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free weekly guide to entertainment and more | march 1-7, 2007 | www.eujacksonville.com 2 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper table of contents Cover photo courtesy of feature Golfing In North Florida...... PAGES 19-23 movies Black Snake Moan (movie review)...... PAGE 6 Movies In Theaters This Week...... PAGES 6-11 Craig Brewer interview (Black Snake Moan)...... PAGE 7 Seen, Heard, Noted & Quoted...... PAGE 7 Reno 911!: Miami (movie review)...... PAGE 8 Zodiac (movie review)...... PAGE 9 Amazing Grace (movie review)...... PAGE 10-11 at home The Departed (DVD review)...... PAGE 14 2007 Academy Awards (TV Review)...... PAGE 15 Video Games...... PAGE 16 food Murray Bros. Caddy Shack...... PAGES 17 music Great Gathering (DASOTA)...... PAGE 27 Yellowjackets (UNF)...... PAGE 28 Music Calendar...... PAGES 28-32 (interview)...... PAGE 29 Jake Shimabukuro (interview) ...... PAGE 30 (Morocco Shrine Auditorium)...... PAGE 31 Me Without You ( review)...... PAGE 31 (album review)...... PAGE 31 3 Mo’ Tenors (interview)...... PAGE 32 arts / theatre / on stage Shanty Boat Workshop...... PAGES 24 21st Annual First Coast Writers Fest...... PAGES 25 Dr. Seuss Read-A-Thon...... PAGES 25 Larry The Cable Guy (interview)...... PAGE 26 R. Roberts Gallery ...... PAGE 33 Arts Calendar...... PAGES 33-34 Orlando Play Fest (review)...... PAGE 34 columns and stuff The Jock...... PAGE 35 NASCAR...... PAGE 35

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 3 thisweek Pack of Lies Directed by Jean Tait and thursday march 1 Shirley Sacks, Pack of Lies is based on the true story that rocked Great Britain Michael Franks Michael Franks A singer and during the Cold War. Runs who has through March 17. recorded over 15 . Some of Michael Frank’s Info: 396-4425 best known works include “Popsicle Toes” and Rehab with “Monkey See-Monkey Authority Zero and Do.” - 8pm A Change of Pace/ Info: 355.2787 Crazy Angelos Rehab, the Atlanta based Poison the Well quintet formed in the late 90’s, pioneering mash- Poison the Well’s second ups of scorching rock and album, The Opposite of searing rap. Jack Rabbits December, is dubbed by Info: 398-7496 Guitar World magazine as one of the greatest hardcore albums of all- mewithoutYou, time, ranking number 8. Sparta & Aloha Also playing, This Is Hell and The End. Read review of Fuel Coffeehouse Info: 425.3835 mewithoutYou’s new release march 1 - 3 on page 31. ALL the best Jacksonville Symphony presents Tickets $12, $15 Show Day Don’t miss one of the most exciting gymnatic shows to come to Jacksonville. The 2007 Tyson Canyon Colored Serenade Info: 246-2473 American Cup is on Saturday at the Arena. Guided by musical emotions, Torke leaves his outdoor studio and is greeted by a bright blue sky, which becomes the canvas for this exuberant piece. Musically painting the hues of a brilliant DJ Icey Retro River Run sunset and the impressions of wilderness, Grofe’s work is DJ Icey, (born Eddie Pappa) Presented by 1st Place Sports at 5 pm. The event begins the week- as inspiring as the canyon itself. Bernstein reads Plato’s often referred to as the “King long celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Gate River Run. Symposium and creates magnificent illustrations of love. of Funky Breaks” is the Participation for the event has been capped to only 2,300 to mirror Times Union Center for the Performing Arts Info: 354.5547 multi platinum Moonshine the number of participants in the inaugural 1978 race. Registration Records recording artist begins at the front entrance to the Landing at 3:30 pm. Race starts march 1 - 4 responsible for defining at original starting point on Coastline Drive along the river and will Funky Breaks and Florida run through downtown and over the Main and Acosta Bridges. Spring Home & Patio Show Breaks. Born and raised in You can find out about how JEA promotes the use of energy Awards will be given at 6:30 pm and fireworks will conclude the Florida, DJ Icey has been and water efficient housing with Green Built Homes of Florida, event at dark. Live entertainment with the Boogie Freaks and mesmerized by electronic you will have a chance to meet HGTV’s Matt & Shari of Room Turning Point Band till 2 am at the . music ever since hearing the by Room, see Xscapes show off their outdoor ideas and breakdown on improvement center plus hundreds of companies in the home dj icey The Edgar Winter Group’s improvement industry will be displaying their products. Prime “Frankenstein.” Plush Osborn Convention Center Info: 743-1845 march 4 (904) 630-4000 or www.jacksonvillehomeshows.com sunday Intermezzo Sunday Concert Series A concert performance of Henry Purcell’s English opera, Dido march 2 saturday march 3 & Aeneas will be presented by the UNF Opera Ensemble. Newly friday established by Dr. Krzysztof Biernacki, UNF Opera Ensemble provides performance experience for undergraduate voice majors First Friday Art Walk in St. Augustine USA Gymnastics presents “2007 Tyson and promotes operatic arts in the community. They will be joined Enjoy the latest exhibits, music, entertainment and refreshments American Cup” by members of the UNF String Ensemble and the UNF Chamber at over 20 participating galleries. Tours begin at Rembrandtz Fine A showcase of the world’s top gymnasts as they travel the road Singers in their first performance of a complete opera. Conducting Gifts for Fun People, 131 King Street. The Energy Lab Art Gallery, at to Beijing. This will be a great opportunity for sports fans to see the performance will be Dr. Cara Tasher. 137 King St., will feature an Opening Reception for artist and stone our sport’s future stars in person. Public Library. Main Branch, in the Conference-level Auditorium, consultant LeaAnn Lombari with “Precious Things” a collection of Veterans Memorial Arena - 11:30am near the Main Street entrance. 2:30pm original jewelry designs, sterling silver, and genuine gemstones. Info: 630.3900 Info: 630.2665 904.829.0065 or www.staugustinegalleries.com.

4 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper Hot Buttered Rum String Band hot buttered In the short time since Hot Buttered Rum run string band debuted its music, dubbed as a “High Altitude Acoustic Experience,” the band has been praised by fans, peers and national media alike, recognizing Hot Buttered Rum for their ‘stunning instrumental and vocal virtuosity.’ Hot Buttered Rum is attracting a truly multi-generational audience with its ability to create an undeniably hip and fresh sound that weaves together the grounded traditions of folk and bluegrass with the modern influences of rock-n-roll, reggae and acoustic singer/. Cafe Eleven - 8:30 pm Info: 469-9311 monday march 5

Plain Jane Automobile with Hourly Radio and Brandon Reagor As grand prize winners of the 2005 DiscMakers Independent Showcase, not only did Plain Jane Automobile take home the distinction of being the best of a series of bands hand- picked by major A&R reps at Billboard magazine and Taxi, they also proved that the title of best unsigned band in the Southeast was just the beginning. Taking the best of rock, Brit-pop, driving rhythms, and beautiful melodies they seem predestined to make a major mark in the current . Jack Rabbits Info: 398-7496

plain jane automobile tuesday march 6 Kathleen Madigan Voted Best Female Stand-Up at the American Comedy Awards- Kathleen’s ability to talk about serious topics and draw insane conclusions is the reason she sells out comedy clubs and theaters across the country. Florida Theatre 355-2787 wednesday march 7 First Wednesday Art Walk Free self-guided tour of Downtown galleries and museums, as well as cultural and educational venues. Highlights this month include the Grand Opening of Opaq Gallery, the newest gallery on the Art Walk, located above TSI at 333 E. Bay Street, party at the Central Fire Station hosted Prudential Network Realty and the new ONE 12 Condominiums, local artists’ work, including Amy Donovan, and live music and hors d’ouevres by Heirlooms. Bring your punched passport to The Metropolitan Lofts to register for the drawing of a $100 Visa gift card. Hemming Plaza – 5-9 pm Info: 904.634.0303 x 230

Jake Shimabukuro He’s been called the of the Ukulele. Renowned for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques, Jake views the ukulele as an “untapped source of music with unlimited potential.” The Hawaiian-born ukulele virtuoso strums and plucks a variety of sounds out of the tiny instrument, from Ave Maria to While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Read interview on page 30. Florida Theatre 355-2787

Leftover Crack with Citizen Fish, Witch Hunt & Good Fortune Leftöver Crack combines elements of , hardcore, crust punk, and death metal. Their song “Gay Rude Boys Unite”, which seems to borrow some stylistic elements from Operation Ivy, accused the ska scene of being homophobic, and called for the inclusion of all minorities in the struggle for social equality. Fuel Info: 425-3835

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 5 he finds out about the girl chained up in Lazarus’ opening this week house. He is outraged and is repulsed by Lazarus’ method of therapy. Under R.L.’s influence, one day, BLACK SNAKE MOAN This is filmmaker Craig Lazarus unchains Rae and tells her she can do any- Brewer’s follow up to his award winning Hustle & thing she wants. He just hopes that he has helped her. Flow. In this provocative Southern Gothic tale, Samuel Remarkably, in a bizarre way he has helped L. Jackson portrays a bitter old bluesman Lazerus her with his music and giving her a stable place to who finds a young girl, Rae (Christina Ricci) beaten stay. The chain enabled her to take a break from her and left for dead on the side of the road. He takes her overpowering sexual spells. Strangely, Rae doesn’t in and helps her heal. When he finds out that she has run away. She has grown to like Lazarus. He is the “spells” of sexual mania, he chains her to the radiator first man she knows who didn’t have sex with her or for her own good. He plays the blues to soothe her pimp her out. In Lazarus, Rae has found a kindred soul and starts performing again. Her boyfriend spirit–one who she can rely on as a friend and not Ronnie (Justin Timberlake) has anxiety attacks and is take advantage of her weakness. discharged from the Army. The premise involves three Although in Brewer’s story, Rae’s chain symbol- broken people finding each other. Rated R izes her psychopathic sexual addiction as a result of her being abused by her mother’s boyfriend, it’s a visceral reminder of slavery and the core of racial prejudice. Christina Ricci nailed this difficult characteriza- tion of Rae, bringing out her insecurity and desperate need to be loved. Ricci delved deeply into Rae’s psyche to expose her pathetic cry for help. In taking in Rae, Lazarus exorcizes his own demons and the two benefit from the experience. Helping Rae and going chained melody back to playing the blues were his saving grace. WILD HOGS Tim Allen, William H. Macy, Martin Lawrence, and John Travolta play a group of yuppie biker wannabes who seek adventure on the open road on their Harleys. The unlikely suburban bikers get Black Snake Moan movie review more than they bargained for when they tangle with a New Mexico gang called the Del Fuegos. Rated PG-13 by Rick grant [email protected]

A- Rated R 116 min What happens next will inflame emotions, when, Provocative and controversial, Black Snake in order to keep her from running outside during Moan by writer/director Craig Brewer pushes many her “spells,” Lazarus chains her to the radiator. His taboo buttons of racism, interracial relationships, and motivation is not sexual but he’s lonely, and he really the aftermath of child abuse. Brewer’s intriguing film thinks he’s saving her from herself. During his trip into Hustle & Flow put Terrence Howard on the town to get her medicine, he finds out about her sex radar with his tour de force performance as a pimp addiction problem. Lazarus practices his guitar and turned aspiring rapper. his blues songs which calm her down. He sings Black Similarly, Samuel L. Jackson’s portrayal of a Snake Moan–an old blues classic. bitter old blues singer Lazarus, who tries to help a The movie has moments of humor that save disturbed woman, is riveting. Christina Ricci’s daring it from becoming too dismal. It’s so outrageous in ZODIAC Based on Robert Graysmith’s book performance as Rae will grab headlines and ac- its bold portrayal of a black man and a young white which chronicles the exhaustive search for the self colades for her bold characterization of this mentally woman, chained to his radiator. It harkens back to the proclaimed Zodiac serial killer who terrorized San unstable young woman, who suffers from uncon- old movie stereotypes. Yet, the masterfully written Francisco during the 1960s and 1970s. The story is trolled sex addiction. screenplay overcomes that biting satire to evolve into told through the eyes of the detectives working the The hook of the premise is really about three a hopeful story. case and a journalist who becomes obsessed with the broken people–Lazarus, Rae, and Rae’s boyfriend, When Lazarus’ preacher friend R.L. visits him, case. The Zodiac was never caught. Rated R Ronnie (Justin Timberlake) who find each other. Ron- nie suffers from anxiety attacks so severe he can’t now playing function. When he is sent to Iraq as an Army infantry Black Snake Blues Moan soldier, he broke down in combat and is sent home AMAZING GRACE In this British period piece, Ioan with a medical discharge. He knows about Rae’s The blues heavy soundtrack of Black Gruffudd stars as idealist William Wilberforce who problem and has accepted it. He has tried to help her. Snake Moan may become as popular as the th maneuvers his way through Parliament in 18 Century But, Rae needs serious professional help. movie itself, since many blues heavy-hitters England lobbying to end slavery in the British empire. Lazarus runs his farm and is retired from play- play or sing on the album. Scott Bomar, who Directed by renowned filmmaker Michael Apted Rated ing the blues in clubs. One day his wife meets him was also responsible for putting together the PG in a town diner and tells him she’s doesn’t love him music of Hustle and Flow is the soundtrack anymore and is running off with his brother. Shattered. producer for this album. Samuel L. Jackson BECAUSE I SAID SO Diane Keaton stars as Daphne Lazarus starts drinking heavily and picks up his guitar himself learned to play blues guitar for his Wilder, and overbearing mother who pampers her and starts the blues again, pouring his heart role, and will be featured on the CD, along three grown up daughters Maggie (Lauren Graham) a out in his music. Later, he goes back to the bar and with Christina Ricci. The majority of the CD psychologist, sexy and rebellious (Piper Perabo), plays a gig. is filled out by blues legends and excellent and insecure but adorable Milly (Mandy Moore). Meanwhile, Rae’s boyfriend Ronnie ships out to musicianship. Harmonica blues legend Charlie war in Iraq and Rae can’t stand being alone. So she Musselwhite will wail on the CD, as will the continued pg 8 begins her life of debauchery again, getting high on North Mississippi Allstars. Old cuts from R.L. alcohol and drugs, having sex with any man who will Burnside are mixed in with Jackson’s versions have her. In a disturbing scene, she is gang raped and of his songs. beaten severely-- left for dead beside the road. The Even the movie’s title is mired in the blues tradition, according to writer/director Craig Brewer, “A next morning, Lazarus finds her and like an injured lot of people ask me, ‘Why did you name this movie Black Snake Moan?’ Well, there’s this song called animal he brings her into his house and cares for her. ‘Black Snake Moan,’ by Blind Lemon Jefferson, and I think that it’s one of the most haunting, wicked He goes into town to get medicines for her wounds blues songs of all time. A lot of his music is viewed with this sense of fear of the unknown. What’s in and her flu-like symptoms caused from exposure. my room? What’s crawling around? Somebody, come help me.” Gradually, she begins to mend.

6 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper moan maker seen. heard. noted. and quoted. interview with craig brewer Still in Limbo A Florida appeals court issued a stay in the dispute over remains of Anna Nicole Smith, ruling that the body can not be moved to the Bahamas until the judges hear a challenge from Smith’s mother, Virgie by Rick grant [email protected] Arthur, who has battled for the right to bury her daughter in her home state of Texas. Richard Milstein, My interview with Craig Brewer was shaping to help her. He never has sex with her. Granted the ad litem to Smith’s daughter, Dannielynn, was awarded custody of the remains last week up to be an interesting discussion of his motivations chain is extreme, but after the initial shock of finding and decided the former Playmate should be buried in the Bahamas. Get that girl in the ground, jeez! and other important related racial issues regarding herself chained up, Rae begins to see its value and Brewer’s daring and provocative film Black Snake it’s a strange comfort to her. I asked Brewer if this Bouncing the Baby Moan. Just when we were getting deeply into our was his intention. A judge made no ruling in the custody dispute over Dannielynn Monday, leaving the infant in the care interview, he had to cut it short. However, we talked “Yes, the chain is extreme but Lazarus didn’t of Howard K. Stern for the time being. An attorney for Virgie Arthur stated that Stern has not permit- about some important questions regarding the sym- know what else to do. He later finds out that Rae’s ted her to visit the child, while TMZ reporting that Larry Birkhead was finally able to meet the baby he bolism of the chain and the sensitive racial issues of “sexual spells” are being exploited by the town pimp. believes is his daughter over the weekend. the film in the short time we had. In a scene when Rae kisses Lazarus, who pushes In the movie, Christina Ricci plays Rae, an her away, I could feel the people wince. So the racial abused young woman who is suffering from a psy- aspects of the film are still touchy to some people,” chotic sexual addiction. One night she is gang raped Brewer said and left for dead beside the road. A bitter old blues I told Brewer that I saw the film as three broken singer Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) turned farmer, people, Lazarus, Rae and Ronnie, who found each whose wife recently left him, takes her in and helps other and race had nothing to do with their relation- her heal from her injuries. Her boyfriend Ronnie ships. He agreed. (Justin Timberlake) has been called back to Iraq and “Yes the story is about these three characters Rae was in a drug and alcohol induced stupor when finding kindred spirits who care for them and can she was raped. When Lazarus finds out Rae has help them overcome their serious mental prob- “sexual spells” and wanders off, he chains her up to lems. Ronnie is sent home from Iraq on a medical a radiator for her own good. discharge because of his anxiety attacks and goes My interpretation of the chain was that it was to Rae despite her infidelities, which, early in their symbolic of her mental illness. So I asked Brewer if relationship, he knew about. Lazarus is helped by his that was accurate? His answer was as interesting as helping Rae. And, Rae’s love of Ronnie is a shaky it was surprising. start to her recovery,” Brewer said. “Actually, the chain symbolized my period of In a poignant scene, Lazarus plays the blues being out-of-control. I see the chain as a visual for Rae. She finds it soothing. Then he returns to metaphor for an intervention–to shock me out of my performing to help himself heal from his wife, telling craziness. Also, Ronnie has anxiety attacks which I him she didn’t love him anymore and running off Nutty Judge offered TV Gig suffered from as well. So much of the story is auto- with his brother. Meanwhile, Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin, who has been mocked for his tearful ruling in the Anna Nicole biographical using the characters and fictional story Alas, that ended our chat. Brewer was an ar- case, got an offer to host a new segment called “Morning Justice” on CBS’ Saturday Early Show, the as metaphors and symbols. Basically the story is ticulate voice on the other end of the phone. I could South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. Southern Gothic with my real life as a model.” have chatted with him for an hour, but he had many Then we discussed the touchy racial aspects interviews to get done. So I understood. It was short Sore Loser? of the story. The poster implies that Lazarus is hold- and sweet. Eddie Murphy’s rep denied reports speculating that the actor was a sore loser because he left the ing Rae captive as a sex slave. However, he is trying Academy Awards after Little Miss Sunshine star Alan Arkin’s upset victory in the Best Supporting Actor category. “Eddie had always planned on leaving after his category was announced to spend the rest of the evening with his family,” Murphy’s rep, Arnold Robinson said in a statement, pointing out that the Dreamgirls star did the same thing at the Golden Globes, where he won the category. Police Sell-out The Police sold out 16 of 16 tour dates that have gone on sale to date, it was announced Monday, making an estimated 415,000 tickets sold so far. Tickets for additional dates in Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Hershey, Edmonton, Dallas, Miami, Hartford and St. Paul go on sale soon. Hey, I pre- dicted they’d sell out instantly. Bad Bobby Still in Slammer Bobby Brown was ordered Monday to remain in jail in Massachusetts until he pays $19,000 in late child support payments and court fees. The R&B singer was arrested Sunday while watching his daughter’s cheerleading competition at an area high school. Foxy has Hissy-fit Another Brown–Foxy Brown surfaced in a Brooklyn church Monday to tell her side of the story in her recent arrest at a Florida beauty supply shop, claiming she was dragged half-naked out of a restroom, then picked on by police because she was a “young, black woman.” Store owner Hayssam Ghoneim claimed the rapper spat on him when he asked her to leave because he was closing. Brown faces charges of resisting a police officer and battery. Hynie Still in Mix: James Brown’s companion, Tomi Rae Hynie, reached an agreement with the trust- ees of the late singer’s estate over obtaining DNA samples from Brown’s body to help sort out several paternity claims made since his death on Christmas Day, leading to the cancellation of a Tuesday hearing on the matter, Hynie’s lawyer said. Meanwhile, Brown is still decomposing in his home. Movie Mogul Mick Jagger Fresh off their Oscar victories, Martin Scorsese and Departed scribe William Monacan are teaming up again on Paramount Pictures’ rock ‘n’ roll epic The Long Play, Variety reports. In keeping with their formula, Scorsese will direct the film, while Monahan will write the script. Mick Jagger is producing the film, along with his Jagged Films partner Victoria Pearman.

