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2001 Stories by Dan Sweeney

• Circus Maximus

  published December 27, 2001

  Circus ties are ties that bind. The current producer of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey... More >>

• Return of the King

  published December 27, 2001

  The Beale Street Blues Boy comes to Pompano Beach this Saturday by way of Melbourne, and a... More >>

• In the Mix

  published December 20, 2001

  The supermarket-turned-concert venue called Orbit has a problem, and it's not just the acoustics. It's the dilemma most venues in South Florida... More >>

• Armed and Dangerous

  published December 20, 2001

  "I looked in my turn, and could not repress a gesture of disgust. Before my eyes was a horrible monster, worthy to figure in the legends of the... More >>

• Hubert Sumlin

  published December 20, 2001

  A common tendency among bluesmen today is to gain credibility by claiming that one's father was good friends with Muddy Waters, that one played... More >>

• The Music of Healing

  published December 13, 2001

  Aventura-based businessman Andy Rothman, who boasts a large and impressively diverse CD collection, had an idea. In an effort to alleviate the... More >>

• A Schorr Thing

  published December 13, 2001

  Although it was once known as underground art, the cartoonish world of lowbrow art has stepped into the limelight in recent years, mainly thanks... More >>

• Buzzed and Baked

  published November 29, 2001

  Florida's New Rock Alternative, as it calls itself, cooks up a festival of piping-hot alterna-rock goodness with the Buzz Bake Sale this... More >>

• Whistling Dixie

  published November 22, 2001

  Two schools of thought thrive in the wild and woolly world of Southern rock. First, you can pull the Lynyrd Skynyrd approach and get a little more... More >>

• Shooting Gallery

  published November 15, 2001

  Oftentimes, the people who attempt to turn photos into art fail miserably; witness most attempts at photographic surrealism or abstraction.... More >>

• Seriously Schimmel

  published November 15, 2001

  Robert Schimmel tries to take everything lightly. It is, after all, his job. Luckily, almost everything can be humorous, even cancer.... More >>

• Opera Opens

  published November 8, 2001

  The weather has been turning a bit cooler, the clocks have been turned back a bit earlier, and were there anything but evergreen trees in South... More >>

• Life in Boca?

  published November 8, 2001

  For years now, unsubstantiated reports indicate that cultural life exists in Boca Raton. Despite strong evidence to the contrary, in the form of a... More >>

• True Blue

  published November 1, 2001

  Back in the 1980s, only a fool would have pinned Ike Turner as the half of the Ike and Tina duo who would enjoy lasting fame. Even these days it's... More >>

• Hanky Panky

  published October 25, 2001

  If anyone had his fate set in stone before he was born, it was Hank Williams III. No one else has been born so obviously into country royalty. His... More >>

• Lewis's Lion

  published October 18, 2001

  Despite a massive oeuvre that includes scholarly, theological, poetic, and fictional works, Jack Lewis will always be remembered for writing kids'... More >>

• Sex, Slides, and Spy-Film Takes

  published October 18, 2001

  "Someone called it urban gut bucket. I like that. Others call it dirty jazz or avant-sleaze. It gets sleazy sometimes. We get low-down and... More >>

• Sabor Latino

  published October 11, 2001

  Seems like every month is dedicated to something or even several somethings. October, for example, is not only Breast Cancer Awareness Month; it's... More >>

• Toolin' Around

  published October 4, 2001

  Maynard James Keenan has returned with the band that made him big. Following the success of his side project, A Perfect Circle, Keenan and... More >>

• Making Waves

  published September 27, 2001

  If you've ever felt like a real salty sea dog yourself for accelerating your boat (or that of your gullible friend who was fool enough to give you... More >>

• Pork Fest 2001

  published September 20, 2001

  You'd think this sort of event would be illegal. Aren't there laws against bestiality? And if so, don't they cover smoochin' a swine? One would... More >>

• Nice Feat, Buddy

  published September 20, 2001

  Little Feat has spent the last 13 years trying to escape from the shadow of Lowell George. George,... More >>

• Postmodern English

  published September 13, 2001

  Though Modern English just released a greatest-hits collection, the group seems pretty subdued. When a band comes out with one album in 11... More >>

• Conspiracy of Silence

  published September 13, 2001

  OK, we all know UFOs have been visiting Earth pretty much since people have existed. What? You mean you didn't know that? Get with the program,... More >>

• Celebrity Stuff

  published September 6, 2001

  America's only pop-culture image of autism is that of Dustin Hoffman counting cards in Rain Man; real autism is both far more common and... More >>