’s Caring Chefs The Avenues Mall, Jax 15 “An Upbeat Pink” UNF Wind Ensemble UNF Fine Arts Center, Jax 15 Auditions: “Eb Scrooge: A Southern Fried Carol” 5-8pm Theatre Jacksonville, Jax were not necessarily “found” but rather “hand 16 Dr. Simon Shiao-Faculty Violin Recital UNF Fine Arts Center, Jax picked.” Long has been a collector for years. A left- 16-NOV. 20 The Art & Music of the Baroque, Classical & over piece of material from a day’s work (metal work Impressionist Eras Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra not always the creative kind by their own admission) 17 Friends of the JU Library-Local Artist Dr. Susanne Schuenke can be part of the gathering process. “One rule I try New Lampost, Jax to maintain is to not over-conceptualize what I am 17 Florida Forum-Zell Miller Florida Theatre, Jax doing,” says Long. “I don’t want to be too aware.” 17 Chorale Concert “Come to the Music” FCCJ South Campus, Jax Although admittedly they hope this exhibit will “blow some minds”. They also are keeping it some- 17-21 Comedian: John Joseph and Johnny B , Mandarin The Comedy Zone what academic. Jiggle Boy, a kinetic sculpture, is 17-21 Ripley’s Halloween Ghost Train Ripley’s Museum, St. Augustine destined to intrigue anyone who sees it. 17-22 FCCJ Artist Series “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor This is not Long’s fi rst time at The Gallery at Dreamcoat” Performing Arts Center, Jax Screen Arts. In January, he exhibited his signature 18 Fall Film Series: “2046” JMOMA, Jax wall art 8 x 8 squares of different depths using all kinds of materials. In 2004, Long did an installation 18 Free Tango Lesson Fontana’s, Jax at JMOMA (Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art) in 18 FCCJ Artist Series-The Glenn Miller Orchestra FCCJ Wilson Center, Jax Jacksonville. 18 “The President’s Own” The U.S. Marine Band UNF Fine Arts Center, Jax kinetic / aesthetic In addition to visual art, Schambon’s back- 19 Death in the Oldest House Oldest House Museum, St. Augustine ground as a percussionist inspired him and Long to create a 16 ft. long discophone similar to a xylo- 19 Free Tango Lesson Café Spain, St. Augustine brother’s tummy show opens this weekend at phone. Last year, it made a hit in Atlanta’s Freedom 19 First Coast Wind Ensemble “Shostakovice Centenary” JU Park. Schambon told me his wall pieces are an Terry Concert Hall, Jax extension of his paintings. “I’ve been working on st 19-22 31 Annual Hall of Terror Adventure Landing, Jax Beach & Jax the gallery at screen arts in st. augustine the outcome of that,” he adds. The subject matter 19-22 HalloWEE Zone Adventure Landing, Jax Beach/Jax comes from many sources. “It could be mythology 20 UNF Fine Arts Series: Parsons Dance Company UNF Fine CAROL ELLIOT or social theory,” he says. “Anything goes.” His ar- Arts Center, Jax BY [email protected] chitectural infl uences pertain to physical bodies such 20 San Jose Taiko Florida Theatre, Jax You Call This Sculpcha? The mixed media for him. The foundation for “the formal stuff” was as the way crystals form in cell biology as opposed art exhibit by Georgia-based The Brother’s Tummy laid. He also said it was a “hot bed” to work with to the architecture of buildings. Really… 20-21 Enchanted Forest Anastasia State Park, St. Augustine opens this weekend in The Gallery at Screen Arts in the other artists. That was from 1994 to 1996 after Gallery Director Rob DiPiazza never interferes 20-21 Ripley’s Haunted Express Ripley’s Believe it or Not, St. Augustine St. Augustine. From 6 p.m. to midnight, Friday, Octo- which Schambon took a job to make some extra with the process of artists creating their art. “We 20-23 Ghosts & Gravestones Downtown, St. Augustine ber 6th. Live DJs will spin music. Visual artist George money as facilitator of art for the Summer Olympics. embellish the exhibition but we don’t necessarily 21 United Way 4-1-1 Charity Oktoberfest World Golf Village, Long and perplexing sound master Mario Schambon Ten years later Long admits the price of a large piece explain the art to viewers,” comments DiPiazza St. Augustine combine forces to put together site specifi c instal- of sculpture they call “Boobie Lure” could pay the who went on to say that The Gallery at Screen Arts lations in the gallery space. This assemblage of current balance of his student loans. 