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 7 Instead of a respect for law enforcement being the focus of people’s conversations, the people get- Keaton’s Daphne tries to spare Milly her mistakes ting chased and arrested became the laughing point. with men, but Milly is on the wrong path. Rated (Remember the Police Department PG-13 caught on tape beating down Rodney King? “Why can’t we all just get along?”) So twenty years later BREACH Based on the true story of Robert Hansen, we are finally exhausted with these reality programs who, for sixteen years was a spy for Russia. In this and television has transcended itself by turning the story, Eric O’Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is a young agent genre into an avenue for comedy. One of the best who gets into a power play with his boss Hansen satires of this genre is Reno 911!. and is recruited by Kate Burroughs (Laura Linney) to What started out as a ridiculous and hysterical help bring him down. Rated PG13 mockery of an effective police force in “America’s Biggest Small Town” has finally expanded beyond BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA Jesse Arron is a fifth the small screen and incorporated another element grader who has hopes of becoming the fastest of satire: the Police Academy movies. In Reno 911!: runner in his class. His hopes are dashed when a Miami the cast of the Comedy Central series goes new girl Leslie Burke outruns everybody, including to Miami for a police convention, but they party too him. However, Jess and Leslie become friends and hard the day before the convention and arrive late. discover a magical kingdom in the forest where When they do arrive Federal agents have quarantined they reign together as king and queen. Starring all of the police inside of the convention hall because AnnaSophia Robb and Josh Hutcherson. Rated PG they were exposed to some sort of biological weap- on by local drug lords. So when Lieutenant Dangle DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL In this Tyler Perry comedy and his inept police force arrive hungover and late, a successful female attorney falls in love with a they find themselves being the only police officers in janitor, the single father of three daughters, over the the city of Miami. objections of her father. Starring: Gabrielle Union, From the moment the screen lights up until the Idris Elba, Louis Gossett Jr., Tasha Smith, Gary very end, this film delivers laughs upon laughs. Often Anthony Sturgis. Rated PG13 when a small screen television program makes it to the theater the characters that you love in small EPIC MOVIE In the spirit of “Scary Movie” and portions get too fleshed out and the humor falls to “Date Movie, a parody that spoofs recent mega- the wayside. Another trap of the conversion from blockbusters. The comedy centers itself around small screen to big screen is the tendency to get so four orphans who visit a chocolate factory and are bogged down in plot, that the punchlines are aban- transported to the wonderful land of Gnarnia, after doned about halfway through the movie. Reno 911! stumbling upon an enchanted wardrobe. There they Miami does not fall into either of these traps. battle pirates, encounter earnest wizards and attempt The calls the police make in Miami are just as to defeat Gnarnia’s dastardly White Bitch. Rated hilarious as the calls they make in Reno, and there PG-13 stop police are even some of the same characters. If you haven’t seen the show, the truly brilliant moments are com- FACTORY GIRL The year is 1965, and Edie posed of the most outrageous characters caught in Sedgwick is rich, ambitious and breathtakingly the middle of the most preposterous situations. From beautiful. Her life changes forever when she meets Reno 911: Miami movie review the drunk guy that wrestles a dead gator to the many Andy Warhol, ’s most famous artist, and cameos, including The Rock as the ultimate cop, the the man who will transform this trust fund baby by jon bosworth [email protected] punchlines happen in rapid fire and each moment into the Big Apple’s most dazzling Superstar. At the maintains the hilarity of the television series and center of this exciting and decadent new world is The reality show COPS was obviously a cultural America’s Most Wanted had generated for the then stacks even more jokes on top of that with a bigger The Factory, Warhol’s downtown loft, a place where phenomenon. Hot on the heels of the show Rescue young Fox network. Then Fox brought us COPS. It at- budget, a license to kill off characters, and the funni- , artists, actors and all types of misfits 911 and Unsolved Mysteries, reality television was tempted to garner respect for law enforcement while est sex scene in any film. gather to create art and movies during the day, and in its infancy in the late 80s as networks scrambled allowing us to scoff at the perps the police were Written by Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant to throw fabulous parties at night. It is here that to try to create the sort of water-cooler talk that dealing with. (who also play Lieutenant Dangle and Deputy Travis Edie takes her place at Andy’s side as the Factory’s Junior respectively) this romp manages to satire the most alluring and irresistible Superstar. Starring: Guy voyeurism of reality television, the Police Academy Pearce, Sienna Miller, Hayden Christensen, Jimmy comedies of the 80s, stereotypical police, and even Fallon, Meredith Ostrom. Rated R. Scarface-type Miami crime syndicates. Throughout the film Lieutenant Dangle is trying GHOST RIDER Based on a Marvel comic book to prove his mettle against the ridicule of the cow- character, a motorcycle stunt man named Johnny boy-hat cops of the Aspen police department, while Blaze who gives up his soul to become a hell- trying to enjoy Miami and South Beach in a way blazing vigilante to fight against the power hungry every archetypal homosexual would want to. Slut- Blackheart, the son of the devil. Starring Nicolas cop, Deputy Clementine Johnson, is on a mission to Cage. Rated PG-13 find the man that she fell in love with and had tat- tooed on her breast during her first drunken night in HANNIBAL RISING So what was Hannibal Lecter town. Deputy Trudy Wiegel is on her perpetual quest like as a kid through his teens? This movie answers for Lieutenant Dangle’s affections, even though he is that question. The young genius learned many gay, and Deputy Raineesha Williams is determined scientific fields such as medicine and chemistry. to teach Trudy how to speak street as they patrol the He also was a talented artist and as well beaches in their unflattering police bathing suits. The as a forensic expert. The story opens in WWII in crew even gets to do a little Baywatch when they a medieval castle in Lithuania built by Hannibal’s respond to a beached whale and decide the best forebear, Hannibal the Grim. The budding serial killer way to get rid of it is to blow it up, covering beautiful survives the horrors of the war and escapes the Miami Beach with whale guts. Soviet aftermath to find refuge in France. His horrific Don’t worry about the plot, inspired though it memories of the war combined with his psychopathy is, this film is a great excuse to laugh the night away. drive his future murder lust. Rated R Watch it with your favorite group of friends. If every- one in the group has a good sense of humor, you will LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA Clint Eastwood shot be laughing constantly. I was laughing so much I had Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima back to catch my breath between scenes and the it made the film seem as though it flew by just as fast as continued pg 10 watching an episode on television.

8 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper “wing-walker” shoes (an early clue). He had even pered. After 40 years since the case broke, the Zodiac seen . He was the perfect saga is still open, now shelved in cold case storage. suspect. However, after searching his trailer and doing After shooting six people–five teenagers and a ballistic tests on his guns, they came up with zilch. cabbie– (five died) the killer suddenly stopped. Many Even his handwriting didn’t match and later his DNA close to the case believe he either died or was sent was not a match either. to prison on other charges. But the case is fodder for As the years passed, the last detective working hundreds of amateur sleuths who keep the Zodiac on the case, Inspector Toschi was reassigned to other alive. To this day, Robert Graysmith believes that cases, and the Zodiac investigation went cold. Gray- Arthur Leigh Allen, who died in 1992, was the Zodiac. smith finished his book which became a bestseller. But retired cop Ken Narlow, now 76, believes “Zodiac Subsequently, his wife came back to him and he pros- is still out there.” It’s a chilling thought.

killing spree Zodiac movie review by Rick grant [email protected] A- Rated R 165 min and running down to the local watering hole at the drop of a hat. Ah yes, those were the days when at- Based on the true story of the Zodiac serial titude adjustments happened at least twice a day. killer who terrorized San Francisco in the 1970s, this In this smoky newsroom setting, Paul Avery epic detective story is dialogue and character driven. strutted around like the cock-of-the-walk, clearly in James Vanderbilt adapted his masterfully written love with himself, and acting out to piss-off the boss. screenplay from Robert Graysmith’s book. Jake Gyl- Gyllenhaal’s Graysmith is a bashful nerd who cranks lenhaal skillfully portrayed Graysmith, who was the out political cartoons, most of which are rejected by San Francisco Chronicle’s political cartoonist. He the editor. He jumped into the Zodiac case with great became obsessed with the case and later quit his job enthusiasm, eventually becoming a nuisance to the to write his book. detectives working the case. Even after 25 years, Fincher’s intricate examination of the Zodiac though, Graysmith still got the ear of Toschi. case covers over 30 years of frustrating detective The self-proclaimed Zodiac killer struck first on work, which yielded only a couple of prime suspects, July 4, 1969 by shooting two teenagers on a lovers mountains of circumstantial evidence, but nothing the lane. The killer sent portions of a cipher to three Bay police could take to a grand jury or make an arrest. Area newspapers, threatening to keep on killing if the The bizarre case took its toll on the investigators and publications didn’t publish his letter and cipher. newsmen who worked it, leaving them old and tired What made this case so difficult to solve was with little to show for their years of work to nail this the killer’s random patterns. He used variety of weap- monster. ons–never the same ones. He killed in twos, threes, The story is told through the eyes of lead detec- and fours, or he killed just one in different intervals. tive Inspector David Toschi’s (Mark Ruffalo) exhaus- Then he would stop for awhile. If profiling had been tive work on the case and Graysmith’s relentless around then, it would have been difficult but not im- research, which almost drove him crazy and strained possible to profile the Zodiac. The investigators did his marriage. Toschi’s partner, Inspector William conclude this guy was publicity hungry and craved Armstrong (Anthony Edwards) eventually retired from attention to give himself a sense of power. His mock- the case to spend more time with his family. Robert ing phone calls and ciphers were designed to get him Downey, Jr is a cast stand out as the cynical, funny, the maximum amount of publicity. and hard drinking Paul Avery whose provocative sto- Throughout the investigation there were many ries in the Chronicle resulted in him being targeted by clues and circumstantial evidence with many dead the Zodiac. Avery was a victim of his excesses and ends. The police found out that the Zodiac had seen addictions, which eventually cost him his life. a movie called the Most Dangerous Game which Fincher created a sepia tone, working-class mo- promoted the premise that humans were the best saic, meticulously researched to its West Coast 1970s game to hunt because they were the most dangerous. period. His plodding pacing and Vanderbilt’s well Zodiac was playing on this theme of hunting humans written volumes of dialogue are reminiscent of All The like game. Zodiac left tantalizing evidence behind to Kings Men. The classic rock songs on the soundtrack confound and taunt the police, who he considered feature Donovan’s early hits, which are effective to clueless louts. set the time-frame of the story. The newsroom is right Every lead was tirelessly tracked down and out of the real estate office of Glengarry Glen Ross finally the cops liked Arthur Leigh Allen as the killer, with IBM “Selectric” typewriters on the cluttered metal (played by John Carroll Lynch). He had a history of desks, and with everyone smoking unfiltered Camels touching kids, wore a Zodiac watch, and even wore

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 9 to back on location on the volcanic island of Iwo Jima. In Letters, Eastwood’s scenario involves the brutal time Wilberforce decided to take a hiatus and fell in love with Barbara. Encouraged by Barbara, and THEbattle AS forTRONAU Iwo Jima,T FARMER told from Billy the BobJapanese Thornton perspective stars in Japanese with English subtitles. Both Eastwood feeling better, Wilberforce plunges back into the fight as a NASA astronaut who is forced to retire so he can with renewed vigor. He uses new tactics including savefilms his are family Oscar farm. worthy. However, This movie his dream won aof Golden going into Globe for Best Foreign Film. Rated R taking British VIPs on a tour of the horrors of a slave space still burns in his soul. And so, he begins the ship in which slaves were stacked like cordwood and impossible dream of building his own rocket despite chained up with no sanitary facilities or amenities. theMUSIC governments & LYRICS threats Hugh to Grantstop him. stars Rated as a washedPG up rock singer who is given a couple of days to compose Many slaves died under the most horrendous condi- tions imaginable on these cruel voyages. THEa chart-topping LAST KING O hitF SCOfor anTLAND admiring A Scottishteen sensation. doctor The only problem is, he has never written lyrics, so he When Wilberforce jumped back into his cam- travels to Uganda to do humanitarian work. In a chance paign, the tide was changing against slavery as more meetingteams upwith with Idi aAmin, younger the newwoman strong (Drew man Barrymore) of Uganda , who has a flair for words. Rated PG-13 people were being educated about the way slaves he develops a friendship with the dictator, who invites were treated. It was a new dawn, but Wilberforce the doctor to be his personal physician. The money is knew that he couldn’t get legislation passed, so he greatNIGH andT A heT T livesHE MUSEUM large, but asA haplessAmin goes security mad withguard, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) accidently invokes an ancient needed new ideas. power, the doctor is trapped and desperately tries to Renowned director, Michael Acted’s even pac- escapecurse thatthe country.causes theForest animals Whitaker and insectsreceived on a Goldendisplay to come to life. Rated PG ing and overall creative vision for this work greatly Globe for his performance as Idi Amin. Rated R enhanced the end result. Albert Finney turned in a NORBIT Eddie Murphy plays multiple roles as Norbit, tour de force performance as the remorseful slave THE MESSENGERS The Solomon family move from trader, John Newton, who wrote the classic hymn ChicagoRasputia, for and the Mr.wide-open-spaces Wong in this nutty of acomedy. North Dakota A mild mannered guy (Murphy) is engaged to a large figured Amazing Grace. He told Wilberforce that he was sur- farm. As the family enjoys the tranquil life of the farm, rounded by thousands of ghost slaves who wouldn’t Jesswoman 16, finds(Murphy). out there In his is dreams,something he strangemeets his in theideal woman (Thandie Newton) and schemes to find a way rest until he helped Wilberforce’s cause. Indeed, field of sunflowers when she and her brother Ben 3, Newton was Wilberforce’s most staunch supporter, beginto be seeing with her, ominous not his apparitions. bulbous fiancée. Rated ButPG-13 she has other ideas. Rated PG-13 a man who spent his days as a simple monk try- ing to redeem his past and be forgiven by God. He THE NUMBER 23 Jim Carrey stars as Walter Sparrow, is the conscience of Wilberforce’s abolition group. a NOmanTES who ON becomes A SCANDAL obsessed A teacher, with a Sheba book titled(Cate The Blanchett) in a British high school becomes sexually Remarkably, one of the group comes up with a bra- Number 23, that appears to be based on his life but zen idea to get legislation passed–by trickery. They endsinvolved with awith murder one ofthat her has students. yet to happen. Judi Dench The playsmore another teacher who knows about the torrid affair and how sweet introduced a benign bill with a hidden provision that Walter investigates the premise of the book, relating it was so boring the House members passed it. touses his life, it to the force crazier her friendshiphe becomes. on Sheba.Rated R The illicit tryst causes a major upheaval in Sheba’s life that escalates In the beginning, Wilberforce believed he was called by God to preach. But later, he was convinced THEout QUEENof control. A It’s revealing, one of thewitty best portrait films ofof thelast British season, Amazing Grace movie review on every critics best of list including mine. Rated R that freeing the slaves was his real reason for being. royal family in crisis immediately following the death of Wilberforce went on to use his influence to make the Princess Diana. The setting for this fictional account of by Rick grant [email protected] world a better place, and in so doing he fulfilled his realRENO events 911!: is noMIAMI less than The the goofy private cops chambers from the ofTV the series have made a feature film of their loopy brand of destiny. He serves as an inspiration to young people Royal Family and the British government in the wake of A Rated PG 111 min young and ambitious. He fully supported his friend police comedy. Set in Miami, the Reno cops are called who want to make a difference. the sudden death of Princess Diana in August of 1997. Slavery is the demon villain of Amazing Grace. Wilberforce’s position on slavery and aspired to in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a . The result is an intimate, yet thematically epic, battle Based on William Wilberforce’s life in the late 1700s become Prime Minister, which would mean he would national police convention in Miami Beach during between private and public, responsibility and emotion, as a member of parliament and a dedicated aboli- assign Wilberforce a high position within his admin- spring break. Rated R custom and action - as a grieving nation waits to see tionist, Wilberforce’s long term commitment to end- istration. what its leaders will do. This movie won a Golden ing slavery in the British empire makes for an intrigu- Plagued by colitis after years of in-fighting in SMOKIN’ ACES A snitch named Buddy Globe for Best Screenplay and Helen Mirren won a ing and provocative cinematic work. With an all-star Parliament, Wilberforce seeks solace in the country Israel (Jeremy Piven) bravely decides to turn States Golden Globe for Best Actress. Starring: Helen Mirren, cast of distinguished British actors and a masterfully home of his friends Henry and Marianne Thornton evidence against the mob by testifying. The mob and Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms, Helen written script by Steven Knight, this period drama (Nicholas Farrel & Sylvestra Le Ouzel). There he other criminals take out contracts on Buddy’s life McCrory. Rated PG-13 effectively exposes the evils of slavery while profiling meets his future wife, Barbara Spooner (Romola to prevent his testimony. Then the twists and turns a man who, through the grace of God, fulfilled his Garai) who fully supports his abolition campaign. happen and Buddy is hotter than a showgirl’s thong on Special Showings destiny. Then in flashback, Wilberforce recalls his a Friday night. Rated R The hook of the premise is how Wilberforce struggles to Barbara, while recovering from exhaus- Midnight Movies maneuvered within the British political system to end tion. It was during this flashback sequence that Wil- STOMP THE YARD A troubled 19 year old step MULHOLLAND DRIVE Along Mulholland Drive nothing slavery without bloodshed. His long journey through berforce tells the story from the beginning leading up dancer loses his younger brother in Los Angeles. His is what it seems. In the unreal universe of Los Angeles, the treacherous political battlefields is a study in per- to real time for the rest of the film. Wilberforce leads grief turns him to minor crime. But in court, he is the city bares its schizophrenic nature, an uneasy severance and dogged determination to realize his a cadre of supporters including a freed slave, Olau- able to bypass jail by enrolling in Truth University,an blend of innocence and corruption, love and loneliness, goal or die trying. Ioan Gruffudd skillfully portrays dah Aquino (Youssou N’Dour), in his tireless efforts all-black college in Atlanta where his dance talents beauty and depravity. Starring: Justin Theroux, Naomi Wilberforce as an idealist who is also pragmatic in to abolish this evil on humankind. The ragtag group are sought after by two campus fraternities to win the Watts, Laura Elena Harring, Robert Forster, Brent his pursuit of ridding the world of slavery. includes Thomas Clarkson (Rufus Sewell) who advo- national step show competition. Rated PG-13 Briscoe. Directed by: David Lynch. Rated R San Marco Wilberforce was elected to his political office cates revolution. However, Wilberforce has pledged Theatre, March 2 & 3 at midnight, Info: 396-4845 The at the age of 21. He faced many hurdles convincing his loyalty to the king and convinces Clarkson to SWEET LAND When Lars Torvik’s grandmother Inge following weekend, will be shown at midnight at the his colleagues in the House of Commons to divest work within the system. dies in 2004, he is faced with a decision--sell the San Marco. their interests in companies in the colonies that used Not surprisingly, in 1791, Wilberforce’s first family farm on which she lived since 1920, or cling to slave labor, mainly to produce sugar. His best friend, antislavery bill is defeated by a landslide. And then the legacy of the land. Seeking advice, he turns to the MOCA Jacksonville Film Series William Pitt (Benedict Cumberbatch), was also his subsequent bills are also defeated. That was the Filmmemory Fatales: of Inge A Celebration and the stories of Independent that she had Women passed Directorson to him. Starring Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty, Lois TheSmith, series Tim begins Guinee, on ElizabethWednesday, Reaser. March Rated 7th at PG 7:00pm in the Underground Cinema with BROTHERS a Danish filmTHE with ABANDONED English subtitles, An American directed womanby Susanne searching Bier. Infor Brothers her birth, Michael parents (Ulrich learns Thomsen)she has inherited has everything a house underin the control: middle aof successful a forest in militarya remote career, area ofa beautifulRussia. wifeShe (Connie meets aNielsen) mysterious and mantwo daughters. who claims His to youngerbe her brotherbrother, Jannik a twin (Nikolaj she never Lie Kaas)knew. is Together a drifter, they living find the onhouse the edge holds of secretsthe law. to When a past Michael they don’t is sent remember. to AfghanistanTogether they on area UN forced mission, to relive the balance a series between of horrifying the twoevents brothers and shockingchanges forever.murders Michael that occurred is missing just inafter actionthey were– presumed born, in dead the place – and they Sarah were is comfortedsupposed toby Jannik,die. Rated who, Ragainst all odds, shows himself capable of taking responsibility for both himself and the family.

