By Travis Hill

A confession in the interest of journalistic integrity: I share a similar background with the Garrison family.

I moved out to the First Coast back in 2003, when housing costs for a poor, struggling journalist became just too much in the San Diego area. Seventeen years ago, Mark and Sylvia Garrison went […]

By Nick McGregor
If you’ve ever perused the Surf Station’s longboard section, you’ve probably met Terry Nails. Tattooed, diminutive, and looking more like a crusty punk-rock veteran than a waverider, Nails stands out among the mostly young (and mostly blonde) set working the surf shop register. But dig a little deeper into TN’s past and […]

By Shannon McAleenan

With the same line-up they started with in high school, O.A.R. has gone from small-town Maryland jammers to international stardom, with a heaping pile of help from college student word of mouth. Within a week of its release, its latest album, All Sides, reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 Chart and […]

By Ant Perrucci

Standing around at the rodeo – THE ATLANTIC DODGE RAM TOUGH RODEO, as I’d be reminded no less than two dozen times over the course of the night – I feel like I might as well be on Neptune.

This is my first time at a rodeo, and nothing here at the […]

KARL WEISMANTEL
IN HAND
Self-released, 2008

By Nick McGregor

Usually when you think of jazz music, the first thing that comes to mind is horns – trumpets, saxophones, trombones, clarinets. But horns aren’t essential to produce quality jazz. Gainesville native and guitar connoisseur Karl Weismantel proves that point with his excellent self-recorded and self-released 2008 album In […]

Somehow, we made it one whole year without any major lawsuits or completely blown deadlines. And that was as good a reason as any to celebrate.
You guys are the reason Drift is still around, so we figured we’d reward you with what you always wanted: FREE EFFIN BEER!
That’s right. In this issue of Drift, there […]