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Pandemic could put Jaguars’ traditions on ‘timeout’

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September 24, 2020
Lindsey Nolen Remember the basketball game HORSE? Well, on Thursday nights during the National Football League regular season the Jacksonville Jaguars’ offensive line comes together for their own version of the game, “CAT.” They’ve also been known to play a game of Rock Band or two. This is because on Thursdays after practice, Center Brandon Linder typically hosts the OL

Distract & Conquer

September 10, 2019
story by GEORGIO VALENTINO What do wealth, power and privilegedo when they find themselves on the wrong side of public opinion? They don’t back down, that’s for sure. No, when push comes to shove, the powerful push back. And they begin by muddying the waters to distract and dilute opposition.

Get ‘Em In, Make ‘Em Stay

September 10, 2019
story by MADELEINE PECK WAGNER I must confess, as an artist and resident of the city, I read the headline of Sean T. Smith’s Aug. 14 Backpage Editorial—“Make Jacksonville Great Already”—with a fair amount of skepticism. Here’s why: Again and again, Jacksonville has failed to learn the lessons of larger,

Canine Nomenclature

September 10, 2019
story by DAVI In the five years I’ve been a dog, never have I tracked down the story behind my breed. Yet here I am, discovering how Dachshunds earned that title and learning how a handful of other common breeds became so named. While the naming process of some breeds

Absorbing Information

September 10, 2019
story by SHELTON HULL In his 1979 masterpiece, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, author Douglas Adams offered up perhaps the finest words ever written in the English language—about towels. The quotation is so good it’s worth reprinting (almost) in full: “A towel is about the most massively useful thing

What Is It? It’s It!

September 10, 2019
story by DAN HUDAK It’s been 27 years since the Losers Club defeated Pennywise the Clown (Bill Skarsgård) in It (2017). During that time, most of the club members moved away, except Mike (Isaiah Mustafa), who lives above the town library and stays alert for signs that the evil clown

BLURG with a Bang

September 10, 2019
BLURG AT SING OUT LOUD’S MENTAL SHOWCASE 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, Shanghai Nobby’s, St. Augustine, singoutloudfestival.com, free AGENT ORANGE, FRIENDLY FIRE, DEATHWATCH 97, BLURG, FFN 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, Nighthawks, Riverside, nighthawksjax.com, $20 story by J. SCOTT GAILLARD In Northeast Florida, the young punks are BLURG. They won’t

Live + Local Music

September 10, 2019
Live Music Venues AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA SALTY PELICAN, 12 N. Front St. Bryan Ernst Sept. 11. Davis Turner Sept. 12. Kevin Ski Sept. 13 & 15. Amy Vickery Sept. 14. Justin Spivey Sept. 17 SJ Brewing Co., 463646 S.R. 200, Yulee Shawn Layne Sept. 14 SLIDERS, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave.

A Working Person’s Portion at a Working-Class Price

September 10, 2019
Grumpy’s Restaurant834 Kingsley Ave.Orange Park, FL 32073 View larger map story by LINDSEY NOLEN Legend has it the original Chef Grumpy was a U.S. Navy cook named Dennis. He dreamed up Grumpy’s Restaurant long ago and reportedly still visits the brick-and-mortar location in Orange Park. The place has come a
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