Email Author Jason Budjinski

2006 Stories by Jason Budjinski

• Frankenstein Monsters of Rock

  published August 17, 2006

  Electric Frankenstein's not the first band you'd expect to hear in a PS2 game, much less one that caters to mall punks. But sure enough,... More >>

• Blowfly, Under the Covers

  published August 17, 2006

  If such an album existed, Pat Boone's Punk Rock Party would be a G-rated collection of classic punk tunes reworked with family-friendly... More >>

• Yes, She Is

  published August 17, 2006

  If Melissa Etheridge has proved anything in her long career, it's that you don't have to write fluff to win a Grammy. The Kansas-born... More >>

• Slipped Lips

  published August 10, 2006

  It's 6:30 p.m. on a Monday — not the most ideal time for a local band to be taking the stage. But even at this unrockly hour, the Freakin... More >>

• Hide and Seek

  published August 10, 2006

  On a recent Friday night, the Hideout (7200 N. Dixie Hwy., Boca Raton) was hosting Skafest 11, a showing of local bands that like to... More >>

• Laggin Ahead

  published August 3, 2006

  Derrick Plourde had been out of Lagwagon for nine years when he took his own life in March 2005. A founding 'Wagoneer, Plourde kept the... More >>

• Maguire's Hits the Pit

  published August 3, 2006

  For someone standing so close to the stage, this guy looked kind of bored. It was like he didn't want to be there. Now, I'm used to seeing folded... More >>

• Soup's On

  published July 27, 2006

  I was standing about 20 feet from the entrance when he walked in. The guy looked and smelled like he was on some sort of Olympic dumpster-diving... More >>

• Timb

  published July 27, 2006

  Holy shit — another Timb album?! Hasn't this dude already put out eight other full-length discs in a few years' time? Well, yes and yes. But... More >>

• Lyrical Painters

  published July 27, 2006

  It's been 16 years since A Tribe Called Quest dropped the tune "Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts)." But only four weeks have passed... More >>

• The Rhythm of RITM

  published July 27, 2006

  Confucius say, "Rabbit in the Moon will make electronic music more entertaining than a fire-breathing stripper with three boobs." All... More >>

• South of the Border

  published July 20, 2006

  Pop-punk, ska-punk, garage-punk, goth-punk, post-punk — is there any part of punk rock left to explore? Sure, but it may come from... More >>

• Keepin' It Wheel

  published July 20, 2006

  It was just after 10 p.m. when I arrived at Gold Coast Roller Rink (2604 S. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale) for its Tuesday-night "Rollout at... More >>

• Paranoid Time

  published July 20, 2006

  If the punk rock attitude is all about anarchy, freedom, and not living by other people's rules, then why is punk rock music the... More >>

• Gnarls Barkley

  published July 20, 2006

  What started as a one-off collaboration became an international phenomenon — an "Overnight Sensation," as the Raspberries would say. Gnarls... More >>

• Get in the Van

  published July 13, 2006

  Action Action doesn't have a huge tour bus. Hell, the band doesn't even have a small tour bus, just a van — a '98 Dodge Ram that... More >>

• Up a Hill

  published July 13, 2006

  So the space shuttle Discovery finally launched three days after its original lift-off date of July 1. NASA blamed bad weather for the three-day... More >>

• Ska Cubano

  published July 13, 2006

  In the early 20th Century, a bridge was formed between Cuba and Jamaica. It's a bridge made not of concrete and asphalt but of rhythm and melody.... More >>

• Surviving Tour

  published July 13, 2006

  Anthony Green was California dreamin'. In 2003, he left his hometown of Philadelphia for the golden sands of Newport Beach, where he formed... More >>

• Beat Crazy

  published July 13, 2006

  There's something about Juana, apparently. Whoever she is, the namesake of Miami's Locos por Juana ("Crazy About Jane'') has inspired one... More >>

• Nashville's Finest

  published July 13, 2006

  The latest schlep to win American Idol may have the downhome looks and soulful voice (and the last name) to have won the Southern vote. But... More >>

• Cut and Run

  published July 6, 2006

  It was 2:20 on a Saturday afternoon in downtown Miami. A bluish-gray blanket of clouds covered Bicentennial Park. It was only a matter of time... More >>

• The Freakin Hott

  published July 6, 2006

  Finally. After years of proving their worth on many a local stage, Palm Beach County's Freakin Hott have taken their tunes to disc; the wait was... More >>

• Reassembled, Unsaved

  published July 6, 2006

  On their debut album, local death-pop industrialists DeadStar Assembly churned out an interesting version of the Real Life's haunting '80s... More >>

• On a Rockin' Roll

  published July 6, 2006

  The past six years have been pretty damned good to Ayme Sanchez. In 2000, the Davie-based singer/songwriter bested nearly 1,000 other... More >>