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Gospel Music (or) The World According to a Black Kid
Do you remember that kid Charlie, from Dead Poets Society, who, during a school assembly, "receives" a call from God in which God expresses His support for making Welton Academy co-ed? Well that character strikes me as being a kind of kindred spirit to Owen Holmes, no stranger to the Jacksonville music...
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Sunbears! (or) We're in this together
PUMP UP THE VOLUME: Sunbears! (or) We're in this together...
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PUMP UP THE VOLUME: Year End Lists Are Cool
It's that time of the year folks. We stand at the dawn of a new year, which means we have to look back on the little discoveries we made, the continued joys found in the cannons of well-loved artists, and the rediscoveries of relevancy of artist seemingly thought to have lost it. I will, no doubt draw...
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Pump Up The Volume: "Opiate Eyes" Self-Titled EP
I have always been a fan of how music in movies can be used to capture a moment, to perfectly complement a scene, to even invade your mind and actually make you FEEL the intended emotion.
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Pump Up The Volume
November has always been one of my favorite months; it's filled with frosty days and overzealous, premature Christmas merchandising, and Charlie Brown specials, and fried turkey and pies, many, many pies, and the hopes of a majestic, magical winter. And from our earliest days in school we have always...
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Cultural Attractions At The Beaches
Metro Jacksonville compiles a list of things to do and see in the beaches communities.
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Jacksonville Jazz Festival a Huge Success
Sights and scenes from Downtown's 2011 Jacksonville Jazz Festival. There is no doubt that this year's Jazz Festival an unqualified success, one of several for the City, and its vivacious Special Events Office. More than that, it was also solid proof that a properly planned urban festival creates the...
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Jacksonville Audio Tour Makes History
A young, dashing duo in the area is making history out of history. Part blog, part mobile project, their idea is all building up to an audio tour of Jacksonville - made up of community memories and cherished landmarks. A peek into their work, their hopes, and how you can be a part.
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Jacksonville Jazz Festival 2010
Sights and scenes from Downtown's 2010 Jacksonville Jazz Festival. There is no doubt that this year's Jazz Festival an unqualified success, one of several for the City, and its vivacious Special Events Office. More than that, it was also solid proof that a properly planned urban festival creates the...
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