Shelton Hull

Shelton Hull has been writing for Folio Weekly since 1997, but his resume goes back even further. He has written for almost every newspaper, magazine and zine in Northeast Florida, as well as publications like Orlando Weekly, Narrow GNV, Creative Loafing Tampa, Charleston City Paper, Ink19 and The Atlantic.

He currently writes the "Folio Weed" column, which he created in 2018; he remains one of the widest-read and most influential cannabis writers in the world today. He also compiles material for "Weird Wild Stuff" column, and he previously wrote the legendary "Money Jungle" column for Folio Weekly from 1999 to 2009.

He is a regular contributor to "First Coast Connect" on WJCT, as well as the Jacksonville Music Experience. He is a co-host of "The Contrast Project" and the "Bold City Civics" podcast. He is also a co-founder of the record label Bold City Music Productions. He can be reached at sheltonhull@gmail.com.

Trip Advisory: A rough guide to ‘shrooming’ in Sunshine State

Shelton Hull

June 21, 2023

Feature

Words by Shelton Hull There has been a popular resurgence of interest in hallucinogenic mushrooms in recent years, particularly here in Florida. A big factor in that boom has been the state’s massive military veteran community, which has seized upon the plant’s usefulness for treating PTSD and other psychological issues, including addiction to alcohol or even harder drugs. That has

Events·Nightlife

Night Moves

Good (not so) clean fun, downtown on Naughty Night Words by Shelton Hull Thursday nights are typically mellow in downtown Jacksonville. There’s music bingo with Trei Klyde at Justice Pub, followed thereafter by the Lyricist Live freestyle sessions hosted by Mal Jones. And that’s about it, save for the occasional

HOT WHEELS : FOLIO Weed July 2024

Words by Shelton Hull If you’re anything but stone-blind, the sight should

Notes on Dave Koz

Words by Shelton Hull It’s Jacksonville, and it is the holiday season,

Weird, Wild Stuff

September 21, 2022

Lifestyle

Last month’s column had more stories than usual, and the readers seemed to enjoy the breezy pace, even more than usual, so that will be our default going forward. That’s good news for all of us, because there is plenty of material this month, as always, so let’s jump right

Folio Weed: Interesting Whites

August 22, 2022

Folio Weed

It’s been a summer of anniversaries, large and small, for people and institutions across Northeast Florida, as you may have noticed. It’s the 200th anniversary of the city itself (which was founded on a Saturday, very on-brand), the 100th anniversary of the Garden Club, the 50th anniversary of WJCT, the

Weird, Wild Stuff

August 22, 2022

Community

One of the best things about the media these days is that there is no shortage of material, and the news cycle in 2022 has manifested some of the most daffy detritus ever documented by humans living or dead, or both. Here, in this column, we offer you only the

Police, Procedural

August 19, 2022

Lifestyle

The race to succeed Mike Williams as leader of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was already looking to be one of the most interesting contests in an election season with no shortage of drama. Williams’ abrupt retirement, which he announced on June 2 and officially began just a week later, makes

Crist Crossed, Nikki Fried versus the Democratic Party

July 28, 2022

Folio Weed

By the time you’re reading this column (and how long it takes you to read it), we will be just over a month away from this year’s statewide primaries in which our two main political parties (Democrats and Republicans, for the uninitiated) will select their nominees for a variety of

Weird, Wild Stuff

July 28, 2022

Lifestyle

Summer is here now, but Florida Man has been in mid-season form since late last year. He is called upon by destiny to defend his crown as champion lunatic of this somehow still great nation-like thing of ours. He holds firm against stiff competition coming from coast to coast, amidst

Then, Now, Forever: A mark’s guide to pro-wrestling in Florida

June 3, 2022

On Stage

The third annual River City Wrestling Con, which takes place the weekend of June 11-12, will bring rising stars of the industry and all-time legends to the largest pro-wrestling autograph convention in the Southeast. There will be food and drink, panels and discussions, video games and merchandise and a whole

In Through the Out Door

May 19, 2022

Folio Weed·Lifestyle

Nikki Fried works the room Democratic darling Nikki Fried flew into Jacksonville on a Sunday morning and spoke to exactly 28 people, and it was the smartest political play anyone made that weekend. She breezed in through the side entrance of the Hyatt Regency Downtown just after 11 a.m., flanked

Weird, Wild Stuff

May 19, 2022

Lifestyle

We took a mulligan on last month’s column for two reasons: 1) the debacle involving Will Smith and Chris Rock was easily the stupidest thing that happened in that period, and there was just no point in trying to top that; and 2) since last month’s issue was our special