10 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper Winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema John Newton Was Amazing Audience award for drama. Rated R. Tickets are $6 for members and $8 for non-members. If you are not already a MOCA member, take advantage of our Film The song Amazing Grace was Series membership special – join the Museum the written by a slaver trader in the late night of the movie and then watch the show for free! Info: 366-6911 18th century. His name was John Newton and he became a clergyman SPIDER-MAN 2 will be playing at the World Golf Hall after he quit the slave trade. The song of Fame IMAX® for a Special Engagement - In Spider- has become popular as a symbol Man 2, two years have passed since Peter Parker for many different groups of people. (Tobey Maguire) walked away from his longtime love Although it doesn’t mention the slave Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) and decided to take the road to responsibility as Spider-Man. Peter must trade, John Newton’s later activism face new challenges as he struggles to cope with “the as an abolitionist has made the song gift and the curse” of his powers while balancing his a symbol for human rights organiza- dual identities as the elusive superhero Spider-Man tions and African-Americans. Chris- and life as a college student. The relationships Peter tians identify with the song because holds most dear are now in danger of unraveling as it covers the doctrine of divine grace. he clashes with the powerful, multi-tentacled villain It is considered the unofficial Chero- “Doc Ock” (Alfred Molina). Rated PG-13, approx. 127 min. For info and tickts: 904-940-IMAX or visit www. kee National Anthem; since the song wgv.com. was the closest thing they had to Advanced Ticketing at amctheatres.com or (904) 264-3888 full burial on the Trail of Tears. Many HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU The World Golf Hall recovering addicts also consider it to A.M.Cinema - All seats $5 before noon of Fame IMAX® Theater is showing Hurricane on the on Fri., Sat., Sun., & holidays - denoted by ( ) Bayou, MacGillivray Freeman’s newest and powerfully be indicative of their redemption. AMC Select- Special films for select tastes. John Newton was a deep moving giant screen film which will run through influence on and supporter of William Wilberforce. Most of the movie focuses on the life of Wil- ORANGE PARK 24 June 1, 2007. Narrated by acclaimed Oscar-winning Wells Road and Blanding actress Meryl Streep, Hurricane on the Bayou carries liam Wilberforce and the anti-slavery movement in England. The movie is sure to be hit with the WILD HOGS (PG13)  (11:35 @ $5), 12:15, 2:15, 3:00, 4:50, audiences on a journey throughout Louisiana before, Christian market because it acknowledges the fact that Wilberforce and other abolitionists fought 5:35, 7:30, 8:15, 10:15, 10:55 ZODIAC (R)  (11:10 @ $5), 12:00, 2:45, 3:30, 6:15, 7:00, 9:45, during and after the unprecedented and unexpected against slavery because they believed that Christianity was incompatible with such a practice. 10:30 devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Streep introduces THE ABANDONED (R) 2:05, 7:20 ASTRONAUT FARMER (PG)  (11:05 @ $5), 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, viewers to four New Orleans musicians through which 10:20 the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina unfolds. 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This experience takes THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (R) 1:00, 4:00 the “Director’s Commentary” component of a DVD one step further, giving the filmmaker an opportunity REGENCY 24 to skip on down memory lane while surrounded by Behind Regency Square Mall a captive audience. On Saturday, May 19th, THE WILD HOGS (PG13)  (11:30 @ $5), 12:45, 2:00, 3:15, 4:30, 5:45, 7:15, 8:15, 10:10, 10:45 TALKIES will be joining forces with the Jacksonville ZODIAC (R)  (11:00 @ $5), 12:30, 2:30, 3:55, 6:15, 7:30, 9:35, Film Festival for its next event; POLYESTER as 10:50 THE ABANDONED (R) 10:00 PM it’s never been seen, made complete not only ASTRONAUT FARMER (PG)  (11:55 @ $5), 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, with Odorama cards, but also the commentary of 10:15 THE NUMBER 23 (R)  1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 acclaimed director John Waters. 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eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 13 Irish mob and get the goods on boss Frank Costello New on DVD (2/27) (Jack Nicholson), a well-known gangster who has long eluded prosecution. A Good Year (114 min.) Meanwhile, Costello has a mole of his own Max Skinner (Russell Crowe), a bright young working in the police department. Colin Sullivan (Matt manager in the British stock market discovers his Damon) was groomed to be Costello’s inside man Uncle Henry (Albert Finney) has passed away and from the time he was very young and has steadily left him an inheritance: a vineyard in Provence, moved up the ranks, landing himself a primo position France. Skinner realizes the value of the property in the department’s Special Investigation Unit. For a and decides to sell it to the highest bidder. Rated year Sullivan feeds Costello intel and Costigan, who PG-13 for language and some sexual content. has now wormed his way into the crew, reports the mob boss’ comings and goings to the department. The Heart of the Game (98 min.) But, things get tricky for both the moles when they This documentary follows a high school’s find out about each other. In order to save their own girls’ basketball team as they strive to win the necks, both men strive to figure out the identity of the state championship. Rated PG-13 for brief strong other all while carefully maintaining their covers. language. The Departed is based on the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs, which many consider Reno 911 - Reno’s Most Wanted (Uncen- a masterpiece. This latest version borrows elements sored) (154 min.) from all three of the Infernal Affairs films, a move that Just in time for the big movie premiere, this re- has been met with grumbles from die-hard fans and lease is a compilation of seven specially selected Andrew Lau, the co-director of the original. Despite episodes of Comedy Central’s Cops parody, all this, The Departed was originally released last October about the biggest little dysfunctional sheriff’s to overwhelmingly positive reviews. The film received department in America. In it, the Reno sheriffs a 93% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes.com, one of tackle Homeland Security, compete in a scavenger the highest for any movie of 2006. After earning five hunt, and ensure the safety of Reno citizens from Oscar nominations, Warner Brothers re-released The the likes of Patrolman Rick, Reading Ron, and the Departed in more than 1,300 screens nationwide. roller-skating male prostitute Terry. This DVD is As of February 22, 2007, the movie has grossed not rated. $131,591,084 domestically and $278,291,084 world- best picture wide, making it the highest grossing Scorsese picture The Return (86 min.) to date. The Departed was released on DVD on Febru- Joanna Mills (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is determined ary 13th and was the number one rental in the US its to learn the truth behind the increasingly terrifying The Departed dvd review first week on the shelves. supernatural visions that have been haunting her. Two DVD editions of The Departed are now When she sees and feels the brutal murder of a available, one being a standard single disc version, young woman she’s never met and realizes the by kelliE abraHamSoN [email protected] the other a two-disc release with a handful of bonus killer is coming after her next, Joanna begins dig- Last Sunday was the 79th Annual Academy -bred Irishman grew up knowing most of the features. Unfortunately, both of these releases lack an ging for ways to stop her own death. Rated PG-13 Awards and one of the biggest highlights was Martin men in his family were “connected” and has worked audio commentary, but the two-disc special edition for violence, terror and disturbing images. Scorsese’s long overdue win for Best Director. His hard to stay out of that life in honor of his father, does have some extras that are well worth watching. latest film,The Departed, also went on to win Best who managed to resist the lure of the mob as well. The first is a short featurette entitled “Stranger then Stranger than Fiction (113 min.) Film Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, and the big one Costigan thinks he’s getting as far away from his mob Fiction,” which clocks in at around twenty minutes. Harold Crick (Will Ferrell), a lonely IRS agent with - Best Picture. The critically acclaimed crime drama is roots as possible when he joins the State Police but is Here, screenplay writer William Monahan, Scorsese a dull existence, starts to hear voices in his head, available on two-disc special edition DVD. soon thrown right back into that seedy world when his and Boston natives Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon or rather one voice: that of a narrator (Emma Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a mostly superiors Captain Queenan (Marin Sheen) and Staff discuss South Boston (or “Southie” if you’re in the Thompson) who seems to know exactly what he good guy from the mostly screwed up family. The Sgt. Dignam (Mark Wahlberg) ask him to infiltrate the area and don’t want to look like a tourist) and real life is doing and thinking at any given time. When the baddie Whitey Bulger, a famous mob boss who ruled narrator tells him that he’s going to die, Harold the neighborhood and is currently on the lam, sitting sets out to find the writer of the book to make sure pretty at number two on the FBI’s most wanted list. he has a happy ending. Rated PG-13 for some Next is a terrific documentary called “Scorsese on disturbing images, sexuality, brief language and Scorsese,” which originally aired on TCM in 2004. nudity. In this 90-minute look at Marty’s career, the beloved director discusses his childhood, his influences and in (93 the motivation behind some of his most well-known min.) films. More behind-the-scenes goodies can be seen in In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB (Jack “Crossing Criminal Cultures,” a 25-minute long look Black) bonds with local slacker KG () at how the actors prepared for their roles and a bit and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Set- about Scorsese’s use of violence in film. Finally, nine ting out to become the world’s greatest band is deleted scenes appear on the disc with introductions no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could and explanations as to why they were cut by Marty be the answer to their prayers -- a magical guitar himself. pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some There’s no question that The Departed is a great 300 miles away. Rated R for pervasive language, movie. It’s got a terrific storyline that keeps you glued sexual content and drug use. to your seat from the very start. This combined with the stellar performances from each and every actor Tideland (121 min.) made the film a shoo-in for the Oscar nods it received. After her mother (Jennifer Tilly) dies from a heroin Was it Marty’s best work? Personally, I don’t think so. overdose, Jeliza-Rose (Jodelle Ferland) is taken But, after snubbing one of the most respected film- from the big city to a rural farmhouse by her father makers in Hollywood time and time again, I can see (Jeff Bridges). As she tries to settle into her new why the Academy would choose Scorsese this time life, Jeliza-Rose’s attempts to deal with what’s around. While it’s no Raging Bull, The Departed is a happened result in increasingly odd behavior, as highly entertaining film that is well worth seeing and she begins to communicate mainly with Barbie even owning. The two-disc special edition is worth doll heads and Dell (Janet McTeer), a neighbor- the price for the “Scorsese on Scorsese” documen- hood woman who always wears a beekeeper’s tary alone. veil. Rated R for bizarre and disturbing content, Any fan of Martin Scorsese must see The De- including drug use, sexuality, and gruesome parted. While I certainly think that Scorsese has made situations - all involving a child, and for some films that are superior to this one, it is a great film that language. deserves a spot in any DVD collection.

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Academy Awards Show 2007 Oceanfront April 2nd March 31– Seawalk Plaza by Rick grant [email protected] Beach, FL Jacksonville Ellen DeGeneres pulled the rabbit out of the KELLY BELL BAND GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS hat with her confident demeanor and funny material LEE ROY PARNELL as host of the 2007 Academy Awards. Ellen looked JIMBO MATHUS’ KNOCKDOWN SOUTH right at home in front of the many celebrities, many YO MAMA’S BIG FAT BOOTY BAND SEAN COSTELLO of whom she has interviewed on her daily talk show. BEN PRESTAGE Her best line was, “If there weren’t blacks, Jews, and THE ERIC STECKEL BAND SHANE DWIGHT gays there would be no Oscars. Or, anyone named WILLY KING AND THE LIBERATORS Oscar, when you think about that.” ROGER "HURRICANE" WILSON REGIE BLUE Not long after Ellen’s monologue, the boredom THE HOWL set in as a parade of Hollywood royalty came up J.W. GILMORE & THE BLUES AUTHORITY to get their slap on the back and blabber their lame BLUEPHONIC ERIC LINDELL remarks. By now, with ratings plummeting for this ALBERTA ADAMS overblown thank-a-thon, the producers could have COREY HARRIS come up with a new format. My recommendation: Just have a live show with televised highlights on Access Hollywood. There were some noteworthy moments that perked up the slumbering beast of a show, like Al Gore’s fake “announcement” which got drowned out by the orchestra. Helen Mirren’s acceptance speech for winning and Oscar for The Queen, in which she paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth. “For 50 years and more, Elizabeth Windsor has maintained her dignity, her sense of duty, and her hairstyle,” Mirren said. Then she held up Oscar and saluted the Queen. Finally, it was Martin Scorsese’s night. He won but Gore has loved every minute of all the attention. best director and best picture for The Departed. He Melissa Etheridge’s song, I Need to Wake Up quipped, “Could you double-check the envelope?” for Gore’s documentary won an Oscar for best song. It was about time Scorsese won. His body of work Etheridge thanked her wife and praised Gore for is Oscar worthy in toto. His first nomination was in teaching people about this threat to humanity. It was 1981 for Raging Bull, and then The Last Tempta- a sweet victory for Etheridge who battled beat cancer tion of Christ, Goodfellas, and Gangs of New York. and beat it. Scorsese paid tribute to Leonardo DiCaprio for his In her opening monologue, DeGeneres talked stellar acting in a slew of his films. Wow, for Di- about the international theme of this Academy Caprio to receive such praise from this filmmaking Awards show. “Spain is in the house. Japan is rep- icon was better than winning an Oscar. Scorsese resenting. I think I see a few Americans as well, of considers DiCaprio his collaborator on the films they course, I’m talking about the seat fillers,” she joked. have done together. The foreign actors nominated for awards Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for best sup- included Adriana Barraba from Mexico and Rinko porting actress for her role as Effie in Dream girls. Kikuchi from Japan who were in Babel. Aussie, Cate Not only was she dissed by Simon but it was her Blanchett was nominated for her role in Notes on first film. Somewhere out there, Simon was eating A Scandal. From Spain, Penelope Cruz was nomi- crow. She and her co-stars in Dreamgirls performed nated for Volver. Fourteen people saw this film and songs from the musical, further proving she has the they were all critics. DeGeneres recognized Daimon pipes and charisma to justify her Oscar. Now maybe Hounsou for Blood Diamond. Of course, the Brit- she’ll get over herself. ish were well represented by Helen Mirren for The My pick and favorite to win best actor was Queen, Judi Dench for Notes on A Scandal, and Kate Forest Whitaker, who took home a statue for his Winslet for Little Children. remarkable portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The big upset of the evening was Alan Arkin The Last King of Scotland. Whitaker gave a short but winning best supporting actor for Little Miss Sun- poignant acceptance speech. shine, beating out Eddie Murphy for his stand out Al Gore’s “slide show” about the dangers of performance in Dreamgirls. Arkin was my choice on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, shot by my SEFCA ballot. His heroin addicted, foul-mouthed Davis Guggenheim, won for best documentary. Of grandfather was a pivotal character in that wonderful course, the film’s director was the honoree, but movie. Gore’s presentation hammered home the substanti- By the time this hurray-for-me marathon ended, ated facts that unequivocally prove the trapped most people were asleep. DeGeneres did a great job carbon dioxide from pollution in the atmosphere is as host. Her colorful costume changes and clever causing the “green house effect,” wreaking havoc jokes livened up the lead weighted snoozer. Please, on the planet. When asked how it felt to be a rock no more award shows unless producers make ev- star, Gore replied, “William Hung (the American Idol eryone appear naked. Now that would keep even me reject) is a rock star, I just had a slide show.” Yeah, awake. Well, maybe not.

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 15 video games by norm stovall [email protected]

flOw For Playstation 3

flOw has been labeled under many categories, but I don’t think any of those labels really fits. The basic idea of flOw has you controlling a sub-microscopic looking creature, collecting items and growing longer flagellum in the process. Along the way, you will come across other creatures that you will absorb, get distracted by, or interacted with in some way. To control your creature, you simply tilt the Sixaxis controller in various directions. Gameplay wise, you could compare it to Pac-Man, Geometry Wars, or maybe even some kind of interactive screen saver, but you would only be partially right. In flOw, the visuals feature simple colors and soothing yet fulfilling music that seems to suit the game perfectly. While most on-screen characters seem simplistic in design, when in motion they move more gracefully than anything you have ever seen in a game, and as you progress the colors will draw you in just as much as the characters you are controlling. There is no real way to describe flow, as you have no scoring system, now heads-up-display, and no real way to end the game-it really is something you have to play and experience yourself to form an opinion about. Some may hate it, as it may seem pointless, and some may love it for the same reason, but for the $7.99 you pay to download it from the Playstation network, it certainly won’t kill you to try it, so please do.

Final Round X Atlanta, Georgia www.finalround.org

On March 10th and 11th the event known as Final Round 10 will go down in Atlanta, Georgia. If you aren’t familiar with the event, Final Round is a competitive fighting game tournament held once a year in the ATL. Staying true to their arcade roots, the people behind Final Round run most of the games on authentic arcade style cabinets throughout the tournament. There are some exceptions, of course, but for the most part you will be getting authentic arcade-style gaming. The entry fee to the event is $20, and there will be a $10 Sign-up fee for each game you compete in. The list of games includes Marvel Vs Capcom 2, Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, and Guilty Gear XX: Slash, in addition to many other official and casual games to be played. For more info on this 2-day event go to the official website, or hit up the forums at SRK (www.shoryuken.com/forums) and look up “events” for an official registration thread. I’ll be there, of course, to cover the happenings and ultimately to lose at a bunch of games.

