We Picked up a Drifter: That time Rob Machado stopped by Void HQ
For surfers of different generations, San Diego’s Rob Machado brings to mind different visions. Surfers of Gen X likely remember Machado as a standout …
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Author Tim Gilmore explores Jax’s historic and most surreal homes
I believe in ghosts, just not the supernatural kind. I feel “ghost” as history, psychology, patterns of life and behavior in place across time. So when…
Discovering Thailand’s Favorite Street Food that isn’t Pad Thai
Last summer in Thailand, 12 teenage boys and their soccer coach found themselves trapped in a cave for over two weeks. After the lengthy ordeal, the bo…
Mustache Ride: Gardner Minshew embarks on long, strange offseason trip
Though Jags fans may have just endured the most disappointing season in franchise history ever to follow a most disappointing season in franchise histo…
Rad Pads: Tony Prat’s Warehouse Wonderland
Longtime beaches resident Tony Prat is a renaissance man, of sorts. As a visual artist, videographer, DJ, musician, furniture maker, surfer, etcetera, …
Local Music Calendar: Dig these January shows!
From beloved Anastasia Island haunt Sarbez! turning six years young to one of our fave local garage bands, Mercy Mercy, supporting Black Lips at Jackra…
Rad Pads: Will Watson and his family travel the country in a livable, skate-able Air Force bus
Will Watson is a skater from Jacksonville Beach. In July of 2017, he and his wife Kristin had the idea to convert a bus into a permanent living space. …
Liner Notes: What makes a Northeast Florida Rad Pad?
What makes a Northeast Florida home? Is it the coquina-facade exterior? The concrete-block foundation of a home routinely located near, or even on, wat…
We Give Taqueria Cinco a Five (out of Five)
There are more people in Mexico City than there are in New York City, and for the most part, they subsist almost exclusively on tacos. It stands to rea…
Watch: Justin Quintal in “All Day, All Night, All Right (Coast)”
North Florida surfer Justin Quintal suffers from a rare and incurable condition. Unlike more common, more treatable abnormalities, such as F.O.M.O., Qu…
Best of ’19: These stories filled the Void in 2019
Print's not dead. And if our humble publication is to be taken as an example, print's kinda like the J-Lo of the media landscape--as youthful and glowi…
Portfolio: Ana Kamiar
If she is a naturalist, then it’s the embracing of an otherworldly environment. Working with photography or collage, Ana Kamiar creates images born fro…
Best of ’19: These were the best Northeast Florida songs of the year
2019 gave us much in the way of music to celebrate in Northeast Florida; a glorious and eclectic mix of output, to be sure. Here are the tunes we reall…
Portfolio: Tenny Rudolph
It’s a cloudy, colorless fall day when I meet up with Tenny Rudolph at That Poor Girl Vintage, a distinctly offbeat secondhand clothing store in Jackso…
Street Food and Cocktails: Exploring Hawkers New Seasonal Drink Menu
You don’t need a cocktail to enjoy street food. A humble lager, wheat or white ale is often a solid choice. But ever since Hawkers Five Points expanded…
More than a Pretty Face: Upcoming Mark George exhibit takes an unflinching look at feminist expressions
This weekend local visual artist Mark George unveils his latest neo-pop-art paintings with his solo exhibit, POUT, held at Space 42 in Riverside. …
Beach Street Photographer: Coastline culture through the lens of Sean Kelly Conway
After speaking with Sean Kelly Conway, I am no longer convinced that he is a photographer. Yes, in a traditional sense, he makes a business of creating…
Cool Snaps: Go inside our Photo Annual and the year that was in Northeast Florida
On old long syne, my Jo. On old long syne. Translation: Another year of making magazines (or something). We made 12 of these bad boys in 2019, a…
Rad Pad: The Artists’ Space of Liz Gibson and Jeff Whipple
There is art everywhere. Some paintings hang on the walls, while others lean against them. Some of the walls, meanwhile, are paintings. I’ve just w…
Local Music Spotlight: Cherry Springer brings primitive rock presence to new recordings
While nary a one is of drinking age (although old enough for conscription) the trio of Cherry Springer brings a primitive-albeit-worthy, and quite fran…
When Surfer Magazine First Came to Town
The late 1980s was a boom time for the American economy. Reaganomics, Gordon Gekko, conspicuous consumption: As GDP climbed and crested in nearly every…
Do Good Spotlight: The McKenzie Noelle Wilson Foundation
Even before she was tasked as Foundation Director, Adrian Gibbs was inspired by the mission of the McKenzie Noelle Wilson Foundation. Carrying on the l…
Waves of Healing: Surfing is therapeutic for children with Autism
The first time I saw surfing change the lives of children with special needs, I was standing with a surfboard on the sands of Jacksonville Beach. W…
Rad Pad Icon: William Morgan (1930-2016)
If you’ve lived in Jacksonville long enough, you’ve likely enjoyed (or at least humored) a sunny day cruise, dawdling along the oceanfront thoroughfare…
Pop the CoRK: Beloved Riverside Arts District opens its studios once again!
It’s late at night at CoRK Arts District and instead of cleaning or prepping for our upcoming Open Studio event, I am wandering around, looking at the …