Tag: Jacksonville FL

• AL Letson, Penumbra: Live at Henrietta’s at 9th & Main, Jacksonville, FL (2005)

  Al Letson is a poet, playwright, performer, and radio and podcast host. This article first appeared on Bill Ectric’s Place in June 2005. Since that time, Letson has hosted and produced the show State of the Re:Union for National Public Radio. He now hosts Reveal, a podcast from PRX and Center for Investigative Reporting. Top…

  Bill Ectric

  June 17, 2017

  Al Letson, Def Poetry, Griot, Jacksonville FL, Literary Kicks, National Public Radio, NPR, Penumbra, poetry, Reveal, Russell Simmons, Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry, spoken word, State of the Re:Union

• The David Roberts Interview

  No one knew what to think when we first saw a band called the “Crawfish of Love.” The stage was strewn with surreal artwork, a manikin head, several TV sets turned on to random channels or static, guitar amplifiers, drums, and five musicians that looked like they were conspiring mischief among themselves. Andy King on…

  Bill Ectric

  September 4, 2016

  Andy King, Applejacks, Brion Gyson, Crawfish of Love, David LaFlamme, David Roberts, Gary Duncan, Gideon’s Bible, Grateful Dead, Herbert Huncke, indie music, Jacksonville FL, jam bands, Little Talbot Island, Magnolia Fest, music, Sam Andrew, Scott Sisson, Suwannee Music Fest, swamps, William S. Burroughs, word salad

• The Creature’s Lesser Known Cousin

  Above: Photo by JON M. FLETCHER / The Times-Union -Don Barton, who made “Zaat” in the early 1970s, kept the original creature costume in his garage. 2009 file photo. Upon the death of Don Barton, the June 10, 2013 edition of Florida Times-Union (and Jacksonville.com),featured an article by Matt Soergel, who wrote “Don Barton brought…

  Bill Ectric

  April 24, 2016

  Beware the Blob, collectibles, Don Barton, Film, independent film, Jack Tamul, Jacksonville FL, Jamie DeFrates, Matt Soergel, memorabilia, Science Fiction, The Blob, Zaat

• Alan Justiss (1943-2011)

  Poet Alan Justiss died on Valentine’s Day in Jacksonville, FL. In a touching tribute on Money Jungle Safari, Shelton Hull writes: The light is out on the 17th floor on Lomax Street, at the retirement community Alan Justiss called home at the end of his life. That light has burned out, and it will shine no more. The light, like the man, was a…

  Bill Ectric

  February 19, 2011

  Alan Justiss, Bill Ectric, Jacksonville FL, Money Jungle Safari, Poets & Writers, Section 8, Shelton Hull

• The Charles Wadsworth Camp Mystery

  The following is an edited collection of my various blog entries on Charles Wadsworth Camp, all brought together in one place for easier access. The “mystery” lies in this question: Is Charles Wadsworth Camp’s minimal internet presence due to lack of interest in his work, or is the lack of interest due to his minimal internet presence? “No one,”…

  Bill Ectric

  May 30, 2010

  beaches area historical society, Bion Barnett, Charles Wadsworth Camp, Donald J. Mabry, Jacksonville FL, Jacksonville Historical Society, Madeleine Hall Barnett, Madeleine L’Engle, The Abandoned Room, The Gray Mask, Wadsworth Camp, World’s Finest Beach, writing, writing skills

• Arvid Smith

  The Cross-Pollination Project is a compilation CD of songs from independent musicians in and around Jacksonville, FL.

  Bill Ectric

  March 20, 2010

  Arvid Smith, Cross-Pollination Project, indie music, Jacksonville FL