Arts & Entertainment

CD Review: Daisy Brand New

By Charlie Manno | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Excited does not begin to describe how I felt as I held the new Brand New album in my hands. Completely beside myself with pure joy? Yeah, that’s a little closer. The point is, I’d been waiting for Daisy ever since the last note of The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me finished its last echo around my skull. I sit back before I tear off the cellophane wrapping the CD case and marvel at the maturation of Brand New as a band.


Tokyo Thai freshens Oldest City’s sushi scene

By Kerry Takach | gargoyle@flagler.edu

New restaurant Tokyo Thai pulled Flagler students Adrienne Sutton and Ellen Gambrell away from their usual sushi haunt, at least for one night. Located on Anastasia Island in the Publix shopping center, the restaurant’s menu describes it as a Thai and Japanese sushi and grill. There to compare it to favorite Fusion, senior Sutton and junior Gambrell junior ignored the Thai and grill descriptions.




Comic Ace performs at Flagler

By Ben McLeod | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo contributed by Adam Ace Entertainment

Comedian Adam Ace gives college students a chance to turn their brains off, laugh and get back to their schoolwork with a smile.

Ace tours the U.S. with stops at more than 400 colleges.

He said he tries to use comedy where students don’t have to think much. “I want them to be able to stop thinking about stresses from school and just turn their brains off and laugh,” Ace said.


Downtown gets spicy with Taco Shop

By Kaitlyn Teabo | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Maggie Strassel

A new Baja Mexican style taco shop opened on Saint George Street early September.

The Taco Shop’s owner, Nicolas Kimball, said he learned most of the recipes featured on the menu in fourth grade on “bring your mom to work day.” He grew up with food and wanted to have a place where others could share his love for tacos.


Kulture features local music

By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu

As the economic recession takes its toll on St. Augustine, the local music scene is bouncing back. On Friday, Sept. 11, local band Geny Pigs united with international guitarist Dixie Duncan for a concert at Kulture Hookah Lounge on West King Street.



MOVIE REVIEW: “Funny People”

By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu

It’s apparent that slapstick legend Adam Sandler has grown up. It’s ironic, however, that he enlists Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill, the quintessential heroes of today’s American farce, to help in his latest film. Funny People is funny, sure, but it’s also personal and melancholy.


MOVIE REVIEW: “Fast and Furious”

By Katy Bass | gargoyle@flagler.edu I made the mistake of letting my roommate pick out the movie for the evening. She had one thing – or should I say person – on her mind when deciding: Paul Walker. The new edition to the series did…