21 Cracker Day St. Johns County Fairgrounds, St. Augustine has built a reputation for attracting eclectic original sculpture speaks volumes for them. The Brother’s “What we have put together are a series of art. “Because of that reputation visitors expect to 21 Little Black Dress Charity Fashion Show For Children’s Tummy (Long and Schambon’s alter ego) provides a sculptures, not erotic, but, instead, fertile in nature,” Home Society Prime Osborn, Jax see something challenging and interesting.” The way for the two men to make fun of each other, just Long told me. The fertility can be interpreted as the Brother’s Tummy defi nitely meets this criterion. 21 Chemistry Explorathon , Jax MOSH like brothers do. Their work can also be classifi ed as gluttony of stuff and of life. One of the main parts in Although Long and Schambon work individually and 21 European Epicurean Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra Beach subtle social commentaries. a particular piece is the cherub (a symbol for fertil- collaboratively, this show is exclusively George and 21 9th Annual Kingsley Heritage Celebration Kingsley Long and Schambon met while attending the ity) overfl owing with chotchkies (every day objects Mario working together,” adds DiPiazza. Plantation, Jax Atlanta College of Art. Interviewing both artists over in the home.) The Gallery at Screen Arts is located at 228 21 Ripley’s Mother Goose Bumps Ripley’s Believe it or Not, the phone from their custom metal works place Besides free standing work, “The Brother’s King Street, two blocks west of U.S. 1 in St. Augus- St. Augustine of business in Roswell, Georgia, Schambon said Tummy” creates wall art and also sculpture placed tine. The show will run through October 31. For more that those days of higher education were a Mecca on pedestals. The men add “found objects” which information, call 904-829-2838.

28 october 5-11, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper dous game. Both teams have been playing bad foot- ball so far this season, pure and simple. The winner THE of this game will only be considered the best in the Bay area, and that’s it. mikolean longacre The NFC East will feature two dogfi ghts this JOCK weekend. The Cowboys go to Philly (look out, T.O.), BY: TOM WEPPEL while the Redskins play the Giants in New Jersey. art exhibit at amelia san jon gallery There will be some nasty action, for sure, in these two contests. And, while all this is happening in the next few JAGUARS weeks, Titan DL Albert Haynesworth will be talking After two tough away-game losses, the Jag- to the WWE for a possible job as a featured wrestler uars now come back to the friendly confi nes of Alltel, on pay-per-view. this time hosting the New York Jets. At the beginning of the season, looking at the COLLEGE FOOTBALL schedule, a 2-2 record for the Jags would’ve been The SEC will give us some nice matchups this satisfactory, considering the opponents. They had weekend. IN Gainesville, the Gators will host the LSU opportunities to win these last two games, but Tigers, who bring a chip on their shoulder. Florida slipped in each case. If nothing else, what we do beat Alabama handily, but LSU is a slight step up in know is that after the fi rst month of the regular sea- talent and ability. We’ll see what Urban and the Boys son, the Jaguars are a fairly tough bunch, especially do. Then, the Georgia Bulldogs host Tennessee in Five years ago oil painter Mikolean Morgan Lon- jots down sketches and sometimes takes photo- on Defense, and can compete with a lot of the better, Athens. The big question here is who will play QB for gacre took a leap of faith. For 20 years she had been graphs. Once a sketch has been chosen, she then marquee teams in the League. Switch the outcome the ‘Dogs. Each week (hell, each series) has given a successful trademark attorney in the Washington, works on picking the right colors to express the spe- of a few plays, and Jacksonville could be 4-0. us someone different. Its as if I could’ve gone in, had D.C. area. Although always a painter she was only cifi c mood of the marsh. “I love color and with color Now, the boys are little dinged up, but glad I been there. Nonetheless, Georgia will have a tough able to focus on painting when she could squeeze in you can convey a mood. Moreover, color engages the to be home playing this game before a needed off- battle with the Vols, but they should prevail. time or a class or two between trials. Longacre and viewer and allows the viewer