San Francisco DirtyBird JUSTIN MARTIN tonight at Suite!

Check out an interview with Mr. Martin below.

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Redline Entertainment and SUITE present ENERGY WEDNESDAY with DIRTY BIRD’s JUSTIN MARTIN(SAN FRAN)….Ladies Night!!!

JACKSONVILLE….DO NOT MISS THIS NIGHT OF EPIC MUSIC THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY ONE OF THE USA’S BEST DJ’S. HE HAS GIGS THIS SUMMER AT THE EDM CAPITAL OF THE WORLD — IBIZA AT CLUB SPACE AND AMNESIA!!! THIS WILL BE A MEMORABLE EVENT!!!

San Francisco’s Dirtybird Justin Martin has been bubbling under for years as your favourite underground DJ/producer. But the amiable tech house nut has his sights set on bigger things. The bodacious Bay Area boy has had an insane 2010 — culminating in the massive ‘Mr Spock’ single — and now his extraordinary experimentalism and dope dancefloor nous are finally getting the props they deserve…

DJ support: JACOB SMITH and Guest DJ DARREN PARKS

10$ ADVANCE TICKETS @ SUITE and http://www.wantickets.com/events/ShowEvent.aspx?eventId=93383

EVERY WEDNESDAY IS LADIES NIGHT with 1/2 priced Slim List Martinis, Wine, and Hangar Vodka drinks!!!

POWERED BY REDLINE

Learn more: www.dirtybirdrecords.com/justin-martin

Listen : http://soundcloud.com/dirtybirdrecords

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https://www.facebook.com/justinmartinmusicpage

https://twitter.com/#!/mrjustinmartin

Justin Martin Interview from StudioFeed on Vimeo.

Mens Wearhouse at Jacksonville Town Center helps Wounded Warriors

13141 City Station Dr. Ste.101
Jacksonville, FL 32218
(904) 696-6162
Directions from Google

At the Men’s Wearhouse in the St. Johns Town Center, Helmuth and nine other veterans who suffered duty-related wounds overseas on or after Sept. 11, 2001, recently received their free suits.

give to the wounded warriors

“A lot of people in our organization have a special place in their hearts for veterans,” said Bill Sharrett, vice president of business development for Haven Hospice.

Read the full story here!

http://jacksonville.com/news/military/2011-08-18/story/southsides-wounded-warriors-new-suits-prepare-veterans-workforce

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/military/2011-08-18/story/southsides-wounded-warriors-new-suits-prepare-veterans-workforce#ixzz1VgDpnNWp

Smashburger open in Jacksonville Beach. Coming to Town Center?!

Not long ago, people of Jacksonville Beach ate lots of ordinary burgers. These burgers were perfectly acceptable. They were inexpensive, satisfied the appetite, and tasted much better than many of the other foods that people were eating in Jacksonville Beach. Plenty of burger places were opened and they served billions and billions. Millions in Jacksonville Beach.

But there was something missing – the need for something satisfying and real, something basic and good, something affordable and fresh – a place with a burger soul. A place that burger lovers could call their own and feel pride in recommending to their friends. So we asked ourselves, shouldn’t there be a better way?

burger place in town center

Smashburger is fast becoming every city’s favorite place for burgers. It is perfect for eating in or having a better burger to go, a quick workday lunch, the weekend burger and beer, date night, a family dinner, or with the team after the game. Smashburger has something great for everyone. Along with our great-tasting burgers and smashfries – smashchicken sandwiches and signature salads, veggie frites and haystack onions, Häagen-Dazs shakes and bottled beer and wine – help make Smashburger every city’s favorite place for burgers

Smashburger of Jacksonville Beach is the first of a planned seven in the Jacksonville area over the next four years.

Franchisee Jim Crossen is already scouting out Jacksonville’s next location at the St. Johns Town Center, Mandarin, or others.

But given that Smashburger doesn’t build standalone restaurants, they will re-purpose an existing building in the right spot. This website is definitely rooting for a new cheeseburger spot in Jacksonville Town Center.

Maggiano’s at the St. Johns Town Center gets a Zumba Flash Mob!

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Customers at Maggiano’s at the St. Johns Town Center got quite a surprise this afternoon.

A Zumba flash mob broke out around the Italian eatery to celebrate National Dance Day.

The group performed a six minute choreographed routine.

Christine Vinson participated. She said, “I love flash mobs and I thought it was a really cool thing to do. And I thought it would be really fun to just get out here in a crowded spot and just do it for fun.”

More than 100 dancers participated in today’s flash mob.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/article/213046/3/Flas-Mob-Dances-at-Shopping-Center

Claude Von Stroke at Suite in Town Center Jacksonville

House and bass music collide.