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, part of Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Final Round X’s Lineup

16 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper bunch is the Lex and Terry Cheeseburger Pizza, which apparently tastes like a cheeseburger. If you tend to- ward more exotic pizzas, try the “The Maui Waui” topped with hickory smoked Maui ham, pineapple, chopped green onions and provolone cheese. On “The Turn” you’ll find Caddy Shack’s pasta selections. For a lighter portioned but tasty treat, go for the Lobster Ravioli, topped with a creamy red pepper sauce. The meat of the menu is literally on “The Back Nine” with their selection of filet, top sirloin and T-bone steak, served up with their excellent smashed potatoes. Also filling out that section are the popular Nana’s Pot Roast, Country Fried Steak and various surf & turf combos. I sampled the Firecracker Shrimp & Scallops, two full skewers of grilled shrimp and bacon wrapped scallops doused in their sweet and lightly spicy firecracker sauce. They were served on a bed of their smashed potatoes, which was the wrong thing to pair with the dish. While it did make for a decent presentation, the potatoes tended to stick to the seafood on the skewers and wasn’t an inspired pairing for the flavor of the dish. A wild or yellow rice would have complemented the skewers, the side of spinach and the very intense flavor of the sauce far more satisfactorily. The skewers themselves were very tasty, with tender shrimps and scallops grilled to perfection. Under “Caddy Favorites” we went straight for the big one: “The Double Bo- gey Cheeseburger.” This excellent double food & golf decker cheese burger is ¾ of a pound of quality ground beef with your choice of cheddar, jack, American or Swiss cheese. It is massive. Those who order it should either have a very wide mouth or the snake-like ability to dislocate their jaw. With this burger on your plate, you won’t go away hungry, and you might go away with leftovers. Unfortunately, as in the case of the Firecracker Shrimp, it seemed that all of the effort Murray Bros. Caddy Shack went into the main course of the dish, with little thought to the sides. In the case of the shrimp, the smashed potatoes would have been stellar for a steak dish, but didn’t pair well with the seafood. As far as the burger’s by Erin thursby [email protected] sides went, the lackluster, pinkish iceburg salad wouldn’t have been a good choice to pair with anything. The standards for salads, even as an after-thought side, have been raised by eateries across the country. The fries I’m a sucker for zany kitsch and a fan of Bill Murray’s humor, so I was happy to head towards St. Au- were decent, but nothing special when compared with the awesome burger. gustine to sample the food at the Murray Bros. Caddy Shack. The concept eatery was begun by Bill Murray Besides alcohol that was more than reasonably priced and well mixed, there was one thing that made and his band of brothers in 2000 at the World Golf Village locale. It’s primarily owned and run by Andy Mur- me yearn to be regular customer at Caddy Shack: The Belgian Waffle. It doesn’t sound like the sort of thing ray, who has extensive experience in the restaurant biz. that would normally catch my eye on a dessert menu, but Dawn (our waitress) highly recommended it, and Outside, the building is marked by a gigantic golf ball half embedded in the building, half a golf cart she seemed to know the menu well. The swoon-worthy dessert consists of a warm, sweet Belgian waffle crashed next to the entrance and massive resin gator standing, ready for any and all photo ops. Inside, the topped with hot fudge, caramel, glorious homemade whipped cream and candied pecans. The whole thing theme is continued, mixed with stodgy golf clubs of old and the irreverence of the Caddyshack movies. The sits atop a scoop of melting vanilla bean ice cream for a varied mélange of sweetness that may have you walls are crowded with posters and interesting memorabilia from Bill Murray’s career. wondering: would I sell my soul for a Belgian Waffle? Who knew Belgians could be so diabolical? Appetizers are under a section called “Tee It Up,” and feature selections you can find at most sports bars, like chicken wings, chili cheese fries, onion rings and other selections. I highly recommend the onion rings, which are made from fresh sliced sweet white onion dipped in a light Southern batter and then deep fried to golden perfection. They’re served with a sweet tangy barbeque, but are just as savory alone. The nachos are an impressive mountain of flavors, with notes of heat throughout. I particularly liked the South of the Border refried beans, which popped with flavor and were just different enough from the standard stuff that comes on nachos to make it noteworthy. Next on the menu are “The Greens,” the five stand alone salad selections on the menu. Many of the se- lections have kitschy names keeping with the Caddy Shack/golfing theme. The signature Hack Salad contains shredded roasted , hickory smoked bacon, blue cheese, tomatoes, black olives, green onion, diced hard-boiled egg served on a bed of fresh Cali greens. The “Slices” section of the menu is, of course, filled with their pizza selections. They certainly don’t skimp on the meat, piling it high on the pie with their “Too Much Meat” selection. The most famous pie of the

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eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 17 18 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper we have golfing weather nearly year-round. Just look at the King & Bear golf course at the World Golf Village. Designed by living golf legends Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, this beautiful course is one people travel from overseas to play. Not everyone on the First Coast can afford a membership at Sawgrass, or even a single game on the get on the green Slammer & Squire course at the World Golf Village, but that doesn’t cut you out of the game. Jacksonville has a wealth of public courses that span the gamut from expensive and worth the money to expensive and not by jon bosworth worth the money, to truly hidden gems that are both affordable and fun to play. When my friend Crosby came to visit me from Los Angeles he scolded me for not knowing how to play golf, but as a young punk rocker and counter-culture advocate, I had never come across any reason or means to learn the game. He, on the other hand, had found it a great way to meet people that could advance his professional career out West. So he dragged me and a couple of other punks out to Palm Valley and we rented some clubs, got the feel of them on the driving range, and played on a little 9 hole course called the Palm Valley Golf Club. In less than four hours I had a basic understand- ing of the game and found that I didn’t have a half-bad swing. Of course he went back to and I didn’t step foot on a green for many golfing north florida months after that, but when I did I found the aspect of this game that was truly endearing to me: drinking. Golf is the only game that lets you drive around while drinking beers (they’ll even loan you a cooler) and smoking cigarettes without being frowned at As the ides of spring waft into the Florida air, beautiful weather is afoot. The sky is blue, the sun is by other participants of the sport. It’s revelry with just a touch of exercise. warm, but the air still has enough of a chill to make outdoors bearable. Floridians know that this won’t last So here is what I recommend: Go to a thrift store, garage sale or second hand store and pick up a set long, it is the brief moment of beauty before a scorching summer and then a La Nina hurricane season, so we of used clubs. You can usually find something for twenty dollars that has at least a driver, a nine iron, a putter, have to enjoy it while we can. The way many Jacksonvillians do this is through the game of golf. and a bag. If you are certain that this will be a sport you spend a lot of time playing (ie. you have some golfer North Florida is internationally known for golfing. From the annual Tournament Players Championship friends) you may want to consider stopping by an Edwin Watts or Masterfit and finding a cheap starter set for at Sawgrass, with the biggest purse for pro golfers, to the World Golf Village in St. Augustine and the Profes- around $200 that is the right fit for your height and swing. sional Golfers Association of America’s World Golf Hall of Fame, the First Coast is a premiere stop for people Personally I play with a set my father found at a garage sale. It is a piece-meal set of woods that I think who are serious about golfing. We have some of the most beautiful and challenging courses in the world and were carved by Ben Hogan himself when he was still a child, because they are old and crappy, and a 3

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 19 driver I stole from a friend long ago. This set isn’t ideal, and I really should invest in new clubs, but I can’t help but feel as though using these clubs improve my game, much like a professional swimmer will wear Step 2: Pick Your Course sweatpants in the pool to train. This thinking is incorrect, but I live by it none the less. Knowing is half the battle, right? Once you have practiced up and know a little more about how you and your clubs work together, you should set out to play on a course. Get a friend that is also a new golfer to go with you. Don’t be fooled by the friend that says they are bad even though they have been playing a long time. All golfers say they are bad, Step One: Hit the Driving Range but once you get on the course they rock, they gloat, and they try to teach you their secrets. This is the most obnoxious occurance to any golfer, but it is especially discouraging to a new golfer. Jacksonville has a number of driving ranges strategically positioned all over town. Just because it’s Where you play depends largely on what side of town you are on and what you can afford. I have been called a driving range doesn’t mean you have to spend all of your balls and energy just trying to whack it all over town this week looking for the best public courses that cost less than $40 to play 18 holes. 18 holes as far as possible, utilize the driving range to get a feel for all of your clubs. You may find that you are most is an entire day, so this may be a little extreme for a beginner and 9 holes will probably be more fun. Keep accurate with a three iron, or that you hit better with one of your woods than you do with your driver. That is your score card with you just to keep track of how you do, but don’t worry too much about the score. To keep valuable information once you get on a real course. If you live near Philips Highway, you are in luck because the game moving, and to keep you from getting frustrated, don’t keep hitting the ball until it goes in the hole. many of the good ones are in that area. I will list them in order of my favorites, and there are a lot I am leaving Give yourself a maximum of about eight strokes. If you haven’t gotten into the hole by eight, just write down a out. nine on the score card and move on to the next hole, maybe your luck will be better there.

Avenues Golf Driving Range Hyde Park Golf Course 12121 Philips Highway (904) 292-4678 6439 Hyde Grove Ave, Jacksonville Located just South of the Avenues mall on Philips Highway, this range has a full bar, food before 5 pm, a (904) 786-5410 www.hydeparkgolf.com package store, and a nice driving range that is even lit at night. For as little as $7 for a bucket of balls, you This is easily the best public course in Jackson- can spend hours smacking away, and if you drink enough, you won’t even worry about how bad your drives ville. The TPC used to be played on this course back are. They have 50 practice tees, a small practice putting green, and even a practice sand trap. when it was called the Jacksonville Open. Hyde Park has been around for decades, but it is one of the best Masterfit Golf Teaching maintained courses in town. Featuring a comfortable 14055 Philips Hwy (904) 886-4800 clubhouse with a lounge that has a full bar of cheap Located even further South down Philips, this driving range has a pro shop attached and they provide les- drinks, pick up a cooler of beer and climb into your sons. Personal or video. A bucket of balls is only $6 and they have 20 practice tees. Their Orange Park loca- cart. Whether you play all eighteen or just nine (I rec- tion (at 295 and Blanding) doesn’t have a full driving range, but they have a hitting bay and all of the other ommend the back nine) this is a fun course. Warm up amenities of the Philips Highway location. on their driving range then hit the green. Every hole has its challenges and their water hazards are truly hazard- GOLFPLEX - University of North Florida ous, so look out for snakes. This course embraces 4567 St Johns Bluff Rd S (904) 620-2050 Florida’s natural environment, so be careful when los- www.unf.edu/rocksports ing your balls to the water hazards and don’t try to play Featuring a lighted driving range with target greens and more than 10,000 square feet of short game practice through if it lands on the back of a sunbathing turtle. areas, this UNF facility was developed to help you work on all aspects of your game. The UNF golf team uses The trees on this course tend to reach out and smack this course and they have an interesting pricing scheme that allows you to choose the holes you want to play your ball, so be careful about putting too much loft on so that you can enjoy a short session on your lunch break. They have four championship holes, a pro shop, your drives. food and refreshments, lessons, and rental equipment. The sixth hole on this course, also known as Hogan’s Alley, is one of the most famous. During a Jacksonville Open professional tournament half a cen- tury ago, legendary golfer Ben Hogan took eleven strokes to get past this short 3 par hole. He hit it near the water hazard off the drive (which is directly adjacent to the green) then hit two into the water, dropped it next to the water only to flub the chip back into the water and finally made it to the green to sink it on the eleventh stroke. You can enjoy this same frustration as an amateur when you play this course. It is only $28 per player for the full eighteen holes during the week and only $24 after noon during the week. Holidays and weekends are busier, so a full game costs $38. Get there early, get on the list, and enjoy a game of pool in the bar or sharpen your short game on their practice putting green. When your turn is up they will assign you a golf cart and you can play the day away.

The Golf Club at North Hampton 22680 North Hampton Club Way, Fernandina Beach (904) 548-0000 www.hamptongolfclub.com Although a little out of the way for most of us, the North Hampton golf course is a nice treat that is still at or below $40 per person to play. Arnold Palmer designed this par 72 championship course. The manicured greens and beautiful rolling hills were designed to be reminiscent of a classic Scottish course. This signature course is semi-private, but the public are welcome. Almost any day except Friday mornings will be $40 or less if you book them in advance through their website.

Jacksonville Beach Municipal Golf Course 605 South Penman Road, Jacksonville Beach 247-6184 This full eighteen-hole public course is a treasure near the coastline. In the past this course has been known to be a bit choppy, but there is a new superintendent improving the course. The greens aren’t very fast, but for only $36.75 for 18 holes with a cart (equipped with GPS), it is the best place to play for that price at the beaches. It also includes a lighted driving range plus a practice chipping and putting green. Private and group lessons are available as well.

Pine Lakes Golf Club 153 Northside Dr S, Jacksonville (904) 757-0318 This eighteen-hole course is among the cheapest in town. If you are close to the Northside, this course is off of Pecan Park Road. Featuring 6,651 yards of golf, it has the longest tees of any nearby par 72 course. At $20 on the weekdays and $34 on the weekends, this is one of the area’s most affordable courses.

No matter what your flavor, you have to at least get out there once this summer. Pick a friend to start golfing with if you don’t already golf on a regular basis. Get good enough to spend some quality time with the old man, or turn a profit by taking business associates out on the course. People find everything from new jobs to Zen on those greens, so there is no reason not to give it a shot. See you at the tee!

20 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper inside golf by Erin thursby [email protected] If you’re looking to improve your swing or just to have a good time golfing without working up a sweat on the course, head out to Inside Golf at their new San Marco location. Just three weeks ago, Inside Golf moved from their location above Boomtown off of Hemming Plaza to the other side of the St. John’s in San Marco. Owner Mary O’Donnell told EU that the move has improved business because Inside Golf is far more visible and accessible. “We weren’t getting the traffic that we needed and it didn’t look like there was going to be anything to change that in the future.” In the old building they were the only non-restaurant tenant and they tended to have different hours than the businesses around them. Another factor that’s bringing more people into the San Marco locale are the die-hard habits of golfers. “Golfers,” says O’Donnell “are used to putting their clubs in a car and driving to a range or course and taking the clubs out of the trunk. Here, they can do that.” You can work on your putts or your drive at Inside Golf, using their computerized booths that ana- lyze your swing. Without elements like wind to carry your ball, you can determine what you’re doing wrong and adjust your swing. “Every hit that you make, you get instant feedback…You can figure it out, even if you don’t know the mechanics.” O’Donnell and her staff are also happy to give golfers tips and tricks if they want them. There are other virtual golfing booths in town, but all of them are used, not for entertainment and improving the game, but for finding the right golf club at the pro golf shops in town. Inside Golf is the only place in town that uses the booths to promote golf and entertain. The store gets many different types of business, from 8-year old golf savants to golfing leagues and corporate team building. It’s a great place to have a party, even if you aren’t an avid golfer. The 10ft by 10ft screens in the golfing booths can be used to project various forms of entertainment. They’ll be showing the ACC Basketball Finals pretty soon and other big games. If you bring any sort of DVD disk to your party, it can be projected on the screens. Classic sports games or bloopers are a favorite, though they can show any type of DVD that you might like. Next Thursday they’ll be holding a Texas Hold-‘Em poker game, with golfing products as prizes. They serve beer, wine, soft drinks and other commonly available drinks. They also have pre-pack- aged snacks (such as what you might find in a vending machine) but they keep menus from local eater- ies like Bistro Aix, Tidbits, European Street on site for delivery, pick-up and catering. Inside Golf is now located at 1515 San Marco Blvd. near Cedar Street. There are 56 virtual courses which are modeled after real courses. You can use your own clubs and balls or they will provide you with theirs for free. Four play for the price of 3 and a single player gets their second nine holes for free. Hours are Tuesday-Friday from 10AM to 8PM and Saturday-Sunday from 1PM to 6PM. Call (904) 346-0317 for additional info.

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 21 outrageous duds for a quiet game golfing attire by Erin thursby [email protected]

Women get the opportunity to express themselves with clothing on a regular basis, but it just isn’t socially acceptable for men to be flamboyant in most instances. The exception to the rule is the golf course, where real men DO wear pink and plaid and paisley—sometimes in the same outfit. Although golf as we know it started around 1800, outrageous golf fashion took hold in America in the 1920s with knickers and newsboy hats. By the 1950s more and more bright colors and fabrics became available to the public, and golfing attire became more outlandish and colorful. The ‘60s were an outrageous time for fashion anyway, and golf course fashion was no exception. The ‘70s and ‘80s saw plenty of pinks, salmons and greens on the course. Today’s Look

Tiger Woods, as today’s most well-known and popular golfer, has tremendous influence over golfing fashion and fashion in general. He’s best known for his leather belts with their simple silver buckle. Belts have become an important part of golfing attire since the mid ‘90s, so much so that some fashion forward golfers started wearing belts worthy of the rodeo. Unfortunately, Tiger is rather staid when it comes to his other fashion choices, wearing mainly Nike brand baseball caps, subdued colors and conservative collared shirts. Despite this trend toward conservative dress on the golf course, it’s still the place to express an outrageous sense of fashion. Legends in Golf Fashion Past and Present

Greg Norman The legendary Sam Snead (1912-2002) was known as much for his incredible golfing (he won a record 82 PGA tourneys) as he was for his cultivated down home manner and hayseed sense of style. He was known for playing barefoot and donning a straw hat. Chi Chi Rodríguez is known for his flamboyant victory dance, wherein he would pretend that his golf club was a sword in toreador fashion. Before he developed this signature move, he used to place his distinctive straw hat over the hole when- ever he made a birdie or an eagle, but dropped the move when other golfers complained. Australian golfer Greg Norman, the top ranking golfer in the 1980s and ‘90s became known for his wide-brimmed straw hat. Nicknamed the “The Great White Shark,” he wore the wide straw hat typical of Australian surfers as well as an Aussie style cowboy hat made especially for him in straw. He has his own golf clothing line Jesper Bo Parnevik, who will be playing the Wachovia Tour this year, is credited with an eclectic sense of golf fashion and for introducing Tiger Woods to his wife Elin Nordegren. An upturned bill on his baseball cap used to be his trademark (the Ryder Cup accommodated this quirk by placing their logo on the inside of the bill rather than the front, so it could be seen). As of last year, he’s taken to wearing small ties under vests and various styles of hats.

Classic Golf Togs

plus-Fours are loosely cut slacks cut four inches below the knee. They were introduced into golfing culture by Edward, Prince of Wales, during a trip to the states in 1924. The knicker-like pants were brought back into more recent popularity by Payne Stewart (1957-1999). Spectator shoes or wingtip shoes were also popularized by Edward VIII, then the Prince of Wales dur- ing his 1920’s visits. Edward tended to wear the more subdued tan and whites while sporting. Golfer Walter Hagen (1892 –1969) had a hand in popularizing the two-toned black-and-white wing tip by wearing them in the 1920s at the fashionable Lido Club on New York’s Long Island. Also a popular shoe among golfers is another type of oxford called the saddle shoe. They come in more than just black and white; any shoe that has a separate saddle shaped piece of leather (or whatever the shoe is made of) at the instep is considered a saddle shoe. They can either be duotone or all the same color. Straw hats of any type are a great for hot courses, as well as any baseball cap which allows the head to breathe or a visor to keep the glare at bay. Ivy Caps, also known as newsboy caps are a classic choice for windy or colder courses. If you like the look of a newsboy, but still want to play in heat, you can opt for one of the newer styles available in mesh.

