Email Author Jason Budjinski

2004 Stories by Jason Budjinski

• Labrador Dalí

  published December 30, 2004

  Just like the scores of rock musicians who get rich by stealing guitar riffs from their heroes (insert Rolling Stone's flavor of the month... More >>

• Garage Land

  published December 30, 2004

  Waaay far out SAT 1/1 Garage rock is so 2001, ain't it ? Sure, if all you know... More >>

• Family Guy

  published December 23, 2004

  The following letter, regarding Damon Wayans' sitcom My Wife and Kids, was posted on More >>

• Dolls of War

  published December 16, 2004

  No Tinky Winkies here TUE 12/21 Oh, how cute -- a Japanese doll collection! It... More >>

• The Buzz Cooks Up a Mixed Batch

  published December 2, 2004

  Two outs, bottom of the ninth, and our team is getting its ass thoroughly pounded in what has been a disappointing season for South Florida music... More >>

• We've Got the Power

  published October 28, 2004

  Driving on Powerline Road through northern Pompano Beach, it's hard to imagine that anything remotely artistic exists amid the scores of retail... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published September 2, 2004

  THU 2 Sometimes in comedy all it takes is the right quote or a really outrageous character to make a lasting impression. John... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published August 26, 2004

  THU 26 Funny how we scrutinize and scrutinize the people who run for president, but we could give a rat's posterior about the folks... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published August 19, 2004

  THU 19 Bartending can be stressful. Sometimes you just can't remember whether you should mix Cointreau or Courvoisier! Jim Beam or... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published August 12, 2004

  THU 12 When Anthrax and Public Enemy got together to "Bring the Noise" some 13 years ago, metal bands began their rhythmic transition... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published August 5, 2004

  THU 5 Perhaps the film Nickel and Dime should be called Francs et Euros, considering it comes from the land of... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published July 29, 2004

  THU 29 If you're looking for the doorway to another dimension, psychedelics are the best choice. But... psychedelic drugs or... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published July 22, 2004

  THU 22 Once upon a time -- 2003, actually -- "destroyers of bulls" Jordan Lorow and Christopher Macfarlane "realized what they must... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published July 15, 2004

  THU 15 Tarpon Bend (200 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale) is looking for "any lady who thinks she has what it takes to be the next... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published July 8, 2004

  THU 8 There's a fine line between selling out and maturing that many punk bands would like to ignore. Not that Blink 182... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published July 1, 2004

  THU 1 After graduating from college, comedian Richard Jeni soon took what he thought was his dream job, working for a public... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published June 24, 2004

  THU 24 You gotta admire a comic with real range -- someone who can impersonate Arnold Schwarzenegger and Joan Rivers. Pablo... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published May 27, 2004

  THU 27 God save South Florida -- the Creepy T's have added a second guitar to their already fuzzed-out garage-punk mix, in the... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published May 20, 2004

  THU 20 It's OK if Mexican immigrants want to clean our half-million-dollar houses... but when they move into our neighborhood? Hey,... More >>

• Still Skankin'

  published April 22, 2004

  Before the Bosstones were Mighty Mighty, before Mephiskapheles signed a pact with Satan, and back when Skankin' Pickle was just a cucumber and the... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published April 22, 2004

  THU 22 Aha! We figured out the mystery! ClueLess on Las Olas is really a pub crawl disguised as interactive murder mystery... More >>

• Body Count

  published April 8, 2004

  When Attorney General John Ashcroft made a big to-do about the Spirit of Justice statue's exposed marble breast, he succeeded mostly in looking... More >>

• Howie 'bout it?

  published April 1, 2004

  It's open-mic night at the local comedy club, and your buddies are eggin' you on to tell the audience that joke about the priest and the rabbi.... More >>

• Have Band, Will Travel

  published February 26, 2004

  Some bands don't like to travel far to play shows, much less to hold band practice. Even the hour-and-a-half trek from Miami to West Palm Beach is... More >>

• In the Buff

  published February 12, 2004

  Most Northerners would give anything right now for just five minutes of our warm, balmy, non-ice-laden weather. Yet many of us still complain when... More >>