Shantytown, Jacksonville

We arrived at the club a little early, about twelve hours early and wandered around Jacksonville. Public libraries, parks and hotdog stands.

The kids at Shantytown definitely got their shit together, they gots a bike shop and vinyl store next to the pub, that seems to be run collectively. Shantytown is just outside of the downtown area in a commercially forgotten area. Its beautiful to see kids reclaim the cracks in the sidewalk and open shops and co-op businesses.

We played with The Honey Chamber who are from the Jacksonville area. And in bad form, and in bad taste i will say they reminded me of Eric Gaffney era Sebadoh. They are super awesome and should have more music up on their page soon:

www.myspace.com/honeychamber

The stage was a little cramped and took a bit to set up, but we finally got started around 12p. The crowd was awesome, and cheered and bought drinks and cds. It was a great time. In one night i was jeered for my super fucking cool cowboy shirt and then later complimented for the very same rad ass cowboy shirt.

Winter Sleeves
Mustard Seed Boat
Untitled Song for a City
Henry Darger
Charred Heart
Devil in my Bed
South Dakota Farm
The Wrestling Palm

Shantytown is f-ing cool.