22 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper Dressing for the Course

Most golf courses have a dress code. If you want to dress appropriately for the course here a few tips to get you started: tee time for tots ∙ Wear a shirt with a collar and sleeves, short or long. ∙ Don’t wear denim area mini-golf locations are fun for the ∙ If you’re wearing shorts, cut-offs or shorts not designed for golf are unacceptable. The shorts should be finger tip length or longer When in doubt, go with khaki shorts. whole family ∙ Wear real golf shoes. Sandals are definitely not a good idea. Most golf courses have switched from metal cleated golf shoes or “hard spikes” to soft spikes. Make sure you bring street shoes so you can go to the club afterwards. by kelliE abraHamSoN [email protected] ∙ Wear light colored socks with light colored shoes, particularly if you’re wearing shorts, or go with a pat- terned sock like argyle that somewhat matches your shoes. I admit, I’ve never been a big fan of golf. Living on the First Coast, so close ∙ Hats keep the sun off your face but they aren’t required. Baseball caps are common, but make sure you’re to some of the countries most famous not wearing one that’s tattered. courses, I’ve sincerely made an effort to get into the game but nothing has ∙ Wear a nice belt, leather is preferred, generally in brown or a light color. really stuck. The closest I can get to a love of the game is a love of its bastard step-child, mini-golf. I’ve been to many Where to Find Your Golf Togs in Jax a “putt-putt” in my day and, now that While many golfers simply pick their clothes up from the shop at the course, there are a few places to I have kids, I’ll surely get to play many get golf fashion that aren’t on the links. The swankiest place on the list is Hayden’s Haberdashery (6568 St. more holes before my days are through. John’s Avenue (904) 384-4470), the Preppie’s Handbook of Jacksonville style. They carry Lacoste shirts, Luckily there are a number of fun min- golfing sweaters and some of the loudest, but best made golfing trousers you’re going to find. If you’re of a iature golf locations in and around the conservative bent, try any of the Edwin Watts or David Gates golf store locations. Thrift shops and the Good- Jacksonville area to keep us busy. will are also a terrific place to get very colorful golf clothing; just make certain that the clothes are in good The hottest mini golf spot in Jack- shape. Most female golfers in Jacksonville shop either at Beall’s Outlet, get clothing online or buy regular sonville is Adventure Landing. Both loca- clothes that are appropriate for golf. tions have two themed 18-hole courses designed for all ages and skill levels. Golf’s Influence on Alternative Fashion While there are no windmills or clown Walk into any and you’ll find that outrageous golf fashion has had a huge influence on the alt- mouths to putt into, there are lush land- punk scene. Loud plaid pants with a flair, classing golf-style newsboys and other hats that have been seen on scapes to maneuver through and little the course since the beginning of the 20th Century can all be found in one form or another at the more “edgy” waterfall “hazards” to avoid. Thanks to clothing stores. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend getting your golf clothing at a Hot Topic, because though daily specials like their “All Day You Can past golf styles are borrowed, most of their clothing isn’t made of golf friendly fabric and isn’t designed for Play” Mondays and Thursdays, playing ease of movement. If you’re careful about what you pick out, you can get some of your golf togs at alt cloth- a few rounds of mini golf is extremely ing stores, but they just won’t be of the best quality for golfing. affordable for families on a budget. Ad- venture Landing is located in Jacksonville Beach at 1944 Beach Blvd and at 4825 Blanding can remember, I decided it was time to introduce Blvd. in Jacksonville. For more information visit my own little ones to the “sport”. While I knew their website at www.AdventureLanding.com. that my son, who just turned three, would prob- jacksonville’s prehistoric pal The only other miniature golf course within ably get bored right away, I figured my daughter, Jacksonville city limits is Mandarin Mill Family who turns five this month, would be more recep- Golf located at 10910 San Jose Blvd, just south tive to the game. Still, long before we set foot by kellie abrahamson of I-295. This Mandarin landmark features two out of the house, I prepared myself for the worst lives on courses that golfers can navigate via wooden and vowed that once they got antsy we would bridges that wind up and down the hilly land- call it a day. My preparation, it turned out, wasn’t For a while it’s been almost sad to pass by him scape. The Mill is known as “Jacksonville’s a complete waste of time or energy. After grab- standing tall at the side of Beach Boulevard; beat up, Country Club of Miniature Golf,” and while I per- bing some lunch, we headed over to Adventure run down and unloved. But what remains of our mas- sonally wouldn’t go that far, it’s still a fun place Landing on Blanding Boulevard for 18-holes of sive dinosaur friend, the lone reminder of a simpler to spend an afternoon. For pricing and hours of fun. I gave the kids a quick lesson in putt-putt time when gas was less than a buck and getting to the operation call (904) 262-7888. and off they went. Of course, neither of my little beach at 5:00 wasn’t a fool’s errand, is being spared There are several terrific miniature golf guys cared much about the rules and were much from a wrecking ball by Ash Properties, the company places just a short drive away. If you want a wet more interested in whacking the ball than trying that bought the site back in 2001. The orange and and wild mini golf experience, you’ll need to head to get it in the hole. Still, we all stuck it out, even green T-Rex will be preserved and restored with the to Fernandina Beach, where Island Falls Adven- my little boy, who resisted the urge to pick up the help of some students from UNF, much to the relief of ture Golf beckons. Rock mountains, rushing ball and throw it at least twice before doing just area residents, who find the somewhat tacky remnant streams and a 20-foot waterfall take this 18-hole that at around hole five. That in itself is an ac- of Gooney Golf, a miniature golf chain who set up course to the next level. Island Falls is located complishment. We never actually made it all the shop in Jacksonville decades ago and closed a few at 1550 Sadler Road and their phone number way through the course, but the eight holes we years back, strangely charming. is (904) 261-7881. Also in Fernandina Beach did (sort of) complete (with a lot of cheating, of While I never got a chance to play at the mini is the Putt-Putt Fun Center at 6 North Fletcher. course) were a lot of fun. The key, I discovered, golf course that brought him here, I’m glad the bone- Heading south, St. Augustine is home to the was to shut off the anal “mom” part of my brain welding carnivore is here to stay. I’ve passed by the Family Fun Factory, located at 2780 State Road and just be a kid for a little while. As a result, I big guy so many times over the years that it would be 16, which features a large fort-themed 18-hole laughed as much as the kids did and we all want disorienting not to see him there, a tattered beacon of course. More thrills await at Anastasia Miniature to go back someday soon. camp that grins down at us as we scurry on our way. Golf Park, a pirate-themed course complete with While mini golf may seem like an outdated The dud of a dinosaur has been a part of our local waterfalls, caves and a shipwrecked vessel. The way to have fun to some, it’s actually a pretty landscape for so long that he no longer represents a course is located at 701 Anastasia Blvd. directly great way to spend an afternoon with your family. goofy golf course that went out of business. Now he’s a across from the Lighthouse and near the Alligator And, with plenty of great locations nearby, chanc- symbol of a laid-back Jacksonville, one that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Here’s hoping the renova- Farm. es are you‘ll have completely different experience tions do him justice and that our easy going prehistoric pal stays with us for years to come. Being an avid mini-golfer for as long as I every time.

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 23 is a curmudgeoned but good-spirited poet that does not refer to herself as a teacher, but rather a coach. She has been a teacher before, at various grade levels, but she says she has no patience for children (although her grandchildren would disagree). In the 60s one of her poems was published in Time magazine and she has released several books of her poetry since. At the Joe Berg Seminars at which she is often a keynote speaker, she is billed as “The Trucker Poet” because she spent some years of her life traveling and writing poetry. Much of that time was spent behind the wheel of a truck, which is hard to believe from a woman of her size and stature, and some of it was spent with the Merchant Marine. In addition to her own poetry and freelance Lynn Harlin writing for the Florida Times-Union, she also has these writer’s workshops on her houseboat to help local writers learn how to turn their hobby into a craft. “The shanty boat started in the Altamaha River in Jessup, Georgia, at Pig Farm Landing. Jim [Lynn’s husband] and I always dreamed of filling it with writers,” says Lynn. “The shanty boat looks the way that Lynn wants people to write. It’s simple and utilitar- ian and has its own kind of beauty,” says Oscar Senn, one of Lynn’s writers. Oscar is putting the finishing touches on his newly completed novel. He started on the shanty boat and progressed to the point that he was do- ing one-on-one workshops with her at her home on the Westside. Lynn’s workshops are like a guided course, and the writer’s work is the curriculum. “I just want a writers work to be the best that it can be. It’s only when you can step out of the writing and look at what you are doing that it gain a richness and depth. Everyone thinks writ- ing is something you do yourself, in your head, writing is a but in the workshop it is read the way it is on the paper. The words have to speak for themselves.” In the capacity of editor, Lynn has helped many writers release their work. She has been a part of David Keel’s The Pathways to Awareness, Carolee Bertisch’s Who Waves the Baton, and Donna Hicken’s book The Good Fight, and that is just in the past year. But you can’t jump straight to the great American novel. Dealing with Lynn Skapyak Harlinn is like swimming in the St. John’s River. You have to get your toe in first to adjust to the temperature, and once you’re in, bloodsport. expect to get dirty and try not to swal- low. But the workshops are not all about Lynn, they are about the group of writers that attend the workshops The Shanty Boat Writer’s Workshop and the rules of the shanty boat. “My writers have to address the by jon bosworth piece and talk to me about it, even though the writer is right there at the table, we address the piece, not the For aspiring writers there is very little in Jacksonville that can help you hone your craft. All of your favor- writer.” ite writers will talk about workshops they attend that help them externalize their writing and learn how to im- Lynn’s next workshop starts prove it for the reader. I spent years dreaming of moving somewhere where these sorts of bohemians existed on April 11th and will happen every before I met Lynn Skapyak Harlin. Wednesday night from 6 to 9 pm for She was a regular at the restaurant where my wife works and often referred to “her writers” when my six weeks. Contact her at lyharlin@ wife would chat with her. The next thing you know I was tromping down a dock on Trout River and climbing aol.com to sit in on a workshop. onto a ramshackle of a vessel that was lilting in the water. I wasn’t sure at first that it was sea-worthy, but I “You realize you are there for climbed on anyhow. one purpose. All of these different Inside the small floating shotgun house was a table surrounded by an eclectic mix of people. Some people, people you would never talk young, some old, some male, some female. Standing at the head of the table was a wild-eyed woman with to or care about normally, find they grey and white hair sprawling from her hair sucking on a cigarette. have something in common, they all That woman was Lynn Harlin and that boat is still the home of the Shanty Boat Writer’s Workshop. She care about words.”

24 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper writers break away from their keyboards 21st Annual Writers’ Festival Thursday, March 8 - Sunday, March 11

The 21st Annual Florida First Coast Writers’ Festival will be held at the Jacksonville Public Library’s Main Library Conference Center at 303 N. in . happy birthday, dr. seuss! Thursday 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions E Writing about Mothers and Other: Memoir Writing Welcome reception - Crowne Plaza Hotel, - Carol O’Dell Poolside with a reading by Peter Meinke The Dance Partner: Hand in Hand - Writing Beach read-a-thon celebrates Seuss’s Creatively in the Native American Way - Diane Glancy special day Friday Writing Academic Non-fiction - Mike Reynolds by kelliE abraHamSoN [email protected] 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. - Registration & Coffee 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions F Beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss passed away over a decade ago, but his memory lives on with his 9:00 to 10:15 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions A The Librarian as Storyteller, The Natural wonderful books about strange places and even stranger creatures. This year marks the 103rd anniversary of Dr. What is a Novel? - Sheila Ortiz-Taylor Transition - Carmen Agra Deedy Seuss’s birthday and to honor it the Beaches Branch of the Jacksonville Public Library will be hosting a day-long rd Poetry & Fiction - Peter Meinke Breathing Life into Your Characters - Jessie Wise read-a-thon this Saturday, March 3 . Dr. Seuss, a.k.a. Theodore Seuss Geisel, was born on March 2, 1904 and spent most of his life writing and Recording Oral Histories - Thelma Young On Writing Poetry - Patricia Waters illustrating children’s books. After earning a doctorate in literature at Lincoln College, Oxford, Geisel wrote humor articles for magazines and drew advertisements for major companies to stay afloat during the depression. In 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions B 12:00 to 1:45 p.m. - Awards Lunch 1936, he wrote his first book,And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, under the pen name Dr. Seuss. Asylum in the Grasslands: Finding Solace in Keynote Speaker: Brian Jay Corrigan - Finding After turning to political cartoons and helping with the war effort by serving as the commander of the Animation Writing Poetry - Diane Glancy Your Place in the Book World Dept of the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Forces, Seuss went back to writing children’s Clues to Writing Mysteries for Kids & Teens books. Over his illustrious career, Dr. Seuss wrote 48 children’s books and won numerous awards. He died on - June Weltman 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions G September 24, 1991 at 87 years of age. In honor of his birthday, the National Education Association created “Read Across America Day” seven The Long and Winding Road to Getting Acting Out: How the Three Act Structure and years ago. The goal is to get every child from pre-school through high school to read a book the week of March Published - Carol O’Dell Eight Major Turning Points Create a Great Script 2nd. The event held at our Beaches Branch Library is just one of many celebrations held throughout the country - Rick Reichman in honor of this special day. For more information on this special program, visit www.nea.org/readacross. 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. – Lunch Researching, Writing & Reading Historical Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Read-A-Thon begins at 10 a.m. and will last until 3 p.m. and will be completely free Keynote Speaker: Carmen Agra Deedy - Love in Narrative Poetry - Ann Masters to the public. The branch will be transformed into the wonderful world of Dr. Seuss, with different areas of the the Library More Tools for the Novel Writer’s Tool Kit - Bob library having various Seuss-themed activities. All day long in the Community Room’ volunteers will be on hand, Mayer reading Dr. Seuss stories. Special guests such as the Grinch and the Cat-in-the-Hat will also stop by to greet their fans. At the same time, a movie marathon of Dr. Seuss tales will be playing in the Children’s library, where 1:45 to 3:00 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions C kids can also get their faces painted with their favorite Seuss character. In the Atrium, an extra-large version of Rejection, Rejection: Why it’s Happening to You, 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions H The Foot Book will be on hand that visitors can add their feet to. The Jacksonville Police Department will also be and How to Avoid It - Sorche Fairbank Writing the Winning Manuscript - David Poyer there to provide free children fingerprinting and photos to those who may be interested. The fun stuff, however, Writing Well - Lenore Hart Formal & Nearly Formal Poetry - Peter Meinke is on “Mulberry Street.” Here, kids can visit the If I Ran the Zoo inflatable and take a ride on the “Little Toot” Making the Scene: The Importance of Scene The Art of Writing a Query Letter - Sorche train engine. A real fire truck that kids can explore will be on hand as well. To top it all off, games, crafts, music, Structure in Screenwriting - Rick Reichman Fairbank refreshments, goodies and balloons make this celebration a real party. Drawings for free Dr. Seuss books and other prizes take place throughout the day to add to the fun. Supplies are, of course, limited so be sure to show up early! 3:15 to 4:00 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions D This fun-filled day is geared toward children, but Seuss fans of all ages are welcome. Kids under the age of On Writing & Reading - Brian Corrigan Sunday twelve must be accompanied by an adult at all times, so be prepared to join in all the fun. If you’re worried about The Novel Writer’s Tool Kit - Bob Mayer finding a place to park, don’t be. The library has set up extra parking areas for the event at nearby Sun Trust Writing & Illustrating Children’s Books - Janet 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. - Registration & Coffee Bank and Bank of America. For more information, contact the branch at (904) 254-2452. Bevan and Dana Garfinkel 9:00 to 10:15 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions I 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. - Reception at Boomtown Agents: Where to Find Them, How to Hook Theatre Them, and What to do With Them - Sorche Entertainment with Hope Clayton, jazz singer Fairbank Magazine and Feature Writing - Belinda Hulin 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. – Dinner 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions J 8:00 p.m. - Reader’s Theatre Performance An Agent’s View on Getting Published – TBA Ms. Spam Maps of Vegas by Lynn Veach Sadler, Publishing Options: Small Presses, Literary 2006 Writers’ Festival Playwriting Contest Journals and Online Ventures - Panel Winner Presentation: Richard Mathews, William Slaughter and Thelma Young

Saturday 12:00 to 1:30 p.m – Lunch Keynote Speaker: Camille Cline - Self Editing 8:00 to 9:15 a.m. - Registration & Coffee Secrets and Traditional Publishing Tips

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 25 Larry: [Laughs] Yeah, I’d agree with that. I got no problem with global warming, it extends tube top season [chuckles]. It’s a good thing Al Gore put out his movie in the sum- getting her done mer time. That was smart, if he would’ve put it out now everybody would be going “You dumbass, it’s freezing.” It’d be like an umbrella salesman trying to sell umbrellas in Phoenix. interview with Larry the Cable Guy EU: Your Christmas album A Very Larry Christmas, containing such hits as ‘Titty Bar Christmas’, ‘Donny the by joel land Retard’, ‘O Holy Crap’, and ‘The First Queer Santy Claus’, was an instant classic. How did this WHAT: Larry the Cable Guy come about? WHERE: Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Larry: The Christmas album did real WHEN: March 8 at 7:30 pm good, it was the craziest thing ever… I mean I did it like 13 years ago. When EU learned that Larry the Cable Guy was coming to town, we knew that we had to interview him. That was before Blue Collar ever What could be more perfectly up Jacksonville’s alley than Larry and his Blue Collar comedy schtick? But hit, so anybody that got that CD when it came to who could interview him, we drew a blank. Then we mentioned the possibility of giving an was a die-hard fan. It was nothing interview to local standup comedian Joel Land and he didn’t hesitate to volunteer. Joel spoke to Larry the like my act, it was more like my Cable Guy via telephone. radio stuff… And that sumbitch sold 970,000 copies in 9 months. EU: The first time I ever heard of Larry the Cable Guy you were buzzing the comedy circuit continuously. It will go platinum next year when It seemed you were performing at the Comedy Zone here in Jacksonville several times a year. The next they re-release it. thing I know you can buy any Git-r-Done merchandise imaginable at virtually every gas station, and now EU: Aha, can I smell a Christmas you’re packing arenas all over America. Which factored in the most on your runaway success, hard work, special? the Blue Collar phenomena, or magical charisma? Larry: You know, I’m working on Larry: Magical good looks, hard work and compromising pictures of Jeff Foxworthy. No, standup is a job. I that. I think it would be really fun started out doing radio spots for 27 stations all over the country. I’d be up at 6 in the morning everyday, so I to do like an old Dean Martin, Bing couldn’t stay out with everybody til 3 in the morning. Only 30% of the stations paid me, the rest was all free. Crosby Christmas special. I’ve al- The only payback I asked from them is that if I come to their city just help me promote the show…I devel- ready approached Comedy Central about oped a really good underground following; I was able to sell out comedy clubs just from doing my radio. Then it. Every year have a one hour Very Larry it just snowballed into what it is today. But it was definitely a lot of hard work. That and I never let myself get Christmas Special. discouraged. EU: With Larry and friends? Larry: Yeah, Larry and Friends, I’d have guests on EU: You just sold out two solid nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York, what kind of feelings does there and I’d have someone on there actually singing a song. There would be sketches and parodies, you that muster up? know, and we’d have a couple of serious things on there, you know, it would be a Christmas special. Larry: Dude, that was the most nerve-wracking thing I’ve ever done in my whole life. The thing that was nerve-wracking was just the mystique, it’s Radio City Music Hall. It’s in New York. Not really regarded as a EU: What’s on Larry’s iPod ? Is it still the “Cars” soundtrack? Have you met Rascal Flatts? And why do blue collar venue… I did just under 12,000 people. Jamie Foxx worked Madison Square Garden and I outsold they look like that (all polished up)? him by 5,000 people. Just the fact that that happened, I was really thankful. I told the crowd I was like the Larry: [Chuckles] I don’t know about that. You know what I like really is urban music. redneck pied piper. It’s just another tearing down the wall of critics saying I’m only a red state act, because EU: Really? I’m not a red state act; I’m a funny act. I don’t care if your red state, blue state or friggin purple, if you have a Larry: Keith Urban [chuckles]. No my iPod is full of Marshall Tucker Band, Skynyrd, George Strait, Chris sense of humor and like to laugh and like my style of comedy, which fortunately a lot of people do. Ledoux, and then I have a hit mix with , Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and that kind of stuff. EU: Just the essentials. EU: You’ve been in Florida since age 16, work aside, did you ever do much time here in North Florida/ Larry: Yeah. Jacksonville? You know just goofing off? Larry: I was in Florida at 16, when I was 19 I left for college in Georgia. I went to a Baptist college. I was EU: What can we expect at your show here in Jacksonville? there 3 years…no, 4 years. I got put back a year (chuckles)… I started working the Comedy Zone there, they Larry: An hour and twenty minutes of one-liners... I take requests, people send notes backstage, and if I can were real good to me when I was starting out… But I love Jacksonville. I used to come up there all the time. I will. But people will get to see a brand new act. I’m not going to change the way I do things. People come Of course when I started doing bigger things, I got to be buddies with all the Skynyrd guys, you know they’re to expect certain kinds of jokes from me, and that’s what they’re going to get. I‘m not going to cross the line all from Jacksonville- too much, I’m going to cross it a little bit. If you’re bringing your kids, I don’t think it’ll be that bad. I ‘m not EU: Yeah, I’ve heard that. going to drop any f-bombs I’m not going to take the Lord’s name in vain. They’ll hear some old country terms Larry: I’d always had a good time there. It’s pretty, I know that much. [chuckles] and some innuendo.