participate in the paint- week break to heal some wounds. The Jets in many Out in Texas, the Longhorns and Sooners will her husband Jim, a patent attorney were living three ing, which is my ultimate goal.” respects are a welcome opponent. At 2-2, they are a mix it up in Dallas for a traditional scrap. Oklahoma miles from the D.C. border and commuting everyday Longacre places somewhere in every painting good team, having given the Colts a scare last week. is still feeling stung from their controversial loss to their boutique law fi rm in Crystal City Virginia. Every a light, representing Venus, the evening star, some- They are able to move the ball and score points on to the Oregon Ducks. I’m sure no one wants to get holiday for 10 years, the Longacres would visit friends times bright, sometimes dim. Sometimes almost lost offense. QB Chad Pennington is healthy in leading beaten by a Duck! on Amelia Island. Each would longingly look for the in color, sometimes standing out. To her this simply the passing game, and he has a nice corps of receiv- day when they could have a house on the water and deepens the illusion of permanence. Venus appears ers, led by Jacksonville native Laveranues Coles. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL give up commuting forever. to be a constant, but it is just as dynamic as the other Rookie RB Leon Washington (FSU) has also become The Divisional Series are underway. It seems As fate would have, they were visiting friends elements in the paintings. effective, on offense and special teams. The Jets’ the favorites are the Yankees (AL) and the Mets (NL). one Thanksgiving in 2000 and noticed a house on The Florida Marsh is not Longacre’s only weakness is their Defense, which is giving up points. However, what we need to look at is which team Lanceford Creek off of Amelia Island. It was the view subject. She is intrigued by the fi gure and the fi gure They run a 4-3, led by DE Shaun Ellis and LB Jona- has the best pitching staffs, more so than any other of the Marsh that took both she and Jim’s breath as part of the Landscape and plans a future series than Vilma. one aspect. Simply put, good pitching will beat good away. Right then, Longacre knew she needed live of paintings incorporating the fi gure in her beloved This is a game the Jags should win, but they hitting every single time. (My distant friend, former there and to paint full-time. This property became her marsh. For her landscapes she takes her inspiration better be careful in taking care of business. We shall MLB C Rick Wilkins, told me that, and I believe him.) muse. By September 2001, she along with her two from the 19th century Luminist and Hudson River see how things play out. So, keeping that in mind, realize that the Yan- beloved dogs were waiting for the moving van dur- School of Fredrick Church, George Inness. She is also kees have an extremely potent lineup of hitters, but ing the terrible events of September 11 and waiting inspired present day masters Sawada, P.A. Nisbet and NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE it’s the guys that throw that make the difference. for Jim to arrive from their offi ce in Crystal City, only Mikel Wintermantel. There are three undefeated teams left in ‘The Randy Johnson, Mike Mussina, and Chien-Ming one quarter mile from the Pentagon. The events of Longacre studied at the Maryland School of League’. While the Colts and Bears have garnered Wang must give them quality starts, and then their September 11, 2001 further convinced her that time Art and Design in 1994. Since 2001 she has studied attention, the team that has slipped through the bullpen simply has to get outs in order to set the was right to move and devote herself to study and to intensively with Johnnie Liliedahl in Houston Texas; cracks is the Ravens. Baltimore once again has an table for closer Mariano Rivera. painting full-time. Robert A. Johnson of Virginia both accomplished awesome defense, only giving up 33 points in four Same goes for the Mets, who will rely on Tom In the course of fi ve years Longacre traveled masters of the traditional classical school of paint- games. Combined with an opportunistic offense, Glavine, Steve Trachsel, and Orlando Hernandez to extensively to study with some of the best classical ing. Also, with Luminist painter Mikel Winternmantel led by veteran QB Steve McNair, the Ravens are one give them scoreless innings to