1. Tailpipe

Art Blockage

By Ed Newton

Published: May 31, 2007

Despite what Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale Director Irvin Lippman says, it ain't normal for a big art museum to close down during the summer. Doing so, as the MOA has done, cuts a...

2. Bob Norman

Charlie on the Town

Crist and a former beauty queen are "a confirmed item" — at least in some newspapers

By Bob Norman

Published: May 31, 2007

To borrow a phrase from one of our governor's political heroes, here we go again. The Florida media was awash last week in reports that Charlie Crist, Florida governor and bachelor,...

3. News

Once Bitten

Animal rights activist gets sued, shy

By Kelly Cramer

Published: May 31, 2007

For an animal rights activist who once mounted the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile, Nicolas Atwood is feeling awfully shy these days. A decade ago, a Miami-Dade police officer had to escort...

4. Night Rider

Pub Med

Where playing with your pistol can be fun and erotic

By Marya Summers

Published: May 31, 2007

It was an unusual come-on for a place named after the Greek god of lust and fornication: free food. I guess to some, nothing says "loving" like a full belly, garlic breath, and a little...

5. Letters

Letters for May 31 to June 6, 2007

Published: May 31, 2007

Circle of Friends The news about these Bulldogs was all good: I scrolled past this story the first 2 times I came across links for it online today as I perused my home Houston Press...

6. Music

Heaviness and Light

Hallucinogens and extraterrestrials behind them, Tool is finally ready for some "emotional traveling"

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Published: May 31, 2007

There's no reason to make a record every year if you haven't changed or grown as a person enough to warrant it," Tool drummer Danny Carey says. "I'm fine with the schedule we keep."...

7. Music

Soca Warrior

Trinidad's Bunji Garlin is full of fete and fire

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: May 31, 2007

To some who are unfamiliar with Caribbean culture, reggae might seem to be the dominant form of music in that region. It's easily the most popular style that matriculates out to the...

8. Dred Scott!

Rock-a-bye Baby

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: May 31, 2007

Last week, Dred Scott got to hang out with the teenybopper crowd and learn a thing or two about the youngest generation of local rock stars emerging in South Florida. Club Revolution...

9. Short Cuts

Billy Martin and John Medeski

Mago (Amulet)

By Mark Keresman

Published: May 31, 2007

One-third of everybody's favorite avant-groovemëisters Medeski, Martin & Wood is on holiday, but John Medeski and Billy Martin are still hard at work. They've been together for...

10. Short Cuts

Various Artists

A Tribute to Joni Mitchell (Nonesuch)

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Published: May 31, 2007

The roster of artists assembled here — Caetano Veloso, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Prince, etc. — would make even the most casual Joni Mitchell fan tingle with curiosity....

11. Short Cuts

Mustangs and Madras

La Lechuza (Latest Flame)

By Dave Herrera

Published: May 31, 2007

Mustangs and Madras continues to play a passionate brand of emo that's woefully (and refreshingly) out of step with the times. From first listen, the act's latest release recalls a...

12. Short Cuts

DJ Jazzy Jeff

The Return of the Magnificent (BBE/Rapster)

By Sire Esquire

Published: May 31, 2007

DJ Jazzy Jeff was going on award tours and making prime-time television cameos long before hip-hop music was connected to the mainstream. Although many rap artists from the '80s have...

13. Live Wire

Booty and Swagger

By D. Sirianni

Published: May 31, 2007

The Freakin Hott was grafted from the limbs of shattered tables left over one evening after an extremely long-winded, at times painful, at times glorious, open-mic session at Delray...

14. Live Wire

Mass Appeal

By Andrés Solar

Published: May 31, 2007

Massachusetts folk-rock group State Radio uses its antennae to both transmit and receive. Its outgoing signals are slick, ostensibly heartfelt, and politically correct songs, and it's...

15. Live Wire

Casper & the Friendly Cookies

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: May 31, 2007

Athens, Georgia, is known for its topnotch music scene and history of producing bands that defy explanation. Maybe it's the college-town atmosphere or something in those peaches, but...

16. Live Wire

The New Yoko Ono

By Jonathan Cunningham

Published: May 31, 2007

It's hard to come up with anything good to say about Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas. Sure, call it hateration if you want to, but any die-hard Black Eyed Peas fan will tell you the...

17. Subtropical

Ziggy tha Don

The Inheritance (Street Hustler Enterprise)

Published: May 31, 2007

From the time you press play, it's obvious where hip-hop artist Ziggy tha Don and mixtape host Wildman Teddy-T are taking you on this musical journey. You're transported into a supersecretive...

18. Pub Stalker

Tu Can Tango

By Brandon K. Thorp

Published: May 31, 2007

Tu Can Tango 101 N. Ocean Dr., Ste. 210 Hollywood 33019 954-921-0990, ext. 5162 A rare experience: Parking yourself in a monolithic yet curiously empty parking garage and descending...

19. Dish

A Chicken in Every Pot

¡Hola, Alegría! Welcome to

By Gail Shepherd

Published: May 31, 2007

The first Spanish phrase I ever truly understood was arroz con pollo. I was probably 3 or 4, and admittedly, my infantile comprehension remained limited — the larger concept I...

20. Film

Brooks Bothers

Lame psych thriller another low point for Mr. Costner

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: May 31, 2007

Mr. Brooks — in which Kevin Costner plays a respectable Seattle businessman who kills for thrills, thanks to the goading of an imaginary friend who looks a lot like William Hurt...