EU: With all the hype on global warming, could you agree with my theory that when you hear thunder, Catch Larry the Cable Guy live at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on March 8 at 7:30 pm for that’s God stomping around. When it rains, that’s God crying. Global warming? That’s just God running a The Right to Bare Arms tour with special guest Reno Collier. You can purchase tickets through Ticketmaster little fever right now. or charge by phone at 353-3309. For the complete interview go to eujacksonville.com.

26 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper guitar further out DASOTA Great Guitar Gathering 2007 by Rick grant [email protected]

Today, there are legions of guitar andrew york masters in all genres–from blues to jazz to classical–who set high standards of artistry. However, Dusan Bogdanovic and Andrew York, who performed at the Great Guitar Gathering last Friday night, have eclipsed them all as performers and composers. They are at the pen- tacle of guitar artistry. Their extensive musical knowledge and composing talent place them in a class by them- selves–guitar further out! For Don Casper’s guitar students at Douglas Anderson School of The Arts (DASOTA)having Dusan and An- drew conduct workshops and perform live serve as the ultimate inspiration for the students to excel. Armed with a well rounded musical education, these aspiring guitarists can go to the genre of their choice, knowing that they can handle any challenge. At this 14th Annual GGG, as tradi- tion dictates, Don Casper directed his mighty 52 piece guitar orchestra through a program of challenging compositions, including a piece writ- ten by Andrew York, titled Attic. Rarely can the public witness a 52 piece guitar thursday nights orchestra playing live. It’s quite spectacular to hear America as well as Dusan’s native Yugoslavia, now the subtle nuances and counterpoint as the various broken up into the Balkan States. This eclectic style sections of take on the role of other instru- of playing is beyond exotic–it enters the realm of ments, specially arranged for this performance. The esoteric innovation. Remarkably, Dusan leaves plenty group performed a selection of modern and classical of room in his pieces for improvisation which really compositions with well rehearsed verve, showing off held my interest. In the past, classical guitar artists Don’s hard work at teaching these students. Man, would never play a note that wasn’t written on the pulppulp fictionfiction theatretheatre just getting that many teenagers into one place is an score. Dusan has broken that taboo and taken guitar accomplishment. playing into uncharted territory. Straight from the 30s After a short break to get the 52 chairs and After the intermission, Grammy winning guitar- music stands off the stage, Dusan Bogdanovic took ist, Andrew York performed. Andrew was a member the stage. Over his prolific career as a composer and of the famous Los Angeles Guitar Quarter (LAGQ)) performer, Dusan has explored many different musi- which recorded successful albums and toured cal languages from various cultures, distilling them internationally. Andrew’s compositions have been Gritty, thrilling and performed into his improvised style that uses complex struc- recorded by musical luminnaries including John tures and time signatures. When he tried to explain Williams, Christopher Parkening, Scott Tennant, and live at Downtown's coolest his first composition, I was sitting next to Don and William Kanengiser. Like Dusan, Andrew crosses I leaned over and said, “Hey, that sounds really dif- over many different genres as a virtuoso classical ficult.” Don replied, “Yeah, I’ve been trying to learn it and jazz guitarist. Dinner Theatre. for weeks.” Andrew opened with a suite which meandered doors open at 6, show at 8:30 At certain points in his performance, I could through many moods and tone colors. His technique hear many different influences. Amazingly, he sound- changed continuously and was never boring. My ed like two guitarists were playing. This major dude impression of Andrew’s playing is: It is definitely has written over fifty published compositions ranging more accessible to general audiences because it is from guitar to solo works to chamber and or- more melodic and less darkly dissonant sounding chestral ensemble pieces. Yet, he graciously gave of than Dusan’s complex structures. 5 bucks (CHEAP!) for the his time to help Don’s students with their progress. Nonetheless, both these guitar titans have show | full dining | call for Over his long and prodigious career, Dusan accomplished many different disciplines, applying more info. has collaborated with the Falla Guitar Trio, James them to their emotionally charged compositions. In Newton, Milch Leviev, Charlie Haden, Miroslav Tadic, other words, they’re equal in skill and talent. Frankly, Mark Nauseef and other top guitar cats of varying though, I favor Andrew York as a player simply genres. because his music is less pretentious than Dusan’s As I listened to Dusan’s performance, I noticed dark trip into discord. My rhetorical question is: At boomtown theatre that his compositions change continuously in mood, what point do difficult structures become an exercise 140 west monroe street | 632-0099 | http://pulpfictiontheatre.tk/ rhythm, and technique. His music took me on a mu- in complexity for its own sake? Only Dusan can an- sical journey to exotic locations in Africa and South swer that question.

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 27 live music shows calendar smoking hot big THURSDAY, MARCH 1 Open Mic w/Colleen Murphy Trade Winds Lounge, band jazz St. Augustine (829-8646)

Silver Lake Drive Cortesses, St. Augustine (825-6775) Ron Perry Roadhouse, Orange Park (264-0611) Yellowjackets at UNF with Jazz Dot Wilder Layla’s, Jax Heidi Schwartz European Street, Jax (399-1740) Ensemble Family Force 5 Murray Hill, Jax (388-7807) Pili Pili Po Boys, Atlantic Beach (246-4121) by Rick grant [email protected] Nathan Holley Bukkets, Jax Beach (246-7701) The 19th annual Great American Jazz Series at featuring guest artist Eric Marienthal. After the UNF kicked off with the featured artist The Yellow- show, Ensemble I director J.P Scott told me that Thoroughly Modern Mille Wilson Center, Jax jackets appearing with the critically acclaimed Jazz the members of the Yellowjackets were really easy who appeared with E-1 were Russell Ferrante on Soulo w/Deron Baker Urban Flats, Ponte Vedra Ensemble I, directed by J.P.Scott. It had been a num- to work with and communicated with the students piano, Jimmy Haslip on bass, and drummer Marcus ber of years since I covered the GAJS, so it was my well. “We had a great time with them, and we want Baylor, with Eric Marienthal on saxophone. Rarely do Chuck Nash My Place, Jax (737-5299) distinct honor and privilege to be invited to chronicle them to come back. My students loved working with I have the opportunity to hear exemplary big band Blistur Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune Beach (241-8221) this premiere jazz event in the Fine Arts Center. them and benefited greatly from their workshops,” jazz. It’s just not around anymore. So, when this My main impression of the evening’s perfor- J.P. said. super-brass-group cranked up, it was awe-inspir- Out of Hand Lynch’s Irish Pub, Jax Beach (249-5181) mances was how the standards of musicianship at In the 25 years since the Yellowjackets were ing. Eric played solos with various members of E-I, UNF have skyrocketed exponentially over the years. formed, they have reached the pinnacle of the jazz inspiring the students to excel, playing beyond their Scars of Tomorrow Thee Imperial, Jax (475-0488) And that is because UNF is attracting higher caliber genre. The group celebrated its 25th anniversary in comfort zones. Regi Blue Mercury Moon, Orange Park (215-8999) students who come to UNF based on its reputation May, 2006 with the release of Twenty-Five, a combi- The big brassy sound of E-I’s creative charts as one of the top music schools in the country. nation CD/DVD package that captured two milestone with the members of the Yellowjackets was exciting Mariachi Guadalajara Jimadores, Jax (739-5828) When Jazz Ensemble II, directed by Dennis Marks, performances during the group’s European tour in and harkened back to the big band era. However, the performed as the opening act, I was blown away by the fall of 2005. were modern and daring, with plenty Boogie Freaks Square One, Jax (306-9004) the high quality artistry. E- II sounded more like E-I The Yellowjackets debuted on the end of the of room for individual soloists to step out front and Doc Severinsen UNF Fine Arts Center, Jax of yesteryear. jazz-fusion boom in 1981 with its original brand of strut their stuff. For the E-I performance, the Jackets The E-II students played a four song repertoire traditional and fusion sound. Touring extensively and were very accomodating, letting the big band wail, David Milam Shannon’s Irish Pub, Green Cove Springs of complex modern charts featuring intricate horn recording numerous albums, the band has come full sticking to the charts with Eric out front playing Nimble Jim & the Ointment Brewsters, Jax (223-9850) voicings. E-II opened with a lively piece written by circle as titans of jazz--in demand at universities as brief solos. I was ecstatic at the high quality of this Dr. Bill Prince titled Street Chase. Dr. Prince has well as commercial gigs. Like so many other groups, big brass monster. All the members were playing Steve Plays Too Loud London Bridge, Jax (359-0001) been an influential member of the UNF jazz faculty the Jackets have had its share of personnel changes. in top notch form with perfect counterpoint. Finally, since the early days, when Rich Matteson and Bunky The original members included keyboardist Russell the Yellowjackets returned after the intermission to Wes Cobb Fly’s Tie Irish Pub, Atlantic Beach (246-4293) Green upgraded the UNF jazz program to compete Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Richy play as a quartet. I noticed that Eric’s solos were Cornerstone The Mill Top, St. Augustine (829-2329) with the best music schools in the country. Dennis Lawson, who were assembled to play on Robben much more advanced than he played with E-I, which Marks announced that Dr. Prince is retiring. Unques- Ford’s 1977 instrumental release. The members then was indicative of his gracious nature not to upstage Mid Life Crisis Ragtime Tavern, Atlantic Beach (241-7877) tionably, he will be missed and difficult to replace. changed their name from the Robben Ford Group to the students. The band with Eric Marienthal forged Black Fire Chicago Pizza, St. Augustine After a short break to make some minor chang- the Yellowjackets and released their first album in ahead with a memorable jam, incorporating their es to the stage, the mighty Ensemble II took with 1981. memorable material from their 25 years of making Ron Rodriguez Mellow Mushroom, Jax (997-1955) stage along with the members of the Yellowjackets Now established as icons, the Jacket members significant music.

Little Green Men West Inn Cantina, Jax (389-1131)

Sidewalk 65 Latitudes Café, Atlantic Beach (247-6606)

Freeze Frame Fionn Maccool’s, Jax Beach (242-9499)

Poisen the Well Fuel, Jax (425-3835)

Pilar, Locust Grove Jack Rabbits, Jax (398-7496)

Will Pearsall A1A Aleworks, St. Augustine (829-2977)

Greg Baril Whitey’s Fish Camp, Orange Park (269-4198)

Glass Camels Ginger’s Place, Jax Beach

Rough Mix Blues The Frisky Mermaid, Fernandina Beach (261-3300)

Those Guys The Oasis, St. Augustine (471-3424)

FRIDAY, MARCH 2

Dana Salmela Cross Creek Restaurant, Jax

Me Without You Freebird Live, Jax Beach (246-2473)

Sarasota Slim The Frisky Mermaid, Fernandina Beach (261-3300)

28 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper Chuck Nash Latitudes Café, Jax Beach horsing around Aerial Tribe Ragusa Pub, Jax (443-7055) Ron Norris & Rusty Springfield Urban Flats, Ponte Vedra Band of Horses interview Freeze Frame Jax Landing, Jax Rehab, Authority Zero Jack Rabbits, Jax (398-7496) by jon bosworth [email protected] Spade McQuade Lynch’s Irish Pub, Jax Beach (249- What: Band of Horses and Arizona BB: Well, it’s 5181) When: March 10 funny because we Where: Café 11 in St. Augustine have these three Nate Holley Mellow Mushroom, Jax (997-1955) core group mem- Echovalve Brewsters Pit, Jax (223-9850) In the grunge days of the early nineties every bers and we go band talked about being influenced by Neil Young, over new songs. Now we have three new guys and something. C5 Spare Time, Jax Beach but for the most part they were talking about his off- we haven’t practiced with all six of us together yet. EU: of recent- kilter guitar solos and dirty distortion. The big mo- The others are coming in this weekend and it will be ly spoke out about Neil Young’s tendency to put out Rebecca Zapen 95 Cordova, St. Augustine ments were when Neil used as his backup a loud few hours of good times. mediocre albums. Personally I think that when Neil Riff Raff Box Seats, Jax (908-7328) band or toured with some young band. I’m really excited about them. One of them is is brilliant, he’s so brilliant it outshines anything These days we’ve seen an influx of Neil Young-in- the bassist from Archers of Loaf. He’s super funny. anyone else has ever recorded. How do you feel Brad Payne All-Stars Sports Bar, St. Augustine (827- spired bands that focus more on his vocal timbre The new keyboardist is a guy I grew up with play- about Neil Young’s albums? 9842) and the deeply introspective aspects of his haunting ing baseball in Irma, South Carolina, so he’s a good BB: Yeah totally. I hadn’t heard that about Johnny Flood Aromas, Jax (928-0515) tunes. old friend with us on this tour. Robin Herringer is Wayne, but with Neil Young, sometimes in hindsight Although The Flaming Lips led this pack, be- someone I’ve known for years. He used to play with those albums can grab you later. After you let it Jager Dave On the Rocks, Jax (685-5268) cause they started it early on, they are not exactly Carissa’s Wierd. I’m really familiar with them and steep a little. I like all Neil Young’s records. I didn’t toting that banner these days as they strive to create excited because I know we’ll get along really well. get to into the Living with War thing, but I’ll come De Lions of Jah Endo Exo, Jax (396-7733) more experimental sounds and move more into the EU: Do you have a constant source of inspiration? back to it one day and really feel it. Str8 Up Tom & Betty’s, Jax (387-3311) crazy Fat Albert funk of At War with the Mystics. But BB: Yeah. I guess my constant source is just EU: What are you most excited about this tour? don’t worry, because new groups are mobilizing to being totally alone in the house, or wherever, and just BB: I’m most excited to be with this hilarious Heavenly Noise Starlite Café, Jax pick up the slack. My Morning Jacket is often cited messing around with my equipment. Getting stoned group of people. And my girlfriend’s coming, so it Regi Blue Brewsters, Jax (223-9850) as the new Neil Young, but the truth is that while My and mixing weird sounds. Mostly solitude would be will be hilarious good times. It will show on stage Morning Jacket has the vocal timbre, they lack the my main source of inspiration. too; we’re gonna have such a blast. Jerry Melfi, LoriAnn Conch House, St. Augustine core rock essential that defined Neil Young for sev- EU: What is the Seattle music scene like these days? (829-8646) eral generations. Band of Horses, however, has the BB: It’s kind of intimidating at first. When we Catch Band of Horses with Arizona at Café vocals without dropping the rest of that banner. got there we were super homeless and broke and Eleven in St. Augustine on March 10th. Tickets are Full Black Out Po Boys, Atlantic Beach (246-4121) Hailing from South Carolina, these southern the thought of being a professional band seemed like only $10. Contact Café Eleven at 904-460-9311 for Matt Collins Pauly’s Pizza, Jax (727-9101) boys know how to walk the line between today’s the big shiny promise at the top of the mountain. We more information. indie rock and yesteryear’s classic compositions. I didn’t think it would really happen, but when we got Boogie Freaks Cheers, Mandarin (262-4337) caught up with the songwriter for this outfit, it going, it went pretty well. It seemed really crowded Last Call for Closure Fuel, Jax (425-3835) , and talked about Georgia fans playing and hard to break into the scene but that worked out in Gator country. in the end for us. EU: Looking back at being homeless in Se- EU: What makes a Band of Horses show attle compared to touring the world with Band of FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 2-3 stand apart from the music on the album? Horses, do you think of any particular moment as Out of Hand Whitey’s Fish Camp, Orange Park (269-4198) BB: I guess we are a bit more spontaneous and being the definitive transitional instant? Is there a you can see more personality. It’s not as serious made for TV movie in there somewhere? Jody & the Driveshafts Trade Winds Lounge, St. as you might think, since the album seems more BB: We played two shows with Iron and Wine, Augustine (829-9336) serious. Hopefully. Maybe awkward? Horny? I don’t we had only played four small shows before that, we know. were so new it was hard to tell what was going on, Gutterboy Cap’n Odies, Jax Beach (241-8848) EU: How does a usual band practice start? but it felt, for the first time, that we were really on to Sidewalk 65 Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune Beach (241-8221)

Gary Douglas Campbell OC White’s, St. Augustine

Von Barlow’s Jazz Ensemble The Brick, Jax (387-0606)

Driven Mercury Moon, Orange Park (215-8999)

Trickle Down Chicago Pizza, St. Augustine

Big Al & the Kaholics Monkey’s Uncle, Jax Beach (246-1070)

The Company Cortesses, St. Augustine (825-6775)

Pignotti Latitudes, Jax Beach (247-6606)

Chuck Nash Scarlett’s, St. Augustine

Roger That Roadhouse, Orange Park (264-0611)

Soulo A1A Aleworks, St. Augustine (829-2977)

Sam & Gabe Mill Top Tavern, St. Augustine (829-2329)

Pili Pili Caribbee Key, Neptune Beach (270-8940)

SATURDAY, MARCH 3

Kenhe The Tree Steakhouse, Atlantic Beach (241-5600)

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 29 Dot Wilder Island Girl Cigar Bar, Jax (854-6060)

Strings of Fire Jimadores, Jax (739-5828) David Milam Bourbon Bayou, St. Augustine jimi hendrix of the Sawn Patrol Freebird Live, Jax Beach (246-2473)