Claude VonStroke who is coming to Suite at Jacksonville Town Center has released tracks featuring monkeys, whistling and gurgling. Claude VonStroke has also retained credibility. These two things don’t exactly add up. But that should tell you something about the man in question. The San Francisco-based producer has been releasing bass-heavy house with a sense of fun since 2005. The ongoing twist, however, is that just when you think you have him figured out, he’ll go deep on a track like “Aundy” or remix a bass music anthem to devastating effect.

VonStroke’s Dirtybird label has been the vehicle for almost all of his original material but that’s not to say it’s been a one man show: a family of artists has formed around the imprint, with names like Justin and Christian Martin, Catz ‘n Dogz, J. Phlip and Julio Bashmore all achieving international recognition from the Dirtybird stable. Looking at RA.271′s tracklist you could be forgiven for thinking that this was mostly an “influences mix” but as is explained below, Claude VonStroke has recently taken to playing whatever the heck he feels like. And he has his grandma to thank for that.

What have you been up to recently?

I’m on my new remix album tour called “Makeovers.” Right now I’m doing the North American part of the tour. After this I’m going to my dad’s birthday in Detroit with our family for a week. Then finally I will get home to work on new tunes!

How and where was the mix recorded?

It was actually made at a cabin in Minnesota—no joke. I didn’t have any access to a DJ setup so it’s done in Ableton, but in the wilderness of Minnesota where my wife is from. Every year we go on a cabin trip to the middle of nowhere, like an hour past Brianerd if you know Minnesota. I had to wait until everyone was asleep to work on it in the middle of the night which might give you a sense of the vibe in the second half. When it was done I had to go into my brother-in-law’s car, turn it on and listen to it on his car stereo like a nut in the middle of the night.

Can you tell us about the idea behind the mix?

You can hear the beginning of the set is very bass-oriented, then going Dance Mania style, then deeper into house. The concept of my stuff is always the same: just choose all the tracks I love and try to put them together in a way that makes sense. I also wanted to throw in a couple surprises like the EPMD track because I’ve started to drop all kinds of music in my sets. I’m not really satisfied with just playing three hours of house. I’m doing tons of drum & bass, hip-hop and reggae edits—like Easter eggs for the crowd. No obvious radio tracks but cool stuff like Krust, EPMD, Ed Rush, Fela Kuti, Damien Marley, whatever.

You just had a show on Rinse and put out a remix of Girl Unit’s “Wut” through Night Slugs. What do you think is the common ground between yourself and the UK scene?

I really enjoyed meeting all the Night Slugs guys in London and to tell you the truth I asked them if I could do that remix for free. So part of it is me kind of putting myself in the position to be in alliance with the UK bass scene. It really harkens back to my original first love, drum & bass. I was an unsuccessful drum & bass DJ, I never got into the right clique or made the right tracks or got the right lucky break or whatever. I’m still overcompensating for that perhaps.

As far as house music, Dirtybird is one of the only American bassline labels. We always deliver on basslines. That is definitely not the focus at most labels. So it’s not really any accident that we have strong ties with towns like Bristol and Leeds—towns where people go ape-shit for basslines. We definitely give it a different flavour on the West Coast; not quite as dark or moody perhaps. But even as I say that I just signed another Bristol guy last week!

Are there any firm plans for a Claude VonStroke live show?

Nope. But maybe something else. I’m delving into some different ideas this year, no concrete plans but I am practicing live loop making on Maschine—that kind of thing. You can expect the unexpected I imagine. I’m getting a lot more comfortable with big risks and just going for it musically. As your grandma always says, you can’t please everyone all of the time, so you might as well go crazy.

What are you up to next?

I’m working with some other producers and exploring new ideas. I think there will be a new VonStroke album next year as well. Definitely some new singles soon. I can’t say much more until I actually do some tunes and see what happens.

http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=271

Calling all Bosses, Hustlers, and Divas > Party at the Aloft near Town Center

Come out to the sexiest event that Jacksonville has ever seen. Calling all Bosses, Hustlers, and Divas to help Caroline Sims celebrate her birthday with a bash of epic proportions. Free food and libations, poolside, so bring your sexy swimwear. DJ Shayboy among others will provide the aural stimulation for the evening. Prizes and Gifts given away to the most grandiose Boss, impressive hustler, and dramatic diva.

For up to the date information call KG at Jacksonville AIM, 904-796-8246. Call the ALoft Hotel Deerwood Park next to Tinseltown for deeply discounted reservations. Bosses, Hustlers or Divas definitely don’t drink and drive. Real Talk. This a party, so if you are planning to hold up the walls, just stay home.

Saturday August 20th, 2011
ALoft Hotel Deerwood Park next to Tinseltown