start. If not, then op- painters in the United States and Ireland. Now from of Massachusetts and recently with famed portrait tough squad. They go into Denver on Monday night ponents will take advantage of bad pitching, and you her studio loft overlooking Lanceford Creek she inter- painter Anthony J. Ryder in Santa Fe, New Mexico. as a slight underdog, but I believe that’s more be- will see upsets. At this point in the game, salaries prets the marsh in oil. “Everyday, I wake up and think I Venus and Refl ections of Lanceford Creek”, cause of a lack of respect than anything else. Look and market size mean nothing. Its all about who’s live in the most beautiful place in the world. The colors featuring new paintings by Mikolean M. Longacre for Baltimore to beat the Broncos and go to 5-0. playing good baseball RIGHT NOW. We shall see. change continuously, the marsh is always different in are scheduled at the Amelia SanJon Gallery, 218A, Meanwhile, there will be a game on Sunday that I’d Tom Weppel talks trash on Thursdays from 7-8 color and feeling. The colors are exquisite and differ- Ash Street, Amelia Island Florida, 904/491-8040, like to christen the ‘Awful Bowl’, that being the 49ers p.m. on WIOJ-AM 1010, and on SportsAvengers. ent everyday.” she exclaims. October 7-December 31, 2006. A public reception is and Raiders mixing it up. This should be a horren- com 24/7. Longacre begins each painting on toned oil lin- scheduled for October 7 from 5:30pm-9:00 pm. www. ens consistent with her training as a classical painter. ameliasanjongllery.com and www.mikoleanlongacre. During the course of her day, she studies the marsh, com

eujacksonville.com | october 5-11, 2006 29 these days. Big name drivers are making moves that draw more crowds and make more money up there. I thought would never happen. Jarrett goes to Toyo- Perhaps they learned that paying in Mexican Pesos ta, Martin leaves Roush Cup program only to return is less costly than the U.S. Dollar and the Canadian to another team in two years, an F-1 driver comes to Dollar is even cheaper. Makes sense to me. General nascar news & notes NASCAR and now I hear about another one coming Motors and Ford have been sending work to both BY RICHARD TEAGUE [email protected] also. What’s the deal? I can understand a driver like places for years because of the cheaper labor so Cole Trickle or Ricky Bobby moving around but that’s why not Mr. France doing it? Just thing of all the First thing before I begin this week is to THANK fact that his Grand Daddy came up with the old way movies and it ain’t NASCAR. Surely Jarrett and Mar- money he’ll save by hiring the locals in either coun- Kevin for the link to the “Kamikaze Driver” video I or is it that he just doesn’t care and that there’s more tin don’t fall in the “greed” category but just what try and maybe even slip a few back in the NASCAR asked for last week. That was one heck of a sight you know what to be made with this new way, never makes them do it? The more I see things happen trailers to work in Daytona. to see those guys go at it, Thanks Again Kevin. Yea mind, you don’t have to answer that one. Will there that I don’t understand the more this sport falls out Kind of brings a new meaning to “Illegal Im- you know there are a lot of Old Fans around and I am ever be a chance if the original way returning or do I of my graces but like I all ways say, what do I know. migrant” doesn’t it but it’s NASCAR and he, I mean happy to say that I’m one. But now-a-days it seems have to get use too the new, well I’ll give it the best Maybe the things that I don’t understand along they do what they want don’t they. I bet there’s a that, well NASCAR just doesn’t thrill me like it did at shot I can and try too accept it, I’m sure Mr. Brian with not liking certain changes in NASCAR are what bunch of jobs they can fi ll in and around the tracks one and very long time ago. appreciates that. are driving me and I think other fans away from it. that International Speedway Corporation own not to The fi rst and possibly the foremost gripe on Now for another wedge that is being driven Are there new fans to take our place, well maybe mention fulfi lling the dream of Mr. Frances’ “Diversity this not to scientifi c roster of items is the NASCAR into the sport and that there seems to be a lack of there are and maybe there ain’t. Does Mr. Brian Program”. Can he do that? Sure he can and have the Nextel