Ron Rodriguez Po Boys, Atlantic Beach (246-4121) Retro Katz Lynch’s Irish Pub, Jax Beach (249-5181) ukulele King MuDDfish The Frisky Mermaid, Fernandina Beach (261-3300) Elizabeth Roth Urban Flats, Ponte Vedra interview with Jake Shimabukuro Will Neal Aromas, Jax (928-0515) by jon bosworth [email protected] Red & the Red Hots Cliff’s, Atlantic Beach (249-2777) What: Jake Shimabukuro, Ukulele Virtuoso was an interest in ukulele music. I started touring in Boogie Freaks Jax Landing, Jax Where: The Florida Theatre Japan and they really enjoyed it.” When: March 7th Before he knew it his career had snowballed Aerial Tribe Ocean 60, Jax Beach (247-0060) into regular gigs across the globe. He has since Jake Shimabukuro has been playing the Ukulele shared the stage with the likes of Blues Traveler, Skyliner Jack Rabbits, Jax (398-7496) since he was 4 years old. Buffet, Bela Fleck, and he is even on Ziggy Marley’s Prospect Hill Brewsters Pit, Jax (223-9850) “I got into it because my mom played and then latest release. Not only has he shared the stage with I just couldn’t put it down.” some of his favorites, but he played Conan O’Brien Payton Page Mellow Mushroom, Jax (997-1955) In Hawaii a ukulele player may not be as last year and then Carson Daily more recently, so Mike Shakelford The Homestead, Jax Beach (249-9660) unusual as it is in most places, but it still can’t be he’s not far from becoming a household name. all that common. Regardless of how common the “The Internet has played an amazing role in C5 Brewsters, Jax (223-9850) instrument is where Jake lives in Honolulu, how exposing people to what I do.” he plays it is anything but common. Since getting In fact, if you Google Jake Shimabukuro you Stu Weaver Harry’s, Jax Beach (247-8855) national attention he has caught the ear of some of will find several YouTube videos of him performing. Nathan Holley Bukkets, Jax Beach (246-7701) the greats, from Jimmy Buffet to Bela Fleck and the After watching him squeeze so many sounds out of Flecktones. He is even called the Jimi Hendrix of the his small instrument, you’ll see why these videos Open Mic w/Larry Broussard St. Johns Pizza Grill, ukulele. were forwarded all over the web. Jax (287-9900) “I showed that to my parents and they loved it. “I enjoy it because it keeps me on my toes. It’s My friends got a kick out of it. Normally you couldn’t hard to keep it interesting when it’s just you and your use ‘Jimi Hendrix’ and ukulele in the same sentence, instrument [on stage]. It’s a big challenge to keep you don’t know what the audience is going to think. SUNDAY, MARCH 4 but actually Jimi Hendrix’s first instrument was a the whole audience interested with four strings, but One of the great things about playing the ukulele ukulele.” it keeps me innovative and creative. It’s easy to fall is that from the beginning people don’t have high Those Guys Sunset Grill, St. Augustine (471-5555) Jake is modest and he says everything with a into the trap of playing a cover song and sticking to expectations for what you will do. When people see Dan Shepherd Harpoon Louie’s, Jax (389-5631) nervous laugh, but when you hear him play, be it his the melody so everyone recognizes it, but I try to the ukulele they don’t think much, but I try to take it frenetic hard rockin’ numbers or his delicate cover of stay on my toes and find at least one lick or chord a notch up and leave them feeling surprised.” ‘3’ Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune Beach ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’, he does things with voicing or harmonic that sets it apart from another And you can count on that. Mixing every style, (241-8221) this tiny instrument that are baffling. .” from bluegrass to flamenco to classical, jazz, rock, Jake’s friendly tone and humble demeanor is JW Gilmore Gypsy Cab Company, St. Augustine “I think the instrument fits my personality a lot. and even pop, Jake effectively shakes it all out of It’s a lot of fun and it’s a friendly instrument… A five endearing. He talks about the great friends he has that tiny instrument. He enjoys making it sound like Aerial Tribe Layla’s, Jax year-old can pick one up and strum out some chords been making on the road and the intimidating chal- everything from a harp to a banjo to add depth and and an eighty year-old can pick it up and play a tune. lenge of taking the stage alone with only a ukulele color to his performances. See Jake Shimabukuro David Milam Mellow Mushroom, Jax (997-1955) Everyone can relate to it. It’s such a simple instru- in front of an audience full of people expecting a big live at the Florida Theatre on March 7th and take in Evans, Bruce & Monarch Whitey’s Fish Camp, ment that it is what it is.” show. the spectacle for yourself. Tickets are $21 and you Orange Park (269-4198) With Jake it isn’t a matter of a musical virtuoso “It’s a really intense feeling, like nothing else can get them through the box office by calling the that can play any instrument well and he took up the I’ve ever experienced, but it’s a rush too, because Theatre at 904.355.2787. Jimmy Parrish Carib Key, Jax Beach (270-8940) ukulele to have an instrument that no one else was as good at, he’s only played ukulele all along. He Matanzas Trade Winds Lounge, St. Augustine (829-8646) has never had an interest in any other instrument. El Toro Loco Mark’s Downtown, Jax (355-5099) Jake started out playing traditional Hawaiian music with a local band, putting out a couple of albums. Gary Campbell Mill Top Tavern, St. Augustine (829-2329) Then “things started changing when I branched off 3rd Bass The Casbah, Jax (981-9966) and became a soloist. I began experimenting with different kinds and styles of music. I started pushing Spade McQuade Fionn MacCool’s, Jax Beach (242-9499) the limitations of the instrument. Then I found there

Bobby Flynn Culhane’s Irish Pub, Atlantic Beach (249-9595)

El Toro Loco Square One, Jax (306-9004)

MONDAY, MARCH 5

Boxrockers Cortesses, St. Augustine (825-6775)

Charlie Walker Mellow Mushroom, Jax (997-1955)

Sam Pacetti The Mill Top, St. Augustine (829-2329)

Mike Hart The Oasis, St. Augustine (471-3424)

Hourly Radio Jack Rabbits, Jax (398-7496)

Sugar Bear Harmonious Monks, Mandarin (880-3040)

30 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper Band of Destiny Square One, Jax (306-9004)

Aiden Little Green Men Lynch’s Irish Pub, Jax Beach (249-5181) Taking their name from the creepy little boy in don’t wait till warped Out of Hand My Place, Jax (737-5299) The Ring, are the goth-punk rockers of . With white pancake makeup and more eyeliner than one Nolan Neal Fly’s Tie Irish Pub, Atlantic Beach (246-4293) band has a right to use, they’re taking the stage as one of the main musical acts on the tour. Goliath The Casbah, Jax tour! Stu Weaver Harry’s, St. Augustine (824-7765) By building up a fan base in the Flint area, this post hard-core band of hands-on Michigan boys is rockstar Taste of Chaos on the road to fame and glory. TUESDAY, MARCH 6 Vinnie & Billy Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune Beach (241-8221) by Erin thursby [email protected] My first exposure to The Used was a brick wall spray painted with the name of the band. I became Matanzas Trade Winds Lounge, St. Augustine (829-8646) If you find that you don’t want to wait ‘till the Prizes offered on the Taste of Chaos website curious and ran a search on my computer, com- Christina Wagner & Friends Mark’s Downtown, Jax summer for the punk-core of Vans™ , http://www.tasteofchaos.com/ include an Ernie Ball ing up with the then-underground band. With two (355-5099) you might want to check out Warped Tour’s little guitar, albums from each of the featured artists and a records at Gold and one at Platinum since 2002, the brother: The Rockstar™ Taste of Chaos. It was origi- gift certificate from Hot Topic. Taste of Chaos is also sound of The Used is underground no lon- Will Pearsall The Mill Top, St. Augustine (829-2329) nally supposed to be an alternative to Warped Tour, running a MySpace contest for their top 8 friend’s ger. one that catered to a different flavor of music, but spots, for the people who “Chaos-ify” their profiles Bush Doctors Cortesses, St. Augustine (825-6775) has since become a sort of Winter/Spring Warped and promote the tour on their personal MySpace Ron Perry Fionn MacCool’s, Jax Beach (242-9499) Tour, featuring many Warped Tour vets. page. Saosin has a fanatically loyal fanbase. They Taste of Chaos was created by Kevin Lyman started the band as “a hardcore Bjork band.” The Bill Rice Mellow Mushroom, Jax (997-1955) in 2004, about 10 years after the creation of Warped Major Headliners on the band’s name is actually a word in Mandarin Chinese Tour. Both tours have corporate sponsors which that literally means keep your heart small, referring Nightowls The Oasis, St. Augustine (471-3424) benefit from the association with a punk tour, giving Tour to the adage that you must keep a small heart in Jimmy Solari My Place, Jax (737-5299) Vans and Rockstar Energy Drink an edgy feel. order to love with caution. In 2005, the tour went international, going 30 Seconds to Mars Seth Ramsdill Fly’s Tie Irish Pub, Atlantic Beach to , and Europe with The Used, Rise Besides a straight-ahead that (246-4293) Against and , among others. dabbles in post-hardcore, 30 Seconds to Mars This Jersey punk/ band was spawned not El Toro Loco Square One, Jax (306-9004) has another claim to fame: lead singer Jared Leto, out of high school friendship and jam sessions, but Battle of the Bands and who will always be remembered for and swooned from a posting on the internet by the lead singer, over because of his role as Jordan Catalano in My James Anthony Nielsen, who is looking for band Other Contests So-Called Life. 30 Seconds to Mars cancelled their members to jam with. TUESDAY-WED., MARCH 6-7 time on stage for the Sacramento Taste of Chaos Gene Nordan Mackenzie’s, Ponte Vedra (543-9143) Included in all the action of Taste of Chaos, is last Friday because of Jared’s health problems. The Taste of Chaos line-up is due to play at the the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands, which Jared developed gout as a result of gaining about 60 Morocco Shrine Auditorium on Thursday the 8th at began on Warped Tour in ’96 as a way to draw local pounds and then losing the weight rapidly. He gained 5:15PM. The concert hasn’t sold out yet, but it has WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 bands onstage. These days it’s a promotional tool the poundage for a film role of Mark David Chapman in other cities. Tickets are available through Ticket that helps bands get notoriety on a national level by (who famously killed John Lennon) for the upcoming Master Locations or you can go online atticketmas- The Cover Band Spare Time Grille, Jax Beach (246-8099) playing in their home town. release of Chapter 27. ter.com. Mystic Dino Ocean Club, Jax Beach (242-8884)

Cloud 9 Latitudes Café, Atlantic Beach (247-6606) escape the fate fun as they recount a string of one night stands with my 6X9’s didn’t stop those tiny hairs on my arm goth girls: “I love the girls who hate to love because from standing tall the first time my eardrums grazed Soulo w/Deron Baker Urban Flats, Ponte Vedra they’re just like me.” the sounds of mewithoutYou. Their third release, Fallen From the Sky Thee Imperial, Jax (475-0488) One thing for nay-sayers to keep in mind is that out now on Tooth and Nail records, brother, sister the band is relatively young. Their quick signing by struck me dumb. It is a breath of fresh air and one Dave Massey My Place, Jax (737-5299) Epitaph didn’t seem to do much to consolidate their of the most sonically pleasing albums I have heard identity, as Latest Fashion seems to be all over the in since At the Drive In. This album maintains the ET Swing The Oasis, St. Augustine (471-3424) musical map and doesn’t form a cohesive work of same strength as their sophomore album Catch for Glass Camels The Homestead, Jax Beach art. Still, they’re a band to keep track of in the future. Us the Foxes. With an industry that is suffocating the - By Erin Thursby public with redundant formulated-puke, pop bands, Wes Cobb Band Square One, Jax (306-9004) mewithoutYou has created an album that includes Crystal Stafford, Aerial Tribe Starlite Café, Jax (356-4444) the one thing that most modern recordings lack mewithoutyou – artistic value. Conrad Oberg London Bridge, Jax (359-0001) Artist: Escape the Fate Aaron Weiss, mewithoutYou’s singer, is a Stu Weaver The Mill Top, St. Augustine (829-2329) Title: Dying is Your Latest Fashion soapbox preacher complete with a megaphone duct-taped to his mouth, an RP McMurphy ranting Chinese Horses Jack Rabbits, Jax (398-7496) Release Date: 09.2006 quirky lyrics that are as often narrated as sung. Label: Epitaph Weiss’s slam poetry-style is complete with a lazy Eric Dawkins Mellow Mushroom, Jax (997-1955) Escape the Fate played in Jacksonville this diphthong annunciation that flows with the bands The Mike Miller Band St. Nick’s Lounge, Jax (396-3396) month at Jackrabbits, as part of the 2007 Epitaph post-hardcore jams. This is evident on the album’s Tour. The band is only a few years old, the product first track ‘Messes of Men’, which explodes with a El Toro Loco Aromas, Ponte Vedra (280-2525) of a MySpace search by vocalist Spanish-style acoustic strumming that reminds me and bass player . Since their inception, of Calexico on crack. This album is overflowing with Livid Snookers, Jax (696-0714) frenetic guitar riffs, occasional clapping sessions they’ve released two albums to the public: the five Bruce in the USA Freebird Live, Jax Beach (246-2473) song There’s No Sympathy for the Dead and their and layers upon layers of vocals that bleed melodic 2006 Dying is Your Latest Fashion. Artist: mewithoutYou anthems into your brain. The biggest surprise for me Chuck Nash Sun Dog Steak & Seafood, Neptune For fans of Escape the Fate, the title track Title: brother, sister was noticing Jeremy Enigk, formerly of Sunny Day Beach (241-8221) ‘Situation’ will be a let down, mostly because Real Estate, lending his voice to a couple of tracks. Release Date: 09.26.2006 Pili Pili Fly’s Tie Irish Pub, Atlantic Beach (246-4293) they’ve taken their edge off for a dark pop sound Label: Tooth and Nail Records MewithouYou has cafted a masterpiece. If that will have mainstream appeal, kind of a goth-lite anyone is looking for that “breath of fresh air” that Dave Massey My Place Bar & Grill, Jax (737-5299) sound. For pop fans, this track, as well as ‘Reverse I must be honest with you. My 2003 Jeep you haven’t heard in new music for a long time, buy This Curse’ will draw them in with hook heavy cho- Wrangler has the worst factory stereo system this record. ruses. ‘Situation’ has the benefit of making angst installed. The monotone-glorified treble through - By Brian Jerin

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 31 upcoming shows gimme some mo’!

Larry the Cable Guy March 8, Jacksonville Arena, 630-3900 interview with Three Mo Tenors Moe March 8, Freebird Live, 246-2473 by Rick grant [email protected]

Taste of Chaos March 8, Morocco Shrine Auditorium, 353-3309 WHAT: Three Mo Tenors gel together well.” WHEN: Saturday, March 10th “Director and choreogra- The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra March 9, Florida Theatre, 355-2787 WHERE: UNF Fine Arts Center pher, Marion Caffey created the After graduating from the conservatory of Mu- show to rival the original Three John Gorka, Sam Pacett March 9, Cafe Eleven, 469-9311 sic of Johns Hopkins University and Boston Univer- Tenors. He got the idea when he sity, earning a Bachelor and Masters Degree in vocal saw the Three Tenors show and Medeski Martin & Wood March 9, Freebird Live, 246-BIRD performance, Duane Moody was faced with limited noticed that they sang pop songs opportunities in the music business. Duane found in the operatic style. He wanted to work in Brazil in the role of Sportin’ Life in Porgy & put a show together that featured Three Mo’ Tenors March 10, Lazzara Hall at UNF, 620-2878 Bess and other African American styled musicals a musical journey through time and operas. including many different styles steadily.” Band Of Horses March 10, Cafe Eleven, 469-9311 When the opportunity to audition for the Three and genres to appeal to all audiences but especially I then asked him what he does during gaps in Mo Tenors touring show came up, he secured a African-American audiences. the groups touring schedules? Toots And The Maytals March 10, Freebird Live, 246-BIRD place in one of the two trios who sing in the style of “Because Marion wanted to book the show on “Well, I look for gigs, taking anything I can the genre of music they are presenting. Duane and both coasts simultaneously, he hired six vocalists get, like private functions, weddings, or club dates. March 10, Florida Theatre, 355-2787 his colleagues James Berger and Victor Robertson with a five piece band for each trio. Our group in- It’s necessary for me to be versatile and flexible in tour while the other trio touring on the opposite cludes James Berger and Victor Robertson,” Duane working as much as possible to make a living. We The Thermals, The Big Sleep March 11, Cafe Eleven, 469-9311 coast. said. are hoping that the word will get around about this To get the skinny on this exciting show that is Then I called James Berger, who said he audi- show. Everywhere we perform we get standing ova- coming into the Fine Arts Center at UNF March 10th, tioned for the show and went to three rounds of call- Moneen March 11, Jack Rabbits, 398-7496 tions and are invited back. So the show is building I called Duane and James (I couldn’t contact Victor) back. I asked him if uniting this particular trio was momentum. We have played in Scotland, and we will to chat about the evolution of this show. Duane and dictated by the blend of harmonies? be back in Los Angeles soon, as well as Jacksonville Explosions in the Sky March 12, The Alcazar, 469-9311 I discussed how Americans can be proud that blues, “Yes, that had a lot to do with it. They obvi- on March 10th. It’s a crowd pleasing show and we jazz, and rap, which were invented by African-Ameri- ously wanted to join together compatible vocalists perform it with great joy and enthusiasm. Audiences Pepper March 12, Freebird Live, 246-BIRD cans, have spread throughout the world. who could sing in many different styles. We call it love our show,” James said. “I auditioned for the show and did several call- “vocal athleticism.” Now we are booked sporadically The Three Mo Tenors came to national promi- ZZ Top March 13, Florida Theatre, 355-2787 backs. They were looking for formally trained vocal- around the country. Of course, we are hoping to get nence in 2001 when the staged concert was tele- ists who could sing in different styles and who could many more bookings that would enable us to tour vised on PBS’ Great Performances and RCA released Lucinda Williams March 16, Florida Theatre, 355-2787 the recording of the show. The show takes the audi- ence on a musical journey through the ages from The Temptations and The Four Tops March 18, Florida spirituals to gospel to blues to soul to Broadway mu- Theatre, 355-2787 sicals to hip-hop. The performers have developed an exciting show with polished choreography. “Where else can you hear Usher, Pavarotti, and Marvin Gaye Tom Rush March 21, Cafe Eleven, 469-9311 in the same show? Three Mo Tenors recently released their second Cold War Kids March .22, Cafe Eleven, 469-9311 CD A Taste of Three Mo Tenors: Live in Chicago, which is now available on www.CDBaby.com and Anoushka Shankar March 23, Florida Theatre, 355-2787 Itunes, or the group’s website www.threemotenor- sontour.com Three Mo Tenors will be performing live Vince Gill March 27, Florida Theatre, 355-2787 at UNF Fine Arts Center on Saturday, March 10th.

