Archive for May, 2009

Artist profile — Morgan Milders »

By Rachel Bardin
Two plastic flamingoes welcome visitors to the Morgan Milders retrospective. To celebrate her recent graduation from Flagler College, Milders and her family turned their home into a showcase of her artistic timeline and the hot pink lawn ornaments are an appropriate greeting party for the artist who has an affection for kitsch.
Milders […]

Thrown for a loop »

By Ant Perrucci
In the pre-daybreak hours in St. Augustine, the only real activity going on is at 601 Riberia Street, at the city’s solid waste management garage.
As the city’s residents sleep, the garbage men who serve them prepare for their day, drinking coffee and cracking jokes.
Rick Stevens, the manager of the city’s solid waste […]

Band Interview — Enter the Haggis »

By Shannon McGregor
On their new album, Gutter Anthems, Enter the Haggis marries its trademark Celtic rock with genres as disparate as bluegrass and Afrobeat. They head back to our fair city May 6 for a show at Café 11 – expect fist pumping and beer swilling aplenty. Drift caught up with vocalist and fiddler […]

Word of Mouth — Back 40 Urban Cafe »

By Travis Hill
There are whispers. Rumors. Theories.
But most of them are way off.
“There’s no secret meaning,” said Jeff Sapp, owner of the Back 40 Urban Café. “The address is 40 South Dixie Highway and the ‘Urban’ is from what’s on the menu. It was really that simple.”
Sapp likes to keep things straight-forward like that. […]

Sampling — Dan Deacon »

DAN DEACON
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Carpark Records, 2009
By Nick McGregor
Back in the ‘90s, genres like electronica, house, drum ‘n’ bass, and ambient noise wallowed in their own specialized mire of underground niche popularity. But in the past decade, electronic music has infiltrated everything from rock to punk to pop to hip-hop, steadily ascending the ranks of mainstream […]

May edition — How 2 Git a Job »

Stupid economy. Why can’t I just get paid for playing video games all day? Wait, I can? Well, maybe. Fun jobs like exist, even in the downturn. But more important than even finding them is figuring out how to set yourself apart so you can actually be considered. This month, we explore the Dos and […]