Chase for the Championship. There is no loyalty in the aspect of personnel. What happened France give the proverbial “rat’s butt” about it? I backing of the unions too I’ll bet. They can sign them denying that to some fans the format of a 10 driver to when a driver or a crew member would be with a don’t think so. I can hardly wait for the new season up for membership and get dues and then the gov- playoff or Chase-off does excite them but for me it’s team until the cows come home or at least the team to start just to see what is in store for us. Maybe that ernment can subsidize everything which means we’ll not the way to decide a champion. really hit bottom? It seems that everyone from the will keep my attention to the sport if not for the rac- pay for it and don’t even have to go to a race or even Maybe because I have watched so many sea- tire changer right on up to the big name driver is ing but for the drama of, “As the Track Turns” or “The shop at Home Depot or Lowe’s to help NASCAR and sons with the old way of deciding a champion that moving from one team to another. Why is that? You Edge of the NASCAR Track” or any other soap opera our favorite driver. Just image, no more trips to buy for the past few years the Chase has been around it heard about personal differences between owner and name you want to give it. Why it could be called the Budweiser or Miller Lite, Interstate Batteries, or even dosn’t draw me to the sport. Mr. Brian France surely driver or crew chief and things like, I can’t get the “Young and the Restless” but then you would have a that Ford or G M vehicle and the list goes on and on did not have me in mind and I bet you a bunch of car the way I want, from a driver. But what has really copyright problem with CBS and also it ain’t only the and on. Gee maybe Brian has got a good idea for other old fans when he came up with the Chase. changed? Has the money object come into play here young that are restless, the old guys are doing it too. once. The logic behind this and many of the changes and also or is there really that much of a problem with I know I am drifting away from the sport I love when I want y’all to know that I do really appreci- adjustments he has made to my sport of choice is people working together? Is the word R-E-S-P-E-C- my wife Ann asks me, “Aren’t you going to watch the ate you reading my ramblings and taking the time a simple one, “MONEY” but heck that seems to be T gone from the vocabulary of people in NASCAR race today?” to email me. Perhaps one day I’ll get back to fi lling what makes all sports go around these days. The these days and a newer word of G-R-E-E-D fi lled Well the old fan’s done so let’s move on to you in to what’s going on with NASCAR but I sure “M” word is what drove me away from the afforded their minds? other things for a minute. NASCAR is now a real enjoy talking about the D A things they do or should mention sports only because there seemed to be too The fact so many drivers are changing teams international sport or at least on the North American I say “he do”. Just a note here about the “Contract much emphasis on the “el grande dinero” in the past this season, it seems like more than in the past the continent it is. Now that the Busch Series has had Saga” I will be entering and that is “talks will begin decade and more. For the past two years I have term “Silly Season” does have real meaning this two races south of the border, they have added a soon”. For now if you want to contact me you can at been writing this article I have not tried to hide just year. That’s another thing that gets me about racing race on the north side in Montreal Canada. Funny, I [email protected] and if you don’t remember how I feel about the Chase format. I have heard from thought that there were tracks here in the States that I’ll tell you again but for how much longer I’m not readers, friends and even a stranger or two tell me needed races but I guess NASCAR believes they can sure, If it ain’t NASCAR, It ain’t s**t! they feel the same way. Now it does seem there are many that do like the Chase. For the life of me I don’t understand why, perhaps they don’t know the old way. Now it was started so that one driver could not run away with the Cup and that the fi nal race of the season would decide a champion. Just what the heck is wrong with that? Did Mr. France miss the

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