Jackson Jambalaya

The money shot is at 6:51. Someone has balls the size of church bells. Tyrone Lewis won't be in a rush to proteck him.

Man, cruising McDowell in the late 70s early 80s was a lot of fun. Kids can't do that anymore.

The best of the New South!

Did you wear your hat on sideways and grab your crotch? When I was in high school, the "southside possie" would come to Madison and 75 of them would jump one guy. They were all little punks with hats to the side and gold chains...white kids....like Vanilla Ice white kids. Good times...

No reason to hate. Put on your Ben Allen goggles and remember how it used to be.

Residential chases commercial, don't you know that?

Or...ignore south jackson all together...but that's just me

Nope. Rarely wore a hat, the last thing on my mind was fighting, and I lived in Madison County.

You should go down fornication, I mean fortification street and film how terrible that road is. You may need a four wheel drive though.

7:38am A pack mule would be better than a four wheel drive on Fornication.

Enjoyed the video. Haven't been to south Jackson in years and don't see any reason to ever go back there. Pretty sad looking.

Thanks Kingfish !
How bout' making this a regular feature, kind of like your polls. Maybe periodic video rides down other major streets in the "City with Soul " ?

Maywood Mart was classier than Apple Ridge .

If the video is Kingfish's idea of objective reporting, Well, he is as bad as the ones he criticizes. The comment of flippers swapping them back and forth. They are the only ones willing to invest in the area. You don't know what you are talking about. Just a young punk still riding around making fun and not helping make a change, huh?

Note to the lil' unpaid JFP interns :

Mama Dona is watching you.

So, pour out the stale water and let the bong dry out for at least an hour or two... then get back to work !

Thanks KF for posting this. I grew up and still live in South Jackson and have watched it disintegrate before my eyes. If you want a true picture of things, drive through at 10:30pm and turn off any given street. Especially Woody between McDowell and Terry Road. And to all the people in Fondren, Belhaven and leftover who ridicule South Jackson, take note, this is what your future looks like. Particulary Chane and his less than tasteful t-shirts. Fondren will fail eventually. It's landlocked on all sides and only so many hippy-dippy idealists can live and "make" a neighborhood work.

We lived on Smallwood for five years back in the late 80's. As the area deteriorated, I felt so bad for my neighbors, several of whom were elderly retirees who only wanted to live out their lives in peace and quiet. What a pay-off in your golden years to watch your neighborhood and community turn into a shambles. I felt kind of guilty about leaving them but staying there wasn't an option since we had children to raise. It's all a real shame.

Do you and Stiletto Jane have any videos of paint drying? I watched five minutes of both tapes and saw nothing worthy of further remark. Is Mill Street next?

Despite all the bitching of the complainers and JFP interns ... they are all still reading JJ.

3:11:

Ever heard of something called "commentary"?

Well now, it appears the BOOM interns have also stopped working and started taking the
obligatory Sunday morning bong hits as they
read JJ and attempt to make rational comments , ....rather than writingexciting articles about Fondren.

I'm so damn glad KF posted these videos.

I hope he eventually includes Mill Street, West Capitol,Terry,Hwy 80,Woodrow Wilson ,
Belvedere, Robinson, Hanging Moss,
Forrest Avenue , Ridgewood, Meadowbrook,
Northside Drive, and more.

7:22 makes a good point.

A trip down Mcdowell at 10:30pm on a Saturday night would be interesting.

Does anyone have National Guard connections that would let KF borrow a Bradley Fighting Vehicle
for a couple of hours ?

Yes, some of it is boring. It only appeals to you if you lived here long enough and remember how it was not too long ago. I could have shortened the videos but then I would've been charged with selective editing.

Support the trophy guy. He deserves it.

I will support and order trophies from this guy for as long as he stays in operation.

I had no idea anything like this shop was still down there.

"Residential chases commercial"? Really?

Maybe that was true in 1980. People today will do anything in their power to get the hell far away from commercial. I suppose you'll say Madison is an anomaly, but commercial has chased residential, there, much to the disdain of many residents.

People today will forever pine for 15 acres and a pond as long as they can get to commercial with a 20 minute drive.

Huh ???????

Hey Shadow,

Try again for that lot at Lake Caroline.

We're betting your application will again be rejected.

Thanks anon 3:01, but I'll take my privacy over Caroline any day. You just hang tight and you'll be moving downstairs at the Trace of Ridgeland any month now. We know how tough those stairs can be on the knees.

I was very proud to see Chane in the paper today!!!

Privacy. lulz

Yal are terrible!! Lol

Yet another example of why EVERYONE deserves to be a home owner!

Just a few notes about KF's tour of South Jackson. A look at the businesses in the area reveals its decline. The owner of GunWorks near the intersection of Raymond Rd. and Shady Lane was shot in his store 12-15 years ago, that's why it's no longer there. Discount Hunting and Fishing moved to Flowood not long after that. The Dixie Gas on Raymond Rd. was torn down. So too was the gardening center on Raymond Rd. The Allstate building is now JSU's E-center, whatever waste of taxpayer money that is. There are no more middle class businesses in South Jackson. It's all convenience stores and payday loan places. Mr. Bobby at Bobby's Cut Above barbershop has been broken into numerous times and recently had a five ton air conditioner stolen. And yes, it was behind burglar bars. Much like Southside Baptist, whose five ton a/c was also stolen last year. Gone forever are the florists, dentists, doctors, bakeries, etc. that made living here convenient. And much of the blame can be placed on the criminal justice system of Jackson and Hinds County, whose mediocrity and malaise are slowly destroying this city and county. Side note, the Rebel Flag guy on McDowell has been a fixture in S. Jxn for years. He used to host a call in program on Public Access called "Rebel Yell" if anyone is old enough to remember. Key Elementary across the street from him, btw, is where several teachers were robbed at gunpoint a couple of years ago. The small store down and across McDowell from there is where the store owner was shot and killed several years ago.

