Lincolnville Festival to feature food, music
By Michael Strasburger | gargoyle@flagler.edu
This weekend marks the start of the 29th annual Lincolnville Festival in St. Augustine.
Music
Construction cripples merchants on West King
By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
Present Moment Café and Kulture Hookah Lounge feel the destructive effects of continued construction on West King Street.
“The construction was supposed to benefit the area,” said Yvette Schindler, owner of Present Moment Café, an organic eatery on the street.
“But, if it doesn’t hurry up, there will be no merchants left,” she said. “It should have been finished sooner. In another area, it would have been finished sooner.”
New record label gives home to local artists
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.
YiTrinity pushes local music scene to higher level
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.’
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.
Just Breathe Records offers breath of fresh air to local music scene
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.
Needful Thingz to close on anniversary
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.
Phi Alpha captures campus attention with ‘Lewis Idol’
By Kerry Takach | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Lewis House’s balcony and the surrounding area crowded up for an unusual reason on Sept. 16 – Phi Alpha Omega’s “Lewis Idol.”
“Lewis Idol” was part of Phi Alpha’s spirit week, which led up to an interview day required for membership in the service organization. The interview day is the final step in member selection.
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.
Fashion 101: Get the skinny on fall fashion
By Jody Marich | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Fall fashion trends are channeling the ’80s. With styles inspired by heavy metal and punk rock, both men and women will be rocking these looks.