Email Author Erica K. Landau

2010 Stories by Erica K. Landau

• Cosmos to the Bubble: Travulous’ Personal Voyage

  published December 16, 2010

  Back in July, the downtown Fort Lauderdale art space the Bubble held a memorable fashion show as part of a Red Eye satellite party. Several... More >>

• How Bazaar

  published December 9, 2010

  Department stores at the mall don’t speak to your personal brand of flair. Gifts created en masse are anything but thoughtful. And the crowd... More >>

• Artist Raymond Pettibon's Punk Beginnings Are Showcased in a New FAU Exhibit

  published November 11, 2010

  The revered black-and-white cover art on Black Flag's 1981 EP Six Pack features a teenaged boy hunched over in a corner, as if in an... More >>

• Overkill's Overpowering Metal to Hit Culture Room

  published November 11, 2010

  A band's hard-core fans will always lament a perceived betrayal of its original aesthetic, audience, and/or values. (Cough, Metallica.) So then... More >>

• "The Trotsky": Being the Reincarnation of a Revolutionary Isn't Easy in Public High School

  published October 21, 2010

  The Trotsky poses the question: What's a young dissident to do in our postmodern world of iPods and Facebook, especially if he's a... More >>

• What "At World's End" Lacks in Polish, It Makes Up in Energy and Odd Charm at FLIFF

  published October 21, 2010

  He's normally reticent, nerdy, and on edge, but by midway through this film, Danish psychologist Adrian Gabrielsen (Nikoaj Lie Kaas) proves... More >>

• D.R.I. Carries Punk Work Ethic to Culture Room

  published October 14, 2010

  James Brown was the hardest-working man in show business, but veteran punk act D.R.I. is an overburdened standout among do-it-yourselfers,... More >>

• GWAR Spills Its Guts at Revolution

  published October 7, 2010

  Pop stars and rock bands come and go, but GWAR claims to have lasted for more than 40 billion years, subsisting on crack alone. After... More >>

• Home Is Where the Tensions Are

  published September 30, 2010

  In 2010, independent-minded women still seem to violate our notions of order. Even though society accepts women moving up the career ladder, we... More >>

• The Many Colors of a City

  published September 30, 2010

  Urban art and graffiti culture have always been debatable forms of expression. Well, at least to elitists and cops. Despite graffiti’s roots... More >>

• Asspiss Won't Hold Back the Punk at Respectable Street

  published September 9, 2010

  Life isn't easy when you're a band called Asspiss. And the hardcore punk quartet felt the burden of such a name earlier this summer, when a... More >>

• Bleeding Through Subverts Emo for Metal Goals at Culture Room

  published September 9, 2010

  Bleeding Through boasted an intriguing albeit guy-linered and slightly emo blend of hardcore and metal when it emerged from Orange County,... More >>

• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Art

  published September 9, 2010

  Ironically, almost a decade later, the September 11 attacks remain a divisive event. Some people use it as an opportunity to express latent... More >>

• Exodus Brings Metal Mayhem to Culture Room

  published September 2, 2010

  No one should hate Metallica more than '80s Bay Area thrash icons Exodus. Even the 335,435 fans Metallica tattled on for sharing their music on... More >>

• Glow Job

  published September 2, 2010

  When you were a child, you sprayed the luminous goo across your room to imagine the magic of nuclear meltdowns. During electronic music’s... More >>

• Hail to the King, Baby!

  published August 19, 2010

  Traditional types try to cast the city and its wide array of temptations as the domain of evil. It’s in small-town America, the rhetoric... More >>

• Lords of Acid and Thrill Kill Kult Heat Up Culture Room

  published August 5, 2010

  Sex is fun. Mix it with some dense, pulsating electronica and comical lyrics and sex becomes one hell of a party. But not just anyone can keep... More >>

• Flees Unveil New CD at Monterey Club

  published July 29, 2010

  It's hard to think of another local band that packs the punch that hardcore punk outfit Flees does. From the opening bass line in "You Can't... More >>

• Art Space Oddity

  published July 22, 2010

  If the spirit of Ziggy Stardust were dead, it would be reincarnated as the interplanetary glam-fab superstar Travulous. Word is, he’s just... More >>

• Hungry (to Party) Like the Wolf

  published July 22, 2010

  All we know, for certain, about Laser Wolf Productions is what the world wide web tells us: that it’s an intergalactic wolf pack that... More >>

• Torche Plays Much Happier Stoner Metal as a Trio

  published July 15, 2010

  Stonerific pop metal power group Torche has been a purveyor of sludge thicker than BP's since 2005. The foursome's original lineup included... More >>

• Art for Your Sake

  published July 8, 2010

  The clothes you wear, the type of rebellion you engage in, what you choose to furnish your house with, all represent ways in which you express... More >>

• Rock the Mic Night

  published June 24, 2010

  For more than nine years, the hipster hangout DaDa Restaurant and Lounge has hosted poets, musicians, singer-songwriters, and just about anyone... More >>

• Metal’s Fantastic Four

  published June 17, 2010

  If you’re a metalhead, proud to rock those long, greasy locks that you bang ever so gracefully to bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest,... More >>

• That’s So Boss

  published June 17, 2010

  If you couldn’t afford the $100 price tag for floor seats the last time Bruce Springsteen came around back in September, you can catch... More >>