That has got to be one of the best illustrations of the demise of community I've ever read.

Kudos. Sad, but Kudos.

5:53am I remember all of that. I grew up in South Jackson and it will always be a part of my life. I would not have wanted to grow up anywhere else in the metro area. We had lots of fun cruising McDowell Road and going to the bowling alley, Video Village and plain hanging out in McDowell Square. It was packed bumper to bumper on Friday and Saturday nights. I loved it. Believe it or not I still live in Jackson just further out and it is a shame what has happened to the area I grew up in and was so proud of. It makes me very sad.........

10:55

It's sad for all of former Jacksonians.
North Jackson's gone forever as well .

( Before any dumb ass new comer to Jackson , renting a "flat in Fondren" , hops into these comments: Let us educate you) .

There never was, nor has there ever been an East and West Jackson .

It was always North Jackson and South Jackson .

And while we may have have made fun of each other,
and had good ole sophomoric brawls in the parking lots of Apple Ridge and Maywood Mart, or even had
Friday night football fight between Callaway and Wingfield, Manhattan and McCluer, ect.

We Damn sure never shot or stabbed each other.

Kudos to you both on this especially the one filming. Heck of an interest in the subject matter!

Nice work.

To Anonymous @ 10:55:

As a former resident of South Jackson, (from literally infanthood to adulthood right after high school, Forest Hill Class of 89'), I commend you for your comment, and yes you are correct ... As far as the person above hating on Chane, whatever dude. Me and Ronnie went to school together @ Siwell and Forest Hill and I can honestly tell you that he is just a hard working guy, making money the same as any young entrepreneurial man would. He has built his business from practically nothing in his early twenties, into a international clothing brand and thriving local business. Any hating you may be doing is just out of pure envy and you would have done the same if you had been presented with the same choices, I hope ... I agree with most comments on here, that while it is indeed sad to see the shape things are in these days for the area, the best thing we can all do is just try and remember the past and let the city worry about what needs to be done. Why? Because honestly I do not live there any longer and never will again. I do not ever plan to raise children there, but I do of course give credit to those, such as Mr. Bobby of Bobby's cut above. I still go to him for a cut and good old conversation, and I always pray for his safety. Kudos as well to the gentleman still keeping the trophy shop in operation as well. These small businessmen came from a generation that cannot be scared away or intimidated and we should all take a moment to show them respect for doing so. But my honest thought is this ... Unless Jackson ever gets the so-called "special interest", (and yes I am talking about the white ones too, before anyone wants to go and throw a "race card" into the mix), groups who claim to want to improve the city as a whole, but spend all their time scheming as to how to fill their pockets more and more instead of serving the city they were appointed and/or elected to do ... The city and the areas of all of Jackson will continue to decline and suffer in the long run, just my two cents.

To Anonymous @ 10:55:

As a former resident of South Jackson, (from literally infanthood to adulthood right after high school, Forest Hill Class of 89'), I commend you for your comment, and yes you are correct ... As far as the person above hating on Chane, whatever dude. Me and Ronnie went to school together @ Siwell and Forest Hill and I can honestly tell you that he is just a hard working guy, making money the same as any young entrepreneurial man would. He has built his business from practically nothing in his early twenties, into a international clothing brand and thriving local business. Any hating you may be doing is just out of pure envy and you would have done the same if you had presented with the same choices, I hope ... I agree with most comments on here, that while it is indeed sad to see the shape things are in these days for the area, the best thing we can all do is just try and remember the past and let the city worry about what needs to be done. Why? Because honestly I do not live there any longer and never will again. I do ever plan to raise children there, but I do of course give credit to those, such as Mr. Bobby of Bobby's cut above. I still go to him for a cut and good old conversation, and I always pray for his safety. Kudos as well to the gentleman still keeping the trophy shop in operation as well. These small businessmen came from a generation that cannot be scared away or intimidated and we should all take a moment to show them respect for doing so. But my honest thought is this ... Unless Jackson ever gets the so-called "special interest", (and yes I am talking about the white ones too, before anyone wants to go and throw a "race card" into the mix), groups who claim to want to improve the city as a whole, but spend all their time scheming as to how to fill their pockets more and more instead of serving the city they were appointed and/or elected to do ... The city and the areas of all of Jackson will continue to decline and suffer in the long run, just my two cents.

R. Dowdy

I lived in S Jackson all my life ,first 30 years,I moved after college .I love the people and had a great childhood,I would not move back if you gave me a street and named me Mayor, Face it S. Jackson is a Hell hole,and if you live there you are either insane,or in a financially strapped untenable position,or you are a gang banger criminal sort