JACKSONVILLE INSIDE internet revolution • new album from From Tinseltown to the St. Johns Town Center The Cadets • win tickets to see changing the face Shrek the Third! • Southside pub crawl • Last Free Ride at of southside San Marco Theatre entertaining u newspaper free weekly guide to entertainment and more | april 26-may 2, 2007 | www.eujacksonville.com 2 april 26-may 2, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper table of contents feature Internet Revolution ....................................................................................PAGES 12-15 St. Johns Town Center ..............................................................................PAGES 16-17 Southside Pub Crawl ........................................................................................ PAGE 21 movies Last Free Ride/Sunset Scavanger Sailbus ........................................................... PAGE 6 Movies in Theaters This Week .......................................................................PAGES 6-9 Seen, Heard, Noted & Quoted ............................................................................. PAGE 7 Vacancy (movie review) ..................................................................................... PAGE 8 at home Bobby (DVD review) ......................................................................................... PAGE 10 Drive (TV review) ............................................................................................. PAGE 11 Video Games ................................................................................................... PAGE 11 food Tommy’s Pizza (restaurant review) ................................................................... PAGE 20 music Daniel Kalisher (Mojo’s) ................................................................................... PAGE 22 Music Calendar .........................................................................................PAGES 22-26 Marie Burns (interview) .................................................................................... PAGE 23 The Toasters (interview) ................................................................................... PAGE 24 Flogging Molly (interview) ................................................................................ PAGE 25 George Thorogood (interview) .......................................................................... PAGE 26 The Cadets (album review) ............................................................................... PAGE 27 Joe Gaskin (interview) ...................................................................................... PAGE 28 Fishbone (album review) .................................................................................. PAGE 29 Guitar Shorty (album review) ............................................................................ PAGE 29 arts / theatre / on stage Myra Schick (art review) .................................................................................. PAGE 32 St. Johns Town Center Art Show ...................................................................... PAGE 30 Enchanted April (Theatre Jacksonville) .............................................................. PAGE 31 Arts Calendar ............................................................................................PAGES 31-32 Good (FCCJ Dramaworks) ............................................................................... PAGE 32 columns and stuff The Jock .......................................................................................................... PAGE 33 NASCAR News & Notes ................................................................................... PAGE 34 eujacksonville.com | april 26-may 2, 2007 3 Don’t miss the YIng YAng TWIns this Sunday at Bourbon Street thisweek Station. Captured By Robots Captured by Robots is a musical troupe with only one human APRIL 26 member that specializes in loud, hard-hitting musical numbers. thursday It is a lively performance act made up of three robots, two stuffed apes, three “headless hornsmen” playing backup, and Lee Roy Parnell their human, “jbot”. Jack Rabbits - 8:00 pm Info: 398-7496 Lee Roy Parnell, is a Texas- born-and-bred country hit- APRIL 27 - 29 maker with an ornery streak of southern rock ‘n’ soul ‘n’ The International Gem & Jewelry Show blues in his system. Tickets: Over 40 exhibitors will be on hand with loose gems, finished $15 Freebird Live Info: 246- jewelry, beads and much more. The ‘Jewelry of the Stars’ 2473 exhibit will be on display throughout the weekend, featuring pieces from Cher, Jessica Simpson and Angelina Jolie. Prime Nekromantix with LEE ROY PARNELL F. Osborn Convention Center - 12 pm - 6 pm Friday; 10 am - 6 the Heart Attacks, pm Saturday and 11 am - 5 pm Sunday. Admission is $7. Orange, and Time Again By the time the Nekromantix got their first recording contract in 1989, the psychobilly scene was mainly dominated by British APRIL 28 bands, and world-wide psycho fans welcomed the Nekromantix’s saturday new and different style. The music is best described in terms like Tree Hill Butterfly Festival “Elvis meets the Wolfman,” add punk attitude and spice it up with This is a great way to experience Tree Hill’s nature preserve. a universe of monster movie lyrics. Outrageous wildness on stage The festival featrures a mass butterfly release, live music, food, and the well known coffin bass have proved that they have fun. kids games and activities and more. Jack Rabbits - 8:00 pm Info: 398-7496 Tree Hill, 7152 Lone Star Rd. 12 – 5 pm Info: 724-4646 Soul Release Live with Kendra Foster A Taste of St. Augustine A fusion of jazz, R&B, blues, rock, funk and gospel. Kendra Foster The St. Augustine Amphitheatre is transformed into a recently finished touring the southeast with George Clinton. Through friday APRIL 27 Marketplace where more than 30 area restaurants sell her membership in P-Funk, Kendra has performed all over the world signature “tastes” throughout the afternoon and evening and and on television specials/programs like the Grammys, Jerry Lewis they are judged for the “best of” ‘upscale dining,’ ‘ethnic Telethon, the B.E.T. 25th Anniversary Special, The Tonight Show Band Camp 2007 tastes,’ ‘family dining,’ ‘desserts,’ and ‘The People’s Choice with Jay Leno, and Late Night with Carson Daly. Papa Roach, Three Days Grace, Chevelle, Puddle Of Mudd, Flyleaf, Award.’ Admission is $2 and taste tickets are $1 each with Boomtown - 8:00 pm Info: 632.0099 and Bullett For My Valentine. Tickets $30.00 restaurants charging between 1 and 5 tickets per taste. St. Jacksonville Equestrian Center - 4 pm Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A South - Noon to 10 p.m. Jax Irish Fest 2007 904.829.3295 or epiccommunityservices.org Ticketmaster (904) 353-3309 Enjoy a lineup of premier celtic entertainment--including Flogging JULIUS AIRWAVE Molly, Rathkeltair, Searson, Spade McQuade, Jana Light, Henri’s Big Cats vs Firefighters Charity Basketball Game Notions, Michael Funge, and Glas Tara Dance company as well as Nick Sorensen, Jacksonville Jaguar #41, is hosting a charity vendors serving everything from steak pie and fish ‘n’ chips to the basketball game with members of the Jaguars versus members of telling of Irish surfing stories through their original designs. Read the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters. Proceeds will benefit the interview with Flogging Molly on page 25. Jacksonville Expo the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. The Nick Sorensen Center at the Fairgrounds - 11 am-11 pm Info: jaxirishfest.com basketball game begins at 7 pm at Swisher Gym at Jacksonville University with an after party hosted by Plush beginning at 10 p.m. Tickets are on sale for $15 for the game and after party, or $10 APRIL 28 - 29 for each event. They can be purchased atTicketmaster.com or by calling Firehouse Subs at (904) 886-8300, extension 223. Melee with Amber Pacific, Monty Are I & Julius Airwave, Shangrala, Sensei, Plain Jane Powerspace Melee is touring in support of their new album, Devil & Angels. Automobile Listeners will find a worthy piano-rock album with an infusion of There is no other band like Shangrala. With songs that are rich soul that bridges the gap between underground acclaim and the with singable hooks, without becoming hokey chorus-driven mainstream radio charts. Devils & Angels is as the title implies, a ditties, layered with complex levels of melodies to create an struggle between radio slavery and creative growth; ultimately, it enormous, almost symphonic sound, Shangrala transports appears that the band has put some hair on their chests with the you from the smoky club where you’re watching them to St. Johns Town Center Fine Art Show release, and is well on their way to being a force to be reckoned some ethereal plane that is exciting. Also playing, Jacksonville If you have not been to the Town Center then this is the perfect reason with. Tony Pascarella, AbsolutePunk. favorites, Julius Airwave and Sensei plus Orlando rockers, Plain to go. If you have already been then you probably don’t need much Fuel Coffeehouse - 7:00 pm Jane Automobile. Freebird Live Info: 246-2473 encouragement. This juried fine art show will feature some of the best artists in the area. Read the story on page 30. 10 am – 5 pm 4 april 26-may 2, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper APRIL 21 - 22 sunday APRIL 29 Beaches Parade Okay, it’s official, the beach is now open for fun and sun under the protection of the trusty Jacksonville Beach Lifeguards. Downtown Jacksonville Beach - 2 PM Info: (904) 247-6236