By Lawrence Griffin | gargoyle@flagler.edu
It’s all the rage in these times of economic crisis to make movies and books about the possibility of the ever-looming zombie apocalypse. And it is only fitting that in this time of zombie obsession, right at its twilight, comes “Zombieland,” a movie that isn’t at all afraid to be a trendy pile of pop culture insanity, and also one that remains very enjoyable while being exactly that.
By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Josh Weaver
Next to the White Lion bar and grill, in a little blue historic house that used to be a toy store, three music lovers create music for the independent record label The Spot Records.
Founded in April 2009 by local punk rocker Joe Moody, producer Shaun Strong and self-described “numbers cruncher” Stephen Kussmaul, The Spot Records aims to organize local music, promote independence and reach out to artists all over the country.
By Ashley Wermick | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Director of YiTrinity Ray Eme had one mission in mind when he took office: provide St. Augustine with a place to start a music scene. Eme is a Flagler junior who became director December 2008.
YiTrinity is located at Trinity Church on the corner of St. George and King streets. The organization is a ‘music venue with a message.’
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.
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.
By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
As music lovers everywhere download millions of songs per day, avoiding buying into the music industry, Saint Augustine’s Just Breathe Records, an independent, multi-genre record label, offers an escape from all things corporate. Its founders pledge to establish unity among musicans, producers and music lovers everywhere.
By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
For Needful Thingz, a music and novelties shop on West King Street, anniversaries are bittersweet.
The store, which opened on Oct. 3, 2008, will close on Saturday, exactly one year after its open, due to economic shortcomings and pending road construction.
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.
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.
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.