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32 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper use side door culture & arts MARCH a visit to the R. Roberts Gallery 1-11 Celebrating Black Hisotry Exhibit MOSH, Jax 1- 14 Workshop-Don Martin “Ground of Being” Cultural , Ponte Vedra Beach by donald dusinberre [email protected] Center 1- 15 The Art of Collage Workshop Cummer Museum, Jax

Truth be told, there are very few shops in Avon- sionist masters, including Renoir, Cezanne, 1- 15 Abstraction of the Real Exhibit Raymond Yeager JU dale where a person like me would feel comfortable. Pissarro, Cassatt, and Manet. Alexander Brest, Jax I can’t afford the clothes and I’m too smart to pay What I’ve come to realize through my $9 for a wedge of iceberg lettuce. Whether by price, conversation with Roberts is that the art 1- 18 Temples and Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian Art Cummer style, or snootiness, most of the Avondale shops world would not exist as fully as it does Museum, Jax and restaurants are way out of my league. So, by without the business of art. Buying and association, I should feel just as awkward walking selling art is an undeniable necessity for c. Dopico Lerner, 2006 1-18 “Crime & Punishment” Shakespeare Festival UCF, Orlando into an art gallery nestled amongst these shops. And any advanced society, as it ensures that of course I was, but only at first. there will always be a sufficient supply 1-24 “Really Rose’ Shakespeare Festival UCF, Orlando Art stores disguised as galleries have always of artists creating artwork. Although the price of a they offer what they’ve found to those who can af- turned my stomach, and I was certain that the R. quality painting seems exorbitant to many of us, it ford it. The best part is, you can finance your favorite 1- 30 Youth Actors Classes Theatre Jacksonville, Jax Roberts Gallery was going to be one of them. Obvi- ensures that some of the bad artwork will be passed piece. Even if you can’t afford the entire price up ously, the high price thing is sort of a big reason, over and erased from existence (notice that I said front, you can still buy it. So if you’ve been looking 1-30 “Bright Young Things” Art Show Jane Gray Gallery, Jax and I’m naturally suspicious of people who would some). If artwork is too affordable, then our sense into buying a new car, buy a used one and a painting see works of art as dollar signs. But after a few mo- of discretion and appreciation for quality is lost and instead. If you’re looking for a used car, buy a paint- 2-1-APR. 7 A Cruise Ship Crime Professor Plum’s Playhouse, Jax ments inside, I actually began to feel comfortable. I we’re more likely to buy crap. It’s the same reason ing and ride the bus. In ten years, you’ll still have the remembered the most basic purpose of art: it exists we buy frozen pizzas, they’re tasty for the price. Art painting. 2 St. Augustine Art Walk Various Venues, St. Augustine to be experienced. Don’t let anyone tell you differ- prices are not set high to exclude the working class, So, what do you do when you recognize the 2-4 The Great Jacksonville Book Sale Jax Fairgrounds, Jax ently. they are used as a simple yet effective tool for qual- artists but can’t afford a single piece of artwork? I was relieved to find out that the folks in the ity control. The good artists become more success- Walk right in and enjoy them anyway. We may not all 2-17 “Pack of Lies” Theatre Jacksonville, Jax gallery felt the same way, and I was further put ful than the bad ones and produce more work with be wealthy, but we definitely have the right to decide at ease by a pleasant conversation with Richard some of the money they earn. for ourselves whether we’d like to own a painting. 2-24 “First Baptist of Ivy Gap” Orange Park Community Roberts, the gallery’s namesake. As it turns out, One of the main objectives of the R. Roberts The R. Roberts Gallery asks you to be not afraid. Theatre, Orange Park he’s nothing like my worst assumptions. He’s very Gallery is to consistently offer the latest styles and Learn more about the R. Roberts Gallery and knowledgeable about current artists from all over the ideas by the world’s established artists. The Gallery their upcoming events by visiting their website at 3 Jane Austen Society Book Discussion European Street, Jax world, and it’s very obvious that he appreciates art. I focuses heavily on the prevailing trends of today, and rrobertsgallery.com. can now tell you that you’re welcome to visit any art 3 All Aboard the Boat: The Worship of Sun and River Cummer gallery, no matter what the price tags say. They are Museum, Jax (at best) a secondary function of art. For more than 13 years, the R. Roberts Gallery 3 Author Signing: Janet Lee Simpson Inn on Charlotte, St. Augustine has been one of Jacksonville’s premier art galleries for buyers and collectors. They are responsible for 3 Book Discussion “Sense & Sensibility” European Street, Jax outfitting some of the hippest restaurants in town, including Sterling’s, Biscotti’s, and BB’s. They also 3 Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Read-A-Thon Library, Jax Beach provide works to be displayed at the Jacksonville Artwalk. In addition to hosting famous artists’ works, 3 Meet Maisy Barnes & Noble/San Jose, Jax they also offer custom framing, consultation, and restoration services. 4 Audition: “Enchanted April” 6pm Theatre Jacksonville, Jax Currently, they are displaying works by Impres- 4 UNF Opera Ensemble Main Library, Jax

6 Sing into Spring UNF Fine Arts Center, Jax

7 Flux-A Verb. As Subject Exhibit By Margaret Schnebly Hodge Karpeles Museum, Jax

7 The Sylvia Smith Percussion Duo UNF Fine Arts Center, Jax

8 Other Worlds: The Landscape in Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Jax

8 Second Skins: Sculptural Soundsuits & Tondos by Nick Cave MOCA, Jax

8-APR. 15 “Disney’s The Lion King” FCCJ Artist Series Performing Arts Center, Jax

9-24 “Fat Pig” Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, Atlantic Beach

10 Dog Lovers Day Adventure Landing, Jax Beach/Jax

10 Sanctuary Tour & Nighttime Feeding Catty Shack Wildlife Sanctuary, Jax

10 Dog Day Afternoon Adventure Landing, Jax

10 Three Mo’ Tenors Lazzara Hall, Jax

eujacksonville.com | march 1-7, 2007 33 been refined. I predict that this show will be given a 10-11 Stage Aurora-Disney’s High School Musical FCCJ North Campus, Jax full production and be the featured play in next year’s PlayFest. 11 Piano Sundays-Donna Wissinger Thrasher Horne Center, The second workshop I attended Saturday Orange Park was Sherry MacDonald’s The Stone Face. This is orlando playfest the story of comedian Buster Keaton’s comeback in 11 JSO Spring Concert Performing Arts Center, Jax film written by absurdist playwright Samuel Beckett (of Waiting for Godot fame). The play takes a very 12-26 Art & Music Appreciation Series Acrylic or Oil Painting theatre review surreal approach but was very interesting. Again, Workshop Cultural Center, Ponte Vedra Beach a work in progress and my opinion is that was too long, with an ending is not entirely satisfactory. 14-16 Sugar Bean Sisters DASOTA, Jax by dick kerekes [email protected] The acting was exceptionally good. J.D. Sut- 15 Amateur Night Ritz Theatre, Jax The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays pre- hours to Orlando. ton was excellent as the older Keaton and Michael sented by the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival My first show on Saturday was a workshop Lane picture perfect in gestures and appearance as 15 “Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know” Limelight opened last weekend and will continue through production of Mark Brown’s China-The Whole Enchi- the young Keaton. This cast had a special surprise Theatre, St. Augustine March 4th. lada. I think you can guess just from the title that it for me, with Jacksonville actress Jan Wikstrom as The name honors Harriett Lake, a long-time was a comedy. I have been a fan of Brown’s since Keaton’s wife. Ms. Wikstrom lives in Jacksonville 17 Tale Tellers of St. Augustine “Civil War Stories, Part 1” The Orlando resident, who sponsored much of this event I saw his Around the World in 80 Days” at Seaside and teaches drama at various high schools but loves Lighthouse, St. Augustine with a substantial financial gift. Music Theatre. (Around the World is a play I can working at this Orlando theatre and commutes back The featured play I saw Friday night was the certainly recommend that Jacksonville Theatres and forth. She did the leading role in “Wit” earlier 17 JSO Classical Madness Performing Arts Center, Jax Southern premiere of Crime and Punishment adapted consider.) this year at this same theatre. Jan was very con- by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus from Rus- In this musical version of the history of China, vincing as Kenton’s former showgirl wife, who has 17 The Walter O.Evans Collection of African American Art sian writer Dostoyevsky’s well known but rarely Brown has collaborated with song writer and com- learned to put up with his idiosyncrasies. Jan fans Cummer Museum, Jax read novel. This play was seen as a workshop at poser Paul Mirkovich to create two of the funniest can catch her in this show Friday March 2 at 8PM or 18 Gary Smart/Piano Main Library, Jax PlayFest the previous year, and was so well received hours I have spent in a theatre in a couple of years, Sunday March 4 at noon. it was selected for full production this year. It will and the amazing part is that this is a still a work in When you attend workshops, you will see the 18 JSO Pipe Organ Concert Series Performing Arts Center, Jax run through March l8 at the John and Rita Lowndes progress. actors carrying the scripts during the performance, Shakespeare Center in downtown Orlando. In fact, the three outstanding comedians, Brad but in most cases, they are so well done, you forget 19-23 “Spring Into Science” Camps MOSH, Jax I am not going into the plot of this famous DePlanche, Philip Nolen, and Eric Hissom, received the scripts are there. work. I can say that the playwrights did an amazing new pages for this first performance just a few hours Saturday night featured a keynote address by 21 Glass Filigree Suncatchers & Glyphs Workshop Cultural job of adapting the weighty book into a one act play before the initial curtain. This fast paced musical playwright Theresa Rebeck, then a reading of her Center, Ponte Vedra Beach of ninety minutes, with just three main characters provided a fractured look at the rise of China from newest play Mauritius. It is an intriguing drama about rather than Dostoyevsky’s twenty. The set design by the beginning of creation through today, and included the seedier side of the world of stamp collecting and 23 The Acting Company’s Jane Eyre FCCJ Wilson Center, Jax Bob Phillips was outstanding, with the look of old interesting facts about Chinese attitudes toward will open in New York later this year, and I predict will 23-24 JSO John Williams Greatest Hits Performing Arts Russia. The direction by Jim Helsinger was excellent women, and how the feet of young girls were bound also be a big hit and a play that community theatres Center, Jax and if you like this period in history and fine act- from an early age so they could not grow. will be clamoring for. ing you may want to take the drive of just over two In view of the major role China now plays in The Lowndes Shakespeare Center is just a 24 Sanctuary Open House/Tour Catty Shack Wildlife world events, this show will be a big hit, once it has great place to enjoy theatre. There are three spaces Sanctuary, Jax in the same building, and often plays are going on simultaneously in each. Many of the theatres I attend 24 Spektrum Florida Ballet, Jax have little space for patrons to sit if you arrive early, but Lowndes is patron friendly, offering a domed 24-25 The Human Figure Open Studio Workshop Cultural lounge with couches and chairs, and a snack bar Center, Ponte Vedra Beach area. In addition, the building is in an area near parks 29-31 JSO Russian Splendor Performing Arts Center, Jax and museums, so going early to a matinee gives one many opportunities to do other things. 30 Pirates of Penzance Thrasher Horne Center, Orange Park All performances are at 812 East Rollins Street in Loch Haven Park, in Orlando. 30 Art After Dark Florida Theatre, Jax Visit shakespearefest.org for more information and times on all of the events, which include numer- 31 Easter Breakfast & Egg Hunt World Golf Village, St. ous readings and classes. Buy a PlayFest button for Augustine $5.00, admission to Readings is $3.00 and to the Workshops are $8.00. 31 Book Signing: Linda Brandt Hot Shot Bakery, St. Augustine You can become a part of the playwriting, because your opinions are solicited after each work- shop, both verbally and in writing.

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14 Jaguars Concours d’Elegance World Golf Village, St. Augustine

20-MAY 5 “Enchanted April” Theatre Jacksonville, Jax

21 Some Enchanted Evening Thrasher Horne Center, Orange Park

21 Autograph Signing-Steve Carlton Dans Cardz, Orange Park

22 Audition: “Guys and Dolls” 6pm Theatre Jacksonville, Jax

24-29 FCCJ Artist Series-Shields & Yarnell FCCJ Wilson Center, Jax

26-27 Murray Bros. Caddyshack Charity Golf Tournament World Golf Village, St. Augustine

34 march 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper League cut a deal with the site, as there will be revenue-sharing arrangements for sponsorships and advertising. So, if you want to go out there and have your nascar news & notes buddy shoot some video of you making a dunk or by RICHARD TEAGUE [email protected] shooting a three-pointer in your driveway, and you make it entertaining, the NAB might just let you on Yeah, this is going to be just that a little short bit of a surprise on us.” He does also say that he’s got THE their site, right next to the footage of LeBron James one this week since I can hardly see to write and my faith that DEI will figure it out. winning a game with his own dunking! fingers ache touching the keyboard. You see, at my Gosh Junior, did NASCAR only let y’all know JOCK day job one of the guys I work with started coming Friday, or was it Saturday, that unleaded gas was go- NASCAR down with the BUG last Wednesday, and instead of ing to be used for Sunday’s race? Had they not been The boys now have a week off to figure out taking time off to get well he comes to work Thursday telling every team, owner and parking lot attendant BY TOM WEPPEL what the deal is with this crazy unleaded gas! It and Friday. Well, for two days I had to sit there with the unleaded was on the way and here to stay since seems some car engines aren’t running too well on his coughing and sneezing and spreading the germs, in 2008 you won’t be able to buy leaded any more? the stuff, namely Martin Truex, Jr. and teammate so I caught it along with my boss. This is the fourth Random thoughts from a cluttered mind. So you want to be a Rock n Roll star when ya grow Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who now of course is in the day I have spent in bed feeling horrible with all of or was it controller of DEI perhaps just drive the car depths of the points race after only two weeks. those things that the flu can give ya, but the doc gave COLLEGE BASKETBALL will you? The new to Cup gas couldn’t have caught My only thought is that blaming gas on your me an Rx for some miracle drugs and maybe in a When the Gators lost to Vanderbilt last week, any team off guard or at least I would hope not and it car not performing is quite interesting, when there week or two I’ll be better. I know one thing: I am going I thought it was no big deal. When they lost to LSU, may take some time to get some kind of additive to be are so many other possibilities, especially in NAS- to work tomorrow cause I’m the kind of guy that hates I thought it was something they could deal with as approved by NASCAR so that no ill affects will come CAR! not being there and doing my part. well. But their loss this week to Tennessee should from it and maybe that was what MWR was trying Meanwhile, the BUSCH Series is in Mexico I did elevate myself long enough to watch the Auto be a wake-up call. Billy Donovan should turn up the with the “stuff” in Michael’s car at Daytona, ya think? City! It should be quite interesting to see what kind of Club 500 Sunday afternoon and I think the time would heat and let the boys know it’s time to start getting Why is it that NASCAR is picking Richard Chil- response the Hispanics give to the drivers and their have better spent laying down. Perhaps I’m getting like serious about things, as they get closer to the SEC dress Racing? I mean first there’s a chance that RCR teams for this weekend. so many NASCAR fans these days and think that the and NCAA tournaments. Their talent is certainly could loose a sponsor in Cingular because AT&T two mile tracks are just getting boring versus a mile or there, with Brewer, Horford, Noah, and Green, to run bought the company and will no longer use the brand LAST WORD half mile race, which can be much more exciting. On the table again. But they need to start playing better name. But Oh No, you can’t bring another wireless This past week, Wake Forest decided they liked the big track these guys just try to stay out of the way and realize every team wants a piece of their ass. phone service to Cup racing because of the deal their football coach, Jim Grobe, so much, they want- of the “Big One” or try and keep their car together so it Conference Tournaments have begun, as we made with Nextel. And now that Shell / Pennzoil is on ed to extend his contract for AN ENTIRE DECADE! can make 500 miles and be up front at the end. On the have seen mainly the ‘minor leagues’ playing to de- the #29 car, Sunoco is crying about the amount of This was done on the heels of Rutgers University do- short tracks the drivers actually do battle all race long, termine which team will represent their Conference space that the SHELL logo has on Kevin Harvick’s car ing the same with their football coach Greg Schiano, just trying to move a notch up. Hopefully at the end in the NCAA Tournament. Next week we shall see the and uniform. Why NASCAR has gone as far to TELL who now has a contract that runs through 2016. they have come from 43rd to 20th or 25th to first. It just larger, major conferences do the same. RCR to change the paint scheme and Kevin’s ward- This, my friends, is a complete, ridiculous joke. seems more of a contest. Meanwhile, we still have a lot of teams that are robe so that the lubrication name Pennzoil is more I know both of these guys did a great job with I used not to feel this way, I was totally the oppo- ‘on the bubble’, as we see every season, and that’s prominent. I guess the next thing will UPS complaining their teams, putting together great teams and win- site, but over these past few years I have been chang- what makes college basketball so intriguing at this about the FedEx car because aren’t they the “Official ning programs at school that have almost never even ing my thoughts. Why in fact, I used to derogatorily time of the year. So there will be quite a few teams Carrier” of NASCAR? SNIFFED decent football programs. The school AD’s call them toilet bowls or bathtub tracks and spoke of sweating it out as they know they need a win or two What about Budweiser? Will they get in line and and administrators must’ve been so giddy, and then the grandeur the “Super Speedway.” Nobody made to be seriously considered for an at-large bud to get say the Coors and Miller Lite cars need to tone down fearful of losing their coaches, that they felt they had me change my mind--it’s just that watching the past into the ‘Field of 65’. their logos? I mean after all, isn’t Bud the official beer to put a lock-down on these guys. two races and thinking about how they seemed hold So, there will be a lot of teams whose situ- of all of NASCAR? Will it stop there? Surely there is an As we have seen in various situations, ANY my interest only at times when short tracks keep it ations we do no know. However, one thing we do official everything of NASCAR like pizza, razor blades, coach who is desired by a team, especially an NFL the whole race. I guess that could be one reason that know is that the UNF Ospreys had a team that ab- shoes, sun glasses and who knows what else there team or a major college (Alabama, etc) will lay down NASCAR is debuting the Car of Tomorrow on a short solutely sucked. I truly believe I could’ve coached is. It probably makes Brian France cringe when he serious ‘bank’ and make an offer to entice him to track first and not a Super Spudway. It’s like Kenny the team to a better record, even if it was just ONE hears that teams are out testing at tracks with Hoosier leave his current program. Signing long-term deals Schrader told me, “When you got 43 of them on the more win! That was pathetic, awful, and flat out Tires. Now in a case like Sunoco, do they give the gas means absolutely nothing. The whole scene is al- track it will be hard to tell the difference.” So perhaps BAD! Thankfully, their season is over. They should to the teams so they can have right to be the official most laughable. they want you to tell the difference. In a toilet bowl consider going back to Division II. fuel of NASCAR? Does Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com- Tom Weppel talks trash on Thursdays from 7-8 you dang sure will be able to. pany give tires away so they can have the same? You p.m. on WIOJ-AM 1010, and on SportsAvengers. Well it was the first week in Cup that the unleaded NBA know, something inside tells me that ain’t the case, so com 24/7. gas was used and since I don’t have a degree from THIS, my friends, is quite interesting… just who is making the money---as if I had to ask. MIT (or any place else for that matter) I can’t say if The NBA is starting a channel on YouTube, which will More and more of this kind of crap going on in the number of engine failures were caused by the stuff show authorized footage of games, while also al- racing, and people, it’s just getting started when it or not. I do realize that the CTS and the Busch (soon lowing uploads from fans of their own ‘best moves’. comes to the big corporate sponsor’s dollars being to changed to God only knows what since NASCAR’s This was done on the heels of the NHL having their infringed on. You may think I’m nuts but mark my decision that the series is worth 30 million) have been site on YouTube as well. words, it’s coming and sooner than we think cause using it already. The Cup cars turn more horse power Both the NBA and NHL did this because the when the governing body of a sport can be intimated for longer periods, so it maybe possible that the un- internet is becoming THE media outlet to reach by a single company, they in turn can dictate to a leaded did contribute in some way to the failures. With people. Over one hundred million videos are viewed sponsor of a competitor in that sport and its team. two of the three DEI cars falling out Dale Earnhardt each day on YouTube, according to the site. Each Well look out RCR you may need a new sponsor any Junior said this, “This unleaded fuel has sprung a little day! Well like I said at the start, I’m sick but I lasted longer that I thought I would and probably longer than y’all wanted me too but for all those get well cards and stuff, send’em to [email protected] and just any other thoughts you might have. Remember, If it ain’t NASCAR, It ain’t s**t! Click It!

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