Email Author Jason Budjinski

2006 Stories by Jason Budjinski

• Gettin’ Iggy With it

  published February 9, 2006

  MTV is up on it. Rolling Stone digs it, too. So when will South Florida finally get hip to garage rock? Screamo this, emo that… even noise... More >>

• Faux Fur, Real Art

  published February 9, 2006

  Forget Marilyn, Liz, or even Britney (especially Britney). The real sex symbol is and always will be Venus, the Roman goddess of love. She’s... More >>

• War is Hell

  published February 9, 2006

  When we see photos of comics posing with U.S. troops in Iraq, it’s tempting to think of it as crass opportunism – another attempt by... More >>

• Hump Day’s Shakin’

  published February 2, 2006

  The Poplife DJs might have moved their party out of I/O (30 NE 14th St., Miami), but that doesn’t mean that crowd has abandoned 14th Street... More >>

• The Folk Folks

  published February 2, 2006

  During the communist witch hunts of the late ´40s and early ´50s, New York folkies the Weavers had more to worry about than getting... More >>

• Zucker and Zuckermann

  published February 2, 2006

  Only a desperate and depraved man would fake a heart attack to get out of his mother’s funeral. Jaeckie Zucker is a bit of both. As the... More >>

• Mixed Up Just Right

  published February 2, 2006

  Artists working in mixed-media often fall into the trap of burying their subjects in a sea of collage-driven overkill. But not Maurizio "Mamo"... More >>

• Award That Man

  published February 2, 2006

  Fort Lauderdale painter Alfred Phillips has brought home his fair share of art awards. Ten of those awards Phillips won in 2004 alone. It... More >>

• The Getback Are Back

  published February 2, 2006

  Not all bands reared on ´90s pop-punk grew up to become smarmy alt-rock pretty-boys like Yellowcard. Many went in the opposite direction,... More >>

• The Dark Ones

  published February 2, 2006

  It’s hard to imagine a time when MTV played metal videos only once a week (Headbangers' Ball). But that’s how things were in the late... More >>

• Gospel Ululations

  published January 26, 2006

  If you're like most people, you were introduced to South African music through Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who appeared on Paul Simon's 1986 smash,... More >>

• Brown Skirts

  published January 26, 2006

  Growing up, Lothar Berfelde’s biggest fashion influence was his cross-dressing aunt. Through her, the young tranny in training learned of... More >>

• Come On, Sis!

  published January 26, 2006

  Part of responsible parenting means not playing favorites with your kids. Though, when one of ´em is the result of a romantic side project,... More >>

• A New Persp3ctive

  published January 26, 2006

  Just what is the elusive quality we call the soul? More important, if we could see it, what would it look like? That’s one of the... More >>

• Move On Up

  published January 26, 2006

  The name Juanes may not carry the same weight in the United States as, say, Ricky Martin. But that’s changing. Sure, Juanes... More >>

• Puppet Master

  published January 26, 2006

  It’s fair to say that Charles Manson maneuvered his followers like a puppeteer handles his creations. The details of Manson’s... More >>

• Matisse: A Series Premier

  published January 26, 2006

  Back in the days of fauvist painter Henri Matisse -- the early 20th Century – the problem of attention deficit disorder hadn’t yet... More >>

• Repent!

  published January 19, 2006

  Watching televangelists perform their supposed miracles makes for an amusing pit stop while channel-surfing. But then the real horror of the... More >>

• Still Racing for a Cure

  published January 19, 2006

  If popular sentiment is correct – that Americans are all fat, indolent slobs -- then how do you explain the continued success of the Komen... More >>

• Shoot This

  published January 19, 2006

  Now that the iPod revolution has begun, the concept of owning hard copies of music, pictures, and video is quickly going the way of the... More >>

• Gypsy Land

  published January 19, 2006

  If there’s one word that sums up Americans’ blasé attitude, it’ s whatever. In Romany, the language spoken by... More >>

• Black and Blue

  published January 19, 2006

  Anyone not accustomed to a Black Lips show would probably think the band was on the verge of self-destruction. After all, it’s not... More >>

• Red Eye for the Blue Guy

  published January 19, 2006

  As a North Carolina native, comedian Jim David’s down to earth, charming, not full of pretension – a true-blue southerner. Of... More >>

• PalmBeach3, Part

  published January 12, 2006

  A New York City photographer and a British art dealer discuss the contours of the deco-style furniture piece on display. The maker of the piece, a... More >>

• Chasing Rainbows

  published January 12, 2006

  The Himalayan monarchy of Bhutan isn’t exactly the hub of Asian cinematography. It wasn’t until 2003 that Bhutan had its first homegrown... More >>