 This is the part of Thursday that I always have a big stupid smile on my face because my buddy Catalina so vain is in the house How you doing? Good to see you. I'm chillin. I'm good. No, like this is a second time this week I feel like a lucky man. Oh, was that was that Monday already? No, don't ask me what day it is I barely know it's crazy. All right, so Craig Jax Has listed for this week and next week. What do you have on the agenda, please? We got so much so starting with tonight young the giant is gonna be at the San Augustine amphitheater And this is a really popular alt rock band. There's so much fun You might know some of their hits my body cough syrup mind over matter They've got milky chance with them opening. We also spoke to the group's leader Lead singer sorry Samir Gidea about the show recently you take a listen All right, you know, you can always try to start at a theme, but you know that often ends up limiting you I think what we Do is is try and unthink even when you are living within a structure like this Where there's a storyline that other exists I know before even American Bollywood was an idea. We've written, you know, 50 60 songs and we're just Trying to see what was naturally coming out and this you know from the subconscious and I Think when we finally hit on the theme which often happens kind of midpoint into what seems like the end of a writing process That's kind of when we really hit the gas and it's a fine balance of Not letting structure like overrule everything and doing a line for improvisation and space Now I love songwriting that just you have the ability to really function on so many layers and you know the people who could listen to many tracks on this record and and see it as story of love and story of loss and On its face, there are so many elements like that, but if you kind of dig deeper in some of the significance and You know, you think I've waited to be a deeper territory Can I be honest with you? Yeah, I didn't understand what the hell he was talking about like I don't know But I'm just gonna ask you like it's the music good. The music is good Okay, cuz I haven't heard them before so like I think if I hear the music and I hear that sound clip that I will Understand cuz I heard Bollywood. I heard I Okay, I'll put it this way So with some bands with some artists like you really have to intently Listen to the lyrics to like really understand that my song as a whole with them They are like 50 50 get into the lyrics But also you can just like let go and just let the actual music the track itself just take you and that's those are my Favorite shows to go to cuz that's my version of church my super producer Stacy just said like you idiot He was talking about his new record. I'm I'm I'm sorry Stacy. I'm just I'm trying I'm old So please tell me more tell me more what else is going on so a Friday night tomorrow night There's this really cool exhibition popping up at Wild Crafters a show of lights by Meredith Mason and this is to show Showcase her lights, which are all handmade one of a kind and this collection is Intentionally playful and very colorful because she said and I quote I believe this world needs color and light and I'm bringing it Okay, so with that kind of like we know exactly what we're going into and it sounds really fun And the pieces themselves are also available for purchase in case you fall in love with one or two So it's tomorrow night at Wild Crafters, which is a fantastic Boost free bar if you haven't checked it out yet. Yep. I love it. What else you got now Saturday? This is a whole thing This is the natural beauty fest at the equestrian center It is the largest natural beauty and wellness festival in Jacksonville is a great place for naturalists looking to you know Learn more connect with like-minded people or salon owners who are looking to book some new clients make a little extra money Which we're always doing They'll have lock stations braiding stations haircuts onsite So if you need a little touch-up and you can't get in with your your usual, maybe you might have some luck I don't I don't have a usual here And I've got a usual for my haircut, but I do not have a usual for my locks. No, I need to go I know I know that surprises me. I thought someone free you with literal roots here with no like this is my person This is who I go to my person isn't doing hair anymore. So like you need to go to the natural beauty I gotta find somebody like in Oakland. I'm good like I go to my dude. He's good, but you're gonna be here for a minute So it's time to just you have just given me the key. Thank you very much. You're very welcome That leads us right into reggae Sunday. Yeah, you've got the locks already. You've got the good vibes Bring it to reggae Sunday at Wicked Barley. They have one of my most favorite back patios in Jacksonville because it backs right up to I believe it's Potter's Creek And it's it's incredible and this this party specifically is like No bad vibes only goodness everyone's, you know winding down the week getting ready for the new week They'll have food some of their incredible beer and they'll have two of Jacksonville's best reggae band split tone Who I spent a lot of my 20s watching at the beach bars and King Eddie Peely Peely So the music has spent a lot of my 20s Right on right and that starts at 11 a.m. On Sunday and it's free to attend by the way Have you seen the ads for the the new Bob Marley movie? Yes I'm torn. I'm not sure. I mean, I love Bob. I love I love I'm always I'm always a little suspicious of biopic Kingsley Ben Adir is a great actor if you haven't seen him in the new secret Invasion Marvel show Oh, we should talk about that because I have thoughts Does that need to be another review? We need to bring that up and listen at a later time I'm gonna bring my buddy batter on here. Who is all things like comic books We still got some more to go go ahead and then on the 28th skipping ahead a little bit The wicked out pop-up gallery is a special event put on by placemaking jacks Which if you don't know placemaking is where they're activating unused areas of downtown so this is the first of the three pop-ups in the petite series and this one is Gonna be tied in with sweet peas. It's on on Hogan Street downtown There'll be an art gallery space where artists are showcasing their interpretation of Florida So who knows, you know, that looks like that's different for everyone through their own lens DJ Alpete will be there who we love and so it'll be time and that'll be from 6 30 to 9 30 And it's free to attend Alpete is is my dude and doppelganger. He stole my name Like he did No, he stole my name. He was like Al. Alex and that's a good name I'm gonna take you and you can show up to sweet Pete's on the 28th and you can now No, no, no, no, I've given him, you know, he can go ahead and do his thing. It's fine So kind of you to let him keep his name. I am a giver. Very humble You know me so well, I've known you for two weeks No, what else we got a silent disco? What is this? So like, okay, so this is the thing where people would heads on the headphones on and dance without Music actually playing so not out in the air not normally so hush hush is really well known for these parties They do it really really well you get a pair of headphones and there's three channels It's and you're connected to one DJ at one table, but there's three channels. It's usually throwbacks Current hits and there's there's a request line So when you're on the request line part in your headphones anything could come up literally, okay But it's so much fun It's also an interesting way of how they get around the sound ordinance at 10 p.m. In Jacksonville and they're so smart It's so fun There's something very different about the hush hush silent discos where you're looking across the bar not everyone around you Is listening to the same station that you are but you spot that one person across the bar who is and you are vibing with The stranger for a few seconds and it's it's really it's it's very unique. It's a lot of fun It's at a Ruby Beach tomorrow night from nine to midnight and it's eight bucks. All right next one now This sounds very romantic. This is the mid-summer night out at the Jacksonville Arboretum. Have you ever been there? I have not. Oh, we had an Arboretum stop. This is it's so beautiful. Okay on any other day It is just it's a great hike. It's a just a really pretty walk And this is Shakespeare the UNF Shakespeare Club doing a mince a section of mid-summer night stream The alive DJ optional speed dating which sounds very interesting too. That's the 28th ticket start at $15 Sweet my friend Catalina Sylvain of create jacks. Thank you so much for hip me to what's going on in town. Thank you out